Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 October 1895 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, v TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1895.

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(ESTABLISH I'D 1S33.) ; 12,000 Yards Nos. 4 and 5 Satin-Edge RIBBONS Never sold for less than 8cf going now at v 4c a yd. The 9 Ribbon Bargain of the year. Pettis Dry Goods Co Try ttio Cclobrntoa V". -N.V VX LEW WALLACE CIGAR The most exquisite 10c Cigar ever of;ered to the trade. 5. D. PIERSON, General Agent PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Mrs. John C. Dean will give a wheel party ,nis evening:. Mr. Julius Walk has returned from a two ;;eeks visit In New York. Col. James B. Black's regiment will meet i Franklin. Oct. 17, for a reunion. The Ladles "Whist Club will meet FriJay ornlng with Mrs. Harry l. Drew. tMr. George Brecount, who came from Cininatl to spend Sunday, has returned home. Mrs. George, Pangborn, vho has been visling friends In Madison, will return home tKiay. Mrs. M. M. Spfole a ill leave this week ft New Orleans where she will spend the wnter. diss Katherine Gray, of Noblesvllle, who Is Miss Kate Landis's gu?st, win return no:e to-day. , Ir. and Mrs. Howard A. Dill and daughtei Dorothy will leave to-morrow for Bichmcid to reside. . ir. John M. Shawhas son to Alma, Mlh., and will return with Mr. Shaw the las of the week. Mtjor and Mr. "TV. I. Gould will leave, to-rorrow, for Vlncennes and Louisville to sp xl a few weeks. M.and Mrs. A. M. Hood have taken the houc at No. 316 Cornell avenue and will be at tome Wednesdays. M. Frederick Taylor, of Brooklyn. N. Y.. Is siting his aunt. Miss Mary Dean, on Noth Meridian-street. - Mis Jessie Cagsett 1.4' visiting her aunt. Ml. Eliza Daggett, at New Haven, Conn., and friends in Brooklyn. i -; -. M-s. Sharp, of Louisville, who has-been theguest of Mrs. B. B. F. Pf lrce for a fortDigit, has returned home. .rs. W. D. "Wiles will leave to-dav for Taoma, Wash., to epend the winter with he daughter, Mrs. Tousey. Hr. and Mrs. Roland, of Chicago, who hsve been visiting Mr. und Mrs. T. II. N.onan, have returned home. vllss Nettle Andrew, of Cincinnati, who his been visltinsr Mrs. C. E. Nordyke for fe weeks, has returned home. Mrs. A. V. DeVay entertained a few friends Informally at whist last evening in "ier apartments at the Denlson. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Speers. of New York, will come to-morrow to visit the former's sister, Mrs. Bement Lyman and family. . Miss Grettlc Holliday, who has been a missionary to Persia for several vears. will return home Friday to visit her family. The directors "of the Country Club are frnaking many Improvements, which will make It more desirable for social gatherings for the coming winter. The ladle of Ht. Paul's Church have -guaranteed to furnish all the draperies and rush Ions for the new parish house, which is approaching completion. Mrs. J. II. Vajen and Mrs. ft. Hubert Collins will be at home Tuesdays with Mr. Charles Stewart Voorhecs and Mrs. Henry Lane Wilson, of Spokane, Wash. Mr. Joseph M. Bowles arrived yesterday morning from Boston. "Mr. Bowles will remain about ten days, when ne will return, accompanied by his bride, now Miss Janet Payne. Mr. A. J. Decker, of Padu-ah. Ky.. formerly of this city, spent a few days here with friend, part of the, time with Mavor and Mrs. Taggart. Ho left last night for Pittsburg. Mrs. Alice T. Barbour and daughter. Miss Faille Barbour, will leave, next week, for New Orleans, to spend two months, and later they will go to California to remain till late next spring. Miss Cora Daggett, who has been spending the summer at home, will leave to-morrow for New Haven. Conn., from which place she, will go to New York every week for harp instruction with Cheshire. Mrs. George Levering and son, of Lafayette, who have boon spending several months with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh H. Hanna. will leave to-day for Arizona, accompanied by Mls Deborah Moore, to spend the winter. Mits Kate Sullivan, president of the srnior class of the Girls' Classical School, entertained the sixteen members at luncheon Saturday. All the decorat'ons, dresses ana appointments were In the class colors of buff and red. Mrs. Klla D. Zinn. Mrs. Zlltha Peak and Mm. Anna Oalbralth left, yesterday, v for Buffalo. N. Y to attend the convention of the Sons and Ladles of the Union Veteran Legion, which convenes there to-morrow and Thursday. Mrs. Knma Sullivan. Mrs Sreirt, Mrs. Jennie Miliar and others will eHv to-day. It is exnected that about thirty ol Encampment No. will attend. The marriage of Miss :.ie Messing and Mr. Isaac Itice will take place this afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the Market-street temple. Last evening a family dinner was given at the home of the bride' parents on North Delaware street, and later Mr Hke, the groom's mother, entertained the faml.y and the guests from out of town Among the latter are Mr. and Mrs. Moses and Mrs. Charles Moses. Dr. and Mrs. Aaron J. Messing and Misses Julia and Sadie Messing, of Chicago; Dr. Henry Musing and daughter Klsie. and Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Mayberg. of St. Louis: Mr. and Mrs. Herts and Mr. and Mrs. Kpsteln, of Frankfort: Mr. and Mrs. Leo Heilbrun, of Decatur, 111.: Misses Llille and Julia. Joseph, nf Shelby ville: Miss Tlllle Fleischmann. Mis Slejla and Mr. Harry Victor and Mr. Simon Lehman, of Cincinnati. - To-morrow evening an entertainment will be given by a number of young men at the Amerleus Club for the vUltora. KINDERGAKTKN TKA. Brnnke's new academy, at the corner of Illineis and North streets, was opened yesterday with a series of entertainments given by the members of the third section of the Free Kindergarten and Children's Aid Soei:y. The building is a complete one of its kind. The entrance on North street leads Into a broad hall, with tile floor and tinished in oak; a wide atalrcase leads to the second floor. Nearly opposite tho door-is a square reception room and toward the front of the tu:liir.5 is a Urge banquet room. In the rct-Zticn room, during the hoursfrom 3 to C. I Trr. Jchn B. Elam, president of the kinC rtr:, Mr?. S. L Perkins, head of ths

