Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 February 1898 — Page 9

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2

1898.

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CASHIER QUINLAN RESIGNS

LOANED *893,000 OF THE HANK’S MONET WITHOUT AUTHORITY.

T9e Confe««ion Mmle by the r*«hl«*r of the (hemleal X»tton*l Hank of New Tork-HU Letter to the Director*.

New York. February 2.—William J. Quinlan. Jr, caahler Of the Chemical National Bank, ha* resigned hi* position. He acknowledged in a letter to the director* that he had loaned $393,000 of the bank* money without coneultina the president, and knowing that the director* would not approve of the action. He dented that he profited by the loans. Mr. Quinlan * letter of resignation Is *8 follow** ' _ New York, January 31, 1898. To the Directors of the Chemical National Bank: Gentlemen—Within the last few months I have made loan*, without consulting the president, to the amount of about $393,000 on collaterals which I know that you would not approve, and hence I have concealed theae loans from you by methods which were not Eight. I have not been interested personally in them, and have not received a dollar of the proceed* of them, nor in but one Instance received any benefit from them, and then but for & moderate amount; nor have I speculated to the extent of a single share In Wall street. My error has arisen from the over-confidence In the representations of those to whom these loans were made, and while I hope eventually no loss will arise from them. I acknowledge the justice of the request for my resignation, which Is hereby presented. both as a director and as a cashier ot the Chemical National Bank. This terminate* a faithful service (until the above) of thirty-six years to the Institution which has Justly been the pride of my life. Respectfully, WILLIAM J. QUINLAN. Jr. The loans made by Mr. Quinlan ware on Western securities of various kinds, and were negotiated by Francis Grable, a promoter, of land, mining and Irrigation scheme*. The first known of the affair by President Williams was phen Quinlan called upon him at his home on Sunday lajst and made a full statement of the transaction. It Is con- ( ceded that Qulnian. a* cashier, had the power to make the loan, but it Is believed that In a transaction Involving so large an amount of money he should have consulted t£e president. Mr. Williams, president of the bank, said to-day: ‘•We think that absolutely the worst is known, and we are strongly fn the hope that Mr. Quinlan's expectations are true, and that a large, part of the money will be recovered. We would 1 rather face the matter and let the public I know the whole truth." y The Bank Is 8tron*. The Chemical National Bank is one of the most prosperous Institutions of Its . kind In the country, and should all the . amount loaned by Mr. Quinlan prove a I loss, the bank's credit would not be affected. Its shares of the par value of • IK®, have sold for more than $4,000 each I within a short time The directors are: I George O. Williams. James A. Roosevelt, Frederick W. Btevens and Robert i Godot. Cattbler Quinlan also was a director. The latter is fifty^hree years old. During the twenty yearn he was cashier he never took a vacation. Francis Hatpin, assistant cashier, is , acting cashier of the bank, pending the selection of a successor to Mr. Quinlan. The amount loaned to Grable was $200.000.: John 8. Silver, of this city, representing a carbon company, obtained $1W,Q00. ~ OWED THE CHEMICAL NATIONAl* The Krag-Reynolds Company Borrowed 920,000 from It. The mortgages filed by the Krag-Reyn- • olds Company at the time of Its failure to Lafayette Perkins, trustee, show a New York Indebtedness of $150,000 "to banks and other creditors, ’ In the shape of eleven promissory notes. The names of the holders of these notes are not ‘given, but it la stated that Frank L. Bheldon and Lafayette Perkins were made trustees for them. • Sheldon is a New York broker, who \ secured the loans for the company. Per1 Mns was named as a local trustee. Mr. Perkins ways that each but one of the eleven notes named In the mortgage represents an indebtedness to a different bank, and that It was not desired to name the banks In the mortgage. • The eleventh note was due to a commercial firm. The mortgage states that .there are three notes for $10,000. two for $111,000, three for $20,000, two for $15,000 and on* for $30,000. The indebtedness'is thus scattered among ten banks. A. C. Harris, who has been representing the New York banks, said that the indebtedness to the Chemical National is $20,000. w. A. Krag was seen at his home. 1207 I North Pennsylvania street, this after- ! noon. He said he knew nothing about ' the rotations of the Krag-Reynolds Company and the Chemical National Bank of New York. "You know," said Mr. Krag, "I have repeatedly said that I knew nothing of the financial management of the company. I do not know even now what banks we borrowed from or how. much we got from each. Mr. Reynolds had charge of that part of the business and he negotiated all of ithe loans. I don’t know whether we had Un authorised loan from the Chemical National Bank or not. Mr. Reynolds could tell you. probably, but he is out of tbs city. Up to the time the firm suspended I did not know how much money we owed. I had charge of the stock and the salesmen." Mr. Krag seemed surprised when told that the cashier of the Chemical National .Bank had resigned, but did not believe the connection of the Krag-Reynolds 'company with ths Chemical National Bank nad anything to do with his resignation. Krag-Reynolds Sole Postponed. Attorneys in the Krag-Reynolds receivership case appeared in Superior Court, room 1 this afternoon to consider the question of proceeding with a sale of the company’s stock In bulk, as requestled by the receiver. It was agreed to f postpone action for two weeks, pending • progress in the negotiations for a settlement with the company's creditors. RIGHT OF D0IA1N VS. COHTRACT. ' A Claim that la an Error to Exchange One for the Other. Terre Haute. Ind.. February 2.—R. B. Stimeon. employed by the Cfty Council I to conduct the proceedings looking to i opening Ohio street across the Bvangvlile f* Terre Haute railway tracks, has ad- ' dressed an open letter to the Cnty Council. informing the councllmen that they have made a mistake In requesting the city commissioners to defer action until

a committee of citizens could negotiate with the railway company for an amicable settlement. He asserts that It is unwise to relegate the right of eminent domain for that of contract, and further claims that Mayor Ross, who engineered the appointment of the citizens' committee, kept him in ignorance of the contemplated dan! for fear he would appear before tne Common Council and defeat it. Mr. Stlmaon also cites the fact that the E. & T. H. Railway Company is mortgaged for $17,000,000, with 5 per cent. Interest, payable in gold, and he calls attention to the recent experience of the City Council in contracting with an insolvent railway company, having reference to the street railway.

