The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-26
BREvITIES.

Rev. Father Moeller. vice chancellor of
the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, has formal
ly accepted the appointment as Bishop of
Columbus.
John F. Whitelaw, president of the Ma
tional City Bank, of Cleveland, has been
elected president of the Cleveland, Lorain
&c Wheeling Railway Company.
The failure of Dennis Perkins &c Co., of
No. 125 South street. was announced on
the New York Cotton Exchange yesterday.
The failure is a small one and had little eff
feet on the market.
The trial of the defendants in the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit Company conspiracy
case began yesterday at New York before
Justice Fursman in the criminal branch
of the Supreme Court.
Every department of the Illinois Steel
Company at Joliet, ILL.,, is running except
one blast furnace, and $500 men are at
work. The converter, employing six hum
dred men, resumed operations yesterday.
Three white men and one negro were
seriously injured yesterday by an explosion
at the Mecklenberg iron works in Char
lotte. n. C.. TIL injured are: A Frazier,
w. W.. Senelag, o. Bell and a negro work.
man.
Mrs. Jacob w. Clute. wife of former
Mayor Clute, and Mrs. f. Il. Rogers. wife
Of a Providence, r. l., physician, were al
most instantly killed at Schenectady. N Y,
last night as the result of a runaway ac-
cident.
a w WOAA1h tao
one man, were found dead beside the track
OF the L. & N. in Nashville yesterday. 1t
is supposed they stepped from one track
to another TO avoid a train and were struck
by another passing train.
A letter has been received by the Chat
tanooga News from COMMISSIONS of Pen
sions Evans, I'm which he denies the story
published several. days age to the effect
that he would resign as pension commits
sioner and run for Congress.
A big steel plant at Columbus, O., which
was shut down a week ago, has resumed
operations with a full force. AT the time
of the suspension 1t was said TO be on ac-
count of strikes in the West which pre-
vented the acceptance of material turned
out on orders.
Captain William L. Sibert, United States
engineer, now at Willetts Point, Long
island. has been ordered to take charge of
ments around the Ohio Falls. to succeed
Capt. George linn, who has been assigned
to duty in the Philippine islands.
Edward Gregg and wife were arrested
yesterday at Moundsville, w. Va, by the
Humane Society officer on the charge of
murder. The case is one without precedent
in West Virginia. the allegation being that
the pair was ordered to provide medicine
for q sick child, which was not done, and
the child died.
]. III. Johnson, United States pension
agent at Memphis, Tenn, was arrested
yesterday on a warrant issued from the
United States court, charging him with
unlawfully obtaining $500 from an old coll
ored woman. who had collected pension
money on behalf of her son. Johnson
claimed he borrowed the sum.
Brigadier General Wheeler assumed COM
mand of the Department of the Lakes yes
terday, relieving General James +. Wade,
VINO will return TO his former post at
st. Paul TO direct the affairs of the de-
paItment of tie Dekotas. General Wheeler
expects TO remain in Chicago until Sept.
a lt- ..txtxv (r,trfh htrfH1nty urhnn he rsi1l
reach the age limit and retire from active
~:ervice.
Herr T. F. T~ieffenbach, of Hamburg, Ger
many, has arrived at New Orleans on his
way to Guatemala, where he goes under
a contract to teach German military tao
tics to the Guatemala army. Herr Tieffen-
bach does not know that Guatemala is
making any special military preparations,
but understands that the object of the
government there is to make a general
Improvement in the army.
The Detroit plant Of the Continental To-
bacco Company. which was recently closed
down, was yesterday purchased by Oren
Scotch in behalf of a new Independent to-
bacco manufacturing company. The con-
sideration was 500, 900 cash. Mr.. Scotch
will resume business in the factory at
once The plant is that operated many
years ego by The Daniel Scotch Company,
which finally sold out TO the trust.
A burglar entered the residence OF Z. s.
Cederberg in San Francisco while the
family was away, bound Miss Lillian Ross,
the nurse, to a bed on which a baby was
sleeping, robbed the house, poured oil on
the floor and after igniting it made his
escape. Flames were discovered by neigh
bors just in time to prevent the cremation
of the woman and child. The robber Sc
cured s12O in gold and some jewelry.
Several electric cars on the Evansville
Qu.) line were derailed Sunday afternoon
and evening. In all four persons were
seriously injured and several hundred re-
ceived a severe shaking up. TIL injured
are: Mrs. John Applequist. bruised about
the body and face; Mrs. M. B. Bockins,
bruised and iniu-ed internally; S. Enger-
son, face lacerated and shoulder bruised:
Walter Schalk, aged four years, bruised
and collar-bone broken by striking against
curb.