The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-31

The negotiations for the proposed con-
solidation of the stove and iron indus.
tries of Ontario have failed, and the deal
is off,
Judge Brown, of the United States Dis
trict Court at New York, has granted
discharge in bankruptcy TO +. Tennyson
Medley, book publisher. who filed petit
ton in bankruptcy on Oct. 81, with liabil-
tiles of s359,531.
A sensation was created in Hudson,
Mass, yesterday by the arrest of Edward
Miles, for several years town tax col
lector on warrant, charging him with
being defaulter in the sum of $1,000. He
was locked up in cell at the police sta
ton.
The parents of Fred Alexander, the negro
who was burned at the stake by Leaven-
worth. Kan, mob on Jan. 15 were in Kan
sas City yesterday, seeking advice about
suing the city and county of Leavenworth
for damages and support The father of
the dead negro is Baptist minister.
DR.. NJ. ]. Rogermund. who broke small
FOX quarantine at Appleton, Wis. few
days ago and later was located at Terre
Haute, Ind. was arrested in Milwaukee
last night, claiming to be en- route to his
home, in Appleton. He was taken to the
isolation hospital.
AT a meeting of directors of the South
ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany at New York yesterday, w. I. Cen
try, of Atlanta, Ca. was appointed general
manager of that company, with headquar-
tiers at Atlanta Mr.. Gentry succeeds
Charles III. Wilson, who resigns to accept
the position of general superintendent of
the American Telephone and Telegraph
Company, with headquarters at New York.
Charters were filed with the Texas sec
rotary of state at Austin, yesterday, for
two oil companies capitalized at a million
dollars each, with headquarters at Beau
mont One of them is the Beaumont Gey
ser OH Company, among the incorporators
of which are Iowa, Oklahoma and Texas
n no nrh &c he ipora
oil Company, with Houston and Boston
capitalists
BY a practically unanimous vote, the st.
Louis Municipal Assembly yesterday passed
bill providing for the issuance of $780,,
600 of bonds bearing 81 per cent interest
for the worlds fair to he held in st. Louis
in 1903 to commemorate the one-hundredth
anniversary of the Louisiana purchase.
The measure now goes TO the mayor for his
signature. This sum will supplement the
$5,OoO,000 secured on popular subscriptions
In st. Louis and a like amount TO be ap-
propriated by Congress.
The will of Mary Delafeld 81 urges.
the widow of George Sturges, the Chicago
banker, has been filed for probate. Ii
disposes of an entire estate of $1,000, 900,
OF which S2900.0O0 is in personal property
and the remainder in real estate. The will
divides the estate between the six chill
dren of the deceased, with the exception
that several requests are made to friends
and relatives. The children are Ethel
Sturges Dummer, Marion Delafeld Sturges,
Rosalie Sturges Carpenter. Helen Sturges,
Clara Delafield Sturges and George Sturges.
Mrs. Sturges died at Coronado, Cal, Jan. ID.
Justice Beach in the New York Supreme
Court yesterday, signed the formal order
directing George j. Gould, Edwin Gould,
Howard Gould and Helen NJ. Gould, as
trustees of the estate of the late Jay Gould,
their father, not to pay over any moneys
to their sister Anna, Countess De Castel-
lane, more than 10000 a year, pending the
trial of the suit brought by Anton J. Dit
r.ar. as assignee of Asher Wertheimer, a
London dealer in antiques and bric-a-bric,
to permanently enjoin them paying the
countess her income from the trust fund
created for her benefit by her father until
Dittmar's suit to recover $3S5,OOO has been
decided.
Right Rev. Henry Y. Saterlee, formerly
Of New York. and now Episcopal bishop Of
the District of Columbia, is planning to
establish in Washington a home where
poor girls of good character may be
trained by experienced housewives into
competent servants. housemaids. cooks and
nurses. 1t is proposed TO locate the home
next to the House Of Mercy, which is
also conducted under Episcopal auspices.
Among those who have volunteered aid in
this plan are Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge, Mrs.
Miles, wife of General Miles: the Misses
Kean, of New Jersey; Miss Helen Cham
berlain, Mrs. Letter and Miss Paulding,
niece of Senator Depew. 1t is proposed
to call the institution the st. Agnes Home.