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The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
TAGGART WILL NOT HAVE 1T
Democrats Must Look Elsewhere for q
Chairman of Their City Committee.
Date of the Convention to Be Determined
Next Fridsy-COy PrOselyting for Sullivan
Buying "Flooencs" with Tax Money.
WILL NOT HAVE IT.

Taggart Will Not Be City Chairman-Com-
mittee TO Meet Friday Afternoon.
It can be stated on reliable authority that
Thomas Taggart Will not accept tho chair
manship OF the city Democratic committee
under any circumstances. This will leave
the fight between Downing and Sullivan
open and clean cut. The side that wins In
the convention can select its own chair
man. and the committee and the candidate
will be of the same factlonal persuasion.
The feeling between the Downingites
and the Sullivanites was running high last
night when 1T was found that the Demo-
cratic executive committee was not TO
meet There were cries of treachery ga
lore and the DownIngites thought 1t was
scheme on the part of the enemy
to prevent the meeting. for 1t
was generally understood that the meet
ing had been called. The fact Is the
meeting was not called, although q petit
tion signed by nine out Of the fifteen COM
mitteemen was drawn mp on Saturday. Mr..
Taggart claims, as q reason for not calling
the meeting. that the petition was not pre-
sented TO him until noon yesterday. Fred
HeIer, saloon keeper, then presented it
TO him. and Taggart thereupon set next
Friday afternoon as the date for the meet
ing. 1t will be held In the county auditors
office.
Heier felt that Mr.. Taggarts manner was
somewhat chilly when he approached him,
and Heler Is wondering moro than ever
Just where Taggart Is "at" The signers Of
the petition represented northern and
southern wards. and as many were from
the north OF Washington street as were
from south of the main thoroughfere. A
number of the Downing men gathered in
front of the Hendricks Club last night ex-
pectlng the executive committee to gather
there. but when the committeeman failed
TO show mp an adjournment was taken to
the various resorts patronized by the
Downingites
A Journal reporter sought Mr.. Taggsrt in
the afternoon to ask him about the fzzle.
He was standing on w ashington and Me-
yidian streets, talking with Mr.. Allen
Fletcher. and had Just dropped the remark
about $4,000 year, Now the present
position held by Mr.. Taggart pays about
$4,000 year, and the State Authorship
pays as much. so il is not probable that he
was talking about either of these. The
chsIrmanship Of the city committee does
not come mp quite to these figures. Tho
salary paid Mr.. Mason is not definitely
known by the public, and only q few know
the figure that Is to be paid his successor.
DIR. Taggart explained the misander-
standing about the committee meeting. and
said the announcement yesterday that the
meeting was to be held on Monday was
without authority. He had not received
the petition In time to call q meeting as 1t
requested.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
WAS B0RST MISTAKEN?
Woman Who Resembles Annie Wagner Says
She Purchased Poison at His Drug Store.

A new bit of evidence was found yester-
day in the Wagner case. which may have a
tendency in breaking some " hat the SEEM
ing endless chain OF ciroumstancial evi-
dence against the alleged poisoner. This
meager piece of news consists of the state.
ment of Annie Watske, of No. 12O Chad
wick street, that she recently purchased at
the store of Geo. Borst. box of Rough on
Rats" The Watske woman was DISCO vered
last Saturday when she called on Mrs.
Bergman. sister of Annie Wagner, and in
formed the former of what she had done.
The Borgmans, on the alert for each thre ad
OF evidence. no matter how slender. which
would 20 toward proving the innocence of
their relative, investigated the story and
feel much encouraged. Yesterday morning
John Bergman, accompanied by the Chad
wick street woman. called at the jail and
related the news to the prisoner. In ap-
pearance and age the two women are slmi-
lar. Both are German and the peculiar
method of speech OF one resembles that of
the other.
Mrs. Watske a few years ago suffered
from long illness which. 1t seems. left her
with a treacherous memory and she is not
positive of the date upon which she pur-
chased the poison at the Borst store. How
ever. she details with remarkable ac-
curaey, the conyersation held with the
druggist which tallies with the words
claimed to have been spoken by Annie
Wagner on the dey of her alleged
purchase. As further proof that
there has been confusion in the matter,
Mrs. Watske asserts that she wore blue
dress on the day she called at the drug
store. She has not been taken before Borst
as vet and Bergman states that he Goes not
intend TO produce her until the grand Jury
has acted in the case. Mr.. Bergman In
speaking of his sIster-in-law's position,
says:
81 don't believe Annie is guilty of that.
don't think she bought the box of poison.
for she hasn't sense enough to know what
il is. | don't accuse any body of the crime.
and sometimes think there was no poison
gwen. If 1 thought Annie Wagner did
what she is accused of 1 would not try TO
get her out of the trouble. but would say.
take her ont and hang her."
DR.. Eisenbeis has thus far declined to
report upon the analysis of the stomach of
the infant child of Koesters. He has sub
jected the parts of the stomach to twenty
different tests. and it is stated that he has
not yet discovered the presence of poison.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
RICH SCHOOL ESSAYS.
Part of Those of the Graduating Class Read
Yesterday Afternoon.

