Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-09

new lelilll INV NITS. NIeOTSG But
ters was murdered, and her son, Carlton
c. Buffers, was probably fatally wound
ed for revenge in Concord, Mass, by
John w. Harris, a former boarder in
their house, who had been convicted of
larceny-Seth Low was formally no.
titled in Northeast Harbor Me-, of his
nomination 0y the Citizens union fol-
| mayor of Greater New York and an
nounced that he would accept He will
resign from the presidency of Column
! bia university at the next meeting of
| the trustees-It was announced that
| Rifaat Pasha is to succeed Mustap1a
| l}ey as Turkish minister at Washing
| ton-In the pacing race between Star
| Pointer and Joe Patchen at Hartford
! Star Pointer won in two straight heats,
the best time being 2.03&-The re-
ceivers of the Massachusetts, Benefit
! Life association were ordered by the
court in Boston to wind up the affairs
| of the concern-A passenger train and
a freight train met in head on colli-
sion at Floral Park, on the Long Island
railroad, and five persons were injured,
none fatally-A company has been in
| corporated in New York with a capital
| of S15,0 coo to construct a ship canal
| through Florida, connecting ocean and
gulf-The Vigilant defeated the Nava-
hoe in a race off Newport, r. l., for a
cup offered by the Newport Racing as
sociation-Colonel William j. Lyster,
on the retired list of the army died in
Sackets Harbor, N. Y.-A terrible
explosion of coal dust occurred in the
old Sunshine mine, owned by the Colo
rado Fuel and Iron company, II miles
from Glenwood Springs, Colo.-Roughs
] tn,
of Isaac Glickman's whiskers, and he
sued the company for damages. The
case was decided against him-The
Jackson Harmsworth expedition reach
ed London from Franz Josef Land. The
party explored Franz Josef Land thor
oughly and found the most open north
sea in the world to the northward
| ellis Land does not lie where arctic
geographers have placed it and may be
believed to be nonexistent.
Monday, Sept. 6.
The three masted schooner Agnes l.
Grace capsized and sank off the Geor-
gia coast. She had on board four 16-ton
guns for the Tybee Notifications. Her
crew was saVed-Charles Smith of
New York and William Hines of Phila-
delphia, who were riding on a Pennsyl-
Nsliiltt lItlEHl u am lGOlll 1IlldutlDilla
to Jersey City, were assaulted robbed
and thrown from the train by eight ne
gro ramps-Emperor William, in
proposing a toast to King Humbert at
the Kurhaus in Homburg, affirmed the
existence of the dreibund. King Hum
bert made his reply in French. He
complimented Emperor William on his
efforts to maintain peace by the drei-
bund Queen Margherita of Italy was
appointed chief of the Eleventh battal-
ion of chasseurs by Emperor William
Assistant Postmaster General Heath
has made a report to the court of claims
in favor of paying about $250,000 to the
Western Union Telegraph company for
services rendered to the government be-
tween 1889 and 1S93-The opening of
the Christian Alliance convention on
South mountain near Nyack, N. Y, at
tracted large crowds. to whom Rev DIR.
Simpson declared the end of the world
was near at hand In a rear end
collision at Fort Lee, N. j., nearly all
the passengers in two trolley cars We're
more or less injured, and a motorman,
taken from the wreck unconscious, may
not recoVer-iGngland and France will
import the American bronco for caYal-
ry service. Cowboys rode two of these
horses as test from Sherman, wy,
to Chicago, $500 miles. at an average
of 45 miles a day-The bodies of For
rest II. Parker, Jr., and his wife, who
We're drowned on Saturday in Chain
pond, We're recovered-An excursion
train was wrecked on the Maine Cen
tral railroad near Etna, Me. One per-
son was killed and 80 were injured
1t is announced in London that the
Egyptian cotton crop is double that of
10 years ago and worth G1 900, 900 more
than that of 1S96-Hermann Reubold
young German, fell in a faint on the
sidewalk in New York. He tells a pitt
full story of starvation, and the doctors
at Bellevue hospital say his condition
is critical.
Tuesday, Sept. Z.
New Orleans physicians reported a
death in that city from yellow fever.
Health authorities of several Southern
states quarantined against Ocean
Grove, Miss, where the disease is prev
alent-Residents of Herber, Ark, and
Southport, N. c., threaten to take into
their own hands the work of driving
out two peculiar bands of religious ia
natics who are growing in influence in
those places--An eagle had a fierce
| fight with bull pup which he attempt
ed to carry away from the kennels of
| j. Pierpont Morgan, near Highland
Falls, n. Y. William +. Cochran
formally presented a fully equipped
six story clubhouse to the workngmen
| of Honkers, N. Y.-It was estimated
by The Mark Lane Express of London
that the deficiency in the worlds wheat
supply would be l4000,0 900 quarters
| The court martial at Barcelona Spain
sentenced Barril the anarchist to 40
years Imprisonment - 1t is reported
that Herr Krupp's offer of G25, 900 for
Dr. Peters next expedition to Africa
has been thdrawn-President Nc
Kinley left Canton for Somerset, Pa,
where he is to visit his brother Abner
McKinley-A British state secret just
revealed indicates that Queen Victoria
| averted war between Great Britain
and the United States over the seizure
Of the Confederate ENJOYS Mason and