Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

-Asharp frost has effected considerable dam.
age in Indiana.
Judge Williams, Democrat. has been elect
ed to the Illinois seat in Congress made vacant
by the death of Representative Townshend.
His majority is 4, 600. an increase of 5000.
The yawl lifeboat Neversink, which sailed
from Boston last Monday for Havre, France,
was sighted at 10 A. NJ. Wednesday about Is
miles north of Highland Light, steering due
east and making rapid progress
AT the session of the General Council of
the Reformed Episcopal Church, in Boston.
yesterday, it was voted that when the council
adjourn it be to meet in the Church of the
Epiphany. Cleveland, O., two years hence.
Prof. Webster, of Charles City Iowa, who
investigated the ancient mounds near that
place few weeks ago, has just finished OPEN
ing five mounds near Bradford, in Chlckasaw
county. He found in them lS fairly well pre-
served skeletons.
The direct examination of President Cot.
terill, of the defunct Electric Sugar Company
in the trial of ex-Parson William E. Howard
for swindling that company out of Sc, 500 was
continued in New York yesterday. There was
nothing especially new in his testimony.
The steamer James Watt, which arrived at
Boston, yesterday, from Gu9ntanomo, reports
that on May %, in latitude S9o 03' north, longi-
tude 7Oo 81 west, she passed the United States
jibboom. She was steering north by west and
probably heading for New York.
Grand Marshal Henry W. Knight, who will
have charge of the Decoration Day parade in
Brooklyn, has announced his official programme,
and states positively that President Harrison
Will review the line from grand stand to be
erected at Washington Park. 1t is expected
that nearly 10000 men will turn out
While the oarsmau Charles E. Courtney vas
coaching the Cornell University eight at Ithaca,
n. Y, yesterday, he discovered human bod y
fast in the mud at the bottom of the Cayura
inlet The body was recovered and proved TO
be the remains of Willie Let's. aged 8, who had
been missing since Wednesday This is fine
third body recovered by Courtney.
Bishop Vladimir denies the existence of
any Nihilist conspiracy on the Pacific coast
He believes that the church was set on fire for
the purpose OF plunder, or by some person
with private spite to crafty The fact that
several valuable gold and silver vessels are
missing lends color tc the robbery tbenrv
Bishop Vladimir states that there is no truth In
any of the sensational statements printed in
several papers.
The Rev. E. c. Towne has opened nm nm
Mr.. Chauncey NJ. Depew again, this time in a
letter published at Boston, In which. after cor
recting some statements made by the Centen-
nial orator, he says: elf Mr.. Depew had taken
my advice not to be content with fine speech
for day, but to aim at contribution to the
literature of memorial eloquence, he would nv
the use of my material, have risen as much
above Bishop Potter's simple yet admirable adj
dress as he did in fact fall below it"
The soldiers were called out here yesterday
for the first time since the opening of OkIah6
ma, and for several hours the city of Guthrie
was practically under martial law Recently
the Council passed an ordinance empowerln9
the Marshal to eject every person whose claim,
for a lot had been rejected by the Arbitration
Board. This put into execution would affect
over 1000 persons. Tne city government made
a test case but the Marshal was driven away
by a mob of over ], 200 persons. Last night sol
diers guarded the principal streets. and more
trouble is anticipated when the work of eject
ment is resumed.