Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, March 1S.

occurred at Carson City, New, and was
Witnessed by about 5000 people. Fitz-
| simmons landed his left fist over Cor
| belts heart and his right on Corbett's
| jaw in the fourteenth round and won
| the heavyweight championship and
| S4S, 900. Corbett was wild with impotent
rage when he learned he had lost and
later challenged Fitzsimmons-Th
French line steamer Vile de st. Ma
zaire was reported lost at sea. She sail
| ed from New York March for West
Indian ports and was abandoned March
s. There We're so people aboard, all but
of whom are believed to have perish
ed. Thirty-three are known to have
been lost. Captain Berri and three sea-
men, picked up from an open boat on
| Monday last by the schooner Hilda,
were landed at Perth Amboy, N. j.
They told pitiful tales of suffering from
cold and hunger-A big battle was re-
ported to have been fought at Sabana,
near Sancti Spiritus between the forces
of General Gomez and a Spanish col
umn 1000 strong. The Spanish official
report of the battle gives no details,
but the report is current that the Span
| iards suffered a terrible defeat. The
news has created great sensation
ne Steamer WHICH mas just ar
rived at San Francisco from the orient,
brings news of the death of Prince Yo-
shi Hito Haru-no- Miya, heir apparent
to the Japanese throne-It was an
nounced in Athens that Greece intends
to force Europe to either avow alliance
with Turkey or witness a war. The
sultan offered to let Greece govern
| Crete, it was reported, on paying trib-
/ Saprpt active military r.
tions are going on in England-Mayor
| Strong removed Andrew d. Parker from
his position as police commissioner of
| New York city, alleging that he has
neglected his duties in failing to attend
meetings of the board, to investigate
| complaints of citizens and to perform
| the duties of chairman of the commit
| tee on pensions.
Friday, March 10.
President Mckinley sent the following
nominations to the senate: Powell
| Clayton of Arkansas, to be envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary
| of the United States to Mexico; William
| M. Osborne of Massachusetts, consul
general of the United States at London;
| John K. Gowdy of Indiana, consul gen.
| eral of the United States at Paris; Jo-
seph II. Brigham of Ohio, to be assist
ant secretary of agriculture; Perry S..
| Heath of Indiana, to be first assistant
| postmaster general-The Anglo Amer
| lean peace treaty was favorably re-
| ported to the senate, and Senator Nor
| gan opposed it's ratifcation--It was
| officially announced that the blockade
| of Crete by the fleets of the powers
would begin on Sunday. A Greek
| schooner in Cretan waters was fired on
and sunk by an Austrian warship. In
a pamphlet Mr.. Gladstone attacked the
concert of the powers on the Cretan is
| sue in strong language-The National
| Liberal Federation of Great Britain de-
| clared that home rule had not been
| abandoned as a party principle-The
| national arbitration committee sent a
memorial to the senate showing that of
| 1000 representative &en polled on the
! question of ratifying the treaty only a
comparatively small number opposed 1t
-Wreckage at Brest indicates that
the Dutch steamship Utrecht and a
sailing vessel were in collision and more
! than 100 lives lost-A 81 gas bill for
New York city was reported to the SEN
ate at Albany-Colonel Alexander Ma
comb Mason, who achieved distinction
in the service of the khedive of Egypt,
died in Washington-Th flood in the
| Mississippi river continues to rise. Many
| lives have been lost and thousands of
| people driven from their homes in the
lowlands of Arkansas - Dramatic
scenes were witnessed at a Brooklyn
| fire. Sick women were bravely rescued
and baby thrown from a third story
window was safely caught by a spec
tator-A conspiracy was reported to
have been formed to dethrone the king
of Korea in favor of Prince F'ui Wha
| Annie Besant, theosophist arriv-
ed in New York on the Teutonic and
said Nine. Blavatsky has been reincar-
mated IN an Indian boy.
Saturday, March 20.
The Anglo American arbitration treaty
was considered in the United States
senate, Messrs. Davis and Turpie speak
ing in favor of it and Mr.. Stewart
against it, In the house the Dingley tar
iff bill was reported back from the ways
and means committee, and an order
was adopted for taking the final vote
on March 81. The sundry civil and gen.
eral deficiency appropriation bills were
passed-President Mckinley nomi-
mated Charles u. Gordon for postmas-
ter at Chicago-Crown Prince Con-
/ SldHlll VI tlttCe lcll AlDtuS Will
troops for the Macedonian frontier
The Greek government announced that
it would recall its warshps from Gre
| tan waters and send them to VolO, in
Thessaly--Lord Salisbury replied bit
! terly to the Earl of Kimberleys attack
| on the premier's Cretan policy in the
! British house of Charles
| o. Kaiser, Jr., was convicted of muir
| der in the first degree at Norristown,
! Pa, for the killing of his wife, Emma
| p. Kaiser, on Oct. 2S last. The woman
was insured for $1,000, the policy being
made payable to Kaiser, and the mo-
! tive of the murder was to get the insur-
| ance-Amy Busby, the well known
actress, was married in Rochester to
Eugene Lewis, a prominent New York
| lawyer-Floods along the Mississippi
and its tributaries caused the destruc-
tion of a vast amount of property and
the loss of many lives the greatest
damage and the largest number of fa-
talities being in Tennessee and Arkan-
sas---The WynkoOp- Crawford Print
ing company, state printers, have
brought a libel suit against the Albany