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The times., 1898-04-23
W.T. MTAIn Your linen well launder
W.T. MEME it. STAR STEAM LAUNDRY,
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Looking for Relatives.
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A pathetic letter was received yester-
day by Inspector Mattingly from James
Bell. colored. a resident of Highwood,
Conn. The writer is anxious TO learn the
whereabouts of his relatives, whom he
has not seen for many years, and he be-
lieves they are in this city. Bell was
born in Stafford County. Virginia, and
his mother was Julia Bell.
The times., 1898-04-23
Al, First-CInss Grocers Sell

The National Capital Brewing Co s
diamond" and "Munchner' Beer. ASK
for them. They equal best imported.
aD23-2t
The times., 1898-04-23
Rarid Transit Is Assured

For next Summer from Washington and Baltimore
10 Ocean City, Nd. Choice lots for sale cheap
Jno +. Waggaman. 700 l4th ST.
The times., 1898-04-23
A New COMPANY.

A. Roston. There will be no further
change in the staff providing they pass
creditable examination
The times., 1898-04-23

TO CURE 4 COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo QCinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if it fails
to cure. 25c. The genuine has I. B. O. on
each tablet.
The times., 1898-04-23
THE DISTRICT GUARDS
Every Soldier Bubbling Over
With War Enthusiasm.
RECRUITS STILL POURING In

There Were Inspiring Scenes
Around the Armories Last Night
UniformirG and Fitting Out the
New Men-MOfhers, Fathers and
triots On.
The times., 1898-04-23
Boys Clothing
Reduced!

TODAY you can buy any BOY S
SHORT PANTS SUIT in this
store at the following reductions:
81. 30 SUITS FOR $2.I3
$3.50 SUITS FOR $2.9S
$40O SUITS FOR So. 80
$500 SUITS FOR S4.25
5000 SUITS FOR S5.l0
500 SUITS FOR 1896
$500 SUITS FOR $3.50
$500 SUITS FOR S7.65
$l0.0G SUITS FOR $3.50
Remember, EVERY SHORT
PANTS SUIT in the store is III
Cluded and the offer is for TODAY
ONLY.
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to the Texas, which was not. The above
are the material facts in the case, but of
course knowledge of them will have no
effect toward dispeling the jack tar super
stition about an urlucky or ''jonahed'
ship. The Texas has already taken her
place in that Inflated category. and no hui
man power can remove her from it in the
estimation of the jolly old salt
There have been other ships before the
Texas alleged to be unIucky The Bon
homme Richard was one. Paul Jones him
self on taking command of her at rOrient,
France, wrote n most doleful letter about
her to one of his aristccratic pat-onesses in
Paris She was "a WORKOUT old lndiaman"
and her fOrecastle was q Babel" -Four
teen different languages are spoken in my
forecaste," said Jones, dismayed at the APP
at sea the Bonhomme Richard was fouled
by her cOnsort, the Alliance, and had her
jib boom and foretopmast carried away.
Jones then put back 10 POrient to refit,
perfectly convinced of the unluckiness of
his snip. But that accident proved her sal
walton. On his return Jones found la
American seamen who had just been
leased from English prisons by exchange.
Among them was Richard Dale, whom
Jones at once appointed first lieutenant.
These all volunteered into the Richard,
Jones promptly oischarging enough of his
polyglots to make way for them. Prior to
that he had only about forty Americans.
This addition made 1874 fighting Yankee sea-
men, and they were the men who made
the Scraps sick a few weeks later off the
east coast of England.
Thus it happened that the grandest eX-
plot in naval history was achieved by an
unlucky ship, and she obtained the means
of achieving it through a distressing acct
dent. May the Texas do the same.
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the condition of the books taken out by
children has wonderfully improved. At Pratt
Institute Library, where there Is no such
organization, much is done to attract and
educate children. and the boys and girls
have been trained to be very critical as to
the appearance of the books. They often
stop to look them over before going home,
to see If they are in proper condition. and to
report the fact if they are not Repair
ing OF books has always cost more in tha
chIldrens department than in any other,
and any means of lessening that expense
is of distinct value. In Milwaukee, Buffalo
and Jamestown. N. Y, work for children
has also been attended with marked sue
cess There. as everywhere, these duties
have naturally enough been conf1ned to the
province of the women librarians, and two
or three young women are now fitting them
selves expressly for the position of chill
dren's librarian, which will necessitate thor
ough courses in child study as well as wide
knowledge of literature for children
AS an adjunct to the work for children in
Cleveland Miss Eastman. has organized
Mothers Clubs, among the manufacturing
population, sending a, speaker at stated
times TO various schoolhouses with relays or
books. The poor women have shown In
tense interest, attending the meetings with
their babies in their arms. and taking home
dren, as well as others of the lighter kind.
Much has been done also by women IL
brary workers, especially in the West to
keep the libraries in touch with public
promise for the future. Another sign OF
the times is the attention paid by women
clubs all over the land to the establishment
and Improvement of public libraries. Many
of these clubs are working persiStently
against every obstacle to secure favorable
legislation The New York State Federation
of Womens Clubs has kept itself closely al
lied through its library committee with the
officers Of the state library at Albany in
their efforts for the advancement of the
work in this State.
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ANOTHER TRUST PROPOSED.
Manufacturers of Chamber Suits and
Case Goods May Combine.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich April 17-Nego-
tiations that were begun during the jan
uary furniture season in this city, with a
view of forming trust or combination by
the manufacturers Of chamber suits and
case goods, promises success H the near
future. Meetings attended by representa-
tives of Cincinnati, Chicago, Holland and
other cities have been held here during the
past week. and arrangements for incorpor-
ating the American Furniture Company,
under the laws of New Jersey. are near
completion. 1t is stated that over so per
cent OF the chamber suit manufacturers of
the country. controlling nine tenths of the
output of case goods. have agreed TO put
their plants into the combine on plan sim
liar To that of the late natl trust. There
is some earnest opposition to the move here.
because it is thought it would endanger this
cityS prestige as a furniture center, but
the four principal companies that make
case Eoods-thc Berkey * Gay Company,
the WidGicomb Company, the Sigh Com
pany and the Nelson Company-have agreed
To go into the combine. 1t is understood
that negotiations with the Phoenix Furni-
ture Company here have not yet been sue
cessful. owing to disagreement to the
value of the plant.
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Manning the Yards.


