Terre Haute Daily News, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 10 March 1890 — Page 1

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(Urnnd Affair at Indlanapolls—A Xanther (io Over Front Here. The outlook for a larger attendance at the G. A, B. Encampment at Indianapolis this week than ever before is good. It will be undoubtedly the most important meeting (hat has been held for some years. General Alger, commander-in-chief, arrived there this morning at 10:30. Ho was accompanied by Past Commander-in-Chief itountz, of Toledo Judge Advocate General Austin, of Toledo General Duffield, of Detroit, and a number of other prominent Grand Army men. The party was met by the reception committee and shown about the city. Ia the evening they will be given dinner at the New s. Donison, before the reception at the

State House. Tuesday the delegates and visiting G. A. men will be escorted to ttqjf Tomiinson hall by the local posts. A grand camp fire will be held at Tomiinson hall on Tuesday evening. After the camp fire General Alger and a number of friends wilt go by special train to

Quincy, to attend the Illinois State Eucamnment. About twenty-five went over from here at noon to-day.

llTAYLOR AND THE VIADUCT. Tit* City Attorney Rctnrni il«in« and Explnlni Away Insinuations.

City Attorney Taylor arrived home this morning. He has been at the bedside of his sick mother. He was surprised to learn that he is about to lose nis city office, and astonished at the stories circulated about him. Among the pleasantries is the report that he is favorable really to the Union Railway Company on tne viaduct question, that he bad jposted Riley McKeen on What had taken place in council the next day after its occurrence, that he had private conferences with the railroad authorities, that he had private letters from Mr. McKeen on the viaduct matter and that he had failed to attend properly to the suit in Judge Howland'a court, wherein W, W. Herod asked for an injunction to prevent the closing of Meridian street—Indianapolis News.

Taylor denies the charge in toto and says there never was a man who acted more for the city's interests than lie,

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-v The Junior class held a meeting TuesV. day and decided to banquet the Seniors. The Banjo and Glee Glub will give a concert in the near future for the benefit of the ha»e ball club.

A number of Sophs have the Dynamo fever, but their machines do not come up to the standard required.

Finsle? U2 has been elected manager of the li Pi I. ball team and a strong team is to be put on the field this year.

The R. P. I* has been invited to loin the Ktate College Athletic Association, Afield day is to tie held in the spring at which all the college® are to be represented.

A number of student# interested in tenuis met on Tuesday evening and' formed a club. Officers elected were Wameeley, president Fttch, secretary Wait*. treasurer. Constitution and by* IKW8 xrere adopted. The club has tea charter members.

The R, P. I. orchestra «eea» to fee ia

great demand now. They pla/ed at the itiona) church on Thumia)% and gCongrega.--5*! Normal hall on Friday night furnish excellent music for the time they have been practkiftf.

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:,£* President Harrison has injured his Iflstanding with the ladiee by turning over the Chicago pension office to Colonel Ike

Clements, of Carbondale. Mw. Muihgaa and Mias Sweet were very agtmt* but both of them P^t tosgther cairn# vote lor the R^P^blieaa par tar as hard Colonel CSeMeots with ©oe band tied behind

The ladies may now return to Wr tatting. Ttie pmsdent h« decreed .jat big, two-ferted mm with baiis wtcee and large wads of political influence rival! hold the federal office# in Chicago. Th^ may be*trifie rti«k«n thepresidenr* pA hut he that the **a»dohi naitv decs not desire to waste any chances on idle sentiment-aiicago News.

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REMINISCENCES..,

How Tfcey Protected Against" Fir* la Terre Hast* a Half Ontory Ifo. Probably to-day Terre Haute is provided with as finely equipped fire department as any city of its size in the West The attainment of this end has been brought about by the expenditure of immense rams of the peoples money, and, without raising the question of how much of this expenditure may have been unwise, unnecessary and illegal, the fact remains that we have a department which ought to be able to cope with any conflagration that might occur, and afford a general feeling of security from fire among our citizens at large. With all these appliances at band to prevent loss by fire now it may not be interesting to torn to the past and a glance at the first fire ordinance passed by the council then, who were undoubtedly in earnest and had the good of the people ail heart, will reveal the primitive and inexpensive system of fire protection then.

