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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-05
Old Timers Political Club.

Speclal 10 the Indianapolis journal.
VALPARAISO, Ind, Oct. A unique
political club of old-timers is now being
organized here by Grant Kitchener, sec
retary of the Republican county central
committee. 1t Is composed of Republicans
who voted for the first Republican candi-
date for the presidency, John c. Fremont
and every Republican nominee since that
time. There will be nearly hundred
members. thrty-five having signed the roll
UP TO Saturday night. Twenty-four of
these are past seventy years old. The
oldest member is Charles Decker who is
in his ninety-ninth year. and cast his first
vote for President in 1920. Two others
voted for Andrew Jackson on his second
term, and several for Henry Clay. There
are other od-timers who never voted for
q Democrat A meeting will be called by
Secretary Kitchener for next Saturday
afternoon. when a permanent organization
will be formed. Uncle Simon Pierce. aged
eighty-five, will be made an honorary
member of the club he having been life
long Democrat, and voted for every Dem
ocratic candidate for the presidency since
1892, but now a pronounced Mckinley man.
The club will attend the rally in this city
Monday, Oct. 10. in a body, to do honor to
Congressman j. Frank Hanly, the young
est member of Congress ever sent from
this district
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For w. j. Bry an
Meeting at indianapolis, Tuesday, Oct. 6.
THE NIoNoN ROUTE

Corresponding time and rates from intermediate
s.atioRs. see agents. Returning special train
VIII leave Indianapolis at HIS d. m.
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Of the Red Lion Inn removing the debris a. snd
possible. The insurance mas peen ~ork will b
a. soon as an architect Is selected WI ,,'cn the
begun upon the plans for new building op'" NV
old site. - -.s,,o on SAT-
pleasant dance given at the Casin r-s num-
urday evening which was attended oy 49,, uilI close
her Of the young society set. The CASINO WI"
for the season on Octobe- j: havs beea
Dr. Charles McBurney and family VINO M" Rave -
occupying Edge Hill Farm this sumner npurnsy
turned to their home in New-fo ~. ,n,.s here
thinks Of purchasing a site for country nou ~. ma
in Stockbrdge Colonel Rutherford IrowDr,u nsk u.s.
family OF New Haven. returned home tnis W. .ss
Miss Burnett sister OF DR.. Theodore burnet., ~
married recently the home OF her Dro'he' ~
Walter A. Besse. OF Brooklyn. , - e.,,,r.
A golf tournament held at the Inks on Sa. on
day when both the and women goiters COL
tested for silver cups. A large gathering was pte~
ent. and there was much interest in the matches'
Great Darlington. Mass, Sept. l9-Admirai Eroe"'
OF the United States Navy. together with MT
Erben are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. ID. W. NOR
rison. at their country place here. Arrowhead Lat"
on, Admiral and Mrs. Erben will spend some week
the Berkshire Inn where they were FOR some tlinS
last The season is by no means over. ana
the inn continues to have az many guests as u csp
accommodate
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mold IN 1877 near Canal and Mercer SITS His trade
grew. and he moved to larger quarters and In 1857
ouit an edihce celebrated then as Is the one now.
ior the attention paid to the lghtness and airness
OF It's Interior The uptown movement OF trade
soon after the panic OF 1857 brought him first TO
Union Square and afterward in 1869 TO the present
site OF the business
Trade flowed into Mr. Arnold's hands and there
were constant additions of and extensions
stanos. one of the finest store buildings IN the
country. Mr. Arnold had died before its compile
uon' James NJ. Constable who had become part
he' IN 1872, became the senior member Of the flrm
10 winch Frederick A. Constable and Hicks Arnold
d nephew OF the founder now belong.
IL Is scarcely necessary TO say that the class of
goods In which the firm deals Is Of the best. Its
agents are in every country. II has a Paris house
az NO q Rue d 'IIauteville and Lyons one No
Quai 81. Clair It's business Is divided into three
principal parts-drygoods, carpets and upholstery.
