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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10
Roal Records AlIowed.

The following road records have been al
lowed by the Century Road Club of Amer
lea:
Mrs. A.. e. Rinehart-25 centuries in 30
days, oct. Il, Nov. Is, 1S96-Colorado State
Mrs A.. E. Rinehart-6 centuries in 60
days, Sept. q, Nov. rs, 1S96-Colorado State
record.
Oct. II. Nov. Is, 1896-Colorado State record.
Mrs. A.. f. RinehartZ.962 1929 miles In 60
days, Sept. q, No. rs, 1S96-Colorado State
R. Is. O'Connor-2,7 1856 miles in 80 days,
July /, July 80, 1S96-IlIinois State record.
Inlv 2 Aug. 30. 1S96-nlinois State record.
Dr.. John T. Sibley-23 centuries in 1896
Missouri State record.
g p Staubach, New York city, has been
awarded the 1896 New York State medal
for meritorious riding June z, 1896.
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Winners of Race
Prize Winners
The number of men who finished the laps
f five miles each necessary in the races is

This year the Newark Traction Company
has extended its lines from Irvington, TO
Millhurn. along the side of the road, but
not on the macadam bed, thus leaving the
course practically as free as before and at
the same time increasing the facilities for
reaching the starting point, which IN the
past required the engagement OF shank
mare for a three-mile turn. 1t was OWING
to this that an effort was made recently 70
secure Riverside drive, this city, but when,
very properly. was unsuccessful. Cseusa4ibby
cred about the old Springfield road to Wit
ness the race, and vehicles, from the tally
no to the hay wagon, fringe the roadway.
This year, for the first time, the, race Is
held under the joint auspices OF the asso-
ciated cycling clubs of New York, New
Jersey and Long Island, and insures an at
tendance and interest never before attained,
while the list and value of prizes, will be
larger than ever. The number OF entries
can be judged from the fact that there IS
not a cycling club of any prominence IN
racing which has not from five to twenty-five
men in training for the race. In fact, the
list of contestants promises to be SO large
that the committee in charge or the race
will limit the number of starters. The limit
of the handicap will be nine minutes, while
/ ~ 90 will be the time limit of the race.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10
ROAD RECORD BROKEN.
Henry Smiths Remarkable Twenty
FOur-Hour Ride at Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, May 9.-Henry Smith, Of
the Century Cycling Club of Maryland.
started at 8 a. m. to break the national
twenty-four-hour road record, which is now
295 miles and 2e4 feet. AT the twelfth hour
Smith had ridden 40 miles and was twenty
miles ahead of time-this, too, in the face
of a stop of one hour and fifteen minutes
for dinner. At s O'Clock tonight Smith COM
pleted two hundred miles. and, after rest
ing for half an hour, started out again.
He is riding over a twenty-mile surveyed
course on the famous shell road to the east
of Baltimore. Both the weather and the
roads were most favorable for the attempt.
AT 1915 p. m. Smith completed his two
hundred-and-twentieth mile, He was riding
in fine form and looked good for so miles
hnfnrn & q m.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10
Life of robert Bruce.

There is not much that is new to be said
about Robert Bruce, but his personal char
acter was so interesting and his life so full
of action and adventure that they furnish a
perennial theme. The subject is newly and
well treated in "Robert the Bruce and the
Struggle for Scotch Independence" by Sir
Herbert Maxwell. The author has made a
careful cleaning Of original materials, ana
besides, a good life of Bruse presents an in
teresting picture of the time in which he
lived and the exciting events in which he
was an actor. The work is literally illus
trated and is published in the Heroes of the
Nations series by G. p. Putnam'S Sons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10
FFRANGCON DAVIES'S HIT.
The English B%aritone's Success at the
Springfield Festival.

