Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 365, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1901 — Page 3

TOE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, DECE3IBER 31, 1001.

c3TB.:e335CLE ACT2l bjtterick PATTERN Indianas Greatest Dry Uoods Empornim Specials ToDay 3-tncn al'-wool Vlcereaiix Suiting, in three

s hades or gray mixture., tn A f 1 Ami, in th- ri'tnup. at a van! - k ;x-l i-lncli pUi 1 hack Suiting, the ?-00 QQ kind, to cios. at a yard Remnant of domestic Wash tiood, Tuesday, at lialt price. Men' NVv'kvvrar, clean-up mostly of !T band bows, the JV ones at, e-uch lioyV silver gray Union Suits. Jersey sr ilbbvd, t close at, e ich Ic,t Lad!' extra size cotton Hose, fast Mac'.: boot with fancy toi-; als ladles' opera length cotton Uom? that were :'ic, to -j SI , :.((', ata pair Children's colored cotton Hose, full regular made, with douMe sole and high jA. double he l,theV.Mjuailty,a:a ialr vLadles fast black Vests and Tights. Swls nbed, winter weight Vcts, with Ions; Meeves, hlzei ;i and I. Tights are knee length, open and closed; Kaiuesizes Sl were 7-V, to clo-.e, at a garment äöC Pettis Dry Goods Co. We Wish You a Happy and Prosperous New Year. t Store Open Until Moon ToiMorrow. Paul H. Irauss 44 East Washington Street. Shirt AIaker'Men's Furnisher ! t SEE SOME OF THE NEW EFFECTS i8-aa N. MERIDIAN ST. "We are members of the Merchants' Association. iUKE LIBERAL ADVANCE CM ! AND AUTPARSACnONS STRICTLY CONHDEUTlALj LARGEST BUSINESS LAPvGEST ASSORTMENT LOWEST PRICES . . . Geo. J. Marott, mil and 1'S 11. Washington St. Furniture, Carpets Stoves SOI East AVfishliiRtun St. NEWS OF THE THEATERS CRCSTOX CLAIIKE IX "HAMLET" AXU MniCHILII2L' AT E.XULISH'S. Grnpevrlii anil Chnnee in a Clever Sketch at the Grand OfTcrins at the 1'nrk and Kmpirr. At the Theaters To.Day. KNGLISH'S Creston Clarke in Richelieu," 8:15 p. m. GRAND Vaudeville, 2:13 and S:15 p. m. PARK "Down Mobile." melodrama. 2 and S p. m. EMPIRE Victoria. Burlesquers. 2 and 8 p. m. CreMon Clarkr'a Hamlet." Creston Clarke and his company acted "Hamlet" at English's last night and will present "Richelieu" to-night. Mr. Clarke Is pleased to persist in offering "Hamlet" to the public, and last night's audience was pleased, too, but it was discouraglngly meager. Mr. Clarke's reading and conception were intelligent and clear. The entertainment was as Rood as, if no more vital than the present day melodramas that attract thousands to the higher-priced theaters. It would seem that the importance of actors that play "Hamlet" Is measured by the degree of "imagination"' they display. The words must come from an awful dome of mentality, must bear with them the hint of a terrible and mysterious mood. This is according to what are classified as "Shaksperlan critics." It Is unnecesfary to attempt to Judge of Mr. Clarke's pface in the Ions list. John Carter, a rare old actor, impersonated Polonius. He spoke es If he had played the part a thousand times and hid studied it a half century. The difficult phrase were easy for him. the character natural, especially in his speech to Ophelia warning her against Hamlet. The other members of the company often found their taks hard. Their ''language was stilted and their acting not convincing. Julia Marie Taylor was a pretty and mild Oplulia. On Wednesday night at English's a farce. "The Rrixtun Hurglary." will b plaved by a company headed by YV. J. Ferguson. The Vaudeville nt the (irnntl. At S o'clock in the evening Mrs. Absalom Plpp sent her husband out to buy fish for their breakfast. She had given him a twenty-dollar nil'. He returned at 4 o'clock in the morning with a charlotte ru.-se in his hand. He had the fish. too. and he had them under his pillow. He hung his clothes on the chandelirr and went to bed. His wife wakened him at 6 o'clock and he sat up. working his tongue and lips in an endeavor to get rid of th bad taste. After he had stirred, a dirty, ragged fellow, who was In bed b-si.ie him, rolled out. drank from the water pitcher ar:d left the room hurriedly. 1'ipp had brought the tramp home wit!- him. Plpp crawled out of btJ und hobbled arour.d the room, trvlng to atrniediten ,ut hi kinks. He found a botv!e of whl.-ky in his shoe, pound omo of fc JJLjuur latd a jar containing his wife's

