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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05

little street gamin-heaven knows where he
comes from or how he got there-suddenly
begins to dance around the .fruit-laden cart.
watching, with laughing mischief in hts
eyes, an opportunity for "Swipe"
Here, you ragamuffin" is as far as
the fruit vender gets. when another little
gamin, white but smutty, appears on the
scene dancing like his iniquitous companion
on the other side of the cart. In a second
and as the peddler makes lunge at him the
other gamin grabs a few luscious peaches.
Down the street they go, with the peddler
close at their heels.
Instantly the street is alive with gamins
of all manner and shades of smuttiness and
all conditions of raggedness. Where they
terry to the peddler. Some emerge from an
alley, some from dOorwayS. but the majority
of them seem to spring up like the soldiers
of Rhoderick Dhue, from the ground itself,
and all swarming down like a ravenous pack
on the cart of the unfortunate fruit peddler.
The retreat is as cleverly executed the
doors, some through the alley, while not
few begin tumbling over the nearest fences,
so that when the watchful officer rushes up
breathleSsly in answer to the cries for help
not street gamin is in sight.
The West Side gamins are even more cos
mopohtan than those of the East Side.
They are composed of MeXicans Ameri-
cans IriSh Russians, French, Italians, ne
groes and strange blends of all these races.
They are the children of filth and vice.
and youthful degeneracy finds it's most ad-
vanced type in them. Like the East Side
gamin, they have their little respectable oc-
equations, such as shining shoes and SELL
ing papers. and then, too, they have their
luxuries, such as "snipes," butts" policy.
variety shows and women. In one respect
at least, they are distinctly different from
their East Side tribesmen, and that is in the
matter of caste.
A street gamin of the West Side who cam
not play policy at least three times a week
is plug" A plug is that class of gam
ms that is not able to get enough money,
legitimately or otherwise, to keep up with
the push" of the West Side tribe. A West
Side gamin, to be anybody at all in the
gamin world or in gamin language, "a
duff, must at least get drunk sometimes
and be on familiar terms with either
Chill girl or show woman
kid, who's dat dirty little guy with that
mashed Derby hat and cigar?" asked the
trans-San Pedro sport of one OF the West
Side street arabs.
''Hu! OATS swell duff Chip
what does he do? He is always hang
ing around the show at nights" says the
sport.
Dor asked the gamin in surprise "Wot
tell? Wen a duff plays dinky. shoots Ha-
yanies and keeps er lady, wot tell think
he's got ter do?
When the West Side gamin spoke these
words to the West Side sport he laid bare
the secret of how to successfully break into
the top rank of street-gamin society-''play
dinky, shoot Havanies and keep er lady"
1t might be added that police records
show that only street gamins can follow
such pace and keep out of the clutches of
the law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05

The Current Assists Cart Animals in
Deep Excavations.
PhiIa de1phia Record

For one more service the horse has been
displaced by electric power, this time it is
for the haulage OF wagons up steep inclineS
such as are used in large excavations
Steam donkey engines have been very re-
Gently employed for this purpose in the
construction of the building at Broad and
Chestnut streets, but the application of
electric motors to this purpose is an en-
tirely new and novel scheme and was intro
duced by Macarthur Brothers in CHICAGO
In this case steam was unsuitable, as the
Great Northern Hotel is directly opposite
the excavation, and the guests complained
of the noise made by the steam hosting
engine, particularly at night whereas now
the electric motor works away perfectly
noiselesSly and without dirt of any kind
the current being obtained from the light
ing mains of the Chicago Edison COMPANY
1t is a notorious fact that the Chicago sub
stratum makes a very undesirable fOunda-
ton for q large building. and in order to
reach hard pan it is necessary to excaVate
to a considerable depth, the case in point
requiring about thirty feet of excavation
and then a driving of flfty-foot piles This
work necessitates the excavation of some
seventy thousand cubic yards of earth of
a heavy, soggy character. Then, too. the
peculiar shape of the excavation rendered
necessary the use of very steep ntlines for
the wagons and carts, so that it was prac-
tically impossible for horses to pull the
wagons up, as high as twenty-five me-
chanicai horsepower being required in
cases where the wagon ran off the wooden
incline.
The general method of using the electric
power is by means of an electric motor
geared to a feurteen-inch hosting drum.
which is equipped with hand brake The
connection with the loaded wagons is sup
piled by about 125 feet OF three-quarter-inch
wire rope This is firmly secured to the
sheaves and then taken down the incline,
made of three-inch planking, and attached
to the tongue of the wagon or to the front
axle. whichever is most convenient. AT a
signal given the motorman the load is easily
pulled up TO the street the horses merely
walking up in their places no doubt to
their great satisfaction and surprise.
This application OF electric power in
building recalls the use to which it was
recently applied during the erection of a
New York sky-scraper. where the electric
elevators. fitted with rough cars, were in
stalled as soon as the steel skeleton was
completed, after which thew served to hoist
q he and farfaIs renl1irad-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05
just Like a Woman.
Washington Post.

