Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1897 — Page 3

' THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1897.

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Established I8S3. Asrnts for lluttrrlck Patterns. A South Meridian-street Wholesaler's entire sampic line of heavy Underwear Goes on sale here to-day at Half the Usual Cost Need any? Pettis Dry Goods Co. '"'INKS IN JARPETS And All of Them New Thirteen applicants can't all fill one vacancy because 13 is an unlucky number. Ilut everybody van Ret Cnrprtn nt 17 anil lf t Vnliliitou Street To console the women folk at home. We have every kind in the market. Body Brussels, Tapestry, Ingrain, Axininster, Wilton, Wilton Velvet, Moquette. PRICES PLEASE PURCHASERS. Albert Gall. Every Civilized Culshic Has for its basis wholesome Bread. PRINCESS FLOUR Is a elected product of guaranteed purity. Drs. CougMin & Wilson, Dentists S. W. cor. Market and Penn. sts., opp. P. O. Formerly in "The Deniscn." AMUSEMENTS. Plttfthtirsr Will Forbid Theater Hats. riTTSBURG. Jan. 6. ThU city will follow tho lead cf Chicago In the passage of an act prohibiting the wearing- of lonnets or hats by ladies In theaters. Councilman Leslie will, on Friday. Introduce an ordinance which already has thft approval of the majority of the councilmen. making it a misdemeanor for ladles to wear huts or Imnnets while attending the theater. The enforcement of thn law will bo placed In the hands of tho director of public work. The managers of theaters will be held responsible for permitting an infraction of the law. The tine whl be not more than 2Z nor less than $." for each offense, and Imprisonment ma.v be Imposed for continued disregard of tho ordinance. Kntliryn Kidder Fell Sennelen. CHICAGO, Jan. 6. Kathryn Kidder, the actresa. fainted on the stage of the Colum bia Theater to-night. Khe wa.- in the midst of one of the greatest scenes in "Madame Sans-Oene." when she stopped In the middle of a sentence and turned deadly pale. Half a dozen of the- actors nearest rushed forward to her support, but before they reached her she fell heavily backward and dropped senseless to the stag?. The curtain was hastily dropped. nd Augustus Cook, who has the part of Napoleon, explained the trouble to the audience. The. actress Is suffering, her physician declared, from overwork. Her condition is not alarming. Xoten of the Stage. Prank Morse arrived yesterday in advance of Fanny Rice, who will present two plays at the Grand the last half of next week. 11. M. D ishcr. lloyt's manager of "A lllack Sheep" this season, is In the city after a tour of the South, extending through Texas. Tho Transoccanics continue to entertain audiences that test th Park's capacity. Their vaudeville cxcellenco Is undisputed and their performance Is clean. Tom Henry is here for Davis & Keogh's big production, "The Sidewalks of New York." which is the Park's next week's attraction. Kearney P. Sifedy. the champion high diver, makes a sensational plunge from tne top of the theater In this play. Sothern's advance salo opens this morning at tho Pembroke. Mr. Sothern's coming engagement at the Grand in "An Enemy to th King" Is one of the season's brilliant events. In Mr. Sothern made Ms lirst appearance In his father's play. "Sam." Ho had but one line to say. but when he faced the crowd ho could not say a word, and his father whimpered frantically. "Go on. go on!" he could not go on and did tho only thing left went off. His father, who did not want him to become an actor, would not gVe him another chance. Miss- Gretchen. Lyons, a daughter of Edmund J. Lyons, will take Ilea trice Cameron's place in Richard Mansfield's company rxt week. Miss Cameron, who in private life Is Mrs. MansMeld. will take n longneeded rest. Miss Lyons Is a talented young woman, who. through the efforts of her father, was given a trial by Mr. Manstield and proved quite acceptable. She will bo seen as Hose in "A Parisian Romance" in Washington on Monday evening next. De Wolf Hopper's engagement at English's opens to-night whan Indianapolis, for the first time, will ee and hear Sousa's new opera, "El Capltan." The production, from nil accounts, is gorgeous, the stage pettings. costu ns. draperies and the eflects being the- hnest seen In comic opera for years. The music is Just the kind and character that Mr. Sousa was expected to write, as it Is lively, rippling and melodic, and a major iortion of It Is written In march tempo, which gives "El Capltan" a unique position among modern comic operas. The grace;ul. undulating waltz movement so prevalent In recent comic opera productions has been almost, if not entirely, ignored In favor of the sprightly two-step, and it is said that "LI Capltan'" score is full of this character of melody and the kind that Is apt to set tre feet in rapid and fdrited motion. Charles Klein has written a very Interesting and humorous libretto with many witty lines and sayings, and h has done his work very cleverly, giving much prominence to the ptur and his little wlfo. Kdna Wallace Hopner. ns well ns Nella P.ergen. the w w prim.', donna. Kdmund Stanley, Alice Homer nr.d other principals of the cast. The chorus is well selected and the opera will be given a great production. Th engagement Is for three nights and a matinee Saturday. De Wolf Hopper has a most persistent lady admirer. By actual count she witne3sd the performance of "El Capltan." at the Uroadway Theater. New York City, forty-six time, and on the opening night? aX t&e comedian's encasements In Haiti-

more, Washington, Harlem. Brooklyn and Newark, she was largely In evidence, and again, at the initial performance of the opera at the CheMnut-Mtreet Opera House, Philadelphia, recently. This mysterious female, admirer was the central figure of a party of ladies who occupier' one of the stage boxes. Sometimes sh would be treated in un orchestra chair, sometimes conspicuous in an upper box. and at other times she would be in retirement in tho rear rows of the theater. On every possible occasion she was on hand to drink in the melodies of Sou.a's score, and to gaze to her heart's content on the elongated comedian in the center of the stage. Unlike most of the feminine admirers of popular actors, this particular lady is wll on in years. She is tall, handsome and dignltied in appearance. Her hair Is sno-v white and she wears glasses. She is ahvaya richly gowned in black silk or satin, and her eyes never leave Hopper when he is on the Ftage. The ardent and devoted admirer of the jolly fun-maker of course attracted the attention of other auditors during her numerous visits to the various theaters, and especially those who had taken kindly to the pretty opera, some of whom were only a few laps behind n point of attendance and who had seen and heard "El Capltan" many, many time-. One evening during the run of the opera in New York city an acquaintance remarked to the comedian's dainty little wife: "Oh. Mrs. Hopper. I should think you would be awfully jealous of that old lady who comes to see your husband so often." "No, indeed." was the merry response. "I'm always delighted to have her come. You see she is Mr. Hopper's mother."

