Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 January 1895 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1895.

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Established J8S3. Cloak Facts For Friday ror Choice of any of the Jackets we have been selling as high as $10. For $10 Choice of 100 Jackets we have been' se llnz lor $16. $18 and $20, comprising Beavers and Cheviots, In rough and smooth cloths. For $15 Choice of any of our fine Meltons, Kerseys and Boucle Cloth Jackets, that we have been selling tor $25, $27.50, $30 and $35. PettisDryGoodsCo TJIUST IN TROUBLE INTEREST DEFAULTED BY THE COLt'MDIA STRAW PAPER COMPANY. 1''orlIoinr Tmll Intra Tlorrnn nl Receiver Anted For Three Hunks Forced to Close. CHICAGO, Jan. 24. Foreclosure proceedings against the Columbia Straw Paper Company were begun In the United States Circuit CJaurt to-day. The Northern Trust Company filed a bill and asked for the apure proceedings have been begun in nine different States in which the company has mlll3. Inability to meet Interest payments on $1,000,000 In 'bonds Is set up by the bill as the reason for the proceedings. The company was organized In January, 1833, with a capital stock of $4,000,000, and the incorporation was taken under the laws of New Jersey. Most of the paper mills in the central States were absorbed by the new company, and a promising business was transacted for some months. the panic of 1893 is ascribed the first trouble of the corporation. Large expenditures for Improved machinery were necessary and the company found itself at length pressed to meet Interest ion the bonded indebtedness. The Northern Trust Company, acting for the bondholders, began proceedings against the company by sending representatives to 'Rockford. 111., to take possession of two mills at that vwn. It is expected that the bond and stockholders will meet soon to discuss a plan of reorganization. SAVINGS HANK CLOSED. The . People's Institution at North Gait, Pa., Forced to Assign. ERIE. Pa., Jan. 24. The Peopled Savins Institution, of North East, a suburb of Erie," has made an assignment to E. A, Davis, the cashier. The bank' was Incorporated twenty-five year3 ago. Its president was Sampson Short and its treasurer Hon. Alfred Short. The deposits are about $193,O00. and other liabilities make a. total of $359,000. The bank officers claim assets of half a million. The failure of the Ridgeway bank a year ago, in which Hon, Alfred Short was a stockholder, caused a run on the North East bank, but it survived the fhock. Sampson Short has announced that he will open a private bank on Monday. The assignee says that the People's Savings Bank will pay 100 cents on the dollar. Georgia Mining Company In Straits. ( ATLANTA. Ga., Jan. 24. The property of the Georgia Mining and Manufacturing Company, valued at $3,000,000, was this afternoon placed in the hands of a receiver. The company controls the Dade Coal Company, Walker Iron and Coal Company, Georgia Iron and Coal Company, Chattanooga Iron Company, Barlow Iron and Manganese Company and Castle Rock Company, all operating coal and iron mines in north Georgia, near the Tennessee line. The bulk of stock Is owned by the estate of the late Senator Joseph E. Brown, who was formerly president of the corporation, but who was succeeded a few years ago by bis son, Julius L. Brown. Convicts are used iu the mines almost exclusively, and until recent years they were considered immensely valuable. Depressions in the Iron trade and general hard times cut off the profits, however, and operations have been conducted latterly at a steady loss. The bill for a receiver was Hied by the attorneys representing Hosgood & Plummer and other creditors. Julius L. Brown was named as temporary receiver. The liabilities are between $750,ooo and $800,000 and the assets about $3,000,000. . Left Debts Afffrresatino; jpan.OOO. - LA CON, III., Jan. 24. Baker Bros., managers and lesses of the Northern Illinois Coal Company's mines, owned by Mr. Hawkes, at Rutland, a small town on the eastern border of Marshall county, were not In their offices last Saturday when the men went to get their two weeks pay. Developments proved that they had left the place. An investigation of their affairs shows they owe over $8,000 in wages to miners, $2,000 to business men of Rutland and thousands of dollars to the owners of the mine. Twenty-two cars of coal on the track were attached by business men. A brother of the Bakers, a banker in Iowa, attached the money due tiiern bv the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad. The liabilities are about $2."j,000. No cause is assigned for their sudden departure. Two Ranks in Examiners' Hands. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Jan. 24.Bank Examiner Backus has closed the Chenango Valley Savings Bank because of a defalcation by Tracy R. Morgan, the treasurer of the bank. Morgan has confessed the defalcation, but the amount Is not stated by the examiner. The examiner has also taken charge of the Broome County National fBank, acting under the orders of the Controller of the Currency. The bank had an authorized circulation of $i0,0CK), and was capitalised at $100,000. lls.- I I." ....... Tll(nl.l M mm - v w . v & r. CLEVELAND. Jan. 24. In the United piaica vutuii vuun. iu-ubj, uetiee was filed in the case of Samuel J. Ritchie against James B. McMullep, ex-Senator Paine, Stevensen Burke and others. The atock held as security by the latter parties ior loans made to Ritchie, consisting of Canada copper and Central Ontario railway mining shares are all ordered sold to satisfy the claims against Ritchie. The decree is against Ritchie at every point. Other Business Trouble. BLOOMINOTON, 111.. Jan. 24.-MUes K. Young, receiver of the defunct and insovent Jllinols National Building and Loan Association, of this city, brought suit aganst the stockholders to recover amouns as follows from ex-offlcals of hat organization: Thomas F. Tipton, ex-president. $3,000; E. Mammen, ex-secretary. $3,000; Owen Scott n.crvin d- J' Warr- -ttorney $1,(J0U; William W. Stevenson, $20,000. It is alleged that the defendants realized these sums from withdrawals of stock after thev knew the concern was bankrupt. NEWARK. N. J Jan. 24.-An attachment for $112,000 against the estate of Edward Qulgley, now under arrest in New York for forging bonds to the amount of several hundred thousand dollars, was filed in the county clerk's office to-day. The attachment was secured by tne Mercantile National Bank, of New Vork, which lost through Quigley s speculation. CHICAGO, Jan. 24. The retail and wholesale cigar store of Harry Hargis, on Clark treer, was closed by the sheriff, to-day, on a Judgment by confession, for $24,277. The Judgment was In favor of V. M. Voor and Neurara, tobacco dealers. . Barrett Scott's Lynchers. O'NEIL, Neb.. Jan. 24. It is now settled that the State has been furnished with the name of every man who assisted in hanging Barrett Scott. One of the lynchers has confessed. However, members of the vigilance committee do not appear disturbed.

