The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-25
GENERAL NEWS In BRIEF
VARIETY OF DISPATCHES ROBBED
OF sUPERFLUoUs vERBIAGE.
Items that VIII Interest Business men,
Toilers, Politicians and All
Glasses of Readers.

The battleship Iowa, which has been on
cruise to the south as far as Central
America, has arrived at San Diego, Cal,
with Admiral kautz.
declare certain stocks and bonds now
standing in Mrs. Ritchie's name TO be the
property of the defendant in order that
they may be levied upon.
AT Lexington, KY, yesterday, Richard
Nugent, a race track followed, shot and
fatally wounded Will Mahoney, a saloonist.
Nugent, a race track follower, shot and
to give an account OF the cause.
Charles w. Bingham. administrator of the
estate OF the late Henry b. Payne, began
suit at Akron, o., yesterday to recover
$113,079 from Samuel j. Richie, a sum al
legged to be due on judgment given Payne
j. T. Patterson has asked the Atlanta po-
lice to find his son, Alonzo Patterson.
thirteen-year-old boy, who disappeared
from his home in that city last Tuesday
Mr.. Patterson believes his son has been
kidnapped.
Grave fears for the safety of the British
steamship Liverpool are entertained: she
| sailed from Philadelphia on Aug 70 last
| for Hiogo. Japan. A day or two ago
| premium of twenty guineas was paid on
| her insurance.
Mrs. Brazil Haywardm, who lives near
Pana, Ill, was thought to be dying ON
Wednesday. The doctors administered
tablespoon Of salt warm water hypodermi-
| cally. Last evening the patient was ap-
| parently out of danger.
BY an explosion of hot metal at the
Bellaire co. steel works; yesterday, Tho ons
Chester Lowe. Harry Thomas manager).
Jack Hore and Blaine Redman were badly
burned. Lowe may die.
A Hamburg syndicate has purchased the
estate of the late President Crespo, In the
Orinoco district of Venezuela. 1t has an
area Of 100000 acres and on IL there are
$4,000 head Of cattle. The syndicate intends
to control the meat market of the West
Indies and also the packing Industry.
The bondsmen Of City Clerk Miller. of
Sandusky, o., who has been found many
thousands short in his accounts, have
agreed to settle with the city for SO cents on
the dollar. A meeting of the Council will
probably be held next Monday evening,
when the proposition will be submitted to
the members.
At yesterdays session of the Bricklayers'
and Masons' International Union at Mil
waukee General Organizer Thomas ODea
replied to the charges that he derived bene-
fits to the extent Of $4,000 during his eight
months incumbency. Mr.. O'Dea made
lengthy talk and stated that his revenues
amounted to less than 81 200.
Armour Institute, at Chicago. is to be
the nucleus of a great technical school and
will be AFFILIATED with either the University
of Chicago or Northwestern University.
Philip ID. Armour before his death arranged
for the future of the institution which bears
his name and his will provides an endow-
ment of 81 000. 600 for it.
The seventy-fifth annual ball of the Old
Guard was given last night at the Metro
politan Opera House, New York. Major 3.
Ellis Briggs commander of the Old Guard.
acted as master of ceremonies. Generals
of the army, officers Of the navy and rep
resentatives Of the diplomatic corps at
Washington were present.
The Vanderbilt heiress, the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt born
Nov. %, was christened Muriel Vanderbilt
yesterday in the private chapel OF Arch
bishop Corrigan's residence at New York.
Clarence Mackay and Miss Isabel Kemp
acted as godfather and godmother to the
child. Rev. Father Thomas Murphy Of
fciated.
1t is said. at Los Angeles, that pending
the signing by the President of the bill ex-
tending the mineral laws over Saline lands.
George Durbrow. of the Standard Salt
Company, with force Of men, has squat
ted on government lands near Salton. in the
Mojaye desert, from which the Liverpool
Salt Company is said to derive its supply.
Trouble Is expected.
The so-called New York agreement be-
tween the Metal Trades Association and
the International Machinists Association Is
said to be in jeopardy owing to a strike of
half a hundred of machinists employed at
the Christensen engineering works in Mil
waukee. The trouble was caused by the
introduction by the Christensen concern Of
the premium system.
Kansas met in Topeka last night and
adopted resolutions denouncing the burn
ing of the negro Alexander by the Leaven-
worth mob The Governor and the authori-
ties of the State are called upon to see that
complete justice be done to the lynchers
and that no effort be spared to capture
and bring them TO trial.
In two families at Crestline. o.. there are
twelve cases of smallpox. Owing to row
emong the members of the Board of Health
no quarantine was established. The mat
ter was called to the attention of Secretary
Probst, Of the State Board of Health, and
he has taken the matter In charge. Two
members of the local board have resigned
The schools have been dismissed.
Arthur Cakes. who claims to be son Of
Peter Cakes. millionaire candymaker, of
St. Louis, was sentenced at Boston, yester-
day. to serve six months Imprisonment at
Deer island, on a charge of assaulting his
wife with a razor. 1t Is alleged that
Cakes attacked his wife after locking her
in a room and forcing her to sign confess
| sion Of having been unfaithful to him.
| After suffering for more than two years
with Cuban fever Alfred Rosetzsky, who is
| said to have been the first American soldier
to ford San Juan creek. where the fiercest
| tie of San Juan hill, has just died in
| Newark, n. j., hospital. He contracted the
fever In Santiago and was a mere skeleton
when he got home.
The Supreme Court of Ohio has dismissed
the contempt case brought by former At
tcrney General Monnett against +. B.
Squire. secretary of the Standard Oil Com
pany, for refusing to produce the books OF
the company when ordered to do so by the
court. Thus the last vestige of Mr.. Mon
| netts trust cases has disappeared from the
Supreme Courts dockets.
Clark Bell. president Of the Medical and
Legal Aid Society at New York. has an
nounced that his society has determined TO
take up the Maybrick case at once. and
that the chances now more favore BILE
than ever for the pardon or acquittal after
fair trial OF the American woman under
sentence OF life Imprisonment I'm England
charged with numbering her husband by
poison.
The family of Bass Frazer, who is be-
lieved to have been kidnapped two weeks
ago from the Georgia School of Tech
nology, has given up hope of ever seeing
him again. Frazer's brother, who left At
lanta for his home in Alabama yesterday,
has no idea that the $500 In gold which he
paid a negro who promised to restore the
student 10 his family will ever be recov-
cred. The police are at work on both cases.
Sergt James Hickman, of the mounted
division of the st. Louis police, had a pis-
toll duel with a horse thief in the western
city limits near Manchester and Macklin
avenues yesterday morning and was severe
ly wounded in the left arm The robber
capped. though ii is thought he was badly
wounded. The sergeants horse received
two bullets in the neck. and another bullet
from the robbers revolver went through
the officers cap.
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