Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-07-08


Pennsylvania was won by Cornell. Co.
lumbia was second, beaten by II
lengths, while the Pennsylvania boat
was swamped near the two mile mark
Charles Ferdinand Herve shot and
fatally wounded Mrs. Rosina Bureau
Drolet at 271 West One Hundred and
Fourteenth street, New York. and then
committed suicide. Jealousy was the
motive of the crime-A severe storm,
accompanied by lightning, hail, rain
and furious wind, swept down from the
northwest and wrought serious dam
age in New Jersey, Westchester county.
N. Y, Long Island and neighboring re-
gions-An Image of Buddha. to which
miraculous properties were ascribed.-
was stolen from the house of Henry B.
Foulke, in Onset, Mass.-E. ]. Rat
cliffe, an actor, disappeared from his
hotel In Chicago in order to avoid ex-
tradition to New York. He is charged
with wife beating-Testimon tending
to show the completely of the London
Times In the Transvaal raid was
brought out at the session of the par
liamentary South African committee in
London-A. w. Tenny of Brooklyn
was nominated for United States Judge
of the eastern district of New York
Jeremiah O'Sullivan, sentenced to IS
months in the Salem (Mass.) Jail for
libeling a member of the Lawrence
common council, was released by par
don from Governor Wolcott. 1t was
said by the medical examiner of the
Jail that an immediate release was es-
sential for the protection of OSulli-
vans life-A thief who called himself
A. G. Blair was arrested two weeks
ago In Boston. He was young man of
good appearance. He now asserts that
his real name Is Lawrence p. Graham;
that his father is Commander Graham,
United States navy, and that two of
his uncles are in the army. He also as
serts himself to be an ex-convict-
The steamer Arkansas has sailed from
Havana with 1900 bales of leaf to-
bacco.
Monday, July 8.
The Fourth of July falling on Sum
day, the nations Independence day
was generally celebrated throughout
the country on Monday. President Nc
kinley spent the day quietly at his
home in Canton, o. Thomas F. Bayard
made an address at a celebration in
Philadelphia. Ex-senator Hill made
cussed present social and Industrial
problems. Tammany had its usual cell
ebration in New York, and Ex-Governor
Altgeld of Illinois spoke in Brooklyn.
Cycling, rowing, horse racing and other
sporting contests We're held in all parts
of the Countrywide Fourth of July
was celebrated by Americans in the
important capitals of Europe. The dis
. ,,t,n o,-to l,. a. kat
banquet at the Kensington Palace ho-
tel, where Colonel Hay, Mr.. Reid Bsh-
op Potter and others spoke. Embassa-
dor Porter presided at a banquet of the
American chamber of commerce in
Paris, and General Draper held a re-
ception at Rome-Fourteen bodies
have been recovered from the floods
caused by the rising of the river Ga
rome, France-A storm caused $780,
900 damage In and near Duluth--In-
tense heat continues throughout the
west. At Akron. o., the heat started
100000 f1re-Many delegates to the
conference Of the Populist party ar
rived in Nashville-Cuban women of
wealthy Guanabacoa families were
taken from home at night by Spanish
troops, and Havana pays no heed to
them-James Murtha of New York
unwittlngiy told a policeman in plain
clothes of an assault committed by him
on another policeman. He is now in
jail-Captain w. C. Keeble jumped
from the Brooklyn bridge and was kill
ed-Troops opened fire on a mob of
rioters at Simla, India, dispensing them
and woundlng and capturing their
leader-The Republican members of
the senate finance committee decided
to offer no more amendments to the
tariff bill. The senate Is expected to
pass the bill this week-A woman
and her daughter were drowned in Long
pond, near West Point. and also SER
geant who swan to their rescue
Hardin Parish of New York shot HIM
self at a santarium in Saratoga, where
he was being treated for insomnia.
Tuesday, July o.
1t is estimated that 1000 coal min
ers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois. In