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New orleans Times Democrat
Tho other oyeaing just before we
changed waIch' said the clerk at Que OF
the hotels, "a fat drummer came UP and
hegan figuring OUT his expense account Tor
the day, lie took The trst piece VI paper
he could lay his hands ON aud didnt no.
tlee that IL was the blank We use for
keeping memoranda u morning ealls.
Tho blank IL arranged IN columns headed
by ngarcs representing hours aud half
hours. aud he began his penellng in the
$3.50 row, ftrst he jo,led down 81 so for
busy hire Ihon 10 cents Tor s,amps, SO
cents Tor ear fare, 81 DO for eApreSs pack
ase, si,ln for kilograms, 40 ceots for a
trunk strap, oeats Tor paper and a
quarter for messenger service, Down At
the bottom. as an after thought, he put
tu and wrote beer botnre &C. thinking to
Work |, In somehow, suppose Well, az
$50 o'clock next mernlng there wss
trouble. and plenty OF t., The night clerk
supposed, OF course. that tho calls had
been lett M the ordinary way and while
no wsa n little aurprlsea at 10 many PEG.
PIE wanting to sc, up at such an un~
earthly hour, he told the boys 10 wake
Nos. iaO. IL, IS. i60, 10, So & aud Is and
garry a quart bottle Of beer 90 No 40
They had a terrible time getting the poo.
pie up, and everybody was as mad as
hlases. particularly the tat drummer him-
self, who happened 10 be In ITO, aud
swore he Was going right down aud lick
the clerk About that time the hoy With
tho beer got 10 40, There MAS preacher
from North Georgia In the room aad he
called out 10 know what was wanted
I've brought you the beer you ordered,
boilers the Kid, aud the preacher nearly
had ht Mrreifui heayensr he said.
this VIII ruin me for life, Win 10 down
Immediately and sae the pronrietor,s He
and the tat drumner struck the otnes TO-
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Sara % Lcai.la,or.

To the senators and Representatives Of
the Texas Lesisiatare
Prairie View. Texas. July A,--Gsaus.
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All Papers please copy,
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-01
Mr.. MCGOWAN INTERVIEWED
Mayor Also Refers to the Street-Car
Situation.

Hugh j. MCGOWAN, representative of the
new street-car company, says that every
effort possible has been made to present
to the Legislature the questions involved in
the present street-car bill at the earliest
moment possible. After the decision of the
Supreme Court last winter on the street.
car question, some time was lost in waiting
for a decision on the petition for a rehear-
ing Of the case. and when this was granted
a few weeks ago the parties in interest de-
cided that the best thing for them to do
was to get together, and after deciding to
consolidate, the bill now pending in the
Legislature was introduced. This bill, said
Mr.. MCGOWAN, has been pending more than
thirty days, and that it was not sooner be-
fore the Legislature Is due to the fact that
the Marion county representatives were
anxious that all the rights of the citizens
OF Indianapolis should be carefully guarded.
But for their desire to protect every in
terest involved" said he, ''the bill would
have been under discussion sooner
Last night Mayor Taggart said that, in the
absence of any direct proposition from the
street-car question. The mayor did say,
however, when asked about certain meetings
suggesting the postponement of the street
car settlement until after the next city
election, hat the present city administra-
ton has in mind only a fair settlement OF
1he Propositions lnvSlved. and that II the
tied in a fair manner. IF we are unable
to settle this in accordance with the views
of the citizens of Indianapolis it will not
be settled at ALL" said the mayor. 1T is
not our desire to deal with this subject, but
If the citizens expect it of us We will try to
settle 1t fairly or not at ALL" said he.
