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r*»««tat t« Th* ladtosapoii* N*w..i Kokomo, March 19.—The Diamond plataK\*m work* at thi* plae* will resume April 1, of ter. being eloaed down with* run of but week* intorreniageince last July. The company has •ueeeeded in breaking the bark of National Skilled Plate-0 law Worker** Union both at thia place and Elwood, and it i* said a third reduction In wares will attend the resumption. The reduction already ineoWe* a cut of nearly 40 »fc, the additional work put on the i in the syetem now in rorue considered, i Elwood house is now running at ita full ►aoky and the demand for glass is growsteadily, though the prices are lower ever before known in America. Mangit that importation has practiceased and that they now furnish glass h cheaper than England or Belgium can ' it in New York. f-DALTON MLBUKU CASE. > Hope By Friends That Mrs. Schmidt WU1 Be Acquitted, rSpecial to The Indianapolis News.l Kokomo, March 19.—A specidl venire of rn to try Mrs. Augusta Schmidt, v _. „ with the willful murder of Oscar l ’Walton, in Chss county, in October last, been drawn. The trial will begin tomorrow, and it is expected to last a week. The woman, who has been in extremely | poor health, confidently expects to be acquitted. Her confidence is not shared, even by her friends, who regard her case as u desperate one. She has been refused bail in three coarts—the Cass and Howard county Circuit Courts and the Supreme Court, wherd the appeal in habeas corpus ings was recently heard. It is bethat the defense made its strongest possible case in these proceedings, and the Supreme Court, after reviewing tha evideclared in effect that the of guilt was strong.” The represented by Prosecutor

and George Taber, of Logansport, and C. C.

Bhirley, of

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ID COVP DE MAIN.

city, wiil appear for the

woman. Out of nearly $110,000 secured by Mrs. Behmidt as an heir to the estate of the late Baroness Christina Sehingling-Hooper. it is said that very little remains, the money having been wasted in litigation and in Incendiaries Mot To Born Eight Build

tugs Simultaneously.

[Special to The Indianapolis News,]

March 19.—Last Saturday night

other incendiary lire in this

the barn of Joseph Buffert being

So intense was the feeling over us losses within the past few

wseka that fujly 500 people started on a for fhe incendiaries, and William twepty-two years old, and John * * *unior by two years, were found

freight car. They were heavily defiant, but surrendered to a After they had been locked

a full confession was obtained from of ihem, in which they admitted having applied the torch to all the * ''lings burned during the past month, probable that an extra session of court be called to pass upon their cases. The

themselves the “Two Wild

of Peru.” They caught the idea by

i literature. It is believed that hnembers of the gang, and ;elopments are expected. The at band showing that they inmake a grand play Saturday

t by applying the torch to no less than t buildings simultaneously. The build- _ marked lor destruction were found to primed with shavings saturated in oil

and ready for lighting. Protest Recorded

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Against the Saloon,

iSpecial to Tbs Indianapolis News.] ORKBNwdoD, March 19.—Some men by the name of Shann have opened a saloon in this place, much to the dislike of the eitirens. So intense is the opposition that the saloon men can find no boarding-house, neither will the business men sell to them, night a union temperance inass-meet-was held, and the following was toy a vote of over seven hundred

i sentiment of this community

. against the saloon, and we have 1 iu our freedom therefrom, until

", lew days; there lore be it ; we consider ths presence of

Resolved, That we consider ths presence of aloons in our midst as a blot npon our good

a disgrace we ieel deeply.

That we ask the liquor-sellers of

■ town to oease tips business, and to engage

i a mere legitimate business morally.

Resoh e 1, That we ask this in the name of Ood and His cause, with our faces, toward the future of our children and for their sakes. A Farmer Makes an Assignment.

'Special to The Indianapolis New*.]

Mcncib, March 19.—Great suprise was d in Muncie tb-day by the annonneethat Peter Bittner, one of the bestknown fanners in Henry county, had made an assignmeat. The liabilities and assets are not known, but Mr. Riffner was estimated to bu worth about $95,000. He has one of Itbe best farms of IfiO acres of land in the State. It adjoins the town of Mt. Pummit, iu which he also owns considerable real estate. It is thought that the collapse will greatly endanger others in that yieinity. The assignee is not known. An Allege;* Blgnmist Under Arrest.

18peels! to Ths Indianapolis News.)

Richmond, March 19.—For several week* fbe humane society of this city has been investigating the ease of Frank W. Fanning, li being alleged that he ill-treated his wife.

in fear of her life. As a result of it is alleged that previous to e of Fencing to his present wife a wife and child at Belleville,

morning Mr. Fencing was placed r arreat. He atoutiy affirms his inno•ence, but ths police claim the possession

of evidenoo showing the contrary. An Old Railroadsr Killed. [Special «o Ths tndianaoolls News.]

New Albaxt, March 19. — William itamttor, Sr., of this city, was killed last Right in a freight wreck at Lexington, Ky. He was smplovsdon the Pennsylvania road for nearly thirty years as conductor and ^ * 'hi* city. About a year ago

!i ion as conductor on the

on which road he was

was fifty years old and leaves a one son. The remains will be

t bar* for interment.

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Dr. Eggleston Coming. [Ppeetm to The Indian spoils News.l .Moors* Hiix, March 19.—Dr. Edward Indiana novelist, will pay a ; to hi* native Bute in July. Upon his last visit to Indiana Dr. titles ton was working npon a nsw novelof New York Bf*. which will probably be published soon. Am Entire Family Foieened. |Special •» The ladleaapolls N«wu] H UAH so BO, March 19.—The family of J)r. G. C. Hay* partook of pressed chicken it dinnor yesterday, and a few hours later

to convulsions.

