Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

| st Louis carpenters threaten 10 strlke Oh
| the lst
| -Italy's Government will tolerate May Day
parades
Lord Randolph Churchill is now on his way
| to South Africa.
Many grea; scientific societies meet In
| Washington this year.
| Western door and bTindmakers have agreed
at Chicago to advance prices.
The Jackson Park strikers in Chicago have
given up and gone back to work.
The steamer Belgic is bringing Minister
| Swift's remains home from Japan.
The Buffalo grand jury refused to iudIte
| Christian scientists and faith curists.
The strike of the painters and decorators
of Boston has been formally declared Of
-Rumored that Canada will place crude oil
on the free list. The duty on sugar will also be
lowered.
The Montreal Board Of Trade demands a
| refund of toll on grain passing through the
Welland Canal.
The working people of all Europe are
making great preparations for the May Day
demonstrations
The German Government is showing great
interest in aiding the preparation OF an exhibit
for the Worlds Fair.
The steam yacht Corsair. built for ].
Pierrepont Morgan. of New York. has been
launched in Philadelphia.
Soldiers at Walla Walla, Wash. threaten
Co lynch gambler named Hunt, who murdered
Private K. Miller Friday night.
Work on the National Printers Home, the
outgrowth of the Childs- Drexel fund.- was be-
gun Thur sday at Colorado Springs. Col.
Several hundred tons Of rock in the Buena
Vista tunnel, in Colorado fell Thursday, kill
ing one man and injuring five others.
"A National Guard armory at watertown.
5. D., valued at $4,000, fell with crash Thurs
day evening. All the contents were ruined.
"A den of thieves, packed with plunder and
guarded by four armed men, was discovered
and broken up by the Chicago police Thurs
day.
Many towns have been flooded and a
cemetery has been washed out by floods in
| Peru. An entire railroad was also wiped
away.
| the bar of the British House of Lords yester
| day has won public opinion in London in its
| favor.
"A Canadian cadet, unarmed, but wearing
Cape Vincent, N. Y, Wednesday. Canadians
are angry.
| General de Negrier, of the French army
was wounded yesterday in the chest in a duel
with CASTOR lie Grand. The latter was wounded
| in the jaw.
having a beneficial influence over the Indians
at Chamberlain, S. D., and many of them are
| sowing wheat.
| -Four artillerymen who participated in the
| latest mutiny In the English army have been
court martialed and sentenced to two years
| Imprisonment.
| "A man believed to be John Nearriems, one
of the most notorious thieves in America,
| wanted in Buffalo, Rochester and other Cities
| has been arrested in Toronto.
Sir Charles Tupper uses two columns of the
| London Times in lament that the Grand
Trunk Railroad is an American Institution, do
| ing its best on the side of annexation.
| -Senor Manuel de ]. Calvin. formerly Minis
ter to Washington from San Domingo, has re-
| turned to Washington special commits
| soner to negotiate reciprocity agreement.
Governor Bulkeley did not answer to the
| quo warranto proceedings brought in New
| Haven. Conn, by Luzon B. Morris and Dr.
| Aisop in court yesterday. The case was ad-
| journed to MayS
| Fourteen young Turks have been sent
| to Germany by the Sultan TO study agriculture.
! Upon their return they will conduct model
agricultural establishments for the instruction
| of Turkish farmers.
The Michigan Lower House has passed the
| Senate bill making it a mlsdemeador to coun-
| terfeit trade union label, and In committee of
| the whole passed the general election bill,
modelled closely after the Australian plan.
The death rate of Buffalo is increasing
alarmingly. The records show that during the
week ending April 81 there were III more
deaths than for The same week of last year.
| Pneumonia and grip are the principal causes of
death.
| -One of Chicago's cleverest crooks. Ferdi-
| nand Downey. was trapped and arrested Thurs
| day night while endeavoring to inveigle real
! estate agent into a carriage. As bottle of
/ ether was found in the vehicle, the purpose of
Downey was evidently abduction
l. One OF the consequences of the meeting of
| the constituents of N. Dreyfus. member of the
| French Chamber of Deputies. when the latter,
| after pummelmg one of his constituents.
escaped through window, is that duel has
| been arranged between NJ. Dreyfus and NJ.
| Gaumeau, a member of the Municipal Council.
The snug sum of $4,000 has been wait
| ing for weeks at the Palace Hotel, San Fran
| cisco, TO be called for by the owners They have
been looked for and advertised for and there
have been plenty of claimants. yet the persons
| to whom it rightfully belongs seem to have
| completely disappeared from the face of the
| earth.
| The Cincinnati Presbytery has, by vote of
] 81 to IL, adopted report asking the General
| Assembly TO take such action with reference Co
| the noted deliverances of Prof Charles A.
Briggs, of the Union Theological Seminary. as
shall, in its judgment be best adapted to pre-
serve the peace, purity and prosperity OF the
| church.