Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 23, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 January 1899 — Page 3

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AMUSEMENTS. Richard Mansfield’s theatrical train, with the carloads of scenery, properties and players who will take part In the “Cyrano” production at English's to-night, arrived at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon from Cincinnati, and a string of transfer wagons was busy until dark removing the effects to the theater. Mr. Mansfield remained in his private car, but the big company went to hotels in the city. Manager Dillon, who was laid up at the Bates House for ten months after the Crothersvllle wreck several years ago, found his old rooms waiting for him, and with a number of Mr. Mansfield's company, entertained a number of Indianapolis friends during the evening. Nearly every man had a complaint because he had been unable to secure tickets, and Mr. Dillon was kept busy explaining the altuatlon. He believed the only way speculation in seats could have been prevented would have been IJor the management of English’s to have sold the seats by subscription, taking orders from each man for the exact number of seats that the buyer intended to use, A longer stay in Indianapolis, he explained, was impossible this season, as he had to divide the week between Indianapolis, Columbus, Toledo and Detroit, and this was the only week in the year at his disposal after Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati and before the company was booked for Brooklyn. The business done by Mr. Mansfield this season, Mr. Dillon declares, is the most phenomenal in the history of the American stage. Last week in Cincinnati they played to $16,500, the matinee on Saturday being $2,696. “We might have discouraged speculation,” said Mr. Dillon, “by raising the price of seats to $5, but nothing could have justified such a mercenary step. The public would have condemned us and refused to see the play. Mr. Mansfield has only one price itnd plays to that everywhere. I hope we shall be able to give Indianapolis a longer engagement In the future.” The curtain will rise to-night at 7:45 o’clock and the last curtain will fall not later than 11:20. “A Scrap of Paper," as presented to-night and the entire week by the Grand Stock Company, will have the advantage of a most excellent cast, the comedy being a favorite with the company. Mr. Conger returns to the cast this week as Anatole, whose love affair with Mathilda (Miss Berg) is one of the numerous bright spots of the play. Mr. Kirkland has a clever role as Baron de la Glaciere; Mr. Sheldon, as Brisemouche the naturalist, will give another of his admirable character studies. The chief roles, those of Prosper and Suzanne, are in the hands of Mr. Hansel and Miss Shannon. Miss Dally will appear as the Baroness, another important character. The first act takes place in the drawing room at the Baron s, the second In Prosper’s bachelor apartments and the third in the Baron's c<^, 8 ? rvat ? I 7' The audiences this week will be quick to recognize the many brilliant points of this comedy by Sardou. The large advance sale for to-night indicates a very general interest in the new play. The souvenir photographs of Miss Shannon will be given to women attending to-night. Hoyt’s best play, “A Texas Steer,” seen here frequently at high prices and always to the capacity of the theater, will come to the Park for the first time this afternoon at popular prices and will remain until Thursday. Its houses are likely to rival In size those of the Rays, who closed Saturto one of the largest audiences of the season. Katie Futnam will appear as Bossy, Herbert Sears as Maverick Brander and Will H. Bray as the “minister to Dahomey. The company numbers twenrV^nd Mrs. Byron will come the last naif of the week.

Seats for “The Sign of the Cross.” coming to English's Wednesday for the rest of the week, will be placed on sale tn-dav The engagement opens with a popular-priced Wednesday matinee, the Saturday matinee being at an advance. Frank If. Westerton, who plays Tiggelinus in “The Sign of the Cross,” tells a story of perseverance that is worthy a better cause. “It was a very rainy night in Baltimore a few weeks ago,” says he. “I was about to enter the stage door of the Academy of Music, where we were playing, when I saw a man leaning against the wall. He was apparently unconscious of the rain which dripped from his clothes and ran in a tiny stream from the rim of his hat, and was gazing intently at the end of the alley leading to the street. I thought nothing of it at the time, nor did f until I left the theater after the performance and saw him standing just as 1 had last seen him. As I walked down the passage way the man took his hands irom his pockets and turned toward me. Instinctively 1 stopped and propared to fight for my life if necessary. " 'Say. young fellow,’ said he, ‘1 saw the piece last night and it was great. The only thing that made me mad was that I didn’t see the lions. 1 heard them growl all right ba.ok on the stage, and after the show I came round here to see them taken out I waited until everyone was out of the theater, but someway l. missed them. Tonight I got here at 7. hut 1 wasn’t early enough, I suppose, and I have been waiting ever since, am getting tired of this sort of thing, but 1 ain going to see those lions if I have to wait all night. What time will they be out?’ I broke the news to him as gently as I could,” continued Mr. Westerton, “that the wild lion roars in the last act were the efforts of tame sup< rs, and that those ‘Hons of the hour’ had gone home long ago.” Down in the Cherokee Strip, a few miles south of the Kansas border, not many miles distant from Caldwell and Hunncwell. is a village which is known as MuJlhall, O. T. It is named for Zack MuPhall. cattle king and the original of the Hon. Maverick

