The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-05

title, Rear Admiral George w. Melville.
U. S. n, being one of the half dozen dis
tinguished recipients. German schools re-
Gently have been authorized to confer this
degree and Prince Henry was the first 10
receive H.
Heavy rains have fallen through south
Georgia for four days. Reports from Balm
bridge, Brunswick, Valdosta and Waycross
say watercourses out of their banks
and houses In towns are flooded and bridges
washed away. Bainbridge reports a rain
fall of above thirteen inches In four days.
At Valdosta yesterday a small boy was
struck and killed by lightning.
After being out hour. the jury in the
case OF Earl Whitney, of Nashville, Tenn,
tried at Lexington. KY, brought in ver-
dict of guilty and fixed his punishment at
death. Claude OBrien. OF Memphis, an
other youthful burglar, who with whitney,
Oct. III. entered the home OF Merchant A.
II. Chinn, and who, Whitney alleges. fired
the fatal shot, will be placed on trial to-
morrow.
OF Washington's farewell address 10 his
officers in the long room of Fraunce's Tav-
ern. New York. was held yesterday In the
same room or the old tavern, at Pearl and
Broad streets, by the Woman's Auxiliary
to the Society for the Preservation OF
Scenic and Historic Places and Objects.
Ii is the intention TO restore the tavern
to its original design. and to place about
IL a park
The Ohio State Board Of Pardons recom-
mended the pardon OF two life convicts held
criminal act, which was repealed last win
ter, by that action indicating that IL will be
the policy OF the board TO recommend the
| pardon of all such prisoners who have
served the minimum term provided for
crimes of which they have been convicted.
There are twenty-five such prisoners held
in the Denitentiary
Onicers Of the United Society of Christian
| Endeavor called on President Roosevelt
yesterday. They were Rev. Francis r.
man fieid secrefarx ev william Shaw iress-
urer, and George b. Graf. agent Of the
publishing department. They discussed
! ident praised particularly the Christian
| citizenship work being accomplished and
| dwelt generally on the immense Importance
of the united Christian effort which the so-
ciety was fostering.
Elmer Kischner, aged thirty-two, a boss
carpenter, and Gustav Strak. aged nineteen
years. were killed yesterday while descend-
in a man car. Several other men in the car
| escaped serious injury. The men were on
their way TO the bottom of the slope for the
ton of pumps that had been removed dur
] ing the strike. When near the bottom OF
the slope the man car was struck by q
runaway truck. Kirschner and Streck
were knocked from the car and instantly
killed.
The proposition TO combine Indian Terri
| tory and Oklahoma as single State. as
| provided for in the bill before Congress, 10
| generally favored throughout Indian Ter
ritory. There was a great rejoicing In the
towns when the Senate committee on ter
ritories favorably reported the bill pro-
viding for single statehood. An organiza-
ton will be perfected Immediately 10 work
| for single statehood, which up to the pres
ent time was considered impossible Each
/ town in Indian Territory is 10 send repre-
| sentatives 10 Washington 10 work for union
with Oklahoma.
| Prof III. V. Heilprecht. the eminent arch
aeologist, was last night presented by the
| University Of Pennsylvania with a diploma
awarding TO him the Lucy Wharton Drexel
medal for his excavations at Nippur and
his publications on the subject. The fund
| for the medals was established last month
| by Lucy Wharton Drexel who donated 10
the university the sum OF s. 000 the income
! OF which IS TO be expended for medals 10
| geological excavations or for the best pub
| LEGATION based on archaeological excava-
tons by an English-speaking scholar
| named by those already possessing IL.
| An ejectment suit that has occupied the
! ten years has been ended. The case grew
| out OF a charge brought by John G.. Smith
against Paul Halter, charging that the
| home of the latter encroached a few inches
| on his property. The affair dragged
| through the courts year after year. The
last Judge TO hear the case ruled that III
| witnesses should die before final settlement
! their testimony might be read. The judge
| himself died soon afterward. Plaintiff de-
PENDANT and two of the witnesses followed
| The children of the litigants carried out the
! case, and II finally has been ended In favor
| OF the plaintiff