Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday. June 22.

were killed by lightning during a circus
performance at River Falls, Wis.-Four
lives were lost in fire at Duluth-The
great Ferris wheel was set going at the
Worlds fair-Banks in California and
Ohio closed their s-Commencement
exercises were held at Williams and other
colleges from the Brooklyn
hospitals show that people were killed
and 30 severely injured in the Parkville
disaster on Tuesday evening. One man
Is thought to be missing-It was
reported that John Hunter had re-
signed from the board of control and from
the board of stewards of the Coney Island
Jockey club-Six people were injured,
one perhaps fatally, at fire in West Eight
eenth street, New York-Francis Spies,
New York commission merchant, killed
himself-It was found that the explosion
in Madrid, which caused fatal panic in
circus, was the work of anarchists-SiX-
teen men were killed in an explosion of
benzine at Odessa-The hearing before
the Behring sea tribunal of arbitration at
Paris was continued-The Dominion
Liberal convention met at Ottawa
The reorganization committee of the Ma
tional Cordage company issue their report,
which shows assets above liabilities of
more than S13,OO0,000. The management
vi Vic COLlpdIy 10 CrltlClSeu, uSelesS OlhCSS
will be abolished, and the directorate will
be changed new railroad labor organ
ization was formed. in Chicago-William
c. Todd of Atkinson, n. H., has given the
Boston public library $4,000 for a news
paper reading room-Seward A. Simons,
Buffalo lawyer, was arrested on charge
of importing from Canada a gardener to
work on his premises-The house of l..
II. Van Dusen at Madison, Wis, was de-
stroyed by fire. One child persisted, an
other was badly burned, and a do
mestic, Theresa Rink, fatally burned.
Friday, June 23.
NJ. Millevoye brought up in the French
chamber of deputies the question of the
stolen documents and read list of al
legged recipients of brides from England.
The chamber by nearly unanimous vote
condemned the documents as spurious.
DR.. Herr is not to be extradited at present
james E. Hoctor, lawyer and real es-
tate broker, accused of being "Little Fat
ty," noted bunko man, is locked up on
charge of swindling a sailor-The un-
known husband of the woman who
drowned herself from Troy boat
told the boats officers that he was
going to kill the man who wrote the
poetry found In his wife's stateroom-
Sixteen persons were killed and many in
jured by tornado in eastern Kansas.
Storms ragged in other states-The board
of managers of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad company decided to abandon
the reorganization plan-The bail of ex-
Commissioner G. +. Peck of the state bu-
reau Of labor statistics and of his stenog-
rapher, Elbert Rodgers, was declared for
feited-Seyeral banks in California and
other states closed their doors-Com-
mencement exercises were held at Hobart,
Gettysburg and other colleges-Governor
Mckinley was warmly received at the
Worlds fair-Ex-Presid Harrison de-
livered the address at the unwilling of the
Fort Dearborn memorial in Chicago
Henry Sheldon & Co., tea and coffee bro
kers of 100 Front street, New York sus-
pended with liabilities of nearly 100000
Mrs. Ellen Pollock tainted twice dur
ing the trial of her suit in the court of
common pleas, New York, to recover $50,
600 damages from her father-in-l -law-In
the house of commons Mr. Gladstone stat
ed the alterations that the government had
decided to make in the financial clauses of
the home rule bill-Mr Bayard was re-
ceived by the queen at Windsor and pre-.
scented to her his credentials as ambassador
Mr.. Phelps began his argument be-
fore the Behring sea tribunal of arbitra-
tion-The investigation into the bomb
explosion at the house of Senior Canovas
del Castillo in Madrid has led to the dis
covery of an international anarchist plot.
Saturday, June ga.
The British battleship Victoria was sunk
In collision with the battleship Camper
down off Tripoli, Syria, and about 400 men
were drowned, among them Vice Admiral
Sir George Tryon-Bart Doran, a pu-
gilist, killed himself after poisoning his
little boy at Rochester-Important banks
In California, New York and other states
were forced to close because of the money
stringency-The strike of the lumbermen
at Tonawanda was settled-Preparatio
are being made in Chicago to give the Co
lumbus caravels a fitting reception when
they reach the Worlds fair city-Class
day exercises were held at Harvard
John d. Crimmins resigned from the pres
idency of the Metropolitan Traction COM
pany-The Campania and Paris made
runs only short time over the records
from Queenstown and southampton
The closing exercises of the Staten Island
academy were held-A stone the size of
n hazelnut was removed from the right
kidney of Mayor Wanser of Jersey City at
st, Luke's hospital-Judge McAdam has
given Bella w. Savin of New York q de-
CTce VI llullleu ulNOrCe lTOlu lnOnaS Il.
Savin and ordered that their baby Mar
gerry be kept in the custody of the court
The outward bound passenger fleet from
New York carries an army of tourists
bound for Europe-Maurice J. Power
and others apply for receiver for the Mu
tual Brewing company of College Point
charging that majority of the directors
are seeking to wreck the property
gunboat Machias has been preimina
rily accepted by the navy department.
The Canadian government will offer the
Thousand Islands in the River st. Law
renee for sale at public auction-The
body of the man found below Niagara
falls on Monday has been identified as
John Eichberg of Buffalo. lie vas drowned
while fishing-Mrs. Fanny Bryant God
win died in Bar Harbor. She was the wife
of Parke Goodwin formerly editor of the
New York Commercial Advertiser. She
was daughter of the poet William Cullen
Bryant.
Monday, June &c.
DR.. McGlynn has returned from Rome
He had private audience with the pope