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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
Mr.. KERN'S GENEROSITY
HE WILL DIVIDE MARION COUNTY's
VOTE WITH MIR. BURKE.
The Latter. However, Does Not Think
He VIII Get Many Votes from This
County-Mr. Burke Home.

John W. Kern was asked yesterday II he
felt assured of receiving the Democratic
nomination for Governor. He replied that
he certainly did or he would not be bother
ing about 1t now. Mr.. Kern was feeling
pretty good yesterday. He heard on Sat
urday night that the Clinton county dele
gates, who were appointed Saturday for
the state convention, had been instructed
to vote for him for Governor. Being in
good humor, he was also kindly disposed
toward his enemies and declared that he
proposed to divide the vote of Marion
county with Frank B. Burke. who is also
after the nomination for Governor. but
who unfortunately has the machine of the
county against him.
ST do not propose to make any fight on
Mr.. Burke in this county," said Mr.. Kern
yesterday. 81 suppose, Of course, that the
vote of the county will be divided and
that Mr.. Burke will get share of it. feel
sure that he will get at least one-third of
the Marion county vote"
Mr.. Burke does not share Mr.. Kern's OPP
timistic views. When some one asked
Burke some time ago about his chances of
getting the Marion county vote he replied:
II expect I'll get 1t in the neck all right"
Mr.. Burke spoke with the feeling that he
would have to combat the machine, and
he was not even hopeful of getting any
votes out of this district. He has his eye
on some other districts. however. About
half of the counties in the State have Sc
lected their delegates for the state con-
vention. A number of the counties that
have selected delegates instructed them
for b. T. Shively before IL was known that
he would not be a candidate. Mr.. Kern
says he will nave no time to go over the
State before the convention, but expects
to communicate with the counties by cor
respondence.
Frank b. Burke returned last night from
trip through the southern part of the
State in the interest of his candidacy. His
friends are asserting that he will prob
ably have the vote of the First, Second
and Third districts solid, and that he will
get good part of the Fourth district.
On Thursday morning Mr.. Burke made a
speech at Veedersburg, Fountain county.
He thinks he will get a good share of the
vote in that county
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
CLOSING OF THE SCHOOLS
THERE WILL BE FOUR MORE
WEEKS BEFORE REST COMES.
Teachers Assert that the Work of the
Past Year Has Been More
severe than Usual.

There will be just four more weeks of
school, and both teachers and pupils are
looking forward to the closing day. This
has been very trying year on the teach
ers, due. 1T Is said, to the fact that more
work has been accomplished than in many
preceding years. Some have dropped out,
and the supply of substitutes has dwindled
down until 1t is almost necessary to i'm
port teachers to fill vacancies.
1t Is said among teachers that never be-
fore have they been so nearly worn out
During the last term the work has been of
a nature to require the closest applica-
ton. considerable night work and various
additional labors. The attendance has also
been large. due to compulsory education
and the natural increase in population.
There have been several school buildings
erected, but the situation was not greatly
relieved and there seemed to be crowding
In all Of the courses,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
POISON CAUSED DEATH
BESSIE HANNAH PASSED AWAY AT
800 MINERVA STREET.
She Had Been Living with n Young
Man Named w. III. Meyer-The
Coroner Called.

Bessie Hannah, who had been living at
3D. Minerva street, died about O'Clock
yesterday morning from morphine poison
ing. which was supposed to have been
taken with suicidal intent. She had been
living at the house for some time with a
young man, w. III. Meyer, who is said to
be prominently connected. and the neigh
bors thought they were married.
Meyer went home about 10 o'clock Satur-
day night and found the house locked. He
gained entrance and found the young wom-
an on the bed and suffering great. agony.
He called physician, who worked with
her until about o'clock, when she died.
She spoke to no one but Meyer and he
claimed she gave no reason for having
taken poison-He told DR.. Nash they had
had no trouble and he could not account
for the deed. She had never, he said,
threatened to take her life. Miss Hannah
was about twenty years Of age. 1t was
thought she became respondent at not
hearing from her parents. a letter adj
dressed to her mother at Alexandra hav-
ing been returned unopened. A brother liv-
ing at Charlottesville telephoned to DR..
Nash last night for information and said
he would come here to take charge OF the
body.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
FEELING OF LOCAL PRIDE
Should Actuate Those Who Contem-
plate q Summer Outing

