The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11
TELEGRAPHIC BREYITIES
MISCELLANEOUS HAPPENINGS PRE-
SENTED IN CONDENSED FORM.
Items of Interest to a Large Glass of
the Journal Readers-MinOr
Crimes and Casualties.

the chins OF dukes and princes, has been
buried in a Long island cemetery, after an
imposing Masonic funeral. Francia was
thirty-third degree member OF that order.
Francia was born in Naples. After learning
TO be barber he became attached to the
staff of Pasha at the siege of Alexandria,
and subsequently made the acquaintance or
the Duke of Connaught, with whom ne
served for several years in India His biog-
rapher says he also had the distinction of be-
ing the tonSorial attendant of Prince Leopold
Of Prussia, Lord Dufferin, the Sultan of Hy
derabad, and two Governors of Bombay.
Six times was Francia called on TO defend
his title as worlds champion in contests
held in New York. His record for cutting
hair was seven minutes.
PASSIONIST TRAINING SCHOOL.-The
Passionist Order of the Catholic Church,
the official home of which is a monastery in
West Hoboken, n. j., has purchased fifteen
acres of undeveloped land near Wilkesbarre,
Pa, upon which will be erected a large
novitiate, or training school, for young men
who are DESTROYS of embracing the monastic
life. The present novitiate of the order Is
St Pauis Monastery, at Pittsburg, Pa, but
the rules of the order require that novices
shall be kept apart from the world entirely
during the thirteen months of rigid proba-
ton, and to this end their training schools
are built in secluded districts The new
site Will meet this requirement, being STU
ated on mountain overlooking the Wy0-
ming and I.ackawanna valleys.
RECEIVERS FOR TWO PLANTS
Judge Kicks, at Massillon Thursday ap-
pointed receivers for the New York Blower
Company, situated at Bucyrus, the Amerl-
can Clay Working and Machinery Com
pany, with plants at Bucyrus and at VIII
loughby, o. The blower company has
capital of s125,O00 and is organized under
the laws of Ohio. the clay company has
100000 capital. The Cleveland Trust Com
pany was named as receiver for both COM
panies. A confusion or several interests
rather than financial embarrassment is
said to be the cause for the application
for the receiversh1pS.
THIEF SHOT BY A SoLDIER.-William
Crowley of Monia, Pa, was shot in the
groin Thursday by soldier at the United
States arsenal in Pittsburg. Thefts Of cop
per and lead from the roofs OF the barracks
that Crowley, with several others, were de-
tected removing the copper. Crowley re-
fused to halt when commanded, and the
soldier shot him. The others escaped The
police demanded the arrest OF the soldier,
but the commandant barred the gates and
refused to surrender the man.
BANKRUPT JEWELER.-Isador Michel
son, for thirty years a jewelry manufac,
a petition in bankruptcy, showing liabilities
of $50, 900 and assets of $4,000. According TO
his attorneys, Nicholson was forced into
bankruptcy through the embezzlement OF
ST. 900 by a brother whom he employed and
trusted implicitly. The shortage covers a
period of two years, and includes the dis
counting of notes alleged to have peen
forged. The brother has disappeared.
MEETING POSTPONED.--The attend
ance at the meeting of the National Win
dow Glass Jobbers' Association at Pitts
burg Thursday was go small that the meet
ing was postponed Dissatisfaction Is said
to exist over the policy pursued by the or
ganization and after a consultation with
several interests it was decided 10 arrange
for general meeting of the association at
Niagara Falls, within ten days, when the
association will probably be disbanded.
BISHOP CLARKS. FUNERAL.-The flu
neral of the Right Rev. Thomas March
ct Ta1a and
siding bishop of the Anglican Church in the
United States. was held at Newport. r. L..
Thursday. The officiating bishops were the
Right Rev. III. C. Potter, of New York: the
lucky: the Rev. William N. McVicker,
bishop coadjutor of Rhode Island. The in
terment was at Portsmouth.
TO PROTECT CHRISTINE will of Rose
NJ Darragh who died at Philadelphia re-
Gently leaving estate valued at 5000 de-
vises, among other charitable requests. 500
to the Mission of Our Lady of the Rosary
for the protection of immigrant girls at
Castle Garden, New York. The instrument
also directs the executors to expend $500 to
any fund or society having for its object
the obtaining of home rule for Ireland.
GOEBEL MONUMENT COMMISSION
The Goebel Monument Commission met in
Frankfort, Ky, Thursday, United States
Senator McCreary, presiding, for the pur-
pose of selecting a committee to go to New
York to inspect the clay model of the statue
of the late William Goebel, being executed
by Sculptor Merritt Mr.. Arthur Goebel
brother of the late Governor, will head the
committee.
GOLDEN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. pre-
lates of the Roman Catholic Church on
Thursday at Philadelphia participated in
the ceremonies attending the celebration of
Y. McGill, G. NJ, provincial or the Eastern
province of the congregation OF missions
Father McGill was ordained to the priest
hood in the ST. Louis Cathedral Sept. s,
1853.
FAILURE IN WOOL TRADE.-A petit
ton in bankruptcy was filed at Boston
Thursday by Joseph III. Loudon, a large
wooden manufacturer OF Wales and Mon
son. Mass. The total liabilities, as shown
by the schedules. amount to 1921 1868, with
nominal assets of s3l6.717. The unsecured
claims amount to 1882. distributed among
about one hundred creditors.
EX-SLAvE AsSASSINATED. = Uncle
A" Finney an ex-slave over ninety years
old, who lived in mountain cabin on the
farm of the late James Martin in Franklin
county, Virginia, was regarded by ignorant
people living in the vicinity as being a
sor cerer. A few nights ago the old man
was called to his door by three unknown
men and shot to death.
SAM HOSANG LANDS.-Under bonds
furnished by friends Sam Hosang, the
wealthy Chinese merchant of Demerara,
has been allowed to land at New York
on the island. but was held up by the i'm
migration officials under the Chinese ex-
cluSlOn act lie was detained on SnlpDOard
nearly a week.
A. D. WHITE TO VISIT PURDUE.-An-
drew d. White. formerly ambassador to
Germany, will go abroad about the middle
of October to remain until spring. He will
leave Ithaca Sept. 10 to visit his daughter
at Purdue University and also will make a
trip to Michigan University and Chicago
before he starts on his trip to Europe.
LITTLE GIRL ASSAULTED-A large
posse of officers and citizens searched the
river bottoms south of Omaha Thursday for
an unknown man who assaulted the eleven
year-old daughter of Edward Kroger. The
child was on her way to school and was
accompanied by a small brother who gave
the alarm. The girl was seriously injured
BANK ROBBERS FOILED.-Bank rob-
Wash, and blew the doors off the safe
which is said to have contained about 5000
The explosion was so great that the heavy
safe fell forward on the floor. The robbers
were unable to raise ii to get at its con-
tents and left without their booty.
FOUR MEN KILLED.-Four men were
killed and one was hurt Thursday by the
falling of a sixty-foot scaffold at the
Peavy concrete elevator at Duluth. The
dead: Andrew Anderson, Oscar Ericsson, G.
Anderson and an unidentified man. John
Swan was injured.
SHOT HIS WIFE'S PROTECTOR. e.
Angel in the office of the Southern Ex-
press Company at Jacksonville. Fla.
Thursday. while the latter was trying to
protect his sister, wife of the man who
fired the shot.
YELLOW Notwithstanding TO official
statements from the Yucatan government,
there were 12s cases of yellow fever in