Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 September 1900 — Page 3
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Letter to Th« Nov* from frank Howard, Toiling How a Comrade Loot His Life. The folkmtn* letter wan received today by The New» from an Indianapolie boy who f« serving in Batteir O. First 'ArtiUery. at Galveaton. Tex.: "To the Editor ef The IndUaajxrfU New*. Sir: "My name In Frank Howard, and Indlanapolt* i* my home. So I think it is my duty to inform you a* to the ga*lant work done by tiw boys of Battery O, First Battalion, especially the one* of our town, during the severe atom that visited us on the tth Inst. "There was a boy In the battery by the name of Joseph Bly. who, 1 think, died _ us he wanted to. and that was by helping some one besides himself. I will try ami make it a* clear as I can • About three weeks a*o a camper came along and camped about a half mile from the uuarters. and be Had one pf the most charming da ufbiers that ever came to Galveston. H was not very long before an attachment grew up between Joe and this tori When the water began to rise fiat unlay afternoon, Joe began to get nervou*. nnd said that he was going over to the camp We told him not to go. but he would- not listen. So ! said, if you Ifn. So will I. We started out. The water was about three feel deep then, "We soon arrived at*the camp, and A such a sight met our eyes! There was the whole family huddled together In a large farm wagon, to which Joe and I soon hitched the horses and hauled the family to a house over on the State road. We had not been there long when we heard people crying for help, There was a boy In the housA who had a rowboat. which Joe appropriated to hi* own use. Scarcely before we knew anything about It, Joe was almost down to the next block, and he had to swim with one arm and hold (he boat with the other to keep it from tjiaiettlng. He had not been gone long befofe the house began to sink and lean over. The wind was then blowing about eighty or eighty-five , mile* an hour. "We were obllycd to move to a better place. We found Joe with a boat load of women and children, He was going for another load, and we tried to hold him hack, but B was no u»«*. He waa determined to go and go he did. He never came back. We found the boat the next day about ten miles down the island. Poor boy I know that he died like a martyr. "I will have to Hose as my eyes are f ;Htbig dim Hoping this will find you In letter spirits than f am "Yours respectfully. •"FRANK HOWARD. "Galveston. Tex., September 17. 1SW0." A DIKE FOR GALVESTON.
GALVESTON SUBSCRIPTIONS. Further Subscriptions Received for the Sufferers by The Indianapolis News. The subscriptions for the Gaiveston sufferers received by The Indianapolis News since last report Include amounts from Pythian Lodges, various Indtrldue.Js and firms. The list up to 10 o’clock to-day follows: Amount previously reported && 2S P. J. Manas . Cash —*• floosler Lodge, No. 261. B. of R F ... A. B. W No- name —— li. K Mllhause *?. V. Hoover ..... — J. M. f»turp*man r*. 8. 8belJ»nburg j. c. rtchu A. H. Tolin No name 31. Paul Lodge. K. of P , No. 368 No name —-
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J. P. IRISH'S APPOINTMENTS.
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INDIANA
Hanna Making Inroads on the Labor To Come to Indianapolis October 8, Vote gt Chicago—Promise When an All-Day Rally to Union Men. i will he Held.
flan* Discussed by Busines* Men of the City. GALVESTON, Tex.,. September 19.Bustn*** men and engineers arc now discussing (he advisability of a great dike for the protection of Galveston against any further destruction by flood and wind. The city has been struck three times and each time the people thought It would never happen again. The construction by the Government of two Jetties, one eight mile* long extending out southeast fof the purpose of making a narrower and deeper channel for boats coming Into Galveston harbor, made the necessity of remedial work more apparent, bul nothing was done, in. last week’* storm the southwesterly one of the Jetties pocketed the water and carried ll tip over the southeastern etui Of the Island. This Is the place where' whole block* of bulldlnv* were literally washed away, leaving hardly enough of the foundations to Indicate that buildings ever stood there. In this part of the city the water rose to a depth of ttriweti feet In the streets. Had the houses that were demolished by waves and swept away by wind not formed Into a great jam similar to a log Jam. but extending o n ’« the south shore of the island for nlles. this enormous body of water • * • have swept over the entire Island < number of dead would have been t, „ Upled. _ ... jet. ilartrtck. assistant rnited States Engineer, said: "The plan to put a dike around the city la perfectly feasible and so la a series of tctth-s> I think the <.Ut Holland Plan Is the best ,The city doesn't need to be raised." According to Mr. Hartrlck, Galveston has the wrong style of architecture for n gulf town. Its newer budding* are built on the northern plan with balloon frames und are poorly adapted to stand a blow. CLARA BARTON ILL.
