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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-31
BIG FAILURE AT BOSTON.
Assignment of Bachelor Co., Boot and
Shoe Dealers, with Debts of 81 zoo, 900.

Assignment of Bachelor g. CO., Boot and
Shoe Dealers, with Debts of 100000
BosroN, July SO.-The failure of the boot
and shoe firm of z. & A. III. Bachelor 81
Co. Boston and North Brookfeld, was an
nounced this morning, with liabilities of
Sl.000.000, and nominal assets of probably
about the same amount. An assignment
has been made for the benefit of cred
itors TO Thomas f. Proctor and Robert
Bachelor. of North Brookfield. and meet
ing of creditors will be called as soon as a
definite statement of the firms affairs can
be prepared by the expert accountant
now engaged IN examining its books.
AS considerable of the indebtedness
is held by purchasers of the firms
commercial paper whose names are
unknown TO the debtors. the trustees re-
quest that all creditors will at once send
them a statement of their claims. The firm
is one of the oldest in its line In the coun-
try. the business having been established
In North BrOokfeld, in 1878, by Tyler
Bachelor. the present firm consisting of A.
*. Bachelor and his son Francis. The
largest and best equipped in the country.
aud gives employment to LOO hands, cali
ing for weekly payroll of over $4,000.
This is the only industry OF the town, and
the IalluIe Will DO "a neaNy dow. Until
recently the production of the factory
was mainly heavy boots and shoes.
but lighter styles. of goods have
very largely taken their place. The
product has always enjoyed high reputa-
ton for excellence and durability. This
was one of the ten firms in Worcester coun-
~ that had long contest with the Knights
OF Labor IN 1887 lasting some five mont tbs:
and this struggle, which resulted IN favor
OF tue manufacturers, was very expensive,
and has. undoubtedly. contributed directly
or indirectly TO the present embarrassment.
Inc immediate cause of the failure is large
losses made by A. III. Bachelor outside of
,he business, and the fact that the recent
large failures IN the leather trade, followed
py the Lewis Bros. failure added to the ill
nealth or the senior member of the firm.
have rendered il difficult to obtain
money on the firms commercial paper.
10 ~ undoubtedly true that the
manufacturing business of the firm has
been Pfontable. and this makes il likely
tnat the business viii be re-established uI-
der some arrangement between the firm
aad ITS creditors. Ii is believed that some
OF the heaviest creditors are the Thomas T..
Proctor Leather Company Hoyt Brothers.
Il. Zschetzsehel a Son: Walker Oakley &
Co. and Homer Brothers, but at the stores
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CINCINNATI, July 30.-It has been long
while since a funeral in Cincinnati has
gathered so many mOurners as that of the
murdered Col. A. Z. Jones this afternoon.
The military escort consisted of the First
Regiment Ohio National Guards and a bat
terry of artillery. Besides this there was a
large attendance of the various Grand Army
posts of the city. Gov. Foraker and a por-
tion of his staff were present. The Gov
ernor was q neighbor of the deceased for
years, and had appointed him surgeon-gen-
eral. The ceremony of a military funeral.
including the march from the house to the
church, with six stalwart sergeants carry
ing the body of the deceased, his horse led
after the coffin and the troops with reversed
arms and slow step to funeral dirge
formed most impressive scene. At tie
First Presbyterian Church only o small
portion of the assemblage could find room,
After the usual services, the Grand Army
ritual was observed. and then the process
sion was formed, and the military marched
short distance beyond the city limits,
where a farewell was taken. The body
was inferred IN Spring Grove Cemetery.
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Colorado Mountain. ON Fire.

GLENwooD SPRINGS, Col. July 30.-The
forest fire which has been raging in this
vicinity for several days was started over
canyon. whereby Mr.. j. Brown, his family
and party of ladies narrowly escaped
death, only escaping by wading through a
creek for nearly two miles on their hands
and knees. and by which Mr.. Brown lost
two valuable horses. The fire has now
spread. and covers an area of over ten
square miles. The entire air in the west
ern slope is filled with smoke from the
burning mountains. Reports from Red
Cliff. Leadville. Aspen and New Castle re-
port the sun completely obscured. The
sight from Glenwood in the evening is
magnificent, as the entire face of No Name
and Grizzly mountains are one mass of fire.
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among the members. with politics as its
basis. That is where friendship usually
1t Is Not Dead Nor Dying, but in Flourishing
Condition.


