The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-14
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The California Athletic Club has decided
on June 2S for the Goddard McAuliffe light
Goddard expects 10 begin training about
Tuesday next
Ito the Governor will show that during the
season Just closed 5. 354, $50 bushels of oys-
fers were measured.
William Coons. farmer near Prescott,
Neb.. returned home Thursday night to
IND his wife and little girl murdered.
nephew Is suspected. He has disappeared.
Governor Flower. OF New York. has COM
muted to lmprisOnment for life the sem
fence of Henry T.. Tanning who was to
have been electrocuted at Sing Sing prison
next week.
r. O. " heeIer. q prominent architect of
Ogden. L. T.. has been arrested on charge
of embeZzling $4,000. The money was to
be used for building purposes. and It said
he appropriated It TO his own use.
The Confederate Soldiers Homo at the
Hermitage. Nashville. Tenn, was formally
opened Thursday. The main building of
the institution is now completed. and will
provide home for l25 disabled veterans.
Manager Charles L. Locke. of the Juch
Opera Company, which is ut San Fran
cisco. has issued notice 10 the members of
the company that the opera season may be
considered closed so far as the company is
concerned.
In the United States Court in Coving-
ton, KY, attorney Wilbur G. Benton. o
u.
guilty of charging 500 for securing a pen
sion for widow. Mrs. Charles Wieskettle,
OF Newport
Fred w. Smith. stock clerk for a big
1eweiry house at Chicago, is under arrest.
charged with the larceny of q large amount
of jewelry and diamonds. RIotous living
and lavish eX peBditures on IN actress are
the cause of his downfall
A te-up of the four important street car
lines OF the East Cleveland co. Railroad
a
mand n working day of ten hours ana open
1ngs cut In the dash-bOards of the cars for
safety of the conductors IN passing from
one car TO another
The bridge celebration at Memphis cul-
minated. last night. IN grand pyrO:eeh-
mic display, which illuminated the sky in
the yariegated eolors OF the rainbow, and
was visible up aud down the Mississippi
Tor q score OF miles. banquet was also
gwen. at which Senator Voorhees, spoke.
Lucius ID. Polk. well known in sporting
circles. has applied for the benefit OF the
Insolvency laws at Baltimore. Dir. Polk
was long time president of the Harlem
stage Company. and has since operated n
Law Office. The schedule disclOses that he
has absolutely no assets, while his liabiii-
ties amount 10 Sl3l .6iS.
The Alphonus Catholic Church, of Be,ti-
more, Md. IL To have the largest and finest
set OF church chimes IN America. and per-
hsps the largest IN the world. There will
be fifteen hollis In the chimes. the largest
three nine hundred pounds IN weight and
the smallest twenty-five pounds, the others
ranging In regular scale.
Edward Lehmer. general store keeper.
OF Perrysyille. Pa, not finding his wife at
home yesterday afternoon. went To his
sister -iu-law's. Mrs. Rapp. and. finding his
wife there. shot her and Mrs. Rapp and
then committed suicide. The women were
not seriously wounded. Zehmer recently
net with financial reyerses. and thea tened
his wife that II she left him he would kill
her.