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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09
BELL sLAPs CLEVELAND.
An Extraordinary Way of Harmonic
ing the Indiana Democracy.


ing the Indiana Democracy.
What Governor Matthews provided in the
way of pie at Tomlinson Hall last night, it
being ST. Jackson's day-was very good as
FAR as it went, and it went with great speed
Mr.. Taggart had a hand in the affair as
provider and should divide the glory in part
with the Governor. Tables ran the entire
length of the hall, in six lines, and We're
Respondent with ham, cold turkey, vinegar
and oysters. Perhaps five hundred were
there, most of whom were from this city,
and after they had all been martialled in
the gallery corridors, a procession was
taken up and the lines led down to the
banquet floor, out of the wilderness to the
promised land Of Matthews. 1t was so well
understood it was purely q Matthews af-
fair that there was absolutely no need of
putting Mr.. Matthews's picture above the
stage, second only TO the full length corpu-
modest position was the likeness Of Hene
bricks, for the Parliamentary loves better
live presidential candidate than a dead
Senator Daniel w. Voorhees, was stingingly
rebuked-not a likeness anywhere, and Tor
Turpie, the party did not seem to think him
of sufficient Importance or standing to even
merit passing mention. Isaac Pusey Gray,
that benign statesman who is willing to
take anything he can get, no matter the
source, was there. He never sulks, and not
getting what he wants will take the next
ever may befall him. Mr.. Gray was there
in a position subordinate to the Governor.
There was falling short in the programme
as first arranged. One by one the promi-
nent outsiders sent regrets and 1t evidently
extended down to the invocation feature OF
the event. Mr.. Milburn who was to have
offered prayer was not there.
OF all the star guests, Ex-Governor Camp
bell was the only one to show up and ne
did not seem to inspire great deal of en-
thusiasm. The Ex-Governor was in good
appetite, withal he had some little diff
fculty in keeping up. with the mad haste OF
the statesmen from the Fifteenth Ward
who had been presented with tickets. The
| Sullivan administration was well represent
| ed, nearly every man who held Office under
| the Sulivan-Tron regime being in attend
ance. Greene Smith, with bull dog expires
| sion frowned over the gathering and in
| wardly chuckled at this childs play which
had not so much a picayune fee in it
| One of the talented servitors whom Mr.
| Taggart had on the scene, shuffied nervous
| ly about the ex-attorney generals chair
| and wondered, after awhile. If il wasn't al
| bosh-this newspaper talk about Mr.. Smith
| being a good man for fees
When Governor Matthews arose to speak
| at 10 O'Clock, after all the gentlemen frxr
AAs Fifteenth ward and the late Sullivan
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09
EDUCATION Al.

and unite the effort Of all such; man
that does not have the false and inflated
notion that he is a greater or better man
than the party which honorS him by It's
support and suffrage; man VINO KNOWS
enough to know that nobody knows more
than everybody; a man in whose estima-
tion a good Democrat does not suffer be-
cause of long and faithful service of party,
and unceasing activity in the advocacy OF
his political principles man who respects
and regards the soldiers who fight In the
trenches and win the great battles OF his
party more than he does the dilettante
carpet knight of political parlors whose
delicate nostrils sift the smoke of battle
The other speakers of the evening We're
Rev G. A. Christensen, John w. Kern, s. O.
Pickens Leut.-Gov. Nye, w. +. Townsend,
Rev. D. ODonaghue, Greene Smith, john
r. Wilson, Charles r. Duffin and Frank
D. Butler.
After it was all over, after the last DEM
ocrat had had his fill of the oranges and
fruits and other portable bits left on the
tables man of fine figure strobe up Penn
sylvania street towards his home. He was
as proud and as happy as II the glory OF
the event was all his.
eff this wasn't turn in political his
tory I'd like to know what was. Talk
about your Warricks. Who was this War
rick anyhow? Am . Warrick?. Don't
ask. me? Wonder what the guy will think
of me now?'
Only NJ d. K on his way home.
some banqueter, not content with taking
fruit and nuts off the table, walked Oft
with Frank Gatess $50 overcoat and his
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09
COMMISSION QUESTION
1T Is NOW WORRYING TICKET
AGENTS MORE THAN RAILWAYS.
Terms of the Agreement Adopted by
the Various Linea-Neeting of Traf-
hc ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Roads.

