Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1891 — Page 8

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1891.

SUITING FLANNELS

Plain, Striped and Plaid; an overstock of these, and hence an under-prico put on them. Ladies, come quickly. BROADCLOTHS. A very varied and large line. Beautiful to look at; better to wear. Fancy Printed Flannels In vast variety. New de signs. &2 L S. AYRES & CO. 2f. B. Agent for nail's Bazar Dress Forme. AND ORGKAJSTS On LOW.PAYMENTS, Cheaper than Any Place in the City PIANOS FOIl KENT, OUG-AJSTS ron jient, Cheaper than Any Place in the City D. H. BALDWIN & CO., Noa. Vo, 07 & 90 X. Pennsylvania St. ART EMPORIUM. Telephcre So. SCO. "WE are the headquarters in Indianapolis tor everything in the line of the lino arts. The leading art magazines received, on lile and for sale "each month. Solo agency for the Soule Photograph Company, of lloston. H. 11EBER & CO., 52 iculh Meridian Street. VIsTEW books. JM . iTsfe.u of Inatt 'ictlon In the game. By it. y. F.t-r, of Nw Yrk f 1 00 210RAL MUSCLE AND HOW TO USE IT. Hy KrM A. Atilne. 50 J EZ KB EL'S FKIEN'Ds. Br Dor RnaU 20 PASSION. THE PIA YTH INU. Bjr ilurry fiilchrlst io THIS AilEHICAN MACHINIST. .06 tor sals by M BOWEN-MERRILL CO , 9 : 1 1 West Washington St . BARGAIN WEEK DIAMONDJEWELRY GOLD WATCHES GOLD AND PLATED JEWELRY IN Rogers' Knives and Forks tlb47 GOODS.) SOLID SILVERWARE CLOCKS AND FANCY GOODS W. T. MARCY'S, 23 WEST WASHINGTON ST. P. P. Watch and Clock repairing. Muaic Box re fairing. AMUSEMENTS. T!NG LISIl'9 'TWO OLD CRONIES." Tnit there is no company of musical cr farce-comedy people more popular than those who give 'Two Old Cronies" was thown by the very large audience at English's Opera-house last night. The company has been here season after season, and always to fulfill very successful engagements. But none of them began so favorably as has the current one. From first to list there is fan or hearty kind, and musio of that bright, catchy ordor which forms a chief essential of entertainments of this character. The people are. or the most part, well known Here, and among them are seme of the best fun-makers cn the stase. such as Frank M. Wills. Charles F. Jerome, Al Bellman, J. Herbert Jiack and Frank O'Brien. The ladies. Miss Ada Deaves, Miss Florence Harding. Miss Josio Doinanine and others, complete the strength o( an organization that keeps an audience bnsy with laughter and applause. Three more performances will be given, tonight, to-morrow afternoon and evening. TAUK THEATER" UNDER THE GASLIGHT." 'Under the Gaslight" is evidently as popular with certain classes of theater-goers to-day as it was twenty or more years ago, when Mr. Augustin Daly first made a sensation with it. The audiences that laughed at and applauded it at the Park yesterday more than tilled the theater. It is given a realistic stage production, with special scenery, and some very strikingmechanical effects, notably the railroad sceue and the view of North river. The leadiug parts are In capable hands. Harry Hotto plays Byke with nice discrimination. James S. Croseen Is a good Snoxky.audFrankBellan old-time comedian, made much fun in the part of Counselor $pleater. Of the ladies. Miss Emily Kean, Miss fcingleton. Miss Waters and Miss Harrison, the latter in an inadequate pnrt. appeared to pood advantage. Under the Gaslight" will be the attraction ail weeK, with performances alternoon and evening, and seats will be in demand. SOTES. A Sensation in Paradise" will be the chief feature of the performance to be given by tbo Keutz-Santley Burlesque and Novelty Company at English's on Thursday night. The company includes thirty people. The Burglar." one of the most touching and interesting comedy-dramas that has been seen her. will tx given at the Grand Thursday night and during the rest of the week. Mr. Al S. Lipman, of this city, still plays the leading pert, and the company is an unusually good one. Seats will be on sale to-day. The Conreid Opera Company, an organisation that hss always been very strong r'ero, will make their only appearance hero this season, at English's, next Saturday, rnatiuee and evening, presenting "The Gypay Baron MStraassi) at the tirst-named performance, and "The King's Fool" (MulJer) in the evening. The company is numerically and artistically strong this seasou. The advance sale of seats will begin to-n'orrow morning a the box-ollice of the theater. Xi'cw parlor cooda at Wa L. Elder's,

