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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1900. New-York Store Established 1S33. Sole Acrnts natterlck rattern. Imported Wash Goods All our -fine Mlk and cotton novelty . stripes for shirt waists and dresses, worth II to 51.50. In this sale, a CQ. yard OVC Imported Swisses, the Mc quality, OQr . All n-Tit nf TiHntfrl Vrnrh nrtranriles .. In light and dark colorings, 45c OP k quality, reduced to AcJC On west . bargain table, odd pieces of Madras, Swisses and Tissue?, In 1Q i regular 33c quality, this eale iyo West Aisle. i Pettis Dry Goods Co. lor Picnics, Luncheon and Light Feeds! Bayles's Lunch Ilerrlnsr. In glass. 13c; Anchovies. In chow-chow. 23c: Shrimps. In solid dressing. 25c; Frankfurter Sausage. Imported, S3c a can; potted meats of all kinds. MOXARCII GROCERY 112 Eaat Waahinjrton street. Telephone 145S Sixteenth and Illinois Ms. Tel. 1469. OUR Large Stock and Large Bus iness enables us to undersell all others. ' . GEO. J.ÜAR0TT, 22 to 28 East Wash. St. Second largest Shoe Store In the World. Lamb's Wool Brush Tor carinz for Hardwood Floors. H. E. HAMILTON & CO., 19 Pembroke Arcade. AMUSEMENTS. f "Shenandoah" is claimed to nave netted Its author, Bronson Howard, 520,000 In roy alties since Us revival two years ago. XXX Eugene Cowles Is to continue a member oi Alice Nellsen's comic opera company, singing Sandor In "The Fortune Teller" and the Duke In "The Singing Girl." xxx Isabelle Evesson has been engaged for the leading feminine role of "King of the Opium Ring.' a melodrama which was seen at the Park Theater in this city last sea son. v XXX Cupid Outwits Adam" is the novel title of a farcical comedy with which the Bijou Theater, New York, will open the season on the 10th of September. The piece Is by Frederick Stanford. X X X "Dave" Warfield, at present with Weber & Fields, has evidently made a financial success out of his Hebrew impersonations. He bought -a house costing $72,000 in New York the other day. xxx Owen Fawcett, who has been engaged to play Polonlus in E. H. Sothern's next sea eon's production of "Hamlet," has acted in that play since 1S37. In that time portraying some half-dozen different roles. xxx Henry Arthur Jones, the English play wright, has completed two plays for Lon don theaters, one for the Duke of Yorks and the other for Charles Wyndham's the ater. They will, of course, be produced In the United States if successful in the Eng lish metropolis. xxx . Frederick Robertson is shortly to make a tour of the English provinces with Ger trude Elliott, sister of Maxlne Elliott, as his leading woman. Their repertory will Include "Hamlet." "Othello' and George Bernard Shaw's "The Devil's Disciple," which Richard Mansfield made known to American theater-goers several seasons ago. PEBSONAL AND SOCIETY. Mrs. Frank E. Fuller is visiting friends in Nohlesvillc. Miss Virginia Keep will return home from New York this week. Mrs. Samuel Reld and daughter will go to Maine for the summer soon. Mr. and Mrs. William Medarls have gone to Greenwood for the summer. Mrs. F. W. Hamilton is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. John Darby, in Chicago. Miss Gail Voss Smith will go to Chicago next week for a visit with friends. Colonel and Mrs Harry B. Smith will leave soon for a trip on the lakes. Mrs. Roy C. Caylor and son John are guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. T. McShane. Miss Anna Bowman will go to Kansas City next month to visit several weeks. Mrs. Harriett Bingham has gone to New England to spend the summer with friends. Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Evert have returned from a trip through Colorado and the West. Mr. and Mrs. A. C Dunn and Miss Arm strong will go to Wisconsin for the sum mer. Miss Mary Loul?e Young Is visiting Mi?s Agnes Hutton, of No. 1713 North Delaware street. Mr. and Mrs. David Miller are visiting friends and relatives in the southern part of the State. Mr. and Mrs. William Dausrherty have taken a cottage at tircenwood for the sum mer months. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McCullough and fara Ily will go north in August for the remain der of the summer. Mrs. DeWitt Derby has cone to Misha waka for the summer and will be the guest or Mrs. James k. Gore. Mrs. Glover and family, of Urbana. III., are guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Wood, on North Pennsylvania street. Mr. and Mr. Francis Smith nave arrived frcm Pan Antonio. Tex., and am at their home on North Capitol avenue. Mr. A. J. Graham and daughter Helen have gon to Maine for the summer. Mr. Graham will Join them about Aug. 1. Mr. and Mrj. John B. Cockrum and fam Ily have returned from a visit with rela tlves In Oakland City and Evansville. ?dlss Samuels wilf" l-av Thursday for Cleveland, where he will visit friends a thort time before, going to New York. Mrs. Andrew Gray Young and daughter Agnes, of New York city, are guests of Mrs. Wm. J. Liner, rso. ivn Park avenue. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hollett will return from their wedding journey the latter part of the week and be at home at No. 116 West Twelfth street. General and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison left last night for Berkeley Lodse. their camp In the Adirondack.". Miss Stroud has re turned to New York. Mrs. Charles Robhlns and family have gone from rsew otk to ioucester. Mass., lor the summer. I ney were rormer resi dents of Indianapolis. A concert will rv? given to-morrow even ir.g by Mrs. Kmm.i Schelli-hmMt-Rous. harpist. Miss Brnaldlne Smith, vlollnlste. and Miss Ida Virginia Smith, pantomlne artist, at St. David a Guild rotm. Mrs. James Sommervllle and Miss Alice Bommervllle have Issued Invitation for a garden party Friday. The guests of honor will be their visitors, Mrs. Lambert, of Montreal, and Mrs, Sommervllle, of Scot land. WHITE-MASON. Fpeclal to the Indiana poll Journal. DUBLIN. Ind., July 10. The marriage of Miss Blanche Mason, of this place, and Samuel White, of Indianapolis, took place to-night, at the home of the bride's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Mason, the Rev. Mr. Pierce, of the Methodist Church, officiating. The young couple will reside at Indianapolis. A STUDY OF CRIMINALS WARDEX ÄIIIDELER SAYS IT IS A FASCIXATIXG GAMUt lie Designate Life Prisoner nn the Balance Wheel of Penal Insti tutions Cases Cited "A life prisoner Is the balance wheel of a penal Institution," said George A. H. Shlde ler, warden of the State Prison, to a party of friends last night. "What do you mean by that statement?" asked Tax Commissioner Wlngate, who was a member of the party. "I should think that- a life prisoner would be sullen and morose and hard to deal with." "You were never more mistaken In your life," said Mr. Shldeler. "He always has before him that one solitary hope of escape through parole, pardon or otherwise. If he bases his hope upon executive clemency, he knows full well that any Infraction of the rules of the prison is entered against him and will be brought to the attention of the Governor in case of an application for clemency in his behalf. If he expects to escape from prison by breaking out he will watch his chance and obey the rules In or der to avert suspicion. "There Is no greater study under the sun than that of human nature," continued the warden, "and I love It so that I would al most be willing to work for nothing In or der to be in my present position, where I can pursue my favorite study. I am in fatuated with the Idea of trying to discover the reasons for the commission of crime and cataloguing them for future reference and comparison. I have arranged different crimes In the order of their helnousness; for instance, . I class murder as premedi tated or stealthy, committed for gain, un der the.heat of passion, etc. Within a week after a prisoner is brought into the Institu tion he Is summoned to my office and all sorts of questions put to him by my deputy or myself. We wish to get a complete his tory of the man and of his crime. Then I make a note of my opinion as to the char acter of the man and how he will develop as a prisoner, and this Is filed away with a similar note made by my deputy. We await developments. INNOCENT-LOOKING CRIMINAL. "You may think It incredible, but the prisoner I am most afraid of is the insig nificant, pasty-faced 3'outh, with light hair and innocent blue eyes, who has killed his sweetheart and is yet a little off mentally, perhaps. That is the kind of man who Is dangerous. He had his hopes centered in the girl, and with her dead he no longer cares for anything. One of the most inter esting cases of this kind came under my notice not long ago. Such a looking young fellow as I have described was brought Into my office. I shall never forget the hope less, despairing look on his face. I got In tensely interested in the case and began to question the man with a view to finding out, If I could, why he killed the girl. Among his effects was a photograph of himself, sitting in a chair, with his sweet heart standing by his side, her hand rest ing lovingly on hl3 shoulder. In the picture he was bright-faced, full of hope, his eyes looking straight ahead in a way good to see. If anybody had asked him that day If he could kill the young woman who stood at his side he would have laughed at the notion. 1 said to him: 'When was that pho tograph taken how long before you killed her? Two weeks,' he replied, in h;S dull, listless manner. 'How did you happen to do it? I asked. 'Well, Til tell you,' lie said. 'I loved her but didn't know how to pro pose. One night I tossed all night long try ing to think how I would say the words to her. The next evening I went to her house, knocked at the door and when she came I blurted out a proposal I don't know what I said but she laughed in my face and shut the door. As I was leaving the house I heard her friends laughing In the parlor. I knew another fellow was there with her. I thought that I would rather she were dead than married to him. Then the thought came to me, "she won't die. You will have to kill her. I went three squares away, procured a pistol and returned to her house. When she again opened the door, still with that same, mocking smile on her lips, I shot three times and ned. " 'Why didn't you kill yourself? I asked him. WANTED TO ESCAPE. " 'Because somehow the Idea came to me to