Indianapolis Journal, Volume 48, Number 50, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1898 — Page 3

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Largest Line, Best Assortment FOREIGN and DOMESTIC PERFUMES .. .AT... Huder’s Drug Store, Wash, and Penn. Sts. Chestnut Leaf Cough Balsam, 25c, at POTTER’S DRUG STORE Comer Pennsylvania and North Streets. The sole sale for Indianapolis. It’s THE Specific for Cough, and PLEASANT. El!!!!- . 'W"—*ESSS~—e£"S£SS2g£SB NFNTRT Dn A * E * BUCHANAN l/Im 1101 22-33 When BuUdin*. MASQUERS MAKE MERRY - ♦ —— THE ANNUAL RECEPTION AND BALL OF THE MAENNERCHOR, a Charming Prince Carnival In the Grand March-Most Successful Event In the Society’s History. 0 Never before did the Maennerchor Society give such a ball as’it did last night. It was, in fact, one of the most pretentious masques ever witnessed in the city. Over three hundred of the members , of the society put on the visor and joined In the rout of the Prince Carnival. The present commodious quarters of the society were taxed to their utmost and all three of the floors of the building were called into requisition. The costumings were both elegant and ludicrous, add the merriment and pleasure were unrestrained for many hours. A rule that none but those in masks should be allowed on the floor was strictly observed, and the common expression heard on all sides was, “Sehr shoen aufgefeuhrt,”

which means, In English, that It was something very beautiful. The masquers began to arrive at 8 o’clock In the evening, carriage after carriage depositing their merry loads beneath the great canopy at the entrance. The members of the reception committee, wearing the distinguishing Insignia of fool's caps and sashes, met the arriving revelers and ushered them into the dressing rooms. Every arrangement was perfect, and no confusion resulted. As fast as their wraps were shed the masquers joined the motley throng, which by 9 o’clock swarmed over the entire building. It would be useless to deset ibe the different characters, they were so varied and numerous. The whole range of disguises that Ingenuity and means could devise paraded before the eye in a chaos of color and pattern. There were beautiful flower girls and court ladies whose sparkling eyes and hidden features added a charming mystery to their being that made one all the more anxious to know them. Then there were dukes and Prince Rudolphs whose handsome exteriors made them the cynosures of admiring glances. But those who played a comedy role performed a very important part in the carnival, adding a frolicsome spirit to the whole occasion and making impossible anything like stiffness or formality. No introductions are necessary at a masque, but it Is difficult to find out who one's partner is. As Is usually the cure, the masquers for the first hour last night strictly observed the law of the carnival—that the least said thfe better. Such a bowing and scraping, with only a mumble or two to be wheedled out of the boldest' This edifying period of mummery lasted qntil the grand march whs ready to start, which was about 9:30 o'clock. A GLITTERING PAGEANT. The grand march was one of the most resplendent ever witnessed. The brilliantly lighted dancing hall, with Its marching masquers, its crowded balcony and Its stage of ferns that hid the orchestra made a picture that filled the eye with rapture. The march was led by the floor committee of eight members, who were handsomely costumed in the court apparel belonging to the eighteenth century in France. Then followed the “Dramatic Trust,’’ composed of the active members of the society, who each represented some favorite character of the stage. El Capitan seemed to dominate the trust by rtason of his greater height of stature and exaggerated coat of mail, but the Roman gladiators, the comfortable looking Falstaft and the heroically molded dancing girls were very conspicuous. After the “trust'' came the car of the Prince Carnival, which was drawn by two elephants whose trunks were marvelous to behold. The car itself was a chariot modeled after those used in the triunrohal processions of Rome and in its capac’ous interior sat Otto Lcvison, who la stature Sind avoirdupois is said to be first among the members of the Maennerchor. He reclined luxuriantly in his seat of state and wielded his scepter with benignity over his subjects and particularly over the elephants that drew him about the charmed circle. Following the prince came the Salvation Army, the beautiful girls that represented the months of the year and the masquers In general. Once around the hall the prince was drawn to the music of the march and then was wheeled into a corner, where the elephants immediately assumed an erect posture. The march then continued and was participated in br about two hundred, the size of the hall not permittiij? any more to enter. The gay throng continued to perform tho complicated evolutions for upwards of half an hour and the effect was that of a kaleidoscopic scene of changing colors and figures. The pageant of the march was frequently applauded and it was wonderful with what precision and lack of confusion it was carried out. The waltz which followed was marked by some expert dancing in wooden ■hoes by several Germans just over the pond. The Interlude before the next dance was taken advantage of by the Salvation Army, the curfew ooys and other ridiculously attired characters to exploit their parts. Tile Salvation Army is deserving of more than passing notice. There were a dozen or more characters in the army, including a bass drum, a flag and a convert, who. being a drummer, carried a valise, the

