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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-07
THE DETECTIVE SYSTEM.
Pastor Caldwell Denounces 1t in Strong Lam
guage ina Sermon Delivered at a Funeral.

CHICAGO, March Can unusual incident
occurred to-day in the Langley-avenue
Methodist Church, at the funeral of Newton
Watt, the brakeman who died in Joliet
prison, serving q lif~e-sentence for the Rock
Island train-rObbery and the murder of
express messenger Kellogg Nichols. The
pastor, Rev. DR.. Williams, standing over
the coffin, said: 1--WE believe Newton Watt
innocent. His u were almost all
either professional criminals or professional
detectives, and l consider the two terms
very nearly synonymous. The testimony
of a score of both kinds would not shake
my confidence in IN upright character. A
man who will lie at one time for any pur-
pose will lie whenever it may suit his con-
venience." The speaker related of his per-
sonal knowledge several experiences with
detectives which gave him additional
ground for his opinion of them. He added:
''Tbe reward offered in this case was
enough to convict any one whom the de-
t~ectives might select" The pastors adj
dress was listened to in silence, and when,
soon afterward, Watts remains were borne
from the church, there was scarcely a dry
eye In the congregation.
Mr.. Caldwell spoke at considerable
length to the same general effect as quoted
above. The words which caused the
strongest impression on many of his hearers
were the following: These professional
detectives lie to catch a person, as they say.
They live a lie, and are a lie, and will swear
to a lie to carry a point. A great many
people believe that the detectives are neces-
sary evils; but / tell you it is never neces-
sary to do evil, and in not many years from
now the public will believe just as l am
saying, and this professional detective
business will be swept from the face of the
earth"
The reward offered after the train rob-
berry was $4,000. The clergyman did not
mention these figures expressly, but did
allude to the $4,000 offered for Tascott.
DIR. Caldwell had little or no censure for
the Tascott reward, as it waste a~definitely-
named person. of whose criminal antece-
dents and probable connection with the
crime opinion was practically unanimous.
The. points which chiefly reused the
ministers solemn protest were the indefinite
charater of the train-robbery reward offer
and the use of detective evidence, when
viewed in the light of Watts good record,
religious tendencies. and his ~death-bed
demeanor, he expiring with the words, Il
am innocent
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Democrats Dodge the Issue.

The Board of Aldermen held q called
meeting last night to take action upon the
resolution passed in the City Council last
Monday night, which was to the effect that
the Curtis bill is opposed to the true prin-
ciples of a free city government, and as
such it should not be recognized as con-
trolling to any extent the police, fire and
lighting departments. ALI the members
were present except L. j. Clark, III. w.
Laut, John Rail and Julius f. Reinecke.
On motion of Alderman Tousey it was de-
cided by a unanimous vote that the action
of the Council be sustained. there being no
debate upon the question. This action was
clinched by a motion to reconsider. which
was at once laid upon the table. Although
this was the ultimate object of the meeting,
a call for other business was made by the
president, and the action of Council in APP
pointing a night Waterman for the Illinois.
street tunnel was cOncurred in. The board
then adiOurnad-
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Observation-Disclosures NEWS
The Daily Chronicle of Happenings Of
Various Kinds in the Two States.
The Capon Industry Among the Farmers
Damage Suit Against a Railroad-Freight
Conductor Killed-White Caps at Work.
INDIANA.
Raising Capons for Eastern Epicures Grow
ing Into q Profitable Business.

Raising Capons for Eastern Epicures Grow
ing Into q Profitable Business.
RUssIAvHLE, March 5.-Yesterday was a
big day with the capon r~aisers, that being
their shipping day. This is the third sea-
son that the operation of c%aponizing young
male chicks has been practiced in this part
of the country. In the two seasons past
the business has not been of sufficient mag
nitude to attract much attention, but this
year it has assumed quite large proper
tons. Up to this season but few people
knew what a capon was, and the industry
which our farmers are now realizing a large
income from was not thought of. Jesse
HobsOn, who lives two miles north of this
place, mas been steadily enlarging the busi-
ness. Last season he performed the opera
tiOD on over two thousand chicks for the
tanners of this community. His plan Is to
insure the life of the chicks, charge moth
ing for the operation, and in March he
agrees to take the grown capons at II IL
cents per pound. The capons will average
nearly ten pounds each if well fed and
cared for, which is IS cents more than an
average rooster, which has had the same
care, will sell for. Yesterday Mr.. Hobson
shipped from this place to New York. over
seventeen hundred capOns, where, owing TO
the superiority of the flesh of the fowl, he
will realize from Is to % cents per pound.
The loss of life as a result of the operation
is very light as compared with the great
increase in weight and price, the average
being about one in fifty.
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Minor Notes.