Section 2 of an ordinance entitled an ordinance for preventing and extinguish insr fires in the town of Terre Haute. Be it further ordained that the fire wardens are hereby authorized to enter any dwelling or other building, yard, lot or premises within the limits of the corporation between sunrising and setting on any week day for the purpose of examining any fire places, hearths, chimneys, stoves or stove-pipes which may be dangerous."

Sec. 3. Be it further ordained that it shall be the duty of all persorns building any hearth or hearths within the limits of the corporation to construct the game of stone or brick arches extending at least twenty-four inches in front beyond the joints.

Sec. 4. No person shall burn any shavings or other combustibles in any street or alley or common at one time in quantities larger than a cartload and the same shall not be burned when the wind is Wowing.

Sec. 0. IN'O one shall keep unleashed ashes in any vessel other than tin or iron and then not within ten feet from any building.

Sec. 7. No person shall use a candle or other light in a barn, livery_ or other stable, except it be concealed in a tin, born or glass lantern. i.

Sec. 14. The owner or occupant bf a building having four or less fire places or stoves snail provide one leather bucket, aud those having five and less than nine, two leather buckets, and those having more than nine, five leather buckets, to hold not 1MS than two-and-a-half gallons and to be used for extinguishing fires."

A Bottle'* Long Drift at Sea. Mr, William Jones, while walking on the beach of the Nariva Cocal, noticed a bottle whioh had been washed ashore by the waves. He opened it and found it to contain a scrap of paper, which he forwarded to the office of this paper. The following was written in German on one side, the other having written across It the date "i September 1889" and the signatures T, Schlinger and Auat. Lichtmarose: "The German bark Joseph Haydn, Capt H. Pflieger, from Bremen, finds itself today in south latitude 7 deg. 85 rain, and west longitude 13 deg. 45 min., where the crew has thrown this bottle overboard on the Sedan day, 1889. Ail on board well. On the voyage from Singapore to Marseilles. 2 September

The writer or writers were evidently patriotic Germans, from the use of the anniversary of Sedan as a date. They have, however, rendered a greater service to science than io national feeling, as the...point in the South Atlantic where they threw the bottle was not far westward from the Island of Ascension. This shows that the ocean current which bore it along over well nigh 4,000 miles in five months, and laid it gently with its message on our eastern coast, must have traveled at the same rate (nearly thirty miles a day) as the equatorial current flowing above the West Indies from the Gulf of Mexico eastward to the Atlantic, The direction of the current from the South Atlantic which carried the bottle here was, therefore, northwest-erly.—Port-of-Spain Gasette. v---

f'' -t Captnrel a 'Gator. An alligator, said by experts to "fee 75 years old, is on exhibition at Thunder* bolt, and enlists universal interest on account of the prominence of its captors, who went duck hunting, and caw« very near being carried off by the referable saurian last Thursday.

The alligator wj^ captured near "Alligator pond," near Warsaw, under the following circumstances: Br. J, Eddy, of Fall River, Mass. Frank Eddy, of Boston, and Usher Parsons, of Kew York, were duck hunting, and one of the party shot a duek and was appitachiag the dead fowl,when the alligator suddenly era wled out and disputed the right of possession. Dr. Eddy, after a hasty glance at the huge felloWj concluded the alligator, by the right of eminent domain, ought to have the duck, and, it is said, began to increase the d: .xnce between himself and the wicked looking saurian.

The Bosionia?- nnd young Parsons at first thought wt roof the same opinion, and for awhile it looked as if the aliiga* tor would bare it ail ins own way, but before it rmched tho -wr.t«r'' witli the duck cottwsjtf r^iunied party, and on© of tli» tn putariB l«U in the Salt* riatt"ss mouth, sttn tt, anvl before it recovered «ness it was made a helpl^ pr akea «t» board the yacht an turou MU in ttiuinplt to Thuntharbolt, w!u tv it .'.^pe^r#, to bo none the worse for that it is In ai^idtT. ilw .-f are •xttf fWBd of it worv.-.n-^s i«-. at. and. tht ir wt!."® rth will take Utesr priae wuh ti n. —siavan New*.

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AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL

ErCOKOBESSMAJf TAIL BEE «UPIPOSIO TO BE DTI3f«.

To-Day Emperor William Olebrate* the Anniversary of His Grand fattier'* Death.

WASHIKGTOK, March 10.—The House this morning adopted the resolution of the Senate concurring that the Senate and House committees on' immigration and naturalization be authorized to investigate thjs making qj^the immigration laws. r?C Ms

The House then proceeded to the consideration of business relating to the District of Columbia, this being District day in the House.