INSANE IN AUSTRIA. TliRt Government WuiiIk Indiana, to Semi for Adler. Boris Adler, a citizen of the United States, naturalized In Indianapolis. Is in trouble In Vienna and needs a friend. Governor Matthews yesterday received from Secretary of State Olney a package containing the passport and naturalization papers of Adler. which had been sent to Mr. Olney by the authorities of a Vienna hospital. Tho Vienna authorities say that Adler is violently Insane and cannot be trusted to leave the hospital alone. They are under no obligation to keep him, a citizen of tho United States, and are anxiously seeking a friend for him. Adler's naturalization papers were taken out here Feb. 25. 1SS3. His passport was Issued by the government at Washington April 2. lSDTt. Secretary King has written for the Governor to Mr. Julius Adler. of this city. Inquiring If he be a relative of the unfortunate man, but has no Information as to tho Identity of Boris Adler. CITY NEWS NOTES. Calvin Udell has been appointed assistant postmaster of North Indianapolis. Tho auditor's oflice yesterday admitted the? Central Accident Insurance Company, of Pittsburg. Pa., to do a plate-glass insurance business In this State. Prof. C. S. Plumb says he was misquoted yesterday when he was made to say that shredded fodder is better for sheep than clover hay. He says his statement was the reverse of this. Encampment No. SO. Union Veteran Legion and the Ladies' Auxiliary will hold their annual Installation ceremonies nt G. A. R. Hall, on North Delaware street, tomorrow evening. William Jackman. an Inmate of the County Asylum, aged fifty-two years, died yesterday, of paralysis. He leaves a wife and children who live at Mount Jackson. The wife took charge of the remains. Tho inmates of Bertha Bruner's house, on Wett Court street, and come male visitors were lined in Police Court yesterday. Tho arrest was the result of some promiscuous shooting done by the visitors Tuesday evening. John Duffy, of 209 Blake street, was ar rested yesterday by i'atroiman aiacKessy on a charge of malicious trespass. He and his wife are divorced, and she lives at 762 North West street and works at Kingan &. Co.'s. Yesterday she charged that her former husband came to the house and broke in the windows of her room. Conrthonwe-Ynrd Tally. Tho County Commissioners are still receiving answers to their letters of Inquiry sent out to ascertain the views of citizens on the question of cutting down the courthouse lawn. Yesterday the tally showed that IP were in favor of cutting It down, while 110 were against it. and 27 answered In such a way that their views could not be tabulated In a "yes" and "no" vote. H. J. MUllgan replied as follows to tho commissioners: "I beg to say that I am opposed to cutting down the courthouse yard, because I think it would mar. If not destroy, the architectural proportions of the building. Whatever else may be said about the courthouse (and much might be said as to its interior defects for the purpose for which It was built) the fact remains that its exterior is magnificent. You may visit the public buildings of the world and come home and view the courthouse from tho corner of Delaware and Washington streets and you will say that It compares favorably with anything you have seen. We were possibly very toolish to go into debt for so line a building, but we have It and let us do rooming to impair Its grandeur or destroy its beauty. In my opinion It would be a great mistake to disturb the harmony of the building." 31 r. Catherine WnllliiKford Dentil. Mrs. Catharine Wallingford. mother of Mrs. J. N. Rogers. Mrs. Constantine Reigger and C. A. Wallingford. of this city, died at the home of her sister. Mrs. A. L. Hunt, St. Petersburg. Fla.. Wednesday morning. Mrs. Wallingford has been a resident of IndianapolU for many years and had just passed her seventy-fourth birthday. She has long been a member of the Second Presbyterian Church. In November last she went to spend the winter with her sister. In compliance with her expressed wishes here remains will be Interred in Florida. Mrs. Reigger and Mr. Walllnfsford left for St. Petersburg this morning. TranipN nn the I'nlon Truck. Tho police wero notified last night that a gang of tramps were encamped on the Union tracks between Pennsylvania and Delaware streets. Patrolmen Cox and Irish answered the call and arrested five of the men. They had luilt a Are Just north of the tracks and were burning up valuable property to keep It going. A wagon was being consumed when tho patrolmen broke up tho party. State Lnlnr-l)ay Committee. The State Labor day committee will meet at Anderson next Sunday afternoon. All bona fide labor organizations are entitled each to two delegates, who must have credentials. No official call has been issued for this meeting on account of the absence of the secretary of the convention: Governor Appoints Delegate. The Governor yesterday appointed the following