The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-17
T%ELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
The cruiser New Orleans has arrived at

The cruiser New Orleans has arrived at
New Orleans.
The committee of the Prussian Diet has
rejected the canal bill by a vote OF IL TO il.
The annual convention of the American
Foundrymen's Association is In session at
Pittsburg.
The steamers from New York on sailing
Wednesday for Europe will take out 4S''"W
ounces OF silver.
The directors of the American Linseed
Oil Company have declared a dividend OF ia
per cent. on preferred stock.
.To-day's statement Of the condition of the
treasury shows: Available cash oaiances
500, 425, 919: gold reserve, $23l, OoS.VU.
C. Oliver Iselin said yesterday that 1t has
been decided to launch the Columbia. the
new Americas cup defender, on June s.
Over two hundred Baptists from Chicago
and Eastern points left Chicago last night
for San Francisco to attend the Baptist an
niversarieS.
The fifteenth annual session Of the Ameri-
can water works convention opened at Co
lumbus, O., yesterday, and will continue
during the remainder OF the week.
The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the
National Conference of Charities and Cor
~rections will open in Cincinnati this even
ing at the Odd Fellows auditorium
DR.. Howard Ayres. professor Of biology
in the University of Missouri. has accepted
the presidency of the University OF Clnch-
natl. which has just been rendered hin.
James Brumm. aged forty. a well-known
| StCck-Duyer, living near DlmOnQdle. MICH,
shot and killed his sweetheart. Mollie Flag
Ter, aged twenty-five, yesterday. Jealousy.
N~orwegians of Chicago will celebrate their
country's Independence day with a demon
stration at the Auditorium tonight VIII
liam Jennings Bryan is to be tho principal
speaker.
Bertha Beilstein. who was tried for the
murder of her mother. at Pittsburg. last
insanity. was placed in Dixmont Insane
Asylum yesterday by order OF the court.
At a meeting of over four thousand Ger
man-Americans at Boston last night reso-
lutions were adopted denunciatory OF ef-
forts lately made tending to create a hostile
| spirit between the United States and Ger
many.
Sheriff Ed Coleman, of Washington coun-
~, was shot and instantly killed at Hollen-
berg, Kan, yesterday, by William Hoxle,
whom he was attempting to arrest. In the
encounter Hoxie was fatally shot through
the bowels.
The engineers and conductors Of the
trains wrecked on the Reading Railway at
Exeter, Pa, Friday night, have been laid
off. as we'll as Dispatcher Jas. j. Rourke.
who sent the orders to the men in the
| signal towers for the display of signals.
Noah H. Swain, Of Toledo, has announced
his candidacy for Governor of Ohio and
at a meeting of Republicans held last night
he was assured a solid delegation from his
home county. Resolutions were adopted in
dorsing President McKinley's administra-
| ton.
l Inc supreme court Oh OutO ycStc1 Jay suo
tained the validity of the contract for the
$1,000, 900 water works at Cincinnati. and al
distractions to the improvement are now
removed. The suit to test the validity oil
the contract was brought by William NJ
| Ampt, a taxpayer.
The plant of the Ohio vitrifed Pipe Com
pany, at Lisbon, o.. one of the largest and
sheriff's sale to John H. Long and III. x.
Brown. of New York. They are thought 10
represent the new sewer pipe trust. The
consideration was $l05,O0.
The cattlemen Of western Oklahoma are
organizing a boycott on Kansas City and
threaten to ship all of their cattle to Chi
cago and South Omaha because of the re-
board in requiring inspection of all Okla
homa cattle entering the State.
The commercial bodies of ST. Paul last
night rendered a banquet to United States
Senator Cushman K. Davis and Congress-
man F. c. Stevens, both of whom are resi-
dents Of that city. Prominent citizens of st.
| Paul and a number of politicians from other
parts of the State were in attendance.
z. F. Bogert, formerly postmaster of
pended from office three months ago,
charged with tampering with the mails,
was arrested again yesterday, this time on
the charge of embezZling money belonging
to the government. He was held in 81. 500
bail by United States Commissioner Hahn.
H. r. Hatch & Co, one of the creditors
Of former Common Pleas Judge Walter c
Ong. of Cleveland, who became a voluntary
bankrupt some time since. with liabilities
amounting 10 about $4,000, filed a petition
in the United States District Court yester-
day opposing his discharge from bank
ruptcy. Judge Ong is accused while a bank.
rupt of frauduiently concealing property
4 from fha frl1cfeoS Of the crodifnrS