Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 April 1889 — Page 8

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1889 -TWELVE PAGES.

READIM FOB THE IITOGRY

Salmon Packs Decreasing and the Prices Bakcn Complain of Dull Times and Talk About Their Industry 3Iany Articles of Staph Food That Enle Cheap to Dealers. A gentleman from San Francisco, having "business trith J. M. Favers t Co., was in the city a few days ago, and in his conversation "with a Journal reporter salmon fishing and supply had a considerable part. Ho said the Sacremcnto river for a number of years has not been considered, to any extent, a source of supply, for the reason that it has long since been fished out, 0,000 to 0,000 cases now being considered a full pack. "Tho present system of fishing," he continued, "is having its effect upon the Columbia river, and. doubtless, within a few years its condition will bo the same as the Sacramento to-day. . and we consider that any action on the part of the United States fish commissioners will be almost too late to be effective, and in a 'short time our largest sources of supply will have been exhausted. The pack of the Columbia in 1S83 was (29,400 cas, and while fully as many, if not more, boats are and hare been engagtd in catching salmon, the pack has gradually decreased ever since until last year it was but 63,000 cases, and if the same proportion follows during the coming season the' pack of '89 will be but a little over fcOO.OOO cases." "But can you not turn to Alaska?" "Alaska has of late become a very profitable fishing ground for the reason that the Ushermsn were not restricted by law in any way, but were allowed to catch as many salmon as would come into the streams, if possible, and in most cases it is estimated that from $5 to 00 per cent. of all the salmon entering the rivers have been caught and canned. Acting under the belief that this state of affairs would be allowed to continue, a number of expeditions have been fitted out this year for Alaska, causing the belief to become current that the pack would be largely increased this season, on this account, over previous years." "Is there to be. no restriction to this "wholesale fishing!" "In British waters fishing without a license is prohibited, and the strenuous laws protecting tho streams are rigidly enforced. Nothing smaller than a six-inch net is allowed in the water, and no -fishing is permitted except in tide-wafer. Only onethird of the width of any stream can be obstructed by fishing nets. Ho fishing of auy sort is allowed from 6 o'clock Saturday night until 0 o'clock Monday morning. The number of boats or nets in any stream is entirely under the control of the fish commissioners. The reverse of this has been the rule 'in Alaskan waters heretofore. There havo been no restrictions of any kind. Nets of small mesh have been frequently put entirely across the streams, making a complete lence, enabling the canners to catch all the salmon entering the river a complete trap. In case the entire catch of a day or night cannot be worked up the following day, the canner simply takes out of the water as many as he has labor to care lor, or capacity to work up into cans. If this practice were allowed to continue it would only be a few years before the streams are completely cleared of salmon, for it is a well-known fact that this fish only return, to streams where they were hatched, and good authorities state that four years is the longest tnne fish remain in salt water. The United States authorities, realizing the necessity of immediate action for the protection of the great fishing industry of Alaska, have had passed and are now enforcing a law regulating the catching of salmon in Alaskan waters which will al most entirely strip the northern waters of their attraction as a profitable salmon fishery. A notice has been issued, by authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, warning u persons n suing in Aias&a not to construct or use any dams or other obstrucT 1 nri a in lt Tivara nrwi mpnaiirAt ova Itain taken to havo the fishing grounds patrolled tv government vessels to insure a compliance with the law." "How will this affect the canning iudnstrvt" "Without the use of dams or other ob structions in the Alaskan rivers the salmon Interest wilftiot be profitable or productive. for the outlay of some $80,000 to $100,000 for ach cannery, supplemented by the risk of sending out tits to the fishing grounds, will make the enterprise so doubtful as to cur tail