Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 February 1897 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL," SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1897.

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CINCINNATI-J. 11. llawley & Co., 1S4 Mne street. LOUISVILLE C. T. Deerlnc. northwest comer Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisvllla liook Co., 2i6 Fourth aveuue. ET. LOUIS Union News Company. Union Depot. Washington, p. c-rssrs House. emiu House. Willard's Hotel and the Washington News Exchanse. Fourteenth street, between Penn. avenue and F street. The scalpers seem to have played their Came with the anti-scalplng bill In the House In Washington. The lobby of the foreign steamship companies at Washington should not be permitted to defeat the Immigration bill. The press reporter at Canton will find that town awfully lonesome after Mr. McKinley leaves it, and the reading public "will not miss his dally budget of trivialities. The Tennessee House has voted to prohibit gold contracts; yet the citizens or Nashville are striving to hold an extensive exhibit late in" the season in order to induce capital to go to that State. The Kansas Populists have agreed on a congressional apportionment bill which will give them seven of the eight congressmen. One honest Populist is violently opposed to the gerrymander except when done by himself. . . The New York Chamber of Commerce has appointed a strong committee to visit President-elect McKinley and urge him to Include in the call for a special session of Congress the need of currency reform legislation. Appomattox battlefield has been traded by a syndicate which has owned it several years, for a piece of property in Washington city, and the new owner announces that he will convert the historic battlefield lr.to a sheep farm. Bills have been introduced in the Missouri Legislature to make marital iniidelity a penitentiary offense and to prohibit railway conductors and brakemen from ilirtlng with female passengers. Truly, the legislator Is abroad In the land. ' v From the progress which the Republican members of the ways and means committee are making In formulating the new tariff law, that part of the work will be practically finished by the time the extra session of Congress convenes. The statement Is repeated from Washing ton that the certified electoral vote of this State has not yet been received there. The mall copy has been received, it Is said, but not the one sent by special messenger. Has the messenger lost his way? aMMMSSSBMMSHMSMMMMSISSSISSBM When Mr. Cage becomes secretary of the treasury Republican members of Congress Will have to take an account of stock to ascertain If they are really as much In favor of currency reform as they thought they were before the election. The New York Bureau of Statistics shows that the average wages per capita of those employed In its industries was Ji'W.lS in 1S?2. The average declined to $ ld.07 in LS04 and to $135.23 in lSf5. A great many more people were employed in 1H?2 than in 1S15. The terms of the eighticn United States tenators who have not Lcen re-elected expire on March 3. Tho terms of two others will expire whose successors havo not yet -triai elected. Altogether, there will be mere new faces In the next Senate than In any previous one. McKinley is distributing his Cabinet ap pointments so judic'ously from a geograph ical point of view that it will not be sur prising If one goes South. There are not many Republican States south of the Ohio river, but there are a great many Republicans of Cabinet size. It was stated yesterday that the Legislature was attempting to make the legal rate of interest 7 per cent. The legal rate is 6 Der cent. now. but in contracts the rate may be written as high as S per cent. The bill pending before the Legislature is to reduce the contract rate to 7 per cent. A New York court has held that the selling of oleomargarine for wagon grease was not a violation of the law which contem plated the selling of it for butter. Probably not, bat it is a pity to waste good oleomar garine for that purpose when there is so much bad butter that would do as well. :Thd Supreme Court of Nevada holds that the United States district attorney who as.eaulted an editor on the steps of the Carson postofllce cannot be tried in a State court because tho offense was committed on prop erty ceded to the United States. As made by some courts, the law is a queer thing. It would be better for seme excellent peopie In the United States to wrestlo with the fact that wo have no state church, but tolerate all religious opinions, and therefore that It is due to all sects that no one shall be recognized above another In any public recognition of the existence of a supremo being. Mr. Perry S. Heath's refusal to name the odce which he has been promised on the ground that it would subject him to the an noyance of numerous applications for places, indicates that it is a iosltlon with . considerable patronage. Superintendent of ' Public Printing or postmaster general, perhaps. A recent occurrence In Shelby county Il lustrates the arbitrary power of county commls3lpners.and its facility of abuse. The commissioners of that county had formed

the habit of holding special sessions and allowing themselves IZ.ZQ per day until finally when ono member put In a bill for services at the last regular session of $112.52, which was allowed by the board, the auditor refused to Issue a warrant for It. The commissioner instituted mandamus proceedings against the auditor and the Circuit Court, after exhaustive argument on both sides, decided that the auditor had no right to refuse to pay the claim after it had been allowed by the board. If this is good law every' board of commissioners in the State may sit every day in the year under one pretext or another,. and if they allow their own bills there is no recourse. Truly, county commissioners are a law unto themselves. DIlTKRmT KII)S OF DEMOCRATS.

