Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 7, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1903 — Page 8

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7. 1003.

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FRAMES The H. LIEBER COMPANY 24 TVeat YVaahlncton St. Cf doing business suits everybody it's fair. We believe we have the best Diamonds and the lowest prices for good Diamonds In the city, and we are not backward about telling you so. But W3 invite you to be the judge to compare our Diamonds and the prices with those of other houses and convince yUXwCil. V C WUUlUil I warn JUU w w mat if our belief wasn't an honest one. J C?irC Importer of C Mrc, DIAMONDS Eoosu 2, 3, 4, 13 J North Meridian St.. INDIANAPOLIS. LINCOLN LEAGUE PLANS XEXT CONVENTION AVI LI BE HELD IN THIS CITY IN FEBRUARY. It Was Flrat Intended to Hold It in Evanaville Preparing for a DI? Time. i The Legislature la the lodcstone that draws everything to Indianapolis. It had been originally Intended to hold the annual meeting and banquet of the Lincoln League in Evansville next month, but at a meeting of the officers here yesterday afternoon it was decided that, as the Legislature will be m session here at the time, it would be wfeer to hold the meeting In this city. Consequently, the annual state meeting of the league will be held in Indianapolis Feb. 12 and 13, with headquarters at the Denison. There were present at yesterday's meeting R. Harry Miller, of Fairmount, president of the league, and the following district representatives: First, Geo. D. Hcilman and Senator Samuel Crumbaker;. Second. George McDaniel; Third, John W. Martin; Fourth, Edward A. Remy; Fifth. Charles D. Renick; Sixth. R. E. Kir km an and Harry C. Starr; Seventh, F. S. Boardman; Eighth, E. V. Fitzpatrick; Ninth. It. H. Proctor and E. E. Xeal; Tenth, Grant Mitchener; Eleventh, J. 8. McIIenry; Twelfth. Charles R. Lane and Fred Snyder; Thirteenth. L. U. Stuckey. President Miller was authorized to make the arrangements for the speakers and to Appoint a committee of three to assist him. F. s. Roardman, Grant Mitchener and Geo. D. Hcilman were named as the committee. Every effort will be made to make this meeting the largest and most successful that the league has ever held. Reduced rates will be secured on all railroads, and with the central location of this city a Tecord-breaklng attendance is practically assured. Senators Fairbanks and ReverIdge and the members of the Indiana delegation in Congress will be invited to be the guests of honor at the dinner, and it is hoped that at least one of the senators and three or four of the representatives will be here. A speaker of national reputation will be secured to deliver the principal address at the dinner, and in addition to this short .peeches will be made by representatives irora each of the congressional districts and- by two or three Republicans who are prominent in state affairs. Lieutenant Governor Gilbert will probably represent his home district, the Twelfth, and Mavor Rookwalter and Capt. William E. English will speak for Indianapolis and the Seventh district. Among the other men who will probably be on the programme are James V. Stutesman. of Peru; Fred Landls. of Igansport; C. C. Lyons, of Falrmount; "Warren G. Sayre, of Wabash, and Attorney General Charles W. Miller, of Goshen. I imXIOIX DQLLAES FOR A DAM. ArKnmrnt in the Case, of the St. Joseph Navigation Company. Argument in the case of the St. Joseph Navigation Company against the St. Joseph and Elkhart Power Company was heard by Judge Anderson in the Federal Court yesterday. The navigation company entered suit some time ago asking for an injunction to prevent the completion of the dam now being constructed by the St. Joneph and Elkhart Power Company across the St. Joseph river between Elkhart and Mishawaka. The contention of the plaintiff is that the dam will effectually block the river for navigation, while the power company holds that the river is not navigable now. The power company has expended more than on the dam already, and It will cott when completed more than a million dollars. 3f! LodI Phllputt Dead. f Miss Louise Thllputt, daughter of Rev. A. R. Phflputt. of the Central Christian Church, died at 1 o'clock yc5trrday morning. She had ben with her mother In Colorado for a year, but was brought home Friday. She was a beautiful, cultured, educated girl. The funeral will take place at the residence on North New Jersey street at 10 o'clock this morning. The burial will be at Bloomlngton. Ind. Uoa llltr May . PoUonon. Renjamln Trimpe, a bicycle policeman who was feverely bitten on the finger one night last week by little Kd-lie Miller, a colored boy. Is threatened with blood poisoning. His physicians think he will lose .1 or more or ms nngerg. Miller also bit the flngf-ra of Mr. Meyer, a cigar dealer on North Illinois street. Miller-has been sent to the I'lainfield Reform School. Jew pianos at JIG and up at Wulchnera.

