Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 October 1899 — Page 11

fHE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1899.

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HAVA1IANS ARE EXCITED

FKAR CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT WILL BE UNDER MILITARY CONTROL.

Gained Throach m. Lettor That Coafoaaded Hawaii With Porto Rico or Caba—Coal Faialae at Boaolala.

Port Towneead. Wash..-October 31.—Acoordinv to advtceo brought from Honolulu by the steamer Ellhu Thompson, residents of the Hawaiian Islands are :n a, great state of excitemex.i over the receipt of a letter from Assistant Secretary of tbs Treasury Frank Vanderllp. stating that the customs department of the Hawaiian islands was under Lie control of the War Department. The letter was‘In reply to at application for a position m the customs service by a resident of Honolulu. It is claimed that this Is the first intimation the authorities on the Island have received that the customs department has been transferred to military, and when shown the letter, Harold M. Bewail, special agent of the United State Government, and rne other Government representatives expressed a belief that the Secretai;- had got the Hawaiian Islands confused with Porto Rico, Cubv and other conquered territory. Major Mills, in command of two battalions of the Sixth Artillery, stationed at Honolulu, disclaims any knowledge of the new regime. In relation to the above, a rumor Is in circulation In Honolulu that the present officers of the local government were to he removed by President McKinley and new appointments made Immediately, but both President Dole, and Special Agent Bewail deny having any knowledge of a contemplated change. James Anderson King, Minister of the interior of the Hawaiian Islands, died of apoplexy on October It. He was a native of Scotland, and was elxty-seven years old. The transport Zealandla sailed for Manila on October 14, the Valencia on October 17, the Sikh and Rio Janeiro on October 18. The Hawaiian Islands sre having trouble relative to the influx of Chinese, and many are seeking admittance to the United Statee via Honblulu. Honolulu le on the eve of a coal famine, caused by the lat'ge amount of transports calling here, which have made serious inroads on the supply of army coaL ^n.i -.iii.n ...iQ. DEWEY A PRISONER.

SarreBdera to the Dansbter of Mrs. MeLoaa.

Washington, D. C., October 31.-Admlral Dewey last night announced his engagement to Mrs. W. B. Haxen, of this city. Mrs. Hasen is the widow of General Ha sen, formerly chief signal officer of the army, who died about ten years ago, and is a sister of John R. McLean, Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio. Mrs. Hasen has no children, and since her husband's death has made her home with her mother. She is wealthy, about forty years old, and popular in the best social circles of Washington. The date for the wedding haa not been fixed. H The newe was kept quiet yeaterday, but last night it was circulated at the Lafayette Square Theater, where Admiral " Dewey, with MaJ. Thomas Ferguson, exminister to Norway and Sweden, occupied a box. The date for the marriage has not yet been fixed. Admiral Dewey made the first announcement of bis engagement to ex-Secretary Herbert, of the navy, the admiral’s pergonal friend and lawyer. Admiral Dewey warmly embraced the exBecretary when making the announcement. The admiral told the story to the Tennessee delegation, headed by Congressman John Wesley Gaines, who had called on the admiral to invite him to Nashville for the reception of the First Tennessee Volunteers. Mrs. Haxen ia one ef the most popular of Washingtons hostesses. Since the death of her huaband she has lived with her mother. Mrs. McLean and has taken an active part In the social gayetiea of each season, being everywhere sought after for her brightness, vivacity and wit. The announcement of the engagement comes like a bomb in a sleeping camp, since many a maid and widow had set their wits to work to conquer the apparently unconquerable fortress of Dewey s ‘ heart. Mr*. Haxen is an Ohio girl, the youngest of the family of which John R. McLean Is the eldest brother. The oldest sister. Mrs. Bingham, was some two years veara ago married to Colonel Ludlhgton, at present occupying the old Sickles house on Lafayette equate. Mrs. HitMn to In mourning for her only son. whose death by a fall from his horse about eighteen months ago plunged the family In deep sorrow. Young Hasen was hie mother’s Mol. Aftd It was feared the shock would kill her. Since then she has lived quietly, dividing her time between Washington and her country place in the suburbs. Mrs. Hasen owns the residence on K Street recently vacated by Secretary Alger. one of the handsomest West-End residences, and Is counted a woman of largo means. In appearance she typines the poet’s conception as “fat. fair and forty.” Admiral Dewey** wife died In 1813. and for several years he did not go out in society. but when, In 1877. he was ordered to Washington, where he became the naval secretary of the lighthouse board, he became one of the gayest of a coterie composed of military, naval and public men. 1 It was at this time that the romance of his life took place. The house where Dewey lived was in the fashionable quarter and only a short distance from that of Archibald Lowery, for many years * prominent man in the capital city. Judge Lowery was wealthy and aristocratic, but when he learned that the commodore was In love with his daughter Virginia h* favored the match. Not to the daughter. She had met an attache of the Spanish legation. Don j. Brur.eui. better known as "Jack.” and had fallen In love with the dark-skinned Spaniard. BOLD ROBBERS Take Cask aa<! Cheeks, Amoamttag to From a Louisan, Mo., October *1.—Robert P. -treasurer and general the Broadway Cable robbed of *1,043 in cash and ^ n a Broadway car yesAn envelope containing taken from hl« pocket, concerned In the robbery, drawn the money from the at Fourth street end It was to he teed of the street car who to an

