Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 97, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 April 1899 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1899.

to N? comfortably heated during th months cf November, Iecember. January. February and March when th tf mjwrature Is below 2) decrees alxjv iro a rhown by the ef?:rlal record cf the Weather Ltuteau located In the city cf IivllanMiijr; a!M to be lighted, and each car phall have

icnal appliance! and route bord. The cars must I kept clean ln?Me and out and shall not exhibit HiiOt moment outfiJe unless o permitted by crdlnance of the Common Council of call city." IJt Mr. McOrew "The ?ald Indianapolis Ftreet. railway Ccmjar.y nhall te required to establl.-h and lay down new lines and to extend the tracks Jid treet-car service on faid Hreets as may be frcm time to time necemary to meet the convenience of the public- Th name to be determined by ordinance passed by the Common (!runcil cf atd city within euch a jerlod a3 may be flxM by the ordinance of raid Council and all of ruch extensions and new lines hal! be reyjlated ly the fame yyftem and Ire rlht to operate the fame hall terminate at the expiration of the term of thl crntract." l:y Mr. Knljtht "All bnds issued by raid company ahall be male payable to a truste. who shall t a. resident of the State of Indiana." WHITK AND HIS PETITION. John F. White, re-prescntlng the Central Iibor Union, then asked to be heard on a petition he was about to submit on behalf of his organization, and on his being given permission to be heard handed up about fifteen pounds of paper, tied up with twine. This proved to be the petition about which much has been said as to who paid for the collection of the II XX) names affixed to it. Mr. White said a few words In explanation of hl9 presence at the meeting. He said the petition had been Intended for submission to the Board of Work., but that he had been shut out of the meeting and was not given an opportunity of presenting It. He said that all the llrx) names had been secured in less than a week, and that 90 per cent, of the poor people who signed it did so not only willingly, but with alacrity, indicating that they were strongly in favor of 3cerrt fares. He said that he was In possession of a prospectus issued by the Citizens company In 1S03 in which figures were given which indicated that a company without watered stock could earn big returns under a 3-cent-fare franchise. He urged that Council delay the passage of the ordinance long enough for the people to digest the proposition and express themselves on It. He theruread the petition, as follows: "The special street-railway committee of the Central Labor Union of this city hereby respectfully submits to the mayor, the Hoard of Public Works and the Common Council on behalf of the Central Labor Union the accompanying roll of signatures (some names) attached to a petition praying that In the granting of a street-railway franchise 3-cent fare?, with universal transfers, shall be stipulated and the shortest term possible fixed in the contract. Along with this petition the committee also files un affidavit signed by ten persons who have acted a sDeetuI canvassers, setting' forth that 9) per cent, of the persons approached. have freely signed the above named petition, indicating, in the opinion of the committee, that fully SO per cent, of the people f thts city are undoubtedly In accord with the propositions laid down by the petition. The great bulk of the names were gathered In less than one week. "The committee is firm in the belief that a street railway can be operated in this cltv on a 3-cent-fare basis, using modern equipment and giving first-class service, and that handsome returns can be realized on ail legitimate investment, watered stock of course, to be eliminated. Np contention to the contrary Is of value except uion a snowing by the company proposing to contract that It would be impossible. This showing would have to r through, an exhibition or books and not by mere statement unsupported by tangible evidence. "In the absence of any figures being fur nished by the street-railway company this committee submit some tabulated showings. together with other pertinent facts, in support of Its 3-cent-fare contention. The figtires given are from street-railway sources. and the coloring is undoubtedly on the side RAIN THIS MORNING, Followed by Fair "Weather Daring the Day and un Saturday. WASHINGTON, April 6, 8 p. m. Forecast for twenty-four hours: For Ohio Rain on Friday; Saturday fair; brisk to high northeast to north winds. For Indiana Itain, followed by fair weather Friday; Saturday fair; brisk northeasterly winds. For Illinois Rain, followed by fair on Friday; Saturday fair; brisk northeast to north winds. Weather Conditions and Forecast The gulf storm has moved northeastward over the middle gulf States, attended by rain In the Ohio, Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys, the south Atlantic States and Texas. In the mlddje Atlantic and New Fngland States, and from the Rocky moun tain districts to the Pacific coast, fair weather has prevailed. The temperature has risen in the Atlantic coast States and from the Missouri valley to the Pacific coast, and la above the seasonal average in the plateau and Pacific coast districts, the upper Ohio valley, the Eastern lake region and northern New England. The Ohio river continues to fall slowly. The Mississippi river Is 2.2 feet above the danger line at Memphis and is falling slow ly at that point. At Vicksburg the stage Is one foot above the danger line, with a ris of three-tenths of a foot since ednesday. At New Orleans the river is 16.1 feet, or one-tenth foot above the danger line. The river at New Orleans will reach a stage of about 16.5 feet during Saturday and a further slight rise will occur during Suncay at that point. The indications are that the gulf storm rill move northeastward, attended by rain and high easterly winds on the Atlantic coast. In the Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys and the Western lake region rain will be followed by clearing weather. Fair weather will prevail west of the Mississippi. Btorm signals are displayed from (Jalveston to Cedar krj-s and from Jacksonville to ew iork city. Local Obfierratlons Thnrariay. Har. Ther. It.lL Wind. Weather. rre 7 a.m. Z ZZ 40 fii N'east. Clou.ly. 0.") 7 p.m. 30. OS 45 9j South. I,t. rain. T .Maximum temperature. 49; minimum tempera ture. 38. Following Is a comparative statement of the temperature ana precipitation April 6: Temp, Normal so Mean 41 Ieparture from normal s Departure ilnce April 1 79 rre. .15 T .1: Departure since Jan. 1 133 1.10 C. F. R. WAT'PEXHAXS. Local Forecast Official. Yeaterday'a Tempera to res.