AS expected when the trunk lines and
some OF the Western roads announced that
they would pay no more commissioners, a
vigorous protest is coming up from the
ticket agents, who, in some cases, got much
more out OF commissions than they re-
ceived as salaries, and from the ticket scalp
ers. who last year had to depend largely
for existence on the commissions they re-
ceived for selling tickets over certain lines.
From present indications the general pas
senger agents intend to live up to the
agreement on the commission question.
When such roads as the Erie and the Ches-
apeake & Ohio announce in positive man
ner by circular that they will pay no more
commissions. says a veteran passenger man,
1t looks as If the millennium was near at
hand. The agreement is to the effect that
on the whole or any part OF line con-
trolled by parties to the agreement revenue
missions gratuities allowances, net rates,
side cuts, or any form of concession or
for or in connection with the sale of tickets
of any character or class, nor shall such
tariff fares be evaded, changed diminished
or affected in any manner, except as pro-
vided by the rules of the Trunk-line Asso-
citation OF the joint committee. The
trunk lines also agree not to permit any
connecting lines to reduce passenger rates
over it's road. and will refuse to share in
any reduced tariffs. Any violation OF the
dBleemenl Will De reported To the trunk
line commissioner, who will investigate the
same and report to the executive committee.
The agreement does not provide for the
imposition or enforcement of any penalty,
and any party to the agreement may with
draw by giving fifteen days notice in
writing to the commissioner. AS it stands,
the agreement depends for its enforcement
upon the honor of the parties thereto, and
the record OF such broken agreements is a
very long one. It Is hoped, however. that
the experience of the past two years will
have been sufficient to make all the roads
live up to the terms of the agreement and
secure all the revenue possible from this
class of business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09

dale, and was in line with the thoughts
presented by both speakers of the evening:
J. A. Mount, Judge P. s. Kennedy and
Judge J. H. Stotsenberg were appointed as
a committee to consider the suggestions
made at the meeting and to endeavor to
get some road legislation through the pres
ent session of the Legislature.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09
NV TriaI Motion overruled.

Judge Harvey yesterday overruled a mo-
ton for a new trial in the suit of Julia
Todd against the Citizens Street-railroad
Company. Recently the plaintiff was
awarded 81 900 damage against the COM
pany The defendant argued motion for
a new trial, which was not granted. Judg-
ment for the amount of damages secured
was entered on the docket yesterday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09
Indiana Engineering society.

The Indiana Engineering Society was in
convention yesterday. The annual address
was delivered by the president, G. G. II.
Goss. After reports by the officers J. f.
O'Brian. of Putnam county, moved that
legislative committee be appointed to con-
slider legislation desired on drainage and
road laws for the benefit of the State
large. The society then adjourned to at
tend the good roads congress, and viii meet
again at O'Clock this morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09

Charles Wilson. with quantity of bad
whisky as company, walked through East
Court street last evening. His shadow in
the windows he mistook for an enemy, at
which he began to strike. He broke two or
three glass windows and was afterward ar
rested by Sergeant SchWab for malicious
trespass One of his hands was badly cut.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09
Many Tramps in the City.

large number of tramps have appeared
in the city within the past few days. and
the police are at a loss to understand from
whence they came. One of them at police
HEADQUARTERS last night, said he came here
to attend the Jackson-day banquet, but lost
his ticket The officers have been instructed
to arrest all suspicious looking cnes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09
Secretary Myers's Fees.

Secretary of State Myers has collected
nearly $4,000 for the State in fees from
the filing of articles of Incorporation. and
of this. besides the $500 salary. he receives
10 per cent. The largest fee for filing ar
ticles was $4,000 paid by the Baltimore
& Ohio Southwestern railroad.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09
DAILY VITAL STATISTICS-JAN. 3.

