Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 January 1903 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. THURSDAY. JANUARY 8. 1903.

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THE DAILY JOURNAL THURSDAY. JANUARY 8. 1903.

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C.-RIggs House. Ebbett House. Fairfax Hotel. Wlllard Hotel. DENVER. Ccl.-Louthala & Jackson, Fifteenth and Lawrence streets. DAYTON, O. J. V. Wllkle, 19 South Jefferson etreet. COLUMBUS, O. Viaduct Newa Stand, SS4 High street. A search of congressman's pockets would probably show that most of them are carrying around anti-trust bills. , W.'th a coliseum added to its other advantages Indianapolis will easily distance all competitors as a convention city. The indications are strong that some of the coal dealers In this city are taking advantage of the situation to rob their neighbors. Jost now the local trust is hurting more than any other. ' The monopolies which affect the people most keenly are the combinations of local dealers to put up the prices of an article of prime necessity. As trusts those combinations are the real thing. 'The plunder committee" is not a happy designation for a committee charged with the selection of persons to serve the State. It is too suggestive of the idea that public offices aro ? polls instead of a public trust. Mr. Bryan has repeated his warning of 1S:6 to the United States to the peoplo of Mexico, to the effect that the gold standard would be ruinous to the sl3ter republic. Mr. Bryan is not a prophet, but he sticks to his fad. It Is the only thing he can do. The Detroit Free Press says that "some day the Republican majority in the House will overestimate the Democratic party's capacity for asinine performances, and then there' will be no Republican majority." This mistake may be made some day, but at present there is no Indication that it Is possible. A duty of 67 cents a ton on coal will not keep it out of any Kastern port at the present time. The duty on coal in the Gorman-Wilson tariff act, for which Senator Vest voted, was 40 cents a ton, so that his eloquent, withering sarcasm relative to the duty on coal is lost in view of his own record. The Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics reports' that while the population In that State has Increased 11 per cent., compared with four years ago, the number of persons employed has increased 18 per cent, and their gross earnings rriore than 42 per cent. Yet there are those who want a change In Massachusetts. The selection of Hon. Henry W. Marshall, of Lafayette, for speaker of the House, is a Judicious one. Mr. Marshall has served two terms In the Legislature, and Is therefore familiar with legislative affairs. He is a man of Integrity, sound sense and decision of character the three best qualifications that a speaker of the House can possess. If the members of a party get together. as cud tne iiepuoucan s lators several weeks ago, and agree upon the officers for that body, the caucus to nominate Is "a rut and dried affair of the bosses." If all the gentlemen named In connection with the speakership withdraw except one, the withdrawal is charged to that Invisible but potential crowd called the "bosses." The proposition of ex-Attorney General Taylor to provide by law that the terms of all county officers and circuit Judges shall begin the first day of January after their election rhould commend Itself to the Legislature Without argument. In some cases lt wovM Iks necessary to extend the terms of offtrs a year, but that is of no Importance co.i areti with the advantage of general uniformity.' In his remarks at the coliseum banquet Mr. McCulloch, president of the Union Traction Company, said that in a very short time Indianapolis will have tributary a population of not less than one million, each individual of which may be regarded as a citizen. This was a forecast of the results of the Interurban railroad system by one who is in a position to know. The people of the cly and the surrounding country and towns have already ha.'l some experience of the benefits of the system, but they are In their Infancy yet. Travel begets travel, and before a decade has passed all cf central Indiana will be welded together commercially and socially to an extent not dreamed of now except by persons of keen I revision. Because the Republicans In the lower branch of the Colorado Legislature propose to unseat the delegation declared elected by the Democrats in the county in which Denver is located upon evidence of ballotox stuffing, the Democrats hare made -.n appeal to the people of the United -tatcs limply that they may learn, the

Democratic side of the case. It may attract some attention. The frauds which have been exposed by the House committee's Investigation in St. Louis, the boldest and most extensive that have been perpetrated In this country for years, seem to attract no attention on the part of newspapers. How would it do for leading citizens of St. Louis to make an appeal to the people? No city in the country , was ever In the clutch of so expert ballot-box stuffers.

3IEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE. The Legislature which assembles to-day meets under most favorable conditions. There are no disturbing questions to arouse partisan bitterness. In fact; the only political matter which will come before the Legislature is the election of a United States senator, unless the apportionment of the State into legislative districts should take a political turn. All the leading questions before the Legislature will be such as affect the interests of all the people. In the efficient management of all the State's institutions the people belonging to one party are as much interested as those belonging to the other. They are simply matters of state concern; consequently those belonging to both parties should be inspired by a purpose to see that the wisest action is taken. When the roll call shows that both parties vote for sound measures, no one party can claim the credit, but when the minority party rotes solidly against a measure that has met popular approbation the majority has gained and, the minority lost. There Is a petty partisanship In many legislative bodies which devotes itself to putting the other party "In a hole." It Is a practice befitting very little men, yet lt seems at times to control city coüncils and even branches of the Legislature. The man who fights what he confesses to be a fair proposition simply because the other side made it, or may gain something by its en actment, forgets his oath of office. A number of Important topics will come before the Legislature In which there is no shade ' of partisanship, and, therefore, should be' discussed upon the broad plane of the public Interest. All questions relating to the public Institutions are of that nature. The disposition of the labor in the State Prison Is of that character. Bills relating to primary elections, voting machines and the public safety and morals are matters which concern all the people alike. The indications point to the asking of the Legislature for money for many objects which deserve careful consideration. Excellent men become the victims of one idea, and they would have the State adopt their Ideas, and their fads. Legislators should have the good judgment to discriminate. A number of measures which are radical departures from the traveled way in Indiana are announced. Is not the bettering of what we have wiser then untried and strange experiments? Indiana would seem to have enough Institutions and boards without creating others. If further accommodations are needed, let them be supplied without increasing the public expenditures for new institutions. If the Legislature shall take up its work promptly there will be sufficient time to complete it. Both presiding. officers are men of experience, and, if heartily sustained, will not allow business to lag. It is not well to defer Important bills to await the convenience of members who are absent or of citizens who ask committees to await a convenient season for them. No half-dozen members or citizens, no matter how influential, should be permitted to delay public business. Those elected to the Legislature gave constituents to understand that they would attend to their duties. If a few do not, the large majority should not wait upon them. It is this sort of postponement that crowds the completion of legislation Into the last days of the session, when mistakes are made and doubtful measures rushed through. . THE GREATEST INLAND CITY. It was to be expected, of course, that the talk at the coliseum banquet Tuesday night should make tqr this city, so it was quite In order for Mayor Bookwalter to predict that Indianapolis would take the lead of all the Inland cities of the country. This seemed to touch our friend Mr. Clendennlng. of Kansas City, in a tender" place, for he began his excellent remarks by saying he spoke "as a representative of the greatest inland city of the United States to the citizens of the greatest Inland city of the United States." This was a neat way of at once recognizing and denying the claim of Indi anapolis to be regarded as the greatest inland city of the country. It was quite as natural for Mr. Clendennlng to assert the claim for Kansas City as lt was for Mayor Bookwalter to make it for this city. Kansas City is a fine city with a great future, and her people have unbounded enterprise and civic pride. She has enterprising men to spare, as witness her generosity In sending Mr. McGowan here to become Identified in a large way with some of our greatest local enterprises. It was also generous on the part of Kansas City to spare Mr. Clen dennlng, even for a brief season, to give us Eome valuable pointers as to how to build a coliseum. Indianapolis will not forget these acts of interurban comity, but the point at Issue Just now is as to which Is the greatest inland city. First, what is meant by an inland city? Generally speaking, inland means pertaining to the Interior of a country, or away from the seacoast, but it is respectfully submitted that that Is not Its meaning in the phrase "Inland city." If It were, then Buffalo, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Chicago, Cin cinnati and St. Louis would all rank as inland cities. They are In the Interior of the country, but they are not rated as inland cities because they all have water com munications either by lake or navigable rivers. The Importance of this as a factor In e. city's growth needs no argument. It is universally understood and admitted. Now, Indianapolis has no waterway at all. while Kansas City has the great Missouri river. Can Kansas City claim to bo the greatest inland city in the country when all of the other cities above named are in land in the same sense that she Is, viz.. In the Interior, and when she possesses the one great exceptional advantage that each of them does, viz., water communication? Indianapolis differs from all of the other cities named Just-as she does from Kansas City, In not having water communication. It is not only far from the seacoast, like Kansas City, but it Is without lake or navigable river. Even Rochester, N. Y., which is sometimes compared with Indianapolis as an inland city, has communication by wa'ter with Lake Ontario. Kansas City, though far Inland, has direct and unbroken

