Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 April 1899 — Page 11

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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1899.

BROAD RIPPLE ROAD SOLD

Tl». H. SCHWIDT. PRKStnr\T OF THR NEW COMPACT.

l*«rrbaa« SaFFMed «o Have IWrn Made ta latere** of the Indtaaat>oIU Street Railway Company —Street t ar Affair*.

Dtrpatehe* from Boston to-day announce that It lias been disclosed In New York -that the stock and bonds of the Indlan*p >a* and Broad Ripple Rapid Transit company, and all Its tangible property, have chanced hands, and that a new company now controls the road. The dispatchea also announce that William H. Schmidt, of Indiana polls, has been elected president of the road. The amount of consideration la dot announced. William H. Schmidt Is county treasurer. He returned from a two w-ecks' trip in ' the Hast yeeterday. He was asked to-day If he Was the W. If Schmidt elected president of the Broad Ripple road. ‘1 shouldn't wtinder but what I am." he answered. "Bat are you7*’ •'Well, to tell the truth, I am." "Who are the purchasers of the road?" - "That ts somethin* I may not now disclose The full facts will be announced

soon. - '

“What was the consideration?" "I am not able to say more now than that a new company has acquired by purchase the Indian&pclls and Broad Ripple Rapid Transit Company. I have been chosen president. At the proper time a full announcement will be made." Mr. Schmidt declined to answer any other questions. Debts of the Company. From another source it is learned that the price paid tvaa a smill amount—less than $100.(100. The capital stock of the road Is only $4,000. Bonds amounting to Hoe.oflo were issued by the late Ronald T. I McDonald, of Ft. Wayne, which he deposited with a Boston firm a# security for notes of the face value of $125,000. These notes, it Is announced, were received at a large discount, so great. In fact, that the $400,000 mortgage on the road and park represented really only about $60,000 of debt. In addition to this claim on th3 road, there were other debts, as disclosed by the pending receivership, which amounted to over $40,000 more. It Is understood. unofficially, that the new purchasers. have arranged for the payment of all claims against the property, and that it will be operated with ample capital. The change means improved service and a large expenditure In Improvements at Brpad Ripple Park. The sem-mee for Improvement are elastic, and may include an artthelal lake of large area, the rlver . above the dam making this an economical Investment. The service between the city and Broad Ripple is to be Increased so that the title “rapid transit" will not longer be a mlsnomeT.. The Broad Ripple road was built In 1893. It has had a tempestuous career and was regarded as depreciated property because Its owner usdd It as a basis for speculation. Men in the street railway business said the management of Its was not fully alive to the possibilities of the road, and that It was possible to make It prosperous. The park at Broad Ripple contains 330 acres, and although meagerIv provided with attractions, has been liberally patronixed. Perhaps for LBtUaaapolts Company. It Is estimated that the purchase has been made in the interest of the Indianapoils Btreet Railway Company. Those who assert knowledge of the deal say this purpose has so far not been dis-

closed.

The road la ftow In charge of John B. CocKrum. receiver. The negotiations for the purchase. It ta understood, were all conducted by Mr. Bchmidt during his absence In the last two weeks. It jl* expected by city officers that the Indianapolis Btreet Railway Company will complete the surrender of the Cltlxens; company and City company’s franchises to the Board of Public Works the

last end

next week, and that before the next week the reduced fare

Old Three-f ent Pare Cases. Ten cases against officers of the Citixens' Btreet Railroad Company were noiled In the Criminal Court to-day. They were charged with refusing to accept S-cent fares while the S-cent fare law was In operation and before the State was enjoined from prosecuting the cases further. The Isw of 18U9 repeals ail former laws, hence a conviction Van not Bow be had for the violation of the 3cent fare lap, the county prosecutor explains. I "

south track*, and sending avarytblng over th« Ball road t* the Union elevated

tem.

City Engineer Jeup *atd h* had investigated the power of the tdty to require elevation of treck* three years ago. when the city changed the grade of the J.. M. A Itracks, from South street to Madison avenue. He said City Attorney Curtis then held that the city eouid change the grade at street crossings. This would necessarily require , complete elevation between streets. He said he had taken levels and made prexmratory steps for plans, but that he could offer nothing definite now. City Attorney Kern spoke of the failure ojf the city to secure an amendment to the charter w hich would have fortified the city in its demand for elevation. He said the legislative committee denied the amendment without apparent reason. Ha said he did not doubt the power of tRe city to require elevation under the present charter provision, but as hostility was to be expected from the present attitude of the roads to any scheme of elevation, he wanted all the power that could be obtained. TUet Law on the Question. “I have no hesitation In saying.” said he, “that under the present provision the city may require track elevation. Now the rest, with which I have little to do. i$ largely a matter of policy. The city may require, by ordinance, the elevation of all tracks, or It may, without the shadow of doubt at all. require the companies to build viaducts at each street. This is not desirable, but as the power so to require is definite and above all doubt, and as building viaducts would entail four times the cost of elevation, the city has a formidable weapon in a fight on the subject. Or. the city may bring the railroads and other Interests into amicable relations and by conferences bring about an agreeable and satisfactory system of track elevation. As to the first method, It Is open to this objection—it puts the city and the companies flat-footed on the right to require elevation. If the companies resist and Invoke that modern weapon of corporations—the Injunction—there will be years of litigation. If the Council orders viaducts at every street crossing, the companies may accede to track elevation, because It Is better for them. Those are matters of policy.” President Mahoney, of the Council, said there was no mistaking the demand from the South Side for the elevation of racks. Councilman Colter said the South Side was Interested in no question more than track elevation, and that viaducts, as Illustrated by the Virginia avenue viaduct, would be unwelcome. He said he would favor any method of bringing relief from grade cross-

BICTCLE TRUST UNLIKELY

SEVERAL LARGE M A At'FACTOR l Eg WILL NOT JOIN IT.

liig*. Councilman Bernauer apoke In the same strain. Councilman Allen said he had not considered the subject enough to

be prepared to express himself on the method, but was in sympathy generally with the movement. At the suggestion of Mayor Taggart, President Mahoney said he would appoint a committee of three from the Council at the next meeting. The

conference then ended.

SENT HIM TO JAIL.

tickets will be put on sale. The street railway company began putting on open motor cars to-day, and will continue to change until all are In use for the warm season. To-morrow the regular summer service will bekbegun to Fairvlew Park. There will be m> “grand OMiillng-" at the park, but It will be much of ttye same character as In former year*. The annual meeting of the Cltlmens' Street Railroad Company wilk be held In this city May 9. This will probably he the last meeting the Cltlxens' company

will ever hbld.

