The Indianapolis journal., 1893-09-03
BATCH OF READABLE STORIES
Brief Tales and Incidents Picked
Up in the City's Byways.
Reporters Inquiry of Receiver Hawkins
Did Not Rent the Krupp Gun
Ready for Their Relatives.

Receiver Hawkins. of the Indianapolis
National Bank, has had TO entertain half o
dozen reporters every day for the last few
weeks. and the time he spends with each
man depends a great deal on the ingenuity
of the reporter and the number OF ques'
tions that are TO be asked. new reporter
got after Mr.. Hawkins and obtained but
little news because he did not know lpst
what TO ask for. One day he stroiied In
lust abont the time the receiver was haV-
ing but little TO say. Mr.. Hawkins is
known among newspaper men as man
who will cough up" if he has anything
worth printing. In other words he treats
q newspaper man in q very respectable
manner, saying what he has to say briefly.
wasting but little time in idle discussion
sof extraneous matters. The new reporter
exhausted his list of questions In few
minutes without getting an Item worth
printing. He left the bank and came oacR
after awhile. Then lie approached the
receiver, who was very busy, and In u deep
whisper asked him:
MIR Hawkins, do you think there Will
be any very grave rumors afloat to-dayF
Mr. Hawkins told the young man that
he was keeping tab on facts, not on
rumors. +
They tell good story on the town of
Alderbush. mp in the northern part OF the
State. The town contains good mahy
enterprising citizens, and at town meet
ing. several weeks ago. the citizens deter
mined to start q boom for the town. despite
the hard times. Alderbush had natural
gas In sufficient quantities to make dis
play. 1t was thought feasible to run an
excursion to the town from Chicago and TO
have sale of town lots. All sorts OF
entertainment were devised for the
benefit of the prospective visitors,
and the citizens went home that
night dreaming of the wonderful
future of Alderbush. A young man home
from college had read In the papers about
the wonderful krupp gun at the WORLDS
far, and upon his proposition it was de-
Chicago to see if the big gun
could not be obtained for the sale of
town lots. Such an attraction would nat
urally bring the people from great dis
tances. as 1t was proposed TO fire eit OF every
time q lot was sold. The committee got TO
Chicago all right and after the members
house they started out to see the
man that had charge OF the krupp
exhibit. They found him and lost no
time in communicating their desires TO
him. He did not understand English per-
fectly and they had some difficulty In
making him understand. First they want
ed TO make o dicker. offering the Krupp
people several town lots for the privilege
OF taxing the gun to Alderbush. The man
courteOusly told them that he did lot
think Mr.. Krupp would dicker in that
way as he bad great many town
lots III Berlin and other German
towns. Then the committee got down
to cash basis. One OF the curious
V,nhf Q har Iaae half harr 1nf mn W
der would be needed If the committee ex-
pected to fire the gun off very many times.
He casually asked the man IN charge what
IL would cost 10 fire the gun of. say one
shoulders and looked astonished at these
reckless Americans who threw money
around so loosely. He had no idea there
were so many gold mines at AlderDush.
"Mein Gottn said he. lit costs $4,000 to
fire it off shust vunce."
What" shouted the committee.
The tax duplicates of Alderbush only
showed $4,000 In property values.
"BIll let's so over and look at the Ferris
wheel and then come back was the way
one man backed out. and the entire COM
mittee decided 10 go over and look at the
wheel. promising TO talk further about the
matter with the Krupp gun man the next
day. The Germans eyes opened wider and
wider as the committee moved further
away.
''Dunderbluss and Schuitzercheese. Vas
dem vat you call em--loon adies"
+
Does 1t pay to feed city tramps7 A GER
tain lady on North Illinois street has just
had an experience that furnishes mega
tive answer TO the question. On last Sat-
urday morning she gave q breakfast to q
young man. aged nineteen years. apparent
ly. He had asked for some cast-off clothes
for himself. saying he would pay for them
In work. He was furnished with employ
ment abOnt the yard and IN the house. He
was willing aud industrious and showed
considerable lntelligence. Saturday even
ing he was paid in cash, literally. lie
promised to finish the job on Monday, and
kept his word. After eating q good break
fast be began on some work inside of the
house. in the dining room. Abont IL A. NJ,
he suddenly disappeared. By the opera
tIon of one of the occult laws of trampdom
n Eell-tilled purse was missing 1T the sam @
time and from the same room, during the
period when various member OF the fam
llv were passing In and out. The
young Ian claimed To be a plumber, "out
of work and without penny" His home
he said. was In the South. His clothes were
greasy. atfOrding some contrast with his
light complexion. with blue eyes and
reddish hair. His face showed that his ac-
qnaiDtance with BARRIERS was extremely
limited. He was ouito modest in his de-
meanor barring his purse -sDatchlng. The
good lady of the bouse did not
care so much for the loss of the
money as she did for the shock
caused by suoh base ingrattude. She says
she has learned lesson, and hns got
through with the feeding of tramps and
giving them employment.
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woman walked MP one of the broad
streets day or TWO ago. and passed and
repsssed the same places several times and
: gazed within some of the stores and Offices
Finally she walked into one place and
seated herself In II chair. She remark ed
about the weather. and introduced other
tODIos usually mentioned between
strangers. Finally she said: II see they
have histed uD the goddess of liberty
higher. haven't rhey?' The person adj
dressed said: what do Won meant,
Nv by. the one they put on the post in the
Circle"
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