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W. C. T. U. CONVENTION TWEXTY-FOIRTH ANNUAL GATHER. IXG NOW AT SOUTH BEND. Bif£gc*t Well Yet Found In Pern Oil Field Yield* 1.000 Barrel* Daily —Spiritunlist Depute. ■ ♦ Fpreial to the Indianajiolis Journal. SOTJTH BEND, Ind., Oct. B.—The twentyfourth annual State convention of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, began in the First Christian Church this morning and will close on Monday evening. Nearly every county in Indiana is represented by one or more delegates, over two hundred being present All of the State officers are here. Mrs. Ludla F. McWhirter, of Indianapolis, presides and her work today stamps her as one of the best executives the organization has ever had. The church is attractively decorated and, besides delegates, a number of visitors are in attendance. Mrs. McWhirter called the first session to order at 8 o'clock this morning, and Airs. W. AI. Stahie, of Hartford City, conducted the opening revival. The rollcall show’ed all of the leading officers present. Routine business was followed by the president’s annual address, the feature of the first session. It was devoted to the work of tne W. C. T. U. in the State and dwelt with much emphasis on the efforts of the body before the late Indiana assembly to secure the passage of certain laws. This afternoon’s session opened, with religious services by Mrs. Ada Unruh, of Oregon, national organizer. Then came the report of the corresponding secretary, followed by the treasurer’s report. This evening Mayor D. B. J. Schafer welcomed the convention on behalf of the city; Rev. C. D. Cast?, of the First Baptist Church, on behalf of the churches; Alyron Campbell, president of the City Board of Education, on behalf of the public schools, and Airs. Eva Taggart, president of the Central W. C. T. L„ on behalf of the South Bend unions. Airs. McWhirter responded. The annual medal contest followed. The following committees were appointed at the morning meeting: Credentials—Airs. Alary E. Balch. Indianapolis; Mrs. Ella Wright, Greensburg; R. C. Travis, Elkhart. Finance—Mesdajtnes Amanda T. Whitson, Indianapolis; A. C, Vail, Goshen; Hannah Standley, Economy. Telegrams—Alesdames L. AI. Beck, Bloomington; A. L. Greene, Lafayette. Publication—Mesdames S. N. Crouse, Lafayette; M. A. Tompkins, Elkhart; Reta Jones, Alexandria. Plan of Work—The Rev. Mattie O. Cammack, Aiarion; Mary Hadley, Bloomingdale; Alice Geary, Logansport; Ella J. Davis, Richmond; Dr. Lizzie E. Holloway, Spiceland; Laura Thomson, Greensburg; Lida Outlar.d, Sycamore. Courtesies—Mesdames Eva E. Taggart and W. B. Stover, both of South Bend. Club for Message, the State Paper—Gedbgiana Moser. Loogootee; Emma Holloway, North Manchester. Timekeeper—Mrs. O. S. French, Indianapolis. Resolutions—Airs. Frances Boyer, Frankfort, chairman. On Nomination of Trustees of Ford Hadley Institute —Frances Potter, Indianapolis; Alary Hadley, Bloomingdale; Ida Ellis, Fairmount; Atinnie Stewart, Piereeton. INDIANA OBITUARY. Ranker J. S. Jeffren Succumbs to Heart Failure. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Oct. B.—J. S. Jeffres, president of the Farmers’ Bank, of this city, died of heart trouble this morning. Air. Jeffres was bom in Westchester, Butler county, Ohio, Sept. 7, 1842. He married Alary Devol, daughter of Thomas Devol, in 1867, and from that time until 1874 lived in Westchester, keeping a general store. In IST4 lie formed a partnership with Air. Devol in the grain business in this city, and continued in that business until the organization of the Farmers’ Bank, of which he became president. His wife and daughter Aurilla survive. A little daughter, Persie, died about fourteen years ago. Funeral •ervices will be held Alonday afternoon.

Other Deaths in the State. PLYMOUTH, Ind., Oct. 8.-The funeral of Charles R. Hughes, formerly agent of the 2j. E. & W. In this city, took place in Argos to-day at 2 o’clock, conducted by Plymouth Commandery, Knights Templars, and the Masonic Fraternity of Argos. Mr. Hughes died Wednesday morning, aged thirty-seven. He was councilman of this city for many years, also deputy postmaster. Religious services were conducted by the Rev. W. W. Raymond, rector of St. Thomas’s Church of Plymouth. ELWOOD, Ind., Oct. B.—lsaac N. Hurst, a ■well-known G. A. R. veteran, of this city, died this morning after a long illness with cancer He was born in Rush county in 1838 and served through the civil war. At different times he was a resident of Noblesville and Frankfort. VALPARAISO. Ind., Oct 8.-Theodore Thyle, a resident of this county for forty years, died at Hebron last night, aged seventy. About two years ago he went blind ana a short time before his death his sight returned, and he could see as well as ever. FRANKLIN. Ind., Oct. B.—Mrs. Elder Overstreet died last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Banta, near Rocklane* She was seventy-eight years old and a wellknown woman in this county. RICHMOND, Ind., Oct. 8. Martin 1.. Btratton, aged fifty-four, died to-day of heart trouble. He was born in this city, and was one time city clerk. A wife survives him. , —♦ COVERT ALMOST MOBBED. Spiritualist* Hose I p Against Him for Vilifying a Woman. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Oct. B.—The CovertHull Spiritualist debate came near having a "rough-house” ending to-night. In his closing speech Covert took advantage of the bars Hull had thrown down by mentioning as an example the name of Mrs. Hull, who is a medium. Covert took the stand, and in affirming that all mediums are "liars, knaves, frauds or ignoramouses," he went over to Hull’s table and shaking his finger said: "If your wife is a medium of this sort, 1 affirm that she is a liar, knave, fraud or ignoramus." Hull did not take his eyes from his papers, hut calmly faced the audience. At once there came howls, hissing and cries of "throw him out.” Covert's nature cropped out under this fire. Instead of being intimidated, he continued, and fired by the hissing, accused Hull of having previous questionable relations with his wife, even charging that he had lived in adultery with Airs. Hull for years. This was followed by an uproar of indignation from the audience and yells of "Throw him out!” Spiritualists sprang to theiv feet and some made a movement toward the platform, hut Hull and the moderators met the advance and demanded quiet. They finally prevailed, but fifteen minutes later Covert started the same commotion by sharp thrusts at the Altllspaughs, Hllligosses and other Anderson Spiritualists and there was another rising to feet and yelling, but again quiet was restored. But Covert went on with his bitter invectives until he had finished his argument. Spiritualists received thrusts to-night that will make them Covert’s enemies to death and trouble is expected. Covert thoiouphly broke down his previous goad impression. Hull closed with a gem of pacifying oratory and argument. a— ——- THOUSAND-BARREL WELL. Kew Impetn* to the Oil Excitement In the Peru Field. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERU, Ind., Oet. B.—The oil excitement in Peru has been given fresh impetus by several big wells just completed. The Blair well, on the Dukes lot', which is pronounced the biggest natural pumping well ever discovered, Is making one thousand barrels daily. Bolds Bros., of Geneva, drilled in a well on the K.ader lot adjoining, which is as big as the Black well. The Home Company well on the AlcCrea farm Is making three hundred barrels. W. P. Black completed his second well on the McGrady lot, which is good for 230 barrels, and the Basket Company's No, 2 will make about the same. These wells are drilled close to wells which have been pumping from thirty to sixty days and their production is considered phenomenal. This morning work was begun on the People’s No. 1 well, which was the first in the Peru Held, and has been pumped ever since it was drilled. The well will be drilled further into the rock and already its flow has been greatly increased. Next week several wells will be completed north, northwest. southeast and southwest of the city within a radius of five miles each way and

the extent of the field will be shown. There are now thirty-one producing wells in the field and only two failures have been struck. Big: I’lunpliiK Station Erected. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND/ ind., Oct. B.—The Portland Natural Gas and Oil Company to-day drilled in a very fair gas well on the Spahr farm, west of this city. This company has been putting down wells all summer, so as to be provided with a good supply during the coming wintfr. The same company lias almost completed a SIO,OOO pumping station west of the city, The station will be able to pump four million cubic feet of gas every day. GET-RICH-til lUK SCHEME. A. 1,. Van Dunkirk Offered High-Grade Bleyele* for Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE, 111., Oct. B.—Postofflce Inspector M. G. Price, of the Chicago division, to-day arrested A. L. Van Buskirk, a wellknown Danville citizen, for the illegal use of the mails and United States Commissioner Young held him to the federal gTand jury in SBOO bonds. It is charged that Van Buskirk, under the name of the Syndicate Cycling Club, sent out circulars broadcast over the United States, offering the recipients a high-grade bicycle for $5. The cheap price was said to be for the purpose of introducing the bicycle in new r neighborhoods. Not a single bicycle was sent out in return for the many $5 bills sent in. The postoffice box was rented by a man in Covington, Ind., believed to be Van Buskirk under the fictitious name of J. T. Rogers. The Danville post office people were unable to locate the Syndicate Cycle Company and Price was sent for. Van Buskirk for a number of years has been principal of Van Buskirk Business College, a successful institution occupying the fourth floor of the First National Bank building. Double Regimental Reanion. Bpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. NOBLES'VILLE, Ind., Oct. 8. —For two days this city has been decorated with flags and bunting in honor of the Seventyfifth and One-hundred-and-first Indiana Regiments that have been holding their fifteenth annual reunion here. Two hundred of the veterar.3 were present and enjoyed one of the best meetings in the history of the organizations. The opera house was packed last night at the camp-fire. Speeches were made by Hon. Thomas E. Boyd, ex-Department Commander Caylor and Isaac Hiatt, of this city; Congressman Steele, of Aiarion; Captain Hilligoss. of Aluneie; Air. King, of Illinois; Adam Foust, of Warren; C. S. W. Pettijohn, of Hortonville; Dr. Mendenhall, of New Castle; AH. Justice, of Wells county, and Captain B. F. Williams, of Wabash. The reunion closed this morning with a business session. The following officers were elected: President, W. S. Stitt, of Wabash; secretary, Captain B. F. Williams, of Wabash. The next reunion will be held in Wabash on the 6th and 7th of October, IS9B. Against Ex-Clerk and llomlimen. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind., Oct. B.—Suit has been brought in the Circuit Court for damages against ex-County Clerk C. W. Scott and his bondsmen. It is alleged that while he was clerk he was guilty of making illegal excessive costs. The plaintiffs are Airs. Retta Fall and Mr. J. S. Cobb. The damages asked are small, the two claims aggregating only S2OO. It is the intention to make a test case and if the plaintiffs win a large number of similar suits will be filed against Mr. Scott and every ex-county clerk it is possible to reach. Messrs. L. B. Moore and J. S. Cobb are at the head of the movement to recover excessive fees alleged to have been charged by the county clerks and have been working for months compliing data for the suits. Hanged Himself In the Jail. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Oct. B.—Wm. C. Dailey, aged twenty-one, a well-known young man of this city, committed suicide to-night in the county jail. To-day Judge Gibson sentenced him to from two to fourteen years in the Reformatory on the charge of assaulting Mrs. Harriet Young, with whom he had some difficulty. This afternoon he tried to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a tin cup. Failing in this he made a rope of the bed clothes, hanged himself and was dead when discovered by Sheriff Hawes. Victory for Christian Rand. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Oct. B.—The half dozen local saloon men who have been found guilty of operating saloons in the residence part of the city in violation of the Aluneie ordinance, under the provisions of the Aloore law, have withdrawn their appeals of the case and will abide by the decision of Mayor Cromer, and go out of business. This is claimed as a great victory for the committee of one hundred, which has been pushing the prosecutions, and means that Aluneie will have many less saloons.

