Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 October 1889 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1889.

FEW OBSTACLES IN THE WAY

GraspingDemocratsTold by Office-Hold-ers of Their Own Party to Go Slow. Btatntea and Decisions Interfere "with a Programme for Ousting Republicans to Satisfy the Greed of Boss Coy's Ward-Workers. There was considerable continued discussion yesterday among Democrats with well-organized political appetites over the possibility of a full and prompt possession of the municipal pasture-field, when the newly elected Council and Board of . Aldermen enter on their duties next January. At a caucus of the Democratic memberselect of the two branches, several of the party managers, wtio are in possession of county offices, advised their municipal confreres to make haste slowly, but this advice eccins to have been weakened by the position of the advisers, and was received in much the came spirit that a pastoral letter on the advantaged of fasting, written by a well-fed college of bishops, would, be accepted by a delegation of hungry and thirsty parishloners, The best advised among the Democratic municipal olhce-seekers have settled down to a conviction that the Kepublican ' incumbents of city offices, such as the city attorney, city engineer; street commissioner and others, elected in November last, cannot be orated until January, 1891. The statute on that subject plainly provides that the officers, committees, trustees and boards made np of persons other than members of Council or the Board of Aldermen, are to be appointed at a joint meeting of Council and the Board of Aldermen, to be hold on the second Monday in November after the first annual meeting of the new Council in January, and are to serve two Years from the date of their appointment. This provision is clear enough to penetrate the consciousness of the hungriest Democrat that is hankering after the placo of any one of the incumbents. It is likewise made clear by tho statutes that -such incumbents can only be removed by Council and the Board of Aldermen for cause, and then only by regular process of impeachment, and with tho concurrence of a two-thirds vote. If the Democrats in the present Council, with one-third of its votes m their control, were able to keep Sim Coy from being expelled after he had been convicted of a felony and sent to the penitentiary, it is not likely that the Republicans, who Fiave one-third of the incoming Council, will allow any incumbent of tbe offices refered to to be expelled for no other reason than that a few voracious Democrats would like to have tho places. With this understanding, then, the plans of the Democratic managers seem to bo tending in the way of accomplishing by indirec tion what they cannot hope to accomplish by direct means, The talk yes- . terday centered largely on the street and .tire departments, and predictions wero freely made that arrangements would be I completed in January next by which both these, departments would bo tilled with Democrats daring that month. The case of Thomas Wilos, who was the Republican fctreet commissioner when tho Democrats got possession of the city in 1874, and who was virtually deprived of tbe functions of his oilice for the remainder of his term through the appoiutmcnt of two Democratic supervisors of fetreets, was referred to as an instance of what could bo done by Democratic management, and it was strongly hinted that similar methods would be used again to 6ecure immediate berths for Democratic applicants. U think," said a prominent Republican lawyer, yesterday, "that in all these anticipations. Democrats are reckoning without their host, both as to the law in the caso and the men with whom they have to deal. Take Wiles'a caso, for instance. Although the Democrats succeeded in wresting- from him the functions of his office temporarily, the Supreme Court t upheld his right to tho office and its salary, and, in so doing, branded the usurpation of his place and functions as wrongful and without warrant. In the Webster case, which came later, the Supreme Court held that the lire board, which assumed to control appointments and dismissals in the city tire department, could exercise no such privileges; that councils alone could regulate euch matters, and that the power to change them could not be exercised by any intermediate body, the resnlt bring that Chief "Webster was sustained in his right to appoint and discharge subordinates, subject only to the authority of Council and the Board of Aldermen, acting as a whole, and representing the entiro legislative control of the city. That decision not only lixes the status of the tire department, but it establishes the exact relations of the other city departments named to Council and tho Board of Aldermen. There has been subsequent legislation to prevent the proper functions of officials from being taken from them by indirect means, but that decision of itself establishes tho rights of -city officers and leaves their office not in the control of a hostile commission or board appointed by a partisan majority in Council, but in their own hands under the law governing . the office and subject .only to the general authority of the whole body by which they are elected. The city officers elected by the two branches of Council are responsible to those branches for the discharge of their duties under the law governing them. If any of them fail to discharge such duties there is a method provided for the removal of the delinquents, but the idea that a city official may be loft in his position and the proper functions of his office taken from him and discharged by somebody else, has been effectually exploded by the Supreme Court. "As to any possible attempt to drive anybody out of place by withholding his salary or putting him to any unreasonable annoyance, that is a game that is not likely to be attempted in the next Council, for the reason that it is one at which both eidof can play. The Republican vote in the Board of Aldermen can tioup tho salaries of the Mayor and Clerk as easily as the Democratic majority in Council can withhold the salaries of tire chief and street commissioner, and the side which began that sort of business would simply have to bear the burden of all the public inconvenience and vexation -which Tvouid result from stopping the work in the different city departments." THE COURT RECORD. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. 10022. Jacob McB. Giberson vs. Thoraaa Jolley. &u Joseph C. C. Affirmed. Elliott, C. J. When a promissory note is obtained by fraud there can be no recovery, unless the plaintiff shows that ho is in possession of it as a bona tide holder. In order to constitute the plaintiff' a bona lide holder he must be a purchaser for value before maturity, and without notice of the fraud. ."Whether he had notice or not is a matter . peculiarly within his own knowledge, and : tho burden is on him to show that he had no notice. 1240. Henry Rietman et al. vs. Theodore Stolte. Vanderburg C. C. Reversed. Olds, J. An employe who knows, or by tho exercise of ordinary diligence could know, of any defects or imperfections in the things about which ho is employed, and continues in the service without objection and without promise of change, is presumed to have assumed all the consequences resulting from such defects, and to have waived all right to recover for injuries caused thereby. James A. Cuuuiugham va. Abraham Jacobs. .Marion S. C. Affirmed. Coll"ee, J. Suit instituted in the Marion Superior Court on an attachment boud executed in a unit pending in Illinois. The breach alleged is that appellant did not prosecute his suit with effect, but that Mich proceedings were had that it was adjudged that appellee was not indebted to appellant; that by suing out of the writ appellee was put to great expense, and kept out of the "use of his property, etc. It is presumed, in the absence ot a contrary showing, that the common law prevails in Illinois, and it will be presumed that tho court trying the cause was a common law court. Such courts have jurisdiction to try actions for the recovery of tfebt, and it apivears from tho complaint that there was an action of that .Kind. The court had jurisdiction of tho fcubiect-matter. It will also bo presumed, nothing to the contrary appearing from the record, that the court in Illinois had jurisdiction to isue the writ of attachment and require the bond in controversy. It cannot he presumed that a statuto existed under which the bond was executed. It must be treated a a common law bond, and a sach

was good. It was not, therefore, necessary to Bet out any statute under which it was taken to maintain the action. H1C3. T., St. L. & K. C. R. R. Co. vs. Isolina Dipple, administratrix. lJackford C. C. Dismissed. 14206. Jacob Schloer vs. Mary Ann Wagner. Lake C. C. Dismissed. 14C57. John D. Stenger vs. Francis IIollowell, administrator. Franklin C. C. Dismissed. imz. State vs. B., O. & C. Railway Company. DeKalb, C. C. Reversed. Berkshire, J. 1. A corporation, under Sections IbOl aud 1904, R. S., is liable to criminal prosecution for obstructing a public highway. 2. All that is necessary to a good indictment for obstructing a public highway is to allege such facts as meet the requirements of the statute. Under the statute it was r.ot necessary to the commission of the offense that the acts done be accompanied with a criminal intent. 4 SUPERIOR COURT. Room 1 lion. Napoleon B. Tajlor, Jndge. Richard L. Dawson vs. Caroline Dawson;

divorce. Plaintiff dismissed case. Volney T. Malott vs. Francis A. Cummings et al.; quiet title. Finding and judgment for plaintiff granted. Jacob Schicketanz vs. Maria Schicketanz; diverce; abandonment. Decree granted to plaintiff. Sophie Neimeir vs. Frederic Neimeir; divorce; infidelity. On trial by court. G. Ballard vs. William Ennis et al.; nniet title. Finding for plaintiff against defendant John Ennis for $S05.85, and finding for other defendants. Room 2 Hon. Daniel Walt Howe. Judge. Elisha S. Kise vs. the Fidelity and Casualty Company, of Now York. Dismissed at plaintiiFs cost. Charles Qnaach vs. Trustees Evangelical Church et al.; Charles Wehking defaulted. Special finding of facts and conclusions of law. Judgment against Wehking for 132 and costs. Appeal granted. Lucius B. Swift vs. Indianapolis Chair Manufacturing Company. On trial by jury. Wiliiam Eichhorn vs. Emelio Eichhorn; divorce. Allegation, abandonment. New Suits Filed, Robert F. Catterson vs. Oliver II. Mcpherson; on note. Demand, $150. Max Beeler et al. vs. Gustavo Joseph; on account. Demand, $200. CIRCUIT COURT, lion. Livingston Howland. Jndge. William H. Talbott vs. Western Union Telegraph Company. Dismissed by plaintiff. William Bledsoe vs. Philip franklin. Judgment on verdict in favor of defendant. Anna Kreys vs. Charles Kreys; divorce. Decree granted plain till and two hundred dollars' alimony. HOW TO BEAD A NEWSPAPER. With a Little Advice to Those Who Abuse Theiu for Being Untrustworthy Philadelphia Inquirer. In an attempt to be facetious Governor ITill said on Thursday at the laying of tho World building corner-stone that newspaper reporters manufacture news when they cannot get any legitimately. This is a slur upon newspapers and newspaper men which is heard daily from the lips of