A middle-aged woman came through the
gate at one of the railway stations Wednes-
day afternoon with the crowd of passen-
gers from train which had Just arrived
She wore a gray gown and she carried q
small bag, a fur cape hung over her arm.
but her head was bare. She did not remen-
Der the fact until she had passed the wick
ct. Suddenly she clapped her hand to her
head.
Good gracious!" she exclaimed. Here
hold these" and flinging the bag and cans
into the hands of an astonished young man
who happened TO be standing near she
plunged through the crowd and ran hack
70 the train. Presently she emerged. her
hat on her head. smile of perfect content
on her face, smile which faded the mo.
ment she set foot on the platform again
She fairly galloped through the gate. ara
looked wildly about for her fur cane ana
her travelling bag. The astonished-iool<ine
young man was still holding them. The
her belongings. Then she gave a SIGH ~
relief. aen "
Ny land she said. with feeling. s.sup-
posing you hadn't been honest!, and fha
crowd swallowed her up. s'ie
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05
LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
The Month opens with Good Trade
Prnsnccfs and Stendy Prices.

IN the wholesale streets the trade OF the first
four davs of December has been very satisfactory
in nearly all lines, especially with merchants who
handle ANYTHING that comes in the line of holiday
goods or articles which into daily con-
sumntion in the grocery line. On Commission row
one of the features OF the situation is the stead
mess of prices Nearly every article coming into
general use carries very firm tone. Dry goods,
while not advancing in their tendency, are very
firm In staple groceries the same remark is
true. Leather hide and provision markets are
all active and fluctuations in values from week to
week but slight advances rather than declines be-
ing the rule Produce men again quite busy.
Fat young turkeys readily bring SqSlkc per lb.
and chickens rule easy at &c per Id. Good butter
brings our best quotations. on Commission row
the last three days trade was more satisfactory,
retail merchants having cleaned up their stock
left over from Thanksgiving week Apples are
ri5ning 10 be in good supply and easier prices
Indicated 1t would be difficult 10 ma any line of
trade in which business does not exceed the cor
The local grain market is more active. Inspec-
tions of Friday exceeded one hundred cars one
of the best days of the season Prices tucruated
slightly from day to dag an Tanee % SFees n
track, as reported by the secretary OF the Board
u W1heat.No red. sli6c:. No. red. S7lkQSSskc;
December, 9llsc; wagon wheat SIC.
Corn-No white zSsG Git no %I no 1Sc; b Mo
mixed 24lzc; No 3 white mixed, 24lsc; No. 4
whit s4 mixeSH 40 yelo%. 2ic No. mixed DE
No. 5 mixed. 243@c; No. mixed, 2l1sc' ear corn,
2lc. o.. - q A,. 90 ~
mixed. &c: No. mixed &c.
Hay-No. timothy, S7Q75O; No 2 timothy. Sc
Inspections wheat-No. red, car; rejected.
cars; total. cars. Corn-No. white, so cars:
No 3 white mixed. car; No. yellow, l car; No.
mixed, 1 car; No. mixed II cars; total, 20
cars Oats-No. . mixed, / car; total, car.
Poultry and other Produce.
prices paid by shippers;
Ponltry-Hens. Sc; springs, Sa5.@c; cocks, g., 23Ac;
ducks 5lEc; reese. soc for full feathered soc for
Bntter-Country. choice, 1oqi1c; mixed. sS7Sc.
Eggs-Strictly fresh, lSc.
Feathers-PIime geese, SOC per ID; prime duck.
l0G1lsc per 10. .
Heney-l3Q16c per ID.
9oGI25c. bury and understandable. sc less.
Game-Rabbits 75cQSl; short-bll snipe. $500
175 per doz: Mallard ducks. S4G5 per doz: prairie
chickens, $l.5O6f2 per doz.
HIDES. TALLOW. ETC.
Creen-salted Hfdes-No. l, &c; No. 2 TIC;
No. / calf Toe: No. calf. size.
Grease-White. Be-: yellow. 2i2c; brown. ZAc.
Taliow-No. l. Sc. No. =. 2lsc.
ny s12fI13
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05
GAMINS OF "SAHN-AN-TONE."
Glimpse at the Seamy Side of South.
western Life.
San Antonio Express.

