The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-07
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIEs.

The sixth annual convention Of the Amer
fcan Osteopathic Association is in session
at Milwaukee. over 100 delegates are pres
eIt-
Norris 3. Gregg, of st. Louis, has been
appointed director Of the division of con-
cessions and admissions for the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition
Henry Peters was shot and killed by Jake
Stevens in Jackson county. Kentucky.
The two men had a fight some time ago,
Stevens having been slightly wounded.
The National Apple Shippers Association
opened its annual meeting at Rochester, N
Y, yesterday, with about 80 delegates from
Canada. England. Germany and all parts
OF the United States present.
The Kansas Supreme Court yesterday re-
fused TO grant an injunction against the
American Book Company to restrain it
from carrying out its contract with the
State Textbook Commission.
At a meeting of the national council of
the United Textile Workers of America
yesterday IL was voted to call off the strike
OF the cotton operatives at Augusta, Ga.
The strikers are directed to return to work.
Riley Watkins, laborer, shot and killed
his wife Lille at st. Louis last night in
the presence Of her parents and a group
OF neighbOrs, and then shot himself through
the head. dying instantly. Domestic diff
ferences caused the tragedy.
At Lincoln, Neb., last night, General
Fitzhugh Lee opened the sixth annual out
door Assembly of the Nebraska Epworth
League with an addre IS on The United
Peace
audience Of 1900 greeted him.
At the auction sales of Berkshire hogs
at Beloit, Wis. yesterday. at the farm of
a J. Lovejoy. the worlds record for
thirty head The highest price was 500,
paid for a boar. Buyers were present from
all over the Northwest
Judge johnson, at Denver, yesterday sus-
tanned the demurrer 10 the mandamus pro-
ceedings brought against the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company TO compel that corpora
ton to allow Arthur i. Singher 70 inspect
its stock book, if it has one, or to keep
such a book, If IL has none.
Luther Wallen, son of Rev. ]. 3. WalIen,
was found dead In a highway near sneed-
Vile, Tenn. He had been shot near the
heart. a Winchester rifle and a pistol were
by his side and 81 So in his pockets. The
cause OF the killing is not known, and no
arrests have been made.
T +. Kirby shot and killed his sOn-in-Iaw,
J. w. Kirby, in lola, Kan. last night dur
ing a quarrel. The father says he shot
in self-defense. and that he was attacked
with a razor. Another son, who was the
only witness TO the shooting, refuses to
discuss it. The dead man had been drink
ing
Tbtrtv-fve rabbits. representing the lead
fng Hebrew congregations in the country,
at a meeting In New York have organized
themselves into the United Orthodox Rab-
BIS OF America. Rabbi 1. J. Lesser. of Gin
cinnati, was elected chairman OF the con-
ference and Rabbi IsraeIite, OF Chelsea,
Mass, secretary
The United States Maltsters' Associa-
ton held an executive session in Milwaukee
Yesterday and elected the following officers:
president, A. 7. Wheeler, Buffalo, N Y;
treasurer, G. T. Remer, kenosha, Wis.
secretary. ]. II. Pank. Chicago. The next
convention will be held in Putin Bay, o.
w. d. Ragsdale. a merchant of West
Vienna. ILL.,. was shot to death on his farm
near Vienna yesterday by his son, S. c.