The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-10

TELEGRAPH mlSCELLAN L.
All grades of refined sugar were reduced
% points at New York yesterday.
The new Morgan line steamer FL Vale
was launched at Newport News yesterday
in the presence of 5000 persons. Miss
Maud Eleanor Converse, daughter of Capt.
c.. A. Converse, United States navy, chris
tened the vessel.
President Galloway. of the New York
Central Railroad, who is a director of
the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, denies
positively that any lease of the Chesapeake
a. Ohio Railroad to the Pennsylvania Kali
road Is contemplated.
The Union Traction Company, which was
incorporated at Trenton, y. J., a couple OF
days ago with an authorized capital of ST.
100000, yesterday increased its capital to
SIS. 100000. of which one-half is preferred,
with 5 per cent. cumulative dividends.
a certificate of incorporation of the 18TH
mus Rubber Company, of Ubero, capital
S, 500. 900, to purchase, acquire and own real
estate in Mexico and North America and
to sell real estate in the republic of Mex
leo, was filed at Dover, Del, yesterday.
The New York World says August Bel
mont has acquired control of the SeabOard
Airline and devised a close traffic arrange
ment with the l.. & n. Railroad. In this
rev railway enterprise August Belmont &
Co. represent a syndicate of Wall-street
bankers and the Ro~thschilds, of England.
Rufus Wootten and John Everage were
killed by Benton Messeus, a Knott county
physician, during a fight at Hindman, Ky.
w days previous the two men, with
Blaine Combs, fired into Messeus's house
as they rode by. Returning yesterday, Il
general fight took place with the above re-
suit.
AT Omaha, yesterday, Judge Munger over
ruled the motion for new trials for Z. A:
r. Riemers and r. o. Riemers, who had
been president and assistant cashier; re-
| spectively, of the First National Bank of
Neigh. and who had been convicted OF
wrecking the bank. They were sentenced
TO five years at Sioux Falls Prison.
1t is announced that John E. Searles,
whose failure occurred a few days ago,
has resigned the presidency of the Ameri-
can Type Founders Company. A successor
tors TO be held March IL, and meanwhile
the duties of the office will be performed
by Robert NJ. Jauney, the vice president OF
the company.
declared the teachers pension law uncon-
stitutional because 1t was not general in
character, applying only to Toledo. The
court ordered the trustees to pay back to
| the teachers the money which has been
withheld from their salaries and placed In
the fund. The fund amounts to $1,000. one
per cent. of the salaries was withheld.
Three miners going to work In the War
rick mines. near Charleston, w. Va, were
fatally injured yesterday by a peculiar col
lision on the West Virginia * Southern
Railroad. The car on which they were rid
ing became detached from its train on a
steep grade and ran backward into a fol-
lowing train of coal cars. The injured are
Henry Harold, Edgar Peel and John SnOd-
grass.
Five men broke into the store of r. Danz
at Perrysburg, o., yesterday morning and
made two attempts to blow a hole throush
the wall with nitroglycerin into the Cit
Zens' Bank, adjoining. They aroused the
town and abandoned the attempt Fred
Hildebrand saw the men and recognized
ali. Yesterday Henry Keller and George
Taylor were arrested, and warrants are out
Tor others.
The case of Mrs. Carrie Nation, Lucy
Wilhoite, Julia Evans and Lydia MUTT,
charged with wrecking the exterior of
John Herrig's saloon, at Wichita, on Jan.
81. went TO the fury Yesterday afternoon
at 6 o'clock. Judge Dale instructed the
jury TO bring in a sealed verdict, which is
TO be opened Monday morning. 1t is be-
lieved that the jury Will fail to agree.
James p. Wilson, counsel for the Pitts
burg & Lake Erie, has been appointed gen.
eral counsel for the Richland * Mahoning
Railroad. which is securing right of way
through Youngstown, .. This appointment
is regarded as a confirmation of the report
that the Vanderbilts, who own the Pitts
burg * Lake Erie. are the promoters of the
a direct outlet from Pittsburg to the South
west.
The Rev. j. H. Morgan, grand master of
New Jersey colored Freemasons. has re-
ceived from the grand secretary, United
Grand Lodge of England, a letter dated
Feb. %. as follOws: Dear Sir and Brother
I nave received the commands of the
King TO ask you to be so good as to con-
vey TO the lodges you represent his Males
tvs grateful thanks for their kind and
fraternal expression of sympathy with him
| in his great sorrow, and for their congratu-
lations and good wishes on his accession to
the throne
Rev. r.. Emory Beetham, of Cadiz, o.,
has been chosen 10 go TO South Africa to
found a university and to act as president
of the institution. The work is being con-
Quoted by Bishop Hartzell, of the Metho-
| dist Episcopal Church, and is backed finan-
| cially by the British empire. The university
will be located at Umalali, and the object
is to have a school equal TO those in Eu-
rope. Mr.. Beetham is also to translate the
Bible into the Language of that portion of
/ Africa. His task is considered a difficult
one, but he is eminently qualified.
The first issue of Mrs. Nations Smash
er's Mali appeared at Topeka yesterday,
and was used as campaign literature by
those opposed to the nomination in yes
terday's primaries of the Law and Order
candidate for mayor. Mrs. Nation is yet
in the county Jail and edited The Smasher
from there. The publisher Of the paper
is Nick Chiles, a negro newspaper man,
who is reputed to be a 'jointist." Chtles
is now under sentence by the Appellate
Court for liquor selling, Sudgment being
suspended.
Pittsburg reports that it was the late
| Senator G. l.. Magee's ambition in life to
build a great hospital as a memorial to
his dead mother. Sickness prevented the
| realization of this ambition. but he died
with the knowledge that his wishes could
be carried out to the letter. 1t is said Mr..
Magee left the bulk of his vast estate to
this hospital. and gives his beautiful
grounds and his residence. THE Naples
for a site for the buildings. His wife is
provided for by a large annuity left in
trust with the Fidelity Title and Trust
Company. and there are individual be-
quests. but the great bulk of his wealth
1 goes TO this CHARITY hOSDlfll