If curfew were to ring at 9 o'clock to-
night many heart would ache in San An
tonic, many a little face would be pressed
against the window pane and many would
be the bright eyes of urchins looking sadly
street.
If curfew were to ring tonight, a striking
feature of the streets and plaZas would be
wiped out of existence at one blow, for the
cosmopolitan street gamins of San Antonio
are as much feature of San Antonio as
anything else astr.
Street gamins have no classification save
the extent to which they are STEPPED in
degeneracy Another very general, though
less scientific classification would be di-
vision according to their various stamping
grounds; thus San Antonio street gamlns
would be divided into east and west side
gamins.
The stamping ground of the East Side
ganin is the Alamo plaza, and that of the
West Side gamin the unsavory precincts
that border on San Pedro creek. There is
no sharp geographical line between the do
mains of these two tribes of the street, but
the produce houses of Military Plaza, with
their handy open barrels of apples and their
tempting. crates of grapes and plums, form
a sort Of No Mans land where they fire.
quently mingle in their sporadic raids on
unguarded piles of fruit.
The East Side gamin is either American.
German, Italian or negro. He sells newspa-
perS in the daytime peddles little button
hole bouquets at dusk and rompS and froHcs
around. entirely too nimble for the elderly
and sedate policeman on the beat. late into
the night. He has fondneSs for lingering
around the peanut stands ard popcorn wag-
ons and at supper time he hangs about the
chill stands with a persistency that baf-
fies the skill and ingenuity of the chill VEN
der to brush him Off
The long hours of the day are not all spent
around the plaza, however. He sallies forth
at times into side streets and byways in
quest of favorable opportunity to play a
prank or replenish his larder.
The mcnotonous cry of the street peddler
pushing his handcart full of fruit before him
is music to- the ear of the street gamin. He
can hear that cry from afar, and then he
hunts up Chimmie and Teddie, more OF that
ilk The policeman sees them as they stink
around the corner of East Houston street.
They see the policeman on their trail and
before the officer has a chance to perform
his well-thought-out flank movement they
have passed through several lots and emerge
in an alley on some of the avenues.
The peddler comes along singing his wares
ofapples, pears and oranges. when ragged
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05
Money to Lend

Persons desiring TO borrow money on
improved real estate in this city, or upon
approved collateral security, will find it to
their advantage to call at the Office of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05
Couldn,t Come.
Co
Atchison Globe.

Atchison Globe.
Come up tonight" wrote an Atchison
girl to a young man this morning. Il am
going to have an evening.
Il should like to come, he wrote back,
but. unfortunately. have just had a
night
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05
LIVE STOCK.

Cattle Scarce and Steady-Hogs Active
and sfendy--sheep Quiet.
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec f.--cattle-Recepts light
shipments light. Nothing on sale EXCEPT few
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-18
GUATEMALA REBELS WIN.

New York, Sept. 1S.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Panama, says:
According TO advices just received
by way of San Salvador, the city of
Quesaltenango, in Guatemala, has
been captured by the rebels. For
twenty-four hours the garrison there
held the city, but the rebel forces were
so much greater that they were fore
ed to surrender.
Immediately following the surrender
the main body of the garrison joined
the insurgent ranks, thereby adding to
the strength of Prospero Morales
movement against President Barrios
The rebels are now moving onCham-
perico and there will probably be hard
fighting there, as the place is garrison
ed by strong forces. The government
also holds the towns of Retalhuleu
and San Felipi despite rebel attacks
there.
The loss of Quesaltenago is a great
blow to the government and gives
Morales undisputed control in that
portion of Guatemala. 1t marks, too,
it is believed, the beginning of the end
of Barrios' supremacy. There seems
| little doubt that new government
will be established with Morales at
| its head.
Don Emilio de Lagas and Francisco
Toledo have been thrown into prison
in Guatemala for completely in the
present revolutionary movement.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-18
SHINNIN II.

st. Louis, Mo-, Sept. 1S.-William
John Thaler, an Australian, called at
the sheriff's office yesterday and had
that official sign his name on note
book. Thaler said he was making a
tour of the world on foot and started
from Montreal, Canada, May, Is,
1895. He says he has travelled ten
thousand miles and expects to walk
$4,000 miles before he gets through.
He has his route mapped out and ex-
poets to accomplish his journey by
May ID, 1903. He says he will tramp
on to Old Mexico and thence to New
York. From there he will go to Eu-
rope and visit every country there.
Likewise he will go through Africa,
Asia, and Australia. He has not beg.
ged for anything since he started and
says he has walked $50 miles on five
meals. The greatest distance Travelled
in one day was 80 miles. He is un
married and blind in one eye.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-18
NEW SUITS FILED.