fgpeHal to The Indlanat'oll* News.] CHICAGO, September 19-3»nU>r Wellington, of Maryland. I* held responsible by some of the Republican' managers for the coal miners' strike in Pennsylvania. None of the men who make this serious charge will permit tb dr names to be used, but this Is their story: Wellington, who although a Republican Senator, now I* making speeches for Bryan In Michigan, was the source of the sinister Influence which thwarted the combined efforts of Se nator Hanna. Chairman of the Republican national committee, and Senator Jones, chairman of the. Democratic national committee, to bring arbitration to bear In settling the differences between the operators and miner's. According to the Republican* at headquarter*. Wellington had long been an enemy of Senator Fllklna, of West Virginia, and he used his influence to bring on a strike of the miners to Injure Elkins's chance* for re-election to the Senate Senator Hanna refuse* to say a word about the strike When Senator Wellington passed through Chicago, day before yesterday, he said he knew nothing about the strike, but hoped It soon would be settled. It also is said that had President Trutsdale, of the Lackawanna road, and J. P. Morgan consented tb arbitration there would be no strike. Senator Hanna is reaching out for the labor vote of Chicago Just now union labor in this county is leaning toward Bryan. This condition confronted Senator Hanna wfcon he arrive! In Chicago the first part of last week He at once started out to change the situation. What means he employed are known only to himself and his agents, hut even the Democrats to-day admit that Senator Hanna ha* broken into the Bryan sentiment among the trades unionists. He mode a clever move yesterday when he promised a delegation of labor leaders that be would use all his influence to "unionise" the post office building. His promise to exert his powerful influence in behalf of union labor on the postoffice building is taken to mean that he will "out the screws" on the contractors and the Treasury Department. The Democrat* are worried otter the matter.
PrMidtttt of Red Crosa to Quit Galveston for Washington. GALVESTON, September 19. —* Clara Barton, president of the Red Cross Society, who came here to distribute relief supplies, has been stricken down at her work, while administering to the victims of the Galveston storm. Accompanied by three nurses, she will leave for her home In Washington, to-day. She retires from the Held only upon the imperative order* of her physicians She was stricken at a conference in her rooms at the Tremont Hotel, where her Staff of nine gathered about her. She had Just finished an outline of her work, assigning each member of her staff to the particular part of the work that one was to do.
Have Been Incorporateu Eight Incorporation* have been filed with t he-Secretary of State; The Indiana Oak Lumber Company, of Wins mac; capital, 15,00(1; Union City Tile and Brick Company, of Union City; capital, 110.000; Finch A Moffett Manufacturing Company. i’nlon City: capital. Wo.iW; Board of Trustees of the Fiat Creek Association of General Baptists, Pike county; Noble County Telephone Company, capita), H&.ONii: W. (X Rraddu* School of Healing. Terre Haute; capital, *10,000, Dr. K. E. Gray A Co.. Indianapolis; capital. 15,tWO; directors, E. E. Gray, A. R Gray and C. C. Gray. Looking for Bruc« Strode. The police aw- looking for Bruce Strode who was arrested some time ago. on the charge of embeasltng ISnM from McWilliams & Co., plumbers, of txmisvttle. who hsve the contract for the steam-flttlng In the court house He was held to the e and Jury and released on a bond of GOA furnished by Councilman Higgins, Strode has not been seen for over a week. His home Is In St. Louis.
THE CONDITION OF GALVESTON. What a Banking Finn There Telegraphs to The News. Reports have been current that there is a difference of opinion in Galveston as to the severity of the losses sustained In the recent floods. The News has already published telegrams from the newspapers, the mayor ami Governor, all going to show that the flood has been the greatest catastrophe of the kind to American history. The banks of Galveston/have been quoted as saying that, while the disaster has been almost beyond estimate In severity, no paralysis of business will follow, and that In this respect the effect ha* been overstated. Upon hearing thl* .statement The News telegraphed W. L. Moody A Co., bankers, for an expression. and-received the following by wire; "To The Indianapolis News: •We estimate the loss of life at about four thousand;, the monetary toss 00.000.000r Order Is being rapidly restored; a!i banks and princtpg. business houses are open and doing business. "W. II MOODY A CO •*
WESTERN YEARLY MEETING. Assignments of Ministers for the Coming Year. imperial to The Indlanapoll* News J PLAINFIELD. Ind.. September 19 — The Western yearly meeting of Friends ends to-night. Barah J. King and Lucy N. Kenworthy have been appointed to All vacancies on the board of trustees of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society. The committee appointed last year to report a better plan for gathering statist it's had a portion of its ideas adopted. A number of committees have been appointed, that are to make rettorts to tho meet Inc next year. Mrs. Drustlia Wilson, of Carmel, who. for for-ty-three years has been foremost In church work and reform movements, has resigned an superintendent of the social purity work, and her place has been taken by Mrs Anna Mills, of Indtanapolia. The following assignment of ministers ha* been made; A J. Promo ind'anwpolls; Lewis E Stout, PUIutuld; Kobiit Fellow. Danville; Orville Jones Hauphville and West Indianapolis, Sylvester NewMn. Kokomo; Nathan E. Knig i*. Meat Middleton; Willis Rond, Westfield; Amos Sanders. NoblesyiUc; Snnuu! Talbot. Quaker; Clark Brown. Georgevvr., 11L; John F. Griffin. Vermilion Grove, III,; El wood Ia*wls. KIwool. Ill ; Cjius