The House Committee on War Claims has bv a close vote decided to report favorably the bill to pay the claim of citizens of Pennsylvania for some $3,500,000 losses for property taken and destroyed by the Union soldiers within that state during the late war.

In the Senate.

WASHINGTON, D. C., March 10.—In the Senate to-day Stanford introduced a resolution setting forth that great stringency in money matters prevails among the people and directing the financial committee to consider a plan for loaning government funds to farmers and others on real estate security in such sums as shall be absolutely safe in proportion to the value of the security offered, rates of interest to be one or two per cent per annum. He spoke at some length in support of the resolution

The Senate committee to which was referred the complaint of Senator Chandler that Senator Call had inserted in the Record as attack upon him not delivered in his speech has reported a resolution striking from the Record the passage claimed as having been inserted alter the speech was delivered.

CeneNHman Taalbee Dying. WASHINGTON, March 10. Senator Blackburn received a message from the hospital ttiat there is no hope for exCongressman Taulbee. Indications are that he cannot live throughout the day.

HIS GRANDFATHER'S BIRTHDAY.

Emperor William Celebrates It With Appropriate €ermonies. BKRUN, March 10.—To mark the anniversary of the death of his grandfather, Emperor William I, the Emperor, to-day ?nt an aide-de-camp to Herr Von Boetticher, the minister of the interior, with the decoration of the Order of the Black Eagle. Accompanying the decoration was a letter in the Emperor's own hand-, writing, in which he associates the honor with the memoiy of the late Emperor, to whom he refers as the pioneer of the social reform movement, which he says he has resolved to pursue with all persistence. In his efforts to carry out the desired reform, the emperor says he has found Herr Yon Boetticber his main supporter, and he further expresses his warm acknowledgement of the minister's services to the state, assures him of his full confidence aud appreciation and says he hopes the bestowal of the decoration will spur him on to further work in tne same cause. The incident is much remarked in connection with the rumors that Herr Von Boetticher will succeed Prince Bismarck in the office of chancellor.

The imperail mausoleum at Charlottenburg was dedicated yesterdav. The route to the tomb was lined with sightseers, who respectfully uncovered their heads as the imperial party passed on its way to attend the ceremony. The services were of an impressive character. They were conducted by Court Chaplain Kegel. The Knights of the Black Eagle were present, headed by Count von Moltke. Prince Bismarck was als#$resent. Before returning to the palace the Emperor and members of the family placed wreaths upon the coffin of William and Augusta, which were completely hidden from sight by the quantities of fresh flowers that were heaped upon th«m

THE GREAT CAMBRIDGE MUSEUM.

Prof. Afcamiit'!* Plan of Thirty Tcara Ago About to be Carried Out. Cambridge, Mass., March 10.—The scheme of a University museum concurred by Prof. Agassi* in '59 and looked upon at that time by many a visionary project is now not far from realisation. About three-quarters of the great quadangle planned by Prof. Agassis are already built. Through the efforts of Prof. Goodale a lai^e addition was made last year for a botannical department and last summer Professor Cooke succeeded in raising money for a second addition already roofed in, which is to accommodate the large and valuble ineralogical collection of the university now deposited in Boyleeton hail. This transfer will give the Chemistry department the increased space so long needed and will remove the collection from all danger of loss by fire to which it is peculiarly liable now. Both of these additions will be ready for use next fall. The floor of the natural history portion of the museum now completed four acres. The greater portion of this space is occupied by a soolccical collection, one of the most complete in the United States and constantly being added to. The floor area given does not include the Peabody museum of archaeology, which will eventually be counted with the main ittuseum and with it form three sides of a hollow Mjuaie. The museum has a library of 20,000 volumes.

Palmer, the Eloper, AmtM. ViscEKsios, Manh 10 —Owen Palmer, the man who eloped on Monday with pretty Pearl Wolfe, a 15 year-old Oak* town girl, was wrested at Newberry. Ind^ Satunlay, ami brought here ami lodged in jail on the charge of kidnapping. The girl's mother dedazes that Palmer secured a license in Greene county by a fom?d note from her. There is intense feeling manifested over the

1 toarx) oat wbr lb. kagtish by girl'. rehUm. «ueh famous walker*. It Is because it! Attoimey Otweral TwtrW|t^ coeta them money to sitdown. I found «m*». this out tie other day stt oa he&ch. Dsww*, Mkli., March 10.—Tb* folia Hyde park. A man in & uniform I lowing di»p«tch was respited by General ««ae stkmg and demanded twopence, 1- SL Trowbridge, relative to yesterdays "What fcrf* I asked. "Fw ©wapyiii** report the that & V. R. a«aft**»idlMi. "We are autbori«d to|?tarwbridie» Attorney General of the

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AN INTERESTING MEETING.