The Springfield, Mass, festival, which
closed last week was quite successful, all
though it's list of artists did not compare
with those of the Indianapolis festival. In
dianapolis not only has Calve and Ffrang~
con Davies, but it also has Nine. De Vere-
Sapio, Miss Ella Russell, Baron Berthold
and Evans Williams. The Springfeld pa
pers report a great hit by Mr.. Davies, the
baritone, who is to sing the first and Sec
ond nights of the Indianapolis festival.
Says the Springfield Republican of last Sat-
urday:
The interest of the performance centered
in the Interpretation of the part of Elijah
by the eminent British baritone. Great re-
ports of his work at other festivals haye
been in circulation, and they. were tully
borne out by his impressive work last NIGHT.
He has an imposing bearing, a big and tell
ing voice, and a style which vibrates be-
How dramatic! was heard on every side.
Yet it was not quite that; put to the test or
the theater it would LAY seemed quite the
reverse. 1t is rather the stately o~ratorio
style carried to its highest power, and IN
fused with a high degree or spirit, Favored
with many peculiar, but harmless manner
isms. 1t is doubtful whether orotorio can
successfully be made dramatic as we un-
derstand the word since wagner. mere
was a time when oratorio and operate
singing were pretty much the same thing,
vocal display and cantabile predominating.
But the drama has developed It's own mes
which the o~ratorio cannot We'll folloW-
''WhiIe his Interpretation of the part or
the prophet gave to a certain extent the
sense of being new, it was not really SO new
in essence. 1t realizes in a strong and tell-
ing way the conception Of Elijah that
many singers nave felt but have lacked the
energy, the training, and the natural g1fts
to execute. His voice is powerful and res.
onant. and he has a lofty, at times almost
pompous manner, which adapts itself PEE
culiarly to this oratorto. He sang the Dig
show aria. rs not His Word like a fireP
with really tremendous force, and in the
very opening phrase Of the. o~ratorso ne
Probably his finest work was done in the
beautiful aria, 1t is Enough with its love-
ly cello obligato. Taking 1t as a whole IL
was so strong, noble, and vigorous a rem
dering that it will long be remembered as
the nearest approach to. an Ideal EhJah
that has been heard here
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10
MAY FESTIVAL MATTERS.
sale of Season h VIII Close To-
Morrow Evening.

The sale of season tickets for the May
music festival will close at the Big Four
ticket Office tomorrow evening, one day
earlier than first announced. There are yet
hundreds of good seats in all parts of the
hall to be obtained, and those who want
to be sure of seats for any particular
concert can be so only by purchasing sea-
son tickets. Tickets that nave been laid
aside must be called for by noon to-day
or they will be otherwise disposed of.
The sale of seats for single concerts will
begin next Thursday morning at 8 o'clock,
numbers being given to those in waiting
two hours in advance. 1t promises TO be
the greatest sale in the history of the
indianapolis festival. There is a particular
desire to hear so rare and expensive a
nightingale as Nine. Emma CalVe. The
financial value of this great prima donna is
at its zenith just now for the reason that
she alone of the operate stars of the sea
son has,Weathered a year that was big with
disaster to many sopranos. Frau Klafsky
has died, Nine. Melba has collapsed and
gone back to dear Paree, Nine. Eames-
Story has had to take a rest, MIME. Nordlca
has been crowded out of the happy family
that exhibited together at the metropolitan
and has spent the season starring in the
wilds, and Nine. Calve alone remains in
good voice and unheard as yet by the pop
ulation of lesser cities. Hence her extraor-
binary, her unique value this year, which
is the only thing that could possibly JUS
tify the eXorbitant sum paid for her serv-
ices.
Nine. Calve has won her fame almost en-
tirely in opera, and even more as an actress
than as a singer, yet the remarkable sue
cess she has had in the few cities in which
she has sung since the operate season
closed shows that she is effective even
without the potent accessories of action,
makeup and scenic setting. 1t is likely
that she will put more of the atmosphere
of the theater into her singing of the great
mad scene from Hamlet than festival
patrons have been accustomed to.
For those who are particularly interested
in the work of the chorus, and 1t is the
creates chorus Indianapolis has ever had,
the concerts On Thursday and Friday
nights (the latter being the Wagner con-
cert offer the greatest inducements as the
principal choral works will be given then.
The children'S chorus on Saturday after
noon, is another special feature in which
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10
Notes of the staue.

