Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-20
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

The Secretary of the Treasury yesterday
afternoon accepted the following bonds: 41as,
registered S3l 600, at 100.
Charles X. Tinker. the young Cincinnati
torger, was this morning sentenced by Judge
OuJcalt to i've years imprisonment in the peni-
tentiary.
Robert W. Lindsey clerk in the War De-
partment at Washington, died Friday night on
b. & o. train, while on the way TO his home
in Galena, Ill. He was accompanied by his
wife and four small children.
Mrs. Jennie Harris, a patient at the
Woman's Hospital. Forty-ninth street and
Fourth avenue, New York, jumped from q
fourth-story window to the area at $50 o'clock
yesterday morning, and was instantly killed.
Early yesterday morning the residence of
Joel w. Miles, at Berrien Springs, Mich, caught
fire. Four people were in the building-Niles,
George Lathrop and his wife and child. The
the flames. He had been in the habit of smok-
ing in bed at night and it is thought the fire
caught from his pipe.
Terrible reports are coming in from the
town of Guantanamo, Cuba. Citizens are
dragged out of their homes and in the pres
ence of their families killed by the authorities,
who. not understanding the orders given them
by their superior officers. commit these bar
barous crimes, their object being to find two
hdnappers they are looking for. To make
their search success they have already butch
cred nine persons in cold blood. The town is
only 60 miles from Havana. and the press here
Near Cumberland Gap, Thursday, Judge
Clay Turner shot and killed Calvin Watson, a
well-known citizen of Bell county, KY. The
fight originated i'll a law suit in which three
nieces of Turner and Watson were involved.
They charged that Watson had swindled them,
and Turner took up the fight He met Watson
and fired on him without a word. A courier
who arrived In this city last night says that a
mob of 20 men, friends and relatives Of Watson,
had been organized with the intention of hunt
ing down Turner and killing him
AT Fayette, Mo-. Flora Bohr, aged I6 years,
shot and fatally wounded Mrs. Z. ]. johnson
and then committed suicide by sending a
bullet through her brain. Miss Flora and
Miller johnson. a son of the old lady, were
sweetheartS. Mrs. johnson Quarrelled with
the girl often, trying to break the engagement
existing between the couple. Last evening
the young folks met clandestinely, and Mrs.
johnson hearing of it, called to the girl, who
lived in an adjoining house. Anticipating a
quarrel Flora took her fathers revolver with
her with the result stated.
Major Lille (''Pawnee BiII") states that the
preliminaries for the Oklahoma invasion were
progressing favorably, and that he would cross
the line of the Territory on February i. Be-
tween 800 and LOCO people, in wagons and on
horseback. will leave Wichita on the 2Sth, to
be Joined along the line of march by others. 1t
is expected that the number will be 5000 when
the line of the Territory is reached Many who
are not members of the colony will take ad-
vantage of the crowd to get into Oklahoma
Beside these are the colonies from the East
and South. The rendezvous is not yet made
public, and, it is claimed, has not yet been de-
cided upon.
The friends of the late Henry p. Marshall.
who was for over 20 years cashier of the Sea
mems Bank for Savings, on Wall street, New
York, were surprised at the published state
ment that $4,000 worth of funds held by him
as Treasurer of the Protestant Episcopal |
Church Missionary Society for Seamen cannot |
be found 1t was ascertained this morning |
that funds of ST. Georges Church, and the es- |
tate of which he was trustee. are also missing |
to the extent of nearly $4,000 additional Mr.. |
Marshall, who was "a years old at the time of |
MS death, two months ago, belonged to family |
IF high standing. The total shortage of Mar |
shall is estimated at $4,000.