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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, ,1891.
MAGNATES IN CONFERENCE
Western Enilway Presidents Meet io Se
cret Session to Perfect an Agreement
Two Beads Opposed to the 8cheine Points on
Which S access or Failure Depends Illi
nois Ticket-Seal pen to Be Troseccted.
New York. Jan. & Pursuant to announce
ment the meeting took place at the Wind
ier Hotel, this morning, of the representa
tive! of Western railroads "who, at the
recent larger meeting at the house of J.
Pierpont Morgan, in this city, were named
to assemble at this time for the purpose of
organizing an advisory board, whose object
should be to equalize and maintain rates
over the lines of the respective associated
roads. Present at tnis meeting were the
following gentlemen: Jay Gould and S. II.
II. Clark, of the Missouri Pacific; Allen
Manvel, of the Santa Fe; C. P. Hunt
ington and J. C. Stalls, of the
Southern Pacific; Henry Viliard, of the
Northern Pacific; Sidney Dillon, of the
Union Pacific; Marvin Ilughitt. of the Chi
cago & Northwestern; It. 1L Cable and Ben
iamin Brewster, of the Kock Island; David
11. Motfat, of the Denver & Rio Grande;
Koswell Miller, of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul; O. D.- Ashley, ot the Wabash;
Kussell Sage, of the Iowa Central; Stuy
vesant Fish, of the Illinois Central, and
Charles B. Perkins, of the Chicago. Bur
lington & Quincy. The Great Northern
railroad, which adopted the presidents'
resolution passed at Mr. Morgan's house,
and is heartily in sympathy with the ob
jects proposed at to-day's meeting, was un
represented on account of the unavoidable
detention in the Northwest of its president,
James J. MIL Other unrepresented roads
whose co-operation had been desired are the
Chicago & Alton and the Chicago. St. Paul
&. Kansas City. They were unrepresented
because they are not in sympathy with the
movement. Upon going into session, in
lioom 23, the representatives of the roads
barricaded themselves against intrusion
from the press or others, positive
instructions having been issued to the ho
tel clerks on no account to send any cards
to the meeting-room, and a man was sta
tioned at the door to prevent any violation
of the order. Even railroad men not spe
cially named to be present at the meeting
were excluded, including Coh J. J.McCook,
who has done as much as anybody to
further the Bcheme. George Gould and
others.
Upon the adjournment of the conference,
at 12:45, for luncheon, the following state
ment was given to the press: The advisory
board appointed a committee coniisting of
one- representative from each company
members of the the association to take into
consideration and report to an adjourned
meeting of the board, at 10 o'clock Friday
morning, the by-laws which, in their judg
ment, are necessary for carrying oat the
purposes of the association. All action
taken was unanimous. ' The meeting of
the committee was called for 2 o'clock to
day. II. K. En os, representing the Mis
souri, Kansas & Texas railroad, was unex
pectedly present and accepted an invitation
to participate in the conference. The
meeting was called to order by Koswell
Miller, president of the Chicago. St. Paul
Sc. Milwaukee railroad.
The committee appointed by the advisory
board, which was really a committee of
presidents, met at 2 o'clock, and remained
in executive session till 5:00. They refused
to make public the results of their delibera
tions beyond the statement that the meet
ing was harmonious. Jay Gould said aft
erward that four members of the committee
would be appointed a commission to regu
late the tonnage question and distribute
freight more equally on all the roads in the
combination. Appeals taken from tne de
cisions of these commissioners would, of
course, be settled by the advisory board.
The committee will meet again to-morrow
morning
QUESTIONS TO BE DECIDED.
The Evening Post learns from Col. J. J.
McCook the titles of the subjects to be con
sidered by the meeting, and states the first
and most important to be that of rates, the
rules for the regulation of which have
already been drafted, but will probably be
discussed at considerable length, and per
haps not a little amended before being
adopted. The second subject is that
of apportionment of traffic among the con
stituent roads another matter of supreme
importance and likely to engage prolonged
consideration. The third subject is joint
agencies, which, from all indications, is
more likely to produce dissensions than any
other matter to be considered. Mr. Gould,
or the Missouri Pacific, Mr. Dillon, for the
Union Pacific, and Messrs. Manvel and Ma
goun, for the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe
railroad, are heartily in favor of the total
abolition of individual agencies and the
consolidation of all existing agencies at
various points into one joint agency in each
place. This proposition, however, is op
posed by the representatives of some of the
other roads; and a stiff debate is expected
to take place under this head of the pro
ceedings. It seems likely, nevertheless,
that Mr. Gould and his associates will carry
their point. The fourth topio regards ap
peals from the decisions of the executive
body of the organization. This, of course,
is of the highest importance, be
ing, as is said, the safety -valve
which is to prevent a possible
explosion and separation of the parts of
the welded machinery of the organization.
The conditions under which appeals may
be made, and the constitution of the appel
late body, will be most carefully consid
ered and determined. The fifth head under
which the proceeding will arrange them
selves is the subject of prohibitions. What
the roads shall not do is held to be of im
portance second only to that which they
may do. Prohibitive restrictions, there
fore, form a very essential part of what is
being enacted at to-day's conference. The
sixth and final topic is that of committees
what committees shall be created, what
their duties and powers shall be, and.
finally, who shall compose them. Last of
all, all the preceding subjects having been
considered and agreement in regard to
them reached, tho conclusions arrived at
will be summed up and embodied in a con
stitution which will govern all the subse
quent action of the association, but being
sabject, of course, to amendment. In ad
dition to the constitution there will also
be, it is expected, a body of supplementary
by-laws.
Jay Gould to-night made the following
statement. He said: "We have decided to
call this association of railroad presidents
the Western Traffic Association. The board
also decided to form a tonnage pool to be
divided among the roads of the association.
