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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-02
The q. ". A. Convention.

MUNCIE, Ind, April 30.-The eighth an
nua meeting Of the Indiana division of the
Travelling Mems Association adjourned this
evening. The parade to-day was participated
grip, Richmond leading with 100 members
Mayor Cromer made the welcome address
at the opera house. Other speakers were
Lieutenant Governor Haggard and Presi-
dent Wallerstein, of the National Associa-
ton; ex-President Lee, of ST. Louis, and
Secretary Labeurne, of st. Louis. Ldeuten-
ant Governor Haggard, who filled Governor
Mounts place on the programme, devoted
much time TO the existing war, and resolu-
tons followed, showing the loyalty of the
travelling men. At the business meeting in
the afternoon National President Waller
stein presided and business was rushed
through. j. g. Thomas, president of Mum
Gle Post, was elected president, and c.. NJ.
Rich secretary and treasurer. Mr.. Yelum,
OF Lafayette, and Marks, of Wabash aspi-
rants for the presidency, withdrew before
the ballot was completed. Vincennes
and Evansville were the aspirants for the
next convention, and Evansville won easily.
The following vice presidents were selected:
A. Misky. Fort Wayne; George Hostetter,
Indianapolis: William Patton, Richmond;
n. Harmon, South Bend; T.. s. Layon, La
fayette; Al Stewart. Lafayette; j. e. Hope
well. Terre Haute; E.. Watson. vincennes;
inson. Evansville; c. II. Stevenson. War
saw: C.. u. Gregg, Charlottesville; Leo
Hinsby. Marion; c.. II. Rector, New Albany;
o. B. Banister, Muncie; j.. I Quinn. Ko-
komo, and i. Marks. Wabash. This dele
gates to the national convention are Frank
E.. Rebald. r. H. Mcclellan. Elmer Lebo,
r. Duffan. w. A. Ryan. C. r. Hunter, 4.
A. Winstesh. r. "a. Meltlcan, ". + Me-
Donald. w C. Smith, Z. A. Hartman. MI
tan GRAY and Frank BlounE. The h0arz OF
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Personal, Local and General Notes.

z. f. Cost, freight traffic manager of the
Big Four, spent Sunday with friends in this
city.
The passenger train crews of the Big Four
will to-day appear in their summer uni
forms.
E. NJ. Collins has been appointed superin-
tendent of car service of the Missouri. Kan
sas & Texas.
President StillwelI, OF the Kansas City,
Pittsburg & Gulf, gives notice that the Fort
Smith branch viii be opened for business
May 9.
Passenger officials of Ohio roads breathe
easier, the Legislature of that State having
adjourned without passing the 2-cent-a-miie
fare bill.
The four Pennsylvania lines handled at
Indianapolis last week 6,29 cars, 1856 being
loaded. Business over all divisions is unu-
sually heavy for April.
The Big -Four and the vandalia nave
placed on sale a joint mileage exchange
venience to travelling statesmen.
L. r. Crawford, assistant superintendent
of motive power of the Pennsylvania Com
pany at its shops in Fort Wayne, who has
been seriously Ill, is on duty again.
T.. Legion. local superintendent of the
Pullman Company. mas relieved the molot-
ony at the Union Station by profuseiy dec
Grating his Office windows with flags.
The Baltimore, & Ohio lines have made
trade the last two weeks, now leading the
Vanderbilt and the Pennsylvania lines.
The meetings Of the Brotherhood Of Loco
motive Engineers begin at st. Louis Nav
IL. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the brother
hood is making preparations to attend.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton last
week had the heaviest business on the IN
dianapolis division for some years, handling
at Indianapolis 1855 cars, $50 OF which were
loaded.
Colonel Samuel Morse. general passenger
agent OF the southern Pacific CAtlantic
SYSTEM, is visiting friends In the New Eng
land States. His health has much improved
Of late.
Indianapolis 1859 ears, 1859 being loaded
The four divisions handled at Indianapolis
2,l94 more cars than in the corresponding
week OF 1897.
w. c. Staley, who has been commercial
agent Of the Chicago, Rock Island a Pacific
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Here all were noble save nobility;
None Rugged a conQuerors chain save fallen
c~hivalry.
Such be the sons OF Spain. and strange the fate
Ihey night for freedom who were never free
A kingless people for a nerveless state.
Her vassals combat when their chieftains flea
True TO the verfest slave OF treachery,
life.
Pride points the path that leads TO liberty.
Back TO the struggle, baf1ed In the strife.
war war Is still the cTy-war even to the
Ye who would more OF Spain and s~paniarda
know,
Go read whate'er is writ of bloodiest strife.
Whatee r keen vengeance urged on foreign foe
Can act is acting there against mans life.
From MASKING scimeter to secret knife.
war moldeth there each weapon to his need.
30 he may guard the sister and the wife,
so he may make each cursed oppressor bleed,
So may such foes deserve the moss remorse-
less deed!
Flows there a tear of pity for the dead3
Look Ger the ravage of the reeking plain;
Look on the hands with female slaughter red.
Then to the dogs resign the unbuT1ed slain;
Then to the vulture let each coarse remain.
Albeit unworthy Of the prey BIRDS nav,
Lat their bleach'd bones and blood's unblsach-
ing stain
Long marx the battlefield with hidsous ava
Thus only may our sons conceive tia scenes ws
saw.
-Chlds Harold
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AN INCREASE IN TONNAGE
LOADED CAR MOVEMENT OF LOCAL
LINES AR ITS MAXIMUM.
Hope that the Present Rate War ON
ferent Method of Billing.

