Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 January 1899 — Page 3

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AMUSEMENTS. EngllHli'M—“The (loonier Doctor.” An attdience that was entirely incommensurate with the entertainment afforded witnessed the presentation of “The Hoosier Doctor’’ by Digby Bell and his excellent supporting aompany at English’s last night. To those who have heretofore seen Mr. Bell only in his more boisterous roles, in which ho depended on fantastic costumes and lively antics to provoke laughter, his portrayal of Dr. Willow, a mild, polished, fun-loving village physician, is a revelation. “The Hoosier Doctor” is idyllic in its simplicity, being & beautifully told story of life in a small town in Indiana, in which figure a struggling doctor, his three daughters, a widow, a cross and meddlesome old woman anti an equally prying but more even tempered man, with several other people of minor importance. True, there is one slight attempt at sensationalism in the thwarted white-capping scene, but the stir thus created soon blows over and the piece goes on once more in its equisitely smooth and quiet manner. Augustus Thomas’s play is one that abounds in human interest, and the plot is sufficiently intricate to arouse and maintain curiosity to the very drop of the curtain on the last act. Laura Joyce Bell gives a nearly faultless picture of a crabbed, fault-finding, inquisitive old woman. Frank Monroe as Higgins does an exceedingly clever piece of character acting, and Charles Bunnell fills the role of Fred Dalrymple acceptably. Another good bit of character acting is supplied by Miss Viola Miles as Alvira, one of the doctor's three daughters Miss Elsie Esmond as Martha and Miss Margaret Dale Owen as Harriet each produced a favorable impression by their interpretations of the eharacters assigned them Much of the enjoyment of the performance was due to little Baby Gertrude, who took the part of Bit tie Rosie, an orphan taken “to raise" by the doctor much against the desire of the aforesaid crabbed old woman The scenery and settings were quite in harmony with the location and incidents of the play. Royalty on “The Private Secretary.” Many guesses have been made by theatergoers as to the cost of producing plays in the lavish style in vogue at the Grand Opera House this season, but it is not likely that the item of royalty, or “rent,” for the privilege of using a play has figured in many such estimates. Yet the stoek company has not produced a single play for w'hich a good sized royalty has not been paid. In the ease of “The Private Secretary,” which is being presented this week at the Grand, the managers were obliged to pay a double royalty, or rather purchase the rights of production in two versions of the same play. “The Private Secretary” is of German authorship, and was being produced with great success In Berlin when it came under the notice of A. M. Palmer, then a prosperous New York manager. He had a translation made, and secured the right to the name of "The Private Secretary." A short while afterwards Messrs. Brooks & Dickson, then a well-known theatrical firm, also secured a translation of this play, and called it “The Secretary, or the Bookkeej>er." When both versions had been on the road about five weeks, the former with Charley Coote as the star, and the latter having its translator, Mr. William Gillette, in the principal role, it became apparent that the Gillette version was far the better, whereupon Mr. Palmer bought the rights and secured Gillette as the leading man for the company which he started out on the road with the new version. Several years ago Mr. Palmer, while in Chicago with his finances at low ebb, sold a number of his plays at a sacrifice to Howard AL- Doyle. Among this number were “Jim the Penman” and “The Private Secretary.” The play he sold, however, was the Gillette version, with the ill-fitting title. Having previously sold his own version to French & Son. of New York, he was powerless to convey to Howard & Doyle the right to use the nami of “The Private Secretary.” Accordingly, when the managers of the Grand Stock Company desired to produce the play they were obliged to pay a royalty to French & Son to secure the popular title, ami another royalty to Howard & Doyle to get possession of the better version. Mr*. Matthew*'* Hl*tary. NEW YORK. Jan. 5.-Mrs. Charles Matthews, the actress. w'hose death is announced in a dispatch from London, was horn in this city and made her debut under the name of Lizzie Weston at the American Theater, in New r Orleans, Sept. 12, I*l9. Two years later she appeared at the National Theater, in this city, and afterward played two seasons at the old Chestnutstreet Theater, in Philadelphia. She was married to F. H. Davenport, from whom she was divorced Feb. 15, 1856, and the next day she was married in Jersey City to Charts Matthews, Jr., who was starring in this country. They soon eiled for England, and Mrs. Matthews first appeared on tie London stage in 1358. at the TTaymarket Theater, as Lady Gay Spanker, In “London Assurance,” her husband playing the part of Dazzle. For the next six years they played leading parts at the Hay market anil the Bijou. In 1864 she sustained the part of Marguerite in a burlesque entitled “Faust and Marguerite.” She had appeared but rarely since then, and retired from the stage some years ago. Ctitenk<> Man (Tolmi* Mansfield’* Play. CHICAGO, Jan. 5. —S. E. Gross, a prominent real estate dealer of this city, filed a bill In the United States Circuit Court today. asking for an injunction against A. M.

