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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, THUBSDAT, SEPTEMBER 20, 1900.
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Completion—Fraternity
U>«r« an Vacancies caused by the graduatlon of sene of the members MmK Jone. As a result Ui* band will be Increased In else. Last year there acre twenty members. Tbs bond la a prominent tfeattrre la all university entertainmen;*. is especially in decnand la athletic esntests. aad furnishes much of tbs chapel mu* c. In the fall and sprln* open air concerts are frequently given. In addition to the I. tbs university has a twenty-piece "a Ctrl’s glee club, which has
mmm of cities
“WASH DAY AT THE LAKES. 1 ■I
TO HELP COLORED BOYS
Camp factory, of the above
. stated nasone. they are now employed at the National.
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{ orchestra, ; furnfebed
times; a
tapeetol is Tbs
bLOOMlNOTON, lad.. Io addition to the new Wylie Hall. will show to the students who enter at the opening next Monday the new Kirkwood observatory nearly completed. It will be ready for use in October. The
a program at chapel several male chorus, composed.of fac-
ulty and students, besides the Ole* and Mandolin Club which appeared in over
forty cities lam year.
The chances for an eaoelleat football team at Indiana University this fear are good. Director''Home, as for the last two years, win have charge of the coaching He has selected for his assistants J. dark Hubbard, captain, and full back of last rear's team, who will arrive next Saturday and be with the
dome will stand forty-two fast above the team throughout the season; and D. C. ground. The equipment will Include a Mac Andrew*, the old Dartmouth full
twelve-inch telescope. Besides there will be rooms tor study and mechanical drawing The whole building will be of stone. Three hew eight-foot brick walks have been built In the campus during the sumThey connect Fourth street with
back, who for the last two seasons has successfully coached the team from Western Reserve University. He also played a star game at third base on the Varsity baseball team. It Is now almost a certainty that six of last year's team will be beck. They are Hurley, center;
Dries bach and
Maxwell and Kirkwood halls, and eon- » Davidson, L. O : McOoveny, L. E.; Fosnset Maxwsll with Wylie and Kirkwood ter, Q. B Hawley. 1. H ; Jeter, R H ; halls. Redtatie* rooms arc thoroughly also Sparks who has played ^uard on Cleaned and newly painted Jordan field ! the team for three years previous to last has been improved with an eye to great- ! year. Johnson, R. T., is now In Mon•r advantages tor football, baseball and Una, and It Is uncertain whether he will track athletics. The shower baths that return. Many of last year’s scrubs are have heretofore been used by members sow varsity material, and the positions of the 'pbysicai training classes and mens left vacant ought to be well filled Elfbers of the athletic teams will hers- - ers Is In good condition, and will be back after be used exclusively by members of , for practice on the Mth He Is to coratbe gymnasium classes. New show* pete In the weights events in the Ctncln-
batha and dressing room, to be used by ‘ natl carnival on the Bd. ■ the athletic teams, are being fitted out. • fimtth will be strong and will be ready tor the football prac- j Aydelott's place at right en tiea. When Wylts hall is completed so ; of Vincennes, will try tor
that tbs departments of law and maths- ■ TUson. Huddle-and Hlrhfey will be can-
mat Ic* may be removed from Kirkwood hall, the overcrowded condition of the latter will be relieved to some extent The physics department, which has doubled Its equipment In the last year, will have a greater amount of shop room and Profeseor Foley will be able to make his applied course In electricity abundantly practical The crowded condition of the women's gymnasium will also be relieved by the removal of a portion of the Englbh department, which has used
two re dam _
Returning Professors.
A number of the faculty go to other Institutions for advanced study and research each year, thus keeping ebrvtuit of the times In such oases the teacher gets a leave of absence, without pay, for one year, at the end of which time he returns to his work here. Among those Who will be absent this year are Prof William Lowe Bryan, vice-president and head professsor of philosophy, who will •pend his time in observation and study in Burope; Instructor U. ft. Hanna, department of mathematics, in the University of Pennsylvania; Instructor William J. Moenkhnus, department of xoology, in the University of Chicago; Instructor Rolla Roy Ramsey, department of physics, In Cornell. Instructor Leo F Rettger. department of chemistry, in Vale; associate Professor Carl Osthaua. of the (Herman department, will do special work In Herman universities, Instructor Frank M. Andrews, department of t*otany,
Let pate.
Among those who will return after a period spent In study elsewhere are Prof. IT. (V. Weatherly, who spent last year In Columbia University Professor - Weatherly was formerly associate professor of history, and when Prof. Frank Fetter, head of the department of polltleal economy, was celled to Letand Stanford University, Professor Weatherly was elected hie successor; Associate
the athletic teams, are being fitted out, } Smith will be strong candidates for
* -‘- c * «nd„ Henderson,
sub quarter; l High ley will
d Ida tee for tackle. A number of good high school football men having signified their Intention of entering at the opening of the year. Coach Home feels sure that good full-back material will be found. Jordan field is being put In condition, and the men will begin practice on the
17th.
Fraternity Houses.