Presbyterian. Church Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. B.—The Second Presbyterian Church, the finest house of worship in the city, was partially today, flames being communicated from burning rubbish. The building cost $53,000 three years ago. It is thought the walls are uninjured. The loss will be about $25,000, on which there was an insurance of $14,000 on building, $2,625 on organ and $875 on furniture. The loss is divided between twelve companies. Hacker Asks Damages. Special to the Ir.du nanolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Oct. B.—Judge Grubbs and the attorneys are giving their attention to-day to a SI,OOO damage suit of William Rac-ker, of Hope, against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for being forcibly' rejected from a moving freight train while sneaking a ride on the Indianapolis and Vincennes road. His head struck a tie when he fell and he was brought here to the railway surgeon and confined at the county asylum for several days. Scott County Seiners Arrested. Special to the Indiana polls Journal. SCOTTSBUUG, Ind., Oct. B.—Joseph Gable, of Columbus, was here yesterday and had warrants issued for the arrest of eleven pecple for seining fish. Four of the offenders were arrested and placed under bond of SIOO each for their appearance before Justice Charles G. Mitchell next Monday. A search warrant was also issued and a rixty-foot seine was found on the premises of Jonathan Everhart. The'deputy fish commissioner took possession of the seine and took the same to Columbus, where a large number of captured stines are stored away. Prosperity at Wabash. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH. Ind., Oct. B.—The Big Four railroad shdp at this city has commenced running nine hours a day, six days in the week, and the Wabash church and school furniture factory is running twelve hours a day. The Wabash bridge and Iron works has enough business in sight to keep it busy all winter with a full complement of hands and the Underwood Manutacturing Company and Pioneer hat works are working ten hours a day. Not for five years have the manufacturing concerns of this city been in such nourishing e mdition. Tlie Northwest Synod. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Oct. B.—The chief business before the Northwest Synod of the German Reformed Church to-day was the reception of greetings from other synods. Rev. L. I. Mayers, of Illinois, spoke for the Synod of the Interior: Rev. H. Nau, Ceylon, 0., lor the Central Synod, and Rev. Paul Sommershite, of New York city, for the Eastern Synod. The report on the orphans’ home at Fort Wayne was made by Rev. tirutf. of Berie, Ind. The Rev. liamiah, of Alendota. 111 . and the Rev. Baker, of Cleveland, were admitted to membership. Nearly Killed the Policeman. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLE, Ind., Oct. B.—Policeman A. C. Spell, of this city, was assaulted at a late hour last night by a gang of toughs and was badly injured. Ambrose Ellis, a colored man, became drunk and violent ort the street and when the officer arrested him and started to jail he was set on dv a brother of the prisoner and others and in the tight Spell lost his mace, which was instantly seised by the ruffians, who heat him about the head until he became insensible. All of the toughs made their escape. Diphtheria at Portland. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND. Ind., Oct. S.—Another child in the family of H. F. Haines, a wellknown newspaper solicitor, died last night of diphtheria. This makes the third child out of the family that has died since Sunday morning, leaving only one. Outside of the Haines family there are no cases in Portland Kni Khtmto wn Eleven Organized. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KfcTGHTSTOWN, Ind., Oct. B.—A football team was organized here last night with Raymond Bales, manager, and Roy Welborn. captain. The team Is deslrlous of making dates with all the elevens in the surrounding towns. The locals will line up

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with about the same team as represented Knightstown last year. Lient. Pickering Promoted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Oct. B.—Lieutenant Abner Pickering, of the United States army, wl ose home was in this city and who was for a long time stationed at Lafayette, has received notice of his appointment to a captaincy and has iurt been transferred from F<>-t Keogh. Mont., to Fcrt Yates. N. D. Lieutenant Pickering is a very popular army officer and las un extensive acquaintance over the State. YYal>a*li College Glee Club. Special to the lndianapods Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Oct. B.—The students of Wabash College met in the chapel yesterday and decided to perfect a musical organization among themselves. The meeting was enthusiastic and Wabash is now assured of a glee club and perhaps an orchestra. Covington to Have a Dally. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COVINGTON, Ind., Oct. B.—The Covington Republican in a few weeks will start a daily. Politically it will be of an independent nature. This will be the first regular daily paper ever published here. _ WANTS A RECEIVER. John W. Evan* Sues the Cleveland Linseed OH Company. CLEVELAND, 0., Oct. B.—John W. Evans brought suit to-day against the Cleveland Linseed Oil Company, in which ho is a stockholder, asking for a receiver. He declares that there is a conspiracy on the part of the large stockholders to freeze out the smaller ones by transferring the company’s property to one of their number on condition that he assume all the debts. He declares that the conspirators represent that the company is in financial straits, whereas he knows it to be nit true. The defendants, members of the board of directors of the company, profess to be astounded by Mr. Evans’s suit. They say the company is sound financially and can pay its debts easily, and that there is no thought of transferring the property. RETURNED FROM ABROAD. General Miles, Ex-Minister Taylor and Other Prominent People. NEW YORK, Oct. B.—Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles arrived here to-night on the American liner St. Louis, from Southampton. Hannis Taylor, until recently United States minister to Spain, who also cam 9 by the St. Louis, refused to have anything to sav about our relations with Spain on account of the Cuban war. Among the other passengers on the St. Louis were Charles T. Yerkes, Bishop W. W. Perrin, of British Columbia: Senator Shelby M. Cullom. of Illinois, and James C. '"Among the passengers on the Campania, which arrived to-nignt, were Katherine Clemmons and Howard Gculd, who left the steamer together; < pro Tprmas L. James and Rt. Rev. Bishop Worthington. _ OBITUARY. Ex-Senator McPherson, Once Democratic Leader of New Jersey, NEW YORK, Oct. B.—John Roderick AlcPherson, one time Democratic leader in New Jersey and United States senator from that State from 1877 until 1895 d‘ e d late to-night at Taylor’s Hotel, in Jersey City. Air. AlcPherson had been staying at the hotel for over a month. He had not been Well for some time, being sick with intestinal troubles. On Tuesday last he was obliged to take to his bed. His condition was not alarming until toward the last. To-night heart trouble set in as a complication and the former senator’s wife and daughter, who had gone to Washington some days ago, were telegraphed for. Air. McPherson sank rapidly and death resulted from heart disease. Ex-Senator AlcPherson was born a* York, Livingston county, New York, on May 9, 1833. He was for a time engaged in farming and stock raising. He became a resident of Jersey City in 1858. In IS7I he was elected to the New Jersey Senate and served for three years. In 1576 he was a presidential elector, when the State went for Tilden by a large majority. In 1877 he was elected a United States senator to succeed F. B. Frelinghuysen. He was elected to a second trem as United States senator by the Legislature in 18S3 and to a third term by the Legislature of 1889.