Palmer, the manager, and Richard Mansfield, the actor, restraining them from producing the play “Cyrano de Bergerac.” Mr. Gross claims that the play is taken from a play written by him twenty years ago, under the title of the "Merchant Prince of Cornville.” He declares that some years ago he sent a copy of his play to Messrs. Mansfield and Palmer, but never heard anything from them. Now. Gross asserts, they are producing a play founded on his work. Mr. Mansfield to-night denied all knowledge of Mr. Gross and his play. Mr. Palmer is in New York. In the last act of the play written by Mr. Gross there are certain similarities to the same act in the play written by Rostand, both in language and situations. Mr. Gross’s play was filed for copyright in London in 1896. Notes of the Stage. Alice Neilsen’s “The Fortune Teller,” coming to English’s to-night, is credited with being a success ever since it started the season. Miss Neilsen has a triple role, with rich costumes and tuneful songs, but she is only a part of the attractive company, which includes Eugene Cowles, Richard Golden, Joseph Herbert, Frank Rushworth, Joseph Cawthorn, Marguerite Sylva, Jennie Hawley, Paul Nicholson, Billie Norton, May Boley and a large chorus. The story of “The Fortune Teller,” as told in Mr. Smith’s libretto, relates the adventures of a pretty Romany girl, Musette, the fortune teller, who has two doubles, one a ballet dancer and the other a young lieutenant in the Hungarian hussars. The ballet dancer, who is named Irma, and who is an heiress, is sought in marriage by an elongated count with a penchant for composing airs which everybody recognizes. She is in love with a dashing young officer of the Hungarian army, Ladislas by name, and persuades the gypsy fortune teller. Musette, to take her place in marriage with the count. Musette’s gypsy lover, Sandor, makes trouble and general confusion reigns, the heiress finally being obliged to don the uniform of her twin orother, Fedor, and pretend to be a soldier in order to escape the importunities of the count and the dangerous jealousy of the gypsy. The other characters of the plot are an eccentric teacher of dancing, a funny old Dutchman, the father of Musette, a French prima donna and various agreeable-loosing gypsy girls and soldiers. From all accounts the signal triumph of “The Fortune Teller” has been made by the music of Victor Herbert. The score is said to be a remarkable one. It is said to appeal to the senses, to tickle the ear and to please the musician. The staging of the play is said to be elaborate, while the dressing is harmonious and beautiful. It has hepn so long since "The Banker's Daughter” w'as last produced in Indianapolis that comparatively few r theater goers can remember much concerning the play. The late Charles Thorne was the original John Strebelow in the New Y’ork cast twenty years ago and made a great hit in the part. Frederick Paulding is to play It with the Grand Stock Company next week. It is such a character as requires an actor of ripe experience. There is a duel in “The Banker's Daughter" which is one of the most effective sw’ord fights ever seen on the stage. It takis place in a snowstorm and results In the death of one of the combatants. There are five acts in this play, and the scenic effects premise to be the most elaborate yet shown by the stock company. After seeing Kara’s act with the Transoceanic* at the Park this week one can readily understand why he is called the “greatest juggler in the world.” No artist who has yet appeared in this country in a similar line of work has shown anything approaching the skilled Kara. The ease with which he throws all sorts and sizes of articles into the air and disposes of them seemingly wherever he wants to is marvelous. Everything from a cigarette to a large hat rack, from a tallow' candle to the waiter himself is juggled, and apparently with the same ease and confidence. Those who fail to see Kara’s act this week can hardly hope to see it duplicated by any one else. It is not likely that another such juggler exists as this wonderful fellow'. The Transoceanic* are packing the. Park twice each day and will continue to do so the rest of the week. Late comers again had to stand up last night.

Firemen’* Pension Fnnd Trustee*. The election of anew member of the board of directors of the firemen’s pension, fund resulted in the choice of Capt. Jacob Petty, of engine house No. 8. He received 100 votes; William Tallentire, 63, and R. H. Brown, 1. The other candidates were John Robinson, W. C. Long and Patrick Ryan. Captain Petty succeeds Tower Watchman Graham. Chief Barrett, Mayor Taggart and A. F. Zearing. the mayor's secretary, constituted the election board. Park Investigation. Deputy City Clerk Tamm said, yesterday, that no special meeting of the Council would be called until after the finance committee decides to recommend the appropriation of SSOO for the expenses of the park investigation. The finance committee has not yet been called together. Chairman Costello, of the finance committee, is also a member of the investigation committee. Plea for Pnre Whisky. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: The Journal makes the statement that City Sanitarian Clark will draft a bill to be presented to the Legislature aimed at the barrel houses. If Dr. Clark could be permitted to aim a Gatling gun at these places it would doubtless prove beneficial, but some law regarding their regulation would be better than nothing. Dr. Clark is of opinion that barrel-house whisky can be made cheaply, and that a good profit is therefore made in selling it. As the glasses used in barrel houses hold about an ounce, and as there are sixteen ounces in a pint, it requires but little figuring to prove that at 5 cents a drink the barrel-house proprietor receives about $0.40 a gallon for his poisonous concoction, which, when “doctored,” probably cost him 75 cents a gallon. As the very best of whisky can be purchased fpr $3 a gallon and less at wholesale the barrel-house proprietor would have no trouble in making a profit of 100 per cent, by dealing only in pure whisky. As the average drink in the best saloons does not exceed an ounce, for which 15 and 20 cents is charged, it w'ili readily be seen that a profit of from sl6 to $22 a gallon is made on whisky in these places. As long as whisky is made it will he sold and drank and it is to be hoped Dr. Clark’s bill will affix a penalty sufficiently heavy to prevent anyone from dealing in any other than the pure article. Let the bakers put alum in the bread if absolutely necessary, but by all means let us have our whisky pure. Indianapolis, Jan. 5. KANETUCKY. Wl*he* to Volunteer. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: While the One-hundred-and-fifty-seventh, One-hundred-and-flfty-eighth and One-hun-dred-and-fifty-ninth Regiments were at home on furlough Captain Allen, of the One-hundred-and-fifty-eighth, tried to obta.n permission from the War Department to raise an independent regiment in the State for garrison duty, but without success. Why cannot that same plan be carried out and an independent regiment raised for garrison duty? I know there are large numbers of ex-soldiers in the State who would enlist in such a regiment and many other young men would enlist who did not get to enlist during the war. There are now regiments in Southern camps that have not seen home since last spring and many of their men have business interests that are suffering by their absence. So. as the regular army is to be increased in numbers why not raise one or more volunteer regiments for garrison duty and let some other regiment be mustered out? I. for one, have not seen enough service and I believe there are others who are of the same mind. I further believe that many young men would enlist in a volunteer regiment who would not enroll in the regular army. EX-SOLDIER. Clayton, lnd.. Jan. 5. Building Permit*. Ansleni Hobbs, brick house, 130 Garden street, s*o. Mrs. Sadie L. Murry, cottage. Ash and Twentyfourth street. $129. John Foltz, cottage. Mt Jackson, S4OO. James L.. Bradley, addition. 127 West Washington street, $1,200. Martin Wehringer, frame shed. 910 South Delaware street. $K>. M M. Wolf, repairs, 734 South Delaware street, SSO. ' All I nfortunate Brother. I <l@s so weak en sinful, Or else, ro ol d<;n |h>’, Dat Mister Ohris’mus done, fergit De number cn my do' ! I tail him: ’Tleah I is, suh! You been dts way befo'.“ But Mister (Ttris’niua done fergit De number cn my do’! I see him fin’ de rich folks Dat des don't want no mo - ' But- good 1 .awd knows, he done fergit De number on my do’! I wonders, en I wonders Des why he slight me so? I ho|s>s de laiwd'li show him De number on my do' ! —Atlanta Constitution,

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1899.