1T has been our idea said Mr.. Nc
Gowan, that the citizens of Indianapolis
would regard our proposition to surrender
all claims to perpetuity with favor and the
new company has looked upon this as one
of the most essential concessions that has
been made. We would hardly expect to
have any contract made with us. If we
were to go back on this proposition. AS L
understand 1t the mayor and city attorney,
when appearing before the joint commit
tee OF the two houses to urge the passage
Of the bill, so understood the situation. 1t
is one of the firm intentions of the new
company TO renounce al claim to perpetual
franchise in the suburbs or elsewhere as
one Of the considerations for a new fran
chise. Our sole idea has been to get the en-
tire matter settled now, with a view to CIV
ing citizens of Indianapolis what benefits
might be expected at once, rather than
after years of litigation"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-01
Indiana Notes.

The three-year-old child of Isaac Bricker.
OF Wabash. drank concentrated I've and died
in great agony.
The four-year-old daughter of George W.
Stillalower, near Edinburg, was so badly
burned Monday afternoon that she died yes
terday morning.
Mrs. Julia Cutsinger, aged fifty-nine, died
yesterday at Franklin. She was the widow
of ex-County Treasurer George Cutsinge.
who died two years ago.
Secretary T. A Stephens. of the Ander-
son Y. NJ. c. A, has resigned and will be
out of the work there after the LIST of
March. Mr.. stephens was one of the or
ganizers OF the present association.
The auditors of Madison, Upton, Howard
and Grant counties will meet in Upton to-
day to let the contract for a ditch that
drains a part of the four counties named.
1t will be known as the Huntington ditch.
The G.. A. r. post in Anderson. one of the
largest in the State, at a meeting Monday
night passed unanimously a resolution con-
demning the movement In the Legislature
TO restore the captured Confederate flags
now held by the State.
Oscar FELTON,, the young man who as
saulted Ed Chance at Upland Saturday
afternoon and escaped, thinking he had
killed him, was arrested by Sheriff Brad
ford at his fathers home in Upland Mon
day night and brought TO the Marion Jail.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-01
GANG AUDACIOUS
SUPPOSED THIEVES WHO HAD AN Of
FICE IN STEVENSON BUILDING.
Used advertising Company. Blind to
Dispose of Goods Fraudulent
ly Obtained.

Four men who composed what the police
call a weIl-organized gang Of thieves were
arrested yesterday by Bicycle Patrolmen
Holtz and Bray and Detectives Gerber and
Morgan They had an office at Room sos
Stevenson building, and their business cards
read: I'VE are the people. Globe Advertis-
Ing Company. +. Hazelton, president; Gov
ernor Hert, manager; residence, No. 512
North Noble street; office, 800 Stevenson
building" The names and addresses OF the
men are: William. or Governor" Hert,
No. 512 North Noble street; Daniel Loder,
No. zoos East Market street; Fred Eusey.
No. 1881 Massachusetts avenue, and Fred
Hazelton.
The gang worked two lines. Loder and
Hert were arrested yesterday afternoon by
Patrolmen Holtz and Bray. They obtained
goods from wholesale houses with forged
orders. Hazleton and Eusey. so far as was
known last night, confined their operations
TO Kiefer's wholesale drug house, where they
stole cases of drugs left on the walk out
side. Loder was arrested at Schnull q Co.'S
store. He had presented an order signed
with the name of John A. Soltau, a retail
grocer at No. 2e North Noble street, for
two caddies Of tobacco. He had worked the
same game at Severin, Ostermeyer & Co.'S
and NJ. O'Conner & Co.'S. Several days be-
fore the fraud had been discovered, and the
word had gone out among the wholesalers
20 look out for Loder. Therefore. when he
applied at Schnull & Co.'S they delayed him
until Patrolmen Holtz and Bray arrived.
They arrested him just as he was leaving
the store with the tobacco. He had gone so
far in the play as to ask for a bill for the
goods. The patroImen then went after Hert
and found him at his home. They also re-
covered a caddy of tobacco that Hert had
disposed Of. He had given a receipt to the
stoTekeeper to whom he sold the tobacco.
Detectives Gerber and Morgan had been
on the trail of HazeltOn and Eusey for sew
eral weeks. Kiefer a. CO. lost a large
amount of goods from the sidewalk. The last
when the streets were slippery with ice.