old man. put the money in hlr Inside coat| pocket. He went from the bank to Broadway and Washington avenue and waited for a car. He notice 1 two rather welldressed men standing on the curb near him. When the car came along Yhev got on the car platform ahead of him r.nd stood in the doorway, blocking the way, while they asked the conductor If the car went to the Union station. The conductor told them it did not, and they asked directions how to reach the station, continuing to block the way of Jennings. As the car was between Lucas avenue and Morgan street, directly in front of the Union market, the two men Jumped off and were lost in the crowd. Jennings walked Into the car and sat down. As he did so he felt for the envelope. It was gone. He called to the conductor that he had been robbed. The car was stopped at Moxgan street. Jennings got off the car and ran back to where the men alighted, but they had disappeared. The police were nodded and a dozen detectives at once put to work on the case. The company asked the bank to stop payment on the checks. Jennings was robbed in much the same manner several years ago on a South Broadway car. Several thousand dollars were taken rhon. The men who did that Job were sent to the penitentiary. A CAPTAIN’S RECORD.

Called the “God-Father of the Two Hundred.” ^

fSpecial to The Indianapolis News.] Frankfort Ind., October 31.—The visiting relatives of Clinton county’s soldier boys have returned from Jefferson Barracks, one by one, and the company, now a part of the Thirty-eighth Regiment, United States Volunteers, has begun Its long and uncertain journey westward. The formation of the company under the captaincy of D. F. Allen, ’of this city.

ONU HALLOWEEN.

By HETTIE BOSLEY.

was unusual in Its circumstances and results, for Instead of the sufficient 1101 otricers and men. 200 had offered them- 1 selves when service time came, at the armory, whoso banner had for a short time stretched to the building on the opposite side of the street, with its message, ”Ho, for the Philippines, Volunteers Wanted.” ' That there was so rapid and full recruiting was largely due to the personality of Captain Alien. His military history Includes many incidents of activity and adventure. The first boy in Clinton county to enlist for service in ansyer to Lincoln's call; the first captain to report with his company at Camp Mount in answer to the call of the nation’s and State’s chief executives in the war with Spain, and the largest company of volunteers reported in the State this season, to accompany westward for an indeflrite and trying career on the islands, to , a brief recital of Captain Allen's soldier , record. Beginning in April, 1861, he has borne titles of different rank since. As the leader of ZU9 men to Jefferson Barracks by his devotion to them and their fondness for him. he has won the new and inique title of “The god-father of the two hundred.” , This sobriquet was given him because of i the circumstances which befell the double company, as It might be termed, on its arrival at Jefferson barracks. Through jealousy or misunderstanding, some of the officers there wished to distribute Captain Allen’s men promiscuously through the regiment. This report caused a protest from the Clinton county boys, and consequent hustling and forcible persuasion on < the part of their captain. He told hto superior officers that hto boy* were all un- ( used to the ways of war, but that they had enlisted willing to or die, and that ( he wanted to be with them, and they, wanted to be with him; and, in the face of power and Influence, he carried his point. They argued that he might be promoted, and thus lose his protectorship, while he declared his lack of ambition relative to a 1 position other than the one he then occu-| pied. , _, ■ , FIRE AT SING SING. New AdmlBistration Building of the Prison Partially Destroyed. New York, October 81.—The new administration building at Sing Sing prison, built by convict labor, under Warden | Sage, and considered to be one of the < handsomest structures of the kind in the; country, was haif destroyed by fire before dawn to-day. The loss is about *60,000. Uninsured. The fire started at 2:30 a. m. In the bakery and kitchen. The bakery to close to the administration building, a brick structure. 600 feet long and four stories high. The first floor to used as & messroom. The second floor was principally used for a Protestant an^, Roman Catholic chapel. The top floor wjyptne prison hospital. Twenty-eight patf nts were in me hospital when the fire broke out- They were all quickly moved, without disorder, to the old hospital building, and temporarily provided for there. 1 < The ftre obtained headway in the administration building, and before the Are departments from Sing Blhg and nearby towns could be brought Into action the roof of the administration building fell la W*' A Seminary Burned. Hackettstown, N. J.. October IL—The Hackettstown Seminary was destroyed by Are early this morning. Only the gymnasium bulMIng Is left standing. The flr«! originated in the basement of the main building, and to believed to have been started by a hot air furnace. All the students got out uninjured, but many of them had narrow escapee. . Unrecognisable. (Philadelphia North American ] "Daddy,” said the little colored boy. “Welir "What to the nationality of them ’coon songs’ they sing In the theaytxrix?”

