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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-16
MR.. JONES Is EMPHATIC
NO ATTEMPT BEING MADE TO CRUSH
THROUGH A CONTRACT.
Now Ia the Time, However, He Says,
to Give Consideration to School
Textbooks.

The State Board of Education will meet
tomorrow TO consider the letting of the
state schoolbook contract for a period OF
five years beginning with 1904 Immense
contracts for readers, arithmetics. geogra-
phies and copy books are to be let by the
board. II will be decided tomorrow whetn-
er the present texts shall be revised and re-
tanned or whether the whole matter shall
be opened and competitive bids advertised
for.
The State Board has been subjected to
some criticism because it has seen fit to
take the schoolbook matter up at this time,
since no new contract can go into OBJECT
until 1904, or until after Fassett a Cotton,
Observation-Disclosures. has taken Office.
Yelled charges have been made that
scheme has been Matched by the school,
book companies now enjoying the contracts
to rush a new hve-year contract through
the State Board. In answer TO the whole
matter Frank l.. Jones, state superintend-
ent, made the following statement last
night.
them been in service for less than four
years, and the necessity for revision is APP
parent. The problem before the board Is
whether the present books will be salts
factory with corrections and revisions or
whether IL would be better To have entire
ly new books. There is nothing unusual
about the boards taking the matter up at
this time. The board has no stated time
to consider the matter. AS TO any talk
that there is about TO be an attempt made
TO rush a fat contract through the board
that is all 'poppycock' for the reason that
the gentlemen composing the State Board
OF Education are not the kind OF men TO
be 'bamboozled by any proposition of that
kind
THE whole situation I'm a nutshell is
this" said Mr.. Jones. Several school,
book companies among them In particular
the American Schoolbook Company. are
making a desperate effort TO stave of con-
sideration OF the whole matter until after
the meeting OF the Legislature. There are
a number Of reasons why IL would be bet
ter for the American Schoolbook Company.
as well as for a number OF other wealthy
companies, IL the board were not 10 take
the matter up now. Any one familiar with
certain methods OF procedure will UNDER
stand why. Ny own opinion is that there
is less chance for any rushing OF con-
tract IL the matter Is considered now than
II IL were to be delayed"
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CITY NEWS NOTES.