Senator Hill, of New York, who continues to observe, "I am a Democrat," is accorded the first page of the Forum for February for his views on "The Future of the Democratic Organization." Those who became Popocrats by voting for Mr. Bryan will be very likely to be made angry with the first part of the New York senator's paper, because, in plain language, he shows that the platform and the candidate are hostile to the traditions of the Democratic party. He calls attention to the sixteen great national principles announced by Jefferson in his first inaugural, and declares that these contain the essence of Democratic principles and practice. He proceeds to show that the platform of the Bryan convention is at variance with the principles of Jefferson; that all of the sixteen Democratic prin ciples of Jefferson were cast aside at Chicago and the rank heresies of Populism adopted. One by one Senator Hill takes up the enunciations of the Bryan platform and shows their heresies. "The attack on the Supreme Court, fiat legal-tender money, repudiation and an assault upon the national credit, and the federal authority in the States," which were the chief features of the Chicago platform, following a declaration which means silver monometallism, are not now and never have been Democratic principles. All these heresies. Senator Hill says, must be dropped if the Democratic organization is to be a power in politics again. It must rid itself of "the motley crowd of Populists. silver Republicans, single-tax men, old greenbackers, professional labor agitators, socialists and Adullamites generally," whose undemocratic utterances drove many Democrats to repudiate the ticket. The Democratic party of the future must cease being the champion of the silver-mine owners. Speaking of the Indianapolis Democratic movement, Senator Hill says that its future depends entirely upon those who control the organization. If they are so wise as to return to Democratic principles, the Indian apolis Democratic movement will cease to exist, but if they shall continue to cling to Fopulistic ideas, to menace the Supreme Court and the national credit, the Indianapolis movement will become a power in the politics of the country, for the reason thiit the mass of intelligent and conservative men who believe in Democratic tradi tions and principles will not accept tn. heresies of Populism. Senator Hill doubtless speaks of the Dem ocratic feeling in the Eastern States. It may be true that a majority of the Demo cratic party in those States stands with the senator, but it seems to be equally true thai a large element of the party has accepted the heresies of the Populists. The most or those who really believe in Bryanlsm may sooner or later return to the belief in Jeffersonian principles, but just now they are more Populists than Jeffersonians. In this State Senator Hill will not find one Democrat in five, and possibly not one in ten, who voted for Bryan who is now willing to admit his mistake or to affirm that he does not believe the Bryan plat form. The great body of the Democrats who voted for Bryan are Bryanites to-day. They stand for the silver monometallism or the mine owners; they would modify the Supreme Court; they are for any kind or money which is not redeemable in gold. They have thrown the sixteen principles of Jefferson to the winds. Most of them, if they would closely cross-examine them selves, would find that they hold the views for which the Populists have been so long denounced and ridiculed by Democrats. Here in the Indiana Legislature the DemoI cratic party Is not a distinct organization, but, as ono of them in the House said a few days since, tho opposition, which embraces the Populists. Senator Hill may see a Democratic party clothed in the mind of Jefferson and Jack son in Indiana in 1900, but if he does there must be a revolution of sentiment. The mass of the once Democratic party of In diana has adopted Populistic principles or heresies. These so-called Democrats differ only in name from Weaver, Temple-ton, Peffer of Kansas and Allen of Nebraska. ML'AICIPAL OWNERSHIP. An interesting movement, and one that may have important results. Is the proposed inquiry ry national and state statistical bu reaus as to the extent to which municipal ownership of gas, electric light or water works has been carried in this country. This Is a field of social economics and mu nicipal government which is begining to attract u great deal of attention and must attract much more In the near future. Ab stractly considered there is something re pellent in the Idea that such prime necessi ties of life as water and light should be con trolled by private corporations and made a means of grasping monopoly and extortion. Such a thing is contrary to every principle of natural justice and to the fundamental principles of good government as well. Perhaps the American people were excusable for making the mistake of adopting this vicious method in the first instance, but it is a. poor compliment to their boasted smartness and progress that they should have continued It so long. Several foreign cities have made much greater progress to wards a satisfactory solution of the problem of municipal ownershin than anv American city has. This is notably true of Glasgow, Dundee, Birmingham. Manchester, Liverpool, Bradford. Leeds and other cities of Great Britain and some on the continent. In the cities named the move ment long ago passed out of the experimental stage. Municipal ownership and operation of water, gas, electric supply, and street railroads, have been practically tested, and it U working satisfactorily wherever it has been tried. Large sources of municipal revenue have been created, yet water taxes and gas bills have been reduced, street railway fares have been lowered, and public convenience has been promoted by better service. The city of Glasgow supplies Its population with the purest and cheapest water, yet derives an annual profit of $20,000 after paying interest on water bonds. Birmingham has reduced the I pric of Its illuminating gas to consumers fullyx one-third under municipal manage-

ment, yet at the same time derives a net income of $250,000 a year from the business and turns it into the city treasury for the benefit of taxpayers. Glasgow, Leeds and Hudderslield are each operating a municipal street-railway system, and each has converted the business Into a source of revenue for the city treasury, while greatly improving the service and Introducing 1-cent 'ares during worklngmen's hours. Such results show what can be accomplished under municipal ownership by good organization and business management. The foreign methods of municipal control would, of course, have to be modified somewhat In Americati cities, but the principle is the same here as there, and the results ought to be equally an improvement on the private corporation and monopoly plan. If the proposed Investigation shall result in advancing the cause of municipal ownership it will be of real public benefit. The discussion of the proposed anti-trust law before the Senate judiciary committee, Thursday evening, makes it very clear that the framing of a trust law which will prevent trusts and at the same time not make trusts out of mercantile arrangements designed to protect a large number of dealers against loss, is a difficult undertaking. Take the Sugar Trust. A few years ago about every dealer made a price of Ids own. To secure trade in other goods certain dealers would advertise the sale of sugar either at a price which could not

