Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-23
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

| Nicholas Foley, who murdered Mrs Pomeroy
| Clark at Elgin, Neb., was yesterday taken from
| the deputy Sheriff, who had captured him. and
hanged to bridge near the scene of his crime.
Yesterday sjbond offerings aggregated $780,
400, as follows: Registered As. $500 at l29 ex.
interest; registered 415s, S427,7OO at 1867.
All the offers were accepted, except the S2,7GO
! registered As.
The Controller of the Currency has auth.
| orized the First National Bank of Shullsburg,
Wis, and the Bloomfield National Bank of
| Bloomfield, n. j.. to begin business, each with
| a capital of $50, CO.,
| William c. Lally, who was alleged to have
stolen a package containing IS registered let
tiers from the Chicago postoffce few weeks
ago, was this morning found guilty of having
stolen property in his possession, knowing the
| same TO be stolen.
"A twostory wooden house on Fifth street
place. South Boston, Mass, collapsed yesterday
morning, burying several people in the ruins.
Annie Mullen, aged 10, and Thomas Flaherry.
aged IL, were taken out dead. Mrs. Hannah
Mullen, aged 81 had leg broken, and Edward
Nolan, aged IL, was severely injured.
AT Gainesville, Tex, as Jailer Klebber and
| Constable AuglIn were passing an alley yester-
day with two prisoners John Wilson and Gus
| Dobbs, Wilson threw a handful of pepper in
| the jailers eyes and attempted to escape Klebs
Der, though partly blinded by the pepper, drew
his pistol and fired twice. shooting Wilson
dead.
"A very heavy storm visited central Illinois
Thursday night, and the streams are again
overfowed. The SangamOn river has spread
all over the bottom, and hundreds of acres of
| farm lands are under water. Much corn is ru-
ined while many fields are covered with weeds.
the long-continued rain having prevented
plowing. Considerable damage was done by
the lightning and high wind.
of Stanhope, Boonton and Dover, n. J.. about
the condition of the dam at the outlet of Lake
Hopatcong. Since the heavy rains of a few
days ago experts have been examining the dam.
Lake Hopatcong is over three times as large as
Conemaugh Lake, being nearly 10 miles long
with an average width of three-quarters of a
mile. while in some places it has been sounded
to the depth of $50 feet The water has been
raised by the dam Is feet above its natural
level and the lake contains over 10000 900, 900
gallons of water. The dam is about 60 feet hiph
and about 800 feet above tide water. 1t is we'll
built and has always been considered safe. IL
is said new dam is to be built
The rumored indictment of the tSoon Rail.
road officials for an alleged violation of section
2 of the interstate commerce law seems thus
far to be confined to letter that United States
District Attorney Baxter, of Minneapolis, re-
ceived from Thomas NJ. Cooley, chairman of
the Interstate Commerce Commission, The
section referred to prohibits and discrimina-
ton IN making rates Tor one shipper over an
other. Judge Cooley's letter contained a COPY
of the 800" rate sheet, together with a way
bill of the Kansas City road, which indicates
that the 800" took consignment of alcohol
originating at some point not stated on the
Kansas City road, from St. Paul to New York
for An cents per hundred, cut under the
published tariff rate for that class Of goods
1t was ascertained at the Pension Bureau
yesterday that the commissioner had already
received kilograms from the United States
Pension Agents at Augusta, Me-, Topeka, Kan.
Detroit, Mich, Boston, Mass. and New York
City, that the funds with which 10 pay army
pensions were exhausted and that no further
payments of pensions could be made until after
July l. Mr.. Bell. the chief of the agents d1vi-
sion, said that all Of the other II agents would
probably be out Of money by the middle of
next week. but that the soldiers and their de.
pendents would only have to wait for few
days for their money as it was the intention of
the Commissioner to have ample funds with
which to pay all outstanding vouchers tele.
graphed to each Of the agents not later than
July2