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The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-16
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Carried Free on PennsyIvania and
uIinois-Street Cars where Force
of Numbers Prevailed.
ARRESTS AND SUITS FILED
POLICE JUDGE cox ONE OF THOSE
COMPELLED TO LEAVE A CAR,
city Neglected Opportunity Throw
Company i'm Hands of a Receiver
Police Must Make Arrests.

AS a result of the Citizens Street-rail-
road Company's refusal to obey the 3-cent-
fare law, which went into effect yesterday
there was much exc. tement in the city, al
though no riotous proceedings of any kind
marked the day. But with few exceptions
the street-car conductors compelled pas
sengers to pay cents or elected them from
the cars, and there a great many
cases in which the cars were stopped and
the Iaw-abiding passengers compelled to
step TO the ground. There were several ar
rests OF the companys employees for vio-
lating the law, and there were large num-
bers who appeared in the prosecutors Of
fee and asked for warrants. On several
occasions it required the combined efforts
of four five employees to put off pas
sengers who offered the legal fare and re-
fused TO pay more. In the evening there
were a number of blockades Of cars on the
1llinois-street and Pennsylvania street
lines, the passengers who refused to be held
up for the illegal fare being in such num-
bers as to make it impossible for the en-
ployes to eject them. In these cases the
conductors refused to accept the 3-cent
fares, but instead allowed passengers to
ride free of charge.
There was some comment among law
yers on the neglect of the city administra-
ton to at once file applications for for
feiture of franchise, the new law authoriz-
ing 1t to do so where the company charges
more than legal fare. 1t was the gener-
al opinion that the city could have thrown
the street-car comnary into the hands of
a receiver within two hours after the first
violation of the law occurred. 1t was in
sisted, however, that the early promulga-
ton OF the laws was as much surprise to
the city as to the street-car company, and
the city attorney being deep in the Federal
Court proceedings could Tot take the neces-
sary steps al the time. 1t is a question as
to whether the city will make the applica-
tiol to-day.
For the most part the employees of the
company yesterday acted I'm a courteous
manner. and in ejecting passengers used no
violence acting with remarkably good tenn
per. On the other hand, the patrons
seemed to realize that the employees We're
not TO blame for the violation of the law.
and there was little display of ill temper.
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THE CoMPANY's INSTRUCTIONS
Not Given Positively to Men Till 10
o'clock in Morning.

The executive management of the COM
pany pursued a vacillating course in ham
ding the matter during the day that tended
conductors, who were in no wise response
BILE for the difficulty, an enormous amount
of trying abuse from passengers who found
them the most convenient representatives
of the corporation upon which they could
vent their wrath.
The men who went out upon the first run.
it is stated, found no orders awaiting them
at the barns and as a result they had to
use their own judgment Some of them ac-
cepted 3 cents or cents, whichever hap
cept cents, but allowed passengers who
declined to pay to ride free, While Others
declined accept 8 cents and put off
the cars such passengers as refused to pay
more. This was productive or much con-
fusion and the men going out upon the 10
ing less than cents until further notice
and eject such passengers as declined to
pay this amount. These orders resulted in
numerous elections.
AT night, when it became popular for
men to board the cars in such numbers
that it was practically impossible TO eject
them, the men were instructed TO stop the
resulted in blockades and the road officers
were instructed to watch for such cases
and whenever they occurred TO instruct the
conductors to collect cents whenever il
was offered, but to carry those Offering 3
cents free. Thus several squads OF husky
hauled about town last night free of
charge.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-16
DDrcI, CCNrTc ATRATLwAY NEWS STANDS on
RRlCE NEN IC. AND SUNDAYS CENTS