PROGRESS OF BILLS

SENATE PASSES SOLDIERS' HOME BILL WITH AN APPROPRIATION. A Libel Bill Also " Goes Through , . Miller-Uovrers Election Contest in House Leads -to Argument. There was a .sharp contest in the Senate yesterday over Senator Seller's bill to amend the libel law. The provisions of the bill have been heretofore described. It is provided that where the defense in a suit for libel or slander is justification it shall be sufficient to prove such justification by a fair preponderance of the evidence. The bill had run the gauntlet thus far without striking a snag, but when it came up yesterday for final passage a vigorous fight was made upon it, led by Senator Wray, of Shelby, and Senator Gifford, of Tipton. Senator Wray said he would have liked time to prepare himself for an argument, but he was opposed to the bill and regarded it as a dangerous measure. With the statutes as they are construed, he declared that the newspapers were sufficiently prone to drag the names of good men through the mire, and he was uncompromisingly opposed to taking down any of the barriers that had been erected to curb the spirit of defamation. Senator Newby favored the passage of the bill. He was, he said, in favor of equality in all things. There was not another instance on the statute book where in the trial of a civil case it was not competent t prove any proposition by a fair preponderance of the evidence. He denied that theije was either reason or justice in the trial of a libel case to handicap the defendant with difficulties that were not contemplated in other cases. This view of the case was also supported by Senator Shiveley, who was unable to understand why hardships should be mulcted on a defendant in a libel suit such as were not imposed on a defendant In any other cas-f. Senator Alexander said he had been on a 1 sides In libel cases and he had come to the conclusion that this bit of law that discriminated against the defendant in suits for libel was a gross injustice, a relic of barbarism and he was heartily In favor of its being wiped out. Senator Gifford, who Is wont to invest With a sentimental hue every question that comes before the Senate, apostrophised the beauty and divinity of virtue and wanted to know if the Legislature was going to -leave it unprotected from the venom and smile of the slanderer. This bill he regarded as a dangerous measure and he warned the Senate that if it was passed, muscular fathers with hickory clubs and strongarmed brother.: with pistols would have to go after the brood which it was proposed to turn loose on the public. Senator Newby asked Senator Gifford if he did not know that the act for criminal libel was still on the books, and the latter said he did, but still he was satisfied that the civil law as it existed bad a restraining tendency. Senator Seller said the Supreme and Appellate Courts time and again had held that the rule in libel and slander cases was wrong and unjust, and he waa in favor of making the law to conform with the views of the higher courts of the State. The bill was passed. It was significant that among the men who voted against it were some of those who deservedly or undeservedly have been made the subjects of severe newspaper criticism, and have been compelled to spend a good, deal of time combing the bricks and clubs out of their hair. The following shows how they voted: Ayes Alexander, B'rd. Bozeman. Crtfmpacker, Duncan, GosUin, Haggard, Kern, Kearns, Leyden. McDonald. Me-vlanus, McLean. Mull. Newby, O'Brien, .Phares, Schneck, Self, Selier. Shiveley, Stuart, Sweeney, Vaiie, Watson and Wishard 26. Nays Baker, Barnes, Beck, Boyd, Collett, Cranor, Gifford, Holler, McCutchan, McHugh.- McKelvey and Wray 11. HOWERS-MILLER CONTEST. Surprising Report ot the 'Majority of the Honse Committee. , , Yesterday was another day for that sort of eloquence which seems, to be always on tap In legislative halls and to be had for the asking. One or two of the speeches, so the spectators thought, were decidedly tiresome. The occasion was the report of the committee on elections in the BowersMiller contest from the district composed of Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland. Chairman Crozier headed a majority report, while Reynolds and Blnkley constituted a minority. The majority favored the seating of Bowers, the Democratic candidate, while the minority found a plurality of at least one vote for Miller, the -Republican. The controversy hinged largely on three disputed ballots, and when these ballots were brought into the House, it was the opinion of most of the legislators that the ballots should have been counted for the Republican. Before action was taken by the House, adjournment was had and the two reports are held In abeyance. The election board had found that Bowers, Democrat, had received 4,9o8 votes and Miller, Republican," 4,901. A number of disputed ballots had bten sealed, and these the election committee examined. After throwing out some, the majority of the committee came to the conclusion that Bowers had received 4,907 and Miller 4,906. The majority threw out the three ballots which the minority wanted counted for the Republican candidate. On these ballots it was evident that the intention of the voters was to vote the Republican ticket. There was no Republican candidate for county treasurer and the election board had left the space vacant on the Republican side of the ticket, although a small square and the title of the office remained. Uhe voter had stamped opposite the title of county treasurer, and then seeing- that there was no Republican candidate tor the office, he had, perhaps, stamped the square opposite the Democratic candidate. All the other Republican squares were stamped. It was difficult to teil even If the voter, had intended to stamp the square opposite the Democratic candidate. There was a slight mark there and the majority of the committee held thai ic was a distinguishing mark. The result of the seat would hinge on this ballot. As It was so evident that the voter intended to vote the Republican ticket, the House was loath to give the Democratic candidate a seat. The majority asked that the ballots be inspected by the House, and they were brought In and passed around. Mr. Crozier thought it was fair to bring in the three ballots, as the committee had thrown out other ballots largely on the same grounds. Mr. Holloway said he thought it was one of those cases where a voter had failed to have sufficient ink on his stamp. The committee, from the reports, had agreed to ail but these three ballots and he favored bringing them in for inspection. Mr. Stutcsman remarked that the committee nad refused to consider other important evidence bearing on the case. The Republican wished to show that fourteen votes cast by inmates of a county asylum were counted, nis opponent got the benefit of these. Mr. Robinson made a speech, explaining the situation very clearly and showing conclusively that tne Republican ougbt to be seated. Mr. Stotsenberg tried to bave tne minority report laid on the