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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12
Placing Children in Families.

William B. Streeter, state agent of the
State Board of Charities, in the care of de-
pendent and orphan children, says that
there are but few if any of the counties
that are not observing the law requiring all
children to be removed from poor asylums
to orphan homes. There are a few feeble
minded or otherwise deformed children for
which 1t is almost, if not quite, impossible
to make provision. Then from time to time
the commissioners suddenly have minors
placed in their care, which they cannot at
once provide for and which are sometimes
kept in the poorhouses for the limit of ten
days. The agent, however, finds the COM
missioners ready to cooperate and comply
with the law to the best of their ability, in
a very large majority of cases. Since the
new law governing dependent children went
into effect, two years ago, the state agent
than 20S children Some of them have been
transferred from one family to another, and
some, with bad tempers, sent back to the
orphans homes from which they came. At
present there are over $50 children who
seem to have been permanently located in
good, comfortable homes, where they are
subject only. to good influences. At least
twO-thirds of this number, 1t is estimated
would have remained charge upon the
public but for the work of the state agent
and the operations of the law under which
he acts: number of those provided with
homes in private families had been public
charges for a long time-there was one case
where a boy had been cared for out of the
public treasury eleven years, while his
Some interesting facts were observed when
it came to placing the little unfortunateS.
Sometimes a family tries three or four be-
fore finding one to which it becomes at
tached, and some of the children never sue
coed in making a favorable impression and
have to go back to the public institution.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12
JUDGE SCORES A HUSBAND.
Swearingen Surrounded His Wife
with MinerOOm Associations.

SWearinGen Surrounded HIS W1fe
with WinerOOm Associations.
Judge Allen, of the Circuit Court, yester-
day had occasion to speak his mind to one
of the parties to a divorce suit which came
up during the morning Hettie Swearingen
was granted divorce from John M. Swear
ngen. The case came up week ago and
was continued until yesterday. On Friday
Swearingen brought a damage suit in the
Superior Court in which his wife's name
was involved. The defendant was Elmer
F.. Brown, who was charged with robbing
Swearingen of his wife's affections. Ten
thousand dollars was the amount asked as
damages.
Both husband and wife were in court yes
SWearingens had formerly lived at Craw-
louisville, where they met. The wife was
sixteen years of age at the time of their
marriage while the husband was past thir-
the pair eloped to get married. Mrs. Swear
ingen told the court enough to convince him
that she was entitled to divorce. The hus-
band insinuated that his Wife's career had
not been spotless since the marriage.
Swearingen had been engaged in the saloon
employed recently at Yves" Stouts no
torIous resort on West Market street. The
court in announcing that the wife should
have a divorce, turned to the husband and
said:
IF 1 had been in your place and had per-
suaded this girl to leave her good mother
and run off when she was sixteen years old
and afterwards surrounded her with the
wtne-room associations tnat you have
should be too much of a man, even if she
court now and make charges against her
reputatlOn."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12
INTERSTATE HOTEL co. PrOprietOrs
NEW SENATOR'S CERTIFICATE
The Governor Sends Formal Notice to
Washington.

Governor Mount has sent the formal noti-
fcation of the election of Albert ]. Bever-
idge to be United States senator, addressed
ITO the President of the Senate of the
United States" TO Senator Fairbanks, in
accordance with the usual custom. The
notification is signed by the Governor and
attested by Union B. Hunt, secretary Of
state. The notification is in the form pre-
scrihcd by the Senate itself. 1t reads:
This is to certify that on the 18th day of
January, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine
Albert j. Beveridge was duly chosen by the
Leglslatur" of the State of Indiana q sem
ator from said State to represent said State
in the Senate of the United States for the
term of six years, beginning on the ath day
of March, eighteen hundred and ninety
nine.
Witness: His Excellency. our Governor
James A. Mount, and our seal hereto affixed
81 Indianapolis this 18th day of January. in
the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred ninety-nine."
In due course Of time Senator Fairbanks
will present the certificate. An authentic
copy on parchment is being prepared for
preservation by the new senator
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12
A RELIC OF BARBARlSM.
The County Jail al LOgansport Sc
vereIy Denounced.

