Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 208, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 July 1899 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1899.

New York Store

Established 1S33. Sole Aeevtt for Datterlck Patterns. Shirt Waists Won't Last Long At these Prices $1.50 Madras Waists for 39c $1.50 Lawn Waists for 69c $2.00 Paris Waists for 89c $3.00 Imnorted Waists for ......$1.49 $3.00 White Pique Waists for.... 98c $2.?3 White Irish Linen Waists.. $1.50 If you're wise you'll come early. .Second Floor. Pettis Dry Goods Co The Summer Man Should pay the same attention to the details of nis apparel as his pretty sister, if he. wishes to be au fait in good society, and be comfortable at the same time. Our array of SOFT SHIRTS in Madras, Oxxora uotn ana bile, are exquisite in colorings and design. See the Beauties In the Window. PAUL H. KRAUSS 44 East Washington St., Men's Outfitter and Shirt Maker. Hodesty and Money . r Are very desirable. Modesty la a good housewife adds to her charms. Money adds good. things to her pantry. Princess Patent Flour Is reasonable In price, and unequaled In quality. Every package guaranteed. BLANTON MILLING CO. fJsk. Fl A a A urugs first quality. POPULAR PRICES H uder's Drug Store WASHINGTON AND PENNSYLVANIA STS. Open all night "personal and society. ' Master Thad Itlch will go to ConnersYllle toon to take part In & concert. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hanna have returned from a visit to friends In Lafayette. '.Mrs. Samuel Held and daughter Agatha trill leave to-day for Magnolia beach. Miss Theresa Pierce has returned from Cincinnati, where she visited relatives. -' Miss Emma Benton has pone to Price II111 and Wyoming. O., to visit friends. Miss Ida Pomeroy has returned from Dayton, O., where the spent a month. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Severln. Jr., will return Saturday from a visit in Wisconsin. Miss Alice Harwood will leave to-day for Lyons, Green county, to remain two weeks. Mrs. Emma Schellschmidt Rous, of New York, Is expected to-day to visit her parents. Mrs. Frank McGinnls and daughter are visiting General and Mrs. George P. McGinnls. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Vernon Griffith and Chicago. Miss Adelaide Carman will go to Winona Monday, where she has taken a cottage for seven weeks. . Mrs. Enrique C. Miller, who recently returned from the East, has gore to the Chicago Beach Hotel. : Mr. Ferdinand Hollweg, who has been residing in New York for a year, has returned home to remain. - Mrs. Joseph Rllus Eastman has returned from Winona, where she was the guest of Mrs. George B. Gaston. The marriage of Miss Clara Riese and Mr. Harry Wirtz. of Fletcher avenue, will take place Wednesday, Aug. 2. Rev. Archibald Bradshaw will preach In Bewickley. Pa.. Sunday, and later he will Visit his parents in this city. Mr. Henry C. Van Anda will return tomorrow from a visit to his parents, in Chicago, and a trip on the lakes. ' Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Pike and sons, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Tevls, have returned to their home, in Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Ell Rltter will leave to-day for Ocean Grove, where Mr. Rltter will address the Anti-saloon League Saturday veiling. Mrs. William J. Baylor has left for the East for several months, visiting her old Lome, Lebanon City, Pa., Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrsi Stewart WaOley, who have been spending a month with relatives here, have gone to Detroit to remain through August. George H. Chapman Post. No. 2. G. A. It., and W. R. C. No. 10. will hold their annual basket picnic at Falrvlew Park this afternoon and evening. ' Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Quayle have returned to Michigan to join their daughters. Mr. Quayle will give a number of lectures in Michigan during hi3 absence from this city. Mrs. John P. Fruit, of Liberty. Mo., is visiting Mrs. E. L Olcott on Broadway. Mr. and Mrs. Olcott and son Ellsworth and Mrs. Fruit will go to Wequetonsing rext week. The Misses Stewart, of West Walnut street, received informally last evening for their sisters, Mrs. Sophia Stewart Scott, of Ilolton. Kan., and Mrs. William R. Myers, of Anderson. Mr. ajid Mrs. B. H. Izor. of No. 1103 North Senate avenue, gave a bicycle party Tuesday evening in honor of Mrs. Adam Bolton and daughter Bessie, of Sr. Paul, Minn., Ml??es Jeannette and Inez Woollen and Mr. William C. Izor. of Cincinnati. O. Mrs. J. A. Mosgrove and Miss Emma Mosgrove, of Urbana, O.. who have been the guests of Mrs. D. T. Bacon, returned home yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. IJacon will leave the last of this week for a visit at Ogdensburg. N. Y.. New York city, Boston and other Eastern points. Mrs. James Nealson Hamilton, of Fersla. formerly Miss Susanna Van Valkenb.irg, of this city, was a delegate fmm Persia to the International Council of Women, recently held in London. Mrs. Hamilton and her mother. Mrs. Altoe Wheeler Peirce, are pending the summer together In England. Mr. Edward Treat will give a muslcale this evening in honor of Miss Pauline Henderson, of Kokomo, a niece of Mr. J. O.

