The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-17

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III the project it is said, have S50,0OO,OOO of
capital guaranteed
The Rt Rev. u. c. Grafton, bishop of
Fond du Lac, Wis, says he will support
the divorce canons at the conference of the
Episcopal Church, which meets In san
Francisco next October.
Joseph Bush and Maurice Shea, both of
Brooklyn, are locked UP at New York po-
lice headquarters, charged with the theft
OF 600 pounds of opium from the warehouse
of Lawrence, Son q GerriSh.
The ore reduction mills at Florence, Col.
have announced a cut in the wages of la
borers and carpenters and an increase In
the number of working hours. Labor cir
Giles are much excited over the matter.
In the United States District Court at
Chicago yesterday John r. Roney pleaded
guilty to charges of extensive frauds in the
sale of Oleomargarine. Roney has been
conducting a lucrative business for years.
One of the big cannon taken from the
Spanish warship Viscaya, which was do
mated to the city of Detroit by the War
Square late yesterday in the presence of
thousands.
Edward F. Uhl, of Grand Rapids, Mich,
ambassador to Germany under President
Cleveland is much improved from an at
tack OF pleurisy, from which he suffered
on Thursday. There is slight indication of
congestion of the lower right lung.
The steel billet pool has decided that
all sales made shall be reported TO the sec
rotary of the association. who has not yet
been chosen. He will send the order to
the mill nearest the place of delivery and
the steel will be delivered at the prices
fixed by the pool.
Presley E. Hay, a former county clerk
and who left Findlay, o.. has returned.
His brother, WILDER Ewing Hay, from Osh-
kosh, Wis, is in Findlay, and efforts are
being made to settle matters without re-
sort TO the courts.
The 300 men and boys employed at the
Colbert colliery. at Shamokin, Pa, who
went on a strike Monday because several
of the mine workers were discharged for
attending a funeral returned to work yes
terday. The company reinstated the dis
charged employees.
McAllister, Campbell, Death and Kerr.
accused of causing the death of Jennie
Bosschieter, in Paterson, n. j., last month,
by administering drug, were arraigned
before Supreme Judge Dixon in Paterson,
yesterday. They all pleaded not guilty.
The trial was set for Jan. a. ~ snaf
While the casing being pulled from
ar oil well at Temperanceville, o.. yester-
Gay the derrick fell and killed john Taylor
and Philip Bolton. of that place. Several
others were injured Tom CoveH, of
GAINESVILLE, who had a leg broken, was
the most seriously hurt
The strike at Coke Bros. & Co.'S Beaver
Meadow colliery, near HaZleton, Pa, which
v,
yesterday, and the men are back at work.
The mine workers claimed that the COM
pany was violating the agreement by which
the last strike was declared off,
The manufacturers of plates who formed
an agreement recently have issued their
revised prices, embracing the increase or
dered at the New York meeting last week.
The new price on tank plate is $1.35 per
hundred pounds for steel over one-auarter
inch and S1.4O for tank plate above that
thickness,
The preliminary trial of the new torpedo
boat Stockton was held yesterday, on the
Barren-island measured mile course. off
the Patuxent river. All the machinery
worked without hitch, and the members
expressed themselves as very well satisfied
with the actions of the new warship.
Four burglars battered down the doors
to the residence of Jacob Braemier. near
Sandusky, o., knocked the aged couple
down and treated them so roughly as to
seriously injure both of them. and at the
muzzle of a revolver forced them to dis
close the hiding place of their money. Over
500 was secured.
Under General Order Isl the army de-
partment of Eastern Cuba was discontinued
yesterday. Colonel Whiteside, in his final
orders relinquishing the command of the
department, expressed his satisfaction at
the soldierly conduct of the troops, of
ficers and men, and their faithfulness in
the performance Of duty.
The annual fat stock show at the Pitts
burg stockyards opened yesterday, with
over 1000 prize specimens of live stock
on exhibition from all parts of the coun-
try. The exhibition will last four DAYS
Large Delegates of stock men from In
dianapolis, Cincinnati. Louisville and other
points are in attendance.
Charles F. Jones, valet of the late mil
lionaire William Rice, who. with LAWYER
Patrick. has been in the Tombs at New
York for four weeks, charged with for
gerry, was yesterday taken before Recorder
Golf, and, on motion of the district attor-
ney, committed to the House of Detention.
His bond was fixed at $1,000
Thomas b. Reynolds, salesman employed
by the Whiting Paper Company. of New
York city, filed a petition in bankruptcy
yesterday with liabilities incurred in vari-
Gus parts of the United States, amounting
to Si49 COS; no assets. The liabilities con-
sist of notes and bills which REYNOLDS
claims ought 10 be paid by other parties
Peabody Museum, Yale University. has
received from London an important collee-
ton of Egyptian antiquities presented to
Yale by the Connecticut members of the
American Archaeological Association. The
relies were found in excavations made in
Abydon. by the Egyptian Exploration
Fund Association, and have been on ex-
hibition in London
The Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railway
Company yesterday advanced the price Of
No foundry iron p cents per ton, max
ing an advance of 81 per ton on the grade
since the presidential election. Orders for
more than the entire output OF the furnaces
of the company have been booked since
Nov !, while many inquiries have been re-
ceived with view of purchasing.
Mgr T. ]. Capel has been bequeathed by
the late Lord Butte, of England, an in
come of 500 per year for the rest of his
life. In Lord Beaconsfields most popular
novel "Lothair," Mgr Capel is portrayed
under the name of Monsignor Catesby
Lord Butte himself figuring in the work as
Lothair. For several years Mgr. Capel
has been living in retirement at Arno. Cal.
b. F.. Clafiin & Co. of New York one of
the largest wholesale dry goods concerns
I'm the world, is about TO Openly embark in
the retail business. j. Il. Clafin, presi-
dent of the corporation, having just con-
summated a deal by which he gains a con-
trolling interest In the James McCreery &
Co. dry goods store. II is announced how
ever that the firm name of James Nc
Creery & Co. will not be changed.
Proceedings in the Gaynor conspiracy
case were practically suspended at New
York yesterday, when the case came up
before United States Commissioner Shields.
and the defense rested the case The mat
ter was adjourned until Monday. when