The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-28

Frederick w. Wurzburg, of Grand Rap
ids, Mich. has filed a trust mortgage for
$4,000, covering his entire stock of dry
goods.
A certificate of incorporation was filed at
Dover, Del, yesterday, for the Midland
Canal Company, of Fargo, n. D.; capital.
81. 000.O 900.
Julius Thompson, colored,- who killed
Gotlieb Melrose near Rantoul, III, Christ,
mas night, was arrested at Centralia and
confessed the killing.
The American Crystal Palace thorough
bred poultry and Belgian hare show opened
at Kansas City, Mo-, yesterday, with
about LOO specimens on exhibition.
H.. A. Seymour, of New York, has filed a
petition in bankruptcy. individually, and as
a member of the former brokerage firm of
Seymour. Johnson & Co., with liabilities of
$6SS, $50; assets, $l50,695.
The Rev. Jay Benson Hamilton, of
Brooklyn, yesterday confirmed a report that
he has been nominated for the presidency
of Walden University of Nashville, Tenn.
He has not yet signified his acceptance.
Joseph Pulitzer. proprietor of the New
York World, and A. C. H~armsworth, pro-
prietor of the London Daily Mail, were
passengers on board the steamer Teutonic,
which arrived at New York yesterday from
Liverpool.
w. r. Nen and Mrs. Myrtle Wright,
charged with the murder of G.. A. Barber,
of Iowa, for the purpose of securing insur-
ance on his life, were yesterday discharged
at their preliminary hearing at Pagosa
Springs, Col.
John w. Foster, formerly secretary of
state for the United States, Is IN the City
of Mexico on business for the Mexican
government for which he is legal adviser
at Washington. He was formerly American
minister to Mexico.
The first international council of Grand
Masons, colored. met yesterday in the
Jacksonville. Fla, Masonic Temple, with
colored Masonic dignitaries present from all
parts of the world. The sessions will con-
tinue until next Monday.
In a runaway accident. at Flint. Mich.
yesterday, DR.. George w. Rowland was
killed. and G. III. Quigley, a prominent BUSH
ness man, fatally injured. The men were
driving when the horse took fright and ran
away. overturning the buggy.
The steamer reported ashore south of
Miami, Fla. is the Homerick, of Baltimore,
laden with coal for Mexico. Wreckers have
contracted to float the vessel for $1,000. She
is on the reefs near Caesars creek,
twenty-eight miles south of Miami.
William Bonnor, of Liverpool. will on Jan.
/ become vice president and general mar
ager of the Thomas J.. Upton Company,
with headquarters in Chicago. Mr.. Bon
nor at present is the general manager Of
the Upton Company in Liverpool.
The Right Rev. Bishop McFaul and Vicar
General Fox. of Trenton, with clergymen
from different parts of the State, officiated
at ST. Joseph's Convent of Mercy at Bor-
dentown, n. j., yesterday, when twelve
young women professed and received the
white veil.
Frank Davis. Buck Caldwell. Estepp
Morgan and Richard Davis fell out at a
dance at Walnut Hills, Ky, and a fight en-
sued. Fifty shots were fired. Frank Davis
was killed. Morgan and Dick Davis were
MORALLY wounded and Caldwell was slight
ly wounded.
The sum of S293 in silver dollars was TAX
en- to the leper settlement at Holokai, Ha-
wall, on Dec. Is, being one dollar for each
leper as a Christmas gift from the people
of Honolulu. The money was produced from
the annual concert for the benefit of the
unfortunates.
Currier e. Bunker who did business as
stock brokers at No. q Park Row, New
York, made an assignment yesterday for
Bonyge. The senior member of the firm,
Israel l.. Currier, was a member Of the
Consolidated Exchange.
Refusing to disclose the names Of the
men who attempted to STAY him, John Gar
vorsio. an Italian, lies dying at his home
in Chicago. The case is the most mysteri-
Gus Italian crime that has come to the
police, and it is said to bear every evil
dence OF a vendetta.
A bequest of slOO. 900 has been placed in
the hands of the directors of the New Jer-
sew Training School for Predetermined Chill
dren at vineland by Thomas II. Winter,
executor of the Markham estate. The legacy
will pay off all obligations and give the in
stitution a cash balance of about 100000.
The $500 employees of the Lehigh Valley
Coal Company at the Heidelberg, Dorrance,
Prospect and Franklin collieries, near Pitts
ton. Pa, resumed work yesterday, after
being on strike since last Friday because
they were not receiving their pay semi
monthly. An agreement with the company
was reached.
Wy rxyap Jacf,,ral OF Ahi1ana Kan
last night for the benefit of the city library
fund, having an audience of about COO. His
topic was 1.-THE Ancient Landmarks and
he discussed taxation, trusts. the money
question and Imperialism from a Demo-
cratic standpoint. He left later for Sal
weston, Tex.
Rev. Father John Weig, a Catholic mis-
sionary who went through the recent Boxer
troubles In China and escaped after a series
of desperate experiences, is in San Fran
cisco, on his way to his former home In
Bavaria. He was stationed in southern
Shan-Tung, and sixty native villages were
under his charge.
The failure Of the banking firm of Fran
cisco, Martinez, Negrete & Sons, of
Guadalajara, has created a sensation in the
City OF Mexico, where the firm has for
many years been identified with its bust
ness developments. The liabilities of the
firm are 81. 100000. The failure is due 10
financial stringency.
Ephraim Noble, a son, Alex. Arbough, a
son-in-law, and two grandsons were ar
rested at ~Ironton, o., yesterday, charged
with the murder of George w. Noble. The
murder of Noble occurred last August. He
was beaten TO death with clubs. He was a
wealthy stockman, for the murder Of
whom a reward of $500 had been offered.
1t is now thought that the suicide, at
Honolulu, of the American scout, Frank
Bennett, was due to remorse on hearing
OF the death by poisoning of Miss Clara
Schneider, and that her death was also by
suicide, for which Bennett held himself re-
sponsible. A searching Investigation by the
police failed TO bring forward any proof
that Bennett gave her the poison.
The New York Times says this morning
that the North American Company, which
has been one of the conspicuous financiering
companies of Wall street, has passed into
the control of j. p. Morgan, and is to be
used by him TO further the great coal deal,
known to the street as 1.-The coal trust" of
which the acquiring of the Pennsylvania
Coal Company was the initial step.
A new steamship service is TO be estab-
lished from New York to South African
ports and Calcutta by the Deutsche Damp
schiffahrtS GeSelschaf Hansa. the new serv-
ice to be known as the Hansa service. The
Hansa lines include at present some thirty
five vessels, which ply between Hamburg
and Antwerp. and Colombo, Madras, Cal
cutta. Bombay, Karachi and Rangoon.
The United States training ship Adams,
which is one of the vessels which trained
her guns on the city of Honolulu during the
days of the provincial government, arrived
at Honolulu, Dec. Is. on her first visit since
annexation. She is on a cruise from San
Diego. with 125 naval apprentices on board.