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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-04
HE RECEIVES NO PAY
County Commissioners Refuse DR..
EisenbeisS's Allowance.
They Say His Services We're of No Avail
in the Wagner Case-Bur-
ial Contract.

The County commissioners have disal-
lowed the bills of DR.. Eisenbeiss for the
analyses made in the Koesters cases. There
were five bills in all. a~ggregating 81. 200.
For the analyses in the cases of Frank
l.. and Clara Koesters, in which a quanti-
tative as we'll as a qualitative analysis was
made, DIR. Eisenbeiss asked $500 for each
analysis: In the other three cases he asked
for $500 for each analysis. The commits
sioners were unanimous in their vote to
disallow the bills upon the grounds that
the services were of no value.
DR.. Eisenbeiss was seen last night and
said that he would bring suit against the
commissioners for the amount If the bills
were not paid. The analyses, he said, are
for the purpose of ascertaining whether or
not there be poison in the stomachs. and
the bills are due even if no poison be
found. DR.. Eisenbeiss did not think his
allowance should depend upon the conyic-
ton. The amounts of the bills, he said,
were reasonable, and were less than they
had paid in other cases; he cited the Jen-
ME Carr case, in which they had paid him
$500 for a qualitative analysis.
The bills were o. KID by Coroner Beck,
and he said last night he thought DIR.
Eisenbeiss should be allowed a reasonable
amount for his services. The coroner said
he was no chemist, and did not know what
would be q reasonable amount, but after
this was ascertained by the commissioner
they should allow that amount to DIR.
Eisenbeiss for his work. He said in the
case of Moses Smith and his son, who
were asphyxiated at North indianapolis,
the commissioners allowed Drs. Cess and
Late 1925 for chemical analyses of the
&tO11aehS ThRV < nllnxUa1 Ir N
$40 for an analysis of the stomach in the
Sullivan case. This was a case where
death was due to "a mistake on the part of
a drug clerk. None of these cases was
ever taken into the courts and the COM
missioners did not Judge the value of the
services by the verdicts rendered.
There was also a bill for $50 for the
analysis of the portion of the contents of
the box of Rough on Rats" submitted to
DR.. EisenbeisS. The commissioners took
no action at all upon this bill, and it was
passed over till another day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-04

L could hear of, with no good results until
I commenced on DR.. Greene's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy, which relieved me
of nervousness and gave me strength so
that l was able TO walk and work. L con-
slider DIR. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy the best medicine there is for ner-
vousness and TO give strength to any weak
person."
Then personally appeared before me L.
w. Porter, Of West Berlin, VT, to me per-
sonally known, and subscribed and swore
to the truth of the foregoing statement"
CARLOS l.. SMITH, Notary Public.
Well may Mr.. Porter be called a hero,
we'll may every inhabitant of the civilized
world read of his experience and well may
all mankind rejoice at its termination. The
horrible sufferings which he experienced
from disease were even worse than those
of the war and prison. But he is a we'll
man at last, and cannot say enough III
praise Of this remarkable remedy. His res
toration to health after so many years OF
suffering is indeed most wonderful.
If you are suffering from any form OF
nervous or chronic disease, indigestion,
weakness, kidney or liver complaint, take
DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve rem
edy. 1t will cure you.
DR.. Greene, the noted specialist in the
cure of all nervous and chronic diseases,
can be consulted at his office, 30 w. 18th
street, New York, free, personally or by
letter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-04
GARFIELD AND CONKLING.
A Little Inside History of the Efforts to
Effect a Reconciliation.

