Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 32, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 February 1903 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY. 1. 1913. PART OXE. 0 m m

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HAD FEELHR - AMOXG STOCKHOLDERS OF -THE HOCK I3LAXD. Validity the RporKinliatlqn and Lejrallty of $75,000,000 of Stock Attacked In Court CHICAGO. Jan. 31. A bill In equity was filed here to-day in the State Circuit Court by C. IL Venner & Co., of Boston, through their counsel, James Hamilton Lewis, against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company of Illinois, the Rock Island Railroad "Company of Iowa, the Rock Island Company of New Jersey, the Central Trust ConVpany of New York and the officers, directors and prominent stockholders of these companies, including Wlfliam II. James.- Mr. Moore, William, B. Leeds. Daniel G. Reid, II. C. Frlck, Marshall Field and Ogrden Mills, attackin? the validity of the late reorganization of the Rock Island system and the legality of the issue of JTo.Onu.nuo of new stock, and demanding that the Iowa and New Jersey companies be declared frauds as created in violation of the Illinois Constitution, and that the Central Trust Company, the holder of the stocks and bonds of the consolidated roads, be enjoined from voting the stock or acting as trustee in Illinois. Also that the officers be declared guilty of a fraud on the minority of the stockholders and a receiver be appointed for the stock properties Venner & Co. claim to represent a majority of the dissenting stockholders. About JUuO.OuO is represented In the bill. There has been, it is Faid, some bad feeling among certain etockholders since the reorganization was effected last July. Railway Notes. The directors of the Northern Pacific Railroad have declared the regular quarterly dividend of lVa per cent., and an extra dividend of Pr cent. The Canada Northern Railway has acquired the Great Northern Railway of Canada. which is about 232 miles. This purchase gives the Canada Northern an eastern outlet. Its lines having been cleared of freight congestion and situation permitting it, the Lehigh Valley management has decided to restore the Black Diamond express which was discontinued west of "".Vilkesbarre some time ago. This train will run to and from Buffalo again, beginning ca Sunday, Feb. 8. The Rock Island operators are rapidly organizing themselves as members of the Order of Railway Telegraphers and the next step will be a request for an advance in wages. An official of the union Is working all along the line, and it is expected the demand for more wages will be made at once. , Henry E. Gilpin has been appointed! general superintendent of the New York, Susquehanna & Western, with headquarters at Jersey City. Mr. Gilpin was general superintendent of the Ohio division of the . Krie and of the Chicago & Erie, and John C. Stuart has been appointed to succeed him in that position, with headquarters at Cleveland. S. S. Dalsh & Sons, of Washington, have tiled with the Interstate-commerce Commission a complaint against the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railroad and the Baltimore & Ohio alleging an embargo on hay and other freights destined for Washington. The commisison has issued an order requiring the railroads to file an answer within ten days. A landslide, which covered the tracks of the New . York Central, occurred near Poughkeepsle Friday night. The officials of the road reported Saturday that there was a mudbank on the tracks 173 feet long and from 15 to GO feet deep. Passenger trains are being sent over the West Shore and Harlem division until the road Is cleared. Trains due in New York last night arrived from three to eight hours late. Sir William Van Home and party returned to Havana Saturday evening, after a week's trip over the new railroad between Havana and Santiago. Mr. Van Home said he had found the people of- the interior to be progressive, and that he considered their prospects good. There has been much i inquiry for land, from the United States. -..Through trains to Santiago vrtll be operated . over the- line in March. . The' ?outhern Paclilc has reached an agreement with Its firemen on the question of wages. The new schedule signed on Saturday by H. J. Small, superintendent of motive power, and by the representatives of the general committee of adjustment of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, is a complicated document, but the Increase In wages granted averages between 6 and 12 per cent. The agreement may be termin- - ated at any time by thirty days notice from either side. The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad has voluntarily increased the wages of all its machinists, boiler makers, blacksmiths, tinworkers. Inspectors, car repairers and their helpers Zh to 5 per cent. The grievance committee of the firemen and engineers of the Denver & Rio Grande U in session In Denver and it is reported that the firemen, engineers, conductors and trainmen stand out for a 2p per cent, increase Of wages, which has been refused. It Is said, by General Manager Russell Harding. A circular has been Issued by the Pere Marquette Railroad announcing the retirement from the road of S. T. Crapo, of Detroit, who from 1S34 up to the change In control of 'the road, which occurred a month ago, was general manager, and who then became general superintendent under General Manager M. J. Carpenter. The ' new general superintendent, whose appointment took effect to-day, is A. W. Smith, of Chicago, who for fifteen years has been the rrlvate secretary of Mr. Carpenter. Announcement has been made that the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Railway has adopted a resolution giving to the holders of its Si per cent, controvertible gold bonds the privilege of converting the same into capital stock at $70 per share between March 16 and April 4. 