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exception of that to the credit of street
and alley improvements." amounting to
the sum Of S47.05A.S4. which should he
placed in the general fund.
During the present fiscal year the follow
ing bonds will become due: Southern Park
Purchase. Jan. 90. 1s94-Sl09. 500. Series
Z" July l. Is94-S300.O O0. In addition to
these the 5000. coo which matured July l,
1893, aud were not paid on account
of the failure of Coffin * stanton
to take our refunding bonds must
be cared for. These latter bonds
can be taken mp at any time by Civ
ing thirty days notice. and paying one
half of l per cent. for the privilege. All of
these bonds, which the holders did not
choose TO retain. have been cashed and ara
held by the New York Life Insurance Com
pany.
All these bonds must be refunded rs the
city will not be In a condition TO pay them.
The 1921 coo of refunding bonds dated
July ]. 1893. and sold to, but not taken by
Coffin ~ stanton, are in the hands OF
Winslow. Lsnier ~ Co.. of New York. on
deposit-hevinQ been left there by the city
treasurer. Very respectfully.
WILLIAM WESLEY WOoLLEN.
CITY Controlier-
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THAT LITTLE WHITE COFFIN.
Coroner Beck Believes 1t Contained q
Body When 1t Arrived.

The mystery of the little white coffin
which was sent TO the colored family of
Todds deepens. The coffin. it will be re-
membered. came from Chicago with n
stove which Laura Jackson. a daughter of
Mrs. Todd. sent to her mother. Yesterday
the Jackson woman came to indianapolis
and was seen by the coroner. She told the
officer that when she bought the stove she
saw the coffin In the dealers store. and was
also told that one of his children was TO be
buried In IL. She is of the opinion that the
man. in order to save the ex pense of burial.
shipped the casket and body here to the
address she gave him in ordering the ship
ment of the stove. Coroner Beck now be-
lieves that there was u body in the coffin
when it arrived here. He ascertained yes
terday hat when the easket was unloaded
from the cars st weighed twenty pounds.
The weight of the box empty. as il now is,
would not be more than ten pounds.
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EXPENDITURES OF A YEAR.

Controller Report shows Heavy Increases
In Nearly All Departments.
The controller lost night presented to the
Council his report of the expenditures Of
the city for the year ending Aug. 81. IL
will be noted BIZ those who reruse 1t that
the street commissioners force of heelers
has cost the city over S63. OCO for scrsping
unpaved streets. This will prove a vast
surprise to all citizens who know the mis-
cradle condition of those streets. The fire
department for the year has cost the city
over 1926, 000. q heavy increase of expense,
with no increase of force or efficiency. In
fact, almost every item of expense shows q
heavy increase. as compared with the ad-
ministrati0n preceding that OF Mr. Sulli-
van.
The controller renorted receipts for the
fiscal year as fulIoWa:
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interest thereon from the date of demand. and
that she will retain so much of il as is necessary
10 make her whole in the premises.
On account OF the failure of Coffin & stanton
to take S62l. 900 OF the city re.Iading bonds
awarded them last May, which was to be taken
and paid for on the LIST day of July last. the city
was unable TO pay at maturity S6O0.0oO OF her
$50 bonds, due July i. 1893. have the pleas
ure or informing the Council that | have made
arrangements with rho New York Life Insurance
Company TO cash and hold until the LIST OF July
Iii 80 49, ~ . ~ i"! al 80
choose 10 hold. The company is to receive
1910 interest on the amount OF her outlay the
came rate OF interest the bonds have hitherto
drawn. and the city has the right 10 pay them
OF at any time after the LIST OF January next. by
giving thirty days notice and paying ~ of l
per cent. for the privilege. This arrangement
enables the city TO keep ner refunding bonds out
OF the market until next year, by which time it
is believed there will be a demand for them at q
price she can stand.
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TOP NOTCH TYTAXE
Mayor and Controller Recommend
that the Levy Remain 60 Cents,
Notwithstanding the Fact that the City
Will Not Have to Pay for ANY More
Street improvements.
ESTIMATES FOR A NEW YEAR.
Financial Reportfo for the Past Year
Makes a Bad Showing.
Over $4,000 Spent On Unpaved Streets
with Nothing to Show for It-Heayy
Increases Along the Line.