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section, and Mrs. F. E. Dewhurst welcomed all the visitors to the tea. In the banquet room where the three table set. Kach held embroideries, silver candelabra, with pink handles, vases and bowls of pink roses and gleaming cut-glass and silver. At the center table were added cups and urns, for coffee and chocolate were served. At the two end tables ices were dispensed. The members of the section alternated in presiding and serving. Many wore pink in their costumes to correspond with the prevailing color. As the guests were served they were presented with a satin badge bearing a picture of the building. At 4 o'clock the children began to arrive for their party, from 4 to 7 o'clock. They hurried up the stairs. At the head of the stairs Is a second wide hall. This leads to the dancing room. This large room will accommodate aboat thirty sets. The floor Is perfect, and its length and breadth are unbroken by posts. There is a gallery about the entire. room that will seat between two hundred and three hundred. There are many windows on three sides, giving an abundance of light. For the evening there Is a chandelier and side lights, supplied with electricity and gas. On either side of tne hall are dressing and toilet rooms, and for the men a smoking room. These are completely frunished in oak. The toilet and smoking rooms are tiled, and the others have carpets or rogs. Yesterday many children In pretty frocks danced to the music of an orchestra. In the hall was a table, decorated with gay boxes filled with candy, and In the dancing room was a tabic where Ice water was dispensed. Mr. and Mr3. Brenneke had charge of the room and the dancers. Later in the evening, from 8 to 11 o'clock, the young people danced. There was a large attendance for the three enter-, tainments. The building was given to the kindergarten by Mr. Bren;icke for the day. . MANN SHOEMAKER. Special to the Indlacapoll? Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Oct. 14. Miss Delia Shoemaker, daughter of Prof. D. II. H. Shoemaker, and a teacher in the Muncie schools, and attorney W. W. Mann were married yesterday. He v. George II. Hill preformed the ceremony. JOHNSTON FBIEDLEY. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL MADISON, Ind., Oct. 11. Miss Elene Friedley, fourth daughter of Judge W. T. Frledley, will be married at noon to-morrow at North - Madison, to Mr. 'Edgar Johnston, late of, Moore's Hill. Irviucton Items. Mr. and'Mrs. Early and family have returned from Macatawa Park.

Miss Jessie Morgan, of Franklin, is spending a few day with Miss Kva Jeffries, on University avenue. Dr. J. Q. Brran will eo to Philadelphia this week, and will visit several Kastern points before his return. MIss-'Lecca Chase has returned from Madison, where ehe presented a children's cantata very successfully. Mrs. Charles B. Clarke will go 'to Bryn Mawr to-morrow, to spend -some weeks with 'Mrs. Mary Taylor Mackenzie. . Mr. and Mrs. Chapman Williams have returned to the Denlson, after spending- the summer at Mr. Sylvester Johnson's. Mr. and Mrs. William J. Lucas, of Columbus, were the guests the first part of last week of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thompson. Miss Minnie Henley, who is In this country preparing herself for missionary work, has returned from a month's visit to her home in England. The marriage of Miss Gertrude Johnson and Mr. Otis Webster Greene will occur tomorrow evening at the home of the bride, on Downey avenue. The. members of the third preparatory class gave their third annual nutting party yesterday, starting for the woods at 11 o'clock. They were chaperoned by Miss Eva Butler and Miss LIda Gilbert. The young ladles of the Kappa Kappa Gamma fraternity entertained their friends Saturday evening at Miss Hetta Barnhlll's, In honor of Miss Sherwood, Miss Deputy, Miss Forsyth and Miss Mason, this year's new members. Pink was tho prevailing color In the decorations and Ices. The young ladies were all In evening gowns, and the party was quite a brilliant one. THE HISTORY OF CAST STEEL. How the Secret of It Mnnnfncture AVn llevenletl ti the "World. Inventive Age. The history of cast steel presents a curious instance of a manufacturing secret stealthily obtained under the cloak of an appeal to philanthropy. The main distinction between iron and steel, as most people know. Is that the latter contains carbon. The one Is converted into the other by behlr hcatet:Tor.a considerable time in contact with powdered charcoal In an iron box. Now steel thus made Is unequal. The middle of a bar is. more carbonized than the ends and the surface more than the center. It Is. therefore, unreliable. NVverr theless. before the Invention of cast steel. there was nothing better. In 1700 there lived at Attercllffe. near Sheffield, a watchmaker named Huntsman. He became dissatisfied with the watchsprings in use and set himself to the task of making them homogeneous. "If," thought he, "I can melt a piece of steel and. cast it into an ingot Its composition should be the same throughout." He succeeded. His steel soon became famous. Huntsman's Ingots for fine work were In universal demand. He did not call them cast steel. ' That was his secret. About 1770 a large manufactory of this peculiar steel was established at AtterclilTe. The process was wrapped In secrecy by everyone " within reach. True and faithful men were