Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-12-28
SUMMARY OF news
Important Events OF the
Past Week.

HUNTINGDON, Pa, Dec. 27.-The Iro1
Car company, new organization which
supplants the Iron Car Equipment com
pany, announces that the works in thi
city Will resume at an early date, giving
employment to several hundred men nov
out of work.
LISBON, Dec. 27.-It is reported that
President Peixoto has withdrawn the pay
and dispensed with the services of the Off
GERS of the warships Riachulo and Benja
min Constant, now stationed at Toulon
He suspected them of sympathy with Ad.
miral Mello.
PITTsBURG, Dec 26.--The club house
and all the stables of the Pittsburg Driv-
ing Park association at Homewood were
destroyed by fire shortly after midnight.
Every building ON the place was burned.
The fire was of incendiary origin, as
the buildings had been soaked in two
places with oil.
ALBANY, N. Y, Dec 27.-The special
committee of the State board of charities,
which is investigating the administration
of affairs in the Elmira reformatory will
continue its inquiry at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, New York City, at 10 a. m. on Jan.
3rd. Superintendent Brockway has about
30 witnesses, ex-inmates of the reforma-
tory, to be called at the New York ses-
zion.
PARIS, Dec. 27.--The physicians attend
ing Auguste valiant, who threw the
bomb In the chamber of deputies, reported
to-day that the wound in his thigh had
cicatrized Valiant will be transferred
from the infrmary to the prison de la
Sante, probably on Thursday. His reit-
cence has increased daily until he now re
fuses to talk of his crime, although he
reads all the newspapers print concerning
| him and his former associates
HAzLEToN Pa, Dec. 27.-A riotous con
| fict followed the wedding of Thomas
Roba, Pole from Fern Glen, to girl ut
Derringer, near here yesterday. The
Poles celebrated the wedding and a lot of
jealous Austrians set out to kill them.
Dynamite was used to blow up the house
where the Poles were celebrating, but not
until the latter had been warned away
In n fight which followed Roba the
groom, was fatally shot in the head and
others were seriously wounded. All of
tie principals in the fight will be arrested.
DANBURY, Conn, Dec. 27.-As the first
Of January draws near, it becomes more
apparent that the twenty hat factories in
the lockout will not be opened ON that
date. When, two weeks ago, it was
thought possible that the shops might
open in n short time, it seemed quite GER
tain that they would open by January /.
But now 1t seems equally certain that the
manufacturers will not attempt to start
up until about February l. This informa-
tion comes from the manufacturers
through the New York offices where all of
their goods are handled. 1t is on account
of the stagnation that prevails, especially
in the hating trade.
NEWCASTLE, Pa, Dec. 27-Sampson Get
holtz, a Slippery Rock township farmer,
thought to surprise his family by sliding
down the old-fashioned chimney and i'm
personating Santa Claus. He made the
passage all right until he reached the CEN
tire of the chimney, where he stuck fast
Getholtz yelled for aid Members of the
family did not recognize his smothered
voice and ran from the house terror
stricken. Neighbors were summoned and
after much difficulty Getholtz made him
self known. The chimney was torn down
level with the roof, n rope was lowered
and by the united efforts of three men
Getholtz was pulled out
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Dec. 27.--Justice p b.
McLennan handed down most import
ant decision in an action brought to re-
cover 81 $50 placed in French and auction
pools, at Saratoga on the first of August,
1892. Thomas d. Reilly against Milton
c. Gray was its title, and it came up in
the form of demurrer to the complaint
The principal question decided was as to
whether or not the pools were lotteries
and therefore unconstitutional. The
court decides that they are lotteries, and
says that the Ives pool bill has little to do
with the case The bill legalized betting
for thirty days on the track, which the
constitution does not prohibit but it could
not legalize lotteries. The case came from
Herkimer county,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Secretary Car
Isle has received a telegram from Edwin
A. Wood, special treasury agent of Ore
gon, dated Union Station.
1t reads as follows:
"Chinese conspiracy jury found ex-
Srecial Agent Mulkey, William Dun
bar and Notary Public Bannon guilty.
AS to ex-Collector Lotion they disagreed,
being II for conviction to one for acquit-
tai The huge conspiracy was proven.
Illegal landing in Is months of 800 Chi
nese laborers, and Mulkey received salary
from the ring of 81 200 per month.
Whitney L. Boise, chairman republi-
can state central committee indicted by
grand jury. He received the $50 per head
ana paid it to Collector Lotion.
This great trial, which has ended in a
gres! victory for the prosecution and
vinuleation of the government in making
ihe summary removals last summer. has
Deen reported by the Associated Press in
raise and partisan manner, and the re-
suit should in justice to the treasury de-
partment, be now CORRECTLY pivan ont
Eleven convictions so far.n
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. A statema,t
prepared at the postoffice department
shows that during the last fiscal yenr tho
total number of pieces of letter mail sent
in the domestic mails of the United States
was 2,407,s10,175, of which 1891 ,3l4, ,563
were paid at letter rates, and SO, ,495, ,6l2
were sent free on official business
There were also $50, ,917 800 postal cards
handled. The number of newspapers and
periodicals mailed by publishers and news
agents was 9S0, ,305, ,5S4.
The number of newspapers and periodi-
l.. Al,