The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-17
General Gomez Wounded.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The California powder war is over, an
agreement having been effected between
the Atlantic and Pacific coast companies.
The Brooks locomotive works at Dun
kirk. n. Y. will be started up on full time
and with full force. This means work for
l,5O0 men and boys
Company. of New York city. has assigned
TO Rudolph NJ. De Leuw. The company
was Incorporated in 1896, with capital
stock of 100000.
cided to impose a license fee of 500 on ci
garette vendors. in the hope of lessening
the cigarette habit among the youths of
that city.
amount of S24 600 was paid on opium with
drawn from bond. This was one of the
biggest days receipts from this source in
the history of the custom house "a this
port.
The First National Bank of Sioux City
Ia, which suspended payment Nov. 10. 1896.
having complied with the conditions precedD
ent TO resumption and its capital stock be-
ing now unimpaired, has been permitted to
resume business.
At Lansing last night the citizens of
Michigan participated in a celebration of
the iftieth anniversary of the establish
ment of the state capitol at Lansing and
the siXtieth anniversary of the admission
of Michigan to the Union.
The cloth weavers employed in John and
James Dobson's big mill at Philadelphia
who struck about ten days ago because of
10 per cent reduction. returned to work
yesterday. "a satisfactory agreement having
been reached with MIR. Dobson.
The great Kentucky futurity of the Ken
lucky Trotting Horse Breeders Association
for foals of 1897, to trot in 1899 and 1900
closed yesterday. Three hundred and nine
teen entries have already been received and
nearly as many more are expected.
Carlo Barsotti. banker. and proprietor
of II Ilaiano Americana. an Italian daily
newspaper was arraigned i'm the Tombs
a "
in connection with his banking business
He was held under $1,000 bail for further
examination.
Charcoal the Indian murderer of Ser
geant Wilde, of the Canadian Northwest
mounted police, was hanged at Mcleod
yesterday. The Indian gave three whoops
as he neared the scaffold steps. up which
he had to be carried. owing 10 the infirmity
of his legs. He died game.
Business men of Blackburn and Usage
City. Oklahoma. towns on the Arkansas
river are building half dozen barges and
other boats. and during the rise of the river
they will ship corn to New Orleans on the
Arkansas river. They are buying corn at
from TO II cents per bushel.
Charles Rodatinsky with his wife and
baby, started from Omaha yesterday to
find new home. The family was in a
covered wagon with With, gasoline stove, Be,
and the team ran away. The occupants OF
the wagon were fatally burned.
A receiver for the Garden State National
BullQlnE ana Loan ASSOCIATION. OF Chicago
was asked for yesterday by w. r. Harris
one of its stockholders. He says the state
auditors examination of Jan p last re.
vealed that the association was insolvent
Assets are placed at S21,S4 and liabilitie.
| $2S.1l1.
The medical students of Laval University
Montreal. TO the number of about two hun.
dred besieged the Office of Les Nouvelles
the French-Canadian Sunday paper. yester
| day and threatened TO demolish IL becaus,
an article appeared rejecting upon them
| The police dispersed them before any harm
/ was done.
An autopsy has disclosed the fact tina
| Private Collie. who dropped dead wher
scuftiing with Private O'Shay. at Fort Rus
/ sell. Wyo.. recently. died Of strangulation
| In the scuffie O'Shay gave Collie an uppe
cut on the jaw which knocked him Owe
backwards and caused a big piece OF mea
! which he had in his mouth TO becom,
/ lodged in his windpipe, choking him L
| death.