conversation. A general opinion expresses
was that the American people are not SUI
ficiently careful of their rights under the
law and permit corporations 10 eNace Jaws
that the people themselves would not dare
evade. Said one passenger on the Pennsyl-
vania-street line:
Il can't see how the federal court per
mts a company TO have any standing IN
court as long as ii clearly violates law;
and makes no bones about II. j nouced
that when trust brought suit in Judge
Bakers court some time ago the judge
threw the case out of court, holding that
a concern. whose very organization Is IN
violation of the law, had no standing In
court. How can these people. knowing they
of il. When the Street-car Company had
its strike some time ago the first power
they called on was the law. They demanded
police protection. Now they refuse TO ooey
the power of the law, which they were
so anxious to invoke in their behalf.
DO YOU know. remarked one pontlclan,
'this thing is one Of the numerous lessons
that is being taught the people in dealing
with corporations Two years from low
am going TO organize a political party of
my own and have as its basic principle the
regulation OF corporations. Just such action
as this of the Street-car Company breeds
Populsts even among our conservative Cit
liens"
Fort Bragg suddenly sprung up into new
life. and at Washington and Delaware
streets the scene resembled those during
question, the Scent fare was the topic
of discussion, and the various constitutional
features of the case were handled without
much trouble, for there argument
offered except in behalf of the People VS..
The Citizens Street-railroad Company.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-16
800 BICYCLE FOR $45.
The Bait w. s. Thompson Is Said to
Have Used for GudgeOns.

NEW YORK, April 15 - William S.
Thompson, who was indicted in Chicago
last October for carrying on swindling op-
erations through the mails, has been ar
rested here and Is held in $500 bail for
hearing. 1t is alleged that Thompson sent
out letters offering to send bicycle worth
500 on receipt of si5. Persons who sent
money claim that they never heard any
thing more from Thompson. Thompson
had been arrested in Chicago and furnished
$1,000 bail. Walter S. Mayer, postoffice in
spector at Chicago, who came to this city
and caused the arrest of Thompson, stated
that lie had occupied several days in an
effort to locate Thompson. The latter had
fed from Chicago after being indicted. The
concern of which Thompson was the head
sent out circulars Offering a prize TO the
person making the greatest number of
words out of the letters in the title EN-
press Bicycle" Later on circular letters
were. mailed to, those persons. who had
failed TO win the prize. offering them a
hundred-dollar bicycle for $i5. In Chicago
Thompson was known as William s.
Thompson" and in this city as &C. Thomp-
SON." Inspector Mayer said that Thomp-
Son and his associates had obtained about
S50,0O0 by means of the swindle.
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SOME CONDUCTORS HEsIrATED.
A Few Accepted Three Cents-Many
PassengerS Protest

The street-car conductors i'm a number of
instances, were quite perplexed yesterday
and some hesitated to obey the Instructions
of the officers of the company to collect a
scent fare, although later in the day al
most without exception they demanded the
usual fare. On the South-side lines and
those lines which brawny workmen patron
ize most there was evidently some fear that
an attempt to throw passenger off the car
bodily would result in bodily harm to the
conductor and motorman, and in some of
these cases the conductors put up a pitiful
plea. They told the passenger Offering 3
cents that their instructions were TO collect
cents and if the passenger only paid 3
the conductor would have to make up the
extra 2 cents out of his own pocket or lose
his job. Few passengers were able to re-
sist this plea and therefore paid 5 cents.
Some of the passengers demanded a re-
ceipt but the conductors invariably replied
that they would not sign a paper of anv
kind. There was not conductor who dared
use violence.
In several instances the conductors ac-
cepted the cents and rang up the fare
on the register. w. w. Lowry of Wood
ruff Place. waking yesterday read his
Journal, saw what the Governor had done
and what the company proposed to do. He
tried to find three pennies in his house
He borrowed two of his wife and one from
his cook and started down town. He
boarded a Clifford-avenue car and offered
his pennies. The conductor objected, but
the passenger refused to pay more The
conductor put the money in his pocket and
went to the next passenger without making
remark. r. l.. Carlin. of 499 Ash street
boarded a College-avenue car and declined
TO pay more than cents. The conductor
would not accept this, but he did not put
Mr.. Carlin off and the passenger rode free
Of charge.
On the North Pennsylvania line
few passengers questioned the right of the
company 10 make its illegal demand. Ex-
Mayor Denny was one of those who paid
his nickel without comment. Some of the
patrons. however, refused TO pay a nickel
till the conductor gave his name and num-
ber A dozen or more took the names of
the conductor and witnesses announcing
that they did not intend TO file suit right
away. but would note every illegal fare
and take action in case Il test case was
won in the lower court.
Three-cent fare was discussed every
corner and In every store and in the street
cars it was practically the only topic OF
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-16
DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.
Mr.. Winter Asks Immediate In.
iunction-Mr. MIIIer's Amdaxft