delegates: II. s. k. Bartholomew, of Middelbury, to the coast defense convention at Tampa. Fla.: Thomas Carter, of Indianapolis, to tho Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Two .More That Drove to the Left. Robert Carson, a driver for the HaughKetcham Company, and C. Falkner, a city salesman, were arrested for violating general ordinance N. i:. They drove on the left fide of the street. Kleptomania "Curen.' Springfield Republican. The nervous disorder known as kleptomania is undergoing constant development. Mrs. Castle, the wealthy San Fiancisco woman whose arrest and prosecution in Londo.t attracted so much attention not long ago, has been discharged from a hospital In Philadelphia, after an operation, "completely cured." and she was there but three weeks. Information also comes from Rome "that the proceedings against Signor Crispi's son Luit. on a ci:arge of theft cf th. Countess Cellere's diamonds have been abandoned." Luigi s trouble was kleptomania, it appears, although It should be noted, too. that his father Is one of thmost lnltuentlal men In Italy, which may have had something to do with the ce. Tho remaining Instance that has come under our observation of late is that of an old Kentucky neKro. who was convicted of stealing wheat from a trelvht car. As he kft the court to go to Jail he stole the Judge's fine silk hat. risht before that i ;M"i.irv'i i , and calmly walked of? vUth it n his head. It ha been suggested that the negro had kleptomania an overpowering desire to steal something of vc !csslble lire to him. But the defense war. not considered good, whether from lack of social Influence on the negro's part it were ;erhaps. impertinent to suggest. All we know Is that he will serve out his time. Ilnel to Work. Kansas City Journal. The holidays arv now all over for a while and other people will have to work right iJo.-w regularly like newspaper men.

BARRETT GETS A VICTIM

THOIGII SAFETY IIOAItl) C'OII.IJ.VT SWALLOW ALL CHARGES. engineer lenn Given an Inferior Place Another ot the Cae of DrunkenneMN In Police Force. At a meeting of the Board of Safety last night the resignation of Henry A. Peas, engineer of No. 2 fire company, was accepted and he was continued as a fireman. Silas Brattaln. stoker at Company No. C. was appointed to his place as engineer. Charges of neglect of duty had been preferred against Peas by Chief Barrett. There Is a general impression that Barrett "had It in" for Peas, which is confirmed by the fact that the charges dated back as far as the Scottish Rite fire, in November. 1894. The board could not afford to consider such an ancient charge, but took up that of failure to properly work the engine at the Lawrie & Robson fire. A hearing of the case was partially had at tho last meeting of the board and was continued until last night. In the meantime Peas handed in his resignation as engineer and agreed to accept an inferior position. This humiliation evidently satisfied Barrett. Joseph Richardson was dismissed from service as patrolman on the police force. He was charged with being drunk on New Year's day. He admitted having been drinking, but did not think that he had taken enough to Justify the charge of being drunk. The fact of it being a holiday and the attendant suspicion that he drank in a ?aloon where the proprietor should have been arrested for keeping open caused the board to dismiss him. He had been on the force eight years. The resignation of Christopher Knauss was accepted. It had been tendered the superintendent several days ago. Both the retiring patrolmen are Democrats. John T. Green was appointed in Richardson's place and Emll Wechsler was ordered to take the medical examination for appointment to Knauss's place. " Tho board received and placed on file charges preferred against Patrolman William J. Winn by Fred Blackwell. a saloonkeeper on Eighteenth street (old Ninth.) Blackwell charged that on the night of Dec. 29 Winn entered his place of business and arrested Charles Troskey on a charge of loitering, knowing that Troskey was not guilty of such an offense; that he took Troskey outside and then released him, but warned, him to stay out of that saloon; that Winn ordered four other men out of the place, threatening to arrest them if they returned; that Winn did all this to break up Blackwell's business; that Winn threatened to shoot Blackwell. ENJOYS A DOG FIGHT. Charges were also filed against Merchant Policeman A. Gates. II. A. Klepper, of S17 North Pine street, says he is the owner of a dog for which he had paid license; that Gates has a habit of throwing his mace at the dog every night and then trespassing on the premises of Klepper in order to get it. Klepper also charges that on one occasion Gates brought a bulldog around and induced him to light with his dog. and that his dog was whipped. The complair. nt charges that Gates stood by and enjoyed the fight. John Long, night turnkey at the police station, has