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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
A F0RGlVlNG WIFE.


In the Criminal Court yesterday Judge
Afford reduced fine assessed against
Philip Albright by a justice of the peace.
Albright was arrested for assault and bat
terry on his young wife and in the lower
court was fined $25 and costs. He appealed
to the Criminal Court and the case came
up yesterday. Albright is employed at the
malleable iron works at Haughville. Since
his arrest he and his wife have been living
happily together, and they came to the
courtroom together yesterday. Mrs. Albright
wanted 10 have the entire fine wiped out
and made an appeal for her husband. She
testified that on the evening of their trouble
he came home intoxicated. and, after being
IN the mouse while, announced his inten-
ton OF visiting the Jackson Club. She did
not want him 10 go, and he pushed her out
into the yard. She was very angry and had
him arrested. She told Judge Afford that
he made good living for her and had
treated her kindly since that night
Judge Afford called Albright before him
and bad him tell his story. At its conclu-
sion the judge read the defendant a sound
lecture. Philip" he said, lin view of the
fact that your wife says you have been good
TO her since this assault, j propose TO re-
duce your fine TO SO but | want TO warn
YOU that If any trouble Of this kind ever
occurs again you had better keep out Of
this court: / want 10 say that I've no pa
thence with man who will go out and fill
himself with liquor and then because every
thing does not go TO suit him at home
abuses his wife II there is any occasion
for your wife to complain again don't let
your case get into this court
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
Marion County Nurseries.

To the Editor OF the indianapolis Journal:
In your paper of the 5th inst, in an article
signed w. L. Hobbs, it is said that 1 stated
in an article relative TO greenhouses, nurser-
les and orchards, recently published, that
there lis not one large nursery in the State
of Indiana" This is not correct. On the
contrary, l did say that 1--WE have some
excellent nurseries in Indiana" l had re-
Gently visited a fine one in Hendricks coun-
~. l did say that there was not one large
nursery in Marion county. His article con-
tains another equally incorrect statement,
and that is this: THAT in the western part
of this county s located the largest nursery
in the State and one of the largest in the
West. They have nearly 400 acres in cuiti-
vation.' The nursery is not in this (Marion)
county, but in Hendricks. and is one of the
excellent nurseries L referred to as being
in this State. / know the owners of this
nursery, and very fine and large one it
is. Its owners and myself are good friends.
/ have been in their house and value their
friendship. No men in this State are more
widely and favorably known in this bust
Tess than these gentlemen, but their nurs-
cry is not in Marion county If anyone
the tax duplicate. He will find that the
nursery alluded to has only Az acres of
land in this tMarion) county; one tract of
1911 acres has no improvement on II, ana
the other lot of fifty-hundredths of an acre
has a $l0o Improvement on ii. Not much
room for a nursery there. But over the
line in Hendricks county is to be found the
nursery spoken of.
Your pert correspondent, instead of CIV
ing information. needs it badly He is just
about as ignorant of the causes of the alb
sence of the good old varieties of trees as
he is of the location of this big nursery.
He ought TO take a trip out there and To-
cate the county line before he gives an
other lesson in geography and horticulture.
JOHN COBURN.
India n nnliS AnriI =
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
MATTE M'DONALD'S TROUBLE
Being Despondent and Out Of En-
pIOyment, She Took Morphine.

Matte Mcdonald, who has been known as
Matte Snider, attempted to kill herself last
night with morphine, and at early hour
this morning the doctors could not tell
whether or not she would recover. For some
weeks she had been working in the IAN
Right" restaurant, 617 East Washington
street. Yesterday the managers of the res
taurant closed the place, discharging all the
help. which included Matte Mcdonald She
had formerly worked in the eating house of
Jennie Bechtel. 642 East Washington street.
After her discharge she went to the Bechtel
place and while there said something about
her clothing and passed through the house
to look for NO ~" of which place no one
seemed to know the location. She returned.
coming in at the rear door. and from all &C.
counts. instead of going out the front door,
entered a bedroom in the restaurant. where
she threw herself on the bed. Nothing more
heard of her until she called for the
little girl, Katie, TO whom she gave her
pocketbook. The girl took the book and
says she laid il on a shelf. where il remained
until about an hour later, when ii was
shown TO the landlady, who opened ii and
found a paper which had contained NOR
telephoned for and Drs. Foutz and Sanders
answered the call. In the pocketbook was
also a sheet of note paper which the girl
had written a letter TO her mother. telling of
her troubles and intimating that she intend
ed to kill herself. On the same sheet was
unfinished letter TO her sister 1t is said
that Miss Mcdonald came from Vincennes
ency seems TO have been the motive for the
attempted suicide
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
BUSINESS IN RUSSIA.
Government Checks Private Enter
prise of Manufa cturers.
Ivan Oseroff, in the Forum.

