Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1897 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS. JOURNAL,. SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1897.

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THE REPORT HEADED OFF

SHOWED HOW SCHOOL. ROARD HAS rn.M 31m:v i past ykahs. A Sensation Expected YVill Come I'p !ext AVednedny Miperln tendent Com A III Mot He It e-1 'letted. Th School Hoard had nn interesting time last uiirht. Hesidos a little pass ape at arms l'tvfen Mr. IU.'icklodsc and Mr. Itoth, there was a report. Oft-red which is expected to contain somewhat of a ttnation. but it was headed otT y Mr. Adam. This report is the conclu-s-ious of the. finance committee on what Miould li done to place the hoard and the city schools in their proper lnro. financially and otherwise. It is helleved that the n port j?oes hack for a numkr of years and shows how the board had managed tho .schools and how the people's money has been spent without p-ttins just returns. When reports from the finance committee were called Mr. Iilaekb-do handed this report, which contains more than a doztn typewritten paj;es, to Miss Itilenour, the secretary, and she U-K;m to read it. Evidently th" report w.is not expected, for Mr. Adam immediately went to the desk of President Seott and held a hurried whispered conversation und then moved that the reading of the report be deferred. Mr. I!aekUdt;e demanded to know why the report should not be read at that time. Then followed another whispered conversation, this time the participants beintf Messrs. Adam and LMackledo. Then Messrs. Hlaekhdu and Scott indulged in somo whispering. Mr. niacklelh'e was not satisfied. "This is a matter of importance' he said, "and if the board Is to take any action on it in tiniL- for the legislature to do anything it must be done soon. The conclusions Riven in tho report are the result of cl'se study, and I think we should do what is there recommended and that it should be done immediately." "I don't see why the members of the School Hoard should be mealy-mouthed about what it costs to run the schools of the city," said Mr. Itoth. "it is a fact that lor twenty years there has not been enoiiKh revenue, and I can't see why we should not At this Mr. Adam withdrew his motion to defer the reading till the next regular mrctintr. and then Mr. Hendrt.-kson moved that the matter b considered at a. special meeting, to be held next Wednesday nisht, which motion was carried. There was a reat air of mystery about the report. Those who knew its contents refused to talk about it, and the others claimed that their action was merely for tho purpose of Kivinjr them time to read the report and be informed, ready for a discussion when it should come up. It is understood that the report, among- ether things, makes some recommend-aior.s in regard to an increase in the tax leey. and that its conclusions, drawn from " full resume of the work of the board euring the last ten or fifteen years, are not very complimentary to the manager! ut of school affairs. The other little incident tint fu. Ushed nmu cment for those not part'eipants was a tilt between Messrs. lilackledge and Rnth. Mr. lUackledge asked that the t'aat. e committee- be given power to negot! at a temporary loan not to exceed C'JO.O, to be used in canceling; the temporary loans due Jan. .11 and for other purpose. In explaining that the committee had not been able to determine just how much money would he needed, on account of the. fact that the members had been unable to get together, and that it had been riecideel to ask for authority to advertise for not exceeding fJ'm.OOi and let the hoard decide later how much should be borrowed. Mr. Hlaekledge made the statement that th old finance committee had asked for a temporary loan of only JllO.Oeo. when it should have asked for at least $17r,0'iO. "What authority have you for saying it should have asked for more than It did?" demanded Mr. IJoth "I have the authority of Mr. Ttusse. who was chairman of the finance committee." "I suppose Mr. Itusse did not do his dutv, then'.'"' I will not dis-cuss that point," resumed Mr. Iiiaekledgo. "The gentleman on the other side seems to have something wrong with his anatomy to-niht. Probably indigestion has affected his brain. lie that as it may. the finance committee now asks for authoritv to advertise for a temporary lo;in of not to exceed JJuH-oc, having it so the board can accent any part of the amount offered. The authority was granted. The old epiestion of the dog tax that has been the subject of so much legal lighting between tho School Hoard and the trustee of renter township was brought up on a motion of Mr. llendrickson to reeon.-ider the action of the board at its last meeting in determining to sue the trustee to comwl him to b vy a tax to refund to the city the amount of dog tax that the courts have deelded is due the School Hoard from the township. The School P.oard t.is recovered judgments against the trustee for money that has been paid in as township taxes In this city for tho keeping of dogs and pent bv the trustee on the schools outside- of the city. The only way the money can be collected is to compel the trustee to levy a special tax to refund it. and it was for this nurpose that suit was ordered. Mr. Ilendrickson argued last night that the people of the city of Indianapolis would have almost the entire amount of the special tax to pay. for this city comprise bv far the largest portion of the township. ai:d that to bring stilt for this purpose would onlv result in paying out attorneys fees for " nothing, or. rather, to collect money from Peter to pay Paul. The motion to reconsider was carried and the question was made a special order for next Wednesday niuht. n iiorn rou t;oss. Only One Member, It I Said, Will Vote for 111m Rt Election. It has been definitely settled that Superintendent of Schools Coss is now serving his last year in that capacity. Even the members of what is now the minority in the School P.oard have deserted him and will not support him for n"-clcction next June. What is now the minority is tho faction that caused his election a year and a half ago. Word comes from a member of the n.ajori'.y of th board that these conditions eHt. No member of the board will make spooitic charges or give any reasons for not voting for Mr. (loss, but all seem to be agreed, with the possible exception of Mr. Voanegut. that Mr. (loss is not the man for the place. It is understood that Mr. Vonm-gut -will vote for the retention (,f Mr. ls regardless of the action of the other meml rs. The report that was current a few days jiro that Professor Alt'ord. of Lafayette, bad practicallv W-en settled upon as the successor to Mr. (Joss, is pronounced a fabrication. It is also said that it is equally certain that Professor Alford will not be superintendent. He has been an applicant for this place for many years and the older members of the School Hoard say they are g. ttinir tired of being button-holed by him for their votes when the time for election rem- s rear. It is said that he has no chance whatever for tho place. On the other hand, it is asserted that at the present time there is no one who stands ahei.d of another in the race. The members of the board seem to have determined on finding a man who can be thos. a for his fitness and not on account Of h:s influence". Just here comes another little point that may he of Interest. A new superintendent is rmt to be th cted until next June and In the meantime the Legislature is to have a chance at the bo;rd. Just what will bo done' no one ran tell, but It is believed that th men who form-rly controlled the School Hoard are turning every stone to get a new law that will permit them to gain control of the board and manage its affairs as they have been for the last eight or ten years. Some Jnll Statistic. Jailer Chapman, of the Marion county Jail, completed his report for December yesterday. It Includes only the part of December after the 10th. the elate when Thomas Shufelton became sheriff. In that time 1T: persons have been confined In the jail for greater or levs time, making a total of 1.017 days' confinement. There were admitted! 121 new prisoners, and 114 were discharged from the custody of the sheriff. Church Service To-Day. Rev. Charles X. Sims, pastor of the Meridian-street M. K. Church, will preach this mornlngjn "The Manifestations of Christianity Pi International Affairs in WjQ." Dr.

