Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 January 1897 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNALJI1v1)ESDAY, JANUARY G, 185)7.

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Established 1853. Asml. for Iln.t.rloU l.-i(trrn. 3d DA Y Oi our re.'it January Sales of LINENS, FLANNELS, ' i COTTONS AU BLANKETS And ranks quite up to the mark of the first (lay. Come at once, and you will not be disappointed. Pettis Dry Goods Co. Every Civilized Cuisine Has for its basis wholesome Bread. PRINCESS FLOUR Is a selected product of guaranteed purity. Buy YourWinter Shoes OK OISO- J. MAROTT, 26 and 28 East Washltiototi St. Till- LATEST STYUCS. -8 Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest ot ill in leaTening strength.? LUtt United State Bovernment Food Report, Botal Bakixo Powdkk Co- Nnr Yokx. amusements: Sothern lit 111m A err PI a jr. Tho coming of K. II. Sothern to the Grand next Monday Is it welcome event In the Indianapolis season. George C. Cramer was fere jester-day In advance of this favorite star, r..o will be seen for three nights and a nv-.tlnee in "An Knomy to the King." his latest success. Mr. Sothern s visits are always mae notable !y crowded houses. His new play is -superbly staged and costumed, and his company practically unchanged from former seasons. The well-remembered Mary Hampton Is now Sothern's leading woman. Tho advance sale opens at the Pembroke to-morrow morning. ote of the Singe. "Carmen." with Its rich scenic display. Its Spanish coloring and its play of passions, will bo seen for the last time this afternoon and to-night at the Grand. 'KxcelyJor" will le seen at the Empire today and for the remainder of the week. The attraction at the empire for the first half of next week will be a big double show, white and Creoles. Hopkins's "Transoceanic'' arc having a great run at the I 'ark this week. Their performance is clean and on the best vaudeville-plane. The company continues all week at tho Tark. The new pictures conelude each performance. Next week comes the big scenic comedy-drama. "The Sidewalks of New York." . The advance sale for De Wolf Hopper's engagement in "El Capitan," that begins to-morrow night, is mounting up and indicates a big success financially. Tho Chicago City Council has passed an ordinance which not only abolishes the troublesome theater hat, but prohibits the wearing of any hat or head gear in theaters during the performance. This will compel all ladles to lay aside their lonnets while at the theater or any place of amusement. The ordinance was passed without a dissenting vote. Managers or proprietors f amusement places who violate the ordinance are subject to lines for each offense. Lienor Lcnffiir Didn't Meet. George II. Tcepe, of Anderson, was here yesterday to attend a meeting of the State Liquor league, of which he is president. It was announced that a meeting of the executive committee would be held last night. No one could be found at the headquarters of thelague In Irrulne Hall and Inquiry at a number of hotels failed to disclose that a meeting was being held. Members of the executive committee, among them John Wellacher. were unable to give any Information as to whether a meeting was held and what was done. Some dayc ago It was given out that, the executive committee would at this time take up the matter of liquor law violations by druggists and other subjects on which legislation is desired. Might llnve Iteen a. Iolleeinnii. Arnie L. Stevenson, a young colored man. who was once appointed to a place on the police force, bur never Installed, was arrested again last night at the Instance of Nan Elliott, a notorious negre.-s of West Georgia stn-vt. The two are close friends, but frequently quarrel and tight, and then Stevenson is almost invariably arrested. He remains in the police station all night, but the woman gent rail;' appears in Po.lce Court to pay his line and renew the o!d friendship. East niht Stevenson made things lively at the woman's resort, and wound up by whipping her. He was arrested by S-rt;e.int Seheigert. rnstof.'cc Eininlniitioii. Then," N.iil be :i ivll-.M -rvlce examination of lpplieante lor ! rks and carriers in the postortiec in thii city Tuesday. Feb. 2. Applications for xamiriatioii must be filed with J. I. F- Steu. secretary oi the examining hoard, by Jan. i:i. Any citizen of the I'nlted States over eighteen vears of age may take the examination for clerk and thos. between twenty-one and forty may be examined for the position of carrier. V An Incorrigible Orphan. Nina Mortord Is at th police station charged with - .U.-ing Incorrigible She is thirteen years old and has been an inmate at th-i Indianapolis Orphan Asylum. She was slven k home, but ran away from it and was found at a house on East Washington street. Again si heme was found for h-r. but she ran away again. She will be taken b-fore the court and asked to be sent to the Reform School for Girls. Columltluii ftrlief Inve Mtliiut Ion. Recently an ex-oftlclal of the Columbian Relief Association charged that the affairs of the asso' ration were not being properly managed. Tit association has nked the auditor of ,-tate to make an examination muter the authority conferred -. him In such cases. The expense of ?n examination will U; paid by the association.

