Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 215, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 August 1899 — Page 8

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1899.

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IU1 Ij Two prices now give you choice of all the finer grades of trimmed Pique Dress Skirts. Those formerly. priced tip to J13 at6.75 Tho that would have cost $10 to CQ 72i ?? -1 rhMA vwAt-J Wool Dress Skirts Clearing up those that have tarried a trifle .Mifiv ot . JOiVO I AYRES & CO. r-le Acrent for Standard Pattern. rz:j?.z:zT cf QtiV.ii tad FrctWork. TCi3 Ground Floor Housewives: Flooring, Vccd Carpet, VccI Carpets, Axninsters, Wiltons, frlcquettes, ; Tapestries, Body Brussels, . Ingrains, Art Squares, All Mattings, Stair Rods, Carpet Sweepers. We can show you a larger- var i e t y, quantity, quality and price in these necessary things than can be seen elsewhere, and we are always glad to make this showing, whether you are ready to buy or not. Albert Gall Carpets, Draperies, Wall Paper, 17 and 19 West Washington Street. Hardwood Floors laid, finished and reflnlshed. Cultlnzsfron Kills Katie's Scissors-No. 7 little Dollie Flaxenhead Eating milk and QUAKER BREAD A tee called a bumble Caused her to tumble "And made this big bump," Sbe said. THIS 1 1 43c A PAIR Ui line oi xancy lop arop-siucn iizui i HOSE, of the very best quality. mm 10 EAST WASUI.NGTO!. STREET. TROUBLES OF THE MINERS. Strikes In Indiana, Pennsylvania and Indian Territory Discussed. For the first time since the conference with the mine operators, held last winter. the executive board of tho United Mine Workers met In the headquarters in the Stevenson building yesterday to Inquire into the general condition of the 80,000 union miners throughout the country. The strikes now on in different parts of the country were the principal things discussed, and the one at Evansville took up more time than any of the others. It developed at the meetins that there are COO Indiana miners now on strike and as many more in Pennsylvania, but the largest strike is In the Indian Territory, where a protracted fight is on to secure recognition of the union. , One of the chief grievances In that part of the country la that "the Big Four,' by which name the consolidated corporations are known, insist on paying their employes with orders on the company's stores. In addition to this, it is said, the operators employ inexperienced doctors to care for sick miners, who are taxed 31 a month for medical treatment whether the doctor attend them or not. Doth of the?e institutions the miners want to abolish. To help the matter along the union miners throughout the country have appealed to the railroads tapping that district not to carry nonunion negro laborers into the district. Conference ulth the Governor. Governor Movit yesterday morning had a conference regarding the Evansville strike. Those who met with him were S. W. Little, one of the mine operators of Evansville; Fred Dllcher, national committeeman of the United .Mine Workers, who has had charge of the strike, and John Mitchell, president of the organization. The conference waa without practical results, although the Governor talked plainly and forcibly. As the result of much questioning, the Governor found that the question of wages has teen relegated to the rear, and the sole Question now Is the recognition of the union. ARMY RECRUITS. Lieutenant Howell Secures Eleven at Fort Wayne. Indiana Is to be thoroughly canvased for recruits for the army. Officers of several regiments are already In the city receiving men at the local recruiting . offlce, and yesterday Lieut. Itowell received telegram that an officer from the Thirty-fourth Regiment, at Fort Logan, Col..' would arrive in a week. Lieut. Howell returned from Fort Wayne last evening with eleven recruits. 3Ionumeata at Chlckamanga. A committee consisting of A. O. Miller, commander of Wilder 'a brigade; Major Kilborn. of Marshall, 111.; Captain Ilerron. of Crawfordsvllle, and Sergeant Richey. of Boone county, met with Governor Mount yesterday regarding the dedication of the monuments erected by the brigade on Chlckamauga battlefield. Governor Mount will epeak and the brigade will hold a reunion on the date of the dedication. Chlckerixs Pianos it Wulicancr'a.