Eliza Land, twenty-five years, 454 South
Capitol avenue, ureamia.
Charles Zengler, tifty-one years. 81 North
Alabama street dita ton of heart.
Ida Lenolr twenty-one years, 128 North
Missouri street, consumption.
Josie Massey two weeks, Malott ave-
nue. pneumonia.
Infant Hopkins, rear Az East Washing
ton street, stHlborn
George Ludlow, sixty-siX years, City Hos
pital, pneumonia.
Martha J. King. eighty-one years, 9A
North Mississippi street, apopleXy.
Frank Earnshaw fifty-eight years, heart
disease.
Jacob Bader, forty-eight years S14 East
Washington street, atrophy of liver.
Florence Phillips, eighteen months Cen
ter township, catarrhal fever.
Peter Mueller fifty-four years Us East
St Joe street cerebral embolism.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09
Births.

John and Mary Fleming, Summer
street. girl.
Louis and Carrie Deffauls, 127 Madison
street, boy.
Washington street, boy
Rufus and Mrs. Manville, p Chadwick
James and Jennie Green 81 North Ala
bama street, boy.
Henry s. and Hattie Steinmetz 1876 Shell
by street boy.
GIRL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09

The Monon mileage books are now ac-
cepted on seventeen roads, largely in Indi-
ana and Ohio
The passenger trains of the Lake Erie e
Western are now heated by steam from
the locomotive.
The Big -Four has signed the agreement
to abolish the payment OF commissions on
east-bound passenger business.
A number of firemen who stood by the
Wabash when the Debs strike was on the
first of the year were promoted to be en-
gfneers.
OF the one thousand box cars which the
Ohio Falls car works are building for the
Pennsylvania Company. five hundred are as
signed to the Union line.
The Lake Erie & Western. which recently
threw the news companies off their lines
has given the brakemen the privilege OF
selling papers to persons on their trains.
The operating expenses of the Big Four
for December We're about $3S000G. An Of
fcial of the road says that with ex-
pense of 600 the road bed and equip
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09
AIcax,sr Florist

offers artistic designs in Cut Flowers.
Roses, etc, also wedding and reception
decorations at reasonable prices. 80 West
Washington street
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09
Marriage Licenses.

Jacob Faber and Sarah T. Hoagland.
John n. Schoiz and Frances A. Nogel.
Frank Jeter and Clarinda A.. Wood.
Alonzo H. Kerr and Alma +. Thomas.
Timothy L. Kelley and Margaret e. Flu
ton.
Howard Brown and Ada NJ. Bailey
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09
Traffic Association Meetings.

The executive committee of the Central
Traffic Association was in session. at Chi
cago. yesterday. but accomplished nothing
beyond some routine business. No applica-
ton was made to the meeting for re-
duction of the grain rate between Chicago
and the Atlantic seaboard. The only thing
of Importance which came up was the ap-
plication of the Atchison road for the re-
demption of the prorating of tariffs on
grain from points west of the Mississippi
river. No action was taken en- the request
All OF the routine matters were referred to
subcommittee. which will report to the
meeting of the lines of the Western
freight Association was also held in Chi
cago yesterday, at the office of Chairman
Midgley. The only matter under considera-
ton was the protest of the Chicago Board
of Trade against the prcrating on grain.
This matter has become very much tangled
as far as the grain trade is concerned. The
elevator men are at the railroads all of
the time demanding that all through rates
be abolished and that the rates be made
up of locals only. On the other hand. the
Board of Trade men proper, are besieging
the roads for the opposite thing and the
roads are in a quandary as to which side
Of the fence they had better take. The
Western freight meeting adjourned with
out taking any action of any kind on any
subject
The committee of the Western passenger
men which has had in hand the matter of
the Union Pacific troubles with the as
ISOLATION lines has reached an agreement
which suits all of them and word was sent
to General Passenger Agent Lomax, of the
Union Pacific. asking him either to be pres
ent or to see that some representative of
his road Is in Chicago to attend meeting
to-day. In view of the declaration of the
Union Pacific that it will attend no more
meetings until the boycott upon it is re
moved, 1t is not likely that the Union Pa
cific will be represented at the meeting at
all. In this event, the other roads will go
ahead without it, The agreement reached
by the roads yesterday was on the matter
of division of business via Ogden and Den
YER. This is the business on which the
Union Pacific demands the long, haul, the
other lines to take what Is left. Chairman
Caldwell, who is now in Montreal, settling
matters with the Canadian Pacific, is hav-
ing little difficulty with that line, but the
Grand Trunk is making considerable
trouble. The Canadian Pacific is willing to
live up to all the provisions of it's agree
ment with the Western lines. but the
Grand Trunk wants meeting of the trunk
lines and of the New England lines on the
subject to the differeptials to be allowed
to the Canadian Pacific The Western
roads are likely to oppose the holding of
the meeting, as it will open up the entire
subject of differentlals which they have
just managed to get out of the way after
struggling with it for long time
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09
Electricity In Place of steam

