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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
POOR CEMENT FLOORS
THOSE IN THE MANUAL TRAINING
SCHOOL CRUMBLING TO PIECES.
A Sequel to the Refusal of the School
board Committee to Approve the
Final Estimates.

About one-third of the cement floors laid
at the new Manual Training School build
ing are unsatisfactory and must be rcsaid.
The work has been approved by the School
Board and the final estimates allowed 1t
will be recalled that at the last meeting of
the board Commissioner Blackledge voted
against the acceptance of the final esti-
mates for the reason that some of the work
was not completed according to contract.
He held the work should all be completed
satisfactorily before the final estimates
were allowed. Commissioner Scott at first
objected to the acceptance of the estimates,
but after supervising architect Adolph Scher-
rer and the Manual Training School COM
mittee reported that the work had been
completed according to specifications, he
withdrew his objections. ]. c. Pierson has
shown a disposition to have the floors prop
erly laid, but as matters now stand the
board cannot compel him to make further
repairs If he chooses otherwise, for the
work has been accepted. Mr.. Pierson says
the faulty cement shall be relaid. Building
Inspector Pendergast says the cement was
not laid according to contract, but custodi-
an Fletcher, of the building, who saw the
floors laid, expresses his opinion of Mr..
Pendergasts judgment in the elegant Ian
guage that Pendergast don't know any
more about buildings than a hog knows
about Sunday. Mr.. Fletcher says the ce-
ment was all laid according to Specifications.
He showed a reporter about the building
yesterday afternoon and pointed out the
places where it will be necessary to relay
the cement. The floors about the entrances
and at the head of each stairway are badly
worn. Near the front entrance it is cracking
and crumbling. Mr.. Fletcher says 1t has
been relaid there three times by Mr.. Pier
sons orders. The Cleveland Fire Roofing
Company began the work. but much of the
cement which it laid has been taken up.
The Cleveland company failed, and Mr..
Pierson employed Laakman & Sherrer to re-
lay the faulty cement. The last-named
firm has met with poor success. The ce-
ment which it laid in the basement has
proved first-class, but the cement laid in the
halls has cracked. Mr.. Fletcher says he
knows the cement was put down according
to specifications, and he attributes the
cracking to the expansion and contraction
of the iron work in the building. Mr.. Pier
son has prepared to relay those portions
cracked. 1t is doubtful If cement floors will
ever prove satisfactory in the building. In
all buildings the floors settle some, and
where cement is laid trouble generally re-
suits unless the material is put down in
small blocks.
The date of the dedication of the new
building has been set for Monday, June 3.
DR.. Mendenhall, formerly president of Rose
POLYTECHNIC Institute, will be asked to de-
liver the address.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
HALE MAKES ANOTHER MATCH.
VIII Try a Heayy-Weight Man-One
Bout Wins the Match for Him.

Herb Hale. of this city. who claims the
welterweight westling championship of
America and Dan Mcleod a Scotch wrest-
Ter of wide reputation, were matched last
night for a match in this city May 6. Hale
has a long string of victories and Mcleod
is a candidate for the worlds championship
The latter is a Seotchman and many au-
thorities place him at the top of all wrest-
lers. He is to throw Hale three times
within an hours wrestling time, strange
hold and flying fall barred. The match is
to be catch-as-catch-can for $500 a side and
a purse of 800 offered by Dickson & Tai
bolt. Hale is going out of his class, but his
friends think he can hold the Scotchman at
bay for an hours time and perhaps longer.
If Hale wins one bout he wins the stake
and the purse. Mcleod weighs about 165
pounds and he is the recognized middle
weight champion, although several times
he has gone out of his class and wrestled
heavier men with success. The match will
take place at English's and because of Hale's
successes will attract a great deal of inter-
est. Mcleod will be the best man with whom
the local champion has ever commended.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
JURISDICTION ON THE WABASH.
Fish Law yioIators May BE Prosecuted
Report of Special Commissioners.

