The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-09
CITY NEWS NOTES.

Gen. r. s. Foster, who has been connneu
to his home with a severe cold and asthma,
is much improved in health.
Circle No. 2, of the Central-avenue M.
z. Church. will meet this afternoon at the
home of Mrs. H. c. Allen, No. l410 Central
avenue.
Mayor Bookwalter was. kept at his home
yesterday by the alarming illness of his
youngest child John, who is afflicted with
pneumonia.
An auction of pure bred swine will be
held at the stockyards to-day. The list
contains forty-one head Of Poland Chinas,
Chester Whites and Duroc Jerseys.
Mr.. Edward Birge will speak on How to
Listen to Music this evening at O'Clock
at the Y. w. c. A. building. He will be as
Green and Mr.. Talbot
The January meeting of the Alliance
Franchise will be held tonight at the
Girls Classical School building. The lee
turer will be Prof. Arthur Jaillet. His sub,
Influence on His Times"
Detectives Kurtz and Lancaster yesterday
arrested George Wills. grocery clerk, on
the charge of grand larceny. 1t is alleged
from Jesse Fletcher, on East Tenth street.
Wills had been delivering groceries at Mr..
Fletcher's house and saw an opportunity to
take the gun.
Frank L. Jones' state superintendent of
public instruction, says he would not be
surprised If the report were true that the
American Book Company has opened ne
gotiations to buy out CHM & Co., Silver,
Burdette & Co., and the Werner School
book Company. because Of tendency to-
ward consolidation.
The severity of the blizzard overlook
James j. Phillips, of Barberton. o., who
deserted from the army Phillips walked
into the police station yesterday morning
and said he wanted to surrender He said
he enlisted In the service at Washington,
d. c., last July. but did not like the serv-
toe L ha1 riff he n
try until the cold weather attacked him.
The members of st. Patrick's Social Club
and their friends were entertained yester-
day Afternoon and last night at the hall on
Woodlawn avenue by Misses b. +. McGrath
and NJ E. c. Brennan. The afternoon
reception was from to 8 O'Clock. AT night
1t was resumed at o'clock and lasted
until IL o'clock. Cards were played and
musical numbers and recitations given. Re-
freshments were served.
Isaac Orville Williams, the man arrested
by Postof1ce Inspector Kyle in Ohio last
week, charged with passing a raised money
order at Shakespeare, Ind. was brought to
Indianapolis yesterday by Deputy United
States Marshals Sampsell and Wagner, OF
Cleveland, .. Williams denies the charges
made against him and says he has been In
the life insurance business. The tools and
acids described as being found in the grip
in his possession when he was arrested, he
says, were medicines, razor and one or
two toilet articles.
at the STICKY drug store. was arrested yes
terday morning charged with receiving
money under false pretenses warrant
was sworn out by Bernard HUFFMAN. a
junk dealer on South Illinois street. Ii was
said that HUFFMAN desired to purchase
a large quantity of tinfoil. When he went
into the store where Cutsinger worked the
latter exhibited a roll of tinfoil which he
said was a sample OF eighty pounds that he
owned. HUFFMAN agreed to pay fourteen
cents a pound for the foil and told Cut
singer to bring the stuff to his store. Cut
singer went Wednesday night with the
eighty pounds of foil to Huntman's place.
The money was paid. Yesterday morning
HUFFMAN discovered that he had purchased
lead foil worth, he said. only three cents.
Cutsinger refused to return the money.
NJ. Martin Kallman. author of series of
articles bearing the title, BAD Breaks in
Business. now running in the Saturday
Evening Post, and a business scientist
and bachelor of Methods has been in In
dianapolis a few days comforting with sew
eral business men. He is a man who sells
ideas and he says his regular fee Is $500 an
hour. His business is to criticise and offer
suggestions TO almost any mercantile con-
Germ He claims his methods save enor-
nous sums for business houses. In his
advice ne covers office subjects, floor space,
elevator service and receiving and shipping.
He has made a study of the selling and
distributing the nonproductive part of
business He said he suggested 10 some of
the Indianapolis concerns to do more lib
eral advertising in order 10 increase their
business.