Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-13
LATE NEWS in BRIEF.

A case of leprosy has been discovered in
Cincinnati.
-Duluth's big coal pile may continue for
month longer.
The Berlin banking firm of Friedlander
4 Somerfeld has been officially declared
bankrupt.
-Parnellites anil McCarthyites are still
keeping up their merry war over the Bou-
logne negotiations.
Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria,
vouchsafed but little comfort to the dele
ceived.
"A widespread revolutionary plot has
been discovered in Greece. Ex-Premier Tri-
coupes and other prominent statesmen are
implicated.
I'm addition to the trainmen killed and
injured in the wreck on the Illinois Central,
at Medina, Crocker Scott, of jackson, a pas
senger, vas fatally injured and John Martin
badly hurt.
The Pope has renewed his protest to NJ.
Foll1eres, the French Minister of Worship,
against supporting the position taken by the
Italian government in connection with the
recent pilgrim incident.
The Count of Paris has forbidden his son,
the Duke OF Orleans, to accept q challenge
to duel from the husband of Nine. MeIba.
on the ground that the challenged party Is
prince OF the royal blood.
As remedy for the financial crisis in
Spain Government decree has been issued
which revives the vexatious interior Gus
toms zone at a certain distance from the
frontier, so as to prevent any contraband
traffic.
A statement has been prepared at the
Pension Office showing that during the
month of October, 1891. 81 946 pensions Of all
classes were granted. the 1irst payments on
which aggregated 81 5o5, sos, or slS2, 80 to each
penSioner.
F. H. Smith & Co., of New York, in their
assignment, give preferences which will
approximate sl5O,OoO in AMOUNT. The
assets are given at the same amount, but the
actual assets are much less.
The express officials in Milwaukee will
not divulge the exact amount of plumber Sc
cured by the Western Union junction train
robbers. Parties in position to know saw
it will not exceed 5000. The unopened
safes contained the bulk of the treasure.
The Director of the Mint desires to cor
rect the figures published in the abstract of
ment of gold to the United States from july
/ to November ], 1891 The amount retu rned
was So, 323,7 The mistake was made in
the official copy furnished to the press.
"A MORTGAGE of SC, OOo 600 has just been nled
at the Suffolk County, Mass, Registry OF
Deeds. 1t covers the property of the Boston
Cordage Company, the Standard Cordage
Company and other cordage manufacturers,
and is one proceeding in the trust process by
which all the concerns have been made into
one.
The London Times commenting on the
Sayward case, says: at is not apparent why
the owners of the Sayward should be de-
prived of the remedy they claim because
America has agreed to arbitration. When
the controversy comes before the arbi-
traitors it is clear that Mr.. Blaine will have O
case not easy to establish"
1t was expected that B. P. Hutchinson
cold Hutch'') would be admitted to full
membership to the New York Produce Ex-
change yesterday, at the meeting of the
Board of Managers. He was not elected
because he failed to go before the COMMITTEES
on Commissions on Tuesday, and the Board
could not, therefore, act upon his application.
The suit of j. Eustace Jameson, of Dub
lin, the well-known distiller against the
Equitable Life Insurance Society, of New
York, was deci~Ad in Dublin yesterday. Mr..
Jameson suedS recover the premiums paid
policy for $50, 900 in the company The
Equitable agreed to return to Mr.. Jameson
the amount OF premiums paid and to reim-
burse him for counsel fees, Mr.. Jameson, on
the other hand, agreeing not to press the
charges further.