been sick a good deal this fall and winter, and wants to work part of the time during the day. He thinks the turnkeys ought to serve a month at day and a month at night, changing the samo as the other members of the department. The appointments are made as night and day turnkeys and the superintendent has no power to allow the men to change. The matter was referred to the board and it will look Into it next Wednesday. License Inspector Manning was ordered to make his reports hereafter direct to the city controller and the Board of Safety. Heretofore he has reported to Superintendent Colbert, but as the work he does is entirely under tho supervision of the city controller, it was thought time could le saved and red tape done away with by letting him report direct to the controller. A letter was received expressing thanks to the Board of Safety and to the police force for the manner In which crime and vice had been suppressed In Columbia alley (now Toledo street.) Special police powers were granted as follows: M. L. Van Buren. for Antioch Baptist Church; James Hansen, for Garfield Park; Otto Beizer, for Military Park; John V. Parker, Thomas Greer and Frank McClanihan. for the Marion county courthouse. Fire Chief Barret reported that twentythree cisterns were in bad condition and asked that they be repaired. The report was referred to the Board of Works, with the request that the cisterns bo put In order. The reports of heads oi subdepartments for the month of December were read and placed on tile. Superintendent Colbert reported that during the month stolen goods had been recovered by the police to the value of $2.ii.StJ. There were 50. arrests made during tho month. The building inspector reported that the value of buildings for which permits were Issued was $112,203. The market master received $2i from collections. The receipts of the welghmaster at the hay market were $$3.0. The fire chief reported that there were 67 alarms during December, requiting $ hours and 48 minutes of working time the traveling of 1.043.7 miles by the apparatus and the laying of 16.PO0 feet of hose. HIGH TIIKATKR HATS. Mr. Montgomery Proponen to Move Ajsninnt Them hy Ordinance. Councilman Montgomery has secured a copy of the Chicago theater hat ordinance and says he intends to introduce a similar ordinance In the Council here. It is said he was prevented seeing the pictures at the Park Theater by the presence of numerous high hates, and on that account is willing to brave the wrath of the women of the city by Introducing such an ordinance in the Council. The local theatrical managers say they would be pleased to see such an ordinance passed. Indianapolis suffers less, however, than m.iny othr cities of the country, as it has grown to be a custom among the women to take off their hats at the theater. Police Court IlnlllfTM Report. Sergeant Kurtz, bailiff of the Police Court, has submitted to the Board of Safety his report of the work of the court during the last year. It shows the total number of cases disposed of to be 7.40.", divided by months as follows: January, 4f:j; February, 47A; March. :W4: April. .V3; May, ".1.1; June. C7S; July, t.67: August. s:K; September. 71": October. 610; November. tk'2; December. 777. Tho bailiff renews the request that the cells provided for prisoners while waiting their turn In court be properly provided with sanitary appliances. At present there are none, and it often occurs that the entire, court room is filled with un awful stench as a consequence. The 1'roponetl Ilenmulerlna. The Board of Trade has taken up the question of renumbering the houses of the city, and favors adopting a system of using one hundred numbers to each block. This Is the system in vogue in most cities where there is any regularity at all. This makes it easy to determine the number of blocks, from the central rlnt. of any house by knowing the numler. without stopping to calculate. At its meeting last Tuesday night th Board of Trade governing committee adopted a resolution favoring this plan. A copy of this resolution was sent to the Board of Works, and yesterday the bo;rd sent it to the Council without recommendation. Council and the I)ipennry. The Board of Works yesterday sent the letter of the Board of Health in regard to the sale of the City Dispensary to the Council for Its action, with the information that Stion 23 of the city charter gives the Council authority to convey city propertv. The letter also states that it is the opinion of the Hoard of Works that the property should be sold and the proceeds uod for providing new quarters for the Dispensary. Balance from lSJd. The balances in the various accounts under the management of the Board of Works left over from last year amount to

$21.2CS.W. which, according to law. reverts back to the general fund. In ISSj. which was the lirst year that the appropriations expired with the end of the calendar year, the balances exceeded $23.S0u.

