The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-09
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The Minneapolis Board of Education has
decided to close the schools in Minneapolis
March l. 1898, because it has no money and
no legal right to borrow
The Marquis Villamejor, member of the
Senate, has written to Senior Sagasta, the
premier, offering G10O00 $3.50 000) TO start a
national subscription for the increase of the
fleet
The GAINESVILLE, o., Street-railway and
Electric Company went into the hands Of
William Christie, receiver. yesterday. The
bonded Indebtedness is 100000 and the float
ing debt $i5,..v.
John Thomaschuetz, convicted of killing
his sweetheart, Miss Annie Rausch, has
been sentenced by Judge Zachritz, of the
Criminal Court, at st. Louis, to be hanged
on Jan. II next.
Mynatt Lynch was hanged at Clinton.
Anderson county, Tennessee, yesterday for
the murder of ]. d. Heck, superintendent
of the Royal Coal and Coke Company, Of
Coal Creek, on Feb. II last
The Commercial Gable Company has sent
out the following notice: I'VE are advised
that the Chinese authorities give notice of
the closing of the telegraph office at Kiao-
chau, in the province of Shan-Tung."
George H. Pullman, for the past three
years associated with the American Ma
tional Red Cross Society, has resigned his
connection with that organization, other
engagements demanding his entire time.
Roy Erickson, a maker of wicker baskets,
was murdered at Sioux Falls, S. D., Tues
day night. William West, whose daughter
Erickson was accused of having ruined, and
lanes SA"AA oA4etA WSAO al AColCO AOA tlAC
crime.
Michael Spangler, of Denver who was
terribly crushed Tuesday when being hoist
ed in the shaft of the Crown Point mine,
near Idaho Springs, of which he is receiver,
is not dead, as reported, but no hope of his
recovery is entertained.
Governor Black, of New York, has made
a requisition on the Governor of Ohio for
the extradition of Samuel Jacobs, who is
under arrest in Cleveland, having been in
dicted in New York city for defrauding
oil nf
gold-dust scheme.
The United States steamer Algonquin,
which was built for the revenue cutter serv-
ice a e, on the lakes, was launched yesterday
at Cleveland. The Algonquin is duplicate
of the Gresham. AS she slipped into the
water Miss May Childs broke a bottle of
champagne across the bow.
John Harlong, an aged farmer, who was
tortured and robbed of $500 by three masked
men at Greentown, O., last Thursday night,
died yesterday. Harlong was eighty-seven
years old. His principal wound was a deep
cut on the head made by an iron wedge.
There is no clew to the murderers.
George w. Vanderbilt, bound on a tour OF
the American liner St. Paul. which sailed
from New York for Southampton. 1t is
lis intention to visit India a hunting
B. Osgood Field, his friend, accompanied
him.
j. Havelock Wilson, NJ. p, and Edward
Hartford, representing the British Trades
congress of the American Federation Of
Labor to be held at Nashville Tenn, soon,
arrived at New York yesterday from Liver
pool. They were met by delegation OF
labor men.
The Kansas City Transportation Bureau.
at special meeting yesterday, voted unan-
imously to oppose in every legitimate man
ner the passage of any railway pooling
measure by the present Congress. w. r;
Trickett. the bureaus trafflc manager, will
go to Washington as spokesman for the
kansas City shipping interests
At Detroit yesterday Frank Fadellin was
found guilty of murder in the first degree
and was sentenced to Imprisonment in the
Jackson penitentiary for life Fadellin shot
his son Frank the night of Sept. IS because
his wife and son would not admit him to the
house he having failed for some time
previously to support his family.
The fight which has been going on between
the Ogden Gas Company and the Chicago
Gas Company has. it is said, been adjusted.
mains to the West and South Sides of Chi
cago The Chicago Company. in return,
will no longer resist the extension of the
Ogden mains on the North Side.
The epidemic of measles in Springfield,
o., is admittedly beyond control A total
of 1873 cases have been reported in the last
six weeks. Quarantine has been decided
useless because CT negligence of parents
ana physicians in not reporting cases, and
has been abolished. OF all the cases re-
ported, however there has been but one
death.
Miss Frances E. Willard. as president OF
the Worlds w. c. II. u. has accepted the
resignation of Mrs. Josephine Butler as SUI
perintendent of the purity department.
Leaders of the movement say that after
the clear and explicit statements made in
the recent resolution at Toronto, and in the
presidents annual address, ii would be USE
less to endeaVor to express with greater
clearness the opposition of white ribbon
women everywhere 10 any form of license
involving social vice.