The Mttorday Ctrele SIMOM the Indu trial Statu of Woauua. The Saturday Circle held its regnlar semi-monthly meeting on last Saturday at Mfott Laura Smith's oil South Fifth street Hie first hour wail spent in listening to a review of Carlvle's Past and Present, by Miss Kate Ijams, after which the topic of conversation was the "Contrast of Women's work in 1840 and 1890." Mrs. Charles Brokaw was the leader. She told in as brief a manner as possible the various avenues of work which have opened for women in America, more particularly since July 19th and 20th, 1848. when Lucretia Molt, Martha C. Wright, Julia Hunt and Elizabeth Cady Stanton startled the world by asserting that women had a right to every privilege accorded toman. From that day to this avenue after avenue of employment hitherto wholly and solely absorbed by men has been stormed, always stood a stubborn seige, but finally has yielded as gracefully as the circumstances would admit to the claims of women. To-day women are found holding front rank iu almost all of the professions, in the trades,on the farm as successful horticulturists, fruit growers, editors of newspapers, magazines, in fact mention auy place where business tact is to be displayed or money made and there you are sure to find a woman. The ladies found the topic entirely too large for the meeting and much regretted that two meetings had not been devoted to the realization of the work woman is doing in the world to-day. Mrs. McTaggart had been deputized to look up the prose writers, which she did, the brief time allotted allowing her only to mention the most prominent She prefaced her paper by saying that fiftv years ago the literary woman was held up as a warning to all aspiring young girls, always represented as a dowdy creature in curl papers, torn and soiled frock, slippers down at the heel displaying hose in which were unsightly rents, swarms of unkempt children crowding around her, husband's scant income disappearing like snow before the morning sun, disorder and discomfort reigning supreme. To-day women authors like Mrs. Frances H. Burnett and Mrs. Harriet, Beecher Stowe earn incomes that make their male brethren tear their hair with envy. Mrs. Wilson Moore spoke of the advance made by women in the medical profession. In 1848 Elizabeth Blackwell was admitted into the Geneva Medical College, where, although life was made miserable for her, she persisted in staying until she completed her course.

Before that day, not a woman physician was known in this broad land, and a woman, no matter what her age or ailment, was obliged to tell her ills to a man physician. To-day no village is too small to support at least one woman physician and every large city has its hundreds who take the Tront rank in the profession, earning fame and money equally with their male confreres. Mrs. Moore mentioned several known personally to her, who were earning what would once have been thought a princely income. At a late hour the ladies adjourned well pleased with their meeeting. To many it was a revelation that woman is so important a factor in this work-a-day world.

To What Ma»® UJIC*.

There has arrived from Alexandria at Liverpool, by the steamer Pharos, a consignment of nearly twenty tons of cats, numbering some 180,000, taken out of an ancient subterranean cats' cemetery, discovered about 100 miles from Cairo by an Egyptian fellah. He accidentally fell into the cemetery, and found it completely filled with cats, every one of which had been separately embalmed and dressed in cloth after the manner of Egyptian mummies, and all laid out in rows. Specimens of these have been taken by Mr. Moore, curator of the Liverpool museum, where they can be seen. In ancient times the Egyptian cat was buried with all honors, but those consigned to Messrs. Levington & Co,, of Liverpool, after being purchased in Egypt at $18.60 per ton, will be used in this country for fertilizing purposes.-—Exchange.

Puzzled by Imitation Gold. A well known scientific gentleman has been experimenting on & metal resembling gold for nearly a year, and has now got it down almost to perfection. He stumbled on if, at first accidentally while analysing some metals, and when he realized what he had found he went to work and soon produced a metal which puzzles the best of jewelers, is as heavy as gold and to all appearances is the precious metal itself. When the gold test is applied to it the acid boils up a little, but gives no other evidence that the metal is other than gold, and when wiped off nc mark or spot ia left, as is the case when the test is applied to brass. It can be manufactured at a comparatively small cost.—London Court Journal.

