Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-22
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The directors of the Lake Erie and West
ern Railroad have declared a quarterly divi-
dend of / per cent on the preferred stock.
r. NJ. Long, a Guyandotte county, KY,
constable, was foully murdered, and his wife
desperately wounded, Sunday night, by a a
of ~rufians who broke into the house.
AT least ten human beings and thousands
Of cattle and sheep persisted in the blizzard
which began with the year and ragged over the
new State of Washington for a week.
"A negro jumped on the front platform of an
Indianapolis street car, fatally stabbed Morris
Parry, the driver, and escaped with his money
box before the passengers knew that anything
unusual had happened.
Leon Albeit was inaugurated Governor Of
New Jersey yesterday. In his inaugural adj
dress Governor Albeit comes out fat-footed in
favor Of ballot reform. He says that the
best sentiment of the country in all the States
demands ballot reform and honest elections,
The death rate of Chicago took another
bound Monday, when ll9 mortuary certificates
were piled upon Vital Statistician Tomlinson's
desk. This represented the deaths in Chicago
for "A hours. The prevailing epidemic os influ-
enZa was doubtless responsible forat least 20 OF
these deaths.
The projectors of foreign syndicates have
turned their eyes upon the lake steamer lines
out of Buffalo. A syndicate, with headquarters
in New York, as nearly as can be ascertained,
is said to have closed a bargain for all the YES
SeiS owned by Lle hoQ sack" line, anu DTO-
poses to gobble all the others that it can.
Mrs. Davis. who was arrested in Michigan
on the supposItion that she was the famous
"Old Mrs. Bender" one of the noted family Of
murderers, and taken to Kansas for trial, has
become insane. The charge has weighed
heavily on her, and old age, accompanied by
the hardships of Jail life, has turned her mind.
The physicians say she is hopelessly insane.
About rs men and a large number of girls
employed in the various departments of the
MIL nak~~ Ia-A ~
notices that after Saturday next their services
would not be needed. owing to the unfavoTable
weather for the rubber trade. The two Fells
factories, which employ over 1900 persons, are
now running on three quarters time, and unless
more favorable weather sets in will probably
shut down.
While the streets in the neighborhood were
crowded, two men walked up to Walters dia-
mond store. in Notre Dame street, Montreal,
Monday evening, and tied the doors with a
rope. Then they rushed tolthe plate-glass show
window and smashed it with a heavy hammer.
One snatched a tray of diamond rings and the
other swept every piece of diamond jewelry in
the window into a bag. The stolen property
was worth $4,000.
"A serious collision occurred on the Belt
Line division of the Missouri Pacific at Omaha.
William Boyle, a local Democratic politician,
was killed instantly; J.. Schwart, County Treas.
urer, was injured internally; j. A. Harvey and
a man named Vandevater were badly crushed,
probably fatally; s. FRAZIER and Frank Church
had their legs broken; two brothers, named
MlTzlaffs, railroad shop boys, were seriously In
jured-one had his skull fractured.
News comes from Flathead Lake, Mont,
that on Sunday afternoon a band of IL Indians
attempted to cross the lake where apparently
the ice was of sufficient thickness to sustain
the weight of a human being. The Indians had
light ponies with them, and by crossing at this
point expected to save a few miles travel.
Eight of the party crossed from the island to
the mainland in safety, but five, riding close to-
gether, broke through the ice and with their
ponies were drowned
The Cunard Line steamer Gallia, Captain
Murphy, from New York January II for Liver
pool, has arrived at Queenstown. Captain
Murphy SAYS that the weather on the passage
the worst he ever experienced. On Friday
tremendous seas were shipped which
the staterooms. Many of the occupants
the rooms were asleep at the time. ard he
entrance of the water awUke them and
caused a panic. Five lifeboats were smashed,
some of the davits were snapped of and others
were twisted, and the steamer was much bat
tered generally.