Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 March 1899 — Page 9

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS. FRIDAY. MARCH 21, 1899.

WEIGHING OF THE MAILS

Rqund trip «*ch day. Auatln Flynn. Franklin. Ind. Tipton to Loulavtu* and return dally (tralna W and »>-B. B. Ervin, Auatln.

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Indianapolis to Vincennes (trains 6 and

Warfc will (train March ah to Date r mi a «> a Hasla for l’a>nient of Roaila for Transportation of the Malta.

The Government will begin weighing the mails on the Indiana railroads March 2S The work wt!S U>; s.>n>e Uiih .m,! th*' avarag* weights detei mlned will be Yiaed aa a basis on which the railroads will be paid for transporting the mails. The weighing at the Union stations In Richfflond. Term Haute and Evansville will be done by the postal force employed at. those poWts. The following is the official list of weighers, the lines on which they will work and the number of trains they will deal with. The Hat was made out at Washington and a«nt to the local railway postal office; Benton Harbor to Louisville (trains No. 33 and 34)—Raymond French, Alexandria; Noah Betterbagh, Rose Hill. Wabash to Indianapolis (trains 21 and 2«) *aS!i ry ^ Bandis. Indianapolis. a ’'' 1

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Gall bidder, Winchester, Ind.

IndianapoHs to Bt. Louis (trains 11 and U)—8. U. Current, Selma, Ind.; C. V. Ar

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Indianapolis to Vincennes (trains 39 and Sl>—Ashburg G- Allen. West. Newton. Ind. Indiana. Decatur A Western (trains 1 i and 2)—J. B. Schofield, George W. Gasi per, Indianapolis; trains 3 and 4—M. Pasaon. Fred G. Herrington, Indianapolis. Tuscola to Indianapolis and Return— Edwin K. Dougherty. Casey. 111. Greensburg to Columbus and Return— ‘ Gilbert Stafford. Edinburg. Means to Cadla—Thomas Arbaugh. Cadi*. O. Michigan City and Indianapolis (trains 39 and 23V—Fred J. Smelter. Michigan City; S. Heath. Indianapolis. Peru to Indianapolis (trains 24 and ST>)— ! E. E. Kllngensmith. Peru. Ind. Trains i 22. 29. 21—Paul Julian. Irvington; G. L. i Jones. Indianapolis. Pittsburg and St. Louis (trains 14 and ] 11 East)—E. E. Brown, Covington. O.; K. C. Cockran. Fdaxeyburg. O. Trains 20. 5 and 13—J. S. Campbell. Gomersal, Pa.: O. H. Gifford. Woodstock. O. Trains 8 and 7-Carl I. Price, Union City; John G. Mannon, Greenfield. Pittsburg to Dennison (Train 35)—G. W. Cramer, S11vervllle. Pa. St. Louis to Richmond (Trains 2 and 7)—Charles McKown. Greenfield. Ind.; Jacob E. Craven, Ha*lewood. Trains 8 and II. West—Frank W. Dally. Marshall, 111.; Curtis J. Bender, Highland, 111. Trains 8 and 21. EastJeremlah H. Benldlct. Woodstock. O.; John Marx, West Lafayette. Trains 5 and 29—Robert Rinehart. Indianapolis; Schuyler C. Young, Indianapolis. Trains S and 21—Elbert Orlbben. Franklin; Raymond A. Chandler. Martinsville . Vandalla to St. Louis and return, Chari’s W. James, Vandalia, Til. Springfield t ■ Indianapolis (trains 46 and 33)—Otis Meyers. Franklin. Ind. Terre Haute & Evansville (trains 33 and 34)—C. E. Buck. Lena. Ind.: trains 31 and 32. Will A. Taylor, Covington. Ind. St Joseph and Terre Haute (trains 3, 8, 21 and 8)-W. M. W’lngard. Bringhurst, Ind.: John Shipman. Avon; James V. Bert. Jamestown. Ind.; James W. Wasson. Bringhurst. Indianapolis to Peoria (trains 34 and 35)— R. G. Chambers. Babylon. 111.; J. W. Vanarsdali. Greenwood. Ind.; trains 11 and 18, Albert J. Vernon. Indianapolis; B. W. Cole. Indianapolis. Trains 9 and 12, Robert L. Shanks, Pekin. III.; Ralph W. Brady, Peoria. 111. Trains 2 and 3, Edwin E. Underwood. Crawfordsvllle, Ind. Articles of Incorporation. The Winchester Handle and Manufacturing Company with a capital stock of KOOO, filed articles of incorporation with the Secretary of Stale to-day.

CATHOLIC DIOCESE CHANGE

MONSIGSWK MKSSOMKS TO HE RELIEVED OF HEAVV WORK.

D. O’UonaKhue to Become Vicar-Gen-eral, nnd F. H. Gavtsk Chancellor —Biahop Chatard will Go Abroad for a Real.

Bishop Chatsrd has so far recovered from his recent stroke of paralysis that he takes an occasional ride about the city. Ills .complete recovery will require time, and to insure it he must be relieved of ni* duties and take a trip abroad. On Monday, April 3. following Easter, he will leave to visit Ms brother in Baltimore, and the two will go together to the Bermuda Islands to obtain the benefit of an equable climate. To provide for the administration of affairs of the dlocrse during tils absence, the bishop has Issued a letter which will be read to all the congregations of the diocese at Easter This letter notes that tne Right Reverend Monsignor Bessonies, vtcar-general. Is of such an advanced ago that it has become necessary to relieve him of much of his work and to give him some lighter duties. He will, therefore.

