Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-21
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

| The petroleum producers on the shores of
| the Caspian Sea have combined to limit produc-
tion and keep up the price.
The Secretary of the Treasury yesterday &C
| cepted the following bonds: Registered 42S
s5l2,5O0, at 1905; $780, 900 at 1O9
The Gar desires peace and an honest ad-
minlStrat1on for Russia in order to relieve the
country OF her financial difficulties.
Mr.. Phelps, United States Minister to En-
| gland, called at the White House yesterday
and had an interview with the President.
Arrangements have been perfected for
| quicker and more frequent mail service be-
| tween the United States and Mexico, via
Laredo.
| Ives and Stayner are still at Ludlow Street
jail. They profess ignorance of the rumored
compromise in their case, which is expected to
set them free.
| Enterprise Division No. 321, of the Brother
hood of Engineers, composed of Reading Rail-
road men, held meeting in Philadelphia and
d7cided to disband.
Germany has attained from the Sultan of
Morocco the concession of portion of the
coast near the Algerian frontier, and will found
| naval station there
A memorial from the Lundy Lane Associa-
ton was presented to the Canadian Parliament
| yesterday, asking for an appropriation to i'm
| prove the historical spot.
The Canadian Government will not bring
| down budget or announce any changes in the
customs tariff until Mr.. Harrison has been In
stalled in office and has announced his policy.
The Secretary of State has been informed
that supplementary treaty of commerce
States and Japan was signed in Japan yester-
| day.
On October g. 1883, the British ship st.
Joseph left Fleetwood, England, bound for
New York. Captain Thompson and crew Of
% men were on board. She is now 14O days out
and is thought to be lost
Vienna is still mourning for Rudolf The
body of the Prince has been placed in the cata-
combs of the Capuchin Church, where it will
rest by the side OF his unfortunate uncle, the
Emperor Macmillan OF Mexico.
News has just been received from Missoula,
in Montana Territory, that the Flathead In
dans are arming themselves, and settlers in
Flathead Lake Valley are in great danger.
The section where the trouble originated is
without telegraph facilities.
Joseph A. Moore, the insurance agent of
indianapolis whose extensive defalcation cre-
ated stir some time ago, has been sued for
$4,000 by the Connecticut Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company. An order for the service of the
summons by publication has been granted by
Justice OBrien, OF New York.
The New York Assembly has unanimously
adopted Mr.. Fish's resolution calling on the
Capitol Commissioners (tLe Governor, Lieuten-
ant Governor and Speaker) to suspend Super
intendent of Public Buildings Andrews, pend
ing the result of the investigation into the con-
struction of the Assembly ceiling.
Patrick McGovern, who was shot in Jersey
City on Tuesday by James Stansbury, died yes
terday morning. James Mcdonnell, the pro-
prietor of the saloon where the shooting oc-
Cured, and Michael Simon, a witness, were
both drunk in the police court this morning
when the case was called. They were
locked up.
I'm the Ontario Legislature last night, Mr..
Trudell created a sensation by giving notice of
sympathy with the Pope, embodying the sug-
gestion that Queen Victoria be urged to use her
influence to restore the temporal power of the
Pope. The motion was subsequently with
drawn, it is supposed under pressure from the
Premier, who feared the result OF the agitation
that might followlt.
Henry Dalton, who lives near Stanford,
KY, shot and perhaps fatally wounded his wife
last Sunday morning. He had ordered her to
get up and make a fire. and because she did
not do SO he struck her with a chair. Her
brother demonstrated and Dalton got down
shotgun. Both ran, but he fired, and four
buckshot struck her in the breast Dalton
then fled, but mob is searching tor him.
George Eustoff de Gourke, q Russian
Prince, has been arrested in New York on a
charge of grand larceny He obtained a seal.
skin coat from tailor on credit, and then
pawned it. Upon searching the room of the
Prince number of pawn tickets, representing
clothing and jewelry, were found. This is the
Prince who followed Mrs Frank Leslie about
London and wanted her to marry him. 1t is
said that he was arrested several times in
London on charges of defrauding his creditors.
Reports from the Choctaw Nation. Indian
Territory, says that on the night of the 18th
John Puckett and wife were taken from their
cabin on Lyon creek and hung by party of
men. A stepSon of Pucketts was also Sc.
verely flogged and left tied to tree, where
he remained As hours before being discovered
The Pucketts were charged with numerous
-, or,1 0rIo tN laor
months ago. They were half-breeds of Chero-
kee extraction.
j. NJ. Chatworthy, white man, at Helena,
Ark, drew pistol OH negro Monday, for
which offense he was fined $50 and costs, max.
ing total of SD. Not having the money to
pay the amount, he was put up at auction yes
terday by the negro constable, to be sold to the
highest bidder according to the law which
also requires that the debtor shall be kept by
the purchaser the number of days required to
pay out the fine at the rate Of % cents day.
In this case Y days service would be required.
The bidding was not very lively. The prisoner
was finally knocked down to one of his friends
at rs cents day.
-Advices from San Saba county. Tex. saw
that W. I. Smith disappeared last week and a
large party secured the country in search of
him. On Monday they found place where he
had been hanged. The rope and Smiths gun, |
watch and other personal effects were found, !
but the body had been removed. The party
also found the body of Asa Brown hanging
from tree not far from where Smith had been !
strung up. He had been robbed of money. but |
his gun and cartridges were found near by, |
Who committed the double crime IS not known, |
and great excitement exists among the people |
One of the most atrocious murders and sui. |
cides that has been reported for long time oc- |
cured at Upson, Wis. a. laborer, named JOS |
epb Brogan, killed his wife and two children, |
aged and years respectively, and then COM
mitted suicide with dull razor, at 7:30 this |
morning. When the neighbors broke into the |
house they witnessed horrible scene. The |
sin le room Of the house was literally covered |
with blood. The bodies of the victims and mur.
derer were still warm, but all were dead. The I
affair has thrown the little village into an up-
roar. Brogan has wealthy parents living in the |
East who have been informed of the tragedy.
awares The Duke De Durcal who is staying |
at the Hotel Richelieu with his cousin, the
Chevalier Francis Cambreleng, and his friend |
the Chevalier Ramiro Uriundo Y Saavedra,
Captain of cavalry in the Spanish army, is. ac-
cording to Spanish reckoning, an uncle of the
baby King of Spain. According to our own
reckoning he is third cousin of the King.
His full name is Don Pedro De Borbon Bor.
bon, Duque de Durcal He is son of Don Sc
bastian De Borbop, who was first cousin of
King Alfonso XII, and of Dona Christina De
Borbon. He came with letters of introduction
to some of the leading families of this city, and
has been Hospitality received. He has visited
the Board of Ira le, the stock yards, the Au-
ditorium, the town of Pullman and everything
worth seeing.
The suspicion of customs officers at San
Francisco have been aroused recently by the
increase in the number of Chinese passengers
on coast steamers from Port Townsend, w.
T. The steamer Walla Walla arrived yester-
day with II Chinese, who were held and ex.
amined by Surveyor Tinnin. Of these, eight
swore they were employed by firm in Port
Townsend, although they did not know each
other Most of them confessed that thav had |