At the close of last year the fraternity chapter-house Idea took a deep hold on the Greek tetter people, and at the opening of the fail term almost all the organisation will be In homes of their own. The members of the Beta Theta Pi are having erected a 17.009 house In East Thfrd street, opoelte the campus. The Phi Kappa P«J has rented the large stone bouse at Kirkwood avenue and Grant •treat. The Phi Delta Thetas have rented the Smith house In North Washington street, which they will use this year, but next year they expect to build a home of their own on their new East Third street lot. The Phi Gamma Deltas have leased the Cassell house. Kirkwood avenue and Dunn street, and later will erect a modern fraternity house according to plant already made. The 8lg Ik*,.-, -..Ill ^ m Ml efc.at4«
associate Profeseor 8 C. Davie>n, department of mathematics, who received his doctorate at the university of TuMngcn; Instructor Roy H Perrlng, who has been pursuing advanced at tidies In German at Letpstr; assistant Profeator Charles T. Knipp, department of physics, who has been doing graduate work at Cornell Among the new men In the faculty afe Dr. Cyrus A. King, who received hla doctorate at Harvard this year, and who will be the new Instructor In botany. W. A. OogahalL of the Lowell observatory, will be the its statant In the department of astronomy; James P. Porter, who graduated from Indiana University in IMS. will be InUtroetor In the department of psychology. Frederick N. Duncan will he laboratory assistant In the department of shrmlatry. Miss Blanche Kants, who was Miss Max well • assistant In the women's gymnasium. has accepted a position as teacher of Latin and German In the Bluffton high school, and her place her* has been taken by Mias Bylva Cox. Miss Fannie Waksly, 6f Jacksonville, 1U„ la a new
Instructor in Latin
, Dr. Etreat L. Bogart, who was assistant profaesor of wotltteal science Mat year, hat been elected professor of political economy at Oherlln. Dr. Ernest W. Rettger, instructor In mathematics has accepted a position as Instructor In mathemattoa at Inland Stanford University. Mist Louise Maxwell, assistant librarian, has a year s Hava of abaenoe. which she will spend In California, a part of tha time In tha Stanford library Aa the head of the common achool system of the State, the Unlveralty furnlsnea a targe number of Instructors for the teachers Institutes that are held annually by the various counties of the Plata Engagements# are often made two and three years In advance President Swain la probably the only teacher In the State that has delivered addresses In every county In Indiana. He was In fifteen couhtle# this year. A targe number ot the graduates of Indiana Unlveralty are also doing excellent work In the county
inatitutea.
Fellowships and Scholarships/ Indiana University Is fortunate this year In securing fellows hip# and acholar* ship# for Its graduates. Among those who will havs these privileges for the coming coll gin is year are; Ulyaeea 8 Hanna and Caroline Colvin, University of Uannayl vanla; Edgar H. fiturtevam, William J. Moenkhaus, John W. 8heph ? , ^Li ln,1 & »««*»•>. University of Chicago. Clark Wtaaler, Columbia Unlvetolty; Holla R Ramsey. Cornell University; Leo F. Rettger, Yale University; Banford Bell and Andrew J. Klnttaman. Clark Unlveralty; William E (iapham,
-Harvard Unlveralty.
■actloaUy all of
ma Nus will continue to occupy their commodious chapter-house at Indiana avenue and Sixth street. Tha Kappa Sigmas have rented the Lowder house In East Third street. The Sigma Ohls and Delta Taua are considering a number of favorable propositions. The Kappa Alpha Theta and Kappa Kappa Gumma Sororities have had their own homes for several years. The FI I’hls and the Delta
Gammas will be well located.
The demand for copies of the Illustrated announcement Issued last spring exhausted the supply, and a second edition Is being Issued This edition Is an Improvement over the other one. It contains pictures of all the presidents and of all the university buildings from the beginning, many views of the laboratories, the athletic grounds and a, number of other views of Interest. The cover of the book Is In cream and the title Is In crimson, the university colors. The supply of this second edition Is limited, but copies will be sent to those who are actually con-
templating a college course.
The attendance at the summer session was » per cent, larger than ever before. and as the summer term Is always counted the first one of the new year, this Increased attendance Indicates the Isrgest attendance in the history of the unlveralty. The heavy correspondence, the reports of institute workers and the Information given by friends and former students all Indicate that the present year will be unusually prosperous. Under the administration of President Bwnln the attendance at Indiana University has almost doubled In seven yeera, and now goes beyond the thousand
mark.
FrActlcally all of the members of last year's senior class who desired positions ss teachers are well placed. So great has been the demand on the university for teachers in recent yeara, that It fre•iuentty happens that the^ supply is not
teachei ■ic-nti'
equal to 1 due to the
whlcA, witlle U
. ply is
- ^ —— demand. This Is largely due to the elective system pursued here, which, while U gives certain opportunities to select subjects along the llnea of
one's natural Inclination, requiree that! each student pursue a special subject for St least three years. In this age of specialisation, school officials naturally look to those Institutions that thoroughly pry para their students tor particular
lines.
The Young Men a and Young Women's Christian Associations are composed of students and members of the faculty.
and have foe their object the promotion of Christian character In the university. The two soclettee occupy Jointly a large room on the third floor of kirkwood Hall. This room, besides being used for the meetings of the two associations. Is maintained aa a reading room, supplied with the leading magutow and periodicals. Through tha instrumentality of the employment bureaus In these associations. a large number of students have been enabled to pay all or a Urge part of their college expenses, thereby making the college course possible. During the summer vacation, tha secretary of the employment bureau makes a list of all persons who can give employment to
ahen colle
prospective students, aad when college opens these places are secured by those who wUh to earn their expenses Both the Young Men's and Young Women's Associations assist new students to obtain desirable rooms and board. Hun-
dreds are assisted In this way. Tha Uairarglty Oo&frwas.