Boston Transcript.
Civil-service reform has not relapsed into
such a moribund condition some of its
iaint-hearted advocates conceive. We may
say there are many. symptoms apparent of
a vigorous life, which only needs opportu-
nifty to assert itself. Party organs. as was TO
be expected, make the most of the removals
of officeholders constantly occurring. Once
in awhile some member of Congress, desir-
ous OF nOtOriety. attempts to voice the opln-
ions of professional spOilsmongers, but such
congressman are looked upon by their as
sociates as more foOlhardy than wise.
Neither party dares to make a concerted
and decided move toward abolishlng the
national statute which is constant annoy
ance to politicians who believe In clean
sweep from office of their political op-
ponents. So much has been gained, and
soldly gained-not to be relinquished
under any circumstances, despite Platts OF
Blair's committals to spoils doctrines.
The Republican party as an organiza,
convention of the party placed it, in favor
of extending the operations of the civil
service law. This administration has Sc
lected a commission which is more ener-
getic in enforcing the reform provisions we
been. Just before the extension of the
civil-service laws to cover the railway
mail service the machinery of removal is
said to have been worked nights ana holi-
Gays TO make places Tor nencnmen
1t is now. proposed, as the telegraph
states to-day, to, begin inquiry into
such removals by taking up the discharges
of men from the Pension Office and Sixth
Auditors department on political grounds.
Mr. Roosevelt declares that he is not pre-
pared to pronounce such removals viola
tlons of law, but individually he considers
them yiolative of the spirit of the. law.
Mr.. Roosevelt's views are that no
one, unless he happened to be
an active partisan, should be dis
missed from the public service. This is
a cOmmon-sense, reasonable position. one
which we have no doubt will be approved
by the people. Indeed, it is absurd to sup
pose that Americans, as whole, have any
other interest in government places than
that they shall be filled with the most
competent men. They are very unlikely to
favor policy, when it is fully under
stood by them, that converts pub
lie patronage into an agency of
bribery and corruption. Therefore the
friends of civil-service reform have every
reason to expect the ultimate triumph of
their cause, as it SO directly appeals to
the good sense of the average American
citizen. The practice of quadrennially
changing officeholders disgusts thousands
of rejecting men, whose influence and
votes will hereafter be against continu-
ing the system of prescription that dates
only from Andrew Jackson's unsayory
times
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-31

LONDON Lcttef
She and her sisters all look very much
alike, and. while not being beautiful. are
much prettier than their aunt's. the Queens
own daughters, eyer were. They all have
the unmistakable Guelph face, or rather
the heavy eyelids. receding chins and
mournful, doe-like eyes which the Duke of
Kent alone had of all George HIS children.
and transmitted to the whole large group
of his descendants, But they inherited
from their lovely Danish mother extremely
clear and fine compilations, and are also,
like her. always exquisitely dressed. OF
the three princesses the Youngest is con-
sidered the prettiest, but the expression of
the eldest is very pleasing. and she is re-
puted to possess charming womanly
natura. fund of intelligence. and good
share of her mothers remarkable charm of
manner. Her father has publicly stated
that her engagement to Lord Fife was u
love match. and there is every reason TO be-
ieye that this statement Is entirely true.
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Robbed by a Smooth Talking Young Mar

NEW YORK, July 30.-Mr. John Ireland, q
restaurant-keeper. has been the victim of a
bold robbery. On the afternoon of July IL,
while walking along the street, Mr.. Ire
land was knocked down by a wagon on
Broadway, and had several ribs broken. A
smoOth-talking young man helped him to
his feet and assisted him to the Chambers
street Hospital. where he was placed under
the care of the doctors. While his injuries
were being examined Mr.. Ireland became
unconscious. and while the doctors back
was turned the tmooth-talking young man
had no difficulty in going through the
clothes of the observation-disclosures. He Sc
cured gold watch and chain, small
amount of cash aud $4,000 in securities,
and then vanished, The securities are val
ueless to the thief
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Consterration At NIIIwankec.

