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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-18
Robert L.. King Wins.

The jury in Judge McMaster's court yes
terday returned a verdict for Robert l..
King. a contractor, who was being sued
by the Queen Insurance Company of Amer
lea and the Greenwich Insurance Company
OF New York for $500 damages. King had
The contract for constructing the illinois,
street sewer. A house was burned down
near where his men were working, and
tie insurance companies paid the amount
OF policies held by the owner. They then
brought suit against King and the city for
the amount paid out. on the ground that
the fire started from the contractors en-
CINE. Judge McMaster sustained a dc
raurrer filed by the city and the plaintiffs
then dismissed as 10 IL.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-18

second; Mr.. George c. Van Camp and Mrs.
Otto -. Pettijohn, third.
Mr., and Mrs. Lon r. Mauzy entertained
at dinner last night for Mr.. and Mrs ADe
Loeb, Of Nashville, Tenn. The guests were
Mr.. and Mrs: John Il. Foil. Mr. and Mrs.
MAJOR X. Gleason, jr.. Mrs. Ada Miller,
Mrs; Martha Citizens, Mr.. and Mrs James
caldwell, Mr. John Holloway and MISS
Ida Foudray.
Mrs. Karl Schneider gave a morning
company yesterday between III ana Il
o'clock in honor of Miss Schuyler. OF lll-
by her mother. Mrs. William Eugene Hay
ward, and Miss Sara Wilson, Miss caro-,
line Marmon. Miss Louisa Fletcher and
Miss Julia Landers- The rooms were ira
grant with spring flowers
Mr. and Mrs. Allen W. Conduit enter
tanned about sixty-flve guests at cards las
night at their home on PARK avenue. Inc
reception nall and dining room were pref
THY adorned with bridal wreaths, and IN
the parlors and library spring flowers were
used in profusion. Mrs. Conduit was as
sisted by Miss Lillian Taggart. Miss Car
ter and Miss Gertrude Taggart.
The members of the Women's Club were
entertained yesterday afternoon at Reka
Dom, the country place of Mrs. John IL.
Holiday. The members met at the Propy-
laeum early in the afternoon and drove
TO Mrs. Holidays residence. The Passing
OF the sumner, was the paper u OF the
This was followed by a social hour, the
guests returning late in the afternoon.
Mrs. Gustav A. Pfeffer entertained a
small company yesterday afternoon In
honor of Mrs. Sinnot, who will leave for
Europe May 20 to spend the summer, with
a party of friends from Detroit, Mich. The
guests included Mrs. James S. Cruise, Mrs.
George Seibert, Mrs. Edward Wood, Mrs.
Thompson of New York, Mrs. Paul florian,
Mrs. Al Horuff, Mrs. RENE Miller, Mrs. j.
r.. Hoover. Mrs. Edwin Allen. Mrs. Her
man Spann, Mrs. Carroll Swain, Mrs. Chas.
Cook. Mrs. Alfred Cook, Mrs. William
Bacon and Mrs. Septimus smith
The choral class of the Young Woman's
Christian Association gave an entertaining
concert last night at the clubhouse, which
was thoroughly enjoyed by a large audi
ence. The class was assisted by Miss Lille
Adam, sopranO; Mr.. Louis Dochez. basso;
Messrs. Morgan and Lewis. mandolinists,
and a brass quartet. Miss Emily Mcdowell
was the accompanist, and Miss Josephine
Robinson is the director of the class, which
shows excellent training. This concert
marks the closing of the season and the
class will be reorganized in the fall.
TILLER-DUNCAN.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MADISON. Ind, May 1.-THE Rev. An
derson Tiller. for several years pastor of
the Second Baptist Church of Madison, and
Miss Elizabeth Duncan, CT this city. were
| married to-day. Mr.. Tiller has resigned his
pastorate and will be succeeded by the Rev.
Mr.. Toomey. of Shelbyville.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-18
Greenwood.