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c ontents of which were occasionally spilled upon the floor. There was a large-sized boa constrictor in this valise and sometimes his snakeship got away in the most solemn moments of the army's services. When the drummer was duly converted the army sang such war songs as “Hurrah, Hurrah, We’ll Shout the Jubilee’’ and “Du bist verruckt mein kind.” •'The curfew performance was also something rich. Eight or ten maskers dressed as boys with a bicycle, a dog cart, blacking cases and dice and an Irish policeman made up the personnel of the party. While the boys were gambling and playing leap frog the man in the orchestra blew the curfew whistlo and the policeman made a grand effort toward fulfilling his duty. Samuel of Posen, numerous Chinamen, some colored gentlemen and the Siamese twins who were the fetching belles of the evening and a hundred other notable and strange characters made the whole night merry. Masks w r ere taken off by midnight, and the supper was served in the Walhalla, on the first floor, which was decorated with plants and made a bower of beauty. "DRAMATIC TRUST” ARRIVES, With fools’ caps and bells on their heads and gay sashes hanging from their coat lapels Messrs Frederick Bachman, Oscar Frenzel, Bement Lyman, Albert Goepper and Christian Weiss, members of the reception committee, stood at the grand entrance greeting the maskers and directing them to the dressing rooms. Among those to arrive early were the characters in the “dramatic trust,’’ a group of mummers made up In burlesque of the trust that controls, or tries to control, dramatic affairs in this country. The characters and those representing them were as follows: “El Capitan,’’ J. P. Frenzel: “Mikado,” F. Bellinger: “Gladiator,” F. Mack; “Ballet,” E. Stelnkuehler; “Falstaff,” O. N. Frenzel; “Prize Fighter,” Albert Off; “Josh Whitcomb,” F. Kotteman; “Ballet.” F. Baden; “Gladiator,” G. Rexroth: “Mephisto,” J. Burekhart; “Rip Van Winkle,” H. Duden; “Othello,” Henry Roepke; “Chris,” P. H. Krauss; “Lena,” P. H. Krauss, jr.; “Minstrel,” Herman Adam; “Old Hoss,” Wm. Grieb; “Samuel of Posen,” E. Steinhiiber; "Spanish matador,” A. Ziegler; “Scribe,” J. Mayer; “Svengali,” O. Heyer; “Hamlet,” E. Ziegler; “Clown,” O. Ehrgott; "Pantaloon,” William Strebel; “Harlequin,” C. Sander; “Arab.” R. Mueller; “Athlete,” George Amt: "Lohengrin,” Wm. Broeking; “Julius Caesar.” B. Guedelhoefer; “Dromio,” O. Busehlng; “Dromio,” William Mueller; “Buffalo Bill,” F. Reissner. “Prince* Carnival” w'as represented by Otto Levinson. The two baby elephants drawing “Prince Carnival’s” chariot were W. Gierke and George E. Schmitt. As the maskers came upstairs they observed Messrs. Gustave Mueller, Robert Martindale, Charles Prinzler, H. J. Graham, S. A. Morrison, Gustave Keevers, George A. Gay and Ray Van Camp, who constituted the reception committee, attired in lavender coats, white satin vests, black satin knickerbockers, black hose, buckled shoes and white wigs and hats of French courtiers of the latter end of the eighteenth century. Among the maskers were several Mephistos blood red, hooded and horned, represented by Dr. C. H. Green, E. G. Robbins and W. D. Shreve. It was after the grand march began that the “curfew boys” began burlesquing the curfew law, arrived. They were dressed in the abbreviated costumes of schoolboys, wore towsled wigs, and were armed with toys, blacking kits, little wagons and other boyish playthings. The curfew “kids” were represented by Will Off, Fred Krauss, Henry Bals, Otto Kipp, Carl Walk, Charles Kotteman, Edward Hoffmeyer, Anthony Bals and Will Leppert. The grotesque policeman to keep them in order was Eugene Dollmetsch. Another unique group was the Salvation Army, the ladies and gentlemen of, which w r ere dressed In the familiar blue and with ribbons Qn hats and bonnets engraved with the words “Salvation Army.” The ladies of the army were Mrs. Julius Keller, Miss Louise Frenzel, Mrs. C. G. Weiss, Mrs. Christian Off, Miss Josephine Gintz, Mrs. William Stelnhilber, Mrs. J. H. Ballman, Miss Emma Ballman, Mrs. William Kiemeyer and Mrs. Hutz; the men of the army were William Kiemeyer, Mr. Gintz, J. Keller, jr., Charles Mueller, Henry Pfafflin, Oliver Dicks and Jacob Loeper. Beside the various groups there were many of the maskers alone or in couples. Among the characters represented were “Prince Rudolph,” Dr. A. E. Buchanan; “Don Carlos,” Fred Monninger; “Gambrinus II,” Karl Schriver, of Germany; “Court Fool,” Werner Amlet; “hermit,” A. C. Ayers; “Mexican grandee,” W. P. Commingor; “coon,” Frank Mummenhoff; “eccentric old man,” Eugene Pfafflin; “cadet in fatigue uniform,” S. A. Green; “Kentucky darky,” W. L. Brosse, Maysville, Ky.; “Spaniard,” J. W. Neumann; “Rube Kid,” Ed J. Rauch: “umbrella mender,” Gecrge Deluse; “King,” Ernest Fry; “dude,” W. C. Gardner; “monk,” Conrad Miller; “Frenchman,” George Alig; “Chinamen,’’ Will Adam, Emil Deluse and E. Keller; “Jap,” Bert Fitzgerald; “scorcher.” Fred Bachman: “Continental guard.” A. H Bals, jr.; “summer boy.” Will Blrk; “machinists,” George H. Chapman and J. D. Thompson. Among those in dominoes were: Nathan Morris, A. A. Barnes, Merrill Moores Charles R. Balke. Emil Fertig, W. A Van Buren, Charles Ferger, jr., John S. Lazarus, H. N. Spaan, H. E. Spaan. F. A. Gall, Will Bowersmith, George E. Marvin Wallace Krag, L. S. Dow, George E. Marvin, W. W. Krag, S. J. Van Camp, W. B. Holton. A. L. Guthlel of Winchester, Ind., H. N. Rogers, O. F. Brandt, J. A. Barnard. Harry Purviance,. Fred A. Miller, Percy R Brodbeck George Henry, G. Russell Leonard, William Knight, jr.

THE LADIES’ COSTUMES. A Bewllderlnif Assortment of Bright and Pretty Toilets. There was a varied assortment of costumes, with a preference for something that was light and cool. A conspicuous group was the calendar composed of twelve ladies, each representing a month of the year. The dresses were of different colors. AH were of crape cloth, made with skirts to the shoe tops. On the front of the gown was the name of a festival of the month in gilt letters. Each wore the jewel of the month and each carried a banner with a verse relative to tho month on one side and the name of the month on the other. Mrs. Charles Balke was January, in a red gown trimmed with fur, “Happy New Year” across the front, and she wore garnets that are over one hundred years old; February was Mrs. Eugene Dollmetsch and her gown was decorated with valentines and across the front was “St. Valentine;” March was Mrs. Joseph 8 hneider, with green for her color, and a harp and lyre in gilt formed a decoration. “St. Patrick” and “17” were on the skirt. She wore a necklace of bloodstones. April was Airs. George Richards, “Springtime,” and she w 7 as adorned with violets; May was Miss Emma Fahrbach, with profuse vines of morning glories and her jewels were emeralds: June was Mrs. Reisener, with a gown covered with roses; July was Mrs. Burger, of Cincinnati, whose gown was white and all the trimmings were flags and sashes of red, white and blue; August was Mrs. Paul Krauss. Her dress was trimmed with fringes of grasses and across the skirt was “Hunting and Fishing.” A string of fish formed a chatelaine. The sardonyx was her jewel; September was lire. Otto Frenzel. Her red gown was trimmed with bunches of wheat, daisies and poppies. “Harvest” was on the front and golden sickles at the sides; October was Mrs. John Rauch and her white gown was decorated with autumn leaves; November was Miss Eldena Dauter as “Thanksgiving.'' Her black velvet jacket was bordered with amber beads and she wore strings of them about her neck; December was Miss Lena Fertig, “Christmas.” Her dress was white, trimmed with holly and turquoise velvet, turquoise being the stone of the month. Mrs. John P. Frenzel wore a unique costume, representing the seal of Munich. The gown was a black domino with bands of light yellow, in one hand she carried a bunch of radishes and in the other a handsome musical stein, which played as she tipped It up. Mrs. Max Leckuer wore a quaint continental gown of white which is over eighty yeurs old. H* r ornament was a beautiful miniature portrait. Mrs. Herman Adam was "Amboiena Snow” in a creation of black and rod, one half made last year’s style and the other of more recent date. H.-r name was on a red leather belt which she wore. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bertermann were south Germany peasants. In the odd costumes of that country. Miss Nlpa Gipe was .’Pierette” in a gown of black with bells and a light wig. A quartet of summer girls In white dresses and sailor hats were Misses Julia Reisner, Carrie Kiemeyer, Mamie Hoffmann and Bertha Schultz. Misses Frieda Sander and Marie Lenzen were twin babies in white gowns and caps. Mrs. S. M. Armstrong and Miss Cora Goetz were summer girls in dainty gowns, and they wore broad straw hats trimmed with masses of water liiies. Mrs. ofeariaa Martmdala wore an artistic gown

