Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-01
DECEMBER.

Ohio and Indiana form permanent or
ganiZation, with c. J. Mckee and
William Loffleer rs the Pennsylvania
members of the Executive Committee.
Andrew Carnegie responds to the toast,
"The Scotch American" ut the New
York banquet of the st. Andrews So
cietv. Six daring train robbers held up
and robbed an express car near st. Louis
OF $4,000 Francisco Hernandez, who
robbed the paymaster OF the eleventh
Battalion of the Mexican army in Chi
huahua, Mexico, ami killed a policeman
in escaping, has been captured at Ell
Paso, Texas, eXtraditcd, and viii be
Mass, shot and killed his wife and him
self The Grand Hotel at Lcadville, Col,
WAS burned to the ground. The pottery
works of A. Ii. Hewes Il Co, North Cam
bride, Mass, were burned; loss, S45O0O.
Hasting & Diment's rolling mill at
Oyo:omna, WAS burned; loss, $4,000 The
Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs
says there is no disorder in Rio Grande
do Sui. The Italian budget for lSJ2 Will
show a surplus OF 100000 lire.
e-The Cooper-Hewitt iron works are Sc
cured by = big British-American syndi-
cate with s5,U0O0O0. Edward Field now
charged with deliberate robbery OF his
partners. The armored ctuiser New
York launched in Philadelphia. United
States Treasurer Z. Ii. Nebeker publishes
his annual report. Three persons killed
at Cumberland, Nd, by 4 coal oil can ex-
plosioH. Dynamite works at Nyack-on-
the-Hudson explode, killing i've men.
Land Bill" Allen, who died in the poor
house, is buried from the State House ut
Columbus. Trade returns of Canada
speak well for the Mckinley act. In
London, Earl Russell, the defendant in
the unsavory divorce case, is hissed,
teered and hustled by the mob. Parnell-
ties and McCarthyites in collision at
Limerick.
S-The President will not order a Federal
investigation of the Bardsley defalcation
and no further revelations are probable.
Minneapolis begins a Russian relief
movement by contributing shipload of
-four. Commodore Folger, Chief of the
Bureau OF Ordnance, United States
Navy makes his report to the Secretary
of the Navy showing good work for the
wear. Three men killed and eight seri-
ously injured in a wreck on the Philadel-
phia and Reading Railroad at Penning-
ton, n. j. The London mob again eager
to hustle Earl Russell, and the arfstoc-
racy disguised with him. Several VIC
tories repoted over Chinese rebels.
A-An unknown lunatic, who demands ST.
100000 eXplodeS a bomb in the office of
Russell sage in New York killing him
self and another man, slightly injuring
Sage and wounding half a dozen others
and shattering the walls of the building;
a panic caused. Falling walls in st. Paul
crush many workmen. A dozen brick
laden barges sink in the Hudson, drown
ing a score of men. A collision of trains
on the New England Railroad at East
Thompson, Conn, to which fire adds
deadly work, kills seven men and in
jures more. The Cumberland Valley
swept by a cyclone; houses and churches
destroyed. Earl Russell wins in the
London divorce suit France said to be
acting for Russia in seeking to commit
other powers against China.
5-Russeu Sage nearly recovered from
shock and slight wounds. Timothy
Byrnes, prominent politician at Mime
apolis, indicted for forgery. Cotton mill
fire at Des Moines causes $4,000. Ex-
Governor Beavers iron and nail mill at
DA1T ,,-.I.- IL
Secretary Proctor leaves the War De-
partment. Emperor Williams despotic
speech 10 the recruits at Potsdam still
rousing German ire. The Gar has ap-
pointed a central famine relief commit
tee. Welsh tin plate workers incensed
by the proposed shutdown. British
manufacturer complain because the
Royal Commission charges for space at
6-Narious speculations as to the identity
OF Sage's would-be assassin, whose head
at the morgue remains unrecogniZed.