the business. Few will undertake this work, and fewer still "will return with tish. It is unfortunate for those iust starting out this year, who have sent their supplies ahead, that sooner notice was not given xnem uy me government, inns enauimg them to direct their energiesin other directions, for they surely will be unable to catch sufficient salmon to makeihe venture profitable. Undoubtedly the step taken by the authorities is necessary and just, at the same time we regret the prospects are not better for a largo pack. The trade should take advantage of the present market rates and order sufficient for full supplies, for if the Alaska pack-does not come up to ex pectations the supply will be short and iiigh rriccs will rule." The Bread One Eats. One of the Important and growing industries of the city Is that of baking. There are two large wholesale factories for bread and crackers and lixty-nine smaller ones which do business on a more limited scale. These bakeries gire employ ment to over five hundred persons In busy times . ad they require ne&rly 1,500 barrels of flour a fceek. Itwas not until 13G7 that Indianapolis tod a wholesale bakery. It was then Nickum & Parrott established their cracker manufactory on "East Washington street and oon ran their trade ip to tea barrels a day. From this small begin ning came one of fhe largest bakeries in the West, ;aut in 1SS5 the firm was changed, the propric"!ors from that time being Taggart & Parrott jr. These young men recently took possession of a biilldin? on the corner of Geortria and . reunay ivuuut iixetui ouu uc uuw i urn Lag out V . - 1 A A - 1 A I . 70 barrels of crackers a day and using therefore from sixty-five to seventy-Jive barrels of flour. Peter Bryce, the other lare manufacturer, turns has baked 9.700 loaves in ono dar. At both etabllshment the latest unproved machinery has Decn introduced and tho products are becoming ba much sought for the famous cakes and . crackers of the Fittsbursr, Pa., and Cambridge ' t J t mamOh U on v. uav mmAm . vp urv,im v -A, vm tlon forty years or more. Within the last nvc years most of the machinery for making bread and crack ers ramtUv ha been introduced, and with Its Introduction the quality of bread and craciers has- lmproveu. one or the baKers, Jn mwakine of tho auality of bread now made. said that the talk that bakers nsed alum to mako it lieht and white was untrue. "It was used some In the East," he remarked, Mand a pood deal in The old country, but in the W est rood flour is so t'heap that bakers can afford to use the best Hoar, and do away with ingredient like alum to xnake good. Utfht. white bread. In the old country and the East it is not used to the extent represented, as an ounce of alum will make the bread from a whole barrel of Hour as white as snow and as light as desirable. One of the oldest bakers here said, yesterday. that the winter of 18U has been the dullest for the trade In the last twenty years, one reason beta? that as the winter was so mild, fewer oysters were consumed, and this cut down great ly the demand for crackers. lie had always noticed when there was a large fruit crop, as last J ear. and potatoes and eggs wero cneap as they ave been this winter, the bakers suffered more in their business than anvone else, as the people who use a good deal of bread often substitute canned goods, potatoes, eggs, etc., tor it when thofre articles are cheap. Ittst week two of the local bakers attended a convention of bakers dolnr business befw en Pittsburg and Omaha, and all complained of dull trade during the last four months, ail attributed it to the cause mentioned above. W hile the growth la the cracker trade has been the iuo4fc marked, in tho manufacture of Use and more common cakes there has alio been a lanre increase, ten bar rels of flour now beta? used where one was for such a purpose a fw rears ago. A baker of many years' experience said, recently, that he . can readily see that the prejudice against using bakers' bread and cakes rapidly dying out. and tnere w no reason that It suonui not, as me larcur bakeries are ket as cleanly as ixitia and none but the best materials are used in the manufacture of good, and many of the smaller eatAbiunments, as well, are turning out cakes ' and bread which equal in every respect those raaae nyxne oesi noue-koepers. It was suggestive that in the reporter's talk ing with the different bakers questions as to how they gauged the ize of a loaf would always .. L:rlCtiU itisrto fiQso other feature of tho

