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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-07
BICYCLE MEETING ENDED
Yesterdays Races Not so Well Attended,
but as Interesting as Mondays.
No More Records We're Broken. HOwever-Who
the Winners Of the Various Events Are
Distributing the Prizes Last Night.

""1T certainly takes q good
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Y MI strong attraction to draw
lTil well two days in Indianapo-
al lolIs. The bicycle tourna-
".S7lMFment was equally as excit-
q lMl ling yesterday as on the day
lNuI before. but there were not
IA IWIl lover FIVE hundred specta-
AN lEMtorsL The ampitheater
~ S@1looked lo~nesomely vacant
1Lwith the Progress BAN
playing in the east end, and q few ladies
whose admirers were listed. sat here and
there listlessly waiting for the Colts forty
eight to go off. that their braves might
push their pneumatic tires around the
smooth circumference of the best track in
the Middle States, and win-perhaps IN
upholstered chair or q few boxes of cigars.
Had the property purses been In money the
competition might have been a trifie live
lIer, but with the sunset Captain Quigley
and the giant Sergeant Lowe to clear the
course came multiplied inspiration that
bent the sinswy backs double as they
glidcd in on the home-stretch.
Though the spectators were few. the quail
fty Of sport offered was of the best. AS an
old man, who was evidently looking at his
nTSJ race Oh the KIM, salu, Ibis ueat5
hoss-racing." It was a trIiie after 3 O'Clock
wher the first event was called. The racers
were under the stand, in the training quar-
ters. where. lying on cots or pacing up and
down in heavy blankets, they staid until
each had been rubbed down I'm alcohol
or wItch-hazel, ana felt himself to be
''ht" TO race for his life. Ono started, the
events moved off swiftly anu evenly. and.
when ended. every one concluded that a
better W days exhibition of cycle racing
had naVaF ha. N RfuAn INalfar Aarnnn
who is elected I'd carry the Iig-zags ban
ner in contests, covered hlmssll with glory
and won almost everything In sight that he
tried for. After each of his winnings the
members of his club would give the club
yell with q gusto, and wind mp with:
W.. c. Marmon,
Who is he!
The boss pedal-pusher
OF the /. LII.
Otis Lowe. another of the Zi~g-Zagians.
rode twice to victory, and all the time to
fame. He Is not only n young man, but a
young rider. and he pedals with q graceful
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-07
Ran Down a Young Woman.

c. e. Colbrag was arrested. yesterday after
noon, by officer Pierson, for fast driving and as
sault and battery. Colbrag came around the
corner of Illinois and Washington streets at a
rather lively gait and ran into and knocked down
q young lady named Hattie Stone, residing at
the corner or Ohio and Missouri streets. After
the accident Miss Stone complained Of apain in
her hreasf-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-07
Patents Granted Hoosier Inventors.

FbtehtB UTauteu HOOsIef IhEentOFbs
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-Patents were to-day
granted Indiana inventors as follows: William 8.
Coulter, Stockwell. gate; Charles W. Delaney,
Hammond. toy and watch-maker's tweezers;
Richard III. Bristoe, Sheridan. fence; Jesse L.
Kester, Terre Haute. assignor to - Kester,
arc lamp; James b. Kitchener, Kokomo, gas
stove; William s. Nevins, Terre Haute, folding
bed: William A. Nixon, Plymouth. weather
strip; Chauncey Pippenger. Kincsbury, feeding
device for clover-hullers; George l.. Potter, Fort
Wayne, spring; Emery ID. loops, indianapolis.
elevator gate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-07
Wanted Her Husband Arre..ed.

