Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 210, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 July 1899 — Page 8

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 18J9.

LS. AYRES&CO. Close Saturdays at One O'clock jntilTt There'll be a merry procession of hourly bargain events. They begin at eight o'clock, and each subsequent tap of the gong ushers in a new argument for your presence. Of Black Silk Fire or six bolts remain of the Serpentine Brocade fJros Grain, opened yes- Cf terday; the price Is OiJC A IlEGl'LAR ?1 SILK Of Parasols Our half-price offer Is fast decimating the handsomest assortment of Parasols In the State; Parasols worth ?L23 toftQ flfl 110 are priced 63c to kPO.UU

L S. AYRES & CO. Sole A sent a for Standard Patterns. Ulirulictsrer of Grilles and Fret Work. For Your Benefit New ideas in wall work. Exquisite Floor Coverings. Dainty Drapery Scarfs, Throws, Lambrequins, Quaint Stools and Corner Seats. Decorative Ornaments. Albert Gall Carpets, Draperies, Wall Paper, 17 and 10 West Washington Street. Hardwood Floors laid, flntahed and refiniahed. Cctticgsfrom little Katie's Scissors No. 5 "All the ladles In our street. If they're asked what's best to eat .When the children should be fed Ev'ry one will quickly say, For all meals three times a day. Wo buy PIPE LINES INCREASED countt noAnns HAVE already RAISED THEM OVER A MILLION. Advance Thai Far The State Board to Consider Them at Its Com ins: Session. Principally through the agitation of Tax Commissioner WIngate, the sum of J1.S10.102 thus far has been added to the tax duplicate of the State by the Increase In the valuation of pipe line companies. These Increases have been made by the county boards of review and have been made in the face of the local opposition . which the companies have been able to make. The basis of valuation of pipe line companies has been on the pipe alone and not on a pipe line. It was counted as so much Junk in the ground, and on tho same principle railroads might be assessed as so much lumber and iron on the ground. Mr. Wlngate visited many of the county boards and suggested that when the basis Of valuation was fixed the earning capacity of the line should be taken into consideration. While the Immediate results have been gratifying, the movement thus started will have its greatest effect In the future. Appeals will be mado to the State Board and a basis will be fixed on which such companies will be assessed in the future. The State Board has full authority to call and examine witnesses, and tho. baste fixed at this session will probably be recommended to the county assessors at their next annual meeting, and the valuation on thl3 basis will brin,7 thousands of dollars Into the State In taxes. The increase secured in the counties this year will result in taxes more than sufficient to pay the expenses of the ression of the State Board. The basis or valuation heretofore followed was ued In many of the counties, so that the Increases of this year do not Indicate the total increase which will be secured next year under the new basis. So far as reported the increases in the different counties are as follows: Delaware county jvf.?Lake county ' Orant county Jay county B Miami county (,Xa Tippecanoe county k.VvTipton county ii Hamilton county ' i.Visi Pulaski county Eova Wayne county "H iss'u Cass county 3 7tf Madison county . 4S40 Allen county 1S7 j) Jioward county n Total 11.S10.102 ITnppti Alpha Thrta Convention. The Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity will hold its national convention in this city Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. This date In changed from the original date of Sept. 6 7 and 8. The convention will be at the Hotel Lnrllsh. Barn Struck by LlKhtnlne. X barn owned by iJda Tucker, and situated In the country north of tho city, was truck by llshtnln about D o'clock yesterday morning and burned to the ground, entailing a loss or scoo. "Dotnfr n UniLUfflce Iluslneas. Fo-ir yr affo ihm U. F. Land OClc purcbaei fortj Denrr.cre. ThU fame drartmnt haa juit (Jun :rtri jlven ca order for alxt Dmamorta. Th ilfuuVant lr.frene from thea fct can afely re left to the public. UNITED TTPEWaiTEIt AND ELTTUl CO. Iniiaaspclb.