Mrs. Rhoda L. House, wife of CITY Clerk
Austin w. House, of Franklin, died yester-
day from pneumonia.
Peter Heller's residence at Brownstown
was burned, yesterday, by reason of a de-
fective tiue. Loss. $500; insurance, 800.
The new Y. NJ. C.. A. building at Craw-
louisville Will be dedicated on April Is,
that being the time agreed upon by the di-
rectors.
Dislike for the superintendent caused
twenty-three operatives in the carding-
room of the Madison cotton-mill to go on
strike, yesterday.
Natural gas, with an estimated pressure
of 800 pounds, has been struck at Dublin,
at a depth of SSS feet. The gas will be
given free t. all manufactures.
Dutch Gap. a well-known trotting horse,
was Yesterday shipped by it's former Mar
tinsville owners to DR.. Carmichael, of
Springfield, Mass, who paid 5000 for it.
At the graduating exercises of the Fort
Wayne Medical College the prize in the
competitive examination in surgery was
awarded to s. Celia Dupont, the only lady
in the class. :
temperance billiard hall, recently opened
at Greencastle, was we'll patronized by the
university students until President Martin
issued an order forbidding them going
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MONTREAL, March 6.-The following is
an extract from the oath published by the
Toronto Mail as having been taken by the
member of the Society of Jesus, for the
publication of which the society has insti-
tuted a libel suit against the Mail.
do renOunce and disown my allegiance as due
to any heretical king, prince. or any state named
Protestant, or to any of their inferior magis-
trates or officers. L do further declare the doc
trine Of the Church of England, OF the Calvfnists.
HuguenOts, and other PrOtestants, to be damna-
BILE, and those to be damned who win not forsake
the same. I do further declare that l will help,
assist, and advise all or any of his HOliness's
agents, in any place wherever 1 be, and do the
utmost to extirpate the heretical Protestant doc
trine, and to destroy all their pretended power,
LEGAL or Ofharwisa
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Two New Directors Chosen.

Hartford Courant
Messrs. James A. Smith and William G.
Skinner, of this city, have been elected
members of the board of directors of the
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, in the places of Messrs. Z. s. Tyler
and E. n. Kellogg, who have resigned after
long service in the board.
Mr.. Smith is at the head of the widely
known firm of Smith, Northam d Co.. of
this city. and is a director in the Phoenix
National Bank and the Etna Fire Insur-
ance Company, and has other important in
terests in the city. Mr.. Skinner is of the
firm of Dwight, Skinner q Co., wool deal
ers and manufacturers, and he is a director
in the Hartford Fire Insurance Company,
the Phoenix National Bank, and other local
concerns. Both are gentlemen of the high
est standing in business circles here, and
are widely and favOrably known outside of
the city aswell as at home.
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Honored for Her Fathers Sake.

AUSTIN, Tex. March tin the House Of
Representatives. yesterday, On behalf of the
len presented a beautiful gold medal. set
with diamonds, to Miss Annie f. Bowling.
only child of Dick Bowling, who, on the
sth of September. 1858, in command of only
forty-tw0 men, held at bay and drove off
from Sabine Pass Union forces of more than
a thousand men. Miss Annie is twenty
years old, prepossessing and very intelli-
gent. She and her widowed mother reside
in this city. Frank Lubbock, Treasurer of
the State, on behalf of Miss Annie, received
the medal the presentation Of which was
gentlemen.
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LABOR INTERESTS.
Employees of Oregon steamboats, Refuse to
Work at Reduced Wages.

