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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-16
L. A. w. CLUBS SMOKER
SEVERAL HUNDRED VISITORS AC-
CEPT IT'S HOSPITALITY.
Much Enthusiasm That VIII Be OF
Help to the National Meet Was
Manifested Last Night.

The Indianapolis L. A. W. Clubs smoker
last night proved to be most attractive
event. The clubhouse and grounds were
tastefully decorated, the club colors pre-
vailing indoors and vari-colored Japanese
lanterns and fancy lights outside Chairs
and settees were scattered about in the
yard las the night was comfortable these
seats were demand and were occupied
throughout the evening. A quartet of mem
bers of the club furnished some excellent
music, alternating with the Noel Trio, an
organization composed of e. E. Noel, man
dolin; T. Mack, guitar and E. o. lyle
man, cello. Nearly all the members of the
club were on hand and through the aid of
the reception committee managed to become
acquainted with one another. Several hun
dred visitors also dropped in during the
evening and were RECALLED with bon mots
from President Browns conversational
power house and with punch from the big
bowl which occupied conspicuous place in
the reception room.
There was considerable disappointment
over the failure OF the men to come who
were expected to address the club and
guests. Mayor Taggart came in for few
minutes and asked to be excused on ac-
count Of illness in his family President
DTOWI, uOW6NSIp lOOh lHC pldCSS VI lilS NC
linquents and made speech in which he
explained the purpose of the club and
talked about the duties of the club and
club members in the coming state and ma
tional meets. The work for making a sue
cess of the state meet, he said, was already
pretty we'll under way, but there yet re-
manned much to be done for the national
meet. The reception and entertainment COM
mittees were to be drawn from the Indian
apolis Z. A. W. Club and he expected to
make the appointments within few days.
He had hoped that the membership would
be largely increased before he finally set
tied on these, committees, as he wanted
to make them as strong as possible. He
believed that there were many good men,
members of the League of American Wheel
men and nonmembers, who would join the
club if asked and he urged that every
member make a pledge in his own mind to
bring in one application in the next two
days. President Brown also talked about the
new track and Messrs. Foltz and Newly
showed the plans for it and explained how
the work was progressing.
The clubhouse was the scene of merri-
ment until a late hour. There is now much
takes on. the appearance of a club more
and more every day and members are find
ing 1t out and devoting more of their leis-
ure time TO the club. There are card rooms,
billiards and reading room well supplied
with current magazines and cycling papers.
The telephone brings members in communi-
cation with all parts of the city.
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Bicycle Notes.

The Indiana Bicycle Company is running
a full force of employees and is enjoying
better business than usual for this season
of the year.
Charles Babcock, James Twyman Leon
ard Gray, John Warner, George Kerr, john
Egger and Michael Donnelly made a run to
Danville and return yesterday. They found
good roads. aN
Walter Wardrop, agent of the National
Cycle Board of Trade, was in the city yes
terday. He is working in the interest Ct
bringing about closer relations among MEM
bers of the trade. He says the question Of
prices is not being agitated. That is left to
tions.
II. B. Hatfield and James Allison have re-
celved the contract from the Indianapolis
l.. A. W. Meet Club to furnish the official
programmes for the meet. This does not
mean the souvenir programme. That has
been abandoned as it is looked upon as
merely pretext for collecting money from
manufacturers and dealers.
The outlook for the success of the '9S
Meet Club grows brighter every day and
many of those who contemplate visiting In
dianapolis next August have already be gun
TO engage quarters for the week, and the
great national cycling event Is sure to
bring a large number of Wheelmen to It.
The new track will be formally opened on
July 4.-Mail and Express.
Hanging would be too good for the scoun-
Tuesday night. 1t was stretched across from
the posts OF one of the cattle guards at
height which struck a young man and
young lady at the breast They were thrown
Off their wheels and the young lady was
badly injured, among other injuries being
Had they been going faster it might nave
killed them. ,t,
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Sidewalk Riding.

