Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-19
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Spotted fever is raging near Milan. Tenn.
The first vessel of the season arrived at
Montreal, Friday.
The new census shows large increase IN
the population of France.
-Blaney, the escaped murderer, was cap
tured in Baltimore yesterday.
An epidemic of measles near Moberly, Mo-,
has resulted in several deaths.
1t is understood that the Sugar Trust inves'
tigation in New York will not be continued
Friday nights session of the Western Com
mercial Congress wound up with banquet
"A dozen families at Tickle Cove, n. F., are
starving and great destitution prevails there.
The Pewabic mine fre In the upper PENN.
sula of Michigan is reported to be extingushed.
The San Francisco Stock Exchange is being
prosecuted as fraud by the Attorney General
OF California.
Cincinnati is making great preparations for
the meeting Tuesday OF the Republican League
of the United States.
-Pleuro-pneumonia has been discovered At
Deptford, near London, In cattle imported
from the United States.
Lieutenant Peavv is preparing for another
trip in search of the North Pole. He will take
but five companions with him.
The Dominion Trades Congress have peti.
toned the Canadian Government to prohibit
the importation Of Chinese labor.
Sleeping car companies must keep their
upper berths closed when not in use, if bill
favorably reported to the Michigan Senate be-
comes law.
A severe wind storm ct Marion, Ind, Fri
day evening crushed the Crosby paper mill
and overturned and unroofed many otner
buildings. No deaths.
Two passenger trains on the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi Railroad coIlided Friday night near
Loogootee, Ind The only person killed was an
unknown tramp, who was stealing ride.
John Il. Mcclellan, who was charged in the
having attempted TO bribe Representative
Whitehurst, publishes card denying the
charge.
The grip is killing off the Indians near
North Yakima, Wash. When afflicted the In
dians 90 into sweat boxes, and from there jump
into cold stream of water, which results IN
pneumonia.
The funeral procession of Mrs. Catherine
G. Deringer was stopped by Deputy Sheriff in
New York yesterday and the dead woman's
husband. Philip Deringer, arrested, charged
with her murder.
wailing to be engrossed to become a law, is
missing, and legislators are greatly excited
over the possible theft. The Legislature ad-
lourns tomorrow.
The British bark Curlew. which arrived at
Pensacola, Friday, from Rio Janeiro, had on
board Is cases of yellow fever. Four deaths
occurred during the passage. The vessel was
ordered back to sea.
Burglars fred a small barn at Norwalk,
Conn.,, Friday, and while the police and others
were watching the blaze entered Jackson's
jewelry store and secured sl5,oO0 worth of
jewelry and diamonds.
Three hundred of the 9S5 steerage passen-
gers on the steamer Fulda, detained at Quaran-
tine at New York on account of smallpox, were
landed at the Barge Office. The others were
sent to Hofman's Island.
The report brought from Honolulu Friday
of the loss of a British steamer OF the Caroline
Islands, was based on intelligence which had
reached Honolulu Of the loss of the steamer
Strathairlie, off the coast Of North Carolina.
Nicola Trezza, the New York italian mur.
derer has obtained from the United States
Court o stay of ofprooeedings, pending an appeal
to the Supreme Court on technical points. He
was to have been electrocuted at Sing Sing
next week.
Commenting on the Newfoundland dele
gates, the London Times says: I'VE much re-
gret that they ignore the real dIflculty-French
Interpretation of the treaty. They seem to be
willing to set the house aire to roast New
foundland eggs"
"A dispatch from Tickle Cove, Newfound.
land, says tha. terrible destitution prevails at
that place. and that 10 or IL families are
actually starving. Unless speedy relief is
afforded by the Government death from Star
walton will be the result in many cases.
The Delaware House has passed the Senate
bill forbiddiug the courts to entertain applica-
tions for divorce grounded on causes occurring
in other States or foreign countries, unless such
alleged causes are ground for divorce under the
law of such other State or country.
During the trial at Bari, Italy, Friday, of
l79 members of the Mala Vita Society," one of
the witnesses, who was member of Humani- J