Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 78, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 March 1900 — Page 6

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1900.

JOURNAL'S ntsixcss DinncruRY. Wrn. L. Uice. 2'V" West Michigan street. Telerhones: ol-i. ü7i); ntw, 3IÖ2- Territory west of White river. COALCOAL Ccburn Ccal Co, East 22d ft. Anthracite, coke. harJ and soft coal. Phon 2Ui. DYEING I2RILL & CO.. fancy dyers and cleaners; silk

to new; als ladies' lUht cloth Jackets a specialty. 23x Massachusetts avenue and ILZ North Illinois street.

FLORISTS PERTERMANN FLORAL COMPANY. New No. 211 Mass are.. ZZi N. Del. st. Tel. Sn. LAUNDRIES UNION CO-OPERATIVE LAUNDRY. Work called for. 123-1 Vlrjr. ave. 'Phone 1253. ÜANTELS AND GRATES r. M. PURS ELL (Mantels, Furnaces), 231 Mass. ave. PATENT LAWYERS V. I. LOCK WOOD. 4U-41S Lemcke building. SALE AND LIVERY STABLES HORACE "WOOD (Carriages. Trap. Buckboards, etc.) 2i Circle. TeL 1W7. BIIOW CAKESWILLIAM WEI GEL. Ii South Pennsylvania st. UNDERTAKERS FRANK RLANCHARD, 93 N. Delaware st. Tel ill. Lady Attendant WALL PAPERS II. C. STEVENS, New Style Wall Paper, Low prices. Mj N. Senate ave. Tel. 2 on 22. FLWEItAL DIRECTORS. PLANNER A BUCHANAN C2) North Illinois street. Lady embalmer. for ladiee and children. Office always pen. Telephone 611. Hacks at lowest prevailing price. Cid 200. ZjO. FUNERAL DIRECTOR, 223 N. Jelaware St. KesMemv 1'hone. New 1713. No branch oiflce on N. Illinois street. DIED. biwr-Tnoma stott. March 17. at 5 p. m. Funeral Tuesday. March 20, at 2 r. m. from residence, iC3 English Avenue. Friends invited. FINANCIAL. At'S Money on mortsaxca. C F. SAILE3. 135 East Market ftrtet. LOANS On city property; 6V per cent.; no commission: money ready. C II. WILLIAMS & CO.. 1 Lemckt bulldlni. 1IONEY To lean on Indiana farms; lowest mar- - ket rate; privilege fcr payment before due; we also buy municipal bonds. TIIOS. C. DAY & CO., Rooms 805-812 Law building. Indianapolis. FINANCIAL We will mike loans of Ii. and Above on centrally located Indianapolis property at to 4Y per cent.. Interest payable annually, with privilege of making partial payment ucon principal, etc. HOWARD M. ATKINSOIsf. Watuh. Ind. FINANCIAL The American Central Life Insurance Company of Indianapolis, home office Xo. lt Kast Market street, will loan money in rums of $l.oüO and upwards on real estate mortgage in any county in Indiana at 6 per cent, interest, without commission, when accompanied by poller for amount of loan on life of tha borrower. Applications will be furnished all banks, stockholders and agents of the company throughout the State on order. Life Insurance comFan lea of other State collected premiums In ndtana la li'J-J amounting to $5.236.565 and paid losses amounting to Sl.ett.l'J. taking out of the Etate more than they returned f3.6H.lCrt. Two companies took out of the State on industrial business alon In li'f) over one million dollars In premiums, while better industrial insurance can toe secured of the American Central Life for less money. The "American Central" Is the only life Insurance company, either foreign or home, doing business in Indiana which has deposited Vnlted States bonds with the auditor of state for the security of Its policy holders. It has done wore business tha first year than any company ever organized in the United States. FOR SALE. FOR SALE Ten R.I.P.A.N.8 fcr 5 cents at urugguts; on gives relief. FOR SALE Hotel A thirty-room house, located at popular summer resort loo miles north of Indianapolis; furnished throughout; two acres of arround, over half of which is in orchard ar.d srarden. Addrewa W. B. RILEY, Minneapolis, Minn., First Baptist Church. WASTED HOUSES. WANTED To rent by the first of May thor. ' ougrhly modern house, centrally located, twelve to fourteen rooms. Address 21M North Meridian street. WAXTED-IIEAL ESTATE. V ANTED Six or seven-room house, with bath and barn: north; Jioo cash and 30 monthly. Address C. G., care Journal. STORAGE. ETORAQE INDP"L8 WAREHOrSR m. W, SL Kurtz. Pres. H. A. Crossland. Mgr. lNw C17-C23 S. Penn. "Phone 1343. ' Ws STORE. PACK AND HAUL. fclORAUJi The Union transfer and Storage Company, corner East Ohio street and Bee-line tracks: only first-cla storage solicited. CRATING AND PACKING OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS A SPECIALTY. WASTED MALE II CLP. WXTD-FoTt married men between aes of 21 and 25, citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For information apply to recruiting officer. 25 North Illinois street. Indianapolis. Ind. Education In Cuba. J. D. Wlielpley, In Harper's Weekly. In three months the American plan ha3 raised the attendanco from 4.0u0 to about 80,000; there are nearly 2.0U0 teachers. No teacher Is allowed to have more than fifty juplls. In the cities boys and girls will be taught In separate rooms, and in the country they will be taught together. All the teachers are Cubans, about one-third of those In the cities being teachers with some experience. English is a part of the course of study, and the Cubans have requested thut it should be. Under the present plan, which was Inaugurated pending the organisation of the local governments, the Island treasury pays all the expenses of the schools that is to say, there aro no local taxes for this purpose. The school budget for 1D00 amounts to about Sl.OCO.OiO. The salaries of the school terxheta in Cuba are very high as compared with those paid in other countries. Mr. Frye says they aro the highest in the world, and yet there has been some complaint from the Cubans to the effect that the salaries were too low, and this in the face of the fact that beforo the new order of thlnga a sctool teacher in Cuba was only able to make a scanty living. The lowest salary paid on the island now Is $600, and the lowest in Havana is Cm), which Is 25 per cenL more than is paid In the fifteen largest cities in the United Etat?.?. Sheldon at Home. Topeka Letter. From the hotel keeper to the loafer In the utreets everybody speaks well of Mr. Sheldon, but the people do not fall down and hero-worship him, though they do express quiet amazement at the sensation he has created. Ills modesty, sincerity and helpfulness aro tho themes of constant praise. In a word they aro not infatuated with him. They continue to like him, but they are bewildered. I never saw an Instance of a man in a small town achieving great eminence and still being so completely spared the Illngs uf envy, spite and malice from hla townsmen. Topeka teems with stories of the sumptuous offers he has had to go Into wider fields of labor 4j.9j0 a year from the Christian Herald for a weekly article; J15,0to a year from the New York Journal for the same; a guarantee cf 51j0,(h) from Major Pond for a lecturing tour of eight months in England. Meanwhile ho is getting $500 or J'jofl a month royalties from his books and $1.200 a year salary as pastor of Central Congregational Church. The whole lesson and meaning of his story Is that a preacher burietl in an obscure. Western American parl?h can, if he has something to say, have the whole world for his congregation. A Slyatcrr Solved. That silence is gulden's a thin? that we teach. And surely th fay In Is true. And silvery soundita the orator's speech (I'm now noting nothing that's new.) But this Is the thing that has puizled my train I've solved at last I am eure; Our friend William Bryan has talked In a strain Of nullity hard to endure. And here Is the source of hU meanlngtess noise (His sentences sense du not show), II fears to keep silt-nt his silvery voice, For silence U golden, you know. -II. C. C. TL E. Springsteen &. Co., tailors. Spring poods at pruu prices. ff. renn. et.