, but ths whole is a precarious condition.

had been captured at Greaneaatle, being identified by the stamp* and aome of th* stolen property on their persona Tha losers went to Greencastie to-day to identify th* property. General mate News. M. M. Dunlap i* th* llopubliean nomine* for mayor at Anderson. The police of Richmond ar# warring against the slot machines. The Bloomfield lieuiocrst has entered upon its twenty-sixth year. Wesley Sprunt, was arrested at Hartford city on charge of bnrglary at Celina, O. Floyd county Republicans have indorsed Gen. Jasper Packard lor Secretory of State. Dr. W. S. Allen, one of the oldest practitioners ot DeKalb county, died at Auburn the past week. * The Populace party of Wabash county has placed a ticket in the field headed by Jerry Pantlus ;or Representative. The police commissioners of New Albany at one tell swoop dismissed five patrolmen, who had been remiss in duty. Ex-Speaker Niblack, of Vincennes, is running as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Representative of Knox county. Mrs. 0. W. Musser. wife of a workman in the Pan-Handle shops at Logansport, has inherited $1S,000 by the death of a relative in Germany. Milton Latteridge, employed in the Crosby paper-mill at Marion, was caught in the belting, breaking both legs and an arm. His legs were amnutated. Three hundred employes of the Pendleton window-glass factory went ont on a strike because ths management would not furnish ice in the drinking water. The Hancock county Democracy have nominated John Q. 'White for Representative, and Charles G. Offutt for jndgs of the Eighteenth judicial circuit. Will K. Snavely, for twenty years depnty county clerk of Wabash county, two weeks ago was called to Archer, Fla. He has concluded to remain in Florida. The Tippecanoe county Republicans have nominated Editor Wi liam S. Haggard for State Senator, and Charles W. Becker and Amos Welch for Representatives. Mrs. Delilah Lewis, seventy-seven years old. of Plainfield, is dead. She was the mother of William Lewis, commissioner ot Hendricks county, and Dr. Robert Lewis, of St. Louis. J. A. Creifzbnnr, who went from Indianapolis to Richmond to organize a lodge of Chosen Friends, and afterward became agent in that city for a Masonic insurance company. Is reported to be missing. ’ The Shelby county Democracy has followed the lead of the Floyd county Democracy in calling its best men to the front, and Judge K. M. Hord has been elected chairman of the county central committee. The Third district Democracy ia diecuaaing the possibility that if Congressman Brown is beaten for renomination he will stand as a candidate for judge of the judicial district which incindes the counties of Jackson,Orange and WashingtonH. O. Huffer, a teacher of Farmland, has invented a gas-pipe bomb arrangement lor protection of watermelon patches. Strings run in every direction-from the device, touching any one of which canses an explosion and the flying about of a wide range of missiles. Charles Sparks, a grocer of Columbns, is mysteriously missing. Lgpt Friday night he returned home, saying that ha had been robbed of {40, and a cut in his vest seemed to bear out his claim. Soon a ter he disappeared, and when last seen he was walking toward the river. Mrs. May Sullivan has brought suit at Rochester tor divorce from ••Broncho” John Sullivan. For several years they have been starring through Canada in a “Wild West” show. The plaintiff is a daughter of Major Bidwell, who invented the trolley system for afreet-cars. The Republicans of White county have declared in favor of Charles B. Landis, of the Delphi Journal, as a candidate for Congress In tiie Tenth district. His principal opponent was Judee Wm. Johnson, of Valparaiso, who was the Republican nominee in a hopeless race two years age. The Rev. A. Warren is carrying on a revival at Bcimont, in Brown county, and he has preached se.eral sermons strongly arraigning intemperance and other evils. It is reported that the other nhrht he was waylaid end egcred while milking homeward, because of his outspoken denunciations. While six convicts, sentenced in the Madison Circuit Court, were being transferred to the prison north there was a fight on the train between the prisoners, growing out of a longstanding quarrel over a division of spoils. The deputies stopped the melee, but not until several blows had been exchanged. While school girls in Huntington county were returning home they crossed a field where a stump was burning, and as they looked at the fire a spark ignited the clothing of Junietta Burley, eight years old, and she was burned to death. Her little companions tried to whip ottt the olare with their light capes, failing in which the victim cried to them, “Good-by.” and started to run. When found all of her clothing had burned off save her shoes and garters, and she was dying. Duncan Campbell Lee, is the Earlhamite, which is published by the students of Earlham College, at Richmond, makes the charge in a recent issue that C. L. Overstreet, of Franklin College, who recently participated in the State oratorical contest, made a direct quotation from Olive Schreiner without giving proper credit. Mr. Overstreet’s theme was “The Power of Personality.” Mr. Lee further says, speaking of Mr. Overstreet’s oration, “It is a flagrant case of plagiarism, and the oration i* unworthy of a place in your competition, and its author is unworthy of hu place as an American college man.’’ Commissioner Rronnenberg, of Madison county, lives near the camo grounds of the Indiana Spiritual Association, and he claims that he frequently sees spirits stalking about the camp. The other night he claims that he conversed with the spirit of a sun worshiper. Who gave his name as Rallymore, and who told him that in former ages the grounds were the site of an immense temple dedicated to •piritnalism. Daring later years the temple fell, and as marking the site a spring of water gushed from the rocks, which has continued to flow until the present time. Mr. Bronnenberg insists that the spirit of Rallymore waa fully materialized while the conversation lasted, and that in figure It was that of a powerful Indian chief. Mr. Bronnenberg farther reports that he often sees the spirits of Indians ■talking about, and that tney frequently meet near the old spring and hold councils of war.

flAOGHEY MAY SAY GUILTY.