Witness Who Failed to Answer a Criminal Court Subpena. Judge Alford, of the Criminal Court, sent Axil Erickson to jail for one day this morning for contecqpt of court in not appearing as a witness In answer to a subpena. He was brought In on an attachment by a deputy sheriff and hastened to tell the judge that "I no understand.” His Ignorance availed him nothing. The Court bad been "laying" for an opportunity to punish some one, as he had heard much complaint lately from witnesses who threatened that they would not lose time and money in coming to Court to testify in cases in which they had no Interest. The case this morning was on a charge of profanity, against Mrs. Sadie Hopper, appealed from a justice of the peace. Her attorney demanded a Jury, and It cost the county $24 and more to prove her guilty cf the charge, that being the Jury's verd:ct. " City Dispensary Internes. The new internes at the City Dispensary, who will assume their duties to-morrow, are: Drs. A. I+, Loop and J. B. Griffith, graduates of the Medical College of Indiana. and Robert N. Todd and H. N. K^rohnar, of the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons. The outgoing physicians are: Dr. Foutz, who will go to Centerville, Ind.; Dr. Mdvor. of this city, and Drs. Kennedy and Martin, who will go to New York to complete their studies. BRIEF CITY ITEMS.

I elevation of tracks. Mayor Ta««art Makes a Start Toward Official Action. Mayor Taggart made a start toward official action as to track elevation this morning. He presided at a conference between the Board of Public Works and the City Council, and' declared that the time had come for the city to move definitely for the elevation of all surface tracks used by steam railways In the city. City Attorney Kern. Ctty Engineer Jeup and William Fortune, chairman of the Commercial Club elevated track commission, participated In the discussion, ioe mager, in stating the purpose of the conference, said he believed the city should attempt to reconcile all Interests, and to that end, and for amicable adjustment of the question, he thought the council should appoint a committee to co-operate with the Board of Public Works. The mayor oald It was now merely a question of how best to proceed In all fairness Chicago had been able to secure track elevation amicably, and so*had other cities and hq thought an effort here would meet with success. The mayor asked Mr. Fortune for a a expression. He spoke of the agitation which had been going on for four years for track ethvatlon. The efforts of the Commercial Club had not been successful. although it had provided the city with a definite expression of sentiment In favor of the achetna He said there was no city that neaded elevated tracks more thsn Indianapolis. end no city offered an easier solution of the question. Cblcaao and Indianapolis. He marveled at the success of Chicago, and said that inyestlgatlon of the authority under which Chicago acted revealed that the law was word for word as it Is In the Indianapolis charter. This he found was because the eection in the Indianapolis charter was taken from the Chicago charter. He said efforts on the part of the Commercial Club commission had not iCOiiffht the railroads Into friendly Interest In the movement, and that they had shown resistance at every turn. Mr. Fortune thought the plan to elevate the Union tracks east and west between the Belt road, offered the easiest solution, this schema taking away all north and

Royal ~ AbsowtbiyIpiire

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Makes the food more delicious and wholesome

Indiana Bicycle Company will Not Enter the Combination—Effort to Form n Trust Not'Entlrely Abandoned.

The bicycle trust that was to have Included all the large bicycle plants In this country may not be perfected. . The owners of the large factories throughout the country, who met the promoters of the trust In New York early this week, are returning home with the announcement that several of the largest concerns have wlthdraw-n from the proposed organisation. Charles F. Smith, owner of the Indiana Bicycle Company works, stated to-day that he has withdrawn from the organisation, and will continue to run Independently if that trust be formed. It is understood that he was to have received $800,900 cash for the Indianapolis plant, the motorcycle feature of the factory to be included. The Western wheel-works, of Chicago, another of the largest bicycle factories in the country, it is stated, has also withdrawn from the proposed trust, and the Indianapolis manufacturers of bicycle* are Informed that at least two other large factories will probably not go in. It is understood that Lie promoters of the trust have not abandoned the effort to form It, but the withdrawal of several of the largest factories. It Is said, makes the work of promoting the company embarrassing. The Indiana Bicycle Company, now that It has decided to stay out of the trust, wilt push the manufactureof motorcycles. This afternoon the company exhibited In the streets six motorcycles, just out, that are to he shipped to New York to-night, where they will be exhibited in the electrical show to be’held In that city.

ABOUT COL. FUNSTON

The board of managers of the Girls' Industrial School will meet Monday at 2 p. m.. at No. 540 North Meridian street. The Rev. H.«Masliansky, of New York city, will address the Zionists of this city to-morrow at 2 p. m. at the South Me-ridian-street xynagogue. The letter to the. Cxar from the National Cfeunci] of Women, beautifully engrossed and Illuminated bv Miss Alice Woods, will be on exhibition at Lleber's Friday. A small fire, of unknown origin, caused a loss of $25 In the two-story brick buildipg 164 South Delaware street, occupied by the Munson Lightning Rod Company. A service ot song will oe given to-mcr-row night 'at Central-avenue M. E. church, with solos by Mrs, Alice Fleming Evans, Raymond Lynn and Walter E. Kipp. The ladles’ aid society of the Holy Innocents church will give an Ice cream social on Tuesday evening. May 2. at the house of Mrs. John Penwlok, No. 1718 Spann avenue. Prof. N. Field Morrow will deliver a lecture on Cuba and Porto Rico this evening at 7:39 In the guild-room of Christ church for the benefit of St. Alban * mission for deaf mutes. Detective Aseh went to Hamilton, O., today. after Joseph Fisher, who Is wanted Ir. thU city for robbing a South Side home. Fisher was arrested for having burglars' tools in his possession. Thomas J. East has begun suit against the Citizens' Street Railway Company for $5,009. because, as he avers, he was permanently Injured by being thrown from a car at Washington and IlllrfMs streets. The executive committee of the Indiana Republican State Editorial Association, at a meeting held here last night, decided that the mid-summer meeting of the association shall be held at Winona, July 13. At Plymouth church, to-morrow evening at 7:80 o’clock, Mr. Amos W. Butler will deliver an address on "The Fanning Mill Cf Life." Intended especially for young people. The Boyx’ Club will attend In a body. The cornet solo played between acts at the Grand this week Is an arrangement of a lullaby, "Only Asleep,’’ coraposad by Jesse Van Wle, of this city. It has met with favor from the patrons of the theater. The special committee formed last Wednesday to organise a peace meeting In Indianapolis will meet at the home of Mrs. May Wright Bewail Tuesday morning. at half-past 9 o'clock. Mrs. E. J. Foster Is the chairman of the committee, of which there are fifteen members. The Rev. Mr. Quayle. of Meridian-street M. K. church, will preach to the commercial trawlers of the city to-morrow forenoon. The traveling men who wish to attend the service have been asked to be at the Commercial Travelers' Club, in North Meridian street, at 10 o'clock. Meredith Nicholson, formerly of The News, but now engaged In the banking business at i'enver. Colo., Is In the city visiting his n other In Capitol avenue, North. The Western air agrees with Mr. Nicholson, mpcI he Is enjoying perfect health. Mrs, Nicholson and Miss Nicholson did not Accompany him, but will probably vtsti here In the course of the summer. A family reunion at the home of Mrs. B. E. Thomas, of Malott Park, was attended by many relatives of Mrs. Thomas. The occasion for the reunion was the sixty-fourth birthday of Mr*. Thomas. Among those present were Gather Newkirk, of Johnson county, Missouri, seventy years old, and Gideon Newkirk, of Lawrence, this State, age seventy-eight, brothers of Mrs. Thomas.

