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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-04-18

La directiva de la Sociedad Asi1O lMG-
taO ha retirado del Gobierno General Ia
instancia que habfa pres entado solicitan-
do trasladar su Casa de Salud, q una casa
de la calle de San Justo entire San Fran
cisco Luna.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-08
QUITE A DENSE IDEA
AMUSING REPORT AT SCHOOL SUPER
INTENDENTs' MEETING.
Professor Carr Wanted 1t Put i'm
Plain Language.

About a hundred of the city and town SUI
perintendents of schools in Indiana, togeth-
er with a number of teachers, crowded into
the Century clubrooms, in the Denison
House, last night. The first session of the
sixth annual meeting of the association is
the best in point of numbers that the asso-
citation has ever held. After a few remarks
by Edward Ayres, president, the members
launched at once into a discussion OF the re-
port of the committee appointed to submit
a course of study for city schools. This re-
port was distributed in pamphlet form, hav-
ing fifty pages. r. A. Ogg opened the dis
cussion. AS chairman of the committee he
told Of the work of the committee and ex-
planned some OF the difficulties that the COM
mittee had to meet. The members sub
mitted several questions upon parts of the
report so technical in language as to give
little meaning to the average mind. Super
intendent Carr, Of the Anderson schools,
raised a laugh by asking what this part of
the report means, reading as follows:
1.-THE curriculum of the schools
requires: (a) That the unfolding mind of
the child shall be the true center of concen-
tration for the various branches of instruc-
ton, comprising. as thus arranged, q psy-
Geological rather than a philosophical
unity. OBJ That the Formal studies shall be
That the real stimuli to the unfolding life
in the individual shall be the rich fields OF
ideas afforded by the humanistic- move
ment and its environment as a modifying
factor"
Now said Professor Carr, ST would like
the committee TO tell what this means in
language that an ordinary Democrat can
understand"
The association authorized the executive
committee to learn the exact number pres
ent and to assess each member $50 for the
expenses incurred in the work of the asso-
citation for the past year. Among the Wis
itors present was DR.. j. NJ. Rice, the emf
nent school critic. President Parsons, of the
State Normal, Professor Charlton, of the
State Reform School, Superintendent of
Public Instruction Geeting and Professor
Study. OF Richmond, were also among the
well-known educators present. The report
OF the committee will continue to be the
subject of discussion to-day. The commit
tee was composed of r. A Ogg, w. r. Sny-
der. w. II. Sims, w. c. Belman and w. p.
Rrsrpio
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-08

Bowen-Merrill Company. The Burris-
Herzsch Comp any suspected a fraud and re-
fused TO furnish the books. Sanders started
TO drive away. but before he had gone a
block the Buriis-Herzsch people,, convinced
that the order had been forged. pointed MIN
out TO a policeman. Sanders was arrested
and sent TO the police station. There he did
not try to deny HIS guilt.
II suppose L am in for IL, and might as
well confess" lie said when put into a cell.
II have had hard luck ever since / came TO
America four months ago. L haven't been
able to find work and have pawned nearly
everything / had when / came here. The
last TO go was a ring which / put up i'm
Chicago. / heard about this scheme and
tried TO work IL. i never worked for the
Collier Publishing Company"
A pocketbook was taken from Sanders
which contained several pawn tickets is
sued by Chicago brokers and a ticket over
the Big Four to Cincinnati. Sanders said
that he purchased the ticket yesterday att
ernoon and intended going to Cincinnati last
night. where he would dispose of the die
tionaries obtained from the Bowen-Merrill
store. He says that his parents live In
Cologne, Germany. His father, he says, IS
a prosperous business man of that city. The
Bowen-Merrill Company was able TO get
possession OF the dictionaries procured at
their store before they were shipped.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-08
AN UNRECoRDED MORTGAGE CASE.
American Trust Bank Appeals Pre-
mfer Steel Works Suit.