Any complaints which any road may wish
to make will be referred to an arbitration
board consisting of four commissioners and
a president, who will be chosen at to-morrow's
meeting. The pool will be divided
into four divisions, each commissioner to
have charge of a division. If this arbitra
tion board does not settle the matter satis
factorily the complaint will be taken be
fore the general board." A meeting of the
full advisory board will be held at 0 o'clock
to-morrow morning at the Windsor, and it
is expected some very important steps will
be taken.
Preparing to Scalp the Scalpers.
The Western Passenger Association
closed a three days' session at Chicago yes
terday by authorizing Chairman W. W.
Finley to take immediate steps looking to
the prosecution of Chicago ticket-brokers
under the Illinois State law. This action
is in line with the general tendency of late
- to bring reforms in the conduct of railroad
competition in the West, and the passenger
agents who decided upon the course in
question are believed to have acted under
instructions of their superior officers. Some
years ago the Legislature of Illinois passed
a law prohibiting the sale of railroad tick
ets by others than the authorized agents of
the rnads. The attempt to enforce the
law was a failure for the reason that some
of the lines were in league with the scalp
ers and shielded them from the conse
quences of their illegal practices. The
scalping business continued to flourish,
and for a long time the law has been prac
tically a dead letter. It is now believed
the time has come when it can be enforced.
The spirit of reform has taken possession
of the Western lines, and traffic managers
are under strict orders to refrain from ma
nipulating rates in any manner whatever.
The Western Passenger Association is now
a very strong organization, and with a man
of Chairman Finley's pluck at its head
there seems to be no reason why it cannot
make a successful crusade on the scalping
fraternity in Illinois at least, where the
business of the scalper is unlawful.
It is understood that the prosecution of
Chicago brokers will, be commenced within
a week or two, and, as Finley is a fighter,
the best results are expected. Apparently
the ticket-broker is in more danger of being
exterminated than ever before. Besides
the proposed prosecutions in Illinois, there
is a movement on the part of all the asso
ciated roads. East and West, to drive him
out of business. If the scheme to abolish
unlimited tickets is carried out it will do
moro to cripple the scalper's trade than
anything that has been yet done, as there
will be more risk than profit in an attempt
to pursue the business with such limited
tickets as could be obtained.
Another scheme that is calculated to hurt
the scalper is the proposition to discontinue
the payment of commissions on the sale of
tickets. A special meeting of the joint
committee of tho Trunk Line and Central
Trarlic Associations will be held in New
York to-day tor the consideration of this
subject. It will be attended by both Chair
man Blanchard and Vice-ch airman Donald,
of the latter association. All the roads en
tering Chicago from the east have agreed
to abolish commissions except the Balti
more c Ohic, the Chicago & Erie and the
Wabash, and the first two of these have de
clared their willingness to do likewise pro
vided the movement is unanimous. It is
expected that tho Wabash will give its
consent at to-day's meeting, and that the
date will be fixed for putting the agree
ment into effect
Tourist Bate Reduced.
At a meeting of the Chicago and Ohio
River Traffic Association yesterday it was
decided to reduce winter tonrist rates from
Chicago to Jacksonville, Fla., from 45 to
$43 for the round trip. Rates to other
points for which the rate to Jacksonville
was the basing rate will be redo ced in the
same proportion.. Tho reduction was made
to place Chicago on an equality with other
points. The round-trio rate from Indian
apolis has heretofore been 35 and from St.
Louis $36.10, so that a tourist from Chicago
would profit by buying a regular ticket to
Indianapolis and a tourist ticket from this
city to Jacksonville. This inconsistency
is corrected by the change. The meeting
decided to adopt one-thousand-mile tickets
at 2 cents a mile to meet the action of the
Pennsylvania Company. s
Personal, Local and General Notes.
F. D. Wheeler, commercial agent of the
Big Four, will, on the 15th. chan ge his head
quarters from Toledo to Detroit.
The Mackey people are relaying wth
steel rail tho Kockport branch of the Louis
ville, Evansville & St Louis road.
Win. R. McKeen, president of the Terre
Haute & Indianapolis Railroad Company,
is in the city, and will remain through the
day.
The M., K. & T. and the Texas Pacific
are at sword's-point over freight rates, and
all tr-ritT division sheets have been can
celed. The position of traveling freight agent of
the Big Four, which was held by N. J. Mo
Conney. with headquarters at Indianapolis,
has been abolished.
Joseph W. Marsee is the surgeon of seven
of the Indianapolis lines, and for such
services he receives $3,000 a year. Most of
the time he is a very busy. man.
The Wabash system earned in December
$1,125,012; increase over 1889. 85,732, This
brings tho earnings of the year 1890 np to
913,151,004, which is an increase over 1889 of
06.118. ,
It is stated that D. J. Mackey now ranks
among the largest of the holders of Big
Four stock, which he has secured in vari
ous railroad deals and some by direct pur
chase. Under the dividends declared on Tuesday
by the directors of the Belt road and livestock-yards
the holders of the common
stock get 30,000 and of the preferred stock
37.500.
The Western Passenger Association has
decided to advance the rate on tickets to
Portland, Ore., from Chicago and other
points in this territory 82, tho advauce to
take etlect Feb. 1.
W. Leland. traveling freight agent of the
C, B. & O. line, with headquarters at Cleve
land, will, on Feb. 1, retire from that posi
tion, as a reso.lt of the retrenchment policy
that the "Q" road is inaugurating.
The Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis
road, which was sold eighteen months ago
to the Mackey syndicate by its Boston
owners, earned gross in 1S0O $1,339,091; in
crease over 1SS9, lt6,82t, or 10 per cent.
