Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-30
SUMMARY Of NEWS
Important Events of the
Past Week.


night here and the Mohawk river is frozen
over from bank to bank.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29-The president
has appointed William A. Poucher dis
trict- attorney for the northern district Of
New York. Mr.. Poucher was prominentl,
mentioned in connection with the collect
orship of the port of New York.
PHrLA DELPH1A, Nov. 27.-Harry Wright
who for the last ten years has been mana
ger of the Philadelphia baseball club, was
yesterday released by the preprietors of
that organization. No reason for this
summary action was YOU chsafed
HARTFORD, Conn, Nov. 29.-Three
hundred men, the entire force now em
ployed at the new reservoir at Tumble
down brook in the town of Bloomfield,
will be discharged on Thanksgiving day.
The work will be suspended until April l.
1894
BUFFALO, II. Y, Nov 27-Car bur
glars have been reaping fat harvest at
East Buffalo this fall. Within the last
week or two they have been especially
active. The police say there are between
80 and 40 men in custody at present Oh
the charge Of robbing freight cars.
CoLoRADo SPRINGS, COL, Nov. 20.-A
new gold field is just being opened ur
seventy miles west of this city at Buffalo
Sloughs, eight miles from a small station
on the Midland railroad called Hartzel
The new district covers an area of twenty
miles square. About 200 men are at the
camp and others are rapidly thronging in.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Nov. 23.-A mass
meeting was held at the opera house fol
the purpose of raising funds to relieve the
great distress among the unempl Dyed.
Senator Voorhees, and ex-Secretary of the
Navy Thompson addressed the meeting
Senator Voorhees, prophesied that within
80 days the greater part of the present in
dustrial distress would be over.
DULUTH, Mimi, Nov 30 The city
council voted to issue $S00,0 900 of ,te
bonds. The money from the proceeds il
to be used to parallel the system of the
present gas and water company 1t is
the intention to expend $500, 90 of the
money this winter. 1t is expected that
work can be furnished to all married men
in the city In need of employment.
Troy, N. Y, Nov. 3 The Monastery
of the Good Shepherd here has received
fro IN the worlds fair gold medal for be-
ing model reformatory. Sketches and
plans of the different departments of the
monastery were sent, showing the girls at
work in the workroom, cooking and bak
ing, and the juniors at study, all Of whi oh
made up very fine album.
PHILADELPHIA Nov. 49, p President Will
bur, of the Lehigh Valley, has appointed
Theodore Voorhees, to the office of general
manager. Mr.. Voorhees, has heret store
been the acting general manager and his
promotion is believed to presage his eleva-
| ton to the presidency at the annual meet
ing of the board of directors on jan. l6,
as it is generally accepted that Mr.. Wilbur
will resign.
LONDON, Nov. 29 The Times has th
dispatch, dated last Thursday, from RiC
de Janeiro: "The desultory firing contin-
ues day and night. A small party o
sailors landed at Armacao on Monday and
were attacked by Peixoto's men, The
latter lost two officers and thirty men
killed During the past week more than
200 troops have been killed by the artillery
fire on the Nictheroy side OF the nlrbj..
BERLIN, Nov. 29-Baron Munderode,
chief of the political police has been
charged to investigate into thl attempt to
assassiuate Chancellor yon Caprivi.
Ful ther excitement has been added to
thss already prevailing in official and
other circles by the fact becoming known
that Emperor William received Il box sim
liar to that received By this chancellor.
WAsHISGTov Nov 27.--The official re-
port of the boarl uppojnted to conduct the
trial Jf the new crdlser Columbia, tbs
swiftest vessel of the navy, shows that tho
mean speed of the ship for two runs over
the meaHurei course from Cape Ann to
Cape Porp)ise under forced draf5 with an
average air pressure of nine tenths of an
inch, carefully calculated and corrected
for Uidal fow. WAS at the rate of % 50
knots per hour,
SPRINGFIELD Mass, Nov, %. Mama.
ger Moore, OF the Harvard team. who is
Sc ttling up the bills of Saturdays gam,,
says that the numb, of paid admissions
was over 81 ,SJo,> Thrse, with the news
paper men, substitutes, COACHES, medicti
attendants, police, anl those who stole III
would maxi TIL. crowd which saw Satur
lays anne ne,rly 25.O00 Tae total re-
ceipts werl over $50, ,D0l, apl the eXpsas c1
about $l2, COO
LONDON, Nov. 29.-II the house OF
commons last night Mr. Buxton, replying
TO Inquiries made by e.. =. Laboucherr, said
the MH~houas were not allowed to kali tls
Ahtabeles who were wlualed iurils the
battles. He also said that the woundra
Matabeles We're ctrried to the Br.Uisl.
iaagers and given tn, same attention Dv