A feature of tha department of history la the University Congress. TMs waa organised last spring aa an experiment and pioved ao beneficial to tha students of \ o/Ileal history that It will be reorganised Immediately after the opening of the t.i ;i tvrr.i. It D modeled after the Na- 1 tin il House of Representstivee and la I f< ' cud along national t>*rtY lines. In I U ** congress mo student represen-! t Acre member*. Practice In de- j l V* ora ton' was r >ature. Dr. I . xlburn, profvu > American i i, 'jiCHua. eiL.”'.'*
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FLOUR GOES HIGHER. Flour Follows tha Advance In Wheat -Hay Go Still Higher. CHICAGO. September ».-Prices of Hour are climbing higher with an advancing wheat market, and the Chicago householder is confronted writh the possibility of being compelled to nay more for his bread, as well as for hi* coal this winter. The local agents of the Standard Minneapolis brands of soring wheat flour have notified the wholesale trade of an advance of » cente a barrel, to go into effect this morning. The new price will be R70 a barrel, which la 40 cents more than waa asked a month ago. Wholesale growers will make a correspond In* advance to the retail trade at once. Standard wdnter patents have advanced » cents to 14.86. in the last three or four days. Southern patents have bean advanced 30 to 40 cents by the wholesale trade. Local mlllera have marked up price* alao. A local miller when interviewed, •aid: “We shall have to add 10 cent* a barrel to our price*; quoting our standard brand* at 14.60. an advance of 30 cent* in less than two weeka. Wheat ha* gone up nearly 7 cent* In that time, and. aa & cent* a barrel on flour la about equal to a cent a bushel for wheat. atUl higher prices will be justified If the boom In wheat continues.*' Local Prices Advance. Yesterday millers and Jobbers out up the wholesale price of flour 10c per barrel. ThU came aa a result of the advance In wheat In the last few day*. It followed the advance at Chicago. Minneapolis and Baltimore. Spring patent* are now Jobbed at |4»; winter patents at •4.60. straight at H.W. and clears at $8.90. Retailer* have made no advance aa yet. and probably none will be made unless there should be a greater advance In the wholesale rate MAYlliviDE FORCES. Chaffee Givea Hla Military Plana— Quiet at Pekin. WASHINGTON. D. C.. September 30 — The War Department has received the following cablegram from General Chaf-
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•TAKU (no date). “Adjutant-General. Washington: "Pekin, September 16. To avoid further crowding Pekin, have had in mind a division of my force between Pekin. Yang-Tsun. Tien-Tsln. at the latter place, leaving one battalion only, because ground Tien-Tsln low. damp, unsuitable. Other command ere no Instruct lions, but they assume at least one of their troope remain Pekin during winter. I state this as indicating what is to be ascertained her®, not knowing, of course, the action being taken by the powere and the United Staten. Only one regiment Russian troops retired toward Tien-Tsln aa yet." “Condition of Chinese somewhat tmirdeners entering the city freeing the distress prevailing some Slight resumption of trade; other conditions very fair, rendering the situation quiet. Expedition to-day. Wilson commanding, to expel boxers to the westward, in order to free the country for coal supply from the mine to Pekin. Headquarters one squadron cavalry YanTaun camp. Li Hung Chang left Shanghai on the 14th Remey reports RoofchUl expected at Tabu on the 14th. “CHAFFEE"
IcSucace of the Model Charter— Washington Gladden Declare# Against Private Monopoly. j MILWAUKEE. Wia., September 30.-At ' to-day's session of the National Munii cipal League convention. Charles T. j Bonaparte, of Baltimore. preeMed. He j repented the recommendation by the ! legislative committee, of three slight amendments to the by-laws, the principal one relating to the constitution of the executive committee, and providing for the election by the board of delegates of eleven or more members of the executive committee, instead of eleven only. The amendment waa adopted. Charles Richardson, of Philadelphia, vice-president of the Municipal League, read a paper on "Does the Model Charter Confer Dangerous Power* on the Mayor?" He discussed the manifold and important duties of a modem city government. the manner in which the model charter will stimulate and assist the people to secure the best and ablest dtisen* aa mayors, and the effect which it* restrictions and regulations in regard to franchises and appointments will bare in drying up the principal sources of municipal corruption and misgovern mm E Mr. Richardson maintained that the powers conferred by the model charter ere not too great for the duties to be performed, that the provisions for preventing any great or permanent Injury to the people or to posterity are ample, and the safeguards against leaser evils are as complete ss it Is wise or practicable to make them. Prof. Samuel E. 8parting, of Madison. Wls , secretary of the Wisconsin League of Municipal tie*, read a paper on “The Model Charter of Small Cities." John A. Butler, president of the Municipal Association of Milwaukee, told of some of the essential features of the new municipal program, and George McAneny, of New York city, discussed “An Essential Safeguard to Executive Responsibility.’* Gladden on Ownership. The feature of the afternoon session was a paper on “The Influence of Public Service Companies on City Government,'’ by the Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden, of Columbus. O. He said: “The greatest danger to American institutions arises from the relation of public service corporations to city governments. Something might be done by stringent State legislation. The State ought to enforce complete publicity In the accounts of all these companies; to limit the capitalisation to the cost of the plant; and to require franchises to be submitted to popular vote. But these measures will not probably be found effectual. Nothing is likely to reach the case except public ownership of municipal monopolies. - 'We may reason as we will about the inexpediency of such ownership: the fundamental fact Is that It is required by the elementary principles of democratic government. These public service corporations are monopolies—they all come to that sooner or later—and a democratic people can not permit the existence of private monopoly; for the essence of monopoly Is taxation without representation. It Is (he constant and flagrant violation of this primary principle of free government which has produced the conditions now prevailing." The following officers were elected: President, James C. Carter, New York; first vice-president. Charles Richardson, Philadelphia; secretary, Clinton Roger* Woodruff, Philadelphia; treasurer.George Burnham. Jr.. Philadelphia. ANOTHER PARK OPINION. Mr. Bell Admits Inconsistency in the Two Given. J. Clyde Power, superintendent of parks, think* the opinion given yesterday by assistant City Attorney Bell to City Comptroller Johnson, in the matter of the 180,000 annual payment by the street railway company for park purposes, is Inconsistent with a former opinion given to the Park Board. In the opinion given Pai
