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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28
ISAAC KING HAS RESIGNED
PARK BOARD DEMOCRATIC MEMBER
LEAVES CITY SERVICE.
Grand Jury Action i'm Exonerating
Him Given as the Cause-MayOr
BookwaIter Selects Successor.

Isaac King, a Democratic member of the
Board of Park Commissioners, rendered his
resignation to Mayor Bookwalter yester
day. King is the member who was accused
by Dennis Murphy Of having interests in
city sidewalk paving contracts. The grand
jury investigated Kings case and decided
that, while he was technically guilty, he
did not commit any breach of the city
charter knowingly and no indictment was
returned. Acting on this report, Kings
resignation read:
GAS the grand jury has exonerated me, I
take pleasure in rendering you my resgna-
ton as a member of the Board of Park
Commissioners, to take effect Immediately
My relations with the board have been of
the most pleasant character, and the pol
icy of the board and the park system has
my heartiest cooperation
King was appointed commissioner in
1900 by Mayor Taggart. He was formerly
sheriff of Marion county, and the case in
which he is alleged to have violated the
charter was in loaning Thomas Kane, a
cement contractor, $500 on a contract with
the city. City Attorney JOSS advised Mayor
Bookwalter that this a violation of
the charter, and the mayor asked King s
resignation. King, who was member of
the grand jury, but who resigned, asked
that this request be not enforced until the
grand jury had acted on his case. The
mayor consented with the understanding
that the resignation would be offered as
soon as the grand jury had reported.
Mayor Bookwalter at once accepted the
resignation. He said last night that he
had selected the successor to Mr.. King
(who must be a Democracy, but could not
announce the appointment, as he had not
received the acceptance of the man he had
selected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28

Philadelphia Ledger

Philadelphia Ledger.
1t is a pity that David Harum could not
have lived to read the item in the newspa-
pers yesterday, to the effect shat the banks
in North Dakota are adding TO their bust
ness a department of horse trading. That
would have filled David's soul with delight,
and have been esteemed by him the fitting
recognition of a clever career Horse trad
ing has laid the modest base of many a
fortune. and we do not see that IL is any
less respectable than swapping railroads or
syndicating steel plants. 1t is not the mag
nitude of the thing, but the way i'm which it
is done that determines the ethics OF IL.
David Harum got the better of some OF his
fellow-men but managed to command the
sympathies of large circle of readers after
his death. The banks. of course, will find
horses less convenient by way of deposit or
collateral than potatoes or oats would be,
but nevertheless. the next convention OF the
Populist party ought TO tender them a vote
of thanks for affording the first practical
exhibit OF it's principles Every bank will
necessarily have it's horse safe; but the re-
ceiving teller will have to stipulate that no
horses not personally Endorsed with at least
two negotiable names will be accepted
North Dakota is still favorite haunt of
horse thieves, who will now probably go in
for a mastery of the fine art Of burglary.
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when it is explained that the district In
which IL has been enacted throughout the
last century was, until recently. the most
dangerously criminal in all London, the
district which includes Seven Dials and
the noisome lanes around Drury Lane and
Clare Market. DR.. Allan declares that the
case is well authenticated
1t will be seen that in the course of the
journey in this paragraph from Aberdeen
the locus in quo of the story has been
altered from some unknown spot in the
American Republic to the vicinity of Seven
Dials, and its authenticity is vOuched
for by the medical officer of that district
no reader of The Scotsman could reason
ably doubt that the disreputable old lady
who died in 1927, with her progeny of 200
criminal descendants, including thirty
seven murderers, had all been born and
bred somewhere between oxford street and
the Strand.
AS matter of fact, the origin of this
story may be pretty clearly traced TO
Crime. Pauperism, Disease and Heredity,"
in the year 1877. The book gives the re-
suit of Mr.. Dugdale's researches into the
history OF one family group of criminals
in the State of New York. Since the de-
parture of the Jukes from New York and
their arrival in Seven Dials their family
history has got grossly garbled and dis
torted, but the family likeness remains
clear enough to preclude any doubt about
the relationship. Probably the para graph
had been wandering round and round the
a new lease Of life in the pages of the
Aberdeen Free Press, and no doubt ii has
been piece of recent American history
all the time
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A MORAL GONE ASTRAY,
The Jukes Make Their Way from New
York to Seven DinIs
London Truth.