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1 I 1 extra large 35c size, during this 29c ,.9ic the regular 12fc a yard quality, iqc REPORTER AS ATTORNEY HIS APPEAL FOR A TOSTFOXESIEIVT XOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY. Ell D. Zarin, of the Nevr, the Only Witness Against Captain Gerber The MUalns Witness. Detective Captain Gerber, who was accused by Eli D. Zaring, sporting editor of the Indianapolis News, of taking a drink In Monninger's saloon Sunday, Dec. 14. received a partial hearing before the Board of Public Safety yesterday. The hearing was accompanied by much preliminary distress on the part of two News reporters who appealed for a postponement of the case. The only witness the prosecution had was Mr. Zaring himself. The other reporter, who made a valiant and partially successful effort to serve all the purposes of an attorney, told the board that another witness had been discovered who might be a key to more. y Chairman Kellar said the prosecution had had ample time to prepare for the trial and that it had not asked the police department to serve any subpoena on the absent witness. He suggested that the name be given and a subpoena would be issued forthwith.' The reporter-lawyer stood by his guns and strenuously insisted that it was Just as fair to postpone the hearing as to postpone that of Patrolman Montgomery, accused of assaulting a man. He did not seem affected when Mr. Kellar explained that the subpoenas for the witnesses for the prosecution in Montgomery's case had not been found by the police, although the subpoenas had been Issued four days ago. The board decided to go ahead with the trial as Captain Gerber and his witnesses were present. He was represented by Merle Walker, who nade a vigorous protest against a continuance because of the vague ness or me prosecution a promises. Mr. Zaring then stated that he had visited Monninger's saloon on the Sunday named in his charge. He was not. he said, sneciauy assignea Dy tne News to that saloon in particular nor to any saloon on that day. but that the reporters on the News had a "general assignment" to look for Sunday liquor law violations. He said he left a club house at 5:25 o'clock and went directly to the saloon. He must have reached there about 5:30. he said. Four or five minutes later Gerber came in with James Ross. They drank beer. They were in the place oniy a coupie oi minutes, ne said. KNEW THE DIFFERENCE. Mr. Walker, In cross-examining Zaring. mtimated that cider might appear like beer, but Mr. Zaring said he knew the difference. He said the time when the men came In was nearer 5:30 o'clock than it was 6 o'clock; In other words that It was before 5:45. Superintendent Taffe was the first witness for Gerber. He said he saw Gerber at the police station at 5:30 o'clock and that he was not dressed for the street. C. T. Maclntyre, telegraph operator at the station, said he saw Gerber at 5:30 o'clock and for some minutes thereafter. He did not think Gerber left before 5:35 and perhaps not until 5:40. Emil Fertig testified that Gerber boarded a North Senate avenue car at 5:43 o'clock at Washington and Illinois streets and he and Gerber rode together as far as Senate avenue and North street, where Gerber got off to go home. James Ross testified that he had not been with Gerber or at Monninger's on the date fixed. Mr. Zaring asked him if he did not say to him (Zaring) Monday night that he was drinking heavily that day and did not remember what he did. Ross said he had made no such statement. Anselm Schmidt, bartender at Monninger's, said he had not seen either Ross or Gerber that day. Mr. Walker told the board he would not put Gerber on the stand until after the other witnesses that were promised by the prosecution had testified. If there was to be a continuance he would reserve Gerber's testimony until the last. The board then permitted the hearing to go over until this afternoon and offered the services of the police to serve subpoenas for the prosecution. The representatives of the News made protest because a longer continuance was not granted. It was tirst represented that the absent witness was in Chicago, but Mr. Zaring said he was in the city and that it was hoped through him to get other witnesses. He would not give his name. In his testimony Zaring said when he visited the saloon he was accompanied by another man. whom he did not "want to bring into the affair." HAPPINESS OF A SOLDIER. Clarence' Smith, Jnat