boslre.'s. It would perhaps be well for the home bakers to have a conJercnce and fix upon some uniform weight for loaves. ryiccs that Do Not Help the Consumer. One of the South Delaware-street commission men a day or two ago remarked that this was the year in which the poor man could live high if he could take advantage of low figures and was not dealing with a grocer who never dropped prices with tho going down of the market. He then named over a number of articles which are selling unprecedentcdly low. New Orleans cabbage last year, in early April, brought $0.50 a crate; now the dealer can get only from $1 to $1.25 a crate. Home-grown cabbage a year ago was selling at $2.DO a barrel, now it is held at 50 cent per barrel. Irish potatoes then sold at $1.10 to $1.1:5 a bushel. They are now felling at 25 to 40 cents a bushel. Egg were selling at 18 to HO cents a dozen, now worth loor VZ cents one can purchase a dozen of the best quality. Choke butter, once worth 20 or 25 cents a Itound. can be bad at 12 to 15 cents. Onions lavo dropped from $-1.50 and 5 per barrel to $2.50. ureen apples once pelling at 75 cents a bushel now bring 45 to 50 cents. But in canned (roods and dried fmits there has been the greatest break. Goods of this kind which a year ago sold at $2.50 a dozen, cim can le pure based for half that money, and the market is glutted with dried fruits. California fruits which sold atl!5 cents a pound a year ago are now scUing at 1 0 to 12 cents. A traveling man from New York, who Mood near while the eommssioner was running over these figures, remarked that if there was not another pound of fruit dried or canned for tho next two years, there would be sufficient lo supply the market. This largo overstock is of course due to the large crops all over the country last year. These che ap prices, however, remarked the commission man.