GOOD RETAIL BUSINESS ♦ MERCHANTS HAVE If AD A FINE SE ASON AND ARE REDUCING STOCKS. 0 Price* Cut In Dry Good* and Other Store* in Order to Clean I'll for Spring. ♦ A series of interviews with prominent business men of this city proved that the unanimous sentiment of leaders in business circles was to the effect that conditions have very materially improved within the last six months. It is said that business is better, sales are larger, higher grade goods more in demand and there is a more hopeful feeling among the merchants than for several years past. Equally unanimous is the opinion upon the part of those interviewed that the improvement is permanent. The receipts of one firm in town for the last six months over the corresponding six months of 1897 show an increase of 15 per cent., while another firm’s increase is 20 per cent, in favor of 1898. This will be a month of sales, there being a reduction on goods in every department, and especially so in linens, muslin underwear and ready-made garments, among which are some very sw'ell imported gowns and jackets, capes and furs. One reliable firm on Washington street is selling linen, the best quality, at a reduction of 15 to 20 per cent. It is linen which the firm wishes to get rid of to make room for more stock, and is truly a bargain, and one which the average housewife could not well afford to miss. Other firms on Washington street are also advertising linen sales, which are equally desirable, at amazingly low figures. A few prices as quoted in the linen department are as follows: Seventy-two-inch half bleached table linen, new patterns, regular $1.25 value, now selling for 92 cents; 75-cent quality half bleached table damask, sixtyfour inches wide, now selling for 59 cents; 75-cent quality unbleached, seventy-two inches wide, 59 cents; the seventy-two-inch unbleached in ribbon, rose and thistle patterns, 98 cents. Bleached 75-cent quality, seventy-two inches wide, will be closed out at 59 cents, w'hile the $1 quality in all the latest patterns will sell for 82 cents. Damasks seventy and seventyrtwo inches wide, regular $1.25 value, now sell for 98 cents. Napkins to match can be bought in the five-eighths and three-quarter siaes at the same noticeable reduction. There is a great reduction in all the big stores in the jackets, cloaks and readymade garments department. All the imported velour capes and velour velvet jackets and opera wraps w'hich sold in the early part of the season for SSO to SIOO now will be closed at $25 to $45, at just one-half the price. In the ready-made garments, tailor suits and separate skirts there is also a marked reduction, and among the assortment are some lovely Paris and London gowns, which in the early season were worth from $75 to $l5O, that can now be purchased for half price, an offer which ought to be a big inducement to people living out of town and who have not an opportunity of patronizing the fashionable modistes of a city. These dresses are all made of the finest material, all silk lined and will be stylish a year hence. In cloth jackets one firm on Washington street announces a discount of 33 1-3 per cent., and in the assortment, which is quite large, there are jackets to suit every purse, in all the fashionable colors. Handsome silk petticoats can be bought for a song this month. At one of the stores which displays a largo assortment in ail colors and styles there is quite a marked reduction. High-priced petticoats which sold for S2O to $32 before Christmas are put down to $16.50. The lower priced petticoats range in price trom $5 upward. The time for selling fur is short, and many of the merchants are anxious to dispose of their stock, except sealskins, which still remain solid, and all the handsome scarfs, muffs and neck pieces must go, and prices have been cut so deeply that they are within the range of many purses. People living outside can order through mail and their orders will receive immediate attention. The women who are desirous of having a brand new silk shirt waist should attend the silk remnant sales at all the stores. On Tuesday morning at one of the big stores carriages blocked the street for almost a square, and when one went inside there was a veritable mob of women at the remnant silk counter, and before noon the $,2,000 worth of silks which were offered ii the morning for sale had been disposed of. However, there is another lot to be sold, and it is worth while looking them over, as they contain some real bargains. LACES AND EMBROIDERIES. During this month of sales the customary offerings of laces and embroideries will be made. The merchants have procured some tempting lots for this purpose, including the newest ideas in their spring collections. Among the assortment are many tasteful designs on cambric, nainsook and swiss in the form of edgings, insertions, and a wider range than ever of allovers. One firm is making preparations to surprise shoppers next week with a display of imported stuffs for spring and summer, lovely French and Irish dimities, silk w.arp organdies and piques, etc., in all the pretty and dainty coloring and brilliant effects, which are sure to make the summer fabrics favorites. This firm also shows new ideas in sateens. In dimities all the new fresh tints of blue prevail, while several shades of yellow are among the foremost. In the dimities and organdies, and, in fact, all the thin summer fabrics stripes of satin divided by a delicate figure are carried out on colored or white background, producing the idea of lace or open work. Then again a. two-inch satin stripe will be followed by a stripe of the same width resembling pekin or gros grain. Louis XV designs and bow knots in light goods are very prominent. Polka, dots will again be the rage in spring styles in all colors and sizes, in all sorts of materials. Black and white effects in sateen are prominent. The American dimities can be purchased for one-half the price paid for the imported ones, but they cannot be guaranteed not to fade, as can the imported. Silk warp organdies with wide satin stripes on plain and colored background are shown in all the delicate and brilliant colors. Avery pretty thing shown is called javanaise, something similar to silk striped challie, only the texture is finer. Some lovely patterns are shown in the new patterns. At this season there is always a midseason revival in millinery departments, although it is hard to excite interest in that department because everything is flat and dull, as it is about the end of the winter. However, there is a reduction in all the staple shapes, including fiats and short-back sailors, which never go out of style, ostrich plumes can be bought almost at cost prices. The art departments should not be neglected at this time, and lovers of pretty things for the home could not help but buy at the temptingly priced bric-a-brac anil odd pieces of rare china when economy is so manifest. The art embroidery departments offer several lots of daintily executed pieces in various sizes, some large enough for a lunch cloth, at low figures.