At the close of Mr.. Ketcham's argument
in the afternoon Mr. Winter asked leave to
file a motion, supported by affidavit, ask
ing for an immediate restraining order on
account of the embarrassments and con-
fusion arising from the fact that the law
had been promulgated so much earlier than
usual. The affidavit was by w. IL. III. Mil
Ter. In il he declared that he was informed
that by reason OF the proclamation OF the
laws "a large number OF people are refus-
ing to pay more than 3 cents fare in the
city of Indianapolis for riding on the street
railroad that the conductors are refusing
to accept such 3-cent fares and are de-
manding cents, which has always hereto
fore been the usual fare; that such de-
mands for carriage at the Scent fare are
city authorities, or some of them, notably
the police judge OF said city, are fomenting
said troubles, as are some of the neWSpa-
pers of the city. Afiiant further says that
the failure TO have a hearing before the
laws were in force is the result OF series
OF delays caused by failure 10 get a Judge
to hear the same. That the bill was fled
for a hearing on Monday. the 18th inst:
that the judges here declining TO hear the
same. it was by a misunderstanding sup
posed the case would be heard on WedneS-
day the 18th inst. but by reason OF the
failure TO obtain n judge. the case has been
DELAYED till this time. Affiant further says
that the said laws have been distributed
and put i'm force from one To two months
earlier than usual.
The court paid no attention TO the motion
during the afternoon. but may take up the
question this morning.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-16
DECLINED BY ROOSEVELT.
.'Teddy" VIII Not Lecture at Nashville
His History Correct.

NEW YORK, April 15.-Theodore Roose-
welt will not deliver, as he had been in
vited to do, an address before the Patriotic
and Historical Societies on Kings Noun
tain day (Oct. y. at the Tennessee GEN.
tennial exposition in Nashville. Mr.. Roose-
welt said to-day that he had declined the
invitation because of the pressure of Off
cial duties before he learned that objection
to his selection had been made by the
Campbell Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution of Nashville, based
on exceptions taken 10 n statement made
by Mr.. Roosevelt in his book, Early Set
tiers in the West" rejecting on General
Sewer. the first Governor of Tennessee
In that work Mr.. Roosevelt describes a
battle with Indians the troops. the Ten
nessee pioneers. being commanded by Gen
SEWER After the battle Sewer is said TO
have stood calmly by while his men butch
cred the captured Indians. This. Mr.. Roose-
welt says, is historically accurate
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-16
BAR MEETING TRIBUTE.
Eloquent Words spoken Of the Late
Senator at Terre Haute.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. md. April ia num-
Der of very eloquent tributes were paid to
the memory of Mr.. Voorhees, at the meet
ing OF the Vigo Bar Association this morn
ing There were present many members OF
the bar from other cities. Governor Mount
arrived in the city on the morning train.
and attended the meeting and delivered a
short address. Among the other prominent
persons who were present from other cities
were ex-Congressman Jason Il. Brown. of
Seymour: Otto Gresham. of Chicago. son
of the late Judge Walter q. Gresham
Frank Burke. ex-United States district at
torney. and John G.. Williams, OF Indian
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-16
$40, Sl2, S15 and $16.5O

apolis; Hon. w. p. Cullop of Vincennes:
Major Menzies. of Mount Vernon; Judge
A. F. White and Duncan C. Puett, of Rock
Vile. and Judge Hays and John II. Bays. of
Sullivan. The local ministry was repre-
sented. Judge j. +. Piety called the meet
ing TO order at 1895 o'clock and made the
announcement that Col. r. w. Thompson,
chairman of the committee on resolutions,
was unable to be present on account of his
Following the reading of the resolutions
Judge Long spoke feeingly of his ac-
quaintance with the dead ex-senator.
Others who gave tribute were John 7.
Beasley. of Brazil: Jason b. Brown, Sam
neI @ X. Hadniin ~ and John r.. LAMB lamb The Iat-
trust himself to speak. He. therefore read
th e os f 6 hls his G Voice or chded
up and his eyes filed. Once he broke down
all over the room men touched by the scene
were ylSibly affected. Among other things,
When Governor Morton died. in 1877
Senator VOORHEES, was trying lawsuit at
Nashville. in Brown county; where there
ton. L went over TO indianapolis and sug-
gested to Governor James ID. Williams the
hees as Morton's successor. Governor Viii
liams said: Young man, yOu may 60 home.
1 will have to appoint him as matter of
Self-defenSe. / have been deluged with tel
egrams recommending him, and no one
else, from nearly every township in Indi
ana This illustrates the hold which he
then had upon the Democracy of the State,
and which he held, with unwavering
strength until the last hour came.
THE pride of his life in the past few
years was the new Congressional Library
at Washington. He offered the first resolu-
tion contemplating it's construction. and
watched its growth to its present magnif-
cent and dazzling proportions with anxiety
and pride. The last time / drove with him
in Washington he said, with intense pride
and satisfaction. as we passed this build
ing: John, there is my monument a
public man. and L love it second only to the
little shaft on the brow Of the hill at
home
''While he was an omniYorous reader
during his entire life of all of the best style
of literature he was extremely fond of
poetry, and in later years he loved to
dwell upon the lines of Indianas genius,
James Whitcomb Riley. l have heard him
recite while out driving with him, that
beautiful conceit, The Southwind and the
Sun, and he once said 10 me that Tenny-
son never wrote anything as sweet.
II remember an occasion, not long ago,
when he said the sweetest two lines ever
written as an epitaph We're carved upon the
monument of d sweet singer. Might they
not with propriety be carved upon that
monument which he built only few short
years ago upon the brow of the hill over
looking this beautiful city, which he loved
so long and so well, and TO whose people
his entire life was devoted?
Here mayest thou rest within this shrine
Until angels wake thee with a note like
thine"
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-16