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FOOD YESTERDAY EAR SEYMOUR WITH HER ALLEGED ADDUCTOR. Doth Were Brought Here, and the Girl Was Sent on to Fulton County. Tho man whom all Fulton county has teen anxious to capture the alleged abductor of Nellie Berger was caught at noon yesterday. on a farm two miles out of Free town, near Seymour. The girl was with Mm. Sheriff E. S. Fultz and his deputy, . A. Gast, of Rochester, made the arrest William Jones of Cadillac, Mich., to this city. The girl was taken through tnis city to her home, near Rochester, by Henry A. Barnhart, editor of the Rochester Sentinel, who had gone with the officers to find her. The three men had a private tip that the girl and Jones were at Freetown, but it took them all yesterday morning to locate them. Jones had secured employment haul ing gravel, and he and the girl were living at a farm house near the gravel pit. The officers walked in on them while they were eating dinner. Jones made no resistance when the handcuffs were snapped on his wrists, and the girl was delighted when she saw her friends.Jones will be taken to Michigan City this morning for safe keeping, because, the of ficers think. If they took him to Rochester ho would bo lynched a3 soon as they reached town. They are of opinion that Jones frightened the girl Into submission, and they do not believe she went with him willingly. She told them Jones threatened to kill her if she tried to escape from him. Jones claims the girl went with him willing ly. Fifteen days ago Jones went to the Berger home, and, saying he wanted the girl to work on h's mother's farm, suc ceeded in persuading her parents to let her go with Mm. A week afterward the girl's parents discovered that Jones had lied, and the hunt began. Jones and the girl traveled south In a buggy, he trading horses from time to time. The girl is ill and worn out with traveling and lack of food. She said they stopped at farmhouses some nights and in the woods others. A reward of $1,100 has been offered for the arrest of Jones, and his captors will claim SC00 of it, it is said. They charge Jones with having assaulted several girls In the northern part of the State, after hav ing taken them from their homes under promises similar to the one made to the Berger family. They say he is a horse thief and a desperado. Jones was willing to Sg Vt,rSS": horse trader. He admitted all the charges against him, except that the girl was not willing to accompany him. He said he knew the people of Rochester would lynch him if he were taken there, but he did not seem frightened. The sheriff and his deputy say Jones gave them a bottle containing a drug which he is supposed to have given the girl. After her disappearance circulars bearing the description of Jones and the girl were sent out over the State, and hundreds of men searched the woods near Rochester, expecting to find them there. Jones and the girl were in this city two days last week, and while he was trading his horse for another in "Jockey alley." West Pearl street, the two stopped at a near-by boarding house. The keeper of the boaramg nouse said last night that she did not notice that the girl wag frightened. nor did she suspect that she was not Jones's wire. BEFORE THE TAX BOARD. Unreliability of Ex-County Officials Complained Of. The State Board of Tax Commissioners yesterday eat as a judicial body and listened to testimony nearly all day. The county assessor of Perry county asked that no changes be made In the assessment in that county. He said it is customary for county officers to leave the county as soon as their terms expire and a general distrust of county officers exist He said one former Republican county treasurer is now in Canada, a former Democratic treasurer is In the penitentiary and another treasurer moved to Kentucky as soon as his term expired. Most of the day was consumed by the struggle of gas companies to keep the board from assessing pipe lines according to their earning capacity. It has been the custom value of the pipe only, ana an appeal was taken from the assessment by the Madison county board. The Indianapolis Gas Company was represented by Gavin & Davis, the Consumers Gas Trust Company by Judge Lamb and the Manufacturers' Gas Company by 9. O. Pickens. Judge Gavin held that Madison county has no right to assess the value of the Indianapolis Gas Company, but that the right exists In the Marlon county board, as the main offices of the company are located here. He held that the assessment should be according to the commercial value cf the pipe only. During the afternoon a large number of witnesses testified as to the value ot the pipe when the assessment was made and arguments will be heard this morning. NEW PAPER COMPANY. Concern Incorporates with Stock of 75,000. Capital The Capital Taper Company yesterday filed articles of incorporation with a capital stock of $75,000. The company will operato in this city and the directors are Moses P. Fisher. Emanuel I. Fisher and Raphael Klrshbaum. The Hoosler Coal Company, of Linton, was Incorporated . with a capital stock of $25,000. The directors are Elmer E. Ncal, of Bloomfleld; Ernest 21. Tripp, of Indianapolis; Albert L. Tripp, of North Vernon; L. I. New by, of Knightstown, and Curtis Adams and Joseph W. Yakey, of Bloomfleld. W. L. Kidder & Son, grain dealers of Terre Haute, wre incorporated with a capital stock of $123,000. The directors aro Wright L. Kidder, Edson. W. Kidder and Thllip Best. The Kokomo Ornamental Fence Company was incorporated with a capital stock of $1 ). The directors are J. E. Frederick. Harry Wood and Joel Ward, of Illdgevllle. The Electrical Construction Company, of this city, was Incorporated with a capital stock of JIO.OOO. The directors are Charles Fleming. L. L. Lancaster and John H. Murphy. The Parke County Telephone Company was incorporated with a capital stock of $12,000. The directors ara John L. Swalm, D. M. Carlisle, Edward C. McMurty, Andrew S. Russell, Albert. Wheat, Jesse B. Connelly and Albert M. Adams. The People's Building Association, of Montlcello, was incorporated with a capital stock of 52uO,000. REVENUE OFFICE RECEIPTS. July the Biggest Month in the Hlatory of the Office. The receipts at the Internal revenue office of this district for the month of July exceeded those of any single month in the history of the office. The total collections amounted to $330,153.33, and the collections were as follows: List. JW.3GS.53; beer. J?U12.U: spirits, 5219,035.31; cigars and cfgarettes, $lG,61tM9; snuff. $0; tobacco. $U!W.Tt; special taxes. X.1?4.93; oleomargarine, J13.3.20: playing catds. i0; imprinted stamps. JlO.lOu; mixed flour. J."): documentary stamps, $2S.6IS.3; proprietary stamps. $1.510.91; total. $330,493.51 H'PHEE'S PECULIAR CASE. Blackford County Man Taroled by Governor Mount. Governor Mount yesterday paroled Michael McPhee. now serving a term In the state rrison from Blackford county for receiving stolen goods. McPhee was convicted of receiving stolen goods, and in the trial of the men charged with stealing them and selling them to him it was proven that the goods were not stolen. They were later returned to MePhee's wife by order of the court, but McPheo has been in prison.