Employees of Oregon Steamboats, Refuse to
Work at Reduced Wages.
PORTLAND, Ore. March 6.-Orders have
recently been issued from the head officers
of the o. Il. 81 n. Company, In New York.
authorizing a reduction of wages of all the
c~ompany's employees on the river division.
The orders were that the wages of all per-
SON from $50 and upwards a month be re-
duced 10 per cent. This effects materially
the wages OF captains, pilots, mates and en-
gineers. The result has been that all have
refused to work. All the boats of the COM
pany on the Willamette and Columbia riv-
ers are tied up, and there is a general sus-
pension of travel over these lines. The
same state of affairs exists on Puget sound
officers and men positively refusing to work
at the reduced wages. Several meetings
nave been held by steamboat men, and it
was resolved TO demand more wages than
the o. X. q n. paid before the reduction
order. This demand. of course, was not en-
tertained. and all strikers firmly refuse to
turn a wheel. Thus far every effort to
reach a satisfactory understanding has
failed. The situation is a most embarrass-
ing one 10 the company, and works very
serious inconvenience to travel, trade ana
mails. as the company has contracts Tor
carrying the mails along the lower Column.
bla and on the sound. The situation Will
prove a very serious one unless some CON-
promise is speedily effected. Public SYM
Quires that all licensed pilots and masters
must have at least five years experience on
these waters. and the places of strikers can
not be supplied by others.
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JOSEPH A. MOORE In CHICAGO.


CHICAGO, March 6.-Joseph A. Moore, the
indianapolis insurance agent who embez-
zled $4,000 and fed to Canada, is reported
to have spent to-day in Chicago. An old
acquaintance claims to have recognized
him ON his arrival here at the Grand Trunk
depot. and tonight at the same place when
departing. The friend a Moore denied
his identity when reaching Chicago. but
admitted it as he was leaving. Moore is
represented as apparently not standing in
much fear of arrest.
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There is some complaint among the resi-
dents on Pratt street, between Delaware
and Alabama, over the recent action of the
City Council in passing an ordinance pro-
viding for a one foot sewer pipe to be laid
in that locality. 1t will cost the city some
where near $500, aside from the catch-basin
and manhOles, which will probably run the
expense up to $500. The assessment OF the
citizens will be about 80 cents on each foot
of sewer, and it is claimed that all the
property-owners but one are strongly op-
posed to the ordinance.
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Queer Cause for a Strike.

MOUNT HOLLY, N. j., March GA strike
occurred at the Columbia ~iron-works,
at H~ainesport, Burlington county, yes
terday, in consequence of an order
being issued that all the employees
should wear boots. The order was
issued, it is stated, because SO many of the
employees were laid up by burns OF their
feet, caused by molten iron, which those
who wore boots escaped. The proprietors
of the works offered to furnish boots free
of charge to those who felt unable to pay
for them, and also to pay them for time lost
on account of injuries received. The men
would not consent to this, and went out.
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PITTsBURG, March 6.Judge White. of
the Criminal Court, was in q rage to-day
Wishart and son, of the Law and Order So
ciety, on a warrant charging them with
disOrderly conduct. They were M0dled to
the central station in a patrol wagon.
Judge White delivered himself of a strong
speech when the Wisharts' attorney insti-
tuted habeas corpus proceedings, saying
that constables have no business to arrest
reputable citizens like common felOns, and
scored the magistrate who issued the war
rant-for not waiting in his office to accept
bail.
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The Brewery Syndicate.

ROCHESTER. n. Y, March 6.-Three leading
breweries of the city were to-day purchased
by an English syndicate. The prices paid
were: Bartholomay Brewery, $4,000, 900;
Genesee Brewery, $4,000; Rochester Brew
cry, 100000. Five per cent. is paid down.
CHICAGO, March 6-Charles p. McAyoy
admitted to-day that this brewery had been
sold, but the owners of the Wacker q Birk
and the Michael breweries talsO reported
sold to English parties), while admitting
that negotiations are pending for the pur-
chase of their plant. assert that the sale
has not been contaminated.
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At Work Again.

The recent fire in the lounge factory of
Stechhan & Co. caused a loss to the firm of
$4,000. of which s12,O 0 will be recovered
by insurance. The Capital City planning
mill has been temporarily leased. and the
work of the company is now in progress.
The frame factory will probably be sepa-
a change long contemplated. and August
X. Fable, superintendent of the old factory,
will be made it's director.
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Brief Mention.