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_ telegram thieves who,

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and several time ago.

HEADING CIRCLE BOOKS.

N®w Method of Distribution To Adopted—The Objects.

A nsw method of distributing books to the children of the State Reading Circle will be placed in operation this year. There are 150,000 little folks in Indiana who are getting books in this way, and the committee says the Young People’s Reading Circle is reaping many benefits from ita work. Th* circle uses 40,000 books * year. The old method of distribntion has been for retail book-seller* to obtain their books from the publishers and dispose of them at a narrow margin to the members of the circle. Th* plan has been unsatisfactory, the com mi Use says, and this year the books will be sent out from a supply depot located in Indianapolis. The volumes will Ls distributed to school officials and teachers, ss well as to retail dealers, who may wish to handle them. Heretofore the retailers would only handle the books as the orders for them came in. The reading circle ha* two objects in view in its work: To cultivate a desire for good literature among children, and to supply the demand at the lowest price. The distribution this year will begin in Angust, and it is thought that under the new plan the circulation will be more general and with less delay. Where books are sent to retailers they will be placed on deposit, and the store-keepers will receive a small per cent There will

but Secretary Glasscock says it will be so small that the one in charge could not afford to give his exclusive attention to it for the money that is in it. The books for the teachers will be distribnted on the old plan. The hook atore* say they will con*

ire* who tinue to handle all the hooks, and that any

McConl- efforts to “shut them out” will be futile.

v ^gw china closets at Wm. L. Elder's. \ '

SUCH A PLEA UNDER CONSIDERATION BY HI* FRIENDS.

The Plea To Ho Made With a View of Securing: Leniency From the Court—Encampment Fund Suit-Other Court News.

Uniform Rank, in Washington city, next August, and assist in the exemplification of a new Uniform Rank ritual. The division will also contest for a prize in the free-for-

all drill.

There will be a number of prizes, the first being $1,500. A battalion, probably composed of the following divisions from the First Indiana Regiment, will .compete for the battalion prize of $500: Indianapolis Division, No. 2; Many Division, No. IS; Indiana Division, No. 50, and Excelsior Division, No. 43. This battalion captured the five-hundred-dollar prize in Kansas City at the last encampment in August. 1*0*2, Excelsior Division has installed H. C. Castor

captain and H. S. Maudlin recorder. SUPREME COURT RULES.

BOULEVARD DRIVER.

Some Changes Are Under Considera-tion-Oral Arguments—Call Day.

Theodore P. Hanghey, ex-president of the Indianapolis National Bank, may plead gnilty to the charges preferred against him by the United States grand jury, and throw himself on the mercy of the court. It has been suggested to him that this

is the best thing to do, and . 0 p erat j on were adopted five years ago. the proposed step is under consideration „.i

by his friends and attorneys A decision may be reached within the next few days. It ip said that Mr. Haugbey is not averse to

pleaduig guilty,

“Mr. Hanghey is willing to do whatever his friends and attorneys think best,”'said a friend of the ex-bank president to-day. *lt is a serious question to know what

A revision of the rules is contemplated by the Supreme Court The rules now in

It

has not been decided what changes will be made, but one of the important ones will probably be that governing oral arguments. Under the present order oral argument in a case is heard on application of attorneys. This rule is not operating to the satisfaction of the coart. Attorneys take advantage of it as much for tlie reputation of appearing before the court brings as for the real

Suggestion as to Their Maintenance and the Material of Whleb to Build There. To the Editor ot ths Indianapolis Kews: 1 wsa much impressed by your suggestion for s modern macadamized road or what is perhaps a better description, the term yon need, a “boulevard drive.” 1 think this suggestion is worthy oi the csrefuleet investigation. There is an objection to it ana that is, the cost of repairs. A street of this kind is not worth tbs money unless it be kept in perfect repair. This means over any considerable length of street a gang of men, a steam road roller and material. The streets must be kept constantly sprinkled. 1 presume it would be fair to charge the sprinkling to the propertvholders in the street. But it certainly would not be lair to charge the property-holders with the constant repair that a street of this kind must have. How costly this repairing is I do not know. This is a thing that ought to be

ascertained.

I believe that a street made in this way, running far into the country or to the edge of town, then connected with a cross road to another street, and this other street coming

south ia all ths vast territory referred to < above. Th* first street, Jeck (re-named Oot- j tag* Homs avenne), runs three squares west irum Shelby, makes an unnecessary jog of i half a square to the south, thence runs west Vi A 1 #* A ACVIV A VA A Vt/i Ia K VAS< Kv RfFSTTflh/t. *

half s square and is blocked by •‘acre” ground. Weghorst street begins at East street, runs two squares east and is effectually blocked by improved property with no prospect of outlet to Shelby street. Lincoln Lane ing at Madison avenue, crosses Bast and two squares east is blocked by property. The same is true of the nei

property,

south, Gresham, two squares

down through the city paved in the same way,

elightiui “boulevard drive”

which would greatly

The and,

should be done in a case of this kind. ; nece88 jty 0 f arguing a controversy, where a man is technically guilty, and . 0 r jj U uje n ts have been * numerous, mi..,

yet, as we believe, never intended to com- j w j,et.her the care is important or not, a half !

nut a wrong. Mr. Hanghey got beyond his | d j(| consume d bv the attorneys in their depth in attempting to sat «»* »«*»« up in j , U temenU. In the proposed change, the business and the trouble was aggravated court wilJ can for arguments when it by the failure of Fletcher <fc fcharpe. Ihe i ^ es i re ^ Attorneys may apply for a atlairs of his bank became worse und worse ; hearing but unless the court sees a necessity tangled, until thev were hopelessly I _;n . ^

would make a delightiui “boulevard drive’ 1

enhance the attractive-

ness of our city. "We congratulate onrseives some times at our progress here, but if we come to sec ourselves as others sec us we will see that wc are a city without drives, without

parks.

