The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-17
MISCELLANEOUS BREvITIES.

During a heavy thunderstorm at Colorado
Springs. Col, Charles L. Smiths Well
known racing mare Airline B., valued at
$4,000. was struck by lightning and killed.
Lucius Reed. manager of the Pearman
plantation near Cleveland, Miss was killed
by Charles Phillips. colored The murderer
escaped to the woods but is being pursued.
Next week will be known at the Pan
American exposition grounds as Cadet
week. Several boys organizations will
be in Camp Willard Fillmore for a portion
of the week.
Under the application of the Southern Pa
cisco, yesterday issued a temporary order
restraining all ticket brokers from handling
Epworth League tickets.
The Alabama constitutional convention
yesterday provided for quadrennial instead
of biennial sessions of the Legislature and
fixed November instead of August for
holding State elections.
August NJ. Chenidlin, of st. Paul, seventy
five years old, and for many years tutor 70
the sons of ]. J. Hill. of the Great North
ern Railway, was last night crushed to
death by a fire engine, which was answer
ing an alarm.
James F. Grnstead yesterday defeated
p Booker Reed in the primary held TO
nominate a Republican candidate for
mayor of Louisville. The Democrats have
nominated Charles F. Granger. The cleo
ton is Nov. 5.
w S. Cleveland, formerly a well-known
circus proprietor. filed a petition in bank
ruptcy yesterday alleging liabilities of $780,
600. Cleveland is now. and for some years
has been, in business in Chicago The debts
were contracted during his circus days.
At Mena Ark, Frank Nelson shot and
killed himself at his home in the presence
of his wife. Mrs. Nelson says that her
husband was constantly in dread of being
arrested for killing. as he said, two men, a
white man and a negro in the Indian Terri
tory.
The City Board of Equalization of Cleve-
land, o., a majority of the members of
which were appointed by Mayor Johnson
yesterday increased the taxable value OF
the Little Consolidated street-railway sys-
tenn from s595,OOO returned by the company.
to S6O0,O00
At a meeting of the board of directors
of the New York Merchants Association
yesterday resolutions passed urging
the President and Congress to take imme-
oiate steps looking toward a reciprocal
trade agreement between the United States
and Canada.
John Davis. who was arrested at Spring
field, o.. for lettering several days ago. was
who is wanted in Dayton, O.. for an assault
on Martha Botfish, nine-year-old girl.
The Dayton authorities arrived at Spring
field last evening, only to find that Crotch
had succeeded in breaking from Jail with
twelve other prisoners.
Forty colored ministers from Illinois, In
diana, Tennessee, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michi-
gan and Minnesota gathered at Quinn
opening session of the Literary and His
torical Congress Of the Fourth Episcopal
District Of the African NJ e; Church.
livered his annual address.
The Northwestern, the first of the North
western Company's fleet to leave Chicago
for Europe, passed through the Straits of
Maekinaw Yesterday morning. and prob
ably will arrive in Chicago this afternoon.
The Northwestern left Chicago April "a on
her first voyage. but owing to the ice jam
blocking navigation In St Clair river she
did not get through 10 Detroit until May 5.
The Society for the Prevention of Crime
yesterday raided two alleged poolrooms
up town in New York and secured thirteen
prisoners and truck full of paraphernalia.
One of the places raided is said to have
catered to select set of people exclusively
and 10 have been safe from interference
Tor years 1t was luxuriously fitted up A
night was made TO keep the raiders out,
but the resistance was soon overcome.
The various sheri1s posses which have
been searching for the Great Northern
train robbers have abandoned the chase
and are returning home. only a few Pinker-
ton detectives and the posse guarding the
southern boundary of the Montana Bad
Lands now remaining. II is believed
friends of the robbers circulated the re-
surrounded. etc. for the purpose of throw
ing the officers off the trail
The judges of the Common Pleas Court
at Columbus. O.. have refused TO hear the
motion made by attorneys for c. F. Jones,
president of the Press-Post Company. TO
set aside the receivership of the Press
Post This action is the result Of a ques-
ton of veracity between Mr.. Jones and
Judge Badger. A motion was made 10 re-
move the receivership proceedings from
Judge Badgers court, after Mr.. Jones had
made call at Judge Badgers residence
Mr.. Jones has denied certain things that
Judge Badger quotes him saying during
that call and the other judges have united
in refusing 10 hear the case.