The venerable Joshua W. Richardson,
who, for nearly forty years, has been ticket
. agent of the Hew York. Provideilce fc Bos
ton road at Boston, will retire on the 15th
of this month, C. F. Conn succeeding him.
The Toledo, St Louis & Kansas City road
earned, gross, in 1S90. 1,502,743, against
1,086.279 in 189; increase, 518,464. The in
crease in 1891 will hardly be as marked, as
it will have no increase in mileage to Swell
the earnings
The new mileage books which the roads
in the Chicago and Ohio River Association
are to put on sale will not be ready, it is
stated, before Jan. 20. The several roads
will then sell one-thousand-mile tickets at
202 cents per mile.
E. O. Mann, who was recently appointed
superintendent of the central division of
the Missouri Paoific lines, was for many
f ears a train-dispatcher on the old Big
"our line. He now has 479 miles of road
under his supervision.
O. ll. Brown, assistant general freight
agent of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.
will on next Monday tiansfer his head
quarters from Chicago to Kansas City. He
is hereafter to have supervision of all the
live stock traffic over the Santa Fe sys
tem. '
Very friendly traffic relations have
been established between the Vandalia and
the Chicago & West Michigan road, which
will bo of benefit to both. In years past
the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan has
been the chief southern outlet for the C. fe
W.M.
Commencing with next Sunday the Penn
sylvania's fast Southern express will leave
Chicago thirty, minutes later, at 9:45 a. m.,
and reach Indianapolis but fifteen minutes
later than it now does, arnving at Louis
ville at the same time as under the present
train schedule.
President Breyfogle, of the Louisville,
New Albany & Chicago, holds in so high
esteem Prof. W. W. Borden, founder of the
Borden College, that he has given instruc
tions to change the name of the New Provi
dence station to that of Borden, and
ordered that a neat depot be erected at
that point at once.
The report of Daniel Donough, general
ticket agent of the Union Railway Com
pany, shows that the receipts from sales of
sleeping-car tickets at Indianapolis in 1890
were .'J5,526, .From year to year there is a
steady increase shown in the business of
the sleeping-car companies at this point
Edward S. Washburne, freight-traffic
;manager of the Big Four lines, will be in
the city to-day to see if there is an oppor
tunity to further reduce expenses of the
freight department at Indianapolis. As a
result of his visit to Chicago a reduction of
nearly 20 per cent, has been made in the ex
penses of the freight department at that
point
C. F. Meek, wb o has just retired from the
position of general manager of the Gulf di
vision of the Union Pacific road, at once
goes to Mexico to superintend the building
of an extensive system of electric roads.
A company, which has secured a frauchise
for fifty years, and has a capital stock of
JO,000,000, has been organized to build the
lines.
D. B. Martin, general passenger agent of
the Big Four lines; A. J. Smith, general pas
senger agent of the Lake Shore, and a num
ber of other general passenger agents, who
were in attendance at the meeting iu Chi
cago on Wednesday, left on Wednesday
night for New York city direct, to attend a
conference of passenger men to be held in
that city to-day.
The Texas Western road, of which S. L?
Packard has been appointed receiver, about
a year ago was bought in as a bargain at
foreclosure sale by Elijah Smith, who once
owned the Whitewater and the Fort
Wayne, Cincinnati & Louisville roads, but
the Texas Western proves to be a bad in
vestment, and he again asks the court to
take charge of it.
The etlbrtsof the general passenger agents
at the Chicago meeting to put a check on
excursion business, such as the Niagara
Falls excursions, did not reach expectations.
The Lake Erie Xc Western, for instance,
when the question of Niagara Falls excur
sions came up, was not represented, which,
in etlect. was to say that that line would
run them as usual in lb'Jl.
The management of the Bis Four shows a
disposition to appoint young men in the
position of division superintendents. J. E.
Rose, of tho Springfield division, is tho
youngest, being but twenty-seven years
old. The others are in the thirties, except
B. S. Sutton, of the Whitewater division,
who is nearly sixty, and has been on the
Big Four lines for oyer a quarter of a cent
ury. The passenger men who attended the Chi
cago meetings this week state that abolish
ing the use of unlimited tickets is proving a
more knotty problem than had been antici
pated. While a large per cent of the roads
are in favor of such action, they are not
able to fix upon any plan by which it can
be made to operate without friction. There
is no tronble in arranging the matter on
coupon tickets, but on local tick Ma comes
the chief obstacle to carrying out the
proposition.
Speaking of the report that Jay Gould
was about to buy a controlling interest in
the Atchiscn, Topeka & Santa Fe. Mr. Geo.
J. Gould said yesterday: "There is nothing
in it Mr. Gould is not buying any rail
roads at present He has got all that he
can comfortably attend to. Our relations
with the Atchison people are very friendly.
The management of that system is nil right
as it is. There will be no consolidation
with the Missouri Pacific" Mr. George C.
Magown, chairman of the executive board
of the Atchison, said: "That report is sheer
nonsense. No such consolidation is thought
of."
The meeting at the office of Commissioner
Goddard, at New York, called to adjust the
freight-rate disagreement between the
roads leading from Chicago to St Paul has
resulted successfully. The "8oo," repre
sented by Tratiio Manager Shnte, agreed to
restore rates to what they were a year ago,
with the understanding that there should
bono further change till the opening of
navigation in the spring. "The agreement,"
Commissioner Goddard said, "is not a com
promise. The other roads simply stand
where they were and the Soo,' which has
been the cause of all the trouble, restores
its rates to the usual winter bisis."
Charles M. Heald, the general manager
of the Chicago & West Michigan road,
since he has taken hold ban made an excel
lent business record for the road. In ten
months he has brought the gross earnings
of the line np to 1.470,118, a gain over the
corresponding period in 1SS9 of 210,256, and
the net earnings of the road during the
same months up to 546,508, an increase
over 18S9 of 197,147, and the year IbW
closed-with a surplus of fully $350,000, a
sum sufficient to pay & 52 per cent divi
dend on the stock. Mr. Heald; states that the
earuingshave been legitimate, and camo
entirely from increased local tratiio along
the line.