hired, the work divided and subdivided, large wages paid and stringent oaths administered. It did not avail. One midwinter's night, as tho tall chimneys of the Attercllffe steel works belched forth, a traveJer knocked at the gate. It was bitter cold the snow fell fast and the wind howled across the moat. The stranger, apparently a plowman or agricultural laborer seeking shelter from the storm, awakened no suspicion. Scanning the wayfarer closely, and moved by motives of humanity, the foreman granted, his request and let him in. Feigning to be worn out with cold and fatigue, the poor fellow sank upon the floor and soon appeared to be asleep. That however, was far from his Intention. He Closed his eyes apparently only. He saw workmen cut bars of steel Into bits, place them In crucibles in a furnace. The fire was urged to its extreme power until the steel was melted. Clothed in wet rags to protect themselves from the heat, the workmen Irew out the glowing moid. ,Mr. Huntsman's factory had nothing more . to be disclosed. The making of cast steel had been disclosed. LOXDOV SUICIDES. Th nir City Una Great. Xambern of Them. Boston Journal. London has always been' remarkable for Its large number of suicides. The "shadows of a great city" and the other, favorite possessions of the thrilling melo-dramas naturally abound in the largest city in the world. June is always a bad month for suicides in London, and the last July was particularly bad. As many as ten have occurred in a day, and the average has been over twenty for a week. The heat and love romances remain the principal excuses for self-destruction, ami .Colonel Ingersoll's views about ending -one's life when the chances to please others as well as self are slight seems to have many folowers. but only among the half frenzied and irresponsible ptople. ' , In the mlcLst of these grim conditions are laughable happenings growing out of the efforts of . tho police to prevent suicides. There-was cne particularly odd arrest on Waterloo bridge one day last week. L.ike Brooklyn bridge. Waterloo bridge was built to encourage Kuicides. It Is a bad locality and the "bobbies" naturally look upon every stranger who lingers thereabouts with considerable scrutiny. A man who goes near the bridge is at once rated a suspect, even If" he be on as peaceful an errand as making a. call on the Surrey side. That was the way with a Mr. Sptndler, who was found hailess and coatless, excited and ejaculating l.vthc middle of a curious crowd. The police rushed him o.f to the lockup, and were rejoiced to think they had stemmed the tide and prevented another victim to the rolls of suicide. Three tell-tale bottles of laudanum were found In his pocket. But when tho rejoicings of "the police had 'quieted, Mr. Splndler was given the floor, and he testified In his own behalf that some footpad has stolen his hat. Hence the excitement and the crowd. As to the bottles, he was a chemist, and they were properties of his trade, but not laudanum. As one commentor remarked, "he left the court room without a stain on his character and without his hat." It is not always agreeable to tack morals upon such storiei. but the lesson of Mr. Splndlers plight is that every hatless man that stands upon a bridge In the suicide center of the world does not of necessity contemplate self-destruction. An to Distances. Chicago Tribune. "How far do you call it from your town to St. Louis?" inquired the stranger. "I haven't the slightest idea," answered the Kansas-City man. "Nobody ever asked me before." ' The Farmer Famine. Philadelphia Times. Notwithstanding the great wheat crop, famine stares the farmers In the face. The famine arises Jn the great want of cars to rr.ovo it to rr.arl:et.

TAG G ART'S BAD BREAK

UK IILIAPPOIXTS II. A. MAXSFIGLIJ AS CITY KXGIXKEU. Great Trouble City Una Had rrltlt Defective Work by Mansfield as a Sevrrr Contractor. There was a great deal of surprise among Democrats 83 well as citizens generally yesterday when it was known that Mayor Taggart had appointed H. A. . Mansfield city engineer to succeed City Engineer Brown. Mr. Mansfield was city engineer under the Sullivan administration and his management of that office In a large way contributed to the odium attached to the Sullivan regime and which resulted In such a deserved rebuke at the polls the following election. There was much bad work dene and property owners are now suiTering from the careless inspection and the leniency permitted contractors during that administration. The protest which is going up over Mayor Taggart'a appointment Is based, however, on more recent occurences, and the unfitness of the selection is urged more on account of Mr. Mansfleld's record as a public contractor than his record as city engineer, for the former has been more freshly impressed on the public mind. With no firm has the city had more trouble during the last two- years in the matter of defective work than with the firm of which the new city engineer is a member and the records of both the Board of Works and the city engineer's office are filled with unheeded complaints against the work of this firm. The investigation by the Council committee, which the Democratic organ paraded so persistently during the last campaign, showed up some of the work done by Mansfield. Property owners along the line of the Kim-street sewer, the South New. Jersey-street work, the Central-ave-nuo sewer and the Andrews-street drain well remember the trouble they had In getting satisfactory work done, and although the Board of Works and the city engineer sent repeated notices to Mansfield's firm neither was able to obtain satisfaction. The firm has been known part of the time as Allen & Co., Mr. Mansfield constituting the company, . and part of the tim'o as Mansfield & Allen. The first complaint arose over the building of the Elm-street sewer, the first important contract awarded to the firm, which was formed shortly after Mr. Mansfleld's retirement from the office of city engineer. On March 12, 1S94, the Board of wnrka miierl th firm's attention to the tad condition of the trenches on Noble and Elm streets, where the sewer had been laid. At Elm and Grove streets the sidewalks had sunk down and loose sewer pipes were scattered along the streets, which should have been put In proper condition at once. On April 20. 