Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 43, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 February 1901 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1901.

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AH communications intended for publication in tola paper must. In crcler to receive attention. e accompanied Ly the r.aroe and adJress ot thi writer. liej-cted manuscripts will not be returned unless postage u Inclosed for that purpose. Entered as seconü-clas matter at Indianapolis. no.. postofflce. THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL Can be found at the following places: NEW YORK Aster House anJ Fifth-avenue Hotel. ClilCAGO.-Palmr House. P. O. News Co.. 217 Dearborn street. CINCINNATI-J. R. Ila!y & Co.. El Vino street. LuLlHVlLLE-C. T. Deertnjr. northwest corner cf Third and Jefleriun ftreeta, and Louisville Book Co.. 2- Fourth avenue. BT. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON. D. C.-Rlzgs House. Ebbltt House and Wlllard's Hote-L The man of dates pays that Abraham Uncoln was born Feb. 12. ISO?, and died April K, LSC3. The man of dates is in error; Abraham Lincoln has not died. It 13 given out that Governor Yates, of Illinois, will have but forty colonels on his Ha ff when he goes to the Inauguration, but forty can carry more gold lace than the entire regular army. Any measure calling for $100,000 or $200,C00 should stand upon its merits, but whi n It is made one of a combination to carry with other measures, the fact of combination Is confession that it cannot stand by it?lf. The Agnew anti-trust bill may be a good . measure, but there are those who think It i3 not. At any rate, whether it is or Is not. It should not be made a pariy r.easure until after It has been thoroughly discussed. When the city of St. Louis Is bound hand and foot by a foreign police board and . Is In the hands of a ballot-box-stuffing regime Congress should carefully consider the proposition to 'give such a crowd any control over $5,000,CG0 of United States money. Senator Stlllwell Is of that variety o' economists who talk economy when minor n.atters like an advertising bill are under consideration, but are for liberality when eny measure In the combination to deplete the treasury to the figure of $300,000 is questioned.. No one can explain the cause of the tpasmodic attempt of the police authorities to suppress gambling and other Immoral resorts unless they were getting to be too .bold. It may' be added that the arrest of three saloon keepers for keeping open on Sunday Is unfair when scores of others were doing the same thing. Rev. Dr. Thorns must have surprised tlio Intelligent portion of his Chicago audience when he repeated, on Sunday, a3 the words of Lincoln, "1 tremble for the future of my country." ejc. always declared to be a forgery by his biographers, and during the last campaign traced to a spiritualistic rr.edium named Cora L. V. Richmond. A vell-infcrmed preacher would not have, made that mistake. Word comes from Colon, in the State of Colombia, to the effect that the present ' government Is unable to quell the insurrection, a condition which has destroyed trade. ' Yet with such warnings men in Congress and newspapers all over the country demand that Cuba be at once turned ovet to the rule of men, who are of the same class as those who keep the alleged republics of Central America in a state of Insurrection. When so many bills of much importance to the public' are under consideration It would be well to announce that public hearings would be given by the committees to which they are referred, to the end that those interested may express their opinions. The anti-trust bills are measures of vast Importance. Before being reported notice of at least three public hearings should bo given that those interested may appear to make suggestions. Mr. Bryan's editorial opinions In hU paper must trouble those Democrats who have cored for better days after he declared that he would rot again be a candidate. In the last Issue Mr. Bryan said that "the Populists came to the Democratic party when the reorganizes abandoned It." and further, that "it will re an unfortunate day for the Democracy :! there 13 any such modification in the party creed as to make it les3 acceptable to our Populist allies." SBSkSBBBSSSBBBSBSBSSSBSVBBSSBBSBSSBBSBBSSBBSSBBBBSSSBBBBBBSSBBSBBSSSSBl The Hcuse and Senate have renewed the old contention a? to the extent of the power of the Senate In regard to miking revenue bills. The Constitution confers upon the House the right to "originate" ?u:h bills. The Senate, however, has frequently ro changed them that there is nothing lert of the House bills. This is the case at tho jreser.t time. There Is nothing of th--liouso bill in tho Sonate bill. Very naturally the Republican members of the way.and rr.eens committee, with the exception of. the chairman, resent the action of the S.'nate. It U possible that the disagreement may result In th defeat of any bl!i reducing the revenue. The recent dinner given in New Yok by the Society of the Genesee to Major General Otis brought out tome expressions from army officers that ought to mak the so-called antl-lmperlallts of New England blush. General Otis himself in tne course of a patriotic speech Bald: "The ell army orScers, ct whom I am one, are "vocates of peace and very conservative 'rzl3il for the reason, I suppose, that

they have had personal experience of the horror of war." Major General Drocke called attention to the fact that in the 125 years of the regular army's life it had spent 1"1 years in warfare, Indian or other, alway3 fighting for the flag, and he added: There are some who say our standing army i a menace to our "liberty and our institutions. I deny that. It is a credit wherever it goes. And whatever it goes our Institutions follow. 1 deny that any man wearing the livery of the United States army has been other than a credit to this country. Imperialism implies a charge of disloyalty against the President and army officers as well. The latter have a right to resent It.