TWO SCORES OF LIVES

Washington, D. C., February 2.—The executive committee of the National Sound Money League, organized In Chicago soon after the last national election, held a conferance here to-day with some of the State vice-presidents of the league. The meeting was without special significance. and no formal announcements of any kind were issued. Among those present were President Gebrgo E. Leighton, of 8t. Louis; M. E. Ingalls, of Cincinnati-, John K. Cowen. of Baltimore; H. P. Robinson. of Chicago; Secretary E. V. Smalley, of St. Paul; W. C. Cornw’ell, of Buffalo; William A. Blair, of North Carolina; John B. Jackson, of Pittsburg, and W. H. Royal, of Virginia. A letter written by ex-Governor Morrill, of Kansas, was read In wttieh he stated that the sound money sentiment was rapidly gaining ground In his State, and. In his judgment, would carry the State If divested of all other Issues, State and local. Mr. Royal, in a brief address, said that the people of Virginia had been lead Into the silver movement by reason of the want of sufficient currency to meet business requirement*, and that should a better banking system be established by which the smaller cities and towns could have banking privileges, the people w'ould have little Interest in silver. Other speakers expressed the same Idea. A proposition was made looking to a consolidation of the league with the Indianapolis monetary movement, but the sentiment of the meeting was against it on the ground that the Indianapolis movement had for its prime object reform In banking legislation, w^hlle the league more particularly advocated the gold standard. The conference* adjourned to meet in Chicago some time in April next.

CINCINHATI-LOUISYILLE DEAL.

Hoy, Ritchey and Ehret Exchanged for Pitcher Hill.

LouisviHe, Ky.. February 2.—The londelayed deal between the Louisville and Cincinnati clubs was concluded to-day, and as a mult Hill, the crack pitcher of the Louisville ciub. goes to Cincinnati In exchange for outfielder Hoy, short-atop Ritchey and pitcher Ehret. The deal was concluded at 2 o'clock, and contracts were immediately 4Hit the new men by the officials of the Louisville club. HH1 says that he is satisfied with the ohange, and that he will give the Reds his best efforts.

The Weather In Jauunry. The bulletin of Forecast Officer Wappenhana for January shows the mean temperature to have been 34 degrees above sero and the rainfall 4.93 inches. ‘The mean temperature for the past twenty-six years was 2S degrees, and the mean precipitation 3.04 inches. January, 1878. showed a temperature of 34 degrees, while 18S» showed 23 degrees. BRIEF CITYIITEMS.

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years later. He declined a re-election to that office and later was sent to Congress, serving from 1887 to 1881*. For many years he owned ami published the Santa Rosa j Democrat. Mr. Thompson wits appoltUI ed mlnlaier to Brasil by President Clevej land and returned to Santa Rosa when j his term of service expired. —o PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

WATER COMPANY’S PUMP

THE MIGHTIEST PIECE OF MACHINERY IN THE STATE.

They Live by the Foils in the Ohio Hlver and Cheerfully It Isk Their Own Lives to Save Others.

THE BIG L. A. W. MEET. Interest In Philadelphia in the Indianapolis Gathering. f.8pecial to The Indianapolis News.] Philadelphia, February 2.—The visit of Messrs. D. M. Parry and Evans Woollen, of the ’98 L. A. W. meet committee, to this elt.y has done much to increase the local Interest In the national gathering to take place in Indianapolis next August. The coming of these two gentlemen to Philadelphia had a double advantage, inasmuch as they' secured some valuable ‘•pointers" from those who had charge of the meet in this city, and they also showed the entire country that the Indianapolis committee is determined to have things right at no matter what cost. The "booming" already done by the league meet committee has had the effect of exciting the local wheelmen as to the possibilities of the West and many are the plans that are already being made In view of the summer holiday's. Quite a number of committees have already been appointed among the clubs to organize league meet clubs for the purpose of visiting Indianapolis in August. Captain McGrath, of the Continental Wheelmen, has gone a step further and has issued a general call for riders all over the dty to join the members of his organization In a trip awheel to the big meet. A curious coincidence was the fact that on the evening previous to the conference between the two league meet committees, the Associated Cycling Clubs of this city had proposed the organizing of an Immense Inter-club party under the auspices of the A. C. C., to attend the meet in a body by means of a special train. This would be of great advantage to the boys, as besides the good-fellowship sure to prevail on such a trip, the reduction in the rates that could be secured on a special train would In many cases be the means of allowing a great number of bur local wheelmen to take In the trip who might otherwise find it impossible to make connections just at that time. This, along with the specially low rate that Is being agitated by the transportation committee of the league meet, should have the effect of bringing a big crowd from the East. There is a very warm spot in the hearts of our local wheelmen for the Indianapolis boys, and every effort will De made to make the A. C. C. “special" a rousing success. The good feeling that exists between the two was best shown last Saturday when the Ibc&l ’97 committeemen not only’ gave Messrs. Parry and Woollen “pointers" on what had been their big "hits,” but also warned them what they had learned by experience to be good things to keep away from. Nor was this all, as President Parry was made to promise that he would keep In communication with the Philadelphia end of the line in order that he might be kept posted.from time to time on any matter that the previous experience of the ’97 committeemen might be of use to him. * It has been universally granted that the '97 meet In Philadelphia came very near being “the thing” in the way of meets. There is nothing mean about President Parry, however. All he wants to do Is. according to his own words, “To see Philadelphia and go It one better.” Judging from what has already been done, it really looks like Mr. Parry's wjsh would be granted, the excellent work of the transportation committee in securing a one-eent-a-mile rate going a long way toward offsetting the advantage held by Philadelphia in having a big local membership to draw from. Let Indianapolis do as Philadelphia did— offer the L. A. W. visitors as much as possible for nothing. * THE SOUND MONEY LEi^OE. It will Not Consolidate wtlh the Indianapolis Movement.