MMtiAT Helen was to have a career was JL’ assured. We had settled on that. But as to just what sort of a career, we could not decide. There seemed so many possibilities In her. Ever since she was a wee mite of a thing she could sing like a bird. Indeed, sometimes when we were all upstairs and she was down on the lawn playing among the roses, I woulJ have to go to the window to make sure that a nightingale had not flown into our old-fashicned garden. Every night Just before dusk she used to skip down the long avenue to the big gate and wait for negroes to come home with the horses. She would sit perched high on the red post, her brown curls flying In the soft wind and her big eyes looking eagerly up the road. Long before they reached the gate she could hear the darkles singing as they came, sitting sideways on the horses, with drooping, lazy shoulders and bare black feet swinging down Indolently. When they reached the gate. Sambo would lift his little mistress to old Bess's back and then the odd procession woula wind slowly up the avenue, our Helen at Us head. Magnolia trees Uned the graveled way and the Jxreath of sweet jasmine made the air heavy with perfume. Helen’s high, childish treble mingling with the melodious minor notes of the darkies ran* out In such clear tones that each night we three doting old aunts would exclaim, "Her voice l» more wonderful every day.” As I would watch them coming toward us, the childish figure ,«o proud and erect, her beautiful face glowing with delight, the old bitter thoughts would surge back and l would think of the days when Robinwood was a very paradise. How well she could have headed a whole cavalcade of Kentucky beauties! But this poor train bah! I try to be advanced and progressive, but I have never been quite able to forgive Mr. Lincoln for robbing us of all our wealth and happiness. If Helen were musical she was just as much of an artist. She studied some with the best artists in the city not maty miles distant, and they predicted a brilliant future for her. When It was time for her to go off to school we thought of sending her to St. Mary s Female Seminary. a most excellent hall of learning. But Helen had very advanced views; she must have inherited them from her mother, who was a Northern lady, and she was very anxious to go away off up East and be a "co-ed.” Sister Malvina, she to an invalid, had one of her bad spells at the bare thought of it, and she was sick for a week. I could not sleep fot thinking of it. The idea of her going eff among strangers, and especially to te in the same school with young men, whose mothers we did not know, and whose morals we were not sure of—tt was preposterous! But Helen carried the day, as u-u&l. Every night during the long four years while she was at college we talked of her career. Sister Malvina was sure she ought to be an artist, she herself bad once painted a cluster of pink primroses on a black velvet panel. Then it was so genteel and aristocratic to be an artist, and the old name of Sutherland was nothing if not aristocratic. Cecilia, the youngest of us, wanted Helen to be a great singer and musician. Cecilia has a very sweet voice herself, though it Is not as young as it used to be. Still, she can sing “Home, Sweet Home,” and play very harmonious chords to it, besides "My Old Kentucky Home” and “Dixie.” Once whan we were talking about it old Aunt Dinah happened to be in the room. "I knows plenty young gem-men dat ud be mighty glad ter gib Miss Helen a careah. He! He!” she laughed. “Nonsense,” we all cried, sharply. “Helen is too talented ever to be domestic,” said sister Malvina. “Of course,” I said, stiffly, "like every Southern lady, she can manage a household, but genius can not be fettered by commonplaces. I wish Helen to be absolutely free to inspiration.” 1 had never given my express desire as to the direction In which I wanted Helen's genius to expand, but I had one darling wish. Down In the bottom of my haircloth trunk Is a magazine, old*and yellow. On the twenty-fifth page there to a short poem of three stanzas, and the name of it Is “Love.” The signature stands out In bold type, Camilla Sutherland—that is my name. How my heart throbbed when I first saw It In print, and how It throbs even now when I look at it. Malvina and Cecilia have long since forgotten that I was ever literary, and they had no idea of my wish, Malvina thinking that l was 'partial to art, and Cecilia that I preferred music. At last Helen came home with her diploma She had carried off all the honors, too, and if .lt were possible, we loved her more than ever. She was the same curlyhaired, brown-eyed girl, but now there was a wonderful light In her eyes, her genlue shining forth, we pfaudly saidRobinwood was all sunshine now. for It basked to its heart’s content In her lovely smile. When she sang to us lh the cool, old-fashioned parlor, the sunlight shifting In making a glory of her hair, her face illumined. an,d her eyes shining, we almost Imagined that her simple white dress was a robe and that the ruffles over her shoulder* were wings, for the voice was surely mat of an angel. Or, when she played wonderful music of the masters and It went stealing through the wide old rooms and floated through the windows to the bent boughs of the listening magnolias, Robinwood lay entranced In melody. It wa* only a few mornings after Helen had come home. Uttle Dick had gone to town for the maU, and we were having our late breakfast in the summer-house. Helen had a rose in her hair, which matched the pink glow in her cheeks, and ■he had even stuck one In my gray locks. lAaen the boy came he brought her several letters. She read all but one at the table, then She walked to the door and read the laet one. A honeysuckle clamSTred over Us trellis near by, but still not being satisfied, it had stretched o.ut for the door and now the opening wa* framed in a mass of yellow and white fragrance. "it to only a letter from a college friend,” ahe said, carelessly. "Did I ever

tell you, Aunt Camilla, that I have been literary while I was at college?” My heart Jumped. “No, child,” I said;

“tell me about it.” I

Well, you know, we had a college paper, and I was the associate editor.” “My dear,” said Malvina, faintly, “is not editing just a little masculine?” “indeed, not at all,” I said. “Literature is the highest calling In the world.” Cecilia and Malvina gasped at my statement All eagerness, I turned to Helen, and said, “and the editor-in-chief, dear, was she your dear friend, Miss Brooks?” "Why-ah, no, auntie. The editor-in-

chief was a Mr. Brown.”