James Daughtrey ct al, VS.. Emile
and Alexander Wurz bach and Emilie
Wurzbach as administrators, of THE
estate of Josephine Wurzbach, deceaS-
ed. to try title TO lot 10, block block ~
ON the northeast side of Eighth street,
and for damages, $4,000, and $4,000
for rents.
Sarah Pendergast VS.. st. Clair Lea
velle, notes, $3.50, and for foreclosure
of lien on land in Dimmitt county.
John A. Green, Sr., vs.. ID. NJ. Poor
NJ. Hoefling, Richard P. Tommins, A
p. Rivas, and G. B. Davis, note, $500.
John A. Green, ST., VS.. A. Z. Riyas
and Thad w. Smith, note $500.
| City of San Antonio VS.. Geo. Q
Robinson, for taxes.
E. A. Wickes VS.. Lizzie and +. c
Baker, note,S125, and for foreclosure
ON lot 10, block "a, on blackberry
street. "a
+. II. Wash VS.. Martha f. Thomas
on balance-o of note. SO, and for fore
closure on lot 16, block 5, on the 1SaI
Juan "A branch of Alazan creek, abou
| 1A miles from Main plaza.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-18
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.

[Advance Press Notice for the Light. ]
Beginning tonight the patrons of the
Grand will be able to view the sue
cessful play ION the Bowery," which
has Frank Bush for a principal char
acter. The play opens in luxurious
home and the shifting Of the scene
to the Bowery, the street of the poor
and lowly makes striking contrast.
There are exciting scenes on the
Brooklyn bridge, an East river pier,
and elsewhere. Rich as ION the
Bowery' is in sensation, it is equally
rich in comedy and in spectacular eff
feet.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-18
Guile SHORE ITEMS.

Vice President j.. w. Graves, of the
Gulf Shore, went out over me road
with Superintendent Thomas yester-
day.
The telegraph posts for the extension
of the CHI shore line, have been cree
ted TO Stockdale and the wire win be
stretched in few days.
The Gulf Shore brought in eleven
loaded cars rom Layernia, Suther-
land Springs and Stockdale yesterday
afternoon. They contained baled cot
ton and cOttonSeed.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-18
CONSUL LEE REPORTED.

Washington, Sept. 1S.-General Fitz.
hugh Lee, consul general to Cuba, had
long consultation with the presi-
dent today. General Lee carefully re-
viewed the situation in Cuba and ex-
planned at length all points upon
which either the president or Secre-
tary Alger asked for information.
General Lee gave his own views very
freely to the president but after the
interview was very reticent about the
nature of the report he had made.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-18
A CoRPoRAL's GUARD.

Jackson, Miss, Sept. 1S.-As a re-
suit of the destruction of the tracks
and cuverts on the. Alabama and
Vicksburg railroad at an early hour
this morning, Governor McLaurin has
Just ordered out the Capital Light
Guards of this city in order to pre-
vent any further destruction of prop
erty. The number of men composing
this company is in ordinary times
about thirty-six, but it is doubtful
whether more than ten or twelve can
be assembled at this time.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-18
FOR BEATING HIS MOTHER.
Hugo Schmidt is in The County Jail
ON Two Charges.

hugo Scuiulut is III lht aCouHty jan
ON Two Charges.
Hugo Schmidt, was arrested by
Deputy Sheriff w. +. Green this morn
ing on two charges of aggravated as
sault. He was taken before Justice
Shook and his bond was fixed at $500
in each case, in default of which he
went to Jail. The affidavits charge
that on December 2, 1896, and also ON
September 10, 1897, he struck his
mother. 1t is said hiatt on one &C.
casion when the police tried to arrest
him he jumped into the river. He
lives with his mother at the rear of
No. Gil Avenue c. 1t is said that he
never works, and that his mother sup
ports him, and whenever he asks her
for money and she does not give it to
him he abuses her and strikes her.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-18
SURE 1T WAS ANDREE.

st. Petersburg, Sept. IAN official
messenger confirms today the an
nouncement that on September 14th,
at IL p. M, the inhabitants of the vii
lage of Antzifirowskoje, in the dis
trict of Yeniseisk, Arctic Russia, saw
for about five minutes a balloon be-
lieved to be that of Prof. Andree. The
messenger adds that it is supposed in
official circles the balloon is that of
the Arctic explorer.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-18
VERY SERIOUS.