rSper'iai t > The Indianapolis News.] Jeffersonville, Ind.. February 2.—Between Jeffersonville and New .Albany a road winds along the northern banks of the Ohio, which, short as it is, has few equals in rhe We«t for picturesque beauty and historical Interest. It traverses the old town of Clarksville through Its entire length, and turns in and out through bosky shade and pretty suburbs, through Guinea bottom, where lived the first negro slaves brought to Indiana, by the Carr family, from Virginia; past the site of old Ft. Finley, the site of General Clark's house, the second oldest cemetery in the State, the great battle and burial ground of a prehistoric, vanished race; the spot said to be haunted by the ghost of De Soto's unfaithful lieutenant, while always ahead Is a view of the shining river and the beautiful curves of the silver hills. To the left the river rushes over the falls, roaring and foaming, and on the edge of its precipitous banks hang the cottages of fishermen! These muscular, clear-eyed fishermen are a type to themselves, and until the United States established a life-saving service above the falls, they were the real life-savers, without pay and without fame. They scfcll practice that incidental branch of their business in an amateur way. There are the Fuller boys, the Long boys and the Benjamins, who have among them a long record of lives save<j, sometimes at great risk to themselves, for the Ohio is by no means as gentle as it looks. Ft is no child's play to push off from shore In a light skiff, after an ice gorge has broken loose above, during the night, as it usually does, tearing and rending barges. Steamers, house-boats and anything in Its way. carrying the wrecks along among grinding, crashing floes of ice. Nor Is it fun to pu^h out into the roaring darkness, the icy water dashing over the gunnel 1 and freezing in the row-locks; to face the cutting wind and the danger of being caught between cakes of ice and crushed. But these fishermen have done it, and would do It again If there were lives to be saved. A DaiiKerons Point. They cheerfully set out in a gale, when the river sweeps along more than bang full, a majestic mass of irresistible waters, and save those that have been swept away. \%he“beautiful river” is most dangerous at j this, its beautiful point. Above the falls^ are treacherously smooth waters, revealing nothing to the inexperienced oarsman of the terrible current which setSsTor the “chutes" and inevitably sucks him in if he ventures within ks reach. To shoot the falls is no great feat for the experienced boatman, but it is hardly ever done, on account of the difficulty in getting back. Whenever a skiff approaches close to the dam, which here checks the Ohio's flow, the life-savers at Louisville dash to the rescue and many a lifd is saved by them. Often, however, they are unable to catch the skiff, the swift current carrying it out of reach. It is then the Clarksville flshertnen get in their work and save the drowning occupants. Sometimes people in houseboats or parties In skiffs, south-bound, on hunting or fishing trips, deliberately go over the falls, knowing little or nothing of the dangers, and these, in nearly every' instance, are saved, half-drowned and very much surprised, by the fishermen. Not long ago a man, his wife and children, from some point in Ohio, were swept over the rapids in a pouseboat. The boat went to pieces with all th?ir belongings, and the people were saved wirh difficulty. They had lost everything except what they had on. The generous life-savers turned themselves into a temporary relief committee, furnished them with food, raiment and money and sent them on their way. Nor is this a solitary’ instance of the kind. Their .Modesty. Seldom do these volunteer life-savers receive any reward; indeed they do not ask It. Nor have they any idea that they are doing heroic work. “’Tadn’t nothin’,” said one of them;, “you see we kaint let them drown." But it nettles them if some man, whose life they have saved goes off swearing because they have not also saved his skiff. This happens once in a while. On foggy mornings and nights their efforts are most often needed, for a fleet of skiffs plies at these hours between Louisville and Jeffersonville, carrying mechanics and laborers to their work or home. Bearings are lost in the mist before the navigators are aware of it, and their skiff dashes down the rapids. The criee for help are then the only thing to guide the fishermen, but thedr wonderful watercraft is shown by the fact that for many years no one has been drowned, in spite of the frequency of these adventures. It Is seldom that a steamer comes to grief on the falls. Such a thing has not happened since the Parker, fifteen years ago. went down, and the Baton Rouge, about ten years ago. "got stuck.” But even in these cases the volunteers helped to bring off those on board, and arrived there first. Between them, Che men named have nearly two scores of lives to their credit.

THE LUCKY RABBIT’S FOOT.

A Superstition that Had Its Origin Around the Falls Cities.

! Mrs. IVilllam Scott has returned from a visit to Chicago. j Mr. Jesse Blair and family will leave to-morrow for Phtenix. Ariz. Mrs. L. Z. Shallcross. of Louisville, is > visiting Mrs. Frank E. Janes. Miss Caroline Goodhart will give s | cinch party Saturday afternoon, j Miss Mary' Louise Harrison, of LebaJ non, is visiting Miss Tutewiler. Miss Myla Coburn will go to St. Loul# I the last of the week to visit friends. Mrs. Ovid Butler Jameson will not receive to-morrow, her usual day at home. The Miss Dilkses have gone to Philadelphia to attend the wedding of their brother. Miss Jeffries, of Washington. D. C.. is visiting irs. Lockard. in North Delaware street. Mr. Stoughton Fletcher has taken a position in his father's bank and will not return to college. Madam Durhenne, of Paris, France, will be in the city in a short time to visit Mrs. Minor Morris. Miss Hayward will return to-morrow to her home, in Pana, XU., after a visit with Miss Caroline Burford. Mr. Richard Byron Overstreet will go to Lebanon this evening to assist in a concert to be given there to-night. Mrs. Jerome Black, of Greenfield, with her niece. Miss Jennie 'Welling, ot this city, left yesterday for Florida, where they will spend the rest of the winter. Miss Katharine Gordon Breed returned last night to Chicago* There is a movement on foot by one of the clubs of the city to invite Miss Breed to return and give her lecture on “Holland” before the club. Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Nash announce the engagement of thetr daughter. Daisy, to Mr. T. L. Settle, of ’ Clarksville, Tenn.. the wedding to Occur February 16. Miss Nash has returned from San Francisco, Cal., to attend the wedding of her sister. Mrs. John R. Pearson and Mrs. Horace E. Wood gave a coffee this after noon for their mother, Mrs. William Dickson. Two tables were used for the thirty guests, the tables being decorated with violets and having name cards made of violet ribbon, lettered in gold. American Beauties were used to decorate tire parlor and carnations were in the .hall. The assistants were: Mrs. George Dickson. Mrs. John Dickson and Mrs. William Dickson. Among the guests were Mrs. Timothy Harrison, of Chicago; Mrs. Hapgood, of Cleveland, and Miss Parks, of Martinsville.

