The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-19
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The county health physician at Hiawatha.
Kan, has been notified OF twenty-thTee
cases of smallpox on the Kickapoo Indian
reservation.
The American Central American and
South American delegates TO the interna-
total conference of American states ar
rived in Mexico City last evening
John Wells, of Kent o. who had been
visiting his niece, Mrs Harriet Hebron, in
Denver, was drowned in the Platte river
1t is thought he was taking walk along
the banks of the river and accidentally
fell in.
Nisen's boat the Fool Killer, in which
he went through the Niagara rapids and
whirlpool broke from it's mooring yes
terday and carried away. Nfsen
searched for the boat all day, but was I'M
able TO find it.
An engine on the Southwest Pennsylvania
Railroad ran into hand car on Red Stone
creek bridge yesterday, killing Charles and
Peter Rich and seriously injuring Charles
SanlOve and Section Boss Daniel Collins
The accident occurred at sharp curve
While the last four of the night crew on
the new water works tunnel east of Gin
cinnati were being hauled up TO the sur
face yesterday morning the shaft broke
and the cage fell over 100 feet seriously in
juring John Hanley, Jacob Coleman, B. +.
Squires and James Common.
A number of Maine capitalists are inter
ested in the efforts now being made to form
a combine" of nearly all the sulphite mills
in the United States and Canada 1t is un-
derstOod a meeting of manufacturers con-
cerned in the proposed consolidation of in
terests is to be held at Boston.
a. W. Miller, the former city clerk of
Sandusky. o.. who is alleged to have en-
bezzled $4,000 of the city's funds,
brought back yesterday from Havana;
Cuba, by Chief of Police Weingate and
City Solicitor Hart. He says his trouble
was caused by blackmal He says he
loaned money TO city officials.
More than two-thirds of the olive growers
of California have united in an attempt TO
obtain better prices for their product They
have appointed a committee to devise a
plan for the organization of all the olive
growers of the State first forming a local
organization. Specific laws against the
adulteration of olive oil will be urged upon
the next Congress.
J. E Taussig assistant to the manager
of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad, has
been appointed superintendent of the entire
system, with his office at Canton, Q. His
Observation-Disclosures. Macmillan and
Vanduzen-will have their titles changed
to assistant superntendents, and a third
will be appointed Immediately.
The tenth annual convention of the Mas
ter Horseshoers' Protective Association,
which has been in session at Baltimore.
adjourned on Friday. Philadelphia was
selected the meeting place of the next
convention. The following officers We're
elected President. Lawrence Pagan, New
York; secretary, P; II. Rooney, Albany. n.
Y. treasurer, ]. G. Ray. Columbus; trus-
tee, John Trainor, Philadelphia.
Harvard College benefits by the will of
Miss Harriet n. Lowell, just probated at
Boston. After the payment of $4,000 in
private gifts one-half the remainder of
her estate is given outright to Harvard
College, to be used by the medical faculty.
The other half goes to Lasalle Partridge for
life, and at his death il goes to the col
lege. The estate includes much Boston
real estate. Miss Lowell made her fortune
in the millinery business.
At Buffalo Friday Sydney R. Tabor, of
Lake Forest. H.. was elected president
of the American Humane Association. vice
Francis II. ROwley, of Brooklyn, resigned.
A special committee was authorized to pre-
pare a bill 10 be introduced in Congress for
the regulation of the practice of scien-
tific experimenting upon living beings and
to oppose any change by Congress of the
stringency of the present laws relating 10
the care of animals in course of transport
tatiOn.
The national headquarters of the Ma
tional Association of Spiritualsts at 600
Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Washing
ton, donated by Theodore j. Mayer, the
| treasurer. was dedicated yesterday. The
building comprises home for the national
secretary. Mrs. Mary Longley, and her
assistants, an extensive spirituaistic IL
ministrative offices. Boston was chosen as
the meeting place of the convention for
next year.
Rev. f. j. Rice. the Marysvile, Kan,
minister who was ousted from his church
because of alleged lack of patriotism after
the death of President Mckinley, is attend
ing the Baptist state convention in Kansas
City, Kan. This talk of my refusing To
pray for Mckinley Is a mere preteXt used
by those who have been against me since
long before the President was assassi-
mated said Rev Rice. Il eulogized Presi-
dent Mckinley. and after he was shot and
before his death l offered prayers for his
recovery"