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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1903
Page
5
Seah danae & co SURGICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS at 24 and 26 S. Meridian Street Indianapolis Ind offer bonds prayesicians outtitsa ant ieee satchels medicine cases physicians pocket knives and other suitable articles.
The Century Company outlines autumn releases including John Luther Long stories Sixty Jane and others by Lillie Hamilton French Elizabeth Cherry Waltz and Baller Howard are Butler with northern central Syria explorations Also Emerson Writings Centenary edition by Ralph Waldo Emerson and notes Charles Exbert Craddock A Spectre of the Log of a Cowboy Texas in the American commonwealths and Percival Lowell The Solar observations announced by publishers and writers
George Horton, formerly U S consul to Athens and Michigan alumnus, received the Doctor of Letters degree at Columbian University closing exercises. He is praised as a leading interpreter of modern Greek life and literature and noted for scholarly gifts and vigorous prose. Washington hosts Horton amid a growing circle of literary peers.
The passage describes Washington as the sweetest restful yet most exciting city globally. Miss Seawell is noted for never straying far from the Capitol dome in winter, but flees to the other side when heat hits. Her novel The Fortunes of Fifi is serialized in The Reader.
Rome June 14 grand consecrations of Mgr Rodker as bishop of Jaro and Rev Dennis Dougherty as bishop of Nueva Segovia. Cardinal Satolli presided Dougherty’s rite at St John and St Paul. other officials and 30 Philadelphia college students present. Both will sail to the Philippines after brief stays in Europe. Hendrick of Rochester named for Cebu.
Manila June 4 government drafts a bill to prevent export of inferior hemp. It plans government inspection and grading of hemp products. A commission will meet rowers and exporters before action.
Manila June 144 The government planned to appoint an army officer to Cavite province and offered the post to Captain Shanks of the Eighteenth Infantry Regiment, but he declined the offer.
Disorder continues in Cavite province as bandits Felizardo and Montaion and followers raid several towns. Government announces plan for a campaign to suppress the troubles.
Manila June 14 The cable ship Colon ia laying the Pacific cable from Guam eastward is near Midway island and the section to Honolulu is expected to begin next week with preparations underway at Midway.
Violent rainstorms sweep 8st Etienne region flooding many mines and interrupting railway traffic. Rivers Colse Mare and Glen flood while the Loire runs about ten feet above normal at Bloigny. Damage from inundations estimated in the millions of francs.
An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a long used remedy by millions of mothers for teething pain. It claims to soothe the child soften the gums ease all age pain cure wind colic regulate bowels and treat diarrhoea whether from teething or other causes.
A Wabash College commencement sermon argues for self respect as inner judgment, purpose, and dignity. It urges graduates to assert sovereignty of manhood, pursue a worthy ambition, and align earthly aims with eternal realities, lest transient success betray the soul.
Oakland City College in Indiana held commencement exercises last week with William P Dearing elected to serve as college president. The ceremony occurred on a Sunday and highlighted the institution's transition in leadership.
Rev W P Dearing was elected college president at the trustees meeting succeeding the late president Williams He has served as dean of the faculty for eight years and is an alumnus of Oakland City College and a University of Chicago graduate The final exercises featured a class lecture by G W Funkhouser D D on Greatness The annual alumni meeting elected officers including William Jordan president Addie L Bishop secretary Dale Pritchett treasurer Myrtle Mangrum all of Oakland City Ind.
Lafayette June 14 Miss Annie B Peck former Purdue Latin professor will depart June 16 from New York to Bolivia to attempt the first ascent of Mount Sorata 25000 feet high. She will travel via Panama to Arequipa Peru with Dr W G Light as scientific assistant and two Swiss guides. Peck, who has climbed Matterhorn Jungfrau Yufligenfirnze Popocatepetl and Orizaba, aims to reach Sorata by July 1.
Commencement week at the University of Pennsylvania opened with Rev. Dr. Kerr Boyce Tupper delivering the baccalaureate sermon at First Baptist Church. Provost Harrison joined Tupper on the platform as he argued that absolute independence is impossible and that humanity and nations are bound in universal interdependence.
President Thwing of the Western Reserve University delivered the baccalaureate sermon to Adelbert College and the College for Women. His theme was The Best Work drawn from St. Matthew 1 19 20, urging workers to feel God calls them to their chosen fields and to pursue life work with dedication and care.
