Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-16
COMBINATIONS.

which consisted of seven stores was de-
stroyed by fire yesterday afternoon.
LONDON, July 9.-Cannon and McInerry
wrestled in Liverpool last evening for flO0
ana the championship of the world. Nc
merry won two falls out of three
SARATOGA, N. Y, July 9.-The conven-
tion OF the National Teachers association
was brought to close yesterday, and st,
Louis selected as the place for holding the
next annual convention
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 9-The Kansas
City, Memphis g. Birmingham railroad is
tied up from end to end. This was effected
last night. The situation is growing
more alarming as each hour passes.
AUGUSTA, Me-, July 9.-The report that
the National guards at Biddeford had
been ordered to be ready to proceed to
Portland on account of the Pullman
strike is denied by military officials here
PLYMOUTH, Mass, July 9-The forest
fires which began Thursday at West Ply
mouth and were thought to have been extin-
gulshed yesterday, have started again,
and are now burning on both sides of the
| Plymouth road
CITY OF MEXICO, July 9-The Mexican
| government refuses to aid in the proposed
transfer of the San Francisco Midwnter
fair to Mexico. The scheme therefore falls
through. The volcano of Colma is in
violent eruption.
NEW YORK, July eva L. Mann, who
figured as the wife of Robert Ray Hamil-
ton, has given a quit-claim deed to Ed
mund l.. Baylies and Gilbert NJ. Speir
representing the Hamilton estate, yielding
all her rights to the estate for the sum of
$40. .010
CAMDEN, N. j., July 6.-The Camden
courts have been adjourned indefinitely
by Judge Vroom, because there is no
money to run them. This predicament,
which threatens to prevail until after the
fall elections, arises from dual boards of
freeholders.
NASHUA, n. H., July 0.-Quite party
OF railroad men, who have been employed
by an agent from the west, left this ciuy
last night for Chicago to fill the places of
strikers. These men are skilled workmen
who have been out of work more or less of
the time during the past few months
TRENTON, n. j., July 0.-The court Of
pardons held meeting ut Sea Girt yester-
day and considered the case of Joseph
Wallwitz, the state prison convict who
shot operator James P. Lippincott, and
who is now under sentence to be haugel
on the Goth inst. The court refuses to in
terfere in any way.
New YORK, July 9-It Is stated at the
Grand Central depot that the schedule
upon which trains were run out of Buffalo
Buffalo previous to the interruption of
railroad travel and traffic by the strike
had been annuled. In other words that
there was no attempt at regularity be-
tween Buffalo and Chicago
DETROIT Mich, July 9-At a secret
conference of railroad union representa-
tives 1t was decided to tie-up all the rail
roads entering this city The Detroit,
Lansing s. Northern, Detroit, Grand
Haven & Milwaukee and Grand Trunk are
not yet affected, but the Michigan Cen
tral is tied up tight
KINGSTON, n. Y, July 6-The New
York State League of Baseball Clubs have
ceased to exist because they received no
pay The Pittsfield players have Joined
other teams, and the Albany club has re-
tired. The Kingstons and Poughkeepsies
will continue and play exhibi tion games,
these clubs being well supported at home
TITUsvILLE Pa, July 9-John Nc
Andrew, II years old, son of Hugh Nc
Andrew, was found at midnight In an
alley with his throat cut and skull frac-
tured in three places. Fred Mcdonald, II
JNh Va aSSi 10 uiitieI tiITtsu SuSpecLtu OIL
the murder McAndrew was a newsboy
on the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley g.
Pittsburg railway.
WASHINGTON, July 9.-United States
Treasurer Morgan says that, so far as he
has been advised, no United States money
in transit on the railroads was in any of
the cars burned by strikers at Chicago or
elsewhere, and he has reason to believe
that all government money started east or
west was now safely housed In United
States sub-treasuries.
PHILADELPHIA, July 9-The sixth an
nual institute of the Young Peoples
Christian Union of the United Presby-
terian Church, in session here, has elected
these officers: Charles p. Campbell of
Chicago, president; Miss Fannie King, of
Salem, N Y, vice-president; VIM. j. Stew
art of Parnassus, Pa, treasurer and Jas
M. Knight, of Bart, Pa, secretary.
SPOKANE Wash, July 9.-Strikors here
have commenced tearing up Northern
Pacific tracks east Of the city Nearly a
! 1000 men are removing the rails and scat
terng the ties, The deputies seem power
less to act. The sympath of the mob is
with the strikers and the city is In per-
feet turmoil. There is rumor on the
streets that the Great Northern men will
| join the strikers.
PHILADELPHIA July 8.-The annual
convention of the Christian Endeavor
societies of the United Presbyt terian church
or Young Peoples Christian union, began
last evening in the Second Presby yterian
church Abont 1000 delegates and others
Interested in the work are in attendance. G.
They represent 40 Y. p. c. U. societies.
with a membership of 30,s24, not to
speak of the junior societies, which
number 125 and have membership of
4,003.
NEW YORK, July 0.-Aside from the
intervention of holiday, there is sharp
restriction of general trade and industrial
production, owing to the railway troubles
in the west. With the combined strike
and boycott under headway little more
than week, one-third of the railroad
mileage Is tied up, a coal famine is threat
ened, trade with country merchants In
many instances actually stopped owing to
inability to ship goods, factories are clos
ing for want of fuel or because of sympa
thetic strikes, and producers and receivers