Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 35, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 February 1889 — Page 8

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1889.

A 310DEL ELECTION BILL

EVEN REPUBLICANS DONT OPPOSE IT. Th Senate Take l'p tlij Whole Day ta Considering the Andrew Kill After a Day's Debate I'eyton is Given Iiis So at in the Ilona. "When the Tier. Mr. Chase called the senate ta order Thursday rooming every democrat wes in his seat with the exception of Mr. Burke. The republican looked atone another, expectia; that the majority had a surprise ia tore for them. Mr. HichousVi felt Tery uneasy. I expect they'll ro for me now," was he remark he ina le t hia nearest repablic aa neighbor. "Yes." answered the latter, "I aci afraid they will call up your contest, but brace up, old fellow." The regular order of business was bills on third reit.lin-;, and tlie Senators ffho were absent the day before were allowed by cogent to call up each one bill on third readinrrand tin ad p:v.sae. Mr. Doyd called up his bid to provide for a kitchen and other improvements for the Kni,'btstown school, wlii-li was passed without opposition. But Mr. 1 lays' bill to repeal sec. E.H9 of the revised statutes which provides that "a married win;in shall not enter into any contract of suretyhip whether as iiiJorser, guarantor or in any other manner, and euch contract as to her bliall be void," was met with opposition trom every r:uarter of the senate. Mr. Johnson opposed the repeal because the aCeetion of a woman for her husband or children niiht overcome hcr'ool eense and jiid-'tncnt and thereby lose her property by securing them. Mr. DeMotte opposed the bill upon the theory that a lawyer cannot become surety for a client and a woman should not become surety for her husband. Mr. lellotte is the law professor at the Northern Indiana nonne.1 school and is t:ever at a loss to tlraw parallel cases. Mr. Grose and Mr. Kennedy also onpo-ed, the bill, fcaid Mr. Grose: '"If tlie wife stood toward her husband snd sin like a neighbor then it would be well er.ou'h to talk aboat the progressive rights of women." Mr. Kennedy cited cases where wives hr.d squnndered oil they had on worthies husbands, and if the law was now repealed hundred s of homes now Lei J by married women would pass oct of their hands by them becoming surety for worthless husbands or sons On tlie other hand, ilessrs. Dresser and Mount spoke of the crreat disadvantage married women were under in not bein allowed to contract debts. Mr. lfrys, the author of the bid, said that he knew Uiat the time had not yet o..me to emancipate the women, but his bill, which h? knew from the etartcmiM not 3.s'.t:h only a progressive mrep. Not a denKHT.it took part in tl discussion. They seemed too much engrossed on vomethin? that was soon to come up. After the "married wom?n" bill had been 'tilled by a ote of 11 37, Mr. I'nnston moved to enspend tlie rejrular order and take up bills on. second readintr. which lootion wa adopted by a strict party vote. The roll of een&tors vu called for bills ou second rcadinjr. Mr. Alford Ix-jnijat the head of the list, called opabiill.'valizi'iisthe tuts of the trustees o' Foseyville. in l'osey county, which was passed under suspension of rule. "Senator Andrews!" called out the reading clerk. Mr. Andrews 'T desire to call up the substitute for senary bill numbers one and nine, otherwise the election bill." "Phew! Is that nil?'' remarked Mr. Bichouski, wbo felt relieved from his anxiety caused by the democrats' mysterious demeanor. The democrats Lad Uen in caucus late the rieht before preparing amendments to the election bill as reported by tlie committee, and they bad screed to call it up the first thing in the morning. Thereupon, when Mr. Johnson got tip to say that it was a good bill, but the republicans would like to have till Monday to prepare a little amendment, the democrats oljected to the delay. Then Mr. Johnson suggested a postponement till Saturday or to-day and finally for the afteruoou, but the democrats hd jrreed in caucus to pass aa election bill and without delay, too. So, at five minutes to 12, the preat reform election bill, modeled on the Australian plan, was taken up. After reading the lirst section an adjournment was had for dinner. At 2 o'clock the reading was resumed, which sxas suspended by unanimous consent. The bill was then read by sections for amendments. Tlie first section, irhich provides for the rearrangement of the precincts by the county commissioners, o that no precinct shall contain more than JÖG voters, as amended by a caucus amendment offered by Mr. I.opsdon by inserting after the words "each precinct sh;il coutain as nearly as practicable L'OO tlectors," the word '"based on the number of Totes cast at the last presidential election." Sec 2, which provides for the ehanirln:? of the boundaries of an'y precinct which changes or consolidation are required to be published in the paper having the largest circulation, was amended so as to require notices of such changes to Ie published in two newspapers published in thij -ounty, of opposite party.Ihaving the largest circulation. Sec. 3 provides that township trustees hall, by virtue of their otSces, l inspectors of election in the precincts in which they respectively reside and slnll, prior to tlie opening of the polls in such preempt, appoint as judges of election, two qualified electors of euch precinct who shall have been freeholders and resident householders there for at lenst one year next preceding such election, who must be members of the two leading parties, waa amended by inserting after the words, "tor at least one year' "or householders for at least two years." This was done to Rive the poor man an equal chance with the landed elector. This section also provides that when the county central committee of either lea-ling party designates a person to act as judge he uiiftt be appointed, and an amendment was made that said designated jude must have the qualification as above. As under the present law, no Person can serve on the board who has made a bet on the election, or who is a candidate to be voted lor. or who is of Lin to any candidate. The fourth section provides that where a township has more than one preeiuct the county fowtuisfioticM shall designate an elector to act as inspector in the precinct when the trustee does not live, which inspector "shall have been a Ireeholdcr and a resident houaehol Jer in inch precinct ior at least one year next preceding such election." An amendment was adopted to thi.-t clans which reads thus: "Or a householder in auch precinct for two years preceding such election. Sec. 5 relates to the appointment of two pollclerks, one from each party. They must be qualified electors and t;i;.y be designated by the county central committee of the two leadin parties. This section was not amended. The sixth section of the bill requires the county auditor to cause to be delivered to the boards ten days before the election the necesary election documents, and the proviso for the auditor's compensation to perform this duty was stricken out for the reason that the auditor is already too well paid. Sec. 8 prescribes how the election oUcers are to be chosen when there are factions in one of the leading parties. No changes were made ia tlie substitute. The eighth section prescribes the oath -hich the election officers are obliged to take before entering upon their duties. The form of the oath to be taken was added, which oath hall be ia the following form: I t!o most solemnly swear (or afflrra, ts the cue May be) that I will support the constitution of ths Voited Stat. a. and of this state; that I will faithfully and Impartially discharge toe duties aa inspector or Judcre of election, assigned bylaw; that I will not, knowingly penult any person to vete Tho is not Qualified, and will not knowingly refuse the nie ot aar qoa.lned elector or cause any delay to persona c.ferin to vote farther than is necessary to procure satisfactory information of tu oualiucations ef such person as an elector; that I am now nd have been eontinnaily for one year next preceding this date, bona nlo resident freeholder (or a bona Cd resident hou-eholder) for at least two years nest preeedinjt ibis date of the township in which the precinct in which I am to act as a member of e! action board is situated, and that I will not disclose or communicate to any person how electors ave voVi at such election, or how any ballot has been foided. marked or stamped; that I bare nothing ri value bet or wagered upon the result of said election, and am not a candidal at this election, or am not rtlatH to any person to be voted for at this eleetioa withla the dejfrees named in sec 3 of this election law. Sect 9 specifies wbo shall administer the r&th, and the tenth section how the poll-clerks are to be qualified. An amendment was adopted adding to this section the form of oath t be taken by the clerks, which is something like the oath taken by the inspectors and judges. All these oaths must be bled with the county clerk by the inipeetor when making hia returns. Sect. 11 provides that the county commissioners shall furnish, at the expense of the county, two ballot-boxes, one painted red for the reeeptioii of the ballots prepared by the s'ata board of r.'ection and one painted white for the reception of the ballot prepared by k;o couaty boards of election cocimuaioasrij

