Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-21
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

The stoveftters have struck at Wheeling.
Mrs. Birchall has been released on 81, ,0OC
bail
California fruit shippers want reduced
freight rates to the East.
Governor Ferry, of Washington, has signed
the Australian election system bill.
-R. ]. Mullen's carriage works. at Lowells-
vile. o., were burned yesterday. Loss S5,OOO.
The hammer shop at Pullman was burned
pany at $4,000.
Minnie Maddern, the actress was married
yesterday to Harrison Grey Fiske, editor OF the
Dramatic Mirror.
john d. Spreckles says the proposed re-
ductIon of duty on sugar will kill the beet sugar
industry of California.
John Rine. mill man of Wheeling, ended
protracted spree yesterday by walking into
the river. He was drowned.
w. Searles and w. G. Payne were arrested
at Missoula, Mont, yesterday Tor robbing the
Northern Pacific Express Office at Bralnard,
Miun., OF Sl5, 900 about year ago.
j. s. kennedy. foreign money order clerk
of the San Francisco postotice, has been ar
rested for embezzlng 66S money orders ranging
from 81 to $500. The shortage is about $4,000
MIR. Adams, the American Minister to Brazil,
who is on his way to the United States on leave
OF absence, has arrived at Southampton on
board the British steamer Rimutaka, from Rio
Janeiro.
Fire yesterday destroyed two blocks of
buildings in Lavilla, suburb of jacksonville,
Fla. and a boarding house in the city proper,
causing loss of nearly Sl25.OOO largely covered
by insurance.
Thomas Vandeveer's saw MILL at Brook
field. Ind, was blown up by dynamite and COM
pletely wrecked Tuesday night. The loss is
several thousand dollars. The identity of the
perpetrator is unknown.
The Republican City Convention of Gin
oiY, haC n irhf rOr
Judge of the Superior Court. Emil Reihs for
Clerk of the Police Court, and John ID. Cald-
well for Director of the City lnfrmary.
The 3.months-old daughter of the late Hon.
John McGregor, of GAINESVILLE O., died Wednes-
day. This makes eight deaths in the family in
less than month, all dying of diphtheria ex-
cept the child who died Wednesday. She died
of lung fever.
The school act abolishing the right of the
Roman Catholics to have separate schools, and
obllglng all classes OF the community to patron,
lze tne national secular schools, finally passed
the Manitoba Legislature yesterday, and goes
into force May l. The act has been bitterly op-
posed by the Roman Catholics of the province.
Sheriff Allinger is looking for the wife of
one of the wealthiest citizens of Fort Jefferson,
o. The man for whom she left husband, home
and children is said to be a worthless and ignor-
ant tramp. Last Saturday afternoon the
woman obtained about 500 from her husband,
gathered her jewels and other valuables to-
gether, and left with her lover for Chicago.
Water undermined hill at Columbus KY,
on the Mississippi. Wednesday morning, and
an area of three acres was carried into the
river A wave 20 feet high wrecked four small
boats and the large Iron Mountain transfer
steamer julius Morgan. She was lifted by the
waves and came down on piling. which STAYED
holes in the bottom of the boat, the piles going
above the engine room.
"A syndicate of liquor dealers want to con-
troll the saloon business of Tacoma. They offer
to pay the city a sum equal to that obtained
by ali the saloons now licensed; guarantee to
operate not more than 20 places. which shall not
be located near churches, schools. or in the
thickIy settled residence portion of the city.
Aside from these obligations the syndicate will
assume all responsibility for violations of the
law traced to any of the places controlled by it,
agreeing to strictly observe all ordinances as to
closing hours and selling to minors and habitual
orunkards.