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cuting attorney and nearly every prominent citizen of Blackford county. STATE FINANCE BOARD. Adjourns Without Letting Contract for Reformatory Ctllhouse. The State finance board last evening met with the managers of the Reformatory and considered the bids for the new cellhouse. The appropriation made was $200,000. and the lowest bid for the structure is $:50,000. The board considered it at length and Anally adjourned until next week, when the attorney general will submit an opinion as to whether or not some of the specifications can be omitted and the building erected un der the appropriation. It is desired that the building shall be a model one in every respect, and it cannot be built according toplans under the appropriation. The board heard a statement by Superintendent Johnson, of the Institution for the Feeble-minded, at Fort Wayne, in which he described how he has been able to put up the building authorized by the Legislature by using the labor of those in the institution. The bricks were burned at the institution and all excavations were made by patients, and only by following this course was it possible to keep the building within the appropriation. The board highly commended Mr. Johnson. RAIN FELL IN TORRENTS FIERCE THUNDERSTORM DRIXGS RELIEF TO SWELTERING HUMANITY. Streets Flooded and Cellars Filled Street-Car Traffic Interfered With. Damage by Lightning, According to the weather bureau, yesterday was the hottest day of the season thus far. The highest point reached yesterday was at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when the thermometer registered 90 degrees. Throughout the day the heat was intense, however, and people and horses suffered considerably. Early in the day it was seen that a "scorcher" was coming, and this opinion was Justified by the records of the weather bureau, which are as follows: 7 a. m 77 8 a. m 80 9 a. m SI 10 a. m bl 11 a. m 92 12 m 93 1 p. m i 1:30 p. m !' 3 p. m 98 4 p. m 1 5 p. m & 6 p. m CJ 7 p. m fi!) 8 p. m 70 Toward evening the sky became overcast and it was hoped that rain would cool the air. For two hours the rain poured down in torrents, and when it ended a fall of 2.53 Inches was registered. Floods of cellars in different parts of the city were recorded, but no serious damage from this cause was reported. The streetrailway company suffered considerably, as, In addition to the burning out of a dozen armatures, incapacitating as many cars from service, the feed wire on the East Michigan-street lino burned out, stopping traffic there for some time. Tho most serious trouble, however, came through the flooding of the Illinois-street tunnel. The sewers intended to drain the tunnel became clogged, and instead of the great volume of water running off it backed into the tunnel, flooding It to a depth of three feet. As a consequence, no cars could be moved for over an hour, and even then the passage was made with rreat difficulty and risk of burning out tho motors. A number of people were attracted and at the same time alarmed by an electric display at tho corner of Pennsylvania and Washington streets curing the storm. The heavy tall of rain covered the trolley wires as well as cverythhig else, so that the water dripped into the street. The powerful current with which the wires wero charged saturated the water, and as the drops tell to the pavement They blazed with the glow of the electricity m tho water. Two houses were reported as having been struck by lightning, wnlch played incessantly during the storm. Wnile Mrs. M. E. Leighter, her son, W. N. Leighter, and her sister, Mrs. F. II. Catlin, were preparing to tako their places at their supper table a bolt of lightning struck a telephone wiro entering tne house, and, after burning part of the wall and prostrating Mrs. Leignter by the shock, passed on with no further damage. Mrs. Leighter, who lives at 914 Olive street, was carried by her son to the home of a neighbor, where she recovered. The home of George Catterson, at Sixteenth and Meridian streets, was also struck. A Are gong was connected with the house andtho lightning struck the wire, wrecked the gong and burned part of the wall. No ono was Injured. According to the reports sent In from tho surrounding country there were two distinct storms which centered Just north of the city. The vortex thus formed worked great damage in the vicinity of Broad Ripple, where, although no houses were damaged, hundreds of small trees were either uprooted or broken and destroyed. While the storm was on, two horses hitched in a shed at Carter & Lee's lumber yard, on West Washington street, were struck by lightning and killed. They were standing with their heads near an iron bar across the door, and it is supposed this bar attracted the lightning. The horses were owned by a farmer named Stout, living west of the city. A VEXATIOUS QUESTION. Board of Safety Trying to Reach an Agreement with the Gardeners. Both the market master and a committee from the Gardeners' Association were before the Board of Safety yesterday morning in an attempt to settle the matter of disposing of the new market spaces east of the market house. The gardeners were taken to task by the board for still using the streets in selling their wares instead of occupying the spaces built for them. Tho pardeners explained that they had hoped the board would defer any action in the matter until fall, when the matter could be more easily settled, because many who occupy 3tanus a few months in the summer would be out of the way by that time. The board decided, however, that the stands would be taken at once or they would be put up at auction. City's Contiact with Street-Car Co. At the meeting of the Board of Works yesterday It was decided to ask City Attorney Kern for an interpretation of two sections of the contract between the city and the Indianapolis Street -railway Company. Section 2 provides that the Council shall grant permission to "operate any line or a part of a line of street railway upon any of the streets except such as are specifically named," while Section 9 makes its obligatory on the part of the company to extend its lines to certain parks on the order of the Board of Works. The question to be decided by the city attorney is as to whether, under the contract, it will be necessary to refer the matter to the Council after the board has ordered an extension to be made. 4 BO AHD OF AVOltKS ROUTINE. Final Estimates Approved. In behalf of PvOgers & Dunlap for cement sidewalks on Washington street, from Noble to Cruse street. In behalf of Julius Keller for cement sidewalks on East street, from Wa?hlngton to Ohio street. Petitions Referred. For the vacation of the first alley north of Twentieth street, from Tark avenue to Ruckle street. For grading and graveling Illinois street, from Thirty-fourth to Thirty-eighth street. For cement sidewalks on the north side of Market street, from Highland avenue to Oriental street. For cement sidewalks on the west side of Melkcl street, from McCarty to Ray street. For opening Senate avenue from Merrill to McCarty street. For cement sidewalks on Wabash street, fiom East to Noble street. Remonstrance Filed. Against the construction of a gravel roadway, brick gutter and curb on Southeastern avenue, from State avenue to Rural street. Referred to city engineer.