STOUTLY SUPPORT ELBERT

Colored People Praise the President for Kecocnizing the Claims of Their Race. The ilarlon Connty Medical Socisty Hauled Ovr Bed-Hot Coaliand Dr. Ferguson Said to Be Top-Heary with Vanity. The meeting called for the Michiganstreet Baptist Church, last night, brought out a large audience of colored citizens to express their gratification at the appointment of Dr. S. A. Elbert by President Harrison upon the local board of pension examiners. The Brotherhood Band furnished musio for the occasion, and, after a number of choice musical selections, the meeting tvss called to order by Hon. J. S. Hinton. 'We have assembled in mass-meeting this evening" said that gentleman, "to give expression regarding the appointment of a representative man of our pooplo to a hign position, I have known this man twentyseven years, from the time he came to this city a panting slave." W. Allison Sweeney's motion that Prof. W. D. McCoy be made permanent chairman prevailed. Upon taking the chair Prof. McCoy spoke briefly of the high character of Dr. Elbert, and said that the President, in appointing him, had not only recognized the race and the citizen, but the educated physician and Christian gentleman. Messrs. Sims, Walden and Walsh were made secretaries of the meeting, and the following were chosen vice-presidents: Hev. J. K. Rayner, Kov. Win. Singleton, G. L Knox, Wni. C. Mays, Ueo. W. llilliard, John Puryear, John Wilson. Dr. Perry. Felix Davis, G. W. Reed, Henry Moore, Kobt. Russell. John Owens. The committee of seven on resolutions that wss provided for consisted of W. Allison Sweeney, J. 8. Ilinton. Benj. T. Thornton, E. . Cooper. L. E. Christy. F. B. Allen, George Keebie. The committee retired, and Felix Davis, John Puryear and Nathan Pearce were . delegated to await upon Dr. Elbert and escort him to the meeting. Upon tho return of this committee with the Doctor ' there was an outburst of enthusiasm that indicated to the physician that he was in the house of his lriends. Brief speeches were made by K. W. Thompson. Dr. Wm. L Perry. Lawrence Kewby, John Owens, George L. Knox and Mr. Kusb, in which testimony was given to their appreciation of Dr. Elbert's standing as a citizen and a physician. Lively satisfaction was also expressed in the appointment of so excellent a representative of the race. Mr. Sweeney, of the committee on resolutions, then read the following: Whereas, It has pleased the President of the United States to appoint as a member of the board of pension examiners of Indianapolis our esteemed neighbor aud fellow-citizen, br. 8. A. Klbert, who, for nearly a quarter of a century, has been au active, honorable and serviceable member of this community, and whose public and private character as an upright Christian xeutlcuiau and law-abiding citizen is as unassailable, and pronounced as is his professional rltness nnd iuallrt cations to dldcharge with credit aud fckill thedutloa of the office that through the choice of the President he has been assigned to; and. Whereas, We view with feelings of pity and humiliation the recently-published resolutions of the Marion County Medical Society, lu which, at some length and in very unseasonable language, its members 6o far forget themselves as an organization of cultured gentlemen as to challenge or question the honor aud purity ot the motives that actuated the chief magistrate of our country in appointing Dr. Elbert. There is a certain license of speeoh und accusation that Irresponsible people, without home, character or reputation, sometimes are prompted to Indulge in; but what excuse can be made for education and refinement that substitutes licence for truth! What excuse can there he tor an organization so pretentious and truly cultured as tho Marion County Medical Society lending themselves, through published resolutions, to the small and dishonorable work of assisting a very small man, evidently top-heavy from excessive vanity, color prejudice anil disappointed ambition, to question in one breath the Integrity of our President nnd the professional quantisa tions of a man who graduated with honor and distinction, nearly twenty years ago, from Indiana's most celebrated medical school, and who has been a successful and constant practitioner eversincel Therefore, belt Resolved, That we, the colored people of Indianapolis, do hereby deny, emphatically and publicly, the chargo