Mrs. Wachsteder, wife of the proprietor Of the
saloon at the corner Of Washington and Missis-
sippl streets. appeared at the police station last
night and wanted her husband arrested. She
said that he rented the rooms over the saloon to
lewd women. She was advised to file an aft
davit against her husband, or have some one
else do so, as this was the only way the police
cOufd assist her.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-07
Assaulted hy Hiphwavmeh-

Last night John Piersall reported to the police
that on Monday night on Indiana avenue, near
West street, he had been knocked down and
robbed of $25. According to his statement he was
going north on the avenue, near West street, at
about 8 o'clock, when he was assaulted and
robbed by three men. He could not give a de-
scriptiOn of the men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-07
Rounding III

Rounding Up a Summer Brawl.
Doc Thornton was arrested for assault and
battery with intent to kill. During the month
Of June he shot at, but did not hit, John Jackson
III q saloon brawl Oh Indiana avenue.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-07
The .ssnap-shot" Fienta.

The camera fiends were not quite so plentiful
yesterday as the day previous. and yet there
were a sufficient number present. just before
the explosion or the starters gun these products
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-07
Small Incendinrv Fire.

The shed in the rear of 314 West Court street
was destroyed by fire at $50 o'clock last night
The fire was OF incendiary origin. and entailed a
loss of $40. The premises were occupied by
Minnie Hopkins.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-07

the first battle for the Union in West Virginia in
1861 and saved that State from threatened Sc
cession. The first men who enlisted for three
months at the outbreak of the war and
composed the first $4,000 who were
enrolled, nearly all Of whom were from Indiana
and Ohio, Will hold a reunion on Thursday, the
22d inst. Ex-President K Ii. Hayes is expected
To preside. General Rosecrans, Governor Nc
Kinloy and Others will speak. Indiana. Ohio
and other volunteers OF this corps who intend to
be present are requested TO notify Capt. Thomas
j. Spencer, chairman of the reception committee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-07
Ta Ca.mSro NsI.

OF uncertain fatality would rush In with their
little black boxes ana take a snapshot at the
starters. just at the time when the scene was
least desirable. Such is amateur photography
with a few variations of perspective.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-07

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 6.-Reports OF heavy frosts
last night have been received from Vernon, JEFF
ferson and Rock counties. The tobacco crop
has suffered considerably.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-07
Quarters for Indiana Posts.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Sept 6.-Veteran Post. G. A. r.,
Murray Post. 40. 1874, of Pierceton, thirty-five
men, have been quartered In the Curtis school
building. in the northern part of the city. during
the encaIapment here this month. John X.
Stack Post. Nc. 1877. Of Huntington, thirty men,
aud j. Is. Mason Post, No. l6S. OF kntchtstown.
fifteen men. have been located in Force school
hniliing, Massachusetts avenue, between Seven
feenth and Eighteenth streets, a beautiful Sec
ton of the city.
Reunion OF Three Months Volunteers.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.-Great preparations are
being made for q reunion Of the boys who fought
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-07

Only 81. rs ro Chicago
Via the popular Monon route. the dining
car line.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-20
helpless People.

Every once in awhile ono comes across person whose whole aim and object in life appears to be best ex- pressed by the remark of a venerable grandmother who declared that there were many people in the world who were good for nothing but to keep bread from molding. The consump- tion of the staff of life by such persons $ much greater than the careless observ- er would be willing to believe. In all communities we find people who are so useless and so helpless that the wonder is that they have purpose and vitality enough to live. They must always be looked after and waited on and both cred with until life to their associates, especially those who are the victims of their peculiarities, becomes almost a burden. In the opinion of the New York Ledger, it ought to be criminal offense to bring up children without some clearly-defincd, well-learned and useful occupation. At some time in their lives these dead weights on society are made to feel that they are burden, but this. as n rule, is only when age and infirmities have overtaken them. When to uselessness is added vanity, we have most deplorable spectacle Such a state of things is usually ac- companicd by a degree of obtuseness that makes them almost insensible to criticism, and advice and remonstrance alike fall upon unheeding ears. The world has but little use for drones, and some day in its wisdom it will take up their case and assign them to tasks, on the Scriptural idea that if man does not work neither shall he eat. Life is altogether too earnest to fritter away in idleness, and parents and guardians | who permit children to grow up with out desirable occupation or the knowl- edge of how to care for themselves and their future will some day be held to a strict account for such fragrant neglect )f duty
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-20
NEWS OF THE DAY.

