Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-23
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

LONDON Is Stlu IOg-DOunQ.
William Henry Hurlbert is said to be in
Mexico.
The wheat crop in the Brazilian State OF
Arreclba is a failure.
The cruisers Philadelphia and Concord
are at Port-au-Prince.
Brazilian agents are buying large guam
titles of arms in Montevideo.
Los Andes, Chile. felt q shock Of earth
quake Monday, lasting half a minute.
The people of westmoreland county,
England, are dying off with the grip.
Cigarette smoking killed Millionaire
John Richardson, near New Orleans.
The Roumanian Ministry has resigned.
owing to defeat in the Parliament Of that
country.
Negotiations are pending at Butte, Mont,
for the settlement out Of court of the Davis
will case.
-Governor-elect Mckinley has recovered
sufficiently to begin work on his inaugural
address.
penitentiary at Frankfort, Ky. took the
grip ana then disappeared.
All the chiefs of the Brazilian army and
National Guard have declared their allegi-
ance to President Peixotto.
Oscar Harden, the Georgia alleged wife
ernor on the ground that the killing was ac-
cidental.
After the 1st of January all conductors
on the st. Louis and Francisco Railroad will
be obliged to give $500 bond. The plan is
meeting bitter opposition. -
yesterday, the house of Andrew Oleson was
blown over and burned. Mr.. Oleson was so
badly crushed that he will die.
Large numbers of wild ducks have been
going over NIAGARA Falls recently. They
are either killed or stunned by the fall, and
hunters are reaping rich harvest.
Rev. Father Kroeger, priest of st. Vim
cents Catholic Church. at Elkhart, Ind, has
disappeared, leaving $1,000 debts. He had
several business interests outside of his
church.
The steamer West Coast struck a reef
near Point Arena, Cal. yesterday and went
down. Nine of the crew took to al open
boat, which was capsized, ana all hands
drowned.
1t is suspected that the Cherokee Chief,
Mayes, and Assistant Chief Chambers, who
died last week, were poisoned to death. es-
pecially as the opposition party now controls
the Government.
Colonel Andrew H. Dawson, of New
secure the release on habeas coprus of Mrs.
May brick. the American woman recently
sentenced to life imprisonment in England.
1T is now stated that the Quebec Leqis-
lature will not be summoned for the 29sh
inst, but that the Lieutenant Governor will
Immediately issue a proclamation dissolving
the Legislature and ordering new election.
The latest religious sensation in Russia
has been created by man who calls himself
6 tsa dies ana it is
a week, and that each time his soul enters
heaven, to return to his body again whenit
comes back to life.
Supervisor Thomas J. welch, of Syra-
$50 and sentenced to the penitentiary for 30
days for contempt of court Welch Is the
man who took the Third Ward returns to
Albany when he should have given them to
the inspectors for correction.
The Journal De St. Petersbourg, a semi.
official newspaper, says that the omission of
the Bulgarians to act through the French
agent at Sofia. in the expulsion of NJ. Cha
garia, and in other matters connected with
that expulsion, constitutes a fragrant in.
fringement of existing treaties.
The first full carload of American tin
ever produced from an American tin mine
was received at San Diego, Cal, yesterday,
from the Tenescal mines. The shipment
consisted of over 26,c00 pounds of tin.
The output of the Tenescal mines is being
rapidly increased, and American tin will be
regularly put on the market in carloads.
The will of Deacon Josiah W. Cook, of
Mass, bequeaths various sums
to half a dozen relatives, some S.. 900 to local
charities and the remainder to be divided
Baptist Home Missionary Society, Atlanta
Baptist Seminary. of Atlanta. Ca: Clinton
College, Kentucky; Worcester Academy
Hebrew Academy and Cambridge Hospital,
The estate is valued ut $l75 0O0
Judge Hanford, OF the Seattle United
States District Court, holds that Chlnaman
who is q merchant in this country perma.
nently domiciled here, and who is permitted
to return to the United States by the Col |
lector of Customs after visit to Victoria. |
B. c., is not liable to be arrested and BAN
ished because the Collector admitted him !
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the fact of his being merchant issued by |
the Chinese Government.