In the January Century Senator Dawes
writes of the feud between President Gar
field and Senator Conkling, and thus de-
scribes the speech of Conkling before the
of conciliation, of which Senator
Dawes was chairman:
1t was at this stage of the controversy
that the committee of Cancellation came
well as could be all sides of this contro-
VerSy, were requested to act as that COM
nlittee; and at the suggestion, l believe, of
the Senator himself i acted as its chairman.
Mr.. Conkling appeared before that commit
tee in behalf OF himself and the party
grievances he represented, ana was heard
in one Of the committee rooms of the Sem
ate at great length in recounting wrongs
and insisting upon the drastic remedy of
determination or the noStle 1acton IN New
York as the only cure.
On that occasion he surpassed himself in
all those elements OF oratoricaI power for
which he was SO distinguished. / mad heard
him in all his CREST efforts from the day
he entered Congress-, more than twenty
years before, but 1 had never heard any
thing which euualed this effort for flights
of oratorical power-genuine eioquence, Bit
ter denunciation, ridlcule OF the despised
faction in New York and contempt for it's
leader.
He continued for two hours and a half to
play with cOnsummate skill upon all the
strings known to the orator, and through
all the notes, from the lowest TO the high
est, which the great masters command,
and concluded in a lofty apostrophe to the
6AtSllntoo oi0 eOAs VI NH0 lNtP0OilNol
party, and his own devotion TO its highest
welfare. And" said he. II trust that the
e~Xigency may never arise when / shall be
compelled TO choose between self-respect
and personal honor on the one side, and a
temporary discontinue of that party on
the other; but If that time shall ever come,
/ shall not hesitate in the choice, and / now
say to you, and through You to those whom
il most concerns. thai l nave 30 pL
an autograph letter of this President who
is now for the time being its official head,
which / pray God | may never be COM
PEELED in self-defense To make public; but
If that time shall ever come. / declare TO
you, his friends. he will bite the dust"
II was deemed absolutely necessary to get
possession of this letter, or at least TO learn
the contents OF a missive thus held over the
head of the President. A time had been
fixed to hear the Presidents side of the
controversy, and ii was arranged that /
should in some way. without violating the
condolences OF the conference with Conkling,
If there were any such, ascertain from the
President himself the nature OF this mys-
terious document. L accordingly went TO
the White House for that purpose q half
hour in advance Of the committee. and.
without disclosing our interview with the
Senator. sought to ascertain whether the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-04
Pettis Dry Goods CO
SCORED THE TOWN BOARD.
Citizens Call the Work of Haughville
SolOns Rotten.

The Town Board OF Haughville held a
regular meeting last night. A number of
citizens disturbed the meeting and persisted
In loudly declaiming the fact that the board
was very rotten IN it's general work. One
partially sober. individual, who declared
that he was a heavy taxpayer. was particu-
larly demonstrative, and so much so that
he had to be thrown out several times.
Jacob Enrich. a resident of the newly
annexed portion in the northern district,
made a vigorous protest against the ac-
cepted grade OF the Improvement to be
made on Bismarck avenue. He said that
the grade would make the northern portion
OF the Improvement a veritable mudhole.
He wanted it changed so that the water
would flow on to adjacent lots, and not re-
main on the roadway. The board con-
soled Enrich with the promise to consider
his arguments later on. The electric light
bill for the month of December. amounting
TO $l79.17, was ordered paid. Other bills
amounting to SIS were allowed. 4.
The interest of the evening was aroused
asked permission OF the Town Board to
buy three or four lots on which to build
a new schoolhouse. The cost of these lots
vas not to be over $3.50, and they were to
De selected from the land Immediately north
or Grand avenue and east of fremont ave-
nue.. There seems to be two sections of
Town Board is composed of that element
DESTROYS of being known as the progress
sive' party. while the School Board is con-
Sadered OF the old Jeffersonian Democracy.
When these two bodies meet there is gem
orally some hitch, and so it was last night.
me Town Board thought that the sum of
$3.50 was a great sum TO be risked i'm the
hands OF the School Board, and the School
Board was ready to swear that they were
intending to act honorably in the matter.
The Town Board evidently did not believe
the School Board, for the members said
that before they could allow or grant any
such power to the School Board the exact
cost and situation of the lots should be
gives. The School Board said not q word,
out their looks spoke volumes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-04
BABY HANGED ITSELF.
Peculiar Death of the Infant Child of
John Kuhler.

Coroner Beck was yesterday afternoon
notified of the death, in a peculiar manner,
of the seven-months-old son of John Kuh-
Ter, a cigarmaker employed by John Rauch
and residing on Hamilton avenue. The
mother of the child had rocked it to sleep
and then placed it in a baby carriage while
she went to call another of her children.
There was ahole in the front of the car
riage. which had been patched up by draw
Ing twine back and forth across it. During
the absence OF the mother the child slipped
down In the carriage and through this hole.
It's head caught upon the Irvine which had
peeh used IN patching up the hole, and hung
the chIo suspended from the front of the
puggy- When the mother returned she
FOUND her child hanging with its feet sew
eral inches from the floor. The mother
rushed 10 the carriage and drew the child
out, but IL was dead. She had been gone
about ten minutes. and from appearances
IL. would seem that the child must have
slipped through the hole soon after her de-
parture and hung there all the time. A
physician was called, but the child was
dead when found by its mother.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-04
THAT BURIAL CONTRACT.
Commissioners Likely to Have n Law
suit About Bid.