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OLD LAWS CHANGED

di: t!i phnalty i.v a lahli: m jiiikh or casks aiioi.isiu:ii. Hoiim- Hill Wiping; tint nn Act of Colonliil Time I'tiMMetl 1" the Senate After Hrlef Debate. MR. CALL TO THE FORE AGAIN IUOl.lTIO DHMWDIMi IMMKDI. at 11 iu-:m:ash or sam;i n.i.v. II r. Limit Hill to Amend the Ltiun Itelatlncr t Seeond-f 'Iumh Mall flutter Dien.ied ly the HoiiMe. WASHINGTON. Jan. Z. The Senate today passed the House bill abolishing the death penalty in a large number of cases. The measure is in the line of recent State laws abolishing capital punishment and applies the same principle to federal offenses, although the change is not extended to a total abolition of the death penalty. The present laws, which have come clown from colonial times, have a sanguinary aspect and prescribe death for sixty offenses of various characters. The bill passed to-day reduces these ofTenses to five namely, treason, rape, murder and two offenses applicable to the army and navy. In all other offenses hard labor for life is substituted as the maximum punishment, and even in cases of murder and rape hard labor may be substituted if the Jury states In its verdict "without capital punishment." As the bill has passed the House after a long crusade by Representative Curtis, of New York, and is amended but slightly by the Senate, it is likely to go to the President when the minor disagreements are arranged in conference. The opening of the Senate, after its two weeks holiday recess, was without unusual incident, the attendance on the lloor and In the galleries being somewhat meager. In tho course of the chaplain's prayer he Invoked a "restoration of our industries and the. return to prosperity." Mr. Hoar called attention to a petition from the Massachusetts Historical Society urging that the old ship Constitution be permanently preserved and placed at the Washington navy yard, where, like Nelson's famous frigate, Victoria, at Tortsmouth, England, the ship be used as a naval museum. Among the bills introduced were those by Mr. Peffer, of Kansas, "to improve the banking business," and by Mr. Shoup, of Idaho, to alien ownership of land in Territories. The first reference to Cuba was in two resolutions offered by Mr. Call. The first requests the President to send to the Senate, in secret or open session, as he may deem best, all reports relating to the condemnation to life imprisonment In chains by the Spanish authorities at Havana of Julio Sanguilly and an American citizen. The second resolution recites the circumstances of Sanguilly's trial and condemnation and directs the secretary of state to "demand his immediate release." The resolutions went over. Mr. Call stating that he would make some remarks on them. Mj Pettigrew offered a resolution, which was agreed to, asking the secretary of the treasury for Information as to the Uering sea fisheries, and particularly asking information as to why only $1.UCH) was yielded to the government In l.; for the privilege of taking thirty thousand sealskins. Mr. Peffer then addressed the Senate, reading from manuscript, on his resolution for a national monetary commission. The resolution recites that, whereas the result of the recent election did not show a majority of votes favorable to any one monetary policy, that a commission of five memImts be created to Investigate the entire monetary subject and report within a year. Mr. Peffer's speech dealt largely with the heterogeneous character of various kinds of our money and the uncertainties of the present financial system. At tne close of Mr. Peffer's speech his resolution was referred to the finance committee. A message? from the Jresident was received transmitting the report of the secretary of state concernliiK the death of Charles Govin. in Cuba. The bill providing for free homesteads in Oklahoma for bona fide settlers, which has the right of way as "unfinished business," was laid aside until to-morrow. Mr. Hoar then called up the bill "to reduce the cases in which the penalty of death le inlllcted." After brier discussion the bill was passed as reported. Mr. Proctor gave notice that he would sneak next Monday oa his resolution extending the presidential term to six years and fixing the term of members of the House of Representatives at three years. At 2: p. m. the Senate adjourned. not si: of hkihki-:xtativej. Vote to He Taken Thl Afternoon on Lond'n .Mali Matter 11111. WASHINGTON, Jan. S. The House entered on its work immediately after reassembling to-day by taking up the Eoud bill to amend the laws relating to second-class mail matter. The whole day was devoted to general debate on the measure, under a special order which will bring the bill to a vote to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mr. Eoud. of California, the author of the bill, is its champion on the lloor, and Mr. Qulgg. of New York, has charge of the opposition. Those who took part in the debate to-day were Messrs. Kyle D.m., Mississippi). Iturton (Rep., Ohio), Hromwell (Rep.. Ohio) and Ogden (Dcm., Louisiana), in favor of the bill, and Messrs. Qulgg (Rep., New York), Johnson (Rep., California) and Cummings (Dem.. New York) against it. At the opening of the session the following resolution was adopted, on motion of Mr. Eroderick: "Whereas. There are large and valuable tracts of land In Kansas embraced in the gr.tnt to the I'nlon Pacific Railroad, to which patents have not issued: "Whereas. Most of those lands havo been sold by said company to bona fide purchasers, who are in possession, who have lasting and Invaluable improvements thereon; "Whereas. The Land OtnVeat Topeka has allowed ami is allowing homestead entries to be made on these lands without legal authority, therefore, "Resolved. That the secretary of the Interior be directed to report to the House th) cause of the omission to issue patents to said lands and the authority under which the land officers pretend to act in permitting these entries to be made." Then, under the special order adopted before the recess, the House went Into committee of tie whole and took up consideration of the Loud bill to amend the laws relating to seccnd-class mail matter. The