escape. I hurried into a marsh which was Just outside the town and was captured the next day. Then I wanted them to hang me. Now that I am here I don't care, though. I am satisfied to know where she is. " "I took that photograph," continued Mr. Shldeler, "turned it over and wrote on the back: 'As long as the honeysuckle opens Its petals to the hummingbird, so long these stories of man and woman and their mis mated love will be ours to relate. This young man killed the young lady standing at his side because she refused to marry him. It was an Insane, jealous act, and yet I cannot help but think him responsible for the deed. She. poor thing, paid dearly for whatever caprice she practiced. I tiled this away with the other papers in the prls oner's case, to be opened In the future by somo one, should they ever feel an Interest In securing freedom for the young man." "You will doubtless recognize a portion of my inscription on that photograph as n quotation from 'The Redemption of David Corson. " Mid Mr. Shldeler. "I had just finished the book, which made as deep an Impression upon me as any book I have ever read. There are two chapters In that book about crime and its cause which are unsurpassed by anything I ever saw. The author says that too often the children of the bad are good and too often the chil dren of the good are bad for us to dogma tlze about heredity. For myself I believe more in environment than I do In heredity. Why, sometimes it seems to me that there are a hundred forces pushing a man into prison. He just cannot escape them. don't believe in the word 'hopeless,' either. I should shrink from pronouncing juug mcnt In case of a 'hopelessly degenerate or Insane person. I believe that somewhere In the nature of every man there Is a spark of noble purpose, which, though It may be burled deep m crime, can be reached some how and fanned Into a glowing flame." TRICKS OF SHERIFFS. From a discussion of crimes and criminals the party gradually drifted into an Interest Ing talk about trips of sheriffs to prisons with men sentenced for offenses against the law. "You would be surprised at the Ingenious tricks sheriffs resort to in order to lncrea?e their claim again?t the State for mileage In transporting prisoners to Mich igan City and Jcffersonvtlle," said Frank Martin, deputy auditor of state and an old time newspaper man. "I know of one offi cial who took a prisoner from the northeast ern part of the State to Jeffersonville bv the roundabout way1 of Chicago, when he could have made the trip directly by at least three other separate routes, ily opin ion is that this Is done because sheriffs happen to have passes over certain rail roads and they prefer to ride over them in order to have their mileage allowance as clear profit." "What would happen If a prisoner should get away from the sheriff while he was going through. Chicago?" suggested Mr. Wlngate. "Why, the officer would have to content himself with u little mild swearing. I sup pose," said Warden Shldeler. "for his Juris diction over the man would cease as soon as the Indiana state line was crossed. have often thought that a prisoner could escape very easily In the railroad yards at Hammond, through which the state line passes. I know that If I were a sheriff and my prisoner should get away from me tin der such circumstances I would dislike greatly to shoot him. I believe I could be held liable for it." MUST GO ON THE TICKET DECISIOX OF Sl'PKEMK COURT IX TOWXSIIIP CASES The Art of 1S7 Held to lie Constitu tionalCriminal Court Cases Other Court Matters. The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed the decision in the case of James M. Earned vs. George B. Elliott and others. In this case it was sought to enjoin the placing of the names of nominees for the office of township trustee and township assessor on the official ballots in Center township, to be voted for at the election next November. The appellants in the case Insisted that the act of the Legislature, approved Feb. 25, 1S07. which provides that the time for holding the election of township trustees and township assessors shall be changed from the general election In November, 1803, to the general election in 1900, and to the general election every fourth year thereafter, and that said trustees and as sessors shall qualify and enter upon the discharge of the duties of the respective offices at the expiration of ten days after such election, was unconstitutional. In its decision the court said: "If the laws of the State provide for the election of township trustees and township assessors at the November election, 1500, this case must be affirmed; otherwise it must be re versed. Appellants insist, however, that said act is unconstitutional and void be cause it extended the terms of office of township trustees and assesors beyond the period of four years in violation of Section 2, Article 15, of the Constitution. The same objection was raised against the validity of said act in State ex rel. vs. Menaugh, 151 Ind., 260. and this court held that said act was not in violation of said provision of the Constitution." The court said that after a careful con sideration It adhered to the conclusion reached In the case of the State ex rel. vs. Menaugh that said act of 1897 Is constitu tional, and that township trustees and as sessors are to be elected at the November election. 