Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 308, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 November 1899 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1899.

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New York Store IXabllfthcd Sole Aeenti Butterlrk Patterns. Indian's Oratffct Distributer of Dry Good. Carpets. Furniture and Hoinefurnls-hings. A $10 Suit For $5.98 A lot of just 50 Ladies Suits, in blue and black cheviot serge, taffeta silk-lined jackets and skirts, up to date in every respect. A good $10 suit, and a bargain, for. . . Second Floor.

Pettis Dry Goods Co. Drugs First Quality POPULAR PRICES. Huder's Drugstore Washington and Pennsylvania Sts. Ey Open all Night. AMUSEMENTS. Mr. Frank V. Steele has just returned from a four days' trip through Illinois with the Schumann concert and opera company. Mr. Steele has been engaged to Instruct the company In grand opera. Terre Haute Express. The last two performances of the Grand Stock Company in "A Wlfe'3 Peril" this afternoon and to-night will entertain large audiences. The coming week at the Grand Is to be one of exceptional attractiveness when the stock company will ho seen In "The Charity Ball." The advance sale for the opening performance Monday night Is already large. "The High Rollers" will close one of the best weeks the Empire has had this season with to-day's two performances. The Tuxedo Club will bo next week's attraction, beginning Monday matinee. Rosa, and Hart, the songstresses, with their Dutch pickaninnies, the two Fantas, Walt Terry, the dancer, and a number of others of ability are included in the roster. , To-night at English's the excellent company headed by Richard Golden and Hudson Alston will be sent In "In Paradise," a comedy adapted from the French by Louis Harrison. This Is the play which had a run of two months at the Bijou Theater, New York, and which was obliged to break off an engagement that was coining money owing to the theater having been leased to other performers. The play is said to be full of comical situations, smart dialogue and Jolly good fun. The sale of seats for the engagement has been very large. "Fritz In a Madhouse" will close its engagement at the Park this afternoon and to-night. Lottie Gilson and her clever songs have been the magnet for tho past two days at the Park.Of course the Jeffrles-Sharkey tight returns overshadowed everything else last night, though Miss Gilson managed to hold her own even against the pugilistic news from New York. Next week the Park has one of Its best attractions in Hyde's Comedians and Helene Mora. Miss Mora is singing several new songs this season. The vaudeville bill offered by this organization is new throughout. PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Mr. Lewis Wallace Cooper Is visiting in Boston. Mrs. Anatr. of Wochester, O., is visIUng Mrs. R. K. Syfers. The Saturday dances at the Country Club have been discontinued. Mrs. Edmund C. Gall will entertain the Famllle Club Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Judah have re turned to the city and are at the Denison. Dr. George M. Clinton, of New York city. Is the guest ox his cousin, James li. iveenan. Mrs. Morris Black will givo a recital In th'w city Nov. 22 before the Matinee Musicale. Miss Josephlna Gray, of Muncle, will come to-day to visit her sister, Mrs. Lynn B. Stone, Mrs. C C. Ferguson, of Richmond, Va., Is visiting her mother on North Meridian street. Mrs. Durbln, of Zanesvllle, O., will come next week to vlsifher sister, Mrs. Chapman Wlli'.aras. A masquerade party will be given at the wooaruu fiaca ciuonouso oaturaay even Ing, Nov. 1L Dr. and Mrs. T. A. Goodwin are visiting their son, Mr. E. M. Goodwin, and family at Terre liaute. Mrs. II. N. Kelsey and children, of Evanston, 111., are the guests of Mrs. B. C. Kelsey on Ash street. Tho Morton memorial exercises will occur at the Second Presbyterian Church tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Joseph Joiner will observe the Mon days in. November as her day at home. No caras nave been issuea. Mrs. F. R. Rell. Mrs. P. Hunton end Mrs. B. Dent, all of Union City, are visiting Mrs. N. P. Pangborn, H15 North Illinois street. Mrs. Hugh Reed, who has been visiting her brothers, the Messrs. Furguson. at the Hotel English, has returned to her home in Chicago. The Daughters of the RevoluUon will give a musicaJe Dec. zz, and will have Mme, Julia Rive-King, pianist, as the special attraction. The executive board of the Free Kinderg&rttJi Society will meet Monday at 2:20 r. m., with Mrs. John IL Holliday, 1121 North Aienoian street. Mrs. E. M. Churchman received informal ly yesterday atternoon for her mother. Mrs. Ingram Fletcher, and her sister, Mrs. Eliza i.k- r-. V. Mrs. John C. Mendenhall will give two card parties Wednesday, Nov. 15. One will bo in the afternoon and the oUier for geniciacu ana iaaies in me evening. Mrs. Mai tin W. Mansfield has Issued invitations for a card party Monday, Nov. 13, in honor cf Mrs. Durbin, of Zanesville, O., and Miss Emma Dresser, of Lafayette. Mr. Alfonso A. Rutls, special financial agent from Sao Paulo, Brazil, who is in attendance at the international congress at Philadelphia, will visit Mr. and Mrs. Fcrd .u. .Mayer the Xlrst of next week. Invitations have been issued for the As ffemblles. They will bo given Nov. 29, Dec. IS and Feb. 13. The patronesses axe Mrs. Augustus Cohuxn. Mrs. Henry C. Atkins, Mrs. Henry & Fraser. Mrs. Jacnuelln S. jiomaay ana .airs. William Pirtle Herod. Mrs. Horace G. Caldwell was th hnte yesterday afternoon for a card party at her home in Woodruff Place. There were quests for ten tables, and pretty gifts were given to the successful contestants. The decorations were chrysanthemums and ff dk.Ha W -1 ... ti-ius. iur. bbu Lirs. iamweu win give another card party this evening for tho samo sumoer oi guests. Tho ladies of tho First Presbyterian uuivu wso tccpuon lasi nignt in the church parlors. The rooms were prettily decorated with palms. The wereis. jimcr vnristian, .Mrs. Charles N. Thompson. Mrs. Herbert Foitz, Mrs. Mary S. Taylor, Mrs. Frederick A. . r T- if ii . . - jusn aiis. uvaiis tt oonen. jars, voris, .Mrs. J. W. Lilly. Mrs. J. S. Rocers ami Mr John A. Butler. Refreshments were served xrom aaintiiy errangea tables. Miss Demla. Townley gave a delightful card party last evening at her home on Broadway. The guests were Misses Edith fcmlth. Elizabeth Dalton. Esther Haughey of Chicago. Mary Wilson. Ella Vonnegut, Nellie Bowman, Sarah Wilson, Ellen Baker. Anne Butler. Gertrude Wocher and men Aa.ims and Me.-r.s. Samuel Johnston. n.iuta I'.tiiun, rainu'ji ruuion, urorfre x aiiis(n. w ooj nines, .AiDert mitn, t red rrick Wasson. Ralph Lemcke. William Tay lor and Jam? Floyd. The decorations w en chrysanthemum?. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Baumgartner rave a large card party last evening. They were agisted In rect-lvir.g and entertaining by Mr. and .Mrs. N. E. Alexander. Mr. and Mr. Ernest Boyd and Miss Bertha Bush, Mihi Fanny White and Mis Allard. The noue was prettily def orated, the two parlors in American Bf-auty iuse!, ferns anl palm j ana the dining room lu pink and

