The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-05
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The Continental Tobacco Company has
purchased the control Of the Wetmore To-
baccO Company Of ST. Louis.
During the month of May 3,7OS, 766 pounds
of coffee were exported from Porto Rico,
the majority of which went TO Europe.
w. B. Smith has been appointed receiver
of the GAINESVILLE (Ga) Savings Bank.
The institution did not open for business
yesterday.
The directors of the associated bill post
ers and distributors, in session at Louis
vile, yesterday selected Cleveland as the
next meeting place, the date to be March
-, 1902.
The battleships Alabama and Massachu-
day morning. The officers were enter
tanned at a banquet last evening by the
city, and ball will be given tonight.
A special session of the grand jury will
be held at Barnstable, Mass, on Friday
10 consider the case OF Jane Toppan, the
nurse. who is IN Jail charged with having
caused the death by poison of Miss Mary
Gibbs at Cataumet last August.
Theodore Salisbury Woolsey, professor of
international law, has been appointed tenn
porary dean Of the Yale Law School. on
account of the serious illness of Prof
Francis Wayland, who has been head of
that department of Yale for nearly a quar-
ter of a century.
A gas machine that was being repaired at
the Yancey Generator Company. I'm New
Orleans, yesterday, exploded through the
II with burning lamp. Jules Marchand.
foreman of the works, was killed, and
Charles Fitchell was so seriously wounded
that he may die.
The Mexican government will tender the
delegates OF the Pan-American conference
magnificent ball on the last night of the
year at the national palace. This will be
the most gorgeous and costly ball yet given
and the expense will not be less than $780,
600. The ball will mark an epoch in the So
cial history of the City Of Mexico.
The output Of spirits by the Peoria dis
tilleries for the month of November was
104, los barrels, greater output than that
of all the distilleries of the United States
combined. 1t creates a new record for the
industry and establishes the highest record
Of business for any one month since the
organization OF the internal revenue SerV-
ice.
The Elizabethan Town Company, in Car
ter county, Tennessee, has been placed in
the hands OF receiver. It's assets are
$4,000 and liabilities are reported as &c.,
600. Among those who were prominent in
it's organization ten years ago were Sena-
tors Isham G.. Harris, Lewis E. McComas
and Hansbrough and the Hon. Robert J.
Porter.
According to the New York Journal of
Commerce it is authoritatively stated that
the negotiations looking to the formation
Of a big steel-plate combination have been
declared off. 1t is also stated that there
Is little likelihood at present Of the project
being revived. The proposed combine
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The Boston Commercial Bulletin an
nounces a new American steamship line
the United States Steampship Company
Central and South America. The com
pany's fleet will consist of fourteen vessels
and Boston will be the headquarters of the
line. The capital stock Of the company is
| s., 900, 600.
Deputy United States Marshal Pyatt, of
| southwest Missouri, yesterday arrested
/ Robert Boatright. Bud Gillette and l.. E.
! Ellis, of the Webb City Foot Racing Club.
which claims to have won $4,000 during
| the last eighteen months. They were ar
rested and an indlctment returned by the
federal grand jury; All were taken to
/ Carthage and put under bond.
The Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas has
adopted resolution extending fraternaI
/ recognition to the Grand Lodge of the VAL
/ ley OF Mexico at the City OF Mexico, and
/ of the Grand Lodge Benito Juarez. of the
| State OF Coahuila. The representatives of
those lodges have been invited TO seats in
the Grand Lodge of Texas. This action is
/ as il gives them standing and recognition
| in the United States.
| George ZoIlinhofer. the williamsburg Say
| ings Bank teller, withdrew his formal plea
i of not guilty made last week. and pleaded
| guilty to the crime of grand larceny i'm the
| second degree before Judge Aspinwal in
/ Brooklyn yesterday. He was remanded for
| sentence The extreme penalty is five years
| imprisonment Zollinhofer, in a confession.
said he and another employee OF the VIII
liamsburg Savings Bank. who died several
months ago. had robbed the institution of
more than $4,000.
The police throughout the United States
have been called upon in an effort to locate
/ Walter Bolger. the nineteen-year-o son of
a well-to-do business man. He disappeared
f, from his home in Yonkers some weeks ago.
/ and since then his father has prosecuted a
vain search for him. Mr.. Bolger has Just
returned from a fruitless trip to Galveston.
| where he was led by what seemed a clew
| Walter Bolger is feet IL inches tall.
weighs about 175 pounds, and is of light
| complexion.
| The Long Island Railway Company has
| made statement to the New York State
Railroad Commission to the effect that the
| present rates allowed the company by the
| Postoffice Department for the TRANSPORTS
/ ton OF mail matter TO various points on
the island are unremunerative. 1t Is said
| in the complaint that the Long Island
| Railroad has been disseminated against for
\ years in being compelled by the federal
| government TO carry the mails at far below
| what would be a fair compensation while
| other railroads receive a full remunerative
l rate.