Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-28
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

Mr.. Dillon will start for Australia on Fri
day..
The following bonds were accepted by the
Secretary of the Treasury yesterday afternoon:
Registered, 415s 81, ,Sl4. 600 at 1895 fat.
Count Herbert Bismarck has been promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and his
brother William to the rank of Major. at the
request of the Chancellor.
The German Government has forbidden
the issue in Germany of any part of the Bull
garian loan. on the ground that Bulgaria has
no recognized Government.
-Signor Crispi, the Italian Prime Minister.
stated that the temporal power of the Pope
is now a thing of the pasta toy for
dull hours of mimic and would-be statesmen.
The woman who shot Harry King, of Chi
cago, at Omaha some time ago, refused to be
arraigned as Elizabeth Beechier. Her attorney
has filed a plea of misnomer and in subsequent
pleas she will be called MRS. Elizabeth King" !"
When she will be arraigned is only matter of
conjecture, as her counsel has an evident desire
to keep her away from the public gaze and have
her brought into court without proclaiming it
beforehand.
district Attorney Fellows yesterday de-
cided to accept the evidence of Bookkeeper
Woodruff against his employers, Ives and
Stayner, and Woodruff will be a witness for
the State. He has been promised immunity
from punishment provided he tells the truth.
The grand jury still has the case of Ives and
Stayner before them, and will have for some
time to come. Further indictments against
the accused are looked for.
considerable interest has been aroused over
gold finds in Lower California. A dispatch from
Ensenada says the discoveries embrace quartz,
lead and placer diggings. Several parties have
arrived there with large nuggets. 1t is stated
that people in the diggings are taking out from
81 to 81 50 per pan. One large nugget, valued at
$3.50. was bought in and sold by man named
Gaskill. People are thronging to the diggings
from Ensenada and the neighboring towns, and
many will 20 from San Diego.
The London Standard has advices from its
Berlin correspondent which say that the Ger
man squadron at Samoa will be increased and
the natives punished for killing Germans. The
Cologne Gazette says that the severer the chas-
tisement the better guarantee there will be
that peace and order will be secured, and the
more effective will be the international confer
ence on the subject. 1t is reported that court
of arbitration will settle the dispute over the
formation of a customs service on Lamo Island
-Thos. Cassonee, negro. and Annie Abbott,
q buxom white girl of is. were married in
Jeffersonville by the Rev. Ezra Miller, a negro
and secured license, making oath that his
bride-elect was 2l, and saying nothing as to her
complexion. Shortly after the marriage the
brides father, William Abbott, well-to-do
farmer, turned mp in great distress, and was
wild with grief when he found that his daugh-
Ter had married his negro farm hand. He
caused the arrest of the bridegroom and the
minister. The minister swore that the girl had
a veil over her face during the ceremony, and
that in consequence he did not know her color.
He gave $500 bond and was released. while the
bride and groom were left in jail. The charge
is miscegenation, and the punishment is three
years imprisonment