The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-27
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS NOTES

r. ID. Houghteling, who shot Officer Will
liam Messenger in a revolver fight at the
Harrison-Street Police Courtroom, Chicago,
Wednesday,, died at the County Jail Hos
pital yesterday of wounds inflicted by Mes
senger's fellow-officers.
stephen A. Weltmer and Joseph III. Kelly.
formerly president and secretary of the
Weltmer Institute of Magnetic Healing at
Nevada, Mo-, who recently pleaded guilty
10 indictments charging them with using
the mails 10 defraud, were yesterday each
fined $500.
A rogue's gallery of card sharps is to be
provided by the New York police, TO lie
hung up ia the cardroom of each of the big
transatlantic liners running out of that port.
Ibis action Is the result of the alleged
swindling of DR.. Joseph Muier out of $500
on a recent voyage
John Curry. a banker of Windsor, Ont,
who arrived at New York on the teamshi
"'eutonic, is in trouble with the customs
authorities because he did not declare jew-
elry worth in the neighborhood of 500.
which he says he was carrying TO the
Canadian relatives of a friend who died
abroad
Thomas Mcclellan, manager. superin-
tendent and cashier of the brewing firm of
Boyle & McGlynn. of Philadelphia, was ar
rested at Buffalo last night by Detectives
Dyer and Crawford and Special Officer
Bellshaw on a charge of having embezzled
$4,000. Mcclellan is alleged to have lost
the money on horses.
Nnrice of contest was served yesterday or
MAY -. GOIld Wells. NI oI. LOUIS. DA Lee
Meriwether. the Municipal Ownership
party's candidate for that office. In the
Louce of contest Mr.. Meriwether asserts
that a conspiracy to steal the election ex-
listed between the Democratic managers,
the police and the Jefferson Club.
j. I. Tolin, of Kansas City, superintend-
ent OF construction and representative of
contractors who are building an office build
ing at Atlanta, was arrested yesterday
on the charge of murder. Tolin is alleged
to have had an alteration with Dave Ber-
~, a negro, and to have struck him with a
piece of iron. The injury proved fatal.
Fire Marshal Swenie, of Chicago. one of
the best known firemen in the country,
will be retired and another man. pre-
SGmably First Assistant Marshal Mursham,
named in his place next week. Marshal
Swenie. who has served Chicago for more
than fifty years. has prepared his resigna-
ton, which he will submit to the mayor at
any time.
Four men charged with having shot Will
liam Lucas, near Grafton, KY, have been
captured near Carbonate. ILL.,. and posi-
lively identified as the criminals by one
Of their number, who has turned states
evidence. The fifth party is thought by
detectives of the Illinois Central system to
be a woman named Bertha McCord alias
Bertha Goldsmith, who was arrested yes
terday at Carterville, dressed In male at
tire.
Can't. NJ. 7. Scovell. for the past -four
years assistant general freight agent of the
Kansas City southern and its predecessor,
the Kansas City, Pittsburg IL Gulf, has re-
signed. effective May 3. Charles h. Per-
kIns, who has been assistant general freight
agent of the same line for the past two
wears, will succeed Captain Scovell at Tex
arkana. with the title of general freight
agent of the TeXarkana & Fort Smith and
assistant general freight agent of the Kan
sas City Southern. William G. Dennis. now
assistant general freight agent of the Plant
system, Savannah, will succeed Mr.. Per-
kins as assistant general freight agent of
the Kansas City Southern, with headquar-
ferS at Kansas CITY.