are not helping the poor man to the extent that tncy would if the retail grocer did business on a better system. Most of tho grocers trust so much and lose such large per cent, of the pood tney sell tnronu bad debta tbat tney are obliged to keep prices up. There could be no better reform for the medium and even the poorer classes than to have tho grocery business uoue nearer a cash basis. If a grocer is sure of getting his pay from all of his customers, he can afford to drop prices with the market, as be knows Just what per cent, he is making on bis sales. AN EABLT-CLOSING MOVEMENT. Hot-Weather Reforms Advocated in Connec tion with the Y. M. C. A. Park Project. In connection with the project of an Athletic Park and Swiming School on the Kitzinger tract, south of the Arsenal, the gymnasium committee of the Y. M. C. A. proposes to revive the movement for an early closing of factories and business houses on Saturday afternoons during the warm season. Several of the larger manufactories have already indicated their willingness to favor tho plan, and, in ad dition to asking them and wholesale deal ers to support it, an effort will be made to have the hours for receiving freight by the railroads shortened on Saturday, so that the employes at the various freighthouses may have a portiou of the day! "It seems to mo that something of this kind ought to be done." said Secretary Douglass a lew days since, "for the reason that unless it is done we are not likely to check the tendency to turn Sunday into a day of mere amusement. I notice that au association or league has been formed here, tho object of which is to play ball on Kn-ni1ftvs nnrl tlir n.T n. cnnA manr nthT organizations in this city gotten up for pur poses of entertainment and recreation on that day during the coming summer. It is very easy to aiV this is wrong, but human nature is human nature, and a man shut up in a factory or office all week, has more temp tation to use hunday for an outing or excursion in pleasant weather, than tho one who gets a chance at fresh airandcrreen fields onlother days of tho week. My idea is that every employer who can ought to give his employes baturdav afternoon during the warm weather. If that can bo brought about, wo will try to furnish every employer and employe a pleasant place of resort at the new Athletic Park, where lie can spend his half holiday with his family or friends, and have a good time without wrenching his conscience with any feeling that ho is a Sabbath-breaker. lie would still have Saturday evening in which to make his purchases and straighten tin the affairs of the week, and Sunday would Ai 1 I-: x J : av a. - 1 jiuuuim m iar uincreiib irame 01 miua than it does at present. The matter is worth considering by the people who have the power to decide it, and I hope the moveiuemcnt will have a generous sup port in connection with the summer park and swimming-school project we have un dertaken." "H jw is the new park enterprise progress ing? 'The outlook for it is encouratnnc. There are some people who think we have fixed our rates too high, but 1 do not see how we can furnish all the advantages wo hope to secure, including both the park and our building, with bath, readinc-room. cvmnasium and entertaiment privileges, for less tnan ten dollars a year. However, we have a meeting called for to-morrow evenine. at which I hope to see every active member of the association present, and we expect to discuss these matters further at that time." A PHILOSOPHER'S REFLECTIONS. He Has Confidence in the World's Stability in Spite of Dire Prophecies of Ruin to Come. "The only way this world of ours escapes going crazy," remarked a philosopher to the reporter, "is by refusing to givo her entire attention to any one set of reformers. No matter what hobby a society, associa tion, or sect may ride, they are apt to think that they alone are right, and if the remainder of mankind don't come to them the remainder will go the primrose path of dalliance that leads to the 'demnition bow-wows.' What amazes me is tho con fidence with which they predict disaster dire to those who fail to heed their jere miads and neclect to join them. The world now and then does seem to wobble a little on its axis, and then these fellows sav. 'Ah. ha, I told you so,' and the echo of their words has hardly died away before the old planet Hetties down to steady work ncain. and rolls over and over just as calmly as if mesemigniy intellects iiaa no existence. The other night I attended a socialistic nieetinc, and wasmadoverv uncomfortable bv tho Prediction of awful thin era in enmA if tbe world didn't llop over to the able lecturer's way of thinking. But next morning the sun was shining, the procession of hours went on as usual, and the newspaper told the story of Stanley's march through Africa and half ahundred other things that iuite swallowed up tho man who. the night before, had strutted his brief hour upon the stage and mouthed such awful pronhecies. I used to know a little fellow who kent a beer shop and thoueht that the world was going to the bad, without relief from valuation or appraisement laws, because the en tire population didn't buy beer at his shop." The People Food of Flowers. Window plants are growing in favor, and even down town the windows of dry and dusty offices show brilliant bunches of bloom. Florists say their sales of pot plants are increasing from year to year. There was never a finer showing of hyacinths than the florists now make. Kosebuds are always in fashion, especially white and yel low Dua. ana tulips, aanoaus ana carnations are in great demand. Tansies have also been in high favor, and every year tbe size and verities eem to increase. There are six larce ervonhoutes here in the city and as many more in the suburbs. These are all owned by professional noriflia. inero is pernaps no otner city In the United Prates which, proportioned to its population has as few private green-houses as this. ith natural gas, there is no reason why there should not be a great numler of private conservatories, as there 1 nothing which for a small outlay of money can give greater satisfaction to cultured people man nowers ana plants or one s own growluc. The city florists who tilled University Park with flowers and plants last summer may probably be Induced to do so a cum if persons interested will pay a part of the necessary expense. Thesamo nugnt ie uon wirn tne unusea ground at the Insuuue xorine iiina. Kxamination of Voters. The work has leen begun of taking an enumeration of voters In Marion county, but It will not probably be completed before some time early in June. A few of the townships have handed In their reports, and they show an in crease In voters over the last election. This Xeutv Auditor Jonnhon think does away with the ulk that there were voters imported into the county at the election. He claims that they have found, so far, that the vote did not come up to the polled list of men who are over twenty -ono jcurs ui BKe-.