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uncle's ashes, and drank the mixture. He daubed the charlotte russe on his face under the delusion that it was lather and cut his strop in two while trying to Improve his razor's edge. Annoyed on ery side, ho poured the rest of the whisky into a glass and was about to down it when he heard his wife sobbing In a corner of the room. He listened a moment and then threw the glass in the grate and lay down on the bed; "all In." body and spirit. His wife slipped into the room and pulled the bedclothes over him, so he might not be cold while he slept. When she had done this the curtain fell on "The Awakening of IMpp." as acted by Charles Grape win and Anna Chance in the bill of vaudeville at the Grand. The sketch is a mixture of the natural and the grotesque, but the former element predominates and the climax is firely effective. The latter half of the week Mr. Grapewin and Miss Chance will present another sketch. "Above the Limit." In which they will be a Bowery boy and a soubrette. Just before the Mograph Gertrude Haynes and twenty boys Imitate a part of the service of the Protestant Episcopal church. The first picture is the exterior of the church, and the choir, in cotta and cassock, marches through the door, singing "Onward. Christian Soldiers." After a moment of darkness the chancel is shown. The choir stands back of the chancel rail, and light streams through the stained windows at th rear. Miss Haynes. in vestments, sits at the organ, which has a frtrong tone and a full range. She and James Byrnes sing the solos, which are appropriate, and the scene closes with an elaborate Gloria. The illusion is carefully maintained, except that young Byrnes is permitted to take off his vestments and show himself in a dress suit. That Is cheap and bad, and hurts the impression. George Felix and Lydia Barry make a great deal of fun out of boisterous nonsense, and Miss Harry sings well. Jones, Grant and Jones, who are two colored men and a woman, have humor of the Indiana avenue sort, and are often funny. They also sing and dance In rag-time. Arthur Buckner opens the show with bicycle tricks. Dorothy Walters whistles familiar airs, and Maud Mclntyre sings, tells stories and mocks an English music hall comedian singing a coon hong. Both elicit applause. 'Down 31ihlle" at the Park. The entertainment at the Tark Theater the first half of the week is "Down Mobile." one of Lincoln J. Carter's older melodramas.its Kpectacular feature is the burning of a cotton mill in which the heroine lias been Imprisoned by the villain. A great part of -the activity is that of colored men and women, who dance and sing. The villain of the story is Jim Blackford, the son of a negress, a "witch," who lives in a swamp. He loves a white girl, Josephine Edgerly, the adopted daughter of Colonel Harper, a plantation owner. Josephine is in love with Harry Harper. Blackford succeeds in persuading the elder Harper that Josephine has negro blood in her, and she becomes an outcast, though young Harper remains faithful to her. In the end the suspicion that Josephine is tainted is cleared away. Robert Leeland impersonates both Blackford and Harry Edgerly, a brother of Josephine. Eva Benton is the "witch," Mother Cubarre. Helen Ray is the heroine, Josephine, and Jack Sherman Is Colonel Harper, the stage type of a Southern gentleman. The later half of the week the attraction at the Park will be "Lost in the Desert."