table, but this failed. Pending the discussion, the motion to adjourn came up, and the matter was dropped for a xay. Further progress was made with some of the bills during the session and the stage of final passage will be reached with the next calL The second reading of bilis befan Immediately after the convening of the louse. The State boiler inspectorship bill was amended before it was enerossed, but in the opinion of several lawyers the amendment may carry down the bill. The amendment provides that steamboat boilers shall be Inspected. The United States government regulates this inspection. The legalization of the acts of Crandall, Harrison county, was agreed to, under a suspension of the rules. Most of the bills were engrossed without opposition. The emergency olause was stricken from the railroad bill which makes companies receiving freight responsible for its safe transportation, no matter over what lines the freight may afterwards be sent by the first company. The committee, by amendment, fixed a maximum demurrase charge of $1 a car. The militia bill with several amendments bv the committee, stands engrossed. The first amendment gives a separate battery to Fort Wayne and to Rookville, it first being contemplated to make the artillery teams In these two places a united battery. Another amendment gives the militia an appropriation of $75,000 available on April 1. House bill No. 93. permitting secret societies and churches to elect trustees without giving the formal notice now required by law, went to engrossment, after an amendment allowing churches to elect nine trustees if they chose. There is a fear on the part of some members of the Hous that the insurance com

mittee Intends to use a knife on much of

the proposed insurance legislation and not a few insurance bills have been sent by request to the Judiciary committee. In every case or tnis kind, when the bill comes back favorably reported, the members of the insurance committee have demanded that the bill be recommitted to them. One of the Vigo county measures, concerning the 80 per cent fire insurance clause, was transferred to the Insurance committee yesterday, despite the protest of Mr. Moore and others. The holiday bill was recommitted to the committee on judiciary. It had been favorably reported by the ways and means committee. An argument arose over Mr. Robinson's fraudulent marriage bill, which is for the better protection of women who have been wronged. Mr. Merritt had an objection which the House did not think of moment, for it refused to sanction striking out the emergency clause as the gentleman suggested. Among the oxner bills that are now ready for passage are the following: To abolish the natural gas supervisor. To compel street-oar companies to provide vestibules for motormen in winter time. Stotsenbergs Gretna Green bill. Holloway's bill incorporating tobacco warehouse companies. Stotsenberg s bill empowering criminal judges and Justices of the peace to fix the punishment after juries have returned verdicts of guilty. Pettit's bill to permit physicians to organize for protection from malpractice suits. An amendment permitting the organization of private sewer and drainage companies was tacked on. Authorizing the publication of the eports and documents of the Indiana Academy of Science at an annual cost not to exceed $2,000. Dalman's road bill. Remington's hedge bill, requiring hedges to be cut down to a height of five feet every year. Merritt" s obnoxious weed bill was recommended .to the committee on roads. Senate bills legalizing the incorporation of Alton, Crawford county, and Grandview, Spencer county, were sent to the committee on judiciary. The Governor's secretary announced that the executive had signed the bill legalizing the acts of the trustees of Wheatfleld, Jasper county. The House adjourned till 10 o'clock this morning. Morning and afternoon sessions Will be. the order from now on. SOLDIERS' HOME BILL PASSED. Appropriates v $100,000, but Amend went Cnts Officers' Sulnries. When the. Senate convened yesterday morning the bill of Senator Haggard, appropriating $100,000 for the location of a soldiers' home at Lafayette was the order as unfinished business. Senator Stuart offered an amendment reducing the salary of the commandant from $1,200 to $900 a year and the salary of the adjutant from $1,000 t $720 a year. The amendment was adopted. Senator Duncan offered an amendment providing that the home should not afford maintenance for the family or the relatives of either of the officers mentioned. Senator Boyd supported the resolution, and stated that information had been filed with the: committee on benevolent institutes to the effect that many of the officials of the State institutions are supporting large families at the expense of the State. He said that it was charged that a physician at the Central Hospital for the Insane who is drawing a salary of $1,200 a year, has for a year been boarding his wife at the expense of the State, she not being an employe of the hospital. The amendment was adopted. Upon motion the rules were then suspended and the bill passed. NEW BILLS INTRODUCED The following bills were introduced: By Senator Seller Authorizing piosecuting attorneys to administer oaths in cases involving the exercise of their official duties. By Senator Wishard To amend the taxation act, providing for the deduction of mortgage indebtedness from the appraisement of real estate, and the deduction of the amount of notea from an assessment of personal property. ' By Senator Wishard Appropriating1 $1,340.91 to pay P. P. Sheehain for the State's assessment for the Mississippi-street sewer. By Senator Wishard Authorizing incorporated towns to enforce regulations enforced by cities, concerning dogs By Senator Wishard-Regulating the duties of county commissioners with respect to tne building of bridges. By Senator Wishard For an act for the protection of fish. By Senator McCutchan For the amending of the Evansville charter. My Senator McCutchan Authorising the teaching of physical culture in the public schools. By Senator McCutchan Providing for the creation of a firemen's pension fund in cities of the grade of Evansvi He. By Senator McCord Providing for the distribution of estates. By Senator Alexander Providing for the distribution of money paid into court by an executor or an administrator upon the filing of a final report, in cases where there are no heirs. By Senator Gifford Creating the office of State Bacteriologist. By Senator Kern (by request) Amending the act defining who are persons of unsound mind. By Senator McDonald Defining the Qualifications of county superintendents. By Senator Newby Requiring township trustees to keep .a record of all persons receiving public aid. -By Senator Newby Defining the duties of notaries public. By Senator Self To amend the school law. By Senator Stuart Making jt unlawful for an attorney to take a case on a contingent fee, and providing for the collection of attorneys' fees in certain cases. By Senator Crumpacksr Amending the statutes