TONNAGE IS INCREASING

LAST IVEEK'S RECORD SHOWS A GAI. OF OVER 1,000 LOADED CARS. The IVnnyIvniili Will Change Its Method of Heating: Train The D, & O. Will Shorten Its Line. The train records show that there were received and forwarded at Indianapolis In the week ended March 17 a total o? 27.6S1 cars, 21,251 being loaded. The tonnage of last week, in the early part of tho week. promised to be a record-breaker, but later heavy snows In the East and Northwest prevented connections of Indianapolis lines making deliveries. High water at Cincinnati cut down the traffic of the Big Four on its Cincinnati dlvison, consequently that line handled at Indianapolis 1,614 fewer loaded cars than In the corresponding week of 1S39. The Pennsylvania lines to some extent offset this shortage by handling at this point 410 more loaded cars than In tho corresponding week of 1809, and the Peoria & Eastern shows an Increase of fourteen loaded cars and the Vandalla a decrease of thirty, while the CIcinnatI, Hamilton & Dayton handled at this city the game number of loaded cars. East-bound there was some increase in shipments of grain, but not to the amount anticipated when rates are considered, and the prospects of an ad vance In rates on corn April 2. The call for empty cars at stations on Western lines on Friday and Saturday Indicates that the present week shipments of grain to the Atlantic seaboard will be heavy. Shipments of provisions and of cereallne products to Southern and Southeastern territory are unusually heavy, and also of Southern pine to Northern cities, and heavy cak timbers, now used so extensively In construction of slow-burning buildings. West-bound business was light, owing to the fact that freights from the East are delayed by heavy snows troubling the trunk lines. Freight officials speak of local business as being most satisfactory, and seemingly including about every article known to the classification, and. best of all, they state that In all directions, unless It be on grain east-bound, rates are maintained in a manner that has not prevailed at any time In many years, and shippers, as a rule, seem better satisfied, feeling that all are treated alike In rate matters. TKe table below shows the number of loaded cars handled at this point for the week ending March 17 and for the corresponding weeks of 1S93 and 1533: Name of Road. 1900. 1S9D. 1898. C, I. & L 667 602 580 I., D. & W 460 4L; 4v50 C, H. & D. Ind'polis dlv. 952 052 SS9 L. E. & W 54S 533 475 Penn.-I. & V DCS 723 737 Penn.-J.. M. & 1 802 Ö07 903 Penn. Chlcasro div 1,012 761 902 Penn. Columbus dlv 2.012 2,051 2,160 Vandalla 2,256 2,386 2.419 P. & E. East div 825 811 762 P. & W. West div 1.003 90S 858 Big Four-Chicago dlv.... 2.403 3.231 3.327 Pig Four Cincinnati dlv. 2.665 3.762 3,3,88 Biff Four-St. Louis dlv.. 2.207 2.072 1,994 Big Four-Cleveland cKv.. 2.3S8 2,200 2,506 Totals 21.261 22.359 22.791 Empty cars 6,420 5.332 6,071 Total movement 27.6S1 27,691 23.S62 A Decrease in Number of Accidents. Under the signal rules adopted by the American Railroad Association the application of which is general not only through the United States, but also In Mexico and Canada, there has been a steady reduction of the number of fatalities on American railroads, the total number of which Is now considerably less than it was ten years ago, though in the meantime railroad travel has Increased enormously. The total number of passengers carried on American railroads In a year is not far from 600,000,000, and the number of fatalities to passengers averages less than 250, or less than one-two-thousandth of 1 per cent. Wrhlle the number of passengers carried Is Increasing, the number of accidents is diminishing in consequence of the fact that while some railroad accidents appear to be absolutely unavoidable, serious accidents, entailing the wrecking of trains and wholesale disasters, are very much less frequent than formerly. The adoption and maintenance of a complete system of signals entails a considerable expense upon railroad companies, but it Is much more than made up by the advantages attained, which Include greater security in travel, a high rate of speed for passenger trains, a much diminished danger of track obstruction, and a practical diminution In the number and success of suits brought for damages. Ofllclala Golnar to the Sale. W. F. Harrlty, Max Pain, W. Edenburn, Silas W. Pettlt, Herman Sieleken, Winthrop Smith, members of the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf reorganization committee; Judge E. II. Stiles, master in chancery; A. J. Singer, secretary of tho Guardian Trust Company; J. W. Clifford, a director in the new company; Gen. G. E. B. Howard, counsel for the State Trust Company, and others, left Kansas City yesterday for Joplin to attend the sale of the Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad to-day. Personal, Local and General Noten. E. P. Ripley, president of the Atchison system, has gone to California for the benefit of his health. Two trains, carrying about 1.000 emigrants, passed over the Pennsylvania on Friday en route from New York to Chicago. J. U. Crawford, chief engineer of the Pennsylvania, has completed the survey of the projected Pennsylvania & Buffalo road. The general managers and superintendents of the roads constituting the Union Railway Company will hold a meeting at the Union Station to-morrow. In the week ending March 17 there were transferred over the Belt road 18,374 cars, handled at the stockyards 929 cars of stock and on private switches 774 loaded cars. It Is now reported that the big railroads are preparing to Introduce the telephone method of taking messages, and that the telegraphers at various stations will be discarded. R. H. Boweron has been appointed general superintendent of the St. Louis & Southwestern Railway. Mr. Boweron was formerly a division superintendent on the Great Northern. The Baldwin Uomotlve works are turning out four loeomotives dally and employ ing 7.800 men. They are now building forty Vauolain type compound locomotives for the Union Pacific. Beginning on April 1 the Pullman Com pany will operate Its cars over the Southern Pacific, having acquired by purchase all of the sleeping car Interests of the Southern Pacific lines. The New York Central and Lake Shore, on their limited trains, are serving in the dining cars a variety of seasonable delicacies, which include terrapin, spring lamb, strawberry shortcake and French coffee. It Is proposed to advance rates on coal by all the cool lines operating in Ohio. April 1, and to-morrow representatives of all the roads Interested win meet in Co lumbus to fix on what the advance shall be. On Saturday the Panhandle received three more Class G-4 engines from AI toona, making eleven new ones received in the last four weeks. They are the heaviest type of engine ever used on the lines west of Pittsburg. W. L. Stevenson, who recently resigned as superintendent of tho 1 Itchburg road, will return West to become, on April 1, general manager of the Sioux City Termin al lines. Mr. Stevenson left the Chicago & Alton road to go to an Eastern line. Tho a la carte plan of serving passengers has been in use for twelve years over the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton and the Monon lines, and investigation shows that such service is more satisfactory to the traveling public and more economical to tho road than the American plan. K. O. Hopkins, of the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville, has been etcqte4 president of the Peoria & Pekln, view Gcörga I. Bradbury, retired, and J. A. Barnard, of the Pe-

