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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

Sooiiy. In speaking OF the situation Cen
sianager Nudge said tonight:
Apout 20 per cent OF the operators have
s.it work Ihis viii mean that about COO
anent with the Santa Fe Company The
asIsement was that no change should be
Maoe unless thirty days notice was given.
nnen the men leave their desks and walk
lneht was made In July. The strike Is
Sauseu from trouble over rules and regu-
ldeons: The wage scale was up for con-
siueraton, but the road agreed to arbitra-
non on that point. The rules and regula-
IONS nave been up and were not settled.
ne ROAD would not agree to the rules
asked Dy the men and the strike resulted
IN santa re t~elegraphers of this city
VIII nold q meeting at s o'clock tomorrow
morning to decide what their further action
VIII De. All but two of the Santa Fe oper-
alors In the city are out. The operators
are confident that business here will be
ueo III tomorrow. Twenty operators
we're brought here from Chicago last night
~ the onclals In anticipation Of the strike,
nlt none or them went 10 work.
dispatches received here Indicate that
every office west of topeka is closed This
Ihciudes the offices on the branches west
OF albuquerque. Four operators between
mere and Kansas City nave not yet been
reached by the Order OF Railroad Teleg-
raphers, but will be Tomorrow, and the
strike Will then be complete.
the officials of the Santa Fe decided in
conference tonight that the shops here
ther orders General Manager Nudge
says the shops will be closed until the
anairs of the road get back in their nor
maj condition. The order throws over
z'VVV men out OF employment. Another con-
ference or officials will be held tomorrow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
THE MORAL WAVE HERE
POLICE ARREST NINETEEN WOMEN
AND ELEVEN MEN.
peer Gardens and immoral Resorts
Rnided-Capt. Kruger Planned
Nights Work.

4 number OF raids planned last night by
Captaln Kruger were unusually successful
from the police point Of view. There has
hen much complaint of late against the
keepers Of saloons with accommodations
Cor lodging in connection and beer gardens,
and these were the places visited last night.
Nineteen women and eleven men were
cent 10 headquarters charged with lettering
and being immoral persons. They were
,aken from Carl Roloff's garden, 81 West
MARYLAND street; MitchelI's Atlantic gar
den. on West Washington street; O'Brien's
saloon. on Kentucky avenue; Henry
sucks saloon. on Kentucky avenue; Beis-
er's saloon, on East Washington street, and
one or two Court-street resorts. The place
OF Henry stuck was said by the police to
be particularly disreputable and dirty.
stuck was charged with keeping a resort
and his bartender, Herman Swihear, was
slated as a solicitor for the place, a bust
ness for which the law provides a severe
penalty.
Sergeant Crane headed a squad which
found a crap game in full blast in the rear
OF Tyner's saloon, at No. 20 North Della
ware street. Tyner and a negro named
lanes Coleman were slated as the keepers
OF the game and eight men found there
were charged with gaming.
Police superintendent Quigley and Capt.
Kinney. who said they knew nothing of the
proposed raids, made q number of visits to
The resorts. and il so happened that they
followed the route taken by Captain kru-
ger and his men. The matter of raids was
discussed. and it was decided upon finding
an Of the resorts deserted that there was
rOthing 10 raid. 1t was not until they
went into the Atlantic garden that they
learned that the places were deserted be-
cause all the frequenters had been arrested
and sent to headquarters.
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Employees Put the Fire Out.

The fire department was called yesterday
about noon to the department store OF Will
liam III. Block. where a fire had started
I'm an unknown manner among infiammable
material on the nth nCcr. The alarm was
gwen first by an emplOye, who raised a
front window and attracted the attention
OF those on the street by his cries. Other
EMPLOYEES got hand chemicals and had the
fire out by the time the department ar
rived and got its ladders ready for use:
The fifth floor contained a large stock OF
light wooden articles. and the flames were
f~ErtunateIy kept away from this stock The
loss by fire was said not TO have exceeded
SInl-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
CHrLDREN,s CHRISTMAS GrFrs.
Pleasure Would Increase IL Shared
with Less Fortunate Little Ones.
Iadiee, Homa IonrnaI