Ivan Oseroff, in the Forum.
To show how great are the profits en-
joyed by Russian enterprises, | may refer
10 the Popoff Distilling Company, which in
the period 1SSS-1S96. received as profit on
its capital 10 per cent. 60 per cent. 10 per
cent, and even 100 per cent. The payment
of dividends of 20 per cent Is by no means
rare in Russia, as. for example in the
cotton trade, by the Baranoff, the Savva
Morozoff. and other companies. Many metal
lurgic enterprises pay 40 per cent and some
~ per cent: that in two or thre years
the enterprise pays in dividends sums equal
ing it's entire capital. Therefore, II Is per-
fectly comprehensive that, at a time when
the Russian government is endeavoring TO
secure the Chinese market for Russian
wares, our manufacturers themselves should
do nothing whatever to further the matter.
In response to inquiries for goods they
simply maintain complete silence. This Is
but natural, as even the organ of the Min
istry Of Finance recently remarked in plain
terms: why should they tRusSian manu-
factures) trouble themselves about foreign
markets. when they have SO good a market
at homer" In short. excessive protection has
created among our manufacturing classes
peculiar malady, which l term hyper
trophy of profits"
The government during the last three
years has given assistance TO the OF in
dustry in the shape of a so per cent: reddc-
rubles. But, 1t is said. in connection with
the millions contributed by the government
treasury for the benefit of the Baku trade,
that the oil dealers have not established a
single long-distance vessel or tank steamer.
made the slightest effort TO establish
their own warehouses or agents at the chief
points of trade in Russian kerosene The
governments millions went to swell the
Profits of the producers and their foreign
commission men without any benefit to the
common veal. AS result of the excessive
profits received by the oil producers, the lat
ter do not make any attempt TO enlarge
their business by endeavoring to increase
the use of oil. or to improve the method of
manipulating 1t, but direct their attention
chiefly TO the production Of petroleum waste.
and, thanks TO the low cost of railway
transportation, sanctioned by the govern
ment for the purpose of developing the oil
industry. petroleum waste Is crowding out
coal in the area of the coal bearing Don
basin, Having an eye solely 10 government
aid. and 10 the earning of millions without
any effort, our oil producers are completely
Indifferent in the matter of securing foreign
markets.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
MYSTERIOUS DISEASE.
Humane Officer Elster Reports n Case
to the Board of Health.

Acting Humane Officer Elster yesterday
unearthed a mysterious disease with which
six horses belonging TO Robert Thomas are
affected. His attention was called to
Thomas's barn, on Northwestern avenue. by
person living in the neighborhood and an
inv estigation disclosed the fact that all the
horses are suffering with a peculiar dis
ease, the nature Of which he was not
familiar with. He called in Drs. Pritchard
and Roberts, who pronounced it contagious.
not only for horses, but human beings as
well. The prevailing symptom of the dis
which the hair drops out. After making the
examination the humane officer reported the
facts 10 the Board of Health, with the re-
quest that the barn and animals be quaran-
tined until the state veterinarian shall arrive
In the city. Thomas has a street-sweping
contract. and il is said has been driving a
mule through the streets when nearly all the
hair had been rubbed from the animal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
New Suits Filed.
Features of the Trust Problem.

