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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
MUST TEAR OUT SEWER
BLAKE-STREET LINE LAID A FOOT
GRADE
Earth Covers Sidewalk and
a G~rOcery-The City Is
Liable.

The residents in the vicinity of Blake and
Michigan streets are UP in arms over the
construction of the Blake-street sewer. The
sewer has been completed from New York
street TO Michigan street, and work on the
extension to North street had just begun.
The excavation was completed half a
square north of Michigan street, and part
of it as far as North street, when the
contractor yesterday morning suddenly
took all Of his men off the work without
making an explanation TO the property
owners along the street.
AS far as the excavation is completed on
Blake street the earth is heaped high on
the sidewalk, completely blocking all pass
age along the west half of the street. The
grocery store Of Mrs. Schwenk, at the cor
ner of Michigan and Blake streets, is COM
pietely hemmed in from the corner ap-
proach, and she is entering a vigorous pro-
test to having her business thus damaged.
Those who are not affected are exhibiting
the same rebelhous spirit in sympathy.
The trouble was caused by a mistake in
the grade of the sewer. The city engineer
established the grade and work proceeded.
1t was discovered yesterday morning that
the sewer was being laid a foot above the
grade established, and the work that has
been completed will have to be torn out
and done over. Two squares of the sewer
have been laid and filled, and all of this
will have to be taken up. The blunder is
laid to the city Inspector, and he is charged
with not seeing to it that the grade estab-
lished by the city engineer was maintained
by the contractor. As the situation stands
it is said that the whole responsibility will
be thrown upon the city, and that it will
be liable for all damages incurred. The
work completed represents an outlay of
several thousand dollars, and unless the
contractor is REIN bursed by the city he
will be a heavy loser. The contractor is a
colored man named Wilson, and this is his
first contract.
The residents. not understanding the
cause of the Suspension of work, are threat
ening TO cause the city trouble. 1t is said
that a large force of men worked late Tues
day night to complete the work to Mich
igan street, north of the street-car tracks,
and that at the rate they did this work
they could have laid the sewer and cleared
the street blockaded i'm half a day. As the
work now stands 1T will be some time be-
fore IL is finished, as the two squares will
nave to be torn out, and some of the citi-
zens, in their angry moments, threaten to
sue the city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
RAILWAY MAIL E R
New Officers for the District An.
nounced Last Night.

A committee representing the railway
mail clerks organizations OF the fifth dis
trict. composed of Indiana. Ohio. Ken
lucky and Tennessee, met in the courtroom
of the federal building last night and can
vassed the vote for officers of the district.
The baIloting had been conducted by mail.
The canvass resulted as follows:
PRESIDENT. A. Kidwell. Columbus. o.
Vice Presidential. b. Lucas, %Indianap-
oils.
Secretary-treasurer-E. l.. Hilpp. Louis
vile.
Delegates TO National Conventional ID.
Kirk. Cincinnati; c.. r. Main. Dayton. Ky:
NJ. l.. Rinehart. Indianapolis; a. l.. Bonar,
Columbus. O.: s. F.. Bricker. Crestline, O.,
and Brown. Memphis. Tenn.
The national convention will be held next
month at Milwaukee. The meeting last
night was attended by fifty railway mail
clerks. &. l.. Shaffer. OF Chicago. presi-
dent Of the national organization. was
present. and he and Mr.. Kidwell and NJ.
Shideler and Mr.. Votaw. OF this city. made
addresses. The bill providing for reclassi.
ication and better pay for the mail clerks
was discussed. II was said that there Is
every assurance that the bill will become
a law at the next session OF Congress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
FLAG SYSTEM CUT OFF,
But weather Signals Here Will BE
still shown on Courthouse Tower.