films will talk about the Armenian question, affairs In the Transvaal, tho Venezuelan arbitration and the Cuban situation. Mr. Emerson, a noted test medium, will conduct services at the Frst Spiritual Church this morning and evening. R- POSTAL CARD CANVASS.

ComiiiiKfliotiern Tenting Sentiment of rCourthouftc Vnrd Problem. The County Commissioners have been trying to find out what the people of this city think of the proposition to cut down the courthouse yard. Recently a large number of postal cards were sent out to people in all walks- of life asking what they thought of the proposition. The last of the cards were sent out yesterday morning. Responses are beginning to come in now and the opinions are about equally divided. Some people say cut It down by all means, while others object on account of the cost, but few offer any objections on account of esthetic reasons. The commissioners are equally divided on the question. Mr. Greer Is strongly opposed to it and Mr. McGregor Is for it, while Henry Harding doesn't know Just "where he is at" on the subject. THE COMING INAUGURAL A COMMITTEE TO TENDER. ITS SERVICES TO GOVERNOR-ELECT MOINT. Simple Ceremony In the Capitol a Week from To-Morrow The Reception in the Evening Invitations were sent out by several prominent Republicans a lew days ago for a meeting last evening to organize an inaugural committee to take charge of the inaugural ceremonies of Goverrr Mount. The meeting was held at the Denison last evening and the following general committee and subcommittees were organized to tender their services to the Governor-elect: Inaugural Committee D. M. Ransdell, chairman; Harold C. Megrew, secretary; E. 11. Martindale, J 1. 11. Hanna, 11. W. Dennett. D. P. Erwin. H. C. Adams, S. O. Pickens, Thos. Taggart, J. W. Hess, Nathan Morris. W. H. H. Miller, John C. New, Charles G. Stewart, taias. 11. Williams, W. 1 4. Taylor. Edward Hawkins, 11, Eieber, John P. Frenzel, A. C Harris, C. W. Fairbanks, J. A. Lemcke, S. H. Chambers, John A. Finch. S. It. Holt, Jese Overstreet, E. C. Atkins. D. M. Parry. Georges G. Tanner, John 11. Cockrum. I. S. Gordon, R. O. Hawkins, R, 15. F. Peirce, W. W. Rider, Col. J. N. Walker. J. S. Uunlap, M. O. McLaln. Finance Committee-D. M. Parry. H. H. Hanna, G. G. Tanner. C. W. Fairbanks, R. 1. F. I'elrce, John P. Frenzel. Committee on Music and Carriages H. C. Adams. W. L. Taylor. J. W. Hess, M. G. Mcliin, I. N. Walker. Executive Committee 1). M. Ransdell, J. R. Cokrum, J. S. Dunlop, Thos. Taggart. S. R. Holt, 1. N. Walker. C. G. Stewart, II. C. Megrew, Edward Hawkins. Governor Mount will come to the city tomorrow for permanent residence and the members of his family wnl come oa Weelnesday, so they will be comfortably settled in their home at College avenue and Rutler street, by the time the inauguration occurs. This will be on Monday, Jan. 11. a week, from to-morrow. The usual formality of an exchange of calls between the retiring Governor and the Governor-elect will take place. At noon of inauguration day Governor Matthews will call for Governor Mount and escort him to the Capitol, where! they will find the two houses of tho Legislature assembled in the main corridor or court. A temporary platform will bo erected upon the west side of the corridor and properly decorated. After the arrival of the party prayer will be offered ly Rev. M. I. Haines and the oath of office will ho administered to Governor Mount by Chief Justice Jordan, of the Supreme Court. The Governor will then deliver his inaugural address, and the briei and simple ceremony will be over. In the evening the new Governor will Informally receive from 7 to lo o'clock in the Governor's parlors, and Mrs. Mount will be assisted by Mrs. Hazzard, Mrs. Charles E. Wilson and the wives of the state officers. Legislative Croud Gathering. The crowd drawn to the city by the organization of the Legislation began to gather last evening, ami, as usual, the "Pocket" was the first section of the State to be represented. Messrs. Hastings, Rillheimer and Scfrit came as an advance guartl from Daviess county and will be reinforced by others to-day. J. M. Gambol, of Princeton, came in on the same train. These gentlemen are not after anything In particular, but they could not stay away when there was any politics gedng on if they should try. Senator Hubbeii. of Elkhart, came in last evening and Lieutenant Governor Haggard returned to the city. The senatorial contest was the main topic of conversation in all the various groups ami two of the candidates, Mr. Fairhanks and General Wallace, were shaking hands with their friends about the hotel. The friends of the latter v;ere cheered last even ing by receiving a copy of resolutions passed by Isham Keith Post, G. A. R., of Columbus, indorsing Jn hearty terms the candidacy of General Wallace. ChaiiKCM in Mr. Owens' Olllce. It was announced yesterday that R. A. Brown would continue as deputy secretary of state through the term of Mr. Owen, Mr. W. S. Wright having decided to remain at Logansport in charge of his newspaper, the ournal. 11. M. Seeds, who resigned the chief clerkship of the office several weeks ago, rttiml with the first of the year and was succeeded by Celeste G. Rallard. of Anderson. He Is u Candidate for Custodian. Representative Harris, of Hamilton county, has been spending a good deal of time in tho city lately and the politicians have been wondering what he had in view. It developed yesterday that Mr. Harris Is a candidate lor custodian of the Statehousc. TO RENUMBER HOUSES. City Engineer Will rut Force of Men ut Work To-Morrow. City Engineer Jcup expects to put a force of men to work to-morrow to renumber the houses on all streets where the names have been changed. He is also thinking of renumbering north-and-south streets so there will be uniformity across town. For Instance, it is the desire to have Number W on all streets come at Sixteenth (old Seventh) street. Under the charter Mr. Jeup has power to order this change made. Property owners are compelled to carry out such an order. The city directory will appear this year with the old street numbers, because the street signs and new numbers had not been put up when the lists were made up. The directory people say the old numbers should be allowed to remain with the new for a year at least. SCHEDULE OF PRICES. County Commissioners' New Method of lluyliig: Stationery. The County Commissioners have determined to try a new method of buying the county's stationery. Tho Md3 for printing recently submitted were all rejected on account of the evident traps in them. It was then tleclded by tho commissioners that a new method would be adopted. A complete lisx ofsill kinds of blanks and blank hooks netiled iH being prepared, and a price is being set for each article which will glv a fair profit fcr the work. After all of this has been done the commissioners will invite the printers of the city to Inspect the price list and name any objections they have to offer. After that each department will be allowed to get Its printing wherover it pleases, but no bill will be accepted that calls for more than the regular schedule of prices. Swecnie' AHnllnnt In Court. Smith Payne and Pettle Elkins. charged with being implicated in the stabbing of Arthur Sweenle, were given a preliminary hearing In Police Court yesterday. Payne waived examination on tne charge of assault and battery with intent to kill and was held to the grand Jury. A charge of immorality o gainst the woman was continued until Sweenle can appear in court. Seatoti, the flutter, Has the best and latest styles of the leading hats. Sole agent for "Dunlap's" Celebrated Hats. ,