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Henderson, who Is Tisltlng Miss Grace Slddall. Miss Henderson, who has a cultivated soprano voice cf rich quality, will sing and there will be Instrumental numbers by Miss Bertha Schellschmidt and Mr. Walter KJpp. Mrs. S. H. Socwell. No. 41? North Alabama street, will entertain the Woman's Home Missionary Society of Roberts Park Church to-morrow afternoon. Mrs. Socwell will be assted by Mrs. F. Browning, Mrs. S. A. Clark, Mrs. S. L. Ferree, Mrs. C M. Warner and Miss Sarah P. Keeley. Mrs. F. V. Chapman, superintendent of the Rltter Home, at Athens. Tenn., will address the society on "Work Among the Poor Whites In the South." M FA LL ALS P AUG 1 1. Special to the Indianapolis Jourral. SALEM. Ind., July 23. At Weir Memorial Church this evening, at 7:3). Miss Florence Browne Alspaugh, daughter of Judge and Mrs. D. M. Alspaugh, was married to Charles W. McFall, of Smethport. Pa., Rev. E. H. Wood officiating. The church was handsomely decorated and was filled with the friends of the bride and groom. A large number of guests from other cities were present. Mr. and Mrs. McFall left for Chicago and a trip north. They will reside at Smethport, Pa., and will be at home after Oct. L IIATFIELTD LITTLE. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, July 25. Mr. Charles Hatfield, of Owensburg, and Miss Edna Little, daughter of Mr. and Mr a Samuel Little, of this city, were married last evening. The wedding took place at the home of the bride and was witnessed by a large number of her friends. THE VACATION SCHOOL.

3fore .Than Two Hundred Enrolled The Subject To-Nisht. The vacation school on West Washington and California street?. Is In full swing now. There are more than two hundred children enrolled, with a dally average attendance of 173. They come from all parts of the city, even West Indianapolis contributing a few. The building is open on all sides, and. Is particularly cool these hot summer mornings, and both children and teachers are very comfortable and both alike seem to enjoy the work. The subjects are gymnastics, art, music, nature, wood-working, sewing and cooking. Each cf these rubjects has a special teacher, and one teacher. Miss Estelle Adams, who took the overflow class, the children from six to eight years of age, and gives them Instruction In all of the branches. Miss Josephine Bauer Is the superintendent of the school. It is she who plans the work, arranges the classes and work and keeps everything moving smoothly. ThereIs no hard cramming of subjects, and the lessons are taught in such an attractive vay that the children cannot help but learn. The older boys 4 have exercises with the dumb bells and Indian clubs, and learn to march, by command. Shoes sometimes trample on bar feet and coats rub against shirt sleeves, while mischief makes their eyes twinkle. They are fairly obedient and they enjoy the exercises, which many would think too violent for hot weather. The girls have wand exercises and take a wholesome interest In all of the varied movements. Miss Alice Graydon. assisted by. Mr. Frederick FiciJ. has charge of the wood working, and yesterday morning the boys were interested in making kite frames, which they will cover and paste In the school and have for their own. Other boys thowed with pride, tn lowel racks, bread boards and other articles which they had made. The wood-working tables were loaned to the school by public school No. 24, and are especially adapted to the work. The cloak room, adjoining a main recitation 100m on the first floor, has been changed into a kitchen and fitted up with utensils. Girls in blue and white checked aprons and caps were over the stove, and ether girls had Just taken from the oven a pan laden with light, yellow muffin.?, which they had made under the direction of Miss Theresa Bell. The recitation room had been transformed into a dining room and the girls were being taught the nicest ways of setting and serving the table, by Miss Emma Schmidt. The little girls of another class were taught the simplest stitches at first, and they have used their first lessons so well that now they have white and colored aprons and skirts to show for it. Miss Edna Stevens is the Instructor in this branch. In the art room. ML?s Nellie Ashbrook is the teacher and the children have taken kindly to pencil and brush, and several creditable pictures were shown. Miss Am)' Algeo has the nature study classes. In these she devotes a certain length of time in reading or telling a story or poem, and the children have learned in this way of forest trees, the work of the sunbeams, the work of the water drops, and Just now they are studying the formation of coal beds, the series of lessons being in a cycle. Miss Ade.'alde Carman has the music department, and the children have been initiated into a class of music with which they are not familiar except, perhaps, in the words. One class has a two-part song, on the old nursery rhyme, "Where are you going my pretty maid?" Miss Llllle Adam assisted the children yesterday, and with Miss Bauer will have charge of the music when Miss Carman leaves for Winona, the first of next week. The children are only kept for the lesson during the morning. They are kept off of the street and out of bad company and given something useful to learn to do. This morning the school will be open for Inspection, and about 200 of those known to be interested In the work have been invited to attend. Others will be quite as welcome. To-morrow will be excursion day, and a street-car trip will be given the children, with a few hours in one of the park3. One trip has been made to Garfield I'trk, and last Friday the children were given a lecture on China, by Dr. Marie Haslep. Miss Llllle Adam sang and Miss Benaldine Sndth gave a violin number. The school will continue In session until Aug. 11. with an excurdn each Friday. The boys have two baseball teams, and a spirited contest Is held at the