Still SHOWN on courthouse rover.
Despite the recent order sent out by the
Agricultural Department of the United
States 10 all weather bureaus in cities of
over 5000 population to abolish flag signals.
indianapolis citizens will continue to see
the weather predictions on the staff of the
courthouse tower.
Forecaster Sullivan, of the local station.
when asked about the order sent out by the
department, declined to divulge its specific
contents, but said that while he was in
office the flags would be unfurled from the
courthouse tower to give the forecast with
the same regularity as before. The reason
given for the discontinuance of flag signals
In cities of over 5000 inhabitants, II is saiG,
Is TO cut down the expense involved in buy
ing flags and paying telegraph tolls. which
have grown to enormous proportions. An
other reason ascribed for the order Is that
on account of the great system of rural de-
livery now being operated by the Postal
Department regular postal cards issued by
the Agricultural Department can be sent
over the rural route TO as many subscribers
as may want them.
This system of sending out postal cards
has grown rapidly in this State said Mr..
budget for the next six months we will
have TO order 100000 of these cards. In
addition To these cards a smaller postal
card is sent out to farmers along the rural
route each day. OF these we also have a
circulation of nearly 100000. This does not
include the circulation of weather maps
sent out each day, which is increasing rap
idly. The light expense incurred In issuing
these postal cards from the several sta
tons in the State which are supplied by the
Indianapolis office warrants the wisdom of
the departments recent order 10 abolish
flag signals in smaller growing towns.
Another reason is that the daily news
papers printed in these towns reach the
farmers very early. When a flag is hoisted
very little attention IL paid to IL, as the
forecast of the weather has already
reached the farmer by one OF the other
systems
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
WOMEN LEAPED FROM HACK.
The Horses Were WfId-Mrs
Hattie Jones Injured.

At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, while
Perley O'Haver, a hack driver. was driving
on Senate avenue, near Twentieth street,
a bolt on one of the single trees became
loose and the single tree dropped and hit
the horses on the hoofs. They ran for
some distance. In the carriage at the time
were two colored women returning from a
funeral. They were Mrs. Hattie Jones, of
313 West North street, and Mrs. Emma
Bradley.
At Seventeenth street a buggy was
standing at the curb and the driver of the
cab. who had been -endeavoring TO stop the
horses, turned them from out of their
course TO avoid hitting the buggy. In do
ing so the wheels of the hack scratched
the edge of the car tracks. When the two
colored women heard the grating sound of
the wheels and the track. they opened the
door of the hack and jumped out. Mrs.
Jones was thrown against the buggy. and
she suffered a broken ankle. In falling to
the pavement her head was severely cut.
She also received several bruises about the
face and neck Mrs. Bradley escaped in
jury. Mrs. Jones was taken into the house
or Mrs. Meredith, at Seventeenth street
and Senate avenue, where her injuries
were dressed.
O'Haver's team was stopped by a police
man near the corner of Fifteenth street.
After repairing the single tree he returned
TO the scene of the trouble and conveyed
the injured woman to her home.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
WILL ASK ANOTHER LOAN
CONTROLLER SAYS ITY EXPENSES
ARE HEAVIER THIS YEAR.
Due to Public Works Beginning
Earlier Than U~suaI-Other Mu-
nicipal Affairs.

City Controller Dunn has prepared his
for a temporary loan to meet the
June and July bills. and will ask the City
Council at it's next session to appropriate
an additional loan Of $4,000 to $4,000. The
exact estimates cannot be determined. and
will depend upon the receipts for the month
Of August, which will be very light. Mr..
Dunn says that there will be but about
5000 in taxes coming into the city treas
ury this month. a small item compared to
the expense account.
This occasion for this additional loan. Mr..
Dunn says, is because his former estimates
were based upon the expenditures for the
corresponding months last year. This year
he says the expenses have been much
heavier. due TO more city work being done
earlier than usual. He says work that is
usually done late I'm the fall was taken up
earlier this year, and he thinks that the
decrease in the expenditures for the fall
months will be in proportion TO the increase
of June and July. Warrants have been is
sued for S6,S91 for June and july bills, and
the city controller is holding up vouchers
for so, Az, making a total of nearly $4,000
I'm excess of the expenditures for the two
corresponding months last year..
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
THE PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY,
That Institution Recommended by
stock Brokers.