MILWAUKEE. July S0.-A flash of light
ming from clear sky could have caused no
greater sensation than that which pre-
vailed at the headquarters of the National
G. A. r. Encampment in this city tonight.
when the action of the eight depart
ment commanders at Chicago became
known. Commander Ang Weissert was
taken wholly by surprise. Nobody
knew that any such meeting had
been contemplated, and the result was
decided news at headquarters. Commander
Weissert declared most emphatically that
the encampment would not be removed
from Milwaukee at this late date. and that
the great parade would take place, not
understanding the action of the command
ers of the eight States who were assembled
at Chicago. A special meeting of the ex-
ecutlve committee will be called for to-
morrow night, in which the matter will be
thoroughly discussed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-31
Man and Woman Killed at a Crossing

LOUISVILLE, July GOWN. Schick and
Mrs Hannah Becker were killed at the
Eighteenth-street crossing of the Louisville
Southern railroad in this city last evening,
Pfistner was probably fatally injured.
They were In a wagon and did not hear the
locomotive bell. They were all well-known
Germans living just outside the city limits
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-31
Unburned Bricks RuIned bow q STORM.

CHICAGO. July S0.-One of the after
effects of the great storm of Saturday night
has been to pnt up the price of brick about
81 per 1000. Vast numbers of fresh-molded
and unburned bricks were melted down
into heaps of mud by the flood. and the
damage. it is said will run up into the hun
dreds of thousands of dollars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-31
Real Estate Transfers.

Instruments filed for record In the recorder
Office OF Marion county. Indiana, for the twent
four hours ending at p. NJ, July 80. 1889,
furnished by Elliott & Butler, abstracters
titles, Hartford Block, 81 East Market street.
Trinity College to Anna B. Ferguson,
lots Is and IL, in Downey's subdi-
vision OF Bryan's addition. $500.(
Robert w. Sample TO Jacob L.
Yuncker, part of southeast quarter
eontainins2 acres. ............... s,5oo.t
Elizabeth Kemper to Connecticut
Mutual Life insurance Company.
lot and part of lot 5, in Yandes's
subdivision of square 100 '500.(
Rosa Goas TO Francis Lumpe, part of
southwest quarter section 30, town.
ship Is, range 8. ......... 300.l
Charles s. Warburton to Fred w. Tay-
Tor. part OF lot 25, in outlot loo. 5000,
cne-seventh interest in part of east
half of northeast half OF section 13,
s4 acres ...........-.-' 1000,
20, in Yeiser. guardians, addition. s75,
John A. Chapman TO Fred W. Wilbke,
part of lot Il. IN Hanna's heirs ad-
ultlOn l,cOO'
Amanda Layland to Emily p. Hub
bard, lot 40, in Gibson's subdivision
OF block %. in Johnson's heirs ad-
dition 1000,
Berkshire Life Insurance Company to
Agnes Il. Boone, lot 80, in Eliza
Blake's subdivision Of outlots 166
Conveyances 10; consideration Sl64S5.
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Hereditary.
Washin 0tOu Post

Father" said Willie, who had just been
corrected, that strap is hereditary, isn't
iti"
81 don't know that it is"
But it descends from father to son,
doesn't it?,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-31
WIN Divide am Estate worth s51 900, 900.

MARSHALL, No.. July S0.-Information has
named Fisher. who died in Germany some
years ago. Is about To be divided among tho
American fseirs, uf whom there are seventy
two. twenty-five of them live near Mar
shall, and several in Illinois. The estate is
valued at S51 100000
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-31

1t Ends the Engagement at ANY Rate.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The latest fad in Virginia is to be mar
ried on horseback. A cavalry charge, to be
followed by infantry, so to speak.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-31

NOTICE TO sUB.coNTRACroRs-sEv
four miles OF railroad work TO let befw cen Bald
ofn and Traverse City Mich viii be let in sections
one 10 ten miles Apply toJohn Fitzgerald& Bro.
zee both ways on G. y w. II. BY.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-31
No Change in the Score.