The New York. New Haven & Hartford
railroad is preparing to equip its Nantasket
Beach and Warren and Bristol branches
with electricity to replace steam power
which is now used. The Nantasket Beach
line is ten miles and the Warren and Bris-
toll twenty-one miles in length. The latter
starts from Providence, passes through Fail
River and terminates in New Bedford. a
distance of fourteen miles. 1t is stated that
the company intends ultimately to equip
all its minor branches with electricity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09
Indiana's AIRLINE Roads.

A civil engineer expresses the opinion that
no State of the railway mileage of Indiana
can show as many straight pieces of track
ranging from thirty-five to one hundred
miles in length. The longest stretch of air
line road in the State is on the Chicago
and Detroit division of the Wabash, built
two years ago. From two miles west of
Montpelier to Hammond 1t is perfectly
straight. On the Nickel-plate is piece
of track eighty-five miles in. length a per-
feet air line. and in all parts of the State
long pieces OF track may be found thirty
five to fifty miles in length. which are per-
fectly straight. Upton, the Lake Erie &,
Western. is the center of thirty-five miles
OF straight track from Brightwood east
the Peoria & Eastern for forty miles Is an
air line: the Louisville. Evansville e. St
Louis has two long stretches of straight
track 1t is stated that 70 per cent of the
railway mileage of Indiana is covered with
long stretches of straight tracks. In the
matter of grades the roads of Illinois will
make a more favorable showing than will
the roads OF Indiana, but the roads of Ohio
present as many grades to it's mileage and
really sleeper than do the roads OF this
State.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-24

ing either from inexper.ence or nervous
ness on the part of the new motOrmen-
Fifty nine cars in all were run out of the
East New York depot, thirty on the Full
ton street and twenty-nine on the Broad
way routes At 9 o'clock in the evening
as the cars began to come in they were
held in the depot for the night. Quiet
ness prevailed at Ridgewood at p. IN.
The cars had at that time stopped run
ming.
At Ridgewood last night William
Vending, p. J. Mackey, J. Martin and
Frederick krieg. special policemen,
walked into the Bushwick avenue COM
pany's Office and surrendering their
shields refused to work any longer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-24
standard to Ignore Quotations.

PIrTsBURG, Jan. El-The Standard Oil
company has created q sensation by de-
claring that hereafter it will fix the daily
price of petroleum regardless of quota
tions on the oil exchanges. Joseph Seep,
the principal buyer for the National
Transit company and Standard Oil COM
pany, says that the quotations are no
longer u reliable indication of value and
the price hereafter will be as great as the
markets of the world will justify. but
will not necessarily be the same prices bid
on the exchanges for certificate oil.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-24
A CASE OF HAsEAS CORPUS.
Men Locked Up in n Hall Apply to . Su-
preme Court Judge.

