The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-12
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIES.

Isaac L. Friedman committed suicide at
New Orleans on Wednesday. He was a
salesman for l.. Adler & Son, diamond deal
ers, of New York.
A bill has been introduced in the Wiscon-
sin Senate by request providing for the dis
tribution among schools of a history of the
Standard Oil Company and the United
States Senate.
Several hundred prominent theologians.
university professors, ministers and others
interested in Bible study are attending the
meeting for the Improvement of religious
and moral education at Chicago.
The Kansas Legislature, contrary to ex-
pectations, has finally ended the aspira-
tons of the women of Kansas to vote for
presidential electors. The vote in the House
on the equal suffrage proposition was SO
for and 62 against.
Oscar Dillon, a widower, jealous of Mrs
Hattie Dunn one of his tenants, shot her
twice at St. Joseph, Mo-, Wednesday,
one bullet entering her head and am ANOTHER
killed himself, firing bullet into his head
John Passoman. butcher of East st.
Louis, ILL.,, is under arrest on the charge
Of killing his wife, who died as the re-
suit of a wound inflicted with rifle. After
shooting his wife Passoman, who declares
ii was accidental, attempted to commit sui
eide. but was only slightly injured.
Mrs. George Nelk, sixty-seven years old.
day night at their home in Germantown,
Pa, with their heads crushed Mrs. Nelk
died at a hospital and the daughter is at the
point of death. The police are searching for
George Nelk, a son of the dead woman.
Booker T. Washington. principal of the
Tuskegee Institute for Negro Youths, has
received from Andrew Carnegie letter adj
visins that ii Is his plan to accept the invi-
tation extended by Principal Washington
some time ago to visit the school. He in
tends to spend all of Friday. Feb q, at
Tuskegee, on his way from Florida en-
route home.
Episcopal Church began Its annual meet
ing in New York on Wednesday. This
committee has charge of the publishing
interests of the Methodist Church. subject
to the General Conference, which meets
only once in four years. To-day's session
was taken up with reading of reports which
were not made public.
j. p. Seiger, of Burlington, Kan, died
in a Kansas City roomng house under
circumstances that indicate he had been
drugged for the purpose of robbery. Lauren
Eaton and j. b. Hill. bellboys, who accom-
panied Seiger to the place and remained
with him several hours. have been arrested
on suspicion. The police are hunting for a
third, boy who was in Seiger's room.
The south-bound Green bay express, on
the Chicago d Northwestern road, collided
with freight engine at Winnetka Wednes-
day, seriously injuring L. L. Fleming. fire
man, and slightly injuring Engineer James
Robinson and an unknown man riding on
badly shaken up, but escaped injury. The
freight engine was switching across the
main track when the accident occurred.
The grand jury, at Seattle, Wash, which
for some time has been conducting investi-
cations regarding gambling and other vio-
lations of the law in that city, has returned
indictments against twelve persons. Among
those indicted are several property owners
who are charged with having permitted
gambling on their premises. Others are
charged with employing females in saloons,
barrooms, theaters and places of amuse-
ment.
Gen. William Booth, commander-in-chef
| of the Salvation army, arrived in Washing
ton on Wednesday, accompanied by his
daughter, Consul Booth Tucker and Com
mander Booth Tucker, her husband, who
are in charge of the Salvation army move
ment In the United States. General Booth
said that in the seventeen or eighteen
weeks during which he had been in this
country he had travelled over 1900 miles,
addressed 173 big meetings and had seen
more thar 1900 people ''kneel at the bench
of repentance asking Gods mercy"