"Oh!!!” we three gasped. When we had somewhat recovered, I said, rather lamely, "Oh, well, that’s all right, only a lit-

tle extraordinary, you know.”

“Brown—not a very old name.” said Malvina. “Is he a Southerner, Helen, and

what Is his lineage?”

Helen’s face was very red. I feared that we might have hurt her feelings. I can easily see how literati would feel sensitive to remarks made about their

colleagues.

”1 have no doubt he is a very nice young man,” I interposed, "But tell us about your work. It must have been very

interesting.’’

“It was. Indeed,” said Helen, and her eyes glowed. "Really, it was the most pleasant work I did while I was in college,” she said, musingly. My heart throbbed with joy. My wish had come true. She would some day be a great writer. And who knows, by hard work on my part, I might be able to collaborate with her. I was so delighted thax, merely wishing to make Helen feel that we had meant no insinuations toward Mr. Brown, I eaid that I should like to meet so able a young man. “Well, auntie,” she hesitated, “you might have a chance. You see, he has to attend to some business for hto fatner this fall, I think,” she said rather Incohefently, “apd he might have to come

through this way.”

No railroad line runs from the city In our direction, and strangers never come this way on business, but I thought vaguely that he might want to come out onfthe mall wagon and see the Lincoln caan—those Northerners are so worshipfur of everything connected with the Lincolns. And. of course, he would stop at Robinwood to call on his ex-associate editor. I became very anxious to see him—a ’ real, live editor. Of course, he had edited ( only a college paper, but, naturally, he, would use that experience as a stepping-,

stone to higher things.

Helen and Mr. Brown corresponded regularly all summer. 1 was glad for her to have this literary friendship. It was not only a pleasure, but a source of great inspiration, to her. She was as happy as the day was long. I was glad for her to have this rest from school duties, but I was anxious for fall to come, so that we could sett.e down to work, as I was sure she would begin to write for the leading magazines, with her experience and talent, you know. Maybe I might get something in, too, and we even might write * book together. I thought to myself! The Indian summer of that year was the most beautiful one I ever saw. All Kentucky was steeped in loveliness. A haze of royal purple cast such a glamour over everything that we walked as in a dream. It was the 31st of October, and with it came Mr. Brown. He came down on the stage-coach from the city that morning. We were not expecting him. It was very opportune that Helen had happened to plan for a little Halloween gathering that night, and strangely enough she just happened to be down at the gate when the stage went by. I should have been terribly mortified If no one had seen hirti and he should have had to have found his way up to the house alone. A pretty opinion he would have had of Kentuckj hospitality! I was out at the side of the house showing little Dick how to make the jack-o’-lanterns when I heard voices and some one coming up the avenue. I looked up. and there was Helen, charmin’? In a white dress and a pink garden hat. Beside her was Mr. Brown. Somehow I just guessed it was he. He was tall, well built and well dressed, with a frank, boyish countenance. They both seemed very happy to be with each other again. Helen came up with shining eyes Some way there seemed to be something mere than genius shining out of them "Aunt Camilla,” she said, “this to mv

editor-in-chief.”

There had not been such a Halloween at Robinwood for years, not since I was a girl. All the sweet, foolish tests were tried Just as we tried them when I was a girl, and blushes were just as red and hearts just as light as they were In the dim long ago. The girls looked in the mirror to see their future husbands peep over their shoulders, just as their mothers end grandmothers did before them, and the nuts popped and the apple parings made letters exactly as their ancestors had done for centuries. When the merry orowd had gone, I stood in the dim parlor. The grinning lanterns were about spent. I went to the window. The moon was very bright. Helen and Mr. Brown were roaming up the avenue after having seen the others off as far as the gate. She had a white shawl over her head, and she was leaning on his arm. When they reached the head of the avenue he stopped and dx-ew the shawl away from her face, and then he stooped and he kissed her. I did not mean to spy. but I could not move for surprise. I saw her put her arm around his neck, her shawl fell to the ground, and he held the slender, white figure close. I tried to move, but I seemed rooted to the spot. Something hit mo on the head and I started. I thought vaguely that it was an angry hand, perhaps hat of Venus, but when I looked down at my feet I saw a Jack o’ lantern, yellow and grinning. When the house was still and I was shut In m yroom, I opened my little old hair-cloth trunk and took out the yellow magazine. It opened at the twenty-fifth page. “Love” was the name of the poem, and at the end was ’’Camilla Sutherland." Hot tears fell for my blasted hopes. Where was tWe career that I had plannetf for my darltxfg? Then I read the poem. It was the crudely expressed emotions of a youthful heart, but it was sincere. Was it true, as I said in those lines, that love to the best and dearest thing in the world? As I thought of the past. I dried my eyes and put the book away. I picked up a locket. It was an old-fash-ioned case, but dearer to me than all my possessions, even dearer than my poem. I opened It, and a youthful, handsome face, whose clear eyes had long been closed, looked out at me lovingly. I fastened the chain around my throat tenderly and went to bed. I was very happy.

•the voice of the people.

Politics and the Schools.