Branded* In Charles H. Hoyt’s successful Play, “A Texas Steer.” Mullhall, however, is only a side light on this story. His daughter Agnes, a pretty lass of eighteen, is the theme. She has been named the Rose of Oklahoma by her admirers, but the name which clings the most affectionately to the young woman is •'Bossy,” a very appropriate name for Brander's daughter. Nobody ever went to Zack Mulhall’s commodious ranch house without receiving a royal welcome. They have several children, hut Vflss Agnes, as she must now be called, is their pride. She is an exceptionally bright young woman, recently graduated from the Ft. Louis convent where her mother passed her school days before her. “Bossy," a dozen years ago, was a pretty blue-eyed little girl, who even then rode with her father all over the ranch, backing a spirited pinto as fearlessly as any trooper who has won his spurs. She had a toy rifle, w-hieh she scon demonstrated was no toy. Naturally fearless, she made such excellent use of the weapon that a couple of shaggy wolf skins lie in front of her grand piano. She shot both of them while chasing the brutes across the prairie, after having found them Reding on a calf they had slain. It happt ned that the calf was a favorite with “Bossy,” and she was so angry when she saw it was dead that she forgot the extreme danger of attacking hungry forest wolves. She went after them and got them. The “Majestic Burlesquers” will open at the Empire this afternoon with a good company and anew burlesque for an entire week’s engagement. Sndermann’t* New Play Fail*. BERLIN, Jan. 22. Sudermann’s “Die Drei Reiherfedern,” which was produced at the Deutsche Theater last evening, was listened to respectfully by a brilliant audience. It is a mystical play of fairyland rather than a drama. The talent of Joseph Kaintz in tiie leading part and the admirable skill of the production failed to compensate for the lack of incident in the plot. Terre Haute Fire Sufferer*’ Benefit. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Jnd.. Jan. 22.—Manager Barhydt, of the Grand Opera House, has tendered the use of the house for a benefit performance for the sufferers hy the big fire of a month ago, and a committee of representative citizens has been appointed to provide an entertainment for some night in the latter part of February. Wilson Barrett Sue* Hull Caine. LONDON, Jan. 22.—Lloyd’s London Weekly Newspaper announces that Wilson Barrett has commenced a suit against Hall Caine and Charles Frohman. tot exclusive dramatic rights to the “Christian” in all countries except the United States. BETTER HORSE MARKET SIX HUNDRED A WEEK BEING SOLD BY TWO AUCTION STABLES. Indiana Cotinn Mill* Will Be En-larged—-Heavy Order for Vehicle* Received. * In the last thirty days there has been quite an improvement in the horse market, which for a few weeks was under a cloud. The two auction stables are again selling about GOO horses a week, and Blair & Baker are to next week have a special sale of 1,000 horses or more. For high-bred horses there is a good demand. Last week several horses, good steppers and fast, sold at from S2OO to S7OO, but for the more common horses there is not so active a demand. There are now a number of foreign buyers here, and they want good draft horses, coach horses and fine steppers. The horsemen say the outlook in this market is improving with each week. In the year 1898 there were sold at the weekly auction sales of the two firms over 33,000 horses, and of that number 26,086 were shipped in here, ano it is predicted that the sales of this year will reach forty thousand horses*

Will Enlarge Their Plant. Love Bros., proprietors of the Indiana cotton mills, have decided to further enlarge their plant. They now have 500 looms running, and propose to have 1,000 running within six months. The pay roll of the company is now about $2,000 a week, and it is expected to increase it to übout $4,000 a week. The company has one of the largest and most modern bleacheries in the country, there being but one larger, and is doing a good deal of bleaching of cotton clochs for New England mills. The work on the new building will be commenced in a short time, and when completed, with the company’s present buildings, will be the largest cotton mill west of the Allegheny mountains. A Prosperous Industry. Ittenbach & Cos., steam stone works and stone contractors, are the busiest at any time in the history of the works. They have the improvements to the plant completed, and now have the largest and most complete plant in the country. The company now has four gang-saws, four planers and a lathe for turning columns running day and night. Besides a number of good home contracts, they have large contracts for work in other cities. One comes from Philadelphia, which calls for some huge columns from Bedford stone. The company is now giving employ aunt to over 100 men and has orders enough to Keep them busy for months to come. Big Order-* Received. Last week the Parry Manufacturing Company received orders for $57,000 worth of vehicles, one large order coming from Cape Town, South Africa. The works on Saturday had 1,644 persons on the pay roll, counting men, boys and women, and the pay roll of the week was $12,642.98. Since Jan. 1 the works have been turning out over 400 fourwheeled vehicles a day. President Parry has just figured up the number of fourwheeled vehicles manufactured in the 1898, and it reached 112,304. Big Consumption of Flour. In the year IS9B the bakery of Parrott & Taggart was in operation 306 days, after deducting Sundays and legal holidays. During the period the establishment converted into bread, crackers and cukes 41,1*22! barrels of flour, or an average of 137 barrels a day. The company gives employment to more than 150 people, and has a large outside as well as local trade. To Enlarge It* Busine**. The Indiana Rubber Company, at 127 South Meridian street, has been reorganize I, and will add to its stock of rubber goods a full line of boots and shoes. Indianapolis will then have four large wholesale boot and shoe houses, one more than at any time in the history of South Meridian street, MESSAGE FROM MR. TAGGART. Will Go to Cubit’* Lap to Search for the M!#ing One*. Mrs. Taggart received a message from her husband last night, dated New Orleans, saying that he would start immediately on a trip to Cubit s gap and search the vicinity in the hope of finding the members of the party which was on board the ill-fated Paul Jones, if any of them still lived. The fact, that the wreckage of the yacht was so scattered has given rise to a theory that it must have been wrecked well out from the land, and, possibly. In the track of a vessel that might have picked up the crew and passengers. Then there is another hope that the party may have been cast away on a small island. These hopes are not thought to he well grounded, hut those actively interested in the search are following out every line that suggests itself. A disiatch to the Journal from Richmond last night stated that Miss Florence Taggart had numerous triends there, and that many expressions of sympathy are heard for Mayor and Mrs. Taggart. Dentil of Mr*. France* C. Ilranlintit. Mrs. Frances C. Branham, wife of Edward Branham, died at 10:30 o’clock yesterday morning at her home. No. 509 East Walnut, street, after a long illness. She was seventyone years of age. Her husband was formerly or the firm of McKee & Branham, wholesale shoe dealers. Her husband and four children survive her. The latter are Mrs George Bauer. Mrs. K. H. Briggs, Mrs. J. L. Clough, Miss Kate V. Branham and Edward T. Branham, all of this city. The funeral will take place Wednesday afiernoon at 2 o’clock from the home of Mrs. Bauer, No. 2532 North Illinois street.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1899.