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made of paper. It had panels of white bordered with vines and a jacket of the same over lavender skirt and corsage. It was one of the prettiest costumes in the room. Miss Laura Ginz was Martha Washington. Mrs. F. E. Friesmuth was "Money,” and her white dress was trimmed with bills of all denominations, while her bodice was of five-doilar gold pieces. Her necklace was also of gold dollars. The costume was one of the conspicuous ones. Mrs. G. W. Kevers was a court lady in a rich gown of satin and flowered silk and a white wig. Mrs. Max Drach was Winter in a white dress trimmed with arbora vitae sprinkled with diamond dust. Mrs. P. J. Hauss was a Swiss peasant. Mrs. Albert Goepper wore a handsome costume as Pierette. Mrs. A. 11. Bals had a complete Hussar suit and carried a drum, which she beat at intervals. Mrs. Charles Baden wore a real Japanese dress of black satin heavily embroidered with gold; Miss Belle Jennings was a summer girl; Miss Emma Bell was disguised as "Katrine;” Miss Carrie Mack was a tambourine girl, in red and pink satin; Mrs. Anna Westermrier wore a red domino; Mrs. J. M. Mayer wore the picturesque dress of a German peasant; Miss Anna Baermunn was a butterfly, in white and gold with wings; Misa Cornelia Bell was “Portia,” in a red gown and cap and carried an otninouslooking roll marked "Sentence;” Miss May Carothers was “Music” and had her white drese covered w-ith notes and bars and other musical signs Miss Emma Goetz was a French peasant, having a gown trimmed with pansies; Miss Theresa Bell was a daisy, with a single flower for a hat and quantities of the flowers over her dress; Miss Johanna Frey was a Scotch lassie, In plaid and tartan; Mrs. G. F. Borst was a Spanish lady in a yellow gown and much fine black lace; Miss Matilda Brink and Mrs. E. C. Gall wore pink dominoes; Miss Matilda Borst was a shepherdess, In gown and crook; Miss Dora Reisner was June roses; Misses Laura and Nellie Michelson were gypsies telling fortunes; Mrs. F. Mummenhoff wore a pink and blue domino and Mrs. Theodore Stumph wore a black domino; Miss Anna Greiner was a daisy; Miss Frieda Noelke wore white, trimmed with violets and a violet hat; Miss Mary Bennerscheidt w'as a poppy in a black gown trimmed with the flowers; Mrs, O. Ehrgott wore a pink domino; Mss Marguerite Frick wore a white dress and a flower hat and was a Spanish flower girl; Mrs. L. Rexroth w’as a Spanish lady in a black and red silk gown with black lace; Miss Lillie Rasmussen was a violet; Miss Emma Schmidt was a colonial dame in a silk petticoat and a liow'ered organdie robe; Mrs. J. H. Aufderheide was a peasant girl; Miss Alice Mueller w'as “Annchen,” from “Der Freischutz,” wearing blue with a black velvet bodice; Misses Louise Schellschmidt, Clara Becker and Laura Fitzgerald were three “Lady Mephistos,” in glaring red gowns and horned caps; Miss Alma Bachman was a Meteor rose; Mrs. F. Bachman and Miss Grace Reger wore black dominoes; Miss Alma Hermany was the sun. On the front of her dress was a great round face and her blazing jeweled coronet was surmounted by a smaller orb. Miss May Aufderheide w r as a “harlequin” in black, with long points of gilt hung with bells. Miss Josephine Klein was Marguerite, in “Faust.” Mrs. O. F. Frenzel wore the handsomest domino in the assembly. It was of ceil blue satin and was artistically fashioned. Miss Matilda Pfaff w r ore a brown domino, which was exchanged for a party dress later in the evening. Mrs. A. Scherrer wore a red domino. Miss Amelia Prinzler was “Spring,” in a blue dress with a green velvet bodice trimmed with flowers. Miss Mabel Maidens was a schoolgirl in calico dress and white apron, and carrying a school bag. Mrs. E.Keller wore a beautiful dress of violet satin combined with white organdie, and numerous bouquets of violets gave the name of her costume. Mrs. John T. Brush and Miss T. L. Voss wore pink dominoes over rich evening gowms. Mrs. Chapman Williams represented “Night,” in black and giit. Mrs. Henry Roebke was a German girl. Mrs. Frank Broeking was a shepherdess. Miss Mary Fox was a Japanese lady, in a yellow flowered dress. Mrs. F. J. Mack w'as a German girl. Miss Minnie Thompson was a flower girl and wore a white dress trimmed with violets. Mrs. T. M. Weiss was an Italian organ grinder and wore a gay dress and carried her organ around with her. Mrs. William Greib was “Grapes,” and her white dress was trimmed with garlands of green, w'hite and purple grapes in tempting clusters. Miss Edna Kuhn had one of the very pretty costumes. The dress was white satin, and it was adorned with black birds, which swung on the skirt, perched on her shoulders and rested on her hair. Miss Wichman, of St. Louis, was French folly in a dress of pink, blue and yellow, wTth numerous bells, which jangled as she moved. Miss Clara Ballman was a “witch,” and wore a black gown trimmed with red, and a serpent formed her necklace. Miss Edith Ballman wore a blue domino. Mrs. Henry Spaan was a Spanish lady, all in black. Misses Florence Brinkman and Alice Ludorff wore “Kate Greenaway” gowns of pink and black. A domino party chaperoned by Mrs. C. B. Lockard, Mrs. Samuel Reid and Mr. D. P. Erwin included Miss Elliott of Cincinnati, Miss Jeffries of Washington, D. C., Miss Van Camp, Miss Julia Fletcher, Miss Fairbanks of Terre Haute, Mr. A. S. Lockard, Mr. W. W. Knight, Mr. Wallace Krag, Mr. Samuel Van Camp, Mr. John Thompson and Mr. Page Chapman. Mrs. George Amt was a “Japanese lady,” in a flowered gown with a yellow sash, and she carried a large Japanese umbrella and a fan. THE MUSIC.