w. A. Cullop. of Vincennes. who was ap-
pointed by Governor Matthews to investi-
gate the violations of the fish avs in the
Wabash river and pass upon the claim of
the violators that they are exempt from
prosecution because the river is a boundary
between Indiana and Illinois. and neither
State can claim jurisdiction, yesterday
filed his report. He acted with the Fish
Commissioner of Illinois in his investiga-
ton. Mr.. Cullop says there is a dam across
the river near Mount Carmel, ILL.,. and that
the fish cannot pass it. The dam was con-
structed by the government, and no pro-
vision has been made for the fish TO pass
up or down the stream. Mr.. Cuilop re-
ports that the fishing laws of this State
are daily violated along the Wabash, where
it serves as a boundary between this State
and Illinois. Fishermen use seines and dy-
Mantle and simply slaughter the fish. They
claim that neither State can lay. claim to
the river, and hence they are exempt from
prosecution. MIR. Cullop takes a different
view of the question. and he says prosecu-
tions can be made in this State for viola
lions of the fish laws along the Wabash.
He makes a complete report upon his in
vestigations, and quotes a number of cases
showing that Indiana has jurisdiction along
and over the river.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
WILLIAM HARRIS ACCUSED.
After Three Years OF Service Charged
with Taking $3.

William Harris was arrested yesterday
afternoon at the instance of George +.
Kreitlein. his employer. charged with en-
bezzlement. Harris has been employed by
Kreitlein, in driving a delivery wagon for
the last three years and no complaint had
ever been made against him before. Kreit-
lein alleges that Harris collected So which
he failed to turn over. but yesterday after
noon was the first the young man had
heard of the affair. He was taken to the
office of William Herod and there informed
OF kreitlein's suspicious and asked if he
wanted to settle up. He denied the accusa-
ton. and asked TO be taken to the store
where he might prove that he had paid in
the money a. soon as collected. He says
the bookkeeper corroborated his statement.
but Ereitlein was not satisfied and had
officer Harry Wallace arrest the young man.
His friends think the matter is an outrage,
as Harris has always been considered a
model young man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
AUCTION SALE OF PICTURES.
Forty Pictures Sold at the Grand Ho-
tel Last Night-SaIe Again Tonight.

The auction sale of the paintings of A.
Montgomery, of Boston, will be concluded
this evening at the Grand Hotel. MIR. Mont
gomery says he is much gratihed at the
manner in which the Indianapolis public has
taken up his pictures. He was told when
he came here that it would be impossible
to make an auction sale of high-grade pic
lures a success, but he feels that he has
proved the contrary. He says the auction
paintings in the East, and that I~ndianap-
oils has taken up the custom very readily.
He has sold about forty pictures already,
and has some twenty more for tonight.
His paintings are mainly confined to pas
toral scenes and to domestic animals, his
forte being the painting of dogs, one
picture, entitled "A Spirit of Weakness,
IS the head of a setter, with all of the in
telligence and docility of that class of an
imaIs depicted. This and a number of his
other pictures which have been sold will
also be on exhibition tonight.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
PARK COMMISSIONERS TALK.
They Again Meet and Discuss Numer-
GUS Plans and Projects.

The Board of Park Commissioners met
with members of the Commercial Gu yes
terday afternoon at the rooms of the club
and discussed the park question. Members of
the Commercial Clubs park committee
were present, and all expressed the hope
that the park question would be agitated
and work pushed. 1t was decided that the
engineer who came here last year to for
mulate plans for a park system along Fall
creek and White river should be paid. AS
the Park Commission was not then in ex-
istence it is a question If the city can pay
the amount. Those present at the confer
ence thought ground for the proposed
parks north should be secured as soon as
possible. Another proposition considered
was the building of driveways along each
side of Pleasant run from Shelby street to
Garfield Park. 1t was thought that a
boulevard along the run would max an
excellent approach to the park.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
SHE ATTENDED THE THEATER.
As a Result Nellie sheets's Resort Has
Been Ordered Closed.

superintendent Powell has issued an
order for the closing of the house run by
Nellie Sheets, on West Court street The
woman was arrested yesterday morning on
a warrant charging her with being Of i'm
moral character, and Louis Rosenthal, said
to be a close friend of the woman, was
arrested on a warrant swoI.l out by a re-
porter, charging him with associating with
immoral characters. The man and woman
were seen at the Grand Opera House Fri
day night, and as superintendent Powell
has decreed that such persons shall not at
tend any public gatherings, he ordered her
house closed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
contestants For HONOR.