THE TRUST DETAILS

C. F. SMITH GIVES HISTORY OF THE BICYCLE DEAL. Every Tube riant In the Country Absorbed This Week by ShelbyO., Company. WHAT RUBBER KING FLINT DID FORCED ALL TIRE PLANTS INTO HIS BIG RUBBER TRUST. Automobiles to Be Made Cheaper nt Indianapolis Meetings In Xevr York Xext Week.' President Charles F. Smith, of the Indiana Bicycle Company, yesterday gave out all the details of the formation of the bicycle trust, the only reservation being the price paid for the Indiana plant- This, he said, the public had no right to ask and he could not be prevailed upon to change his mind. The new trust has been organized on a more conservative basis than the plan outlined at first, and, according to Mr. Smith, all the "water" has been squeezed out of the combination and it is now capitalized at rational figures. It had been intended originally to organize with a capital of $S0,000,000, but a. peculiar circumstance compelled the bankers who had the scheme In hand to refuse to float tho enterprise, and their refusal in turn opened the. way for the present organization. Under the plan the bankers will not be asked to underwrite the concern, but. Instead, all, or nearly all, of the debentures In tho new combination will be taken by the different manufactures who have become parties to the trust. Instead of $80,000,000 the new trust has been capitalized at $40,000,000, of which $10,000,000 will be in 5 per cent debentures, $10,000,000 in preferred stock and $20,000,000 in common stock. The forty-two plants which have been included la the combination will cost $01,000,000 to purchase, leaving $0,000,000 as a working capital and for stamping out competition. It has been popularly supposed that A. O. Spaulding has been prominently before the public as the organiser of the trust, and would bo at its head when it was organized. Instead, however, Mr. Smith says, Spaulding's interest will be a small one, and that, although he has been the "go-between" in the deal, his largest profit by the consolidation will be in the nature of a "rake-off from the United States Mortgage and Trust Company, which is acting as the depository for the stock subscriptions. The people who will figure most prominently in the new company will bo Col. Albert S. Pope, of the Columbia Company; II. A. Lozler, of the Cleveland Company; Gormully & Jeffry, of Chicago; Mr. Coleman, of the Western wheel works, and C. F. Smith, of the Indiana Company. According to Mr. Smith, although he has been unfriendly to Colonel Pope for several years, he will vote for him for president of the new company, and there is little probability of any other man being chosen to head the concern. It Is further probable that the ether men named will fill the other offices and serve a3 the board of directors. Spaulding, according to Mr. Smith, is but a small manufacturer and will cut but a small figure in the new trust. THE "RUBBER KING" FIGURES IN IT. The most important thing settled by tho new trust was the thing that prevented the consummation of the deal several weeks ago, and that was the question of tires. The trust will make no tires, and whatever the different factories require in this line will be bought of the Rubber Goods Company, which Is headed by the "Rubber King" Charles R. Flint, of New York. According to Mr. Smith, there is every reason to believe that the trust would have been established along its original lines had it not been for the "Rubber King." This Individual, who owns a line of steamers plying between New York and his extensive rubber plantations in South and Central America, has gradually acquired either by purchase or consolidation nearly all tho rubber tire plants in the country, except those owned by bicycle companies such as the Pope, Indiana and other concerns which have made their own tires for several years past. The Flint interests are represented by the Rubber Goods Company, which was financed by J. P. Morgan and the Belmonts some time before the bicycle trust w,as thought of. . . , When it was decided to organize the bicycle trust the same financiers were asked to underwrite it and they agreed to do so. Everything went well until the question of tires was taken up. and then the bicycle men who had given options to the trust were notified that it would be impossible to finance the new trust. Nearly all of them hurried to New York to ascertain what had so radically changed the situation in such a short time. The promoters and those who had fixed selling prices on their plants were Informed that Charles R. Flint, through his "Rubber Goods Company." whose finances were rtlll in the hands of the Morgan-Belmont syndicate, had objected to them acting as underwriters for the new trust, which, on paper, looked as though It might In the end drive the Rubber Gooda Company out of the tire business. Inasmuch as the syndicate had made millions out of the rubber company and still controlled its financial policy, it was decided not to underwrite the bicycle trust. Then it was that the different manufacturers, feeling a confidence in the future of the trust, undertook to underwrite their own business, and a start was made in that direction. Before much had been done, however, an agreement was patched up with the rubber company by which it wis arranged that the trust would not manufacture tires and would allow the tire rlants controlled by the Pope Manufacturing Company and the Indiana Bicycle Company to be mergul into the Rubber Goods Company, which has acquired all the other tire works of importance in the country. This plan has already been perfected and the transfer will be made as soon as the trust has been formally organized. While these negotiations were progressing the Erlncipal bicycle manufacturers in the trust ad already subscribed for all the debentures of the new trust and the financial syndicate then agreed to float the common and preferred stock. NEW $3,000,000 TUBE TRUST. One of the principal results of the new trust will be the separation of the different Industries allied with the actual manufacture of wheels. As a first step in this direction a secret deal was consummated Wednesday by which the Shelby Tube Company, of Shelby, O., which already owned ten of the thirteen tube works In the country, acquired the Pope tube works, of Hartford, Ccnn., which Is operated in connection with the Columbia bicycle works, and the two tube works owned Jointly by the Indiana Bicycle Comrany, Gormully & Jeffry and the Western wheel, works. One of them is located at Muncie and the other at Auburn, Pa. The new concern, which, however, has become a part of the bicycle trust, will be Incorporated separately, with a capital of I3.CW.000. While, according to Mr. Smith, nearly all the big bicycle companies have been experimenting with automobiles, the only really valuable machines are those made by the Indian Bicycle Company, and the automobile department was, therefore, a large part of the assets of the Indiana company. Under the direction of the trust, it is expected that they will be put on the market at such reduced prices as to render outside comretitor. using gasoline for motive power, practically helpless. Whether the manufacture of the Indiana automobiles will be confined to the Waverley works has not as yet been decided. The principal effect of the trust will be. however, to almpliry. and, therefore, cheapen the cost of production of the different wheels. It is not now contemplated closing any of the factories except some of the smaller ones, which have been buying a large part of their material ready-made from the supply houses and simply assem bling the parts. An Immense saving in tools and material will be made under the new

order of things by making ft unnecessary for the different factories to make several grades of wheels, as at present. Several of the factories make as many as eight grades cf bicycles, while even the Indiana works turn out three. Heretofore it has been necessary to do this In order to meet competition, which will be withdrawn, however, now that the trust has been organized. Hereafter the Indiana company will only make the Waverley, and this only in one grade. The Pope works, instead of having to make the Columbia. Hartford. Vidette and several other wheels, will only make the Columbia in one pattern and one grade, while the smaller factories will be able to market their products to better advantage with the bigger factories withdrawn lrom the field. Mr. Smith belfeves that, instead of ?ausing many workmen to lose their positions, the trust will be to their advantage, as, with all the factories working without friction, the trust will be able to force American wheels on the foreign markets at smaller cost, without competition from other American makers and in this way enlarge both the field and the output. It is expected that all the details will be arranged by next Thursday, nt which time all th parties to the trust will assemble in New York and elect officers. SOUTH SENATE AVENUE. Propcrtr Owners Want the Steel 'Works Ground Opened.

