Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1897 — Page 8

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1897.

th fact that thre h asn't tTn, that tliTp Isn't, that there never will he. any cheap, fhoeldy qualities in th! furnishing department of otirs. md THKN CONssIDr:n THE CUT PRICKS ottered below for

SS AT CKDAY U?C F 1 3 IW I C .X 1 Ladies" heavy flee-ced cotton Vests or Pants 19c 39c 50c $1.00 50c Ladies half-wool pray Pants or Vests Ladies heavy ribbed Tiyhts Ladles half-wool pray rihbed cotton Union Suits Ladies' Mack all-wool Tichts Men's cnmel's-h.dr Underwear Children's h.Uf-wool pray ribbed I'nlon Suits, any that have fold up to !:. for JIO.SIlSW Ladles' heavy black cotton, fleeced, black lisle ar.d plain cotton hose; men's black fleeeed. cotton, alk wool cashmere, natural-wool and camelx-hair soks every quality that ha be n :r.c. 4io and irfc, takL your m k for GLOVUS If your hand U smaller, or If, perchance, larger, than the average, wo wiil furnish you with a Rood Jl or Jl.23 Kid (Hove for Sizes jU. 7. TU, 7U, 7 and 8. w w 25c L. S. AYRES fc CO, .Rrn4 for llnHrrick 1'ntlern. The Solidity of Construction of The BALDWIN PIANOS Is evidenced In their wonderful capacity for standing in tune. Made in all woods, Imported and domestic, In all styles and finish. To match any style of interior finish or decoration. T'or prices and terni3, wholesale or retail, apply or write to ... . D. H. BALDWIN k CO, 95, 97 & 99 North Pennsylvania St. Th man who Was eonrratulated by his employer for,lelnj? short In his accounts was a newspaper writer. "GALL'S GRILLES" That short account tells a long: story of artistic designing-, expert workmanship and tasteful selection. A FRET WORK FACTORY That's here, and everybody is happy in it the customers the happiest of all. 35c, 50c, 60c, 75c and up, a square foot You arc at headquarters for Grilles and Fret Work at Gall 17 and 19 West Washington Street. ART EMPORIUM, Telephone 500. Concerning Picture Frames We are manufacturers and send our prodct not only all over the United States, hut Europe. We make all the latest styles; uct to All the antlaurs. When we frame nietnre our patrons have choice of a limitless variety of handsome moldings. KtchlnR-n, r.nKrnrloEi, Water Colors, Ktc. The H. LEEBER COMPANY, 33 South Meridian St. o oooooooooooeooootQoeooooo o O a S Office S o o o o - o o o o o o e o o e o o e o O Office o 9 O FINEST FINISH LOWEST PRICE 0 o o e e O o o o o o o o o oooooooo Radger o o o FURNITURE CO.. o 75 and 77 East Washlnztoa Street J o o 23 aaJ 24 Virginia Avenue. o o to it n Art Store for Picture.' . . WATCH . For our Special Kargain Sale Announcement to-morro'.v. WARD'S ART STORE, N. Penn. St., opp. P. 0. ;OOI (i(M)DS. io to n (Jlovc Store for Gloves.' Ladies $i Gloves shown at Tucker's Glove Store are the best on the market. Sent postpaid. Sec them in the window. I The oll Snui llrukni. The prlp of tho cold Hi:ip has relaxed ana It looks now a If the frozen ones would have amnio tlmo to cntinly thaw out. The temjH'n-ture rose steadily all day yesterday and during the afternoon stood it 1 decreed alxiv zru. It kww slightly colder toward nUht, but the Indications "were for even warmer weatlnr to-day and a. gradual and steady ri.-e In the mercury from now on. I Jl lug variety cf Tailes. Wm. ii CImst.