orla & Eastern, vice president. In place of Mr. Bosworth. resigned. The annual report

shows earnings of J730.G52 and a surplus of 519.511. A considerable sum of money was expended in li39 in improvements to the property. Fort Wayne conductors of the local pas senger service are no longer confined to a set series of trains on their runs. A change has been made whereby one crew works on the same series a week and the next a week, but while working on the same run usually they are on different trains. Additional evidence of the good feel ing and harmony existing among the executives of the Pennsylvania lines and the Baltimore & Ohio and the Chesapeake Ac Ohio is shown in the contents of a circu lar letter sent out abolishing stopover privileges on parti' tickets over these roads. This agreement will affect theatrical Deople. Experiments are being made at various stations and on many divisions of the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsylvania system with a view to testing the efficiency of the telephone as a means of taking messages. It is thought, however, that It may prove unreliable, as it might possibly cause serious wrecks and delays through misunderstanding of orders. Important changes in methods of opera tion are to be enforced on the New York, New Haven & Hartford, and freight trains will be run through from New York to Boston with two crews Instead of four, as at present, which will result in economy of time and money. This plan, it is said, means the abandonment of New Haven as a center, and New London hereafter -will be the half-way station. The matter of export rates will be dis cussed at a special meeting of the executive committee of the Western freight committee to-morrow in Chicago, and Its conclusions will possibly be submitted to the meeting of the general committee on Wednesday. There is no doubt that the export packing house and grain rates need attention, and it is expected that an equi table basis will be agreed upon which will be satisfactory to all lines. There are six passenger engineers run ning on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago who have been in the service consid erably more than a quarter of a century and who are well-known from Pittsburg to Crestline. These men have passed over the road during their time of service many hundred times, and it is said among officials that there is a charm about them that keeps them out of danger, as neither of them has ever been badly hurt In all their years of service. It Is understood that in addition to the cut-off planned between Patterson's creek and the Potomac, whereby the Baltimore & Ohio will save twenty-four hours In the handling of fast freight, the company also proposes to make a material change in its line west of Cumberland. The plan is to run a line of road by a direct course from. Falrmount. W. V., to Columbus. O. This would shorten the route between New York and Chicago seventyflve or eighty miles. Tho Canadian Pacific's report for the year ended Dec. CO shows working expenses amounted to 58.16 per cent, of the gross earnings, and the net earnings to 41.84 per cent, as compared with 53.92 and 40.0S per cent., respectively, in 1S0S. The earnings per passenger per mile were 1.79 cents and per ton of freight per mile 0.74 cents as against 1.52 and 0.76 cents, respectively. In 1898. Two hundred and seventy-four miles of the main lines were relald with steel rails weighing seventythree to eighty pounds. The Pullman people state that the ten new trains that they are building for the Northern Pacific will be the most complete the works have ever built. Every car will be full vestlbuled, including the observation and dining cars, and in their construction a number of novel features have been Introduced. Special large passenger engines are being built to haul these trains, which will be put on April 29, and, as on the Pennsylvania and Lake Shore, they are to be known as limited trains. No passes will be honored. It has been known for a long time that the Pennsylvania has not been satisfied with the steam heat now in use and that experiments have been going on to improve the methods used to heat cars. A train of ten cars equipped with a new heating device has been running for a few days on the middle division of the Pennsylvania. The tests so far have been highly satisfactorj't but some changes have been suggested. It Is now stated that It is the Intention of the company to equip all its coaches and engines with the new device. The signal for a start of trains from a station of the Baltimore & Ohio has ceased to be a lusty cry of "all aboard." Announcement in the station that the train is ready to receive its passengers ends the shouting. Passengers who are not aboard when the train Inspector's blue flag has been taken down and the baggagemaster has finished his work have to look out for themselves. If the train Is due to leave under these circumstances, the gateman pulls a lever and a semaphore drops as a signal to the brakeman on the rear of the train, lie starts the whistle signal to the engineer, and the train moves out of the station. Conductor and trainmen of the New York Central were In session for several days in behalf of the committee last week and in behalf of the committee the chairman made the following statement: "Our meeting was a very agreeable and pleasant one In every particular. The conductors met for the purpose of preparing a new schedule whereby their work will be regulated by the mileage system the same as the trainmen. The trainmen participated In the meeting for the purpose of assisting the conductors In the formulation of the propositions. The propositions will be put Into shape at once for submission to the ofllcials of the New York Central. Until some action is taken by the officials the proposed schedule will not be made public." In 1S99, as in former years, the Iron Mountain proves to have been the profitable member of the Gould lines. Taking the accounts as they stand. Including all of the refunding charges, the Iron Mountain earned a surplus of $756,000 after payment of all expenses and charges, as compared with a corresponding surplus of $1.172,000 in 1S98. Missouri Pacific, on the other hand, had a deficit of IHJ.OOO In 1S39 as against a surplus of $7,000 in 1&98. The latter company last year received about $75,000 less money than the year before as Interest on securities in the treasury, and $216,000 taken in as income from coal companies appears to have vanished altogether in 1S99. G. A. Peck, former division general superintendent of the Big Four, holds the same position on the Iron Mountain, and is making an excellent record. Of late there ha9 been a good deal of uneasiness among passenger and freight men located at different points off their own lines, and with traveling passenger and freight agents, because of rumors of general dismissal of men in such lines of railroad service, but these rumors are shown to bo groundless by the fact that many of the principal roads are increasing tho number of their representatives in such lines, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, last week, making several new appointments, as are others of the Western and Northwestern lines where, it was said, by a Chicago paper, that the changes were to be so general. A circular just received from the Illinois Central announces a number of changes to become effective April 15, among them that of Sam Hatch, of Cincinnati, from division passenger agent to the post of assistant general passenger agent, at Chicago headquarters. Others are: James Culton, to be commercial agent at Denver, reporting to the assistant general freight agent at Omaha. He was trav eling freight agent. II. Van Rensaellcar, to be traveling freight and passenger agent, with headquarters at Denver. He was a clerk in the Chicago general offices. Donald Rose, to be commercial agent at Salt Lake City, was clerk in the Chicago general offices. W. B. Trumbull, to be commercial agent at Portland. Ore., was chief clerk in the office of C. F. A. Keepers, at Chicago. W. H. Snedaker, to be general agent at San Francisco, was general agent of the Rio Grande Western, at San Francisco. Clarence Haydock. to be traveling freight and passenger agent at Los Angeles, was ticket agent of the Southern Pacific at San Jose, Cal. Honor Follows the Finn:. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal. All our powers to act as a nation come from the Constitution, and where it does not reach by its own vigor It does and must control the spirit of our action as a government. Constitutions are not self-acting, but all action must come within the spirit of the controlling power, except within the limitation of military necessity. The legislative branch of government must not be without license. If every other proposition of governmental policy falls, honor surely follows the flag. All agree we cannot have imperialism in this country, but we cannot avoid the Imputation of It if we disre