Variety at the Empire. There is plenty of fun and singing in Ed Rush's Victoria Burlesquers, which opened yesterday at the Empire Theater for the remainder of the week. Harry Joelson, a boy with a superior tenor voice, sings a number of songs, which are illustrated. Aggie Behler leads the olio by giving a number of songs. She made a hit with the audience. Reid and Gilbert make fun in a sketch In which Reid is an Irishman. Leroy and Levanion in their triple horizontal bar act introduce some new tricks. Markey and Stewart have several new jokes. Mr. and Mrs. Harper, colored, give plantation songs and dances with good effect. In the opening burlesque. "The Gay De-' celvers." a large chorus is presented. Harry Stewart and Ed Markey take the comedy parts. "My Hottentot Lady," by Mr. and Mrs. Harper, is one of the features of the tlrst burlesque. The second burlesque is an elaborate affair. "Slumming in Chinatown" is the title. The scene opens on the interior of a Chinese opium den. Chin Y Don, a real Chinaman, is preparing his "dope" pipes for his patrons. John H. Reid as the Chinatown guide brings in a crowd of women, to whom he explains the workings of the place. Chin Y Don is asked to sinK. and he tries In pigeon Engllsn "Ain't that a Shame?" The Chinaman has learned a number of slang phrases. Eight girls In Chinese dress do a number of songs and dances for the slumming party. Cttrnercle Won't Endow n Theater. NEW YORK. Dec. 30.-In its issue of tomorrow the Theater will print the following statement from Andrew Carnegie, whose name has frequently been used in .connection with a proposed endowed national theatre: "On the continent of Europe many theaters are subsidized by government, but none by English-speaking peoples in any part of the world. It would be an experiment here, and if to be made, should be by government, as in Europe. It does not seem a proper field for private gifts." PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Mrs. F. M. Ingler is visiting in Bloomington. Miss Josephine Morss will entertain from 3 until 3 to-morrow. On Friday evening there will be a Sunday-school entertainment at Tabernacle Church. Mrs. E. J. Brennan will give a dinner this evening for her daughter, Miss Rosemary Brennan. Mrs. Hanford N. Rogers is visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. George S. Gardiner, at Laurel, Miss. An informal luncheon of eight covers was given yesterday by Mrs. John L. Griffiths for Miss Foulke. of Richmond. Mrs. All.n B. Phllputt is home from New Mexico, leaving her daughter. Miss Louise, who will not return until spring. Mrs. John Newman entertained an evening company yesterday for her daughter Helen in honor of her sixteenth birthday. Miss Helen Bennett will give a breakfast to-day to the persons who were at the Adams cottage at Maxinkuckee last summer. Mr. and Mrs. Harrj Speers, of New York, who came to attend the Hanna-McCullocn wedding, are the guests of Mr. Bement Lyman. At the Methodist Deaconess Home, 419 East Vermont street, the board of managers with the deaconesses will receive from 2 to 7 p. m. to-morrow. Mrs. J. S. Matthews is spending the holidays with her sister, Mrs. Malloch, at Toronto. Canada, and her brother, Mr. Thomas A. Good, at Brantford. Canada. Mr. Nathan Morris gave a dinner yesterday evening at the University Club, the guests being the members of the bridal party fcr the wedding of Miss McCulloch and Mr. llanni. which is to take place this evening. Mrs. Macbeth, of Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. IX B. Cooper and son Paul, of Greenrteld, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dalley. of Lebanon, who came for the dance at the German House, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Springsteen. The marriage of Miss Mabel E. Heller and Mr. Edward Curtis was solemnized at the home of the bride's mother. 2331 Talbott avenue, Sunday afternoon in the presence of the Immediate relatives and a fewIntimate friends. Rev. E. II. Waddle, of Columbus, O.. .officiated. Dr. George Ralph Page, of Philadelphia, whose marriage to Miss Nelle May Richmire is to take place at noon to-morrow, has arrived and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge I. Richmire. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Richmire. of Anderson, and Mr. Will Richmire. of Fowler, will arrive this evening. Miss Genevieve Maine gave a dance last evening for her guest. Miss Freda Green, of Toledo. In the dining room a frieze of smilax adorned the walls, to which were added red irnatlons. The parlors had vases of white carnations and roses. The ballroom had Southern smilax and palms, the latter screening the musicians. Punch j was served here by Rena Mallory, Cartk oerr.er, Robert Hendrickson Htid Paul Gregory. The nostess was assisted by her father, Mr. W. P. Maine, her sister. Miss Maine. Mrs. Edwin Hendrickson. Mrs. Herman Tuttle and Miss Mary Sayles. Miss Hannah Erwin was the guest of honor at a luncheon uiven yesterday by Mrs. William H. Coburn. Those entertained were Miss Emily Elliott of Cincinnati. Mrs. Henry Iine Wallace. Mrs. Augustus Lynch Mason. Mrr. James Nellson Hamilton. Mrs Marvin Rice Maxwell, Mrs. William Tirtle Herod. Mrs. Edward Iodge McKee. Mrs. William (Jarranl Comly. Mrs. Daniel p. Erwin. Mrs. Frank Graef Darlington, Mrs! Samuel Reid and Mrs. Henry 1'. Coburn

The table appointments were of pink and white, and in front of each cover was a small basket of pink and white hyacinths and begonias. Announcement is made of the coming marriage of Miss Mabel Goshorn. of Charleston. W. Va., and Mr. John Chenoweth. of this city, the wedding to take place on Jan. S at the First Presbyterian Church of Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Chenoweth will attend from here. After a Southern wedding trip the bridal party will visit in Indianapolis before going to their future home in Charleston. Miss Florence Cothrell was hostess for a tea yesterday, and in the evening for a dance given In honor of her guest. Miss Grace Field, of Evansville. For both occasions the rooms were festooned with laurel. which adorned archways and chandeliers, while in the parlors pink and white roses added color and fragrance. In the library red roses "and carm.tions were used, and for the dining room there were the same flowers, and shades and tapers were of scarlet. In the afternoon Miss Cothrell was assisted by her mother, Mrs. E. L. Cothrell, Miss Marjorie Taylor. Miss Edith Wilson. Miss Julia Kern; in the dining room bv Miss Vivian. Miss Iris Wynn, Miss Bertha Bals. Miss Enid Morris. Miss Emily Winters. Miss Susan (Jay Pursell. Araong the visitors were Miss Harris, of Georgia, with Miss Clara Hawkins, and Miss McNally, of Springfield. O.. with Miss Vivian Shaw. In the evening Taylor's orchestra played for the dancers. Those who assisted Miss Cothrell in entertaining were Miss Marjorie Taylor. Miss Edith Wilson. Miss Julia Kern and Miss Clara Lewi.-. Miss Helen Cothrell presided at the punch bowl. Mr. Louis Eward, with Mr. Will Harbison, was present. WILL RECEIVE TO-MORROW. Among those who will receive to-morrow afternoon are: The Young Women's Christian Association will keep open house. Miss Helen Roach and Miss Grace Lawlcr, from 3 to 6, at 2132 Central avenue. Miss Mary Throop. 2127 Talbott avenue, from 2 to 4, assisted by Miss Willa Nicholas. Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Meservc, 1111 Park avenue, from 8 to 10. There are no invitations. Miss Elizabeth McCrea, 3T.03 Broadway, assisted by Misses Alice Ballard, Jane

