Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25

| Th7 clipper ship T. f. Oakes, which
! sailed from Shanghai on May II last,
and had been given up as lost, was
| towed into the port of New York by
| the British oil tank Kasbeck. Her log
| contains a story of contrary winds,
| scurvy and starvation almost unparal-
leled in marine lore. Six of the crew
died during the long voyage-It is re-
ported that Princess Chimay, who
| eloped recently with a fiddler, is soon
to appear on the stage in Berlin
John Biddulph Martin, who married
Mrs. Victoria Clafln Woodruff, former
ly of New York died at Las Palmas,
in tie Canary islands-Between 10
and 20 miles of the Mississippi river
levee has yielded to the high waters,
and thousands of acres of land south
of Osceola, Ark, are submerged-G.
| Wells Rook, a well known wholesale
dry goods merchant of Hartford, died
suddenly at his home in that city from
| hemorrhage of the stomach, aged II
years--Services in connection with
! the centenary of Kaiser Wilhelm |
were held in Berlin-Sharp fighting
| between the Spaniards and the insur-
! gents IL reported in the Philippine is
lands. The Spaniards, as usual, claim
victory - The Auatrian elections
| show notable growth of the Christian
| Socialist party-Major Charles Dick
of Ohio has accepted the place of Sec
retary of the Republican national COM
mittee-Alfred Leggett, an actor, was
held in Yorkville police court, New
York, on a charge of passing a worth
| less check-George Sheridan, Jr., of
| New Brighton, N. Y, was arrested on
the charge of forging the name of the
| president of the board of education
He was held in $1,000 bail for hear
| ing-Mr. and Mrs. David C. Tefft
well to do residents of Fordham, who
have been in the alcoholic ward at
Bellevue hospital New York, were dis
| charged.
Tuesday, March 23.
In the United States senate the COM
mittee amendments to the Anglo
| American arbitration treaty We're
adopted. resolution calling for the
correspondence in the Ruiz case was
agreed to, and many bills We're intro
! duced. In the house the debate on the
tariff bill was opened by Mr.. Dingley,
who spoke in favor of the measure. Mr..
| Wheeler of Arkansas spoke against it.
| The minority report in opposition to
the Dingley bill was presented by Mr..
| Bailey of TeXas-President Mckinley
nominated Binger Hermann of Oregon
for commissioner of the general land
office and Joseph l.. Bristow of Kansas
for fourth assistant postmaster general
THE supreme court of the United
| States announced that, by a majority
opinion of the court, the agreement of
the Transmissouri Freight association
to maintain rates within it's territory
.tnIn Aft h.a a,,tf ft,,,g l,x,r g
1S90-The Cretan insurgents in and
around Khania continue their fighting
against the Moslems in defiance of the
powers and reject the proposal of au-
tonomy for the island. They demand
union with Greece or war. A semi
official statement in Berlin says that
the powers are unable to reach an
agreement on the Cretan question:
The village of Arlir gton, Ga. was
swept by cyclone, which caused great
loss of life and property. A school
house in its path was completely de-
molished, killing eight children and in
juring a dozen others. Two teachers
We're fatally hurt-Emperor William
II unveiled the monument erected to
the memory of his grandfather, Will
liam !, in Berlin-The sailors of the
United States cruisers San Francisco
] ana SlDclIlndll were DltSSeu ny lUe
pope at Rome-Workmen on the Pan
anna canal have engaged in a strike,
and the police of Colon are under arms
to be prepared for an emergency--A
demonstration against Jewish shop
keepers was made by Christian Social
lists in Vienna-The Citizens union of
New York elected r. Fulton Cutting
it's president and resolved to push the
| fight for nonpartisan local admins
/ tration-Judge Morris, in the court at
Toledo, denied the motion for the ap-
pointment of a receiver for the Wool
son Spice company. This is a decision
adverse to the Arbuckle coffee combine
| and in favor of the Havemeyer Sugar
trust.
Wednesday, March "a.
In the United States senate criticism
of the civil service law and the meth
DDS of administering it was made by
number of senators. In the house de-
bate on the tariff bill was continued,
the principal speeches being made by
Messrs. Dolliver, Gibson, Lacey and
Newlands for the measure and Messrs.
Dockery, McLaurin and Swanson in
opposition--The New York assembly
passed the Greater New York charter
by vote of 11S to 2S--The New York
court of appeals decided that the rap
id transit acts relative to New York
city are itutional-Many railroad
associations and committees in the
west are almost certain to be disrupted
in consequence of the supreme courts
decision against pooling arrangements
THE Lincolnshire (England) handi-
cap, in which Pierre Lorillard's Diakka
was starter, was won by Winkfields
Pride-The Farmers and Merchants
bank of Paris, Tex, was forced to sus-
pend by the failure of the cotton firm
of Martin, Wise & Fitzhugh-The two
houses of the Kentucky Legislature
voted separately for United States SEN
ator and made no choice-Mrs. Pat
ton, wife of the president of Princeton,
gave a yellow tea to introduce Mrs.
Cleveland to Princeton society-The
New York state railroad commission
organized in Albany and elected Colo