The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-06

Whitney, of Whitney, Stephenson & Co., of
Pittsburg. undertakes TO deliver for cash a
controlling interest in the M~onongahela
River Consolidated Coal and Coke COM
pany to the Pittsburg Coal Company.
Henry w oliver represented the Pittsburg
Coal Company in the negotiations.
c. II. MACKEY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
H. Mackey,. who received as a wed hnms
Long island, from his father, has been
made Il member of the Roslyn fire de-
partment in recognition of his donation or
his carriage and hose to them. His GIT was
prompted by the destruction of pictures on
the country home of William Cullen Bryant.
AUTOMOBILE B~URNED.-One of the
most valuable automobiles in the world, a
racing machine imported from France and
consigned TO David Bishop, of Lee, Mass,
has been destroyed by fire resulting from
the explosion of he gasoline tank on a car
float at the New York. New Haven &
Hartford Railroad pier, East river, New
York. The machine was valued at $4,000.
BREAK IN MINERS STRIKE.-There
was a break in the coal miners strike in
northeast Missouri Saturday, when the men
at Higbee, $50 in number, agreed TO return
to work on Tuesday morning. This is a re-
suit of the efforts of Vice President Lewis,
of the United Mine Workers of America,
who was sent to the district by President
John Mitchell.
KILLED DAUGHTER AND SELF.-Mrs.
Anna Bell, whose husband is an employee
at the Frisco yards at Springfield, Mo-,
shot and killed her eighteen-year-old
daughter and then killed herself. She left
a note saying that the family into which
she had married had wrecked her life and
giving directions for the disposition of her
body.
WOMAN'S CLUBHOUSE BURNED
Fire started in the clubhouse of the
Woman's Federation on the Minnesota
State fair grounds at st. Paul Saturday
and the building sgo was wa destroyed Tsa entailing a
by the explosion of a gasoline stove. None
of those in the building were hurt.
ORPHAN DROWNED.-Three orphan
children, inmates of the Children's Sea-
swept beyond their depth while bathing
Saturday and one Of them, Edith Freyer.
aged sixteen years. years WAS vas d tSrsn The
belonged in Philadelphia.
PIT BOSS KILLED.-The pit boss was
killed and several miners were hurt by a
gas explosion that partly wrecked the
by the Mexican Gulf Coal and Transporta-
ton Company. The mine Is a new one and
the number of men employed was not large.
FASTING FORTY DAYS.-For purely
scientific purposes Stepney G. Playsted, Of
BROOKLYN. Is attempting to fast for forty
DAYS. He declares he has already accom-
plished two weeks of that time and after
an examination by physicians has been
pronounced 10 be in excellent condition.
DOZEN PERSONS HURT-At least a
dozen persons, nine of them firemen. were
seriously injured in a collision between a
hose cart and a trolley car in Brooklyn
early Saturday. The motorman disappeared
during the excitement.
BLAZE IN REGENT HOTEL-Fire
broke out in the Regent Hotel, Washington,
Saturday, but was extinguished after
causing less than 5000 damage. There were
thirty guests in the hotel, all OF whom
escaped injury.
CHAIR OF JOURNALISM.-The Univer-
sity of Kansas will be equipped with a chair
in journalism when ii opens this fall, ac-
cording TO a statement issued by Chancellor
Frank Strong.