TO ANNEX BRIGHTWOOD

A PETITION IS NOW flEING CIRCULATED IN THE Sl IURR. Mayor TiiKKrnrt's Idea of n. "Greater Indlaiinpoll" The Tnlk In West Indianapolis und IlnuRhvIlle. Rrightvvood Is somewhat stirred over rumore to the effect that efforts are being made to have the suburb annexed to Indianapolis. Henry Hodson, a member of the Town Board, said he had heard the rumors," but had not been approached on the subject. It is known that a petition 13 being or will be circulated to secure the necessary number of petitioners. The charter of this city provides that the Common Council may annex contiguous territory, no matter if it be within the corporate limits of another town or city, but provisions are made for an appeal to the Circuit or Superior Court, without the Intervention of a jury. If tho court finds that 75 per cent, or more of the territory of such town or city is unplatted, or that two-thirds or more of the legal voters are opposed to annexation, the action of the Council shall be annulled, unless the prosperity of the city or territory sought to be annexed would be materially retarded by a failure to annex. If less than two-thirds of the quallfieel voters remonstrate, the remonstrance is to be overruled by the court and the action of the Council affirmed. Just what steps have been taken thus far cannot be ascertained, but it is known that members of the city administration have been approached on the question. It Is supposed in Rrightwood that it is the intention to have more than one-third of the voters sign a petition, as this would show tho futility of an appeal to the Circuit Court at the outset. It is known that Mayor Taggart looks with favor upon the proposition. He and others are in favor of a "greater Indianapolis." It is believed by many the total population of Indianapolis would reach 3j0,uo by tho time the next United States census is taken in HoO if all the suburbs were annexed. Mayor Tolin. of West Indianapolis, has thought for some time, that West Indianapolis would ultimately be annexed. There is a similar feeling In Haughville. The supposition is the Indianapolis Council would take the necessary steps If it were demonstrated a successful apial could not be taken. Without doubt the Commercial Club will he Interested In the scheme. Colonel Ed Lilly said last night he did not know whether any overtures had lxen made to the club to favor the annexation of lirightwood or not. He said it might be the subject that would come up at the regular meeting of the club Tuesd ay afternoon. Colonel Lilly was of the opinion that if anything had been said to the directors of the club he would know of it. A good deal of secrecy is being maintained over the question. Henry Hodson said he diel not see how Rrightwood could be particularly benefited, although he would be in favor of the scheme personally. This subject has been broached before, but a good deal of opposition was raised. Rrightwood has a water plant of Its own, has taken steps to acquire an electric lighting plant, atid, as a general thing, regards the condition of its affairs as better than in other suburbs. Those who have opposed the annexation scheme heretofore argued the town would simply have a higher tax rate to pay without enjoying additional privileges, unless it might be in the way of better fire protection. For that matter, however, it is argued the Indianapolis fire department, one of whose houses is convenient to Ilrightwood, can be relied on to help right fires when It is necessary. Claims are made that better police protection would not follow annexation. Indeed, some who are not favorable to tin-horn gamblers and undesirable characters who follow in the wake of unenforced saloon laws, say the laws lire better enforced in the suburbs than in Indianapolis. ANNUAL YALE DINNER Given IaiKtNlKht t Coluuiblu Club Some Hrlght Speeches. The Yale Alumni Association of Indianapolis held its annual dinner last night at the Columbia Club. Twenty-two members sat down to table and discussed with true Yale spiiit the goed things set before them. The dining room was still gay in its Christmas decoratioas. and an abundance of Yale blue gave added color to the walls. The table was prettily trimmed with Christmas greens and roses, and each man found a bunch of violets at his plate for a souvenir. Rev. Dr. N. A. Hyde acted as toastmaster, and some bright speeches were listened to after tho wreck of the banquet had been removed. Mr. Moores responded to the toast, "Our President" Mr. Winters, to "Yale Pater;" Mr. F R. Winters, to "Yale Filius;" Mr. K. Winter, to "The Freshman;" M:Hare. to "Yale and Harvard:" and Mr. Van Ruren. to "Our Asociation." Several of those present are yet la college, but the most were more or less entitled to be called "old timers." Those who attended were: Rev. Dr. N. A. Hyde, Judge J. M. Winters, Charles P. Rockwood Merrill Moores, W. A. Van Ruren, Louis Rowland. Evans Woollen, c'llnton L. Hare. Henry C. Atkins. Jacquelin S. Holliday, Garrard Comly, Edward K. Gates, Frank Griffith. Harry Griffith, George F. Mull. Larz Whiteomb. Joseph 11. Morgan, Fred Wiley. Thomas Winter. Ferdinand R. Winters, Keyes Winter, Clarence Collin. A BAG OF JEWELRY. Its Reported Loss Can sine n Good Deal of Trouble i.uil Welrry. The police are investigating a report that Mrs. Emily Sells, of Philadelphia, lost a bag of jewelry at the Denison Hotel while she was here to attend the FIsher-Klrsch-baum wedding last week. Mrs. Sellg went from here to St. Louis. She telegraphed to the superintendent of police and Manager Cullen, of the hotel, that she had lost her Jewelry while here. She presumed she had left it under the pillow of her bed. Manager Cullen says that he knows nothing about the loss except what is shown by the telegram. The bag of jewelry had not been found In the room, at any rate. The missing jewelry is variously estimated as worth JoW to $5,000. Claim of Lilly Hall s Father. Dr. N. I). Ball, of Irvington, says that the statement that Mrs. May laid violent hands on him when he went to her house in search of his daughter is Incorrect. He says that it is not true he ever had any scenes at the store where Lilly Rail was working. He took his daughter from the store, he says, to remove her from tho influences of a woman who offered her 5103 to leave home. Mrs. Rail says every moment of the girl's time has been accounted for. that she was at the house of a frind in West Indianapolis until an hour before her father found her, that the girl has no sweetheart and never acted on the stago of the Park Theater. Wanted Some Free Beer. Frank Kokemilkr was arrested last night after having a fight with the driver of a beer wagon. The driver left his team standing in front of a saloon at the corner of Morris and Meridian streets. He claims he saw Kokemiiler in the act of taking a keg of teer and ran out to stop him. The men fought; the driver getting considerably the worst of the struggle. Kokemlller was taken in charge by Patrolman Dugan and sent to the station house.' Incorporations. The I. H. C. Royse Company, of Terre Haute, was incorporate-d yesterday with a capital stock of JIO.OX) to do a general realestate and loan business. The Holt Ice and Cold Storage Company filed with the secretary of state a certificate increasing its capital stock from flua.000 to $115,000. Rev. J. CummlnRs Smith Here, Rev. J. Cummings Smith, lately called to the pulpit of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, arrived here at noon yesterday, accompanied by his wife. They will stay at the Denison Hotel for the present. Booker T. Washington Comir.sr. rrofesj?or Washington will lecture at riymouth Church Wednesday, Jar.. 13. taking for his theme, "Solving the Negro Pro lem In the Black. Belt of the South." Mr. WiiAairurton does not come with a theory.

but an experience of-years with the question in hand, and his very original way of Imparting information is refreshing. CELTIC HALL CONTESTS. :

