The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27
BREVITIES.

The battleship Illinois arrived off South
Pass bar, lower Mississippi river, yester-
day.
At Pineville. Ala, yesterday a well struck
oil and a considerable flow of gas at a
depth Of 400 feet.
Walter B. Bourne, former deputy county
auditor at st. Paul, tried on a charge of
false auditing and frauds, has been found
guilty.
Erve Beck has signed a baseball contract
with Cincinnati for next season. He is to
receive $1,000 for his work. He will play
second base.
A blizzard is raging throughout northern
New York. The fall of snow has been very
heavy. Trains are late and country roads
are badly drifted.
The Idaho Republican conference has Sc
lected Judge D. w. Standrod TO fill the
vacancy on the national caused
by the resignation of Senator Shoup.
The will OF Douglas Waite, a brother of
the late Chief Justice M. r. Waite, was
fled at Toledo yesterday. He leaves his
library. which was one of the most extern
sive in Ohio. to the Y. M. c. A.
On application of the First National
Bank of Cleveland the Guardian Trust
Company was yesterday appointed receiver
for John & Co, photographers. Bond was
placed at s25, 600. Liabilities not stated.
The New Jersey State Board of Canvassers
appointed by the Governor met yesterday and
c~anvassed the vote cast at the recent cleo
ton for Governor. 1t was found that
Franklin Murphy, Republican, received 1885,
S4 votes; James II. Seymour. Democrat,
les, 6S1.
John T. Hayden, formerly treasurer of
the Swift Beef Company, who. II was al
legged, absconded from New York in July
last with several thousand dollars belong
terday at Wilmington, Del, according TO
Capt. Titus, of the New York detective bu-
reau.
John E. Connor. a blacksmith, has begun
suit in the Canadian courts against the
Canadian government to recover an estate
valued at over three million dollars. The
estate comprises the site of the town of
Guelph, in Ontario, a city of over 5000
people.
The habeas corpus case of Andrew NJ.
Lawrence and H. S. Garfield convicted of
contempt of court by reason of their re-
sponsibility for articles appearing In
Hearst'S Chicago American, came before
Judge Dunno yesterday. The hearing may
continue several days.
The Temperance restaurant of San Fran
cisco, proprietor, A. w. bennett, who once
the continent from New York to San Fran
cisco, has failed for S92, 900. with no avail
able assets. He has nominal secured assets
of S39, 900. Most of his creditors are women
and missionary societies.
Frank Mcfarland, who is to ride with
Frank Kramer, the American champion, in
the six days bicycle race TO begin at Mad
is~on-square Garden Dec. s, arrived at New
- looA lAShL On lhC ClCdAAlcAlp NlOl-
prinz Wilhelm. With him came Jimmy
Michael. who is TO give exhibition rides
during the six days race.
James NJ. Nix. of Shawnee. o. T., was
arrested on Tuesday on the charge of hav-
ing poisoned his wife, who died suddenly
last Friday. A warrant has been issued
for the arrest of Mrs. Nix's sister as an
accomplice. The stomach of the lead
that 1t contained strychnine.
Frank A. Munsey, the publisher, has
purchased a controlling interest in the New
York Daily News, from Mrs. Benjamin A.
Wood. The sale, which was arranged by
{. NJ. Palmer, was finally concluded yester-
day.. The purchase price was not made
public. Mr.. Munsey recently bought the
Times, of Washington, ID. c..
A letter has been received at Boston from
the Honorable Artillery Company OF Lon
don accepting the invitation of the Ancient
and Honorable Artillery Company of Mas
.sachusetts TO visit Boston in 1903. A trip
to America had been planned by the Lon
don company in 1900. but the project was
abandoned on account of the Boer war.
The promoters of the four prizefghts re-
Gently pulled off in Omaha are in trouble
internal revenues. The promoters have
been given until Dec. l u pay the revenues
with penalty attached or be indicted by the
federal grand jury. Collector Stevenson
has ordered that full penalties be collected.
At Maryville. Mo, yesterday Mrs. Henry
Willis was convicted of assault with intent
TO XIII. she SnOt Lawrence GrOWney, OF
Clyde. Mo, five times last September, al
leging that he had circulated slanderous
stories about her. He recovered. This was
the second trial of the case. a former jury
having stool eleven TO one in favor of ac-
quittal.
The power plant TO be installed at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition will be one
OF the largest in the world. It Will have a
capacity of about 81 900. Plans are under
consideration for using oil from Texas in
stead of coal as fuel. This will eliminate
the dust which Is inseparable from the
handling Of coal, and will do away entirely
with smoke.
At New Lexington. o.. early yesterday
morning. the night operator Of the Cincin-
natl & Muskingum Valley Railroad Com
pany was bound and gagged by masked
burglars. who dynamited the safes OF that
company, the Adams Express Company
and the United States Express Company.
The burglars secured but little money and
made their escape.
The coroner's jury which investigated the
Smuggler-Union mine disaster at Telluride.
Col, In which twenty-five men lost their
lives. found a verdict censuring some Of the