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LONDON, Dec. 30. Messrs. Boxall & Boxall, counsel for the Duke of Manchester, declare there is absolutely no truth In the report published in the United States yesterday that the duke, with the assistance of his father-in-law, Eugene Zimmerman, of Cincinnati, had offered. Miss Tortla Knight, the actress, $200,000 in full settlement of her claim for damages resulting from alleged breach of promise of marriage. The lawyers say no negotiations for a settlement have taken place, are taking place or will take place on the subject. The trial, they add, will take its course in the ordinary way. Miss Knight is a California actress whose feelings were lacerated when the Duke of Manchester married Miss Zimmerman. Miss Knight said this evening: 4There is absolutely no talk or thought of a compromise of my suit against the Duke of Manchester. The case has gone too far for that. I am promised that the hearing Will come off early in January, and so far as I am concerned it will be a fight to a finish."

Rawls, Maude Gray. LIsette Krauss. Tolly Sharp and Ada Pickett. The hours are from 3 to 6. The U-Go-I-Go Club, with Mrs. G. W. Brown, lU2t North Meridian street, from 3 to 6. Miss Mary Pierson and Miss Jessie Anderson, with Miss McCoy, 24 West Twentieth street. Miss Grace Matthews and Miss Ethel Collings, at Miss Collings's residence on Hoyt avenue. The auxiliary of the railway postal clerks, from 3 to 10. with Mrs. Peckmann, 2017 Ashland avenue. Miss Gladys Nehrbas, 512 North Illinois street, with Miss Nora Iacey and Misses Kathleen and Agnes Lane. Miss Inez Foley, Miss Nelle Howe, Miss Blanche Barnes and Miss Ethel Boaz, from 2 to 5, with Miss Foley, 840 English avenue. The Misses Alice Benton Scott. Mary Searle. Louise Reese and Edna Rexford. with Miss Ethel Reese at her home, 171J North Illinois street, from 3 to 6. The Rev. and Mrs. T. J. Villers will receive their friends New Year's afternoon from 2 to 6 at their home, 1741 North Meridian street. The reception will be informal. The O. T. Q. Club of the Shortridge High School, at the residence of Miss Stella Hann. 2121 College avenue, in the afternoon. The members of the club are Miss Helen McMurray. Miss Lento R. Fulwell. Miss Nell Van Landingham, Miss Adele McMaster, Miss Lila Allison. Mi?s Stella Hann, Miss Flora Keely, Miss Bernice Wright. Miss Orln Pearson, Miss Gray Lavls, Miss Ldna Randall. ELWOOD WEDDINGS. Special to the Indiana polis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind., Dec. 30. George Livingston and Miss Lennie Behymer, daughter of Hon. and Mrs. A. J. Behymer, were married at the home of the bride's parents in this city, Sunday afternoon, by the Rev. L. C. Howe, and left at once on a honeymoon trip to Piqua and other points in Ohio. They will be at home here after Jan. 15. Daniel Vest and Miss Taura Larch, prominent young people of this city, were married at the home of the groom's sister, Mrs. Joseph Lanning. yesterday, the Rev. J. A. Beatty officiating'. WOODWARD HUDDLESON. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DUBLIN, Ind., Dec. CO. Mr. William B. Woodward and Miss Anna C. Huddleson were married last night at the Methodist parsonage by the Rev. William A. Pierce. Mr. Woodward Is the son of B. F. Woodward, of this city, and a graduate of the State University Law School at Bloomington. His bride is the daughter of Rowland Huddleson, of Mount Auburn. INSULT TO WOMAN RESENTED. Her Eaoort Landed Heavy Blown on Frank Mallady. One man. according to a story learned by th- police, got just what he deserved last Mght. Bicycle Policemen Grilfir. nnd Manning were sent to the Salvation Ai lay headquarters and there met Frank Mallady, who gives his address as "city." He told them he had been knocked down ard robbed of a watch and some money. He was somewhat intoxicate and the police were inclined to doubt hl slorv. They were told by others, who claimed to have been witnesses, that he had talked Insultingly to a woman who passed with an escort. The woman's companion, without saying anything, turned around quiculy and landed a few heavy blows on Mallady'H mouth. His lips were badly bruised and a gash was cut on the back of his bead when II came in contact with the cement

sidewalk. He was sent to police headquarters and locked up on a charge of drunkenness