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WATER TOWER TOPPLED OVER J I ST AS IT CiOT IX ACTION. Total Io of Aliont Jf 20.000 .Ipper Floor of .North Wine Destroyed Chief Hnrrett Conduet. The Denison House was the srrne of another serious lire last evening. The flames were eonfinrd to the west end of the north win?, from the fourth floor to the, roof, and the loss Is estimated at from $L'0,000 to $23,0"). About $".0o) of this is on the building ar.d tho rert is damage from the floods of water pourel into the building, soaking everythingin the north wins from cellar to garret. The fire was probably caused by a defective flue, though just which flue is to be blamed no one seems to know. If the opinion of many of tho quests is correct the tire had been smoldering for several hours and when the fire department arrived It was too well under way for its actual source to be ascertained. Ir. L,. r. Waterman, who occupies Iloom 04, on the fourth floor, was tho first to sound the alarm. Shortly after 3 o'clock ho smelt smoke in bus room and ran? for a bellboy. Clerk "Jonnlvale, who was on duty at tho time, .sent a bellboy, hut before he reached Waterman's room the doctor himself came rushing" down stairs and declared there was certainly a fire somewhere near his room, for he could see smoke coming from the celling. Here the hotel people made a mistake which doubtless caused them more loss than was necessary. Instead of turning In an alarm of fire at once. Manager Cullen called up fire headquarters and asked for Chief Harrett to come down at once. Operator Webster replied that Uarrett was at dinner. Mr. Cullen said there was a little blaze at the hotel, not sufficient for an alarm to bo turned In, and asked that a chemical bo sent down. Thi was done, but in about five minutes Cullen called again, saying the fire looked more serious. Then Webster turned in the alarm. But In the short time wasted the tire had got In its work. When the chemical arrived smoke was found to be pouring out of Rooms 222, 223 and 221, on the fourth floor, and on the north side of tho east and west hall. The men searched about looking for tho fire Jmnfc? e,d !ind ,none' Thtn J,orao onS saw h?ll 202 and 20:t. across the SSn toyor?i;Vlme, the dePartment had beSe?o ?t inrf? A number marchers Klft Thero was plenty of smoke io te round, but no fire. LONG SEARCH TO LOCATE IT. Some one in Room 203 put his hand against the wall and found It hot as a stove. This gave tho firemen a clew, and with their axes, they began to knock out the partition between 203 and 201. With the first few strokes the flames began t creep through, and when, under the force of the fierce and rapid bombardment, tho partition gave way, a mass of flames burst forth which drove the workers from tho waJl for a moment The chemical got in its work and for a moment the flames were driven back. Rut tho walls were too thoroughlypermeated with fire to succumb to such homeopathic treatment. The firemen, with long poles, began poking at the walls and ceiling, and in all the rooms in that end of the wing on both sides of the hall the same thing was found. From some defective flife the fire had got its start and slowly and graduaJly had worked its Insidious way through the, studding until the rooms, seemingly so safe, were reallv inclosed by a mass of llame. Even the fifth floor was partially affected and now the flames broke forth in earnest. Another chemical was brought up the stairway and two lines of hose. One of these latter burst, seriously crippling the work of fire-fighting and soaking everything about with a perfect deluge. t Meantime a ladder had been placed against tho building and a fireman made his way up the dizzy height to the fifth floor. Shouts of commendation rose from the assembled thousands of spectators as the courageous fireman made his way into the room which seemel filled with tire to see what could be done from the outside. Rut the new water tower had come lumlering up just before, and, as It got ready to play ujon the building, attention turned to it. Considerable time was consumed in the necessary preparations, but the ungainly looking structure promised all sorts of things in the way of fire-extinguishing If Its career had not been cut short. It reared Its length full to the fifth-story window and began U iKur a stream into the building, which boded no good to the lire demon. ' THE FALL. OP THE TOWER. It was exactly ?:1G o'clock when the water tower earecned and tumbled back on the Wyandotte block, the crashing noise of the iron framework coming just a few minutes after the cheers of tho crowd which greeted the few minutes of good work had died away. Several thousand people, covering the sidewalks in front of the Wyandotte and crowding over most of the plaza formed by the junction of the several streets, had patiently waited for what seemed to them a very long time till the tower should send its deluge into the blazing windows, and with the first spurt of water from Its nozzle shouts and cheers indorsed the performance. The fire was bursting from the eaves of the middle turret In the north wing, and the volume of water turned the blaze into a dense smoke. Immediately below the turret eaves the flames were racing fiercely and curving in hugu tongues from the windows of the top floor of the hotel. .Five of tho windows seemed as so many opvn doors to a huge steamship furnace. To tho sill of one of tht-so windows a ladder from the extension truck had been raised and three or four firemen weie stationed on it, one midway up and one at the top ready to turn a hose nozzle into tho room. The stream from the water tower was playing directly above this fireman and made his portion one of extreme danger, lie climbed into the room and the crowd on the street below shuddered. While tho people were speculating as to the fate of this fireman the water from the tower suddenly diminished in volume and force, and the spectators came to the conelusion that the water supply had given out. Presently the stream grew stronger, but some of the men manning the tower had so manipulated it that the stream was diverted against the solid wall of the hotel building, and in u moment the tall, lanky machinery begun to tilt as if the recoil from the force of the stream against the wall was tipping it over. The firemen uui not seem to understand . . . . e . i. t ill vei uuu, tuiu mvii i''w came, the carriage of the apparatus relinquishing Its braces and giving the heavy have been serious injury to iimb or loss of life. The towtr urouKiii uown wmi it a. web of telephone and telegraph wires, and there were several brilliant electrical nasties. IWtll VOllie imv R i" v" ....... ..r, ..... - eitement. making his way safely to the mHOSE THItOrdH THE HALLS. Now that It was found useless to fight front the outside, all effort was directed toward bringing enough water up through the halls. Pour lines of hose were finally hauled up the stairs and little by little the fire lighters gained the day. It was Impossible to ktep the lire from eating upward, so thoroughly honey-comlN-d were the partitions, uud tho firemen bent their energies

tins new automatic movement, tor n came through no labors eC their own. A warning shout went up as the tower reached a vertical position, which It maintained for ...... . I . .a L?j-ts-vnrt 1 n . 1 t hlkll t AMTil .

