Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-07-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Wednesday, July IA.

Wednesday, July IA.
The United States senate passed the
deficiency appropriation bill after adopt
ing amendments reducing the price to
be paid for armor plate for the three
battleshps now uncompleted to $500 per
ton and directing the secretary of the
navy to receive propositions for the es-
tabishment of a government armor fac
tory and report to congress at its next
session. The tariff conferees continued
their work without reaching a final
| agreement. 1t is said that the lead and
lumber duties are agreed upon and that
the wool schedule is near settlement but
the sugar question is still open-A con-
flict between British troops and Bashi
| Ba2ouks has taken place at Gambia,
Crete, and lG of the former as we'll as a
number of the latter were killed-Tur-
key has sent an ultimatum to Persia de-
| manding the withdrawal of her troops
from Turkish territory near Kerbela.
Russia is believed to be behind Persia,
which will disregard the ultimatum-
Thomas Ripple of New Haven was hang
ed for wife murder at Hartford-Arbi
traitors began negotiations for the set
tlement of the strike in the bituminous
coal fields. though but little progress
was made. One man was killed and sew
eral injured in fight between striking
and nonstriking miners at Danville,
1lls.-E. =. Wilbur resigned the presi-
dency of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
company and Alfred Walter was elected
his successor. Two other directors were
also elected by the ]. Perpont Morgan
interests--At a fire in Jersey City
man went insane, his two children were
suffocated and six persons were injured
| by jumping from windows-Decker
| Howell g. Co., brokers on Wall street,
| New York, made an assignment the
cause being that they were short of sug-
| ar stock-Walter D. Welbrook of
Brooklyn, who received nine fractures
in the Merrick road tallyho disaster, has
sued the Long Island railroad for $780,
600 damages - The parliamentary
South African commission, which has
been in session in London. in it's report
blamed Cecil Rhodes for the Transvaal
raid and held Director Belt of the Char
tered company equally responsible.
Thursday, July 10.
Two reservoirs which supplied water
to the villages of Matteawan and Fish
kill Landing, N. Y. broke owing to
| heavy rains and poured an immense
| volume of water down ravine into
two brickyards at Dutchess junction.
ployees and their families were demol-
ished and eight persons We're drowned.
The New York Central railroad tracks
were washed out for a considerable dis
tanee and much other damage was done
| THE United States senate became in
| VOlved In a deadlock over an attempt
to take up the pending Pacific railroad
| resolutions. The entire day was con-
| sumed in fiibustering. The house re-
ceived the deficiency appropriation bill
from the senate and appointed confer
ees, with an understanding that sep
arate vote should be taken later on the
senate amendments regarding the price
| of armor plate and the establishment of
a government plant-President Nc
Kinley made large number of nom
! nations, including those of Robert A.
! Sharkey to be naval officer and Thomas
Fitchie to be commissioner of immigra-
tion at the port of New York-The
| senate foreign relations committee
adopted a resolution authorizing the
president to obtain the release of the
| Competitor prisoners still held in Cuba
! A favorable report on the Hawaiian an
neXation treaty was also made--L. ].
| Crawford of Newport, Ky, was elected
president of the National League of Re-
publican Clubs--Mord A. Winslow,
/ claiming to be the son of former lieu
tenant governor of Texas, surrendered
to the police in New York and confessed
that he had committed a number of for
geries--Father Zaboglio of the Church
of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii
| in New York and two other men were
badly burned and bruised by an ex-
ploson of gas in the church while hunt
ing for leak with a candle. One will
die and the others are likely to be
blind---A vicious bull attacked John
August, a farmer, of Woodward Hill,
Conn and the mans life was saw
ed by his 9-year-old son.
Friday, July 10.
The proceedings of the United States
senate were enlivened by a quarrel be-
tween Senators Stewart of Nevada and
| White of California over the formers
interference in a matter which the lat
ter claimed to concern only the state of
| California. The senate adopted the
resolution providing for representation
of the United States at the Paris expo
sition of l900-It was stated in Lon
don with considerable positiveness that
international conferences will be held
to consider the sealing question and to
discuss the coinage of silver-A re-
port comes from Paris by way of Lon
don that Spain and Japan have form
ed an offensive alliance against the
United States--The Republican Ma
tional league, in session at Detroit re-
elected Michael J. Dowling as secre-
tary and decided to hold next years
convention in Omaha--Anthony Will
liams, a negro, who was suspected of
having assaulted and murdered young
white woman at West Point, Tenn
last Tuesday was captured In Alabama
and taken to the scene of his crime,
where mixed mob of whites and ne
groes stamped him to death with their
feet, filled his body full of bullets, and
then burned what was left of him
Application for an order of habeas cor
pus was made to Justice Truax in the
supreme court in New York In the case
of Martin Thorn, accused of the murder