The train records show that the loaded
car movement is at its maximum In the
week ending April 30 there were received
and forwarded at Indianapolis 2S,198 cars,
22,66O being loaded, seventy more loaded cars
than were handled at this point in the week
ending April 30. 6,39S more than in the CORE
spending week of 1897, 5,194 more than in
1886, Sab more than in 1895, and 3,446 more
than In the corresponding week Of 1894.
There is a large demand for cars. and the
prospects are excellent for a heavy busi-
ness for some time to come. Eastward there
Is a heavy movement OF grain for export,
and of -four a heavier movement than at
any time in months. The shipments of hog
products for six weeks past have been
heavy beyond precedent, and the shipment
OF fat cattle and horses to foreign points
continues very heavy. West-bound business
Is good, as is evidenced in the even move
ment of loaded cars east and west. and.
while eaSt-bound business is carried at low
rates, much of the west-bound freights are
carried at about tariff If reports are correct.
The war In rates on dairy products contin-
ues, but in the loaded car movement this
line of business does not count largely In
the statements. The heavy shipmen of
dressed meats and provisions do, however,
Indianapolis alone making up more han
two trainloads per days at the packing
houses and stock yards. The north-and-
south roads are doing a very heavy bust
ness. The Chicago division of the Panhan
die last week brought in S62 loaded cars,
against 424 forwarded, and over the Louis
vile division, south-bound especially, the
movement of loaded cars was heavy. Local
business is active. About the city freight
depots and on the bulk tracks there is much
activity, and the roads have been obliged to
increase their number of switching crews
and engines to do the business on the pres
ent switches leading to the various indus
tries. The commission houses are unusually
busy, and at the stock yards the business
of April considerably exceeded that of last
year. The cerealine mills and hominy mills
are using large quantities of corn, and the
flour millers are buying all the wheat they
can get, which makes local business in those
lines unusually active. Below is given the
car movement for the week ending April 30
and for the corresponding weeks OF 1897 and
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directors is c. f. w. Nicely, Hal c. KIM
brough and j. G.. Vanwinkle. Sof Muncie.
During the meeting Mesdames Smith, Ri
ley and Trutt, of the Industrial School, es-
corted sixty little girls, representing ths
charity subjects, TO the stage to sing
America" They were greeted with wild
cheers, and as the "drummers," unsolicited,
began passing the hat the chorus sang Let
a Little Sunshine H." and the big men
showered them with a hatful of silver dol
lars, cheering the little ones. Charles r.
Duffin, of Terre Haute, was Endorsed as
~Indiana's candidate for national president at
the coming meeting in Omaha.
Secretary Barney, of Marion, made the
following report: Receipts, balance from
Secretary Quigg, 81. 1890; received on appli-
cations and renewals, 81 ,331.47: total receints.
$14,634.67; disbursements, $13, 149. %; balance,
81, As. The total membership one year
ago was 1.280. 1t this time the membership
is 1865, a net gain of 2S5. In the contest for
the hundred-dollar silk banner to the post
showing the largest membership the follow
ing gains were made: Richmond, q; Terra
Haute, As; Evansville, Is; Charlottesville,
Il; Indianapolis, 10; Marion, SO; Muncie. 4si
Wabash, 90.
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CHARGED WITH SHoPLIFTING.
Young German Girl from St. Louis
Gathered In.