1S91. the firm was ordered to fix the trenches on the line of the New Jersey-street sewer. The streets were in very bad condition. The firm apparently paid no attention to the order of the board and the city engineer sent a second notice regarding the 1.1m and Noble streets complaint on May 10. This brought no results and so loud was the complaint from property owners that a third notice was sent the firm on May 19. The city engineer in his letters said complaints were coming in thick and fast. Nothing had been done by Mr. Mansfield s firm, and attention was called to the previous communications;. But the third order was as barren of results as the two preceding ones so on May 29 a communication went to the contractors telling them that if the repairs were not made at once the city would have the street commissioner make them at the expense of Allen & Co. On July 5 an order was sent to repair the intersection of Noble and outh streets and Fletcher avenue and Cedar street, which were In bad condition, also fhe tVench over the sewer in Ced street from-Fletcher avenue to the Jg .tour 'Thenthe grievances of ntral-avenue property owners gainstIr Mansfield a iirm becan to appear. On Nov. 21, lsai, hTcit?englneer notified the firm that the T3utler-street connection or tne wmrm. avenue sewer nau sum, aim u general impression that the pipe In . front of 79 Central avenue had broken. Nov. . n the following went to this firm from the city engineer: "Please open catch basin inlets on Central avenue. I believe . two or three basins need plastering and also need to be made water-tight." Several month, iter Jan 23. the firm had 'Covered up a hou-a connection In front of UB Central avenue without waiting for it to be inspected by the city, and an order was issued to have the work uncovered. In March the firm was ordered to provide Inlets for this same sewer. , On Nov. 23. 1894. Mr. Brown wrote Mr. Mansfield's firm as follows: . "I find, upon investigation, the following Door and defective work, which please put fn proper condition: Catch basin at northeast corner of Meridian and Merrill streets (no inlet): two catch-basin inlets on Merrill street west of Meridian have brick rings, but the gutter approaches are bowldered and in bad condition: curb inlets on northeast and northwest corner of Delaware and Merrill streets have the curbs badly broken: curb inlet on northeast corner of Merrill and first alley east of Delaware street has curbstone brolcii patched with brick and cement similar complaints at northwest corner Alabama and Merrill streets, northeast corner of same streets, southeast corner Ketchatn and Merrill, southwest corner New Jersey and Merrill: northeast, northwest and southwest corners of New Jersey nd lerrill streets: Sinker-street basin badly done, also opening In curb on New Jersey street SA w?eVu"lr!the city engineer called attention to leaky eatch basins along New Jersev and Merrill streets, three at. the Sinker-street corner, one on New ey between Sinker and Merrill, one at Dillon and Elm, two at Graham and Elm and one at Cedar and Elm. .... , Lakv catch basins and defective work followed the contract further. On Dec. -1. the contractors were ordered to repair a number of other leaky catch basins on Meridian street, which would not hold water. They were as follows: Southwest corner of Union and Merrill streets, water twelve Inches below the trap: southeast corner Madison avenue, water six inches below trap: northeast corner Madison avenue, water six inches below trap: northwest corner J.. M. . & I. tracks, sediment, showed water had been up to eutter line: southwest corner of tracks, water all leaked out; northwest corner Alabama street, water twelve inches below trap: northeast corner of Alabama street, water two Inches below trap and plaster falling off: southwest corner Alabama, water below trap. Jan. 7. 1SD3. it was necessary to order the firm to repair the catch basin at New Jersey and Sinker streets, which was in a very bad condition and very dangerous. The same day the bad condition of tho catch basins at Noble and Huron streets was pointed out. - These lelters were unheeded, and the city authorities were very much provoked. On Feb 4 the city engineer ureed the firm to fix up the Elm and Merrill street sewers, and. the firm doing nothing to Improve conditions, another letter was sent Feb 23, with a peremptory demand as to what the contractors really Intended to do. The work done on the Merrill-street sewer began to Fhow for itself a little while later, after a few rains, and the Board of Works discovered a worse state of affairs. The catch basins needed attention, and on March 7 an outline of the repairs needed was furnished Mr. Mansfleld's 'firm. At Merrill and the J.. M. & I. tracks the outfall was full of gravel, at the southeast corner of Merrill street and Madison avenue a new bottom was needed, and on the northeast corner new plastering. At Merrill and Union streets a new bottom and replasterlng was called for, while replastering was demanded at three of. the corners at Merrill and Delaware streets. A new bottom and replastering was ordered at Merrill ard Meridian, and at the Union-street corner, which had to be made water-tight. The catch basins on New Jersey street, from Merrill to South, had to be emptied, as they were becoming offensive from the standing water due to faulty construction. "Before commencing work oa the above," said the letter sent to the firm, "notify this ofUce so that an Inspector can be present, otherwise the work will not be accepted." March 9 still another notice was nent reRardlnar the defective work on the Merrill and Elm-street sewers, and on April 2 the contractors had to be ordered to put the streets and alleys into which they had excavated into repair. Then the firm got the contract to construct the Andrews-street drain and complaints beran to pour in from that neighborhood. The contractors were noticed that the cath basins would not hold water, an 1 they were ordered replastered. There was- no- tfc.tement in the protests from the South Slle, and en July 6 & no