A Centennial Winter.

According to Mr. Horaoe Johnson, a Connecticut weather observer, who has compiled a meteorological record running far back into the last century, this is a sort of centennial winter. He says: "I have the record of storms and the weather for one hundred years past. January wraa much like the January of 1^90. During the mouth of February, 1T90, there were snowfalls which amounted to about twenty inches and the weather was cold—very severe. Ia January, 1790, there were only three days that could be termed cold, winter days. •—Boston Transcript.

Cont Reef Bath In Loedoo. At A lunch given recently at the Century dub by Mr. J. & Osgood, the piece de resistance was corn beef hash yon can depend upon it that the succuteflt dish was devoured with exceeding gusto. Mr. Osgood has the finest chambers in London and he is a capital entertainer.—

Field** London Letter.

Bailroad extensions will require a mfilim toes of ral& during 1880, leading Pittsburg manufactures* assert. We shall have baa^ times and good times, hfreausethat means the, expenditure of aearty which TOtoSOper OS**. wMbffiftyl»feor.-~l,lt^^

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This is the legal way in which all purchases of supplies for the city should be made and s,ny other means is illegal and consequently void. In the negotiations made by Hybarger no effort was made to purchase the truck for a less figure than was offered by the Babcock company— $3,400. This looks bad enough coming in the face of an offer from the Preston company to furnish a truck for ¥2,S^0 and give bond fjin any sum to guarantee Mts perfect working, but it looks still worse when it is known that the same company, the Babcock Company, hud only a short time before sold a better truck to Brockton, Mass., for $2,800, or $800 less than Hybarger wants to pay for the one he says* he purcliased. The truck which the Babcock Company is said to have sold to Brockton, Mass., is an eigbty-five-foot truck while the one which Hybarger negotiated for is only seventy-five feet high. The following letter from E. B. Preston & Co. to Mayor Danaldson will be of interest.

We are sorry of course not to have been able to exhibit a life sized truck to your committee? as we have many of them in the process of manufacture, and we should be glad to make a public exhibition in your city in competition with the Babcock truck at any time, provided we have a truck in the process of manufacture. We will send it there, and give the citizens of Terre Haute the benefit of seeing a truck which would give them great satisfaction.

We should be glad to know when this truck arrives, and when its public exhibition ss that we may see the exhibit. If vou will tell us a day or two beforehand we will send our representative there The price of the truck which you haye bought is quite a number of hundred dollars more than we ask for a truck which is a great improvement over that. In fact the price as we understand you have paid is much more than they ask for larger sized trucks in other portions of the country. We believe it is a public fact that during the past week they have secured an order from Brocton, Mass., for in eighty-five foot ladder, and their price was $2,800 delivered in Brockton. You -an find this out by writing Brockton, city clerk or mayor, we presume, so that there must be sometb'ng wroBg about tbis truck deal with vour city. Yours respectfully, E. B. PEBSTOX & Co.

A Mr. Mitchell, agent for the Babcock Company, is in the city and will come before the council to-night with a proposition. The Preston Company is represented by Samuel Reese, who will discount any figure made by the Babcock Company. In regard to the statement published in THS NKWS ot Saturday, which was to the effect that two new horses and four more men would fee required to work the aerial truck, Fire Chief Kennedy says that it was the intention of the fire committee to house the book and ladder truck at the Four's reel bouse and that no expense would be entailed in so doing. To do this would be to set aside ft truck which coat tbe city $1,900 originally and over $500 for repairs. The scheme way to lay this track to one side wad practically sink every Cent of money that was put into it. This needs no answer from a taxpayer's view.

Stors, Hybarger and Seidentopf compose the fire committee of the council. Stone did notgo to Chicago and Seidentopf did not even know what was going on, he has not been here lor about a year. Hybarger, Chief Kenaedy and James Fitepatriek went to Chicago together* The latter is not a member of the Sre committee or of the council. How came he to go on such an errand

and who paid his expenses? It is to be hoped that the council will give this matter* thorough investigation at to-night's aearioa. Let them look Into Mr. Hybargsr's record and If it is found that he Is absolutely indispensable to the city then probably it amy be well to adopt some means to prolong his life.