those who ought to know better. It is by many men considered smart to abuse the newspapers for publishing news that is declared to be untrue or unreliable. The trouble with such critics is either that they do not believe what they sa3 or that they do not know how to read a newspaper. There are many intelligent men, who are successful in business or professional life, who actually do not know how, or, at least, do not take the pains to read a newspaper iinderstandingly. The press does not claim to be infallible, but no reputable newspaper ever makes a statement nnqnalifiedlv without having excellent reasons for believing its tmth. But a great deal of the news that is published is-not given as undisputed fact. Every piece of news is prepared with tho utmost possible care in the limited time that is allowed. The reporters become experts in tracing news to its source aud iu finding out in a brief time the details of an event that has many phases. Most matter that is published is the result of investigations which thoroughly justify all that is said. There is another class of news that is not given as authentic and is not intended to e bo received. It is printed as gossip or rumor, just as street-talk is passed from mouth to mouth. Many careless readers overlook this, and take it for granted that evefy idea or event mentioned is the state ment of the newspaper. The reputable newspaper tries to be unscrupulously exact in all its statements, and none but newspaper men appreciate the constant and nntirmg efforts that are put forth to secure accurac3 The great majority of errors that creep into newspapers arise from misinformation given to reporters, either maliciously or innocentlv, by informants. To guard against such errors there is nothing but the judgment of the news-gatherer as to his informant's veracity, and this is, of course, fallible. The wonder is. not that errors occur, but that so few of them are found in print. Tho modern daily newspaper is the greatest achievement of the age. Directly and indirectly eyery newspaper man in the world is an employe of every other. To-t day's Inquirer is the work not only of its own corps of writers, but of thousands all over the world, whose labors have been condensed, and by special correspondents . or news associations forwarded to this office for the benefit of our readers at the breakfast table. There was not an important event in Christendom, yesterday, whose essential features are not recorded inthis issue. To photograph the world every twentyfour hours and to distribute copies to'manv thousands of readers is a gigantic task, ft is accomplished only by the labors of intelligent men, and tho use of the most perfect mechanical appliances. Errors creep into every human institution. Newspapers sometimes make mistakes, not so often as is supposed, but when a statement is unqualifiedly made by a reputable newspaper it is prima facie evidence of truth, and will usually be found to be conclusive. A Chunk of Wisdom for Irishmen. Troy Time. The Cronin faction of the Clan-na-Cael society at Chicago has virtually started to secede and set up an independent organization for itself. Why not do the sensible thing and retire to be heard of no moref Clan-na-Gaelisin has not only not helped the Irish cause, but it has done it inestimable harm. It has placed weapons in the hands of tho opponents of Parnell and Gladstone which nave taxed their utmost to overcome. If no crime had ever been committed in tho name of Ireland's interests, the policy of home rule would be much further advanced than it is to-day. Tlio Common Course fur Women, Washington Post. Mrs. Mike McDonald, of Chicago, who eloped with Father Moysant, in August, has returned alone to this countrv, and is waiting, it is said, for hor husband's arrival in New York. It is said that he condones her fault, forgives, and will receivo her back. This is such an extraordinary act of generosity in a man that he becomes quite a hero and gains a reputation for unusual chivalry. It is, however, the common course for women to pursue, and is considered rather in the light of a duty. Speaks fur Himself. Philadelphia Inquirer. We do not believe that Mr. Mills speaks for every individual of his own party. We believe there are enough progressive'Democrats :n the House to prevent the blocking of legislation, even if the Republicans are not able, by any unforeseen accident, to do it without help. Mr. Mills controlled the last House, but he will take a back seat in the next. His warnings and threateniugs are but idle chatter. The Couutry ileal Want. Senator Sherman. What we want is not only protection to all our industries, but a stable protection, not changing with the accidents of party contests, so that business men may build their workshops and give employment to their workingmen in confidence that they will not be wrecked by sudden changes of tariff laws. The Old Mistake. Philadelphia Press. The free-traders, through Mr. Mills, of Texas, announce that no measures will bo allowed to pass Congress without their consent. Thus tho free-trode brethren, forgetful of past experience, have committed the old lolly of biting off' more than they can chew. Sadly Disappointed. XD'M City 8tai The foot-pads were deeplv chagrined and disappointed when they discovered that Mr. Gculd would not remain iu Kansas City overnight.

AVERAGES OP THE LEAGUE

