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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-08
Personal MENTION.


D. c. JENNIE, of Brazil is at the Denison.
P Fl. Blue of Sullivan, is at the Denison
B. B. Johnson, of Kokomo, is at the Bates.
E. r. Smith, of Richmond, is at the Grand
Hotel
L. B. Custer, of Logansport is at the Grand
Hotel
W. F. Stillwell, of Lafayette, is at the Bates
House
j. W. Bradley, of La Porte is at the Denison
House
W. C. Lyons, of Chicago, is at the Denison
House.
VIII Coleman, of Terre Haute, is at the
Bates
Gerard Reiter of vincennes, is at the Bates
House.
William Stafford and company are at the Den
ison House.
Hon. Samuel Hargrove, of Union, is at the
Grand Hotel
J. W. Binford, of Charlottesville, is at the
Bates House
Colonel Horace Scott, of Louisville, is at the
Grand Hotel
Alex. Mehairy and wife, of Lafayette, are at
the Grand Hotel.
Colonel Frank Hambleton of Philadelphia is
at the Grand Hotel.
w. j. cravens and c. Cravens, of Madison,
are at the Bates House.
Robert Forsythe and wife, of Chicago, are reg
istered at the Denison House
Senators Robert Graham, of Noblesville, and
S. T. Yancey, of Foltyille, are at the Bates
House.
F. E..Latimer Minneapolis; Udolph Snead, E.
S. Bowman, Louisville; L. D. Richardson, Chi
eago; George A Mason, L. c. Cooper, Cleveland
G. e.. Archy, Wildwood, Fla, are registered at
the Denison House
Tom II. Walker grand dictator of the
Knights of Honor, is in the city making arrange
ments for the meeting of the Grand Lodge He
has made the necessary arrangements for the en-
tertainment of the delegates at the Denison
Hotel
f. @. Henry, B. Frank, Paramount; T. NJ.
Charlton Charles Rushton, Lebanon; G. W.
Mcdonald, F. H. Peters Attiea; Quitman Jack
son, Fortville; r. B. Morris, Richmond; N T.
Jet, Madison, are among the late arrivals at the
Bates House.
Mr.. George w. Morrison, who has been in
California for three years in the capacity of book
keeper for the Northwestern Manufacturing and
Car Company, has been reengaged by that com
pany as manager, at salary of $4,000 per year,
and left last evening for his future home.
H. E. Warddell, Wheeling; G. N. Rouse,
Cleveland; Dick Jones, Columbus; Colonel A. F.
Beach, At6ea; John Lockridge Mace; Judge w.
G. Colerick Fort Wayne; j. A. Greene Detroit;
r. NJ. Lockhart, Waterloo; L. S. Fitch Oak
wood; j. G. Winters, Rochester, N. Y; P B.
Warner Cincinnati; c. c. Mordough, ST Louis;
E. D. Plaisted Springfield o.; George zinn,
Logansport are at the Grand Hotel
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that they were ripe for war. The New York,
Buffalo & West Shore, the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna Il Western were in the field, and We're,
without doubt, cutting rates more or less, and
the New York Central people think that they
can carry freights cheaper than any other of
the trunk lines and therefore believe that in the
end they would come out dictators of rates to
govern all trunk lines, and really he did not see
how war on rates could be averted. kilograms
he had received yesterday were of such a charac
ter that he would not be surprised to hear that
the Vanderbilt lines at Chicago and st. Louis
had given five cents per one hundred pounds be
low the rates named in the recent reduction of
Commissioner Fink. He then read telegram
from Chicago, as follows MATTERS are badly de
moralized here to-day. Shippers who We're given
the cut rate by the Lake Shore, the Michigan
Central and the New York Central are veXed
that the rate has been made open by the action
of Commissioner Fink. while, on the other hand,
shippers who were not favored in rates are dis
pleased that their competitors in business have
been. To-day every shipper is asking us how
long we will guarantee the present rates None
of them under the present conditions dare make
contracts any number of days ahead
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GENERAL NEWS.
Uncle Rufus Hatch Gives Some Sensible
Advice.

