Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-27
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
-Diphtheria is raging at sioux City, Ia.

-Diphtheria is raging at Sioux City, Ia.
Colonel J. W. Ingraham. Treasurer Of the
Jacksonville, Ind, School Board, is S20,00l
short.
The fraudulent transactions Of Frederick
sen q Co., OF Chicago. will reach 81. .OOO, OOQ line
concern gave mortgages on land to which it had
no title.
Chief Postofice Inspector Rathbone is
informed of the arrest of A. E. Bonsall, at
Cleveland, o., upon charge Of violating the
privacy Of letters.
"A keg OF powder in a deserted building
near Greshyille was set ahre Monday by three
boys, and one of the lads, William Wolfgang,
was fatally injured in the explosion which
wrecked the building.
by a will drawn mp ten days before her
death. Mrs. Crocker, Of San Francisco, divided
her S11, 600 600 estate between her children. Ac-
cording to her wishes, the heirs Will set s, ,000-
900 apart for charitable purposes.
The loss by IRE At the Hecla Iron Works in
Williamsburg, Monday night, is about 10000.
An explosion is supposed to have started the
hre. The insurance Is unknown. About oOu
men are thrown out of employment.
Nathaniel Ostrauder. a burglar escaped
from the Michigan Penitentiary. He was q
trusted convict, and had keys to different
apartments. Warden Hatch gives as reason
for Ostranders departure that the convict was
mad.
in wreck on the.East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Railroad, yesterday, near Green
vile, Tenn, Engineer Gregg Dunn was thrown
under bis engine and fatally injured. The ez-
press messenger and four passengers were bad
1y hurt
The output Of the furnace Of the Warwick
Iron Company. at Pottsville, for the week just
closed. was Sl41S tons of iron, the largest for q
single day being IA This is considered Dy ex-
perts here the largest output made by an an
thracite furnace Of its size, l6x70 feet.
"A natural gas explosion at Dayton yester-
day morning wrecked the residence Of Scott
Hawthorne. Two children were killed; Haw-
fhOfne, his wife and father were terribly and
probably fatally injured. They were taken TO
the hospital. The explosion was heard all over
the city.
An east-bound freight on the Pennsylvania
Railroad was wrecked at Falmouth Monday
night by broken axle. Fifteen loaded cars
were wrecked and eight thrown into the canal.
Several cars were loaded with cattle. number
Of which were drowned.
The decision OF the Newton County Circuit
Court holding that Indiana's school book law
is unconstitutional causes much surprise Gov
ernor Hovey thinks that the decision Is not
sound and has asked the Attorney General Of
the State to defend the law in the Supreme
Court.
1t is officially stated that the RI Hon Peter
O'Brien, now Attorney General in Ireland, sue
ceeds Sir Michael Morris as Lord Chief Justice
Of Ireland. Mr.. Madden. now Solicitor Gen
eral, becomes Attorney General, and Mr.. At
kinson becomes Solicitor General and Crown
Prosecutor.
The steamer Energie from Bremen, which
arrived at New York yesterday, reports that &C
noon on the 18th instant. Of Nantucket. she
spoke the ship A. ]. Fuller, from Liverpool for
New York. which signaled: Have on board
crew and passengers Of steamer Santiago. An
saved Ship destroyed BY ire"
The Afro-American Leagues Convention.
called to meet at Nashville January 10 next
will meet instead at Chicago, the date remain
ing the same. The reason assigned for the
change is that Chicago offers better aecommo-
disposed to -Afro-American citizens"
Mr.. Parke, editor Of the North London
Press, was arraigned on the charge Of criminal
libel preferred against him BY the Earl Of
Euston- His Lordship admitted that he had
visited the house in Cleveland street. but
claimed that he visited there for . lawful pur-
pose. Mr.. Parke was committed for trial
Another big find Of natural gas has been
made at Buffalo. Mr.. George Rochevol, the
brewer, put down q well At the depth Of 965
feet dow was struck that win give at least
10000 cubic feet Of gas every n hours. Mr..
Rochevol has arranged to pipe the gas for
domestic and manufacturing purposes through
out the city.
William Dyer. Ira Chamberlain and Sun
Dyer. while hunting near Washington. Ind,
were accidentally shot by George Chamberlain
Sun Dyer died Immediately. The others are
seriously injured Chamberlain's d0uble-bar-
relied shotgun was accidentally discharged, and
the contents Of bOth barrels found lodgmenf IN
the bodies Of his companions
Harrison. Frasier q Co, Of Philadelphia.
which operates the Franklin Sugar Refinery,
will form q corporation to conduct the business.
By transferring the enterprise to q corporation
the concern will be in . better position to meet
the competition Of the Sugar Trust, and Of Mr..
Spreckels' new refinery. which viii be gin busi-
ness the latter end Of the week
"A shortage OF many thousand dollars has
been discovered IN the Provincial Crown Lands
ONCE at CharlottetoWn, P. E / The Charlotte
town PGtrt0E says Hon. Donald Ferguson, the
Land Commissioner, Is charged with doing away
with the daily cash book. 50 that weeks Wentby
without balance being struck. while the only
record Of the daily proceedings In existence
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