Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 255, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 September 1901 — Page 7

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1901.

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FORTIFICATION OF BOOKS

Di:ilIM IT ATTOHMIYS AH (it HD THIS noir ca si:. AV. II. Srlimlrit Altornfj Al Present at the Ilearinc-Tlie City Sued Other Court Cae. The attorneys for Sterling R. Holt and AV. iL Schmidt, ex-county treasurers, and attorney? for Koraus F. Stuart were hMden behind pile? of books In the Circuit Court room yesterday when the demurrer filed by Mr. Holt was argued. Stuart ued a a taxpayer to rf-oover $1X).0'0 from Mr. Holt and JIV") from Mr. Schmidt and their official bond?mfn. alU-glng that the money was withheld by the ex-treasurers In their fsettlmmts with the county. While the attention of the court was directed to the case nRain?t Mr. Holt, the attorneys for Mr. Schmidt were jrc!ent, as a like demurrer was filed by them. Tl:c books referred to contained decisions to show that Stuart has no right to sue as a taxpayer. Tin morning session was contained by John R. Wilson, Mr. Holt's attorney. H-e pointed out a Feries of east, extending back many years, which he claimed showed plainly that the county auditor was the only one who had the right f r.ctlon on the official bond of the treasure. He claimed th Supreme Court Invariably held It waa the right and duty of thi-auditor alone to recover on olliclal bond. D.irinj? the afternoon P. W. Bartholomew, attorney for Mr. Stuart, stood behind a fortification of law books and read decision after decision, dating back to the first laws of th State, to show that the court held to the contrary. Jr.dge Allen will probably take the case under advisement and will not decide It at one. TWKXTV-TIIKKK YOl'.XCi 3IKX. Kvlilence Mefore (irnnil Jury Auaiimt Saloon Keeper. Twenty-three Y. I. C. T. IT. witnesses were in the grand jury room yesterday to fro before the grand jury and give evidence against the saloon keepers who, they claim, have violated the law. Most of them were young men who played detectives last week In securing evidence against saloon keepers. The grand jury has decided to take up the liquor law violations at once, and a rep )rt may be made to-morrow. The witnesses have furnished the prosocutor with a Iit of eighteen saloons visited, and all of them will be investigated. Kich witlies, it is said, told about their trips to the. saloons and the purchases made of Intoxicating liquors after the lawful closing time. As they entered the grand jury room each was given a number, as is done in a birber shop on Saturday night, in order to expedite the examination. ;i:oitc;i: v. mii.i.i:h sii:s. lie Ank for nn Injunction Against the Works Hoard. George V. Miller brought suit yesterday for a temporary injunction against the city of Indianapolis and members of the Uourd of Works to prevent the board from Inserting a. certain clause In the contract to Ik? made) with the contractor for the Improvement of Oxford street from Washington to New York street. Miller alleges that the) clause providing a coupon payment fund In the contracts for public improvements Increases the cost of such improvements and he desires to have It Ktr'cken out of the contract before the contract is let. He asks for a temporary Injunction. Miller owns property on Oxlortf street. Wilhelm of L iimoiiikI Mi ml. i Frobate Judge Walker yesterday adJudged John Wilhelm of unround mind. Wilhelm Is the widower of the woman murdered on the banks of White river some time ago and twice he has been confined In the insano asylum. The executors of his- wife's estate found it necessary to secure his signlature to a deed to sell the property and evidence on his sanity was heard by Judge Walker. Sadie Hremian'a Complaint. Sadlo Rrcnnan sued James H. Rrennan for divorce yesterday, and also asked for Jl.00 alimony. She claims he abandoned her Sept. 1. lMf, and. without securing a divorce, married Dove M. Heeler, and gave her a diamond ring belonging to the olaintiff. She also claims he borrowed" fl3'J, which he forgot to return to her. tiii: cotut