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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-27
CONGRESSIONAL APPoRTIONMENT.
House Passed the Bill Last Night
Under Suspension.

The member who appears for Cass and
Miami counties in the House of Repre-
sentatives was trifie late at the Maenner-
Choir carnival last night, but his face wore
a smile Of intense qualification, for his pet
measure, the congressional reapportionment
bill. had passed the House few moments
before Mr.. Statesman called up the bill
at 10 o'clock and moved that the rules be
suspended and the bill placed upon It's
passage. 1t was necessary to do some
hustling to get enough votes to carry the
notion but after some persuasion Repre-
sentatives Howe and Gibson, two Repub-
licans who voted in the negative, were in
duced to change their votes. This change
gave the requisite number, sixty-seven
votes. for the motion. Twelve Republican
votes were recorded against it. The previ-
Gus question was moved and carried, and on
final passage there were fifty-nine votes for
the bill and sixteen against. Two Repub-
leans, Gibson and Garriott, voted against
planning his vote, said that he. thought it
a high-handed outrage that the bill be
s sat down amid a shout of laughter in
which he and many OF the other Democratic
members joined Mr.. wilson IN, explained . ed, his
bit. but it is such an improvement over the
present law that shall vote aye.
Mr.. Moore. Who was ir the Speakers chair,
announced that hereafter the rule in rela-
ton to persons other than members oc-
cupying the floor of the House would be
rigidly observed, and called on the door
keepers to strictly enforce the order. 1t
was held, however, that this rule was not
intended to apply to friends of members
who are invited to occupy members seats.
The order of the evening was the
ceiving of reports of committees. The re-
port of the judiciary committee Mr..
Bohannan's bill fixing the legal rate of in
terest at per cent. provoked an interest
ing discussion. The majority report recon-
mended the indefinite postponement of the
BILL but Mr.. Robinson, the chairman of the
committee, offered minority report, and
made a strong speech in favor of the
bill He said that the money realized from
6 per cent. loans to-day had greater pur-
chasing power than had 5 per cent. when
the present law was passed in 1879, and that
it is harder to pay per cent interest now
than it was to pay per cent them The
same cry was heard when the legal rate
was redeemed from 10 per cent to s that
capital would be driven from the State.
but there was no such result. The rate is
too high. The speaker knew of banks
that are paying per- cent. on deposits,
loaning the money out at and paying div
idends Of 10 per cent. to stockholders. Mr..
Duncan supported the minority report, and
Mr.. Griffin and Mr.. Wilson SPOKE for the
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JOHNSON INVESTIGATION.
Testimony of Mrs. Johnson-COmmit t.
tee Returned Last Night.

The investigation of the charges against
Superintendent johnson at Fort Wayne end
ed at o'clock yesterday afternoon. The
principal witness was Mrs. Johnson who is
assistant superintendent. 1t was her duty
to take charge of the girls and to look after
their welfare; she looked carefully after
their comfort and endeavored to be a
mother and make them feel that it was
home and not an institute. She had charge
of the food. 1t was good and wisely Sc
lected, being better and more varied than
that generally found in the home of work
ingmen She made it her duty to see every
girl daily and personally talk to all that
were sick and learn their daily condition
and keep the doctor fully advised. Mr.
Johnson entered a general denial to all the
charges. He claims that all the food pur-
chased for the institution was excellent
palatable and ample, and the children's
health was good considering the many
feeble constitutions. In regard to the diff
Guilty with Mrs. Orr. the matron, he COM
plimented her ability and stated that she
had good control over her subordinates and
the children. Her manner was arbitrary
and on the occasion she claims he called her
liar, he denied ii. The trouble arose
about furnishing some clothes to the farm.
Mrs. Orr insisted that she had never been
notified by the man in charge of the farm
that they needed clothing. When confront
ed with the man who had notified her she
then admitted that she had received notice
and johnson testified that he only said
her memory was failing her. In regard to
the punishment Of Jack Frost for calling
his daughter vile names, he stated that
this was the only time he had punished
in anger He admitted turning the hose on
him and then taking him into the office and
whipping him with a paddle that was used
to chastise children, but the charge that
the boy was disabled from tho effects is
not true. as he was around at work the next
morning and was never disabled day from
its effects. The charge that he kicked him
is entirely untrue. Hes said that he never
kicked the child in his life. He said that
politics never entered tae question of APP
pointments.
Senators White and Boyd. of the COM
mttee. returned to this city at IL o'clock
mittee had been rushed for time at Fort
Wayne and the evidence taken was Of
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OPPOSITION TO BooRD's BILL.
H0rsemen Do Not Like the Antf-POOl
Provision.