from the Philippines. Weds Ills Sweetheart. Clarence Smith, of this city, returned from the Philippines a few days ago and brought with him an honorable discharge for meritorious service in the eastern possessions of the United States. During his service there he concealed under his khaki uniform a heart full of affection for Miss Jennie Smith, of this city. Arrangements for future happiness were made by mall, and as soon as Smith returned' he invited Miss Smith to a wedding and she accepted. Yesterday the two applied for a license to marry. Smith was dressed in his uniform of blue and when he had received the license told Clerk Sourbler that he had lost no time about getting the license and he wanted no delay In the marriage ceremony. He was unfamiliar with the ways and meins of matrimony, but appealed to Sourbler to Instruct him. Sourbier promised assistance and calird Justice Shepherd. The latter soon arrived in the clerk's ofllce and cleared the deck for a wedding. The soldier and his bride joined hands and were married. The fpectators, composed of clerks and lawyers and a group of visitors, showered congratulations on the couple as they left the office happy with a large marriage license and cheerful prospects for the future. CIMONA for baby'a croup acts like marie.

LION HUNT IN THEATER

3IAJKSTK, LAFAYETTE'S IILGE J1CAST, CAL'SES EXCITEMENT. The Lion Encapea front lim Catce. and for Over nn Hour Hemma Inder Grand Opera Ilonse. MR. ZIEGLER AS A TOREADOR HE WOULD HAVE USED HIS ILSTER LIKE A RULL FIGHTER. .Manner In Which 3IaJente Wn Finally Corralled Aetorn and Stage Hands in n Panic. When the curtain was lowered on the Lafayette show at the Grand Opera House yesterday afternoon Majeste, the big lion used in the production, was roaring to the approval of the audience and showing what might have happened had Miss Liane Defaye not been rescued by Hashlm Ne .5ari, her Persian lover, who happens to be Lafayette. After the curtain was lowered Majeste was quieted, the red curtain in front of his cage lowered and the stage hands and opera house employes started to supper, leaving Lafayette and his stage assistants in the theater. When Levi P. Hatton, the colored man who allows himself to be stabbed in order that Lafayette may rescue the Lion's Rride, and who also is the keeper of the Hon, with Fred McWethy, assistant stage manager of the troupe, tried to let Majeste from his larger cage to the smaller one in which he Is transported, they had to open a small grating in the cage, and when the Hon saw the opening he stuck his head out and looked around. Hatton called excitedly to McWethy to lower the door, and McWethy became excited and Instead of lowering It loosened the rope that controlled It and allowed Majeste to get his shaggy mane through the opening. When McWethy saw this he ran, tjut Hatton, the colored man, tried to stop the beast and stepped In front of him. The lion snapped viciously at him and darted between his legs to liberty. ALARM RAISED. Hatton yelled an alarm and the lion walked deliberately across the stage and looked around. Then he espied Lafayette's dog. Beauty, and made a rush for it. Lafayette from his dressing room at the left of the stage heard the yell and rushed on to the stage in time to see the Hon after his dog and ran quickly forward, and, snatching the dog up, darted back and handed it to one of his assistants. He then started for the Hon, which was amusing Itself in excursions around the wings and stage sniffing .at the trunks and scenery littered back of the stage setting. McWethy and Hatton had recovered from their surprise and scare and were in pursuit of the lion, while Lafayette was busy warning thfc members of the troupe below stairs, who were busy taking off their "make-ups" in the dressing rooms. Several of the stage hands who happened to be near the door ready to leave saw the animal. With a wild shout and a scurrying of feet they were off the stage and had effectually closed and barred the door to prevent the animal from getting out on Wabash street and after them. One of the stage hands ran down stairs and through the corridors to a door leading to the front of the theater, where in a voice filled with excitement he told Manager Shafer Ziegler of the escape of the lion. Ziegler went into the basement to the music room and opened the door. He thrust the door wide open and started out of it, his ulster overcoat in front of him, ready, he afterward said, to