The statistical department of the Chicago
and New York bond and banking house of
Granger Farwell & Co. has issued a review
and analysis of the results of operation
and financial condition of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company and the important lines
that 1t controls, which will be of interest
to holders of the roads securities and pros
pective investors. The statement is being
circulated in Indianapolis by Albert II.
thompson, resident manager of Farwell q
Co. The review shows that the Pennsyl-
Vania Railroad stocks are considered among
the most attractive of the so-cailed high
PRICED railroad ste cks that are traded III
on the New York Stock Exchange. 1t pur-
ports TO give the true earning power of the
company with reference TO the stock, TAX
ing into consideration and. considering as
part of the earning power the large sums
appropriated for work that may properly
De considered as or an extraordinary ma
ture. This earning power is computed for
the year ending Dec. 81, 1900. is said to
De about IL per cent. on the stock now
outstanding.
The statement declares that. by acquir-
ing an interest in other railroads touching
the seaboard. the Pennsylvania Company
has secured itself against unreasonable and
unjust reductions and determinations in
the matter of rates. The actual surplus
OF the road, considered by itself. for the
year 1900 is claim ed 10 have amounted to
Sle.1l ,49. or about S per cent. on stock out
standing at the present time. For the first
six months of the current fiscal year TO
July J., 1901. the gross and net earnings
of the Pennsylvania lines are said to have
shown noteworthy increases.
1t Is claimed that refunding of high
interest rate bonds during the next eleven
years VIII effect a saving of IA per cent. on
stock outstanding. According to the esti-
mate" said Mr.. Thompson, ''the total
appropriations from income for extraor-
binary improven ent and extension work in
1900 amounted TO more than three times
the aggregate o. dividends paid on Penn
sylvanla Railroad stock in that year. These
appropriations followed very large appro-
priations of a similar nature in previous
years. Viewed from whatever standpoint
one may select, there is no railroad in this
or any other country, in my opinion, that
can show a better record than the Penn
syivania Railroad Company"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
AFFAIRS OF UNION LABOR.
Unions and the Grocers.

c. III. Taylor. secretary of the Retail Gro
GERS Association. says that the blue book"
published by the labor lobby in the last
Legislature should not place the members
of organized labor in an attitude opposing
a measure for the purpose of forcing dis
honest creditors to pay their debts. He
says that the grocer Is the first to come to
the assistance Of the laboring men in time
of strike and when credit is asked Labor
organizations" he said. Insist that grocers
shall. as far as possible, hapdle union-made
goods. yet they are opposed to the enact
ment OF this measure for our protection.
AS a matter OF kaot, statistics show that
not one out OF a hundred members of labor
organizations would have been affected by
this garnshee law. The organized laboring
men are the best pay. and the law was not
directed towards Them"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
TO CLEAR P0STOFFICE SITE.
Henry DoIImsn Awarded the Contract
ut $1,000.

The contract for wrecking the buildings
occupying the site OF the new postofice
was awarded yesterday by the treasury
officials at Washington TO Henry Dollman
on his bid of 1900. The other bids were: ".
~. Backus offered sslS and agreed to COM
blete the work Dec. "a. 1901; Levi 5. Pierson
h Co. $3.50 and complete work on Jan. 1;
George e Dunn asked $500 for doing the
work, 10 complete Jan. 1: Edward Wolf
asked 1886. In addition TO old buildings.
and would finish by Jan. 1; Haas & VaIde-
miro offered TO pay $500 and finish Jan. L;
George w. Seibert offered 1880 and agreed
TO complete the work I'm ninety. DAYS: the
Bates House Wrecking Company offered
$500. TO complete the work In forty-ave
days.
Mr.. Dollman agreed to have all OF the
buildings off the site by Jan. /. 1902. Tie
will begin tearing the buildings down
Sept. Is.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
More Pay for CereaIine workers.

The Cerealine Manufacturing Company
and the newly-orsanized union of cerealine
workers have adjusted their differences and
the company has granted an advance in
wages that means an annual increase Of 1900
an the company's pay roll. The increases are
as follows: Millers, from S2.25 10 $3.50 a day:
engineers. 50 TO 500 a day: firemen. $3.50 to
Si.92 a day; sweepers. $50 TO $1.S5 a day:
laborers, H.2 TO $50 a day; mill and roll
oilers. N.75 10 $3.50 a day: sackmen. 61s 10
ia cents a hundred for loading sacks. There
will be no docKage except when the mills
are closed for six successive hours. Time
and one-half is TO be paid for Sundays and
double time for holidays.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
CONVENTION OF DEAF MUTEs.
Graduates Of the Indiana Institution
10 Meet Here To-Day.