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
The trust problem is engaging public at
tenton as much as any public question Of
the day. In theory any agreement in re-
straint of natural business competition is
wrong. but 10 what extent practice will cor
roborate theory in this matter remains for
experience to demonstrate. Trust agree
n.ents do not always result in the rise OF
prices They may be used simply TO pre-
vent overproduction and consequent de-
noralization OF trade and undue reduction
in wages, in which case the trust cannot be
said to have worked public injury. On the
other hand, they may be the means of Gre
ating an unnatural scarcity of some article
of commerce and an abnormal price. In
such an event it must be said that the trust
has inflicted public wrong. Therefore, We
may correctly reason that a trust agree
ment may be productive of either good or
evil, according 10 the direction in which its
power is applied If it be the legitimate
organization of each particular line of bust
ress simply for the promotion of its health
and prosperity, good. rather than evil will
come out of it. The worst feature developed
by the new trusts, or, rather, some of them,
IS the issuing of large quantities of Watered
stock for speculative purposes. The prac-
tice of this species of dishonesty is not con-
fined to trust organizations, however, but
has long been INDUCED in by various classes
of corporations. 1t should have been pro-
hibited by law long since. If the trust or
CARNATIONS know what is good for them,
they will cultivate public favor, rather than
invite it's wrath. The public can apply
some very drastic remedies to the trusts.
If 1t becomes necessary. Among these may
be mentioned the suspension of duties on
articles of merchandise produced in this
country and controlled by trusts. and even
the power and protection of our courts may
be denied to corporations organized for the
purpose of destroying needful cmpetition in
trade JEFFERSON II. CLAYPOOI.
indianapolis, April ).
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
Hoard of safety Affairs.
ARSENAL EMPLOYEES STRIKE.
Trouble between the Government and
Its Employees at Davenport.

WASHINGTON, April 5.-The trouble
among the Rock Island arsenal en-
p!oyes, at Davenport, Ia, 80 Of
whom failed to report for duty to-day. has
not been officially brought to the attention
OF Acting Secretary of War Mekeljohn.
MIR. Meikejohn learned of the renewed dis
content through the press advices. and it is
likely the matter will be taken up for action
tomorrow. The government has had trouble
with the arsenal employees before, consider
able opposition and discomfort following an
order made some time ago by the COM
mandant of the arsenal reclassifying the en-
ployes. The latter pettioned the secretary
of war to return to their old schedule. which
had been in force prior TO the commandment
order The secretary at that time made a
thorough Investigation ana gave hearing
10 all parties concerned, resulting i'm the res
toration of the old wages No word of dis
content had since reached here.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
Philadelphia BrickIayers.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 5.-Commt-
tees OF the Journeymen Bricklayers' Protec-
tive Association and the Master Bricklayers'
Association were in joint conference for sew
eral hours to-day with view to ending the
strike OF the men for advance of wages
from Sdls cents an hour to A. cents The
conference was unproductive, however, the
employers committee declining to agree to
sign the scale, although agreeing to the adj
vance. This leaves the situation as il was
late Monday night, when the employers or
ganlzation agreed to pay the advance but
would not sign The question will again be
discussed by the employers tomorrow night
In the meantime the strike of the 5000 brick
layers Will continue. Should the employers
again decline TO sign. the Journeymen will
probably permit men to work for those in
divldual master bricklayers who have al
ready affixed their signatures TO the scale.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
Indiana League Unpires.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. April 5.-President
Schmidt, of the Indiana League, has ap-
pointed Mosely of Grand. once a Western
League substitute umpire; BOland, of
Evansville, and Mclaughlin. of Paris.
H., formerly with the National League,
as umpires for the new Indiana
League. Mattoon. ILL.,, is begging for
n place in the league, but Presi-
dent Schmidt is opposed 10 going that far
out of the way, even should IL be decided
to increase the number of towns from six
to eight. If the increase is made ii will be
by taking in two other Indiana towns.
President Schmidt thinks we'll OF giving the
Danville franchise to j. II. Sheridan. of
Louisville He was manager of the Atlanta
(Cia) team last year. Al Hill, of PittSburg,
who will manage the Terre Haute club.
writes that he is trying to make dates for
games at Dayton, Richmond and Indianapo-
lis on the way here. He wants TO play in
Indianapolis on the 10th and have return
game here the next day. There will be a
league meeting at Muncie next Sunday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
SUIT MAY BE BROUGHT.
Dreyfus, Of the Louisville Ball Club,
Threatens the National League.