The music was by OstendorCs orchestra. The programme of the numbers played was as follows: Overture—Schauspiel Ohr. Bach Selection—The Serenade Victor Herbert Galop—Petersburg Sleighride Waltz in Rapture Sweet Dancers Sporty Boys 'two-step Gay Coney Island Quadrille, plain Harlequin Sehottische Sweetest of Them All Two-step Ye Boston Tea Party Quadrille, plain Flirt Y altz y. Rendezvous Polka A Apollo Two-step Kansas City Star Dancers in Gay New 7 York a-ltz Angel’s Dream Two-step Pacemaker Waltz.; Dreams of Childhood Two-step Ma Honey Girl Dancers Pilgrim Two-step The Belle of the Season Waltz Zenda Two-step The Viceroy CITY NEWS NOTES. The birth of Washington will be observed at Plymouth Church to-morrow evening by an address, illustrated w 7 ith stereopticoh views, given by Mr. Dewhurst. The Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will give a ball at Masonic Hall, Monday evening, Feb. 21. Music by Montani’s Orchestra. The children of the sewing class of St. Paul’s Church will present the play of “The Magic Sw r ord” this afternoon in the parish house. The proceeds will be used for charitable purposes. Mrs. Turner Almost Prostrated. Mrs. ,7. J. Turner, the mother of Harry Keyes, the Indianapolis boy who was on the ill-fated battle ship Maine in Havana harbor, is almost prostrated with the worry of the last few days. Mr. Turner received the following dispatch from Senator Fairbanks : “Kindly extend to Mrs. Keyes my warmest sympathy. I have arranged with the Navy Department to return the body of Harry J. Keyes to Indianapolis as soon as possible.” Eater another message was received, which says: “Navy Department unable to advise me whether body of young Keyes has been found. Will advise you of any information I may receive.” The name of Harry J. Keyes is included in the list of those victims of the disaster who were buried at Havana. Mr. Turner thinks this is a mistake. He hopes through the influence of Senator Fairbanks to have the body found and buried here. Mrs. Turner received letters from her boy every week. From ail ports he has visited souvenirs were sent home, except from Havana, where he wrote they were not permitted to land on account of the feeling against Americans. Keyes had served half of his three years’ term and expected to come to Indianapolis at the end of his time to live. He had lived here from the time he tyas six years old. He ones carried a newspaper route and had many friends in the North Side of town. Where He Went. Truth. Smi’hers (to office boy)—Run to the nearest. store and see if you can get an empty box. Office Boy (returning)—De man sez he ain't got nothin but empty boxes an’ wot size do yez want? Smithe'rs—Where the deuce did you go? Office Boy—To de undertaker’s. Johnny’s Circus Language. Brooklyn Life. Johnny (who has not been permitted to go to the circus)—! ! ? ? ? ! ! Mother—Why, Johnny, tvhat terrible, terrible language. Johnny—Well, anyway, teacher said nevr to say nothing I wouldn’t be willin’ mother and sister should hear. Sale at Schrader’s china store continues. Don’t miss it. Big bargains are offered and time is growing shorter. You may be too late. *

HE DEMANDS DAMAGES ♦ RED TAPE OF THE MILEAGE BOOK IS THE CAUSE OF A SUIT. - ♦— Validity of the Jeffersonville Bondi* Argued—Why She A*k for a Divorce. ■ ♦— Patrick J. Kelleher began an action in the Superior Court yesterday against Volney T. Malott, receiver of the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad Company. In his complaint the plaintiff shows that in January of this year he owned an interchangeable mileage ticket, which was good on the Vandalia by exchanging it at the company’s ticket offices for a certificate of transportation. Jan. 25 the plaintiff attempted to present his interchangeable ticket at the company’s office at Greenup, 111., but there w r as so much delay in fixing up the certificate that the plaintiff missed his train. He claims he missed several engagements with business men who were to purchase goods of him that day and he holds the company responsible. He says the company was negligent in not having a sufficient force of assistants in the Greenup office to attend to the business at that point. He avers also that the train passed Greenup two minutes before its scheduled time. He demands damages in the sum of $2,500. ♦_ JEFFERSONVILLE BONDS. Question of Their Validity Argued in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court yesterday heard oral argument in the case of Louis Sehneclt against the city of Jeffersonville to restrain the latter from paying $87,000 of bonds issued in 1876. The bonds were issued to refund an Indebtedness incurred in moving the county seat from Charlestown to Jeffersonville and In erecting a courthouse. It is charged that there was much dishonesty in the making of the debt. When the bonds were issued the city was already indebted to the full limit of 2 per cent, of its ’tax duplicate allowed by the Constitution and there was also a question as to the power of the city to issue bonds to pay for the building of a courthouse. Subsequently the city w r as prevented from paying the bonds, the Supreme Court deciding that they were invalid. But the last Legislature passed a curative act legalizing them and the present suit brought to prevent the city from liquidating them involves the question of the power of the Legislature to pass such an act. Oscar Montgomery and Merrill Moores argued the case for the appellant and W. A. Kotcham and M. Z. Stannard for the city. The attorney general and assistant attorney general were thus pitted against each other and one of the humorous phases of the argument developed when, the attorney general charged the assistant attorney general with being in favor of repudiation, to which charge the assistant attorney general made a very able and indignant rejoinder. The appellant endeavored to retain Mr. Ketcham for his side of the case, but the latter refused on the ground that the attorney general of the state could not conscientiously take a private case which attacked the constitutionality of a state law. SeekliiK a Divorce., Lora Hollow'ay has sued Chester C. Hollow r ay for divorce in the Superior Court. They were married in 1886. The plaintiff says her husband called her vile names in the presence of their child. When she would Implore him to refrain from such language while the child w'as near, he declared “he did not want the boy to have any respect for her.” She says he falsely charged her with immoral conduct, and threatened to “blow her brains out.” He made her miserable and unhappy, she avers, by his conduct. She charges that the defendant was guilty of improper conduct with a girl fifteen years old thev had employed as a domestic. The plaintiff says she left him when she learned of this. She asks that her title be quieted to certain household articles, including a portrait of her boy and some paintings which she herself executed.

