The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-01
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITlES.

George H. Meyers. formerly a New York
b bank Liabiliiies. sss.eso; no assets.
Lorenz Weber, formerly an extensive
builder. has filed a petition of bankruptcy
at New York. Liabilities. $2oo,00S; no assets.
Mrs. Nellie Eggett has been arrested, at
Eaton, Wis. charged with numbering her
husband, Thomas Eggett, by giving him
poison. At Is said that Eggett was the
woman's third husband and are all dead
The Soldiers of Fortune" IL in number.
en- route from Kansas City 10 New Orleans,
left Memphis at s O'Clock last night. The
original destination was Mobile. but this was
changed owing 10 the publicity the expedi-
The mayor of Hope, Ark, states that the
negro who assaulted a white woman at that
place Monday afternoon has not. been
lynched- The officers prevented any Vloisnce
being done 10 the culprit last night and he
is now in prison
A suit instituted at Hot Springs. Ark. by
Col. William McGuygan, a ~well-known
phis. for 5000 damages for Islander, Was
compromised yesterday and settled out OF
court. The terms of the compromise are
private.
At a meeting OF the executive committee
of the Democratic state committee or Mas
sachusetts last night, Hon. George Fred
Williams was chosen the M~assachusetts
member of the national committee IN pace
of John w. Corcorar. who was removed at
the state convention asst fall
John Berry, president of the Berry Candy
Company, of Chieagoi has FL fled % a Petinoa
$4,000 property. 1t Is said the peution VIII
not affect the interests of the Berry COM
pany, as the petitioner seeks RELIEF only
on his individual Indebtedness
During a fire in an apartment house, on
Columbia avenue, New York. yesterday.
Mary f. Prouty. n widow, was Instantly
killed by jumping 10 the ground from hes
apartments on the fifth floor. Richard
Hyde. a fireman, was slightly injured py
falling three stories from a fire escape.
The American Brewing Company. OF Chi
cago. yesterday went into the hands OF a
receiver as a result OF complications grow
ing out of the Dreyer bank failure a year
ago. The Indebtedness of the brewing com
pany is S1Co. 600, in notes and open accounts,
and $4,000 covered by the company bonds.
The jackson & Wooden Manufacturing
Company, of Berwick, Pa, has been pur-
chased by the Federal Steel COMPANY Tor
81 AG 0a. The Jackson * Wooden company
IS the largest steel car manufacturing plant
east of Pittsburg, and is said TO be the oniy
one owned by the trust east OF the ONO
river.
AT a meeting of the carpenter unions Of
Cleveland II has been decided TO declare a
strike. to take effect April j. unless wages
hat date. liz is stated that 1000 men VIII
Law down their tools on that date unless
their demands are complied Win py the
contractors.
Georgia. has arrested three white men, j.
ID. Douglass, jr., w. X. ana J.
A. Gassett, and two negroes, simon Butter
and AFTER Boynton. charged with the mnr.
der of ALT and Fannie Boynton, near fort
Gaines. Ga. on Feb. 9. last. The Boyntons
We're called TO the door Of their house at
midnight and shot
The men of the Eighth volunteer immune
Regiment who have been az Chickamauga
for five months. are now being mustered
ont. The mastering officers will complete
their work by the last OF the week ana me
ma iority of the men will get away Sunday
and Monday. The mastering out OF this
regiment will leave the extensive govern
ment properties at Chickamauga unguaroeo-
William Morgan. president Of the Massil-
lon 0OD Miners Union. has issued a call Tor
a convention March Il. He says that under
no condition will the miners OF that distrlct
accent one cent less than the present price.
which was agreed on for another year Dy
the Interstate convention, at which the
Hooking valley was not represented. We
are prepared for a long and bitter strug-
gle" he said, Ito retain what We have
gained"