bill, which amends the present law in several particulars. the principals ones of which deny the daily newspapers the "sample-copy" privileges and deny to books vent through the maiis as serials the newspaper lund rate-, was debated before the recess for ouo day. I'nd-r the order, the debate on th bill will close to-morrow. It was arranged that Mr. Loud, of California, and Mr. 0.ui;g. of New York, should control the time lor ar.d against the measure. Mr. Loud having already made the opening argument, Mr. 2tSg took the floor to-day to reply. He characterized the hid as revolutionary and reactionary. He said it proposed to deny to the people privileges they had enjoyed for half a century, and If passed would intUct a blow on every occupation engaged in the printing ami 'publishing of books and newspapers and In their distribution. Mr. Qulgs directed his argument chiefly against the provisions of the. bill which cut o:f serial publications and newspaper sample copies from the mails, der.vlng empnatically that th? transmission of tMok:i as serial publications was an abuse of the present law. He argued that it was Impossible to approximate the saving to the government involved in the bill. The friends of the bill claimed it would effect a saving of $s.(!".0u) and upward., while ex-Postmaster Ueuera! Wanh maker estimated the saving at only IMI.C'). Mr. Kyle followed Mr. lu!cs;. h ad

vocacy of thf measure. He said he was unwilling to differ in such a case as this with the judgment of uec-esslve postmaster generals, who had studied the abuses of the present law. and each of whom had recommend d some measure for their correction. Mr. Eurton also supported the bill. Mr. Johnson, of California, made a characteristic speech In opposition to the bill, ridiculing Mr. Loud's statement that the bill would effect a saving of JKMhwO") annually and rcoring the arguments of other advocates of the measure. The cheap distribution of the English classics, he said, would outweigh all the injury that could be done by c'sseminatlon of bad books. If people wanted bad looks they would get them. He did not care, he said, if it did cost $1V. to send a letter to Alaska. If there was an American citizen in Alaska the government should get his mall to him at any cost. He said that every country newspaper and every cheap magazine in the countrv was opposed to the pending bill. Mr. Cromwell, a member of the committee which prepared the bill, advocated its passage on the ground that the Postothce Department should be run within its income and that its passage would be in the interest of public morality. .Mr. Ogden favored the bill. Mr. Cummings. in vigorously antagonizing the measure, denied that the newspapers of the country favored the bill. He presented a petition signed bv over one thousand news dealers of New York against the bill. "This bill." he said, "is drawn in the interest of cle luxe publications and the express companies, and I warn every member representing an agricultund district that if he votes for this bill his constituents will remember him." At this point the committee rose, and the House, at 4:40 p. m.', adjourned. REPLYTO THE BAY STATE

SOMK FICU RES FOR MASSAC lU SIH TS IX THE MATTER OF VOTES. Indiana 1m All ItiRht. lint There In Something Radically Wrong in the Eastern State. As a further answer to the charge that the vote of Indiana was padded in the last election, the state statistic! vi, S. J. Thompson, yesterday compiled the following table showing a comparison between the population and the total voters of the various States, the figures being from the census of .IS!): Population. Voters. P.C't. Illinois 3. 825, 3." 1 1.072.M3 1N.03 Indiana 2.1i2.4'i4 K3,yn; 27. H Iowa 1,91 l.SWi .12!).S12 27.21 Kansas 1.427.W; 3V5.2:!1 2t!.S3 Massachusetts 2.RS,94:i" M3.t.". 2.). 70 Michigan 2.t93.SS: t;i7.4l."i 21. 4 S Minnesota l.S01.S2i 27.03 1S.12 Nebraska I,(f,sil0 ;;l..iu-) 2S.47 New York .'..SDi "iS 1.7y.40 J.5.'i Pennsylvania 3.2,014 l.PSl.SM 27.f9 Wisconsin l.t.".NS0 407,722 27.72 The average percentage of the vote to the population is 2S.19. while Indiana's percentage is 27.14, or 1.05 per cent, less than the average. The report of the Indiana Bureau of Statistics for 1S90 deals extensively with the subject of the vote and population of this State and Massachusetts and shows conclusively that something is wrong; that there is a screw loose somewhere, and that the screw is not in this State. The following table is found in that report, to which have been added the figures for 152 and 1SW, which, of course, the original table does not contain, showing the popular vote oi the two States since 1S2I and showing the increase In each: Exec ss Excess Date. Ind. Mass. Ind. Mass. 1524 13.7t3 37.303 21.340 1525 30.2.X!) 33.KV. 3.454 1JC2 47.021 47.3 IS 321 IS.-. 73.7"1 71.301 MS 1540 11i?.W7 12M13 U4i 1541 H-M34 131.121 ;.o.) IMS 132.732 in4,411 1S.3II 1S32 1N3.170 123.273 3.3 PC 223. 4 31 17.03 M.375 1M) 272.113 1KM7i 102.W7 1S4 2S0.63.3 173.4S7 103.1S isdS 343.32S H3.SS3 I47.5t3 1S72 33t.l!t 112.732 I3.ei4 ....... ISTti 431.070 23f.703 El. 357 1S 471.204 2N2.3SS lS-i.sH 1SS4 tf.VJM 303.3S.J D1.S23 1S.SS 32H.S3!) 3H.34S iW.oll 1S2 .".. t SHU'CS 1M1 637.203 . ..3'Kj 23j.V. It will be seen from this table that during the eight years from 1SSS to 18M. the period of very great development in this State, on account of the discovery of natural gas. the Increase in the vote was 100,44. or IS." per cent., while in the period from JMiS to lS7t, a period of growth caused by the boom that was then on in all the middle Western States, the growth in votes was S7.312. or an Increase of 22.2 per cent. There was nothing remarkable at the time about the growth of the State in votes during the period from 1S6S to 1H7H. In commenting on this table, the state statistician says: "The student of statistics, in analyzing the foregoing table, will be impressed with the cogency of the logic of figures. It is seen that In 144 Indiana began to show a larger presidential vote than Massachusetts. Ieginning with 9.030 in 1M4 and steadily increasing the excess to 1SSS, when It reached 192.311. Notwithstanding this, two years later, in 1S:h, the census report gives Massachusetts a population of 46.K!'9 in excess of Indiana." The same report shows that while for no decade from 130 to 1SS0 was the increase in this State less than 2$3,00o. in the ten years from 1S0 to 110 the census report gives this State an Increase in population of only 14.103. In all but two decades ot the time mentioned the increase was over 300.0.K). In commenting upon the increase in population the statistician says: "During the three decades from 120 to 1m. inclusive. Indiana's topulation increased 1.303. 