The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-06
DOMESTIC NEWS CONDENSED.

Colonel John A. Creighton, of Omaha. has
given to Creighton University, in that city,
$4,000 for improvements and additions to
that institution.
Lincoln, ILL.,. has succeeded in raising the
$751; 900 for Lincoln University and a S50.00
gift from the Decatur millionaire. James
Milliken, is now assured.
Two brothers. George and James Todd,
were killed by the explosion of a boiler In
a sawmill near Ketterman. Mo. The men
We're working near the boiler when the ex-
plosion occurred and they were instantly
killed.
The Monongahela and Allegheny rivers
are both falling at points above Pittsburg
and the Ohio at the dam reached only ~
feet and was stationary last night. All
danger of a flood stage has passed for the,
present.
The Great Round World, a weekly publ
cation giving in narrative form the pith of
important events and thoughts, has been
purchased by William c. Gates, who was
formerly publisher of the Milwaukee Sem
tinel and later business manager of the
Review of Reviews.
Mrs. Alexander INLAND. of Newton. ILL.,,
died yesterday from poison administered
by her mother, in the belief that il was
quinine. The dose proved to be a mixture
of morphine and s%trychnine which had
blew out his brains several weeks ago.
The bottle had not been touched since his
death.
The directors of the South Carolina State
Dispensary have decided to test the right
OF the United States government to exact
licenses or revenue of the dispensary sys-
TEN. =. H. Crum, the commissioner, was
instructed to pay the license under protest
to-day and TO bring action for the recovery
of the amount paid. The amount involved
is considerable.
Rev. T.. v. collars, president Of Hiram
College, which became famous as the alma
mater of President Garfield and other
prominent men, and which was formerly
one of the largest colleges in the West
has accepted a call to become pastor of
the Christian Church of Evanston, Ill. DIR.
collars is one of the most widely known
t~heOlOgians in the West.
After four days of continual argument
petition for the mandamus of the Chicago
Teachers Federation against the State
Board of Arbitration was submitted TO
Judge Owen p. Thompson for decision at
Springfield, H.. yesterday. In receiving
the case Judge Thompson stated that. Ow-
ing to other important court matters. il
would be several days before he would resl-
der his decision.
John II. d. Bower before Justice Matheson
at Trenton. y. j.. yesterday, for the arrest
with manslaughter in having caused the
deaths of the victims of the collision be-
tween the Camden accommodation train
and the third section of the Nellie Bly,
express at Rushing siding. The conductor
will be allowed to give bail.
The Allegheny College Alumni Associa-
ton. of Chicago. held it's annual banquet
at the Auditorium last night. About 100
present. BY unanimous vote the following
telegram was sent TO President McKinIey:
The Allegheny College Alumni Association
of Chicago, now in annual banquet at the
Auditorium. sends greetings and congratu-
lations to the most distinguished son OF
old Allegheny"
The University of Michigan. by a vote OF
2 to 1. won from the University OF Chi
cago in the third annual debate of the
Contra Debating League held at Chicago
last night. The Michigan men took the
That the United States should subsidize
the merchant marine" Governor Leslie M.
Shaw. of Iowa. Judge Clementson. of Wis
consin. and Professor Spooner, of st. Louis.
were the judges.
Several hundred teachers from education
al Institutions in Illinois and neighbo-ing
States were in Chicago Yesterday at the
orening session Of the fifth annual conven-
ton Of the North Central History Teach
ers' Association. Methods of teaching his
tory I'm high schools were discussed by
herbert NJ. Bolton. OF the Milwaukee Nor
NAL School. Evarts y. Green. Of the Uni
versitv of Illinois. and Frank Hamsher.
principal Of the Decatur 0ll.) High School.
Judge Oliver IT. Horton. of the branch
Appellate Court bench at Chicago. has re-
signed and will serve the remainder OF his
term as Circuit Court judge. The an
nouncement was made by the Illinois Su-
preme Court at Springfield yesterday. Re
ports that his resignation was due to up-
friendly relations with the judges associ-
ated with him were denied by Judge Hor-
ton in his letter asking TO be relieved OF
his duties i'm the branch Appellate Court.
The boards of control Of the institutions
Involved met in Louisville yesterday and
approved the consolidation plan tentative
ly agreed on several days ago. according to
which Center College. at Danville. Ky.
and Central University. at Richmond Ky.
will be consolidated at Danville under the
name Of Central University. and the Louis