About 173 property owners of the Fifteenth ward met In No. 17 engine house last night, at Morris and West streets, to talk over the proposed opening of Senate avenue from Merrill to McCarty street through the Premier steel works grounds. George Roth was made chairman of the meeting and Thomas Brennan secretary. A petition setting forth the belief that it was not the Intention of the ownerj of the steel works to use the plant any more and asking for the opening of the street, was read and adopted as being the sentiment of the South Side people. It had 1,260 names attached to it. Speeches in favor of opening not only Senate avenue, but also Norwood street, from Senate avenue to Missouri street, were made by John Showen, Michael Howard, Councilman John Higglns, Thomas Brennan, John Faber, U. G. Stofer, Louis Umbhrey, Wallace Kissel, George Roth and Chris Smith. It was decided to authorize the chair to appoint a committee to present the matter to the Board of Works at an early date and, when asking for the opening of the streets in question, to ask that the side track formerly used by the steel works on Senate avenue be taken up and the street restored. DEMOCRATS GROW MUTE FEAR TO INDORSE BRYAN'S VIEW'S ON THE FILIPINO WAR. Even John W. Kern and E. M. Johnson Have Nothing to Say on the Topic "Hostilities In the Philippines would at once cease, Mr. Bryan thought, If the policy adopted in Cuba should be extended to the Pacific islands. The war, he said, would never have been fought if the assurance of Independence had been given to the Filipinos. " 'Let us give them Independence; say to other nations: "Hands ofT." Then we will be sending school teachers to Manila instead of armed men. We cannot destroy self-government In the Philippines without injuring self-government in tho United States. I hate despotism, and I love a republic.' " The above is an extract from a report of one of Mr. Bryan's speeches at Greenfield, Thursday. An attempt was made yesterday to gather opinions on Mr. Bryan's sentiment from representative men other than Republicans. In several Instances the attempt was successful, and In others it was not. It was noticeable that Democrats of the gold persuasion were willing to be interviewed, but the silverites were chary. Eudorus M. Johnson, city controller, who was chief functionary in welcoming Bryan, was approached in hia office, and the newspaper clipping containing the above expression of opinion was tendered to him with the request that he pass his opinion on it. He read it carefully, seemingly several times, and then turned and said: "I don't care to give my opinion for publication. I've got my opinion, but 1 won't express it." Samuel O. Pickens is well known as a gold Democrat, he having been particularly active in the movement which resulted in the nomination of Palmer and Buckner on a gold presidential ticket in 15. The clipping was read to him, and he said: "I am not prepared to say what the Democratic party as now constituted and with Mr. Bryan as its recognized leader, would espouse. 1 am prepared to believe that the party as now organized and ltd is liable to espouse a good many theories and causes which have heretofore been regarded as alien to the principles of true Democracy." There was on element of sarcasm in Mr. Pickens's voice. EVEN KERN IS CHARY. At the reception to Mr. Bryan at the Grand Hotel the other night, John W. Kern, city attorney, stood at his side and presented to him the "party leaders" who passed in review. Mr. Kern seemed so happy that two true silverites who had been introduced to Mr. Bryan with pleasing sentiments from Mr. Kern were constrained to say; "John Kern's all right, ain't he?" even before they confided to each other their opinions of the "great leader" whose hand they had just pressed. In view of this fact, it may be said, with some measure of conservatism, that Mr. Kern is a Bryan Democrat. He was asked over the telephone wire yesterday what he thought of Air. Bryan's Filipino opinion. "What are you trying to do?" his voice came, after some hesitation. "Are you trying to set the Democrats by the ears?" It was explained to him that the sinister project was to gather a few opinions on the matter in hand. "Well." he responded, "I'd do almost anything else for you, but I'm not in on this proposition. I'll not express my opinion." John R. Wilson, who is not charged with being in sympathy with Mr. Bryan and the free silver mirage, also listened to the humanitarian phrases which had fallen from the lips of Mr. Bryan and were faithfully reproduced in the dally press. "I don't pay any attention to what Bryan says or other utterances of that sort," he Bald when it came his time to speak. "You'll have to excuse me." M. B. Wilson, president of the Capital National Bank, is another Democrat who is said to be a traitor to the principles of Jeffersonian Democracy. "I don't think much of his opinion on any question." said Mr. Wilson. "I'm not that kind of a Democrat. We went into that tight and we've got to' win. The war must continue until it is fought through. The country has determined to carry on the war with the Filipinos and it must be continued to the end. I'm out of patience with anybody who is kicking against the government when it is doing the best it can. When the war is over. If the country wants to give the Filipinos their independence, it can be done." VAN VORHIS RATHER APOLOGETIC. A Democratic politician said yesterday, in speaking of Flavius J. Van Vorhis: "I understand he Is a free silver Republican. He was once very active in Republican politics, but when the free silver proposition was sprung he espoused it. I think he is a protectionist. There is no doubt, I guess, that when it comes to a question of candidates he is for Bryan." It was with this measure taken as a true one that Mr. Van Vorhis was asked for his opinion of Mr. Bryan's declaration of the way to solve the Philippines question. Mr. Van Vorhis was somewhat disposed to argue the question. Mr. Bryan said other things about the proper thing to be done in the Philippine situation. Mr. Van Vorhis said, lie seemed to think that an effort was being made to put Mr. Bryan in a wrong light by not giving all he said in the matter. Mr. Bryan did not advocate withdrawing the troops from the Philippine islands peremptorily, he said. He declared, however, that Mr. Bryan believed that the war would end at once if the Filipinos were assured they would bo given their Independence. "Do you think it is the government's intention to give the Philippine islands independence when the war is over?" he was asked. "No," he replied, emphatically, "I do not believe the administration has had that intention now or at any other time. If tho Filipinos were assured of their independence now there would not be another gun fired-this is Mf. Bryan's belief." Chicksring Pianos at Wulschner's.

