Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-21
BREVITIES.

blDDEf OhD, he'i ouHe lo'-rllSe La
boute, a 15-year-old French girl, was
drowned here while bathing.
MENoMINEE, Mich, June 1S.-Three
men were killed and two seriously injured
by lightning bolt at this place yesterday.
RANGooN, June l5.-The governor of the
Dutch Indies will send five warships and
$500 troops against the rajah of Tombok
to enforce upon him obedience to the Dutch |
suzerainty.
SCRANTON, Pa, June 1s.-The large
clothing store of Davies q Griffin OF this
city was DESTROYED by fire at l o'clock a.
IN. Yesterday The loss is $4,000 and the
insurance $4,000
CHICAGO June 17-According to the
tabulated returns of the school census
canvassers just completed Chicago has
total population of / 1862, 796 souls Thisis
an increase of 124, 1856 over the population as
recorded by the census taken two years ago.
BALTIMORE, June 1S.-Manager Barnie,
of the Louisville Baseball club, has signed
Pitcher Meaney, of the Harrisburg Penn
| sylvania State league team. Meaney, Is
| left handed twirler and has won the last
seventeen games in which he played. He
will join the club in Pittsburg.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 15.-While dig
ging trench through cellar that had
been excavated, and then filled up by
the food of 1889, workmen unearthed
parlor car that was lost from the i'll -fated
day express at Conemaugh 1t is believed
further search will unearth bodies of per
sons lost on the train.
HARTFORD, Conn, June 1s.-Adjutant-
General Bradley issued orders for the en-
campment of the G. n e. at Mantle,
Conn, for eight days beginning Saturday,
August II. The state will feed the
troops as last year, charging the men one
half the cost or 50. 80 for the tour of duty.
COLUMBUS, o., June 16.-The cost of
maintaining the large force Of state troops
in the field may require an extraordinary
session of the legislature. AS biennial
sessions were determined upon at the last
session it will be two years before these
bills can be paid, if no extra session is
called.
MILWAUKEE, June 1S-The S. A. f.
Tanner Furniture company has assigned
to Charles Wetzel, who filed n bond for
SOS, 900, representing the amount Of the as
| sets. The liabilities are not known, but
are said to be smaller than the assets. The
assignment is attributed to the failure of
| Tanner g. Co., furniture dealers, few
| days ago.
| CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June 1S.-Seven
hundred and twenty kegs of powder ex-
ploded yesterday at Colteway, about Is
miles from here, in the works of the Chat
tanooga Powder company, scattering the
building and its contents for a quarter of II
mile. The explosion was heard for 20
miles. 1t will not interfere with the work
of the company, as only one building was
destroyed.
CHICAGO, June 1S.-After two hours Of
argument Judge Payne decided that the
courts had no power or authority to ap-
prove the stipulation entered into between
counsel for the state and defence postpon-
ing the insanity trial of Prendergast, the
murderer of Mayor Harrison, until
November next and ordered that the case
be peremptorily set for Wednesday morn
ing next
PORTLAND, Me-, June 1s.-At a meeting
of the directors of the Eastern Forge COM
pany, it was voted to make an assignment
to President George L. Morse and Mr..
Fisher, one of the directors. This step was
necessitated by the hard times and the
! difficulty of securing coal. The plant is
at East Deering and there is but one larger
one in the United States. The company is
capitalized as Sl25,0OO.
WASHINGTON, June 1S.-Acting Secre-
tary of State Ed Uhl has received cable
gram from Mr., MacVeagh, United States
ambassador at Rome, stating that the un-
successful attempt to assassnate Premier
Crspi was made by a carpenter who came
from Bologna for the purpose. The de
spatch says there is no evidence that he had
any accomplices that Crispfs position is
greatly strengthened and that the city is
quiet
ENGLEwooD, n. j., June ls.-The re-
mains of Judge William Walter Phelps,
who passed quietly away at his home here
early yesterday morning, will lay in state
at the family residence until "Wednesday
morning, when the funeral services will
take place Mt the Presbyterian church of
this place. The Rev. Harry NJ. Booth of
Auburn, n Y, has been requested to Off
ciate. The interment will be at Sims
bury Conn, the same day.
CHICAGO, June 19.-In response to an ap-
peal from Justin Mccarthy, leader of the
Irish parliamentary party in the house of
commons of Great Britain, prominent cit
liens of Chicago of Irish birth or home |
rule sympathies have organized commit
tee to obtain subscriptions to continue the |
parliamentary struggle for home rule.
Nearly So 900 nave already been subscribed |
and enough more has been promised to
bring the total to $40 600 before the money |
Is sent 10 Mr. Mccarthy.
ST. LOUIS Mo-, June 1s.-General |
Agent r. A. Campbell, of the Air line, re-
ceived a telegram yesterday announcing
the capture of two men supposed to have
been implicated in the train robbery at
Centralia Thursday night He was asked |
to request NJ. S. Levy, who is at the Lin
dell hotel, to come to Centralia to identify |
them. Mr.. Levy, who travels for s. and |
J. Werner, of New York, was a passenger
on the train and has just arrived in st. |
Louis He was witnesst o the robbery.
UNIoNTowN, Pa, June 1s.-The jury in
the case of the tifty-seven Sickle Hollow
strikers charged with riot at Washington
Run mines, returned a verdict of mot
guilty, but pay the costs" The costs
amount to about $500, which will be raised
by friends of the prisoners and the latter
released. Two of the strikers charged
with the murder of Superintendent Pad
dock have been found guilty. The re-
naming twenty-six men will be tried
together instead of separately, as at first
intended.