1903. The bonds referred to are an issue of 000. 000. bearing date of Nov. 4. 1002. and running for ten years. Under a resolution adoptetl by the directors on March 12 of last year the bonds were to become convertible at holders option not before May 1. 1904. The following appointments to take effect on Feb. 1 were made on Saturday at a meeting of the directors of the New York Central: John Carstenson, fourth vice rresldf nt. with office in New York, to have general supervision of the accounting department; William J. Wilgus, fifth vice president, with office in New York, to have under the direction of the president, general charge and supervision of all construction work. The position of controller was abolished, and Marshall T. Racon was appointed auditor of the company, with office in New York. The Cleveland. Cincinnati.' Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company has filed with th Interstate-commerce Commission a statement alleging that it recent Increases in freight rates on grain. ' grain products, dressed meats and provisions are reasonable and just, and bared on existing business conditions and the present increased cost of transportation. The railroad says that the rates, fixed without agreement or coi ibine with any othtr carrier, were not based on permanent Improvements, and that it has made no rebates or concessions since May 1 last. OSE HEY FOIl f 101. Cireat Snrprtae In the .elshborhood Where It Happened. Kansas City Journal. One hen sold for $101 at the close of the poultry show at the armory last night. Not the goose that laid the golden egg nor even the geese that cackled and saved Rome, but a plain old. everyday biddy hen which lays an egg at a time, whose eggs spoil as often as do those of a 25-cent hen and whose meat would make no better fried chicken than that of thousands of other yellow It-ss. Think; one hen. 1101! This surprising event certainly marks the limit in sales here. When one heard of a Jielglan hare that went for Jl.Ou) one wondred. but then a Belgian hare is not a common beast and its fur will make seal coats if properly treated. But a hen a common old barnyard fowl such as sets on eggs, for $101! Whew! Where was F. 1). Coburn? i It Is an interesting guess to figure out Trhat an egg from this hen would be worth. Granting that she sheds one egg a day and that her feed costs nothing, what is the value of the egg? Well, It depends. If for eating purposes not much over about 15 rents a dozm, for an egg is an egg, except in the language of the old conundrum's answer, when it is a chicken, and all eggs taste alike, except when they have attained an uncertain ax But if this particular hen laid an rg as she doubtless dots about once a day and that egg de,velupd a chicken would the chicken be

worth $101 also? And if not, why not? And if one could get from that hen a full "set" of eggs and all hatched Into $101 chicks wouldn't it be well worth while? Again, send for F. D. Coburn, who wrote a beautiful book on hens, and let him figure on it. The origin of this $101 hen would be interesting to trace.- Just the line "of demarkatlon between the ordinary barnyard egg and the priceless fowl, or the priceless egg and the ordinary fowl that laid it for It is an unsettled question whether the eg or the chick came first would be a prettyproblem. Anyhow, there is no getting around it, one fowl has fold for 4101. and seemingly there was reason for it. for some one bought her, and at auction at that! Whew! one hen, $101! ALLIES UNYIELDING.

(CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.l of the militia bill, but the rush feature of the order apparently has a special cause. VOX STERNBERG A PHOPIIET. He Was the Original Roosevelt Man A Talk with the Envoy. WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. Baron Speck Von Sternberg, the special representative of Germany In the Venezuelan negotiations, who arrived in Washington last night, was presented to President Roosevelt to-day by Secretary of State Hay.- The call was formal, the baron desiring to present his credentials as special minister from Germany before taking charge of the embassy's affairs In the absence of Ambassador Von Holleben. The exchanges were verbal, the President for this occasion waiving the usual preparatory ceremonies, and Baron Von Sternberg confined himself to an expression of the Emperor's friendly feeling for the United States and his own gratification at being able to return to America In this capacity. The President responded in a felicitous vein, incidentally expressing the hope that the baron's coming would result in the settlement of all pending questions, this being an Indirect reference to the Venezuelan issue. Beyond this the question was not discussed. The baron, who was received in the executive offices, remained but a few minutes. To a reporter to-day Baron Von Sternberg expressed the gratification he felt at returning to the United States. "As I return to America as a minister plenipotentiary from my government," he said, "I am reminded of the changes that have taken place since I was here more than ten years ago as a military attache. Then your President was a. civil service commissioner. I do not pose as a prophet, but when I firtt -. met Mr. Roosevelt I was deeply Impressed with his untiring energy and essential sincerity of purpose. It was this combination which convinced me that some day I should see him at the head of this great Nation. When I said good-bye to him upon my departure from Washington the first time. I added: 'When I again congratulate you, Mr. Roosevelt, you will be one step nearer the White House.' On hearing of his appointment as assistant secretary of the navy I wrote: "Permit me to congratulate you on this