Several Boxing Affairs and Wrestling Matches Given. "Johnny" Collins gave an athletic entertainment at Celtic Hall last night which attracted n considerable number of spectators with sportive Inclinations. Blackwell, tho man who fought twenty-five rounds with Grim, not long ago, was to have besn the star of tho evening, having been pcheduled to go against three different men. He only finished two rounds of one match, however, for In that "mix-up" he sprained his thumb and had to take his place outhide the ropes. It was much regretted by the spectators that at least the match between Blackwell and Rritton could not be" finished, for it bid fair to be a warm contest. The men seemed about evenly matched, though Blackwell wuj somewhat the stronger. Britton had tho advantage in height and reach, and managed several times to light on his opponent. Blackwell was slow about leading and let many ojenlngs go by. What work he did, however, was full of system, and he got in several hard body blows with telling effect. Both men were tardy in following up an advantage and clinched so often that Referee McClelland had his hands full pulling them apart. Blackwell sprained his thumb in tho second round just as the men were beginning tf Umber up. and the contest was declared a draw. It is possible that a match for money will be arranged between Britton and Blackwell to take place in the near future. Many think favorably of such a match, and the men themselves seem willing to have a go. "Kid" Williams and "Kid" Barry sparred three good rounds and. gave really the prettiest exhibition of the evening. Honors were easy, both men lolng much clever work, until the last part of the final round, when w ijnams went in to win. lie got in some splendid cross-counters and had Rarry against the ropes when time was called. Williams was given the decision. The Steeb brothers faced each other for four rounds of rather tame boxing, the contest being declared a draw. Little Neal Sullivan and Frank Rarry pot on the mat and pumbled each other for three rounds, greatly to the amusement of the crowel. Rarry was decidetl the winner. Alexander and Miller wrestled the best two falls in three, catch-as-catch-can style, Alexander securing both falls in eleven and six minutes, respectively. "Kid" Barry gave an excellent exhibition of bag punching and the crowd went home well pleased. CITY NEWS NOTES. The State Bank of Indiana has just dechired a semi-annual dividend of 3 ier cent. Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Lawrence have returned from a week's visit with friends in Chicago. Albert Lieber was reappointed on the Board of Park .Commissioners by the mayor, his term having expired. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Worthington, cf Muncie, spont tho holidays with Mr. and Mrs. E. F. N. Eddy, of 704 Ash street. Miss Ayers will give u parliamentary drill and a talk on Japan on Monday afternoon in the lecturo room of Roberts Park Church. Harry A. McCauley. son of E. C. McCauley, died of brain paralysis at 12 o'clock Friday night. The young man was ill but three days. Rev. L. L. Carpenter, of Wabash, is in the city. He is president of Bethany Assembly Association, and is looking after assembly business. Miss Susan Lydia Hay ward is in the city, the guest of Mrs. Mav Wright Sewall. Mrs. Sewall will give an afternoon tea for Miss Hayward on Monday. Judge Woods, of the federal court, has received a picture of the log house in which ho was born in Marshall county, Tennessee. He prizes it as a valuable momtnto of his youth. The Girls' Classical School will resume its work onTucsday. Among new students to enter the residence house-hold are Miss Ella McKee. or Chillicothe, O.: Miss Blanche Morris, of Metropolis, III., and .Miss McKinney, of Falrview, Ind. The ladies of the first section of Central Christian Church, corner Walnut and Delaware streets, will give a lunch in the parlors of the church, Wednesday. Jan. G. Hours, 11:3J to This is the first of a series of lunches at this church. The Federation c Teachers' Associations, held at Chla:io lA.s w-eck. has just closed tho most successful convention In Its history. The Indianapolis Business University was represented by its entire faculty who will all return