The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-22
TEIIEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

William Geiss, of Brooklyn fifteen years old.
disappointed in love, poisoned himself.
The New York Board of Fire Underwriters
yesterday elected d. A. Held president.
The jury in the case against Justus Schwab
the Socialist. charged with melting a riot, dis
agreed
The customs officer at Regina, N. w. T., has
oeen lined for bringing spirituous liquors into
the Territory
be held at Springfield July and 2 A full State
ticket will be nominated.
Edward Cooper, the Baltimore negro con-
vlcted of committing a rape on Miss Katie Gray,
was yesterday sentenced to be hanged.
The Dominion government is preparing to
vigorously enforce the law forhidtiing the i'm
portatlon OF goods produced by convict labor
John Vangelder. receiving teller of the Union
National Bank, has fed. Examination of the
books shows he is defaulter to the amount of
$34 600
G. w. Baker and the Bradford Paper Manu-
featuring Company, of Bradford VT, have
failed. Liabilities, $780, 000; nominal assets,
$4,000
The Michigan Senate yesterday passed, over
the Governors veto, the bin allowing minority
representation of stockholders on boards of Joint
stock companies.
Cattle owners in Newcastle county, Delaware
are arlarmed over fresh outbreak of pleuro-
pneumonia in large herds in the Brandywine
and ChriStiana districts.
Warren Green, of Louisville, recently ap-
pointed United States consul at Kanaghowa.
Japan, left for New York yesterday, and will
sail for his post of duty in few days.
For two weeks past several attempts have
been made to resume operations at the Beaver
Meadow and Jeddo collieries without the aid of
striking miners, but without success.
James Maxwell. president of the National
Bank OF West Virginia. for many years engaged
In the wholesale grocery business, at Wheeling,
dropped dead yesterday, aged seventy.
A movement is on foot in New York to estab-
lish an American school of opera Many promi-
nent citizens are engaged in the enterprise, and
they expect aid from al over the country.
The inspectors of the Northern Pacific rail
road held meeting yesterday, discussing the
contemplated lease of the Oregon Navigation
Company to the Northern and Union Pacific
roads. Nothing definite was agreed upon.
AT Cincinnati yesterday, heavy plate of
glass fell from fourth-story window of the Car
Isle Block, corner of Fourth and Walnut streets
In it's descent it was broken into several pieces
one of which struck Robert johnson, a promi
nent citizen, cutting q bad cash in his scalp and
breaking his arm.
In spite of the denial made in the dispatches
Wednesday night upon the authority of promi-
nent Mormons that their people offered resist
ance to the federal officers in Idaho, the Salt
Lake Tribune vigorously insists that the facts as
photographed originally, have been thoroughly
substantiated by letter and telegraph, as we'll as
by the published accounts in various Idaho
newspapers.
Hanlon, the oarsman, was among the passen-
gers WHO arrived at San Francisco by the Ze-
landia, yesterday With reference to his defeat
In Australia, he said it was done fairly and that
he had simply met a better man than he was at
the time. He says Beach is the best man he
ever met, and that he will go back in eighteen
months to try conclusions with him again.
On June 18 twenty five of the leading editors
of Mexico will leave Mexico for an extended tour
through the United States, in the interest of the
commercial relations of the two countries Ar
irving at El Paso, June 81 the party will visit.
in the order named: Las Vegas, Topeka Kan
sas City, ST. Louis, Chicago, Detroit Buffalo,
Rochester Boston, New York, Philadelphia
Washington, Plttsburg. Cincinnati and San An
tonic.
Some SINE ago John Trinler, of Chicago. shot
his wife and then committed suicide his wife dy-
ing some days later. Trinler left will beaueath-
ing all his property, which was considerable, to
the children of a brother, George Trinler of
New Albany Ind. The other heirsat-la
brought suit to set aside the will, and the court
yesterday decided in their favor. The property
will be disposed Of In accordance with the stat
ute governing the disposition of decedents es-
tates The legatees named in the will made no
opposition.
at Madison, Wis, ON Wednesday, Mrs Re
becca Merraot of Baraboo, and Mrs Margaret
Cooley, of Mitchell. d. IT,, pleaded guilty to
charge of perjury, and were each sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary. Both were women
of good local repute, but were unfortunately
connected, being sisters in-law to James Kirby
alias Simmons, noted cracksman who was re-
Gently sent up for FIVE years, for burglary The
women had sworn falsely in the attempt to prove
an alibi for Kirby, but they declare they were
induced TO do so through fear Of the vengeance
of Kirby. Each Of the unfortunate women had
an infant in her arms when sentenced and
pleaded for mercy Tor the sake of the babies
Cumberland Presby terians.
BENToNvIIAE, Ark, May 81 The fifty-fifth