The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-09
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIES.

change has been made on the Choctaw
lines through Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory. White men are taking the places of
the colored brakemen who have been en-
ployed on all passenger trains.
Louis Mandel, a dealer in old iron, was
murdered and robbed on Sunday in his
Office in East Twenty-third street, New
York. his skull being crushed by blows
found in unconscious condition, and died
in the hospital. An Italian is suspected.
Policeman Graf Walk shot and instantly
killed Policeman Houston Childress, of the
Bristol (Tenn.) force Sunday morning at
the corner of State and Fourth streets.
The shooting resulted from quarrel. Walk
escaped He was traced TO his room, where
he had exchanged his uniform for citizens
clothes.
Information was received at Mobile
Sunday from Honduras to the effect that
because of revolutionary troubles all per-
sons coming into that country must have
passports. Three passengers on the steam
er Hispania, leaving Mobile for Puerto
Cortez, were required to secure passports
before the vessel sailed.
At the regular meeting Sunday of r. T..
sLee Camp, United Confederate Veterans,
of Fort Worth, Tex, resolution indors-
ing the Senator Hanna bill to pension ex-
slaves was introduced by State Historian
Judge c. c. Cummings ard passed by
almost unanimous vote. There was some
objection on the ground that the resolution
might be construed as politics
The Chattahoochee river is on a rise.
and "A flood Is feared at Columbus, Ga. The
water is thirty-Six feet above normal and
still rising. A bridge which was in process
of construction has been seriously damaged.
and all the mills on the river front will be
idle several days. Within six hours Sunday
the river rose five and one-half feet. The
damage to property all along the river is
considerable.
organization in Kansas City. Kan. repre-
senting about 5000 workers in the packing
house industries of that city, met on Sun
day and formed a new central labor body
for Kansas City, known as the Packing
Trades Council" The unions represented
at the meeting were the Cattle Butchers,
the Sheep Butchers. the Hog Butchers. the
Beef BonerS and the Cooper Workers.
There were two deaths from the plague
at Mazatlan, Mexico, on Sunday. Very sat
isfactory results are being obtained by the
use of the Yerzin serum: Most of the pa
tients to whom it is given begin imme-
idately to recover. A number of hotels
and boarding houses are closed, owners
fearing that In case the plague breaks out
In them the buildings will be burned. The
fire insurance agents are taking no policies.
The testimony of James Burke, of Dor
rancetown, Pa, before the coal strike COM
mission in Philadelphia on Friday last will
lead to further investigation of the muir
der of an Italian named Luidi Nenessa,
who was shot and instantly killed on July 3
at Duryea during the strike Burke. who
was working behind the stockade at the
iililc Ut TIC tifut the SuOotliS
says the fatal shot was fired by one of the
men on duty there.
DR.. T. j. Fisher. prominent physician
at Reagan. i. T., has been murdered. pre-
sumably by robbers. DIR. Fisher. who was
forty-five years of age, formerly resided
at Stephensville, Tex. BY marrying a
wealthy Indian woman he became pos
sessed of valuable land near Reagan \
patient called at Fishers house and found
him dead. shot through the head. The
other members of the family were absent
from home on visit.
Sunday, the beginning of the fifth week
of the strike of the trolley men employed
by the Connecticut Railway and Lighting
Company. at. Waterbury, Conn, was ex-
tremely quiet and no violence was reported
In any of the districts during the day. A
light snow fell, which soon changed To a
heavy downpour Of rain. and this aided ma
terially in keeping 1.-The people from the
street The cars of the company were
started out at the regular hour and were
run throughout the day without being mo-
Tested.
The question of the possibility of prac-
tically ceding a small portion of the Erie
canal TO the United States government for
ship canal purposes. in spite of the prohi-
bition OF the New York State Constitution,
| is answered i'm the Affirmative by Attorney
| General Cunneen, I'm an opinion forwarded
| to Mai Thomas W. Symons. head of the
United States engineering corps for the
Buffalo district. The question arose in
connection with the plan of constructing "A
deep ship canal from the headwaters .sf
Niagara river to the navigable parts Tar
/ Their down stream