second step nearer the presidency,' and when he was elected Governor of New York I telegraphed: 'The next time I offer you my congratulations it will be to President Roosevelt." I believed he would be President- because I knew the stuff he was made of. To me, and the same opinion prevails in Europe, your President is the personification of what Is good and great and healthy in America. "You appreciate the fact that I cannot as yet talk' of the primary object of my mission, the conduct of the Venezuelan negotiations. I shall take up the threads and proceed at once In my endeavors to effect a settlement. I want the American people to know Germany is as anxious for an early conclusion of the question as any of the negotiators. I' am glad to see the point made that the Monroe doctrine is not in any way involved in the Venezuelan situation." FEARS OF THE FRENCH TRESS. Renewal of Hostilities In Venezuelan Waters Is Possible. PARIS. Jan. 31. The tone of the French press shows that the editorial writers fear there will be a renewal of hostilities by the allies in Venezuelan waters as a result of the present complications. The Temps points out that the world's chief Interest Is to secure an end to the whole affair, which Is beginning to be viewed as "another Maximilian blunder," and ays: "If the naval commanders again feel that they are at liberty to take action on the failure of the negotiations there will be a new incident like that of San Carlos." The Journal Des Debats takes a similar view and remarks: "The multiplication of the delays tends to confirm the view that the allies do not sincerely desire a .settlement of the trouble." . Concerning the French claims against Venezuela the Temps, Journal Des Debats and other newspapes hold that the allies' demands for preference is not tenable. The Temps declares It is inadmissible that Germany and Great Britain "can ex post facto securo priority over France and the United States, who have already secured a peaceful settlement of their Venezuelan claims." While the Venezuelan controversy was r.ot involved in the debate on the army budget in the-Chamber of Deputies to-day, the discussion was Interesting. There was considerable general debate relative to the strength of the army and necessity of maintaining it on a strong fighting basis. General Andre, Minister of War, Colonel Rousset, a Republican Liberal member of the Chamber, and other leaders of the military element, took an active part in defending the army from criticism. M. Messimy (Radical Socialist) made a speech on the- heavy financial burden the maintenance of the army imposed upon the country. He declared that this limited industrial and agricultural progress, and took the best years of the youth of France for military service. Colonel Rousset pointed out the dangers surrounding France, and declared peace to be at the mercy of a single adverse incident. Amid the enthusiasm of the Chamber, he asserted that the part of wisdom for France was to prepare for all eventualities. General Andre pointed out the desirability of keeping up the army on a peace footing, so that it would readily be transformable to a war footing. Amid a patriotic demonstration the first chapter of the army budget was linally adopted. French Ambassador Arrives. NEW YORK, Jan. 31. Jean Jules Jusserand, the new French ambassador to the United States, and his wife arrived to-day on the French line steamer La Lorraine. Madame Jusserand was formerly Miss Elize Richards, and although born of Americanparents had never before been in this country. When told that M. De Margerie, the French charge d'affaires, had notified Secretary Hay that France would insist that her claims against Venezuela be treated on the tame basis as those of England. Germany and Italy M. Jusserand expressed no surprise, although such action had not been discussed up to .the time he left Paris. It was then, he said, generally felt in France that the Venezuelan affair would be peacefully settled, and there was no expression of feeling against England or Germany. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-M. Jusserand arrived to-night and went at once to the embassy. GERMANY WAXTS SHIPS. Agents Alleged to Have Offered to Day Chilean War Vessels. SANTIAGO, 4 Chile, Jan. 31.-Private agents of Germany have proposed to the government the immediate purchase of the Chilean battleship Captain Pratt and the armored cruiser Esmeralda, and have offered to take over the warships now being built in Europe for Chile. WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. The Navy Department has received full reports from its agents abroad respecting the size, displacement, armament, defensive power, speed and cost of the vessels now building for Chile and Argentina in Europe. The Chilean battleships, two In number, are generally described as resembling the Alabama class of our own navy. It cannot be ascertained that any option for the sale of these ships has been secured or indeed has been sought, and official denial is made of a purpose to purchase ships, which cannot be accomplished in any case without legislation by Congress. It Is further pointed out that It Is the practice of the Navy Department to secure such data wherever possible about all ships of sufficient merit in design to warrant study. The three-shift system by which work will be kept up day and nlzht will be beua

In the gun carriage shop at the Washington navy yard on. Monday. There is an imperativ; demand for completing the orders now on hand, and this step is taken with a view to expediting the completion of work, the orders for which were given over two years ago. It is the purpose of the naval officials to keep the other shops at the yard in full operation during the entire day and night as soon as sufficient workmen can be obtained. AUSTIN CHAM H En LAIN TALKS.