When Commodore Schley took formal
command of the flying squadron, the other
day, the yards of the flagship Brooklyn
were manned by the blue jackets, and on
deck all inVoluntarily joined in the shout
OF applause. In the old navy, when United
states ships were actually ships with yards
the DO suns mates call, ''All hands cheer
turesque ceremony than is possible now
when the vessels Of the navy are fitted with
but a single yard, and that only used for
signaling. AT the word of command Man
the yardsi' there was amount of aero
batic scurrying on the main decks of the
old ships that was calculated to make the
ship visitor hold his breath. the thing looked
jacket uniform would fairly leap up the
rope ladders, and almost by the time the
echoes of the command had died away every
yard on each mast would support scores of
men and boys, all standing erect, most of
them only held by the crossed arms of the
men beside them. This representation of Il
cross was held by ali of the men, and it was
statuesqueness. Then the command Cheer
shipp would be bawled out on deck by the
chief boSun's mate, and there would be q
yell from cathead to mizzen that couldn't
help but warm the blood of everybody with
In hearing of 1t. When the men manned
the yards, with all sail, except topsls and
StunS is. set, such picture was really beau
tfful, the mems uniforms of blue standing
out i'll sapphire-ike contrast to the cameo
whiteneSS of the sails. This was a cere-
mony on all formal occasions, such as the
visit aboard the old ship of distinguished
men. And man the yards and cheer ship
were commands always given when one of
was either departing for or arriving from
a foreign station
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SUTTING GOODS TO CUSTOMERS.
Measures should he Taken 10 Ats
tract south American Trade.