gard the spirit of our Constitution In dealing with annexed territory. J. IL CLAYPOOL. Indianapolis, March 17.

INDIANA STATE NORMAL

A NECESSITY OF THE DEVELOPED COM3IO.V-SCIIOOL SYSTEM. Its Course of Stndy, Methods ot Instruction, Library, Gymnasiums and Other Eiiuipment. It was not ro many yearsgo that the schoolteacher was the person whose inclination led him to pick up a little more information regarding the "three r's" than the average of the people. He had been through the arithmetic, could parse and "set the copies." Thus he was 'able to obtain from $S to $15 a month during the winter, when those less learned were idle. The young woman who was bright enough to.k'keep school" escaped the house work incident to the household of the farm when the spinning wheel and the loom were domestic Implements. She was most fortunate if she received $1.75 a week and her board. The laws usually required that teachers should pass an examination to show their qualifications, but as the local school officer was for the most part the still more pessimistic teacher It could be said that it was not necessary that the schoolteacher the land over should have any more knowledge of the art of teaching than lawyers in Indiana are required to have of law to be admitted to the bar. No one thought of teaching as a lifelong occupation or profession. It was a temporary employment that required no special preparation. In most States the teachers' institute came fifty years ago in some of the older States earlier. With the older teachers who had "kept" school a dozen years the Institute was not regarded with favor. They preferred their own treatment of the "three r's" to the newfangled notions of the fellows from the academies, who "put on frills." In time the Normal School followed. It was a school in which only the simpler methods of teaching were given. The old teacher with his fixed Ideas, his parsing book, his knowledge as to the extraction of the cube root, and his ferrule, fought the Normal School with the bitterness of prejudice and apprehension. The fight is not yet over, but it is nearly so. Indiana did not make the Normal School a part of its common school system until later than some States, but when the Legislature appropriated money for the support of one its successors wisely pursued a policy of making that one the best rather than to fritter Its appropriation among three or four such schools. For the reason that Indiana has but one State Normal School, It has one of the best In the country, meeting the exacting requirements which the highly developed school system of the State requires. The fact is, school teaching In Indiana, with its most liberal provision for the support of schools, has become one of the learned professions to be followed a lifetime. No longer can the young man preparing for a profession help himself to a few dollars by teaching school. He Is obliged not only to have a little knowledge of the college variety, but he must know something of the science of teaching what he is to teach and how It Is taught. The graded common school system of Indiana has made such knowledge a positive requirement, tho door of the schoolhouse being closed to every person who has not a certificate showing that he or she has passed a certain examination, the basis of which, whether the teacher attends the normal schools or not Is the Normal School course. A COMPLETE SYSTEM. One who spends a few hours In going over the State Normal School at Terra Haute will be surprised at the completeness and comprehensiveness of the system. It Is not a school, as many Imagine, whose pupils have slender attainments and where only the mere method of conveying instruction according to some textbooks is Impressed upon students of narrow general knowledge. While the pur pose of the school is to prepare teachers for the common schools, It requires that every student shall take courses In Latin, German, history, mathematics, literature and science, In addition to the study of the common branches and the professional line. The student is graduated and given a diploma who has not the equivalent of the four years' course. This does not mean that every student who Is graduated must be connected with the Normal School four years, since the graduates of colleges and teachers holding county licenses, and the graduates of authorized high schools are admitted to briefer courses, but all designed to prepare the student for the profession of teaching. There has been complaint because those who are graduated from the Normal School are given life certificates. When it is considered that medical schools and scientific schools give life diplomas, why should they not be given to teachers who have devoted the equivalent of four years to the profession of teaching? For one who has not come In contact with modern teaching the methods pursued will be novel. The old cramming process for examination has been discarded for the method of drawing out, the real "educo" of education. If one should go into a " history class, for Instance, he will listen to a member of the class read a paper giving some account of a period of history assigned for study. His presentation of what he sees in the period must be written in the language that the children of the seventh or eighth grade of the common school will understand. Then it Is criticised by teacher and pupils. If words or phrases are too abstruse for the child, who is ever kept In mind, they are pointed out, and that is criticised in the same manner. About a year of the course is devoted to a thorough and reflective study of the elementary branches taught in the common schools. To be admitted to the school the pupil must have a general knowledge of these subjects. The method of studying the subjects and of presenting them to the different grades of the public schools are the objects of study. The normal course requires every student to pursue a long line of strictly professional work which is designed to give a special insight into all educational questions and to prepare tho individual for intelligent and reasonable charge of a school. This line of study consists of educational psychology, the theory of the school, the principles of methods, observation in the training schools, the history and philosophy of education and practice In the training schools. Of these training schools there is one for each grade, made up of children in the city and under the instruction of the best teachers In the country. Into these training schools every pupil must go to observe and to teacn. ir, now and then, a pupil shows lack of capacity, such person is not given a certlfiA VALUABLE LIBRARY. The State Normal has one of the best libraries for educational and professional uses that can be found in the country. All of the best literature Is found there, and all of the reference and technical books that are i; :L'Jshcd. This library contains CO.uoQ volumes, but it has not cost the State a dollar. It couldnot be duplicated for less than $100,000. An entire floor Is devoted to the library, which Is fitted for reading, certain portions of the school having given hours. The school has gymnasiums and skilled teachers, and all pupils must take the course. Persons who are diseased or those who are not cleanly in person are not admitted. It cannot be charged against the Normal school that the State supports it for but a few persons in tho vicinity of Terre Haute. Last year students, of whom there were 1.300 in the spring term, were present from ninety of the ninety-two counties. Vigo county appears to have more than any other county, but this is due to the fact that many from other counties take up their residence in Terre Haute while taking the course. It is often charged that the state schools are Irreligious. If that means that they are not sectarian the charge is true. If it means that there Is no ethical instruction or religious privileges It is not true. There

