Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-02
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

LAIE NEWS In BklEF.
Henry Miller, a slate roofer. aged Is, fell from
| the Warner street school house, in Cincinnati
| yesterday a distance Of go feet and broke his
neck both arms and legs.
w. h. Bonaparte, colored, convicted Al
Hampton, Va, Of betrayal and abduction, and
| sentenced to fve years in the penitentiaTy
broke Jail Thursday night and escaped.
The 1900 Indians occupying the Wind River
| Reservation, just south Of the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park, in Wyoming Territory. are actu
ally in want and many will die Of starvation be
fore spring.
The heads of the several departments Of
| the Government service to-day issued orders
putting into effect the new telegraph rates fol
| public business, as fixed by Postmaster Gener
al Wanamaker.
George g. Latham, aged a representing
Barry, Thayer Co., cotton brokers, was found
terday, having shot himself He had not been
seen for several days.
The Secretary OF the Navy yesterday
awarded to Harrison Loring Of Boston, the
contract for constructing cruiser No. II, OF
1000 tons displacement for Sc74OO0 to be COM
pleted in two and half years.
DIR. Seaver, the Yale College physician, is
growing anxious because of the unfavorable
weather, which he fears will cause more sick
ness at Yale such as malaria, diarrhoea and
similar ailments No new cases of typhoid
lever have appeared.
The wheat receipts at Minneapolis for the
past month aggregate 6 8250, 600 bushels, the
largest receipts during any month in the history
of the city. The receipts for the month show
an increase of l.6S4160 bushels over the CORE
spending month of 1883
Private dispatches from San Francisco re-
port the loss in the Arctic Ocean of the whaling
steamer Lucretia. No particulars have been
received. The Lucretia was owned by Captain
Lewis and others and was valued, with outfits,
at $40, ,000 partially insured in London.
The County Commissioners at Hartford,
Conn.,, have decided not to grant liquor Ii
eenses to grocery stores OF to places Kept by
women. They decided to make the license fee
S400. Their decision will probably close third
of the places in Hartford where liquor has
been sold.
Since Commissioner Raum took hold of the
Pension Bureau there has been a rush OF appli-
cations to the record and pension division of
the War Office for records in support of pension
claims: Yesterday Captain Ainsworth received
from the Pension Bureau ,407 calls, and from
the Auditors Office 600
George A. PilIsbury, of the Pillsbury Flour
ing Mills, in Minneapolis, is in receiptof dis
patch from his son, @. A. Pillsbury in that city,
which says he has just heard from New York
that the deal for purchase of the establish
ment by a syndicate, through Morton, Bliss &
Co., is absolutely closed.
The Rev, DR.. Libertus Van Bokkelen was
found dead in bed at his home in Buffalo YES
terday morning. He was "a years of age He
went to Buffalo from Baltimore about 1874. and
took charge of Trinity Church. He retired
from his charge in 1885 Judge Van BokkeIen.
OF Seattle, W. l., is brother Of the deceased.
The narrow loom weavers EMPLOYED IN
Wood & Co.'S mill, Philadelphia are out on a
strike, and there are 2U0 looms, operated by 100
hands, idle. The weavers claim that they can
not make as much on heavy work now as for
merly, and ask for IL cents a cut increase in
pay. The mill superintendent says that the ad-
vance will not be allowed
The heavy snow storm in Colorado shows
no signs of abating. All Of the trains on the
mountain roads are more or less delayed Be-
tween two and three feet is reported from
Colorado Springs and neighborhood, and tele-
graphic communication with many sections is
suspended. Denver should be called the
Venice OF the Plains, as the streets are one
mass of slush and mud.
The Oshkosh Mutual Insurance Company
has decided to go out of business rather than
submit to the ruling of State Insurance Com
missioner Cheek, requiring it 70 comply with
the State law which provides that so per cent
of the cash receipts be set aside for reinsur-
ance. ]. Howard Jenkins, Vice President of
the company, says that the company is solvent
and that reports to the contrary are malicious.
The reports of destitution in North Dakota
are greatly exaggerated. While there are some
isolated communities in need of assistance, the
statement that lover 100000 people are in
want" does the State injustice. There is some
suffering in Rodney and Kelso counties, but
aside from these localities it is difficult to
locate any one in actual want. The reports
sent out from Minneapolis and St. Paul are in
most instances highly colored There is moth
ing in the situation to justify the reports that
famine exists in Dakota.
The trial of Holzhay, the highwayman. at
Bessemer, Mich. has been adjourned until
Monday Wher Holzhay was brought into court
his attorney made application for continu-
ance, and supported 1t by an aftidav1t signed by
the defendant, but the application was denied.
The defense also submitted an affidavit, signed
by Attorney Gerphide. stating that from con-
Yersation had with the prisoner and with sew
eral physicians of Wisconsin he believed the
defendantinsane. The case was then adjourned
until Monday.
-Lebold q Fisher, Abilene, Kan, made an
assignment Thursday to Attorney Mead and
locked the Abilene Banks doors against all
corners. Since Mondays suspension large
number of local depositors have been settled
with, and 1t was hoped that all could be salts
fed. New England creditors commenced legal
proceedings, and the assignment was necessary.
The remaining liabilities amount to $2S0, 600
with assets which, being in Western lands, will
come far from satisfying claims when sold at
forced sale.
The University hazing case was resumed at
Madison Wis, yesterday in Judge Keyes' court
A NJ. Long, a student, was called on to testify
He refused pointblank, on advice of counsel
to be sworn or to testify, and pending decision
in the case court adjourned. 1t IS understood
several other witnesses subpGnaed will do the
same, and the Judge has taken the case under
advisement to consider whether they are liable
for contempt of court. The faculty now favor
a cessation OF the investigation and treatment
Of the case by the faculty.
"A telegram from Guatemala states that the
revolution in that republic is ended and that
the Government has triumDhed over its enc
mics All the revolutionists taken prisoners
were shot. At the Santa Elena mine, in the
State of Guerrero, rich discoveries of copper
ore have been made. The ore produces 90 per
cent of copper, with fair per cent Of gold and
silver The Vadellsta mines, in the same State
which have been examined by French engin.
eers. are abundantly producing ores yielding
$500 per ton. General Cervantes advises the
Government that the difficulty with the YaQui
Indians will probably be settled peaceably.
On the Mexican-bound train on the Vera
Cruz road Tuesday. a revolt occurred among
the soldiers acting as the escort. From the
meager details obtainable it is learned that
four soldiers, headed by the corporal made an
attempt to stop the train for the purpose of de-
serting The lieutenant and first sergeant,
who tried to prevent them from escaping, had
a desperate battle with them. One of the SOL
diers thrust his bayonet through the sergeant's
body. killing him instantly. The lieutenant
was disabled by bullet in his shoulder. The
other soldiers then came to the rescue and sue
ceeded in stopping the fight. Shortly after
ward while the train was running rapidly, the
five men Jumped from it, one falling on the
track, and several cars passed over him, killing