Men Locked Up in n Hall Apply to . Su-
preme Court Judge.
During a charge of the troops yesterday
strikers were driven into Odd Fellows
hall and locked in. When the charge was
over the men demanded to be released,
but the doors Of the building were kept
locked and the men kept in confinement
for several hours. A writ Of habcas cor
pus was Immediately applied for and
made returnable at 3 p. IN. Before the
time arrived when General McLeer was to
make an answer in the supreme court be-
fore Judge Gaynor the men Were released
and the writ was rendered imperative by
this maneuvrc.
When the case was called at 1 o'clock
n statement was read on behalf of General
Mcl.eer In which n denial was made Of
the allegation that he had locked up the
30 men or had ordered that they be locked
up; further it was said upon learning Of
the Imprisonment of the men he had Or
dcrd their immediate release. which or
der had been Complied with, and that
the men had thereupon departed to their
several homes. Upon this explanation
Judge Gaynor dismissed the proceedings.
The man mot boy) Ahnes who was
shot by the troops Tuesday is dead His
wife called ut the hospital only to find
his corpse. Another man was shot yester-
day so badly that his life is in danger. As
a company of the Twenty-thiri regiment
was escorting a Hicks street car Thomas
kcarney is said TO have thrown number
of bricks at it from a roof Some of the
soldiers Were hit by the missiles and one
u their number took deliberate aim and
shot kearney in the side. kearney was
at work on the roof at the time and was
attracted to the edge by the excitement Of
the crowd below in consequence of the
passage of the first car through Hicks
street. kearney denies throwing any.
thing.
There were a larger number of alleged
rioters arrested than probably on any pre-
vious day of the strike, and the soldiers
were becoming moro vigorous in the use of
their arms, the result being quite a list of
people who have been clubbed with mus.
kcts and bayonetted for refusing to move
on" when ordered. There were also a
number of accidents on the lines result
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-24
WILL FIGHTIT OUT.
Seems the Determination Of
Brooklyn Car Magnates.
OFFER OF ARBITRATION DECLINED.

President OF the Atlantic Avenue Railway
Company Refuses to Consider . Proposi-
tion Made by the strIkers-Another Man
Probably Fatally Shot and the Wounded
Ahnes Dead-Inereased Number Of Cars
Observation-Disclosures Men Continue u
Work-vIolence Abates.
BROOKLYN, Jan. a. - The executive
board Of district assembly 75, K. of P,
waited on President Norton with an offer
to arbitrate. Norton refused point blank.
The executive committee thereupon issued
The following manifesto "To Whom 1t
May Concern:" "Our representatives,
agreeable to instructions, called upon Ben
3amin Norton, Esq, president of the At
Iantic Avenue Railway company, and pre-
sented or offered to accept Mr.. William J
Richardson, a director in the Atlantic Rail-
way company, and secretary-treasurer of
the American and New York State Street
Railway union. of twenty seven years
experience in railroad affairs, as a per-
son to whom We would Internationally
submit our grievances for adjustment, in
accordance with the announced resolu-
tion, but Mr.. Norton declined to treat
with our representatives in any way"
Confidence OF the Public Increasing.
There is a greater public confidence in
the maintenance OF public order now than
ut any time since the strike commenced.
The city is about free from the qague ter
rorism which kept the public mind at q
high tension and served to increase the
danger Of serious collisions and outbreaks.
The mere rowdyism which is looking for
trouble and wants to destroy property
property from wantonness has been pref
ty well suppressed.
Companies Confident of Winning.
The refusal Of President Norton to ar
bitrate indicates that the companies feel
no abatement of confidence that they
will win the fight. The success which
the Atlantic Avenue company has met
with in its efforts to operate its lines un-
doubtedly had its influence upon Presi-
dent Norton in this matter When it was
found that the linemen were at work as
usual repairing the camage done during
ths night Master Workman Connolly de-
MED that he had ordered the men to
strike.
Says the I.inemen Will Yet Go Out.
Later in the day. after the episode at
Odd Fellows hall he declared again that
the liEemen were on strike and would all
be out by this morning. There were no
indications of the linemen quitting work.
They are under contract with the COM
panies for from thirty to ninety days.
In isolated cases crews have refused to
take orders to repair wires which have
been cut by the strikers or their friends
As class they remain loyal to their en-
ployers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-24

Fit Hartwell in her last syndicate
article says: Il don't recommend
any special brand of tea for afternoon
o'clocks. 1 do. however. know all
about the best tea to take at night
Parks Tea will certainly clear your
complexion and purify your blood.
You will be surprised at the i'm
provement if you take a emp of Parks
Tea each night. Sold by Hartz &
Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-24

restoration OF silver They were debated
until the Nicaragua bill came up, when
Turpic spoke against that bill. making n
bitter attack thereon. ana also u pom Nor
gan, its principal advocate. Burrows of
Michigan made his first appearance as a
senator, and was sworn In.
Dingley warned the house that the
Paris tribunal regulations were> about to
annihilate the seals The remainder Of tho
day was devoted to the sundry civil bill,
and ffty.five pagcs out of IO5 wero dis
posed of wit:.oat amendment.