for each precinct. Each ballot-box shall have nt least two locks of di lie rent kind and combinations, etc The words included in brackets were inserted yesterday by amendment t-ec. 1- describes the ballot-box more in detail and provides that the inspectors shall have the key of one lock and the judge of the opposite party fchall keep the other. The thirteenth and fourteenth sections, as amended, reads as follows, the words inserted by amendment being in brackets: Stc, IX The election shall open in the forenoon at the hour of 8 o'clock and continue open until 4 o'clock of ths afternoon, after which the board may clost the eleetion at any time when all the electors hare Toted or when niteea minutes bare paused without a vote having been tendereJ ; but the polls shall in no cas" lie kept open after ti o'clock of the rfternoon; vn l the polls shall not bo closed after 4 o'clocK and before 6 o'clock except by the unanimous consent of ail the members of the election board; but whenever the xIIs are closed, proclamation must be made of thn fact of such closinif by the inspector, to the eopl outside, in a loud nod audible tone of voir-, and a minute of such proclamation, and of the time when tho same was made, must be entered on the tally papers by the clerks; and after it m minute h i. been made no more votes shall lie received: Provided, That upon the petition of twenty le"al voters and householders of any precinct in 'thj 'state presented to the board of county commissioners at their June session, next preceding any ele tion in the countv in which sucn precinct or precincts are situate, petitioning said board for tho opening of the election at the hour of six o'clock in the forenoon, it is made the duty of the board of commissioners to grant and enter of record the p raver of sacli prectmt petitioners; and it is made the further duty of the board to direct the auditor cf the county to publish in tio newspapers of general cr(lul.ition, published in said county, rcprrentii)g the badinz national political parties opposed to each other, tor three successive weeks, a notice setting out fully the uamo f tho precinct or precincts, and the township, town or riiy, iu which such recinct or precincts are situated, so petitioning for the oienin of the noils at ti o'clock iu the forenoon, and tho l)o:ird shall enter of record an order requiring the polls of every such pre' met tobcopeoed accordingly. (l"rovided," further, that in all itiesand towns having a population of l.MOu or more, the polls shall bo onncd at 6 o'cl tck in the inoruiDg on the day of ..,.-i . t ., t,,nt an,i close at 6 o'clock in the aiternooa of sui l (Jy.J .Nr. n. iJah elector shall vote, by ballot. In the precinct wherein he resides. Any person who, bavins; been a resident of Indiana, shall hare absented himself from the state for a period of six mouths or more, otherwise than on business of the stau-, or of the United Mates, or who shall have gono into any othcrstate or sovereignty with the intention of voting therein. or during any alisenco i:i another state or sovereignty, shall have voted therein, and, ?lo, any person who shall net have been a bona Ii'o red-lent of this state and of the county in which he resides at leat six moutha before any election! previously acpiirod a residence ia Indiana, shall, lieföre bcing'eotuled tovoteatany election in this state, reenter a notice of his intention to liecome a tpialihed elector therein, in the otlice of the clers of the circuit court i the county in which hi resides, .-nich registration shall be made at least six n:onths prior to any such election, and th;- not ice rhn!! state such person's name, and place o( residence ".by which shall le understood his lodging plncei snd tlte notice shall be In the form following, and sworn to before such clerk. bi tlie filing oi any uotice as provided fur iu this section, it shall be the duty of such e!rk to enter the name and residence oi the party filing said noli' in a book provided Ut said purpose to be open at all times to the Inspection of the public and safely prewr said original notices and deliver a certified ropy of the same to the elector to registering and on demand of any rhallenircr or member of the election board s ieh elector shall lie required to prodo.ee the same before tieinR allowed to vote. No per-s-u shall register for any other person or in tha name of any other person or present the ropy of the register for any other person at a polling place, or induce hire or advie any oi her fierson not to roister who mar b- required to rc'ster as above. Auy person violating the provision of this section, or who shall vote or attempt to vote without having leen registered when requested to do so. as above, shall be iruilty of felony, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned in the state prion for n't less than one year nor more than five year, and be disfranchised for any determinable period. The fifteenth section, which provides for registration notice to the county clerk by persons removing from one township or precinct to another within ninety days prior to the election, was stricken out entirely, and section ltJ, which provides lor the proclamation of the openinjr of the polls, was not amended. After considering sec. 17, which provides that the sheriff shall appoint two special deputies for each precinct in the county, to be known ns elecfion sheritls, to preserve order and make arrests on demand of a member of the board, us provided for in another section, the Semite adjourned to resume the bill this morning. The election sheriffs alluded to are to be appointed five days before the election from the two leading political parties upon nomination of the county central committees. They are to receive -.50 per day. No other peace oncers of the state or division thereof shall be allowed within titty feet of the polls except to serve process of courts or to vote uuless summoned by the election sheriffs. Nearly all the amendments adopted were those agreed to in caucus. Mr. Thouippoii of Jusper nnd the senator from the "Kankakee reeions," Mr. I)e?Jotte, offered a lanje number, which were tabled. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Hays, however, offered amendments which were accepted without debute. There was no disposition to load the bill down by the leaders ot ibe republican side. All amendments were offered in good faith and to strengthen the bill. Viien it was learned that the election bill was bein considered the lobbies were soon crowded by hundreds of fK-ople wbo took deep interest in every step tnken. Most of these visitors are students of election reforms. One ihinij noticeable was the larce number of ladies and tarid reformers who remained all afternoon attentively listening to the reading of the bills and the discussion upon the amendments. There are sixty-tizht sections iu the bill and as only seventeen conbi be tone over yesterday afternoon it is very doubtful whether it will reach engrossment to-day. When it comes up for final passage there will be no discussion, and it will pass with practically no opposition. The bill will undoubtedly be "an act" before ten days. The senate resumed consideration of the election bill the first thini? Friday and transacted no other other bu: iness during the whole day's session except the attending of tlie joint convention to elect Jacob Dunn state librarian. There are aixty-eijrht sections in the bill, of which the first seventeen were considered Thursday. Yesterday sees. IS to 56 were acted noon the most important sections of the bill. The remainin? twelve sections will be disposed of by noon to-day, and the bill will then be ordered engrossed. fscc. 17, which provided for two deputy sheriffs at each poll, was farther amended by redueini the per diem of the deputies from $2 to fl.t-'O. The eighteenth section proviJes that the secretary of state and two qualified electors, by him appointed, one from each of the political parties cp-stia? the largest number of votes, klin.ll compose the 6tatc board of election commissioners. The section was amended by substitutin? the governor for the secretary. This board is to serve without compensation. .See. 19 constitute tho county clerk and one person from each political party, appointed by the clerk, upou nomination of their respective chairmen of the county central committees, a county board of election commissioners, nnd serve without compensation. These commissioners shall prepare and distribute the ballots. The word "governor" was substituted for "secretary of state" iu this section. The twentieth section provides how the ticket shall be made. Candidates nominated by any party that ertst 1 per cent of the total vote at the preceding election must be placed on the ticket. Also, tha names of any candidates for any oface when petitioned for by electors qualified to rote for such candidates as follows: For state officers, 5C0 petitioners; for representatives in congress, L'OU ; for county officers, members of the legislature, circuit jude or prosecuting attorney, twenty-five petitioners, Iiefore brinst amended 10) petitioners instead of twenty-ßve were required to place a candidate for county office, etc., on the ticket. In the same section provision is also made for double nomination or "boltincr" factions in the party. Kach party is piven the privilege to adopt a device or figure to be pbiced at the head of the ticket. The bill was amended by describing the device as follows: buch device may be the Azure of a star or an eagle, a plow, or some such appropriate symbol, but the coat of arms or seal of the state or the United .States, the national Baa or any other emblem common to the people at largi shall not be used as such device. Sees. 21, 22, 23 and 24 relate to the certification of nominations of candidates and the word "governor" was substituted wherever the word "secretary" occurred. Sees. 2-5 and 25, which provides for the publication in the two newspapers of the county representing the two great political parties of the ticket, were passed without amendment. The twenty-seventh section, which provides how constitutional amendments shall be submitted, was amended by inserting "twentyfive" ia lieu of "twenty-four," so as to make the proper reference to the section alluded to. b'ec. 26 requires that all the names of the candidates shall be printed on one ballot or ticket. The ballots are to be of uniform size and color of paper, and sufficiently thick that the printing can not be distinguished from the back. All ballots prepared by the state board shall be printed on red tinted paper, and put up in blocks of 100 each. All ballots prepared by the county boards of election comraiaaiooeri shall be eo white paper. At th