 Fire last night caused a loss of $450, 900 at St. Louis, Mo.
 There are 26, 361, ,993 bushels of wheat in private elevators at Minneapolis. The official count in Michigan gives Har- rison nine electors and Cleveland five. William Russell, the oldest paper maker in America, is dead at Bellows Falls, Vt. All the miners and workmen of the Spring Hill, N. S., colliery, are on strike. The U. s. s. Dolphin has arrived at the Washington Navy Yard from Norfolk, Va
 The railroads centering at Kansas City, Mo, are again suffering from car short age.
 In a dispute at Evansville, Ind, Bert Tole shot and instantly killed James Short.
 The First Baptist Church, Galesburg, H., was destroyed by fire with loss of $30,00
 -Postmaster-Genera Wanamaker has established the free delivery system at Phoenix, AriZ.
 The North American Endowment Asso- citation, Boston, has gone into the hands of a receiver.
 Vice President elect Stevenson and party have left Bloomington, H., on their Southern trip.
 It is reported that Anson, of Chicago, will captain the New Iork baseball club next season.
 Celia Boyd, a dissirated girl, 15 years
 old, accidentally suOl her aunt deau a.
 killanninE, lH -MatthrS, Johnson has been indicted by the New York grand jury tor the murdo of Emil kucArIno:n Tine trlul of Daniel Cahill for the Inur der of Ann l.urhin at Hatfield, last June has been begun it Northampton, Mass. Prof B. Neeley, superintendent of pub lie schools at Rome, Ga, for nine years is dead He left Il wife and nine children -Crawfordsville, Ind, and vicinity is
 greatly excited over the flight of Mile Tomlinson, the well-known breeder of fine stock.
 Fifteen granite cutters struck at the works of Jarvis at East Montpelier, Nt. yesterday, owing to the firms employing too many apprentices. The storehouse and waiting room of th' Highland Wharf and Land company oI the pier at Cottage City, Mass, were de stroyed by fire yesterday. It is said that the new Congress will aulnOflZc tue Issue O1 H1OOJVOo,ooo III | bonds for the purpose of increasing the gold reserve ill the Treasury. -Chancellor McGill of New Jersey has
 filed an order appointing Judge A. Q | Garretson of Jersey City aS receiver of th' Florida Construction company. | Raymond L. Wright, on trial at Mt | Vernon, N. Y, charged with criminally
 assaulting Annie Anderson, aged F, wa! | discharged for lack of evidence | Because Elder John Patterson, of Chero
 kee, la., was active in enforcing the Pro hibition law, an attempt was made t'
 blow up his house with dynamite.
 The Passamaquoddy tribe of Indians O
 Maine will get no redress from the Gov
 ernor and Council. Their cases in tht | courts for illegal shooting will not be in | terfered with. | There is little reason to doubt that tho
 President will soon issue an order extend | ing the civil service law and rules so as t.
 include all letter carriers and clerks il
 free delivery postotlices.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-20
A Wisconsin Wonder.

The little village of Fennimore, Wis, bears the unique honor of being the only town within the boundary limits of the Badger state that has a natural well of ice. This oddity is an eighty foot well. the first half being of the average dimensions and well walled, the remaining forty feet having been drilled. At twenty feet from the sur face there enters crevice out of which there is a constant rush of freezing air. This stream of cold air is so strong as to be easily detected by one standing four or five feet from the top of the well, and throughout the year the tenn perature is so low that stream of water which enters opposite and above the air passage is kept solidly frozen. Of course the water continues to ooze out over the ice and the accumulation of successive sheets occasionally almost entirely closes communications with the lower depths of the well. But lit tie is known as to the cause of this re- markable natural freak, the different layers of rock, sand etc, which the well-diggcrs encountered in sinking it, being similar to others found in the i'm mediate ncighborhood.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-20
YOUNG DE LEssEPs EXAMINED.
Closely Questioned by the Magistrate in
 the Panama Case.

