Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-24
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

There is a bad break in the Erie canal
near Schenectady.
Owing to recent discoveries, Central
America has the gold fever bad.
The floods in Moravia and Silesia have
caused enormous damage to crops, bridges
and roads.
. British master tailors threaten general
lockout unless the Liverpool strike ceases
within week.
The broken nose of Mrs. Addie L. Davis,
OF Decatur, ILL. has been successfully healed
by the grating of four cats ribs.
Harvesting machines which use straw or
prairie grass, instead of twine in their bind
ers, have been tested near Joliet, Ill.
A motion of want of confidence in the
New South Wales (Australia) government,
has been defeated in the Colonial Parlia-
ment.
| President Yerkes, of the North and West
side cable railways, will give to the city of
Chicago an equestrian statue of General
Sheridan
shell during artillery practice at Felixdorf,
several artillerymen were killed and a num-
Der I'M ured.
st. Paul has been made the headquarters
of the movement by the United Farmers
Alliance of the country, to corner the entire
wheat crop of the United States.
The Chilean Congressional party finds
itself in scrape. The Esmeralda has fired
twice on the French corvette Volta, and the
French Admiral will demand an apology.
The entire street railway system of
Detroit has been sold to an Eastefn syndicate
for about $4,000, GOO. The new company
promises rapid transit and an extension of
fines.
According to general belief in Montreal,
Frank Almy, tile murderer, of Hanover. N.
H., is now on the steamer Mongolian, which
is on its way from that city across the At
lantic.
Tho boiler of steam thresher in Ed
mondson county, KY, exploded the other
day, killing John Durham, Will Basham and
John Massey, and dangerously wounding
five others. The water in the boiler got too
low.
The suit of G. W. Taylor against "a Cali
fornia Senators at San Francisco for services
as lobbyist is in progress. Taylor charges
the senators with attempting to collect
money from corporations to prevent adverse
legislation.
Heavy rain storms in the West caused
floods which did much damage in Central
Iowa, South Dakota, Southern Minnesota,
and particularly in West Point, Neb, We'd
neSday night. In many section crops are
totally destroyed by hail.
The Chilean war vessel Presidente Pinto,
as she was about to leave France, received
an intimation that she must Immediately
land all French subjects on board. The COM
mander of the Balmacedan war vessel is
said to be trying to engage Italians to re-
place them.
The boiler of Burlington and Missouri
locomotive at PIattsmouth, Neb., exploded
Wednesday night, killing John Hardman
and Engineer Charles Hasemeyer and injur-
ing several others. The ruins of the round
house caught fire, but the flames were soon
extinguished.
Among n number of Russian Hebrew
emigrants discovered concealed on an out
ward-bound Brazilian steamer, without tick
cts, at Bremen, two were found to be suffer-
ing from smallpox. On the further search
ing of one of the stowaways 1000 roubles
were discovered on his person.
The illness of the Shah of Persia is max
ing Europe uneasy as to the possible conse-
quences on the Eastern question II that
potentate should die. If trouble should
ensue over the succession to the throne, 1t
is surmised that Russia would at once put
troops in motion "to preserve order"
Horrible scenes have been witnessed
during the past week on and about the Place
de la Roquette, in France, where criminals
are guillotined. Crowds of lowest class have
assembled there every evening and have
passed the night i'll the vicinity, eagerly
waiting to witness the execution OF the
murderess Berland and her accomplce,
Dore. The crowds pass the time away in sing
ing, yelling, carousing and fighting.