Sister Gonxuga. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. B.—Sister Gonzaga, the oldest Sister of Gharlty in the United States, and for over fifty years the superioress of St. Joseph’s Orphan Asylum, this city, died at the asylum to-day. Sister Gonzaga was horn near Emmettsburg, Md., in 1812, and when old enough attended the school at that place. Her name was Agnes Grace, and the members of the family are still well known in that section of the country. When she was but fifteen years of age she entered the church, and from that time until her death was a Sister of Charity. During the civil war Sister Gonzaga took the field as an army nurse and it was while acting in that capacity that she was able to give consolation to many a dying soldier. TELEGRAPHICBREVITIES. J L. Downs, of Cleveland, 0., who shot himself in Central Park, New York, Thursday night, is dead. The twelve brewing companies operating in central Pennsylvania are to be consolidated with a capital of $12,000,000. The trial of the wife of Governor Atkinson. of West Virginia, on the charge of forgery, was continued at. Glenville yesterday. At New Orleans last night Joe Geier was shot and killed by Emile Tuyes. The men had quarreled and Geier had threatened Tuyes with violence. The Hon. Hoke Smith, former secretary of the interior, has been elected president of the Board of Education of Atlanta to succeed Judge Howard Van Epps, resigned. The Supreme Court of lowa has adjudged guilty of willful and corrupt misconduct in office the Board of Aldermen of Dubuque, la., which passed a resolution raising their siflaries In 1835. The dead body of Robert A. Penning, fifteen years old. was found under the ruins back of the Detroit opera house, making the first fatality in connection with Wednesday night’s fire in that city. Patrick Paine, a wife murderer, was legally hanged at Monroe, La., yesterday. He asserted his innocence to the last, was perfectly cool and collected, and drank a glass of egg nogg and smoked a cigar on the scaffold. The seven principal employers of cornice and sky-light makers In Brooklyn yesterday agreed to theMemands of the strikers, who returned to work. The strikers demanded a $3.50 per day scale. The capitulation of the Brooklyn employers will, it is said, considerably improve the chances of the strikers in New York. Ruilwuy Over White Puns. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. B.—F. N. Faraham. mining engineer of Seattle, has just returned from the East, where he succeeded in organizing a company to build a steam railroad from Skaguay to Lake Bennett over the White Pass. He says that the company has been incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, by James A. AleNaught, for many years solicitor of the Northern Pacific Railroad; Senator Watson C. Squire, of Washington; John A. Stewart. a prominent mining man of Washington. and James G. Maturin, of New Jersey. The road will be narrow gauge. Is expected to cost $450,000, and it is proposed to complete the road by June 1 of next year. Bryan Day at Nashville, NASHVILLE. Tenn., Oct. 8.-From Kentucky, from Alabama, from Georgia and from all portions of Tennessee peop’e flocked to the exposition to-day to witness The celebration of Nebraska day and to hear Hon. W. J. Bryan speak. During the day the grounds and buildings were packed and the people from out of town were in the majority. To-night the attendance was in large proportion from the city. Figures are not obtainable, but during the day and evening it is estimated that forty thousand to forty-five thousand people attended. Tonight. on military plaza. Mr. Bryan made a political speech to an audience of fifteen thousand to twenty thousand people upon the issues of the day. Japan Buys American Rails. PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Oct. tion was given out in this city to-day that the imperial Japanese government had Just contracted with the Illinois Steel Company for 26.000 tons of steel rails and fastenings. These rails are to be of the Pennsylvania Railroad standard and seventy-pound sections. We know the great cures by Hood’s Sarsaparilla are genuine because the people themselves write about them.

RECORDS FALSIFIED. (Conclndcii from Pint Page.) formation that ‘ Mr:"Spencer left twentyfive minutes ago.” The mayor had also left a few moments before. He was found at the Democratic city committee room at 3 o’clock. “Haven’t you seen Air. Spencer? I told him to meet you at 1:30 o’clock." The reporter reminded the mayor that he was to make an appointment by telephone at 2 o’clock. “Didn’t he wait for you? I told hjm to wait. When can you meet him now?” AIR. ENGLISH ASSISTS. The reporter agreed to be at the park office at 4 o'clock. Fearing that Mr. Spencer would not arrive, the reporter appealed to Air. English. Thursday evening after seeing the mayor the reporter called on Mr. English and explained the difficulties he had experienced in getting at the records. Mr. English expressed surprise. He said that so far as he tvas concerned there was absolutely nothing in the records that he wished concealed, and he expressed the hope that the reporter might see them the next afternoon (yesterday.) Thursday night he urged the mayor to have Spencer on hand the next afternoon. When the reporter called on Mr. English yesterday Mr. English promised to telephone the mayor, urging that he send Air. Spencer to the park office. The reporter returned to the park office, where Mr. Spencer appeared shortly after 4 o’clock. Afterward Mr. English said that he had been unable to reach the mayor by telephone, but had talked to Leon Bailey, asking him to deliver the message to the mayor if he saw him. When Air. Spencer arrived he very courteously showed the minutes of the Park Board and gave such information as was asked of him. Very briefly stated, the record of April 16, 1897, as set forth in Page 143 of the permanent minute book of the Park Board, is this: “The board met in regular session on Friday, April 16, 1897, at 4 o’clock p. m. Present, Messrs. English, Holt and Perry; absent, Messrs. Claypool and Holt. On motion Mr. Lieber presided in the absence of the chairman.” It will be observed that this shows Mr. Holt as both absent and present. Air. Spencer explained that this was a clerical error. Air. Holt was absent. Air. Lieber’s name should appear as present instead of Air. Holt. Mr. Spencer’s statement is proved, as the record shows -Air. Lieber presided, and further dowm the page he is shown as voting on a motion. His presence is further shown by the Journal’s account of the regular meeting published the next day, April 17. Continuing, the minutes show, "The minutes of the two previous meetings were read and approved.” That means that they were read and that the chairman said, “You have heard the minutes read. If there is no objection they will stand approved.” That was the usual form. It was then customary for the commissioner who had presided to sign the minutes of the previous meeting. After the minutes were read on April 16 of the two previous meetings the board proceeded w r ith the usual routine business. Remonstrances against leaving land below Indiana avenue down to Washington street out of the park system w r ere read and ordered filed. The clerk was directed to apply for police powers for four men whose names were set out. “On motion of Air. English bills as evidenced by vouchers numbered 456 and 457 were allowed. Ayes—Alessrs. English, Lieber and Perry.” It will be observed that on such an unimportant thing as allowing two bills a formal motion was made and a vote w’as taken. That formality was dispensed with —if the record proves anything—when it came to taking in the mayor’s land, as will be shown further down. After the vote to allow the bills w'as taken reports were submitted by the engineer with reference to reducing the cost of the bridge in Garfield Park over Bean creek to $3,000. He also asked that the guaranty be stricken from the contract for the bridge. “On motion of Air. Perry.” the record reads, “it was so ordered.” Further down it shows that the board “ordered” the bog land included, but there is no record of a “motion of Air. Perry” or either of the other two commissioners who were present. Bids for repairing Garfield dam were received. They are set out at length and the paragraph concerning them concludes: “On motion of Mr. English, the matter of aw&rding the contract was postponed.” Then the bids for the Garfield Park “privileges” were received and the contract awarded to John G. Pantzer “on motion.” It will be noted that there were formal motions made with regard to four rather trivial subjects, and that a vote was taken on them. THE TELL-TALE ENTRY.