The graduating class of the High School
this season is so large that division of some
kind was necessary. There are eighty-four
members of the class. and yesterday after
noon about twenty of them read their es-
says before an audience of parents and
friends at High School Hail. The essays
were carefully prepared. and contained
many good thoughts. During the after
noon the readings were interspersed with
music. The exercises were prelude to the
commencement to be held tomorrow night
at Tomlinson Hall. The subjects, and
readers and the musical numbers were:
"Real Beauty" Ivy scrimsher; Becky Sharp
and Amelia Sedley," Alice Keatley; "Some
Young Women OF the Bble," Bessie Thomas;
identifying OF the Home" Eleanor john piano
duet, Cora and Flora Fletcher; "Self-respect as
an Element in Character" Nina Cash; "What
Young Girls Library Should Contain" Ota Gross;
''rhe Age OF Wire," Rudolph Tschentscher;
"Rebecca and Jessica" "a comparison), Pearl
Gunner; 'Tros Tyriusque Mihi Nullo Discrimine
Agetur' equality, Flora Fletcher; Song, Julia
Tarlton Ideals Realized" Edith Fisher; 1.-THE
Cultivation of Patriotism" Mary Elder; "Oppor-
tunities of the Law" Albert Cole; 1.-The Womanly
Woman" Anna Cochrane; 'Some Choice Bits of
Word Painting" Ethel Lindley Piano solo, May
Aufderheide; 1.-THE Art of Listening" Angie
Woody; "Our Indebtedness to Chivalry," Lille
Miller; 'The Violin and its Music" Alvin Schmidt;
eat School Close" Helen Greenleaf.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.

Mrs. Byron Hutchison has gone to Chi
cago to spend q month.
Mrs. George N. Catterson has returned
from ten days visit TO Chicago.
DE-. Franklin w. Hayes and wife left for
Chicago yesterday. to be away one week.
Mr. and Mrs. John s. Spann and MIR. and
Mrs. +. w. Chislett have gone to Chicago.
Mrs. G. c. Pettinger and son. of Urbans,
Ill, are visiting her mother, Mrs. o. II.
jackson. on West Washington street.
Mr.. Henry Knippenberg. who has been
home for several months. will return to-
day to Glendale. Mont, TO spend q few
weeks.
There will be a musical and literary en-
tertainment given at Roberts Park NJ. l..
Church, by the Epworth League. on
Wednesday evening. the 14th.
Frank w. Armstrong and wife. of 500
Broadway. have closed their residence for
the summer, and left yesterday for their
cottage at Sylvan lake. Rome City. Ind.
Mrs. j. L. Buchanan. of Plain we'll. Mich,
who has been with her daughter. Mrs.
Frank w. Armstrong for the past few
months receiving medical treatment. re-
turned to her home yesterday.
very pretty luncheon was given yester.
day by Mrs L. T.. Day for her daughter
Helen and her classmates OF the Classical
School Flowers adorned the table, and
small baskets filled with bon bons were the
Mr. Edward Huntington. who has
visited his aunt, Mrs. T. G. Day, several
times. aud has met many indianapolis peo-
pie, Will be married in Boston tomorrow
to Miss Julia Kittridge. a niece of the IA
nous DR.. kittridge. Miss Florence Day.
who is at Smith College. will attend the
wedding.
Miss Kitohell. of Cincinnati. recently Of
New York, cousin of Nine. Julia Rive
King. who has been studying music for SIX
years under Nine. King. played for a few
persona yesterday afternoon at Mr.. n. w.
BrJants. She has q brilliant sty 10 and o
powerful technique. similar to that of her
renowned kinswoman. MIss Kitchell ex-
poets TO locate in this city In the fall.
Dr.. and Mrs Van Hummel last evening
gave tallybo party to MIllersville, where
supper was served. in honor of their guests,
Mrs General Christianson and Miss Chris
tiansoD. of Brooklyn, n. Y. The party in
cluded Mrs. J. w. Browning, Mrs. Thomas
HendrIcks Miss Sadie Mcintosh, Mr.. John
Hoffman. MISS Lille Browning Mr.. Thos.
Afford. Miss Hattie Rottler and DR.. Harry
Van HummeL
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
GOVERNOR In A GAS SCHEME.
One Of the IncOrporators of the Manufacturers
Gas Land Improvement Company.