parks. One team is known as the Sixes," and the other as the "Nines." Thursday, Aug. 3, will be parents' day at the school, vtlen all of the parents of the children will be Invited to see how their children are engaged. On the last Thursday of the school. Aug. 10, there will be the closing concert and exhibition. Mr. Otto Stark sent thirty or forty of his sketches for the children to see. The surroundings, prepared for these children, gives them an insight into a purer, cleaner atmosphere, than the majority of them have. MORTON AND JULIAN. Suggested that They Both Be Represented in Statuary Hall. It has been suggested that the second ftatue to which Indiana is entitled in Statuary Hall, Washington, be that of the late George W. Jullaa The statue of Oliver P. Morton has been completed and will be Inspected by the commission which has charge of the work some time during August, and It Is expected the statue will be in position before Sept. 1. It has been completed and is eleven feet high, IncluJing the pedestal. It shows Governor Morton In the position of delivering an oration. It Is of white Italian marble and will be the first Indiana statue rlaced in position. CITY NEWS NOTES. The Democratic ward primary meetings for the nomination of candidates for Council will be held Saturday. Aug. 5. The polls will be open from 11 o'clock in the morning until 7 in the evening. Edward Donlin. charged with grand larceny, the stealing of a horse and buggy belonging to the Indianapolis Brewing Company, was bound over to the grand Jury after a preliminary hearing In Police Court. The Hoo-IIoo annual will be held in Denver, Col., Sept. 9. A grand time Is promised by the lumbermen of Colorado. The Indianapolis crowd will meet at the Grand Hotel this evening to decide on the official route from this city. Manager Cullen. of the Denlson. received notice yesterday that the members of the Supreme Tribunal of the Knights of Pythias, which meets from time to time to take up the business referred to it, will gather at the hotel Aug. 2. The adjutant general's department has rent cut checks to two more companies. Company B. of the One-hundred-ana-fifty-nlnth Regiment of Terre Haute, and Company D of the same regiment, of Washington, were paid yesterday. Fell Through River Ilrldsje. Fred Relnecke. living at 1109 Union rtreet, one of the workmen employed in the repair of the Kentucky-avenue bridge, fell between the timbers which support the floor Into the mud on the river bank yesterday afternoon and was severely bruised. He was Injured about the body, head and legs. He was taken homo in the . Dispenslary. ambulance and Dr. Eiaenbelsa was called.

MEMORIAL TO INGERS0LL

COLORED 3IEN REMEMBER HIM AND MR. JULIA!? AS "WELL. Resolutions Adopted Promising Sapport to Basinets Concerns That Employ Colored People. The second day's session of the Indiana Afro-American convention was held yesterday. Two resolutions were adopted expressing the honor and esteem in which the late George W. Julian and Robert G. Ingersoll were held by the members of the convention. The discussion of race prejudice was then continued, being opened with a paper by W. A. Sweeney, of this city. The paper. In which references were made to the position of trades unions, the lynching:; and the disfranchisement of the Southern negroes, created quite a sensation. Rev. E. L. Gilliam followed with an attack upon the labor unions for their refusal to recognize colored men. Rev. D. A. Graham, of this city, then read a paper on "The Crime Wrhich Leads to Lynching." He took the position that the colored race should not be held accountable as a race for the acts of a few irresponsible negroes. He said in part: "Our enemies accuse us of condoning rape every time that we condemn lynching. They know they are lying. We, the respectable colored people, condemn an assault upon women as the highest of crimes, for which the penalty of death should be inflicted in every case. This la much higher ground than the white Southern people will take or support. It is, however, the Just ground upon which we invite them to meet us. They speak of protecting womanhood. They mean only white womanhood. It is an indisputable fact that white men of respectable standing in the South are assaulting ana debauching colored girls and women every day without the least danger of punishment. The colored woman has no protection either in law or society, and the husband or father who undertakes to protect her is preparing to form the center of attraction for a lynching bee. It Is the ignorant vicious colored brute who assaults white women, but it Is the intelligent, refined and so-called respectable white brute who debauches colored girls. But a brute's a brute for a' that. I think that every honest mind is prepared to sny that crime, which leads to lynching, is in most cases nothing more than race prejudice." Rabbi Wechsler, of this city, who was for twelve years a resident of Mississippi, talked for about thirty minutes regarding the condition of the colored people, and said that In his opinion they were responsible for the position they occupy. He urged them to educate themselves and their children and to save their money. He told them that if the colored men and women would so perfect themselves in different lines of work that they might without fear enter Into competition with the white people, that they would get their share of the country's business, regardless of their color. THE EVENING SESSION. The evening session opened with a paper, "The Negro In Politics." by W. A. Henderson, of this city, and it was enthusiastically received. He said in part: "You may make the negro the greatest farmer in; the land, the most skilled mechanic that ever entered the shop, the most expert accountant In the bank or the greatest scholar of modern times, without the ballot he is but a pigmy. Ills life is Insecure; he has no protection at home, no equality before law and may be kicked and buffeted