ELEVATION OF TRACKS

CITY EXGIXEER .MAKES HIS REPORT TO DOARD OF PUBLIC "WORKS. Submits a General rian Which lie Think Will Satisfy All , Conditions. City Engineer Jeup made his formal report on the matter cf track elevation to the Board of Works yesterday morning. It says : "Tho problem which presented itself was to prepare a plan for the elevation of tracks which would "1. Provide a sufficient number of subways at the crossings of the tracks, so that the different sections of the city could b reached without crossing surface tracks. "2. To provide that the elevation of tracks should Involve the least possible expenditure of money In its construction. "3. To provide that such manufacturing and shipping interests as have private switches or spurs should be put to as little expense aa possible when the tracks are elevated. "4. To provide that the present freight houses should, if possible, be not disturbed, In order that the cost of shipping or the freight rates fhould not be lncreaed. "5. To provide a plan such that the least amount of damage should be done to the abutting property along the lines of elevated tracks. "In order to satisfy the above-mentioned conditions tho following general plan is prcpoped: "1. The C.. C. C. & St. L. Railroad (Chicago division) shall provide that all passenger and through freight trains, and such freight trains as deliver freight to and from the frelghthouses. be taken ever the Belt Railroad over the lines already controlled by the same company to a line of elevated tracks extending in an easterly and westerly direction, beginning west of West street. The present track shall be used to serve only the local manufacturers and shippers having ppurs and switches. These tracks It Is not proposed to elevate, so that the industries along this line will not be affected by the proposed elvatlon. "2. The L. B. & W.. C, C, C. & St. I (Cleveland division) and L., N. A. & C. railroads shall elevate their tracks from the Union tracks at East Washington street to Massachusetts avenue. At East Washington street and Massachusetts avenue crossings there shall be no surface track?. Between Massachusetts avenue and Washington street a sidetrack should be permitted on each side of the elevated tracks at the grades of the streets to serve the local manufacturers and shippers. This f)lan is feasible, as such sidetracks can rave the grade of the elevated tracks at Massachusetts avenue and on a descending grade reach the surface of the street at St. Clair Ptreet, and acaln can leave the grade of the street at Vermont street and on an ascending grade reach the grade of the elevated tracks at Ohio street. "Beginning at Massachusetts avenue and Tenth street, the elevation of the C, C, C. & St. L. Railroad shall extend to such a point east of Hillside avenue that a proper undergrade crossing may be constructed at HHl?Ide avenue. The present grade of the tracks of the C. C, C. & St. L. Railroad art above the grade of the streets, and as far as grades are concerned the railroad company will be greatly benefited by the new grades established for the elevated tracks. AN UNDERGROUND CROSSING. "Beyond Hillside avenue on this line an undergrade crossing Is proposed at Valley Drive, and can be constructed without materially elevating the tracks, as they are already elevated above Massachusetts avenue at. this point. "The L., N. A. & C. Railroad and the L. E. & W. Railroad north of Tenth street and Massachusetts avenue, should be elevated to at least Seventeenth street. On both sides of the C. C. C. & St. L.. L. E. & W. and Monon lines provisions can be made for serving the local manufacturers and shippers on sidetracks running at grades of streets. "3. It Is proposed that the Union track be elevated throughout the entire extent from Senate avenue to Est Wa'shirton street. That there shall be no tracks at the grade of the street at Delaware street. Pennsylvania street. Meridian street and Illinois street, but that between Delaware street and East street in what has been designated as the freightnouse district (see plan 'A'), a sufficient number of tracks should be left in at the grade of the streets, so that the present frelghthouses can be served without altering the yards and buildings. It does not seem expedient at this time to elevate the frelghthouses, which would materially increase the cost of handling the freight. "By closing Liberty street at the Union tracks to vehicles, there will be sufficient