KKcoun. CRIMINAL. COURT. Fremont Alford, Judge. State of Indiana vs. William Lauderback; a-s.suult and battery to kill. Defendant withdraws plea of guilty. Fleads guilty to assault and battery. Subpoena Issued for injured party. Returned not found. Fine SI and imprisonment in county Jail for thirty days. State of Indiana vs. Samuel Hamlin; selling liquor without license. Surety on bond, Martin R. Styser, surrenders defendant. Rondsman released. Defendant remanded to .custody of sheriff. Rond fixed at $100. NEW SUITS FILED. Ceorge V. Miller vs. City of Indianapolis et al. Complaint for injunction. Superior Court. Room 3. Sadie Rrennan vs. James II. Rrennan. Complaint for divorce and alimony. Circuit Court. iiir;in:ii coriiTs iti'roim. SUPREME COURT. Minutes. l3tf.. William F. Churchman vs. the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. Bartholomew C. C. Appellee's brief (S.) I9:'17. John S. Brown et al. vs. James B. Clow et al. Clinton C. C. Appellees' further citation, etc. (5.) lf"K Sanders Hubbard vs. Eph. L. Goss et al. Morgan C. C. Motion to advance by attorney general. ' 1W.H. State of Indiana ex rel. City of Indianapolis vs. the Indianapolis Union Railway Company. Marion S. C. Appellant's brief (S.) W1 State of Indiana ex rel. City of Indianapolis vs. the Indianapolis Gas Company. Marion S. C. Appellant's brief (8.) "D7'7. Board of Commissioners of Warren county et al. vs. John Mankey. Warren C. C, Appellants brief (S.) Appellee's brief x.) AT PF LUVTE COURT. Minutes. ?.K. Western Union Telegraph Company vs. Martin T. Krueger. La Forte S. C. Appellee's petition for extension of time to file brief. New Case. 'I7. The C. (. C. St. L. Rv. Co. vs. Fa rah A. Wisehart. Henry C. C. Record. Alignment of errors. In term. Bond. GAS WASTE AT ALEXANDRIA. Inspector Leach Make a statement The Local Supply. This e sy will In all probability have as much natural gas the coming winter as It e.ld las. v Inter Is the comforting assurance Imparted yesterday by State Gas Inspector L-aeh. who was In the city a short time to conftr with his chief. State Geologist Blatchley. Mr. Leach said the compank-s upjdving Indianapolis are all sinking new well. in Madison county, and. although there U no virgin gas territorv In that locality for them to draw the fuel from, he brieves the supply will not fall below that of a year ago. Mr Laeh paid the pressure at the wells has decreased perceptibly fdnce lt winter and that it will not hv more than 1!5 pounds and posMbly several pounds 1 - next w inter. The gas inspeitur entered a vigorous d;ni:! to the statement that there has been a) great waste of natural Kas in the vicinity of Alexandria, where the attorney gentml recently secured Injunction a"gain.-t the employes of the Consumers' Gas Trut Company to prevent them fron keeping opt-n wills from w hit h na was escaping. Mr. Leach ays he ordered these welli c'ored before the injunctions were ltalnef, having ample power t do so under th gas waste case decided by the United States Supreme Court. He declared that the trouble originates from the struggle for supremacy now being waged between und oü mn and that blame. Is cast upon

him wherever posflble. He ln.ists that there Is no waste of gas anywhere in the field and that he Is keeping a close watch upon the situation. Mr. Leach Hated that a fine oil field Is being developed by manufacturers near Marion and that these men use whatever gas Is found for their oil-producing busi

ness. FLETCHER BANK STATEMENT. A Vfluntary Showing That I Attracting Attention. The talk of local financial circles yesterday was a Ptatemcnt of the condition of the Fletcher National Bank at the close of business last Monday, which had just come from the hands of the printer and was distributed among patrons and friends of the Institution. A feature of the statement that gave it more than ordinary interest was that it was prepared and issued voluntarily and not In response to a call from the controller of the currency at Washington. Friend of the bank were pleased with the fine showing made by the report. The resources are: Loans and discounts. S3.79j.ClS.3i); bonds. $1,14.MX; due from banks, U764,W1.3'J. and cash, $l.G21;23.rA: a grand total of $10.1"j7.3.'