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THE DAILY JOURNAL
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1897.
Telephone Call*.
Business Office 23S | Editorial Rooms.. .A S6
Does any one who dares tell know how
much money the land for the park system
will require?
It would be a suitable season for the
mayor and his park board to publish a map
which shall give the outlines of the pro
posed parks.
There is reason to fear that if Emperor
William continues to nag the German peo
ple as is his custom, they nfay forget all
that he has told them about the divine
right of kings.
Tin? Parisians had better think twice be
fore giving Rusian names to many of their
streets. The next turn of the political
kaleidoscope may necessitate changing
them back again.
A Berlin cablegram says that Lese
majesty trials are becoming very fre
quent in Germany, there having been
three at Dusseldorf last week, while in
another city an editor was arrested for
speaking disrespectfully of the pantaloons
worn by the Emperor on a public occasion.
If the doctrine of divine right is to be ex
tended to the Empferor’s pantaloons his
tailor ought to exercise the greatest possi
ble care.
The French people are in danger of
making fools of themselves ovVr the new
alliance with Russia. It is probable that
they greatly overestimate the significance
and value of the alliance, and, whatever
it may be, Rusia will find a way of getting
rid of it when it suits h'er plans to do so.
Meanwhile the wild rejoicing of the French
people suggests that they depend more on.
the strength of an outside alliance than
they do on their own.
To-day will be generally celebrated
throughout the United States as Labor day.
The first Monday of September is so desig
nated by law 7 In thirty-five States, and in
this State it is made a legal holiday. It is
also made a legal holiday in the District
of Columbia and the Territories of the
Unite-? States by act of Congress passed in
1894. The custom of observing it is a good
one so long as Labor-day celebrations are
kept out of politics and the control of dem
agogues and agitators.
That is a curious story which comes from
Berlin to the effect that the black eye
which the Ernperor received during his
yachting trip along the coast of Norway
was not due, as alleged, to the fall of a
rope, but to a blow 7 delivered in anger and
passion by young Lieutenant Von Hahnke,
and that the latter's mysterious death
twenty-four hours later was attributed not,
as asserted, to a bicycle accident, but to
suicide. The story has some color of credi
bility In the fact that it is the unwritten
law of Europe that an officer who offers
a personal insult to a member of the royal
family must atone for it with
death. In this country a man might spit
in the President’s face without incurring
any other penalty than that attached to
provoke or assault.
Indications are that the convention of
mine workers to be held at Columbus to
morrow w 7 ill result in the settlement of the
strike on the basis of one of the proposi
tions made bv the operators. It is that the
Pittsburg miners shall return to work at
a 64-cent rate, the con
ditions of the arbitration to be that the
rate for mining shall not be fixed at more
that 69 cents a ton nor less than 60 cents.
This proposition, made at a conference be
tween the operators and the officers of the
miners’ union, was favorably received by
the latter, and if approved by the delegate
convention of miners to-morrow 7 will be
come the basis of settlement. If the par
ties to the present controversy agree to
leave the question of wages to arbitration.
Why should they not submit other ques
tions, or at least ask the Board of Arbitra
tion to consider other phases >t tie sub
ject? The experience of the last fvw years
shows that if the present strike L settled
on the basis above named the settlement
can only be temporary. Under it things
may run along smoothly for a year or
*o. possibly for two years, and then there
will be another strike. This has been the
case for years past, and will continue to be
unless some agreement can be reached in
volving more than a mere temporary wage
scale. As both parties seem to be in a rea
sonable. compromising mood at present
they ought to try and bring about a set
tlement that will prevent the continual re>-
currence of strikes, w r hich involve great
loss to both parties and cause immense
damage to business.
BRI AN’S VAGARIES.
William J. Bryan, late leader of a lost
cause, is out with a letter in which he tries
to show that there is nothing in the pres
ent political situation which should cause
the free-silver Democracy any anxiety.
He gives considerable space to considering
the relations between silver and wheat.
“Wheat,” he says, "has risen because the
foreign crop has been exceedingly short.’’
Everybody knows that is the chief cause of
the rise in wheat, but every reasonable per
son knows also that the improvement in the
times and the certainty of an increased
consumption of wheat in this country have
contributed materially to the result. “The
fact. that silver and wheat have parted
company,” he says, "will cause no dismay
to those who understand that the law 7 of
supply and demand regulates the price of
both.” That also is substantially true, but
Mr. Bryan did not discover the fact till
wheat and silver had parted company.
When both were low* he and his followers
claimed that it was due to the alleged de
monetization of silver, although the de
mand for and consumption of silver under
the Sherman purchase act was vastly
greater than it ever had been before. As
long as a specious argument could be made
out of the low r price of wheat and silver,
Bryan used it for all it was worth, but now
that they have parted company and the
sophistry of the argument is exposed, he
says it is of no consequence. By the way,
If Mr. Bryan would tell the truth he w’ould
Inform his readers that the decreased de
mand for silver as standard money is be
cause the entire eiviiized world has dis
covered that it is no longer available for
that purpose, and cannot be made to cir
culate on equal terms with gold. The de
mand for wheat is due to the fact that the
whole world wants it and there is not
enough to go around. The lack of demand
tor silver is because the whole world has
discarded it as a standard of value and
there is more of it than is needed for other
purposes. Mr. Bryan says further that
“the joy over the Increase of money from
wheat la evidence that we have too little
moqey.” If by this he means that there
is too little money in the country it is sim
ply another exhibition of his ignorance, for
every legitimate business demand for more
money is promptly met. If he means that
there are many persons who have not their
pro rata share of money, one might ask
how doubling or quadrupling the volume
of the currency would help them. Farmers
who have wheat and other farm products
to sell this year are not troubled with any
scarcity of money, and if the volume of the
currency were multiplied tenfold it would
not help the Bryanites who have nothing to
sell and who are spending their time trying
to prove that prosperity has not come. It
is almost a waste of time, however, to fol
low Bryan's vagaries. The people have
passed judgment on him and them, and
will not grant him a rehearing.
LABOR DAY.
All those who work for wages can con
gratulate themselves to-day that all condi
tions are so much better and the outlook
so much more hopeful than they have been
on this anniversary the past four years.
