Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-05
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Honduras rebels are said to be still
| in retreat.
| The United States of Colum bia votes for
| President to-day.
Block coal miners in Indiana are gradu.
ally returning to work.
-Four English Quakers have gone to Rus
sia to aid the famine sutferers.
The Belgians have passed a law that
only medical men may practice hypnotism.
The building trades of Baltimore will
make general demand for a shorter work
ing day.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail
road will build dispensary, and perhaps a
hospital, in Denison, Tex.
Cincinnati iInagines she felt severe
earthquake shock Thursday night, which
even broke some windows.
Berlin hospitals are crowded with grip
patients. The disease is proportionately Sc
we're in other parts of the empire.
I'm the Canada Club dinner in London Sir
Charles Tupper bitterly attacked Goldwin
smith for his bias toward the States.
The steamer Ogemaw sank in Lake
Michigan Thursday, having sprung leak
The crew were saved by the Maxwell.
The Chicago Dental Society have found
that out of $50 practitioners in that city,
100 are frauds without diploma or license.
The Mexican Government has entered
into contract with ColoniZer Reeves to es-
Puebla.
that no merchant will be allowed to act as
Foreign Consul, Vice Consul or Consular
Agent in the Republic after February /, 1892
The Alabama Worlds Fair Association
has given up the hope Of raising money fora
State exhibit by private subscription and
now asks the Governor to convene the Leg
islature.
The annual report of w. W. Farnam,
Treasurer of Yale University, for the year
ending July 81 1891 shows that the Univer-
sity has received $34S, 1874 in gifts during the
past year
Port Huron police have arrested Harry
Taylor, a saloonkeeper, and Chris Yager, q
farmer. for flooding that town with $40 gold
coins. Taylor has confessed, duplicating
his pal. More arrests will follow.
j. NJ. Benson, Treasurer of Baden county,
n. c., has absconded with So 600 of the
county's money. 1t is also said that he has
taken about $4,000 belonging to farmers,
which they had placed with him on deposit.
The Russian Government has requested
Russian railway companies who are issuing
or who propose TO issue new bonds to COM
municate with Russian bankers who are
willing to find money for taking up the new
issues.
The Car has issued a rescript urging
vigorous action against the Stundists a
Protestant sect having over 1000, 900 men,
bers. They have been pronounced guilty
of blasphemy and mathematical by the
Eastern Church synod.
The Minister of War says that Colonel
Hernandez was arrested for insubordina-
tlon. not for an attempt to enter into an alli-
ance with Cara, as was reported from
Brownsville. Tex. The Government is con-
WINGED that Hernandez is really loyal
in response to the request of the Saliva
dorean Government that the Mexican Gov
ernment would permit number of its army
officers to give instructions in the Saliva
dorean army, the Minister of War will des-
ignate SIX cadets to go to Salvador as in
StructorS.
Mrs. Charles p. johnson. of Wyandotte
Kan. has organized a band of Adventists
who have fixed Christmas Day as the end of
the world She has about 800 followers al-
ready, and has fitted up u residence in mag
nificent style, where she receives her friends
and holds seances.
The steamer Wash has been unable to
reach the crew of the wrecked Norwegian
schooner Anloan at Anticosti, in the ST.
Lawrence river, and as there are only three
days provisions on the island, great anxiety
is felt. The matter has been reported to the
Dominion Government.
John I. Stapler, a cracker manufacturer
and prominent business man of Trenton n
j., shot himself Thursday night and is dead
1t is believed that his new responsibilities
and increased cost of living affected his
mind. He had an estate worth $50 OOO but
thought he was becoming impoverished.
The cottagers and permanent residents
OF the winter resort, Lakewood, N. j., are
excited over an attempt that is being made
by "Phil' Daily, the well-know gambler and
the proprietor of the Pennsylvania Club. at
Long Branch, to secure a cottage at Lake
wood, presumably for gambling house. So
far Mr.. DAILY has not succeeded.
The Bureau of the American Republics
is informed that a gentleman named Aquiles
Thour left Buenos Ayres on October for
the purpose of making horseback journey
to Paris, by way of Bolivia, Peru, Colombia,
Central America, Mexico, the United States
Canada, Alaska, Russia and GERMANY, He
expects to be until 1894 on his journey
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