DISHONORING LINCOLN. To-day will he more generally observed than has been the anniversary of any other American except George Washington. In recent years those who claim to be followers of Jefferson have ascertained the date of his birth and celebrated It, but the people at large remember but two Americans the anniversary of whose birth they celebrate and will celebrate so long as the Republic exists Washington and Lincoln. These two men will live in every generation of Americans. It might be assumed that these men, while they lived, were the objects of universal admiration and affection because they are so now. It is unfortunate for auch an assumption that contemporaries of those men write of their acts and their views, and that from these contemporaneous writings history has been made. To-day the history of the country during the periods when Washington and Lincoin were at the head of the Nation shows that no two men were more abusively, falsely and malignantly assailed than were George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. History Is not only instructive, but It contains the warning lesson of retribution. Most of the men who malignantly assailed Washington have reason to be thankful that they were engulfed in the murky waters of oblivion. Of all the men In the North who assailed Abraham Lincoln while he was President, what one of them would not their posterity have forgotten as an opponent? Who would covet to-day the reputation of any one of the leaders in the R3publican party who were tiostlle to Lincoln and secretly conspired against him when President? Terrible, Indeed, is the retribution of history upon those who have fought the Nation's greatest men. During the past few years certain men and newspapers seem to have conspired to monopolize the name, the fame and the views of Abraham Lincoln. Few of those who were his detractors are now alive, but their political helr3 who take their name and, in a guarded manner, claim the deeds of their political ancestors, seem determined to recall the Infamy of their political parents by bestowing unlimited praise upon the deeds of Abraham Lincoln. Turn back to the days of the Lincoln administration, and consult the newspapers of that period, and the utterances of the political ancestors of these men will be found to reek with the most malignant misrepresentation of that great man. To-day some of them will meet to praise Lincoln do these men realize that every sentence uttered in glorification of Lincoln Is the most terrific condemnation of those who bore their party name while Lincoln was President? There Is not a Democratic paper In Indiana, published while Lincoln was President, that is published to-day, that does not brand with Infamy those who edited It from 1S61 to 1SG3, whenever a word is printed In praise of Lincoln. Furthermore, every sentence printed in condemnation of Lincoln and his opinions is a tacit condemnation of the course pursued and the words uttered by nearly every active Democratic leader in Indiana during the Lincoln period. These words would not have been written If the men who bear the political name of those who devoted four years to the detraction of Lincoln simply extolled his virtues and his achievements. They are said because, as the residuary legatees of every political assailant of Lincoln they are now claiming that, by virtue of Lincoln's deeds and opinions, they are his followers. In Ohio a club compoFcd mainly of the sons of the assailants of Lincoln will meet tonight to link his name with that of Jefferson, Jackson and Bryan. In his early days Lincoln chose the anti-Jackson party and was a Whig until ho helped to organize the Republican party. He was ever opposed to the Democratic party when In its best estate. Yet the Lentzes, the Altgelds and others who have garbled his speeches and applied them to subjects which are not under consideration, or put words into his mouth after his death, have the audacity to claim him as their prototype. The living who stood by Lincoln when he was President and those who have inherited his party name and principles protest against this sacrilege. The "Cercle Francais de l'Universite Harvard" has invited this year Monsieur Gaston Dcschamps, the eminent literary critic of the Parisian paper Le Temps, to deliver the Hyde lectures, and he will give, next February, in Cambridge, eight lectures in French on "Modern French Theater." As the previous lecturers of the "Cercle Francais de l'Universite Harvard," Monsieur Gaston Deschamps has received numberless invitations to lecture in other colleges and to appear before various societies and has made a number of engagements. Members of the Indiana Legislature t-houlo take note of what Governor Geer, of Oregon, says of the proposal to buy a Governor's mansion: I am too poor a man to accept such a favor at the hands of the State. I am now living very economically, very comfortably. ar.d very happily In a house the rent ijr k 1 mw t wnicn amounts 10 io prr inonin. 10 simrly buy a fine house and turn it over l-j me to furnish and keep up would. Instead of being a nnaniial help, amount to an increased burden. Paradoxical as it muy seem. I cannot afford it. and if the bill norpemilng. or one like it. should pass, th.; house so purchased would have to remain vacant while I am in ohice. PROM HITHEK AND Y01T. SUInsr Her Up. Harper's Razar. Mr?. Wlthcrhy Do you know, John, that chorus Klrl cn th loft looked at you to-night as if she actually knew you. Wltherby Umrh! That's Just about as much sense as sue nas got. I iid Not Indiana. The average farmer of Ind Is hi-Je-bound. tn-lrtr not often ekinned. The conditions are suh There U not very much Chance for fine-art caJd-brIek work in InJ. Detroit Journal. The Trnlued Domestic. New York Weekly. Mistress No w that you have finished the ecu rue at the cooking-school. X presume you a-re rtady to go to work. Latter-Day Domestic I don't knew. mum. The teacher said If you waa going to us A

gasoline stove, I'd better take a course o' sci