about as a common cur. The great bulwark of human liberty Is the ballot, and it is the panacea for all our Ills. It behooves the negro to stand fast in the liberty wherewith this government has made him free. He should take no backward step, surrender no constitutional right, accept no compromise. This country should be agitated, even convulsed, until the battle of liberty is won. We must not submit to disfranchisement, but protest, agitate, demand, labor and deny ourselves of personal ambition for the salvation of the race. The United States Constitution declares we have our political rights, and to yield them would be unmanly, cowardly and unpatriotic." An attempt to discuss the political situation was, after the reading of the paper, voted down. . The committee on resolutions then presented a number of resolutions drawn up and all were adopted. The first condemned Immorality, vice and crime: the second urged the colored people to rigidly practice economy and give support to colored professional men: the third condemned lynching; the fourth pledged the individual and collective strength of the members of the convention to vote for no candidate for Congress who would not pledge his support to the reduction of the Southern representation in Congress. Negroes In business should: not discriminate against any man on account of color was the declaration of the next resolution; the sixth, that colored people should not discriminate against men on account of color; the seventh urged the colored people to use their best sense and Judgment in voting, and that no prejudice should exist on account of color. The committee on address, which was to have prepared an appeal to the citizens of the country for the recognition without prejudice of the colored people, was not ready to report and the committee was given until to-night to prepare the address. E. Ik Gilliam presented a resolution which, upon being read, caused much discussion, and though the chairman endeavored to cut off the debate most of the men interested had their Fay. The resolution was as follows: "Resolved. That In each city or town in which there Is any number of our race a committee be appointed to call upon the merchants, contractors, manufacturers, corporations, etc., and present to them data as to the quality and the value . of the goods purchased by our people from them, and ask that in view of this patronage we be given representation in their corps of clerks, etc., pledging ourselves to use our influence to divert trade to those merchants who accord us recognition in the employment of members of our race." A. W. Sweeney protested against the adoption of this, saying that it practically meant a boycott of those who did not comply. Upon an explanation by Gilliam and a roushing speech in its favor the resolution went through without a dissenting vote. A resolution to make the temporary organization a permanent one carried, and, after a few other questions were briefly discussed, the convention adjourned. PLAIN TALK TO HIGGINS. Conncilman Von Spreckelsen Charged Him rrlth Holding: Up Ordinances. There was to have been a meeting last night of the Council committee on sewers, streets and alleys, of which Hlggins is chairman. The meeting was called to consider the ordinance providing a change in the name of certain thoroughfares to Cornell avenue. Should the ordinance be passed parts of Peru avenue, Peru street and Davidson street would become a part of Cornell avenue. The meeting was not held, as but two members of the committee were present. Councllmen Hlggins and Von Spreckelsen were there, and two citizens who are Interested In the change came to see what would be done. The .fact that the committee failed to materialise caused a heated argument between the two councllmen present, and Von Spreckelsen intimated that Hlggins was trying to "hold up" the ordinance. He went further to say that he believed Hlggins had asked members of the committee to stay away. The councilman from the Fifteenth ward declared his Innocence and asserted that he had notified the members of the committee on two different occasions that a meeting would be held. Hlggins fsrotested that he had no reason for wantng to delay the crdinance, as it was of no interest to him. Von Spreckelsen threatened to take the ordinance out of Higgins's hands if something was not done right soon. "You are acting in this matter Just like you are with the "vehicle ordinance,' " declared Von Spreckelsen. "and you are holding that one up." This charge Hlggins also vehemently denied, and said he did not know what vehicle ordinance was referred to. Von Spreckelsen declined to apologize at the conclusion of the argument. BOARD OF WORKS ROCTIXE. ' Final Action Token. There being no remonstrances against the following described Improvements, the board yesterday took final action: For cementing the sidewalks of Ash street, from Massachusetts avenue to Thirteenth I street. For cementing and curbing the sidewalks

of Church street, from McCarty to Ray ctreet. For cementing the sidewalks of Hoyt avenue, from State avenue to Nelson street. For cementing the east sidewalk of Warren avenue, from Oliver avenue to Ray street. For graveling the roadway of the first alley east of State avenue, from Orange street to a point SSS feet north. For graveling the roadway of the first alley east of Woodslde avenue, from the second alley north of Southeastern avenue to Southeastern avenue. For graveling the roadway raid cementing the sidewalks on New Yort street, from Oriental street to Arsenal avenue. Petitions Filed. For paving with creosote wooden blocks the roadway of Bellefontalne street, from Massachusetts avenue to Fifteenth street. For paving with cement the sidewalks of Delaware street, from Virginia avenue to Madison avenue. For cementing the west sidewalk of Dorman street, from Vermont street to Highland avenue. For cementing the sidewalks of Ingram street, from Valley Drive to Hillside