KW sideboards at Wm. U Eider!.

TURK KEY AT THE CELL DOOR

Humanity Teaches Him that His Duties Can Do JIade Pleasant by Kindness. Prisoners Not Troublesome When Tanght Obedience Through Firmnes3 Without Cruelty Queer Things Noticed in a Jail Kecord. One of the turnkeys of the county jail recently remarked that the majority of people arc inclined to believe that jailers are an abandoned set, and that life in a jail is almost a perfect bedlam. "Although," he continued, "it may not be such as would, perhaps, suit some of the more fastidious, it is not wholly devoid of its bright 6ides. Of course, to the fellows behind the bars theso things may appear a littlo differently, but even they can't complain when they stop and think that their own work put them there, aud that they might be in much worse circumstances if they were in a dun geon or had a life sentence hanging over their heads. Hut to us who are on the out side, and yet in one sense as closely coulincd as they, there aro many things that happen every day that relieve the monotony of our duty in 6itting here, and opening and shutting the barred gates." 'Your work, then, is in some sense pleasnut, is it?" "Yes. it can be truly said that it is. You know the great awe that many people havo for a man as soon as he is pointed out as a jailer, and I often laugh to see tho wonder that fills tho faces of visitors which not unfrequently amounts to fear. The first thought that comes into tho mind of the ignorant is that my hands must necessarily be stained with blood and that my business makes me a villain that would do credit to a wild West show. And then, too, there is a general impression of horror against a jail of any kind. It is not only a place of curious interest 10 some, dut; to a greatmany it is looked at as a placo of torture. where we club tho prisoners into submis sion and think no more of a ball and chain than a dog does of his collar. The peoplo who have such ideas wonld form a tar different idea of jail life if they could come here and see how things are managed on the inside." 'Are you often troubled with refractbrv prisoners?'' "No. Oh, once in a while they cet into a fuss among themselves, but all I have to do is to step to the door and tell them to bo auiet. The one irreat fear amonir them i imprisonment in the dungeon, and prisoners win ouey our oruera jnipiicmy ueiore ruey will go down there. But as long as I havo been here I have never had occasion to send a man down. Once, and only once, have I been compelled to punish one severely, and that was with a prisoner who attempted to escape from tho guard while going over to the court-house to ho tried. I put him in shackles and left them on him for a night or two, just to teach him a lesson. I have a mixture of criminals here almost all the time, but they aro invariably an order ly set. lught in there now are men held for all sorts of crimes. from assault and battery up to murder, and yet I manage to live here and enjoy life. too. I tell you. it is not all in a manrc surroundings that makes happiness it is a great deal with himself." "So doubt you see some amusius char acters, do you not!" "les. in tho time I havo been here I have had some rather queer experiences, espe cially with men who have come hero on sentences that were not of the usual kind. I remember ono case where a man was brought in from one of the suburbs, bv a constable who wanted him locked up. The constable gave me what he thought was the correct papers of commitment, but I saw at a glance that they wero not for the man he liau in charge and 1 told him that I could not hold the prisoner unless tho right documents were presented, 'ine olhcer insisted 60 strongly that I saw I had to do something to settle tho dispute, and so I told him to give me the papers and his man, which ho did. I suppose he thought it was all right. for as soon as he had turned his prisoner over to me he left. Well, what did I do? I simply had the man slip inside the first cell, when I turned the key on him. after which I unlocked the door again and set him free. I had no .authority to lockhira up, because l had no papers that would justify it. That was a short sentence, but it was not one mat was authorized by tue court. I recollect one man, though, that waa sentenced by the court who was only in jail an hour. He was convicted of some felony I have forgotten exactly what and fined $25 and costs, with one honr imprisonment here. The crime that ho had committed admitted of no punishment without some sort of a sentence, and one hour was the least ho could cet. He came in a few minutes before 11 o'clock. and just as I locked him up the court-house clock was striking. Fronintlv at 12 I let him out, and haven't heard of him 6ince, bnt ho can say that he served a jail-sentence anyway. I have had men in here who havo had to pay pretty dearly for some trilling act. There was a man in New Albany who ventured to sell a glass of beer on the fair grounds, and before he had been paid for tho beer ho was arrested. When his trial came off he was fined 30 and given thirty days in jail, but he served out his lino and was here sixty days for selling that one drink. Another instance that was a little peculiar was one in which a man had been hned $0 for violating a State law, and he refused to pay it, so he was put in here to serve it out." "Are violators of tho government laws as lrequentiy imprisoned as those ot the State laws!" "No; and yet we often have them. Some time ago a man was brought here from Hendricks county who had violated tho internal revenue laws, and ho was given a thirty-days sentence, lie had traded somo notions lor a caddy of tobacco, which he afterwards sold without a license to a tobacco dealer. The whole thing was worth only a few dollars, but tho court recognized no distinctions and tho law was. enforced. As a general rule the sentences in the United States Court aro much lighter than those in the i?tatecourt. For instance, there was a man last year convicted of counter feiting and riven two years in tho Stato prison, whiltr another, who forged a postorace money order, went up on a threeyears' sentence. Now, in the State courts men are frequently sent up for ten years lor stealing a suit of clothing, or for even receiving stolen goods. The punishments are much heavier than they are in the United States Court." "Can you account for this?" "It is based entirely upon the difl'erence in tho kind of criminals that are tried in the United States Court. Almost all of tho crimes against the government are committed through ignorance, and the punishment is accordingly lightened. Take tho man who sold the caddy of tobacco. for instance; he did not know J)rovisions of the internal rcvaw, or else he probabh would not the enue have attempted to violate them. In the State cases, however, the criminals are generally indicted for deeds that are universally known to be in direct opposition to law and order. A great many men may not know that it is a crime in the eyes of the law to use a cigar-box without first canceling the stamp, but you will not find many who believe they are justified in committing a murder or a robbery." Death of Mrs. Caroline I!. Gall. Mrs. Caroline E. Gall, who died on Friday afternoon, was one of the olderst and best-known members of the English Lutheran Church of this city, she having connected herself with that church soon after coming to this city, forty-three years ago. She was eeventy-one years old, and was born in France, in the city of Taris, of German parents. "When five or six years old, the family removed to Stuttgart, Germany, where she was educated. There she married the late well-known physician, Alois D. Gall, and the young couple removed soon after, forty-seven years ajro, to tho United States, first settling at Green Kay. Wis., thence removing to Pittsbnrj?. from which place the family, after a short stay, came to Indianapolis, where Mrs. Gall has since resided, with the exception of nearly nix years dnrinir tho administrations of Presidents Fierce and lluchanan. wnen sDe resided at Ant werp. Dr. Gall beinsr consul at that place. The Doctor, durinjr the late war. was surgeon of the Thirteenth Indiana, and afterwards medical director. N hile he was in the aimy Mr. Gall was for Mime time at Norfolk. Va. Sho too cTr.it