distance- between Washington street and East street so that the tracks can descend from the grade of the elevated tracks at Washington street and reach the surface of the street at East street. West of Senate avenue all the tracks Bhall be elevated, but one sidetrack can be permitted at the north side of the tracks to serve the local manufacturing and shipping Interests. "4. The P.. C, C. & St. L. Railroad (Cincinnati division) and C, II. & D. Railroad should be elevated, to a point east of State avenue, so that an undergrade crossing can be constructed at State avenue, a sidetrack may be permitted on each side of the elevated tracks, with spurs and switches, to serve the yards and the local shippers and manufacturers. East of State avenue to the -Belt Railroad, there is at present r.o street crossings over the P.. C C. & St. L. Itailroad and C. H. & D. Railroad Tracks, but the construction of a subway Is being considered by both the-C, H. & D. and P., C, C. & St. Lv Railway companies at Rural street. The tracks at this point need not be elevated more than three feet. "3. It is proposed to elevate the J., M. & I. track to such a point south of Downey street that an undergrade crossing can be maintained at that street. No tracks shall cross South street at grade. "6. The I. & V. Railroad shall be elevated to the bridge across White river, similar arrangements being made to those described above, to serve private interests and manufacturers, by means of sidetracks to grade. "7. On the C, C, C. & St. Railroad (Cincinnati division) the tracks shall be elevated from tho Union tracks to Noble street, where they shall reach the present grade. At Noble street there is at present an overhead bridge, or viaduct, which should not be disturbed. East of Noble street the tracks can be either elevated or depressed, but It would seem more feasible to depress the tracks as far east as Leota street, providing overhead crossings at the various streets, and thence reach State avenue on an ascending grade, as shown on profile plan B.' At State avenue and at English avenue subways should be constructed. "The grade of the approach to the ele vated track of the P., C. C. & St. I and C. II. & D. Railroads is thirty-five feet per mile; the C, C. C. & St. L. Railroad (Cleveland diviMon) six fret per mile; the Lv E. & W. and Monon Railroads, 52.8 feet per mile; the Union Railway. 518 feet per mile; the J.. M. & I. Railroad, the approach is level, and of the I. & V. Railroad, forty feet per mile "There are at the present time grades on the main tracks of the various railroads which aro heavier than those on the proposed approaches. The grades on some of the present spurs and sidetracks are ever four feet per hundred or two hundred feet per mile. "The plan, as proposed, provides for no changes or alterations in the present frelghthouses or in the method of handling freight, except at the Vandalla freighthouse, at the site of which. I am Informed, it is proposed to construct a new freighthouse. PLAN FOR HANDLING FREIGHT. "The freight of the C. C. C. & St. Lv (Cleveland division) can be brought to the tracks of the Union Railway at its intersection with tho C, C. C. & St. I. (Cincinnati division), thence cn the C, C. C. & St. Lv Railway (Cincinnati division elevated) to Noble street, thence on the tracks at grade from Noble street, crossing East street, New Jersey street, Virginia avenue and Alabama street, as at present, to tho freighthouse in Delaware street. "The freight of the C C C. & St. Lv Railway (Cincinnati division) can be brought directlv on the surface track at present used from Noble street -to the frelehthouse on Delaware street. The freight on the C. C. C. & St. Lv Railway (Chicago division) will pass over the Belt Railroad and Union Railway tracks (elevated) to the C. C. C. & St. L. Railway (Cincinnati division), thence on tracks of said division to Noble street, and thence returning on suriace tracks across East street. New Jersey street, Virginia avenue and Alabama street to the freighthouse on Delaware street. "The freiRht of the J.. M. &. I. Railway, T. & V. Railway and the P., C, C. & St. L. Railway (Cincinnati division) will pass over the Union Railway tracks (elevated) to Washington street and Noble street, whence It will pass on the tracks descending from Washington street to East street, and thence on surface track to the freight houres between Alabama street and Dela"The freight on the Lv E. & W. and Lv.