PERSONALITY OF MRS. SHAW. .ew Lady of the Cabinet Han Greatly Aide! Her Hnnhaiiri. New York Mail and Express. The appointment of Governor Shaw, of Iowa, as secretary of the treasury, so much of a surprise to the country bec.iuse of his sudden rise in public affairs, naturally turns attention to Mrs. Shaw, since the wife of a Cabinet minister plays so large a part in the social affairs of the national capital. Her life has supplemented the strenuous life of her husband, in its humble beginning, born In a cabin in Vermont, working half a day of manual labor to enable him to go to school the other half; migrating to Iowa at an early age, and then educating himself in the Cornell College, of Iowa, and then in the State Law School; rising thence through earnest endeavor from station to station until he became a banker at Dennison. a place of 2,000 people, and until in 1ST3 he caused a sensation in the State by a single speech in favor of sound money and for gold as the only standard that the next year made him Governor of the State, and speedily thereafter the leader of the West on all financial questions. In all this strange and rapid evolution from obscurity into great things Mrs. Shaw has been his inspiration and his constant help. An Iowa woman in New York, who knows the social fabric of Iowa from long residence at Des Moines, the capital and the social center of the State, gives In this article a few of the main facts In her career and some of her personal characteristics. Mrs. Shaw, whose maiden name was Alice Cranshaw, daughter of one of the sturdy pioneers of the Prairie State, was married to Mr. Shaw in 1S77. He had just graduated at the law school. Thus he entered upon his public career by taking a wife from an -.iff" Iowa home in which thrift, independent spirit and Intelligence ruled. One thing in their earnest and devout lives doubtless proved to be the touchstone of their progress and the insurance of their career, this was their love of religion and the church. Devout Methodists, both of them became zealous workers in the activities and generosities of the church, its charities and all its good purposes. Herein came their first social prominence, and soon their local work and acquaintance extended over the State, and brought to them the earnest friendship of the Methodists, those fine and militant people who believe not only In saving all the people they can to the happiness of the next world, but also in helping their friends all they can in this world. In this church work Mrs. Shaw, with her woman's heart and more sympathetic nature, was the leader. She it was. therefore, who thus wisely and surely made ready for her husband a great constituency or admirers and followers, as against the day when he in a single bold, great speech, made in a timid and cowardlv time, burst on the political attention of the State, and made himself so completely the leader of public thoughts that he was the year after elected Governor of the State, and became the chief spokesman of sound money in the West. At this time Governor Shaw had become a banker as well as a lawyer, and indeed had largely changed to that vocation. He prospered in it. and the children who had come and the faithful wife had been given in a bountiful home the refined pleasures and comforts of intellectual life. When he became Governor, and removed to Des Moines and took a fine house, and began to entertain, after the manner worthy of the great State that he had been called to preside over, he and Mrs. Shaw already had, in the prominent Methodists, the leading and most numerous denomination in the State, a strong and influential circle of personal friends and admirers. The practical sense and discernment of that church had discovered the value and usefulness of Mr. Shaw, and had utilized 1 is fine abilities in its own service. Hh had been called into all of Its prominent councils, and had been made a lav delegate from Iowa to four of its quadrennial or national conventions. To these and all other places. Mrs. Shaw had gone with him. and in her womanly way had helped him in making many charming and powerful friends. This positive, aggressive and influential body of churchmen and church women rallied en mas?e to his nomination and election as Governor in Wmj. In this winning of so wide and so influential a following first in Iowa and next in the nation at large. Mrs. Shaw plaved perhaps the greater part. She knew long before the country did, and even before he did himself, that he was a great man; and on this knowledge she began, in a good wife's ambition, to build for the day she believed was to come. Nor can it be doubted by those who know them both that the satisfaction of the great success that has come lias been sweeter to her than to him. It is another and a striking instance of the American wife discovering a statesman in her own home, and in her own wise and loving way giving him to the country and to fame. In the social Jife of the Iowa capital Mr. Shaw quickly became the social leader. The trained women In polite society sawthat she did not hsii-o at tUa ctnri t v, ----- ...-.x ..v w i -mi i i iir i grace, tact and indescribable charm and ease o4 mat modern product called the society woman. But they saw that she had what was better, the charm of genuine character, the frankness and kindness of a good heart, and the common sense of everyday life! They quickly accepted her leadership, and for four years she has been chief in the social life of Des Moines, and in all the good works of its women, in church. society, charity and club and literary life. Holiday Jewelry. Owing to our small expense we can save you at least 10 per cent. Not the largest store, but the very best quality of Diamonds and Jewelry. Our guarantee Is gilt edge. Now is the time to make your holiday selection. J. P. ML'LLALLY, 2S Monument place.