Stations. Mln. Max. 7 x m. Atlanta. Ga 4 52 4S l?lmarck. N. D 10 i 4) Buffalo, N. Y 7 23 50 42 alcary. Alberta 3A 44 42 Cairo, f II 46 i) 4S Cheyenne. Wyo 16 41 4 Chicago, 111 34 41 3 Cincinnati. O 4) Z6 4; Concordia. Kan 25 42 42 Davenport, la 34 44 42 Dea Moines. Ia 23 4 3s t.alventon. Tex S3 z& 12 Helena. Mont 32 4 4' Jacksonville, Fla H 70 fG Kansas City, Mo T6 40 3 Little Ruck. Ark 42 4i 41 Marquette. Mich 33 3S 31 Memphis. Tenn 48 CO 4s

Mlnnetosa, Man MocrheaJ, Minn Nashville. Tenn New Orleans. La New York N..rth Platte. Neb..., Oklahoma. O. T Omaha. Neb Itttsburg. la Qu Ar-pelle. A?ln... KapM City. S. V Salt Lake City, Utah. St. Louis, M Ft- Paul. Minn FprlnrneM. HI 12 IS 46 I 32 18 ZS 30 6 u 30 40 24 3S 3t 4 33 SO 62 HO I2 4 24 GO 40 4S fiO 40 CO 4) 31 44 C2 4' t 2 32 4o 5S 43 3S 4S 40 C2 CO FprlngneM, Mo Vicktur. Miss . V.a?hlnirton. l. C. a Tetan Drought Ilroken. DALLAS. Tex.. April 6. The most severe winter drought that the State has known for A quarter of a century, has been broken by a rain that has fallen continuously In Dallas for six hours and for a longer period in the cast, north and west. Every Inch of Texas Is soaking wet. Already rain worth a million dollars t the farmers and ranchmen has fallen. The crops are saved and the ranches will have grass and stock water. Saoir In Mnrlhnrest Missouri. MARYVIIjLE, Mo.. April C-Anothtr Know fell over northwestern Missouri last n'cht. Tne continued tml weathtr 1 .4 rreventlrr; farm rntV nnl farn-r-rs nr- lnom. ln iii.-ouriKel. The rc?:n'. -nowa jiiiJ Tains have ralstd I he IWIaway irul Plaitc rivers. Heavy icsis by t-vcrtlows aie icareo.

of the railway Interests, and no doubt a much more favorable showing could be mado If inside facts were available. "In the matter of a franchise for the new street-railway company there Is a general sentiment in favor of gettlnsr the best pos

sible proposition from the company for the use of our streets. Rut the difference of opinion is in what constitutes 'the best possible proposition.' On one hand is the rich, or. at least, the well-to-do. property owner, who is willing to grant a franchise rcr a long term of years, giving the company tho right to charge a 5-cent fare, if in return it will pay for paving that portion of the streets occupied by its tracks, thus relieving him of a portion of the burden of street approvement cost, and in addition to this pay into the city treasury a per cent, of its gross earnings, thus giving him the benefit of a lower rate in the general taxation. This Is the heavy taxpayer s idea of the best possible proposition. TUG COMMON PKOPLK. On the other hand is the multitude of common people those who are compelled by the very nature of their occupation to patronize dally the street cars and who make it possible for the company to pay dividends upon Its watered stock who be lieve that the benefits should come 'direct to the patrons of the street cars in lower fares. This class believes a 3-cent fare and a short-term franchise is the 'best possible preposition.' Rut. leaving all speculation out of the discussion. let us look the question square in the face. Can the company afford to carry passengers for 3 cents? "The Street-railway Journal publishes In book form, as a supplement, figures show ing the receipts and expenditures of nearly all the street railways in the United States and Canada. These statistics are taken from the reports and balance sheets of the companies themselves, and are. therefore, quoted as correct. It is a fact worth not ing, however, that the Citizens Street-railway Company of Indianapolis fails to furnish the information as to what Its receipts ari'l expenditures are. "Taking thirty-four cities of the United States and Canada, some larger and some smaller than Indianapolis, we find the cost of maintenance and operation to be on an average of fil.S per cent, of the gross earnings. This includes interest upon the bonded debt and dividends upon watered stock far In excess of the actual cost of the plant. "in the following examples the cities given were not selected because they make the most favorable showing, but because the conditions bonded indebtedness, etc., in pro portion to capital stock and population are very similar to the conditions existing here. Popuia- Miles Cost Cities and Roads. tton. track. D'c't. Cleveland, O. Electric St. Ry. Co.. 375.000 130 63.6 Columbus, O. Columbus St. Ry. Co 137.400 4 45.9 Denver. Col. Denver City Ry. Co. 140.000 CO &S.6 Detroit. Mich. Citizens' Ry. Co 300.000 101 51.3 Detroit. Mich. Detroit Klectric Co.. 3O0.0O9 62 G4S.7 Minneapolis and St. PaulTwin City Rapid Transit Co 3GO.00O 223 49.9 Montreal, CanadaMontreal St. Ry. Co. 25O.0CO S3 M.S Nashville. Tenn. Nashville St. Ry 90.000 49 52.3 Paterson, N. J. 1'aterson Ry. Co 97.200 26 64.4 Providence. R. I. United Traction and Klectric Co 134.000 ! 64.0 Toronto. CanadaToronto Ry. Co 200.000 fl 67.fi Indianapolis Citizens' St. Ry. Co. 170,000 100 "Roth Detroit companies and Toronto sell tight tickets for 5 cents. "If the element of watered stock is eliminated from the calculation and cost of maintenance and operation based uoon the actual value of the plant the per cent, will tan Deiow 4). "The Citizens Company of Indianapolis is capitalized at IS.OOO.VOO. upon which bonds br.vo been Issued to the amount of $4,000,000. The earnings of the company must, therefore, pay dividends and Interest uoon $9,000.M). Does anvone who knows anvthincr fit all about street railways believe that the plant of the Citizens Company is worth cne-half this amount? COST OP STREET RAILROADS. "In the Street-railway Journal for March, ISM, Mr. Edward E. HIggins, in a comprehensive article on 'The Cost of Street Railways,' in which he bases his estimates ujon actual experience in the construction of the lines of the West End Company, of Boston, Mass., shows plainly that the real cost of a street railroad Is. Taking his figures, and the report of tho Citizens' Company In the supplement already referred to, the cost of the Indianapolis plant is about as follows: 100 miles of track at $13,000 $1,300,COO loo miles overhead service at I.Omi.. s,uu) Power station (10-h. p. to each car).. 173.000 172 motor cars at $1,.-jO0 :8,10 80 trailers at $1,U00 80,000 Sum necessary to duplicate 52.813,000 "Or, say 13,000,000. which is a liberal esti mate, there still remains $6,000,000 of 'water upon which returns are expected. To leave out of consideration the Jo.000.000 of 'water reduces the dividend extracting power or this corporation w 2-3 per cent. To reduce the fare to 3 cents Is only a reduction of 40 per cent., so If the street-railway com pany will be nonest and do business on an actual cash basis it will still be 2ti per cent, ahead even on 3-cent fares. "To demonstrate more fully that a 3-cent fare Is sufficient to pay all the cost of oi-r-atlon and maintenance, a fair return upon tne actual capital investea ana a reasonable sum for the use of the streets, let us make a close comparison between the situation In Indianapolis and Toronto, prefacing tha comparison with the statement that Toronto Is thus selected because of the similarity of conditions existing In the two cities and be cause Toronto has practically a 3-cent fare. Indianapolis. Toronto. Population (estimated) .. IsO.OuO 200,000 Miles of track loo 91 Capital stock $.",onn,ooi) $5,000,000 Funded debt 4,000,0u0 Itate of Interest 5 3,(100,10) 4H IV) $1,077,612 Indian Number of motor cars.... 172 Number trailers 80 Gross earnings Jl,lG0,0uO (Statement of gn ss earnings of apolis company, tatcen from prospectus is suea py company in lurs.) "In Toronto tho company sells eight tickets for 25 cents, these tickets being good from 5:3o to 8 o'clock a. m. and between 5 rnd 6:30 p. m.: another class of tickets, six for 2T cents, or twenty-live for $1, good at all times: school tickets, at the rate of ten for 25 cents, good between 8 a. m. and 5 p. m., exce-pt on Saturdays, and children under nine years of age ere carried for half fare. Thus, while some tickets sell for more than 3 cents, the school tickets and half-fare rate for children under nine years reduce the average to near the 3-cent rate. THE TORONTO RAILWAY. "The Toronto Railway Company, in ndditlon to this low fare schedule, pays into the city treasury 8 per cent, of its gross earnings up to $1,000,000 per annum ($0,000in 1S07, according to the Street-railway Journal supplement), and $X per mile of track per annum $72,&0 In 1W7. "Notwithstanding the low fares and heavy payments to the city, the Toronto company paid dividends, interest, for paving streets and turned into tho surplus account in 17 $71,023. The people of Indianapolis are as well off financially as the people of Toronto and are as liberal patrons of the street cars. If the company there can run at a proilt or. low fares it is fair to presume that the new company In Indianaiolis can do so. "Roth the Citizens Street-railway Company and the Dttroit Klectric Company, of Dttroit. carry passengers at the rate of eight for 25 cents, and the reports of these two companies, as given in the supplement to the Street-railway Journal show a handsome sum carried over to the column headed 'net income.' "When all have been heard, when the subject has been sifted to the bottom, it ought to be a tolerably easy matter to agree upon "the best possible proposition. "The committee also respectfully petitions that any franchise contract hereafter agreed upon shall contain a stipulation that the present rate of wages to employes shall be maintained, and that In the event of any differences arising between the employes and the company, relating to wages or otherwise, shall be adjusted by the State Board of Arbitration, as provided by law. "In conclusion, the committee earnestly protests against entering into a contract covering a period of thirty-four years on the terms proposed as being detrimental to the rights and interest of future generations. It seems to us. also, that the making of a contract now on the ground of the immediate benefits to accrue in the next two years Is like unto the conduct of K"au selling his birthright for a mess of pottage. The advantages of the next two years over present conditions will be of little consequence compared with the burdens which will grow upon this community In the remaining thirty-two years of this franchise. L'nder free competition In it l. believed a much more advantageous contract can be secured, fullv compensating for ull the l!uJv;i!i taKes we "may be put to until that time, and making municipal ownership possible at a much earlier date than contemplated in the pending proposition. JOHN F. WHITK, "JOHN BLUB. "J. W. MADDKX. "T. S. GURDUY." Mr. Colter then movd to refer the whole matter to the committee on contracts and