tice was sent stating that, the water in the catch basin at New Jersey and Sinker streets was below the hood; that the approaches at New Jersey street opposite Sinker needed rebuilding, while the water in the catch basins in New Jersey street south of Merrill, at Union and Merrill and at Meridian and Merrill was below the hood all the way up to as high as a half foot. A month passed with no effort on the part of the firm to repair Its work on the Andrews-street sewer, and on July 11 attention was-again called to the needs in that locality. AH the basins needed attention as well as the flush tank and manhole at Sixteenth street. July 19 complaints from all along the Andrews-street sewer wero enumerated by City Engineeer Brown and his letter remarked, "As yet no attention haa beeen paid to letters of 3une It and July 11 in regard to catch basins." On July :W Mr. Brown wrote: "No attention has been paid to my letters regarding Fifteenth street. I now notify you for the third time, and If same Is not given immediate attention I will order work done at your expense." The work on Buchanan street began to give the city authorities trouble a month later. On Sept. 20 Mr. - Mansfleld's firm was told that repairs must be made on the work in the first alley north of Buchanan street before the job would be accepted. All the catch basins leaked and had to be replastered; The side walls around the catch basins were ordered repaired, Inlets at Green and Beaty streets wero ordered put in and tho trench at Beaty street and the first alley north of Buchanan filled. - Still Mr. Mansfield's .firm was derelict, and in disgust the city engineer wrote the Board of Works on July SO: "I wish to call your attention to the fact that I have given notice to Messrs. Allen & Co., June It and July Jl. regarding-the Andrewsstreet sewer. No attention was paid to either notice and Ihe conditions remain the same." Aug. 27 the board wrote to the firm: "You are hereby notified to make proper repairs to Fifteenth street from Capitol, avenue to Illinois street. You have failed to make these repairs under instruction of the city engineer, and now the board notifies you that the repairs must be made at once." Even as late as Sept. 10 of the present year a complainlt , was. made of the condition of the brick pavement on Fletcher avenuo at Noblo street, caused by the construction of the sewer. In the' street. .The sewer contractors were.,.instructed to repair the trench at once. A few days ago another notice was sent ordering the firm to do this same -work, the first letter receiving no attention. -' The engineer department of the city says it has had trouble' with Mr. Mansfield's firm on practically every contract that has been let to it. The . following is a copy of a letter sent to the firm by the Board of Works June 20. 183o, "We are advised that our inspector, Mr. Haywood, notified you to remove condemned brick from , off Hay street; that you did remove said brick, but that .you moved them to an alley north where you were to put them in a manhole. It looks very miKrh as If you Intended to use these brU'ke for that manhole after they were condemned. We are surprised to have such a report made to us." MR. MAXSFIELD'S RECORD.

Ills Faulty Work Shown lp by Last Winter' Imrentljratlon. The work of the firm of Mansfield & Allen was quite conspicuous during the progress of the Council Investigation last winter. A number of different witnesses testified as to specific acts on the part of the firm that were far from creditable. Jan. 9, Charles Crosley testified that while he was building a catch basin on the Merrill-street sewer a part of It caved In. He was hurried in the work by the foreman so as to get the wall replaced before ' an inspector saw it. "Mr. Allen-was 'there, ..standing right over me he "said. "He told me where the inspector was located at." He said the repairs had. not been made properly and that Mr. Allen knew It at tho time. Crosley also testified that most. of. the catch, basins on the Elm-street sewepi had only four-inch walla and two-inch bottoms, which was onehalf as thick as required by the specifications.. . .. . "1'ou say some' contractors have made you slight work? 'Who are the contractors?" was asked. c '. - . "I always thought Mansfield 5 & Allen," was the answer. . Mr. Crosley also testified that Mr. Mansfield hired a man "that never laid, a brick in his life to put ihoj catch basins in," referring' to -workrre:Vhev Jjourteenth-street Bewer. '' '".iitu vinw. i - On page 77 of the' proceedings of the investigating committee, Jan. 9, la the following, questions by A. A. Young'and answers by Mr. Crosieyr Q. When you liave worked on ' contract work for Mansfield & Allen, have you had reason to believe they wanted you to rush, work through rgardless of the specifications,? A.Oh! Mr. Mansfield never told me that; no. i Q. Well, from'the way things went, from tho way the work progressed, do you believe that was the case? A.