Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 23, Number 41, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 8 April 1893 — Page 1

23.—No. 41

TOWN TOPICS.

AN THE ASSESSOR REACH BUILDING AND LOAN STOCK?

The Attorney General Says Yea—TbeBoard of Children'* Guardians in Danger—The Divorce Mill—Saaltary-Coancil and

Commluiioner— Building Boom

In the midst of bis multitudinous duties the voluble and voluminous attorney general of this stAte has found time to formulate and issue another mandate, opinion or statutory regulation concerning the taxation of building and loan stock, intended for the guidance and direction of township assessors in localities where building and loan associations exist, Mr. Smith, for that is the attorney general's name, imparts the Information, known well to all interested parties, that buildingand loan,associations are taxed under the general laws of 1891, which provide that secretaries of associations shall file a statement with the county auditor, who shall deliver it to the proper assessor. Tbe association shall be assessed upon the amount shown to have been paid into the treasury up to April 1, upon outstanding shares of stock, less the amount loaned to shareholders upon the mortgage security listed for taxation, and neither the association nor theRbareholderssball be liable to other taxation upon said shares of stock. The money loaned the associations for which paid up certificates have been issued, is subject to taxation. The certificates aro a promise to pay, and

are

subject to taxation the same

ns other ^personal property. Persons who have regularly subscribed for stock of an association are bona tkle shareholders, and their oharactor as such is not modified by the fact that they may have paid their assessments in advance instead of from month to month. The stock of an individual shareholder resident of one county and of an association in another within the state In not assessable agfciust him as an individual, but is taxed against the association in the county where the principal office Is located. The stook of au association doing business in a state other than Indiana, but held by a resident of this state, should bo listed and assessed against suob person the same^as personal property. This Is the edict sent forth by our astute attorney general.

In accordance wlt|i the fore/oing opiuion the assessor of Harrison township says he is going to assess all the paid up stock held In the twenty-five or more building and loan associations now in operation in this city. Mr. O'Conneli has servod notice to that effeot, but the notice has a string to it—he will make the assessment if he can find the paid up stook. But that he will find the paid upstook is very doubtful. He will make his domand on the officers of the various associations for a list of their paid up stook, and they will refuse to furnish it. Last year the bankers refused to divulge the names of their depositors and the amount held for each on the first of April. They wore flued for contempt by the stato commissioners and the case was tAken to tho Supremo court, where it was decided in favor of the backers. It will bo the ssmo in regard to the building and loan associations if the matter goes to court, and the paid up stock will escape taxation as It has heretofore. This may be good law but it isu't justice. There are in this city today thousands of dollar* invested In paid up building and loan stook which is paying its owners at least eight per oeut. per annum on their investment, and there Is no more reason why it should not bo taxed than that tho man who loans his money on mortgages© ourUy should be exempt. Then there are men of means who havo thousands of dollars invested in building and loan orders drawing eight percent. Interest on which they never think of paying a cout of taxes. In the two items of paid up building and loau stook and money on deposit in bank on the first of April it is no exaggeration to say that this city and county loses the taxes on fully $2,000,000 annually. This means a los# of $50,000 each year, and if the attorney general can *how how to stop the leak he will be considered a public benefactor.

There is a strong probability that tbe usefulness of the new board of children's guardians will be cut short in its yoUth. A snit was brought this week in one of the Marion county courts, which involves not only the right of the board to the custody of a child, but the constitutionality of tbe law under which the board was organized. The law was attacked on the ground that it makes the right of the state to tbe possession of a child precede that of a parent, and that when the disability of the parent ia shown and the child given to the board, tbe right of the state to it* custody survives the disability of the parent. In other words it gives the state the perpetual right of control, to the exclusion of tbe rights of parent*, even though they fully recover from tbe disability which (muted the removal of a child rom their custody. Originally the law prorided for tbe organisation of boards in townships bavin a population of 75,000,