There never was and there never will be
a time when the prospects of some indus
tries are not promising, nor when there will
be high wages and an open place for every
man who desires to work The law of
supply and demand, so often ignored by
the wisest in their calculations, is always
in force. Its effect upon conditions, how
ever unrecognized, is the great factor in
the world’s industry and trade. There is
a limit to the world's consumption of the
most desirable object, and when production
passes that limit, stagnation in distribu
tion and lower prices come. When the
world's product of wheat reaches a certain
number of bushels per capita, good demand
and fair prices prevail, but let the produc
tion exceed that per capita limit by but
half a bushel to each consumer and de
mand is deadened and prices tumble. Gen
eral employment along all the lines of in
dustry greatly increases the demand, since
it is a rule that those who can earn the
wherewith to purchase the good things of
life will do so.
It cannot make much difference what in
dividuals may say regarding the industrial
situation to-day, it is a fact that there is
much larger employment and a much bet
ter demand for the products of labor than
there has been on any Lahor day since
1892. This hopeful fact should be recog
nized in to-day’s exercises, because hope
fulness inspires courage, and courage
brings that confidence which is es
sential to industrial activity. If those
who may speak to-day follow in the line
of those who have recently been assuming
to be the spokesmen of labor there will be
no recognition of the improved conditions
and no discussion of methods which, may
promote the welfare of wage earners. The
wild vaporings of Debs and Sovereign will
be repeated, and yet these men have never
given labor a day’s employment nor used
whatever influence they had to bring about
conditions which will insure more employ
ment and better compensation. On the con
trary, had their advice been faken any time
the ten years, chaos, which destroys
industry, would have prevailed. What a
change for the better it would be if some
of the thousands of sensible and thinking
men in labor organizations would to-day
declare what they believe by protesting
against the further posing of such men as
Debs and Sovereign as the leaders of or
ganized labor.
WAS SiOT A DKBS DEMOCRAT.
The fiery labor leaders and Socialist Dem
ocrats of the Debs school who are talking
about abolishing the courts might learn a
lesson of obedience to law from an inci
dent in Andrew' Jackson’s career. He was
a man of high temper and had somewhat
of the disposition of a military tyrant, but
in time of peace he bowed to the civil
courts. After the battle of New Orleans,
as a. matter of public safety, he maintained
martial law in the city even after an of
ficial announcement of peace had been re
ceived from Washington. During this prev
alence of martial law he ordered the arrest
of a citizen for some offense and his trial
by court-martial. Judge Hall, of the United
States Supreme Court, issued a writ of
habeas corpus in favor of the offender,
and Jackson ordered the arrest of the judge
and his expulsion from the city. This was
actually done. A little later martial law
was abrogated by Jackson’s order, and
Judge Hall returned to the city. It was
now' his turn, and he required Jackson to
appear before him and show cause why he
should not bs punished for contempt of
court. Jackson cheerfully obeyed the sum
mons. He was very popular in New Or
leans at that time, and when he appeared
in the courtroom the people cheered him.
The judge was alarmed, and hesitated.
Jackson stepped on a bench, and, silence
being restored, he said: “There is no dan
ger here —there shall be none. The same
hand that protected this city from out
rage against the invaders of the country
will shield and protect this court” Then
to the judge: “Proceed with your sen
tence.” The judge pronounced him guilty
of contempt of court, and fined him SI,OOO,
which Jackson immediately paid. The in
cident has present interest as showing that,
imperious and autocratic as Jackson was,
he respected the civil courts in time of
peace. When he was asked one day,
towards the end of his life, what he would
have done with John C. Calhoun and the
other nulliliers if thev had persisted in
their course, he promptly answered: “Hung
them, sir, as high as Human! They should
have been a terror to traitors for all time,
and posterity would have pronounced it
the best deed of my life<.” If he were alive
and President now he would doubtless do
the same with those W'ho should attempt to
tear down the judiciary.
It is said that when Mother McKinley
went to market Saturday morning she told
the dealers she wanted something particu
larly nice because William was going to lie
home to-morrow'. William spent yesterday
at the old home, and it is to be hoped he
enjoyed Mother’s cooking and digested a
good dinner without interruption from
statesmen or office seekers.
Bl’llllLES I\ THE AIR.
All Sorts.
Yabsley (enviously)—There goes old Got
rox. Got all kinds of money.
Mudge—lncluding other people's.
I) i no Ht rous.
Watts—Ever board at a temperance hotel?
Potts —I tried it once, but the folding beds
had a habit of shutting up at 11 o’clock and
I quit.
Even Chance*.
“Never mind; I am going to the gold
fields next spring, and when I come back
rich I won’t know you."
“And if you come back broke, I won’t
know you.”
Waning Allegiance.
“I am afraid Colonel Poazer is losing his
patriotism. Have you noticed that he has
quit taking off his hat when he meets an
American flag?”
“The Colonel is getting bald.**
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY', SEPTEMBER 6, 1897.
DEfIDNOWNUMBERSEVEN
THOS. MITCHELL, ONE OF THE BROAD
RIPPLE INJURED, LAST VICTIM.
.
Immense Crowd* at Scene of Explo
sion Yesterday—Albert Hayworth
Also Was Killed.
Another name is added to the list of vic
tims of the Broad Ripple catastrophe.
Thomas Mitchell, a stone mason seventy
one years of age, of New Augusta, who
was fatally injured by falling timbers at
Watts's drug store, died an hour after be r
ing taken home Saturday night. The body
at Whitsett’s morgue has been identified as
that of Albert Hayworth, a huckster, of
Westfield, Ind. Friends called at Whitsett’s
morgue yesterday morning and identified
the body by a piece of corduroy cloth, out
of which his trousers were made. A bit of
the cloth still clung to one of the stumpy
legs. Aside from this there was absolutely
no clew to the identity of the body. It is
known, however, that Hayworth was in
the building. A few moments before the
fire he hitched his horses in front of Samuel
Kelsoe’s boarding house and ran to the
burning grocery to assist in the work of
salvage. Thomas Delaney saw him carry
ing a sack of coffee over his shoulder at
the time the crash came and says that
Hayworth called to him for assistance aft
er they were buried in the ruins.
The only body not yet positively identi
fied is the one that was numbered four
by the coroner and is described as that of
a large, powerful man. This is now believed
to be that of Henry Earnest, an old sol
dier. Friends have been notified in Penn
sylvania and it is understood that his sis
ter is en route to the city. This body has
not yet beep released by the coroner, who
has given permission for the burial of all
others. Coroner Brayton w r as anxious to
have the identity of each, body absolutely
established so that friends and relatives
would not be worried in future with the
idea that the wrong body had been given
them.