entific lt:cturcs at th Harvard Annex. Disinterested Advice. Chicago Tribun?. The near-sighted citUen looked helplessly at the piles of drifted snow that lay on the side walk in front of his hou?e. "What would you take to clean th: walk?" he eald, addressing the Crst man who came along. "A shovel, sir," repeated Mr. J'.ufTon Wratts, valkinij delegate of Jewelers' Union No. 217, pa?sins on. JiiMt a Fable. Daltlrr.ore American. Once there was a Poet. He wrote an Epic Poem on the Reautiful Snow, and took it to an Arrreciatlve Editor, who grasped him by the Hand, and sail he was a New-born Genius, and gave him a Check for Ten Thousand Dol lars, and an Ord?r for ten more Epics. And then the Alarm Clock went off. Moral The world owes much to Alarm Clocks. At Lincoln's Grave. These lines, taken from Maurice Thompson's stately ode, have an especial fitness at this time. Mr. Thompson had an ardent admiration for the martyred President, which was expressed on many occasions. This poem is thought by many critics to be beyond question the finest one produced with Lincoln for its theme. Mt seems I fe&l his presence. Is he dead? Death is a word. He lives and grander grows. At Gettysburg he bows his bleeding head.; lie spreads his arms where Chlckamauga flows. As If to clasp old soldiers to his breast, Of South cr North, no matter whhJh they be. Not thinking: of what uniform they wore, Ills heart the palimpsest. Record on record of humanity. Where love is first and last forsrermore. His humor, born of virile opulence Stung like a pungent sap or wild fruit zest. And satisfied a universal sense Of manliness, the wrongest and the best; A soft Kentucky strain was in his voice. And the Ohio's deeper boom was there, With some wild accents of old Wabash days. And winds of Illinois; And when he spoke he took us unawares, With his high courage and unselfish ways. He was the North, the South, the East, the West. The thrall, the master, all of us In one; There waa no section that he held the best; His love hone as impartial as the sun; And so revenge appealed to him in vain, . He smiled at it as at a thing forlorn. And gently put it from him, rose and stood A moment's space in pain. Remembering the prairies and the corn And the glad voices of the field and wood. Annealed in white-hot fire, he bore the test Of every strain temptation could Invtnt, Hard points of slander, shivered on his breast, Fell at his feet, and envy's blades were be-nt In his bare hands and lightly cast aside; He would not wear a shield; no selfish aim Guided one thought of all those trying hours; No breath, of pride, No pomitius striving for the pose of fame Weakened one stroke of all his noble powers. CITY NEWS NOTES. H. A. Cook, a farm hand of Ladoga, filed a petition In bankruptcy yesterday; liabilities, $1,207.25; assets, ?X3. William H. June, who has for several dys been critically ill at the Ballard, was said last night to be much better. Prof. W. Earl Flynn will address business men of the city in the parlors or Hotel English at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon on "Physical Culture for Health's Sake." Mrs. Daviel Mllncr, sixty-one years of age, fell near the Virginia avenue viaduct and suffereet severe injuries. She was teken to her home at ill Dougherty street. The organization committee of Central Labor Union will meet with the wall paperers and decorators in Central Labor Union Hall next Sunday to organize a union. Rev. T. J. Villers, pastor of the First Paptlst Church, will this evening speak before the "Yoke Fellows" in the church chapel. Subject, "Tho Life of Abraham Lincoln." This afternoon George II. Chapman Post, of the G. A. R., and the Women's Relief Corps, of the same post, will celebrate Lincoln's birthday In their hail in tho Pierson block. Father Bessonles wa3 thought by his ihyslclan yesterday to be somewhat weaker than for several days. He was more restless than usual. There Is still no hope entertained for his recovery. Mrs Lizzie Davidson, of 32 North East street, was seriously burned yesterday morning at O'Brien's restaurant, where she was employed, by the overturning of a boiler of hot water. Her left side and arms were badly burned. The board of directors of the German C!ub and Musikverein held thdr regular monthly meeting at the German Houso last evening. KIght new members were admitted, among them Governor Dorbin. Or. Friday, Feb. 22, the annual ball will bo J. It. Iteeser, a switchman on the Big Four Railroad, was Injured while switching cars on the Lelt Railroad last night. He fell against a. car and his spine was wrenched so badly he had to be removed to his home, 1324 Linden street. His condition is not serious. Adjutant General Smock received a report yesterday from Charles B. Peck, department commander of Texas, giving a state ment of how much money the posts of thl.3 State have contributed to the storm sufferers of Texas. It shows that $234.42 was given by the different posts. Andrew Soerstrom, of 911 South Delaware street, fell upon the ice at New Jersey and South streets yesterday morning a i.e. 'fractured his left leg in two places. L 11c refused to take anesthetics and was much interested in the operation of setting the limb. He was taken to th-3 City Hospital. Governor Durbln yesterday received a letter from Charles A. Sharp, first sergean: of Company B, Thirtieth United States Volunteer Infantry, stationed at Hucna, Luzon. The letter also contained a miniature Filipino Hag. -It is made of silk and 1. of the same colors as the United States flag. A woman giving the name of Mrs. Doyle was taken to the City Dispensary yesterday morning and there treated for morphine poisoning. The man who accompanied her said she too morphine because she thought he was going oijt on a spree. Alter recovering from the Effects of the drug, which had been taken at midnight, the said she had taken li cents worth to relieve toothache pain. She gave her residence as 502 East Georgia street. Selby P. Frazier. M. S. Huey, T. R. Lewis. Charles Balke. George Maas, Herman Sprandel, C. C. Foster, Augustus Coburn, II. P. Coburn, jr., J. T. Eaglesfield and R. K. Willman, all members of local lumber firms, will be the guests of W. C Greer, local representative of the Missouri Lumber and Mining Company, of Grandon, Mc, during a trip to the lumber regions of southwestern Missouri. The party left test night at 7 o'clock on the Vandalla, Searched the River in Vain. After the police and about a dozen men, surrounded by a crowd of about one hundred men and women, had dragged the river in the vicinity of the West Morrisstreet bridge for several hours for the hoilv of n. bov whf w.i Min--.-..! t hiv - - - " - -.--v-. w V A 1 -b bfvn drowned and they had given up the woric ior me nignt. u was learned that there was no dead body to be found. The report was started by a Mrs. Raw living in a boathouse near by, who said she had seen a boy slide with his sletl fron tho bank into the river and go through a hole in the ice. Late last night after the work had stopj-ed it was learned that Ruth, th? eight-year-old daughter of Thomas Peckcver. of KOl West Morris street, had been playing on the bank with other children and had gone Into the river on her sled about 5 p. m.. but was taken out and carried home without Mrs. Hay's knowledge. SBSSSBSSBBBBSBBBSlSBMSBMSSSSBNSBSWSiSSBBHBSSMMMSnNMS A Houe Robbed. The house of Georgo W. Heizer, 1320 Garfield place, was entered last night while the family was away from home and thortucrhly ransacked, but so far as a searen could disclose there was nothing taken bui a coat, vest and revolver. Entrance was secured through the rear door, which had been left unlocked. 3IasterM Fl rut Cne. Tho newly appointed master In chancery In the Federal Court was yesterday as signed his first case by Judge Baker. It is the case of George Allen, of Franklin. Pa.. against George W. Grimms, of Bluffton, ind charging an Infringement of patent.