CHICAGO June 14 Although no progress toward settling the hotel and restaurant strike was made today the service at hotels improved while most houses remained open. Strikers see vacancies filled from outside and expect full forces tomorrow. Arbitration talks are rejected. a sympathetic strike by union engineers is denied, a heavy setback for the strikers. Lexington June 4 Chesapeake & Ohio machinists strike in Huntington sympathy called off. workers to return and investigation ordered by President James O Connor.
The twentieth triennial Saengerfest of the Northeastern Saengerbund of America opened in Baltimore with a reception concert at Fifth Armory Hall. 16,000 capacity filled by 5,000 on stage and 9,000 on the floor, 2,500 Baltimore singers and 2,500 schoolchildren performed. President Roosevelt and other dignitaries expected. festivities continue through the week with prize concerts, dinners, and a Newark hosting of the next fest.
St Louis Saengerfest closes rehearsal with 3,800 voices at Liberal Arts Hall. Festival Director Richard Stempf oversees. 15,000 seats arranged in the hall. European trio welcomed, joining a quartet and soloists. Advance seat sales strong as 25,000 visiting singers expected by Wednesday.
About twenty men were examined on strike disorders and their testimony shows the arrival of troops and deputy sheriffs deterred trouble. The accused were bound over to the grand jury on riot charges, with the leader possibly facing murder threats. Superintendent McLean recounted a Tuesday incident when a strike leader forced him to close works and claimed he would blow up the town. The prisoners were taken to Solomonville for detention.
Kerosene caused explosion at John Borzokowski store and residence in Milwaukee killing Annie and Tony Borzokowski. Gusta Wolf hurt and six others burned. In New Lishon Hustler business district burned, $20,000 loss. Winchester grain and seed warehouse of D. S. Guy burned, insured for sixty five thousand.
The Washington B. Thomas ran aground off Old Orchard. Captain Lermond and the crew were saved. The captain's wife was accidentally killed in the cabin and one or more crew members suffered broken legs or other injuries.
Chicago dispatch reports a fatal incident after a quarrel between a horse trainer and a stable hand at the Harlem race course. The skull injury occurred during the dispute, prompting an investigation by local authorities and racing officials. Further details on motive and outcome were not immediately available.
Early today at the track Sidney 8 Bender, a noted horse owner, was struck with a pitchfork and badly hurt. The steel handle crushed his skull, causing a severe head injury. The assailant known as Dutch was arrested and placed under guard.
Paris saw no major clashes on Corpus Christi day though anti clerical groups planned counter demonstrations. Nantes reported mobs against the prefecture with windows broken and two sentry boxes smashed. A clash between Catholics and Socialists left several injured and thirty arrested as troops secured key squares. Minor disturbances were noted in Brest Dunkirk Lyons and other towns.
Correspondent tours Vincennes Indiana noting the historic Fort Harrison site and old cathedral, the French arpent land survey, and Cat-o-net village. He highlights recent civic upgrades, parks, a large waterworks standpipe, new school building, city hall, and courthouse while praising growth and industry shaping the southern Indiana city.
About 10 to 150 linemen employed by Cumberland Telephone Company in Louisville walked off Saturday at midnight seeking pay raises. Wages range from 1.0 to 1.5 cents per day. managers say formal demands were sent to system GMs before the strike, which currently affects Louisville linemen only. Cumberland operates exchanges in New Orleans, Nashville, Memphis, Natchez and other Ohio and Mississippi river towns. Home Telephone Co denies prospect of sympathy strike. Strikers claim over 200 Cumberland employees are idle.
National President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers arrives in Scranton Pa to attend a miners convention. He will not state likely actions but expects the union to handle the dispute with operators' representatives on the conciliation board. He said he would advise but not control the miners' decisions.
The Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union held its fifteenth annual convention in Cincinnati with about 300 delegates attending. Officers include President Martin P. Higgins and General Secretary Treasurer William J. Webb. Sessions start at 8:30 a.m. with daytime programs and social entertainments planned.
A grateful Ontario reader, Mrs. Laura Exons of Walkerville, credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing five years of ovarian trouble and an unwanted discharge, avoiding surgery. She urges skeptical women to try the remedy, claim its promise, and seek free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Massachusetts.
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