Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


| IlBTlIldSeS ACROSS RUSSIAN territory
nave been forbidden because of the In
dian plague.
]. X. McCulloch of Winnipeg won the
gold medal and the worlds champion
ship at the Montreal skating meeting.
The Republican members of the ways
and means committee decided to fix
the tariff on nails at half a cent a
| pound.
The British Niger expedition has cap
tured Bida, capital of the Foulah tribe
One British officer was killed in the as
sault.
A. L. Garford of Elyria, o., was elect
ed president of the national board of
trade of cycle manufacturers at it's
meeting in New York.
1t Is rumored that Andrew Carnegie
and John D. Rockefeller have formed
an offensive and defensive alliance to
control the steel market of the world
John. T. Shayne of Chicago tele-
sraphed to friend in Washington that
his brother, c. c. Shayne of New York,
had been selected by Mr.. Mckinley for
| postmaster general.
Friday. Feb. 12.
King Malietoa has offered amnesty to
Matafa and the other exiled Samoan
chiefs.
Richard Croker was asked to become
| Tammany's candidate for mayor of
Greater New York
The annual meeting of the New York
Yacht club was held. ]. Pierpont Nor
gan was elected commodore.
Two employees of the library of con-
gress were held for trial in Washing
ton, charged with stealing valuable au-
tographs from the library.
Chauncey M. Depew was elected
chairman of the board of control of the
Joint Traffic association at a meeting
held in New York. He succeeds the
late President Roberts of the Pennsyl-
vania road.
Saturday, Feb. IS.
Captain General Weyler has given
! 1000, 900 francs to the Spanish war fund
! in Cuba.
Robert NJ. Moore, past grand master
of Masons in New Jersey, died a his
home in Elizabeth, aged 81.
The Greater New York commission
adopted the new charter after making
several minor amendments.
A wreck occurred on the Virginia
Central and Pittsburg railroad in
which eight persons were badly injured.
Secretary Herbert accepted torpedo
boat No 8, waving the usual formali-
ties on account of the vessels fine per-
| formance.
Howard C. Benham, a private bank
er and prominent citizen of Batavia, N.
Y, was accused by coroners jury of
poisoning his wife.
Governor Blacks bill to abolish the
capitol commission and complete the
building by contract was introduced in
the New York state Legislature.
| Edwin B. Aller, a well known music
al composer and organist of Baltimore,
committed suicide at the Hotel Stat
ford. Laudanum was the means used.
Rev. Edward Hunting Rudd, late of
the Presbyterian church at Albion, N.
Y, has been called to the assistant
pastorate of DR.. Parkhurst's church in
! New York city
Monday, Feb. Is.
Notice of 10 per cent reduction has
| been posted at the works of the Penn
sylvania Steel company at Harrisburg,
| to take effect March /.
Consul Iasigi, the sultan's represent
ative in Boston, was arrested in New
York on a charge of embezzlement. He
was remanded in jefferson Market
court.
a. protest against the bill permitting
the New York Law school to confer
degrees without regard to the regents
| standard
The works of the Richard Grant
company, dealers in cooperage supplies
in Jersey City, have been almost COM
pletely destroyed by fire, entailing a
loss of $50 900.
General Maceo's dispatch chief, Colo
mel Carlo, says the Spanish will not
| permit Miss Barton to carry on Red
Cross work among the Cubans, even
though Minister de Lone says she may
go to Cuba.
Miss Sophonisba Breckenridge, attor-
ney at law Kentucky's first woman
lawyer, filed her first suit in the Fay
cite circuit court. She represented
Mrs. E. M. Swigert, who sues her hus-
band, Charles Swigert, for absolute di-
vorce.
Tuesday. Feb. 10.
The new minister from Belgium was
received by President Cleveland at the
White House.
United States Senator Wolcott arrived
in Berlin and conferred with leading Ger
man bimetallists.
The trial of William J. Koerner for kill
ing his betrothed, Miss Rose Redgate last
September was begun before Judge New
burger in New York.
President Elect Mckinley was confined
to his bed by n cold and by advice of his
physician declined to see any visitors. His
condition, however, is not regarded as Sc
rious
Alfred Dolphy, n cook 46 years old,
made murderous onslaught on his wife
and her family in New York. He shot his
wife twice. and she may die. A crowd was
near lynching him on the way to the sta
/. tion.
large bowlder was placed on the Con-
solidated railroad tracks near New Haven
and securely wedged in with ties, with the
evident purpose of wrecking train. 1t
was discovered and removed with difficult
~ just before n freight train arrived.
Wednesday, Feb. II.
Mrs. Polly Cloud Graves of Lexington,
KY, celebrated her one hundredth birth
Qay.