Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-16


The sixty-eighth General Assembly of Ohio
adjourned sine die at noon yesterday.
p. F. Lockwood, a weIl-known real estate
dealer and capitalist of Minneapolis, commit
ted suicide by taking poison upon his own cem-
etery lot Lockwood was 65 years old and quite
wealthy. He formerly resided in New York
City. His attorney thinks the deed was caused
by Lockwood's peculiar ideas of a spiritual ex-
istence in the hereafter. The suicide left no
family.
Surgeon General Brown, of the United
States Navy, visited the navy yard at Ports
mouth, n. H., during the past week, and Sc
lected location for the new naval hospital,
which will be built this summer on Leary's
Island. The building will front the inner har-
Dor, will be made of brick, three stories high,
with accommodations for 20 or % patients The
building will cost $S5, 600.
Assistant United States Treasurer Roberts
assumed the duties of his office in New York
yesterday. He was on hand at 9 o'clock fully
one hour ahead of the time fixed for his duties
to begin. Within three minutes after being
sea ed at his desk he was hard at work. The
l6 expert counters from Washington began
counting the 81 ,000 900 in the vaults yesterday
1t will take them three weeks to do the work.
The announcements is made that Archbishop
Duhamel, who arrived at OTTAWA on Monday
from Rome, brought with him a Papal brief
which gives 90 the University at Ottawa a can
onical character. together with the Papal rati-
fication of the constitution of the Grey Nuns
and authority to organize the first chapter of
to extend the new institution to all portions of
the Catholic world.
Charles F. Hatch, President of the Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota and Pacific Railway, committed
suicide at Minneapolis by shooting himself in
the mouth with revolver. The suicide is we'll
nigh inexplicable, as Mr.. Hatch's business and
domestic relations were of the happiest. He
was an even-tempered, contented man. and his
friends are at a loss to explain the deed. 1t is
limited that he had been specializing in wheat
and lost heavily, and that this caused sudden
dependency. His friends ridicule this story.
The Boston Central Labor Union has adopt
ed resolutions condemning the "Pinkerton
thugs" and 1T its last meeting two hours dis
cussion followed on the appointment of White
law Reid as Minister to France. All denounced
the appointment, and claimed that the Repub-
lican party and President Harrison did not re-
gard the interests of the American working
| people VIXEN the greatest enemy of organized
| labor in this country was appointed Minister to
France Resolutions denouncing the appoint.
ment and demanding his recall were adopted.
"A Detroit paper publishes II verses
| of poem written by ex-senator Jones, OF
| Florida, whose infatuation for young lady in
that city brought him into und esired promi
| nence and marked the decline of his public ca
| reer. He rhymes about his wrongs, about the
alleged intrigues in the Senate, about the
"fendish work" of scandal-mongers and pathet
| ically closes with the confession that insanity
| and want end the poem.
"A new mineral ore has recently been discov
| cred in several localities throughout the Ga
lena and Southern Wisconsin mining region
which is said to be rich in ZINC metal and of fal
more value than the pure dry bone itself. Al
| Dodgeville. Wis, the deposIIs are reported Il
| be especially rich, and a great impetus has beer
| given to the mining industry of that section
| thereby. The ore somewhat resembles petre
| faction, is of light brownish color and yields
so per cent of zinc.
The Everest exploring party have left fol
| the Arctic circle, starting from Winnipeg. TIL,
party consists of five, and is headed by A w
Everest. the wealthy proprietor of large stocl
farm. Thew go from here to Calgary, thence
across the country to Edmonton, and will de
scend the Mackenzie river until the Arctic
ocean is reached, and at the mouth of tha
river they intend TO build vessel with which
they will try to round Cape Barrow, fea
which has been but rarely performed. The ex
and Sea, and, skirting Alaska, reach Victoris
IN about years time.
Governor Mellette has completed his proc
Iamation calling for the election of delegates t,
the Constitutional Conventions of North Da
| kota and South Dakota. for the framing o.
State constitutions. The proclamation will b,
issued IN accordance with the enabling act o.
Congress. Each of the proposed new States il
divided into 25 districts and each convention
is to haze IS members. The issue of the proc
lamation defining the districts will precpItati
as fierce political fight as ever has been wit
messed in North Dakota, owing to the fact tina
the Constitutional Convention is looked upol
as the topping stone to the United Stases Sen
ate. Owing to the minority representation. thl
De orr Is hope to elect about one-half of thl
convention, and are organizing for q vigorou
campaign.