TO MAKE THE AIR PURE DR. HURTY WILL EXPLAIN HIS PLAN TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, * Anil Will Demonstrate It by an Inti cn 1 ous Device of Hi* Ouu Invention. * The members of both houses of the General Assembly are about to have ocular evidence of the fact that the air breathed hy both senators and representatives is foul and disease-breeding, if the plans of Secretary J. N. Hurty. of the State Board of Health, are carried to a conclusion. For several years the claim has been made that the air In the Capitol is very impure, but little attention has been paid to it by the members of the General Assembly, who, it is believed, have seen in the agitation a scheme to give someone a fat job of “sanitating” the building. In spite of all opposition, however. Secretary Hurty has maintained his position and believes something of an impression has been made on tho members of the Assembly. At any rate, he has invented a machine which will be exhibited in the Capitol this week, and which will demonstrate, beyond doubt, that the amount of Impurity in the air breathed in the Statehouse is startling. The idea on which the machine is built is entirely original, and it was only yesterday that the finishing strokes were given to It in Dr. Hurty’s laboratory. The purifier used in separating the impure from the pure air is nothing but water, but it is claimed that it cannot lull to do its work. The machine with all its attachments, could be taken apart and carried in one's pocket, while the really important parts in which the work is actually done could almost be squeezed into a vest pocket. The size, the inventor asserts, cuts no figure in the accuracy and amount of work it will go. in going about the task of inventing the machine, Dr. Hurty did so fully realizing that his warnings as to the unwholesornoness of the atmosphere in the Capitol were regarded by many people as the ravings of a crank, and that it would eventually require ocular evidence to bring the Legislature to a realization of the danger every one who spends much time in the Stalehouse is exposed. His first effort was to find the best separator for the least cost, and decided that water, quadruple distilled, was without an ecjual. He also realized that it would be useless to try to gather all the air of either legislative hall into any machine and analyze it, so he decided to find a way of measuring the cubic feet of air in the hall, as though it were blocks of ice. He then, by trials and tests, ascertained the amount of air that could be pumped into the machine at one time, so as to accurately determine the unit from which a calculation could be made as to how much impurity there was in the entire chamber. The machine as finished yesterday while crude and showing that it has been built expressly for an emergency, is an interesting study. A square iron base about the size of a large paper weight, supports a slight iron rod about two feet high, from which an adjustable clamp projects over the base at any height desired. Into this clamp is fastened a “class tube,” open at both ends, and looking exactly like an ordinary chimney for an argand lamp burner. One end of the tube is filled with a large but thin cork, and through this cork two one-eighth-inch glass tubes project. The more complicated looking of the two small tubes is about seven inches long and is inserted into the large tube about half its length. That portion which is inside is peculiarly shaped, being bent at a right angle about an inch from the end. A small connection is made between the two sides of the angle, and the apex is cut in two and drawn to a fine point, the purpose being to make a spray inside the tube. On the outside end of the tube i9 fastened an ordinary syringe pipe and bulb. By pressing this bulb a certain number of times it will pump a cubic foot of air into the big tube which, when ready for service, is covered with a glass cap. The other small tube is simply crooked like a shepherd s staff, and is for the purpose of letting out the pure air after the impurities have been extracted in its passage through the water in the big tube. When the machine is brought to the Capitol this week a test will be made after one of the afternoon sessions, when the air is the worst. It will be set up in the center of the room and the bulb squeezed often enough to Inject a cubic foot of air into the big tube. When the pure air has been forced out through the little tube, the water, permeated with the impurities of one cubic foot of legislative atmosphere, will be taken to the laboratory and “precipitated,” the deposit being placed on glass plates under covers. When this has been done the members of both houses will be invited to watch the wriggling microbes, while the secretary of the State Board of Health, for their benefit, multiplies them by the number of cubic feet in the room in order to show just how many are breathed in by members and visitors in the course of a day. Dr. Hurty firmly believes that the au raugeroent for ventilation in the Capitol is out of date and that the members of the General Assembly will never have a better opportunity of knowing it than at this session.