Philadelphia Times.
An American warehouse has been opened
in Caracas. and a delegation of manufac-
turers who We're present at the opening
have returned home TO report an enthusi-
astic reception on the part Of officials and
private citizens at the Venezuelan capital
They report another fact of far greater
Importance to the extension Of cur trade
In South America than complimentary
speeches and pubic and private entertain-
nents, and that is that the greatest obsta-
Gle to- trade extension in South America is
the utter ignorance of most of our manu-
facturers of South American wants. Fhis
was to have been expected, but it is well
that the declaration OF this unpalatable
fact has been made by representative man
ufacturers after a visit and tour Of in
spection Uncompimentary and unwelcome
the declaration may be it comes from q.
friendly source and should put American
manufacturers on their mettle TO overcome
the obstacle
American machinery and skill have en-
abled American manufacturers to sell steel
rails in England, and American bicycles.
sewing machines. locomotives and other
machinery everywhere, for the simple rea-
son that these things were in universal de-
mand. For many OF the products of human
skill, however climate and custom deter
mine the forms i'm which they shall be pre-
pared for sale. and II Is absolutely essen
tial that these conditions shall be studied
and complied with. II those who have just
returned from Caracas can impress this
truth upon the minds of our manufacturers
they win have performed "A most important
public service
IL Is well to establish American ware
houses in South American cities, and the
more warehouses the better II is vitality
essential that the goods the South Amer
lean people want shall be displayed in these
warehouses; or the opening OF a hundred
such exhibits will amount to very little.
Along with the opening of each ware
house. and in advance when possible there
should be a careful study of the wants OF
trade in the section TO be supplied so that
the warehouses when opened shall contain
samples of the goods in demand. ware
house full OF suitable and seasonable goods
I'm every chief South American city win
prove important auxiliaries to American
trade. but warehouses full only Of goods
suitable to the Chinese or Bornean trade
might as well not be opened at all.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-18
USED An IRON CUSPIDOR.
PugiIist "Shine" Unwilling to Hurt
His Fists.

John Edwards, a colored young man, we'll
known about the city as Shine and Way
man White, another coored man, became
involved in quarrel last evening in Archie
Greenhouses Indiana avenue saloon
Shine and White are both amateur pugi-
lists, who appeared in the recent Tomlinson
Hall "carnivals" conducted by Kid Nc
Coy. Shine was the hero of the two
battles royal" The trouble last night
came about through some conversation as
to their relative merits as pugilists Both
men were drinking, and they came to blows.
shine struck White with an iron cuspidor
and relied him to the ground, seriously in
Jurlng him. Detective Benjamin Thornton
tried to md Edwards to arrest him, but
failed. In his report he said the fight oc-
CURED In the rear of the saloon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-18
TannehiII won for Pittsburg.

LOUISVILLE. KY, April 17.-Tannehill
won his own game to-day. Besides keeping
the hits of the Colonies scattered he
knocked out a scratch home run which
brought in the winning run. Dummy Hoy
batted in three of the home teams four
runs. About thirteen, thousand people saw
the game and ground rules had to be
adopted on account of the crowd in the
held A hit into the crowd entitled the bat
teri three bases. Score: R.H. f.
Pittsburg :. 20 0 0 012 2 o o. 8 O
Louisville 80 0 0 0 o. II /
Batteries-Tannehill and Schriever: Fraz-
er and Wilson. Stolen bases-Padden. Gray.
;r,Wo-Dase hlts--Hoy 70, Nance, Wilson
Tapnehilh Sacrifice .hit--Ritchey First base
on Oails-On Frazer, 2; off TannehilI, /. Hit
Dy pitched ball-Gray. Struck out-By, Fraz-
er, z; by Tannehill. 2. Passed ball-Schriev-
err, Lett on bases-Louisville, z; Pittsburg.
s Ilme-l;0S. Umpires-Cushman and Heyd-
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LODGE OF "MASONESSES."
Women Organize n Secret Society and
Will Use the French Ritual.