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FREIGHT CARS DESIRED

A COJIPLAINT MAIM: II Y COMMISSION MEN OF THIS CITY. Mayor Bookralter Will Auk I'nlon Traction Company to FnrnUh FacilitiesCity A fin Irs. The commission merchants of Indianapolis have a grievance against the Union Traction Company and they have appealed to Mayor Bookwalter in his official capacity to help them out. The merchants assert that the failure of the traction company to furnish them with freight cars is Injuring their business with buyers in the gas belt towns, and they have agreed among themselves that immediate action on the part of the city authorities in requiring the Union Traction Company to run freight cars into the city Is necessary. The mayor believes the e-ommission merchants have good grounds for complaint and he announced yesterday that he had notified George F. McCulloch, president of the Union Traction Company, to call on him and explain why the company cannot provide freight service for Indianapolis merchants. Before the network of electric railways was built which now connects the towns of the gas belt local commission merchants enjoyed an extensive and lucrative trade with retailers and general buyers in all the villages and towns along the lines of the various interurban lines, particularly in perishable merchandise like vegetables and fruits. Shipping orders by freight on the Big Four Railroad, and other lines accessible, they were able to supply the demands of buyers in the smaller towns as quickly as the commission houses In Anderson and Muncle could. Since the building of the electric lines the Anderson and Muncie commission men have had an advantage In point of time. They enjoy abundant freight facilities from the traction lines and can deliver goods within a very few hours after orders are received from neighboring towns. On the other hand. Indianapolis commission men, by the failure of the Union Traction Company to provide them with cars, are still restricted to old methods of hauling and, to seme extent, are losing in consequence. As a well-known local commission man said yesterday, small store keepers in towns in the populous territory within fifty miles of Indianapolis who want ten or twenty barrels of potatoes or apples or a week's supply of fruit and want it quickly are not going to patronize Indianapolis merchants who must use the railroads when they can buy from the Anderson and Muncie houses and get their orders filled in an hour or two by electric cars. Many buyers in the towns along the line of the Union Traction Company who use to patronize Indianapolis merchants altogether for their perishable goods are now giving their orders to Anderson and Muncie houses. WANT SOME OF THE TRADE. The commission man referred to stated that Indianapolis commislon men do not want to be "hoggish" in the matter, but they believe they are entitled to a share of the trade In the smaller towns of the gas belt, and they are unanimous in the opinion that the Union Traction Company should be made to provide reasonable facilities so that the trade could be secured and maintained. During the recent cold spell the entire absence of freight cars on the Union Traction Company's road was a serious loss to local commission men. In a number of cases, where potatoes, apples and fruits were shipped via the railroads, they were delivered frozen, and the buyers naturally refused to receive the orders. Had the merchants been able to ship by the cars of the Union Traction Company no damage by freezing would have resulted, since the cars would have been heated and the orders would have been delivered In a few hours. John H. Crall is one of the commission men anxious to have the mayor take action In the matter. He states that the franchise of the Union Traction Company provides that freight cars may be run. and he gives it as his opinion that the Board of Public Works has the power to compel the company to provide them. Mr. Crall says that at least eight cars dally, four in the morning and four in- the afternoon, are needed by local commission men to keep abreast of competition. Not only the commission men that deal in perishable produce, but wholesalers generally and the big retail stores, constantly in receipt of heavy mail orders, are desirous that the Union Traction Company shall provide freight service. The necessity of it was felt severely during the rush of holiday trade. 9 A CHALLENGE TO IRVIXGTOX. Unless Agitation Ceases the Suburb Will De Annexed. Councilman Fred Eppert, chairman of the committee on ordinances, says that If the enemies of the annexation movement In Irvington don't stop their'efforts to influence the Town Board to grant a water and light franchise to the company which is trying: to secure it, the suburb will be taken Into Indianapolis with or without the consent of all the residents. "As I have already told the people of Irvington," Mr. Eppert said yesterday. "The committee and the Council are willing to let them thresh out the question before we take action; but if they continue this agitation about granting a franchise to the water and light company, many of the councilmen will balk. The city would have to assume any burdens the town assumed, and Indianapolis has enough on its hands without taking a load of debt for an Irvington water and light plant." Mr. Eppert has so amended his ordinance providing for the annexation of a large district between Fall Creek and Thirtyfourth street so that Newby Oval, the Driving Park and the reducing station of the gas company will not be affected. The change was made at the request of citizens who realized that if the reducing station was taken into the city the gas pressure would be lowered from seventy-live to twenty pounds. CAPT. ENGLISH INDIGNANT. He Thinks Building; Inspector Had No Right to Sne Him. Captain William E. English, one of the property owners against whom Building Inspector Bartel brought suit the other day for alleged violation of the smoke ordinance, is somewhat indignant that he should have been put in the position of a law breaker by the Inspector. "No one In the city," said Captain English, "has worked harder or spent more money trying to solve the smoke problem and to obey the ordinance than myself. Except the New York Store, the English block has the best make of consumer on the market and I am positive its operation has been successful. It is irritating to see men who have promised but not performed go free; when I, who have been sued, have performed." Mr. Bartel was asked yesterday whv he sued Captain English and he replied that the suits were all friendly and were brought to test the worth of the ordinance. He stated, however, that a good deal of complaint had been received about smoke from the English block. INTEItl Itll AN CONTUACT.