white. There were ropes of lycopodiura

draped in loops around the parlors and din ing room, and oath loop was caught witn asparagus. The chandeliers were also trimmed with nparagu. Mrs. r ranees Le Feher presided at the punch bowl, which was placed In the reception hall. There were nineteen tables, end eight prizes of cut glas and china were given. MARRIED SIXTY-SIX YEARS, facial to the Indianapolis Journal. GREEN CASTLE, Ind., Nov. C Last evening In this city Mr. and Mrs. J. R. W. Alien celebrated the sixty-sixth anniversary of their wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Allen were married Irs at Putnamville, then the most important town in tills county, located on the old National roadi. They went toj Salem, but later returned to this city and have resided in tho earn property for over sixty years. They have feen Do Tauw University grow to its present proportions from the time tho first cornerstone- was laid in old Asbury College, and Mr. Allen has seen and attended every commencement of the university. Tho venerable bride and groom celebrated their golden wedding In 1S$3 and at each, recurrer.ee of the dnte thir rela tives arrange for them a quiet reception that Is attended by friends, acquaintances and neighbors. Mr. and Mrs. Allen are the parents or ten, children, who are Jerome. Albt-rt and Walter Allen, of this city: J. E. utn or liuue, .Mont.; will 11. Allen. Mrs. j. jv. iiawK ana .Mrs. Jennto Bovard, of Los Angelas. Cal.: Mrs. F. P. Hast v. of Muncle: Mrs. J. L. Rippetoe, of Trenton, Mo., and Mrs, O. H. Smith, of Maryvilio, Mo. THE SYMPHONY CONCERT PROVES A RARE TREAT TO A LARGE AMI BRILLIANT AID1EXCE. The Work of the Orchestra .Much Improved Over Preceding Senon The Music GreaUr Enjoyed. The promoters of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra have reason to feel gratified at the success of the Initial concert of the season, given last evening at English's Opera House. There was a large and brilliant audience, which listened to a programme not only of well-selected compositions, but one which was presented in a way that reflects the greatest credit on every one concerned. Added to these were two artists Mrs. Katherlno Bloodgood and Mr. Hugh McGibeny whom it would bo difficult to excel. Mr. Karl Schneider, the director, has brought about such a surpassing excellence over any previous concert that it is dl'fflcult to realize that it is practically the same orchestra that has been giving the symphony concerts for the past seasons. The thank of the music-loving community are due to Mr. Schneider for his perseverance, for without it the concerts would not have been continued as they have been in the face of financial disaster for two seasons and only having a surplus last year, and for the Introduction of the new muslo presented at the different concerts. Last night the music was that of the northland and the programme opened with the C minor symphony, No. 5, by Niels W. Gade. It waa this symphony which brought fame to the composer. He wrote the symphony when quite young. The first performance took place In Lelpsig, under the personal direction of Mendelssohn, in the winter of 1312-43. Some critics have been pleased to say that the work is not a symphony and prefer to call it a symphonic poem or a Norseland fantasie. As It was given last evening it will be generally conceded that both terms lit It admirably. It is full of poetry and tho orchestra responded to the director so well that all of the beauty and sentiment in the music was accentuated by the musicians. The "modera to, con moto, allegro energico," might be said to represent morning on one of the fjords, where tho mist veils the surrounding country. Everything is enveloped, and through this murmuring of tones comes the faint but well-denned theme of the Norseman. At its conclusion even Mr. Schneider gai'eu 13 aPProval to the instrumentalists and the audience applauded heartily. The second movement is the scherzo, and it was ?.lnrmine.3.the llrst- So delicate and light was it that it seemed as if it must be the notes of summer heard in the far north. Tho third part, "andantlno gradicso." was in thoughtful mood, with the theme hidden k s mPJest and sweetest of harmonies. The finale was the brilliant part of the svmpnony, and it Was announced by the sudden beating of drums. The manner in which this last movement was worked out was 1mPr3lv.e' The expression was Joyous ivMeKJ svnphony was a splendid .k1"01 the capabilities of the orchestra, vvith the exception pf twelve players brought from Cincinnati to assist, every iIH0,?, th.e orcestra belong in Indianftf.fi Tnl3 J3. encuragement to the local musicians and to students as well, for there are .Quito a number of instruments In the making of an orchestra which this city has Jl- . rrovT- AJrter an intermission the orchestra played a bright, effective overture. x?2?laTSidjy Lumhl " by M. J. Glinka. Mrs. Blood good's first song was the aria from Joan d'Arc," by TschaikowskL This gave rrer ample opportunity to show her unusual range of voice, for it not only requires an alto singer, but one whose tones command th register of the mezzo-soprano. Her voice ii full. rich, flexible, and she HMSiJt.a1.1 aJld wIth. much taste- So well did It gratify tho audience that the singer ire:?lled thr and finally he graciously responded with a ballad, "Ashes f Vi for whIch M- 9- Kiser played tho accompaniment. Mr. McGibeny was given a cordial welcome when ho appeared to play the allegro from tha First Concerto for the- violin, by Paganini-Bezekirskl. Mr. McGibeny has not only talent but genius for his instrument. He plays with feeling, sympathy and warmth. Ho has his technique literally, and also figuratively, at his fingers ends. The concerto, with Us tremendously difficult cadenza, waa artistically accomplished, and he. too. was recalled tnree times. For an additional number he played the Moto Perpetuo by Franz Ries. It was a whirlwind of scintillating, sparkling tones, given at