interest in the welfare of the soldiers, and Ler uiinlsterinff band did ms.ny ood and putle klndcesses for tho hoys In the hospital, bhe was un

ostentatiously benevolent during her long life, and rat known as a friend to tho poor. She leaves three children. AHrt ;all.Mrs. Fred 1 Rush and Edward F. Gall The funeral wdl take place at 3 o'clock this afternoon, from her late residence. Eev. John Ualtzly will conduct the services. j m CATHOLICITY OP A REPOBTEB. His Place in Life as Described by One Whose Hair Has Become Gray in Newspaper Serrice. It's a rare thing to see the funeral of a full-grown man nowadays that is unattended with at least one brass band and a secret organization or society of some kind, on foot or in carriages. Of all men, the newspaper reporter is least addicted to secret societies and philanthropic or other organizations and associations of men. As a news-gatherer ho is brought near to all such things, but he is compelled by the exigencies of his calling to keep himself aloof from membership or becoming unduly interested iu any one society or movement, each and every one of which is considered by its enthusiastic adherents to be the only thing worthy tho attention of men. Were

he to begin joining theso various societies with his well-founded notions of fair play for all schemes, ho would soon have more decorations than JJismarck, and need a seven-foot spread of chest in order to display tho ojnblems. Now and then an enthusiastic evangelist takes a grip on the miserable reporter who has been detailed to give to the pub'ic a glowing account of his work, and the evvinf ehst attempts to take him into tho fotti. t is a well-meant endeavor, but usually fails. In religious matters especially the reporter must be all things to all men, and ; must be catholic to the fullest extent and meaning of tho word. None of the local clergy ever seek to impair his usefulness by proselyting him to any one particular brand of faith, lie is, as fet. Panl recommends. "all things to all men." Ho is on good terms with the clergy of all tho Protestant churches, on a friendly footing with the Catholic clerey, priests and bshop, as he is also with the learned rabbi of the temple and tho children of Jacob. No religious freak of any kind but receives his earnest and prayerful attention if there is any jews in it, and even the Mormon with eleven wives is accorded a hearing of his cause. "I have attended a rattling chicken-fight on a Sunday morning," remarked an old re porter, thoughtfully, "an amateur giove contest in the afternoon, and reported a Presbyterian sermon, of the most Calvinistic variety, at nieht, and did fairly well byeachof them. When it comes to reforms. I have seen over a hundred different brands, each and every one being thought by the enthusiasts who had them in hand to be tho only original Jacob Townsend remedy to alleviate all the ills of 6Utlering hunwniry. I have soeu a score or more of these reforms die sndden. but not untimely deaths, and would have wept bitter tears ior their loss but that I knew other enthusiastic gentle men, with other much-needed reiorms. would take their places to bud, blossom and die without leaving the least fragrance to remind people of their existence. The reporter is somewhat like Mr. Wemri a 1 1 1 1 micK, tho cierK 01 lawyer jaggers, in '(ireat Expectations,' and occasionally has little souvenirs that remind him of noted citizens with whom he had brief, but, to some extent, confidential relations, now severed forever, some of these acquaintances having been sent to the State's prison for a long term or for life, while others were disposed of by the county sheriff in a more summary way. "Among the noted people I have met in Indianapolis,'1 continued the reporter, "I may mention Denis Kearney, the San Francisco drayman, the sand lot agitator whose name once tilled the trump of fame to tho exclusion of tho names of many who have since bpcome great. Kearnev was here in the summer of 1S77 orlSTS. and I had the pleasure one warm Sunday of marching in a procession at the head of which lloated a red Hag with the great Kearney on one side of me and the private secretary of his greatness on the other, while they filled me with the sweet music of what they had done, were doing and were yet to do lor the toiling millions. In thosodays Kearney had stopped toiling, while tho millions were working along just tho same. Tho private secretary had a spacious shirt bosom embellished with beautiful rimber colored oases, as he used great quantities of tobacco and spat with the indirection of a sprinkling pot I remember the great reform on that eventful Sunday consisted in tho sale of twentyfonr kegs of beer at the grounds where Kearney spoke. "Among prize-fighters I have enjoyed the personal acquaintance of Sullivan, Kilrain, the Irish Giant, Dick Hollywood and many lesser lights, as well, as a number of door-keepers of the Indiana State Senate of 1S87. Greatness in any line is not apt to be very overpowering to the newspaper reporter. He sees the greatest men in all lines and conscientiously records their efforts without bias in their favor or prejudice against thenV A Coffee -Roasting Company. To-morrow articles of incorporation will be filed of "The Indiana Coffee Company." Thi3 will be a corporation of considerable magnitude, embracing as it does in its stockholders the wholesale firms of Conduitt & Co., Severin & Ostermeyer, J. C. Perry, George W. Stout. Schrader Eros., Kothe, Wells & Bauer, Moore & Conghlen, Henry Schnull & Co.. Wiles & CoOln, Keller & Malott and A. M. Cleary. In addition to these it is expected that all other grocery jobbing houses will become stockholders in the enterprise. Tho largo coft'ee-roasting plant connected with tho place of Schnnll & Co. has been secured and its facilities greatly enlarged. A. M. Cleary, one of the best coffee men in the country, has been appointed manager. The Arms named, by their traveling men. will reach out into all tho territory tributary to Indianapolis for the sale of roasted coffees. They propose to adopt Koine appropriate brand for tho coffee they manufacture 60 as to make it well known everywhere. A permanent location for the roasting house will be secured later Jcw' Spring Furnishings, gpring styles in fleckwear of the most extraordinary ort, in colors, subdued or conspicuous, as the patron's taste dictates. During the past week Mr. Paul Krauss has held an extended levee at his palatial tore-room, the public taking advantage of tho opportunity to visit one of the most complete and elegantly-appointed gents' furnishing establishments in the West. The display will remain intact a few days longer, and the public are invited to inspect tho same. Just received a now lino of neckwear In four-in-hands and Tccks, at 25 cents. Don't fail to seo them. J ev York Hat Co. l'repare fur Slot yVrather. Wc have the "Alaska" hard-wood refrigerators, economical in ice and perfect operation; "Gate City" filters. "Success" and "Quick Meal" pas and gasoline stoves, "M. & U." wromrht steel ranges. Wm. II. Uensett fc Sox, 33 H. Meridian st. w.

