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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-25
SPECIAL MEETING CALLED
MAYOR REQUESTS CITY FATHERS TO
MEET TONIGHT.
franchise Ordinance and Money for
Street improvements Are Principal
Matters Before Body.

Mayor Bookwalter will call a special
meeting of Council for tonight to intro
duce the ordinance granting the Indianapo-
lis, Logansport & Chicago railroad a fran
chise to enter Indianapolis, and to pass
the two special ordinances introduced last
week by City Controller Breunig trans
ferring 1924 from the bridge fund to the
street Improvement fund.
Mayor Bookwalter explained yesterday
afternoon that it is imperative that the
city have the s7,2S4 to use for street i'm
provements just now because it is neces-
sary to expend about 81 400 repairing Ken
lucky avenue from White river to the Belt
railroad, before cold weather. About 81
80 of the transferred fund will be used to
pay the city's assessment for the paving
nue. to the river. Before it was paved this
part of River avenue was one of the worst
streets i'm the city, President Megrew OF the
Board of Public Works said yesterday.
'As there is no sewer in Kentucky ave-
nue. from the river to the Belt road the
now and the Improvement assessed to the
property owners" said Mayor Bookwalter
but a part of the avenue is i'm such mis-
cradle condition that the city will have
to spend about $500 this fall graveling it
and fixing il up so that it will be fit TO use
this winter. Kentucky avenue is one of
the most important thoroughfares in that
section of Indianapolis
Part of the transferred fund will be used
to pay for the repair of South East street
from Morris street to Garfield Park, dis
tance of about a mile and a half That
tically reconstructed and the work will
have to be paid for soon.
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Y. M. |. STATE Meeting
SESSIONS WILL BE HELD IN ST.
JOHNS CHURCH TODAY.
Banquet and Dance at Broad Ripple
Will He Given Visiting Delegates
To-MOrrow Night.

Twenty-Five delegates and thirteen grand
officers fron Indianapolis and ten towns
over the State will this morning assemble
in ST. Johns Catholic Church to begin the
eighth annual convention of the Indiana
jurisdiction of the Young Mems Institute.
The meeting will continue until tomorrow
night, when a banquet and dance will be
given at Broad Ripple Park by the local
councils to the visiting delegates and men,
bers. The convention sessions will be held
in Y. NJ. l. Hall.
The executive council of the Indiana
jurisdiction met at the Grand Hotel last
night and audited the books of Grand Sec
rotary Fogarty, of this city, and Grand
Treasurer p. j. Pfeffer, of New Albany.
The treasurer's accounts show a substan-
tial balance, and the financial condition of
the jurisdiction is regarded as entirely sat-
isfactory. The books of the secretary show
that the jurisdiction has 200 more members
than IL had at the last annual meeting.
The State membership is about 1,500. The
executive council is composed OF Charles
j. Lang. of Lawrenceburg, who is grand
Krebs, of Madison; Frank Dittmer, of
Huntingburg; Charles Burkart, of Sey-
mour, and Ansil Chomel, of this city.
Ten Of the twenty-five delegates are from
represent ten county seat towns in different
parts of the State.
The convention will be opened with a
service in st. Johns Catholic Church,
Bauer, of Prescott, Ind, will deliver an adj
dress. One of the principal speakers at
the convention sessions in Y. Nj. /. Hall
will be the supreme secretary, j. M
O. Brien, of Roanoke, w. Va. A new coun-
Gil was organized at Connersville Sunday
by the supreme secretary.
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WORRIED ABOUT HIS GRUB
CHARLES a. PARK THINKS IT Is
NECESSARY FOR MAN TO EAT.
In n Letter to County Comm ssioners
He states His Case with Great Flu
ency and Asks Help.

