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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-06
WILDWOOD'S NEW BILL.
Manager Weber Has Designated
Wednesday as "Ladies' Night"

Notwithstanding the counter attractions,
Wildwood was fairly well patronized last
night. The three-act comedy entitled
Comrades" was given for the first time
here and it was well received. All of the
characters were in capable hands. Law
renee Earl Atkinson appeared as Matt
Windsor the tramp. and Lew A. Warner
as Simon Stone. Both parts were we'll
acted. Miss Ella Lawrence as Nancy Nip
per, Naomi Booth May Manning, BERTHE
May as Bessie Bradley were good, and all
received Well-merited applause. Fred A.
Sullivan as Marcus Graves and Al H.
Bailey Royal Manning made decided
hits.
The vaudeville part of the show was
given between the acts. Instead of Harry
Edison and his trained dog, Harry Fiddler
appeared in a Chinese act Mae Mazelle
appeared in Spanish dances which pleased
the audience and the Makers, sketch art
lists made a hit; Before the regular per-
Torrance opened there was a display of
fireworks. Wednesday night has been Sc
lected by Manager Weber as ladies' night.
On that evening a lady accompanied by an
escort will be admitted free.
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THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY.
A View from the MOnument-On the
-. Stevenson BuiIding.

The display of fireworks last night over
the city was not so extensive perhaps as
in years past. people preferring to get out
to the cool resorts to staying home and
burning their fingers with the sputtering
fireworks. The view from the top of the
soldiers monument, which Custodian
Wright kept open for the benefit of the
public, was a beautiful one, although the
glittering electric lights somewhat inter-
fered with the general effect In every di-
rection was the flashing of rockets and
now and then an illumination of red fire.
To the north the display was far greater
than to the south. Hot air balloons fire.
quently moved across the dark sky. There
was nothing of an elaborate nature in the
way of pyrotechnics last night, little out
side of the ordinary rockets and Roman
candle balls being observed.
The top of the twelve-story Stevenson
building was gaily decorated with row
of Incandescent lights and on the roof
party spent the evening sending rockets to
the sky and burning red lights Some OF
the rockets sent up from the Stevenson
building whzzed about the feet of Miss In
diana on the top of the monument.
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Oakley Fourth of July Handicap.

CINCINNATI, July 5.-Nearly 5000 peo-
pie braved the intense heat of to-day to see
the Fourth of July handicap run at Oak
ley Just before the horses went to the
post for the race a terrific storm came up
and when Starter Letcher sent the field of
three starters away the track was very
sloppy. Loki, who has never been con-
sidered a good betting proposition in the
mud, surprised all by winning. Letcher cut
out the pace for the first mile when Loki
got to him and crossed the wire two lengths
to the good. Joe Hills clever riding was
one of the features of the day. He put four
winners over the plate in front; in fact,
won every race he rode in. The sport on
the whole was exciting. There We're num-
Der of close finishes during the day, the
best being the head and head struggle be-
tween Balk Line and Don Fulano in the
closing event. Balk Line won the decision
at the very last jump by a nose. Summary
of the chief event:
Fourth of July handicap; mile and a quar-
ter: Loki, 11S O.. HID to s. won; Letcher,
IS ct. Burns), to and to 2 SECOND;
PIP. Mutuals paid $3.50 for S.
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superficial observer who does not know that
the saloon question is to absorb everything
else and it is not to relate to the mere
enforcement of law, either; it involves the
question to be or not to be. The circula-
ton of petitions to exclude them entirely
from the four north wards has revealed an
anti-saloon sentiment but little suspected
by the average man. and a determination
TO be heard never before known More
than three-fourths of the voters in these
wards have signed the petitions and a very
large per cent. of those who have not
through an occasional blunder of the most
thorough canvas ever known in this city
or any other. Not one in ten of those APP
preached refused. and not one in ten of
these pleaded either business or political
considerations. The truth is, the desire
seems TO be almost universal that the sa-
evidently other districts are ready TO move
in the matter whenever success crowns
this effort, and they are watching results
with no ordinary interest, and certainly
not with indifference. The papers show an
other thing; there is no appreciate differ
ence between Democrats and Republicans
silver bugs gold bugs, on this question
No man, whatever his politics or personal
habits wants a. saloon in his neighborhood
and, as never before, they are watching the
fate of the coming ordinance much more
than they are the fate of the tariff bill in
Congress. or the silver question Those
who have studied the petitions and who are
competent to speak say there is no per-
ceptible difference in the political affilia-
lions of the petitioners beyond the relative
NUMBER or the parties IN the district, ana
almost every canvasser had this experience
Some refused to sign because of business
complications, fearing a boycott, but with
great uniformity they intimated that when
they come to secret ballot they will vote
their sentiments.
Now. this condition of facts compels me
to suggest to the Democrats that they had
better be skirmshng around for a candi-
date whose personal habits and avowed
sympathies Indicate that he is in favor of
excluding saloons from this residence dis
trict and from all others as they come
up, for they sure to come. 1 could
name the man, a lifelong Democrat, and
a competent business man. He signed the
petition and will vote as he prays. The
time is past for catering to the saloon ele-
ment in indianapolis; the other fellows are
to the fore now and no man who favors
the saloon or is wishy-washy as to 1t will
get the support of the signers of this petit
ton. u. L. SEE.
INDIANAPOLIS July g.
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Live Stock.