London Truth.
/ have been investigating with some
amusement the history of a newspaper par
agraph which seems to be in its way a
curiosity of journalism. The paragraph
appeared June % in the Aberdeen Free
Press in the following shape:
''Heredty and Crime.-Recently an Amer
lean history has afforded proof of the
heredity in a very direct line of criminal
propensties. 1t is the story of a woman
who died at the age of fifty-one She was
an immoral person and a drunkard to boot
Some 500 of her descendants have been
traced. OF these, il is stated, that 700 were
criminals. while 3i2 of them were alcohol
les, and 127 of the females immoral in their
lives. The family furnished no fewer than
thirty-seven murderers, who suffered the
last penalty of the law. The cost of this
family TO the American Republic is stated
at So 900 OO0."
In August the parish magazine of st.
Anne's, Soho, published a communication
from DR.. +. j. Allan. medical officer of
health for the city of Westminster as bear
ing on some remarks in a previous issue on
hereditary drunkenness. Dr. Allan gave
exactly the same facts as the paragraph in
the Aberdeen Free Press with the addi-
tional information that the ancestress of
this line of criminals died in 1927, but with
out the important information that the
story came from America.
On Aug. Is the paragraph In the ST.
Anne's parish magazine reappeared in the
Scotsman. but with the following pic
turesque addition:
The influence exercised in this family
tragedy by environment can be imagined
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28
The "Ben-Hur, Beech Tree.

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Rost, during a visit
in Charlottesville, from which they have
Just returned, made a call on General and
Mrs Lew Wallace and took away with
them as a souvenir of the afternoon a
branch of the famous old "Ben-Hur"
beech tree that is said to be at least three
centuries Old.
II was under the beech tree that General
Wallace wrote the book that gave him his
greatest fame and il came naturally to bear
the title of the Jewish hero. The green
branch was presented to Mr.. and Mrs.
history of the tree. The old beech is al
most done with life, and with some sor-
SOW Mrs. Wallace said that il would prob
ably never again bear green branches. She
holds the tree in the greatest of affection
and watches its decay with the same regret
that she would watch the decline of an
old friend.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28
STORY OF A NEGRO.


Belt Got start.
Booker T. Washington, in Youths Com
panion.
In addition to the work of educating d.
rectly the thousand and more est students dents
Tuskegee Institute is giving training TO a
much larger number of older men and
women in the South through the medlum
assemblies annually at Tuskegee in Feb
ruary. The meetings of this conference
are held in the institute chapel, hand
some brick building capable or seating
more than 1000 persons, built almost wholly
by the students. The building of it. even
from the making of the bricks of which 1T
Is composed. formed a part Of their indus
trial education.
The conference is made up of hundreds
Of delegates, the greater number of whom
are farmers. and their wives. These people
represent nearly every part of the South
The main point aimed at is TO give these
people instruction and stimulus that will
induce them to improve their industrial;
educational, moral and religious lie, ano
also Influence them to sustain pleasant
relations with their neighbors of the white
race.
One of the men who was largely trained
through the influence of this conference
was named Willis Lyon. When this man
attended the first session OF the conference
he was about sixty years old. He had been
a slave, and, of course, had no property
when he began his new life as a freeman.
But after some years he made up his
mind that he was not going to live any
longer in poverty, and was at least going
to own farm and have a little money.
At the time he made this resolution he did
not even own a mule or an OK, and he had
been renting land and going into debt each
year for supplies. How TO change all this
and make a new start was grave prob
lem.
On the plantation where he was at work
there was colored boy with whom, Willis
Lyon made a curious contract. 1t was
this: That after the usual days work was
done this boy was to come to the cabin
which Willis occupied. He to come
only on those nights when there was
bright moon. Then he would tie an old
harness about his body and hitch himself
TO a pillow.
Night after night Willis Lyon held the
pillow and the boy pulled IL in the moon
light. In this way the man cultivated
small cotton crop free from debt. He
saved enough of the proceeds of this crop
to enable him TO buy an OK, which the next
year did the work of the boy. The follow
ing year he was able to buy a mule.
L will not prolong the story except to add
that when Willis Lyon died, few months
ago, he owned a good home and live stock.
was out of debt, was, / believe, a stock
holder i'm one of the local banks at Tuske-
gee, and had the confidence and respect of
the people of both races in his community.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28
in NANCY HANKS'S HONOR
AT LINCOLN CITY TO BE
DEDICATED.
A Special Train Will Carry the Gov
ernOr and Party from This
City.

