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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-01
CITY NEWS NOTES.

A meeting of the guild and auxiliary of
Christ Church will be held tomorrow after
noon at o'clock in the guild room.
A musical and literary programme and
social was given at Meridian-streetl Church
last evening under the auspices of the Unity
Circle.
The Marion County Homeopathic Medical
Society will meet tonight at Plymouth
Church DR.. o. f. Maddox will read a pa
per on Malaria
The Womans Foreign Missionary Society
of Fletcher-place Church will meet at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon with Mrs. Mary Meek
at the Wyandotte.
Carl Steeb and Jack Cullen have signed
articles OF agreement to box ten rounds be-
fore the Indiana Athletic Association on
Feb. 10 at Phoenix Hall.
The second one OF. DR.. w: A. Quayle's
series of lectures will be delivered Satur-
day afternoon at 2:3O o'clock at the Merid-
ia,n-street Methodist Church. Subject
king Lear
The entertainment which was to have
been given by the ladies of st. Paul's
Church at the parish house tonight has
been postponed TO Friday night on account
of the cold weather.
This evening the first of the series of
games between the Greater New Yorks and
the Indianapolis Tenpin League will be
bowled at the Independent Turner alleys
Accommodations have been provided for a
large crowd of spectators.
The cap Of a cistern at Meridian and
Georgia streets was blown off while John
Sullivan, sherman of the No. l ladder
truck, was attempting to refill the cistern
yesterday. In falling it struck Sullivan and
broke his leg. Police Surgeon Christian at
tended him at his home, 707 Bates street.
AT a recent meeting of the Chapel Club
Mrs. +. w Fenger gave several readings
Others who contributed TO the entertainment
We're Miss jeanette Wren Lewis, Mr.. G. A
O'Connor Miss Mary Eagan, Miss Edna M
Burks, Miss c. Ballard, Mr.. Edward p
Clancy. Mrs. j. S. Brennan and Professor
Schumacher. accompanist.
The officers of the Y M. G. A. Juniors,
president, Mrs. w. w. Winslow; vice presi-
dent, Mrs. 5. d. Pray, and secretary and
treasurer, Mrs. Harry Coughlen, entertained
the boys of the association yesterday after
noon with a luncheon, and later DR.. c. l.
Fletcher gave an illustrated talk on Ven
ice the new stereopticon of the association
being used, with DR.. Fletcher's Slides
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To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
1t seems to me you have wholly failed
to properly understand the condition of Hon.
II. u. Johnson. His case reminds me of
very alarming case of a young man who
was very dear to his parents, but who of
late had caused great parental solcitude by
repeated words and deeds that indicated in
cipient if not we'll developed insanity. In
their distress they consulted their family
physician, an old-style doctor who COM
bined good sense with professional skill, and
was especially expert in diagnosis. After
listening to their story of his strange say
ings and doings the doctor remarked: 20
his case is not dangerous. He is in love-
that's ALL" But, DOCTOR" they replied,
that can't be. He never speaks to a girl
never associates with one" $50 much the
worse" said the doctor, that form of love-
sickness is easily managed, but this is much
more difficult yet not incurable. He is in
malady a man can have" But, doctor
what is good for him? You say the disease
is durable. We will do anything to have him
restored once more to his right mind said
the anxious parents. ut will require heroic
treatment" said the doctor. "for he will re-
sst to the utmost of his strength, but it is
his only salvation If left alone he will be
a miserable man all his life and make ev-
erybody miserable that he has anything to
all the furniture out and hang it about with
large mirrors from floor to ceiling, so that
he cannot fail to see himself. look which,
ever way he may; then strip him stark
naked and turn him loose in the room. IL
will cure him in less than week He will
be greatly disguised at first, and say the
mirrors all at fault, but gradually he
will come to realize that he owes his re-
spectacle appearance, even in his own eyes,
to the adornment of conventional clothing,
and he will concede that, after all, naked
man is not diVinely handsome, and he will
conclude that he owes more to the arti-
fetal than to the natural and will be wills
ing to take his place in society as other
mortals and cease to demand homage from
ALL"
Mr.. Johnson is in love, that's all. He i'm
AGNES that the Mr.. Johnson that the people
of his district have made conspicuous by
their kindness is the real II. U. Johnson,
whereas, a week with the naked Johnson,
where only the real Johnson can be seen,
will cure or Kill him, or the remnant of his
days will be miserable to himself and tor
ment to others II. L. SEE.
