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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28
AWARDED GRAVEL CONTRACTS.
Board of Works Will Have Several
Streets and Alleys ImnrOYed.


Streets and Alleys Improved.
A number of contracts for street work
were let by the Board of Works yesterday
morning The following are the awards:
For grading and graveling the first alley
west Of Dickson street, from the first alley
north Of Market to the first alley south of
Ohio street. Henry T. Noting at 1872 cents
a lineal foot each side. Seven bids, high-
est 81 cents.
For grading and crawling the first alley
south OF Ohio street, from Dickson street
10 the first alley west of Dickson, Henry
T. Noting at p cents lineal foot each
side. Seven bids, highest, 80 cents. John
Boeger's bid at Is cents was deemed ir-
regular.
For grading and crawling the first alley
| north of Market street, from Dickson to
the first alley west of Dickson, j. Harry
Roberts at is cents lineal foot. Six bids,
highest, q cents. John Boeger also bid IS
cents, but on "a drawing of strawS the
contract was given to Roberts.
For grading and grayeiing the first alley
west OF Missouri street, from a point two
hundred feet north of Merrill street TO
Merrill, Henry T. Noting at 1512 cents.
Eight bids, highest, 37l2 cents.
Grading and graveling the first alley
north of Merrill street. from a point two
hundred feet west of the west line of Mis-
souri, street to West street, Henry t. Nolt-
ing at 16 cents. Eight bids, highest, 371s
cents.
Paving with brick the north sidewalk of
Twelfth street, from Tennessee to Missis-
sippi street, Van Buren, SloSS at 36ia cents.
Paving with cement the sidewalks of
Nineteenth street. from Illinois to Tennes-
see. Tall & Co. at Y cents. Six bids, high
est IS cents.
Grading and graveling Nineteenth street
from Illinois TO Tennessee, Henry I. Nolt-
ing at 25la cents
The following final estimates were al
lowed:
In behalf of w. c. WATSON & Co., for
paving with cement the sidewalks Of Belle
fontaine street from Thirteenth to Fiji
teenth: in behalf of the same firm for paw
ing with cement the west sidewalk of Park
avenue from Thirteenth TO Fifteenth; in
behalf of George w. McCray for graveling
Fayette street. from Third street to point
north; in behalf of t. ]. Faurot for grav-
cling Pleasant street, from Hester to St
Paul; in behalf of Daniel Foley for bowl
dering the first alley south of Seventh
str from ar,InS1-l1,a min To Dala
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28

The Work North Pennsylvania
Street-A Loud Protest.

The manner in which North Pennsylvania
street is being swept by the contractors
almost amounts to a farce in the minds of
those who see the work done in the early
morning hours. No water is put the
street at ALL Along comes the sweeping ma
chine on one side Of the street raising a
cloud of dust denser than the smoke over
a fercely contested battle field. After
while the dust settles on the other side of
the street and when the sweeper goes up
that side of the street the dust is sent
back % it's original resting place. Several
nights ago the driver of one of the ma
chimes had IT, hold the brush down to the
street as he drove the team. The sweep
ing is far from satisfactory.
Before the Board of Works yesterday
morning. there was protest against the
assessment for III sweepings of the alley
in the rear OF the New Denison Hotel. All
the abutting property-owners signed the
protest. They cite the fact that the alley
has been blockaded nearly all the time
since Feb. l. and that it would have been
impossible for the contractor to have swept
the alley as he claims. Building material
has been piled up in the alley for many
months
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28
Harrison's DiSniGed Course.
New York Tribune.

i
Ex-President Harrison's dignifed refusal
TO discuss the Hawaiian policy Of the pres
ent administration is in striking contra st
with the treatment he has received from his
successor in office Mr.. Cieyel has not
only upset the completed acts OF his pre-
decessor and reversed his predecessors poi
icies in a matter involving our relations
with a foreign country, but in doing 30 ne
has chosen To reflect on the moral quality
of Mr.. HarrisOn's administration and on
the standards of honesty by which IL was
judged. The eX-President OF the United
States does not believe in retaliation and
discredits the office he once held His for
Dearance when there is SO much he might
say and 50 great a temptation 10 say IL
will increase the respect in which people
hold him. and their regret that they were
nlisied into terminating his wise and hon
orable administration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28
THE VIADUCT SPARED
The Board of Works Will Not AL
low a Driveway Built Off 1t.
plant Against Sweeping-An Opin-
ion Given on Sewer Assessments.