2o, while In Massachusetts the increase was only 704..W, a difference of 3!s.6d in favor of Indiana. During 'the two following decades, from 1W0 to 1SS0, inclusive, Indiana gained 27.73 in population and Massachusetts 332,019, a difference of 73.S51 in favor of Indiana. "Now comes the astounding figures, showing that during the last decade, from is0 to lw0. Massachusetts increased in population 433. Vs and Indiana only 211.103. a difference of 211,733 in favor of .Massachusetts. This unparalleled increase In population In Massachusetts, greater by 130,121 than Is shown in any decade from l2o. It would be impossible to account for upon any rational hypothesis whatever. And while Massachusetts, according to the census rejort. is shown to have forged ahead in population to an extent that degrades figures to fiction, Indiana Is made to fall S3..Vd below her previous smallest record of increase, the figures showing that while Massachusetts gains 23.3 per cent, in population, more than is shown In any decade since 1S3U, Indiana increased only I0.v per cent., a smaller per cent, than during any decade In seventy years." THE KRAFT JEWELRY. Arrettt Helenne of Elmer Robin, won Return of the Stuff. About four weeks ago the residence of Mrs. Anna Kraft. 40S North West street, was burglarized and robbed of a quantity of jewelry, including a solid go!d watch, belonging to Miss Dora Kraft, and pome oldfashioned articles, valuable chiefly as heirlooms. Elmer Robinson was arrested on suspicion of having committed the burglary. Robinson had been convicted a short time before of the robbery of the house of W. C IJobbs on Eroadvvay and was sent to prison for three years, but was granted a new trial, brought back from Michigan City and released by Judge McCray on his own recognizance. The grand jury failed to indict him for the Kraft burglary and he was again released. Yesterday there was delivered to the police station a peculiar package. It might have been a bomb from its shape, but it turned out to be a round mailing case, it contained the jewelry stolen from Mrs. Kraft. There Is no clew to tho sender of tin package. Hie 'I ho inns Inmtnllnt Ion. A large audience assembled at Thomas Pest Ha'.l last night to install the officers of the j)st and corps. Mrs. Agnes Hitt. national president of the Relief Corps, installed th? corps officers and George W. Fpahr the officers of the post. General Wallace was present by invitation and made a short address, in which he referred, among other things, to the talk about rnltstlng for Cuba, lie warned young men to beware cf those who are seeking to solicit men for Cuba. Nothing hut evil can come to them therefrom, lie paid a high tribute to the good work of the Women's Relief Corps.

FAILURE OF STATE FAIR

PRESIDENT HAMILTON'S SlfiES. TION TO HOARD OF A ( II I C I LT I RE. The Context for Membership Anron Jonen Indorsed for n Cabinet PositionThe Wool (iruuem, Tho contest for membership on the State Board of Agriculture was the most important part of the annual meeting of the delegate board yesterday. The delegate board is composed of one representative from each recognized fair and agricultural association in the State. Its principal duty is the election each year of eight members of the State Eoard of Agriculture. About seventy delegates were present at the meeting. In some districts a lively contest developed in the election, as many as seven or eight ballots being required to make a selection from the numerous candidates. The nominations for the eight vacancies were as follows: Fifth district, to succeed V. K. Officer H. L. Nowlin. Dearborn county; Rooert H. Wood. Jefferson county. Sixth district, to succeed W. W. HamiltonJohn Child, of Decatur county: W. S. Robbins, Decatur; D. M. Smith. Rush; Knode Porter. Wayne; Jftsse Stevens, Wayne; H. F. McMahan, Randolph. Eighth district, to succeed Charles DowningCharles Downing, Hancock county; John H. Kercheval, Hamilton county. Ninth district, to succeed James M. Sankey James M. Sankey, Vigo county. Governor Claude Matthews was placed in nomination, but a friend announced that he could not serve. Tenth district, to succeed John L. DavisJohn L. Davis. Montgomery county; John W. Morgan, Hendricks; John W. Robe, Putnam; A. L. Howard. Boone. Eleventh district, to succeed M. S. Claypool M. S. Claypool, Delaware county. Twelfth district, to succeed William M. Blackstock William M. Blackstock. Tippecanoe county; Morton Levering, Tippecanoe: W. H. Goodwine, Warren. Thirteenth distric t, to succeed John L. Thompson John 1., Thompson, Grant county. The election resulted as follows: Fifth district, H. L. Nowlin, Dearborn county; sixth, Knode Porter, Wayne; eighth, Charles Downing, Hancock (re-elected); ninth. James M. Sankey, Vigo (re-elect?d); tenth, John L. Davis, Montgomery (reelected): eleventh. M. S. Claypool, Delaware (re-elected); twelfth. Mortimer Levering, Tippecanoe; thirteenth, John L. Thompson, Grant. When the delegates assembled Mayor Taggart was there, with his smiling face, ready to be taken for a farmer at a moment's notice. He was on the programme for an address of welcome. His words were few, but they were given in his characteristic manner. Governor Matthews was then expected to welcome the delegates to the Statehouse, but he was not present, and a committee was sent to find him. They discovered him just as he was entering the Statehouse, and straightway marched him to the agricultural hall. He excused his delay, and then spoke for a few minutes, impressing particularly upon his hearers the belief that the State board should be composed of farmers and that farmers should manage the fair. The address of retiring