Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-16
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

Captain wissman left Berlin yesterday for
East Africa.
The President yesterday signed the COM
mission of Norman ]. Colman to be Secretary
of Agriculture.
The Secretary of the Treasury yesterday
afternoon accepted the following bonds 415s,
registered, sll60O0 at 10e1s; as, coupons, sSOOO
at 1926
-Advices from Alden state that it is reported
there that the Cossack expedition under M
Aschinoff has hoisted the Russian nag at Sa-
gallo. Under an Anglo-French agreement Sa-
gallo is French territory.
Secretary Fairchild left Washington yester-
day morning for Eli tat his VEN. me-
cradle father has been stricken Win paralysis
and is in dying condition.
The disorders occasioned by ths students
of Pesth, who are opposed to the army phi,
were quelled by the military last night ana "a AZ
10 o'clock the troops returned to their parracks.
Forty eight persons were arrested 1or taklng
part In the disorders. Forty Of them were SUD-
sequently released.
George Bassett, II years old, committed su-
icide by hanging himself in his fathers Darn,
near Carthage, N. Y, yesterday. Inc loss OF
an eye short time ago caused him to become
mOrose, and 1t Is supposed that the act was
committed during q fit of melancholy. HIS
body was frozen stiff when found BY the youth
sister.
-Ino freSlQenb mas appIOVeQ Tue dCb auhnoA-
izing the Mount Carmel Development Company
to draw water from the Wabash river or lts
tributaries; the acts for the relief OF General
William R. Smith and William r. Blakeslee,
and the joint resolution making appropriation
for payment to the legal representatives Of
James B. Eads.
The Senate Committee on Territories yes
terday talked over the Oklahoma bill and the
arguments that had been made pro and con on
the measure, without coming to a conclusion.
Another meeting will be held Monday morning,
at which time the arguments before the COM
mittee viii be in print, and then report will
be decided upon.
1t is stated upon reliable authority that
negotiations are pending between the Pope and
King Humbert for the restoration Of the Pope's
temporal power. The regaining Of this SOW
ere1gnty for the head of the Roman Church,
which the italian Government has SO long de-
MED Leo and his predecessor, is the dearest
wish of the Pope.
Miss Ada Dow, whose skull was fractured
by piece of timber which fell from the seem
cry at the Chicago Opera House, Wednesday
night. underwent a painful surgical operation
yesterday, the trephine being used to remove
bits of the broken bone. The surgeons says
Miss Dow is not out of danger, but they have
strong hopes of her recovery.
Secretary Teller yesterday stated to an As
sociated Press reporter that the gossip con-
Meeting his name with Cabinet position was
entirely unfounded. He has no desire to enter
the Cabinet, and 80 far as he knows, General
Harrison has no desire that he should. On this
point they understand each other, and it is not
likely that the Senator will be asked, he says,
to consider the question Of leaving his present
position.
AT o'clock yesterday morning the town of
Pittston was thrown into fever of excite
ment over the finding of the dead body of John
Gray, a citizen of that place. Three gunshots
were found in him. The one that killed him
went through his heart. The murder was COM
mitted by Italians for the purpose of robbery.
They have made their escape. but officers are
in pursuit, and there are threats of lynching
the murderers If caught.
Representative Matson, of Indiana, Chair
man of the House Committee on Invalid PEN
sions, was yesterday the recipient of two hand
some tokens Of friendship and regard from his
magnificent clock and large double cigar case
of solid silver. The presentation was made by
Representative Gallinger, of New Hampshire,
who spoke at length upon the uniform courtesy
shown by Mr.. MatSon in his dealing with his
colleagues, both Democrats and Republicans.
The subcommittee of the Senate Commit
tee on Finance, in charge of the sundry civil
bill, is working hard to complete the measure
and get it into the Senate this week, but the
chances are that it will not reach tb Q calendar
before Monday. Yesterday Major ]. w. Pow
ell, Director of the Geological Survey, was
heard in support Of the action proposing to ap-
reservoirs for the purpose of irrigating the arid
lands of the West.
The proposed excursion through the Mid
die Southern and Eastern States, for tho pur-
pose of enlightening members of the Canadian
Parliament as to the actual condition and re-
sources of this country, is TO be fact and not
a fancy. The matter has been much discussed
in the Dominion newspapers of late. Sir John
Macdonald was interrogated regarding it in
Parliament last week, but replied that he had
heard nothing of it officially. Nevertheless the
excursion has been planned, and all the men,
bers of the Canadian Parliament will be in
vited.
The crowd of legislators and lobbyists at
Bismarck, OAK, was wild with delight last
evening over the action of the House in agree
ing to admit South Dakota at once Interviews
with the members Of the Legislature elicit but
one opinion, and that Is that the action of Con-
gress will give the Territory big boom. Gov
ernor Church, the Democratic executive, who
has been in a desperate fight with the Repub-
llcan Legislature, was seen and expressed him
self as highly pleased with the attitude toward
South Dakota, and he trusts that similar steps
with regard to Statehood for North Dakota
will be taken at once.