ST. LOUIS, July -Cattle-Receipts 400;
market steady to strong. Good to best native
shipping steers, $4.50G5; dressed beef and butch
er steers S44465 bulk of sales, $4 2044 50 steers
4.25; stoekers and feeders. S2.5o@9.9O; bulk Of
sales, So. 25Q365; cows and heifers $l75Q4. 30;
bulk of COWS sell at S2. 25@$ 25 bulls stays etc.
ST. 50M3. 25; Texas and Indian steers, $2.75G4;
cows and heifers, S2Gt325.
80 @iEgeS s29 market bea &c highs g
Sheep-ReCeipts, 500; market strong small
supply Muttons, 81 50J3. 70; culs and bucks,
$175G52.50. lambs, S}Q4.5G.
NEW YORK, July MISUNDERSTANDING. 800.
Steers, s4.506t525; oxen, s2.50Q375; bulls 81 5O0
$50; COWS $2q3.30. Gables lower; American
steers 109lOasc, dressed weight refrigerator
beef, SQSl4c per ID. Exports to-day, 5l4 cattle
and 226o quarters of beer; tomorrow. 759 cattle
and 2,340 quarters of beef Calves-Receipts
2,S31. Xeals, A50q675; culls 81 buttermilk
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts 1924. Sheep
Sheep S2.50q4 1212; lambs, S4.75q525 extra, $50
Hogs-Receipts 1850 market quiet at s3.750l
LOUISVILLE, July Seattle slow. Spring
steers Aq4.42; butchers, $275@4 stockers and
Hogs steady He:avies. $8.a5g$.4s; mediums
Sheep and lambs very duh. Choice sheep g. IS
az. fair. S2.25G2.75; extra lambs. S4.7O64 50;
fair S3.504450; stock ewes and wethers, SIS
62.S5
EAST BUFFALO, July 5.-Cattle-Best export
steers $A60I4.Sj; fat cows, $3.2593.50; springers
SO 50G4. Calves. choice to extra. S550a6.
50 6GdS.65. roughs. $3l004 stays. S2.z5GI3.
Sheep and Thanksgiving Jams. choice to ex-
ira S4.75d5 20. good 10 choice, S4J0I4 IS: mixed
sheep. sS75G4; good to choice $360@3.75.
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ONE FATAL PROSTRATION
j. l.. BERBERRICH, A BREWERY
WAGON DRIVER, DIES FROM HEAT.
Several Other People OvercOme-NO
Indications of Relief from
the TOrrid Spell.

