Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-31
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

-Advices from Yokohama state that disas-
trous storms have recently occurred in Waka-
yama. Ten thousand persons perished in the
dered homeless. The loss of property was
enormous.
AT noon yesterday the franchises tracks
etc, of the Broadway Surface Railroad, New
York. were sold at the Real Estate Exchange
for $4,000. Colonel Dan Lamont, who was
President Cleveland's Private Secretary, was
the purchaser. There was no other bid.
Two freight trains on the Buffalo; New
York and Pennsylvania Railroad came to-
gether at Colgrove station Thursday night, Is
cars were reported wrecked and Engineer j.
b. Comstock was killed. A brakeman was
badly injured. Two tramps are supposed to be
burned under the wreck. Engineer Comstock
grove, and it is supposed he was asleep when
the accident occurred.
Postmaster General Wanamazer has issued
the following order: In consequence of fire.
Quent armed attacks made by highway robbers
upon the United States mails in the Western
States and Territories for some time past. the
Postoftice Department., for the year ending
June 50, lS9o. will pay the sum Of $1,000 as
reward for the arrest and conviction in the
United States Court of any person found guilty
of making an armed attack upon any stage
coach or railway mail having the mails in
transit. This reward will be paid to the person
or persons causing such arrest and conviction
upon the presentation of satisfactory proof
thereof to the department. s
Sarah Althea Terry appeared in court at
San Francisco yesterday for the first time since
ex-Judge Terry's death. She was called by
Judge Hoffman in the United States District
Court to answer a charge of contempt in OBJ
structing Marshal Frank from performing his
duty at the time Frank was ordered to remove
her from Judge Fields court room. Mrs. Terry
was dressed in black and q long black veil con-
cealed her features. She showed none Of her
old-time spirit, and sobbed SO that the judge
looked irritated Her attorney pleaded mot
guilty" for her, and the case was set for Octo-
Der Il Attorney General johnson, of Califor-
mia, in letter to District Attorney White. of
Stockton. says he will argue the demurrer in the
Circuit Court in the Nagle case. He says the
jurisdiction question between Joaquin county
and the Circuit Court must be settled IL it has
Conrt.
The President has appointed the following
named postmasters: Emmett f. Ccnkling,
Clark, OAK: F. q. Humphreys. Pensacola. Fla,
vice Chandler G. Yonge, Jr., removed; Frank
H. Robbins, Waukon. Ia, vice Thomas c. Med
Ia, vice Thomas Bowman, resigned; Chauncey
C. Bush, Redding, Cal, vice John n Major re-
moved; Smith ID. Atkins, Freeport H., vice
John r. Smith, removed; Cad Allard, Boards
ence A Murray, Waukegan. nj, vice James
Moran, Jr., resigned; Charles NJ. Hammond,
Bonneville. Ind, vice William Swint, resigned;
Abraham Darroch. COlwater, Kan, vice ID. 1.
Cline. removed; Sylvanps Young Bonneville.
Mo-. vice William R. Baker. resigned; Charles
N. Burnham. Cameron, Mo-. vice Lewis Low
rey, resigned; Thomas James Independenr
Mo-. vice William Groesbeek, removed: George
Il. Siebert, Iron Mountain. Mich, vice H Nc
Laughlin. removed: Richard b. Land, Hough-.
vandervort; F. II. Barker, Ebensburg. Pa, vice
James g. Hasson, removed; Adolph Zadek,
corsicana, Tex. vice A. E. Wood. renewed.