Census Supervisor Vincent G. Clifford,
whose Office is in the Stevenson building.
has received the following bulletin from
the department at Washington:
1.-The count Of the people In the United
States will begin in all parts of the coun-
try June !, and end in the cities two
weeks later and in the rest of the country
before the close of the month. The peo-
pie are to be counted at their places of
residence. but as many persons and fam
lilies will be away from their homes dur
ing June there is some danger that such
persons will not be counted. If they are
not counted, the locality in which they
live will be misrepresented to that ex-
tent, and in some cases this misrepresenta-
ton may be enough to affect the repre-
sentation I'm Congress of the State from
which they come. Local pride and state
pride. therefore, should influence all such
absentees to take reasonable precautions
against being omitted from enumeration
In their places of residence. Such omis-
s!ons are most likely to occur In the large
cities where families close their homes
and go elsewhere for the summer. The
occurrence of the Paris exposition this year
is likely to increase the number absent
from the country.
I'm all cases of contemplated absence the
head of the family is requested by the
Census Office to communicate with the SUI
pervisor OF the district in which he lives.
He Is also requested to leave information
regarding his answers to the questions
which are to be asked with some respon-
sible neighbor who will agree to see that
IL reaches the enumerator on his rounds.
Such information might better be left as
a memorandum in writing, as in that case
II Is less likely to be overlooked. The ques-
tions TO which answers are desired apply
primarily to the population, but also to
all farms and manufacturing establish
ments. They are being published from time
to time in the press of the country.
by taking this trouble the absent citi-
zen will do justice to his locality and his
State, and materially aid the Census Office
in the performance of its duties"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
THE STORY OF A CURSE.
by n Woman Upon a Piece
of Ground at Anderson.

AS a rule people ridicule stories Of curses
being effective. CHASING such tales among
folklore and legends, fit to be read only by
children and fools In the thriving city of
Anderson, however, there are quite num-
Der of intelligent persons who are inclined
to believe that curse which was pro-
nounced upon certain spot in that place
has had some results. The story of the
curse is interesting, and the facts of which
1t is made up can easily be substantiated.
AS to whether the objurgation had any
thing to do with these facts is a matter
for individual opinion.
Many years ago a poor widow was living
in small, ramshackle cottage situated
upon a lot owned by the late Charles L.
Doxey, the man who did more. perhaps,
than any other resident of the city toward
building up Anderson to it's present splen-
did condition. Mr.. Doxey desired to secure
possession of the lot for the purpose Of
erecting on 1t an opera house. The widow
objected strenuously to being moved out
of her little home, but her objections
proved of no avail When finally forced to
depart from the little place which she and
her family had so long called by the pre-
cious title OF home" the woman is said to
have placed the tract of ground under the
spell of a most direful and bitter curse.
Major Doxey proceeded TO erect at once,
in place of the tumble-down cottage, the
and 1t was magnificent edifice of its kind.
The theater prospered, and things went
along so smoothly that the curse was for
gotten, when suddenly the splendid build
ing was almost totally destroyed by fire.
Major Doxey paid no attention to the curse
and rebuilt the place of amusement, but
when IL was a second time destroyed he
decided to allow some one else to try his
fortunes in that locality. Accordingly the
ground was sold to John r. Brunt, after
ward quartermaster Of the One-hundred-
and-sixty-first Indiana Regiment In
the Spanish-American war, who put
up fine building, designed and
used for a dry goods store. The
upper rooms of the building were fitted
up in lavish style by club of young men
for use as a place of recreation. One
Christmas morning, after the dry goods
store had got in full running order and
the members Of the young mems club were
filled with joyful anticipations of merry
day spent in their luxurious quarters, the
fire fiend again visited the fated spot and
again nearly succeeded in making a clean
sweep of everything of a perishable nature
For some years residents OF Anderson
believed that the woman who pronounced
the memorable curse had died, but 1T Is
known that she is alive and enjoying the
best of health. She Is one of the interest
ing characters seen every day on the
streets of this city. In some way the story
has become current locally that she was
once wealthy German baroness, whom a
combination OF unfortunate circumstances
had reduced to the present necessity of
selling papers to earn her daily bread.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
THE CATHOLIC MISSION.
One for Women Has Closed and One
for Men Begun.