The Secretary of State of Illinois has is
sued a license of incorporation to the Chi
cago, Wabash & Paducah Railroad Com
pany to incorporate a railway from Effing
ham, III., to a point on the Ohio river op
posite Paducah. Ky. The. capital stock is
3,000,000, and the incorporators are: Jos.
P. M. Howard. Edward Austin, Erastus N.
Rinchart, of Effingham; James M. Tanner,
Edwin Hawkins, of Louisville, 111.: Ran
dolph Smith, of Flora: John H. Willson.
Samuel J. Pake, Wm. Hamill, of McLeans
boro; John W. Mitchell, R. S. Marsha, of
Harrisburg. III., and Wm. M. Johnson and
M. Jones, of Johnson ville.
Tho management of the Rock Island road
has under consideration a proposition
from the settlers of Oklahoma, who are de
sirous that the tracks of that company
shall be extended from Topeka to Okla
homa City. As an inducement the people
of that Territory oiler to assist in securing
the right of way and vote the issue of a
reasonable amount of bonds for the con
struction of the roads. They claim that
the traffic accruing to the line will justify
,the expense of building it, as Oklahoma
City alone shipped 100,000 worth of cotton
during the last yar, and there is no lack
of other marketable produce along the line
of the proposed road.
In the year 1887 two monster freight en
gines were built by Eastern works for the
Ohio & Mississippi road, the engines being
twelve-wheelers and weighing sixty-five
tons. When they arrived the finances of
the company were in such shape that the
engines were not delivered, but housed in a
building in Cincinnati. On Wednesday
the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton pur
chased them at a large disoonnt on the
original price, and will at once put them in
service. They will be the largest freight
engines running out of Cincinnati, it is
stated, exceeding in dimensions the mon
ster ten-wheelers which the Big Four
recently added to its equipment.
On New Year's day K. H. Wade, formerly
general superintendent of the Wabash,
now general manager of the Southern Cal
ifornia railway, was very appropriately
remembered by his former associates on the
Wabash. The remembrance was in the
form of a large album containing the pho
tographs of about two hundred and fifty
of his former associates and employes. The
engravings, which were made in Vienna,
were very apropos, and present many im
portant and pleasant events in Mr. Wade's
connection with the Wabash system, which
extended over a period of nearly thirty
years. One engraving presents a fao simile
view of the depot at Delphi, Ind., where
Mr. Wade started his railroad career in
1857 as an operator. Another engraving is
of the first vestiboled train run on the
Wabash.
The Court Record.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Boom 1 lion. Napoleon B. Taylor. Judge.
Lonis Rahke vs. Augustus Rahke: ac
count. Judgment for plaintiff for 315.81,
with costs.
Sample Loftin vs. Jobu E. Sullivan et al.:
to subject real estate. Trial concluded and
under advisement.
Alexander Avritt vs. George C. Hayes;
mechanic's lien. Trial by court.
Itoom 2Hon. James W. Harper, Judge.
Will E. English Guards vs. L., N. A. & C.
Railway Company; damages. Judgment
for defendaut.
Daniel W. Rose vs. Mary A. Rose; divorce. ,
Dismissed by plaintiff at his cost.
Room 8 Hon. Jacob B. Julian, Special Judge.
Jennie Mozingo vs. City of Indianapolis;
damages. Trial by jury.
Room 3 Hon. Lewis O. Walker. Jadge.
John N. Scatchard et al. vs. Georgia
Carter et al.; account; demand, $5,000.
Trial by court.
Wm. H. English vs. David A. Rolston et
ah; foreclosure. Judgment for $3,200.
Xev Suit Med.
Indianapolis Division, No. 56, Uniform
Rank, et al. vs. Magdalena Mans; petition
to enjoin removal of partition in lodge
room. Mary E. Broulard vs. William O. Duncan;
note. Demand. $100.
CIRCUIT COURT,
lion. Edgar A, Brown. Judge.
Charles F. Hunt et al. vs. Martin N.
Myers; note. Judgment for plaintiff for
$14.1G.
Matbew Arbnckle vs. Allen M. Fletcher,
Administrator; to cancel judgment Find
ing for defendant
Allotment of benefits and damages for
the Ranke ditch in Warren township. On
trial by court.
CRIMINAL COURT.
Hon. Millard F. Cox. Judge.
State vs. Robert Schoultz; assault and
battery. On trial by jury.
Real-Estate Transfers.
Instruments filed for record in the recorder's
office of Marion county, Indiana, for the twenty
four hours ending at 5 p. m. Jan. 8. 1891,
as furnished by KJliott A Sutler, abstracters
of titles, ilartford Block. So. 81 East Market
street:
A. M. Ogle etal. to Jesse Baldwin, lots
03 and 204 in Ogle et aL's East
Park addition $700.00
a C. Foster tt V. C. Udell, lot 21,
block 18, in North Indianapolis 1,100.00
T. 15. MoCullough to M. M. llujrjr. lot,
22, fctotlon , in Martindale d:
Ktilz'a addition 375.00
P. B. Collin to O. J. 8ucsz, lot 9 la
Ultt's subdivision of lot 6D, etc., in
Fletcher's tire t ttrookaide addition. 150.00
E. K. Hickler to Sophia Well, lot 6 in
Morrison's corrected addition 2,850.00
Adallne Reapan to I. K. llagsdalc,
lots 01 and 92 in Kuhn & John
son's first West Indianapolis addi
tion 1,000.00
Nicholas MeCarty et al. to I. K. Ttap-s-dale.