franchises, and it was done, and then Mr. Colter moved to take a reces3 for thirty minutes. After waiting from 8:45 to 10:37 the weary spectators saw the committee file into the room, and a rumor spread through the room that the committee had agreed on a report and that an adjournment would be taken to allow a midnight session to be held for the purpose of passing the ordinance. The rumor proved to be false, however, as Chairman Coulter stated privately that the members of the committee could not agree on several points. After a formal adjournment had been taken. It was stated that the trouble arose over, the amendments which had been offered. Several of the members wanted tho amendments adopted, while others refused to consider them. The adjournment did not bring about a breaking up of the committee meeting, however, and midnight came without any change in tho situation, except that the committee went into executive session. During the long wait Judge Charles E. Cox became entangled in an argument with President Mahoney- over the righteousness of the methods adopted by the committee. Judge Cox alleged that evil was being done behind the doors of the committee room and that it was outrageous to rush the ordinance through with such haste "when the light of another day was all but dawning." lie charged that the opponents of the ordinance were not being given an opportunity to state their case. President Mahoney replied by offering to usher the Judge into the committee room, with the assurance that he would be heard by the committee. The offer was not accepted, however. "Is it not true." said Judge Cox, "that the reason for this unseemly haste Is that threats have been made to the committee by persons interested in the settlement of this matter that if the ordinance was not passed to-night the opponents of the ordinance would secure a restraining order from the United States Court to prevent the Council taking any further action?" "I don't know a thing about that," replied President Mahoney, "but if there is anything you want to say to the committe you can say it." While the crowd was waiting for the committee to settle its internal troubles a man displayed a printed dodger, which he said were distributed last i.ight to all the employes of the Parry Buggy Company's factory by the foremen of the different departments. It read.: "Citizens arouse! Your Board of Works has signed away the streets to the tyrannous electric street-railway company for thirty-four years, and the Council meeting has been called for to-night (Thursday.) The councilors can stop this outrageous theft. Do not surrender, but attend Coui cil meeting to-night. Signed: Street-railway committee C. 1 U."