governing proceedings in certain civil cases. . By Senator Crumpacker To amend the road law. By Senator Wray To amend the voluntary associations act to permit the rrganization of companies for the construction of sewers. By Senator Wray To encourage agriculture and horticulture. BILLS ENGROSSED. A number of bills were called up for second reading In the Senate yesterday and were advanced to engrossment. Among them were the following: Senator Wis"hard's bill prohibiting railroad companies and street railway companies from building their lines through cemeteries. Senator Seller's bill providing for the recovery of lost section corners. Senator Shiveley's bill requiring the filing of a cost bond by non-residents in civil actions. REPORTED BY COMMITTEES. Committees reported a number of bill3 some for indefinite postponement, and others for passage. Among the bills recommended for passage were the following: The bill to exempt from taxation cemeteries : laid out for purposes other than profit. The bill providing for a uniform policy of fire, insurance by all companies doing business In the State. The bill increasing the salary of the criminal judge of Marion county to $1,000 a year. The bill authorizing couniies to issue bonds for the completion of courthouses. The judiciary committee presented a majority and a minority report on Senator Ellison's bill fixing the salaries of county commissioners, In counties having a population of over 65.0CO, at $1,200 a year. The majority report recommended the indefinite postponement of the bill, and the minority report recommended its passage. The minority report was adopted. Among the bills indefinitely postponed was the bill of Senator Baker, authorizing the commissioners of Grant county to reimburse certain citizens of that county for money collected on a guaranty to aid in the construction of the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City ra'-lroad. BILLS PASSED. The following bills were passed: Senator Stuart's bill fixing the salary of the coroner of Marion county at $3,000 a year. Senator Wlshard's bill prohibiting railro&ds and street car lines from building through cemeteries in cities having a population of 100.000 or over. , Senator Baker's bill for the protection of motormen by the construction of vestibules ors motors. Senator Seller's bill to legalize sheriffs' sales where rents and profits have not been appraised. The House bill fixing the number of employes of the House and their compensation. TO PREVENT BRIDGE STEALS. Senator Wlshnrd's Bill Will Curb the Power of County Co in ml union era. Senator Wlshard's bridge bill, introduced yesterday, is designed to prevent scandals like that developed In connection with the letting of a recent bridge contract In this county. It provides that bridge contracts shall be let as other contracts are. The commissioners are first to make an estimate, describing the work to be done. If

the coft 1s to exceed $500, plans and specifications must be drawn, and the work advertised. The bid shall be received for the work not less than three days after the last publication. The lowest and best bid is to be accepted, providing that It does not exceed the estimate previously furnished by the commissioners. It is required that all proposals shall be publicly read, and the successful contractor shall give bond for faithful compliance with, his contract. MR. WILTSIE ON POLICE CO CRT.

Favors Giving; that Court Authority te Try Petit Larceny Cases. County Prosecutor Wdltsie is vitally interested in the passage of the legislative bill vesting the Police Court with jurisdiction, in petit larceny cases. "A bill of that character is the very thing wa need in Marion county," he said, "in fact, it is the only hope of the Criminal Court. We are now compelled to try all of these minor cases in the Criminal Court and the result is that we will always be kept busy trying: these little jail cases. There are now on this docket three or four hundred appeal cases from the Police Court, but we see no way of getting at them. Every time the grand jury meets it grinds out fifty or seventy-five indictments, threefcurths of which are petit larceny cases. These indictments are invariably against jail prisoners and. of course, we have to try them first. The fact is it keeps the Criminal Court busy nearly all of the time disposing of the cases asrainst men in jail. We cannot let those prisoners lay there. It Is not only unfair to them but it is a big expense on the county. At present the outlook is very discouraging for the appeal cases that have been on the docket for a year or more." , STIRRING IP COMMITTEES. Speaker Adams Appears Before Them Fort "Wayne Amendments. Speaker Adams yesterday afternoon appeared before all of the committees that were in session and advised them to give closer attention to work. In some of the committees there is a tendency to let work drag, and rather than discriminate the Speaker talked to all the committees and told them It was imperative to give attention to bills that had been referred to the different committees. The committee which will have to wrestle with the Fort Wayne - charter amendments was approached, by prominent Fort Wayne men last night 'and asked to give influence to the passage of the amendments. Few of the committees reached any conclusive action yesterday, although there was much discussion of bills. Improvement on Reed. . ' The Frankfort News has this to say of the Speaker of the House of Representatives: "Justus Adams, the Speaker, is a plain, blunt man, full of fire and executive force, is out of sight as a presiding officer. He is an improvement on Tom Reed, because he directs the affairs of the House according to the modern parliamentary ethics and in addition is accessible and courteous always. To-day, a couple of gentlemen got on their mettle in debate, and :had a slight featheredge on their words. - Adams; rubbed the hair the smooth way, by suggesting that they kiss and make up. Most all of the News readers in their younger days have had experience with this time-tried remedy." - "y " For a State Bacteriologist. . Senator Gifford regards his bill for the appointment of a State bacteriologist as one of the most Important that has been introduced or that will be Introduced during the session. The incumbent of the office which he proposes to create will have among his duties the .inspection of water works, dairies slaughter houses and factories where food products are manufactured. Contagious and infectious diseases will also be in his line. The salary of the State bacteriologist is placed at $3,Q00 a vear, and the Governor, the president of the State University and the president of the State Board, of Health are to elect him. Better County Superintendents. Senator McDonald's bill, defining the qualifications of candidates for the office of county superintendent, requires that the applicant shall be the bearer of a professional license, or that he be a graduate of the State Normal, or of some other institution of learning equally reputable. The