Julian Mitchell. who has been Charles
Hoyt's stage manager for several years
will retire from that position at the end Of
this season 10 look after the business in
terests OF his wife, Miss Bessie CLAYTON
the dancer, who Is going into vaudeville.
Harry Courtney, formerly well known as
an actor, who played in Edwin FORESTS
company and who often appeared on the
stage of Palmer's Union Square Theater
was arraigned in the Essex Market Police
Court Friday morning on a charge of in
toxication. He was found asleep on a
doorstep in East Fourteenth street on
Wednesday night.
Magistrate Crane looked pityingly at the
dissipated old man and said s%orrowfulIy:
Here again! You have been before me
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10

terest the many We therefore welcome
the broader work of Purdue in railway en-
cheering as a practical example of this
kind, and with the assurance that its excel
lent record in the past is a guarantee of
the quality of its future work"
1t is thus evident that the railroad bust
ness is rapidly and properly taking on the
dignity and Importance of a profession. but
it is a profession that must be taught by
practice, and not by theory. Purdue seems
TO have opened this particular educational
field At Exactly the rioht time
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10
Death of Mrs. sophia $. Remy.

Mrs. Sophia Spaugh Remy, wife of Alli-
son C. Remy, died yesterday morning at
$3.50 o'clock at her country home, Tangle-
wood, two miles southwest Of M~illersville.
She had been a sufferer from sciatic rheu-
matism for years, and recently had been in
very poor health. Only Saturday the fam
lily physician declared that her condition
was no worse than it had been for some
weeks. But he had said all along that the
disease might reach the heart, and would
be fatal if it did. Yesterday morning this
happened, and Mrs. Remy was taken off
suddenly.
Mrs. Remy was born and reared in Bar
tEolomew county, Indiana. Fifty-one years
ago she and Nh. Remy We're married, and
until 1870 lived on a farm near Hope. In
that year they came to this city, and Mr..
Plaza, ~ccupyin a part OF the ground on
the southwest segment of the Circle. 1t
was known then as the Remy Hotel, and
was conducted for about ten or twelve
years by Mr.. Remy. He sold it for a farm
near West Newton, where the family lived
and Mrs. Remy purchased the place, which
was considered the most beautiful small
stock farm in the State, aging $25, 600 for it.
Mrs. Remy was seventy years old. Her
husband and two children survive her. The
children are Curtis H. Remy, a Chicago
Thomas II. Butler. of this city. Mrs. Remy
was a member of the First Baptist Church
of this city, and was looked upon by all
who knew her as a devout Christian. The
funeral win be held at the country home
Tuesday at 1880 o'clock. Rev. ID. j.. Ellison.
conduct the services. The interment will
he at Crown Hill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10
His Haste WAS Fatal.

Saturday night Cheevers Davis boarded
a Vandalia freight train TO ride 10 his home
at Coatsville. He would have been obliged
to remain in the city until Monday morn
ing unless he went home on the freight
will ship his body 10 his parents on the
train which he. would have taken had he
was moving out Of the yards Saturday
night, and received fatal Injuries. his
death occurring yesterday morning at the
City Hospital.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10
A BICYCLE LAW.

A bill concerning the use of bicycles was
passed recently by the Connecticut Legis-
lature. 1t provides that a bicycle rider
shall not ride at a rate of speed exceeding
ten miles an hour in any street, highway
or mark. that he must have a bell attached
to his bicycle; mayors of cities, selectmen
of towns, or WardenS of boroughs may give
permission on special occasion for the rid
ing of BICYCLES at a higher rate of speed
thar ten miles an hour. No city, town,
or borough shall have the power to make
any ordinance contrary TO this law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10

This is to be the last week that II. b..
Geatry's dog and pony show viii remain in
the city. one OF the attractive features OF
the show Is the street parade. There will
be a parade this morning AT 1880 o'clock.
IL has become something OF a fad 10 go 10
the dog show and Prof. Gentry expects
even bigger Grove this week than last. At
each performance the animals perform all
their feats. There will be performances
each evening, with matinees on Wednesday,
Thursday. Friday and Saturday afternoons,
at $3.50 o'clock.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10
Euclid Avenue reserved.

