Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1899 — Page 8

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rjr~j The Annual I ‘fsr-! Exhibition 5 \/v IjrL/Ivv.V j . __ and Sale i \ i Undermuslins Begins at 8 o’clock this morning. This sale has a peculiarity ail our ow n in that it is more pronouncedly a display of good style aud merit than a striving after those “phe* nomenally low prices’’ that make underwear sales in some stores little more than a disposal of trash. We are agents for the | ... Simon Stern Undermuslins ... j Which stand highest among garments of American manufacture. We also sell j French Hand=Embroidered Lingerie j Which is to be found nowhere else in Indianapolis. One-half of our second floor is given over to this display and sale and we promise some specially close prices that will make buying almost irresistable. SOLE AGENTS FOR IMPROVER STANDARD PATTERNS.

Manufacturers of Grilles and Fret Work. 53 NOIORE 53 Pairs Muslin Curtains Embroidered or ruffled, white and colored, the $1.75, $2, $2.25 and $2.50 grades, FOR 96c AT MONDAY’S BARGAIN SALE 47 JUST 47 Pai*i of Muslin Curtains, of the $2.50, $2.75 and $5.00 grades, FOR $1.44 The first corners get the first pick. Albert Gall Carpets, Draperies, Wall Paper, 17 and ID Went Washington Street. Hardwood Floors laid, finished and reflnished. While Oysters Are Advancing In Price It will be well to remember that if you want your oysters at the best, you must have them served with the Taggart Butters These crackers are perfection. “Imitation and competition delicti.”

1iF0r.... s One Week IN .> h Accumulations of one and 8 two pair lots of Lace Curtains £ during- fall season will be £ placed on sale, beginning Mon- £ day. This lot will be closed £ out at one-half price to make !; room for spring goods. | SCHLEICHER MARTENS Cos 18 Sc 20 North Meridian St.

GREATER NEW YORK TEAM. Bocal Bowlerd Muko Arrangements to Piny Visitors. The directors of the Tenpin Bowling League held a meeting yesterday afternoon to arrange for the series of g;imos with the Greater New York team, which will be played under the auspices of the Tenpin League in this city. The teams will be changed at each game. Those members of the league who now stand among the first twenty-live in averages will bowl ten games on the Independent Turner alleys, and the five men having the highest average from these games will compose the team to play the evening games. The second five will play the Greater New York team the first afternoon game and the captains of the clubs in the Tenpin league will play the game the second afternoon. The committee on arrangements is composed of Fehrenbach, of the. Calumets; Meyer, of the Crescents; Moiling, president of the league; Kimmci. of the Columbias, and Baron, of the Deweys. The press committee consists of Hunter, of the Crescents; Allen, of the Oneidas, and Hurrle, of the Stars. A Negro Pursues u Roy. Harry McMullen, better known as “Nigger Bill.'’ a colored man who is a poultry dealer, was arrested late Saturday night on a warrant issued from Justice I.ockman’s . court charging him with carrying concealed weapons and on proceedings tor security of the peace. The real charge against McMullen is a far more serious one. but is not one which can be reached by the law'. He has had for some time in his employ a white boy, seventeen years old. named Carl Duncan, who lives on Hast South street. Djncau charges that McMullen has at various times attempted to vilely assault him, threatening him with a revolver. Duncan secured a position at another place, but says that McMullen would cal! for him there, would walk home with him and wait for him until he became so terrorized that he gave up his position and was afraid to have his home. He claims that McMullen then came to his home. At last Duncan’s brother-in-law induced him to tell the cause cif his great fear of leaving the house, and Duncan’s father tested the story by putting on a suit of his son’s arid walking down the street one evening. He had gone but a short distance when he found that McMullen was following him. ’Hie light at a street corner showed McMullen that it was not the. hoy. and Duncan's father says that McMullen rapidly left him. A warrant was .at once sworn out for McMullen’s arrest, and. as he had not t>een successful in his purpose, it was difficult to find a law under which he could be prosecuted, there being no law in Indiana to cover such a case. The. warrant was finally issued on the charges above given, and Justice Bookman put McMullen under bond in the sum of ft,ooo, which tie was unable to furnish, and he was remanded to Jail. Ills hearing was s*<t for 10 o'clock this morning, and it will be the first case In court of Justice Bockman 8 new prosecutor, Mr. James A. Culiina.