-.SO. The liabilities are: Capital stock, surplus fund, $Cf.o,(MJ; undivided profits. W.ttLa. and deposits. r.:;7.as.ll; total, JlÜ.7.5W.SÖ. great deal of comment was made upon the fact that the capital, surplus and profits of the bank aggregate rcT.tfiOa-not very far from the million-dollar mark. This showing is regarded as exceptionally strong In view of the fact that the Fletcher bank has been a national bank only sir ce March 2! Comment was also made freely and favorably upon the showing of $ ,24,253. cash and deposits totaling fJ.Sft.&s.-li. "Indianapolis is forging ahead rapidly in the matter of her financial Institutions," remarked a man who has long been Identified with the city's financial Interests. SALES OF REAL ESTATE. Twenty-Eight Transfer Made Matter of Ileeord Yesterday. Instruments filed for record in the recorder's office of Marlon county, Indiana, for the twentyfour hours ending at 5 p. m. Sept. 11, 1'jOI, aa furnlhcd by the Indiana Title Guaranty and Loan Company, No. 123 East Market street. Both telephones Zk)Z: V. V. Linpberrj to II. Chilian, Ixt 12. I'yle's sub, Ixts 11 and 2'), Vajen's pringiale add. (Taccma av, near l'tIe av) 430.00 It. A. Prague to Henry MoeWs, Lots 3, 4 and o, Alnsworth's ?ub. Lot 34, Hanway & Banna's Oak Hill add. (Fountain Ft. near Hloyd st) 1,200.00 Mary K. Matzke to II. It. Matzke, part of Lot 1, John Woods's sub of Sq 2. city of Indianapolis. (Corner U'den Et and North Ft) 1.00 C. K. Weir, administrator. o G. Foppenjeaker, undivided 2-3 of Lots 83. iJ and 91. I'.urr & Miller's ?ub. Its 7, 8 and 9. Brooks's add. (Thirteenth st. near (Menn st.) Also undivided 2-3 of Lot 11. Purcell's sub of Lots 14. 15 and Pi. Jesse Jones's all. (Twenty-third st, near Lockville Ft) lJO.OO Wm. K. Hubbard to Wm. H. Hubbard, part of Lot 4. l'lock 10. lrake's add. Illinois st, near 11th st.) Also part of It 7. Hubbard's sub of St. Clair's add. (Meridian Ft, near 11th Ft.) Also Lots It and IS. Cutler & Bennet's sub. F.lock 27. Drake's add. (Senate av. near 16th f-t.) Also Lot 4 and 3, Block 7. Hubbard's Fark Heights. (Paris av, near 2'Jth st.) Also Lot 1 and part of vacated st and Lots 2. 3. 4, 5. 11, 12. V'., 1. I".. 1?, 17. IS. IS. 20. 21. 22. 2.5. 24. 2:.. 2'.. 27. 2 29 and CO. Hlock 3. (Paris av and Missouri Ft. near 3"th st.) Also Lots 3. 27. 3S. 2'J and . Block 8. (Corner Paris av and 2'Jth st.) Also Lot 4, Block 4. all in Hubbard's Fark Heights add. (Faris av, near 3jth st.) Also Lots HS, 1PJ and 120, E. T. Fletcher's 2d add to ISrightwood. (Cor. Ia Sali t. and 2:id Ft) Love and affection AVm. S. Hubbard to L. M. Hubbard, Lot 13 and part of Lot 14. Block 8. (Missouri st, near 2th t.) Also Lots 1. 2. 3. 4. Ö. 3'i and 37. Block 'J. (Missouri and Ixmdon Pts, near 23th st.) Also Lots 12. IS. 17. IS. 13 and 2 Block 1J. all In Hubbard's Park Heights add. Cor. London and 2th sts.)...Love and affection Win. Hubbard to E. H. Thompson, Lot 13. Clark's N Capitol-av add. (Kenwood av. near 29th st.) Also Lt 67. H. It. Allen's Highland Flace add. (Sher-ard av. near 2oth st.) Also Lots 20. 20. 31. ZX. r.3 and 60, K. T. Fletcher's 2d add to Brightwood. (Cor. Dearborn st and 23d st.) Also Lots 6, 7. 8. 11, 12. 2fi, 27, 28, 23. 30, S6. 37, 3S, 29 and 4. Block 7. (Cor. Indianapolis av and 2Mh Ft.) Also Lots 1. 2, 3, 4. Z. 6, 7. 8. S, 1'. 11. 12. 2i. 27. 28. 23 and 30 Block 8. (Faris av, near 2tth st.) Also lxts ::S and 4 Block 9. all in Hubbard's Park Heights add. (Cor. Missouri st and 23th st) Love and affection Wm. S. Hubbard to Chas. W. Hubbard, Iots 12 and 13. Cutler & Bennet's sub. Block 27. Drake's add. (Senate av, near 13th st.) Also part of Lot 3, Block 10, Drake's add. (Illinois st. near 12th ft.) Also Lot 13 and part of Lot 14, Ames's sub, Outlot 15!). (Cor. Blake st and Indiana v.) Also Lot I and part of vacated Pt and Lots 2, 3, 4. 5. . 7. 8. 9. 10. 18. 17, IS. 13 and 2u. Block 5. (Cor. 23th st and Indianapolis av.) Also Lots 11. 12. 13. 14 and 13. Block 6. (Indianapolis av. near 2Sth H.) Also I,ota 1. 2. 3. 9. 10. 18. 21. 22. 23. 24. 