Yesterday morning the Journal called at
tention to the fact that there was some
confusion about the identification of the
bodies. The one numbered 3 was identified
as Earnest by witnesses that the coroner
regarded as reliable. No. 5 was identified
as Charles Yountz by wire sleeve holders,
instead of being John Porter, whose father
and Dickie Cruse said that he wore such
holders. As the body that was first identified
as Yountz turns out to be Porter, No. 3,
first identified as Earnest, has now been
identified as Yountz, leaving only one, the
large, unnamed, body, to be identified as
Earnest. The coroner says that ail the
others have been satisfactorily identified by
friends and that the remaining body must
be that of Earnest, by exclusion, at least.
Pious E. Gresh was taken to Broad Rip
ple from Flanner 6c Buchanan’s morgue
yesterday morning and buried yesterday
morning. John Porter’s body is still at the
morgue. His funeral will occur from
Chappel, Ind., this morning at 10
o’clock. He will be buried in the Chappel
Cemetery, a mile northeast of Broad Rip
ple. At the same hour the funeral of Ja
cob Darling will be held at New Augusta.
Earnest's body w r ili be held until his sister
arrives from Pennsylvania. Friends of
Charles Yountz called at Flanner & Bu
chanan's morgue last night to arrange for
his funeral. Albert Hayworth's body will
be shipped this morning at 7 from
Whitsett’s morgue to Westfield, where his
funeral will take place.
IMMENSE CROWDS THERE.
Never in the history of Broad Ripple, not
even at the time of the horrible railroad
wreck several years ago, have such crowds
invaded the quiet little village as yesterday.
News of the catastrophe spread by word
of mouth over the surrounding country for
a radius of thirty or forty miles, and peo
ple two counties away took advantage of
the fine weather to drive to the scene of the
terrible happening. From the time the first
rosy streaks in the east proclaimed the
coming of anew day until the sun set and
the moon shed a w 7 hite weired light over
the blackened ruins, the crowds flocked
into the little tow 7 n. Men who had seen the
explosion, listened to the shrieks of the
dying and afterwards assisted to recover
the charred bodies, gathered about the
foundation walls of the four buildings and
poured the tale into the ears of eager
hearers. In two spots smoke arose from
smoldering rubbish during the day, and
after darkness hid the scene burning straw
in the ruins of White’s livery
stable cast a feeble, flickering glare
over the spot. Young men in
somber black, and sweethearts in
white waists strolled in the soft
moonlight listening to the story as it was
rehearsed by the gray-whiskered villager
who had seen and heard everything that
occurred from a safe vantage point. He
declared that there was no explosion in
the grocery store, and that natural gas
had nothing to do with the calamity. He
said that he hastened down to North street
after the explosion in th’e grocery store.
At the time he arrived the walls were
still falling. Already the building was in
flames. Inside of it natural gas pipes that
supplied the illuminating burners w 7 ere
snapped off and the gas poured into the
building. He says tne flames whirled
round and round in rings, the inflamma
ble stock of drugs being supplemented by
the gas. In the rear room of the drug
store, he says, there was shelf upon shelf
lined with cans of turpentine, gasoline, lin
se'ed oil and other combustible fluids al-
w 7 ays found in a stock of paints. It is his
theory that when the partition between the
front and back rooms was burned through
the tire attacked the combustible stock and
caused a second explosion. The side wall
of the drug store was within eight feet of
the rear end of the grocery, which was
already in flames. When the second ex
plosion occurred in the drug store, hfc says,
the concussion blew in the west end of the
grocery and the shock was so great that
the north and south walls w 7 ere blow 7 n out
of place, letting the second story, contain
ing Odd Fellows' Hall, down upon th’e
men who w 7 ere trying to save the stock.
His story of what happened afterward did
not differ materially from that of other
’eye-witnesses. A number of people in
Broad Ripple rejected the natural-gas idea
of the explosion yesterday, but others
declared that that was what caused it and
nothing else. One man said he had often
detected the odor of gas, both in the drug
store and th’e grocery. He declared that
there was not a cellar in the place that
was not being flooded with the deadly
fluid at all hours, and expressed wonder
that casualties were not of more frequent
occurrence.
THEORY OF FIRST EXPLOSION.
Now 7 that the excitement has somewhat
subsided, James M. Watts, at whose drug
store the first explosion occurred, recalls
an overlooked circumstance that may ac
count for the first explosion. Under the
stairway that led to the second story his
son, Edgar E. Watts, an amateur pho
tographer, has fixed up the dark room for
the development of photograps. In the
floor of the dark room was a little trap
door over the valve that supplied the pipes
connected with the stoves in the building.
Mr. Watts’s theory is that gas had es
caped through a leak in the valve, which,
in the summer time is closed, and that the
gas had accumulated under the floor. He
thinks that the accumulation had reached
such a point that it had begun to crawl
through the trap and that enough had
corn* 1 into the dark room to cause the ex
plosion just at the moment his son’s com
panion struck the match. It will be re
membered that the lamp had grown faint
er and fainter, although it was turned up
twice and finally the blaze expired entirely.
Some who heard *of the trap in the
dark room for the first time were inclined
to believe that natural gas was the cause
of the explosion in the drug store instead
of chemicals, and that if there was not
a similar accumulation under the grocery
—neither building had a cellar—that one of
the gas pipes under the latter building
snapped off when the explosion ocurred in
the former. If this were true the explosion
in the grocery would be easily accounted
for. All day this question was discussed by
the curious crowds and everybody seemed
to be anxious to solve it for himself. Oi.e
held to one theory and another to the
other and each one felt confident that he
had reached the true solution of the mys
tery.
MOST SERIOUSLY INJURED.