Rural-Street Improvement. The Board of Works yesterday granted Henry C. Hickman nn extension of time until Feb. 15 for the improvement of Rural street. PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Mrs. Chapman Williams will not observe her day at home this week. Mr. Charles M. Cooper has gone to Texas with a party of friends on a hunting trip. Mrs. Georee C. Beck and Miss Beck will be at home Monday afternoons during Jan- l uary. Mrs. Edward Hawkins recalled her Invitations for her card party yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John McClure Wiley have gone from Brussels to Paris to spend the winter. Miss Kdna Heller entertained about thirty young friends "at cards" Tuesday evening at her home. Miss Violet Coen. of Chicago, will come to-day to be the guest of Miss Corella Taylor for a few days. The Misses Mcintosh will give card parties Monday and Tuesday afternoons of next week in honor of guests from out of town. Miss Florence C. Neate and mother have returned home, after spending several weeks with friends in Hopkinsvillc and Louisville, Ky. Friday morning Mrs. Gates will entertain the Kettledrum Club, of which she is a member, at her home, 1159 North Pennsylvania street. Miss Gertrude Hays has issued invitations for an informal tea Friday afternoon from 3 to 5 In honor of her sister, Mrs. Glidden, of Cleveland. O. Miss Erema Smith, of Rushville, who has been visiting Miss Mayme Beck, Is now the guest of Miss Mary Hicks at Mrs. J. H. Serff's, on College avenue. Miss Mary Stowell. who has been spending some time in Pittsburg with her brothers, has gone to Germany, where she will study music for some time. Mrs. Mabel F. Conner gave a thimble party yesterday afternoon at her home. 221 Bellefontaine street. Mrs. Townsend. of Richmond, was the only guest from out of town. Mr. and Mrs. Francis T. I lord gave a small chafing dls'i party last evening for Mr. and Mrs. MortUrier Levering, of Lafayette, who are visiting Mr. and Mrs. John L. Griffiths. Mrs. George F. Branham received word yesterday of the death of her mother. Mrs. Nichols, at New Richmond, O. Mrs. Branham will go to North Madison, where the funeral is to be Meld. Mbs Laura Huey will entertain next Tuesday and Wednesday at 1 o'clock luncheon In honor of her guest Miss Alys Young, of Louisville. Miss. Huey will receive Informally this afternoon and evening for her guest. Mary Holliday, Mabel Winter and Amy Keene will give an entertainment at the residence of Mr. J. H. Holliday a week from Saturday afternoon. The announcement assures a "line show at 5 cents for young people and 10 cents for older people." Mrs. F. It. Carter gave a whist and angling party Tuesday afternoon in honor of Mrs. P. E. Haynes and Miss Pearl Haynes, of Richmond. Mrs. and Miss Haynes will be the guests of Dr. and Mrs. I. C. Walker, after to-morrow, for a few days. Invitations will lx issued In a few days by Mrs. Anna Cady Hammond for the marriage of her daughter Miss Katharine Kiersttd Stone and Mr. Carl Vernon Griffith, to take place Wednesday evening, Jan. 27, at 7:30 o'clock, at Christ Church. A reception at the residence, on North Illinois street, will follow the ceremony. Miss Myrtle May Hawkins. younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Hawkins, and Bertrand L. Smith were married at the home of the bride's parents on North East street last night. Itev. John K. Pounds performed the ceremony. About fifty of the relatives and friends were present. Palms, smllax and carnations were the decorations used. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins were assisted in receiving by Mrs. W. E. Fitzpatrick, of Whlteland, mother of the groom. Dr. and Mrs. J. T. McShane gave a handsome dinner party last evening at their home, on College avenue, in honor of Mrs. W. T. Brown's guests. Mrs. and Miss Havnes. of Richmond. -The guests were Mated at small tables., each of which was adorned with a vase of flowers, a different kind at each table. The guests entertained were Rev. and Mrs;C. C. Lasby, Mr. and Mrs. William T.'Urown; Mrs. Sperry. Mrs. Jennie M. Ballenger, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Cooper, Miss Cooper. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Carter. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Powell. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Test Whltsctt and Mr. John S. Duncan. A programme of MacDowell's compositions was given yesterday at the matinee musleale by the members of the first division. The soloists were Miss Josephine Hyde. Mrs. H. D. Gray. Mrs. W. K. Mooney (v,ith orchestral parts rn the second piano by Miss Meigs). Mrs. Helen Dairy mple Rice. Miss Adele Wallkk, Mrs. Sontag and Mr. Irving Swan Brown. Mrs. DaviJ Gibson and Miss Beck played two duets, and a quartet consisting of Mrs. H. H. Howland, Miss Schrader. Mr. Wocher and Mr. Dochez sang four short songs. Th programme was unusually good. Mrs. Gibson. Mrs. Sontag. Mrs. Rice and Miss Hyde took part Tor the first time. The next meeting. Jan. 20, will be a programme by the second division and two weeks following will b the song recital of Mrs. Raschig. which is announced on the programmes for the next meeting. gos3Ett-mu:;gf.n. The marriage of Miss Katharine Gossett, daughter of Mrs. Martha E. Gossett and Dr. William Wallace Mungen. of Fort Wayne, took place yesterday afternoon at 1:.T0 o'clock, at the residence of Mr. .and Mrs. J. W. Cooper. 