The firemen were dazed ry me coiiapse of the towtr. Even the flames seemed to realize the disconitlture of their enemy and they flared up anew. The crowd turned its atuntion to the extension ladder. The lireman who had disappeared into the burning room had been forgotten in the accident to the tower. There was a lively comment as to his fate, tiiar.y holding that he had met

his death In the furnace, nut tne nreman

t;runi. The department seemed to accomplish but little through the pipe line it sent up the ladder There was apparently a lack of direction ti liKb.tiiK the tire, some of the nnwinr nimiesslv about. On the tirc-

.-sc-apo landing of the fifth floor a half dozen spectators who had made their way into the hotel past the line of police were perched, watching the efforts of the fire-

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to keeping the flames confined to the west end of the wing and from spreading downward. In this they were successful. It seemed that enough water to float a navy wa poured into the already soaked fourth floor, partition after partition being t.n an ! peirced with ax and pick until scarce

a vestige of even heat remained. Then the fifth floor was taken In hand, the same process being employed until the sixth, or attic floor was reached. This too was submerged until the flame could live no longer, and driven from the last stronghold, took ref i ge in the middle turret. There it burned fiercely and brightly for a little while, making a final gallant fhnw of resistance, until under the well-directed streams from the lines of hose now on the roof, it there, too. died away. In two hours and a half after the first alarms was turned in the tire may h said to have been put out. It smoldered and sulked in various nooks and corners, but a stream was kept ready for duty ail through the night. Many of the guests say the fire must have been smoldering for hours before an alarm was soundl. Jr. Harry Hicks, treasurer of the Medical College-of Indiana, who has a room in the charred wing, says he and others smllfd smoke in the afternoon. A great many guests have been burning coal in the gas fireplaces, and the smell was attributed to coal smoke. Some said afterWards that they remembered the smoke had a smell of wood rather than coal, and It must have beer; that the studding was on fire long before the lire department was notified. I. V. Erwin said that although it seemed to him there was somewhat more damage from water than might have been necessary, still he was not disposed to criticise the work of the tire department. He said he was not familiar with the work of lighting fires, and perhaps tho extreme quantity of water sopped about his building could not be helped. The hotel people were blamed for waiting so long before sending in an alarm, and for trying to extinguish the fire without the tVpartment. Mayor Taggart was particularly loud in his praise of Chief Rarrett and his men. and told a story of how the hotel management was to blame. He says that after the hotel people knew there was a tire, before sending in an alarm they tried to put out the blaze with their own apparatus. It is a cumbrous thing at best, and when everything was ready it was found that the water was frozen in the pipe. Then, and not till then, was the department notified. RARRETT DISCLAIMS BLAME. Nearly everyone who saw the occurrence had something in disparagement of the department to say about the way the water tower was manipulated. Chief Rarrrett says not a particle of blame attaches to anybody. The tower was all right, the men were all right and the fall and breakago of the tower was only an accident and eould not be helped. He said, and Mayor Taggart helped him in saying, that the tower fell because the ground was too hard and slippery for it to stand. So long as the water was directed at an opening there was no difficulty, but immediately tho stream was turned against the solid wall there was a strong resistance sufficient to cause the tower to rear backwards. This, too, he says, would have been nil right but that the jack which braced the carriage on the side away from the burning building could take no hold on the slippery ground and with the immense weight above the whole thing toppled over. Manv who saw the performance disagree with Chief Barrett's explanation and some say it is unscientific. One man, a mechanic, who saw the accident, said it was altogether the fault of the company In charge of the tower. He said that when the tower was hoisted the front wheels of the carriage, instead of being straight, as they should have been, were ?et at an angle as when the carriage is in the act of turning around. In consequence, when the shock of resistance came the whole thing toppled over, there being nothing whatever to brace it. He said it was a wonder to him how the carriage could stand still at all with the wheels in such shape and such a weight above. The Baldwin music store, directly underneath the burned portion of the hotel, suffered considerably from water. Such a quantity was poured into the rooms and corridors above that It stood ankledeep on tho floors, with no means of outlet except bv soaking through. This latter it did with great audaoity. Last night streams of it found passage through floor after floor un,til it reached the music store underneath, playing havoc with the pianos and organs set about the room. Some of the instruments are pretty badly damaged, it is feared, but the loss cannot y;t be even estimated. I. P. Erwin said last night that all possible loss was fully covered by insurance. There is $lo0,00 on the building and $:.o.0eQ on furniture, most of it placed with Eastern companies. He estimated the loss on building at something under $3,000 and not over fl.'