The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13
NEWS In BRIEFEST FORM
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES sHORN
OF sUPERFLUOUs vERBIAGE.
Items from All Sections of the COun-
try, Covering a Varied Assort-
ment of Happenings.


ington on Thursday. The case probably
will go 20 the jury to-day.
HOUSEKEEPER ARRESTED. - Spoza
Smeraldo hOusekeeper for Michael Grail
anO, who was shot at Buckland, Mass, Is
under arrest on suspicion Of having fired
the shots with intent TO murder Graziano
The man is still alive at the hospital IN
North Adams.
COUPLE ASPHYXIATED. - Herman
Deering, aged sixty-twO, and his wife Mar
garet, fifty-three years Old were found
dead in bed at their home in Astoria, L. l.,
Thursday. The room filled with
gas from an open burner. 1t is supposed
the couple committed suicide
OUT OF POLITICS.-Gov. Thomas Fer
gusOn, Of Oklahoma, announced Thursday
that he will be out of politics so long as
he is Governor and that he will not partici-
pate in the division of the territorial pat
rOnage. He prefers 10 give all his time TO
the administration of his Office.
RELATED BARK SPOKEN.-Victoria,
b. c., shipping men have received dis
patches stating that the bark Prince Al
bert. 211 days from Vancouver, for Queens
town, with lumber, and on which relnsur-
ance was quoted at 20, had been spoken
short distance from her destination.
CORPORATE STOCK BIDS-The. city
controller Of New York opened bids on
Thursday for s., 900 corporate stock of
the city, bearing interest at 81 per cent
100000 TO mature i'm 1918 and A,S9l,OCO In
1871 Kuhn, Loeb * Co. and FarsOn, Leach
& Co presented joint bid for all the stock
at 1O6. 291.
STRIKERS ARRESTED.-John Caring
and Patrick Finn, two striking switchmen,
were held for court at Plttsburg on Ihurs-
day on the charge OF malicious mlschleI.
1t was alleged they threw an automatic
switch the Allegheny and Buffalo di-
vision of the Pennsylvania Railroad. They
denied the charge.
MAJOR EGAN ON TRIAL-A court
martial met at Fort Douglas, Utah, Thurs
day TO try Major Peter r. Egan, surgeon
at that post charged with falling TO eX-
anime and give medical treatment TO SIX
soldiers who applied to him for treatment
between Oct. ~ and Nov. s, of the present
year.
NO SYMPATHETIC STRIKE.-District
President Herbert Legg, of the Ohio min
ers' organization, says there will be no
strike in the MassillOn field in sympathy
with the COlumbiana county strikers, as
such strike would be futile. He denies
the right of the state officers TO call out
the Massilon miners
ROBBERS SENTENCED.-Seven store
robbers of Wiltshire, o., have been SEN
fenced TO the Ohio penitentiary. Among
marshal, for five years; Charles Fague, two
years; Chauncey Fague, eighteen months;
Chauncey RoOp. Andrew Roop. Ira Emory
and Otis Danner one year each
PROPOSED LEAD WORKS.-Homer
Wise, president of the Union Lead and Oil
Company, representing the Ryan-Whitney
syndicate of New York has secured a site
for a large plant at Chicago. Negotiations
the Raymond Lead Company, of Chicago,
by the Union Lead and Oil Company
EIGHT ALLEGED ROBBERS.-Eight
men are under arrest at Toledo on the
charge of being implicated in the postoffice
robbery at Milligan, Mich. They are:
stephen Malone, Detroit; Joe Dunn, Tole-
do; Frank Gordon, Lima; Edward Barry,
Lima; John Henry, Toledo; William Weber,
Philip Lyle and Ed Price, from all over.
NEW ELECTRIC LINE.-The Ripley,
Georgetown, Hillsboro & Columbus Rail-
way company, or Georgetown: %, was m
corpOrated on Thursday with SlO,U0 capital
TO build an electric railway between Ripley
and Columbus, o. The incOrpOratOrs
n. McKeehan, G.. Dougbach, a. n. Kuntz,
w. j. Marshall, o. e. Bare and j. r. Moore.