communication with tidewater. Indianapolis Is an inland city In the doublo sense of being away from the seacoast and far removed from a navigable river. This fact should close the argument, but even if Kansas City is an inland city, Indianapolis has the greater population. By the last census this city had 169.164 inhabitants and Kansas City had 163,752, and since that census was taken important suburbs have been added to this city which increase Its population by several thousands. Indianapolis acknowledges its indebtedness to Kansas City on grounds above named, and Is willing to take lessons from her In building a coliseum, but with due deference to Mr. Clendennlng, it must kindly but firmly insist upon being the greatest inland city in the United States. This is not a confidential communication, and Mr. Clendennlng can inform his Kansas City friends of the fact when he returns. The News says: "Indianapolis will have to rely on Congressman Mercer if it gets its federal building saved from a backyard front." In justification of this statement it is said that Mr. Overstreefs bill merely calls for a large additional appropriation to be spent as the treasury architect directs, while Congressman Mercer 13 pledged to oppose what are assumed to be the architect's Ideas. The slur upon Mr. Overstreet is ungenerous, unjust and uncalled for. Except Senator Fairbanks no other one man has done as much to secure the appropriation for a new government building In this city as Mr. Overstreet. He has had the hearty co-opera

tion of Senator Fairbanks and others, but a large part of the credit is due to him. He is working Just as effectively to secure the additional appropriation as he did to secure the original one, and it Is unjust for any of his constituents to misrepresent his attitude. Mr. Overstreet understands the whole situation, including the wishes of the people of Indianapolis, better than Mr. Mercer does, and as he has been re-elected to Congress while Mr. Mercer h8 not he can exert more influence In Congress and with the architect than the member from Nebraska can. The assistance being given by Mr. Mercer is highly appreciated, as It deserves to be, but the assumption that Mr. Overstreet will not use his best efforts to have the appropriation he is working for rightly applied is entirely gratuitous and is a poor exhibition of the "civic pride" we have been hearing about. The establishment of a national technical institute at this point seems assured now, but the promoters of the enterprise should not adopt plans for buildings without consulting the editorial architects, or perhaps submitting them to a plebiscite. It Is best to be on the safe side. THE HUMORISTS. The Urate's Retort. Newark News. Mrs. Prissims Oh, but I got taken In when I married you. you wretch! Mr. Prlssims Yes; out of the cold. Too Old for Tragedy. Life. First Youth That was a great tragedy, wasn't it? Did you take your parents to see It? Second Youth Oh, no! They are too old for that sort of thin?. They went to a farce-comedy. , In Fherklns. On a diet of pickles and gherkins Lived a bilious young person named Pherkins, And vinegar, too. Was his favorite brew. Till lt pickled his Internal wherkln's. New York Evening World. Leas than Two Cents. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "I wouldn't give 2 cents for a cigar like that!" he exclaimed, as he tried for the fourth time to light one. "But I didn't, George," protested his tearful little wife. "I only gave 03 cents for fifty of them." Quite So. Brooklyn Life. Editor You want to be sure. Miss Scratchington, that all the historical data of your novel is strictly correct. Miss Scratchlngion Don't worry about that, dear sir; people who know history never read historical novels. Proper Precaution. Chicago Tribune. The vclce at the telephone was a roar. "Hello, central!" "Hello!" replied the soft voice. "Give me Main 99,999. And, say, central, he's the agent of this flat I'm living In. I'm going to ask him what's the reason we don't get any steam heat. Please take your ear away from the 'phone while I am talking to him." Defoe Revised. Baltimore American. Robinson Crusoe had been working for several days on his new goatskin coat. Ills fiber-thread broke and he was much vexed Throwing down thread, needle, garment and all, he exclaimed, petulantly: "I just must have It completed by Friday." Thereujon he called his colored valet and turned the job over to more patient hands. William McNamara Dead. The funeral of William McNamara, who d'd yesterday morning at his home, 042 Fayette street, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The service will be conducted by the Rev. J. Cummlng Smith. Mr. Mc Namara's death was due to consumption, from which he had suffered nearly four years. For several years he conducted carpet and rug factory at Thirteenth street and the canal. He was widely known as William Mack. He abbreviated his name, saying it was easier In conducting business. Political Parties In the Fifties. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: In your Issue of Sunday there is an Interesting account of the first Republican state convention which ever met in Indiana. The convention was organized under the shade of the trees in the Statehouse Park, May 1, 1S56, because no room then existing in Indianapolis was large enough to hold the people. who had come from all parts of the State to the capital. The convention nominated a State ticket, as you state, at the head of which was the young lawyer, O. I. Morton, destined to become a great figure in the history of the State and Nation, though this was his first appearance on the political stage. The convention also appointed delegates to a Republican national convention, to be held in Philadelphia the following June. The delegates numbered about forty, and of these I think two others survive besides myself. The Journal names George W. Julian as one of the delegates. This is erroneous; lt was his brother. Judge Jacob B. Julian, who was the delegate. The Democratic party, up to 1S54. was so thoroughly Intrenched in power that Its managers considered it impregnable in Indiana, but In June. 1S54. there assembled in Indianapolis a convention composed of all the elements of opposition Whigs, Free Sollers, Knownotkings. etc., called the Fusion party, whlcn nominated a State ticket and at the October election that year defeated the Democrats and put the State offices in the hands of Fusionists. When this convention met the Democratic officers in charge of the Statehouse would not allow the convention to assemble In the Statehouse because they said the organization was not a "healthy one." Indeed, it was not a healthy one that year for them. No party at this day would have to exercise such arbitrary power toward its op ponents. M. L. BUNDY. New Castle, Ind., Jan. C