He Says Germany Asked Britain to Co-Operate Against Venezuela. LONDON, Jan. 31. Austin Chamberlain, postmaster general, representing his father, the colonial secretary, at the annual dinner of the Jewelers and silversmiths at Birmingham to-night, in replying to the toast. "His Majesty's Ministers," .devoted the greater part of his speech to Venezuela, lie said that after the British government had decided to seek satisfaction for Venezuelan outrages and to demand guarantees against their repetition it had been approached by Germany and requested to co-operate with that country. Courtesy made it impossible for the British government to decline, said Mr. Chamberlain, and now it would be dishonorable to withdraw. The government was fully aware of its liability. Every detail was arranged before the action commenced. Replying to a suggestion that the present course might place In Jeopardy the good relations between Great Britain and the United States. Mr. Chamberlain said if that were so he would regard it as a calamity to the civilized world. There was no nation whose good opinion Great Britain valued so highly as that of the United Sstates. The speaker paid he thought it incredible that the United States should take umbrage, as it knew that no nation supported the Monroe doctrine so loyally as Great Britain. The present course, he declared, did not menace the Monroe doctrine, which, although it might be evoked to protect the weak, was never intended by American statesmen to shield the evil doer. In conclusion the postmaster general said he was confident that America would look in a friendly manner on the efforts to secure that redress for British subjects which It would feel to be its first duty to obtain for American citizens. GERMANY'S EXPLANATION. Minister Done n Denounces a Berlin Statement as False. BERLIN, Jan. 31. The apparent hitch in the Venezuelan negotiations at Washington is explained here in the following manner: Venezuela hypothecated to France some time ago 13 per cent, of the customs receipts, which constitutes a priority claim upon the Venezuelan customs. The blockading powers are quite willing to recognize it In this sense, but President Castro wants it to be understood as constituting part of the 30 per cent, offered to the blockading powers. As the latter would then have only 17 per cent, left they regard it as inadequate and hence are not willing to permit the inclusion of France's percentage. It is believed here that the blockade will not be raised until President Castro yields on this point. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Minister Bowen, when shown the Associated Press dispatch regarding the explanation given in Berlin of the apparent hitch in the Venezuelan negotiations, said: "All settled foreign claims are covered by the 13 per cent, arrangement. The 30 per cent, proposition now offered refers exclusively to unsettled claims, which not only the blockading powers, but the peaceful powers, are pressing for settlement. It is absolutely false that the 13 per cent, arrangement is included In tne 30 per cent, proposition. The two are distinct. There has been so much conference, discussion and misunderstanding In regard to this question of percentage that I am willing to make this statement." HOT ROASTS AND TOASTS EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING "BROWNED AT GRIDIRON CLUB. J. Plerpont Morgan, a Gnest at Last Night's Raminet, Made the Subject of a Burlesque. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-The annual dinner of the Gridiron Club fo-hlght demonstrated that everything under the sun (or on the gridiron) was new; that there was a humorous side to all current events, and that toasts and roasts may be combined for an evening's amusement. The Washington newspaper correspondents, who compose the club, did their best to surpass all previous dinners in originality. The dining hall of the Arlington Hotel was handsomely decorated. Besides the flowers on the table and the palms and ferns about the room, a novel arrangement of the electric lights produced a brilliant effect among the decorations. Among the 200 guests and members were ambassadors, senators, representatives. Governors, high officers of the army and navy, prominent men In the financial and business world, editors and proprietors of newspapers, scientists and men of letters. The menu was a calendar, each month Illustrated with the picture of a guest, whose business or personal characteristic was Indicated in a jingling rhyme. The installation of the new president of the club, William E. Curtis, afforded an opportunity for reverting to the part Curtis took in securing the attendance of Spanish grandees at the world's fair at Chicago. The pomp and ceremony of the Spanish court in 1492 mingled with the twentieth century Ideas and events made it a showy and laughable affair. One of the questions propounded to Columbus was "What Is a trust?" to which he answered, "A bunch of money surrounded by water." J. Plerpont Morgan, one of the guests, was made the subject of a laughable burlesque. For the alleged benefit of the New York financier the Gridiron Club installed a "bucket shop" as an adjunct to Morgan's office. The manager and "chair warmers" kept up a fire of lively questions and answers in which various guests were placed upon the gridiron. The discussion of available presidential candidates was a feature of this part of the entertainment. The burlesque ended with a song dedicated to Morgan. The experiments which Dr. Wiley, of the Agricultural Department, is making with borax as a preservative afforded another vehicle to give a number of guests a gridironing. It was charged that Dr. Wiley was conducting an experiment at the dinner, and two members of the club, impersonating Professor Wiley and his assistant, showed the effect of borax on brain. "A poison squad" was brought out and flueroscope and X rays were applied to each man's head. The things which the members o the squad were found to be thinking about, as told by the operators, created much amusement. The initiation of Joseph K. Ohl, of the Atlanta Constitution, and John P. Miller, of the Baltimore Sun, who were caused to Impersonate leaders of the "Illy whites" and "black and tans," respectively, and the witty incidental references to recent Southern appointments made a distinct "hit." There were other skits, many topical songs and choruses and several good speeches, all crowding the evening with wit and humor from beginning to end. Among the guests were Lord Charles Beresford. England: Senator Beverldge, George W. Boyd of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Representative Cannon, Charles Arthur Carlisle of South Bend. Ind.; Count Cassini, ambassador from Russia; Henry C. Corbin, major general U. S. A.; George B. Cortelyou, secretary to the President; William S. Cowles, captain U. S. N.; George H. Daniels. New York Central Railroad; Senator Chauncey M. Depew, Senator Fairbanks. Senator Hanna; Sir Michael Herbert, ambassador from England; Melville E. Ingalls, president Big Four Railroad; Rokulchlra Masujlma. Tokio, Japan; John T. McCutcheon. Chicago RecordHerald; J. Plerpont Morgan; Emlllo De Ojeda, minister from Spain; Count A. Von Quadt, secretary of the German embassy; W. S. Schley, rear admiral U. S. N. Special Prices. Beginning on Feb. 1 I will give special prices on diamonds and watches. By calling you will be convinced of our large stock and low prices. J. 1. MULL ALLY, Jeweler, 2S Monument Place.