The case of James E. McGettigan. re-
ceiver of the Premier Steel Company.
against the American Trust and Savings
Bank, OF Chicago, ct al, has been appealed
to the Supreme Court. This is the case in
which the Marion Superior Court held that
a mortgage that had been executed to the
bank to secure $3o0,0 coo of bonds was in
valid. The bonds were issued and the
mortgage signed Aug. /, 1891. BY the use
of the bonds as collateral the company bor-
rowed various sums of money. There was
an agreement with the lenders that the
mortgage should not be recorded unless the
lenders feat that their security was not
ample. In such cases, on giving notice 10
could order the mortgage recorded and the
trust company was 10 place it on record.
The assignment came and the mortgage
had not been recorded.
The receiver then sued TO quiet the title
to the company's property, claiming tnat
because that mortgage had not been placed
on record the company had been able TO
buy large quantities of material on credit
which it could not have done with such a
mortgage on record. The claim OF the re-
ceiyer was sustained by the action of the
Marion Superior Court, and the mortgage
was declared void. The appeal assigns a
large number of errors, but all are general,
ayerring that the court erred in all or It's
rulings on the ~pleadings in the case. The
facts are admitted. If the decision be al
frmed by the Supreme Court the claims OF
the holders of these notes will stand as any
other claim against the company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-08
GIVEN 81 YEARS
MAN WHO KILLED HARRY WILLIAMS
CONVICTED OF MANsLAUGHTER.
Attorneys Cited for Vouchfng for n
Worthless Appeal Bond-"Grave-
yard" Insurance Suit.

The jury in the case of Henry Jones,
the negro charged with the killing of Harry
Williams. in Archie Greenhouses saloon.
last night brought in a verdict Of man.
slaughter and fixed the penalty at twenty
one years in prison.
The jury retired about 4:30 o'clock yes
terday afternoon and reached an agree
ment shortly after supper. A few minutes
after 2 o'clock the foreman announced that
the jury was ready to report, and the
bailif telephoned for Judge McCray. The
court arrived before s o'clock, and then a
delay was caused by the absence of the
prisoners attorneys, Willard Robertson
and w. n. Harding. Attorney Harding was
at Tabernacle Church with his wife and
could not be reached conveniently.
AT $3.50 o'clock Judge McCray declared
that he could not wait longer and sent for
John Wall, a clerk in the Office of Hovey
& Harding. The young man has been adj
mitted to the bar and could legally repre-
sent the defendants attorneys. As soon as
he arrived the verdict was read. Jones dis
played no emotion when the penalty was
announced. On the way from the Jail to
the court room he expressed the fear that
he would receive a life sentence and ap-
peared to be relieved that it vas no. worse
htfoiA @hoAhoAaASnlCl. ~ tAoAhAo tho hO q
consumption and coughs a great deal.
tn crime for which Jones will serve
twenty-one years Of Imprisonment was
committed on the night of July IL. With a
numbef of other colored men, ne was play
ing craps in the Greenhouse saloon, No. 10
Indiana avenue. Jones was losing money
in the game and was in a bad humor.
he accused Harry Williams of cheating
him and the men had trouble. Jones
left the saloon and went to the Franklin
House, where he procured a pistol. He re-
turned TO the saloon, making threats TO
those he met on the way. lie met Williams
in the rear OF the resort The trouble was
there renewed and Jones shot Williams in
the head. Williams lived but a short time
after he was shot and Jones escaped. Two
days later he was captured at New Albany
and brought back here. Among the col
ored people Jones did not bear a good
reputation Four or five years ago, 1T is
said, he shot a white man on BOARD the
Gilded Star, a river steamer plying between
Louisville and Cincinnati. The wound was
not fatal and Jones got off with a sentence
of one year, which he served In the Louis
vile Jail. He admits that he was in trou-
BILE in Alabama several years ago and
served out two Jail sentences in that State.
Until yesterday evening the prisoner kept
his nerve and was apparently not worried
over the probable result of his trial. AT
supper time last night he broke down, and
while waiting for the verdict exhibited a
good deal of nervousness. Jones Is twenty
fixe arS old
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-08
Commander walkers stan.