Two men drove up TO the sidewalk at
kiefer az Co.'S, threw into their wagon a
box of bottles OF patent medicine and at
tempted to drive away. But the horse was
not rough shod, and he was in a similar pre-
dicament to an egine on a slippery track
with no sand in the s~andbox-his feet
men jumped out of the wagon and ran
away leaving the rig and the plumber be-
hind. The horse and wagon had been
rented.
Hert is looked on by the police as the head
of the gang, and Ii Is thought that he
originated the advertising company scheme.
This was used as a blind to purchasers of
received the goods as pay for advertising
work. The office in the Stevenson building
will be searched this morning, with the ex-
pectation Of finding stolen goods there.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-01
FEBRUARY OIL RECORD.
Cold Weather Has Caused a Big Fall
ing or in Operations.

Cptcldi U n indianapolis journal
MONTPELIER. Ind. Feb. 2S.-During the
month of February there were 131 wells
completed in the Indiana field. The daily
output is $50 barrels, or an average a day
of % SO barrels, about two barrels less than
the January report. There were thirty-nine
dry holes for February against ffty-six for
January. This is caused by a less number of
wells being drilled for gas. The decrease in
completed wells is forty-one, while there is
also a decrease in the new production Of $50
barrels a day. During the month the cas-
ings were pulled from fifty-seven old wells,
and the material moved to new locations.
March starts in with 1874 wells drilling and
19 rigs up and ready for the drill, and if the
roads be in good condition and the weather
good there should be close to two hundred
wells finished during March. The greatest
falling off in operations during the month
was in Wells county, where there were
fourteen less wells completed in February
than in January. Biackford county shows
no change, while Jay county is seven wells
short. Adams and Grant counties held their
own and Huntington county has three less,
Madison six less and the miscellaneous
counties eleven less, while there is an in
crease OF two in Marion county and one in
Wabash county. In Delaware county there
are five less. In new work under way there
is a decrease In all the counties which,
alone. is due to the extreme cold weather.
The decline in new work under way is
thirty-seven in drilling wells and three in
rigs up. or a total decrease Of forty. Thu
Indiana field does not stand alone in a de-
cline of operations. for the same thing ex-
lists in Ohio. The Ohio decline is much heav-
Ter than in this State, as, during February,
there were 264 wells completed there against
$50 for January. The following figures show
the operations for Indiana during January
and February:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-01
TRUTH ABOUT LIFE INSURANCE.
What 1t Is, and Why Ii should he Free
from Legislative M~oIestation.

Most OF the proposed life insurance legis-
lation everywhere is due TO misconception.
The widely prevalent feeling that the evil
features of the trusts are a growth Of cor
porate greed and that they are made pos
sible by any form of aggregated wealth has
produced a prejudice that tends to obscure
anything meritorious when ii presents itself
as a corporation. The very nature of life
insurance makes it impossible to succeed in
any other form, and here is where the mis-
conception starts.
Many legislators apparently assume that
the money invested In life insurance or
CARNATIONS is the property of a few stock
holders and that these take their annual
dividends regularly until such time as they
desire 10 retire from business. when per-
haps the capital is to be divided pro rata
and the business closed out. But what are
the facts? Simply that the insured are the
shareholders" for the reason that prac-
tically all Of these organizations are mutual
in their workings.
Every policy holder is a shareholder in
the beneicent enterprise. Each member pays
in, from time TO time. certain stated sums
as a protective measure to himself or
family. These small sums combined may be
said TO constitute the capital" This is held
as a trust fund. judiciously invested. and
returned 10 the policy holder or his beneti-
claries. with accrued interest less the cost
OF management. Last year 81. go was
thus returned 10 policy holders or their
benefciaries as a result OF this system Of
family protection.
