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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-20
NEWS In SUNDAYS JOURNAL.
Resume of Items CbrOnicIed in the
Edition Of Dec. 10.
An earthquake Ia.

An earthquake lasting twelve seconds was
felt in central Italy.
Durrant's father refused the right to
carry away the murderers effects until aft
er the hanging. -,t,fr-
Japanese minister at Washington says his
country has no designs on the Sandwich
islands. -.
Ex-Postmaster Of Chicago washington
Hesing, also editor, of the Chicago Stats
Zeitung, dies Of heart disease.
Western League rnagnates. in session at
Chicago, have not yet settled where the
eighth club will be located next year.
Governor Pingree, who thought he had
bought the asphalt mine in Venezuela for
$500 finds the owners now demand $160, 0O0
Cuban insurgents put to death Lieutenant
Colonel Joaquin Ruiz one of Blanco's aids,
who went to the. rebels to induce them to
accept autonomy.
Bernard J. Wefers the champion college
Sprinter, beaten by j. II. Rush, of Chicago
in a hundred -and-forty-yar dash at
Madison-sq Garden Saturday.
Patrolman Russell. of the Chicago police
force, shot and killed a footpad believed
to be Charles easier, of Buffalo The pa
trolman was promoted by the chief Of po-
lice an hour after the shooting.
Samuel Gompers, in the Nashville conven-
ton, was reelected president of the FEEDER
alton of Labor by 1,43S majority over Ernest
Kreft, of Philadelphia. Kansas City Sc
cured the next national convention.
Prof. Dolon "A. Robinson, of Guilford Col
lege, in North Carolina is taking the Pas
teur treatment at Baltimore He was bitten
by a kitten Nov. 8 and fears hydrophobia.
A child bitten by the same kitten has since
died of hydrophobia.
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window-GInss scale signed.

PITTSBURG, Dec. 1S.-Window glass fac
tories throughout the United States will be
able to resume work just as soon as they
can get the furnaces hot enough to begin
work. This will be in about three weeks,
and means work for about fifteen thousand
men. Tonight kilograms were sent to the
managers of every window glass plant In
the country to start fires at once, as set
Element of the wage question which has
been so long in dispute, had been reached.
The workers will resume at an advance
which is not as large as was expected, and
for which such a strong contention was
made. One week ago settlement was
reached between the manu- facturers and the
blowers and gatherers, but the cutters and
f1atteners who had seeded from the Win
dCw-glass Workers Association, were not
satisfied with the rate offered them, and
held out until late this evening One week
ago a fruitleSS conference was held by the
wage committee of the manufacturers and
cutters and fiatteners, when the manufac-
turers offered and advance of II per cent.
over the wages of last year. The parties
interested met again to-day, with all sec
tons of the country represented. Late In
the afternoon the manufacturers made
concession. They proposed to give the cut
tiers and advance of 13 per cent. ana the
fiatteners Is per cent. Heretofore the nat
teners have, in addition. been paid 70 per
cent. of the gross earnings of the blowers
This feature was the hardest pill for the
hatteners to swallow, but they finally con-
cluded to accept the offer, thus ending
prOtracted and expensive lockout.
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Duncan, 1,45O; Lloyd, 1S945; Ratchford,
1,S4Sh., Duncan and Lloyd were declared
elected.
During the day the committee on presi-
dents report recommended that the presi-
dent issue an appeal to the unions of the
country for contributions to a fund for the
aid of the striking engineers OF England
1t was advised that the Federation appIo-
PIRATE 500 for this purpose Concerning
restriction of immigration the committee
recommended that the convention pro-
nounce itself in favor of a reasonable meas
ure Of restriction on the lines of the educa-
tional test as contained in the Lodge bill
that failed of enactment at the last session
of Congress" The report was adopted by
a vote of ,S42 to $40.
Mr.. O'Connell, in behalf of the Fedora
ton, in brief speech, presented to j.. H.
Wilson and Edward HAROLD, visiting Eng
lish fraternal delegates, each a handsome
token Of the Federation appreciation. Both
responded in appreciatiVe words.
James Duncan reported that tile layers
had perfected an organization and elected
officers and an application for charter was
pending
The Federation adjourned until Monday:
Most of the business has been tra1sac-ed
and Tuesday at least should bring the Ses-
SionS to q close.
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each half of note has distinctive mark
showing to which issue It belongs.
The words United States of America"
appear Immediately over the eagle in plain
letters in "A curved line. In fact the text of
the bill is quite artistically worked into the
design without interfering with conStd-
cradle amount of black paper. which is
considered so necessary in securing easy
detection of counterfeits and a proper wear
of the bill.
On the border of the note appears the
word lone" at several points, and there
are numerous repetitions OF the figure Il
The letters ~. s." appears at each upper
corner of the note The back of the 81 note
is made UP of seven different patterns Of
lathe work, artistically arranged. with two
very plain counter numbers and several
small ones. and the word "One" very dis
tinct in four different places. The s. face,
like the ST. has strong piece. of lathe work
at each upper corner. differing in design.
with a plain ''2'' In each, with the words
Limited States of America" placed upon
lathe work in the upper center. gracefully
surrounded by a scroll containing the words
Two Silver Dollars" below it in the cen
ter of the note and a portrait Of George
Washington at the lower center of the note
surrounded by scroll work. On each side
of the portrait are placed the figures of q
male figure representing Commerce ana
the female figure Agriculture or
Plenty In the lower center OF the border
appear very plainly and distinctly the
words "Silver Certificate, thus forming in
the center OF the note a combination OF
hand engraving lathe work and lettering
which not only give great security against
counterfeiting but produce very artistic
design. The border which is made OF lathe
work contains the small figure 2 numer-
Gus times and in several places the word
Two" There are six different patterns OF
lathe work On the face of the bill
The back of the - note is made of differ
ent patterns of lathe work and scroll
work shield, with handsome piece Of lathe
work i'm the center containing the words
Two Dollars and large figure -" Run
ming out from this shield is panel with
the words United States of America upon
IT, The shield and panel are relieved by
scroll work and leaves. This is considered
one of the most attractive designs for
back yet produced by the government.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-20
TONNAGE STILL HEAVY
MOVEMENT STILL EXCEEDS 10000
LOADED CARS PER WEEK.
Earnings of the Lake Erie s. Western
for October and Ten Months-Mig-
ceIlaneOus Railway News.