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still bfar the title of vicar-generai and will care for the administration of the funds for the orphans and the seminary at Highland. near Vincem es. The Very Reverend Denis O’Donaghue, rector of St. Patrick’s church, who has long been chancellor of the diocese, has been chosen by tha bishop to be vtcargeneral, and the Rev. Francis H. Gavisk. pastor of St. John’s church, will succeed the former as chancellor. The Very Rev. Denis O’Donaghue was born in Daviess county, Indiana, November 30, 1848, of Irish parents. He studied for the priesthood at St. Meinrad’s. Indiana; St. Joseph College, Kentucky, and was graduated from the Sulpitlan Seminary. Montreal, Canada. He was ordained a priest by Bishop de St. Palais at Indianapolis, September 6, 1874. He was made chancellor by Bishop Chatard Immediately on the arrival of the latter in thfcs diocese He has been rector of St. Patrick s which parish covers a wide extent of territory. In the southeast part of the city, since 1886. He is noted as a lecturer and orator, and has long been looked on as one of the brightest minds,in the diocese. “What is a vicar-gene: al?" was asked of one of the clergy. “A vicar-general,” was the reply, “is a kind of lieutenantgovernor, to act in the bishop's absence. The “chancellor is the secretary-treasurer of the diocese, a kind of adjutant-general In the army of tne Lord.” Career of Monelarnor Bessonies. 1,^ “Pother” Bessonies. whom every one, wfrticrdt regard to creed, venerates as a good man, is the best-known clergyman in this city. He is a Frenchman by birth and was born on the day the battle of Waterloo was fought—June 18. 1816. He was born in Cahors, France, and was a student at the famous seminary at St. Sulpice, Paris, in 1836, when Bishop Brute, first bishop of Vincennes, visited that institution, prior to coming here with mis-

sionary priests.

Young Bessonies, then barely twenty-

one years old, offered his services, eager to come to the United States with the adventurous little band. “My lord,” he said to the bishop, with all the ardor of his nature. “I wish to go with you to America. If I am not fit for a missionary, I can be your coachman.” Little did he know of what would be required of hi,n In the new land to which he desired to come. There could be no demand for a coachman In Indiana for many vears to come, but there was a demaad for men to

preach the gospel to the p'orteevs He was accepted, but was not per-

mitted to set out at once. The bishop told him to remain and study three years longer. On August 2, 1839, he sailed from Havre for America. At that time the Catholic church did not own a foot of ground In IndianapoLs, but the following year a lot was bought on the southern edge of what was then called ‘•Military ground,” of which Military Park is a remnant, and a small frame church was erected. This was called Holy Cross church, and disappeared half a century ago. Of all the company who came over with him, he for years has been the only

survivor.

He was ordained a priest at Vincennes in 1840 and was immediately sent to the backwoods of Perry county. He could speak only a few words of English. Since then, as he himself says, he has learned to speak English ‘’fluently, but badly.” Indeed, his spoken English Is to many almost as difficult to understand as his French is to those unfamiliar with that language. He writes English well, and devoid of French idiom. The priestly office in Perry county fifty-nine years ago was no sinecure. The young priest soon found it needful to be a Jack-at-all-trades. He was young, active, wellmuscled. resourceful and of untiring energy. He became a good horseman and a thorough woodsman, and soon adapted himself to Hoosier life, the buckeye cabin, corn-pone and venison—a great contrast to his student life at Paris. Ramptuoas Fare at fl.BO a Week. He fared sumptuously at a cost of $1.50 a week, boarding with the “first families.” There was no coffee to be had In the settlement. He then learned to do without It. and has not drank any since. One of his churches was at Leopold (where ho lived), and the other on the Ohio river, six miles away, with a rough road between, yet for thirteen years the young priest never disappointed the people of his pastorship. In 1847 Bishop Bazin called him to Vincennes to make him vicar-general of the diocese. Father Bessonies refused the place. He said that by accepting he would do an Injustice to the people who had bought lots at the little town of Leopold. The place had grown, and he was convinced If he went away the place would go down. “Appoint Father De 8t. Palais,” said Father Bessonies. Maurice de St. Palais was a priest at Madison. Ha was appointed, and afterwards, being in the line of succession, became bishop. The church he built at Leopold was of logs. He also built a log school-house, and soon after there was a general store, a blacksmith shop and a postofflee. Father Bessonies was the first postmaster by appointment of President Poik. The new postmaster employed a carpenter to make the necessary pigeon-holes and boxes to hold the mall. The expense was $14. He sent a bill to Washington for the amount. The answer came back; ’’Your postofflee is too small for such a luxury. Pay the bill yourself,” which the extravagant young postmaster did. Speaking of his labors while at Leopold be said that he was on horseback the treater part of his time visiting widely separated communities; that in one week he said mass on Sunday at Derby, on Monday at Leavenworth, Crawford county; on Tuesday at Corydon. Harrison county; on Wednesday at Newton Stewart. Orange county; on Thursday at Jasper. Dubois county: on Friday at Taylorsville, Warrick county; on Saturday at Rookport, Spenosr county, and at Leopold, Perry county. He remained at Leopold until 1852 and then paid a visit to France. On his return he was sent to Ft. Wayne, where he was paster for one year. He was sent to Jeffersonville In March, 1854. where he remained until November. 1867, when he was appointed pastor of St. John’s chareh, this city, then a small affair, and giving no promise that It would one day be a parish of 5,000 peopie,