COLD ID GROWS

VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS SOW II EACH THE SUM OF $09,300. John T. Brush and Dr. R. C. Light Give 91,000 Each und the Indian- . apolis News $2,5uO. COMMITTEE TO BE NAMED SOON TWEMV-O.NE 31 BX WILL I1E COLISEUM COMPANY NUCLEI'S. Canvass for Subscriptions "Will Be Pushed Systematically Description of Kansas City Convention Hull. The extraordinary success of the banquet to start the Coliseum ball rolling, at which $,000 was raised in fifteen minutes, was discussed everywhere and with evident en thusiasm yesterday. The joint committee and Its members were the recipients of universal approval for the manner in which they bad prepared the most important part the beginning and the display of civic pride that responded to it. Everybody knew that it would only be a few days untilthe committee of twenty-one, to be appointed by Chairman George W. Bliss, of the jcint committee, will effect permanent 'organization and start the work of getting the additional subscriptions neededto make the fund $250,000. This committee will be named in a day o'r two, and it is expected that it will organize promptly and give impetus to the project by establishing a thorough canvass, like Mr. Clendennlng, of Kansas City, suggested, that "let no guilty man escape." This canvass is to be systematic and persistent. There are hundreds already anxious to subscribe to the fund in considerable amounts. John T. Brush could not wait for formal organization, but announced yesterday that he would give $1,000 to the fund. When Chairman Bliss reached his store yesterday morning he found Mr. Brush at the telephone ready to pledge his subscription. A short time later Dr. Robert C. Light telephoned Mr. Bliss that he would take $1,000 worth of stock. In the afternoon the Indianapolis News announced its subscription of $2,500, thus bringing the total to $t,500 in less than twenty-four hours after the first subscription was made. The impression left by Mr. Clendennlng, of Kansas City, was such as to awaken interest in the exploits of the convention hall boomers of that city and their various methods of raising funds. There is also great Interest in the descrtpion, in detail. he read of the Kansas City edifice. This description was prepared by Superintendent Shouse, of the Convention Hail Company, and was as follows: THE CONVENTION HALL. "Convention Hall Is 314 feet long and 133 feet wide. Around the top of the building there Is a promenade which is sixty feet above tho sidewalk. The gable of the main roof is some thirty feet higher than this promenade. The walls of the building are of brick and stone. The cornice on the street sides is terra cotta of an elaborate design, while on the two alley sides of the building it Is galvanized iron. The floors are of concrete, and, with the exception of a few short flights of stairs, there are no steps in the building, the balcony and roof garden being reached by inclines, which are also of concrete. The ascent of these inclines is so gradual that it is possible to drive a buggy or an automobile to the top of the buiiuing. The Inclines are about twelve feet wide and are placed at three corners of the building. "Excepting the frames of the windows and the heavy timbers under the balconies, there is no wood used In the construction of the building. The structure is as nearly fireproof as it could be made. The main floor, which is called the arena floor, is oval shaped, being 110 feet at the widest and 1S5 feet at the longest points. There are two balconies, the flrst being called the arena balcony and the second the balcony, while above these balconies is a flat promenade inside the building, on the same level as the promenade on the outside. This is called the roof garden, and In case of flower shows or manufacturers' exhibitions it is used for display of products. It also af fords a place for the rigging loft, from which the ;scener,y is worked when there is a theatrical performance given, and the electric switch board3 are located here While it is not ordinarily employed for spectators, yet In the case of large crowds. as during the Democratic national conven tion of 1900, temporary circus seats can be erected and from 3.0UO to 4,000 people can be accommodated in that part of the building "There are sixty-four boxes, which are just below the seats In the first balcony, which provide accommodations for 3S4 peo pie without crowding. The first, or arena balcony, seats 5,000, and the second balcony. or 'balcony,' seats 2.500. The arena floor Is seated, when occasion requires, with fold ing movable chairs. On this floor there Is 17,754 square feet of space, and 3,000 people can be accommodated without inconveni ence as many as 5,000 have been seated on the floor. Reckoning the arena floor at Its smallest seating capacity, the capacity of the hall is 10.8S4, which can be greatly increased by placing extra chairs at various points which are not used on ordinary occasions. FOR ALL PURPOSES. "Both balconies are provided with permanent folding opera chairs. Under the balconies and around the arena floor Is a promenade called the arcade, thirty feet in width. This serves for smoking, reception and lunchrooms on the occasion of big entertainments, and during the horse show stalls are placed in lt and accommodations provided for nearly 200 horses. "As has been stated the floor of the arena is of concrete, and therefore it will stand almost any kind of wear. When lt is desired to hold a horse show this floor Is covered