The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-25
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Charles T. Yerkes was a passenger on the
Lucania which sailed from New York Sat
urday. He was called to London on bust
ness.
T.. l.. Hover. aged fifty-two years, of
Lima, o., fell from hotel window at San
Antonio, Tex, Saturday and was in
stantly killed.
The dead body of a young woodchopper
home at Monroe, Conn. The mans father,
who was in bed suffering from an injury to
his face, said his son was killed during a
quarrel with stranger over a woman.
The suit brought at Leavenworth. Kan,
several months ago by Ohio stockholders,
asking for the appointment of a receiver
for the Home Riverside Coal Mining Com
pany, in which 100000 was involved, was
compromised on Saturday and the case
postponed indefinitely.
Louis Bragralio and John Bragralio were
arrested at st. Louis on Saturday by depu-
ty marshals on indictments returned by the
federal grand jury, charging them with
having aided and abetted the commission
of frauds in connection with naturaliza-
ton of foreigners in the Court of Appeals.
The American schooner yacht Coronet has
arrived at Hamilton, Bermuda, with her
bowsprit carried away. The Coronet,
owned by Lewis Bossert, of New York.
sailed from that port few days ago on a
cruise to the West Indies. 1t was reported
at the time that she was under charter.
David W. Bucklin, the reputed manager
of Canfield'S alleged gambling house, was
arrested at New York Saturday on an in
dictment which charges him with main
tanning a gambling house and thereby
creating and continuing public nuisance.
He furnished $500 bail and was released.
Resolutions protesting against the pass
age by the Pennsylvania Legislature of the
Cooper bill, providing for the erection of a
monument to General Lee at Gettysburg by
the State of Pennsylvania in cooperation
with the State of Virginia. were adopted
Saturday night at meeting of g. A. r.
nCf n
The tank steamer Col. Z. A. Drake, built
at Cramps shpyard for the Standard Oil
Company. was launched on Saturday. Mrs.
Charles f. Bushnell, wife OF the treasurer
of the oil company, christened the vessel.
The Drake is equipped with single screw
and triple expansion engine and will speed
at thirteen knots. She has capacity of
100000 gallons of bulk oil. She win use
oil as fuel.
The torpedo boat fiotilla. consisting of the
torpedo destroyer Decatur and the tor
pedo boats Biddle. Bagley, Barney.
Stockton and Thornton, under command
ton harbor Saturday for coal and supplies.
The vessels are returning from the maneu-
vers in the Caribbean sea and are bound for
Norfolk. The dispatch boat Dolphin has
left for Hampton Roads.
Edward A. Hutchinson, OF New York.
brother of the late A. c. Hutchinson, mil
lionaire president of Morgan's Louisiana
* Texas Railroad on Saturday began suit
break the will of Mr.. Hutchinson in so far
as the bequest to the Tulane Medical Col
lege is concerned No attack is made upon
the gifts 10 individuals and public institu-
tons other than Tulane. The petitioner
holds that Tulane University is not COM
petent TO receive the bequest. which
amounts TO over half million dollars.
Hopes of American Tysons for share
OF an estate of $i0.000,000 left by James
Tyson. an Australian miner. have been
dissipated result of thorough in
vestigation. j. Wesley Allison, of Phila-
delphia, who married a Miss Tyson. re-
tanned capable lawyers to investigate the
matter and obtained documentary evil
dence showing that none OF the Tysons In
this country England need expect any
of the James Tyson property in Australia
as it was given TO his heirs there shortly
after his death in 1898.
State Secretary Meirs, of the New Jersey
State Council Junior Order United
American Mechanics. on Saturday received
notice that Vice Chancellor Pitney had
decided in favor OF the State Council in
the case that has been pending in the
courts for long time between that body
and the national organization. The suit
was brought by the National Council to
compel the State Council to pay over about
$4,000 back per capita tax which the lat
ter body refused to pay at the time the
State Council broke away from the ma.