Swtlk Wrmtm »tr*«*vlat!o». Tbe only child of Mr. ami Mk. mm, livi££ at 213 Swan street, st*a&gled to death oat Saturday night from tbe e&eta td attemptifiS to «wa»ow a atxem nail Msdkai «»l was summoned with all poesibk dispatch, but the child was dead before tiue fftysiciaa arrived. Hie parweneigBorant of the eaaae of the death uiitu tbe doctor removed the screw fatal tl!« child'* throat. The

BABCOCK & CO., SELL AST EIGHTY FXYE FOOT TRUCK. FOR tS,80«.

Better Traek for |MO Lets Thaw My harder Paid—A Fathers I nnatural Crime.

The council met Saturday night, but as was expected adjourned almost immediately until to-night There was more or lees disappointment among the crowd of taxpayers who had gathered to see what action would be taken in regard to the alleged purchase of the aerial truck. There is some question as to whether or not the city needs an aerial truck just at present aud whether it is necessary to railroad the purcuase through the council without giving any one a chance to investigate the manner in which it was made or to ascertain where the truck could be purchased for the least money. The city-ordinances say specifically that bids must be advertised for at least ten days before the purchase is made.

CHICAGO, March 10,1890.

ifa or,"City of Terre Haute: DBAH SIR:—You will excuse us for taking up the subject of the aerial hook and ladder truck, which seems to be agitating your city just at this moment and you will forgive us also if we say that as a. company we have been very unjustly and possibly unfairly treated in this matter. We cannot imagine how a committee from your city, who are looking for the interests of Terre Haute, or looking after the interests of the citizens who pay for the truck, or who pay taxes, should have or could have been biased or prejudiced, by being lied to so badly, as they apparently were by the fire department or its auxiliaries of Chicago. We cannot believe that Chief Sweeney made the statement that he is reported to have made to the committee who visited Chicago. Your committee muBt have fallen into the hands of some old employees of ours who have been discharged, of some of the officers in the city fire department who are prejudiced, and possibly paid to be prejudiced by

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MONDAY EVENING. MARCH 10. 1890. TWO CENTS.

FACTS FOR THE FATHERS.

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At the meeting of the Ste Ifetm Kim* Hoaie Oampmydabsx*

elected as follows: W. P. Ijams, W. R. McKeen, Anton Mayer, H. Hulman, D. W. Minsball, Josephus Collett and Jacob Banr. The directors re-elected the old officers: President, W. P. Ijams treasurer, Jacob Baur secretary, Chas. Baur. No action was taken in regard to the matter of the lease.

REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.

They Ocenr This Evening for theSe leetlov of Delegates. The Republicans of Terre Haute meet this evening to select delegates, five from each ward, to the township convention to he held at the court house at 7:30 p. at. next Saturday. Candidates for trustee', assessor, three justices of the peacet Constable and two road supervisors wil I be voted for on April 7th. The office of trustee is of more importance than usual, the term having been extended to four years. Besides, the county commissionnave the power to grant trustees in townships containing cities as large as Terre Haute a salary of $1,500 a year.

The Republican candidates are: Richard Dahfen, William Sherburne and Captain James Hook. Frank Peker, the present incumbent, seems to be the only Democratic candidate for the nomination.

The primaries occur to-night at the following places in the different wards: First ward—Robertson's livery stable.

Second ward—Columbia club rooms. Thir ward—Thomas' blacksmith shop. Fourth ward—WHson's drug store. Fifth ward—SI9 North Thirteeath street." Sixth ward—Champ«r'8 hall.

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companies. The statement that we have a truck in the city of Chicago in fire service is an absolute lie.

Complaint that the Streets are Made a Damping Place. Strong complaint is made that ashes are being dumped in the streets. Those who have had occasion to drive about the city find such a condition of affairs exisiing generally throughout the city. There is an ordinance prohibiting such acts but like many others it is utterly neglected. A street presents a beautiful spectacle with a pile of a»hes dumped in front of nearly every house. This is an easy way of getting rid of ashes. The streets will be cleaned at some time or other and the ashes will be removed. "Why," said a gentleman in speaking to a NBWS reporter, "I noticed a pile of ashes in front of an office of a well known resident only a few steps from a business thoroughfare. I do not suppose he ever stypped to consider how the ashes looked in front of his door. He probably never gave it his attention, but I venture to say, were his attention called to it, he would not repeat the act."

ANEW CROSSING.