TIIR CONTRACT AS SIGNED. Agreement Which the Company Enters Into with the City. The predictions of many people were realized yesterday morning when General Manager McGowan, of the Indianapolis Streetrailway Company, appeared before the Board of lublic Works and announced that he had consulted with his associates and had been authorized by them to accept the proposition of the board as submitted the day before. It only required about five minutes for all parties to come to an understanding, and as soon as Mr. McGowan had affixed his signature along with II. P. Wasson as president and Dr. Henry Jameson as secretary the latter impressed the seal of the company to the document and passed it over to tho members of the Roard of Works. President Downing was the first to sign It, and then W. Scott Moore and T. J. Montgomery followed. There was some dispute as to whether Mayor Taggart's signature was necessary, but after City Attorney Kern gave his opinion that in any event no harm would be done by having there the mayor put his nirno along with the others. The only change made in the original contract was the substitution of the word "railway" In the title of Indianapolis Street-railway Company, which in the contract read "In dianapolis Street-railroad." Refore the contract was signed Mr. Mc Gowan made a short statement to the board, setting forth the purposes of the new company. It was along the same lines as the statements printed in tho Journal from time to time to the effect that tho first thing the company proposed to do was to put the 4-cent fare into operation, and that this move would bo followed by extensive and complete improvements as fast as the company cDuld make them. According to Mr. McGowan the subordinate management of the road will continue about the same. TUB SIGNED CONTRACT. The signed contract in brief provides for a general grant by the city and its acceptance by the company in the details afterwards set out. The streets on which the lines may be operated as specifically named are as follows: 3n Washington street, from the east corporation line to the west corporation line. On North Oriental street, from Washington street to Ohio. On Ohio street, from a point three hundred feet west of North Oriental street to Arsenal avenue. On North East street, from Washington street to Ohio street; Ohio street, from East street to Noble street; Noble street, from Ohio street to Michigan; Michigan street, from Noblo street to Highland avenue; nigniana avenue, from Michigan street west to Michigan street east; Michigan street, firm Highland avenue to Keystone avenue. Massachusetts avenue, from Pennsylvania street to Tenth street; Tenth street, from Massachusetts avenue to east Keystone avenue. Cornell avenue, from Massachusetts avenue to Thirteenth street; Thirteenth street, from Cornell avenue to Columbia avenue: Columbia avenue, from Thirteenth street to Sixteenth street; Sixteenth street, from Columbia avenue to Martindale avenue: Martindale aenue, from Sixteenth street to ..Nineteenth street. On ilill avenue, from Columbia avenue to iimsiue avenue; Hillside avenue to Valley avenue; Valley avenue, from Hillside to Reech street; Reech street, from Valley au'nue 10 i,awrcnce street; Lawrence street from Reech street to Rural street; Rural street, irom Lawrence street to Rloyd avenue; Rloyd avenue and Glenn drive, from Rural street to Gale street; Gale street, from Rloyd avenue to Twenty-fifth street: x -ni -mm sirtei, irom uaie street 1 iirightwooil avenue. On Relhfontaine street, from Massachus etts avenue to 'thirteenth street: Thirteenth street, from Rellefontaine street to Cornell avenue. On College avenue, from Massachusetts avenue to rwenty-seventh street; Twenty seventh street for terminal. on lwenty-rourth street, from College wiur iu v.eiurai aenue. un 1 ort wayne avenue, from Alabama street to i.enirai avenue; Central avenue, run najne avenue to north corpora tion l!ne. Market street, from Pennsylvania street to Alabama street: Alabama street, from Marwet street to rslneteenth street; Nineteenin street for termma s. Delaware street, from Virginia avenue to Massachusetts avenue. Pennsylvania street, from Georgia street to Sixteenth strict: Sixteenth street, from Pennsylvania street to Taibott avenue: Talbott avenue, from Sixteenth street to Twen ty-second street: thence east on Twenty second street to Taibott avenue. On Maryland street, from Virginia avenue to KentucKy avenue. Georgia street, frcm Pennsylvania street 10 Illinois street. Meridian street, from Washington street to Lmcn tracks. jn i,unois street, irom itusseii avenue to Sixteenth street; Sixteenth street, from Illinois street south to Illinois street north: Illinois street north from Sixteenth street to Thirty-fourth street. On Mclean place, from Illinois street to Capitol avenue. Market street, from Illinois street to Can! tol avenue: Capitol avenue, from Market street to Ohio street; Ohio street, from Cap itol avenue to iSenate avenue; Senate av enue, from Ohio street to Twenty-first street: iwentynrst street, irom senate avenue to Michigan road (Northwsiern avenue); Michigan road (Northwestern avenue), from Twenty-nrst street to north corporation line and Clifton street, from north corporation line to Twenty-seventh s1r-et; Twent v-sev-enth Mmt, from Clifton start to Michigan road (Northwestern avenue.) on Twcnty-tlrst street, from Illinois street to Senate avenue. On Thirty-fourth street, from Central ave ruo to euate avenue; Senate avenue, from

Thirty-fourth street to Thirty-eighth street;