Saturday night a message was received
from the New York store at the police sta
ton asking for a detective. Bicycle patrol
men Mathey and Lancaster were sent to
answer the call and found the special off,
Ger at the store OBTAINING a young woman.
when he charged with being a shopnfter.
She gave her name as Josephine Wagner
and said she lived at a RESTAURANT on In
diana avenue. but refused to give the num-
Der. She had a large land valise and a big
wallet. The special officer claimed that
she stole a bolt OF silk n other articles
from the store. Small articles she would
take, he claimed. by laying the wallet on
them and picking them up with the wallet.
me policemen claim they discovered that
In the valise they say there were articles
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Imnrnrinr Hia Plant.

A. A. Barnes, proprietor Of the Udell
woodenware works. is spending $4,000 in
improvements to the plant. among other
things equipping the buildings throughout
with a fire sprinIlling apparatus which will
have 100 spray heads from which. in case
fire breaks out in any part of the buildings
at a certain temperature of heat, these
sprays will flood the buildings with water
furnished from an immense tank. The tank
is being filed by a large Dean pump, which
will throw 1,00G gallons of water per min
ute. With this apparatus In the building
the cost of insurance is greatly cut down,
and the reduction soon pays for the out
fit. These works are much buster than last
year at the corresponding period. Several
men are steadily employed in getting up
new designs for the next years trade; the
season begins July ].
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ADJUSTMENTS



SAN FRANCISCO. May Howard the
close Of the operate performance of Nine.
Melba, in the California Theater last night.
tho bursting OF a steam pipe in the adjoin-
ing building. occupied as the headquarters
of the fire department, caused a quick fire.
The old wooden building was soon in a
blaze, and the people in the crowded the
alter, seeing through the windows the re-
Election of the flames, disregarded the as
surfing statements of the management and
attempted to rush from the building. A
panic followed in which many women
tainted, but none was seriously injured.
The audience was composed of the most
fashionable people in the city, md many
valuable m were lost. Ladies in
their wild attempts to escape from fancied
danger left furs, bonnets, wraps and
jewelry. These were trampled under foot,
Melba tainted on the stage. The fire de-
partment building was Quilted, as was also
the St. Georges stables. The damage to
the theater was sight caused by smoke and
water. Loss $4,000.
Hoyt's "A Trip to Chinatown" coming to
the Park this afternoon. will be an unusual
treat for the patrons of that theater, where
such plays as chinatown seldom put in
an appearance. The cast is announced the
same as the one which has been touring
the country In higher priced houses.
"A Bachelors Honeymoon" announced
for the last three days of this week at Eng
lish's is claimed to furnish 1855 laughs dur
ing the evening. Allowing the play two
hours and a. half of actual time on the
stage this would give ten and one-half
laughs every minute or a laugh every five
and Observation-Disclosures seconds. This may
be a matter for the police to look into, as
such a play might result fatally TO people
who have weak hearts.
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A Cuban Army of Invanion.

KEY WEST, Fla, April 3O.-Three hun
dred Cubans viii leave here tomorrow to
join nine hundred others. This united body
will be employed by the United States, and
VIII be transported to Cuba Immediately.
the following telegram received from T.
Estrada Palma, of the New York Juntai
ly all the young, unmarried, healthy Gu
bans disposed to go TO Cuba; also all off,
GERS of our army. Delegation will not sus-
the general rendezvous of the Cuban forces.
Tomorrow morning enlistment will begin
here.
NEW YORK, April 3O.-About 100 Cubans
LETT the Junto here tonight to joint the
United States troops at Tampa. The con-
tingent will be augmented at Philadelphia
and other points along the line of travel
1t was in command Of General Castillo.
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1t will be noticed that at the fifteen points
which report 2,9S0,000 hogs were killed, an in
of 1897 of $50 200 hogs. At Indianapolis $4,000
hogs have been killed, $4,000 more than last
year in March and April. The quality. of
hogs killed as to weight and health has
never been excelled and prices have ranged
on hog products about 10 per cent. higher
than last year. Kingan & Co. are running
1000 hogs a day. On Saturday morning they
had 1,0O hogs in their pens. The last sixty
days they nave been making neavy Snip
stock is the lowest now at any time in years.
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PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.