Miss Mabel Farmer, of Franklin, is visit
ing her cousin, Miss Urshel Turner.
Mrs. Orville Sheek, of Cripple Creek, Col,
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. II. G.. Sheek.
Mrs. Elizabeth Noble. of New Castle, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. l.. NJ. Park.
Mrs. j. 3. Nelson, of Greencastle, visited
her mother, Mrs. j.. n. Johnson. this week.
Miss Okal Browning. of indianapolis,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Carder this
week.
Mrs. Walter White, of Indianapolis. Wis
tied Miss Olive Creasey the first of the
week.
Mrs. ]. w. Wray left on Tuesday for a
visit of several weeks with her parents in
Irvington.
DIR. and Mrs. G. w. Thompson visited the
Doctors brother and family in Franklin
this week.
Miss Anna Stout left on Tuesday for
Trafalgar, where she will spend the sum
mer with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bell left on
Wednesday for Vincennes, where they will
make their future home.
Mrs. Josie Polk entertained the ladies OF
the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
OF the NJ. E. Church on Thursday after
noon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-18
TO Recover a Judgment.

Nicola White yesterday filed proceedings
supplementary to execution against Conrad
Scheuer. She alleges that she recovered
a judgment in the Superior Court against
Scheuer for $500 which has not been salts
fed. She says the sheriff found that $3.50
in costs had been paid in the case, but no
property was discovered. She AYERS that
Scheuer is hiding his property.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-18

c. l. Bum, who was arrested here sew
eral months ago and charged with COM
plicity in a fraudulent scheme. was yester-
day. at Covington, KY, fined 500 and costs
and sent TO Jail for one year on a charge
of using the mails for fraudulent purposes.
He pleaded guilty TO the charges, as did
two of his companions, who were also
given heavy sentences.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-18
The Default Divorce Inv.

Judge feathers. OF the Superior Court,
Will give his decision I'm the case pending
in his court that questions the validity of
the new law requiring plaintiffs in divorce
suits TO advance a fee of s. for the deputy
prosecuting attorney TO defend the case
IL IL is not contested. attorney Charles o.
Roemler. the deputy In Judge Leathers's
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-18

court, yesterday submitted his brief in the
case in answer TO the petition questioning
the validity OF the law. He says the law
is not special legislation because IL applies
to all counties with a population Of more
han 0,000; that the law is uniform for
the same reason that 1t is constitutional.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-18
A Block Sold for 10000.

A big real-estate deal yesterday was the
sale of the Martens block, at the corner
OF Shelby street and Virginia avenue, by
Thomas IL. Spann TO Isaac II. Sickler. The
price was z .000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-18

The funeral of l.. w. Fletcher viii be
held tomorrow afternoon at a p. m. from
his late residence. ss4 North Capitol ave-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-18

C-T1vERY old maxim declares that 1t isn't econ
VIM omy to pick up pins; the time is worth more
wa than the pins. Similarly it is not true econ
10y omy to do without Ivory Soap; your health
requires the daily removal Of the bodily e~xcretions
which are discharged through the pores of the skin.
These tiny mouths must be kept open, and they
should be opened only with a pure soap.
IVORY SOAP es.,~e PER CENT. PURE
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-18

nue.. The burial will take place Monda,
morning in Franklin, Ind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-18
Smoke GEN. Worth

High grade sc cigar.
c. W. kRIEL. Distributed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-18

Joseph Harrington Hall, editor OF the
Buffalo Sunday Courier and the ~well-known
dramatic critic OF the Buffalo Courier. will
have charge Of the general newspaper work
for Mildred Holland in 1.-The Power Be
hind the Throne" next season. Popular Ed
White is Miss Hollands manager.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-18