Uncle Rufus Hatch Gives Some Sensible
Advice.
Last week Uncle Rufus Hatch gave the stock
holders Of several prominentroads some very sen
sible advice. He thinks the time has come when
stockholders should have something to say as to
the management of their property. He says:
Il believe that we have practically stopped rail
road building for the present in this country and
that we are going to develop existing roads for
few years to come. l don't think there will be
so much paraEeling of lines and extensions
built for the next five or ten years. Extending
roads into regions where no man lives and
paralleling other peoples roads are both losing
games for the original stockholders. My advice
is that hereafter stockholders themselves take
charge of this question. At every annual meet
ing to be held this year the stockholders should
adopt resolution, a eastiron one, commanding
their directors not to build, buy or lease any
more lines during the current year nor here
after, unless the same be authorized by the
stockholders themselves at a meeting to be held
for the purpose and at which the matter may
first be fully considered l think that would
touch the vital point and make all oar roads safe
investments and better paying properties for the
fu4u
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Miscellaneous Notes.

The higher officials of every railroad doing
business at Pittsburg, Pa, report an improve
ment in business in 1883 over any former year
The business of the Pennsylvania lines, at that
point is reported to have increased 10 per cent.
General Ticket and Passenger Agent st. john,
of the Chicago, Rock Island Il Pacific road ad-
vertises the system by a neat book of $50 pages,
bearing the title Of the Great Rock Island Cook
Book which he respectfully dedicates to the
women of America, with the compliments of the
passenger department Of the c., X. l. & p. road
1t is really an attractive book and valuable one
The work contains $40 receipts for the prepare
ton of the most desirable and palatable dishes.
Reports continue to come to hand about the
supposed intentions of the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy in the matter Of pool arrangements
As they are all reported on the best authority
and are sometimes Numerically opposite, it is
fair to suppose that the wish is father to the
thought in most cases. Their action so far
leads to the suppositon that, while they will not
Join thepool they will not fight it, neither will
they do anything likely to lead to general de
moralzation Of rates. The management of the
c.. b. & Q. too well know that from the main
tenance of rates comes handsome revenue.
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Local Notes.

The Southern News Company has placed its
news agents on the Louisville, New Albany &
Chicago road
There are 1874 railroad crossings in the State of
Indiana, sixty-two of which are in territory GOV
cred by Indianapolis roads.
The shops of the Wabash road at Mt Carmel
are nearing completion, and the machinery etc,
at Carmi has been removed to the new shops.
Auditor Benson of the Wabash road is in the
city endeavOIing to straighten ont the affairs of
the defaulting cashier, and learn how much of
the company's money he did carry off.
The American Express Company has forbidden
the use Of Intoxicating liquors by its employees
under penalty Of dismissal from service. So the
good work Of temperance reform goes on.
A section boss on one of the Pennsylvania
lines west of Pittsburg is the possessor of real
and personal property to the amount of $50, 600,
and yet persists in working on the tracks for $40
per month.
The Wabash is catching up with its employees
and paying more promptly. The December
time has already been called for, and it is ex-
pected that settlement win be made by the mid
die of the month, which is as prompt as any of
the railroad companies pay.
The Vandalia, for terminal facilities at St
Louis proper, beside paying interest on its pro
portion of the bonded debt, pays for current eX-
penses Of the ST. Louis Union Railway Company
$3.50 per month. yet indianapolis roads average
to pay only 500 per month for the facilities the
Union Railway Company gives at indianapolis.
The quarterly report of Geo W Cobb general
secretary of the Indianapolis Railroad Christian
Association shows that there We're 1918 visitors
at the association room, as dark and uninvitng
a place as it is. Duringthe quarter he distrib-
uted 547 books and magazines, made q calls on
sick and injured railroad men, attended 3 ftmer-
ais, and provided 90 cabooses with packages of
surgeons plaster and 900 yards of bandage.
The offices of the indianapolis G. Vinccnnes
road which in tbe second story of the Chi
cago st. Louis & Pittsburg freight depot are
undergoing general reconstruction. Superin-
tendent Turner and l.. F. Loree, engineer of
side, and master of trains, Mr. Fox, and the tel
egraph operators of the l. & v and the c., St
L, & p occupy the rooms on the south side.
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A Serious Atdiay,

On Thursday night, at John Martins boarding
house, No. 464 South Tennessee street, there was
fight between VIM. Call and Tom Robson
colored, and eolored man named Willis Tevis
in which the last named was stabbed. He was
afterwards removed to the City Hospital, where
he now hes in critical situation. Call and Rob
ison who did the cutting, were found in hiding
on Eddy street last night and slated to answer
to a charge Of assault and battery with intent to
kill Both of them have been in the station
house several times before for various misde-
meanors. Call, who is thought to have done the
more serious cutting, formerly drove wagon at
Hills planning mill. Neither of them have been
at work recently
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CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES.
The Indianapolis RoIling-miH Company Re
organize.