Mayor Ilooktvalter Snys the Matter .Mast Soon lie Nettled. Mayor Bookwalter declared yesterday that the. terms of the franchises to be granted to the Interurban lines entering Indianapolis, which refused to sign the contract agreed to by the Union Traction Company, must ho settled within the week from Thursday, Jan. 2. to Thursday, Jan. 9. Mr. Logsdon and Mr. Maguire. of the board, are of the same opinion. Major Megrew Is sick in bed. but will be able hy that time, it Is thought, to take up the matter. The interurban men are a unit still In opposing the franchise accepter Uy Mr. McCulloch, They declare they c '.hfsjeT J I

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and fine embroidery. After all, is it wise to take such risks with common soap? Of course you can get along without Ivory Soap. So can a wagon without axle grease but it goes hard.

COTTHMMT T TM rttfTM it under any consideration. They are Inclined to favor the proposition of Councilman Negley, basing the tax on the roads on their respective mileage. OWL CAR SERVICE. Mayor BooUwnlter and Vice President Jones In Conference. Mayor Bookwalter had a conference yesterday afternoon with Vice President Jones, of the Street-railway Company, regarding complaints which have been made about the lack of owl-car service on the North Illinois street line. The question of general improvement of the city street-car service was also discussed, and Mr. Jones told the mayor he weald prepare a report for his consideration, showing the schedules of the various lines. If possible, the vice president said, the schedules will be Improved at once. Mr. Jones also said that he would consider the advisability of putting on an owl car for North Illinois street, and would notify the mayor to-day of his decision. Chance nt a Telephone Contract. The Board of Safety has decided to give the Central Union Telephone Company a chance to furnish part of the telephone service for the police and fire departments. This morning a representative of the old company will appear before the board for the purpose of furnishing an estimate of the cost of a number of telephones which will be required. The new company was awarded the contract for the 1902 service, but in addition to the telephones it will supply the board believes that service from the old company will be a convenience. The number of 'phones which the Central company may be asked to put in will be determined by the amount of the appropriation still available. Proceeds of Municipal Bonds. Controller Breunig asked City Attorney Joss a few days ago to give an opinion as to how long the proceeds of the sale of the 1M1 fire department and City Hospital bonds are available. The city attorney, in a written communication, informed the controller yesterday that the proceeds are available as long as there is a fund in existence. He stated that the appropriation is a specific fund for an Indefinite period, and not a portion of a general fund for a specific period. Requests for No. 1 License Tis. "When taking out license tags at the office of the city controller lots of people rer quest No. 1. This year Deputy Controller Bogardus received about one hundred applications to hold wagon, bicycle and buggy No. 1 tags. The mayor and the city cleik. however, had put in the first requests and were granted respectively buggy tag No. 1 and bicycle tag No. 1. The firm of Jackson & Boatwright got wagon tag No. 1. Delayed by Lack of Cars. The wooden block pavement on North Meridian street should have been completed, according to specifications, on Dec. 1, but Clarence A. Kenyon. the contractor, has had his work delayed by Inability to get cars necessary for the shipment of blocks used In paving the street. The Board of Works will probably grant Mr. Kenyon an extension of time on his contract. City Iloards Pay Dills. The Board of Works and the Board of Safety met yesterday afternoon and .allowed bills for the fiscal year. In round numbers the Board of Works signed claims for $50,00. Outside of the salary roll of police and firemen the Board of Safety signed vouchers for about Jöwu In bills pertaining to the department. Must Renevf Their Licenses. Mayor Bookwalter has requested the city controller to notify all saloon keepers who have failed in renewing their licenses to come to time or else close their doors. It was stated in the office of the controller that about twenty saloon keepers have failed so far to take out renewals. BOARD OF WORKS II OPT I NE. FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL APPROVED. For Improving Illinois street, from Fall creek to Thirty-fourth street, wooden block roadway and curbing. For improving Twenty-eighth street, from Capitol avenue to Northwestern avenue, gravel roadway, brick gutters and cement walks. For improving Northwestern avenue, from Fifteenth street to Twenty-first street, gravel roadway, brick gutters and cement walks. For improving Langsdale avenue, from Northwestern avenue to second alley west of Northwestern avenue, gravel roadway and walks. PRIMARY ROLLS APPROVED. For construction of local sewer along the first alley north of WeodIawn avenue, from Shelby street to State avenue. For improving Jackson street, from Becker street to Harris avenue, gravel roadway and cement walks. FINAL ACTION TAKEN. For improving North street, from Senate avenue to ..ttssourl street, with cement walk on south side. For the opening of St. Paul street, from English avenue to Southeastern avenue. ALL ACTION RESCINDED. For improving Cora street, or first alley north of Thirteenth street, from Capitol avenue to Illinois street, with brick roadway and oak margin. For improving Missouri street, from Mccarty street to Ray street, with cement walks and curb. For improving first alley east of Highland avenue', from Market street to hn-t alley south of Market street. For improving first alley ea?t of Highland avenue, from first alley south of Market street east to first alley outh of Market street west. For vacation of first alley east of Highland avenue, from Vermont street to Sturm avenue. For improving Elm street, from Noble street to Shelby street, with cement walks. Vor improving recond alley north of New York street frorn Fulton to Davidson street, with trlcic roadway and oak margin. For improving firt pi ley north of Court