The preliminary contest of the Girls
Classical School was held Friday morning
at the school building. The programme
occupied nearly three hours. an unusually
large numbe of pupils having secured that
degree of success which permits participa-
ton in the contest. Twenty-Five members
of the advanced department attained the
required rank and nineteen rendered Sc
lections. The judges, Rev. G. A. Carsten-
sen, Mr.. T. C. Day and Miss Elizabeth Dye,
awarded to the following young women
test. which will take place Friday. May
81: Heloise Morton, Julia Hollweg, May
Hanley, Estelle Sterne, Edna Benton,
Helen Nelson, Margaret Hankey, Louise
Moore, sarah Wilson. Kate Sullivan. May
KENYON. sAiice Long.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
Frank Carter o the Council.

The friends of Frank Carter are very
anxious for him to become a candidate for
councilman in the Second ward. The ward
is a long strip of land running north and
south, and for years the. councilman has
been from The northern section. Mr.. Car
ter is a resident of the southern part Mr..
Carter does not feel that he would care
to enter the race if Councilman Allen, the
present representative, is again a candi-
date, but If anything should so happen that
Mr.. Allen is not a candidate Mr.. Carter
would try for the place. Some of his more
enthusiastic friends are in favor of push
ing him for councilman at large.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
BASS LAKE ABANDONED.
Presbyterians Looking for Another
Location for Indiana C-hautauqua.

The executive committee Of the Presby-
terrain missions, which has in charge the
establishment of the assembly and summer
school which was to have been located
near Bass lake, has decided that the loca-
ton will be changed, as the people of Stark
county have failed to furnish the money
with which to build the road to Bass lake.
A committee was appointed to visit Rome
City, Lake M~axinkuckee and Turkey lake.
and it is probable that one of. these places
will be selected. 1t is intended to open the
assembly the ist of August.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27

The death of James Hasson. aged sixty
six years, occurred Thursday evening at
the home of his son-in-law, W.. C. Hall,
No. SIG North Meridian street. Mr.. Hasson
had lived in Indianapolis FOR thirty years.
He was at the head of the Builders and
Manufacturers Association for several
years. After the organization of the Taher-
nacle Church he became one of its proni-
nent members Before that he was a men,
Der of the Third Presbyterian Church. Mr..
They are G. r. Hasson. Of Cincinnati. Mrs.
Elizabeth Hall and William 4. Hasson, of
this city, and j, A. Hasson. of Cleveland.
The funeral Will be held at 2 O'Clock this
Afternoon at the home Of w. G. Hall. som
in-laW OF Mr.. Hasson.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
MONopoLIzING THE FOUNTAINS.
Police Will See that Horses Are Not
to stand Nenr Them.

Superintendent Powell has called the at
tention of the police officers to the fact
that there have been numerous violations
of the ordinance prohibiting drivers from
permitting their horses to stand at the pub
lie drinking fountains, for a longer time
than is absolutely necessary. 1t is stated
that many drivers leave their horses stand
ing at a fountain while they transact bust
ness in a nearby store. The officers were
ordered to arrest all such persons, as il is
against the law 10 permit a horse TO con-
tinually stand within ten feet of a public
drinking fountain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
AGED WOMAN INJURED.
While Alighting from an l.. E. 6 w.
Train ~Sustains Serious Injuries.