celpts from the lease of buildings and grounds or the sale of buildings, Improvements or material, unless the monev be first appropriated by the City Council. In the former opinion, which touches the subject only incidentally, he holds, the Park Board and Mr. Power think, that the Park Board may expend any of Its receipts from any source without an appropriation being made. Mr. Bell admits that there is an inconsistency in the two opinions. He explains by saying that the former opinion was given In another matter. If he had had this same question to deal with, he says, he would have been more careful, end doubtless his opinion, as far as this point 4s concerned, would have been different. He says he will prepare another opinion for the Park Board, treating the whole matter fully. In his opinion, given yesterday, Mr. Bell incidentally holds that the Park Board can expend no money, except for purposes authorised by the Council In the appropriations. This la another point of difference in opinion between the Park Board and the comptroller. The latter has always taken the ground now taken by Mr. Bell. The Park Board insists that It may expend the money under Its jurisdiction in any manner it pleases, though specific appropriations are made for the other departments. When the Park Board waa figuring on Its estimates for next year Mayor Taggart, at an open meeting, told the board that the City Council had no power to make specific appropriations for park purposes, but that It was well to have the estimates itemixed for the board’s own guidance. Comptroller Johnson took Issue with the mayor at that time The Park Board makes the point that as the 189,000 a year Is a gift from the street railway company made specifically for park purposes, the board ought not to be compelled to await the pleasure of the City Council before It can spend the money. LOCAL POINTS IN POLITICS. A letter has been received at the office of W. E. English here stating that he will be home next Tuesday. He la now at Rockbridge, Elm Springs, Va. « • * The committees appointed to make arrangements for the convention of the National Association of Democratic Clubs are all at work. There will be a Joint meeting Sunday morning at the Grand Hotel. • • • Frank B. Burke, Democratic candidate for Congress, want to Terre Haute today. To-night he will speak there under the auspices of the Jackson Club. • • • The executive committee of the Prohltlon State committee will meet here at 1 o’clock to-morrow afternoon. • * • B. L. Allen, of Irvington. Prohibition candidate for Congress for the Seventh district, waa on board the Prohibition special train when It left Chicago yesterday on Its long Western trip. He telegraphed the Patrolt Phalanx, the State organ of the party, that the train had started under favorable circumstance#, and he urges the members of the party In this State to get ready for It at places where It will stop J. F. Kinsey and J. 8. Hughes, formerly of this States are with the train.
AH ACCOUNT OF THE HAST FARM SCHOOL.
A ST. LOUIS INVESTMENT.
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Winner of third place in the News's Midsummer Amateur Photographic Conteat. Taken by Jennie Darnell, of Terre Haute.
IN HIS OWN STATE.
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Bryan will Talk to Mebraakano—Hie Dakota Trip. LINCOLN. Neb.. September » -W J. Bryan will spend tomorrow and Saturday campaigning In the vicinity of Lincoln lie will v>»t several points near this city, making brief speeches Mr. Bryan will rest at borne in Lincoln during the first three days of next week. will start on hi* to-day that after e would continue hla work In outside Staten, not returning to Nebraska until two or three days before the election. In November.
Auditing Committee at Work. The auditing committee of the Supreme Lodge of the Knights and Ladies of Honor la making its annual examination of the books and accounts, according to the requirement of a by-law of the association- George A. Byrd Is the supreme treasurer of the order. The committee is composed of H. 8 Blatt. EJi wood Ctty. Pa.; W. 8. McCullough. Brinkley. Ark., and J. W. Harvey, of this ' city, who is supreme secretary of the | society. L. B Lockard, of Toledo. O.. i is also present. The work will probably i be finished this week.
Windeman is Recovering. Franc Windeman, the mar. whose life was attempted by tramps in Mauser's slaughter bouse recently, has about recovered from the effects of the blows. Windeman can not yet tell how he waa hurt. The wound oet the back of hie head Is still very painful, b*t he tg able to resume his work.
ANOTHER
CONTEST
The context fait closed was most succcsifu! and arms the meant of stimulating interest among the amxtctir photographers of tbs city and State. The Nears will offer a prixs of ten dollars for the best picture of the Carnival, to be held hi Indianapolis, October S-12. Pict«m should be aa large as possible and must be received not later than Thursday, October II.
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PHOTOGRAPHERS
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RAN WITH THE MACHINE
THE DAYS OF VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES RECALLED.
Meeting of Old Fire Fightera to Form an Organisation—The Various Companies. The old volunteer firemen met at 2 p. m. to-day. In the City Council chamber for the purpose of forming an organisation. The attendance was not large, as the old firemen, “the boys who ran with the machine," are few In number, most of them being near or over seventy years of age. The first volunteer fire company In Indianapolis. the successor of the old bucket brigade, was known as ’The Marion Fire Hose and Protection Company.” and was organised In 18®. The engine, called “Tho Marlon," was brought here In September of that year. It was on "end-brake," and, beginning with UflT. was for many years kept on the ground floor of a two-story frame house on the north side of what Is now Monument square, then the Governor’s Circle. The Ctty Council occupied the upper story. In 1831 It was burned, not without suspicion that the match was eet by members of the company, who were indignant that such a shabby place should have been assigned them for the housing of their beloved engine. In 1866 a brick houae, which la now.flre department headquarters, was built at the corner of Massachusetts avenue and New York street for “the Marlons.” In July, 1868. a new “side-brake” engine was bought, but did not do much service, as steam fire engines came Into use In 1800. The town of Peru bought the Marion In April of that year for $2,130. The company disbanded In February. 