.Ouo on furniture. A great many of the guests who were tinfortunate enouarh to occupv rooms in the destroyed section were victims of losses not covered by Insurance. Some of them were regular boarders and were not in condition to remove their belongings at a moment's notice as a transient guest would have been. A number of those who were burned out are members of the Legislature, among them being Senators Early. Duncan and Rozeman. Speaker Pet tit, and Representatives Morris. Willoughby and Peckinpaugh. Senate- Earlv had been in Terre Haute and arrived in Indianapolis just as the fire was about over. A thoughtful newspaper man who knew of the senator's absence had exercised good judgment In his behalf, however, and had removed some of the gentleman's belongings to a place of safety. Senator Early was rejoicing last night that he had a change of raiment for the morrow without making a raid on a clothing store. Among the others whose rooms were in the burned wing were J. O'Reilly. C S. Culhertson. Mrs. W. C. Anderson. James M. Barlow. Will R. Wood and wife. Mrs. J. E. McDonald, Dr. E. D. Waterman. H. B. Hey wood, O. A. Baker. Mattie Baucus, Cieorge II. Sheidler and wife. Robert Morris and wife, M. A. Havdcn. Eudoria S. Moffat, J. A. Van Osdal, Dr. Harry Hicks. Repairs will be made at once cn the damaged wing of the hotel. The hotel's business will not be Interrupted. The electric light system is still Intact. FIRE TOW Ell FAILURE. Crew Didn't I'nilerwtnntl It Chief Rnrrett Rattled. There were any number of people ready to sound the praises of the water tower as they saw its magnificent efforts when a stream was finally thrown into one of tho upper stories, and there were any number of people ready to condemn tho head of the fire department when they saw tne eventual failure of tho apparatus. While Chief Barrett claims the overthrow of the tower was an accident, due to the recoil cf the stream thrown against tho wall of the hotel, it occurred to most of the spectators that th? accident would not have occurred had the crew on the apparatus been drilled and acquainted with its workings. The failure of apparatus at the Lawrie & Itobson fire was a sufficient lesson to the department. If the water tower topples over every time its streams strike something, then tho tower is a failure, was the way the arguments ran. Only a few weeks ago Chief Barrett wanted a tried fireman dismissed because, as he claims, this fireman's engine was out of order at a tire several years before Barrett became chief of the department. The necessity of drilling the men on the water tower has occupied considerable space in the newspapers in the last year. It is claimed that when Mr. Webster was chief he warned the men against making too close a connection between the water tower and the engine feeding it, as there was a danger of the tower toppling over from the strong pressure. Hie connection last night was a very close one, tho engine ling only a few yards from the tower. Had the tower been maintained in working order there is no question that the less would have been smaller and the lire extinguished soontr. Chief Barrett was the worst "rattled" man :t the tire. Even the bellboys an I tho elevator boy showed much more coolness in thtir actions in making efforts to save proinrty than did the chief of the fire department, who is supposed to always be cool headed. He remained with his men, but his orders were as wind at the north pole. At or.e time he stood in a window on the top floor and called to somebody to bring an ax. Jt did not seem to occur to him that on such si call every man ut work might stop on hearing his chief's voice to run for tho desired ax. It did happen that not one stoppett to ohy the order. Th?re were many people who commented adversely on the seeming excitement of the chief. Speeit'c acts were not mentioned, but it was Ids general action that caused attentlc.t to le attracted lo him. It was not until the fire had broktn through the roof that Mr. Barrett thought of sending a line of hose to fight It at that point, when a hole cut through the roof a half hour before would have opened the way for a stream that might have done very effectual work. The Pros Club Icnpe.i. The Press Club has its headquarters in the northwest turret of the Denison. nnd several times the fire came dang rousiy nea. to tho place. The private stairway leading to the clubroom was so dense with smoke that during the early progress of the fire U was Impossible to gain access to the room. After a while, however, members