made by the Marlon County Medical Society, to wit: that President Harrison was actuated only by partisan motives in appointing Dr. 8. A. Klbert upon the hoard of penblou examiners for Indianapolis, and that Dr. Libert Is unqualified, professionally, to discharge the duties attaching to the position. For singleness of purpose, straightforward action anil integrity of motive, Benjamin Uarrisou needs no defense at our hands. However men may differ from him politically, no man has yet been found save this creature Ferguson to doubt that hi public acts always anticipated tho public good regardless ot race, section or locality. Professionally, If Dr. Elbert's competency needs to be questioned, wo prefer to be guided by the action of the honorable and very able faculty of the Indiana Medical College, who, subjecting him to all the tests known to the accumulated medical wisdom of the schools, sent him out into the world heralded by their professional indorsement as an educated, full-fledged physician. And be it further Kcsolved. That we tender anew to Dr. Elbert our earnest consideration and esteem for him as the good citizen, the Christian gentleman and accomplished physician. And further, that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the President of the United States, and to the oihees of the Journal. Sentinel, News, Freeman and World of this city. Tho resolutions were un animonsly adopted, as was also a resolution commending the Eclectic Medical Society of Marion county for the magnamons spirit displayed in the adoption of resolutions commending the appointment of Dr. Elbert. Letters were read from a number of prominent colored men commending the appointment of tho Doctor. Among these were letters from Hon. John It. Lynch, Fourth Anditorof the Treasury, Washington, D. C: Broad- Axe Smith, Pittsburg, Pa.; F. Teister. Greencastle; J. II. Braboy, Kokomo; Rev. II. H. Thompson, Madison; Rev. Allen Robinson, Sidney, 111. Mr. Lynch, in his letter, remarked: "Dr. Elbert's appointment is another evidence of President liarrison'sdetermination to see that colored Americans receive from his administration recognition commensurate with their, merits, their worth and their importance as a factor in the politics of the country. Whatever may be tho opinion of others, the colored people, I am sure, have not now, and will not have in the future, any justifiable cause to complain of their treatment by the present administration." Following the reading of the letters came a number of stirring speeches by Dr. J. T. Boyd, W. Allison Sweeney and others. Dr. Uoyd. the only white speaker, was present for a purpose. He made the explanation that be, a homoeopathic physician, had himself been a candidate for the position to which the President had appointed Dr. Klbert. He desired to testify to the worthiness of the appointee, who belonged to another school of medicine. "If," said the Doctor in conclusion, "Dr. Fergnson was thrown into tits by the appointment of a colored man 1 suppose had a homeopath been chosen he would have had an attack of convulsions more severe." The meeting adjourned at a late hour, tho cccasion assuming after the speech of Dr. Boyd the nature of a love feast. Pretbytrln Ministers. The Presbyterian ministers yesterday considered the bill prepared by Mrs. Packard, and introdnced in the General Assembly, to provide postal communication between inmates of hospitals for the insane and outside correspondents appointed for that purpose. They spoke strongly in its favor, and last night some of them went before the Senate committee on benevolent institutions to urge its passage. Rev T. N. Todd, dnring the j ministers' morning meeting, read a paper on "Paul as a Homilist," and all In attendance reported their having noticeably large congregations on Sunday. Peasant Poet of Scotland. The Indianapolis Caledonian Quoiting Club met last night with their friends at Lyra Hall, in celebration of the one-hun-dred-and-thirty-second anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, the peasaut poet of Scotland. The house was tilled and the occasion was in every way a thoroughly enjoyable one, a specially ' excellent programme baring been arranged for the evening. John A. McGaw, after an overature of Scotch airs by the orchestra, introduced as tho orator of the eveuing Mayor Sullivan, who spoke of the man whose birth was a boon to all the