300 College avenue. The ielatives and nearest friends, to the number of eighty, assembled to witness the ceremony, which was pronounced by Rev. J. A. Milburn. Mrs. Frank Harrington played the wedding' march from "Midsummer Night's Dream' as the bridal party descended the stairs, which were decorated with Southern tmllax until the railing was almost bid. The attendants were four children. Miss Edith Cleveland. In a white organdie gown over pink silk and Master Milne Scott, in pnge's costume, took the lavender and white ribbons at the foot of the stairs and carried them to the opposite side of the parlor, making an aisle for the l ride. The other attendants were Miss Marguerite Cooper, in white organdie over lavender silk, who carried the wedding rlnff in a basket of violets, and Master Addis Richards, in page's dress, who held the bride's roses. Tho wedding gown was of ivorv white moire vel.iurs. made walking length.' with high corsace and very long sleeves, and a griceful trimming of duchesse la e. The place where the bridal party stood wa.i gracefully decorated with Southera smllax and a largo wall vase of white carnations and roses with ferns. All of the room were decorated with smllax, roses and ferns. In the dining room a buffet luncheon was served after the ceremony. The bride's favorite color, lavender, prevailed in all of the appointments and violets were the flowtrs used, a basket of thec with white carnations and ferns occupying the center of the table. Dr. and Mrs. Mungen left in the afternoon for Fort Wayne, where they will be at homo at the Wayne Hotel. Among the guests at the wedding were Mrs. Loag and Miss Eva Nelson, of Fort Wayne; Colonel Lewis Dutton. Mrs. E. J. Richards and Mrs. c A. Richards, of Chicago: Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Moore, of Munci: Mr. and Mrs. J. VV . Moore and Miss Moore, of Richmond: Mr. N. A. Crawford, of Grecnsburg. NOBU3 ITALIANS MARRIED. CHICAGO. Jan. C The wedding of Sirnorlna Maria Pcpe, sister of the Countess Rozwadow-Fkl. wife of the Italian consul in Chicago, to Signor Emilio March!, of NewYork, occurred this evening at 3:?0 o'clock at the Victoria Hotel. The bride was given away by Count Rozwadowskl. and was attended by Miss Florence Hutchinson and Miss Lillian Roemheld. who acted ns bridesmaids. The newly married couple left to-night for New York, where they will reside. The bride is a daughter .of Commander Victor Pepe. a banker of Alexandria. Egypt, chairman of the Board of Trade of Alexandria. The bridegroom i.of a noble Italian family, his father being the administrator of the palaces and estates of the King of Italy. He has adopted America aa his future country, having resided in New York twelve yars. Trnntee ortliem Iimane l!onitnl. Dr. Charles W. Slick, cf Mlshav.aka. w.i yesterday appointed by Governor Matthew i trustee of the Northern Insane Hoi-pita 1. Charles W. Little, of Wabash, r-as H Ppointed to the position a few days hro t till out the unexpired term of E. S. Scot of Cass City, resigned, but Mr. Little d. clined the office Immediate! v after its r. -cption. Both Dr. Slick and" Mr. Little ai Republicans, as was Mr. Scott. Dr. Slic ...in i. . ...... . . t vm xuitu ) ears iu serve.

OUR CURRENCY SYSTEM

di:fi:ct of thi: pi,a imikh WHICH IlAMvS XOW DO III SIM:SS. Anil Sustention! Looking; Toward V'nlty of Aetlon and Centralised Government Supervision. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: The late report of the secretary of the veasury falls short of any adequate grasp of the difficulties Involved In the currency reforms which he so persistently urges. He puts to the front a strong demand for the retirement of the United States no.es and tho treasury notes. These forms of currency amount to over 47tJ.(Xo.OOO. They aro now a part of what are denominated "lawful money," and a part of the redemption resource of the national bank Issues. With a retirement and cancellation of these, we should have left only gold and silver as "lawful money" for purposes of redeeming national bank notes. In order to prevent the contraction of the currency, the secretary proposes that national banks and their bills be incre.'ised to the amount of the retired national paper. That would give the country about $750,000,000 of national bank paper for redemption on demand, based on gold and silver as the remaining "lawful money." Tho law now provides two ways in which to demand redemption, viz.: at the respective bank counters and by the treasury of the United Static. For the latter purpose the banks are required to keep 5 per cent, on deposit with the treasurer. Suppose the views of the secretary be carried into law, and the $476,000,000 of "lawful money" bo canceled, and the same amount be added to the circulation in national bank notes. With the United States notes and the treasury notes canceled and with the periodic foreign demand for gold. 5 per cent, deposits by national banks of "lawful money" with the treasurer would not meet the demand for such redemption. And then, suppose the banks elect to keep this 5 per cent, deposit and additional calls in silver that is, "lawful money." Then how would the treasurer obtain gold for redemption of the bills any easier than now for greenbacks? Congress would not and could not require the redemption deposit kept In gold. That would In effect demonetize sliver, impair the obligation of a contract, for silver dollars are now a full legal tender. But suppose, as the President in his late message, and the secretary suggest, the law be so amended as to require "the national banks to redeem their own note." and when periodically the demand be made, and for self-protection, they offer silver dollars, which are a full lepal tender and "lawful money," that would, at a single step, precipitate the country to the. silver basis and Its consequences. A few national banks would be glad to do that. So it Is seen that the. proposal to cancel the national notes and treasury notes is merely a scheme to relieve the secretary of the labor and necessity of redeeming them In gold when demanded and transferring the work to the banks, but increasing very greatly the peril to the entire business interests of the country. In a word. It would be merely shifting the responsibility, but greatly increasing the peril. ONE OF THE ESSENTIALS. Any movement looking toward greater difficulties in redemption of circulating paper would necessarily tend to discredit it. Wo cannot afford to imitate the methods of tho old wild-cat banking system of 18541S")7, which made staging necessary into the interior to find the place of redemption. To merit or secure the fullest confidence, redemption, as now, should be at the most convenient point. Not obstruction, but absolute ability to rdeem is what will secure the widest confidence and the minimum of demand for It. That maintained at the most convenient point to meet the demand from abroad, practically the only demand there will be, is one of the chlet things to