THE COURT RECORD. Supremo Court. 181S2. I). & O. 8. W. Railway Company vs. Conoyer. Pike C. C. Petition for rehearing overruled per curiam. A petition for rehearing should state some cause or cause for which the judgment of the court is supposed to be erroneous; such petition is a pleading and not an argument. 17783. Shepherd, trustee, vs. National Bank. Marion C. C. Petition for rehearing overruled. 18134. City of Shelbyville vs. Phillips. Bartholomew C. C. Petition for rehearing overruled. 18236. Slzor vs. City of Logansport. Cass C. C. Motion to dismiss postponed until final hearing. Appellate Court. 2422. Brannon vs. Irons. Montgomery C. C. Affirmed. Comstock. J.—Where B. held a promissory note of $75 against I. as principal and H. as surety, dated the 26th day of September, and on the Bth day of May, 1893, B. and I. negotiated for a loan of SIOO from W., and executed their joint note therefor to V., due in one year from the latter date, on which note I. was principal and B. surety, and received from W. the proceeds of said loan, and between the payers of said note I. drew the money and paid $75 to B. with the agreement that when I. paid the note of V. the note to B. by I. and H. should be canceled, which agreement was made without the consent or knowledge of H., and at the time I. and B. executed and received the proceeds of the SIOO note B. delivered the note executed by I. and H. to W. as collateral security for the SIOO note held by him for V.. and W. held possession of said note until the 28th day of November, 1896, the SIOO note not being paid at maturity in November, 1894, I. and B. took up said note and executed anew one, due Nov. 27, 1895, on which date B. paid said note. In an action by H. apd I. against B. to have the $75 note canceled, held, that the transaction showed an extension of time on said note without H.’s knowledge and consent, and he was therefore released from his suretyship. 1944. City of Dunkirk vs. Wallace. Jay C. C. Affirmed. Wiley. J.—l. Where appellee, contractor for a city street improvement, entered upon the discharge of his contract and on the demand of the city he suspended his work and permitted a sewer contractor to take possession of the street for the purpose of constructing a sewer therein; that at the time of the suspension of his work he had almost completed grading the street and had spent a large sum of money prosecuting his work; that before it was possible for him to resume his work to complete it the city entered into a contract with another person for the improvement of said street; that the sewer contractor destroyed the grading and appellee was compelled to perform extra work to restore the street to the condition in which he left it, and afterwards was not recognized by the city as in any way connected with said improvement. Held, that there was a breach of the contract on the par: of the city, and it was liable to respond in damages tfi appellee, which damages would be the reasonable value of the work done, to which should he added the amount of money necessarily expended in the prosecution of the improvement. .2. When a city accepts work upon its public streets, under contract for such services and by affimative action rescinds or discontinues the work under contract, and in this way prgyents the possibility of levying and collecting assessments upon the property benefited, it cannot avoid liability for a breach of its contract. 2173. Carthage Turnpike Company vs. Overman. Hancock C. C. Petition for rehearing overruled, Superior Court. Room I—John D. McMaster, Judge. Terre Haute Brewing Compapy vs. G. W. Burns; replevin. Finding that plaintiff is owner and entitled to possession of property described in complaint and .$1 damages. Judgment against defendant for costs. Albert D. Copeland vs. Alice B. Copeland; divorce. Finding for defendant. Judgment against plaintiff for costs. Room 2—Lawson M. Harvey, Judge. George E. Hiatt vs. P., C., C. & St. L. Railway; damages. On trial by struck jury. Jury out. Mathew Irie vs. LawTence E. Corriden et al.; notes. On trial by jury. Mary O’Donald vs. Patrick O’Donaid. Decree of divorce granted plaintiff. Circuit Court. Henry Clay Allen, Judge. Edward B. McCombs vs. Benjamin Beasley; appealed. Jury returned verdict for plaintiff for $71.25 and costs. Katie M. Schuckengost vs. Frederick M. Snyder’s estate. Submitted to jury and evidence heard. Police Court Docket. Petit I^arceny—Earl Von Pelt and Rkffiard Robinson, Judgment withheld.

Assault and Battery-—Frank Burgar and Daniel Casey, continued to Feb. 19. Drunk—Vick Carson, fined $6, stayed. Disposing of Obscene Literature—W. W. Walker, continued to Feb. 19. Continued Cases—Con Shea, Otto Randall, Eddie Randall, dismissed; Grace Mitchell, discharged; Myrtle Davis, sls. stayed; W. E. Newby, $32, appealed: May Wilson, sls, stayed: Laura Wilson, sls, stayed; Edward Gray, s£o, stayed: Edward Miller. S2O, workhouse; Minnie Black, discharged; Delia Newton, sls, stayed, sew Suits Filed. Patrick J. Kellehor vs. Volney T. Malott, receiver; suit for damages. Circuit Court. Harrison C. Bickei vs. Frank Mason: suit on note. Superior Court, Room 2. Mary H. Edgeworth vs. Newman: suit on note. Superior Court. Room 1. Dora Holloway vs. Chester C. Holloway; suit for divorce. Superior Court, Room 3. Robert D. Haughey vs. Daniel Allen; suit on note. Superior Court, Room 1. V'an Camp Hardware and Iron Company vs. William Smith et al.; suit on account. Circuit Court. Van Camp Hardware and Iron Company <vs. Arthur Dickson et al.; suit on account. Circuit Court. Van Camp Hardware and Iron Company vs. William Rigler et al.; suit on account. Circuit Court. JINGO SPEECH. (Concluded from First Paged the resolution of Mr. Allen, but the substitute suggested by Mr. Mason was even more objectionable in its form. Mr. Mason’s Speech. Mr. Mason followed Mr. Hale in a speech replete with sensational utterances. He said, in beginning, that he had no disposition to inflame a situation already so exciting, but he felt that his substitute was fully justified by the feelings and desires of the people. “I understand,” said he, “that the Navy Department is making an investigation of the disaster, but I also understand that Congress has the authority to make an Investigation. It Is a congressional investigation that the people are demanding. They are fast coming to the conclusion that matters concerning this Cuban affair, including the De Lome letter incident and the loss of the Maine, of which they ought to know, are being concealed from them. The people want to know the facts, and they will know them.” Mr. Mason said he did not desire to reflect on the motives or honor of anybody, but he suggested that the officials of the Navy Department in making their investigation would be trying their own cases, and would naturally endeavor to cover up any blame that might attach to them. “The trouble with us is,” declared Mr. Mason, with great vehemence, “that we have adopted the Spanish policy of putting everything off until to-morrow. Let the investigation of this disaster to our navy and to our country be thoroughly investigated by Congress, and then we shall know that it will be done right.” Let the people, said Mr. Mason, have the facts. They want nothing less than investigation in their interest by the Senate and the House. Only in this way could the facts which are locked up In the departments be got out. The country was tired of the secret considerations of such questions. He was not willing to strike out of his resolution the word “immediate.” Every one was interested in knowing who Wew up the Maine, and all wanted that information now. Why delay? Why adopt the Spanish custom of putting off until to-morrow what should be done to-day? We had already waited too long. We were told three years ago to wait. We had waited until night had followed day; winter had followed summer, and time had gone on while the terrible cruelty continued. In the meantime Spanish diplomats had sat at our tables and partaken of our hospitality while we are still waiting and had continued to wait until the series of calamities had been crowned by the Maine catastrophe, with its loss of 250 precious American lives. In view of these facts he could never consent to striking out the word “immediate.” We want an Investigation, he said, and we want it now, now—the eternal and everlasting now. MR. HALE'S STATEMENT.