Ladies' Home Journal.
If instead of overlooking our own chill
dren with presents on Christmas we would
give them less and lead them TO share some
of the gifts that would otherwise be for
themselves with some children TO whom
would otherwise come we would teach
a very useful and needful lesson TO our
little ones. The real enjoyment OF any
pleasure comes from sharing IL with some
one. Pleasures which we confne TO our
selves simply make US selfish and narrow.
One Of the last things which Christ did
on earth was to gather His disciples
around Him and have them partake with
Him of the bounties Of His table. And In
this single act He taught mankind one of
its greatest lessons. Our children cannot
be taught too early to let others partake
of their pleasures. especially those whom
circumstances have made. less fortunate
In enjoying the pleasures Of the world.
In this way we shall simplify the Christ
masses OF our own children. which viii
benefit them, and At the same time make
others happy, which is. after all. one OF
fhe most beautiful and satisfying pleasures
Ii life that We can experience. No other
feeling quite reaches II The happy spar
k14 q the eye comes from the hand that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

somewhat scornfully remarks that the ma
jority of the portraits which lave made
him famous were ordered in precisely this
way. No one ever before denied such an
agreement. To ordinary common-sense
Judgment, when a foreign portrait painter
whose work is much sought after and
whose prices are high takes the time to
make a trip TO st. Louis, goes to a wealthy
mans house and finishes three large paint
ings, 1t would seem highly probable that
an agreement existed between them.
DELAY SOUGHT IN TRIAL.
Be that as it may. the Swedish artist was
ready TO abide by a verdict of American
citizens. and the case of Zorn versus Pierce
was set for trial Nov. 16. AT the request
OF Eben Richards, who is the son-in-law
and attorney of Mr.. Pierce. the case was
reset for Dec. 5 as a day convenient for
him. Since that date was granted Mr..
Johnson, who is Mr.. Richards's partner,
appeared, desiring another continuance. Mr..
Pierce, Ii seems, stands indicted for felony
in Texas. and is to be tried Dec. 10. and
Mr.. Richards declares he needs all the in
t%ervening time to prepare his defense In
the felony case. The court refused this
postponement on the ground that these
circumstances existed and were fully
known TO Mr.. Pierce's attorney when he
secured the first delay, and himself chose
the date or Dec. D. W~hereupon what does
Mr.. Pierce do? Dec. 4 he made application
for a change of venue, and filed an affidavit
in which he swore he could not ''have a
fair and impartial trial of said cause in said
court, for the reason that the inhabitants
of the city of St. Louis are prejudiced
against him." and that the opposite party
Corn has an undue influence over the in
habitants of said city" Think of it, A
longtime resident of st. Louis, one of its
wealthiest citizens, president of its most
prominent club and manage of a great
business, swears he annot secure justice
before its tribunals, and that a foreign
artist, who visited the city perhaps five
times in his life, possesses an undue inf1u-
ence there.
Now, the statutes of Missouri do not al
low this affidavit to be controverted where
a special jury has been called for by the
opposite side. Mr.. Zorn had called for a
special jury, but yesterday waived tx, and
agreed to try the case before a special
jury or a regular jury, or a judge without
a jury, as Mr.. Pierce might prefer. He has
sent for several eminent artists to testify
as experts on the merit and value of the
paintings. c. F. Won Saltza, formerly of
the Art Institute faculty. who vent from
Chicago to a successful career in New
York, is one; Alexander Harrison, the ia
nous painter of marines, is another; a
third is Edward Simmons, the decorative
painter whose work adorned the
Exposition, and more recently the Congress
sional Library at Washington and the new
Criminal Court building of New York. 1t
is said he could easily bring as many more
of equal standing, for there is but one
opinion in the artistic fraternity of the
Swedish painters genius.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
STRIKE GROWS.
CONCLUDED PROM FIRST PAGEl