The Board of Works has practically de-
cided not to allow the c., II. & 1. Railroad
Company to build a driveway off the via
duct to the new freight depot which the
company proposes to erect. No formal ac-
ton has been taken on the company's petit
ton. as a desire was expressed by the Off
Gals of the company to submit a supple
mentary petition.
In the afternoon the board went down on
South Pennsylvania street to look over the
ground where the T. H. & 1. Railroad Com
pany wants TO put in some new switches
that will cross the street. General Manager
Williams, of the company, met the board
and explained what the company wants.
The board came to no decision OH the mat
ter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28
Personal, Local aud General Notes.

Frank Reed. general passenger agent of
the Monon. will be in the city to-day.
The stock of the New York & New Eng
lard, which sixty days ago sold at 40 Is
now down TO 10.
Freight agents at this point Yesterday re-
ceived the east-bound freight tariff which
goes into effect Jan. l.
The Big Four Is I'm fair way to get into
Toledo through a traffic alliance with the
Toledo * Ohio Central
c. W. Chears. assistant general freight
agent Of the Kansas City. Memphis &
Birmingham, will retire Jan. 1
]. ID. Riddell has been appointed assistant
general freight agent of the Kansas CITY.
Fort Scott x Memphis, with headuuarters
at Birmingham, Ala.
Large shipments OF cattle for export are
now being made from Kentucky over the
Chesapeake * Ohio road, going by vessel
from Newport News.
The section men on the Louisville diyi-
sion OF the Pennsylvania lines are now paid
s. cents a day, as a result OF the recent or
ders from President Roberts
The Ohio Southern yesterday opened its
line 10 Lima for handling freight III will
be SOME DAYS before the line viii be opened
70 that point for passenger business.
III. NJ. Bronson, assistant general passen-
ger agent OF the Big Four who has been
confined 20 the house several weeks homes
20 be at his Office on New Years day.
z. o. Mccormick, passenger traffic man.
ager OF the Biz, -four lines. was in the city
yesterday. W. +. Snyder. Western passen-
ger agent OF the company at ST. Louis
accompanied him.
w. w. King. city ticket and passenger
agent OF the Chicago, Burlington a Quincy
at Chicago. will retire from that position
the first OF the year. He has been with
the 20" twenty years.
The California Traffic Association. Man.
ager Leeds announces. is in a bad way ant
unless the friends OF the line come 10 the
rescue VIII be unable 10 carry out its con
tract with the Panama Railroad Company
Chairman Caldwell. OF the Western Pas
se1ger Association has issued an adino
n.tion 10 all the association lines TO be care
ful about the actions OF agents I'm paying
commissions on business 10 California anC
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28
BISHOPS CARYERS FREE.
Indictments Against Doctors Who Dis
sected His Body Dismissed.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Judge MARITIME
today dismissed the Indictments against
Drs. Frank Ferguson and Irwin II. Hance.
who were charged with unlawful dissec-
ton. The case grew out OF the famous
exhibition given by Washington Irving
bishop at the Lambs Club, on May II
1883. during which he fell into the trance
in which he died early the next morning
The charge against the doctors grew out
OF their holding an autopsy and dissecting
the dead mans brain without authority 10
do SO and without the consent of his fam
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28
SEWER WORK BEGINS.

a Hundred Men Given Work Ycster-
day Scw Jobs.
There were fully 1900 men on the bank of
White river below Kentucky avenue yester-
day morning, drawn there by the announce
rent that the contractors on the White
river main sewer interceptOr intended to be-
gin work there yesterday. out of this large
number fOrty-five men were put to work,
all that the contractor can use at present.
About seventy-five men in ali viii be given
work within few days Ii is the intention
of the contractors to push the work fast
as possible. Work was also begun yeSter-
day on the Morton-Street drain, twenty-five
men being given employment Most of them
were drivers of teams
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28

City Attorneys Opinion Relative to
CItnord-Avenue Assessment.

