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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29

with a twinkle in his blue eye You've left
out the point of your story"
"Thanky, bud" said the old man. empty
ing his mouth with squirt. and biting Off
another chew, deliberately; II was jest
goin' TO remark when you interrupted me-
that the doctors investigated the matter an
discovered that Victims grandfather had
wore hickory leg for nigh unto half his
lifetime, havin drawed pension regular
for the natchel born'd flesh an blood one
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eurefu, statcment.
Pittshnre chroniele-Teler

Pittsburg chroniee-Teiegraph.
ON the whole. and with several years ex-
pcrience at the business, have concluded
that 1t Ii just as we'll not 60 boast OF the
future Of the Washington baseball team
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29

Senator A. W. Wishard and his father,
DIR. W. II. Wishard. left last night for
Mexico. to be gone about month. They
win go via ST. Louis The trip was planned
for several days ago, but on account of
Senator Wishard's i'll health it had to be
postponed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29

-Four first-premium medals awarded: more
agreeable 10 the taste and smaller dose
than other magneeia. For sale only I'm bot
ties. with registered trademark label.
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Awardca to- Fenton en a FouI.

minutes. Mcmillan won the third fall In
twenty-five minutes. The match was very
exciting throughout
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29
Filling the Old state Ditch.

The State ditch sewer may now be filed
between Central avenue and Meridian street
and the Board of Works wants to remove
the bridges at Meridian. Pennsylvania and
Alabama streets and Central avenue ana
where the streets are paved have the filled
portion paved to correspond. The board Is
not certain what its authority is in the
matter and asked the city attorney for an
opinion. The superstition is that the often
when abandoned becomes the property or
the adjoining lot owners. If such is
the case the board will adopt a resolution
providing for the removal of the bridges
fiiling the ditch and paving the crossing
the cost 70 be assessed against the props
prfv
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29

Franciscnr Monks New House.
The Order OF franciscan Monks will build
a $4,000 schoolhouse at the corner of Union
and Palmer streets.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29
Mysteries over Jean de Resxke.

Washington Post
Mr.. Jean de Reszke appears to have
rounded up at Chicago in great style.
What he did here and at Boston and pre-
sumably, elsewhere, he did also at Chi
cago--that is. he failed to appear as adj
vcrtised He was i'll, he said. That deli
cate and representative organ of his which
he calls tenor voice and which New
York accepts as such, but which has not a
single tenor quality save that of reaching
high notes and producing melodious ef-
fects-that organ of his. as we were say
ing, was out of tune again, and SO Jean
The bill for the occasion was "The HUI
guenots.' and as Faust did when it was
advertised here, II drew an enormous
romantic parsonage. as Faust. He Is
gallant, arnorous, laxative, and heart
worthy persons his song plus blanche ' que
Ia blanche hermine.' is quite as yum
y,umm,Gy as ..salye pinorah; ,s and certainly
scene with Valentine IN the fourth act is
about as feverish as anything could CON
lures focked in vast numbers prepared for
all sorts of gulps and hysterics-and they
got them, too, though moi in the way they
not appear. At the last moment, heart
less minion, with a hand-dog look, came for
ward and announced that Jean was too i'll
to appear and that the role of Raoul would
be taken by S!gnor Russitano-the same de-
Jectcu little maHlkfn with the IeeDie squeak
who was Faust here on ce-tain memora-
BILE occasion.
Then the trouble began. In Washington
the audience was disappointed but reserved.
In Boston they sat still and lowered the
temperature twenty degrees, In Chicago
however, there was an eruption. Women
screamed. gesticulated. tore their hair. and
tainted. One Young female called "Jean,
Jean, oh, JEAN" several times and was car
ried out IN strong conyulsions Pandesnon-
ium In combination with the Tower of
Babel reigned for several minutes Hun
IHAfs
manned 10 get even by scowling at poor lit
tie Russitano who, after all, WAS doing
his best. And finally the audience dis
Chicago papers tell US that after the audi
toriun was cleared the ushers gathered up
whole carloads of debris. opera glasses,
handkefchiefs tall saturated and clammy),
fans, reticules, boas, gloves and--honest
N rr.arf af.s N
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pnlIed on = Ten-Round Fight.

