Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-17
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.

reUlre from OIHCe OWING 10 MS duNanCeu
age.
Pawtucket, r. l., Oct. 10.-Mrs.
Josephine Quinn, who was found uncon-
scious near her dead child, as the result
Of inhaling illuminating gas yesterday
morning, is dead.
Danville, KY, Oct. 9.-Yesterday was
the thirty third anniversary of the battle
Of Perryvile. The event was celebrated
on the battlefield by joint reunion of
The blue and gray.
Newark, N. j., Oct. 12. Alderman
Herman Schmidt, who figured in recent
alleged crooked horse transaction with
the city, mailed his resignation to Mayor
Lecbkuecher last night.
Auburn, N. Y, Oct. S.-Jay E. Storke,
president of the Cayuga County National
bank, died last evening of apopleXy with
which he was stricken ut noon while at
tending meeting of the bank directors
Moosup, Conn, Oct. 12.-Mrs. Mary
Coifey celebrated the 104th anniversary
of her birth yesterday by a II reception at
the home of her son. Mrs. Coffey has
been in the United States only II few
weeks.
Chicago, Oct 10.-The report of earn
ngs of the Chicago, Milwaukee 81 st.
Paul railroad for the first week in Octo-
ber shows 1929, ,620. 10; for the corre-
spending week last year, $667, 301 II; in
crease, Sl5J, 31S.99.
Paris, Oct 9.-Antananarivo, capital
of the island of Madagascar, was cap
tured by the French troops on Septem-
Der 2S The queen and her husband fed
to Ambosistra There is great rejoicing
here over the news.
Baltimore, Oct. 12.-Cardinal Gibbons
left last night for Santa Fe, N. NJ, where
he will invest Archbishop Chapelle OF
that province with the pallium. His emf
nence travels in the private car of r. j.
kenley of ST. Louis.
Newport, X. l., Oct. 12.-The board of
aldermen yesterday voted to contract
with New York party for the disposal
of the city house offal by cremation for
period of ten years at $275 per month.
At present the offal is towed out to sea
and dumr1d
Salem, Mass, Oct. I'm the district
court Thomas n. Deutney, the temper
ance evangelist, was fined $50 for as
sault on the Rev. w. A Thurston at
Beverly. He appealed. Thurston had
denounced Doutney from his pulpit as
an immoral character.
st. Johns, n. F., Oct. 10.-The re-
ceiver-general issued an order yesterday
refusing to accept the guaranteed notes
of the local insolvent banks in payment
of duties. This completely shuts off the
circulation of thousands of dollars
worth of these notes, causing great dis
tress to holders.
Roanoke, Va, Oct. 9.-John OFT, one
of Roanoke's best known business men,
died yesterday of paralysis. He was a
native of Hagerstown, Md. He was act
ing comptroller of the currency during
Buchanan's administration, and later
was chief clerk of the treasury depart
m ent of the confederate states, Towards
the latter part of the war he entered the
confederate army and attained the rank
of colonel.
Berlin, Oct 9.-The Volks Zeitung
says that Baron Won Hommerstein,
formerly leader of the conservative
party and editor of the Kreuz Zeitung,
who is now fugitive from justice, left
behind him when he fled 3S7 letters
from conservative friends. These let
ters are full of fagrant insults to EN-
p ror William, and they will probably
be exploited in the reichstag with view
to running the conservative party.
New Haven, Conn, Oct. 12.-Full re-
turns of the women's vote at the school
elections in this state last Monday show
that there were polled only | ,905 ballots,
as compared with 3,24f in 1894 and 1896
in 1898. There are about 110, 900 women
in the state entitled to vote il registered.
The returns are pretty certain to be used
effectively against appeals hereafter to
the Legislature by the women suffrasists
for extension of the voting privilege,
New York, Oct. 10.-Lawyer W. G.
Maxwell is authority for the statement
that decree of divorce, on the ground
of incompatibility has been granted to
Mrs. Amelie Riyes Chanler 1t is stated
that there was no opposition to the de-
cree, and that nothing in the proceedings
or pleadings reflected on either of the
panies. This ends the romance of
girl who, not more than ten years ago,
almost stupefied the literary world by u
book that was to say the least, daring
in its inception bold in its working
out and perilously close to impropriety.
That book was "The Quick or the Dead?"
and her eX-husband, jack Chanler, was
its hero.
Harrisburg, Pa, Oct. 9.-Pennsylva-
MAS supreme court has added decision
oH tHe many on uHe original
package questions The point decided is
that q package devised by nonresident
manufacturer, or put up by him, adapted
for sale at retail to individual consumers,
such, for example, as flask of whiskey
or II tub or pail or roll of oeomargarine,
and actually sold by him or his agent to
the consumer for use as an article of
food or drink, in violation of the laws of
the state where such sales take place, is
not an original package within the
meaning of the law relating to inter
state commerce.
Munster, Westphalia, Oct. 9.-.There
has been n growing agitation here for
some time against an order issued to
close the beer gardens and similar places
for obtaining refreshment at much
earlier hour than customary. The result
Is that a number of serious conflicts
have taken place between the police and
the inhabitants in the streets of the
city. Matters finally reached crisis
last evening when the police CHARGED on