wonderful speed and yet with the most perfect control. To many in the audience it was a revelation In violin playing, its mental and phvsical accomplishment being almost incredible. Mrs. Eloodrood mn? ttcn rialla v.o that trade verse of Sidney Lanier's. "The Trees and the Master," set to peculiar music by George W. Chadwick. and the other tho dainty nocturne of the White Rose, by Etfielbert Nevin. for which Mrs. Kiier played, artistic accompaniments. The last two numbers were given by the orchestra, a "Komarinskaja,"by Glinka. It sounded like a village pastorale, in which the Norse melody was introduced and held in a most peculiar setting of a single phrase, which was repeated again and again, now loud, now soft, by a few instruments and then by many, over and over again. The other was "Scenes de Ballet, Op. 5, No. 3," by Glazounow, also a pleasing composition. It was the decided expression of tho audience, as it left the theater, that the concert was a remarkable advance over any yet given, and all were enthusiastic over the entire programme. Chlcknmnnptn Coninilrnlon Report. A final report will be made In a few weeks by the Indiana Chlckamcuga Commission, which is composed of J. II. McCcmnell, of Logan?port. and J. R. Carnahan, of this city. The report will be rrinted and will make a book of about C"X) pages. It will contain views from the Chlcgamauca battlefield and will show that 3.ooo IndJar.a -ol-diers were killed. In the battle. Orre-cighth of Indiana's loss in the civil war, it is claimed, was sustained in this battle, when Indiana fired the first shot. Forty monuments and seventy-Fix markers have bctn erected by the coramljtion. Mine "Worker j to Mee. The announcement of the annual convention of United Mine Workers of America, to be held In this city the third Monday of January, has been mado. About eight hundred delegates will attend. During the same week about three hundred mine owners and operators will meet here to consider their Interests. The week following the delegates and mine owners will meet lr, joint session for the purpose of adjusting their differences. A upplrmental MufIkukp. The Central Union Telephone Company yesterday MW with the Marion county recorder a supplemental mortgage for $1.(ViM.oro. The Instrument Is supplemental to the mortgage tiled by the company lat January for $.0w.m. The mortgage is given to the Old Colony Company, of Boston, and covers additional property acquired by the company since the execution of tht original mortgage in January. R. K. SprlnRHteen & Co., popular-priced tailors, 9 North Pennsylvania street.

METER SYSTEM FAVORED

THE REPORT OF THE JOINT St DCOM31 ITT EE IS AT LAST MADE. City Attorney Kern Sny There Will lie No Meter The Cost to the Gat Companies A Ten-Cent note. The long-expected report of the subcommitee of the Board of Trade and Commercial Club on the natural gas condition of Indianapolis was made yesterday noon to the Joint committee representing the two organizations. In effect it recommends the introduction of meters and suggests an experimental rate of 10 cents a thousand feet. The report was received without comment of any kind and it was decided to send copies of it to the directors of both organizations for their action at regular meetings. Albert Sahm, who Is a member of the committee and undoubtedly reflects the sentiments of the city administration, did not raise any verbal objections to the report at yesterday's meeting, but said that he might send in a minority report. Nothing will be done by him. however, until the return of Mayor Taggart to-day or tomorrow. Controller Johnson, while unwilling to discuss what the administration proposed to do, intimated that it would stick to its first pledge that meters would not be forced on tho people and that, as a first step, the city might put in registers at different portions of the city to record the pressure in order to arrive at what would be an equitable reduction to make in the rates charged by the company to consumers on the basis of a four-ounce pressure at tho point of consumption. While this would not tell what the pressure would bo in the homes of consumers, it would give figures which would Indicate it very nearly. CITY ATTORNEY TALKS. City Attorney Kern was more outspoken than Mr. Johnson was. He said: "All this talk of meters is 'tommy-rot and there's no use beating about the bush with It. We are pledged against meters and we will respect our pledges. No change can possibly be made without an ordinance and I know there is not a member of the Council who will vote for a meter ordinance. We will stand by our guns and compel the gas corrpaniest to cither give the gas they receive money for or make no charges." The managers of the two gas companies refused to discuss the report or disclose any of their plans. The report provides that the meters shall bo installed and furnished by the companies at their own expense, and, in discussing this feature of the report, John R. Pearson said that some idea could be had of the expense that would fall on the companies when each meter costs from $12 to $14 and there are nearly 27,000 consumers in the city. Mr. Bement Lyman, of the Consumers Company, refused to talk about the report, saying that such action by him would be discourteous to his fellow-directors. He said, however, that while the company could not hope to offer the people any more gas than was being furnished at present, he felt certain that if meters were introducd it would result in practically doubling the supply, because of the stoppage of the present waste in consumption. Regarding what action may be expected from the Council, or at least the Republican members of it. Chairman Crall said last night that he was not disposed to interfere with any plan the administration might have to secure more gas for the people, and while he was not in favor of meters, yet if it could be nhown that meters could be operated so that the ordinance pressure of four ounces could be secured without additional expense he would vote for meters, but that otherwise he was opposed to meters and anything else which would make gas a luxury. Harold Megrew took the same view, except that he felt that the administration ought to begin some sort of legal action to compel tho companies to furnish sufficient gas. and if "Taggart found he couldn't do what was necessary he ought to step aside and allow the Council to do something. We must insist on gas or no pay." said he, "and that, too, without meters." THE REPORT IN FULL. The report, which was signed by E. B. Martlndale, .John