The naval recruiting station, in charge OF
Lieut.. John r. Y Blakely, will be open for
the rest of the week.
d. F. Specs, chief deputy factory in
spector, has been elected secretary and
treasurer of the International Association
of Factory Inspectors.
Lawrence McTurnham, of Anderson, may
be chief deputy under Fassett A. Cotton,
state Observation-Disclosures. Mr.. McTurn-
ham is superintendent of schools at Alex
andria and is about thirty-three years of
age.
Mr.. Edward Taylor, of the Indianapolis
Conservatory of Music. has returned from
Florida, where his singing met with such
unqualified success that he has been booked
for return engagement to sing in ten
of the principal towns In Florida.
The Rev. S. II. Creighton addressed the
Christian ministers at their meeting yes
terday at the Denison House. He read a
paper effective preaching. Sermons
should contain more of the gospel, he said,
and less in the nature of learned essays.
The committee organizing the Citizens
League will meet this evening at the Com
mercial Club to discuss the progress of the
work. Acting Secretary G. T.. Hunt will
report that he is receiving scores of re-
plies every day to the circulars issued by
the committee. The exact number of MEM
bers of the league up TO date will not be
given out.
Arthur w. Doty, of 124 South Noble street,
who suffered fractured leg last July
While working on the new bridge at New
Castle, underwent an operation yesterday
for the removal of several small bones
from his ankle. Since Doty suffered the
fracture he had been troubled greatly with
fragments of bones in his ankle. DR.. Fred
erick Falk, of this city, performed the OPP
Grafton.
AT the Propylaeum on next Friday even
ing lecture illustrated with stereopticon
views will be given ~ Mr.. Reau Campbell
on Mexico He has travelled in that
country for the past eighteen years and
is well acquainted with the Characters
tics of the region. The talk is given under
the auspices of the Vandalia Railroad
which will send an excursion to Mexico
early in the year.
Word comes from Terre Haute that the
SOS 900 900 company which was to have TAX
en- over the bituminous mines of Indiana
a deal that was within a few hours OF
contamination last Wednesday. has been
abandoned The conditions in Wall street
is the explanation, and as the options on
the properties will expire Jan. / there will
be no opportunity to renew the negotiations
should financial conditions improve with
the Moore Brothers and the Rock Island
crowd" who were promoting the big COM
DapV
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phrase located not less than three-fourths
OF a mile from the city limits" The
amended ordinance was referred to the
finance committee.
A communication from Mayor Bookwal-
ter was read which urged the Council to
act in amending the pesthouse appropria-
ton ordinance. The mayor inclosed COM
munication to him from the Board Of
Health stating that the board had cared
for 100 cases of smallpox in 1902 and that
the outlook, If adequate provision were not
made by the Council, was that double this
number would develop during the coming
year, with the disease probably epidemic,
and that the board did not want 20 as
sumo responsibility for such a condition.
The board further said that ii had not sent
alarming statements to the Council be-
cause it had hoped to make ample pro-
vision to intercept the disease in the method
provided, but II had found itself unable
to do so. Therefore 1t urged the amend
ment of the ordinance
Councilman Kelly introduced an ordinance
repeating the ordinance of March l, 1880.
providing for the licensing of vehicles. This
ordinance is obsolete because Ii has been
superseded by the ordinance of 1898, but
there is provision in the old ordinance
that might require double licensing of a
vehicle according to Mr.. Kelly's explana-
ton.
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STATE BANKS THRIVING
DEPOSITS INCREASED 100000 SINCE
LAST REPORT TO AUDITOR.
Overdrafts Have Decreased and More
Loans Have Been Made-Banks'
Resources and Liabilities.

Indiana state banks are thriving, accord
ing to the last reports made to the auditor
of state and prepared by Lee o. Roth
child, chief clerk of the Bank Department.
The report answers the call made Nov %.
A comparison with the report made Sept.
Is shows that deposits have increased over
$780, 600. loans and discounts over 100000,
while overdrafts have decreased $4,000 over
the last CALL On a combined capital of
si.77o.55O the surplus and profits amount
to $3.50, d9.62, which is a most excellent
showing i'm the opinion of bankers.
Since the last call the German Bank, OF
Evansville. and the State Bank, OF North
Judson. have suspended business. The fig
ures prepared by Mr.. Rothchild follow:
Resources
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DEBATE IN THE SENATE.
Day Spent in Considering the Militia
and Statehood Bills

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-The Senate to-
day discussed the bill to promote the
efficiency of the militia and also the omni-
bus statehood bill After agreeing to the
concurrent resolution of the House for
adjournment from Dec. 20 to Jan. s. Mr..
Proctor called up the militia bill. An
amendment by Mr.. Pettus striking from the
bill Section "a. having particular reference
to the reserve force of trained men, pro-
voked some discussion, Mr.. Pettus rails
ing the point that the section, If enacted
into law would be an infringement of the
constitutional authority of the States and
put the control of the militia of the several
States into the hands of the general gov
eminent. The bill was laid aside for the
omnibus statehood bill, Senator Dilling-
ham, of Vermont, who is opposed to the
bill, occupying the time of the Senate for
the remainder of the day in rehearsing
OF the committee on territories during it's
tour of investigation in Arizona, New Mex
leo and Oklahoma. After a brief executive
session the Senate adjourned.
Senator Bate to-day presented the minor
ity report of the committee on territories
favoring the immediate passage of the
House omnibus statehood bill without
amendment The report opposed the unit
ing of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory
into one State. 1t shows minutely the con-
dition of each of the three Territories as
Of the Territories, and says that these are
such as to call for immediate statehood.
1t shows that both the Republican and
Democratic parties in their last national
conventions adopted with perfect unanimity
platform planks recommending each of the
three Territories by name for statehood.
Such expression, the report continues,
should be respected by both parties.
Senator Morgan to-day introduced a bill
fixing the compensation of members OF the
isthmian canal commission at 5000 per an
no a 10 M no ri of rir7aa
is placed at $4,000; of the paymaster-in-
chief at $780, and the chief surgeon at
Senator Foraker to-day introduced a bill
Guam. 1t vests in the President author
ity to select a person or persons who shall
exercise all military, civil and judicial
the inhabitants of the island. The tariff
on Guam-made goods imported into the
United States is reduced to so per cent. of
the existing rates.
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MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.


WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.-The President
to-day sent the following nominations to
the Senate:
Collectors of Customs-James C. Tawes,
for the Eastern district of Maryland; Nor
ton Tower, for the district of Southern
Oregon.
Assistant Collectors Of Customs-Frank
f. Patterson, Camden, n. j., district Of
Philadelphia.
Surveyors OF Customs-Leander M. Shu-
bert. port OF Council Bluffs. Ia; James II.
Bolton, port OF Sioux City, Ia.
United States Marshal-William III. North
imp, Northern district OF Florida.
Surveyor General of North Dakota-Er-
naustus S. Williams, North Dakota.
United States Ministers-Lloyd c. Girls
com, Pennsylvania. 10 Japan; Richmond
Pearson. North Carolina, to Persia
Consul General at Genoa-W. III. Bishop,
professor of modern languages at Yale.
The Senate to-day confirmed Howard c.
Daugherty TO be postmaster at Frankton,
Ind, and the following: Commander to be
captains I'm the navy: Edward ID. Taussig
ard Richard Lynch; consul general. George
Sawter New York. at Guayaquil, Ecuador.
lnterstate-commerce commissioner. Martin
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A. Knapp. New York Colonies to be brig
adler general, II. c. Hasbrouck, artillery
corps: Robert M: O'Reilly, assistant sur
geon; Thomas Ward, J. p. Sanger, Amos
S. Kimball, Chambers McKibbin, William
Quinton, John /. Rodgers and {. Z. HOOD.
The controller of the ri fS c nas
of insolvent national banks as follows: Four
per cent, First National Bank of Newport,
Ky; 60 per cent, German National Bank
of Louisville, Ky.
The Treasury Department to-day re-
ceived a conscience contribution of 1881 .4s.
The President to-day in transmitting to
the Senate a report from the secretary or
state in regard to the killing by mob on
July IL, 1901, of two Italians at Erwin.
Miss, recommend that ''as an act OF grace
and without reference to the question OF
the liability of the United States, Congress
make suitable provision for the heirs or
the two Italian subjects killed and Tor the
survivor who was injured, the proceeds TO
be distributed by the Italian government,
in such manner as it may deem proper
The two men killed were or the name OF
Giovanni and Sero, and the wounded man,
Liberto.
Chief Justice Fuller to-day announced
that the Supreme Court would take re-
cess on the 22d inst. for two weeks. Argu-
ment was begun to-day In the cases ot
Champion, Francis and others, both against
the United States and both involving the
question as TO whether an anti-lottery law
is a violation of the interstate
clause of the Constitution. In the Cnam-
pion case lottery tickets were taken from
Texas to Chicago by express. and in the
Francis case they were transported across
the Ohio river from Kentucky to Cincin,
natl o. The argument will be concluded
tomorrow by ex-Secretary John G. Car
Isle for Champion and Francis.
w s. Chance, supervising special agent
of the Treasury Department. In his an
nual report in discussing the subject or
underyaluations of imported merchandise,
says: .The fact that many importers with
unlimited credit and unsurpassed facillties
for buying abroad are still obliged to pur-
chase from other importers certain lines
of goods which they would prefer TO i'm
port themselves tends strongly to show
that such goods are still consigned by the
foreign manufacturers TO sales agents in
this country. a system which suggests that
characterization is the chief reason for It's
continuance In such cases it has been
found to be particularly difficult to secure
satisfactory evidence OF dutiable values
Co-operation between importers who wish
to purchase In the foreign markets and the
special agents charged with the detection
and prevention of frauds upon the customs
revenue would accomplish a great deal
toward changing these conditions. Com
municat lions on the subject are always well
coined and made the basis of investigation.
Whenever requests are so made they are
treated as confidential.
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Senate Bill Providing for an ImpOr-
tant Improvement Passed by the
Lower Branch of Congress.
DISCUSSION IN THE SENATE
MILITIA AND OMNIBUS STATEHOOD
BILLS DEBATED ALL DAY.
Senator Pritchard i'm Favor of Re-
ducing Southern Representation
at Republican Conventions.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-The House to-
day passed the Senate bill for a union rail-
road station in this city, TO cost 100000.
The station is to be situated north of the
present site of the Baltimore & Ohio depot,
at Delaware and Massachusetts avenues,
and in front of it is to be a large plaza
park. The Pennsylvania Railroad, by the
terms of the bill. is to remove its tracks
from the Mall and reach the site of the
proposed station through a tunnel to run
between the Capitol and Library buildings.
The government is to pay the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad s1.5OO.OOo and the Baltimore
& Ohio $4,000 in addition to providing for
the plaza park.
The House also passed an urgent def
cheney bill which carried, among other
items. an appropriation of $500 600 for Grad
icating the foot-and-mouth disease in New
England.
A bill was passed to provide for the allot-
ment in severalty of the lands of the New
York Indians. The bill provided that prior
to the allotments the claims OF the Ogden
Land Company should be decided in the
courts, and, If found good. it should be
purchased for the benefit of the Indians
for a sum not exceeding $4,000.
Representative De Almond introduced a
bill providing that in addition to the
grounds of bankruptcy now existing by law
a corporation or association shall have
committed an act of bankruptcy and shall
accordingly be subject to proceedings to so
judge IL an involuntary bankrupt and
wind up its affairs and distribute its assets
whenever it shall have issued stock in ex-
cess of the fair. reasonable value of it's
property: or whenever it shall have given
or offered to my person. association or COR
poration any privilege or rebate denied to
another; or when il shall have refused or
failed for a period of thirty days to effect
a settlement of any difficulty or dispute
with majority OF its employees or patrons
or TO enter into arbitration; or when 1t
shall have entered into any combination
to destroy competition; or whenever 1t shall
have failed TO give correct information in
response to any legal inquiry.
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FAVORED By PRITCHARD.
Reduction of Southern Representa-
ton in Republican Conventions.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-At the White
House to-day Senator Pritchard. of North
Carolina, declared himself in favor of the
reduction of the representation of the
South in Republican national conventions.
To Senator Quay and group of newspaper
men Senator Pritchard said he would sup
port any properly directed effort made to
reduce the representation of the Southern
States in national conventions. ~ believe"
said he that is the only fair method and
1 am in favor of it. The representation OF
all States i'm the Republican national con-
MENTIONS should be in accordance with the
number OF Republican votes cast in the
several States"
Senator Quay expressed his qualification
that Senator Pritchard I'D taken that
stand and remarked, II am with YOU"
Senator Pritchard explained that he did
not favor cutting down the representation
of the Southern States in Congress, as he
did not think that could be done constitu-
tiOnally.
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Coroner-elect Tutewiler, of this city, has
sent the following circular letter to under
takers all over the State:
Dear Sir-The Indiana law provides
that all unclaimed bodies and pauper dead
which would have TO be buried at counties
EXPENSE may be claimed in the interest
of science AS a representative undertaken
and coroner-elect of Marion county, have
been requested by the medical profession
OF this county 10 ask you 10 embalm and
shin 10 me In rough boxes by express, C..
o. D., all such bodies of pauper dead that
are in good condition, and / am authorized
to guarantee all expenses. 1 will mail you
legal requisition on receipt of body and
shipping permit"
IL is hoped that the cooperation of the
undertakers along this line will aid ma
terially in putting a stop to the wholesale
work Of ghouls for the benefit OF medical
colleges.
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BOARD OF WORKS ROUTINE.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.