N. A. & C. railroads, after reaching Washington street and Noble street, will take the descending track, as above described, to East street, and thence on surface tracks to the present freight houses. "In this manner practically all the freight which reaches the present localities can be handled as before without any additional cost to the railroad companies, and, therefore, without additional cost to the various business Interests that receive and handle freight. "According to the plan as proposed for this freightnouse district one of the main objections which has been raised against elevation of tracks is removed. "Another objection which" is being urged against the elevation of tracks is that all the manufacturing and shipping interests having private spurs and switches would bo seriously damaged on account of the necessity of remodeling their factories so a6 to do business, as it is stated, from the 'second story." According to the plan as proposed of permitting one surface track cn each side of the elevated track, crossing the less Important streets In the district, this objection will also be removed. "As shown on plan 'A there will be about twelve switches that will be elevated, and all other switches will remain as at present. "In nearly all cities where tracks have been elevated the same has been done by building retaining walls on each side of the right of way of the company and filling in the space with sand, gravel and earth. Where feasible the elevations have been made upon earth embankments. Bridges are constructed at street crossings to the

full width of the street. Wherever possible ine streets are depressed irom one to eignt I feet and the tracks elevated to such height above the street that there shall be a clearance under the girders supporting the tracks of thirteen, and one-half feet at streets where there are street car tracks and at least eleven and one-half feet where there are no tracks. The profiles as proposed, as shown on plan 4B show the various depressions of the streets, and it will be seen that the greatest depression contemplated is at West street, where the street is depressed eight feet below the main track of the Vandalla, and that the tracks are elevated only five feet above the present grade of the main track of the Vandalia. This was done in order to make the approach to the elevated tracks for the heavy freight trains from Klngan's porkhouse as light as possible, and in order also that the present tracks which serve Klngan's may not be disturbed. "In the vicinity of Pogue's run the present high-water level of the run Is so near the level of the streets that the streets cannot be depressed at the proposed subways. "Where the streets are depressed below the present grade, approaches are made at a grade not to exceed from three to three and one-half feet per hundred. In other cities the railroad companies have paid for the depression of the street. The material from the excavation being used for filling the space between the retaining walls. The companies have paved at their own expense the roadways and sidewalks. "The elevation of the tracks will necessitate no change in the Union Station building other than the elevation of the train sheds. The space under the track between the present grade of the tracks and the proposed grade can be utilized for storage, and also for passageway, so that trains can be reached through separate gates leading to the various tracks. Other cities have provtucu eiiiuiar arrangements ana passageways, even where the tracks are not elevated. PRESENT VIADUCT USELESS. mo cictuuun ot iracKa win matce use-

less the present viaduct except in so far as Greensburg, Batesvllle, Sunmans, lawrenceth m u. , .1 hiirir Anmra. and Intermediate stations.

411 l"c PPruacnea. me sioneworK ana tne Ironwork can again be utilized in the construction of the elevated tracks. Alabama street will be reopened. 'The damage to property on account of the elevation of the tracks will be that done to the owners of property whoso switches are to be rateed and whose buildings must be remodeled. Also the damage which will result to the buildings which have been constructed in conformity with the grade of the viaduct. 'The benefits to the property will vastly exceed the damage done to the few lntfrft before mentioned. j xroDerij- on jvieridian trf pnnsv . si reei ana otner streets over which the tracks will be elevated and which are considerably damaged by the present surface tracks will be enhanced in value. "In this connecUon I wish to quote from the report of the city engineer of Brockton, Mara., in 1S97. The cost of the elevation ot tracks In that city was S2.000,KK, of which the city's portion was one-tenth, or $200,000. The city received in paving at the various to I.WMTl.r& his report cava- nmeer' lr- &now,.m " -it is a remarkable fact that this suDways nignway improvements amounting: before the great improvement was entirely v.wmi)icieu, me increase in valuation of property abutting on the railroad and on the ctreets where changes had been made, as phown on the assessor's books, has been so large that the taxes received by the collector therefor have been more than sufficient to meet the jearly installments which tho scheme has Incurred upon the city. "In conclusion, I beg to say, that, with 8.2 miles of elevated tracks and at leat sixty subways and overhead crossings, which does not Include the crossings of the C-. C., C. & St Lv Railway (Chicago division), which latter crossings will be rendered safe by the removal of all through trains, and. considering the fact that all the larger freight houses and yards, and all private switches and spurs (with the exception of about twelve) will not be disturbed, I would consider that both public and private ln-icit-msv na eu as ine interests of the rail road companies, are amply protected, if the i;iwi as jjiujjuseu is earned out. ine is oar a or Works referred the n glneer's report to the Council committee on railroads. SUPREME TRIBUNAL Highest Court In the Order of Knights of Pythias in Seialon. Tho Supremo Tribunal of the Knights of Pythias, the court of last resort, began Its meetings yesterday at the Denison. The tribunal is composed of John II. Alexander, OI .UCeSDUrr. Va.. nn tf the nMni.Ant n - ' " f --. . JA Uitlllltlll at torneys of Virginia; Edward A. Graham, of Sinntrnmprv Ala t-n-ln miva. o v.. j , ,,vu wajui ui illctL t.lljr and now city attorney and counsel for the Mobile & Ohio Itailroad; William B. Gale, of Boston, a retired attorney and one of Ben Butler's most intimate friends; Frank II. Clark, of "Wyoming, now United States referee in bankruptcy for that State, and William G. Kennedy, of Chicago. Mr. Kennedy is an old newspaper man and has been prominent in the order for many years. The case heard yesterday was that against Henry Wellenvoss, of Louisville. Charges were ordered preferred at the last meeting of the Grand Lodge. Wellenvoss is charged with treasonable conduct In his participation in the meetings held in this city in 1893 when the German ritual matter was discussed. He is charged with obeying the instructions of that meeting and retusing to obey the instructions of the regular officers. Depositions were read yesterday from Chicago, Louisville and this city, and last evening T. B. Matthews, supreme representative, of Petersburg, Ky., and Stanley Adams, past grand chancellor, of Louisville, Ky., testified. The accused is defending himself. The tribunal meets here every six month by statute and the sessions are being held in the clubroom at the Denison. A number of other cases will be brought before it. The appeal of a St. Louis lodge from the order ot the Grand Lodge of Missouri regarding the payment of benefits will be heard to-day, and to-morrow the case of Will L. Seism against Frank Barry, of Milwaukee, will be taken up. Seism is the supreme representative of Nebraska, and he asks that Barry be compelled to show by what right he claims the title of past grand chancellor. This body is asked to forbid it. MUST COME DOWN. Prices Asked for Federal Site Property Too High. The Journal's "Washington correspondent last night reiterated the statement that the government was forced to enter condemnation proceedings to obtain the property desired as a site for the new public building at Indianapolis, unless the owners of the desired land see fit to offer their holdings to the government at a figure which Secretary Gage shall consider reasonable. Secretary Gage yesterday sent a letter to E. B. Martlndale asking that he secure, if possible, the lowest definite terms upon property owned within the territory the government desires to acquire. Propositions have already been submitted to the treasury from all owners of property within the boundaries of the proposed site, except Plymouth Church and the Harvey heirs. The prices which have been asked for the other pieces of property are considered altogether too high by Architect Taylor, who recently visited Indianapolis, and he has recommended that they be not accepted at the figures offered. Unless the owners of the various properties included In the tract can be induced to modify their offers the government will undoubtedly Institute con-