STORMS AT THE CAMPS

THE BETHANY COTTAGERS TALKING OF AN EXCITING NIGHT. More Than a Hundred Ministers There Yesterday A Dull Day at Acton. A storm that visited Bethany Park night before last is still a topic of lively discussion among the cottagers. For about an hour the lightning, wind and rain were terrific, and the women experienced considerable fright. A story with some thrilling features Is being told. It Is said that a young lady In attempting to reach shelter ran through the storm. But the shock of the thunder and lightning overcame her and" she fell in a faint. She lay exposed to the storm, and the rain beating upon her face revived her. Some young men finally came to her rescue. Another storm of much severity visited the camp yesterday. Yesterday was the first of two ministerial days, and the park was visited by more than a hundred ministers. Among them was A. M. Harvout, of Cincinnati, who was accompanied by a large delegation. Mr. Harvout's particular mission was to stir up interest in the jubilee convention of the American Christian Missionary .'Society, which is to be held at Cincinnati upon the twenty-fifth anniversary of the organization of the society, next October. He gave a talk in the afternoon at the tabernacle, and said, among other things, that he expected that the convenlon would be the largest missionary gathering ever held. He stated that in all probability there would be an attendance of 20,000. He urged every one interested In mission work to-be present. Dr. Jabez Hall, of Butler University, delivered the morning address. His subject was i'Pastorless Churches and Churchless Pastors." His line of thought was that, if the church work was performed in the true spiritual way, there would be no churches without pastors and pastors without churches. The worship of God ought to be a true expression of reverence for God. The words of the songs should bo scriptural and the music beautiful and uplifting. Prayer must be sincere and Intelligent, according to the will of God. It should be an expression of the real state and needs of the church. The pastor should bestow an Intelligent care on the selection and interpretation of portions of Scripture that he reads to the congregation, so that the people might understand the meaning, appreciate the beauty and feel the force of the truth of God's word. Dr. Hall continued to supply the principles that should govern the pastor in his work, speaking at length upon biblical instruction and evangelistic service. "Church Extension" was the theme In the afternoon. Georgo W. Munckley, of Kansas City, who is corresponding secretary of the church extension board, delivered an address. Ho outlined the work being done by the board. He said the board is "the financial friend of the church that has no friend financially." There is now $193,000 in the extension fund and efforts are being made to Increase it to $250,000 by the close of 1C00. The fund has been the means of building five hundred churches. More than fifty churches have been built this year and loans are promised to fifty others that are in course of erection. Over 130 churches have paid back their loans and Interest, aggregating more than $110,000. "No loans have been lost," said the speaker, "which proves that the fund works admirably." Tho annual offering day in the churches for tho fund Is In September, and In the 'Sunday schools 20 per cent, of the receipts on the third Sunday of November go to the fund. The fund is also increased by receipts of money upon which the board pays an annuity to the giver of 6 per cent, during his life. , F. 11. Kuhn, of Greenfield, has been elected state evangelist. He is a graduate of Wabash College and is one of the directors of Butler College. He has held successful pastorates at Tipton and Kokomo. Registered at the hotel are the following: Mrs. Howard Cale, Indianapolis; Mrs. John P. Fruit, Liberty, Mo.; J. W. Shlveley. Athens; J. II. Stark. Virginia, 111.; J. S. Harris, Hagerstown; Phlla Helt, Indianapolis; Mrs. Warren Sweetland, Spartan, O.; W. C. Helt, Indianapolis; Mrs. Dora Freeman, Verne Freeman, Bicknell; A. M. Harvout, Cincinnati; Mrs. K. Smith, Indianapolis; W. H. Winters. Mlchigantown; Lee Dunkin. Indianapolis; Vera Hunsucker, Ada Hunsucker, Clra Hunsucker, Vallonla; Mabel Lubber, Brownstown; Mabel Van Auker, Fowler; Mrs. W. H. Williams. Fowler; W. M. Parker, Indianapolis; J. A. Rose, Kendallvllle; Iva Etta Sullivan, Zionsville; Cora F. Hoffman, Anna L. Hoffman. Sterling: W. W. White and wife. Noblesville: John Brazelton, North Vernon; Mrs. J. F. Hedges, Worthlngton; Mrs. W. D. Armstrong. Merle Armstrong, Ralph Armstrong, Kokomo. Miss Berle Showers Is entertaining the following young ladles at the Showers cottage: Misses Minnie Cox. Ida Cox, Grace Green, of Spencer; Virnie Ritchie, of Irvlngton; Mabel Field, of Bloomington; Bess Richards, of Indianapolis. To-day is also devoted to ministerial meetings. Professor McGarvey will give his usual 9 o'clock lecture to preachers, followed by an address by Rev. H. R. Prltchard, of Indianapolis, on "The History of Our Indiana Missionary Societies." In the afternoon there will be a teachers meeting, led by W. E. Longley, of Noblesville. Tomorrow the morning sermon will be delivered by W. J. Russell, of Rushvllle, and in tho afternoon a sermon will be delivered by J. Z. Tyler, of Cleveland. O. Rev. Mr. Tyler will also address the assembly in the evening. Next week the state C. E. convention will begin and continue until Tuesday evonlng. Almost every hour of the two days will be taken up by some speaker or devoted to some work. John G. Wolley, of Chicago, will address the convention on Monday afternoon. a THE RAIN AT ACTON. It Added to the LIstlcssness of Things Yesterday. Yesterday was a rainy and disagreeable day at Camp Acton and only very few visitors came on the trains to disturb the gloominess which hung over the entire camp. Even the services were poorly attended. The service in the morning had to be postponed on account of the heavy rainstorm and Rev. J. W. Maxwell, who was to have delivered a lecture at 10 o'clock, spoke in the afternoon Instead. Dafly children's meetings will be one of the future features of the camp meeting season and will be held every afternoon at 4 o'clock at Mrs. J. L F. Steeg's cottage on Railroad avenue. Mrs. Steeg Is superintendent of children's work and is endeavoring to interest the little ones and make the camp meeting season a memorable one to them. Rev. J. Wesley Maxwell, of Greensburg. was the principal speaker of the afternoon meeting. Mr. Maxwell took for his subject "The Christ." Matthew xxlL 42, "What Think Ye of Christ?" "Faith Implies three things. First, knowledge, second, assent, and third, trust or confidence," he said. "The childhood and youth of Jesus touches each stage of human life and gives us a perfect model. That Christ taught the purest and highest and most sublime system of ethics is undoubted, and a system of words, unless backed by the life, avails little: He was and did what He taught: as son, brother, friend, citizen, teacher, at home and in public life; among sinners, saints, poor and wealthy; in sickness and health; among children and men; in tho temple, in the Judgment, before high priests and Judges, everywhere He was animated by the spirit of holiness. He treated His mother with respect and tenderness of a son, and yet with the dignity of a Messiah: obeyed her as a man and yet commanded her to obey Him as her Savior. With His disciples He was frank and familiar, yet inspiring reverence and awe. They loved and adored Him as a friend, and loved and trusted Him as thel? Savior. He was a friend and lover of children; they are a reminiscence of . paradise. Lwe to God was the fountain of his every act. In the completeness and un versality of his charorrter the list of virtues and graces are exhausted. His soul was a moral paradise of charming flowers of every hue and color. History exhibits to us rare men of commanding genius standing at the head of every new epoch In the history of the nation, as Abraham, father of the faithful;