earth, and whose name was a household word wherever the English language was spoken. Following this came numerous Scotch songs and recitations, together with instrumental music. Among the latter were comet solos by Peter Travers, and selections by the Mandolin Club. The company dispersed after singing "Auld Lang Syne." - m m DID NOT KEEP HIS PROMISE.

What a Woman Received for Working for PoorKeeper Wells and the Democratic Party. Mrs. Mary Parcel), editor of the woman's department of the People, relates a story of political perfidy, showing tho natural inclinations of Democratic leaders. On the strength of a promise from O. H. Welle, she says, that he, in case of his election as Door-keeper of the Senate, would appoint her chief of the folding-room, she used .the People's columns for several issues previous to the meeting of the General Assembly, in putting Mr. Wells. The proprietor of the People, Mr. Reed, permitted this use of the paper, with" the understanding of the special benefit that was to accrne to Mrs. PurcelL Marked copies of the paper were sent to all the Democratic Senators. "In addition to that." said Mrs. Porcell to a Journal reporter, last night, 'T spent three days at the Grand Hotel, working for Wells among the feenators, as they arrived. On the night before the election he came to me and said the place was his. and that I could go home satisfied; all would be right. On Thursday morning. I went to him at the State-house, and said: 'Well, I suppose I will go to work to-day.' 'Mo said he; 'I can't appoint you. Senator Foley has claimed the place for his sister I remonstrated that this was not honorable treatment, but Wells said he could not help it. I then tried to talk to some of the Senators, but thoy would not listen to me, thongh 1 had a letter from Mr. Reed stating that I was as stanch a Democrat as one conld find either among men or women, and was deserving of recognition from the party. Senator Byrd, yon know, claims to be a great friend of the soldier. He treated me very discourteously, though he knows that I am a soldier's widow, my husband having been killed in battle. I suppose that fact kept me from getting the place. "My disappointment was all the keener as I nad persuaded a dozen family and personal friends to vote the Democratic ticket, so as to help me, the position having been promised mo before the election. Senator Foley's sister is a married woman, and her husband is also employed in some capacity about the State-house. I told several Senators who said they hadn't time to listen to me, that I would talk to them through the paper I am connected with, and I vill." THE BOARD OP ALDERMEN. An Alley to Be Opened Through the Base-Ball Park Steam Motors Cannot Be Used. The Aldermen, last night, concurred in tho Council's instructions to the city com-v miesioners asking them to assess damages for the opening of an alley thirteen feet wide, tbrongh the base-ball park, between Seventh and Ninth streets. A petition signed by 258 property-owners In that vicinity, was received and therein was stated that the grounds, in their present condition, are a nuisance, as the fences are in a dilapidated condition, and almost ready to fall from their own weight. Tho gates are open day and night, overhanging the sidewalks and obstructing the highway. Other causes, such as depreciation of property and the withdrawal o" capital from that part of town were given. The committee on streets and alleys recommended that the action of Council be concurred in, and the report was unanimously approved. The Citizens' Street-railroad Company was refused the privilege of running cars inside the city limits with steam as a motor. City Treasurer Oatcrman'a report of the city's finances during 1S00 was received and a loan of $o5.000 was authorized. T. W. McGinn's petition for the use c Tomlinson Hall in which to give a horse-training exhibition was referred to the rental committee, with power to act. The action of Council in ordering tho constrnction of a stone wall on the east bank of Pogne's run, from McCarty to Macauley street, was nonconcurred in. THE PRISON NORTH. What the Board of State Charities Says Ought to Be Done to Prevent Abuses of the Law. The Board of State Charities held a meeting yesterday to consider the request of the committee on prisons, of the House of Representatives, asking for evidence in regard to tho alleged mismagemontof the northern prison. The board suggested several improvements that it deemed advisable in the present laws, aud offered its assistance in making a thorough investigation of Warden Murdock's records. The salary of the warden should be doubled, the . members ot the board said, and $2,500 made a minimum limit The earnings of the prison have not been turned over to the State for many years, and the board suggested that possibly tho appropriations for the maintenance of the institution were not large enongh. It was recommended that no improvements be made in the prison without the sanction of the Legislature, and all operations of the contract law be carefully watched. It was charged by the board that Mr. Mnrdock has frequently violated this law. Articles of Incorporation. The following articles of incorporation were filed with the Secretary of State yesterday: Tell City Furniture Company, $50,000 capital stock, and C. T. Schlatfeld. J. X. Grumneiser, Ernest Kipp and others, directors; Winamac Lodge, No. 274, K. of P.,W. C. Bennett, jr.?Williara Sabel and H. E. Pattison, trustees; Shoals Natural Medical Water Company, 50,000 capital stock, and B. C. Johnson, A. F. Cable, Michael Shirley, A. V. Trusler and J. T. Rogers, directors; Wilkinson cheese and bntter factory. $10,000 capital stock, and B. F. Reeves, L. B. Thomas, J. P. Reeves and others, directors; Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, of Geneva, $40,000 capital stock, and G. W. Ober. Elias Riesen, C. P. Beaton and others, directors. Against the Steam Motor. Citizens living and owning property in that Dart of the East End traversed by the steam motor of the Citizen's Street-railroad Company do not like that kiud of machinery. They held a meeting yesterday, and. after some speeches condemning rapid transit of that character, appointed a committee to draft au expression concerning the motor. The committee, consisting of W. F. Christian, Joseph B. Kealing. Wm. F. Rnpp. B. A. Richardson and Bertermann Brothers, soon reported that tho motor puts at great jeopardy life and limb, and that several persons had already been seriously injured. It was therefore demanded that this company immediately discontinue the use of the motor. Took a Dose of Strychnine. Frederick W. Flickinger. a carpenter living at No. 95 Minnesota street, attempted suicide yesterday by taking a dose of strychnine. Dr. Fletcher arrived in time to give him relief, and the roan will recover. The canso of the act is thought to be financial trouble. The poison was taken in a saloon on tb corner of Wyoming and Delaware streets, from which place Planner & Buchauan's ambulance removed Flickinger to his home. To Be Kept in a Decent Place. Judge Woods issued an order yesterday making the Hamilton county jail, atNoblesville, a place of imprisonment for federal, prisoners bo receive sentences of thirty days and over. His reason for issuing the order is the miserable condition of the jail here. The elegant Denison, under the now proprietor. C. W. Shepber.L is ollering special inducements to the traveling public. Exceptionally larg sample-rooms, elegant suits, with bath, and best of dining-room service.

