Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
LATE NEWS IN BRlEF.

The gravity OF the situation in tho State
Of Rio Jnneiro is said to be exaggerated.
Governor Particle, OF Rio Janeiro, has
backed down and sent in his resignation.
Sheriff Clawson's store at Jeanette was
robbed of over $500 worth Of goods Friday
| night.
The sensational Hamilton divorce trial
at Beaver ended in favor Of the fair de-
fendant.
The Mayor Of jacksonville, ILL.,, Is under
arrest for improper rulings and maifeasance
in office.
Hungarian newspapers strongly object
to the German commercial convention with
the United States.
"A public meeting at Rio Janeiro pro-
tested against the imperial honors paid by
France to Dom Pedro.
Pat Cavanaugh, the Mt. Pleasant speak
easy proprietor. has been fined $500 and sent
ten months to the workhouse.
"A machine gun on the French cruiser
Froude burst during practice Friday, The
gun sighter was the only man hurt.
"A special Canadian Pacific train con-
veyed 400 British sailors from Vancouver to
Halifax on their way back to England.
"A boy named Samuel Uhlman, near War
rem station. Washington county. accident
ally shot himself. while hunting Thursday
and will probably die.
An explosion of gas at the Hilman coal
vein, not far from Wilkesbarre, killed
James Kitterick, miner, and mortally
wounded Hugh Jones' d foreman.
"A compromise, imposing high import
on cotton yarns. tempered by q drawback
on exported tissues has been agreed to by
the Tariff Committee and the French Senate.
The negotiations for an American and
German copyright convention proceed
smoothly. and a bill dealing with the SUBJ
ject will soon be submitted in the Reich
stag.
Two women and child we're run over
and instantly killed on the Illinois Central
tracks, at Homewood, near Chicago. by the
Cincinnati last express of the Big Four Rail-
road Friday evening.
The first graduating class of the school
ship Saratoga has held Its commencement.
The graduates numbered 81 boys, who take
precedence as the first pupils sent out by
the Pennsylvania Nautical School.
"A school teacher in Lincoln township re-
fused to hoist the new schooihouse flag in
the mornings because he was not paid for
the extra work The Jr. o. U. A. NJ. made
matters so hot for him that he was obliged
to give in OF resign
Daisy Hopkins, the girl sentenced to a
term of imprisonment in the spinning house
by the C ,mbrid2e University autholi titles, in
England, on the charge OF "walking the
streets with a university man." an ancient
statutory ofense, has been released.
DIR. James W. Dale, of York county, has
declared himself a candidate for delegate to
the Republican National Convention from
the Nineteenth Congressional district. Hon.
Charles H. Muliin. the extensive paper
manufacturer of Mt. Holly, is also a candi-
date.
One Of the most destructive wind storms
that has struck in years visited Los Angeles
and vicinity Thursday night, reaching a
climax att o'clock yesterday morning. So
far as reported but two persons were killed.
Mrs. Brown, living near Glendale, was
burned to death, and A. q. Tabor was killed
at Norwalk.
Rev. DR.. McGlynn has issued chnllenge
to Archbishop Corrigan in the following
words which are posted in large letters in