With one exception the injured patients
wore reported to be in a fair way to re
cover. Drsf Light and Bates were wmrking
together on the most important cases, and
the latter reported the cases of their va
rious patients. Edward Morris, a married
man, forty years old, is regarded as in the
most critical condition. He lived down the
railroad from Broad Ripple with his wife
and two children. He is a laborer. He
was taken to the home of his brother, Wil-
liam Morris, in Broad Ripple. Besides suf
fering from a fracture of the right clavicle
and several severe burns, it is feared that
he inhaled flames. There was serious doubt
as to his recovery. Joseph Wambaugh was
reported to be in a much better condition
than twenty-four hours ago, and strong
hopes of his recovery were expressed. There
is stiil some doubt as to whether his eye
can be saved. Amos Day, who suffered
excruciating pain during the day, was bet
ter in the evening. His brother Jesse was
able to go to the bakery, using a crutch
and cano. Samuel Kelsoe was reported as
doing nicely, and Mr. Minchner was able
to be up for his meals. Edgar E. Watts,
who. with Emsley Johnson, was experi
menting with the photographic apparatus,
was in much better condition. Watts is a
postal clerk on the run between Cincinnati
and Chicago on the Monon road. Three
days a week he spends at home. He is
an amateur photographer of a good deal
of ability.
The young bachelor, Jacob Darling, who
was among the killed, has a brother, John
Darling, living at New Augusta. Henry
Wysong w 7 ent to Augusta and notified John
Darling of the death of his brother, also
conveying the sad news of Thomas Mitch
ell’s injuries to nis wife and daughter.
Both families were overwhelmed with
grief tc learn of the calamity and a short
time after, when the father w 7 as brought
to the door of the Mitchell family, their
grief w r us most touching. He died within
an hour. Charles Mittendorf, who has a
saloon opposite the Monon Railroad sta
tion. assisted to rescue Mitchell. The old
man was a mason. He was at Broad Rip
ple building an oven for Joseph Stewart,
who was about to start anew bakery a
block from Watts’s drug store. Mitchell was
in front of the drug store w 7 hen the ex
plosion came. Mittendorf had left his place
of business intending to borrow a pair of
shears from the Monon station agent to re
pair the baize on a pool table just an in
stant before the explosion. He was on the
platform of the station w 7 hen the noise of
it reached his ears. Glancing toward the
drug store half a block away he saw 7 the,
building slowly settling and ran toward it.
Edgar E. Watts was just dashing out as
he arrived. Mr. Mittendorf caught sight of
Watts’s brother's head Under the debris and
stooped down to release him. YVatts craw 7 led
out, followed by his brother’s little boy.
Then Mittendorf and his man Joseph Rob
erts, who had followed him, turned to as
sist Mitchell. The old man was sitting on
the ground with his legs buried in the
debris up to his knees. He was trying with
trembling hands to push back a two-by
four scantling that cruelly held him pinned
to the ground. Mittendorf and Roberts
soon had him released. Two other men
who came up tried to walk him away.
“My God!” cried Mittendorf, “don’t you
see that his legs are broken? Pick him up
and carry him.” It was some time before
Mitchell received medical attention and the
suffering he endured, combined with heart
disease, caused his death.
At the City Hospital it was reported last
night that William Jones and Orville
Heady, both of whom wore taken there
Saturday night, were in a very hopeful
condition, and that there was scarcely any
doubt but that both would recover. During
the day friends of the men called upon
them to extend congratulations for their
escape.
Pious E. Gresh, the young man who
perished while trying to save his father's
store, was buried yesterday morning. His
funeral occurred from the Lutheran Church
at Broad Ripple, and the inter
ment w 7 as at Crown Hill. This was
the first funeral of the victims of the Broad
Ripple horror. Os the great crowds that
filed in and out of the town yesterday not
a few attended the funeral at the little
church, and much sympathy was felt for
the stricken family. Young Gresh was a
favorite, and universal sorrow was ex
pressed at his untimely end.
A FORMER EXPLOSION.
Charles Mittendorf remembers very well
the explosion that occurred at John Rear
don’s saloon two or three years ago. Henry
Earnest, the old soldier who w 7 as killed
Saturday, went through the former explo
sion and it is said he received several hun
dred dollars damages for the injuries he
sustained on that occasion. Mittendorf
was about the first to arrive after the
drug store explosion. He says that he saw 7
that the building w 7 as doomed and told
many that it w r as dangerous to go into the
grocery. He even warned young Gresn. Mit
tendorf says that there is not a house of
those in Broad Ripple that does not have
an open foundation that is not in danger.
Most of the houses are built on brick
foundations with a foot and a half or two
feet of space under them. In many cases
the only ventilation under the houses is
given by a few holes made by removing
a brick or two. Mittendorf has suffered
from malaria and intends to leave Broad
Ripple in three at fbut' days on this ac
count. He says that if it had been possible
to get water upon the burning grocery
store within a half hour after the explo
sion, three of the men who were burned
to death might have been saved.
There were various estimates of the
crowds in Broad Ripple yesterday. Dr.
Bates thought it no exaggeration to say
that forty thousand people visited the lit
tle village, judging from the immense
crow r ds on the cars, in buggies and wagons
and on bicycles. Others said that this was
double the real number. It is quite pos
sible that ten thousand people went out to
see the ruins of the buildings during the
day and It is expected i hat as many more
will visit there to-day,, as it is Labor day.
and many will improve the opportunity of
a holiday to visit the scene of the disas
trous explosions and fire. At 7 o’clock last
night it was reported that 1,800 people had
paid for the privilege of riding out over
the tow 7 path.
CAR SERVICE OVERTAXED.
Broad Itipple Line Snanipetl ly the
Hush of Curious People.
Thousands of people went from the city
to Broad Ripple yesterday to visit the
scene of the casualty which occurred Sat
urday, and as a result the street-car line
to the suburb w 7 as taxed beyond its ca
pacity. Although a motor hauling two
trailers left the Union Station every fifteen
minutes for the Ripple, each train was
jammed with human freight, and every
inch of the steps, bumpers and even the
roofs were covered with passengers. Some
of the old trailers belonging to the Citi
zens’ Street-car Company were used, and
these constantly gave trouble by jumping
from the track along the line between
Twenty-sixth street and Broad Ripple. The
motor and two trailers which left the Union
Station at 3:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon
presented the same overcrowded condition,
and before the suburb w 7 as reached one of
the trailers was so wrecked as to be no
longer serviceable. The cars were just
pulling around the second curve, about one
and one-half miles from Broad Ripple,
w 7 hon the last trailer, No. 250, belonging to
the Citizens’ Company, began to bump over
the ties and give evidence of a crippled
condition. The women in the car began to
scream, the passengers on the step jump
off, and many of the women in the car at
tempted to do likewise, but the most of
them were restrained by their gentlemen
escorts. The car was finally stopped, and,
fortunately, no one was hurt. On examin
ing the troublesome trucks it was found
that the rear axle had snapped off about
one inch from the hub of each wheel, and
the wheels were only kept from collapsing
by the outside portion of the axle which
was fastened in the journal boxes. It was
a small-sized car. and the cash register
showed that seventy-three passengers w 7 ere
aboard at the time of the accident. The car
was turned over on Us side in an adjoining
cornfield and the passengers told to wait
until another car could be sent from the
barn for them. They were obliged to wait
in the field from 4:25 o’clock until 5:05
o'clock before the relief car came. When
Broad Ripple station was reached all were
told to “pile off.” and when a remonstrance
was made and the motorinan told he ought
to haul passengers to the park, as their
fare entitled them to be, ho said that he
had hauled them as far as he was going
to, and that his bringing them up even
that far was only an act of accommodation.