CITY NEWS NOTES. The Phil H. Sheridan \V. R. C. and Post will have their public installation jointly at Shover Hall this evening'. A two-story frame residence at No. 320 South New Jersey street was damaged to the extent of S4O last night by tire, which started from an overheated grate. A week of prayer is being observed at the Hall-place M. E. Church. To-night will bo devoted to home missionary work, and addresses will be made by the Rev. Dr. Bacon, of Roberts Park Church, and by Mrs. Anna I>. Eldridge. The commercial travelers will give a housewarming in their new clubrooms on North Meridian street to-night, to which all commercial travelers and their ladies are Invited. Professor Lowther, a billiard expert. will be present and give an exhibition of his skill. ''-The Marion County Homeopathic Medical Association has elected the following oitieers: President, Dr. VV. E. George; vice president. Dr. Rebecca W. Rogers; secretary and treasurer. Dr. C. B. McCulloch; board of censors, Drs. W. R. Stewart, O. 8. Runnels and J. V. George. The ladies of the Free Kindergarten Society will be given the entire proceeds of the meals served at Sherman's restaurant Monday from 10 o'clock In the morning until 10 o’clock in the evening. A number of ladies will be present in the office during the

day and evening, and there wifi be a menu of extras, which wili also be served to their credit. PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Mr. Clarence E. Coffin will return to college Sunday. Mrs. Harry J. Graham is visiting friends In Buffalo. N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. George L. Bradbury, of Chicago, are at the Denison. Mr. Caleb Newell Lodge left yesterday for Philadelphia and Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Whitsett will entertain this evening at cards. Mrs. Henry Bliss has issued invitations for a card company Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. A. V. De Vay will give a supper alter the theater performance this evening. Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Sayles have issued invitations for a dinner Tuesday evening. Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Hayes will give a box party this evening to see “The Fortune Teller.” Mrs. Beilis and daughter, who have been living at Martinsville, will come to this city soon to reside. Mrs. Theodore Varney will go to Chicago to-morrow to join Mr. Varney, and they will reside in that city. Mrs. Joseph Finley Bunger has gone to Fort Wayne to be the guest of Mrs. F. J. Thieme and Mrs. J. S. McCurdy. Wayne Bigwood, of Terre Haute, and Leonard Campbell, whose guest he has been, have returned to Culver Academy. Miss Marienne Ritzinger, of St. Paul, Minn., will come next week to visit her grandmother, Mrs. Leah P. Ramsey. Prof. George Hendrickson and wife, of the University of Chicago, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hendrickson for a few days. Mrs. Emil Willbrandt, of St. Louis, is the guest of Mrs. M. V. O’Donnell. To-day Mrs. Willbrandt will be with Mrs. T. H. Simth. Mrs. M. V. Wiggins will give a matinee party to-morrow in honor of Miss Hutton, of Richmond, who is visiting Miss Elizabeth Cooper. Miss Florence Coffin will entertain a few friends this evening for Miss Skidmore, of Charleston, Til., who is visiting Mrs. George N. Catterson. Mrs. William E. Collins and daughter Ruth, who have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Steele, have returned to their home in Hartford, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Aufderheide entertained a few friends at cards last evening in honor of Mrs. J. E. Oglesby, of Cincinnati, who is visiting Mrs. Frederick L. Fox. Miss Cora Marsh, of New London, and Miss Jennie Tompkins, of Fishkill-on-the-Hudson. will come this month to attend the marriage of Miss Margaret Malott and Mr, White. The ladies composing the membership of the Cavendish Whist Club wall entertain-the gentlemen to-morrow evening at the home of Mr. and Airs. J. H. Greenstreet on North Capitol avenue. Mrs. Jacob Piatt Dunn entertained the Cooking Club and a few other friends yesterday afternoon for Mrs. William Channing Cushing, of Pittsburg, Pa., who was formerly a member of the club. Miss Jessie Beatty entertained fifty of her friends with a dance last evening at her home on West Thirtieth street. She was assisted by her aunt, Mrs. James W. Armstrong, Miss Mary Egan and Mr. Edw'ard Beatty. The marriage of Miss Nelda Dickson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Dickson, of Anderson, and Mr. Frederick Mustard will take place Jan. 25. A large number of relatives and friends from this city will attend. WILLIAMS’—WEEKS. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, lnd., Jan. s.—Mr. B. F. Williams and Miss Cassandra Weeks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Weeks, were married last night at the home of the bride. Rev. B. O. Ellis, of the Friends’ Church, officiated. They will reside here.

