Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-09
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

| N T.. Is dead at his home.
Washington. Aug. THE gold re-
serve has been further reduced by the
engagement for export by to-day's
steamers of 100000. This leaves the
reserve at s52.026,615
Paris Aug. 4.-Dr. Cornelius Herr,
the Panama lobbyist, though absent
! from Paris, was sentenced in his alb
sence to term of five years imprison-
ment and to pay a fine of 5000 francs.
London, Aug. "A. A. Zimmerman
and Harry Wheeler, the American BIZ
cyclists, and the. French, German
and English professionals will take
part In the meeting at Herne Hill,
on Aug. IL.
Washington, Aug. 3.-President N
%. Young. of the National league an
nounced that Umpire John McQuaid
had resigned on account of i'll health
and that 7. ]. Keefe had been ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy.
Hagerstown. Md, Aug. 6.-Miss La
vinia l.. Harris, a young and attract
i've daughter of Congressman Harris,
of Kansas, was quietly married here
on Saturday to Wade d. Bohannon,
proprietor of a livery stable at Luray,
Va.
Washington, Aug. 3.-Mr. Keller of
Minnesota, presented to the house a
resolution signed by los citizens of
st. Paul, Mimi, praying for the i'm
parchment of Attorney General Olney
for his connection with the late A. r.
U. strike.
Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 6.-"You may
say for me that l am not a candidate
for lieutenant-governor and would not
accept the office under any circum-
stances. This is positive" So said
Representative Lockwood in an inter
view last night.
Washington, Aug. 4.-Captain Levi
r. Burnett, seventh infantry, having
been found by an army retiring board
incapacitated for active service on ac-
count of disability incident to the SER
vice. by direction of the president, has
been retired from active service.
New York, Aug 6.-Mrs. John w.
Dunne wife of the well-known theatri-
cal manager and who was known upon
the stage as Miss Patti Rosa, died yes
terday at st. Francis's Hospital from
the effects of an operation performed
for Inflammation of the yermiform an
pendix.
Chicago, Aug. 6.-There Is but little
hope that f. A. Podszuck, the Russian
travelling salesman for George Lamb
G. Son, of Buffalo, N. Y, who shot him
self under the right ear at the Nicollet
hotel Saturday, will recover. Pods
zuck had been robbed and became de-
spondent.
Amsterdam. N. Y, Aug. 6.-Walter
L. Vandenbergh, delegate to the Con-
stitutional convention from the Twen-
tieth senatorial district, died yester-
day afternoon. aged seventy-two years.
He was'a leading member of the Mont
gomery county bar and a republican m
politics.
Quarantine, S. l., Aug. 6.-The con-
dition of Richard Croker's mother. who
is Ill at the residence of her son-in-
law, Health Officer Jenkins, Is un-
changed. DR.. Jenkins does not look for
any immediate Improvement or re-
lapse. The old lady is eighty-six years
of age.
Washington. Aug IA telegram has
just been received at the Japanese le-
CATION announcing the appointment
of Mr.. Shinichiro Kurino, chief of the
diplomatic bureau of the department
for foreign affairs, to be envoy extraor-
dinary and minister plenipotentiary
to the United States.
Albany, Aug. 3.-There Is we'll de-
veloped boom in the iron molding dus-
mess here, over 500 men being given
employment. Perry & Co. and Van
wormer & McGarvey have started up
on full time, and Rathbone, Sard 81
Co. on one-quarter time. Next week
the Albany Stove company will re-
sumo operations.
Providence, r, l.. August 6.-Judge
Ell Aylesworth, a well-known man of
the city and state, died at his late resi-
dence yesterday in the ninety-third
year of his age. He was identified
with many of the banks in this city in
the capacity of director or president
and besides being a member of the
legislature at various times, was Judge
of the common pleas court from 1888 t.
1841.
New York, Aug. 6.--Captain A
Freitch, the daring navigator who in
tends to cross the ocean to Queens
town in a forty-foot boat, started from
the Battery yesterday afternoon on his
voyage. There was a large crowd of
Scandanavians on the battery to see
him go, and were very enthusiastic.
Others accompanied him down the bay
on tugs, and some rowboats went as
far as the Narrows.
London, Aug. 6.-The Standard main
tains that, despite every excuse dedGol-
BILE from later reports, there is nothing
that exonerates Japan from the cha ge
of brutality and barbarism towards
the Chinese. Not long ago, 1t says
an incident like the Kow Shing affair
would have Immediately brought
British squadron to Toxic. The Stand
ard proposes that Russia and Ergland
jointly demand that both China and
Japan withdraw their forces from
Korea forthwith, and entrust the sov-
ernment of the peninsular to an inter
national conference. Failing this"
the Standard adds, I'VE must antici-
pate very anxious period, and no
time should be be lost In increasing
the British squadron in the far east"
Round Lake, N. Y, Aug. 8.-Dr
James Strong, S. T. d. and LII. D..
professor emeritus of exegetical theol-
ogy at Drew seminary. died here yes
terday of heart failure, after few
days Illness. He was acknowledged
to be the most thorough master of the