Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-12
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

La grippe is prevailing in Iceland.
Smallpox is raging in the northern part Of
Texas.
"A freight clearing house is to be established
at Chicago.
President Harrison has declined to attend
the Grangers' picnic az Carlisle, Pa.
Emperor William thanked the American
rifemen for their taffy resolutions.
A family of four were killed in Brunn,
Austria, by the explosion of fireworks.
A conflagration at Wassiliiloo Russia, des-
troyed 329 dwellings and IA lives were lost.
Strike of freight handlers at Louisville has
been settled and the menresumed work yester-
Gay.
Christian Eckert and son Chester killed at
New York by the explosion Of q gas gener-
ator.
Charles S. Gage, a st. Louis young man,
has ruined his millionaire father by playing the
losers in the horse races.
Henry Dent opened an o. P. house at
Ottawa, Kan, yesterday and was Immediately
arrested on charge OF 'inciting riot"
Land worth 81, 0O0, 900 in the central part Of
the city of Tacoma, Wash, is involved in q suit
pending before the United States Land Office.
y. D. nler, a well-known Western brewer lis
preparing 10 establish large distilling indus
try near Chicago in opposition to the Whisky
Trust.
Jose Candelario shot and killed Mayor
Jesus Garcia, in Valencia county, N. Mex,
yesterday. Both were prominent citizens and
political rivals.
BY a IRE yesterday at Ithaca, Mich, %
buildings. with their contents were consumed,
entaillng loss OF Szo,oOUi insurance, so,oVU
Cause unknown.
The suicide of Mabel Wood led to the ar
rest of Andrew Temple for the robbery of four
bags of Mexican silver dullens valued at 81, 600,
at Fort Worth, Tex.
William johnson, colored, who murdered
Octayia Dillon alias Mary Banks, on the I'd of
April last was hanged yesterday IN the parish
prison of New Orleans
Two fleets of sailing craft have been fitted
for Behring Sea, armed and equipped, TO AID
the British sailing vessels to resist capture by
the American revenue cutters
The refinery of the Southern Cottonseed
OIL Mills near Atlanta, burned yesterday.
More than 20O, 900 gallons Of oil were lost by the
bursting OF tanks. Loss SlOO,0O0
The Hamburger Ndchrichten denies the re-
port that Prince Bisparck intends to request
Emperor William not TO erect the bismarck
memorial during his tBismarck's) lifetime.
Thus far the number of licenses under the
modus yiyendi issued by the Fisheries Depart
ment at Ottawa, TO American fishermen is
largely In excess Of the hgures OF last year.
Two daughters Of fatigue Lapord were
amusing themselves by smoking cigarettes,'
when the clothing Of ono OF them, aged years,
the younger OF the Two, caught nte' 5he oleu
an hour after.
AT Bally Neale, ireland. o man named John
Hart murdered his mother and then chopped
her body TO pieces. When the crime was dis
covered Hart was found lying beside the re-
mains eating portion OF them.
As result Of attending o Land League
meeting, at Limerick, Father Cregan was or.
dered 10 leave the country. He arrived In
Kansas City penniless and sick, and was
obliged to seek refuge IN police station.
-Alf Cooper, colored. was hanged for the
murder of JEFF Googer at Birmingham, Ala.
He confessed his guilt and said he was ready
to die, and smoked q cigarette until the black
cap was drawn over his face His neck was
broken by the fall.
Harrison has approved the Legislative, Ju-
di cial and Executive appropriation bill, the
act to provide an additional Associate Justice
Of the Supreme Court of New Mexico, and the
act to provide for the disposal of certain mill
tary reservations IN Wyoming.
The statement of the revenue and expend.
iture on account of the consolidated fund of
the Dominion Of Canada for the fiscal year
ended June 80 last, shows the total revenue to
have been S3S, ,s43 lT3 IL and the expenditure
$50, ,9S9 772 26 leaving surplus Of S7.9O3 400 SS
This is the largest surplus since the confedera.