Some men think the world owes them
living. but the county commissioners re-
ceived a letter yesterday from a man who
has it narrowed to a fine point. That
the Marion County Board of Com
missioners rent for him small
tract of ground in Washington town
ship, suitable for raising chickens
and garden farming, is the request of
Charles A. Park, living at 14l5 Massachu-
sets avenue. Park, a retired soap manufac-
turer. personally submitted a lengthy COM
munication to the board yesterday in which
he states that the board should grant his
request in order that he may enjoy rights
guaranteed by the Constitution.
The reason for inf1icting the document
upon the board is that Park has been sued
for 81 rent in Justice Sheppards court. Re-
ferring to the suit the letter says, 'the
possession of the premises is demanded
which my wife and self are now occupying,
or staying in. although on Aug. 10 and
20, 1903. the agent refused to accept $3.50
in lawful money as rent in advance. The
expense OF moving Will entail additional
expense. to say nothing about the fragrant
and gross violation of tine fourteenth.
amendment to the Federal Constitution and
the infringement and denial of rights to
enjoy equal privileges with other tenants"
QUESTION OF LAW.
"One of the questions involved is, have
my wife and l myself an equal right like
other people to live in and rent tenement
property, and is not legal tender United
States money as good in our hands for
such purposes it is in other persons?"
Park is much concerned about his gar
gen. I'VE have been living in and occupy
ing the premises for something like year.
and had in the meantime put in, planted
and cultivated a very desirable and con-
siderable profitable culinary vegetable gar
den which has not all fully, entirely and
thoroughly matured, but will do so with
further profit, advantage and betterment
if not prevented with injurious interfer-
ence." He says that he and his wife have
Stomachs like other people of the county
and that in order TO sustain life have to
have a sufficient and adequate amount of
wholesome food, such groceries, pro-
visions, vegetables, etc, to eat and put in
our stomachs at regular, stipulated, sue
ceeding, recurring and successive arranged
times and hours, daily, weekly and yearly.
I'VE also ought to have" he relates,
enough clothing to protect our bodies from
atmospheric changes and hide and shield
our pristine nudeness, and to have a suit
able shelter" He believes that the State
constitution provides that the county
boards doing business In the various coun-
ties must take care of and protect those
who are not able to take care of them
selves.
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NO RELIEF is PROMISED
CITY WILL HAVE TO SWEAT AND
STEW WITH FORTITUDE.
Heat Felt All the More Because of
Previous "Summer Resort Wealth
er-HOurly Record.

II was so hot yesterday that the asphalt
payements were soft as cushions. The in
dividual who inquiries lis ii hot enough for
your" was In evidence very much. The
mercury in the government thermometer
took an early start and began to ascend
with giant strides at o'clock in the morn
Ing. 1t was about o'clock in the after
neon that the sun warmed up enthusiastic
ally to its work and 80 degrees was regis
tered, the highest mark of the day. The
humidity all day was intense. and was
all the more noticeable because of the
summer resort weather Indianapolitans
have been accustomed to for the past few
weeks. 1t was so hot that one could fairly
see the heat waves rise from the pave
ments.
Although the heat was terrific, but one
prostration was reported. Bird Wells, go
Roanoke street, who works for Steve Zim-
norman, a tar roof contractor, was over
come by the heat while working on the
roof of the Indiana Foundry Company's
plant at West Washington street and the
Belt. He was taken to his home in an I'M
conscious condition by DR.. Jeffries, of the
City Dispensary, and lies dangerously ill.
Following is the hourly record of the
Weather Bureau.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-25
RAILROADS COULD NOT AGREE.


A petition was filed yesterday morning in
the office Of the auditor of the State by the
Chicago & Erie Railroad, asking for the
right to cross the tracks OF the Monon and
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroads at
Wilder. Representatives of all three roads
were at the ststehouse yesterday and held
. meeting with State Auditor Sherrick, In
which the case was given a hearing. The
Chicago & Erie tracks have crossed the
other tracks for many years. but an objec-
ton has been made by the Monon and Chi
cage & Eastern Illinois roads. which could
not be settled among themselves. so the
case was brought to the State auditor.
Mr. 6herrick did not make a decision yes
tsrday. but asked that the hearing be con-
tfnued II was decided TO hold another
meeting at some future date, which has
not yet been determined. The representa-
tives OF the roads were w. II. johnson. of
Chicago. counsel for the Chicago d Eastern
Illinois: Mr.. Crockett. OF Chicago, division
superintendent of the Chicago * Eastern
Illinois: Judge Fields. counsel for the
Monon; A s. Kent, chief engineer of the
honon, and W. 8. Dawley. chief engineer
OF the Chicago & Eastern Illinois.
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HOFFMAN AND GAMBLERS
r.. w. CLARK SAYS PROTECTION WAS
PROMISED BY JOHNNY"
Hitz Elected Mayor Once More at
Meeting of Prohibition Alliance
Oratory Was Rampant.

