The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-04
TELEGRAPHIC BREyITIES.

Gen. Charles Dick is not actively seeking
the Republican nomination for Governor of
Ohio. If the honor Is rendered him, how
ever, he will accept.
Owing to two deaths from yellow fever
on the voyage from Panama the British
bark Comliebank is now in quarantine at
the United states station at Diamond
Point, Washington State.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier. prime minister of
Canada, and Lady Laurier, arrived at
Miami Fla, yesterday i'm the private car of
Henry Nj. Flagler. While i'm Florida the
Canadian premier will be the guest of Mr.
Flagler.
The British minister, Mr.. George Greville,
at Mexico City, is in such delicate health
that he has decided to give UP his house
in that city and seek some place where
the climatic conditions will favor his full
recovery. ..t .
The banks and most of the business
houses or Ontario, Cal. closed yesterday in
dressed large audience Elm in the interest 1 of of
the Tuskegee Institute. Liberal contribu-
tons were made.
nj. Theobald Chartran, the French paint
er. arrived at New York on Saturday from
President Roosevelt. His portraits of Mrs.
Roosevelt and Miss Alice Roosevelt at
tracted a great deal of attention at the last
Paris salon.
Three indictments pending against former
City Clerk Morgan j. Nichols, of Bellefon-
tame o., now serving five years in the Ohio
penitentiary for embeZZlement of city
funds, were nollied Saturday, and an effort
will now be made to secure a pardon for
him. \
Rev. Baker, chairman of the headuuar-
ters committee of the American Anti-sa-
loon League, has called a meeting of the
committee TO meet in Washington, Jan. 10,
to outline plans for advancing the work of
the league and to recommssion and COM
mission superintendent, as provided by the
recent convention of the organization.
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for holding i'm that city next month of a
national convention to discuss municipal
i ownership and public franchises. The dis
cussion will be led by able business men,
engineers who have operated city plants
either for the public or for corporations and
by experts who have. given the subject at
tention.
Senator NJ. A. Hanna received the follow
ing from Samuel Parker, national commit
teeman for Hawaii: Hail to the prince Of
political leaders. The Republican party of
this Territory and the Hawaiian people con-
graduate you on the close of this successful
year under Republican rule and wish
happy and prosperous new year. Aloha to
you, senator"
AT meeting Of the faculty OF the Ohio
Wesleyan University and the Delaware
Board of Health it was decided to postpone
the opening of the university on account of
the epidemic of smallpox in Delaware until
Jan. IA, one week later than the scheduled
time. Every student on returning to coll
lege will be obliged TO present a certificate
of vaccination before matriculating.
The appointment is announced of Dr. E.
c. Franklin TO the chair of organic chem
istry at Stanford University California
made vacant last summer by the death of
DIR. G. w. Richard. The new member of
the faculty is now professor of physical
chemistry at the University of Kansas and
an investigator of note in the line of lab
oratory research.
A Philadelphia dispatch says an original
copy of the New England primer. which is
sessed by George w. Vanderbilt and ]. p
Morgan, has been sold by Morris ID. High,
of Johnstown, Pa, TO Dodd, Mead & Co.
Mr.. High purchased the primer for II cents
at a public auction in 1885. He received
81, 800 for the little book.
Swami Trigunatita, distinguished Hin
doc savant, has arrived at San Francisco
direct from the Rama Krishna monastery
in Calcutta to make pilgrimage around
the world that will occupy from three to
five years time. He will remain in San
Francisco for some weeks teaching the
philosophy OF the Vedanta to followers of
the cult, and will then resume his journey
Cornelius Vanderbilt is so far on the road
to recovery from his recent attack of ty-
| phoid fever that he is making plans for a
| cruise in foreign waters next month. He
| is arranging to cross the ocean in February
| with Mrs. Vanderbilt to meet their yacht
| Then long cruise will be taken in the
| Mediterranean. Dr.. Flint announces that
| Mr.. Vanderbiit's temperature has been nor
| NAL for six days and that he Is entirely
| out of danger.
For thirty minutes Saturday heavy gale
| from the southwest swept through New
| buryport. Mass. causing much minor DAM
age. Several small fishing craft were sunk
| I'm the harbor. but no lives were lost. At
| the Victoria cotton mills a portion of the
roof was blown away. Several operatives
/ narrowly escaped being buried under the
| falling debris Chimneys were blown down
| in various sections of the city and the con-
tents OF lumber yards were carried away.
| The American Young Mems Christian AS
| sociation reports prosperous year, with
| especially notable growth in the South and
| Northwest and among the railroad men.
The membership list Is now more than S0.-