Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-30
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

The Illinois division of the Sons of Vet
Grams, in their annual commencement yester
day. appointed committee. with General A
Gurney, of Springfield, as Chairman, for the
over the grave of Dr. NJ. F. Stephenson, the
founder of the Grand Army of the Republic in
the United States. The monument will be
erected at Petersburg. Ill, where he is buried
"A dispatch from Delagoa Bay reports a
serious state of affairs there, arising from the
railway troubles. A portion of the railway
has been destroyed by the Portuguese. An
English engineer who tried to defend the work
was fired upon. The foreign residents are
greatly alarmed and are crowding to the British
consulate for protection. The Portuguese have
placed British interpreter under arrest The
English residents demand his release.
The President has made the following
consular appointments: William T. Sorsby, Of
Mississippi, at Guayaquil; Edward c. Goode-
now, of Maine. at st. Stephens, n. B.; Daniel
b. Hubbard, of Massachusetts,, at Annaberg
Germany; Hugo N. Starkhlof, of Missouri, al
Bremen; VIM. T. Gunnell, of New York, at
Manchester; John A Tibbitts, of Connecticut,
at Bradford; Robert W. Turner, of Kansas, at
Cadiz; NJ. D. Sampson, of Kansas, at st. John,
n. 3.
An alarming condition of the Illinois corn
crop is reported to the State Board of Agricul-
ture, which has returns from its regular cor.
respondent in every county of the State except
Grundy and Hardin. A special crop bulletin
which was issued yesterday announces that it
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the corn crop by continuous rains during the
past six weeks and the overfowing of thou
sands of acres of river bottom lands in the GEN.
tral and southern portions of the State.
Kate Stopher, of Shelby county. KY, be-
came much interested in a religious revival last
lall and has since spent large part of her
time in prayer and reading the Bible. Her
prayers were not answered, she said, and she
tasted Il days by way of penance. She then
consented to take nourishment but after five
days had passed she began second fast which
has now lasted "a days Her mind does not
seem affected, and though greatly reduced in
flesh her health is good. She is 2s years old.
The final act of the Michigan Legislature
was TO pass a new general election law. 1t is a
modification of the Australian system. The
parties are required to send TO the Secretary Of
State party heading for their tickets and he
provides their tickets, all TO be of uniform
color. size and texture. In front of the polling
place a railing is to be placed with an exit and
entrance gate and gatekeeper. Only one voter
is to be allowed within the railing at time
One or more booths are to be provided at each
stand for the voter to prepare his ballot in
secresy.
"A dispatch from the City of Mexico saws
that two colored emigration commissioners
from Texas have arrived there to consult with
land for a large colony of colored cotton raisers
from Texas. Mr.. Ellis, one of the commits
sioners, a bright, well-educated colored man.
stated that he mad an appointment with Secre-
tary Puchecco and would fully explain the
project to him. He further said that if salts
factory arrangements could be made with the
Government for land that a colony of at least
10000 persons would soon be in Mexico.
"A gang OF II men, about midnight Thurs.
day night, took from the jail at Tulare, CAL
one Eagan. a man suspected of having com.
mitted several robberies. They put a rope
round his neck, dragged him 20 a tree and
warned him to confess. He protested in
nocence, when they strung him up. After
hanging until nearly dead, they let him down
and again demanded confession. Again he
refused, and was a second time hoisted in the
air. When lowered a second time he begged
for mercy and was returned to jail. There is
nothing except suspicion against the man, and
the outrage has caused great sensation.
The Cincinnati Police Commissioners con-
sidered charges against Chief of Police Dietsch
preferred by citizens who, on Sunday last,
asked him in vain to order arrests for violation
of the Sunday closing law for saloons. The
chief showed that his action was based on an
order issued on Saturday by Mayor Mosby.
The board found the chief guilty and sentenced
him to public reprimand which was at once
administered, coupled with an assurance that
the board retained its confidence in his up
as an officer. The occasion for the
order by the Mayor that no arrests be made last
Sunday was the presence here Of the Turner's
at their great festival. The Mayor explains
that he did not mean to suspend the Law, but
only to postpone arrests till Monday.