Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-24
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

"A special election for June % has been
| called at which time the suburban towns of
| Hyde Park, Lake View and some other towns
will vote upon the question of annexation to
Chicago.
The directors Of the ST. Louis and San
Francisco Railway elected at the annual meet
ing of the stockholders in St. Louis on the Sth
inst, met in New York yesterday and organized
by the reelection of the old officers.
Quite a heavy frost visited Central Illinois
yesterday morning. Corn and garden stuffs
were not affected, but it is feared that consid-
cradle damage has been done to the strawberry
crop Berry raising has become quite an indus
try throughout the northern part of the State
during late years, and frost at this time will
cause heavy loss.
Ten Apache Indians who were members of
Geronimo's notorious band, were taken yester-
day to San Carlos Agency near Deming, n. M.
For the last two years the Indians have been
confined in prison at the Columbus Barracks
for murder and like offenses, but they have
been granted new trial. Captain Jack. q
dangerous and hated Indian in Arizona, was in
the party.
The Southern terminus of the Housatonic
road at Wilson Point, Conn, was fired Wednes-
day night and totally destroyed. A quarter of
mile of new wharf. the freight buildings, the
coal bins, passenger depot and large number
The New New E England 'IT Terminal Company HeS e1.
pended $500, coo and the Housatonic Company
$4,000 IN improvements there. Steamers and
sailboats narrowly escaped.
"A telegram was received at Indianapolis yes
terday from Private Secretary Halford an
nouncing that President Harrison had remitted
the fine of 500 and costs, appregating $50,
against Sim Coy, the Democratic politician,
who is serving q sentence of Is months in the
committed in Indianapolis in 1885, His term
will expire in few days. The petition for
the remission of the fine was signed by q num-
Der of prominent Republicans, including John
G. New.
u. s. Collector Webster. of Iowa, was yes
terday summoned to appear before the grand
jury of Wright county and to bring with him
his books and records showing the names of
parties in his district holding Government Ii
censes as retail liquor dealers The collector
the books with him, the law requiring that they
be kept in the Office at all times for public in
spection. Neither will he give the information
desired until commanded to do SO by the United
States Courts
The Centennial celebration of the estab-
lishment of the Catholic Church of the United
States was begun yesterday morning in the
Carroll Memorial Church at Hyattsville, Prince
Georges county, Nd, by memorial mass in
honor of Archbishop E. P. Carroll, the first
archy. The sermon was preached by the Rev.
Edward McGurk, of Washington. Cardinal
Gibbons was unable to attend. A great cele-
bration in honor of the event will be held at
the Cathedral in Baltimore in November next
Carrie Holbrook Chandler, whose dangh-
ter, Mrs. Maybrick. is accused of poisoning her
husband in Liverpool, has had singular career.
Miss Holbrook, who was popular young lady
in Mobile about 1856, married William G.
Chandler, prosperous young merchant About
1851 Frank Dubassy, a Confederate captain
paid marked attentions to Mrs. Chandler. Mr.
Chandler pined away and died, and the widow
married Dubassy. While on the way to Eu-
rope for the Confederate Government Captain
Dubassy died. She afterward appeared as the
wife Of an attache of the British Legation at
Teheran. A gentleman who was well acquaint-
ed with her in Mobile says she was mono
maniac on the subject of poisons and their
effects.