but an act passed in 1891 amended it so as to make tbe board a county organization. An attack is also made on the amended act because of the alleged insufficiency of tbe enacting clause. The lower court declares tbe law unconstitution on the grounds stated, and the Supreme court will in all probability sustain the decision. This is to be regretted, not because it is not in accordance with common sense and the principles of personal and parental rights that children who are taken possession of by tbe state should be restored to the custody of the parent when the disability is removed, but because it retards the best work and purposes of a useful charity and reform institution. In this county the new board has just been fairly getting under way, and having a great field for usefulness before it, it is a great pity that it should be stopped short. However, it is to be hoped that the noxt legislature may see it its way clear to remedy its defect.

For the past two months the divorce mill in this county has been grinding exceedingly slow and not very fine. For a time tbe divorce cases poured in daily, and divorce was well nigh epidemic, but like all other epidemic complaints it has received a check and, comparatively speaking, divorces are now few and far between. In nearly all the divorce cases the true cause of the separation is nev^r stated, and if it were decrees would bexfewer. Probably one cane in five will bear investigation, and if tbe others are closely scrutinized it will be found that the parties to the marital contract are heartily tired of each other and merely want a change of partners. Fresh engagements are entered into before the suits are commenced, and application for marriage license is made again before the ink with which the decree is made is dry. In cases in which the defendant is a non-resident and is notified of the pendency of the suit by publication, the plaintiff is prohibited from marrying within two years of the date of the decree, and the prohibition is made a part of the record in the order book. This portion of the law is not, however, observed very strictly, as it cannot prevent the proscribed party from going into another state and committing matrimony. In a neighboring county the other day a blushing damsel, who came within this clause of the law, walked down from the court room to tbe clerk's office and asked for a marriage license. Of course she was refused, an the attention of the court was called to the case, whereupon the decree was revoked, and the woman who was divorced found herself married aga'n without the formality of the marriage ceremony. This prevented the couple from going to another state and marrying in spite of the dtcree of the court. The divorce laws 6f this state are altogether too loose and need revision, but several reform legislatures must be elect ed before It will bo accomplished.

Of late there has been a great deal said about oleaning up, but as far as it is visible to the naked eye not much cleaning up has yet been done. People hereabouts seem to entertain the feeling that they oau clean up their premises when tbey can't do anything else, and, apparently, few of them have yet reached that stage. The state Doard of health issued another general order this week which applies exclusively to tho railroads. It directs these corporations to clean \ip their property and put it in good sanitary condition, and local health boards are instructed to see that the order, which has been sent to every station agent in the state, is enforced. Particular attention is to be paid to the railroads because they carry thousands of immigrants from all parts of the world through the state, and it is of the utmost importance that they should pay the strictest attention to sanitary rules. At each station the company will be required to furnish pure water, keep the grounds clean and well drained, and furnish no water for use from any well witbiu seventy-five feet of a vault or cess pool. These are good rule* for general use, and should be en foeced everywhere. In connection with sanitary affairs the city should havJ a garbage crematory where all tbe refuse and filth accumulations could be hauled and burned. At present all this kind of stuff is taken to some convenient spot beyond the city limits and dumped there. The law is complied with, but the danger is by no means removed, because the germs of disease are generated and wafted here and elsewhere by every wind that blows. A good furnace would eradicate this trouble, and in this city would be cheap at almost any price. It would certainly be more useful and a much abetter investment than a rtreet •weeper.