The intense heat of yesterday resulted in
a number of prostrations in the city, and
one of these was fatal. Four cases were
reported to the City Dispensary.
John L. Berberrich, who died as a result
of a prostration, was a wagon driver in
the employ of the Home Brewery Com
pany. He was loading his wagon with
empty beer kegs on Massachusetts avenue
about clock in the afternoon when he
was overcome. The City Dispensary am
bulance was summoned and Berberrich
was taken to his home at 531 (old) East
Ohio street About S:45 o'clock in the even
ing he died. He was forty-one years old
and leaves a widow and five children. He
has been with the Home brewery ever
since that institution was established, and
for the fifteen years preceding that he was
employed at the Schmidt brewery. He was
one of the oldest brewery wagon drivers IN
the city. Among the societies he belonged
to are the LiederkranZ, the German-Amerl-
can Benefit Association, the Indiana Bene-
fit Association, the German Military Soci-
ETY. and the Beer Wagon Drivers Union
His employers speak very highly of him.
Albert Danwood, living at IL Beville
avenue, was overcome by the heat in Fos-
ter's East Washington-street restaurant
yesterday morning. He was removed to
his home in the city ambulance and attend
ed by the dispensary physicians. 1t was
said al the dispensary last night that he
would recover.
The ambulance was called to No. 1923
North Meridian street yesterday morning
to remove Mary Rich to her home at 922
North California street The woman was
engaged in washing clothes when she was
Frustrated by the heat. The dispensary
physicians who attended her said she
would recover.
Away up on the tenth floor of the Ma
jeStic building Forecast Officer Wappen-
hans, of the United States Weather Bu-
reau anxiously scanned the chart that
would Indicate a relief from the torrid
weather that has prevailed the last TOUR
or five days. Mr.. WappenhanS was dis
appointed. for he found not a dot nor a
speck on the chart that would indicate the
cooling influence of a thunderstorm.
Il don't see any relief from this hot
weather now" said the officer, for it can
only be brought by sharp thunderstorm.
They had one in Chicago to-day and the
thermometer fell 16 degrees. day or two
ago / thought l could see one in the north
west but it is gone now and L cam tell
when cooler weather will come"
The highest registration of the govern
ment thermometer was at 2 o'clock yeSter-
day afternoon when the mercury indicated
SO Clio degrees. Far off to the south could
be seen a storm of some character which
thermometer to 50 degrees by 3 o'clock.
Last night at o'clock it was two degrees
cooler than on Sunday evening at the same
hour. Late in the evening breeze sprang
up from the northwest which cooled the
atmosphere a tritie.
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Memphis. Isaac Wright formerly of In
dlanapolis, is manager of their concern at
Memphis.
Within a few days a contract will be sign
er between the Moreton Truck and Storage
Company. of Detroit, and the receivers of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
for a car-ferry service between Detroit
Windsor and Sandusky. The Baltimore &
Ohio will have no financial interest in the
ferry company, but will have a traffic ar
rangement which it is expected will be
mutually beneficial At Detroit and Wind
sor the ferry line will connect with the
Grand Trunk Railroad, and through that
line with the Wabash. the Detroit. Lansing
& Northern, the Flint & Pere Marquette,
and other railroads leading from Detroit
and Windsor. Two ferries. with a
capacity of twenty-eight cars each, will be
placed in service at once, and such addi-
tional barges will be furnished the bust
ness may demand. This traffic arrange
ment will give to the Baltimore & Ohio
entrance into a very large territory north
of Sandusky and Toledo which hitherto it
has not extensively operated in. Detroit
and the territory adjacent will also be the
gamers by having another direct and short
route to the Atlantic ocean, the Baltimore
& Ohio's port being Baltimore.
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To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
One seldom gets thanks for advice not
asked but on the contrary he is likely TO
get the contrary Nevertheless, there are
times that a kind-hearted man feels i'm
PEELED to take the risks. The Democrats
have not been in the habit of asking me
what to do, or how to do it, but as l know
some things to their advantage / must say
them. It grieves me to sec them wrangling
over the silver question in connection with
the coming city election. That is by no
means dead issue in national politics. but
1t cuts no figure in this case Never have
the issues been so absolutely local The
boulevard question will outrank it, but that
~'ill have TO take a second place He is q
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independence stakes.

ST LOUIS, Mo, July 5.-Oficially the
Fourth of July was celebrated here to-day
and in consequence a big crowd was at the
fair grounds to see the Independence stakes
run. The purse of $500 for a mile and a
quarter had three starters-Seabrooke
Buckvidere and Dare II. On the strength
of his Derby performance, when Buck
horse was heavily played at 1 to 3. He got
away quite well, but landed usual in
second place. AT the start Dare II cut out
the pace, with B4ckvidere well up, and Sea,
at the head of the stretch was a length
ahead of Dare II, Seabrooke lying behind.
place and won from Buckvidere by head
The judges to-day declared all bets off in
the first race Friday, which was won by
Little l Am. They say they are in posses
sion of facts showing the gelding was a
ringer" Track fast, weather hot. At
tendance $500
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WON BY STAR POINTER
CHARTER OAK PARK FREE-FOR-
ALL PRIZE OF $4,000.
Neither John r. Gentry Nor Frank
Agan Could Push the Winner, and
No Record Was Broken.