The train records show that in the week
ending Dec. IS there were. received and for
warded at Indianapolis rs, 1877 cars, 20, TAG be-
ing loaded, $50 fewer loaded cars than were
handled at Indianapolis in the week ending
Dec. II, but ,402 more than in the corre
spending week of 1896 and 122 more than
in the corresponding week of 1895. The fall
ing off last week, as compared with the
preceding week, was chiefly with the Pan
handles indianapolis division, and was due
wholly to shortage of both cars and pow
err the Pennsylvania Company for the time
being looking more after Chicago than
either st. Louis or Indianapolis business.
The Panhandle and the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne e. Chicago last week carried east
from Chicago 1900 tons of grain alone,
and heavy shipments of provisions, dressed
meats and live stock, Freight traffic on the
Chicago and Cincinnati division of the Big
Four continues at it's large average tom
mage Of some weeks past. It's business off
of the Seneca division, delivered at Kan
kakee, is also quite heavy. The east-bound
movement of grain and grain products is
much heavier than last month, and ship
ments of miscellaneous freights are heavy
for December 1t is evident that the ship
ments of export freightS via the gulf ports
have decreased and via the Atlantic ports
have increased. Whether this change is to
be of long continuation depends on what
rates the trunk lines choose to make. If it
be true that the Penn sylvania lines are
carrying grain from Chicago to New York
at II cents per 100 pounds, and the Big Four
and the Chesapeake & Ohio are carrying
grain from st. Louis to Newport News at
the same rate the bulk of shipments, should
such rates be in force after the LIST of Janu-
airy, will be to the Atlantic seaboard- West
bound tonnage is in excess of that of De-
class freights. Very seldom are the ship
ments of heavy groceries as heavy as at
present, and not in several years have the
shipments west of coal, coke and railway
supplies been as heavy at present In
fact, in no December of the last five years
have Indiana roads handled as much coal
from the mines of Pennsylvania, West Vir-
ginia, Ohio and Indiana in December as
at present Local traffic is active. The stock
yards. the packing houses, the starch
manufacturers and manufacturers of ar
ticles from steel and iron are very busy
and not at any time since 1892 have as
many switching engines been employed to
do the work on private switches as at pres
emit Complaints are heard of a scarcity of
cars to handle local as well as through bus
mess offered. Below is given the car move
ment for the week ending Dec is and for
the corresponding periods of 1895 and 1896:
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The Florists Busy.

