Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-15
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

The body of Harvey Gardner was found
near Island Lake N. D., frozen to death within
ten rods of his home
Abraham English and William DIedrich
were badly burned by an explosion in the Blatz
brewery Milwaukee, Thursday night.
Carl Herbert, the bigamist pleaded guilty
in the Peoria court, and was given one year in
the penitentiary, with five days at solitary con-
finement
james Burke, burglar, exchanged 100
shots with officers at Philadelphia. He es-
capped apparently unharmed, but one detective
lost an ear.
Switzerland has accepted the invitation OF
Spain to take part in the conference TO he held
in Madrid to devise measures for the protection
of industrial property.
There is no truth in the story sent from
Wichita about serious riot which was said to
have occurred at Harper over a railroad bond
election and the theft of ballot boxes.
Albert A. Fosdik, County Surveyor Of Van
Buren county, Mich, has been arrested,
charged with attempting to kill his brother,
DR.. Marvin Fosdik last Tuesday night.
Al Hayman, the well-known California
manager. and Will ]. Davis, now manager of
the Haymarket Theater, have secured the
lease of the Columbia Theater, Chicago.
News has been received at Victoria, B. c.
of the loss of lumber-laden ship. and all the
crew were lost. Indians report the coast in the
vicinity of the wreck strewn with lumber.
-I0e OOQloS OF an OlQ couple named Jones
were discovered hidden IN heap of refuse be-
hind barn on their farm near Omaha, Neb.
Their bodies were perforated with bullets.
Allan McKeahrie, cashier In the banking
house of Albert A Drake, New York was ar
rested for embezzling 81 200 from his employ
ers. McKeahrie is % years old and unmarried.
The Farmers Loan and Trust Company. of
New York, has made application in the United
States Circuit Court for the appointment of q
receiver of the Central Missouri Railroad Com
pany.
w. A. Pledgor, Jr, has been arrested at
Athens, Ga, for roDbing the mails He was q
postal clerk, and was arrested after opening
decoy letter. The boys father Is noted col
ored politician.
"A weak.minded individual named Philip
Brammer, living near Patricksburg Ind, was
seized "Wednesday evening by masked men,
taken TO an orchard, tied to q tree and whipped
almost TO insensibility.
The French Council of Agriculture has
voted in favor of imposing a duty of francs
on Indian corn, francs on corn meal and its
derivatives, francs on rice in the husk and
francs on broken and cleaned rice and rice
-four.
Miss Amy Fowler the young English
woman who is going to devote her life to the
care of the lepers OF Molokai, was rendered q
reception at the residence of Richard F. Down
ing, in Brooklyn. Manywe known Brooklyn
and New York people were present.
Prince Alexander, of Battenberg, once ruler
of Bulgaria, and recently known as Count of
Hartenan. has been appointed Commandant of
the seventh Regiment of Dragons, stationed
in Vienna. 1t is understood that he will be
made General within another year.
"A terrible accident happened to wedding
party at Pontivy, France. The vehicle convey
ing the bride and bridegroom aud a number of
their friends was upset, and the whole party
was precipitated into the river. The bride and
bridegroom and ten others Of the party were
drowned