HARTFORD, Conn, July 5.-The largest
crowd that ever assembled at Charter Oak
Park and the largest attendance at any
light-harness racing event in New England
was present to-day at the reopening of this
famous track. Estimates place the attend
ance at from % 900 to So 900. 1t was con-
cluded by horsemen that record-breakng
time was impossible, owing to the manner
in which the spectators crowded on the
track. The chief feature on the card was
the free-for-all pace, in which Star Pointer,
John r. Gentry and Frank Agan con-
tended. 1t was hoped that the two-minute
mark would be threatened. But Gentry was
killed" in his effort to lower the high
sulky mile record and it was plainly evil
dent that instead of being pushed Nc
Cleary held back Star Pointer in both heats.
as Gentry could not force him, and Frank
Agan was several lengths in the rear. In
the Gentry trial against the high suIky rec
ord, he was accompanied by a runner from
the Tewksbury stables, driven by Noble.
Summaries:
Free-for-all pace; purse, $4,000; best two
out of three: .......
Star Pointer, b. h., by Brown Hal
Sweepstakes (McC1ear) ...................1 l
John r. Gentry b. h. (Bowne). ..........2 2
FRANC Agan, b. g. (Spears). 3
Time-t1rst heat: .34A, 1:0334, 1854, 2:06A.
Second heat: :31A, 1902, 1874, 2:O4a4.
ZIP Trot purse, $1,000:
Grace Hastings, CHI M, by Bayonne
Prince Emma (Spears). ................1 1 1
Maple Valley, b. h. (Otterson). .......2 2 2
Fred Kohl, b. h. (Arthur). ..............3 3
Cephas, b. g. (Cheney. ..................Dis.
Time-2:12a4 2;151@, 2:14A
2:2O Pace; purse, $1,000
Forest Herr, br. g., by DR.. Herr-Deit
spears .....:....:........ .............1
SidwOrth, b.. h. (Sullivan) ................2 2
Pentland, b. h. (Granger) ...............5 2
K Ia y b: & Barr2 i:i;i:...:;.....$ 9
B. c., b. g. (Barr). ,....................6 4 5
Kitty Van, b. m. DemaresD ..........4 5ds
Sister Penn, b. m. (McCarthy). .....S eds
Belle G., blk. M (TwitcheI). ...........Dis.
Time-2:1412 2:1712, 2:15l2.
2:30 Trot purse, $500:
Pastoral, b. M, by Acolyte-Ca-
thedral (Iollenbeck). ..............1 2 1 l
Crete blk m; L2ckwooO......,...2 9
Reasle br b. M n. t {E Re55sey). a.
Time-2:1712, 2:1S12, 2:2l1a. 2:23.
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New Canadian Record.

BUFFALO, N. Y, July 5.-The day was
an ideal one at Fort Erie. An immense
holiday crowd numbering over 5000 was
present Twenty books with two field books
drew in and the play was heavy. In the
handicap, the event of the day, new Ca
madam record for one and one-sixteenth
ord at that distance of the season. This
is the second time this record has been
broken at this meeting. earn 30 making it
in AT last week Summary:
independence mile handicap; mile and
one-sixteenth; value of stake, 81 200: Skate,
113 ONlint, to l and even won; Snapshot,
81 { Jwers), Y to l and to l, second; Lo-
bengula, 108 (RandalD, to and to 5,
third. Time. 14612 Ellsmere and Sue
Kitty also ran
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Chicago Post.

Nhcago POSt
He seemed very much in earnest when
he entered the office of the gas company
but he was courteous and pleasant and
betrayed no desire to swear or call names.
Il am after a little information" he ex-
planned.
"Of what nature?" asked the clerk.
well, you see, / am going away for a
month or two, and l intend to shut up my
house entirely"
jections.
II did the same thing last summer" con-
tinued the stranger, and my experience
then induced me TO come around this time
TO see If / can get a little information that
may be OF value"
Certainly, if we can give it,
Now | want to know IT, in case have
the gas turned off clear out In the street
the meter will sttll keep on working, as it
did last summer
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FREIGHT EXPORT RATES
THE OPENING OF ADDITIONAL GRAIN
PORTS MEANS Low TARIFF.
The Question of Signals ATTRACTING
More AttentiOn-Big Lumber Ship-
ment Via the White Line.

