The Indianapolis journal., 1903-01-16
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIES.

Marconi arrived at Boston Thursday night
from Sydney, c. B.. and tomorrow will con-
tinue his journey to the American station
at South Wellfeet, on Cape Cod.
The jury at Storm Lake, Ia. has found
guilty of murder in the first degree and
fixed the penalty at life Imprisonment
A lighted candle was placed in a cradle
beside the six-months-old child of Peter
Eckelson, at Deadwood, S. D., by some
children who were playing about the baby
and the infant was burned to death.
An explosion of gas at Packer No. col
liery, near Shenandoah, Pa, Thursday
killed two men and severely injured two
others. Several other men in the mine at
the time of the accident, escaped injury
Mrs. Charles Walker, of Rich Hill, Mo-.
and her grown daughter were fatally burned
Thursday as a result of an explosion or
gasoline, and Charles Walker, the husband
and father was severely burned while try
ing to extinguish the flames.
The appraisers report of the value of the
personal estate of the late John w. Mac
kay was filed at New York on Thursday.
All of the estate goes to the son. Clarence
H. Mackay, the gross value being given
as s., 2,501 726 and the net value as 81 45l, 726
The preliminary hearing of Mrs. Frank
Stackhouse, alias Irene Monsell, at Mari
eta, o., on Thursday, showed that she
wanted" business with large returns. She
was held to answer in $1,000 bond. Her
husband was dismissed, no evidence being
produced as to his completely.
John d. Rockefeller has contributed $780,
900 towards fund of 100000 TO be raised
by the Y. NJ. c. A. of Brooklyn. The trus-
tees and directors of the association have
engaged in an attempt TO raise this amount
before the end of the current year. At the
time Mr.. Rockefelier's contribution was
announced. it was said that the fund had
reached 1856. 900.
The Ohio agricultural convention at Co.
lumbus adopted resolutions protesting
against 1.-The manifest slight to the agrl-
cultural interests of the country shown by
two special bills now pending In Congress,
one of which appropriates S.Wo,OOo Tor a
building for the Department of Justice and
the other 81. 100000 for new home for the
Department of Agriculture.
George z. Rust, twenty-one years old. of
Garrettsburg, Mo-, who recently married
Mrs. Mary Greenard, sixty years old.
wealthy widow, was arrested Thursday on
a charge of presenting a check for $4,000
on st. Joseph bank The check bore the
signature of his wife. She said she had
given him check for $50. Mrs. Rust re,
Tented refused to prosecute her huspand
and took him home with her.
Mayor Hinkle of Columbus. o., Thursday
night summarily removed Luke u. Byrne
from the office of director of law. The
action of the mayor is sequel to the re-
moval of Police Prosecutor Shields by the
director of law in the morning. The mayor
gave out an interview. in which he gives
as reason TOT MS dCtioH the peliel tildt
Director Byrne has allowed himself to be
influenced by politicians hostile to himself
and the city administration.
DR.. Hendricks and former Justice of the
Peace Stanton. convicted of conspiracy to
secure the entire estate of Henry NJ Ben
nett, a wealthy resident of Pittsburg, Pa,
have been sentencd at Freehold, N j., to
two years and six months Imprisonment
each. DIR. Hendricks and Stanton were tried
with Laura Biggar on the charge of con-
spiracy. 1t was alleged that DIR. Hendricks
falsely certified to a birth of child to
Laura Biggar and that Stanton issued a
certificate alleging that Miss Biggar
and Bennett had been married by
him. whereas the prosecution claimed
no such marriage took place. Lau-
ra Biggar claimed she had been mar
ried to Bennett, that child had been born
to her of the marriage and had died, and
that she was entitled to all of his estate
as the childs heir. At the trial Miss
Biggar was acquitted, but the two men
were convicted.