The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-07
CITY NEWS NOTES.

The Women's Foreign Missionary Society
of Roberts Park Church will meet to-mor-
row afternoon with Mrs. John wilkins, $3.50
Central averue.
DR.. Julia X. Sulliver, president of Rock
ford University, will speak to the students
of the Shorfridge High School this MORN
ing at 9:l5. She will talk on the reasons for
college education
DR.. Harry s. Moore, OF this city. is en-
route TO Nome, Alaska. where he will spend
the summer, He will stop at San Pedro
and Los Angeles. Cal, on the way TO San
Francisco, from which port he will sail
about June !.
The Rev T. J. villers pastor of the First
Baptist Church, who has been spending
several months in a tour of Erope, will
arrive home at Bis O'Clock this afternoon on
the Pennsylvania. His steamer arrived in
New York yesterday afternoon.
A meeting of the committee having in
charge the arrangements for the peace
demonstrat ton will be held at the residence
of Mrs. May Wright Sewall this afternoon
at 2:3O o'clock. The peace representatives
or all the local organizations Will be present
c. E. Mortified, of this city, has leased
two thousand acres of oil lands in Hamil-
ton county. near Fishers Switch. where
the gas has ceased to flow. On the land
are several gas wells that show some OIL
Mr.. Merrifeld, dealer in lumber, is well
known here.
Edward L. Aughinbaugh. a druggist at
No. $50 North Senate avenue, received Sc
we're injuries yesterday by falling from
street car and breaking his wrist. His body
was also injured. He started to get off the
car to transfer, but the car Is supposed TO
have started before he alighted.
The county recorders office closed yester-
day at p. NJ, and Will make this the reg
Is to give the clerical force an opportunity
to dispose Of an accumulation of work
without being disturbed. Some of the other
county offices talk Of falling in line and
closing at the same hour.
No clew has been found to the where
abouts of Mrs. III. l.. Cummings. who dis
appeared sorne time ago, leaving her five
small children to the care of neighbors.
find her. Tie case is a most mysterious
one. Her husband, a prosperous bridge
contractor, who has been in New Jersey
for number Of months, has come to assist
in the search.
Unless the strike of the men at the Bed
ford Quarries Company. at Bedford. is
soon settled there will be a ''tie up OF
work on the new federal building. All or
the stone that is now being used on the
building is coming from the Bedford con-
Germ and there is supply on hand at the
building sufficient to last not more than
ten days. When the supply has been ex-
hausted, unless the strike has been set
tied, work On the building will have to
cease
Among the visitors to Indianapolis Is
Miss Chin Nile Fong, daughter of Mr.. and
MRS. Chln Mum Hon, or chicago. she Is
the guest of Z. Lung, of 243 North Della
ware street, we'll known as a leading China
man of the city. Miss Fong is petite little
girl who speaks good English. Her father
is friend Of z. Lung, who brought her
from the windy city for visit In English
the girl is Mabel Chin, and she attends the
Jones School in Chicago with another Chi
nese girl
The coloreC Odd Fellows of the city will
hold their anniversary exercises at Simpson
Chapel next Sunday. The exercises will
be in charge of the State Grand Lodge Off
GERS, most of whom live in Indianapolis.
n. p. Gardner is orator of the day, the
Rev. 7. X. Prentiss will preach the ami
versary sermon, Louis Harris will be mas
ter of ceremonies, ]. w. Jenkins chief mar
shall. There will be papers by Mrs. Florence
Bennett and Irene Cooper. a solo by Miss
Miss Eva Radden. The lodges will form
in body at the hall on Indiana avenue
and march to the church