fight the lion in the same manner that a toreador tights a bull. His steps were not so noiseless as to prevent his being heard, and one of the stage hands from a vantage point Inside a small room yelled to him to look out. Ziegler did. He closed the door Just In time to see a huge yellow mass of fur bound by. When he opened the door again he found Lafayette, McWethy and Hatton coming down the stairs in pursuit of the lion, Hatton armed with two revolvers. Lafayette with a sword and McWethy with a -huge club. , They hastily told him of the circumstances and relied on his knowledge of the house for points of strategy In the coming lion hunt. The four hunters followed the lion in the direction he had gone and finally lost track of him. His course was clearly marked, however, by softly opened dressing room doors and tearful requests for information -as to "Where is he?" from the women perform ers, who peered out anxiously and tremu lous with rear. One or the troupe, little Sybil O'Neal, was the bravest of them all. She saw the lion In the passageway, and. not caring to meet him, dodged Into her dressing room and closed the door. Then she locked it and dragged a trunk in front of it, sat down on the trunk and began to cry. When she finally got her nerve up to tne pitch that would permit her to open the door again she came out and said she "wasn't the least bit frightened." RESUMED THE SEARCH. With the reinforcement of several stage hands and assistants Who reappeared when the lion disappeared, the search was resumed. Finally the lion was found under the bench In the carpenter's shop and he made his presence known by long, loud and continuous roars. He showed 'no In clinatlon to come out of his hiding place. however, until the Hon hunters had barrl caded every possible passage but one. This opening led to dressing room No. 12, which had been opened and arranged for his reception. A rope had been fastened to the doorknob and stretched sixty feet down the passage v.-ty, where three or four men held it. 'Then Hatton and Lafayette mounted a table and nred blank cartridges at the lion, shouted at him and thiew specially prepared firecrackers, calculated to scare lions, at his head until he Fnorted in anger, got up. shook his mane and in about four bounds cleared the space be tween the carpenter bench and the open dressing room. , When he had dashed through the door the men on the end of the rope pulled It and closed the door. Then stage hands were sent after the small cage and it was plated at the open ing and Majeste angered until he walked into it and was securely fastened, after an hour and a half lion hunt in the Grand Opera House. Then Manager Ziegler arid Lafayette breathed sighs of relief and the other members of the troupe and stage hands who had been reassured echoed the sigh and helped to carry Majeste back upstairs lor the evening h performance. Majeste Is said to have a bad record He is seven years old and was secured for 3.500 by Lafayette after he was brought from Africa to Liverpool, England. In a brief tour of Kngland he Is said to have killed live men, and in October, in Hart ford. Conn., he killed a man named Len non. one of the stage hands. Iater he at tacked a keeper and nearly tore his arm off. Joe (Uennon, the snare drum player with the show, leaned against his cage one day and now wears a scar on his shoulder The Hon is a beautiful specimen and weighs 940 pounds. Last night he was very vicious and extraordinary precautions were taken to prevent a recurrence of the Incident that ended so fortunately. Pernlitteiitly Drove on Track. James Ayres, an expressman living in Tuxedo, came to, grief last night while on his way home. He was riding on his wagon at 6 o'clock considerably under the influence of liquor, and allowed his horse to go where it pleased. After leaving Alabama street Ayres drove in' the street car track. An East Michigan-street car came along and the motorman rang the gong for nearly hair a block to get Ayres off the track. After he did leave the track the car was started ahead at fast speed and Ayres again got on the track. The rear of his wagon was struck by the car. The wagon was demolished and Ayres was

thrown from his seat. The front end of the car was damaged. Ayres was taken to the City Dispensary, where it was thought he was injured. He was found to be not injured and was later arrested, charged with being drunk. COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING.