Now the County Commissioners are try
ing to take it back. That is, their action I'm
awarding to Collier & Murphy the contract
for burying the county poor at a higher
figure than was bid by the firm of Foutz &
Fitzhugh. When the latter firm learned
that the contract had been awarded to Col
lier x Murphy they at once took steps to
demand their legal rights through the chan
mel of the law. They employed Harmon j.
Everett to insist that the commissioners
make their action conform to the statutes
and award the contract to the lowest bidder.
The attorney was instructed to bring suit, if
necessary, to compel the commissioners to
make their award in compliance with the
law. He called upon the commissioners
yesterday and when they found that a legal
fight was probable and their action would
be aired in the courts If it was not rescind-
ed, they told Mr.. Everett that the lowest
bidder would get the contract and they in
tended to reopen the question and it was
possible that the contract would be relet.
Yesterday another bid of the firm of Col
lier G Murphy was discovered, which was
a little lower than the one made public
yesterday. One of the bids was for collins
and the other for baskets, the one for cask-
cts being the one quoted yesterday. The
difference between a casket and a coffin is
that the former is better finished and has a
great deal more work upon it. CaSketS have
never been used in the county burials.
The bids of the two firms are given be-
low, showing the difference in their prices:
+. & F., 3 feet and under, with hack, $4.55.
c. & NJ. same, So.
f.. & F., 3 feet and under, no hack, $3.05;
c.. & NJ, same, $455.
+. & F., 3 to 5 feet, with hack, $7.95; c &
NJ. same. 50.
F. & F., 8 to 5 feet, no hack, s6.45; C. &
NJ, same, 1856.
F. & F., 5 feet and over, with hack, S11.15;
G. & NJ, same, 50.
F. & F., 5 feet and over. no hack, 1856; C.
& NJ, same, $7.55.
On these bids Collier & Murphy are lower
only on the larger sized collins. On all
sizes the totals of Foutz & Fitzhugh are
s23.6 with hacks and $19.75 without hacks;
Collier & Murphy's bid amounts to $24 with
bid of Foutz and Fitzhugh 80 cents less per
burial with and 80 cents less per burial
without hacks. 1t is estimated that
there will be $50 burials per year under the
contract. OF this number it is estimated 100
will be of the smaller sizes, 10 in the inter-
mediate and 40 in the large size. Under the
two bids FoutZ & F~itzhugh would do the
work for $9S0.50 and Collier & Murphy for
$1,050, making a difference of $3.50 in favor
of the former firm. This is the difference
which the County Commissioners thought
which could not offset the political pull of
Martin Murphy. The firm of Foutz & Fitz-
hugh, however, believe they are entitled to
the contract, the political pull" OF anyone
Notwithstanding, and will demand their
legal rights
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-04
A BOLD NEGRO THIEF.
He Fires Upon His Pursuers, and They
Give Up the Chase.

There was an exciting chase after a bold
thief on North Illinois street last night, in
which several of the residents of the street
participated. About Z o'clock Miss Anna
Schantz and Mrs. Sue Morgan, who reside
at No. 300 North Illinois street. were re-
turning to their home. AS they reached the
alley known as Allegheny street a negro
attempted to snatch a pocketbook from the
hand OF Miss Schantz. She screamed, held
the tighter to her purse and grabbed hold
OF Mrs. Morgan's wrist. The negro pulled
at the pocketbook. but the young lady still
held to 1t and also to the elder lady. Both
were dragged into the alley, all the while
keeping I'D a lusty screaming for help.
Tnelr cries soon brought assistance and
men rushed from the houses about.
The negro took to his heels and was fol-
lowed by several persons residing i'm the
nelghborhood among whom was Police Sur
geon Or. carp. The negro had a good start
OF MS pursuers and was not Cvertaken.
A man In a buggy who heard the screams
ana saw the negro dash down the alley
started In pursuit in his vehicle. He was
gaining on the thief when the latter turned
and fired two shots at him. The balls
whisked past the mans head close enough
70 cause him to give up the chase. Mrs
Morgan described the negro as a short
heavy-Set man and very black. She is posi-
tive she could identify him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-04
Two Children Lost.