To the Editor of The Indianapolis New*: What a glorious thing it would be for our city If politics could be taken out of our School Board and all red tape be abolished from It. Two children who have always attended the city schools, one of them the Manual Training High School for three years, the other child for one year—applied this school year for transfers. After studying over the matter the township trustee said he could not transfer, but If the county or State Superintendent would, he would abide by their decision. The County Superintendent said the children ought to be transfdbred. but the State Superintendent said; "1 can not do it, but wHl confer with other superintendents and see what we can

do.” Their final decision was no.

Our township high schools n ust be maintained. Thep, I say, make the township high schools equal to the city high schools, which they are not. It is detrimental to any child's education to make such a change. One of the reasons for the’ transfer for change of school was higher school privileges. How Is it that the Legislature makes one law for tuition and the School Board another? Free education has got to be a vehy dear thing, even here In this beautiful country. In the News of September 14 I find that <our same Superintendent of Education goes up to Lebanon to transfer two children over the decision of other superintendens.

This is not fair. A MOTHER.

[Mr. Jones says the transfer at Lebanon was made because there was no high school in the township from which the children were transferred. In making his rulings, he says, he acts in a manner similar to the Supreme Court—he only reverses the decision of the county superintendent when he finds the county superintendent has not acted according to law. He does not recall a case similar to the one mentioned In the letter.—Editor

the News.]

Good Stock Weil Sold. [Special to The Indianapolis New*.] Kokomo. Ind.. October 31.—Among the saJes made by the Howard county breeder* at the stock sale of the National Hereford Association, at Kansas City, wag, p cow owned by G. W. Harnees, registered as ’'Maggie.” for *2.600, and a yearling heifer, owned by Clem Johnson, for 31,200. The latter was sold to Marshall Field, of

Chicago.

Married la August. (Special to The Indian spoil* News-] Laporte. Ind., October 31.-Announce-ment ha* been made that Miss Minnie Pepple, of Kendallville, and C. H. Crook, of New Haven. Conn., were secretly married in Chicago early in August. Mis* Pepple filled the position of art teacher In the Elgin (III.) school* la*t year, and had accepted a poaltlon In the schools of Colorado Springs, Colo., which she has

resigned.

A Cook’s View of Service. To the Editor of The Indianapolis Nevrs: I notice in The News of October 27, a communication on the “Servant Question,” I would be glad If the fact could be Impressed upon the people of this place that in American there is no "servant class.” In this country it is h case of employer and employe. The word “servant” is suggestive of the dark ages, and I should think the bright, up-to-date Americans would long since have tired of the use of a word so remote. ~~ I am a cook, by trade, a pupil of Mrs. D. A. Lincoln. I have been in the business for twelve years, and in that time have been in many cities and many homes, institutions and other places, and while I know there are many objections raised to the much-despised woman cook, yet I will say that I have always found cooking pleasant and lucrative, and I have mostly been very kindly treated. Any labor that is honest is no disgrace, whether it be In the kitchen, the office, factory or store. W e are all poor girls, working for an honest living. It Is all labor, and I am at a loss to understand how one means of earning money legitimately can rank above another. I think that little Idea of one sort of employment being above another goes hand in hand with the use of the word "servant,” and is a little bit reflective. The best people of Indianapolis are at present paying gooi wages, but I find the majority of girls here doing domestic work, as regards Intelligence, are Inferior. I am much Interested in the labor question, and especially the domestic situation, as that is my particular line, and shall do all in my power at the next session of the Legislature to have the question of hours required presented, discussed and Investigated, and see if there Is not some means by which the much-talked-ot "servant” can have equal advantages as regards time with employes In other lines. I am quite positive that I can depend upon the co-operation of The News for any advancement of any sort for the right. A. F. R. Reports of Births. To the Editor of The Indianapolis News: You do me great honor In Friday’s News in speaking of “Hurty’s law for collecting vital statistics.” This law in question, which requires physicians to report births within fifteen days after occurrence, and to whicih Dr. Morrison so strenuously objects, was drawn axp by the Indiana State Medical Society, and was passed In 1881. Dr. Morrison haa been in office four years, and should’ have known of this excellent statute. Since Dr. Morrison’s first interview, when he so energetically set forth his objections to compelling physicians to report birth within fifteen days, I have asked a number of doctors their opinion concerning the matter, and every one expressed the opinion that fifteen days was ample time. One of them said: ‘’Within this time, the child is fully born, the sex and color are determined, and all the facts called for are known, and why wait longer?" Another physician said: “In a long experience. I have found It possible to make my birth report within three days’ time, and would say five days' limit to about right." In your article appears the following: “Physicians, it Is asserted by City Sanitarian Clark, find abundant reason to hold back birth returns for several weeks. Humanity is one motive, he says, for if the returns are made immediately the mothers may be annoyed.’’ As to this, I have to say, the city board can give relief by simply withholding reports from publication. * far better method than violating a law. Let humanitarian ends be secured lawfully if possible. The statute is now eighteen years old and it does seem strange that the first objection should at this late day come from the Indianapolis health authorities, and further, it is exceedingly strange to hear a sworn officer say "that the city board would not undertake to enforce the fifteen days clause.” I wonder greatly what clauses it will choose to enforce. October 28. J. N. HURTY. Beveridge Modesty. To the Editor of The Indianapolis New*: Last evening’s Issue of your paper contained two communication* regarding Senator Beveridge'» silence touching the Philippines to which I desire to recall attention. Why could not the writers of those two articles have kept their silence. In concert? Why try to prod Mr. Beveridge into giving up such peculiar Informatlon as he may have obtained before he considers it the proper time to Impart It? He made hto trip abroad as a private citizen, and he should not be required to divulge his Inside information until. In hto own good Judgment, the public to ready for it. It would be a kindness to Mr Beveridge, as well as to many of your reader* to let that matter rest. Besides, Admiral Dewey, who was * prominent actor in the Philippines, and the press generally, have given us some Uttle information; consequently, there are many of your readers who think that the public and Mr Beveridge's friends should respect his reticence, and give him and them, a much-desired rest. The people