head of each ticket the party device or symbol will be printed. All the tickets will be arranged in parallel columns. By an amendment it is provided that "the device, name and list of candidates of the democratic party shall be ia hrst column in the left hand side of said ticket, of the republican party in the second column, of the prohibition party in the third column, and of any other party in such order as the board of election may decide." This section contaius a plan or simple ticket with part of the state tickets of the democrats, republican and prohibition voted at the latt election. Sec. 29, which provides how vacancies may be filled on any ticket by placing posters on the ticket where the vacancy occurs, and "that no posters shall be given to, nor received by any one except such election board and such chairman" was the amendment adopted. Sec. CO makes it a felony for anyone except the election commissioners to print or cause to be printed any tickets, liy an amendment the commissioners would be guilty of the same crime if they caused to be printed tickets with names misspelled or in any other order than provided for in sec. 28. Sec. 31 requires tho county clerk to appear in person or by depftty before the state board of election commissioners from ten to fourteen (lays before the election to receive the state tickets ten for every five voters ia the county. For performing this service the clerk is to receive ;J per day nnd three cents mileage. If the county clerk fails to call for the tickets within ten days prior to the election, a special messenger will be dispatched by the state board which messenger before receiving such tickets shall take and subscribe to an oath to be administered to him by the secretary of state, which oath sh:dl be tiled with such board of election commissions, and shall be in the words following: lie re follows the form of oath, the words in brackets beinj an amendment adopted yesterday. See. 34 was stricken entirely out and tho following substituted : f?cc. S4. If any p-rson shall take or remove in any manner felonottsly, or with the consent and permission of the custodian forth? time, from ay place where they mar lawfully tie ander this act, any of such ballots or stumps, or b found in custody or possession of such ballot or stamps lexcept as aft oflioial or custodian under this act, or while within the polliaj place for the purpose of votor If aiy such custodian or official shall consent to, or oruiit aar of such ballots or stamps to 19 removed or carried away from the place where they may lawfully be lr any person except the olTk-er or custodian under this act, whose duty it is to receire tho i-ame, such person, custodian or Oihcial shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, on conviction, sfnll tie punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary at hard labor for not less than three nor more than ten years and be disfranchised, for any determinaie period not leas than ten years. Sec. provides the mode of distributing the tickets to the inspectors. The section concludes as follows, the words in brackets were added as aa amendment: The local ballots shall be wrapped and tied in paefcacres and securely sealed with wax in the presence of said in-spector or his representative, who, shall receipt for the same fand for the safe scaling of such ballots the county board of election commission shall provide themselves with a seal of such design as they may deem proper, but the same design shall not be used at any two consecutive elections.) Sec. 3d prescribe how the tickets shall be handed to the voters, and sec. 37 provides for the necessary printed instructions to be placed in the booths. No amendments were made to these sections, except to make them read "pollclerks" wherever "poll-clerk" appears. Tho thirty-eijrhth section provides for the delivery, by a special messenger, ot the tickets, in case the inspector fails to "call for them at the clerk's oftice. 15y amendment the messenger's compensation was reduced from $j per day to 2. and mileage from 10 cents to 5 cents, and also required to file a receipt for the tickets with tlie county clerk. Any inspector who willfully fails to call for the ticket may be fined from $10 to $100, and forever be disqualified to serve as inspector. Sec. 40 relates to lost ballots. Sec. 41, after beim amended, provides that at 6 o'clock p. m. all the unused tickets shall be counted and destroyed by fire. I'.ut one ticket shall be preserved, which shall be pasted on the election records. Sec. 42 provides how the rooms where the election is held shall be arranged. It was amended by providing for a rope instead of a railing lor the chute by which the voters will enter the polling place. Sec. 43, which provides for challenges at the side of chute, was amended by providing that voters shall enter the chute; in the other they appear. This section also provides for the grounds of challenges and the forms of affidavits to be made by the challenger, the challenge and the person who swears in the voter. The republican registration amendment which was anticipated was offered at the end of this section, but voted down by a strict party vote. Here it is, as ollered by Mr. Thompson of Jaspor: Amend sec. 41 by striking out tho body of such section and insert as sec. 43 of the substitute for senste bills Nos. 1 and 9 the following: S. c. 4t. It sha'l be the duty of the secretary of state to furuish tlirou.'h the auditors of the several counties to each insiectir a registry book of not lo-s than 200 pages indexed alphatietically, and on the head of each page thereof snail lie printed the words, "Ilegistry of voters iu precint of county, state of Indiana, who will beeutitled to rote if alive and roidin in sid precinct on the day of A. 0 Names of voters, l'lae of residence. Remarks." These books shall 1 furnished at the expense of the state aud become the property of the several preciucts, and be kept by the ininctor and h; successor in otlice as a registry bK.k for such precinct, which book shall be used with economy by such inspector. It slnll lie the duty of such Inspector to meet with the chairman of tho precinct committee of each nrenni.ed party sixty days next be iure any election, uud prepare a lilt of legal voters, ami taeh keep a copy of such li.d, arid also a copy of the names of th voters ab-ut which th re may be any doubt. Affidavits may be prepared to show all tho facts, and on Mouday. the twenty-niuth day before the election, said persons shall again meet, and all such contests shall be decided by such inspector and precinct chairmon, and a new list prepared of all those entitled to vote in such precinct. A true copy of such second list shall be made. A duly certified copy of ruch list shall bo recorded In such inspector's book, and one copy thereof furnished to each judge on election day, sud one to each deputy sheritt, as provided in sec 17 of this act, and it shall be the duty of the deputy sheritls to prerent anyone not on such list or not holding a certified copy thereof from entering the voters' chute, or from coming within fifty feet of the polling place, except consecutively as they dosiro to vote. Iti-hai: tie the duty of each member of the election board ard each deputy heriu to vote before auy other votes are cast. An no one shall vote or attempt to vote wh'ise name is not on s'tch certified list, and no affidavits shall b fled on election day. All affidavits filed with the inspector on or within the thirty d:iys before Monday, the twenty-ninth. day Iiefore the eh.-ction, shall be returned with the account of the election for use in contests. The inspector shall receira 12 per day for bis ser rices, as required in this section. Any person or tersnns who shall file any false affidavit with tho inspector shall bu deemed and held to be jftiilty of perjury, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as now provided by law for the punishment ef jrjury. And any person or persons who shall take, conceal, carry away, or chang or imitate any certified list shall be held and deemed to be guilty of fonrory, and upon conviction thereof shall bo punbhej as now provided by law lor the puoiihment of forgery. Sec. 44, which relates to the arrest of illegal voters, was pxssed without amendment, and sec. 4", which prescribes what shall be considered perjnry in this esse was divested of ambiguous words. Sec. 4i provides for tha closing of factories, etc., for four hours after the polls open to give workingmeii a chance to vote. Sec. 47, which relates to the manner of pre1aring the ballots and of voting, was amended j providing that the local ticket be deposited in the white box and the state and national ticket in the red box. Sees. 43, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 53 and Co? all relating to the manner of votin?, of counting the votes, certifying and returning the same, were all amended to strengthen them. Monday the biilwas ordered engrossed öfter being amended so as to provide that all ballots be burned as soon as counted and making it apply to municipal elections after the general election of 1SD0. In the Kennte. When the senate met Thursday it immediately took up bills on third reading, and the following were passed: Mr. Bichouski's supplemental to the drainage act; Mr. Hudson's to make II am il ton and Madison counties separate districts. Mr. Barrett introduced a resolution for the employment of a copying1 clerk, but in the afternoon withdrew it. Mr. Ilubbell's bill for a superior court in Elkhart county passed. Mr. Branaman s bill to authorize the office of town and city assessor was referred to the Judiciary committee. Mr. Jones introduced a bill to repeal the township and city railroad act. Kesolutions were concurred In to furnish a room for the state - miners' federation and to meet in joint convention Friday at 11 o'clock to elect a state librarian. The senate took a recess while the members were introduced to Mrs. Hendricks. Petitions presented by Messrs. tirosc, Bichouski and Hays tor the study in the public schools of the e fleets of narcotics and alcoholics went referred to the committee on education. Mr. Byrd's bill passed to render valid court records where not signed by judges; also Mr.

