The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-05
TELEGRAPHIC BREVlTIES.

Fred Allen and Marcus Howe were
drowned at Pembroke, Mass They. with
others, were out sailing, when gust OF
wind overturned their boat.
Frank Martin, an employee of the Kansas
City Dessicating and Refining Company,
fell into a vat Of boiling grease, at the COM
pany's works, and was boiled to death.
At Charlottesville, Mo-, Boze Wells, O
farmer, shot and killed his brother-in-law,
Henry Oliver. The tragedy occurred at a
church picnic. Cause, domestic troubles
At Iron Mountain, Mich, the bodies of
Misses Allie McGillen and Nellie McCabe,
who were drowned in the Menominee river
couple of days ago, were recovered yes
terday.
At LaPlata. Mo-. Ben Davis colored, was
taken from the officers who had him III GUS
tOdy and lynched. Davis had attempted
to outrage the wife of a young farmer III the
vicinity.
j. G. Hobbs overseer of the st. Cloud
sugar farm, of Kissimee. Fla, was shot and
killed late Saturday night by Lewis Ward,
colored, contractor on the sugar compa-
ny's cane farm, who escaped.
At New Orleans, in a row between pound
catchers and police on one side and dairy
men who have allowed their cattle to past
ure on the suburbs on the other, resulted in
the death of Steve Springer, who was as
slsting the cattle men.
At Marysville, Tenn, yesterday after
noon, James Hannum, the son of wealthy
parents. outraged the nine-year-Old daugh-
person. He was arrested, and there is
strong talk of lynching him.
Frederick Wrecker, a tanner, of York,
Pa, has disappeared after having confessed
that he had forged the name of Jacob
Reichley to notes to the amount of $500.
The notes are held by the Western City
and York County National Banks.
of MIC oaf ne
sour, died at ShacklefOrd, Mo-. yesterday,
aged seventy-slx years. Father HamilPs
service in the church covered a period of
fOrty-One years in Missouri, the most of
which time he was occupied in organizing
new churches.
water-wOrks above Louisville yesterday. a
workman dug mp a tooth of a mastodon.
1t is fourteen inches in circumference anG
five and five-eighth inches from crown to
broken end OF the root 1t weighed one
pound and fourteen ounces.
While Richard Molack, of Middleport,
Pa, was conducting some surveying opera
lions in Randolph county yesterday, he
was ambushed, shot in the back and in
stantly killed. His murderer Is not known,
but the shot is supposed to have been fired
by some squatter on the lands who was
afraid of being dispossessed.
The Chicago delegates TO the Tampa con-
ference will arrive at jacksonville. Fla, at
$50 this morning, and VIII be guests of the
local Board of Trade during the forenoon.
A Tampa special says the result of Sstur-
day nights meeting means the consumma-
ton of the plan for opening trade with
South and Central America through Tampa.
At Braintree, Mass, a female burglar,
about sixty-fve years OF age. was arrested
after q severe tussle, about II o'clock last
night, in the residence of Horace Aber-
crombie, having effected an entrance
through the bulk head. She would give no
name, but stated that she had subsisted in
the. woods on berries for the pastfew weeks,
and had no home.