Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


! ltepuDllcdn primaries III hlnBS cOun-
| ty, N. Y. resulted in a victory for the
regular organization over the opposition
| led by Jacob Worth, the organization
getting ITO of the 1872 delegates
Lieutenant r. G. Hill, U. S. A., fren-
zied by fear of rabies, attempted sui
| eide by throwing himself from NOV
| ing train near Williamsport, Pa.-The
| daughters of Jason Rogers, the million
| aire locomotive builder of Paterson.
| n. j., who died in 1868 accuse their
brother, Thomas Rogers, and William
| Cauldwell, as trustees, of misapplying
S213,4SO of the inventors estate and ask
| for stitution-Attorney General Nc
Kenna gave an Interpretation of sec
tion 90 of the Dingley tariff act which
practically destroyed the discriminat-
| ing duty of 10 per cent-Miss Florence
B. Harmon, a sister of former Attorney
| General Harmon, was arrested in New
York on the charge of stealing a dia-
| mond ring and released on bail. 1t is
believed that she is demented-Pres-
ident Mckinley appointed Francis H.
| Wilson postmaster of Brooklyn
| Queen Wilhelmina was present for the
first time at the opening of the states
general of the Netherands-The ma
tional conference of the Unitarian and
other churches met in saratoga
mods Redemption" was sung at the
| first concert of the Worcester (Mass)
musical festival-William V. Molloy,
postmaster of New Rochelle, was nom
| mated by the Republicans for sheriff
of Westchester county, N. Y.-Sheriff
Martin and 40 deputies. who fired on
striking miners at Lattimer, Pa, were
held for further hearing on charge
of murder at Wilkesbarre-Many peo-
pie were made homeless and $780, 900
worth of property was destroyed by a
fierce fire at Belmont avenue and Pow
ell street, Brooklyn -- Emperor Will
liam left Budapest, after attending a
state banquet at which most cordial
compliments were exchanged between
him and Emperor Francis Joseph
| Travelling incognito, King Leopold of
Belgium has reached Las Palmas, Cana
ry islands, 1t is suspected that he is 60
ing to visit the Kongo country.
Thursday, Sept. a3.
Sheriff Martin of Luzerne county,
Pa, and his deputies We're held on the
preliminary hearing to answer to the
charge of murder in the killing of
strikers at Lattimer. Bail was fixed at
$4,000 each-President Mckinley and
his party We're warmly welcomed in the
Berkshire hills. The president is the
guest of an old friend and made a
speech to a big crowd at the Hoosac
| Valley fair-Mayor Harrison of Chi
cago has been invited to make the clos
ing speech in the Tammany campaign
on the night of Nov l. Mr. Croker
went on to Chicago to invite him.
Mayor Harrison accepted the invita-
tion-lt was announced that the Re-
publican leaders had agreed upon Ben
iamin f. Tracy as a candidate for
mayor of Greater New York-London
bankers united in a protest against
the proposed use of silver as a part of
the Bank of Engands coin reserve
A nephew of Secretary Alger was ar
rested Tuesday in Canton, His, charged
with embezzling $3.50 from a telephone
exchange -- hurricane swept over
| Sava, Mesagne, Oria and Latiano, near
Brindisi, Italy, and killed nearly 100
persons, injuring as many more. Two
| villages in the same locality We're flood
ed and 90 persons drowned. A heavy
snow has fallen in France-Advices
We're received in this country that the
Hawaiian senate had approved the pro-
posed treaty of annexation of the is
lands to the United States - Everett
| p. Willis who tried to rescue his broth
er from Charlestown (Mass.) state pris-
on, was found guilty of attempting to
murder--H. c. Blake and J. NJ. Hardy
| pleaded guilty to kidnapping little John
| NY Conway in Albany and We're SEN
| fenced to IA years and 4 months in
| Dannemora - The Athenian neWspd-
| pers are preaching a national crusade
| against the conditions of the peace
| treaty with Turkey-One striker was
| killed and eight We're wounded by Ital-
| ian troops near Milan --- one report
| says that 10 and another that 30 persons
| We're drowned on the steamer Ika
| which sank at Fiume-Owing to the
! troubles in India. British troops sufIi-
cient for an attack on Khartum can
not be spared, and further progress of
| the Anglo Egyptian expedition will be
| delayed.
Friday, Sept "a.
The Kings County Republican con-
! Vention was held in Brooklyn and re,
| suited In the nomination of Walter IA,
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