The fifth triennial reunion OF the State
Association OF Deaf Mutes will begin here
to-day. The organization is composed OF
graduates OF the Institution on East Wash
ington street. The convention will be in
session three days. Albert Berg. August
Jutt and ~. l. Harris form the local com
uittee. and they have everything In readi-
ness for the reception OF the five hundred
delegates who viii attend.
The meeting will be opened this morning
mt 3 o'clock by Superintendent Johnson.
who will make an address OF welcome.
Mrs. Jennie Kingan. or Chicago, an old
graduate. Will make the response. All the
speeches will be made I'm the sign Lam
guage- Tonight at 8 o'clock the delegates
will sit down 10 the triennial banquet.
Prof. William Blount, Of the Kentucky
State School for the Deaf. will be the mas
ter or ceremonies. Tomorrow the dele
gates and their friends will spend the day
at Broad Ripple.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
FRATERNAL ORDERS o M
and Ladies' of Honor Talk of
New Building.

The subject Of a new home for the
knights and Ladies or Honor will be
brought before the Supreme Lodge OF the
order. which will meet in Detroit Sept. L..
l.. B.. Lockard. supreme protector. said at
the Denison Hotel last night that he Will
bring the matter TO the attention OF the
Supreme Lodge and urge that n building
be erected large enough 10 accommodate
the growing business OF the order. and
also 70 contain rooms for holding lodge
meetings and storerooms on the first floor
20 rent.
II have had plans for such a structure
drawn up" said Mr.. Lockard. and the
estimated cost is $4,000. which would not.
OF course. include the ground"
When asked II the building would he
erected I'm indianapolis. Mr.. LOckard said
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
STABBED TO DEATH.


A dispatch from Livingston. Mont. states
that Andrew j. Quinn. OF this city. was
stabbed by William Muldoon. proprietor Of
a saloon. Wednesday night. and died six
hours later. The quarrel occurred In Null
doon's saloon. Quinn was stabbed In the
groin. Muldoon is in Jail and claims self
defense. The dead man was twenty-three
years old.
The parents of Andrew ]. Quinn live at
$40 West Washington street. His father
is employed At K!ngan's packing house as
foreman of one OF the departments. The
body will be brought here for burial and
will arrive sunday morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23

II presume IL would, although the Supreme
Lodge would settle that. The headquar-
tiers of our order has been maintained In
this city since 1857. and l have not heard OF
any dissatisfaction with the location
The officers OF the X. and l.. Of II. are
in the Lemcke building and occupy a large
number of apartments. the rent OF which
is understood TO be a considerable item or
expense and one that the officers OF the
order would like very much TO reduce. IL
Is believed that a building such as Mr..
Lockard's plans contemplate. owned by
the order, would enable IL 10 secure its
Offices free of expense. II not, indeed, TO
gain something on the Investment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
Mr.. Davis Not Afraid.

Vice President Davis. of the water COM
psny, says the company has no fear of the
private water rate ordinance that is being
drawn by Councilman Perrott. He says
that question is settled, and that If the
procedure prescribed I'm the franchise, by
conference between the Board of Works
and the company. is carried out he is con-
fdent that the company will get a better
rate than the new schedule provides.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23

Charles Brown. a photographer. who fell
through the skylight OF his studio at 225
West Washington street. was attended
yesterday by DIR. Culver. who found him
suffering from injuries from which he may
not recover. His collar bone was broken.
several fingers were broken and he was
injured internally. He went TO his home
on a street car and refused 10 have a
physician until Yesterday afternoon. He
lives at Sill North Illinois street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
worthless Bills Anoat.

