Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


twenty BRUSH WarShlpS and jap
anese fleet of 30 vessels have arrived
at Port Hamilton, an island south of
Korea, There is much alarm in China
over the complications that involve
that Country--The British Indian
campaign has been concluded It is ex-
p5Cted that the rebellious tribes, hav-
ing been severely punished, will submit
1t is DENIED that the tariff negotia-
tons between the United States and
Germany have been broken of-Em-
tassador Hay had conference, with
the permanent secretary Of the British
foreign office on the sealing question
A cableCram from Paris says that
the Countess Castellane (nee Could
gave birth to boy, her second SON
People who left Dawson City between
Nov. % and % and have reached Seat
tie declare that there viii be no starva-
ton on the Klondike and that the pro-
posed relief expedition is unnecessary
Measures for relieving the distress
in Cuba were discussed at the meeting
Of the cabiuet--The Canadian minis
ter Of the interior arrived in Washing
ton To confer With Secretary Alger in
regard to the KlondiSe relief expedi-
tiCns-Judge Garrison, in Camden, N.
j., fixed Ian 3 rs the date for the trial
of Eli Shaw, charged with killing his
mother and grandmother, to begin
Tho viii Of Charles II. Contoit, filed
with the surrogate IN New York, shows
him to have been the last of his family
so far as known. His property will go
mainly to 10 charitable organizations.
1t is estimated to be worth over 81. .00O.-
O0G--Martin Julian, manager of Rob
ert Fitzsimmons. the champion pugilist.
announced that the latter had recon-
sidered his determination to retire and
would meet Corbett and Mccoy under
certain cundtions-TheO Orange Free
state has ratified an eNtradition treaty
with the United States, and the docu-
ment has been returned to Washington
Six sailors lost their lives on the
British ship NanloO owing to the fall
Of a spar while on a voyage from Car
diff to st. John. N. B.-Comptroller
Eckels approved the plan for settling
the affairs of the failed Chestnut Street
National bank of FA!.a-elphia.
Thursday, Dec. 30.
The trustees Of Princeton university
have prohibited students from fire.
Guentng places where intoxicants are
sold--France has occupied Hainan
island. between -he China sea and the
Gulc Of Tonquin Russia is said to have
obtained the concession of Port Arthur
III October-The trustees of Sailors
Snug Harbor in New York finished
their investigation of the management
OF Governor TTask and voted unani-
mOusly that an immediate change was
necessary for the benefit of the institu-
tion, and agreed that the governor
should be given a few days time in
which to resign-Captain George r.
Hogdon, proprietor of the fremont
House, New Haven, was arraigned in
court charged with hiring Frederick
Cooke to set fire to the Tontine hotel,
conducted by a rival, George Z. White
Commander Booth-Tucker of the
Salvation Army said in Chicago that
Mrs. Ballington Booths illness was a
sham. This was Indignantly denied at
the hospital in New York where she is
a potient-A IRE destroyed 500 houses,
D hotel and a church in Port au Prince.
A few hours later an earthquake oc-
CURED, which created a panic but did
no great damage--It was reported in
London that the Marquis of Hertford
would succeed the Earl of Aberdeen as
governor general of Canada-Presi-
dent Mckinley signed the bill prohibit
ing pelagic sealing by citizens of the
United States. which was passed by
congress before the holiday recess
Captain General 5lanco issued q decree
announcing the lines on which the home
rule government is to be established
NJ. Patenotre, the new French embas-
sGdor to Spain, was received by the
queen regent in Madrid-There has
been a recrudesccnce of the plague in
India, especially in the Mandvie dis
trict, where the people are seeking
safety in hight-Robbers got the saw
ings Of Lawrence Walters, buried on his
farm near Wayand Mich.--The own
ers of the asphalt beds in the Uncom-
paghre Indian reservation are negoti-
ating with a Chicago trust company
for a loan to develop the deposits
Five passengers were injured in a col
lision on the Wabash, near Palos
Springs, his, among them State Sena-
tor John Humphrey of Illinois
Threats of lynchiny We're made against
Barney Flanagan, an alleged wife beat
ar, at Saratoga.
Friday, Dec. 81.
Joseph Lockey, a trusted clerk of the
American Estates association, in New
York, has fed after stealing several
thousand dollars by means of raised
checks and taking with him all the
title deeds, books and papers Of the con-
Germ that he could lay his hands on.
owing to the absence of the books the
amount OF Jockeys peculation is not
known, but it will reach into the thou
sands--James A. Jordan, formerly a
special pension examiner in Washing
ton, was arrested in New York on
charges of forgery and bribery in con-
nection with a pension case on which
ne had reported favorably-A wealthy
lolored contractor of New Rochelle. N.
Y, was perhaps fatally injured by the
! explosion of a stick of dynamite he was
trying to thaW out. and his son was se-
riously hurt u. b. Haggin, the
wealthy turfman, aged a. married Miss
Pearl VOORHEES, Of Versailles, Ky, aged
%. niece Of his former wife-Secre-
AIRY Long has prepared a bill to COM
! lel the attendanoe Of civilian Witnesses