The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-13
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

New York day was celebrated with APP
propriate exercises at the Tennessee Gen.
tennial Exposition yesterday.
The annual meeting of the American HUI
name Association will begin in Nashville
to-day and continue until Friday.
The National Funeral Directors Associa,-
ton will convene in Milwaukee to-day. The
sessions are expected to occupy TWO days.
The first international convention of the
Brotherhood of st. Andrew will begin in
Buffalo to-day. Nearly 1900 delegates are
expected to attend.
Sinclair Mccoy, a New York travelling
man, who shot himself in the head while
stopping at the Southern Hotel, st. Louis,
on Sept. Is, died at the Mullanphey Hos
pital yesterday.
Ex-Congressman Charles w. Woodman is
seriously i'll at his home in Chicago. The
trouble is believed to be an arterial tumor
in the head, and grave doubts are enter
tanned of his recovery.
The Supreme Court of Ohio has decided
that the Negro party of that State, not
having been through the last election, could
not use a picture of Lincoln as an emblem
at the head of their ticket.
A deal has been consummated transferring
the big plant of the j. |. Case Threshing
Machine Company at Racine, Wis, to a
syndicate of Eastern capitalists. The pur-
chase price is said to be 81, 600 600.
1t is rumored that p. d. Armour has
bought several hundred acres of land at
st. Paul Park, near st. Paul. Mimi, with
the intention of erecting there big stock
yards and a packing plant and competing
with Swift g. Co.
Arrangements have been practically COM
pleted for a large expedition which Will
soon leave New York tor Bolivia for the
purpose of exploring that country and open
ing it to American settlers who are anxious
to go to South America.
Andrew Carnegie has perfected the larg-
est iron producing combination IN the world
by securing the lease of tae 'riden mine.
He will operate this big producer in con-
nection with the Norrie and the group OF
mines which he owns in the Mesaba range.
In cable dispatches from London it was
stated that Canada would like TO nave the
United States buy her seal fishery rights
and fleet at q high price. The attention Of
the Dominion government being called to
this report, it was stated tnat no sucn pro-
posal had been suggested or thought or.
Jerome Martle alias Dutch Weber, one
of the most wanted men in the country.
mited the sensational robbery of the State
Bank of Savannah. Mo-, Feb. Z. 1886, has
been captured in Detroit Weber is wanted
all over the country for bank and postofflce
robberies.
The triennial session of the Supreme
Council of the Catholic Mutual Benefit As
sociation began at Grand Rapids, Mich,
council were present. High mass was Gel
ebrated in the morning at st. Andrew Ca
thedral after which routine business was
proceeded with.
The heirs to the estate of the late Sen
ator Fair have entered a stipulation with
Drs. Miner, Livingston ana Rosenstein, or
San Francisco to pay them 81 200 tor hold
ing the autopsy on the deceased millionaire
out of the first money that comes in from
the estate This disposes of suit brought
by the three physicians TO recover T,1oO for
their services.