with from twelve to eighteen inches of dirt, which Is rolled with a steam roller, and tanbark is placed on it for a top surface. This furnishes a magnificent arena for showing the horses. As the arena floor Is on the street level wagons can be driven in without unloading. "If it is desired to hold a dance there is a floor of hard mapie built in sections. This floor is so carefully constructed that when it is laid it is almost impossible to discover the joints. To lay the dancing floor requires about twenty hours of time. When rot in use this dancing floor is piled away In the fireproof property room at one end of thv building. There is also a stage made in sections, which is 110 feet wide and sixty feet deep, with a flity-fout curtain opening. This is the largest stage in Kansas City, and will accomodate any traveling production. The gridiron and rigging lo!;t are complete, and there is every facility for hanging and handling scenery. There is also a complete set of foot and border lights, and when the big stage Is In use these lights are controlled by a small switchooard which remains suspended at the top of . the btilding except when in use. The stage 'can be placed in almofet any part of the building, and for a small concert It is possible to cut the seating capacity down to 3.000. In our annual May Festival we leave out the stage entirely, and at one end of the building seat the 2,000 singers who make up the chorus. The building is lighted by electricity, and is wired throughout on the Incandescent circuit. Over the arena floor i.re Incandescent arc lamps, while the ordinary incandescent lamps In clusters are used In other parts of the building. There are also special power and lighting circuits with which easy connection may be made in case of h ball or an exposition whvre decorative lighting or motive power is required. There are four entrances to the building and twenty-five exits, so there is no difficulty in handling the crowd, no matter what its proportions. Among the uws for which the building has proved itself 'esfieciallv adaptable are for large balls, politca! conventions, horse shows, winter cir

cus. May festival, flower show, dog show, poultry show, grand opera, band concerts, public receptions and banquets. EXPENSE OF MAINTENANCE. "The expense of maintenance is not a fixed charge, as a great many people are employed by the day, and used only when necessary. Outside of a manager, night and day watchmen and head Janitor, representing a regular salary list of about $5,0u0 a year, there are no regular employes. "To heat the building costs from $15 to $50 per day, according- to the outside temperature, while to light it costs from $20 to $S0, according to the number of lights employed and the length of the entertainment. "The building was erected by popular subscription. The title to the property

rests in the name of an incorporated com-' pany, each subscriber to the building being entitled to one share of stock for each dollar subscribed. - Many schemes, such as gift drawings, amateur minstrel show", etc., were employed for raising the money for the hall. When the first hall was destroyed by fire, April 4, 1S00, the directors at once started a new subscription list, even while the hall was burning, and in ninety days the old hall, which had been built of wood, was replaced by the present fireproof structure. The present hall was built almost entirely by direct subscription, prominent firms contributing from $2,000 to $10.000 towards the fund. The company has a capital stock of $200.000. The original building represented an outlay of $1W,C00. Practically all this was destroyed In the fire, although some of the brick walls and pillars remained standing. The new hall represents an expenditure of about $100,000, athough the cost of construction was very great, as the work had to be done in ninety days, and It was necessary to pay heavy bonuses in order to get material on time, and much of the labor was done at night and on Sunday, when double rates were charged. "The building is governed by thirteen directors, elected by the stockholders each year. These directors are prominent business men, who serve without pay. There is no fixed rent on the building, the charge varying with the nature of the performance, and the length of time for which the hall is rented. The rate is from $300 to $500 a night for a single performance, but, of course, concessions are made when the hall is taken for an entire week." MAY HAVE SOUSA AGAIN it I? tc rnvcinrtirn v tth rnrTrv AT THE STATE FAIR. Some Members of the Board, However, Oppose Such Action A Great Three-Cornered Race. There was a friendly discussion at the close of the meeting of the newly-organized State Board of Agriculture yesterday aft ernoon that was somewhat Interesting. It came up when the matter of making a contract with John Philip Sousa for the ap pearance of his band at the next state fair was presented. It was urged by Secretary Downing that lt was necessary to make a contract in the near future for the engagement of the band if it is desired as one of the attractions for the next fair. One or two of the members said they were of opinion that attractions could be secured for the same money that would bring more people to the fair, and a motion was made by Mr. Nlblack that the matter be deferred for the present. Others spoke in favor of securing the band and even making a permanent contract so that the band would be one of the features of the fair every year. Most of the members were in favor of se curing tne Dana, ana a contract will no doubt be made before long with Mr. Sousa under the same conditions that have pre vailed in former years. M. S. Claypooi, the retiring president. said before two or three members of the board that he had in mind a great three cornered race next fall with Dan Patch, Prince Alert and Dan R. as the cards. They are all Indiana-bred horses and three of the greatest pacers before the public. He be lieves that such a race would draw many thousands of spectators. He may present his idea before the executive committee which meets to-day or may bring It up at a later date. The board intends to make the fair next September the greatest in