Prof. Hugh Th. Miller Tells of the Daring Kansas Colonel. Prof. Hugh Th. Miller, of Butler College, of the University of Indianapolis, is acquainted with Frederick Funs'on, the Kansas colonel, who is the hero of so many of the battles In the Philippines. He tells many stories of Funston, some of which, as editor of the Pht Delta Thota Scroll, published In this city, he will tell In the May number. In speaking of Colonel Funston s achievements at the head of the "fighting Kansas" regiment, Professor Miller says the Incidents are all typical of Funston s character and dash, as shown In youth and manhood—hts charge over the breastworks at Caloocan; his dash under fire through the river before Marilio; his ride into Malalos, and his being the first man to raise the stars and stripes over Agulnaldo's capital, and his laconic reply to a message from General MacArthur, asking him how long he could hold a certain position—“Until the regiment is mustered out." In Kansas, Mr. Miller says, the people are now talking of "Governor Funston." "Colonel Funston was born In North Carlisle, O., November 9. 1865, but has been a citizen of Kansas since 1868. While In the public schools he ran away, with two other boys, to an Indian reservation, where he lived on excellent terms with the red men till his parents found him, two months later. The old Osage chief. Black Dog, Is still a great friend of Funston's, and sent for him when he returned from Cuba last year. Frederick Funston was Initiated into Kansas Alpha of Phi Delta Theta In September. 1886, his brother being also a member of that chapter. When his father ran for Congress. In 1886, the son not only aided him In preparing his speeches, but took the stump himself most effectively. In 1888 he became editorial writer on a Democratic paper In Little Rock, but took advantage of the absence of the editor-in-chief to come out for the Republican ticket and left on the next train after his employer’s return. After some mining experiences In California, he became a cowboy on the famous 1XL ranch In Texas. While here he dislodged alone a party of marauding Apaches by climbing to a cliff over their camp and using his rifle and a large supply of fire-crackers with such effect as to convince them that a regiment was attacking them. While on a visit to Chihuahua, he fought a duel with a toreador who had slapped a flower-girl when leaving the 'arena after a bull fight. The toreador was disabled for several months. Many details of his adventures' In Alaska have come out recently. One of the most exciting was being cast away In Bering sea on a crumbling Iceberg for three days. Another was being lost In the Yukon country with some of the members of a scientific expedition. One of the most' frequently repeated Incidents of his Cuban campaign is the one that marks his ,part In the battle of Bayamo, when his horse was shot under him thirty yards from the Spanish lines, and he waited to save his saddle and bridle, and carried them off fhe field, under fire of 2,500 men." TOWN ELECTIONS MONDAY

People’s ticket, la a Democrat, but political lines arc not drawn, a* both of the old parties are represented on each ticket. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Marriage License*. Ellja G.-Haffleld and Jo*le Ulery G*or*e Kornbrnk*" and Mary Van Jalferhlus. Birth Returns. Austin and Dora Black, city, boy. Wm. and Mrs. Hayea. 81* N. East. Kiri. James and Mrs. Zennlch, Haughville. girl. Charles and I<outae Lane, 386 S. Senate, boy. Will and Emma Childers, 1818 Ringgold, girl. Anthony and Mary Stick. 411 Stevens Plane, boy. Charlas and Ann* Long, 326 N. New Jersey, girl. Omer and Daisy Miller, 716 E. North, boy. John and Frieda Dampler, 1268 8. Illlnola, girl. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, 1228 W. Fifteenth, boy. Dentb Returns. onle: . omla. ky ave., pneumonia. Ann Johnson. 17 years, city, heart disease. Infant Rankin, city, measles. Elmer T Bowlby, 23 years, 707 Union, typhoid fever. Rose Pmlth, 56 years, canal, suicide by drowning. . , Elmer Martin. 33 years. 1013 Hadley, typhoid fever. Infant Monahan, city, miscarried. Building Permits. J. A. Well, 1435 Belmont ave., frame house. $150. Adams ft Williamson. Massachusetts ave. and E. Tenth, boiler-house, $400. J. Relneeke, 808 Fletcher ave., vestibule and porch. $250. J. Sullivan. 175 Quincy, addition. $300 8. Malone, 131 and 1*3 Wyoming, addition, $560. B. J. Lauti,‘4910 Holloway, addition, $473. Real Estate Transfers. Charles M. Cross, trustee, to John W. Hunt, lot 208, Cross's (trustee; Cllf-ford-atenue addition $ tow William W Webb to Sarah J. Black, let 23, Morgan's West Indianapolis addition Low 00 Charles A. Carlin to Josephine Carlin, lot 102 C. Jennings s addition to Floral Park 600 00 Martha J. Sullivan to Eugene H. Donach, part lot .12, square 3 4.000 00 Elizabeth F. Campbell to Bridget Deters, lot 9, block 15, Campbe s subdivision Hutchings A Darnell s addition t000 °0 Henry L Dollman to William B. Felta, lots 5 . and 6. Ostermeyer s . _ ^ Prospect-etreet addition L® 00 00 Charles M. Rock to Harvey Hoffman, lot 94, Floral Park I- 000 00 William Weller to Martin C. Kuntz, lot S3. Clark-s addition to Haughville 175 00 Ann E. Hanna, guardian, to Leanna McCord, part square 42 • ■ •••••• 1-943 43 Julette F. Wade to Richard E. Niven, lot 138. Bruce Place addition 1,500 00 Harriet M. Ahbett to Maggie A Nutt, part outlot 21 L* 00 00 Laura B. Mugge to Edmund F. Smith, lot 3. Baker’s Haughvllle subdivision, lot 20 . V® John D. Mugge to eame. lot 4. same. 1,200 U0 Maria J. Wilson executrix, to Theodore Reyer, lots 30 and 31, part outlot 121 L070 <» Sheriff to William W. Wilkins, lot 13. Fletcher's subdivision part Oak i_jmj ^ Henry Warkee to "Milton Daugherty, part northeast quarter, section zl. „ township 15. range 2...; * )0 00 R H. Toon to A C- Toon et al„ part northwest quarter, section 12. township. 14, range 4 - UM9 Oft A. C. Toon to R. H. Toon, part same. LaOO 00 Agnes McLeod to Robert Kinsey, lots 3, 6 and 14, Gunckle's Englteh-ave-nue addition 1.009 oo Marlon Trust Company to William H. H. Rosebrook, part southwest quarter, section 23, township 15. rang:* 3 * 1.380 00 Augusta Shelby to George Kessler et ux^ lots 41, 42. <r. 48. 49. 50 and 51. Moesch’® third addition .........••••• 1,600 Oft Isaac M. Cotton to Elmer L. McMillan, lot 549. McCarty's eleventh West Ride addition h” 00 00 Total transfers. 22; consideration •• *30,064 50 Total for week. 126; consideration. .1232.549 04 TVital for April. 444; consideration...$804,908 7ft COUlJTY COURTS’ RECORD. Superior Court. Room 1—J. L. McMaster, Judge. John R Hadley vs. Frank Maus. On contract Jury' returned a verdict for plaintiff and ‘ his damages at $75.

years, awarded defendant. Room 2—James M. Leathers. Judge. WUa-AjMy. , Dtvor.. Decree granted plaintiff. Judgment against

fendant for cosffi.