Clemans' bill making "Wabash county the twenty-seventh and Miami the fifty-first judicial circuit; also Mr. Cox's bill authorizing cities to construct levees. The tenate Friday resumed the consideration of bills on third reading, and Mr. Francis' bill appropriating $10,000 for the northern prison sewer passed. The Beaver creek land bill was made a special order for next Wednesday. A message from the governor announced the appointment of Ben I Smith and Harry Watts as trustees of the Soldiers' and Sailors' orphan homes. The message was referred to the committee on executive appointments. Mr. Logsdon's fair association bill passed; also, Mr. Hale's bill to make oticial terms of township trustees and assessors begin Aug. 1; also, Mr. Harness' bill to legalize acta of notaries public whose terms have expired; also, Mr. Howard's bill to fix jurisdiction of justices of the peace; also, Mr. Jackson's bill to make uniform assessments of personal property; also, Mr. Johnsou's bill requiring all executions to take place in the state penitentiary. The finance committee recommended th passage of bills to appropriate $"10,000 for the institution for feeble-minded youth. The minority of the committee recommended that the appropriation be jii-5,000; also, that Green Smith be paid n salary as lieutenant-givcrnor. The mines and mining committee favorably reported Mr. Uyrd's bill to establish a department of geology. Mr. Tray lor s" bill to punish the White Caps passed; also, Mr. Kennedy's bill to make eight hours a day's work ou the roads; also. Xlr. Logs don's bill giving town marshals the same fees and powers as constables. Besides considering the election bill the senate passed the bill appropriating .30,000 for the soldiers' and sailors orphans' home. The senate Saturday resumed consideration of the election bill and the whole day was tnken up in considering the various sections. A number of amendments andsubstitutes were oll'ered, most of which were voted down. During the day, by consent, the following bills were introduced", read by titleand referred to appropriate committees: By Foley: S. 3;i0. lopay the claim of Sarah J. May. By Bozeman : S. 301. To regulate railroad transportation. Hr Johnson : S. 532. To relieve a township trustee in Wayne county. By iiuiican: A joint resolution to authorize the state auditor to sell certai'i property. Dy Johnson: A joint resolution relating to concluding a trcatv with tireat Britain. Vy Purke: f3. To condemn real estate. l!y Thouipsou of W'hite: S. Ä4. To empower township trustees an! others to caijiloy teachers lor a term of three ye:irs. ByByrd: . sri.Y T- legalize the incorporation of the town of Center Point. by .Andrews: S. XW. To appoint an agent of the state in swamp land and other claims. Iu the House. Tlie following were introduced by consent: By Cranor: II. R. 4-"2. Concerning drainage. By Dewey: fL IL 43X To provide lor the' crossing of railroads. Hy Reynolds: II. R. 4U To reeulata the practice of medicine and the issuing of license. By Metier: II. K. 4 To amend sees. 4,8 and 4.S4J of tho It. S., concerning the ioclosure ot animals. By Berry: II. li. 4-56. For the claim of Joseph E. Erwin. l!y Stanley: II. It. 437. To amend sec. 1.7S9 R. S., rnncerninjt proceedings in criminal cases. Also: II. It. 4:fcil To amend sec. 3.f.7t It. S., concerning gravel roads. Also : II. K. 433. To provide ior the taxation of dogs. liy Wilson: II. R. 410 To amend sec. 6,313 R. 5 concerninj; taxation. Also: M. IL 411 To provide for tlie taxation of corporations. By Askren: 11. It- Concerning the reloca tion of count t srats. Dy Ader: II. It. 413 Relating to charges for telephone usj. By Curtis: II. It. 441 To encourage manufacturing companies. By Appleate: II. R. 4f To employ an agent to represent the state in swamplands. Also: II. U. 41" U.-laliu to the selling of tpirituous liquors hv druggists. "Ry l'tckhart: (IT. R. 417 To provide for legal advertisements in cities and towns of 50,000. By Uidley: (H. IL 44-i) Relating to the election of countv superintendents. By Rngon : II. R. 41. To amend sec 1.C30 R. S., concerning civil cases. By Kid Icy: II. li. 4Vi To legalize the Incorporation of the town of ;-cottsbur, fccott county. Mr. JJrownlee offered a concurrent resolution fixing the price of revised statutes of '81 at ?1.75. Hie bill to elect three trustees for each of the state hospitals was ordered engrossed after Mr. Fields' amendment to put the selection in the hands of the governor had been defeated. The bill for boards of public works iu cities of more than 50,000 was engrossed. The deficiency appropriation bill was reported, nr.d caused a long debate. It appropriates the following sums: For the years ISS7 and lSS, for the eovernor, $.1,000; governor's private secretary, $l.-0; governor's clerk, ?l,0i0; governor's messenger, 700; adjutant-general, $1,200; adjutant-general's clerk, $d00; quartermaster general, .500; governor's otlice expenses, jöOvJ; governor's civil contingent fund, JlKs); governor's military contingent fund, J2,.0; secretary of state, $2.000; deputy secretary of state, $1,500; clerk, of secretary of state, fst.0; clerk of the bureau of printing and stationary, l,2i0; ollice expenses of secretary of state, .S."oO; for the distribution of laws and reports, $'."X ; state a-iditor, $1,5i0; deputy state auditor, $',:';O0; clerk of the land department, $l,l'tO; clerk of the insurance department, Sl.'JOO; state treasurer, 3,000; deputy state treasurer, l,.vi.0; watchman treasury, $720; treasurer's otlice expenses, $2W. Most of the day was taken up in going over the old Robertson case, though the supreme court commission bill passed. The following senate bills were read the first time and referred to appropriate committees: Kelatinir to drainage; to authorize cities and towns to construct levees: to the division of the state into judicial districts and creating the Fifty-first circuit; to define the Twenty-fourth circuit and creating the Fiftieth; for the encouragement of agricultural societies; relating to pools, trusts and combines; for the relief of Flyers G. Ilibbard, treasnrer of the schools of Richmond, Ind.;to legalize the records of circuit courts. liy consent the following bills were introduced: By McKelvy: IL R. 4.12. Concerning elections and contests. By Brown: II. R. 43t. Relating ti the keeping of pool tables in rooms where intoxicating liquors are sold. By Fowler: tt. It. 453.1 To amend 210, 2,117, 2,l'-'0. It. 5., cotio-rninif fihin?. By Carrol: II. 1C 4"4. Concerning the safety of employs ia mines by t'ic placing oi timbers theiein. Also 4"", concern inj; highway. By Kobbins: II. It. 4V.. To amend see. 2,933, concerning real estate und property. By Askrens: 11. U. 4'i7.J to Us. the bond of th9 auditors of counties. Br Wilson: H. R. 4". To provide for the inspection of petroleum oils; to take from the governor the appointment of inspector. By McK'ittrick: II. R. 4Ö9. lor the relief of Allen 6 irunU-y. By Applikate: II. R. 4V). Concerning the death penalty, prTibing the time and place. By Askreus: IU. IL 4U1. To amend sec 5,091 R. 'fly Kessler: II. It. 4'52. To amend sec. 5,971 It. 8. I!y Covert: II. It. 4:. Relating to canned goods. By 1'ickhart: (11. R. 4'J. 