bill is the same that was Introduced by Senator McDonald, two years ago, but Which was defeated out o fewr that1 ft- would legislate too many Democratic county superintendents out of office. Visit the Institutions. ' Senator Duncan and the committee on education will leave this morning for Bloomington for the purpose of inspecting the State University. The committee will go by special train and will be accompanied by Governor Matthews, the members of the Supreme Court and other State officers. Senator Watson and the committee on prisons will go to Michigan city this morning to inspect the northern prison. The Senate committee will be accompanied by the House committee ,on the Prison North; Coroner Castor Objects. Concerning the new bill before the Legislature which is intended, to regulate the financial portion of the office of coroner, Dr, Castor, coroner of Marion county, says it is unjust. He says he was making $3,000 a year from his practice as a physician and he accepted his present position with the expectation of making more than that amount. He says a salary of $3,600 or $4,000 would he a fair recompense and would be a saving to the county. Evansvllle Charter Amendments. Senator McCutchan's bill provides numerous amendments to the city charter of Evansville. Among the moat important changes are those extending the jurisdiction of the Police Court, and that providing that assessments for street and other improvements shall not exceed 40 per cent, of the value of the property. Vns Clinton County Lost? Senator Cranor has been flooded with letters asking what he proposed to do with Clinton county in his bill for a congressional apportionment It appears that, in the published reports, Clinton county was left out, although the bill, as prepared, contains it. Clinton county, in the Cranor bill, is placed in the Ninth district. A Uniform Insurance Policy. The Insurance committee has decided to recommend the passage of a bill requiring all fire insurance companies to use a uniform policy, like the standard adopted by the State of New York. It will be unnecessary for an insurer to read every policy he takes out if this bill. becomes a law. To Abolish City Treasurers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Jan. 24. County Attorney Alvah Taylor, of this city, is preparing a bill which will be introduced in the Legislature, providing for the abolition of the office of citv treasurer in all the smaller cities of the State, the duties of the position devolving on the county treasurer. Mr. Taylor thinks the change will result in a saving of many thousand dollars annually to the inhabitants of the municipalities of Indiana, Leslslatlve Notes. . Representative Hanna, of Putnam, who has been dangerously ill for some time, was able to be in the House yesterday. The committee on education will go to Bloomington to-day to take part in the dedication of one of the new university buildings. W. V. Stoy, one of the pushing merchants of Lafayette, pledges himself to raise $1,500 for the erection of a chapel if the $110,000 is voted for the State Soldiers Home, and he proposes to interest three hundred people in the project by so doing. . The committee on reformatories has investigated the charges that people are not allowed to converse with prisoners at the female reformatory, except in the presence of an officer of the institution.. A lawyer made complaint that he was unable to talk in private with a client at the institution. The matron set up the claim, that she was acting merely under instruction of the board. She said that the attorney had come out there with no letter of identification and the prisoner did not even know that he had been employed to represent her. The committee found that the institution needed new boilers uadly. The ones in use have been in service for sixteen vears and the committee thinks they are danger ous. Incorporated Yesterday. Articles of incorporation were yesterday filed with the Secretary of State as follows: Equitable Building and Loan Association. Elkhart, capital, Jl.OOO.QOO; Garrett El?ctric-ilght Company, increase of capital s?toek to $20,000. The most remarkable cures of scrofula on record have been accomplished by Hood's SarsaparlHa. ThU medicine is unequaled for diseases of the blood. Take only Hood's. Hood's Pills are hand made, and perfect in proportion and size. 23 cents.

THE FLORIDA FREEZE

A PEN PICTURE OF ITS RESI LTS AS SEEN BY A CRACKER FARMER. Much Distress Anions: Nonresident Li borers, but Natives Hopeful ot , Good Crops Next Year. Jacksonville Correspondence New York Evening Post. "Hello, Cap'n Bill," says F., stopping short on Bay street. "Hello, yerself." They shake hands, the countryman leisurely, the city man as if he was really too busy to take time for such foolishness. "This is Cap'n Bill," says F., introducing him. "He is the original Florida cracker. You needn't ask his. other name; I've forgotten it and I think he has, too. How's the freeze?" "F., it's lucky you wern't the next one to ask me that I said back yander I'd answer it nine more times an' kick the tenth." "All right. I'll watch for him. But seriously, what is the prospect in south Florida? We hear such conflicting stories we don't know what to believe." "They're all true, however. The ice king didn't treat every section alike. He biowed his breath heavy here, lighter there, an no man can judge his own loss by his neighbor's. Two connectin groves, two lakes In a few miles of each other, wouldn't always be hurt alike. But we're comln' outen the kinks. The damage ain't more'n half, an we'll have plenty oranges next winter with better prices. Truckers are replantin. You won't get your peas and strawberries so early this year" turning to me "but your own .crop is apt to be late, too. So we'll get some Yankee dollars after all. The pineapples ain't as bad affected as people thought. But, I dad, the country looks lonesome. As fur as you can ride in the orange belt it's yeller an yellerer, like burnt woods or the yeller fever. It's leaves above an' oranges below. Yes, sir," addressing me lh a manner boastful, but not in the slightest degree' offensive, "there's a million of dollars on the Florida sands to-day. Can you. match that in your State?" I say "I cannot," and thinking give-and-take only fair play, get off a good one on Florida weather. He takes me up quick as lightning. "Oh. it's Florida weather, only it's got Northern principles this year." A commotion causing us to turn, we find a policeman gathering in a disturber of the peace. "What's the trouble. Fritz?" asks F. "O, a fancy drunk. He will arpue the case, when he hasn't got any; not a leg left to stand on." "I'm done, gentlemen," says the prisoner, breaking into tears. "I'm an object o' pity. Hear my taje 'n' prof't b' m sperience. Ten thousand dollars in pineapples three years in Florida froze up jus' money 'nough t' t.et t Jax drunk-take me t' the station house." ' ' "Just what I'm tryin' to do; come 'long." "That makes me feel bad," says Cap'n Bill, as the others pass out of sight. "That's