It Will De Held on Jan. 14 to Slake Appropriation. A special meeting of the County Council has been called by County Auditor Smith for Jan. 14, at 10 a. m. The council will be convened to reappropriate the money necessary for the continuance of the bridge work in the county. All of the money appropriated last year and unused at the end of the year will be included in the appropriations asked by the commissioners. The County Commissioners will also ask the council to appropriate $3,00 for the purchase of voting machines. The commissioners are in iavor of machine voting and want to take this step so as to have legal ground for a test of the law which It is expected will be passed In the Legislature making machine voting compulsory in Indiana. Commissioner McGregor is heart ily in favor of voting machines, and the est that can be secured. He says that whatever machine Is approved by the commission and is best adapted for a county polling as large a vote as Marion is the machine he wants purchased. Mr. McGregor is the most enthusiastic of the com missioners over the prospects for voting machines for the city election, while Com missioners Spafford and McGaughey favor the purchase if it is conditioned upon the merits or the various machines In the market and their ability to accurately record the vote, providing it will also be a step in the economy of elections. DR. JEFFRIES HONORED IIL! IS ELECTED PltESIDEXT OF IXDIA.NAPOLIS MEDICAL SOCICTV. Addrenn of Dr. W. II. Fletcher Recom mends State Laboratory of Hygiene Xew Officers. The Indianapolis Medical Society, for merly the Marion County Medical Society, at its annual meeting last night in the rooms in the Willoughby block elected officers for the ensuing year. The meet ing was largely attended, 130 of the mem bers of the society being present. Dr. W. E. Jeffries is the new president of the society. Dr. John F. Barnhill was elected vice president. Dr. Theodore Potter was re-elected secretary and Dr. John P. Scott was re-elected treasurer. The new judicial council Is composed of Dr. L. H. Dunning and Dr. Frank B. Wynne. The address of the retiring president, Dr. W. B. Fletcher, was the feature of the society's meeting. Among the recommendations made by Dr. Fletcher was that the society should favor the establishment of a State laboratory of hygiene to be in charge of the State Board of Health. The necessity for such a laboratory was pointed out by Dr. Fletcher, who contended that It is a matter In which the whole State Is Interested. Dr. Fletcher also urged that the society should approve the adoption of a more specific law by the Legislature regarding doctors' fees. Following the address the society passed a resolution recommending the passage of a more specific law. This will receive the attention of the Judicial council. Reports of officers showed the affairs of the society to be in excellent shape. The total membership is now 214. CABLEGRAM FROM HONOLULU. Admiral Brown First Indianapolis Cltixen to Reeelve a 3Iessa(re. Admiral George Brown received last night the first cablegram ever sent from a citizen of Honolulu to a citizen of Indianapolis. It was from Hon. John A. Cummins, who was, during the reign of Queen Llliuokalanl, minister of foreign affairs for the Hawaiian islands. He is a native of Hawaii, and Admiral Brown became acquainted with him while in charge of 'the Pacific fleet several years ago. The cablegram read as follows: "Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, "Jan. 6, 1903. "To Rear Admiral George Brown, Indianapolis, Ind.: "A hearty aloha on speedy communication. JOHN A, CUMMINS." Last night the admiral explained that aloha is a Hawaiian word carrying the idea of congratulation. PLEASANT WINTER WEATHER. It Is Predicted for This Locality by the ObirrTrr. Last night at 7 o'clock the thermometer at the Weather Bureau registered 24 degrees and the weather observer promised that before morning It would be higher. A gradual increase in the temperature is expected, with occasional flurries of snow. Although the barometer Is slowly lowering, no heavy falls of snow or rain ,are expected. There is no Indication of cold weather or a blizzard in the central States, and from observations at all signal stations yesterday the country is generally warmer. The velocity of the wind last night, taken from the top of the Majestic building, was something more than twenty-six miles an hour and was increased somewhat later In the evening. Pleasant winter weather is predicted by the observer for to-day and to-morrow. TWO SCHOOLS CLOSED. Smallpox Causes the Action to Be Taken Another Death. The Board of Health has closed school No. 16, in West Indianapolis, and No. 17, at West and Eleventh streets, because smallpox recurred in families whose children attended the schools. The number of smallpox cases is Increasing and there are now over one hundred in the city. There was another death 3-esterday. . Florence Hays, thirty-eight years old. died at the pesthouse, where she was taken from her home on Senate avenue reveral days ago. The board is discussing closing the saloon of William Hill, at Blake and New York streets. Smallpox In Hill's family Is be lieved to Justify this, as Hill has been ex posed. The barber shop adjoining will also be closed for a time. Both places will be lumigated. CRUSADE AGAINST SALOONS. West Indianapolis Preachers Are Heading the Movement. Through the efforts of the Revs. B. L. Allen and George Henninger, two pastors of churches in West Indianapolis, circulars have been spread broadcast throughout the suburb asking voters for their names to blanket remonstrances against the twenty saloons in the place. It is proposed to wipe out the saloons at the expiration of the owners' licenses. Already the two men with their assistants have secured nearly l.tOO of the l.uoi names desired. A mass meeting will be held next Sunday in Trinity M. E. Church, when it is expected the total number of names wanted will be obtained. A number of speakers will be present at the meeting to discuss the question. EMPIRE STAGE MANAGER DEAD. Leslie 31. Donelson Had Been In Col orado lut a Short Time. Leslie M. Donelson. for many years stage manager of the Empire Theater, died last night at 6:30 o'clock in Denver, where he had gone for his health. Donelson's death was due to consumption. He left here Christmas eve in company with his mother. He leaves his mother and one sister. The body will be taken to his former home in Cincinnati.