1900, and enter upon the discharge or the duties of their respective offices as provided by said act. The decision establishes that trustees and assessors must be elected this fall, as provided by the act of 1897. Criminal Court Cases. Bicycle Patrolman J. N. Streit filed an affidavit of information in the Criminal Court yesterday against Samuel Jones, alias John Smith, charging him with steal ing a. cow and calf from Mary Rader, 22 South Summit street, June 21. Mrs. Ida Bennett, living at 709 West North street, filed an affidavit against her daughter, Ruth Bennett, eight years old, charging that she cannot be kept In school and requesting that ühe bo sent to the Re formatory. Llss Breeding, charged with burglary and petit larceny, Jason Douglass with assault and battery with intent to kill, William Shortridge, perjury, James H. Washing ton, obtaining money under false pretense, and Samuel Jones, grand larceny, were all brought before Judge Alford yesterday and arraigned. They pleaded not guilty. Xo Need for a Receiver. By agreement of the attorneys in the case of Charles Hollenbeck against the Mexican Tropical Agricultural Company on account and for the appointment of a receiver, the suit was settled in Judge Leathers's court yesterday, and Charles B. Lockwood, the receiver, made his final report, with the re quest that he be discharged. He asserted that no property had been turned over to him, although the company Is said to have S.000 acres In Mexico, that the suit has been dismissed and the Intervening petitions withdrawn. Ills Stock Damaged. Horace M. Cooney brought suit against Frank L. Glass, constable, and John W. Sears and Hiram J. Glass, his bondsmen, for $500 damages yesterday. He alleges that Glass came to his restaurant and confection ery at 425 Massachusetts avenue, broke open the store and took possession of all the stock. He asserts that part of this has been destroyed or rendered worthless, and that the act of the officer was wholly Illegal. Letters Cause a Divorce. Mrs: Estella Morrison, cashier at the Grand Hotel, was granted a divorce from her husband, Harry Morrison, by Judge Leathers yesterday on a charge of aban donment. The contents of two letters, one to Miss Nell Berryman. 16SS Cornell av enue, from Morrison, who Is now a guide In the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, and the reply, caused the judge to make his de cision. Bank President Explanation. Hiram W. Miller, president of the State Bank of Indiana, was brought Into the Criminal Court yesterday on an attach ment for failure to answer a summons In the case of John Sherwood, charged with embezzlement. He explained to Judge Al ford that he was detained because of sick ness in his family. A Guardian for Henry. Nora Henry filed a petition in the Circuit Court yesterday to have her husband, Chas. N. Henrj. adjudged of unsound mind June 27 and now in the Insane hospital, declared Insane and that a guardian be appointed to take charge of his property. Administrator Appointed. The Marlon Trust Company was yester day appointed administrator of the estate of Peter S. Cook. THE COl'RT RECORD. SUPREME COURT. 19407. Lamed vs. Elliott. Marlon C. C. Affirmed per curiam. The act of 1S97 (Acts 1S97. p. 64) extending the time of election of township trustees is constitutional and township trustees and assessors are to be elected at the Novem ber election of 19X) and they enter upon the dicharge of their respective duties as pro vided in said act. 10391. City of Indianapolis vs. Holt. Mar ion S. C. Reversed. Dowling. J. 1. The statute known as the Indianapolis City charter, in so far as it relates to the Improvement of streets does not violate either the federal or State Constitutions by taking property without the process of law. 2. The Board of Public Works of the city of Indianapolis is a tribunal open to every property owner whose rights will be affected by a proposed street Improve ment under the authority of such board. 3. Under the provisions of the Indianapolis charter no Improvement can be made where the benefits are less than the costs. If the property owner by remonstrance and proof, as authorized by tho statute, satisfies the board such will be the result. 4. The Board of Public Works of said city is clothed with ample authority to hear and determine the question whether the cost of a public im provement In general, or in particular cases, will exceed the general or special benefits and every property owner has the right to submit that question to the board. 5. Due process of law is an orderly pro ceeding adapted to the nature of the case In which the citizen has an opportunity to be heard, and to defend, enforce, and protect his rights. t. Under section 3S46 Burns Sup. Horner (.1897) Sec. an as sessment for public Improvement is a lien upon the real estate, and when the owner has not signed a waiver pf all de fenses and Irregularities, or exercised or claimed the option to pay In installments he may contest the amount of his assess ment in a suit to foreclose the lien. 7. The general grant of power necessarily carries with It the right to use the means essential to Its legitimate exercise. Crist vs. Wayne. Etc.. Association. Huntington C. C. Petition for rehearing overruled. 