Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-02

| sons were injured in fight with the
police. The police were called in to
suppress the scenes of wild disorder in
the reichsrath, but the sitting was again
adjourned af.ar President Abrahamo-
vics had suspended 13 members-Two
Cuban patriots, DR.. Frank Agramonte
and Thomas j. sainz, both young citi-
Zens of New York, arrived in that city.
They have been confined 2b years in
the Moro prison, and DR. Agramonte
told of the horrors experienced. He
says General Corona is being tortured
to death there-General Palma of the
Cuba junta in New York received a
proclamation issued by General Garcia,
saying that the patriots would consider
| no proposition from Spain except abso-
lutte ndependence-The German de-
mands against China have been pre-
sented for the murder of German mis-
sionaries and the destruction of Ger
man mission properties. The Chinese
government insists upon the evacuation
of Kaio Chau before they will be con-
sidered-The Austrian steamer Jokai
was sunk off Dungeness in collision
with the British steamer Baron Ar
drossan. Four of her crew were drown
Der of deputies has approved the arbi-
tration treaty with France in the face
of a demand which amounted almost to
an ultimatum-Advices from Rome
say a sangunary encounter took place
at Nikki, west Africa, between the
British and Trench forces. 1t was dis
credited, however, in London and Paris
The recent floods in the state of
| Washington destroyed mining and rail-
| road property owned by J. D. Rookie
feller valued at $4,000, 900. Five hun
dred residents of the town of Monte
Cristo are fleeing to other settlements
to escape starvation. Mining opera
tions have been uspended-Hiram
Maxim's new quick firing gun was tried
at Portsmouth, N. H., with remarkable
results. With % pounds of cordite it
showed an effective range of 10000
yards-The Irish National alliance is
sued an appeal to United States sena-
tors to oppose the treaty of arbitration
with England.
Monday, Nov. 80.
Premier Badeni and the members of
the Austrian ministry resigned, and
Emperor Francis Joseph, who accepted
the designations, intrusted Baron
Gautsch to form a new ministry. The
emperor also decreed the adjournment
of the reichsrath. Hussars and police
with drawn sabers cleared the streets
of Vienna, and many persons were in
jured seriously-Embassa White
was reported to have been instructed
from Washington to ascertain Ger
many's precise intentions regarding
Haiti and to serve notice that the Unit
ed States cannot tolerate annexation or
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public-Prncess Lily Dolgorouky, the
Russian musician said to be the NOR
ganatic widow of the late czars broth
er, died in Salvador under circum-
stances indicating that she had been
poisoned for her jewels. A Portuguese,
count is accused-The pope has made
Archbishop Chapelle of Santa Fe arch
bishop of New Orleans-The Welsh
steamer Labarrouere was sunk in col
lision off TreVose head. A boat with
the captain and several of the crew, is
mssing-The steamer City of Seattle
arrived in Seattle, Wash, bringing 25
miners from Dawson City. They had
about $50 900 in gold nuggets and dust.
They reported scarcity of provisions
at Dawson City and predicted famine
before sprng-A Paris newspaper
published alleged letters of Count Es-
terhazy that created a sensation ii.
Paris by their reflection on the French
army-Louis Meirderks. IL years old
had one of his legs torn apart and his
thigh broken in Williamsburg, N. Y,
by getting caught in the wheel of a
surrey on which he was stealing a ride
Lawrence Doyle and Amos Hamlin,
rivals for the love of woman, fought
at Windsor township, N. ]. Doyle
struck Hamlin with an ak, killing him
instantly and nearly beheading him
James Henry, an outlaw; his wife, her
mother and three sisters twice repulsed
a sheriff's posse in Georgia in battle
in which several persons We're fatally
shot. Henry afterward surrendered on
seeing a mob coming well supplied with
rope-Fire in the shopping district of
Philadelphia did damage to the amount
of $100 000-Mrs. Antonio Delaya of
Orange, N. j., gave birth to her twenty
sixth child. She is As years of age. Ali
her children save one are living.
Tuesday, Nov. so.
1t was said in Berlin that only a
monetary reparation was to be de-
manded from Haiti for the arrest of
Lueders, but that no interference from
the United States would be tolerated.
The Haitian incident received consid-
GRAFTON from the state department at
Washington, and it was decided to send
the cruiser Marblehead to Haiti to pro-
tect American interests in the event OF
trouble-China has determined not to
grant the demands of Germany, but
will endeavor to settle the trouble by
diplomatic measures-John Jacob AS
tor and other directors of the Findlay
Fort Wayne and Western railway held
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a plan for the development of the road
into a new trunk line from Chicago to
New York, invading the Pennsylvania
railroads territory-Mrs. Poucher of
Oswego, n. Y, has secured an absolute
divorce from her husband w. A.
Poucher. who was United States dis
trict attorney for northern New York
under President leveland-The Kali
ser Wilhelm der Crosse on the east