RIOT FOLLOWS THE GAME

SCHOOLBOYS ENGAGE IN FIGHTS AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT. Nine of the Bellljteranta ArrestedPolice Had Great Difficulty in Dispersing? the Crowd. Following the precedent established several weeks ago the boys of the two city high schools furnished work for the'police department and inconvenience for the citizens who had occasion to be on the streets late last night, with a regular school riot. Beginning at Market street and Illinois the boys created disorder around Monument place to Pennsylvania street and north on Pennsylvania street to the Denison Hotel, where they dispersed and presumably left for their homes. During their disorderly trip through . the down-town streets they abused the better Judgment and discretion of a dozen policemen and interfered with 'street car traffic and the persons who had business on those streets. While the riot was a school riot it was a full-fledged one and the only thing that prevented an assault on the policemen and the rescue of the boys arrested as leaders of the disturbance was the lack of a leader, or a boy with courage enough to start the rescue. Ward Dean, William Spanker, Alfred Brandt. Max Dahle, Harry Hicks. Harry Sims, Harry Brandt. Clifford Kealing and Cecil Wilson were arrested and sent to the police station. The 'arrests were accomplished with much difficulty, and while the police hardly thought they had arrested the boys guilty of assault and battery they tried to get the agitators of the disturbance, and In that manner . inspired a fear of arrest into the others. HOW RIOT STARTED. When the basketball game ended In the Cyclorama building a hundred or more boys congregated at the entrance and awaited developments. When they had despaired of a fight at that point they moved slowly to Market and Illinois streets and again stopped to repeat their favorite yells. In the hope that something might be started two of them engaged in a "fake" fight, which was soon displaced by the honest efforts of two pugnacious young fellows to pummel each other's heads. Their ambitions were nipped in the beginning by Sergeants Scheigert and Schroeder, who interfered and separated them. Then the riot began. A pushing, a crowding and a continued jostling of a crowd of three hundred yelling and gesticulating boys was the result. Patiently the two lone police sergeants fought the crowd back and by persuasion and threats, elbowing and prods with their maces, started a stampede to Monument place, where another stop was made. The police, with renewed efforts, forced the crowd to Meridian street, and here they called lor assistance. The blcyclemen were dispatched from the police station and came to the assistance of the two sergeants. Soon. a sudden break in the forces of the boys opened the way for a run to Pennsylvania and Market streets. There the mob stopped again, only to meet disaster in the arrest of several of its members. After they had been arrested the boys were quiet enough, but their friends were anxtous to help them. By persistent crowding and shoving they managed to worry the police into desperation. The police were tast losing their patience and only several vigorous moves of great strategic value prevented them from using their clubs. Before the arrival of the patrol wagon a dozen policemen were at work under the direction of Captain Hyland. The boys showed their ambition and grit by refusing to leave until after three of the prisoners had been spirited away by the bicycle policemen and the two others had been sent to the police station In the patrol wagon. BOTH SIDES SPAKRINO. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) tirely at the pleasure of Mr. Moorehead. Mr. Mooreshead f replied for himself, and said he did not care to open up a discussion of personalities and declined to mention the name. "Then I'll do It for you." said Ryan. "If the operators have to rake through the insane asylums to get excuses to bolster up their falling cause, I will tell what he meant when he made those assertions." Ryan then explained that President Smith, of the Illinois miners, who since that time has been declared Insane, might have been responsible for the alleged indiscreet remarks, but he hardly knew of it himself. 1 The convention, after much wrangling, decided that the matter would be referred back to the Joint scale committee for consideration, and the conference adjourned until Monday morning. CONSUMER MUST PAY. W. S. Bogle, an Indiana operator, in his talk to the convention yesterday, declared that if the operators conceded the demands of the miners the consumer of -coal would be taxed at least 60 cents more on the ton of coal bought. He said the talk that a 12-cent increase to the ton would be easily borne was ridiculous, in that it would be nothing but the Initial increase in cost, and that subsequent costs would bring the price up to something more than 60 cents over the natural price at the present time. Mr. Bogle's statements were regarded as Incredible, but last night he explained them clearly. ' He said that an increase of 12Hc cents a ton on the run of mine basis was equal to an Increase of 21 cents on screened lump coal, which would be paid the miner. Figuring on the demand of 30 per cent, increase of inside labor, which is also made, the cost for yardage, dead work and day labor, would make an addition of 25 per cent., or an increase in the cost to 36 cents on machine-mined coal. With the difference between machine and pick-mined coal figured at 13 cents and the calculation based on the proposition that about half the coal Is machine mined, would elevate the cost cents. This would make a total increase of 42Vfc cents, and, calculating on the degradation of coal In screening It from the