19171. Moore vs. Moore. Boone C. C. Petition for rehearing overruled. Minutes. 1S793. Lyman C. Crist et al. vs. the Wayne International Building and Loan Association. Huntington C. C. Appellants' petition and brief for rehearing. HCT!). Aaron Sohl et ul. vs. James L. Evans et al. Hamilton C. C. Appellees brief. 19299. Jennie Morgan vs. Green Street. Jay C. C. Appellee's substituted briefs (5). APPELLATE COURT. Minutes. 22.12. Chicago & Southeastern Railway Company vs. Andrew J. Adams. Boone C. C. Appellee's brief. 2922. J. A. Everltt. seedsman, vs. Indiana Paper Company. Marion S. C. Appellant's petition for rehearing and brief on petition. 3399. Manford McGeath vs. Benjamin F. Starr et al. Wells C. C. Appellants' brief. 34SÖ. Frank P. Seller vs. State of Indiana ex rel. Board of Commissioners of DeKalb county. DeKalb C. C. Appellant's brief (S). 3304. The State of Indiana ex rel. Joseph W. Miller vs. Henry W. Webster et al. DeKalb C. C. Appellees' brief. Motion to transfer to Supreme Court. SUPERIOR COURT. Room 1 John L. McMaster, Judge. George Hitz vs. George Kreitlein: re plevin. By agreement cause Is dismissed at plaintiff's cost. Li.-A. Ward et al. vs. Russell Lumber Company: on note. Judgment by agree ment against defendant for 123 and costs. Olive Ott vs. August Oldaz; damages. Judgment on verdict for M). The following causes were dismissed for want of prosecution: : Rose vs. Indianapolis Gas Company. Lamprecht Bros. vs. Leonard. Theodore Endsley Aufderheide Hutchin son vs. Big Four Railroad Company. Gauss vs. Abbott. Joseph Hatton vs. Lcggo. Tobln vs. Tobln. Sutton vs. Davis. Herron vs. Gay nor. Room 2 James M. Leathers, Judge. Estella Morrison vs. Harry Morrison; divorce. Decree granted plaintiff. Judg ment against defendant for costs. CIRCUIT COURT. Henry Clay Allen, Judge. Jesse Warrington vs. Sophia E. Rhodes et al.; to quiet title. By agreement of par ties James S. Cruse appointed receiver to collect rents and to maintain any suit necessary for such purpose. Karl Haupt vs. Indianapolis Planing Mill Company: receivership. By agreement of parties Edenharter & Mull, attorneys, al lowed 1100. Emma Kokemlller vs. William C. Koke mlller; divorce. Dismissed by plaintiff. Judgment against plaintiff for costs. NEW SUITS FILED. Horace M. Cooney vs. Frank L. Glass et al.; damages. Demand, $5,000. Circuit Court. Edward W. Doser vs. Anton W. Bayer; mechanic's lien. Circuit Court. Katie Parker vs. Joseph Parker; divorce. Superior Court, Room 3. Ida Barton vs. William R. Barton; divorce. Superior Court, Room 1. Emma Kurtz vs. Thomas Kurtz; divorce. Superior Court, Room 3. Ollle Brown vs. Oscar Brown; divorce. Superior Court, Room 1. Byron Fultz vs. Mary H. Fultz; divorce. Superior Court, Room 2. James Brooks vs. Mattle Brooks; divorce. Superior Court, Room 1. WILL BE DONE TO-DAY. nulldlnar Inspector 'Decides on His Course 31unlclpal Notes. The threat of Building Inspector Bedell to tear away the entrance to the Zener flats at the corner of Delaware and Ver mont streets did not materialize yesterday, as he could not get the street commission er's force together, but the attack will be made this morning. Mr. Bedell will have the twenty Inches that encroach on the sidewalk removed, and police officers will be on hand In case there Is resistance. A Plant for Repairs. City Engineer Jeup has returned from his trip to Western cities where he inspected street improvements and bridges, and he is very enthusiastic over. the question of put ting In a system In this city whereby the repairs on asphalt streets can be done by the city at a great saving. He says In St. Louis the city does Its own repair work and the entire plant cost but $1,000. The asphalt used for repairing Is secured from streets torn up to. make, repairs by the street-railway company, sewer companies, etc. He will advocate the plan In this city. Lines to the Parks. The new Indiana avenue bride over Fall Creek will be ready for traffic on Sunday and the street car lines to Riverside and Brookslde Parks will be opened. A formal opening of the two parks will be held next week. . CITY NEWS NOTES. Dr. L. F. Page has returned from Ken tucky. Guido Pressler, who died Monday, was a member of Columbia Lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and the lodge will as sist at the funeral. The Auxiliary Society, of Central Chris tian Church will meet at 10 o'clock this morning in the church parlors. Miss Jo sepha Franklin will talk of her life In India during the past six years. A place has been secured near Sheridan by the Roberts Park Epworth League which can accommodate twenty children for the summer. The Fresh Air Mission will send twenty children at a time for an outing there. The South Bend find.) Portland Cement Company was incorporated yesterday with a capital stock of $50.000. The directors ore Edward J. Darragh. John Stlrlen. A. E. Stevens, Dr. John Raney and A. B. Shively. Mrs. Sulllvan. who Is at the head of the Presbyterian Mission at Brlgham City, Utah, with her daughter Caroline, arc at the home of Mrs. W. J. Kercheval. 