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
DECATUR. Ind, March 2S.-Last night
Harry Briant, of Portland, and colored
man named Burden, of Illinois, fought a
ten-round contest with five-ounce gloves.
two miles south of this city. They ar
rived here in the evening on the Grand
Rapids & Indiana railroad, accompanied by
over sixty of their friends and with the
assistance of local sports, completed ar
rangements for the bout. About O'Clock
the crowd drove to a farm near Wiltshire,
o. where the fight occurred. The contest
ants We're evenly matched and both fought
hard. Briant won the hight in the tenth
round and was awarded the money, 500
and gate receipts. Over five hundred peo-
pie witnessed the fight. The police here
were kept in the dark and knew nothing
of the fight till early this morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29
wrestling Matches.

CINCINNATI, March 2s.-Harry England
and Bob Minor met on the mat here tonight
in a best two out of three fall match
Graeco- Roman style. Minor won the first
fall in FIVE minutes. England won the sec
ond fall in two minutes Minor won the
third fall and match in four minutes
Max Luttbeg, who agreed TO throw ''ail
comers'' in fifteen minutes. catch-as-catch-
can style. did not succeed In throwing
John Sirncoe here tonight in that time.
Both men worked hard.
DEBORAH. Ia. March ga wrestling.
match between Stranger Lewis and Mc-
Milan champion wrestler. in this city to-
night was won by Lewis in three out of
four falls. Time seven, hfteen and ten
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29
ERROR IN AN AMENDMENT.
1t Affects the Time for Payment of
Barrett Bonds.

Controller Trusler has discovered slight
error in the recent amendment to the Bar
rett law. The amendment provides that all
bonds issued for improvements, for which
the assessment roll is approved between
April 10 and Oct. of any year, shall be
dated June or that year, and that inter-
est shall be computed from the time of the
approval of the final estimate until the date
of the bonds. In many cases this would
make the date of the bonds before the date
of the approval of the final estimate. 1t
also provides that for improvements for
which the final estimate is approved be-
tween Oct. l and April 10 of the following
year the bonds shall date Dec. l, with the
same provisions as to interest. 1t was the
evident intention to have the time for dat
ing the bonds reversed and Mr. Trusler
thinks this may tend to invalidate any
bonds issued under the amendment.
This view Is not held by attorneys, how
ever. They say that it is the evident inten-
tion to have rule by which all bonds
VIII mature at certain stated times, and
also that the wording of the statute in re-
gard to computing interest from the date
OF the final estimate until the date of the
bonds shows that it was intended to make
all bonds date at a time in advance of the
approval of the final estimates Another
provision leads to this view, also The first
ten-per-cent. payment is TO be made in six
months after the date of the bond and the
last six months after the date Of maturity
In this way the entire amount OF the bonds
VIII be in the hands of the treasurer before
fault. The whole operation of the law is
practically to make the bonds due about
ten and half years from the time the
work is done, but still requires the debtor
to pay them in ten years Attorneys who
were approached on the matter were of the
opinion that any, court would construe the
tention, and not declare it inoperative or,
account OF this slight error.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29

CHICAGO. March 2S.-Hagenbeck's wild
animal show has come to grief and any
body who is anxious to obtain few mon
keys, lions, tigers elephants, parrots or
drornedaries at low figures will be afforded
an opportunity, for the show will be sold
at auction within few days. The trou-
BILE came through a confession of judgment
for $i.f00 in favor of Edward Deceverling
one of Hagenbeck's trainers. The show
WAS lately given in local theater In this
city, but the sheriff attached the ANIMALS
before they could he taken from the city.
They arc now locked UP in a barn on
Adams street. Hagenbeck in turn has be-
ager or the show. for 5000, claiming that
he failed to meet the necessary expenses as
show. 80
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29
An rnprotectea Embanl,ment

The Board of Works will view the high
embankment at the east approach of the
Michigan-street bridge over White river
The emil ankment has no protection ant.
yesterday morning a horse driven hy a
woman became frightened and backed over
the side OF it. The Supreme Court has re-
Gently decided that a county is Responsible
for damages caused by thc- lack of proper
fences or bridge approaches. and the de,
cision would pichabiy apply to cities The
board will likely order a fence built. Thi~
point is in the territory recently annexed
which Haughyile also claims
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29