Although the money needed by the cisy
next year for streets will be decreased $685.
600 by reason of the law passed by the last
Legislature. and although numerous other
expenditures ought to be cut down. Mayor
Sullivan recommended to the Council last
night q tax levy of 90 cents for the coming
year. This is the same rate that has pre-
vailed during the present year of extrav-
sganr mismanagement. During the last
year oyer Sl56.O00 was appropriated for
street improvements, but the amendment
to the charter lets the city out from paying
her share of the street improvements the
coming year. The controllers estimate
cuts down the streets and alleys fun
fund. the city engineers fund, Pogue's
run fund. bridge fund sud others
gre cut down. too. Where Sulli-
van expended $685. 900 on Pogue's run
this year. the estimates for the fund next
year amount to only 5000. In the face Of
all these the little Mayor does not recon-
mend that the tax levy be reduced q cent
below what it was the past year. The
Journal printed an estimate q few weeks
ago showing that the tax levy ought to go
below 80 cents. The estimates last night
were referred to the committee on finance.
and the committee report may come be-
fore the Council at the meeting which is
called for tonight. The following is the
report of the controller first submitted to
the Mayor OF the estimates:
'Isubmit the following as my estimates of
the receipts and expenditures Of the city of
Indianapolis for the fiscal year beginning
this day and ending Aug. 81. 1894.
The total amount OF taxable property
within the city. as certified to me by the
county auditor. is Sos. 547. g25. and the num-
Der of polls is 26. us. This is the basis upon
which the calculations of the revenue TO be
derived from taxes of 1898 are made:
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WAS HESS MURDERED?
The Only People Who Can Give Evidence
in the Case Have Disappeared.

The body of Andrew Hess. who met q
mysterious death In the canal last Satur-
day night. was taken to y ,iney. O.. yester-
day for burial. The coroner is not incl. ed
TO the belief that Hess deliberately threw
himself into tho water. He believes that
he was either pushed over the bridge or
lost bis balance and fell The three per.
sons who. perhaps. know more of the ST.
fair than any one else have disappe AIRED.
1Sey are Martha Holt and Mary Perry. the
two women who heard Hess crying for
help. and the strange man who ran into n
saloon near by and excitediy announced
the aceIdent. The women gave their resi-
dence as West Indianap polls. but the cor
oner's clerk failed To find them yesterday.
Last night an officer secreted himself near
where they claimed TO live. but at q late
hour failed TO BRING them TO light.
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OUTSTANDING.
Instead OF giving the full and interesting
details OF the various failures Of the pond
deal. the controller dismissed it with this
statement:
On the 26th of May last the city controller
awarded To Colin 81 stanton. of New York,
$62l 900 of the city's four and-a-half per cent.
thirty-year refundiag bonds. AT par: they having
made the highest offer for them OF any of rhe
bidders. They deposited with the Merchants
National Bank. of this city, TO the credit OF the
city, S31 ,05o. for which tile bank issued to the
city her certificate or deposit. in regular form.
payable to the order of the city treasurer. This
deposit was made To insure the taking OF the
bonds by Coffin x Stanton, and the amount
was TO forfeit 10 the city IL case they failed
To do 90. They did fail. and when
the city treasurer presented said certificate to
the Merchants National Bank ana demanded
payment thereof. payment was refused on the
ground that Collin * stanton had notified them
not To pay said certificate 10 the city. Subse-
quently, Coffin * stanton commenced suit In
equity In the United States Court OF Indiana
against the city, asking that she he enjoined
FROM collecting the same and that said certificate
be delivered to them. 1 have asked the city at
torney 90 see that this suit 10 prosecuted TO q
finality at the earliest possible moment have
no doubt the city viii recover this money with
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Trains for the State Fair.