LYNCHERS ARE KNOWN a . ONLY no IN SCOTTSBURG MOB, AND THEY WERE OF LOW ELEMENT. a Attorney General Taytor Returns from Inveatlsration—Murderers Will lie Reached. When Attorney General Taylor returned to Indianapolis Saturday night ho brought with him an accurate knowledge of the identity of the Scottsburg lynchers who killed Marion Tyler recently, and also the assurance of the Scott county officials that every man implicated in the tragedy would bo relentlessly punished. During the various conferences held between the attorney general a-nd the officers of Judge New'’s court the fact developed that the people of the county are aroused to the necessity of vindicating themselves before the people of the State, and all the better element in the county has pledged Its support to any action brought by the court officers to bring the offenders to justice. Every horse thief association in the county has given assurance of the warmest support, and as invariably these associations are composed of the best and most lawabiding class of citizens In the county it Is felt that there will be little difficulty in not only securing the conviction of the offenders but of making such an example of them as will tend to free Scott county from such disgraceful occurrences In the future. According to the information furnished Attorney General Taylor the size of the lynching crowd was grossly exaggerated by the reports sent out from neighboring towns at the time of the tragedy, it being shown that the mob numbered less than thirty and was composed of the most ruffianly element in Scottsburg and vicinity, very few of the guilty men living outside of the city. Attorney General Taylor in speaking of the state of affairs said that it was a matter of public record that Scott county had always been a law-abiding county and rigorously enforced the law at all times. At the meeting of the officials Saturday many of the heaviest taxpayers in the county appeared and asked that no stone be left unturned in bringing every man connected with the lynching to justice. Contrary to the first impression of the mob, it Is now known that there were no “prominent citizens" in the crowd, but instead it was made up altogether of the toughest element of the neighborhood. Judge New has called for the drawing of a special grand jury to convene to-day, when the names of the men connected with the lynching will be given to the jury, together with other important facts in connection with the lynching, and it is felt certain that true bills wall be found against every one of those accused. The attorney general has decided that in view of the disposition shown by the county officials to prosecute the case to a successful conclusion the State will take no active part in the matter, but will be represented at the investigation and trial in order to lend moral support to the county officials in case any tendency is shown by individuals to whitewash the offenders. At present the people of the county are with the. officials as a unit for the punishment of the lynchers.

ROAD TAX IN CASH. Mr. Thornton Think* the Repealed Law of 1881 n Good One. In an address before the Progress Club yesterday afternoon W. W. Thornton favored a return to the old form of government by town meetings, regarding this as one of the bulwarks of strength in the development of Anglo-Saxon institutions. This democratic form of governement was brought to this country by the Puritans, and still obtains in some places throughout the East. The topic of Mr. Thornton's paper was “Reform in County Government.” In discussing this question he pointed out many evils that have recently been discussed. He gave considerable attention to the subject of highways, saying that the best road law dhe State ever had was that of 1881. which abolished the system of permitting taxpayers to work out their taxes and requiring them to pay taxes in cash. This law was in force but two years, when it was repealed. He had some ideas at variance with those of the reform commission that has prepared bi! for introduction at this session of the Legislature. He would abolish the township trustee and place the management of township affairs in the hands of three men, who might be called selectmen; a similar body to have charge of the schools. Mr. Thornton thinks that the government of villages and townships should be. divorced entirely. He thought the town meeting form of government perfectly practicable for townships and also for some small incorporated villages, although he feared it would not do In large cities. Mr. Thornton urged the necessity for reforms. asserting that public sentiment is not so aroused with regard to abuse in township and county corporations because tho press has paid less attention to these subjects than to the questions of municipal policy. LOUIS ESSMANN DEAD. Many Yearn Proprietor of the Illinois House. Louis Essmann, a brother to William Essmunn. superintendent of the Marion County Workhouse, and well known from his lifelong residence in this city, died at his home, 716 Greer street, yesterday afternoon at 12:25, after an illness of two weeks. He was employed as a collector by the American Brewing Company, and has been noticeably lame for some time past on account of an operation for blood poisoning, w .ieh, however, did not check the disease, and in the end caused his death yesterday at the ago of forty-four. Mr. Ess man n was born in this city and was for years the proprietor of the Illinois House. He was a member of Center Lodge, F. and A. Masons; Marion lxidge. No. 1. Knights of Pythias, and also the Elks, Maccabees, Independent Turners, German Pioneers and German Protestant Orphans' Society. He leaves a married daughter, Mrs. Rose Hokonroad. of this city, and a son, Harry, who is now with the regular army at Manila. The funeral will take place from his late home Tuesday afternoon at Z o'clock.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1899.