Mrs. George p. Wood, of Kokomo, is the
guest of her niece, Mrs. Fred e. Hamlin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Craig Miller have
removed from 1919 North Illinois street to
434 East Market street.
Mrs. Ella Palmer. of Minneapolis, Is visit
ing the family of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bar
bee on South New Jersey street.
Miss Florence l.. De Paw, of New York
city, will come this week to spend two
weeks with her sister, Mrs. Andrew j. Nc
Intosh.
Friday evening was the occasion of a very
pretty card party at the home of Miss Til
lie Little, on East Market street. The
rooms were tastefully draped in the national
eolors: which, together with the red, white
and blue dresses of the girls and uniforms
of the boys, made a very patriotic picture.
Among the guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Slau-
ter, tire Misses Milenders, Mr.. Harry Kra-
mer. Mr.. H. Bidwell and George William
Yost, jr.
SIXTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
VALPARAISO, Ind, May 1-To-day
Judge and Mrs. William G. Talcott, of this
city, celebrated their sixtieth wedding an
n~iversary with a dinner at the home of their
son. j. F. Talcott. Mr.. Talcott was born
Dec. %, 1876, in Dalton, Berkshire county,
Massachusetts, and the following year was
brought 10 Lake county, Ohio. and in
August, 1885, went to Laporte county, In
diana. In the spring of 1897 he came to this
county, where he has resided ever since. He
was united in marriage to Miss Maria Luth-
er. May l, 1885. Miss Luther was born on
the shore Of Lake Champlain, in New York,
Feb. Is, 1877, and came to his county with
her parents in 1886. Mr.. Talcott is probably
the oldest newspaper man in Indiana, be-
ginning his career as a publisher in 1916.
Although retired from active management
he still stands at the case and sticks type
every day. He served as judge Of the Pro-
bate and Common Pleas Courts a number
OF years has served at surveying, teach
ing, preaching. publishing and farming in
Porter county. Aged eighty-three and
eighty-one. respectively, Mr.. and Mrs. Tai
colt are enjoying good health and promise
ornfxrawCo rfao
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At Toledo, o. r. H. E
Toledo ToI6ss c.,...S 2sS5S521- s i 3
Batteries-Ewing and Arthur: Brodie and
Zinran.
AT Fort Wayne. Ind r. H. Il.
Fort Wayne o 0O0s1ee@ 8 s
Batteries-Campbell and Gear; Grafnus
and Dolan.
AT Dayton, o. r. II. d.
Dayton 40 os3sooo % Il 5
Mansfield .....2 0 0 0 l 0 2 Is 2
Batteries-Rosebrough and Greenwald:
Lindsey and Kellner.
AT Grand Rapids, Mich r. H. z.
Grand Rapids:2 0 0 21eS IA /
Batteries-Campbell and Cole; Morgan and
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Babx,s Narrow Escape.

Albert Booz, $40 Charles street. reported
at headquarters last night that the patrol
wagon had run over his baby buggy. He
was pushing it along in the roadway Of
South East street. The patrol wagon came
upon him from behind and struck the rear
wheel of the buggy, wrecking it. The
baby was not injured. George Tomlinson
was driving the wagon. He says he saw
the man walking along ahead of him. but
could not see the baby buggy. 1t was just
past dark, and the electric lights had not
been turned on.
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Last Week Of The Dor..

With t~o-night's performance begins Prof.
Gentry's second and last week In the city,
and the large business Of the past week will
undoubtedly be repeated. OF course, all Of
the Gentry performances is excellent. but
there is one OF the animal actors who has
been overlooked IN the press criticisms. He
Is called Snow" and hts coat is a. epof-
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NEWS in SUNDAYS JOURNAL.
Resume of Chief Events Printed I'm
the Issue of May L.

Captain General Blanco is reported to be
burning towns in Cuba.
Spain thinks because Germany has not
proclaimed neutrality she can purchase
war munitions there.
Cavalrymen near the port of Cabanas
were shelled by the United States cruiser
New York after they had fired a volley at
the ship.
Janeiro Saturday evening. 1t is possible a
strong fleet may be sent south to accom-
pany her northward.
The Queen Regent Of Spain appealed to
the Gar of Russia for help. The Russian
autocrat replied that the time had not yet
arrived for Intervention.
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tainment i" is tba reckiass bar rsbocx ridina Of
a feet-footed pony, which is really a won
derful thing for a dog TO do. To-morrow's
matinee will be an ~out-and-out benefit, as
the entire proceeds will be given by Prof.
II. b. Gentry to the Boys Club. It Is really
a worthy charity, and a large audience
should be in attendance.
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which were identified by Block & Co., L.
s. Ayres Company and the Star store. She
also had q new umbrella from which the
which the Connecting string was still at
tached.
The young woman speaks with q pro-
nounced German accent, She told the police
she came here a few lays ago from st.
Louis. She was arrested.
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In the month Of April the local mills did
better than for some months, but turned
out less than half their output capacity.
In April the output was 2,723 barrels Of
flour, against 4.723 barrels in March this
year, and against 9.2S3 barrels in April. 1897.
The full capacity Of the mills at I~ndianapo-
rs is IS 900 barrels per month.
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Insnectiona of ApriI.

