The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-18
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The Bishop of Yucaran lies gravely i'll
of yellow fever at Merida. Mexico. He
was but recently consecrated.
John w Griggs. attorney general OF the
| United States, was elected a director of
| the Trust Company OF America, of New
| York. yesterday, to fill a vacancy in the
| board.
The third annual show of the Kansas
| City Fanciers Poultry, Pigeon and Pet
Stock Association opened in Kansas City,
| Mo-. yesterday. with 400 entries from lndi-
| ana, Illinois. Nebrss ska, Iowa. Missouri.
| Kansas, Oklahoma Texas and. Georgia.
At joint meeting of the Portland. Ore.
| Board of Trade and the Manufacturers
| Association it was decided TO hold fair
| at Portland in 1906 TO celebrate the nrst
centennial of the arrival of the Lewis and
| Clarke expedition in the Territory of Ore
\ gon.
Alfred c. Vanderbilt and his bride ar
| rived in Montreal via the Delaware * Hud-
son express from Albany last evening, oc-
| cupying parlor compartment in the reg
| ular drawing room car. They registered az
| the Windsor. Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderbilt
| are en- route to Quebec
| Club women from fifteen States repre-
! senting the Louisiana purchase are in
Kansas City attending conference called
| by Mrs. Edwin Harrison, president or the
| Missouri Federation to perfect organiza-
| ton for furthering the womans exhibit
at the coming st. Louis worlds fair
| President Hadley, OF Yale, in address
| to Princeton students yesterday, said the
safeguard of American institutions lay In
| the willingness of American men TO accept
a trust even when disadvantageous to their
| interests. In this he sees the strongest evil
dence of American self-governing ability.
| Colonel w. F. Cody (Buffalo Bid is or
| ganizing a hunting club that will have
| headquarters at his ranch in the Big Horn
| mountains OF Wyoming. The first outing
| will be in the autumn of 1901 and among
| the guests will be Colonel Roosevelt. Cen
eral Miles, and, should he come to America
to attend the yacht race, the Prince of
Wales will be asked to participate.
| Edmund N. Carpenter. the last man out
| from the Tanana district of Alaska, says
| there is a great shortage of food at Circle
| City and that the government officials at
| Eagle City are sending provisions in amply
| as possible. IN his way out he met many
| teams laden with supplies for the famine
| threatened district. Lack of provisions is
| also retarding mining operations In the
/ Tanana district.
Congregational Church Building Society
| was held in New York yesterday. 1t was
| twentieth century meeting The society
| has been the means of putting into use
| 1920 buildings for church purposes, 734 of
| which are parsonages. This society has
/ also secured 81, 790,651 for this work, and
| property valued at the time ii was brought
| into use at not less than $50, H5,61S.
The directors of the American Humane
| Education Society and Massachusetts, So
/ ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails, have voted TO petition Congress to
| take measures to prevent the further ship
! ment of American horses and mules for
use of the British army in South Africa,
| in consideration of the terrible suffering
| of American horses and mules shipped from
| American ports for use by the Brltlsn army
| in South Africa.
| Admiral George W. Sumner. who, on Sat-
urday, will succeed Admiral Slas Casey
| as commandant of the Philadelphia navy
| yard, arrived at League island from Port
| a
ceremonies incident to the transfer of the
station will take place Saturday morning.
Immediately upon being relieved, Admiral
| Casey. with his wife and family, will pro-
| coed to San Diego, Cal, where he will meet
Admiral Kautz and assume command OF
| the Pacific station. with the battleship Iowa
as flagship.
The waIrus may become extinct Walrus
| come from the Arctic on ice noes during the
| early portion of the open season to points
| between st. Michaels and Cape Nome,
| Alaska, and thousands of passengers on
the early steamers plying between those
places shoot into bands killing and wound
| ing many and captains of whalers have re-
ported that thousands of carcasses are seen
| floating in Behring sea and the Arctic
ocean The walrus is the main subsistence
| of the Alaska coastwise Indians and their
vanton destruction threatens starvation
1 of the natives.
| Suit was brought by the attorney gener-
| a. of Ohio in the Circuit Court of Franklin
| county yesterday to Dust the Workingmen's
Real Estate Company of Akron from its
| charter. 1t is claimed the company pro-
poses to operate on the cooperative plan,
the same as that of the Home Cooperative
| Union of Lima, recently ousted by the
| Supreme Court. Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral Todd said to-day that similar COM
panles have sprung up like wildfire during
the past six months and that it is the
purpose of the attorney general TO drive
all these companies from the State.
Robert Johnson, jr.. young colored
man, whose home is at Jefferson is under
arrest at Ashtabula, charged with black
| mail. A short time ago N. Il. French,
president of the First National Bank at
Jefferson. received a letter in which he and
| his daughter were threatened with death
e he failed to leave $500 on the steps of the
county fair building before O'Clock
| Wednesday afternoon. A decoy package
| cealed themselves in the building. Finally
Johnson made his appearance and was ar
| rested. The officers believe others are i'm
plicated.
| Miss Marie Cedroni has come from italy
| to New York with the avowed purpose OF
seizlng certain funds sent here by the
| republic of Guatemala for the purchase OF
arms. Miss Cedroni bases her right 10
| the funds on an indemnity she demands
| for having been illuminated by the heads
| of the republic. Gomez Garcia De La
| Serna, who was appointed arbitrator be-
| tween the governments of Guatemala and
Italy TO decide whether an indemnity was
due Miss Cedroni for the reflections she
| alleges were cast upon her character de-
| cided that none was due her. adding: 'In
Spain and Italy, the punishment for that
calumny is paid with blood, not money"