The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-31
CITY NEWS NOTES.

The futile Mandolin Orchestra has been
organized for the season with Walter c.
futile director.
The Orient Club has issued invitations
for its second grand ball Tuesday evening.
Nov. 8, at Tomlinson Hall.
Gospel meetings will be held at the
Seventh Christian Church, corner of Cdell
and Annetta streets, beginning tomorrow.
The meetings will conclude on Nov. 8.
Charles Brown has resigned the office OF
clerk of the Criminal Court to take a po-
sition as travelling salesman for the Chris
man Machine Company, OF Chrisman, Ill.
His successor has not been appointed
Rev. F. c. Hottie, a missionary who has
spent some time in India, will address the
PentecOst Band Monday evening at the
church, 223 North New Jersey street He
has with him a native East Indian girl.
Governor Durbin yesterday honored a
for the return to that State of Albert Smith,
alias Albert Packwood, who is under ar
rest at Mitchell and is wanted in Illinois
for burglary.
Mrs. Swift. president OF the National
Sewall. president of the international
Council, will be present at the next meeting
of the Local Council OF Women next Tues
day afternoon at the Propylaeum and will
deliver addresses.
AT the Office OF the secretary of state an
equipment agreement has been filed by
which the Pullman Car Company is to fur
Company with four hundred coal cars and
three passenger coaches. The amount
stated in the agreement is 100000.
Thieves stole over 200 copper street rail-
way bands from the power house at Green
wood yesterday and it is said brought them
10 this city, where they disposed of them
to a junk dealer. The police were notified
and a search was made Of several junk
yards, but the copper bands were not
found.
II. NJ. Russell was elected president Of the
Butler College Oratorical Association yes
terday morning: o. E. Tones. vice presi-
dent; c. Lloyd Goodnight, Secretary-treas-
urer: Chester II. Forsyth. corresponding
secretary. The Butler primary to choose a
representative In the State contest will be
held Dec. 4.
Francis NJ. Seeds. who for thirty years
prior to 1895 was resident of this city, died
several days ago at his home in Fitzgerald,
Ca, after protracted illness. For years
he was connected with the j., NJ. & l., the
/. & V. and the Union Railway Company,
of this city. He is survived by his widow
and one daughter and a brother, S. 3. Seeds,
of this city.
DR.. G. Frank Loydston. professor of Gen.
ito-urinary surgery in the Chicago Med
ical College, will lecture this evening. at 8
o'clock in the Medical College OF Indiana
on criminology and will illustrate the sub
ject with SterOpticon views. He viii also
lecture In the afternoon at l:S0 at the City
Hospital clinic on the surgery of the pros
tate. The physicians of the city are invited
to attend both lectures.
The eighteen-year-old daughter OF David
Neffie. SIS West Merrill street. mysteriously
disappeared from her home last Monday and
all efforts 10 locate her since then have
failed. Yesterday Mr.. Neffie appealed to the
police and her description and photographs
were distributed broadcast over the State.
Her parents fear she met with foul play,
but the police do not put much faith in that
theory. as she left her home once before, ii
is said.
Mrs. May Wright Sewail has gone TO Chi
cago, where she is in attendance upon a
conference at the Northwestern University
OF the principals of secondary schools and
presidents OF colleges. This is q national
convention of much Importance and is
called at this particular time 10 celebrate
the thirtieth anniversary of DR.. Fisk s
principalship of the preparatory school con-
nected with the Northwestern University.
Most OF the famous secondary schools in
the country win be represented by their
principals, among the number Phillips
Exeter Academy, the Gilman Schoolat Cam
bridge, ST. Paul's of New York and other
famous feeders of the great universities.
The Girls Classical School of this city Is
the only girls school represented in the
conference. In a programme OF thirty-iive
numbers Mrs SewaiI IL the only woman
participating. The subject OF one OF the
symposiums is The Place and Function Of
the Private School for Secondary Education
in the American System" and Mrs. Sewail 8
contribution IL TO this part OF the pro-
graxnme.