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street, from East to Liberty street, with brick roadway. For local sewer along Wenzel street, from Downey to Morris street. PETITIONS FILED. For extension of first alley we?t of Senate avenue, from Eighteenth ftrert to Nineteenth street. For vacation of Macey avenue, from Twenty-fifth to Twenty-seventh street. For cement walks on both sides of Downey street, from Ea5t to Wright rtrett, next property line. PAPERS ORDERED. For the vacation of the first alley west of Yandes street, from Davidge to Brinkman street. For paving with cement the walks next to curb of Capitol avenue-, from New York street to Tenth street. CITY NEWS NOTES. Dr. Emerson Druley returned Monday from a week's hunting trip. The West Side Republican Club will elect officers next Thursday evening. The State Printing Board met yesterday and allowed bills for December amounting to f2.9lC.4. The regular monthlv meeting of the directors of the Boys' Club will be held this afternoon In the rooms of the club, corner Meridian street and Russell avenue. The South Side Maennerchor will have a, New Year's entertainment at Lyra Hall to-morrow evening ot S o'clock. The children will do the entertaining and receive gifts. Jefferson Ford, of 51S Stevens street, was arrested yesterday by Detectives Holz arid Wallace and charged with the theft of f!S from his room-mate, Fred Van Sucoe. The loss of the money was reported to the iklice by both boys. An I. ei V. train struck a wagon driven by James Oliver, an employe of the Indianapolis Abattoir Company, at the Ray street crossing yesterday morning. The wagon was demolished and Oliver was Hcriously injured. He was taken to his home at 1110 West Itay street. The newly elected ofhYers of the Veteran Hand Engine Firemen's Club are: Ren F. firesh. president; Charles 1 1. Rihl, vicepresident; IX W. Ilrnu.se. secretary and treasurer; Samuel Wallace, doorkeeper; visiting committee. J. W. Petty, John M. Bohmte and J. A. Neumeyer. Walter W. Hankins. of Richmond, Va., and Miss Olivetta Hays, of Albion, Ind., both with the Rose Shay Opera Company, were married by Justice of the Peace Hheppard Saturday afternoon. The license was obtained in Noble county two weeks ago. They have be-en members of the Fame company for five years. The Indianapolis auxiliary committee of the McKinley Memorial Association announced yesterday morning that not one of the 4S0 letters asking for contributions and sent to local physicians had brought a response. Of 45) letters of the same kind sent to lawyers of this city f was realized. The State fund amounts to J1.27l..ri0. The Washington Times recently contained the following Item concerning an Indianapolis man employed In the Pension Office: "There sits at a desk in the certificate division of the pension office a young: man who pays strict attention to business and his name is L. V. Stafford. Mr. Stafford comes from a family of high standing out in Indianapolis. Ind.. and has many friends among public men. Before being assigned to the Pension . Bureau he was in the Department of Agriculture. He has been in the government service about tour years. Mr. Stafford is the youngest clerk in the certificate division." souses Once or twice a year the cxvl housewife has a thorough house cleaning. Tho house has been swept and dusted every day in the year, but the housewife knows that in sptte of vigilance dust accumulates in cracks and corners, and is only to be removed by special effort. It's the same way with the body. You look after it every lay. You take all the ordinary precautions of cleanliness and health. Yet the body needs its special cleaning to rid it of the accumulations of waste and poisonous matter which invite disease. Doctor Fierce'! Golden Medical Discovery, taken regularly once or twice a year, would save many a sickness. It purities the blood, strengthens the stomach, and cleanses the body of poisonous accumulations. "Last fiprinf I had a evere attack of pneumonia. Mrhich left me with a bad cough, anl also left rny lung in a very bad condition,wrilr John M. Ruell. of Lrent. Cheroke Nat.. Ind. Ter. "I had no appetite and w mo weak I could scarcely walk. My breast was all aore with running orev I got two bott'.ea Dr. l.f rce's OulJtn Medical Diwuvrry. which I believe Mvtd my lite. I cannot express ray gratitude to you. I an b!c cow to da rcry good work.Dr. Iierce's Medical Adviser, in paper covers, sent free on receipt of 21 one. cent stamps to pay cost of mailing only. Address Dr. R. V. Tierce, Buffalo, N. V. Indiana Dental College Deparlraent uf Ilrntlatry 1 r.IvrrUty uf Indlauapolls. fcr sll k rd of Dental Work. The te ar to covtr the tostj only. Rfctlvei patiei.ts from a. m. to b. p. m, S. V. C'uti Delauarc and Ohio Street-,

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