afford a profit or involve a positive loss. The fair-minded dealer who carries integrity into his business could not sell sugar at a profit, but to maintain his trade must carry a considerable portion of his capital in sugar, to his loss. The less scrupulous competitor, who was advertising to sell sugar below the cost price, made himself whole by cheating in weight. Under the present arrangement, as the Journal understands it, a price for certain markets Is agreed upon, which affords a small but certain profit for handling sugar. Possibly such an arrangement would be held to be a trust under most stringent antitrust laws. There is a Sugar Trust. It is now as arbitrary as was the Whisky Trust a few years ago. Those who purchase of it are practically compelled to handle trust sugar or take their chances with other irreg'.i'r sources of supply. The law should deal with such an organization as the sugar refiners have in this country", because It is an odious and tyrannical conspiracy to con trol a whole trade in a most important and necessary article of food. Of the same nature is the Standard Oil organization. Its design is to monopolize the oil supply of the whole country. Its customers must pur chase of the agents of the Standard. To purchase a few barrels from other refineries will cause the blacklisting of the retailer who does It. That is a trust; but If a number of retail dealers agree that they will sell oil which costs them 9 cents for 10 cents a gallon, must they be regarded as a trust in a law designed to abate the evils of the trusts, of which there is so much complaint? The bill to repeal the act of the last Legislature requiring town?hip assessors to cbtain for the Bureau of Statistics information regarding the acreage and condition of crops seemed likely to pass when presented because of the alleged cost of the blanks to. counties. Those who have made inquiries relative to the importance of the subject are opposed to repeal. July 27, 1S9, the Indiana Bureau of Statistics issued a bulletin showing the condition of the wheat crop. At that time tho information was of use to those producing and trading in wheat. It was not until Jan. lo, 1S97, that the Agricultural Bureau gave out its figures, which were a repetition of those which the state statistician published months before. As the assessors receive no additional compensation for furnishing the informaticn the cost cannot bo a large item. It Is understood th.it Governor Mount believes that such information is valuable, and that the present or some other law requiring assessors to furnish the figures should have a place on the statute books. The introduction by Senator Frye of an amendment to the sundry civil bill, appropriating $100,000 for the improvement of Pearl Harbor, may revive the question of Hawaiian annexation. The jurisdiction of the United States over Pearl Harbor dates back about ten years, but there has been no attempt to assert it. The harbor is, without exception, tho finest In the Pacific, and the question of its ownership ought to be definitely determined. In 1S92 the expenses of Indiana counties for. the holding of the election were $2C0,J12, to which $19,0C5 should be added as the cost of printing State ballots and other expenses, making the total cost of that election $279,977. Last year the cost of the elections to the counties was J209.G21, and the cost of printing and handling the State ballots was IIj.IOS a total of $224,722 a saving of &o,21G last year compared with 1S02. Tho statement of the Presic'ent-elect that he will not devoto his timo to dispensing patronage is good news, in connection with the further declaration that he will devote his energies to efforts to better the industrial condition of tho cintry. Presidents have been worn out and their time consumed with listening to a few men who desired to serve the country. A Washington special says that the Democratic senators of the South and the Republican bolters in the Senate 'arc rallying around Senator Teller, w hich Indicates that they propose to make Teller leader ana drop Bryan. Indeed, Mr. Bryan has been dropped; neither he nor the "plain people" have yet discovered the fact, but they will. Ill RULES IN THE AIR.

They Asfree. "George describes the girl he is engaged to as a ierfect vision." "Yes. And his sister says she is a 6ight." Hard Time. "How's times?" asked the contortionist. "Tough," said the armless wonder, shaking his head gloomily. "I have been living from foot to mouth for the last three weeks." Placing- the lllame. "Now." said the good citizen, as he assisted Mr. Lushforth to arise from the sidewalk, "you see what whisky does." "Whlshky had nossin to do with it," retorted Mr. Lushforth. "Who ever heard of whisky freezin an tripp'n' man up?" Hardly Thought She Could. "And now, ladies," said the patroness at the conclusion of the opening address at the Installation of the Free Reading and Refreshment Room for the Benefit of Working Girls Who Desire to Improve Their Mi mis, "and now, in conclusion, I want you all to promise me that you will not think It necessary to put on your best attire when you come here. Just come in your working clothes. Promise mo that, will you?" The plump girl wjih tho lar&e eyes timid-

ly held up her Rand. "If you please, ma'am. I am afraid I can't. I I am in the chorus."

F. M., Tipton: Tho current opinion is that the Cubans have no civil government outside of the Junto in New York. In an article in the February number of the Forum, written by a Cuban who acted as secretary of the Pah-American Congress In 1SS3. it is stated that "the fact that school books have been written and printed, that schools havo been opened, that a mail service has been organized and that postage stamps are in use may be accepted as con elusive evidence that there does exist a government other than a purely military one, that its jurisdiction extends over considerable territory, that Its mandate is obeyed and thaLIt Is performing the ordinary functions of civil government." The World Almanac states that the revolutionary government of Cuba was organized at Camaguey in September, lSDS, and that Salvador Cisneros Betancourt, of Puerto Principe, is president It Is not announced that the Cuban government referred to has a capital. Of all the changes to be brought about by tho incoming administration, none will be greater than that in the whiskers of the consul general at Paris. Reader, Shelby ville: Dairymen here give the name of John Boyd. 199 Randolph street, Chicago, as a dealer in the article you mention. J. T. B., Pittsboro, Ind.: It is unlawful to trap fish. A wire snare Is a trap. CURRENT PERIODICALS. Recreation (New York.) contains a variety of well-written contributions on out-of-door topics, but the editorial departments, in which correspondents relate bits of practical experience in hunting, fishing and wheeling, are probably of the greatest interest to reaelers