At the meeting of the Cleveland City
Council recently it was voted to transfer
Euclid avenue, from Brownell street to
lake View Cemetery. into the hands of the
PARK Board for the purpose of making
that thoroughfare into a boulevard. This
is the Nonly method by which that celeo
brated avenue can be preserved from en-
croaching business, and the wheelmen Of
the city are greatly g~ratified at the Coun-
ellis action.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10
TransatIantic ChateIaine.

Helen Choate Prince might have chosen
a better name for her second novel than
"a Transatlantic Chatelaine." This is good
enough when one comes to understand and
discern the applicability of it, but it is not
a fetching name. The "Chatelaine" is born
in Europe and lives for some years in Amer
lea, losing husband and father in the, civil
war. Later she lives in Europe, and her
decidedly an interesting story and well
written. Cloth, SIPS. Houghton, Mitfiin
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10
The spirit of an Illinois TOwn.

Mrs. Mary H. C%atherwood has written
several stories which are much liked by
discriminating readers, but she has done no
finer work than in The Spirit of an Illinois
Town. This story has a combination of
masculine vigor and feminine delicacy rare
ly found, and the literary workmanship Is
of a choice quality. 1t is hardly more than
an episode in two lives, leaving just enough
to the imagination to give it the true effect
yet the entire history is condensed IN a
few p~ages-the mistake of the man, the Tor
lornness of the girl, the delicacy OF their
relations and the tragic ending. The scene
of the story is laid entirely in a typical
small Illinois town. Bound il the same
youme is another story by Mrs. Gather
wood, The Little Renault." Cloth, $l.25.
Honghton. Mifflin q Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10
Tmo strange Adventures.

F.. Tennyson Nicely, of New York, has
published 1.-TWO Strange Adventures by
Kenahan CORVALLIS. originally published
under the title of "A Marvellous Coinci-
dence:" and "A Bachelor of Paris by c..
w. Harding. Both stories are a little on the
sensational order. but they are readable.
Paner covers. 50 cents each.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10

contest. Zeigler was the first TO catch the
pacemaker. closely followed by Jones and
Davis. The latter two, by clever maneilv-
ering. succeeding in dislodging the Little
Demon from the coveted position on the
fifth lap, and before the latter could
s~traighten himself out for the final sprint
Jones and his team mate We're a dozen
yards in advance OF him. Jones won by
two lengths, while Davis just lasted long
enough TO beat Zeigler for the place.
The two-mile post race, professional,
proved a farce. Zeigler Immediately Sc
cured the first four points, but Jones and
Davis resorted to team work. and as a re-
suit Davis secured q lead of fully half q
lap. 1t was practically impossible to catch
him at this stage. and he secured the re-
naming six points and the race. Following
are the summaries:
Two-thirds Mile, Open, Professional
Final heat won by Jones; Davis second,
Zeigler third. Time, 1:26.
Mile Handicap, Amateur-Fiual heat won
by b. +. Russ (scratch), r. l.. Morton (S0)
second, Percy Mott (scratch) third. Time.
2:22 3-5.
Two-mile Post Race. Professionalism
won by G. J.. Davis. s points; Zeigler sec
ond, 4 points; Jones third. Time. 4:40 l-5.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10
shut out the Little Demon

SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.-The bicycle
races at the Velodrome to-day were well
attended, but the sport was rather tame,
and, with the exception of the two-thirds
mile professional. failed 10 arouse enthu-
siasm on the part of the spectators. The
final of this event resulted in a spirited
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10

SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.-The officials
of the League Of American Wheelmen have
determined to punish all persons Identified
with the California Associated Cycling
Club, whether as racing men. officials or
members. From information received from
Henry Goodman, of Portland, Ore, and
representing the league on this coast. il
was learned that the penalty To be visited
on the riders will be suspension for a term
of two. years from May 3 from all privi-
leges of the league.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10
DEATH OF A. H. STURTEVANT.
A Man Well known in the Implement
Trade.