Inc street floor Of the New-York building is occu-
pied with the usual retail lrygoods; the second
moor with womens and childrens garments: the
pets and Oriental rugs: the sixth and seventh floors
are used as workrooms
A. a. VANTINE & co.
When Ashley A Nantine travelled across the
country from farm in New-York State to Call
fornia with forty other miners In search OF fab
ulous wealth he did not imag CINE that his prospect
Ing for gold was TO prove a failure; that the adop-
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for some years and will be taken into partnership
LEWIS 4 CONGER.


In the future
LEWIS CONGER
There Is halfway between Broadway and Sixth
ave. In Forty-second-st.. attractive building
wherein are 10 be found all varieties OF house
furnishing goods. This building was put up In 1880
by Lewis G. Conger who had succeeded In lS6s 70
the business established In 1885 by ]. G. berrian
The firm and It's home knew several changes peiv s-e
reaching It's present makeup and place FROM ~
TO 1890 the business carried at the site Oh te
present Herald Building. The firm carries an ~
ware, cooking utensils and hardware. ana cohnuoSss
Its business with the closest attention 10 tne 49,
OF Its patrons and with the strictest pusiheSS
rrobty
SAMUEL W. RICHARDS.
Samuel w Richards prides himself on getting
usefulness out OF a small space. He mas az
No. IS West Twenty-thrd-st. a ladies' outi''''is
which Is emporium In size, put III
which there is enough activity to turn ones mead
has found and is findng In everncreasins p,0P a.,
lions that appreciate his comDlnd .Ion VI
artistic and business sense. he IS MAKING "a
speciality OF mail-order department, ana thsto
are constant testimonials received as TO It's raplu
ity OF delivery after a receipt OF an orue[. ahu
these orders come from every country IN the "oiu
A. sIMONsON
At No a33 Broadway is the store OF A. Sim onsoh'
which enjoys the distinction OF being about the
only place In America where human hair FOODS sre
made Mr. Simonson started In business In con-
nectcut about thirty-fve years ago. but hnding Il
large demand for his unusual style OF goods ne
moved to this city, and zen years afU aodaev shon
pIrg district The floor II the store Is useu
as salesroom and parlors for hitting the hair .nd
second floor is devoted to hairdressing dyelng ana
sha m pooing parlors while the third moor Is useu
for manufacturing purposes
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Even now the building of this prosperous nrm az
BROADWAY and Eghth-sS is UNDERGOING alterations
creasing trade in silks laces. general dryg9ods ana
the many other things natural TO a large dryeoous
The building has entrances on Broadway, Eighth
and Ninth SITS and Is pleasantly arranged as re-
CARDS light and ventilation 1t is one OF the last
stores OF lis kind 10 remain so far down,owSl, '.o
this fact has seemed to increase rather than 10
diminish its business.
S. KOCH & SONS.
store which devotes Itself solely to millinery
goods used in the trimming of hats and bonnets
end which enjoys crvable reputation. Is that
OF s. Koch e. Sons. at No. q West Twenty-thrd-
st. Upon the second floor Of this building are as
fine show parlors be found anywhere In
the world. The firm only the week before last
business was founded In 1866 by samuel Koch. Mr.
r Marc s9usa. larger ana larger eqaeTf wer
into New-York In 1899 he TOOK took his sons \ Mon
roe and NJ. F. Koch, into partnership. They now
wholesale trade which their father has built up
re ATTENDS only 10 the financial part Of the DUST
Saint Cecile
HANAN & SON
With factory Brooklyn covering
tire block and sixteen stores among the cities OF
New-fork. Brooklyn. Boston, Chicago PhiIadel-
pha. Cincinnati St Louis and Milwaukee, Hanan
Son are doing shoe trade both wholesale ani
retail OF large dimensions James Hanan laid the
foundations Of this extensive business In 1880, ana
not since then has the Drogressiveness OF the firm
relaxed for moment It's four stores In Newly ork.