a pretty good sample of affairs in the fruit region. Lots of the growers and truckers are furriners (by which term he may mean New as well as old Englanders) who think they're ruint for ever. It's no sorter use to tell 'em Florida's full of rebound; they don't believe It. They sell out for what they can get or go growling about the country, v hile the native who's seen this oncet or twicet before, is replantin'. They don't understand Florida, an' then they go back North an' give her a bad name." "Are many leaving the State?" "Everv train is loadened down with discouraged growers. The woods are full of pickers an' small truckers trampin to the towns in hopes of findin' somethin' to keep 'em till spring. Here's one of 'em. now. I gi.ve him a day's keep, an there' si plenty more in the same fix." A STRANDED CRACKER. The man referred to speaks to Cap'n. Bill and eyes' us dully. He is tall, gaunt and colorless, and, were he disguised ever so well, would still bear the mark of the mountaineer. . "Found anything yet?" Cap'n Bill asks, genially. "Found er wood pile down the lane," pointing to Main street. "I say, where do all the people come frum 'at lives in this many housens? I didn't know there wuz ez many people in the wort' ez they is in Jacksonville. I lighted right onto er North Callinian. I'm er guineter stay With him ter-night an' start on the freight fer home in the mornin'; work my passage." "You're the riht sort; no whinin beggar.'" "I dunno ez I'm intitled ter any credit fer it," he answers philosophically. "Ef I hadn't er found work ner friends I reckon I'd er whined with the rest iiv 'em. Fifty more on us is scattered 'bout town an' er hundred er two on the road. Some on 'em's got money 'nough ter pay ther way home, an some hain't: sent it all ter the'r famblies, not expectin' this slam. But you kin bet thet them out en pocket'll count crossties faithful tell they reach ol North Calliny." "What the dickunce brung you to sech a confounded country, anyhow?" asks Cap'n Bill, his wrath overwhelming his sympathy. "Oh, hit's er fine country in the long run; pays us ez much wages in er week ez we make home in er month. We lay by the crap an' leave the women an' child'en ter gether it, while we come ter Flurdy -ter yearn our cash money fer the next year pickin' oranges an' strawb'rles. This' here's er slam; the maister kind uv er slam. But I ain't er kickin'." He shakes hands around and goes awav. "Yes," says Cap'n Bill, "I jest know them Tarheels'll give Florida a reglar calamity name." I cannot help remarking that this winter has certainry proved a calamity to them. "So it has," he assents, crestfallen. Then, brightening: "But not to those who knowhow to look to a hereafter. Yeller Jack may have had us in his eye, only for next summer. Now he's frozen out; not a grin nor a threat left in him. An oranges'll bring splendid prices next winter. Oh, vou'll see. Besides, everything isn't killed. The southern counties escaped the freeze an' are only frost-bitten. They're still shippln', an there'll hardly be less than 100,000 boxs sold 'fore spring. Many of the larger growers had their packin'-houses full, an they, of course, are sound." "I should hardly think it would pay to market them, with California fruit forginsr to the front." "Calitorny oranges are good for Ca ifo-ny. But, I dad. sir, they can't compare to Florida oran?es, even after the fire of a freeze has passed over them." Progress is stopped for the moment by a strange group of men who meet us; forms wasted by want and disease, faces pinched and wolfish, and teeming with the menace and despair of evil circumstances. PATHETIC SIGHTS. "O, Lord, I can't stand this." said Captain Bill, diving into his pockets for all his loose change. "Take this, fellers, an' don't give Florida any worse name than you can help." The astonished creatures seize the money supplemented by contributions from the rest of the party and make a break for a cheap restaurant across the way. "It wouldn't do for you to live in a large city." I say to the impulsive Cracker. "You would soon be forced to join the army of the impecunious, yourself." "I dad, sir. I don't intend to trust myself in any larger city than Jacksonville; the fuss an' tne cheatin' and th choked up streets confuse me enough. If you'd seen what I did all the way from Kis3immee here you wouldn't have let silver wear holes in your pockets. Every few minutes the train'd burst on a lot of misfortunates round a campfire, tryin' to keep warm an' forget their honger. Others having swapped cheir clothes for grub, marchin' with as little' on as the law would allow; wretches who had lived for a week on frozen oranges (and one had the pluck to cut a joke about free orange Ices'), sick and perishin' by the way. It was awful, an' I soon quit lookin' out. The farmers can't feed all, an' some of them are so pocr themselves that they feel the loss of a few corn pones. Here an' there a lucky one finds an acquaintance who htlps him along, or he works his way on a freight train, pickin' up some lunch scraps now an' then. "What do you mean by working a passae on a train? It is the firs; time I ever heard of such a thing." "Well, it means that they're allowed to ride sometime? and put to work at the woodraeks. Time is saved to the train and no harm done, either. Well, 1 must stop here, Mister. Florida's the finest country in the world, freeze or no freuze. Don't give her a bad name when you telegraph to them big Northern papers." "No place has ben hurt more than Jack

sonville," I remark, viewing the vegetable death and desolation around. "That's true." answers F.. "but see

what an arlstrocrat is Nature! The large shrubs in -these adjoining yards are cape jasmines; one is taken, the other left. Aow turn your eyes to those great aroors or Marechal Neil roses. One is budding out, while the other is dead as Pliny. And the most peculiar thing about it is that the dead vine belongs to a poor woman who depends on her winter's sale of roses to help her live. Why shouldn't the needy one have kept roses? Before tire thaw there were some pretty pictures on our streets frozen spray of fountains, an' flowers caught in ice palaces, the roses blushin' brighter than ever behind their transparent walls. It was a beautiful signt. and a new one to half the population." " 'Look on that picture, now on this.' " "And on tN future. Before May-day the whole city will be in bloom. The worst blot on the present is the array of tramps, many of them professionals, that are overrunning the State." "What will you do with them?" "We are putting them to work on the streets, now; but when the ja'-l is full the question will be a. puzzler. Sqme years ago it was seriously proposed to build a monster lighter and anchor the tramps on St. John's river. Ridicule prevented tha experiment, but I'm not sure it wouldn't be a good idea." HAKKY HAY WARD'S TRIAL, Miss Glne's Allesed Slayer Says the Press Does Not Treat Him Fairly. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 24. With the adjournment of court this evening eight Jurors had been secured to try the case of the State against Harry . Hayward. The jury as a body is an exceptionally intelligent one. There was little of Interest during the day aside from occasional sallies between the attorneys and bright replies from talesmen. Hayward keeps up ,1113 spirits wonderfully. He takes the papers regularly and reads the accounts of the trial closely. Speaking to-night he said "Some newspapers seem to be after me for some reason and are not willing to wait for the trial to be on. The law allows me to be fairly treated, but some of the papers seem to prefer t be unfair, even at the expense of truth. I realize that appearances are against me, but I don't see why the papers cannot be at least fair in the matter." In the selection of the jury the State has used three of its seven peremptory challenges and the defense eleven of its twentyone. It is thought the last four jurors will be the most difficult to obtain. There was, a etir when the trial opened this morning over the threat of Judge Smith to discipline several newspaper men for stjorles printed about the examination of Adry Hayward by the defense. The attorneys for the defense arose and denounced the publications as tissues of falsehood. The reporter of the Journal was summoned before the court to divulge the source of his information. He maintained that the information was reliable, but averred that he was under a pledge not to divulge its source. At 1:45 o'clock the Journal reporter appeared at Judge Smith's chambers, where he was closeted for a few minutes with Judge Smith and Assistant County Attorney Hall. The conference was no: long, but It lasted long, enough for Judge Smith to give the reporter a talking to. He was informed that reporters were admitted to courts of law in order that they might give the public knowledge of what actually transpired therein, and not for the sake of giving them an opportunity to evolve sensational and fabulous tales. The reporter expressed himself as duly penitent and was greatly relieved when Judge Smith forgave him. SNOW AND WATER. Both Cnuslnsr Trouble in the Mountains and Plains of California. SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Jan. 24. At last there is a lull in fhe storm and the snow which has been enlisting the services of all the available men at the command of the railway officials,, has degenerated into occasional flurries throughout the mountain regions. But a lull does not mean cessation of work nor relaxation of vigilanca on the part of the railroad men engaged in keeping clear the great artery of traffic that connects the coast with the East. The rotary plows are ' kept in constant operation moving the great masses of snow that are continually breaking off the high banks that line the road for miles and the depths that are constantly forming in the narrow cuts. The snow depths are as follows: Truckee, 8 feet 8 inches; Summit, 20 feet; Cascade, 19 feet; Cisco, 18 feet; Emigrant Gap, 16 feet; Gold Run, 4 feet 4 inches. The levee near Clarksburg, on the Yole side of the Sacramento river, has given out and the hamlet is inundated, 'ae residents being compelled to use boats to pass from house to house. The river is also overflowing the levees near Rio Vista and a vast stretch of country almost as far as the eye can reach is under water, only the tops of the fence post3 being visible. Railway Tralllc Resumed. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24. The srorm has subsided in the mountains and the mail and express through trains are now running on all the roads except the Oregon division. The Central Pacific road to Ogden is open, and all regular trains are running close to schedule time. The Oregon f division, however, is in bad shape. The work train which left Oakland to-night with one hundred shovelers to clear the snowslide near Dunsmir was started in at ten miles below. The niorth track was covered with mud fifteen inches deep in some places, and it took all night to clear it away. This morning the men got through the slide and it is expected that the track will soon be entirely cleared. Yesterday's south-bound Oregon express is stalled at Delta, where another mud slide covered the track. The few passengers on the train are being cared for by the railroad people. All the damage along the roads in the southern part of the State has been repaired and all trains are running on time. In many parts of "the State local train service will not be resumed for ten day3. ARBITRARY DEMOCRATS. Tennessee Republicans Not Permitted to Protest Asrainst an Outrage. . NASHVILLE. Tenn., Jan. 24. Legislative proceedings were somewhat enlivened by a discussion, political chiefly, In the Senate, on the Republican Senators' protest to the passage of the gubernatorial contested election bill. The committee had recommended that the protest be not spread on the minutes because the protest was made up largely of newspaper clippings. A spirited debate followed on the right to protest, and. the Senate voted not to receive the protest. The speeches against receiving the protest were based on alleged scandalous and Insulting words applied to Senators in some of the newspaper articles mde a part of the protest. In the House a resolution to open and publish the returns of the gubernatorial election next Monday was defeated A resolution requesting Senators Harris and Bate to use their influence toward having United States Senators elected by the people was adopted. The gubernatorial contest bill was then taken up and twenty hours given for debate, and the debate wa3 commenced. - Wilson's Chances Waning. OLYMPIA, Wash.. Jan. .21. Seven joint ballots for United States Senator were taken to-day without resulting in a choice. The first ballot of the day was as follows: Wilson. 27; Allen, 15; McMillan, 10; Helm, 1; Rogers, 23; Manning, 1; Ankenny, 27. Senator .Helm, a strong Ankenny man, nominated George Turner, of Spokane, before the rt.t ballot. In the succeeding ballot many of Wilson's votes went to Allen. The li.-t ballot gave the following vote: Ankenny. :'5Wison, 7; Allen, 24; Turner. 10; McMillan, f: Rogers, 23; Wallace, 6; Manning, 1. The joint session was thin adjourned unt'l tomorrow. Mounter Suffrage Petition. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 21. Twenty-five or thirty suffrage women met the Senat? committee on elections to-day and presented a petition seventy-two feet lonjr and formina roll as large as a bas drum, and bearing several" thousand names, praying the Legislature to resubmit the woman suffrage amendment. Dolph Wthln One Vote. SALEM. Ore., Jan. 24. The legislature met to-day in joint session to . vote for United States Senator. The- ballot resulted as follows: Dolph, 44; Moore. V); L'Jrd " Bennett, 8; Hare, 10; Moody, 4; William V Kinkad, 1. Necessary to an . electi on ''2' There was no choice. .. " Clean Sweep by Republicans. WHEELING, W. Va.. Jan. 24. At the city election, to-day, the Republicans made a clean swaep of the city for the first time in many years. Majorities for Maj-cr.