The horsemen of the State and racing
associations are opposed to the racing bill
of Senator Boord, which was up yesterday
on second reading, and which will probably
be called up to-day for final passage. The
bill lis as follows:
Section /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Indiana, That it
shall be unlawful to allow any horse, geld
ing or mare to trot, or pace any
race course or track in this State. from the
18th day of October to the 18th day of
April, before a public assemblage composed
of fifty more people. And any president,
vice president, secretary, treasurer or direc-
tor o. any fair association or other cor
poration or association, who shall suffer,
allow or permit any violation of this sec
ton, shall be fined in any sum not less than
$50 nor more than $500.
Sec. g And it shall be unlawful to allow
any horse, gelding or mare to trot, run or
pace any race course or track, in this
State, before public assenlblage composed
of fifty or more people at any time, if any
pools have been sold or any money or thing
of value has been bet on such horse, geld
ing OF mare. And any president, vice presi-
dent, secretary, treasurer or director of
any fair association, or other corporation or
association, who shall suffer, allow per-
nit any violation of this section shall be
fined in any sum not less than $50 nor more
than $500
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A SUPERIOR COURT VICTORY.
The Hammond and Michigan City
People Are Happy.

The Hammond and Michigan City
People Are Happy.
The Lake and LaPorte county people who
have been in the city even since the Leg
islature has been in session, lobbying for
the bill giving Lake, LaPorte and Porter
counties a Superior Court, allowed their
enthusiasm to overstep the bounds of the
House decorum yesterday. afternoon when
their bill passed by a vote of IS to 20. They
have made strong fight'fo the measure
and in their efforts have been tireless
some members of the delegation being pres
ent at every session of the House Mr..
Dinwiddie, of Lake, and Mr.. Lambert OPP
posed the bill, while Mr.. gilbert, of Mich
igan City, supported it, The bill will be
largely for the benefit Of Hammond and
Michigan City, neither of which is a coun-
ty seat in their respective counties. These
cites shave increased largely in population
it is burdensome to compel them to trans
act their court business in Crown Point
ana LaPorte, the two county seats. La
Porte county has recently completed new
courthouse and it urged that the new
court would itself be burden to the en-
tire people of the county. Mr.. Dinwiddie
and Mr. gilbert had agreed to limit the
discussion to five minutes on side, but
Mr.. Merritt secured the eye of the Speak
err and launched into speech against the
bill. He showed that, under the bill, judg-
ments rendered by the new court would
and at the city in which the court held
sessions. A man would have to go to two
places to see that a judgment against him
was satisfied.
Mr.. Robinson, chairman of the judiciary
committee, said the bill was one of the
fairest that had come before his committee.
1t would be saving of money to the coun-
ties in the course of time, instead of an
expense; it would shut off the danerous
county seat fights. The people OF these
counties proposed to bear the expense of
this new court themselves, although every
other court in the State is maintained at the
expense of the State Justice delayed is
justice denied added Mr.. Robinson, than
whom mans words have more weight
with the members of the House.
:, Mr.. Lambert, tried to make a speech. on
the measure, but both Messrs. Dinwiddie
and gilbert called the previous question
Mr.. Lambert, however, had an opportunity
to get in a few words opposing the bill
in explaining his vote. He said so per cent.
of the people in the counties affected were
against the measure. After victory for the
bill had been announced the vote being
So to %, the lobbyists applauded and the
Chair threatened to rule them off the floor
If they caused such another outburst
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ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.
Annual Appropriation of Six Hundred
Dollars Voted.

