The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-16
~ITELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Albert Crosby, who lives at the Fifth
tition in bankruptcy. with liabilities of slz2.-
UO and no assets.
At Santa Maria, Cal, yesterday, j. L.
Hamilton. a painter employed in the sugar
factory there. killed his wife by cutting
her throat. He then killed himself in the
same manner.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has de-
clared valid the $11 10000 loan agreed to by
a vote of the people at a recent election.
The loan was authorized for general public
improvements.
The trustees of the Cincinnati University
last night elected Prof: Howard Ayres; OF
of the Cincinnati University, and fixed the
salary at 5000 a year.
J. e. Degette, a wealthy young man of
Nebraska City, Neb., who attempted to COM
nit suicide in Chicago Sunday while suf-
fering from emotional insanity, was much
improved yesterday and it is thought he will
recover.
for the Ohio Centennial will begin at To-
ledo next week. The event will be cele-
brated with fitting ceremonies. The COM
rations will not be completed until Oct. l.
The cases of the United States against
the steamer Dauntless for alleged hlibuster-
ing, which were begun against the vessel
nearly three years ago, were dismissed in
the United States Court at Jacksonville,
Fla, yesterday on motion of the govern
ment.
several cOnt1cIS IN a Doll SHOP at the
Ohio penitentiary struck" Yesterday on
the ground that their daily tasks had been
increased. The ihsurrectionists were es>
corted to the cellar, padded and reduced in
grade and placed in solitary confinement for
five 10 ten days.
The ceremonies OF unwilling memoria
tablets at Fort Thomas, KY, commemorate.
ing the Sixth United States Infantry and
its former lieutenant colonel, the late Col
Harry c. Egbert, of the Twenty-second
United States Infantry. killed near Manila,
will take place July /.
The Baron and Baroness De Bar, charged
with using the United States mails for fraud
ulent purposes, when arraigned in the Fed
eral Court at Chicago yesterday, pleaded not
guilty TO each of the eleven indictments
against them. The Baroness bonds were
raised to $500 In each OF the eleven charges.
The Baron's bonds were placed at 81, c0c0.
The dead body of Mrs. Helen NJ. Stayner,
who disappeared from Milwaukee on Oct
10 last. was found on the beach of Lake
Michigan at Kenosha, Wis, yesterday. Mrs.
Stayner was a Christian scientist. and her
Mrs. Stayners husband was in FL Paso,
Tex. a practicing physician at the time.
The United States Circuit Court room in
the new government building at Detroit,
which is said to be the most elaborate
courtroom in the country was used yester-
day for the first time. Twenty-eight va
rieties OF marble are used In the finish of
the ROOM, that material covering the walls
for two-thirds of the space from the floor
TO the vaulted ceiling.
George d. Scott. for the past two years
manager of the Tarrytown. n. Y, estate
of John ID. Rockefeller, committed suicide
at Tarrytown yesterday. He shot himself
bullet passed through his head. Four years
ago Scott was injured about the head by
a trolley car in Cleveland. Sunday he was
examined by a physician, who informed
him that he was suffering from irritation of
the brain.