President Hamil ton was of considerable interest. He took a radical stand on the question of main talning the fair. He "thought the StHte should pay Its expenses so the admission fee could be abolished or made merely nominal, thus making the State fair a free educational exhibit. He spoke of the tax that would be required to do this and then he received the cold glances of many 'who had previously seemed to favor the idea. He thought the county fairs should arrange their dates so as to not conflict with the State fair. Last year there were nine county fairs held during the week of the State fair. He suggested that the office of secretary and treasurer of the lxmrd be combined and that all money be paid out on warrants signed by the secretary and president. He spoke in warm terms of Purdue Fniversity. which, he said. Is an Institution that does not .spoil a young man for farming. ' . . .' THE SECRETARY S RETORT. Secretary Charles F. Kennedy, in his annual report, departed somewhat from the usual custom and made a number of suggestions with especial refc-rence to their application to county fairs. He thought special attention should be given in the premium list to anything that Is new and promises to be of benefit to the farmers, lie scored the art department. "I assert that one-third, if not a greater portion of the articles exhibited." he said, "are not in common use and this because they antedate the times. I would offer no Inducements for the exhibition of an article that 'an up-to-d.ite housewife would not give place- in her tidy rooms." The .finaneial statement showed the following: ReceiptsBalance from last report. $1.013.HO; rents, $32un; privileges. $2.4n.1.SS: stall fees, $1,021; entry fees. 2.13: exhibitors' tickets. $130; admissions. $I3.027.3; miscellaneous, $.V,.T3: total. $32,133.4. Disbursements Per cliem and mileage, $2,112.70; salaries. $2.W3.37; postage, telegrams, etc.. $411. !7; printing and stationery. $tvrun: advertising. $2.02L9I; construction and repairs. $1.2SH.s:; interest and rentals. $3.h;4.Si: insurance. $123; old claims. $378.2'.; miscellaneous. $)3.5fi: expense of exhibition. $3.704.!t4; premiums, $1!.?17.)7; total, $32.30H.2;; deficit. $373.7S. There are now warrants outstanding to the amount of $370.34. of which $3.23 represents warrants issued prior to lsw. Other claims due for which no warrants have been issued amount to $1.1. while $1,920 is due the board on four unsettled claims. The inventory shows that the hoard holds property valued at $13j.fi30. This is divided as follows: Eighty acres of land and Im provements, $H3.0tu: improvements on leased land. $10.nK): personal property. $l.fi30. A resolution was passed, on the motion of C. B. Harris, that Aaron Jones, of South Bend, be suggested to Prerident-elect McKinley for secretary of agriculture. After the election of new members the old board met and allowed a few small bills and then adjourned sine die. The new board will meet this morning at S o'clock to organize. - THE WOOI OltOWEHS. The I nun! Debate on the Tariff Fulled To Materialize. The Indiana Wool Growers' Association began its eleventh annual meeting last night in the agricultural hall of the Statehouse. The meeting will continue this morning and officers will be elected and the meeting adjourned before noon. The meeting did not deveiop the usual spirited argument on the tariff question. It Is seldom this association meets without there being a paper that brings up the question of protection to wool, which usually brings out a long and spirited debate, most of It being on one side, however, the only difference be'ng as to the extent of the protection and how is should be applied." If is not unllkvly that this question will take up a part of the morning session. Iast night the principal part of the meeting was devoted to a discussion of what should be fed to sheep during the winter months. This is a question of great Importance to sheep raisers, for on the condition of the sheep in the spring depends the coming season's prosperity. The discussion was brought out by some remarks by Professor C. S. Plumb on experiments that have been made in sh?ep feeding at Purdue University. There it wa found that shredded fodder made a better rough feed for winter than clover hay. which is very commonly used. Many of tiv farmers differed as to this opinion. Sid Conger, of Flat Rock, had found, he said, that shredded fodder was good to turn out poor sheep tn the spring, while others said they had found that by feeding it with grain a pound a day could be added to the weight of sheep. It was evident that the experionce of many of the sheep raisers had been such that they deemed anything said about shredded fodder merely a huge joke, and scarcely worth considering seriously. One man remarked that when he got ready to go out of sheep raiding for a business he would dispose cf his llock by feeding It shredded fodder. FARMERS' HEADING CIRCLE. Lux Interest Ciuic It to Pn Out of i:blrnee. The Indiana Farmers Reading Crcle held its annual meeting yesterday and practically decided to be no more. The interest in the work has been lax for a long time and the meetings have not been attended by enough people to fill. the official positions. It was decide! yesterday to ask Purdue University to take charge of the work that the circle expectM to control and arrange a course of reading for farmers in the Chautauqua plan, 'f he"seoTetary was Instructs! to correspond with tho officers of Purdue

in regard to the matter. This is'probably the last meeting that will be held by the Reading Circle. Only Two Dee Keeper Present. Yesterday was the day set for the annual meeting of the Indiana Bee Keepers' Association, but when the lime arrived there were just two members present J. M. Hicks, president, and Edward S. Pope, secretary, both of this city. An extensive. programme had been prepared, including a morning, afternoon and evening session. The programme included thirteen papers and addresses, but none of those assigned to the duty of enlightening others were present, except the presiuent. who was to have delivered an address on "Plants. Trees and Shrubs for Honey," besides his annual address.