THE USUAL , GRIND

ROTH HOUSES OF THE LEGISLATURE AGAIX AT "WORK. V Dill in the Houe Relating to the Police Department of Indianapolis. A WARM DEBATE IN THE SENATE IT OCCURS OVER SENATOR RROOKS'S LEGAL ADVERTISING BILL. The House Kill Three Anti-Trust Hills nnd Reports on Another Legislative Routine. The Senate began to grind at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, but the House held no morning session. The House transacted considerable business In the afternoon. Several new bills were Introduced and some committee reports were heard. Three anti trust bills were killed by committees and the House concurred in the reports. There was a minority report in favor of Mr. lieCarty's anti-trust bill, but the majority report was adopted. Mr. McCarty defended his-bill and was replied to by Mr. Roberts, of the corporations committee. Mr. James was made happy in the House by the passage of his bill giving Putnam county authority to erect a new courthouse. This bill was passed under a suspension of rules. Among the new bills introduced was one by Mr. Kirkman increasing the number of appellate Judges. This Is a measure prepared by the attorney general. Two important bills were sent up by Mr. Davis, of Wayne. One relates to the appointment of a state board of embalmers and the other to the construction of schoolhouscs along sanitary lines. The latter bill was drawn by Secretary Hurty, of the State Board of Health. The Senate had its usual row, this time the trouble occurring over Senator Brooks's bill providing for legal advertising In cities of between o.öoo and 10.000. Senators Gwin and Brook3 had a heated argument over this bill when it was called up for second reading. Senators Inman and Stlllwell got into the muss by supporting Senator Gwin. THE SENATE'S SESSIONS. Senator Rlnkle' Little Joke-Senator Rail Calls Up Normal BUI. Had it not been for a bit of pleasantry on tho part of Senator Binkley at the close of the afternoon session of the Senate yesterday it would have passed unmarked by a single diverting Incident. After a motion to adjourn had been put President Gilbert, with a serious mien and sepulchral tone, announced that there was something of importance for the senators to consider before they left the chamber. A petition had been presented to the finance committee, he said, signed by six of the seven pages of the Senate, and while the right of petition was inherent in every American citizen, yet. in this instance, a reflection had been cast upon the Senate which it could not afford to Ignore. He said he had 'promised Senator Binkley. chairman of the finance committee, whe was very much incensed about the matter, the privilege of publicly reprimanding the pages for their untoward conduct, and he then ordered the pages to line up In front of the Senate. Tho little fellows, ranging In age, from eight to fifteen, with trembling limbs, obeyed the order of the president and, with startled faces, waited for Senator Binkley to begin. Their apprehension was Increased at thi3 point by a suggestion from Senator Burns that they bo expelled without a hearing. Senator Binkley, with a menacing look, commanded the boys to face the Senate and commenced his public arraignment. He charged them with having presented a petition which had outraged the members of the finance committee and then dwelt on the condign punishment which should be meted out to them for such an offense. After keeping the boys in suspense he finally accused them of the terrible crime of having presented a petition asking for badges ywhich they might wear as an Insignia of their rank, and then, to their great surprise, he presented each boy with a beautiful badge which, the president of the Senate afterwards Informed the bo3-s, had been purchased by Senator Binkley himself. The incident was greeted with great applause by every senator' in the room. BILL3 ON SECOND READING. The entire afternoon session was taken up with bills on second reading. The bill introduced by Senator Purcell, which provides for the- issuing of bonds by the State of Indiana for the liquidation of the claim of the board of trustees of Vincennes University against the State, which had been made a special order of business for 2 o'clock, was postponed and made a special order of business for Feb. 13, at 2:30 p. m. Among the bills advanced was the one introduced by Senator Thompson, regulating the granting of divorces in Marion county. Another bill by the same senator was also advanced, but only after a prolonged debate. The bill referred to taxation and seeks to amenel the present law so that a taxing officer shall be required in each instance to make an affidavit that he believes an individual has certain sequestered prop erty before he shall be allowed to search for It on the records of any bank or other like corporation. The opponents to the bill maintained that it was aimed to destroy the efficacy of the present tax law, and was a measure designed for the especial benefit of the "artful tax dodger." Senator Conoffered a motion to strike out the enacting clause, but it was lost and the bill was afterwards engrossed. The friends of the bill maintain that it will make the present law more efficient, because it will allow the judge of the Circuit Court to Issue a mandate which will be acted on at once, and will do away with the system of delay practiced under the present law. STATE NORMAL BILL. In the morning Senator Ball's bill to create a state normal school at Muncie, which had been ordered printed by the committee on education, was called up by its author for second reading. A motion was offered by Senator Layman to recommit the bill to tho committee on education, for the reason that it was a measure of such importance that further time should be given for Its consideration by the committee. Senator Ball objected on the. ground that it was a scheme to delay the passage of the bill. He said the bill was before the Senate anil should remain there, as it might be throttled by the committee without giving the Senate a chance to debate Its merits. Senator Ball was supported in his argument by Senators Stlllwell. Inman and Johnson. The motion of Senator Layman was lost and the bill was advanced to engrossment without debate or amendment. A lively debate ensued over Senator Brooks's legal advertising bill, which finally resulted in the author of the bill objecting to its engrossment. When the bill was called ip for second reading Senator Gwin offeretl a motion to strike out the enacting clause. In support of his motion he said that the bill would work an injustice to weekly papers and was designed for the especial benefit of dally papers, such as were owned by tho senator from Lawren?e. lie also intimated that Senator Brooks, who is chairman of the judiciary committee, had his bill considered when there was not a full meeting of th committee present. In reply to Senator Gwin Senator Brooks Insisted that all had been fair and abovo board, and that no underhand methods had ten resorted to in order to advance the till. INMAN'S CHARGE. Senator Inman. who is a member of the judiciary committee, openly accused Senator Brooks of conduct approaching sharp practice. He said he had informed Senator Brooks that he wished to make a minority report against the bill, but had been given no opportunity for doing so. He said he slncrelely hoped the bill would not be made a party measure in the Senate, as there was no politics in it. Senator Owuj

closed the debate, and the motion was lost by a vote of 22 to 8. An amendment was then offeretl by Senator Wood cutting out the word "shall and substituting the word "may," making it discretionary on the part of the authorities as to whether, they would place cdvertisements In daily papers or weekly papers. The amendment was adopted, as was also the amendment offered by Senator Dousman making the bill apply to all cities. At this point Senator Brooks arose and objected to the engrossment of the bill, explaining that the bill as amended was not as he intended it to be, and that he was therefore against his own measure. He made a personal appeal to his friends, saying that if they loved him they would vote against the engrossment of the bill. Only one vote was cast to advance the bill. Just before the noon adjournment the bill Introduced by Senator Wolcott, prohibiting the discharge of waste waters and refuse of manufacturing companies into streams of water, was called up for seconi reading, and after a prolonged discussion, which was resumed at the afternoon session, was made a special order of business for Thursday at 2:3") p. m. Senator Harrison and others made speeches against tho bill, in which they asked the Senate to vote for the purity of the rivers and streams of the State.

