Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-04
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

Duluth has gone Democratic.
Greece will borrow $50, ,0OC, 900 to pay on
railroad coupons.
Chicago underwriters have showed up
rates on sky-scrapers.
AN unknown American bark is ashore at
Broadhaven Bay, Ireland.
Italy, Switzerland and Belgium threaten
tariff war against France.
Five of the lynchers of Joe Shields at
Shelbyville, Tex, are in Jail.
The new tariff is causing great confusion
among French business interests.
The American Water Works Company,
OF Denver, is in q receivers hands.
There is financial crisis at Puebla,
Mexico, and a rebellion is imminent.
Helena, Mont, is preparing to entertain
National Mining Convention, July II.
The Central Farmers Institute, of On
tario, wants reciprocity with Uncle Sam.
"A deadlock is looked for in Guate-
mala, and President Barillas may hold over.
Socialists at Chelsea, England, will
legally test their right to hold public meet
ings.
The st. Paul, Saltwater and Taylor Falls
Railroad has won its suit against Russell
Sage.
The first third party demonstration in
Georgia took place in Douglasville Tuesday
night.
-Chileans are surprised at the resolution
IN the American Congress asking for Egan' 8
recall.
The Moscow Gazette has published a
warlike article against German colonists in
Russia.
Georgia militia are protecting three
ware county colored murderers from would
be lynchers.
The Indiana Midland Railroad has set
tied with its striking employees, and is rum
ming in peace.
Deputy United States Marshal, have
successfully raided six Illicit stills in Gle
bourne county, Ala.
John Clarke, n bank President at Frank
m m Ind, has given $4,000 to the Hanover
College of that place.
his mother-in-law $500 for his H-year-old
wife. Now the girl has divorce.
"A smokeless powder factory at Pressburg,
hungary, has exploded. The works were
wrecked and three workmen were injured.
Two immigrant families from Arkansas
for Oklahoma, named Watkins and McCufiy,
were frozen to death en- route the other day.
Frederick Niedeck, weu-to-do Milwau-
kee German, killed his wife by cutting her
throat with a razor and then committed sui
eide.
The yacht belonging to Admiral st.
George, of the British navy, foundered at
her moorings in Queenstown harbor during
gale.
"A boat containing a number of sailors
belonging to the warship Belle Isle capsized
IN the Dublin harbor and four of the men
were drowned.
Miss Jane Golden, daughter OF the ia
nous English statesman, was married in
London, Tuesday, to I. F. Umvin, a promi-
nent publisher.
Rockford Ill) church people are agi-
tated by the breaking of the Sabbath by
number OF workmen. They were working
on church building.
Colonel John Withers cashier of the San
Antonio (Tex.) National Bank, committed
suicide yesterday morning by shooting him.
self through the head.
The steamer Runic, from Liverpool, re-
ports passing the Norwegian ship Florida.
abandoned at sea with her rudder lashed
down and main topsail set.
John Rach and Antoine Rieber, two
workmen at Peoria, ILL.,, accidentally set
varnish on fire. Rach will die and Rieber
was also slightly burned.
Sir John Thompson and Finance Min
lister Foster will leave Ottawa, Ont, next
week for Washington, to arrange a basis for
negotiations looking to reciprocity.
About o'clock yesterday morning
Watchman McCouley, at the Continental
National Bank, Baltimore, committed sui
eide in the bank by shooting himself.
w. A. Mckenzie, station agent at Wab-
beseka, Ark, on the St. Louis Southwestern
road, was mysteriously murdered in his
room at the depot. Robbery was the prob
able motive.
"A Chicago and Alton locomotive ex-
ploded near Joliet ILL.,, Tuesday night, kill
ing Fireman Brandon Thomas and Brake
man c. F. Hastings. Engineer Williams was
also badly mangled. -
M f. Clark, an expert diver of Detroit,
has arrived ar Alpena, Mich, to attempt to
locate and assist in raising the wreck or the
which sunk in Thunder Bay, in 120
feet of water. 25 years ago.
"A State Farmers Alliance has been or
ganized in Madison, Wis, as an opposition
to the secret society political party organi-
Zation by that name. 1t is a branch of that
seeding part of the National Alliance
which held a meeting in Chicago recently.
The British steamship Avona, which ar
rived at Galveston Tuesday, brought in 16
seamen of the British steamship Golden
Horn, wrecked January % off one OF the
Windward Islands. Captain PeIDervel. the
steward and the cook of the Golden Horn
were lost.
Harry and Willie Wilcox, u and 13 years
old, sons of Henry Wilcox, of Kinkora, n. j.,
were drowned yesterday and the father
nearly lost his life. While on their way to
school the boys stopped to try the ice on a
pond and Harry broke in. His brother at
tempted to save him and both went down,
locked in each others embrace. Several
lads who witnessed the double drowning in
formed the father, who jumped into the
pond and came near drowning himself
AT the annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Piedmont and Cumberland Rail
road Company yesterday, the report of Pres
ident Davis showed that the road did fairly
Central continues to operate it. The follow
ing directors were reelected: Henry 6.
Davis, Stephen B. Elkins. Arthur P. German,
". H. Gorman, William j. Read, X. D.
representing the stock owned by the Penn |
'ylvania Railroad Company.