CHICAGO. April ia man supposed to
be ID. Cameron, of Albany, n. V. Shot and
killed himself at the Imperial Hotel to-day
He was not dead when found in his room
but he died in the police ambulance while
being taken 10 the hospital From state
mentS the man made ii is thought no
comes from n wealthy family in Albany
He told the clerk OF the hotel in which he
killed himself that he had come TO Chi
cago to find his wife. who had left him i'm
Albany. He also said that he came from
Battle Creek, Mich, and had been spending
a large sum OF money in fast living in New
York.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-16
FALL OF A HILL.
1000 Tons of Dirt and Rock Close
the Mouth of a Mine.

BELLAIRE. o.. April 1.-THE Hill imme-
diately over the mouth of the Yorkville
mines. seven miles north OF this city, gave
way this morning. and 1900 tons of dirt
and rock crashed down, completely closing
up the entrance and breaking down the
archway for 100 feet. A driver named JEFF
fiery was entombed, and was not rescued
until several hours afterward.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-16

Class Legislation Was One of Thetr
Principal Contentious.

Mr.. Miller opened the argument ana
spoke at considerable length. He set forth
the new law and pointed out the fact that
1t was SO hedged about that Il could apply
10 but one city. Indianapolis He paid
some attention TO the contention Attor-
ney General Ketcham had announced he
would raise as TO the jurisdiction OF the
court. end its competence TO enjoin the
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-16
voorhee.'s big Case at RushviIle.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RUSHVILLE, Ind, April 1.-THE death
of Senator Voorhees, recalls the most men,
orable and most important civil action ever
tried in this county. 1t was the suit to
break the will of the late John Mcgee, one
of the. largest landowners of the county,
and was tried in 1868 before Judge Jere
Wilson. at present a leading lawyer at
Washington, ID. G. Voorhees, was for the
plaintiff and Thomas A. Hendricks for the
defendant. On the day of the argument
the courthouse was packed. Hendricks
spoke for four hours In the morning and
was followed by Voorhees, with a speech
of equal length in the afternoon. Both
efforts were two of the most brilliant ap-
pealS ever made to jury in the old court
house. Hendricks won the case.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-16
shot Her second Bear.

wILKESRARRE. Pa. April 15.-Afrs.
Walter Randall, OF Susquehanna. is busy
receiving the congratulations of her
friends With her rifle she shot and killed
a bear weighing 270 pounds. This is the
second bear she has killed in the forest
within short time.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-16
TheoPuIar
MoNoN ROUTE
I: the bestCHICAG0T re- I4s H0JRS
FOUR DAILY TRAINS

Leave Indiana apolis-7:oo q. m. IL so a. m, s:ss
= m, 12:55 night
Trains Arrive Indianapols-3:so a. m, 7:45 a.
m, 2:35 o. m, 4:s7 D. m.
Local sleeper in Indianapolis ready a $50 d.
m Leaves Chicago. returning. at 2:45 a. m. Can
be taken any time after $50 D. m.
Ticket Offices. West Washington street, Union
Station and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Depot.
GEO. w. HAYLER ID. p. A
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Easter Egg CO1Oring Free

A package containing s colors, given
free with every purchase amounting to
5Oc (sugar excepted all day Friday and
SATURDAY..
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5 "a n ONARCH<
" } 81 E. Washington.
4 Y a Groceries.
Tel. 14os. .s4 e. WASH. ST.