to begin work to-morrow morning. There will be a musical entertainment at tho Morton Club Hall, Cottage avenue and Shelby street. Wednesday evening. Among the people who will take part are Maurice A. Jenkins, baritone. Mist Susie Streble, pianist, and Miss Rosa Catalaun, violinist, and others. Joseph 11. Gordon Post, No. 2S1, and W. R. C. No. 41. will have public installation of officers Wednesday, Jan. 6, at 7:30 p. m. The officers of the post will be Installed by Department Commander Caylor and the officers of W. R. C. will be Installed by the national president. Mrs. Hitt. The Women's Mission Circle of the First Baptist Church will hold its regular monthly meeting on Friday afternoon with Mrs. G. V. Woolen, corner of Illinois and Twenty-first streets. Mrs. E. J. Foster will read a paper on "A Talk with the Apostle Paul" and a paper will be read on Mexico. Rev. J. II. Acton will speak at Grand Army Hall this evening on "The Liberal congress Idea.'' This address will be preceded by a ten-minute lecture in reply to questions und suggestions made at the last meeting. The People's Church work will be outlined and nn effort mauc to inaugurate the movement in this city. The Christmas story written by Mr. Dewhurst and given in Plymouth Church on Dec. 2 caused so much favorable comment, and there has been so many requests for its repetition that the managers have decided to repeat on the evening of Jan. 6. It will be given with stereopticon views, music and tablcaus and some additional features. Prof. Hugh Thomas Miller, professor of history in Butler College, of the University of Indianapolis, will deliver a series of six lectures under the auspices of the local university extension center. The lectures, on "Modern European History," will be delivered at the Propylaeum on six consecutive Tuesday evenings, beginning Tuesday evening, Jan. 12. Ernest Rlcknell. secretary of Roard of State Charities, will speak at- Plymouth Church this evening, on "Prison Reform and Criminal Reform." The address relates to the recommendations of the board to the state Legislature. The evening service is under the direction of che McCulloch Club and In addition to Mr. Ricknell's adelress a special servico has been arranged, including a vioiin solo by Master Tfiad Rich. The announcement of the January meeting of the Local Council has been sent to all the members. The Local Council will meet at the Propylaeum Tuesday afternoon at .1 o'clock. The subject will be "Woman's Suffrage." The opening address wdl u; made by Mrs. May Wrlgnt Sev.-all. This will be the first occasion on which Mrs. Sewall has spoken publicly on suffrage In Indianapolis. The meeting is open to the public. Tho regular annual benefit of the Indianapolis R. I. O. Elks, which will be given this vear at English's Opera House Feb. 1, will consist of a minstrel first part and finale and is to be given exclusively by IocjI Elks. Several city and county officials will on that occasion make their first appearance before the footlights disguised in burnt cork. An olio attraction consisting of volunteers from the various theaters is on tho programme. Dr. Little Declines. Rev. Dr. Charles Little, pastor of the Presbyterian Church cf Wabash, and secretary of the Indiana Synod, who was appointed by Governor Matthews to a position on the board of control of the Northern Hospital for the Insane at Logansport. declines to serve. He said yesterday that his ministerial and other duties made it impossible for him to accept, although he appreciated the honor conferred by the Governor. Enliieerlnsr Society. The Indiana Engineering Society will hold its seventeenth annual meeting Jan. 7, S and 9 at the Statehouse. C. G. H. Goss. of Martinsville, is president and J. F. O'Brien, of Cloverdale, secretary. Ohio Requisition Honored. The Gorvernor yesterday honored a requisition for Homor Baltvoll, who is wanted In Van Wert county. Ohio, for stealing a horse and buggy from John R. Koch. Xevrsnapers V. Novels, N?w York Observer. . What will take the place of fiction in the reading world? We believe that the news paper will not only take iu place and usurp otne. If r.ot all. of It functions, but will be the Instrument through which it will bo forced from the, Held. .The change U