TURNER AND JONES HERE ♦ CITIZENS’ STREET-RAILROAD MANAGERS ON THE GROUND. eHa si* of Adjustment Has Heen DiacuMed, Says* Mr. Turner—Mr. "Winter Also Returns. J, * There was a flurry in the gossiping concerning street-car affairs yesterday, w'hen Ferdinand Winter, of counsel for the Citizens’ Street-railroad Company, returned from Philadelphia, in company with William J. Turner and J. Levering Jones, both of whom have large interests in the Citizens’ company. It was reported that J. F. Thompson, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, had assumed a controlling interest in the Citizens’ company, and that Mr. Jones, himself a prominent member of the Philadelphia bar, had come here to represent him. Mr. Turner went to the Grand Hotel, his usual headquarters when here, while Mr. Jones hied to the Denison. Neither registered. The return of Mr. Winter in company with Messrs. Turner and Jones, led some of those who try to keep in touch with street-car affairs to the belief that a settlement had been agreed on between the Citizens’ company and the City Company. It was recalled that about threo weeks ago Mr. Frenzel was in Philadelphia and that on his return it was reported he had been East to talk over a settlement. This Mr. Frenzel denied. Last Monday Mr. Winter left the city rather suddenly, going away immediately after the trial of the receivership case of the Indianapolis News was ended, without waiting until the formal order for its sale was prepared for entry on the court dockets. Mr. Frenzel having been East and Mr. Winter going there on the heels of his return induced the belief that Mr. Frenzel had made a proposition about which Mr. Winter was summoned to Philadelphia for a conference with the xuastern stockholders. But Mr. Turner dismissed these rumors last midnight, when a waiting reporter had a few moments’ conversation with him on his coming home to the Grand Hotel. “The purpose of my present trip to your city,” said Mr. Turner, “is to confer with our attorneys concerning the advisability of applying to the Supreme Court for a rehearing of the case recently decided. I was here on Monday following the decision from morning until afternoon, conferring w r ith the attorneys. Last Monday Mr. Winter went to Philadelphia, and after going over the decision with me fully, went on to New York. I was rather agreeably surprised to find him aboard the train en route from. New York here when 1 took it at Philadelphia. As I now view' the situation, I think the proper course for us to pursue is to apply for a rehearing.” .“Will you co-operate with the city of Indianapolis in asking for a rehearing?” “That is a matter of detail that will be left to our attorneys, who will confer with the legal department of the city.” The company having decided to go on with the litigation would lead to the inference that it continues, as formerly, to assume the position that the settlement of the street car situation must be between it and the municipality, without regard to the City Company. As pointed out by the city controller last week, the Citizens’ Company has very large rights that w'ill not expire in 19°1 in any event and that are not affected by the present litigation. From the tone of Mr. Turner’s talk the company has been in an attitude of compromise for some time, and expects to try and earn the good will of the city, as it has striven to do in the last year or so.

AN AGREEMENT DISCUSSED. It can be said on the authority of Mr. Turner that there has been a general discussion of lines along which the whole street car question might be amicably adjusted between the administration and the Citizens’ Company. It can also be said that there has recently been a renewal of discussion of plans by which the interests of both companies might be guarded and some sort of an agreement reached, although Mr. Turner said that the Citizens’ Company did not look upon the City Company’s contract as at all practicable, involving the refunding of several hundred thousand dollars of street improvements and the payment of a portion of the gross earnings into the city treasury. “Would that be more of a hardship,” lie was asked, “than for your company to accept anew contract in tw'o years, assuming the City Company out of the way, with a three-cent-fare provision?” “Tt is impossible for a company to exist with a three-cent fare.” “Would you, then, desire to have the three-cent-fare law repealed?” "Judge Showalter has held the law unconstitutional. It would seem that an unconstitutional law is not much of a law'.” Mr. Turner had read in Indianapolis papers stories of a deal by which the Citizens’ Company was to pay the City Company $500,000 and $3,000,000 in bonds for its franchise. When, asked concerning this, he replied: "I cannot imagine how such cock-and-bull stories originate.” Concerning the report that Mr. Thompson, of the Pennsylvania road, had large interests in the stock of the company, and that Mr. Jones was here to represent him. Mr. Turner said that so far as he knew Mr. Thompson held no stock, although ho was believed to have considerable interest In the bonds of the company. “Our bonds being coupon bonds,” said Mr. Turner, “it is impossible for us to know' by whom they are held. Mr. Jones is himself largely interested in the stock. I do not know whether he represents Mr. Thompson, hut hardly think so, as the Pennsylvania people have their own attorneys here.” Pressed for a statement as to whether Mr. Frenzel had visited him w'ith reference to an agreement between the two companies, Mr. Turner said that ho w*as but slightly acquainted with Mr. Frenzel and had not discussed such a subject wdth him. When Mr. Turner took the train to return to Philadelphia after being here, following the Supreme Court decision, he found Mr. Frenzel and Hugh H. Hanna aboard the train. There has been some talk to the effect that the Citizens’ Company owns the Broad Ripple line or has a controlling interest. With reference to this Mr. Turner said that the company was in no w'ise interested in the Broad Ripple company. While the impression was gained, from the talk w'ith Mr. Turner, that the Citizens’ company intends to continue thei litigation, and that no arrangement has been made between the tw r o companies, it also appeared that a proposition for a fair adjustment of all interests, concessions being made on all sides, would not be rejected. At the Denison Hotel it was denied that Mr. Jones was stopping there. Mr. Winter declined to be interviewed when seen last night. He would neither affirm nor denv that he had been in Philadelphia to consult with William Jay Turner concerning terms of agreement by which the interests of the two companies were to he consolidated, or otherwise adjusted. He even refused to indicate whether street-car affairs had been the mission upon which he absented himself. “I am sorry that I cannot be of service to you,” said Mr. Winter, “but I cannot say anything about matters which concern my clients." His attention was called to rumored bases of settlement last week —one, by the terms of which the Citizens’ Street-railroad Company was to pay the City Company $500,00) in cash and $3,000,000 in bonds for a surrender of all its rights. “That’s a very liberal proposition,” replied he, with just a touch of sarcasm in his voice. “I heard to-day there had been much in the papers on this subject last week.” he added, “but I have not had the opportunity to read thS papers.” THE YOUNG LADY’S BEAUTY. Text of Rev. T. J. Yillers’s Sermon Last Night. Rev. Thomas J. Villors, pastor of the First Baptist Church, last night began a series of practical talks to young people. His topic was “The Young Lady’s Beauty,” the thought being found in the. text from Esther, "The maiden was fair and beautiful.” The pastor said that the term “beautiful” was generally used in referring to a woman of fair face, and the w'ord “handsome” in speaking of men. He held that it was nossible for a man to be beautiful. Rachel was beautiful and well favored, and David was ruddy and possessed a beautiful countenance. Abigail was a woman of good understanding and of marked beauty, while no one in all Israel was so much praised as was Saul. “The young lady’s beauty Is a divine gift,” continued the pastor. “Whether we aro beautiful or homely depends to some extent on pre-natal influence*. The Psalmist recognized this when he spoke of God knowing him before his birth. The Hebrew term describing the beauty of Rachel and

