The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-28
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs.

Panhandle mail train No. was fired on
by tramps three miles east of Coshocton
o., early Friday morning. A baggage man
had a narrow escape. Detectives are in
vestigating.
The Montana House of Representatives in
committee of the whole. has passed the bill
licensing gambling and making 1t local
option measure in small communities. For
eight years gambling has been a felony in
Montana.
Simon Cassell. general electrician for the
Harrisburg, Pa, Traction Company, was
instantly killed by the bursting of an emery
wheel at the power house Friday. Part of
the wheel struck Mr.. Cassell on the head
and broke his neck.
Two masked men robbed the postoffice
at Turner, A. Il. They held I'D the post
master, George Clark, at the muzzle of a
revolver and made him give over $1,000
In cash Deputy sheriffs are now on the
trail OF the ROBBERS, who are thought to
be heading for Mexico.
George j. Hammond president of the de-
funct Combination Investment Company. of
Chicago, who was indicted by the grand
Jury on Thursday on charge Of embezzle-
ment, was arrested Friday in Minneapolis
The Chicago police authorities were noti-
ned by Chief OF Police Conroy, of Mime
apols. that he would hold the prisoner
until officers were sent for him.
The Missouri House on Friday adopted
the Following resolution relating to the
unseating on Thursday of James ]. Butler
of st. Louis: THAT this House denounce
House of Representatives for unseating
the Congressman from the Twelfth district
as rank craftsmanship" A motion to refer
the resolution was defeated and it was
passed by a vote of SO to 40.
Joel Graham, a Caledonia N. Y, fireman
and John Helm. a Cleveland, o., sailor
were arrested at Toledo Friday on sus-
picion of being two of the ten men who
tortured and robbed the eight occupants
o.>se home of Christian Joehlin three miles
from Toledo. They attempted TO bribe the
arresting officer, and told conflicting stories
as to their whereabouts at the time of the
murderouS assault on the Joehlins.
At the hearing in the case of the United
States VS.. ex-Captain o. NJ. Carter at
Savannah, on Friday, testimony was intro
duced to show that Carter had conducted
/ the work in Fernandino harbor with great
extravaganza. James III. Bacon, a civil
engineer. testified that the Fernandno Jet
volume in 1900. The attorney for Carter
made frequent objections to introduction of
testimony.
The grand jury at Chicago has voted a
true bill against Miss Elsie Barrett for as
saulting Miss Bessie Palmer, the actress.
| in their rooms early in the morning of Jan.
2 The girls We're roomnates. and in a
quarrel resulting from jealousy Miss Bar
rett shot and seriously wounded Miss
Palmer. Seventy-five indictments also wer,
returned by the jury against the operators
| instiga.ed by the Hyde Park Protective AS
| ISOLATION. Twelve OF the indictments were
against the United Cigar Stores Company
| in the downtown district and the remainder
| in the outlying districts.
The Denver police have arrested Garfield
! Snyder, aged twenty-three years. on sus-
picion of having operated as the lone
| highwGyman' who has held up and robbed
| n number of saloons in Denver recently
| During one of these hoid-ups. on Tuesday
night. officer John Richie who attempted
| to catch the much-fe feared robber, was shot
and dangerously wounded by him. The
| proprietor of the saloon that was held I'm
| on Tuesday and a friend. of Ritchie's who
| fled him as the robber. Ii is also said that
property taken from the saloon was found
| in n trunk in Snyders room
The sum of 100000 has been subscribed
| for the establishment in Philadelphia of
an American academy of dramatic art This
I was done at a dinner party at the Hotel
| Bellevue which was given by William +.
Donovan. president of the Eastern Steel
1 Company, for Mr. George Clark. formerly
| leading man of the late Augustin Days
| company. Nearly all of the diners were
! millionaires, and most of them were multi
millionaires. p \. Ii. Widener and John
| M Mack subscribed $4,000 each; William
NJ Bunn former Governor of Idaho, and
Senator Charles A Porter put their names
| down for $25,co0 each, and Clarence Wolff
| offered to raise $4,000 as a contribution
| from the firm of Wolff Bros. Donovan de-
| clared that he would raise 81 100000 as soon
| as the first million was raised, and /. n.
| he was not authorized TO speak for his firm,
| he felt sure that they would equal the con-
| tribution of Wolff Bros.
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