the history of the State. ONE CHANGE IN THE BOARD. ' The only change made In the board was the election of Oscar Hadley, of Danville, to succeed John C. Bridges In the Tenth district. Mr. Bridges has gone to Texas to make his future home. There were three otner canaiaaies. ivnoae sorter was opposed for re-election in the Sixth district by Uriah Privett and H. F. McMahan, but Mr. Porter was elected on the first ballot. Sid Conger was also opposed by Frank De Hority, but Mr, Conger received 77 votes and De Hority 25. The following resolution regarding the representation of Indiana at the St. Louis exposition was adopted: "Resolved, That we ask the Legislature now In session to appropriate an amount or money sufficient to make a grand dis play of the agricultural and mineral re sources of the State at the great St. Louis world's fair and exposition to be held there during the summer of 1304; and be it further "Resolved, That Instead of a state building such as was erected by Indiana at the Columbian Exposition that a building be erected and site be selected by a committee to be appointed by the Governor to visit the exposition grounds at St. Louis, said build inc to be for the exüress Durnose of show ing the agricultural, mining and such other exhibits from Indiana not provided for by the exposition company at St. Louis." The board reorganized with the following omcers: President John L. Thompson. Gas Citv. Vice President Mason J. Nlblack, Vincennes. Secretary Charles Downing, Indianipolls. i reasurer j . w. L.agrange. Franklin. Superintendent E. H. Peed. New Castle. President Thompson named the following as members of the new executive committee: M. S. Claypooi. James E. McDon ald, Mason J. Nlblack. Sid Conger and David Wallace. BREEDERS OF CATTLE. Aberdeen-Ausus Breeders Associa tionWool Growers Meet. ' Because of the bad weather the afternoon and evening programmes arranged for the annual meeting of the Indiana AberdeenAngus ureeaers Association were combined, and both given at the session in Room 11, Statehouse, yesterday afternoon. The first business of importance was the election of officers, which resulted as fol lows: . President William R. Pleak, Greens burg. Vice President W. II. Goodwine, West Lebanon. Secretary George W. Henderson. Lebanon. New Directors T. C. Phelp, New Castle, and G. A. Swain, Pendleton. W. 11. Goodwine talked on Angus breeding and what he saw on his trip to Scotland. L. 11. Kerrick. of Bloomington, III., president of the American Association of Aberdeen-Angus Breeders, gave an interesting talk before the association. David Wallace, of Indianapolis, a member of the State Board of Agriculture, urged proper attention to steers as well as to bulls and cows for exhibition purposes, lie said the State Board would otter a premium list as large as may be offered by the association for the exnibition of steers at the next state fair. His ideas met the approval of most of the members, and the association will probably appropriate a suitable sum for premiums for steers. Session of Wool Grower. The Indiana Wool Growers' Association met in Room 12 at the Statehouse yesterday afternoon. Another meeting will be held this morning. William H. Thornburg. of Anderson, is president of the association. Mortimer Levering addressed the association on the great advancement made in the sheep industry in this State. George W. Harshbarger. of Ladoga, in discussing the breeding of sheep, said it was better to pay attention to the breeding of pure breeds than to graded breeds. J. M. Miller, of Upland, read a paper on "Shall Farmers Buy or Raise Their Breeding Lambs?" Officers will be elected at this morning's session.

IN NEW BUILDINGS TO-DAY

ADDITIONAL QUARTERS READY FOR SMALLPOX PATIENTS. One More Death Reeorded and Sl3 New Cases Diagnosed-Quarantine Established. The prevalence of smallpox is giving the health authorities some anxiety. Six new cases were diagnosed by City Sanitarian Buehler yesterday and quarantines established. There- are now over fifty cases in the city, with many other known cases probable because of exposure. Of the patients thirty-two are now in the contagious disease pavilion at the City Hospital. Tne pavilion is overcrowded. Relief will be found to-morrow, when work on the three new buildings acquired by the Board of Public Works near the City Hospital will be finished and they will be habitable. They will be furnished immediately ana patients taken to them. While they are not the buildings the board wants, they will serve the immediate purposes and will be warm and comfortable. . There is capacity for fifty patients in the three buildings. and this added capacity will be a great re lief. The smallpox situation is more serious now than it has ever been because of the virulence of the disease. Heretofore deaths have been rare, but in the last thirty days there have been twenty-two deaths. The last one to die was John Edwards, colored. forty-six years old, who died at the contagious disease pavilion last night. He had been at the pavilion only three days. He had never been vaccinated. He was afflicted with a virulent type of black smallpox and his death was almost certain when he was taken to the pavilion. Several other patients are expected to die before the, week Is out. The saloon of Willlrm Hill. Blake and New York streets, and the barber shop ad joining, have been closed by the health officers and a quarantine established. Quarantines are established in many parts of the city where patients have not been re moved. There has been some complaint that guards were not maintained at all places. Dr. Buehler says it is the policy to not maintain guards unless it is bellevea the family afflicted will not observe the Quarantine regulations. Wherever it is possible the house is marked only with the smallpox card. Where the family cannot be trusted guards are maintained. This is for two purposes. One is economy; the other is the inability to always get reliable guards. If the board finds that its faith is violated by those whom it trusts it will Im pose a close guard. A smallpox scare in the courthouse yes terday caused the organization of a little vaccination party, with Judge Alford, of the Criminal