The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-27
BREvITIES.

7. Henry French, theatrical manager,
Is seriously ill at his apartments in New
York from a complication of diseases.
In a. livery stable fire at East Boston,
Mass. yesterday, five firemen were injured,
thirty-two horses persisted and a large
number of carriages and sleighs were de-
stroyed.
Information from Immigrant Agent Sears
at Yorkton Is to the effect that the Douk-
hobor pilgrims have settled down since
returning to the villages and are purchas-
ing horses.
The Waterman of the museum attached to
the University of Odessa yesterday set fire
TO the building and then suicide
by hanging himself. The edifice. containing
a very valuable collection, was destroyed.
Samuel Miller. a tailor, forty-two years
old, shot and killed his wife GUssie Miller,
at Memphis. yesterday. in the presence of
their young daughter. The shooting. 1t is
said. was the outcome of some family
trouble. Mrs. Miller having recently filed
suit for divorce.
At Philadelphia yesterday Joseph NJ. Ben
nett, a seventeen-Year-old colored youth,
was convicted Of murder In the first de-
gree for shooting and killing Albert Bird
dell. The murder occurred last February,
and was the result of a quarrel which
started in a billiard room.
William Zimmerman, a wealthy farmer
and his son, were slugged and robbed by
two negroes while on a lonely country
road near Lawrence, Kan. The elder Zim-
merman's skull was crushed and he is in
dl DOIl Z
rendered unconscious. There is no clue to
the highwaymen
The decision of the British arbitration
commission in the. boundary dispute be-
tween Chile and Argentina was received
at Santiago with calmness, but with little
satisfaction. as the new demarkatory lines
have no scientific basis and although Chile
gets the largest amount or land Argentina
gets the best land.
About one hundred tons of lead were
poured into a mold In the Herreshoff boat
shops yesterday to form the keel of the
new American cup defender. As far as the
| mechanical work was concerned the cast
ing was successful, but the actual result
will not be known until Saturday, when
the mold will be torn to pieces.
The news of the suspension of the Panama
canal negotiations between Secretary Hay
and Senior Concha, the Colombian minister,
has been badly received at Panama. With
in two months the Colombian Congress will
meet. according to the terms of the peace
treaty, and the first subject to come under
its consideration will be the Panama canal
bill.
Rewards aggregating $4,000 have been Of
fered for the arrest and conviction of the
murderers of Arthur l.. Collins. general
manager OF the Smuggler Union Mining
Company, at Telluride, and Of w. G. b.
mysteriously disappeared or are believed to
have been killed previous to the assassina-
| ton OF Collins.
F. w. Reul was shot and killed in front
| oil III ItudT Stittl, RIliWduhtt, early
yesterday morning. He was employed in
a bank at WATERFOWL. Wis, and at the time
| of the shooting he was escorting Mrs. A.
l.. Shissler to her home. Both had at
tended a theater- A. L. Schissler, husband
of Mrs. Schissler. was arrested yesterday
charged with murder.
John Dillon. the Irish leader in Parlia-
ment, who was removed from his hotel at
| Chicago TO the Mercy Hospital with indi-
cations of pneumonia, was reported yes
terday in a much improved condition with
temperature nearly normal. DR.. ]. Il.
Murphy. who attended Mr.. Dillon since he
was stricken several days ago. now believes
his patient TO be out of danger.
Job Williams. colored. was hanged al
Bridgeton. n. j., yesterday for the murder
on oct. q last of John S. Holmes, an aged
Catherine Schutt. Williams shot and killed
the couple when discovered In robbing the
Holmes farmhouse. He then carried the
bodies TO the barn and fired that structure,
williams was arrested and confessed.
lost their lives last night in a fire tina
destroyed their cottage at Newport. r. l.
Mrs. Watson, who was quite old, I'm goine
made a misstep and fell. The lamp ex-
ploded and the ignited oil burned her "a
death. Her husband, who was Sick In ar
upper chamber, was suffocated before aid
could reach him.
Judge d. w. Standrod. national Repub.
lican committeeman for Idaho and Repub.
lican candidate for Governor two years ago
has announced his candidacy for the United