Last June Amos W. Butler. secretary of
the State Board of Charities, visited I.o-
gansport. where he investigated the condi-
ton OF the Cass county Jail. Mr.. Butler
found conditions which he reported to the
grand jury of that county as most deplor-
able and OF credit neither 10 the State nor
the county. He recommended some very
radical improvements. Last week the grand
jury of the county made a careful examina-
ton of the Jail and reported conditions that
are little less than barbarous. In one para
graph Of its report the grand jury said:
From sanitary and humanitarian point
of view the Cass county jail is a relic of
barbarism, foul blot on our pretended civ
ilization. comparison on a small scale TO
the Libby prison and the Andersonville
stockade" The jury described number Of
most unpleasant conditions in the jail. and
said that they were beyond repair, or that,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12
nohre the coId .snan..,

The best way TO dodge" the present ex-
IRENE cold snap" is 10 take trip TO New
Orleans over the Illinois Central ENJOY the
carnival and the mild climate at same time.
Round trip tickets now on sale. good 10 re-
turn until Feb. % when "Wap should give
us better weather. Rate from indianapolis
t2125. .-,..
Illinois Central shortest, quickest and
hest Free reclining chair cars, Pullman
sleepers and dining cars.
fnaslsre AZ ticket offices Of connecting
Zines or wire r. H. Fowler, 7. r. A., l. q.
Il r.. Louisville. KY. for sleeping car
reservations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12
Exhibition of .Nana."

Mana" a celebrated painting OF Rus
sian artist, Suchorowsky. will be on exhibit
ton at 16 North Meridian street after Tues
day. The painting is of the realistic school
and was painted seventeen years ago, first
being exhibited in the Academy Of Fine Arts,
for the artist his admission into the acad-
en1V.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12
Receiver Jarvis's Report.

George T. Jarvis, receiver of the Louis
vile, Evansville & st. Louis Consolidated
Railroad, filed a report in the Federal Court
yesterday showing receipts for 1898 to be
81, 647, $685., and expenditures 81, 65S, 469 81
leaving cash on hand Dec 81, 1898, $67, Csc. %
The total receipts from May /, 1896 TO Dec
81. 1885, were So 700, 5l9.1S, and the disburse-
manfS S. 90 SD On
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12
Hoard of ArricuIture Meetinr.

There will be meeting of the State
Board OF Agriculture March Z. when the
subject OF purchasing the leased land next
the fair grounds will be discussed further
At that time the premium list for the next
fair will also be given consideration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12
Rnnkruntcy Petltion.

Charles L. Brough. of Delphi. filed petit
ton and schedules in bankruptcy in the
United States District Court yesterday
showing an Indebtedness of S. 2S5. Personal
property amounting 10 Sl25 is claimed as be-
ing exempt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12

dianapolis News litigation, has filed petit
ton with Judge AIcAIaster, of the Superior
Court. asking that the receiver be author
lied to purchase new printing press The
court has the petition under consideration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12
BIG -FOUR ROUTE
NIardi Gras, New Orleans, La; Mobile
Ala, and birmingham, Ala.

For above occasion we viii sell tickets
Feb. to Is, inclusive, at one fare for round
trip good returning leaving destination Feb.
%. 1899 Call at Big Four offices, 1 East
Washington street, Massachusetts avenue
and Union Station, for full information. II.
NJ. Bronson, A. C. p. A.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12
AuthorIrea TO Borrow 5000.

D. NJ. Ransdell, assignee of the Hassel-
man Printing Company and the Journal Job
Printing Company, was yesterday author
lied by the court to borrow 500 for use in
operating the two concerns for the next
sixty DAYS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12
FranI1 II. Cox Estate.