THE COURT RECORD. Superior Court. Room I—J. L. McMaster, Judge. Eura Talbert vs. Edward Talbert; divorce. Part of evidence heard Anna Rcss vs. Robert Ross; divorce. Finding and decree for plaintiff. John Daglish vs. Mary Danish; divorce. Dismissed for want of prosecution. Alice Cong vs. Edgar Cong; divorce. Finding and decree for plaintiff and judgment vs. defendant for costs. Room 2—James M. Leathers, Judge. Emma Hudson vs. Clarence Hudson. Decree of divorce for plaintiff and judgment vs. defendant for costs. Fannie Summers vs. William Summers. Decree of divorce for plaintiff and judgment vs. defendant for costs. Edith H. Roberts vs. Charles F. Roberts; divorce. Additional evidence heard and case continued. Room 3—Vinson Carter, Judge. Parmenas C. Jacobs vs. Mary E. Shovvalter et al.; lien. Finding due $19.37 as to Lot 19 and $19.37 as to Lot 50. Thcs. Boone vs. Charles Francke; appeal. Dismissed by plaintiff. Judgment against plaintiff for costs. Leora Johnson vs. John Johnson; divorce. Cause dismissed, plaintiff being dead. Laura D. Seithman vs. Charles Seithman; divorce. Evidence heard in part and continued. Mattie Hoover vs. John C. Hoover; divorce. Granted plaintiff. Judgment against plaintiff for costs. Circuit Court. Henry Clay Allen, Judge. John Evans et al. vs. Nora Reaver et ah; partition. Dismissed by agreement at cost of estate of Samuel Deboy, deceased. Woolen & Woolen, attorneys, $25 for services to be taxed as costs. State ex reh Wallace Winkler vs. Frank M. Hay, J. P. Submitted to court and evidence heard. Decree of final prohibition. Jesse F. Hensley vs. Elizabeth Hensley. Submitted to court on cross-complaint. Finding for defendant on cross-complaint. Decree of divorce. Judgment against plaintiff for costs. • Sufis Filed. The Independent Turner Saving and Loan Association vs. Emma Frier et al.; foreclosure. Caroline Eisele vs. Herman Leible et al.; foreclosure. Joseph H. Van Treese vs. Sylvina Morgan et ah; mechanic’s lien. Postal Telegraph Cable Company vs. New Long Distance Telephone Company; injunction. >utes* of llecent Opinions. Statutes making it unlawful to play baseball on Sunday are held constitutional in State vs. Powell (Ohio), II L. R. A. 554. A condition on the delivery of a note to the payee or his agent that It shall take effect only when signed by another person, is held, in Hurt vs. Ford (Mo.). II L. R. A. 523. ineffectual, but the delivery is deemed absolute. Paid-up stock not being authorized by the Illinois statue governing building associations, it is held, in Rhodes vs. Missouri Savings and Loan Association till.). 42 L. It. A. 93. that such stock cannot he issued in that State by a foreign corporation. The grant by u city to a subway company of the right to lay wires and construct its subway under the surface of streets is sustained in State ex rel. National Subway Company vs. St. Louis (Mo.). 42 L. R. A. 113, whtch substantially overrules a former decisioin. A grant of the exclusive privilege of entering station grounds to solicit passengers or baggage is held valid in New York. N. H. & H. R R. Cos. vs. Seoviil (Conn.), 42 L. R. A. 157, If its terms are not inconsistent with the reasonable accommodation of the public.

But the authorities on this subject are in conflict, as appears from the note to Cole vs. Rowen (Mich.), 13 L. R. A. MS. The doctrine which holds railroad companies liable for injuries to children playing on turntables which are left unguarded is denied in Delaware, L. & W. R. Cos. vs. Reich (N. J.), 41 L. R. A. 831. The conflicting decisions on this subject are reviewed by the court. An Injunction against the institution of prosecutions for criminal offenses, whether for violation of state statutes or municipal ordinances, is denied in Paulk vs. Sycamore <Ga.), 41 I*. R. A. 772, even if the constitutionality of the statute or the validity or reasonableness of the ordinance, is denied. A judge who owns real estate in a city that is taxable for the city's bonded indebtedness is held, in Meyer vs. San Diego (Cal.) 41 J*. R. A. 762. to be disqualified to sit on a contest of the validity of a contract which will involve the creation of a bonded debt of the city to a large amount, necessitating a special tax for forty years. Mere advertisers whe place advertisements upon a signboard set up upon the roof of a building, by virtue of what is called a lease of part of the roof, but which does not give them possession of any part of the building, although they are required to keep in repair the portion of the roof which they use, are held, in Reynolds vs. Van Beuren (N. Y.), 42 L. R. A. 129, to be mere licensees who are not liable to a stranger for the falling of the signboard from the building during a high wind. The unnecesssary destruction of healthy and valuable cows by state officials, who suppose them to be diseased, after applying the so-called tuberculin test. Is held, in Houston vs. State (Wis.), 42 L. R. A. 39, to give the owner no claim against the State, within the meaning of statutes relating to claims, as that does not include demands based upon unlawful and tortious acts. With these cases there is a very extensive collection of the authorities on the question what claims constitute valid demands against a State. PERSONAL AND_ SOCIETY. Mrs. A. R. Beardsley, of Elkhart, is at the Denison Hotel. Mrs. B. F. Keesli'ng. of Logansport, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. C. E. Kregelo, on Capitol avenue. The wife of Lieutenant Governor Haggard will arrive from Lafayette this morning and will stop at the English Hotel for several days. Miss Ruby Whitney, of Norwalk, 0.. who has been the guest of Miss Blanche Stockton, at No. 1118 College avenue, will go to Columbus, 0., to-day to visit friends. The wedding of Miss Blanche Burckhardt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Burcxhardt, of Cincinnati, and Mr. John Maxwell Shaw, of this city, occurred Saturday at the Church of Our Saviour, at Mount Auburn. a Cincinnati suburb. The ushers were Messrs. Leopold Burckhardt. jr.. Prosser Burckhardt, Harry Burekhardr, Frederick Boye, Robert Carroll and Alvin Lockhart. The maids of honor were Miss Ruth Matthews and Miss Amelia Hickenlooper and the maid of honor was Miss Maud Powell. They attended the bride down the main aisle to the altar, and the two flower girls— Miss Virginia Shaw and Miss Eleanor Stone —strewed roses in the path. The bride's gown was of white satin. A diamond and pearl necklace was about her neck and her veil was fastened with Prince of Wales feathers and a sunburst of diamonds. The jewels were the gifts of the bridegroom. He and his best man. Mr. James Cunning, of this city, awaited the bride and her father at the altar. After the ceremony, which was conducted by the Rev. James Stanley, a brilliant reception was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Burckhardt. The drawing room was decorated with Southern smilax, and roses peeped from the leaves. The bride and bridegroom stood in a bay window arched over by smilax and roses. The bride’s souvenirs were harvest moon pins set in pearls, and the bridegroom's souvenirs were pearl scarf pins. The wedding is said to have been the most notable of the season at Cincinnati. Next week Mr. and Mrs. Shaw will sail on the Augusta Victoria for a trip to the Mediterranean and over the continent. Among the Indianapolis people who were present at the reception were Mr. D. P. Erwin and family. Dr. and Mrs. Hays, Mrs. W. C. Falconer, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Coburn and Mr. Alvin Lockhart.