S. Lazarus, James R. Ross, I. S. Gordon and John T. Brush for the Board of Trade and C. B. Coffin, II. T. Hearsey and John M. Spann for the Commercial Club, was as follows: "Tho Indiana natural gas field contains approximately 3,700 square miles. Of this about 1,2X square miles has been abandoned and about 1M) square miles is worthless for piping. The territory from which gas Is now being piped in appreciable quantities contains about 1.3o0 square miles. The only virgin territory remaining is -a bit, to which ail the large pipe lines are now pointed, of about 150 square miles where Madjson, Delaware and Grant counties come together. "Your committee traveled throughout the field gathering information and spending nearly a week in taking rock pressures with tested gauges. "The pressure in the territory now supplying pipe lines varies from 135 to 'JX) pounds. In the virgin territory new and unconnected wells show from 173 to 210 pounds. "The pressures given us by the Indianapolis Gas Company (first column) and by the Consumers' Gas Trust Company (second column) as .being the averages of their wells on the date mentioned are: Jan. 1, 1$SS JO) pounds 3C5 pounds Jan. 1, 1W 2y3 pounds 294 pounds Jan. 1. 1SW 2S4 pounds pounds Jan. 1, 1S91 276 pounds 2) pounds Jan. 1, l!92 271 pounds 273 pounds Jan. 1, 1S03 Z'A pounds 285 pounds Jan. 1, 15?1 247 pounds 257 pounds Jan. 1, 15 22 pounds 2.J5 pounds Jan. 1, 1) 213 pounds 223 pounds Jan. 1. 1S97.." 2V) pounds 2u3 pounds Jan. 1. 1S9S 17) pounds 177 pounds Jan. 1, 18f9 ....154 pounds 155 pounds Oct. 1, 1S09 135 pounds 132 pounds "The condition of much of the field is indicated by the fact that the so-called 'gas. cities' are now piping their gas. Anderson pipes eighteen miles; Muncle, twelve miles; Kokomo. twenty-five miles; Marion, eight miles. Beslde.3 the enormous draft within the field, pipe lines, varying from six to twelve inchs in diameter, carry gas outside the field for both manufacturing; and domestic purposes to Indianapolis, Crawforrifcsville, Thorntown. Lebanon, Frankfort, Lafayette, Logansport. Peru, Wabash, Huntington, Warren, Bluffton, Fort Wayne, Decatur, Portland, Winchener, Richmond. Connersville, Hope, Shelbyville, Chicago and fifteen Ohio cities, not to mention the small towns along the routes. THE INDIANAPOLIS SUPPLY. "Tho next inquiry is whether the two Indianapolis companies are making available for consumption hero as much of the gas in the field as could reasonably be expected "After most careful investigation we are of tho opinion that there Is absolutely no foundation for tho charge that either of the companies has been withholding a single foot of tho gas at its command with its present equipment. "We believe that the Consumers' Gas Trust Company has selected and acquired its territo.-y with great wisdom and energy has done in this regard substantially everything that could have been done. Most of the virgin territory Is now controlled by it. and In the developed territory it is In very much better condition than any other company piping gas from the field. Leases and pipe lines aro now such that there Is very little indeed that any company can do toward bettering its condition aa to territory. "The Consumers' Gas Trust Company has abandoned 1".2 wells for failure to produce ga has drilled forty-two this year, and now has 253 gas producers. The Indianapolis Gas Company has abandoned 102 wells, has drilled twelve this year (thirty more being rejorted as undtr contract), and now has 217 gas producer. "The delivery of the Consumers' Gas Company's gas will bo aided this winter by compressors of a.-hors power, and that of tha other company's gas by compressors of 3.200-horse power. "The twelve-Inch main and the two tenInch malrw of the Indianapolis Gas Company and the sixtevn-lneh main and the eight-Inch main of the other company are, in our opinion, inadequate for bringing to Indianapolis a supply sufficient under -the present condition of tho field and, the present methods of consumption. The laying of additional mains would, however, be enormously expensive, and. from the investor's point of view, wholly unwarranted. Whether an enormous investment, sure to be unrtmunerative, can reasonably be exacted.

Involve wo think, consideration of the present methods of consumption in IndianVe are firmly convinced that more than half the gas brought to Indianapolis is wated. and that more than enough was brought last winter and will be brought this winter to supply the needs of all present consumers, under proper methods of consumption. We believe the companies ought rot to bo required to make unremuneratlve Investments to bring hither twice the necessary gas. Before large investments are required in a business which, at best, will continue but a few years, attention should be given to stopping the Inexcusable waste of the gas already brought to our city. That waste can be stopped in one way only, and that is by the universal use of meters. "It is objected that the use of meters here rnd not In other cities drawing from Indiana will nt appreciably conserve the supply in tho field. This Is largely, though not wholly, true. It is largely true for the reason that, even under proper methods of consumption. Indianapolis would neexl to draw all that she could from the field during the cold months. It is not wholly true for tho reason that; under proper methods of consumption, Indianapolis would not need to draw all that she now draws from the field during the warm months. Further, the hope may be ventured, in this connection, that tho use of meters here would lead to their use at otker points In the State, where the present wasteful contract system has led to conditions similar to those confronting us. However, while it is doubtful whether the adoption of the meter system here would' very considerably prolong the field supply or Increase the supply available for Indianapolis, yet it would result In an equitable distribution of our present supply. The proposition is not that by the use of meteis here the surply could be increased sufficiently for our needs under present methods of consumption, but rather that by the use of meters the present supply, unlncreased, would be sufficient for our needs under the improved methods of consumption which self-interest would dictate. In this latter proposition we have implicit