President Young's Compilation of Figures on Work Done the Fast Season. The Indianapolis Players Come Well Up in the List, with Manager Glasscock Second in Batting and Denny LeadingThird-Baseman. The official averages of tne League players, as compiled by President N. 7i, Young, giving all the information that can be desired regarding tho past season's work, differs in some respects from unofficial figures heretofore published in several papers. Mr. Young's figures show that the players of the home team quit with good records, Glasscock being second in tho batting list and Denny leading the third-basemen. Denny, in addition to his fine work in the, field, made eighteen home runs. The fielding percentage of pitchers is not given, and the League standing is based upon the batting percentage. The official figures are:

h Hz- e J B 5 a 5 Si 5 g 2 z z n o- S S e- S. w r P S . a. 3 2 . . 2 a. ... o I I ! I I 1 . 1 4S5 105 181 373 240 31 22 .973 582 I2tf 200 359 28034 57 . 915 518 99 177 341 246:41 271.982 499 140 167 334 35023 331.896 318 80 105 330 153jl6 19 .8C7 107 91 133 326 191 !3 34 .8?4 576 140 1C7 324 293 14 45 .924 543 126 175 322 246 18,26 .898 502 89 161 320 219 24 33 . 82 490 117 157 316 258 33 21 .977 526 123 159 318 233'17 10 .909 289 42 90 311 129!15 6 .625 584 144 182 311 20335 52 .894 486 131 149 305 2o7'17 36 .803 556 122 163 304 230'54 47 .941 486 77 148 304 106 33 34 .964 212 42 64 302 76 10 17 . 874 500 86 159 302209 33 35 .907 132 88 130 3011207 28 40 .919 522 02 157 300 227 36 11 .874 2G0 39 75.300 93 11 18 .815 479 86 143 298 164 41 02 .889 533 103 153 296 203 32 24 .901 179 20 53 296 61 14 7 .860 507 120 1491293 221 52 68 . 818 246 37 7 2 292 S3 15 19 .956 m 51 113 292 128 24 2t5 .990 86 7 25 290 26 4 2 .000 228 42 60 239 81 11 10 .808 544 77 157 288 214 36 23 . 892 153 30 44 287 71 6 1 .000 255 45 73 285 97 7113 .910 310 51 36 281 117 15 6 .857 521 72 147 282,204 31 26 .81)7 507 98 143 282 162 31 36 .8i0 ' 57 96 163 282 235 27 22 .913 497 88 139 279 199 39 32 .933 10 21 47 278 69 14 -8 .000 257 37 71 276 98 15 12 .946 540 75 151 275 201 33 17 .916 4S1 84 132 274 103 30(26 .905 154 18 41 273 54 6 2 .000 477 70 128 268 161 30J28 .970 422 77 113 267 162 18 16 .819 532 83 142 267 181 33 37 .018 481 76 128 266 148 39117 .935 275 30 73 205 87 22 13 .890 211 24 56 265 C9 16 0 .856 407 m 107 263 169 14 13 .837 65 C 17 261 18 4 0 .OlH) 144 57 116 201 144 32 24 .925 133 1C 30 259 41 6 4 .785 199 107 129 258 188 32 99 .9iO 230 47 67 25j 96 14 14 .84i 317 57 82 258 109 21 6 .895 300 33 67 5$ 103 IS 5 .833 525 Ci 135;257!1D3 22 18 .873 146 19 37;25: 55 6 C .701 59 7 33;254l 24 2 0 .743 462 67 11712531155 44 20 .8J5 225 S6 57 2531 6315 6 .871 477 C4 121 253,l:.5l2!) 15 .937 , 99 11 2C,232j 2ilOl 2 .0K1 122 77 10r.25ljl52:27jl7 .915 , 3GG 63 142 25l!lCC. ai!3i .932 219 35 65;231,16.-,l514 .815 U0 13 35i250 36 8 2 .000 . 172 72ill3:250 15S 272ll .J1G 161 17 401248 49112 C .621 390 42 96'246 I3g!24 16 .885 l."6 17 CS'245 62 C 4 .000 242 3 15;242j 20! 0 1 .977 531 85 128241 179 11 14 .943 129 17 311240 43 C 2 .v67 321 62 77 '9 105 13 47 .045210 17 50 238 f;U 12J 5 10OO , 437 94 1161238 143 2 30 ,C12V 48! 81 110 233 148 24 S'JLJtttfb 1W 12 2ft 2S8 28 13 V .90.V 175 16 41 237 48 6 2 .843 447 Co 105 233 125 25 37 .955 ! 451 59 106(235 131 32 21 .949 64 5 151234 16 7 0 .000 56 6 13-232 17 2 0 .769 . 386 5b 89j232 116 24 17 .892 3C2 93 94 232 110 17 63 .901 . 4C3 47 107 231 155 38(20 .91 , 442 56 ! 02 230 131122 27 .980 . 247 42 57230 89 15 4 .518 . 273 25 631230 71 24 12 .957 539 80 1231228 161125 34 .914 , 193 1C 4 228 621 6 8 .802 .60, 8 15 227 20 1 1 .000 .112 13 25 223 34 3! 4 .OOO .473 71 103(217 120121 19 .31 . 154 16 32j206 3H21 1 .0(H) . 262 36 3!20C 76 12 5 .Ot0 . 103 16 211201 2S 4 6 .000 . 135 14 271203 S3 0 1 .000 142 22 20il94 32 12 .781 , 166 20 30 192 37 9 0 .(Hrf 83 6 10 192 19 1 6 .842 120 li 23 191 27 6 3 .875 . 122 17 23 188 27 13 2 .000 . 150 15 28 187 40 9 2 Am . 59 9 11 180 11 2 1 .000 .140 20 27 185 30 12 12 .979 . 125 21 23 184 27 7 9 . 833 . 139 20 25 179 37 12 2 .100 . 103 15 18 174 23 4 1 .000 . 98 7 It 163 20 ? 2 .000 .184 "11 30 101 U5 5 1 .COO . 133 14 21 158 27 4 1 .000 . 149fl7 .23 154 31 6 0 .000 . 75! 6 11 140 21 7 1 .W) . 166 19 21 135 21 7 1 .910 . Ill 9 15 1C6 20 3 1 .OOO . 131 13 1 4 115 14 9 .. .000 . lit 6 13 114 18 7 2 .000 . 69 77 7 101 9 8 .. .OOO .72 2 7 97 8 5 1 .000

NAMES. 1 Brouthers... 2 (Jlasscock.... 3 Anson....... 4 Tiernan 6 Carroll. 6 Kwinir I.. 7 8 9 Kvan , Van Haltren O'Koirke Connor 10 11 12 13 14 15 1C 17 18 19 Seery.... , s Fields l Duffv Gore 5 Richardson , I ilincs Andrews , ( McKean Wilmot 5 Daly, T ? Daily, C Ward Thompson I Beechcr Kelly 5 Delchanty. Mack Madden Irwin, J Mulvev 20 21 22 23 24 25 2G (litmbert SnlUvnii 2" 'fM Uie wii'iiiH. .......... ( Tebcau Hoy (Denny Richardson, D Zanders Maul 23 23 30 81 3'i 33 34 35 3C Twitchelh Nash Tener Farrar Miller. McUeachy C;, Myers, A 3S 39 40 41 42 S (ianzel t Schriver. Farrtll $ Powders J Ouinii Rrown, W Fogarty Zitniner ........ Rowe Bueklev 43 I Burnt 44 nark. 45 40 Ehrlht.... ( llallman . White f Bassett... Gleasoii..... C Wood. 4.8 Strieker (Duily, U s O'Uricn Wise 49 MiPutolifffl 61 Kuehne G2 Boyle 53Sh(eneck Mlrreffer 53,Somnicrs Go Sunday I UliKS Kadford Hanlon Shbch 58 Williamson C9 CO $ McAleer t Lmulao Casey .' C Flint. Irwin, A ( Brown. T Smith c Faatz - Bennett (Carney Johnston bweency ilealv Haddock Whitney Butlinton Clarkson 61 62 C3 C7 6 C9 ' t v 4 t 71 72 Bwver Myers, G.... S Welch SiiTder.; 4 iDarlinir 75iRadlJourn 76'fialvin 77 KroeTv 7t Morrill 79jIIattleld H)Getzein fl Kusie 82 Keefc, G 83 Stale y 84 Hutchinson 85 Keefc.T 8G!0'Doy S Hastian Bakely Reatin Ferson 87 8K 89 90 91 a ruber Morris . Association Games Yesterday. At Cotinnbus Columbus 1 O O O O O O O Ol Brooklyn 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 i2 Hits Columbus, 4; Brooklyn, 3. Errors Columtms, 1; lirooklyn, 1. UatterieR Oa.stright and O'Connor; Terry and Clark'. Umpire Ferguson. . At Louisville Louisville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3-5 KausasCity. O O O O 2 1 U 1 'J U Hits-Louisville, 4; Kansas City, 14. Errors Louisville, tl: Kansas City. 3. Batteries Mclerniott aud liyaii; Bell and Donobue. Umpire Gatfney. At Gloucester, X. J Baltimore 3 0 0 1 0-4 Athletics... 