THOMPSON IS SELECTED

BOARD OF A G II I C l LT I'll hl WILL SAME HIM FOR TR ES ID EXT. Ofllecrn and Xew Members Will Be i:ieced TIiIm .Morning Large Attendance at Session. The new president of the State Board of Agriculture will be John I. Thompson, of Gas City, now representing the Thirteenth district on the board. Mr. Thompson Is said to be the unanimous choice of the members, and will have no opposition. Charles Downing, the present secretary of the board, will be re-elected. He has no opposition. The election of the board will be held this morning at the Statehouse in Room 12. In addition to electing new officers there will be new members chosen. The State Board of Agriculture met yes terday morning for the first session of Its annual meeting. Those present were: Presdent, M. S. Claypool, Muncie; vice presi dent, John L. Thompson, Gas City; sec retary, Charles Downing, Indianapolis; treasurer, J. W. Lagrange, Franklin; gen eral superintendent, E. H. Teed, New Castle: John C. Haines, Rockport; Mason J. Niblack. Vlneennes; E. S. Tuell, Corydon; John Tilson, Franklin; H. U Nowlin, Lawrenceburg; Knode Carter, Hagerstown; David Wallace. Indianapolis; Sid Conger, Shelbyville; W. T. Beaucamp, Terre Haute; John C. Bridges, Bridgeton; William M. lilackstock. Lafayette; Joe Cunningnam, Peru; C. B. Benjamin. Leroy; James Mc Donald, Ligonier. FOR INDIANA EXHIBIT. At the morning session the Governor was unable to be present to deliver an address. but his welmome and that of Mayor Bookwaiter were conveyed to the board and the visitors by representatives. The annual ad dress of the president was read by M. S. Claypool, and the reports of the secretary and treasurer followed. The reports of the officers showed the affairs of the board to be in excellent condition. A resolution was prepared to be presented to the board this morning for action which favors a pretentious e hiblt of Ihdlana products at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be held in St. Louis in 1904. The members of the board met in the aft ernoon with the Indiana State Association of Fair Managers. J. J. Insley, of Crawfordsville. is president of the association and William M. Blackstock, of Lafayette, Is secretary. These officers were re-elected early in the session. After the address of President Insley the following subjects were discussed: "Should Exhibits Be Confined to County? If Not, Wherein Limited?" "How Can Fair Man agement Be Improved?" "Duties and Salaries of Officers." "Proper Privileges." "What Recognition and Courtesies Should Be Shown Exhibitors?" "Special Attractions Do They Pay?" "Art and Value of Advertising." The subjects were discussed exhaustively by W. F. Hulet, of. Crawfordsville; H. L. Nowlin, of Lawrenceburg; J. Q. Thomas, of Rushvllle; W. S. Young, of Franklin, and J. E. McDonald, of Lig onier. The session of the association will be re sumed this morning at 9:30 o'clock. The reports of committees will be read, the nominations of candidates for places on the board will be received, the election will be held and all unfinished business will be completed. . The attendance at the session of the fair managers in the afternoon was surprising ly large, there being more than 300 delegates in attendance. LOCAi COUNCIL OF WOMEN. Request for the Enforcement of the Pn re-Food Lair. The Local Council of Women held Its first meeting of the new year yesterday afternoon at the Girls' Classical School building. The address of the afternoon was given by Dr. John N. Hurty and was listened to with much interest by the council as it was along lines of vital Importance to Its members at present. Dr. Hurty spoke on "The Need of Food Legislation." He said that although Indiana Ifas one of the best food laws in the United States, it Is not enforced and the State Is far behind many other States in the large amount of adulterated foods allowed on its markets. Dr. Hurty also said that the sale of adulterated foods in Indiana could be greatly reduced If there was a state laboratory. Dr. Hurty was warmly thanked by the Local Council for his talk, after which the business of the day was considered. The secretary, Mrs. W. T. Barnes, being out of town, Mrs. John W. Kern read the minutes of the last meeting. The treasurer's