HOUSE PROCEEDINGS. Indianapolis Police Department Dill Introduced Other Rosine. The House held no afternoon session yesterday, but began business at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The session was opened with prayer by Rev. Joseph Stout, of Trinity M. E. Church, West Indianapolis. The House then resumed work where it left off Friday afternoon. This was the consideration of the bill preventing the killing of quail for five years, introduced by Mr. Davis, of Greene. There had been two reports on this bill and the House finally adopted the one .recommending: indefinite postponement. A report was had from the committee on corporations. The committee Indefinitely postponed three anti-trust bills. They were measures introduced by Representatives Burkhart, Rogers and McCarty. Representative Cooper's anti-trust bill was recommended for passage. There were two reports on the McCarty bill, the minority recommending passage. Mr. McCarty made a game fight for his bill, but was finally defeated by the House concurring in the majority report. The committee on affairs of the city of Indianapolis made a favorable report on Mr. Whitcomb's kindergarten bill. The bill levies a tax for the aid of the Indianapolis Free Kindergarten. A number of new bills were introduced. One by Air. Burkhart is to prevent the garnishment of wages. It went to the judiciarj committee. Another by Mr. Rogers relates to the settlement of estates. It is designed to prevent children being cut off from inheritance. The bill is really to abolish estates by entirety so that In case of the death of either man or wife, the children may come in for a share of the estate after the debts are paid. The bill was drawn by Judge Ewing, of Greensburg. ur. Neal introduced a bill concerning life Insurance. It prevents discrimination by companies in the issuing of policies. Mr. Miller, of Kosciusko county, sent up a bill regulating the compensation of county superintendents. It is similar to a measure introduced yesterday morning in the Senate by Mr. Parks. v INDIANAPOLIS TOLICE RILL. A bill relating to the Indianapolis police department was Introduced by Representative Clarke. The bill places the police department under the grade system, the same as the measure introduced last week affects the fire department. It says that no person shall be appointed a member of the police force who Is under the age of twenty-one years or over thirty-five years. The patrolmen shall be divided Into four grades. The first grade shall consist of patrolmen who shall have regularly served less than one year. The second grade shall consist of those who shall have served one year and less than two years. The thirc1 grade shall consist of those who shall have served two years and less than three yairs. The fourth grade nhall consist of those who shall have served four years or more. A section of the bill says the superintendents, captains, sergeants, detectives and members of the bicycle corps must have had four or more years' service on the force. The bill says that each officer and member of the police force shall !e entitled to a vacation of seven days In -ich year with full pay during such time. Salaries must be paid in semi-monthly installments. The officers and. members ot tho force shall receive the following salaries: Superintendent of police, J2,5X) per year; captains, each, Jl.auO; sergeantc, each, $1.200; detectives, each, $1,200; license inspector, $1,200; humane 'nspsclor, $1,200; members of the bicycle corp. each, $1,00; telephone operators, each, 1930; electrician, $2G0; members of the first grade, each, $730; members of the second grade, eacn, !!.! ; members of the third grale. each, ?;J2.&0; members of the fourth grade, each, $060; matrons, first year, each, $W0; matrons, second year and after, each, $730. ST. JOSEPH COUNTY AFFECTED. Representative Harris Introduced a bill which authorizes county commissioners to lease certain real estate. The bill directly affects the county of St. Joseph. The commissioners desire to dispose of their old courthouse at South Bend, and under the existing laws they have no authority to do so. Mr. Harris Introduced another bill which relates to the bonds of executors. It provides that where a testator provide? in his will that the executor of his estate shall give no bond the provisions of the will must be carried out and the court will require no bond. Representative Shreeder introduced a measure affecting incorporated cities and towns of more than 5O.0UO and less than 100.CW population. The city of Evansville is to benefit by this measure, as it is an amendment to the charter of that place. The bill Increases the term of mayor from two to four years, and also the terms of the members of the Council. None of these officers is to be eligible to re-election after serving a term of four years. Representative Davis sent up a bill regulating tho site and construction of schoolhouses. The bill was prepared bj' Secretary Hurty, of the State Board of Health. Mr. Davis also introduced a measure relating to the establishment of a state board of embalmers. This board under the present law Is appointed by. the State Board of Health. Mr. Davis's bill provides that th board shall be appointed by the Governor. The measure legalizes the acts of the present board. A bill introduced by Mr. Bonham establishes a state board whose duty it will be to purchase and maintain reference libraries for district schools. Mr. Bonham also Introduced a bill requiring owners of gas wells to plug them when they abandon these wells. Another bill by Representative Clarke provides examinations and licenses for stationary engineers. Mr. Marshall, of Fountain county, offered a bill legalizing the acts of the Town Board of Hillsboro. The measure was passed under a suspension of rules. MR, DAVIS'S RESOLUTION. Mr. Davis, of Greene county, sent up a resolution In reference to the one Introduced in the national Congress by Seth