The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-01-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


A coal famine is imminent at New Yorh
and other cities-M Clemenceau denies 0
fresh accusation of participation in thu
Panama bribery The khedive of Egypt
reconstructs his cabinet ia accordance witt
Great Britnin's demand-Iu the battle
between the lawless element and the Hay
tian troops at l'Ansc de Menu one general
w0s l.illed-Gardner Aiclwun, convicted
of murder, was hanged at Glasgow. Ow
ing to his having cut his throat during his
Imprisonment his head was nearly torn of
Tile steamship City Of Atlanta, at New
York, caught fire at her winter dock in
the East river and burned in midstream.
making a magnificent spectacle-Adyo
Gates OF national quarantine and restricted
immigration i'm the house Of representatives
expect TO hnve next Thursday set apart fot
the consideration Ofthcir measures Pres.
ident elect, although not formally invited,
decides to attend the funeral of ex-presi.
dent Hayes at Fremont o. President
Harrison will not go, but Washington de
partments win De well represented
Father Thomas sherman, son of General
Sherman, admits that Mr. Blaines chill
drcn did not wish him TO see their father
because no one saw the distinguished pa
tient, but Mrs. Blaine thought differently
and admitted Father Sherman to the sick
statesmau's hedside-Muster Workman
Hugh Dempsey, ON trial Ht pittsburg de
nies that he had anything to do with the
Homestead pOisoning-I feeling Of
confidence in the ultimate passage of n bill
repeating the sherman silver purchase act
grows at hngtou-Secretary of State
Foster declares that liayti must apologize
for the indignity TO News, the American
D IYaN I. ID.
Joe Donoghue breaks American mile and
/ 2-mile record mt Rcd Bank, n. j. His time
was minutes SO seconds for the mile and 6
/ minutes l-5 seconds for the two miles
| Edwin d. Morgan, vice commodore of the
New York NaCht club, is raising money to
build Il second yachtto odefend the America IS
/ cup.
Eriduy, Jan. 90.
| Long Island City rcvels in the posses
sion Of three mayors and two sets of of
fcials. There is Mayor Horatio $. san
/ ford, who says hc should be mayor; there
/ is Mayor Michael j.. Claven. whose occes-
/ sion to Office was promoted by the decision
Of Judge Bartlett Of Brooklyn, and there
| is Mayor Patrick jerome Gleason, who
/ has all along acted as mayor The judge
/ says that neither Gleason nor Sanford is
mayor, and that President Claveu of the
aldermen should act until Mr.. Sanford
can qualify--Governor Flower appoints
/ Thomas j. DoWling labor commissioner
/ TO succeed Peck, resigned, whose report
/ that wages had increased under the Nc
| Kinlcy bin caused such ~ sensation dur
| ing the recent political cumpaign-A
new trial IS granted Daniel Coughlin, the
/ sole survivor Of those sentenced for the
murder OF DIR. j. II. Cronin, the supreme
court Of Illinois having reversed the YER
/ dict Of conviction. Since they We're jailed
/ for the murder Iceman OSullivan and
/ Martin Burke have died in prison. Cough
lin stoutly declares that he and the dead
suspects were iunocent-French papers
are asking for the expulsion of VI. de
/ Blowit2, the famous Paris correspondent
of The Times, whom they accuse of sys-
/ tematic hostility TO Franco Maitr2 Bar
/ bOuN has commenced his defense of NJ. de
! Lesseps nnd other Panama prisoners--
/ Comte d'llaussonville, as representative
| Of the Comic dc Paris, has issued Il mani
/ festo stating that the monarchists alone
can defend law and order in France
/ The prosecuting committee in the case of
the Rev. Dr. Briggs appeal from the de
cision Of the New York presbytery to the
/ general assembly Of the Presbyterian
/ church. They still think Briggs is guilty
of heresy--Gold TO the amount Of $1,000
600 shipped to Europe-One person killed
and nearly a score injured by rear end
collision on the Pennsylvania railroad near
| New Nork-Arnold Morley, the English
postmaster general brings, suit against
three eN-clergymen OF the Church OF Eng
s l'ciI a. i,Iily o noC 10 Ieeo5er ic sum
tainoJ i,. ,,r,I,,a i,,G,,o s,,,,, H.,
| Morley now deceased brotbe,--S
/ NIavor Gilroy. New York. refuses to allow
/ the Polish flag tofyou CITY hall in memory
of the lOOfh anniversary of the partition
of Poland. Mayor Gilroy says he cannot
approve the recognition OF n day of mourn
] ing over n political event in n foreign land
Yale accents the offer of Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Cornelius Vanderbilt to build N dornitorv
/ building at the university ns n memorial
| to their son. William Henry Vanderbilt.
! who died in Nav last. Theouestion of cost
! is not TO be nsidercd-Robert George. n
nephew of United States Senator Gcorre.
/ committed suicideat Itta Beua. Miss. while
! on his way to the Carrollton iail in CHARGE
/ of n sheriff Il posse. Young Georre yy8s
/ CHARGED with the murder Of Contoin w r.
| Prince. a pIanter. who had disinberited
/ his daughter because she loved Gcorra-
julius Eichberg, one of the greatest violin
] teachers in this country and founder of the
/ Boston Conservatory Of Music, died at Bos-
/ ton.
Saturday, Jan. 81.
Senator John c. Carlisle of Kentucky
| resigns so as TO accept the treasury port-
] folio under President Elect Cleveland. 1t
/ is said he viii also draft tariff bilI-It
! is said that Archbishop Corrigan sent but
/ one protest to Rome, and that il was against
the manner and not the fact of DR.. Nc
/ Glynn's restoration-Dr Cornelius Herr,
| who is said to have done most Of the brib-
/ ing IN the Panama canal scandal, was ar