Society Affairs. Mias Bertha Jackson will entertain her club to-morrow afternoon. Dr. and Mrs. Theodore Wagner will entertain at dinner to-morrow evenihg. Mrs. E. B. McOuat will give a reception and dancing party at the Propylaeum February 14 in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. McOuat. Dr. and Mrs. Franklin Hays gave a theater party Monday night at tne Grand Opera House, entertaining Mr. James Whitcomb Riley. Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. T.. B. Arnold, Miss Rogers, of Cincinnati, and Mr. J. M. Shaw. An informal reception was given by Mrs. A. M. Sweeney yesterday afternoon for Miss Sweeney and Miss Kuebler About seventy-five ladles were entertained ip the afternoon, and in the evening ladies and gentlemen were entertained at cards. The Miss Roaches gave a luncheon today in honor of Mrs. Claude Matthews and Miss McMeechan, of Clinton. Covers were laid for twelve. The guests included the women from Indianapolis whom Mrs. Matthews entertained last summer at her house party'.

Arti$ M. Johnson has filed suit for divorce against Edward D. Johnson and asks $1,000 alimony. She avers that he ha^n^rty and is the prospective heir Circle No. 4, of Central-avenue church, wil' meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. A. W. Taylor. 2449 North Pennsylvania street. Officers for the ensuing year will be chosen. N. A. Sherman, 2K West Tenth street, reports that hts house has been entered by burglars, who, aft the point of a revolver. robbed the house of jewelry valued at $7L It 1* the second attempt inside of two weeks to rob his house. Albert J. Beveridge has received an invitation by wire to address the Young Man’s Rgpubttean Club. of . Lincoln, Neb. (the how of W. J. Bryan). February 11. which tS* ha* declined on account of a previous engagement to spoak In New York efiy February 12.

[Special to The Indianapolis News.] Jeffersonville, Ind., February 2.-The rabbit s foot, If obtained under the proper conditions, is a guarantee for good luck to him who carries it in his pocket. The rabbit's foot made its way into popular favor from the locality of the Falls cities and from the cabins of the negroes, who have held it in esteem as a fetish for many generations. The whites took up the idea, and now it is nearly Impossible to find a veil-regulated man around this neck of the woods, no matter how he may protest, without this fuzzy’ emblem of good luck. There Is the plain, everyday rabbit's foot, carried by the laboring man to bis work, and the elaboratelymounted one. with silver or gold tip. worn, perhaps, as a locket, or hidden away in the pocket of the owner and hardly ackrr wledged. You can buy rabbit's feet at stores, already' mounted and fitted with silver or gold chains, to be attached to any part of one s apparel. Unless obtained in the orthodox manner. however, the rabbit's foot is no more a charm against the fates than any other foot. It is not easy to procure a leal rabbit’s foot. The man or woman that gets such an one must have pluck enough to insure good luck under almost any clrcun stances. In the first place, the foot must be the left hind foot—not one of the front feet—which are now so generally sold as the true article. The conditions of its capture are much more onerous than simply going to a grocery store and having it cut off to be carried in the pocket, or buying a silver-tipped one in a department store for a quarter. Such rabbit's feet have no power to charm. The foot should be obtained in a graveyard at the dead hour of midright.

A Mid-Week Reception. Mrs. Henry Tutewiler and Miss Tutewiler held a reception* this afternoon, and a. large number of ladies called during the receiving hours. They were assisted in entertaining by Mrs. C. E. Bacon, Mrs. V. W. Woodard, Mrs. J. S. Berry’hill. Mrs. C. W. Tutewiler, Mrs. Charles Baggs. Miss Gertrude Goodharj, Miss Catherine Dunn and Miss Lura Bryner. In the diinlng-room Mrs* Isaac Dunn, of Andersonville; Mrs. Jacob P. Dunn. Mrs. Arthur Brown. Mrs. Henry D. Tutewiler, Miss Anna Smith and Miss Julia Brown sat at the table, and were assisted by young giHs, among whom were a number of college girls from DePauw University, who came over for the occasion—Miss Frances Arnold, Miss Myrtle Ridpath, Miss Arta Smythe, Miss Edna Hamilton of Greencastle, Miss Mary’ Louise Harrison of Lebanon, Miss Grace Taylor of Wabash, and Miss Mabel Deacon of New Carlisle. , With them were Miss Emma Pearson, Miss Elizabeth Hardy and Miss Edna Wallace, of this city. In the coffee-room Mrs. Fred Evans, of Noblesville; Miss Charlotte Paddock and Miss Adah Conner. were assisted by Clara Hawkins, Edna Green, Ethel Smith, Irene Taggart. Florence Jones, Stella Tutewiler and Louise Tutewiler. The decorations were pink in the parlors, yellow and white In the dining-room and red in the library. This evening the visiting young ladles will be joined by a party of DePauw men. including Mr. John Dawson Howe, Mr. William Lockwood, Mr. John Webster and Mr. Charles Arnold, with Mr. Eugene Shireman, of Martinsville.

It will Pomp 24,000,000 Gallons of Water a Day—It was Brought Here In Fifty-Six Freight Cars.

