Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-23
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

w. e. Denny, the absconding assistant
Kansas City last night. He confessed to hav-
ing embezzled IS 0O0. He will be given pre-
liminary hearing to-day.
"A train on the Missouri Kansas and Texas
Railroad was wrecked nine miles south Of Mo-
oerly. NO., at O'Clock yesterday morning by
running over steer. Engineer Frank Ritter,
Of Hannibal. Mo-, and Fireman George Ben
mares were killed.
The tariff reform picnic held at Plattsburg.
were in attendance. During the speech-making
the canvas covered amphitheater was filed to
suffocation. Ex-President Cleveland's tariff re-
form sentiments as expressed in letter of regret
were enthusiastically received. The speakers
were Senator Cockrell, Congressman Dockery,
Wilson Mansur, ex-senator Ladue and Con-
gressman-elect Tassney.
James Sweet has been arrested at Kansas
City on sworn out BY the Sheriff Of
Element of $4,000. Sweet was a clerk in the
Commercial National Bank at Kansas City
when the warrant was served. The place where
the alleged crime was committed and the cir
cumstances of it are known only to the officer
/. who served the warrant. and he was pledged to
secrecy BY the New York Sheriff. He has been
taken back to New York.
w. L. Scott's manager at the Spring Valley
Ill, coal diggings has prepared a proposition to
the miners. Offering 75c a ton, but announcing
that no committee representing an organiza-
ton will be received, and that each striker will
have to seek employment for himself individ-
ually. The price named is Sc better than
offered by most of the other operators but the
favor. and it Is claimed that the Spring Valley
coal is the easiest to mine in the district.
Margaret Turgoose, aged So years, was ar
rested at St. Louis yesterday on complaint of
under false pretenses. Mrs. Turgoose has been
placing stock Of mine called the "Silver
Point, Incorporated under laws of Illinois,
capital 81, 800, 000" The mine Is located within
nine miles Of Deadwood OAK, and Mr. Mitchell
claims has no sign Of metal in It. About 20, 900
shares OF stock have been sold mechanics.
was released last night on 81. 500 bail
"A dispatch from Port-au-P Prince says: The
Haytian gunboat Defense has Just come In,
bringing the body Of General Dardignac, Legi-
times Commander in Chief. and tie news that
the whole of the South Is lost to Legitime.
The fight Is now entirely between Port-au-
Prince and the rest Of Hayti, and people en-
gagged here in business see some reason to hope
that the end Is near. The loss Of Dardignac is
serious, but the loss of all the important cities
in the South is disastrous to Legitime's cause
Hippolyte announces that he win not storm
Portau-Prince, as 1t would result in sacking
the town.
"A report was current in Chicago yesterday
that movement was on foot to consolidate the
Chicago and Northwestern and Chicago. Mil
waukee and St Paul systems. The idea Is that
a syndicate of the Vanderbilts, who now con-
troll the Northwestern, and Drexel, Morgan &
Co., who hold a controlling interest in the Mil
OI
property and issue new stock for both roads,
the syndicate pledging itself to float the $780,
00U 900 new bonds of the Milwaukee and st.
Paul. The Vanderbilts have lately been ex.
tending their system in the Southwest and
South by absorbing the Big Four and the
Chesapeake and Ohio, and there is probable
ity that they may do the same thing in the
Northwest
News has been received from Maysville.
Ark, of a battle between two outlaws named
Hall and Mason. and three officers who were
been selling whisky to the Indians in the terri
tory and have evaded arrest, although many
attempts to capture them have been made.
They were surrounded on the outskirts Of the
town by three deputy marshals, while trying to
reach patch of timber. A desperate combat
ensued. Bullets few thick and fast, more than
36 shots being exchanged, and Mason's horse
was fatally wounded. Both the others, how
ever. succeeded In reaching the timber and es-
Gaping The officers were unhurt and will start
in pursuit with posse.
AT an early hour yesterday morning three
thieves broke into the grocery store of Christie
pher w. Luca. at Jay and High streets, Brook
lyn. They were surprised at their work by the
proprietor and hand to hand conflict took
place, during which the grocer was stabbed to
the heart. The polise found one of the men in
the store hiding behind a barrel He said his
name ma van bad ana sd gcae TSsp Q.
he gave as Hawthorn Benson and Thomas
Quinlan. An alarm was sent to New York to
watch Tor the men and IN less than an hour
Detective Barry had captured Benson, who, on
being taken before Inspector Byrnes. was
recognized as Martin Denim. q professional
thief and ex-convict. He was surrendered to
the Brooklyn officers. The other man is being
hotly pursued.
There was an explosion of fire damp in the
No. colliery of the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Company at Scranton yesterday morn
ing, by which five men were seriously and per-
haps fatally burned. The No. 2 colliery is one
of the largest breakers operated by the Della
ware and Hudson Canal Company. Yesterday
afternoon portion of the mine caved in, and
this mornings q gang of men went in to repair
the damage As they approached where the
cavein occurred ono of the miners lamps
ignited the gas. and fearful explosion, which
could be heard for miles around, occurred.
The workmen fed for their lives and all es-
capped but Andrew Nichols, the Superintendent;
Richard Mason the inside foreman. and John
Tavern, Samuel Williams and John Jones, who
were all fearfully burned. Nichols, who lives in
Scranton, was the most badly burned, and it is
feared that he cannot live.
L. Gardner, of Chicago, who has success
fully used the mails to defraud the public, was
spector Fleming. Gardner made Chicago the
headquarters for mis- schemes. He sent out
pamphlets through the mails throughout the
entire West in which he purported to nublish
and other publications. To each subscriber he
offered ticket in a drawing of watches, pianos.
sewing machines and other articles. Every
ticket was guaranteed to win prize. Gardner
authorities discovered that he was publishing
any paper and that the whole business was
fraudulent He evaded arrest and fed to
Wyoming, taking refuge on a ranch near
friends inspector Fleming and United Stct's
Deputy Marshal started East with Gardner
soon after bis arrest.