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

The Duchess of Marlborough has ordered
all her New York City real estateto be sold at
auction.
Judge Baker, of Chicago, has refused to re-
lease Woodruff, one OF the Cronin suspects, on
his motion for writ of habeas corpus,
The magnificent residence of Clem stude-
baker at South Bend, Ind, which cost SSO0OOO,
was almost totally destroyed by fire yesterday
morning.
General L. B. Faulkner, convicted at Buff
falo for wrecking the Dansville Bank, yester-
day gave bail in the sum of S2O,OOO to await the
result of an appeal in case now pending.
Pleas of not guilty were yesterday entered
in New YORK General Sessions Court before
Judge MARITIME on behalf of Sheriff Flack,
VIII FIack, Referee Meeks and George ID.
Hart, the parties interested in the notorious
Flack divorce case.
of Elgin and Cairn to fill the vacancy in the
House of Commons caused by the death of Mr..
Charles H. Anderson Home Ruler resulted in
the return of Mr. ]. Seymour Keay, Glad
stonian, who received ION votes. MIR. G. b
Logan, the Unionist candidate, received ZO3S
votes. At the previous election MI. Anderson
received l. 99l vo.es against l. ,S72 for Sir G. NJ.
Grant, Liberal Unionlst.
Monday night, on the Carbon cutoff road
now being built, near Laramie, Wyo., work
train containing 15 graders. collided with
couple of cars standing on the track. A man
named Diamond was instantly killed and Will
a
arm broken. The graders said the accident was
the result of the carelessness of the train men,
and procuring a rope went after the train crew
with the intention of lynching them, but the
latter escaped.
"A freight train on the Missouri Pacific
stopped a few miles west of Astor, Greely
county, Kan, for some slight repairs. The stop
was made on an incline and when the engine
started off suddenly the train broke in two. The
rear part started down grade and crashed into
westbound passenger. The caboose and one
freight car were pitched up over the passenger
engine and caught fire. c. z. Orwan, Mayor Of
the town of Horace, was in the caboose and
burned to death. The people on the passenger
train had all been warned and left the train.
Coroner's jury returned verdict that it was
an unavoidable accident.
s-Samuel Mayhom, one of the Hatfeld-Mc-
Coy gang, under sentence of death at Picker
vile, KY, is dying of consumption. He cannot
sit up, and the jailer has taken him to his own
home that he may die in comfort. A move
ment is afoot to lynch Mayhom, and it is said
all the arrangements are complete his enemies
declaring he shall not die a natural death.
This weeks issue of the local paper savagely
denounces the proposition as piece Of bar
barism, and exhorts all decent people to see
that Mayhom, who can't possibly live until the
day set for his execution, is let alone.
High society of Hyde Park, Chicago's aris-
tocratic suburb, is greatly excited over the
Chicago real estate dealer, whose residence is
in that fashionable district, with Mrs. c. E.
Bortell, wife of his half-brother. The two
families lived close together in Prairie avenue,
and have always been on the most intimate
terms. About two weeks ago Green told his
wife he was not feeling well and would run out
to his Wyoming ranch for short time. A day
after he left Mrs. Bortell told her husband she
wished to visit friends in indianapolis and left
the same day.
The United States revenue cutter Rush has
arrived at Seattle from Alaska. Lieutenant
Commander Shepard was interviewed about
rumors current here for the last few weeks
that British Columbians were lying in wait for
him to punish him for seizing British schoon-
ers The commander smiled and said he had
not heard of any such threats until he had
read them in the papers on his arrival at Port
Townsend. He said that he did not believe
anything of the kind had been uttered and
that the statement must have come from ire
sponsible parties. If there was any truth in it,
and he could have been apprised of it in time
he would have steamed into Victoria and
would have shaken the American flag in the
faces of the Victorians.