BUSINESS MEN TO RECEIVE Must Help Welcome the .Monetary Convention Delegate. Members of the executive committee of the monetary reform convention said yesterday that they were now assured of the success of the convention, and that there would be from 430 to 500 delegates. Chairman lianna yesterday issued the following letter: "Every important business man of Indianapolis should rise up to the situation, wear a reception badge, meet and welcome the delegates to the monetary reform convention, and make good the reputation our people enjoy for progressive and enlightened methods. "Special space on the floor of Tomlinson Hall will be reserved for the business men of Indianapolis, and they are requested to attend as many sessions of the convention as they possibly can. and none of us can afford to le absent trcm any cf them. "The delegates should be made to feet that our people are alive to the importance of this movement, and are determined to eliminate from politics commercial questions and stop the continual agitation of finance by an effort to solve the problem for the general good of the whole people. "Come to the Century Club rooms. Denlson Hotel. Wednesday afternoon. Jan. ti, and confer with the executive committee. No money wanted." A note was received from the secretary of the Chicago Board of Trade, inclosing a copy of the following letter, sent by that board to the commercial organizations of Illinois: "It is the view of this board that it could perhaps at the present time in no better way contribute to the adoption of a sound financial policy and indicate to Congress that the business interests of the country are earnestly desirous that the question of national currency and finance is one that should receive the studious and intelligent attention of the national government. The monetary convention was called chiefly in view of the belief that an expression of the business men of the country upon this important subject would be of great value to legislators, both State and national." Among the letters rece ived vesterday was the following from S. W. Allerton, of Chicago: "I am in full sympathy with your movement. The financial. system of our country since Its formation has been in a muddle. The time has come when practical business men should discuss these questions. We always learn from each other, and the fact is that city government and national government are not anything more than a practical business question. If we treasure the written Constitution given us by our forefathers, giving every man his individual rights, with reciprocal duties, a voice in the policies and principles that should govern our country, what our forefathers had dreamed of for hundreds of years, but never realized until 1879. The man who does not take an interest in puhdc questions, in my opinion, is not a good American citizen. I shall do all that I can to promote your monetary convention." MONUMENT CASCADE BIDS. They Ilun front )jffS,r,oo I pwnrriK The Fund Available. The monument regents opened bids yesterday morning for building new cascades on the east and west shies of !!; monument. The new fountains have been designed by Bruno Schmltz, of Berlin, the architect of the monument, and are made to conform to the style of the monument. At the base of the. monument they will be thirty-live feet wider than the present small imitation cascades, and they will extend to within twenty-five feet of the street. The water will fall from the base of a group of statuary and will then flow over two elevations into a large basin. The statues of Morton, Clark and Harrison are to be removed to the grass plots. The bids for building the fountain were as follows: City Paving and Supply Company. $19,000. S. C. Schmid & Son. $4S,000; granite coping ?1.70o extra. Terre Haute Stone Company, $47,30f; granite coping $900 extra. F. M. Snyder & Co., $2?,300; granite coping ?2.Oii0 extra. . Ittenbach & Co., $43,473; granite coping .1.000 extra. Conrad Bender, $1S,000; granite coping $1,!0!) extra. The successful bidder will have to give bond for at least 40 per cent, of the amount of the contrac t and all subcontractors will have to be satisfactory to the regents. The bids were taken under advisement. Auditor Daily submitted a statement showing that the board has a balance of $99.b'17.12. From this must be paid the cost of the side groups and the :datue of GovI error Whitcomb. which amounts to $37,000, I 1 aving an available balance of $12.r,i7.42. The board has not decided whether it will ask for another appropriation from the Legislature. Hoard of Commerce Committee. President William Fortune, of the State Board of Commerce, last evening announced the following standing committees of the organization: On Finance J. C. Adams. Indianapolis, chairman: Walter SchmUt, Evansvllle: C. E. Crosby. Madison: George W. Smith, New Albany; B. A. Brown. Brlghtwood. On Organization and Membership C. J. Murphy. Evansville, chairman; George B. Cardwlll, New Albany; A R. Beardsley, Elkhart: Jacob lxnnis, Klwuod: V. E. Lockwood. Indianapolis. On Municipal Affairs A. L. Mason. Indianapolis, chairman; W. 11. Craig. Noblesville. secretary: John W. lInck. Madison; J. II. Smart. Iafayette: Lucius B. Swift and Russell M. Seeds, Indianapolis. On Manufacturing Interests A. C. Rosencranz. Evansvllle, chairman; D. M. Parry, Indianapolis; W. C. Webster, Marion; J. F. Wildman. Muncie; H. F. Thayer, Plymouth. On Mercantile Interests W. H. Wiley, Marion: E. C. Johnson. Evansville; J. M. Cornet t. Madison: W. W. McFarlan, Connersvllle: F. J. Claypool. Muncie. On Transportation H. M. Sweetser, HvansvPIe. chairman: H. D. Seymour. Elwood; M. U. Demorcst. Elkhart; J. J. Kyle, Marion; J. J. Stephens. Brlghtwood. On Agricultural and Mineral ResourcesWill Cumbaek, Greersburg; C. A. ScovllP Evansville; W. F. Stlllwell. Lafayette; H. G. Smith. Elkhart, and C. T. Mattingly, Plvmouth. On Centennial Celebration E. B. Martindale. Indianapolis, chairman; George W. Steele. Marion; James H. Croz:er. Madl.con; Charles L. Jewett, New Albany; A. I. Kent, Elkhart. I. O. K. of I. Installation. Shiller Lodge. No. 2, Improved Order Knights of Pythias, made something of an Innovation by having a public meeting for the installation of officers In the clubrooms on Ohio street last night. The purpose of this departure was to afford the wives and families of members an idea of what a sec ret society Is like. The crowd of members and their families numbered several hundred. After the transaction of the business of the evening there was a social gathering on the ground floor of the building, where the children were entertained with a tree and refreshments were served. Commander William Hofrme'ster opened the meeting, calling for reports from the committees, which showed the lodge to be In a satisfactory condition as to membership and finances. There are now over one hundred members. H. Borchers, the newlyelected secretary, delivered an address on the causes that led to the secession of the Improved Knights of "ythlas from the parent organization. Following are the officers who were installed: Past master, William Hoffmelster; commander. Frank Fi!z: vice commander. S. Oeftering; secretary, II. Borchers; treasurer. John H!nkelh: sergeant-at-arms. 11. Deschler; inner guard. Louis Twente. and outer guard. Carl Schubert. Beside the formal business and speeches of the night there was an entertaining programme of music. Including selections by u mandolin club. A Muncie Comiiiltoncr. I. Volney Gilbert, police commissioner of Muncie, with an unexpired term of two years, resigned yesterday and Governor Matthews appointed Frank Ellis, ex-mayor, to Jill the vacancy.