23 and part of Lot 13, Block 7. all in Hubbard's Fark Height add. (Indianapolis av. near 2ath st)..Love and affection Wm. S. Hubbard to M. K. Johnston, Iot 2 and part of Its 1 and 3. Block 10, Drake's add. (Illinois st, near 12th st.) Also Lots 36. 37. 3S. 39 and 40 and part of vacated st. Block 3. (Cor. Fari av and JOth st.) Also Lots 5, 6. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. 12, 13, 14. 13, 21, 22, 23, 24. 23. 2t?. 27. 2 23, 20, 31, 22. 33, 34 and 33, Blo.k 4. all in Hubbard's Fark Heights add. (IndianaiKjlls av. near 20th st) ...Love and affection Wm. S. Hubbard to Sarah M. Field, part of Lot 1. Block 10. Drake's add. (Illinois Ft. near 12th st.) Also It 3, Klliott's sub. Outlot 135. (Axnes st. near Michigan st.) Also part of Lot 14, C. St. John West's add. (Missouri st, near 15th st.) Also It 13 and part of Lot 14. Block S. (Missouri st, near 2Sth st.) Also Lot 1 and part of vacated st and Lots 2. 3. 4. 3. fi, 7. 8. 9. 10. IS. 17. IS. 19 and 20, Block 1. (Cor. 29th st and London st.) Also Lot 6, 7. 9. 10. 11 and 12. Block 2. (London st. near 30th st.) Also Iits 17 and IS. Block ?, all In Hubbard's Fark Heights add. (In dianapolis av, near 2sih st L.Love and affection Wm. S. Hubbard to A. L. Montort. Lots 1. 2. 3. 4, 5. . 7. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 43, 0. 51, f2. 53, 54. 53, 5). 57. 58. 53 and Kt. S. and B. F. Morris's Oak Hill add. (Cor. Oxford st and 23d st.) Also Lots 13 and IS, Cutler & Bennet's sub. Block 27. Drake's add. (St-nate av near 16th st.) Also Lots 13 and 2' Bl.xk 6. (Cor. Indianapolis av. and 2Sth st.) Also IOts 13. 14. 15. 11, 17. IS, 19, 20, 2. 27. 2S, 20. 30. 21, 32. 33, 34. 35. 3. 37. 3 33. 40 and part of vacated st. ' Block 2. (Cor. 30th and Missouri sts.) ALso Lots 31. 32. 33. 3 and 33, Block 8. all in Fark Heights add. (Faris av. near 23ih st) Love and affection James I'Mknap to Anures MisiaK et ux., n of Lot 13. Block 8. Hubbard. Martindale & MrCarty's South East adj. (Linden Ft. near Orange st) 1,325.00 Charles W. t'nnls to Harriet A. Malpas. In lt. Sil 4. 1st section of Martindale's Lincoln Fark add. (Cor. Alabama and 23d st) 1,200.00 A. W. Fletcher to Charles L. McCameron. iart of the e of the s w i, See 25. Tn 15. H 3. (Ferry township)... C00.O0 II. H. Matzke to Julius Matzke. part of Iot 1. John Woods's ub. Sv 2. city of lndi.ina rolls. (Cor. Ogden st and North st) IM Ben J. D. Miner to John F. McLeay, Lot 143 McCarty's 4th West Sido add. (Kentucky av. near Drover st) 1,3'iO.üO Thomas J. Hami'ton to t.rorge M. Smith. Jr.. Lot 1. Schumacher's K. Washincton-st add. (Washington st. near Forest av) 1,100.00 Vmanda Fitzgerald to Henry W illiam-t-on et ux., part of the e of tht- s w i. S-c 25. Td 13, It 2. (Decatur townshir) 250.) F K Burgess to N- N. Morris, part of Lot 37 and 3S. Drake's sub. Outlot 14. w V K. (Cor. Market and Linden st 1 CO x- v Morris to Ella Burgess, same as above 1-00 L V. C.avin to C. A. Boss, undivided 1-9 of Lot (W. n T.. S. K. and A. L vietrhcr' Wood hi wn add. (Fleasant st n.ar Olive st) 100 J, ihn II. Kavser to Wm. Ward, part of l ot 31. 2d Miley add. (Elder av, near M.-C.rmick st) 1.5"0.00 Travelers lnurance Co. to Cecilia Conwav. I.t 12. Hendricks's sub of Out lot 93. flougherty st. near East st)... l,3X.0o Amos I). Krewson to tieorjre i. Kanaan, i ,,t ? Co sub cf Su 41. (East st. near Ohio St) 6.W).00 IVrnesa Brown to Joseph and Alice Miliar i.ot 77. Kenwood Fark add. (Cari to! av. nar 2::d st) 1, POO. 00 John C. Hos to II. K. Harding Lots 13 and 16. Adams's sub of part of Bl-tck ? Parker, llanway & Banna's Oak Hill add. (Parker av. near 25th st) 473. PC B. M. Jones to Eliza M. Jons. part or Ijit 7 (commissioner! sub. Van Blain. commissi. ntr's. estate sub 1.00 Jesse Ebaugh to Wm. A. Caylor et ux.. part of Lots 3 and s. Huntington's add to Cumberland. (Warehouse st. noar Walnut st) 1,100.00 Transfers. 2; total consideration I13.7o5.00 Hull. Mil Fcriult. IndUnapoli Bubber Company. shd. rear 19 1. torgi !ir'i i, Salvatota Mtnardo. dwelling. 512 Merrill street. ... Charles Jacks..n. cottage. H10 North Missouri Charles E. Schubert, cottage. Leonard street. Al ner I.wis. frame house, Fulton and W ......... itnut J. W. Hilary, double frame dwelling, ttmth street, 1."1. NlneMrt. Austin has Just conic to town.