Closely Questioned by the Magistrate in
 the Panama Case.
 PARIS, Dec. 2O.--CharleS de Lesseps has been closely questioned by the examining magistrate in regard to the statements made by NJ. De Ia Marzelle regarding con versations with him. De Lesseps said that ill the case of the Suez Canal the eN- penses for advertising and press notices were small. It was different with the Panama enterprise. Journalists crowded to the offices and had to be paid for ceas- ing attacks on the company.
 Little newspapers were started against the enterprise and some of the opponents were satisfied to receive insignificant amounts. Others were more eXacting. Then there were the guaranteeing syndi- cates, composed of large and small bank ing establishments, which had to be paid for receiving subscriptions to the loans Again, there were society people who had to be paid for speaking well of the com pany or for refraining from attacks on it These persons NJ. de Lesseps found more eXacting than the genuine journalists.
 NJ. De la Marzelle also referred to M. De Lesseps' statements about the con tractors having enriched themselves. This, NJ. De Lessaps said, was nothing eN traordinary.
 Tine examination of NJ. De Lesseps ha, been as rigidly conducted as that of al ordinary criminal, but he and his asso ciates have not been subjected to indig mites of personal measurement, etc, |, which persons accused of similar crimes are usually subjected.
 It is said that from five to six hundred persons of various stations are known t have been imp Heated in the frauds ant bribe-taking connected with the canal en terprise, although the Government has not sufficient evidence to convict any sucl number.
 It is reported that should NJ. Ferdinan, De Lesseps be unable to appear before thu court-which is almost certain-his cas, may be separated from that of the other defendants.
 Mime. De Lesseps says future develop ments will show that her sons and he husband were not guilty of anything more than mistake.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-20

SOUTHERN California's glacier has been located. For many years tradi- ton has told of such phenomenon of nature, and recently an expedition was sent out by the Los Angeles Herald to investigate the matter. Tke tradition was verified, for upon the upper levels of Graybacll mountain, the greatest of the San Bernardino range, a glacier one mile long, and on the average two hundred feet in depth, was found. The icy mass, according to computation, made, moves downward at the rate o1 forty seven feet year.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-20

THE reappearance of cholera at Ham, burg is a disquieting announcement, but it is nothing plore than ought to have been expected. The cases now re- ported appear to have been contracted by drinking the polluted water of the Elbe, which caused the epidemic of last summer. Nothing seems to have been done by the local authorities to purify this water supply, it being claimed that Hamburg is too poor to put in new water works or to cleanse the old ones. The consequence of this state of things is that the rest of the. world must.cut itself loose from Hamburg, or take the conseouence of contagion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-20
FRANCE IN GREAT PERIL
Political Revolution Believed to
 Be Imminent.
THE DANGER DOES NOT DIMINISH.

An American Banker Implicated im the
 Panama Canal Scandal Young De Les
 seps Examined-A Minimum Duty on
 Certain American Products Favored by
 the Moline Report-Other Foreign News.
 PARIS, Dec. 20.-The political peril of France does not dimipish. Those who are best informed, and whose judgment is soundest, are the ones who fear the worst. The head of one of the greatest t banking houses in the world, with head quarters in Paris, said to-day to one of the American delegates to the Brussels Conference:
 ''1 believe we are on the eve of revo- lution. Few outside of France have any conception of the dangers of the situa- tion. The temper of the people is not understood. They cannot or will not dis criminate between the Government itself and the individuals who represent it..
 It is now generally understood that the popular mind must be furthe: eXasper- ated by more revelations of corruption in high places. The Panama story has not half been told. Every day adds a fresh chapter. A feature of great interest to Americans will probably soon be made known.
 It involves banker of worldwide re putation, as well known in New York as in Paris. He is said to have been a heavy beneficiary of the Panama company with out having rendered any tangible quid pro quo
 Rumors about him were circulated il high financial circles some months ago At that time he took an active interest il the proposed Monetary Conference. H. was indiscreet enough to show a letter or the subject written to him by Secretar! of the Treasury Foster.
 The effect was to discredit to some eX tent American motives in calling tn Conference, and the cooperation of tn | strongest French financiers was almos lost
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-20