Indianapolis Jan. so.
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KILLED AT A CROSSING.
Woman Struck by an Engine at Penn
sylvanin Street and Union Tracks.

The victim of a railroad crossing accident
lies at the city morgue unidentified. The
accident happened at the intersection of
Pennsylvania street with the Union track
a Vandalia switch engine running down and
instantly killing a woman. The Waterman
at the crossing declares that she attempted
to cross the track after the gate was down,
and did not heed his shouts to her. She was
walking south on Pennsylvania street, car
rying a market basket. The engine was
backing west. The wheels passed over her
shoulders, severing one arm, mangling the
chest and MASKING the other arm to jelly.
Other parts of the body were bruised.
The body is that of &. woman between fifty
and sixty years old, apparently. She was
about five feet six inches tall The shape of
the features gives rise to the belief that she
was of German descent. The hair, matted
to the head with blood, is iron gray. The
face and hands are wrinkled. The woman
was dressed in the cheapest and thinnest of
common fabrics, her skirt, waist and jacket
being black. From the basket which she
carried there rolled a bundle of children's
clothing when it was hurled to one side by
the tender of the engine. Most of the con-
tents of the basket We're infants dresses and
hoods although there was a bundle of boys
hosiery and womans jacket. There is no
clew to the indemnity of the victim in the
marking of either the clothes she wore or of
those in the basket.
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Work of the Trust.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. Jan. Swim
dow glass circles throughout the country
as well as in the gas belt, are just now
greatly agitated over new trust which is
destined to swallow the American Glass
Company and wage relentless war on the
independent concerns. Options have already
been secured on the New Kensington and
jeanette plants, the two largest window
glass factories in the United States, and H
b. Smith, treasurer of the Hartford City
Glass Company, the third largest in the
country, says oVertures have been made to
them, but they have not yet been accepted
The Jones factory, of this city, has also been
approached. Some of the members of the
American Glass Company are Directing to
selling out, as the trust will insist on the
manufacturers remaining out of the bust
ness ten years. The trust to-day controls
80 per cent. of the output. 1t was effected
on July g. 1884, when the industry was in a
bad state. Workmen were subjected to a
2212 FER cent. cut in wages 1t cornered the
market after one year, consolidated the
Eastern and Western combination, and in
1896 represented SO per cent. of the 1900 pots
in operation. Prices were advanced 43 per
cent. in six months, and they have been
doubled since 1898 as direct result of the
combine.
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To the Editor Of the indianapolis Journals
Is the criminals family to be sighted? 1t
seems quite likely that the present Legisla-
ture will adjourn without making provision
for the families of criminals who are un-
fortunate enough to fall into the clutches of
lynchers. Our Governor thinks they should
be handsomely provided for. One of my
neigkbors suggests that if the Governor
would manifest as much energy and deter
mination in furnishing individual criminals
and keeping them in the penitentiary after
they are once put in, as he has exhibited in
trying to investigate the two mobs in south
ern Indiana, that he would be doing the
State better service.
The criminal himself is not asking for
more favors. All of his demands are met.
If re kills an innocent person he is merely
arrested and put into Jail, where he is sup
piled with food fully up TO the standard of
General Miles or war investigation COM
flowers by the women. He asks, and 1t is
granted, that the trial be postponed to suit
his convenience. He suggests that he pre-
fers to have his trial IN some county where
he Is not so we'll known; this favor IS grant
ed at an immense outlay He takes hand
in selecting the jury; IT he Is convicted he
asks for a new trial-and gets it, once or
twice. until he is acquitted or the witnesses
are dead or scattered. III he should, by some
means, be found guilty, he knows that his
friends will not rest until a pardon IS Sc
cured for him. He doesn't want the whole
earth, but he feels that something should
be done for his family. A few others share
his opinion Why should not his family also
be cared for?
Within the last few years two brutal muir
ders have been committed in Delaware
county. In one instance the murderer killed
two persons, both young men. Both men
were pardoned. Both are unrepentant. Do
we wonder that indignant men rise up and
take the law into their own hands? Why
should we wonder? q. W. II. kEMPER.