run of mine basis to the lump coal, would cause an additional loss of at least 20 cents. Mr, Bogle said last night: "The majority of the people do not understand what a concession to the demands of the miners means. It doesn't mean that the operators will lose the money, because they will not. The consumer has to stand all of these Increases. The greatest cost of coal mining is In the labor, and I estimate that S5 per cent, of the money realized from the sale of coal Is paid for labor. The cost of coal Is practically nothing. Nature provides the coal, but to get it out of the ground bring the price, of the fuel up to where it is, and in the end the consumer pays for it. If I could sell all the coal I can get out of my mines at from 5 to 10 cents profit on the ton I would be contented and could easily retire from active business, go to Europe, and not worry about the future." Local Council of Women. The meeting of the Local Council of Women, which will be held Tuesday afternoon at the Propylaeum, will be devoted entirely to business and to the discussion of various questions now before the Legislature. The diverse opinions held by members of the council on these questions have made It seem advisable to the committee that the meeting be given up for this purpose in order that Individual expressions may be heard. Action will be taken on a number of the bills now pending in the Legislature, amcng them those on Sunday baseball, the Juvenile Court, the Nicholson law and others. Hampton West" Letter. Rufus Cantrell yesterday received a copy of the letter sent him by Hampton West, the Hamilton county farmer under arrest in Noblesvllle charged with grave robbing, asking him to not testify against him In the coming trial. The letter was written Jan. 9, but on account of being misdirected it was sent te the dead letter office. A copy of the letter was retained by the Jailer at Noblesvllle and this was sent to Cantrell. The latter, after receiving the letter yesterday, wrote a short reply, saying he was well and that when the time came for him to testify he would tell the truth. E. M. Wacner's Record. Captain Gerber yesterday received a letter from Chief of Police J. P. Cleary, of Rochester. N. Y., Identifying E. M. Wag

ner, cf this city, as a forger who was convicted in Rochester. It is said Wagner forged a promissory note for $125. For this work he was arrested by Detective McDor aid.' Wagrifcr when arrested waived preliminary examiantlon. and when his case reached i the Criminal Court he was sentenced on April 4, 13?. to four years in the penitentiary. Wagner was arrested last week in Lafayette for forging a check for S1.S00. He was sentenced to two to fourteen years in the penitentiary. He was arrested in this city Aug. 24 of last year for passing forged paper. CITY NEWS NOTES. The 'Queen Esther Circle will hold Its regular monthly meeting Saturday at 2:30 p. m., at the home of Miss Douglas, 23ul Broadway. Woman's Auxiliary of Railway Postal Clerks will meet with Mrs. Charles Oler. 2010 College avenue, Monday afternoon at 2:20 o'clock. Dr. J. M. Phipps. lately returned from China and the Philippines, will speak at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Y. M. C. A. men's meeting. The Needle Society of the First PresDyterian Church will hold an all-day meeting at the church Tuesday. Luncheon vUll be served at 12:30 o'clock. Mrs. E. H. Frecking and Mrs. H. B. Reynolds will entertain the Holy Cross Social Club Tuesday afternoon at the Assembly Hall, Oriental and Ohio streets. The Ladles' Aid Society of the First Lutheran Church will be entertained next Thursday afternoon by Mrs. R. E. Kennlngton at her home, 2320 College avenue. Rev. Frank O. Beck will speak before the Indianapolis. Ministers Association in Me-ridian-st. Church to-morrow morning on "The Varieties of Religious Experience." The gospel meeting will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Y. W. C. A. building, 329 North Pennsylvania street. Mrs. R. F. Davidson will lead and Miss Cochrane will sing. A special service will be held at the First Baptist Church this evening at 7:30. This service will be the last at which Rev. T. J. Villers will preach before leaving for the Holy Land. The Knights of Columbus will entertain their friends with a literary and musical programme at its hall to-morrow evening. One of the numbers will be a paper by Mrs. Margaret F. Peelle on "The Religious Orders." The meeting of the Fortnightly Club will take place next Tuesday afternoon In the west parlor of the Propylaeum. The programme will consist of a paper by Miss Nlblack on "The Musician's Debt to Nature." 1 Benjamin Franklin, for many years the chief deputy In the county recorder's office, has taken employment with the Indiana Trust Company as manager of its safety vault department. Mr. Franklin will take charge to-morrow. Mrs. J. P. Michael, of North Meridian street, received yesterday in honor of her guests, Miss Cohn, of Sioux City, la., and Miss Canish. of Knoxville, Tenn. The residence was decorated with carnations and palms, and Mrs. Michael was assisted by Mrs. Phil Joseph. Josephine Frazier, colored, reported to the police last night" that she had been held up at 6 o'clock at Wabash and West streets and $7.50 taken from her. She said a negro with a revolver robbed her. She was returning from delivering clothes, and had collected her week's wages. She could give no description of the robber. . Herman Weedon. the animal tamer Injured by a man-eating tiger connected with Bostock's show. In Richmond, Va., Thursday night. Is Herman Wlrthrom, of this city. Wlrthrom Is a son-tn-law of Clarence Leonard, of No. 1203 Brookslde avenue. He has met with a number of accidents by wild animals since he has been with Bostock's show.