florists are looking for a good business
during the holidays. Already, Anthony
Wiegand states, it has set in and the bust
ness bids fair to be, considerably in excess
of that of the holiday season last year.
Indianapolis, in the last few years, has
forged rapidly to the front in this feature.
Wiegand & Son and Bertermann & Co. have
large business outside the city, as we'll
as at home. AS decorators they are credited
with ranking the best. Mr.. Wiegand
states that there is an unusual demand for
cyclamens, carnations, violets and lilies of
the Valley.S Roses are scarce and will sell
high this season. While abroad last sum-
mer Mr.. Wiegand secured some choice
plants in France Germany and England
some of which are rarely found In this coun-
try and next spring more are to come.
There are now thirty floral establishments
in the city, four of the number being as
large as are found in any city and provided
with as choice plants. The others are on
a smaller scale and dispose Of most of their
plants on the markets. The chrysanthemum
display at Indianapolis the last three au-
tumns has done much to bring the florists
of the city into prominence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-20

ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. 1S.-The news of
the settlement of the long window-glass
trouble which has kept plants shut down
since last July, was received here tonight
with a great deal of joy in many quarters
where the long shutdown was beginning
to make tables scant and Christmas very
melancholy. Not only the cutters and fiat
teners are greatly elated over their victory
in getting an advance of IL and 10 per cent.
over last year, but the blowers and gath
erers are also very glad of the announce
ment that all plants are to start. In COM
munity like the gas belt the starting of the
business interests. The workers long fight
has cost them, it is etimated, about $780, 900
in wages. They have secured advances
ranging from 13 to II per cent. over last
year. The strike affected about four thou
sand men in Indiana.
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A Rig Gns Deal.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Dec. I'D Herbert
Hostetter, one of the largest holders of gas
stock in this city. announced tonight the
contamination of a big gas deal which has
been negotiating for year or more. The
five gas companies in Pittsburg and Allie
gheny have consolidated and will be oper-
ated under one head with a capital stock
of $5,000000. The plants amalgamated are
the Pittsburg Gas Company. the Console
dated Gas Company. the Allegheny Gas
Company, the South Side Gas Company
and the East End Gas Company. A new
SSOO,OC0 plant will be erected, supplied with
saving of about so per cent in the cost
of production. The new process to be used
consists mainly of the substitution of in
clined retortS for the old horizontal kind
and the innovation will be the first at
tempted in this country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-20
The ChiIdren's Hour.

Between the dark and the daylight,
When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pausein the days occupation,
That is known as the children's hour.
hear in the chamber above me
The patter of little feet,
The sound of door that is opened,
And voices soft and sweet.
From my study see in the lainplight,
Descending the broad hall stair,
Grave Alice and laughing Allegro,
And Edith with golden hair
A whisper and then a silence:
Yet l know by their merry eyes
They are plotting and planning together
TO take me by surprise.
4 sudden rush from the stairway.
A sudden raid from the hall!
BY three doors left unguarded
They enter my castle wall!
They climb up into my turret
Ger the arms and back OF my chair;
If I try to escape they surround me;
They seem to be everywhere.
They almost devour me with kisses,
Their arms about me entwine.
Till l think of the Bishop OF Blngen
In his Mouse Tower. or the Rhine!
Do you think, o blue-eyed banditu.
Because you have scaled the wall,
Such an old nustache IS | am
Is not a match for you all:
have you fast in my fortress,
And will not let you depart,
But nut YOU down into the dungeon
In the round tower of my heart.
And there will keep you forever
Yes forever and a day.
Till the walls shall crumble to ruin.
And moulder in dust away!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-20
In a michigan Railway Car.


