Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-20
LATE NEWS TN BRIEF,

The North Dakota Legislature has passed
the prohibition bill after big fight
The Missouri Pacific directors yesterday
declared the regular quarterly dividend of
per cent payable January ID
The body of Mrs Ellen Hennessy, q woman
of 90 was found in Boston yesterday. She is
supposed to have fallen on the roof while intox-
icstedg
The DIstilIers' and Cattle Feaders' Trust
has declared its usual monthly dividend of u
of per cent, payable January Il to certificate
holders of record December II.
Yesterdays bond offerings were as follows:
Registered A. $4,000 az I27; coupon 4s. 81 $40 at
l27 registered 41s, 81 500; coupon rs. 81 0O0at
lO4sS All the offers were accepted.
AT the meeting of the Union Pacific direc-
tors yesterday at Boston the Union Pacific-Ft-
Worth deal was considered and referred TO a
committee TO be put in shape and executed.
The American bark John NJ. Clerk, Cap
tain PeldIeton. from Sydney, n. s. W.. August
q, for Shanghai, foundered at sea. Her crew
were rescued by the Charles Gailsen and taken
TO Hong Kong.
Oliver Baker, heavy St Paul carpet
dealer, has made an assignment His assets,
principally tied up in real estate, are 10000.
His liabilities are probably not half that
amount. Mr.. Baker attributes his failure to the
dull season and great competition.
Judges Hanen, Day and Smith, comprising
the special commission appointed by Parlta-
meEt to investigate the charges made by the
Times against Parnellita members of the House
of Commons, have finished their report, but 1t
will not be published until Parliament meets.
Timothy ]. Coe, one Of the best known hotel
proprietors in New York City, shot and killed
himself yesterday morning at the house of his
daughter, Mrs. John A. Murphy in New Hork.
The act was the result of temporary insanity,
induced by illness and protracted period OF
insomnia
"A French and Belgian syndicate is about to
build railroad from point on the lower
Congo river to the French Congo possessions,
with the object of working the copper district
OF Katauga. The engineer who E1il have
charge of the construction Of the road will
shortly start for Africa
The indianapolis wheel works were COM
pletely destroyed by fire yesterday morning, en-
crowded with finished work ready to be
shipped. The planning machines saws, ETC., were
completely ruined, and there will be no salvage
whatever. Insurance on building, SS8.OO0
John Cameron, Of Plainfield, N. J., one Of
the contractors engaged in building the Kin
derhook and Hudson Railroad, was arrested
at Hudson, N. Y, Thursday night charged
with grand larceny. The charge was made BY
the Kinderhook and Hudson Railroad Com
pany. The amount of the alleged steal is s., ,S57,
and other persons are said to be implicated
AT Owensboro, KY. "Doc' Jones, a negro
barber, while very drunk, entered the shop
of John Westerfeld, white, and shot him dead.
he was arrested and placed in Jail. A mob Of
Is men appeared and battered in the doors Of
the jail The Sheriff resisted but after while
gave in and handed over the keys. Jones was
found In a drunken stupor in cell, but was
quickly hustled out into the court house yard
and hanged to tree.
The English Admiralty, as an act Of pre-
caution In view of possible straining of the
relations between England and Portugal re-
,garding their possessions in Africa, has made
arrangements to transfer the depots and hos
pital stores for the Mediterranean and channel
squadrons from Lisbon. Orders were recently
issued for the war ship Agamemnon, now at
Zanzibar, to reioin the Mediterranean squadron.
These orders have since been countermanded
and she will remain at Zanzibar.