Bill 106, authorizing the State printer to
print the annual report of the Academy of
Science, was the first bill handed down. 1t
opened up long discussion. in which some
sticklers for economy declared their oppo-
sition to it. Those opposed to the bill We're
Mr.. Harris, Mr.. Stakebake and Mr.. Howe.
Mr.. Fettit, of Wabash, moved that the bill
be recommitted with instructions to pre-
vent the bill carrying an appropriation for
the year 1894, and this was done. The re-
port was received and the bill again placed
upon its passage. Then the same member
moved again to recommit it with instruc-
tons to amend so as to make the annual
amount $500. This was the shape in which
the bill finally passed by a. large majority.
The Academy of Science contains names
that are connected with Indiana school his
tory and have an international reputation.
Bill 318,. introduced by Mr.. Van Arsdel
called up and passed by a vote of 81
ayes to nays Mr.. Van Arsdel explained
that it simply protected farmers who have
set fences to sixty-foot road which has
been used for twenty years as public high
way from the necessity of changing the
fence so as to permit the roadway to be
made narrower.
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CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT.
stuarfs Bill to Prevent Election
0Aausax pa hY the

Stuart's Bill to Prevent Election
OMenses Passed by the Senate.
The Senate yesterday passed the bill Of
Senator Stuart known as the election Of
lenses BILL The bill provides severe penal
ties for offenses against the election laws,
graded according to the gravity of the
crime, penalties ranging from a fine to
imprisonment for FIVE years. The bill is a
copy of the New York law with a few
changes. Unexpected opposition the bill
developed yesterday, and bare constitu-
tional majority was mustered in it's favor.
Senator Duncan showed that If he were a
candidate and acceded to the demand of
tramp for q nickel to buy glass of beer
or a sandwich that he could be prosecuted
and 9h b IF tas Tie vote
The Senate also passed the bill for the
amendment Of the co-empioges liability law
the railroads and provides that where an
ehat papaSIe DANGER that eouid
not recover, and that where the injury was
the result of the carelessness or incompe-
tence of a co-employe that there could be
no recovery unless written notice of such
Incompetence had previously been filed
ene OF Of He aes the Senate
passed the bill empowering grand lodges to
hold and transfer shares of stock. This was
the bill introduced by Senator McHugh to
enable the Grand Lodge K. of P. to pur-
chase ground upon which to erect a temple
The Senate also passed the following
bills:
BY Senator Rinear-Fixing the terms of
court in the Twenty-eighth judicial cir
cult
H. B. 1s4-Providing that hedge fences
shall be trimmed once year to heig hit
of five feet and a width of three feet.
II. B. 261-Legalizing the incorporation Of
the town of Broad Ripple
BY Senator Barnes-Proy.ding a fine of
from 500 to 5000 for the sale OF pernicious
literature.
BY Senator Seller-Providing that county
commissioners shall take control Of gravel
roads built by private enterprise.
BY Senator Misunderstanding assess
ments for sewer improvements in cities hav-
ing population Of from $4,000 to SO, 900.
By Senator McLean-To reimburse certain
township trustees for money lost in a
broken bank.
BY Senator Notwithstanding the insur-
ance laws to exempt local companies from
the penalty of 10 per cent: for failure to
settle loss Within sixty days
H. B. 61-Authorizing the formation of
companies to operate tobacco warehouses.
Senator Sellers BILL providing for the
bringing of suits to test the validity OF
laws and ordinances was defeated.
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When House bill No. $685. providing for an
appropriation for the State government and
it's institutions, is brought up, an amend
ment to item H. which states that the mes
senger of the Supreme Court shall be
stenographer and receive a salary of 5000
will be offered, making the item read in
stead of stenographer, assistant law IL
brarian' at a salary of $1,000 Mr. III.
l.. Shonacker, who is at present the as
sistant law librarian and messenger to the
Supreme Court, is heartily in favor of such
an amendment. He was seen last night
and stated that 1t would be almost impos-
sible for the assistant law librarian to act
as sterographer to the Supreme Court in
addition to acting as messenger. He said
"Such "A provision would not be consistent
with the remainder of the bill Item z
provides that the assistant State librarian
shall receive salary of $1,100 while that
PERSONS hours of duty are only from D a. m.
until p. and the duties are by no means
so heavy as those of the assistant law
librarian. Besides having to work from
early III the morning till late at night the
assistant law librarian is required to have
some knowledge of law. two out of every
three weeks the Supreme Court is in session
and as messenger he is required to sleep
il the court room in order to be of ser
vice. 1t would be an injustice for the bill
to be passed in its present form and I
hope that the members will investigate the
smatter before they vote on it,
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a mixed character. He said Is was i'm
possible to say what the recommendations
OF the committee would be as there were
among whom is the former bookkeeper.
Paxton. The committee has thus far been
unable to locate him, but believe he can
be found at Richmond. Senator White said
the evidence thus far obtained had not
fully substantiated all Of the charges made
was compelled to leave Fort Wayne be-
fore 1t had an opportunity to hear johnson
fully and he would appear before ii in this
city.
Senator Boyd said he did not want to
talk about the investigation because it
had not been completed. The evidence tax
in Johnson's favor and a part of il was
very unfavorable to him. He said the next
meeting of the committee would probably
be held tomorrow night and 1t would
probably report to the Legislature by Mon
day night. He could not tell what its recon-
mendations might be until all of the evil
Gence is in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-27
ADJUSTMENTS.