'loauead sec C.103R. S., concerning tsxution. By Dewey: II. it, 413. Relating to interest and usury. By I-nngstafT: II. R. 4'VL Concerning the packins and saie of unripe peaches in baskets. By .Mendenhall: II. It. 4i7.J Concerning the study of the effects of alcoholic stimulants and narcotics in the enuuimn schools. On the order of reading bills the second timo the following were ordered engrossed: Concerning the rental of telephones and repealing the act regulating the use of same; prohibiting fishing with soear; concerning the sale of intoxicating liquor on 30th of May; to amend sec. GO! of 1L ts. concerning proceeding in civil cases; to provide for tue election of attorney general; to legalize the record of town of Renssclner. Mr. MoGovncy Introduced a bill to pay for the state's part of the Va3hingtnn-st. paving. The bill to create a state board of health was made a special order for Friday at 3:30. The local ontion bill was made a special order for next Wednesday at 10 o'clock. The following were ordered ensrossed: To amend sec. 1,453, IL H., concerning the election of justices of peace; relating to insurance companies; to limit bequests to societies to one-fourth the amount of the estate where there are wife or children; to compel holders of leases to release the same when satisfied (an amendment by Mr. Brownlee) to strike out the word "10" and insert "30" in sec. 1, was agreed to; to amend sees. 5,107 and 5,114, It, S., concerning the purchase of toll-roads by county commissioners. An amendment by Mr. Gladis to exempt roads in cities and towns was agreed to. The following senate engrossed bills were read the first time, and referred to appropriate committees: Concerning voluntary associations for the purpose of the formation ot fairs; to amend sees. 4,737, It. 8., concerning elections; to amend sec. 1,403, li. S., concerning he election of justice of peace j relating to uniform assessment of property in diflerent counties; to provide for the construction of a sewer at the northern prison. The bill concerning plante and gravel roads was made a special order for Monday at 2:30. The chairman of the committee ot the whole, Mr. I'lcasants, made a report on the deficiency Children Cry for

bill. An amendment by Mr. Sbambaueh to allow a deficiency of $1,tj02.62 to the institution of feeble-minded children was agreed to. Mr. Cullen odered au amendment to sec 44 to increase the allowance to the auditor of state to $1.400, which included the money paid to Robert S. Robertson. On a motion by Mr. Willard to lay the amendment on the table, the yeas and nays being demanded and taken discovered no quorum present. Thereupon the house adjourned. In the house Mr. Cullen's motion to amend the definiency appropriation bill by allowing the auditor the amount paid Col. Robertson was tabled. After tho settlement of the Peyton-John contest, the following bills were introduced: By Willard: II. R. 470. Authorizing the sroTernor and treasurer of state to make an additional loan at a lower rate cf interest. By Cullen: II. R. 471. Concerning natural gasia cities. By Metreer: II. It. 47i Concerning vacating private burial grounds. By Schmuck : II. R. 473. Authorizing school commbsioners in cities of SO.ooo or more inhabitant, according to the ct uus of 1S7'J, to levy a tax ior library pu rposes. BvCusUr: II. IU 474. Concerning liens of media nics' laborers. By Lacy: 11. it. 475. Oivlnir county commissioners the rit'ht to change the location of brides where no work has been douo. Ry Custer: II. R. 478.1 To provide for the government of Stare university. Also: II. R. 4771 Relating to merchandise liens and laborers. By Clay pool: II. 11. 478. Creating city sinking fund commissioners. Ry MeGovirn: II. R. 47j To provide for the removal of drift-wood and other debris from streams and water courses. By Header: (If. R. 4S0. Concerning highways and snperrisors th'-reof. By Dolan: III. It. 431.1 To legalize the town of Harrod-lvirjr, Monroe countv. Ry Willard: If. R. 4:J." To authorize persons having claims ac:iint the state of lndi.itia to brio r suit thtrefor in the superior court of Marion county, Ind. by Schmuck: II. R. 4S2. To empower city boards of education to establish manual trainin? srhnola. By I'lea-ants: II. 1L 4s4.) To authorize the justices of the supreme court to purchase from the administratrix of the estate of Frederick W. Viche, deceased, late of Vincennes.'Ind. By Brownlee: If. Ii. 4si. To make additional provisions for the inspection of alt mineral or petroleum oil. The following senate bills were read and referred to appropriate committees: To authorize trustees of soldiers' and sailors' orphan home to construct building and making an appropriation of fc0,000; to amend 6cc. 73 concerning proceedings in civil cases; to define the crime of riotous conspiracy; to amend sec 6,570, .concerning highways anil supervisors; to legalize the town of IVryville, Ind. A concurrent resolution to reimburse tlie librarian, Mrs. Scott, for fS5.13, expended in the fitting of the senate and representative rooms, was adopted. The tollowing bills were read the second time nnd ordered engrossed: To authorize cities to construct levees; to authorize county commissioners to sell bonds to complete courthouses ; to define the Eighteenth judicial circuit; to create the Fiftieth judicial circuit, Mr. Stanley offered a resolution relating to the pernicious habits of the use of tobacco by the young of this country. Referred to the temperance committee. By consent the following bills were introduced and referred: By Zoecher: II. R. 45. To provilo for a general system of school books. By Apjdegate: f H. lt. 4S7.1 P.ctatind to the Incorporation of towns and cities. by Dryer: II. R. 4s-S. Relating to tho fees and salaries of county oificials. By Woodward: II. It. 4-9. To prevent haulinq and teaming on the public roads lu certain times ot the year. Mr. Adams of Morgan oflered a resolution iu reference to the investigation of the insane hospital, and on motion of Mr llealey it was laid on the table after beiDg only partijily read; yeas 55; nays 10. By Shields: II. K, 490 Kelatirjg to treating in saloons and drug stores. A motion by Mr. Pleasants to suspend the constitutional rule was, on motion of ilr. Härtel, laid upon the table. Mr. Pleasants bill II. R. 21. relating to common school books, was made a special order for next Friday at 10 o'clock. The following bills were passed: II, R. 67. Relating to promissory notes, and fixing holidays yeas 84, nays 5. II. R, .t37. Concerning the explosion of dynamite by railroads in the oolitic limestone region. II. R. 152. Concerning the voting of stock as a onit. A joint session of the two houses was held, and Jacob P. Dunn, jr., elected state librarian. The special order for this hour being the reading of the bill II. R. 4."1 relating to protection of railroad employes, it was read the third time and passed yeas, 83; nays, none. The following bills were also passed: 1?.. R. 71, relating to the county commissioner issuing bonds for the completion of court-houses; II. R. 43, to extend the iiabiiity of employers to employes; II. lu 02, to establish a board of public works; II. R- 114, to establish a state boiird of health; IL R. 117, relating to the administration of the insane hospitals; If. R. to provide the regulation of the duties of the state librarian; II. It. 43, concerning the liability of employers; II. R. ,'i3, concerning the building of turnpikes instead of bridges by the couuty commissioners; II. It. 3", relatintr to the duties and compensation of the attorneygeneral; II. R. 415, to deline the Eighteenth, judicial circuit and creating the Fifty-third circuit. Hy consent, Mr. Langstaft o:icrcd the bill II. R, 401 for the relief of Sarah May. In the house the following bills passed: To authorize cities to construct levees; to limit bequests, by prohibiting those who have wives, brothers, parents, sisters or children living, from bequeathing more than one-fonrth of their estates to religions or charitable institutions; to prohibit robing with spears during March, April, May, June, November and December; to legalize court records. Ry consent, the foll win bills were introduced and referred to committees: By Ader: II. R. 431 To amend sec. 2.731, R. S. Ry Ciaypool: II. li. Ui. To amend the law governin- hinhwaj-s. By Applecate: II. R. 4?3. To authorize and direct Supervisors of roads to make arrests in certain cases. By Kellev: f IT. R. 491 Concerning garnishment. Also: III. It. 4ii.l Concerning poddiinir, etc. ByEI isou: II. R. 4J3. To prevent the sale of diseased meats.