Moses, the law giver; Elijah, the prophet: Peter, Paul and John among the apostles; Augustine and Jerome, among the Latin; Luther, Calvin and Wesley, among the Protestant reformers; Homer, Dante and Shakspeare, and Milton, poets; Raphael and Michael Angelo, in fine arts. All of these represent sectional, never universal humanity. They are identified with a particular people or age. Their influence perhaps extended beyond their nations, but they could never furnish a universal model for Imitation. What these men were to their age, nation, sect or school, Christ was to the human race and he is the universal type for universal imitation. His passion and crucifixion is the standard of all martyrdom. His trial and suffering completes his character and his noble death is the crowning act of. a noble life. How did He bear all this? Not as the stoic, but with the tenderest and most sympathetic nature." After the services in the afternoon the Woman's Home Missionary Society called a meeting, but the attendance was so slight that the packing of barrels for Utah and the election of officers, which was to havo formed part of the afternoon's programme, was postponed till next Tuesday. The donations were small and would not Justify sending, so another canvass will be made of the camp and it is hoped that the cottagers will respond more liberally. Miss Hodell was to have read a paper on "Historical Sketches of Mormonlsm." but it was also postponed Indefinitely. Yesterday evening a lecture had been announced by Dr. Calvin I. Fletcher, of Indianapolis, on "A Trip to Cuba and Porto Rico,'5 but as Dr. Fletcher was absent in California his sister. Miss Fletcher, delivered the lecture and illustrated it with two hundred stereepticon views. The lecture was well attended and delivered in a pleasing manner. This morning the only meeting will be that of the cottage prayer meeting at 9 o'clock. This afternoon at 3 o'clock Rev. F.-M. Westhafer will deliver a lecture on "Your Grandparents, Yourself and Your Grandchild." In the evening the principal speaker will be John E. Wiley, of Anderson. The recent hotel arrivals are Emily H. Knapp, Mrs. J. J. Townsend, Rev. C. W. Tinsley, Mrs. Calvin Fletcher, Miss Fletcher, E. B. Sprague, all of Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McKeehan have opened their cottage at 151 Harrison avenue. Sunday morning there will be a social meeting at 9:30 o'clock and the management is desirlous that all the cottagers attend this meeting and also the lectures by Rev. J. W. Hamilton, of Cincinnati, secretary of the Freedman's Aid and Southern Educational Society. Mr. Hamilton may be remembered by many Indianapolis people. In the evening F. T. McWhirter will conduct the services and will talk on the labor question in Its relation to prohibition. Miss Rosa Marie Beatty, of Indianapolis, is the guest of Mrs. Cavanaugh, Miss Moora and Miss Murphy. Miss Beatty is an addition to the musical talent of the park and Blngs at most of the entertainments. Monday has been set aside at Acton Park as Epworth League day. The headquarters will be at Junior League cottage. A programme has been planned, beginning the day with a sunrise prayer meeting at the pavilion at 6:30. Arrangements have been made with the railroads to carry two children fifteen years of age or under for one fare. The programme in the morning will consist of recitations and eongs and an address by the president of the State League, O. H. Palmer. The afternoon will be devoted to social enjoyment, and In tne evening at 7:15 there will be a song service, led by Prof. J. W. King, followed by an address by Rev. W. S. Grim. THE PENNSYLVANIA'S PLEfl.