Police Superintendent Qugley was asked
yesterday what the policy of the department
would be regarding riding on sidewalks. He
said: Where there is a passable roadway
it is inexcusable for the wheelman to ride
on the sidewalk, and he ought to be arrested.
i think this has been made clear to patrol
men, and 1 believe riders will be arrested
and fined where they insist on using side
walk where not absolutely necessary. Then
there streets which may be impossible
to wheels where the wheelman would not
be justified in riding on the sidewalk. In
cases where parallel street is improved or
is in condition for a wheel the rider should
use 1t. There Is no inclination on the part
of the police department to be unreasonable.
The wheelman has some rights, and they
will be respected; but the wheelman must
remember that others have rights, and he
must respect those rights. The pedestrian
always has the right of way. On the side
walk this is especially true, and the wheel
man assumes responsibility for any acci-
dents that may arise from his riding on the
sidewalk
The Cleveland Leader recently made the
following comment on the subject Of side
walk riding:
There is 81 Judge down in Maryland who
ought TO have 4 lofty monument some day.
and If the people who ride bicycles fail to
remember him handsomely they will simply
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Lebanon BANKER SUED
AN ASSESSMENT ON KANSAS BANK
STOCK INVOLVED.
1t Is Claimed that George w. Baird
Knew of the Banks Insolvency.
Late Yesterday afternoon Albert ]. Bev-

Late yesterday afternoon Albert j. Bev-
eridge, for Bernard ]. Sheridan, receiver
for the First National Bank of Wellington,
Kan, filed suit in the Federal Court for
5000 and interest on that sum since March
II, 1896, against George w. Baird, president
of the First National Bank of Lebanon,
Ind, and his son-in-law, Joseph p. Cover
dale. The complaint charges Baird with
trying to evade payment of an assessment
on stock amounting to 600 in the Kansas
bank. The complaint sets out that the con-
troller of the currency appointed ]. Sam
Brown receiver for the wellington bank
Oct. "A, 1895, and afterward, Feb. q 1897, ap-
pointed Bernard ]. Sheridan in his place. 1t
alleges that Baird had sixty shares Of stock
in the bank and that he transferred ten
shares to his daughter, Josie B. Saltzgaber.
He was president of the Wellington bank
for the first two years of its existence, and
for long time afterward was director.
1t is claimed that he had constant CORE
spondence with the cashier of the bank and
was closely informed of its affairs. When
the bank entered into a period of extreme
shakiness and the necessity for closing it's
doors drew nearer and nearer Baird knew
OF it, the complaint alleges, and tried to
answer the appeals of the cashier for funds
ny UOIIOWlHS lTOIn insurance companies.
1t is claimed that he advised the cashier,
when the failure of the bank became a mat
ter few days off, to turn over to the COM
missioners of Sumner county, Kansas, the
assets of the bank in order that Baird
might not be held liable for bonds which he
had signed insuring the county's funds de-
posted in the bank.
April 20, 1885, the complaint alleges, Baird
transferred to Coverdale the fifty shares Of
stock which he had retained in order that he
might not be assessed when the bank failed.
The doors of the bank closed, a receiver
was appointed and an assessment of 100
per cent. made on the stock, the face value
of which is 800 a share. Baird's old stock
showed on the books of the bank as having
been transferred to Coverdale. When, it is
further claimed, demand was made for the
assessment it was found that Coverdale was
totally unable to pay. The controller of the
currency advised that suit be brought
against the two men asking that the trans
fer be set aside and judgment given for
S., 900 and interest. 1t is alleged that when
Baird transferred the stock he knew that
Coverdale was unable to pay any assess
ment, and the court is asked to declare that
Baird is still liable for assessment as a
stockholder of the defunct bank
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-National League.-
BIG BILL COULDN'T DO 1T.
Was Saved for Kansas City, Where
He Has Always Been Terror.


Special to the indianapolis Journal
KANSAS CITY, June 15.-Pitcher Egan
continued his remarkable work in the box
to-day and it was not his fault that the
Hoosiers scored run. For five innings
Manager Allen and his men tried all their
tricks with the stick, but not hit could
they get. In the sixth, with two men out
Mcfarland hit a long one to right field,
McVicker made a hard run and jump for the
ball, but he could not pull it down. McFar-
land went as far as second, where he was
left by Hoffmester's f1y-out.
In the seventh Motz and Stewart hit safe
ly and Allen advanced them by pretty sac
rifice and Kahoe flew out to Connaughton.
The side should have been retired on Phil
lips's easy grounder to Viox, but the second
baseman not only fumbled the ball, but
made a wild throw which allowed MotZ and
Stewart to score and Phillips to go to Sec
ond. Hogrievers f1y-out ended the inning.
After that the Hoosiers could get but one
man to first and he went on a pass. Phil
lips was easy enough for the Blues and only
their own poor base~running and the sharp
fielding of the visitors kept the score down.
A shower, which came up after the third
inning, delayed the game for ten minutes
and made the going rather slow. The fea-
ture of the game was the perfect sacrifice
hitting of Stewart and Allen. Score:
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MUTUAL LIFE DIVIDEND.
The Defunct Indiana Company Pays
so Per Cent. on CIaims.