Mrs. Jemima Jackson, aged sixty-nine, re-
siding near Cicero, came to the city yester-
day afternoon over the l.. E. & W., and
while alighting from the train at the Massa-
chusetts-avenue station she slipped, and in
the fall fractured her right ankle, dislo-
Gated her left knee and injured her hip.
She was picked up almost unconscious and
was taken to the City HOSPITAL. where her
injuries were dressed. She was in a serious
condition late last night, and there is some
doubt as to her recovery, as the shock was
quite severe. She lives with her husband
on a farm near Cicero.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
uis. Talre Exonerated.

The charges made against Miss Mollie E.
Talge, matron of the Guardians Home for
Children, which were made by Mrs. J. III.
Seybold, who was for a time seamstress
in the institution, have been proven entirely
unfounded. 1t had been alleged that the
matron punished the children excessively
and that certain supplies intended for the
children were used by the matron- Mrs.
b. F. Goodhart. of 476 Broadway, secretary
and treasurer of the institution, states that
a complete examination has been made and
the charges found to be false.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27

visiting the leading educational %centers,
Christian and heather, of Europe, Egypt,
Turkey, India. Persia, China and Japan.
In the course of his tour he made one jour
ney of over a thousand miles In the saddle
from outhe Russia across Persia,
Kurdistan and Asia Minor to the Mediter-
ranean sea. Mr.. Wishard will speak sun
day evening in the First Presbyterian
Church on christian Work for Young Men
in the Colleges and Universities OF Oriental
IondSv
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
Pnrse and $50 Missing.

Mrs. Herndon, living at No. 47 South
Meridian street, reported to the police au-
thorities yesterday that she had called at
the private room of DR.. Temple, in the
Denison House. to be treated by the Boy
Phenomenon the opposed magnetic healer,
and that when she went into the room she
had a purse with $50 in it, but when she
departed she discovered that it was gone.
She did not accuse the physician, but want
ed her purse and money.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
No place y.r the school.

The Girls Industrial School has again
been crowded out of its place at Tomlinson
Hall and there will be no meeting to-day.
There are $40 pupils, and there is no room
other than Tomfinson Hall which will ac-
commodate the school. The school closes
In May. and, with the hall occupied to-day
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
Talk by N Traveller.

Mr.. Luther ID. Wishard, OF New York,
secretary of the foreign department of the
international Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION. win arrive IN Indianapolis this
afternoon. Mr.. Wishard spent more than
three years on q trip AROUND the world.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
Mail Carriers for North indianapolis.

Postmaster Sahm went to North Indian
apolis yesterday to see just how badly the
people there need free delivery. Those with
whom he talked seemed very well satisfied
with the present arrangement. Mr.. Sahm
will ask the Rostoffice Department to grant
him authority to extend free delivery to
the new part of the city, and he thinks it
will take two carriers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
pRoposrTIoN OF THE TRUST.
Looked Upon with Favor by the City
Authorities-May BE Obstacles.

Authorities-May BE Obstacles.
Members of the City Council and other
municipal officers are discussing the prop
osition of John p. Frenzel to turn over
the Consumers Gas Trust interests to the
city If the municipality will assume the
company's indebtedness. Councilmen Young
and Allen are in favor of the plan, and
City Attorney Scott has been requested to
Investigate the question. Some think that
the city cannot take hold of the plant, be-
cause the assumption of the company'S OBJ
legations to its stockholders would increase
the city's debt beyond the limitation.
Councilman Allen talked with Mayor Denny
about the matter. The Mayor said that il
the permanent trustees had the power to
transfer the property regardless the wishes
of the stockholders he would be in favor
of entertaining the proposition. But"
said he. Il doubt if the thing is practical
BILE or can be done.'
Councilman Rauh thinks that every mem
Der of the Council will be in favor of aking
hold of the trust If it is possible.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
New Boards of Control Meet.

The boards of control of the Central In
sane Hospital, the Institution for the Edit
cation of the Blind and the Institution for
the Education of the Deaf and Dumb met
Yesterday for the first time at the State
house and awarded contracts for supplies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
AZ The Y. N. @. A.. To-Morrow.