Then comes the important entry where the mayor's land crawled back In. This time there is no reference to a motion being made by any one, although a very important transaction was to be made. The record simply reads: "The board ordered that the following property be Included in the park system:” Then follows the description of the bog land and other tracts, which was published in full in the Journal last Saturday, together with the resolution for the condemnation of the lands and asking for the appointment of three disinterested property owners to appraise them, inasmuch as the board was not "able to agree with the owners of said land as to a fair cash value for the same.” Following the resolution is the following: “Whereupon the board adjourned.” No place does it appear that a vote was taken to include the mayor's land In the park system. The minutes are “attest” by C. H. Spencer, clerk, and a blank line with the words “Acting Chairman” neatly typewritten below it is still waiting for the signature of Air. Lieber, who acted as chairman at that meeting. That is all the record shows. It Is interesting more in what it does not show than what appears in cold typewritten sentences. The next meeting was held on April 27, 1897. The record of this appears on the next page. It was at this meeting that Sections 5 and 6 were taken in instead of at a “special” meeting held on April 16, as Air. Spencer’s certificate on file in the Circuit Court shows. Mr. Spencer was shown the court record of the alleged April 16 “special” meeting and explained that it must have been a clerical error as to the date. In other respects the court record corresponds with the park record as to Sections 5 and 6. The minutes of the meeting of April 27, 1897, show that Commissioners Claypool, English, Holt. Lieber and Perry were present, the chairman. Commissioner Claypool, presiding. "The reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with,’,’ the record shows. It does not show on whose motion. Right here is where the fact that the Taggart land was to be included would have been known to Messrs. English and Perry if the minutes had been read, but they were not, and Mr. English never saw them subsequently. On that day a number of important things were done. Reference to but one will show the usual procedure when lands were included in the park system and steps taken io have them condemned. “On motion of Mr. English the following resolution was then adopted: Resolved, That the boundary lines of Sections 5 and 6 of the river front and Fall creek park system shall be as follows, to wit.” (Here follows the boundaries of these two sections.) Following the description by metes and bounds of the fifth and sixth sections the vote that was taken appears as follows: "Ayes. Messrs. Claypool. English. Holt, Lieber and Perry; noes, none.” It was this circumstance In the eeurt records that first aroused suspicion. Here was a clear transaction, open mid above board, of which the commissioners must be presumed to know, as they voted on It. In the Taggart transaction there was no motion made nor vote taken. MR.' SPENCER’S EVASION. Mr. Spencer was present when these discoveries were made by the reporter. He explained that Mr. Lieber did not sign the record of April 16 for some reason or other. Mr. Spencer did not know why. "Why was the reading of the minutes of the meeting of April 16 dispensed with on April 27?” "I don’t know. I suppose for one thing the board had a good deal of business to transact.” "On April 20, Mr. Spencer, the court records show you filed the application for appraisers for the Taggart land, certifying that the board so "ordered" on April 16. Between the date of the meeting and the date you filed the certificate did you attempt to have Air. Lieber sign the record?” "Why, Mr. Lieber ought to have signed it. He went to Europe.” "But between those dates did you ask him to sign it, before filing your certificate in court?" "I don’t think I did, I guess not, I—lt was’’— Air. Spencer’s answer to this question tvas Indirect and was evasive. Previously he had admitted that the record was perhaps not "technically” complete until signed by the chairman of the board or the acting chairman who presided in his absence. Air. Spencer < xplained in answer to questions that it was his custom to take shorthand notes of tlie board’s orders at each meeting, write them out before the next meeting and then submit them at the next meeting. "Have you your notes of the meeting of April 16?’ he was asked. "No; I never kept my shorthand notes." "Then you have nothing to show what

the board ordered at that met ting except the permanent record and impression book?” "No. I know one thing:. I would not put anything in the records the board did not order. There’s the record. You can see for yourself what it shows.” Mr. Spencer was in a position, had he been so minded, to have written the description of the mayor’s land upon the minute books. Circumstances could not have been more favorable. At the next meeting the reading of the minutes was dispensed with, and the two commissioners who would have objected would have been none the wiser. Mr. Perry says most positively that if the record shows the Taggart land was taken in it is falsified, and Mr. English says that he has no recollection of it having been discusesd on that occasion. SPENCER’S TALK EAST NIGHT. Late last night Mr Spencer was found by a reporter for the Journal, who showed him Colonel Perry’s declaration on this subject. "Wait a minute,” he said, before he would discuss the question. He was gone from the mayor’s private office for a few minutes. When he returned he said: “There has been no falsification of the records in the office of the park commissioners. If there are any statements which are not true they are simply mistakes, nothing more. There is no intentional falsification.” Just then Mayor Taggart came in. Mr. Spencer admitted that he had gone to talk with the mayor before committing himseif and the two men seemed to understand each other perfectly as they talked about the ease. Said Mr. Taggart: “The records are there to show for themselves, and thex’ are without doubt more accurate than the memory of any member of the board.” Mr. Spencer was asked if the board approved the minutes of each meeting at each subsequent meeting. “I remember distinctly.” he said, “that at the meeting next following the meeting of April 16 the reading of the minutes was dispensed with.” His attention had been called to this, and he had discussed it with another reporter in the afternoon. • ♦ WHAT MR. DEWAR SAYS. Has Agreement to Purchase Taggart Laud in His Possession. Duncan Dew'ar, a Democratic member of the finance committee of the Council, has in his possession the original agreement signed by Sterling R. Holt and Albert Lieber, in which the privilege was reserved of “purchasing for $15,000 land at the Belt road and White river.” The agreement was signed, he says, at the Grand Hotel. It is dated Feb. 26, 1807. Mr. Dewar says that Mayor Taggart was present and knew what was going on. Mayor Taggart has repeatedly said, in speeches and interviews published in the Democratic organs, that his land was not considered after Feb. 8, when a letter was sent to Mr. Wolcott by Mr. Claypool, saying that the Belt road land had been left out in addition to other tracts that were described, in order to bring the appropriation down to $350,000, the amount Controller Johnson recommended for parks. Mr. Dewar lias had the agreement in his possession ever since. It bears the signature of Albert Lieber and Sterling R. Holt, the latter written on the bottom line, Mr. Lieber's name on the next line above, leaving two other lines, on one of which the finance committee was made to believe Mr. English, the third Democratic member of the board, was willing to place his signature had he not been too iil at the time.