Those who held to their point were finally
transferred to the next train that went to
the park.
C. A. Osborn and his wife and two chil
dren. of No. 213 East McCarty street, were
aboard one trailer that jumped the track
before the second fare was collected, and
every one was obliged to get out of the
car until it was replaced upon the rails.
He managed to get his wife and children
aboard after the car had been replaced, but
before he could get a foothold on the step
the cars pulled away and lett him standing
alcne. Wh°n the conductor came to collect
Jhe fares, Mrs. Osborn, who was not pre
pared for such an emergency, was unable
to pay (he fares for herself and children,
and the conductor made it very unpleasant
for her by attempting to put her and the
two children off the car in a cornfield.
When the family were once again reunited
at Broad Ripple the husband was very in
dignant over the treatment his wife had re
ceived and declared his intention of making
the company pay for it. The same over
crowded condition marked the ears on the
return trip and the train that reached
Thirteenth street at 7:30 o’clock last even
ing switched off toward the barns at that
point and the passengers were ordered to
get off. The cars were turned on the “Y”
and started for the suburb to bring in an
other load, while the passengers to the
number of about 240 were left to get into
the heart of the city the best way they
could. Owing to the crowded conditions of
all the cars that passed at that hour, some
of them had a good long wait before they
were able to get even staftding room upon
a step. Nearly every passenger who pat
ronized the Broad RippU? line yesterday
registered a vigorous kick against the poor
accommodations.
AND NOW “THEY’RE OFF”
MR. SMITH LAUNCHES HIS BARK
IPOM THE SEA OF LOCAL POLITICS.
He Give** HU Reasons for “Coining
Out’* at Considerable Length—Great
Unanimity in His Party.
The C. F. Smith party held its city con
vention yesterday at the residence of C. F.
Smith on North Delaware street. There
was a full attendance of the party. Though
the convention was not large, it was en
tirely harmonious and there was a bottle of
Jamaica ginger handy in case of internal
dissensions. Mr. C. F. Smith presided, and
the convention nominated Mr. C. F. Smith
for mayor by acclamation. There was a
distressing wait from early in the day un
til late at night for the report of the plat
form committee. Finally Mr. C. F. Smith,
chairman of the committee, reported the
following, which was adopted unanimously:
“Time has for the citizens of In
dianapolis to asser|. themselves. I believe
that our municipal affairs have been con
trolled by political machines long enough.
The situation at present is especially bad,
because the machines of each political
party are alike controlled by a powerful
money combination, which uses its im
mense power purely for personal gain with
out scruples as to methods. The adminis
tration which now seeks reinstatement and
the candidate put forward by the Repub
lican party are dominated by their party
maehin/es. which are both under the com
plete control of this moneyed power. This
power has also obtained such a strong
grasp upon a large portion of the business
community that men who would otherwise
scorn to connect themselves with any
questionable plots are compelled to assist
in their undertaking or remain silent and
see the city's best interests and the rights
of her people trampled upon. I have my
self, within the last few years of depres
sion, assisted in rescuing from ruin three
of the city’s best business institutions,
which had been attacked by this combina
tion, either for purposes of plunder or be
cause they w’ere considered obstacles in its
way. My connection with these rescues
has given me the opportunity of detecting
a number of other shady transactions, in
the most of which the public’s interest will
su ff er.
“The movement I propose to start is not
for a particular form of local government,
but to remedy municipal evils and to bring
the citizens—those w r ho are primarily re
sponsible—to a fuller appreciation and a
more general discharge of the duties of
citizenship. The object of this campaign
shall be to overcome the chronic apathy
and indifference of 75 per cent, of the av
erage voters and replace them with an in
terest and action, without which good gov
ernment cannot be obtained. The causes
for the nonparticipation of taxpayers in
efforts to secure good government in cities
are well expressed by Charles Richardson,
vice president of the National Municipal
League, who finds the following reasons:
“‘First—Because they fear that their op
position to influential politicians may be
punished by an increase in their assess
ments for taxation, or by a loss of custom
or employment, or by some other action in
jurious to their personal or business inter
ests.
‘Second—Because, as investors, employ
ers. or otherwise, they have, or hope to
have, some pecuniary interests in corpora
tions. contracts cr offices, which would be
much less profitable under a government
too pure to be corrupted and too intelligent
to be outwitted.
“ ‘Third—Because they believe that it
pays better in dollars and cents to submit
to existing abuses than to expend the time
and money required for a long and difficult
series of political contests.
“ ‘Fourth—Because they consider that na
tional legislation affects their personal in
terests far more than any probable action
of their local government, and that their
national party must, therefore, be support
ed In its efforts to strengthen itself bv se
curing complete control of local affairs.
“ ‘Fifth—Because they believe the local
machine of the opposition party is still
worse than their own, and that to promote
its success by wasting their votes on a third
would only be jumping out of the frying
pan into the fire.
“ ‘Sixth—Because they have no faith in
the possibility of subjecting politics to the
principles of common honestv. or public
affairs to the methods of intelligent busi
ness.’
“This list is not complete, savs he. but it
is sufficiently formidable to show' that the
progress of reform principles among the
taxpayers must continue to be slow and
difficult unless city government can be
made to appear much more important and
interesting than it has hitherto seemed to
be. .Another object of this campaign shall
be to show' the people that politics may be
subjected to the principles of common hon
esty and public affairs to the methods of
intelligent business.
‘•I believe in a fair and impartial en
forcement of all laws.”
