The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-30
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

| TELEGRAPHTC BREVITIES.
Howard, Smelling & Co., of Boston, coal dealers,
have failed Their liabilities estimated at 1852
| liz, and their assets at $44, 600.
Three men entombed in a drift in the Winthrop
mine. Ishpemng, Mich, in consequence of fall
OF rock 1t is not believed they can be rescued alive
Newton Jones shot and killed Frank Burden, on
Tuesday. at Paducah KY. The trouble grew out of
divorce from Joness wife, which Burden is said to
| have caused.
The safe of the postoffce in the New York Produce
Exchange Building was opened, Tuesday night. by
some person who knew the combination, and So, 500
| in cash stolen from it.
train was wrecked on the Southern Pacific rail
road, west of San Antonio on Tuesday. Horace Dan
ies, the engineer was killed, and the fireman and
| brakeman badly injured.
Joseph Baker, of New Orleans, known as the Eighth
ward political boss who shot on Sunday last by
Frank Waters died yesterday morning at the Charity
Hospital. Waters has been remanded without bail.
| John Hugg, the burglar who shot and nearly killed
the son of Banker Coe yesterday sentenced to f
teen years in the New Jersey State prisonten years
for the shooting and five years for burglary in the
| night time.
F. R. Brooks, Of Chicago has sued Harvard College
| for $50, 600 damages account of injuries
ceved while student at the college by the explosion
of the chemicals which he preparing under the
| direction of a professor.
! Roda Carroll Western Union lneman at Detroit.
was killed. on Tuesday, by a shock from electric
| light wire he working with. At the time
horse stepped the wire, and was knocked down by
| the shock, but not killed.
A ball given by one Bill Owens 3 negro at 1899
Poplar street, st. Louis, Monday night broke up in
which resulted in the death of George Shannon.
| quarrel occurred between Shannon and Owens and
| the latter shot the former dead
Harlan g. Hollingsworth, shiphuilders at Whining.
ton, Del state that the steel cruiser ordered by
William K. Vanderbilt will be launched Oct. 2. 1t is
stated that the price thus far paid the company is
$523. 900, but that this will not the whole
| pense.
B. w. Furlong of Alapaha, prominent saw.mill
man of southwest Georgia. committed suicide, on
Monday, by taking laudanum. Yesterday negro's
corpse was found buried in the barnyard Of Furlongs
plantation The suicide evidently to escape arrest
for murder.
mental condition of the veteran civil engineer John
Baird of New York protector of the elevated railway
system, has adjudged him mentally unsound and in
capable of caring for his vast estate The court will
appoint an administrator.
Hon. George Bancroft's cottage at Newport r L.
was entered by burglars Monday night. The
thieves not very successful and obtained only
few articles A man also about the cottage
of Robert Goelet but shot from the pistol of pr
vate Waterman drove him off.
At Portland, Me-, Patrick Feeney aged sixteen
yesterday shot his mother inhicting probably fatal
wound He fled and escaped His mother thinks the
shot accidental, but boys have stated that
Patrick told them he saving money to get pistol
with which to six" the old
Joseph King, of Negaunee. Mich yesterday shot
Mrs Rouillard in the breast inhicting fatal wound
Mrs. Rouillard though apparently reputable woman
had been receiving attentions from several prominent
citizens and jealousy prompted King. who is wild
over wit two children, to commit the deed.
At New York yesterday Commissioner DR. Matthew
Chalmers and sheriff s jury heard testimony in
gard to the mental condition of BARLEY Campbell the
playwright. who is confined in Boomingdale Asy
lum and after consultation decided that Mr. Campbell
was mentally incapable of attending to his affairs.
Trobridge, of Cleveland the young man who disau-
peared at Niagara Falls leaving note saying he in
tended to commit suicide. arrested in Buffalo
Tuesday He claimed that when he left the hotel he
fully intended to throw himself the falls. but
that he changed his mind and to Buffalo in the
hope of getting work.
Judgment has been given by Judge Wales in the
United States District Court at Trenton NJ j. In the
case of the Mechanics National Bank of Newark
against Oscar Baldwin, the late cashier who is
Serving termIin States prison for defaulting in the
enormous Of 50, 1872 794, the amount Of the in.
debtedness of the bank which is in the hands of
a receiver.
Ex-Chef of Police John Kemp, of Fort Smith, Ark
MORALLY cut at his saloon at o'clock yesterday
morning, by Officer Wiley Cox. Cox was trying to
arrest desperate named Larue. He knocked Larue
down and covered him with his pistol when Kemp. in
attempting to stop the difficulty up behind Cox
Cox drew dirk and cut him in the neck severng his
jugular vein.
and fourteen years respectively have been arrested
in Seavala county. Texas, charged with numbering
Mexican herder and then killing sixty sheep Just For
fun. Joe Burris, aged fifteen years, accomplish.
who stood watch while the other boys were en-
gagged in their bloody work confessed tho crime The
boys are in Jail at Muela.
waukee g. ST. Paul road into by wild freight
at Exona Station, Tuesday night A dining-car,
sleeper and twenty freightcars were demolished
Frank E. Morrill,, of Pennington Falls, Me-, twenty
six years of age, who with twin brother max
ing Western trip, crushed to death. The pecu-
MARY loss Will be very heavy.
At New York last night, Dr. Aveling the Socialist
egtator, invited to the Manhattan Club by Mr.
Willard Brown, in return for courtesies he had
ceived from the Doctor in Europe Some of the
members of the club objected to the presence of Dr.
Aveng, and at length Mr.. Brown was informed that
he had right to introduce any such to the
of the club, aud requested to take the Doc
tor away
/ George AxteT VINO, on May 80, 1885 shot and
killed, at Deposit Broome county. New York Elias
Freeman, II. Franch and William III. Perry and who
was in Jail at Binghamton, under sentence to be
hanged, was found. on Tuesday lying in his cell in
unconscious condition and breathing heavily. The
murderer died within hour. 1t is not yet known
whether Axten took poison, whether epietic fit
ended his life
George Hercher sitting in the Green Tree Gar
den at st. Louis Tuesday evening when two ladies
ladies' and he ordered him to leave the garden Her.
cher refused co. and John Habrecht stepped up to
help the bartender put him out. Hercher met them
with knife, and the first stroke of the weapon laid
open Halbrechts left cheek He also received in
each and in the left side. the heart He
will probably die Hercher arrested and locked up.
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POrtland's First National Bank.
PORTLAND, Me-. Sept 29.-The national bauk ex-
amner to-day made report to the directors Of the