OUR TRADE WITH BRITAIN. Great Increase in Receipt* of Chilled Reef and Pork, at Liverpool. WASHINGTON, Jan.. s.—Consul Boyle, in a report on the trade of Liverpool with the United States, says that the past year has been the best one in history for trade in American products in that district and there is every reason to believe that it will continue to grow. There has been a very material decline, however, in trade generally at IJverpool during recent years. He also says: “Canadian competition with the United States in this market in meat, corn, provisions and fruit has developed greatly during the past year, and threatens to be keener in the future. The most noteworthy phase of the trade in American beef is the great increase in the importation of chilled meat, but there is undoubtedly a great change in this regard, and many buyers and sellers claim that the American chilled beef is equal, if not superior, to the meat of American cattle slaughtered here. The chilled meat trade is increasing enormously and there is a growing conviction that in the course of a few years it will almost entirely take the place of American meat brought on the hoof. “American meat is often sold as English; indeed, the choice cuts of American beef are preferred by many of the lurge butchers to the best English cuts. Experts say that English cattle are depreciating in value and quality, one reason being that animals are now being slaughtered at two years old, instead of four years, as formerly. Not only is the trade in chilled beef increasing in vast dimensions, but there is a large and increasing trade in fresh chilled pork. It is a fact not generally known here to those outside the trade that most of the pork pies which are a staple article of food of the English working class, are made from fresh chilled American pork. American mutton is not making headway, largely because it. is fattened too quickly. There is good demand for American bacon and hams and, provided they come mild and not too fat, there is every prospect of increasing sales; they should not be smoked. The fact that American cheese on this market is being displaced by Canadian is becoming more and more apparent. On inquiry from reliable sources I am told that this is principally owing to the method of manufacture, which is spoken of here as being radically wrong; and assuming that the American factorymen generally wish to compete for the English trade, the sooner they set about altering the style of manufacture the better. The outlook for the apple trade here is good, as the crop is very short, shorter even than was anticipated a month ago. Experimental shipments of tomatoes have been made to this country from the United States, but so far have proved a failure. “The iron and steel trade has been particularly good during the p st year, especially in machine tools. The sale of American bicycles has increased enormously in this district during the past year. An American bicycle of the highest grade could until recently he bought for $25 cheaper than an English bicycle of the same grade. So keen has the competition become that w'ithin the last month (September) there has been a great tumble in tho prices of English bicycles.” CONDITION OF THE SICK. Messrs. Foster nnii Dlngley Improving' —Young anil Hull 111. WASHINGTON. Jan. s.—Ex-Secretary of State John W. Foster is better to-night, having recovered from a temporary unfavorable change early to-day. His temperature 's lower and the indications are much more encouraging. John Russell Young, librarian of Congress, is confined to his bed with a severe attack of acute gout, which is of a very painful character, and it probably will be several weeks before he is able to be out. Representative Dingley was very much better to-day, and the doctors say it is likely he will continue to improve. The continued illness of Representative Hull, of lowa, chairman of the House committee on military affairs, will necessitate a change of programme as to taking up the important bill for the increase and reorganization of the regular arm). It was intended to begin the debate on the 9th or 10th, and little doubt was felt yt erday that Mr. Hull would be back in his seat by this time, but the reports to-day are such that it is felt the chairman cannot resume his place m the House for ten days or more, so that the future plans as to the bill are left much in doubt. Senators Cockrell and Sewell, who have been ill for the past two weeks, have so far recovered as to he able to resume their duties, and both were at the Capitol to-day. Senators Turpie, Culiom and Mason are also reported to be steadily improving. In Spite of Ail. Detroit Tribune. Despite the leniency with which we treated our Charles Eliot Nortons during the war. there were 7,804 violent deaths in the United States during the year 1898.

WOMAN’S STRANGE WAYS MRS. SADIE SMITH TRIES TO GET HER HI'SBAND RELEASED. He Had Brutally Beaten Her—Her Grounds for a Habeas Corpus Petition. Mrs. Sadie Smith, who was brutally assaulted by her husband, Thomas Smith, on Christmas day, began proceedings in the Superior Court yesterday to procure the release of Smith from the workhouse. Habeas corpus proceedings were tiled in Room 2 against William Essmann, superintendent of the workhouse, and Judge Leathers will hear the case on Jan. 14. Smith was arrested on a warrant sworn out by Patrolman Stoddard, charging him with assault and battery with intent to kill. According to the evidence in Police Court the case was a most brutal one. Smith and his young wife have been living on Arrow street. They have been married about eight months. On Christmas day Mrs. Smith went to particular pains to get up a good dinner for her husband, but when the meal was ready she found he had gone away from the house. She waited a reasonable length of time and when he did not return she went to search for him. Within a block or two of their home Mrs. Smith met her husband walking with his two brothers. She asked him to come home at once and laid her hand on his arm. According to the evidence he deliberately knocked her down and walked away. He came back before she could get up and kicked her brutally. He then left her in the street. Mrs. Smith was carried into the house of a neighbor and cared for. Her husband was arrested by Patrolman Stoddard. In Police Court next day the officers were not much surprised to find Mrs. Smith ready to shield her husband. Judge Cox, however, gave Smith a line of SSOO and sent him to the workhouse. His wife now tiles a petition asking that he be released. It is sought to get Smith out on technical grounds. The petition avers that the affidavit on which Smith was arrested did not contain the woman’s right name. It is further set out that the judgment docket containing Smith’s case bias not been signed by the court. There is also a claim in the petition that the police judge had no jurisdiction in the Smith case. The woman s attorney avers that a police judge cannot linally try cases where the law provides a fine of more than SSOO. In this case it is averred, and in any case of assault and battery, the law provides lor a fine of not less than $1,060. It is maintained that Judge Cox only had a right to give Smith a preliminary hearing, and that the defendant should have either been discharged or his case sent to the Criminal Court.