- I kind of thought so: yes. Q. That was . the impression among the workmen, that they were to rush it through? Did they get any extra pay In any case for that kind of .work? A. To rush it through? . Oh, no, not as I know of. : "ly? ti - Charles Cropper, wfas questioned by Mr. Young in regard to lowering some catch basins on New York atreet for Mansfield & Allen.i He said that instead of rebuilding the bell to suit the occasion they simply placed some small Iron bars across . the top and put the cover on them. The following record Is foundon pages 96 and 97 of this day's proceedings. Q, Under whose directions did you do the work? A. Under Mr. Brlllhart. Q.Was he their foreman? A. He was acting, as their foreman; Mr. Mansfield was there part of the time. Q. Did Mr. Mansfield know you were doing that work J a that way? A. Yes, sir. . ' . Q. Did you havei any. conversation with him about the way It was being clone? A.Oh, he saw it; helped do It. Q. You did it under his personal supervision? . A. Yes, sir, part of It. Q. Did you say that that was not the right way to do it, or suggest in any way that that was wrong? A. Well, no. I didn't think It was any of my business. I was working for Mr. Man?field and would do It the way he said. Anv of us know, though, that It ought to have been taken down and a new bell put In the catch basin, and. draw it over a little faster. . ' Q. Which was the cheaper way to do it? A. Tt was a little cheaper to put those iron bars over. - Q. la that Bafc: to put it that way? A. No, sir, I would not think the job safe. TAGGART AXD JEUP. Lleber-Frenel Jnflncnce Canned a PromUe to Be Broke n. Deputy City Engineer Jeup, was to have had an interview with Mayor Taggart yesterday morning and It was generally understood in the engineer's office " as well as elsewhere that Mr. Jeup was to succeed Mr. Brown as engineer. It was stated before the election that the direct promise was out that Mr.' Jeup was to be appointed In case Taggart was successful. Mr. Jeup is the son of the editor of the German Telegraph -which favored the election of Mr. Taggart. While the deputy engineer was waiting for the- tlnw to roll around for his meeting with the Mayor, Mr. Mansfield walked into the engineer's office and the announcement was made that the Mayor had appointed Mansfield as engineer. Thi3 was quite a surprise to .'Mr, Jeup. ' - j It is said that the Frenzel-LIeber influence, which was bitter against the Telegraph 'because of its bold opposition to the disgraceful management of school board affairs by the Frenzel ring, prevented the appointment of-Mr. Jeup. The Frenzel-LIeber influence was successful in defeating August Tamm for the city clerkship nomination, its grievance against Mr. Tamm being that he was employed as foreman by the same German paper. XEW BOARD OF HEALTH. Dm. Frank Morrison, LC. Cline and M. II. Field Appointed. Mayor Taggart appointed a new Board of Health yesterday consisting of three Democratic physicians, one of whom. Dr. Frank Morrison, was president of the Sullivan Board of Health. The other two members are Dr. L. C. Cline and Dr. M. H. Field. Drs. Morrison and Dr. Cline are representatives of the Medical College of Indiana, while Dr. Field is not connected with any college, It is stated. Mayor Denny's first Board of Health was composed of two Republicans and one Democrat. Members of the new board stated yesterday that no appointments to the hospital or rcity dispensary, had yet been determined upon. It was generally believed anions the politicians that Dr. Charles E, Fergion would be given his old place as superintendent cf

the City Hospital, although there is some opposition to this among the doctors, who believe the position should go to some one who has not before filled it in order to further stimulate the laudable ambitions of younger doctors. There is a movement on foot to have City Sanitarian Wynn retained as it is recognized that the office should not be a political one. Mr. Denny looked around a considerable time before he was able to find & man to fill this position. Dr. John Nichols, a partner of Dr. Field, is mentioned as an aspirant for the hospital sunerlntendency. Dr. Morrison will be the president of the new board. He was graduated from the Medical College of Indiana in 1S30 and now fills the chair of anatomy at that institution, besides being attendant physician at the Institution for the Blind. His professional standing is very high. Dr. Cline is a graduate of old Asbury University and the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. He has studied in London and Vienna and for some time has been professor of laryngology at the Medical College of Indiana. Dr. M. H. Field was born in 1834 and was graduated from the Medical College of Ohio in 1870. He has had an office at Broadway and St. Clair streets for twenty-one years. He is a native of Jefferson county. Indiana, and at one time was a trustee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Mayor Taggart says all the minor appointments at the hospital and dispensary will be Jeft to the Board of Health. MR. FREXZBL TAKES A 1IAXD.