1 111 15 Hits Baltimore. 5: Athletics, G. Errors Baltimore, 2; Athletics, 3. Hatterie3 Foreman and Quinn; Weyhlng and Crows. Umpire Henple. Called at the end of the fifth Inning on account of bad weather. Cincinnati, O., Oct. 13.The CincinnatiSt. Lonis game was postponed on account of wet grounds. Hindsight Repairing Foresight's Blunders. Nebraska Journal. The ladies, in discarding their bustles this season, have bronuht crief to the souls of the seal-skin dealers and manufacturers of furry cloaks and sacks. The supply for a winter is made up about a year beforehand, and the cloak-makers appear to have had no prevision of the bustle earthquake, and the' made all their cloaks with a bulgo to cover the bustle. And now they aro busy taking in the slack and weeping over the wasted triangles of precious fur. A Ruling Pa4lon. Milwaukee Sentinel. "Who can doubt that the love of sounding titles is a very wide-spread passion after reading over the proceedings of tho Knights Templars, and the lists of "very eminent sires." "most eminent grand masters," "grand captain-generals," "grand generalissimos," and other grandeurs and eminences attached to names otherwise unknown to famef A hundred years of plain republican government leaves this passion as lively as ever. Hut now About AxteU? San Francisco Chronicle. It is unfortunate that there shcnld have been any questionof the exact time mado by JSunol. at Fresno, but. even accepting the 6lower time, her performance was a great one and full of promise for the coming year. Ah a four-year-old, Sunol bids fair to leave all competitors in the shade and to force Maud fc. from her retirement. Last Chapter of the Copper-Comer. Chicago MslL The gentlemen who were connected with the lately defunct copper-corner are now realizing thtt the wrong end of a copper Kyudicato is nearly as dangerous to tritio with as the wrong nd of a male. The

directors and accountants of the French bank which was mined at the collapse of the corner have been indicted for misappropriating the batik's funds and violating the banking laws, and stand committed to jail until the bum of 760,000 is paid by them. As they all went broke in the corner, this is practically a life sentence, and it will furnish them with a good long period in which to meditate on the folly of using money not strictly their own.

ELECTRIC-LIGHT PERILS. A Subtle Danger That Lurks Wlierever the Wires Are Found. New York World. Alexander Welsh, of this city, is a practical and theoretical electrician, who was formerly employed in Mr. Edison's laboratory, and has been over ten years in the business, during which he has had unusual opportunities lor observation and experiment, which makes bis opinion on all matters pertaining to electrical matters significant and weighty. When seen" last night by a reporter Mr. Welsh Said thatthe further maintenance of the overhead wires in their present condition was a menace to the lives of evervbody in New York, and thatitwas now dangerous for anybody to touch a wire of any kind or even a metal substance. A man ringing a door-bell or leaning up against a lamp-post might bo struck dead at any moment. "Every wire now used in New York for any purpose." said Mr. Welsh, "is capable of conducting a death-dealing current of electricity from a long distance. The only possible exception to this is a wire of small gange which is sometimes used for making connections from the main wire in tho house to the sinsle lamps. Death-dealing currents of electricity are running all about the city over onr heads, day aud night, strong enough to kill any mau. lt is not alone the electric-light wires that may kill you, as was seen in the death of the unfortunate man at Chambers and Center streets to-day. JSorae where off in another stieet, perhaps miles away, the wind has blown an arc light wire against, pay, an iron roof which is in connection with the telephone wire that comes into your room or your office. Death docs not stop at the door, but comes right into tho house, and perhaps as you are closing a door or turning on the gas you aro killed. It is likely that many of the cases of sudden death we hear of from heart di&etxe may come about in this way. "Thero are two kinds of electricity in use in this city to-day that are dangerous to life aud would kill instantly. One is the kind used for all the arc lights exclusively, aud wherever you see the big white electric light with its carbons burning you may know that death lurks over head. The other kind is the alternating current of the Westinghouse system, arc and incandescent combined, which is the kind selected to despatch criminals with, and this I consider even more dangerous than the current of xhe arc light. . Ail other kinds of electric currents in use, whether for incandescent lights, telegraph or telephone service, for electric bells or what-not. are harmless. Hut not so the wires. Although there is very little danger about incandescent wires inside of houses, nearly every wire you 6eo in the open air is thick enough and stroug enough to carry tho death-dealing current. In the case of Assistant Foreman Feeks, who was killed so tragically to-day, there were evidently some four or live wires on that pole used for the telegraph, and apparently harmless, and yet they carried a deathdealing current, lie