of the club succeeded in reaching the room. Th" danger of the fire reaching that quarter had passed, but the furnishings were damaged to some extent by the smoke and water. In the clubroom were a number of

valuable paintings and sketches, among them several by Church, which were of particular value. Among the paintings were portraits of James Whitcomb Riley and Dan L. Paine, by Mr. Steele, and pictures by Messrs. (Inulle, Forsyth and others. Xon of these pictures were damaged, as they were taken from the wall and covered with rugs. 11 re nt Ilrlitlit wood. Fire In a boarding house at No. II South Station street, Brightwood. kept by George Gilchrist, damaged the house about $150 and Mr. Gilchrist lost about $300. The house is owned by a Mr. Foley, of Greenfield. Mrs. Gilchrist was frying out some lard when it took lire and immediately the entire kitchen was in flames. Frozen hose prevented Xo. 2 fire company from doing much good and the volunteer company came to the rescue and received the praise of the town for the work done. Xordyke A .Miirmon Fire. There was a small fire last night, in the old paint shop at the plant of Nordyke & Marmon. in West Indianapolis. The loss was not to exceed $2if). The origin was unknown. , COCHRAN'S STRONG ALIBI. Proves He In ot Man Wanted In the Redmond Case. Detective Thornton went down to Franklin yesterday and returned last night with John Cochran in custody Cochran was arrested yesterday morning by the Franklin iolice as a suspect in the Redmond murder case. Nino policemen and specially deputized citizens went to his house and surrounded it. One of them then knocked on the door and demanded his surrender. Cochran walked out and went with the crowd to the jail. The statement that he refused to talk is unfounded, for he talked freely of his whereabouts Friday and Saturday last, and gave the names of many people in Franklin and Edinburg who saw him. He succeeded in convincing tho people of Franklin that he was in no way connected with the Redmond case, and was only held because Superintendent Colbert had been notified, and thought it best to have the man brought to this city for examination. Cochran was not known to have been in Indianapolis last Friday night, and he has not recently had his mustache shaved off. He still wears a heavy, dark brown mustache. In a general way ho does answer the description of the Redmond murderer. He is about five feet nine inches tall, rather slender and narrow across the back and shoulders. He Is forty-six years old, and not far above the .average in intelligence. He said last night that he had been in the perdtentiarj', and that perhaps his reputation was not untarnished, but he thought he was arrested simply because of his reputation, and not because "of any suspicious circumstances. "I was in Edinburg Friday night." said he. "1 had nothing to do about Franklin and thought I would make a trip down there, where I have many acquaintances, and see if I could not find some work. I walked to Edinburg and out to the home of William Itnd, who lives on Sarah Pruett's farm a mile east of town. I know it was Saturday morning when I left there and believe Land will remember the date also, for he insisted upon my staying until the next day; for he said I could not do anything until Monday anyway and I might as well stay another day there. I walked back from the farm to Edinburg and there I met a number of peoile I knew. Among them were John Roth, Michael Roth. Louis Roth. Nate Mooney, Jack Perry, Ed McDonald. Andy Bosemeyer and Mike Fender. I went into Fender's saloon at just 8 o'clock. I know the hour on account of the remark he made about oversleeping himself, and calling attention to the time. I bought some tobacco there, took a drink and then went into another saloon, kept by Mack Wade. In both places I met several people I knew. On the way back to Franklin I stopped at Jim Billings's farm and talked, half an hour with Harve Bess and further on the road I met and talked with John Edlcmann, James Stiver and Tom Pierce. I can prove the time I arrived at Franklin Saturday by Woody Bolser. clerk In Long's grocery store. I met him at 11:30, as he was going to dinner. 1 was Just coming in on the Edinburg road." Cochran says he has not been in this city since last October. Then he did not stay over nicht. He claims he does not know Ed Phillips, but knows Harvey, who formerly lived -in Franklin. The last time he saw Harvey, he says, was at work in the news stand at the t'nion Station In 1S01. Detective Thornton Is satisfied that Cochran is not the right man, and Superintendent Colbert did not believe he. was the man that killed Redmond from the first notice he received of the arrest in Franklin. GREER NOW FAVORS IT. So, After All, the Courthouse Fence Will Come Dunn. The speedy cutting- down of tho courthouse lawn is now an assured fact, and it Is likely that contracts-will be let within the next four or five days. Commislsoner Greer was at his post yesterday, and said that ho would offer no further opposition to tho work. He said that his utterances would bear him out In the statement that he said at first that he favored doing the work, but did not think tho county could spare the money. Ho said yesterday that It now seemed that Commissioner Harding had decided that the county could afford it, and as he (Commissioner Greer) was now the minority, he would offer no further objections, but would favor the project. This makes the board unanimous on the subject. The proposition of the city has not been acted upon by the board, but will be to-day or to-morrow, and there is little doubt that it will be accepted. The city has given mote specific statements as to what inside improvements it wants, and the commissioners think this will not cost more than $l.no. and will grant the request. As to the difference of $1 . a year in rental contained in the propositions of the city to the county and the county to the city, there will bo no squabble. Tho commissioners have expressed no opinion on this matter, but from remarks made it Is believed they will accept the offer of the city to pay $!.i00 ji year and take a. six years' lease, with tho privilege of four more years. Several stone nun have teen measuring the fence, and it is believed there will bo no dearth of bids for the fence when the time comes to ask for them. MARION CLUBHOUSE. Flrxt Steps Toivnnl Iltilldiiic n ier IIoukc Taken Lant .Mftlit. A special meeting of the directors and officers of the Marion Club was held at tho clubhouse last night to devise ways and means for securing a permanent home for the club. The meeting was an open one and a large number of the members not holding ollieiaJ positions with the club were present .and took par in the discussion of the subject. There was a unanimity of opinion on tho proposition to Issue stock to members, to be paid for in weekly or monthly installments, on a plan similar to that adopted by the Deutsch Ilaus. The discussion was almost entirely on the questions of value of the shares to be issued and the amount of weekly or monthly payment to be required on each share. O:. these two pihts there was a lengthy discussion and a wide range of opinions. The whole matter was ref rred to a special committee, which I to thoroughly canvass the situation, discuss plans and report its conclusions to the directors and orticers of the club. The committee appointed consists of the following members: Lodge. Elliott. Littleton. Moore. Potter. Webster. Parry, Rothschild. Woods and Adams. Tit is committee organized last night by seleotint: L. t;. Rothsehild chairman. X. Lode secretary and I). M. Parry treasurer. It is the purpos-e to erect a clubhouse near the center of the city and provide a numl:r of social features that cannot now be provided in the present quarters. The club has increased during the last year from three hundred to six hundred members, anil the clubrooms now occupied have proved entirely too small for the increased membership. PorU nnd Ileum In n Copper Pot. Pork and beans cooked in a copper pot made Fred Dean, his wife and three children dangerously ill, and Dr. Baker, of the City Dispensary, was called to their home, at 3"J7 East Wabash street, early yesterday morning. In a few hours the family was out of danger.