avenue. For cementing the sidewalks of South street, from Illinois street to Capitol avenue. For paving with brick the east sidewalk cf West street, from Thirteenth to Fifteenth street. Contracts Modified. In the matter of bids received July 21 for cement sidewalks and curbing on Walnut street, from Noble to Fulton street, the board modified Its award of contract to provide for stratifled limestone curbing. Instead of combined cement curb and gutter, the price being the same, $1.10 a lineal foot. Action Rescinded. The board rescinded its action on the award to the Hoosier Construction Company of the contract for paving Susquehanna street, from Michigan to North street, for the reason that the construction company failed to specify the kind of curbing to be used. The board ordered that readvertlsement be made for sealed pronosals. Former action was also rescinded on the following resolutions: For graveling the roadway of the first alley west of Relsner street, from the first alley south of Miller street to the first alley south of Minnesota street. For paving with brick the roadway of the first alley east of Illinois street, from Vermont street to Allegheny street. For cementing the sidewalks of Capitol avenue, from New York to Tenth street. Remonstrances Heard. Interested property holders filed their written remonstrances against cementing the sidewalks of New York street, from Highland avenue to Oriental street. The board overruled the remonstrance and took final action on the resolution. After hearing a remonstrance against the opening of Carroll street, from the first alley west of Wright street to East street, the board deferred taking final action. Remonstrances against the opening of Keystone avenue, from Prospect street to Southeastern avenue, were heard and overruled. Final action was taken on the resolution. Final Estimate Allowed. In behalf of W. C. Allen, for paving with brick the roadway of Gray street, from Washington to Ohio street. In behalf of Julius Keller, for cementing the sidewalks of New Jersey street, from Louisiana to Washington street. Repairs Ordered. The city engineer was ordered to have Sixteenth street, between Pennsylvania ai.d Talbott avenue, repaired at once. The superintendent of streets was ordered to give attention to the west abutment over Pogue's run, at Newland avenue. FIRE AT OKLAHOMA.

An Explosion of a Gasoline Store Causes $1,000 Damages. Fire which started from a gasoline explosion in a building adjoining and connected with the Oklahoma roadhouse, southwest of the city, resulted in a loss of about tl.000. The roadhouse proper was slightly damaged. Both buildings were owned by Chris Zimmerman. Another fire which gave the department a long run was the burning of an old building filled with lumber at the Justus Adams brickyards. The loss was small. VITAL STATISTICSJULY 26. Births. Edward and Nannie Igelman, 23 North Temple street, boy. Turner and Minnie HUL S3 Rush street, girl. ' - ' " ' John and Gusta Kistner, 523 Patterson street, girl. ' John and Ida Koenlg, 923 Stlllwell street, girl. James and Nellie Watson, 934 Bates street, boy. Mose and Mary Kennington, 127 Leota street, boy. W. B. and Mary Wettenberg, 21 East Ohio street, girl. William and Fannie Richardson, 736 North Concord street, girl. Pembroke and Annie Chinn, 313 Ellsworth street, boy. Lewis and Bertha Chandler, 2450 North Pennsylvania street, girl.O. F. and Rosa Nordman, U0 Cherry avenue, boy. Edward and Laura T. Hale, 810 Highland avenue, girl. Charles and Hanna Sudmeyer, South Meridian street, girl. Death. Theodore L. Stuckey. seven months, 1433 Southeastern avenue, gastritis. Purley J. Bell, fifty-three years, 1823 North Capitol avenue, Brlght's disease. Ida Tolllver, twenty-six years, 870 West Walnut street, consumption. Elmer R. Whiteside, ont year, 1176 River avenue, congestion of lungs. Bridget Delaney, eighty-fuur years, 425 Ketcham street, general debility. Infant Wiese, 57S Weghorst street, meningitis. Mary G. Atwood, sixty-three years. 810 Prospect street, paralysis. Eliza A. Burr, seventy-three years, 309 North Senate avenue, cancer. Lizzie Heiner, five months. 1534 North Senate avenue, cholera Infantum. Harry E. Deere, nineteen years, 3S30 Kenwood avenue, tuberculosis. N. S. Driggs, fifty-two years, 1907 North Illinois street, heart failure. - Edgar L. Miller, forty-four years. 433 Haugh street, angina pectoris. Charles Lightener, twenty-eight years, 724 Locke street, pistol shot. Marriage License. Frank Rathsam and Hulda Albrecht. Harry Albert Jones and Carrie Belle Vaught. George Kimble and Llllle Griffin. William L. Martin and Mabel Brewer. Claude E. Negley and Ella Z. Johnson. Harry Robinson and Margaret Cox. John Henrv Duncan and Leota WalL Alexander Farmer and Llllle Ball. Iluildinar Fermlts. Mrs. Flora Wulschner, repairs, 23 West St. Clair street. $205. Margaret Schmidt, frame shed, 1413 Pleasant street, 100. G. W. Owings, frame cottage, Lasalle street, between Washington and Moore avenue, 11.000. Drohan & Teague, frame coal office, Bates street, opposite opening of Oriental street, S105. Joseph Morris's Will. The will of Joseph Morris was probated yesterday. It was Mr. Morris's deslrs that his estate be shared equally by his wife, Anna Morris, and his daughter, Mary Elizabeth Morris. The will says that the three sons of the testator, one of whom is dead, have received their share ofthe estate. Mrs. Morris gave a bond as executrix of the will. Dispute Over a Counterfeit. J. L. Moon has brought suit in Justice Smock's court against Ed Ferger, druggist, for $1, which he claims is due "on account." Moon says that on July 1 he made some purchases at the drug store and offered a Jo bill In payment. The change returned included a counterfeit silver dollar, which Ferger would not "make good." Postotllce at "Webb Discontinued. The postofflce at Webb, this county, will be disccntinued July 31. and those who received mail at that office will be supplied through rural free delivery. Coughing:. Detroit Journal. "You are a robber, you know!" they exclaim with stern candor. The trllllonaire coughs apologetically. That is to say he gives them $7,000,000 to found a college, and this, with the present purchasing power of the dollar. Is sufficient apology for almost anything, we fancy. Moreover, the trllllonaire intimates that he will perhaps cough again. Comes Statural. Pittsburg Chrpnlcle-Tclegraph. "So ycu are a school teacher," said Mr. Pitt to a new acquaintance. "Then you train the young idea how to shoot." "I don't need to do that." replied the pedagogue. "My school U In the feud district of Kentucky.". -