The Catholic mission which has been in
progress for the last week at st. Johns
Church closed its special services for wom-
en- yesterday at $3.50 p. m. Besides the music
and blessed sacrament by Father Doherty.
a number OF women were invested in the
scapular. All those making confessions at
the mission were granted plenary indui-
gences by the fathers under special orders
from the Pope The number of women COM
n.unicaRts was about LOO
The reverend fathers conducting the mis-
sion were much pleased with their efforts.
which were not materially interfered with
ty the hot and Indictment weather.
The weeks mission for men opened at
7:30 o'clock last night with a recital of
The rosary, followed with a short sermon
and concluding with the benediction Other
services for men Will be held each day this
week at a. m. and at 7:S0 p. m.
AT o'clock this morning mission for
children Of both sexes will begin. Each day
at a. m. and p. m. service for the chill
dren will be held until Saturday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21

tendent. A mere casual glance is suf-
ficient to indicate the extent of the under
taking, while the itemized information an
swers all the questions that are likely to be
asked concerning IL. Seventeen schools,
with an enrolment of over two thousand
children. are maintained solely by the ef-
forts of the association, and the growth
of the work, with the consequent need of
an increase of funds, is one of the problems
tc be met. The society must raise between
$1,000 and $4,000 each year. One dollar al
most maintains one child in the free kin
dergarten one year. The funds are raised
by annual subscriptions, donations, enter
tainments, luncheons and the Kindergar-
ten Monthly. eff we had ten thousand
subscribers" say the officers, 1.-The problem
would be solved" Therefore they issue
formal appeal for subscriptions and ask
that names and money be sent to Mrs. H
S. Tucker, COS North Delaware street, as a
simple way of helping on an important
and far-reaching charity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
THEY saw THE TOWN.


The delegates TO the convention of the
Amalgamated Association OF Iron, Steel
and Tin Workers spent yesterday riding
over the city I'm carriages and street cars.
visiting the various places of interest and
viewing the many pretty streets. residences
and business houses. They are well pleased
with the city and speak In the highest
praise OF its beauty and cleanliness. The
courtesies that have been extended are all
appreciated. The convention will be here
all this week and perhaps a week longer.
The discussion OF the wage scale begins
this morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
European Passengers

Taking the Big Four Knickerbocker 6:25
p. m. daily to Buffalo, thence via the
Lackawanna or Lehigh Valley routes are
landed in New York before dark the next
evening at Hoboken and Jersey City con-
venient to the docks and wharves of all
the steamship lines. For tickets and full
information call at Big Four Offices, No. !
East Washington street.
II. NJ. BRONSON, A. G. p. A.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
THE COUNCIL TONIGHT.
Report ON City's Financial Condition
to he Submitted.

The City Council will meet In regular ses-
sion tonight, and the report OF the con-
troller on the city's finances, with recon-
mendations from Mayor Taggart, will be
read. Several ordinances will be reported
TO the Council by various committees.
among them being the ordinance appropri-
ating money for the contagious disease
fund OF the Board OF Health.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
CITY NEWS NOTES.

! Some of the colored Odd Fellows lodges
had a celebration yesterday, which included
a parade, a meeting at Tomlinson Hall and
plenty of brass band music.
The funeral of Elsa Gertrude Veach,
whose death occurred Saturday, at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Charles McNaull,
81 North Alabama street, will take place
at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Medsker, at Cam
bridge CITY,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
VANDALIA LINE
VIII Change Time
Sunday. MAY 27th.

