The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-28
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Governor Davis, of Arkansas, has signed
the drastic anti-gambling bill passed by
the Legislature, and it went into imme-
date effect. The chief of police of Little
Rock issued orders at once for every gam
bling house in the city to close.
At yesterdays matinee performance of
the Military Athletic Leagues tournament,
in Madison-square Garden, New York,
Trooper James II. BOllerman, of the cav
airy detachment from West Point, was
thrown from his horse and slightly injured.
The Stubs capital punishment bill which.
as it passed the Colorado House. provided
for el-ectrocutiOn as the method of exc
cutiOn, was yesterday amended in the Sem
ate by the substitution of hanging for the
electric chair, and passed. 1t is believed
the House will refuse to accept the amend
ment.
The Bridgeport (Conn.) Trust Company
IS in possession of the Gilman mansion at
Black Rocks. Yesterday Mrs. Potts, the
mother of Mrs. Helen Hall. left for New
York. The hunt for papers has been with
out reward. Not even a fire insurance GER
tificate or a receipted bill has been brought
to light
1t was reported that j. p. Morgan had
delayed his departure from New York for
England because of threatening letters. In
~Vestigation at London and New York
Showed the report TO be without foundation.
The rumor was based on the fact that Mr..
Morgan promoted the new steel trust. and
that it is inimical to British steel interests.
The coroner's jury in the inquest to de-
termine the cause of the death of Mrs. Car
RE Cabus, of New York, on March II,
brought in a verdict yesterday that she
wound of the throat i~nvoluntarily self-in-
flicted while suffering from an attack of
epilepsy. AT first 1t was reported that Mrs.
Cabus's death was caused by a pet terrier
biting her in the throat.
DR.. S. NJ. Babcock. of the University of
Wisconsin,, inventor of the Babcock milk
test, was last night formally given the
bronze medal voted him by the State two
-an &c nrn fnr -ta hfa r~n frnA
To the world. The exercises were held in
the ASSEMBLY chamber of the Capitol in
the presence of both houses of the Legis-
lature, the university faculty, Supreme
Court justices and many prominent citizens.
The American Christian Educational So
ciety was organized by the National Con-
gress of Disciples at Lexington, Ky, yes
terday. Branch societies will be organized
in all Christian churches. Papers on eVo-
luton as il affects religion, which is sup
ported and discountenanced by two par
ties in the church, caused animated and
prolonged discussion. At night DR.. Josiah
Strong. of New York. lectured on The
Twentieth Century City
w. B. Cover, OF Belleville. o.. yesterday
received news of the finding of the remains
of a brother, Thomas u. Cover, who disap-
peared about twenty years ago. while pros
pecting in the Carisso Bad Lands, Cali
fOrnia, for a mythical gold mine. a few
days ago a surveying party discovered u
human skeleton about six miles east of the
great salt desert. and the bones were
Identified by a trinket found beside them
as the remains of Thomas Cover.
Lloyd j. Smith. former manager of the
Chicago Elevator Company, was released
from custody yesterday and the remaining
five indictments against him quashed by 4
decision announced by Judge Chetlain. with
the concurrence of Judges Dunno and Glib
bons. Smith was charged with permitting
grain TO be shipped from the elevators un-
der his management without cancellation
OF the warehouse receipts. The court held
that the standing indictments accused him
Of no crime under the statutes.
As the result of a decision by Judge Wa
terman, of the Circuit Court. at Chicago,
twenty-seven lieutenants. of the Chicago
police force will be displaced and their
places filled from an eligible list made up
following the second examination for lieu
tenants. which was held in January. The
decision sustained the action of the Civil
service Commission in cancelling the exam
nation held last June as a result of
charges of fraud. in which a firm OF loan
brokers was implicated, and held that the
commission had full authority TO set aside
any examination when ii was shown the
test had not been conducted fairly. The
case has been bitterly fought.