Sept. 10, 90. 81 and % the MOnon Route
will run trains to the fair grounds every
hour. from 8 A.. NJ. until 3 p. VI. inclusive.
Take tho Monon trains home after the
races. will stop at Seventh street, Massa.
chusetts avenue, Washington and Noble
and Union Station.
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FINbI MURNINU IhAIN
For Chicago leaves indianapolis Union Station
at 7:10 u. M. daily except Sunday, and reaches
the Worlds Fair grounds at 2:l0 p. M.
ii. III. BRONSON, a. q. p. A.
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EEw bedroom sets at VIM. L. Eldera

SETS of the G. A. X. edition lf The Jour-
nal. Sent. 9 to 3. inclusive. will be sent 10
any address for 20 cents.
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Duntap's Celebrated Hats
And all the other new fall sty les hats at
Seaton's Hat Store. "a North Pennsylvania
street.
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FAIRVIEW 4
i PARK

The most beautiful park N Indi-
ana and a delightful ride of six miles.
Electric cars leave the corner of ILL
nois and Washington streets over the
1llinois-street line every twenty min
utes, and over the College-avenue
line every twenty minutes. The last
car leaves the park at 11:47 p. m.
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Big Four Route.

Only $3.50 to Chicago and return. Satur.
day, Sept. 90. via the Monon Route.
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HiIt's Sliding Inside Blinds.

Parties building or remodeling should adopt Hills
Sliding inside blinds. They are han durable.
Do not rattle nor interfere with curtains. Can DO
taken out or put back very quickly. Call and See
model or send for catalogue and prices.
HILDEBRAND d FUGArE. Agents.
81 South Meridian street,
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julius G. WALK. CARL 1t. WALK.
LAMPS AND

We have a full assortment of fine Lamps and
Shades in stock. A new line OF Shades, showing the
latest coiors and shapes. is just at hand. We viii be
pleased 10 show them TO you.
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GA. YAK PELI. lne ilour and food cerealA
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The second instalIment OF the tax dupli-
cate will not accrue until after the OK pira-
ton of the present fiscal year. but the city
will have. in lieu thereof. the second IN
stallment OF the duplicate of 1852. The &C.
count will thus stand:
Second installment. 1s33.---...--.$247, 523. So
Second insiallment, lS92........... 2l7.lSI.Sl
A difference $3o,339.O5
Surplus on the basis OF duplicate.
s.o62.2O
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TO BE CONTINUED.
The Kangaroo riague.


The kangaroo plague has always been
great nuisance to the Australian squat
tiers. for on an average these animals
consume as much grass as sheep. 1t
is stated that on Il sheep run of 10000 to
$4,000 acres 10000 kangaroos were killed
annually for six consecutive years, and
yet their numbers remained very formid-
able in. the locality. In the colony of
South Australia hundreds of thousands
of kangaroos are slaughtered annually
for their skins and the bonus offered by
the authorities. The number Of these
marsupials in New South Wales in 1889
was estimated to be over 4.0C0, 900, and
yet about 100000 kangaroos and $50, 900
wallabies were destroyed in the colony
in that year.
A bonus of 16 cents for each kangaroo
killed is offered in Australia. Hence the
colonists are gradually exter1ninating
these native animals. Over half mil
lion skins are annually shipped to Eng
land and large number to North Amer
lea to be converted into leather. Hard
wicke's Science Gossip
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The Purloined Letter.
rrt N flst pege