A New fork paper makes the definite an
nouncement that Charles Frohman has en-
gagged Alice Nielsen to star under his direc-
ton mex season In an operate version of
Madame Sans-Gene'' that was written
several years ago by Ivan Caryll for Flor
ence st. John, but never produced.
Connecticut western news., 1901-07-04
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Cover sandwiches that are not to be served at once with damp napkin and bowl
 To clean a kitchen table rub the greasy stains with lemon juice, and they will speedily disappear.
 Whiting mixed with alcohol Is excel lent for cleaning silver and will give a much more brilliant polish than if wa ter Is used.
 A small flat paint brush has a value in cleaning the corners of the window sash. Hot, sharp vinegar will clean off paint spatters, and turpentine will remove putty.
 The small stiff vegetable brushes that are so convenient in cleaning potatoes. etc, are useful in housekeeping time for scrubbing the holdings and corners of the woodwork.
 Loosely twisted knitting silk Is better for alarming woolen underwear than wool, which Is apt to shrink. If the threads of the darn are left loose, after washing 1t will have about the same appearance as the original texture.
 If articles of decidedly strong flavor have been chopped in a wooden bowl. sometimes washing will not be suffi- cient to entirely remove taste and odor. In that case fill the bowl with warm borax water and let stand half an hour; then rinse In cold water and put in tho Huu.
Connecticut western news., 1901-07-04
Jny GOuld's First TrnIe

Two boys who became distinguished in widely different ways were Jay Gould, the multimillionaire, and John Burroughs, the naturalist. They attend ed together the humble school In Rox- bury, N. '. John loved books, and Jason was fond of making trades Young Gould had some books which his school fellow wanted very much to own. The more Burroughs thought about the coveted books and more dili- gently he strove to save up his pennies Finally be had so cents hoarded. Talk Ing his wealth to Gould he found that thrifty young gentleman quite willing to do business. The books were traded off for the money-mostly big copper pennies-and both boys were made happy. Mir. Burroughs never regretted his end of the bargaln.-Success.
Connecticut western news., 1901-07-04
The Widow Was Comforted.

"There Is no accounting for the con struction which some people will put upon certain passages of Scripture" re- marked clergyman. 'I remember the story of one clergyman who went to call on a woman whose husband had recently died. He had expected, quite naturally, to find her heartbroken with the burden of her sorrow and was greatly surprised when she greeted him with very happy smile and ushered him into the parlor.
 'Well-er-sister,'h he said at length, you have my warmest sympathy
 "Thank you, doctor,' replied the wid- CIV casually. I did feel very badly very badly indeed. But I came across verse of Scripture which comforted me very much indeed
 "'And what was the verse, sistery inquired the clergyman.
 CT don't remember just where to find it. replied the widow, but 1t was made up of only four words-four help ful words-'why need carsT"-- Brooklyn Citilsni ...--..
Connecticut western news., 1901-07-04
ELEVEN ELECTROCUTED.
Que Stroke of Lightning the Csuse
 Of Death.

Cue Stroke of Lightning the Csuse
 Of Death.
 Eleven boys were instantly killed and one fatally hurt by lightning ill Chi cago on pier at the foot of Buena ter race. north of Lincoln park.
 This pier is a favorite fishing resort. When the storm began, F boys hud- died for shelter from the rain beneath shanty covered with zine which they had themselves erected for just such an emergency.
 The bolt tore the pier, and the boys were caught in the debris, which burn ed fiercely even in the blinding rain. All but one of the unfortunate fisher men were roasted to death, and he es- capped only for what the doctors think is q more lingering fate.
 A policeman, attracted to the pier by the crashing timbers, found it impossi- ble to rescue any of the victims. The heavy tinbers of the pier had been shattered. and the whole structure top pied into the water. He hurried to a patrol box and called for assistance.
 Nearly half an hour elapsed before aid arrived. The work of recovering the bodies was extremely difficult, but finally all were carried ashore.
Connecticut western news., 1901-07-04
WOMEN AND DREAMS.
Superstition That Is Rife EsSA Among the Educated Fair Sex.

