The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-26
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The Pan-American tourists devoted yes
terday TO industrial sightseeing in districts
adjacent to Pttsburg.
Canon Bruchessi of Montreal who is
temporarily in Quebec has been notified
of his appointment as Archbishop of Mon
treal
Marcus DAILY, the yell known horsemap
denies that he has made any offer to Mr.
GubbinS for Galtee More, the wi1ner of the
English Derby.
A tornado struck the northern portion of
Rock Hill, Mo-, Thursday night The dam
age will amount to thousands of dollars
No lives were lost
Six and thrty-four- one-hundredths inches
of rain fell at Fort Scott, Kan, Thursday
corded by the weather observer in many
years.
The internal revenue collections in the
Peoria district for the fiscal year up to date
have been S13 69l, 412, against $12 107, 4S9 dur
ing the entire fiscal year ending June
30. 1886.
The side-wheel steamer City of Buffalo
broke the speed record for the great lakes
yesterday. She went from Cleveland to
Put-in-Bay island in two hours and fifty
five minutes, speed of p 81 miles an hour.
The Supreme Court of Ohio has decided
the joint resolution defective, in a constitu-
tional sense, which provides for a vote to
hold a constitutional convention and it
will not be voted upon at the next election
in Ohio.
The coroners inquest into the nvsteri-
Gus death of Isaac Hoffman, at San Fran
cisco, was concluded yesterday, the Jury
returning verdict to The effect that he
was murdered by some person unknown to
the jury.
George D. Miller, sixty years of age, COM
mitted suicide last evening on his wife
grave at Wakeman, o., by shooting him
spondent ever since his wife died about
eight months ago.
President d. d. Woodmansee announces
that Senator NJ. "A. Hanna will address the
national Republican League convention in
Detroit July 13. He also reports fiattering
prospects of a largely attended and en-
thusiastic convention.
]. 9. Gibson, secretary and treasurer of
the . keefe Brewing Company, of Toronto
was arrested Thursday night on a charge
OF embeZzing funds of the company His
bail was fixed at 5000. Mr.. Gibson is
prominent in club and society circles
Notices have been posted in the furnace
department at the Mingo Junction co. Iron
and Steel Company that after July l the
wages paid would be what they were in
1874, which is the price paid in this district
Notices were posted yesterday in the other
departments TO the same effect and it
means a reduction of about 10 per cent
s. d. Adams, of Great Falls. Mont; Jo-
seph Edmunds, of Helena, Mont; H. w.
Clinton, of San Francisco, and J. S. Glynn.
claiming to be from the Pacific coast are
working among the railroad men of Buff
v. Debs's Social Democracy. The delegates
claim 10 be making good progress and say
they expect to get 5000 respectable work
ingmen to leave Buffalo.
The National Boot and Shoe Workers
Union, IN convention at Boston yesterday,
after 8 brief debate and by an overwheln-
Ing vote, defeated resolution offered by
the Philadelphia local union that the Boot
and Shoe Workers Union withdraw from
atfiliation with the American Federation CT
Labor and join the Socialist Trade and La
Dor Alliance. The resignation of Treasurer
Alvin Howes was rendered, but action upon
IT was deferred.