report was heard and discussed, the question of the annual room rent to the Propylaeum being considered and an appeal made to the delinquent societies In order that a proper financial settlement cvid be made. Mrs. Hart, as chairman of te visitation committee, gave her report, stating in part that as a result of a consultation of the committee with the board of managers of the Reformatory, the ntroduction of scientific cookery in that institution had been taken under advisement. The members of the Local Council, all being intensely interested in a question of the sale of pure food stuffs, spent considerable time in its discussion, and the following resolution was framed:. "To the honorable members of the Indiana Legislature: "Whereas, The State of Indiana has a pure Jood law, which if enforced would protect the citizens of the State in their health by reason of putting a check to the vast adulteration of foods; and, whereas, said pure food law is not being enforced on account of lack of an appropriation for the purpose of analysis to determine the amount and character of the adulteration of food; "Therefore, we club women of Indiana petition your honorable body to make a sufficient appropriation for the establishment of a state laboratory and lo compensate a chemist and bacteriologist, that evidence may be adduced of the adulteration of food products and that vlolaters of the law be subject to the penalties for the said violations." Mrs. May Wright Sewall will address the council at its next meeting. Announcement was also made of Professor Moulton's lectures, which will commence at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning at the Classical School building. Lectures on "Milton" will be given on alternate Fridays by Professor Moulton. A resolution tendered by Mrs. Moody, that women should attend the primaries at the next election to Influence the vote In the best direction, was left for consideration at the next meeting. HUMANE OFFICER REPORTS. Frank AVlUon TelU What He Haa Aceompllshed In n. Year. The annual .report of Humane Officer Frank Wilson was filed yesterday with Superintendent Taffe. It deals with the number of cases handled by Mr. Wilson during the past year. It is shown that 2S3 cases have been reported to police headquarters, 110 cases reported by the Humane Society and 487 cases reported by the humane officer, making a total of 8S0 cases handled. Of this number there were 75 horses reported lame and with sore backs, 524 horses and mules killed. 44 cases of cruelty to children, 127 cases of cruelty to animals, 4 horses relieved from overchecking, li sick and destitute children reported to the office of the Charity Organization, 16 cattle killed, 41 horses and mules ordered shod and 11 cases of fast driving. Mr. Wilson said that his report this year showed one hundred more cases than he handled the year before. He says this Is due to the negligence of the owners of animals. He said many people do not take the proper care of their horses, but allow them to become diseased In the hoofs. He said that a bill will be Introduced In the Legislature which. If passed, will protect horses against "docking." This practice of owners. Mr. Wilson says, is most harmful. The bill has been placed In the hands

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of GranviUe Wright, one of the representatives of Marion county. It provides A penalty for any man who "docks" his horse. In those cases where men owned "docked" horses prior to the passage of the bill they will be required to register such cases with the county clerk. If an owner of a "docked" horse Is found after the passage of the bill he will be arrested for the offense. Another section of the bill will be devoted to the protection of pigeons. Under the law it is said that a pigeon is not classified as a domestic fowl. It is for the purpose of changing this law that a section has been Incorporated for their protection. Mr. Wilson said that much complaint has reached him and the members of the Humane Society of the manner in which thousands of pigeons are slaughtered by the various gun clubs of the State each year. He said that at one or two of the shotlng clubs In Indianapolis hundreds of pigeons are killed each year. SECOND-CLASS MAIL. Delivery Wnjron and Carrier May Be Secured for the Emergency. 