Simla, Sept: 1S.-Reverses suffered
by the British forces under General
Jeffries in the attack upon the Mona
bands in the valley north of the camp
at Anayat are regarded most seriously
and it is stated in semi-otficial circles
that if the situation does not improve
the whole border will be in arms.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-18
PeTS)ll| Mention.

Arthur Storms is i'll with the dem
que.
VIM. Dobrowolski was able to come
down town a while today, being con-
yalescent from the dengue.
Alderman Mahncke left yesterday
for trip to Bandera county, after
deer and turkeys. He bought out all
the fresh shrimp in the city to take
along with him. TgEs,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-18
DIsINFEcrIoN INSTRUCTIONS
partially Based on Those of The \
Y. Board of Healthy


Disinfection is the destruction of the
poisons of infectious and contagious
diseases.
Deodorizers or substances which de-
stroy odors, are not necessarily disin-
fectants, and disinfectants do not nee
essarily have an. odor.
DisinfectiOn cannot compensate for
want of cleanliness, nor of ventilation
Disinfectants to be employed for
rooms, furniture, clothing, dressings,
etc. FumigatiOn AZ with sulphur
Heavy Clothing, blankets, bedding, to
be so treated, should be freely expos
ed and the room air-tightly closed.
The sulphur is poured upon iron pans
supported on bricks, placed in water
| tub containing a little water. The
sulphur is then ignited by hot Goals or
by the aid of spoonful of alcohol.
The room should remain closed for
"a hours. For a room ten feet square
at least two pounds of sulphur should
be used. Larger rooms in proportion.
OBJ With Fomaldehyde gas, sui
phur having not fully salts
| fed investigation as to its power of
destroying germs, lately formaldehyde
or formaline gas has been considered
| the ideal disinfectant for rooms and
all kinds of furniture and fabrics.
1t does not destroy the color or the
texture and has the great advantage
of permeating textile fabrics to con-
siderable depth. A special lamp is re-
quired for its generation, which, ac-
cOrding to make and size, ranges in
| price FROM So to $50 an over, and re-
lquires from 30 to 80 cents worth of
chemicals for each time it is used.
The lamp must be charged and light
ed after the room has been air-tightly
closed and all materials to be exposed
to it from three to five hours. The
health office will give the names of
some of the manufacturers upon re-
quest. This kind of disinfection is the
most satisfactory and recommendable
according to the present condition of
our knowledge.
. For cellars, yards, stables, gut
tiers, privies, cess pools, water'closets,
| dra ms, sewers, etc, liberal treat
ment of copperas solution, frequently
applied is recommended. 1t is easily
prepared by hanging a basket contain
ing about 60 pounds of copperas in a
barrel of water.
n n SOOu VI 4 pOuuus VI COp-
lperas and 3 ounces of carbolic acid to
a gallon of water, to be used for the
same purposes.
\ A still stronger disinfectant is cor
rosive sublimate, two drachms to a
gallon of water.
Twenty parts of quicklime mixed
with two parts of fresh dry
charcoal leatypowder) sprinkled in
cellars, cess pools, etc, absorbs putrid
gases.
3. Cotton, linen, fiainels, blankets
etc--if not treated by formaldehyde
gas-which, however, is the best
should be boiled in zinc solution fol
: at least half an hour. For this pur
bose lake of sulphate of zinc or chic
. tide VI zinc, (the former is tn,
cheapest, the latter the more efficient,
in the proportion of L to SIG of
water.
Carbollc acid, 6 ounces to. gallon
of water, may be used for the sam,
. purpose.
I san Antonio, Tex, Sept 18th, 81.
THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Dar ID L IAnRA Haalfh nffinar
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-18
Il RIOT ATLATTIMER.

Hazelton, Pa, Sept. 1S.-It is quiet
in every mining district this morning
except at Lattimer- A report reach
ed General Goblin at headquarters
that mob of miners had made dis
turbance there and a company of the
Third regiment had arrested several
men carrying clubs
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-18
The Columbia Opera Company

Beginning Monday evening and for
the entire week this clever organiza-
ton will hold the boards at the
Grand. The company has just finish
ed the summer season at Salt Lake,
Denver, Leaville, Cripple Creek and
Colorado Springs, playing to fine
business. The company will play here
at popular prices.