after having sent out half a dosen congregations. each of which now numbers a thousand and more. Desired as Bishop. It was a disappointment to every one except Father Bessonies that he was not made a bishop. All the newspaper men, regardless of religious or political faith or previous condition of servitude, were enthusiastically for him. In fact, he would not only have received the entire Catholic vote, but all the Protestant vote of Indianapolis. had the case been one to be decided by local prefe'ence. But bishops are not chosen in that way. and Francis Silas Chatard. who came here In 1878. a stranger all the way from Rome, soon won loyal support, and has made a bishop in whom the church takes pride, as everything to which he has put his hand has prospered. Fifteen years ago Father Bessonies was made a monsignor, a special honor as a member of the Pope’s household. This appointment brought with it the right to wear a hat of a peculiar shape. The hat on arrival was shown to friends of the monsignor, and to his newspaper friends also. It was a silk hat. very smooth and glossy, with a low crown, the brim of moderate width at the sides, extending far to the front and rear. Nobody has ever seen him w'ear that hat in the streets. .. ^ Father Bessonies delights to talk of Governor Morton, with whom he was especially intimate in the stirring days of the war. The priest of St. John's was a steadfast friend of the Union, and his counsel, as the writer Knows, was frequently asked by the great War Governor. During the Franco-Prussian war, Father Bessonies’s sympathies were all with the land of his nativity, and several humorous stories are told of warm discussions that took place between him and German priests of the diocese. His last visit to France was paid in 1882. „ . One day a knock at Father Bessonies study door brought the words “Come in! , On entering, the two vicar-generals of the diocese of Vincennes—Father Bessonies and Father Anthony Scheldeleiv-were found engaged In the exciting game of dominoes, at which, as Uifc writer then saw. both are skilled performers. It was said that these two contestants met frequently, and that victory sometimes fell on the side of the German champion, and at other times on him who represented La Belle France. Temperance Work. Among the many good things Father Bessonies has done in his long thirty years’ residence In this community, nothing has exhibited more tangible results than his example and labors In the cause of temperance. This work has been done among the Irish, his parishioners being chiefly of that race. The St- Patrick’s Total Abstinence Society, with its hundreds of members, the Knights of Father Mathew, and other temperance organizations among the Catholics of this city, have all been instituted, fostered and promoted by him, while many other hundreds who have not connected themselves with societies have become total abstainers through the influence exerted by Bather Bessonies. Father Bessonies is of noble lineage, De Bessonies being tne family name, out when he came to this country he at once assimilated w'.th its democracy and dropped the aristocratic “De." After the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, the great marshal, Michael Ney, was for some time a guest of a De Bessonies, a relative of the priest. Ney wag In hiding, but frequently took walks about the neighborhood. One day the marshal was walking along a by-path, when he was approached by a beggar, who solicited alms. Instead of receiving, as he expected, a copper coin, he found in his hand a glittering Napoleon. The beggar was profuse in hla thanks, and afterward gave glowing accounts of the noble-looking stranger wno had been so princely in-his bounty, xne story came to the cars of the authorities at Paris, and the description was so accurate that It resulted in the arrest of the great marshal and hU execution soon afterward. While the monslgnor usually gives his birth-place as Cahors, department of Lot, France, when he is exact, he says at Souseyrac. p. village rear Cahors. He then gives his full name as John Francis Au gustlne de Bessonies de Bousquette. MARKET IMPROVEMENT.

Action Toward Paving Vacant Space and Placing Stalls There.

President Mack, of the Board of Public Safety, called on the Board of Public Works to-day to ask the permanent Improvement of the vacant space at Alabama and Market streets, now the rendezvous for public wagons. Some time ago Engineer Jeup prepared plans for improving this, but the Improvement was delayed. Now there la no money appropriated. Mr. Mack said the board was in sympathy with the county commissioners in their effort to make the court house square a park, and that to do so the market wagons would have to quit the curb about the court house square. Engineer Jeup’s plan calls for cement walks and 200 stalls In the present vacant space. The Board of Public Works promised to ask an appropriation to make the needed improvement and take the marketers away from the court house. Opening of Nebraska Street. A South Side delegation thanked the Board of Public Works this morning when the signatures of the members of the board were attached to the resolution opening Nebraska street, from Madison avenue to Chestnut street, and final action was taken. The petitioners have been after this opening for a long time. The new street crosses the Pennsylvania railroad track, and provision is made whereby the crossing may have A flagman whenever an ordinance is passed by the City Council directing this. STREET RAILWAY AFFAIRS

Commercial Club Committee — The Caae la Coart.

