Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-11-24
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS OF THE
WORLD FROM FAR AND NEAR
The Developments of Each Day During
the Week Caught Fresh from the Busy
Wires and Carefully Edited and Con-
densed for Our Readers.

the Week Caught Fresh from the Busy
Wires and Carefully Edited and Con-
densed for Our Readers.
Thursday, Nov. II.
John c. Upton, murderer, bigamist and
horse thief, was captured in a Tennessee
church when finishing sermon. He has
been playing the part of a minister for
several months.
William Duge, accused of killing John
McElneill in a row over Ivy Roche, in
Yonkers, was tried and acquitted in White
Plains.
Official returns in New Hampshire give
Smith (Rep.) for governor 1874; McKin-
ney Dem.), Al ,424. Smiths plurality, 2,3l7
and majority 643.
NJ. Charles de Lesseps speaks of the Pana-
ma prosecution as a relief and hopes it will
be carried out expeditiously. He hints at
startling revelations.
The Rothschilds will send another a1,-
100000 in gold to Russia next week This
is believed to presage warlike action.
The English extradition court ordered
Anarchist Francois sent back to Paris.
The concrete foundation of St. Paul's
church, New Orleans which was used in
stead of piling, has given away, and the
church must be torn down.
Friday, Nov. 1s.
Policeman Hennessey, of Portsmouth,
N. H., was set upon by four United States
marines Wednesday night and terribly
beaten. Two of them are under arrest
Professor Munroe's petition against the
election of the Right Hon. A. j. Balfour as
member of parliament for East Manches-
ter on the alleged grounds of bribery, etc,
has been abandoned
Frederick Engels, of the Berlin socialists
organ Vorwaerts, says that four years ago
he predicted the defeat of protection in this
country He says that free trade in Amer
lea will destroy England's monopoly of the
worlds trade.
A messenger boy in the postoffice in Char
lottetown, Prince Edward island, has stolen
1000 letters containing money during the
year.
Fred F. Bartlett, an athlete of Warsaw
N. Y, has become crazy through over
training.
Wife beating is so common in Mercer
county, n. j., that it's grand jurors recon-
mended that whipping posts be set up for
the punishment of brutal husbands.
Saturday, Nov. 10.
William Mayer, the wife murderer, was
hanged at w heellng.
A field covered with waste oil near
Washington, Pa, is burning fiercely.
Miss Meta L. Cowles, of Greene, n. Y,
was admitted to the bar at Syracuse.
A large number of women are delegates
to the convention of locomotive engineers
at Columbus, o.
William Scanlon aged nineteen, a mes
senger for Lee, Higginson & Co., bankers
of Boston. is under arrest, charged with
stealing $4,000 in sugar certificates.
The settlement of Virginia's debt is about
completed.
There is talk of opposing the confirma-
tion of xCongressman McComas as judge
of the supreme court of the District of Co
lumbia, because he is not resident of the
! district.
Sebastian Slaterer, the hired man of Mrs
G. G. Fitzgerald, of Elizabeth, n. j., who
attempted to assault his mistress and stole
her jewels, valued at $1,000, was captured
under a haystack.
Monday, Nov. FL.
Robert Winthrop, head of the banking
firm of Robert Winthrop & Co., is dead.
Mr.. Blaine is rapidly recovering from his
slight indisposition, and his family expect
him to be about very soon.
The Republican general assembly from
Philadelphia by vote of 33 to /, the latter
being Frank M. Ritter, indorsed Senator
Quay for reelection.
William Mckinley, Sr., father of the
governor, is dying of heart trouble. Tues
day he celebrated in good health his
eighty-fifth birthday
Diphtheria and scarlet fever are very prey
alent in Hornellsville.
The charcoal industry is dying out in
Rhode Island, as the young men refuse to
continue the dreary life in the woods.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company is
spending $1,000,000 about Baltimore in
Strengthening its road and building an ele-
waited structure through the city.
The smallpox scare in New Haven is
abating, and no new cases have been re-
ported. There are now twelve cases under
treatment and all are doing we'll.
Tuesday, Nov. 22.
John Hughes, twenty-eight years old,w
found dead in his room in Long Island City.
He had forgot to turn off the gas.
Bonnebrook, the residence of Frederick
w. Blake, at Yonkers, n. Y, was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000.
The two-year-old son of John Clements,
of Elizabeth N. j., fell into a tub of boil
ing water and was scalded to death.
The Antislavery Society of Belgium is in
such bad straits that its directors have re-
solved to issue an appeal to the people for
aid.
The birthday of the Empress Frederick
was celebrated at the royal court in Berlin,
but the public refrained from any partici-
patton.
The court at Galatz, Hungary, has con-
demned Princess Gregory Gortschakoff to
transfer to her brother the sum of $780,
600 and residences held by her in Paris and
Baden-Baden. This ruins the princess.
The Maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda, with
numerous suit, is visiting Queen Victoria
at Windsor.
Eigee Allen was shot and killed by Jesse
Price at Alexandria, La. in a quarrel over
six ears of corn.
Wednesday, Nov. 23.
Thomas Jardine, of Railway, N. j., while
walking in his sleep, opened window and
stepped out. He fell twenty feet and was