All the reports coming from Louisville
concerning the things the baseball mag
mates of that city propose to do to John II.
Brush seem to have little effect on the In
dianapolis- Cincinnati-St Louis-New York
magnate While refusing to discuss the mat
ter. he intimates that lit is LOuisville's
move and that so far as he is concerned
there is nothing TO talk about.
According TO a story sent out from Louis
vile last night, President Dreyfus, Of the
Louisville Club, proposes 10 bring suit
against the National League unless the
schedule is changed SO as TO give 1.-The
Colonels' chance 10 live through the
season without dragging several thousand
dollars from the pockets of the owners.
Dreyfus sent the following telegram TO
President Nick Young, of the League, yes
terday: Hurry up final announcement Of
vote on my appeal. If not completed by
Thursday suit against League will begin"
Young sent this reply TO Dreyfus: "On
March 80 l wired ali league clubs as fol-
lows: Mr.. Dreyfus is here and requests
each club to wire me its vote on the recon-
sideratiOn. of the vote by which the schedule
was adopted last Saturday. L have re-
ceiVed answers from seven clubs and have
no authority to compel others to do So"
In the fight against the league the Louis
vile club has retained Zach Phelps as at
torney. lie Is the man who drew up the
national agreement. The form Of procedure
will be 10 obtain an injunction in the United
states Court against the league to prevent
II playing the schedule as IL was revised
to the detriment of the Louisville club. This
action will be filled at Chicago or Cincin-
natl. The object of instituting proceedings
In these cities would be TO obtain service
on either President James Il. Hart or John
II. Brush Phelps will base his claim on
the ground that the copartnership act has
been violated
In an interview yesterday President So
zen, or the Boston club. said: Whether
the Boston club plays Sunday ball or not is
entirely foreign 10 the question in cOntrO-
Versy. Brush, Robson and Hart know the
schedule was adopted under a nsapprehen-
SION: am at "a loss TO understand why
Louisville was treated so contemptibly 1t
Is alleged that IL was on account IF friend
ship for Freedman. / do not understand
how that figured at ALL IL Louisville was
10 be taken to task at all IL was on account
or its support Of Boston. i am free 10 say
that II it had not been for me the ST. Louis
club would have been expelled at the March
meeting. l fought the matter In the meet
Ing OF the board of directors, when Brush
tried TO railroad through that body the rec
ommendation that the St. Louis club be
expelled. The talk about the schedule be-
ing fairly adopted is the merest buncombe
The Louisville club, in all rights fairness
and justice, was entitled to the dates appor-
toned at the first meeting. No one had
any right to alter these dates without con-
sulting the Louisville club The dates were
changed by people who had no right to
do So"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
BaIIade of Albert Sidrey Johnston at
Shiloh

In martial skill surpassed by none,
This hero from golden strand.
This warrior from the setting-sun.
With winning tones and manners bland.
With victory serenely planned
Rides vanward towards his hour OF doom,
And points Southron's hattle-brand
Through Shiloh's glory-circed gloom
The blaze OF battle scarce begun.
He faces dangers deadliest stand
With nerves of steel. seeks TO shun
The hazards OF his bravest band
But leads an onslaught carnage-fanned.
Where flaming tempest-waves consume
The hopes that hurtle and expand
Through Shiloh's glory-circled gloom.
With wounds disdained. the Scared crest won.
Beyond the death-slope horror spanned.
Amid the crimson streams that
Through serfdom's blasted leafage-land.
lie yields TO fate his proud command,
And feels the summons Of the tomb
But that headlong charge was grand
Through Shiloh's glory-circled gloom.
--LEnvoi.-
As long as valors deeds scanned
BY those whom Freedoms lamps Hume,
Shall he and Fame SO hand in hand
Through shiiohs glory-circled gloom.
Greencastle. Ind. Tucker Woodson Taylor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
IncOrpOTated.

The firm Of r. r. Shiel & Co., Of this
city. was yesterday Incorporated with a cap
ital stock Of $4,000 to transact a general
commercial business, but in particular TO
that relating to the buying and selling of
1--we stock. The directors are Roger r.
Shiel. Richard r. Reeves, Frank q. Eber-
hardt, Edward Reeves and James X. Shiel.
OF this city. was also incorporated with n
capital stock OF So, 600 The company will
manufacture paper bags. cotton and paper
flour sacks, etc, and the directors are
Moses p. Fisher, May X. Fisher and Eman-
uel |. Fisher.
The Clear Creek Stone Company. of
Bloomington. has capital stock of 5000
and Henry Henley, Joseph +. Henley and
James y. Wilson as directors.
The baketon Milling Company OF Lake
ton. Wabash county, was also incorporated
with capital stock of $4,000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING OF CRED
iTORS.