T. WILEY & CO Nos. 48 & 50 North Illinois Street.

Special Offerings of New Sprin g Dress Goods and Silks See our new novelties in Plaids, Stripes, Mohairs, Alpacas and Combination Suitings. See our elegant new lino of Henrietta Cloths, in all the new shades. 50 pieces 40-iuch all-wool Henrietta Cloths, in all new shades, only SOc a yard; worth Goc. A great bargain. New line of China and India Silks on sale Monday. Seo them. Great bargains in Black Silks. See our prices. 200 pieces line French Sateens, in latest novelties. See them. See our Sateens, elegant patterns at 10 and 12 l-2c a yard; positive bargains. LACE CURTAINS AND SPRING WRAPS. 100 pairs Laco Curtains, full three yards long, taped edge, only ?5c a pair; worth $1.25. See our Lace Curtains from 08c to $10 a pair. It will pay you. New line of Headed Wraps on sale Monday. See our prices. lJlack and Colored Jersey Jackets at all prices. See our elegant patterns in Black Lace Jb louncings, from 60c to $5 a yard. Special sale of 1 ahlo Linens, Towels and Napkins. See our prices. Large size bod-quilts ouly 50c, C9c, voc and 9Sc. Great bargains. Money saved by seeing our goods andprices this week.

W. T. WILEY & CO Nos. 48 1& 50 JSTortklllmois Street.

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(ESTABLISHED 1853.)

3 mes This season the manufacturers of Satines, both foreign and domestic, have done the best work ever done in this lino of goods. A few years ago it would have been said that it was impossible to attain to such perfection in colors and printing as this season has accomplished. We are showing Satines in Cashmere effects that almost, if not quite, equal the best silk goods. The styles, colors and finish of the more plain styles are very choice, and have as good an effect when made up as tho best Foulards. The variety this season is very much greater than any previous season, and many of the styles are made in several colors, so that every one can be suited in both style and color. The domestic manufacturers of Satines have this season been very successful in their designs and colors, and are proving that they will soon be able to equal our French neighbors, who have heretofore taken the lead in fine printing and colors. The enormous sales on Satines has for the past two seasons almost broken tho market very early, and it was impossible to secure good styles afterward. We are very liberal in our purchases, and to-day wo havo in stock OVER i.ooo PIECES OF SATINES. PRICES ALWAYS

PETTIS, BASSETT & CO

EOFMAM DROPS Tho Best 5 c CIGAR. JTo sell and recommend them: Geo. W. Sloan & Co., 23 West Washington street. W. N. Short, opposite Grand Hotel. L. A. Gahle, 628 North Illinois street M. C, Staley, 441 Virginia avenue. Wood Browning, 9 Shelby street. Frank Hosbrook, 1 Shelby 6trcet. Clary & Son, 159 Prospect street. C, C. Watson. 511 Virginia avenue. Morrison & Fetters, 171 East South street. Tompkins & Son, 100 East South street. E. W. Tompkins, 165 Massachusetts avenue. A. Leiris & Co., 401 North Alabama street Chas. H. Woods, opposite Bates House. A. Timberlake, corner 7th and Collego avenue. Fomreoy '& Under, opposite Postoffice. H. C. Pomroy, corner North and Pennsylvania street, s t L. D. Stockman, 258 North Illinois street Tu Schulmeyer, 723 N. Tennessee street. C. D. Shellaberger, corner Tennessee and 5th. C. T. Bedford, 1 Indiana avenue. J. M. Scott, corner Indiana avenue and New York street. Chas. Lambur, 99 Indiana avenue. J. D. Gauld, 201 Indiana avenue. Chas. Eichrodt, corner First and West streets. A. B. Mendenhall, 491 Norto Mississippi street. Otto Shopp, 802 South Illinois street, L. T. Nash, 400 South Illinois street. W. J Hamilton, 414 South Meridian street. Chas A. liroich &, Co,, 52$ South Meridian street. F. Will Pantzee, Bates House Pharmacy. Izor Brothers. 259 West Washington street. L. H. Jlankert, 164 West Washington street. Korn fe Geisler, corner College avenue and Tintl) streetP. H. Kelley, 140 West Washington street. A. B. GATES & CO., Distributing Agents.

