Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-18
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

e ngland is Strengthening her feet at zan-
zibar.
Street car and omnibus DRYERS and cigar
makers Of Havana have struck.
| Private Frank o'Neill. U. s. A, died from
hydrophobia at Fort Mcpherson, Ga, Thurs
| day.
Farmers at La Crosse, Ind, are losing their
| hay crop on account of great swamp fire
raging there.
Tom Field and Tom King, convicts, escaped
from the penitentiary at Saltwater, Minn., yes
terday morning.
"A vein rich In gold and silver was struck
in the Sheridan tunnel. Colorado, Thursday
bringing sl5, 100000 in sight.
The British ship Lizzie C. Troop. Captain
Fownes, has been wrecked at Loo-Choo. Part
of the crew was saved.
Mr.. Gladstone. in a letter to the Jetcish
Chronicle, expresses his horror at the alleged
Hebrew persecution in Russia.
s. E. r. Vogelsong Town Marshal OF Fal-
mouth, KY. was shot and killed at his own door
by an unknown assassin Thursday night
While playing at West Superior, Wis,
Thursday night, Nat Goodwin received a tele-
gram announcing the fatal injury of his wife.
First Lieutenant G. M. Turner, U. s. A., at
Fort Clarke. has been arrested, charging him
with embezzling $500 belonging to his regi-
mental band.
Cuban planters held meeting Thursday to
consider the tariff question. They decided to
petition, among other things, for reciprocity
with America.
sembly will be convened to consider the Ticino
troubles, the Federal Council having failed to
effect settlement
Champion, the labor leader at Sydney.
Australia, has cabled to London that money
sent from England< will not now prevent the
failure of the strike.
"A Chicago negro who refused to pay his
car fare yesterday DIRE razor and danger
ously wounded Tom Donovan, a passenger,
who undertook to subdue him. The negro
fled.
The ships Thomas, of New York. and Nc
Cullom of Baltimore, arrived at San Francisco
Thursday, with IL cases of scurvy on board.
The men had not tasted vegetables for l54 days,
and their meat was putrid.
There is doubt if the reward of $1,000, of.
tered by the State and Government for the
capture and delivery of Rube Burrows to an
officer, will be paid The outlaw was killed be-
fore he was delivered 10 the proper officer.
During colored revival meeting at Sumter,
S. C., Sunday, Primus Jones expressed doubts
of the miraculous power of the pastor, Rev. A.
H. Durant, to kill and restore to life. The
preacher. assisted by prominent member, tried
the experiment by killing the skeptc. in order
to convince him, but failed in the resurrection
part of the test. The two murderers are in jail.
AT Chicago. Thursday, Nicholas Lennot,
member of the Democratic County Committee,
was arrested. charged with having induced
John Murray and John Callahan to commit
perjury in order to take out their naturaliza-
ton papers. He was released on bail, and as
serts that he is innocent. Other prosecutions
for fraudulent naturalization are in progress.
On Wednesday night, at Walterboro, S. c.,
Martha Crosby, white, was washing dishes in a
brightly lighted room, while the rest of the
family sat near by. Suddenly there was
gurgling sound, and Miss Crosby tottered
toward them, her throat cut from ear to ear
She died in a few minutes. When asked if she
had cut herself. the dying woman shook her
head. When asked If 1t was a negro, she
nodded affirmatively. No one could be found
about the building. and no noise was heard
when the crime was committed.