Brown, of Ohio. The Brown resolution urges that as soon as the United States government has given the sPhilippine Islands a stable government and the Islands have been pacified the United States shall relinquish sovereignty over them. Mr. Davis's resolution asked that the Indiana Legislature urge Indiana's senators and representatives in Congress to approve Mr. Brown's sentiments by their votes. The Davis resolution was voted down. Mr. Metsker'a bill No. 175, concerning township business, was up for second reading, but was subjected to so many amendments that the author arose In great wrath and tried to throttle the measure himself. He said the bill had been made practlcaUy worthless by the amendments, and pugested that the enacting clause be stricken out and the present law. which his Vill sought to amend, be allowed to stand äs U is. The House, however, declined to allow Mr. Metsker to do anything rash, and the bill was advanced to engrossment. Mr. James's "courthouse" bill was up for third reading. This bill is to give Putnam county a new courthouse. The author f the bill made so eloquent an appeal in Its behalf that much oratory was forthcoming from different parts of the House. Everybody agreed that Putnam county sadly needs a new courthouse. Under a suspension of the rules the bill was successful by unanimous vote. The House adjourned a little after 4 o'clock until 9 this morning. ASKING FOR APPROPRIATIONS. Exposition Representative Before Committee The Stnte Institutions. .11. P. Hücker, special commissioner for the Pan-American exposition, was before the Joint session of the ways and means committee of the House and the finance committee of the Senate, last nlht, la tha

Interests of the appropriation he desire-s the Legislature to make for the purpose of maintaining an exhibit at the exposition. In the course of his remarks Mr. Ruckor spoke of Indiana's exhibit at the world's faJr. In the department of agriculture the State of Indiana received 73 awards; machinery exhibits. 22; electrical, 5;-manufacturing. U3; mines and mining, ly; transportation. 11; horticulture, 11; education and liberal arts, 0), and live stock, over 200. "The three greatest educational exhibits at Chicago," said Mr. Hücker, "were made by New York. Massachusetts and Indiana. Taking into consideration the age of New York and Massachusetts In comparison with the age of your State. Indiana may Justly claim first place in the exhibition. "In the department of mines and mining the whole country was attracted to your coal, oil, building stone and commercial clavs. In the department of live stock you were second only to Minnesota in securing awards, medals and niouey, prizes. The total amount of cash premiums received by exhibitors of live stock from your State, as shown by this report, was about $$.UW. What has made the great commercial Institutions of this country so financially strong? The best business men will tell you judicious exploitation or advertising of what they have to offer. What applies to the individual or firm may apply with equal force to the State in calling attention to its varied resources and Industries." Mr. Rucker called attention

to the fact that Indiana expended $125.000 at the world's exposition at Chicago and submitted a table showing how the money was expended. The table also showed an estimate of what would be required for the cirferent departments if an appropriation of $50,ouO is made for the Pan-American exposition. Samuel E. Smith, superintendent of the Eastern Hospital for the Insane, was be fore the committee asking for an Increased appropriation for his institution. The legis lative committee appointed by Governor Mount to investigate and report on the needs of the various institutions of the State recommended that the Eastern Hospital for the Insane be allowed an appro priation of $98,000 for maintenance, with an additional sum of $160 per capita for every Inmate over six hundred. Superintendent Smith contended that $1C3 should be allowed per capita for all inmates in excess of 520. He also insisted that the amount of $31.000, allowed by the legislative committee for new buildings, should be increased to $G2,000. He wanted numerous other specific appropriations Increased over the amount recommended by the legislative committee, and before he concluded he asked the committee to make an appropriation, of $15,0u0 for sewage disposal, which, he maintained, was absolutely necessary. W. A. Stoker, superintendent of the Southern Hospital for the Insane, at Evansville, who was present at the meeting, made much the same sort of plea for his institution as did Superintendent Smith. The legislative committee recommended a total appropriation for the Southern Hospital for the Insane of $y$.OOu, and Mr. Stoker wanted certain specific appropriations increased so that it would bring the total appropriation up to about $119.000. Z. T. Sweeney, state fish and game commissioner, asked the committee for an Increase in the present appropriation of $2,400 for expenses. 4 SENATE COMMITTEES MEET. Caucus Renpportionment Agreed I'pon Report to He Mntle. A majority of the Senate committee on corporations, at a meeting last night, decided to return an unfavorable report on the bill introduced by Senator Cregor, which Feeks to reduce tho present telegraphic rates from 23 cents for ten words to 20 cents. A minority report will be returned recommending the passage of the bill. Senator Ball's bill, requiring foreign corporations to pay the same rate of fees for incorporation under the laws of the State as home companies, will be reported favorably by a majority of the committee. There will also be a divided report on Senator Brooks's express bill, which requires .express companies to deliver packages in cities of more than 2,000 population. A bill authorizing the Incorporation of opera-house companies will be reported for passage. The committee on libraries will recom mend for passage the