ODD SHOPPING IN CUBA

Political Parlies Not Taking: PartBroad Ripple and Irvington./

Politicians arc not taking a great deal of Interest In the town elections which will be held throughout the State Monday. Incorporated cities do not elect officers at this time, and the politicians have rot deemed the elections In the’ towns of sufficient Importance to require attention. The information received at the headquarters of the two old parties Indicates that in at least two-thirds of the towns,that will elect officers Monday, political questions have not been raised. Republicans. Democrats. Populists and Prohibitionists. In some cases, have united In supporting a "Citizens' ” ticket, while other Republicans, Democrats. Populists and Prohibitionists have Joined in supporting an issue that con.-'emed the people of the town only. As a rule, towns will elect members of the town board and a marshal. The local campaign in Broad Ripple has been Intel esting the people of the town for several weeks. Two tickets—-one labeled “Independent" and the other "Citizens' “-—will be voted. The citizens’ ticket controlled the town the first four years after its organization, hut has not now a single representative in office. 1 The present candidates on that ticket are: Trustee. Isaac O. White, liveryman; clerk, Frank Wo Us, druggist; treasurer, Frank Shields, farmer; marshal. George Meltck. laborer. Two of these are Republicans and two are Democrat*. They are supported by those citizens who ask for a strict enforcement of the laws against Sunday liquor-selling, drunkenness and gambling. . < The independent ticket contains the names of the present officers, who have been renominated. They are as follows: Trustee. C. W. Heady, grocer; clerk, James Brady, superintendent of Kingan A Co.'s Ice houses; treasurer, J. H. Campbell. grocer; marshal, L. F. Pearce. All of these are Democrats. They are man who stand well In the community,’ and are quiet, well-behaved citizens, but they number among their supporters the keepers of the five saloons In the town, with nearly all their employes. Members of the other party assert that this cordial support is a certain Indication that the administration of these officers the past year has been satisfactory to the saloon elementThe Irvington town election will be held Monday. A mock election, for practice In machine-voting, has been arranged for to-night at 8 to 10 o'clock, either In the Town Hall or In the barber-shop where Monday's election is to be held. The use of the Turner machine In voting has added Interest to what would otherwise have been a quiet election. The tickets are the Home Rulers, who are Mentitled with the party in power In i rent years, and the People's. Redmon, 1 clerk, on the Home Rule ticket, te a R_ publican, and Clark*, for clerk, on the

sfendant for coflw. , Flora Gransling vs. John G. Grajisllng. Di-

vorce. Decree granted plaintiff. Judgment

alnst defendant for costa.

Wary A Wilhite vs. Urban C. Wilhite. Dlrce. Decree granted plaintiff. Judgment

alnst plaintiff for costs.

aga

M

^foseph 1 * TobV* vs r C Annie Tobin. Dlvor Decree granted plaintiff. Judgment agal

Decree granted pi ilntiff for costs.

rce.

against

plaintiff for costs.

Walter Hawkins vs. Amanda Hawkins. Divorce. Decree granted plaintiff. Judgment

against plaintiff for coets.

Walter Greenland vs. Grace Greenland. Divorce. Decree granted plaintiff. Judgment

against plaintiff for costs.

Ohauncey L. Turner vs. Mary F. Loftus et al. Quiet title. Settled by agreement. Judgment

against plaintiff for costs.

Genevieve Black vs. Eli C. Black. Divorce.

Evidence pertly heard. Continued.

Room 3—Vinson Carter, Judge.

Barbary Smith vs. James F. Hurt et al. Foreclosure. Finding and Judgment against defendants, James F. Hurt, Edward Hurt. William C. Hurt and Mary Russell for $361.25

and costs,

artlr I ph

for costs.

Martin Seely

Granted plaintiff.

vs. Susan Seely. Divorce. plaintiff

Judgment against

Emma C. Moats vs. Henry H. Moats.-Di-vorce. Granted plaintiff, with custody of child,

ist plaintiff for costs. John Johnson. Dl-

Judgment against pi ■ Sadie C. Johnson

Sadie C. Johnson vs. John Johnson. Dlorce. Granted plaintiff. Judgment against

efendant for costs.

defendant

Criminal Coart.

Fremont Alford. Judge.

State vs. Sadie Hopper. Profanity. Appeal.

turn verdict of guilty,

txel Erickson. Contempt. De-

fendant committed to Jail for one day for failing to appear as witness in case of State

vs. Sadie Hopper. Circuit Coart.

Henry Clay Allen. Judge. Margaret E. Huff et al. vs. Catharine J. Hammond et al. To contest will of Robert Roe. Jury returns verdict for defendants. American Surety Co. vs. Joel W. Hadley' estate. Allowed «by administrator for $43.75

pper

Trial by Jury. Jury retc

State vs. Ax

Joel W. Hadley's estate.

and costs.

A. Burdsal Co. V#.

Allowed by administrator for $14.45 and costs. Wesley Hare et al. vs. John P. Heaton. On note. Defendant'' defaulted. Submitted to court. Finding for, plaintiffs. Judgment against defendant for $55.60 and costs, W\ O.

R.

F. A. Davis & Co. vs. Joseph W\ Marsee’s estate. Settled and dismissed by agreement

at costs of estate.

. costs of esti

Maria L. Carrlck vs. Walter P. Bryan's estate. Submitted to court. Evidence heard

In part.

John P. Long vs. Walter P. Bryan's estate. Submitted to court. Finding few claimant for

$210 and costs.

Edward W. Fennsman vs. Geo. W. Spahr. Appealed from J. P. Dismissed and costs

paid.

Homer Jones vs. Rebecca E. Jones. Defendant defaulted. Submitted to court. Evidence

heard.

Kew Suita Filed. Emma J. Smith vs. John E. Smith. Divorce. Superior Court, room L John S. Jolly vs. Citizens’ Street Railroad Co. Damages. Demand, $20,000. Superior

Court, room 3.

Indiana Sarlngs and Investment Co. vs. David Smith et al. To foreclose mortgage.

Superior Court, room 3. Mutual Home end Ravings

al.

yden et

Association va. To force lose

futual Home

Benjamin F. Hayt

mortgage. Superior Court, room 2. Mary E. Mather vs. Anna J. Comstock. Damages. Demand. $3,000. Superior Court,

room 3.

Conrad Beck vs. Dietrich F. Strohmeyer To foreclose chattel mortgage. Superior Court,

room I.

