Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1905 — END OF HORSE RACING [ARTICLE]

END OF HORSE RACING

Can’t Make It Go Without Betting and the Indianapolis Meet Has Ended. MAY GIVE UP THE AUGUST MEET English Hotel Fails To Be a Paying Hostelry—That Coal Combine —Hoosier State Newk. Indianapolis, July 6.—The race meeting of the Indianapolis Racing association, which was to have continued for twelve days, was brought to a close at the end of the 'ndnth day. President Blair, explaining the reasons for discontinuing the meeting, said he had received a letter from the state board of agriculture requesting that pool selling at the fair grounds be stopped, and that he did not think it advisable to continue the meeting, which would be unprofitable without the pool selling privileges to which the state board objected. Four bookmakers were arrested during the afternoon. The bookmakers, who were not taken into custody, continued to accept wagers until the close of the meeting without being molested. May Abandon the Anguat Meeting. President Blair said that the directors of the Indianapolis Racing association would hold a meetingrext Monday at which time they will determine whether the five days’ harness meeting scheduled to begin Aug. 8 shall be cancelled. Explanation of the Coal Combine. Indianapolis, July 6. Alfred M. Ogle, of thia city, president of the Vandalia Coal company, which has been Incorporated at Trenton, N. J., with a capital stock of $7,000,000, gave out a statement defining the purpose of the proposed company. “Under present condition,” said Ogle, “a number of the twenty-seven mines that are to be taken over by the Vandalia Coal company have been operated at a disadvantage. With one company operating all these companies the strictest economy will be introduced, and an effort made to concentrate the output.” English Hotel Is to Close. Indianapolis, July 6.—Upon the petition of Ernest H. Tripp, its president and largest stockholder, the English Hotel company has passed into the hands of Wilbur N. Gannon as receiver, with instructions from Judge Leathers, of tlie superior court, to sell the furnishings at a private sale within fifteen days. It is alleged by stockholders that the company is entirely solvent, and that the action for a receivership was taken as the only means of honorably closing a business which, it is said, was operating at a loss through Inability to meet certain high and fixed expenses. Tripp says that all bills account will be paid in full. TRAVELS OF A SAFETY PIN One of the Regular Annuel Installment* of the Story Cornea Up Smiling. New Albany, Ind., July 6.—A brass safety pin swallowed tn Infancy by Eugene Brisby, city clerk of this city, thirty-five years ago, has Just been extracted from his right knee. The pin was not discolored, and Brisby had felt no ill effects from its presence until within a few weeks. A pain in the knee, owing to the fact that the left leg was amputated ten years ago, caused him great inconvenience, and for several days he was confined to his home. Dr. Davis concluded that some foreign substance was imbedded in the knee. An incision was made, and the pin was extracted. It was not until Brisby’s mother explained.that in Infancy he swallowed a safety pin that the presence of the pin was accounted for. New Law Bad for Bnsineas. Newcastle, Ind., July 6. —The month of June proved to be the poorest month in years in this county for marriages, notwithstanding the fact that It has alway heretofore been one of the best months in the year. But eighteen marriage licensees were issued, a number considerably below the record of other months. The attaches of the county clerk’s office are of the opinion that the new marriage law has had the effect of decreasing the marriage license business. Reni Mocking Birds la Indiana. Ca-nnelton, Ind., July 6.—The true southern mocking bird is noticed in abundance along the Ohio river this season, and the woods are musclal with its song to a degree unusual In Indiana. Some few years ago several pairs of young singers were released by a gentleman near here. “Miniature” Train Ditched. Indianapolis, July 6.—ln the ditching of a miniature railway train at Riverside park, presumably caused by the spreading of the rails, seven people were Injured, at least two of them seriously. There were five cars to the train, each containing from four to six passengers. . . Bldamnn Wants Some Scalp*. Terre Haute, Ind., July 6.—Mayor Bldaman said that he Is determined to remove the members of his board of safety. “I am going to get rid of them,” he asserted. There is talk of the board resisting removal. This is a deevlopment of the fight over George Lints.