DROVE R HARD BARGAIN

FRANCE DID XOT AGREE TO MINIMUM TARIFF TREATY EASILY. Opposition to Ratification May Become Serious, Reins: Instigated by Former Premier, M. Meline. WASHINGTON, July 26. A good deal of suspicion has been caused in official circles here , by the unexpected opposition developing in France to the . ratification of the reciprocity treaty Just negotiated by Mr. Kasson and M. Cambon. It is not deemed expedient now to make public the details of the convention, but it can be stated authoritatively . that In the opinion of our own officials' the French have driven a hard bargain in making the treaty. They have, it is said, secured more advantages than they had any just , reason to expect at the beginning of the negotiations, and that success was ultimately obtained is owing to the fact that the negotiators felt bound to observe the hehest of the President and make a treaty at all hazards. It is suspected here that the French people are not aware of the actual value of the concessions they have obtained, and there is reason to believe that when the champagne makers learn the amount of benefit they are to receive the opposition to the consummation of the treaty will be at once transferred from France to the United States. The statement made yesterday by M. De Lacasse, the French minister for foreign affairs, that the treaty contalnned the favored nation clause is said to be misleading to the public, for what it does contain in that direction has special provision, in the case of certain lines of Import, that if the rate of duty be reduced below the figures stated to any other nation then France shall have the same rate. But this provision is not general, and applies as stated only to certain specified articles. It is understood that under this head, however, the French champagne makers will profit, for while the treaty itself does not give them the rate desired, yet they probably may profit by the low rate Just given to the Portuguese makers of sparkling wines. It is appreciated here that the opposition in Paris comes from a very Influential quarter. The Republique Francalse, which makes a bitter attack on the treaty, is directed by M. Meline, former premier and one of the most capable leaders in French politics. , In particular he represents the peasantry and the gentleman farmer class, and his leadership of an opposition indicates that the treaty will have a difficult course before it. EFFECT OF THE TREATY. United States Goods May- Sow Compete on Even Terms. NEW YORK, July 6. Edmond Bruwaert, French consul at New York, says of the new reciprocity treaty between France and the United States: "1 regard it as an excellent thing for the United States. America was the only country which did not have the benefit of our minimum tariff. As the manufacturers abroad are satisfied with a profit of 5 per cent., the difference between the maximum and minimum rates was sufficient to keep the United States out of the French market. There are 642 articles on the dutiable list of the French tariff, and the treaty gives the United States the minimum rate on all except twenty-four. Germany, England and the other countries which have treaties with France do not enJoy the minimum rate on these twenty-four exceptions, which are chiefly agricultural products. There are 4G3 dutiable Items in the tariff law of the United States, and in return for her concessions France will obtain a lower rate in less than one hundred of them, the average reduction being only 10 per cent. While this seems one-sided, it is not so much so as it appears, because American goods have been sent into France as English goods under the minimum tariff. I do not think the treaty can go Into effect before next February. This treaty marks a new era for the United States. There will eventually be opposition to American imports in foreign countries, and it will be wise for the United States to make treaties before that opposition becomes too strong. France has given all she can give, because, with her $7.u00,000.000 of national debt, she cannot reduce her tariff any further. We did nJt get what we asked by any means, but we obtained all the United States was willing to give. We realized that the treaty must be 6uch that Congress would approve it, and France deferred to President McKinley's wishes on that account." Secrecy is maintained in regard to the class of goods upon which the American tariff will be lowered. This is done in order to avoid the opposition of interests which might object to foreign competition in the home market. The details will probably not be made known before Congress meets. ELK1NS DEFENDS ALGER. Says the Secretary Endured Abuse and Thus Saved McKlnley. WASHINGTON. July 28. Senator Elkins, of West Virginia, who was secretary of var under the Harrison administration, is in Washington. Discussing Secretary Alger's retirement from the Cabinet, he said: "Secretary Alger was secretary of war during the conduct of the most successful war in the history of the United States. It achieved the greatest results in the shortest possible space of time. Its quick and victorious conclusion, while he was at the head of his department. Is a fact that stands out most prominently and cannot be disputed. Of course there were mistakes. There are always mistakes, but in this