A. H. Sturtevant died at his residence,
A7 North Meridian street, at 1880 O'Clock
last night. A year ago Mr.. Sturtevant was
compelled to retire from business on ac-
count of increasing i'll health. He had suf-
fered from paralysis five or six years be-
fore. There was a complication Of lung
trouble, and he grew gradually worse. Con-
sumption was the immediate cause. of
death.
Mr.. St%urtevant was forty-six years of age.
He was born in Jacksonville, Ill. Several
business at 6S South Pennsylvania street,
and was well known in business circles
He leaves a wife and one daughter, Mrs.
w. w. Carter. He had two sisters, Mrs.
G.. w. Clayton, of De Kalb, Mo-, and Mrs.
E. l.. S%toddard, of Blount, S. D.. The flu
neral will occur tomorrow afternoon at 4
o'clock from the late residence. The burr
al. at Crown Hill, will be private.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10
Veteran Snowman Hutchins Dead.

CINCINNATI, o., May 9.-James NJ.
Hutchins' veteran Snowman, more widely
known as Uncle jim" died here yester-
day lie was born in Paris. Ky, and was
seventy years old. He crossed the plains
70 California in 1851 and engaged i'm mining.
he drifted back during the war and with
his brother William operated museums i'm
st. Louis n Cincinnati. In 1877 John VIII
son, assistant manager of Robinson's cir
Gus, brought him 10 Springfield, Tenn. to
take charge or the sideshow. in which posi-
ton he has since been occupied
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10

Experience proves the merit OF Hoods
Sarsaparilla. 1t cures all forms Of blood
diseases, tones the stomach. builds uE tina
nerves.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10
How Hoyt Writes a PLAY.

That's the way l work out a play,'' re-
rnarked Mr.. Charles Hoyt. He had Just
finished telling a New York writer the plot
of what will probably be his next comedy.
"A good idea for a plot strikes me- he
went on, and ] think about it a few days
and add a little to it. and then 1 get hold
OF some good fellow and tell him about it.
Maybe he will suggest some addition. May
DC l think of something new. Every time
tell 1t 1t gets a little longer, until finally
I've got all three acts mapped out. Then
/ get II down on paper"
the plot of Mr.. Hoyt's new play is full
or possibilities, and as far as he's got-he
mas two acts roughly sketched now-the
story is very amusing. The hero is a rath-
er colorless young man from a small town
IN connecticut, who is the deacon of his
church, and who as such comes to New
YORK to engage the singers for a choir.
Wen, he gets into no end Of scrapes. of
course, and-but that is too much already.
We got a tour booked for next season.
SAID MIR. Hoyt, land I've got some people
engaged, but the play-well. maybe itlI be
know"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-10
The Liquor Problem.

For several years, beginning in 1889, a
number Of gentlemen who came to be
known as the sociological group, prepared
papers on subjects in sociology, which were
published in the Century Magazine and
the Forum. These articles were written by
single members of the group, but were
criticised before their publication by other
members. In 1893 these gentlemen decided
to enlarge the number of the group to fifty
and to concentrate tpoir attention on the
liquor problem in the United States. A
majority of the committee reside in the
East, but some of them in the West, and
they are all eminent as investigators or
writer's. or both. Three years ago the COM
mittee of fifty appointed four subcommit-
tees on different aspects of the drink prob
lem: One on the physiological aspects, one
on the legislative aspects, one on the eco
nomlc aspects, and one on the ethical as
poets. The first of these subcommittee TO
complete it's report is that on the leglsla-
tive aspects, and it is now published under
the title of 'The Liquor Problem in Its
Legislative Aspects by Frederic H.. Wines
and John Koren. The scope of the volume
may be gathered from the table OF con-
tents, which embraces: prohibition IN
Maine and Its Results The History of
Prohibition in Iowa. The South Carolina
Dispensary System" 1.-THE Restriction Sys-
tenn i'm Massachusetts,. THE Liquor Law
of Pennsylvania, - 1.-The Ohio Liquor. Tax,
'Iiuuor Laws III Indiana Since 1891 The
Missouri Local Option Law" Under these
interesting presentation OF the recent
course and present status of legislation on
the liquor question. Published by Hough-
ton, Miff1in * CoIonuE' i'f