A Three Foot Walk to be Placed Across Main Street. Mr. S. C. Budd, of A. C. Bryce & Co.'s, has decided to put in a stone crossing in front of his store, 604 Main street, with the assistance of A. G. Austin, Townley and the Buckeye. The crossing will be of flagging three feet in width. A boy will be employed to keep it constantly clean. Mr. Budd recognized the annoyance of crosing on the east side of Sixth street. Street care pass every few minutes and in order to turn the switch the cars must be stopped on the crossing The new crossing by reason of its width and its location will be of great convenience to the public.

An Awful Crime.

The intelligence comes from Kevins township of the appalling crime of a father in conducting an assignation house and permitting his 10-year-old daughter to lead a life of shame therein. The name of the unnatural parent is George Hoffman and he lives about two miles from Fontanel. He was arraigned in the court of a resident justice of the peace and fined #20 and costs, and is now in jail paying a penalty which is by no means a punishment fitting the crime.

It had been desired by Prosecutor Piety that the matter be investigated by the grand jury, and in fact that b«dy bad taken steps to learn the inwardness of the dreadful case, when tbe news came from Nevins township that Hoffman's trial bad occurred and his punishment announced. Since according to law a person cannot be placed twice in jeopardy for the same offense, that ended tbe caee.

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The Colt Race*.

The Vigo Agricultural Society announces the stakes for yearling, two, three and four-year-old colts and fillies for tbe races at the next fair, as fellows: Entrance fee $36, payable Io May 1st— when entries close—$5 June 1st, Julv 1st and $20 to start. The society will add $60 totbe yearling stake and $100 each to the two, three and four-year-old stake. The purses ought to make $250 to $300. The money will be divided into 65,25 and 10 per cent The board of directors voted to employ expert judges for all tbe live stock departments at the next fair.

The BOM Brick layer*.

The contracting bricklayers of the City met in the city building Saturday night and organized a Local Contracting Brick* layers' Association with the following officers:

President—Jneob Miller. VJce President—Harry Rtuneil. fhcteuay-U. b. Blodd. Treaaurer—8,Beach. Trustees—Thomas Cott&tzi, Alfred Gonover and Benjamin Knisely.

The organization meets once a month In the Bricklayers' Hall at Eleventh and Main streets. The first meeting will be held next Tuesday night:

MaxvlH* Burglarised.

In Maxville last night the residence of Br. Hunt was entered—it la not known at what hour—and the thief or thieves escaped with $130 in mosey. The police are not very talkative on the subject and it is sot known at tibia writing whether they have a doe to the perpetrators of the crime or not It 1$ safe to say, though, thai a mysterious alienee and caution which hare reigned throughout police circles to-day indicate that they have their eye upon somebody.

JLOMMNW te geography.

Moore & Langeu have jttBt iwoed a -very creditable volume entitled "Lemon* in Geography," by Dr. J. T. Scovell, formerly professor in geography and natural science in the Indiana State Normal scbool. The book la well bound and printed on excellent paper. It will be found a trainable handbook for advanced in tbfo sefooce.

ftrtte »«fcspae«ar AyfsfaM. John D. Wilson haa been appointed grain inspector for this county by Judge Mack. The apfK^nUneot mm recommended bf the grain dealer* here in accordance with fh« law. The duties of

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FARISDAMAGE CASE RESUMED

IT ODXER UP AQAIX IX THE SUPER* IOR COURT.

Alleged U. S. Marshal Arrested—Bad light on West Main—Genoral Conrt News.

The l?aris-Hobergdamage suit came up in the Superior court again this morning, it having been continued from week before last in accordance with an affidavit filed by the defense. The principal part of the forenoon was occupied ia selecting an acceptable jury and in making the opening statements.

The plaintiff's attorneys will attempt to prove by the evidence that the promises where Mr. Paris was injured were iu a dangerous condition and that owing thereto the plaintiff received serious and permament injuries. The defense will endeavor to gain the suit on the ground that Mr, Faris did not visit the premises of Mr. Hoberg on business with the latter, but on business wherein the defendant was in no way concerned, and that therefore the plaintiff was a trespasser and not entitled to damages.

The jury will visit the scene of the accident and determine for itself as to whether or not the elevator shaft was so constructed and operated as to be a standing menace.

