Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-28
FREELAND, PA, JULY 2s, 1898.
MMARY OF THE NEWS,

Mrs. Dora Hildebrandt Schmidt, Of
POughkeepsie, accused by John
Schmidt Of having killed Henry Cru
Der in Ghent, has been placed under
arrest.
1t Is reported that the Abyssinian
expedition under Prince Henry of Or
leans and Count Leontieff, Russian
scientific explorer, has collapsed, and
is returning to France
According to dispatch from Mad.
rid, Senor Sagasta, the Premier has
again offered to resign and has been
counseied by the Queen Regent to ad-
wise with other political leaders relq,
tive TO his future course.
Secretary Long has received infor.
nation Of the arrival of the second
Philippine expedition Mt Manila. On
the way over, 1t is said, the army took
possession of Wake Island, body of
land lying about two thirds of the way
over from Honolulu to Manila.
Two other regiments from Tampa.
the Goth New York and the Sd Ohio
will pass through Jacksonville en-
route to Fernandlna. The 32d Michi-
gan stopped for an hour or two, and
many soldiers rushed uptown to see
the city.
The authorities of Madrid, as well
as those of the Canaries, have been
seized with panic over the possible
seizure of the islands by Admiral Wat
sons squudrons, and powerful garr-
sons have been stationed ON the isl
ands of Lanzarote and Graciosa
The faculty of Cornell University Is
to be represented In this war. Dun
can Campbell Lee, Professor of Ora
tory. has Just enlisted with the 203d
Regiment, Col. Schuyler. He has been
appointed sergeant, but has not vet
been assigned to any particular com
pany.
Gen. Skaters plans contemplate the
marching of his army north into the
mountains, with q view Of preserving
the health Of the troops; and cam-
paign against Holguin, which is occu.
pied by 10000 troops under command
of Gen. Luque, may be the result of
this movement.
The gunboat IrOquols, formerly the
tug Fearless, is about to make the
longest tow ever undertaken. She Is
to haul the ship Tacoma from San
Francisco to Manila by way of Homo
lulu, q distance of about 6,000 miles
The Tacoma is to carry 100 horses and
l20 mules and coal supply.
A draft for $4,000 for Admiral Ger.
vera and his men has been sent to this
country by the Spanish Government.
This statement is made by Emilio NJ.
CASTILLO, president of the Spanish Be.
nevolent Society Of New York, who hos
Just returned from a visit to the ad.
miral and the other Spanish prisoners
at Annapolis.
Fire which started In the three-story
warehouse of the Atlantic White Lead
company, at Hudson avenue and Gold
street, Brooklyn, at half past seven
O'clock Tuesday morning did $50, 900
damage in less than nn hour. The
contents of the building were very In.
lammable. and the third and second
floors We're wrecked before the flames
were controlled.
The steamship Trave, which arrived
at New York Thursday, reports that
on Monday she sighted the steamship
Friesland. from Antwerp, for that
port. The Friesland signalled that she
had broken her shaft and had made
temporary repairs. The accident oc.
Cured last Thursday when she was
ave days out. The Friesland was pro-
ceeding under slow steam.
Lightning played curious freaks
near Port Jervis, N. Y. Wednesday.
Among the several places struck were
three ledges of rocks In the mountains
some three to six miles distant from
each other. One Of the ledges struck
showed, upon examination, melted
spots In IL indicating mineral depos,
II Of both copper and zinc, which had
run down the seams Of the ledge fol-
several feet
Over u million dollars on the way to
Santiago to pay Gen. Shafter's army
have been held up at New York and
deposited In the Sub-Treasury there
and the soldiers at the front. will eo
without pay for the present. This has
been done at the urgent request OF
Gen. Sbafter. He feared the effect OF
the distribution Of SO much money