Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-19

can be showered upon her. She has conquered
the county, and all are in love with the Fair
American" ~ :
AN Atlas line steamer which arrived At
States steamer Galena was at Kingston, ia
ma1ca, on the 10th inst. Admiral Luce report
ed that there was no sickness whatever ON
board the cruiser.
adam Berkes. whose treatment by the
White Caps OF Sandina. Brown county, o.,
created such sensation early in November,
mas entered suit against IL of the most promi.
nent farmers OF White Rock township, asking
damages in the sum of $4,000. -
The directors of the Pullman Palace Car
Company yesterday declared the regular quar-
terly dividend of per cent, payable February
10. AT the New York office of the company is
ira dividend and that none is anticipated.
ALI the cigar makers employed in 40 Hav-
ana cigar manufactures in New York went on
strike to-day against a reduction of 81 per
LOO, which the bosses made Is months ago.
The strikers, who number over 600. are most
ly Cubans, with sprinkling of Americans.
The Bell Telephone Company, which is
threatened with curtailment of profits by the
Missouri Legislature, is angry and threatening.
The officials of the company said last night that
if the Legislature reduces the Telephone
charges the company will withdraw from the
State.
Although the result of the elections held
for the London County Councils cannot be ac-
thai the Liberals have carried the majority of
the 81 districts. They claim nearly two-thirds
of the Council, and there is no good reason to
dispute this claim.
The remains of Miss Rosalie A. Booth,
sister of Edwin Booth, who died in New York
on Tuesday last, were yesterday taken to
Greenwood Cemetery, Baltimore, and inferred
in the family lot There were no pallbearers.
A short service was said at the grave by the
Rev. Peregrine Wroth.
The Weavers' Union, of Fall River. Mass.
have decided to draw up resolution asking
for an advance of wages, condemning the
board Oh Trade 1or refusing TO listen to the
wishes of the weavers as expressed by the
union, and advising strike in the event of a
continuance of the present policy Of manufact
urers. =.
1t is understood on good authority that the
Dominion Government has decided not to ex-
ercise the veto power in the case of the Jesuit
compensation bill' passed BY the Quebec Leg
islature, granting S400 600 in lieu of their estate
which was confscated by the Government
hundred years ago, when the order was sup
pressed by the Pope.
Judge Clifford yesterday morning issued a
capias for the arrest of J. j. West proprietor
OF the Chicago Times, on charge of criminal
libel, preferred by Police Captain NJ j.
Setback. This action grows out of the charges
OF malfeasance in office against Setback and
other police officials, which the Times has been
published from day to day.
The west wall of the Montreal ice palace
crash that surprised the dwellers in the Wind
sor Hotel. The heavy blocks of ice had melted
away under sun which PLAYED havoc with the
foundations, and now the palace, which yester.
day was thing of beauty, is crumbling and
dripping away, turning the square into a verit-
able sea of mud.
During the attack on the German mission
ary station at Tuou, the insurgents massacred
four German missionaries, one of whom was a
woman. Three missionaries fell into the hands
of the Arabs and are held for ransom. One OF
the prisoners is woman. The Admiral COM
manding the German squadron has landed
force at Bar-Es-Salam for the purpose of gar
risoning the place.
"A question involving great legal difficulties
has arisen in Sweden. When Prince Oscar
married Miss Munk, his mothers maid of
honor, last summer, he was obliged to resign
his claim to the crown and to the royalty Nov
the question arises, whether he is to be treated
as royal or civic persona &c. The King mas
appointed him as Governor of province, with
royal rights, and it is asserted that according:
to the laws of Sweden this act is not lawful.