Esther refers to form, while that descriptive of David pertains to his eyes. Beauty is a desirable gift. Moses prayed that the beauty of the Lord might be on His people. A true beauty never can be imitated- When Fir Peter Lely painted a noted btfle who had long, languishing eyes, fashionable ladies at once affected the soft drfiiminess of the picture. Spanish maidens often squeeze orange juice into their eyes In order to impart a strange brightness. Circassian women use sienna for penciling the eyes, while Arabian ladles blacken the edge of the eye-lids and draw circles about the eyes In order to make them appear large. It is said that the women of Arabia are not the only ones who resort to this device. "The young lady's beauty is a perilous possession. There is danger in vanity. Favor is deceitful and beauty is vain. In the popular novel. ‘The Superfluous Woman,’ Jessamine Halliday is represented as standing before her mirror, and after observing the glow in her cheeks and the storm in her eyes, exclaimed, 'Oh, how beautiful I am!’ Such beauty is a fading flower. There is danger of deformity in the beauty of the young lady. She is apt to neglect the symmetry of her character. Lytton tells in the ‘Last Days of Pompeii’ that Diomed's daughter carried all her beauty in her face. The young lady’s beauty may also be a cultivated grace. Solomon tells us that wisdom makes the face to shine, and the hardness of the sac is, the coarseness engendered by ignorance—is changed. An aged woman whose face was thus resplendent, was complimented by a Frenchman on her beauty, and she remonstrated by pointing to a wrinkle. He said: ‘That is not a wrinkle, madam, it is only a smile which has drifted from its mooring.’ A beautiful faco may also be cultivated by discretion. ’As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman without discretion.’ Such a lack of discreetness, or tact, was once very noticeable to me in a young woman who called with a young man to be married. Instead of permitting the groom to hand me the fee, she took this part, saying seriously as she handed me the money: ’lt. is not very much, but I hope to do better next time.’ Plato said that beauty is truth in its splendor, and so the young lady whose face is illuminated with truth has a countenance that is truly beautiful. Esther, we are told, w r as fair of form and good of countenance. True beauty is goodness shining through the features. The most beautiful face the w'orld has ever seen was the face of the Sen of Man, and yet for you that face was marred more than that of any visage. He wilt beautify the meek with salvation. Look Into His face to-night and let the work of transfiguration begin.” Mr. Villers will on next Sunday night discuss "The Eccentric Young Man.” Reports read yesterday in relation to the Sunday school attendance at the First Baptist Church show that during the quarter which closed yesterday there was a larger attendance than the school has yet enjoyed for a like period. OPPOSE TWO-CENT FARE UNION MEETING OF RAILROAD EMPLOYES’ BROTHERHOODS HELD. Flglit to Be Made in I,eglnlnture—Address by Gr ind Chief Arthnr.