What W ill History Sn.y ? To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: No sort of prophesy short of actual and real inspiration from infinite foreknowledge can tell us how our war with Spain and its consequences will be recorded in history at the end of the present century. We entered into the conflict and have carried it on so far for humanity’s. sake, to remove the heavy yokfe of bohdage and oppression Spain had for centuries laid on Cuba, and in the end to give her a free and stable government of her own choosing. Mingled with our generous sympathy for the victims of Spanish tyranny fs the determination to enforce the Monroe doctrine that no form of despotism shall be permitted on this side of the world if we can prevent it. All of this means liberty—“government only by the consent of the governed”—and is in complete accord with the purpose on our side in engaging in the war. Up to this time the position of the United States is grandly unique, and the civilized .world looks on with wonder. Our self-abnegation is without parallel in the history of nations. The same may be said of the courage of our soldiers, the magnificent conduct of our navy and the completeness of the victory they won. The other nations concede us an admiration and respect that they have withhold hitherto. But the ond has not yet been reached. Spain will doubtless accept the terms of peace and for the present will disappear from the scene. We are now increasing our regular army and rapidly strengthening our navy and sending our forces to the Philippine islands so that they may think it unwise and unsafe to deny the sovereign rights that we have acquired. But the ambition and madness of some of their leaders may bring on a conflict and compel us to conquer them. While we are doing so, will Germany or Russia, or both together, moved with a pretended sympathy for them, but in fact prompted by jealousy of our success, come to the lid of the islanders? Have they some sort of convenient Monroe doctrine that they will attempt to enforce against us on their side of the world? In that event, will England be with us or against us? Will tire recent gushing affection for her Englishspeaking children be stronger than the desire to possess a few of these islands for herself? What will the history of the future say about that? We well know what it says about her conduct when we were fighting in 1861 to preserve our national life. History, it is said, repeats itseif. Will the future record show that we were compelled to spend hundreds of millions of dollars and tho blood of thousands of our soldiers and sailors because these ignorant barbarians could not see the advantages of an AngloSaxon civilization? We shall hope that no such pages will have to be written. Will the record show that in order to placate the Cuban soldiers (or. rather, those who claim to be) we paid them $40,000,000 for their three years’ failure to meet the Spaniards in the open field and whip them? 'Will it show that we paid that much more for sanitary purposes, to drive out yellow fever and other dreadful diseases that their filth and uncleanliness had generated? Will there he a chapter in the story of our Cuban work that, while we were doing all these grand and generous things, and, in addition, at our expense, were furnishing them a police force of fifty thousand American soldiers and war ships in every Cuban harbor to keep the peace on their island, they were patching up some sort of government of their own, reorganizing their army and then demanding the custom house dues that had been pledged to secure us for the money we had loaned them, and declaring war against us if we refused? If it should be made to appear that Cuba had apparently organized a republican form of government of her own choosing, that the Cubans proclaimed to be sufficient and stable for the protection of persons and property, would a strong public sentiment here at home, in view of our soldiers' exposure to that hot and unhealthy climate, demand that our troops come home before sufficient time nad elapsed to make certain and sure that Cuba could govern herself? Will such a condition raise here at home anew issue in politics and cause a new alignment of parties and make and unmake .Presidents and Cabinets? We are making n new departure and cannot see the end from the beginning, ft required the progress and development of several centuries to create the solid foundations on which a democratic form of government could be safely laid. Can the same thing be done now in a decade? Are the conditions so* changed that republican institutions can he planted and grow and live in the soil of gross ignorance and barbarism? Wliat will history say? Wild* CUM BACK. Greensburg, Ind., Jan. 21. Ye*tcrd>’* Fire*. A red-hot stove at No. 117 East Seventeenth street started a fire in the one-story building owned and occupied by William Reed yesterday, causing a damage of SIOO. Similar was the origin of a fire that called the department to No. 1317 Lee street at 5 o’clock last evening. The house was owned and occupied by Mrs. Mary Hoover, and the damage is S2W. insured. The firebox at Senate avenue and Fourth street was nulled at 9 o’clock last evening, the tire being in a one-story frame barn at 1217 California street. No loss.