Articles of association of the Manufac-
turers' Gas Land improvement Company
were filed In the recorders Office yesterday
afternoon. The incorporation is under the
voluntary association law. The object of
the association. as set forth in the articles.
is to buy. sell and hold real estate. build
and maintain hotels sink and operate gas
wells and control mineral springs and
hotels, bath houses etc., in connection
Herewith. The capital stock of the con-
Germ is $3.50, 900. divided into Z. 500 shares of
800 each. The incorporators are: John w.
Twiggs. of Fairmount, Ind; William NJ.
Nichols of Superior. Wis; William w.
Paddock, of Paramount. Ind; Sterling r.
Holt. T. II. Noonan. George w. Cstterson.
ID. f. Whitcomb and Claude Matthews, ell
of this oity. The directors for the first
year are the above named, with the excep-
tion of Il. III. Noonan. The home Office and
headquarters are in this city.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
DEATH OF JESSE d. CARMICHAEL.
Was Formerly Well-Known Indianapolis
Business Man-Funeral Here Day.

The funeral of Jesse d. Carmichael, one
of the old residents of this CITY, will be at
Crown Hill to- day at II o'clock. Mr.. Car.
michael lived during the last SIX years at
Worthington, where he died on Sunday
evening Rev. Dr.. Rondthaler will con-
duct the ceremonies at Crown Hill.
Mr.. Carmichael Is well remembered by
the old citizens. His residence at Pratt
and Meridian streets was one of the oldest
in the city. He came to Indianapolis in his
prime. and lived here for forty years. At
the time of his death he was seventy-seven
years old. Before the war he managed the
old Palmer House. now the Occidental.
During the war and for years afterwards
he was In the firm of Todd. Carmichael "
Williams. book dealers on Washington
street, where the New York store now
stands. He afterwards was in the real
estate business. Six years ago he bought q
farm near Worthington. and retired TO it.
He leaves wife.
In 1853 he was q deputy sheriff. and had
occasion to arrest q fugitive slave named
Freeman. This case afterwards became q
famous one.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13

County Surveyors Tribulations Bring Down
an Opinion from the Attorney General.

1t Is seldom that an officeholder has
trouble in finding the proper official to
whom he must tender bis resignation. but
such an Official actually lives somewhere
in Indiana. The Governor asked the At
torney- general, the other day. what official
received the resignation of q county sur
veyor. After the Attorney general recov-
cred his breath. he searched the statutes
and rendered an opinion yesterday morn
ing. He finds that county surveyor. be-
ing an officer to whom the Governor must
issue O commission. the surveyor must send
in his resignation 70 the chief executive of
the State. The Governor will be saved the
worry of troops of delegations to the State
capital. however for the appointing power
10 in the hands of the County Commission
ers. who must be notified OF the reslgna.
tion of the county surveyor
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
COY PRosELYTING FOR SULLIVAN.

Winning Over City Employees by Raising
Their Salaries All Around.
Standing in front Of the west entrance of
the courthouse. yesterday. In the brolling
sun. were Simeon Coy. and Dick Brown
and George Dunn, of the city engineers
Office. As is generally the case in such in
stances. Simeon was doing the talking. and
he was laying out the law in very en-
phatio way. 10 Was either q piece of un-
premeditsted missionary work on tho part
of Coy. or it was an impromptu Sullivan
meeting in the broad light of day. Coy
has declared himself for sullivan. and il is
q known fact that Brown. if not Dunn,
slso. has . decided leaning toward the
other side of the fence. In connection
with this it may be said that the city
gineer has raised the salaries of all the
men In his office g per month each. and
that it was done To win over those w ho had
q leaning toward the Downing faction.
just where be is to get the money from is
not apparent as he is ALLOW so much per
year TO run the Office on. and it Is known
that there is q perpetual tightening up on
him TO make him keep within the limit.
This raise OF salary certainly has not been
authorized by any act OF the Council. and
1t will have TO como out of the yearly ap-
propriation unless a little overrunning of
10 will be condoned by those who handle
The purse strings.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13

