Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
"wednesday, Aug. IS.

on req. 8, was arrested on a charge of
robbing the Wilson residence, 511 Fifth
avenue, New York, of a quantity of
| jewelry and money on June 23. He ad-
mtted the theft, but says he took the
property as security for 81 ,030, due him
| for services in tracing anonymous let
ters written about Miss Wilson, now
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. He is
suing Mr. Wilson for the amount
| The committee of so in Brooklyn began
| the campaign in the interest of Seth
Low. for mayor of Greater New York
The Republican county committee
| of New York met to consider proposed
amendments to its constitution, and
adopted a resolution favoring the hold
ing of all anti-Tammany conventions on
the same day-The third race of the
series for the Seawanhaka- Corinthian
cup was won by Glencairn II, the Ca
madam defender, which has now won
two races against one for Mono, the
American challenger-James Cullen,
II years old, employed as office boy by
the National Security company in New
York, disappeared with $1,000 belonging
to George Godward, the treasurer
The Duke and Duchess of York started
on their visit to Ireland. Their going
to the island has caused fever of ex-
citement, and an elaborate programme
for their entertainment has been ar
ranged-An engagement took place
near Simla between the rebellious ma
| tives in the Indian hills and the British
| forces under General Blood. The ma
tives were routed. Two British officers
were killed-News confirming the re-
port that one of Andree's pigeons had
been shot on the coast Of Lapland was
received in Stockholm. The bird was
said to bear a letter from the explorer
THE bank of Pineville, Ark, was
robbed of $500 by members of a band of
outlaws, supposed to be members of the
notorious Collier gang.
Thursday, Aug. 10.
Bombs We're exploded in Constantine
pie near the grand vizier's offices and
ehe police headquarters. an Armenian
was caught trying to ignite explosives
in the ottoman bank and the sultan's
household was said to be in abject ter
ror-A bomb exploded in Paris near
the Northern railway station ten min
utes after President Faure left on his
journey to visit the czar of Russia
A tornado and two waterspouts did
great damage in Queens county, N. Y,
between Springfield and Hampstead.
The tornado wrecked a number of
houses, swept out several ponds, almost
emptied Hampstead reservoir and blew
COWS out of their pasture lots. The wa
terspouts on Jamaica bay drowned one
man, smashed a number of boats and
wrecked the Long Island roads trestle
at Holland SIS. r. Galloway of New
York was elected president of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern railway,
to succeed the late General ID. w. Cald-
well-Glencairn II defeated the Mono
for the third time on Lake st. Louis,
and Canada thus retains the Seawan-
haka-Corinthian trophy-Cash wheat
reached the dollar mark in the New
York market-At the convention of the
American Bankers association, held in
Detroit, Comptroller of the Currency
Eckels spoke on commercial banking
and the national credit-The national
lawn tennis tournament opened at the
Newport casino. The Americans won
from the Englishmen in the doubles
The steamer Queen arrived at Victoria,
b. c., and, according to Purser Carroll,
| few of the 1,500 men in camp at Skag-
quay and Dyea will get over the pass
this winter. A packer from Portland lost
eight horses and packs by falling down
| cliff-Twenty Polish students were
arrested in St. Petersburg, suspected of
nihilism. and hurried off to Siberia
The native revolt in northwest India Is
spreading, the whole frontier being In
rebellion. Several powerful tribes have
| Joined the rcbels-Embassad White
has gone from Berlin to Paris to confer
with General Woodford in regard to
presenting American views as to Cuba
at Madrid.
Friday, Aug. go.
John Conway the kidnapped child, of
Albany, was recovered, and Joseph
Hardy, his uncle, was arrested for the
crime-The convention of the Amer
lean Bankers association came to a
close at Detroit. Joseph C. Hendrix of
New York was elected president for the
ensuing year-A meeting of coal mine
operators was held in Pittsburg and an
organization was formed with the pur-
pose of ending the strike-Co-opera
tion between the United States and
Canada in improving the Klondike mail
service was agreed on--Alhert Y. Sug-
den, the former valet of Richard Il.
Wilson, was held in jefferson Market
court in S2, 500 bail on a charge of bur-
glary-lt was learned that the bust
ness of Steinway q Sons, piano manu-
facturers, had been sold to an English
syndicate for over So, OOO-The re-
ligiOus leaders of the tribes in revolt
in the Swat valley, India, have offered
to submit to the British authorities on
any terms-The middle of the road
Populists of Iowa held a state conven-
ton at Des Moines and placed ticket
in the field headed by Charles A. Lloyd
of MusCGtine county for governor
The annual convention of the Young
Peoples societies of the Presbyterian
church began in apolis-The
question of a treaty between France
and the United States under the reel
procity clause of the new tariff law is
under consideration - An unknown
tramp was lynched in the suburbs Of
Chicago - st. Louis spectators in
wheat are estimated to have cleared up
ward of 50, 900 900 on September options
during the recent bulge--Mrs. Mar
garet Ferris, widow of the inventor of
| the Ferris wheel has baan married in