Police Matron Buchanan has received a
letter from Mrs. Lizzie Bushaw, Of Union
City. inquiring about two children. Maggie
and Mary Hollingworth, aged eight and
six years. The writer says she is the
aunt of the children. The letter of inquiry
says that Mrs. ~Hollingworth, in company
with her four children, started from Rich
mond, Ind, in November last to Join her
husband in the West. On Nov. 20, she and
two of her children were killed in a rail-
road wreck a few miles west of st. Louis.
The two children were sent by the rail-
road company TO an aunt named Abbie
Love. residing at Brightwood. Mrs.
Bushaw says she learned OF the wreck
and deaths on Dec. 20, and desires TO To-
cate the children, and asked Mrs. Buchan-
an to inform her If there are such Children
at Brightwood. The writer did not know
the address of the father, and thought he
had not been informed of the death or his
wife and children. Nothing is known Of
the children here.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-04
AT THE FOOD MARKET.
Couple of Cases OF Fraud Un~earthed-
Several Donations Made.

several DOnatiSnS Made.
The number OF applicants for supplies at
the food market yesterday was not nearly
so large as on the preceding day. 1t was
noticed, too, that many of those who stood
about with their market baskets possessed
an air of timidity that indicated better
days. Up to the time of closing last night
there had been about 125 orders filled. Man.
ager Dill makes a special request of citi-
Zens TO keep the relief committee posted on
cases of poverty that chance to come under
their notice. 1t is the desire of the COM
mittee to investigate every case of destitu-
ton in the city.
market exposing a family living on East
Cour street, which was preparing to apply
for supplies. The writer stated that the
head of the household had daily employ
ment, while his wife presented herself on
the street in costly attire and wearing a
gold watch and chain. Another case of
fraud was brought to light yesterday even
ing. Some one wrote q. postal card appeal
ing to the committee in behalf of a notori-
Gus woman residing on Wabash street. The
writer said that the woman was in great
distress, and that her condition would be
vouched for by her landlord. The sigma
ture of the latter was on the card. He was
seen and denied knowing anything of the
case.
The following donations were received at
the market yesterday: Commercial Travel
erS' Association, 100 pounds backbone; V.
.Bachman, avenue Touring mills, 200 pounds
of flour; CT. a. VanPelt 400 pounds of hon.
my; Dr.. w. V. Morgan, 800 loaves Of bread,
ten each morning for thirty days.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-04
AT STREET CLEANING
The City Puts Nearly Thirty Ad-
ditiOnal Men to Work.
They Are to Be Paid with Rations from
the Relief COmmittee-At
the Food Market.

Twenty-eight of the men sent to the
street commissioner by the Commercial
Club relief committee were put to work
yesterday on the streets. Nine were put
to work cleaning South-side streets, ten on
the North-side streets and the remainder
on the asphalts. The committee promised to
send fifty men, but it is believed that about
half failed to receive the notices sent them
by the committee. Nearly all the men sent
were men who have been employed on the
streets during the summer by the city.
Street Commissioner Fisher says that he
will be able to only give one days employ
ment to fifty men unless the Board or
Works make him a bigger allowance for
teams. Twenty-Five men will keep ten
teams busy hauling away the dirt. The
commissioner is limited to $500 a week by
the board. 1t would not do, he says, to
have the dirt piled up on the streets with
out enough teams to carry it away. The
men sent by the Commercial Club commit
tee are TO receive 1919 cents an hour, pay-
ment to be made i'm rations. There was
some complaint among the men because
they were to receive rations instead of
money.
All day yesterday the basement of the
courthouse was crowded with men discus
sing the refusal of the city to put to work
all men who came. A number in the crowd
were men who were known to remain idle
when times were prosperous and they were
for the Ilost part the men who talked
loudest. One or two wanted to form an
organization and demand $3.50 a day wages
for all men who were put to work by the
city at the instance of the relief commit
tee, the wages to be paid in money instead
OF ratiOns. Several called a meeting for
this evening i'm the Criminal Court room.
This Board Of Works is not yet ready to
put men to work at Garfield Park digging
the lake, although gangs may be sent down
there before the week is out. Work has
been stopped on some of the sewer work,
the contractors claiming that they cannot
get the full value of a mans service with
q pick when the ground is hardened by the
weather. The work on the East Washing
ton-street sewer has been temporarily sus-
Danded
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-04
Suspected of Theft.