Rochester Post Express
Baseball Enthusiast-What's the score
to-dayi
Plain Extraordinarily suppose, just as
it has always been. ! haven't heard of any
change
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-31
American Express COmpany's

EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT
Receives and forwards all classes of business by each
Mail Steamer arriving at or departing from New
York.
Shipments from Europe can be made direct by this
States. also to Canada and Mexico. with OF without
payment of duties at New York
Rates as low as those OF any responsible company.
NO CHARGE MADE FOR CUSTOM-HOUSE
BROKERAGE OR CARTAGE.
Money orders issued payable at ii, 600 places In
United States, Canada and Europe.
Agencies in Europe to whom shipments for United
States be delivered or, If from interior points
should be consigned, accompanied by Bill of Ladng
and Invoice certified before American Consul:
THOS. MEADOWS q CO., 80 Mi TX street Cheap
side London, E. c.; rs Water street, LIVERPOOL; So
Piccadilly Manchester 10 Hanover street. Glasgow;
Rue Scribe, Paris. E. RICHARD. i Rue Chilou,
Havre N. LUCHTING & Co. III Langenstrasse.
Bremen; SO Dovenfeeth. Hamburg. and III Am
Hafen, Bremenhafen.
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PIMPLEs. boils and other humors are
To cure them. take Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-31
When Friendship Ceases.

Minneapolis Tribune.
The distinguishing feature of the annual
meeting of the Knights of Friendship. now
In aAasinn at IndianAnnlss. IA y Hyaly Eow
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-31

Ayers Sarsapariiia is recommended by
physicians az the only sure blood purifier.
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Neutrality-suspicious. PACKET CO.

EXPRESS SERVICE between New York. Southamp-
ton and Hamburg by the new twin screw steamers of
10000 tons and 12500 horsepower. Fast time to Lon
don and the Continent. Steamers unexceiled for
safety, speed and comfort
REouLAR SERVICE: Every Thursday from New York
to Plymouth (London) Cherbourg (Paris) and Ham.
burg Through tickets to London and Paris. Excel
lent fare. Rates extremely low Apply TO the
General Office Ham, General Passage ONCE,
burg American Packet c. B. RICHARD d Co.
Co., ~ Broadway, n. Y. 81 Broadway. New York.
ALEX. METZGER Odd.fellew's Hall.
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Rough on the Profession.
Atlanta Constitution
A converted journalist is peculiar way
of putting it.
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OF none of these firms were adverse criti-
cisms of K. Il A. III. Bachelor 81 Co. heard.
The firm owns its factory and machinery.
winch are estimated to be worth over
500. 600. and also the Bachelor Hotel, at
North Brookfeld. They carry au insurance
of nearly s. OOO. 900 on buildings, machinery
and stock. A. III. Bachelor. the head Of the
firm, lives in Boston, and is a director in the
Manufacturers Bank. His residence, which
Is on Commonwealth avenue. stands in bis
wife's name. Francis Bachelor. the junior
partner. lives at North Brookteld, and has
charge of the manufacturing. The paper
is nearly all held by banks, very little
being owed for merchandise. IL is expected
that by the last of the week statement of
the firms affairs Will have been prepare q,
SO that the liabilities and assets can then
be stated with something like exactness.
The firm has issued circular stating that
the assignment includes .all our property
and estate, both partnership and individual,
wherever situated, whether within or
without this Commonwealth" 1t is ex-
pected that the creditors will allow the
contracts for goods for the present season
to be completed, as otherwise much un-
necessary loss must ensue.
A New York dispatch says: 1.-THE trade
was surprised to-day at the failure of h.
e. A II. Bachelor e. Co., the Boston shoe
makers. The firm is supposed here to be
the largest manufacturers of shoes in the
world, and was estimated to be worth mill
ion dollars. Their sales were chiefly West
and South. and amounted to 1900 pairs of
bought from 80 600 to 40 900 sides of leather
at a time. One firm here supplied them
with 1000 sides of a certain brand of
leather each week. They bought generally
on ten and thirty DAVIS New York banks
hold a good deal of the firms paper.
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Somewhat "Absorbing," Yes.