of sportsmanlike tastes. Amateur photography is also given much attention by this magazine, and a prize competition is now in progress. In an article in the Engineering Magazine on the relations of good paving to street cleaning, George E. Waring, jr., discusses the comparative merits of asphalt, wootl and stone pavements. He regards good asphalt, if kept in perfect repair, as tho best material available and the most easily kept clean. As to wood pavements he says: "I know of no really good wood pavements in this country. In London? in Paris and in other towns abroad, this material is used with great success as a top finish for a thoroughly graded and wellconcreted foundation. The foundation is the real pavement. The wood Is. so to speak, a mere carpeting above it. to deaden sound and to take the wear. When the work is well done aa, for example. In a case that I examined recently in Birminghamthe wood may be worn away nearly to Its full depth without in any wise disturbing the concrete on which it is laid. I saw an old wood covering being taken up, parts of which were not more than threequarters of an inch deep. The foundation was absolutely unaffected, and the work of relaying fresh biocks was rapid and Inex pensive." It is evident that Mr. Waring is not acquainted with the paving systems of the West and of the use of blocks laid on a concrete foundation in Indianapolis and elsewhere. THE CROWDED SCHOOLS CITY MIST ADD THIRTY-SIX ROOMS TO ITS PHESEXT CAPACITY. There Are Now Sixteen School Oecupylnir Eight Rooms and Other Are Very Much Congested. The. question of school buildings is go ing to be a serious one with the School Board this year. According to the rules of tho board last night was the time for the annual report of the superintendent show ing the number of pupils In the schools and making recommendations as to the adeiitions and new buildings that will bo re quired to be built during the year. In compliance with this rule the superintendent submitted a lengthy report. The report is preceded by the following table which is self-explanatory; c 3 n a, 3 s 3 IT" - ....14.779 ....i:.25; ....16.29) ....10.2'.) ....17.074 ....17,822 ....lX,71rt ....19,301 i9.?o; ....21,559 O i. o ? 1SS7. , 1SSS.. IS.. 181.1).. 1S9L. 1S92. . 1 SO J . . 1S94.. isy:.. 10,7i9 11.241 11,SF. 11.845 12.T21 13.127 H.652 14,1134 15,939 93.1 6.016 S3.4 G.31-.) 4.766 4.76S 5.03') 5, SOS ,703 6.941 5.931 6,842 CM i'3.1 93.1 93.0 J'2.9 93.0 93.6 93.3 Jo... .V2 602 b77 645 S65 916 SB4 rftThe highest Increase In attendance during any one year of this jeriod was in 1S91, when the Increase was 850. while the average for the nine years was 505. This would Indicate that twelve rooms each, with a capacity of : forty-two children. woum bo necessary each year to accom modate tho increase in the number of school children, but the increase for the first four months of the school year 1S96-97 has been 1.541, three times the average for the last nine years. This would require that thirty-six school rooms, each with a capacity of forty-two children, should be built this year. This estimate is made by the superintendent upon the supposition that all children were provided for at the beginning of the present school year, but such was not the case, as he shows In his report. There were eight schools without rooms and this necessitated alternating these schools with eight others, makln sixteen schools which could noid only a half-day session. The rest of the report is g:e-n In full: "There Is a congested condition in school population in almost every quarter of the city. J.i Jan. 2S.. of the present year, there was in the first-year schools In thirty-five of the central buildings of the city an aver ago attendance of more than eighty-one children for each teacher. This means that In many of these schools there were more than one hundred children to the teacher In this recommendation, therefore, I shall confine myself to pointing out emly the lo calities where the worst congestion exists, and I must not be understood to say that the schools in other parts of the city are comrortab'y housed. CONGESTED DISTRICTS. in tne district aoout scnoois os. n, iand 33 in the eastern part of the city there are uow thirty organized schools and only twenty-six school rooms, ami in School 14 there is no grado abovo the fifth, nor in School 33 is there any grade above the first half of the seventh. Relief in thld quarter of the city is imperative. "In the southwest quarter of the city at school No. 12, at tho corner of McCarty and West streets, we have twelve school rooms and six hundred children, with no grade above the first half of the sixth year. There are two teachers in that school, each of whom teaches half-day schools. The pressure has been great In that part of the city for many years, and relief should row be no longer delayed. 1 recommend that an eight-room building be added to school No. 12. in the northeast quarter of the city. next to Brightwood. stands School 33. witn four rooms, with six organized school There is no building near enough to this school to afford any relief, and we have. therefore, rented a cottage, unfit for school purposes, for one? school, and have alternate! two other schools in one room. We should add two rooms to this building. "At school No. 10 corner of Ash street ar.d Home avenue, there are eieht rooms. This building was formerly a thirteen-room building, five rooms of which were declarea dangerous and were torn down. The chil dren have consequently been sent from this district in every direction to Iind accommodation. It is imperative that your board replace this accommodation by building at least four additional rooms. "In the northwest part of the city, on Howard street, you have an eight-room building for the accommodation of the coi ored children. There are now in that build ing nine organized! schools, and in the firstyear school you have 106 children. Ther should be there now ten organized schools. and upon the opening of school in September. 17. there should be no fewer than

eleven schools, room addition

It is obvious that should be made to a schoolhouse No. 23. Ail lilt; fuuuiei.l I'iti i ui iiic v-uj, toy near together, stand Schools 22 ana au These schools are very mucn crowded; 31 has no grade aboe 7B and 22 has no grade above 6B. These schools need at least four more rooms to accommodate the upper grades and to take care of the natural in crease In the school population. "School No. 39, at the corner of State and Lexington avenues, should be Increased from a four-room to an eight-room building to accommodate the Increase of school population in that district, and to take the overflow of children froi.i the large school No. 20. "These recommendations are for an in crease of thirty-four school rooms, and this Is a conservative estimate of the absolute needs of the district schools of this city. The addition of these rooms will not make nn ideal condition, but they are the least that can be done for the ordinary comfort and a decent standard of living in public schools, and they are the least that can be recommended If we keep in viFw the effi ciency of instruction. To this must be added a chemical laboratory for. Hlsrh School No. 1, if instruction In