The pastor of the Seventh Presbyterian
Church. Rev. George Knox. will speak to
young men at the u. M. c. A. On Sunday
afternoon at BIAS o'clock. The music will
consist of selections by the Milo Mandolin
Club. male quartet and q baritone solo.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
VIII Inspect the Wells.

City Sanitarian Wynn expects to begin
within the next month an investigation of
the drinking wells of the city. He will
also look after the location of vaults, which
in a number of localities are very near
family wells.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
Light Into egypt

The Board of Public Works has sue
ceeded in adjusting the Egypt" perplexity
and hopes to open the way in a few days.
All of the land owners except one have
come to terms. The board will buy a right
OF way through the real estate of the I'M
x,ioldiylr
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27

time for the girls to complete their spring
sewing, of which there is a large amount
ON hand
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
Hats.

Dunlap's Celebrated Hats.
Derby, Soft and Silk, are the best hats
made. Seaton's Hat Store.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27

Insure your home in the Glens Falls.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27

New things u Parior Goods. Vim. I. Elder
Omaha daily bee., 1895-07-31
CONTRACTORS ARE GIVING IN.
Strike of the New York TnilOrs
IiAeIA In Re SetlIcI Soon.

Strike of the New York Tni1Ors
Likely to he Settled Soon.
NEW YORK, July 30.-The contractors are
coming forward in such numbers to accede to
the demands of the striking taiors that 1t is
probable that the strike will be soon ended.
More than sixty contractors have signed the
agreement. These are the leading contractors
Of the city and they employ from fifteen to
500 workmen each. AS result 1000 tailors
will resume work tomorrow morning. The
settlement committee will continue to hold
sessions daily until the contractors are ac-
commodated who desire to be. The striking
tailors gathered in a great mass meeting In
the large hall at Cooper Union tonight and
after listening to speeches by their leaders,
passed resolutions endorsing the strike. II
was a remarkable gathering of strikers, hun
dreds of women and young girls being among
the most earnest and demonstrative of the
audience, and women with babies in their
arms, too, whose cries mingled with the
laughter and applause.
Charles F Rechers president of the
United Garment Workers of America which
is affiliated with the Brotherhood of Taiors
was chairman Samuel Gompers declared that
the strike was in line with a movement of
the workingmen all over the country for
shorter hours He said in a speech: THE
time has come when hours of labor must be
reduced. May l, 1896, the organized labor
movement of America will demand the en-
forcement of the eight-hour law
Omaha daily bee., 1895-07-31
ROADS BEAT THE COMMISSION.
Reduced the Rates Before the Case
Against Them Was Decided.


Against Them Was Decided.
WASHINGTON July 3O.-The Interstate
Commerce commission today announced its
decision in the case of the Michigan Box com
pany against the Flint e. Pere Marquette
Railroad company, the Michigan Southern
Railway company, the Canadian Southern
Railway company and the Chicago Grand
Trunk Railway company. The points decided
are as follows:
1. The railroad companies named as de-
PENDANTS established and maintained a rate Of
Is cents per 100 pounds on box shook and
a rate of II cents per 100 pounds on lumber,
laths and shingles carried from Bay City,
Mich, to Buffalo, Black Rock, Tonawanda and
Suspension Bridge, ~ Y. A car load Of um-
Der weighs about SO 600 pounds car load of
box shocks, or shingles, weighs about 10000
pounds. Lumber carried in car loads is worth
from $3.50 to $500 per car; car load of box
shocks is worth about 1920. The freight
charges on both lumber and box shocks are
about $43, and on shingles about $32 per
car load. The rates on these several products
are the same from Bay City to Cleveland and
ports on Lake Erie, other than Buffalo, and
to points in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and other
states, Held that the higher rates on box
shocks was not justified and was excessive
but as the excessive rates have been reduced
by the companies prior to (nis decision nj
order Of the commission is necessary.