Muncie Ind, Jan. 81
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OIL FIELD OPERATIONS.
Output for January Compared with
Decemb er--Increase in Production.

Output for January Compared with
Decemb er--Increase in Production.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MONTPELIER, Ind, Jan. 81. - The
Greater Indiana Oil Field" is making great
strides, and as a war is on between the
Standard and the Cudahy people operations
are bound to become active Considerable
oil property is changing hands, and some of
the smaller concerns are unloading to the
larger, but that does not signify that the
sellers contemplate quitting the business.
The essence OF the matter is that they dis
pose of their production at good figures, and
in nearly every instance they make more
than they have invested. AS soon as they
disposed of their product they skirmish
around and secure other good leases and
commence operating again, and that is how
they keep going.
The reports for the month of January in
the oil fields of this State show that in the
oil and gas districts there were 172 wells
completed, of which 56 were gas producers
or failures. The output daily of the bal
ance amounts to 3210 barrels, or a daily
average per we'll per day of q 2-3 barrels.
This is a decrease of thirteen wells from
the December report, while in the produc-
ton there is an increase of ASS barrels. In
dry holes there is also a decrease of sixteen,
owing to the fact that not as many gas
wells were drilled in January as in Deem
Der. The rigs were torn down and the cas-
ing pulled from 50 of the old and exhausted
producers In new work there are Ill wells
drilling and l22 rigs up. This is an increase
over December of 10 drilling wells and II
rigs up, making a net increase for January
over December of q in new work The fol-
lowing tables show the conditions of work
for the month of January:
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DEMTTCT DR.. Az. BUCHANAN
UuNAAOA 1898 When Building.
ADJUSTMENTS.
EngIish,s-..A Colonial Girl"

Mr.. Sothern displayed rare acumen in per-
sisting in his determination to present "A
Colonial Girl at English's Opera House
last evening, in defiance of a strong popular
desire, amounting almost to a demand, for
a repetition of 1.-THE Kings Musketeer,"
which scored such a signal success the
evening previous. BY doing so, he gave the
people of indianapolis an additional treat.
"A Colonial Girl is a play which possesses
intense interest of plot, situations most dra-
matte, with liberal sprinkling of comedy
of the most refined sort. 1t was neither
written especially for Mr.. Sothern, nor did
he select 1t as a medium in which to dis
play himself q a sort of stage diety, for
there are other roles besides Godfrey Rem
sen. Mollie Heddin is the star for the first
two acts, and katherine Florence was the
whole thing" in the role. Morton Selton,
as Jack Osborne was a potent factor in the
comedy element, and his secret wife, Lady
keteltas was exquisitely portrayed by Re
becca Warren. Eleanor Carr, as the heavy
VillalneSS, showed herself a capable actress
of excellent promise in her Interpretation of
the character of Lady DanverS, the woman
who contracted a mistaken matrimonial al
lance and, afterwards, being foiled in her
attempt to peaceably obtain the man she
really loved sought revenge The shading
was delicate and intellectually tempered to
her melodramatic role, lifting it above any
common picture, At any early point in the
play, Godfrey Remsen, finding mis- old
sweetheart has Tilted him, exciaims that he
will marry the first sweet, innocent-loolxing
girl he sees who Will have him, whereupon
the heroine, Mol.ie Heddin, IN the person
81 Katherine Florence, enters and is in
stantly recognized as filling the bill' in
every particular. Miss Florence, with her
pretty ways, carried the first act like star,
While Sothern did little else than feed
her. Excellent work was also done by Row.
land Blackstone, as Colonel Carteret Arthur
X. Lawrence, as Captain Anthony Lovelace;
owen Fawcett, as Giles, an old family serv-
ant; Norman Parr, as Lieut.. Percy, and
Marshall Ste0man (aDfain RnaIfnrf
The hit of the evening was made when Mr..
Sothern appeared as an exact reproduction
OF Captain Beaufort, initiating perfectly the
air, appearance, dress, manners, voice and
walk OF q mincing, military dandy of revo-
luttonary days, thus being able to play the
spy on the red-coat officers who had set a
trap for his wife The play has a truly
fine Sothern ending-a duel for woman
honor when the long-expected sight of the
hero in shirt sleeves and with flashing blade
--anords a dramatic climax that brought
down the last curtain amid shouts of APP
plause. Sotherns engagement was all too
short this year, both his plays being rare
performances.
