Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

ference "a the question OF pelagic seal
ing In Rerng sea. John w. Foster
who is returning home to report to
President Mckinley, says he was i'm
pressed by the friendly feeling for this
country everywhere shown-A torna-
do at San Jose, Ills, destroyed the
house of A. c. Mcdowell and killed
seven of the occupants-The commit
tee appointed by the Pittsburg coal
operators to secure the requisite num-
Der of signatures to the true uniformity
agreement is hopeful of success The De
Armitt miners are still at work, and the
strikers are preparing for a long siege
at the mines but they may be compel
led to disband by legal proceedings
A Big Four express train was wrecked !
near Thornton, Ind, by means of
coupling pin driven in a switch. Two
trainmen were killed and two tramps
who We're stealing a ride, received fatal
injuries The railroad officials think
that the plotters intended to wreck
coal train, on account of the miners
strike-The Japanese secretary of le-
cation in Washington informed the
state department that his government
had consented to arbitration of the
questions in dispute with Hawaii
The Buffalo Refining company, one OF
the few independent oil companies op-
posing the Standard Oil company, has
made an assignment-Two men were
killed by collision on the Lehigh Val
ley railroad, near Depew junction, N
Y.-Susie Grunelt. a 15-year-old Bo-
hemian, who has been missing from
her home in New York since July |, was
found by the police hiding in a cave in
Central park. A young man, accused OF
nh1IntiTp h.,r
damage was caused near Middletown
Conn, by the giving way of a dam
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt review
ed the New York Naval Reserves bri-
gade and in a speech to the men made a
strong plea for large increase in the
navy b. Andrews, who recently
resigned the presidency of Brown uni
versity, has accepted the presidency of a
popular college. based on the Chautau-
qua plan, about to be established by
John Brisben Walker
Monday, Aug. 2.
Colored Republicans win meet In
convention at Galveston this week tc
protest against being denied their share
of federal oftices-The revolt in India
has become so formidable and is spread.
ing so fast that the British have order.
ed out the reserves-Thirty- ty-nine con.
verts to the Seventh Day Advent church
Were baptized in the bay off South
Brookyn-Twenty-f customs Off.
GERS collected $500 in Dingley duties on
personal goods brought in by La Cham.
pagne's passengers A Camden IN
j. pastor declared from the pulpit that
there We're liars and perhaps thieves
among the members of his church. AL
most a riot ollowed-Philip S. Chan.
cellor, United States deputy consul in
HaVre, has made a report in which he
contends that figures show that intoxi.
cation is less frequent in the districts
where wine alone is consumed than II
is in the departments where the most
alcohol is drank-Joseph H. Manley
has accepted the presidency of the
Maine Central railroad and will enter
upon the duties of his office in January
neXt--Servia has made a protest to
the powers because of the incursions OF
Albanans and their simultaneous at
tacks on seven frontier blockhouses-
A battle took place on July q near the
capital of Gazaland, Africa, between
rebellous natives and Portuguese
troops-Severe fighting between the
dervishes and the Jaalns is reported to
thousand of the Jaalins are said to have
been killed - Extensive damage has
been caused by floods in Austria -
Mauvi Sidayat Rasoul has been SEN
fenced to a years imprisonment for in
sulting Queen Victoria - The recent
gold discoveries in the Yukon region
are giving renewed interest and impor-
tance to the Alaska boundary contro-
versy-The state of siege at the De
Armtt mines near Pittsburg was main
tained, several thousand strikers arriv-
ing there from the surrounding country
Mr.. Moody, Bishop Newman and the
Rev. George II. c. MacGregor spoke at
the Mortified meetings - Two lives
were lost in a train wreck on the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad near El Dorado
Kan.-Amercan bluejackets complain
that they are constantly arrested and
prosecuted by the police in Honolulu,
while British and Japanese sailors are
not molested.
Tuesday, Aug. 3.
Professor H. w. Elliott says America
is being "jockeyed" by Lord Salisbury
in the Bering sea matter--Lord Sails
bury made an explanation in the house
of lords regarding the delay of the me-
gotiations for peace between Turkey
and Greece-Strike Leader Dolan. who
was arrested on a charge of melting to
riot, says that his arrest was a device
to provoke strikers to disorder-Steln-
itz won the first game of chess in the
tournament for the Ottendorfer cup.
Napier, his opponent, resigning-
Henry Aupert and his wife, owners OF
an embroidery factory In Jersey City,
1esnondant over financial matters kill.