THE LIBRARY BILLS. t'oinnientn by a. Supporter of the Proposed Measures. To the Editor of the Indlanaiioiis Journal: In an editorial of the Jjintl es Jan. 1* a wrong Impression is given cf one of the library bills before ;be Legislature for consideration. There is no differ ence whatever in the tails us to the care of the state library property. Everyone knows that in a state library there is a collection of rare and valuable referenca books which must remain intact, but the state library should also contain books on science, literature and art that are beyond many private libraries and those of small cities which should be accessible to the State by paying express to and from and replacing if damaged or lost, making it possible for scholars to pursue their studies in any part of the State, these books being not always of general interest enough for the traveling library. A commission of recognised ability will make such rules as will be to the best advantage of all concerned, and will bring the state library and library' interests of Indiana up to the standard they should be. The bill from the Indiana Union of Literary Clubs, which seems, for political reasons is being placed in a false light, is a common sense view, after careful study, of what will be for the best future good of the liuiary interests in Indiana. The trend of public business points toward commissions when is desired a high order of success. A commission means tho devotion of time and oitoit by specially qualified persons, getting in touch with the most progressive meihods in other States, indeed in no other way can superior fitness or expert ability be brought to bear on important measures and methods, and a sustained policy be carried on. The commissioners should all be responsible to the same authority'; in no otner way can harmony be secured, and we think the library' interests are important enough to merit the direct attention of the Governor rather than to be subordinate to a board primarily selected tor some other interests. Hence, we believe the Governor should appoint the commission and they appoint He state librarian. The bill is ottered without the least opposition to the State Board of Education. They are no doubt doing all they can under the pressure of their own work, which is certainly quite enough tor one board. It is not a question for or against the State Board of Education, but it is a question for or against the best future development of the library in Indiana. We ask that traveling libraries he made a part of the state library and not a separate department, because it naturally belongs there and will not necessitate additional expense for clerical assistance which for the present needs would be entirely' unnecessary'. it is all very well for those who are within reach of any book they may desire, to theorize and moralize upon the advisability of traveling libraries, nut one has only to he among the people of the country and small towns to appreciate the intense longing- for books. I believe the traveling library is the solution of some of the grave questions that confront the people to-day. A strong demand for broader and more progressive library' legisbition cornea from many parts of the btate, and we are sure the legislators will give the question earnest consideration. Someone has wisely said that whatever tends to raise men to higher planes of living contributes directly to the efficiency of their service. ELIZABETH CL AYPOOL EARL. Chairman Library Legislative Committee, Indiana Union of Literary Clubs. Connersville, Jan. 21. The Journal editorial alluded to in the foregoing communication was based on a careful comparison of the two bills before the Legislature, with no concern as to the authorship or supporters of either and no knowledge of any “priitical reason.” why one rather than another, or why either should become a lav*' except as the public interests are best served. With due respect to this correspondent the Journal must still insist that the working of the one bill—that, it seems, whose passage she is urging—gives the commission power to completely' transform the character and purpose of the library. Her argument that the making of the traveling libraries a part of the state library will be a saving of expense since it will not involve additional clerical assistance, is offset oy the fact that the same bill provides for a clerk for the proposed separate commission—an expense that will not be incurred if the library shall remain as at present under the Board of Education.—[Editor Journal.

A Hi; ml Him'* Plea. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Although no serious action has been taken toward removing the State Institution for the Blind, the possibility of such a step is of the utmost importance to the blind themselves, whose wishes should certainly be paramount. But very little inquiry will be necessary to establish the fact that the present inmates and students, as well as those who have emerged from this great institution to battle with their more fortunate brethren in an unequal struggle for existence, are perfectly satisfied, and that in every sense a change would be detrimental rather than beneticial. Some would-be philanthropist suggests that the school be removed to the outskirts of the city, where such rural luxuries as “babbling brooks and rolling meadows’’ would be a source of pleasure and edification to the blind. If our much-interested friend would try the experiment of a ramble through some of the scenes he has in mind blindfolded, he could more accurately judge the utter nonsense of such an idea. By the time he would have fished himself out of the brook and disengaged himself from the horns of some friendly cow the poetry of rural environments would be entirely dissipated. Our life must of necessity be very practical; therefore every convenience and comfort with which we are surrounded adds to our happiness. At present a visit to church or the doctor, dentist, music store, or any other of our large downtown stores can be accomplished with very little assistance, frequently none whatever, and in a short space of time, without the use of street cars. Permission for an hour's absence is easily obtained, and this usually suffices for an ordinary trip. With the school at the outskirts of town, this hour would be spent on the street cars, with all the vexation of forgetful conductors and transfers. The newspapers suggest that the present site be sold, part of the proceeds devoted to purchasing outlying territory, adjacent to street-car and railroad facilities, and that by building on the cottage plan a net saving of $200,000 would accrue to the State. If the State needs money so badly, 1 would recommend that the State realize on its present vacant belongings, which could be staked Into lots and sold a*, a profit, rather than lose our beautiful home, to which we are bound by every tie of happiness and comfort, thankfully remembering also the strenuous effort made by our benefactor, the late W. H. Churchman, to secure the present location. A plea has been made that the school and the State University at Bloomington exchange places, on the ground that the university needs the advantages of the capital for lectures, concerts, etc.; but the blind also need these advantages, and by all laws of humanity should be entitled to first consideration. The State owns sufficient ground east of State street, between Michigan and Kngllsh avenues, whereon to build three universities and also have all the necessary transportation facilities for the students, the Panhandle, C\, H. & D. and Big Four Railroads running through the grounds. Another important thing to be considered Is the danger of lire. To the blind nothing is so terrible as the thought of fire, and the nervous strain which would follow from a knowledge of a want of adequate protection would certainly result In sickness to many. At present ail feel secure, for they know they are within reach of a fire-fighting department that cannot be excelled in the country. The fires of 1889. IS9O, 1X93 and May 13. IX9*, prove this. The fire of Aug. 1, 1883, the most serious of all, in that it caused a loss of $4.000, occurred at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, during vacation, and was not discovered in time. This fire, with the start it had, would have destroyed the entire institution if It were located at the city limits, where we all know the tire department Is at a disadvantage. Regarding the removal of a school like ours from the heart of the city we have as a precedent the Philadelphia institution, v-hleli opened its grand $400,000 building on the Ist of January of the present year. The manager of the institution sold the old building at Twentieth and Race streets. In the heart of the city, and since the school's removal to its new home there have already been found such inconveniences that none but those financially interested or able whh the schoo' in its present quarters. They arc now try-