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THE NEW GLASS TRUST
WINDOw-GLAss PLANTS TAKEN BY
WALL-sTREET SYNDICATE.
Consolidation That Is Expected to Re-
suit in Controlling Trade and
Destroying independents.
special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Jan. d-It developed to-
day that a window-glass trust that is the
real thing is being built on the millions of
Wall street, with J. Pierpont Morgan and
Brown Brothers of New York, and McMul-
len of Pittsburg, furnishing The money. 1t
is designed to purchase every factory that is
now a member of the American Window
glass Manufacturers Association. For some
time shrewd attorneys and others have been
negotiating options on these factories and
Arthur w. Brady, Of this city, it is alleged,
has secured options on the factories of the
Indiana gas belt, at Muncie Hartford City,
Alexandria, Dunkirk, Gas City, Marion and
Anderson. The syndicate will not issue
stock in return for the plants, but will buy
them outright, paying cash, with the agree
ment that the manufacturer will not again
engage in the business for a period of ten
years, and a six months option must be
given. None but members of the association
will be solicited to sell, and it looks as if
those who do not sell will be crushed out,
with sure death promised for the indepen-
dent manufacturers whom the association
has been lighting for some time. The syndi-
cate figures that the association factories
have the capacity to furnish all the glass
the country requires and with the great
wealth will have no trouble in freezing out
the independent factories. The organization
will be almost as powerful as the Standard
Oil Company, and the strongest labor or
ganizaton in the country, the Window
glass Workers Union, will have a single
man to deal with, and expect to see wages
take a big drop with the completion of the
organization. A great many of the manu-
facturers will be glad at the opportunity to
get out of the business.
Mr.. Brady Tonight says there is some
fiction and some Facts in the reported at
tempt to purchase the leading wlndow-glass
factories, ana confirming the report that ne
already has options on the leaolng factories
in the gas belt. Il. H. Given and NJ. N. Nc
Mullen, Pittsburg capitalists and promoters,
are at the head of the deal and are inter-
esting Mr.. Morgan and many other Wall
streeters. The factories that are purchased
by the syndicate will be operated ten
months in the year.
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Indiana Obituary.

FLORA. Ind, Jan. 31.-Alexander Morrow
died yesterday at the home of his daughter.
Mrs. William Little, at this place, aged
ninety-siX. Death was due to an attack of
grip. Mr.. Morrow was born in Pennsylvania
jan 8, 1903 and came TO Carol county in
1897. His father was a soldier in the war of
1872, and his grandfather served in the rev.
dictionary war MIR. Morrow had many rel
les of early times, among which was wal
nut chest over a hundred years old and a
bayonet which was used by his grandfather
in the battle of Bunker Hill.
SULLIVAN Ind, Jan. 31.-Mrs. Stella
Whitman Gordon died at her home In this
city last night Of consumption. She was
twenty-five years old End the wife of j..
Ware Gordon and a daughter Of Thomas j..
Whitman, a miller and grain dealer of this
city.
William Hopewell. a pioneer and a prom
inent farmer of this county, is dead at the
age of seventy-seven.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Ind, jan S1.-Mrs.
T. M. Ball died last night with congestion
of the lungs. She was a daughter of Cor
nelius Smock, and a niece of Squire Smock,
of Indianapolis. She leaves a husband and
two sons.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Jan. 31.-John r.
Freeman, for many years leading jeweler,
died to-day at the age of eighty-nine.
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Indiana Notes.

All tramps who so to Charlottesville are
to be arrested and Vaccinated.
The Judson Touring mill at Noble, Howard
county burned Monday, the loss being 49, 600.
Small insurance. The mill was owned by
Newlin Brothers
An exciting polo game was played at
Richmond last night in the presence of a
large number of people, between the Royals,
of Muncie, and the Henleys of Richmond.
The visitors won by a score of to ].
