Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

President Sloss, Of the Alaska Commercial
Company, proposes to make vigorous war on
the seal pirates.
State Treasurer Hemingway of Mississippi,
the e. 1000 acres OIL Of land ~ owned AIb By Jefferson
Davis on the White river, in Arkansas lt 1s
valued at 500 0U0, and the company expects TO
sell enough stock at SO share to soon buy II.
"A vein was struck yesterday by party
OF men who were sinking shaft for natural
gas near Pueblo, Col A terrific explosion fol-
lowed shortly afterward. the gas being ignited
from lamp At the mouth Of the we'll One
woman were badly burned.
AT least 5OO,O 900 pounds of tobacco in Ken
lucky has been entirely destroyed by the frosts
of the last three nights. About one-haIf of the
crop had been housed and cured, but the rest
had been cut late and placed in open sheds
and frames In the fields, and was not sufficient
lp cured to Withstand the frosts.
"A New York evening paper says that Tam
many Hall offered to make ex-President Gro
yer Cleveland its candidate for Congress in the
Ninth district, to succeed the late 8. 8. Cox,
but that Mr.. Cleveland declined the honor.
The same paper says that Amos ]. Cummings
is now slated for the position.
The Inman line steamer, City Of New York.
which ran aground in the mud OF Gedneys
Channel Wednesday, was relieved OF the weight
of her cargo yesterday by two lighter vessels, it
being impossible to pull her out of the mud.
It Is expected she !. viii get on tomorrow. lis
Delegates to the International Marine Con-
ference, which meets in Washington next
Wednesday are beginning to arrive In that
city. It is expected Secretary Blaine win re-
osiUe n tne sS Sdeiegases At the STATE Ts DspaTmens
expires by limitation January 81, and will
probably sit out its full term.
"A dispatch from Helena, Mont, says:
The vote OF Jefferson county was canvassed
yesterday, the result being that the Democrats
a IA
House of the Legislature tie, but the Demo
Gratis will have majority Of seven on joint bal
lot. The canvass OF the vote in all counties
will not be completed before tomorrow, If
then.
Secretary Blaine yesterday heard the COM
plaint Of Benezuli, the Morocco merchant, who
claims he paid William Baird Lewis, United
States Consul at Tangiers, S435 for protection
while doing business in an interior town Of
ordered Lewis to appear at the State Depart
ment and explain his connection with the
affair.
AN order from the British War Ofice to
the commanders Of the military districts in
Canada asking them to take immediate steps
to ascertain the facilities for the transportation
of troops from one part of the country to an
other has caused considerable excitement
among Canadians. The order is without prece-
dent, and the officials are at a loss to know
what IL means.
Some time since Murat Halstead in the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, charged that
James Campbell, Democratic candidate for
Governor, was corruDtly interested in a ballot
box contract, and published documents show
ing that seate of affairs, purporting to have
been signed by Mr.. Campbell. These papers
have been proven to be forgeries, and Mr..
Halstead has made retraction.
William Moore. a negro train hand ON
the Savannah, Florida and Western Railroad
was taken from the train at Jesup, Ga, by a
posse Of citizens yesterday and lynched. While
passing that place Wednesday he had some
words with o citizen and as the train pulled ont
he threw stone which struck bystander. A
posse waited for his arrival yesterday, and,
taking him of the train, made short work Of
him.
-Advices from Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico,
say that the report sent out September 30, thai
]. X. Talller, the leader of the gang who
robbed a train on the Sonora Railroad year
ago, had been shot by the authorities. is not
true. A few minutes before the time set for
his execution a message was received from the
authorities at the City of Mexico ordering q
suspension Of the execution and Taller still
lives. He had made a desperate effort at sui
eide BY strangling. and the day or his execution
could not stand on bis feet.
The Republican City Convention Of Balti-
more yesterday made nominations for city
ticket selected is made up Of Republicans and
Independent Democrats. It is az follows: For
Mayor, Major Alex. O. Shaw Republican;
Chief Judge, Robert H. SmIth, Republican;
Surveyor, Gilbert n. Bryson, Republican;
Sheriff, Thomas McCorker, Independent Demo-
crat; Clerk of the Superior Courts, Thomas
McCready Slater, Democrat The legislative
portion Of the ticket is also divided between
Republicans and Independent Democrats.