The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-20
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Chief of Police Manning Crow. of Somer-
vile, n. j., was shot and perhaps fatally
wounded early yesterday while chasing a
burglar
The twenty-fve-round glove contest
booked for last night at Galveston, Tex,
between Joe Choynski and Jim Hall was de-
clared off on account of the sheriff having
cial election to elect a successor to the late
Congressman Dingley will not be held in
time to permit the successor to take his seat
before March 4.
The Fourth Ohio volunteers were paid off
at Columbus, O., yesterday by Majors Guild
and Thrift, of the United States paymaSter' 5
department, and mustered out of service 1t
required $4,000 to pay the troops.
The Philadelphia Democratic convention
yesterday nominated DR.. w. Horace Hos
kins for mayor, Frank r. Shattuck for city
solicitor and John A. Thornton for magis-
trate. The election will be held Feb. 81
Hon. Thomas McDougall, who has been
comforting with the President regarding the
national convention of manufacturers in
Cincinnati next week, last night stated that
the President would be unable to attend.
Driven to desperation by unrequited love,
Katy Clancy of St Louis, shot and wound
ed John McCaffery. a street-car conductor,
and then swallowed the contents of a bottle
of bichloride of mercury. 1t is thought both
will die.
Peter Maher, the heavyweight pugiist
has refused the offer of the LenOX Athletic
Club to make a mach with Jim Jeffries un-
less guaranteed $4,000 purse although
Jeffries, through his manager, accepted the
proposition the club made.
The annual meeting of the American Pro-
tective Tariff League was held in New York
yesterday: The report of the general secre-
tary, w. f. Wakeman, showed that the re-
ceipts of the organization for the year had
been $35,I22 and the disbursements $33,7l0
Governor Roosevelt has issued q requisi-
ton on the Governor Of Colorado for the re-
turn to New York State of Annie Drayton.
alias Big May, who is indicted in New York
for larceny and who is now under arrest in
Denver.
big freight steamer building at the
yards of the Globe Iron Works Company in
Cleveland for the Cleveland Steamship Com
pany will be named for Senator NJ. A.
Hanna. The Hanna will be $50 Ieet over all,
40 feet keel, 90 feet beam and % feet nodded
depth.
Within the past few days Cleveland and
Detroit shipbuilders have closed contracts
for four steel freight steamers, all OF the
very largest class, 1000 to 5000 tons net ca
pacity, and of about 81 100000 in aggregate
value. The cost of these modern lake
freighters is very close to quarter of a
million dollars each.
A resolution has been introduced III the
House Of the General Assembly of North
Carolina looking to the Impeachment of w
i. Norwood. judge of the Superior Court in
the Twelfth judicial district, on a charge
of drunkenness. A committee viii be ap-
pointed TO investigate the advisabiliIy of
Impeachment and report back to the House
Governor Roosevelt. of New York. has
stated that he refused 10 grant an applica-
who has served out his term in prison for
connection with the Gravesend election
frauds OF John Y. Mckane. The Governor
did not think man convicted of crimes
against the ballot box should be restored
to citizenship for some years after he had
served out his term of imprisonment.