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A NigM Watchman. Overtakes and Throttle an Old Enemy. "One hundred and thirty-six pounca !" The gentleman who exultinKlT made this remark was Chsrle9 Arnold, night watchman at the New York Store. . .. "That's what I weigh now. It's a gain of 13 pounds in a little more than a month. Nothing unlucky in that 13. I was down to 123 and lading away. Chronic dyspepsia, I had it ior nearly eight years. Nothing agreed with me. I've paid out at least S200 to firaKlara doctors in Indianapolis, but got no relief. Everything I ate disagreed with me. Some people think that dyspepsia can be relieved or cured by exercise, walking and that sort of thing. "My business as niht watchman Is all exercise. I no on duty at the New York Store at 6 p. m. and off at 6 a. x. Thai's twelve hours. Walk, walk, walk. There's miles of it over the six stories of this iminente store. But it didn't 'fuze "y dyrpepsia. I ached in every bone in my bt.y, and my circulation was so bnd that even in warm weather I had to sleep in blankets. "One day Mr. John Robinson, or.e of the New York Store company, jtave me a box of Lyon's Seven Wonders. On first taking it I was made sick, but I persevered. I have now taken a box and a half, and I'm a well man. . "Appetitel I can eat anything, and drink as much coffee a I like. I bave always beeu of spare build, but I am now coming to the proper weight ior a man oi my height. My diKeation appears to be perfect, and my disposition is cheerful and happy. That's what Lyon's Seven Wonders has done for me. You may say so. My experience may be valuable to soiae other sufferer. I would not take S1.000 for tho benefit I have received." " IfOX'S SEVEN W05DER9 Are put up in concentrated form, sixty doses in a box (twenty days' treatment); price 8I.OQ box or six for 85.00. Sent prepaid on receipt of price to any part of the United States or Canada. For sale ty all druggists. t THE LYON MEDICINE CO., INDIANAFOU3, IKD. chief of police and city clerk range from 400 to over 1,000. The City Council is almost solidly Republican. At midnight it looks as if there will be only two Democrats in the Council. The police force and Council have been Democratic for years. The official majority of B. P. Caldwell, Rep., for Mayor, over Judge Boyd, Dem., Is 1,311. , Want Sntolll Beported. LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 24. A memorial was presented to the lower House or the Legislature to-day, requesting the Nebraska congressional delegation to work for the deportation of Mgr. SatollI and prohibiting his return to this country. The memorial was referred to the committee on resolutions: - Hig-gins Lost. One Vote. DOVER, Del., Jan. 24. One more ballot was taken for United States Senator to-day without result. The only change was that Speaker McMullen deserted the Higgins camp and, voted for George V. Massey. Shoup Guinea Two Votes, -j BOISE, Idaho, Jan 21. Shoup gained two votes on the ballot to-day. Result: Shoup 20; Sweet, 19; Glaggett, Populist, 15. SINGLE-TAX Eli JOiLNSON. Millionaire Tom lllanks Protection and the Assessment of Incomes. NEW YORK, Jan. 24. At the dinner given by the New York Board of Trade and Transportation last night, Congressman Tom Johnson was one of the speakers. He said, In part: , "Look at our national taxes. Do they not treat the trader and transporter who brings goods from abroad as a public enemy, who is to be robbed and blackmailed in every way, and thus in the same way and at the same time we oppress the trade which takes our own products abroad? Do they not establish private taxgatherers and blackmailers from the giant sugar trusts to the small official who levies his own private duty on the passengers by incoming steamers? And, finally, as the Lexow committee has shown, and as every one knew before, even the police come in for their share of protection, even if but a few apples from an apple woman's stand. It Is all protection. And now we are going to have an income-tax. All this is stupid; all this Is wicked; all this is destructive of prosperity and destructive of morals. Wnat is in reality most heavily taxed in the United States to-day, and what is going to be taxed in the new income tax, is honesty and veracity. We prate about honesty in the churches and Sunday schools, but if a man robs a bank it is a bare chance if he Is punished, while if a man starts a bank 'we punish him at once fer a certainty and continue to punish him every year. The only honest tax, the only fair tux, the only rig-fitful and natural tax is the sln'i; tax." Mr. Johnson closed with a vigorous appeal in behalf of the single tax principle. CiT -NEWS NOTES. , Mrs. W. Taylor Owen, of this city,, died at North Salem after a protracted ilmess. P. J. Sloan, who was arrested for driving over the fire hose at the tire on, Biake screet Wednesday, was fined t5 by Judge Stubbs yesterday. The literary society of the Spenteriin Business College gave an cntertainruiit at the college halts last evening. A proL;.dmnse of fifteen numbers waa well rendered to au audience of about 4C0. , : - -.' . W. W. Veach, who assaulted his wife Wednesday night, inflicting some serious wounds, was lined $.10 and given ninety days' imprisonment in the workhouse by Judge Stubbs yesterday. Blanche Conrad, an Inmate , of - Bertha Bruner's resort, died Wednesday night of lung fever. It is claimed that the girl's death was caused directly by nejdect, as the other girls of the house rerused to wait on hor. (inre Awny, Her Baby. Several days ago a strange woman called at the residence of Dr. J. S. Jordon, 1118 North Pennsylvania street, carrying a dayold baby. She asked to be allowed to leave the baby for a few. minutes while she went up the street, as it was very cold. She went, but the never returned. A card pinned on the little one's dress, addressed to Dr. and Mrs. Jordon, asking them to take the baby and raise it. stating that its mother is an unfortunate girl of seventeen. Dr. Jordon and his wife have accepted the charge and will keep it. Lincoln Lenieue Clubs' Meeting. The Republican clubs of Marion county, forty-one in number, according to tha provision of the Lincoln League constitution, have been called to meet on Lincoln's birthday Feb. 12. The call is signed by the president. Warwick II. Ripley, and the secretary. Schuyler A. Haas. The objects are the election of officers for the ensuing year and the discussion of plans to ensure party harmony and the proper maintenance and political education of clubs. Each organization is requested to send five tlelgates. Harmony and unity will be the principle subjects of discussion. State Bank Elects Officers. The State Bank of Indiana, yesterday, elected the following1 officers for the ensuing year: President, Illram W. Miller; vice president. David A. Coulter; cashier, Jamea R. Henry. Mr. Sahm declined reelection because his duties aa postmaster require his whole time now, and becaurf the fact of his holding the position of bank president might bo construed as confrary to the spirit of the order of the President, that iostmaster and other federal official should give their whole tlm t the aja ministration of their offices.