Flora D. Johnson vs. Richard Johnson. Divorce. Superior Court, room S. Anna Daws vs. John Daws. Divorce.

vs. Henry V. Horst-

Superior Court, mom 1. Jennie A. Horstman

nan. Divorce. Superior Court, room L

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orecli

room 1.

Uy & Stalnaker vs. J. N. Collins et al To foreclose mechanic's lien. Superior Court.

Carrie Sullivan vs. John W. Sullivan. Di-

vorce. Circuit Court.

Roosevelt's Storjr o$ Rasslaa Attache. [Col. Theodore Roosevelt, In May Scribner’*] One day we were visited by a traveling Russian, Prince X, a large blonde man, smooth and Impenetrable. I introduced him to one of the regular army officers, a capital fighter and excellent fellow, who. however, viewed, foreign International politics from a strictly trane-Mississippi standpoint. He hailed the Russian with frank kindness and took him off to show him around the trenches, cnattlng volubly, and calling him "Prince." much as Kentuckians call o$e' another "Colonel.” As I returned I heard him remarking; "You see. Prince, the great result of this war is that It has united the two branches of th* Anglo-Saxon people; and now that they are together they can whip the world. Prince! they ran whip the world!” —being evidently filled with the pleasing belief that the Russian would cordially sympathize with this view.

THE CLERKS IN THE STORES SMOKE CIGARETTES.

Story of an American Officer Wha Wanted to Buy KM) ghirta—Sot a Grocery Store In Caba—Queer Doings at the Market.

To be caught shopping In the middle of the day in Cuba is to be considered either loco or an estrangero—crazy or a stranger —terms synonymous to the cynical Cuban. During the later hours of the afternoon or In the evening are the allotted times, and It is then the women stroll forth to scan the counters and criticise the latest styles in lace mantillas. There are no large department stores, a* In America, no bewildering steppes of articles dear to feminine hearts, no miles of aisles, no multitude of floors, no swiftmoving elevators. In fact, there are only three shops in the whole of Cuba containing more than one room devoted to the sale of goods. A recent arrival In Havana, the wife of a major of volunteers, sallied out on her second day to look for the shopping district. She called a carriage, but was unable to explain her needs to the native driver, and after driving bootlessly through the streets for several hours, returned to the hotel. "There is not a shop In the place,” she declared, half In tears. “It is something dreadful." “There must be stores of seme kind,” replied her husband. “People surely buy things.” "But I looked everywhere. I saw lots of houses, and they had their doors open, but they must be like those little cheap places we have at home, where they sell calico at 5 cents a yard, and knitting yarn and—and thread. Where are the large stores like Wanamaker’s?” £ The major concealed a smile. "We will go forth and explore, my dear,” he replied. "Seems to me I saw a shop like Wanamaker s down near the Prado." The Clerks Smoked. He led her to a corner building which had doors and Iron-barred windows, and an awning over the sidewalk. They passed In and ulscovered a long room containing a counter running parallel to the wall, and several dingy cases. Heaped about were cottons and silks and wearing apparel of various kinds. Back of the counter were seated half a dozen young clerks, each with a cigarette In some stage of combustion tn his mouth. There were no placards extolling the merits of the goods, no glistening metals or glass. Near one of the doors—there were several—was a pile of shoes resting haphazard on an empty, undraped wooden packing case. In the center of the room stood a rack bearing an assortment of gaudy shawls. The windows were narrow and barred with Iron. There was absolutely no pretense of decoration or window dressing. It was simply a room, with shelves, a counter and several cases. The clerks glanced up listlessly, and presently one approached, still puffing at his cigarette. At the same time a little bald man, with carefully waxed mustache. left an inclosed wicker cage in one corner and came forward rubbing h:s hands. “The Cuban Mr. Wanamaker, I suppose,” suggested the major. There was an effort at conversation, the volunteer’s wife discovered a quantity of really fine linen at marvelously cheap prices, and finally a purchase v.as made. "I suppose they have a—er—delivery system,” she remarked doubtfully. "Or do they carry their own bundles T The question was answered by the action of a Cuban woman nearby, who had bought a number of articles. These were wrapped up by one of the clerks and given to a barefooted negro girl who had entered with the woman. The custom of the country stood revealed. “Each purchaser brings his own delivery wagon." remarked the malor as he thrust the package of linen under his arm. “Not a bad Idea where vehicles are dear and servants plentiful.” Santiago Shop*. In Santiago de Cuba, a city of some 50,000 Inhabitants, there are not three shops worthy of the name. The largest store Is back of the palace, and the entire contents could be displayed in the parlor of an ordinary dwelling house. All manner of goods are on sale, however, and it is possible to purchase anything found In the general country store of the United States, but not in any quantity. A captain of the Fifth Immunes, a wealthy young Southerner, with the reputation of looking after his company's Interests, regardless of personal cost, applied at the largest store In Santiago for light linen shirts. •'We have them, senor," replied the clerk. "Many?" "Oh, yes, plenty." "Well, let me see,” mused the military philanthropist, doing a little figuring. "Send out to the Fifth Volunteer camp to Captain Blank about 100 shirts, assorted sizes, and have them there by—" “Senor, senor,” hastily HMerrupted the clerk, aghast; "we have not that many. We have not one dozen. de Dios! One hundred shirts. There are not twenty-five in the province of Santiago. One hundred! For Dios! The shirts were ordered from New ^The entire absence of what we coll fnrt n o g tbe Ce vlslt 8 or. re There y a're smafi shops, vegetables It is necessary to apply at the "The 6 latter institution really forms the cenVer of industry of each cl.y. It s the financial barometer and the vUMble proof of the progress of early morning until late at night It >8 occupied by the petty merchants and the prospective customers. The 'ower middle class and the bottom strata of municipal society frequent the main street marked or one of it. branches «d exchange the goss.p of the day. It is a beehive that la never empty; and the money changing hands in the co .orse of twenty-four hours is no inconsiderable sum. All Kinds of Stalls. One can pass through tne entrance and emerge again fuUy clothed, tto and satisfied. There are stalls offering for sale flsn. boots, cane-bottomed chairs, walkingsticks, medicine and lottery tickets. Cheek by jowl will be found a jewelry booth carrying a valuable stock, and one displaying ten bananas as 8 cents the lot Each Cuban market is a Bedlam of noises—that class of uproar expected from a horde of shrill-voiced negroes, negresses. and excitable half-white*. There are di unken people, shouting servant* and babies. The conversation of the strange visitor must, perforce, be carried on through the medium of gesticulation, and It Is difficult to make one's meaning plain even then. There are policemen about and wardens of the market, but they make no effort to quell the constantly arising disturbances except under danger of riot. Frobafciy one of the most peculiar customs noticeable in the Cuban markets is the extremely small purchases—small In quantity—made by the lower class of natives. Small gourd cups holding scarcely more than a tablespoonful are used In measuring rice, fiour, beans and peas. Cabbages are cut in wedges the size of a cigar, turnips into eighths, squashes Into minute chunks, and onions In halves. Potatoes arc sold by number. U Is no uncommon thing to see a woman buy a piece of meat weighing two ounces, then pass through the market purchasing a tablespoonful of vegetaMcs here and a piece of garlic there, and finally, after an hour of gossip, depart with food products worth 5 or 6 cents. An odd feature of the markets is the temporary restaruants found In every nook and corner. They do not occupy stalls, but are conducted wherever a bit of space can be secured. As the sole equipments consist of a small charcoal bruzier, a frying-pan and a wicker basket, not much room Is required. The Proprietor. The proprietor is generally an ancient black dame—one of the toothless, mumbling kind sometimes found In th* South. The menu I* not extensive^ rarely exceed-

