The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-19
MISCELLANEOUS BREVITIES.

Soly Smith and Joe Bernstein fought
twenty-rOund draw at Los Angeles, Cal,
last night
A funnel-shaped cloud is reported to have
caused about $4,000 damage in Delaware
county. Ohio Monday evening.
The formal opening of the American In
sttute of Homeopathy at Richfeld Springs
y. Y, yesterday was attended by about nVe
hundred members.
According to State Entomologist Scott
peaches IN south and middle Georgia are
rotting very fast as a result of excessive
rain for the past three weeks.
The thirty-third annual session of the
legislative council of the Junior Order of
United American Mechanics opened at Buff
falo yesterday. The work of the council is
secret
AT the New Haven. Conn. Coliseum track
last night Floyd Mcfarland, of San Jose,
Cal, broke the worlds bicycle record for
mile in competition handicap, covering
the distance in 1:55 SIS.
The annual convention of the National
Association of Liquor Dealers begins at
Cincinnati to-day and will continue in ses-
sion until Saturday Several hundred dele
gates from the different States will be pres
ent.
The fourteenth annual convention of the
international Association of Accident I'm
derwriters was begun at Atlantic City, n.
j.. yesterday. The bylaws were amended
to permit health insurance companies
to become members.
The first attempt TO tow barges laden
with coal to Cuba was initiated yesterday
phia with the barges Matanzas and Carde
mas in tow for Havana. The course of the
tug will be through the Bahama islands.
Among the passengers who arrived at
New York last night on the Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse was Prof. Maxine Kova
lOwsk who is one of the faculty of the
University of Moscow. He will deliver
course of lectures at the Chicago Univer-
sity on the abolition of serfdOm.
cloudburst at Harrisonburg Va. last
Saturday night did $4,000 damage Albert
Bilbert and Miss Eta Revercomb were
drowned in Beaver creek, near Harrison
burg. Wash Mccormick. the ferryman at
CaSkie, on the James river, was drowned
by his boat washing away with him.
Consideration of reports of the commit
tee on good of the order constituted the
work of the Supreme Lodge. Knights of
imOus vote freight brakemen were ex-
empted from the prohibited occupations
and will henceforth be eligible for admis-
sion 10 the order
Among the ordinances introduced in the
day were: One by Mr.. Williams. of Ma
rengO county. to establish whipping post;
by Mr.. Pettus; of Limestone, to prevent
mscegnation by Mr.. Greer. of Calhoun.
to hold all municipal elections on the same
day as State elections.
The hearing of the cases of the two con-
tested wills of William Marsh Rice. the
oned. was called before Surrogate FitzgeT ger
aid at New York yesterday and was put
over until to-day. Lawyers representing
the heirs and next of kin, Albert T. Patrick,
Captain Baker and the executors OF the
two wills, were in court
n maniac took possession of the Illinois
Central depot at Rockford. ILL.,, last night
and opened fire with a revolver. Several
persons had narrow escapes. Policeman
TTfnr IL ILL FL
and was twice shot at He returned the
fire almost instantly, killing the maniac.
On the dead mans body was found a card
bearing the name A. G.. Peterson. Chicago.
The Supreme Lodge of the Ancient Order
of United Workmen. yesterday. at Buffalo,
elected the following officers. Supreme
master workman. A. c. Harwick, of Buff
falo; supreme recorder. NJ. w. Sackett, of
ceiver, John j. Acker Of New York (re
elected; supreme trustees. Thomas Leg
gait Montreal: Edwin Danforth. San Fran
cisco; s L. Johnson. Okoboji. 1. T. Port
land, Ore, will be the next meeting place.
A section OF the roof of the Baltimore
x Ohio roundhouse at Newark. O., caved
in Monday night, killing one man and in
juring three others. Ernest Jackson, aged
nineteen years. was crushed about the
chest and died. The injured are: Ora
Frye. hurt about the head and back: Lewis
as to require amputation; William Myers,
cut on head. One man was dug from under
an engine. but was uninjured.
Judge Brooke. of the Wayne county
Michigan. Circuit Court. has cited the
thirty-four members of the Common Coun-
Gil OF Detroit TO appear before him June
% and show cause why they should not
be punished for contempt of court. June 10
the Council was served with a mandamus
ordering them TO pay claim against the
city or Sli50 for injury TO property owned
by the ralph Phelps estate. owing to the
building of the Fourteenth-avenue bridge
The Council failed TO obey this mandamus
The twenty-frst annual convention of the
American Water Works Association began
at New York yesterday. A paper on VA
ter Purlncation by Ozonized Air by Mich
olas Slmln chief engineer of the water
WORKS OF MOSCOW, was read. Among other
things Mr.. Simin's paper said that sclen-
tlnc investigation during the last few years
has placed in the hands OF water works
engineers a new method of water steriliza-
ton py means Of ozone The paper stated
that the last convention of the Russian
Water Works Association had passed a
resolution favoring experiments with this
nethod or publication of water.
A case involving more than a million and
Paul yesterday before Judge Kelley and
a jury In the District Court Herbert w
Pearson. the plaintiff. is a geologist en-
ployed by the Treat Northern road TO TO-
cate coal fields for the company in Mon
tana and Washington. In his complair:1
Mr.. Pearson says he was employed with
the understanding that his compensation
was TO be dependent upon the results OBJ
tanned. He was allowed 500 month for
expenses and was 10 be paid q fair per-
Mr.; Pearson values the tracts discovered
by him and already held BY the road at sl4.-
7zs- 500,