are two vigorous Christian organizations

the loung Men's and the Young Women s Christian Association. These not only hold regular meetings and have well-fitted rooms, but they carry forward a regular course of Bible study. To the students as a body lectures are delivered on practical topics. Not long ago the writer listened to an able address by President Parsons on "Law and Liberty," in which he en forced the idea that there could be no lib erty without law that law must be su preme, and that teachers must teach obedience to law as the foundation of true liberty. It must strike those who visit the State Normal that Indiana has pursued a wise policy in maintaining but one school for the preparation of teachers one school with an able corps of teachers devoting special attention to ono branch, with an equipment so full and so ample that those who are graduated from it go forth fully prepared for the work. Divide this one well-equipped school into three or four, as has been done la some States, and the result would be three or four poorly taught and Inefficiently equipped schoois. S. FROM SUNDAY'S JOURNAL. Items of Paramount Interest from the Issne of March 18. There is considerable excitement In Japan over the possibility of war with Rus sia. The rebel Dutch In Cape Colony are sur rendering their arms to the Britlch commanders. Meetings were held In Porto Rlcan cities to take action regarding the distress pre vailing In the Island. A ' Republican delegation left Louisville to lay the details of the Kentucky situation before the President. Details were made public of the quarrel between Gen. Lord Methuen and several of his regimental officers. Lady Nora Roberts sailed from London to Join her husband, the field marshal. The Duchess of Teck also sailed. Mexico's grand canal, preliminary part of the city's great sewerage system, was formally opened by President Diaz. The Queen's shamrock order was uni versally obeyed In England, shamrocks and Irish flags being In evidence everywhere. Maud R.. the famous trotter, died at Port Chester, N. Y., aged twenty-six years. Her great record was made in lSSo at Cleveland. Certainty of delay In the hearing of the Republicans accused of complicity In the shooting of Senator Goebel has become manifest. Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Planing Mill Company suffered a heavy loss by fire. It is thought Cincinnati detectives have the murderers of John B. Stout. The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick gave an elaborate banquet at the Denison. Case of F. J. Meyers, ex-superlntendent of the County Poor Farm, is in the Jury's hands. Frank Bolander and Thomas McKearn, railroad men, had their legs cut off while at work. A burned-out fuse caused a panic In an Indiana-avenue street car. Lillian Cahill was injured. Charles Klralfy Is In this country looking for four pretty women to compete in the London beauty show. James A. Wlldman, well known In the city and State, died at his home, No. 815 North Pennsylvania street. THE COURT RECORD. SUPERIOR COURT. Room 1 John I. McMaster, Judge. William Carpenter vs. Mary E. Carpenter; divorce. Dismissed for want of prosecution. Lillian Morris vs. Dallas Morris; divorce. Dismissed for want of prosecution. Rebecca Gallagher vs. John E. Gallagher; divorce. Dismissed for want of prosecution. Room 2 James M. Leathers, Judge. Mary Rowe vs. Thomas Rowe; divorce. Decree granted plaintiff. Judgment against defendant for costs. Capltola Hayden vs. Francis Hayden; divorce. Decree granted plaintiff. Judgment against plaintiff for costs. Annie Kinchen vs. John Kinchen; " divorce. Decree granted plaintiff. Judgment against defendant for costs. Josle Haffield vs. Elijah Haffield; divorce. Decree granted plaintiff. Judgment against defendant for costs. Henry Wise vs. Mary Wise; divorce. Decree granted plaintiff. Judgment against plaintiff for costs. Anna Dunlap vs. George Dunlap; divorce. Decree granted plaintiff. Judgment against defendant for costs. Albert Upham vs. Minnie Upham; divorce. Decree granted plaintiff. . Judgment against plaintiff for costs. James Kllnger vs. Beulah Klinger; divorce. Decree granted defendant on cross complaint.- Judgment against plaintiff for costs. Room 3 Vinson Carter, Judge. Wallace Marshall vs. Isaac P. Russell et al.; note. Taken under advisement. Edward Ballard vs. Jessie Ballard; divorce. Decree granted plaintiff. Judgment against plaintiff for costs. Cortice M. Warner and Rufus II. East vs. John F. McLeay; appeal. Finding and judgment against the defendant for $60 and costs. The Railroadmen's Building and Loan Association vs. Leon P. Cornet et al.; foreclosure. Finding due $1,779.22. Decree of foreclosure and order of sale. William Wilklns vs. Henry F. Cloud; foreclosure. Finding and judgment in favor of German Fire Insurance Company against Gideon Pittman for $691.40. Finding and judgment in favor of Elizabeth Linder against Gideon Pittman for $117.75. Decree of foreclosure. Nancy W. Montague vs. C, C, C. & St. L. Ry. Co.; damages. Judgment on verdict against plaintiff for costs. Jessie F. Lockman vs. Charles B. Powers et al.; to quiet title. Title quieted. Judgment against plaintiff for costs. George H. Carter et al. vs John Klndley et al.; mechanic's lien. Finding and Judgment against defendant John Klndley for $45 and costs. Decree of foreclosure. Clover Leaf Society vs. Henry F. Habeney et al; bond. Dismissed by plaintiff. Judgment against plaintiff for costs. CIRCUIT COURT. Henry Clay Allen, Judge. Ralph S. Barrett vs. Anson H. Thompson et al.; demand $200. Defendants Hester and Thompson appear by H. c. Cox, attorney. Submitted to court. Evidence heard. Finding for plaintiff. Judgment against defendants for $178.50, without relief, and costs. Ida M. Stewart vs. Louis C. Stewart; divorce. Defendant prays an appeal to the Supreme Court. Granted on filing bond in thirty days in sum of $1,200 with security to be approved by court. Charles W. De Pauw vs. Premier Steel Company; receivership. Receiver files petition for extension of time to come in on intervening petition. Granted. Time extended to April 5, 1000. Johanna Berent vs. Richard Berent; divorce. Defendant defaulted. Submitted to court. Evidence heard. Finding