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o o Y These prices are for To-Day OOOOO OOOOOOOO Diseases Treated and Cured by the Indian a polls Infirmary. Class Oxe- Chronic diseases of tbe Nose, Throat and Lung. Catarrh treated by our n e w method. Thousands cured. Class Two Chronic diseases of the Eye and lilar. class Til K EE Chronic disease ot the H-art, Moiuacu, Liver and Kid neys. Class Forn Chronic diseases of the KfCttim and madder. Pile aud Kujiture cured without the knife. class Five Chronic diseases ot Men and Women. Class Six Chronic diseases of th Nervous system. Class skvkx Deformities of the Human manufacture all klmla of anna rat us and S&3 MONUMtNT PLACE. at Iniirinary. Indianapolta, Ind THAT $5,000,000 LOSS. KflrortN of StHlo Health IIonrl to l'reent It Recurrence. The State Board of Health has prepared a hill which it will present to the Legislature reconstructing the entire system of laws of this State in reference to health and sanitary matters. In connection with this the board has sent to every member of the Legislature the following letter: "We address you upon a matter of great H'onumy to the State. There is annuallylost in Indiana not less than f..wu,uio through unnecessary disease and unnecessary death. It is earnestly proposed that this great sum be saved. Tnis may be done by the Legislature if it will pass a proper health law. A bill has len carefully and studiously prepared for the consideration of the coming General Assembly. Its first clause puts the present Hoard of Health out of othee, and so it ia pialn that s-lf-seeklngdoes not prompt this movement. The major portion ot the bill has been drawn from tne health laws of Massachusetts, New York. Michigan ami Pennsylvania. 'Ihese States have, through their health laws, gained much wealth and wwcr. Why may not Indiana do likewise. The old law is inettieient and not up to date. It dots not take account of recent discoveries in sanitary science and fails to meet tiny conditions necessary to accomplish thorough health work. It may be likened unto an old. wheezy engine that coughs and groans as it hauls its insignificant load. The State Hoard of Health does not come as a suppliant, it simply gives information that the disease and death annually known in Indiana cause enormous losses In money to tho State: that much of this disease and death Is unnecessary and that a proper health law will, through prevention, save more money each year than is required to run the State government." in speaking of the matter yesterday. Dr. Hurty, secretary of the board, said: "Here Is a ttrst-class example of the utter uselessness of all the health laws we have: I have received seven letters from as many citizens in a small 'town asking the board to send someone there to stop the spread of diphtheria. The loard is powerless to do anything unless the people of that town sanction it. A!i I can do is to go then and get those In authority to call a meeting of the Town Council to pass such ordinances as 1 may suggest for the good of the town. Hut this is not always easy. It Is especially' true that In small towns the people do not take much stock in th" ideas that the latest scientific discovery has proved to be true in regard to disease, and the result is that they will not pass such ordinances as are really necessary to make It possible to stamp out the disease. "Then that is not the way those things should be done. They should not be left to the whims of the people of an 5' town. We should have a law in this State that will give the health authorities the ioor to go into a stricken town and promulgate a code of rules to bo followed which will be as mu?h law as if enacted by the Legislature, and the board should have the jwiwer and the means to enforce these rules. It is useless to undertake to Ftamp out contagious disease when an effective quarantine cannot be maintained." CITY NEWS NOTES. Three men paid ?1 and costs In Police Court yesterday morning for driving on the wrong side of the street. The Press Club will meet Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock for the purpose of considering a varied assortment of business matters that have needed attention for some time. The Marlon County Homeopathic Medlcl Society will hold its bi-monthly mating at the Denison Hotel this evening. Dr. W. I'. Curry will read the paper for the evening. The grocery and confectionery brokers of this city will give a banquet to-morrow night at the Lyra Casino to the wholesale grocers and confectioners. It will be the first annual reception. Richard Schwartz, a carpenter of this city, died at the Insane Hospital yesterday of paralysis. He had been an inmate of the Institution since February, 14. He was thirty-nine years old. Mr. W. H. Craft, who has been so seriously sick with inflammatory rheumatism, and whose condition for awhile was regarded as beiog very precarious. Is now slowly Improving, although still being confined to his bed. The result of the election of a trustee for the firemen's pension fund will be nndn known to-day. Voting for the following candidates was lively yesterday: Albert Pep. John Winters. John Glazier. George Holderman. Elenezer Leach and Samuel James. K. K. Hickland. a bill poster of West Indianapolis, and George Hubbard, a cigar maker, living at .4 Deloss street, were arrested last night on chargts of assault and battery. They Indulged in a fight yesterday morning, in which Ira Hatton was also involved ar.d badly beaten. There will be an adjourned meeting of the Indianapolis Har Association In Itoom 1. Superior Court, at 4 o'clock this afternoon to consider tne- reiori 01 tne commuter on the special-verdict law and also the report of the committee on suggestions as to continuance of Appellate Court. A. C Whipple Is locked up at the police station for being drunk. When arrested it was found that be hat a silver tube inserted In his throat to allow him to breathe. This tube was put in years ago to save his life when he had diphtheria. He was begging on the streets when arrested. l-'rankton Mllllug CeMupany. The 1'rankton Milling Company, of Frankton, AJadlson county, vu Incorpo-