William A Cox has been appointed ad-
ministrator of the estate of Frank H. Cox
Bond was furnished in the sum of Sl,I0o.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12
To Cure All Fevers in a Hurry

Take a dose of Haag's Liver Pills to remove
the undigested food from the stomach and
intestines, then take Haag's Cold and Fever
CAPSULES every three hours.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12
Feed your horse JANEs's Dustiess Data

When you want sparkling wine get Cooks I'm
perial Extra Dry Champagne. Its purity and de-
licious flavor comInends IL.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12

Insure with German Fire Insurance Of In
diana. General offices, 20 South Delaware
street Fire, tornado and explosion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12
SCIENTIFIC PALMISTRY.
Prof. and Mile. Cara, New York and PafIs

on their way TO California. VIII stop tor sa "a
time only The story of your life is written z -
lines az your hand. Advice given on loNs hsea
rage health and business. Charges are - IA
Soc. Hours. 10 =. N. TO p. IA. Rooms aAA
West Washington street,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12

DIR. ". IS. FietCher's oANAIORiUM NJ
Mental and Nervous Diseases.
s1s NORTH ALABAMA STREET.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12
Velour Wraps

Velour Wraps
those rich, garments that flower of
ones friends
to otherwise incomplete costume
ARE CHEAPER
very cheaper easily within the reach many who
previously themselves luxury
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12
Spring Fabrics

It's the frOck that catches the compliment There's the novelty
ng that exC the admiration
brings satisfaction its We making special
season. you'll pu-
chase the spring and the fact that PRACTICALLY
ALL SPRING DRESS GOODS HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-18
TWO CENTS
SALE MADE.
Montgomery Planning Mill
Bought by Hon. Geo. c.
Sturgiss.

Price Paid S7,0l0 Plans Conditioned
ON Confirmation of Sale Electric
Light Plant to be Mosed--Eniarg
ment and Improvement to be Made
Planning Mill VIII Probably be Con-
tinued.
The planning mill plant of w 5.
Montgomery and Company which
was assigned some time ago by the
company to George G Baker as trns-
tee for the benefit of the creditors Of
the firm was sold on Saturday after
noon to Hon. Geo. G. Sturgiss after
some spirited bidding. The price
paid was 5000 1t was bought from
Tygarts Manufacturing Company
by the Montgemefys FOR $4,000.
The court will take up the matter
OF confirmation within few days.
Plans for the property bought
will not be finally made until the
court acts but in case the sale is
confirmed some great improvements
and changes will be made. Ii is the
intention to move the electric light
plant over to the plat Of ground fur
nished. The plant will be enlarged
and improved in many directions.
The present plant is inadequate
to the demands made on it by reason
of the large increase in the number
of customers aud this increase is
rapidly growing. The plant will be
enlarged to meet it. The boilers and
dynamoes together with the rest of
the machinery will be moved from
the present location back of the
Victor Mills TO South Morgantown.
A project is on foot to light the
streets OF the town with electricity
and if this goes through still great
err increase In the capacity OF the es-
tablishment will be made. The
ground that has been secured will
be ample for oil purposes OF the com
pany for the present and for some
time in the future. Power can be
supplied later for the street railway
which will be certainty in few
years if the growth of the town
keeps mp as it Is expected to do.
The planning mill viii probably be
continued but this is matter Of
speculation until the sale shall have
been acted upon. In case it 10 kept
up there will be great saving in the
operating as The power to RIM both
can be obtained from the same
source. The mill to be run by day
and the lighting plant by night
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-18
"CNCLE TOMS CABIN"
Welsh Bros. Company will be Here
Tuesday Night.