As to this boulevard drive, I know something about the material in this region. It wonla not be wise to make any experiments with the

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, - until they were hopelessly ) for itf u win not Krant one

’ Turning ouestioner, this i A rale tbat has become obsolete is that of • friend of Mr. Haugbey asked : if you were { ho ] d j ng a “call day.” Ten years ago this a member of the jury, and it was proved wa s an important event m the opening of that he is guilty of these charges, would ; a lerni 0 f court. Seven or eight hundred jou vote to put him to death/ 1 hat ; attoriie y. 8 a{18eiu b] e d with their cases under is what g verdict of guntv would tbeir arms, and, unless a case was submitted mean. He could live only a short J when calle d for> j t did not appear on the ! time in prison. In considering docket. At present cases are sent to the i whether or not he should be advised to j c]erk of the court and are often p] iice d on j

a1* sv Yr St * zlrv’sr ^

as a

laterial for roads, it will not stand heavy heels; it crashes into powder. It is, indeed, nothing but a harder chalk. But we have beneath us- and in the beds of an aonnaance of bard gravel, granite, trap rock and which, if crushed and then

founda-

(with the been the

a good gravel

rolled level

plead guilty hi. friends must bear in mind , the docket three months before “call day.” that juries are sometimes sympatheiic. ; When this day comes now sometimes only It is said that if the mends of Mr. j nnp 8n d nossiblv no attorneys are in at-

Haughey can get anv assurance that he will be dealt with lightly by the Court he will be advised to enter a plea of guilty.

In the Police Court.

George Coleman, colored, charged with stealing a watch from Thomas Miller, and George Ousley, charged with stealing a carrier pigeon, were bound over to the grand

jury.

William Fulsky, who used to board with Florence Landes, at No. 1 Chesapeake street, went to the house and got into a fight with an unknown man. Mrs. Landes tried to separate the fighting men, and Fulsky turned on her and bit a piece ont of her shoulder. Mrs. Landes exhibited the wound to Judge Stubbs. Fnlsky was fined $100 and sentenced to 180 days in the workhouse. v Frank Williams was arrested by patrolman Tieban for loitering. While on the way to the station the prisoner escaped. A few minutes later the officer was standing in front of the Indiana National Bank when Williams came to him, and begged alms. The officer took a tighter hold on him and got him to the station this time. H« was fined $5 and costs. Eight negroes were in court this morning for shooting craps in a cellar under a saloon at the corner of Agnes and Elizabeth streets. They had their cases continued until Thursday. Charles Sims was arrested for beingdrunk on Saturday night. His name was called, but he could not be found. The judge waa about to forfeit his bond when an officer said that the man had got drunk again as soon as be was released on bond, and was again in the police station. Thomas McHugh, who keeps a saloon at California and Maryland streets, was fined $20 and costs for selling liquor on Sunday. The Judge said that the tine was heavy because the prisoner had sold liquor to a little girl. Thomas Neeley, who keep* a egloon in Shelby street, was fined $10 and costs for giving liquor away on Sunday. He explained that he had tome men clipping a horse for him, and that he invited them in to have a drink after the work was done. There was a marriage in Police Court this morning. Noah Fritz and Laura Green, both colored, were before Judge Stubbs. The Judge asked the man wtoy he had not married the woman. He replied: “Why, Your Honor, it takes money to get married. I didn’t have no means.” The woman had enough money to pay for a license, and one was procured. The Judge performed the eeremouy. John ami Twvtna Straight Sued. The Merchants' National Bank of Cincinnati ha* began suit in the Circa it Court against John Streight and Lavina Streight, asking judgment on twenty-eight notes aggregating $35,000. It is alleged that the note* were accepted by the bank during 1883, bat that since then, to hinder and defraud his creditors, John Streight has conveyed lands inherited from his father’s estate in this counto and Newton county to Lavina Streight. The bank asks that the conveyances be set aside and judgment given against Streight for the amount asked. The defendant is a son of the late Abel D. Streight, who died and was buried at his borne in East Washington street east of the city. The Encampment Fnnd Suit. The return of the writ in the suit of the city against John W. Murphy and others and the Commercial Club, to recover $17,000 of encampment funds, was to have been made to-day. The defense wifi be represented by A. Q. Jones. Mr. Jones haa not entered his appearance in the case. He says he has been too busy to examine the ease at all. and that he will take no steps in it for some time yet. The rule as to returns, the court officials say, is not iron-clad and it is not customary for answers to be filed on return day. Frequently attorneys do answer on return day to expedite business. Cline’s Suit For Slander. Renben Cline is suing Isaac Myers, in the Circuit Court, before special Judge McCullough, for $10,000 damages for slander. The plaintiff alleges that he was the pastor of the West Union Baptist church, near North Indi&napolia; that Haao Myers, in April, 1893, before a number of persons, at Greenleaf Hall, in West Indianapolis, said that he (Cline) wasabarrel-house;Christian; tbat he went to the barrel-house and got a drink when bethought nobody was watching, and that he (Cline; had “lifted his right hand and swore to a lie.” Cline alleges that these utterances were wholly without foundation. Ready To Serve On the Jurj. Every chair in the Circuit Court this morning was full, and the entrance-way was blocked with men who made no effort to get out of the way wheo an attorney or other peraons had ocoasion to enter. The men wbo stood about the door were mostly professional jurymen, who never took their eyes off the bailiff when he was hunting another talesman. At 10:30 the jury was accepted, and in thirty seconds the entrance to the court-room was unobstructed.

one and possibly

tendance.