Mr. Hale here interrupted Mr. Mason to make a statement. He said that so far from having any desire for delay he was anxious to have it go forward from this very time as the investigation proposed by the Navy Department would if not interfered with. There was no proposition to postpone inquiry. The whole subject matter tvaa even now undergoing Investigation and in view of the promptness which had been exercised there was no reason for impugning the motives of the officials 'of the department. This being the true state of affairs there was no occasion for a discussion of incidental matters. The members of the board selected to investigate the Maine catastrophe were not officers of that ship and they had already been summoned to appear as witnesses before the investigators. In view of this fact he thought the Senate could reasonably wait a few aays until the results of the investigation could be given to the public. “Is any one,” he asked, “so much interested as are the Navy Department and the officers of that department in ascertaining the real facts and in locating the responsibility for the disaster? Who could conduct the investigation so well as they or who do as much to get at the bottom facts? He hoped the Senate would see the propriety of not making this an occasion for inflammatory speeches and that all would take the view that in the presence of the great calamity which had befallen us, a calamity which had appalled the whole world, to-day was not the proper time for an appeal to passion and prejudice. Replying, Mr. Mason said there was no calamity so great as a failure on the part of those in power to appreciate the real situation when it was so serious as it now is and no sorrow so profound as that over indifference to this situation. He was surprised that Mr. Hale would admit that the occasion was a solemn one; surprised that the Maine senator would admit that any occurrence in Cuba was of a solemn character. As for himself, he had no desire to make this an occasion for anything; the occasion was already made. What he was contending for was that all the facts should he brought to the surface and he could not see how a congressional investigation would in any way interfere with the Navy Department’s inquiry. The people were sick and tired of secret investigations and reports by cipher and of having information suppressed and then doled out to them as some executive officer might think suitable. He wanted a congressional investigation and wanted it open to the world. An .investigation by Congress would only strengthen the finding of the Navy Department In case the explosion proved to be an accident. He had no desire to stir up trouble, but would only insist, as he had done before, on the stopping of human slavery and inhuman warfare in this adjacent island. A SENSATIONAL REMARK. Mr. Mason had a letter from Mr. Julian Hawthorne read to show, as he claimed, that murder was the policy of the Spanish government in Cuba. He also had Mr. De Lome’s letter read and asserted that the late minister had been defended in the Senate until he had confessed out of his own mouth that autonomy was a fraud and that he was the author of the letter quoted. This plea of autonomy had been used to secure delay on the part of the administration in interference in affairs in Cuba, and it was for this reason, Mr. Mason said, that he wanted an immediate report on his resolution for intervention. In view of Mr. De Lome’s confession there was no longer excuse for delay. Autonomy he denounced as a shain. a fraud and a delusion and the De Lome letter only served to emphasize the treacherous character of the Spaniard. As for himself he would not, if eligible, be willing to serve on the proposed committee, as he would not want to sit at the table with a Spaniard who might have a stiletto under his clothes, unless he himself was ironclad. The record of the Spanish nation, continued Mr. Mason, who appeared to be laboring under considerable excitement, is one of continuous treachery and we have experienced that treachery in our history for the past hundred years. It had been made out that the Spaniard could not be trusted in any capacity and for this reason we should now have American divers investigating the hull of the Maine and not be depending on those of an unfriendly power. We are told, he said, that the naval board may be able to reach Havana by next Monday. “Manana.” he exclaimed, "Manana.” To-morrow—always to-morrow. That is the Spanish motto, and we are falling into it,” In the meantime who knows but that some more dynamite will be put in and the evidences of the catastrophe averted. He repeated that he wanted immediate action, but did not want to be on the committee. He did not want to be anywhere that a Spaniard could reach him. There were, however, other senators who would be safe among the Spanish, and he was willing that they should take the chance involved in the service on the proposed committee. He closed with an appeal for a prompt inquiry and said that he thought the Senate, which has voted $200,000 to save the property of the United States