THE whale fishery has declined rap idly since 1854, when the United States had 6O2 ships and barks, 2s brigs and & schooners in it, with total tonnage o1 2os,3 ,339. At present its tonnage is in what it then was. England is entirely out of the business. When the latest accounts were rendered she had but three ships in the trade. Holland had 26O large vessels and 4,o00 sailors in the trade in 1880; now she has neither boat nor sailor in the business.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-20

How IT surprises us to hear that al insect is much further advanced in the art of counting than many Papuan negro; for species of saw-fly, among whom the females are considerably larger than the males, regularly assign to the egg from which the larva of a male is to emerge, only five little wounded catcrpillars for the nourish. ment of the larva, while they assign to the egg which conccals female animal ten such caterpillars!
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-20
SAID HE WAS HELD UP.

But Investigation Disclosed that Contrac-
 tor Walker Tried to Defraud His Men.
 HAzLEToN, Pa., Dec. 20. - William Walker, contractor for s. VanWickle at the Milnesville colliery, stated that he was held up by seven masked men on the road leading to the mine, and robbed of $1, 900, which he had with him to pay his men.
 Officers went to the scene and made dis coveries that led them to believe that Walker was not robbed, but was trying to defraud his men.
 When the officers accused Walker he became excited and fled to the noun tains.
 Over one hundred of his workmen are searching for him. He will probably be roughly handled if found.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-20
SedgWick
Bookkeeping
BANK ST.

Has been added to the curriculum at Miss A. J. Knights .Typewriting and Shorthand School in Lilley block. Many graduates are occupying good positions, and there is a constant demand for type writers, stenographers and bookkeepers Open every day, except Saturday, from to 12 a. m. and 1;3O to 3:3O p. m. Also from to 9 p. m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-20

A GREAT deal of good common sense, and a regard for the convenience of others, which would be appreciated, would be shown by lady theatre-goers if they would adopt style of head dress that would not deprive those be- hind them from an unobstructed view of the stage. The Theatre of Arts and Letters in New York city has made an innovation with regard to this matter which is thoroughly radical, requiring every spectator to remove their hats or bonnets and sit bareheaded during the performance. This we thlnk is too sweeping change to be made at once, but it is significant as pointing out the fact, that public opinion is asking for reform. The theatre is the only place of public amusement where the full dress of the street is worn by ladies. Certain it is that women are incon- venienced equally with men in this re- gard, and would hail with delight some relieving style introduced by fashions leaders.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-20

IF the present condition of Chicago in regard to thieves, highwaymen, bur glars, sandbaggers and other criminals of higher and of lesser degree is at all indicative of the future, those who visit the Worlds fair will do we'll to take the matter into serious consideration. AL ready hosts of scoundrels infest Chicago, and more will join them, and the most vigilant and persistent efforts of the police, have proven futile. More police have been appointed, but the plunder- ing, shooting and other outrages show no dimunition, nor is there any likeli- hood of reform in this alarming con- dition of things until justice steps in and with unsparing hand deals out ad- equate punishment to the wretches.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-20

THE astronomers are responsible for the grief that has overtaken a Niagara man on account of departed wealth. He believed the astronomical fiction about the comets coming in contact with this earth and wiping out the whole sublunary business with whisk of it's tail Regarding wealth as of no value with such a prospect ahead, he divided most of his means among his friends and promiscuously blew in the balance. Now when he contemplates his impecunious condition he no doubt wishes that the collision had come off, for of what account is the earth to'a man who has fooled away his last dollar?
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-20
THE MELlNE REPORT.

1t Favors Minimum Duty on Certain.
 American Products.
 PARIS, Dec. 20.-The Moline Committet report, favoring minimum tariff on cer- tain American products, was distributed among the deputies yesterday.
 The preamble of the bill says:
 'The mutual friendship and goodwill of France and the United States will render an understanding easy of accom- plishment. The convention undoubtedly would be advantageous to France"