The indianapolis Street Cleaning Machine
Company has been granted the privilege
Of cleaning the asphalt streets touching the
Union Station and Georgia street The
company Will do the work without compen-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29

Special furniture sale all this week at
Eastman. Schleicher g. Lees.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29
Costly Changes in Grades.

a. Il. Hoover yesterday filed q COM
plant with the Board of Works in regard
TO the condition of the sidewalks at West
Washington and Bloomington streets.
About seven years ago the sidewalks were
built and the grade raised. Last year the
street was paved and the grade raisee,
mas damaged his property by allowing
water 70 run into his cellar. From this
cause ne says, he lost four months rent
last winter. He claims that the citv IS
responsible when 1t changes a grade that
has once been set by the proper authorities.
ana asks that the walk be raised at the
city's expense. This case is similar to one
decided about two years ago on East Wash
were changed and cellars flooded The
owner recovered damages
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29
Durward LEV Coming.

The Y. NJ G. A. lecture course will close
with one more entertainment, which has
been postponed two weeks and will be given
by the English tenor, Durward Lely, and his
wife instead of the Apollo male quartet
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29
effisDryGO0dsCo
ADJUSTMENTS.
Grand-ssThe Glndiator.-

Robert Downing was greeted at the Grand
last night by his usual good-sized and we'll
pleased audience in this city The bill was
That famous old piece, "The Gladiator"
which has come to be almost synonymous
for Downing. The play has been seen here
so often, and Mr.. Downngs methods are
SO familiar, that no lengthy criticism is
necessary. His PRESERVATION last night was
up to his BEST and the work of the sup
porting company was in tone with that of
the star. Eugene Blair justly divides the
honor with Mr.. Downing, and in addition
TO her pretty acting last night displayed a
gown that fitted her with rare grace The
costuming was all appropriate, and had the
merit of apparent newness. The scenery
was notable and, in fact, all the appoint
ments were we'll suited to Mr.. Downing7s
masterpiece. Tonight this vigorous actor
VIII be seen in comedy. David Garrick'
Is the main bill, with .The' French Mar
Tiage as a delightful curtain raiser
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29
CIiquot, the sword swalIower.

Chicago medical men who have been in
vestigating the performance of Chevalier
Cliquof, the sword swallower at the Ca
sino, are unable to agree on plausible
theory in explanation of his seemingly inn
possible acts Cliquot puts twenty-inch
sword blades of ali shapes down his throat
and then bends his neck and moves his
head in a manner contrary to all known
laws Of nature. This puzzles the doctors,
but the act they are most interested in is
in his gullet 80 far that the ticking may be
heard plainly in Cliquots chest. The per-
Torrance Is not pleasing one, but 1t is
most remarkable and has aroused a great
daaI If iT,fa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29
Amherst College Boys Coming,

The Amherst Glee, Banjo and Mandolin
Cub will give an entertainment in Ply
mouth Church on next Tuesday evening
April 2. There are thrty-two of these col
lege boys on their tour during a short
spring vacation and they will appear here
for the first time. special programme
has been arranged for the entertainments
and instrumental pieces recently composed
by celebrated author. This will be in
the nature of a society event, invitations
having been issued for a reception after
the concert, but the concert is a public
affair entirely and the tickets can be Sc
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-30
THE SPEED or TRAVEL.

A writer in the January Scribner's
discussing the recent gains effected or
proposed In The speed of travel. refers
among other schemes to the Washing
ton plan for the construction Of a mail
and passenger road between New York
and the national capital, on which the
trains shall shoot over the 24O miles in
two hours. There is a bin before Con-
gross % grant the company proposing
ehis enterprise q charter and right of
way en- the condition that a sufficient
guarantee should be given Of its ability
70 maintain this extraordinary rate Of
speed q IS stated that the promoters
oner 20 demonstrate on a test line be-
tween Washington and Chesapeake bay
their ability TO meet this self-imposed
requirement
As there is no limit to the amount
Of power which can be poured into an
electric dynamo. the question Of speed
resolves itself simply iuto the number
Of revolutions per second which the bear
ings of car wheels and axles will
stand. 1t IS proposed 70 construct the
Washington line on the already familiar
bicycle plan; thai IS. with a single
line OF wheels running on a single rail.
The track Is to De elevated on a single
line Of iron posts and an auxiliary rail
on either side is to be provided to keep
the train IN an upright position in round
ing curves. The trains are TO weigh
one-fOurth as much as an ordinary ex-
press TRAN. and they are Intended TO
carry passengers. mail and express
backages only Y the mechanical pa;
Of the sehame is as thoroughly practic-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-30

