Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-11
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

General Boulanger has taken villa near
st Heller, Jersey. He is preparing work on
European military science.
-Adviees received at Marine Hospital head
quarters report several cases of yellow fever at
Key West Fla. but that there is no fear of the
disease spreading.
Governor Lee has respited Simeon Walker,
the colored boy of Clearfeld county, Va, for 30
days. He was to have been hanged on Friday
for assaulting white girl Is years old.
"A charter was issued at the State Depart
ment yesterday to the Citizens Fuel Gas Com
pany of Versailles township, Allegheny county;
capital stock $40 600; the main office at McKees-
port
Fancham Post No. las, G. A. R. of New
York City, has adopted resolutions censuring
particular, and denouncing the use of the order
for political purposes.
AT Lindsay, Ont, the boiler in John Davy's
shingle mill exploded at 8 o'clock yesterday
morning. Engineer John Poles, the only man
IN the mill at the time: was killed r, Inc MIL
sion is supposed to have been caused by lack
of water in the boiler.
A Managua, Nicaragua, cablegram says:
limited States Minister Miner has settled the
canal difficulties and work is now progressing"
This shows that the chief impeachment to the
construction of the canal, the hostility of Costa
Rica toward the enterprise, has been removed,
and the trouble between that country and
Two weeks ago the American schooner An
ME g. sailed from San Francisco for the Mexi-
can coast a trading expedition. She was
loaded with provisions, and commanded by
Captain NJ. Olsen. 1t appears that only por-
ton of the cargo appeared on the manifest, and
when she arrived at Altata. Mexico. few days
ago, she was seized by Mexican customs Off
Gals They asserted that she tried to evade
paying custom dues and fixed upon fne OF
81 100 as the proper thing. Captain Olsen will
place the case in the hands of the nearest
American Consul
A number of burglaries and thefts. COM
mitted along the Ohio river in rapid succession,
leads the police officials here to believe that an
organized band of thieves is working down the
Ohio Valley toward Cincinnati. The first
burglary was committed in Steubenvllle about
ten days ago, and quantity of drygoods stolen.
Some small thievIng was done in Wheeling,
five houses being entered in one night. The
West Virginia Clothing House, of Mounds
vile, was next entered, and 81 600 worth of
property taken. n. Bandi & Co., of New Mar
tinsville, were robbed two days after.
The State Board of Health has issued
proclamation declaring diphtheria to be epi-
demic in the city of Carbondale 16 miles north
of here, and Mayor Kelly has issued his edict
calling upon the citizens to at once place their
properties in a healthy condition. Some of the
undertakers have refused to further endanger
the lives of their families by handling the
bodies of the dead. Already the cases have
proved frightfully fatal, and to-day there are
always been parsimonous in the matter of pub
lie improvements and this year has taken the
first steps towards system of sewerage.
"A telegram from Portland announces the
completion of the Oregon Railway and Naviga-
tion's line from Rockford to Spokane Falls,
Wash. This opens another line from the East
to Eastern Washington. The new line is via
the Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line and the
Oregon Railway and Navigation. The COM
parative distances between prominent Eastern
cities and Spokane Falls are very much in
favor of the Northern route. The Northern
Pacific and the St. Paul will have additional
80 miles the better of it when the Northern
Pacific's Little Falls cutoff will be built This
is very nearly completed. Spokane Falls will
be brought still nearer to st. Paul when the
Manitoba's line Is extended to that point.
"A United States inspector at El Paso, Tex,
discovered a Mexican smuggler crossing the
line. The officer approached and ordered the
Mexican to halt, but instead of obeying the :
command the Mexican sprang to one side. drew
a pistol and fired at the officer but missed him
returned the fire, one of the bullets
taking effect in the MeMcan's abdomen and
bringing him down. The Mexican is in a crit
ical condition. Two women who were with him
returned to the other side with the bottle of
oquila which the Mexican was smuggling over,
and reported to the Mexican authorities that
the Mexican was unarmed and shot down with
out provocation. The Juarez authorities are
the matter, and speak of making
it an international affair.
Several weeks ago the town of Lafayette,
o. passed prohibition ordinance, and all the
saloons were closed. A few DAYS ago a saloon
keeper went to Lafayette and opened place.
He was waited upon by committee, who in
formed him that his business was not required
there, but he continued and the town officials
got out an injunction to stop him, The Judge
decided in his favor, and he resumed business
with more openness than ever. Yesterday
morning the saloon was bombarded by crowd
of several hundred persons. They came sup
piled with stones and sledge hammers and,
the place, commenced to storm it.
The doors and windows were broken and the
crowd rushed in. The bar was battered down,
in and the contents wasted. The place was al
most torn down and everything ruined.
The President has appointed the following
at New Decatur; office became
Presidential California-Frank L. Dodge, at
Hanford. vice Edward Weisbaum, resigned;
Frank Hart, at Long Branch, Office became
Presidential; 7. ]. Barnes. at Monrovia, office
became Presidential. 1daho-Arthur B. Bean,
at Pocatelln, vice n. G. Franklin, resigned
Morris, at Lincoln, vice A. NJ.
at Peru. vice VIM. P. Hale removed: Charles
W. Stryker, at Rockville, vice VIM E. Henkel
removed. Kansas-Edward P. Craney at
Downs, vice d. l. Gardiner, resigned; James
n. Beacon. at Smith Center, vice L T. Reese
resigned; John S. Tate, at Goodland, office be-
,ame Presidential. Michigan-Elwood L.
Hance, at Detroit vice A. R. Carpel deceased; |
George w. Taft, at Traverse City, Office became
Presidential. Onio-J. q. Barney, at Crestlne
Isaac F. Tillinghast, at La Plume, Office be-
came Presidential Vermont-Jerome T. Flint,
1t Derby.