The atmosphere in the council chamber was quite sulphurous for a short time last Tuesday evening when an attempt was made to pay ex-City Engineer Fitch for extra services, and had there been a swearing room handy doubtless several members would hare availed themselves of ice use. Br. Young, who was the Innocent cause of it all, was reminded that he holds his position only by the sufferance of tbe other members. This intimation was drawn out by the

IBiSI

fact that the doctor has recently moved out of the fourth ward, where he

wa8

elected, and ''the law in such cases made and provided" says "that no person shall hold the office of councilman unless, at the time of his election, he is a resident of the ward from which he is elected and in case of tbe removal of any councilman from tbe ward from which he was elected, the common council shall have power to declare his office vacant, and order a special election to fill the vacancy." It is not possible, however, that the doctor will be disturbed during his term. The board of county commissioners has also had a change of base since tho election. Last fall Commissioner Ladd was elected from the third district. After his inauguration he became so well pleased with city surroundings that he moved to town and has been residing here for some time. Recently he purchased a lot and is going to build him a fashionable house in the south end. And that's what makes his constituents swearing angry, threatening all sorts of disagreeable things. But Commissioner Ladd is by noineansdisturbed, because, while the law requires that he shall be a resident of the district at the time of his election, the supreme court has decided that this does not require a continued residence in the district after election. So Mr. Ladd rests peacefully in his security. $

Last year Terre Haute enjoyed the greatest boom which it has ever experienced, but the present season promises to excel all previous efforts in that direction. Last year witnessed the erection of aboutsixteen hundred new buildings. This summer will see the completion of the new Hulman business block, and the uew Union Depot, two of the handsomest structures in tfie state. It is also a certainty that we are to have a new opera house, while the work has already been commenced on a number of large and substantial business blocks. In residences a number of contracts have already been let for fine ones, and houses for those in moderate circumstances are bobbing up on every band* In January permits for five new buildings, valued at $4,150, were taken out. In February two permits for buildings valued at $5,700 were issued, and last month the number increased to 23,valued at $18,750. Of oourse the do not represent anything like the number of buildings now. under construction, nor £he true value of those for which permits have been taken, but at the same time the figures show a healthy growth and there is no doubt about its continuance.

A case of more than ordinary interest, was decided in the Circuit court here this week, being sent for trial on change of venue from Sullivan county. The suit was entitled Catherine N. Kendall vs. Edward Wall et al., and both parties reside in Sullivan, where Wall runs a *aloon. The plaintiff alleged that her bu.«band became intoxicated in Wall's saloon, and th»t on his way home, by reason of his intoxication, he fell from his wagon and was killed. The suit was brought under Seotions 5315 and 5323 of the revised statutes, which provide that "the board of county commissioners,at such term, shall grant a license to such applicant upon his giving bond to the state of Indiana, with at least two freehold sureties, resident within said county, to be approved by the county auditor, in the sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned that he will keep an orderly and peaceable nouse. and that he will pay all fines and costs that may be assessed against him for any violations of the provisions of this act, and for the payments of all judgments for civil damages growing out of unlawful sales, provided for in this act." Section 5323 holds the saloon keeper liable on his bond "to any person who shall sustain any injury or damage to his person or property or means of support on account of the use of intoxicating liquors, so sold as aforesaid, to be enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction." Another section makes it unlawful to sell, barter or giveaway intoxicating liquor to a drunken man, which it was alleged in this ease was done by the defendant. The trial commenced on Friday of last week and was concluded last Monday by the jury returning a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $2,000, the amount asked and the limit of the bond.

A driving park and trotting association has been organized by the people of Riley township, with the following officers: President, G. H. Butler vice president, John Meighn secretary, Wm. Clark treasurer, George Fox superintendent, L. O. Sheets directors, J. N. Lee, I*. O. Sheets, Wm. M. Hixon, N. G. Wallace, Theodore Price. Ground has been leased of J. M. Meighn and work on a half mile track will be commenced at once. Halls will also be built, tbe ground will be fenced, and a fair will be held In the fall.

The thirty-ninth annual conclave of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Indiana will be held in tbe asylum of Rsper Commandery, No. 1, K. T., at Masonic Temple, Indianapolis, commencing at 2 o'clock p. m. Wednesday, the 19U».

:£f

TERRE HAUTE, INT)., SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL' S, 1893. Twenty-third Year

WOMAN'S WAYS.