particular war the mistakes were infinitesimal, compared with the great results that were accomplished. "Secretary Alger," continued the senator, speaking deliberately and with emphasis, "has been compelled to endure a series of undeserved, not to say brutal, assaults. He did not deserve the harsh things that were said of him, but he bore them bravely, standing manfully under the abuse which might otherwise have been . thrown at the President. Time will vindicate him. There will be a reaction in his favor. I say these things all the more readily because General Alger and I have not been in the same way of thinking in our party. I am no apologist for him. I do not want to be drawn into any controversy, but I hope I may never hesitate to do justice to any man." Melklejohn Really in Charge. WASHINGTON. July 26. Secretary and Mrs. Alger left to-day for Thorndale, Pa., where they will spend a few days with their daughter. Secretary Alger will return to Washington next Monday to close up his official connection with the government. Major Hopkins, assistant adjutant general, U. S. V., and military secretary to Mr. Alger, has arranged to sever his connection with the army and resume the practice of his profession In Detroit. During the absence of Secretary Alger and until Mr. Root formally assumes the duties of his office Assistant Secretary Melklejohn will have direction of the affairs of the War Department. BIG ENGINEERING SCHEME. Preliminary Survey for Nevr York Ship Canal Completed. ALBANY, N. Y.. July 25. Engineer George W. Rafter, in charge of the survey for the proposed ship canal from the great lakes to the Atlantic ocean, has completed his preliminary work and drawn his report. The project Is to cut a canal thirty feet deep and 340 feet wide, which is three and one-third times the. depth and five times the width of the Erie canal, from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, around Niagara Falls, leaving Lake Ontario at Oswego, through the Oswego river to Oneida lake, thence through the Mohawk valley to the Hudson river. A single lock will be a thousand feet long, with walls over fifty feet high. The greatest problem has been to find storage for water to feed this great canal on its various levels, and yet not affect the water supply of manufacturing concerns now using various rivers. Mr. Rafter plans a great dam at Carthage, on Black river, in Jefferson county, making a lake covering eighty square'miles of land to teed the canal. From this reser

voir Mr. Rafter has located a canal nine miles long, as wide as the Erie, to the proposed ship canal just west of Rome, and on the way down has planned a secondary reservoir in the Salmon river. The commission's work also Includes a similar survey for a canal of the same character leaving the St. Lawrence river at the head of the Coteau Rapids, and thence - Into and through Lake Champlaln. THE BANKRUPTCY LAW.

Attempts to Amend It May Result In Its Repeal. CHICAGO, July 26. In the course of an address delivered here to-day before the national convention of referees In bankruptcy Charles E. Keller, of Omaha, declared that the efforts to be made to have the bankruptcy law amended would most likely result in the repeal of the act In Its entirety. He reviewed the history of bankruptcy legislation in this country and pointed out the fact that every attempt made In the past to have such laws amended and perfected had aroused its enemies, who in the end succeeded in having the acts stricken from the statute books. The speaker declared that the new law was defective In many particulars and in need of radical amendment. The speaker then read a number or amendments he had prepared and they were referred to a committee for consideration. W. H. Hotchkiss, cf Buffalo, read a paper on "Practice in Involuntary Cases ana "Partnership and Corporation Bankruptcies." He suggested an amendment to prevent a voluntarly bankrupt from becoming an involuntary one through collusion. He thought it would be wise to permit a corporation to become a voluntary bankrupt on certain definitely defined notice to the stockholders and a vote of consent by the share owners later. The speaker also advocated the permission for Involuntary bankruptcy be granted, even when the alleged bankrupt owes no more than J500. His recommendations were referred to a committee. D. Lloyd Jones, of Milwaukee, spoke on "Objectlcns to Discharges." Ex-Gov. Thomas T. Crittenden, of Missouri, led the discussion on a plan to give a wider discretion to Judges and referees In the administration of the law. Judge C. C. Kohlsaat, of Chicago, made an extended address. He declared himself opposed to the bankruptcy law as a permanent institution In this country, and declared It should be repealed within a year, or as soon as the purpose for which it was passed had been accomplished. He did not believe that men. should be In a position to make contracts, having In view relief from the burdens thereby imposed in case they were unsuccessful. Suggestions for amendments from Hon. D. C. Brandenburg, of Washington, were read by the secretary ird dlscx-ss-ed. The question of compensation to be paid referees was briefly consld?rjd by exGovernor Crittenden, of Missouri. The convention will conclude its business to-rroT-row and adjourn. The organization v 111 be made permanent, and six standing ccmirittees appointed. These committees vill consider the amendments suggested and put them in proper form for presentation to Congress next winter. To Draft e New Law. NEW YORK, July 26. B. C. Brandenburg, of the Department of Justice, Washington, D. C, addressed the convention of the Commercial Law League, in session at Asbury Park to-day. His subject was "Bankruptcy." He advocated the amendment of the bankruptcy laws, especially with reference to debtors making assignments for the purpose of protecting preferred creditors. Hugo Kranrler, an Importer of New York city, said there should be a law to permit