Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-04
Gle. The Jury was nearly moDbed after

ticle. The jury was nearly mobbed after
court adjourned.
The Bureau of American Republics is
informed that company has been organ
lied to mtne the sulphur In the craters o.
the volcano Popocatepetl, which is now said
TO De In Quiescent state.
The Prince of Monoco's yacht, Princess
Alice, which stranded at the entrance OF
Toulon harbor Wednesday with the Prince
and Princess on board, was foated yester-
day and towed into the harbor.
"A freight train and a construction train
collided in the Great Western Railroad tun-
mel near Galena, ILL.,, Wednesday. All the
cars and engines were demolished and three
t1afnmen were killed or fatally injured!
Tho counter cases in the Bering Sea ar.
bitratiOn are to be EXCHANGED by the two
Governments february J. 1898. The work on
that to be presented by the United States is
progressing satisfactorily, but is not yet
complete.
When Albert Wing. the ST. Louis desper-
ado. married the woman he killed Tuesoay
should either be unfaithful to the nuptial
vow, the erring one should be killed by the
other. Wing cannot be found.
The Dahomeyans attacked the French
army in force on the goth and 2lst ult., put
were repulsed with heavy loss. Six days
later the French won two more battles, and
, now, il is said, King Benhanzin has enough
of fighting and is suing for peace.
Three inches of snow fell at Calais, Me,
yesterday and was followed by rain. The
courses and a resumption of the sawmills
which had been obliged to shut down III
consequence OF the severe drouth.
The refusal of the leading English Cabi-
net Ministers to attend the inaugural ban
Quet of Lord Mayor Knill, is interpreted to
iOrestall new city corporation. the admin
strative functions OF which will be super
seded by the London County Council.
The recent gales on the lakes were prob
ably the most destructive to lake shipping
losses of the last five days were estimated
by Chicago underwriters Wednesday, to be
about s45O,0o0, fully a dozen boats having
passed out of existence and not less than %
seamen having been lost.
Director Francis Abigail and Manager
MacNamara. of the Australian Banking
Company, at Sydney, n. s. w., charged with
issuing false balance sheets to defraud
shareholders, have been found guilty. Abb
gail was sentenced to five years and Mac.
Namara to seven years penal servitude.
Abigail is an ex-Cabfnet Minister.
The North German Lloyd steamship
Kaiser wilhelm II. has arrived at New York
after a fearful voyage. Four of her crew re-
ceived serious injuries during the trip
across having been knocked against the
iron bulwarks by heavy seas that boarded
the steamer constantly. The Kaiser Will
helm IL was two days and eight hours be-
yOuu u6F uSuhl tlLle.
John Lachner. one OF the best.known
citizens OF Lawrencehurx, Ind, had been
bitten Dysa cat while at work in a distfllery.
Fearing hydrophobia, he immersed his arm
in a tub of spirits and drank a quart OF
whisky. He became pale, and trembled
after this and then drank another quart.
Gong home, he retired to his room, and
died in an hour without speaking word.
The condition of the poorer classes of
Zacetecas, Mexico, is extremely critical, on
account OF the lack of necessary food sup
plies The Government is doing good work
in relieving suffering, but there are several
thousand famine stricken people not within
reach of this proffered assistance and they
are actually starving. A number OF free
eating houses have been established, but
the capacity of such places is very limited.
An agreement has been entered into be-
tween the United States and Austro-Hun-
gary, pursuant to the provisions of the
Universal Postal Convention OF Vienna, by
which the limit of weight for packages Of
samples of merchandise" in the mails ef.
changed between the United States and
Austro-Hungary, on and after the first of
November, lS99 are increased as follows, viz:
From $50 grams 81 ounces to $50 grams 19
ounces.