so Per Cent. on Claims.
The Union Trust Company, as receiver for
the insolvent Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of Indiana, made it's report to Judge
Harvey yesterday After enumerating in a
general way the claims against the concern,
which include shares of stock and certifi-
Gates and amounts due for services and
supplies, the receiver states that 1t is able
to declare a dividend payable at once, of so
per cent on the amounts paid in by pre-
paid stock investment policy and certificate
holders whose claims have been approved
by the court. In the case of the holders
of running stock on which loans have been
made the payment of the so per cent. divi-
dend is asked to be credited to the indebted
ness of the holders to the company and not
paid in cash.
The receiver further states that in this
manner a great amount of money can be at
once paid out to those unquestionably en-
titled thereto upon an undisputed basis, and
should all controverted questions be de-
cided in favor of the participation of others
in the dividend fund or should a different
basis for distribution be adopted in the
future there will be enough money coming
into the hands of the receiver hereafter to
make all such dividends equal to the divi-
equalize all claims of every character. An
order was granted by Judge Harvey author
izing the receiver to make the payments at
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Acid Case Goes Over.

The grand jury made a partial report yes
terday afternoon, returning twelve indict-
ments. The Kline acid throwing case, how
ever, was not among those reported, some
what contrary to expectations. There was
nothing of a sensational character in the re-
port which concerned the following indict-
ments: Gertrude Knots grand larceny;
John Richmond, robbery; Harry Smith and
Edgar Perkins, burglary; James Benton
and James Malone, larceny; Frank CRUDE
grand larceny 1.-TWO indictments); George S.
Black, larceny; Foster Parker, petit lar
ceny.
The following were ordered released on
account of lack of evidences: William
Wundrum, assault and battery; John Tor
bitt murder; John Miller and Joseph Dolan
assault and battery with intent to kill: VIII
liam Sims. false pretense; Fred Briggs, as
sault and battery with intent to kill; Will
liam Allender, assault and battery with in
tent to kill: John Shipley, burglary and
GRAND 1aroenv
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TWO COLONIES RELEASED.
Catcher Wilson and Fielder JOS
Clarke Get Notices.

Catcher Wilson and Fielder Josh
Clarke Get Notices.
LOUISVILLE, KY, June 15.-The Colonies
could not touch Breitenstein and were never
in the game. The fielding Of Corcoran and
McPhee was feature. Catcher Wilson and
Outfelder Josh Clarke were given notice of
their release to-day. Attendance, 300. Score
r. H. E.
Cincinnati 30 1 2 O-5
Louisville 80 0 0 0 0 OIL 4
Observation-Disclosures and Vaughn; Fra
ger and Snyder. Earned runs-Cincnnati, 2.
Two-base hit-Hoy. Home runs-Vaughn,
Corcoran. Sacrifice hits-Ritchey, Dexter.
Stolen bases-Smith (2), McPhee, Vaughn.
First base on balls-Off Frazer, 8; off Brett
enstein, A. Struck out-By Breitenstein, 2.
Double play-Hoy and Wagner. Passed
bal-Snyder. Left on bases-Louisville, q;
Cincinnati. !. Time-1:55. Umpires-Swart-
wood and Woods.
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Baseball Notes.


The fur will fly at st. Paul to-day when
Columbus locks horns with ComiskeyS
crowd. Wolverton may have to break an
other nose or two, for the Saints are handy
with their spikes.
Columbus had trouble enough to capture
those Minneapolis games. "Bumpus' Jones
is likely to be suspended for assaulting UNI
pire Haskell. This is the first evidence for
some time of Bumps" old-time temper
Up till June Stafford was the only MEM
Der of the Milwaukee club who has been
participating in all the games who had a
batting average over the 300 mark. He
also led the team in fielding, with an aver
age of .977, having made but ten errors out
of AS chances.
The statement that Elmer Smiths record
of one or more safe hits in thirty successive
games is the best ever made by player in
the twelve-club league is contradicted by
Sporting Editor Cummings, of the Balti-
more News, who says: "Keeler made at
from April %. when the Orioles opened the
season. until June 10, when he tripped up on
Killen, of Pittsburg. For forty-four sue
cessive games Keller batted safely
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TWO RECEIVERS ASKED.
The ID. l.. Blair Company and Citizens
Voluntary livestock Company.

