Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-09
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Yesterdays bond offerings aggregated
sllO5OO as follows: Coupon As 81 500 at l27; reg
istered As, s., 600 at l27 Registered AS, $lOz
600 at 1851 All the offers were accepted.
The Detroit grand Jury has returned an in
dictment against James Tierney. Alderman
from the Twelfth ward, who is accused OF ac-
tract Tor sewer building in 1883.
The New York Democratic State commit
tee met and organized yesterday. Daniel b.
| Griffin, of Jefferson county, was elected chair
| man OF the State committee, and Z. h. DE
| Freese, of Troy, was appointed clerk.
AT Chicago, Mrs. Fritz Katz, young wife,
poured a half bottle of carbolic acid down her
baby's throat and then swallowed the remainder
herself Both are dead. The mother is sup
| posed to have been crazed by sickness
"A most shocking murder and suicide oc-
morning Charles F. orris, who resides with
! his mother, Mrs Mary King, shot her while
she was sleeping, and then committed suicide
| by cutting his throat from ear to ear with
| razor.
An Illinois Central passenger train and a
| Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul freight COL
| lided mile below Dubuque, Iowa. There was
| a dense fog and the freight was moving rapidly
| to clear the junction before the passenger,
which was overdue, arrived. The Central mail
car was crushed and the messenger injured
The New York subcommittee on Finance
of the Worlds Fair, made preliminary report
yesterday. The report states that no plan for
how much money is to be needed. A plan for
raising S. 100000 for preliminary work was re-
portedaand subscription books will be opened
at oncG
The boiler of Hoescher Bros steam thresh-
er exploded in the town of Oak, Mimi, in jur
ing number of men. John Wiegman had his
skull fractured and was badly scalded about
the body. Henry Meyer was badly scalded and
right arm nearly torn off. Another man, name
unknown, received injuries necessltating the
amputation of one arm. Others are more or
less injured.
"A distressing accident occurred at Frank
fort, Mimi, James Dean, farmer, shot his
SON, aged years. Dean, short time before
daybreak, heard commotion in the henhouse.
He seized his shotgun, and running TO the door,
saw in the darkness something moving about
the henhouse. He Immediately fired, and was
horrif1ed when it was discovered that he had
slain his son. The boy was somnambullst.
The President made the following appoint
ments yesterday: Cyrus Anderson, of Kansas,
to be Register of the Land Office at Oberlin,
Kan; Alfred Lundvall of Nebraska, to be Re
ceiver of Public Moneys at Neigh, Neb.;
Charles r. Drake, of Arizona, to be Receiver
of Public Moneys at Tucson, Ariz.; John s.
Murphy, of Dakota, to be Agent for the In
dlans of the Fort Berthe Agency in Dakota.
Master Mechanic Twombley, of the Rock
Island road, has sent in his resignation pending
further investigation of the recent Chicago
train wreck. His letter to General Manager
st. John stated that i'll view of his embarrass-
ing relations he was prompted to take this &C
ton. In his reply Mr.. st. John said the resigna-
tion was proper and would be placed on file,
pending the independent Investigation of the
road in the case. G. f. Wilson has been ap-
pointed acting master mechanic.
I'm Montana the election of Joseph K.
Toole Democrat for governor is now conceded
by a majority of from 500 to 600. Carter, Re
publican for Congress has ], 900 majority. The
Democrats claim the Legislature by seven; the
Republicans will not concede as much, but say
that on the face Of the returns it is Democratic
but claim fraud in Silver Bow and Deer Lodge
counties. The general opinion is that there
will be no contest and that the Democrats will
have the governor and the Legislature. while
the Republicans elect congressman and q large
majority of the State ticket.
"A dispatch from San Francisco says: A call
for a meeting of the League of Heaven and
Earth, posted in Chinatown, reveals the strength
and boldness of the Chinese secret society which
has been prescribed in China since the TAPPING
rebellion. Its existence here was known only
to members, but it has grown much lately, and
1t is said that since the beginning of the year it
has made its power felt against its enemies. 1t
was originally founded by native Chinese to Sc
cure the overthrow of the Tartar dynasty and
has now become, like the Highlander societies.
q machine for blackmail and vengeance. Its
peculiar feature is that its victims are removed
completely, no trace of the corpse being left to
serve as clew to the crime. Six Chinese are
said to have suffered death at its hands within
the last few months but relatives can get no
facts about their fate.