Grnnd-NethersoIei i'm ..FrOu FrOu.'
Miss Nethersole heightened the fine i'm
preston of her great talents by her work
in 'Frou- Frou' at the Grand last night.
While one Is slow to admit she is a greater
Gilberte than Camille there were some
beauties in the second performance lacking
in the first. These were contributed largely
by the supporting company Mr.. Barrymore
was more effective in the last two acts
than at any time in Camille" while Barton
Hill came out strong In the role of Brigard,
which admits of pleasing comedy in spots.
AS Gilberte in the first act, Miss Nethersole
wore her hair. with its peculiar copper
bronze hue, hanging in old-fashioned curls
about her pretty face, rather hiding the
mature beauty of the same, but affording
an opportunity to shake the curls in a girl
ish fashion BETTING Frou-Frou. The sue
cessive stages of this well-known stage
character were portrayed with distinctly
original vein of humor until Frou-F'rou feels
the responsibility of her position, when in
the space of few moments she seemed to
grow older by ten years.
The quarrel scene with Louise was re-
markable piece of acting, but after seeing
Nethersole in two death scenes one cannot
help declaring, in unqualified terms, that
the portrayal OF human agony and death is
a gift divine to this woman. Nethersole has
gone step further IN this direction than
others. She. reveals the feelings of the ay-
ing with faithfulness that those only
who have been near to the awful, mysterious
portal can fully appreciate. The overpower-
Ing weight of sadness and woe of her death
chamber are sodden with realism. The au-
dience is chilled when her iifeless-appearing
face is lifted from the floor, IL a cold,
dank breath from the tomb had come upon
Miss Nethersoe will appear in Camille
at the matinee to-day and Will close her en-
gagement here with THE Transgressor to-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-27
WINTER RACING BILL.
Governor Matthews Sends the Senate
n Communication.

Governor Matthews sent the following
message to the Senate yesterday morning:
II trust it may not be deemed improper
in me, owing to the few days remaining,
ito ask to call the attention of the Senate
to Senate bill No. 303, relative to winter
racing, and beg it's early consideration. I
have reason to believe that Immediately
upon the adjournment of the Legislature
the Rooy Fair Association propose to re-
their meetings, which have been such
a source of annoyance and modification to
the citizens of the State The enactment
of the proposed law will prohibit these
meetings and save the State much expense
in otherwise dealing with this public nui
sanca and evil
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pre.byterian General Assemblies.

pITTSBURG. Feb 26.-Three Presbyterian
,anara1 assemblies are to meet in this city
n They are re the ni Prssoyserag
SSna,.ai AgSembly and the Cumberland
presbTterian General Assembly. This viii
he the first time in their history that
thav have all met in the same place az
thesa me time Reports now being prepared
s rsr the presbyterian assembly show. THAI
the church membership aggregates almost
1 100000 people.
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Legislative Notes.

