Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-21
THE NEWS CONDENSED.


Exchange Telegraph company says
that the will Of s. M. Burroughs, who
died at Monte Carlo on Feb. Q. be-
queaths $4,000 to Horny George.
New Orleans, March 15.-Cotton was
| loaded yesterday on the steamer Engi-
neer under the protection of the mill
tary and police. No demonstrations
were made and quiet prevails through
out the city.
Berlin, March 15.-The Prussian gov
ernment has ordered that all schools
be closed on April l, Bismarck's 8Oth
birthday. Special prayers will be Of
fered in all the evangelical churches
for Bismarck on Sunday, March 81.
Dubois, Pa, March 15.-The Bank of
Dubois opened for business yesterday
and closed again inside of an hour
on account of shortage of funds It
was rumored lately that the bank was
not in very good condition and run
followed.
Lewes, Del, March 1s.-The schooner
Zimri S. Wallingford, from George
town, S. c., for Boston with lumber
accidentally caught fire yesterday off
MetomlSln inlet and was burned to the
waters edge. The crew were rescued
by life savers and transferred to the
tug Sampson and brought here.
Greensburg, Pa. March 15.-Yester-
day VIM. Welsh, John McAndrews and
Samuel Simson. miners employed in
the Donnelly mines, were terribly in
jured by a premature explosion while
blasting coal Welsh and Simson will
die from their injuries. All were taken
to the Cottage hospital at Connells-
vile.
st. Johns, N. F.. March 13.-Gov-
ernor Sir Torrance OBrien has re-
ceived complete returns from all avail
able sources in regard to the suffer-
ing in this city, with the result that
his report to the home office in Lon
don will show so per cent of the en-
tire population of the city to be either
receiving or in need of assistance to
keep starvation from their doors.
Detroit, March 1S.-Allen Ashley was
fatally and his brother Frank seriously
wounded last night by John Holtz, a
saloon-keeper, at COZ Forest avenue,
west. The Ashley boys became in
volved in an alteration with a ousto-
mer of Holtz and assault aJ lin. Holtz
interfered. when the Ashleys knocked
him down and We're brutally ,peating
him when he drew a revolver and fired
at them.
Managua, Nicaragua, March 14.-The
government has arranged with an
American syndicate for the introduction
of $500 able-bodied negroes and their
families from the United States to be
employed, most of them, IN agriculture
on the coast country, and has received
advices that number of these negroes
are already ON their way. The syndi-
cate also proposes to erect new tele-
graph lines and railroads.
Montreal, March 14.--In connection
with the proposal to connect the great
lakes by canal with the Hudson, the
Quebec Board of Trade has decided, in
view of the injurious effects the pro-
ject may have upon the level of the st.
Lawrence, to call the federal govern
ment's attention to the work on the
subject by Quebec's city engineer, Chev-
alier Baillarge, and to ask them to in
struct their own engineer to study and
report on the question.
London, March 13.-Frank p. Slavin
has again challenged Peter Jackson,
the colored pugilist, to make a match
with him for $1,000 q side. Slavin OBJ
jects. however, to the fight coming off
under the auspices of the National
Sporting club, believing that that or
ganization would favor Jackson. Ted
Pritchard has issued another chal-
lenge to Frank Craig, the Harlem
Coffee Cooler" O'Brien, of Cardiff,
also has challenged Craig.
London, March 14.-George ]. Gould
has cabled to Mr.. Boyd, who repre-
sents him here. requesting him to have
the Vigilant iron work and beams
strengthened at once and await fur
ther instructions. John e. Brooks, the
owner of the steam yacht Lasca has
also cabled instructions to have his
boat fitted out next week. Her crew,
he says, will leave for England on the
steamer Berlin, which will sail from
New York April 20.
Paris March 14.-A dispatch from
| Shanghai says that the rumored jap
anese descent upon the island of For
mosa is an accomplished fact. A JAP
anese squadron from Wei-Hai-W
numbering sixteen vessels, has been
sighted off the northern extremity of
the island. The squadron Is lowering
around Kelung and Tamsin, which are
the strongest places the Chinese pos
sess in Formosa. It is expected that
these two towns will be the first points
Of attack.
Newburgh, N. Y. March 15.-Two
men giving the names Of William Ri
ley and John Connors, have been ar
rested here on suspicion Of having
committed the Highland Falls post
| office robbery. The men had in their
possession s7.31 in postage stamps of
different denominations, which they
were trying to sell. They had also
several dynamite cartridges, a guam
tity OF fuse, and a revolver. They
were held for an examination.
London. March 1s.-The Central
News correspondent In Toxic says that
Count Matsukata has been appointed
minister Of finance to replace Mr..
Watanabe, who has been made min
lister OF roads. railways and tele-
graphs. Count Kuroda, whose port
folio has been given to Mr.. Watanabe,
has been named president of the privy
council, although remaining mem