Those Insurance Policies. To the Editor of Tha Indianapolis New*: Under the caption, "Coffin Vindicated,” The News says: • “As Mr. Coffin wa* not interested in the policies written, the board answered by approving Mr. Coffin’s acts.” By approving Mr. Coffin's acts the board says to the taxpayers: 'We are willing to cause the city a loss of *6.45, with no value received.” The pro rata value of policies canceled was *12.95. By canceling the city gets *7.60, net loss to the city *5.45. Now. what was gained? Mr. Coffin claimed that new forms had to be made. If that to so they could have been placed on the existing policies without any cost to the city. The board says Mr Coffin was not interested. Then why this loss? Does any insurance man believe that one agent places business with another agenpy without expecting business in r*tprn. or the usual commission paid? October 28. C. W. OAKES.

The Court-House Clock*. To the Editcc of The IndUnapolla News: Friday last a communication In your paper <ntiinated that the court-house clocks never keep time since I have taken charge of them. ■ If I am not mistaken, the clocks were placed in the court-house about twentythree years ago. In January. 1896. I took charge of them. I found the Criminal Court room clock with Its dial off, at a standstill, has been in that condition s'nee September, ’98. Room 2, Superior Court clock also at a standstill. Circuit Court room clock failing, the tower clock died with all kinds of oil, aid. In general, every clock in need of cleaning and oiling. I at once got the proper kind of oil and started to repair the clocks. The Criminal Court room clock was for some reason taken out of my charge and some one else placed a new movement In it, which till lately never kept time. After 1 had

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3x2* 3x214 9x4 »4.«0 SS.SS se.3® IOO Rolls China (Matting;, all colon, full jointless, our 20cquality, for Wednesday only...... IS* (Matting, cotton warp Japanese, 90c quality ;.... ....Slo Japanaaa or China (Matting*, carpet designs, our 35c to 45c qualitiea for to-morrow a To Exstanalon Ro«!*,extend to 44 inches, I2c kind To Curtain Rolaa, 1H inches, oak or mahogany, brass trimming, complete. 23c kind TT. l*o Carpal Rapar lo gOO RalraCurtain*, Nottingham*, 3 yards long, our 00c grad a to-mor-row only B9o

generally appreciate Mr. Beveridge's modesty. anti know as well as he does, that, Inasmuch as he was simply a visitor aftsr the act—it would be indelicate in him to allow himsalf even to be drawn into any appearance of trying to gain notoriety out of it for himself. When Mr. Beveridge has had tfme fully to consider what he wants to say, and how he will say it, It will come in such language as he only is capable of. The writers of such articles only annoy Mr. Beveridge, by trying to draw him out of his retirement, and distress him by keeping the public in such a stress of expectation. Let us have rest. JOHN W. BAIRD. Indianapolis. October 28, 1899. Don’t Barn the Leaves. To the Editor of The Indianapolis News: How people who live in the midst of intelligence can deliberately rake up the leaves and burn them to more than I can understand. They surely don’t know how destructive the stifling, offensive smoke is to both animal and vegetable life. We can drive over few streets, in any town or city in our land, on these gloriously beautiful October days without suffering fx om this torment. One sees people gasp for breath, and deplore the unpleasantness of the smoke, and turn and put on more leaves to burn. And the horses, unable to act in self-defense, pass on seemingly in dumb endurance. The odor, too, Is most obnoxious. On these balmy Indian summer days, when every home should be thrown wide open to the air and sunshine, too many must be closed against this pollution. It aggravates bronchial and thoracic troubles, and death has, on occasion, resulted from burning leaves. Next to the growing grass, the strewn leaves are the most beautiful carpet the feet ever trod upon. Strew them long and wide and deep, and let them lie till every atom of their sweetness Is extracted and diffused; then carry them to your barns and to your gardens, or-send them to the flelds.for there was never such a fertilizer so rich in all the elements that go to make plant life. Do anything with them, but do not burn them. Don’t burn the leaves. Don’t bum the leaves. LOTTA D. SWISHER. The Pay of Teacher*. To the Editor of The Indlanapolle News: Anyone who knows anything about our schools and teachers, knows that much more and better work is required of the teachers of this city now than ever before, yet the same old salaries are paid now that teachers were paid more than ten years ago, and nothing is ever said about increasing the salaries. There Is nobody of the most ordinary kind of laboring men who would submit to such treatment for two days. They would “strike,” and strike hard. Is it not high time that something should be done about this matter? Our schools have been ever ready to follow In the footsteps of the Chicago schools. In every new thing those wonderful schools have happened to take up, but when a year or two ago, the salaries of the Chicago teachers were Increased, not one faintest whisper was there heard here about Increasing our teachers' pay. Let us follow Chicago or any other city where good is done, but let us not follow only those things which are for the benefit of the pupils. Let us remember that our teachers are the ones who are doing all this good for the children, and let in: show our appreciation of their siccere efforts by paying them as well, as le.vst, as other cities pay their teachers. TEACHERS' FRIEND. October 26, 1899.