freight official who has been long in the
service said he did not expect to See rates
on grain ever go above the basis of 10
cents per hundred pounds 1T should be
borne ia mind" said he that only two
years ago all export business went via New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, baltimore and
Newport News, and five years ago New
port News cut no figure, but in the last two
years new ports have been opened-one al
Norfolk, another at Galveston, one at New
Orleans-and at but one point Baltimore.
were the shipments of grain in excess of
those via New Orleans. This new compet-
ton settles the question, so far as advanc-
ing rates on any class of freight which is
exported is concerned, and it is not surpris-
ing that the Produce Exchange of New
York is so much exercised over its loss of
business and is resorting to new. schemes
to recover some of it's lost ground" In
commenting on the efforts of the New York
mercantile bodies to recover the business
OF former years, the Baltimore Sun says:
The recent efforts of New York merchants
to augment their volume of business by
manipulating rates of transportation are in
effect a confession of the fact that their
Aeitys pre-eminence in the export and i'm
port trade and i'm the iobbng and dstrib-
uting trade is declining. Formerly. under
the operation of natural forces, New York
controlled almost the whole commercial
movement on the Atlantic seaboard. Bust
ness came to her without effort on her part,
and such crumbs of commerce as fell to
Baltimore and other Southern ports were
conceded with kindly indifference. But
now this Is all changed Changing condi-
lions have shifted the tide of business to
other cities. Boston, Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Norfolk on the Atlantic and New
Orleans and Galveston on the gulf now
divide with New York the volume OF traffic
she formerly monopolZed. She still has
the lions share, but wants il all. Tie effort
to deprive Baltimore Of its corn-eXpOTt
trade by getting the railroads to abolish the
long-Standing 'differential is one express
sion of New York greedy state of mind.
THE new eXpedient of utilizing the Trunk
Line and Joint Traffic associations to pre-
vent Southern and Western merchants
from stopping in Baltimore is another"
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The Great Trial Stakes at Sheepshead
Bay Won by Hamburg.

NEW YORK. July 5.-There was a very
large attendance at Sheepshead Bay, the
usual big holiday crowd of fifteen or twen-
ty thousand people putting in an appear
ance. The chief event of the day was the
Great Trial stakes of $4,000 for two-year-
olds. in which dozen went TO the post,
with August Belmonts Firearm an odds-on
favorite. There were several false breaks
and then they got away with Firearm hav-
ing considerably the worst OF it, Hamburg
was the first to get into his stride and led
the way through the chute. followed by
George Keene, Bowling Brook and the
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A Literary AfTecta ton.
New York Post.

Literary slang is of two kinds-the de-
predatory slang of the printing and pub
fishing Office, where writing of all kinds
is stuff" ETC.. and the putting slang OF
phrases is creative work" Thus a man
who has been a dramatic critic announces,
or causes his quid-pfc-quo critic friends TO
announce that he is going to leave off his
first-night duties, and hereafter devote
more Of his time TO creative work" Ii is
not said that he is going to write a drama
himself; there is no creation in that; that
would be only a question of conveying
from the French or German. Nor is there
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Forest Herr, br. g., by DR.. Herr-Deit
Trotting at Medford.

MEDFORD, Mass, July 5-The races at
Combination Park this afternoon attracted
a good share of Fourth of July floating
population and two events were carried out
Summarizes:
2:20 Trot; purse, $500: Tennahinch won
second third and fourth heats. Best time
Olcoe Pan Clare. Forester, Seddie L.. Kate
McCracken. Architect Flirt and Cecil NJ
also started.
2:35 Pace; purse $500: Haltma Duplex won
first, fourth and fifth heats. Best time
21715. Milo won second and third. Best
time, 2:17A. Niano, Craftsman King
Harry. Norwine Jewel and Clara also
started.
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winners at Marion.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, July 5.-The races were
held at the fair grounds this afternoon.
with the following results:
Half-mile running, two in three purse.
500 Lady L., entered by Blair Mock first
both heats; Barney Odair, entered by
George Coon, second Lady Holman, by O.
r. Holman third. Time-:56A :55s4
Pacing race, mile heats. three in five:
purse, $50: Danta N. owned by Weaver
q Son. first heat; Lex, owned by F. K
Oder, the next three; Waverly, owned by
Fred Hyatt, third. Time-2:4S 2 :401a 3:O3I5
25sA. -
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MAJESTIC BUILDING
Pennsylvania and Maryland SITS.
as'IIS $50 ! ~ ARD
81 1 !

others. There We're some changes in the
rear ranks as they reached the turn in the
main track, but Hamburg was going easy
in front. Taudman, however. fell back,
Keene taking second place. Sloan got to
work on Previous and drove him so hard
that he got into second place, but Ham
burg won very easily. Summary:
Great Trial stakes; Futurity course:
Hamburg. 122 CWilhite), Z to l and to ,,
won Previous, 129 (Sloan). II to l and to
!, second; George Keene, 122 (Martin), 10 to
/ and to L third. Time. LIP La.