The dedication of the Nancy Hanks Lin
coin monument at Lincoln City, Spencer
county, will take place next Wednesday at
l o'clock. Governor Durbin and staff and
the Soldiers Orphans Home Band will
leave the city on Tuesday on the
$3.50 p. m. J., NJ. & 1. train
for Louisville, where they will spend the
night and go to Lincoln City in the
morning. Round trip tickets to Lincoln
City will be sold for one fare to all who
wish to go. Such tickets can be bought to
go on any train leaving this city on the J.,
M. & 1. Tuesday afternoon and night. The
late evening train will reach Louisville in
season to connect with the Southern train
going to Lincoln City. While the Governor
and staff will go to Evansville Wednesday
night and return Thursday, a train will
leave Lincoln City after the exercises in
time to reach Louisville as to connect
with the J., NJ 81 /. train rea ching this city
at midnight The Grafton will be delivered
by Gen. John c. Black, his subject being,
THE Pioneer Wife and Mother" The peo-
pie of Spencer county will serve "a country
dinner" TO all visiting guests. No special
invitations have been given except to the
Governors of Kentucky, Illinois and Ohio
and Hon. Robert T. Lincoln, all of whom
have been compelled to decline. 1t is ex-
pected that quite number will go from
this locality. Reports from Spencer county
predict an immense turnout. The Southern
Railroad will run special trains
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28
A. H. NoRDYKE GIVES $500.


A. II. Nordyke yesterday subscribed $500
toward the fund for the purchase of the
arsenal grounds. In all the subscriptions
reported yesterday approximate $500.
Through small contributions to the COM
mittee of ten about $500 was received. In
addition TO Mr.. Nordykes gift a friend of
the technical school gave $3.50; s. s. Rhodes
e. Son, 500; j. @. Perry & Co.'S employees,
SIS; Saul Munter, SIS; A Wiegand, $50; II.
A. Russell. $25 and there were a number OF
minor subscriptions.
A number of dopations have been re-
ceived by DIR. George z. Hunt through the
Commercial Club and list of these Will
be made public in few days.
Miss Alice Cullen's musicale for the bene-
fit of the technical school will be given at
the Propylaeum next Tuesday night and
the advance sale of seats indicates that the
attendance will be large and handsome
sum realized. Tickets for the musicale are
on sale at Lieber's art store, l.. S. Ayress,
Brosnan's, Charles Mayors, Craig's. HUI
der's, Wulschner's, the Book Lovers Ii
brary and at Besten & Langen's.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28
Y. M. C.. A. RECEPTION.
Mayor BoOkwaIter Addresses tn
CEasses-Nev Departments.

C2HSses-NeW departments.
A reception was given to the old and new
members of The Y. NJ. c. A. night school
last night in one of the elassrooms on the
third floor of the associations building.
Mayor Bookwalter was the principal speak
er of the evening. In abiding to the courses
taught in the night school the mayor said
first-class stenographer need not be with
out a position. He said there are many
stenographers and some are out of posi-
tions. put the best are ever in demand.
Short addresses were also made by the
teachers and others interested in the school
and the Y. NJ G. A. orchestra furnished
music. The fall term of school begins Oct.
1. A voice department and debate and par
liamentary law department have been
added to this years course. The new fac
ulty is: Mechanical drawing, o. E. Nc
Means: architectural drawing, Oran Pear
son; boys department., Fred L. Williams;
shorthand and typewriting, o. III. Limpus;
penmaDship, j. w. Noble; bookkeeping, l..
English and German, Jacob Sieberth; arith-
metic, z. s. Earl; Bible class, j. w.
Thompson: voice culture, Willard Beck:
mandolin, guitar and banjo, Walter G.
futile; debate and parliamentary law, Rev.
Frank o. Beck.
Besides the regular course of instruction
the following lectures are scheduled: 1.-The
Farm>a and the Farmer" DIR. A. w. Bray
N. Duncan; Mexico as Find 1t To-Day,
c. NJ Johnson; Travels In Italy," Rev. 4.
o. Beck: THE American Flag" H. NJ
Bowling; Athletics, Ancient and Modern
Dr. j. G. Nehrbas; THE Eye and the Ear,"
DR.. ]. L. Masters: Travels in India" H
L. Roscoe; How We Make Our Laws"
Frank l.. Littleton; 'Embalming, Ancient
and Modern" II. ID. Tutewiler.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28
TOTEM DIVORCE SUIT
DISMISSED IN SUPERIOR COURT,
BOTH PARTIES BEING DEAD.
Calvin II. Totten Killed His Wife and
Committed Suicide on Aug. 80
Other Court Cases.

