Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-29
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

An Oleomargarine Trust is the latest.
Iowa miners will probably strike May1.
Cotton duck manufacturers are thinking Of
organizing.
"A great gasser has been struck near Bloom
ington, Ill.
Private Miller. who was shot by, Hunt at
Walla Walla, Wash, is dead.
The Bricklayers' Union of Milwaukee have
Withdrawn from the Federation.
Illinois miners have been notified that the
proposed general May Day strike is of.
The steamer vIgilancia, with variola on
board, is detained at quarantine 1t New York.
The reported flight of the Regent of Man
ipur and the burning of his capital have been
confirmed.
H. Schneider one of the lymph patients at
the Montefore Home, New ork, has been dis
charged as cured.
Five hundred coal miners near Washing
ton, Ind, are striking for the reinstatement of
discharged employe.
President Harrison sent a dispatch to
General Ruger, expressing grief over the
lynching at Walla Walla.
The first official act of Mayor Washburne,
of Chicago, was to order the closing of every
gambling house IN the city.
President Hall. of the Missouri Farmers
Alliance Is opposed to the holding of the pro-
posed third party convention in Cincinnati.
The New York State Board of Arbitration,
in report to the Legislature. recommends the
enactment of a law to break up tine sweating"
system.
Binding wire and butcher knife were used
by Mrs. Amelia Barnes at Fort Smith, Ark, to
commit suicide. Her husband had robbed and
deserted her.
I'm addition to the seven postal clerks killed
in the recent Lake Shore accident, eleven have
resigned, which badly cripples the postal serv-
ice on that road,
1t is rumored, but not credited, that a man
who committed suicide in Wimbledon, England,
some three weeks ago has been identified as
Jack the Ripper"
"A company has been organized at Chicago
TO tunnel under the river at Detroit The
Michigan Central is backing the scheme. Work
will begin this week.
Premier Whiteway, of Newfoundland. says
If Lord Knutstord's coercion bill is pushed he
will appeal to the House of Commons for JUS
tice and hold public peetings.
A scheme is said to be on foot to transport
Hebrews from Poland and Southeastern En-
rope to yacan: land in Australia Or Brazil
Baron Hirsch is said to be back of il.
General Butler, it is understood, is prepar-
ing to take to the Supreme Court of the United
States the case of Mrs. johnson, over which he
has had SO much trouble with Judge Carpen-
ter.
The American schooner Louder was fired
upon by a Chilean shore battery while entering
the port of Taltai. The garrison mistonk her
for rebel cruiser. Fortunately the aim was
poor.
"A drawbridge near junction City, Ky, on
the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, burned
Monday night. and freight train fell into the
chasm. Brakeman George Hanson was fatally
injured.
A meeting of the Trunk Line Association is
to be held in New York tomorrow, when the
matter of the new rates on the New York Cen
trail in combination with the Canadian Pacific
will be considered.
"A hotel guest ut Richmond, Ind, named
Philip Schmidt went mad and started in to kill
every Hebrew in the land. Before he could
succeed on the first man he tackled he was cap
tured and locked up.
The suit of President John Hoey of the
Adams Express Company, against the American
Exchange National Bank, which grew out of the
robbery of 81, 900 package. has been discon-
tinued in New Y ork in the United States Court,
the case having been settled outside of court.