MARCONI LOSES a BALLOON.-The
trial balloon used by William MarcOni, the
inventor of wireless telegraphy, who is at
81 johns, N F., conducting experiments
with his system, broke from its moorings
Wednesday night and drove away seward.
The inventor was prepared for such an
emergency, and sent up another balloon
yesterday.
Vargis. a Pueblo Indian of Picuris. Taos
county, New Mexico, was stabbed and
stoned to death by Mexicans of Penasco,
the same county, on account of a dispute
over land and water rights. 1t is feared
that more bloodshed will follow. United
states Attorney Pope, of Santa re, is in
yestigating.
TROLLEY LINE LINK.-The Canal Dow
er 81 New Philadelphia 90 Street-railway
Company and the New Philadelphia &
UriChsville Street-railway Company have
been consolidated and have passed into the
hands of the Pomeroy-MandelbOum syndi-
cate, of Cleveland. These lines form an
important link in the proposed Cleveland
Wheeling trolley road.
ARREST OF CATTLEMEN.-Th arrest
of eight prominent cattlemen has been
made this week by order Of the Oklahoma
live stock sanitary committee on the
charge that they attempted to drive dis
cas- sod parf Ia he err rfoI and fad
eral quarantine lines. other arrests will
follow The board refuses to give the
names of the men arrested
NEGRO MURDERER SHOT.-Coleman
Mitchum. a negro teacher at Paris, Tenn,
shot and fatally wounded his wife and
afterwards set fire 10 the house. The negro
took refuge in a cabin, where he was 10
Gated by City Marshal Mills, who was
fired on as he entered the place. Mills
returned the fire and the negro fell dead
with bullet through his neck
MANGLED BY A TRAIN.-A south
bound passenger train on the Baltimore q
Ohio ran down three wOrkmen in the Belt
line tunnel at Baltimore on Thursday. kill
ing one and injuring the others. John c.
and had wife and child. w: G.. Roberts
and Philip Mcintyre, his fellow-victims,
are not thought to be seriously hurt.
NEW STEEL CAR COMPANY.-The
Standard Steel Car Company will apply
pany's initial capital is 100000. which has
been subscribed and paid for. Subscriptions
to the extent of 100000 more will be made
from time to time. The plant Will be To-
Gated in the Pittsburg district and will be
ready for operation in July, 1902.
ROBBED ON WEDDING EVE.-Levi
Garrett, young French Canadian, is in a
critical condition at his home in RumfOr6
Falls, Me, the result of knife wounds
received at the hands Of highwaymen on
Wednesday night. The robbers secured
$50 which Garrett had drawn from the
bank to defray the expenses of his we'd
ding, which was TO have taken place on
Thursday The assailants escaped and the
police have no clew.
FOR KILLING A CHICKASAW.-Fed-
eral officials who are investigating the
death of Thompson Pickins, a noted full
blood Chickasaw Indian. have placed City
Marshal Walter Nannoy, Of Tishomingo,
l. T.. under arrest on a charge of muir
dering Pickins. The deceased was found
by the public roadside and il was thought
at the time that heart failure was the
cause of death. The arrest created a SEN
sation, as NannOy is well known through
out the Territory.
RUN ON y BANK.-The run OF S Jor-
mulOwisky's bank at Canal and Orchard
streets, New York. which was begun
Wednesday, was continued Thursday At
one time there wild. hysterfCal
crowd around the little bank. and IL was
all a good-sized force OF policemen could
do 70 keep a semblance OF order. The de-
positors are working people Of the East
Side, the average or whose accounts with
the bank is about 500. About $50. 900 has
been withdrawn In two days.
MRS. DALE NOT RELEASED.-The APP
plicatiOn for the discharge OF Mrs. Eliza
beth Howe Dale who is detained In hOS-