On Tuesday Mr.. and Mrs. Claus Albers,
of Warsaw, celebrated the fiftieth nnive
sary of their marriage with a notable fami-
ly reunion.
About seventy-ive men and boys, at
Carthage, have been arrested and fined for
playing poker for cigars. They have paid
their fines and promise to reform.
Martin b. Miller, aged eighty, died on
Tuesday, at Aurora, of injuries received by
a fall from a wagon. He was a direct de-
scendant from Sir William Wallace.
The committee appointed to investigate
the charges of cruelty against the manage
ment of the Soldiers Home. at Quincy. has
reported the charges entirely unfOunded.
julius Brady is under arrest at Mattoon,
charged with embezzling S70O given him by
Sinsabaugh q Son to buy horses. He
claims to have been sandbagged nc robbed
in Terre Haute, but his story is generally
discredited.
Cora Carnahan, the thirteen-year-old
daughter of the proprietor of the Delemore
House. at Pawpaw, eloped, Sunday night,
with Duke cLachlan, a young blacksmith
of that city. Mr.. Carnahan has offered 800
for the capture of the runaway couple.
The relatives of Mrs. Henry Shafer, who
refused to permit her burial at Atwood, last
Sunday, because of the life-like appearance
of the body, are at last satisfied that she is
dead. Two physicians labored two days to
revive her, but all to no purpose. The re-
mains were inferred Tuesday evening.
James Freer, State Inspector of Mines,
has asked the Vermillion Circuit Court for
an order restraining further operation of
the Catlett coal mine, at Paramount. The
claim is made that the present condition of
the mine is dangerous to miners on account
of a single entrance to the mine, and that
the mine and buildings are not protected
against fire.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-07

Burglars entered the residence Of d. G..
Bergundthal, 23s North Delaware street,
last night between z and s o'clock, securing
a gold bracelet, set in pearls, valued at S125,
and a reckless worth $50, the property of
his wife. The family was absent at the
time, and ON their return found that every
room in the house had been thoroughly
searched for ~valuables.
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without placing ourselves in an improper posi-
ton. and one which would be without ~justifica-
ton In the eyes Of those members who have not
attended your meeting. For your information, I
VIII say that the Insurance Commissioners of
connecticut Is now busily engaged In his examl-
Iation for the benefit of all the policy-holders
JACOB J.. GREEN. President.
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Wage Reduction Rejected.

WHEELING. VIVA, March6.-Notices were
posted in the plant of the Wheeling Hinge
Company, to-day, notifying the employees
of a 10 per cent. reduction all around. The
men at Once went ON strike, and the
factory is idle. The works AVE been
running on three-quarters time lately, but
were to resume full time tomorrow. The
company will endeavor to get new men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-07
West Virginia's Three Governors.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, March 6.-Mr. r. s.
Carr, President of the State Senate, to-day
moved on Gov. f. w. Wilson with a writ
of quo warrantO to compel him to show by
what right he continues to hold the guber-
son and Golf is acted upon. The case of
Wilson and Golf will, in all probability, be
brought up in the Supreme Court to-mor-
row morning.
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The Trim of the SEVENTEEN.

The SEVENTEEN Regiment. due here at
midnight last night, from Washington, will
not reach the city until this noon. owing to
delays along the line. The band from To-
peka, Kan, which also attended the inaug-
u~ratiOn, will arrive to-day, and tomorrow
night will give a concert in TOmlinson Hall.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-07
Freight Conductor Killed.

SpecfaI 20 Ihe Ihulanapons JournaI.
GREENCASTLE, March 6.-By the breaking
in two of a freight train about five miles
west of here, on the Louisville, New
Albany e. Chicago road, this morning,
freight conductor b. Convey, of Lafayette,
lost his life. The rain broke in two on q
grade, and the conductor was caught under
one y sectlCn whle en- passed hssS over MN In teri
home is in Lafayette, where his family re-
sides. His remains were sent to his friends
to-day.
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Another Break in the Oil Tank-Line.