lot 522 In McCarty's eleventn
Weat-ehle addition . 600.00
Charles Martlndale, trustee, to Mar
pie C. Russell, lot 7 in Jackson l'ark 200.00
A. W. Southard to Margaret J. Brown,
lot 8 and part of lot 7 In rhllliis's
subdivision of Mock 24. In John
son's heirs' addition i. 7,000.00
J. R. Elder to II. C Long, part of out
lot 174 0,000.00
O. W. Powell to II. C. Long, lot 30 ami
part of lot 31 in Butler's subdivision
ofoutlotlHO 4,ioaoo
Elizabeth llofberr etal. to Chester
Bradford, lot 2inoutlot72 ..... 1,850.00
G. 8. Kerr to James Shlreuian. lot 50
In Clark A Osgood's first addition to
West Indlanaiolla 1,100.00
E. 8. Foster to Mary E. Chapman, lot
30, block 1, In Cave n A Rock wood's
East Woodlawn addition 1 ,100X0
Conveyances, 14; consideration f J 1,2 'J 1.00
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
SMSB-WSSWaMSJSM
Papers on Various Topics of Interest to Farm
ers and the Officers Elected for the lear.
C. L. Hall, of Michigan, read a pacer be
fore the State Board of Agriculture y ester-
day morning on "The Dairy Interests of
Indiana." He said that farmers barely
make a living by raising wheat and corn,
and urged their trying the field of dairy
products. Hiram Howland, in discussing
the paper, said that dairying was more lu
crative for the farmer than the growing of
cereals. S. W. Dungan. of Jennings
county, gave his experiences (luring a re
cent trip through the Illinois dairy farms,
aud said that the farmers in those sections
were prospering only on the prohts they
derived from that business. E. L. Furnas,
of Furnasville, also lavored the encourage
ment of the dairy interests.
James Riley, of Boone county, read a pa
per on "Grain Growing." and D. L. Thomas,
of Rusbville, followed with a talk on "Clo
ver vs. Bine Grass and Their Relative Val
ue." Mr. Thomas favored the former as
against blue grass. Toe last paper of the
session was read by . L. Furnas on "The
Agricultural Situation."
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the old State
Board of Agriculture was called to order
by President Banks, and its final business
transacted. A notice from City Treasurer
Osterman to tho effect that the board's
share of the assessment for the Fall-creek
dyke was due caused some discussion. Mr.
Mitchell raised a question as to whether or
not the lands of the State were taxable for
such purposes. The matter was referred,
to Treasurer Johnson aud Superintendent
Merrifield iJt investigation, and the board
then adjourned.
At 3 o'clock the new board was called to
order by Jasper N. Davidson, all the mem
bers being present. The election of oflicers
for the ensuing year resulted as follows:
President W. A. Banks, Poor Village.
Vice-preeident-J. Q. A. 8elg, Corydon.
ecretary L.T. Baglcy. Uuntlngton.
Treasurer Sylvester Johnson. Irvington.
Superintendent Charles E. Merrifield, Indian
apolis.
Executive Committee L. M. Lockhart, Water
loo; J. N. Davidson, Whitewater, and E. II.
Reed, New Castle.
The contest for the secretaryship was
very close. Alexander Herron withdrew
his name in the beginning, and the follow
in? candidates were placed in nomination:
L. T. Bagley, Huntington; C. E. Kissing,
Greensburg; C. F. Kennedy. Rushville; B.
F. Clemaus, North Manchester, and D. L.
Thomas, Rushville. Six ballots were re
quired. They were as follows:
First Ballot Bagley, 7; Kissing, 2; Kennedy,
5; Clemens. 2.
Seoond-Hagley, 8; Kissing, 2; Kennedy, 5;
Clemans, 1.
Third anl Fourth Bagley, 8; Kissing, 2; Ken
nedy, 4; Cleraans, 2.
Fifth Bagley. 8; Kennedy, 6; Clemans, 2.
Sixth Bagley. 11; Kennedy, 4; Clemans, 1.
After disposing of oue or two matters of
routine business the board adjourned.
PENSIONS FOR VETERANS.
Residents of Indiana and Illinois Whose
Claims Have Been Allowed.
Pensions have been granted the following
named Indiamans:
Original Invalid William R Hickman. Area
dia; Rolla Iiofsteater. Knox; Isaac Kuntz, Kln
zie; William Mendharm, Rome City; George W.
Kelley, Terro Haute; Edward 8. Flack. Har
mony; John Ebner. Indianapolis; Georjre W.
Hook, Woodside; William A. Moouey, ViDccnnes;
8amuel R. Irwin, Franklin; Joseph A. Hockeit,
South Wabash; fleury O. Hosier, Milton; Moab
Million, Connersvllle; Franklin Connor, Boon
ville; John McOulre, Zionsville; Erastus J,
Grate, South Milford; Geortre W. Fletcher, River,
Isaao Davis. Terre Haute; John G. Bltterling,
Monterey; Joseph Evans, Greensburg; Joseph
Lancaster, New Albany; William F. Daly, Peru;
James D. Parker, Fort Wayne; John Ealey,
Cherubusco; Charles W. Miller, Grand View;
Reason 8. Day, Sanborn; Thomas Montague,
Lonr Run; Robert T. Henderson, Hazelton;
Francis M. Delka, Indianapolis,
Restoration and Reissue Rot ert N Hamilton.
Morrlstown.
Increase Henry J. Acoam, Bedford; Charles
Frederick Sampe, Vernon; Leander J. Mcllvain,
Cleona 8amuel H. 8tuckey, Monroe City: Mar
cus R. Johnson, Fort Wayne; David Johnson,
Brownsnurg; Wm. Overly, Albion; Peter C.