This company recently played an
engagement in Mahoney City, Pa,
and the Daily American says Of them:
Herker's Opera House was damned
to the doors last night by an i'm
mense audience which gathered TO wit
ness Welsh Bros production Of ssUncle
Toms Cabin The performance was
far superior to any similar attraction
which yet held the boards in this city.
William Warden gave grand and
impressive impersonation of "Uncle
Tom" and portrayed the aged darkey
to the life. H. Stanley Lewis as the
desperate fugitive, George Harris, re-
ceived frequent applause, and Ed.
Snider played the irrepressible Marks
with much JUNCTION. Fred LaDon
made an unusually good Phineas, and
Edna Clare as Topsy, took the house
by storm, Henry Geisey clever juve-
nile actor was seen at his best as
George Shelby, and Charles Yoke as
the villianous Legree acted his part
with an energy that earned him the
plaudits of the audience. Ed Rogers
made comical Cute. Louise Gumett
played Ophelia with much humor and
genuine Vermont twang; Carrie
Reynolds Lewis as Marie ST. Clair was
all that could be desired and Nellie
Rhodes although cast for the COM
paratively small part of Emmeline,
marked her work by much force and
dramatic fire. La Petite Jessie a
sweet faced little Miss of seven sum-
mers was the best Eva yet seen here:
and Charles Kroy as St. Clair, L. S.
Huntley as Col. Shelby, u. G. Phillips
as Deacon Perry, Claire SutIeff as aunt
Chloe and Hicks ellison as Haley were
far above the average. The special
scenery was artistic and abundant:
the parade the longest ever given by
an opera house attraction in Mahanoy
City, and the band and orchestra first
class. Between the acts clever specI-
alties were introduced by George Boyd
a beautiful gowned male soprano and
by Harry E. West a Dutch comedian.
Welsh Bros. have in this production
added much to their already enviable
reputation.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-18
CHURCH DEDICATED.
A. Nj. E. Church Dedicated on Sunday
DIR. Leech Preaches-Ef'0rts Made
to Take Debts From Both Churches.

The African M. e. church On
Beechurst Avenue, had never been
formerally dedicated to divine wor-
ship until Sunday afternoon. Rev.
Sandy Christian the pastor, and Rev.
C. G. Cummings took part in the i'm
pressive services. At p. m. DIR.
S. V. Leech preached the dedicatory
sermon on "Factors in an Ideal
Church" A large congregation at
tended. The church had been repap-
cred, repainted and otherwise improv-
ed. The bills for these repairs had
been paid before Sundays services.
DR.. Leech appealed for one hundred
dollars to cancel the old debts. The
colored friends gave thirty-eight and
the white friends twenty dollars, max
ing fifty eight dollars raised on the
occasion. Sunday night at the Meth
odist Episcopal Church before crowd
ed congregation the pastor DR.. Leech
begged his congregation to raise the
remaining forty two dollars. He had
asked Rev. Sandy Christian to visit
his principal members and ask for do
nations. He said the two colored con-
gregations were financially very weak
and deserving Of much public help.
He urged also that the white people
pay the final debt of forty dollars on
Rev. G. G. Cummings church. This
eighty-two dollars should be given to
these two pastors by the business men
and the generous ladies of Morgan
town.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-18
UNIVERSITY NOTES.
Matters of Interest to the Boys
on the Hill.
w. 4 j. to Hold Great Athletic Car.
niyai-W. V. e. will Participate
Track Team will be Organized Elk
aminati0ns Under WaY-Uniyerslty
Personals and Other Small Talk.

w. and j athletes are getting
ready to take great part in track
and field athletics next spring. They
expect to hold grand meeting in
Washington and have representa-
tives from all the first class institu-
tions nearby.
The Western Pennsylvania col
leges will be invited to take part in
the coming meet, but in order to add
to its interest and bring together a
larger number of contestants, West
Virginia University, Oberlin Univer-
sity, Western Reserve University, of
Cleveland, Ohio State University,
Marietta College, OtJerbein, Ohio
Medical University, and other Ohio
institutions will be asked to send
teams to compete.
If the plan is carried out it will be
the greatest athletic carnival ever
held in Western Pennsylvania, and
will bring together the best athletes
between the East and the Central
West
This coming just at the time when
the University boys are getting in
good shape for these branches of
sport will be welcome news to the
University men They are turning
attention to such matters and they
will make them hum from now until
spring. They will turn out a first
class track team by the time that
the season is open.
Examinations began on Monday
and the entire University is hard at
them. They will end the latter part
of the week. AS fast as the students
have finished them UP they VIII leave
for home. A great many of the stu
dents are expected to 60 home this
time.
Prof. Miller is back from Man
nington where he went to deliver a
lecture on Friday night before the
Public schools of that city.
Prof r. A. Armstrong will be one
of the instructors in the teachers in
stitute TO be held this week at Tn
iontown. Pa, Mrs Marie Hester will
also participate in the institute.
Waitman Barbe has given read
ing at Shepherd College. He will
enter Harvard at the opening Of
next term and will be there the rest
OF the year
A number of new students are ex
pected in at the opening of next
term. The attendance will not run
as high as anticipated at the open
ing of the fall term. 1t will however
be larger than it was last year if the
present rate of increase be main
tanned
The improvements on the campus
will add greatly to its appearance
when they are completed but at
present they are greatly in the way
and make the campus look far from
being attractive.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-18
GAS EXPLOSION.
Building Wrecked and Fire
Started from 1t.

