The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-04
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIES.

The California Assembly has passed a bill
appropriating $4,000 for the National G. A.
X. Encampment to be held in San Fran
cisco in August next.
On board the steamer Moro Castle which
arrived at New York on Tuesday from Ha-
vana, were ffty-six members of the United
Lumber Dealers Association, who are re-
turning from trip to Cuba.
There were four deaths from the plague
and eight new cases at Mazatlan, Mexico,
on Tuesday. There is no abatement in ac-
tivity on the part of Governor Canedo and
authorities I'm the matter of sanitary work,
cleaning drains, disinfecting and burning
infected houses.
Mrs. John Newell, living near Glass, o.,
was killed. and her two young sons fatally
injured by explosion of what was sup
posed to be empty nitro-glycerin can,
which the boys had brought their mother,
and which she attempting to clean.
The house was demolished.
Representative Chiperfield has introduced
in the Illinois Legislature a bill providing
for the execution OF criminals by electro
cution. The bill provides that the execution
shall occur within the walls of peniten-
tiary designated by the court, and shall be
under the supervision of the warden.
In the annual championship tournament
of the National Association of Amateur
Billiard Players. at New York, on Monday,
j. r. Poggenburg, of New York, defeated
Arthur Townsend, of Brooklyn. by the score
of 300 TO 299. The winners high run was
81 and his average 8 1872. against Town
J. H. Herman of the International Attn
letic Club. of Fort Erie, has succeeded in
making two matches for his club. Kid
Mccoy and Jack Root have signed articles
to fight before the club for purse of $1,000
on March is. and both men and the club
posted forfeits. George Gardner signed an
agreement to meet Mccoy month later.
The steamer Carrollton has arrived at
Seattle from Skagway with a number of
Dawson men. She brought $4,000 in gold.
The weather on the Yukon is intensely cold,
the thermometer ranging from so to 60 de-
grees below zero. A number of saloon men
have been convicted at Juneau for running
a dance hail. and all gambling has been
stopped.
Theodore Gier, a well-known citizen of
Oakland, Cal, has received from the Ger
man Emperor notification that he has been
elected as member of the Kroner Or
DER, or the Order of the Crown. The dec
Grafton is made in recognition of the fact
that Gier, during the time of the Chinese
war rendered service to the officers of Ger
man warships anchored at the time in San
Francisco.
The United States Circuit Court of APP
peals at Cincinnati. in the case of l..
karens, an officer of elections at Louisville,
who was charged with violating federal
laws, held that the Kentucky Federal Court
erred in not sustaining the demurrer to
the indictment against karens. and ordered
the defendant discharged Karens was
charged with trying to prevent several
Louisville colored men from voting. The
statute under which Karens could be pun
ished.
Ambassador Mccormick has complied
with the court custom at st. Petersburg
and will wear the same kind of uniform
worn by Ambassador Charlemagne Tower
After consultation with the court off,
Gals, former Ambassador Tower adopted
for himself and for the secretaries of the
United States embassy uniforms which
satisfied the court requirements. These
uniforms of black cloth with gold
braid They have the advantage of render
ing the United States representatives in
conspicuous and saving them the humilia-
ton experienced by their predecessors
when their servants were summoned to
identify them at the Winter Palace.
The four prisoners arrested at New York
on Monday for alleged violation of postal
laws in connection with a so-called wheat
| syndicate" were arraigned before United
| States Commissioner Shields on Tuesday.
| The prisoners described themselves as Fer
nando G. Gardner. broker; Colgate Fales,
| member of the Produce Exchange; j. H.
| Evans. publisher of newspaper, and
Henry c. SERVER a general advertising
agent. formerly president of the Alaska
| Steamship line. Gardner and Fales
were charged with having used the
mails to obtain money under false pre-
lenses. Evans and SERVER were paroled
i'm custody of their counsel until Feb TO-
when the hearing will be continued. Fales
was held in $500 bail, and Gardner in