Jones, Swecters; James Hufthes, Owensville;
Thomas C. Clapp, Columbus; James Flke, Brtm
fleld; Samuel Worthinrton, Urbana; Joseph
Grubb, Crawfordsville; Noah W. Warner, Bul-
5hur fcprln s; Peter Davison. Elkhart; John R.
tobinson, Indlauapolis; Silas Williams, Salem;
Wm. Linking Auburn; George W. Guiro, Bush
villc; Melvln boward. Kokomo.
Reissue Wm. Watson, Bloomlngton; Mahlon
B. Tyron, Terre Haute; Robert K. Uoupt, Grays
ville; Alex. Campbell. Bascom; Ransom R. Ol
vey, Westtleld; Ariruiie Breed love, French J-ick;
Win. K. Bus kirk, Bloomlngton; Lewis 1). Bur
dick. Wayne.
Reissue and Increase James F. Morgan. Or
leans; Robert Simmons, Indianapolis; Robert O.
Covenhaver, Lebanon; James H. Kendale,
.Marion; Wells Johnson, Oseood; John A. Chopet,
West Fork; Benj. Irwin, Indianapolis.
Original Widows, etc. Win. M., father of Geo.
L. Evans, Lakeside; Catherine, widow of Samuel
D. Bushnell, Montlcello; Anna E., widow of Wm.
Hensley, Lafontaine; Mary A., widow of Hamp
ton Whitehead, Algiers; Sarah a, widow of Geo.
Branson, Carliale; Jane Miller, widow of James
McCormiok, Oaktown; Dlna, widow of Anton Ru
renfranz, Evansville; Olive 8.. widow of John B.
Maliett, Adams; Rebecca J., widow of Christian
Ditzler, Bethlehem; minors of Jackson Miller,
Aurora.
TO RESIDENTS OF ILLINOIS.
Original Joseph Dorland, Randolph; Albert
Clark, Dwight; Alfred Hutson, Wapello; Thomas
W. Craig, Ramsey. William Law, Glenarm;
Walter A. G us tine. Table Grove; John F. Lan-
uth. Chicago; John Gant. Benton; Benjamin F.
andis, Ripley; Emanuel Jolly, Fnnklin; 'Abra
ham Gerber, Chenoa; John C. Lewis, Irving
Park; George W. Miller, Fosterburg; William
Dexter, Sublette; Isaac R. Matlock. Nokomls;
George W. Drummond, Camargo; Andrew Davis,
Metropolis; Ellas C. Clements, Marshall; Edward
Morris, Soldiers and Hallors' Home, Quincy:
James M. Jones, Litchtleld; Henry C. Crabb,
Woodlawn; George Gatrett, Korris City; David
Meyer, Lake Zurich; David Lockman, New Lib.
erty; Thomas Kerr. Emma; Edward G. Kunsley.
Hunker Iliil. Thomas Jertenum, llano; liichard
lines, Vandalia; Jason IK (iulllier, Monmouth.
Additional Benjamin Rlggs, Hoopeston; Ed
ward Livingston Lewis. Chicago; Samuel Leedy,
Altamont; James 8. Eldredge. Springfield.
Increase Henry Hurst. Peoria; Moses II.
Goodrtdge, Decatur; Wni. M. Magden, jr., Elgin;
Wm. Lindsay, Grayville; David Best, Kingman;
Louis Oppenbeimer, alias Jacoby (navy), Chi
cago; Howard Young, Henry; Hans II. Bteffen,
Bunker Hill; Henry Schneider, Chicago; John
Butz, Mascoutah.
Reissue Walter A. Phillips, Chicago; John D.
Dryden, Mattoon; David 8. Beall, Willow Hill;
A. M. Iligsmith, Mount Vernon; Jacob A. Nor
man, Harrisburg; Edgar Isbell, Chicago; Cor
nelius Hunting, Chicago.
' Reissue and Increase John N. Ball, Fesotum;
Albert G. Dow, McKean.
Original Widows, etc. Samuel, father of Wm.
F. Edmundson, Noble; Mary, widow of Ellas
Kramer, Decatur: Ellen, widow of James W.
Rogan, Shelby ville; Frantz, father of. Frank
Pfeifer. Decatnn Hannah, widow of James Car
roll, Gillespie; Margaret, mother of James E.
Rodgers, Nashville: minors of James Anderson,
Ingraham; Elizabeth, widow of Henry Kuntz,
Bernard; Noble, father of Oliver Blddle, Lexing
ton; Nancy, widow of Ebenezer Mintou, Lorame
Mary A., widow of Jas. N. C. Todd, Moutlcello
Jane, widow of Albert Hill, Lebanon; Almira M.
mother of Oscar D. Burnham, Piano; Louise W.
widow of Ben, nolmes, Fulton.
A correspondent of the Horse-breeder
gives the following mild treatment for
warts: "Saturate the warts every few days
with pure castor-oil. and they will disap
pear, leaving the surface as smooth as
though they were never there." We have
known of several cases where warts were
removed from the noso of colts by simply
rubbing them with lard occasionally.
Masked strawleny ribbons sell at one dollar a
yard, but you can get a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough
fiyrup for only twenty-live cents.
"We'll be gay aud happy," for Salvation Oil is
only 25 cents a bottle. It kills all pain.
The Standard Cocoa of the World.
HOUSEHOLD WORDS
"BEST & GOES FARTHEST."
Now that its manufacturers are drawing the attention of
the American public to this yfrr and,ever since its invention,
the for of all cocoas,itwill soon be appreciated here as well
as elsewhere all over the world. All that the manufactur
ers request is simply one Mai, or, still better, a, compara
tive, test with whatever other cocoa it may be; then Van
Houten's Cocoa itself will convince every one of its great
superiority. It is because of this superiority that the
English paper Health says: "Once tried, always used."