PLEA FOR WORKING WOMEN.

Talk About Their Being Ignored on the World's Fair Board Politics in tke Union. At the regular meeting of the Central Labor Union, last night. James T. Dowling was admitted as a delegate of the Sawmakera Union. The differences that have arisen between the paper-hangers and Chas. L. Hutchinson were referred to the grievance committee. A resolution was adopted inviting Mr. Otto Stechhan to address the Central union at its next meeting, and a motion prevailed to the effect that all addresses made before the body be subject to discussion by members. The first meeting of every month wnsset apart for snch addresses, and Messrs. White, of the printers, Horn, of the bakers, and Kennedy, of the stone-cuttera, were appointed a committee to secure speakers. Mrs. Mary Purcell, of the Industrial League, spoke to the union on "Woman's Representation on the World's Fair Board of Lady Managers." She told what Mrs. Charlotte Smith had done to have a woman's board provided for, and said that as soon as this was accomplished the politicians had appointed either their own wives or persons in no wise identified with working women. Not one appointed, she said, had ever joined in a memorial to Congress, cr asked to be heard on the subject of a woman's board, and the one to whom more than anyone else was due the creation of the board was ignored entirely. It is now proposed, .Mrs. Purcell said, to create a board of twenty-nino members to represent the State at the world's fair, and she asked that the Legislature be memoralized to provide that four of the twenty-nine shall be chosen by labor organizations from the working women of the State. The union heard Mrs. Purcell very attentively and applauded her remarks. A motion prevailed referring the matter to the committee on legislation, with instructions to work on the line suggested. Dnring the brief discussion attending the motion, the new delegate, Mr. Dowling. an ex-member of the City Council, precipitated a little episode that escaped the general notice of the members. In a loud voice, bristling with gusto and party spirit, he announced, without securing recognition from the Chair, that "the liouso had passed a resolution this afternoon not to appropriate 200,000 for an Indiana exhibit at the world's fair." "Let me correct the brother," said Mrs. Purcell, "the resolution referred to says the appropriation will not be passed unless the 'force bill' is defeated." "Well, I understood about the 'force bill,1" retorted Dowling, with the same irritation of temper. "Yon will please not hring tho 'force bill' into discussion here," said President Gruelle, in a tone of admonition that politics is not allowed in the Central Labor Union. In a talk with a Journal reporter, after the adjournment, Mrs. Purcell told him that she heard the Democrats had set their plans to send Dowling to the Central Labor Union, but that she had not had time to warn the members of the scheme. STANDING NAKED IN THE ROAD. Appeal of a Child Three Years of Age Who Had Been Brutally Treated by Two Young Ruffians. An act of remarkable cruelty was perpetrated yesterday upon a three-year-old boy namedLapham, whose parents resideat No. CO Central avenue. As Mr. Robert Martindale, in a buggy, had passed south over the Fall creek bridge on Meridian street during the afternoon he was much astonished to see a little fellow standing naked by the sido of the road. He was shivering and chattering with cold. As the horse halted the boy said in a weak, plaintive voice, "Mister, won't you dress me and take me home!" "You bet I will," said Mr. Martindale, as he sprang from his buggy and enveloped the boy in his overcoat Where are your clothesi" "Over there where those leaves are," came the reply, accompanied by a gesture pointing to a pilo of leaves to the north in the grove. The boy was taken there, but had grown so dazed with cold that he could tell nothing more, and as- Mr. Martindale could see nothing of - the garments he concluded to take the boy to the nearest house. This happened to be the home of a Mr. Blaker, whore, by rubbing and stimulants, the little fellow was aroused sufficiently to tell his name and where he lived. In the meantime, Mr. Martindale had found the clothe.- and a little toy wagon in a hollow log near the clump of leaves, and dressing the boy, started for his home in the buggy. He found the parents much alarmed for the safety of their son, who had been missing since shortly after dinner. The last thing they had been of him was in the company of a colored boy, who came i into the yard from the back way, and asked permission to hunt for a missing rabbit. He engaged the Lapham child in play, and the latter says after a while they were joined bv a white boy. The two then took him to Fall creek and tried to make him go in swimming. They next stripped him of all his clothing and put him in a hollow log, telling him he must stay in there or "the bears would get him." The young ru'lians left the child in the log, where he remained till cold drovo him out. and then he went to the road where, happily, he was found in time. The motive of this strange treatment appears to have been cruelty alone. The boys vho did the deed are known and will be arrested to-day. A Journal reporter called at the Lapham home last night and learned that the mistreated boy was asleep, and apparently suffering no bad results from his experience of. as Mr. Martindale thinks, between one and two hours of exposure to the cold. The parents were very reticent, and refused to give the reporter further information, saying they desired no notoriety from the case. MINOR CITY MATTERS. To-Day's Doings. GENERAL ASSEMBLY Sixteenth day Capitol; morning and afternoon. DEDICATION OF PROPYL.EUM North street, between Pennsylvania and Meridian; evening. ENGLISH'S OPERA-HOUSE "Two Old Cronies;" evening. PARK THEATER "Under the Gaslight;" afternoon and evening. Local News Notes. Governor Hovey yesterday reappointed William T. Dennis, of Richmond, State Fish Commissioner. Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to Henry E. Hall and Samaria Tinsley; George C. Pettenger and Jessie I. Jackson. Tim McCarthy was arrested yesterday for assaulting Morris Simons, a rag-buyer. Simons became exoited through the teasing of several boys, and in the Rcuiile McCarthy kicked him on the hand and broke a finger. Building permits were procured yesterday by D. T. McConnell, business block. Washington street between Hevilte and Jefferson avenues. 1,000; E. C. Lippus, storeroom and dwollmg, . cornrt: Colnmbia avenue and Eighth street, $1,200; Mrs. Annie Earl, cottaee, corner Jeiierson and Reid streets, 1,000. Events to Occur. The Contemporary Club will be addressed to-morrow evening by David Ewing, his subject bciug "Greek Literature," The sixteenth reunion of the veterans of the Mexican war will be held in the agricultural rooms in the State-house Wednesday, Feb. 11. at 2 r. m. The ladies of the Central Christian Church will serve lunch to-morrow from 10:30 to 2 o'clock, at the church, corner of Ohio and Delaware streets. The board of managers of the Home for Friendless Colored Children will meet this afternoon at the residence of Jas. Trueblood. No. S47 North Delaware street The graduating exercises ot the class in the Normal Training School for Kindergartens will occur at the residence of J. H. Baldwin, No. S85 North Pennsylvania street, to-morrow afternoon, at 2 o'clock. A reception to the members of the class bv the executive board will follow the exercises. At the dedication of the Pronylxnm this evening a sketch of the beginning, progress and fulfillment of the enterprise that erected the building will be read by Mrs. Margaret D. Chislett Mrs. May Wright Sewall will deliver an address as president, and Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith will speak.