Court, as the host. Some one started the rumor that a smallpox suspect had visited the basement of the courthouse. and before the rumor was run down and found to be a fake Dr. Samuel McGaughey, with a tube of virus and a knife, had vac clnated every one in the Criminal Court room, including the Judge and Fred Eppert, a city councilman, who strayed Into the courtroom. The vaccination party included Prosecutor Ruckelshaus and the newspaper reporters who were In the court at the time. State Health Board Meeting. Smallpox will receive much attention at the meeting of the State Board of Health to-morrow. Reports have been received at the secretary's office which show an alarm ing condition in many parts of the State. Dr. Cox, health officer at Spencer, has re ported that a family named Chavis, com posed of father, mother and nine children. are all down with the disease. That fam ily costs the town $10 a day for physicians, nurses and medicines, besides fuel and food. Dr. Cox says the disease in that city is the result of no provision having been made for public vaccination. A number of citizens of Edwardsport have petitioned the State Board of Health for help to light against the epidemic at that place. .Edwardsport is a town of 700, and there are thirty cases of smallpox there. There Is no quarantiune, and- persons enter or leave houses where there are smallpox pationts as they please. The school children are daily exposed to the disease, and the town health board doesn't give any relief. The matter will be brought before the meeting of the State Board to-morrow. RACING ASSOCIATION. It Will Include Leadlnu; CItle of Cen tral Indiana. The Gas Belt Racing Association, com posed of leading cities In central Indiana, met at the Grand Hotel last evening. Those present were: T. J. Tomllnson, of Logansport; C. W. Travis, Layfayette; Frank De Hority, El wood; G. D. Kimball, Marlon, and M. S. Claypooi. Muncie. Anderson. Frankfort and Kokomo are also members of the association, but those cities were not represented at yesterday's meeting. The amount of stakes and purses to be offered will probably be settled at another meeting which will be held at the Grand Hotel next Monday afternoon. The gas belt circuit will open July 14 at Layfayette and the dates will follow at Frankfort. Marion. Logansport, Kokomo. Elwood. Muncie and Anderson. An effort was made to have Hagerstown Included In the circuit "but the association voted against that town. The association favors the ef fort to secure legislation to legalize nool selling In the State and a legislative com mittee to work for such a law will probably be appointed at the next meeting of the association. CITY NEWS NOTES. William Hill, a student of Shortridge High School, left last night for Bloomington to enter the State University. The funeral services of Miss Philputt will be held to-morrow morning at the residence, instead of to-day, as previously announced. Richmond will make a bid for the State chrysanthemum show to be held next fall. The matter will be settled at the meeting of the Indiana Association of Florists, which meets here Jan. 12. Mrs. F. B. Gibson, wife of Mr. Frank B. Gibson, of Denver, Col., and daughter of Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Lyon, of Delaware, O.. died of pneumonia at Denver on Monday, Jan. 5. The funeral will be held today at Denver. As a memorial to his father A. E. Dickey, a graduate of DePauw University, has pre sented that college with $2,500 to be devoted to the erection of a building, for the bio logical department. The announcement of the gut was made yesterday. A lecture on "Socialism and Reliirlon" will be delivered at Mansur Hall on Sunday evening, Jan. 11, oy the Rev. William Thurston Brown, of Rochester, N. Y. Mr. Drown, who had charge of a prominent Presbyterian church for several years, re signed about a year ago to devote his en tire time to the advocacy of socialism. lie is the author of a few short works on socialism and has the reputation of being a good speaker. A public Installation of the newly-elected officers of Martin R. Delaney Post. G. A. R., and of the Woman's Relief Corps Aux iliary to the post, will be held at the Afri can M. E. Church, corner Vermont and Toledo streets, to-night. The officers to serve during the ensuing term are Charles W. Brown, post commander; Henry Seaton. senior vice commander; George W. Harris, Junior vice commander; Thomas McDou gall, surgeon; John McClure, officer of the day; Cruze Duncan, chaplain; William Gar vin. quartermaster, and Andrew P. Cooper, officer of the guard. The officers will be installed by Past Grand Commander Chas W. Wheat, of George H. Chapman Post. mustering officer. A Certain Kind of Martyrdom. Mrs. Kate Dunn went to the workhouse yesterday to serve out a fine of $150 imposed by acting Judge Collins rather than tell the Board of Children's Guardians where her child is located. For some time past Mr. Joyce, of the Board of Children's Guardians, has been looking for the boy Mrs. Dunn and her husband have baffled the efforts of the officers. Tuesday Dunn was arrested and sent to the workhouse. His wife was also arrested and yesterday

she chose to go to the county prison. It is said their child has been sent to relative

outside the city. WORKHOUSE REPORT. Superintendent Shaw Files It with County Conimlftalouers. Superintendant A. D. Shaw, of the work house, yesterday submittal his annual report to the County Commissioners. He reports that the health of the prisoners and tanltary condition of the prison are excel lent and reports r.o sick prisoners, with the execeptlon of one who Is a consumptive. The report recommends that a ehang bemade In the size of the piping which carries sewage and waste water from the laundry. The pipe now in use is much to sr.vill. to properly drain the building and frequently causes the laundry to become flooded. The report contains statistics on the number of prisoners confined In the Institution, their color, where sentenced from, sex and age, during the year. During the year 1,416 prisoners were discharged, sixtyseven paid their fines and were released. G06 were released by order of the police Judge, three died and ilx men escaped. The greater