taking place now, as anyone may note by looking about him. The demand for newspapers has enormously Increased In recent years, so much so that with large classes cf people It promises to supersede all other kinds of reading. Tho newspapers have greatly improved, cover a much wider field, make current history more readable, personages more visible, and describe Incidents and occurrences in a style which, however faulty from a literary point of view. Is easy to read. Education increases, and with it the desire to know more of the doings of the world. Men aro more Interested in seeing what real people are doing than In reading about the sufferings and trials of imaginary people. The newspaper is a panorama of the world, and, like the continuous photograph, a moving panorama. The observer in looking at it becomes fascinated, and, once acquired, the taste for it cannot be shaken off. The reader finds in his paper all the stimulant or sedative he finds in the ordinary novel and. in addition, a distraction based upon reality, not upon fiction. Of course, to' get the full measure of enjoyment from a newspaper, that is. to Iw interested in the dally history of three continents, the reader must possess some education. But having that, his Interest never flags and lasts for life. There is no doubt, moreover, that with increasing c-onstituenclcs, newspapers will undergo further Improvement, and so dispute the supremacy of the novel still more strenuously than they do now. The time will come when the owners of the great dallies will awaken to the fact that the great mass of their readers want instruction about facts, as well as the facts themselves; when accounts of occurrences will be carefully edited and explained. What Information does the reader get from the brief mention of a battle In South Africa without knowing .what the battle was about, or from two paragraphs relating to the same subject oublished weeks apart without knowing what has happened meanwhile? When theso paragraphs are edited, when all the facts relating to the topic are given In carefully prepared notes, as they are certain to be in time, the newspaper, with its hourly history of all movements, will swallow un all other forms of light reading. Indeed, but for the vanishing distaste of women for newspapers, they would 6eriously menace all Action now. OCR DEflT TO JOHN CAIlOT.

