Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-05
BREvITIEs.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, June 29,-The new
local city directory, just published, gives
New Haven population of 1903, 900.
LONDON, July IA Tangier dispatch
which lacks confirmation, says Sultan
Abdul Aziz, while marching on Fez, has
been surrounded by Zimmoors and is vir-
tually prisoner.
NEW YORK, July 2-The coal sales
agents have advanced the prices on all
sizes of anthracite IS cents per ton to the
east and west for July delivery. The out
put for July was placed at 3,500,QO0 tons.
LONDON June 29.-Five Winnebago In
dams who were left here destitute by Mex
lean Joe have been cared for by the EN-
bassy and will be sent to America on the
steamship New York, which will sail on
| Saturday.
MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, June 90 - Jack
| Slavin, of Australia, and Paddy Cum
mings, of st. Paul, met at the Twin City
Athletic club in a 20-round contest. The
decision was given to Cummings although
the match seemed to be even.
LONDON, June ga dispatch from
Pont-yPridd says 172 bodies have been
taken out of the Albion colliery in which
the fire-damp explosion occurred last Sat
urday. The rescuing parties are still at
work clearing away the debris.
WATERFOWL, N. Y, June 29.-Gov
| Flower has appointed ex-Judge Hender-
son, of Randolph commissioner to hear
the charges against District Attorney
Kelly, Of Rensselaer, county. Judge Hen
derson was appointed to the supreme court
bench by Gov. Tilden.
BosToN, June ga story telegraphed
from New York to the effect that a syndi-
cate of harness makers has been formed
with headquarters in Boston, to control
the harness and saddlery business in every
city of the country, Is pronounced to be
without any foundation in fact by the best
informed manufacturers in the city.
PITTsBURG, June 29.-Men to take the
places of the Chicagostrikers on the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne & Chicago railway were
shipped from Pittsburg last night. The
members of the American Railway union
sac ceeded in capturing more than half of
the first group. Unless the railroad Off
cials are disappointed, they will send out
more men from here.
PARIS, June BON. Decrais, French
am mbassador to Great Britain, in obedi-
ence to instructions, has gone to Windsor
to thank the queen for her majesty's ex-
pressions of sympathy and coincidence. NJ.
Il'tilObitlA, HAS lllSbTu
French diplomatic representatives through
out the world to offer the thanks of France
to the various governments for similar ex-
pressions.
NEW YORK, June 2s-Another consign-
ment of Gravesend election inspectors
having completed their terms of impris-
onment, were let out of the Kings county
penitentary They were Conrad Steu-
| ~ 1nhn prn,ypbin John
Murphy and Mortimer Morris. These
men pleaded guilty before Supreme Court
Justice Brown, who sentenced them to
three months Imprisonment in the pen
itentiary. Murphy used to be John Y. Nc
kanes secretary.
CHESTER Pa, June 29.-Tom Rodgers,
who was serving a term of 20 years in til G
county Jail for the murder of his father
and the attempted murder of his mother
and sister, Is dead. Since his incarcera-
tion in prison he has declined rapidly, MS
illness being aggravated by his vicious
habits Without any provocation, in Jan
uary, 1893, young Rodgers shot his father,
mother and sister. The father died soon
after, but his mother and sister recovered
after weeks Of suffering
NEWARK, n. j., June 29.-John Fitz-
simmons and Peter Riley, convicted of
illegal voting at the last state election,
We're sentenced to l3 months in the peni-
tentiary, and James Marlatt, john Stee-
pie, David G. Porter, George Fisher, Ben
jamin Birch and j. Oliver Tunison, found
guilty of returning a false certificate of
the number of votes cast, while acting
election officers, were let off with a joint
fine of 81 and cost of conviction in one case.
BUFFALO, June 2y.-Edward G. Grinnell,
who escaped from detective by climbing
through car window while being brought
from Detroit to Buffalo, was brought be-
fore Judge Seaver for sentence. Grinnell
Is only IS years Of age and was indicted on
a charge Of forgery, second degree, to which
he pleaded guilty. Judge Seaver allowed
him to go on suspended sentence but in
addressing the prisoner said it was only on
account of the conditions prevailing at
Elmira that he did not send him to the re-
formatory
ALBANY, June 30.-Much Indignation Is
being expressed at the Office of the st tate
forest commission of the probability that
the deer in the Catskill park will have to
be liberated and lost, all because of an
amendment which was addel to the gem
eral game law last session. This amend
ment permits the shooting of deer in the
county OF Sullivan in October, in spite of
the fact that two years ago law was
passed forbidding the shooting of deer in
Sullivan comfy for five years.
BALTIMORE, June 30.-In summarizing
the record of southern development for the
past three months the Manufacturers Rec
ord says: The gradual expansion of the
Industrial interests of the south and the
steady Improvement slow but sure, that
is taking place is shown by the fact that
during the last three months the number
of new southern industrial enterprises re-
ported aggregate $40, against 662 for the
preceding quarter and 436 for the last quar-
ter of 1893. This is the largest number of
new enterprises reported in any one quar-
ter for IS months.
LONDON, June 29.-The Daily News cor
respondent In Constantinople says that
on May IS members of the Greek Ortho-
dox church attacked a house in Ordu,
Asia Minor, where Greek Protestant were
worshipping. The rioters bombarded the
house with stones for seven hours. The
Turkish police were present, but refused
to interfere. Finally they escorted the