Superstition That Is Rife Es<n
 Among the Educated Fair Sex.
 It doesn'l seem possible that in this enlightened age superstition could be rife among the educated but there are nevertheless a number of young won- en who converse huently, If not elo- quently. in three languages. and who read Spencer and Browning and Elmer son, but who place dreanbook with their Bible on the table beside the bed and consult it in the morning tine first thing.
 With q credulity worthy of a negro mammY, if their sleep has been visited with unusual visitors they seize this volume as soon as their eyes are fairly open and look for an explanation. If misfortune Is foretold by 1t, the seeker after knowledge assumes a bravado she Is far from feeling. 1T don't care" she says to herself. by way of bolster ing mp her courage. "l am moi super siilious. ssyway. and | dou'I believe in such srrsni Bonseuse." Rpt she's uerv- uus just the same for days until her troubles have driven this mythical oue out of her mind
 There's one young woman known to the writer who never dreams -of. a young child without shivering and shaking for days after in fear of some dreadful thing happening to her. She has not consulted q dreambook on the subject, and so she doesn't know how infants and bad luck became connected in her mind, but nevertheless, after she has had visit of this sort while sleep ing she says prayers of unusual length and then makes up her mind to be pa tient under atfiictions sore.
 She Is an intelligent woman, mind you, but she doesn't attempt to explain the terror that besets her at this par ticular dream. She doesn't call herself superstitious-of course no woman does, not even the one who wouldn't walk under a ladder-but her friends do and make light of her until she ex- poses some fetich of theirs. when the subject is carefully avoided afterward. Baltimore American.
Connecticut western news., 1901-07-04
Al psIAa nj nuR

"As for ms" said NJ. Flammarion, speaking of the inhabitants of Mars in The National Magazine, "I rather envy them-a Land where 1t Is always beau tiful. where there are neither tempests nor cyclones. W here she years are twice ap kng IS our,, where the kilogram is os 3l0 gr,,ms g. ni where. therefore. men and woaIen wha here weigh 70 kilos thst& weigh o1ly 2e. and where. In a word, cv,rythias Is lighter. more deli cate and more ritfined."
 And In anotltr place he goes fur thtr. pointing o'lt that if the Martians wished to communicate with us they would have doubtless made the effort many times in ':lse past and probably long ngo aband oged 1t, deciding 1t a hopeless business to attempt communi. cation with plr ret so stupid.
Connecticut western news., 1901-07-04
THE YOUNG GAMBLER.
He Had an Even Chance, but Fate
 Was Against Him.


 remember one handsome young fel- low whom l used to meet occasionally on the staircase who captured my youthful fancy. 1 met him only nt midday, as he did not rise till late. and this fact. with certain scrupulous ele- gance and neatness in his dress, ought to have made me suspect that he was q gambler. In my inexperience 1t only invested him with n certain romantic mystery.
 One morning as was going out to my very early breakfast at cheap Italian cafe on Long wharf I was sur prised to find him also deScending the staircase. He was scrupd&pIsly dress ed even at that early hour, but I was struck by the fact that he was all in black. and his slight figure, buttoned to the throat It. tightly fitting frock r"at. gave. | fanried. N singular melsn- ,.l,oly to his pale southern face.
 Nevertheless he greeted ur with more than his usual serene cordiality. aud l remembered that he looked mp with half puzzled. half amused expression at the rosy morning sky as he walked few steps with me down the deserted street. 1 could not help saying that was astonished to see him up so early, and he admitted that 1t was break in his usual habits, but added, with 8 smiling significance I afterward re. membered. that it was "an even chance If he did it again.
 AS we neared the street corner a man in a buggy drove up impatiently. In spite of the drivers evident haste my handsome acquaintance got in leisure. ly and, lifting his glossy hat to me with a pleasant smile, was driven away. I have a very lasting recollec. tion of his face and figure as the buggy disappeared down the empty street. never saw him again. It was not until a week later that l knew that an hour after he left me that morning he was lying dead fin n little hollow behind the Mission Dolores, shot through the heart in a duel for which he had arisen SC early.-Bret Harte's Under the Red. woods"
Connecticut western news., 1901-07-04
The sIowness of Starvation.

During a prolonged fast the loss of weight is unusually rapid at first and decreases as the time goes on. Death ensues when certain percentage of the loss has been reached, and this per centage varies according to the origi- nal weight. Fat animals may lose half their weight. thinner ones perhaps two fifths. A man or woman of rather spare build weighing 143 pounds might, therefore, lose about 55 pounds before succumbing. Children die after a fast of from three to five days, dur ing which they have lost a quarter of their weight. Healthy adults, however, have lasted 50 days when water has been taken. A German physician re- ports the case of a woman aged 4T years who lasted for 43 days. taking water freely. She lost Al poupds out of 143 pounds and died from exhaus- ton.
Connecticut western news., 1901-07-04
THE CONQUEST OF KOREA.
Japanese Legend of Emperor Chua
 and His Valiant Wife.