“I favor the continuance of city improve
ments with care and economy.
”1 favor lower priced but not cheaper gas.
I think the plan now being followed for
procuring it is decidedly preferable to the
organization of competing companies.
“'I believe we should have a cheaper tele
phone service and that the same should be
secured by act of the Council or Legisla
ture in preference to the organization of
competing companies.
"I think the present administration made
a mistake recently in granting a franchise
to the Central Union Telephone Company
without reserving the power to regulate the
price.
"I believe in the elevation of railway
tracks, and that the city government and
railway companies should co-operate to se
cure the practical accomplishment of this
improvement as soon as possible, that
South Side residents may conveniently
reach the business portion of the city with
out passing over death trap railroad cross
ings.
"I believe in the municipal ownership of
gas plants, street railways, water works
and electric light plants as soon as practi
cable, to be managed by nonpartisan
boards, appointed for life or during good
behavior, other employes being governed
by civil-service rules.
‘‘ln the absence of the feasibility of mu
nicipal ownership, I believg that it is pos
sible, in making contracts with persons or
corporations to operate 1 under city fran
chises, to limit the amount of stock and
bonds to be issued to the actual cost of in
stalling and equipping the necessary plants,
and that on this actual investment these
contracts should provide that all earnings
over and above a reasonable interest on
investment and provision for a sinking fund
and operating expenses, should be devoted
to street and park improvements. If, at
any time, funds are needed for the improve
ment or extension of plants, it should be so
arranged that, upon proper showing to the
Council or Board of Public Works, permis
sion may be granted for the further issue
of bonds. The contract with such persons
or companies should stipulate that their
books shall be open at all times for inspec
tion by the Board of Public Works and'
statements published annually. This, in
my mind, solves the watered-stock ques
tion and the over-issuance-of-bonds prob
lem.
‘‘l am in favor of the judicious expenditure
of the money already appropriated for park
lands and the issue of a reasonable amount
of bonds in addition for improvements.
Park sites should be chosen on account of
their beauty and convenience, and not their
ownership. I am not in favor of raising
any part of the park funds by assessing
benefits. I am opposed to the building up
ot‘ an unreasonable debt for posterity to
pay in the purchase of park lands.
‘‘l am opposed to all ring methods, such
as the shifting >f money from one fund to
another for campaign purposes and the in
creasing of the city pay rolls by the hiring
of unnecessary employes just before elec
tion. The city government should be In the
hands of men who will deal openly with all
individuals, firms or companies seeking to
do business with the citizens under fran
chise from the city or otherwise. 1 do not
believe it to be right or just to permit such
individuals or organizations to be ‘held up’
for blood money. This money comes from
the pockets of the people, who get no bene
fit therefrom, but are compelled to wait for
needed improvements, which might have
been made with the money extorted by the
ring. Thus we have the pitiable spectacle
of masses of honest and patriotic citizens
co-operating for the accomplishment of re
sults, which, while secured through their
representatives and in their name, are in
reality results of the clandestine and sinis
ter work of a few men.
‘‘With the knowledge I possess of the
workings of the ring which now controls
the city government, I feel it my duty, as a
patriotic citizen, to become a candidate for
mayor at the coming election, and on the
principles contained in the above state
ment I ask the support and co-operation of
the voters of Indianapolis, and, if elected,
I pledge myself to give the city an honest
business administration.
F. SMITH.”
To lift on the Ballot.
Candidate Smith will have little trouble
In getting his name on the official ballot.
All that is necessary for him to do Is to se
cure a petition, signed by not less than
twenty voters, asking that his name be so
placed.
At Central-Avenue- M. E. Church.
Communion service was observed yester
day morning at the Central-avenue M. E.
Church, and preceding it Rev. Dr. Lasby
took occasion to make a strong appeal for
missionary contributions. Central-avenue
M. E. Church has maintained the banner
record for its missionary contributions in
the Indiana Conference during the last few
years of the hard times.
A feature of the services was the singing
by the choir of anew composition. “Life's
Even Song,” the beautiful music of which
is by Mr. J. Fremont Frey, of this city.
Mr. Russell Powell's ilne bass voice was
heard to advantage in a solo part of the
song.
HER FRIEND A CHINAMAN.
Annie Boles, of' Greenfield, Arrested
with it Celestial.
Louie Sing, a Chinaman from Greenfield,
Ind., and Annie Boles, a rather good-look
ing w'hite woman of about thirty, were
arrested last night in a building on Pearl
street, betw'een Delaware and Alabama
streets. Police Captain Dawson and Ser
geant Hyland were attracted by the conduct
of the couple early in the evening while
walking on Washington street. Just w'est
of Delaware street they met Sing and the
woman walking arm in arm and lavishing
the most affectionate glances on each
other.
The police officers, attracted by tha un
usual spectacle, turned about and followed
the couple. The latter, after stopping at
a fruit stand on the corner, walked over
to Pearl street and entered the brick build
ing which stands in the rear of the struc
ture now being used for a police station.
They went in through a rear gate, and a
few minutes later the police came up. The
Chinaman w r as standing at the bottom of
a rear stairway. He was taken in charge
by Captain Dawson, wnile the sergeant
ascended the stairs to the apartments
above. He found the woman in a small
room scantily furnished. Theie was a
pallet on the lloor and a bed in the corner.
Two little girls, aged five and eleven years,
were lying on the improvised couch on the
floor. The woman had evidently just put
them to bed. The children were oright and
attractive, and set up a great outcry when
the police entered.
The woman did not deny the charge
placed against her. She saiu the Chinaman
had come up from Greenfield to visit her
and they had spent the afternoon together.
It was evident ne was to come to her apart
ment after the children had gone co bed.
The woman told Captain Dawson that she
had been living at Greenfield until a week
ago. She said her husband deserted her
there, leaving her to care for the two cl il
dren. Louie Sing, she said, had been a good
friend to her and had been free with his
money. The Chinaman is engaged in the
cigar business at Greenfield and keeps a
laundry. He protested against arrest, de
claring he would be ruined if his conduct
became public. He sent for some of his
Chinese friends in the city and eariy this
morning gave bail. The woman was locked
up and her children taken in charge by
Police Matron Buchanan. An effort will he
made to have them turned over to the
Board of Children's Guardians.
FOR THE MINERS.
A Successful Picnic Given Yesterday
ut Armstrong Park.