bill Introduced In the House by Representative Mummert, which authorizes cities and lowns to vote a tux for the support of libraries. The committee on public health will report favorably on Senator Wood's bill regulating the practice of meeliclne In the State, but will recommend for indefinite postponement the bill introduced by the same senator, which seeks to compel medical attention in certain cases and fixes a penalty for its violation. The bill was aimed particularly at the Christian Scientists. The committee on congressional reapportionment, at a meeting yesterday afternoon, signed a favorable report on the reapportionment bill agreeel upon by the Republican caucus and the same will be returned to the Senate this morning. The committee on Judiciary had Senator Burns's bill, which permits one corporation to own stock in another coporatlon, up for consideration yesterday. Ex-Senator Campbell was present and made an exhaustive argument in favor of Its passage, but the committee took no action in the matter. New Senate Measnres. Senator Wood's bill, Introduced yesterday, provides for the creation of a State public school library board, and also makes provision for a fund to be used in the establishment and maintenance of public school libraries. The Governor is given the power to appoint two persons, who, with the state superintendent of public instruction, shall constitute the library board. To create the library fund a tax amounting to 5 cents on each $100 valuation shall be levied, and each year thereafter there shall be a levy of 1 cent on each $100 valuation to maintain such fund. The board shall have the power to establish all libraries and to purchase books for the same. Senator Parks's bill, relating to the salaries of county superintendents of schools, a synopsis of which was published In the Journal of yesterday, was Introduced yesterday morning and was referred to the committee on education. Arme-iv Ship Canal Dill. The House committee on cities and town3 held another meeting yesterday to con sider Senator Agnew's ship canal bill. The committee heard the attorneys for the different railroads to be affected by the canal. They all talked against the measure, for the reason that they would have to expend large sums in building bridges over the waterway. Senator Agnew, slightly crippled from his experience m falling from a Monon train Friday night, walked into the committee room about 4:3J o'clock. Senator Agnew will address tha ccmmlttee at another meeting to be held this afternoon. The mayor of Hammond was before the committee yesterday, prot sting against the Agnew bill. He object to the measure on account of the poor peopie of Hammond, on whom he says the binden would fall heavily in the way of aatcssments. Asklnsr for Assistance. The County Surveyors Association Is taking an active interest In the bill now pending in the Legislature providing that the county surveyor shall act as ex officio superintendent of all county engineering and construction work and all other work under the direction of the county commissioners. Circuit or Superior courts. The executive committee of the association Is tending cut letters asking the support of all members and calling ior financial asrntar.ee. They are asked to urge the mattet. Th bill provides for an emergency ant! that the act take effect Immediately after lt3 passage. ' Medicnl Bill Considered. The House committee on medicine, health and vital statistics held a meeting yesterday afternoon and considered the bill introduced by Representative Short, amending the State nedlcvil laws. Representative Louttit, a member of the committee. .i opposed to the bill and wants it "killed." He refers to it as a 'doctors' trust." Mr. Lruttit said last night that if a majority of the committee made a favorable report n the bill he and others would bring In a report against It. LEGISLATIVE ROUTINE. New Senate Rills. No. Senator Parks Regulating the compensation of county superintendents. Fees and salaries. No. SCO. Senator Thompson Concerning the opening of highways. Roads. No. 3d. Senator Wood Concerning school libraries. Education. New House Ullis. The following new bills were Introduced In the House yesterday afternoon. No. 435.' Mr. Alrhart To legalize the allcrrtucea of county commissioners for serv-

lets of surveyors' deputies. County and township busin.es. No. 4;. Mr. Birkhart To prevent the garnishment of wages. Judiciary. No. 437 .Mr. Parks Concerning the constructor of free gravel and macadam roads. Roads. No. 43s. Mr. Roberts, of Dcirborn-Con-cerning taxation. County and township luslness. No. Mr. Rogers To abolish cftatts by entirety. Judiciary. No. 4iu. Mr. Burrior Relating to the cleaning of ditches. Drains and dykes. No. 411. Mi. Neal-egardlng number ot hours of labor. Iibor. No. 442. Mr. Neal Concerning life intrrance. Insurance. No 43. Mr. Vestal Fixing time for ccunty commissioners' sessions. County End township buriness. No. 414. Mr. Miller, of Kosciusko To regul.ito th- eorrpe-ns.tlon of county superintendents. Fees n;:d salaries. No. 4!5. Mr. Stookey Relating to the writing -f crtoln kinds of insurance polices. Rights a'-;d privileges. No 44:V Mr. Clarke Eclating to the Ind'anapo'is tire and police department. Affairs of city of Indianapolis. No 447. Mr. Scott Concerning real estate property. Judiciary. No. 4!- Mr. Stout To legalize acts of the town of French Lick. Rill passed under tvspension of rules. No il'j. Mr. Bell Concerning decedenU estates. Judiciary. No. 4A Mr. Kelley-For the relief of A. O. Castleman and Henry Rogers. Claims. No. 431. Mr. Harris Authorizing county ccmmlslortcrs to lease certain real estate. County and township business. No. 4"2. Mr. Harris Relating to the bonds of executors. Judiciary. No. 4Xi. Mr. Sehreeder To amend charter of city of Evansville. .Cities and towns. No. 434. Mr. Johnson Concerning the ccnstructlon of free gravel roads. RoadJ. No. 453. Mr. Davis Regulating the site pnd construction of rchoolhouses. Medicine, health ard vital statistics. No. 456. Mr. Davis To establish state board of embalmers. Medicine, health and vita! statistics-. No. 4.S7 Mr. Kirkman Concerning appeals and Increasing the number of np pellale judges. Judiciary. No Mr. MurphyConcerning drainasc Drain and dykes. No. 4:j. Mr. Bonham To establish reference libraries in district schools. Libraries. No. 400. Mr. Bonham To compel owners cf gar wells to plug them when abandoned. Nftrra! resources. No. 4(1. Mr. Clarke Providing for the