The largest and mightiest piece of machinery In Hje State of Indiana Is at the upper pumping station of the Indianapolis Water Company. ThiS'ls the new pumping engine, the largest engine in the United States, pumping against 160 pounds water pressure. It t£K>k two years and ten months to construct, erect and complete this engine, which, since December 20, 1897, has been visited by many persons interested in machinery’. It towers into the air like the turret of the battleship Indiana; the upper stories (so to speak) of the pumping engine are reached by an elevator. The capacity of the engine Is one million gallons an hour. It weighs 2.300.000 pounds, and fifty-six cars were required to bring it to this city. The engine is of the treble extension pattern, and was built by the Snow Steam Pump Company of Buffalo, N. Y. Four weeks ago. E. C. Sornburger and C. N. Scott, for the Snow steam pumpworks, and John Rail and W. A. Bruce, for the Indianapolis Water Company, made a test of this engine. The guaranteed capacity of the engine Is twenty millions gallons of water in twenty-four

believes in, individual Instruction, taking measurementa, and otherwise suiting the instruction to the condition of ths pupil. She hopes that Indianapolis physician* will recommend prescription classes for tl ose of their patients who need physical culture rather than medicine. As the spring opens, cycling, tennis aad beating clubs will be formed in connection with the gymnasium. O'———

OF CURRENT INTEREST. The “Court Circle.” Washington letter Chicago Tribune. Of the coteries of official life at the capital the “court circle” holds Its head the highest. It Is the one which embraces the chief justice with his family and the associate Justices with theirs. Their interests are in common and their opinions In sympathy, especially upon one point, which Is that this circle should take precedence of all others, as they hold office for life, while Presidents and Senators come and go. Just at present they are seriously weighing in the balance of their approval the qualifications of the McKennas as desirable acquisitions to their number. After having well consltlered the matter they have concluded that although the family Is new to the exalted social requirements, they are. on the whole, very’ well and will become in time admirably adapted to the lifelong honors that will belong to them as members of this charmed circle. The genial manners of the Attorney-General have much to do with this conclusion. His popularity has followed as a natural sequence wherever he has become known. On the other hand, his family has looked forward to the change long before it became public, as an unguarded remark of one of the daughters plainly indicated, and now all parties are satisfied.

Mr. Ingalls’* Journalism. Washington special St, Louis Globe-Democrat. Ex-Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, is not doing regular newspaper work In Wash-

THE WATER COMPANY'S BIG PUMP.

THOMAS L. THOMPSON'S SUICIDE.

A Well-Known Politician of California Cuts Hts Throat.

A Dance at the I’ropylneuni. Mr. and Mrs. Hiram P. Wasson gave a large reception and dance last nigYit at the Propylaeum, entertaining several hundred friends. The two floors of the Propylaeum were thrown open for the occasion, and were in gala dress. The stairway and hall were inviting with embankmonts of palms, while the reception rooms, the ball-room and supper rooms were beautified with effective arrangements of pink roses and smilax. The elaborate decoration at the front of the ball-room which screened the musicians was much admired. The guests were received by Mr. and Mrs. Wasson, with their daughter, Miss Grace Wasson, and their son, Mr. Frederick Wasson. Their assistants were Mrs. W. J. Richards, Mrs. C. F. Sayles, Mrs. G. W. Black, Mrs. Lydia Millard, Mrs. Ferdinand Mayer. Mrs. \Villiam Scott, Mrs. W. H. Coleman, Mrs. J. N. Carey, Mrs. William Haueisen, Mrs. Samuel Rcld, Mrs. Theodore Varney and Mrs. J. K. Sharpe, Jr. Copeland-THson.' The marriage of Miss Emma Tilson to Mr. Charles Copeland toqk place last night at the home of the bride's parents, near Greenwood. The bride wore the gown in which her mother had been married twenty-three years ago. and the ceremony was performed by the Rev. S. J. Tomlinson, of Irvington, who was one of the attendants at her mother's marriage. Among the presents was q check for $1,500 given to the bride by her parents. Two hundred guests were at the wedding. Irx'lngton. Miss Elizabetn Butler is visiting in | Cleveland. Miss Lucy Brownley, of Franklin, is j visiting Irvington friend*. Miss Helen Hinkle, who has been the | guest of Miss Josephine Smith for a few day’*, has returned to her home. The Woman's Foreign Missionary So- j ciety of the Methodist church will hold , its February* meeting at the house ot ; Mrs. Charles Shotwell, Thursday after- ,

noon.

hours, against a domestic pressure of eighty i>oimds to the square inch, at a piston speed ot not more than 215 feet a minute, with a steam pressure of 1B0 pounds a square inch at the throttle valve. The tests made showed that it will exceed this capacity by four million gallons a day, making it of a twentyfour million capacity, and exceeding its guarantee by fifteen million foot-pounds. The general dimensions of the engine ere as follows: High pressure steam cylinder, inches. diameter 29 Intermediate steam cylinder, inches, diameter 52 Low pressure steam cylinder, inches, diameter 80 Three single-acting pump plungers, each thirty-three inches in diameter, all having a common stroke of sixty inches. Steam is supplied to the engine by three of the Babcock <& Wilcox boilers. Nos. 2, 3, 4. Boiler No. 1 is used for the purpose of furnishing steam for the boiler feed pump, and the steam jets for the gas burners Fuel is natural gas. The feed water is weighed in 2.000-pound draught... After having been weighed, the water is discharged into a second or suction tank and from there is pumped into the boilers. * From observations, the following results were obtaained: Duration of test, four and one-quarter hours; total revolutions of engine. 5.250; total plunger displacement, per revolution, 89.094 cubic

feet.

Total cubic feet water pumped. 456,160.28 Weight of one cubic loot, at tom. Noted (51) 62.11 Total pounds pumped 28.468,953.59 Total gallons pumped 3,412,316 From level of gallery’ to c.

of gauge, feet

2.8.42

Average water pressure, feet..