was such an experienced man that it is likely that ho tested them whn he first went up and found no current, but so mysterious and instantaneous is electricity in its action that within a second the connection may have been made at some far-oil' point by the crossing of wires, and when ho touched them again he was killed.. "An arc-light wire, loaded to the muzzle, as you miht say, must have crossed ouo of those teleraphvlrcs; it may have been in Harlem or on the next block. The deadly current was taken olf in part, and ran along perhaps for miles on that one wire till it reached maybe an iron post, which they all touched, or a simple loose wire lying across them, and then it was distributed, and would have gone on scattering in all directions where there was a connection. ;'A great many people suppose it is necessary to grasp a nuked wiro withbpth hands to make the connection, or that you must be standing ou the ground. This is a mistake. You may touch a wire with your linger, and though you be on the tenth Hour of a building you maybe killed instantly, provided by moisture . or other means the lloor becomes a conductor. The wire you touch may bo simply holding up a picture, and yet, under thess conditions, in connection with an iron rafter or a hook touching some hidden plate, it may convey a fatal current. There is no knowing where j-ou may strike the current. "As a general rule, it is dangerous to stand on a wet lloor, ou stone-work, or on any damp surface, aud touch iron-work at the eamo time. You cannot tell where an iron post, a gas-h'xtiiie or in iron water-pipe is r t in connection. x may ooouiy wim u uou roof across which lies a telephone wire, but' that may be charged to kill from touching nn electric-light wire somewhere else. 'The danger all cymes' from the method in which the wires arc strung. It would be possible to make the overhead wire safe by careful work und close watching, but .the underground system is the right one. It is permanent, cheap in tho end, and the danger is reduced to a minimum. In fact, there is hardly any danger whatever about it if the conduits be properly constructed. As things are at present there is no safety, and danger lnrks all around us. It may never reach you, or you may go on for years unhurt, but when the moment comes you are killed instantly." A BATTLE WITH INDIANS. How the Famous Bowie Brothers Whipped a Hundred Savages. San Antonio (Tex.) Special to gt. Louis Globe-Democrat. Col. John S. Moore, of New Orleans, grand nephew of tho celebrated Jim Bowie, tho inventor of the knife which bears his name, and oiio of the Alamo heroes, contributes the following to the archives of the Alamo Monument Association: "In 1831 a Hinall party of adventurous spirits, eleven in number, consisting of Kczin P. and James Bowie, their two servant boys, Messrs. Buchanan, Macaslin, Stern, Cephas Hamm and three other persons. left San Antonio to visit the old San Saba silver mines. On the morning of tho third day of their journey they were visited by" an Indian who claimed to be a me.ssenger from Chief Isaonia, and whose medal he exhibited as his credentials, bearing them a warning from Isaonia that about 100 unfriendly savages wero on their trail, liezin Bowie, who spoke many Indian dialects, conferred with the messenger in his tongue, after which he advised his party to select a favorable spot, and entrench themselves. A position was chosen near a hill, where the ground was covered with a few trees aud some thick underbrush, amidst which a spring gushed from tho earth. Working all night, the travelers finally completed breastwork of sods around tho thicket. They placed the servants, horses and pack-mules in a covered situation at the sprinc. and rested awhile to await events. About C in the morning, when the sun lit up the hill in front ofthem.it revealed its summit covered with Indians, who hoisted a white Hag. After a consultation Kezin Bowie ami Buchanan passed outside the "trench-works to parley with them. As they approached the hill the avivges waved their liag and called out, Ilow d yo do? how d'ye do!' and tired on them at the same time. Several bullets passed through Bowie's buckskin hunting blouse, leaving him uuscratched. Poor Buchanan was not so fortunate, for a bullet struck his leg, breaking it. As Buchanan fell, Bowie caught him by the arm, and, lifting him by the shoulder, started to carry him back to shelter. Eight Indiana, armed with tomahawks, pursued Bowie, who, thus heavilv burdened, could ill have defended himself, bnt his party tired from their intrenchments on the advancing foes, killirg tour of them, mid the remaining four ilu back to their shelter. "Firing now beau in earnest between the opposing forces, and fortunately the Indians could not discover what number of meu were concealed in the bushes back of the little fortiheations. The small force, re duced by twofor, in addition to Buchanan' oeing wounded. Masculine was Kilieu fought unceasingly the entire day. Those engaged in the tight said thatthe contrast in the manner of the two Bowies was most striking. James passed from one poiut to another giving orders, looking and firing. At the same time Kezin maintained an unbroken silence, raised his gun with coolness and deliberation, bringing down a redkin at each shot. During tho night the ludians passed the time mourning their dead, and with tho coming of day vanished as quietly as thev had appeared. Tho whites now mar preparations for returning to San Autonio. Poor Masculine was buried and rocks piled

