Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-04-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


There were rioting and strikes in many
places in Belgium on account of the reJec-
tion by the chamber of deputies of the bill
for universal suffrage-The Behring sea
court of arbitration decided not to admit
the British supplementary report as evil
dence at present-The English, Scottish
and Australian Chartered bank failed,
with liabilities estimated at S4O,OOO,OCO-
Fifty-th bodies have been recovered
from the Pont-y-Pridd mine in Wales
The reception of NJ. Stamboulof by
the emperor of Austria caused sensa-
ion in other European capitals
The New York rapid transit commissioners
adopted the Boulevard and Tenth avenue
plan of elevated extension to Fort George
The two hundredth anniversary of the
introduction of printing in New York was
celebrated by the printing and allied trades
Reports from Corea say that the native
priests stirred up bad feeling against Chris
tians. The United States war vessel sent
there was for precautlon-LucY Lar
com, the poetess, is dying in Boston
Fires destroyed lumber yards in New York
city and on Newton creek, Long Island;
total loss about S400,O O00-There was
100000 fire Tuesday in st. Mary's, o.
George Angel, noted river thief, was
caught near Huntington, w. Na.--A
Cheyenne (Wy.) boy set six houses on fire
to hear the fire bells ring-The militia
has been ordered out to prevent the lynch
ing of John Hudson at Selma, KAN
Mrs. Annie Whitrock of Maiden, Mass,
was fatally burned. Her dress caught fire
from stove-A bill requiring the sale of
new railroad stock by auction passed the
Massachusetts house-Alleged jury fix
ing is charged in the case of George l. San
ford verses Peck & Bishop on trial in New
Haven-The striking Sante Fe shop
men in Topeka have received an ulti-
matum from the company giving them
till today to go back to work.
Friday, April ID.
News from Honolulu was received that
the American flag on the government
buildings had been hauled down and the
protectorate abandoned-New York city
is making great preparations to entertain
the crews of the vessels taking part in
the naval review there April 27-The
Republican senators are to press the
charges against Senator Roach and de-
mand an investigation in open session
- The nomination of Alexander
w. Terrell as minister to Turkey
was made by the president-The
city of Ypsilanti, Mich, was nearly de-
stroyed by tornado. Great damage was
done by tornadoes elsewhere in Michigan,
in several other western states and in the
south - The SaXton antipoolroOm bill
was made a special order in the assembly
at Albany Walkers squadron
returned to Hampton Roads. The Dolphin
sailed for Washington to return with the
president and his party-Pardridge has
not given up the fight on May wheat
DR.. Morgan Dix refused to be considered a
candidate for the bishopric of Massachu-
setts-A mother and two children were
burned to death in a tenement house fire in
Brooklyn-George j. Collins, postmaster
of Brooklyn, died-Theodore Seligman
was blackballed by the Union League
club, New York. Jesse Seligman, his
father, resigned-The debate on the sec
ond reading of the home rule bill was con-
tinued in the house of commons. Henry
Chaplin, John E. Redmond and Others
spoke-James c. Carter continued his
argument for the American case in the
Behring sea court of arbitration
Rioting continued in Belgium. There
were several fights between strik-
ers and gendarmes-It is feared
that the dock laborers' strike will
spread throughout Engand-The court
of cessation in Paris rejected the appeal Of
Charles de Lesseps from his last sentence
to one years Imprisonment and fine-It
is believed that the Manhattan company
will accept the terms of elevated extension
imposed by the New York rapid transit
commission. The cost of the work is es.
timated at 10000, ,000-The Argentine
government has refused the extradition
of Mr., j. S. Balfour to England
King Humbert paid visit to Queen Vic
toria at the Villa Palmieri, Florence
Saturday, April 10.
A report from Washington states that ii
is admitted that the hauling down of the
flag at Hawaii was done according to order
given to Commissioner Blount before h
started-The riots in Belgium are becom
ing more serious. Thousands of laborer
have struck work Gendarmes had t.
charge the crowds at several points-A so
cialist demonstration has been made in Am
sterdam before the kings palace-Tht
senate decided to take vote on the ques
tion of whether or not the charges agains
Senator Roach should be investigated
King Alexander of Servia arrested his re
gents and ministers and assumed the gov
ernment. The skuptschina was dissolved,
new elections ordered and new ministers
appointed-In Georgia negro murderer
was burned at the stake by a mob-The
Saxton bill to abolish poolrooms was passed
by the assembly at Albany Senator Can.
tor introduced a bill providing for az
enumeration of the inhabitants Of New
York state in 1S95-Admiral Ben
hams squadron returned to Hampton
Roads. The American warships had
throngs of visitors-There were fur
ther serious windstorms in the south.
west which damaged much property
The woman who plunged in front of ar
elevated train in New York on Wednesday
night was identified as Mrs. Willis
Protest has been made against the landing
of two German bands engaged to appear
in show in Chicago. Violation of the con
tract labor law is alleged-John Hill, 6
negro, Is years old was hanged in Cam
den, n. j., for killing another negro, 10
seph Dodson-Lake Shore engineers who
applied for reinstatement were curtly
turned away-John Hoffman, barber
was held for trial in Long Island City foI
practicing dentistry without a license
The coroner's jury in the case of Charles
Parkhurst, Oswego, N. Y, rendered YER
dict that Parkhurst's death was the re