Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-20

of the monetary commission, appeared
| before the house banking and currency
| committee to urge the need of better
| banking facilities in the south ana
| west-A c. Burrase a Boston law
| yer, received from William Rockefeller
a check for 500 900 fees and commits
sicns for the sale of the Standard OILS
gas property in Boston. The Standard
| paid 81 500 900 in all in fees-Governor
Lowndes of Maryland expressed conf
dence that Judge McComas would bs
| elected United States senator-The
vice president and Mrs. Hobart gave a
dinner in honor of the president and
Mrs. cKinley-Mr. and Mrs Stanley
Leslie were suffocate5 in fire which
burned out a West street hotel New
York-The New York legislature ad-
journed until Monday evening. The
senate received several appointments
from the governor. including those of
Dr. S. Case Jones. DR.. Daniel M. Lewis
and owen Cassidy to succeed them
selves as members of the state board of
health-A decree was issued in Ha-
vana forbiddng the publication of ca
bic dispatches unless they had been
submitted to censorship-For love of
committed suicide in London--Anti-
Zola demonstrations on the part of the
students took place in Paris-A deeu-
ment said to emanate from the pope
has been published in Rome favorng
an italian epubic-Crisham &
Winch: carriage dealers in st. Paul,
have failed, with assets of "a, 00o. Last
October they were rated at so 000 Mr.
Winch is accused of concealing person.
al property worth S5o,ooO--The Ken
lucky Trust companys vice president
has disappeared from Louisville, leav-
ing the company's affairs in a bad con-
dition.
Monday, Jan. II.
Congressman Benjamin Butter
worth, commissioner of patents, died
at Thomasvillc, Ga.-LoEan Carlisle,
son OF eX-Secretary of the Treasury
Carlisle. died suddenly in New York.
The Right Hon. Charles Pelham Viii
lers, known as the father of the house
of commons" died in London-Gener-
al William Booth of the Salvation Ar
my and his son. Commander Ballington
Booth of the Volunteers of America
met at the Windsor hotel, New
York, and agreed to refrain from con-
troversy in future-Mrs. T. #. Lane,
daughter of former Senator Blackburn
of Kentucky. was seriously wounded in
her apartments in Washington by re-
volver in her hands. The shooting was
said to be accidental - Horetio w.
Southworth, former president of the
Garfield Water company, was arrested
in New York on the charge of perjury
made by Albert G. Duysters of Ruther-
ford, n. j., formerly treasurer of the
same company, and was sent to New
Jersey having waived the formalities
of extraditlon on counsels advice
The battleships Texas and Massachu-
setts sailed south to join the fleet at
Hampton Roads. In the gulf sea drills
headquarters will be at Key West in
order to keep in telegraphic touch with
Washington - Ex-Queen Liliuokalani
is in Washington, where interest in the
question of annexation is now attract
ing much attention-The mutilated
body of Percy Lockyar, years old.
was found in creek near Philadel-
phia. Samuel d. Henderson, 10. is
charged with his murder-A mother
less child, is months old, journeyed
alone on the Hamburg American line
steamship Auguste Victoria from
Genoa and was received in New York
by his grandmother, Mrs. Ashbrdge,
of phia-The Holland Amer
lean line steamship Werkendam, bound
for Rotterdam, parted from her tow in
the North river, New York, and before
she could be recovered crashed into a
freight station adjoining the Pavonia
ferry, Jersey City, demolishing a sec
ton OF the building and knocking a
rack of ferry slip from its fasten-
ngs-Arrangement are being made
for the launching OF the new Japanese
warship at the Cramps yard in Phila-
delphia on Thursday-The Interna-
tiunal Navigation company has organ
lied a company to run steamships be
tween the Pacific coast and Alaska--
Ben Ali or "Frenehy," who was con-
victed of the Shakespeare" murder,
assaulted and probably fatally injured
a fellow convict in the Matteawan (N.
" State hospital,
Tuesday, Jan. 1S.
In the United States senate the Lodge
! bill in restriction of mmigra ton was
passed by vote of 40 to 28 Mr.. VOL
colt made a speech reviewing his recent
trip to Europe in Dehalf of international
bimetallism. Mir. Hanna took the oath
OF office as senator, In the house three
District of Columbia bills We're passed
and the army appropriation bill was
| considered. Mr.. Mcclellan of New York
| delivered the principal speech, in which
he severely criticised the army organi-
cation, saying that it was obsolete and
Ineffective broke up an
anti-Dreyfus meeting in Paris. The
routed students then paraded the streets
and We're charged by troops. The cabi-
net threatened to resign if the chamber
of deputies discussed Dreyfus' alleged
confcssion--Sir Michael Hicks Beach
chancellor of the exchequer, said in
public speech that England would SO
to war if necessary to maintain heI
commercial rights in China--Presi-
dent Dole of Hawaii arrived at San
Francisco and will start for Washing.
ton in three or four days. He was not
received by any government official
| Postmaster General Gary and the de-
| partment officials are trying to find