lhirty-e-ighth street to Michigan rod (Northwestern avenue). On Indiana avenue, from Illinois street to We-st street; West street, from Indiana ave nue to fourteenth street. On west street, from Washington street o New York street: New York street, from West street to Rlake street; Rlake street, from New York street to Indiana avenue; Indiana avenue, from Rlake street to Locke street; on Locke street, from Indiana ave nue to Walnut street; Walnut street, from Iocko street to Rlake street; Michigan street, from Rlake street to west corpora tion line. On Kentucky avenue, from Washington street to River avenue; on River avenue, from Kentucky avenue to Oilver avenue; on Oliver avenue, from River street to Warren avenue; Warren street, from Oliver avetuo to West Ray street; Ray street, from Warren street to Klondike avenue; Kionelike avenue, from Rav street to Morris street; Morris street, from Klondike avenue to Relsner street; Relsner street, irom .Morris street to Howard street; Howard street, from Relsner street to Mclaln street. Louisiana street, from Illinois street to Capitol avenue, with terminals on Capitol avenue. On West street, from South street to aiorrls street; Morris street, from West street to Kentucky avenue; KentucKy avenue, from Morris 'street to Relt Railroad and stock yards. On South street, from KentucKy avenue to Delaware stre-et: Delaware street, from South street to Madison avenue; Madison avenue, from Delaware street to Lincoln street; Lincoln street, from Madison avenue to East street: East street, from Lincoln street to Raymond street: Raymond street. Irom East street to Singleton street. On Russell avenue, from Illinois street to Meridian street: Meridian street, from Mccarty street to Pleasant run: on Adler street, from Meridian street to Union street; Union street, from Adler street to Mccarty stieet: McCarty street, from Union street to Meridian street. South East street, from lrglnia avenue to Morris street. On Virginia avenue, from w ashlngton street to lYospect street; Prospect street, from irginia avenue to east corporation line. On Shelby street, from Virginia avenue to Reccher street, with . terminal on Reecher street. On South street, from Virginia avenue to Fletcher avenue; Fletcher avenue, from South street to Pine street: IMne street, from Fletcher avenue to English avenue; English avenue, from Pine street to a point Son feet east of State avenue. The streets, avenues and other public places herein named are intended to be streets, avenues and public places heretofore and now popularly known by the name herein mentioned, whether such names are in fact the legal designations of such streets, avenues and public places, or rot. The routes and linen of street-railway so located as aforesaid may be connected with stutaDio curves and switches; and teed wire Iinss may be erected along said routes or elsewhere, subject in every case to the approval of the said Roard of Public Works. THE COMPANY'S RIGHTS. On these streets the company has the right to lay and operate single and double-track lines with all switches, turnouts, poles. wires or other things necessary to operate by electricity or other power, as approved by the board. The company shall have no right to lay any track or operate a line on any street other than those specifically named except euch a right shall have been granted to It by the passage of an ordinance or the adoption of a resolution to that effect by the Council, and such ordinance or resolution shall be spread on the records In full. No extensions shall be made and no new lines laid except by such formal permis sion and on the terms and under the condi tions of this grant. The same terms and con ditions shall apply to the operation on any streets which may hereafter be brought Into the city limits and the rights and privileges of the company on all streets of the city shall expire when this contract expires. The operation of a line or a part of a line on any street or public place can only be discontinued by the company with the permission of the Roard of Public Works, and when such permission is granted and the line discontinued, the company shall be compelled to restore the street to good condition and to improve the part vacated In the same manner as the remainder of the street Is Improved. The company agrees to surrender nil other franchises within sjxty tlays from the date of the agreement. The franchises enumerated are: The franchise held by the Citizens' Street-railway Company, granted by the city, which franchise "It sometimes claims to be In perpetuity, and sometimes claims that such franchise and rights extend to a period In the future beyond the lth day of January, 1101." The grants and franchises received from the Commissioners of Marlon county on highways which have since been taken into the city and have become streets The franchises granted by the Roards of Trustees of West Indianapolis, Haughville, Mount Jackson and Rrightwood. and the Common Council of West Indianapolis, some of which are claimed to have been granted In perpetuity. The franchise of the City Railway Company, claimed for thirty years on certain streets, beginning April 24, 1K3. and on other streets for thirty years, dating from Jan. 18, 191. SURRENDER OF ALL GRANTS. The company further agrees to procure the absolute surrender to the city of all grants or rights held or claimed to be held by either of the companies named, on any streets or any highways which may hereafter be brought Into the city, whether granted as named or claimed as a right by statute or enactment; provided, that to the sixty days named is to be added the time, if any, during which this surrender Is prevented or delayed by an injunction or other legal proceedings prosecuted without collusion and diligently and In good faith defended. The company further agrees to procure, within sixty days, the surrender of the franchise of the Sugar Flat Gravel Road Company and maintain a turnpike on the h'ghway from the northern terminus of Central avenue. The failure to procure these surrenders within the time named will render this agreement null and void and place things as though the agreement had never been made. The surrender of these franchises and their accewance by the city shall not Impair the rights of any creditor or creditors or any lien or incumbrance. The franchise shall be for thirty-four years, and tho company agrees at the expiration of that time to peacably yield possession of all streets, alleys or public places then occupied and to cease the oieratlon of its lines. It further agrees to execute no mortgage or other incumbrance which will fall due after thirty-four years from the date of the franchise. The company waives any possible claim it might have or advance for any time more than thirty-four years. The cash tare is fixed at " cents for each passenger over five years of age, with right to transfer. A passenger having a trans fer is required to take the first car of the line to which he desires to be transferred, which goes i the desired direction, after the arrival of the car on which he received the transfer, and he is compelled to make the change within one square of the point of intersection of the two lines. In case the cars from which and to which, the transfer Is desired run on the same track for some distance to where the two lines diverge, a passenger desiring a transfer may make it at the point of intersection or he may ride on the first car to the point of divergence, at his option Each car shall have a conductor, who shall sell tickets a tho rate of six for 25 cents, or twenty-five tor $1. Transfers shall be given on tickets. If a passenger desires to purchase tickets and tho conductor has none in his possession, the conductor shall be required to carry that passenger without demanding fare until he or another conductor shall tender tickets; but a ticket must be given or cash fare tendered before arrival at the dtstination by the passenger. The Roard of Public Works shall have the power to provide rules and regulations for transfer of passengers as it may deem best from time to time. The present system of operation shall be the overhead electric system, and as often as may be required the company shall furnish to the Department of Public Safety a statement as to the power and strength of the current furnished. The agreement further provides "that the party of the rirst part hereby reserves to its Roard of Public Works and Common Council the right to require by order and ordinance that such methods of propulsion shall at any time be introduced as will nt all times during said entire period Insure to the citizens of said city first-class and efficient street-railway service, it being the Intention of the parties hereto, and it Is so agreed, that If by reason of inventions and iliscoveries during the period covere-d by this franchise some other motive power superior to electric power shall come into use. and be adopted generally in other cities of substantially the same size of the city of Indianapolis, that such Improved motive power shall, upon the order and direction of the Rcard of Public Works and Common Council of said city, expressed in an order and ordinance duly passed and recorded, be adopted by said company, parts of the second part, and used by it in the propulsion of Its cars in said city, to the end that the street-car service of said city may always throughout said perol be tirst-class and ettlclent an aforesaid." AS TO STREET PAVING. The company agrees to pave the ppace between rail.-, Itttwtcn tracks if there Is a iloublo track, and eighteen inches outside of the outer rail. The company further agrees to keep the floors of any bridges oner which it may pass in repair within tbe same space,

In every case the paving Is to be the same as that of the street as It may have been prescribed by the Roard of Public Works, and the company is compelled to keep !l.'.w on deposit as an emergency fund, which the board will have full authority to draw on and make any repairs which the company may be deemed unnecessarily slow in making. The company is required to replace any money so drawn promptly, and to keep this fund at $1,mj. On any street to be hereafter improved the company agrees to pave or make the same kimi of improvement as that decided on by the city within the limits above named. The city reserves the power to order the construction of such new lines as may be deemed best for the public good, and the company agrees to at once begin the building of new lines to Riverside Park, Rrcokslde Park f.nd Gartield Park. The Roard of lubllc Works may order an extension or a new line as the result of petition or otherwise, and it shall serve notice on the officers of the company and give them an opportunity to be heard, but the decision of the board shall be accepted. As to the equipment, the company agrees it shall be such as to give at all times a first-class and efficient service. Its motive power shall be ample. Its cars shall be of the best and most approved pattern in style and finish, clean, well ventilated, provided with comfortable seats, heated, well lighted, kept in good repair, painted and decorated so as to be neat and attractive, plainly marked both by day and by night, and push buttons shall fce provided by which passengers can notify the conductor of their desire to get off the car. The tracks shall be kept in repair and In such condition that a passenger will suffer no Inconvenience or discomfort by reason of uneven or irreguiar tracks. Sufficient cars shall be operated to accommodate the public and the schedule shall be arranged from time to time to meet public requirements. The Roard of Public Works has the right to order this to be done at any time. The company shall forfeit to the city for each day it fails to observe any of these provisions. The company shall pay to the city Jl.lGO.GM to be expended on the parks, in installments of $30,0' each year before Mayi, for the first twenty-seven years of the franchise, and $jO,Cv each year for the remaining seven years. In case one payment Is defaulted or if the company gives up Its charter, the entire sum will be due and payable. This payment is in lieu of ell licenses and siecial taxation, but the company will still be liable for general taxation. The company agrees to expend not less than SI. em too in improving the system.

