Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-27
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.


-Tsui Kwo Ying, the new Chinese Minister
to the United States. with his suite, have ar
rived at Washington.
Mr.. William Walter Phelps, the new Amer
can Minister presented his credentials to EN-
peror William at Berlin yesterday.
AT Cairo, III. B. F. Curtis, merchant, and
John Wallace a mail carrier. quarreled over
the removal Of Commissioner Tanner. and
Wallace was struck over the head with .
molasses jug, receiving an injury from which
he died an hour later.
The Governor Of Michigan has surrendered
TO the United States the unearned lands granted
the State of Michigan by act of Congress in
1855 for certain railroads In the upper penin-
from Ontonagon to The Wisconsin State line,
and for road from Marquette to Ontonagon.
The MuIatos Mining district in Sonora,
Mex, has been sold to Hayward and Hobart,
mining millionaires of San Francisco, who paid
nearly 81 100000 for the property. which In
developed mines. The purchasers propose to
put IN an improved plant. This is the biggest
mining transaction recorded there for years.
lowing to the wonderful growth during the
last decade Of electrical industry the Superin-
tendent of Census has decided to have q special
investigation Of the subject for the report of
the census OF 1890. It will be entrusted TO Mr..
A. r. Foote, Of Cincinnati, who has been
recommended for the position by nearly all the
leaQlnR urmS engaged IN bno luQu5trys an0
other prominent people generally.
The body of Richard Maybury. shockingiy
disfgured, was found Wednesday night under
the ruins caused by the recent Quebec land
slide. The remains will be inferred with mill
tary honors. The number of bodies recovered
to date Is "A. and one, that of young Penn
berton, is still buried under the debris. The
IA wounded victims are In a fair way for recov-
cry. The relief committee have expended
about all their funds and will apply to the Fed
eral Government for assistance.
The Wyoming Constitutional Convention
aroused considerable debate. It was finally
concluded that the definite amount of royalty
should be left entirely in the hands Of the
LEGISLATURE. The improved coal and other
taxation, and it is made obligatory upon the
Legislature to fix a royalty upon the coal
tonnage. A provision was adopted making eight
hours a legal days work. The convention wiz
finish its labors this week
The Canadian Minister of Customs has
ordered an inquiry into the smuggling Of
whisky into Canada. Ship loads of american
whisky are being brought into Canada by the
st. Lawrence route. The vessel takes half .
cargo of whisky and half a cargo Of plaster.
Then it unloads plaster and portion OF the
whisky at an intermediate port and obtains .
clearing sheet, after which It runs into some Of
the other ports on the strength of its clearance
sheet and unloads the greater portion Of the
whisky free of duty.
Before Recorder Smyth, at New York, yes
terday, Lawyer Brooke moved that his Client
Henry s. Ives be transferred from the Tombs
prison to Ludlow Street Jail, on the ground
that the jury having disagreed in criminal
trial Mr.. Ives should go back to Ludlow Street
Jail. where he was locked up pending the trial
of civil suit against him. The Recorder said
that Ives was properly within the jurisdiction
of the Court of General Sessions. The District
Attorney after some further discussion, con-
sented that Ives be sent back to Ludlow Street
Jail. This places Mr.. Ives in the hands Of the
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