MORE NEW MEASURES

n.VTCII OF THEM PRESENTED IN BOTH IIOTSES YESTERDAY". PopuIlMt Lender Prepare a General Educational Hill Corporation, Laus Dellnciaent Tnxei. A number of new bills were introduced in the Senate yesterday. Senator Hugg's new bill regulates county commissioners in counties of 12a.000 or more inhabitants. Senator Hugg said that the bill aboilshed the present quarterly terms of the commissioners of this county and provided for monthly terms. As a matter of fact the commissioners of this county are in session practically all the time. The bill in nowise increases expenses. Senator McCord introduced a bill for the incorporation of mutual insurance companies by request. Ho said that he was not familiar with the provisions of the bill, but was informed that it is based on the Massachusetts law. Anolher insurance bill was Introduced by Senator Hogate, on request. It also relates to mutual companies and is based on the laws of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Friends of the bill say that it is intended to permit the organization of mutual companies of a general character. Insurance companies aje objecting to the Commercial Club bills on the ground that they are inimical to the rights of mutual companies. There is likely to be a strong fight on this subject. The two bills introduced yesterday went to join the score or more now in the hands of the insurance committee. Senator Newby presented a bill which provides that appeals may be taken from the action of county officials and common councils relative tl public improvements in certain cases. At the request of tho lieutenant governor. Senator Nusbaum introduced a bill providing for tho creation of the office of public defender, to stand as the opposite of the public prosecutor. Lieutenant Governor Haggard says that tho bill was sent to him by Mrs. Clara Foltz, a New York lawyer, with the request thct it be introduced. The bill provides that the public defender shall defend persons too poor to employ counsel. He is not to receive a salary, but is to have an allowance made to him by the court for tho work actually tlone. He is to have the same access to . police records and documents as is given to the prosecutor. On behalf of her bill the author says that it would prevent the innocent from being railroaded to prison and would prevent unscrupulous lawyers who frequent courts from getting hold of prisoners and fleecing them. Senator Snea's bill provides that the county auditors shall name all public highways not now named and furnish an index of them. It also provides that when new roads are established they shall be named. Senator Shea says that It is impossible to get information about the roads without going through a lot of records. Jiis scheme is simply a sort of street directory, except that it refers to country roads. A bill to increase the salary of the quartermaster general from JttJU to $1,200 a year was introduced by Senator Leich. A bill presented by senator Nusbaum prohibits Judges of any of the courts from accepting or using railroad passes. Senator Gill introduced a bill in opposition to that prepared under the direction of State Superintendent Geeting. It is referred to more fully in another column. A number of bills on second reading were advanced a step by being Ordered engrossed One of them was Senator Hawkins s bill, introduced at the request of the State Medical Society, regulating the Practice of medicine and surgery, requiring licence to practice and providing for the formation of an examining board. Another was senator Ellison's bill providing for the care and control of orphans and dependent children. Senator Holler's bill for the appointment of probation officers was also engrossed. ew Senute Hills. S. B. 309 Senator Gostlin: To amend the law concerning proceedings in civil cases. JSdlB.r 310 Senator Gostlin: Authorizing cities and towns to widen rivers, water courses and construct canals. S. B. 311-Senator Hugg: Regulating the time of holding sessions of county commissioners dn counties of 125,010 or more inhabitants. County and township business. S. U. 312-Senator Hugg: Protecting the manufacturers and bottlers of mineral waters and other beverages. Judiciary. S. B. 313 Senator McCord: For the incorporation of assessment insurance companies. Insurance. S. B. 314 Senator New: Appropriating money to pay the claim of A. M. Sweeney against the State. Claims and expendlS B. 313 Senator Newby: Providing for appeals from the findings of county commissioners and common councils relative to public improvements. Judiciary. S. H. 310-Senator Nusbaum: Regulating the salo of drugs and medicines, l'ublic health. . ,, S. B. 317 Senator Nusbaum: Providing for public defenders. Judiciary. S. B. 31S-Senator Shea: For tho naming and indexing of public highways. County and township business. S. B. 319 Senator Gill: Relating to common schools. Education. S. B. 320 Senator Leich: Increasing tho salary of the quartermaster general from $tfu to $1,200 a year. Fees and salaries. S. B. 321 Senator Mull: To amend the fee and salary law. Fees and salaries. S. B. 322 Senator Hogate: Relative to the incorporation of mutual Insurance companies. Insurance. S. B. 323 Senator Nusbaum: Prohibiting judges of courts from accepting or using railroad passes. Organization of courts. IXTnODlCED IX THE IIOLSE. Bills of Importance Among; the Nevr 31 en nu ret. Six new bills were introduced in the House at various times yesterday by consent of the House, and some of them were important. One, introduced by Chairman Smith, of the ways and means committee, was a measure giving the county treasurer 6 per cent., instead of 4 per cent., for the collection of delinquent taxes. This measure has been' agreed on by the ways and means committee and the finance committee of the Senate. If is thought that it will cause a reduction in the enormous delinquency shown by tho reports of county treasurers this year. Another bill, by Mr. Spooner, looks to a revision of all tho corporation laws of the State, except those having to do with the government of cities, counties and townships. It provides for a nonpartisan commission of three to codify and revise ail laws concerning tho creation and regulation of business corporations of every kind. A bill by Mr. Sutton seeks to regulate the fees for weighing and feeding that may be charged by stock-yard companies. . A measure Introduced by Mr. Harris raises the salary of the quartermaster general from I'JOO to $1,200 per year. ew Houe 11111m. ' If. B. 401 By Mr. Harris: Raising the salary of the quartermaster general to $1,200. Fees and salaries. H. B. 40o By Mr. Eiehhorn: Concerning proceedings in civil cases. Judiciary. Jl. Ii. 4o By Mr. Sutton: Regulating fees of stock-yard companies. Agriculture. II. B. 407 By Mr. Smith: (Jiving county treasurers 6 per cent, for collecting delinquent taxes. Ways anil means. H. B. By -Mr. Morris: Exempting property within towns and cities for purlxso of keeping up country roads. Cities and towns. H. 11. 4K By Mr. Spooner: For commission to revise all corporation law 3 not municipal. Judiciary. ANOTHER EDI CATIOXAL, 1IIL.L. Measure Fixed 1 1 hy PopnlUtM Van VorlilM mttl Hliinrl. A bill that is the exact opposite of tho common-school bill introduced by Senator La Follette (No. Vj) was introduced in the Senate yesterday by Senator Cdll. The senator says that ho has given the subject of the common schools considerable thought for the last four years. Before tho Lcglslature convened, he held a conference with Flavius J. Van Vorhis and Captain Shepard In the office of the former. His views on the sort of a law that ought to Ik? passed met tho support of both, and Van Vorhis agreed to draft a bill at Senator Gill's request. Senator Gill did not regard hiuiseir as sufficiently well acquainted with

