Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-26
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The President yesterday appointed Frank
Hitchcock, of Illinois, to be United states
Marshal for the Northern district of Illinois.
Albert C. Ridgeway, of Illinois. has been
appointed confidential clerk to the Commis-
siOner of Pensions, vice Miss Ada Tanner, re-
signed.
The directors of the Chicago and North
western Railroad Company yesterday declared
the regular dividends of per cent semi-annual
on the common and l2z quarterly on the pre-
ferred.
William Gleason's machine shop, Roches-
ter, n. Y, was burned yesterday morning. The
total loss is estimated at $4,000, mostly covered
by insurance. The origin of the fire is not
known.
There is hitch in the arrangements for
transfer of the Minneapolis Touring mill prop
erty to the English syndicate. The lawyers are
puzzled as to how tine State law forbiddlng
aliens from holding real estate can be eVadeo.
The Shenandoah City Colliery operated by
tie Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
Company employing over 200 men and boys,
resumed work yesterday, The colliery has
been idle for over month, going through gen.
eral repairs.
While driving colt Sunday night, James
Darlington, residing in the suburbs OF Houngs-
town, was killed. the animal kicking him in the
head. Darlington was prominent stone con-
tractor, employing large number of men, and
leaves family.
MIR Parke editor of the North London
Press, who charged that the Earl of Euston
was one of the principals in the Cavendish
street scandal was arraigned yesterday on the
charge of criminal libel preferred against him
by the Earl. He was admitted TO bail in the
sum of el0Q.
The Idaho Territorial Asylum was de-
strOyed by fire Yesterday morning. Fifty
seven out of "a inmates were rescued, while
two women and two men are known to have
perished, and four are yet missing and are sup
posed to have been burned. The loss is esti-
mated at 5000
While Albert 0gle was hunting a natural
gas leak with lighted match in the basement
of his mothers residence at Muncie Ind, the
gas ignited, causing terrible explosion. The
house was blown to pieces, while Albert is left
with but one leg His sister was also badly
hurt and may die.
Two road agents robbed an express car Of
$4,000 on Sunday night. The Missouri Kansas
and Texas Express. northbound for St Louis,
was held up on Pryor creek, near Perry station,
Indian Territory. The robbers compelled the
messenger To give up his weapons and open the
safe, then helped themselves to the booty.
The statement is published in New York
that Rev. Edmund GuIlbert received $4,000
from All Souls Church for leaving the pulpit
of the Church of the Holy Spirit when the two
churches CONSOLIDATED. All Souls also as
sumed the bl50OO0 debt of the other church.
Rev. Heber Newton is pastor of the united
congregations.
"A Springfield, ILL.,, paper puDllsnes state
ment that Senator Charles B. Farwell will not
he a candidate for reelection next year to the
United States Senate for the reason that the
nomination cannot be secured without hard
and bitter fight. and he is unwilling to enter
into the contest unless the nomination can be
secured with practical unanimlty.
in London yesterday Ernest Norton Rolfe
a journalist better known as Ross Raymond,
was sentenced to ten years penal servitude for
forging bill of exchange. In pronouncing
the Judge said he doubted if more
veteran forger and Swindler had ever fallen
into the hands of justice. Rolfe. or Raymond,
has undergone numerous sentences for similar
crimes in both Europe and America.
j. c. Patterson, NJ. P. for North Essex, Ont,
has been interviewing the Dominion Govern
nent as to the action of the Detroit Railway
officials in compelling their Windsor employees |
TO move to Detroit, wing to the harsh enforce |
nent Of the alien labor law by Collector Campau |
at Detroit Mr.. Patterson explained that it |
was a great injury, and that Windsor will |
m Canada are compelled to go over to the |
American side. The Government promised to |
COX into the matter.
Interest in the trial of the Navassa rioters |
Increases daily. Yesterday Charles Saxton |
estified that "Texas" came to the hospital and |
lsked the inmates to fight After the riot |
Texas" and Snow" called meeting They |
aid they expected to be tried in the States |
lut they must stick together. No one should |
ell anything or he would be killed. George /
Ward testified that he heard Henry Jones |
,oast that he killed Foster. Witness also
eard DIR. Smith say he would kill five or six of |
he negroes on the morning of the riot Albert |
aunders' and Frank Rhodes testimony was
of Saxton's and Wards. Charles
cott swore that Henry Jones threatened to
Ill him If be did not tell him where the dyna-
lite was. There are 20 witnesses yet to be ex-
mined.