The inspector of the Board of Trade in
the month Of April inspected 191 carloads
of wheat, against IS carloads in March this
year, and against 10 carloads In April. 1897;
corn, sS5 carloads, against $50 carloads in
March this year, and against $50 carloads
of corn in April, 1897; oats, 80 carloads,
against 80 carloads in March this year, and
against 81 carloads in April, 1897.
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Brewers Made No Error..

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. May with the
assistance Of TayIor's excellent pitching and
batting. the Brewers won to-days game.
Attendance, 1900. Score:
r. H. e.
Columbus 100 0 0 0 0 l 0 OIL 6 2
Batteries-Taylor and Spear; Wright and
Buckley.
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Council Meeting Tonight.

The Council will meet tonight in regular
session. Among other things to be done is
the introduction of the contract between
the city and the New Telephone Company.
1t is probable that the ordinances providing
for the Improvement of North Side streets
in the residence district will be passed.
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Good Point for Landing Troops.

WASHINGTON, April SO.-Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee to-day, In speaking of the reported bonn
bardment of Mariel. said that this city,
which is thirty-five miles west OF Havana,
was one of the most advantageous points on
the island for landing a large body Of troops.
From Mariel there is a very fine road all the
way TO Havana, and for other strategic
reasons it was a very desirable port for the
United States to capture. He had no knowl-
edge, however, of the purposes of the gov
ernment with respect TO it.
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1t is not expected that through the entire
season such a rate of increase will be
shown, judging from the experience of past
years. But what effect the war will have
on this line of business is still undiscern-
ible. The Cincinnati Price Current shows the
number of hogs packed since March l to
have been at the several points as follows:
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ant Cotton, OF Company c., of the Delaware
National Guard, with a detachment Of men,
VIII be detailed for duty in the vicinity OF
wine. They will go on duty Monday. This
is taken as a precautionary measure against
the blowing UP of the works by Spanish
spies.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
INDIANAPOLIS & VINCENNES RAIL-
ROAD COMPANY.

indianapolis. Ind. April 20, 1898.
The annual meeting of stockholders of the In
eianapolis & Vincennss Railroad Company viii be
held at the principal c1fce of the company, in the
city OF indianapolis. Ind, on Thursday, May 10,
1898. at ? o'clock p. m, for the election OF seven
directors to serve for the ensuing year and the
transaction OF such other business as may proper
~ come before the meeting
S. b. LIGGETT, Secretary.
PROPOSALS o FRESH vEGETABLES-of-
Zee Chief commissary: Chicago. III, April 2s.
lS9S Sealed proposals, IN triplicate, will be re-
cetved here until II o'clock m. May q, 1898, ana
than opened publicly, for furnishing and delivery
OF ouch quantities OF fresh potatoes and onions
as may DO required by the subsistence Depart
ment at Fort Brady, Mich. Columbus Barracks.
o.. Fort Sheridan, Ill, Fort Thomas. XIV, Fort
Wayne. Mich. columbia Arsenal, Tenn, and In
dianapolis Arsenal, Ind, during i've months CONF
mencing July l. 1898. Proposals received up TO
ard opened AZ same hour at the several posts by
oommissaries Of such posts. each post COMMITS
eary receiving proposals for his own post only.
Government reserves right to reject In whole or
IN part any o. al pro2osals. Information fur
niahed on application here or 70 commissay AZ
any post Envelopes containing proposals should
he marked Proposals fT Fresh Vegetables" and
addressed 20 undersigned or commfssary at posi-
bid for. o. M. SMITH, Major. G. 8.
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A Good Month at the stock Yards.

In the month OF April there were re-
ceived at the Indianapolis stock yards 12s.-
460 head Of hogs. against 81. Cos head In April.
1897; cattle. $50 head. against s.015 head in
April. 1897; sheep. LIZ head. against S.9O3
head, against 1850 head in April. 1897.