640 North Meridian street, for a short visit. Mrs. Sullivan'H father. Judge Jeremiah Sul livan, named Indianapolis. Few of the civil-service examinations which were to have been held in this city this week have taken place on account of the small number of aspirants. AH of the examinations were to have been of a tech nical character, and it would have been difficult for applicants to even qualify for them. An enthusiastic meeting was held at the Town Hall In lrvington Monday night by the Citizens League and final steps were taken toward the abatement of the beer picnics which arc being held in groves east oi the town. Wilson S. Doan was in structed to bring Injunction proceedings at once with a view to closing the groves permanently. Condition of Indltuin Crops. The crop bulletin issued by the weather office for Indiana for the week ending July 10, says: "Warm, fair weather predominated, with local rains on but few days. Cornfields were cultivated, but most corn is too tail and laid by: it began to silk and tassel, promising a heavy crop. Oats are ripening fast; the heads are well filled, promising a large yield; in a few localities the harvest began. A good crop of rye is in the shock. Tobacco U doing well. Late potatoes are most all planted, early planted promlie a heavy yield. Millet is up and growing nice ly. A large crop of peas Is being canned in the factories. Wheat threshing conUnucs; the yield is poor and there is not n; ich to thresh. Haying continued whenever the weather permitted; the crop is fair; clover is most all housed: timothy harvest began and a good crop will be saved. Fruit is abundant: peaches are ripening, and. al though many apples are dropping, the yield promises to be fair. Pasturage and live stock are in good condition." Bankruptcy Petitions. The following petitions In bankruptcy were filed In the Federal Court yesterday: Iraac W. Craig, a hardware clerk of Ross vllle. Clinton county; liabilities ,475.99, as rets $160. Harry Bates, a farmer of Vermilion county; liabilities $2.4T.64. ass.ts $ö.W. Edward C. Bales, a bookkeeper of Dana, Vermilion county; liabilities $2.475.57. no assets. Small Losses ly Fire. A lamp exploded in the home of Samuel Kimball, 623 North Douglass street, last night, burning up a bed and causing a loss of $3. The .house Is owned by Thomas Ward. Other fires yesterday were at H. P. Mil ler's residence, 1431 Blaine avenue, owned by M. McCafferty, causing a loss of $23. and the barn of William Davis. 33 Beville avenue, which was damaged $10. B. & 0. S. W.'S THREATS TWO STRONG LINES FORCING THE IS SUE OX EXCESS FARES Railways Taking Steps to Provide Employes with a. Competence When Old Age Overtakes Them. The excess fare agreement, within the last few days, has taken an unlooked-for turn, the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern taking similar action as did the Erie on this disturbing factor, In railroad passen ger circles. The B. & O. S. W. now says that all of the standard lines between St. Louis and New York must charge excess fares on all of the fast trains between those points, especially those which come inside of the standard time agreed upon some years ago. The road Is very firm in this stand, and, like the Erie, threatens to with draw from the Joint passenger agreement If the other lines refuse to obey. This Is equivalent to a statement that if the other lines do not care to charge excess fares on these fast trains It will make a rate that, while It may seem ridiculous to the other railroad men and while they may style it so, it will, nevertheless, be a sufficient re duction to induce a good deal of travel to go by the longer and slower lines. It Is understood ,that In this the B. & O. S. W. has not only the moral support but the encouragement of the Vanderbllt lines. The Pennsylvania Is very much stronger than the Vanderbllt lines in St. Louis, even as a contrary condition prevails with regard to the business at Chicago. The Pennsyl vania, in part, forced the Vanderbllt lines to charge the excess fares out of Chicago, and now they propose to retaliate on Penn sylvania territory, using the B. & O. S. W. as a catspaw for the purpose. Providing for Aged' Employes. A number of the leading railroad com panies have In the last few years' been doing a great deal in the way of making opportunities for their men to provide a competence in old age. Some of the man agements have Insisted that the best method Is to give employes a chance to purchase stock in the companies, and, while with those railroads that are dividend pro ducers the scheme has worked all right, all the railroads are not on that sort of finan cial basis, and the result Is that some of them have hit upon the' idea of pensioning old and deserving servants. The Illinois Central, it is said, is more than likely to adopt a pension system In the near future, though so far nothing further has been done by the management than to make close Investigation Into the pension systems employed by companies with experience in the business. For a long while the Illinois Central has made It possible for its em ployes to buy stock in the company