Commander-in-chief Walker has an
bounced in General Order No. 4 his aids
de-camp. in part, those for Indiana being
as follows: George f. McGinnis. Indian
apolis; H.. NJ. Bronson, Indianapolis; Law
renee Gates. Angola; William Fightner.
Marion; George w. Grubbs, Martinsville;
william ID. Null. Rockville: Elder Cooper,
Evansville; Henry III. Caylor. Nobesville;
r.. A. Smith. Indianapolis; Charles Kahlo.
Indianapolis; l.. VI. SPOTS, Roam; J. w.
Stratton, Nalparaiso. Charles w. Scott,
Lebanon: Lawrence Burget, Terre Haute;
William ID. Mccullough, Brazil; James r.
Henry. Gosport; Daniel NJ. Ransdell, Indi-
annapolis; NJ. X. Johnson, Fort Wayne; II.
a.. Root Michigan City; Harry Watts.
knightstown. y. NJ. HUtchins. Coiumbus:
George W. Boyd. Covinston; Sam LaIng,
Indianapolis; W. III. Hart, Frankfort; Moses
q. McLain, indianapolis; II. J. Charlton,
Plainfcld: r.. 5. Chamberlain. Elkhart:
Benjamin Starr. Richmond; Russell p. Fin
ney, New Albany; A. II. Plummer, Wabash;
w. 5. Haggard. Lafayette, Daniel ID.
Wheeler. Terre Haute.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-08
EVEN MANNING PROTESTS.
Too Many ColOred Tnggart sFinan.
ciers" Going ON Police Force.

The present administration seems to lave
no regard for the provision of the charter
governing the police force. The Journal
has called attention to the wanton discharge
of policemen, against whom there was no
charge. OF the new men appointed as Re-
publicans fully one-third are men who
worked for Mr.. Taggarts election. Wednes-
day night the board met again and appoint
ed another Republican CD to fill the place
Of a Republican. William Wheeler, colored.
was removed for no other reason than he
was not a Taggart Republican. Earnest
Smith, the new appointee, is slated as a
Republican,. During the last campaign he
was chairman Of the finance mint OF
the Taggart Colored Club. He was an ar
dent supporter OF Mr.. Taggart and handled
considerable money during the campaign.
who assisted Mr. Taggart, Is slated as a
Republican. The colored people are not
pleased with the appointments thus far
made. The dissatisfaction does not exist
alone with the Republicans, but also with
Democrats.
A L. Manning, a colored Democrat, en-
tered a protest yesterday. While in the
Mayors Office he said mistakes had been
made and that if he had been
consulted certain appointments would not
have been made, for he could have given
IN which would have prevented
them. Section 50 of the Charter says the
possible, equally divided, but Mr.. Taggart's
friends have been placed in office as Re
publicans, so the latter may expect no fair
representation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-08
A Change I'm Police Affairs.

The police department of West indian
apolis is under the control of a board of
three police commissioners, elected by the
Council, who serve without compensation.
Under the present ordinance no councilman
is eligible to serve on the board and the
Council has no part in the management Of
the department. Considerable dissatisfac-
ton exists on account of the way in which
police affairs are conducted and the Mayor
and Council are subjected to NAM unpleas-
ant comments. The Mayor and several
members of that body have grown tired OF
this state of affairs and are in favor OF
abolishing the present board and creating
another. which shall be composed entirely
of members of the Council. An ordinance
to that effect was introduced last night. 1t
provides that the board shall receive a COM
pensation TO be fixed by the Council. and
that IL shall have full jurisdiction in the
matter of appointments and dismissals.
This ordinance was passed to second read
ing, Mayor Tclin casting the deciding vote.
1t will come up tonight, and it is believed
IT will pass. IL il does, Ii is understood a
general shaking up of the police force will
follow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-08
GAVE FORGED d
Frank sanders Obtained Books from
Bowen-MerriIl Company.

Frank Sanders, a respectfully dressed
German. aged about twenty-seven years.
was locked UP last night on the charge of
forgery. The means employed by Sanders
TO raise money were ingenious. Early yes
terday afternoon he walked into the Bow
en-Merrill book store and laid before one of
the clerks a blank form of order bearing
the printed signature OF the p. =. Collier
Publishing Company. The blank was filed
out TO read:
please let the bearer have fifteen Web
ster's dictionaries and charge 10 our ac-
count" The Bowen-Merrill Company fire.
quently have business transactions with the
Collier publishing house. and there was no
h~esitancy about filling the order. Sanders
got his books and loaded them into an ex-
press wagon which stood I'm front of the
store From there he drove to the Adams
Express Company and consigned the goods
TO Cincinnati He told the express people
the books were 10 be shipped to Frank
Sanders"
Later in the day Sanders turned Pat the
Burrfs-Herzsch book store. on south Me-
ridian street. He did not go into the store.
but sent the express driver with an order
similar 10 the n he had Presented TO the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-08
RECONSTRUCTED ITS ACTION.
West indianapolis Council Will Grant
n Favor to starch Comnany