172.6

Fru tion allowance

2.31

Total lift in feet Total feed water weighed to

203.33

boiler, pounds

40,000

Amount of weigh back Allowance, saturation. 2 per

640

cent.; leaks. 3 per cent

1,968

Allowance for ealimeter blow.. Net water charged to the en-

1

gine, pounds

37.931

Total duty performed by .engine 154.812.450 This would Indicate an excess of 10.58

per cent.

o L. A. W. BICYCLE HOUSE. The Buildlugr Used by the Y. W. C. A. Leased.

Santa Rosa. Cal., February’ 2.—Thomas j L. Thompson 1 , ex-minister to Brazil, exOongressman. ex-Secretary of State, and | one of the moc*r prominent Democrats 1 in California, cut his throat with a bowieknife While temporarily insane from ! business troubles. He was born in! Charleston. W. Va.. in 1848, and was ed- I ucated in the common schools and in a printing office. He removed to California at the age of sixteen, and for many years worked In this State as a printer, editor and publisher. He was a delegate to the Democratic national convention that nominated Hancock, and was elected Secretary of State of California two

Garriaou-Kussell. [Special to The Indianapolis News.J South Bend. Ind., February 2.—To-day ' at 10 o'clock, at the home of the bride's parents. Miss Anna Eliis Russell, daughter of Superintendent W. B. Russell, of the Singer sewing machine works, and Mr. Frederick Garrison, of Muscatine, la., were united in marriage in the presence of a large assemblage of friends. They left for Muscatine soon after the wedding. 411 mm Charlotte Crane Robbed. Miss Charlotte Crane, of the “A Stranger in New York " company’, at the Grand, was robbed last night of a gown, a capo and other articles, valued In all at $100. The goods were stiffen from the

aressing-room.

The L. A. W. Bicycle Club of Indianapolis has leased the- building in North Meridian street now occupied by the Y. W. C. A., and it will be fitted up as a club-house as soon as the club can get posses*ion. The lease was signed tins morning. Secretary Hatfield has issued a call for a meeting of the club in die Commercial Club assembly room to-night for the purpose of talking over the plans j for furnishing the new home. Must Find a New Home. The advisory committee of the Y'oung Woman’s Christian Association held a meeting this morning to consider the prospects for securing a new home for the association. The lease on the present building in North Meridian street expires March 1 and can not be renewed. The building has been leased to the L. A. W. Bicycle Club, and the new club is anxious to get possession as soon as possible. The directors of the Y. W. C. A. were not willing to take the building for another year, but would have liked to remain for three or four months longer. The advisory committee will hold another meeting before deciding definitely on plans. It was thought this morning that inasmuch as the association now had no home it would be a good time to appeal to citizens of Indianapolis to establish the association. Its good influence and its usefulness to hundreds of young women daily have appealed to

many people.

The offer of George W. Snyder t,o give the association $5,000 still holds good, and it is believed by members of the association that enough money could be raised to at least make the first payment on a permanent home. The prospect of a permanent home has given added zeal to the membership committee, who are working for a membership of 1.000 by the 1st of March. The present membership I* 669. Miss Anderson, who has recently taken charge of the gymnasium, is organizing new classes for the mid-winter term. She

ington this winter. When he came here in November and took apartments for the congressional season it was understood that he was to engage in correspondence. Among his friends it was known that he had such an arrangement in view. The circumstances which have caused a change in the ex-Senator’s plans redound altogether to his credit. After his arrival, and when Congress was about to open, Mr. Ingalls learned that what was expected of him was the exercise of his mental and literary gifts to the discredit of the administration and the majority. He declined to undertake that kind of work. He said he was a Republican and believed in Republican principles, and was not going to attack or belittle the administrative acts or the legislation of his party. Thereby the distinguished Kansan assumed a position which will be warmly commended. His newspaper engagement for the winter is off. Orders for special articles of various kinds have poured in upon him beyond his capacity to comply’. In addition, the lecture bureaus have offered him more engagements than he can fill. He will make Washington the home of his family for the winter and will go out from here to his lecture-giving, doing between times as much of the literary work as he can. Dentistry at Sea. New York Sun. When a sailor on a deep-water ship has a toothache he is likely to go to the captain. The captain gives him something out of the medicine chest to put in his tooth, and if that doesn't cure it perhaps he pulls it. It is a common thing for sailors to pull their own teeth. Their method is to put a string around a tooth, and null it: but dental forceps are carried on deep-water ships—on some vessels a fair outfit of them. A ship captain of long experience said that in the course of his life at sea he had pulled two hundred teeth. The ship's medicine chest on large vessels is like a closet or cupboard, with a glass door, built in the ship. In this chest the medicine bottles, gilt-labeled, are arranged on shelves that rise one above another in receding tiers; it is practically a well-appointed little drug store. There Is supplied with the medicine chest a book 'explaining the uses of the medicines. The captain is likely to have some other book on medical subjects which' he has read and studied, and he is likely to have had a good deal of experience before attaining the rank of master of a ship. The sailors are generally healthy men, but. when occasion requires, the captain prescribes; he is the physician. Limbs broken at sea are of course set there, and there might be circumstances in which the captain would not hesitate to perform a surgical operation. Leather Coats. New York Sun. Leather coat* are made of sheep-skin, or horse-hide and of dog-skin. They’ are lined with corduroy, with flannel and with sheep’s wool. The corduroy-lined coats are made reversible, so that they may be worn either side out. The coats of sheep-skin are usually finished biack. the horse-hide and dog-skin coats russetcolored. A leather coat of sheep-skin, corduroy-lined, costs about $5; horse-hide coats sell for $12 to $15, and dog-skin coats for $18. Leather coats are worn in the West by truckmen and policemen and hunters and lumbermen. The leather coat is serviceable and warm, without great bulk. The duck shooter lying, perhaps, for hours in a battery, waiting, keeps warm in a leather coat. The sportsman after big game wears a leather coat. It keeps the wearer warm without impeding his movements. A leather coat is sometimes worn under another coat for the sake of its warmth, as. perhaps, by a policeman. And the leather coat may be worn with the corduroy side out, so that more leather coats are worn here in cities than might be supposed.