The Governor, Mayor and others will also talk. The exercises will begin at 7:45 o'clock and the admission will be by ticket. Frank Beard is to appear in the Y. M. C. A. lecture course to-night He, as a chalkastist. has probably talked to more people than any lecturer now on the platform. His caricatures have made him famous, but some of his pictures of more pretentious character, drawn in a few momenta, are very creditable. The Swedish (Quartet Concert Company will appear at the Y. M. C. A. Hall to-morrow evening. Among the songs to be given are many suns by the students of Upsala University. In addition a number of English selections will be given. . The quartet will be assisted by Miss Lura Barden. of Detroit, Mich., dramatio and humorous reciter, and Miss Vida J. Skoog. accompanist The concert by the Schliewen String Quartet, at Plymouth Church, to-morrow evening, premises to be one of the musical aud social events of the season. Besides numbers by the quartet, there will be two quintets, and solos by tbo popular violoncellist Mr. Arm in Recker, and the wonderful young singer. Miss Theodora PfatUin, of Chicago. Tickets are finding a ready sale, and a crowded house seems a certainty. Mrs. Wr. W. Scott will give a song recital next Monday evening, at the Tabernacle Church. Mrs. Scott has nctbeen heard in a group of songs since her return from a year's stndy in Europe, and the recital will give her friends the advantage of hearing her in the several styles of composition. Mrs. Scott will be assisted by Miss Adelaide Carmen, Mr. John Geiger, baritone; Mr. Richard Schliewen, violinist, and Mr. Chas. F. Hansen, organist Personal and Society. Mrs. J. H. Woodburn will go to Madison, to-day, to visit Mrs. Lanier and Mrs. Cravens. Miss Florence Coffin will go to Lafayette Thursday to spend a few days with Mrs. Henry Vinton. Dr. and Mrs. Heiskell entertained a few friends at cards, last evening, in honor of their nephew from Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. James E.Shoverand daugh

ter Claire will go East in-a few days to spend a month or six weeks. Mrs. J. L. Thompson has issued invitations for a reception Thursday afternoon, at her home, on North Illinois street Miss Lizzie Ames, of Greencastle, Js the guest of Mrs. Emma Winsor and Miss Anna 'Dnnlop, on North Pennsylvania street Mrs. W. E. Collins, who is visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Steele, will return to her home, in Hartford, Conn.. Friday. Mrs.'Wm. IL Daggett and Mrs. Nellie Scott havo issued invitations tor a card party Friday afternoon, at their home, on West Maryland street Mrs. John W.Jones will entertain friends at cards. Thursday afternoon, in honor of Miss Perkins, of Pennsylvania, who is the guest of Mrs. S. E. Perkins. The Misses Magee, of Logansport. who spent several weeks here last winter as guests of Mrs. Ritzinger and Mrs. James B. Black, are in the city, spending some time with their father, Hon. Ruf us Magee. ISook-Rlnders He turn to Work. .' The strike in the Journal job-printing house, owned by Otto II. Hasselman, ended yesterday by Mr. Hasselman conceding the demands of the book-binders' union. The men returned to work in the afternoon, and no further trouble is expected. DK. RICHARD J. GATLLNG. He Tells the Story of the First Order He Received lor His Now Famous Gun. New York Times. The man who chats with Dr. 1L J. Gatling, of Hartford, for au hour or even half an hour, comes to know the secret of the success which the famous Gatling gun has achieved. The gun is, of course, a good one, but its excellence alone is not the thing tnat has created a demand for it in every civilized country in the world. It may rather be said that the irresistibleneas of its inventor has forced the sale of this great exterminator. A person cannot talk with Dr. Gatling five minutes without acquiring an inclination to draw his wallet and buy as many of the Gatling guns as he can pay for. and if the Doctor afiects people in this way whom he talks at with no other wish than to entertain them, what cannot he do when he means business when ho goes a-gunningf Tho Doctor is saventy-two years old now. with 6no wwhite hair and whiskers, but he can talK as fast, as smoothly, as entertainingly, as, persuasively as ever, and he is to use a good old Connecticut phrase "as keen as a brier." Tall, straight, gracefully proportioned, and of easy carriage, he is al6o au interesting and pleasing person to look upon. "Good evening, Dec tor," said a Times representative, who a few evenings ago encountered the gun man in the oilice of the Hotel Normandie. The doctor responded with a warm grasp of the hand and a "Well, well; I am very glad to see you. Come in here and sit down." he said, and he led the way to a reading-room. "No," he said, in answer to a question, "I'm not in the air-ship business. The story that I am is a newspaper yarn. I: have had all manner of funny things said about me. One story was that 1 had a shoo in my back yard, aud that I was out there in it at 5 o'clock every morning working behind locked doors. Well, there is a barn out in my back yard, and a henhouse, but there is no shop there, and then, again, if there were a shop there, I wouldn't be at work in it at 5 o'clock in the morning, for really I never think of getting out of bed before 7. "Once I read in a paper what purported to be a report of an interview with Dr. Gatling. The newspaper said that the Doctor was a tall, thin, beardless man, with snowwhite hair, aged eighty-six. Now, as 1 am but seventy-two years old and haven't shaved for forty years, I would have been justihed in branding that newspaper story as false, but 1 didn't; I just let it go. No. I don't believe in flying machines, and have never had anything to do with experimentation undertaken in the hope of getting one up. "I've devoted myself almost exclusively to the Gatling gun. The first Gatling guns I made I built in Cincinnati. There were six of them, and they were no sooner nicely made than tbey were nearly destroyed by a fire, along with all my patterns. Then I went to the Indianapolis type foundry and placed' an order for thirteen guns, aud these, as soon as they were done, 1 put in the charge of a man named McQueeney and sent him olf to Washington to sell them. When he got to Baltimore he left all the guns except one. That one he took along as a sample. "Old General Ripley was at the head of the Bureau of Ordnance and he was about the most perfect old fogy that ever lived. He refused absolutely to look at the gun. 'Wo don't want any new-fangled guns,' he sai(l. 'The old muzzle-loading musket is good enough. That's what General Scott won the battle of Lundy's Laue with and wedon't need auything better now. There's nothing like handling a ramrod in the. face of the enemy to give men courage and nerve. No, sir. we don't want anything better than we've got now.' "McQneeney started for home in disgust At Baltimore he met General Butler, who was hastening to the front He showed the General the new gun, and the General said:' 'What do you ask for the lot!' A thousand dollars apiece answered Mr. McQueeney. " '1 will take them.1 said the General, 'the whole outfit and give you a voucher for them.' He did it, too, although he hadn't any authority to make the purchase. "Well. Butler took the guns South with him, and used them in his next fight The rebels didn't know what to make of them. 'What kind of guns have you got here one of the prisoners asked, 'that load all night and fire all day!' Butler used all of his ammunition in this fight and made a requisition for more, but he couldn't get it Stanton absolutely refused to allow it. He said that the sun had not been adopted by the department Of course, that settled the case. "When the war was over my friends told me to drop the gun business, but I wouldn't I went to Washington and asked for another firing. Ripley wasn't there any more. In his place there was a wide-awake man. General Dyer, a man who wanted to keep up with the times, and he showed a great interest in the Gatling gun. Through him, ultimately, I obtained an order for the trial of the gun with canister cartridges, in competition vrith howitzers at Fortress Monroe. "When 1 got down to the place of trial I found that some of the officers had put up