Japanese Legend of Emperor Chuai and His Valiant Wife. Seventeen centuries ago the Japanese Emperor Chuai was playing his lute
 in the presence of his wife and prime
 minister. Whether on account of the
 music or from some other cause, the 1 empress became inspired with divine affiatus and began to utter the thoughts
 put into her mind by the doAy. There
 Is a land to the westward" she ex- claimed, "and in that land is abun- dance of treasure, gold and silver, dag. zling to look upon. This land I will
 now bestow upon you"
 The emperor pushed away his lute. If you go up to high place and look
 toward the west" said he, there Is no
 land to be seen. but only the great wa
 ters. They are lying spirits who have
 spoken to you"
 Then the good god was filled with anger, and again he moved the empress
 said, ito rule this empire. Go the one
 roadr'
 But the prime minister trembled
 when he heard these words and said to
 his master: Il am troubled, my heaven
 ly sovereign, by this terrible message.
 Continue, I pray, to play the august
 lute."
 The Emperor Chuai commenced to play softly. Gradually the sound died
 away; all was still. They held light to his face and saw that he was dead. But the empress put herself at the
 head of her fleet, invaded the iand of gold and silver with her warriors and soon made the three kingdoms of Ko-
 req tributary to Japan.
 These things happened, we are told, | in the year POI A. D., and the story of
 the valiant empress Is as familiar to a
 Japanese as Is that of Boadicea to our
 selves.-Nineteenth Century.
Connecticut western news., 1901-07-04

athena: ''Ye serpents. Ye generation of vipers! How can ye escape the dam- nation of hell?" Yet looking upon Peter with such tenderness that no word was spoken, and not word was needed. for the look spoke louder than words. And the Lord looked upon Peter, and Peter went out and wept bitterly" Oh. what a look it must have been to break down the swarthy fisherman apostle! It was such a hurt such a beseeching look. such a loving look. such a forgiv- ing look. Was there in any other being since time began such combination of wrath against wrong and compassion for the wrongdoer? Lion of Judah's tribe!' Hear that! Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the world~ Hear that!
 Defying the mightiest government of the world the Roman government, yet rubbing his hand just below the fore head of the blind until the optic nerve Of him who was born 5SightIpSs is ere ated. and he sunlight baS tw" new paths io tread. Best illustration the world ever saw of aug;r without siu anger E g5ln>t the HbOnltu3llbuS wll'h have mauled and blasted the earth from it's deepest ca Veru to it's highest cliff, but so much pity for the shining and suffering nations that he allowed them to transfix him upon two pieces of wood nailed across each other on a day that was dark as the night. the windows of heaven shut because the immortals could not bear to look down upon the assassination of the loveliest being that ever walked the shore of the lakes or without pillow or blanket slept on the cold mountains.
 Like him, let us hate iniquity with complete hatred. but like him may we help those who are overthrown and be willing to suffer for their restoration. Then, although. at the opening of this discourse our text may have seemed to command ug to do an impossible thing, we will at the close of this sermon, with a prayer to God for help, be more rigid and determined than ever before against that which is wrong, while at the same time we shall feel so kindly toward all the erring and work so hard for their rescue that we will realize that we have scaled the Alpine, the Himalayan height of my text, which enjoins, Be ye angry and sin not" TCopyright l901 by Louis Klopsch, N VI
Connecticut western news., 1901-07-04
Homemade Stoves.

In many parts of Spain the stove in general use Is made from an empty petroleum oil can by cutting a hole near the bottom on one of the sides to make draft, the can being lined with gypsum to the pleasure of the con. structor, giving the Are space accord ingly. The stove thus made, primitive as 1t Is in Its appearance, Is effective ln purpose and costs the equivalent of but a few cents of our money.