The judgment, with interest, . those who voted against the adoption of a city

ts to $'*14. government.—Editor J* bws.J

Proceedings Against Campbell. Sarah E. Kessler, who got judgment

against Robert Campbell, of the police force, for illegal assault and imprisonment in 1878, to-day began proceedings supplemental to exeention before Judge Harper. Campbell was asked to appear March 24 before the Court and explain with reference to property that he may haye subject to ex' ecution. The judg ‘ * *

now amounts to $294.

Court Notes.

Judge Brown has continued the Wallace child case until next Saturday for further

hearing.

Henry S. Hobbs is suing the Citizens’ Street Railroad Company in Judge Bartholomew’s room for $10,000. He alleges that io a collision between oars at Washington and Illinois streets a piece of glass entered his ear, cansing deafness. To Go Before the Supreme Lodge. Excelsior Division, No. 43, U. R. K. of P., of this city, haa been chosen by J. R. Carnahan, major-general of the Uniform Rank, to go before the Supreme Lodge of the World, and also the officers and members of the

The Bicycle in Its Place. To the Editor of The Indlananolis News: I see by The N kwb that bicvcles are to be kept off the sidewalks. No doubt The News re oioes as it has advocated this lor some time. Now I ask, will the police see that we get due recognition in the streets? Nine out of ten drivers pay no attention to wheelmen. They come dashing at you, edge you against the curb or in front ot an electric car. It is well enough for some to say “don’t turn out.” What chance has a bicycle in a collision with a horse or vehicle? No doubt we could get damages, but at the risk of a broken neck or limb. Wheelmen are not only willing bnt pre er to ride in the street when it is improved. A rider Js seldom, if ever, seen on the sidewalks ot Illinois or Pennsylvania streets. Some of the streets are nesrfy impassable for wagons, how, then, can a rider keep his equilibrium in the rats and chuck-holes. We do not wear pr tear the streets, vet we pay our taxes without a murmur, hoping for improved streets. This alone shows we are more than willing to nse them when possible. Bicycle riding is no longer a mere pastime. When the masses nee sn article it is a sure sign of its necessity. Clerks, bookkeepers, carpenters, bricklayers, ironworkers, and every branch of labor is represented by the bicycle nder. Why, then, frame a law to make a wheel useless? I voice the wishes ot every whee man when I ask that we be allowed to use the sidewalk where the streets are not improved. The eye e is not a death-dealing machine nor a menace to Hie or property. The mass of riders have nothing in common with the ew who rush heedleesly along the sidewalks. knocking people down. They are no more responsible and liable tor these acts than all drivers are, because one of their number drives furiously down the street. Now tor three thousand wheelmen, I ask that we be given a chance. Settle the cycle question by giving us miles of good streets. Hakry L. Bonn. To the Editor of The Indianapolis News: In Wednesday’s issue of your estimable paper I see that Superintendent Powell has declared hie intention ot rigidly enforcing the sidewalk ordinance. Such action would be very commendable if our streets were in a passable condition. Indianapolis has a few good streets, bnt aside from those lew the rest would be a disgrace to any country village. I live on a principal street, and at no time of the year is It fit to ride over with a bicyqle. If I wish to go down town I must ride one mile oa the sidewalk to get to a street which is fit to ride on. There is no wheelman who would ever ride on a sidewalk at all if the streets were decently paved. W’e think it would be a good idea to put the streets in good condition and then it is time enough to en'.orce such laws. All we want is fair play. Eniorce the laws where the streets are in good condition and no one will say a word against it. Fair Plat. Streets—Highway*. To the Editor of The Indianapolis News: The discussion of legal questions by newspapers and their contributors is often funny and sometimes ludicrous. What has been published concerning the decision of Judge Brown in the Big Four sidewalk case belongs to this class. By a brief examination of the statutes and the rales and precedents established by a long and uniform line of decisions by the Supreme Court, it will readily be seen that the decision of Jndge Brown is correct. The statute in relation to driving upon sidewalks is as tollowa: “It shall be unlawful lor any person to ride or drive upon the brick, ■tone, plank or gravel sidewalk of any town, or village, or upon any similar sidewalk for the use of oot-passeugers by the side of any public highway in this State, onless in the necessary act ot crossing the same.” Section 4898, R. S., 1894. Section 4399 prescribes the penalty for a violation of Section 4398.

packed on tion and

sand left ont, which has

bane of our former gravel streets), would, I believe, make one of the firmest loundations and hardest roads in the world. But these stones or bowlders must be broken. They will then compact under a roller, whereas, the round pebbles will not. A little clay woald be pre erable to sand as a cement if it were necessary, for the sand being mostly the result of the attrition of limestone and other small pebbles, is easily ground into powder,

making dust and mud.