1860. Caleb Scudder, long since dead, was the first captain. Following him came Jas. Blake, John L. Mothershead, Berry R. Sulgrove and other leading citiaens. Among the surviving members of the Marlon company are Gen. John Coburn and John C. New. A Split in the Marlon*. In 1841 the Marlon company divided, and the seceders took “the good Intent” and a second-hand engine of uncertain quality. The new company, like the Marion, was made up of the best young men of the town. In fact. In those days no young man could hope for any place In politics or society unless he belonged to the volunteer fire ■department. Its first captain was John H. Wright, who was one of the first merchants to pack pork In a large way in Indianapolis. Among the survivors of this organisation are George W. Sloan, Charles Brigham and Horatio Garner. In August, 1868, the company, aided by the city, bought a new end brake engine, which was used until It disbanded In November, 1869. The engine-house was on the west side of Meridian street. The location, a quarter of a square south of Washington street, Is now covered by Hubbard's Block. In November. 1849, “the Western Liberties Company” was organized. This company took the "good intent” and It was converted Irtto a better machine. It was kept In a small frame house In Washington street, west of West street, and a big triangle was used for a bell. In 1867 the brick engine house In Weat Washington street was erected for this company and a new engine, “Indiana,” given It W. O. Sherwood, afterwards chief In the paid department, waa a member of the "Western Liberties." The company was disbanded In 1869 and the engine sold. The Wooden Shoes. The “Invincible*, ” usually called the “Wooden Bhoes” by the older companies, for the reason that Its membership was largely composed of young Germans, organised In May, 1862, and with their little box-engine, "Victory.’’ did good work. In March. 1867. this engine was replaced by the ‘•Conqueror’’ and used until tha company disbanded In August. 1859. The houae waa In New Jersey street east side, half a square north of Washington street Joseph W.-*T>avla, who stiU lives, waa the first captain. He waa also the first chief of the paid fire department The Invincible* for a time. In 18$Q, formed a part of the paid department Their engine was sold to Ft Wayne. The Union company. South street, between Delaware and Alabama streets, waa organized in IMA Its engine was called “The Spirit of *Tt" A company, called “The Rovera,” waa organised near the yellow bridge, in Indiana avenue, in March, IMS, but disbanded In June. 1869. The "Hook and Ladder Cdmpany," the membership of which waa largely made up of carpenters and bo esc- builder*, waa organised In 184$. and did good service until disbanded on November 14. MB. This company occupied a one-story brick house, built for it on the west side of what was the East Market. End of the Volunteer*. The city bad grown so large by August, im that the Council declared against the volunteers, who had divided into factions and became a disturbing element in city politics, and proposed a paid department with steam apparatus, which. ! as the word was passed around, had the
valuable qualification of “neither drinking whisky nor throwing bricks.” The first steam engine put Into service was a Lee & Lamed rotary-pump, whtek was placed In what Is now engine-house No. 6, In West Washington street. The second engine, third-class Latta, was bought in August, I860, and placed at department headquarters. In October of the same year the third engine arrived. This was a Seneca Falls engine, and was placed In the house In South street, between Delaware and Alabama streets, with Daniel Glazier as engineer. Mr. Glazier, who rose to be superintendent of the paid department, was killed at the great fire of the Woodburn-Sarven wheel-works*. In South Illinois street. For five years the locality of a fire was designated by striking the number of the ward, but In April, 1868. a telegraph system went into operation, by means of which the alarm was sent to n central .stataion. This apparatus cost 16,000. In 1869 the chief fire engineer received $1,300 a year; superintendent of telegraph, $35 a month; engineers, $90 a month; firemen, drivers and watchmen. $2.60 a day; hosemen. $180 a year. There were fourteen horses and seventy-eight cisterns. Some of the men employed In the department were then allowed to eke out their scanty pay by attending to other pursuits.
VAN VORHIS’S CHICAGO TRIP. Greater Apparent Friendliness it Shown Him by Democrats. Flavius J. Van Vorhls. State chairman of the silver Republicans, has returned from Chicago, where he visited the headquarters of the national committees of the silver Republicans and of the Democrats. He would not admit that he was called there for a conference, but he said that while there he talaed the situation over. It Is noticeable that some of the politicians who were not disposed to be friendly toward Van Vorhls and other leaders of the silver Republicans and fusion ‘Populists, have lately changed their attitude, and the relations between the allied forces are now apparently of a friendly nature. Van Vorhls, Medert and others are now frequent visitors at the Democratic State committee rooms. Van Vorhls had a few things to say today with reference to the management of the Democratic campaign In this State. He said that the proposition that now confronted the national and State commltteees was not how to raise funds with which to buy the vote of the riffraff of the State, but how to reach the honest and Independent voters. There are thousands of dissatisfied Republicans In this State he declared who are waiting for literature to convince them, and the Democrats, he contended, could convince them easily If the time spent In organizing to get funds with which to purchase the "dead beats" were spent In trying to reach the independent voters. Van Vorhls said that the national committee of the silver Republicans was doing what it could, but that Its scope was limited by reason of It being without funds. It will not send out any speakers. He said that the officials at the headquarters of the Democratic national committee were hopeful of winning Indiana, and that much work was being done. He will speak at Greentown and Kokomo Saturday.
SENT TO REFORMATORY. A Prisoner Proffers on an Offer of Marriage. [Special to The Indianapolis New*.] ANDERSON, Ind., September 20.—Miss Edith Murphy, eighteen year sold, was to-day taken to Indianapolis to serve a sentence in the Female ReformatoryShe pleaded guilty to petit larceny. Shortly before she was taken away Thomas Reed, of Lapel, also In jail on a larceny charge, sent for an attorney and tearfully pleaded for the marriage of himself and Miss Murphy. He gave reasons which the prosecutor said might cause the sentence to be remitted for both, but Miss Murphy had been removed during the argument. Further inveetigatlon will be made. Both of the prisoners have been in Jail for over two months. Trying to Break a WilL [Special to The Indianapolis News.] RUSHVILLE, Ind., September 20.-A suit to set aside the will of the late Zachariah Small, a wealthy bachelor, who died at Carthage last May. was filed to-day by Rose C. Small and Del lab Barber, nieces of the dead man. They allece that the testator was of unsound mind and incapable of making a will, and that the pretended will produced for probate was not hla will at ail. Small left a $40,090 estate. Under the will E&rlham College la given $500. and the Carthage Friends' church 12.600.