CRY are all In Broadway In these and the other
stores q the firm kept the best class OF goods
firm also has an agency in cuba.
JAMES MCTTCHEON & co.
In 1855 John G. Mten established a linen store
al No as Broadway. and I'm 1880 took in James
McCutchcoA as clerk and in 1864 partner. The
latter Is the sole proprietor of the business
carried on No. Il West Twenty-t hird-st.. under
the name of James McCutchcon 4 co. Mr. Mill
ken died in 1886 The business was moved TO No.
SIS Broadway in 1861. to Twenty fourth-st. In 1871
and to It's present home In 1872. II was over the
aim Of Mr. Mkcn and has been In even
greater degree Of Mr.. McCutcheon to deal in linens
OF only the very finest grades which have no
mixture OF cotton in them. That both have sue
cce1cd I'm their effort evidenced by the success
conducting. Mr. McCutcheon Is also president Of
the Garfield Safe Deposit Company and OF the Gar
field National Bank
THE GEORGE G. FLINT COMPANY
When George G. Flint started in to sell furniture
on small scale in the sixties down IN Iiudson-si
he didn't imagine that some day he would he tho
president Of n big incorporated furniture company
and spend a large part Of his time travelling In
Europe The company Of which he is AZ the
mead is one Of the largest In the city and occupies
handsome building Ar Nos 1914 West Twenty-third-
st and Nos 2i-2S West Twenty-fOurth-st. II has
warehouse az NOs t-,-s7 West T"nth-st. and large
factory NJ No IA West Nineteent hist. where the
most varied assortment Of the finest furniture
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GREAT IS BROADWAY.
--,rt, TWENTY -THTRD-sT. IT FORMS A
SUPERB SHOPPING DISTRICT.
-,r FAME OF THIS RETAIL DRyGooDs HEAD
o,..RrrRs rs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HOUSES
WHICH CONTRIBUTE MUCH TO THE
METRoPoIIs's COMMERCIAL
SUPREMACY,

~. stands a. the southwest corner Of Madison
.-,,-s and looks ives; along Twentythird-st. and
III down Broadway he viii see a shopping district
-. which there Is none more remarkable IN the
-, The number Of women to be seen upon those
,.rshfsrss year in and year out, some IN the
s,,hss Of poverty. some just elightng from car
- ,.hre fo,tmen in livery wait their every be-
mas n,un,less Up and down. back and forth
ne" -. streets they 60 day after day. with eyes
Sc -, tho show windows in a way that makes
So, fo- less preoccupied pedestrians an exceed
- dIfHcult problem. The orhhancy OF costumes
-, NAV be seen at all times in this justly ceie-
."". .bopp,ng district makes panorama OF
great picture>oueness.
rnen there are the display windows which the re-
-. along this shopping centre OF Broadway and
S,,vth,rd-st adorn with such variety and SUMMIT
,ezs that a walk by them Is Ike walk through
- .xhh,t,on OF the most gorgeous goods 'he mar
30. ~ the world supply. Al night the myriad
:, electric lamps gstening within the WINDOWS upon
~, .narkng goods make a faryiand OF color ana
delicate outlines
QUESTION OF THE FUTURE.
A, Interesting question presents Itself VIII this
s,r,ct be gradually moved TO uptown. as 1t has oeen
U.s.. .,nce PETER Stuyvesan, established his little
-, s.o-e AZ the Battery? AZ each step OF TINS
,ro centuries OF progress. up from the BATTERY 10
ha-s now stands the City Hall, then TO Canal-st'
d later 10 Houston-st.. and finally 10 Union square
which only within the last dozen years Eie'uen INC
aim IN point of spendor TO Twenty-thrd-s' and
.d,acent Broadway, have prophetic minds given
,.rance 10 the saying tina; II on; OF all bounds
A. reason tina; the retail drygoods trade should smut
s,y f,rther north However. the future may be
.poved 20 take Of itself
particularly striking feature of this Broadway
and Tventy-third-st. shopping region is the impos-
IN, appearance Of nearly all the large structures
', 4. only necessary TO mention such buildings as
az. occupied by Stern Brothers. James McCreery d
10 Lord & Taylor. Arnold. Constable & Co., w
J. Sloane and others call TO mind the great
s,rpctures that have Of late years been erected ny
the big retail firms.