connuence. UNDER BOTH SYSTEMS. "By personal investigation In several cities, and by much correspondence with many others, we have gathered a great mass of data for comparison between the cost of gas under the contract system and under the meter system. The former system has been abandoned for the latter in Ohio and Pennsylvania almost universally, and in some Indiana cities. The results have been very satisfactory to consumers. Twenty-five cents per thousand is the general rate, the exceptions being few and insignificant. "Our conclusion is that gas consumed at 2) cents a thousand through economical appliances will be as cheap us gas at our present contract rates, and that the Indianapolis companies could not fairly be asked to sell permanently at a less rate. "We recognize, however, the unsatlsfactoriness of comparisons between differing conditions in other cities and a hypothetical condition in this city. We, therefore, recommend that the two companies be required to install, at their expense, and consumers to accept, meters which shall be nubject to test at all times by a public official employed for that purpose, and that, for the present, the existing ordinance rate of 10 cents per thousand be charged. A fewmonths' experience of the use of gas through meters at 10 cents a thousand (a rate which under proper methods of consumption will indubitably result in decreased rather than increased gas bills) will afford a basis for an equitable and permanent adjustment. In the consideration of that experience it should, of course, be borne In mind that tho Inducement to economy would not be so great at 10 cents as at 20. "We deprecate the suggestion that con tract rates be reduced, believing that such reduction would not ameliorate present conditions, but would only increase the existing Inequities. That serious inequities exist there Is, of course, no denying. Consumers ought not to have to pay for gas which they do not receive, but we submit that there is no way of measuring; what they do not receive except by measjring what they do receive. Meters Is the only solution. "We express our cordial thanks to Mr. J. C. Leach, state natural gas supervisor, for his invaluable aid. "Respectfully submitted, "E. B. Martlndale, James R. Ross, I. R. Gordon, John S. Lazarus and John T. Brush, for the Board of Trade. "C. E. Coffin, II. T. Hearsey and John M. Spann, for the Commercial Club." CITY NEWS NOTES. Mr. Frederick W. Chislett Is 111 in Pittsburg. The Girls' Industrial School will meet In the courthouse this afternoon. A case of smallpox wis reported 3'esterday to the State Board of Health from Union township. In Vanderburg county. Rev. R. V. .Hunter will speak at the meeting of the Murphy -Gospel Temperance League in Shover's Hall to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Dr. John G. Wlshard. of Teheran, Persia, will speak on present conditions in Persia at the First Presbyterian Church to-morrow evening at 7:30 o'clock. Major Alex. M. Damon, tho general secretary of the Salvation Army at Chicago, will speak in the Salvation Armory Hall to-morrow afternoon and evening. According to a message from Dr. J. N. Hurty, who Is in Minneapolis, the next meeting of tho American Public Health Association will be held in this city. To-morrow evening the Rev. Mr. Phllputt, of Central Christian Church, will begin a series of sermons, "Minor Prophets." His first subject will be "The Place of Prophecy in Ancient Israel." Dr. William A. Quayle will lecture this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Meridian-street Church. His subject will be. "Why I Love Browning." This is the second lecture in the Meridian-street Church course. The general committee of the Red Men's street pageant desires to thank the business men for the way they Illuminated "their places of business along the line of march on tho night of the parade, Oct. 17. Mr. Frank ;Z. MaiTey. has removed his studio to No. 23 Pembroke Arcade, and has issued Invitations for a musical opening to be given to-day. Mr. Maffey has taught the banjo, guitar and mandolin for many years and is well known by the musical public. The Indianapolis Ministers Association will meet in the Meridian-Street M. E. Church on Monday at 10:30 o'clock. Mr. A. J. Hiidrcth, secretary of the Y. M. C. A., will read a paper on "The Young Men's Home." The special committee. Dr. R. V. Hunter, chairman, to divide the city in relation to pastoral supervision, will report. A Dlntlngulnhed Party. Senor Ignaclo M. Marlseal, secretary of foreign affairs of Mexico, together with the secretary of finance and a party of prominent citizens of the. Mexican Republic, will leave New York on the Pennsylvania Railroad at 1 o'clock this afternoon on a special train and will reach Indianapolis about noon to-morrow on their way West. Arreat of Jake Shonnbnre. Jake Shonnburg, who claims to live at Evansville, was arrested yesterday by Detectives Asch and Dugan and is charged with loitering. Shonnbufg has served several terms in prison, once from Evansville for burglary and once from Jeffersonville. It is said he is now wanted at Jeffersonville prison for a violation of a parole. Dinner for Col. Smith. Col. Harry B. Smith, county auditor, was the gxiest of his employes last night at a theater party and a dinner afterward at the Columbia Club. Khnki Cloth. London Telegraph. Fifteen hundred tailors, male and female, have been busy at the Roj'al military clothing establishment. Pimlico, making what reporters will persist in calling "kharkl" suits for our brave soldiers It is a strange sight, we are told. and. in its way, as wonderful as the getting ready of the 100 big transports which have been chartered and mustered, or of the countless tons of ammunition put on board of them, to see the wagonloads of "kharkl" uniforms go off to the different depots. Only, why should the word be misspelt? "Khaki" not "kharki" is a Persian name, which means earthy, or dust-like the color of dried mud. Khakl-pa is "dust of the feet," and to "become dust" Is khak shudan. The name and the tint have been borrowed from India, where fakirs, and peasants, and hunters, and soldiers alike obtain from the bark of the babul tree a dye which gives the earthen hue to calico or linen, so useful for concealment, for rough usage and for keeping a neat and cleanly appearance. A Soft Reply. Harper's Bazaar. "Pa." said Willie, on returning from school, "is Latin a dead language? "Yes. my t?on," replied Mr. Busyman. "What did it die of, pa?" "I don't know, my son." said Mr. Busyman. with a sigh. "1 fancy it was talked to death." Dearest Place. Ohio State Journal. "Home Is the dearest place on earth," remarked BUkins to Wilklns. "Yes," replied Wilklns. "that's why we quit housekeeping and went to board." Young & McMurray, Tailors, 43 N. Penn. st.

