The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-13
INDIANA NOTES.

LOGANSPORT.-Over one hundred ply
sicians of CasS and adjoining counties held
banquet at the Murdoch Hotel Thursday
night, in celebration of the thirty-first an
niversary of the founding of the Cass
County Medical Society. Seventeen toasts
were responded to by leading physicians of
the meeting and number of papers on
medical subjects were read DR.. c. II.
McCully, of Logansport, was POSTMASTER.
Only three of the charter members of the
Cass county society are living and they
were present.
NEW ALBANY.-The Rev. Charles Pres
ton Foreman, of Plattsburg. No. was pub
licely installed as pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church Thursday night. The
charge 10 the pastor was delivered by the
Rev I. S. Scott, pastor Of the Third Pres
byterian Church, and the charge to the con-
gregation by the Rev. Hamilton A. Hymes,
pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church.
a sermon was delivered by the Rev. W. S.
Foreman, father of the pastor.
RICHMOND.-Albert l.. Copeland will
resign as chaplain of the Plainfed Reform
School TO take the pastorate of the Friends
Church at Sabina, o., where he will sue
coed the Rev. Edgar Stranahan, recently
elected to the faculty of Wilmington Col
lege Prof. w. c. Dennis has been chosen
assistant professor in the law department
at Leland Stanford University. All three
are graduates from Earlham
HUNTINGTON.-The Erie has laid off
almost its entire force in the carshops here.
only four men out of eighty-six being re-
tanned. The road usually makes a reduc-
ton in its force in the spring for the sum-
mer but this is the largest reduction that
has been made for several years. The
men laid off were all carpenters
FAIRMOUNT.-Eleven young men and
boys were rounded up in Squire Jones's
court Thursday afternoon, charged with
gambling. to which they pleaded guilty and
were fined Sill. each. The ages of the
prisoners ranged from fourteen to nine
teen years. They were shooting craps
at the fair grounds.
MARION.-David r. McNees, aged sixty
two, a member of the Soldiers Home, was
struck by an interurban car Thursday night
in Home avenue, and was taken TO the
City Hospital in a dying condition. Nc
Nees was a member of Company @, 124th
Indiana Infantry, and lived at Farmland
CONNERSvILLE.-T first brick of the
street paving in this city laid Thurs
day morning by Francis T. Roots, who de-
livered a ten-minute talk about improve
ments and the city's advancement. The
ceremony took place at o'clock and was
witnessed by several hundred people.
CLAY CITY.-Nicholas Mccullough
farmer near town. was thrown from his
wagon during runaway and severely in
jured His recovery is doubtful. The agon
was demolished. with about $50 worth of
farming implements, which had just been
purchased in this city.
FERSONVILLE.-A number of
Louisville capitalists have taken options on
a large track of land near Selersburg. 1t
contains large quantities of shale, which
will be used in manufacturing Portland ce-
ment tiles and brick. A plant will be
erected soon.
HAMMOND-While operating a vulcan
izer in her laboratory. DR. Lena Watson,
a Chicago dentist, having offices in this
city was seriously injured about the face
and hands by the explosion of the machine.
but the physicians think she will recover.
TERRE HAUTE-Edward Bauer and
Cecil Trueblood, students at the Rose
Polytechnic Institute. are building a motor
launch in which they will go to the world s
fair by the way of the Wabash, Ohio and
Mississippi rivers.
PETERSBURG.-Aw ell-developed case of
smallpox has developed al Carbon. the vic
tim being one of the children of Elijah
Davis Several other children have been ex-
posed. Quarantine has been established.
KOKOMO.-The employees of the Kokomo
Street-railway Company held a meeting
Wednesday night. preliminary TO their or
ganization into a union There will be
about twenty-five members.
WINSLOW.-The Republican central
committee of Pike county. with the Repub-
lican candidates. will meet here OF Satur-
day to fix the time OF holding the county
convention.