Vary apaolal off*ring of Seal Skin Jackets made to measure of real fine and prime seal skins, lined with furriers' extra quality satin lining. This jacket Is aold at (150 ami up by the best concerns in this country. Only through’a special contract we have made are we enabled to take orders for a limited number until further notice (lengths 20. 22 and 24 Inches) at gttIB.OO 1 be skins are on exblbt-loa ia our Cloak Department. Fur Jaolcata of Near seal, a very hundsome-jaeket, good linings .9*8.00 Fur Jactaata of guaranteed electric seal, warranted to keep in repairs for two years 990.00 Fur Jackals. The greatest bargain ever offered in a like quality, made of choice selected electric seal. 24 and 28 inches long, extra high, rolling collar, large revers. Uned with a good quality broyn satin lining, our special offer at ,.-999.00 Collarattaa of A’aska sea), with Persian lamb yokes, lined with tine satin. 820.00 quality 9< 9.00 Collarattaa of best electric seals. Many are trimmed with tails and Persian lamb yokes, silk and satin finings; the proper length* and sweep; specials at«fo, 87.50, 84,98. 83.98 and.. ..99.** Linings ▼affata, fu}l yard wide, fast black, 12Hc quality *o Duck, stiffening and skirt facing, 96 Inches wide, regular 15c quality, tomorrow So Rippla Silk, 36 Inches wide, black and a full line of colors, moire beetle finish, makes n beautiful skirt lining, regular price Is30c. sale price l*o Fro no k Haircloth, thoroughly shrunk, black and Pray, pure hair, 18 Inches wide, our regular 90c grade, per yard 8*o Silk Mora art, black and colors, newest thing in an imported fabric, for a handsome petticoat, jacket and skirt lining, regular price to 75c, sale price *So

r« w 3te ? u ;u!^ l *f oo ! ortB . g !’ Ti.o Rlalslo, 36 laches wide, new and attractive patterns, tint look like the expeasirVkJud. to-morrow ,*so YSSaH® 5 ® wmw**m«*m* *«*•*«*•»t,* Spaol*l ••lllnsof Paints ami Brushes Roady-mlxad houaaHole! paint— • -lb- Cana so 9-11*. Cana l*o l-puartCana 99o Wood Stain*, beatqual- ; ity, oak. watum, rosewood, maple, mahogany and cherry t l-lb. Cana So 9-lb. Ot>no IOo Daeorattvo and Sloyol* Kr-amala,every ooiar wanted - | • m «* 1 So ♦ r***•*•**•*****«*• *!•*,* .Ido 99 Cana Knamala lafiovar from our old stock, whfielt lasts ..»o i Bruakaa, fiat varnish or paint, extra , quality. Chinese brtotia. tin caps 3Hand3*i neb loc, 2-inch 7c, ito-lnch 6c and l-tncb,....! ,....,...*0 Round Ralnt Bruak, pure brtotle3, a and 9-lnoh ....So 8, T, Sand 9>lnok too ®ruoka*, good quality, 8-inch 12c. 7-inch ,...IOo Groceries Raaa, fancy early Junes, regular ISHc quality, per can ,,»o Oanquat Flak**, a80c package of these one salt fiaaea ...7...*o Rollod Oat*, bulk, extra clean and new, per pound to-morrow 9fto Vltoa, breakfast food, special tomorrow. per package... ..\.:....lO© Ollvaa, lac bottle, nice olirea tomorrow It o Rrunaa, an extra large Oregon. 1W14C prune, to-morrow .,..,,..80 Ralolna, seedless Sultanas, 19c quality, to-morrow lOo k-omon Rool, best candled. 25c kind..... iso T**o. We have a full line of the very finest first crop teas. You always pay 80c a pound elsewhere, our price. . ..*»o OofTao. Our delicious flavored Java to making a decided hit among lovers of fine coffee, per pound 190 Sugar, Ora nu la tod, twanty pound* 91.00 9*0 Box** of Tkat Fin* Rad Salmon, opens up in one whole piece, elegant tasting, nice and oily, bard to duplicate under 17c, pe* can... 19fto

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repaired the clocks, some one cut the' tower clock hand shafts and tried to tamper with It In other ways. I have repaired everything needing repairs and the court house clocks under my charge are In by far better condition than In late years. As to my knowledge of horology, I am a graduate of Parson’s Horologlcal Institute, and was a student of Professor Schlaegel, of Switzerland, one of the greatest authorities on watch-making. M. RABINOWITZ. Watchmaker. Indianapolis, October 30. A Plea for Help. To the Editor of The Indianapolis News 1 I contracted the “morphine habit" about two years ago. The cause, difficult breathing, is now removed, and if I can be cured of the habit. I shall be a well man, and able to finish my medical education, which will require only three months. I am thirty years , old and married, and a Christian. Can any one help me to get freed of this "mill-stone?” Address “M. B.,” care Dr. Grover, Cllfty, Ind.