THE ONEIDA CLUB LEADS

IX THE CONTESTS BEING WAGED IN THE MARION COUNTY LEAGUE. Some Interesting Games Are Played The Nonpareils Win Two Out of Three Games The Independents. Standing: Marlon Comity League. Clubs. Oneida Oriental Nonpareil ... Central Stono Palace Apollo Won. 11 S 7 6 rf 2 Lost. 1 4 r 10 10 Pet. .917 ,k;7 .o3 .107 .167 The Marlon County League bowlers had their night last evening, and some Interesting games were rolled. At the Independent Turner alleys the Oneldas and Apollos contested and the former won the three games. But this was not done with the case that the Oneida men had figured upon. They had to change men in every game in order to get better results. The Apollo boys bowled good games, but they played in hard luck In making splits. In the last game the two teams were tied at the end of the fifth frame, but Williams, Brown and Eyles did good work for the Oneldas and pulled the gamo out, by a good margin. Hendricks made tho best score of the evening In the games by rolling 200 in the last game. Williams had the best average in the series. The Nonpareils and Centrals played on the Marion alleys and the Nonpareils won two of the three games. They all rolled below their average in the second contest and the Centrals had little trouble In coming out victorious. Hitz, of the Nonpareils, did some good work by making the 5-7 and 5-10 spares. The best scores were made in tn last game, when the Nonpareils phed up 614 against their opponents. The Orientals took ail three of the games from the Stone Palace on the Oneida alleys. The individual scores were as follows: Oneldas Vs. Apollos. First Game. Oneida Hopkins, 133; Wi.nams, 110; O'Connor, lit; Brown, 147; Eyies, 107. Total, 7G1. Apoiio llansing, 15b; Reimcr, 11$; Gantner, 111; Kaufman, li3; llcuaricks, 103. Total. 731. Second Game. Oneida Brown, 152; Williams, 192; Dunnmeyer, 124; Orn, 17o; Eyies, ls3. Total, 2l. Apollo llansing, 15S; Reimer, 16.1; Gantner, 121; Kautman, I5i; HenUrUks, 180. Total, Third Game. Oneida Brown, 173; Williams, 181; Zwicker. 15(i; Orn, 14S; Eyies, 173. Total, 831. Apollo Hansing, 122: Reimer, 136; Long, 152; Kaufman, lo2; Hendricks, 'MO. Total, Nonpareil Vs. Centrals. First Game. Nonpareil Bogardus, 151; Weber, 151; Mansneld, 165; Hitz, 155; Elliott, 13L Total, "central-Baase, 170; Stewart, 130; Land, 124; Aren, hi; l'hiilips, M. Total, C25. Second Game. Nonpareil Bogardus, 123; Weber, 124; Mansneld, in; Hitz, juioh, m. ioitu, 639. Central Baase, 141; Stewart, 13S; Land, 1S6; Smith, 174; Richwein, 126. Total, 765. Third Game.rNonpareil Bogardus, liS; Weber, 140; Hitz, 137; Elliott, 154; Hadley, 125. Total, S14. Central Baase, 106; Stewart, 1.2; Land, 143; Smith. 140; Richwein, 157. Total, 72S. Oriental Vs. Stone Falace. First Game. Oriental Herrman. 132; Hoffman, 161; Heede, 173; Nigger, 156; Youngman, 133. Total, 761. tiiono Palace Walsifer, 156; Spangenberg, 125; Rugensteln, 125; Jans, 172; Groff, 160. Total, 73S. Second Game. Oriental Herrman, 172; Hoffman, 155; Heede, 170; Nigger, 163; Youngman, 105. Total, 771. Stone Palace Walsifer, 133; Spangenberg, 147; Rugcnstein, B3; Jans, 156; Groff, 14J. Total, Third Game. Oriental Herrman, K3; Hoffman, 12; Heede, 150; Nigger, 14S; Mussman, 13. Total, 4.V. sitnna Palnpp Walsifer. 161 t Snansrenbere. 113; Jans, 137; Groff, 145; Lothcr, 115. Total, Standing: Independent League. Clubs. Won. Lost. Pet Prospect 7 1 .S73 Dewev 7 1 Lawton 6 'A .750 Meteor .3 City -250 United States 0 8 In the games between the Citys and Meteors in the Independent League, which were played on the Washington alleys last nifhr th Citv team won both contests bv good margins. The individual scores were as follows: City Vs. aicteors. First Game. rMtv v.oarintr 117! I,ewls. 134: Williams. 125; Llngenfelter, 127; Meyers, 135: Moore, 116; Rosasco, 120; F. Painter. 161; Kearney, king, 113. Total, 1,300 Second Game. Cltv Zearinc, 154; Lewis, 153; Williams, I'M- i ' in cen feiier. 133: Movers. 101: Moore. 14i; Rosasco. 141: F. Painter. Ill; Kearney, 121; Urmiston. 13S. Total, 1,374. Meteor Koennng. loo: iianiey, jo; Hampton, 173; Ryse, 121; Reger, 145; Miller, 111; Jackson. 122; Lambold, 125; Kopp, 110; iiumKing, j. loiai, x,ito. NEW GERMAN CIVIL CODE. A Complete Revolution In the Lnw of the Empire. The Forum. On Jan. 1, 1300, a great revolution will be effected in the laws of Germany. On that day the civil code of the land will be put into cte.ation. What does this signify: Since the close cf the fifteenth century Germany has been the land of documentary right. The Roman judicial code was recognized as common law; while all legal pro cedure distinctly native in its origin was confined to certain districts and municipalities, and was, therefore, entirely devoid of Imperial significance in the wider sense, me civil code of the land was represented by the Corpus Juris Civills, a Latin work entirely incomprehensible to the layman. The composition of the new civil code of Germany Is only to a very limited extent Roman in its origin. The system is compiled principally from the various provincial codes before mentioned, and notably from those of Prussia and Saxony. As to content, also, the new code distinctly betokens a victory of the national system over the cemmon law of Rome. But these various national or provincial systems have been elevated by the new code to a higher and more complete stage of development. National law. as used In Its former narrow sense, has become transformed Into imperial law. designed to dominate the life of the entire German people, and subjected In turn to the Influence of the nation at large, German science also will at last forsake the old Roman documentary law, and will concentrate its energies upon the elucidation and elaboration of the civil code. Science and practice will becomo reunited. Aa the decadence of German and the adoption of Roman law was once caused by the downfall of German imperialism, so the revival of native law is 3gain contemporaneous with the re-cstablishment of the Imperial dignity. The German empire emanated from the state of Prussia, and the civil code likewise owes Its origin to Prussian legislation. The contents, while distinctively German in their essence, are characterized throughout by a thoroughly modern spirit. To whom may this modern spirit be traced, and to whom the spirit of our new civil law attributed? To none other than the merchant. It was among the commercial element of the cities that the power arose which eventually crushed the spirit of feudalism. Similarly, the merchant may not inaptly be called "the father of the civil code of Germany." The code is not popular In form. Like every work of its kind, it will be somewhat obscure to the layman. It treats of abstract cases, and deals In abstract terms incomprehensible to the uninitiated. In sense and content, however, the civil code is strictly In accord with the popular spirit. It accommodates Itself in every way to the commercial activity of the time; and on opening Its pages we feel that we aro entering upon the world of to-day. In it we behold, as if rellected In a great mirror, the financial enterprise and other splendid activities of our age. Schnrs'a M 1m takes. Philadelphia Press. The New York Evening Tost, referring to Carl Schurz's attack on Lincoln during the civil war, Kays that it and similar attacks were based "upon misconception or misinformation or half Information." Exactly; and that is what is tho matter with

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Schurz's attack on McKInley. In fact, the most characteristic thing in Carl Schurz's