COST OF A NEWSPAPER. Figures Set Out in the Indianapolis Xew Litigation. A great batch of figures was filed in the Superior Court yesterday in connection with the Indianapolis News litigation. The figures are interesting because they permit people to take a view “behind the scenes’’ of a great daily newspaper. To most people outside tho there is almost as much Interesting mystery about a newspaper as there is about the stage. The figures which follow indicate something of the cost of running a newspaper and in this particular case about what the returns are on capital invested. The “official statement” shows that the total receipts of the Indianapolis News for 1897 were $276,306.81. Os this amount tho sum of $170,991.12 was received for advertising. There was received on “city circulation” the sum of $18,191.10. The expenses incurred in operating the News for the year were $189,148.23. The schedule shows that the profits for the year amounted to $87,158.58. It is stated that Major YV. J. Richards, business manager of the paper, and Charles R. Williams. editor-in-chief, each receive $5,200 a year in addition to sharing in the profits, both being partners in the business with Delavan Smith, of C'hicacp. The average cost of running the paper for one week is set out in a schedule showing the expenses in the different departments for the week ending July 9, 1898. The receipts that week were $6,407.69. There was paid out the sum of $3,896.12. The expenses of the composing room for the week were $731.35. The “regular” expenses of the editorial department l'or the week amounted to $638, but an item of $lB4 for “extra editorial work is mentioned. Other expenses for the week are mentioned as follows: Counting room. $248; pressroom, $219; Associated Press, $112.37. ♦ )IKB. MORRIS’S BOND. Claims ’Squire Hay Took Snap Judgment on Her. Mrs. Christina L. Morris was the defendant in a suit tried in the Circuit Court yesterday. Mrs. Morris was being sued by the State on her bond. Some time ago she was summoned to appear for trial before Justice of the Peace Hay. She testified that she reached the justice’s court a few minutes after 9 o’clock, the time set for the trial, and was informed by the court that her bond had been forfeited because she had failed to appear on time. She expressed some surprise, she told Judge Allen, and Justice Hay ordered her out of his court. The justice, in giving his side of the case, suggested thut Mrs. Morris evidently did not recollect clearly what transpired that morning. The justice said it was the second time Mrs. Morris’s case had been continued. George Spahr. her attorney, was in court on time and when Justice Hay asked him where his client was, the attorney replied that he did not know. Judge Allen took the case under advisement. Supreme Court Derisions. Several minor cases were decided by the Supreme Court yesterday. Tn the suit of Halliet A. Wolverton to disannex his farm land from the town of Albany, the decision of the lower court was affirmed, the court holding that nothing but the action of a board of town trustees or the Legislature could leagally make such a separation. Wolverton claimed that he was induced to have his land incorporated in the town on the understanding that he would not be assessed for (own taxes. The next year, however, he found that he had been, and promptly asked to have his land separated from the town. John H. Thieme and Sophia Zumpe, both beneficiaries under a will, took different constructions of its import and carried the matter to the courts. The case was passed upon by the Supreme Court last June, but a rehearing was granted yesterday. Rosena M. Barman, while on a visit to her sister in Marion, fell into an unguarded well in the back yard of her sister’s house and sued her brother-in-law fir damages. About a year ago the case reached the Supreme Court, where the judgment of the lower court in favor of the defendant was reversed. A rehearing was granted yesterday. The case of Clarence Udell against the Citizens’ Street-railroad Company has been set for oral argument in the Supreme Court Feb. 1. Udell is a young boy and lost a leg by being run over while returning from Armstrong's Park on the wrong side of the car. Verdict Reduced to $15,000. Judge Higgins, of Lebanon, has overruled a motion for anew trial in the case of Houlihan against the Union Railway Company, of this city. Houlihan was recently awarded SIS,OOO o-iniages by a jury for injuries received on the Belt road, in this city, while he was employed as an operator. Judge. Higgins thought that SIB,OOO damages- was excessive and stated that if the plaintiff would consent to a reduction of the amount to $15,000 he would overrule the motion for anew trial. This arrangement was agreed to by the plaintiff and Judge Higgins acted accordingly. An appeal was taken by the defendant. Special Bequest* for Tlielr Burial*. The will of Charlotte Hand was probated in the Circuit Court yesterday. The testatrix left an extensive estate, the most of which she bequeathed to her children and her grandchildren. According to the terms of the will special bequests of SIOJ each are made to Adolphus Hand, eldest son of the decedent. and to George and Edward Hand, grandsons. The will provides that these sums are to be used in giving each of the beneficiaries a suitable burial. Suit on Prospective Profit. The suit of John W. Oliver against William W. Hubbard for breach of contract,

went to trial yesterday in Room 3. Superior Court. The plaintiff claims he was to have charge of Hubbard's farm near Acton, and was to share in the profits of the place. He avers that the contract was verbal. After a month, he says, he was discharged, ami he estimates that ills loss on “prospective profits” was SI,OOO. Hubbard claims that Oliver was to superintend the farm only and received a salary for what work he did. A Curb-Stone Trust. Alonzo A. McCray and William J. Benner were partners in the business of selling curbing stone in 1897. They were the Indianapolis agents of the Hollensbie Stone Company and while acting in this capacity sold some stone to George W. and John E. McCray. McCray & Benner agreed to have work done in payment for the stone and were to stand good for the money due the Hollensbie Company. The money was not paid and a suit followed which Judge McMaster now has under consideration. McCray & Benner allege that they were the sole agents for several stone companies In 1897, and that all orders were to be distributed among the companies. The defendants aver that this combination wafi to raise prices and being in the nature of a “trust.” the contract was void under the law's of the State. George W. and John E. McCray in a cross-complaint claim they suffered by the combination between the corporations and they are asking damages in the sum of SI,OOO. Ella Jotonxon’s Suit. In the Superior Court yesterday Ella Johnson began an action for damages against the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad Company. The. plaintiff demands $5,000 damages on account of personal injuries received on Nov. 4 last. The plaintiff was crossing tho railroad track at Lewis street, when she was struck by an engine which she says was running at a high rate of speed. She charges that the servants of the road in charge of the engine failed to warn her of the locomotive’s approach by bell or whistle. ’What Smith Received. Judge Leathers and the jury in Room 2, Superior Court, listened to evidence in the Red Clay Orchard suit, until 10:30 o’clock last night. James H. Smith, the ex-treasurer of the company, who is being rued by other stockholders, was on the stand all day yesterday and the attorneys did not get through with him last night. The cross-examination has developed that Smith received in actual money or the equivalent from the sale of stock about $7,500. An Ash-Pan Quarrel. “Gene” Smith, colored, was fined $25 and sent to the workhouse yesterday morning for assault and battery with intent to kill. His victim was James King. Both men lived in the same house and had some trouble one morning when Smith emptied a pan of ashes in the yard. Asa result of the quarrel Smith assaulted King with a knife. The case was tried in the Criminal Court.