LeakY Gas Jet Causes the Explosion
No One is Hurt by Miracle-LOsS
will be Large Marshall Jones has his
Arm Broken in the Rush TO the Blaze.
A gas explosion took place this af-
ternoon at two thirty in the house oc-
cupied by the Mingo Glass Co.. on the
corner of Front and Peasants streets.
The damage by the explosion and con-
sequent fire cannot be estimated but
it will be heavy.
A leak in gas pipe under the floor
is responsible for the explosion. L.
w. Joseph, Charles Allebaugh and
Ed. MILAN were engaged in repairing
it.
A match was struck to locate the
leak and the explosion followed The
lower floor was wrecked 1t was
stored full of glass ware. The fire
department soon responded and the
fire was soon put out.
f. M. Arnett occupied the upper
floor but no damage was done up there
except by water,
Marshall Jones had his left arm
broken by being run over by one of
the hose reels.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-18
ABOUT THE CURFEw.
This Important Natter by One
Interested.

Editor New DOMINION.
In view of the fact that the coun-
Gil has petition before it signed
by great many of the Christian peo-
pie OF the town asking that curfew
law be enacted in Morgantown the
following is commended to their at
tention:
Parents often wonder who or what
has ruined their boys. They have
been in school every day, but the les
sons of department and morality in
culcated there seem to have been vast
ed on barren ground. The truth is,
the boys are allowed to be on the
streets from the time school closes
until late at night. The street cor
ner is the best place in the world for
teaching vice, profiigacy and crime.
Nearly all the bad language and idle,
vicious habits boys acquire are learn
ed on the streets late at night,
Teachers may be able to accomplish a
little in counteracting these evil in
fuences, blu: much OF their labor is in
vain until parents cooperate with
them by keeping their boys off the
streets at night.
The ordinance mentioned to coun-
teract this terrible state of affairs is
upon the third reading and final ac-
ton will probably be taken on the
matter at the next meeting of council
this week. 1t is the earnest hope of
great many people who are vitality
interested in the matter that the
council will pass the law and thus
prevent many OF the evils which have
arisen on account of our laxity in
this respect.
ONE INTERESTED.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-18
Pittsburg Printers Strike.

The printers OF Pittsburg are on a
strike and the dailies from that place
are very fine specimens these days. The
fight is not with the publishers but it
is scrap between two labor grievan-
ces and they are now showing the
worst side Of the labor unions. If
the unions could attend to their own
business as well as they can to that OF
other people they would be fine things
but they cannot resist the temptation
to mix In with what does not concern
them.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-18
BACK FROM WASHINGTON.
MOrgantown Party Gets Back After
Several Days Absenee-Dr. Fitch In
iured Slightly.

DIR. j. p. Fitch, DR.. J. J.. Hall, w.
e. Glasscock and e. nj. Grant who
have been at Washington are back at
home after several days absence.
They attended the meeting OF the
National Committee and report a very
large time.
DR.. Fitch fell while getting off a
street car and dislocated his shoulder.
The injury while painful was not very
serious and he will be over it in a
short time.