entire career has been these attacks on Lincoln, Grant. McKInley and other public men based on misconception or m:smiormatlon." Sooner or later he admits to some extent his mistakes, as he has done in the case of Lincoln, and will do if ne lives long enough in the case of McKInley. His kaleidoscopic political changes are due to the same tendency to co off "halfcocked" without full knowledge cf what he Is talking about. That he finally gets correct information and conceptions is no excuse for his dissemination of misinforma tion and vile slanders due to false concep tions. Such men are dangerous in proportion to their influence. Fortunately Carl schurz is so well known to the nation that his Influence Is nil. The people never know whether or not he has yet got correct information and has formed correct conceptions. SOUTH AFRICA'S WEALTH ENORMOUS TREASURE HIDDEN' IN THE WAR-RENT TERRITORY. Part Played by the RIeh Klmberley Diamond Mines In Drlnim; ou the Present Trouble. St. Louis Republic. The Boers besieging Klmberley and Cecil Rhodes or had we not better say, Cecil Rhodes and Klmberley? For It is an open secret that the Boers would pay handsome ly If they could get Rhodes into their rower. to them the cause and impersonation tf all their troubles. The attack on Klmber ley was not expected so soon by the English, but by it the Boers seem to say; "You want our gold fields In- the Transvaal. We will take your diamond mines at Klmberley." There doubtless are many questions at issue between the British and the Boers, but after all Is said most outsiders regard the question very much as this threat puts it. The British wanted to control the gold fields as they do the diamond mines, and they intend to accomplish their purpose, wbllo the Boers say: "We were here centuries before you thought of coming and have the first right of ownership." The history of the diamond mines may furnish some clew to an understanding of the situation, if nothing more. Diamond dealers say that the precious gems have increased 75 per cent, since the beginning ot the War. Tho mines of Klmberley are the greatest diamond producers In tho world, furnishing from 90 to &5 per cent, of all the diamonds sold. Even more could be put on the market, but the mines are controlled by the richest trust on earth, which limits the output so as to keep up prices. Yet the discovery of diamonds in South Africa goes back only a little more than thirty years. One day in 1SC7 the children of a Boer farmer, who lived on a farm seventeen hours' ride west of Hopetown. on the bank of the Orange river, were playing with some stones they had found in its bed. An ostrich hunter, named O'Reilly, happened to pass, and the Boer farmer. Van Niekerk, called his attention to an especially brilliant stono that a Griqua boy had found. O'Reilly was startled. He scratched on a pane of glass with the stone, and immediately decided that he had a diamond in his hand. He promised the Boer half of whatever it proved to be worth, and wanted to follow up the search at once. After many wanderings he went to an English physician in Graham's Town, a Dr. Atherstone, who was the first to recognize the great value of his "find." He recognized it as a diamond in a moment, and estimated its weight at 213-16 carats. A little later this stone was sold to Sir Philip Wodehouse, then Governor of Cape Colony, for $2,500. O'Reilly soon brought another stone from the same locality, which weighed ST carats, and it was sold to the same person for $1,000. One of the most beautiful of the South African diamonds later came from Van Niekerk's farm, on Orange river, the so-called "Star of South Africa." weighing S32 carats, found by a Kaffir. The brilliant later cut therefrom came into possession of tho Earl of Dudley for $125,000. INRUSH OF MINERS. Immediately after the first report of these discoveries the Orange river was crowded with white, black and yellow Europeans, Kaffirs and Hottentots, and here and there they succeeded in finding a few diamonds. Thence the search spread to the bed of the River Vaal, and here, 'on the property of the Berlin Missionary Society, at Pnlel, camps were pitched and the work began in earnest. In 1870 new diamond diggings were discovered, again by children playing with stones. This was not on the banks of the rivers, but on the high tableland where their existence had not been suspected. It was on the farm of Du Tolls Pan, betw een the Vaal and the Modder rivers. It was in the mud which had been used to build his house that tho children saw a shining object, and dug out a diamond. In pulling up a plant another child found a diamond weighing eighty carats clinging to the roots. The richest mine of all, however, was found in July, 1871, on the Kolesberg-Kopje. The old mines -were abandoned, and then came De Beers New Rush. The town of Klmberley was later founded In the neighborhood of this mine, being named after the British secretary of the colony at that time. Lord Klmberley, and the mine was known as the Klmberley mine. Later some small diggings were found in the Orange Free State. Kossifontein and Jagersfontein, from which some of the diamonds of the first water have since been taken. The confusion and disorder of the frenzied fortune hunters was tremendous, and political confusion followed in the claim of the Orang; Free States to Klmberley and the mines around It. The British government held that this was British territory, and to make its claim good purchased the claim of an old Griqua chief to this land. The British referred the matter for arbitration, notwithstanding the protest of the Orange Free State, making a British officer the umpire. He decided in favor of Great Britain, and meanwhile, with a huge rush, thousands of miners had come into the country. The Free State protested against the decision in vain, for England claimed that Its power was necessary to preserve order, and the Free State was obliged to accept $450,000 for its claim. This incident has not been forgotten by the Free State Boer3, and Is no small Incentive to them to aid their brothers of the South African Republic. Several of the wiser miners began to combine for the formation of companies to purchase machinery that they might go to the deeper levels, where the famous "blue ground" lay. filled with diamonds. By 1SS5 many of these companies were at work, and, then a further combination or tneir interests took place in the formation of the De Beers Consolidated Company, Limited. The moving spirits in this cbmbination wete the redoubtable Barney Barnato and Cecil Rhodes. Under the able financial management of the latter this company now pays a dividend of ten millions annually on a nominal capital of twenty millions. The latest improvements in mining machinery have been, of cour adopted, and the best engineers are enged in conducting tho work. The "yellow earth" of tho surface in which the early prospectors found their wealth has been dug through and the "blue ground" is being worked to unprecedented depths. This peculiar formation appears to be practically inexhaustible, for soundings have never been able to get beyond it. METHODS OF MINING. Nowhere elso on the earth is this peculiar blue quartz to be found, so It has been called kimberlite. It is very hard, but alters and softens under moisture and air. The miners have taken advantage of this, and the large companies haul the blue ground to the surface and spread it out to disintegrate naturally. It is spread out on floors surrounded by armed guards night and day, and there it is tlret harrowed by two engines some 500 yards apart drugging the harrows over it. There it stays for six months or a year, and is then tent to the crushing works, where It is washed and rolled by machinery until every bit of foreign matter has been removed and the diamonds alone remain. Some bits that do not pulverize under the harrow are called hard blue, are picked out by hand and carefully treated separately, for large stones are sometimes In these massc-s of rock. Tho work in the mines is done chiefly by Kaffirs, who wield the drills and use the dynamite for the blasting with little inconvenience.' They are engaged for u specified number of weeks, during which they are kept In a well-guarded compound, fed. and. if ill, treated by the company. Only at the end of their term of service are they paid and permitted to leave, when they return with what seems to them untold wealth, to buy a wife and set up house keep-

CR.HIUISEXTOLS WHISKEY ONE OF NEW YORK'S .MOST EMINENT 31EDICAL AUTHORITIES.

