Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


The body of Senior Canovas del Cas-
| tillo was taken from Santa Agueda,
where he was assassinated, to Madrid,
where it will lie in state. Coli, the as
| sassin, has been identified as Michel
| AngiOlino, the son of a tailor and ma
| tive of Foggia, Italy-Dr. How, the
bishop of Wakefield and author of the
| jubilee hymn, died in England-A sea
| captain reports seeing a collapsed bal
| loon, believed to be Andree's, on July
l9, two days sail east of North cape
| Frank c. Conroy was executed at Clin-
ton prison for numbering his wife at
| Ogdensburg, n. Y The Russian
town of Mstislavl was destroyed by fire
The Republicans of Kentucky held
their state convention in Louisville
Secretary Bliss issued a circular calling
| attention to the difficulties and dangers
of the journey to the Klondike region
Seth Low is quoted as having said
| that in view of the enormous number
| of signatures to the petition asking him
| to run for mayor of the Greater New
York-more than 1900 in New York
| alone-he cannot do anything but ac-
| cept the mination-Upward of 400
! members of the Merchants association
| arrived in New York to buy goods, and
| all but one spoke of the favorable out
look for osperity-Governor Atkin-
son of West Virginia, in remitting the
| fine and sentence of a husband who had
shot and seriously wounded rival, ex-
pressed regret that the latter was not
kiled-Presdent Mckinley and Vice
President Hobart visited the Catholic
summer school at Plattsburg and made
a trip through the Au Sable chasm-
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of life imprisonment in the Charlestown
(Mass) prison, was badly wounded
while trying to escape-Henry S. Mar
cy, president of the Fitchburg railroad,
died Of apoplexy at his home in Bel
| mont, Mass.--A large force of British
troops is being sent from England, it is
believed, to re-enforce the Nile expedi-
tion-The death by drowning of the
Amazon explorer Fiscarrald is reported
-Four French officers ascended Mont
Blanc in the Alps of Savoy - The
Cramps brought suit against the gov
ernment for over $1,700,000 damages al
legged to have been sustained in build
ing warships-Beginning next Octo-
Der, Japan will have gold currency.
Thursday, Aug. IL.
The Virginia Democratic state con-
vention met in Roanoke and nominated
for governor Major j. Hoge Tyler
President Mckinley and Vice Presi-
dent Hobart made an excursion to Lake
Placid and drove to the grave of John
Brown at North Elba--The torpedo
boat Dupont, on her official trial trip,
made an average speed of 2S.5S knots
an hour-The steamer Mexico, laden
with gold seekers, tourists and supplies,
was lost on the coast of Alaska. The
passengers and crew escaped in boats
Jacob S. CoXey was nominated by
| acclamation for governor by the Popu
| list state convention of Ohio in session
| at COlumbus-Drunam the fugitive
| king of Benin, surrendered himself to
| the British authorities on the west coast
| of AfriCa-The emperor and empress
of Germany said goodby to the czar and
| czarina and left ST. Petersburg in the
| Yacht Hohenzolern-Th body of the
murdered premier of Spain, Senior Can
| ovas del Castillo, reached Madrid and
lay in state at his late home-Two
Spanish agitators were expelled from
| France-An uprising of Carlst SYM
pathizers is alleged to be impending in
| Spain-A serious outbreak Is reported
| in Oporto, Portugal, where Is army Of
| ficers have been arrested, and martial
| law is proclaimed-Further particulars
! of the capture of Abu Hamid by the
Anglo Egyptian expedition have been
received-Instruction for the enforce
ment of President McKinleys recent
civil service order were issued by the
treasury departmcnt-The paying tel
Ter of the Bedford bank, Brooklyn, con-
fessed to a series of defacations
| amounting to more than $6,000-Mrs
Eli Gage daughter law OF the secre-
tary of the treasury, will brave the ter
rors of ChillSat pass to join her husband
! at Dawson City.
Friday, Aug. 10.
owing to the refusal of NJ. Stoloff
the Bulgarian premier, to apologize for
an insulting letter, diplomatic relations
between Austria and Bulgaria have
| been severed-The obseques of the
late Premier Canovas del Castillo win
be held in Madrid today. The trial of
the assassin Coli will begin before
| court martial on Saturday-Prepara
! tions for the national regatta on the
Schuylkil river at Philadelphia We're
completed. Ten Eyck will not row
C. $. Mullen and Daniel S. Lamont were
chosen respectively president and vice
president of the Northern Pacific
mont as the guest of Senator Redfeld
Proctor-Thomas Edison is building
at West Portal, N. j., great concentrat-
ing works for the reduction of low
grade iron ore by electricity-Asa
Charles Jackson an American, com
mitted suicide in England-Sedtiou
placards We're posted on the walls of
public buildings in Constantinople-
The Scotch oil combination has col
lapsed-James Young, an engineer
died on the Ward line steamer Yucca
tan, His body was taken to Havana
for burial - The Count of Turin
nephew of King Humbert, WILL it IL
said, fight Prince Henry OF Orleans and
General Albertone will give way-An
injunction restraining the striking coal
miners from assembling near the mines
of the New York and Cleveland COM
pany was issued by judges of the coun-