The new fast train, No. Z, will leave In
dianapolis $3.50 p. m. Arrive St Louis $40 y.
m. connecting closely with Wabash and
Missouri Pacific fast trains for Kansas
City. Four other fast trains will leave In
dianapolis daily on following schedule:
No. g.. 6:45 a. m, arrive st. Louis 1886 p. m.
No. II .12:15 p. m, arrive st. Louis $40 p. m.
No. IL 700 p. m, arrive st. Louis 144 a. m.
No. 10 IL 40 p. m. arrive st. Louis ZIP a. m.
Train No. IL, the fast mail, leaving In
dlanapolis at p. M, will hereafter carry a
sleeping car, Columbus, O., to st. Louis.
w. w. Richardson, D. p. A
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
BIG FOUR ROUTE.
Special Reduced Rates from Indian.
apOlis and Corresponding Rates
BIG FOUR r.,

$50 to Chicago and return. account Meth
odist Episcopal General Conference, May o.
returning till June 1.
$3.50 st. Louis and return, account Gen.
eral Assembly Presbyterian Church, May
81 and %, returning on June 1.
SIG to Washington, ID. c., return May 19.
20 and q, account Imperial Council Mystic
Shrine, returning till May %.
For tickets and information call at Big
Four Office or address the undersigned.
H. NJ. BRONSON.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
FREE KINDERGARTENS


The Indianapolis kindergarten Monthly
for May is an important number contain
ing, as It does. the annual reports of the Of
ficers of the Free kindergarten Association
-Evaline NJ Holiday, president Alice
Runnels. secretary. Lois G. Hufford, corre-
spending secretary: Mrs. II. s. Tucker.
treasurer, and Eliza A. Biaker, superin-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
DETROIT SLEEPING CAR
ia Pennsylvania-Wa Short Line.

Will be placed in service north-bound
May "a. Leave Indianapolis IL :55 p. m. Ar
rive Detroit $40 a. m. This is the only
through sleeping car line between Indian
apolis and Detroit. Tourist tickets on sale
June 1st to st. Clair river points, Niagara
Falls and summer resorts in Canada. Gail
en- ticket agents or address w. w. Rich
ardcop n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
PENNSYLVANIA SHORT LINES.
Through Slcepers to Michigan Resorts

The reopening of the Pennsylvania
through sleeping-car lines to Michigan.
season of 1900, will be about Sunday June
18th. Later announcement giving details
will be made. Remember this is the only
through sleeping-car line. Address W. W.
Richardson d. p A
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21

extreme or the other. This fact, however,
did not keep people indoors. thousands
either being foot. in carriages or on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21

Insure with German Fire Insurance of In.
diana. General offices, % South Delaware
street Fire. tornado and explosion
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
Insure with

The Indianapolis hire Insurance Company.
John III. spann. secretary. rs Z. Market II.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
BIG FOUR ROUTE.
$1.25-Cincinnati and Return-&1.2 %.
Sunday, May 9th, 1900.
RIG EOIrR RnuT.

Making no stops in either direction. will
leave Indianapolis 1880 a. M. returning.
leave Cincinnati p. m. Baseball, Pitts
burg vs. Cincinnati.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21

Sheet music sale at wulschner's. Regu-
lar 50c pieces for l0c.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
TENNIS HSANIH LINES.
81 .25-Richmond and Return-S1. 2S.
Sunday, May 9th.

Wernlee Orphan Home Festival Specia
train leaves indianapolis a. m. Returning
leaves Richmond p. m.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21

l., ID. & w. Sleeping and Chair Cars
Between indianapolis and Quincy, Ill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21

Feed your horse JANEss Dustless Oats.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
PENNSYLVANIA SHORT LINES.
Important Change of Time
Sunday, May 27th.
PEyNsYLyANIa LIVES

New trains, faster schedules east and
west. Full particulars later. w. w. Rich
ardson, d. y. A, Indianapolis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-21
Odd and Dainty Forms in
Gold and Silver for
Graduates.

