Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Wednesday. Oct. 20.

Of heart disease yesterday morning.
The announcement of his death on the
New York and Chicago Stock Ex-
changes was followed by lively nuctua-
tions in the stocks in which he was in
terested-The New Jersey state board
Of canvassers declared the antigam-
bling amendment recently voted upon
carried by a majority of SO2 and denied
motion submitted on behalf of The
race track men to send the returns
back to the county canvassing boards
on the ground that certain ballots had
been rejected illegally-The steam
ship Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse arrived
in New York, and a rough passage was
reported. The vessel beat the st. Pauls
best record, but did not equal her own
previous one-Captain Lowering has
elected to have his alleged mal,reat-
ment of Private Hammond at Fort
Sheridan made the subject of a court
of inquiry rather than to be court mar
tialed-The Catholic archbishops If
the United States began their annual
meeting in shington--Armed men
are searching in the Catskills night and
day for the four negroes named Mondore
who abducted Kate Clum, a 17-yeqr-
turned to Belgrade for the first time
since his abdicatlon in 1889. and the
cabinet resigned in consequencg---
The steamboat Favorite, with 800 mem
bers of the Evans outing club of Brook
lyn on board, ran ashore off White
stone point, N. Y. All on board were
saved-The ST. Louis police claim tn
have located Embezzler Charles II.
Cadwalader of Union City, Ind, in the
Jail at Janesville, Wis, where he is al
legged to have shot a man-William
Millard, ex-collector of taxes of Peoria,
Ills, was arrested, charged with the
defalcation of $40, ,0OO--Maurice L Mo
ran of the Superior (Wis.) football team
was probably fatally injured in a game.
Thursday, Oct. 2f.
Lord Salisbury replied formally to the
proposals of the American bimetallic
special commission, announcing the
British governments inability to open
the Indian mints at present and re-
fuses to send a representative to an in
ternational bimetallic conference. The
British government would, however,
consider any other practical sugges-
tions from the United States-The
British force in India met with severe
losses in storming heights held by rebel
tribesmen on the Samana range-A
French garrison in Madagascar was
attacked by natives, losing several Of
ficers and many men-James K. Tay-
lor was appointed supervising architect
of the treasury by Secretary Gage
DR.. Sheldon Jackson declared that the
use of reindeer would prove the only
solution of the transportation question
in Alaska-Mrs. Julia A. Sherman,
80 years old, and Benjamin Hunt, wild
over, SO years old, were married in Wa
tertown, N. Y.-Mr and Mrs. David
McLane of WestChester, Pa, aged IS
and SO respectively, signed a mutual
agreement of eparation-TheN North
western Miller, published at Minneapo-
lis, gives the flour output last week al
Minneapolis, Duluth, Superior and Mil
waukee at 425,14O barrels-A. j. Pep
per, a wealthy farmer of Rush, Pa,
died from injuries received at the hands
of thieves-While a funeral sermon
was being preached in a Little Rock
church a daughter-in-law of the de-
ceased arose and denounced as villain
ously false a statement of the minister
that the deceased had lost her mind be
fore death-The secretary of war has
created a military reservation in Alas
ka which includes all the land within
radius of 80 miles of st. MichaePs. This
action is for the purpose of enabling
the government to preserve order and
protect property - Governor Black,
Secretary Bliss and General Tracy ad-
dressed a big mass meeting in Leno.t
Lyceum, New York City. The governor
urged the necessity of maintaining Re
publican organization in the city. Cen
eral Tracy predicted that Low Will not
get $4,000 votes in New York or 30 900
in Brooklyn.
Friday. Oct, 2e.
The jury in the Luetgert murder trial
in Chicago was discharged, having fall
ed to agree upon a verdict after delibor-
atng on the evidence for sc hours