The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-21
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIES.

Yale and Harvard will not meet the
track athletics of Oxford and Cambridge
in athletic games this year.
Curley Supplies. the Buffalo light weight.
has been matched to meet Jack Abbott, of
Victoria, at Omaha, May in a twenty
round contest at 135 pounds.
Frank Nicoli. an acrobat who broke his
neck last Tuesday afternoon, while per-
forming at New York theater is i'm
proving at Bellevue Hospital.
President John Henry Barrows, of Ober-
lin University. announced yesterday that
DIR. Alice III. Luce, of Wellesley College
had accepted election as dean of Oberlin
N. l.. Michael, ex-vice president of the
American National Bank, of Lima o.,
which was robbed two years ago of SIS, 900,
was indicted by the grand jury yesterday
for the robbery.
Gall stones are the cause of the severe
attacks of gastritis with which Governor
Tanner of Illinois, has suffered for some
time and II is the opinion of his physicians
that an operation will be necessary.
At Hawkinsville. Ga, Homer Crawford.
negro. was hanged in the Jail yard yes
terday for the murder of johnson Pate.
colored Both men were under the in
f1uence of whisky, when a quarrel arose.
The representatives of Catholic colleges
of America and Canada, at their conven-
ton in Chicago, adopted articles of asso-
citation under the name of the 'Associatio
of Catholic Colleges of the United States. :"
The Ministers Union, of Fresno, Cal,
has resolved to ship a carload of grain to
famine-stricken India. The Chamber of
Commerce will cooperate in the shipment
and the citizens generally will lend their
aid in making contributions to fill the
car.
A. F. Core yesterday purchased the Glib
son House at Cincinnati, over which there
has recently been much litigation IL will
be remodeled. Mr.. Core remains as presi-
dent also of the Grand Hotel Company
Core had the Gibson House many years
ago.
farm implement manufacturing company.
of Atlanta, Ga, was placed in the hands of
receiver yesterday. The liabilities are
estimated at 600 which includes 500 :
900 in bonds. 1t is thought the assets will
cover the amount of the liabilities
Chicago is to have municipal telephone
system. Its immediate use is to be con-
fined to the police and fire departments
will serve as a nucleus of a great met
ropolitan system that is expected to be-
come rival to the old and new telephone
companies.
The second game OF the series in a pool
match for the championship of the world
between Alfred De Orc and Jerome r.
Keogh. at Days, New York, was played
last night. De Orc ran out first i'm the
count of POO. he did Thursday night, the
score standing: De ORC, 203; keogh, 159
Totals: De ORC. 407; Keogh 33S.
The report that Bishop j. NJ Thoburn. of
the Methodist Church in India, was seri-
ously i'll. is untrue. Bishop Thoburn has
been at his home, in Kingston, and Is en-
joying fairly good health. He was at the
bedside of his wife. Anna, whose illness
has baffled the physicians. He left. yester-
day, to attend the conference in New York
The American Bridge Company. incorpor-
ated at Trenton. N. j., a few days ago with
a nominal capital OF 100000. which may be
increased 10 $50 900 900, OF which S30OG0. 900
shall be Z per cent. cumulative preferred
stock and si0000.00O common, is said to i'm
clude most of the prominent steel bridge
manufacturing companies of the country