Mail and telephone orders promptly filled
Money refunded IL goods are not as represented
Street-cars stop IN front of MONARCH.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-16
Easter Meat.

,hoicest Meats that Ironeyl will buy.
undance of Spring Lambs, Fancy Por-
house Steaks and ROastS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-03
Government Crockery,

All crockery ware and glass furnished
to the government must be severely
tested. One test consists in boiling TIL.
ware from ten to fifteen minutes, or I'M
til tits as hot as boiling water can make
it. 1t is then instantly removed and
plunged into water as near the freezing
point as possible and be liquid. No
Grazing or cracks must show after the
test. The tumblers are put into water
at 1924 degrees for one minute. They
are then dropped into water at 42.44
degrees Fair. If they show the least
imperfection under this test they will
not be accepted.-N. Y. Ledger.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-03
spiders as Pets.

Spiders are not generally popular
creatures with either SEX, Yet lady
writer affirms that they can be,made the
dearest little pets in the world" She
tells how she collected a common gar
den spider and kept the sweet lady
under glass tumbler for three weeks.
She watched her building her house of
snowy silk" and raising family, and,
saws the writer, ''she soon learned to
take flies from my hand and drink
water from leaf which gave her fresh
every day" There are, indeed, accord
ing to this lady, few things so agreeable
as spider, whether regarded as an
architect, thing of beauty, slayer, OF
pests or a household pet.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-03
Amphfbious Man.

Man becomes almost amph;bious in
certain regions. Temperature per-
hitting, he swims as well as, dives bet
ter than many animals-better, for in
stance, than any dogs. The Greek
sponge fishers and Arabic divers must
have sight almost as keen below water
as that of the sea otter. They have
learned by practice to control the con-
sumption of the air supply in the
lungs. The usual time for a hippo
potamus to remain below water is five
minutes. The pearl fisher can remain
below two and half minutes. In tank
diver has remained under water for
four minutes. But temperature marks
the limits of mans amphibious habits.
London Spectator.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-03
Tic Gaify liqRt
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1897.
WANTS PART OF OMAHA.
George Francis Train to Reopen
ali Old Claim.
Ii the Outgrowth of Old Union Pa
cific Litisntion-PIayin for
a stake OF $780,

100000.
GEORGE FranCls Train has reopened
his claim to the city of Omaha, and lie
intends to press it to the last, says the
New York Journal. If he wins, he will
be worth $20,O00,O00; if he loses, he will
be no poorer than he is now. Certain
of his friends have investigated the
matter, and they are convinced that his
cause is just and that the claim, grow
ing out OF the old Union Pacific litiga-
ton and subsequent proceedings, in
which he was legally declared lunatic,
is valid.
Those friends have employed large
syndicate of eastern and western law
yers to conduct his case, and Proprietor
Merrifeld, of the Continental hotel,
where Citizen Train lives, and former
Mayor Bemis, of Omaha, are protecting
his interests.
The following characteristic inter
view with Citizen Train was obtained:
Ten days ago." said the Citizen, "a
strange man, evidently a mechanic,
came to me while | was sitting in the
park. 1 didn't wish to talk with him
at first, but he persisted and L yield
ed. He said that a short time ago he
made trip to Omaha and there he met
a cousin of his, who is lawyer and
who lives in handsome house in that
city. This is n nice place you own,
remarked the mechanic. Yes was the
response, but between you and me, l
really believe George Francis Train
owns 1t, because he bought the ground
on speculation many years ago. but
was cheated out of it. There is cloud
on the title, though, and the same cloud
rests upon hundreds of other pieces Of
land around here"
Citizen Train repeated the substance
of that conversation to- Mr.. Mortified
and be became deeply interested, and
with former Mayor Bemis made inquiry
into the matter. The result was thai
they have decided to attempt to make
the Citizen a modern Croesus at the agc
of rs.
Mr.. Merrifeld and Citizen Train re
fused to divulge the names of the law
yers in the syndicate, but they admitted
that it had been formed. Full detail,
for publication, they said, would moi
= be given out until June 1.