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tions of wolves. The great trouble was what to do with Buchanan. Kezin Bowie. ever prolific in expedients, made a strong decoction of oak bark by boiling tho baric in water. This he thickened with corn meal, and spreading it on a cloth and sprinkling it thickly with gnn-powdcr, he formed a poultice, which ho wrapped about Buchanan's leg. Around this he tightly sewed a covering of buckskin-ind packiug tne patient on his horse, on tne parry started. After several days' travel Bowie examined Buchanan's leg. and finding it in a fair wav to recovery renewed the same dressing, andnnderthis rongh and singular treatment tho nmu recovered entirely. This party of men never made another at tempt to reach the can fcaoa mines.". Iligh Time to Get Together." eprtngfle'.d News. David B. Hill declares that the Demo cratic party, convinced of the error of its ways, distinctly repudiates the doctrine of free trade. Thi9 is Governor Hill's way of saying thatthe Democratic party repudiii i i tiieo uiuvxr Viuvei;um. Adcxee to Mothers, Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup should always be used when children are cutting teeth. It relieves the little sunerer at once; it produces natural quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes as "bright as a button." It is very pleasant to taste. It soothes tho child, softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels and is the best known remedy for diarrceha, whether aris ing xrom teething or othe causes, l wentyfive cents a bottle. Reduced Fares via Vandalia Line, Special low-rate excursion to St. Louis, Oct. 15. tickets irooil to return until Oct. 20. Fare for round trip $5. St. Louis, Mo., and return, Mondays and Thursdays, each week, until Oct. 17, tickets goodflvo days, $10.25. VT.Y-f ASTTVfl tnnmamint t Tnmllnann Itftll. Tuesday, 15th Inst., 7:30 p.M.,byFly-Haherman'a Pullman Dining Cars, VIA PENNSYLVANIA LINES. Commencing Tueday, Oct. 15. and dally thereafter, Pullman dining cars will be run between St. Louis and Columbus, O., on the popular Pennsylvania special, leaving Indianapolis at 3 p. m., and between Columbus and 8t Louis on train No. 1, leaving Indianapolis at 11:55 a. m. These cars are elegant, provided with every convenience and fully up to the standard. Change of Time on Vie "Muncte Route." Trains of the Big Four, leavinc Indianapolis at 4 a.m., 10:45 a. in. and at 2:40 p. ni. make connection at Muncle with the F. W., C. & L. for Fort w ayne ana Michigan points. I caw't ro to church. Why not! O! my coujrh would disturb the con jrrejra tion. Cure it, then, with Hale's Honey of" Horehoimd and Tar, a pure vegetable remedy, unfailing as the sun, and mild and harmless as the summer air. Sold by druggists. Pike's Toothache Drops cure in one minute. Pullman Sleeping-Car Now Running Regularly Between Indianapolis and Chicago, VIA PANHANDLE ROUTE, Stands at west end of Union Station, and is open every evening to receive passengers from 8:30 until departure of train, if :20 p. m. On arrival from Chicago passengers can remain in car until 7:30 a. m. CONSTITUTIONAL CATABBE. No single disease has entailed more suffering or hastened the breakiiu: up of the constitution than Catarrh. The scrfSe of taste, of sruell, of sight, of hearing, the human voice, the mind onp or more, and sometimes nil, yield to its destructive influence. The poison it distributes throughout tho system attacks every vital force, and breaks up the most robust of constitutions. I snored, because but littlo understood, by mot physicians Impoteutly assailed by quacks and charlatans, those suffering from it have little hone to be relieved of it this side of tho grave. It is time, then, that the popular treatment of this terrible disease by remedies within the reach of all passed into hands at once competent and trustworthy. The new and hitherto untried method adopted by Dr. Sanford In the preparation of his Radical Cube has won tho hearty approval of thousand. It is instantaneous in affording relief In all head colds, sneezing, snuffling and obstructed breathing, and rapidly removes tho most oppressive symptoms, clearing the hoad. sweetening the breath, restoring the senses of smell, taste and hearing, and neutralizing the constitutional tendency of the disease towards the luntrs, liver and kidnevs. Sanford's Radical Cure consists of one bottle of the Radical Cure, one box Catarrhal Solvent aud one Improved Inhaler, neatly "wrapped in one package, with full direction; price, J? I. Potter Dkug fc Oiemical Cokpo ration, Boston. - . w No Rhciinia tiz About Me In one minute the Cuticura Antirain Plaster relieves Rheumatic, .Sciatic, Sudden, Sharp, and Nervous Pains, Strains and Weakness. The flna and only pain-killing Plaster. A new and Infallible antidote to pain, inflammation and weakness. Utterly unlike and vastly superior to all other plasters. At all druggists, 25 cents; live for $1; or, postage free, of Potter Drug and Chemical. CouroRATiox, Boston, Mass. , BRUSH BRILLIANCY Arc and Incandescence ELECTRIC LIGHTS For particulars address THE BRUSH ELECTRIC CO., CLEVELAND. OHIO. BORN & CO FURNITURE, STOVES, CARPETS Weekly and.Monthly Payments (JRJSAM UALJ1 I Vr "when applied into the nostril, .will be ahsorbed. effectually cleansing the head of catarrhal virus, causing healthy secretions. It allays inflammation, protects the membrane of the nasal passages from additional colds, completely heals the sores and restores a sense of taste and smell. TRY THE CURE. mm A particle is applied Into each nostril and Is agreeable. Price 50 cent at PrueiAt: by mail, registered, GO ct. ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren street, New York. BEST IN THE WORLD DALT02ST, Bates House Hatter, SOLE AGENT I'Olt INDIANAPOLIS.