The Journal yesterday said that Charles A. Bookwalter, in a meeting the night before, had divulged Mr. Dewar’s name as his informant, Mr. Dewar was asked about this yesterday. “Is it true that you gave Mr. Bookwalter his information,” a Journal reporter asked Mr. Dewar yesterdax’. “About a week ago,” said Mr. Dewar, “Mr. Bookwalter called at my residence and, finding me absent, left a card inviting me to call at his office, Lemcke building. At that time I had never seen Mr. B. to my knowledge, but soon after, when I came down town, I called upon him. He immediately introduced the park question, and in minute details described the meetings at the Grand Hotel between the Democratic members of the finance committee, as conveyed in his speeches, and appealed to me to verify his statements. I was forced to admit the general truth of those statements and asked him who his informant was. He replied that inasmuch as the story was known to seven or eight persons, and that as 1 had admitted its truth, he would only say that he had it from a person very near the Board of Park Commissioners. “Although I had no intention to reveal the proceedings of the meetings held at the Grand, on any occasion, I felt that as someone had alreadx' given the whole thing away, and that all of it was of such a character that it would not in any way incriminate any. one, I gave him specific details of which he was not possessed. It is unnecessary to give in full the agreement entered into at the first meeting, because Mr. Bookwalter has alreadx' given it publicity, but I want to state that what follows I am willing to swear to “When the agrement was drawn up it was taken to the Grand Hotel, wht're a meeting was arranged betwen the members of the committee and the Democratic members of the Park Board, and given to Mr. Holt by me, he having agreed to secure the signature of Mr. English. We stood around in the lobby of the Grand Hotel discussing the park question with Mayor Taggart and awaiting the arrival of Messrs. Holt and Lieber. When Mr. Holt returned with the announcement that Mr. English was too sick and could not sign the agreement, 1 think Mr. Lieber was there, but whether he was or not, or arrived later is not material. Max r or Taggart took me aside and with a fervent pressure of the hand assured me on his honor as a man that whatever he agreed to in the matter Mr. English would ratifx' and that as Mr. English, Holt and Lieber comprised a majority of the board ar.x' agrement then entered into would be carried into effect. "We retired into the room at the rear of the barroom and there the agreement was signed as I believe in the presence of and in view of Mr. Taggart and in that agreement was included $15,000 worth of land at tire Belt road and White river. “Four members of the finance committee, Messrs. Kirkhoff, Ohleyer, Clark and myself, were again invited to meet the gentlemen at the Grand Hotel -this time in an upper room and were introduced to the same gentlemen with Mr. English also present. This time the subject of discussion was the substitutition of a strip of land between Washington street and Fall creek instead of some of the other properties mentioned in the first agreement. Three of the committee, Messrs. Ohleyer. Kirkhoff and mx’self, concluded that as the appropriation ordinance was passed and resistance would he then useless we assented, but Mr. Clark objected and protested against any change, but after some conversation had taken place betwen Messrs Lieber and Clark, which I did not hear. Mr. Clark consented and we retired. “That is The substance of what T communicated to Mr. Bookwalter and while his construction of the affair may be entirelx r different from mine T can’t for the life of me see any harm in all this, nor do I sec anv reason why it should not be given full publicity. Nor do T find why Mr. English can find anx’ cause for offense, for I am certain that'l have said nothing to offend him in anx” manner. As to any arrangement between Mayor Taggart and the Park Board for the purchase of his land I know nothing. Sections 18 and 19 of the park law confer the power of eminent domain upon the park commissioners and give them the power to acquire lands within and without the city to the limit of four miles, no matter who it belongs to, and if they deem it the right thing to do the>’ can take the land of the President of the United States if they want to. provided it is found within the above-named limits.” THE FIRST REPORT. Being asked for further details of the agreement and the facts leading up to it, Mr. Dewar said that the entire finance committee met in the Citx' Hall to consider Hie park appropriation ordinance. Mr. Wolcott, chairman of the committee, submitted a letter he had received from Mr. Claypool, in which the information was eonvex r ed that on Feb. 8 certain lands, including the “bog,” had been droped by the Board of Park Commissioners to reduce the amount to within the appropriation. The committee considered that the letter was a personal letter to Mr. Wolcott—that is, Messrs. Dewar, Kirkhoff, Clark and Ohlex'er, Democratic members of the committee, did—and they refused to be guided bx T it. Mr. Dewar drew up a report on the ordinance, directing the Park Board to specify just what tracts would be purchased with the mone>’. Mr. Wolcott objected to this, and the resnort was destroyed. * He thought that the other Democratic members of the Council were trxing to "freeze him out” by dropping the White river lands south of Indiana avenue, which he wished to have included. Besides, he doubted the right of the Council to, dictate to the Board of Parks on this subject. Messrs. Dewar, Ohleyer, Clark and Kirkhoff walked out and had a caucus of their ow r n at Monninger’s saloon, on North Illi-

nois street, where another report was drawn up by' Mr. Dewar. He says that it was handed to Mr. Ohleyer, who still has it in his possession. It was of about the same tenor as the one first drawn up in the committee meeting at the cit>' hall. Subsequently there were various meetings at the Grand Hotel and it was finali>' agreed that certain tracts, estimated at $269,800, should be included. This left $30,000 to cover discrepancies between tin; estimated values and the price that would have to be paid. Finally Mr. Dewar was instructed to write the agrement that the Democratic members of the Park Board were to sign, binding them as to what tracts the money would be spent for and binding them to spend $50,000 for labor. Mr. Clax’pool’s letter as to what tracts were selected was to be totally disregarded and the Democrats were to modify the action that had been taken dropping out certain tracts on Feb. S. Before this point was reached, however, the max‘or, in a personal conversation with Mr. English, who had meantime recovered, discovered that neither Mr. English nor Mr. Perr>- could not be