at mar ket value and pay for It on the Installment plan, with the understanding that at any time they care to dispose of their holdings they can do so by reselling their stock to tue railroad company at the then market value. The Pennsylvania Railroad system is one of the pioneers In this work. It is claimed that when the men Jiave stock in the company, however little it may be, they take a greater Interest in their work than when working only for a salary, and now It is argued that when the men know that In old age they have a chance for a pen sion they are more willing to remain In the service and do faithful duty, and are better satisfied generally than when their only prospect for a competence comes In the shape of a monthly salary. Roads which have the system In vogue are well pleased with its operation. .... Old Rates May He Restored. In an effort to solidify all the railroads which are parties to the recent agreement to publish real rates and maintain them, a meeting of executives of the Missouri river and Trans-Missouri lines was held In Chi cago to-day. Those lines represented were the Burlington, Uie Northwestern, the Rock Island, the Missouri Pacific, the Kan sas & Texas, the Wabash, the Santo Fe, the Union Pacific, the St. Paul, the Kansas City, Fort Scott Memphis, the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri River Valley, the Illi nois Central, the Kansas City Southern, the Alton and the Frisco line. Tho presi dents agreement was discussed and all admitted that until it goes fully into effect there will be no great difficulty in main taining grain rates or any other rates. Charges were made that certain roads are permitting shippers to make their own rates and it was declared the demoraliza tion east of the Missouri river was never greater than at present. While none of those present would authorize a statement It Is intimated that an agreement was reached to restore the old rates all along the line and to maintain them. A meeting of the St. Paul-Minneapolis committee was called for Thursday when it is hoped, an, organization will be perfected so that the new presidents agreement may go Into ef fect. Progress on the C, R. A 31. Good weather has made possible fast work by the construction gangs on the Cincinnati, Richmond & Muncie Railroad, and it Is expected that by Sept. 1 trains will be running between Richmond and the C, H. & D. Railroad, seventeen miles to the south. Grading Is rapidly going on, and the right of way for this distance has been secured. , The contracts for the four bridges to be built In Richmond will be let this week. Next Saturday an election will be held In Stony Creek township, Hen ry county, for the purpose of voting a sub sidy to the road. The subsidy was defeated at an election held there In May. but It Is thought sentiment has since changed. Personal Local and General Notes. C. E. Schaff, general manager of the B!g Four, was In the city last evening, on his way to Cincinnati. Nelson Warren Weakley, who has been agent of the Big Four at Thorntown for thirty-six years, died yesterday. A. Schaaf, of Atlanta. Ga., a well-known engineer of the Southern Railroad, is visit ing friends and relatives in Indianapolis. H. G. Duckvolts has been appointed chief train dispatcher of the Champaign division of the Illinois Central, vice J. G. Lawton, resigned. Travel to the seashore has set In so heav ily that nightly the Big Four and Pennsyl vania lines are hauling one or two addi tional sleeping cars. Travel to Michigan summer resorts con tinues heavy. Last night the Pennsylvania was obliged to put on an additional sleep ing car for the north. Indications are that the Atlantic City and Niagara Falls excursions will be lib erally patronized. The longer limit given to the trips is a drawing card. The Lake Shore people have decided to enlarge inn Miopa ui me xurie oc west ern at Lima, O.. and will do away with some of the smaller shops on Its line. The Chicago. Burlington & Qulncy, in the fiscal year ending June 30. was operated on 62.4 . per cent, or Its gross earnings, against 60 per cent. In the preceding year. The Chicago & Eastern Illinois has re ceived the last of the five large passenger engines recently ordered, and those in serv ice, are fulfiling the highest expectations as to power and speed. The Interchange of traffic between the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Big Four at Cincinnati is again from S50 to 400 loaded cars per day, the Big Four turning over 200 or more cars dally to the C. & O. General Passenger Agent E. A. Ford, of the Penns3ivania lines v est. is Issuing a folder on "The New Pennsylvania Lim ited." Accompanying cuts and descriptions show this to be "the. world s most luxurious railway train." William Garstang, superintendent of mo tive power of the Big Four, is In Philadel phia looking after the building of the new ten-wheel passenger engine at the Baldwin locomotive works. This will be the first 77D Time was when Cancer was considered as incurable as lep rosy. Physicians and friends could give little relief or en couragement to one afflicted with this terrible disease. Even now doctors know remedy for this fearful malady: i r rn while admitting it to be a blood disease, they still insist that there is no hope outside of a surgical operation, and advise you to have the Cancer cut out, but at the tame time cannot assure you that it will not return. You may cut or draw out the sore, but another will come in its place, for the disease is in the blood is deep-seated and de structive, and beyond the reach of the surgeon's knife or caustic, flesh-dcstroyinj plasters. 