Incidents at Madison. [Special to The Indianapolis News.] MADISON. Ind.. September 26.—Frederick Gilbert, twenty years old, waa today found guilty at Yevay of shooting with Intent to kill, and given an Indeter""ai* Carrollton? Ky„ to-day the Hon. John W. Yerfces, Republican candidate for Governor of Kentucky, addressed a tremendous crowd. His introduction by W. W. Master-son. who was Democratic consul to Aden under Cleveland, caused sensation.
The Effort# that Are Making There
to Train tha Colored Waif Into Ways of Good Citiaenahip. f Special to The ladtaaapoits Now*]
WASHINGTON. D. C., September 8k— There has Just been started, near this city, a unique Institution, and the only one of the kind in the world, a Junior republic for colored boys between the ages of nine and sixteen year* The republic is modeled to a certain extent on the lines of the Henry George Junior Republic at FannviUe. N. Y., and tha WashUgton end Baltimore Junior Republic or the WUUe New bold farm, about half way between the ettiea named, but the constitution has been framed with the view of meeting the conditions of those boys fer whose benefit the re-
public ;s specialty intended.
The republic la tha outgrowth of tha Hart Farm School, which In a very short time has become a great Institution. The constitution of the new republic guarantees to each of its citiaens full equality with all others, such aa to vote at every election of officers; tha right to secure and retain employment at the rate of wages Justified by hla skill and efficiency, to purchase all common necessities of life at reaaonabla cost; to acquire and own personal property free from liability of seizure and deprivation, except for debt and taxes; to hold a seat in the general assembly of citisens, to express his vlaws freely
laws for the
tub-
w against the adoption of all such laws; the right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience, and with other citiaens peaceably to assemble to petition the government for redress of grievances, and that none of those rights shall be dented or abridged to any citizen except
for violation of law.
The Hart Farm School.
It has already been Intimated that the Hart Farm School, of which tha republic la the outgroarth, is ona of tha moat interesting Institutions at or near the national capital. To substantiate tha truth of this, no better evidence can be offered than that given by the Rev. Dr. J. E. Rankin, president of Howard University, Washington, D. C. This in part Is what Dr. Rankin said: An original and unique effort to help his race, la a recent one of W. H. H. Hart, professor In the law department and teacher of agriculture In Howard Unlveralty. Mr. Hart came up from Alabama, a barefooted, ragged boy, without friend or helper and entered the normal department of Howard University. He worked his way through all the departments, graduating with honor, finally In the law school, where he haa now been professor some ten years or more. It was In his study of tha subject of university extension, that hla present project began to take shape. He laid the subject before the board of children’s guardians; especially before the superintendent of charities of the District of Columbia, offering his farm and hla services to them, aa they had been offered to the university. Hare ha
was successful.
Mr. Hart's farm la down on the Maryland shore of the Potomac, some twelve miles below Washington city. Side by side with this farm Is one owned by tha Hon. William M. Evarta, to whom Mr. Hart was three years privata secretary. Of this second farm, making In all a tract of land extending a mile up and down the river and about a mile ahd a half Into the State of Maryland, Mr. Hart secured from Mr. Evarta a gratuitous grant aa long as used for the purpose tnen contemplated. There were but two dwellings on the place, one which had been used by the farmer, and the other an elegant cabin, uaed by Mr. Evarta and household for summer outings. In thla latter the school was opened in 1897. ML Hart haa solicited money enough since to erect a wooden structure, two stories high, which is used for school room and sleeping purposes. ♦ ! What It Doe* The pupils are superintended by Robert J. Evans, a graduate of Hampton Institute, who has four or more aselitants. Among the pupils is a Korean, also a Porto Rican, who followed the United States troops home from that island. There are now forty-two boys on the farm. For $U6 a year, which Is appropriated by Congress, Mr. Hart boards and clothes them and gives them instrucUona in agriculture, blackemlthlng and wheelwrlgnting. This la leas than It costs to care for the inmatee of the Reform School. The Hon. H. B. F. Macfarland, one of the commissioners of the District of Columbia, who takes a treat Interest In the entetprloe, says of the Hart school: "Tna bovs live In an unpretentious frame building of generous proportion* sixty feet long by about fifty feet wide, and two storlee high. The first fiver contains the school room, a <L. ing-room, pantry, and two large bedrooms—one of them used aa a hospital for tha sick, but as It seldom has an occupant, sickness being almost unknown, it Is ordinarily used as a bedroom. The sect .id floor, which Is light and airy, Is filled with Iron beds and cots, one for each boy. There Is a chicken yard and an Incubator. There axe eighteen or twenty cows and calves, and many horses and colts—among them some thoroughbreds— as well as pigs and sheep, to which the boys are much attached.
Its Future.
These boys are not put down In a place filled with modern machinery and modern Implements, but as Professor Hart says, the boy is taught to make use of the resources at his command, to do what he will be called upon to do in actual farm life. He learns to make a plow point out of a horseshoe. Our resources are limited, and we must do the best we can with the resources on hand. This training fits the boy admirably, for
the life of a farmer.
Just as rapidly as their training fits them for it. the boys will be taken from the Hart Farm School and placed In homes in the North and West that have been Investigated and approved of by the Board of Children’- Guardians of the District of Columbia. Professor Hart has given his lands, his buildings, his farming implements, all of his equipments. and beat of all, his talents and his admirable discipline free. The amount allowed for each boy per capita Is too small. It is not enough. Professor Hart must and does meet the difference out of his own pocket. The land la there—700 acres—on its generous proportions 1,000 boys could be trained as easily
as fifty.