At the union meeting of the railroad employes’ brotherhoods, yesterday, resolutions were adopted opposing a reduction by the Legislature of railroad fares to 2 cents a mile, and the joint legislative board, that is to be organized to-day, was directed to urge the General Assembly not to pass any such law. “believing that competition should regulate this tariff,” in the language of the resolution. The men say that the reason they oppose a reduction of fares is that they believe it w'ould have a tendency to reduce wages, as, with revenues reduced, the railroads would have to make a reduction in all expenses of operation and all fixed charges. Labor, it is urged, is always the first to feel any curtailing of earnings. The meeting yesterday w’as largely attended, representatives from various parts of the State of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Order of Railway Conductors, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen being in attendance. The representa lives of the various organizations w'ill meet separately at English’s Hotel to-day, to select members of the joint legislative board, which is to prepare hills and act as a sort of steering committee during the Legislature’s sessions. The action of this board is indorsed in advance, there having been a full discussion of the views of individual members of the organizations at the December meeting and the one held yesterday. It is definitely settled that the board will ask the legislature to create a railroad commission similar to those of New York, Illinois and Ohio. The duty of such a commission would be to enforce all laws governing railroad traffic. There is talk, also, of asking for amendments that will strengthen the co-employes’ liability law. Some portions of it, under the constructions that have teen placed on them by the courts are regarded as weak: It will be the purpose to remedy any defects. P. M. Arthur, of Cleveland, 0., grand chief Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, was at the meeting yesterday, and just before the adjournment made a speech that, although brief, aroused the enthusiasm of the meeting. He discussed the benefits of organization, recalling conditions that existed when the railroaders had no organization. In those days, he remembered, brakemen were paid $23 a month; fireman, S3O; engineers, $00; freight conductors, S4O. and passenger conductors, S6O, “and sometimes a little more,” he added, to the amusement of the audience, which appreciated the jab at the old-time notion that passenger conductors had a “rake-off.” He told how rapidly conditions improved after organizations were formed. The first tiling, he said, wages were advanced 50 cents a day, and in the six years from 1863 to 1869 advanced $1.50 a day. Before the time of organization, brakemen had tio pleasant cabooses to ride in and there was sleeping on duty, the men being compelled to ride on top of box cars. The speaker remembered when he had run over an eighty-seven-mlle route and back without rest, the next day having to rub his own engine. When conditions changed and w'ages reached $3.50 a day, one hundred miles was made the limit for a day’s run; every time a man made a run counted a day. Sometimes they were able to make forty-seven days in a month. The increase in the pay of locomotive engineers, he said, amounted to $4,460 lor a service of thirty years. But it was not alone in a financial way that railroad men profited by organization, he said. The fact that they were associated together gave them a hold that commanded respect, and now the most eminent statesmen want to havo the friendship and good-will of railroad men. The fart that they were organized gave them tone and a standing in life that nothing else could. Mr. Arthur was frecjuently applauded. Following are the resolutions that wore unanimously adopted by the representatives of the four organizations: “Resolved, That we heartily indorse the work done in the past by Mr. E. A. Moseley. secretary of the Interstate-commerce Commission, especially his evidence given before the Industrial Commission, as being a true friend of railroad employes, having their welfare at heart and working for their interests. Especially do we feel under obligations to him for being their champion. “Resolved. That we are opposed to any measure looking to the reduction of railroad fares to 2 cents per mile by our Legislature, and request our joint legislative hoard to oppose the same. l>elieving competition should regulate this tariff. “Resolved, That we hereby pledge our earnest support in all efforts put forth by our joint legislative board to secure la#vs for railroad men ,and hereby Indorse such laws as they may ask at this session of the Legislature.” Barr tn Wrestle Adanueon. Eddie Barr has agreed to take on Adamson instead of Parker in the wrestling match arranged for the Empire Theater Thursday night of this week. Parker, who was matched with Barr, was hurt in a contest in Detroit and was unable to make a showing with the strong Cincinnatian. He did not feel like chancing his reputation with a man so much heavier and offered to substitute Adamson. The match is to be eateh-as-catch-ean style, two falls in three. I,ti*t Night’* Fire*. An overheated stove in the home of T. Lang, at No. 857 Mulberry street, started a fire last night that caused $l5O damage. The blaze communicated to No. 856. the home of Charles Huffman and caused SSO damage. At 11:30 o'clock a furnace tn a saloon at No. 70 East Market street became hot enough to set fire to the floor, but the blaze was extinguished almost immediately.