Emma Wetzel’s Estate. Henry Wetzel was yesterday appointed administrator of the estate of Emma Wetzel. Bond was furnished in the mm of $4,200. 4 — THE COURT RECORD. Supreme Court. 18661. Woolverton vs. Town of Albany. Delaware C. C. Affirmed. Monks, C. J.—l. The creation, enlarging and contraction of the boundaries of municipal corporations are legislative and not judicial functions, and may be exercised by the Legislature without the consent and against the remonstrance of those interested, 2. General laws providing the conditions upon which cities and towns may be incorporated as municipal corporations, with or without the consent of those interested, and vesting the power in judicial bodies to determine whether such conditions exist, and if so to order such incorporation, are valid; and the creation of the corporation in such case is not the act of the court or other body, but is the act of the law, with no discretion in the board of commissioners or the court of appeal. 3. The power to contract or change, the boundaries of a city or town is a legislative power and cannot be exercised by the courts. 18547. Thieme vs. Zumpe. Tippecanoe C. C. Reversed- Baker, J.-l. When an item of a will refers to another item therein, the two Items must be read together. 2. An unqualified direction in a will to "turn over” personauv to a legatee is as effectual to pass title as would be the use of the words “give and bequeath.” 3. Where a will directs a trustee to “take charge of” certain personal property and to pay to a legatee “annually the net income” during her life, the direction to taka charge of the property gives the right of possession in the trustee and the direction to the trustee to pay the annual net income to the legatee during life gives only a life interest in the property. 4. In an action to recover property where it is alleged “that the defendant claiming to act under Item 10 of said will (which Is set out in the complaint), holds said property and refuses to deliver the same to plaintiff” is an averment which overcomes a general allegation in the complaint of unlawful possession and wrongful detention on the part of defendant, and renders such complaint subject to demurrer. 18415. Barman vs. Spencer. Grant C. C. Rehearing granted. Appellate Coart. 2708. Heyde vs. Suit. Marshall C. C. Affirmed. Robinson, J.—l. Where a pleading is questioned for the first time in the Appellate Court it will be held sufficient unless it appears that some material averment is wholly omitted from the pleading. 2. A pleading and an exhibit attached are construed together. 3. Where the defects in a complaint are such as can be supplied by the evidence they may be cured by verdict and judgment when the pleading is questioned for the first time by an assignment of error in this court, when the facts alleged are sufficient to bar another action for the same thing. 4. The fact that a notice of an Intention to hold a mechanic’s lien covers more land than is necessary to discharge the lien will not render the lein invalid nor make it indefinite. 2627. Indiana, etc., Cos. vs. Nuesbaum. Wells C. C. Affirmed. Comstock. J.—Where a complaint by an employe against an employer for damages, caused by falling In a hole in the ground on defendant’s premises, shows that there was no road from the tent at which he boarded to the town to which he was directed by his employer to go in the night time for lodging, it is not necessary for him to allege that his employer told him to take the course he did take in trying to find his way to the town. 2. Special findings in answer to interrogatories cannot override the general verdict unless they are not to be reconciled. 3. It is the duty of a master to keep his premises in a reasonably safe condition for those who are rightfully there. Superior Court. Room I—J. L. McMaster, Judge. John C. Emrich vs. Christian Brown et al ; foreclosure. Finding for plaintiff for $396 and costs. August Hoffman vs. Christian Aekrel; appealed Feller, J. P. Judgment by agreement for plaintiff against defendant for possession of real estate and $25 damages. James W. Laporte vs. William Jared; mechanic’s lien. Dismissed and costs paid. Henry Coburn vs. Margaret ha Maar et al.; mechanic’s lien. On trial by court. Room 2 —James M. Leathers, Judge. The Red Clay Orchard Company vs. Jas. H. Smith. On trial by ju^y. Room 3—Vinson Carter, Judge. John W. Williams vs. Clifton T. Reese; appeal. Jury instructed to return verdict for defendant. v Frederic* M. Bauer vs. Charles M. Rock et al.; bond. Finding and judgment against defendant for $175 and costs. Samuel A. Harlan vs. Mary A. Scooley et al., note. Finding and judgment against defendant for $254.32 and costs. John W. Oliver vs. Wm. W. Hubbard; breach of contract. On trial by jury. Circuit Court. Henry Clay Allen, Judge. Robert Worthington vs. Jonn Treadwell et al.; foreclosure. Dismissed by plaintiff. Judgment against defendant for costs. Barbara A. McPherson vs. Daniel P. McPherson. Defendant defaulted. Submitted to court. Evidence heard. Finding for plaintiff. Decree of divorce. Maiden name of plaintiff, Barbara A. Thompson, restored. Judgment against defendant for costs. William Sowders vs. Cyrus J. Clark; habeas corpus. Dismissed by plaintiff. Judgment against plaintiff for costs. State vs. Christian L. Morris et al.; on forfeited recognizance. Submitted to court. Evidence heard. Taken under advisement. New Suit*. Lillie Gordon vs. Frank M. Branthoover et al.; suit to cancel note. Eliza Johnson vs. The Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Company; damages. Circuit Court. Kate M. Graves vs. George S. Graves et al.; action for support. Circuit Court. Katie Stovall vs. William Stovall; suit for divorce. Superior Court, Room 3. Indiana Bond company vs. Luella P. Hartley et al.; improvement lien. (’huplntn Life Found Guilty. COLUMBUS. 0., Jan. s.—Rev. J. M. Life, chaplain of the Seventh Ohio Regiment, * ho was charged by Miss Rosa Lee Burch, daughter of Colonel Burch, with conduct unbecoming a minister, has just been tried by a ministerial court at Hebron, 0.. and found guilty. Chaplain Life will appeal the case to the Ohio M. K. Conference, of which body he is a member.