Improvements and facilities are needed. The work ie a gigantic one. Congress will give food and raiment, but no more, because the District of Columbia Is no longer an agricultural area, and the site of the school is necessarily outside of the district limits. The rest must be provided by Professor Hart and those charitable and benevolent people all over the land who approve and appreciate his great work; more suitable buildings and more extensive equipments for shops and shelter are urgently needed. The work Is not only a refuge and a relief for the neglected colored boy, and to that extent racial; It Is also sociological and educational in purpose and effect. It adds to the moral and productive forces of society at the same tim# that it redeems human life and develops human character; it also solves the great municipal problem of giving the submerged city walya fair start io
life.
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STARVED OUT OF MATTHEWS. Thirty American Workmen Remove to Montpelier to Work. [Special to Tbs Indian* pot la New*] MONTPELIER. Ind., September Thirty more American glass workers arrived last night on the train from Matthews. These men were greatly In need of food, and when they were brought here were tod and given a boarding place. They said that they were forced te do without anything to eat by the foreign workmen of the L. A 890. A boycott was placed on the members of* the new union, they said, and the merchants of Matthews were forced not to sell them anything. One boarding houae woman waa forced to tell them to get out of her place, aad if the did not the grocerymaa would not sell her good* They were there to work In the Van
net tae rases Accordingly, rted to raWtjr
DUNKIRK. Ind.. September M-Tbe Kertin Brother* of St. Loai* recently purchased the plant of tha Dunkirk Kuel and Light Company, the consideration’ , being $H.«IOi As the people feared a j great Increase In gas rates they sought tor some opportunity to restrain the company from making any Improvements til they could be amunred that tha n
would remain unchanged,
whan a gang of lahorers started to
the gas pipes the foreman was
and charged with disturbing the wt;hout proper authority. The case oame te trial yeeterday aad the foreman was acquitted. The company haa gtveh bond in the sum ef $$.909 that tha streets will
be properly repaired.
DAILY Cin STATISTICS.
Marriage License*
Jacob X. gasdakur sad Aaaa Affray. Oa»«r O. Baker aad Coca J. Strip* Jay M. _i jusdia and Laura L Otnott*
Sobort
Walter W.
Frank
aing.
Henry C. Kttor sad Lydc Borrow. Ira K. Bitot aad Mathl J. Jonntag* Full ding Permit* Hsary O. tuno* ftexno houo* SU4 * Mlehtsa* tl. 190. Charim St. Clair sad wife rented*! on • building addition, 184 Booth Beasts evoau*
U19S
Birth Rotura* Charles and Lydia Bptcklomite. Ml Ogdon
str*»», boy.
Herman W. sad Bams Stumpt. IM Bast
Michigan etiest; boy
Martin aad Laura Xremm. Quincy street;
hay.
will sad Lula Richardson. 19 Palmar street;
girt.
Hal * and Jooaphm# Malthy, MM Wendoll sires t; boy. Death Returns. Johann Rtsgsl. 7$ years, 1140 Chestnut stmt; Intestinal catarrh. Din* Nordholt. 1 month. Ml Madison av»nus; spinal deformity. Lewis Shrah* 4 year* MU McClain street; laryngitis (scut*)
Mill III I
kayi ni>n> MOT GO *0 vmurxFOHT tom SAFKTT.
of ths moay Given I* HI* Favor. FRANKFORT. Ky.,
Real BatatB Transfer* Miles O, Roath to Sarah A Biohholt* lot U, Blue’s subdivision of part of Brookslde addition 8*rah A. BtohhoUs to Jonnlo Routh.
same
Dewses. a n.
MUUtaO
Motion D. Butler to £▼* M. lot II and part of a block
IndianapoUt •>•»***.« »•»«•*««**•••#*»*« Walter J. Ooodall to Mwts a Fuller, lot 17, Fletcher's subdivision of port of Coliege Coraer Ida M. CoUlngs to Edward I. Ingle* P**1 °< Park PlMe addition.. Joe. A. ttughee to Patrick C. MeOlnty, lots tfand port of 44. Shoemaker’s subdivision of part of Oak
Hill »..«»•««»*
Gottlieb Ooettllag to Jmtlee Schuster, lot 4. Greenwald'e addition
Vernon
lot
Clark to Frmnote M. Tuley, Stout'e second subdivision
White
$.199 90
$.999 09 4,990 09
1*0 00 L 409 00
109 00
LM9 00
weet of White river Os* Keeeler to Wtn. B. Vestal, lot K Moesoh's third addition Francis M. Tuley to Vernon Clerk et si., part of northwestern quarter, section to, township IS. range ».... Wm. Tlncher to Wat. L. Demaree et ux.,J<*s M and a Wbck 4, Lincoln Hannah A. Maairar et al to John Fahey, lot 4. Mansur A Wright's subdivision of part of outlet JIT.... Harry Haymond to Catharine Fllienwarth. lot 477, Spann A C*‘a second Woodlewn addition Sarah E. Ho** to M. Lefforga et el.. part northwest quarter, section a township 17, rang* I Mary A Trtndls to Amend Reibel. lots 1 aad I, Cooper’s sscond S. Meridian *1 addition Chi* Rode to Go* H. BchaksL part of northeast quarter, section a township U. mnge 4 Ja* A Wlleon to Wm. H Stevenson, part of northwest quarter, section It, township IIl range 1 4,099 04 Same to Alfred Ho berg, part of time quarter suction 1909 99 Geo W Schreiner to Both M, Mobcreek, lot M9. Alien’■ second north addition ,,,«••,•« MOO David S, Guriev to John H. Schott et ux., lot 4J7, McCarty's eleventh West Bide eddltion L 400 00 Total transfers 90, consideration . $17,810 00 HIGHER COURTS’ RECORD.