Ciffford-AVeuue Assessment.
The Board Of Works yesterday received
an opinion from the city attorney bearing
on the assessment for the Clifford-avenue
sewer The Fletcher estate took exceptions
to the manner in which the estate was as
sessed The city attorney holds that tho
ground, which is opposite the north
entrance Of Woodruff, is plated ground and
that the assessment by area must stand.
The property is 800 feet deep and is assessed
for benefits from the sewer as n local one
for the entire area, while people along the
street who have lots only 125 feet deep are
assessed a much smaller sum even In pro-
portion The administrators of the estate
hold that the ground should not be deemed
plated ground in the sense which the char
ter contemplateS, or rather in the sense
which the legislators contemplated when
they made the charter. Mr.. Scott does not
believe that the provision Of the charter is
unconstitutional because this ground is as
sessed deeper than other lots on the street
for benefits as local sewer, although he
admits that no system has been devised
which VIII distribute an assessment per-
fectly equitable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28
1T Is Strange

That people suffering from Piles will endure
them for years or submit TO dangerous pain.
full, cruel and expensive surgical operations,
when all the time there is a painless, certain
lasting cure, which gives instant relief and
costs but "A trile. 1t is called the Pyramid Pile
Cure and can be found AT all drug stores ANY
druggist viii get 1t for you If YOU ask him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28

Both the method and results whss
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasan4
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
Its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale In SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept an
substitute.
CALIFORNIA F7c syrup CO
SAN FRANCISCO. ca.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW r0Rx az
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28
THE COURT RECORD.

Edgar A. Brown. Judge

Edgar A Brown. Judge
Frank Mccoy, by next friend, Hiram Nc
Coy, VS.. Geo. IL. Ennis ct al false in1prs-
onment. Trial by jury; finding for the de-
PENDANTS.
In re alleged insanity of Meta Cordes
On trial by Jury
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28
New Suits Filed.

Albert T. Hale VS. Emma Hale: divorce
Superior Court. Room g.
Pabst Brewing Company VS.. John Reeder
foreclosure chattel mortgage. Superior
Court, Room l.
Ira b. Bugbee VS.. S. S. Anderson ct al. !:
mechanics lien. Superior Court, Room S.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28

The Board of Safety, at its meeting yes
terday morning. removed Patrick Rainey.
a Democrat employed as an engineer at
Tomlinson Hall. for "the purpose of pro-
noting the efficiency OF the service" F.
w. Roesner a Republican, was appointed
i'm his place. VIM. Russo a fireman at
company No. S, was ordered TO report for
physical examination. Russo has never
been examined. Fred Klump, a policeman
was dropped on account OF i'll health and
insanity. The monthly bulls OF the depart
ments for the month OF December were
SIS follows: Station house accounts $23l57:
fire force. $66S. 80; markets. $i5l, AS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28
The Advertising

OF Hoods Sarsaparilla is always within
the bounds Of reason because IL Is true; il
always appeals 10 the sober. common sense
OF thinking people because il Is true: ana
IL is always fully substantiated by indorse-
mCnts which, in the financial world, would
BE- accepted without a moments hesitation
Hoods Pills cure liver ills, constipation
blllousness. jaundice, sick headache. indi-
gestion-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28
Custodian Donovau Removed.

The Board Of Works yesterday decided
to remove George w. Donovan. Republican.
as custodian of Military Park, and to APP
point Otto Belzer in his place Donovan
appointed short time ago by the new
board but il claims that he is an unsatiS-
factory nerson for the nOSition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28
Vehicle Tax Not Due Yet.

