The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-02
CITY NEWS ITEMS.

Mr.. F. c. Gardner is visiting friends in
North Dakota. He is expected home next
week.
Mr.. Karl Schneider. of the Metropolitan
School OF Music, is i'll at his home. on
North Capitol avenue.
Sherman c. Kile. a pOstofice inspector.
is seriously i'll OF typhoid fever at his home,
No. 2529 North Alabama street.
At a meeting of the Century Club to be
held Tuesday evening. Nov. 5. Hon. A =.
Harris will tell of Athens as 1 Saw 1t
Il. T. Sweeney viii deliver lecture at
the MOrris-street Christian Church, corner
OF Morris street and Blaine avenue, on Fri
day evening. Nov. S. His subject Will be
The Golden Age"
Fred J.. Scholz, former state treasurer,
has purchased the RustOn Hotel In Evans
vile, for $4,000 Mr.. Scholz will form
stock company and erect S200.0J0 hotel on
the site of the Ruston.
The regular monthly meeting OF the Com
merCial Travellers Christian Association
will be held at Roberts Park Church to-
morrow, al 800 p: M All travelling men in
indianapolis are invited.
Charles Squires colored. Of So West
Eleventh street was arrested yesterday by
Bicycle Policemen Hauser and Trimpe on
a warrant charging assault upon John Nc
Glenn, of 5S4 Douglass street.
The Indianapolis Ministers Association
will meet I'm the lecture room of the Merid-
ian-street Church on Monday. Nov. 4. at 10
o'clock. The Rev. Joshua Stanheld will
Il
Reuben Humphreys, Of IA Douglass
street, who was arrested yesterday by De-
tectives Splan and Haley, is charged with
the theft of a bicycle belonging To Miss
Reagan, employed by the Arthur Jordan
Company.
L. e. Dearmin, Of 17l9 English avenue.
reported to the police yesterday that bur-
glars had entered his house and stolen two
diamond rings. an emerald ring and a solid
gold ring. Mrs. Dearmin, who was in the
house at the time, was not aroused.
Lon r. Richardson and Joseph s. Brad
ford have been advanced from the substi-
tute list at the Indianapolis postoffce and
made regular mail carriers. There are now
10i carriers delivering mail in Indianapolis.
and the postoffice authorities here say this
number is insufficient
The members of the Indianapolis Light
Artillery viii give a smoker at the armory,
Sixteenth street and Senate avenue, to-
night a circus tent has been erected in
the middle of the drillroom, whore a vaude
Vile entertainment Will be given. There
will be music and refreshments.
William Hoagland, twenty-four years
old, employed by the Kramer Manufacture
ing Company, had his hand badly lacerated
yesterday by a circular saw. He was taken
TO the City Hospital. where the third finger
amputated. The second finger was
badly mangled, but may not have TO be
amputated.
The women Of West WESTINGHOUSE
Presbyterian Church are conducting a rum
mage sale at the corner of Vermont street
and Senate avenue. The sale is meeting
with much success and will be continued
through this week. Donations OF articles
suitable for such a sale will be thankfully
received at the place named.
Two burglars who were trying TO force
an entrance TO the house at 4O2 South Mis-
souri, street about 2 o'clock yesterday
morning were frightened away by PATROL
men Naughton and Shaffer. One man was
seen on the roof The officers chased the
men for several squares, but were unable
TO catch them, and shots from their re-
Volvers failed 10 stop them.
William II. Schmidt, former county treas
urer, Of 5l3 North Delaware street, fell
from the rear porch at his home and suf-
fered severe bruises and gashes on the
head and wrist, which required number
of stitches 10 close. Since returning from
Arizona and New Mexico he has been al
most totally blind. His fall was due TO in
ability to see when he started 10 enter the
house from the porch.
DR.. Jesse Snowden. Of 1913 Udell street.
reported TO the police yesterday that his
son-in-law. Walter Paul, a farmer near
Arcadia, has been missing since the car
nival. He left home at o'clock OF the
morning Of Woodmen's day, and was 10
have returned in the afternoon put never
came back. Paul had been married but
three months, and his father-in-law could
give no explanation Of his disappearance.
Ex-State Senator Thomas Z Ellison. OF
Fort Wayne, member of the Board OF State
Charities. returned yesterday from the
Ohio annual conference of charities and
COrreCtlOn. senator Ellison said that he
was piled with numerous questions as 10
Indiana charity work. and that the confer
ence passed a resolution recommending the
Legislature OF that State 10 enact a child
saving law similar to the one In effect in
Indiana
William Brady. colored. who was janitor
at the fiat at $50 North Illinois street and
was badly burned. may have 20 submit TO
the amputation OF one of his hands lie
burned his hand at gas furnace. Hs
bandaged IL with a cloth soaked in turpen-
tine. He then attempted 10 light the gas
and the turpentine ignited, burning the
hand still more. His other hand was badly
burned trying 10 get the flaming bandage
off. He was taken 70 the City Hospital
Hope Circle OF Kings Daughters. which
Is arranging for a lecture at the PrOpy-
laeum Nov. u. has been COMPOUNDED by
many persons with the Door Of Hope. ON
account of the receipt Of numerous In
uuiries showing the existence OF this err
roneous impression John r. Wild. treasurer
Of the board OF trustees Of the Door OF
Hope, gave out yesterday a statement that
no person other than the trustees is au-
thorized 10 solicit subscriptions for that
charity. The trustees Of the Door OF Hope
are: President. NJ. a Porter, secretary,
Frank W. Wood: treasurer, John +. Wild.
and DIR. Wilmer Christian.