TALKS WITH TRAVELERS, Louis R. Adams, of Chicago, to the Bates House, in advance of several theatrical attractions, which will appear In Indianapolis later on. He is a former newspaper man and well known here. "Indianapolis Is one of the, best theatrical towns in the country of its size,” he ex id. “The theaters are far above the average, and the people know a good show when they see It. They like the better class of plays, and when a manager has anything really worth patronizing, he can not complain of the receipts In this city. Look at the pu*h for Grau opera seats at the English. The lobby of the theater has been filled with people looking for the best seats for two days In advance of the opening sales. 1 might give the names of my attractions, but think It bad policy to announce them so long In advance. Managers and advance men make mistakes in making public too long before they appear, the names of attractions. This will work If you have Joe Jefferson, Henry Irving or some other celebrity, but with the ordinary attraction it Is wrong. People pick out the very best things and overlook you.” James M. Cox, president and manager of the Dayton (O.) Evening News, was in the city yesterday on the way from Chicago. Asked if John R. McLean will be elected, Mr. Cox said: “The situation is a hard one to fathom. There are so many complications. The Republicans have their factions and the Democrats have difficulties to overcome. Then they have a normal Republican majority to knock out. We are supporting McLean, but I could not, with any posltlveness, make a prediction. The fight te one of tha hottest Ohio has ever seen tp policies, and we Jiave had many warm contests. The election Is of wldfe Importance because It te the President’s State, and Hanna and McLean are so prominent.” Harry Worthington, a New Torker, In the lobby of the Bates, discussed politics and Industrial combinations in these words: “I have seen the effects of industrial combinations, or trusts. I have many friends who have been thrown out of good positions on the road and at home. I can cite one combination particularly, and its results to men. Five big manufacturing concerns consolidated under one management. No sooner had the organiza-

tion been perfected than beads began to fall. Instead of five traveling representatives. or one that formerly represented, each concern, one was selected—the best, of course—and the different branch offices throughout the country were closed. Salaries have been reduced. Mine was cut 20 per cent., but I have to stand It. About lour out of ovefy five traveling men in my line are om because of the oonsoli•Jatlon. One man directs all the salesmen and goes from city to city, curtailing expenses in different way*. He was left out of a good place because of tho plug tobacco combine. He drew *10.000 from one concern aa a general representative, but when the combine was formed ha was Jobless, but a good bit of luck and mendshlp landed him with another trust. There to a limit, however, te combines, and that will be reached. Overdoing will do up the Industrial combinat* me." Discussing the coal situation In tha Northwest, G. R. Thomas, a Duluth business man, at the Grand Hotel, said: “It has been many years since such a peculiar coal situation existed In the Lake Superior regions. Rail coal te about all some ports are getting. The scarcity has come about slowly but surely. You sec, it has been the custom of vessels taking ore from tho mines to toad up at Lake Erie points— Buffalo. Erie, Toledo, Cleveland—with coal and come back to the Northwest with fuel. Now many vessels are coming back empty. 0 The demand for ore Is unprecedented, and the Increased prices such as to warrant the vessel-owners In making haste. In the hustle, coal Is left out of consideration. The advances In ore are fearful. Chicago can not give us fucV-tn fact, to short herself, and to In the open market looking for fuel of any kind. The present erlato in the coal situation shows beyond doubt that the Northwest can not rely on a rail coal supply at present. Tha demand to greatly in excess of the sup- ■ o A Shetland Poay Ranch. [Special to Th* Indianapolis News.] ^ English, Ind., October 31.-3ohn Miller, nea> Pleasant Hill, where he owns an entire section of rough land, has established a Shetland pony ranch, and will enter extensively Into breeding for the market. He has thirty brood mars*. ‘ Hto stud to said to embrace the best blood in the

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o —- On Board the Slglla. Port Townsend, Wash,, October fl —Tha schooner leneral Slglln arrived last night from Cook's Inlet, bringing seventy-six passengers and 130,000 In dust. The Slglln left the inlet October 1$ and sailed direct to this port.

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Eastman’s No. a Falcon Kodak, for pictures 3^*3^. regular price $3.00; Wednesday sale price $3.34 Eastman’s No. a Bull’s Eye Kodak, for pictures 3&*3&. regular price $8; Wednesday sale price $5.34 Eastman’s No. a Bull’s Eye Special Kodak, for pictures 3^x3^. reg. price $13; Wednesday sale price $10.00 Eastman’s No. 4 Bull’s Eye Kodak, for pictures 4*5. regular price $ia; Wednesday sale price $8.00 Eastman’s No. 4 Cartridge Kodak, for pictures 4x5; regular price $33; Wednesday sale price

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Hon roe No. 4 Special Camera, for pictures 4x5; regular price $ia.oo; Wednesday sale price $6.67 nonroe No. 4 Long-Focus Camera, for pictures 5*75 regular price $37.30; Wednesday sale price....$34.*$ We offer for the CLEARANCE SALE, a quantity of Albums for unmounted photographs, both for pasting and squeegee prints, at greatly reduced prices. THE BOWEN-MERF=tlL.I_ OO.