Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-12
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

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The Central Labor Union Of Buffalo, at the
regular meeting yesterday adopted resolutions
indorsing Congressman Farquhar for the posi-
ton OF Public Printer, and urging his appoint
ment.
Africa, states that Captain Holmes, Of the
whaling bark Sea Fox, an officer and servant
were killed, and five of the crew fatally burned
by the explosion of whaling bomb gun.
AT Watford Ont, Albert Wilson shot and
killed Miss Sarah Marshall, Sunday night, be-
causeshe refused to allow him to walk home
with her from church. He then set fire to a
| straw stack to draw atten tion from his move
ments. He is still at liberty.
ID. W. Shook. grain dealer, money loaner,
Justice of the Peace and farmer, who recently
absconded from Stephens, Mimi, with SIG, 600
Of other peoples money, has been heard from
at Vancouvers Island, British Columbia, His
family left Plymouth to Join him.
While Mr.. Creagh, landlord in County
Clare, Ireland, and his sister, were driving to
church yesterday, they were fired upon by
some unknown persons Mr.. Creagh and his
sister were hit by bullets, the latter's nose be-
ing shot off. Both are in a critical condition.
Recorder Smythe, of New York, yesterday,
in the Court of General Sessions, fixed bail in
the cases of the Electric Sugar swindlers at
$1,000 on each indictment. There are three in
dictments against each of the accused and this
makes 81, 900 bail to be gwen for each prisoner.
Miss Julia O'ConneIl Brown. a cousin of
Daniel O'Connell, the great Irish patriot, has
become member in full standing OF DIR.
Wilds' Presbyterian Church, in Toronto. She
! is 80 years of age and up to month ago was
devout member Of the Roman Catholic
Church.
IS. B. Cunningham, Disbursing Clerk of the
House of Representatives, yesterday in his
office at the Capitol, shot at but missed T. R.
Hackman. page. The shooting was caused
by young Hackman attacking Mr.. Cunningham
for an assault committed on him few days
ago. Mr.. Cunningham received cut on the
face and Immediately fired at young Hackman.
Cunningham is large man, while Hackman is
small.
The Fall River, Mass, weavers' strike for
an advance in wages, which occurred yesterday
morning, Is one of the most general in the his
tory of labor troubles at that place. The weav-
ing departments of so mills are practically shut
down, and 5000 weavers are idle. Those who
refused to strike do not number more than half
enough to keep one mill going. The extent Of
the strike is quite surprise to the managers,
who expected that only few mills would be in
volved.
considerable comment was excited at Lon
don by the sensational reports cabled from Cal
fornia sources of the destruction of the q. y 8.
NipSic by German vessel The reports found
few believers, however, and the opinion most
generally expressed is that they were circulated
with the object of arousing American public
sentiment against Germany. Nobody believes
| that the Samoan difficulty will not be amcably
settled by the parties to the Berlin conference,
lation of alarmist rumors concerning the affair
| is strongly deprecated.
The bobbin combination, or trust an organi-
| zation formed in 1886 under the name of the
American Spool and Bobbin Association, has
| gone to pieces, after strenuous exertions made
| during the past week or two to reorganize it
| upon more substantial basis and one that
4 would hold the members to a stricter account
ability. This combination was formed to regu-
| late the price of bobbins, spools and similar
articles so largely used in cotton and wooden
manufactures and 1t included practically all
the bobbin manufacturers of any consequence
! in the East. and represented in the aggregate
! millions of dollars.
| Clifton Hall, one of the largest hotels at
Lakewood N Y, was burned to the ground
yesterday morning. There were over 60 guests
| in the house at the time who all escaped in
| their night garments with the exception of DR..
E. Willano, of Philadelphia, who jumped from
! a second story window and broke his leg, but
was otherwise uninjured. The fire spread to
| the Presbyterian Church and six adjoining
! house, but was quickly extinguished by the
| firemen. The total loss is estimated at S35 OOO
only partly insured. The guests lost all their
| personal property, and were housed in the
other local hotels.
The now evident intention of the Parnell
| Commission to refrain from making an interim
report on the Parnell letters has awakened the
wrath of the Home Rulers and it is likely that
! an attack will be made upon the Government
| by the opposition leaders, with a view to elicit
| ing an explanation of the Governments con-
nection with the case of the Times. This at
| tack will very probably be led by Mr. Glad
stone, who has already signifed his purpose of
| arraigning the Ministry for its partisan course
| in q matter which should have been conducted
| with the utmost impartiality, and the squirm-
| ing of some of the Ministers Under his lash
will be interesting to witness.
| The funeral of the late John Ericsson the
| famous engineer and inventor. took place yes-
| terday from Trinity Church. New York CITY,
| The body was followed from his house on
Beech street to the church by a long string of
| in
| front of the church were packed with people
who were anxious to catch glimpse of the
casket containing the body. A force of police
were present to keep the people from pressing
! into the already overcrowded church. The or
| gan pealed forth music while the body was be-
| ing carried into the church. The navy yard
! was well represented, there being in attendance
two officers from each ship and one officer from
| each department
Henry George says he is going to make a
three months campaign of it through England,
| Ireland, Scotland and Wales. He will open
| the campaign in London at the Camberwell
| Green Chapel on March l3. Large meetings
are already definitely arranged at Bermondsey
| and Woolwich for the middle of the month
| but he is due at Bristol on the 18th, and will
| then speak in several towns of South Wales
| Westminster Chapel claims him for
April ], and other meetings follow at Lam;
| he is off to Carlisle and will rouse Durham and
| Tyneside in series of demonstrations extend
ing up to April 20. At Newcastle he will be
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tional Liberal Association. A week will be de-
voted to the Birmingham district.
The Supreme Court of the United States
| yesterday rendered an opinion reversing the
| judgment of the Supreme Court of Utah, in
| the case Of Andrew Cotton versus the people of
| the Territory of Utah. Cotton, in a drunken
| scuff1e. killed a companion who was returning
| home from Salt Lake City with him in wagon.
He then drove back to the city, gave himself
| up and was convicted and sentenced to death.
| He appealed the case to the Supreme Court of
| the Territory on the ground that the Judge at
his trial had not instructed the jury that it
| might, in case Of murder in the first degree,
| recommend that the prisoner be sentenced to
| Imprisonment for life. The Territorial Court
deciding against Cotton, the case was brought
| to the Supreme Court. which to-day reversed
! the judgment of the Territorial Court and re-
| manded the case with instructions to grant
Cotton new trial. Opinion by Justice Har-
| Ian.
"THE popular verdict" the best thing