Voluntary livestock Company.
Hiram E. Rose filed suit against the B.
L. Blair Company, of this city. for the
appointment of a receiver and to compel
it's officers to transfer on the company's
books five shares of stock valued at $500,
which plaintiff purchased from B. l.. Blair
and which the latter refuses to formally
transfer. Mr.. Rose alleges that the COM
pany is indebted to Levy Brothers & Co.
s., 900 and to persons in other cities for large
amounts and that if the receiver is not APP
pointed the assets of the company will
be wasted. The company is publishing a
History of Indiana" for which, it is al
profits of which, under receivers direc-
ton will repay the stockholders for their
holdings if properly conducted.
William S. Hadley yesterday filed suit
against the Farmers and Citizens Volun-
tary Live Stock Insurance Company, of this
city, for the appointment of a receiver and
fer $500 due him from the company for
losses of live stock insured in the company.
The plaintiff alleges that the concern is
now Indebted to his knowledge to various
persons for insurance claims to the extent
of $1,000, which it is totally unable to pay
because of the nonpayment of assessments
by insured persons. He further alleges that
unless receiver is appointed these persons
will sue to recover their claims and that
the property of the company will be dissi-
pated by costly litigation and thus shut out
the claimants from any benefit.
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Cincinnati 30 L % 1 0 O-5 6
Louisville 30 0 l 0 0 0 OIL 4
Maui stops the Senator'S.

BALTIMORE, Md. June 15.-Baltimore
and Washington played off a postponed
game to-day, taking advantage of an open
date Baltimore won handily, Maui, the
Oriole twirler, being practically invincible.
The game was called after Washington had
finished it's half of the eighth inning in
order to allow the Senators to take the
train for Boston. Score:
RH.E.
Washington 80 0 0 0 OIL
Baltimore :. ....3 0 0 IS 9 2
Batteries-Maul and Robinson; Donovan
and Mcguire. Earned runs-Baltimore 3
Two-base hits-McGann, DemOnt, Anderson.
Stolen bases-McGraw, Keller, Demont,
Holmes, Selbach Double play-Jennings
and Robinson Bases on balls-Off Maui /;
off Donovan, g. Hit by pitched ball-By
Donovan, I. Struck out-By Maui, /; by
Donovan. 3. Passed ball-Maguire, l. Wild
pitches-Donovan, 5. Left on bases-Balti-
more g. Washington. /. Time-I:45 Umpires
-Cushman and Heydler. Attendance-S2O
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At New Castle r. H. E.
New Castle..:.o Q Q o Q Q % 10 4
Batteries-Guese and Zinram; Ewing and
Arthur.
Springfield 30 0 90 0 0 %
Mansfield 80 o 0 o 0 o *-3 2
Batteries-Dolan and Graff1us; Miller and
Law
At Youngstown r. III. E.
Youngstown o / 40 LILO 13 8
Gr'd Rapids % 0 5 0 1 1-9 8 4
Batteres-Slagle and Patterson; Harper
and Cote.
At Dayton o. Ri. E.
Dayton :. % o 0 o o o o 0 90 5 2
Fort Wayne...0 0 0 0 OIL 5
acknowledgements and Byers; Herr
and O'Meara.
Second game
Dayton =. - 90 o 2 90 OF
Fort Wayne 20 5 0 1 0 2 SO 2
Batteries-Streit and Donahue; Alloway
and O'Meara.
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Clerk Butler,s Fees.

Judge Baker yesterday, in chambers. de-
cided favorably on a petition for an allow
ance of fees made by Noble c. Butler, clerk
OF the court. The auditor had rejected a
claim for fees by Mr.. Butler, and he had
appealed to the United States controller.
who reversed the decision of the auditor
District Attorney Wishard, acting on in
structions from the department filed an
answer alleging that Mr.. Butler had re-
that were unlawful, and that this amount
should be set off against any judgment that
Mr. Butler be allowed on his present claim.
Judge Baker held that according to the
statute the court Is always open, and wheth-
er any business is transacted or not the
clerk is entitled to his daily fees
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"scorchers. come to Grief.

NEW YORK, June 15.-Frank Murphy,
aged forty years. is thought to be dying
and two other men named Thompson and
Hunt are in the hospital in Newark as the
result of 'scorching' on the streets of that
city to-day. Thompson and Hunt on a tan
dem and Murphy on a single bicycle were
racing down Broad street heads down when
a cab turned into the street. Murphy
crashed into the cab with such force as to
break the side of the vehicle, while the tan
dem riders struck it at almost equal veloc-
ity. Murphy's skull was fractured and
Thompson apd Hunt were hurt internally.
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Washington 80 o / 0 0 o Oh 6 4
Baltimore :. ....3 0 0 0 0 IS 9 2
PhiIIies Used Three pitchers.