Boston Globe.
The trusts, formed and forming, are
among the most absorbing topics in modern
business conversation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-31
Spirit of Mr.. Grady's "New South"

IL would be poetic Justice if all the de-
scendants of the Harper's Ferry raiders
starved in the midst of the people who rev.
erence the old man as martyr.
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Other Failures.

BosToN. July 3O.-McKean & Appleton,
shoe manufacturers at Salem, have assigned
to J. Beebe, of Boston. The estimated liza
bilities are from S65 900 to $4,000. Mexican
g. Appleton did the largest shoe business
in Salem, their yearly sales reaching nearly
100000. Mr.. Mexican has been in this line
of business since 1859, falling in 1869 for
about $4,000 and paying but a small divi-
dend. The present firm was formed in 1885,
business. running one or more jobbing
stores In addition to the factory. The as
sets, as near as can be determined hastily,
are about $4,000. The collapse was has
tened by recent losses through failures, ag-
gregating $1,000 or $4,000. The factory be-
longs to Mckean's wife.
Pass CHRISTIAN, Mimi, July 3O.-George
p. Brandt, merchant, made an assignment
To-day
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COnveyances. 10; consideration. $40. 475.oo
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-04-25
Pure Altar OF Roses.

The rose gardens of Ghazeporc, a
town of British India, are fields in
which small rose bushes are planted in
rows In the morning they are red
with blossoms, but before midday
these are all gathered and their leaves
distilled in clay stills, with twice their
weight in water. The water which
comes over is placed in open vessels.
covered with a moist muslin cloth, to
keep out the dust and flies, and ex-
posed all night to the cool air. In the
morning thin film OF oil has collected
on the top, which is swept off with a
feather, and carefully transferred to a
small phial. This is repeated night
after night till nearly the whole of the
oil is separated from the water.
Twenty thousand roses are required to
yield rupee-weight Qess than half
an ounce) of oil, which sells for fifty
dollars. Pure altar OF roses is seldom
met with. That which is sold in this
country is diluted with sandal-wood
oil, or with sweet salad oils. House
wife,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-04-25
MEAN TEMPERATURE.
1t Has Not c hanged Apprecisbly for Two
Thousand Years.

The sun is the principal cause OF the
variations in the temperature Of the
atmosphere, and the amount Of heat
received depends upon the elevation Of
the sun above the horizon and the
Transparency Of the atmosphere, The
air is heated in three ways, by the di-
rect rays Of the sun, by contact with
the earth and by radiation from the
earth. the first being by far the most
important, as it is estimated that three
fourths of the suns rays are absorbed
by the atmosphere, and the remainder
are absorbed by the earth. The
internal heat of the earth is, il is true,
reckOned as II subordinate source of
| heat, but it is 50 to such an iutlnitcsi.
NAL degree that it is hardly worth
while to take it into account. The
temperature of any place, therefore
varies from hour to hour, according as.
in its rotation, its relative position to-
ward the sun is changed, and the rays
tall upon it with more or less direct
ness. By taking account OF the tenn
perature at each hour of the day We
find the mean temperature for the
twenty-four hours, and by continuing
this through a twelve-month we find
the mean temperature for any month,
or for the entire year. The hourly
variations are extremely regular, but
the mean temperatures OF the months,
in different years, may vary consider
ably. The mean yearly temper.
ature also is not the same
every year for the same place. but
the difference between the warmcst
and the coldest years is seldom over
ten degrees. II is necessary to take
the average of several years to get the
true mean of any place; in a climate as
variable as our own about twenty-five
years should be taken. II is never
safe to predict that one season, or one
year, which has been unusually hot or
exceptionally cold, will be followed by
season or year of quite the opposite
character to restore the balance of
heat or cold. This balance is restored.
however, in the lapse of seasons, and
the mean temperature OF any place is
found to be virtually constant from
one century to another. 1t is there
fore the opinion of many scientists
that the mean temperature of no place
on the earth's surface has changed
appreciably for 1000 years. Chicago
Inter-Ocean.