relied on to allow the deal to go through. On April 1, ls9r. two dax's after the agreement appears to have been executed, Mr. Spencer was appointed park clerk to succeed Colonel Hollow-ax’, and in a little over two weeks more the mayor’s land got back in the record. HOLT TAKES THE COPY. After Mr. Dewar was instructed to prepare the agreement he drafted it at his own house, took It to Mr. Holt, who took it from him for the purpose of having a typewritten copx' made and to secure Mr. English’s signature. A meeting of all the parties, Messrs. Dewar, Clark, Kirkhoff and Ohleyer, of the finance committee, Messrs Holt and Lieber, of the Park Board, and Mayor Taggart, was arranged for. Before Mr. Holt returned the agreement at this meeting Mayor Taggart informed Mr. Dewar that Mr. English would sanction and ratify any agreement he might make. That wds before Mr. English expressed himself so forcibly against the scandal. The parties got together in the Grand Hotel in the “little room behind the bar,” to which Mr. Bookwalter has referred, and the agreement was discussed. Someone (Mr. Dewar cannot now recall whether it was Mr. Holt or Mr. Lieber or both of them) insisted that it be amended so as to allow for the purchase of the propagating ground (it was never in the evidence that this land belonged to the mayor so far as the councilmen knew) and the demand was acceded to. Mr. Dewar wrote the amendment in this ‘little room.” Then Mr. Holt signed his name on the last line and Mr. Lieber signed on the next line above. Mr. Dewar says that the mayor was present and knew what was going on.

TAGGART DICTATED IT. Had Mr. Dewar Write the Dog Land Proposition Feb. 2<i. At a Republican meeting held at Fountain square last night, C. A. Bookwalter was one of the speakers. He devoted the time to the park scandal, making an exhaustive exposition of the deal by which Mayor Taggart’s land was to be included the park sx r stery. In the course of his remarks he said: “On or about the 15th of February, seven days after Mayor Taggart saj-s that they ceased to consider his park land—on or about the 15th day of February, Duncan Dewar, a Democratic councilman from the Eight ward, asked of Mr. Taggart and the Park Board that they give to the Council some guarantee that the money to be appropriated would be used to purchase certain lands. Upon that Mr. Taggart and Mr. Holt and Mr. Lieber told Mr. Dewar to prepare his agreement, and he did so, and on the 26th day of February, eighteen days after Mr. Taggart's public record ceases—on the 26th day of February, they came to the Grand Hotel for a meeting of the finance cimmittee of the Council, held in a little room east of the barroom. While the finance committee of the Council -were there Mr. Taggart, Mr. Holt and Mr. Lieber were upstairs in the office. I know they were there. Mr. Taggart says he was not, but Colonel Perry, of the Park Board, tells me that he saw him there. Mr. Dewar says he was there. And Mr. Dewar produced an agreement. When I made this charge first Mr. Taggart said that I couldn’t produce that agreement. He did not deny it—he said I could not produce it. My fellow-citizens, I can produce it. There it is. (Applause.) This agreement was prepared by Mr. Dewar, and is as follows: “Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 26, 1987. “ ‘To the Members of the Finance Comclttee of the Council—As members of the Board of Park Commissioners, we agree, on condition that appropriation ordinance No. 2, 1897, for the sum of $350,000, be passed by the Common Council, that the same shall be used for park purposes and applied as follows: Fall creek sx’stem above Indiana avenue $193,000 Davidson property 15,000 Dean property 12.000 Chadwick and Ray streets 1.900 Bobbs property 16,750 Corner Sanders and McKernan streets 8,250 Kirland property. West Washington and Miley avenue 8,000 “ ‘The foregoing are approximate prices and the purchase of the last item optional with us. That the sum of $50,000, as near as possible, be devoted to labof in improving the five or six smaller tracts if found consistent with such plans as we have, or may adopt, but in any case we agree to carry out our promise to employ as many men as possible at the earliest possible day.’ TAGGART’S AGREEMENT PRODUCED “There, there is where Mr. Dewar stopped his agreement. He did not write any more. He submitted it to Mr. Taggart, Mr. Lieber and Mr. Holt, and what did they say? They said it was all right, with one exception. He said, ‘What is that?’ Mr. Taggart said, ‘Take up your pen,’ and he did, and he told him to write, and he did—and what did he write? Eighteen days after Mr. Taggart and the Indianapolis News sax’s that this land was no longer considered, what did he write? He wrote thi3, and the mayor dictated it, and Albert Lieber looked over his shoulder, and so did Holt. Here is what he wrote: “ ‘ln addition to the above named and described we reserve the privilege of purchasing for $15,000 land at the Belt road and White river.’ “That was Taggart’s land. He dictated that. He says he did not, but Dewar told me that if he sued me for libel, he would come in the courthouse and he would swear that he did. (Applause.) "This agreement, when it was finished, had five blank lines at the bottom of it. Mr. Taggart turned to Mr. Holt, and he said: ‘Sterling’—that is the way he talks to him—’Sterling, you sign on the bottom line,’ and he did; and he said: 'Albert, you sign on the next line,’ and he did; and he said they would leave three blank lines at the bottom, between the contract and the other signatures, and they would get tyr. English to sign it, and then thex' would have it sure. But they reckoned without their host. Thex’ were afraid to take it to Mr English. Mr. English says that they never dared show it to him, although Sterling Holt went back to the Council, on Monday, the Ist of March, and told Mr. Dewar, his fellow-Democrat, that he had gone to see Mr. English, but he was too sick and could not pay any attention to business. “This agreement, mind you. binds Thomas Taggart to that purchase. He cannot escape it by a bare denial. We have the proof. I have seen the originai. I know the signature of Sterling Holt; I know the signature of Albert Lieber, and they are both genuine: and I have had others go and see it also, and orher good men will say when the time comes, if called upon, on their oaths, as honest men, that this agreement was made there, because I will subpoena members of the finance com. mittee. and make them testify to It, because they lead it at the time. ( Applause.) THE NEWS FIGURES IN I^. “The Indianapolis News has seen fit to take a jocular view of this story of the attempt to filch money from your pockets. But what did it say about it before it hod been converted to TaggarMsm? 