ing to devise some means of transportation to the city, as the street-car company will not come down in its rate. Bad as our street-car system is. that of Philadelphia is much worse. So we know from this experience what to expect here under similar circumstances. A student of Butler told me the other day that his ear fare averaged 11.15 a week. This is one item which would be saved to the student if Butler University were nearer the city. The blind who are so much interested, and who are sought to be benefited by' the change, feel that a permanent injury will be done them if their home is removed from its present convenient location. Relatives find it convenient to call; if from a distance the station is near: hotels are in the vicinity; in short, every necessity and comfort can be supplied under present conditions. where the opposite would result from a change. GEORGE M. HEBBLE. Indianapolis, Jan. 21. LOCAL GOVERNMENT. A County Commissioner Misstates the Attitude of Tills Paper. To tlie Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Asa county' commissioner and taxpayer, I would like to say something in regard to some unjus; insinuat ons that have appeared in your editorial columns from time to time against county commissioners. It seems that because in a few counties in the State the commissioners have abused the power given them by' law, and because one county attorney. actuated by selfish motives, sends a senseless letter to other county attorneys, the whole tone and insinuation of your editorials is that the commissioners of this State are a set of rascals and should be summarily dealt with. Are not the commissioners selected by the people from a class of at least average good citizens? Are they not, as a general thing, above th'> average taxpayer in amount of taxes paid? You say they have too much discretionary power, and it is proposed that a council of representative men be appointed to act as an advisory board for the board of commissioners, said representative men to give their time for almost nothing. Now, let us lay' aside party platform and ail “bumccmbe,” and get down to the real practicability' of tho proposed remedy. First, how does the municipal government of our cities, as administered by a council imposed of a number of men, compare llh county' government? Is not the comparison certainly favorable to the latter? But you say', if commissioners arc honest, why object to this council? Let me say in reply' to this, that the honest, earnest, thinking commissioner who is giving his best thought to the economical administration of the affairs under his control sees in this proposed bill, under the disguise of reform, an army of new- officers created, and, while it is proposed that the men composing this council shall serve for a mere pittance, common sense teaches that either these offices can not he filled by eomi>etent men willing to work for nothing or their salaries must be increased. Men serve their country in military life for a pittance in times of need, but in civil affairs there is too much to do fur competent men to give their time almost gratuitously. . Again, what assurance can you give that the men selected for this council will be any more honest than the commissioners, and after all, is not individual honesty the real question involved? The honest, thoughtful citizen is against the creation of new offices, for it can mean only one thing—increased taxation. One thing I would suggest, and that is that the Legislature do away w-ith special sessions by county commissioners and instead let them have monthly meetings regulated as to length of meeting according to population. Human nature is suspicious, and no difference how honest and urgent the business of the special meeting, I believe that the mass of the people who are not aware of what the meeting was called for, look on it with suspicion. If the meetings were made monthly and proclaimed by law that the commissioners would be in session for so many days, beginning the first Monday of each month, the people would know when to come in and see what the county business is and how it is being conducted. I believe that 90 per cent, of the commissioners of this State are earnestly in favor of reform, but—as our worthy Governor has so aptly expressed in his message—are opposed to any “misnomer” under the disguise of reform. LEWIS COWING. Muneie, Ind., Jan. 21.

“Faota for Member* of the House.” To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: It is an unwritten law among civilized people that, in whatever controversy men may be engaged, it is the duty of the outsider to see fair play. While we are now trying to secure better legislation in county and township affairs, such legislation obtained by pushing the first bill that comes before the Legislature, by misrepresentation of the facts that really exist, will, no doubt, in time result in unwise and injudicious laws. It is a very serious matter to change the whole working system of our municipalities through untried laws. The practical business man will introduce only one theory at a time, working it until he considers it practicable, then he considers its permanent adoption. If the persons who are now demanding reform would only spend more time* jn studying the laws as they really exist they would, in many cases, change their views. In a Journal editorial of Jan. 19, under the head “Facts for Members of the House,’’ is the statement: “As the laws now stand the township trustee can impose whatever tax he sees fit upon the people.” Now, the facts are, the tax is not imposed by the trustee, who merely reports to the county commissioners what he thinks, in his judgment, will meet the expenses of the following year, and the commissioners levy such tax as they feel disposed to allow. Another statement under the same heading is: “Do members of a Legislature, elected upon a pledge to reform county and township government, propose to repudiate party pledges and permit a system to continue which enables one township trustee to levy 50 cents on the SIOO for roads, while another finds 5 or 10 cents ample?” Now, even if the trustee could make the levy himself, he would be violating the present law if he should make a cash levy of more than 10 cents on each SIOO. The article also says: “Statistics show that the trustees have made large levies and now have enormous sums on hand that are not needed, only for their own personal use.” The statistician called for the report at the time at which the trustees had just received their money from the treasurer, and had not yet had time to pay even their old bills: and this Is called “legalized robbery.” Such statistics are not fair, and do not show the true condition of affairs. I do not believe it will he wise to tear down our system, which we have been years in perfecting, and in its stead to adopt measures which are based on theory only. Brins in your theories gradually, and let them be tried. If reforms are needed, of which there is no doubt, adopt them in a businesslike manner. If you have a tooth that aches, do not pull them U outTOWNSHIP TRUSTEE. Greenfield, Ind., Jan. 21. Attack, on Exempt lon Law*. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: It is high time that the present exemption laws were repealed and laws which make for honesty enacted. There is not a single excuse for these laws as at present constituted. They were supposedly enacted as a protection to the poor against the exactions of the oppressor, but their practical operation is the protection of the wasteful, the extravagant, the profligate and the dishonest against the honest and hardworking part of the community, and the victim is usually less able to stand the loss of what is due than the beneficiary of these laws to pay his honest debts. Exemption laws of the class of those in force in this State are a school of dishonesty and extravagance. The State steps in and says: “You may contract debts, if you are a married man or can pose as a householder, and pile up liabilities to the limit of what you arc able to accomplish, and you may do this, knowing that you will never be able to pay, and we will stand between you and your victims and see that they never get a penny. You may be earning as much as $25 per week and we will look to it that none of it goes to 'hose who supply you and yours with tie- necessaries of life, so spend it as you will." And how is it spent? There are two way* in which a man can dispose of his money—-properly and improperly. If he expends it for necessaries. for a reasonable provision for his family, setting aside what he can spare us a provision for the future, it is a proper and beneficial disposition of his earnings, and if he does this there is no necessity for an appeal to the exemption law, for such a one Is always both able and willing to pay his debts; but it is the man who wastes his earnings and squanders his resources who places himself under Its aegis. 1 contend that every dollar of exemption allowed to