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July 13 Samuel M. Hlce, traveling passen ger agent of the Big Four, will take the position of city passenger agent of the Big Four at Indianapolis, vice F. A. MacDonald, resigned. Mr. Hlce was formerly ticket agent of the Big Four at Its lower ticket office in this city. It has been announced officially that the Southern Faciflc has secured a large num ber of Boers for Immigration. It is stated that the company will bring them to this country and locate them to the number of one thousand or more In Western Louis iana and Eastern Texas. Barnard Marion, who for years has been supervisor of bridges and buildings of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley, with head quarters at Greenville. Miss., has resigned to accept service with the Birmingham, Selma !c New Orleans, with headquarters at Selma, Ala., with title of superinten dent. Louis Nottnagel Walton, freight agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, who died Sat urday at his home In Beverly, N. J., was in charge of the largest and most Im portant freight agency In the world as to territorial extent, amount of charges col lected and variety of commercial interests involved. The receipts from sales of tickets at the Union Station In June were $2,538.10 In ex cess of those of June, 1S99. As the business of June, 1S9, was the heaviest of any June In the history of Indianapolis, the exhibit this year may be considered favorable. The outside ofiices of the city last month did the largest business since opened. The Illinois secretary, of state yesterday licensed the incorporation of the Mattoon & Evansvllle Railroad Company. wlth a capital stock of $50,000. The object of the company is to operate that portion of the Peoria, Decatur & Evansvllle Railroad be ginning at Mattoon and extending to Ev ansvllle. Incorporators and first board of directors are John C. Welling, J. T. Hara han, Wm. G. Bruen, Thomas E. King and Clarence .W. Moore, all of Chicago. One of" the rumors current In upper rail road circle? is that M. E. Ingalls, president of the Big Four, will be made a member, of the advisory board of the New York Central Interests, and that W. H. McDoel. president of the Monon, will alo be presi dent of the Big Four lines. That some Im portant change Is, contemplated is general ly understood. The cloud over the title of the Monon is now wholly removed by the decision of Judge Woods in the Bcattyville litigation. " Announcements come from the Western railroads that they will no longer make general Labor day cheap rates. It has been the custom In the past to grant one fare for the round trip or a fare and a third for the round trip, but the lines which have been making such concessions have come to the conclusion that there Is no money In the business. They say the great er portion of the travel on Labor day come to them any way, and that the cheap rates do not attract a very large crowd. Some of the big roads have come to the conclusion i.at employes as well as the officials have no business to engage In politics, whether State, municipal or na tional. They do not think their men can serve the corporation faithfully and at the same time be aldermen, mayors, council men, burgesses. One of the leading rail road officials said. "We want the exclusive services, and the undivided attention of cur officers, and we cannot see how a man can be a politician and at the same time a successful railroad man." The Grand Trunk Railway Is making rapid progress In the scheme of reorganiza tion of the Chicago & Grand Trunk, In relation to which Mr. Hays made his recent trip to England. The company announces that the United States courts made an order directing the receivers to disaffirm the leases by the Chicago & Grand Trunk of the Cincinnati. Saginaw & Mackinaw Railway and to discontinue the operation of the road after July 1. In ron5equcnce the Jurisdiction of the officers of the Grand Trunk in their respective positions has been extended over the Cincinnati, Saginaw & Mackinaw. While it Is said that the Erie Railroad won a victory over all competing lines In forcing them to make their fast through trains between New York and Chicago extra fare trains, it must be admitted that the Pennsylvania lines deserve to be cred ited with having made a good move also. The Pennsylvania line put on a fast train from Cleveland to make connection with the Pittsburg limited on the Pennsylvania Railroad, establishing a service which beat the time of the Lake Shore and the other roads. The Pennsylvania is perfectly sat isfied Just as long as It can run trains from New York to Chicago via the Panhandle with a differential fare. Opening; of Barber Shop. J. II. 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