The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-19
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIES.

The pooroom of Ridge Levein, at No. 2
Dey street, New York, was raided by the
police yesterday and the proprietor and
his two assistants together with about fifty
patrons &c the place, were arrested.
Three men were killed in a collision
of three freight trains on the New York
were engineer, fireman and brake
man. An engineer and a fireman were
injured. Their names are not given.
The William ii. Croker expedition from
eclipse of the sun in Sumatrsl on May II
will sail from San Francisco on the Nippon
Maru to-day. The expedition will be in
charge of Assistant Astronomer c. d. Per-
rine.
Count Aldelbert lie Chambrun yesterday
secured a license 20 marry Miss Clara Z.
Longworth, of Cincinnati. He gave his age
as twenty-seven and his occupation as an
officer in the French army Archbishop
Ireland will offfciate at the ceremony to-
day.
Four hundred commission men from all
rarts Of the country left Chicago last night
| to attend the tenth annual convention of
| the National Creamery Butter Makers
| Association in St Paul. 1t is estimated
| that between 5000 and 5000 persons will at
| tend the convention.
NJ. L. Flynn. druggist of Muskogee, has
been sentenced by Federal Judge Thomas
| to five years in the penitentiary for selling
| Intoxicating liquors. Flynn was indicted
| last year for a similar crime and pleaded
| guilty, but was released by Judge Thomas
on his promise to discontinue selling liquor.
| The plant in Cambridge, stores and ware
house of Boston and the merchants, wher-
| ever situated, of the John Squire corpora
| ton, the provision packing concern which
failed for 50 600 600 in December, 1898, were
| sold under the hammer at the Boston Real
| Estate Exchange yesterday. The property
was bid in by the reorganization company
| at $1,1O0,o00.
| Only ffty-nine of the seventy-two Repub-
| lican members of the Nebraska Legisla-
4 attended last nights senatorial
| caucus None of the eight original boilers
| were present. Six ballots were taken with
| oct result or important changes. The sixth
ballot was: Thompson, 50; Meiklejohn, q;
| Currie, 15 Rosewater, IA; Martin, s; Hin
shaw, Z; Crounse, 6; Harlan, 2; Kinkaid. ].
The Circuit Court at Toledo yesterday
handed down its decision in the action
brought by the ArbuckIes, the New York
| coffee men, to have the Woolson Spice
| Company held in contempt of court for
| refusing TO allow the Arbuckles TO exam
| inc its books. The court declared that +.
| NJ Brigham, the principal officer here of
1 the Woolson Spice Company, is in contempt
/ of court.
The faculty of the University of Michi-
| gan last night adopted resolution that
beginning with June. 1902, the board of re-
| gents concurring, the degrees of A. B.
| shall be given in the literary department
to any person who has met the present re-
| quirements for graduation in A. B., Phi. D.,
/ &. s. and Il. l.. The faculty practically
| decided that the time for the change has
come.
The Supreme Court of Mississippi has
| rendered a decision in the suit brought by
the state revenue agent TO collect back
taxes amounting to $4,000 from the Tom
ute valid. Under the new law In Mississippi
| cotton factories and other manufacturing
enterprises are granted exemption from all
| taxation for five years, which may be ex-
| tended by municipalities TO ten years.
The membership of Daniel g. Hatch.
of the New York Stock Exchange, has been
sold for $1,000. which which EQUALS ss the high rec
| eran members of the exchange, which he
| entered on Jan. l. 1870 He was the board
| member of the firm of Hatch & Foote.
| was alleged. of the private speculations of
| Partner Foote. whose death soon followed.
The old cadets at Kenyon Military Acad-
envy at Gambler, o., have signed and deliv-
| cred TO the regents a pledge that they will
| neither engage in nor assist I'm any form
of hazing or annoying fellow-cadet. Fur
| thermore they agree not TO require per-
| nit another cadet to perform such service
for them as, the making of BEDS blackenine
| of shoes bringing drinking water or any
| other thing that would tend to humiliate
him.
| II is said President Mitchell. of the
| United Mine Workers. has issued a call
for a Joint convention or the anthracite
| coal operators and miners, at Hazleton
| March u The present scale agreement
| which provides for a 10 per cent. increas
over the wages paid before the strike of
| last fail. expires April 1, at the same time
| as the soft coal miners scale, and the con-
vention which President Mitchell has called
is for the purpose of fixing a wage
| scale.
The plans of o. c. Barber and his asso-
| ciates Interested In the combination of all
the Independent cereal companies have been
perfected and the new corporation will be
| brought into being in very few days 1t
| will be known as the Great Cereal Com
pany, and will be capitalized al 5000 CO.,
| Ii is estimated that the output OF the COM
| bined mills Will be about 5000 barrels. or
half of the output OF the American Cereal
Company known as the oatmeal trust.
The naval and military escort OF Pris-
Gus king OF the Pensacola fFla.) carnival
| on his arrival yesterday, formed most
| imposing military pageant There were
1900 marines. sailors. United States ar
| tillerymen. visiting militia and Florida
| state troops in line A reception and ban
quet was given at the Osceola Club last
night, in honor of Rear Admiral Norman
H. FarQuhar and officers OF the North
Atlantic squadron. Among the distin-