The Indianapolis RoIling-nill Company Re
organize.
Within the last few days general reorganiza-
ton of the Rail Rolling mill Company has taken
place. A. Jones' ST., is elected president John
Thomas treasurer, and s. W, Morgan secre-
tary and general superintendent Under the re-
Organization plan the Office of president is made
a position of honor, with no pay attached.
Heretofore it has been Sc, 900 year position.
The salaries of the treasurer and secretary have
been largely reduced The services of Benjamin
Jones, for some years past manager OF the iron
mill, and Mr.. Lentz manager of the steel rail mill
have been dispensed with, andalso of Mr. Thoms,
chief bookkeeper. In fact there has been a
general cutting down of expenses. John Thomas
and VIM. c. DePauw and the Rickett heirs own a
majority of the stock. Much of the prosperity
of the iron mill in years past has been due to the
untiring efforts Of A. Jones. So as president and
general superintendent who now, as the term
goes, has been frozen out.
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The Law Governing Township Elections.

The Law Governing Township Elections.
The Auditor of State, in response to The fire.
quent inquiries which are being received in re
lation to the correct Interpretation Of the law
providing for the officers to be elected at the
forthcoming township election, has prepared a
circular letter giving the opinions of Attorney
generals Baldwin and Hord in regard to the mat
ter, as follows
First-According to the provisions of section
lO6 Facts 1881, p 646) of the general tax law,
township assessors were to be elected at the gen
eral election in 1882, and every four years there
after This act was approved March 80 1881.
Standing alone, this act would render it neces-
sIlV to have elected assessors at the general No
vember election of the present year. Such is
the meaning of the term general election" as
therein employed. The recent constitutional
amendment provided that the Legislature may
fix any other time at which township elections
shall be held. In accordance with the provision
of this amendment, the Legislature passed sec
ton 81 of the general election law facts 1881. p.
493l, providing that onsthe first Monday of April,
1882 and every second year thereafter, there
should be held an election for the purpose of
electing justices of the peace township trustees
assessors, constables, and such other officers for
the township as may be provided by
law This act was approved April q. 1881.
Section 81 being the last act in time of passage,
repeats so much of section log as is inconsistent
with its provisions Therefore, assessors must
be elected at the April election, 1882 Section
81 does not say how long they must serve, but
section 106 provides that they shall serve four
years This provision of the latter section is not
repealed by section 81 At the best, it could
only be claimed to be repealed by implication.
Such a repeal is not favored l think it follows
that assessors will hold their offices four years
from the date Of their election and until their
successors are elected and qualified. The person
elected assessor will be entitled to file his bond
and enter upon the duties of his Office lat the
expiration of ten days from the day of such cleo
ton
Second-The offices of justices of the peace are
constitutional Offices of four years; and where
such offices will become vacant before the April
election, 1884, there must be persons elected to
fl such vacancies. who will hold their Offices four
years and until their successors are elected and
qualified
Third-Township trustees must be elected at
the coming April election for every township in
the State, because the term of Office of every one
of such trustees will expire before the next gen
eral township election, 1884. The trustees are,
therefore, to be elected in next April.
Fourth-A person is not eligible to such Office
more than four years in any period of six years.
Tsp. acts 1877. p. 79.) Those who are now serv-
ing out their first term can be reelected; those
who are serving out their second term cannot be
reelected.
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THE CITY IN BRIEF.