The C'lmmerclal Club committee of nine on the street railway proposition has not formally taken up the Investigation of the subject. John T. Brush, one of the members, is absent from the city and It Is not known whether he will be able to serve. E. C. Atkins (whose name was announced as H. C. Adams, by mistake) can not serve, and President English has appointed Lawson M. Harvey, formerly Judge of the Superior Court, to succeed him. A. M. Ogle, another member, is 111. A meeting of the full committee is expected soon. The three judges of the Superior Court, who heard argument in the injunction suit of C. F. Smith and J. F. White against the city, to restrain the making of a contract with tl\e Indianapolis Street Railway Company, will have a consultation to-morrow afternoon. A decision is expected Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. —o ■■■ PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. Miss Estelle King entertained her card club last night Miss Gertrude Minor is visiting friends at Effingham, 111. Mrs. Thompson, of Seymour, is with Mrs. E. E. Perry. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Knippenberg and Miss Mary Knippenberg left yesterday for New York. Mrs. T. C. Day and Miss Florence Day kft to-day for a visit In Chicago and Milwaukee Mrs. Michael Downing, with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Coleman, left yesterday for a trip South of a few week*. Miss Julia Hoi*eg entertained a tew young girls at coffee thla afternoon tor Miss Nellie Blitz, of Milwaukee, who is visiting In the city. Miss Mary Greer.leaf will be at home to-morrow from her school work at Richmond to spend her spring vacation with relatives hi the city.

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Herod.

Mnll-Wyatt. [Special to Tb* Indianapolis News.] Rushviile, Ind., March 24,—Leo Mull, of Madrid. la., and Miss May Wyatt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Wyatt, were united in marriage at the brlde’e home, many gueats attending. The Rev. J, H. MacNeill, ef Munoie, officiated, assisted by the Rev. W. J. Russell, of this

city.

THEAUGUSTASCBMIDTCASE

HUSBAND AND THREE SONS FOUND IN A STRICKEN CONDITION.

The Mother Writes a Letter to Her Family, Cautioning Them Not to Talk of Her to Any One.

[Special to The Indianapolis Kews.l Lafayette, Ind., March 24.—In a fourroom story and a half louse In Lincoln street, in the Oakland H1U addition to this city, were found, during the December blizzard, a family of four males—a father and three sons, the ages of the latter being fifteen, ten and eight years. They were destitute, barefooted, as far as the children were concerned, without food or fuel, and the father was suffering from inflammatory rheumatism. They were discovered by Mrs. J. M. Wilson, matron of the Woman’s Christian Home, whose special mission is the rescue of lallen women and the preservation of children from asaociatlon with vice. The case did not come within the Jurisdictlonof the matron, but she was so touched by the pitiful poverty of the people’s surroundings and their palpable suffering that she at once appealed to Mrs. Helen M. Gougar, president of the society, to know If something oould not be done. Aid was at once extended, and the father, then very sick, was removed to St. Elizabeth Hospital, a place of employment found for the eldest boy, and the others were taken to the home for temporary shelter. During this period an attempt was made to secure information of the mother, but from no source could knowledge be gained of the cause of her absence, those who had Interested themselves being left to wonder whether she was dead, divorced or away on some other pretext. A week after the family had been disposed of as mentioned, Mrs. Smith, the matron, under instructions to solve the mystery, visited the husband at the hospital. and from him secured, substantially, this statement, made In faltering tones and with tear-dlmmned eyes: “It makes my heart ache to tell It,” he said, with pronounced German accent, "but my wife, she be in prison.” Then he related the htory of her crime, trial and conviction, already familiar to the reading public, and added: “I believe her innocent. She would not have commit willful murder. She was a good wife and mother, but very avaricious. If her finances be touched she became very angry, but on all other occasions she be very kind and loving.” And at the close of v his narrative he made, in choking tones, this plea: ”We want her out, and would be very glad If the good women would inter-

est themselves."

Thus it was that the Woman’s Christian Home learned of Mrs. Augusta Schmidt and her incarceration, and from this plea, made by the sufferer while on his bed of pain, came the movement which secured from the Governor a parole, and the subsequent astonishing rejection of that prospect of freedom. The father, after three weeks in the hospital, left there to go to work, but after nine days of effort he had to give up and return to the hospital. At this time the boy, who had been at work, also became afflicted, and he had to be sent to the hospital; the younger children, who had returned to their home while their father was at work, again becoming a charge upon the society and their neighbors. The sick members of the family rallied under careful treatment, and were again reunited; expecting dally that glad tidings would soon come to them. The women of the society had asked for a pardon, and they were delighted when they were able, the other evening, to carry to that cheerless abode the news that Governor Mount had agreed to Issue a parole. The message was received there with great Joy and a profusion of thanks, but the cup of happiness was dashed^trom the father’s mind a day or two 'afterward, when, dragging himself one evening to Matron Wilson’s place, he inquired the prospects of his

wife’s return.

On this day there had been reception preparations at the Lincoln-street home, and visitors describe It as one of the most pathetic Incidents of this remarkable case. The scantily furnished home was arranged by the children, the most attractive way possible, and every article which the mother had made or with which her memory was associated, was given conspicuous place in the arrangements. The husband had gone light-hearted to the matron to learn the time of his wife's arrival. Instead of pleasurable news, he received this letter: Miss Keely's Letter. “Indianapolis, Ind., March 20, 1898. “Mrs. Helen Gougar, Lafayette, Ind. “Dear Madam—Your letter received. Augusta Schmidt was paroled, but she refuses to accept parole. She wants to see her lawyer, and seems to want him to clear her of crime. That is her thought as nearly as we can understand. She is so very peculiar. “She says she will not have anybody watching over her but God; that she is an innocent woman; that you do not know anything about her; while she is very grateful to you for your kind thought, she can not accept the parole. “I asked the Governor to extend her time for five days, until she could see her lawyer. We have tried to get him here, but have not yet succeeded. "It Is a very strange case. I do not know what will come of It. Yours very truly, SARAH F. KEELY, Supt.” This news had been a surprise and a shock to the women. An attempt to tel) of its effects on the husband and the chll dren, to whom he afterward imparted, news, would be a futile effort to picture sorrow and despair. Discussing this phase of the woman's character last night, Mrs.

