Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-27
LATE NEWS. IN BRIEF.

-One million dollars in gold were ordered
yesterday for shipment to Europe.
The resignation of Second Lieutenant
James G. Bourlke. Fifth Artillery, has been ac-
cepted, to take effect June Is next.
Major General George Crook has been or
dered to report to General Schofeld for spe-
cial duty in New York in connection with the
Centennial celebration.
The New York Legislature yesterday rushed
through, and the Governor signed, bill max.
holidays in the cities of New York and Brook
lyn. Tuesday had already been declared
holiday
AT Abilene, Kas., 26 head of fine steers have
been killed because they had hydrophobia. A
mad dog bit one OF the: herd OF ~, iew
necessary to shoot the maddened animals. Inc
disease is still spreading.
Cesar Frazier, colored, was hanged at
Charleston, s. c., yesterday for the murder OF
Holdenbarg, white, on February g. The con-
demned man professed the Catholic faith, and
the execution was unattended by the usuar
scenes of shouting, praying and singing.
The treasure which was aboard the United
States war ship Trenton, when she was wrecked
at Apia during the recent hurricane there, has
been recovered. The Nipsic, which was dam
aged in the same hurricane will be brought to
Auckland by the United States steamer Alert.
Captain Allen. of the United States ship
ship Bridgewater, had an interview yesterday
with Sir John Mcdonald respecting his claim
for damages for the alleged detention of his
vessel. He feels certain that his claim for
$4,000 will be paid. Captain Allen starts for
Europe next week.
Two mills of the White Manufacturing
Company, of Rockville, Conn.,, shut down yes
$50 weavers. -Four hundred persons are thrown
out Of work. The company offered slight ad-
vance, but the weavers hold out for a cent
yard, and protracted strike is feared.
AT meeting of grey cotton manufacturers
at Montreal Thursday night it was decided, in
view of the great advance in the price of raw
cotton, to advance the price of cotton cloth
from to 2 cents per pound. The shipments
to China are still going on. Nearly $500, 900
worth was shipped thither during the past II
months
The Connecticut House yesterday morning
passed bill providing that no person shall
make, sell or have in his possession any prod
uet made wholly or in part of any fat, oil or
oleaginous substance, or compound thereof,
not produced from milk or cream, which shall
be in imitation of butter or cheese. The PEN
atty is fine or imprisonment, or both.
1t is announced by the Southern Pacific
and Union Pacific people that the Golden Gate
special between San Francisco and Omaha will
run its last trip Saturday, May 4. A new over
land passenger train will be put on the Ogden
line Sunday, May B, and will be the fastest reg
the East Leaving San Francisco at $50 P. M,
daily, it will arrive in Omaha in three days, in
Chicago in three days and 10 hours, and in New
York in four days and 2l hours.
"A Brooklyn police officer Thursday night
found a man locked up in freight car on the
Long Island road in East New York. The car
was one of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day
ton cars, and the man said he got in there last
Saturday at Dayton, o., had been without food
or water ever since, and was nearly starved to
death. The oficer went for assistance, but in
the meantime some parties came along, broke
open the door OF the car, and. the stowaway
made his escape and could not be found.
An explosion of dynamite and emmensite
occurred at the factory of the Emmensite Gun
Explosive and Ammunition Company, near
Harrison, n. Y, Thursday night. Charles
Anderson. fireman, employed at the works, was
probably fatally injured, and Newton Emmens,
son of the owner of the place, was badly cut
and burned. The factory, valued at $40, 900.
was entirely demolished, and two other build
was caused by fire which originated in the
engine room.
Special freight train No. S56 on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, in heavy fog, about o'clock
yesterday morning, ran into freight train No.
6S8 within 100 yards Of the Delaware river
bridge at Trenton, n. j. Both trains were going
toward Philadelphia. The engineer and fire.
man on No. 856 jumped in time to save their
lives. man in the caboose of No. 638 was
killed outright. From cards found on his per-
son he appears to be VIM. F. Hefton, of Phila-
delphia. The engine of the rear train was also
derailed and badly damaged.
-EX-PreSldent Cleveland has subscribed 500
to the fund in aid of the Confederate Home at
Austin, Tex, and has written as follows con-
cerning it: II am in full sympathy with this
enterprise, and want to contribute to its sue
cess. 1t appeals to the broad humanity which
ought TO characterize the American people, and
see nothing in it which ought not to engage
the EFFORT of every rightthinking citizen. Sure
ly neither prejudice nor passion should be al
lowed to interfere with the exercise of charity
toward the unfortunate, nor with the tender of
cheerful aid to the needy and suffering"
"A new secret organization has been formed
and is taking deep root among the colored
people of South Carolina. 1t is called THE
Colored Farmers National Alliance and Co
operative Union" Its declared objects are:
To elevate the colored people of America by
teaching them to love their country and their
homes; to care more for their helpless and des-
titute; to labor more earnestly for the educa-
tion of themselves and their children, and es-
pecially to improve themselves in agricultural
pursuits. The promoters of the alliance de.
clare it is strictly non political organization.