MUCH SUNDAY TURMOIL AMONG THE PRINCIPAL OFFENDERS WERE WIFE BEATERS. - Mnnlmttnn Crap* Clnb Again Raided —Janie* Owen* a Brutal llu*band. There was turmoil somewhere in the city nearly every hour yesterday, and beginning at 5 o'clock in the morning, it was no “quiet Sunday at home’’ for the police. At that hour Sergeant Baporte was on his way to early morning roll call. On Kentucky avenue he found a colored man who said he had been “skinned” in a crap game at the Manhattan Club, at No. 29V 3 Kentucky avenue. He had gone out to tind some “crooked” dice and intended, if he procured them, to go back and “make good.” But when he met Sergeant L-aporte he saw an opportunity for a finer revenge and he “squealed.” This Manhattan Club is operated by “Bud” Banks, a negro gambler, for his own purposes and w'as raided a short time ago. The terms quoted abovo are those used in the rooms of the Manhattan Club. The police thought that the lively raiding of colored gambling clubs would have some effect on the Manhattan and at 11 o’clock Saturday night Sergeant Hyland visited it and found no one about. When the colored man who had “lost to the game" told Sergeant Eaporte, he called Sergeants Hyland, Corrigan and Sciieigtrt and they, with a squad of patrolmen, pounded on the portals of the clue. The doorkeeper answered, but when he saw the policemen he ran back, closing the “threcdoor system” behind him. Sergeant Hyland and the rest followed him and the “threedoor system” was not able to stand the shock—the sergeant broke them ail in. Upstairs thirteen colored men were crowded about a pool table. The side of the room gave the lie to any prete lse of playing pcol, because there was not room between the table and the walls to wield a "cue. "Bud” Bunks's pockets were full if money ard he had a “rake-off stick” in ids hand. One of the players, in his excitcme.it, took off r is hat and there was a shower of Rickies and dimes—his hat had been full of “small change.” When the gang was counted it was found that there were thirteen members, and after that none of the gamblers thought it strange that they had been unlucky enough to be caught shooting craps. After the crap shooters had been stowed away in the coop there was a period of quiet in the turnkey’s room. About 9 o’clock the “hold-over jags” from Saturday night, freshened a bit by Sunday morning drinks, began to come in, mixed with a few everyday fighters. John Hughes, of No. 1008 Elm street, was locked in on the charge of forgery. During Judge McCray’s reign Hughes was arrested for forgery, but because It was alleged there was evidence that his mind was not bright he was released by the Criminal Court. Now ho is accused with forging the name of Robert Higgins, a shoe dealer at No. 890 Virginia avenue, to a check for sl2. A stream of drunks and vagabonds followed Hughes into the cell house. At 5 o’clock in the afternoon a telephone message from West Indianapolis came to the police station that a man had shot and killed his wife. Captains Colbert and Kruger and Bicycle Patrolmen Holtz and Bray hurried out to the suburb and found that James Owens, of No. 1411 Sample street, had knocked his wife senseless. They have two children, and their home is with Owens’s brother, George R. Owens, whose wife died three weeks ago. Yesterday afternoon James Owens came home about half-drunk and asked for his wife. She w’as out calling on the neighbors. Presently she came in and Owens began a quarrel with her. It was nothing new for them to quarrel. They had been .married eleven years and most of tne time had been spent unhappily. Without warning, he struck her on the head with all the force of his strong arm. She was sitting in a chair and fell unconscious at his feet. The screams of the children called in the woman’s father and brother, Nelson and Arthur Clifton, who live near by. Arthur dragged Owens to the bed and knocked him over it with a blow' in the face. He drew his knife, saying: “Come on now, and I’ll rip you open.” George Owens, who had been present all the time, interfered and said he would have no more fighting in his house. The police arrived and Captains Colbert and Kruger took Owens to the police station in their buggy. A doctor was called and in a half "hour Mrs. Owens had revived. She said her husband, had struck her with a stove hook. George Owens said that was not true; that his brother had only struck her with his fist. There was no gash in the woman’s scalp. Apparently she was not seriously injured, but the husband was charged with intent to kill. At 6 o’clock a bloody tight occurred in the rear of the Capitol House, on West Washington street, between a colored man and two white men. The colored man laid open Hugh Warren’s cheek and cut a deep hole in Burnley Dryden’s leg with a knife. Bicycle Patrolmen Schroeder and Hauser arrested the two white men at Dr. Bisenbeiss’ office, where their wounds weifA. dressed. They caught the colored man on the railroad track as he was leaving the neighborhood. The two white men olaimed they were going in the gate as the colored man was coming out, and he cut them without any cause. The colored man’s story, which the police think more credible, is that he met the two others at the gate and quarreled with them, and one of them knocked him down. The other tried to kick him and he struck deep into his leg with his knife. In the mix-up he cut the other man in the face. Bicycle Patrolmen Holtz and Bray arrested Henry Smith, No. 1211 North Arsenal avenue, about the same time the Capitol House fight occurred, on the charge of assault and battery on his wife. Friends of Smith said he had not struck her, and tried to bail hini out, but his wife said she would be afraid of her life if lie were no.t locked in, so he remained behind the bars. He was drunk. Frank Spangler and Mrs. Clara Stevens quarreled, fought and were arrested last night, and all because the Stevens family had a turkey dinner Thanksgiving day Mid the Spanglers had none. Mrs. Spangler and Mrs. Stevens are sisters. Because of an absence of sisterly regard, Mrs. Stevens, after her family had finished the turkey Thanksgiving day. wrapped the bones in a paper and laid them at the door of the Spangler home, which is just across the hall from tho Stevenses’ rooms, in the block at No. 210 Indiana avenue. Spangler found the bones and threw them back into the Stevenses’ rooms, saying sarcastically, “You may have to eat ’em some day.” After that occurrence the two families did not mingle happily, and last night when Spangler went home and found his wife in the Stevenses’ rooms w r rath rose in him and he reproached her bitterly for sitting under the Stevens figtree. Mrs. Stevens then became angry and she and her brother-in-law exchanged a few blows. Neighbors said Spangler threw Mrs. Stevens downstairs. The end was that Bicycle Patrolmen Streit and Lancaster arrested them. Mrs. Stevens was bailed out and Spangler languished in the police station all night.