A picnic for the benefit of the suffering
miners in the block coal district of Indiana
was held at Armstrong’s Park yesterday.
Messrs. Samuel Boskill and Samuel Lynch,
from Brazil, have been in the city for over
a week as representatives for the striking
miners of this State. These gentlemen con
stitute the miners’ committee at this j lace,
and it was under the auspices of this com
mittee that the picnic was given yesterday.
The grounds were opened at 10::{0 o'clock
yesterday morning, and the small admis
sion fee of 10 cfents was charged to all
who entered. A fair-sized crowd attended
the gathering, the greater number of peo
ple being in attendance after 3 o'clock in
the afternoon. A large number of union
men were in attendance and it is believed
that this will be the only call for aid that
the striking miners will make upon the
labor organizations here. An orchestra fur
nished music in the afternoon and 36 cents
was charged those who wished to enjoy
the\ privileges of the dancing pavilion. Re
freshments were sold on the grounds.
Whatever money was made on the picnic
will be sent to the suffering miners. Many
tickets were purchased that were not used,
for nearly every business man who was
asked purchased a number of tickets in
order to help the suffering miners, and but
few of these tickets found their way to
the hands of the gatekeeper- The amount
realized has not yet been learned.
BANEY CHANGES TACTICS.
Sow Refuses to See Rev. Mr. Hin
shuw’s Attorney.
Noah Baney,. the ex-convict who has told
some startling stories concerning the Hin
shaw tragedy, has become cold and indiffer
ent toward the Danville lawyers, who have
placed much stress on his confessions.
Lately Baney has declined to see Attorney
Parker, who got the first story from him
in the Michigan City prison. Yesterday
morning Mr. Parker came to the city to see
Baney, but the latter declined to talk to
him. A few days ago, It is said, Baney
sent the following telegram from the jail
to the Danville attorney: ‘‘Must see you to
day. This is jour last chance.” Parker
wired back that he did not understand the
meaning of the message.
These telegrams passed between Baney
and Parker in the morning, and in the even
ing the attorney called at the jail. Baney
would not see him then, and referred him to
his attorney.
Railroad Shops Will Close.
The special committee for Indianapolis
day at the state fair expects to receive
responses to-day from a number of busi
ness men relaitive to closing the stores for
a half day on Friday, Sept. IT. This is In
dianapolis day at the fair. Chairman Mc-
Gettigan says that the railroad shops will
close, and that many of the wholesale
stores have promised to close. It is more
than likely that a majority of the larger
retail dealers will close; at least this is the
feeling now.
The positive assurance that the great
pacing kings, Star Pointer and Joe Patchen,
will go on Friday has doubled the interest
in the great race. The fair this year will
have a number of strong features, the
greatest of which is of course the match
race to beat two minutes. In the dairy de
partment an active working dairy will be
a feature. The exhibit in the cattle de
partment will be the finest the fair has
ever known. The same can be said of the
swine department.
The special attractions for children’s day,
Governors’ day and military day will be
sufficient to please all tastes. Indianapolis
day, it is expected, will witness from fifty
to seventy-five thousand people on the
grounds. The fair opens Monday, Sept 13,
and continues through until Saturday.
Pensions for Veterans.
Certificates have ben Issued to the fol
lowing-named Indianians:
Original—William Earl, Terre Haute.
Additional Frank M. Reid, Rochester;
Monroe Holt. Amboy.
Supplemental—John Schlundt, Westville.
Restoration and Increase—Anson Mevers,
Anderson; Zachariah T. Bell, Indianapolis.
Restoration, Reissue and Increase— Lem
uel H. Stroup, Rempton.
Increase—Levi Rains, Parker; Aaron V.
Lynch, Rego; Sigmond Mosher, Garrett;
Nathan A. Pinneck, Huntingburg; John W.
Hammond, Marengo; Simeon Wood. Terre
Haute; John C. Darnell, Goshen; Samuel H.
Walden, Evansville.
Reissue—Joseph J. Polk, Logansport.
Original Widows, etc.—Mary A. Paight,
Lagrange; Barbara E. Ringle-r, Shipsewana;
Mary Hill, Jeffersonville.
Runaway Near Broad Ripple.
Mrs. Henry Canno*. who lives near
Mapleton, had her collar bone broken near
Broad Ripple yesterday evening, and was
attended by Drs. Bates and Light. Mrs.
Cannon attended a family picnic. The
hone her escort was driving became fright
ened. ran away and threw her out of the
buggy. She was picked up and taken to
Broad Ripple.
CITY NEWS_ NOTES.
The public library will be closed to-day.
The funeral of Fireman Chris Claffey
was held yesterday afternoon from his late
home, in North Indianapolis. Many of the
city firemen attended the funeral. Burial
occurred in the Lutheran Cemetery, south
of the city.
The fire department was called to No.
1030 Hosbrook street yesterday afternoon
by a fire in a shed in the rear of the resi
dence. Some children had been playing
tn the shed, and it is believed a match was
applied. The loss amounted to about SSO.
Mr. John A. Finch has been appointed
by Auditor of State Daily to represent
the State at the convention of the com
missioners of insurance of all the States,
which begins at Old Point Comfort Sept.
7. Mr. Finch started for Old Point last
evening. Miss Helen F. Conner went with
him.
DR. DRIVER'S SERMONS
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BRILLIANT MARION DIVINE PREACH
ES TWICE AT ROBERTS PARK.
Man with nn Interesting Career—
Fiends for “Sanity, Generosity
and Sweet Reasonableness.”
Dr. John Merrltte Driver, of Marlon, Ind.,
preached to two unusually large audiences
at Roberts Park Methodist Church yester
day. One of the most widely-known men
In his denomination, he is especially popu
lar in Indianapolis. His appearance is at
once striking and impressive, being over
six feet tall, every inch an athlete, and
in the very flower and perfection of health
and strength. Though born at the out
break of the late war he has had a varied
and dramatic career. A Boston university
man, he has read Blackstone, studied medi
cine, edietd a paper, written poetry widely
read and music everywhere sung, traveled
extensively, won fame as a lecturer and
post-prandial orator, and is a passionate
preacher and reformer. His sermons yes
terday were of special interest to the peo
ple, as he may be the next pastor of Rob
erts Park Church, though the member*
have several distinguished divines in view.