for plaintiff. Decree of divorce. Custody of child, Erich Berent, awarded to plaintiff. Judgment against plaintiff for costs. Plaintiff restricted from marrying for two years. Less H. Sutton vs. T. Andrew 'II. Maholm; foreclosure chattel mortgage. Submitted to court, and by agreement of par ties judgment against defendant for $30 and costs, without relief, and decree of tore closure. Ira M. Holmes vs. Mary R. Stuckwlsh et al.; fradulent conveyance. Finding for plaintiri. conveyance set aside as fradulent as to plaintiff's Judgment. Judgment of plaintiff, $19.19 and costs, declared lien on property described. Judgment against de fendant for costs. Lida Anderson vs. Harvey Anderson; di vorce. Defendant defaulted. Submitted to court. Evidence heard. Finding for plalntin:. Decree or divorce, fiaintirr restored maiden name, Lida Todd. Judgment against defendant for costs. CRIMINAL COURT. Fremont Alford, Judge. Flavius J. Meyers; grand larceny and em bezzlement. Trial resumed. Argument heard. Judy Instructed in writing. Jury out. Thomas E. Collins; doing business with out license. Defendant arraigned. Plea of guilty. Fined $5. NEW SUITS FILED. James H. Paris et al. vs. John H Thatcher: complaint on account; demand $102.42. Circuit Court. John Hauck vs. Wesley M. Gerard ct al.; complaint on note; demand $300. Superior Court, Room z. Edward Spchn vs. Anna Spahn; complaint for divorce. Superior Court, noom 2. Mattle B. Davenport vs. Frank J. Davenport; complaint for divorce, ßuperior Court, Room L .:.. 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Wednesday, March 21, One Night Only, Charles Frohroan presents Prices $1.50. $1. Tic, 5c. 2. Seats readr this morning:. PAR K TO-DAY I The Season's Banner Attraction One Solid Week of the Finest Vau. deville in the World. TheBehmanShow Headed by THE FOLK COHANS änd Including th thre Merkel Sisters. York and Adams, Ethel Levey. Diana, the Mirror Queen, Fred Niblo. Karata and Arno, and the famous Rossow illdycts. 10c, 20c, 30c. Everybody goes to the Paris LEGAL A D V E RTI S E3I EX TS. XOTtcEOFsXLET Notice of sale of lands and lots mortgaged to the State of Indiana for the benefit of the common and congressional school funds, held in trust by Marlon county, Indiana. In default of iayment of principal and interest due to the common and congressional school funds, held In trust by Marlon county, Indiana, on the loans of said funds hereinafter mentioned, I will, in pursuance of the requirements of the school laws, öfter at public sal at the south door of the courthouse, in the city of Indianapolis, in said county, on MONDAY. THE 26TH DAY OF MARCH, 1900, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m. of eald day, to the highest bidder, for cash, the mortgaged premises, or so much of them as will eatisly the amounts due thereon, respectively, for principal. Interest, damages and costs. When less than the whole tract mortgaged shall be Bold the quantity sold shall be taken in a square form as nearly as possible oft the northwesterly corner of said tract; and when less than the whole of any lnlot or outlot of any town or city shall be sold the part sold shall be laid out and taken off so that it shall extend from the main or principal street or alley on which said lot fronts, to the rear thereof, to divide the same by a line as nearly parallel with the boundaries of said lot as practicable, to wit: Loan No. 1S33 Lot number ten (10), In Combs' s heirs' addition to the town of Southport, excepting two and one-half acres off of the south end of said lot by a line drawn parallel with the south line thereof, being a subdivision of the east half of the southwest quarter of section number eight (S), township fourteen (14) north, of range four (4) east. Plat recorded in the recorder's office of said county, on Page 154 of Elat book No. ; the ground hereby mortgaged eing eight and one-half acres. Mortgaged by Dennis H. Merrill and Mary Merrill, on Jan. SO, 1878. The amount of principal. Interest, damages and costs that will be due oa the day of aale is $305.90. Loan No. 208 Beginning on the south line of the southwest quarter of section one (1), township fifteen (15) north, of range two (2) east, at a point thirteen (13) chains and eighty-eight (fcS) links east of the southwest corner of said quarter section, running thence north forty (40) chains and twenty-three (23) links to the north line of said quarter section; thence east with said north line thirteen (13) chains and eightythree (83) links; thence south forty (40) chains and thirty-one (31) links to the south line of said quarter section, thence west thirteen (13) chains and elgcty-tive (&5) links to the place ot beginning, containing fifty-five (55 63-100) acres and sixty-five hundredths of an acre. Mortgaged by Charles E. Jones and Joan Jones July 28, 1&82. The amount of principal. Interest, damages and costs that will be due on the day of sale is $1.543.!. Loan No. 2187 The north half of lot twentyfour (24), In Kuddell's subdivision of lot twenty, two (22). in Johnson heirs' addition to the city of Indianapolis' Mortgaged by George W. Spanr and Lizzie V. bpahr. his wife. Aug. 29, 1884. The amount of principal, interest, damages and costs that will be due on the day of sale is 1343.61. Loan No. 2663 Lot forty-seven (47), In J. M. Rldenour's second addition to the city of Indianapolis. Mortgaged by Henry T. Notllng and Sophia Noltlng, his wife. Nov. 9. 