Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-23
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.


The United States steamer Enterprise
sailed from Dartmouth for Lisbon yesterday.
The tug Fearless Of Coos Bay, Captain
James Hill, commanding, ran onto North Spit,
| at the mouth of Umpqua river, Tuesday even
ing. and soon went to pieces. not one OF the
crew or passengers escaping.
in the Lower House OF the Hungarian Par
| lament Yesterday the Minister of Finance re-
plying to criticisms on the budget said that If
| taxes had increased the people bore them more
easily than in former times He supported the
| political cohesion with Austria.
| The indications are that Baltimore is to
have an active corn export trade this winter. The
| big operators whose dealings in corn last winter
| excited the ire of New York, and took the In
| ter-State Commerce Commission to Baltimore
| to look into the matter, are said to be at 1t
| again.
The schooner C. B. Church, which left Bal
| timore October l9 with 1,324 tons of coal for
Boston, has been given up for lost by her man
| aging owners Morse & Co., of Bath, Me. Cap
tain 7. ]. Gallagher, the master Of the vessel.
was accompanied by his wife and son, the latter
| about years old.
The news received IN London from Lisbon
on Thursday night indicated that the reports
| representing danger of a revolution in Portu-
| gal were greatly exaggerated, and based merely
| on the Vaporings Of irresponsible persons
| thrown of their mental balsnce by heated dis
cussion Of the Brazilian situation.
Governor Taylor. of Tennessee, has acted
| hang for murder in Hancock county. The
Governor pardoned absolutely John J. and
Elijah Barnard commuted to five years In the
penitentiary the sentences OF Clint and Ander-
son Barnard and to 10 years that OF John Barn
ard, Sr.
An earnest agitation has begun at New
Cumberland. VIVA, to change the name OF the
town. and mass meeting will be held to-day to
make decision. The present name is consid-
cred too cumbersome, and likely to produce
complications. Chelsea, Claymont and Porter
all indicative of the large pottery interests
there, are the names most favored.
There was a terrible snowstorm at Mis-
soula, Mont, yesterday. All the trains on the
Northern Pacific road were blocked, and two
serious wrecks occurred near Bonner, seven
miles from Missoula, on the He'll Gate river.
Several trainmen were injured. Later in the
day two more wrecks. even more serious than
the first, were reported west OF Missoula.
"A syndicate of Berlin banks has secured the
pre-emptlon for 10, 600 000 marks, half OF which
will be for compensation, OF all the buildings
on the Schloss Freheit- Strasse, with the view
of fulfilling the desire of Emperor William to
build a monument to his grandfather on the
site. The syndicate intends to form lottery
of 40, 100000 marks, with prizes amounting to
30. 600, 900 marks.
"A revolt occurred among the convicts in
the Layoulate prison, Tunis on Thursday.
The prisoners succeeded in freeing themselves
from their chains and in procuring firearms and
other weapons They then made fierce at:
the revolt and tIoops were summoned. When
they arrived at the jail desperate tight took
place and many OF tho prisoners and soldiers
were killed.
father Daniel j. Ryan pastor of st.
Joseph's Catholic Church. Springfield, Ill, is
mysteriously missing. Saturday of last week
ne went to the house of a farmer, several miles
from the city, and left horse and buggy there,
stating that he was going out West, and re-
questing that'they be kept until his return. He
afterWard took a train at Shoman, on the Chi
cago and Alton road, and that is the last known
Of him.
The practical beginning of the new gymna-
sium for Yale College was made yesterday,
when gang OF men began excaVating for the
cellar, which will be 200 feet long and 80 wide.
This will be finished in three weeks. By that
time the plans of the architect, Gondolfo, Of
New York, will be ready for the inspection of
contractors and the contract for putting up
the building will be awarded, OF the $50, 600
needed for the building, all but $l5 600 has been
secured.
The south-bound Chicago. Milwaukee and
st. Paul passenger train from Sabula to Clin-
ton was wrecked in peculiar manner on Mon
day night. A broken rail caused the tender
and baggage coach to leave the track Just as
they crossed trestle, and at the same instant
the treStle collapsed beneath the passenger
coach, containing 20 people, so that it hung
Just caught by the ends, bridging gulf 20 feet
in depth. Itwas a marvellous escape Three or
four people were slightly injured, among them
Conductor G. Wescott
Prof A. P. Case, phrenologist, Of Akron,
O., who has been on trial at Racine, Wis, for
running l4year OLD girl, named Lena Gordon,
last September, WAS found guilty and sentenced
to two years. imprisonment in the penitentiary
at hard labor. Case confessed that the girl was
his child by a woman named Gordon. When
taken to jail he attacked the Sheriff. but was
overpowered. He is q graduate of Yale Col
lege. He is highly connected, and carries let
ters of recommendation from many prominent
public men.
The United States District Attorney at
Norfolk, Va, has been instructed to bring suits
against certain English cotton brokers for vio-
lation of the alien contract labor law, provided
he is satisfied such suits can be maintained.
These suits are to determine the legality Of the
practice of certain English cotton brokers of
employing in the States, particularly Virginia,
clerks or graders whose business 1t is to classi-
fly cotton for English markets. These men are
specially trained for this business, and are sent
to this country from England.
The will of the late ]. Warren Merrill, Of
Cambridge, contains the following public
beouests: Baldwin Place Home for Little
Wanderers, 5000; American Baptist Mission
ary Union, $50, ,OO0; American Baptist Home
Mission Society, 81 500 American Baptist Pub
lcation Society, $lO, COO; Colby University $l0,-
900; Newton Theological Institution, $4,000;