that branch is to further continue a part of the curriculum." FOOR SANITARY CONDITIONS. The Indianapolis Sanitary Association has turned Its attention to the city schools, nntl in the report made to the board last night by Mrs. Mary A. McGregory, secre tary of tho association, shows the annex to school No. 28, known as the Oak Hill School, to be in a very poor condition. Tho report states that this annex is a small frame building, containing two rooms, 13 by 13 feet, with ceilings 9 feet high, which are compelled to accommodate twentyeight pupils each. The ventilation is worse than none at all, there being strong draughts on the floor all the time, while some of the pupils suffer with cold and others cannot be cool enough. Foul odors are also noticeable and add much to the discomfort of the punils. The main build ing is also considered in the report. The roof is leaky and the building is damp. P. J. O'Meara. superintendent of buildings and grounds. Informed the representative of the sanitary association that when the new Park-avenue building was completed the Oak Hill building would be relieved of tho pressure. The association objects to this on the ground that there are only two streets opened east from Park avenue (old Seventeenth and Twenty-second) and that it is impossible for tho children from the Oak Hill school to reach the new build ing in bad weather. The probability of the annexation of Brght.vool s also mention :-d and given as a reason why a new building or an addition to the old one should be erected. The communication was referred to the committee on buildings and grounds. I here was considerable discussion on the report of the committee on teachers and salary, which recommended that the salaries of Mtes Brockhausen and Miss Blaich, critics, should bo increased to Jl.ouo a year. rhey were the first two beneficiaries of the Gregg fund. At the expense of this fund they we're given tho advantage of a year in school abroad, and to get this they signed a contract to teach in this city for hve years after their return from Europe. They were receiving $S0o a ye-ar when they left and when they came back they worked one year at that salary and then asked for an increase, 'lhe maximum salarv for crit ics is $1,200 a year. It was agreed by the board that they were worth more than $SO0 a year, but in consideration of the atlvantages gained from the Gregg fund they were required to work six months of this year for the old salary, after which they were to receive ll.OoO. It was to carry out this agreement that the report of the com mittee was made. Mr. Roth talked against uu report, out it was adonted. The report of the finance committee showed that warrants had been drawn last month as follows: Special fund, including repayment of temporary loan, $193,725.23: library fund. S2.5.SU.54; Industrial Training oonooi iunu, ji.vx.74; tuition rund. ?25,4o'.)A$; total, $223,582.02. A set of rules reported bv a committee governing tho janitors of school buildings was aaonxeu v.itnout discussion. lhe committee on buildings and grounds was authorized to make a contract for two new boilers, to be placed in school No. 2. to replace hoi Ion; that are not sufficiently targe to neat tne nuiiuings. The contract was awarded to the Atlas engine works for $537. During the recent cold spell it was necessary to dismiss ten of the twelve rooms because of insulliclent heat, and at other times many of the rooms hav been dismissed. The contract was awarded un der suspension of rules, as the work coul.l oe done immediately. WHIST TOURNAMENT. loMm Trunuy Won lv the Ind Inn mi. oliM Cluh. Yesterday afternoon the finals were played in the Coffin trophy and the Herron trophy contests In the whist tournament, the former being between the Indianapolis Whist Club and the Sheridan Whist Club. Tho game consisted of forty-eight deals, or a total of 1.21S tricks. The Indianapolis club won the match bv four tricks, and. therefore, retains the cup. This club will now hold the cup subject to challenge un der the rules of the State Association. Th finals in the Herron trophy contest were played by one pair each from the Indianapolis Whist Club, American Whist Club. Marion Club of Indianapolis, Scottish Rite Whist Club, Crawfordsville Whist Club. j aiius uuo or crawiordsville. Sheridan hist Club and the Noblesvillo Whist Club. Tho score was as follows: North and South. Players. Score. Gain. Bos worth and Brown. Lotus Club 1S4 Matthews and Greene. Crawfords ville 1S4 187 13 Lewis and Cleland. American Waterman and Comingor, Extra... '2U East and West. Alexander and Scearce. Noblesville. 226 Sweet and Sullivan. Scottish Rite. 234 Yaneles and Anderson. IndianaD01 olls 233 Schmidt and Wellman, Marion 233 The game resulted in a lie between Lewis and Cleland. of the American, and Sweet and buiiivan, of the Scottish Rite, and these two pairs will havo to play again to ueiermino me winner or tne trophv. iiie unai maicn in ine tournament was the Heath trophy contest. It was played last night 111 the assembly room of the Commercial Club between eighteen pairs as snown in tne ronowing score: North and South. Players. Score. Gain. Herron and Perkey .... Staul and Price Da Her and Sweet Green and Matthews ., , 263 , 247 , 273 279 2;'.5 2:;. 271 260 13 Snyder and Miller Wright and Austin .... Yandcs and Anderson Metcalf and Clifford .. Schmidt and Wcilman Total ... Average 2.101 2U6 East and West. Score. ... 201 ... 201 ... 207 ... 210 ... 395 ... 19 ... 201 ... 20 ... r.i7 Gain. Lewis and Waterman.... Sullivan and Coffin Comingor anel Johnston. Alexander and Scearce.. it 8 Eudaley and Palmer Palmer and Giffords Moody and Luce Bosworth ontl Brown Haas and Wulker.... Total 1,819 Average 202 aiessrs. Green and Matthews, of Craw fordsville, having the highest score, were declared the -.vbiners of tronhv. and there fore carried home with them the mapiewood set of duplicate whist travs donated by Ueneral U. W. Health, of Grand Kapids, iicn. 1 no scconu annual tournament. widen closed last night, was highly sat isfactory and the prospects are good for a IarLT' growth during the ensuing year. All whist club- in the State are invited to join the association and communications should be addressed to bamuel B. Sweet, secretary. The association passed a vote of thanks to Mr. Isaac W. Holman, of Chicago, who was in attendance and-kindly assisted In all the match games. Threat to Stop Improvement). President Augustus L. Mason, of the Citizens' Street-railroad Company, has sent out a number of letters to people ask ing them to express their views to the Legislature so that the people "may not suiter frem la-sting injury" by having the Citizens' Company's charter confined to the term of years for which It was granted. Mr. Mason says improvements will be stopped on the system now if tho company Is to go out or business in 1901. Upworth LenKoe Conferenee. The conference of the Epworth Leagues of the United States and Canada will meet at Toronto in July, and at that time the place of meeting for the 1S93 conference will be determined. A committee of Metho dist ministers of this city is discussing tho feasibility of Inviting the conference to this city that year. About 2o.0O) delegates usually attend the conference.