demnation proceedings and secure the property at something very close to its true value. Secretary Gage. It Is asserted, is loath to Institute condemnation proceedings, and may again send Supervising Architect Taylor to Indianapolis to endeavor to gain reasonable terms from the various property owners, but. falling Jn this, it Is declared that Mr. Gage will certainly exercise the prerogative of the government and acquire the necessary domain through condemnation proceedings. CATTLE THIEF LOCATED. John Teslovr Builds n Trap for Himself at Hot Springs.

The check given by Tolln, Harrell & Tibbs to John Teslow for seven head of cattle sold to them, which proved to have been stolen from J. J. Cooper, was heard from yesterday. The firm received a letter from Teslow, dated at Hot Springs, Ark., saying he had deposited the check in the Arkansas National Bank for collection and asking them to Instruct the bank to honor the check. Evidently Teslow did not know that his theft had been discovered. When the firm received the letter it wired the bank to have Teslow arrested. The bank replied that Mvmftlt fin tne cnecK naa oecn stnnnpd and Teslow had been arrested. A detective was sent to Hot Springs tp bring Teslow nere. The Indiana National Bank received the check yesterday morning. BIG FOUR ROUTE. Acton Camp Meeting-, Jnly 25 to Aug. 17, 09. SO Cents Round Trip SO Cents, Inclndlnff Admission to Grounds. Trains on week days run as follows: Lv. Inflpls... 7:00 a. m. 10:50 a. el 5:30 P- m. Ar. Acton... 7:25 a. m. 11:20 a. o. :M p. m. Returning , Lv. Acton. 8:30 am 10:45 am :CSpm 1121 pm Ar. Indpls. ? :00am 11:15 am 6:4) pn 11:50 pm On Sunday L.v. Indpls... 8:00 a. m. 1:30 p. m. : PAr. Acton... 8:25 a. ra. 2:20 p. m. 6:27 p. m. Returning M Lv. Acton. ..12:13 noon. 5:00 p.m. 11:00 p. ra. Ar. Indpls.. .12:45 p. m. 5:30 p.m. 11:30 p.m. For full information call at Big Four offices. No. l East Washington street and Union Station. . H. M. BRONSON, A. G. P. A. PENNSYLVANIA LINES. Annual Seashore Excnrslon. $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 a nd rnnrhps Imvpr indianaDOlis Thursday. Aug. 10, 2:30 p. m. Stopover of ten days at Philadelphia will be accorded on either going or return trip. Secure space In sleeping cars at city ticket offlce, corner wasmngton and Illinois streets. . W. W. RICHARDSON, D. P. A, BIG FOLK ROUTE. Excnrslon to Lnwrencebnrs;, Aurora, and Wcy rolnt, Sunday, Aug. O. oa ilAllar round triD to Shelbyvllie, n1 "tr- ,P;ve union Station 7:30 am- roturninir leave Aurora 7:20 p. m. Call at Big Four office, No. 1 East Washington etrcot and TTn1rr KtflHrm. II. M. BRONSON, A. G. P. A. BIG FOLK ROUTE. Annual Seashore Excursion, Thursday, Ausust 17. S16 Round Trip To Atlantic City. Anglesea, Avalon. Cape Tav uniiv Beach. Ocean City. Rehoboth. TkIa Citv and Wlldwood. Stop-overs in Hnv within final limit at either Washir.gton, Philadelphia, Baltimore, also Covinrtnn and whitA su nnur Bonnes, v a. Tickets good returning fifteen days. Special thrnn?h signers will lfave at 7 a. m. and 6:20 p. m. H. M. BRONSON, A. G. P. A. DENVER, COLORADO SPRINGS OR PUEBLO, COL. ' One Fare, Tins S2, for Round Trip, Via Vandalla Lines. Tickets sold Aug. A, 5 and 6; good return m until Sept. 1 7 1899. Stopovers ana aiver?e routes. For particulars call on nearRichardson, D. P. A. M AG AR A FALLS EXCURSION. Via C, II. & D. and Michigan Central R. R., Tuesday, Aug. 8. 87.00 Round Trip ff.OO. Tickets eood fifteen " days. Through coaches and sleepers. For details consult ticket agents. R. P. ALGEO, Ticket Agent. 81.00 Cincinnati and Return Sl.OO Via C, II. & D. Sunday, Aug. O. Two special fast trains; the first will leave at 6:50 a. m.. making no local stops; tho ernnd at 7:1S a m.. stopping at Rushvin Connersvllle. Liberty. Oxford and Hamilton. Leave Cincinnati, returning 6:25 Two games ot DaseDau, xxjuisvuie and St. Louis vs. Cincinnati. I T.ni:isvn.T.r KY ftt.50 Round Trrp f 1.50. Sunday, Aug. O. Pennsylvania Lines. Special train leaves Union Station 7:20 a. m. Returning, leaves .uouisvmt:, tuuuumstreet Station 7:10 p. m. The Vernon Insurance and Trust Company are closing the sale of their stock. Insure with Geiman Fire Insurance of In dlana. General offices. 29 South Delaware street. Fire, tornado and explosion. I t ... W Tn4Una T. ran fsmnanir I 1 XI S Li 1 J v lilt inuiaua lii'ut uii vuuiaiiji I43 East Market street. Fire, lightning and I lunmuu. "New Century" Callg-raph Is even stronger than previous models of the Callgraph. Incomparable light toucn. roipe reduced to minimum. United Typewriter and Sup plies Company, Indianapolis, Ind. Don't forget to take a few bottles of Cook's Im perial Extra Dry Champagne with you on your summer outings. Feed your horse JANES' S Dustltss Oats. If s Not Over Yet Our Sterling Sale Continues. and will until every fork and spoon In cer tain patterns are sold. Half dozen Sterling Dessert Spoons $3.93 Half dozen Sterling Dessert Forks J8.03 Half Dozen Sterling Teaspoons $3.93 Great Bargains. HiusCWaHceSoii INDIANA'S LEADING JEWELERS. Store Closes 1 p. m. Saturdays. Rain? Didn't It Rain Yesterday? R ain jnjrotectors ight ll riced 150 UMBRELLAS Just received, bought at 5 per cent, off the usual price. They are covered with Mercerized bilk Serge, the handles are Indeed well assorted, including Princess shaded, Dresden, polished wood, silver trimmed and oth er equally attractive handles; Paragon frame on steel rod: case AT tasel: seldom seen under J1.23 IV WW4 j ...... .. THE WIJ. H. BLOCK CO.