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE Herald says:
Women yesterday organized a lodge of Ma
sons at the Tuxedo, Madison avenue and
Fifty-ninth street. They call it Manhattan
Mystic Lodge. There had been talk of such
a movement for several weeks, but the
women were reticent. They met in a real
lodge room, with queer insignia and a de-
licious air o. mystery. Rumor says much
Of this mystery was occasiOned by doubt
whether the real. Masons would recognize
their new feminine order. But fate and the
Masons-a real Iodge-were kind to the
women.
Mrs. May Banks Stacey, who is the head
and front of the movement, was formally
initiated few days ago, and yesterday she
SWore In with mysterious rites twenty of
her followers. Little shivers of delight
crept up and down their spines at the joy of
being initiated into the mysteries of grip,
password, signal of distress and other Ma
sonic possessions. The new title, Ma
soness," has a fine sound, too, and the in
sigma of memberships circle, a Maltese
cross and rose-was pretty. Probably
there will be many aspirants for these hon
ers, but the order is to be exclusive. Mrs
Stacey says The principal requisite for
membership is that one must be the wife.
widow, daughter, sister or granddaughter
of a Mason. The ritual used in Manhat-
tan Mystic Lodge will be that of the first
woman's lodge, founded in France in 1898,
of which the Empress Josephine was. a
member, said Mrs. Stacey, Mistress Ma
son." to me. I'm the event of war we will
sons
1t is possible the Mystic Lodge will soon
give an entertainment, at which a curious
public may have q chance to these
"Masonesses' in regalia-aprons, sashes
and all. The meetings will be secret, oc-
curing on the first and third Fridays of
each month. Among the members are DR..
Jessie Boyle. Mrs. Cecilia Piquero, Mrs.
Larrabee, Mrs. Stephan. Mrs, Meredith,
Mrs. Herbert Knowles Mrs. Kimball, Mrs.
Lucia c. Balloon and Mrs. Annette Place.
There was talk of an associate and purely
social chapter, which would include her
Majesty Queen Lavinia of the Holland
Danes of the New Netherlands, and some
of her ladies in waiting, but that idea was
abandoned, and even Queen Lavnia must
prove the possession of a real Mason in her
family to be admitted to this exclusive cir
Gle
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commissioners" Deceived.
Philadelphia Record.

A well-known American journalist and H.
illustrator recently returned to this country
has told some decidedly rich stories show
ing how visiting congressional commits
siouers'' have been stuffed by their in
terpretcrs. who habitually translated re-
plies to questions to suit themselves g
witnessed several incidents of this kind"
says the gentleman in question: zone was
when Senator Cfalhnger asked woman
through his Interpreter: Where is your
husband The woman answered: He is
digging potatoes. The interpreter trans
lated 1t TO mean: He is in the Cuban
army = The case for recognition of the
republic is based entirely upon ''informa-
ton gathered in this manner or upon the
deceptive testimony OF the oracles of the
Iuntn-
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"Robby, Mntthe,r. nnna

PHILADELPHIA, April IA private
telegram received here to-day announces
the death in an institution near Baltimore
or Bobby Matthews, the great baseball
pitcher Matthews was about fortv-five
years of age. and retired from the profes-
sionaI bali field about 1890, after fully t1ven-
~ years service in the profession. during
all of which time he held high reputation
held himself in the first class for scarcely
more than half that length of time. Mat
thews started in as a professional away
back in the seventies with the Kekjoneas
of Fort Wayne, Ind. and i'm suhsea,1enff
years played with the Lord Raltimores.
Bostons, Mutuals of New York. Athletics of
Philadelphia and other clubs. Matthews
was attacked with paress about two years
ago and has since been i'm "a Baltimore in
Stitutinn for treatment -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-18

The question of a government for Cuba is
Spanish have been driven out and peace
has come to all parts of the island If 1t is
to be a free and independent republic all of
the people should have a, voice in it's con-
StructiOn. 1t is doubtful if the Cubans
themse YES would he satisfied with the pro-
Nistonal government which has been estab-
lished in the field. It is doubtful if one-half
of them know any more about its character
than Consul General Lee. When peace has
come and with 1t the time and opportunity
for the exercise of craftsmanship, then will
be early enough to talk about the govern
ment which tho United States should be
asked to recognize. In the meantime there
is q popular suspicion that the course of
the recognitiOnists in Congress has not been
based upon a desire FOE what is Just and
right so much as upon a desire to harasS
the administration and gain a fanced
political adNantag a.
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PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.

Miss Josephine Hyde is spending two
weeks with relatives near Newport News,
Va.
Mrs. Lon Boyd, of North Capitol avenue,
was given a surprise party Saturday even
ing by her family and members of the La
dies Pleasure Club, ii being her birthday.
The presents consisted of a real flower
shower.
Mrs. May Wright SewalI has issued invi-
tations TO a small circle OF friends interests
ed in French literature TO two evening en-
tertanments. At the first Nine. r Mariotte
Davies will read a paper on lola and at the
second Prof. JoalSim Renhard win read one
on Balzac The evening with Mime. Davies
is Friday April %, that with Professor
Reinhard Saturday. April 30.
BAIRD-BROWN.
Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR, Ind. April 17.--This afternoon
Nr. David A. Baird and Miss Lura Brown
were united in marriage at the residence Of
the brides parents. Rev. j. M. Baxter, OF
the First M r.. Church, officiating. The
bride IS a daughter of Daniel Helper Brown
city editor of the Seymour Daily Repub-
lfcau.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-18
St. Louis Made EIcven Error.