The divorce suit of Cora E. Totten
against her husband, Calvin p. Totten, was
dismissed in Judge Carriers court yester-
day. both the plaintiff and defendant being
dead. Totten shot and killed his wife and
then committed suicide by shooting himself
in the head on the evening of Aug. 60
The complaint that was dismissed shows
that Mrs. Totten feared that her husband
would kill her. She alleged that he pos
sessed a violent temper and once threat
ened to shoot her; that he struck her with
heavy cane, threw her out Of the house,
choked her and on May q, 1901, the day
previous to their separation, quarreled with
her until o'clock the next morning, and
when he went to work said that if he
found her in the house when he returned
he would kill her. She also charged that
he threatened to kill her on sight after
their separation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28
HIGHER COURTS RECORD.
SUPREME COURT.


New Suit
1887. William Ewing VS.. James Ewing ct
al. Huntington c. c. Record. Assignment
of errors. Notice.
1892. Henry w. Bullock VS.. William Rob-
ertson eft al. Marion S. c. Appellees' nett
ton for additional time. Granted ten DAYS
County VS.. School Township of Shirley.
tition for oral argument
APPELLATE COURT.
New Suits
1880. Anna Z. Hancock ct al VS. The
Diamond Plate Glass Company ct al. How
ard S. c. Record Assignment of errors
Joinder.
1891. Sarah j. Carr ct al. VS.. The Dia-
mond Plate Glass Company. Howard c. c.
Record. Assignment of errors. Joinder.
Minutes
4463. The Indiana Manufacturing Com
pany VS.. William Buskirk. Marion c. c..
Appellee's brief (S.)
1929. German Roman Catholic Central
Verein VS.. Elizabeth Underestimate. VAN
derburg S. c. Confession of error
1865. Parmelia p. Houghton VS. Aetna
Life Insurance Company of Hartford. Sui
Ivan c. c. Appellee's petition. Notice for
1865. Cincinnati, Richmond & Muncie
Railroad VS.. The Wabash Railroad Com
pany. Fulton c. c. Appellee's brief 81
4494. George r. Chamberlain ct al. VS.
State ex rel. Lavina Rife. Appellants
brief Isl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28
MARRIED MANY YEARS
sIxTY-THIRD WEDDING ANNIvERsA-
RY OF THE M'FARLANDs.
Children, Grandchildren and "reht-
GrandcbiId of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Mcfarland Present.

Happiness beamed upon the countenance
of every member OF the Mcfarland famhy
yesterday and last night during the ceIe-
bration of the sixty-third wedding annlVer-
sary of Mr.. and Mrs William Mcfarland
parents OF John L. Mcfarland. councilman
at large. Mr. and Mrs. McFar-
land. who are octogenarians, are yet
In good health and each took an active In
terest in yesterdays celebration. Mrs. Nc
Farland is eight years the junior of her
husband. who is lightweight years DID,
Despite her advanced years she moved
about yesterday and assisted her children
and grandchildren in entertaining.
The young people had been preparing for
the celebration for some time and yester-
day the home of the old couple. at No. 142o
Pleasant street, was beautifully decorated
throughout with potted plants. smilax and
cut flowers. In the reception parlor sat
Mr. and Mrs. Mcfarland, surrounded by
their children and many friends. The re-
ception was held from 2 clock to in the
afternoon and from o'clock until last
night. During that time several hundred
friends and relatives called. Among them
was George w. Ryan. ninety years old, iv-
ing with his wife at No. 1908 Laurel street
Mr.. and Mrs. Ryan have been married six,
ty-efght years He and Mr.. McFarland
chatted pleasantly in one corner or the
room, recalling incidents of the day when
Indiana was yet a wilderness Their minus
are very clear and active, and as the two
old men related the experiences eacn mao
gone through they laughed and chuckled
over what had appeared great hardsnlps 10
them in their younger days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcfarland came TO lndlan-
apolis nine years ago and have since re-
sided in the house on Pleasant street. Prior
TO coming TO this city they lived for num-
Der of years on their farm near southport
They are natives of Kentucky. Both emil
grated to this city at very early ages with
their parents. Mrs. Mcfarland was the
daughter of John and Elizabeth Shinll. Mr..
Mcfarland and Miss Mary Anna Shinn
were married Sept. 26. 1899. Both families
were residents of Marion county at the
time. Mr.. Mcfarland has been a resident
of this county for seventy-nine years.
There were present at the reception yes
terday eleven children, seventeen grand
children and one great-grandchild. The lat
ter, a little chap, was one of the features
of the reception. His great-grandfather
seemed to enjoy his society as much as any
one else, and the little chap strutted about
holding on the arm of Mr.. Mcfarland with
an apparent feeling of pride. Those of the
immediate family present were: Mr.. and
Mrs Cary Mcfarland. Mr. and Mrs. Will
Mcfarland. Mr.. and Mrs. John Mcfarland,
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Mcfarland and the
Misses Appoline, Artemesia, Laella. Mar
garet and Lillian Mcfarland and grand
children, Misses Agnes, Roxana, Nancy
and Edith Mcfarland and Margaret Col
Inns
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mate relations with the family possessed of
a million-dollar income. this Is not pri-
marily because the latter has so willed IL.
II Is because the two families have wholly
therefore different ways of living. The
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. family cannot do the
things which the other family does. 1t
cannot keep UP the same sort of an es-
tertainments, or. in general, live at the
same pace: and hence, very sensibly, ii
does not try to do so. There is no question
OF one set being essentially better than
the other. The two are simply upon differ
ent planes, and possess quite different en-
vironments
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28
If You are looking for Bargains in
Wooden Goods give Us a call.
GEO. MERRITT 81 CO..
No. BIZ West Washington st.

