Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-12
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.


| The United States steamship Enterprise
has sailed from Plymouth for Antwerp.
One of the Messrs. Vanderbilt. of New
| York. has>purchased from the Earl of Dudley
! the famous picture. The Grand Canal OF
Venice.p The price paid for the painting was
| S20.000
While engaging in leading a raid on a
| Chief of the Secret Police, was shot by a wo-
man named Olga Charenko. The woman then
committed suicide.
/ Mrs. Mary Foy, who was so years old last
Christmas, and who claimed kinship with the
Calhoun family of Virginia, died in the Spring.
field. Mass, almshouse Friday evening, and
VIII NIL pauper's grave.
"A cablegram received by the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company. OF San Francisco an
nounces the arrival of the steamer China at
Yokohama, Japan, after a voyage of ten days
and IL hours which beats the record.
"A fire occurred at the Old Dominion Iron
Works, on Belle Isle, Richmond, Va, in which
one man was fatally, and three others serf-
ously injured. Robert Pearman was struck
on the head by falling beam, and will not
live.
1t is altogether probable that the two
women alleged to be Mrs John and Kate Ben
der, who are now confined in Labette county,
Kan, Jail awaiting trial for the murder of DR..
York, will be liberated In few days. An alibi
will likely be proven for them.
Maggie and Michael Joyce who were pas
sengers on the steamer Servia on her last trip
to Queenstown from New York, were arrested,
in the former city for having in their possession
a revolver and quantity of cartridges. They
were remanded for examination.
AT Madison, S. D., the Bank of South Da-
kota has assigned to NJ. w. DAILY. The assets
are claimed TO be $780, 900 and the liabilities are
unknown. The assignment of the bank forced
the La Belle Rancho Horse Importing Com
pany to assign, as the rancho and bank were
closely connected
AT Dearborn, Mich, the family of Morrill,
Griffin all had the influenza and took strych-
nine instead of qulnine Mr. Griffin, his wife,
daughter aged IL and a son aged 9, we're the
victims. The daughter has died, and there is
no hope for Mr.. Griffin. Mrs. Grifhn's son has
a bare chance to pull through.
There seems 70 be feeling among New
York merchants Interested in trade with the
San Bias coast, which has been SO seriously in
terrupted by the arbitrary acts of the Colon
bian Government, that the State Department
at Washington is acting rather slowly in pro-
tecting the rights of American citizens.
1t is feared that three. and perhaps four, of
those injured by the explosion of the boiler in
the Morris building, at Chicago, will die
sea1dea gIdiss and m George n Folsom Balch % and
George Burgess are so badly cut and bruised
that the physicians regard their recovery as
doubtful.
The Pentecost band of faith healers at
Tuscola, ILL.,, are in trouble again. The citizens
living in the vicinity of the church where they
hold forth, having become provoked by their
boisterous manner of holding meetings, which
continue up to 2 O'Clock in the morning, had
issued yesterday for the arrest of 20
members of the band. Over 90 witnesses have
been summoned on the side OF the prosecution.
-Messrs. Sanders and Powers, who we're
elected United States Senators from Montana
Oy the Republican House and Senate, made |
formal application to Governor Toole tor GER |
tificates OF election. Their request was de- |
MED on the ground that their election was |
illegal, and also because of the fact that Gov
srnor Toole had already given certificates of |
election to Messrs. Clark and Magihnis, elected |
BY the Democrats.
New facts in regard to the influx of Chi
lese to California from across the border are L
made public by Charles Scott, resident of /
Ensenada, Lower California. He says the |
leathen are coming to that port in considera-
)le numbers from Maztalan by steamer, and /
ire thence brought to the American side by /
men who make business of such transporta-
ion. Mr.. Scott thinks the coolies come direct
rom China to the coast of Mexico on French
Judge Gresham has handed down his de-
.ision in the United States Court in the case
# the Citizens Saving and Loan Association, l.
f Cleveland, O., VS.. the county of Perry. The
ecision Is III favor of Perry county. The suit
involved the validity of $1,000 of bonds issued
D aid of the Hester apc Tamaroa Railroad, |
nd like sum in aid of the Belleville and
outhern Railroad. The county claimed the
onds to be invalid, ana refused to pay them
n the ground that they were issued without
roper authority.