Main sewer in Roosevelt avenue, Valley
avenue, Brookside avenue, Rural street,
Urbana street and Nineteenth street, from
Tallman avenue to Gale street.
Main sewer in Hillside avenue and Bloyd
avenue, from Nineteenth street TO Rural
street.
Cement walks. approach walks and sod
ding in Nineteenth street, from Central
Graded roadway in first alley east of
New street, from Raymond street 10 lie
Grande avenue.
Gravel roadway, brick cutters, cement
first alley north of Thirtieth street to Thir-
ty-seventh street.
FINAL ACTION TAKEN.
Opening and extension Of Iowa street.
TAKEN UNDER AMUSEMENT.
Brick roadway and curb in River avenue,
from White river bridge to Kentucky ave-
nue..
FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL APPROVED.
Opening of Whittier place, from Lowell
avenus to the corporation line Qrvington.)
PRIMARY ASSESSMENT ROLLS AP-
PROVED.
Cement walks in Senate avenue, from
Thirtieth street to alley north of Thirtieth
street. "A. ID. Bowen, contractor.
Cement walks In Senate avenue, from
Thirty-second to Thirty-third street A ID.
Bowen, contractor.
BOND APPROVED.
In behalf Of the Western Construction
Company with Federal Union Surety Com
pany in the sum of $14,OO0-S14 300 for flint
curb and grading lawns I'm Southeastern
avenue, from the west property line of
State avenue to the east property line of
ton 800, 1902 Contract awarded to above
company this date at 1888 for the above
Improvement.
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Art Students Busy.