THE ORDER OF LINCOLN

GOVERNOR MOUNT'S ADDRESS AT THIS OllGAMZATIOX MUKTINC. A Society to Preserve Relics of the Martyred Prenltlenl Speeclies ljy Jtidge Gavin and Others. The Order of Lincoln was formally organ ized last night at the Propylaeum. The order is for the purpose of collecting and preserving relics of all kinds which pertain to the life and char acter of Abraham Elncoln, , and eventually to erect in Indianapolis a museum In his memory. There are 210 names, among them those of many prominent citizens of Indianapolis, on the Indianapolis charter. Tho Indianapolis branch is No. 1, and is to be the central ledge in the Sta.te organization. The meeting last night was called by the supreme officers for the purpose of electing officers and formally organizing. After the business of the meeting was transacted there were a number of speeches by prominent men, among them Governor Mount. Senator-elect C. W. Fairbanks was to have spoken also, but failed to appear. John . Kern was another speaker who did not come, and but comparatively few of the members themselves were there, owing to the Inclemency of the weather. The officers elected are as follows, expresident. John F. Walllck; president, Frank B. Gavin; vice president, A. A. Young; chaplain, Frederick Baggs; lecturer, Austin Brown; secretary, H. H. Fay; treasurer, G. A. Gay; auditor, P. J. Ryan; messenger, (Jeorge catterson; assistant messenger Dr. R. W. eiarstang; guara. . E. Leach; board of trustees, Irvin Bobbins, W. E. Shilling and Theodore Stein. GOVERNOR MOUNTS ADDRESS. At the close of the business session Gov ernor Mount made his auaress. lie iook for his subject, "The Man of tho People," and spoke as fololws: A life begun In poverty, surrounded by want, confronted with adversity, yet ended in triumph and honor. In his early life there was little to cheer, with nothing to inspire hope. His mother is described as being, at tne time of her marriage, a slen der, symmetrical woman, ot medium stature, regular features, with soft, sparkling hazel eyes. She is reported to nave been a prodigy of learning comparexl with the mental poverty cf those around her. The privations and toil incident to a lonely life in the wilderness doubtless hastened hT dvath. Abraham Lincoln was left a moth erless lad at the age of seven years. To this little boy the world was cheerless, his home was destitute of sunshine, without the comforts of life, and, most of all, with out a mother s love. The first evidence or nobility was the love he bore that mother. The first act, showing wisdom and devo tion abovo his years, was when the little boy secured tho minister to hold memorial service at the lonely grave of his mother. of which the minister spoke in commenda tion and the neighbors in praise. Two scenes havo impressed me very much. In 1S62 I marched by the spot among the poor hills of Kentucky where. in poverty, was born the man decreed to bo the country's deliverer in Its hour of peril. Again, in Spencer county, in our own beloved State, I have stood by the little cabin that was once tho home of earth's greatest hero. From this humble hovel I went to the lone, weird siot in the woods to the resting place of the mother who gave birth to the man who was destined to rise from obscurity to prominence, from the humblest walks of life to the highest pinnacle of human fame, and to step from the -topmost round of earthly honor to the battlement cf heaven, carrying -with him the broken fetters that had held a race in bondage. "You ask 'was he a man of the common people?' I answer, by birth, by kindred associations, by mutual endurance of priva tions he was in touch with the common peo ple, for ho was one of their number. He was a student without books a learner without teachers, a boy who made progress without opportunities." From the age of fourteen he performed a man's work. He knew tho heart of the toller; the toiler knew the heart of Lincoln; believe?d in him, trusted him. 'At tho age of nineteen this poor back woods youth was chosen to take a cargo of farm products to New Orleans to market. Here was evidence that beneath the un promising exterior there was worth. From this desolate heme his father moved to Illionis. Hero this dutiful son. true to his father and his stepmother, whom he loved and who in turn was beloved as only true worth can merit love, followed them to this new home. Ho wa.s now a young man of great muscular power; he aided in erect ing the log buildings, he split the rails to fence tho farm. He raised a company for the Black Hawk war and wjis elected captain. At the ago of twenty-two years this man, ungainly in appearance, unpolished in manners, uncouth in dress, from his toils Incident to pioneer life, was nominated for tho Legislature of Illinois. He concluded a short si eech with these words: 'But of the people, in their wisdom, shall see fit to keep mo in the background. I have been too familiar with disappointment to be very mucn cnagrineu. 'lhe man who uttered these words was the man who. thirty years later, wroto theso imperishable, patriotic and prophetic words: -'The mystic chords of memory stretching from every battlefield and patriot's grave to everv living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely .hey will be, by the angels of our better nature. In tho light of subsequent events we read tho last brief inaugural of President Lin coln with profound veneration. The words seem more tho utterances of si mind divinely inspired than tho promptings of hu man wisdom. His Gettysburg address was a grand climax of eloquence, patriotism and pathos combined and will glow with brighter luster through the aces to come THE SADNESS IN HIS LIFE. 