Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-25
LATE NEWS in BRIEF.

1T is now believed that the man who so
brutally murdered Max Mantwill at Chicago
was maniac,
The Boston Merchants Association has
adopted resolutions expressing great sorrow at
the sudden death of Henry w. Grady.
James Dalgarn, the forger arrested at Bra
I'll, Ind, has made confession acknowledging
having forged four notes. each for $780,
The Controller of the Currency has au-
thorized the First National Bank of Marion.
Ind, to begin business with capital of SlOQ,
600
"A dispatch from London states that the
steamship Lydian Monarch, from London, De-
cember 16, for New York, has put back with all
the blades Of her propeller broken.
"A terrible tragedy occurred at L'Ange
Garden, Ont w. Ford killed his wife and
then attacked his daughter and sister-in-law.
Failing in his attempt to kill them, he fired the
house and cut his throat.
The officials of the Wisconsin Central road
and directors of the Northern Pacific Com
pany deny the telegraphed statements that the
two roads will be consolidated, and they assert
that there Is no truth whatever in the report
Sir Charles Tupper denies the statement
telegraphed from Ottawa to the effect that the
modus vivendi with the United States in the
matter of the fisheries would not be renewed by
Canada, owing to President Harrison's failure
to act.
Secretary Window has issued an advertise
ment inviting proposals tor the exclusive right
to take fur seals upon the islands of st. Paul
and St. George, Alaska. The present lease
with the Alaska Commercial Company will ex-
pire Mayl
"A new indictment for conspiracy to bribe
Cronil Jurors has been returned by the Chi
cago grand Jury against John E Graham, A.
L. Hanks. Fred w. Smith. Mark Salomon.
Jeremiah oDonnell, Thomas Kavanaugh and
Joseph Kone.
r1y..s,., ,,-o-s;.,-. A. ,,,1-o.d .-..1- e. a.
station at Kinzer's, near Lancaster, Pa, Mrs.
Annie McIlvaney and her 6-months-old child
were struck by fast freight train. The child
was instantly killed and the mother SO badly
injured that she viii die.
The influenza is rapidly spreading in Brus-
sells. Thirty per cent of the school children of
the city are suffering from the disease, and the
schools have been closed in consequence of the
epidemic. The disease has spread 10 all Gov
ernment Offices and number of officials are
"A Montana Republican caucus to nominate
Senators is set for December 90, and the Dem
Ocratic caucus for the same purpose will likely
meet on the same day. On the Re
publican side, Sanders and Mantle are in the
lead. while the Democratic candidates are
Hauser, Maglnnis and W. A. Clark.
The following arrests have been reported
to the Postofhce Department at Washington:
Joseph Woodward, mailing clerk in the Den
yer, Col. postofhce. for robbing letters contain
ing money amounting to 81, 200; James A Shay,
letter carrier at Philadelphia, for riding and
embezzling contents of letters.
Fred Williams, a powerful bully amused
himself at Ashboro, Ind, by repeatedly strik-
ing Robert Thresher, his brother-in-law.
Thresher tired of the sport, and told Williams
If he struck him again he would kill him.
Williams attempted to strike again and
Thresher shot him dead. The murderer es-
capped and a posse is pursuing him.
The Superintendent of the South Dakota
Board of Health has gone to Eureka, the GEN.
ter of the great Russian settlement of Edmund
and Mcpherson counties, to take measures for
the suppression Of malignant diphtheria, now
raging among the Russians. The disease was
brought to the settlement by a family of Rus
slams who recently came over, losing two chill
dren en- route. Thirty deaths have already
occurred. One farmer lost six children and
another is SAID to have buried four children in
one grave.