A Boston contemporary gives an IN
terest.ng illustration Of the fact that the
law respecting refreshments is not so
clear as it might be for the protection
Of the purveyor Of food. According to
report, a certain homeless individual en-
tered a restaurant and called unto him
an attendant, saying: q am hungry"
Nobody doubted the assertion. The
creature looked it, and when he added,
Il want something to eat" the response
was, as a matter Of course, What will
you have?" Well. don't know" an
swered the customer, what have you
nice?" The polite attendant suggest
ed a roll, butter and coffee, as warm and
filling, and the man thought that would
do. He was served and partOok of the
repast with great appetite. and then
walked away. remarking cheerily, as he
passed the cashier, that he had no
money. not a cent. This incident
brought the man before magistrate,
who held that he was innocence Of any
false pretense. and at once discharged
him. In the first place the attendant
had asked him what he would have;
in the next, to his question what did
the larder afford. he had been told, but
without any hint Of how much the food
would cost the customer. And lastly,
the cashier was informed that he had
no money TO pay. a BIT Of frankness that
was perhaps a tr.fe late, but showing
he did not mean to sneak out Of the OBJ
legation without just cause.
The moral Of this seems to be that the
restaurant waiter should be careful in
asking impecuniOus patrons what they
will have.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-30
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
Pithily Told.

Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
Pithny Told.
Grand Opera House to-night-City
Sports Big Show.
Council S called to meet IN special
session tonight.
A drunk and vag were run in by
the police last night.
The Trustees Of the city gas works
advertise in another column for sealed
proposals for furnishing lime to the
gas plant for the period of TWO years.
The annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Wheeling and Belmont
Bridge Company viii be held at the Of
fee of the company on Monday, Janu-
airy 13, 1896.
1t is likely that a party Of West
Virginia teachers VII attend the meet
ing of the Southern Educational Asso-
cation to be held at Hot Springs, Janu-
airy 1st and %.
Mrs. Mary Carnahan, widow Of the
late Bruce H. Carnahan, died at 1915
o'clock Saturday morning, in the sixty
third year of her age. Deceased was
widely known and highly esteemed by
all her acQuaintances on account OF
her many wOmanly traits Of mind and
heart. The funeral will take place this
morning from the residence of S. II.
Kasley, No 2107 Chapline street. In
terment private at Mt. Wood cemetery.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-30
Index 70 New Advertisements.
SECOND PAGE.

The Home Furnishers-White, Hand
ley & Foster.
Special Sale Of Blankets and Comforts
Geo. r. Taylor
FOURTH PAGE.
New Years Greetng-C. V. Harding
& Co.
Wanted-Girl for Homework.
Noises Business Academy.
Wanted Specially Statesmen.
Special Sale Of PianOs-C. A. House.
Proposals for Furnishing Lime.
Stockholders Misunderstanding and
Belmont Bridge Company.
Opening Of Wheeling Business Col
lege.
Wanted-Thiri Cook.
Wanted-BOy.
Departure Of SteambOats-Pittsourg
and Cincinnati Packet Line.
SIXTH PAGE
A Parlor Furnished Complete for
S4421-House q Hermann.
EIGHTH PAGE.
Closing Out-Stone & Thomas.
Fur Capes at Half Price-GeO. 4.
Stifel & Co.
Starting Early-Egger. Warrick &
Co.
Art Portfolio Free-Geo. NJ. Shook &
Co.
Suits and OvercOats-Kraus Bros.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-30

