Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-24
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Lieutenant Sanford is to be the new Secre-
tary of the Missouri River Commission.
Warren Emerson, dealer in upholstery goods
At HaWley street, and Arch street, Boston,
has failed. No statement of liabilities has been
made.
clerk in Heckers -four mill, New York O1ty,
committed suicide yesterday morning by taking
rough on rats.
Greer & Co. the Newark, n. J., agents of
Armour & Swift, the Chicago dressed meat
men, went into the hands of a receiver yester-
day morning. Liabilities SS0O0
Lord Edmund Gllmaurice was married
yesterday TO Miss Caroline Fitzgerald, of New
York. The ceremony took place in st. Peters
Church, in Eaton Square. London.
Yesterday was whipping day at the New
Castle, Del, Jail, and Sheriff Allen applied the
i'cat'' to three colOred men and one white man,
all Of whom had been convicted of larceny.
The British steamer City of Chicago in bal
last from Rio Janeiro tor Coosaw, has gone
ashore in fog on COmbehee banks, St Helena
sound. A tug has been sent from CoosaW to
drag her on
j. NJ. Munoz, the Consul for Costa Rica in
New York yesterday morning received a cable
gram from the Secretary of the Treasury of
that country denying the rumOr Of revOlu-
tion in Costa Rica.
Minister Ryan was at the State Department
at Washington, yesterday morning, closing up
the business which has kept him in that city
several weeks. He lett for his post In the City
of Mexico last night
A professional aEitator named Kelly, who
took prominent part In manufacturing publlc
sentiment in favor of the sugar bounties bill,
has obtained q verdict of SO damages against
the London Star for calling HIM Sugar Boun-
ties Kelly"
The Selectmen of Milton, Mass have
offered a reward of s. 500 for the arrest of the
poachers who shot Millionaire Cunningham
Thursday evening. -Four Italians are suS-
+ad md dnrn hpIn without
there is not much evidence against them.
The recent sale of land around Kabibikki
Falls on the Kemmenestiqua river, to Minnie
apolis Touring men, has been followed by the
application by the Port Arthur, Duluth and
Western Railway to build branch line TO
kabiblkkl Falls.
The new steamer Orizaba was launched at
Chester, Pa, yesterday afternoon in the pres
ence of large crowd of people, among them
being about Is members Of the Pan-American
Congress. The new steamer is for the New
York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company. Alter
the launch a banquet was given 70 the foreign
delegates.
The St. Louis Des Moines and Northern
Railroad, narrow gauge road running about
so miles. was sold yesterday unGer decree OF
foreclosure to Solon Humphreys and j. i.
Granger, for General q. NJ Dodge, OF New
York Taeir offer was about $50, 600 The
road was transferred to the Des MONIES and
Northern Railway Company.
The watchman at Dobb's ferry before day
light heard cries of ''Helpr' "Helpw out on
the hudson, but was unable to see any one.
The cries continued for some time, but growing
fainter and fainter, they finally ceased. 1ester-
day morning Wreckage from canal boat came
ashore, and it is thought number OF persons
were drowned, although no bodies have yet
been recovered.
George Gould, President OF the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company, received cable
from London yesterday stating that the latest
addition to the companY's fleet of steamers, the
mammoth steamship China, had gone aground
in the harbor of Yokohama. The China was
bound for San Francisco, from Yokohama.
She has on board large number of passengers
and valuable cargo. The vessel is valued at
S, 100000
The Bridgeport Boaru Of Trade held meet
sng last night and discussed the matter of
marine police protection for the Connecticut
coast TO prevent smuggling which has been car
Tjed on for several years. 1t was decided to
prepare a petition to have the Government
station revenue cutters in this section, as is