STERN BROTHERS.
One ~ the most imposing retail stores in the city
4. that OF Stern Brothers. at No. 81 to 20 West
Trertv-thrd-st and Nos. % 10 So West Twenty
second-s;.
No store could be more completely and tastetully
equipped and arranged 20 attract shoppers ana 10
meet all their requirements by the best that the
market affords On the lower floor Is the assor'-
rnent OF d-ygoods usually found in large retail
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and half Of floor space at the corner OF RroaH
anu IA" pedford-ave Brooklyn. WIN TWO bI ,3e
way hno Pr orc Of these branches Is an eight
Ign branchess dinr in Fuiton-st. and the other Il
In p,h died in 1892 In 1894 the hIm TOOK wiaa
Mr onnsidered daring slep by starting mens
was Cy on the very spot where anotileI i'a, ~
New iork on had had brief career Inc OK
i ,drtraanf hes been entirely successful
JOHN DANIEL SONS
firm which carving on aepar par, rnere :,
.I.,n"ss now in exactly the same spot "neIe II
s,or.ed about thirty-six years ago Is pe'nAps a"
anomaly in this city and time OF s,ea' s's,ao..
bu' .,ad on over a sevcn-foot counter and that
""s aow conducted in building OF SIX s tode1
Of lis 600 square feet floor spscs s..entiai 70
understooS Ut ths business OF John Daniel q sons
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THE DAVIS CoGLAMoRE COMPANY.

,,o,her irnnorfer and manufacturer OF fine china
y,are and cut glass Is the Davis Colamore Com
pany Limited. az Broadway and Twenty -hrst-st
The nam, OF Collamore Is synonymous the world
over for the best wares i'm its speciality that can
ba found I'm the market The founder OF the com
nv was descended from a famous line or ENG
iish pottery makers and established his business
in 1872 III broadway and Park Place Following
The trend OF the retail trade uptown, Mr. COLA
more finally arrived at the COMPANY present size
in 1875 Eight years later the house became an IN
Dornora ted company. with M. fOlamore as presl-
dent lie died in 1855 T. J. Martin Is now the
directing head OF the company The stock IN me
CoIlamore COMMANDS store Is well worth seeing.
AS there may be- found most wonderful works In
cut glass and fine chinaware.
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1vos, 1yontv-second-si where Trey are still but
IN quarters which would indicate an unusually
rap Did rise from the trst BEGINNINGS II was only
90 vears after the foundation that the firm be
can Ia secure more room about is overstocked
Tasernent EMPORIUM and almost every year there
aT,er some addition or extension was made. Now
+, occuuies the entire building at No 30 West
Tuentvi sccond-st. and has under construction a
sv stor, building Immediately west OF It's present
store The members Of the firm are young. enter
nrjs,nr men and they promise some day to occupy
leading place IN the china and glass trade Of
he
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At No go Broadway may be found the only COM
Met. house furnishing store from the Battery 10
the Park on that main tnoroughiare OF the city.
Charles Jones has been in that spot for more than
quarter Of a century catering 70 the taste OF
householders in their every need from pan 10
chandelier He makes a speciality OF Kitchen goods
inporting mos; Of his stock in those commodities
and in cutlery. hardware and crockery from Eng
- r,ro,ce and Germany In the building whore
ne is he now occupies five floors and the basement
and he way I'm which his rooms are stocked test-
S@s m The Immense trade that he has built up
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z ! HORNER & co.