Jones. Stanton, 111.; L. Hobson, Ridge Farm, ill.; Jehu Reagan. Mooresvflle; Calvin Bray. Azalia; Undley vVeiie, Monrovia; John McMillan, Union Hill and Center; Solomon Haworth, La port*'. Evangelists — General superintendent, T C. Brown, Carmel; E. jI. drown and Ruth P. Brown, Plainfield; Edward Woodard, Bloomlngdale; Levi ''ox. Vtrmilton Grove. III.; Charles Stalker, Westfield, and Gertrude Moon. NoldeaviUe. BRIEF CITY ITEMS. Charles Rurgoyne. Jr., of Chicago, and Ada B. Long, of this city, were married in ’Squire Stout’s court yesterday afternoon. Christ church services will be resumed Sunday morning. During the improvements ml the church the congregation will meet to the Shortridge High School. John P. Brown, secretary, announces that there will be a special meeting of the Indiana Forestry Association at the Commercial Club rooms to-morrow at 4 p. m. The receiver of the Peoria. Decatur & Evansville railroad has made his report for August to the .United States Court. The receipt* for the month were *1©.58S.54 and the disbursements were *1*8.271.«$. The Young People s Union of the First Baptist church will hold its annual meeting and election of officers Friday evening, at the home of the pastor, the Rev. T. J. Vtllers. 1741 North Meridian street. There will be a song service at the First Baptist church Sunday, with the full choir, for the first time since the summer vacation. There will he a solo, quartet and a chorus of fifty voices, under the direct ton ot Arthur P. erosion. Dr. Clark, secretary of the City Board of Health, says the statement is erroneous that Dr. Georre A. Sigler treated the smallpox case of Miss Carrie Shaffer a week before he found It to be smallpox. He says Dr. Sigler diagnosed the case as si>on as there was any eruption. The Ladies* Auxiliary of the Railway Postal Clerks has given a series of picnics during the summer, the last one occurring at Fairview Parte Thirty-five families attended Supper was spread and there was dancing tn the evening. Old postal clerics, who seldom dance, except when the engineman sounds the danger signal, were among the number on the floor The U. 8. S. Club has organised, with the foilowing officers: A J Pratt, president; A J Donovan, vice-president; James F. Cleary, secretary; J H Stapp. treasurer The club is composed of employes of the special delivery department of the postoffice They entertained a large number of friends at the home of A. J. "Pratt. 2dt>l Highland Place, last night. The club entertains every month. The agents of tho Reserve Loan and Life Insurance Company are holding their annual meeting at the Denison this week. Tho meeting Is at once social and business. The agents, of whom there are fifty in attendance, derive much benefit from the exchange of personal experiences and Ideas, and at the same time the pleasures of the capital city are not neglected Charles J. Finley made a short address at their meeting last evening
An official announcement of the itin- ! erary of the train in which John G. Woolley. Prohibition candidate for President; Henry B. Metcalf, candidate for Vice-President; National Chairman Stewart, Samuel Dickie, Volney B. Cushing and other notables of the party will tour the country has been received biEdward W. Clark, secretary of the State committee. The train left Chicago at 8:29 this morning. It will return, to Chicago the last day of this month, after an extensive Western trip. It will start East October 1, soending that day in Indiana, stopping first at Goshen, where the Prohibitionists of Elkhart county will have a rally. A short stop will be made at Mtllersburg. after leaving Goshen. In the afternoon the train will reach Auburn, the home of Charles G. Ectehart, candidate for Governor. There will be a meeting at Auburn. Ectehart will probably accompany the train from there to Ft. Wayne, where there will be a mass meeting at night. The party will then go into Ohtcx Kentucky and Tennessee “he train will enter Indiana again at Evansville, October 6. when an ail-day rally will be held. The train will go to Kentucky again from Evansville. It will come to Indianapolis October 8 from Louisville, and there will probably be a stop at ShelbyvUle and other points, where the Prohibitionists are now trying to perfect arrangements. The first stop after leaving here. October 9. will probably be at Logansport- The trip ends on the 9th. An All-Day Rally Here. The Prohibitionists here are planning to hold an all-day rally in Tomlinson Hall, to addition to the night meeting which will b»* addressed by Woolley. AH of the candidates cn the State ticket and other speakers will appear during the day. Committees will be appointed In a few days to make arrangements for the meeting. As the fall carnival will be h^id the week beginning the 8th, the local leaders will advertise their meeting extensively. in hope of making the rally a Slate affair. The railroad companies will give a low rate that week. Charles G. Eekhart, candidate for Governor. who was compelled a few days ag<. to abandon his canvass owing to his health breaking down, is again in the field. He has written to Mr. Clark that he thinks he can All his engagement*. He spoke at Franklin last night. He is to be at Bhelbyvllle to-night. Greensburg to-morrow* and North Vernon Friday. Eekhart is conducting a picturesque campaign. He is making a feature of street meetings. Most frequently he Is unaccompanied He opens his meetings with a song and then prayer, after which he introduces himself to the crowd he has attracted and proceeds to expound Prcddhition doctrine. He intends to visit every county in the State. The executive committee of the. State committee will probably have a meeting here Friday or Saturday The State committee has received a letter from W. R. Covert, of Bloomfield, saying that he had decided to vote the Prohibition ticket. Covert was an active Bryan man in 96, having made a number of speeches and published a pamphlet, entitled "Open the M,lnts."