§iS881lpst AC

THE GIRL WHO CAN ACCOMMODATE HERSELF TO HER SURROUNDINGS.

Girls of To-day and Sixty Tears ago—Home Decoration Frequently Uncomfortably Overdone—Don't Laugh at the Ba&hfal

Man—Personal Daintiness.

There are all sorls of pleasant girls in this world with winning ways and charming manners, but the girl of girls is the one who accommodates herself to hersurroundings. As a matter of course a girl should be bright and agreeable when she has a beautiful home, every wish granted, luxury galore and no reason to be lor a minute ill tempered or out of sorts. If, however, chance or misfortune throws her out of that oomfortable nest among surroundings that are not congenial, where economy must be her watchword and hard work her principle, then if you find her smiling and light-hearted, having once known what it was to have been at the top of the ladder, then indeed is she one worthy of all the praise you can give her. The woman who puts up with the discomforts of travel, of moving and of the numerous vioissltudes that are bound to come into all lives, without whining, finding fault or repining is the one that is bound to make Some man a good wife. A person cannot visit and find in another's home the numerous little ways of doing things that they are used to in their own they cannot travel and be as comfortable as in the shadow of their own roof tree they cannot go on year in and year out with no annoyances, and the disposition that can meet the various changes with a smiling face is worth more to its possessor than money, which can take wings and fly away, for it brings comfort both to them and those about them at all times and in all places.

j. TO O.

Did it ever occur to you that the girl of to-day is a very different creature from the one who wore crinoline during its former rage? The belie of 1830 would have regarded it the height of impropriety to have ridden astride eyen a hobby horse, but these beautiful sunny mornings see many of our girls out for a spin on their bicycles, and the time is not sOgvery far off when to ride astride a hogMMiBMy ulte as good form as the sucnr general use by equ*strleiMbes at present. In fact, in England, Germany and Kussia there are now very many ladies who have adopted the new method and are not looked upon as even a bit peculiar in so doing. Hysteria and frequent swoons have quite gone out of date, strong nerves have taken the place of lackadaisical manners, and as for amusements the trying but ladylike bit of needlework has been displaced by the banjo in our drawing rooms. Imagine how shocked our ancestors would be to see one of their own blood twanging away on an instrument that they in their time regarded as only for use by negro minstrels, "mais nous avous change tout cela." With the passiug of the strip of needlework the cheeks have gained more color, out-door exercise has forever banished the lachrymose heroines from the pages of the up-to-date novel, and in every profession and every field woman has shown by her proficiency that she ranks side by sido with her brothers, though she need not lose one whit of her femininity by indulgin other things than those that were in the other days regarded as tbe only refined amusements a lady "was allowed to take part in.

In the universal desire for a pretty, tasteful heme, its decoration is very frequently so much overdone that instead of tcqulring an air of comfortable ease, the rooms are cluttered up with a miscellaneous collection of ill assorted furniture, hangings and Impossible bric-a-brac that render freedom of action impossible and give the apartments the appearance of warorooms rather than quarters where living in its best sense is to be done. We go out shopping and are attracted by some particularly beautiful thing and without considering whether it will harmonise with the rest of our furnishings it is sent home and when in place we wonder why it does sot impress us as being as beautiful as when displayed in the store. Thus we go on thinking that what we need is a greater number of these curious and beautiful things, when in fact, the thing that we require is more discrimination in choosing and a greater regard for the relative effect of one thing upon another. Some rooms strike you at once by their artistic beauty, and it is because there is no clashing of color or overcrowding of material. Snch apartments have been furnished with reference to what they would look like as a whole instead of being put together piecemeal, with a haphaxsrd disregard for harmony. Our homes are not museums, where there should be gathered together as large a collection as possible of all sorts of furnishings, but tbey are places where we are to live and breathe, where bodies are to develop and minds to be influenced by tbe subtle harmonies about us, instead of being cramped and depressed, owing to the overcrowd-

"IT,,

ing that so many regard as a necessary adjunct of home furnishings.

