The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-26
MISCELLANEOUS BREvITIES.

Butte. Mont. has been selected as the
place to hold the next meeting of the min
Ing congress.
Andrew Carnegie has presented the city
which has been accepted by the City
Council
w. Z. Samuelson, of Provo. Utah. broke
the worlds unpaced mile bicycle record at
Salt Lake last night, riding the distance
in 1:53 %.
Z. Il. Conn. of Newport. KY, was killed
and August Helmer, of Cripple Greek, Col.
fatally injured in a runaway accident at
Buena Vista, Col.
After eighteen months of continuous
work. it is announced that work on the
telegraph line to Dawson will be en-
tirely completed on Aug. l.
Harry Fixes defeated Jimmy Michaels at
the Springfield. Mass. Coliseum. last night
In a twenty-iive-mile motor-paced race, by
two and a half laps, the time being 1924 20.
Reports from Osceola, Ark. state that the
excitement there over the removal OF two
county officers by Governor Davis has en-
tirely subsidized and no trouble is anticl-
pated.
T. w Phillips has written n letter TO his
associates on the Industrial Commission
denying that he Is an applicant for the
cant by the death of Senator Kyle.
The steamer Nome City brings news from
Nome that the transport Seward is in
distress. and will have to be towed to
49, C0Nf tAt
the transport Warren will start from there
with the Seward In tow on July 16.
George Young, a barber of Ilion, n. Y,
was shot dead yesterday by Joseph Brown.
also of that place, as a result of a quarrel
over a debt of SIG. which Young alleged was
owed him by Brown. Brown was ar
rested.
John Arnold. a prominent farmer of
HOoVers Gap, Tenn, was found dead on
the roadside yesterday, with a double load
of buckshot in mis- back. Arnold was under
indictment on the charge OF attempt TO
criminally assault Mrs. W. j. Hoover.
Rev. James d. Merrill has been elected
president OF Fiske University, of Nashville.
Two years ago DIR. Merrill became dean of
TENDER, Of President Cravath, has been
acting president. DIR. Merrill is a native of
Montague, Mass.
The opening service of the joint conVen-
ton of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew Of
the Episcopal Church of the United States
and Canada, was held in Detroit yester-
day and consisted of devotional exercises.
Bishop Robert Goldman. ID. d., IL. d. OF
Maine, preached the sermon.
Bessie Kinport. fourteen years of age.
who was choked into un-consciousness and
assaulted on the night of July s near her
home. at Denver. has Identified Roy Pen
nington, a youth Of fifteen, who is under
arrest, as her assailant. Pennington de-
clares his innocence, and asserts he can
prove an alibi.
w. n. PARROT. a prominent merchant of
Oneida, Tenn, was shot and killed Wednes-
day night. it is alleged. by James West.
The tragedy took place while the two men
were alone in a back room of Parrott's
store and the cause is unknown. The dead
man bore an excellent reputation and was
a Mason of high degree. West is under ar
rest.
a new concern. viii make application on
Aug. II for a charter of Incorporation
The proposed compay is to have a capital
stock OF $2,OJ0,oO. and will. it Is said.
erect one OF the largest and most COM
plete Independent plants in the world on
the line of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Rail-
road, a few miles south of Pittsburg.
The second-class Greek cruiser Nauarchos
Miaulis. which visited New York last Sep
tember and has since been IN the West
Indies. arrived at New York again yester-
will proceed home by way of bermuda and
the Azores. Owing TO the fact that her
passage from Havana was less than five
days she will be detained In quarantine
until to-day.
The steamer Nome City. which has ar
rived at Port Townsend from Nome. bring
ing twenty-three passengers. among whom
was j. Wilson, manager Of the North
American Transportation Company, reports
a rich strike I'm the Fair Haven district.
ninety miles north OF Nome. and that a
stampede has occurred from Nome. over
half a million dollars has been sluiced at
Winter Dumps. near Nome.
Ii was announced at the office OF the
United states Rubber Company that James
Il. Ford had resigned as first vice presi-
dent and Charles K. Flint as treasurer.
Mr.. Flint will continue as a director of
the United States Rubber Company and
as chairman OF the executive committee OF
the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Com
pany. Costello 6. Converse. of Boston.
has been elected first vice president of the
United States Rubber Company and James
3. Ford treasurer.
Sol Temple. a member OF the old Ellis
worth gang OF outlaws. which several years
ago operated extensively in southern Kan
sas and Oklahoma. has been arrested at
L~eavenworth, Kan. together with William
Jones, alias William Hensley. They had,
II Is alleged. planned a raid on the saloons
outside the army reservations. and had cut