BOSTON. June l5-Although the home
team crippled by the absence of Long
and Hamilton, Philadelphia was beaten
with the greatest ease to-day. Score:
Boston ..2 2 a-i2 l6 2
Philadelphia o l 0 0 0 0 4-6 9 s
Batterles-Lewis and Bergen: Dunkle.
Piatt, Wheeler and Mcfarland Earned
runs-Boston, 5; Philadelphia, 9 Two-base
hits-Tenney, Bergen and Yeager. Stolen
bases-Tenney (2), Delehanty. Lajoie.
Dougass-First base on balls-Off Lewis,
4; off Wheeler /. Struck out-By Lewis. 8
Passed balls-Bergen, /; Mcfarland l.
Wild pitches-Lewis, /; Wheeler, l. Time
1:4l. Attendance-l,900 Umpires-O'Day
ard Mcdonald.
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prove that tfey are ungrateful and richly
deserve all the troubles-that the sprinkling
cart can scatter before them. This Jurlst
has decided that a person should not be
fined for riding on a sidewalk where the
roadway is impossible no matter whether
town ordinances forbid ii or not. More than
that, he holds that riders of bicycles have
the right of passage on highways, and that
they are even justified in trespassing upon
private property when the condition OF the
roads makes wheeling dangerous.
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DENVER. Col, June 15.-Judge Palmer,
In the District Court, has issued an inJunc-
ton against the striking coal miners in the
Northern district of the State restraining
them from interfering with men employed
by the Northern Coal Company, or In any
way lettering the operation of the mines
The strikers, who number / 100, have refused
TO do even work enough to protect the ma
chinery at the mines and the mine owners
that the strikers have engaged in an un-
lawful conspiracy and threatened TO damage
the property OF the petitioners. The tnJunc-
Colorado.
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Orphans Shut Ont Brovn..

CHICAGO. June 15-Griffith's heady
pitching and perfect support allowed but
one of the Browns to reach third to-day.
Attendance, LOO. Score:
Chicago .......o 100 2o1o "a 8 o
ST. Louis. $500 0 o o 0 0 90 IL 2
Batteries-Griffith and Donahue; Esper
and Sugden. Earned runs-Chicago 8. Left
on bases-Chicago z; st. Louis, 10. Two
base hits-Ryan (2), Everitt. Sacrifice hits
Mertes DoWd. Stolen bases-Dahlen Cd
Double play-Connor and Everitt Struck
out-By Griffith, l. Base on balls-Off Crit
fifth, /; off Esper, 2. Hit by ball-Sugden
Time-1:35. Umpires-Emslie and Curry.
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Night RacinC lat Woodside Park.

PHILADELPHIA. June 15.-The second
of series of night bicycle races was pulled
off at Woodside Park tonight before
small crowd "A fve-rnile match race be-
tween Boulay of France, and Jack Robert
son, of England, was won by the former
in 1917 Is. In the two-mile, open, profess
sional, John S. Johnson won, Paul Bourette
second Karl Kaser third Time, ABB.
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Divorce Suits Filled.

Two suits for divorce were yesterday filed
before Judge Harvey, in Superior Court, No.
2, as follows: Charles H. Roesner against
Rose NJ. Roesner, alleging abandonment,
ard Bonneville Douglass against Andrew
failure to provide and threats to kill
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Not Playing the ola system.

CLEVELAND. o., June l5.--The Pirates
made 1t three straight by punching five hits
in the seventh inning. That tells the whole
story. Score:
r. II. Z.
Cleveland 80 o % o o / a0-3 IL 2
Pittsburg 80 0 o. 0 o. 10 o
Batteries--Young and thinner; Klllen and
Bowerman. Earned runs--Cleveland, 2;
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in the town. The order holds until the case
July l. The Council at Elkhart passed an
ordinance requiring the telegraph company
street within a month. This was not done
and the city officials threatened to go out
with axes and remove the poles and wires
themselves
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Earned Runs-KansaS City, 2.
Two-base Hits-Viox Wilson, Mcfarland.
Sacrifice Hits-Stewart (2, Allen CD
Stolen Base-Deady.
Bases on Balls-Off Egan, 8; off Phillips, Q.
Struck Out-By Egan. 2; by Phillips. /.
Left on Bases-Kansas City, z; Indian
apolis 5.
First Base on Errors-Kansas City, 2; In
dianapolis. 2.
Double Plays-Stewart to Motz o.
Time-1:30.
Umpire-Manassau
Attendance. 200