William T. Long and Emma E. Long, William
Ronieka and Aonora Maroska were licensed to
marry, yesterday.
Louisa F. Watson has applied for a divorce
from Robert J. Watson to whom she was mar
ried i 1878, alleging habtual drunkenness and
adultery
The Superior Court in general term yesterday
formally affirmed the decision in the suit of
Johnston Erwin & Co. against the city and 9TH
ers for damages from the overflow of Pogue's
run, and an appeal will be taken directly to the
Supreme Court.
Flora Ann Lizbell, an old colored woman,
whose age is anywhere between seventy five and
one hundred and eighty three, was taken from
her home in Oak Hill to the City Hospital, yes
terday with her feet very badly frozen Her
condition is serious.
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Where the sllee Punches.

An official of one of the roads which leases
from the Union Railway Company depot priv
ileges, etc, assigns as a reason that the com
pany he represents is so d1atory in signing the
contract forming the basis of the reorganization
of the Union Railway Company, that under the
reorganization their expenses win be larger than
their rental now is. This statement substanti-
ates a remark, short time since Of J. n. Nc
Cullough, who said at no railroad center in the
United States were so many facilities furnished
and privileges given as by the Union Railway
Company to lines leasing from them, at so low a
a rental as at indianapolis.
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OUR POOL.
The Meeting of To-Day Premature-The Pool
Too Young to Disturb.


The executive committee of the Chicago and
Ohio river pool meet to-day at General Manager
Richardson's office, to talk over a readjustment
of per cents There are still members of the
pool who are dissatisfied with their awards by
the committee of arbitration, and unless the
president and general managers can to-day
agree among themselves what per cent the re
spective roads in the pool are entitled to- doubt
3ess another committee of arbitration will be
called for. Yet so light has traffic been with all
roads in the pool during the time it has been or
,ganized, that the business will furnish no better
basis on which to fix per cents. than
the arbitrators first had to work upon
In fact, the feeling prevails that the meeting has
been called rather prematurely, and that the
doings of to-day will be of little importance.
However, Manager Richardson has prepared
statistics upon which some idea of the business
the respective roads have done since Nov. may
be formed.
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The n. Y. s n. e. Receivership.

BosToN, Jan. THE directors of the New
York & New England Railway Company have
voted to assent to the appointment of a receiver.
Twelve directors were present. Letters from alb
sent members of the board, except one, express
approval of the action taken at Hartford. Chas
P. Clark resigned the presidency, and Eustace c.
Ejez was chosen
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The Trunk-Line Executive Committee.

A meeting of the executive committee of the
t1unk-lines has been called for Thursday next at
New York, when it is hoped that something will
be done to avert the predicted railroad war be
tween the trunk lines. which it is feared would
lead to a general Generalization of rates, both
east and west bound, and result in bankruptcy
to a number of roads which find it difficult work
to make both ends meet with the present basis
of r.afeS.
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CLEVELAND, Jan. In the suit of Thurmer,
Teagle & Co. to enioin the Lake Shore road from
discriminating in rates in the shipment of oil
Judge Blandin to-day granted an injunction,
saying the defendant as a common carrier is
bound to serve the whole public alike Irregu-
larity in rates tends to foster monopolies and
discourages investment of small fortunes in in
dust1ial enterprises. The defendant appeals
The discrimination in rates, it is alleged, was in
favor OF the Standard Oil Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-08

Mrs. Mary E. Haggart president of the
Womans State Fair Association, will present
the report of the womans department at the
meeting of the State Board of Agriculture, this
afternoon. Tomorrow, at $50 A. M. and P NJ.
the association will hold their annual meetng
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-08
Proposed Road.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Jan. THE incorporation
of the Lake Erie e Mississippi Railway Company
was effected here to-day, with Columbus R. Cum
mings, George A. Ives, John B. Cohoes, and
Luther NJ. Dearborn as incorporators, and who
constitute the first board of directors. The com
pany is formed to construct road from Bloom
ington to Peoria, ILL.,, and thence west to the
MiSsssippi river
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The Proposed Work-House.

The county commissioners have advertised for
proposals for the sale of real estate to the county
for the erection of a work house The specifica-
tons are that there must be from fifteen to
twenty acres Of land situated not further than
and half mile from the Courthouse and
on a railroad. AS soon as suitable grounds can
be obtained tho work will be begun at once
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-08
LOOKS sOUALLY.
A Belief that Trunk Line War Is Near at
Hand.

