Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Navigation on the ST. Lawrence river will
open tomorrow, fortnight earlier than last
year.
Princess Victoria, the Grown Princess of
Sweden, has given birth to another son. This
makes three children, all sons, born to Crown
Prince Gustaf.
-E. G. Rathbone, of Ohio. yesterday took
the prescribed oath of office and entered
upon the discharge of his duties as Chief In
spector of the Postofice Department
DIR. Peters, who has arrived at Zanzibar, re-
ports that the people of the Samoli ports re-
fused to give the steamer on which he Travelled
any cargo, and notified him by letter that if he
landed he would be killed.
The British Government has issued procla-
nation forbidding the holding of National
League meeting which had been announced to
take place at Pilltown, County Kilkenny, to-
day. Messrs. Davitt and Clancey were to have
addressed the meeting.
The Minneapolis street car company made
an attempt to start the steam motor line yes
terday, but when the new men came to fire up
they found the motors had all been fixed"
The boilers were full of soap, soda and vltrlol
1t took all day to put them in shape.
--Renden Dardeu and Thomas Dansby, two
of the men convicted by the United States
Circuit Court at Little Rock, Ark, for vio-
latIng the election laws at the election last
November, have been sentenced by Judge
Brewer, the first named to five years in the
penitentiary, and the last to pay tine of $780,
As Mrs. A. II. Lucas, of Carthage, Mo-, ac-
companied by her two daughters and hired
man, were attempting to ford swollen creek
two miles below that city in wagon last even
ing, the rushing waters carried the whole out
mt down the raging stream and all the people,
as well as the horses, were drowned. None of
the bodies had been recovered at last accounts.
Excitement at El Paso, Tex, over the city
government contest is still running high, and
an indiscreet word or move may lead to blood
shed, Krakaner. the Re epublican contestant
who took charge of the City Hall Thursday
1Tr1ns
terday for contempt of court in refusing to
disclose the combination of the city safe, the
combination of which he is said to have changed
while in possession of the City Hall. His trial
with hundreds of excited men. If he is sent to
jail trouble is anticipated.
"A Boston newspaper publishes forecast of
the probable State vote on the Constitutional
mates made by the chairmen of the different
city and town committees and town clerks.
The Record says that the result in 100 cities
and towns heard from point to the defeat of
the prohibition amendment by from 1900 to
$1,000. The striking features of the returns is
the showing that in the towns whers the
amendment has been generally supposed to be
especially strong is weak, and in some cases
likely to be defeated.
1t is reported on good authority, and the
story is credited by some of his personal friends
that the Hon. John L. Alley has satisfied the
last Judgment in favor of Chester Snow, of
looked to be for some time an interminable
case, is thus closed. 1t is also stated that the
other possible legal complications of a like
character that have been held in allegiance
awaiting the final outcome of the Snow suit
have been compromised, and that Mr.. Alley
will shortly return to his native country. The
settlements are said to have been made by his
son-in-law, who recently started for Europe to
join Mr.. Alley.
The production of anthracite coal has been
reduced to the smallest amount known for
years, not over 600 600 tons month yet the con-
sumption seems to be shrinking just as much.
The output last week was 494, 900 TONS and for
the year to date S,C42 900 tons, against 6 1900
tons for the same period of last year, showing
a decrease of 67l,0O0 tous, yet the stock on
hand at tidewater points is fully 500, 900 tons
greater than one year ago. There are no COM
parative statistics of stocks at Western points,
but reports agree that the quantity stored at
Buffalo, Chicago and Duluth is very much
larger than it was year ago. The decreased
production and the increased stocks indicate
that the consumption so far this year, or at
least the quantity delivered to consumers, is
less by at least ], 900 tons than it was one
year ago.