ii knew one ABOUT : years Of age
whose success at guessing in the game of
even and odd attracted universal ad-
miration. This game is simple and is
played with marbles. One player holds
in his hand number Of these toys and
demands of another whether that num-
Der is even or odd. IF the guess is right,
the guesser wins one; if wrong, he loses
one. The boy to whom allude won all
the marbles of the school. OF course he
had some principle of guessing, and this
lay in mere observation and admeasure-
1nent of the astuteness of his opponents.
For example, all arrant simpleton is his
opponent, and holding up his closed
hand asks, Are they even or odd?'
Our schoolboy replies Odd and loses.
but upon the second trial he wins, for he
then says to himself: The simpleton had
them even upo1 the first trial. and his
amount Of cunning is just sufficient to
make him have them odd upon the Sec
ond. ] will therefore guess odd.' He
guesses odd and wins.
''Now. with q si1npleton degree above
the first he would have reasoned thus:
This fellow finds that in the first in
stance guessed odd. and in the second
he will propose to himself. upon the first
impulse a simple variation from even
to odd, as did the first simpleton, but
then a second thought will suggest that
this is too simple variation, and finally
he will decide upon putting it even as
before. l will therefore guess even.
He guesses even and wins. Now, tbs
mode of reasoning in the schoolboy.
whom his fellows termed 'lucky'-what.
in its last analysis, is it?'
1T is merely."I said, Ian Identified
ton of the reasoner's intellect with that
Of his opponent"
1T is" said Dupin, land upon inquir-
ing of the boy by what means he effected
the thorough Identification in which his
success consisted I received answer as
follows: When wish to find out how
wise or how stupid or how good or how
wicked is any one or what are his
thoughts at the moment, l fashion the
expression of my face as accurately as
possible in accordance with the express
sion of his and then wait to see what
thoughts or sentiments arise in my mind
or heart, as if to match or correspond
with the expression This response of
the schoolboy lies at the bottom of all the
spurious profundity which has been at
tributed to Rochefoucauld, to La Bou-
o;va tn Machiavali and tn Ca,,-o,,ol1o "
TO BE CONTINUED.
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STYLISH GOWNS FOR THE STREET.

approp riated to aid the town of Brook
vile in constructing grade between
NE4 of Section 4, of said town. The
same to be expended by the super
visors of said town under direction OF
Commissioner Ellington.
On motion, the sum of SIS was
appropriated for the purpose of grad
ing the county road running on the
east line of NEa of Section Ii, New
Avon, and commissioner Ellington
appointed to expend the same.
On motion, the sum of 500 was
appropriated out of the Road and
Bridge fund to the town of Morgan
for the purpose of draining a slough
on the quarter line ST of Sec. B, I
Ill, r "a, same to be expended by
board of supervisors of said town
under direction of Commissioner Bill
lington.
On motion, the sum of $500 was
appropriated to aid the town OF
Lamberton in constructing bridge
across Pelt creek, the same to be ex-
pended by the supervisors of said
town under direction of commissioners
.Schandera.
Petition for appropriation for county
road between Sec. 81, T 112, r IS and
Sec. 36, T LIZ, r 81, presented and On
motion $4,000, or as much thereof as
may be necessary was appropriated
and commissioner Pease appointed q
COMMITTEES to 0xpend the same.
Board adjourn until l o'clock p. m.
Board convened at l o'clock, Members
all present. On motion the sum OF
$500 was appropriated to aid the
town of Swedes Forest in constructing
a bridge across creek on line between
section 80 and % of said town.
On motion, the sum of $3.50 was
appropriated out of the road and
bridge fund for the purpose OF grad,
ing county road between section l and
2 In township 100, r 36 and COM
missioner Schandera appointed COM
mittee to expend the same.
On motion, the sum of $50 was
appropriated out of the road and
bridge fund to aid the town of Sherl-
dan in construction of bridge across
Redwood river.
On motion the sum of $1S5was appropriated
ont If the county road and bridge fund Tor
the purpose of building bridge across Lone
Tree creek on line between Gales ana Onnson
Vile and also bridge over creek Detween
Sac- IL in Jacksonville and Sec. "A In Gaies. !,
on motion the sum of $50 was Appropriated
for the purpose of grading county road pc
tween Section 50 in Delhi and ana IN nea.
wood Falls and Commissioners Pease appoint.
| ed committee to expend the same. -
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Gentlemen:
We. the UNDERSIGNED Board Of Auditors OF
Redwood coun'y, Minnesota, met in session
on the above given date and upon examining
the funds In the hands and unde. control Of
the county treasurer, we found the came to
he as follows:
Deposits in Citizens Bank S-.8S2 %
- Redwood Co Bank 74W Al
. Bank Redw ood Falls $50 S.
Citizens Stale Bank 1895 81
Cash on hand = 2H9 60
Co Orders (Rcdeemed) 50 o.
Town Orders 80 co
Money Orders 800 q
CONTINGENT expense FL 40
Total, 2e,s54 40
Less receipts not turned over 14t "a
Balance 500 40 Is
We hereby certify that the above balance
agrees with the amount charged to the county
treasurer as appears from the. Auditors
records.
J. L. BYRAM elk. OF Court,
F. w. Phildrick Chm. Co Bd.
Boarl Of auditors, Redwood Co. Mimi.
The county auditor was authorized
to draw his warrant in favor of F. H.
Dyckman for $12,77. the same being
refundment for certificate of tax judg-
ment sale No. 273 appearing to be
void.
Board adjourned until l o'clock p. m.
Board convened at l o'clock. Mem
bers all present. Application having
been made for re-hearing upon the
organization Of new school district
out of the territory comprising the
south half of school district number
sixty (60.) On motion ordered that a
rehearing be had upon the same at
the regular meeting in July and that
notice be issued and served as required
by law.
A letter was received from the super
visors of Swedes Forest stating that
the Minnesota river bridge north of
Belview was impossible and asked the
county board to repair the same. On
motion the petition was not entertained
for the reason that the board consid-
cred it a matter belonging to Renyille
county
On motion the hoard adjourned
until 9 o'clock the following day.
May 10, 1898. Board convened at
9 o'clock a. m. Members all present.
Petition of D. F. Raddatz and others
for bridge across Dutch Charley's
creek, presented and on motion not
granted.
On motion, the sum of SIS was
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"PostnlOrtem" the Time.