An observing railroad man, and one who dep
recates railroad wars, remarked yesterday that
the signs Of the times were that war on rates
between the trunk lines is near at hand The
Now York Central people had for some time past
been carrying property from Chicago
and St Louis 10 the seaboard at
cut rates, and the fact that Commissioner
Fink had ordered a reduction Of rates to meet
those of the Vanderbilt lines had made matters
no better, and he had heard from near the throne
If the management of the Vanderbilt lines,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-08

COCAINE a compound of Cocoanut Oil, beau
titles the hair and is sure to allay all itching and
irritation of the scalp.
The superiority of BURNETT's FLAvoRfNG Elk
TRACTS consists in their perfect purity and
strength.
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Real Estate Transfers.

Instruments filed for record in the Recorders Office
of Marion county Indiana for twenty four hours end
ing at o'clock p. NJ Jan. 7, 1888, as furnished by
Elliott G. Butler, abstracters of titles, No. 5,
Etnsbuiding:
Eliza B. Wilets ct al to John Clark, part
of the southwest quarter OF section II,
township IA north, of range east. $4,000
Platt 7. Holley TO D. A. Myers and wife,
lot 16 in Ham & Dawson's subdivision
of part of block "a in J6hnsons heirs
addition to the city of Indianapolis 80. 100000
Emily A Brandt and husband to William
c. Griffith. part of lot 16 in McCarty's
heirs subdivision of outlot 113, in the
city of indianapolis. 100000
Joseph Loftin and wife to John Loftin,
part of the east half of the northwest
quarter of section 20, township II,
range 8 east. containing so acres; also,
part of the west half of the northeast
quarter of section 20. township II,
range 3 east. containing 4S 73-100
acres; also part of the east half of the
northeast quarter of section 10, town
ship II, range 3 east, containing
601OO of an acre 10000
John Loftin ct al. to Joseph Loftin, part
of the west half of the northwest quar-
ter of section 80 township II, range3,
containing so more or less-.-.---. 100
Ann Reed ct al. to Joseph Loftin, part of
the west half of the northwest quarter
of section 80, township II north of
range east, containing so acres more
Daniel Bernd ct al. to John f. Miller part
of lot 1874 in MeCartys subdivision of
part of outlet 100 in Indianapolis; also,
part of lot in Cincinnati & Chicago
apo lis or.'' -. - - 10000
John H. Naien ct al. to Henry W. Muir
ply, lots 20 and q in John H. Vsens
South Brookside addition to Iadianapo-
lis .------ -------- 1.OO
Margaret +. Doman and husband to
Philip Guenther lot SO in May Wasson
annapolis 9 49, -. 275.oO
Frank McWhinney and wife to Margaret
L. Dollman. lot 30 in May, WATSON &
Coz Highland Park addition to Indian
apolis. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 14.54
Conveyanoes, 10; considerations. $s,990.54
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No. AZ South Pennsylvania Street.
NOTICE TO ARCHITECTS.

Plans and specifications for Markethouse and City
Buildings will be received at the Office Of the City Hall
Commissioners No. 13 Courthouse until D. M,
Feb 20, 1884. The following terms are offered 10
the architects submitting plans That premium of
six hundred dollars $4,000 be awarded TO the two best
plans offered divided follows Four hundred doll
lars GH100) for the best plan; two hundred dollars
$1,000 for the second best and should the city decide
to build by such plans the architect whose plans ara
accepted and who received the first award shall enter
into contract that his compensation shall not exceed
three 81 per cent for all plans details specifications
and the supervision of the erection Of said buding
not to exceed commission total cost of one hum
bred and fifty thousand dollars and from this amount
shall be deducted four hundred dollars C400) awarded
as first premium when his plans were accepted.
The two plans receiving the premiums shall be thu
property of the city and be left in the of th
Market-house and City Hall Commissioners. Printed
instructions be obtained at the above Office or BIZ
addressing either of the Commissioners.
D. W. GRUBBS, JOHN COBURN
j. II. LAYhfAN. SIMEON COY
J. II. BALDWIN,, w. +, A. BERNEAMERJ
S. H. COBB, II. O. MORRIS
THoS; TAILENTIRE, JAMES RENIHAN,
ISAAC THALMAN, V. 7. AIALOTT,
JOHN r. PEARSON
Commissioners.
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Their notice

in the State library. Members and others inter
ested are requested to be present without fur
Their notice.