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AMUSE3IENTS. GRAND OPERA-HOUSE Engagement of the Famous EMMA i LI9exrecitoc sxxsooce kkkm'J GRAND OPERA COMPANY. FULL CIIOHUS! Git AND ORCHESTRA! In the following Brilliant Reperte.re: TO-NIGHT Ualfe s Masterpiece. ROSE OF CASTILE. EMMA ABBOTT and Entire Company in Cast. TUESDAY Verdi's Oraml Tragic Opera. IL TRO VAT) RE. EMMA ABROTT and Entire company In Cast. WEDNESDAY MAT Prices '25. 60 and 75 centa. Auber's Charnr.njr Opera, IKA DIAYOLO. Two Primo Ionre and Entire Company. WEDNESDAY Verdi's Brilliant Opera, LA TIM VI ATA. EMMA ABBOTT and Entire Company in Cast. PRICES: Nicht-75c. $1 and $1.50, reserved aceordinj? to locution. Matinee Reserved, 60 and 75c Admission family circle, !23 cents. GRAND OPERA-HOUSE Three Nights, commencing Thursday, Oct. 17. Special Saturday Matinee. HOTTS Latest and Greatest Saccesa, i MIDNIGHT BELL Direct from Its phenomenal run of nearly Are months In New York, with tne frreat orirtral Metropolitan catv and a car-load of realistic couery CST Prices $1, 75c, b0o and 23c ENGLISH'SOPERA-HOUSE One Nigbt Only. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10, C.S. Turner's Genuine Colored Co In bis great Melodrama, PAST THE AGE, Oil A MILLION IN GOLD. . 'New Songa and Dances, and the Golden Tenf Quartet In their taiuona Plantation Melotliea, ivpular trice s 75, 50, 35. U5, 15c. Advance ale commences at box-ohlce Tuesday morning. Oct. 15, at 9 o'clock. BASE-BALL. LEAGUE VS. ASSOCIATION. KANSAS CITY VS. INDIANAPOLIS. Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct 15 and 10. Cy Admission 23 cents. Games called at 3 p. m. FURNITURE, CARPETS, STOVES. PAYMENTS OR CASH. AT MESSENGER'S i oi East Washington St NOTICETO ' Printers, M Binders and Stationers. litTtEAU OF PUBLIC PHIVTINO, ) BINDIXO AND HTATIONKRY, Ixdiaafolis. Ind., July '.'5, 1BS9. The Board of Commisaioners of Public Printing. Binding and Stationery will, in accordance with an act of the General Asrably. approved April 13, 1S5, receive sealed prpoaIi until the 'J 1st day of October, and up to the hour of 1 1 a. m of that day. for doing the public printing and binding and furnishing the stationery for the use of f lie S:at of Indiana, for a term of two years, commencing on the 1st day of October, 1H&9. At the date and hour above stated, in the office of the Secretary ot State the sealed proposals will he opened and as soon thereafter as the bids can be properly examined and classified the contract will b awarded to the lowest and best bidder, according to law, the board, however, reserving the right to reject any or all bids. The work will be divided into three classes, as fpoci. The flm'c: ass shall comprise the laws. Journals. reorta of ofticers aud public institutions, and all book and pamphlet work, to be printed on book paper. The second class shall coin urine all legislative bills. commissions, letter-heads, circu Jars, blanks and other work usually executed on writing paper, and all articles of stationery. The third class shall comprise the folding, stitching, covering ard binding, and all work belonging to the binding business. Contracts shall also Include the printing and block, lng of all election tickets provided by the general election law iiassed at tho fifty-sixth nessum cf the General Assembly ot the Nlateof Indiana, and also the preparation of all stamps provided by said law for the marking of ballots. Parties making bids will be reqnlre.-l to accompany their sealed pro josals with samples of every dccnptlon of paper and material named in said proposals, giving the name and weight of same or otherwise designating means for making rompaiiaon and climating value. The contractor will be required to give bond In tbe sum of $23,oOO, with approved security, for the faithful perforrosnce of all work which may be awarded to him. In accordance with the specifications hereinafter named, und that in every Instance the paper and material furnished shall be in color and quality the fame as the sample furnished. The (contractor shall wantain an othce in the city of Indianapolis for the transaction of al! business under paid contract, and all work under id contract shall be performed within the ftate of ludana. Any bidder who ahall be awaided said contract hall not asfctgn the same nor aity iortion thereof without the written consent ot the Board of Pubuo Printing. The contract will be let as a whol to the lowest bidder In the aggregate, nv division of classes being allowed. The basis furnished Is solely for the information of bidders and to secure uniformity of bid, but in awarding the contract tho Hoard reserves the right to estimate the bids on the basis of tho total amount consumed during the lant contract year, which amount may be aMcertuined by application to Charles A. J)ook.walter, Clerk of the Bureau of public prtnV lng. Binding and btatiouery, at the office of the Secretary of htHte. Mr. Itookwalter will also fnrnnh on aprlication upec iflcatlons and full particulars regarding the work, and the contract inui I to do the work according to specifications furi-MiM. All proposal must Te in writing, seah-d and aldressed to Charles Y. Grirfln. Secretary of Siaie. ALV1.N P. JIOVKY. Piesldentof the Hoard. Charlks F. OBtrrijf, secretary. ASSIGNEE'S PUBLIC SALE Notice is hereby given that on and after Monday Oct. L'l, ISS'J. at the store of Keller A. Mernaiu.at the southwest corner of Market and 1'onrth ts.. in the city of .Logansport, Caxs omuty. Indian, purnu. ant to rtie order ot the Cass Circuit CVmrt, ili day made. I will ee;l at public auction and outcry, t not les than two-thirds of the apirai&ed va ne thereof, in bulk, to the highent and best Li'.der. all an t iiru!ar the entire stock of good, war-, merchandise and fixtures of the said Keller A- Mt rrl-iui assigned tome under the statute for the benefit of their creditors. Term: one third il-.'l) cash; ne-Mnt (!;;) In six (0) months, and one-thitd (1-3) In one year, 'ii.e deferred payments to be secured by promissory note, with approved i ers-nal hecunty. bearing six per cent, intermt per ai numfrom date, payaMe iu 1-ai.k, with attorney's fees, and waiving U Lent of valuation or appraisement, said sale to continue from day to day nutll aim sleek is sold. Amount of appraisement is 911.30-J.17. W ALT Kit J. niU Afcsicneet.f Keller A- Merriam. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.