The old National rofcd, which ran through what is now Washington street, was^made of broken bowlders, or as they called them in the olden days “niggerheads.” These were all ! broken by hand- Surely there never has been : a better road in ibis country than those six or ! seven miles through this city of the National road, over which a large part of the early population of Illinois, towa and Missouri

traveled. '

I urge that an investigation (and it will have to be a genuine scientific investigation) be made to see whether we have not the proper material here for making a proper boulevard drive. I believe we have, and nave it in abundance. and I believe such a boulevard drive as you suggested, and as in the way I have farther suggested, made of the right material, would be a good and an attractive thing tor Indianapolis. Silkx. Indianapolis, March 17.

street. Thornton street, three squares east ot East street, is lorever rendered uscfTfess by Pleasant ran, the street for two squares or

more running in the bed o' that creek.

Shall this condition of streets be continued at the behest ot obstructionists who tear that taxes on their land will be higher if streets are opened and imnroved? The plea is made, it is understood, that valuable ground would have to be condemned! which leads to the query. Is this a city, or a village, which? The probability is that the taxaole value of the condemned ground would not make a very big sum ot damages. I write this at the request of a large number o' citizens in the streets named, many of whom are paying lor homes through building associations G. L.

A Lnnulocked Neighborhood. To the Editor ot The Indianapolis News:

Under promise of the present mayor, if elected, that the Sooth Side should not be discriminated against in the matter of nnblic improvements, the Sonth Side br >ke away from the Democrats and suoported Mr, Danny, believing that his administration would open a

new era for South Side improvements.

Several hundred acres of land bounded by Sanders street on the north, Shelby street on the east, Raymond street cn the sonth. and East street on the west, hae no system of streets and no outlets except by the route used in going into this land of Egypt, save

possibly one street, and it is one of jogs.

Soon after Mr. Denny came into office he promised to go with his Board of Works, in company witn a number of Soath-Side citizens, who have no axes to grind, and make a careful survey of this Egypt, and decide on a system ot opening and improving streets. The promised visit has never been made, and now the citizens are demanding that something ■hall be done, and that Egypt shall have at least a few streets that are not a series of jogs made for the purpose of accommodating themselves to the whims of certain property-

owners.

In Conclusion, in justice to Mr. Denny, we desire to say that the same property-owners are still waiting and snxions to make the promised visit with him and bis Board of Works, at the expense of the citizens, tor ths

THIS WEEK, OF MARCH 1*, TH* LAST ••A Trip Around the World" To Close With Saturday. Those of Ths Nsw* readers who bav* failed to procure th* Great Btoddard Trip Around the World Portfolios and tb* World’s Fair Views are given one more opportunity this week. The coupon i* printed on the 5th page for the last week.

SOCIETY AND CLUB Ml

Cociarr -* MYRTLE O Pythian Mstora. wlU Tuesday *v suing, la tM Delaware, New York an

Delaware, New

same purpose orn

originally in vest lea

„ . ons apply to all public highways. What are public highways? Streets in cities and towns are public hiebways. State va. Mathis, 21Ind., 277; State vs. Berdi — - - - —

Ind., 9. Sidewalks are a part of the street. State va Berdetta, 73 Ind., 185; City of Kokomo vs. Mahan. 100 Ind.. 242. The obstraction of a highway Is a nnblic nuisance. Sections2153 and 2154, R. 8., 1894, prescribes penalties tor erecting or maintaining nublic nuisances. In the case of the State vs. Berdetta, 73 Ind., 185, the Supreme Court held tbat the obstraction of a portion of the

State statute. Section 1709, R. 8., 1894 (in force since September 19. 1881), provides that where an act is punishable under a State law, oities nor towns shall not enforce ordinances to punish for the same act. For a construction of this section see Indianapolis vs. Hnegels,

115 Ind., 581.

It is unlawfnl to ride or drive npon the sidewalk of any town or village. The term “town” is generic and incindes cities. Flinn vs. State, 24 Ind., 286. Would it not be well tor newspaper writers to investigate a little more before making wholesale denunciation of judicial decisions and trying by ridicule to bring our courts into disrepute? B.

West Indianapolis Annexation. To the Editor ot The Indianapolis News:

In answer to an article in Saturday’s News, asserting that none bnt Democrats are circulating petitions in West Indianapolis asking the City Council to annex us, I would say that this is not true. ‘ Men who on Thursday voted for a city government are now signing the petitions lor annexation, under the belief that the movement for city incorporation has proved to be nothing but a Republican scheme. Republican candidates are already in the field seeking nominations for the various offices. A number who voted for city incorporation have since decided that they made a mistake, as the signatures to the petitions will show. It is to bto hoped that Indianapolis will receive us with open arms. In conclusion, let me say tbat 1 have seen only one of the varions petitions in the hands of a Democrat, so that tney are not being circulated only by

the Democrats. H. C. Cox,

138 River avenne.

West Indianapolis. March 19.

(Mr. Cox seems to have misunderstood The News article which read,“‘The defeated party at Thursday’s election is circulating petitions for annexation,” etc. The defeated ones were

Clean Streets Need No Sprinkling. To the Editor of The Indianapolis News: The merchants on Washington and Pennsylvania streets will make a great mistake if they contract for sprinkling that thoroughfare os in former years. These streets should be kept dean, and there will he no need for water to be thrown on them to keep down the dost. In other oities it is not allowed, the contractors being compelled to keep the street thoroughly swept according to agreement. The mud plaster of other years made it impossible for a carriage to pass along without getting drenched with slime. The bicyclists should be kept off the sidewalk only when the streets are in decent order. These gentlemen (and ladies) are taxed for the use of their wheels and should be given decent streets to ride upon. Down with the sprinkling cart! Ssapbb.

