Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-26
LATE NEWS In BRIEF

There is a mad dog panic in Newark.
North Lapland is found to be rich in dia-
monds.
The condition of DR.. Howard Crosby Is very
serious.
Pork packing operations are on the increase
in Cincinnati.
~ The census shows an increase of 2, 665, 13S in
the population of Germany.
Banker Kean, of Chicago, was indicted yes.
terday for defrauding creditors.
The swelling of the Little Colorado river at
Ho]brook, Ariz., endangers the town.
-Miler's vinegar works at Cincinnati burned
yesterday. Loss. $4,000; Insurance. $1,000.
Emperor William will probably order an
investigation OF the Guelph fund scandal.
The Honduras Lumber Company with a
capital of s., 5U0, ,0O0, is new Chicago ins.itu-
ton.
The Rock Island Railroad asks permission
to build six-track elevated road through Chi
cago
The rumor that the Canadian Pacific is
seeking an entrance into Chicago has been re-
vived.
There is great distress among live stock in
New exico, owing to uutoward weather and
starvation.
Thirteen women have submitted designs
for the proposed Wonan's Building for the
Worlds FAIR.
"A Japanese tea gayden, with building hall
and dancing girls, may be one OF the attractions
at the Worlds Fair.
The beet sugar industry is being worked up
and experimental upon in Centr al Kansas by
DR.. W ertweiler, of Germany.
The British Government has formally ac-
cepted the Worlds Fair invitation. A royal
commission will be appointed.
The Whitney Car Company, of Philadel-
phia, is financially embarrassed. The details
of the amount are not obtalnable.
John Gail Hamilton Allen. suspected of
being the murderer of Ruttinger. was arrested
at East Wakefield, N. H., yesterday.
A syndicate of OHIO capitalists have pur-
chased at 81 per acre 10000 acres of timber land
liz Clay and Nicholas counties. w. Va.
Herr Buhl, Liberal who conversed with
Bismarck, says that if the ex-Chancellor is
elected to the Reichstag he will serve.
"A lake marine trades council will be held
in Chicago Sunday, with the view of uniting in
one central organization all workmen connected
with the marine interests
"A bill was introduced in the lower Illinois
House yesterday to repeal the drainage act for
the construction of ship canal connecting
Lake Michigan with the Mississippi river.
Leading agriculturists in the Eastern States
not in favor of the Alliance political move
ment which Jerry Simpson and Mr.. KYLE are
eudeavorIng 20 force upon New England.
The pulp works at Muncie, Ind, has been
working its men l0h and 1871 hours daily. As
Indiana has an eighI-hour law Superintendent
Kennedy has been arrested on three indict-
ments.
-Ex-Mayer Secor, OF Racine, Wis, was se-
verely pummeled by young j. !. Case, a candi-
date for the Mayoralty, Tuesday night. The
young man said he had traced the origin of
scandalous stories to the ex-Mayor
The Workmens' Congress, in session in
Madrid, approved of the proposition to declare
a general strike throughout Spain should such
a sIep be found necessary in order to secure
the adoption of the eight-hour workiay.
The Smith French scandal came up before
a meeting of the South Evangelical Church at
Boston. Miss French denied that her conduct
with Smith was criminal, and the meeting
adopted resolutions yindicating the Smith fam
lily.
"A freight and passenger train collided on
Racine Junction, Wis. One man was killed.
several badly wounded. A mail car baggage
car and five freight cars burned Pecuniary
loss, S50,0O0
An old picture painted on boards, found
among the debris in the ruined palace of the
Bishops near Santa Fe. is in the possession of
. John Deery, of Dubuque. la. The painting is
believed to be centuries old and The work of an
old master.
The funeral services over the remains of
General Joseph e. Johnston took place in St
Johns Episcopal Church, Washington, yester-
day. By special request OF the deceased the
ceremonies were devoid of ostentation or un-
necessary formality.
s-MutInous cadets in the Orchard Lake Mill.
ta.y Academy have been severely disciplined
the leader being expelled, commissioned officers
placed on probation and reduced to the ranks
the crack company abolished, and the Easter
holiday dispensed with.