New Business Concerns. The Evansville Mirror and Beveling Company, of Evansville, capitalized at $30,000, Incorporated yesterday. The directors are John Weber, J. C. Zuth and H. E. Bills. The Baldwin Oil and Gas Company, of Fort Wayne, Incorporated with a capital stock of $15,000. The- president of the company is John L. Tilman. The Indiana -Pumping Company, of Anderson, with a capital stock of $25,000, incorporated. The directors are W. C. Vanneman. C. C. M'Lain, W. W. Durbin and Mary W. MClain. The Swayzee Canning Company, of Swayzee, was incorporated by H. L. Munea, W. J. Larkln and W. E. Hogan. The capital stock Is 10,500. Mr. norlson's Business Connection. Bralnard Rorison, formerly a well-known citizen of Indianapolis, who has for many years been Interested in asphalt pavements, has been elected vice president of the Federal Asphalt Company of Chicago, which owns the asphalt rock mines in Kentucky and has a paid-up capital of $5,000.000, largely owned by the officers and directors of the First National Bank of Chicago. Mr. Rorison. who will now have the immediate supervision of the company's contracting department, will begin his new duties at once. His wife and daughters will spend all of February on the gulf coast before Joining Mr. Rorison in Chicago. HOW TO EAT YOUR OYSTER. Point Much Discussed "by Lovers of the Bivalve. New York Mail and ExpressNowhere in the city Is this burning problem more fully threshed out than in a certain downtown cyster house where have gathered ardent worshipers at the shrine oysterial for so long a time that men's reputations as connoisseurs are proved only by years. When they die and are forgot in other walks of life you still hear them spoken of, admiringly. If their ability was established, and deprecatlngly If their oyster choices .were not worthy, by the quiet, constant patrons of the place. "Strange," said the host the other day, for he is more the host than the proprietor, "the difference in taste shown by lovers of oysters in the matter of serving their favorite bivalve. My patrons I might almost say clients show especial difference in the matter of the raw oyster. "Don't be surprised when I Hell you triat horseradish, tobasco, Worcestershire, vinegar, mustard, catsup, celery salt, lemon, cayenne and black pepper, salt, melted butter, sugar, and even olive oil are used Individually and In a wonderful variety of combinations as condiments for raw oysters. "Horseradish and lemon have supplanted the old-fashioned vinegar-salt-and-pepper combination, and I might say fully 75 per cent, of oyster lovers use them, and them alone, to give zest to their oysters. But imagine a preparation of powdered sugar and sweet oil on a raw oyster. I have seen it scores of times. Worse than that, a mixture of French mustard and tomato catsup, or melted butter and sugar, or horseradish, Worcestershire, tobasco and celery salt, or Jemon vinegar and sugar, with a sprinkling of cayenne. These are no more unusual with those who eat oysters six days In a week than is the practice of submerging an innocent oyster in a red bath of tomato catsup. "This gave rise to the question one day by one of a party of four to another: "What sort of oysters do you usually eat with your catsup?' "Olive oil has become a fad with some in oyster service. Requests for oysters fried in olive oil. or olive oil In stew and roast are frequent. The several condiments which I have named are used extensively in stews and fancy roasts. "A lawyer, whose name for many years was among the most celebrated in the list of criminal lawyers at the local bar. used to have his oysters brought to him in the pan, so that he might prepare a sauce of horseradish, Worcestershire, tobasco and mustard, in which the bivalves were stewed. Another, also a Jurist of note, insisted upon a generous addition of powdered sugar to every stew. The color of an oyster, and even the appearance of its shell, are made points of preference. One insists that each oyster shell shall be scrubbed and all seaweed and dark sea growth removed; another Insists upon having those bearing the most barnacles. "A popular fallacy is the matter of color of the oyster Itself. Now, an oyster takes its color from its shell. If the shell be dark so Is the oyster, and if light the same rule holds good. Few persons know that the darkest oyster, if rubbed gently with a bit of linen, soon becomes white and clear. There Is absolutely no difference, so far as taste and wholesomeness are concerned, between a light and a dark oyster, popular opinion to the contrary notwithstanding. "When you depart from the realm of oysters raw you enter Into a mingled problem of plain, milk. Boston'and box stews, Ean roasts, shell roasts, roasts on toast, rolls, broils on toast. Baltimore broils and many others, clear to the line of oyeter cocktails and oyster omelets. I find the real oyster lover, however the connoisseur takes his oysters more or less straight and principally in two styles. The first is raw, with the tiniest dash of lemon Juice or horseradish, and the second, and to my mind the very best of all. the shell roast

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MESSRS. KLAW & ERLANGER present the young: English actor. MR. MARTIN HARVEY

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A dramatization of Dickens's "A TALE OF TWO CITIES" By the Rev. Dr. Freeman Wills.