Reliable Insurance Insurers of property should be careful to select companies that are undoubtedly responsible, and whose methods of business are fair in case of loss. THE UXIOX TRUST COMPANY writes first-class insurance upon all classes of property, as will be seen by reference to the ' x Companies Represented By us alone: Niagara Iusurance Company of New York. Imperial Insurance Company, Limited, of London. The New Hampshire. If. notified, our representative wiU call upon you immediately. Telephone 1576.

VM. H. CLAPP, Manager Insurance Dep't Offices Nos. IIS & 122 (Company's BuildX 9 W in) East Market Street IFOR RENT Rooms in the MAJESTIC BUILDING At Reduced Rates. The finest Office Building in the city. Strictly fire proof. Rapid elevators, and all modern conveniences. Apply to GREGORY & APPEU Agents. The Indianapolis Gas Company MESSENGER'S 110 East Washington St. We are selling lots of it, because we guarantee it. If it is not GOOD, we make , it GOOD. Lawn Sprinklers and Fittisgs Hose Menders. LILLY & STALNAKER, 114 and 110 E. Washington St. CIGARS lOo Sold by all Dealers. Ask for It PATTON BROS., 14 East ashhglca St : STEINWAY M c In tho World PEARSON'S MUSIC HOUSE INDIANAPOLIS, IND. BICYCLES FOR RENT Agenoy Clipper and Monarch THOS. HAY - - 39 Monaoent Place tF" PHONE 1331. THE GREAT JULY Midsummer Clearance Sales AT THE STAR TORB 360 to 370 West Wasblaxton Street. I THE FURNITURE and CARPET CO, 32, 34, 36 South Illinois Street, Sell everything for housekeeping for cash or on easy payments anywhere in the city or State without extra charge lor credit. STEAMSHIPS. HAAIBURG-AMERICAN TWIN' SCRGAV EXPRESS LIXE To Cherbourg (Paris), boutbainptm (Loudon), llamnurir. Auk. Victoria.... Aug. 10 1 A. Victoria Sept. 7 F. Bismarck Aug. 21 1 uoiumws rpi. it TWIX SCREW PASSENGER SERVICE To Plymouth (London), tneruonrq (Paris), and Hamburg. Also New York-Hamburg Direct. Tatrla Aug-. Ill Patricia Am,'. l a. Waldernee ....Aqr. 28 Pennsylvania ....Sept. 2 I'alatia ftopt. 8 iTamhiirr-Amerlcan Line. 37 D road way, N. T. FRE.NZEL liROS., A. METZGER. Agta.. InJpla. IT'S AN EASY THING . . . To contract typhoid fever, diphtheria, op any of the Infectious diseases that arise from bad plumbing and bad drainage. You should have your? plumbing as carefully inrpected as if it was a dynamite bomb. "We are expert plumbers and gas fit ters. and will attend to wnything In this line in a scientific and expert manner. C. ANESHAEN'SEL & CO. 29-33 E Ohio St, The Time to Try -. -A Whether or not advertising is a benefit, is during the summer months, when there is not so much crowding in the ad vertising columns of tho papers. Will you make tho effort now? August trade is as good as that of any ether month In the year. You may as well have your share ot It Get your advertisement in . THE JOURNAL

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