A Discoverer Whose Exploits Have N'ot Heen Duly Celebrated. New York Independent. In the sunrise of the long summer day, June 24. 1497, the little ship. Matthew, with John Cabot, "a Venetian fellow, with a fine mind, and greatly skilled in navigation," and some twenty others on board, hove to, at the end of a hard passage from Bristol, with the coast line of the American continent, clad in the pleasing verdure of the short-lived summer, in full view before them. They were, as the older historians, Mr. Bancroft among them, believed, the first Europeans to set eyes on the continental shore of the new world, and whatever douhts have been raised since by the conflicting testimony of the maps, whether Cabot's landfall was on Cape Breton, on an eastern projection of Newfoundland, or on the coast of Labrador, his exploit created for England her claim on the North American continent. In the marvelous events of tfie all but four hundred years that have since rolled away it has become the narrow opening for the English language. English law and English civilization to enter and spread over the continent. What John Cabot had done he did not himself know. The whole theory of his voyage was based on a series of geographical misunderstandings. The fame of his discovery was never great enough to profit him much, and soon dieel away altogether. The facts as to his landfall are in dispute. Not a line has reached us of his journals or maps. He and his history remain, as Mr. Winsor has written, "the sphinx of American history for over three hundred years." For sixty years the story of 'his discovery was unwritten in England. His son Sebastian was an old man. living In London, when Richard Eden began to stir up his countrymen with the thought that Cabot had found for them a great world to conquer and colonize. England was then waking up to the conception of America as neither an island on the path to Cathay nor a mysterious extension Asia, but an independent continent, worth owning and colonizing on Its own account. Richard Hakluyt, one of the greatest of all geographers, appeared on the scene with his tireless energy and contagious enthusiasm, and proved the truth of Sidney's saying, aptly quoted by Edward Eggleston: "Your Mr. Hakluyt hath served for a very good trumpet." Then came Raleigh. Gorges, John Smith, the Pilgrims, the Puritans, the capture of Quebec, the collapse of New France in America, the expulsion of Spain and the establishment of English-speaking people from the Arctic ocean to the peninsular boundaries, behind which Mexico has retreated with her Spanish civilization. John Cabot and not Christopher Columbus was the pioneer of all this proud and advancing civilization. The four-hundredth anniversary of his landfall on our northern coast has vastly more significance for us than tho Spanish admiral's hap on San Salvador. This anniversary is near at hand next June. We cannot afford to let it pass without some worthy recognition. It should be large enough and dignified enough to be representative and national in its character. It will be celebrated next May In Rristol. England, the port from which Cabot sailed, and in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as representing in a general way the coast on which his landfall was made. The greater and more dignified commemoration should be In ew York or Boston, as representing the peop'e to whom the greater benefit of his discovery has accrued. The facts of the history have been collected and admirably presented by Justin Winsor in "An Address Before the NewYork Historical Society." in November last. This week the American Historical Association arc assembling at Columbia University for the annual meeting of the national cdety. The presence of this organization, of which Dr. R. S. Storrs is the honored president, calls to mind the beginnings of history on this continent and our debt to John "Cabot. The celebration of Cabot's landfall would be a truly American anniversary. Such a celebration would advance popular interest in American history by many long steps. It would turn the attention of students away from Spanish romances and cruelties to the wholesome and iwtrnetiw-e facts of our own national de velopment. It would disclose the true sources of our national power and greatness, the lines of growth and the principlos'of national cohesion and national ex pansion and progress, anei awah.cn miere:in the more characteristic lines and features of our national hjstory.. 66 99 FOR Grip and Colds LA GRIPPE and COLDS arc so similar that the skilled physician is ofttimes billed. 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January

Our January Sale will be conducted on the same basis of fairness as all our past sales have been. -"Whatever wc advertise the public can depend on they will get. The reductions are genuine. The goods wc offer as special are the identical goods we carry in our stocks and not bought specially for a cheap sale. No special terms or rulings whatever. Every accommodation and courtesy will be extended as usual. Cloak Clearance. Our Cloak stock is entirely out of proportion and must be unloaded. Wc have revised the prices of every garment without a single exception. Some we have reduced to such an extent that wc are ashamed to tell for fear of discredit. The nature of our stock, which is a wellknown fact as being of a high order, would require greater sacrifices thancheap goods would. The extreme cheap grades we do not carry, and the present reduced prices do not at all affect the standard of our goods. Persons with limited means will find this opportunity parties ularl' desirable. Our Goods are all of this Season's Styles

Ladies' Jackets Jackets made of Imported Beaver, lined throughout with Silk Serge, reduced to $4.00 Jackets made of All-Wool English Curl, lined throughout with Silk Serge, were $10; reduced to $5.00 Jackets made of two-toned English Boucle, lined throughout with changeable Silk Serge; were 615; reduced to $7.50 Jackets made of All-Wool Kersey, lined throughout with Silk Rhadame, were $11.50; reduced to.... ...$5.00 Jackets made of Irish Frieze, half lined with yarn dyed Rhadame, were $10; reduced to $5.00 Jackets 4madc of Imported High Grade Astrachan Boucle, trimmed in Kersey stripes and pearl stars, lined throughout with silk Rhadame, were $18; reduced to $10.0 J Jackets made of all-worsted wide-wale Diagonal, half lined with fancy silk Taffeta, were $12; reduced to. $6.50 Above we have in all sizes. Then we have odd lots that we have not all sizes in that we arc selling at even greater proportionate reductions.

Millinery Clearance Sale. Nobby styles made of the costliest materials, artistical trimmed Hats and Bonnets that were sold by us all season from $25.00 to $5.00, we reduced to $5.00, $3.00, $2.00. The' are going at a lively rate. Intending purchasers will do well to lose no time in making their selection. Jarraary LINEN SALE

55-inch Unbleached Damask, Kxtra good quality, real value, 30 c. Special 1'rice 19c 50-itich Cream Uamask, Newest patterns, heavy quality; good value at 38c. Special Price 27c 66-ltich All-Linen Damask, Unbleachedthe very newest designs; our regular price, 50c. Special price 38c 45c tiiermati Linen, Silver Bleached, a yard 34c Bleached Damask, 56-in. wide, good patterns, splendid value at 35c. Special Price 23c Extra Vvide Bleached Damask, Warranted all Linen, latest patterns; our regular price, 60c. Special Price 47c 85c Quality Bleached Linen Damask, 6S in. wide, warranted pure I:nen. Special 08c Napkins.- iS-in. unbleached Napkins; regular price, 75c doz. Special price, er dozen : 58c 3-size bleached Linen Napkins; floral designs; regular price, 1.40. Special price $1.13 Pattern Table Cloths. Aliout 15 odd Pattern Table Cloths without any napkins to match, 22 yards long. We consider these goods well worth 2.50 each. Special Price $1.79

Muslin Underwear Sale.