Special 10 the Indianapo1S j 5urnaf.s
WABASH, March 6.-Another big break
has occurred in the great oil-tank line of
the Standard Oil Company, this time at
Servia, Wabash county. A portion of the
farm of Henry Augenbaugh was flooded by
the oil. which ignited. making a great con-
migration. The leak was stopped as speed
lily as possible. This is the fifth bad leak
in the Lima and Chicago pipeline.
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Damage Suits at Columbus.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, March 6.-The suit OF Joel 5.
Dairs, as administrator of the estate of
William Hunter, against the Pennsylvania
Company for $4,000 damages for the kill
ing of the nineteen-months-Old child of the
deceased and wife. which has been on trial
in the Circuit Court here during
the past two days, was con-
cluded this morning by the jury
rendering a verdict for the plaintiff in the
sum of $1,000. The accident occurred about
three years ago on the Jacksonville, Madi-
son & Indianapolis railroad near this city.
An appeal to the Supreme Court will be
taken by the Pennsylvania Company.
Another suit against the same company
came up for trial to-day 1t is for $1,000
damages, and was brought by the widow
of William Riley, the brakeman who was
killed a few months ago by a JeffersOnville,
Madison e. Indianapolis railroad train.
There are a number of witnesses to be ex-
amined, and a verdict will not be reached
before FRIDAY.
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Special to the 1ndianapOlis Journal
MARION, March6.-Last night, while Har-
~ Cough and wife were on their way home
from church, they were attaked by Bill
Rarlden. a local desperate, and Cough was
iden was arrested and jailed, and to-day
was bound over to answer the charge of
cutting with intent to kill.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, March 6.-Hiram G. M0der-
we'll, the well-known agent of the Nickel
plate road, to-day received news that his
uncle. II. G. Moderwell. of Chicago. who
died recently, leaving a fortune of $500, 600,
had left him a legacy of $4,000. His BROTH
er, j. Nj. Moderwell, was also remembered
in the will, receiving 5000 as his share.
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Catarrh to Consumption

CStarrh in its destructive force stands next to
and Undoubtedly leads on to consumption. tits,
therefore, singular that those afflicted with this
fearful disease should not make it the object of
their lives to rid themselves of it. Deceptive
remedies cOncocted by ignorant pretenders to
medical knowledge have weakened the conf
dence Of the great majority of sufferers in all adj
vertised remedies. They become resigned to a
life of misery rather than torture themselves
with doubtful palliatives.
But this will never do. Catarrh must be met at
every stage and c0mbated with all our might.
In many cases the disease has assumed danger
Gus symptoms. The bones and cartilage of the
nose, the organs of hearing, of seeing and of
tasting so affected as to be useless, the uvulaso
elongated. the throat so infamed and irritated
as to produce q constant and distressing cough.
Sanford's Radical Cure meets every phase of
Catarrh, from a simple head cold to the most
l0athsOme and destructive stages. 1t is local
and constitutional. Instant in relieving. perma-
nent in curing, safe, economical and never-fail-
ing.
Each package contains one bottle of the Rad
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proved Inhaler, with treatise; price, 81.
POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL o Boston.
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.Bro,pn,s bronchial Troche.r

Are widely known as an admirable remedy
for bronchitis, h~oarseness, coughs and
throat troubles. Sold only in boxes.
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ILLINOIS.
Amendment to the Constitution Proposed
to Provide for Taxing Certain Property.

Amendment to the Constitution Proposed
to Provide for Taxing Certain Property.
SPRINGFIELD, March Elm the Senate, to-
day, a joint resolution was introduced pro-
viding for the submission to vote of the
people of an amendment to the State Con-
stitutiOn. This proposed amendment con-
templates the raising of funds for the sup
port of the public schools by means of a tax
on the capital stocks of corporations doing
business in this State; on the receipts of
railroads, street railroads, sleeping-cars.
d~ining-cars, telegraphs, telephones, express
business, insurance business, royalties on
patents, franchises and privileges. stock
yards, mines, the sale of intOxicants. man.
ufactured tobacco, and, if necessary, a
graduated tax on incomes of more than
$1,000 per annum The object of the pro-
posed amendment is to enable the State to
secure a revenue from classes of property
which generally csc ape taxation.