purchase of new rails, cars, etc., and in se curing all that Is necessary to give a good and efficient service. The company further agrees to repair the Shelby-street barn under the direction of the Roard of Public Works, at a cost not to exceed $3.(h and to lease it to tho city at one dollar a year during the franchise. On expiration of the franchise, the property will be deeded to the city. The company releases the city from all liability for accidents and agrees that the surrender of all rights and franchises of the Citleens street-railroad Company does not waive the right of the city to prosecute any claim it may have against that company. The Roard of Public Works has the right to give all directions as to the placing of poles, wires and fixtures and the tracks must be laid on the grade of the street. The tracks shall not interefere with the flow of water in any gutter and when the track may be torn up for eewers or other improvements, it shall be done at the expense of the company. . If tho track shall be torn up to relay a gas pipe or put down any pipe owned by another company, then the expense of taking up and relaying the track shall be borne by that company. A single track shall bo laid in the middle of the street and if a double track is laid, the center of the space between the two inside rails shall be the center of the street and the outer rail shall not be within twelve feet of the sidewalk, wherever practicable. No double track shall be laid on a street less than thirty feet wide. THE QUESTION OF CARS. The operation of cars may be temporarily stopped by the city when necessary to prosecute public work, and no car will be permitted to run over a line of hose. The officials of the fire department shall have the right to cut any wire when necessary and the repair wagons of the company are given the right to go through the streets at as high a rate of speed as necessary, but warning shall be given by gongs or bells. Rights heretofore vested in other corporations are not to be affected by this grant. The company agrees to give the use of its tracks to any urban or interurban line to bring cars into a point in the center of the city, said point to be fixed by the Roard of Public Works. The conditions of the use of the track in this way shall be fixed by the board and the Council. The city reserves the right to purchase the system on the expiration of the franchise. The franchise is subject to forfeiture by the company for constant and habitual violations of any of the provisions of the grant. The company has no right to haul baggage or freight without the consent of the board, and nothing is to be construed as giving the right to the company to construct underground, overhead or elevated tracks. Cars must be so run as to not Impede or obstruct public travel and they must be stopped clear of intersecting streets. No transfer station or car will be permitted at any place. Any public improvement, undertaken by the city, is not to be impeded by the company, but the company is to foster it. A bond for $23,000 for faithful observance of the franchise is to be given by the company and it is to be renewable on demand of the city. The act approved March 3, 1SJ09, is made a part of the franchise. C. V. SMITH AD THE BOARD. He Receive u Letter Concerning? Ills Proposition and Replies. Just before it signed the contract with the new company yesterday, the Roard of Public Works addressed a letter to Charles F. Smith, who submitted a proposition to the city on Wednesday. Tho board wrote to Mr. Smith as follows: "Your proposition for a street-railroad franchise has been recelveeUand carefully considered. You propose 'that a corporation will be organized by us under the laws of Indiana, etc., which will enter into a contract with said city upon terms and conditions' which are set forth. The words 'we' and 'us are used throughout your proposition, and yet no name Is appended to the same other than your own. You aro doubtless aware that a corporation cannot be organized by one person, and we should hesitate to consider such a proposition without knowing something of the personnel of the proposed company. "The statute of Indiana, recently enacted, upon the subject, provides explicitly for the terms and conditions which must be embodied in any contract made by us with a street-railway company. Many of these terms and conditions thus Imperatively required aro ignored by your proposition. You do not Indicate whether you propose to operate a street-railroad system em the plant and lines now occupying the streets of the city, or whether you propose to parallel those lines with a new system. Neither do you Indicate a time when you propose to commence the operation of your plant and give to the people the benefit of reduced fares and an improved service. We are heartily In sympathy with any practical proposition looking to reduced rates of fares, but a proposition which, in effect, says 'that at some time in the future, a time that we do not pretend to be able to fix. wo proiose to give to the people reduced fares ud a good system, and In the meantime the pople must pay 3-cent fares and nut up with wretched service.' Is not such ntioiAud tfr.n 00 i 1 rrr-i m rnl (tci.Tf t r Yn tT business judgment of the community "You do not Indicate how. In wh it man ner, or when, the city Is to be reliowd of the perplexing lltleatlon in whUn It las been engaged for years, or how franchise rights claimed by the occupying company, and the rights of bondholders, who hold mortgages amounting to $i.o)0,x0 on every rail and tie and pole and wire and all the tangible, property of that company, are to be disposed of. In other words, your propo sition is that 'we will give a bond cf J 100.000 to the effect that some time, ?ome how. we will give to the people cheaper faxe and a better system. "There is a proposition now tefore this board which will give to the people cf Indi anapolis cheaper lares than are enjoyed by the people or any otner city or its : ze in the United States 4-cent fares v ih vniversal transfers that will ray into the city treasury for the beaut illcat ion of the city more than a minion dollars; tnat will insure the expenditure of a million ioilars m the betterment of the service; that wll give to the city government the full and complete control of the operation of the system, end which embodies everything required to be put Into the contract by the statute under which we are acting, and the benefits of which contract the people will at ence enJoy. "We are advised that the bond you pro pose, to give would be without legal force or vitality, and tor an practical purposes wi uid not be worth the paper upon c.hich It was written. Rut. if It were valid i.nd enforce able in law. It would be of little benefit to the city. Were we to grant you a franchise of the character you ask. giving you tbso lute control or tiio streets or tne city, you would have r.o difficulty In disposing of the same at a sum far In excess of the amount of your bond, which excess would be clean profit to you. "In the meantime the people would le p-iylng S-cent fares and the litigation still In progress. We think you will agree with us in the conclusion that your proposition, even if made seriously, could not entertained by any board conscientiously pecking to promote the public welfare." Mil SMITH'S REPLY. Immediately after receiving the above communication Mr. Smith sat down and penned. a reply. In It n characterized tta

board's conduct toward him as discourteous and intimated that there wis mere or h ss of hypocrisy in the letter received by him. In his letter to the board he said: "I have at 2 n. m. this day recHvM a communication from your board in which you undertake to Justify your ccntemptuous treatment of the proposal submitted you yesterday and in which you protest your conscientious devotion to the public welfare. Permit me to suggest first that this letter was sent to me after you had entered into a contract with the Indianapolis Streetrailway Company and was not written in good faith. It is manifest that your communication at this time is Intended only to Justify your conduct in the discourteous manner In which you treated me and xay proposal, and not to suggest any irregularity in the offer submitted you, which, ha 1 you been so d!spos?d. nngnt have been lul'y discussed at your session yesterday. "If you were not satisfied with the form of the proposal we submitted, why did you not give us a candid hearing instead of granting a contract to another company and addressing these interrogatories to me in an open letter? "The proposition submitted you was a duplicate of one signed by Frank A. Maus. D. M. Parry and myself and submitted to the Commercial Club and the explanation was made to you that these gentlemen were ?ut ofown and would sign it on their return. The necessity of submitting it at once without awaiting their return is shown in the haste with which your board has entered into a contract with the Indianapolis Company. "In spite of your evasion now. it was stated to you that we expected to take possession of tho streets Jan. IS. 1901. if we could secure a franchise. We admitted that we could not surrender the rights of occupancy of the streets between now and that time for the very obvious reason that those rights are held or claimed to be held by the Indianapolis Company, and your answer was that you would only deal on the basis of the surrender of these rights. That left you in the hands of the new companv, and that being true your communication "to me Is hypocritical. You saw tit only to consider the