It Stands by the Tax Law, but Wants Fair Treatment. Col. I. N. Walker, formerly tax commissioner, appeared before the State Board of Tax Commissioners yesterday in the Interest of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He said he stands by the tax law of 1S91 and tho acts of the State board under that law, but the friends of the measure have been disappointed in its operation in that local levies have not been reduced commensurate with the increased value added to the duplicate under the law. The local officers seem to have disregarded their duties and have failed to reduce the levies as was contemplated by tho framers of the law. The colonel believed that the new county and township reform laws will give some relief In this direction and that local levies will be greatly reduced hereafter. The board had made some mistakes at the beginning, but ho was surprised it has come as neap the mark as it has. The Pennsylvania officers, he said, have protested for many years that the assessment on their property ha3 been higher relatively than that on other railroad property. For this reason the company had kept Its earnings by various divisions separate and had so reported them to the board. He said that a serious mistake was made in the assessment of the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago road last year. The gross earnings of that road, including the division east of Crestline, were $22,518 a mile, and this was the basis on which tho valuation of the road was made. This was a wrong basis. The gross earnings of the western division, extending from Crestline to Chicago, were $17,239 a mile, and as this is the division which runs through; Indiana it should be taken as the basis of valuation. To fix the valuation on the earnings of the entire road, as was done last year, is unjust, as those earnings represent that portion operating through Pennsylvania. The correct basis on which the road should be assessed should be on the gross earnings of the western division alone, or that which operates through Indiana, he claimed. The assessment made on this incorrect basis, he held, increases the value) of the road $6,000 a mile more than it should have been valued at. The Pennsjivanla company, he said, is the largest taxpayer in. the State, as tho taxable value of its property approximates $40,000,000. and last year it paid into the State treasury in taxes $671.005.46. This is the tax on more than 25 per cent, of all railroad property in the State, He quoted Vice President Brooks as saying the company desires to pay its full share of taxation, but he asked the consideration tho magnitude of interests deserved. When Col. Walker finished Governor Mount, on behalf of the board, congratulated him on his ablo argument and he also congratulated tha company on securing a member of the board to act as its tax agent. S. O. Pickens also appeared for the roadi He submitted a statement compiled by Wj F. Charters, an expert in the examination of land records, regarding the assessed value of lands. The report says it may be true that land is assessed at 73 per cent, of its value south cf a line drawn east and west through Indianapolis, but exceptions are found In Scott, Jennings, Shelby, Johnson, Jackson, Vigo, Parke. Hendricks and Wayne, where the land is assessed at 70 per cent, of its true value. Counties in the northern half of the State are not assessed as high as counties in the southern half. The northwestern part of Indiana has tho lowest assessment and the river counties are high. The hlghrpt assessments in the State are in Fayette, Hancock. Floyd. Clark. Jefferson, Morgan, Owen and Putnam, where the assessment runs three-fourths at least. In Fayette county land Is assessed at Its full cash value, while In Hancock county the land was assessed while a boom was on. New Albany and Jeffersonville are traveling the way of all river towns, but there Is no corresponding decrease in valuations. The assessment in the gas belt is now about 05 per rent. The report states that in Hammond and other towns suburban to Chicago the land is assessed at not more than 25 per cent, of Its value. Judge E. C. Field, of Chicago, briefly stated the caso for the Monon. L. C. Stanley, of Chicago, solicitor for the Chicago Grand Trunk, said it costs the company S2 cents to earn every dollar, and he desired a decrease in the assessment. The balance of the day was spent in executive session, and the board will adjourn the first session some time to-day. QUIET AT EVANSVILLE. Governor Does Not Believe the Mill tla Is Already Out. A special from Evansville last night said: "The coal mining strike situation was quiet to-daj The presence of the local militia under arms, deputy sheriffs and police doing special duty, seems to have awed the lawless element and at present there seems to be no danger. There is no truth In the report that Pinkerton detectives are here at work." This dispatch was read to Governor Mount last night and that official could not understand the reference to the local militia. "I know the local militia is net under arms, for the authority to order out militia rests solely with the Governor, and I have not ordered any organization of the militia out. There was a report that troops have been Instructed to be in readiness and this may have arisen from it, but I do not understand such a statement as is in the telegram. The company at Evansville has not been ordered under arms." Th Governor received no word from Evansville yesterday. It is understood that complete preparations have been made by the state authorities for promptly suppressing any disorder that may arise at Evansville and that every detail has been attended to. While the situation seems to have quieted somewhat during the past day or