'There was in his life, at times, a sad ness that seems pathetic. lie possessed the sympathy and love of a woman joined to tho courage of a lion.' In the midst of pro motion and honor he was the same un assuming, unostentatious man of the peo ple. Colonel McClure thus describes him after he had reached Washington as the Nation's chief executive: 'Tall, gaunt, ungainly, ill clad, with a homeliness of manner that caused my heart to sink within me as I remembered that this man was chose-n by a great Nation to be- its trusteel leader in the most critical period of Its his tory.' This man of th' common people was not roled In tho habiliments of fashion. not surcharged with the policy, the man ner, nor the deception of the politician. He was a man from tho common people, pos sessing the common sense that was en riched by contact with the? masses and c-x-tKinilc-d into such gigantic proportions as emtbled him to grapple with the momentous questions of tho day and solve the mot complex problems of the ftge. His advice was to keep near the common people for they were always In the majority. "His nomination was not accidental. He was the logical candidate. 11 is hold rn the common people was unequaled, his grasp of public questions unmatched, jn the war of tho giants, the memorable joint debate between Lincoln- and Douglas, he had proved himself more than a match on the stump for the man who. at this tlm?. was without a poer in the benate and had been regarded without an equal on the stump. In this memorable debate the little giant displayed the sagacity of the politician. Lincoln the wisdom of a statesman. "in the meir.oruble campaign of 100. 'Honest Old Av the rail-splitter, was the man the mention 01 whose name swayed the multitude: and the oft-rc ix'ate'd scn ra::s. men earrying rails. 101a no' me common people loved the man who had once been a common toiler ef their rank. Ho was crowned with victory. He hail come 10 tne .Nation ior sucn an nour as this. It was the country's supreme crisis lhe hou.-e divided against itself ceuld not siand. ine gallon was to do an slave or all free.' The bugles were sounding the call and armies were marching to fulfill these prophetic, words of tills uncrowne hero lefore he had gone to the seat of gov ernment. W hen he leTt his home he in voked the prayers of his friends and nep-ch bors. hour years later, when the martyred President was being conveyed to his silent home, these fitting words were displayed: " 'He left us borne up by our prayershe returns embalmed in our tears. "War clouds hung heavily over the land The heart of patriots grew faint. Lincoln. on his perilous journey to Washington, was met by crowds who looked to him as did the children of Israel to Moses for leader ship. Addressing them, he said: 'When the children of I;rael were pursued by th hosts of Pharaoh, the mountains on either side, the Red sea in front, they were com m.inded by Moses to stand still and see the salvation of God.' The pcoHe were Inspired by his words and believed, by his hand. God would save the Nation. "Durlnsr the dark day of the war ids Wl dom as u leader waa tested. hL patience

sorely tried and his courage proven. He moved ceither too tnt nor too slow, was neither too severe nor too furghinff.' Hj was a ulvlr.ciy-chosen leader. We crown him as the emancipator of a. race, a a preserver of tho Union, as hero, conqueror, martyr. " "So he grew up a destine! work to do. And lived to do It; four long years of suffering. Ill-fate. ill-fe-Ilng. Hl-rrport. lived through. And then ho heard the hisses turned to cheers.' " JUDGE GAVIN'S TOPIC. Judge Frank E. Gavin folic wed Governor Mount, speaking on the subject, "The Humanitarian." Ha sjo:e, in part, as follows "The controlling jxiwir of this tenderness of heart was exemplified when, after his election to the presidency, but while still at homo, a party of eminent llcotb-rs and Buckeyes, led by Colonel Farquhar, of this State, paid Lincoln a visit to consult over affairs of state. They were Invited to remain .'or supper and through the evening to complete the consultation. While engaged in e'iiscusslng the various matters u?ider consideration, his you'ngvst by came in and climbed into his lather's lap. Soon he tucked his head over the shoulder and directly was sound asleep. .Mr. Lincoln then gently laid him in the arms of a servant, who carrie'd him off to bed. Soon Willie, the next child, came, and he. too, was rocked to dreamland In his father's arms. Itst the o!dest boy. Robert, ridled in. but his father smile and said: 'Robert. . my man. I believe you are too big to v.isri to he put to slee p, aren't you?' The boy answered with a sheepish smile. 'Yes. father. "Thus with all the perplexities of a national administration and surrounded by the Nation's leaders gathered about him. ho could stop to gratify the childish desires of the little ones. These incidents but show the love in his heart which, however, went out not to his kindred alone, but was so farreaching as to embrace within It every thing which could appeal to him for aid. "The heart which stopped the journeying lawyer to save a robin's brood ceuld hardly fall to answer the mother's prayer as she pleaded for her wayward boy. was never closed to tho cry of the wife who sought from him her husband's life. Although, the generals insisted! that ho was destroying the discipline of the army by his leniency and demanded his approval of the sentence of twenty deserters, he replied that there were already far too many weeping widows and childless mothers; that lie could not add to the number. "With this heart attuned to answer the cry of any living thing in distress, with a soul which ever rose in anger against oppression, it was most natural that hi ear should not be dulled to the cry of millions of human beings who in this land of freedom were yet slaves. "Upon a llatboat trip in early days he heard the clanking of the chains as the black man was carried to the southland. There he beheld some of those scenes which inspired the pen of Harriet Beer her Stowe ard touched as with celestial fire the life of Wendell Phillips. Up from the fields of Virginia, from the glades of the Cnrolinas and the fertile valleys of tho Mississippi there was wafted to ids ears this wail which aro.e from a nation in bondage. As he listened ho could hear the beatings of a mother' heart as she tock the last look at the child she had nursed