Ry Wells; II. R. 4?X Toauthnrue county com missioners to purchase gravel road, etc. By Ix!?an: 11. K. .r0. To legalize the By Ix!?an organ ization of the town ol Mirtiuantown, t .'mton countv. llv Rohbins: Ii. R. Col. Concerning county super intendents. By Darnell : II. R. 602. To legalize the town of Linton, Green countv. , Ryllar: Ii. IL .vd Concerning the taxation of dotr, and to amend laws. By Stubhletieid: U. R. 501. To provide for the taxation of dogs, and to regulate matters connected therewith. Py (hxidwine: If. R, CM To amend sec 1C, In relation to gravel rosds. By Linc'k: f II. U. 590. To define misdemeanor and fix penalties. Ry Yar;do!ah: III. R. 507. To exempt church parsonatres of the value of Jl,u J from taxation. By Beafley: IL li. 60S. Concerning attorney fees. Yhen the house met Thursday morning it promptly ordered the deficiency bill engrossed, after, however, deducting from the auditor s allowance the sums paid to Col. R. 8. Robertson. Tuen the special order the Peyton-John contest was taken uu and tlie reports from the elections committee read. The majority report, signed by Messrs. liigham, Zoercher, Ham 11, Wilson, and Adcr, in favor of seating Peyton in place of John, was long, and went into the whole details of the case. It showed that intimidation had been practiced at the election by the republicans; that John Dobyns, who voted for John, hud not been a resident of Indiana for four years previous to the t lection; that James Eskridixe, who voted for John, was not a resident of the precinct in which he voted; that Otto V. Lee was not a resident; that Charles Arnold, who voted for John, was a resident of Illinois; that Frank Harris was a minor; that Madison Merriweather, Samuel Nichols, Joseph Grimes, James Talbert, llenry Rlincoe and Philip Smith were not residents of the precinct in which they voted; that James Smith was a minor; same as to Luther Jackson, Siias Robinson, Henry Edwards, Thomas McAlle, jr., and a great many others (in all thirty-four) were not legal voters, but cast their votes for John ; and that two tickets were taken from the window sill and not from the ballot-box nnd counted for John. These thirty-six votes should, the majority thought, have been excluded. On the above showing Mr. Peyton was given his seat. Mr. Nolan's bill to repeal the strikers' conspiracy bill was ordered engrossed.. The following bills were introduced: Ry Mr. Foster, concerning the use of telephones. By Mr. Appiecate, concerning the indebtedness of cities between 4,000 and 18,0t)0 population. py Mr. Adams of Morgan, lor furnishing school books. ' By Mr. Warrant, concerning the loaning of school funds. By Mr. Langstaft", to graut lands for public highwars in Marion county. Mr. Beasley'a bill limiting tho powers of township trustees passed. - The bill appropriating $190,000 for buildings for the feeble-minded children at Fort Wayne was ordered engrossed; also, Mr. Curtis' bill concerning police boards in cities of 29,000. Pitcher's Castorfs.

IS A MODEL INSTITUTION.

THE INDIANA STATE PRISON NORTH. He port of the LeglalatlT Committee's Invesication Last Week Everything Found in First. Class Order Wise Recommendations. In the house Saturday afternoon Mr. Nolan, chairman of the committee on prison north, submitted the report of the committee's investigation last week. The report states that a thorough examination was made and everything found in good order. The committee found the prisoners cells lighted with tallow candles, which they procure themselves, and they recommend that an electric light plant be placed in the prison, not to cost over flO.000. The state now pays $2,700 a year for gas, and as there is enough steam power to operate dynamos to light every cel. with incandescent lights it would not only be a great saving to this state, but a humane act to appropriate money for electric lights. In the school-roora the committee found seventy-five convicts in attendance. The report states that 15 per cent, of those entering the prison are illiterate, and the school has been a great success. An appropriation of $.300 is recommended for improving the library. The kitchen, laundry and bath-rooms were found clean. There are some insane convicts, and the committee recommends that they be transferred to one of the insane asylums. Corporal punishment has been abandoned, and the dungeon, with the usual bread and water diet, is used for refractory prisoners. The "eood time" act has proven to be a good law, under which better deportment is secured. The committee recommended that life convicts, after serving twenty-five years, should be paroled. The people of .Michigan City complain a great deal of the filthy condition of the sewer, and a recommendation is made that 10,000 be appropriated for a new sewer. The committee also recommended that the salary of the warden be increased, in which recommendation Messrs. Reynolds and Carrick dissented. On the question of convict-contract the committee make the following recommendation: As is well known, there has been no change made in the system of working convict. Their labor is let out to coutracter, who furnish the machinery and Tower to operate the various shops, and the convicts are worked under the direction of superintendents tid loremen in tho employ of such contractors: the manufacture of shoes, coopersje, chairs and woolen goods comprises the industries of this prison. A tour through the shops developed the fact that the latest and most improved machinery is in use in all of them, and everything that invention has created in the way of machinery is employed to facilitate the work and to increase the productiveness of this cbvan labor. In none of these shops is It possible tor convicts to acquire a full knowledge of a trade. K3ch man has a certain machine to operate by which only a small portion of a finished article Is produced. For instance, in the shoe department the uppers of the shoes are made outside of th prison and come thare ready for the sole, and, notwithstanding that this high decree of progress has been reached toward their completion, it requires more than twentr men to tinisU a shoe. One uinn is engaged in cutiiiix tho sole hy machinery, another the heel, and another the sl auk; one man pegs with his machine the sole, a second the heel, while a third man sews or petrs the shank;-, and so on, until having passed through upward of twenty bauds, the shoelacking only the sole, when it conies into the 8hop, is at hs: completed. Under this system the men become very proficint In each of their minor parts, and, taken as a whole, it is obvious that better results must accrue to the contractors, and a higher d -gre of productireness must be reached, than woull be th case if each man was giren the raw material and required to make a shoe. But the conrict does not share this advantage. Ite may stand for vears at his machine, becoming daily more proficient In his tak, and more and more valuable to the contractor, but when his liberty is restored to hira, snd he is t imed out upon the world to take care of himself, he finds that he has been taupht little while in the -ri-n that will serve him on the outside in earning his living. lu i he coop r-shop tha same system of piece-meal prevails. The raw male.