REPORT ON THE TAX LEVY

TIIK COtNCIL FIXAXCE COMM1TTCU WILL TAKE ITS TI3IIL Xo Iteport Will He 3Iade nt the .ext Council 3IeelinK Other Municipal Affair t4. The Council finance committee will not report on the ordinance fixing the tax levy for n -'ear and the appropriations. necessary n the city government in r2 at the i ..ar meeting, of the Council next Monday night. The law provides that the evy shall be fixed In September and this will necessitate a special meeting of the Council probably the last week of the month. The members of the finance committee are anxious to secure opinions from the city attorney and other leading attorneys on matters pertinent to fixing tho tax levy and the appropriations, before making a report. There seems to be some question as to the amount of revenue the city will derive from taxes next year and the matter must be cleared up before the levy is fixed. Members of the committee are of opinion that it will be better to make the tax levy high enough to bring sufficient funds Into the city treasury to pay all the running expenses of the government without mak ing it necessary to make so many temporary loans during the year. It is argued that It would be better to make a higher tax levy and have a small surplus in the treasury at the close of the year than to have the city controller calling upon the Council about five or six times a year for temporary loans to tide the city over until the next taxes are paid. It is also said that several members of the Council believe that the people of Indianapolis are growing weary of the temporary loan ques tion and efforts will be made to provide some means to do away with the evil. One member of the finance committee said that the loans that have been authorized this year will eat up nearly $200,000 of the next taxes. Anticipating revenues is a matter that may be done away with in the report to be made by the finance committee. Andrew J. Keller Appointed. Andrew J. Keller, a cigar maker, was? ap pointed custodian of Tomllnson Hall by the Board of Works yesterday to fill the unexpired term of W. Allison Sweeney, who grew tired of Democratic tactics and resigned. Keller is foreman at Andrew Steffen's factory. HOAIU) OF WORKS HOlTIXi:. FINAL, ACTION TAKEN. For cement walks and curb on Summit street, from Southeastern avenue to Bates street. Estimated cost, $1,900. For cement sidewalks on Cornell avenue, from Seventeenth street to Nineteenth street, without modification. For cement sinewaiKs on unio street, irom Noble street to Highland avenue. For cement north sidewalk on Ohio street, from Highland avenue to Oriental street. Both last-named resolutions so modified as to provide for sidewalks feet wide instead of 54 feet. FETITION FILED. For water mains on "Woodlawn avenue, from Villa avenue to State street. ARTIFICIAL GAS MAINS ORDERED. In Chestnut street, from Minnesota street to Arizona street Oct. 5 fixed as limit of time in which to lay the mains. ASSESSMENT ROLLS APPROVED. In behalf of Henry Maag for paving with cement west sidewalk of Drover street, from Oliver avenue to Henry street. In behalf of Henry Maag for paving with cement sidewalks of Minnesota htreet, from East street to Orleans street. In behalf of Daniel Foley for paving with cement sidewalks of Eleventh street, from lirookside avenue to Arsenal avenue. REMONSTRANCE OVERRULED. For brick roadway, cement sidewalks and curb on Wabash street, from New Jersey street to East street. The remonstrance of L. Dorbecker overruled. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. For brick roadway in the' second alley north of New York street, from Fulton street to Davidson street. For cement roadway in the first alley south of Thirteenth street, from College avenue to Ashland avenue. For gravel roadway, cement sidewalks next to curb and cement curbing on Dearborn street, from Tenth street to Sixteenth street. For cement east sidewalk of Illinois street, from Ray street to Morris street. SWEENEY RESIGNATION ACCEPTED. Mayor Taggart presented to the board the resignation of W. Allison Sweeney as custodian of Tomllnson Hall. It was accepted, to take effect "at once." Andrew J. Keller was appointed to succeed Sweeney, the appointment to take effect "this day" and to continue until the further pleasure of the board. GOOD SUM IN FEES. Foreign Corporations Iny 3IoiiejInto Stnte Treasury. The secretary of state's office took in in corporation fees yesterday aggregating $7"o, the greater part of which was paid by two foreign incorporations. The only do mestic company that filed articles was the Commercial-Review Company which, with a capital stack of $13,0u0, expects to publish a newspaper and do a general printing business at Portland, Ind. The directors are Frank H. Snyder, Frank L. Eraden and Jonathan Burk. The American Telephone and Telegraph Company (the Bell), popularly known as the long-distance telephone company, filed articles under the new foreign law, giving Its total capitalization as $3l.237,5''. of which $.KfJ,j:(l in represented in this State The resident agent is Juincy Elwell. 219 west Ihlrtieth street. Indianapolis. The Bemis Paper Bag Company. Incorporated In Missouri but operating a factory at Barth avenue and the Belt Railroad. In this cltv. filed articles showing that JSWW of its total capital of Jl.tjoo.OOo is represented in Indiana. The agent is arren H. Sim mons, who may be found at the local fac tory. The H. P. Deuscher Company, man ufacturing agricultural implements at Hamilton. O., filed articles naming a small amount of Indiana capital and designating V. A. I'fckens, 112 commercial Club buiid ing, as its resident agent. THE PLANNER GUILD. Colored Lawyers and Doctors of the City the ;net. The cooking class of Flanner Guild had as its guests at dinner yesterday the col ored lawyers and doctors of the city, hav ing in view the object of interesting them in the work of the Guild, which is at tempting to set on foot a line of industrial education among the colored young peo pie of the city. The menu consisted of fruit, tomato bisnue, wafers, escalloned oysters, sandwiches, midgets, celery, fillet of beef with mushrooms, creamed ball po tatoes, asparagus, hot rolls, lobster salad. cheese straws, ice cream and cake. Those present were Dr. S. A. Elbert, J. H. Ballard. S. A. Furniss. Daniel H. Brown, Edwin F. Brown, E. F. Johnson. H. L. Hornmons. Attorneys J. H. Lott. O. V. Rovall. J. F. V. Hill. J. A. Bryant. Messrs. Edwin t . Stokes. Charles Baughman, and Dr. B. J. Morgan. Also Misses Bertha Helming and Annie Mock, of the charity organiza tion, and Lillian Thomas r ox. ANTI-TREATING SOCIETY. Dr. Talnuige nntl Archbishop Ireland Are OrKanlxiiiK It. COLUMBUS. O.. Sept. 11. A movement is on foot to organize a national anti-treat Ing league, in which the Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage and Archbishop Ireland are leading figures. At the meeting of the Catholic Knights of Ohio, in state convention here to-day, It was announced that a meeting would probably be held In New York next week to take steps to perfect an organization. The league Is to he free from connection with any existing society or church, being open to all. The movement Is the outgrowth of a speech made, by T. U. Mlnahan. of this city, recently.