The case is one of unusual interest, in«" asmuch as a number of court decisions hold that when a man visits the place of another man, having no business therCj he must accept his neighbor's premises as he finds them and take the risk of being injured by reason of conditions which he may encounter.

POSING AS A U. S MARSHAL.

A I.ittle Itndgre Uets Charles Mortimer Into Trouble. A few days ago a tall, muscular man came to the city from nobody is sure where and he had not been within the limits but a very short time when he fell into a policeman's arms and was consigned to the riverside bastile to await developments. He was a decidedly noncommunicative individual after being placed behind the bars and up to this time if he is wanted for any ollense of a grave nature the fact has not como to light.

It is said that when he was at a neigj'-, boring city be circulated the impression that he was ctming to Terre Haute to do' some very important detective work of an undefined character. He seemed to be anxious to have assistance in the great work which he averred that he was about to undertake and offered to employ divers persons at a liberal salary to accompany and aid him. Whether his proposition was accepted by any one or not ia not known.

After arriving iu this city the big man, with his "big" purpose iu view, set about to work the sympathy racket, exhibiting as evidence of his reliability an ordinary silver badge, bearing the inscription, 'United States Marshal, S. D. O." The reporter was not acquainted with the meaning the letter* "S. D.* O," and upon questioning Superintendent Stout was told that they signified "Southern District of Ohio."

This morning a certain citizen was taking steps to secure the tall "marshal's"' release, for reasons unknown to THE NEWS, but when he was shown the badge and familiarized with the stranger's suspicious conduct, he threw up his hands and exclaimed. "I'm done. If the fellow is under any cloud I do not wiBh to in-' tercede for him."

The man gives his name as Charles Mortimer, lie will be held in jail until something is known concerning him.

THE MAYOR'S COURT.

A L«rg« Attmber or Cases Up This Morning. The mayor had his regulation Monday police court this morning. Nearly everybody plead guilty, however, and the cases were speedily disposed of. Tbe following wrsons were fined for drunkenness: V* Frank Garoy, Frank Dent, Jacob Coffmnn Trtlin Mlmif Tril-it\ Uiilulul i^iif A IA A man, John Shay, John Sidelstick, Alonzo Wagner, T. A. LacaaU*, Lillie Shields, Minnie Boyd, Amos Car. Lulu Busbay, Lizzie D» free and John T. -Smith.

The following persons were reported^ on the docket as having been jailed as transients: Thomas i^ane, All Bailey, Charles Batcbder, August Iloesch, William Vaughan, James Leonard, Robert Hayes, Fred Wabl and Dan Barry.

A TERRIFIC FIGHT.

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Durham, a Con I Hauler, Clets Badly Used 1'p. A fearful fight occurred in Woodal's saloon on West Main street this after-, noon, in which Page Durham, a coal^U hauler, bad several teeth knocked outfall and was otherwise badly bruised up.,^| It is said that the proprietorJJ: of the saloon and bis wn}g§| attacked Durham for some reason orother and pumsueled him unmercifully.^ Both of the Woodalls were arrested and taken to jalL Later they weje, released on bail.

Maes the Cias Company. ifSm William Dodson, who had so narrow an escape from death iu the Vaudalia watch house, where Thomas Hanly met his everlasting from asphyxiation, has sued tbe Illuminating Gas Company for $2,500, bis suit being based, perhaps, on tbe Coroner"# hypothesis that tfanley died from asphyxia produced by illuminating gas oscaping from a pipe near by*

Hotel Burned at Nt. Paul. Sr. Pacl, March 10.—The commercial Hotel was destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss 123,000. The guests were chiefly cattlemen and escaped in their night clothes. Peter Foley, proprietor, was seriously Injured by being struck on the head with a trunk thrown from an upper window.

Mnrdered a Blind Man.

Kavmas Cvtt, March 10.—Charles William# and his 12-year-okl son, living in tbe suburbs of Galena, Kansas, were found murdered in their beds yesterday morning. Williams was blind and bad kwt both arms la a mine accident. Tbe supposed murderer has been arrested.

Confer*fa *»ow Storm Contlnnee. SjtftAMKjiTO, Cal.„ March 10.—The snow continues failing la the Sierras. Along the line of the Central Pacific trains are delayed and passengers suffering on account of the numerous blockades.

ItHSHfay Closing at •mlntb. DCLCTH, March 10,—For the first time Is th# history of Duluth every saloon vace&osedyesteiday.

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