ing three articles—fried plantains, tortillas, or corn pancakes and frtjolea, * black bean. There are no dishes, no cutlery, no napkins. The beans and cakes are sold together. and the cake acta as a plate for the beans. The friend plalntalns are served In husks and are eaten much as a banana, the husk being peeled off by degrees. A breakfast of this class consisting of two portions of cakes and beans and three plalntalns. Is sold for 8 cents. There are fried fish stands and places where jerked meat ts the piece de resistance, but they are reserved for those who can earn a day’s wag-?,or who have money left them. There Is a tradition In the Santiago market that a man from Jamaica one® started an eating place with real tables and plates, but only the oldest frequenters tell it. A new business in Cuban mercantile circles Is the selling of pledged articles to the American soldiers and visitors from the North. Shortly after the surrender some one started the rumor that the pawnshops of Santiago were filled with valuable plate and Jewels pledged by the Inhabitants during the siege. This may have been true to a certain extent, but the quantity of alleged family heirlooms carried from Cuba during the past six months would stand for three periods of Spanish history. Last June there were two pawnshops In Santiago. To-day there are at least six, and they are springing up, fully equipped, all over the city. It Is quite the thing for the tourist to ask after their location on reaching snore, and his purse must be small If he can not carry away one or more pictures, candle sticks, silver teapots or Inlaid machetes. The painful truth" is that these articles are pounng Into the coast cities from the Interior and from adjacent islands In an Increasing stream. A volur.ter signal officer lately returned from Santiago took great pride in exhibiting to hip envious friends a curiously worked sword he had secured at a price from a dealer down there. He told Us history, and how it had been worn by an ancient grandee from Spain until one day an inquisitive acquaintance found a little mark on the lower part of the hilt which read: "Made in Germany. 1897.” HENRY HARRISON LEWIS.

RECENT SURGICAL METHODS

THE PASSING SHOW.

REMARKABLE OPERATfOWS THAT ARE FREQUENTLY PERFORMED.

Caring Idiots by Sargery—Cretlalsm and an Island Where Over a Sixth of the People Are Idiots—Produel n u Samoa in balistn.

Twelve Monday Bargains In Our Popular Base-ment-Values Up To 15 Cents For

A Quit Claim on Stamps. A blear-eyed, savage-looking man Is canvassing the city looking for * re * coins, free stamps or free lunch. If he can’t get these, he Insists on a free fight. At one of the bank* to-day he demanded a postage stamp. •Why should I give you a postage stamp?” the banker asked. " ’Taint much for a rich man to give," said the beggar, bluntly. "But why should I give It?" "I fought In two wans,” the beggar said, with Increasing vehemence, "and I should think a man would give an old soldier a 2-cent stamp without quarreling with him. You put a 2-cent stamp on every letter and a revenue stamp on every check. The Government wants the revenue stamp to help pay for the Spanish war. I fought In that war. I was on* that led the charge up San Juan hill. It was me, me, me, do you hear oe, that fed on embalmed beef in the muddy trenches of Cuba and stopped Mauser bullets while you stayed at home and read In the papers how Will English, Teddy Roosefelt and them fellers done It all, and now you refuse to give me my share of them revenue stamps! But, say. If you are opposed to giving me what’s mine by rights. I’ll take cash Instead and give you a quit claim on my stamp. Are you fair enough to do that?” From Million* to Poverty. A county official and a newsnaper man met In College avenue, this morning and w’alted for a car. They talked Incidentally about the coming issue of bonds by the county commissioners and other financial matters. Their talk was about hundreds of thousands of dollars, about banks, premium and coupons While this convert sation was going on the car came, and the two boarded It. The conversation continued, and other passengers became Interested at the magnitude of the figures mentioned. Then the conductor came in. “Fares, please,” he said, touching the county official. The county officer raised hlz hands and looked horrified. ‘T’ve put on this blamed new suit,” he said, “and I haven’t a penny with me." “That’s all right,” said the newsnaper man. ‘T've got it right here," and he nulled out—a cent. Further search could find not a cent more. The conductor stood grinning, and the passengers laughed. The county official and the newspaper man blushed, and declared they would walk, but a friend advanced the necessary dime, and all was serene, except that he remarked: "I'll take the loan on a 3V$ per cent, basis."

She Waited. A woman went Into Morris, Newherger & Curtis's office, seeking a lawyer. What occurred is related by Mr. Morris, who was alone when the visitor called. "Is this a law office?” she asked. "Yes." "Are you a lawyer?" "Yes." "Have you a partner?” "Yes." "Then I’ll wait for him.” Bit Off a Finger. Lorenz Horn, a bartender in Charles GUtzensteln s saloon, at 548 West Washington street, and Fritz Krlnk, of 217 West Market street, were arrested this afternoon by patrolman Ftckel, Horn charged with assault and battery, and Krlnk with mayhem. Horn says that he was asleep In his room over the saloon, about 2 o'clock this morning, when Krlnk, with whom he had always been on friendly terms, tried to break In his door. Horn then opened the door, and, seeing that Krlnk was drunk, threw him Into the hall, Krlnk came back, however, and in the scuffle which followed, bit off the Index finger of Horn's right hand. A physician sewed up the wound and Horn resumed his duties as bartender this morning. Krlnk came Into the place and apologized, but It was too late, as the police had heard of the affair. Krlnk has two black eyes.

Far Caring for a Boy. Mrs. Maria Carrlck received an allowance of 8600 of her claim for 11,900 against the estate of Walter P. Bryan In the Circuit Court tq-day. The boy Inherited some property from his parents. He ran away from his home with his grandmother and found another home at Mrs. Carrlck's, with whose son he had formed an Intimate acquaintance. A guardian was appointed who allowed S3 a week to Mrs. Carrlck for the boy’s board, but he took sick and died two years later of consumption. Mrs. Carrlck cared for him like a mother and believed that 83 a week was no remuneration for her labor after his sickness began. The court agreed with her and allowed $11 a week to her for the last year. Asked f3,000 and Got 975. In the suit for $3,000 attorney’s fee*, by John IL Hadley against Frank Maus and others who once were the IndianapoUe & Anderson Electric Railway Company, s Jury in Superior Court, room 1, returned a verdict for $76. There was testimony to the effect that there had been a specific agreement that Hadley's fee was to be noi less than $25 and not more than $75. o — Started by a Broken Spomt. Mary J3. Mather has begun suit against Anna J. Comstock for $3,000 because she slipped on the Ice on a step of the house she rented from the defendant, the water having got on the step from a defective spout, to which, she alleges, she frequently called the defendant's attention. Pbreio-MedJcal Association. The Indiana Physlo-Medicai Association will hold Its thirty-seventh annual session, In the lecture room of the college, at Alabama and North streets, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. May 2, 3 and 4. beginning Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. ■ - o A Banker’s Batcld*. Cobden, HI.. April 29.—A. NT. Miller, vicepresident of the recently failed bank here, committed suicide to-day by ehootlng himself. Creditors of the bank had filed suits against Miller aggregating 160.090. Human Weakness. fBoston Journal.1 "Didn’t he once say he would never ■peek to you again T’ "Ye*. But he saw I had a cold, and he couldn't resist the temptation to tell me of a $ure care."