Appearances Indicate- that His Call at the Grand Was Not In Vain. The figure of John P. Frenzel shone above the lesser lights in the Grand Hotel lobby last night. His presence out-dazzled the other frequenters of the hotel since Mr. Taggart became Mayor, Martin Murphy and his diamond" not excepted. One story was to the effect that Mr. Frenrel came to defeat the selection of Frank Maus as a member of the Board of Works, and another was that he was there to see that Henry Russe, one of his School Board friends, was made a member of the works board. When Mr. Frenzel came, with his silk hat, light overcoat and majestic bearing, the lesser lights began to ask one another the meaning of his interest in the administration. The crowd explained his presence by the venture that it was backed by a want. Mr. Frenzel and Mayor Taggart were closeted together for more than an hour. A bell boy summoned Controller Johnson to the room and the three spent much time together. About 11 o'clock Mr. Frenzel came marching forth with a "the-world-ls-mlne" air, and the politicians present were willing to bet that his visit had not been in vain. Mr. Taggart could not announce his Board of Works last nignt, but he hoped to have the board ready by to-night.- Since the appointments of the last two days the crowd at the hotel has lessened some and the appointees are now dodging the many Applicants.A goodly number still hang on, however, waiting. for the Board of Works to be named, for then they will know who to pursue. , XfJW .MARKET MASTER. F-2. M. Goebel, Formerly Deputy to Coroner Deck, Gets the O filer. There were a . half dozen disappointed applicants yerterJay when it was announced by the Board of Safety at a meeting held in the morning that E. M. Goebel, who was formerly a deputy under Coroner Beck,' and now a tinner, Iiad been appointed market master. It was supposed that Thomas Ratcliffe would receive the appointment, which was urged y a number of Scotchmen and Englishmen in tho city. The fact that he was an Englishman, or. of English descent, was urged against him. T. F. Harrold, a son of Pat Harrold, who was street commissioner under Sullivan, and who would appoint none but Irishmen on the street force, was named as welghmaster. Thomas Duffy, of 377 East Georgia street, was made assistant market master at a salary of KX) a year. Louis Greiner was appointed veterinary surgeon to succeed Dr. Armstrong. The Board of Safety decided to ask the controller to recommend to th Council that $325 be transferred from the emergency police fund to the station house Incidentals fund. The latter fund is almost exhausted. - - Timothy O'Connor Complaint. TJimbthy O'Connor, ex-tunnel policeman, who stands an, eighth of an Inch bejow the police standard,, was at the Grand Hotel last night. Mr. O'Connor wants his old job, and he will probably, get It. He was an efficient officer at the tunnel, and a number of men having business In the neighborhood have petitioned for his appointment Mr. O'Connor was talking to a number of men last night regarding his discharge. He said: "Ol wuz not tall anuff for a policeman. Ol am a quarter hoigher thon -Mike Itafferty, the policeman with the phwlskers, but Oi am a Dimmocrat. Oi went to Glneral Ruckle and said, sez Ol, 'Gineral, if Oo wuz slvin fate hoigh Ol would git dischar-r-ged j list the same,' and he says, sez he, 'Thot's risnt. utmotny.' and Oi says. Oi know It, Gineral, fur thin my head would bump the top of the toonel and I couldn't get In." City Attorney CurtU'K Deputy. City Attorney Curtis took the oath of office yesterday morning with Louis Newburger as his bondsman for $3,000. Joseph E. Bell was appointed as his deputy, and immediately thereafter a howl went up from the friends of Willard Robertson, secretary of the Democratic city committee, who expected to have the place. Three Days for Inspectors. Tne Board- of Election Commissioners met yesterday and audited election bills. The board decided to recommend . nnlv J three days' pay for inspectors. Mnnlclpal X'otes. 'Martin Mumhv most of the day yesterday and to every Mursiion as 10 wneiner ne was to be on the Board of Works, he replied that he did not know. About ISO applications for positions on the police department and sevens-five fcr the fire force have been filed in tho last few days. , There are no vacancies and to make any appointments the Mayor will have to make removals. DO NOT LIVE HERE. Report that Alexander Graydon and Family Perished In Denver Fire. A report over tho wires, last night, stated that it was probable that Alexander Graydon, wife and child, of this city, had perished in the Gumry Hotel fire. There is no person of the namo of Alexander Graydon in the Indianapolis directory, and It Is believed to be a mistake In the residence. The namo appears plainly on the hotel register, which has Deen recovered, but the residence seems to be an error. A few days before the fire a woman who gave the name of Mrs. Gras'don. and who said she was staying at the Gumry Hotel, left a watch at a Jeweler's to be repaired. Khe said her daughter had broken the watch by dropping it. ThLs watch has never been called for. Efforts are being made to clear up the mystery. It is posMblo that the Graydons lived In Minneapolis, as the two places aro frequently confounded at distant points. Some Other Hero. Detroit Free Press. On a Grand River-avenue car the other day a middle-aged man who appeared to have taken a drop too much, leaned forward of a sudden and eaid to a man opposite: "By George! but I'm glad to se you! You are the man who saved my life about three months ago." . "I don't remember," replied the party addressed. "You don't? But that's the way -with all true heroes. I was about to be run over by a butcher cart in front of the City Hall when you rushed forward and pulled me aside. I thanked you then, but desire to " "You're mistaken In the man," said the supposed hero. "What? Wasn't it you?" "No, sir." "Didn't you save my lifer "Not a bit of It. You have evidently mixed me up with some Idiot who perhaps resembles me." "How idiot?" "For saving your life. I am not In the business. Had I seen you about to be run over by a butcher cart or any other cart, I should r.ot have moved a finger." "You are no hero, then?" "No, sir." "Then, sir," said the man who had a drink too much aboard--"then, sir, I shall not do what I was about to do-offer vou a drink from this bottle. No, sir. No. sir. Instead of a hero you are a blessed mean man. sir, and I won't even ride In the same car with you. My life was eaved. but not by & roea.n man. tir. and I c?t c'.t rijht here and leave you to ride on with your contemptitlllty."