-ial is "received here, converted into staves, heads and hoops, and finaily into barrels, but before reac hing a state of completion a large number of mea have contributed their small shares of work none of them having been taught the whole trade of coopering. The same mar be said of the shops in the prison; they are operated, of course, in the interest of those who purchae the labor of these convicts without regard to the betterment of the courlcts themselves. othim;caa lie more conducive to reformation after the convict is rclca.-ed from prison than the knowledge of a trade by which he may earn a living. This he doss not acquire in tho prisons of Indiana. True these institutions are self-sustaining, and Indeed pay a surplus into the treasury of the state, but the ottcMiou arises: Is this tho object of our prioiis? Would it not be lietter for the state aud for society if these men, instead of being compelled to si:s;ain the mselves, were given an opportunity to acijuirc that knowledge during their confinement that would enable them to become pood and useful citizens when their liberty Is restored to them? .Another phasj of this vexed question presents its'jlf : It is concede ! that the maintenance of prisons in Indiana under their present conditions cost the people nothin?; at least no greater amount ts appropriated from the general fund for their maintenance than accrues to it irora their earnings. But the question 1ms been raised, ere they not maintained at the expense of the laliorers and craftsmen outside the walls of these prisons, with whose labor the cheap labor of these convicts is brought into detrimental competition. Wha'jver is produced in prison r.nd put upon the market must displace in that market ) ust that much of the product of honest free labor. And by virtue of this fact, lewer men rind employment outside. Resides, in order to meet this convict competition, tho product of free labor must lie cheapened. If this theory is correct, it is obvious to your committee that mor money is wrnng annually from the wages of out-side laborin the dillerent crafts represented in prison industry tliau is necessary to conduct th prisons and support the convicts ia idleness. Thus, instead of the conviets supporting themselves by their labor, the fact is, they are maintained at the expense of the tradesmen whose labor must compete with this convict labor which is sold at 4J or 50 cents per day. It is true, however, that convicts cannot be maintained in idleness. Sanitary precautions demaud that their minds and their muscles be employed. lijt to meet this demand, it is not necessary that convict labor should be taved to its itsutnior-t capacity of productireness; sanitary laws could be respected, and yet free labor could be relieved in a measure of a competition that is certainly detr: mental and which promises, to at least some branches cf industry, total ruin. Your committee recommends that the present contract system should l abolished ; and that conrirt labor should, under the direction of the warden, ho engaged in the manufacture of such articles tor the various state institutions as are required by them and which are now supplied by purchaso. For information retard ini? the con tmcts for labor now in f jree, e can do no better than ta refer tj the very full and comprehensive rejiort, together with evid"nce compiled iy the prison committee of the last legislature, now oo file in pa-npblet form, in the state library. In conclusion we feel it but justice to Warden Murdock to sny that under his nianaoment, the northern Indiana prison is a model institution in Ml respects. We commend that the salary of the wardon and deputy warden be reasonably increased. We examined the hooks and accounts of the prison and are satisfied that they are correctly kept. Mr. Nolan will soon submit a bill embodying the recommendation of the committee. After the reading of the report Mr. Nolan stated that Mr. Covert had been appointed by the last legislature, three days before adjournment, chairman of a committee to investigate the convict contract system and report to this legislature, although ilr. Covert hud been reelected and had been in his seat thirty-one days of this session, he had not reported or 6ftid a word about convict labor. Mr. Nolan read an extract from a three-column interview of Mr. Covert in the Evansville Journal of April 20, 1S83, in which Covert boasted what he wae going to do on this question if he was re-elected to the legislature. During this exposure Mr. Covert turned as pala as marble, and was so completely overwhelmed that he only replied that he had had no time, but since his attention had been brought back to the matter he would soon report Nugent, the "dodger," expecting that Mr. Nolan would again get him into deep water by referring to the liquor question, made a bee line for the cloak room, where he remained until he was satisfied that Nolan was not loaded for a "dodger," but only for a professional "workingmen's friend." SI Fop Two Papers One Year. For SI I will send the INDIANAPOLIS WEEKLY SENTINEL and the FARM AND LIVE STOCK MONTHLY both one year. Regular price of tho two papers $1.50. Address C. M. WALKER, Publisher Live Stock Monthly, Indianapolis, Ind. J70TICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has duly qualified as a lininistrator of the estate of John Im Öentle, lato of Marion county. Indiana, deceased, bald estate is supposed to be solvent. j am us GrrsTLn, Administrator. J as. P. Baker, Attorney, Teh,

' :v-2 Absolutely Pure. TVs powder never vatle, A rosrvet of vtjrltr, strength and who!ornness. More eono-nleal lhaa theordinary kin.fs. aid caa not he )!! fa eornvtition with tho multitude of low tsf, short weltrht alum or phosihst now Its. So' f oilr fa ens RoTiL Btis Powder Co.. 101 Wall street X. Y pr.OBATE CAUSE XO. 1307. James II. T-aMwin, a itniuistrator de bonis dob with the will annexed of estate of l!i?ah T. Uetcher, deceased, vs. I'r.iuW A. 1 1 uher et al., in tile circuit court, ot Miriou couLly, Indiana, ilay term, ISs'.i. To Frank A. Fletcher. OlireT. Fletcher (his wiM, Andrew M. Carnahan. Kai 1. Cartiahan (his wife), Catharine C. I'leteiier (widow cf Kcijih T. 1 1-lcher, deocas I), Maria iMckniun, ( l.ai I. s lictt:i?n her husband;. Asues Patterson (;ieot ?am:.l U'. Pattorom. .Satauel J. I'autrw n, I'atev l'Mttersou ! Ins wite',, Voiuev n. Irwin, Jo;i:i W. lrr. in (his wsei, Wiiliam Taylor Yintni', Cyrus A- Hubiiard, Mrs. Cyrus A. iiiibhard (his wix, ltelicccs A. Wirt, Frederick Bruner, JoJ ll-iover. I-.zaheth J. Towe'd. Jaiu.-s 1. Towell (her hu-h.