A, the furniture store OF r. j. Horner & Co. at
No GO West Twenty-third-st.. may be seen re-
nroducton in all IFS details Of Princess Metternich
salon which is wonder Of decorative richness.
The room cost $50 coo 10 furnish and at the World
Fair in Chicago received prize for its beauty.
THO mural panels and ceiling paintings were exc
cu,ed 10 order by foreign artists and brought 70
this country and placed in position In the room.
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EDWARD VI. KNOX.


To have been making fine has for half century
Il a reputation worth enjoying. But when these
mats are among the best in the world and are made
in larger quantities and in larger factory tnan any
others are made. the reputation becomes a remark
able one Charles Knox needs no Introduction TO
The public nor does his SON Edward NJ Knox. who
have brought the Knox hat industry under his
name to ns present enormous proportions The
fa,her started nfty-threc years ago IN small shop
m son now carries Il business IN I'VE large re-
al stores in New York Brooklyn and Chicago,
owns the largest hat factory IN the Worid IN rook-
lvn and mas agencies in every ci,y N the couhtI!'
tIis main store In New York. under the FNtn-aNt
Uo,el is the place where many OF Ns~-h ork
n1ost stvshly dressed men 20 FOR their headgear
GEORGE g. BENJAMIN.
when George @ Benjamin left the wholesale firm
- ,lf-sI BENJAMIN q Co.. and into the re-
,au clothirg business FOR himself at Broadway and
Twentv-sixih-st he determined to give his Gus
,,rners good clothes at popular prices. How well
mis- determination mas p''h TrWdTdeu ~ success
NAV he seen by the extent 10 when ms business
Ia ernu,n N f7a one year that ne mas been con-
Gucfing H. He keeps in stock an excellent variety
of mems furnishings ana give, especial attention
sJvies In Clothes THAI are OF the best m quality
DIR. JAEGER's COMPANY.
M raeeer.s Sanitary Woollen system Company
carries on a unique business This IS buit upon the
A,,arertc nrincple that the animal body needs ami
mai wool for It's protection and that all the
rouna articles Of clo-hng should be all wool Dr.
Iseger started the business In tas country ten
vsars ago and now he has whole ale mouse az NO
"a 3ro5rie-st a main retail Place a. No, 10 ffth-
ave besides three other stores III the e'S oIlc IN
prooklvn and Philadelphia eacn, ana agencies
,hroughnut me country The cOmpany's goods are
MANUFACTURED al Stuttgart Germany uho Der ne ne
personal supervision OF Dr. JAEGER A"e us'A4'1
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BEST & CO.

1.h. reputation of conducting the largest ana
most comprehensive children's outhttng store III
the world and the only one OF It's Kinu J." So" w
(,i. hlo,e,e n Pest & Co The Iiipufian Bazaar OF
.,,s e-,o % household word. There IS no article Oh
raiment for boy or girl from tiny shoe 10 nat 'h"'
cannot be obtained here. Even playthings receive
some share Of the firms attention. The hrrn occu
MICS four stores at Nos. 60 and 81 West I~e nI1
tr,rdst and Nos - and 81 West twenty -s,conu-
9, ON the lower floor OF its double store II !nt
bovs department the second the gir!s on tI,g
,Tird era Inc offices and wholesale department. anu
on the upper stories are the workIooms "here gar
mems are designed and cut .,,.o, ,.e o-,,,
,naI idea Of establishing childrens ouihttl I'M.
s,ora lie started a place In SiXth-aVe bnt ID Two
stoi., had moved 70 his present site In twenty
ihrds being Of the pionSeferS 10 e bad on
@ - a. first but more business demanded more
olc I'D The thrre-ohers were gradually acquired
Thomas G Ball was admitted 10 partnership ~
the firm in ISIS
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ton Of a business of which ne then had no concep-
ton should be the result OF his trip and that this
business should become the foremost OF its kind in
the world Young Vantine fond Of reading;
he was largely a self-educated man. When he ar-
insufficient books with him. He home for
more When he had finished reading them he dis
covered that the miners only too glad 10 buy
them Of him at fabulous prices. He said TO him
self. There is more money in supplying the miners
than in digging for gold" lie established store.
made money and began buying curious goods
brought from China He sold out. and then tray
elled for two years through the Orient. searching
big supply. He opened small store I'm 1871 at
Broadway and Twelfth-st In 1883 he moved 10
the building where is that remarkable business
in Oriental goods which is still conducted under
the name of A. A. Nantine & Co, but by others
who have succeeded him. He died in ISIS.
