Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-17
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

A fine Worlds Fair exhibit is promised
from Ireland
The wheat prospects in Northern Indiana
are immense.
"A committee of bankers reports that there
is no danger of Brnzilian financial crisis.
The postofice at Piedmont Md. was robbed
of SO in cash and stamps "Wednesday night.
The Canadian Government will ask its Par
Lament to renew the modus yiVendi as to the
fisheries.
"A band of Cheyenne river Indians is re-
ported to be camped on Wounded Knee creek
near the battle ground
Ono of the largest tunnels in the world was
completed in mines near Centralia, ILL.,, Wednes-
day. II Is 5000 feet long.
Michael Posi-, ex-Treasurer of Shelby
county Ind, has been indicted Tor embezzling
Sl3, 600 of the county funds.
Serious religious disturbances have taken
place at Benares. India, caused by the proposed
demolition Of temple there.
The French and German Governments will
probably ask their respective Parliaments be-
fore August to suspend the duties on grain
A pretty Chicago woman named Cora Coup
land was arrested Wednesday for wearing male
attire. She was looking for work with her
husband.
Indiana coal operators will resist the eight
hour movement announced for May ], and re-
fuse to pay for mining before the coal is
screened.
A l3-year-old Montgomery. Ala, boy. Willie
mother, hanged himself In her presence with a
rawhide, Tuesday.
Congressman Mills notifies his political
friends that if they desire to keep him in pub
lie life after the expiration of his present term
they must elect him to the Senate.
The Cumberland (Md) Brewing Compa.
ny's safe was cracked yesterday morning, and
the burglars secured between $40 and $50 A
watchman and fireman were asleep in the
building.
The executors of the will of the late Prince
Napoleon have formally asked the French
Governments permission to bury his remains
at Ajaccio. the capital of Corsica, where Napo-
leon l. was born.
The Dutch steamer P. Caland, from New
York, and the British steamer Glamorgan,
from Antwerp, met In collision In the English
channel Wednesday night. The Glamorgan
sank, but all hands escaped.
The States Attorney at Elkton, Nd, has tele-
graphed the Mayor of Y FORK, Pa, to release the
two men held there on suspicion of being the
burglars who assasslnated Mrs. j. Granville
while in bed Sunday night
"A Chatheld, Minn., family named Marsden
ate what they supposed to be artichokes Tues-
day night The food turned out to be poison
Gus wild parsnips, and consequently Mrs. Mars
den died. while two others are in critical con-
dition.
Owing to the immense quantities Of logs
being RATED from the Canadian pineries on
Georgian Bay to be converted into lumber in
the United States. there is a possibility of the
reimposition of the duty on logs during the
next season by the Dominion Parliament.
Hundreds of land seekers are pouring into
Ashland, Wis, on every train, waiting for the
new public lands to be opened for settlement.
An order has been issued that violence on the
part of any of the liners will forfeit his rights.
and that in case of rloting the office will be
closed TO all applicants.
DIR. Henry B. Baker, Of Lansing Mich. ex-
President of the American Health Association,
thinks he has discovered the cause Of the grip.
He says the meteorological conditions necessary
to develop the germs of influenza were the
prevalence of north and northeast winds and
the excessive amount OF ozone during past
three months.
Miss Phoebe Couzins, the deposed Secre-
tary of the Womeu's Worlds Fair Executive
Board, protests to a st. Louis newspaper as
follows: Inform the citizens of St. Louis that
a most high-handed measure has been at
tempted to-day In the Executive Committee,
by declaring my office vacant upon charges Of
the most unfounded character"