Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


tuHtsuhNY NOV.
The mayoralty election in Greater
New York resulted in the election of
Judge Van Wyck and the entire Tam
many Democratic ticket This relative
strength of the various mayoralty can
iidates is: Van Wyck 233 752; Low, 49,
sol; Tracy, 100, 99S; George. 2OSS6; Glea-
son and scattering SSl. Van Wyck's
plurality, S6931 Alton b. Parker,
Democrat. was elected judge of The
court of appeals of New York by 10000
over Wallace, Republican The Demo-
Gratis also made great gains in the legis-
lature -- Roger Wolcott. Republican,
was reelected governor of Massachu-
setts-Asa S. Bushnell, Republican,
was reelected governor of Ohio by a
small plurality. Both parties claim the
legislature, which will elect a United
States senator in place of Mark Hanna
Sir Rutherford Alcock. who was
president of the British Royal Geo
graphical society in 1876. died in Lon
don-Colonel John Rouse MerriOtt
Chard, V. c., died in Taunton, England
The elections in Newfoundland re-
suited in a sweeping victory for the Or
position, led by Sir James Winter
The sale of the Union Pacific railroad
was completed at Omaha. the reorgan-
ization committee purchasing the first
mortgage--The state railroad commits
sioners directed that toolboXes should
be placed in the middle and not near
the ends of railway cars-EdWard
Hamilton, a bank employee in Worces-
ter. Mass, shot his wife and two
children and tried to kill himself
Miss Jessie X. Parsons of Yonkers, y.
Y, rich and handsome, killed herself in
a hotel in New York because she could
find no work to satisfy her ambitions
Alfred Walling, Jr., of Keyport, n.
j., a former judge of Monmouth county
committed suicide on account of polit-
ical isappointment-Fou men We're
killed and two wounded in an election
riot in Frankfort, Ky, resulting from
an attempt by Republicans to thwart
a negro colonization scheme.
Thursday, Nov. 4.
1t was announced in New York that
the Citizens Union would be made
permanent organization and that Seth
Low would probably be chosen presi-
dent. The Jeffersonan Democracy also
decided to organize on a permanent
basis-In an election quarrel Mayor
John Lane of West Hoboken, N j.. was
thrashed by former Town Collector JO-
seph Kettel, who advocated Van WycR
against Low, whom Lane was backing
--Murtrie McKenna, an aged widow
living alone at Sloatsburg, n. Y, was
found dead with her throat and hand
cut. 1t is thought that she was muir
dered-The dead body of Mrs. Ger
trude Averitt a singer, was held in
Chicago by her manager it is said, ON
account of debt of $3.50. Her husband
,I,+ l,.,
A discharged gardener tried to kill Mrs
John Henry, a wealthy Cincinnati wom-
an, and then shot himself-The funer-
al services over the body of the Duchess
of Teck were held in st. Georges chap
ell, Windsor castle-The British EN-
bassador in Washington has been di-
rected to ascertain the views of the
government of the United States re-
garding a reciprocity treaty with the
West Indies-Great activity in ship
ments of Alabama iron to foreign ports
is reported from Birmingham. One
large order has been booked for Swe-
den which heretofore has been liber-
al shipper--R. C. Lehman, Harvard's
boating coach, has arrived from Liver
pool. He said that a new system of
rowing exercises would be adopted at
the uniYersity-A freight train on the
Kansas City and Birmingham road was
dtched at Carbon Hill, Ala, by two
men, who had misplaced bolt with the
expectation of wreckng an express
train. Three men lost their lives-W
II. Sage of Ithaca, son of the late Henry
w. Sage was elected chairman Of the
executive committee of the board Of
trustees of Cornell-Presiden McKn-
ley attended founders day exercises
at the Carnegie library in Pittsburg---
The w. c. 7. U. convention was closed
at Buffalo - Damodar Chapekar a
Brahman advocate accused of the as
sassination of plague officials in India,
was placed on trial in Puma Bombay
Presidency.
Friday, Nov. 3.
Four people We're killed and Il in
iured in a wreck on the Chesapeake and
| Ohio railroad near Staunton, Va.-Thc
Spanish cabinet has under consideration
the Impeachment of General Weyler on
account Of the sentiments expressed by
him before sailing from Havana fer
Spain-The newly constructed Bulu-
wayo railway, in South Africa was for
mally opened-Harry Tooker, % years
old, and Miss Eva Gildersleeve, 16 years
old, eoped on election night on tan
dem from Echo, ~ Y, and were mar
/ ried-NIrs. Martha Durrs was attacked
ia her husbands grocery store, 3jG
East one Hundred and Sixth street,
New York, by a thief who stabbed her
/ three times, left her unconscious and
| escaped-The contest OF the win of
/ Joseph Richardson of spite house fame,
| who left an estate estimated at $780,
! 100000, was begun before Judge F'itz-
/ gerald in the surrogate's court, New
/ Hork-Thc treasury department has
/ completed arrangements to prevent a
/ disturbance of the money market re-
I sulting from the sale of the Union Pa
ciic railroad-Tne Citizens Union eX
ecutive committee of New York deter
mined to continue the organization and