Cleveland PAN Dealer.
The man with a white tie looked at the
stout man with chin whiskers reprovingly.
My brother" he solemnly said, the mo-
ton of the train. giving a sentimental
tremor to his voice. 1t is your duty so to
live that when the dread summons falls
upon your ear you will be prepared to go
10 that everlasting city of which it is writ
ten that the walls are of jasper aIN the
pavements of pure gold
Hold on, said the man with tie chin
whiskers. where is this town.
II am speaking" said the man with the
white tie, "of the Eternal City
Yes yes,' cried the other man. but
where is it? / want to go there right away.
Gold pavements, say. IL ] don't have that
stuff ripped up and asphalt down in its
place inside of three months you can jail
me for horse thief. My name is Pingree,
HaZen PinRree, and
But the man with the white tie had
moved six seats away
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-20
REVIVAL OF COAL TRADE
INCREASE IN LAST YEAR ASSUMES
CONSIDERABLE PROPORTIONS.
Growth of City Outstrips Gas Supply
Florists Preparing for
Busy Christmas.

OF late number of new signs can be seen
in the city. They bear the words Coal and
Coke" reminding one of the time nine
years ago, before natural gas was intro
duced in this city. A. B. Meyer says that
with each year of late the demand for coal
and coke has increased, and while far from
being as large as that prior to the introduce
ton of natural gas it has considerably in
creased The increase was not due so much
to the decrease of the supply Of gas as to
the fact that there are now many hundreds
more houses to be supplied with gas than
nine or even three years ago. In the last
nine years there has been a large increase
in the number of manufactures, more than
the increased service of natural gas. At
the present time undoubtedly more gas is
being furnished to the city Of Indianapolis
than in the first few years, but the supply
has not increased in proportion to the de-
mand.
There has been a large increase in the sale
of coal and coke the present winter, es-
pecially coal for steaming purposes. There
are now four large wholesale coal compa-
MES furnishing this market-the Island City,
the Edwardsport, the Bicknell and the A.
b. Meyer coal companies. Mr.. Meyer stated
that his company is now furnishing about
lHlTIy-HN0 cdrlOdQS OF coal d Udy 10 IHdnu-
facturers. The company is now furnishing
five carloads a day1to the cerealine mills,
and the other three coal companies named
are also furnishing a good deal of coal by
the carload for steam purposes. For domes-
tic use, Mr.. Meyer states he is now using
twelve carts steadily for delivery purposes,
and on some days more. Then there are
some twenty-four coal dealers who are in
the retail business on a smaller scale, run
ming from one to three carts in delivering
coal and coke. There are three in Haugh-
vile, two in West Indianapolis, one in
North Indianapolis and two in Brightly God.
Mr.. Meyer states that-prices of coal are now
about 25 to 10 cents per t0n higher than
year ago on account of the strikes during
the last summer; still no higher than when
natural gas introduced in indianapolis.
He estimates that about one-fourth as much
coal and coke is now being used for steam
ing and domestic purposes as there was the
year before natural gas was so generally
used in the city as fuel.
The Consumers Gas Company is taking
care of it's manufactures. never having
taken on many, but the Indianapolis Gas
Company has cut off most of it's manufac-
tories and many have already connected
with the Manufacturers Gas Companys
mains. For that reason the manufacturers
not suffering much for the want of
gas as many have supposed. Mr.. Meyer
thought that should the winter be a severe
one more coal and coke would be consumed
the present winter than in any winter of
nine years past if
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-20
Mexican Railroad Project.

The sale of Inguran copper mines of Mex
leo to Rothschild and Mirrabeaud, of Paris,
for several million dollars is the result of
prolonged investigation into this great prop
erty, which has been long known in Mexico
to be one of the greatest copper deposits
on the globe. Several parties of experts
have come over from France to report and
all agree on it's value and on the enormous
quantity of ore in the mines. Messrs. Roth
schild and Mirrabeaud will build two lines
of railroad one to connect with the western
branch of the Mexican National Railway
and the other with the west coast, so as
to have connection with the Pacific ocean.
The deal is one of the most important re-
corded in the mining history of this country,
and the mines under new ownership will be
made some of the greatest copper producers
in the world.
Railway earnings in Mexico continue to
show a remarkable increase, and the inter-
nal revenues as we'll as the customs duties
are giving the government funds in excess
of its actual needs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-20
Gold Democrats Turned povn

FRANKLIN. Ind, Dec. 1S-The Demo-
cratic primary of Johnson county to-day
Great interest was taken in the result At
IL o'clock tonight the returns from four
and one-half townships are in and the indi-
cations are that the old ring is knocked out,
its entire ticket being beaten. A sensa-
tonal incident of the day that caused much
comment and considerable excitement was
the challenging of a number of men who
are supposed to have voted the gold Demo-
cratic ticket last year. Among those chal-
lenged were John Ragsdale. of the Citizens
National Bank, and S. c. wager business
man
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-20
Knew His Business.