Rev. DR.. j. H. Ford, of New Albany, cele-
brated the fifty-sixth anniversary of his
birth Sunday by preaching two notably able
sermons at Centenary Church to large
audiences. He also officiated at Miss Howk' $
funeral
Monday night was the coolest Of the sea-
son in Decatur county, the thermometer
registering yesterday morning at 6 below
Zero 1t is feared that the late sown wheat
has been destroyed by the severe weather,
as the plant is poorly projected.
The Capital Paving Company of Indian
apolis, was awarded the Kokomo contract
for the Improvement of North Main street,
in that city, with brick driveways and
cement sidewalks. The job amounted to $17,-
go and will be done the coming spring.
There were thirteen bidders.
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WEDDING WILL OCCUR TO-DAY
indianapolis Young People to BE Mar
ried in Washington.

A telegram from Washington, d. c., to
the Journal says: "A quiet wedding, of in
terest to Indiana people, will occur here
Wednesday. The contracting persons will
be Miss Katherine Lemcke, daughter of ex-
State Treasurer and Mrs. ]. A. Lemcke,
and Dr. Harry Hicks"
Mrs Lemcke and daughter have been in
Washington several weeks and had expect
ed to go to Florida for the winer Mr.
Lemcke joined them there last week, and
Dr.. Hicks left on Monday for Washington.
Miss Lemcke is well known in this city,
where she has resided with her parents ever
since their removal from Evansville when
her father was made treasurer. She has
travelled extensively in Europe and this
country, and is an accomplished young
woman. DIR. Hicks is a dentist of this city,
who has made his home at the Denson for
number of years. He is connected with
the Indiana Dental College and is treasurer
Of that institution. After a wedding trip
the young couple will return to this city to
reside.
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A FAMOUS FOOD.
People Becoming Better Judges OF
Food

The demand for Grape-Nuts has been
such that the large wholesale houses have
been unable to obtain more than 100 TO $50
cases in every thousand required during the
past two months although the factory at
Battle Creek Mich, has been run full
twenty-four hours day for several months
past. They report the completion Of new
machinery which increases the output four
fold and will, from now on, undertake 10
keep iobbers stocked.
Grape Nuts have made great hit as the
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FRANKFORT, Ind. Jan. 31.-A man rep
resenting himself to be c. w. Brown, a
Clover Leaf employee. called at c. n. Arm
kins's jewelry store last evening while Mr..
ArnkiEs was at supper and inquired of the
clerk where that watch was that my wife
was looking at" The clerk, failing to rec
ognize the man. the smooth stranger smiled
and coolly remarked touching the full
growth of beard on his face: That's so,
this beard does make a big change in me-.
He then pointed to the tray and said, 1T
is the watch over there in the corner with
the diamond cluster in the center. l will
take it ard the other two next TO it IN TO
the house and let her make the selection. /
will then brig the other two back after
supper and pay for the one she keeps. The
fellow showed SO much familiarity with the
town and railroad people that the clerk was
taken off his guard and handed over the
watches to the stranger, who never came
back. At the Clinton Cycle Company the
same fellow rented a fine shotgun and then
left the city.
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doctors Against pruggists.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind, Jan. 31.-Muncie physi-
clans. over 80 per cent of them, headed by
DR.. w. A. Sturgeon, angered at the reck-
less manner of druggists making counter
prescriptions without consulting them, have
formed a combination and purchased the
McVicker drug store and will centralize
their business by having all prescriptions
made there. On the other hand druggists
announce in the press that if such a deal
is made they will employ a half dozen lead
ing physicians, If compelled to go out of the
city, and will give their services free to all
persons who will have their prescriptions
filled at other stores than McVickers. The
contest promises to be quite interesting and
decidedly novel.
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slack the slasher,, at Kokomo.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO Ind, Jan. 3t-Mrs. Pauline
Bellew, of this city, was the victim of a
queer sort of revenge from her ex-husband
yesterday The latter since the separation
lives at Elwood, where he is employed in the
l.late glass works. Last evening, while an
eighteen-year daughter was ironing d
pair of long striped stockings, her father put
IN an appearance and deliberately cut the
stockings into thin strips He went to the
wardrobes and with his knife slashed into
shreds the fine dresses of every fem>.le
member of the houshehold. not a garment
escaping. The destruction amounted to
several hundred dollars. Bellew was jealous
of attentions of other men to his former
wife and ruined her clothing so she could
not entertain her beaux. He disappeared
after the vandalism.