In one of the surgical amphitheaters In New York the writer watched th* conclusion of an operation. When it was over; and the patient had been wheeled away on a stretcher to one of the wards. It was no-j tlced that an assistant, in gathering up the Instruments from the antiseptic solution tray, counted them and checked them off on a memorandum which had been made before the operation was begun. The chief surgeon i^t aa asked why thla was

dona

"O that,” he replied. "Is to make sure that no instruments have been sewed up Inside of the patient." "But," w-as the horrified question, "has such a mistake ever occurred?" “O yes; frequently," replied the aur-

geon.

"And what becomes of the patient In euch a case?" "Well, sometimes he lives. It la wonderful how much the average pereon will stand In the way of foreign substances In the body. It was announced the other day by Dr. Morestln. the well-known Russian surgeon, that a woman who had been treated for constantly-recurring absceases had finally recovered when a pair of hcemostatic forceps, which had been in her for years, had been accidentally discovered and removed. Thla pair of forceps was four Inches long, and had remained In the woman's bpdy four year*. A short time ago an up-country doctor came to the city to be operated on, I believe for the removal of the vermiform appendix, although I understand he never had appendicitis. He was borrowing trouble, and he got it. He did not improve after tb« operation, and one night he died. There was an autopsy, and it was found that a sponge had been sewed up In him. It was most unfortunate. Yet I have known of many forceps, clamps and other metal instruments to be forgotten and left in patients, and the latter get well. The character of the instrument may be said to determine the demise of the patient. Sponges are bad. From their very nature they become collecting agents, and soon poison the body. The smooth metal objects, on the other hand, are apt to work their way inta the alimentary tract, and then they soon pass

away.

Dime Maseam Wonders. "You doubtless have heard of needles which have stayed In the human body for years, gradually working their way out of the system, or of old soldiers who still carry the bullets shot into them during the civil war, The glass swallowers of the dime museums really perform wonders In the way of resisting foreign substances In the human body. But the moat wonderful case of all was that of an insane man whom I saw in an asylum in Lancaster, Fa. He took to swallowing things In the carpenter shop, and, before he was stopped, he had gulped down 140 odd nails of all sixes, some buckles, a piece of old iron, some screws and a lot of other things—I can not remember them all now, but it Is on record. Well, they tied him down and anaestheticised him and extracted the hardware, somewhat after the Csesarean principle. Those things are In the museum. And the man? Oh, he got well enough. He's a healthy lunatic now.” The surgeon turned away to the next patient who was being prepared for operation. She was a child lying motionless on the table, and staring upward toward the great aKyllght with the hopeless indifference of the Idiot. Her lips were thick, her tongue protruded, her hair had a peculiar silky appearance. She did not appear to be an ordinary imbecile. She betrayed no uneasiness under the operation and her case was soon disposed of. The chief surgeon cleansed his hands In fhe antiseptic washing solution and came over to where the writer sat. "Was not tlan an Idiot?’ he was asked. "Ye*: we get a good many of them here." "But can you cure Idiocy?" "Well, we can help her. She Is a cretin. Cretinism is a form of Idiocy caused by the lack of part of the thyroid gland. It is a form of goitre. Many children have It. The moment the thyroid secretion stops .^development of the child stops short. If for Instance, the child had advanced to the age of seven and then failed of Its thyroid, it would go through life as a seven-year-old child as far as brain development is concerned. There Is an opposite condition brought about when fop much thyroid secrctfon Is dented I\e know It then as exopthalmlc goitre. this "“^dy is the opposite of the idiot—that Is, Intensely active and alert, supersensitive in all things the antithesis of dullness, as It were. l£opthalmlc goitre can be cured by removing th F 0, d gland from the throat; cretinism can be cured. 0 r rather held In check, by administering thyroid ext to the Idiot. If a child ts taken young re«ct Pr it P l r m doctored with thyroid extract. It will on dcvoloplntr just like •ny normal child. But^and he?e Is a ^os! f a . nove ‘ writer—If the admlni °L the Pxtract should be stopped 0r th irn y H jwoul<1 felapse Into Its fonner Idiotic state, or, at any rate w tT re 11 wns Th,nk 0 f » curse stantlyr han * ln * orer one ’ 8 head conPeculiar Cause* Traced. "What causes the condition aside from Its physiological featuresT’ ‘Well, that Is not known exactly. The disease Is endemic In many mountain district* and Is said to occur most frequently In magnesium limestone formations. It Is unknown In England, but very common In France. It Is rare In Prussia; middle Europe has a lot of it In the mountain districts. It ts also found In the Himalayas and In the Andes. But It occurs In "flat countries, as. for Instance, on the Island of Nlederwerth, below- Coblentz, where a large proportion of th# inhabitants are cretins." "What! An Island of Idiots! How many are there?” “Well, the last time I heard there were 131 cretins, in a population of 760. It has been suggested that the malady m Europe might be due to the constant vm of snow water. Snow, by the way, seems to be curiously productive of trouble when swallowed. Epidemic goitre attacked the members of the crew of Capt. Cook while on their famous voyage, because they drank water from a melted iceberg, and now I see what the snow habit is doing for a lot of Klondlkers. But, to return to our cretins. They really seem to o« caused by geologic or climatic conditions, for It has been known to disappear from a family after the removal of the family from a certain district. Other families theretofore healthy had cretin children after they moved Into that district. Rather uncanny. Isn’t It, to think that a man can bring Idiocy upon his children merely by moving into another parish T’ By this time the next caee had been brought in. It was a case where local anaesthesia was necessary. The assistants rapidly prepared the part* for the cocaine and applied It, while the patient gazed fearfully at the eager faces of the medical students seated In rows above him, as though he thought they would jump down at him en masse. Frodaelas Somnambulism. “Have you had any peculiar experiences with anaestheticised patients?" the surgeon was asked. "No, can not say I have. Some of them talk a great deal, though, and say funny things, but we have little time to give to their twaddle. I suppose they dream By the way, that reminds me that some men In the physiology department are working to eee if somnambulism can not be made to take the plane of chloroform and ether In some caeca. You know, or don’t you, that somnambulism can be produced artificially? Well, It can be, and most profound somnambulism at that. It is supposed that tn the natural state It la produced by the formation of a peculiar substance which ts derived from the starchy parts of the body and which has the effect of the chemical substance known ae amyiene. Commercial amylene is a colorless liquid with a pecu-

