The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-17
TEI.EGRAPHIG BREFITIEs.

II AT lud1ngtoas Ohio. ina S4looui James y ones
stabbed John Hunter to the heart. Jones is in
custody,
Il A notice has been posted at the Cambria iron
| works 4Johnstown4 Pa. announcing reduction
of wages Of 10 to. 20 per cent
/ The large basket factory. Of George Brown &
| Co., at Petersburg. Va, wasslut down. and two
hundred hands are thrownout of employment
Two freight trains on the Reading railway.
near Pottstown, collided yesterday morning.
Forty FIVE cars were wrecked, and the engineer
of one train badly hurt
r. P. Long, of Middletown, Pa, secretary Of
the Maryland Guarantee Life Association, Of
Baltimore, has been arrested on charge Of using
the mail for fraudulent purposes.
The man who diedsat Worcester Mass, Mon
day night, in a drunken spree, has been identi-
fed as Thomas Gilfoyle: aged twenty five. He
has brother and sister In Pittsburg Pa
The strikeati HartmansjsteeF works. Beaver
Falls, PA, Isl failure Thirty men returned TO
work ON Monday, under promise to withdraw
from the Amalgamated Association and Knights
Of Labor and others are expected to follow. The
men have been out eleven weeks.
Oscar Strasburger, of the firm Of Oscar Stras-
burger q Co., of New York, importers and COM
mission merchants, was yesterday declared a
lunatie by sheriffs jury. His stock and bust
ness is valued at $125,000; the outstanding ac-
counts amount to $3.50, 900; debts $28GO0O
Rev Z. f. Smith, author of the National
golden wedding in Newton Center, Mass, last
evening. About four hundred persons respond
ed to the invitations, and many more sent letters
and more substantial tokens Of remembrance
Mrs. Ann Ruttsn. al, PARADISE Pa. a religious
maniac, confined in the county hospital yester-
day deliberately set fire. to her clothing and
burned herself to death. She beat off those, who
attempted to save her. Portions of her body
were burned to a crisp. She imagined she was
offering a sacrifice to the Lord
Oliver Mowat, Premier of Ontario, returned
yesterday from England, where he, argued be
winning his case AS a mark of appreciation he
received an ovation Delegates from every
county in Ontario were i'm the procession bear
ing banners, Hewas also given banquet
The italian consul at Baltimore; B. Demerolla
left the city two weeks ago and has not since
boon heard from. He is a prominent merchant.
and stood high socially. Financial trouble is
supposed to be the cause. DemerUlia owes $50 5
600 of borrowed money. The sheriff yesterday
attached all goods OF the wholesale house of b.
Demerolla &yCo.
The annual meeting of the National Telephone
Exchange Association was held at Philadelphia
yesterday. A. Bertol, superintendent Of the
General Telephone Company of France, and
John Cassidy, superintendent of the Hawaiian
Telephone Company, of the Sandwich Islands,
were elected honorary members Thespresident
NJ F. Tyler, and the vice. president VIM. Eekert
were reelected.
Captain Healy. commanding the revenue
steamer CorBin, has. made a report regarding
the cruise of that-vessel in Alaskan waters. He
speaks of his efforts to prevent the smuggling of
liquor and breechloading arms to the natives at
Point Hope, in exchange for wfIalebone,i and
suggests that the collector of customs at San
Francisco be instructed to limit the allowances
of those articles to each whaler.
Mrs. L. F. Walsh has applied for a warrant
for the arrest of her husband. She showed 6
letter postmarked Albany, written to convey the
impression that he had committed suicide. She
said he was a coachman employed in Yonkers
and had eloped with laundress named Sarah
Coyle, formerly in service in the Morosini
family. The coachman and laundress eloped. a.
short time after the Morosini affaii.
At Binghamton, n. T., al strike, of seven
hundred cigar-rollers for an adxancelofs s. cents
perhundred on two classes of work throws outof
work oEer3. 600 people The tobacco industry
is the most important in the city, and it is hoped
the matter will be soon adjusted G. A. Kent
& Co. absolutely refuse to grant thegdemandsi
Other shops are .dsposed to give the raise. which
will restore the wages to. the amount received
last spring, before the cut.