The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-18

Life and Work. Miss r. E. Bennett.
of Ogontz School. representing Miss
Harriet A. DIllay. first vice president OF
Oaontz. made an address on Tho Means OF
Advancing Higher Education Among Wom-
en-" Mrs. Mary Adams. of Dubuque. spoke
on Emma Hart Willard: an lmp0rtant
Factor in American History" and MISS
Seminary. told of the history OF the famous
school. The day was concluded with an
informal reception. from TO o'clock. helo
in the New York State building
The board of lady managers will tender
q reception to the Secretary of the Treas
ury and Mrs. Carlisle at their building. To-
morrow evening, between and O'CLOCK.
There will be an elaborate programme OF
music and refreshments. Tomorrow Will
be ChautauQua day. and the various de-
partments of that educational system Will
be we'll represented at Jackson Park. There
will be three sessions. morning. afternoon
and evening. At the morning and alter
noon sessions number of interesting pa
pers will be read. The evening session
Will be in the nature of general rally.
Next Thursday afternoon. from to
o'clock. the Italian men and women cor;
nected with the exhibit at the fair will
celebrate in the Woman's Building the
feast of Queen Marguerite OF Italy.
The first competitive tight of homlng
pigeons was won by bird from the lott OF
Thomas J. Clark. at Ozone Park. Long
island. The WINGED messenger arrived az
the end of it's journey at 7:lS o'clock this
morning. A few moments later dispatch
conveying the information WAS received At
the agricultural departments at the
worlds fair and was read by Chief Buch-
anan at the very moment u second lot or
forty-eight birds W as liberated on the plaza
In front OF the government building. Ino
time made by the pigeons started Saturday
morning was not what the owners OK pected
IL would be. They were started
from jackson Park at 1880 O'clock Satur-
day morning. and were due in tho East
yesterday, but nothing was heard OF them
until 7:1S this morning whom the first re-
ported. Accordingly the trip was made In
less than two days. and when Ii 10 remem-
bered that these birds never fiy at night. it
is evident they were on the wing from day
light until dark. or did not ty as fast 90
possible. The winning bird is q black
checkered cock and bore the registered
number ''E. V. 27S." and the exposition
stamp Nv. c. f. 81" Mr.. Clarke owns tho
pigeon. and to him Will be awarded the
worlds fair gold medal and $50 from the
New York section. The second lot OF
pigeons let 60 in the piazza to-day are des.
tined for Washington. and sUme are ex-
pected to reach there tomorrow.
An evening paper says Russia has an
agent in this city gathering information
for her war department. relative to the
American system OF firing dynamite long
distances by means of compressed air guns.
Every effort has been made TO conceet the
purpose of the visitor referred to. lie is Q
captain in the Russian army and rs pro-
fessor of distinction in the Nicholas
Academy. an institution for instruciing in
tactics of war. The ZalInski gun is receiv-
ing his attention. This gun bears the name
of the inventor. a Russian. who holds o
commission In the United States army as n
lieutenant. Every article entering into
the gums firing dynamite by com pressed air
is by this time quite familiar to the Rns-
sian captain. He will return TO his coun-
try yalf n mi aA n hra Nj M nd of har
desirable matter. He looked over the en-
tire exhibit of the War Department of this
country and also that Of Krupp. the Ger
man gun manufacturer.