South Side Thoroughfare Wanted. To the Editor of The Indianapolis News: During the Sullivan administration efforts were at various times made by property owners south of Sanders street, and between Shelby and East streets, to have some of the streets in that territory opened through. But it developed that somebody was influential enough to make good his boast of having a “pull” by preventing any action, except in the case of the partial opening of Jeck street. The old Board oi Works promised repeatedly that Lincoln Lane, Gresham and other streets should be opened and improved, but it was not done. The innocent citizens were led to believe that a change of administration with a new Board of Works would secure to them tbeir rights, but thus far not a move has been made. Believing with Tue News that Indianapolis has outgrown village proportions, the citizens owning real estate within the boundaries of Shelby, East, Sanders and the Belt railroad ask to be accorded the rights of citizens of a city, and demand the opening of streets that will give them access to main thoroughfares. Here is the situation: There is not one continuous street east and west or north ana

contemplated, to

some plan that will derive the most good for the greatest number ot people. South-Sides.

As to Saloons.

To the Editor of The Indianapolis News: In your issue of to-day your reporter quotes me as saying that I was opposed to “saloonkeepers and gamblers generally.” I did not say this. What I did say was I was opposed to gambling. The saloon question was not mentioned and I certainly had no reason lor

making such a remark.

In all .'airness, I think that when informar tion is sought by a newspaper the information

should be published as received.

Major Taylor.

Indianapolis, March 16. [The reporter who interviewed Major Taylor isacareiul and experienced newspaperman. He says Major Taylor was emphatic in his condemnation o: gambling houses and saloons; that he spoke ot both, and he (the reporter) thought the “saloon” utterance was part of the interview. The reporter inrther says that ex-Councilman Smith was present at the time and also condemned saloons, and that both Mr. Smith and Mr. Taylor said they “had no use for them.”—Editor Thb News.]. First Signs of the Spring Revival. Throngs of people passing into Wasson’s store, 12, 14, 18 and 18 W. Washington sti, or stopping to look in at the windows, were evidences oi the success of the spring opening there to-day. The signs went lurther. They seemed to indicate that the revival of trade—at least, in the lines so liberally represented by Wasson’s, had come. Within was a splendid exhibition of the trade. The newspaper reading public has long ago learned that these “openings’’ are the “best free shows on earth.” To-day’s was not an exception. The goods especially attractive, of course, were those incident to Easter and th* spring

Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report.

ABSOLUTELY PURE ... Must Hui’e Elbow Room Our Spring Goods are arriving daily and crowding us for room. J^or one week more our sale of SPRING OVERCOATS, of last year’s stock, will continue at the best bargain prices ever known. 112 and $i5 Overcoats at $8.68 $15, $18 and $2o Overcoats at $il,68 Every one strictly all wool.

SPRING HATS Just opened an elegant line of PEARL FEDORAS* with black bands, very stylish, worth $2, but, as a flyer, we make the price 50. Derbys in Youman, Knox and Dunlap styles.

ORIGINAL EAGLE. 5 and 7 West Washington Street Hat Department, 16 South Meridian Street.

CARPETS

All-Wool All-Wool, extra heavy

59c 60o

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76 and 78 West Washington Street.

SlartinavlIlF Water Is • Ufs-pressrvsc. Bottled right at ths spring. J. Metzukr A Ca Sole AgMts. Telephone 407.

13 W. Wash St. THE ic 1110c STORE

Monday M?vriuo^»Oy»

A. IZOR, Secretary.

iLMH. W. M

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(Monday evening at 7:80 o clock.I

•MOBd dHMS. \ cA'r BITTER. W. M.

H. I, JACOBSEN, sssretary. ♦

CoctRTT - M AHON IO - AN t’l ENT LANDO mark* Eod**. Ns 3197F. and A. M special meeting thia (Monday) evening nt 7:30 o'clock. Uork in eecond degree.^ jj UK jxk. W. ML WILLIS R. MINOR, Secretory. * m

fc>ot?rrY-MAaONIO-M O No. 308, V. and A

MYSTIC TIE LoiHi*

Moaonic Temple at 7:30 tot* erentog. “oTworL in third degree. Vl«KW.g brethren wifi be cordially welcomed. WII.HI’ll V. BROWDEH, W. M.

WILL 13 D. ENOLE. Secretary.

Cociarr-HTAR LODGE. O will confer the eerand

K. OF F., Tuesday,

SALE

IN

FULL

BLAST

Our entire stock cf Dry Goods, Notions, Crockery, Glassware, Tinware, Woodenware, Etc., damaged by fire on the night oi January 23, must be closed out at

T -_ wo. $,

will confer the uccoiid mi)lc on * utymn*■*, evening. March 20 Visiting brother* welcome. Lodge open* 7 30 p m By order of tue lodge.

N. W. BRYANT, C. C.

F. A. BLANCHARD, K of R. and A

Qoci«Tr~I. a O. F. —HruOLAR MEETING t? of Center Lodg*. Na 18. t O. O. F . Tueeday. March 20. at 7:3U p. m.. in 'Irand Lodge Hail. Work in Initiatory and third d«gT«ea. Member* are requested to ntteud. Vteitore tnvitod.

ORO. P. ANDKR80N. Per. Sec.

Qocrrrv—REGULAR XERT1 NO *TO-NIUHT © of Pytha*ora* Lodge. Na 380. X. of R. at Castle Hall, corner MMaarhUwtu ave. end BeUef on Mine at., at 7:30 o’clock. Work in Knight*

rank. Visiting brothers welcome.

H. D. MA88ETT. a O.

E. A. BM1TH, K. of R. B.

WANTED HELP— WOMEN - GIHL8 VTJ anted—A GIRL FOR OENERAL HOUSEif work. 237 E. Vermont *t.