conumon aunng tne next two vears and you have Ignored the conditions which will prevail during the remaining thirty-two years of the franchise you propose to grant. LITIGATION PRACTICALLY OVER. "You speak of relieving the city of per plexing litigation, and I refer you to the proposal we made to assume all the costs and expenses of such litigation. I will remind you again (although it is useless to do so) that tho litigation period is practically over and the decisive Judgment of the high est court in the land is that the rights of the Citizens' company expire absolutely on Jan. IS, 1901. If the franchise expires then (and the Question Is not onen 1a discus sion), how can the bondholders have a right to keep it alive? The bondholders can claim no title greater than the company which executed ine mortgage. Your fear or litigation is on a par With vour other nrofessiona of good faith. "You sneak of the nronosal now before th board probably referring to the contract you had at the time signed which will af ford 4-cent fares and give more than J1.000.0U0 ror -Deautincation of the city.' The contract you have made means Dractieallv a 5-cent fare, and experience will demonstrate mis. "The difference between a 2-cent and rnt fare means an annual difference of l? to 53) to the average citizen and patron of the street railway, and this excess of fares, you inmK. is jusunea in the 'beautlncatlon or the city.' The laboring men and women are thus to be made to defray the establishment of driving parks and boulevards, and you not only lay this burden on them, but you permit a street-railway company to collect these revenues for a division of the spoils. mis pian ror raising the city revenues through a street-railway corporation may commend itself to you. but I cannot believe it will meet with the approval of the people. iou pretend to net in accordance with their wishes, and you know that twenty thousand citizens have signed petitions in favor of a 3-cent fare. With whom have you consulted? The platform upon which this administra tion was elected pledged you to a 3-cent fare, and I may ask you with some propriety why you would violate that pledge? To avoid litigation? Well, when the platform was made tne city was confronted by more litigation than now. The litigation then pending has been determined in favor of the city, and yet, on the eve of the day when the city shall keep the fruits of all these lawsuits, you pretend to a fear of further litigation, and, because of it, surrender all we have won and attempt to bind the people up to a 5-cent fare for thirty-four years. THE BOND OFFERED. "You express fear of the bond we offer. This is a subterfuge, for you know that if the city will enter into a contract on a 3-cent-fare basis we will be glad to do so. In fact, do you not urge in your next excuse, with the inconsistency that charac terizes men in your situation, that we would take such a franchise and 'have no difficulty in disposing of the same at a sum far in excess of the amount of the bond.' If you know this you know that the contract would be entered Into, and you know, too. that if the franchise were let at open competition the city could do far better than it will do if it grants a franchise in the secret, hurried way it Is doing. If we could dispose of a 3-cent-fare franchise at a large profit to ourselves, figure and tell us wfiat a 5-cent-fare franchise will be worth to the company you have contracted with. Rut to argue with men who have renounced their reason is like administering medicine to the dead.' " AI JOHNSON "WANTS IN. A Loiifc-DIstance Inquiry Concerning the Status of the Street-Car Deal. About 9:30 o'clock last night a long-distance telephone message was received by a gentleman In this city from Mr. Albert John son, then in Detroit, asking for informa tion concerning the status of the streetrailway situation. Mr. Johnson will be remembered as a resident of Indianapolis dur ing the period when the street-railway system was operated by his brother, Hon. Tom L. Johnson, and he has ever eince been Interested with his brother in the operation of tho Johnson lines in Cleveland and Brook lvn. "Has the contract between the city and the company been closed yet?" he inquired. He was Informed that the contract had been signed bv the city authorities and rep resentatlves of the company, and that the Council was at that moment in session con sldering the ordinance by which the agreement was to bo ratified. "Do you think it is too late for myself and others to make a projositlon for a franchise?" was the next inquiry. He was told that in the opinion of the gentleman at this end of the wire It was too late, out mat ne must use ins own juug ment in the matter. "Well. I suppose it Is now too late to act. continued Mr. Johnson. "I have Just learned tn-dav of the details of the proposition, and I should like to have got in with a better nnr. " An Indianapolis man who chanced to be in Detroit three weeks ago met ir. jonnson in that city and then told him what th it 11.1 tion was at that time, but until last night that gentleman took no interest in the question so far as can be ascertaincu. ANOTIIi:it Sl'IT TIIIIEATKNED. Humored thnt ProceeellnRH May lie Ilrtiglit AKiilnnt the City To-Day. A man who was present at the Council meeting last night said afterward that an attorney had told him another suit for an Injunction against the city administration proceeding in the matter of making a con tract with the Indianapolis Street-railway Company, would be filed this morning. The suit would be filed In the Circuit Court, the attorney said, that court net having been appealed to so far In the street-rallroad'liti-cation. The attorney declined to make pub lic the name of the plaintiff or to state whether or not there would be any new evi dence introduced. TOM JOHNSON'S ritEDICTIOX. He Say People AMI I Some Day Illtle Free on Street Cam. CI.EVEI.iAND. O.. April 6.-Hon. Torn U

Johnson, the widely-known street-car magnate. In an Interview here. Is quoted as saying: "The time Is going to come when the people will ride free upon the street cars, run and operated by a municipality', the same as they now t their letters delivered to them by the postal system. Municipal control Is as easily handled as is governmental control. Politics would not be able to cut any figure. In every separate organization, where the servants of the company, government or municipality are subject to examination by public sentiment, where free access to the inner workings Is made possible, no corruption is found. It Is only In the hidden l-yways that political chicanery can be possible." Receiver for l'urt of tl- K. . 1 & . PARIS, Tex.. April 6. On application of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas Trust Company JuJk 1- IC. Hryant. of the Federal Court, made an order this afternoon appointing Kobert A. Greer, of Peaumont. recolver of the Texas part of the Kansas City. Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad. Mr. Greer is the attorney for tho road.

