Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-15
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

| Am envoy from the Sultan of Morocco has
| gone to Lisbon with presents for King carlos.
Among the gifts are number OF valuable
| horses
| Gated by escaping gas at Thebeu, Hungary,
Monday. Their bodies were found lying To-
gether.
The Consul of Great Britain in Hayd has
| reported to Lord Salisbury that he has been
subjected to gross insult by the Haytian Gov
| ernment.
Stephen w. Dorsey, who was reported dan
| gerously i'll at his ranch in New Mexico, has
been stopping at Wormley's Hotel in this city
for several days He is in good health.
The trial of the suit for libel brought by
| Lord Euston against Editor Parke. by men
| tioning Lord Customs name in connection
| with the West End scandal, is set down for to-
| day.
"A large gang of counterfeiters has been ar
rested at Tecuahan, Mexico. Several members
| OF the gang had been taken into custody few
| days before. Over SOC, ,000in counterfeit money
| was seized.
Henry NJ. Stanley and his party have ar
Greufe aOd & RerS Rerin 9 e5s ocie ~ ga
| resentatives Of Great Britain, and received a
| hearty welcome.
The Pai1. of Paris, says that the President
| of the French Commission, sent out to IIvesti-
| gate the affairs of the Panama Canal Company
| on the isthmus, in speech made at AsDinwall,
| said that the canal would be completed.
There is great rejoicing in the Charleroi
mining district over the termination of the
strike. Work is being resumed in all diree-
tions. The hours of work are reduced to per
day and the wages are increased 10 per cent.
"A mysterious robbery, by which the Wells
Fargo Express Company lost Sll. 900, was COM
mitted at Dallas Tex, Sunday. The money
was in box the company's Office Sunday
morning, but it disappeared during the day.
Superintendent Christensen, Of Houston, is
working on the case.
w. D. Littlefield. Superintendent of Tele-
graph on the st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas
Railroad, has been missing for ten days. Some
time ago he started on his collecting tour, and
was supposed to be in this city with about
S1OO0 of the tolls belonging to the Western
Union Telegraph Company. 1t 1s thought that
he has squandered the money and left tor parts
unknown
"A motion to commit the managers of the
London edition of the New York Herald and
the FTeen1dTls s Journal, of Dublin, for contempt
of Court, for publishing certain comments on
the O'Shea divorce case, was argued yesterday.
The motion was dismissed on the grounds of
informality in the proceedings, but permission
was given for the renewal of the motion if
action is taken within a week.
The wreck of the steamship Sacrabosco
which was destroyed at the Northern Central
elevator fire in Baltimore, Monday night, lies
about mile down the river, where it drifted,
and IS still mass OF flames, which no one can
approach. The three men, Robert Curtis, the
engineer, John White, the fireman. and Charles
johnson, seaman, who were missing have not
yet turned up, and they undoubtedly perished
in the vessel.
"A freight train was nearing Harrison, Tex,
Monday when the cotton aboard caught fire
from the locomotive, and in a few moments
two carloads of cotton were in full. blaze, and
in this condition the train rushed into the
station and the depot buildings caught fire.
Before the fire could be gotten under control
several carloads Of cotton and the railroad
buildings were destroyed The loss, it is eSti-
mated, will reach so 600.
Edward Monahan, who was considered one
OF the finest Violinlsts in New York, ended his
life Monday night, at his rooms in the Bowery,
by cutting his throat with razor. He was
dead when found. Monahan wrote a letter to
his brother a few minutes before telling him
that when he came in the writer would be
dead, and SO it proved. Monahan was 81 years
old. He served throughout the civil war in the
Sixty-ninth Regiment band.
Acting under telegraphic instructions from
the chief of the United States Life Saving Ser
vice at Washington, Major T. ]. Blakeny, Sup
erintendent of the service on the Pacific coast
has ordered an official investigation of the con-
duct of the crew of the Golden Gate Park Life
Saving station on the night of January g. when
Point Bonita was saved by a tugboat which had
been sent TO his rescue by the San Francisco
Examiner.
The Senate and House of Maryland. met
in joint session yesterday and reelected Eph-
rain K. Wilson (Democrat) United States
Senator for the term of six years. beginning
March 4, 1891. The Republican members cast
their votes for the Hon. Thomas s. Hodson, of
Somerset county, Mr.. Wilson is the particular
representative of the Eastern shore in the
upper House of Congress, peculiar State law
requiring that one of the two United States
Senators shall be an Eastern shore man.
The track layers of the Sioux City and
Northern Railroad reached Third street. in
Sioux City, yesterday. The contract for the
road, which is 9S miles long, was let July II
and work was begun July a. The road ex-
tends to GarretsOn, s. D., where connection is
itoba, and on February 1 connection will be
made by regular trains with trains on that
road. This gives Sioux City new outlet to
st. Paul and the entire Northwest. The road
has been built and is owned entirely by Sioux