The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-08

been compelled to discontinue the duties of
his office. and is undergoing treatment in
a sanitarium in Kenosha, Wis. He is con-
sidered seriously i'll.
At Wichita, Kan, yesterday, in the mid
die of an after-dinner talk with a party
of friends, Miss Maud Kauschman, aged
seventeen, shot herself through the heart.
after saying to a little sister: Tell man.
ma 1 am going away forever"
Negotiations for a consolidation of manu-
~facturerS of dry colors In this country,
which were first taken up some time ago.
nave been renewed, and a meeting has been
called for Dec. 20 at New York to consider
the matter Of perfecting plans.
August Anderson and Charles Massman.
laborers, were instantly killed in South
Chicago yesterday by the collapse Of a
were repairing a furnace belonging to the
Illinois Steel Company's plant.
Admiral Kautz received orders at San
Francisco, Cal, yesterday to sail without
with. instructions preparations are being
hurriedly mad for both the Iowa and
Philadelphia to leave that port to-day.
The Illinois Supreme Court has denied a
petition for a rehearing in the case Of
former Banker e. s. Dreyer, who was con-
victed last March Of the embezzlement Of
SIG, coo of the funds of the West Chicago
Park Board. of which he was treasurer.
An American bank with a capital of
about S 5000, OOo, of which a third is paid up,
has been organized in Rotterdam, accord
ing to Vice Consul General Hanauer at
Frankfort. Germany. The institution has
for its aim the advancement of American
trade.
One of the bandits who Dbl the Iron
Mountain Railroad express car. near Gif-
ford, Ark. on the night of Nov. p. is in
jail at Warren, Ark, while the other two
are surrounded in a swamp in Louisiana,
near the Arkansas line, and will likely
be captured.
Colonel Mills, Of West Point. is conduct
ing a personal Investigation bearing upon
the alleged hazing of the late Oscar l..
BooZ, who was cadet at the Military Acad-
envy in 1898 and whose death last Monday
IL attributed to the injuries he received
curing such haZing.
Five persons came near meeting death
from a mysterious poisoning at Ashland,
KY, yesterday. Mrs. Beatty, her son and
niece, Mrs. Nora Dunn and son, who were
taking dinner with them, were the victims.
Prompt and heroic action by physicians
saved their lives. The affair is a mystery.
Representative Fitzgerald, of Massachu-
sets, yesterday introduced a resolution re-
citing the reports of an understanding by
which the government Of Turkey would
pay claims through the purchase OF a war
ship in this country and directing the COM
mittee on foreign affairs to make inquiry
as to the facts.
Republicans of New York have decided TO
ask the Legislature for a law reorganizing
the police system of New York city. Sena-
tor Platt says there will be a single
headed commission. to be appointed by the
mayor, but to the Governor viii be given
the power to remove the COMMISSIONS
without charges.
An application by Rudyard Kipling for an
injunction TO restrain r. +. Fenno & Co.
publishers, from further publication or sale
OF two editions of the authors work re-
Gently put upon the market by that firm
came up before Judge Lacombe yesterday
In the United States Circuit Court at New
York. Decision was reserved.
The preliminary or qualifying series OF
games of the Glass B tournament at bill
the Knickerbocker Athletic Club. New
York. was finished last night and of the
three groups Messrs. Schmitt. Of Chicago.
Billitter, of Minneapolis. and Paige, Of
Boston, remain in for finals.
A model lodging house along the lines
mapped out by Mayor Harrison for a mu-
nicipal lodging house, for the temporary
acc~ommodation of the worthy poor OF Chi
cago. is to be built and operated by the
Chicago Aid and Relief Society. II is esti-
mated that the lot and construction of
the building will cost in the neighborhood
OF $4,000.
forbidding the sailing of transports from
San Francisco on Sunday hereafter. In
accordance with this rule the Logan, which
VIII carry troops. Will sail on Dec Is. In
and passengers. will be dispatched on the
18th. The Hancock, due to arrive soon,
VIII sail on Jan. i.
Owen Squire, eighteen years of age. who
was convicted last week of manslaughter
in the second degree for the killing of Liz
zie Hiergesill. has been sentenced by Judge
Moore. in the Queens County Court. Long
Island City, N. Y. to only four months i'm
the county jail. Many women from Rich
mond Hill pleaded for clemency. believing
the boys story that the shooting was
purely accidental.
Four of the men indicted for rioting at
L.. ~ L..~I
Wheeler. Arthur Sprague and Lew Nigh.
pleaded guilty yesterday and were sem
fenced 10 thirty days each In the work
house. Frank Bison. convicted by a jury.
was sent To the Refornatory on an indie
terminate sentence Eighteen in all of the
rioters have now been convicted and sem
fenced.
Inc Nationai W. I. ". convention
Most OF the day was devoted to superin-