BEHIND GUARDED DOORS.
Republican State Advisory Committee Met. The advisory committee of the Republican State committee was In session to-day behind a guanfed door at Republican headquarters. The purpose of the meeting was “Just to talk things over,” as a member of the committee said. The managers do not like the apathy of some Republicans, and the lack of funds Is giving them not a little concern. The members of the advisory committee are; John H. Osborn, Evansville; Thomas H. Adams. Vincennes; Charles W, McGuire, New Albany; Grant Johnson, Versailles; W. W. Moore. Brazil; E. P. Thayer. Greenfield; Frederick A. Joss, Indianapolis; James W. Sale, Bluffton; John C. Wingate, Wingate. Frank H. Doran. Laporte, Will H. Hart. Huntington; Frank S. Roby, Auburn; Charles W. Miller. Goshen. Chairman Hemly and Secretary Bigler, as well as several candidates, met with the committee. Col. W. T Durbin had a meeting with a number of party workers, at his room in the Denison Hotel, last night. Joseph B, Keallng. vice-chairman of the Republican State committee, is out of town, and at headquarters it is announced that he has gone to Chicago to "see something more about the Roosevelt train." The fact is that Mr. Keeling is at Evansville, trying to straighten out a tangle in Vanderburg county. BOOKWALTER'S SPEECH.
i Circulated as a Campaign Document —Republican County Work. The speech of Charles A Bookwalter. as ehalrmaji of the county legislative convention, August 22, has been printed in pamphlet form by the Republican county committee, and is being used as a campaign document. The title of the pamphlet is. "Shall the Indianapolis Tammany Control the State and County Treasuries?" The front page also has the following: "Republican economy compared with Democratic mismanagement." The county committee is distributing a large amount of literature, relating mostly to county affairs. At the committee room* to-day the letter now to circulation charging ring methods was ridiculed. There will be a meeting of rough riders at Millersville to-night. William Reagan a nd Harry Keg ley win speak Colonel Clark, of the Marion county rough riders, announced to-day that his regiment would make its first aooearanee at the meeting Congressman Littlefield. of Maine, will address here the night of the 36th
“Rromo," not the sams as “Bromide.” In buying Laxativ* Bromo-Qutntne Tableta ths old standard remedy which cures a col's tn on- day. be sure that u is labeled Broom and not Bromide, at ail druggists, fie.
MUNICIPAL LEAGUE MEETS. Tb« Sixth Annual Convention at Milwaukee. MILWAUKEE. Wis. September 19 - The sixth annual meeting of the Municipal League opened here to-day, with 100 delegates present. In the absence of Jas. C, Carter, of New- York. First Vice-Pres-ident Richardson, of Philadelphia, presided. This convention Is the starting point of active work in the adoption of the so-called municipal program adopted at the Columbus convention last year. The program recommends the adoption of three branches of activity—enlarging the power of cities by providing, as far as possible, for home rule; enforcing carefully devised restrictions against the abuses of municipal powers, and regulating the granting of franchises.
Three Days, October 10, 11 and 12, Crowded with Appointments —His Route. The Itinerary for Theodore Roosevelt's Indiana trip has been completed by the State committee and National Committeeman H. S. New. Roosevelt will enter the State at Hammond the morning of October 19. and will leave It at Evansville the night of the 12th. The time will be divided among the following places: October 19—Hammond, Lafayette. Delphi, 'Logansport. Peru, Wabash. Huntington and Ft. Wayne. The noon hour will probably be spent at 'Lafayette. October 11—Early morning meeting at Marion, with, short stops at Fairmount and Alexandria before noon. This will be the candidate's busiest day, as he will go from Alexandria to Anderson, Muncie and Richmond before arriving in Indianapolis in the evening. At all of the gas belt cities the Republicans will try to get out thousands of hearers. The meeting in this city is to be made as much a State affair as possible. October 12—Plainfield. Greencastie, Brazil. Terre Haute. Vincennes. Princeton and Evansville. The Terre Haute meeting will be held at noon, and the Evansville meeting at night. The candidate will go from Evansville Into Kentucky, speaking first at Henderson. Roosevelt’s trip through this State will be made the occasion of a succession of rallies along the route. His stops will necessarily be short, but there will be a number of good speakers with his party who will be dropped along the line to entertain the crowds after he has gone Roosevelt will be accompanied through the State by National Committeeman New, W. T. Durbin, candidate for Governor, and* representatives of the State committee. SAYS THERE ARE NO TRUSTS.