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST AGE
grievance OF the men on the Gulf system,
as given to me in a special from National
President Dolphin. IS a protest against a
proposed elimination OF twelve stations
from the schedule and a proposed reduc-
ton in wages at nineteen other stations.
To avoid the strike the committee agreed
10 accept Santa Fe rules, amended Dy a
provision for eight consecutive hours rest
IN each twenty-four, excepting in cases
OF emergency. The clause depriving men
Or a hearing when discharged for insub-
ordination was also TO be eliminated. An
other demand made was that there was not
10 be any reduction in wages at any OF
the stations for the present We will stand
by the men of the Gulf and fight this battle
10 a finish"
Chairman Newman made the following
~addluonei statement 10 the Associated
fress: The situation is about as follows
Tonight: The Oklahoma d~ivision-the mid
ole division and the eastern division-report
al men out and with the exception or
ABOUT six men all in the western division
are out Officers have advised me that the
santa re wires cut of Kansas City are
open east and we are not able to do any
work into Chicago. Reports from west OF
Alourquerque TO Los Angeles and San
francisco are that all men are cut and
ne situation could not look brighter for
me telegraphers than IL now Is. The Gulf.
colorado * Santa Fe men are still out and
es nrm as the day they struck. There are
something like $50 t-elegraphers on the
santa Fe system. and IL will be utterly i'm
possible for the company TO fill their
places. We are out and will stay out until
We win all the conditions. in which case
we viii return. One condition is that all
y the unfair operators must be dismissed
from the service"
All the Santa Fe trains are said to be
TED up on this division between Newton
ana Purcell. No operator was working
aIser o o'clock. except two at Arkansas
lily and one at Perry, on the Oklahoma
DIVISION. Superintendent Tice is trying 10
DIins the night train in. bat IL Is not ex-
pected he will succeed. Three freights and
q passenger are tied up here, and a tele-
phone message from wellington says that
sion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
LOCAL COMMITTEES
They watched the Men Who Are Try
ing to Secure photographers.

All day yesterday committees of union
railway men waited at the doors of the
Stubbins Hotel to dissuade any telegraphers
who might apply to George d. Avery and
II. III. Sothern for positions TO take the
places of striking telegraphers of the Santa
Fe Railroad. The committees worked i'm
relays, and vigilance was exercised to see
that nothing escaped them. The condition
in the Southwest has become so serious
that 1t is feared other branches of railway
employees may strike, and il is understood
a man is in the city looking out for train
men. He went about the saloons last
night exhibiting a union card and at the
same time talking against the union and
making broad assertions that any man can
be bought. He frequently stated that he
would sell out himself. He was approached
by several different men, but his purpose in
the city could not be learned. While he
talked of unionism IL is said he displayed
ignorance of matters any union man would
know about. Avery and Sothern have met
with poor success SO far, only three or four
men applying yesterday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
A STORY.
Reason Why His Check Book and
Personal Account Failed to Tally.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
1.-The last time I was North" said a New
Orleans banker the other day, II heard a
Kipling story which I don't think has ever
been In print. 1t was told me by a gentle
man who used to have a place I'm Vermont,
not far from Kipling's old summer home.
and who is at present assistant cashier IN
one of the big New York banks. He said
that during the last year of Kiplings
residence in Vermont he became alarmed
at the growing expenses of the establish
the output. Accordingly he opened an
account at q bank in a nearby town.
forget now which-and paid all the house
hold bills with personal checks. Many Of
from 50 cents to s., and the shrewd Yankee
storekeepers of the neighborhood soon dis
covered that they could get more for them
from autograph hends thar they could
from the paying teller. That was partic-
uiarly the case when they attached a dupli-
cate memoranda of the account. For ex-
ample. a bill against Mr.. Kipling for five
pounds of cheese. accompanied by an auto
graph check for sl.25. was a souvenir that
commanded a fancy price. The conse-
quence was that a number Of the checks
never found their way to the bank. and the
author was greatly perplexed. He would
send in his book once a month to be bal
anced. and IL would invariably come back
showing more to his credit than was in
Dictated by the stubs: Kipling was unable
uted ii TO his bad head for figures until one
day. when visiting Boston. he ran across
a small check given for a case Of bottled
beer framed and hanging In the study OF
a collector. That exposed the nefarious
traffc. and the creator of Muivaney was
speeches. with wrath and indignation.
The first thing he did when he got home
was to burn his checkbook. and after that
he insisted on paying all his bills in the
coin Of the realm. Ny friend remarked in
c.dentally." added the banker. that II was
no unusual thing for the checks Of famous
49,
and retained as souvenirs. He said that
was the case with nearly ali the small
checks written by General Grant during
b~uelpese proposition. U the apfonxnnh
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
THE BOGY OF GERMS.
But Really 1t Is One That Disturbs
Very Few of Us.