FARM AND GARDEN INTERESTS

Dronght and Fertility. Philadelphia Record. The recent drought has been the means of leading to considerable discussion as to the best methods of mitigating the effects of dry periods, and before the present century passes it is probable that drought will no longer be the dread of farmers. Nature, however, never does anything but for the. best, and if droughts are considered from all standpoints it will be found that there are some compensations for the damage inflicted. An excess of moisture carries away from the soil a large proportion of the sol uble matter. The sea receives daily an immense amount of wealth from the soil that does not; return, as the fisheries do not reclaim but a small fraction of that which is lost. The constant draining away of plant food would soon impoverish the earth, but for the manures and fertilizers applied. and although the loss of fertility from each farm may be small, yet Jt is large when the entire surface of the earth is considered. The rains, however, also dissolve and carry down Into the subsoil some of the pant foods, and as the soil Is largely composed of mineral matter, which is being dissolved to a certain extent at all times, wherever the solvent (water) goes the dissolved mineral matter goes also. The subsoil itself is also rich in the mineral elements, such as potash, soda, lime, magnesia, phosphoric acid, etc., combined as carbonates, phospnates, silicates, sulphates, chlorides, etc. If the rain does not dissolve the mineral matter immediately it does later, as it be comes charged in the soil with carbonic acid from decomposing vegetable matter. and it then has the power of dissolving some of the materials that are not soluble in pure water. The deeper the cultivation of the soil and the better it is drained down in the subsoil, the lower the soil moisture descends and the more mineral matter is dissolved. When the soil moisture is sufficient the plants thrive, but as the water Is evaporated from above the moisture from below rises, through capillary attraction, and when the surface is very dry, the dryness extending deep Into the soil, the lower moisture that in the subsoil endeavors to find its way to the surface. This soil mois ture is saturated with the dissolved min eral matter, and brings it up on its passage to the atmosphere, depositing it in the sou in proportion as evaporation occurs. Na ture thus provides a way for restoring to the soil the mineral elements taken from the surface and carried down into the earth. But for this reclamation of the sol uble plant foods the most fertile soils would soon be exhausted, and it is a fact that the soli is richer after a drought than before. This mode of saving the farmer from total loss may not be to his satisfaction, as he sees only his present loss, but he would be much poorer if the plant foods carried beyond his reach were never returned. It is not intended here to advocate the advantages of droughts, but until man discovers some mode for escaping them without losing that which is indispensable to his existence the drought is In his favor. Even - the most approved methods of Irri gation will not better his condition until the loss of plant foods is arrested. Irrigation, however, is practiced only where rain does not fall in excess, and where the farmer can also control his dry periods as well as his moisture. Droughts are teaching farmers that they can control the supply of moisture. By deep plowing and careful preparation of the land an abundant supply of moisture can be stored in the lower soil. This moisture will coriie to the surface as soon as the upper soil becomes dry. The farmer can permit it to come within an inch or two of the surface, and then shut off the supply byscaling the tops of the capillary tubes, which Is done by covering them with dry dirt. Thee tubes are not made in dry, loose earth, but if the dry earth becomes wet from rain, so as to compact it, the water from below can then pass through capillary tubes and come through. It is necessary, therefore, to cover the tops of these tubes after every rain. This is done by simply cultivating the soil to the ;depth of one or two inches, just enough to loosen the top soil, and bring the moisture as close to the surface as possible, in a manner so as not to break the roots of the plants. This soil moisture from below will contain large amounts of plant food which the rains dissolved and carried down and as long as it is not allowed to escape it provides both food and water. The farmer who only gives his corn a certain number of "workings," without regard to conditions, must abandon his rule and work after each rain. The weeds will then bo kept down because the moisture they require is below the dry soil. If the ground is well prepared before the seed is planted, so as to form a storehouse, or reservoir for moisture, and the topsoll kept loose, so as to form an earth blanket for preventing evaporation, droughts will be of benefit .in bringing from below the various plant fwods existing below the surface soli. Cattle at Fair. Springfield Republican. September, with its round of cattle shows, is at hand, and soon the season will be at its height. It is fitting, therefore, that prospective exhibitors have their attention called to several little matters which would be of advantage to them, and also to the fairs and their patrons. This is what Secretary Coburn, of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, does. Stockmen, he says, come to inspect the cattle, study the winners, learn wherein the superior qualities lie, and why they are rated as best. The prize-winning animals are, perhaps, stripped and in the ring for half an hour, and those visitors who are so fortunate and so alert as to be present at the particular time have opportunity to see them, along