CHINA’S GRAND OLD WOMAN. In the Conme of Her Life She Ha* I.earned Many Thiufix. Collier’s Weekly. Catharine II of China is not merely a great empress, historians of the future may be trusted to regard her as a great man. A dispatch recently cabled from Peking to the Herald describes her as seated on a dais receiving the ladies of the diplomatic corps. The Emperor is reported to have been also present, but unimportantly, at her left. It was nice of her, though, to let him be there at all. He is but the nephew of his aunt. Jt is the lady who reigns and who has reigned for thirty-seven years. Staid Confucius: “Man is to woman what the sun is to the moon; he orders, she obeys, and harmony Is the result.” Confucius was wise in his generation, but not in nineteenth century Cathay. There the moon orders, and not the sun merely but the nephew also obeys. It is as well, perhaps. There are predecessors of his who balked and who because of It rejoined their ancestors instanter. Catharine II of China is a lady who likes her own way. That, however, Is natural. Catharine I of Russia began life as a servant. Catharine II of China began as a slave. It is said that contrary to the local custom her face is not painted. But everything about her is contrary to local custom. Never till she emerged from her scullery has a woman dreamed of usurping th* Dragon seat. Fancy an odalesque stepping from the seraglio and ousting the Sultan from his throne. Such a performance is unimaginable, and yet this lady has done better, one might even say worse. The Empress Dowager is by birth a Tartar. The fact is worth noting. Tartars do not mutilate their daughters' feet. The girl had free use of hers. At th© age of eleven she was sold to a mandarin, fr and about his household her feet took her where

her superiors could not go. A Chinese girl who marries passes from one prison to another. Os the outer world she knows nothing. Os that outer world her slaves knowall. It was this way with little Tsl An. What she did not know she guessed and what she could not guess she learned. She learned to dance. A bee could not equal her. She learned to read. On the tip of her tongue were a hundred stories, each more diverting than the other. On the tom-tom she learned to strum. The three notes that are dear to the Orient she repeated surprisingly. Site learned more difficult things, too; how to arrange a basket of fruit, howto touch flowers, how to smile and how to hold her tongue. Astonished at ti e prodigy, the mandarin sent her as a euriositv to his sovereign at Peking. One day the' Son of Heaven noticed her. The slave became a favorite, and. becoming a mother, became also a secondary wife. There, one might suppose, that had she ambitions she would have rested. It was there they began. Though that is thirty-seven years ago, they have been Increasing ever since. As recently related here, there successively departed this life the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven's son, others w ho were in the way. Thereafter she was supreme. The week before last, when the ladies of the d’plomatic corps paraded before her. she patted the wife of the British ambassador on the cheek. The Herald states that in so doing she wore a charming smile. One may readily believe it. Her hand is as strong as her rise is prodigious. In modern times both are unparalleled. There is indeed another instance of a slave attaining imperial power, but it occurred in Haiti and what occurs in Haiti does not count. Even otherwise, this lady Is unique. Regarded merely as a Chinese firecracker, she is destined to burn into history with a flame intolerably vicious, perhaps, and yet entirely her own.

THE SALE OF THE NEWS. Formal Order NVIII Probably Be Entered To-Day. In all probability the formal order for the sale of the Indianapolis News will be entered of record to-day. Before Ferdinand Winter, attorney for the defendants. w r ent East relative to a street car settlement, last Monday, the court instructed the attorneys to draw up the entry. While Mr. Winter was away this was done by Charles W. Smith, attorney for the plaintiff, and the order now awaits Mr. Winter’s inspection. Mr. Winter said last night that he had not seen Mr. Smith, and there was nothing he could say as to the terms of sale, more than wliat had been discussed in open court, when it was agreed in a general way that there should be a public sale, the purchaser to pay one-third or more in cash, the balance in deferred payments. How long the advertisement of the sale should run and details of that sort remain to be adjusted. Mr. Winter said that he knew nothing as to the authenticity of reports of a syndicate being formed to purchase the paper. He supposed that attorneys who got possession of private memoranda last week that gave some idea as to the value of the plant represent some possible purchasers, but he said he had no idea as to who the clients of the attorneys are. DUE TO FICKLE WEATHER PREVALENCE OF LA GRIPPE AMONG THE STREET-CAR MEN. Forty-Four Out of STS Slclx—Unusual Temperature Change* Last Week. Tho variable weather during the past week has been productive of considerable sickness in this city, according to reports sent out from different points. Most of it, however, has been in the nature of bronchial and pulmonary troubles, together with a general spread of la grippe. People whose occupations have kept them exposed to the radical changes in the weather have been the greatest sufferers from it, and an inquiry at the car barns of the Citizens’ Street-railroad Company last night developed the fact that forty-four men out of 375 employed on the cars are oil the sick list, "generally with the grip.” At the West Washlngton-street barns, where 250 men are employed, forty have reported “off on account of sickness,” while at the Illinois-street and Mcßean Place barns fourteen out of 125 men are sick. A study of the weather reports last week will show the sort of weather conditions that make people dizzy with the grip. Monday at 7 a. m. the thermometer registered 11, but at 7 o’clock the same evening it showed 32, indicating almost as warm a temperature as at noon, when it was 37. This temperature continued throughout the night, and at 7 o’clock Tuesday morning it stood at 33, one degree higher than at 7 the night before. By evening it had risen to 45, with a fall at one time between morning and evening to 30. By the next morning it had jumped up to 50, and after going back to 38 for a time during the day. stood at 43 at 7 in the evening. Between this time and Thursday morning the temperature fell to 18. and shortly afterward went to 17. By night, however, it had risen again to 24, where it was at 7 in the evening. Only a slight change took place during the night, and Friday morning showed the mercury at 26. It gradually fell during the day, until by evening it was at 19. At 7 o’clock Saturday morning it had fallen to 14. and for a time early in the morning it was at 8. It gradually moderated during the day. however. until when the weather office closed at night it was at 22. Vandalla Line. Through coach to Decatur. Til., leaves Indianapolis 12:35 noon train. Arrives Decatur 7:05 p. m. This is the best route. Insure with German Fire Insurance of Indiana. General offices, 29 South Delaware street. Fire, tornado and explosion. Gray iron castings, Ellis & Helfenberger. Phone 958. 366 S. Senate avenue. Wegman pianos. Carlin & Lennox, 9 E. Mkt. st. Feed your horse JANES’S Duatles* Oat*. Fine Cameron Pianos at Wulachner’s.