Ex-Mayor John Caven was the first man
to appear at the controllers office and offer
TO pay vehicle tax. He was told that the
tax not due until the 1st day of jan
uary. The new tax will give the employees
of work
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28

tinel Printing Company wanted s11425 for
printing the bonds, with a cut Of Tomlin-
son Hall on the bonds. These are the bonds
to take the place OF those refunded next
month.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28
High Cost OF Blank Bonds.

The controller yesterday received bids
on 19 blank refunding bonds. The contract
was awarded To Burford at $3.50. The Sem
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28
More Men Given Work.

The water company has put half a hum
dred men to work on Spann-avenue laying
water-mainS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28

The 500 Pacific line has issued tariffs
showing differential rates Of $40 on first
class and s. on second-class business from
St Paul to north Pacific coast points Here
tofore 1t has demanded only a ten-dollar
differential on first-class and S. on second
for peaceful solution of the transconti-
mental rate troubles. which are TO be con-
sidered at a meeting in Chicago Jan 4.
The Alton will also make trouble by insist
Ing that the lowest rates applicable from
st. Paul shall also apply through the Mis-
souri, river gateways 10 north Pacific coast
points.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28
Srackey's Resignation.

The announcement in yesterdays Journal
that ID. ]. Mackey had again been ousted
from the presidency of the Evansville &
Terre Haute has caused anxiety among his
friends as to the future of the other roads
Of which he is president, namely, the Louis
vile, Evansville & st. Louis, the Peoria,
Decatur & Evansville, and the Chicago &
Ohio River. 1t Is alleged that Mr.. Mackey
has used earnings of the prosperous Evans
Vile & Terre Haute TO keep the lines OF
which he is still president out of bank
ruptcy, and this has led the stockholders OF
the Evansville K Terre Haute to take the
action they have. The Louisville, Evans
vile & st. Louis Is expensive line to
operate. and is heavily bonded for a road
OF its character, but the last year it's bust
ness. under the unfavOrable conditions, kept
up better than has the business of much
more pretentious roads. The Louisville
Evansvills * St Louis is rated about a
third-class road, and the Peoria, Decatur
e Evansville and the Chicago & Ohio River
would have been in the hands of receivers
years ago had President Mackey none but
the resources or the respective lines 10 have
drawn from Said a railway financier and
good manager: 1T has been uphill work
for President Mackey to keep them along
from year to year. when the conditions
Were much more favorable to railroad op-
erations than at the present time and how
Mr.. Mackey Is to handle these properties
Terre Haute treasury to draw FROM even
temporarily, Is problem the solving of
which his friends and financiers await with
anxiety"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28
EINERAL NOTICE.
wANTED-AGENTs.

WANTED-Agents to sell the Parliament
of Religions and the Worlds Fair in
water colors Money makers. Call on or
write ROBERT DOUGLASS. Room 6.
Yohn Block, indianapolis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
FINANCIAL.

s~~~~-~->->-~~~~~-~
IOANS-MOney on mortgages. g. u.
SA1LES, 30 East Market street
IOANS--Money u loan. CLIFFORD AR
RICK, Room 81, Journal Building
MONEY TO LOANS per cent HORACE
MKAY. Room II. Talbot * News Block
LOANS-Sums OF 500 ID Slo0,OOO
City property and farms.
- E. COFFIN < CO.. - East Market
street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28

FINA TO loan on first mort
gage. Favorable terms.
JNO. 5. SPANN & CO.,
Se East Market
MONEY TO LOAN-On farms at the low
est arket rate; privileges for payment
before due We also buy municipal bonds.
THOS. q. DAY & CO. - East Market
street. Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28

for the same-never less than S10o-whch
amount is in addition 10 the fare paid 10
the company.
PPONFOTTON STOW
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-25
VIRGINIA NOTES