with the competing animals, and perhaps learn something of what, whose and where they are. The cattle are then taken to their stalls, covered up with blankets, and thousands of seekers after information who pass them day by day have no means of knowing what any particular animal is. its age, its breed, its weight, its prizes or its owner, and in many instances cannot even guess its breed. It has always been to me one of the Incomprehensible mysteries why a breeder would go to so much pains and expense to exhibit stock, from which he presumably wishes to build up trade, and then so wretchedly fail to supply an eager public with the information they so much crave, to which in my Judgment they, as patrons of the show, are justly entitled, and which their very presence has paid lor. If exhibitors took proper pains to see that the more important information was from the first hung on the stall of each animal, and then added to this, day by day, facts as to any premiums awarded, the information would be worth to spectators a hundred times what they acquire when such matters are managed as now. The management of all such exhibitions should make it one of their invariable rules that every animal entered should have attached to its stall the legitimate general information pertaining to it that the public have a perfect right to demand. To take an animal to such a place, put it in a dark stall, cover it up with two or three blankets, with no particular means of identification, and then invite a business public to make long journeys at more or less expense to see, admire, and, perhaps, buy It, at a busy season of the year, surely borders on the farcical. 1 hope for a time when I can attend these expositions and learn something about any animal present, with out having to spend a half day hunting for the busy owner or glean it in dribs from the overworked stable boys. A most help ful and well-nigh Indispensable adjunct to a proper understanding of the show is a comprehensive catalogue, and the animals should wear number tags much more easily read from the back scats than those now in use. The above is a true bill against many ex hibitors, but the fair management is large ly to blame. 1 hey snoui-i insist that all exhibits be so marked that all tho necessarv information can he easily obtained by the visitor without asking a question. It is not enouch for the secretary to shove an entrv card, a tack and a pencil at a farmer and leave the latter to do the rest according to his own ideas. The secretary and the su perintendents 01 departments should each have assistants wno couiu put tne necessarv information on a card in a Perfectly readable way. If the cards could be typewritten so much the better. It makes a slovenly appearance to have entry cards written by exhihitors, showing all kinds of penmanship, spelling and general knowledge. The neater and more accurate the written or printed matter about the pens, Ftalls and stables the better effect will the exhibit have upon the visitors. The Heian Fl. Kansr-.s Experiment Station Bulletin. Considered in "H relations, where one method alone is ft. Mowed, it is best, in the" writer's opinion, to depend upon late sowing. The adult bisect fiies and lays eggs according to season earlier or later in summer or fall, but cannot withstand the frost; and wheat appearing after the first white frost of the season will be free from attack. This fact is confirmed by the present year's experience of correspondents of the

Kansas station. Early sown areas, on the other hand, will sometimes be found so badly infested, through the massing of the insects thereon, that the wintering of the plant will be a matter of doubt. If tgg-deposit be delayed by the absence of suitable plants, the rties will remain alive for some time in waiting, but if proper opportunity is provided the eggs are laid at once and the insects then die. Small areas or strips through fields in infested localities may be seeded early, a? trap crops and after epg-deposit these may be plowed under, destroying the contained eggs or larvae before the general seeding of the field. Against the spring brood, which weakens the stalk and lightens the grain, little can be done except by means to limit the winter brood of larvae. The thorough destruction of volunteer wheat, accompanied by late seeding, through their reduction, of the numbe.s of insects wintering over, are the most practical means. Owing to the situation of the larvae down in the crown of the plant there is little possibility of valuable results from pasturing the wheat during the fall and winter. Where fields are pastured early, chance eggs may be destroyed before hatching, but the advantage "thus gained will be slight, if any. It is the combination of early-sown trapstrips with general late seeding that is recommended for practice by Kansas wheatgrowers. "Why Co-Operative Creameries Foil. Orange Judd Farmer. This subject was discussed at the recent Iowa dairy conference. S. B. Shilling, of Mason City, said it was due to the action of creamery promoters organizing creameries where not needed, stealing skim milk by patrons, too many directors and poor butter makers. The automatic skim-milk weigher is a minister of salvation to the co-operative creamery, and saves many souls from going to the thief's reward. A. J. Glover, creamery inspector for Minnesota, said the five causes of bad results arc off flavor in milk, milk commencing to sour, not properly strained, barn odors, and