exam'nallon and licensing of engineers of stationary boilers. Lf.bor. No. 4 Mi. Marshall, of Fountain To kgalize the acts of the Town Board of Hillsboro. Bill passed under a suspension cf rules. No. 4rc. Mr. Trout Concerning the construction of free gravel roads. Roads. Senate RIIXn on Second Itrnding in Senate. No. 1S3 (Joss) Giving the Marion county surveyor a salary. Advanced. No. 3) (Keeney) Providing for the reinvestment of the endowment fund of Purdue University. Advanced. No. 230 (Kell) Concerning the dutle of the trustees of the. lndia.na School for Feeble-minded. Advanced. No. 240 (Thompson) To regulate the granting of divorces in Marion county. Advanced. No. 2C2 (Miller)-Concerning the release of mortgages. Advanced. No. 304 (Ball) To establish a state normal school at Muncie. Advanced to third reading. No. 1"9 (Brooks) Regulating legal aelvertlsing in cities of 5.0W or more by the last preceding census. Failed to advance. No.212 (Corr) Authorizing the sale and conveyance of certain lands of the State of Indiana and declaring an emergency. Advanced to third reading. No. 22H (Charles) Legalizing the incorporation of the town of Van Buren, Grant county. Advanced to third reading. No. 237 (Ogborn) Concerning the loaning of school funds. Advanced. No. 124 (Ogborn) Providing for the construction and maintenance of sewers in incorporated towns. Advanced. No. IM (Parks) To enable the owners of lands to drain to reclaim tnem. Advanced. No. 126 (Thompson) Concerning taxation. Advanced. No. 253 (Johnson) Concerning duties, rights and powers of certain cities. Advanced. No. 209 (Wolcott) Concerning tho transfer of grain elevators and other places of storage. Advanced. . Honse Bills on 'Second Reading1 la House. No. 59 (Bell) To authorize cities and towns to plat unplatted small tracts. Advanced to engrossment. No. 257 (Owen) Concerning taxation. Advanced to engrossment. No. 321 (Owen) Concerning, the taxing of pipe lines, freight lines, etc. Advanced to engrossment. No. 434 (James) Giving authority to construct a courthouse in Putnam county. Passed by unanimous vote under suspension of rules. No. 173 (Metsker) To amend Section 35 of an act concerning county business. Advanced to engrossment. No. 409 (Trout) To amend drainage laws. Advanced to engrossment. Senate Bills on Third Reading la Honse. No. 43 (Farks) Amending act providing for election and prescribing certain duties of recorders. Passed 76 to 0. llonse Bills on Third Reading in House. No. 64 (Owen To provide for the repair of free turnpike roads and constituting the boards of commissioners a board of free turnpike directors. Passed 74 to 8. No. 101 (James) Affecting the State Soldiers' Home. Passed &5 to 0. Senate Committee Reports. City of Indianapolis. Senate bill No. 213 (Layman), the Indianapolis Free Kindergarten bill. For passage. Senate bill No. 170 (Matson), the Indianapolis sinking fund bill. For passage. Senate bill No. 3Ö3 (Matsoiaj. the Marion county Jury bill. For passage-. House Committee Reports. Corporations. House bill No. 331 (Burkhart), rntl-trust bill. Indefinite postponement. House bill No. 102 (Rogers), anti-trust bill, indefinite postponement. House bill No. 422 (Roberts; Jefferson), prohibiting stands within certain distance of soldiers' reunions. For passage. House bill No 3 S (Kirkman), concerning voluntary association. For passage. House bill No. 415 (Cooper), anti-trust till. For passage. House bill No. 6 (McCarty). anti-trust bill. Majority for indefinite postponement. Minority for passage. Majority report concurred in. Affairs of City of Indianapolis. House bill No. 233 (Whltcomb), provMln? a tax for the Indianapolis Free Kindergarten. For passage. Education. Senate bill No. 2C (Osborne), for the encouragement of county Institutes. For passage. House bill No. 11 (Rogers), concerning Schoolbook. For passage. Judiciary. Senate bill 1C7 (Joss), fixing time when terms of certain state officers shall begla. For passage. Legislative Notes. W. B. Martin, secretary of state of Iowa, was a visitor in the House of Representatives yesterday. The Senate committee on Hbor will rport favorably this morning the bill prepared by State Factory Inspector McAtxe for the appointment of a state boiler inipector. At th weekly meeting of the Munci Ministerial Association yesterday a resolrtlon indorsing the movement to establish a state normal school at Muncie was unanimously adopted. Representative Ftookey Introduced a MU 1p th House ye:-terd:y which he says 1 meant a a blow at what he calls "graveyard Insurance." The bill rei:ilrea thj beneficiary of life insurance to exhibit th written application of the person to b insured, before the policy 1 Issued. It jtteo requires the insured to be examined by a regularly licenced rhytician. Alleged Corruption I'ntid. BOSTON. M-is.4. Feb. 11. Iteprc entatlvo McPhorscn. of Frantinsharn. n exundntd b the House committee on rules to-day, lelatlve to the alteration he made at a hearing last wek, that one million dollars had be-eri tet as.de on the books oj tht New England Gas and Coke Company for legislative- purposes and also that many ecurit'.et of doubtful nature ha.) been sei4 K banks in this Slate. Mr. McPhenron imitated his chr.rgev, snnu-what modified in el. tail. Thomas V. Lav.s'n was called on to substantiate Mr. Mcpherson's tterrcnts. and declared that Mr. Mcpherson charges were true and that the Coke Ccnpany's books would pruv it.