Arrests of supposed accessories. \ queer
crank who tried to extort money from
friend by written threats, is Gagged in
New York. A music publishing COM
pany burned out in Philadelphia; loss,
$500 600. Dom Pedro'S death meets with
no official recognition in Brazil. Some
of the Chinese rebels and had characters
generally are beheaded by the Emperor's
orders. A fire damp explosion at st.
Etienne, France, kills 80 miners.
7-Loppy, the brutal wife, murderer exc
cuted by electricity at Sing Sing Prison.
a gas explosion in steel plant near
Baltimore kills four men and causes
great damage. Ex-Governor Beaver the
largest creditor of the suspended Belle
fonte Iron Works, and will pay all debts.
Lady Henry Somerset speaks before
Sorosis, New York, on woman's work
for reform. Trade improving; nearly
loo new enterprises started in one week.
Many shipwrecks on the English chan
mel: "a men of one crew drowned.
H., Il
typhoid caused by the polluted Ohio.
Steel rail manufacturers assembled in
New York have total orders on hand for
100000 tons, or triple the demand of last
year. A crank who demanded 81, ,000, 900
in Alton, Ill, kicked out doors. ID. HI.
Parker commits suicide in Cairo, Ill.
The Philadelphia Produce National
Bank closes, paying all liza oilities. The
Tilden will case settled. Sawtelle con-
fesses that he killed his brother, but in
Maine where is no capital punishment.
Chile claims to have just provocation for
her enmity to the United States. Autumn
crops III Russia are damaged and will |
prolOng distress. A crisis approaching
in the Brazilian State of Rio Janeiro; in |
surgents armlng for attack on the Gov
ernment. The Chinese rebel leader cap
tured.
9-The Presidents message given to Con-
gress. Secretary Fosters report pre-
sented. Twelve deaths by fire in Louis |
vile. Boston excited over faith cures at |
the Iridium held in the Roxbury Mis- /
sion Church. Americans. Poles and Huns |
engage in a race war at Shenandoah |
with fatal result. Talton Hall, desper- |
ado who claims to have killed SO men.
arrested at Memphis. 1t transpires that I
the Chilean House of Representatives |
wanted TO recall her legation from the |
United States, but the Government de- |
1eated the scheme. In the London di- /
voree sensation Marius, husband of Miss |
St. John. admits the charges and makes
counter-charges.
kit Carson's son kills his wife's father
and mother and 1ees from a Sherifffs |
posse in Colorado. Ground broken for
the Pan-American Railroad at Victoria,
Tex. The trial OF DR.. Graves for the
poisoning of Mrs. Barnaby at Denver re,
veals enough arsenic in the bottle OF
whisky he sent her to kill scores of peo-
pie. French Republicans make party
combination against Clericals. Won
Capriyi declares Germany independent
of the United States in the matter of
trade, A battle fought in the State of |
Rio Janeiro and the Government taking
steps to prevent an uprising in the city.
STRIKERS lombard with dynamite mine
at Brazil Ind, which had locked them |
out and compel a shutdown. Mrs. Chas.
Bliss, of East Maihe, n. Y, dies from
frightin a wagon Wnne her horses run
away The New York bombiter identi-
fed as Henry L. NorcrUss, of Boston. who
was not supposed to be Il crank or crazy.
Chicago to ask for So 000 900 more for the
Worlds Fair. Englanu's rural confer
ence is a gathering OF Radicals dis
playing much hostility to land owners
and the clergy. Royalty asks ior another
dowry. Chileans, and the American
colony, too, reported indignant against
President Harrisons message. The &C. |
clesiastical controversy causes great
disturbance in the French Chamber of
Deputies.
of Norcross as the dead
bombiter who sought to kill Russell |
Sage, is made positive. Boodlers go free
in San Francisco because there is no
legal grand Jury. Count Montercole, the
former husband of Virginia Knox, de-
clared insane in Philadelphia. Senator |