Qalvanlaocl Iron l_amon Squaaxara. R* SHoata of SHalf Papar, all colors. Csrpot Psstsr, galvanised wire, hardwood handle. Duet Rana, Japanned, Reaorted colors. Ton-quart, Rlocod Dish Rana. Cl Heavy Crystal Tatsls Tumblers, pretty patterns. Rvire Whits Tea,- Cups and Saucers, two ahapea. MaoBsth’s Raarl Top Chimneys. Raal China PVult Saucers. 6 Good Quality Taa Spoons. Half-RInt Can Ready Mlxad Household Ralnt. Easely’a Ratant Glass L-«mn-onada Jules Extractor, fits over any tumblar. A Very Busy Brocery *■ I* Expected On Monday Wash I ng Soda, best quality, six pounds Ho Soap, Hastier, eighteen bars RBo. L.yo, Eagle brand, best quality, high teat, granulated, thre* cans 10c, •acb...3V,a Rearline, for**;t>*ek*gM 10c.*ach.3Hc> Bluing, best French, thre* bottles ICC, *acn — .3V o KI as nit, better in «T*ry r*apect than aapolio, and other ilk* soap*, three lor 18c, each eo Soourlng, Block’s, just the th« thing lor houseoieaning. thru* lor 10c, *ach..3)ta The Wm. H. Block Co.

and Is obtained by distilling oil

grain with anhydrous

liar odor,

of potatoes or phospnoric acid. Administered In * proper way it induces somnambulism of thb most pronounced type. To show what 1$ will do, let me say that It is on record that the late Dr. 8now, of England, administered some of the drug to a boy whose ankle was to be amputated. During the operation which was perfortned by Sir William Ferguson, the boy lay back on the table, apparently unconcerned and painless, for he tossed a ball up to the ceiling and caught it accurately as It carne down again and again. Aht here Is that lockjaw case which I wanted to examine." A man was brought In. He had leekiJaw. He lay rigid. He had the "sardonic grin" which is caused In most cases of tetanus by the peculiar setting of thb Jaws. The surgeon explained his case tb the students. He had fallen and cut hkH knee on a muddy curbstone. Nine day* afterward the symptoms of lockjaw were developed. The case was Interesting, sine* It would afford an opportunity for trying the antitoxin treatment. Popularly speaking, this amounted to giving the patlenit more brain. That Is, macerated animal brain properly prepared would be Injected through his skull hyperdermic*lly. So h button of bone was trepanned out of hie skull and the serum which had been made ready was Injected. Of course the man had been placed under an aiuesthettc which wa* intarestlng because under the InflMence of the drug some of the muecles relaxed their rigidity. The students particularly watched this phenomenon In-

tently.

Detail* of the Method.

When the operation was over th# *»»- geon made a speech to the students, as is usual. In which he explained the physiology and pathology of lockjaw. Professors Roux and Borrel. of the Pasteur Institute, were the Instigators of the neto method of treatment, he said. Taking the brain substance of a guinea pig they crushed; It with some tetanic toxtne and centrifugalized the mixture. This had the effect of separating the substance Into two layers. The upper layer was an opalescent fluid; the lower was really the nervous substance. The upper layer contained very little toxine; the nervous substance held the tetanic poison. This wa* done mechanically, but the same process takes place in the human organism, that Is, the lockjaw poison is absorbed by the nerve cells and affects the spinal cord. Experiments on guinea 'pig* with the lockjaw antidote, or antltqxlne. show that It must be quickly Injected into some central etation In the human body, so that its effects may quickly reach every portion of th* - organism. The brain Is the great human center of action and control, hence the Injection of the antidote into the brain. The curing of lockjaw by means of brain extract is new and a valuable addition to

modern surgical triumphs.

The next patient fo bo brought In w*a a woman suffering with desfneoy, caused by the use of quinine. A curious-looklnjl' electric battery was laid upon the tablS. From the battery extended .two tube* like those used for listening fo the phonograph. These were placed la the woman •« ears, and the battery was started. Ap$, odd, buzzing sound came from It. Th# chief surgeon was asked to explain it "That,’” he said, “is an air battery. We are trying to cure deafnpfw by vibration. The little chamber from which those tubes come is filled with slightly! compressed air. There is a diaphragm | which the electric motor vibrate* back-, ward and forward. The vibration of the: diaphragm causes the air In the tubes to' vibrate. This, in turn, causes th* MV drums to vibrate rapidly. We are thus! able to massage the ear drums. It couM.’ be done in no other way. This bombard-1 ing of the ear drums breaks down all*, adhesions to the small bones when there, are adhesions. We find It useful fbrj nearly all diseases of the ear. Somewhat!

obtained from

the same effect can be

“I

the use of the phonograph when a repftH tton of certain tones is OMd. but tb*i effect is not so well localised as wttjfc! this instrument I suppose It Is the ontjf’ Instance where compressed air be* been

used for therapeutic purposes."

“In fact," concluded the surgeon, when the last case was disposed of and tb* students crowded oMt noisily, "we ‘do things here every day that would atoase the layman. I do not mean the technic-

alities, but every nature such as

humble."

View at a Haeieada Boaea.

I North American Review.]

The house of a great hacienda I* imposing tn appearance, on account, usually, ot Its size rather than of tt* architectural proportions. It is generally built around a large court, and whether of one or two stories, conveys the impression of having been erected solely with a view to durability and Rpa< iouenees. The rnnftruction la invariably of stone or sun-dried bricks, plastered and painted, and, in meat c*»es, presents an eva* elevation, broken only by grated windows, a port# cocher# and loop-hole# for musketry. This structure contains the offices, apartment* ior the owner, for the two or three principal employee and their famine* ana for the servants, store-rooms, stable# for saddle and for carriage horses, carriage space, and an indefinite number of spare fooma, according to circumstance*. Conveniently altuated tn relation to the main building are the habitations of employe#, the hma of the peons, sometims* the poaada or Inn, for the accommodation of travekrs, the church (which usually Is a preteivnouk

the church (which usually Is a pretentious! structure), the store, where ev*rv com--modity of peasant life ts ror sale, the vast. stable* for horse*, mules and oxen, stork*

bbBh| produo* of th* haoModi

agricultural Imnlamebl

and others for

ten, storkhaclenda,

ths wheelwright, blacksmith ahd^canSm’ tar Jllants. the saddler’* and cobbler a shops, the loom, the bakery—in sum, aUthe attributes of a village, whiab a haqtendn of thla class ta practically having a population of from five to fifteen hundred

Inhabitants.

Crowded bat, (Chicago Record.]

"We will have to leavw our flat*

"What for?"

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