tees this, but there is a native fern that
steps off at so lively pace that It's odd
babit has long furnished one of the I'M
ceasing entertainments of the woods. The
walking fern often carpets lodges and tops
of shaded rocks. The slender, tufted leaf
fronds are singularly unfernlike i'm appear
ance. They sQuirm about and walk by
declining their taper tips TO the soil and
taking root there and growing. In time.
clusters of new leaf fronds spring from
such rooted tips By-and-by some of these.
too. bite the earth and. taking root, start
still other colonies, which in turn will con-
tinue their progress again and again. Nat
urally. with the lapse of time, the connec-
tion between the older tufts and the
Younger becomes broken, yet one some
times finds series of three or four linked
together, representing as many steps In
the pretty ramble.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28
EXAMINING COUNTY BOOKS.
Democratic County Committee Has
Expert Accountants Mt Work.

George II. McCaslin and E. B. Swift ex-
pert accountants. have been investigating
the books Of the county officers for several
weeks, being employed by the Democratic
county central committee. 1t is said that
the investigation will cover every office in
the county In the hope of discovering some
thing that may be made a political issue.
Auditor Smith says McCaslin spent about
five weeks In his office and that Swift Is
still working his books. He says any
one Is welcome TO examine his books and
that the records are open to the public. He
also says he will do all he can to facilitate
the Investigation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28
The Greatest Men.
Leslie's Weekly.

1t would be difficult task, II not an i'm
possible one, to persuade any half-dozen
men casually brought together into
unanimity OF opinion concerning the great
est man who ever lived. Most OF them
would agree. no doubt. with Lord Brough-
am, that julius Caesar was the greatest
man of ancient times" but how many
OF the six would accept Professor Gardi-
ner's estimate of Cromwell as the greatest
Englishman OF all timer" Each OF them, We
NAV be reasonably sure. would accept
Shakespeare as the greatest poet. yet Lord
est poet OF our country" And where will
be found two men out Of Scotland TO agree
with Charles Mackay when he says OF
BURNS that he was ''the greatest poet
next perhaps TO King David of the Jews
whom any age has produced?"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28
WILL SET ASIDE.
Conrad HOIzhausen Drew the Instru-
ment without Consulting n Lawyer.

The will of Conrad Holzhausen, which
was drawn by himself without the aid of a
lawyer, was set aside by Judge Allen yes
terday because its disposition of the estate
would involve the heirs in litigation for
years to come. The will left-nothing to his
daughter, Mrs. Caroline Hartman, although
1t Is said she was his favorite. Other be-
quests, relatives said, were contrary to his
expressed desire in life. Holzhausen owned
considerable property near Cumberland. He
was not well acquainted with the English
up the will is attributed to this fact