at her breast. He Could hear the cry of teiror as the maiden was borne away to worse than ele-ath. the agonize! call of the little one and her who had gone from it forever. There came pressing m upon him the realization of that unutterable sorrow which comes from th forceful severing of those holiest tics which bind men and women together. "There came a time when ho ceuld answer this people's prayer. There came a time when, amidst the dangers of revolution, tho perplexities and difficulties of saving a greater people, the way was oien to liberate this people, and by one stroke of the pen the deed was done, and thus the 'stars and stripes to-lay float over mote than seventy millions of people, every one of whom is fre Individual acts of kindness are as thickly strewn along the pathway of Lincoln's life as the wild flowers which bloom and blossom in California's most beautlous valleys. But. however much these prove tho character of the man and be-speak him to have been endowed with so large a portion oi God's dlvlnest attribute, yet his great work for humanity upon which rests his conceded tiaim to immortality consists in the consummate wisdom with which he guided the destinies of the Nation and steered the ship of state safe through the storms of re!ellion. crowning his labors with the cap sheef of emancipation. "No greater service to humanity could have been rendered than te save the Union and prove to the world thai our father had not wholly failed in the solution of: the problem of self-government. Our' Nation stood as a beacon light set on high for tho deliverance of struggling- humanity. Had it gone out in the darkness of rebellion, then the hopes of many races would have been shipwrecked upon the uplifted reefs of perpetual kingcraft. The tri

umph of the 'stars and stilpes was not ours alone, but it was the victory of liberty-loving people the world oxer." MR. WEIK AN AUTHORITY. Jesse W. Weik, of Greencastle. spoke last on "The Real Lincoln." Mr. Weik is recognized in historical and literary circles as probably the best existing authority on motters pertaining to the life of Lincoln. He lias followed Lincoln's footsteps to ;dl parts of the country where the martyr President has been and has accumulated a vast fund of knowledge about his subject as well as many valuable relics. Ho has a collection of nearly 2,0'.) papers and docu ments relative to the life of Lincoln, and his talk last night wa.s a treat from the historical point of view. He exhibited a little look which Lincoln carrle-d with him during tho Lincoln-Douglas campaign. It is a much-worn blank book anel has pasted on us pages little scraps of printed matter from which Mr. Lincoln procured most of tho data for his speeches. THE MAENNERCH0R BALL. A. Sucoor.nful Function Given at (he ' Society" Hall. The Maennerchor ball given at the hall on East Washington strict last night was a complete success, If the fun that was man ifested on all sldea can be take n as a cri terion of success. There was the largest attendance of any ball every given by the society In its own hall. The hall Itself was beautifully decorated, and admirably set off the gay costumes of the dancers. The pillars of the hall were festooned with vines and flowers, while great masses of gre-en hung from the walls. In one corner was a large crescent studdeel with many-colored, stars, with the form of a clown seated within tho hollow of the crescent and smiling down upon those who were dancing. The balcony had its full share ef decorations. Greens and bunting were everywhere. The floor committee was composed of Messrs. Julius Burkhart. Otto Ehrgott. F. C. Krauss, William P'affiin. Gus Mueller, A. Seidenstlcker. Oscar Schmidt and John Jeleff, and Misses Graham. Burkhart. Minor, Frey, Porte r. Tedd and Beisner. The members cf this committee were e asily distinguishable by their real Mimm-r outing costumes of white duck. This committee led the grand march. Conspicuous among the maskers were the hve "Hran alley toughs." These were Tony. Anthony and Henry Bals, William Offhand Williim Lf-p-pert. Thvlr costumes presented the caricature pictures that have become so v.cll known through the New Yenc pipers. The spectators could imagine thmelves visiting Ho-jan's alley in company with the Yellow Kid. The brownies, sixteen In numlter. were also quite conspicuous and attracted a great deal of attention. They were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Adam. Mr. and Mrs. Victor U. Jose. Mr. and Mrs. Emii Steinhilber. Mr. and Mrs. Werley Khodclnmel. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Reyt-r. Mr. and Mrs. Ad..lpli Meyer. Dr. E. C. Beyer and Miss CaroMu-rs ar.d Julius Frlck ixnd Mis. Bertha Schultz. The costumes of the brownies were of all colon; of the rainbow and some colors that most people cannot find in the rainbow. As a poiiceman, A. J. Meyer made a gr.vit success, but lie could ted assume th fe-ro;-ioiis expn-ssion that the imitators cf the policeman are went to assume. However, he uee:eeded in making sever j I arrests and fining the victims an amount s ifih P nt to pay fcr liquid refnshment for all who were bear enough to partake. A e-ake walk was the feature of tfie evenLig. Of course, all in costume p.irtic!: it-d and most of them succeeded very well In their endeavor to be black in their movements lor the time being. The honors went to Fred Mack and his wife. who. It was said, could pass freely throrh Eucktown without detection. Their nwagger wan tho true Southern negro style. At mllninht the dancing teased long enough for all to partake cf a supper which was ipn ;.! under the main hall on th second fi or. After supper dancing was resumed ar.d continued until an early hour. Stolen Good tn Rone Siiune'a Room. Rose Shane, a woman living in the Ryan block, was arrested yesterday evening for receiving etolen ?;oods. A large quantity of silverware and dry gooels vere found in her room, frhe Is ilvh:g with a man by the name of Anderson, whom the i-edi.-believe stole the stuff. Andcrou was Uot found by the detective.