1&Ö. The amount of principal, interest, damages and costs that will be due on the day of sale is $350.15. Loan No. 27al Lot twenty-one (21) and 110 feet oft of the west end of lot twenty (20)'. in J. O. Woodruff's subdivision of B. F. Morris's addition, in the city of Indianapolis. Mortgaged by Edna M. Bennett and Robert It. Bennett, her husband. May IS. l&W. The amount of principal, interest, damages and costs that will be due on the day ot sale is $753.05. Loan No. 2804 Beginning at a point on the west line of the northweet quarter of section ten (10), township fifteen (15) north, range three (3) east, three and thirty-four hundredths (3 34-luu) chains south of the south line of the right ot way of the Indianapolis & St. Louts Railway Company, thence south three and twenty-six one-hundredths (3 26-100) chains, thence east at right angles with section line five (5) chains, thence north and parallel with said line three and twenty-six hundredths (3 26-100) chains, thence west five chains to beginning, containing one and sixty-three onehundredths (1 63-100) acres; also, beginning at a point in the west line of the northwest quarter of section ten (10), township fifteen (15) north, range three (3) east, five hundred and nine (609) feet south of the northwest corner of said section ten (10). thence south one hundred and eighty and eight-ten ths (180 8-10) feet to the north line of the right of way of the Indianapolis & St. Louis Hallway Company, thence eastward along said last-named line three hundred and thirty (330) feet, thence north one hundred and sixty-nine (163) feet, thence west three hundred and thirty (330) feet to the place of beginning, containing one and thirty-two onehundredths (1 22-100) acres. Mortgaged by John S. Neal and Lucretia A. Neal. his wife, June 21, 1390. The amount of principal, interest, damages and costs that will be due on the day of sale is 5837.83. Loan No. 3001 Twenty-three (23) feet and six (6) inches off of the north side of lot number eight (8). in Yandes & Wllkens's subdivision of square number one hundred (10), In the city of Indianapolis. Mortgaged by Mary E. Conard and . Charles P. Conard, her husband, Jan. 23, 1832. The amount of principal, interest, damages and costs that will be due on the day of sale is $727.80. Loan No. 3015 Lot number five (5), in Tfafflln's subdivision of a part of block number sixteen (16), in Holmes's West-end addition to the city of Indianapolis, now In the town of Haughrllle. Mortgaged by Sarah Wolfe unmarried, March 4, 1SÖ2. The amount of principal, interest, damages and costs that will be due on the day of sale Is 1242.68. Loan No. 3062 Lots numbered from seven (7) to eleven (11), Inclusive, and from sixteen (16) to twenty-one (21), Inclusive, in William M. Jones's subdivision of Lots 13, 14 and 15, in Valentine B. Cress's addition to the city of Indianapolis. Mortgaged by Herbert D. Bennett, unmarried, Aug. 1, 1S02. The amount of principal, inter-st, damages and costs that will be due on the day of sale is $7u9.70 Loan No. 3265 Lot number one hundred and four (104), In E. T.. S. K. & A. E. Fletcher's Woodlawn addition to the city of Indianapolis. (See Plat Book 3, Page 156.) Mortgaged by Caroline Bowser and Levi C. Bowser, her husband, March 22. 1895. The amount of principal, interest, damages and costs that will be due on the day of sale is J6C2.31. Loan No. 3275 All that part of the west halt of the northwest quarter of section ten (10), township fifteen (15) north, range three (3) east, described as follows, to wit: Commencing on the west line of said half quarter section at a oolnt two hundred and one (201) feet south of the northwest corner of said quarter section, thence soutn along tne west line or said ouarter sec tion forty (40) feet, thence east parallel with the north line of said quarter section three hundred and thirty iwu) feet to & contemplated strt thence north parallel with the west lint rr ai.i quarter section forty (40) feet, thence west three nunareo ana tnmy (3J0) reet to the place of beginning. Mortgaged by John 8. Neal and l.u. cretfa A. Neal. his wife. April 12. 1835. The amount of principal. Interest, damages and costs that will be due on the day of sale is $243.86. Loan No. $34 Commencing In the center of cooper avenue rorty (40) rods north of the south line of the northwMt Quarter of section twtntveight (28), township sixteen (16) north, range tnree u) at. and running thence west parallel to the south line of said quarter section to the west line thereof, thence north on the weet line thereof twenty (20) rods to a point, thence east parallel to the south line to the center of Cooper avenue, thence south on the center line of Cooper avenue to tho place of beginning, containing ten (10) acres. Mortgaged by Nancy A. GUdeweli and Ulysses G. GUdeweli. her husband. Oct. 1, 1835. The amount of principal. Interest, dam ages and costs that will be due on the day . of sale is $741.40. Loan No. 3355 Lots numbered twenty (2ft), twenty-four (24). twenty-flve (2.). twenty-Blx (26) and twenty-eight (28), In McCaslln's first addition to Kevstone Tark. (See plat book No. 11. Page 33.) Mortgaged by Earnest V. Clurke. unmarried. Oct. 28, 18t5. The amount of principal. Interest, damages and costs that will be due on the day of sale is $356.33. Loan N'o. S364 Lots numbered twnty-seven (27). twenty-eight (28). twenty-nine 23). thirty (30). thirty-one (an sna ininy-iw uj). in tuock number thirteen (13). in George F. Adams's addltion to the city of Indianapolis. Mortgaged tv Thomas J. Kast ana eusan l.. tast, his wife, s'nv. 1. 1835. The amount of princlnaL interest damages and costs that will be due on the day of sale is $166.8. Ioan N'o. 3(11 Lots numbered twenty (20), twenty-one (21), twenty-two (22). thirty-one (31) thirty-two (32). ninety-seven (97). ninety-eight 9S. ninety-nine (W. one hundred (loot. ne hundred and one (1G1). one hundred and two (102). ana nunarea ana tnree (103). one hundr.i and four (104) and ono hundred and Ave (105). in Englewood. an add'tlon to the ety of Indianapolis. Mortgaged by Henry H. Bevllle and Nancy P. Bevllle. his wife, Dec. 9, is:. The amount or principal, interest,, flamages and cost that will be due on the day ot sale is $2.308.57. Ixian No. 3417 Lot number five- (5). in John Young's nrst aflflition to university Place. Irv. nton. as reccrled in plat book No. . Page 127. recorders omee or Marion county. Indiana Mortgaged by Samuel C. Shutt. unmarried. Jan 26, 1S37. The amount of principal, interest, dam ages and costs that will te due on the day of 1IARKY n. SMITH. Auditor Marion County, Indiana, INDIANAPOLIS AUSENAL. Ind.. March 12. 1. Sealed proposals In triplicate will be received here until 10 o'clock a. m.. April 13, ISM), for furnishing fuel tiurim? the fiscal year, commencing July 1. i:0O. V. K. reserves rig4it to reject or accept any or all proposals r any part thereof. Information furnUhed on application. Envelopes containing proioa!a should b marked "PmpoiMils for Fuel." addressed CHARLES SHALUU. Major Ord., Q. U.