ST. LOUIS, April 1.-THE Chicago team
badly defeated the Browns to-day, almost
making 1t a whitewash. Numerous errors
marked the playing of the home team.
whose members were seemingly demoralized
by the terrible fire that interrupted yester-
day game. During the night a large gang
or Workmen erected a new fence in place of
fary seats, which only accommodated mart
OF me crowd, estimated at more than 5000
cut. r. II. E.
ST Louis 10 o o 0 0 o. 6 II
Batteries-Thornton and Donahue; Dan
iels, Carsey, Hughey and Clements Two
base hit-Kilroy. Three-base hits-Everett
", Ryan Mccormick (2). Donahue, Cross
Base on balls-On Hughey, 2; off Thornton,
= =, hit by pitched balls-Clements, Dona-
5 nllue struck out-By Carsey, /; by Daniels.
l:45. Umpires-McDonnaId and ODay.
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HOLSTERS GET REVENGE.
indianapolis Turns the Tables ON
Dayton and Wins a Game.

Special &c the indianapolis Journal
DAYTON. o., April 1.-THE Indianapolis
club defeated Dayton here to-day i'm a very
close game In the first inning Motz made
a home run and in the second Allen fol-
lowed with another four-baser. After this
Brown settled down and hits were few and
lar between. Wetzel, Clifford and McShane
made errors at critical times or Dayton
"ouiu nave won out. Foreman pitched four
innings and allowed four hits and struck
out nve men. Hawley was hit safely six
times and struck out two The attendance
was about 1900 Score:
Dayton I'D . i o ? o % 10 - :
Indianapolis ~ 90 9 So II 2
Batteries Brown and Zeigler: Foreman
Hawley and Kahoe. Two-base hits-Mc.
Shane, Hawley Three-base hit-Brown.
Bases on balls-On Foreman, /; off Haw-
Iime--l;50. Umpire--Corcoran
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cHILDREN's LIBRARY LEAGUE.
One of the Newest Movements i'm Lii
brary Work.

Decidedly the newest thing in library
stitutc Library recently is the chisdren's
department" Children's rooms have been
known since 1880 when one was opened in
was undertaken by Miss Linda Eastman
first assistant librarian OF the Cleveland
Public Library, i'm the spring of 1897. She
determined TO form a Children's League
something after the fashion of the chill
dren's leagues organized in our own city 20
assist in keeping the streets clean. bat in
this case with the object of teaching care
in the handling of books. The league aimed
also at attracting children TO the Public Lii
hraty ana creating taste Tor good read
wearing the badges of the league This Is
too large q number TO hold closely together
and the plan is not everywhere advisable
but the librarians in Cleveland testify that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-18

Kansas City Journal

htFIStiS CITY JUuFIldI,
We give without extra charge this straight
tip TO aspiring and obscure poets. Get some.
enc to discover YOU, and your fortune is
made. This may not be the easiest thing in
the world, but II is much easier than writ
ing good poetry and waiting around for
posterity TO find out that it is good. Here
IS the young Jew recently discovered by
Professor Wiener. He means well, and has
his own way of looking at things but there
are four hundred and seventeen people writ
ing fer the magazines who write as we'll
Then there is the ancient party. Bacchylides
who, some centuries ago, buried "A part of
his product, and is now more or less inn
mortal because some one dug ii up We
have poets right here in Missouri that can
write about as we'll as Bacchylides IL John
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BIG CROWD AT CINCINNATI.
10,oO4 People Saw the Home Team
Almost Shut Out Spiders.

CINCINNATI, April 17.-Kelb was given
miserable support in the first inning to-day,
and this, together with two triples and
single, gave the Reds seven runs. After the
first inning Kelb Jared better. Hawley was
in fine form and had the visitors at his
mercy. The fielding of Irwin, Wallace,
Corcoran and McPhee was the best ever
seen here. A crowd of 1854 witnessed the
game. A ground rule giving three bases on
a ball hit into the crowd was established.
Score:
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Chicago News.

II have heard good deal about peo-
wife is q champion in that line
Why. ] thought she was always cheer
full and conteated with her lot"
She was until our baby was born six
weeks ago. Now she is worrying be-
{ ause he may marry some girl whom we
may not like"