The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07
TELEGRAPHIC BREYITIEs.

The coroner's jury at Lacrosse, Wis, charges
| Albert Kennel with the murder of Anna Dannel,
a prostitute.
The safe in g. a. Smith s. Co.'S saloon, at
Detroit, Mimi, was blown open at an early hour
yesterday morning and about 800 secured.
Calhoun county. Michigan, voted on the sub
ject of local option yesterday, and the dry
element has majority of about 3, 600.
A plot to entrap young women for the dives
of northern Wisconsin has been discovered at
Eau Claire, Wis, and the members of the con-
spring gang have been spotted Arrests are
looked for.
Israel Lucas, the abscondng treasurer of
Auelaize county. Ohio. and his wife. were
brought before police maeistrate at Toronto.
Ont, yesterday. charged with bringing stolen
money into Canada. They pleaded not guilty,
and were remanded until to-day. Witnesses
from Ohio were expected to arrive last night
The timbers supporting second-story addi-
ton to Chambers's planning mill. in Allegheny
City, gave way yesterday morning. and five men
were buried in the debris. Patrick Conroy was
cut and bruised, but were not seriously hurt.
The damage to tho mill will not exceed 81. 900.
Two of the Terry boys are lodged in the Jail
at Greenville, Ark, on charge of murder
They belong to the Terry family which was
concerned in the recent bloody sfeud in Stone
county, and their friends have threatened to
break in the Jail and release them. heavy
guard has been placed about the jail by the au-
thorites.
dynamite explosion at the works of the
Hancock Chemical Company. near Hancock.
No. packne-house. and blew down No /, ad-
joining. Three men, J. A. Almond. John Olson
and Adam Ytsis, were instantly killed by the
explosion, which was of terrific force. The
cause is unknown.
VIII Summervile. of Memphis, Tenn. an eigh-
teen-year-old boy was killed Sunday night by
contact with an electric light wire. One of the
Brush lights was on the ground, and a lot OF
boys were having fun wit it by touching it and
being shocked. Summerville touch cd it with
piece OF hoop-iron and was killed almost in
stantly by the shock.
Miss Laura Dennis, young lady who ran
away from her homo in Chicago to become an
actress. and who was rem anded in tho jefferson
Market police court at New York, on Sunday,
Miss Dennis evidently promised to return to her
fathers care Judge White discharged her,
but neither Mr.. Dennis nor bis daughte would
have word to say in connection with tho lat
ter's within.
T. L. Burford, wealthy farmer OF Pettis
county Mo-, died recently, disinheriting two of
his sons, and bequeathing his money to two
other sons. The will was contested aud, yester-
day, when tho will was produced IN the Probate
Court it was found that the lower part of the
document had been torn of. The legatees
claimed that mice had nibbled off the signatures,
etc, but the judge decided that the will was
void and an equal division Of the estate will be
made.
Miss Louise Royce, of Norfolk. Neb. school
teacher, three of whose pupils died in her arms
during the recent blizzard. win lose both feet
and portion OF one arm. Nearly 81. 900 has
already been contributed to the fund for the
teachers. Miss Freeman Miss Royce and Miss
Shattuck; the latter lost both her lower limbs.
Over So 900 OF this amount GOES to Miss Shat
tuck. The indications are that this fund will
reach between $1,000 and $4,000 within the
next ten days.
r. L. Spencer, OF Chicago. book-keeper by
profession. and formerly auditor of the Ameri-
can Exchange Company, made an attempt to
end his life yesterday. by taking some lauda-
mum and stabbing himself with pocket-knife.
Mr. Spencer said that he had been unable for
four months ind. work He taken to the
county hospital. where his wound was pro-
nounced not dangerous, as it had missed the
Jugular vein. Spencer IL sxty-one years OF age,
and was born in Brockporf N Y.