The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-21

N two and assembling in several cities on
account of the difficulty in getting accom-
modations. but that there was no likelihood
OF biennial sessions.
POLICEMAN STOPS A MEETING.
The first occurrence to mar the uniform
courtesy and hospitality extended by the
city to it's guests transpired last evening,
when Patrolman Schroeder broke up the
twange!istic services being conducted at the
corner of Virginia avenue and South street
by Rev NJ. j. McMichael. 1t seems to have
been an inadvertent act on the part of the
officer but does not excuse him from
charge Of being too hasty in the perform
ance of his duty. There were several hum
dred listening to the evangelist when Cap
tain Dawson and other officers passed them
witnout interrupting the gathering. officer
Schroeder came aloSg after them, and was
about 10 board car on the way TO roll call,
when he noticed the crowd and says he
thought a fight was in progress AdVanc-
Ing TO DR.. McMichaei he told him TO move
and stop blOckading the streets, to which
request the evangelist promptly replied,
giving up the street, with a number of del
egates following him and singing the
psalms. After accomplishing the work OF
clearing the street the officer learned OF his
mistake but it was too late to rectify it.
j. ID. Brown, a clerk in a grocery across
the street, and a member of the &. L. So
ciety. said that the officer was censurable,
a sentiment to which Druggist Raffensper-
ger, on the opposite corner. also subscribes.
Mr.. Brown says that there are frequently
free-beer crowds and gangs of hoodlums
on the corner who are never molested by
the police and he does not understand how
an exception should be made OF religious
After reporting for roll call Captain Quig
Icy who was in charge of the police, repri-
manded Officer Schroeder severely, and told
him that he my yet near something more
of the matter The officers Captain Quig-
lf.Jrc hg6 al IF n
gelistic meetings. and had been charged to
see that the speakers met with no inte1fer-
one The offending officer is chag~ined
over his error, and it is doubtful if charges
will be made against him. The evangelists
recognize that a mistake was made, and are
not indignant over the occurrence.
HONEYMOON DELEGATES.
One would not naturally imagine that the
Y. +. c. U. convention would be likely to
be the place for young married couples to
spend their honeymoon, but there are three
couples who have come to Indianapolis to
spend the first few days of their married
life. Rev. and Mrs. James Hunt were mar
lied Tuesday evening at Monmouth, o.
They will leave in October for Punjab, In
dia, where they Will engage in mission work
under the board of the United Presbyterian
Church. Another couple is Rev. and Mrs
married Tuesday at Wilmington, Pa. Mr.
Calvin is a young minister. graduated in
mary, and ne has not yet settled in a pas
torate. The third couple is Rev and Mrs
w II. Hubbell, who were married at Woos-
ter o. They will settle in eastern Ohio,
where Mr. Hubbell has a church.
THE "BUNCO" GAME DISCUSSED.
One topic of much discussion among the
delegates is that relating to the official
organ. They all want to know how the
newspaper war is proceeding. Some of the
delegates are not slow about saying that a
certain official of the society has been too
officious and has been prone to do things
without consulting any one. While an Off
cial organ is a good thing in small towns,
they say there is no reason for such an in
stitution in a large city supplied with news
paper plants to handle the proceedings of
the institute. One of the peculiar features
of the official organ arrangements is the
censorship that is established over the re-
ports contained in that ''independent'' pa
per. Nothing that meets with the diSappro-
baton of the society's censors can get into
its columns. The charge of % cents for
newspapers the price of which is only 10
cents, is still maintained. 1t has been sug-
gested that the extra Is cents is to reim-
burse the official organ" for the ignominy
of being muzzled by censorship which
prevents il from printing any of the real
news of the convention. If this extra Is
cents does not go to the official organ"
working the bunco game on the citys
guests, there is some speculation as to who
is making the profit off the unsophisticated
youth of the convention. Some of the local
delegates consider the price charged for
the papers as a '.gouge" practiced upon
the citys guests; 1t is said the response
bility for being taken in" rests on one or
two leaders of the local committee.
The local committee is disappointed over
the number of delegates that have come
to the convention, but, as DR.. Little says
the convention is larger than any previous
institute by at least a thousand. The num-
Der enrolled so far is between $500 and 3,000
including voters and nonvoters. The enroll
ment is not yet completed, but will be re-
ported to-day. The number of Indianans
outside of the city attending the meeting is
small. The church is not very strong in
this State, and the people from the country
did not embrace the opportunity afforded
by cheap rates to come to the city.