In the District Court OF the United States for
the District OF Indiana. In bankruptcy.
No. eo5. In bankruptcy.
In the matter Of John Clune. bankrupt.
To creditors OF John Clune. OF india napoiS. In
the County OF Marion. and District aforesaid.
a bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on 'he 3ist day OF
March. a. u. 1889. the said John Ciune duly
adjudicated bankrupt; and that the first meeting
of his creditors will be held at Room a.. Lombard
building. No. ear East Washington street in the
city OF Indianapolis. Marion county, Indiana, on
the 18th day Of April. A ID. isss. at o'clock in
the forenoon. at which time the said creditors
may attend. prove their claims. appoint a trustee
examine the bankrupt, and transact such other
business may properly come before said meet
ing ALBERT RABB. Referee IA Bankruptcy.
indianapolis. Ind. Alrilts. isss.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
Pensions for Veterans.

Certificates have been issued To the fol-
lowing named Indianians:
Originol-AIiles Newly. Mooresvilie. IS;
Madison q. Watkins, Anderson, So Isaac
Needham, New Castle, s..
TO SO.
Restoration and Increase-Peter Gesser
(oeceased), Tell City, ST. TO SCI.
Increase-Ezekiel Probus. Lebanon, S14 10
$l7 Daniel G. Gait, New Castle, $l2 10 81
John G.. Parker Merom s2i TO $50: William
Green. Portland, $l4 10 SI7: Elijah Walker,
Mitchell. s12 10 81; James X. Boltinglouse,
Bloomington. SIC 10 s2i: James Oden. Pettit,
s. 10 -: Francis NJ. Gilkinscn, Tangie-, s1i
10 81: William w. Nimrod, Winamac 81 20
$40; Herman Stole, Union City. $40 10 81;
William Taylor. Columbus. $l7 TO S24
ReissUe-Napoleon Il. Williams. Andrews.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
STORY OF AN ASSAULT.
Boy Claims to Have Been ''HeId Up,
Near the Park Theater.

A thirteen-year-old boy, giving the name
of George Manor. was taken to the office
OF DIR. Eisenbeiss on West Washington
street yesterday evening suffering from Sc
we're bruises about the face. He said he
lived at 1924 Hosbrook street. and his mother
was summoned. She said that early in the
afternoon she had given him money with
which TO go TO the theater. The boy said
he had been assaulted by a negro. who ac-
costed him near the Park Theater. He said
the negro knocked him down, and he
showed evidence OF severe treatment. Sew
eral OF his teeth had been knocked out and
others We're broken His nose was broken
and his lips were severely cut. The youths
who brought him 10 the doctors office cor
robOrated bis statement.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
Sarah sbenkenbcrrer,s case.

Sarah Shenkenberger, of Clinton county,
was sentenced to life Imprisonment on the
charge of poisoning her daughter-in-law.
Yesterday an appeal was filed in the SUI
preme Court. The victim, the evidence
showed. lived with her husbands parents
unteer soldier. One fact that led to the be-
lief that the young woman was poisoned
was that she spent a good deal of her time
in bed reading novels, letting her mother
in-law do the work.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
Two Divorce Suits.

In the Superior Court Cora Jones Is seek
ing divorce from Alvin Jones. TO whom
she was married on May 13, 1896 Mrs.
Jones says her husband compelled her to
earn her own living. although he was strong
and able to earn it for her. She demands
alimOny in the sum of 500.
William +. Tyers seeks a divorce from
Malaga Tyers. He charges that she was I'M
faithful TO her marriage vows. and, al
though he gave her every opportunity to do
right. she failed to act a good wife
should.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
An Injunction Suit Dismissed.

The suit for injunction and damages
brought by Emma Kersey. of Mt. Jackson.
against Louis Shultz and Thomas McKenna
was dismissed in the Superior Court yester-
day. The plaintiff sued on account of n
saloon in her neighborhoOd. claiming that
it's presence was damagin TO her property.
Shultz owns the building and McKenna kept
the saloon. The suit was dismissed be-
cause of the fact that the saloon was closed
shortly after the action was brought and is
not TO be reopened. The defendants paid
costs amounting TO $50.