IV antrd - COMPETENT COOK IN FRIvate family. Reference. 2K2 Central eve. YVastrd-GIRL, WHITE, GENERAL VT housework. Good cook. Reference. 711

N. Illinois st.

GENERAL German pre-

TV antkh-UOOD oIrL FOB

7 7 housework m small family, ferred. 1024 N. Meridian.

\V AMTKD—GIRL FOR GENERAL HOI’BE77 work, in •mall family. Apply et the drug •tore corner Central eve. end Ninth sk Bring

references.

WANTED_ MISCELLANEOUS.

\V ci^akea^Addrref c 19 M N \\7 AHTRD—GOOD, SECOND-HAND B FLAT 77 cornet; must be cheep, Address Y 18,

News.

\Vavtrd—TO TKADE FOR EQUITY IN »7 email property. DORMaN N. DAVID8QN. 84 K. Market. \Vahtrp—TEETH f4 AND GUARANTEED 77 all this week at the NATIONAL. 40% K Washington. Free sad painless extract merntng*.

w antkd-bituationb.

ClTtfATION Wantxd—BY GOOD COOKS ANO O house girls at ths old reliable EMPLOYMENT

AOENCY, 76% K. Washington.

Oirravion Waxtxjb—IN REAL ESTATE OFO gee by active party, having very extensive acquaintance and thorough knowledge ot city; best of references. Addresa D 13. care News.

TO LET-ROOMS.

'0 Lrt-FURNIBHBD rooms.

Market.

37% W.

'Do I JET—THREE NICE UNFURNISHED 1 rooms. 340 N. Delaware. rfo Let—THREE UNFURNISHED ROOMS. 1 bath and gas. 26A W. Vermont. rro Let—WELL FURNISHED ROOMS; ALSO JL housekeeping. 17 8. Mississippi. J T° LKT^TWOUNFURrflsitBD ROOMS FOR j X light housekeeping at 107 N. New Jerssy. 'I'o Let—NEAT AND NfeWLY FURNISHED X and unfurnished rooms. 173 N. Alabama. 'Do LET-LARGE. SPLKNDID, FURNISHED X front room, with board, cheap. 88 W. Qhla q'o let-furnished double pahlorh. X sleeping rooms, board, bath. 321 N. Illinois. T® Let—FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED L rooms. 166 E. North st. MRS. U. A. BEOCKLINQ. TO LKT-HOU8B*. 'Po Let—106 AND 108 FLETCHeVA VR, 1 seven rooms, modsrn; 70 N. Liberty st, six

rooms, gas.

'po Let-NEW HOURS, RIGHT ROOMS. I vestibule and alcove; nicely papered. Inquire 340 Clifford ave. 'po Lkt-THREE-BOOM COTTAGE. FOUR 1 squares from postoffees water and gas; $10 aontb. Inquire 156 K. Michigan st

once.

Store open at 9 a. m.

DIED.

SIMONSKN-Catharlna, Saturdi

68 Buchanai

al T01

ay. March 17, ■n st., agesev.

years Funeral Toeeday. Varch 20,

residence. Friends invited.

1 p. in., at residence. 1 euty-three years. Fui 2 p. m., at residence.

DAWSON—Capt. T., died Saturday, March 17, 1894, at 6:20 p. m., age fifty yeare. at residence, 439 E. North st. Funeral servlcee from nt. Joseph’s church Tuesday at 0 a. m. Friends inLYNN—Ponnelln, mother of John, Benjamin F. and the late Stephen C. Wilson, died bunday March 18, 1894, at 2 a. m.. age seventy-nine years, at residence, 133 Elizabeth st. Funeral servlcee at house Tuesday nt 2 p. m. Friends 1«-

vited.

Card of Thanhs. For the msny kind acts and words Of irt • sympathy extended to us during the Illness am. at the funeral of our beloved daughter by our many friends, we desire to offer our slncerest thanks Especially do we thank Dra. Compton and Runnels, Dr. Allen and Drs. Jameson for their earnest effort and deep interest they took lb our darling, believing they did aU they could to effect a cure. Respectfully, Mr. asd Mrs. Joseph B. Ham. Pearl, the only child of Martha and Joseph Hall, was born JuIyS, 1881. at Cedar Grove. Ind., and died at the home of her parents in Indianapoll#. March 10,1894. She was a warm-hearted, obedient and loving child, the idol of her parents, and loved by all wbo knew her. During her brief but severe Illness she bore her intone* suf-

of St period

rei>oated the Lord's prayer. She had. for i time before her lost illness, been a pupil Joseph Academy, and within that brief her teacher and classmates had become; attached to her and came In a body to the fi bearing beautiful flowers and knelt nroand the casket, holding the remains of their departed friend. An appropriate and touching funeral

R. N. L.

FUNERAL DIRECTORS.

The Fire In the Cook Stove as the days grow warmer, begins to give an noyance and discomfort. It is a foolish housewife who will do her own baking at this season, for she can get fresh every day at her grocers PARROTT & TAGGART’S BREAD v and Crackers.

J7uvxral Directors— O. E. KBEGXLO A WHITBETT. „ Carriages to Crown Hill, $2.fi0. ’Phone 564. CHART.ES t. whttsbtt, Residence telephone, 57a vi. ,■ , ..'..jjr LOST. f ost—GOLD EYE-GLASSES; FROM 161 ST. Xj Mary to Tabernacle church. Reward at above number. f o«T - SATURDAY; POCKETBOOK CGNLj coining 02.03. Return to 34 Osgood st, West Indianapolis.

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