legal technicalities. He says, however, that the bill is practically his own. It has not leen submitted to anyone besides Superintendent (loss, of the Indianapolis city schools. Senator Gill says, run erintendent Goss Informed him that if Bill should fail to pass he would be in favor of Senator Gill s bin. The main idea of the bill, according to its author, is to brins the ccmmon schools in closer touch with the people. He regards the other bill as tending toward centralization. Under the provisions of the bill the duties now imposed on township trustees by See. tiers 4X 4'1. 4340. 4S4.1. 4U1. 434 . 4X'd. 43i:, 4414. 4430. 443S and 4d2 of the Revised Statutes of 1W aro ImjHised upon the county auditor. The office of county superintendent Is abolished and all laws relating to him are repealed pro tanto. Each school district now stablished in the State other than those in ineonorated towns are declared bodies politic for school purpose's, with all powers and liabilities of corporations. The affairs of the school districts are to be manage! by a board of three directors, to be elected by the eiualiried electors of the district, who are to meet n the first Monday in August, 1M7. One of said directors is to serve one year, the second two and the third three, mid election.to elect their successors are to be held on the first Saturday in April. The term of ofIlee is to be for three years, and women are not disqualified to serve on such loards. Such boards are to have full and complete power over the schools ami school property, the school funds and all other matters pertaining thereto, except as otherwise provided. There is a long section regulating the methods of holding elections. Notices of holding elections are to be posted in at least live conspicuous places in the district by the board of directors. If the dint-tors refuse to act, anv five qualified voters may do so. Section s provides that the directors may do any and all things relating to the common schools now Imposed upon county superitendents and townships trustees, "the object and Intent of this act being to relieve, absolve nnd prohibit said superintendents and trustees from hereafter having any control or authority over the common schools and all matters pertaining thereto, and for all services rendered under the provisions of this act said directors may receive, compensation out of said funds not exceeding $5 each in any jne year." The board Is authorized to elect a clerk and pay him a salary of not to exceed $23 a year. Tho funds of the district are to be held by the county treasurer and withdrawn for salaries or other authorized indebtedness only on warrants signed by nt least two directors. Another section provides that no expenses above J.V) shall be incurred by said board unless authorized by a majority vote at a special election held for t hat purpose. Authority to ;xlopt and enforce rules and regulations for the management of the schools is vested in the board. Section 13 says the directors "shall visit and inspect the same (schools) as the good of the schools may require.'k The board is to direct what text books shall be used, but tln?re is a provision that they shall not be changed oftener than everv five years, unless by a vote cf the district. Section 15 says, in part: "Said board shall examine applicants for licenses as teachers for the common schools of the State by a series of written or printed questions and require answers thereto in writing, and, in addition, may ask orally such other questions as it may deem proper. Such written or printeel questions shall be prepared and furnished to such boards by the State supcrinte-ndent of public instruction, and the written answers, properly numbered, shall be transmitted to said superintendent, who shall examine and pass upon tho same." It provides further that the superltendent shall issuo licenses for not less than one nor mora than five years, pood throughout the State. Applicants for examination are required to take an oath that they will not divulge information as to tho written or printed examination questions submitted to them. TherO i.S a. nen.lltv Of Mlnlhmant

for perjury and disbarment from teaching. or rjeiore tne Jotti or May each vear reports of the condition of the schools, schoolhouses "and general progress of education in the district" shall be submitted. They are also to cause enumerations to be made and transmitted, at tho same time, showing the number of persons between five and twenty-five years of age. married persons excluded. There are provisions for township teachers institutes one Saturday in each month and for three days between Christmas and New Year's day. All powers, duties, privileges and authority vested in township trustees by the laws relating to the common schools are transferred to and conferred upon said directors. All Inconsistent laws are repealed. A pertinent question was asked yesterday by one member of the Legislature, who said: "Where would you find three men in any one county who would undertake all the duties laid out here for school directors at the salary proposed $5 a year?" HAD EIGHTEEN FUNERALS. They All Remitted from RusHlarllle Diphtheria Canes. An undertaker named .Hawkins, from Russiaville, who is here in the Interest of the bill presented to the Legislature by the State Undertakers' Association, reports to Secretary Hurty, of the State Board or Health, a bad condition of affairs in his town. Mr. Hawkins says that In the la-st four months he has had eighteen funerals In which death resulted from diphtheria. In only four of these cases, he says, were the houses carded, and six of the funerals wero public. Secretary Hurty says it is no wonder disease spreads so rapidly when such conditions exist, and makr the case one more argument in favor of granting health officers more authority. A Sudden SafTerer from Asthma, May Butler, aged sixteen years, was on her way to High School yesterday and was passing along East St. Clair street when she was suddertly attacked by asthma in a violent form. Sim had never suffered with that ailment before and did not kruw what had happened her. She ran into u house and the dispensary was notilieel. She wa.s taken to her home, at 41 Vine street. She is in a serious condition. Insure with German Fir Insurance of In. dlana. General offices. 29 South Delaware street. Fire, tornado and explosion. Feed your horse JANES'S Dustless Oat McGilllard Agency Co. Fire Insurance. Insure your home In the Glens Falls. Kimball Pianos. Carlin & Lennox, 31 Etit Market i street. : : : Ting! iing! ling! GREAT We have a few