the examination of books, which, he said, would be a safeguard In business and financial matters. After the discussion was completed, it was decided to appoint a committee of five to draft a new law on bankruptcy and present the same for approval at the next annual meeting of the convention. , I THEY WANT TI1E FIGHT. Immense Sums Offered for the Jef-frlea-Sharker Contest. Philadelphia Times. From present Indications the forthcoming battle between Jim Jeffries and lorn Sharkey for the heavy-weight championship of the world will eclipse in public interest any similar event that ever took place. Notwithstanding that the date of the battle is three months away interest in the great affair Is paramount to everything else of a pugilistic character, and some idea of the manner in which it is regarded by promoters of sporting enterprises may be gathered from the fact that a $60,000 purse has been offered by one California syndicate, while $40,000 bids are so plentiful that little, if any, consideration is being given to them at all. The first offer that made Its appearance was one of 140,000 from Charles Newman, a San Franciscan. He put up a certified check for $5,000 as a guaranty of his sincerity in the affair. Newman, acting solely In his own behalf, wants the contest to be held in San Francisco, at the VelDdrom, which was built several years ago for bicycle matches. It has a seating rapacity of 15,000 persons. It is the purpose of the promoter should he be the successful bidder, to bring off the match during the daydme. Upon the heels of the rtrst bid came cne from the Glen Park company, w.'th conditions identical with those nude by Newman, except a purse of 1C0.000 was offered, the fight to take place some day lu rieptember between the hours of 9 a. rn. and 5 p. m. The amount of money that U involved seems to Indicate that the New York fighting clubs, which have engineered so trany big fistic ventures, will ntve to "fcland a tap" if they secure the fight. To a club which has the facilities for making a photographic reproduction of .the battle ?.-iO,000 would not be too much for the lighters to expect, but any club not possos3lng such facilities would be taking extremely hazardous chances. The kinetoscopic exhibition of fistic contests has passed beyond the experimental stages. When Fitzsimmons and Corbett were shown the films were indistinct and unsatiesfactory. yet bow much money was made by exhibiting them In every country on the globe will never be known. To such an extent has the photographing of movable objects been perfected since then that a wholly satisfactory result may be obtained, and considering the amount of Interest that is now being taken In pugilistic affairs an exhibition of a genuine championship fight, such as the one forthcoming, ought to profit its promoters to the extent of several hundred thousand dollars. This is really the incentive for the offers of the large purses now urtder consideration. Some lively things will happen before a settlement is finally made. The heavy-weight problem will be more complicated than ever if the number of aspirants for championship honors continues to be added to with the same frequency that has characterized the situation during the past year. Already Joe Kennedy, the big Californlan, who won a decision recently over Gus Ruhlin, is being boomed as a future factor in the disposition of the titular honors, and a half dozen self-constituted managers are falling over each other trying to get engagements for him in the East. . California's wise fistic people are also trying to tell us about another heavy-weight phenomenon named Jeffords, who is reputed to have done all sorts of things with Jim Jeffries in a four-round scrap which took place a short time before the latter came East to fight Fitzslmmona The details of the alleged affair were written doubtless by some individual who is interested in launching another derelict like Mike Morrlssey upon the pugilistic sea. Admiral Dewey's FarewelL Manila Letter in Leslie's Weekly. I was standing by General Otis' s desk in the Ayuntamiento, at 12:30 o'clock, when suddenly the gray-haired governor arose. "You must excuse me now," he said, reaching for his cap. "I am going to bid the admiral good-bye." He was soon steaming out across the bay in his white launch, and the Pasig and the Luneta were thronged with civilians, soldiers, and women, waiting to catch a last glance at the famous flagship bearing homeward the man who nad introduced a new continent to the ways l modern civilization. All day the Olympla was surrounded by a fleet of small cratt filled with officials, citizens and newspaper men. anxious to get one more hearty grasp of the famous man's hand and wish him "Godspeed" to "God's country." The morning had been a busy one for the admiral. Besides making official calls he had attended a meeting of the commission at the Audencia. What seemed like good news greeted him there, for thatmorning the commissioners were receiving tne neven Filipino envoys from Agulnalio. The admiral welcomed them, and oefore leavlrg left for them an invitation to' visit and be entertained upon the Oregon the day following. The admiral expressed gttat regret in leaving the commission, whose work has always been shared by 1 Im. As he went down the stairs all the native guards were drawn up in attention cider and saluted as he passed before them to the street. He returned the courtesy, giving th"m all a gracious smile. The commission later raid the admiral a visit aboard the Glympia. In the afternoon the captains cf the fleet handed in their final reports, rkylng their respects to the man whose fame they ll shared and who never hesitated to give them hi full confidence and approval v. hen it was merited. "The secret of the admiral's greatness Is his command of men," rld one of his captains to me. "and the secret of his command of men is that he trusts them

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