HIS VIEWS STIR STATE .MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Gives It First I'lnee its n Drnjr In tho Field of Therapeutics, and. Refers) SHchtlnRly to Its Enemies. New York Sun, Oct. 25. The New York State Medical Association began its sixteenth annual meeting at the Academy of Medicine yesterday. Physicians from all parts of the State were presenL Dr. Thomas J. II fills, of this city, stirred up some discussion by a paper on alcohoL Alcohol, he said, was of many kinds. A an ingredient in alcoholic drinks, it Is not necessarily harmful. New whiskey he denounced as unfit for use. "It Is the quality of the alcoholic product, not its quantity, that should be con demned." Dr. Hillis put alcohol first among general stinfulants and heart tonics, and said that it was an excellent food In many cases whera other foods could not be retained. He thea ' paid his respects to the temperance people in the following manner: "The man Is justified who, fetling Insecure, puts up a lightning rod to protect bis house; so is the man who cannot handle alcohol in a rational manner equally justified In takins a pledge and attaching himself to a temperance society. There he will have an opportunity with the others to rut himself on exhibition as a weakling and a person without moral strength or resolution, but he has no right to denounce alcohol because of his weakness any more than he should a lamppost which he was unfortunate enough to run foul of when under the Influence of his potation. Tho physician aboi'e all men must not be frightened away from his obligation to his patient by the noise and clamor made by the clergyman or the temperance orator, the former of whom may know nothing of alcohol; the latter too much. It is difficult to contemplate without pity the position of these poor men, conscripts from the medical profession and others assembled la the moral blockhouse, unconscious that no war exists, but who are fighting for principles that have been conceded, and deaf to the bugle blast of common sense which demands reconciliation and reunion as a common benefit to all. "Alcohol is a form of food already dl"It has a place on the sideboard and it must have a place In tho sick room until we discover another agent more efntent and able to supplant It by virtue of Us availability and physiological action. No such agent, however, has yet been dlscoveredthe opinions of others to the contrary notwithstanding." Duify's Pure Malt Whiskey Is the purest alcoholic stimulant known to the medical profession. No sick room or hospital should bo without it. Over 7.1W0 doctors, who believe as Dr. Hillis does, prescribe and recommend It; it is also used in nearly every prominent hospital exclusively. 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UNION SUITS FOR CHILDREN, In ecru, fleece-lined, button down the front, OSr drop back, all sizes VESTS AND FANT9 FOR MISSES, in fleece lined, vests silk taped neck, good, heavy quality, all sizes sjs The Wm. H. Block Co. ing In their home, some weeks Journey away. All kinds of precautions) aro taken to prevent them from stealing diamonds whicU they And while at work. As each man leaves the mine he must strip to the skirt and submit to a search of mouth, cars and, nose. Even if he were to swallow a diamond he would be caught- The companies try to prevent stealing by offering premiums for the finding of large stones, but, strange to say, all of the precautions have not prevented the largest diamonds from reaching the market through private persons. The diggings at Klmberley have done much to explain the formation of the diamond itself, for kimberlite is recognized by all authorities as being of eruptive origin, and the diamond in it must have been formed by the tremendous heat generated at the time of the eruption. In fact, the mines look like chimneys, or "pipe." as they are called, the blue ground running" down toward the center of the earth like a huge water pipe. The depth of the mines Is very great, a level in the Klmberley being 1.H20 feet down and in the De Beers, 1.3u0 feet. Most of the mining now is done under ground by galleries tunning to the central shatt. This prevents many accidents, and Is a great economy in space and time. To give some Idea, of the amount of work done in these mines, at the De Beers, during the twelve working days in November, 17, 8i tons of dyna mite, C5.1ou feet (12 1-3 miles) of fuse and 32.500 fuse caps were used. This mine never yields less than nine hundred pounds of diamonds annually, washing Z,y,0'J tons of blue ground for them. The sorting of the stones Is an art and science in one. Good eyes and judgment are necessary. Here are found some with deep tints of brown, pink and yellow, which are most valuable, being classified as fancy stones. Those with light shades are least valuable, and the pure white rank next. The largest diamond ever found In the world was discovered here In lf3, and is known as Excelsior. It weighed 2714 carats, and was discovered at Jagersfonttin. It far surpassed the De Beers, found some time before, which weighed only iZtyj carats, yet was quite a diamond itself. A Traveling Vocabulary New York Evening Sun. It's a mistake to suppose that one must speak the language of the country in wnich he travels. A woman not long ago went through Italy successfully with just three Italian phrases at her command "How much?" "Too much," and "What's the name of that churchT' He Did. Chicago Tribune. "Whenever the asks me to do anything. soliloquized Mr. Meeker, pensively. T alwavs go and do It. like a fool." "Yes." said Mrs. Mevker, who happened along In time to overhear him. "Whenever I ask you to do anything you always go and do it like a fool." Outward Men. Chicago Tribune. "They call me a grass widow. I suppose said th? still young and handsome woman, bitterly, "becau.e 1 don't wear weeds!" N(J, rej.ll lll vimm uriinvi , fhv In? around the cheerful apartment, "it's because 3'ou seem to be in clover." For chflii;-d'feh and inv'.:J cooking Company's Extract o! Bee! Gires ttrer.c'.a and tV.icionf ftiror to soaps and uct a i;dnnke dc'.icate beef tcsCasUiiUj. ii caaiie with Hue . feature