Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-01-12


Thursday, Jan. 8.
The rush into the San Juan gold fields
continues There are now 1000 there.
Clara King who accidentally stabbed
and killed Sidney Mccoy while particpat-
ing in private theatrcas at San Francisco
has been eXonerated by the coroner's jury
Efforts will be made to secure the repeal
by congress of the Sherman silver purchase
act
Henry Helms, of Southheld, found the
body of John Clark, of Passaic, N. j.,
frozen stiff on Buchanan mountain.
Isaac Pitman, the inventor of phonog-
raphy, celebrated his eghtieth birthday in
London.
The president sent to the senate the NOM
| ination of Gilbert A. Pierce OF Minnesota,
as minister to Portugal.
At "A meeting in Dublin of the evicted
tenants commission Mr.. Dillon stated that
the total amount received for the support
OF evcted tenants was 81, 10000
In New York city Bertha Laws, who
is awaiting trial for swindling Consul Gen
eral Ruiz, of Ecuador, was arrested on two
new charges.
Friday, Jan. @.
Mrs A F. Bandelier, aged ffty-seven, is
dead at Lima, Peru. With her husband,
| Professor Bandelier she was making ar
ch9ologcal researches in South America
At the Bridgeport Conn custom house
S1l7,G4I 80 was collected in duties last year
on 3O5 importations.
Mrs. Henry Cummings attempted sui
eide in Williamstown, Mass, by taking
laudanum. BY making her walk nearly
twelve hours her life was saved
The board of water commissioners voted
to reject the bid of the company which of
fered to supply Jersey City with water
| The price was considered too high
Hundreds of Austrian villages are snow
bound.
The disease of the brain which has af-
flcted John Ruskin is said to be increasing
Mr.. Gladstone hopes that the business of
the house of commons will enable him to
explain the provisions OF the Irish home
rule bill on Monday Feb 6.
Henry Haines. aged twenty-thrcc, farm
ers son, put on a mask and with revolver
tried to rob the Exchange bank at Gillian
Mo The cashier took the pistol from him
and he is now in Jail.
Saturday. Jan. l.
The senate confirmed the nomination of
| Gilbert A Pierce minister to Portugal
Brownlee Robinson Ward, NJ d, of
New Haven, has been appointed by Presi
dent Harrison assistant surgeon in the
navy He is graduate of Yale, 'SS
Mrs. William A. Able has given st.
Luke's hospital. of New Bedford, Mass,
the sum of S25, 900 to establish ward in
memory Of her husband.
The Kentucky hotel, of Hot Springs.
Ark, was destroyed by fire.
Senator Kenna was reported much bet
ter.
Senator Kenna was considered more
comfortable by his physicians and family
A riotous demonstration was made by
the unemployed at Venice.
Buck kilgore of Texas, took a nap on a
sofa in the coakroom of the house and was
hopping mad when he awoke and found
that number of private pension bills he
had intended to oppose had been passed.
Cunliffes great .cotton mill at Accring-
ton. Lancashire, was destroyed by fire.
Monday, Jan. o.
James Phillips, aged eighteen and his
brother George, aged twenty, died in Balti
more within two hours of each other of
typhoid fever
Unless Governor Brown interposes the
eight men and boys convicted of the mur
der of DIR. II. Hill will be hanged at
Chestertown Md, next Friday afternoon
At the fourth annual meeting and ban
quet OF the Association of Black Hills
Pioneers, held in Deadwood, the attend
ance numbered upward of 200
A rich strike of gold has been made in
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, about
seventy-tive miles north of Flagstaff, A T
The six members of the Wyoming legis.
lature and two senators (all Republicans
from Laramie county have had notices
of contest served on them
The electors of Wyoming met on Satur
day and cast the three votes of that state
for Mr. Harrison.
James G. Blaine is nearer the gates of
death than he has been since his alarming
relapse three weeks ago.
Tuesday, Jan. 10.
Large ice foes blocked up the rivers and
bays around New York, making navigation
troublesome for the ferryboats and all other
craft
Fire in Elizabeth street gave the firemen
a hard tussle to save the block bounded by
Canal, Mott, Elizabeth and Hester streets
New York.
John w. Cree, an eXpressman of Eliza
beth, n. j., has been arrested charged
with putting 800 of the funds of Court
! independent oTucr Vi
ers, to his own use.
Herbert Warren, proprietor of the Bos-
ton butter store at Bridgeport, Conn. is
missing, and creditors who have claims
which are said to amount to 81, 500 are look
ing for him.
The senate confirmed the nomination of
Henry Clay Evans, of Tennessee, to be first
assistant postmaster general.
A Iypan,ita hop,h IA upoS aynlodaJ NJ rai
senkirchen, in the district where the Ger.
man miners are on strike.
Benjamin Tilett an English agitator,
has been put on trial for melting Bristol
strikers to riot last month
Wednesday, Jan. IL.
The Philadelphia presbytery decided to
take up the question of the revision of the
Westminster confession at its meeting
next month.
The deadlock in the Colorado state sem
ate was temporarily broken The Repub-