About forty men and few women at
tended the meeting of the Prohibition Al
lance last night. Despite the small au-
dience the speakers did not lack fire, and
the oratoricaI flights aroused the little com
pany TO high pitch. The first part of the
evening WAS devoted to business.
c. VI. Lemon, president of the organiza-
ton, presided and the first speaker was
Edward w. Clarke. Rev. NJ. Coleman. of
the A. NJ. L. Church. was to have made
address, but die not appear Mr.. Clark
spoke of the interest which the young men
of the city are taking in the coming cleo
tiOn He is certain, ne said, that the
younger voters will discard party feeling
and aid i'm the election of Hitz. He en-
phasized the idea that the question of
Prohibition is not factor in this campaign,
but that it is fight of an independent
ticket against the saloons
mo national or State issues cut any fig
ure now" said Mr.. Clark. And this story
of holding up the gamblers and saloon
keepers for money is not One-sided. gam
bier was sent for by Mr. Hoffman only
last week and informed that if the Demo-
Gratis were successful he would be taken
care of. IL ~ only game the Hoffman
men are playing.
PARTY FENCE JUMPING.
Rev. a L. circuit followed with an en-
thusiastic discussion of the chances for the
election of the Prohibition ticket, and the
securing of all honest and clean government.
There will be more party fence jumping
this year." he declared, in speaking of the
independent voters, than ever before" Mr.
Orcutt also emphasized the fact that it was
an Independent fight and not fight for
Prohibition. He said that If the ticket is
victorious this fall 1t would be great step
In advance for the cause of Prohibition.
IF the laws of this city were rightly en-
forced, said the speaker, there would be
such change that men would hardly know
when they were on the correct road home.
Some one in the audience murmured hint
that this would not be an indication of a
political condition, and the speaker quail
fed his statement by explaining that he
meant sober of course
1.-The time has come" declared the speak
err I'm loud voice. when every preacher in
Indianapolis should be up to his neck in
politics, but not I'm a partisan sense"
Rev A. w. Lahon closed the speech
making. There will be meeting at the
home of Dr. p. McNab at Pennsylvania
and North streets this evening on the lawn.
F. T. McWhirter will speak.
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GROOM DOWN TOHARDPAN
STATE TOOK ITS FEE. BUT JUSTICE
WILL HAVE TO WATT.
Coal Miner and His Bride Are Made
One After a Strenuous Fashion
an Angry Father.

While Clerk Sourbier was calmly carving
meat at 5:15 Monday morning in his grocery
at 160 Geisendorff street, he was interrupted
by George Hail. a coal miner, and Nancy
Reatherford, of Moweaqua, H.. who were
extremely anxious to secure marriage Ii
cense Clerk Sourbier did not have any
handy, he told the anxious couple to
wait until he removed his apron and he
would accompany them to the courthouse
where the necessary document could be
obtained.
The pair, in company with Lucine Reath-
erford, sister of the bride to be, came to
the city on a Sunday excursion and walked
about the streets the entire day in search
of some official who could get them the
required papers. Early Monday morning
they appeared at the courthouse and Will
liam Brown, clerk in the assessors office.
directed them to Clerk Sourbier's home. In
company with the custodian of the mar
rage licenses they returned to the court
house and the papers were made out, Miss
Reatherford swearing to the affidavits that
both were of legal age to marry. When
the papers had been properly made out,
Justice Stout, who had been telephoned for.
put i'm his appearance, and as the wedding
party wanted to catch a train out of the
city, the knot was tied.
GROOM HAD ONLY S..
After the ceremony was over the clerk
and the justice modestly mentioned that
there was a certain consideration due from
the groom. An invoice of Halls assets
revealed only IS. The situation became
strained. The fee for the license was $3.50
and the 'squires fee was s..
well, that's all the money I've got" said
the newlymade benedict.
1t was, of course necessary that the State
should be paid, so Clerk Sourbier took the
So, returned 80 cents of the amount and
also bestowed another so cents the
couple, for he said they looked tired and
hungry. Justice Stout at a late hour last
night had not received his fee, but he still
has the marriage certificate which will be
retained until the s. is paid.
The parties hardly had time to reach the
station and make their train when tele-
gram was received at the clerks office from
the irate father of young Hall, stating that
no license should be issued him for he is
not of age. The wedding party was at this
moment merrily speeding toward Mowea-
qua, the message being a trifie late.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-25
NEW INDIANA CONCERNS.
Fort Wayne Company VIII Establish
Sanftarium for whisky Cure

