Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-06

StDll ulilZeI OK TIE New YORK WOrlQ
died at Bar Harbor. Me. aged II
| The yacht.Sylph of Boston was wrecked
on Waiting island, in the Bahama group,
but no lives were lost-Governor
| Lowndes of Maryland withdrew from
the contest for Mr.. Germans seat in
the United States senate-Heavy
snowstorms prevailed in northern New
York and Pennsylvania-A big CON
spiracy is said to have been discovered
in Pinar del Rio. Cuba, by which SOC
workers in the tobacco fields were dis
armed and prevented from joining the
rsurgents--Two women were attack.
ed after dark in a street in Pelham. a
suburb Of New York, by highwaymen,
who seized them by the throats and
made them surrender their pocket books
"A French expedition has seized Fa-
shoda, on the Nile, and the French are
said to be descending the riVer-The
RothsChilds are said to be backing a
company of Russian oil refiners to com
pete against the Standard Oil in Eng
lanG-General Sir Henry Havelock.
Allan's body was found in India, where
he was kiled-"S Settlement day" in
the December wheat option on the Chi
cago Board of Trade passed without
excitement. Joseph Letter the leader
of the bull clique which controls $780,
900 bushels of contract grade wheat,
expressed confidence that the price
would advance-Senator Hanna ar
rived at Columbus, o.. to conduct his
campaign for reelection and expressed
confidence of his success-Governor
Black appointed County Judge A. T.
Clearwater of Ulster county, n. Y, to
succeed Judge Alton b. Parker in the
supreme court-A Cleveland firm has
received an order for 1000, 900 tons OF
iron ore from Cardiff, Wales-It was
reported in Chicago that an English
company has secured control of the
fisheries on the great lakes--Mrs. D
T. Howell of Monticello, N Y, sued
her husband, the Rev. d. T. Howell
rector of the Episcopal church, for a
limited divorce.
Monday, Jan. 3.
A sensation has been caused in Lon.
don by a rumor that the English ad-
miral has fired on a Russian man-of.
war in Chinese waters. More Chinese
concessions to Russia were reported,
and it was avowed openly in st. Pc
tersburg that M. AleXeieff's duty in
Korea is to combat British and Japa-
nese influences. China has yielded to the
demand of the German ambassador fol-
the dismissal of the commandant at
kiao Chou-Brtsh troops have been
ordered from Mediterranean ports to
join the advance up the Nile. A British
regiment in India was attacked by rebel
tribesmen, and is hemmed in and cut
off from communication with Sir VIII.
liam Lockhart-Mr and Mrs. Adolph
Reich and four of their six children
1T l.yo ;,, hit,
S17 Germana avenue, Jersey City. Two
sons who escaped with their lives are
suffering from burns, and Chief Con-
way, while exploring the house, fell
through a floor and was injured
Governor Bushnell of Ohio openly de-
clared himself a candidate for United
States senator against Senator Hanna
THE monetary commission appoint.
ed by the indianapolis convention re-
ported in favor of gold standard re.
tirement of greenbacls through a divi.
sion of issue and redemption, the issue
of new currency by national banks and
the issue of gold per cent bonds If
necessary for redemption purposes. A
plan was favored to obtain government
loans, when required from the people
in sums of $50 or more, these loans tC
be entered on the books of the treasury
and interest paid in gold at 8 per cent
Miss Bessie Potter, cashier of The
Hotel Normandie, killed herself by tax
ing carboliC acid at the Windsor hotel
in New York. She died few minutes
after being taken to the Flower hos
pital--SiXteen paper manufacturers
have entered into a combination. with
a capital stock of $50, ,0O00 600. Five more
companies are expected to come in.
The price of paper is to be advanced
and the capital furnished publishers to
be curtailed-A mattress factory in
Brooklyn was destroyed by fire, the
damage amounting to $50 600. Adjoining
buildings We're damaged-The annual
report of New York State Superintend-
ent of Banks Frederick d. Kilburn
shows a marked improvement in the
condition of the state banks during the
fiscal year ended Sept S0 1897, the gain
in resources having been about S55, $780,
900, or nearly 20 per cent.
Tuesday, Jan. 4.
Thirty people were killed and more
than 30 injured by the collapse of the
floor of the city hall at London, Ont.
where political meeting was being
held--It was announced in a dispatch
from Peking that Ii Hung Chang had
been recalled to power, and his memo
rial on the defense of the country was
being sidered-Democrats with
the aid of anti-Hanna Republicans,
controlled the organization of both
branches of the Ohio legislature. Ma
son, Republican, was elected speaker
OF the house by a vote of Sc to 53-A
counterfeit 500 silver certificate has
been discovered which treasury officials
Z aI,l 30, ,si, G
the discovery the counterfeited issue is
to be called in, and Secretary Gage ad-
vises business men not to accept 500
silver certficates-E. Triplett, presi-
dent of colored college in Mississippi,
was fatally shot from ambush-C. r.
Robert, a New York millionaire, killed
| himself at the Rochelle apartment
house while insane-A judgment for
about siO0,0 600 was directed by the ap-
pelate division of the supreme court.
in New York, against Amzi l.. Barber