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Wroujht-lroa P?c (or Qi Steam and Water, Roller Tubet. Ct and MaKeable Ircn FltUnca (Llack anil pel vnlzeJ), YaUes, Stop Cocks. Kaflne Trln.mlr.g. Sttm eiaucfs. Pine "Jungs, lip Cutter.3. VUes, Scrir riat'ianl I).e Vrnchea. su.m Trap. Pumi-a, Kltch-n S.nks. Hose. Ultin?. liahMt M-tal, SoUr. White and Colored Wiping Waste. ar.l all other Suppliea vel In connection i;h Uu. Fteam and WaUT. Natural iiaa Supllef a speiUltj. fcteara le.itlrijf Apparatu tor l"ublic Fundings. Morerooms. Mtlla. bhop. Fae tv.rie?. LiunJn?, Iximber Iry Houses, etc. Cut ani Tuad to order any alia Wrought-lrm Pipe, from H inch to 12 Inches dlamKNIGHT & JILLSON, in to in S. PENNSYLVANIA ST. AFFECTS LABOR UNIONS ARKANSAS ANT1-THUST LAW FOUND TO 1112 FAlt-ItCACIIING. It Oprrnten' Affnlnat "AnytbliiB Thnt Pertain to a Combination, and Labor In. Defined as n. Tblm' LITTLE HOCK. Ark.. April 6.-The new anti-trust law. which has caused the with drawal of the foreign Insurance companies from tho State, continues to be the subject of concern among all classes of people. A new feature of the far-reaching effect of the law Is Just beginning to be realized. That is the probability that It will destroy all labor organizations In the State, The law la operative against any combination seeking to control the price of various enum erated commodities or "any thing." Lbor, being defined as "a thing." all unions, associations, brothertioods, federations or fraternities for the purpose of mutual protection and the keeping up of a standard of wages comes under the ban of the antitrust law. The attorney general has already been approached on the subject by a coal operator, and he expressed the opinion that the law can bo applied to the United Mine Workers of America. That organization Inaugurated and Is maintaining a sdrlko in the coal mines of western Arkansas. Although the union has no assembly and no headquarters in the State, it is saia tnat me leaders can be mandamused ana the organi zation as such outlawed. Should the law be found operative against the miners in this Instance, it will atfect thousands of men of all organizations, such as tne urotnernooa of Locomotive Kngineers, the UrotheThood of I.iocomotlve Firemen, Conductors, switchmen, printers, and, in fact, every labor organization whose members may b employed under an agreement or contract in the State of Arkansas. . Street Hallway Tied tp. BAY CITY, Midi., April 6. The trouble which has been brewing for several weeks between the Bay City Consolidated Street-railway Company and Its employes reached a climax to-night at 7 o'clock, when all the lines were tied up. The strikers demand that Motorman Kldd. who was discharged for refusing to instruct a nonunion man, be reinstated; also, that working hours be reduced from twelve to. ten per day, to conform with state laws; that wages be Increased from 12 cents per hour to 16 cents; that In case of dispute which cannot be settled between company and employes arbitration shall be resorted to, the findings to be binding on both parties. Bricklayers Secure Advance. PHILADELPHIA, April C The strike of the members of the Journeymen Bricklayers Association for an advance in wages from 3TU cents an hour to 43 cents was adjusted to-night by the Individual members of the master builders' committee signing the srale asked for by the men. About 3.0x) men will resume work to-morrow morning. CIn.i IHovTern Quit Work. MILLVILLK, N. J.. April 6. The first of tho threatened glass strikes occurred today at Elmer. Manager Barrett, of the Elmer glass works, refused to recognize th committee which called on hlmAo present the demands of the men, andfthe glass blowers then quit work. I SANTIAGO M0RPHY CAUGHT. Man Who Ia Alleged to Have Kmbemsled $70,000 from a. Mexican Bank. KANSAS CITY. Mo., April G.-Santlago Morphy, alias "Mexican Morphy," wanted In tho City of Mexico on the charge of embezzling $70,000 in bank funds, was arrested at the Stratford Hotel in this city to-day. He escaped from detectives at New Orelans on Jan. Zl and had been ia hiding since that time. Morphy is said to have been "spotted" by local detectives as early as three weeks ago, but only to-day did they secure Bufliclent knowledge of his crime to warrant tluj arrest. Detectives went to the hotel where they knew he was staying and waited for him. He saw them and started to run. but was captured and taken to central police station and locked up. A reward of $.Va is offered for Morphy. He was formerly in the employ of the National Bank of Mexico, in the City of Mexico. The charge against him is both forgery and embezzlement. On the way to the station Morphy Joked and chatted with his captors. When brought before Chief Hayes and shown a telegram from New Orleans, ordering his arrest, ho said simply: "Boys, treat me right. I'm used to geod treatment." He was led to a ce-11 in the holdover. After his capture In New Orleans Morphy made a desperate tight in the courts to escape returning to Mexico. The courts ruled against him, iKcause forgery, with which he i charged, is an extraditable offente. and on Jan. 2Ti, Major Solores. a Mexican ofllcer, started for the depot to take him back to Mexico. As they walked along the two vere surrounded by a crowd of Morphy's friends, Holores was stunned by a blow on the head, and Morphy escaped. Morphy is well known among American turfmen and it Is said that he owes his 1 -scape, from New Orleans to some of his race horse friends. When arrested Morphy was well dressed. GREETED WITH CHEERS. Arrival of Tivo Former Spanish finnboats nt tbe Brooklyn .uvy Yurd. NEW YORK. April C With the stars and stripes drooplr.g gracefully over the stern of each, the former Spanish gunboats Alvarado and Sandoval came Into this harbor to-day, and. amid the cheering of thousands of persons lined up on shore and on the Brooklyn bridge, they proceeded to the Brooklyn navy yard, where they will tie up for a couple of days before going to the Portsmouth (N. II.) navy yard. From the time of leaving Washington last Mond.iy via the inside canal rout until the navv yard was reache-d the trip of the latest additions to the American navy has been attended by a continuous round of cheering and dipping of American ll-. Some repairs wl.l have to be mule at thi Brooklyn navy yard, after which they will proceed to Portsmouth. Miot Himself nt III Wlfe'a (riivr. woon sock 1 :tt. Dewoln. an editurial ride bv shooting to It. I.. April Henry writer, committed sufday near the grave of ols wife, wl.o was bu tied yesterday In South dently b-e n holding a HrldKe. He Mail c-vi flower plucked from sat beside the road his wife s grave as he preparing for the fatal art. lie war? forty-t hree years pf age. For fhc Ykroaf DnUHVJnlAU TROGE-2E Tho Public Speaker's Friend. Joua L Urowa A Fon, Poetca

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