two. the state authorities are fearful that a permanent settlement cannot be made until there is a serious outbreak, as neither side shows any sign of yielding. Equipments have been sent six companies and are ready in case of an emergency. The batteries from this city and companies from Frankfort. Terre Haute. New Albany and Washington will move first if a call comes. Holt Company Claimed the Mare. Justice Smock heard the evidence in a replevin suit yesterday and because of the perplexities therein took it under advisement. Austin B. Gates, a liveryman, claims that John B. Owen has In his possession a mare to which he Is entitled on account of a board bill of about $30. The horse was owned by William Soggemcler, Jr., and kept at Gates's stable. The Holt Ice and Cold Storage Company held a mortgage on the horso which was foreclosed a few days ago. when the horse was away from the stable. Owen bid the animal In. The Holt company appeared in court yesterday and showed that Owen was acting for the company In the purchase and never had actual possession. It also appeared that the Holt company had knowledge, prior to the sale, of the delinquent board bill. The company, howewr. claimed the mare and denied that the plaintiff had any right of action against the defendant.

PENNSYLVANIA LINES. Annual Seashore Excursion. $15 Round Trip Good 15 Days. To Atlantic City, the "national play ground," and to the popular summer havens Cape May, Anglesea. Avalon. Holly Beach. Ocean City, Sea Isle City. Wlldwood and Rehoboth. Special train of through sleepers and coaches leaves Indianapolis Thursday. Aug. 10. Stopover of ten days at Philadelphia. W. W. RICHARDSON, D. P. A. LOUISVILLE, KYn 91.50 Round Trip ? 1.50. Sunday, Ana:. O. Pennsylrunla Lines. Special train leaves Union Station 7:20 a, m. Returning, leaves Louisville, Fourteenthstreet Station C:10 p. m. BIG FtR ROUTE. Lafayette aad Return, Sunday, July 30, 1899. Dedication of St. Anne's Church. fl.OO Round Trip $1.00. Special train leaves Union Station 7:43 a. m. Returning, leaves Lafayette 7:30 p. m. Electric cars will be ready at depot in Lafayette to take excursionists directly to the Soldiers Home and Tecumsch Trail, the mast delightful retreat in this part of Indiana. Shady groves, deep ravines, romantic sct!M."-y, boating on the Wabash rivei. Lyeiytlnng desirable for an outing. Visit the plac6 once and you will surely want to do so again. Tickets will also be sold to intermediate points at cm responding rates. C-ill at Big Four effice. 1 E. Washington street, and Union Station. 11. M. BRONfrON. A. Q. P. A. INDIANAPOLIS TRANSFER COMPANY. (Trunks, 25c.) Telephone 440, New and Old Company. We call for your baggage promptly day or night, and don't keep you waiting. Two men on all wagons, at no additional cost, to carry your trunks up and downstairs. This protects your carpets, wails, hardwood floors, etc. Our carriage service is the finest and you get them when you call. 91.00 DECATUR AND RETURN f 1.00. Via I., D. & W. R'y, ' Sunday, July 30, 1SOO. Special train will leave Union Station 7 a. m. Returning leave Decatur 6:30 p. m, TAKE THE BIG FOUR ROUTE To Hot Springs, Vs. The popular resort on the C. & O. Special low rates. Call at Big Four offices for full Information. . 1L M. BRONSON, A- O. P. A, BIG FOUR. ROUTE. Acton Camp Meeting-, July 25 to Auff. 17, DO. SO Cents Round Trip CO Cents, Including Admission to Grounds. Trains on week days run as follows i Lv. Indpls... 7:00 a; m. 10:50 a. m. 5:33 p. m. Ar. Acton... 75 a, m. 11:20 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Returning Lv. Acton. 8:30 am 10:45 am :(pm 11:21 pra Ar. Indpls. 9:00 am 11:15 am SiOpm 11:50 pm On Sunday Lv. Indpls... 9:00 a. m. 1:30 p. m. 6:00 p. m. Ar. Acton... 9:25 a. m. 2:20 p. m. :27 p. m. Returning Lv. Acton... 12:13 noon, B:00p. ra. 11:00 p.m. Ar. Indpls.. .12:45 p. m. 6:30 p. ro. 11:30 p. m. For full information call at Big Four offices, No. 1 East Washington street and Union Station. II. M. BRONSON, A. G. P. A. BIG FOUR ROUTE Annual Seashore Excursion, Thursday, August 17. f 15 Round Trip f 15. To Atlantic City, Anglesea, Avalon, Cape May, Holly Beach, Ocean City, Rehoboth, Sea Jsle City and Wildwood. Stop-overs 10 days within final limit at either Washington, Philadelphia, Baltimore, alo Covington and White Sulphur Springs, Va. Tickets good returning fifteen days. Special through sleepers will leave at 7 a. m. and 6:30 p. m. H. M. BRONSON, A. G. P. A. BIG FOUR ROUTE. Excursion to Cincinnati, Sunday, July 30. 91.00 Round Trip 91.00. Baseball New York vs. Cincinnati. Special train leaves Indianapolis 7:30 a. m.. returning leaves Cincinnati 7 p. m., making no stops in either direction. 11. M. BRONSON, A. G. P. A. The Vernon Insurance and Trust Company are closing the sale of their stock. Insure with German Fire Insurance of Indiana. General offices, 23 South Delaware street. Fire, tornado and explosion. Insure with Indiana Insurance Company. 143 East Market street. Fire, lightning and tornado. Marcy's place to bur watches. Jewelry, diamonds and silverware. Lowest prices. Feed your bone JANES'S Dustlesa Oats. DON'T FORGET OUR STERLING SILVER SALE 6 Dessert Forks, sterling, . . $5.95 6 Dessert Spoons, sterling, . $6.35 6 Heavy Teaspoons, sterling, $4.28 Other pieces being closed out at equally low prices. Now is the time to match your patterns or purchase a fine gift for little money. JuIiusC.WallC8g on. INDIANA'S DIAMOND MERCHANTS. Groceries are very cheap here. This list for to-day: GRANULATED SUGAR, weight HO and quality guaranteed, 18 lbs.... vlvltl OYSTERS, cherry stone lunch, half-pound can SALT. R. S. V. P., none better manufactured (3 packages 20c), rfr each SCOURENE, Block's (3 for 10c) OSo VINEGAR, full quart bottle, good r. quallty (2 bottles 13c) 12 RICE, extra 10c quality, per pound.... TJio ARMOUR'S DEVILED TONGUE, n r half-pound can ARMOUR'S PORK AND BEANS.... lOo GELATINE, Keystone ltto CREAM. St. Charles, evaporated l&o TAGGART8 BEST BUTTER CRACKERS; Just received fresh, fZ per pound HIRE'S ROOT BEER 18o CHEESE, our elegant, full New York cream, either white or yellow, to-day, per pound lie LEMONS, extra choice, fancy jC. Messlnas IOC LEMONS, not quite as nice look- fling as these, at lit. THE WM. H. BLOCK CO.