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GRAND 25c Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. . The powerful emotional drkir.a. "The New Magdalen" Taken from Wükle Col.'IpVs ft-moy book. Wrltcht lira m-r's photographs Kltchcll's new iJUroM pne!) to ; ladies to-night. r.tenirg i iuc lowct noor, oaicony, jc; alirry. 15c: rnatinee. 25c. Neil Week'CamiUe." xxYoir,oc2tTpl-io$ri.1:or Wabatb and Delaware Sts. ONE WEEK MÄoK'ttae. March 19 Miaco's CITY CLUB Prices of Admission 10c. 15c. 25c. 50c lsich ?. S7,C$- VANITY FA I It." March3,S5,3i-N10UT OWLS." Theodore Thomas ORCHESTRA ' Saturday Evening:, - March 24 TOMLIN50N HALL Tickets will be on sale Monday. Mirch 19. for subscribers onlv from 9 to 6 o'clock. General sale cf seats Tuesday. March 2A at he Big Four office, Washington and Meridian streets. SEALS, STENCILS. STA 31 PS. iTrnTMAEER seals Wkvea stSncils stamps; VM wtmrm vtAnre wrr-l-v Ae Copy of Statement of the Conditio OF THE Aetna Indemnity Company . On the 31st day of December, 1599. It Is located at No. 650 Main street, Hartford. Conn. ItOBT. A. GRIFFING, President. E. T. PEG RAM. Secretary. The amount of Its capital authorized Is 11,000,000 The amount of ita capital paid up la wO.000 The Assets of the Company la (be U. S. ire as follows: Cash on hand and in the hands of agents or other persons Jl 4.379.31 Bonds and stocks owned by tho company, bearing Interest at the rate of per cenL, as per schedule filed, market value 2S7.160.00 All other sccurtles, accrued Interest 2.4S0.03 Total assets S304.019.97 LIABILITIES. Losses In suspense, waiting for further "proof lCZi.it All other claims against the company 230.00 Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks 4S.3S4.U Total liabilities J13.3C2.57 State of Indiana, Office of Auditor of State. I. the undersigned, auditor of state of the State of Indiana, hereby certify that the above Is a correct copy of the statement of the condition of the above-mentioned company, on the 31st day of December, 1899, as shown by the original statement, and that the said original statement is now on file in this offlce. In testimony whereof I hcreSEALv unto subscribe my name and affix my official "seal this 20th day of February. 1300. W. II. HART, Auditor of State. Copy of Statement of the Condition OF THE WasMiigtoe Life Insurance Company On the 31st day of December, 1899 It Is located at 141 Broadway, New York. W. A. BREWER, JR., President GRAHAM II. BREWER, Secretary. The amount of Its capital ls..u 1123,000 The amount of Its capital paid up is. 125,000 The Assets of the Company In the United States are as follows: Cash on hand and In banks Real estate unincumbered Bonds owned by the company, bearing interest at the rate of per cent., market value Lohns on bonds and mortgages of real estate, worth double the amount for which the same is mortgaged, and free from any prior incumbrance Debts otherwise secured Debts for premiums All other securities S2G3.801.9Ö 45S.821.C8 7.777.975.00 l.&t7.(ySl.C0 2SS.741.13 1SX830.C5 Total assets J 15.,714.31 LIABILITIES. Losses and matured endowments adjusted and due 117,617.65 Losses reported (no proof received) K.3C3.6Ü All other claims against the company Ä.243.24 Legal reserve 15.006.133 .00 Total liabilities tl5,117.4M.40 The greatest amount In any one risk, 0.000. State of Indiana, Office of Auditor of State. I, the undersigned, auditor of state of the State of Indiana, hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the statement of the condition of the above-mentioned company on the 21st day of December, IStt. us shown by the original statement, and that the said original statement Is now on file la this office. In testimony whereof I hereunto eubecrtbo my name and a!SEAL. fix my official seal this Sth day of March, WOO. W. IL IIART. Auditor of State. INDIANAPOLIS ACEXCYl lF. Hibtoerd, Llanager Stevencoa UuWCl i

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