He is to Speak Here Next Week— Other Indiana Dates. The national committee of the goid Democrats made arrangements this afternoon for John P. Irish, of California, to speak at the English Opera House Thursday night. September 27. Mr. Irish's speech will lie the opening of the campaign for the gold Democrats here, and already there are indications that he will be greeted by a large audience. It was also announced this afternoon that Mr. Iribh would speak at Ft. Wayne next Saturday. at South Bend Monday and at Anderson Saturday, the 29th. Arrangements art being made for him to appear at Peru and Columbus. He will probably speak every day he is in the State after Saturday.
Prohibition Train Starts. CHICAGO, September 19-The Prohibition rear-platform campaign began at 8:30 to-day, when a special train of a baggage-car and two Pullmans pulled out of the Union depot over the C., B. & Q railroad. Among those aboard were John G Wooley, candidate for President. Henry B. Metcalfe, candidate for VicePresident; Volney B. Cushing of Bangor, Me., and Oliver W. Stewart, of Chicago, chairman of the National executive committee. The train will run through Illinois. Iowa. Wisconsin, and other central and Western States.
Hanna Going on the Stump. CHICAGO, September 19.—Senator Hanna, encouraged by the reception given his speech yesterday at the Commercial McKinley Club meeting, has about decided to go on the stump during the last two weeks of the campaign. He will leave Saturday night for New York, where he will remain ten days, at the end of which time he will return to Chicago. To-ihor-row nirhl Senator Hanna wdll make a speech at the Marquette Club banquet.
Hanna Makes a Speech—Calls Bryan a Hypocrite. CHICAGO. September 19.-Benator M. A. Hanna yesterday. made an address to several thousand down-town business men and their employes at the rooms of the Commercial McKinley Club. He said in part: "You will find my text in the letter of acceptance of that great apostle of free silver. W. J. Bryan. It Is his last card, and he begins his interesting appeal to the people of the United States by telling what he knows about trusts. At the Kansas City convention there developed a wide difference of opinion in the Democratic party as to what they should do or ought to do. and various pilgrims to Lincoln found Mr. Bryan very uneasy, as well he might have been, since the narrow edge of one vote in the convention meant the saving of his pet hobby —free silver. But how has it been since that convention that in all his speeches during his campaign he made only the barest references to free silver. But he took up another Issue, one which he labored in Washington to- manufacture. He gave positive orders to certain members of Congress to vote to ratify the treaty with Spain, and for no other reason than he might have an imaginary’ chance to attack the administration. "If our great corporations of amalgamated capital are in the interest of the manufacturer, then are not labor organizations and combinations in the interests of the workingman? I was the first man tn Ohio to recognize organis' d labor in 1871. and while the organization of bituminous coal miners existed we never had a strike. I beileve in arbitration between labor and capital, and In 1897. when I stood before 7.500 men and women In Cincinnati, I told them that if they would prove to me that I had ever wronged any man working for me, or urged the reduction of his pay. I would resign from the United States Senate next day. and the offer still stands. "I would like Mr. Bryan or any other Democrat to tell me what a trust is. I believe there Is not a trust in the entire United States. There Is a national law . and in every State there is a law' against trusts. They can not exist, and every law against trusts, national or State, has been the product of Republican lawmakers. and the credit Is due the Republican party. I have no objection to the Democrats opposing trusts, but they have not got any patent on it.”
Irvington Prohibitionists. The Prohibitionists of Warren township have nominated the following ticket: Trustee, B. M. Blount. Irvington; assessor. Enos Baldwin, Irvington; justices of peace. Harvey Fa tout. Cumberland, and Thomas Vance, Irvington; road supervisor. Thomas Vance, Irvington. The Irvington Prohibitionists have organized a club and will meet every Friday night. This week the club will be addressed by B. L. Allen, candidate for Congress for this district.
Where They Spoke. Governor Roosevelt spoke to an immense crowd at B’utte. Mont., yesterday. He sppcaled to his hearers to support the l.hnublican ticket for the sake of the nation's welfare. Seven pickpockets were arrested during the day. 1). B. Henderson. Speaker of the House, opened the Republican campaign at Waverly, Iowa, yesterday. He warned the people not to be deceived by Bryan Democracy.
POLITICAL NOTES.
BIG BALLOT IN NEBRASKA.