number of the prisoners confined, both men and women, were unmarried and were sentenced for petty offenses and short terms. PAUPERISM IN INDIANA BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE STATE HOARD OF CHARITIES. Feeble-Mlndednesa Shown to Re the Principal Cause in This State Some Statistics. The Board of State Charities has made some effort to ascertain the causes of pauperism so far as it relates to the poor asylum population of this State. A bulletin says: 'The principal cause of pauperism U shown to be feeble-mlndedness. SS9 Inmates of the asylums being reported as feeble-minded 468 males and 421 females. Those who are feeble in body, who In old age require a protecting hand, come second in the list 175 males and 271 females; total, 74t. The next principal cause Is insanity 518 of the inmates, 352 males and 165 females, are Insane. Those who have been crippled follow closely, numbering 497 3C3 males and 134 females. The sickly number almost as many 2S males and 147 females; total, 429. Two hundred and ninety-three of the poor asylum population are epileptic 157 males and 13G females. In this group and that of the feeble-minded the men and women approximate each other closely in numbers. The number of blind and deaf is not particularly large, there being of the former 167111 malca and 56 females, and of the latter 70, equally divided between the two sexes. It will be observed that the principal causes of pauperism are the threev related afflictions. Insanity, feeble-mlndedness and epilepsy. The number of persons affected with these three is 1,700. Some of these are also physically defective. "Those between the ages of seventeen and sixty would under ordinary circumstances be classed as self-supporting. There are 1.53S &63 men and 575 women between those ages for various reasons in our poor asylums. There has been a gradual improvement in the care of persons in most poor sylums. In tome counties the advance in their management is notable; in others it is not so good as it was two or three years ago. Much of this is due to the frequent changes, the cause of which U chiefly political. Ihe lack of care of poor asylums In some counties and the dilapidated condition of these buildings In others is cause for Just censure upon the officials. On the other hand, the steps that have been taken in other counties are worthy of sincere com mendation. "The condition of some of the Insane and epileptics in our poor asylums is truly pitiaoie. ine btate lias not performed Its dut3', as It has heretofore agreed. In caring for the insane. The most notable improvement in the care of the Insane Is in Tippecanoe county, where the old undesirable building nas been remodeled in accordance with plans submitted to this board, so as to make more satisfactory provision for these unioriunates. "The law prohibiting the retention of children in poor asylums is quite generally irnaiucu. rur me year enamg Dec. 31, 1901, the ninety-two county poor asylums in the State cost for malntenanr as shown by the reports made to this board by the county auditors, $349.947.67, and for land, new buildings and extraordinary repairs. $29.743.35. ' a total of 1379 37.03. tt. ceipts from the farm amounted to $W,232.25. making me net cost $319,464.68. It is plain from this that the institutions, takf-n alto gether, are far from self-supporting." D. M. PARRY DENIES IT. No Truth "In the Story About Blacklisting; Labor Agitators. D. M. Parry, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, yesterday denied the story printed In the Brooklyn Eagle in a Washington dispatch stating that the members of the Manufacturers' Association intended to make reports of agitators and undesirable workmen because of their affiliations with labor unions to the officers, in order that a blacklist might be kept. A discussion of the property Interests and views of employers on strikes In general, and the recent anthracite strike in particular, was printed in the same article. It stated that If a blacklist of labor agitators could be available to the employers much labor trouMe would be avoided. D. M. Parry is credited in his official capacity of being the instigator of the plan. The plan seems to have been for the furnishing of new blank forms of contract lor Ube when manufacturers made new agreements with their employes. Violations of any provision of the new contract were to be reported to national headquarters, where the black list was to be kept fcr the information and guidance of the association members. Mr. Parry says of the story that it Is false, but that some ground might have been found for the rumor from the fact that C. W. Post sent many new forms of contract to different business firms over the country asking the opinions of the employers on the merit of such a contract. "Mr. Post is a very patriotic man." sal.1 Mr. Parry, "and it would be the last thing in his mind to do anything that would be oppressive to worklngmen. His plan Is 'simply to give the employer and 'employe equal rights for grievance and he had no Intention to hurt the interests of labor." Smoked Too .Many Cigarettes. John Beckwith, a boy seventeen years old, is resting In a cell at the police station as the result of excessive cigarette smoking. He was taken from Smith's Hotel on East Washington street by Patrolman Slate. The latter said the boy is naturally weak and nervous, the result of smoking too many cigarettes. The boy's father, the police say. Is in the Insane asylum. iu mother Is dead. Mnyor Invited to Speak. John L. Feltman and William F. Ewald, members of the Mitchell reception committee from the Central Labor Union, yesterday formally Invited Mayor Bookwalter to address the mas meeting In honor of Mitchell, to be held in Tomllnson Hall on the night of Jan. 19. The mayor did not state whether he would bo able to be present or not. Probably tsed Wronq; aiue. A man arrested Saturday morning for stealing coal from the Panhandle Railroad gave the name of Horace M. Cooney. On the affidavit in Police Court he' Rave his name as Michael Cooney. It is thought by the police that Cooney used the name of Horace M. Cooney, of 2141 English, avenue. Cooney when tried in Police Court was ao-cultttO.