The federal authorities OF this city. as
well as the backs and business houses. are
watching for worthless bills on the State
Bank OF New Brunswick. ". J.. Ia order
that they may be gathered up and de-
stroyed- The bills arc not counterfeit. but
are simply worthless. as the bank against
which they were Issued suspended some
time ago. Some OF fhe bills have found
their way into Indiana. and several have
<een found In this city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
FIGHT AT PARK THEATER.
Harry Jones struck p. c. Hill for TAX
ing His Seat.

A young man giving the name Of Harry
Jones. 1913 West Vermont street, was ar
rested yesterday for ~assaulting P. C.. Hill
at the Park Theater. Jones left his seat
and Hill took it. Jones asked him to va
cate and Hill declined. saying that II was
a rule of the house that he was entitled to
keep the seat. Jones struck him in the
face. Policeman RAIDER arrested him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
City Employees Perforce for Maguire

A Moore Democrat said last night that
the Democratic policemen and iremen had
been instructed TO 'cut loose" for Mcguire.
The same man also said that he knew II TO
be n fact that every city employee who
worked in the basement OF the courthouse
had been required to contribute $40 TO Mr..
Maguire's candidacy, regardless Of the
amount OF salary paid TO him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
Remedies o Sewer Troubles.

City Engineer Jeup says that the stencil
from the mouth of the White river inter-
ceptor can be stopped by the construction
of a large fume into the middle of the
river. He says this could be done at a cost
of $500. The trouble at the Wisconsin,
street and Morris-street sewers can be
remedied for 800. he says. The cost of
continuing the intercepter below the Belt
tracks, he says, would be $50. 1000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23

analysed and paid $50 for the analysis.
The milk contained tartaremetic. Will
you please correct the mistake. for IL casts
was not a man to allow so small "A con-
sideration to influence him. He was much
concerned on account of the evident poison
ing and could not rest until he discovered
the real cause"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
The Man That Named the Pyle House.

ton. Ind. writes to the Journal as follows:
My attention was called TO an article In
Mondays Journal, Aug. 10, In reference TO
my father. Mr.. John Pyle. In justice TO
my father / want TO correct a statement
made in regard TO the analysis o. the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
MARSHAL STEVENS DEAD.
Former Funeral Director Stricken by
ApOpIexy.

Marshal Stevens, a retired funeral d.
rector. who lived at 1904 College avenue,
died last night of apoplexy at his home.
He was ~sixty-eight years of age and came
here six years ago from Lexington, Ill.
He leaves a widow, three Sons and a
daughter. The arrangements for the flu
neral will be made to-day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23

Mrs. Louisa Sites. eighty-two years of
age, died yesterday at her home, 2447 Sta
ton street. Brightwood, after a short ILL
ness. The funeral will be held to-day at
1890 o'clock. after which the body will
be taken to Columbus, o., for burial.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23

The samples of milk gathered from the
diaries by the Board of Health inspectors
are free from formaldehyde. The health
officers say that the two prosecutions have
frightened other dairymen. and they have
discontinued the use of pr~eservatives.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
NOTICE TO TOURISTS.

Subscribers leaving the city for a period
during the summer can have the Daily and
Sunday Journal. mailed to any address in
the United States or Canada. without extra
charge The address will be changed as
often as desired.
Both Telephones 23S.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
PENNSYLVANIA LINES

MA lines
and Grand Rapids e. Indiana Ry.
Popular Excursions to the Cool Re-
sorts of Michigan,
September Sd, 7th and 11th,
S1I.OO Mackinac island.
$1,000 Petoskey and Traverse City.
Through S~1eepers and Coaches-No
Change of Cars.
Tickets sold on above dates will be good
returning thirty days from date. These
popular resorts on the G. r. & L. Ry., were
never more inviting. Hunting and fishing
will be at their best and the pure ipvigor-
ating air of northern Michigan is the best
of tonics. For sleeping car space or fur
Their particulars, address w. W.. RICH
ARDSON, d. P. A, indianapolis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
BIG FOUR EXCURSIONS,
Sunday, Aug, 25th.
Cincinnati and Return.
S1.25 Round Trip.

Special fast train. making no stops in
either direction, leaves indianapolis Union
Station Z a. m. Returning leaves Cincin-
natl Z D. m.