Gougar said;

“Presuming that parole surveillance would cease with the period at which her term of imprisonment should expire, I wondered why the woman should be so perverse when the gates of the prison were opened to her, out subsequent investigation has led me to admire her spirit. Acceptance of parols would have meant that she be subject to official Investlga tlon for the remainder of her life, or at least so long as the officers desired to keep watch over her. Now, however, she will remain until her term expires and will be subject to no authority on account of this crime after that pei .od. Then she will be free, unlese sooner pardoned. Yet her conduct makes it extremely doubtful if she would accept pardon unless there was also admission of her innocence. The family has been reticent concerning the woman’s life, and it has at no time been mentioned by them that the woman was

of the nobility.

"They have described her as proud, haughty and avaricious, but as good and kind. Our interest was aroused by the family's need of a mother and wife, and we have now begun a movement, asking for pardon. If we shall not succeed in this, we shall send the sick ones to the hospital again and seek homes for the

the country. There

one other thing which we shall invesThe husband says the wife was

younger children in the country. There

is one tlgate.

heir to considerable money; that she spent

$8,000 in defending herself, but that he doesn’t know what became of the balance. At Christmas time the mother wrote that she had ordered her lawyer’ to send the children $5 each. It never came. Perhaps this was because there were no funds, but If there were we want to see that these benefit those justly entitled to

them."

After word came that the woman had refused to accept parole Mrs. W. Bent Wilson, secretary of the society, wrote a letter to the mother, pleading with her. In behalf of her children and husband, to alter her decision, and the woman’s oldest son addressed one of similar purport to the mother. Here are extracts from an answer to the child's appeal. The Mother’s Reaponae. “My Dear Husband and Children—I want you not to talk to any one about me—to any one In Lafayette. I don't know the lady of the home, and she don’t know me whatever. She done her duty as a Christian lady. God bless her for It. Still, for the love of God, ask her to let me alone. By the flag of the State and the flag of America, I am a ribble citizen of America and a noble citizen of God, and I watch my own foe for God. Give her my best respects and love. God bleza her and keep her. 1 am an inno-

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TAFFETA skirt lining, yard wide, fast black. 12%c quality..... $c

TABLE OIL CLOTH, 1 1-8 yards wide. 18c and 15c qualities, per yard. 12**c and 13c PERCALES, 30 inches wide, medium and dark grounds, the SVfcc quality, just ten bolts; until sold 5c VINEGAR or OIL BOTTLES, elaborately trimmed in gold, four shapes, our 19c quality ..10c TABLE TUMBLERS, four barrels on sale (12 for I2c), each ...lo GRANITE SOUP LADLES 4c TOILET PAPER, good quality, 5c size..2c SALT BOXES, our 10c leader; these 2 hours ...Sc SUSPENDERS FOR BOYS, fancy webbing, 10c quality 5c OVERALLS FOR MEN. of good denim ..29c BROWNIE OVERALLS, blue denim, sizes 4 to 14 19c HOSE FOR LADIES, full fashioned. Hermsdorf fast black, double heels and toes, our 19c leader 12%c VESTS FOR LADIES, light weight, ecru or white, long on wing sleeves, silk taped neck, our 25c quality 17c INDIA LINEN, vqry fine and sheer, 15c quality 9c TOWELS, large size, fancy fringed honeycomb, 6 the limit 3c

SILESIA, yard wide, slate only, 12%c quality 7c HAIR BRUSHES, part bristles, solid back. 15c kind 9c HAT PINS, to and 10c kinds (2 for 5c), each BUTTERMILK SOAP. Cosmo brand. 10c cake 5c MARSHMALLOWS, our 13c leader. per pound 8c HOSE SUPPORTERS, with satin belt, all colors, 26c quality 12c REEFERS for girls, ages t 4 and 6 years, of all-wool broadcloth. Scotch braidtrimmed collar and sleeves. $1.26 quality ...9Zc SKIRTS of black figured briiltantine, full width and double lined, our $1.98 and $2.48 kinds ....$1.50 SUITS of black twilled cloth, mercerized cotton lined jackets, percaltne lined skirts, $5.00 quality $2.98 WRAPPERS of choice percales and prints, light and dark shades, cut full over hips, neatly triftuned, with fitted linings, our 98c quality 75c UNDERSKIRTS of black coutll, with double Spanish ruffle, $1.35 quality 98c

sailo;

band* VIOL

>RS of straw, for school girls, led, atsorted colors... lOe

IOLET8, large doable bunches, with foliage, long stems, 50c quallt/X....

KNITTING SILK, kind .77.

HMMMPii

25c

colors, Mta

CREP8 PAPER, assorted col

roll*.

wave roll ..

edges, 19-foot

ore, tinted 19c kind, 9c

GERMANTOWN YARN, all colors, skein .

imported.