consider. For domestic purposes and trade there can be no motive for the redemption of circulating paper which Is all at a parity with gold, for it is easier and cheaper to handle the paper than the coin. But circulating paper is not all the problem Involved to the productive and business interests. ARnit $4.Ot1.0"X),0i0 of American securities. including government bonds, railway bonds and other industrial obligations are held abroad. In times of credit disturbance at home, as in the past three or four years, and foreign failures and disturbances, as in the Baring Brothers' failure, in 1S91, this vast volume of obligations held abroad, in effect upon our money market would be but call loans and when any part of it should be thrown upon the market it would have to be taken care of in gold exports, or disaster would result and be felt throughout every avenue of business. If not so taken care of, then depression in government securities would ensue, which would awaken new fears, and additional bonds would be thrown on the market. If it should be railway bonds, receiverships would ensue and from the stockholders and their dependencies down to all connected with the operating forces to the last switchman all would feel the disaster. If other Industrial obligations, suspension of factories an their thousands of operatives would be touched with disaster in loss of employment and reduction of wage, and in turn the effect of all these would reach the producers of food and raiment and seriously hurt them also. The Nation and the people are under one bond to make and keep all this credit good, and In default all would feel the resulting disaster. Thus It is plain that tho prime thing is thut the coin of the world should be held here in quantity to meet the demands of foreign redemption of every kind of American obligation when presented or thrown upon the market for sale. How Is this to be done? Aside from occasional trouble, as in the case of the Baring failure, there must be a condition of trade which makes It profitable to export gold before anyone will pay the charges to do it. When sterling exchange in commercial bills is quoted at I4.SS and above it pays to export gold, and that is why grId goes abroad, and not because there Is a convenient chain to draw it out. How long, indeed, has this endless chain of government paper, so much deprecated by the secretary, been drawing the gold out of the treasury, and in what amount? Here Is the very remarkable answer to this question by the secretary himself, in his late report, viz.: From March 1. 1S93. to Dec. 1. lJM. this endless chain of national paper drew from the treasury In redemption $l."i7.03y.fc.V in gold, while from Jan. 1. 1ST', to Dec. 1. only $!:.bSO,024 was drawn out for redemption of these notes. Thus in one period the note redemption in gold annuat'.y was a little over $7,000,000. while during the other it was over $150.000, 0H) per year. Perhaps the trouble was not so much the government notes as that we had such a period as 1-SW to 1. MOVEMENTS OF GOLD. Now let us see what have been the renditions of the past which have made it protitable to export gold. Here are some facts from the abstract of the reports of the treasurer of the United States. From 1S7S to 1SS7 the. value of our excess of exports of merchandise and products over Imports was $l,asi.St4. ISO. During the same ten years our excess of gold imports over exports of gold was $103,631,761. Here wc have a fair Illustration of the reason why we do not lose gold; that when the ha H nee cf trade Is in our favor we need no gold to settle balances abroad; that when we are selling more than we are buying other nations have to settle their balances with us in gold, and hence we accumulate gold, rather than lose it. As further illustrations of this matter, take the ten years 1S64 to 173. Inclusive, a preat debt-paying period nfter the war. During this period the value of the excess of imports of merchandise and products over exports was $1.047,0;r,:nf. and during the same ten years our excess of exports of gold over Imports of gold was $470.27.0.?.). These two periods, one showing the cause of the accumulations of gold and the other why we lose gold, arc the primary or chief things to be considered In the Improvement or changes In our trade and revenue systems t o as to retain our gold. The production of gold In the United States Is now an nually between $40.t oo.OOO and SjO.OOO.ojo. quite enough with such an adjustment of our commercial system as will give us u balance of trade as a rule and provide for such contingencies as occasional overtrading and unusual volume of agricultural productions abroad, which occur occasionally. There would be rapid accumulations of prold under the revenue conditions of 1S78 to 1,S7. when the excess of gold imports over gold exports were over Sl9.0fi0.0C0 per year. .Add to that the annual home production of gold not consumed by manufacairers and the arts, and we should be accumulating fcold at the rate of $50,000,000 per year, and in a like ten years of the reatest prosperity this country ever saw ve should accumulate a stock of ISOO.ooo.UjO. v.'hlch. with that now In the country, would

even defy a like wretched period of March 1. 1. to Dec. 1. 1M"6. which in likely to a sufficient object lesson to avail two generations. A per cent, of the duties paid on Imports in gold would accumulate It in the great central institution in quantities to meet foreign demand. EFFECT OF EXPORTING GOLD. It should be further considered that It Is the excessive exports of gold, whether It be drawn from the national treasury or from other sources In this country, which unfavorably affect the business and productive Industries. The retirement of certain forms of our national currency by which gold Is drawn from the treasury would, of course. leave none of it for the Nation to redeem, and therefore make It necessary to keep gold reserves. But that, as already suggested, would only shift the methods of obtaining It for export, as the motive of profit to do so would still be as potent as ever, and so the loss would go on. and the productive and business Interests would feel the effects of it Just as they