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THIS IlOlLEVAni) TlHM:n INTO A HEfULAR SPEED CO I KM;. City Send Polleemen to Wntcli Viola tlonn of the Inw and See that Xohody Get Hurt. Capitol avenue, from Vermont street north was yesterday constituted a race course and filled with teams of all descriptions speeding up and down at break-neck gait. The roadway is as smooth as glass and makes an excellent couise for owners of fast horses to test the spx-d of their favolte ste-eds and exhibit the gorgeousness of their swell turnouts. It hail been rumored that a match race was to take place in the afternoon letwecn Sterling R. Holt and J. C. Sipe, each of whom owns a horso on which he is willing to stake his life. In consequence the streets were lined with a throng of spectators who came to seo tho race, and when it failed to exme ofl! they stayed to see tho siort anyway. State Senator Roscoo O. Hawkins, who lives at 37G North Capitol avenue, was indignant at the way the thoroughfare has been turned Into a raeo course and rnndu some severe threats yesterday. Ho had beard that a match race was to come ofT in the afternoon and stated that the street had been sprinkle! preparatory to the event. Ho says ihe street is so glassy that horses that have not bern khod for racing aro hardly able to stand up on it. Ho further said that the people who live along the street will not Maud the imositioii and that a number of them, in talking over tho matter, had decide! to prosecute anyone found racing, under the. ordinance which declares that, "Jt shall be unlawful for any person to ride, lead or drive a horse or other animal along any street or alley in this city, at a gait faster than five miles an hour." There was no attempt made tt' stop the speeding yesterday, however, and tho ihlice forvo did everything in its rower to make the Indianapolis winter course a success. An officer was stationed at every corner for some squares north of Vermont street to look after the crovvel and st that no accidents occurred, and a burly guardian of the peace stood at Vermont Mreet to hold up his hand and shout, "under th wire." In token to the drivers that they must go no farther. Orders to the pollcmen were to allow all the speeding wished, but not to allow the fust driving to continue south of Indiana avenue. At the office of the Board of Works It was said that tho city had nothing to do with the sprinkling of tho street, but that it had been done by the contractors for the benefit of whom it might concern. This afternoon at 3 o'clock the police, department willing there will bo a match race between the prize steeds of J. C. Sipe. Sterling R, Holt and 11. Short, the thre owners acting as Jehus. Mr. Sipe said yesterday he knew nothing of the sprinkling of Capitol avenue. Ho said he drove out that way Thursday night and found the road wet and slushy as If water had lately been pound over It. but supposed It wa the result of flooding the street from the water hydrants, as has been done down town for the purpose of cleaning them ouL Tho race is tho result of a drug store argument among the three men, each of whom thinks he has Just about the neatest piece of horseflesh In the market. The stake Is to be a supper at either the Bates or Grand anel the losing gentleman will havo both wet and dry goods to pay for. Mr. Siie admitted yesterday that he thought he would win. Quite a card has been arranged for this afternoon's races on Capitol avenue by those interested In the sport. The first race will be at 3 o'clock, tho entries belnir S. R. Holt's Merritt. J. C. Sine's Robert C. and W. N. Short's Billy Brlggs. The stake is a wine supper. The second race will be a contest between Mayor Taggart's S. R. I lolt. F. W. Lewis's Jim and Alvin Cavett's Pat Murphy. The course will be from old Second street to North street, just half a mile, and each race will be decided by the best two la three. The officials are as follows: Starter, Willis Graves; judges, Orry Shover, Smith Graves and Jesse Adams. A Fine Diamond Set in a cheap mounting" is like an expensive painting" in a cheap frame. If you want a rich mounting" of the latest design, wc have just what you are looking for. Come and See XJ3 c?)on, indi.wa-s i.i:adim; jewelers. $2 How does this strike you? For 12.65 we will send for one year to any address (or all different) a copy of "The Puritan." "McClure's" and "Munsey's." Commence any number; sent anywhere. Order must be received not later than Jan. Z), 1X37. Send postal note or stamps. No local checks. t CATHCART, C MEL AND & CO., rooksi:ul,i;kh, 6 East Wasbiaztoa Strcrt. nJiinapolIt ; .... J W. H. Messenger, Fornitnre and Carpets, 101 E. Washington St. : 5 ling! img! ling! SPORT! o o You Want One. Implement Co. North, Indianapolis, Ind. Washington St

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