In the course of the hearing of case
at the North London police court a wit
ness. who was described as a CONNER
cial traveller in the city, was asked,
'Was it night or morning that the af-
fair occurred "Postmortem," was the
ready reply. What do you mean2''
said the solicitor. why, at night. Of
course" In face of this astounding
ignorance, it is somewhat curious to
read that at the same court number of
poor people were summoned for not
sending their children to school.-Bir-
mingham Post.
(OFFICIAL.)
Special Session of the; Board OF
County Commissioners Com
menClng May 10th.
Auditors Office, Redwood Falls,
Mimi, May 18th, 1898 Board con-
vened at ten o'clock a. M, pursuant to
a call. Members present Ch'rm'n F.
w. Philbrick, commissioners James
Arnold, E. A. Pease, Frank Ellington
and Frank Schandera.
Complaint having been made to
this board over the condition of county
road through section Ii, New Avon
On motion adopted as follows: Re-
solved, that board adjourn until nine
o'clock, a. M, May Il, 1893, for the
purpose of personally examining said
road.
May 18th, 1898 Board convened
at nine O'Clock am. Members all pres
ent.
The following resolution was pre-.
sented by Com. Ellington and adopted
by unanimous vote.
Resolved, that as mark Of respect
toward. the memory of the late G. A
Francois. whose funeral occurs at ter
O'Clock, this board adjourn until one
o'clock D m. Complaints having been
made to this board over the dangerous
condition of the Minnesota river
bridge near Delhi, on motion ordered
that this board adjourn until nine
o'clock a. M, May 18th, 1893, and
that commissioners Schandera, Arnold
Ellington and Pease proceed to in.
yestigate into the condition of said
bridge and report to the board. May
Is, 1898. Board convened at Minis
o'clock, a. m. Members all present.
The following report of the board O
audit, dated April 25th, 1898, was pre-
sented and on motion accepted.
County Auditors Once:
Redwood Falls. Mimi, April Is; 1888 To tn
Honorable Board of County Commissioners
Redwood Co.. MIMI,