Saturday Evening Post.
Germs? OF course there are germs-mil-
lions and billions of them. The scientists
tell us so, and we can't doubt the wisdom
of the scientists. We shall nave the germs,
like the poor, always with US.
But let's not wof v about them. Let us
remember that Ii was care killed a cat,
and that q cat has nine lives to our one.
And let us not forget that Methuselah
lived TO be y6s years old, and yet never
heard of a germ. And study the tomb
stones in any old churchyard; read the
goodly length of days TO which our an
cestors attained; and then remember that
they, too, never heard of germs.
Job, too, the lo~ng-suffering, the patient
germs had not been discovered in his day
or no doubt he would have haa a few
quadrillions of them. And is there a
yelled ~allusion to such a possible catas-
trophe in the couplet,
THE troubles that afiict the just
In numbers many be p
Since we can catch the germs, and can't
kill the germs. and can't do away with the
germs, it is certainly worse than useless to
worry about the germs, or to allow our
selves TO be startled by arrays OF statistics
Then, too, if they were really and ,prac-
tically so dangerous as we have been led
to believe, we couldn't any of us live an
hour. We should be overwhelmed by num-
bers. We should be more helpless than
CULVER in the hands OF the hosts of the
Liliputians.
Germs, germs. everywhere, They are In
the air we breathe. in the food we eat, In
the water we drink. They are in the car
pets we walk over. in the chairs We sit
on. in the clothes we wear.
Yet scientists themselves reluctantly ad-
NIT that not all germs are harmful; they
even more reluctantly admit that in the
present state of science il is quite i'm
possible to tell just which are harmful and
which are not. Let US not, then, indiscrim-
inately abuse them, for even a germ may
turn.
Then what is there TO do? Forget about
germs; don't worry about them; just pay
attention to sensible rules in regard to
dressing and eating and drinking, and let
that suffice.
A prominent scientist was telling the
story of Pandora's box TO his little son.
He was telling 1t with all. possible dramatic
effect. And she slowly lifted that lid and
peeped within, and then, what do you think
came out?"
"Germsi' cried his little son promptly.
Let us put the very idea of germs back
in that box and close the lid.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
smallpox Spread by a Dog.

The State Board of Health has a report
from DIT. Costello, health officer OF Adams
county, telling of three cases OF smallpox
in a family in Union township of his coun-
". In trying TO trace the source of the
infection it developed that the family had
lust two weeks before the smallpox broke
out acquired a pointer dog from a man in
Van Vert county Ohio. This man recent
" had smallpox, and his dog was his con-
slant companion during the attack. The
Ohio health authorities evidently neglected
to disinfect the dog when they disinfected
fits master. All concerned had never been
vaccinated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

AKRON, o., Dec. S.-Dr. j. F. Detwiler
had a desperate encounter with two bur-
glars at Wadsworth yesterday. and a posse
of 200 men is on the trial of the pair. DR..
Detwiler was awakened and found the men
in his room, when he seized a Winchester
rifle and began firing. At least one of the
men was hit, for he jumped through a win
dow, carrying away the sash. The doctor
followed TO the window and was met by a
fusillade from below, he emptying his rifle
into the midst of the party. Traces of the
burglars was had this morning at Bozum,
where a wounded man had been given aid
by a farmer. but he had disappeared when
the posse arrived.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

HOUSTON, Tex, Dec. S.-President Dol
phin, of the Order of Railroad Telegraph
ers, tonight announced that the operators
belonging 10 the order on the entire Atchi-
son. Topeka & Santa Fe system had been
ordered out, and that they had obeyed the
order. He stated that he had warned the
company that the men would be called out.
and as he had received no reply to his
communication he had obeyed the ex-
pressed desire of a majority of the mem
berS, and ordered the strike.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

PUEBLO, Col, Dec. S.-Many Santa FL
Railroad men quit to-day here and at La
Junta, in sympathy with the strike of the
telegrapherS. The number out is esti-
mated at between 300 and 400 in this divi-
sion, including all not absolutely necessary
in the moving of trains, taking in the teleg-
raphers, shopmen, machinists, station en-
plOyes and a number of trainmen and sec
ton men. The telephone is being used in
running trains between here and Denver.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
Red Light Was Turned.