Accident to an Engineer. Harry W. Holmes, an engineer at Schmidt's brewery*, was helping to put in a n»w ice plant at the Mau* brewery this morning, when a coll of pipes fell upon his left leg, breaking it above the knee. The fracture was set at the City Dispen^ty, and Holmes was taken to his home, 1947 High street.

Mall orders promptly ottondod to. Somploo oHoorfully oubmlttod on r«*quoat. Drop us a postal.

Specials For ToMorrow At BLOCK’S

t*urohaaas amounting to S* and ovar datlvarad fraa within IOO mllaa of Indianapolis

Muslin Underwear J Skirts, of excellent mueiin, S rows o tucks, wide embroidery edged, fullsized 3»o

Downs, of splendid muslin, Empire style,

tucked yoke, sailor collar and sleeves edged with embroidery, double yoke back, full lengths and width, 65c qual-

• Ity aAo Downs, of excellent muslin, high necked.

Empire yoke and collar of embroidery, trimmed with ribbon, extra wide and long, 98c quality, for ••© Remnant Sale of Linen* During our January Sale we have ac-

cumulated & tremendous stock of remnants of all sorts of housekeepers' linens.

They are In our way now and we want to get rid of them as fast as poseible. Prices are exceptionally reasonable. Rsmnsnts of Towsling at Mo,

4c and Sc and np.

Remnants of Tsbls Damask

at IOC, ISo, 18o and up.

Odd Lots of Napklgis In less than

dozens of s kind.

Odd L.ots of Towala, of which we have no quantity; ail have been materially reduced to make quick work, in

cleaning up.

Drapery Department—3d floor Lscas for SaaH Curtains and Door Draparlaa at Oraatly Raduoad Prices Irish Point Lace. 30 inches wide, 55c quality. a yard 39o Irish Point Lace, 30 inches wide, 86c quality. a yard BOo Brussels Point Lace, 30 inches wide. 95c quality, a yard BBo Crochet Lace, 45 inches wide, 50c quality, a yard 38c L.lvs Oasss Feathers, 65c grade, _.B3o per pound Domestics and Bed Coverings Prints, standard quality. Indigo blue, turkey red, block and white, sliver grays and fancies 3 l-2c Outing Flannels, medium colon 7c quality 3 1 - 2 c Skirt Patterns, of Outing Flannel, shell stitched edgqs. our 50c quality. BBo Muslin, unbleached, yard wide, 5c quality 3 l-2o Comforts, “our own make of best quality twilled fast colored robe" Print*, filled with clean, white cotton, closely knotted. e«xtra size and weight, our $2quality, for ...81.<98 BI a n kata, finest Caliornia make, strictly pure wool warp and filling, 12-4 size, our $8.50 quality, for 8B.7B

Cloaks, Capes, Collarettes

and Wrappers

I 88.OB I tor the choice of 16 swell 1 Kersey Jackets, the best of

our stock, colors blue, green and oxblood. full satin or silk. Taffeta lined, made by the most prominent cloak manufacturers in America: not a garment in the lot that sold for less than! $17.50 and from that up to $26. choice for to-morrow .88.OB' Jaokata, of all-wool black orgreen Boucle trimmed, with kereey strips on front sleeves and hack seams, lined with satin rhadamo. our $10 Jacket, choice for. to-morrow 8B.TB Capos, of fine black Kersey, some plain, some trimmed, some oraided, some allsilk lined, none worth less than $8.50 and from that up to $12, choice for tomorrow 83.88 Collarsttss, of Electric Beal, high storm collar, satin lined, for BI-TB' Wrappers, of beat Flannelette, neatly' trimmed, made very full, our 96c leader,I for ....BBo HoutBfumtlthlng* and Silver-

ware—basement.

Tollat 9»apar,.“L!on brand," 1,600 perforated sheets. 8c quality, for, a roll.80 poughnut Baakats, made ot retinned wire, handled. 9 and 10 inches In diameter, sell at 25c and 40c. to close out. choice lOo Skslf Rapar, all colon, lace kind. 10 yards to a roll, we sell at 5c. for—3o Disk Pana, heavy tin, 17-quart size,we sell at 25c, for r ...IBo> Roaatsra, made of refined steel, I3^x« by 7 inches deep, inside tray. 50c quality. for j, 380i Molding Hooka, braes, per dosen Bb Chambar Rails, snti-rust, full galvanized. with stand, covered, balled. 45c quality, for BBo ClotHsa Baskets, willow, handmade. medium size, 75c quality, foiBBo Spoon Holders, Imitation eut glass, scalloped edge. 15c quality, for Bo Toa Rota, fire proof, glazed brown ware, 2-plnt aife. 15c quality, for ;..IOo Covered Vegetable Dlekes, perfect white ware, guaranteed not to craze, 40c quality, for BBo. Jardinieres, a new, big lot, all full colors, latest designs. $1 to $1.50 quaUtie*. choice J TBo Alarm Clocks, guaranteed perfect time-keeper*. $1 quality, for BBo Salta and Rappara, good silver plating. In plush-lined box, we sell at 50c. for. a set BBo Knives and Forks, •‘Sterling Silver Co.’s” make, extra heavily plated, we sell at $3, per set of 6 each, for..BI-B°

THE WM. H. BLOCK CO.

7 and O E. Washington St

BEE" HIVE TRUNK FACTORY

Traveling Bags. Salt Cases

f

We Manufacture our oifi n Trunks.

Trunks! ; Bags, salt t ase*.

eleseopes. Tourist Bag

Shawl Straps. Et<

TRUNK REPAIRING A SPECIALTY!

Sample cases made to order. First Store East of New* Office.

LE MORRISON tC«. IN« 30 W-WASHINGTON ST.

IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTS

AWARD MADE FOR THE TALBOTT AVENUE SEW EH.

North ' Alabama Street AsphaltOther Contract* Let by the Board —Street Improvements This Year—Other City Affairs.