Girls, do not laugh at the mistakes of the bashful man or boy. You have no idea how your innccent mirth wounds him, and there is no use in making anybody unnecessarily miserable. No^ matter how much a little woman of the world you think yourself now, you can remember certain episodes in your past career that make you grow warm from head to foot just to think of at this far far away date. Even though to-day your manners are as nearly perfect as possible and your deportment at all times correct, you can undoubtedly remember a time when to enter a room that held strangers was an ordeal that you would have avoided if you could have done so without shocking the proprieties that in those days seemed suoh fearful bugbears. Can you not remember feeling that every eye was fixed upon the smallest details of yoiur attire with harsh and irritating criticism in the glance, and for the time being your feet and hands seemed to have assumed most unusual proportions, and though in other places you knew perfectly well what to do with them, tbey, on this occasion, became unmanageable and you felt as though you were all hands and feet? Isn't the memory of the mocking smile or the titters that went around at your expense as hard to bear iu memory as it was in reality? Therefore, refrain from making fun of the bashful men. They find it much more difficult to become accustomed to the company of strangers, especially of the opposite sex, than you with your woman's wit and adaptability to incumbrances can imagine. Bashfulness is of oourse but an aggravated case of self-consciousness, but the unhappy victim should be pitied rather 'than ridiculed, and helped to gradually conquer that which, while it lasts, is as bad as a disease/

There is nothing so attractive about a woman as that peculiar daintiness that is essentially feminize and which, if not born in her, can be acquired by practicing numerous little devices that will tend to increase her fascinations and render her twice as. charming as she naturally would be. To speak of personal daintiness may appear to some of our readers a transgression on ground that is sacred, yet we write only from personal observation, and as each day shows us sweet, bright specimen® «,/ American giilnocd "who would be ten times sweeter and brighter if they gave a little more attention to tneir toilet, we cannot refrain from just pointing out the errors and showing the way to overcoming them. To begin with, though probably hundreds will think that we are wrong, the groat majority of womon and girls that you meet have not clean faces. They may give them awash in the morning with a face cloth and believe that they are clean, but such a process does not cleanse. Faces should be washed just as thoroughly as hands with warm water and good soap, and then carefully dried with a soft towel, always rubbiDg toward the forehead instead of toward the chin. When tho face and neck are really washed be sure that the hands are clean in every detail. Spend a little more time with 3 our manicure set. Teeth and hair should likewise be given more attention by the general run of womon. The toothbrush should be used at least twice a day and as many more times as is convenient. Of course, the first evidences of decay should be promptly attended to. That goes without saying. The hair woll washed and well brushed should be carefully and becomingly arranged, one's own style being catered to. A bath in a great tub at least twice a week is a luxury that every one should enjoy if possible. After all these fundamental principles are conscientiously carried out, indulge, if you can, in delicate perfumes, frills of lace*, and as fine gowns as you can afford, and you will be regarded always as something particularly sweet and winsome by the opposite sex, that observes much more than they are usu ally given credit for doing.

The postmaster general has issued an order directing postmasters at free delivery offices to adjust the claims of their letter carriers to extra pay for services in excess of eight hours in accordance with the recent decision of the United States supreme court holding that extra pay must be given for more than eight hours work performed in any single day. It will take over $600,000 to pay all tbe claims. The post

master

r-sv

general expresses the opinion

that the matter of overtime is sn evil which should be abated. Postmasters are directed to recommend for dismissal carriers loitering or found off their routes. This order affects tbe carriers here at tbe present time and those who served under tho former Cleveland administration and hare had claims pending ever since-

An Indianapolis jury has awarded Marion McCorkle $6,000 damages against the T. H. &I. railroad for the loss of a hand. McCorkle was a switchman who attempted to couple a condemned car to another one and in so doing lost his hand. His snit was for $25,000 damages. 4

THE MAIL WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

If the girls whori.de bicycles will wear criuoline. /I.,-" "v If Senator Hill's sensational pull has slipped the trolley.

