Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-15
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Republicans in Montana now claim the
/ Legislature upon technical grounds. The Dem
| Gratis dispute the claim, and insist that the Re-
publicans are trying to steal the body.
Yesterdays bond offerings were as follows:
Registered As, Sl3l,00O at l27; registered AS
siO6OO az IO5 S. $50 at 1851 coupon AS, 81, 600
at 1867. All the offers at LIZ and 1861 were ac-
cepted.
It, NJ Giblin, of Pratt so miles west of
| Wichita, Kan. eloped with 10000 of the funds
of Giblin, Browning & Co. His partners, espe-
cially the company, are anxious to see and for
give him.
The steamer Gellert, from Hamburg, towed
the Italia into quarantine yesterday The
Italia broke a shaft in latitude 44o 81. latitude
$50 81. Some Inconvenience but no loss of life,
although there was some of time. followed the
mishap.
Some 10000 Indians will probably vote at
the next Presidential election under the recent
act of Congress, which clothes every Indian
with a vote as well as fashionable suit of
clothes when he receives an allotment OF land
in severalty.
Captain Lewis, of the steamer City Of New
York, says, regarding the recent accident. that
the steamer was in charge of the pilot at the
time, and hearing the order OF the pliot TO
port, the Captain countermanding 1t with the
order, "hard starboard," but it was too late,
and the steamer ran into the mud. He says
the pilot afterward acknowledged his fault.
A rather startling financial disclosure has
been made in Southwestern Kansas by
shrewd attorney living in that region, which
promises to cost the loan companies interested
in Western mortgage loans millions OF dollars.
Mortgages have been placed upon large guam
titles of homestead lands before the full time
of settlement had expired. These mortgages
are now believed to be illegal, aud the effects
will be widespread.
"A State convention of New York French
Canadians will be held at Troy to-day. 1t has
been called by committee OF SIX, all OF whom
are Republicans, but it is claimed that the con-
vention will be non partisan one, and that it
is called simply for the purpose OF advancing
the interests of the French-Canadians OF the
State who are about 100000 in number. 1t is
thought that the political rights of these clti.
zens can be better secured through united
action.
Prince Bismarck had final and prolonged
interview with the Gar at the Russian En-
bassy before his departure He bade the Gar
farewell within the court salon OF Laherte sta
ton, and did not appear upon the station plat
form. The conversation between the Car and
the Chancellor was extremely amiable. EN-
peror William, seizing the earliest chance OF
learning the result of the interview, drove with
Prince Bismarck back to the Chancellor's resi-
dence.
Henry Fritz. st. Louis blacksmith, noti-
fed his landlady yesterday morning that his
wife had Just died of hemorrhage of the lungs.
The police were notified, and on entering
Fritz's room the woman was found in the bed
with one side of her head crushed in and her
body and the bedclothes besmeared with blood.
One corner of the stove was also bloody, and
the indications were that Fritz and his wife,
both of whom had been drinking heartily, had
quarreled, and that Fritz had thrown his wife
against the stove and killed her. Fritz was
arrested and the woman's body taken to the
morgue.
Mine negro men and three negro women
have been arrested at Charlotte, N. c., charged
with robberles extending over several months.
Their names are Bill Alexander, Mag
Alexander, Nan Alexander, Aaron Al
exander, John Houston, Monroe Cathey,
Peter Crawford. Doc Powers Jim
Neal, Downas jackson. Mary Jackson and Bob
Morris. Bill Alexander was the leader of the
gang. Over 100 residences and business houses
have been raided by these thieves. In one in
stance $500 worth of jewels were taken from
one store, and the losses traceable to the gang
aggregate nearly 100000. The arrest of the
gang was brought about by one of the robbers
selling gold badge which had been stolen.
They will be tried this week. Burglary in this
State is a capital offense.