09 To sroid the evil effects of Tsa sod Coffee, use constantly VAN HOITTEN'S OOOOA,
which U a STRENGTHEN EB of the NERVES and a refreshinf and aoarishiDg Ureraffe. S3
xztW purest
II If
AND BEST
LESS THAN HA LP THE
PRICE OF OTHER BRANDS
' POUNDS,20t -fe.
HALVtS,l 0 QUARTERS-
SOLD IN CANS ONLY
GAIN
oue pourin
A Day.
mi8-ii2
muo-m
A GAIN OF A POUND A DAY IS THE
CASE OP A MAN WHO HAS BECOME "ALL
RUN DOWN, " AND HAS BEGUN TO TAKE
THAT REMARKABLE FLESH PRODUCER,
YT
3
OF PURE COD LIVER OIL WITH
Hypophosphites of Lime & Soda
IS NOTHING UNUSUAL. THIS FEAT
HAS BEEN PERFORMED OVER AND OVER
again. Palatable as milk. En
dorsed by Physicians. Sold by all
Druggists. Avoid substitutions and
imitations.
BRUSH BRILLIANCY
Arc and Incandescence
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
,
For particulars address
THE BRUSH ELECTRIC CO.
CLEVELAND, OHIO.
EDUCATIONAL.
DAY AND NIGHT SCHOOL ENTER MOW.
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fcrty-firet year; no vacations; students enter at any
time; Individual Instruction by strong faculty of e
gerleiiced teachers; complete facilities for book-keep,
iff, busuiesa i practice, banking, snort-hind, type
writing, penmanship and English train in?; diploma
free at pradnatioii; railroad, industrial, professional
and business offices supplied with help; elegant illus
trated acUJopue tree.
, ELY'S
CREAM BALM
Cleanses the Nasal
Passages.
Allays Pain aud Inflam
mation. Heals the Sores.
Restores the Sense of
Taste and Smell. .
TRY THE CURE.
A nrtlrt in annllAd Into Mch nostril and is agree
able. Prtc SOcteat druggists; by mall, registered.
60 cts. ELY BROTHERS, 6tf Warren st, Xtw York,
THE SUNDAY I0URNAL
Will be sent to any address for '
' SQ PER ANNUM.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
i rpT7TXTO E. C A 00., Mannfactuters and
A 1 IV 1 1 O nenairers of CIRCULAR. CROSS-
cut, ujlnd, ana au otner
Belting. Emery Wheels and
ilUl tapplies.
Illinois street; one square sooth
Union Station.
SAWS
SAWS
BELTING and
EMERY WHEELS,
Specialties of
W. B. Barry Saw & Supply Co.,
132 A 131 8. Perm. st. All kinds of Caws repaired.
W. SCOTT MOORE
ARCHITECT.
Rooms 16 and 17 Blackford Block, southeast corner
Washington and Meridian streets. Telephone 1308.
SMITH'S DYE WORKS
57 NORTH PENNSYLVANIA ST.
Gents' clothing cleaned, dyed and repaired.
Ladies' dresses cleaned and dyed.
so:
1$
As
X,sal
'Of
PWtcM, Seamans & Benedict,
i-M REMINGTON
STANDARD TYPEWRITERS.
INDIANAPOLIS HOUSE: 31 East Market street.
J. JR,. RYAN & CO.,
Commission Merchants, Wholesale Dealers ia
Grain, Flour, Feed, Uaj. etc, 62 and 64 East
Maryland at.
SHOW-CASES
WILLIAM WIEGEL,
G West Louisiana Street.
Telephone No. 829.
ALL OVER EUROPE.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
THEODORE STEIN.
Successor to Wm. C Anderson.
ABSTRACTER OF TITLES
80 E;tHt Market Street.
ELLIOTT & BUTLER,
Hartford Block. 64 Eait Market Bfc.
ABSTRACTS OF TITLES.
DR. E. R. LEWIS,
237 North Delaware street. Telephone 12231
Practice limited to diseases of the
TIIttOAT AND NOSE.
Dr. SARAH STOCKTON,
227 North Delaware Street
PR J. A. SUTOLIFFE,
SUBQEOX.
Office, P5 East Market Street. Hours. 9 to 10 a.
m., 2 to 3 p. m. Sundays exoepted. Telephone 94L
DR. II. M. LASH,
139 North Meriilian street. Telephone 1231
PHYSIOAN AND SURGEON.
DeWITT GEORGE, M. D.t
nOMCEOFATHIC PHYSICIAN AXD 8UUQE0N.
Residence 367 Park are. Offloe 99 Kast Market
st. Uooms 1 and 2, Baldwin's Block. Telephone dtfi
DR. BRAYTON.
OFFICE 102 North Meridian st.. from 2 to ra.
RBSIPEXCE-S03 East Washington et. liouts
telephone 1279.
DR. ADOLPH BLITZ,
Boom 3. Odd-Fel lows' Balldlrg.
Practice limited to
EYE, EAR ASD THROAT DISEASES.
DR. C I, FLETCHER,
RESIDENCE 33 West Vermont street.
orFICE 3C'J Sooth Meridian street.
Office Hoars: 9 to 10 a. in., 2 to 4 p. m., 7 to 8 p.
Telephones-Office: 007. llesidence: 427.
m.
f ttfi
4. r P x
V PS
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NEW YORK STEAM DENTAL CO.
Trora 9a. f3, S8. SIO,
to 50 per set. All kinds of
fUiedental work atredooai
J rices. Fine jM1 nlUn at
1 and upward. MUva
atnalara.50 eta. and 75 eM.
Teeth extracted far 25 oss.
Teeth extracted without
rain. All wwrc warrant
as represented
Fifteen years' experience.
A. . iiGsuan. X4.anac&
3 and 4. Grand Ooera-hona.