Tho School Book Commissioners met at
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Yc-iess office yesterday afternoon TO open
bids on o new intermediate grammar. The
sehooIboOk law roqu ires that the gram
mar Is not TO cost more than 20 cents. bns
the bids were right np to the notch The
Indiana Schoolbook Company. the 81.
Louis Schoolbook Company aud Ginn "
Co.. of Chicago. submitted bids. They
were all the same. 20 cents. The 81. Louis
firm also submitted a bid of is cents for the
book if paper back binding can be used.
This bid was not considered. 10 will prob
ably be a week or ten days before the oon-
tract is awarded.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13

street. and that the reason that it did not
do so was because il would cost about
81. zoo, he said:
That is not true. When the Delaware
street asphalt was laid 1t was with the ex-
press understanding that there were TO be
no street-car lines on il. That was not so
with Talbot avenue. The people living on
1t had notification some time ago that
there would be line laid and they were
expecting it The Delaware-street people
do not want line up there and we are now
doing all We can to please the people who
live on the other street. Ii the board de-
cides We cannot do as they want Us to then
we will 60 ahead as we had originally
plannedu
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
THROWN FROM A CAR.
A. Libowikz Takes Tumble from D Mot
aud Is seriously Injured.

A. Libowikz Takes Tumble from o Motor
and Is seriously Injured.
A. LibowikZ. q dealer in secondhand
clothing. doing business In the Little Hotel
Block. on East Washington street. was
thrown from an electric car at the corner
of Washington and Meridian streets, yes
terday morning. and received some painful.
bus not serious, injuries lie had ssked the
conductor 10 stop for him. and was stand
ing on the platform of the car when il gave
q sudden lurch aronnd the curve and he
was thrown TO the ground. There were no
bones broken. but he wa badly bruised
around the breast and hips, and suffered
consid crab pain last night. Il is not be-
lieved that he has suffered any internal in
iuriea
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
Murdered at Emu Claire.

Melchior Fox. an old German residing at
Eau Claire. WIS.,. was murdered ss his farm
near that place last Thursday. Fox re-
sided IN the city and had q summer resi-
deDce on farm near the city. It was re-
ported that tramps had been making use
OF the summer residence and Fox went out
10 Investigate. He was found by his wife
and son in law with q bullet in his heart
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13

Nathan Wagner, q conductor on the
HaughviiIe line of street cars, was serious
Iy injured yesterday afternoon by striking
his head against a pole at the corner of
Illinois and Washington streets. Wagner
attempted to draw the rope at the left side
of the car and failed to notice that be was
in the neiehborhood of one of the poles
until he struck il. The force OF the con-
cussion knocked HIM into the street and he
was picked up bleeding pro; from n
woupd over the left eye. DIR. Stewart
chanced to be passing and was called INTO
the Bates House drug store 10 render
medical assistance. The injured man
lives at No. 92l West Vermont streer.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
Where Is Colbert "At?"

An unusual sight was witnessed at the
intersection of Indiana avenue and North
street, near the yellow bridge yesterday.
Three men, recognized as Charles Polster,
Jim" Wilson, and BILLY" jackson. held
mp the Superintendent OF Police at noon
and steered him into an adjacent saloon
where he remained for an hour. What was
slid inside Is not known. but the Superin-
}ndent wore q broad emile, and the only
tference that could be drawn WAS that
e.e superintendent had successfully taken
pl the Downing degrees and cast his for
ene with the Administrations opponents.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13

lying in the cellar at the summer house.
It Is thought that tramps had been MAX
ing use of the house and when Mr.. Fox ap-
peared they murdered him and then robbed
him of what valusbles he had and fled the
country. The murdered man has q son.
Frederick Fox. and daughter. Mrs. b. K.
Slpp, residing in this CITY,
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
King. Daughters.

The international order OF Kings
Daughters and Sons will meet wednesday.
Thursday and Friday of this week IN
Memorial Art Institute at Chicago. A pro-
graInme of great breadth and interest will
be given and delegates from all parts of
the world will he present The topics in
clude every branch of the work. at home
and abroad. and from the amount of mat
ter TO DC given there 10 NO doubt but what
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
Wants to Change the Usual Plan.