It will Take the Average Man Five Minutes to Vote. (Special to The Indianapolis I^ewa.} LINCOLN, Neb., September 19—Statisticians have figured out that Nebraska has a smaller per cent, of illiterate persons within her borders than any other commonwealth In the Union. It has been figured out that under the election law, as It now stands In this State. It will take the average man five minutes to vote— the time counting from his entrance in the polling place to his exit. The ballot will be about five feet in length ami about two feet in width. Heretofore the "blanket ballot" has been in use. Upon this, a single "X" was enabled to indicate a vote for the entire array of candidates of any particular party. This fall every voter will have to place a cross opposite the name of each candidate, no matter whether he desires to "cut" his ticket or not. Under the blanket ballot system each party had an emblem, and it was merely necessary for party workers to call the attention of illiterate voters to the emblem of the party for which they should vote; all they had to do then was to place j an “X” In the square below the emblem and the work was done. It was easy for an Illiterate voter to find the "rooster.” ! the “cottage home," the "eagle." i or the "rose,” but the last Legislature declared against the Illustrated ballot, md the eagle and his fellow-emblems j will not appear. Now, the untutored voter will be com- I pel led slowly and painfully to spell out j name after name, place a cross after each one for whom he desires to vote, all the j way down the line, from presidential | electors and Governor to ward assessor. Four complete tickets will appear on i the ballot: Republican, fusion, Prohibi- 1 tlon and mid-road Populist. — DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS.
Congressman Cannon, of Illinois, is helping Congressman Hemenway canvass the First district. '* 0 0 0 The Democrats of the Fourteenth ward will meet to-night at the South Side market to organize a club. * • • A. B. Crampton. a Democratic editor at Delphi, says that the meeting addressed there by Senator Hanna was a "frost."
MEGREW CRITICISED.
Mum's th« Word About Speeches— Hanna's Speech Discussed. Chairman Martin, of the Democratic State committee, still refuses to make public the assignments of any of the prominent speakers who are coming to Indiana to take part in the campaign The assignments of the Indiana speakers are also withheld. No one at the State committee rooms, except Chairman Martin and Secretary Hawkins, is permitted to talk to reporter*. Secretary Hawkins said to-day that the itineraries of Bryan and Stevenson for this State are now being arranged, and may be announced the latter part of this week. The speech of Chairman Hanna at Chicago, yesterday, on trusts, was commented on about the State headquarters. Some of the Democratic leaders thought it would do their party much good. The Fair has brought to the city a number of politicians of minor standing, and there has been much activity about the committee rooms to-day
Republican Councilman Does Not Like the Cuts Made. Chairman Megrew. of the Council finance committee, was being criticised to-day by both Democrats and Republicans for his action in forcing the appropriations and tax levy for next year through the Council last night. Said a Republican councilman to-day: There was no reason for all the haste except that Megrew wanted to get out of town. None of us. outside of the finance committee, had a chance to find out what Items the committee cut out of its report in order to make a $15,000 reduction. If we had known, there might have been some kicking, but as it is, we could not go against our committee. "For Instance, ?2,5u0 was cut from the 810,000 recommended appropriation for repairing engine houses—this, in face of the fact that we all of us have said that the engine houses are In awful shape, and have criticised the administration for not using the appropriation at its disposal for this purpose this year. "Neither do I think *6,000 should have been cut from the appropriation for caring for unimproved streets. The appropriation asked, *30,000, was the sama us that made this year. I fail to see the reason for cutting 8800 from the horse feed appropriation. It seems to me that if the committee had cared to be careful, it could have found items that might have been cut instead of these.” The other items in the cuts made were: Five hundred dollars for miscellaneous sunnites in the department of finance; *6,000 from the *10.000 asked to pay Judgments in the department of law; *200 from the *1,700 asked for the station house repair fund. Board of Works Notes. The city engineer was directed to have repairs made in the Capital avenue pavement. The Board of Works adopted resolutions vacating the two alleys in square 36. purchased by the Government for the new postoffice. t Kingan & Co., and other companies maintaining tracks at the South west street crossing, have been ordered by the Boards of Works to replank between the tracks, as conditions there are now dangerous. The city engineer was asked to reuort on the petition of the Big Four Railroad Company for permission to make its new passing track continuous across the Peoria & Eastern road. The track asked for will run from Astor to Ohio street, west of White river. The Board of Works wrote a letter to John R Pearson, of the Indianapolis Gas Company, stating that interested property owners in 8t. Paul street, from Prospect to Woodiawn avenue, say they have volunteered to get written contracts for the use of more artificial gas than is necessary to require the company to extend its mains, but that Mr. Pearson has refused to ^ermlt them to get the contracts. The board suggests that Mr. Pearson permit the property owners to act or set the contracts himself. Otherwise. the letter states, the board will order the mains extended at once.