Booms
JULIUS MIESSEN,
Caterer and Confectioner
41 East North St., Indianapolis.
Have open a oonfeotloner's and caterer's establish,
ment at 41 East North street, opn. Blind An v lam.
with a full line of Delicious Candies. Fine Cenrir
Boxes, etc In a few days a BesUurant will be
opened at the same place, with all the deilcaoles oi
the season. His past rcoril is an asanranoe to
patrons, that, under all circumstances, only the test
materials of every description will be used.
INDIANAPOLIS 6TOV1S CO.
IfanoJaosnrevs ot
STOVES AND HOLLOW. ViBi;
Sdaud 87 Simta Meridian stree.
T EQISTEBED WABEHOUflE.
It f HANK tL FISITBACX.
Nos. 263, 267 A 259 S. Perm. bU. on tracks Penn. U.
R. Low rate of Insurance, office, 8fc a. Meridian
street. Telephone 1273. WarehousoTeL 1343.
SAFE-DEPOSIT VAULT
Absolute safety against Fire and Dunrlar. Fl
est and and only vault of the kind In the State.
Policeman day and nijrht on guard. Dosiiraad
for the safe-keeping ot Money, Bonds, Wills,
Deeds. Abstracts. Silver-plate, Jewel, ani Vas
uable Trunks aud Packages, etc.
S. A. Fletcher & Co. Safe Deposit
JOHN S. TAUKIXGTOX. Manager.
' McGILLIAKD & DARK,
Oldest and Largest Fire Inauranee General Affsaor
In Indianapolis. Oihoa Thorp Ulook, Si aal tia
ast Market street.
NEW PJLANING MILL,
166 to 174 South Kew Jersey street
E. H. ELDRIDGE & CO,
IS" AU kinds of housa-nnish Lumber. Shinnies, .etc
COMSTOCK & COONSE,
WOOD. CHAIN and WOODEN FORCE PUMPS.
Dealers in Iron Pipe, Driven-well Points and ail
Drtven-well BuppUea. 197 tnd 199 8. Meridian st.
DR. STEDMAN'S
IMPROVEMENT IN
DENTAL PLATES.
Patented Bepk 24. 1889, and Feb. 25, 1890.
This improvement dia.
penses with the large end.
lion plate in common us
for partial den tares. It will
also supplant -brlJs work"
In larce measure, wnlohlab
ter is difficult tof.t and involves the detraction of
valuable teeth. The pistes are very smalL about on,
quarter to one-elghtu the usual size, lieins con.
structedon true mechanical principles, they nt the
mouth with perfect accuracy. This srstem applies
to subcases having one or more natural teeth rrniatn.
Ins on either Jaw. The patent srranted Pebruary 'J5.
lb&O. la for an improvement in metallic platea. The
best material for this rnrp"e is rol.L Other mate
rials have a special utility, but $old is to be preferred.
With thli method a p rfect fitting ffold plats can bs.
mad which baa newr boa kcmmpUitiM bfom. ow.
log so the warpafre tnat lnvartabl occurs in solder
ing the claipi and teeth to the plate.
1. P. a CABLTON. Manager. 40 A 41 Vanoe Block
BRILL'S BTEAM DYE-WORKS.
3d A 38 Mass. Ave. and 95 N. Illinois 8t
My dear, why don't you send them dirty cloihra to
be cleaned and repaired at BRILL'S DYE-HOUSE,
and save twenty or thirty dollars.
r. H. DAVIDSON,
.DENTIST.
A set ot the very best Teeth, on Hubber, for $3 aal
fio.
Teeth without plates, or crown and bridge work,
specialty. Vitalised Air administered.
OFFICE 243 East Washington street, opposite
New York Store.
Nordyke & Marmon Co. Etab. 183 1.
FOUNDERS and MACHINIST
Mill and Elerator Builder
Indianapolis, Ind. Boiler MUU. Mill
carina-, nailing. Doltinc-elota. Grata
olesmnj; Machinery. M Id Ulnars-pun a r
Portable Mills, rta eta Take strsst
oars for stockyards.
GEO. J. MAYER,
SEALS, STENCILS, STAMPS, ETC.
15 South Meridian street, Indianapolis. Ind. Send
or oatalosue.
S. F. GALLOWAY,
Is the Leading Shipper ot IUw Furs in Indiana.
Write for Pric List.
NO. 200 SOUTH PENNSYLVANIA 8T.
TEFFER80N VILLE. IXD., January 8. 1891.
I Sealed proposals, in triplicate, subject to usual con
ditions, will be received here until 11 o'clock a. m..
(central standard time). Saturday, the 7th day of
February, 1K)1, for furnlnhlnjc. at the Q. M Depot
here, 100.000 gallon s of Mineral Oil ot 135" flaslj
tefrt, in cases of two tl ve-gallou csns each. lTeferenci
will be given to articles of domestic Trortuctlon an
manufacture, conditions of quality and pn-' iurta4
ing In the price of foreign productions and man uf act
ures the duty thereon) l.eiiig equal, and eui li prefer
ence will be given to articles of American productiof
produced en the Pacific coast to the extent of thi
consumption required lv the public service tbero
Government reserves the rlht to reject any or at
proposals, and to accept the whole or any portion ot
the mineral oil bid for. All information furnished on
application here. Knvelopea containing proposals
should be markM -Proposals for Mineral Oil," and
addressed to HENRY d HODGES. Assistant Quar.
termaster-general. U. S. Army. Depot Quartermaster.
GAS-BURNERS
FKEE OF COST.
If at any timo artificial gas is de
sired for illuminating purposes this
company will, upon application, at
tach meter and put on burners freo
of cost.
The Indianapolis Gas Company
S. D. l'KAY, Secretary.
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