Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-19
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Illinois House of Representatives has
passed the Merritt antitrust bill.
John 81. Swift was hanged at Hartford,
Conn, yesterday for the murder of his wife,
july, 1887.
Twelve hundred and thirty emigrants en-
barked at Queenstown yesterday on steamers
bound for America.
Snowden Hill to be Collector of Internal Rev
enue for the District of Maryland.
The town council of Edinburgh, Scotland,
by vote of eight to five, has decided to confer
the freedom of the city upon MIR. Parnell.
The hearing on the petition of the Ameri.
can Telephone Company for an increase OF
SlO,OOO0 900 in its capital stock was begun at the
Massachusetts, State House this morning.
-Forty-one cowboys, from ranches near
Garden City, kas., have left Kansas City Tor
Minneapolis to take the places of the striking
street car men of that city. More will follow.
The warehouse of the Grand River Gypsum
Company and the grain warehouse of B. q Z.
Baxter, with their contents, at Cayuga, Ont,
were destroyed by tlre yesterday. The loss is
$4,000.
The stereotyped reply. No news" was
given ali inquirers about the unfortunate
passengers and crew of the Danmark by agents
of the Thingvalla line yesterday. AT other
points the same ignorance prevails.
The directors of the Oregon Improvement
Company have declared quarterly dividend
of per cent the common stock. payable
May1. Books close April p The preceding
quarterly dividend was at the rate of u per
cent
The National Line steamer Queen, from
New York, which it was thought might bring
some news of the missing passengers OF the
steamer Danmark, has arrived at Queenstown.
She reports that she saT nothing Of the steamer
or her passengers.
-Fleischman & Co., the vinegar and com
pressed yeast manufacturers. have been sued
at Baltimore for 100000 damages for destroy
ing the vinegar business OF Lewis Elmer q
Sons because the latter firm refused to 60 into
4 combination to keep up prices.
At the Alabama Midway crossing of the
Chattahoochee river two boats, with seven and
eight men respectively, were crossing the river
yesterday. when one of the boats commenced
sinking. One of the men jumped to the other
boat andcapsZed both. Five were drowned.
William Benson, aged @, the murderer of
Captain Mottweiler, at New Albany. Ind was
yesterday denied new trial by Judge Fergu-
SON and sentenced to be hanged August 10.
The sentence is the first onetunder the Indiana
law that directs all executions to take place In
the State penitentlary.
The Sioux City, Ia, Savings Bank was
swiDdled out of s., 500 on forged draft week
ago. The forgery was not discovered until
yesterday when the draft was returned pro-
tested by the National Bank of the Republic,
of New York. The draft purported to be
drawn by the National Bank of Bristol, Tenn,
for s. 600.
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on the new suspension bridge at Niagara Falls,
while carrying box of bolts across the bridge
on Suringer yesterday morning, fell to the
river below. After striking the water he at
tempted to SWIM but soon sank. Efforts to
secure the body were fruitless. He was an ex-
pert climber.
The following Presidential appointments
were made yesterday: Marville w. Cooper, OF
New York TO be Appraiser of Merchandise In
the District of of New York; Marshall j. Cor
bett of New ork, to be Assistant Appraiser
of Merchandise in the District of New York;
John H. Co5zens of Rhode Island to be Col
iector of Customs for the District Of Newport,
R.
The general court martial in the case of
Lieutenant Commander Book, charged with
leaving his command without authority. has
been dissolved. 1t is understood at the Navy
Department that while Commander Book has
been found technically guilty, his sentence
will be very light consisting probably OF
temporary suspension from duty.
Mrs Amanda Wellington. of Flint, Mich,
was found at an early hour yesterday morning
bound and gagged, and left lying across rail-
road track to be run over by train. She re-
ports having been compelled. at the point of a
revolver, to give up $50 which she had on her
person. She was then chloroformed, gagged,
bound and left in the condition in which she
was found. There is no clue to the thieves and
wOuldbe murderers.
The mail car on the Lake Shore road, which
left Chicago at 7:45 Wednesday night, was
rOSbed before it had gotten out of the city
limiLs. The thief secured the pouch contain
ing about 100 pieces of registered mail for
Cleveland, and was ri1ing the contents in an
empty freight car when detected by watch
man. As the watchman looked into the car
the man jumped out through the door on the
opposite side and. escaped He had opened
about dozen registered letters and succeeded
in getting away with their contents. The
back to the postoffice. No estimate can be
made as to the amount of the loss.