8c

CHOCOLATE, German, sweet, regular 10c cakes (3 for 15c). each 6c

m

TOMATOES, extra standards, 2-lb saa (4 for 25c), each CRACKERS, Taggart’s butter (3 I be. l$c>. ■Per ib.ii, ."..a* 4...$c SKIRTS for INFANTS, of fine nainsook, trimmed with tucks. Insertion and embroidery. regular price Me and $LM...5#e CORSETS FOR MISSES, of Jean, shoulder straps; 50c quality Sc 8ILKOLINE8, best 12%c and 10c kinds, M inches; 2 hours, yard 7c and 6c SWISS RUFFLING, wide, hemmed and pressed; regular 7c grade, yard 4c RUGS. 21x98 Inches, reversible Brussetlne*. fringed; 50c kind ...29c

This List of Bargains Will Be On Sale All Bay

Your special attention is ca LINE AT 89c. TWO CLASP, 1 FULLY GUARANTEE AND

THE EASTER PAIR OF GLOVES IS PERHAPS UPPERMOST IN THE

MINDS OF MOST LADIES.

AN UNEXCELLED LINE OF KID GLOVES AT OUR COUNTER AT

$1.48, $1.23, 98c, 89c and 75c.

They come In all colors, all size*, two-

clasp, five-hook and three-clasp.

Your special jutention is called to THE

WHICH WE

FIT.

Millinery Department AS FINE A LOT OF STYLISH 'kATS AS EVER SHOWN BY ANY HOUSE IN INDIANAPOLIS. DON’T FAIL TO SEE THEM. SPECIAL EARLY TRIMMED TOQUES AND HATS. We took special care in making up a very choice lot of neat, dressy, and inexpensive Hats, In addition to our fine line. TO-MORROW we will place on sale (in all about 250 hats) a very attractive lot of Toques and Hats at $198 ANOTHER LOT at !.7$2 48 AN EXTREMELY CHOICE SELECTION AT ...... $4 98 V p?r > bunch arge bunche8 ’ lon * stems, Amertcan Beauty, with foliage.8c ROSES—Two American Beauty Rose Buds, fine foliage, per bunch 25c The Shoe Department ‘he suggestion that its patrons do not put off buying Shoes until after the whole costume Is complete. AH the new styles are in, and we can serve you much better now than in the rush on Easter Saturday. SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS—SHOES FOR LADIES, tan and black, silk vesting tops, hand-turned soles, coin toes, $3.50 quality $2.93 SHOES FOR LADIES, dongola and tan vlci. flexible soles, neat and stylish, $2.50 quality ji.gg OXFORDS FOR LADIES, best vlci kid stock, silk vesting tops, coin and English toes, very nobby styles, $2.60 Quality $1.98 OXFORDS FOR LADIES, dongola stock, patent leather trimmed, coin toes, guaranteed all solid 89c Saturday Specials In Suits, Capes, Skirts and Waists SUITS of fine, all-wool Venetians, colors, black, blue, brown and tan. jackets are the new three-quarter, tight-fitting, flare skirt, special for to-morrow ..$10.00 SUITS of an excellent quality all-wool herringbone, silk serge-lined Jackets, strapped skirts ...$12.50 SUITS. EXTRAORDINARY VALUES FOR TO-MORROW. About 100 Suita in this collection, embracing the very choicest materials and most stylish and favored makes, up to $20.00 qualities, choice $15.00 CAPES of faille silks and brocaded satins, handsomely trimmed and lined, marked specially for to-morrow at..$4.98 SKIRTS of all-wool serge, cut full width, good percaline-llned, interlined aUid faced, a bargain at $150 SKIRTS of a high-grade Black Peau de Sole Silk, new flare cut, perfectly lined and faced; the silk and linings in this Skirt will easily cost $10.00; by a lucky purchase we are enabled to sell 25 of these at .$9.00 WAISTS of black and fancy striped taffeta silk, some are tucked and corded, $5.00 qualities $3.98 Vary Enticing Bargains for the Man Folk* To-Morrow DRESS SHIRTS for men. Fancy laundered percale, with detached cuffs to match, no choicer patterns can fce found; $1.25 quality 95c NEGLIGEE SHIRTS for men. with attached cuffs; a bargain 48c WORKING SHIRTS for men. of heavy black and white stripe cheviot; 40c quality 16o NIGHT SHIRTS ft* men. good muslin, trimmed with white and colored embroidery; our special 39c UNDERWEAR FOR MEN, MEDIUM WEIGHT, balbrlggan and fancy stripes; "see this line” at 25c SOX FOR MEN, fancy stripes and plaids; 26c quality, for to-morrow only (7 pairs $1), per pair 15c SUSPENDERS, ’’like Guyot’z." in white only 15c NECKTIES, PUFFS and IMPERIALS, a new line, elegant quality silk, nobby shapes; 50c quality, Saturday Special 36c

The Umbrella Demand should be big to-morrow, for we|ve some very fine offerings. (Removed ’ to the front of the west alale.) COLORED UMBRELLAS FOR LADIES, covered with a superb surah siix. case and princeee tassel of same, in red. blue, green, purple and black, with fancy border. Princess of Wales handles of knotted wood or choice Dresdens; well worth $5, to-morrow only $3.89 LADIES’ UMBRELLAS, silk carola covered. horn, rubber. Dresden and natural wood handles- $1.60 quality, a leader to introduce the new location $1.18 MEN’S UMBRELLAS, serge covered, on 28-inch stout steel rod, close roll; $1.18 quality 98c CHILDREN’S UMBRELLAS. 24-lnch steel rod, English gloria cover; 79c quality 46c