If the boys will b6 allowed to play ball on the streets all summer.

If it won't be a great relief to the rest of the world when Ireland is free. If the Fishermen's club was started for the propagation of fish stories.

If Mr. Maxwell's snickersnee is modeled after the plan of a lawn-mower. If the presidential nominations will ever catch up with the disappointments.

If the street oleaners stir the dirt on Main and Seventh streets will the wind do the rest.

If a yellow dog that can be killed isn't to be preferred to a frivolous fashion plated wife,

If the administration pie-wagou isn't acquiring an unenviable reputation for slow delivery.

If the vagrancy aot couldn't be used for the purpose of reduoing the number of corner loafers.

If the much discussed ring of Saturn is merely a pneumatic tirs on which it spins through space.

If the removal of Egau as minister to Chili is a suggestion that Patriok's day is over down there, too.

If the city won't take careof itself provided the satiitary board takes care of the gutters and back alleys.

If kid gloves and silk ribbons ate neoeBsaries, what is to be said of'whiskey from a fishermau's standpoint.

If everything was made for a good purpose what object was to be attained iu the oroation of the street loafer.

If the Pigg oase had turned out difierently would it have been the proper caper to have sent Pig to tho pen.

If tbe meaning of tho full grown goat as a bock beer .symbol is that kids are not allowed in well regulated salooDs. ir tbe Chioago Times lecturing Iowa on its duty toward prohibition isu't a good deal like Satan teaohing Sunday school.

If there is much, if auy, consolation In knowing that the cholera microbe is the most easily killed of all known disease germs.

If the Democracy is an organized apatite, what is to be said of the other fellows with bile in the liver and nothing to eat.

If the outlook would be brighter If the constitution permitted Cleveland to turn tho fool killer into the lower house of congress.

If Senator Hiil is preparing another presidential boom for himself, isn't itau early bird that catcher the worm—and nothing elso.

If it wouldn't bo a good idea to in form the Kansas fusion.wl.-s -u WaSuUigtuu in search of pork that, It is to the victors and cot tho blather*Kite* thatihe spoils belong.

If the police could lisid timo remove the loafers who nightly congregam On the sidewalk in front of Asbury cuurch aud mako themselves obnoxmu* 10 pedestrians.

If It is just the fair thing for Chicago to want to.make all she can out of the WorldVFair and then ris") on her hind feet and howl when the railroads want to do the same thing. '.

If some of the applicants for consulships couldn't show an all-around adaptability of disposition by declaring a willingness to go to any out-Of-tho way place the president may aeleot— bven Jericho.

If Mr. Risley is any worse than those who contributed the money for the purpose of purchasing arms to be used against the government, and who are now kicking because the arms were not purchased and they were deprived of the opportunity to use them.

The charity organization of this city this week purchased the Harmon Blood property, No. 912 Chestnut street, paying for it $4,750. On the premises is a large frame building of eight rooms, which is now used as a boarding house, and a restaurant. The building will be remodeled aud converted into a new Friendly inn, wh9re destitute people will be cared for. The board of children's guardians will also use it, and it is probable the board of county commissioners will make an appropriation for the care of children, tbe money to be used for remodeling and furnishing tbe building. The society is yet $300 short of the sum required, but is at work endeavoring to raise it.

A Washington correspondent writes this week that James T. Banna, son of the late Bayless W. Hanna, is in that city urging his claims for a law clerkship in one of the departments, and that his chance of success is bright. The same authority says that Gen. B. F. Havens, who wanted the Liverpool consulate never was in it, asd baa returned to bis World's Fair duties, satisfied that he will get nothing. Ben "denies" this and sayr he is in it up to bis chin. He will go to Manchester.