0 Postmaster McGInnls will try to secure from the department at Washington authority for the purchase of a mail delivery wagon and one additional carrier. The request .will be made on account of the complaints received in the past because of the trouble to publishers and others in going to the office for their second-class mall matter. S. M. Sexton, editor of the Mine Workers' Journal, has complained to the officials that he is caused much annoyance in securing his exchanges from his box. Mr. Sexton says the conveniences arranged for the publishers are poor and that the mail is delayed because' of 'the unhandy arrangement of the boxes In which is placed the newspaper mail. Sexton says that Indianapolis is one of the few cities In the United States wh(ch compel publishers to call for their mall. In other cities,' he says, the office utilizes a delivery wagon and with this delivers . newspaper mall several times a day. Mr. Sexton called the attention of Assistant Postmaster Shldeler to what he. thinks is a defect In the service and complains that he got little satisfaction. He Intends communicating: with the Postofflce Department in Washington about the matter. Assistant Postmaster Shldeler, In speaking of Sexton's complaint, said he thought it unjustified. He showed the arrangements made for the publishers' secondclass mail and said that it was the best scheme possible. The boxes are arranged within easy access and are opened by keys in the possession of the men who go after the papers. There is no table or anything on which the mail can be piled, and the papers are thrown into the boxes and await the call of the owners. Mr. Shldeler and Postmaster McGInnls said that the local postofflce is doing all that it is possible for It to do in delivering the mall. Some of the second-class mail Is delivered and the carriers inconvenienced thereby. With the number of carriers now on the force here it will be Impossible to deliver the mall, and they think that the complaint of Mr. Sexton is unreasonable and unwarranted. In order to preclude the possibility of. the complaint an effort will be made to get the. delivery wagon, and should that be successful all secondclass mail will be delivered as regularly as the first-class matter handled by the carrleis. Fined for Carrying Revolvers. Acting Judge Collins was severe yesterday In dealing out Justice to three negroes charged with carrying concealed weapons. Anthony Prultt, when arrested, possessed a large revolver. Collins yesterday morning asked him if he had an overcoat or any money. When the negro answered In the negative Collins asked him why he carried a revolver. The negro failed to give a satisfactory answer and Collins assessed a fine of 1250 and added a workhouse sentence of thirty days for loitering. In the cape of Oliver Schooly, who was caught carrying a long dirk, he was given the same tine. James Cullen, another negro, received a workhouse sentence of fifty days for carrying a revolver. Seaton, the Hatter, Sells the best Hats "Dunlap's." PENNSYLVANIA SHORT LINES. The Through Car Ronte. Indianapolis to Dayton. Three first-class trains daily. No change of cars. Leave Indianapolis: Arrive Dayton: 8:10 a. m. ,10:57 a. m. 3:05 p. m. 5:57 p. m. 7:15 p. m. 10:10 p. m. Tickets and full Information. 43 West Washington street or Union Station. Feed your horse JANES'S Dustless Oats. Insure with German Fire Insurance of Indiana. General offices 28 South Delaware street. Fire, tornado and explosion. Langenskamp DroaM Drnas Works. Founders and finisher. Brags ratlins work. 123-142 E. Georgia at. 'Phone 12L Tjes crispy mornings don't forget Mrs. Austin's Pancakes: always good. At all grocers'. A harpy thought. Mrs. Austin's Pancakes taste delicious. Your grocer waits to supply you. Chris Bernloehr&ßros. JEWELERS IOO X. Washington mtm Importers of F ns Swiss Watche, also, dea!ers in all reliable makes of Arcerican Watches. RAILROAD GRADES OUR SPECIALTY The Hind for Railroad Men Teeth FULL SET, $.3 J Gold. Porcclila Crowas . $J.0v FUlloxs ... 5dc UNION PAINLESS DENTISTS Corner Market and Circle, East of Monument.

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