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MEDICAL. DIRECTOR. A rrsw riMr C C CO.. Manufacturer anl X I K I fS lrer rfClltCL'LAK.CROaJ r K 1V1HO CUt. I! AND nd all other BELTING. EMEUT VVHKUL3 and MILL SUITL1ES. Q A MAC Illinois atreet, 1 square south 0 YY O Union Stat loo. a k7CZ BELTING and & A V O EMERY WHEELS SPECIALTIES OP W. B. Barry Saw and Supply Co ZZ S. PENN ST. All ktnJs of Bawa reoalrea. A 1 1 S T It A CT O V TITICS. ABSTRACTER of TITLES Corner Market n4 Pennsylvania streets. Ino Una poll. Suite 9. First Offlcs Floor. "Tbs Lnjcki." Telephone 17M. saki uv.rosirs. S. A. FLETCHER & COS Safe : Deposit : Vault SO i:ant WnMliliiRlon St. Absolute safety against tir j and burglar. Policeman day and night 01: guard. Designed for sale keeping of Monty. lionJa. W ill?. Deeds. Abstracts. Oliver Plate. Jewels and valuable Trunks. Packazea. t& Contains 2.100 boxes. Unit lo S4r per year. JOHN S. TAHKlMiTO. Manager. rated yesterday, with a capital stock of $bV0:alro. the. Modern lienie!y Company, of Attica, with a capital stock of JiV.Mj. MUNICIPAL MATTERS. liny Market Itccelpta Tall Off. Thomas 1. Harrold. welghmaster at the hay market, submitted his annual report to the poaid of Pub'ic Safety yesterday. It shows n total decrease of SVti.u. as compared with the recIpt of last year. Kor home lime the board has liw-n urcinjr that the Council pass an ordinance r o.uiring private markets to take out licenses, an it is believed the revenue of the city market 1 reduced by the operation of a private hay market on th" old site. Mr, Harrold s report Rive the following tot:l receipts: Weighing fees. Jl.nT.T"; duplicate check. $3; yard fees, $7J7.7v; total. ."vt': receipts K.5. $2.:.t.2l. The llri(cIilvod Atit.'.'xnlion. Sunday the Journal published the information that a moxenvnt I.' on foot to have Hrightwood jmn'-.xed to this city :t Mtp toward founding a "Greater Indianapolis." a committee from iirluht w oo;l ha l a long conference with Mnyor TaRgarl ninl Controller Johnson a d:i or to hk'k The committee, headed by Hi. Clatk. of th suburb, was directed to confer lth ity Attorney Curtis concerning the 1t;i I tet. necessary to be taken. The matter will taken up formally at tome time in the future. Itcv. Mr. Milliurti Tnkr a lluiiil. Hev. J. A. Mllburn went to Myor Taggart yesterday morning a:d asked that Patrolman Gunsolus le reinstated. He whs recently dismissed fr.nu the force. To the mayor's assertion that people should not bs judged bv the past. Mr. Mil burn replied: "I should not like it myself." ' The mayor assured Mr. Mllburn the case would bo considered. Hunting Snys Tlirre Whs n lltnke. Puilding Inspector Hunting recommended tho discharge of Charles II. P.alke. who was tried in Police Court yesterday for violating the oullding ordinance. Mr. Hunting said mistake had Im cti made and he prosecution was not Justifiable. Charges against Halke wre dimised. Snir of City tllnpr nun ry. The Hoard of Health has sent a communication to the Hoard of Public Works asking If to dispose of the old City Dispensary. and buy ground and erect a new building with the proceeds. This is along the hn recommended by Mayor Taggart ut the cabinet meeting lat wtk. Mie Vnnt I p In l-nv. On ChrUtma? day J tjh Williams, vt Martlrntale avenue, via arrej-ied f.i 2tru!tinc Ida wife. Clara William?. Tj-.e neighbors cm; lalnei to Patrolman Wart, and uien a warrant -cured by him tle um-ft w male. Williams Kuve tnJ. anl the oMe f r trial Iat Friday, and wu a uln ceritfr.u-d until yrsterday. Mir. WillUtn.. th :ro'i utlnK wit run, did te t lrr In court, and a writ wnn lued errtr.,j thrtt he f brought into c.'.rt to anwcr to a c-Sj.rre el enneuut. Stic wm found late nlKl.t at th h-r.-.f -f ,r trpdav.htf r. on Christian avenue, anl eent to the i-lice tatl--n. "1 Intended to gJ to co't." t.hr ld when trvu;cht lr. "I knwM the jk.I1.- . kin" re" me. anl l j t.t 1 t.h my ltiirt-ind'M d.uhtT eo that l wnul 1 - rvurdT to tb- co'thyu in tie n-.awnin'. 1 u-1:i't wm.t to sit no ilde in the Mttnl. I would hae cnit to co't this maw tun' If I had I-:; owed they wut:ted v. but I wan tuy with my wa.lin'. and o.uldn't wU . ae without maf ln" u'ate folic ni.id. I don b'litve thy vr!it to purdah a weman no how for ucfendin hr lutband. They will do it ttht hIok; In er'.i of b.1 trvatn."it. Hut its th fust time I evr teen hvked u; like this, an I waa ln in slavery. Her do they rxry't Wo;iiri that ain't up In 'rk to know the law. anyhow?" Th.' impurttk'K in the blood which c:u-ei-c'"i-i. emotion re thoroUKhlv eradicated by IlooU'a S'.raparl!la. Try It.