-m.i .. .iltrt Perrv, Arunah B. Conipton, Indianapolis vinps bank, Ja vib IJ. Julian an I Marlin J ul::-u (trusti es for the creditors of James E. l'ouneyl, 11. tty Athon Morrison. Margaret 11. Huston, loins Reitham, J-arah Uar, William Biythe, Iuiiiauai.olis huiJoers' aiii manufacturers' assocaiion, Feloss Ivjot, J. II. llolliday (whose rhristha name is unknown, John Severin, F.thw Walpole. Capital City f.lanintr mill riuiaoy, Albert tiall, Filzaiieth J,iun-'j!i, Frank i-ru-rlv) t'rauk Sherry, Samuel Han way, f-amj'son Houston. John 1. Hutehin -s, Luerti.i ti. Vv'o.xt, Wood (her husband;, Mary J. Vance. B-ttie l' Cox, FreoVrirc W. Jay, Henry Iiuse, Augustus i:use, Frederick W. Kuse, Thomas II. Larn-morc, Mary M. Larremore this wife. Josephine R. t'ostigat, Frank Costifcan ther biiOand), Amao ua. Covert, Covert (her hussndi, Jacob B. Julian, Marth Juüar (his wi;e, lVhr I'ltmars, Ciarlts Hai. Amos a. Hubbard, Wilkinson M. Tout, Tout (his wife), K-iiuuel L. lraiiell, lira bell (hia wifel, Andrew Wallace, Jaeob li. Towers, Doria Müsler, . Mos!er (her husbandl, Itjr.tnin Blue, Line (his wife. Maria Ik-ncl. Alrahani C. IVnel, Jeremiah len-l, Wnl.iir S. lenel. l:otn-rt B. Knwl, Charles J. lligins, urah K. Kii-eius this wile,, town of Bright wood, James Taiihehiil, Tannebiil (his wiie John L. Ketclian. John F. Ketcham (trustee). WMiiaru A. Ketcham. Citizens' National l.uk of Indianapolis, inrt. ; Adeline F. i'-crry, (. ii. tries H. Fiske. Margaret W. Feltz, Indianapolis Bloominton A Western railway companr, Frank chieid, James Shield', William .Shields, S.iiuutl &iii l.t. A una W. Varidea, Marv M. Yandes, Wiitiam M. Jiilson and Wiiltaui II. Allen, trustees of the lnd:snr.pd.s tras and supply company, Jacob Weil, Bertha Weil (Lis witel. Aaron Kahn. Matilda Kahn, Bernard ieie, Edward WeL, Mrs. F-dwaril Weil this wile), John G. Webb, Mr. John tt. Vibb his wife, Georg W. t'recson. Ciarles I-Ieitz, Thomas J. Hurhatn, David Harter, JanifS C Fernrason. F-.lward Howard, Nathm M. Neld. Alexander M. lloberison, John C. Ferry, Henry Severin. Frederick .-termeyf-r, fr-Tg Appiepnte. Bank of Commerce, Z-ruo CotEo, Wd.iam Glenn, James Glenn, Richard iJyiuond, r.obert Seanion. Samuel J. Berry, Jeilerv A. Wistier, Franklin Whitney, William Ia$.. cett, James H. Smitbers, George C. WeVster, Goo-go VounKertuan, Connecticut Mutusl lite iosuranc company, James M. .Vees and U ilüam P. Biir executors öf Kobert Wingatc (deeen-Mh, Albert Minter, Herman Minter, Mary slu ets, William I Winste, W incate his wile, Joseph F. Wiusnte, Winpate his wile, llenrr I. Noble, Andrew J. Wallon, Jaeob M. F.'i mm. II, lavid W. Fee. Mrs. Favid W. Fee (his wife!, J ess Fee, Mrs. Jesse Fee i his wife.) John C. Shoemaker, Shoemaker ,bis i:'e!, Joshna KeJ'lie-, Walter Ileeord. Charles P. Hale, John Ierering, ieor;-e V. Johnston iretive.r, William T. Barnes, Mrs Wiiiiarn T. Barnes (his wife), J. A. Hellman (whoe christian c.:iue is unknown, F.lisha J. Howland, llowland -his srife), llenrr S. Reely, K-elr 'his wile), Fhüi'p Wrci lt, Wrcilt (his wife"', Jehn L. Mothershead, Annie M othf r-hca 1 'his wifel. William T. Steele, tft-ele (his wifel. William T. Steele, trustee; Merchants' National B;,i W of In lianapolia, lad.. Bolx-rt tirvenficM, Fliaheth Robinson, Robinson (her husband), Indiana. o!is water works cotupnnv. Indianapolis insurance company, trustee f-r the ulian3po!U water works eo:nanr, Oliver S. Kcely, Jane LI. Marshall. Marshall (her husband), Siotikhton J. Fletcher, Francis M. Churchman, tfaroael tio'ld ird. sr., Samuf 1 Godd.ird, jr., Thomas God dar.l, John V. Story, tieor" W. New, Joseph M. Story, Iiavid C snydor, surviving partner of 1. E. Snyder A Co., a;ent,. You are severally hereby notified that the above named petitioner, as a iimnistraTor de bonis non. etc., of the estate aforesaid, has tied in the circuit court of Marion county, Indiana, a petition, making you defendant th -reto, and praying therein tor an order acd decree of said court authorizing the sale of certain real estate rH-loiir'nj to the estate of said decedent, and iu said p tit. on descriS-d, to ruak assets for the paynirnt of the eVIns aud lial:li ties of said estate; and that said petition, so filed and pendin", is set for hearing in said circuit court at the court-house in Indiannixiii", iDd., on the first judicial day of the May term, I.V.. ft sid court, the üme beiuir the 6:h day of M ty. Ism. Witness,'t!ie clerk and seal of said court, this 11th day oi Februarr, ls-3. JOHN K. WILSON, Clerk. Duncan & Smith, Attorneys. l eb. 13-3 pr.OBATE CAUSE NO. 1305. In the Circuit Court of Marion County, Indians, May term, lS. James J. Fritts, adniinMrütor of thn estare of Iiewis B. Wiüsey, deceased, vs. MaMndaJ. Willsey, William F. Willsev, et al. To Ma'.inda J. W'illscv. William F. Willsev, llenry J. Willsrr, Lewis R. V.l !cr, Jr., .Mart Wi y, Alice Willsy, Fos-. ne Willsev. It-rt W illsey ( minor), Henry FriiU, Muhle Fritia (minor),' M ina Fritts (minor). Yon are severally herebv notified that the above nanud petitioner, as administrator of the estate ior-ai.t. ha tiled in the circiil court of Manon rnttntv, Indiana, a petition makins you defendants thereto, and pr.ivin therein Lr an order tn l deTee of said court uthorir.ini; the s-ile of certain real estate belencin to the estate of said decedent, and in said petition decii led, to make assets fr the payment of the 'Hit? and lir.biiiti"; of saidetare; and that s:iid petition, so f.lcd an.i pondinc, is set for hearing in said circuit court at tiie court h"ue in Iniliitii'.iiis, Indiana, on the lirst judicial day of the May t'-rni, ls''.,. of said court, the same being the Cth dity" of May, ISs'J. Wit -. the clerk and seal of said court this 5th day of I ibruary, Inj. JOHN Ii. WILSON, Gerk. Arthur V. Erown. Attorney. "nEIUFPS SALE. By virtue of a certifi! copy of a decree t" me directed from the clerk of the superior court of Marion county. In. bau, in ratine No. :!J.rT, wherein Ldward "itcntsch, guardian, is phiiutitf. and Mary A. Ian?don ct al. are d.-feadants, re-juirin me 1 1 make the sum of thirty-two htm lred ai.d aeveutr-seren dollars and ten cents (So.277.IU) with intcred anl costs, I will expose at public sale to the highest bidder, on SATURDAY, TIIE 9th PAY OF MARCH, 1S?, between the hours of 10 o'clock, a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m. of said day, at the door of the Court House, in Marion County". Indiana, the rents and profits for a term not exeefdini; seven years, of the following deseribi-d real estate, to-wit: The south bell of lot number two (21. in anare forty-uitie M9, in the city of IndianajKiiis, Marion county. Indiana. It stich rents and profits will not sell for a sufSclent sum to satis.' y said decree. Interest and costs. I will, at the same time and piaec, etp. to pub ic aal the fee simple of said real etat", or so nnvh thereof smay b? sufficient to dis. lnrs said deer ."C, interest and costs. Said sale will be made witüout any reJlef whatever trom valuation or appmi craent laws, L-AAC KING, Sheriu" Marion County. Febroarr 1. 1W0, Harding A ll jv.y, Attorneys for Plaintiff. X OTICE TO IIEIRS, CREDITORS, ETC, In the matter of the estate of William Sullivan, de ceased, .'it the Marion Circuit Court, February t;rm, ls. Not . Is hereby piven tha. George R. 5nl!ivan and James M. Tonilinson, as executors of the eotate of William Sullivan, deceavd, have presented aud tied their account snd vouchers in Cnal settlement of said esu-u, and that the same will come up for examination and action of said Circuit totirt on the 4th day of March, IMS, at which time all heirs, creditors or legatees of said estate are required to appear in said court and show cause, if any there be, why said account and vouchers should not be approved. And the heirs of said estate are also hereby required at the time and place aforesaid to appear and make woof of their heirship. i;KK'.E tt. SF1.1.I VAN, JAMES M. TOMI.INSON. Lxecutors. Winter, Saks r ot Daniels, Attrs. u-a