Louis Cummings. colored. was arrested
yesterday afternoon by patrolman Rich
ardson for grand larceny. Cummings went
to a house on Indiana avenue where he Of
fered to sell a new suit OF fine clothes for
a ridiculously low price. The suspicious of
the person TO whom the clothes We're Of
cred were aroused by the price asked and
a telephone message was sent to the police
station. The officer was sent to the scene and
arrested Earlier in the day two
suits of clothes were stolen from a wagon
eff the American Express Company, while
il was standing in front of Paul Krauss's
furnishing store on East Washington street,
and it is opposed that the clothes offered
for sale by are a part of those
stolen from the wagon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-04
CITY NEWS NOTES.

The bond Of d. +. Allen as State Tax
Commissioner was filed with the Secretary
Of State yesterday.
The Button Oil Company, with a capital
stock of $50. 600. was i~ncorDorat ted vesfer-
day. The object of the company is to drill
for oil and natural gas. The directors are
Jeremiah North. Louis s. Davenport. SyI-
vester Breckenridge, George +. McFerTen
and Hugh Daugherty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-04
ADJUSTMENTS.
Rhea.s Engagement at EngIish's.

Rhea's E~nEagenen at EnEIfsh :.
AT English's tonight and tomorrow night
Mile. Rhea, supported by Mr.. w. S. Hart
and a capable company, will present 30
sephine, Empress of the French" a drama
that met with much favor here last season
The subject Of the play is familiar to read.
ers of French history, and possesses more
than ordinary interest from a dramatic, az
we'll AS an historical standpoint. FeUoem-
presses have been called upon to immediate
themselves upon the altar of patriotism
and no woman could have done SO with
more complete resignation than did Jo-
sephine, the first wife of Napoleon and his
guiding star during fourteen years Of his
early brilliant career. Saturday matinee
and evening Rhea will appear in her new
play, "The Queen of Sheba."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-04
Notes.

The Rose Hill Folly Company is pleasing
goodly houses daily at the Empire
The Wilbur Opera Company is giving en-
Pertaining performance of comic opera at
the Park, and filling the theater twice
daily. Matinee and evening to-day Madame
Boniface'' will be given, and Tomorrow
Nell Gwynne."
Charles II. Hoyt'S new comedy, "a Milk
White Flag" which will be produced at the
Grand the first partof next week, is on the
spectacular order, as fifty performers are
EMPLOYED in it, and the scenery is elaborate
and beautiful. 1t is the most pretentious of
Mr.. Hoyt's plays, and has scored a great
success i'm the few cities in which ii has
been presented. The advance sale will begin
this morning,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-04
A Dead Infant Eonnh-

The body of an infant girl was found on
the canal bank near Blackford street YES
terday morning. and was taken to the cor
oner's office. The body had been wrapped
In a paper and then placed in a large glass
jar. The jar had been broken. and the
pieces of broken glass were lying about
the body OF the child when il was found.
II was a colored child, and IL is thought
IT was born alive. There is no clew as to
VINO placed the body where il was found.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-04

John Woods and James Howard were
arrested, last night. by detectives Kinney
and Richards. on Kentucky avenue and
held FOR lettering and associating with
thieves. This charge is made for the pur-
pose or holding the men while the officers
can investigate evidence which, il is
thought, VIII connect them with the bold
robbery on q college-avenue car. by which
Barney Schonield lost 4 diamond scarf pin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-04

The short-horn breeders, at their meeting
yesterday, listened to papers presented by
Mrs. Virginia c. Meredith. of Cambridge
City, and q. G. HILL, of Chicago. The pa
rers ELECTED pref discussions bearing on
the short-horn interests of the State. after
Nticn the association went into the cleo
ton of officers, resulting m the selection of
Thomas A. Cotton, of Manila, as president,
and w. ). Robbins, OF Horace, as secretary
and treasurer.