concluded that the prices paid were excessive. The investigations of General Bristow have also brought to light the fact that the printing establishment which purported to do business under the name of Cowan & Co., and which. It waa claimed, had been sold by Neely to his old manager, was In reality still the property of Charles F. W. Neely. After a detailed account of the various mortgages and pretended transfers of the property General Bristow says in his report: "While Cowan claims to be the sole owner of the plant 1 do not credit his statement. The laws of Indiana require the annual listing of personal property on April 1. Neely always listed this plant and Cowan sent him a blank to Cuba for that purpose this year. • • * cowan says that the suggestion that the company do printing for the department of posts of Uuba was made by Neely; that no prices were stipulated, no contract of any kind entered into;.that he (Cowan) was to fill all orders received, render bills for the same In the name of R. H. Cowan & Co., and charge such prices as he thought proper, rendering the bills in the name of R. H. Cowan at Co., In order that the name of Neely might not appear to the transactions with the bureau of finance of the department of posts of Cuba. From the books of the Neely Printing Company it appears that it has received from the department of posts of Cuba cash amounting to *7,937.60 for printing. while the bills rendered marked paid amount to *8,760. * * • An examination of the money order records at "Muncie. Ind., however shows that Cowan has received *9,130.95 from the Cuban postal revenues by money order from Havana. Add to this two items paid by draft upon the American Trust Company of New York, amountin^eto *93$.a), and it shows aggregate cash receipts by Cowan of *10.069.15. which ts *2,181.55 more than s.hown by the books of the Neely Printing Company. Testimony Against Rathbone. One of the Indications that Rathbone was a party to Neely's transactions is found in the fact that when GovernorGeneral Wood ordered the first investigation by special agents George L. Seybolt and t\ . G. Neal, Rathbone wired Neely, who was in Florida, to return at once. Before the inspectors began operations an opportunity was given Neely to straighten out all accounts. This he did, and the reoort *ajs the Seybolt and Neal Inspection "was a farce." But the most damaging testimony against Rathbone is furnished by Corydon Rich, Neely's private secretary, also from Muncie, ind. Rich had several private talks with DirectorGeneral Rathbone. In which he told him of certain discrepancies in the money order account, and one item in particular ot *11,OCR), which Neely had confided to him was the amount of shortage In that account, Rathbone declined to give any serious attention to the matter In the words of Rich, as given in this report: "He said that Neely's vault checked up according to the auditor's balance; that etcrything was ail right; that 1 was Just panicky, and not to let the people In my bureau get panicky." When Rich asked Rathbone If he knew how many of rhe surcharged stamps were reserved from burning, he replied "that he would answer as he had answer e« Colonel Burton—for his purpose, he did not know, and did not give a damn.”
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Grosvenor Wonders Why. BUFFALO. X. Y , September 19 —In a speech here lost night General Charts Grosvenor. of Ohio, sale "Ir an evil hour the Almighty withheld His smiles from us and let us elect Grover Cleveland xnd a Democratic Congress. I suppose it was for some good purpose, but I could never figure out why. I do not know why Galveston should have b<*e» swept t>v flood: why the plague has struck Glasgow; why Kansas was afflicted with graash, ppers, or why the Democrats got into power—but they lid. Soon tw> mllHcns of people had nothing to d<—ther-r was distress in the land and there was verse— lack of confidence-" General Grosvenor referred to Colonel Bryan's recent speech at St. Louis, and quoted the Democratic candidate as advising workmen to find out how capital uat vottns and then vote the other way.
THIRTY YEARS APART. Brother and Bister Reunited After a Long Separation. After a separation of nearly thirty years, during which time they were ignorant of each other's whereabouts, John Norton, of Winsted. Conn., and his halfsister. Miss Alice Wentworth, of this city, are reunited. They were separated ir. their infancy, the death of their parents necessitating their being placed to orphan asylums in New York. The boy, John Stevens, was adopted by a family by the name of Norton, in the East, and was thereafter known by the name of his benefactor. The girl, Alice Wiseman. »as sent to Centerville. la., and was there adopted by a Wentworth family, living with them for a number of years | until the death of her adopted mother, j and then coming to this city, where she supported herself by dressmaking. When ycung Norton began to make his I a ay in the world, he often thought of hi* half-sister and made several visits to the asylums where they had been placed. In an effort to get some trace of her. He finally located her to Indianapolis-
After Honest Reform Republicans. The Republican county committee is looking up the organization which styles itself "Honest Reform Republicans." and has secured information that the organization meets in South Illinois street. It is now believed -that the circular letter printed to The News. Monday. was isstied by the secret organization. The object of the organization la to defeat the Republican county ticket.