PITTSBURG, Kan, Dec. S.-When the
Kansas City train came in tonight Con-
ductor Ramsey found the red light turned
against him. He hoped to get out of the
dilemma by running the train TO From
tenac, but found the light turned against
him there. He then returned TO Pittsburg.
where he will wait for orders. The tie-up
is complete so far as traffic in and out of
Pittsburg is concerned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
Tracks on shelby street.

Residents of Shelby street. beyond the
Belt Railroad, held a meeting, Friday
evening. at the home of Mrs. Janice Col
dep. 21O4 Shelby street, and decided to en-
pl6y an attorney to take action against the
Street-railway Company which will result
In the extension of the car service in that
district, or in compelling the company to
take up its tracks. The racks were laid
for the accommodation of the Greenwood
interurban line. and it is claimed If the In
1ianapolis Street-yailway Company does not
run its own cars over the tracks 1t can be
compelled TO take them up.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

GALVESTON, Tex, Dec. S.-General Su-
perintendent Nixon to-day wired from
Cleburne TO General Manager Polk that
the shops at Cleburne, which closed Thurs
day night on account of the operators
strike, viii reopen on Monday with a full
force OF 600 men. Twenty-one stations on
the northern division have been transferred
to new agents. General Manager Polk saws
that in two days all the places of the
strikers will be filled. Business was to-day
handled as usual.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
Newcastle England Chronicle.

Where are Shakspeare's manuscripts?
Nobody can tell. Could any one discover
them and offer these literary treasures for
sale. a million of money would readily be
offered. not only by private collectors. bat
by the various national libraries and mu-
seums eager to obtain relics of such i'm
nense Importance Apart from the his
torical value they would possess, Shak-
speare's manuscripts would nave another
supreme interest. They would no doubt
assist in settling the disputed authorship
o. the plays. They would be compared
poets handwriting. Would they show the
same caligraphy as that OF the signatures
on shakspeare's will, on the Blackfriars
estate deeds, and the copy OF Florio.s
museum? AS to the latter being In ths
actual hand OF the master some doubt ex-
ista but the authenticity Of the former
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

of a celebrity is difficult to obtain the
dealers in such things will be sure to hold
for less than that amount it would be a
waste or money to present ii at the bank.
If Queen Victoria were to send her per-
sonal check for 95, do you think i would
get ii cashed Not much.'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Dec. Seen
r Marsh. who was convicted OF
completely In the state military frauds anC
pardoned on Tuesday by Governor Pingree
on his paying 5000 fine in five
installments, to-day telegraphed Treasurer
Kingsbury, Of Ingham county, 10 whom the
money was TO be paid. that he had for
warded the first installment of $1,000. He
which he has four years TO pay. imme-
IL IL was discounted 5 per cent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
Charles Baumann Dead.

Charles Baumann, thirty-two years Of
age, died yesterday of typhoid fever at his
home at 1871 South East street. He was
employed by Dean Brothers. and was a
member Of the Red Men. The funeral will
be held from his late home at 1870 p. m.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
Running on Time-Card Rights.

GUTHRIE, o. T., Dec. S.-All Santa Fe
operators on the Oklahoma lines quit work
promptly at 3 o'clock to-day. Trains are
running on time-card rights.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
Obeyed the strike Order.

LOS ANGELES. Cal. Dec. S.-All op-
orators employed in the office of the Santa
Fe here and at Lagrange Station quit work
this afternoon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
ABOUT 20 PER CENT. OUT.

General Manager Nudge's Statement
Shops May Ne Closed.
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec shfThe officials of
TIE Santa Fe here take ina situation very
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

Detective Morgan returned last night
from Louisville with Orange Young. coli
ored. who Is wanted here for the theft OF q
large quantity Of garments and cloth from
Norbert Landgraf.