N Favor to Starch Company.
Some time ago the plant of the American
starch works was destroyed by fire at Co.
lumbus, Ind Instead of rebuilding at CO.
lumbus the company decided to come here
on account of superior railroad and other
facilities. A site was secured on the heights
overlooking White river at West Morris
street. Preparations were at once begun
for the erection of a plant. The company
utilizes the refuse from the starch products
In fattening hogs and cattle. For that pur-
pose it secured a feeding ground just be-
You'd the western limits of West I~ndianapo-
lis. For the purpose of conducting this
refuse the company proposes to lay a ten
inch line OF pipe across the river and
through the streets of West indianapolis
to its feeding ground. An ordinance was
introduced in the Council at the company's
instance, last week. granting it the right of
way. Some of the councilmen thought that
the feeding grounds would become as great
a nuisance as the Sellers farm and refused
nance came up for final action Monday
night 1T was lost by a vote of 4 to 2. The
company was surprised and indignant at the
result and threatened to seek another site.
The company Will employ about 100 men,
and many citizens of West Indianapolis
the city to have the works remain. They
also believed no unpleasant odors would
arise from the feeding grounds. Tuesday
and Wednesday considerable force was
brought to bear on the opposition, and from
expressions they seemed disposed to recon-
slider their votes. Mayor Tolin has sup
ported the measure ali along, on the ground
hat the taxes collected on the mains would
be a source Of considerable revenue, and
also because employment would be given
TO a large number OF men. In addition to
this, no tax can be collected on vehicles
that will be used in hauling refuse matter
through the city If the company is refused
the privilege of laying a pipe line. AT a
special meeting of the Council last night
the ordinance was reintroduced and passed
TO second reading. The vote stood 5 to /
in favor of this action. Councilmen chang
ing their votes stated they had been led TO
believe no nuisance would be maintained.
Final action cannot be taken on an ordi-
nance upon the night of its introduction
without unanimous consent. and for this
reason it went over until tonight. when,
Ii is understood, it will be passed. Another
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-08
YARD TO BE CUT DOWN
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL GIVE
CITY BASEMENT RELIEF.
Democratic Members show Favorif-
ism to Mr.. Observation-Disclosures OF
the Mayors CoIored Apprentices.

10 the average person who has had any
hing TO do with city affairs In the last
two years the anxiety of the Two DEM
ocratic County Commissioner To improve
the basement of the courthouse, occupied
by the city officers. appears strange. TIE
last administration begged and petitioned
the commissioners to make Improvements,
but iso.hing would be done. Electric lights
were asked and in answer a new contract
was made for gas light. The latter would
not have been so Objectionable had rot
the pipes been leaky, causing an cdor
of gas in the basement at all hours. the
late administration asked for better venti-
lation, but the commissioners only smiled.
h Board OF Health at one time was
considering the condemnation of the sew
erage and piping OF the basement, hut it
was feared the commissioners would sim
ply sit down and decline to 10 anything.
Mr.. Taggart no sooner took his Office
han he observed the unwholesome situa-
ton around him and quietly he went to
the County Commissioners. In The Ian
guage OF the street the commissioners
broke their necks' getting down 10 the
cellar to see what could be done to make
Mr.. Taggart's lot more pleasant. The i'm
delay.
1t is announced that the courthouse yard
Is to be cut down this winter. Henry
Harding, the Republican commissioner.
favors the Improvement. Mr.. Greer. a1so
a Republican, takes his office early in
yard question will be one OF the first TO be
considered.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-08
A BULLET In HIS THIGH.
Henry Moore, N CoIored Man, Acct
dentalIy Shot by "a Woman.

Henry Moore. a colored man, called at
the City Dispensary last night and asked
Dr. Cumming TO extract a bullet which a
lodged just under the skin in one OF his
thighs. The wound was a trifiing one.
Moore claimed that he had accidentally
shot himself at his home. pa Blackboard
street. His wife told a different story. She
said a young woman, a sweetheart of
Acore's partner, had been at the house
and while playing with the revolver pointed
II at Moore. exclaiming as she snapped
the trigger: See how clean IL is" There
one cartridge in the weapon, which
was supposed to be unloaded. and that
cartridge happened TO be under the ham
mer or the weapon. There had been no
trouble between the three people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-08
Objected 40 the Onions.