Students In the art department OF the
Shortridge High School are busy these
days getting ready for Christmas and all
of the " ,rk Is now centered in making
presents OF various kinds. Miss Rhoda
Selleck has charge of this department. i'm
the s. H. s. and is directing the work
Articles are being made in all sorts of de-
signing. Illuminated text, burnt and COL
ored leather, fooled leather, book plates
fooled wood. wood carving, model plaster
and other kinds OF work are being done
Among the students who are doing the
best work In these branches are Florence
Bokeloh. Carrie Van DENSE, Emily Dun
can. Odessa Jackson. Jessie Freddy. Fan
ME Braden. Cecil Bradley. Carolyne Cole
Bernice Orndoff, Victor Hassleman. Dom
aid Ely, John Pohlman, Louisa McKen-
sic. Bessie RUBBISH. Leona Sharp, Emma
Studebaker. Marie Thorp and Ethel Wright
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Over Four Inches Of Rain at Memphis
I'm Twenty.FOur Hours

LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 15.-Heavy rains
in the valley Of the Mississippi. which have
continued In some instances since last
Thursday. have sent many streams out of
their banks with consequent damage to
railroad and other property. No loss OF life
has occurred so far as known. Washouts
are reported on the Illinois Central below
Memphis. and on its Kentucky lines in the
vicinity OF Paducah and on the Nashville
Chattanooga & st. Louis near Paducah.
The tracks OF the Louisville & Nashville
are covered in various places between Hop
kinsville and Nortonville, KY, but I'D to
this time the roadbed remains intact The
town of Gracey, KY, Is submerged. with
four feet OF water flowing through the
main street. An unofficial report says that
nearly a foot of water has fallen at Pa
ducah In four days.
Among the ofhcial reports OF precipitation
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-16

The board OF directors OF the Commercial
Club held a short meeting at noon yester-
day to consider the question OF an increase
In the school tax levy for indianapolis.
which a committee OF the club Is investigate
ing The committee reported the progress
OF its work. but no conclusions were
reached. The committee is finding that the
question Is a large one and IL has already
devoted over two weeks 10 IL.
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in the past twenty-four hours are the fol-
lowing: Memphis, Tenn, AS; Little Rock,
Ark, 2.42; Cairo, ILL.,, go; Nashville, Tenn,
1S6; Louisville, 1.57.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-16

A responsible caterer would not be I'm
vogue unless he carried a stock OF Cooks
Imperial Extra Dry Champagne
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1t keeps the children well--Jayne's Tonic
Vermifuge.