We are showing an endless variety of
lasting forms of gold and silver for the
graduates of 1900. Brooches. Rings, Scarf
Pins, Watches, Chains, Guards. Belts and
Buckles, Buttons, etc. We will be pleased
to show you the assortment.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-07
DAILY LEADER.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY :. 1900
Official Paper OF CITY IND COUNTY.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION

The st. Paul Pioneer Press sides with
President Mckinley in believing we are
IN empire, and even goes the length of
swallowing a free trade bait in order to
get a slap at the republican majority on
the ways and meaps committee who
favor a tariff against our dependencies.
1t says:
"The agricultural implement manu-
fac,urers OF Minnesota are suffering a
great deal from the competition OF man.
u'acturers in Ohio and Illinois who ship
their goods into Minnesota free OF duty
Our cheesemakers are also Injured by
im~nortations of cheese from Wisconsin
and New York. Let a petition at once
be framed for the establishment of a
tariff on the Minnesota border for the
protection Of our citizens. They are Just
RS much entitled to it as are the sugar
manufacturers OF Louisiana or the to-.
bacco growers of Connecticut to a tariff
against Puerto Rico"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-07

Omaha World Herald: There is a
strong resemblance bet~een Joseph
Chamberlain and an American who has
beer elevated to high office. Chamber
lain has sacrificed every political princi.
pie he may have had to advance his "
selfish interests. He has hirted with
every political party in England. sold
out his party when it would advance
him. and has tricked his best friends
when it promised to be helpful to him in
the accomplishment Of lis ambitions.
the American referred to has %repudiated
every principle that he advocated a few
years ago. Less than SIX years AGO be
denounced Grover Cleveland for ~loanino
government money to favored banks in.
stead OF paying off government oblioa-
tons. To day he is doing the thing he
denounced Cleveland for doing. 4 few
wears ago he denounced Cleveland for
trying TO ~demonetlze silver To. dav he
IS guilty of the thing he denounced
Cleveland Tor trying to accomplish. A
few years g he denounced Cleveland
Tor putting the dollar above the man.
10 day he is sacrificing men by the hun
dTehs IN order to put dollars into the
pockets OF favored combines. Chamber.
lain led Great Britain into an un;,ot
war at the behest Of schemers and mon.
ey grabbere. The American referred n
led this nation into an unjust wal at the
behest OF men who declared that there
was money IL it for them.
The careful student OF history will
have 10 trouble in remarkinQ the SINH.
larIty between Joseph Cham berlain and
William Mckinley.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-07
ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

Official Announcement Regarding Mon
sons Departure From Paris.
LONDON, Feb. 1T is officially an
nounced here that Sir Edmond Monsoon,
British ambassador to France, left Paris
on leave Of absence. The announce
ment is generally regarded as impor-
tant. Coming on top Of the known
anti British feeling in Paris it is thought
the departure Of the ambassador from
his post at a critical juncture indicates
more than appears on the surface or
than is contained in the official explana-
ton.
The Paris correspondent of The Times
says:
Sir Edmund Monson left Paris of his
own accord owing to the anti British
feeling displayed i'll France. His gov
eminent has done nothing to dissuade
him. There is no question of recall, but
merely an act Of prudence, because Sir
Edmund Monson holds that in the pres
ent climax his presence in Paris might
embarrass matters rather than improve
them.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-07
TO PROHIBIT POLYGAMY.

House Judiciary Committee Hesieged With
Advocates Of an Amendment.
WASHINGTON. Feb. THE rooms of
the house committee on judiciary were
crowded to ~overflowing with the repre-
Sentatives Of many religious, missionary
and social reform bodies, to urge the
need of constitutional amendment pro-
hibiting polygamy. Among those heard
were Bishop Satterlee, Episcopal bishop
of Washington: Rev. DR.. Hamlin. in be-
half of the Presbyterian church: DR.. S.
H. Green of the Baptist church. Mrs.
James, for the Women's Home Mis-
Sionary Board Of the Presbyterian
church,: Miss Jennie Alderman, travel
ing representative of the w. G. T. IT,:
Judge w. NJ. Springer of Indian Terri
tory, DR.. John Dixon Of New York. DR..
l.. A. Footc of Brooklyn and quite q
number of others representing various
denominations. The addresses We're
strongly condemnatory of polygamy.
and many of those engaged in mission.
AIRY work i'll the west stated that the
Mormon church was SYSTEMATICALLY
propagating the doctrine Of polygamv.
despite all denials. The lady speakers
appealed in particular for protection to
the American home.
Hay Presents Credentials.
PRETORIA, Monday, Feb. 5.-Adelbert
S. Hay, the new United States consul
here was received by the Transyaal gov
and presented his credentials.
He created an excellent impression.