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

The directors of the Indiana Ranching
Company held their regular monthly meet
ing in Room II of the Statehouse yesterday
afternoon.
The Junior department of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Will give Its annual outing next Saturday
at Fairview Park The picnic will be under
the auspices of the Mothers Circle
DR.. j. l.. Thompson and DR.. Greene V.
Wooden started yesterday TO St. Paul to at
tend the American Medical Association
convention, which convenes there this
week.
The ga class of school No. II gave a very
successful rendition of the play. Julius
Caesar" under the direction of their teach
e. Miss Cordelia Foy, on Friday afternoon,
May 81.
The diving horses at Broad Ripple Park
performed their trick yesterday afternoon
satisfactorily. and the exhibition will be re-
peated at $3.50 p. m. and $3.50 p. m. each day
this week.
The Indianapolis Retail Grocers Associa-
tion Will hold meeting tonight at the
Board of Trade building at which time the
arrangements for the picnic, June 26 will
be completed
Senator Will II. Johnston. of Crawfords-
VILE was. at the Grand Hotel last night.
He said his visit TO the city was on private
business He said he was not worrying
about politics at this time.
The Indiana party to so to the jubilee
convention of the Y. NJ G. A. at Boston. to
be held June IL TO 16. will number about
Der of the directors and Secretary Howser.
T. II. Kuhn has resigned his position as
state evangelist for the Christian churches
OF Indiana. He will locate with some
church and do pastoral work. He was for
merly pastor OF churches at Upton and ko-
komo, where he did successful work.
George A. Taffe. turnkey at the city po-
lice station, yesterday completed his thir-
, , year as member of the lnd!anapo-
lis police force He was appointed under
Eli Thompson, chief of police. and has since
served under eleven other supernrendents.
William O'Bannon. colored. was arrested
Yesterday morning, after entering the home
of Mrs. Bradbury, 432 West Vermont street
and stealing a gold watch and a ring De-
tectives Splan and Haley found him on
West Washington street shortly after the
robbery.
A number of members of the Y. NJ. C. A.
have purchased a houseboat at Broad Rip
pie, and the management will be under the
physical department Of the association. 1t
is proposed to transform the interior Of
the boat and make a floating gymnasium
for the young men to use during the hot
months.
The report of the local weather bureau
for the month of May shows the mean
temperature to have been GO degrees. This
is the lowest mean temperature on record
since 1870. with the exception of 1897. when
the record shows IS degrees. There was no
frost during the month and me total pre-
cipitstion was 245 inches, as against an
average of thirty-one years of 4.06.
The funeral of Mrs. Matilda Wolf. mother
of the Rev. Francis Wolf. who died Sunday
Sering, 40 River avenue. will be held to-
day Services will be held at the home OF
his sister at a. IN. and at St Mary
Church at $50 o'clock Mrs. Wolf was sew
enty-three years of age. She was born in
Bavaria. Germany, and came TO this coun-
try with her husband fifty years ago. She
leaves seven children.
The annual exhibit OF the work OF the
mn in hn faPh mi al dan lrfrra ont In
woodworking, forging. foundry and pattern
making, machine fitting, freehand and me-
chanical drawing, also In cooking, sewing.
typewriting. hygiene and home nursing
etc. of the Manual Training High School
will be held on Friday, June Z. from $50 a.
m 10 $3.50 p. m. All the classes will recite
according to the daily programme
The New York Association OF Railway
Surgeons has sent TO DIR. j. " Hurry a re-
quest to prepare a paper on car Santa .
ton TO be read at the eleventh annual
meeting OF the association, Nov. IA and 10,
in the New York Academy of Medicine DIR.
Hurry has notified the association that he
will comply with its request. but ne Is I'M
go 10 New York to read the address in per
son or not.
From Foster c. Shirley. now in the
United States army in the Philippines. his
father, Joseph A. Shirley. has received a
pen which IL said 10 have been the one used
by Aguinaldo In signing the last order made
by him before his capture. The Oen * OF
WhaleDOne, or more thdn ordinary length.
The pen point Is of steel II was lost dur
ing the march and picked up nv one who
did not know its worth who gave IL 10 Ser
geant Shirley
Charles J. Gardner. OF this city. who
holds the worlds record for dressing sheep
has received a challenge from Frank Comp
ton, of Kansas City. Gardners record is
the dressing OF ten sheep in thirty minutes
and twenty-five seconds. Compton wanted
contest for three sheep and TO take place
in ST. Louis, but Gardner would not con-
sent TO the contest unless the conditions