Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-26
Boston Stocks.
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

B. w. Bashford. D. D., of the Delaware
Avenue NJ. E. Church, of Buffalo, has been
elected President of the Wesleyan University
at Delaware. o., and will be inaugurated to-
morrow. 1t is one of the leading seats of learn
ing In the West. and has alumni in Pittsburg
among whom are Principal G. B. Wood, of the
High School. and Prof Merrick.
The President has made the following an.
sayer of the Mint of the United States at San
Francisco; Michael E. Smith, to be Assayer in
charge of the Mint of the United States at
Denver, COL; James E. Fitch of the District of
Columbia, to he a Trustee of the Reform
School of the District of Columbia.
The Swiss cantonal authorities have begun
the establishment of unique contrivance to
connect the summit of Mount Pilatus
This will consist of cables swinging in mid-air
between these two lofty eminences. and at
many points hundreds of feet from the ground
below. An omnibus large enough to carry
along these cables by steam engine to be
placed on the top of Mount Pilatus, near the
Bellevue Hotel.
One hundred and fifty pounds of quartz
carrying gold at the rate of So. 600 a ton. were
brought in from the Michigan gold mine, near
Ishpeming, the other day. A new shaft was
started last Thursday, and at a depth of four
feet a pocket of quartz carrying gold was
was made is three feet wide-double the width
of the vein at points previously worked The
discovery has caused much excitement and is
regarded as the most important yet made in
the Ishpeming gold range.
: Secretary of the Interior Noble says of the
story that Mr.. Blaine is going to leave the
Cabinet: 'That is all nonsense Mr. Blaine
will not leave the Cabinet, and there is no
foundation for the story that the Presidents
treatment Of him is not cordial and friendly
They go arm in arm in the Cabinet chamber"
In relation to Corporal Tanner and the Pen
sion Bureau, Secretary Noble said: THAT is
my department. and I can say that Tanner is
not going out of it. There is nothing in those
stories. Tanner suits Tanner, suits the Presi-
Dent and suits the Secretary of the Interior
News has been received from Arlee, the
principal town on the Flathead reservation in
Montana, that Sheriff Heybarn and the posse
of Missoula county, who went to the reserva-
ton to arrest three Indian murderers, are hav-
ing battle with the Indians, who refuse to
give up the men wanted. Two Indians are re-
ported to have been killed already. Agent
Roman has called on the officer at Fort Missoula
for troops. but that official is waiting orders
from Washington. In the meantime a posse
of well-known citizens from Missoula, headed
by the Mayor, has been organized and is on IT'S
way to aid the Sheriff. The civil officers are de-
termined to arrest the murderers. and, as the
Indians are determined not to give them up
serious trouble is feared.
Fifty persons have been poisoned at West
son, Canada. A druggist had sold sugar of
lead instead of tartaric acid for making lemon
ade. Fifteen are reported to be dying. The
Others are considered out of danger. The drug
RlSI mas Disappeared 10 eVaQe arrest, line fOl-
lowing is a list of those supposed to be fatally
poisoned: Mamie Shaw. aged 20; Sadie Hart
nat aged %; Alice Flynn. 16; Minnie Flynn, 10;
Mrs. McNaughton, As; Mrs. Macalpin, % (only
married week.; Mrs. Sarah Smith, IS, and her
two daughters, Sarah II, and Minnie 8; Edward
Nolan, 10; James Shaw, q: John McKetcher,
"a; Ed Lewis IL; John ID. Hortel. A crowd has
started after Alexander with the openly
avowed intention of capturing and lynching
him.
The preliminary surveys of a railroad to
run from Jaffa. on the seacoast in Palestine to
Jerusalem, and thence TO Bethlehem, have Just
been completed. and a party of engineers will
start from London this week for the Holy Land
to lay out the route. A company has already
been formed to build the road. in which num-
Der Of French and English bankers are inter-
ested. From all accounts it is a purely busi-
ness enterprise, without n trace of sentiment or
religious fervor. The travel in the Holy Land
of late years has been increasing steadily, and |
1t is believed If frst-class railway accommoda- |
tions were furnished the number of tourists |
who annually visit Jerusalem from all parts of |
the earth would soon be trebled.