a job on me. They didn't want my gun to do better work than the howitzers, which were a regular aim of the service. I found that to work my gun they had assigned lot of plantation darkies, raw recruits, just in from the farm, who didn't know any more about a gun than a horse does about his uncle. For the working of the howitzers they had act apart a number of picked men. I protested. I said I wanted a measurably fair deal. "'Give me an hour 1 said, 'to drill these darkies.' "That wasn't much time, but it waa better than nothing. They gave me the hour and I immediately established a school of gunnery and began the work of educating my crew. Just before opening the trial I gave each darkey a dollar, and I said to him. 'Now, do your best; thia dollar is just to begin on." . . . "I tell you those follows worked like heroes. I beat the howitzers four to one. and the report went on to Washington to that etlect Soon after I got an order for 100 guns, and that was the first good ordor 1 had ever received. Since that time I have sold the gun all over Europe, and should have made a great deal of money out of it if each of the several governments ordering had stack to one calibre. The many changes in the calibre which we have been compelled to make.bavebeen very expensive. I haven't a doubt that we have thrown away patterns and machinery which cost us at least $500,000. changes in calibre having maaetbe patterns and machinery obsolete and yalaeiess. "Now. don't go down to the Times office and write me up a whiskerlesa nonogenarian." said the Doctor, as tho representative of the Times bade him good evening. I rather like my whiskers, yot: know because they save me the trouble of shaving, and as to the age, if you put it at aeventytwo, where it belongs, von make it Quite as bad as I want it to be.''

MRS. TERRELL'S FUNERAL. Particulars of the Death of the Wife of America's Blintster to Beldam. Brussels CorreepoDflence GaUgnanl's Messenger. The family of Maverick is one of the oldest families in Texas, and the death of Mary Maverick Terrell in the foreign land to which she accompanied her husband, a successful lawyer and prominent citizen of the same State, is sure to excite wide-spread interest and sympathy in America. Mrs. Terrell caught a chill some months ago in Switzerland, but a fatal result was not anticipated by Drs. Thirion and Stienon, who attended her during the long illness which preceded her death. Still on the sunny side of forty, the wife of the American minister at Brussels leaves six young children behind her, the eldest of whom is only just fifteen. The usual trappings of woe were conspicuously absent at the funeral service which took place in the English Church. Rue Belliard, at noon, on the festival of the Epiphany. Under the direction of Mrs. Harlock, the wife of the chaplain, the "Sacrarium" was tastefully decorated with azaleas, white hyacinths and ferns; a cross of roses and violets faced thepnlpit, and the choir, admirably led by Mr. Charles Hope, performed three hymns, including Newman's "Lead, kindly Light" very etfectively. Mr. Harlock read the service most impressively, and amongst the principal mourners were Mr. Terrell ana his two sons. General Strauch, representing the King of the Belgians, Colonel do Roy de Blicouy. who attended on behalf of the Comtede Flandre, Lord and Lady Vivian, Prince de Chimay. M. Lejeune, Mr. Gosselin, Mr. Allix, Colonel and Mrs. Rooseveldt, Mrs. Fleming, Comte d'Oultremont, Baron Lambermont, Mr. .1. T. Morgan, Mr. W. H. Kirkpatrick, the ministers of Germany, Holland, Portugal. Spain and Turkey, M. Buls, General Baillie and Mr. C. Weir, the church wardens, and nearly the whole of the foreign secretaries of la?:ation of Brussels. The snow was falling ast while the body was being conveyed to Evere, where the coffin was deposited in the black marble sarcophagus, which received, only a year ago, the remains of Mr. Pendleton, the American minister to Berlin, who died at the Hotel Bellevue. The King wrote an autograph letter of condolence to Mr. Terrell. Nobody took a more important part in the revolution which transferred Texas from Mexico to the United States than Mr. S. A. Maverick, the father of Mrs. Terrell. ' The Mavericks always regard St. Antonio as their home, and a few weeks hence Mr. lerreli and his orphan children will accompany the remains of the deceased lady to her last resting place on the other side oi the Atlantic. Germany Monometallic Hartford Conrant. Has anybody called the attention of the silver men at Washington to a remark and a prediction made by Emperor William at the dinner given by his Minister of Finance the other day! The remark was that it was too late to talk "double standard" to Germany since the question had been definitely settled the other way. The prediction was that the commercial countries would soon agree upon the adoption, all around, of the gold basis. Novel Argument of an O nice-Seeker. Chicago Inter Ocesn. A Boonville, N. Y.,man has evolved a new reason why he should be given an office. In his application for the postoflJce he argues that he deserves it because he has been thirty-four years in the Presbyterian choir without compensation. - Sounds Too Personal. Boston Herald Small wonder that young Mr. Astor objects to the familiar title of Jack Astor. Children's caps 10 cents, and any tie in the house 25 cents, at Occidental One-prioe Clothing House. If Tow Are Going to Build Investigate Hill's sliding inside blinds, and have them inserted in your contract They are handsome, convenient do not sag nor interfere with curtains. Any kind of wood you want See fallsize model at our store. UILDKBRA5D & FUGATC 52 Sonth Meridian st HOUSEKEEPERS Will find it to their adrantage to consider the merits of the M. & D. Ban re. IffoiAXArous, Dm. Jan. 17, 18S9. W. H. BENKXTT: We bare tor about two years been nrtng at our home an M. & V. Bange, and And it in every way most satisfactory. We are delighted 1th it. Very respecttony. FLAVIUS J.VAK VOKIIIS. S76 North Mississippi st For sale by W1L IL BENNETT. 3d South Herldlan Street. Celebrated Swiss Watches. We are general agents for Patek, Philippe A Co. and Vacheron & Constantln'a world renowned Watches. We take pleasure In casta these movements specially to order to salt our customers, without extra charge, and would he pleased to show these goods. JEWELERS, 12 E. Washington St. -STATIONERY