Just a Few of Hie many choice products of our ovens RASPBERRY TURN-OVERS They are delicious, a delightful dainty to add to a luncheon. "HONEY COMB" A new cake that commends itself to all who like a true California honey flavor. Besides these remember our Chocolate Marshmallows Reception Flakes Witch Biscuits And other choice goods, and never forgetting that the best general purpose cracker is the TAGGART BUTTER. 2T AH good grocers keep our goods on sale.

The Parrottfaggart Bakery PAID-UP CAPITAL : $600,000 SURPLUS : : : : $180,000 Stockholders' Addition Uiblllty : $600,003 TheUnion Trust Company Is organized under a special law which re quires a guarantee of ample llnanclal re eponslbility and establishes a state supervision. It must be examined twice a year by the auditor of state, and may be examined any time he pleases. The safeguards of law thus thrown about U insure correct management It is authorited to act as executor and guardian, administrator, assignee, receiver or trustee under wills, or by appointment of court, and can do business, as a rule, more efficiently and economically than an individual. Its stockholders are liable for twice the amount of their stock. Offices Nos. US & 122 (Company's Build ng) East Market Street. OFFICERS! JOHN II. IIOLJ.IIAT. President . ' HENRY EITEL. Vice President and Tret, urer. II. M. FOLTZ, Secretary. We are selling lots of it, because we guarantee it. If it is not GOOD, we make it GOOD. Lawn Sprinklers and Fittlnjs Hose Mecien. LILLY fc STALNAKER, 114 and 110 E. Washington St. WHY I White Line Washing Powder A WIXXER? Because it is A ONE-LB. PACKAGE for 5 cents. -. Chickering Pianos Oldest in America! Finest in the World! WULSCHNER'S MUSIC HOUSE IFOR RENT Rooms in the MAJESTIC BUILDING At Reduced Rates. The finest Office Building in the dtyr Strictly fire proof. Rapid elevators, and all modern conveniences. Apply to GREGORY & APPEU Agents, The Indianapolis Gas Company CIGARS O TlbaSold by all Dealers. Ask for it PATM BROS., U East Washingtea SK MESSENGER'S 110 East Washington St "bicycles for rent Agonoy Clipper and Monarch THOS. HAY - - 39 Monument Place fZ-PHOXE 2S9I. TEINWAY PIAXOS Dose In tno World PEARSON'S MUSIC HOUSE INDIANA TO LIS. 1 3D. The poets ting In bravest strain Of the man behind the tun, ' And they tell la rbymthlc stanzas of The g alliat deeds he's doce. And Just ss the jan without the msa Would be useless, or as bad So sn advertisement would miss fire Without goods behind the ad. 0000 If you've goodsbehind your ad, and the JOURNAL gets the ad, then the people will get the goods and you'll get the money.

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