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We have the best makes in FRENCH SATINES. We have tho best makes in AMERICAN SATINES. Our stock of Satines is so very largo that we have been compelled to divide them, and therefore have placed our American Satines on one of our center counters. This will give our customers a better opportunity to see both the French and American goods. With over one thousand pieces, and over three hundred styles, we think we can suit every customer. 121-2 CENTS. Wc are selling better quality, better styles and better colors at 13 l-2c than ever, and as good as we sold last season at 18c. 25 CENTS.' This line of Satines is giving very good satisfaction in every particular. . SATIN E ROBES. These are all in French makes and very handsome, with very choice colorings. PLAIN SATINES. Wo havo almost every color ever thought of, and five times as many as wo ever had before, and can match all tho grounds in our printed goods. BLACK SATINES. For Fast Black, Perfect Black and Handsomest Black, you ought to see ours. They are just right in every "way. IN PLAIN FIGURES.

LADIES PLEASED AND DELIGHTED

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Not alone at the delicious and refreshing cup of Coffee served to them at our Coffee Counter, but also with the great bargains we arc offer ing in our Dress Goods Department Seethe new Old Rose, the toniest; tint just now. Haifa dozen shades, from the delicate fluSh of a bursting. La France bud to the deepest terra cotta. It has spread over almost; every other dress stuff Old Rose Silks, Cashmeres,' Henriettas, Novel ties, Plaids, Serges, Figures, etc. Old Rose Sateen and Ginghams we bave tbem all. A few double-quick bargains in Fichus and Shoulder Capes, Spring4 Jersey Blouses, Jackets, and every sort of Outing Rig for ladies. All the new things are here, whether we say or not, always; and aa for prices, we are always the lowest; we need not quote them, as one tells the other how much cheaper she bought here than her friends did elsewhere. Others pay for the music and we do the business in each and every department. See our new Buttons to match all new Dress Goods. Persian Bands in all the new colorings. Passementerie in any style you may happen to want OUR MILLINERY OPENING will take place Tuesday and

Wednesday. Store open Tuesday until 9: 30 p. m., for the benefit of those who can't get out during the day. We propose to LEAD in any of our undertakings, so wc shall endeavor to lead in our opening of New Spring Millinery. We take pleasurable pride in the belief that our exhibit will be secondary to none, either in completeness of assortment or in choiceness of styles and ma terials. Hoping you will favor 'us by calling, if to buy or not, and take a smile with us at our coffee counter on th e second floor.

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PHILADELPPnA STOKE, 6 and 8 West Wasliington St.

The Largest Carpet and Wall-Papcr House

TWO SHIFTS.

If you are out late at night you will free our work goiner on inside and out. On tho square of Washington f trett, between Meridian and Pennsylvania, you will see our Ptreet cleaners at work, and up incur work-rooms 3'on will Fee tho night force of carpet and drapery Mjwcra at work. We had to come to it. Wo have been working till midnight every night, but the pprintr orders kept jiling up aheadhighcr all the time, now wo have two shifts, a night force and a day force. All night, too; 7 in the evening till Cin the morning. First time it was ever done in Indiana. But there aro lots of "lirst"' thinfrs in the way of progress inaugurated by lSTMAN, SCHLEICHER T T? T? CAitrETS, DnArERiEs, Wall-Paitr. Tho Largest IIonsc in the State .A.BOUT tli venerable old-fasloned portraits to be found In every household, how many find recollection of by-gone time, vhcih (tne recollections) can only bo higbtcned it the frame aro kept bright and frenli. It is our buineM to re gild frames, and we do It In the ltest of manner restoring the quaint attractiveness held by them In the days of our grandfathers. A word to th -wise, tho busy house-cleaners. II. LIEBEE & CO.'S ART EMPORIUM, 83 South Meridian Street. Furniture, Carpets and Stoves The 'following special prices Mill bo given for tho month of April only: Velvet Brussels $1.1. "J All-wool Ingrain Tapestry Brussels................. Remnants Oak Sideboards "Walnut Sideboards Walnut Book-eases .53 14.50 24.00 r.oo Bed-room Suites 20.50 The most complete lino of Children' Carriages in the city, and everything you need for bousekeepiug, on payments or cash. JOHDST CLXJSTE 79 V. WASHINGTON ST. Opposite Park Theater. THE NEWEST CRAZE, TIGS IN THE CLOVER' PRICE ONLY U cent. Frice X)j m&U only 20 cents. Bend for one. CATIICAI1T, CLELAXD & CO. 26 East Washington St, OTSee our new line of Pocket-boots. MICHIGAN LUMBER CO., Carries the lxrgeet stock Sash. Doors and Blinds. Lumber LATH AND SIIINOLES, 436 East North Street. .... Indianapolis. Ind. AT -

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