Toilets

WOODBURY’S FACIAL CREAM, 25c kind 14c ARNICA TOOTH SOAP, 25c kind 14c CASTILE SOAP, 4 cakes In a box. 10c box X.. Be DRESSING COMBS, hard rubber, 8inch size, 19c- kind for 10c TOOTH BRUSHES. 4 rows good bristles, 12c kind 7e SANITARY SKIN SOAP. 16c cake, for •••«•• •••••••» ........**•.**.*.••*•** Jewelry Specials ODDS AND ENDS, consisting of 36c brooches, neck and belt buckles, stick and scarf pins, cuff buttons and pearl waist sets; until gone, your choice.. 10c BEAUTY PINS, pearl mounted. 8 to set, 19c set I 00 SHIRT WAIST BETS, pair cuff pins and 4 beauty pins, 39c kind Zac

Veiling

New line Tusco, Totedd Brussels, without .and with spot*. 39c quality, per yard 25c 25c quality, per yard 19c 19c quality, per yard 15c lac quality, per yard 10c Table Linen, Extra Specials for Saturday Only Your choice of ar.y our regular $1.25 bleached satin damask, 2 yards wide, for 8^*0 Your choice of any our regular 8£c bleached Scotch Dameak, 2 yards wide, for ^ Choice of any our regular $3.00 Bleacned Napkins, £ size, for *3-i9 Hosiery and Underwear HOSE FOR BOYS, extra heavy bicycle, kind, double knees, heels and toe*. l»c quality 12)*c HOSE FOR GIRLS, In fine ribbed, lisle, seamless, fast black, double heels and toes, 25c quality 19c VESTS AND PANTS FOR LADIES, in pure white, medium weight, vests silk taped neck, extra value, at 2oc VESTS FOR LADIES, low neck, no sleeves, silk taped neck and arms, 19c quality 15c Candies for Easter NOTE THE LOW PRICES FOR HIGHGRADE CONFECTIONS. BITTER SWEETS CHOCOLATES, assorted flavor*, regular 39c quality; to introduce this line, per lb.. 20c HICKORY-NUT CARAMELS. 25c kind, per ib 15b CREAM FILBERTS, 18c kind, per ib... 9c LARGE CHOCOLATE DROPS, loc kind. per lb 9c BUTTERCUPS, assorted flavors. per lb »c PINE CREAM MIXTURE, 15c kind, per lb 9c EASTER EGGS, plain cocoa, cream centers, 5c, Sc and 1c each. EASTER EGGS, decorated and named; cocoa cream centers, 5c and 3c each, EASTER RABBITS. In ail atyles. 10c, 5c, Sc and 1c each.

25c

Draperies, Rugs, Mattings COCOA DOOR MATS, strong brush woven; size, braided edges; 50c quality ...77,.... FLOOR DENIM, extra heavy quality, for entire floor or rug bordering. 34 inches wide; regular 18c

kind, yard 15c

STRAW MATTING. 18c and 20c

r T*rd 15c

l £-CE CURTAINS, pretty, 80-inch by $H yards; buttonhole stitched Nottinghams. wide enough for single strip to a window; $150 quality.

P* 1 *’ $1.45

HEAVY DRAPERIES. Figured Damasks, Armures and Tapestries; new Orientals, stripes and home effects, heavily fringed, all 9 yard*

long; $6.50 to $7.50 qualities, pair— $4 95

Fancy Work—art dbp’t CENTER PIECES, stamped, all

new designs. 18x18 inches, each.... 5c Tray Cloth, stamped, hemstitched edge

and drawn work, 18x27 Inches. 25c

quality 19c

PILLOW TOPS, stamped on art material; an odd assortment; 25c

kind 12c

DRESSER SCARFS. Roman embroidery. plain centers, with deep

cut edges, 96c quality 62o

Corsets “

CORSETS, KABO, all colors, low. medium and high busts ,$l CORSETS, R. ft G. and W. B.. ail colors. all sixes, $1 quality 75c BUSTLE, combination bustle and hip pads, 50o quality ; 33o

The Grocery

PEACHES, Thistle brand. Yellow Crawford, extra fine flavor, per can .He ASPARAGUS. -Clipper brand, fancy California white, per can ..14c HONEY, fancy white California, per pound n 0 PICKLES, H. J. Heinz’s sweet midgets, regular 25c bottle, to-morrow 2lc BUCKWHEAT. Geiger’s prepared, strictly fresh. 10c packages, to-morrow (3 for 3bc), each 6 2-3o ENGLISH WALNUTS, fresh and fancy, P«r lb 10c YEAST FOAM. fresh (3 for 10c), each j)i-sc