Unless they are anxious to have the
United States annex more trouble in the
shape Of a greater diversity Of interests
Khan We now have it is not apparent up
on what ground the annexat:On!st
cranks who have their cOvetous eyes on
Cuba. Hawaii and any other loose is
lands or territory that may be within
reach. base their appeals. for certainly
Uncle Sam has territory enough and to
spare. There are sin for sale to in
tending settlers or spectators 979,0SS,-
495 acres Of public lands. OF this ag-
gregate. however. S7O.OOO,OOO are in Al
asks. and are not likely TO attract set
tiers for other than mining purposes,
The COS. OSS. 495 acres within the bOun-
dairy OF the States and Territories ex-
elusive Of Alaska constitute the great
est protection TO labor.
The cheap unoecupied lands are the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-30

Johannesburg, December 29.-The po-
litical situation here is acute on ac-
count of the struggle of foreigners in
the Transvaal to obtain equal political
rights with the Beers. There
are persistent rumorS of a sec
ret arming of the miners and war
like preparations, on account of which
ladies and children are leaving. Gen.
Jouboit, commander in chief OF the
Transvaal forces, has been summoned
to Pretoria from Natal.
The Americans and Germans are sid
ing With the Transvaal government in
the controversy over ceding rights to
foreigners.
THE TIMES SOUNDING THE PUBLIC
London, December 30.-The Times
this morning publishes long dispatches
from cape Town, Paris and Berlin bear
ING on the 1ransvaal question, which
seems 10 be d.Splacing the Venezuelan
question in the publ.ch interest.
The Paris despatch quotes ane DeBats
as saying:
The London Times seems to be
ayeHging itself on the Beers for the mod
crate tone It was obliged to adept to-
ward Uncle Sam"
DeBats then proceeds to argue upon
One danger 70 French interests of allow
ing England to seize the Transvaa,.
despatch 10 the Times from Hague
says that Hollands attitude on the
question IS apparently one Of indiffer-
ence.
a Berlin despatch says:
The action of Uitlanders in the
Transvaal has given rise to an unusu-
ally violent explosion of
ANTI-ENGLISH FEELING
in the German press"
The National zeitung is quoted as
follows:
Germany. Portugal and possibly
France cannot allow the Boer republic
to become the exclusive prey of Eng
land, and especially of such a dangerous
parsonage of Mr.. Cecil Rhodes.
The Times despatch then continues:
The Koln,che Zaitung, the Kreuz
Zeitung, and other papers express SINH
lar sentiments 1t cannot be denied
that While the relation between the
English and German governments are
in no way cordial, widespread
FEELING OF ANENOSITY
against England exists in Germany"
The Times also has column article
explanatory to the Transvaal trouble
which says:
Equality of representation with tax
alton, language, law, responsibility of
the administration to the legislature
and the removal of religious d:sabi!i
ties are common among the chief of the
Uitlanders demands, while they desire
to maintain republican institutions"
An editorial IN the Times complains
That the French and German press are
critic:sing England without proDerlv
grasping the history or geography of
the question.
The Times believes that no desperate
remedy such as an appeal to force will
be required. Some reasonable conces-
s!Ons," it continues. "even though not
al that the U.tlanders might rightful-
" claim, might avail to postpone a con-
flict"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-30

II Tom Reed and the others who had
a hand in framing the Dingley tariff bill
wanted To- raise more revenue, why did
they leave sugar untouched? A mere
chans, -A ne form Of duties levied on
imported surc would have increased
the revenue by a very large sum, which.
under the present ad valOrem plan "a
system, by the way. our Republican
friends have heretofore pretended TO alb
hor) now goes to the mill.onaires Of the
Sugar Trust. The trust. Immediately
upon the report Of the bill to Congress
raised It's price - Of a cent a pound.
and It's stock doomed in Wall street.
Great Is the Sugar Trust and sweet is
sugar TO the g. o. p.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-30

u IS alleged as a reason for its being
thrust forward at this time that t he
Dingley tariff bill is designed TO create
revenue In the first place, as the
President and Secretary Carlisle have
pointed out, more revenue is not needed,
but If It were, why was not this bill
constructed on revenue lines? Why is
its principal feature designed TO increase
the burdens Of the people through in
creased taxes on their WOODEN clothing
five dollars where Il would increase the
revenue Of the government but one dol
lar? There is no revenue in such a meas
Ure IL Is simply high protective tariff
scheme