The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-10
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIES.

Several shocks of earthquake, accom-
panied by subterranean noises, were ex-
perienced at San Luis De Guerrero, Mex,
on Monday
The health authorities of San Francisco.
without admitting the bubonic plague has
existed in that city. say no new case has
been discovered in the past sixty days.
There were four deaths from the plague
at Mazatlan, Mex. on Monday. There are
forty-four patients in the lazaretto. A man
was found at Condis, small town near
here. suffering from the plague.
When the steamer Commonwealth locked
at Boston, on Monday, after her arrival
from Genoa and Naples, thirty-seven Ital-
ian stoWaways were found among the steer
age passengers. They will be returned.
AS the result of a street fight at st. Louis
among crowd of boys Thomas j. Boyd
shot Frank Biliski through the brain. Boyd
is under arrest. He said he shot to scare
and had no idea of hurting any one. He
made no effort TO escape.
John Krema killed himself at Schuyler,
Neb., by shooting, on Monday. He had
been brooding over financial matters for
some time, and a shortage in his accounts
al the treasurer of the Woodmen of the
World was charged against him.
The spike and part of the horseshoe de-
partment of the Tredegar iron works at
Richmond. Va, were destroyed by fire Mon
day night. The loss is 100000, covered by
insurance. Several hundred persons are
thrown out of employment.
The report that Speaker Henderson
would enter the law firm of Simpson,
Thatcher. Barnum q Bartlett. of New
York, was denied on Monday by the firm.
The statement was authorized by the firm
that the report was unfounded and untrue.
John w. Pratt, a well-known newspaper
man and lawyer. committed suicide at
Seattle, Wash, on Monday with a shotgun,
in the bathroom of this house. The shot
pierced his heart. Pratt was forty-two
years of age and leaves a widow and four
children. He had been mentally unbalanced
for year.
The New York Court of Appeals has ex-
tended the time in which to bring forward
an appeal in behalf of Albert T. Patrick,
convicted of the murder OF William M.
Rice. In making the motion counsel for
Patrick alleged that the district attorney
had violated his duty I'm not prosecuting
Jones, and the grand jury its oath of Office
for not indicting him.
Luke Wheeler. convicted of conspiracy to
fix the Chicago Masonic Temple taxes,
has been allowed to go free by Judge Chef
lain. He was placed under 5000 bonds,
and was warned to so conduct himself that
he should not again fall within the juris-
diction of the court Wheeler's original
punishment was placed at Imprisonment
for two years and a fine of s., 500.
Investigation into alleged naturalization
frauds by the federal grand jury at St
Louis resulted in the arrests on Monday of
Jacob Romansky, a deputy sheriff, Adolph
that they were connected with fraudulent
naturalization proceedings by which
numerous foreigners became voters prior to
the last election. All three men were re-
rests have been made before.
Nathan Il. Plunkett. who is reported to
be among the victims of the tidal wave in
the Tahiti islands, was the son of Mrs.
Ellen Plunkett, of Oakland, Cal, widow of
a former member of the Board of Super
visors. He was we'll known in Oakland
where he was born and raised. Two years
ago he sailed for South America, and has
since INDUCED his natural inclination to
rove by visiting nearly every country in the
world. He was twenty-three years of age
William Grebe, DIR. Francis Sutorius
and Gertrude Anderson We're arraigned at
New York on Monday, charged with swim
ding the Trust Company of the Republic
Grebe. Sutorius and Miss Anderson were
arrested in Richmond, Va. Grebe was en-
ployed as an account clerk by the trust
company, and the charge is that he marked
20. X" checks presented by Sutorius and
Miss Anderson, the checks being. 1t is al
legged, for sums considerably in excess of
the deposits made by the presenters.
While sleighing party of two men and
eight women crossing a street-car
track at Winona, Mimi, Sunday night. a
car running at high speed crashed into the
sleigh injuring every one in the party.
Mary Cummings was hurled into the air
and aIighted on her head Mary Black was
thrown directly in front OF the car and was
dragged for a considerable distance. Her
injuries are internal and may result fatal
w. The others escaped with cuts and
bruises, and none is in serious condition
The immigration authorities at New York
on Monday night detained prisoners on
the French line steamship La Bretagne
two passengers at the request of Coudert
Brothers. lawyers. acting for the French
minister of foreign affairs. The prisoners
are Henri Thibouf a Frenchman and
Marie Pietto. young woman who comes
from Belgium. Their names appeared on
the list of the ship as NJ Mongodin and
Nine. Jouanne. The man Is held on sus-
picon of murder and robbery and the
woman is charged with having been his