The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-08
ILLINOIS.

An Act of Christian Charity That Led to
the Death of Two Aged Ladies.
Special To the Indianapolis Journal.
BRIDGEPORT, March Perhaps the most
beautiful act of Christian charity ever en-
acted in this vicinity was that of Grandma
LamOtte and her step-daughter Miss Cal
vina. living near this place. Some four or
five weeks ago Mr.. Samuel Seed, living
two and a hall miles east of here, had the
misfortune to loose his house and contents
by fire. Having a large family and no
place to shelter them from the in
clemency of the winter weather,
Grandma Lamotte and her STEP
daughter Miss Calvina, the former
about e~ighty-five years Of age, and the lat
ter nearly seventy, threw open their hum
BILE home to the unfortunate family of Mr..
rooms, but Mr.. Seed could do nothing more
thar accept the hospitality of the generous
aged Christian ladies. The crowded con-
dition of the little home of the Lamottes,
and the exposure and anxiety following
three of Mr.. Seeds family with typhoid
fever. The cOnsiderate and mOtherly at
tentiOn to the sick soon wore Grandma
Lamotte out. and she. fell sick
of the same disease, and then
ulc IdillOttt LUX tnc Idldl FEVER.
The noble-hearted old lady was the first to
die. which was on Saturday: At the urgent
request of Miss Lamotte the corpse was
brought to her sick bedside, and she gazed
IN fearless silence upon her lifelong friend.
From that moment she began to sink, and
on Tuesday died. The remains of Grand
ma were inferred Monday. at Pleasant Hill
Cemetery, and yesterday the wasted body
of the step-daughter was placed by her
side. They were both widely known here
Co. xA4.- $500 -.-1 T1~.~
which has been amply demonstrated in this
last act OF their quiet but meritorious lives.
These two people were among our oldest
settlers, having lived in this little home of
theirs for over fifty-two years. Two sons
and one daughter are left behind, one son
and daughter residing here, and O son in
Kansas.
Regulating the Telephone Companies.
SPRINGFIRLD, March THE Senate this
morning unanimously passed a bill to regu-
late telephone charges in the State. This
afternoon, at the end of two-hOurs' con-
test, the Senate bill was ordered to be ia
vorably reported by the House committee
on judiciary. Large numbers of citizens,
opposed to the exactions of the telephone
companies, were presentfrom various cities,
particularly Chicago, to lend the friends of
the measure aid in the bitter light which all
knew was coming. The triumph of the reg
ulators was largely due to q stirring speech
by Representative Baker. Said he: THE
Chicago Telephone Company organ
led with a capital stock of
5000 o One year later that company
asked for an increase of capital stock from
5000 0 to S2,00O.OO0. The day before yester-
day 2S5 cents was offered for that stock.
We have sale 20 the telephone company
time and again and l say to them once
more: If you open your books and show
to the people that you cannot make, upon
the basis of the rates fixed in this bin, q
netprofit of more than 20 per cent. upon the
capital stock, l will agree to the rates in
this bill being increased A few years ago,
when there were two companies, these tele-
phones were making money at the rate of
$50 a year; but after they combined they
began to go up and up, until the time has
come when the people of Chicago come to
this Legislature and ask for some restraint
to the extortion.n Notwithstanding des-
perate flibustering, the order for a favorar
BILE report was then finally obtained.