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DRYGOODS EMP the SEW YORKSTORE Establinhed in 1853.1 INVENTORY WEEK The prices which attracted so much attention yesterday will be continued to-day. RARE BARGAINS IN DRESS GOODS AND SILKS Drummers' Samples and all Remnants to be sold this week. DRESS GOODS, Sc, 9c, 29c and 39c per yard. CLOAK DEPAOTT Plush Jackets and Sacques at the reduced prices. Gents' Furnishing Department To-day another lot of Collars for 5c each. Cuffs for ioc a pair. THE ONE.MINUTE BOSS COFFEE AND TEA-POT. How to make delicious Coffee in One Minute. Every one can sample it lreo of charge. PETTIS DRY GOODS CO. GAS-BURNERS FfiEE OF COST. If at any time artificial gas is dosired for illuminating purposes this company will, upon application, attach meter and put on burners free of cost The Indianapolis Gas Company S. D. PRAY, Secretary. Palace Dry Goods Store 48 and 50 North Illinois St GREAT BARGAINS for this Week Al our Winter Goo J? at 50o 02 tie Dollar 75 Genuine Seal Fin ah Eacqnes at $10, $12.50, $H.75, C16.50, $19 and $1.W "worth double. See thm. 65 Ladies' Cloth Newmarkets at $1.9S. $2.S, $3.75, $4.50, $6, $7.50, uorth from $5 to $15. 100 Ladies' Cloth Jackets at fiSo worth $2. 50 dozen Ladies' Fine all-Wool Scarlet Vests and rants, only 49c. worth $1. Ladies' Combination Underwear, only C5c a snit, worth $1.50. Black and Colored Dress Goods &t reduced prices. Special sale of Table Linen. Towels and Napkins. 2,000 yards Crash, only 234C per yard. See our 25o line of Muslin Underwear, worth from 50o to 75c. WILEY GROHS. 48 & 50 North Illinois St. COLUMBIA PLACE. There will be an advance In the ralae of acre property north of tbo city In the near future The 2a and 5-acre lots In COLUMBIA PLACE re the best thing la the market at the low prices at which the j are offered. Illinois-street Electric Line of cars run through the addition. Will mall plat upon application. JOHN S. SPANN & COn SO East Market Street HOME MONEY to LOAN At lowest rates. &nd without eommlMioas, on non coustj real eeute. Applr to WIL II. ZNQLT8H. and Slock - Yard Co. STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. The annusl meeting of the tocknolAers of the Belt Railroad aul fciock-j srd Company will be held at the directors' rom. lu the Union Kiiwa j hUUon. in tu city of ItxlUflapoli. on To:?, b. 3. lr'.l.b. tween the honre ot 10.30 anA 11' o'clock ft. m., for the purpoee of electing nine directors to arre for the eoiulog 7r. and for the transaction of each olhet butUieea as iuaj coiae before &o meeting. li. 8. McKKfc.Jecretarj. January?. 1891. DEPARTMENT OKMADE ONLY 1JY BRYCE BAKERY 6ale at all Grocers. LILLY & STALNAKER, 64 East Washington street

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