The Senate yesterday adopted resolu-
ton accepting with thanks the preferred
donation by George l.. Meyers of fifty copies
of Meyers Annotated Revised Statutes Of
Indiana of 1895 for State use.
The Senate yesterday adopted a resolution
giving to chief clerk r. 3. Oglesbee $3.50,
and to William N. Ennis $500 for extra
work in connection with the compiling and
indexing of the Senate journal
The Democratic Senators held a. caucus
yesterday at the close of the morning ses-
sion and delegated Senators Mclean and
Kern to make the principal speeches for
the minority the legislative and appor-
tionment bills that are the special order
for to-day.
The Democrats who voted for the Nichol-
son bill were: MeSsrs. Billingsly, Blue,
Dalman, Duncan, Harrison of Shell
by, Higbee, Kell. Kelley, McGeath.
Swope, White and Williams-1. MrSCooley
was absent and did not vote Among the
Republicans absent who would have voted
for 1T were Speaker Adams, Mr.. Boardman
and Mr.. Elliott. Mr.. Elliott was detained by
sickness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-27
WEATHER BUREAU FIGURES.

Temperature Records Yesterday
Morning and Last Night.
c. f. r. Wappenhans, local forecast off,
cial of the Weather Bureau, furnishes the
following observations taken yesterday at
the places and hours named
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-27
Eoreca.t for wednesday.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 26-For Indiana
Fair; east winds.
For Enthusiastically fair; southeast
winds.
For ohio-Fair; slightly warmer; variable
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-27
SENATE BiiIs on SECOND Reading.

The Senate had a large number of bills
yesterday on second reading. Among the
most important were the following:
Concerning commercial paper that ma
lures on legal holidays.
Authorizing the sale of bonds to pay the
State debt.
To regulate the sale of conHct-made
goods.
Providing for the appointment of metro
politan police boards in cities with popu-
lation of from 1900 to 35, 600.
Providing for subjects for medical col
leges.
To regulate the practice of dentistry.
Providing penalties for the pollution of
lakes and streams.
To legalize the records of circuit and
superior courts.
Providing for general system of drain
age.
A bill for an habitual criminal act.
To create State veterinary board.
Providing that embezzlement of sums of
less than s. shall be deemed petit larceny.
Providing for the deduction of unexpended
school funds from the next apportionment
of school funds
To repeal the present legislative appor-
tionment act.
Apportioning the State for legislative pur-
poses.
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r. 1ass s ssssRz e
Leeay. Lonswei. I faGhns' Mese i Nc.
Caskey. McGeath, Mcintosh. McCrea, Me-
,endy, Merritt, Miller, Moore, Newhouse.
Reynolds, Robinson. Ross, Simmons, Smith
q thHhntIIngten Smith q ,IIptog spiris1.
ma NSaysFEBobiIya. cglbert. Davis. Farrell.
o'Brien, Remington. spaulding; stotsen-
ousg' y,onnhegut Wiiougnny. Wi,s ~ The vote
Gratis refused 70 es's Be Bound by caucus On
members in the House only four voted
against it. these being Messrs; Bobilya.
Peist; Remington and sto ,,gsa Inc
mostly from Evansville. Terre Haute, and
from southern counties having large
o,Brien, labor members, voted with the
minority. There was loud clapping OF
hands by members and visitors when the
called for a vote on the title of the bill.
1t was amended to include the last
section added to it. and then it passed out
of the province Of the House to try its
course upon the bosom of the Senate
Nicholson Bill in the senate.
The arrival Of the Nicholson bill in the
Senate, at o'clock yesterday afternoon,
caused slight furry. Lieutenant Governor
Nye handed the bill down and said it would
be referred to the committee on temperance.
Senator Kern moved that the Senate imme-
diately consider the BILL and Senator Nc
Lean objected. The latter said that he
sympathized with the motives, Christian,
benevolent patriotic and sympathetic, that
prompted the Senator from Marion to get
at once to the consideration of the bill. but
there was a constitutional way of doing
things, and this was not one OF them.
cratic side Of the chamber to suspend the
rules and put the bill upon it's passage, but
the motion was defeated by vote of 36 to
10. The bill then went to the committee on
temperance, and will be required to take
10
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New Bits i'm the senate.

New bills were introduced in the Senate
yesterday as follows:
BY Senator Parker-Amending the law in
relation to struck juries.
By Senator Mountaineering the law in
relation to decendent's estate
BY Senator Misunderstanding the law
regulating the compensation of judges.
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Oppose Grant superior Court.

A committee from the Farmers Institute,
of Grant county, composed of county COM
missioner Lugar. Jesse Wright and Snead
Thomas was about the Legislature yester-
day to oppose the creation of a Superior
Court In Grant county. All the farmers