DR.. Allen. of the Surgical Institute, ap.
pesred before the board and asked that he
be given permission TO place lawn next to
the new building which he is erecting on
West Ohio street. and place the walk next
the gutter. He made meny promises of
beautifylng the place. and the board said
it would consider the proposition.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
Police Want Vacations,

Superintendent Colbert. of the police,
will ask the Board of Public Safety that
the members Of his department be given
the same term OF vacation. with pay. as is
allowed the fremen, seven days. 1t is
claimed by the police that they are as
much entitled TO 1t as are the members of
the fire department. and even more 80. as
they are required to put in q great deal of
extra time in attendance at court and in
hunting up the witnesses for the trials of
the people whom they arrest.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
Funeral of John ID. Nicholas.

The remains of the late John ID. Nicholas,
who died IN Denver. Col. last week. ar
rived in Indianapolis yesterday morning.
The funeral was held at Crown Hill at IL
O'Clock. The services were private. only
immediate relatives being present. The
ceremonies were CO nduoted by Rev. g. l..
Mackintosh.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
Broadway Paving.

A petition for paving with asphalt tho
roadway of Broadway from Seventh to
Eighth street was granted and the engl-
neer was ordered to prepare the necessary
papers at once. The work of paving tins
street from st. Clair to Seventh Ia now un-
der way, and it Is desired TO get this square
completed In the same contract
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13

RICH. red blood as naturally results from
taking Hoods SArsaparilla as personal
cleanliness results from fres use of soap aud
water. This great puriner thoroughly exc
pels scrofula. salt rheum and Ali other ims
pnrities.
Hoods Pills are easy. get eeicient
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13

the growth of the organization will be even
more phenomenal IN the future than IL has
been iu the past. Many have gone aud will
60 who are mem bers from this city.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
How VIII the CITY Ge. A,onrY

Clerk Herriok, of tho Board of Public
Safety. and his family, ard Clerk Parker
of the Board of Public Works leave to-day
for q weeks visit at Chicago. where they
will enjoy the sights at the fair. President
Hawkins of the former board will also go
to Chicago to-day.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
Improvement Contracts.
The board awarded the following con

AHe UUHru HWaIueu tn6 IOItOWIuB CUu-
tracts for street improvements yesterday:
For paving with brick the roadway of susque-
hanna street for the distance Of one square to
Robert bennington at So go.
For paving with brick the walks or MISSISSIPPI
street. from South TO Merrill street. TO w. Z.
Rehling at 54 cents
For paving with cement the walks OF Pennsyl-
vanla street. from St. Clair TO Seventh street. to
W. q. Wasson d Co., at 79l2 cents.
For grading and graveling the alley north OF
Ohio street, from Preston to Highland street,
to j. nj. Tallentire AT 50 cents.
Bids were received on paving with brick
the walks of McCarty street, from Meridian
to High street, aud paving with cement
the walks of Jefferson avenue. from Clif-
ford to Broodside avenue, but neither W was
awarded. The former were referred to the
engineer for computation. and the latter
was held over on remonstr&nce or the
only resident pr0pertyowner on the street
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
To Hove a Fountain.

The board awarded the contract for the
removal of the fountain at the corner of
Mississippi and Maryland streets to the
corner of Kentucky avenue and Georgia
street to John Arthur at S56.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
Kenyon Military
Academy, Gambler, o.

This remarkably successful school provides thor
ough preparation for college business, and
II Is much the oldest. largest ard best equipped
boarding school In Ohio Catalogues sent.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
To Renumber Blake Street,

To Renumber B!8ke Street.
A petition for the REMEMBERING OF Blake
street from Indiana avenue one square
north was granted.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
Centrai-Avenue Paving.

Caleb Denny, representing the residents
of Central avenue. where it runs through
Morton Place. appeared before the Board
of Public Works yesterday and entered q
protest against the roadway when it Is
ordered paved, being placed over on the
east side of the street. He said that when
the street was opened, the purchasers of
the ground dedicated SIX feet to 1t on the
west side and now they were contemplate
ing asking for its pavement. leaving this
Six feet out on the west side for the pur-
pose of making q lawn. He said that it
would throw the street right mp against
the houses on the other side and that 1t
was thought to be manifestly unfair. The
board said that it had received no such pc
tltion from anyone and that it could not
consider the matter until it had.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
Where Was the Sprinkiing Inspector?


Many omplaints have come to the board
OF the manner in which the sprinkling has
been done In Districts 8 and II. The for
mer is on the South Side, in the vicinity of
South West street. and the latter is on the
North Side. in the vioinity of Seventh
street. The contractor for each one is the
firm of South Bros. and Inspector Bushong
yesterday said that he had been unable to
make them do the work anywhere near as
1t onght TO be. The board at once addressed
q letter to them stating that if it received
any more complaints it would at once re-
scind their contract and hold their bonds
men good for all damages.