II is no eXaggeration 10 say that the antlnc
business is now the most extensive OF It's kind In
the world The store is a labyrinth Of beautiful
Japanese screens Persian rugs. chinese carvings
of wonderful ingenuity. ivory demi- gods hideousl
painted and gaping dragons. brass tom-toms. drap-
cries. festooned cushions and thousand ana on
other articles There to he seen nj the store
Persian crown Prince TO the Worlds Fair and
bought by Vantine & co. There have been rugs
in the store rated high $1,000 each. Il is &c
the rug department that the company gives espe-
cial attention but not to the detriment Of Other
departments Goods from that store ar sem 10 Al
the Americas and an extensive wholesale business
is carried on. . -.
on the alert for anything new. and in Japan Their
are q lf-dozen "gO-downs.' or warehouses Whei'
the goods are collected and stored for shipTnen'
There are also the factories where sp"claI o'H"''
are filed.
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for the company's all-wool goods is continually on
the increase notwithstanding the fact that consa-
cradle opposition TO such things as ~oollen unuer-
garments for summer had TO be overcome at the
first.
J. s. GILIIES e. co.
J. s. Glies & Co.. OF the leading furniture
firms OF the city occupy goodly part Of the JEFF
ferson Building at No. l2l West Twenty-third-st
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SMITH. GRAY & co.

4 mons furnishing store on upper Broadway. OH
nb,cb although 1t has been standing only fe"
Years is already prominently and favorabiy KNOWN
is tina, ~ Smith Gray Co.. at Thirty-frs'-s'-
This has been a recognized mercantile mouse OF eN-
ceent reputation for the last s'X'ysN yea'S IL 'la'
" ~, ro,,nded by Edward Smith IN 1893. His first
1.o,,,.h,oa,, was a small store on Chaiham-s'. H."
saw an opportunity for selling readY-made boys
clo,h,ng and became the pioneer OF the country IN
,h,s line He was discouraged and ridiculed for MS
venture by those 10 whom such an idea seemed pre-
MYSTERIOUS but he persevered ana 'he .'"u' j" "o'7
NJ Smith made many changes from ms oIlsl''a.
Cba,bam-st store going 10 fulton-st. 'hehCe 10
,it d :, then TO Barclay and CHURCH, thch 10
W. W, l'r and then Broadway. near Ieonaru.
sffer The war he formed a partnership WIN AiIn
60 g.. ard they started business In BrookNh IN
,ssa after several changes In site, the nrn estaD
itsbed rs headquarters in building Win an acre
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= 4. o. SCHWARTZ.
ID Y REDELL & co.

The workmanship that is being put into the
decoration OF dinner sets. making the pates alone
cost anywhere from 81 70 $500 a dozen. Is won
darf,l IN it's decacy and richness OF color. Some
Of the best Of this work done in the Stafordshire
Potteries in England Is TO be found AZ D. Is.
RedeU & cos store. at No 500 Broadway. Inc
business OF the firm founded IN lSiv IN Jam
y and was gradually moved uptown uII, II
reached it, present situation in ~ In 1910
C'ha rles f. MOsher became partner IN me hrH;
and its trade In fine china French, English ana
Dresden. Rohemian and American ware mas pc
ro,n. an extensive one The firm makes a spe-
ciaitv Of American cut glass. which to-day HnkS
I'm the trade as being of finer finish than the I'M
al