could and should vote $200,000,000 if necessary to save its honor and its dignity. Mr. Wolcott’s Reply. Mr. Mason had scarcely taken his seat when Mr. Wolcott addressed the chair. “Mr. President,” he said, and the words shot forth like a bomb to be exploded In the Senate. It was evident from the Colorado senator’s coui tnance and manner, to say nothing of the intensity of his voice, that he was laboring under considerable feeling, He had listened to Mr. Mason with ill-concealed feelings of emotion, his face growing redder and his brow more and more like a thundercloud as the Illinois senator proceeded. He spoke with great rapidity and occupied only a. few minutes of the Senate’s time, refusing to be interrupted, and speaking very sharply when Mr. Mason sought to divert him. Mr. Wolcott spoke as follows: “Mr. President, the resolution of the senator from Illinois, however inopportune it may be at this time, in the opinion of some of us might well have been permitted to pass without comment had it not been for the remarkable utterance which he has given to the effect that the people of these United States have lost confidence in one of the great departments of the government.” Mr. Mason had resumed his standing position, and he interrupted to say that the senator from Colorado was entirely mistaken, “I made no such statement,” he said. Mr. Wolcott—l decline to be interrupted. I ask to have the remark read from the reporter’s notes. Mr. Mason—l said that some people were losing confidence in one department, and— Mr. Wolcott—l decline to be interrupted. I ask to have the reporter's notes read. The reporter’s notes, quoting Mr. Mason, were then read, as follows: “I understand that the Navy Department will make the investigation, but I also understand that an investigation could be made by this branch of the government that would not in any way interfere with the naval investigation. I also understand that the people of this country are fast coming to the conclusion that the real situation is not only being concealed from the people, but from the members of Congress and senators. The people have a right to *know something about the situation. I say that the people do lack confidence in some of the departments of-the government, and they sometimes, perhaps, do in this department. What possible harm can it be to a fair and full investigation that two departments of the government are investigating the same thing at the same time?” Mr. Wolcott then continued. The Senate would, he said, bear him out that he did not misquote the senator from Illinois to the extent of a single word or a single syllable. Resuming, he said: “I desire to resent as utterly unfounded the suggestion that there is a patriotic citizen In the broad confines of this land who has not the fullest confidence in every department of this government, and in the Department of the Navy particularly. It has been true in every administration since the time of Washington. The people of the United States have never yet been called on to distrust one of the co-ordinate branches of this government, and they never will while the flag floats. Least of ail Is it decent, In my opinion, that in this chamber there should be Insinuations cast at this critical time that there Is a lack In the minds of the people of the United States of confidence in the navy of our country. TRIBUTE TO THE NAVY. “Mr. President, from the time of Paul Jones until now our ships have sailed In every war face always to the foe. The records of our naval battles are the most glorious history in the page of any country for the last one hundred years, and from the earliest days until now there has never been a step backwards. To-day, as always, the officers of our navy are honorable, courageous, upright men, and, above all, they tell the truth. The captain of this ill-fated battle ship was walking his deck at iO o’clock on the night of the 15th, when this awful explosion happened. It may be that his public career is ended forever, but the awful disaster that overtook his ship will count for nothing by comparison with the degrading insinuation made here that an officer of our country, with the oath and with the flag above him, would lie and cast responsibility where it aid not belong. “Ah, Mr. President, we can stand much of discussion and debate, we can endure public discussion when there should be silence, but there is one thing this country can never stand, and that is to listen, and without resentment, to an insinuation that the officers of our navy are not men of honor and integrity and of truth. The officers appointed to investigate will do their duty. 1 do not know what slums the senator from Illinois may have dragged to find the expression of an opinion that there is lack of confidence in the personnel of our navy, but I know he cannot find an honorable or a decent or a patriotic citizen who w.MI stand up before the country and inderse for an instant the utterances which the senator has made. I do not underrate the importance of this branch of government. I believe in its dignity and its importance and in the openness of its discussion, but what we need now, in my opinion, is a decent and dignified reticence in the face of the appalling calamity that has fallen on our people. There are times for speaking and there are times for silence, and this is a time, when we face the awful calamity that has overtaken us, when we should restrain any expression of an opinion or expressions of our belief as to the means by which this awful disaster was brought about, until, in a proper, regular and formal way, an investigation may be had, which we all know will be conducted with the utmost uprightness and the utmost integrity. “Mr. President, I speak as one who sympathizes deeply with the citizens of that unfortunate island now enga, ’n this terrible, deplorable conflict. I j o nobody in my desire to see the cone i of that war, but I do say, If ever the as a moment when we should abstain from outrageous and gratuitous insult to a friendly nation that time is to-day. If ever there was a time when we should lend our help to every department of the government it should be to-day. If there was ever a time when we should refrain from unjust and ignorant criticism it is to-day. “Ah, Mr. President, war may come. 1 think myself the day may be not far distant, and when it comes we will fight it alone, for there will be no other nation to lift a hand to fight for us. When that day comes, our course must be eternally grounded in the right, and, until it comes, there is nothing so belittles this people, in my opinion, as these unjust and outrageous attacks upon a friendly government. “Ah, Mr. President, war Is grim decision, and when it comes it must come so that the people of the world, whether they fight with us or not, can at least respect our conduct and our position, and, above all, Mr. President, it must come under circumstances which make us respect ourselves.”

Senator Lodge's Speech. Mr. Wolcott was followed Immediately by Mr. Lodge (Mass.), who also had sat very restl%’e under Mr. Mason's reflections upon the Navy Department. He also spoko with intense earnestness, sayi’ig: “Mr. President, I have no desire and no Intentions of saying one word in regard to the war that is raging in Cuba. No one can detest the horrors enacted in that island more than I. No one desires more than I to see the Spanish power swept from that island as it has been from all the states of South America, but, Mr. President, that question is not here. We are face to face at th-.s moment with a great national calamity. The American people have received the awful news of the sinking of the war ship Maine wtth a splendid silence and selfrestraint. both in Congress and throughout the country. They are waiting sternlv quietly, to know the truth, and the truth they will have. This is no* a question which involves Cubans or Spaniards. This is a question which involves brave American seamen, gone to their death in a foreign port. In the presence of that calamity what we want is the truth. How are we to get it? By the investigation of a committee of Congress which knows nothing, which has no witnesses to summon, which has no expert knowledge, which Is miles from the place where the disaster occurred? "There is only one way to get at tilttruth of this matter, and that is through the naval officers who have been selected already to perform that duty. Can any om suppose that the naval officers of tie United States, men upon w-hose career i the past and whose conduct in the presei there is not and has never been a blemish would seek to conceal the facts in such . case; as this? I would rather trust this Investigation to the officers of tne American navy than to any other men in the country Does any one suppose that the captain of that ship, who. wounded and stunned by the explosion, remained the last upon the sinking vessel, and who, in the midst of all that awful terror and excitement, with every duty nobly done, sent a dispatch to this country showing a coolness and a nerve which are an honor to the American namedoes any one suppose that Captain Sigsbee, capable of such splendid conduct, is going to lie about his ship? •’The secretary of the navy is a man of distinguished ability, of honor and of patriotism. If any one imagines that Secretary Long will not tell the truth and insist on the whole of it, he little knows the character of the man who has the honor to till that great post at the head of the navy, and I for one trust that Congress will await the action of the proper department charged with this inquiry, and will r.ot attempt to do anything which could in the least degree derogate from the attitude which the American people and Congress should hold in the presence of a calamity