Justice Walpole yesterday heard evidence
in a suit Cor possession. The plaintiff was
Mrs. Margaret Stats. Of No. 10 East Mich
igan street. Mrs. Stats has a large house
and a small family. Last summer she rent
ed eight rooms TO Mrs. Christine Winpen-
ney and her daughter. Late in the summer
the two families had some trouble over the
rooms. Mrs. stats, IL is averred, wanted
10 install her niece. a milliner on Indiana
avenue, in the rooms occupied by the Win
nenneys. Tne latter objected to giving up
the rooms and things were not harmonious
Finally q suit for possession Was brought In
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-08

William Green and wife. colored, living
ut so Highland avenue. were reported to
have had a quarrel Wednesday night. Early
yesterday morning n~eighbors OF the couple
called up police headquarters and asked
that the house be searched. They thought
that something dreadful had happened be-
cause the doors were locked and there
were no signs OF life about the place. one
man said he had looked through the win
dow and saw the dead body of Mrs. Green
en- the floor. The police visited the house.
but found no trace OF the occupants and
TO indications that a tragedy had been en-
erfo1
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-08
J. c. sHAFFER SUES r.. Il F. PIERCE.
He Asks for a Judgment on a Note for
900.

Suit was yesterday filed in the federal
court by John C. Shaffer. by A. J. Bever-
idge, his attorney, against r. b. F. Peirce
for $4,000, on a note for $4,000, executed
Oct. 5. 1894, and due July l, 1895. On the
face of the note is the Endorsement that the
note was given in payment of another note,
dated April il, 1893. The complaint also
asks for 1900 attorneys fees. The note
bears 6 per cent. interest.
1t is said that this note is the sequel to
the transaction of several years ago. when
Indianapolis capitalists attempted TO buy
the water works at Los Angeles, Cal. 1t is
said that Shaffer paid the first payment of
$50,0O0. and that Peirce gave his note for
one-half the amount. Suit was entered
about a year ago and was suddenly with
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-08
Hoi.tins the Army Astragar.

Sixteen thousand pounds OF bronze hang
suspended TO immense tinbers on the south
side OF the soldiers monument. This is a
part OF the south quarter OF the army as
tragsl that has been lying at the foot OF
the monument for several weeks. The chain
HOSTS arrived In the city Tuesday night.
and were placed in position and tried
Wednesday. Yesterday morning the work
OF raising the heavy castings began. The
work is all done by hand power. and is.
therefore, quite SLOW IL will require a week
or ten days yet 10 place all the bronze in
position.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-08
ENGINEER HIT BY AN ENGINE.
Frank Reeves, Of the Big Four, Fa-
tally Hurt at GuiIford.

Frank Reeves, a Big Four freight engi-
neer, living at 175 Lexington avenue, was
fatally injured last night, at $50 o'clock,
at Guilford, on the Cincinnati division of
the road. His train was west bound and
at Guilford went on a siding to allow an
other freight train to pass. The engineer
was standing close to the track and the
engine pilot of the east-bound train struck
him on the head. No one saw Reeves in
jured. At a late hour last night he was
still alive, but the physicians would not
remove him TO this city, having a faint
hope for his recovery. Reeves has a wife
and four children.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-08
Minor Municipal.

Richard Herrick is practicing bag punch
ing since the election OF Mr.. Taggart. The
Board of Safety office opens later and closes
earlier than 1T did formerly.
Mayor Taggart was faithful to his trust
yesterday. He was in his office most of the
day. AS he was leaving at noon he said to
Colonel Holloway. Make a note of the time
for the Journal"
The Board OF Safety held a short meeting
yesterday, at which the uniform question
was considered. The police overcoats will
cost $24 and the trousers and waistcoats
$3.50. The firemen's uniform will probably
cost SO.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-08
Sustnined the Demurrer.

Judge McMaster yesterday sustained the
demurrer of the defendants in the suit for
malicious Imprisonment brought against the
Indiana Fish and Game Protective Associa-
ton by William Carney. Carney's attorneys
set out in their complaint that Carney,
without reason or probable justice, was
sent TO the workhouse for two hundred
days, and was compelled 10 serve the term.
The demurrer proved that Carney had been
found with a forty-foot seine in his possess
sion in his shanty boat, in which he lived,
and that he had entered a plea of guilty in
Dolfao Court