Wasson’s Rare Silk V alues^*^ A week of wonder working in this splendid Silk Department. New purchases, smalt lots from here and there —all high-class makes and bought at still more marvelously low prices than ever before. See how they will go Monday. SPLENDID BLACK SILKS 38c for 65 Black Brocades. 49c for 75c Satin Duchesse. 68c for SI.OO Beau I)e Soie. NEW CHOICE COLORS A magnificent showing of Imported Printed Foulards, Lyons goods, in dark am} light colors, at prices like this: 28c for choice 05c Silks. 39c for 75c and ksc Silks. ODD LOTS FINE SILKS All odd lots of Fancy Silks, in all styhs and colorings, nice waist lengths umongsfl them, prices like this: 19c for Hoc Silks. 38c for 00c Silks. 59c for Ssc Silks. 87c for $1.35 Silks. 98c for $2.00 Silks. H. P.Wasson&Co. SB ' "■■l INDIANA Dental College Department of Dentistry, University of Indianapolis, S. W. Corner Delaware and Ohio Streets* Receives patients from 0 a. m. to op. ut for all kinds of Dental work. The fees are to cover the cost only. Busts of Dewey, Sampson, Schley and Miles* In colors—7s cents each, HALTS AND PEPPERS—sterling tops—49o pa TANARUS Only few left. Cotu^ytocfc lO WtlNlxllUjtOlX

the latter class is an injury both to thtt individual concerned and the community at large, and It will be found, on examination, that exemption is resorted to because tha earnings or the exempted have found their way into the coffers of the gambling room, the saloon, the bowling alley and j*ool room, and the brothel. There is a great cry' going up from the lips of # the poor washerwoman, the widowed boarding housekeeper and the proprietor of the small business be* cause of the losses incurred through thesa accursed exemption laws. Many an earner of high wages worms himself into the confidence of these unsuspecting people and rung up a big bill, only to snap his fingers at the liability and take refuge under these infamous laws. We are fast being trained into a nation of cheats. It is easy to conclude that it is right and proper to take an exemption though able to pay, when the law soya that it may be done and sets its seal of approval upon such a course. Many a man is ruined between the alternative of a practical boycott or the furnishing of credit with exemptions to tollow. Too many snail dealers have been told, in c-fleet: “If you do not allow me credit 1 wi’l report yeti t> my fellows, and we will destroy your business,” and, after credit is given, a break up follows because of inability to collect, exemption laws preventing. The whole, theory of our laws seems to he that it is somehow an outrage for the creditor to demand jiayment of what is owing, and to make it as difficult as possible to collect, no matter how' the debt is incurred. The maxim might aptly be phrased: “Better that one hundred able debtors escape than that one innocent creditor be paid.” This is all wrong. One man has as good a. chance as another, as a rule, to get together a competence, and if he does not do so it is usually' because he lacks application, or industry, or sobriety, or prudence, or, perhaps, trustworthiness, or some essential which he could himself pro* vide, and it is not right that others should he made to hear tho results of his folly. Irv these days of grinding aggregations of capital every encouragement should be given ta the man who is ambitious of accumulating some small means with a view to embarking in business for himself, with no fear that he will be robbed of it by those wdth whom he must necessarily deal. If the small dealer and trader he encouraged it will go far towards neutralizing the efforts of huge combinations to force up prices. It should ha remembered that the man who saves and who accumulates and who wants to get on In the world, has rights as against thosa who do not. and that we have an endless fund of assistance from public sources for those whom misfortune prevents. It should he taught that to incur a liability where it is known that there will be an inahiltty to pay is to steal, and the law should back this up, and if the law were so framed that those who could would have to pay there would he an end of expenditures for useless and extravagant purposes. Practically, our exemption laws allow an exemption of at least double the sum of s(*'') because of the necessarily low’ values placed on used goods, and the owner of as much as $1,500 worth of property may invoke the exemption as against creditors whdk may not he worth a dollar or possess the wherewithal for the next meal. The writer knows whereof he speaks, having men in his debt who can pay, hut will not because they “do not have to.” The legislator who aids in passing just laws on this subject need fear no loss of public sentiment, for there will be more to thank than to oppose him for it, just a a there are more sufferers than beneneiarieg of the present system. It is plain that for one swindler there are many victims. No honest, industrious man will raise his hand in defense of our present laws, and no law’maker should stand in defense of the shiftless and dishonest and become his abettor. Give the industrious and the honest a chance. PUBLICOLA. Indianapolis, Jan. 20. The Ladle* Laughed. Cleveland Leader. Several ladies sat in one of the Colonial Club parlors a few’ evenings ago discussing the virtues of their husbands. "Mr. Singleton.” said one of them, referring to her Ufa partner, “never drinks, never swears, nor does he chew.” "Does he ever smoke?" someone asked. “Yes, he always likes a cigar just after lie has eaten a good meal. But I HtqqKise that, on an average, ha doesn’t smoke more than once a month.” Some of her friends laughed, but she didn’G seem to understand why. I A hacking cough is* a dangerous cough. ) Aijers {Cherry Pectoral! ( has been curing I > hacking coughs I for 60 years. (

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