Have You Heard the Story OF A MAN THAT got a feather in his throat and was “tickled to death?” Here’s a case about a man who learned how cheap he had purchased a Diamond from us, and was similarly afflicted. Such cases are not fatal. You are safe in making your purchases of us. Julius C. Walk, and b Son, INDIANA’S LEADING JEWELERS. Dealer* iu Precion* Stone*. 15*01* THE BEST Beers, W i nes, Champagnes, WHISKIES, GINS and BRANDIES. SEND TO JAC. MISTSSGER 8 CO. Also, all kinds of MINERAL. WATERS. Tel 407. STEUIv We sell “Jewels’' because they are the best. They are low in price, too. A full line of Heating Stoves at reduced prices. LILLY & STALIN AKER, IU and 116 East Washington Street. PEW LETTING Second Presbyterian Church Monday Evening, January 9, TRIO O’CIooU, Slmi p,

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THE SHERMAN RESTAURANT 18 and 20 South Meridian Street. DINNER FOR BENEFIT - OF THE FREE KINDERGARTEN, JAN. 9, 1899. MENU Oysters In any style. Escalloped oysters, sorp. Puree of bean, with crust. Cream of celery. FISH. Baked white fish, with piquant sauce. GAME AND POULTRY. Stuffed snipe, with French dressing. Broiled venston steak, with quince jelly. Fried fox squirrel, hunter’s style. Fried rabbit, home style. Roast turkey, with cranberry sauce. Roast young chicken, with dressing Roast domestic duck, with currant jelly. Fried half spring chicken, ala Maryland. MEAT. Roast beef, with drip gravy. Roast pork, with apple sauce. Short ribs of beef and browned potatoes. Stuffed iork tenderlotn. ENTREES. Fried codfish balls, cream sauce. Sparerlbs and sauerkraut. VEGETABLES. Browned sweet potatoes. Fried parsnips. Mashed or boiled potatoes. Stewed turnips. Lima beans. Sugar corn. June peas. Stewed onions. Sauerkraut. RELISHES. Radishes. Lettuce. Celery. Mangoes. Sliced tomatoes. Sliced cucumbers. TASTRV. Baked apple dumpling, with sauce. Fruit cake. I’each cobbler, with cream. TIES. Apple, mince, cranberry, custard. poach, cocoa** nut, lemon, cream, pumpkin, apricot. Ice cream. American cream cheese. PRINKS. Coffee, tea, Jersey milk, chocolate. COKE! COKE! Lump and Crushed —FOR SALE BY The Indianapolis Gas Go. For tickets call at office— No. 49 Sooth Pennsylvania St. Chas. Muellerschoen, BY “THAT DEPOT.” Ask for the key and help yourself out of the original barrel to the oldest whiskey n the city for 20 cents a drink or $$ pet gallon. 10-Year-Old Sherwood Rye our Specialty over the Bar. Two sorts of Imported Beers always ou tap. Imported Frankfurters, with Salad, 25c. To Natural Gas Consumers The Indianapolis Gas Company assures its patrons that it is making every effort in its power to maintain an adequate supply, but gives notice that any consumer dissatisfied with the supply can have the money paid by him in advance refunded fr>m the date of returning his mixers to this office. The Indianapolis Gas Company. Furniture, Carpets MESSENGER’S 110 East Washington St.

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