The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-01
TELEGRApH1c BREvIT1Es.

The National Maritime Congress, in ses-
sion at Brunswick, Ga, yesterday adopted
a resolution favoring the ship subsidy bill
now before Congress.
telegram from Hillsboro, ILL.,, says
Judge Jesse ]. Philips, of the Illinois SUI
preme Court, whose condition has been
considered critical. is better.
After searching six months for the old
est persons in the world, the committee on
vital statistics of the Hundred Year Club
of New York, has prepared report which
shows that the Oldest man is Izal Rodofsty
of Moscow, Russia, who is in his both
year.
w. R. Lemiche, secretary and treasurer
of the Electric-light, Gas and Water Com
pany at Hot Springs, Ark, committed sui
eide by shooting himself through the head
Wednesday night. Dependency over the
recent death of his mother is the supposed
cause.
Owing to a misunderstanding of signals
a Reading Railway passenger train ran
into the rear end of coal train near Port
Clinton, p, yesterday. Irwin 8. Fornwald
brakeman, was killed; Levy Lengell, brake
man, and Michael Callahan, passenger fire.
man, were injured.
A duel with pistols between Tom Childs
and Miguel Lasado was fought at Ajomine,
northwest of Phoenix, Ariz., in which
Iasado was killed. Childs is a wealthy
cattle man and Lasauo was a miner. Both
were in love with senorita over whom
they fought.
Joseph Ringeman, vice president of the
Rodman-Ringeman Lumber Company of
Cincinnati, is under bond at Decatur Ala
to answer the Charge of embezzlement
preferred by Joseph Rodman. The amount
is alleged to be $4,000 Ringeman says he
will be able to show up everything straight
A small keg of dynamite used for blast
ing purposes exploded yesterday morning
in the Fernwood mine at Pittston, Pa
owned by the Erie Railway Company
Joseph Santino had arm blown off and
an eye destroyed. Anthony Santino's skull
was fractured. Both men will probably
die.
The national convention of the Customs
Cutters Association at Cincinnati, yester-
day heard reports from the committees and
devoted it's sessions to practical work in
considering these reports. One of the
features of the day was the address of
Charles j. Stone of Chicago, which was
followed by general discussion.
Mayor Ziegenheim, Of st. Louis, to whom
the bill passed by the Municipal Assembly
authorizing the issuance of S.000,0O0 of
bonds for the worlds fair to be held in
1903 to commemorate the one hundredth an
niversary of the Louisiana purchase had
been sent Wednesday, refused to sign the
measure on the ground that 1T is loosely
drawn.
The Norwegian corvette Ellida. a naval
schoolship, which has been at New Orleans,
for week, weighed anchor yesterday and
started down the river. There was a noisy
demonstration on the river front as the yes
sci departed. The Ellida fired a salute as
she passed Canal street. The vessel goes
to Mobile, where she will spend few days.
and thence she starts for Norway.
A convention of sheet mill workers of
the country will meet in Pittsburg to-day
when IL Is likely that some OF the nom
union plants of the American Sheet Steel
Company will be declared open to union
workmen. Two plants in Pittsburg-On-
ver's mill and Lindsay & McCutcheon's
mill. Allegheny-have been declared open
by the Amalgamated Association.
The faculty of Wittenberg College, Of
Springfield. O., reached a decision last
night in the case of Arthur Grindle, who
was knocked out on Wednesday by Har-
vey Miller in the chapel during a contro-
versy between fraternity and nonfraternity
men. The faculty positively refused TO
announce its decision until to-day. Frater-
nifty men say they will all leave college
IL Miller is dismissed or even suspended.
The so-called Macmillan gems were sold
at auction in the federal building at New
York yesterday and brought $2.235. On
Nov. 20 last year. Special Treasury Agent
Theobald seized these stones in the posses
sion of Prezo and Marcucci, Mexicans, who
were trying TO dispose OF them in this
city without payment OF duty. At that
time the large diamond pendant and two
diamond rings were estimated to be worth
$50 600 all told.
Building OF all kinds is at a standstill in
Fort Worth. Tex. as result OF the war
between the contractors and the unions.
AT meeting OF employing builders 1t was
resolved they would not employ members
of unions affiliated with the Building