The report contains fifty-nine special exhibits, all of them indicating that both Rathbone and Neely lived on the fat of the land and made the money fly while it lasted. Many items of extravagance are mentioned, which were paid out of the Cuban treasury. On one occasion Mrs. Rathbone went to the United States, accompanied by private secretary Wilmot, who afterward presented the director a bill for her expenses, to be paid from the Cuban treasury, including among other items the following; "Theater tickets for May Irwin, *3; bonnet trunk, *6; Spanish dictionary, *1; theater tickets, the Casino. *4; stamps and special deliveries, *2.30; subscription to paper. H; pocketbook. *1.50; hotel bill, Mrs. Rathbone, *59.76; also hotel bill, Mrs. Rathbone. *158; transportation to Hahnua for Fannie. *22.50 " (Fannie is supposed to be the dog.) There are three bills for the board of Mrs. Rathbone at the Empire Hotel, New York, all of which Include small items for "wine and bar.” These bills aggregate about *250. for less than a month's board. The report shows that General Rathbone traveled on his own business in this country, always at the expense of the Cuban postal revenues. Coming to Washington he went to Cleveland. Cincinnati and New York, and back and forth between these places, charging all travel and hotel bills as official expenses. Many items are sandwiched in under the head of Incidentals with no further accounts given. The true story of the official carriage is set forth in a paragraph which reads as follows: “Among the most extravagant expenditures made by Director-General Rathbone was that of maintaining his official carriage. The horses and feed for the same were furnished by the military government without expenses to the Department of Posts. Under my request the assistant atiaitor for the Department of Posts in a Communication dated July 3. 1900, submits the following as the expenditures of the Department of Posts in the payment of the salary and per diem of the director-general, his traveling expenses and the expenses of maintaining his official residence from January L 1899, to April 30, 1900. The rej»ort shows that the person most responsible for bringing on the investigation was Neely's secretary, Corydon Rich. His full statement is contained in the report. Heath Neely'■ Friend. This report by Mr. Bristow was submitted to the administration here on July 19 last, which date, it will be remembered, is about the time when Perry 8. Heath, First Assistant Postmaster-General, resigned his office and tvent to Chicago to take cnarge of the Republican national campaign. There is no insinuation in the report connecting Heath with any of the fraudulent business, but there are printed therein some documents the publication of which was probably distasteful to him. It may even be that Heath found It impossible to continue friendly relations with Postmaster-General Smith, after Mr. Smith had ordered the publication of this portion of the report. The documents referred to are two in number, and are marked exhibit 7. The first is the following letter: “Postoffice Department. "First Assistant Postmaster-General. Washington. D. C., December 11, 1898. "My Dear Major—I Intended to say to you, when you were hers, that there Is one man, Mr. Charles F. W. Neely, of Muncie. Ind., who wsnts to go into the Cuban mail service, in whom I am more Interested than any other man among thousands of applicants for positions of that character. He Is a newspaper writer and publisher, and about fortytwo years of age, splendidly educated, a hustler, a man with the #ry best habits and as loyal as loyalty itself. He would make a grand confidential man for you. I will write and ask him to go and see you. This is a man you will warm up to, and would like to have as a companion as well as an executive officer. Yours faithfully* “PERRY 8 HEATH. "First Assistant Postmaster-General. "To Maj E G Rathbone, Hamilton, O.” Instruction* to Neely. The second doosment also emanated from Mr. Heathw office. It is as follows: "Mr. Charles F. W.’Neely. Hamilton. O.: "Sir—You have been appointed a clerk In the military postal service at a salary of S1.900 per annum, to take effect December 24. and will report to Hon. E. G. Rathbone. Director of Post* for Cuba. Your railroad fare between Muncie. Ind.. and Hamilton. O., and your railroad fare between Haniilton, O.. and Tampa. Fla., and your transportation between Tampa, Fla., and Havana. Cuba, wit! be allowed you"Secure vouchers for ail railroad fares and transportation. Y.ou will then be reimbursed for your expenditures through one of the postal agents in Culm, upon authority from this office. Execute inclosed oath of office and return to me. "Very respectfully, "GEORGE M. ALLEN. "Acting First Assistant Postmaster-Gen-eral." In another part of the report Is given the testimony of the two stenographers of Neely to the effect that Neely always had a typewriter machine of his own In
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his office with which he carried on a large private correspondence. He made copies of the letter* himself and kept them In private files. The clerks declare that most of this correspondence was addressed to Perry Heath. Cowan, Bnevlly of New York, the Keyless Lock Com-'' puny, and a man named Taylor, who was Interested in a South American mining venture. When Neely left Cuba the files containing this correspondence disappeared, and the authorities hava been unable to get. any track ot them. paraqraphsof'the day. Charles H. Moore, of this city, has been appointed a railway mail clerk. The vacancy in the list of Indianapolis architects competing for the Federal building plans has been filled by Assistant Secretory Taylor, of tbs Treasury Department, designating Scharn A Ru-
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A dead has bean filed transferring from Samuel D. Spellman to Hugh H. Hanna a lot 94 by 297% feat in North Meridian street, three blocks north of Fall creek. The consideration was 910,000. The lot becomes a part of the tract on which Mr. Hanna azpacts to ereet a
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A letter has been received at the mayor's office from the League of American Municipalities, of which this city is a member, stating that Mr. Gilktson has agreed to resign os secretory and notifying the city not to pay dues to him. The city Is requested to notify the treasurer ol the league as to whether dues have been paid and when. The letter •totes that the league expects to hold Its next convention in Charleston, Decem-
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Employ* Suing for Back Wag*. (Special to The Indian*polls News ] MUNCIE. Ind., September 19.—Thirty suits hsve been filed by employes of the Enterprise Stove compsiy for wages due. The company operates a plant in Detroit and one to this city, and recently a petition for a receiver waa not grantod, and the employes struck a few weeks ago when the banks refused to cash cheeks given by the company.
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