Bargain Domestic*

In spite of the Prices-Gotng-Up Cry. CAMBRIC, good grade. 7c quality, until gone ......5c TICKING, in fancy stripes, strictly feather proof, also suitable for awnings, our regular 15c quality 10c DENIMS, for overall*, in blue and brbwn. our 10c quality OUTING FLANNELS, an excellent assortment, regular 9c quality, all day Saturday ...: SEERSUCKERS, choicest styles obtainable. very much In demand tor shirt waists, our 10c quality 1 .YvHfcC PERCALES, light ground, in a splendid array of spring styles, per yard.- 5c SKIRT PATTERNS, of ouUng flanneh •hell stitched edges, very choice pattern*. each 29c A Stirring Sain In Houso-

furnishing*

READ CAREFULLY BACH ITEM; 100 TRAYS. 13-Inch fancy patterns, heavy tin, until sold Sc COFFEE POTS, nickel plated oh copper, enameled handle and knob, the 8-qt. size, worth 86c since the big advance in copper; to-morrow, one to a custoiner ............... 39c COFFEE FLASKS, pint and half pint. heavy tin. well made, etch 4c TEA AND COFFEE CANNIBTERB. Japanned, 12c quality, until gone .........5c WATER SPLASHERS, 32x18 Inch, pretty scenery, painted, 20c quality....... Wo PREPARED PAINTS, for floor or the kind for ail purposes, all shades, unequaled for fineness and durability, al) ready for the brush; our 28c leader..,19c FOR 19c—4-qt. GRANITE PRESERVING

KETTLES.

CLOTHES HAMPERS, a* usual, the best made, 85c size; until sold ....69c Three Bargain* From the China End HOOD REFLECTOR LAMPS, with bracket. No. 2 burner, all ready to light; our 55c leader 39c WATER BOTTLES, nobby shape, clear crystal glass, each 10c‘ JARDINIERES. 7-inch, attractive shape, flower and geometrical designs, variety of attractive colors, highly glazed, «9c quality; for a Saturday flyer 49c

THE WM. H. BLOCK CO.

cent Christian lady in prison. "AUGUSTA SCHMIDT. ‘Wife to the husband and mother to the children.” Mr. Schmidt, the husband, is much distressed over the turn of affairs. He Is a man of perhaps forty-eight years, small of stature, dark complexion, and wear* a new growth of beard. He 1* somewhat emaciated and very weak, aa a result of disease. He Is very reserved in conversation, talking of his wife’s case only in

CENTRALAVENUECHURCH

An Eighteen-Thonaand-Dollnr Addition to be Made.

An $18,000 addition to the Central-avenue M. E. church Iz to be erected. The new building will be occupied by the Sundayschool department of the church. The membership of the church, which now

response to direct question*, and refusing to answer these when they are zuggeative of any fact 0.' rumor not already brought out in the foregoing. Those who have become acquainted with these people uniformly agree that the husband Is a wellinformed, dignified, honorable gentleman, whose devotion to hla children hag been unusual under such circumstance*, and every reasonable thing will be done for their comfort, as they are not beggars or paupers, and have asked for no aid. o ----- East Michigan Street Sewer. The Board of Public Work* has asked City Attorney Kern to report the East. Michigan street sewer plans to the Circuit Court and prepare an entry for assessing benefits and damages, as part of the assessable property Is outside the city limits.

numbers more than 1,000, has Increased rapidly in the last few years, and the congregation found it necessary to provide additional room. Two hundred anfl fifty persona have come into the church since the Rev. C. C. Lasby became its pastor, three years ago. A building committee was appointed by tha pastor some time ago, to co-operate with the board of trustees In securing plana for th* new building. That committee will make It* public report tonight, and the results of Us labors will be shown by stereopticon views. No attempt will be made to raise any funds at this meeting, the design being to familiarise the congregation and friends of the enterprise with the main features of the contemplated improvement. The plans were

drawn by R. P. Daggett, architect, and the design harmonizes with the present structure. The dimensions of the addition will be about eighty by ninety feet, and it 4* so arranged that every so^al want of the society may be npet, as well as provision made for the direct purposes of th* Sunday-school and prayer-meeting services. The main floor wil contain an as-sembly-room, with class-room* adjoining, which can be thrown open on occasion, and together are estimated to seat comfortably about one thousand persons. A large platform, suitable for all Christmas and other like entertainments, will be capable of holding a bout two hundred more, and will serve In general an a room for the infant department. Spacious parlors will be prepared for reception and other purposes, sqM on# room, with a capacity of 150. WW *>• known as the Business Men’s Bible classroom, such provision being mad* necessary by the large attendance under th# teachings of Charles F. Coffin. The basement will contain a kitchen and dining-room, with all approved furnUhIngs, so that conference* tlons can be readily accommodated in working facilities, and be provided with all necessary entertainment in the future. A larger drill-room will also be a feature for the youngWESTERN LEAGUE. Sefceftule Finally Aftogteft *«*«’ lag Adjoaraeft—Laftaa’a Cla*. (Special to The Indianapolis News.] Milwaukee, Wia., March 24-—The Western League magnates, after Wasting three day*, finally adopted m schedule late this afternoon and then adjourned. obungee were made to the date# to-day. and aU of th* magnates with tha ex: Mon of VanDerbeck, of Detroit, exprcs themselves as satisfied. A strong ««w% was made by aome of the magnate* to delay matters until word could be received from New York, but Indianapolis, bars of th# league agreed to Wt Loft us place hla team in any dty he aaw tit.

Ctaelaaatl Market.

Cincinnati March Wheat—Firm at 7*o Oat«—Quiet Provisions—