Washington Post.
"A bright little boy-one of the pages OF
the Senate-sat at one of the Senate en-
frances the other day, when a lady APP
preached him with a visiting card in her
hand.
"Will you hand this to Senator Blank?"
she said.
Il cannot" replied the boy, for all cards
must be taken 10 the east lobby"
went away muttering. Then thought
struck her. and taking out her pocketbook
she found a Recent piece. With it in her
hand she went back TO the boy.
Here, my lad she said, in a coaxing
tone. here is a quarter to take my card
In"
Madam" said the boy. without a mo-
ment's hesitation. II am paid a larger
salary than that to keep cards out"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-20
southwestern Freixbt Rate.

The Southwestern freight bureau has
published the following rates on cotton-seed
oil in tank cars from Texas common points,
Houston and Galveston: TO st. Louis, Csc;
Memphis, %; Omaha, 80; Louisville, 81; Kan
sas City, 28; Cincinnati, So per 100 pounds.
Usual differentials apply in making rates
from points in Texas taking higher than
common point rate and to points in defined
territories. A rate of 1713c. per hundred
pounds has been established on corn. car
loads from Ardmore. 1. T., to Galveston,
Tex. Based on the combination of locals
through Vicksburg, Miss, the following
rates have been established: On packing
house tankage car loads, from Fort Worth
and Dallas, Tex, to Troy, Ala, $3.50 per
ton of 1900 pounds; on fertilizer carloads,
from Houston, Tex, to Augusta, Ga, $7.04
per ton of 1000 pounds. Expiring Dec. 81,
1897, rate of % cents per 100 pounds has
been established on Irvine, carloads, from
Galveston. Tex. to Colorado common
points. 1t being understood that rates to
intermediate points will not be affected
thereby.
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ANDERSON, Ind, Dec 1S.-"Kid'' Nc
Coy, who won the fight with Creedon last
night is near blood relative of Hon. }.
considerable interest in the fight and to-
night said: However much may dislike
manly sort of a fellow and l have no hest
tation in admitting that he is a relative of
mine. His parents and grandparents are
all very nice people and l am proud to
claim their relationship. Mccoy always was
a freak of the family. l am glad he has
made such a success in his line, and | sin
cerey hope that he will have the good sense
to keep himself straight. If man Is a
fighter he should be a good one, and a good
man at the same time. We all hail from
Greensburg and the relationship is near"
Mr.. Lovett is by no means sport" ex-
cept when it comes to politics, and, as many
in campaigns, he is something of a fighter
himself.
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Flora sweet shoots Her Mother.

SUSQUEHANNA, Pa. Dec. 1S-Flora
Sweet aged forty years, about midnight
last night shot her mother Mrs. Elvira
Sweet, aged sixty. in the breast with re-
Volver, inficting q wound from which the
latter died in about a half hour The daugh-
ter admitted her guilt and said it was the
result OF quarrel. The mother said the
daughter had been in i'll health for many
years and was not to blame. 1t is believed
that the daughter was temporarily insane
when she fired the shot. Mrs. Sweet and
her daughter were at one time residents of
Chicago.
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IndiannnoIis.

Judge Cox gave decision knocking out
the slot machine.
Elder Laycock was deposed at a meet
ing of the Seventh Presbyterian Church
session
Judge Woods approved the decree clean
Belt line.
The Citizens Street-railroad Company
subscribed $1,000 to the May festival guar
antee fund.
The Harvard men at their meeting Satur-
day decided to form a permanent asSocia-
ton for the middle West,
The Commercial Travellers Association of
the State appointed a committee to wait
on the next Legislature and urge the pas
sage of a 2-cent railroad fare bill.