Consequently. when a legislator starts out
10 clip the wings or corporations by tax i'm
positions or other inimical measures, a de-
cent respect for his constituency. and con-
sEderation for their possible widows and
orphans. should prompt him 10 refrain from
hitting at life insurance. In every legisla-
tive district these i%nsurants are the best rep
r~esentative type Of the provident house
holder. n are justly entitled not 10 be
molested in their commendable efforts at
thrift and prudence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-01
X. of r. District Convention.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Feb. 2S.-The at
tendance at the annual convention of the
Tenth district Knights of Pythias to-day
was very large. Noblesville alone has three
hundred Knights and in the county are
nearly one thousand. Carmel, Westfeld,
Sheridan, Cicero, Arcadia and Atlanta are
largely represented. Delegates have been
arriving all day. Uniform ranks from In
%dianapolis. Lebanon and Upton are here.
Among the more prominent members of the
order who arrived in the city during the
day were Col. Harry Sheets, of the First
Indiana Regiment; Frank Bowers, grand
keeper of records and seal; Captain Heis-
kell and Regimental Quartermaster Harry
Smith, of Indianapolis; Grand Chancellor
McCardwell, Of Montgomery county, and
District Deputy DR.. Frank Hershey, of Car
mel. The city was decorated in honor of the
visiting knights. The welcome address was
made by Mayor Baker, who was followed by
Judge Neal and District Deputy DR.. Frank
Hershey, Of Carmel. There was a parade
this afternoon, headed by the Noblesville
band. Tonight the convention closed its
sessions at Castle Hall. Third rank work
was creditably done by the Upton lodge,
after which a banquet followed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-01
STRIKE OF MINERS.
Coal Diggers in Ar1kansas and Indian
Territory Quit Work.

LITTL ROCK, Ark, Feb. 2S.-Reports
from the coal mining district in western Ar
kansas Indicate that the wholesale walk
out Of the miners has begun and that the
biggest strike Of recent years in the South
west is on. Both operators and miners re-
fuse to bulge an inch from the positions
they have assumed and there is absolutely
no prospect of a settlement in the near
future. At the mines of the Choctaw, Okla
homa & Gulf Railroad. In the Territory,
the 100 union miners heretofore employed
are out and their places are being filled
as nearly as possible by two hundred nom
union men. The contest promises TO be a
long and stubborn one and nothing but the
advent OF warm weather will lessen the
severity OF the strike on the general public
as regards an inevitable coal famine. The
strike is largely a sympathetic one. but by
most of the miners it is a welcome finish
fight to determine the merit of the COM
plants they have bng preferred against the
operators and upon what they have ap-
pealed to the Arkansas Legislature for re-
lief in certain respects.
FORT SMITH, Ark. Feb. 2S-The miners
at Huntington and Bonanza and several
other mines went out to-day. Those at
Jenny Lind ave not yet quit work. They
are engaged in the ''clean up" and the gen.
eral strike will occur tomorrow. The Tight
Is not so much against the miners. the op-
orators SAYS. as against the interference of
the United Mine Workers of America. All
small Independent mines OF the country are
selling the dealers extensively, and this Is
the only saving circumstance of an other
wise imminent coal famine. The results Of
the strike are certain to be serious. on
Monday the various railroad companies
whosa lines run through the coal fields OF
western Arkansas and the indian Territory
began the ccnfiscation OF all coal which
came into sight. Every car OF coal on the
Frisco. Missouri Pacific. Choctaw and Kan
sas City, Pittsburg * Gulf at Fort Smith
and other points has been seized In antici-
patton OF the strike. AS fast as the cars
we're loaded they were confiscated. and not
since 1874 has the question of the coal sup
ply been so difficult OF solution. The rail-
roads are sustained In the practice OF con-
fiscati0n by custom and the courts. as they
are protected under federal law regarding
public carriers and by the laws regulating
the transmission OF the United States mails
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-01
serious Charge Against G. w. Daniel.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MONTPELIER, Ind. Feb. ga sensa-
ton was caused here to-day, when Sheriff
Covault came here from Hartford City and
placed under arrest for criminal assault
George w. Daniel, head member of the
New YORK store. The prosecuting witness
is his fifteen-year-old daughter, the affi-
davit being signed by Mrs. Daniel. Mr..