100 00
1909 99
moo
1.199 99
L000 00
!Tieta^w5!i S2 ^ toL*2“ ■Ms* the Bakers and Garrard* in Clay county, who wars organising to capture him. and that this influonood him to cams to Frankfort and surreodsr him^.szzsLrsrz. £ tnm Ho also dantod that te showed Culten smokeless powder cartridges on January M and said that te never ted such a cartridge In h$i life. Ho also denied having told Deputy Warden Hearn and other prison officials te was standing on the street In front of ths Capitol •quara when Goobel was shot. Judge J. H. Tlnstoy. of BarboaievtH* wa* called. He corroborated Howard as to a conversation with the latter when te arrived in London tn Apr!) to appear tor trial tor tha murder of Georgs Baker. Hs did not say to Howard: “I want to congratulate you on what you did at Franktort. I heard of it thrash my •on. Ed." He did shake hands with Howard aad told him his son had spoken of mooting him at Frankfort and had formed an attachmsat tor him. Judge Tinsley was one of the counsel for tte defense in ths Doware conspiracy trial. His son was an officer In tte BarboursvtUs militia eomP*“F o® <I«ty hare after ths assassin*F. C. Day testified to having seen toward tn London on January ». and that Howard did not wear a mustache. Day admitted that te ted gone to * mah named Saulehury, and told him to warn tenator Goebel that his life was In danger, and not to mention his (Day’s) nam*. Sheriff Beverly Whit* of Clay county, ^♦•Hfied that he received a letter from hie brother, J. G White, stating that now was tte time tor Howard to try for s pardon from Taylor, as Goebel would te Governor In tte next ten days. The witness stated that on his way to Loulsvttl* January » aad $9, Howard accompanied him as far as Frankfort, and tte last te saw of him Howard was standing In front of the Board of Trade Hotel ter* Howard waa then dean shaven. Bx-State Senator Bd Parker testified that he saw Howard a few days before tte killing of Goobel. and Howard did not have a muetach* Ha Introduced Howard to Taylor after Goebel’s assassination. Howard asked Taylor for a pardon. Taylor said te could not consider a pardon then. AGAINST THB CANTEEN.
Candidate Woolley Makes a Speech
at Charlton. Iowa.
CRK8TON. I*. September 90.-The Probtblton special train arrived at Chariton, la., to-day, and a committee escorted tte visitors to the Court H.mse square, where an opon meeting wrg hold. John G. Woolley, the presidential candidate. Hennr B. Metcalf/ candidate for VicePresident, Junes Hughes and Oliver S. Stewart spoke to n large crowd Mr. Woolley denounced the canteen policy and !U support by the prosent administration. The flrat stop after leaving Charlton was at Creston, I*. where the party was greeted by s largo crowd.
Speeches were made by '
members of the party.
tte different
19(11 David Ronsdal st si.
brisf (1)
Sapromo Court Minutes. Moore et el. v* Wsltsr K. Clinton C. C. Appellants'
ivttmnt 1 brief. Voah et
Vxw Buprsms Court Cult* 19473. Catherine V. Brown v* William Oo* Montgomery C. C. Record. Assignment of error*. Praeolps. Kotlc* mil. John Q. Ftrris vs. Btste of Indians. Bhslby a C. Record. Assignment of errors. Nolle* to prosecuting attorney served. Submitted under rule it. 1*474. Msncy A Stoat v* Junes K. Stout et Sl. Morgan C. C. Record Assignment of errors. Assignment of oroes-error* Joinder.
COUNTY COURTS’ RECORD. Mow Suits. Albert C. Jones va Luolsda Hacker et a!. Quiet title. Superior Court, room I. Frederick W. Deem v* Nellie Deem. Divorce. Circuit Coart. William T. McClain v* Issao N. Moore et sl. For note on a foreclosure mortgage. Superior Court, room 1. Isaiah King et sl. vs. Ads B. Lemon ot si. On note* and foreclose mortgage. Superior Court, room Fremont Alford, Judge.
On motion of Charles * Wilts!* Charles N. Naylor ie admitted to bar. Deaths In Indian* RICHMOND, Ind., September 90.—Newlin McGrew, a well-known citizen, sixtyglx years old. lx dead. He leaves a wits and one child. PLYMOUTH. Ind., September 20.— John K. Lawrence, Democratic candidate for Joint Senator for Marshal and Kosciusko countie* died to-day at hla home in Pierceton. of diabetes.
Oxford Year Begins.
OXFORD, G, September 10.—Oxford Collage opened yesterday for Its fiftysecond year. Ths attendance Is larger than tor many year* every roam blng
occupied.
Tte Rev. John H. Thoms* D. D.. ths new president, and his wtf* take the place filled tor many years by tte Rev. Dr. ac^ Mrs. Walker. Ths halls, and the rooms of tte students havs been Improved and beautified In many way* Closing Twelve Years Barrie* (Special to Ths Indianapolis New*.] OREENCABTLX, Ind., September 10,— Judge McGregor thla week !• hearing his last trial In Putnam county as circuit Judge of Clay and Putnam oountic* Hs has occupied ths tench continuously
for twelve years.
tried
In thla county waa Bddinf* vs. Eddlngs and ths last case hs will hear will te Iddlng.t va ladings. Removing to Waaklngton City. [•pedal to The Indianapolis News.) ANDERSON, Ind., September » -L. H. Gedge. who came from Covington, Ky., with the American Wire Nail Company, and was Its president for nlns years, •aid to-day that ho will soon remove to Washington, D. C. An Xnopportuna Moment. [Puek.l His Wife—Won’t you contribute some-, thing to send missionaries to tte heath-
en?
The Taxpayer—Not just now, Maria. It's going to be such an expensive Job to wallop tte heathen that I can't spend a cent to convert him.
It All Depended.
[Puek.l
Sunday-School Teacher—Tommy, boy slapped you on one cheek
should you do? . ^ Tommy—How big a boy?
ftund&y-Bchool Teacher (amused)—
About your sis*
Tommy—I'd swing on bln*
If a
what i
Keeping uome Mcrea. [Chicago Times-Herald. ] “Did you ever live In a haunted house?’* “No, sir; I havs always made It a practice to have tte bill cone at my office."
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