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WHY A WOMAX PARSOX RETIRED FROM THE PREACHER'S DESK. Too 31any Men Attended When She Ofilclnted, and Their WItc Entered Very Serious Objections. San Francisco Chronicle. It falls out that San Francisco Is a "jay town" In more senses than the theatrical one. Fiom the preacher's standpoint it Is not a green pasture, for the grass Is short and dry. From the point of view of the woman preacher it Is a howling wilderness. We are not educated. The latest instance of local conservatism Is the failure of Rev. Lila Frost Sprague as a preacher In the Second Unitarian Church, at' the Mission. The idea has spread that Mrs?. Sprague's resignation, which took place last week, was the result of sermons that fell flat and a Sunday school that decreased In numbers. As a matter of fact, neither of these things is the real reason for Mrs. Sprague's resignation. Since she was elected assistant pastor she has preached only three times. Once was In Feburary, when she made her first appearance in the pulpit as a pastor and was greeted by a large audience. The second time was on Easter evening, when chairs had to be brought in to accommodate the crowd, and the third time was when Mr. Sprague was unexpectedly called to Stockton and tho Rev. Lila filled the pulpit without any previous announcement. The assertion has been made that when Mrs. Sprague preached the house was empty, but as she herself says: "I couldn't very well empty the house when they didn't know I was going to preach, could I?" The truth Is that It is the women of the Mission who do not like Mrs. Sprague and who are at the bottom of tho. trouble. The trustees of the church have stood by Mrs. Sprague loyally. They like her and do not hesitate to say so. In January of this year they passed flattering resolutions of cooperation. In which Mrs. Sprague'a name was coupled with that of her hurtand in testifying to the prosperity of the church under their ministry. In February the trustees made Mrs. SpraRue the pastor's assistant, and bore testimony to her worth and zeal. It is true they called her in one place "the pastor's wife," where they would scarcely have alluded to a married parson as anybody's husband. There was a little TTttch In the matter of salary when Mrs. Sprague was made the pastoral as well as domestic assistant of her husband. The latter discovered that the trustees could not possibly offer Mrs. Sprague more than a. month lor her services the amount being dictated by the consumptive Unitarian pocketbooK. To this Mr. Sprague objected. He wanted It distinctly understood that his wife was not a slx-hundred-dollar-a-year sort of person, and so he declined to allow her to have any salary at all. The a month was added to his own salary, and he was directed to arrange financial matters with his assistant. As he had always divided before, he was no worse off financially, and Infinitely better in other respects than before. - The superintendency of the Sunday school was at once voted to Mrs. Sprague. Oddly enough, no one ever thought of objecting to that part of her work. ALL. THE MEN ATTENDED. When Mrs. Sprague preached ir was noticeable that all the men went to church. When Mr. Sprague occupied the pulpit the women occupied the pews. The question whether the pastor or his assistant should fill the pulpit came, In time, to be the question of whether the women or the men of the congregation needed spiritual guidance the most. The Spragues solved the question to their own satisfaction. Mrs. Sprague is a mite of a woman not at all of the Deborah type. There is nothing of the prophetess about her. She neither carries a torch nor points an accusing finger, but is merely petite, smiling and well groomed. In the "pulpit ehe wears the ordinary attire of a well-dressed woman going to pay visits, and no cap, except a coronet of brown braids. That she is eloquent no one has ever denied, while hundreds have testified to it. This summer while the Spragues were away on a vacation trip to Washington, the dissatisfaction crystallized. Mr. and Mrs. Sprague alternated in preaching while in the North, and the newspaper comments were quite as favorable to little Mrs. Sprague as to her big husband. But in spite of the flittering notices, when the Spragues returned they found that a storm had been brewing. Rev. Mr. Sprague advised his wife to resign. She did o. leaving him without an assistant and the Sunday school without a shepherdess. At the time It wes announced that Mrs. Sprague would do missionary work In San Jose. She has since changed her plans. She will attend the National Unitarian Conference at Washington in October, and will then go to Atlanta. The Spragues graduated In the same class from the theological seminary and were ordained at the same time in Rev. Jenkln Lloyd Jones's church at Chicago. Since then they have held three pastorates, and have always been associate pastors. Directly after their marriage they were in Wisconsin. Here Mrs. -Sprague took up the missions that men had started and abandoned. Both she and her husband preached twice each Sunday, end for. over a year neither heard the other preach. At Pomona. Cal., the Spragues were next stationed, and Mrs. Sprague was the pioneer woman pastor in the town. It did not take very long to melt the Ice In Pomona. People were a bit offish at first and doubted Mrs. Sprague's ability to do the work. At one time Mr. Sprague was called to San Francisco to supply the pulpit he now occuples for three Sundays. He did not think ne couivj go, oui nis trustees urgea nim to accept. It was not a very propitious time. The Sprague baby was only throe months old. and the two pastorates were six miles apart." During Mr. Sprague's absence his wife preached twice each Sunday in pulpits six miles apart, conducted a bazar it was Christmas time and drove home every two hours during the bazar to look after HNle Miss Sprague, Several weddings and a funeral or so were mere Incidentals. The trustees decided that this was about up to the ordinary capabilities' of a man. During her college course Mrs. Sprague supported herself In a bookbindery, kept bachelor maid's hall and managed to graduate well up In "her class. In spite of these? triumphs, the sentiment of the women at the Mission remains against her. NOT THE FIRST TO RE REBUFFED. Mrs. Sprague is rot the first woman preacher who has met with a rebuff on this coast. Rev. Eliza Tupper Wilkes was called by Rev. Charles Wendte, of the First Unitarian Church, of Oakland, as his assistant, all on his own responsibility. Mrs. Wilkes is a forceful, cultivated woman. She was paid by Mr., Wendte out cf his own salary and was an Invaluable assistant, particularly on the pastoral side, which, even more than preaching, seems to be a woman's particular forte. When Mrs. . Wilkes preached the church was full of men, but the women couldn't be induced to give hr so much as a trial. People-who had frlertd.i to bury flocked to her, but nver one bridal couple darkened her doors. As Mrs. Wilkes Laconically said: "It doem't matter who buries you, you know. Hut a weddlng ah, that's a different thing." Mrs. Wilkes was slowly undermining the prejudice against her In Oakland when the financial stringency struck the church. As U5ual, the church, in common with other business corporations, commenced its cut l '

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She was railed by the man who built and endowed the church nd who admired her, and the rest of the church, who furnished ' the Ideas but no contributions, were not consulted in the choice. In time. Miss Kallock succeeded in Overcoming prejudice to such an extent that people would penetrate an Inquiring nose Inside the sacred portals. That w as all she needed. When they did that she had 'em. But the woman preacher felt th frigidity In the atmosphere and heanl the io tinkle against the social glass. Not being especially fond of the Arctic rone, she decided to resign at the first opportunity. But she Is both plucky and persistent. About the time she was thinking how to resign most gracefully, the churth split into two factions over an altrurian srheme. 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