partly churned in hauling to creamery. u hen he sees a dirty can cover he con cludes thai the whole can is dirty and he tells the patron his can is unclean. If the patron pays no attention to this remark he tells him his can is dirty, and reads the law to him which shows him liable to a fine. A great cause of rotten flavor is, however, found in many creameries in unclean milk pumps and pipes. He scored the commission men also for paying one-half cent above quotations, saying the practice is inherently dishonest. Improving Common Cows. American Cultivator. The Maryland experiment station has been for several years giving extra feed and care to a herd of common cows and watching the results. The first year no ma terial changes were noticed in average pro duction and but little in individuals, but since that time there has been a steady improvement, and they suggest that the qual ity of a dairy cow may not depend wholly on the breeding, but that the feeding also influences. Long ago we said that the se cret of success was to "breed for milk and feed for milk; breed for beef and feed lor beef." While it may be a waste of time to feed and educate a cow of the beef breed to produce much milk or much butter, we have no doubt but that it can be done, even as we could take a pure-bred Jersey calf and so feed it that it would put on fat instead of increasing the butter fat in its milk. The report we have does not say whether the improvement noticed was in quantity or quality of milk, but we should expect it to be noticeable in both. Suhexperiment Stations. Indiana Farmer. Prof. W. C. Latta, in one of his late bulletins, suggested the wisdom of establishing some substations of Purdue University in different sections of Indiana, and to test experimental production of staple farm crops on more representative soil than that of the university farm, and we notice that this is now the movement of the Agricultural College at Urbana, 111. Substations are being established in that State with local managers, under the auspices and general- direction of the university at Urbana. Professor Hopkins, of Urbana, says with the $10,(xx) appropriated by the late Legislature of Illinois, he expects to establish about fifteen of these substations, In different sections of the State, and on different classes of soils. This seems to b a wise movement, and it is to be hopetl that Professor Latta's recommendations will be carried out for this State also. Furm ote. It is claimed that a sprinkling of hops in the brine used for pickling bacon and hams adds greatly to the flavor and assists in their preservation. The method is one said to be practiced In England. The flowering of potatoes has been found by Mr. M. Michalet to withdraw much starch from the tubers, and experiments in France have convinced him that the product of the plants may be improved by removing all blossoms. The large worms that prey on catalna trees can be destroyed by the use of Paris green in water, sprayed on the trees. Kerosene emulsion also destroys them. Such work should be done as soon as the worms are seen, giving frequent applications if necessary. The early fall is an excellent time for reseeding the pastures, but in so doing the farmer should use clean seed, use it plentifully and scratch it in if possible. One of the best plans to assist a pasture is to sow white clover seed on the bare places, as it will make growth where some seeds will fail. If the sod in the orchard Is too tough, and it is not desirable to plow it. turn the pigs in and give them a free range. They will always find something to root for, and the result will be that they will break up the sod and benefit the trees. At the same time the hogs will secure a portion of their rood and Keep m a thrifty condition. Experiments show that rye and winter wheat will germinate In a soil the tempera ture of which is 32 degrees; barley, oats. flax, peas and clover will sprout at 35 de grees; turnips the same, carrots at 3S. and beans at 40 degrees. If these experiments have been carefully conducted they demonstrate that some plants will sprout even below the freezing point. Good farm hands are worth all that mav be paid them, as intelligence is of more value sometimes than the actual labor per formed, for when an incompetent person is Intrusted with particular work and mis takes are made the entire crop and a season's preparation may be lost. A skillful farm hand may demand high wages, but his work will be worth more than that of an Incompetent person. Many varieties of potatoes come and'eo. and but for the continued introduction of new varieties potatoes would soon be scarce. This is due to careless selection of seed. All the tubers of a crop are sold for seed, when only the best should be selected. If the largest tubers from the thriftiest and strongest plants only are retained for seed there would be an improvement in the old varieties instead of deterioration In quality. But as long as seed potatoes bring good prices there will be good and inferior seed used. Corn fodder that is not cut down until the leaves are yellow, and then left all winter in the fields, where the shocks are blown over, and the fodder exposed to rains and frosts, is usually worth nothing, and instead of so doing it will be better to haul It to the barnyard and let the cattle pick it over before it loses value; but if the fodder is cut when somewhat green, and caretl for. the farmer will find that it is as valuable as the grain. There is an annual enormous loss of fodder in this country which should not occur. 31 r. W'n. You. Un. Oh. Wu? In-leeJ. 'twouM rieve us If jou shouM leave us. stay. Wu. We nei you. What Chinaman Is thr wh can Suoet ed you? P.riphtest of the diplomatic Ean$. A bipKpr Chinaman than Chang Are you. Our Wu Tirigfanfi! To ou. . Oh. Wu. Whene'er y.u ope your l:;s His eol.trs dtps. .Viun?' Hur, )ratr. Without a peer, Wrisse tawr.y skin Hid-s a true gentleman within, Slav h'-re. Y.U KO? No. no! Spare, us that pang. Let's hope it Isn't true, oh. Wu Tingfaris! Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Austin lias just come to town.

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