In his happiest and most ad captandum
mood he discussed, at the morning service,
the “Ultimate Doefrine,” incidentally plead
ing for "sanity, generosity and .sweet rea
sonableness” in the consideration of all
great doctrines. His ultimate doctrine was
“entire sanctification," which he declared
to be “the holy graii of ardent quest, the
keystone to the royal arch of taith and
hope, and the all-appealing and transfig
uring apex of Christ's redemptive work."
But though a sanctiflcationist he was op
posed to cranktificatioiv: warmly, yet ten
derly, pointing out the errors of fanatics.
He told them that perfection of conduct
in this world, exemption from temptation,
and deliverance from struggle and con
flict were "Utopian dreams inspired by the
fumes of the caldron into which Satan cast*
his wizard speil.’’
He then passed ter the consideration of the
current objections to his ultimate doctrine,
showing that it is the one doctrine that
gives tone and character, symmetry and
harmony, consistency and continuity to the
Bible; that it is attainable here and now,
and that even the punctuation marks of
Holy Writ plead with men to be sanctified
to God, and dedicated to His service.
Turning to the positive side of his theme,
his contention was that sanctification i*
an instantaneous work of God, sui generis,
apart from conversion, but that maturity
is the growth of the centuries and of the
eternities. “When a man is sanctified he is
indeed perfect, in the sense that a babe
is perfect. He can never be any more per
fect, just as tlie babe can never be any
more human. But he can ripen and richen,
magnify and intensify, take on more and
more of the beauty of Christ, more and
more of the glory of heaven, forever and
forever, as the grape ripens under the
kisses of the sun. as the fruit takes on a
richer and diviner hu* down in the orchard,
as the wine grows rat er and rarer in flavor
as the years go by.
“ ‘Like the swell of some sweet tune,
As morning rises into noon.
As May glides onward into June,’
the soul, beholding as in a glass the glory
of the Lord is changed into the same imago
from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit
of the Lord.”
The sermon abounded throughout with
sudden and unexpected flashes of telling
wit and satire which were often responded
to w'ith "amens” and “hallelujahs.” The
illustrations were drawn from every source
—philosophy, science, the poets and history,
with splendid quotations from the Scrip
tures, Only a whole-hearted and thorough
going extemporaneous orator, with a
boundless vocabulary, rich, varied and dra
matic, and countless illustrations within
easy and instant call, could have held such
large audiences for more than an hour each
time in such a happy and oblivious cap
tivity. Among his hearers were James A.
Mount. Governor of the Commonwealth,
and his family. Dr. Driver was the guest
of Mr. E. J. Cornelius and family, at 1005
Meridian street. The Doctor returned to
Marion at 6:35 this morning.
Salvation Army to Move.
Adjutant Lamb Is planning to move the
Salvation Army meetings from the tent on
Massachusetts avenue to a permanent
building for the fall and winter. As the
last special social gathering of the sea
son, the army gives a supper to-night to
secure funds for its w f ork in the city.
About Mr*. Drew.
Miss Gilder, in the Critic.
I had the pleasure of spending part of a
morning with Mrs. Drew’ recently, and,
though she spoke of her failing health, she
seemed wonderfully active and alert for a
woman of her years. She talked of her
future plams, which included a re-engage
ment with Mr. Jefferson. I thought, how
ever, that she seemed more interested in
tha past than in the future. We discussed
the stage as it was and as it is, and her
recollection of the great lights of the drama
were most interesting. She had seen Rachel
amd been thrilled by her, and of Rlstori and
Salvini she spoke with tha greatest en
thusiasm. I was also glad to hear her
praise Adelaida Neilson, not only as a beau
tiful woman, but as a great actress. In
the course of our conversation she men
tioned having acted with the present Mr.
Jefferson’s grandfather. It is said that
Mrs. F rew had been engaged for some time
in writing her recollections of the stage.
If she wrote as well as she talked her
recollections should make a most delightful
book.
A Strike ns nn Amusement.
New York Evening Sun.
The women and girls of the Cloakmakerß’
Union want to have a separate branch of
their own. The explanation given by a
member of the committee is clear: “The
fact is there is not enough variety in the
strike for the women. They want to have
meetings of their own, where they can or
ganize dances and otherwise enjoy them
selves. I had a talk with Meyer Schoen
feld, and we have come to the conclusion
that a separate organization Is impractica
ble. We shall have to do something to
amuse them, however.” This theory of
strikes as a sort of social function is anew
one.
Library Concessions.
Philadelphia North American.
Congressional Librarian Young intends to
establish two smoking rooms in that great
institution at Washington. This Is glorious
news in itself. Now if It were only possi
ble to provide for the comfort of those who.
with Eugene Field, hold no joy so great as
that of reading in bed, the library would
lack nothing.
Rev. Vrooman’s Danger.
New York Herald.
A Chicago minister, who says he has
been frozen out of one church and starved
out of another, announces that he Is about
to start for the Klondike. In view of the
conditions prevailing in the gold region,
he may be in danger of being both frozen
and starved out of the Klondike.
Between Two Kinds of Law.
New York Herald.
At Bouth Beach, S. 1., the police stopped
a bout because the contestants “faked, or,
in other words, didn’t hit hard enough.
Chief McCullagh has announced that in this
city he will stop all boxing in which thera
Is any hard hitting. Pugilists appear to be
tween the devil and the deep sea.
Real Menu Insinuation.
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
An esteemed Northern contemporary has
a long and belabored editorial on “How to
Stretch a Glove.” The way for a Southern
woman to stretch a glove is to induce a
Northern woman to wear it for awhile.
••Ben-Hnr" Prefers Chariots.
Minneapolis Tribune.
General Lew Wallace looks with disap
proving eye on bicycling. Ever since that
famous chariot race the general has hud
no use for vehicles weighing less than six
hundred pounds.
Real Workingmen Will Not Grieve.
Albany Journal.
Debs fPas now come out from behind the
bush and shown hfniself In bis trio- colors.
He says that some day his wife rnay mourn
his loss as did the widows of the four An
archists who were hanged at Chicago.
Ami Also Frozen Earth.
Florida Citizen.
People who get dazed by the Intelligence
that ’‘$70,0)0,000 is in sight on the Klondike,’'
should not forget that It will soon be cov
ered with snow.
('locked Stockings.
Chicago Dispatch.
Bicycle girls who wish to keep up with
the times are wearing clocks on their stock
ings. *