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TRYING TO OUTDO BRYAN G. CLEVELAND SUGGESTS THAT FILL. PINOS HE KILLED OFF. He Also Shoots u Sarcastic Bolt a# Missionaries, “Who Have Duue So .Much to Encourage Expansion.” PRINCETON, N. J., Jan. s.—Ex-Presidenll Cleveland, in reply to the request of a representative of tho Associated Press for an expression on the question of expansion and! annexation, said: “I do not care to repeat my views cor* corning the prevailing epidemic of imperialism and territorial expansion. Assuming, however, that my ideas on the subject tiro antiquated and unsuited to these progressiva days, it is a matter of surprise to me that the refusal of certain natives of our new possessions to acquiesce in the beneticencet of subjecting them to our control and management should in the least disturb our expansionists. This phase of the situation ought not to have been unanticipated, nor the incidents naturally growing out of It overlooked. The remedy Is obvious and simple. The misguided inhabitants of our annexed territory who prefer somethin# different from the plan, for their control which we propose, or who oppose our designs in their behalf, should be slaughtered. The killing of natives has been a featura of expansion since expansion began, and our imperialistic enthusiasm should not ba checked by the prospective necessity of destroying a few thousand or a few hundred! thousand Filipinos. This should only be regarded as one stage in a transccndentally! great movement, a mere Incident in its progress. Os course, some unprepared souls would then be lost before we had the opportunity of Christianizing them, but surely those of our clergymen who have done so much to encourage expansion could manage! that difficulty.” ANDREW CARNEGIE’S VIEWS. He Favors Concentration, and Cannot Scatter Ills Shot. LONDON, Jan. s.—Wm. T. Stead, editor of the Review of Reviews, who has recently been agitating “a great pilgrimage of peacoi through all nations, beginning at San Francisco and ending at St. Petersburg," received to-day numerous letters from America, all sympathizing with the cause offi peace. Mr. Andrew Carnegie writes: “I need nofi say that my heart is with you and that X wish you Godspeed. You have your field and I have mine. I am absorbed in an effort to keep this industrial union from failing away from its higher plane to the level of European powers, which are armed camps. 1 cannot leave this work or drive it from me, even if I wished. It is not what 1 can that I am doing, but what 1 must. Concentration has been the motto of myi life, and I cannot scatter my shot. You must, therefore, excuse your friend at present. Do not make the mistake of believing> that the American people are in favor of ai departure from the policy of the fathers. A. plebiscite to-day would drown the imperialists. Every labor organization meeting speaks practically unanimously against th imperialist policy. The farming interest* are becoming alarmea, and even If we ratify the treaty with Spain and hold the Philippines it will bo only until the day of reckoning comes. Then the world will have another proof that the voice of the people i* the voice of God. I have not lost ny faitl* in the American people, and 1 am still yours for triumphant democracy.” Senator Redfield Proctor, of Vermont* who also coincides with Mr. Stead’s views* says- “Aside from the interests of humanity, which should appeal to all nations, ths request from Russia, such a friend in ouS darkest days of civil war, should uppeal tc us with special force.” EXPANSION PROMOTERS. Resolution* Adapted toy the American Asiatic Association. NEW YORK. Jan. s.—The American! Asiatic Association to-day held a meeting, at which the Philippine question was discussed at great length. The association comprises many of the prominent manufacturing firms of the United States, and is growing in a manner which will soon make it a formidable rival of the China and Japan Association of England. Several new members were admitted, including the Pittsburg Wire Company, of Pittsburg, the Jones-Laughlin Company, of Pittsburg, and the Philadelphia Commercial Museum, of Philadelphia. An amendment to the constitution was adopted, adding the following to the objects which the association Is designed to subserve: "To promote the creation of a consular service of the United States in Asia and in Oceanica which shall be lounded upon tha principles of uniform selection for proved fitness, of regular promotions, security of tenure during good service and adt-quaiai compensation.” The following resolution was adopted; "Whereas. Under the terms of me treaty of Paris, just concluded at l aris, the United States will for a time at ieust control th* Philippine islands, “Resolved, That In the judgment of thin association it will be for the best interest* of both the Philippines and tho United States, first, that a local civil-service system be established, based upon entrancu through open competitive examination, tenure of office during guod behavior, promotion by merit and adequate compensation; second, that tho ’opep-door’ policy of customs taxation be adopted on the basi* of a tariff for revenue only, like that applied to (.tuba, or, say, not exceeding 25 per cent, ad valorem customs duties.”

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