do now. The building and Improvement of our system, to be of permanent effect, must touch and affect a change at the point where the trouble begins. If there Is any way to bring permanency to the commercial condition which existed for the ten years from 1VTS to 1SS7, when our exports were greater than our imports, and when we increased our stock oi gokl Instead of losing I, then certainly that wants to be made a chief part of the change. How that is to be accomplished is not so easy a problem, but it Invites the expenditure of the best thought of the strongest builders. It is well to gfct a clear view of the causes which bring around the periods of business embarrassment and depression, for no substantial building can proceed till solid ground Is found. The light of the past and a fair analysis of the facts may enable us to discover it. Building upon such a condition as accumulates rather than loses gold, we could easily bide the time for the agreements with other commercial nations for an international plan and a larger use of silver and ko on prospering. Willi constant accretions of the world's metal, not only in Increased annual production at home, but in balances in commerce, tbe sterling exchange quotations abroad of fi.M would awaken little alarm here. UNITED ACTION NEEDED. All of these considerations certainly point to the conclusion that only very general and therefore very strong co-operation can meet the condition of stability which is so essential to permanent prosperity. The germ and something of the method of this was in the mind of Alexander Hamilton when he. urged the participation of the United States government in such cooperation, in the organiiation of a great central monetary institute, in which other capital and capitalists should also participate. We have the branches of such an institution now in the national banks It is objected that the government should

not be in the banking business. With the greenbacks and treasury notes retired it would still be In the banking business, for by no shifting could the present supervision of Jill the national banks be avoided and their credit standing maintained. It has, however, been in tne business since when the second attempt at carrying out Hamilton's idea was defeated by the removal of the government deposits, and by the establishment of a banking department in the subtreasury system. Unfortunately our form of government banking at present, takes and keeps tt.0.ti,ew to o0,uoO,ih.iu iermanenty out of circulation, 'litis is avoided in every other great commercial nation by having one Kreat central institution. As already stated we have the branches of such in our national banks. What is lacking is complete cooperation of all the bank and all mat may yet be organized, tqualiy, according to their capital Ftock. sharing In its advantages, and the government becoming a depositor under proper security of national bonds, and thus putting into circulation a part of tts great reserves. Under proper organization and management such an institution could get together and hold the gold of the country sufficiently for theredemption and protection of the whole system, with its branches as now ramifying the country, and issue the circulation notes to each according to their restrictive capital stock in bonds. With such a system, supplemented by a revenue system that would keep the balance of trade In our favor, and thereby bring to us more gold that we exported, except In extraordinary periods already mentioned, would put both the government and tbe business interenst upon a permanent basis that would grow and expand with the increase of international trade and commerce. EFFECT OF S1LVEU. Furthermore, with such a system our sliver coinage could .readily be held at a parity with gold and used In our great volume of $IO,O.H),OOO.OO0 of domestic trade, and larger coinage of it could proceed when there was domestic demand, whether other nations acceded to a common basis or not. For with silver kept at a parity with gold there would be no domestic demand for redemption of bank paper, und the entire stock of gold could be held by the central institution to meet all foreign demand, when on exceptional occasions the now abroad might for a year le larger than ordinarily and during the normal conditions, which are the rule. The extraordinary occasion of gold export, while tho balance of trade was yet in our favor in ls:d, was brought about by the Baring failure. Uut the excess of gold exported over the gold imjKrts that year was but 130.07. and the next year only $4'J.".S7;i. During these two years the balance of trade in our favor was $242.44.k. viz.: in ivq fd.tUl and in 1SH2 $2027.".CS';. Thus it Is seen how quickly the balance of trade righted the condition and made business sate. That was followed, however, In K; with a balance of trade against us of $l737.72S. and an excess of gold exports over gold imports of $7.."ii6.4v.. and trouble began again, accelerated by treasury deiicits and renewed silver agitation. I do not presume In what 1 have said as to methods and plans to do more than offer it to the accumulating stock of suggestions. Much in ihls regard must le held as tentative for more time and iohturer thought. At the same time it must fu recognized that it Is asier to criticise and tear down than it is to construct. The present system was slowly developed. 1 1 is the best this Nation ever bad. The country will desire to be sure and see clearly lefore any of It Is displaced. The foundations may need to be strengthened, and what seems fractional united, made symmetrical and strong, given a great central head, wheras it now only has branches; culminating with fuller and free cooperation of the Nation, whose supervision, regulations and watchful care now alone make the national bank notes issued in Itangor not only current In San Francisco, but everywhere on the continent. JOHN B. CONNER. Indianapolis. Jan. tt. Titled Surgeon. Philadelphia Record. The conferring of the peerage upon Sir Joseph Lister, the venerable founder of antiseptic surgery, is a worthy tribute to medicine. Sir Joseph is the first medical 0 4

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