Capt, Frederick w. Pease, engineer
in the electric light house at West
Point, Va, was instantly killed about
2:3o o'clock Sunday morning. It sup
posed that in listening to the working
OF the engine he had gotten his head
too close to the governor, which struck
him on the back of the head,
crushing the skull and exposing the
brain. The fireman was asleep at the
time, it being the custom of the engineer
and fireman to take turns through the
night. No one saw the accident, and it
Is supposed that he had been dead at
least ten minutes when he was found oy
the fireman.
The Richmond State saws some
wealthy Catholics of Philadelphia have
been in correspondents with prominent
members of the same faith in Richmond
In reference to the establishment of q
colored Catholic colony near Lloyd's, in
Essex county. 1t is proposed to fnsti.
tute an orphanage, build church with
school attached and to found a college.
An eligible tract of land has been So
cured or an option taken thereon, and
ills very probable that the enterprise
will be undertaken early in the spring.
A number of farmers in the vicinity
OF Fort Defiance, Augusta ounty, have
formed what they call "beef club" for
the purpose of supplying themselves
with fresh beef during the coming sum-
mer There are eight members of tho
club and they propose to butcher a beef
every two weeks. beginning about the
middle of June, and divide it as equally
among the members as possible, each
member resolving half garter at a
time.
Governor Mckinney is in receipt of
an invitation to attend the reception to
be rendered by the Southern Society of
New York on March 90 in honor of the
widows of Generals Pickett and Custer.
He replied that it would afford him
much pleasure to attend but it would be
impossible for him to do so.
The model for the statute of the late
General John R. Cooke is on exhibition
In Richmond and is greatly admired.
Inc monument is to be placed in the
grounds of the Soldiers Home, and it
will BIO unveiled next November Tho
statute Will be OF heroic size, and will
rest on pedestal of James river
granite.
Mr.. John Edwin Lambert died near
Eoydton last week at the age of eighty
thi GO years. He lived and died in 400
JS.uo VI uuo Placo "nere ne was born
and prided himself on the fact that ho
was never sued or warranted during his
life.
II is reported tina. Rev. i. c. Smith.
now OF baltimore, will be asked to re.
turn to st Paul's Churci. Petersburg,
as assistant ector, position which he
formerly held
Mr.. John Stinson, brother.in-law OF
Mr.. M. Il Ingalls,, president of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company,
died Tuesday at Healing Springs.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-25
a NIAGARA ADVENTURE.

The Involuntary Swim of Largo New
founcland Near the Great Cntaract.
Not long since Il very exciting adj
venture took place at Niagara. AS sew
cral tourists were walking along the
shore of Luna island, above the cat
aract, they saw large Newfoundland
dog leaning from n rock, and engaged
in tapping water from the rushing cur
rent. The rock was slippery and the
dog not very nimble; and presently his
feet slipped, and he fell bcadlonr into
the water.
In II moment, says the Youths Com
panion, the deg was drawn out into the
current, and we'll on his way toward
the cataract. Even SO good Il swimmer
as the average Newfoundland dog could
make no Roadway against such stream
The bystandcrs, Mortified, pressed to-
ward the falls to sec what should be-
come of the unfortunate dog. To their
great surprise they saw him landed by
the current, and with great force, upon
n rock near the Cave of the Winds.
From this position he was rescued,
with much courage, by four tourists.
lie was found to be bleeding heavily,
rs the result of his collisions with the
rocks, and probably he would have died
soon if he had not been carried to n vet
mary surgeon, who stopped the bleed
ing and bound up the wounds
Several hours later he returned to
the shore, lirnping, but wagging his tail
very chcerfully. His tail was about the
only part of his body which had escaped
injury, and he appeared to be deter
mined to use it to the best advantage.
Since this adventure the Ncwfonntl-
land has been quite z hero at Niagara.
lie still haunts the neighborhood of the
prccipicc, but he is no longer seen try
ing to drink out Of the river.