so dire and so tragic as that which befell the battle ship Maine. I think those who know the Hon. Tneodore Roosevelt, who is* Mr. Long’s right hand, would be slow to believe that he would not seek the truth la regard to this disaster. “Mr. President, I am sorry that any dobate has arisen on this question. It seem* to me that the attitude of Congress ever since that awful news arrived has been in the highest degree dignified and worthyworthy of itself.and worthy of the American people. W'e have not shrieked or talked. We have waited in a silence of much deeper meaning than any words. Wo want to know the truth. If it was an accident which destroyed the Maine, then let us provide so far as human foresight can against a recurrence. If It was treachery then the righteous wrath of the American people will take a signal vengeance for the treachery which sent that ship to the bottom, and let no one think to stay It.* Mr. Mason’s Rejoinder. Mr. Mason said; “Misquotations and general spasm will not drive me from the discussion of this question In the Senate,” he began He shared, he said. In the general admiration of the various departments of the executive branch of the government, and Mr. Wolcott could not excel him In that respect. “I am only eorry ” he said, “that while the Colorado senator Is giving us such a lecture about the Navy Department ho does not slop over and give the Treasury Department some of his praise.” He (Mason) fully indorsed all that Mr. Lodge had said about the head of the navy, with whom he had served in the House, and whom he knew to be a man of ability, of great head and a warm heart. But Mr. Long could not himself object to an investigation and It was no part of friendship to try arid shield him from such an inquiry as was proposed. If he himself were managing the department he would, under the circumstances, want the investigation. He denied that his remarks contained any reflection on Mr. Long’s integrity or honor, or the Integrity or honor of the officers of the nftvy. But, while this was true, he also had regard for the honor and lives of the common seamen. He also resented the intimation that he had gene into the slums to find words with which to characterize the Navy Department, and repeated his loyalty to the navy and other departments. . "I have an unmitigated dread of war, said Mr. Hawley (Conn.), w’ith great feeling, "and I deprecate all war talk. Do the gentlemen who talk so loudly of war think we are ready for that? They cannot know certainly what it means.” Mr. Allen said he desired to secure & vote upon the resolution, but he desired to reiterate the suspicions expressed by Mr. Mason that the investigation by the Navy Department would not be satisfactory to the country.” “Can the senator give the grounds for his suspicions?” inquired Mr. Gray. “His statement is important.” “My statement is important,” replied Mr. Allen. “I want to say that I have not, in my five years’ experience in the Senate, known one of these Investigations to result in anything.” Mr. Hale replied, deliberately: I decline absolutely to follow the senator from lltlnois (Mason) into a general discussion of the Cuban question. I had hoped that this subject might bo disposed of to-day without debate, and I now decline to take advantage of the melancholy situation to exploit myself. I have here a dispatch received by "the Navy Department from Captain Sigsbee. It shows that there is not, in the city of Havana, a single discordant note. Ail are in mourning for the dead. The city is filled with an atmosphere of pity, commiseration and sympathy.” Mr. Hale remarked that, under the rules, the resolution would go to the calendar. „ . . . ~ Pending a motion by Mr. Hale that tha Senate go Into executive session, Mr. Bacon (Georgia) introduced the following Joint resolution: . , "That there shall be prepared, under the direction of the secretary of the navy, and placed upon the wall of statuary hall in the Capitol building a bronze tablet commemorative of the officers and men of the United States navy who perished In the loss of the battle ship Maine, in the harbor of Havana, Feb. 15, 1898. The said tablet shall contain the names of said officers and men, and shall be an enduring memorial to their honor and a perpetual token of the sorrow of the Nation.” The resolution further appropriates a sufficient sum of money to carry the resolution Into effect. It was referred to the committee on naval affairs. At 2:05 p. m. the Senate went Into executive session. At 2:56 p. m. the Senate resumed business in open session for the purnose of considering resolutions on the death of the Hon. Ashley B. Wright, late representative from Massachusetts. At 3:40 p. m., as a further mark of respect, the Senate adjourned until Monday next.

DEBATE IN THE HOUSE. The liiary Department Reaolntleß Passed After Brief Discussion. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—After the reading of the journal of the House to-day Mr. Boutelle (Rep., Me.), chairman of the naval committee, asked unanimous concent for consideration of the resolution prepared by the Navy Department and passed by the Senate. The mere mention of the Maine disaster on the floor brought members in crowds from the cloakrooms and lobbies and they thronged down the aisles to listen. The spectators in the* galleries leaned over with breathless interest as Secretary Long's letter was read. "It is unnecessary to say,” said Mr. Boutelle, at the conclusion of the reading of the letter from Secretary Ixrng, "that the work of salvage should begin at once and that arrangements with the wrecking companies which have necessary outfits should not be delayed. I deem it proper to call attention to the fact that Secretary Long, recognizing that Congress was in session, has come here for authority to do this worflf instead of straining any authority he mtght possess independently.” Mr. Bailey called attention to the fact that the resolution only spoke of recovering the bodies, not of their return to this country, but he added, there need be no stickling on this point. Mr. Boutelle replied that the secretary had referred in his letter to hts duty in that regard. He said he had just received a telegram from Secretary Long this morning containing the latest information from Captain Sigsfiee and that it might be of interest to members. "Read it!” "Read it!” came in chorus from the members and Mr. Boutelle then read tn cable from Captain Sigsbee, which had ulready been given out .by the Navy Department. Mr. Sulzer (Deni., N. Y.) asked Mr. Boutelle if he had any information, official or otherwise, that threw any light on the causa of the disaster. "I must reply as T did yesterday,” replied Mr. Boutelle, "that I regret to say I have not. But all the information at hand seems to strengthen the belief that it was due to an accident.” The resolution was then adopted unanimously. The debate on the bankruptcy bill Ailed In the day, the speakers being Messrs. Sulzer (Dam., N. Y.), Strode (Rep., Neb.), Connollv (Rep.. 111.), Rixey (Dem., Va.), Grosvenor (Rep.. O.), Sayers (Dem., Texas), and Rav (Rep., N. Y.), in favor of the bill, and. Messrs. Kltchins (Rep., N. C.), Llnnev (Rep., N. C.). Love (Dem., Miss.), Bail (Dem., Tex.). Henry (Dem.. Miss). Maguire (Dem., Cal.). Bland (Dem., Mo.), Bell (Pop., Col.), De Armond (Dem., Mo.), Wheeler (D< m., Ala.), and Lloyd (Dem.. Mo.) against it. At 5:55 t>. m. the House (adjourned. A Place for Mr. Forman. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Feb. 18.-In the Senate to-day a message was received from the Governor nominating ex-Congressman Wm. S. Forman, of East St. Lculs. a member of the State Board of Arbitration, to succeed Edward Ridgeley, of Springfield, whose term will expire March 1. The nomination was confirmed. IssKSSt' Ify Go to your grocer to-day lIC and get a 15c. package of I Grain=o It takes the place of coffee at the cost. Made from pure grains it is nourishing and health* dr Jar?) Insist that ytwir xrocer gives you C. RAIN-41, lrt'xX Accept no imitation. n. &

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