The Board of Public Works had its firs* busy sewffon of the year to-day. Two Important contracts were made after bids had been received. One was what Is called the "Talbott avenue” sewer, the mune coming from the fact that the sewer begins in Talbott avenue. It proceeds by several streets in a zigzag manner to Thirtieth street, east of College avenue. It is a main district sewer, and 20 per cent, of the cost will be assessed against the area of land in the district. The bids received were: William Bossert. $3.19; W. C. Allen, 3.41; Hocsler Construction Company, $3.59; W. R. Mercer & Co., $3.63; Gansberg & Roney, $3.83; M. M. Defrees, $3.89. All bids were for each lineal foot through the center of the sewer leaving abutting property to pay on each aide one-half of 80 per cent, of the cost a foot front, the other 20 per cent, being distributed throughout the district. The rate a front foot for each side is about $1.27, in addition to which abutting property on each side pays its share of the district assessment. In the aggregate the sewer will cost, under the lowest bid, a small amount less than $25,000. The district which will be assessed is large, and reache* to Brightwood. The sewer will vary from two feet six inches to four feet six Inches in diameter. Alabama .Street Asphalt. The first asphalt contract of the year was made to-day. It was for Alabama street, from Twenty-third to Twentyfifth. The Germo-Kentucky Asphalt Company was not a bidder. Last October bids were received for this improvement and rejected. At that tlme > the Western Paving and Supply Company bid $4.13 a foot front on each side, the Warren-Scharf Company $4.17, and the Indiana Bermudez Company $4.25. This time the Western Company bid $4.09, the Warren-Scharf Company $4.23 and the Indiana company $4.24. Upon recommendation of City Engineer Jeup the contract for the Talbott-avenue sewer was awarded to William Bosert and the Alabama-street pavement to the Western Paving and Supply Company. The board approved this recommendation and the awards were so made. Other contracts were awarded as folFlrst alley south of South street, from East to New Jersey, grade and gravel, J. Harry Roberts, 18% cents. Depot street (Brightwood), Warren to Putnam, cemerj walks. Indiana Improvement Company. 71 cents per foot. Oriole street, Lincoln to 493 feet north, grade, gravel and curb, J. Harry Roberts. $1.69. _ . The board took action on the following improvements: Main sewer In Morris street, from Pogue's run to Dakota streest; local sewers In Tenth and Pratt streets, from Illinois to Superior street. Street Improvements This Y>ar. City Engineer Jeup's schedule of street improvements for 1898, announced before the close of last year, was considered at a conference between the mayor and the Board of Public Works, and no modifications have so far been made. The board announces its Intention to improve all streets north of Washington, and between Senate avenue and East street, and south of Sixteenth street, that have not already been improved. Washington street, between Alabama street and Capitol avenue, will be resurfaced. Other streets decided on_are Morris street, from Madison aveflue to White river; Pennsylvania street, as far south as Madison avenue, and a portion of Ash street, north of Sixte>entb street. The engineer will proceed with the preparation of papers for the improvements. What West Indianapolis Wants. West Indianapolis, people want a pork and a driveway. A committee, headed by Councilman McGrew. called on the mayor and Board of Public Works this morning to present the resolutions adopted at last week's meeting on the subject. The committee urged the extension of the proposed driveway a# far

south ns Morris street, so that another opening from West Indianapolis to the city would be made. The mayor and board assured the committee that the subject would receive full consideration later on.

Wire Tangle Straightened. The underground fire and police wire tangle has bden straightened, and all deals in connection with it are closed. This morning the Central Union company paid to the city $1,000. and was released from its contract to put the lire wires u.-iderground; and the Gamewcll company will pay $3,500 toward putting the police wires underground. In addition to this the telephone company will erect 255 poles for the fire and police wires outside the fire districts, fifty-five of which will be paid for by the city, at the rate of $8.50 each.

Laurel Street Vacation. The Board of Public Works this' morning vacated a portion of Laurel street, and two alleys leading to it, for the convenience of the Interior Hardwood Company, which Intends to build a large addition to the old factory of the National Capsule Company, which it now occuplM. The hardwood company paid $350 for the vacations.

Bridge for Linden Street. The Board of Public Works to-day Instructed City Engineer Jeup to prepare plans and specification* for a bridge over Pleasant run at Linden street.

BIMETALLIC CONVENTION.

Making Arrangements for the Meetf* Ing of the Ohio Valley League.

The convention committee of the League of Bimetallic Clubs of the Ohio Valley met here this afternoon to complete arrangements for the annual convention of the league, to be held here In April. The committee is composed of Alien W. Clark, of Greens burg, secretary of the league; Park* M. Martin, of Spencer: Thomas Taggart, of this city: Samuel M. Ralston, of Lebanon, and 8. M. Downey, of Aurora. * The committee decided that before fixing a final date for the convention. It would consult the of cers of the Commercial Club, with the view of picking a date that will not conflict with that of ’other organizations that may have arranged to meet here in April. Secretary Clark says William J. Bryan will attend the convention. The Democratic leaders of Chicago have announced that they will send down three train-loads of free silver men during the convention. The convention committee estimates that the meeting will bring 5,000 silver Democrats here. - M. ,, A Ground Hog Case. / This Is the year the ground hog was caught coming or going. It would not require legislation to settle the point whether he saw hi* shadow Uhl* year. Yesterday, which many contend ws* the ground hog’s day, was sunny at times throughout the day, and She same conditions prevailed to-day. Those who hoped for warm weather now feel that their hopes are blasted, as this pesky February “critter" saw hi* Shadow, or could have seen tt. both days. This is confirmed by weather offlolals, who predict that the winter is yet to come.

Fat is absolutely necessary as an article of diet. If it is not of the right kind it may not be digested. Then the body will not get enough of it. In this event there is fat-starvation. Scott’s Emulsion supplies this needed fat, of the right kind, in the right quantity, and in the form partly digested. As a result all the organs and tissues take on activity. )«C. aad $I^SS dldroBttaa SCOTT * BOWME. CtoniM* 1