Gowns. LADIKS CZOWXS, nimble-yoked Iiuok, full length und width, front of Yoke with I'mtirol'ler) "nil thr-e row of Tiifki; Cunihrle llulMf Around Aeck and SU-evm. Actual value. Hoc Special for .Mondayt 38c. LAD IKS' Li.MPIlli; (iOVS. Lare C lnr with tmnlric Hntllc. I'ni!rohInd Yoke, lull length und width. Soft-finish Muslin. A lender at 7.c. Special Price, 58c. Ladle' llnhhard Style (inn, Yoke 111 u tie of IriHertiiiR and Tuck, Double Knillc of Ktuhroldery around the eck, i:mliroldered flnlllc uround Yoke nnd Mevj extra lonur and wide. Our resrnlar price, $1.50. Special for Monday, 98c. Surplu cck Gown, very elaborate Trimmed Yoke of wide Kmhroldery nnd O row of Fine Tuckn- full Sleeve, trimmed at the baud with wide Unfile of Embroider) ; Extra Fine MuIln. very wide and long. Ileal value, t.T.5. Specitl Price, 51.38. Skirts. Cxtra Wide. Ilouhle-llonneed Skirt. MumUii body. Double Flounce of Cambric, with 7 row of Tuckn. Special for 3Iouday, At 33c Each. Triple-flounce Skirt, one flounce of Embroidery and two of Cambric) .YlUMliit llodyt extra width) all length. I'rgulur price, 75c. Monday Price, 48c. I.D1CS' KXTItA AVII1K SKIRT, tnnde of Mtirt Hnent MiiKlln, Deep Flounce, made of I-tncked Cambric nd S-lnclt Embroidery. Actual value, $1.50. Monday, 98c.

To-Morrow Grand Opening Sale On New Embroideries, including the season's latest tyle at lowest prices. Swiss Edgss, Hamburg Edges, Match Sets and All-Overs.

7 and 9 East

Misses' Jackets Jackets made of all-wool fancy cloaking, notched collar, empire front and back, were $10; reduced to.$5.00 Jackets made of high grade, two-toned imported Boucle, trimmed in wide Mohair Soutache and buttons,half lined with silk Taffeta Glace, were $15; reduced to $9.00 Jackets made of Irish Frieze, half lined with brocaded silk, were $12; reduced to. $7.00 Jackets made of Imported Irish Frieze, half lined with silk Serge; a very nobby garment we sold at $13.50; reduced to $8.50 Children s Jackets Jackets made of Irish Frieze splendidly tailored, were $5; reduced to $2.75 Jackets made of all - wool Scotch, fancy checkered cloaking, w.ith Kersey cape lined with fancy Taffeta and trimmed with small pearl buttons, wc sold at $10; reduced to $5.00 Jackets made of All-Wool Boucle (in red only) wc sold at $12, reduced to. . . .$5.00 Jackets made of All-Wool Cloaking, with plaid back, wcsold at $6, reduced to. . .$3.00 Pattern Cloths, with Napkins to match, latest designs, warranted all pure linen, two yards wide and two and one-half long, extra good value; for this silc, each $2.38 3 yards long, same quality, each. .$2.88 Linen Pillow Cases. Hemstitched Linen Pillow Cases, 22 i'36; actual value, $1.25. Special Price, pair. 88c Linen Bolster Cases. 212x72 size hemstitched Linen Holster Cases; real value, 1. 35 each. Special Price, each $1.13 Linen Sheets, Hemstitched. 90x96 size hemstitched Linen sheets. Our regular price is $5.50 per pair. Special Price, pair $4.48 Towels. Kxtra Inrjje size unbleached Turkirdi Towels; value iSc. Special price lie Damask Towels, colored border, knotted fringe, 1SX36 size. Special Price 1 2c Uruss Blenched Huck Towels, extra large size, colored hordcr, fringed. A leader. ICach 23c Crush Toweling. All-Linen unbleached Toweling, made or pure flax varn. Kxtra Special. Yard.. 3jC 24-itu (ilass AM-Lincn Checked Towslingt warranted fat colors. Our regular price, 25c. Special Price, yard 15c Mlalier ir::de Mtiolltt .tnd Cambrlo Skirl, tilth Elaborate Ln- and Embroidery Trim n;in if in the orninn'i Iutct I1cm: formerly old for fS.50 and $7.50 cucli. Sale Price, $6.98. lur $4.75 Skirts $3.93 Drawers. MISI.IV IJItAYYEHS with wide hem and tuck. Monday, 17c Pair. Drawer made of (-rood heavy meI!r, eambrlc r utile, wide hem and four tuck. Monday, 29c. Iridic MuIin Drawer, trimmed with deep flounce, embroidery and wide aad nurruiv tuck) uctual value 5c. Monday, 43c. I.ojIIcm' extra tii:ilit- Mumlln Draw er. very elaborate embroidery trimmed, with wide flounce and tuck. Monday Price, 68c. LOIE Fl I. LF.lt Dlt YYEItS in tine Cambric and India Linen. rnnKlni; In price from -le to 1.50 each. AH the ,latet and mini Improved ldeii In hlgher-Krude Draer n( cry much reduced price for tbli ntr, runclitK in prie from N.e, $t.OO, $ to $'m.'27i per pair. Corset Covers. Plain Muslin Comet Coter. He each. Our U5c trimmed Comet Coer, 17c. Our :J5c trimmed Comet Covem, 'jsc. Defter Cret Cover from 5c to each nt January price. French Comet Cover in !nlnook, trimmed In Inre and embroidered, from 50c to $4.tM each. Washington St.

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