Daniel claimed he was innocent and said
his wife had been i'll for some time and was
"demented.' The sheriff left with his pris-
oner for the county Jail, ii not being felt
safe TO leave him here over night. Mrs.
Daniel said she had consulted the prosecu-
tor before filing the charge, and that she
could stand ii no longer, making complaint
as soon as her health permitted her to visit
the county seat. The little daughter, one
of the prettiest and brightest girls in the
city, corroborates her mothers testimony.
Mr.. Daniel has been in business here for
many years; his firm has a high rating, I'M
der the firm name of w II. Merriman &
Co. The feeling is very strong against
Daniel, and he was hooted as he left with
the sheriff. The preliminary hearing will
be held at Hartford City.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Feb. CSC. ".
Daniel, the wealthy merchant of Montpel er
arrested on complaint Of his daughter, Ella
Maud Daniel, was arraigned before Mayor
kinsley this afternoon and pleaded not
guilty. He was bound over in the sum of
$1,000 to await his preliminary trial to-mor-
row at 10 a. m. Daniel made no attempt
to give bond and was taken to Jail.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-01
OENTTCT DIR, A. E. BUCHANAN
DAAs 1888 When Building.
EnsIish's-"Antony and Cleopatra


Modjeska and the full strength of her
company gave a pictorial production of AN
tony and Cleopatra to a large audience at
Epglish's last night. The charm of this rare
and seldom-used Shakespeare work seemed
to- depend as much on its diverse and rapid
ly moving scenes as on the portrayal Of its
many historical characters. Over a dozen
scenes are utilized in the Modjeska revival,
and the action is both rapid and martial in
it's effects. To the students of Shakespeare
It was a precious entertainment. Few of the
past generation OF theater-goers, and still
fewer of the present. ever saw this play, and
the opportunities In the future promise to
be equally rare. The audience was amply
repaid in the study afforded of the two
great characters OF Marc Antony and
Egypt's Queen, as we'll as in the delicate
unmasking OF the snowy character of Octa-
vius Caesar. Shakespeare is credited with
having written this play soon after his
Julius Caesar" wherein he betrays his
strong liking for Antony. The subsequent
work, wherein Cleopatra is drawn with alb
sorbing interest, would appear to have been
the result OF a desire on the part OF
Shakespeare TO show more intimately the
great nature and the human instincts OF
Antony. 1t is Cleopatra, both seductive and
regal. he employs TO bring about the over
throw OF the man who could not be ruined
by all the pomp and power of the Roman
empire. thereby making him a more human
and natural parsonage than he was as a
general or triumphir. Mime. Modjeska would
hardly represent the purely sensual ngure
that dominates Sardou'S melOdrama, but IN
the Shakespeare character her regal express
sion aptly fits the Egyptian empress. While
her seductive arts are not yelled, they are
not drawn on TO the extent popularity as
more nearly the gorgeous, heroic woman or
queenly dignity, and with IL Is a tascinat-
ing Egyptian flavor that assists admirably
in carrying out the historic illusion OF the
character. The entire production maintained
q classic air that lifted the play above any
mere mimicry of the dissolute tone of the
Egyptian court. Charles Marc
Antony, while viril and heroic, suggested
too strongly the stereotyped, Roman father,
and seldom removes the impression that he
Is simply acting.
No little amount OF the beautiful illusion
Afforded by the play was due to the lavish
nature or the stage settings, with a quaint
Egyptian representation OF scenery. The
costuming OF the people of Egypt's court
was faithful and beautifully artistic. Cleo
patra's messengers and attendants, Char
milan and Iris. were dressed and made up
perfectly TO resemble old Egyptian charac-
tiers. The play held the attention of the
audience in a way seldom observed In a
a fascinating story IN itself, and the audi
ence remained seated and applauded until
the last curtain was lifted and Modjeska
was able 20 recover from the asp's sting
and acknowledge the ovation.
This afternoon ModJeska Will give Mary
Stuart" and will close her engagement to-
night with another performance of Mac
beth"