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with melted butter and a little pepper and salt. One who has a fondness for oysters to begin with never tires of the savory delights of a shell roast. AVlth impunity and without a fear of ever growing sated or tired, one can eat oysters raw or oysters roasted In the shell 365 days out of every year, with the added day in leap year." MORGUE OF DEAD BOTTLES. Druggist's Complaint of People Who Leave Medicines Uncalled For. New York Press. The woman left the prescription and said she would call for the medicine in half an hour. Til bet 15 she won't." said the clerk. "She just looks like the kind that gets medicine put up for the fun of the thing." "I didn't know there was anybody foolish enough to take their fun that way," remarked the next customer. "Oh, yes, there are such people lots of them," said the clerk. "Seldom a week passes that we do not put up a prescription that is never called for. Why in the world the people who thus neglect their remedies after ordering them compounded will go to the trouble and expense of consulting a doctor is more than I can figure out. If they don't want to take the stuff prescribed they certainly don't have to, but they might at least have the grace to come and take it home after we have gone to the trouble to prepare it. and not throw it back a dead loss on our hands. Why. I've got a regular morgue back there-for the repose of uncalled-for bottles of medicine. 'I keep the stuft indefinitely, hoping that in case the customer has not been carried off by sudden death she will show up again some time and ask for the bottle. If I happen to know the delinquent's address I send it around C. O. D., but people who make a practice of ordering medicine that they never Intend to take are not apt to leave their cards with the druggist. "Most of these nuisances in the drug business are women, and many of their prescriptions have been written by out-of-town doctors several months, or, in some cases, years ago. In such cases the customer probably has no Intention of coming back for the medicine, but merely wishes it compounded through some freakish fancy. In order to guard against loss through such crazy whims we ought, by rights, to demand a deposit on all prescriptions to be called for later on. but such an innovation would undoubtedly bring out a mighty howl, and we have never had the courage to suggest it." Child Can Clean and Polish Shells. A young reader of St. Nicholas asks the editor of Nature and Science the best way to prepare shells for a collection. The answer is given in the February St. Nicholas: First wash clean of mud, etc. An old toothbrush will be an efficient aid. . The soft parts are easily removed after soaking a day in weak alcohol, or the specimen may be placed In a small kettle or other receptacle suitable for the purpose and covered with cold water. Bring to a boiling point. Shells should not be put into water already boiling, as the sudden change of temperature may crack them, or, at least, injure their polish and general appearance. After removing the soft parts by the aid of pin, crooked wire, or small tweezers, pllsh with brush or cloth. Shells that have a skinlike covering may have a very small quantity of vaseline rubbed In to prevent them from cracking when dry. Rub off all extra vaseline with a piece of flannel. Story of a Corot. Hyde's Art News. The strange disappearance of Corot's "Un Carriere, Souvenir d'ltalie" has recently resulted in a lawsuit in Paris. Mme. Guesdon was the owner of the Corot, which she had bought from the ralnter for 3,000 francs. Last year Mme. Guesdon desired to dispose of the picture, and for this purpose intrusted it to her dentist. M. Bereut, who promised to obtain 4,000 francs for it from one of his clients. The dentist placed the painting on the sofa of his waiting room to be inspected by callers. One of the callers tucked the Corot under his arm and walked out of the house. Neither he nor the picture has been seen since. The result was a lawsuit which has now been won by Mme. Guesdon, who was awarded 3,000 francs by the court. Would Svrear Off. What To Eat. "And what." asked Gladys Milllcent de Mcntemorency of Reginald von Shawnesselgh, "and what great resolve have you made for the New Year? What habit are you going to abandon?" "Gladys." whispered Reginald, In a voice that trembled with emotion. "Gladys, I come to-night to tell you that I am going to swear off making love to you with the arrival of the glad New Year." "Oh. Reginald." she faltered. "This Is so sudden." For well she knew, by information and observation, as well as by going to the play and reading modern novels, that lovemaking ceases when the minister's fee is paid. Precocious Chlcaao Kid. Chicago Post. Little Georgle Pullman Lowden. aged six, has had a nice birthday at his grandmother's, and we learn from the records of a contemporary that little Georgle sat at the head of the table and "entertained his guests with repartee and epigram." This is very commendable and interesting, but when Georgle grows up and goes out Into sure enough society he will get all over that. If there is one thing that bores society more than repartee It is epigram. Just plain talk, Georgle, and with no embellishments that require the slightest mental effort on the part of the audience.

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MOM., FEB. 2 TI1K liltEAT OPERATIC CU.MEUV, Feb. 4 Terre Haute, Feb. 5 rr ' i .VTIXli IS SATURDAY 99 MARCUS R. MAYER. has never been paralleled by any other Lr i r i j iorn wona. SEATS READY TUESDAY. ALL THIS VJEEll COSXSDISNNS wmjww EIL WaiLILE Comedy Drama A3IUSEMENTS. FASHIONABLE VAUDEVILLE Week Commencing MONDAY, FED. 2nd CapL Webb's Educated SEALS and SEA LIONS The Greatest Animal Act In the World. Andreassen Bros. European Wonder Balancers. Lizzie Evans & Co. In Farce-Comedy Act. Florence Bindley "The Girl with the Diamond Dresa." Libbey and Trayer In Newest Sketch. George W. Day The Great Monologue Artist. Orth and Fern Musical Comedy Act. Lizzie Wilson The German Maiden. The Bioscope New Spectacular Moving Pictures. Matinee Dolly. All Seats 25 Evenings 15c, 25c, 50c EMPIRE THEATER ffiri ONE WEEK ONLY Commencing Monday Matinee, Feb. 2 . Matinee Daily. Every Night Abs Leavitt's Renlz Sanlley Ca Prices of admission 10c. lSe. 2Sc 60a. Next Week Bon Ton Burlesquera. Telephone 1317. Nw. .xoMr,ireio:v hail. Friday Feb. O, 1903, 8 p. m. STATE INTERCOLLEGIATE ORATORICAL CONTEST ADMISSION 50 CENTS. Tickets on tale at Baldwin A. Co.'s mini tore. 15-147 North Pennsylvania street. 25th ANNUAL MASK CARNIVAL . ....OK TH12.... j Concordia Society A? GERMANIA HALL Thursday Evening. Feb. 5, 1903 ADMISSION 2KES?..!?.?:2SS THE LAMBERT COAL Oh Cor. Southeastern Ave. and Lcota St New phone 2163. Have plenty of Smokeless Cca Just te thing fir furnaces. Plenty of Jackson and Acme. THE SUNDAY JOURNAL $2.50 PER YEAR.

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