1 will read to you what it said. On the 17th day of April, long before it had been committed as a Taggart organ, when it was willing to represent things as thex’ were; when ii was willing to give every citizen an opportunity to be heard through its columns— w T hat did it -ay then? On the 17th day of April, sixtx’-seven days after it now says that Thomas’s land disappeared, it had this editorial: “ ’We trust that further consideration of the subject will convince the board that the important thing now is not to fritter away money on many of the smaller tracts, and out-of-the-way tracts, like the Taggart farm, away down in the southwest part of the city, by the river, but to get the Fall creek system under way at once.’ “That is what the Indianapolis News thought about it on the 17th day of April. I know why that appeared, but I don’t know why it don’t take any stock in it now. (Laughter and applause.) "But let us go to other authority; let us go to Democratic authorit>\ I have in my possession a cop>’ of a communication sent to the Indianapolis Sentinel, and printed in that paper on the morning of March 6. It was written b> r a Democrat. I know it was written by a Democrat, and a member of the Council, because he was so proud of his literary ability that he showed the article in manuscript to two men, who told me they read It on the afternoon bc-

| THE WEAK | I STOMACH Will retain POSTUM. | f It gives the * Invalid strength. % A t • ™ l LIVE - FACT. t *> <S fore it appeared. And what did this Democrat say? I will read it: “ ’The pfece of land near Morris street, on the river, has never been recommended for a park, and the board admits this, but it is proposed to buy it at a cost of $15,000 and use it as a garden or propagating grounds. This land is among the very lowest on the river and cannot be successfully leveled. It is claimed that this river land is owned by a prominent city official, and its selection is due to a desire to please him. If this is true, then the board will do well to go slow, as the public will be sure to resent any action on the part of the board that smacks of favoritism.’ "That is the plaint of a Democrat, published in the Sentinel, on the morning or the 6th of March. Does that look like Mr. Taggart’s land had dropped out In February? ENGLISH INTERVIEW GARBLED. “Mr. English, who would not sign that contract even if Holt had presented it, who would not be cajoled at any time into bux'ing that worthless land, came home from New York >'esterday. He was interviewed bx’ the public press. I wish to say that the Indianapolis Sentinel did not have the courage, did not have the common decency, did not have the ordinary honesty, to print in its columns what Mr. English said, without giving it a garbled effect, because, as Mr. English has told other people, as soon as he returned, as he has intimated to men who came direct to me, the storx r that I told is true, in all its important parts. It is truo and the Sentinel did not dare print his interview as he gave it. “Now, when we forced this question upon the mayor, and he dismissed it for weeks, with one of his smiles—l>u,t he can’t even grin now when it is mentioned (laughter)— w-hen wo forced it upon him, I went to the Park Board and asked his clerk if the record of the Bth of Februarx' was the only record on the park books as to Mr. Taggart’s land. He unblushingly told me it was. Less than a week ago the Indianapolis Journal found upon the records of the Circuit Court a certificate from that same truthful x’oung man, who sat under the teachings of Mr. Taggart so long, and has listened to and associated with Mr. Holt so long that he can do nothing else but tell the truth (laughter)—that same truthful young man filed in the Circuit Court a certificate to the effect that on the 16th of April the Park Board had passed a resolution asking Judge Allen to appoint appraisers to appraise this land of Mr. Taggart’s. I asked him to-day if he remembered that. He said he did, but he said In the same breafth, ‘You don’t expect me to remember everything that is in ihe books, and when you were here I had realty forgot it.’ “But it is true that there is a subsequent record. And what does it show? I looked at the books to-dax’, and, notwithstanding the X’oung man’s certificate, there was no such meeting held on the 16th day of April. He certified to the Circuit Court, either through mistake or intentionallx', that there had been an extra meeting of the Park Board on that day. and he even named the men that were there. No such meeting was ever held, but on the 27th there was a meeting held and then the record shows that a resolution was passed calling for the appointment of appraisers to buy Mr. Taggart’s land. Col. Perry—and you all know Oran Perry—Col. Perry told me to-day that the record as certified there was, to his best recollection, absolutely false, because no mention had been made at that meeting of Mr. Taggart’s land, and the record was made up after the board adjourned, and someone induced someone else to put into it the falsehood that the board had ordered appraisers appointed to appraise Mr. Taggart’s land. ENGLISH KNEW NOTHING. “I asked Mr. English about it. ’Why,’ he says, ‘I don’t know anything of that kind. The Taggart land was, I understood, dropped long before that, and I don’t believe that there was anything said at that meeting about Mr. Taggart’s land, but the clerk was asked to make a certificate covering certain lands that the board did want to purchase.’ “After the board adjourned I presume that the clerk, through his zeal, through his anxiety, through his determination to take care of the man who had taken care of him, put in that park record the certificate that the park commissioners wanted to buy it, and two of them to-day say that no such agreement was made at that time. (Applause.) “Now, that is the record of double dealing and duplicity; that is the record that the Indianapolis News laughs about; that is the record that they denominate ’a mysterious midnight story’ that is unworthy of belief, although they believed it themselves on the 17th day of April. “Now, my friends, I would like to talk to 3 r ou longer, but in conclusion I wish to urge you of the South Side to do your duty down in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth and Ninth wards—do your duty and we will come down to Fall creek ready to say to you on Pleasant run that wo have wiped out the Tammany crowd that .have been fattening upon you and upon me; that we have wiped out the disgrace of the White-river sewer; that we have wiped out that disgrace of the Board of Public Works; that there will be no sewer scandal, but with William Newton Harding as mayor there will be honesty in city government, there will be a careful scrutiny of your interests and mine, and when we turn over the reins of government we will do it with absolutely clean hands.” (Applause.)

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