The Compound Oxygen Association, to es-
tablish sanitarium and chemical labora-
tory for the treatment and cure of the
whisky, morphine and opium habits, was
Incorporated yesterday with a capital stock
of $4,000. The company will also manufac-
ture drugs. The directors are Jacob w.
Coblentz, Louis w. Schmidt and George +.
Becker, all of Fit. Wayne, which city will
be its place of business.
Harry Hawkins Thomas c. Moody,
George Parry, James S. Blair and j. G..
Johnson are the directors of the Lynn
Creamery Company, which was Incorporated
yesterday to engage in the manufacture OF
butter, cheese and other milk products. The
new company will be located at Lynn.
A certificate Incorporating the Monarch
Feeder and Stacker Company, of Cedar
Falls. Ia, was filed yesterday. The agent
is George w. Wilson and will be located al
the Board of Trade building in this city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-25
MUTILATED in RUNAWAY
ELI =. INGRAM LIES NEAR DEATH
IN CITY HOSPITAL.
Nervous Animal Took Fright at Street
Car and Driver Was Thrown I'm
der Iron-ShOd HoOfs.

Eli S. Ingram. 1129 Deloss street, lies near
deaths door in the City Hospital as the re-
suit of runaway accident yesterday, and
there is little hope for his recovery.
Ingram was driving an express wagon on
Washington street when the animal draw
ing the wagon became frightened at a pass
ing street and ran away. Several blocks
west of the street-car barns the wagon
struck a lamp post and Ingram was thrown
beneath the heels of his frightened steed.
The iron-shod hoofs of the horse struck
him in the face and frightfully mutilated
him.
He was taken to the City Hospital in the
JeffrieS.
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Will BE TRIED TOMORROW.


Sam Dorsey. a colored fireman. will be
tried by the Board OF Public Safety to-
morrow on the charge Of conduct unbeeom-
ing oficer. He was arrested last week
on the charge Of assault and melting riot
at the Union station. Dorsey denies all
the charges against him, and says he was
not drunk and that he did not knock
woman and a child down at the Union
station. as charged. He says he was hur-
rying through the sta ton, when he acct
IDENTIFY ran into a child and knocked IL
down. lust one bottle OF beer Is ali the
intoxicating liquor Dorsey had that day,
he saws
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-25
TEACHERS IN SESSION.


The Marion County Teachers Institute,
with about $50 in attendance. held its first
session in the Criminal courtroom yester-
day. In the morning talks were made by
William o. Krohn, of Chicago; j. w. Carr,
Of Anderson, and Robert Hall, of the
Manual Training School. In the afternoon
the order repeated, each speaker max
ing thirty-minute talk.
Robert Hall spoke of the growth of edu-
cational work in the last few years and the
causes of IL. In his morning talk, and dis
cussed 1.-The Nature of Man i'm the after
noon.
j. w. Carr spoke on 'Schooroom Life
in the morning. school Organization" was
his afternoon subject. W. .. krohn spoke
on THE Basis of Education" i'm the morn
ing and took for his subject THE Daily
Programme" in the afternoon.
The sessions of the institute will last
from 9:l5 To IL Il. m. and from Ills TO ga
10.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-25

cort. Lieut.. Miller second
lieutenant I'm Company at the
time he entered the regular army.
Thirty members OF the company under COM
mand of Capt. William G. Comfy First
Lieut. J. Teeter and Second Lieut.. Nj. j.
Dawson. assembled at the Miller home, 1906
Prospect street, at lis and escorted the
body To the church.
The room i'm which the body lay was
mass of flowers, tributes from army Off
GERS, the Epworth League, of which the
late lieutenant was a member. members or
Company ID. railway postal clerks and num-
erous friends. A detail from Company ID
acted as pallbearers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-25
Adopts Tom l.. Tactics.

Prohibition managers have decided to
carry on their fight for George Hitz for
mayor i'm an entirely up-to-date manner
and will follow the example of Tom l..
Johnson, of Cleveland, by touring the city
in an automobile. He will go from one
meeting to another in a ''red devil" A
drum corps is being organized as one of the
features of the campaign.
Mr.. Hitz will make a speech every night
When the other parties commence their
meetings he will attempt to make two or
three and it is then that his auto" will
be pressed into service.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-25

The report of owen J. Conley. the Beth
lehem Iron and Steel Company's iron ore
expert. to A. S. White. the New York finan-
cier. shows the iron orc deposits of the land
of the Indianapolis Southern Railway Com
pany to be very large and valuable He
saws there are big things ahead for Indiana
with the development Of these iron orc re-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-25
CONDITION VERY SERIOUS.
DIR. w. A. Brnyton May Have to Sub
nit TO Surgical Operation.

DIR. A. w. Brayton last night re.
ported as being in very serious condition.
and a surgical operation, it is said. will
be necessary this morning. His relatives
hope. however, that his recovery will be
speedy if the operation is successful.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-25
DENISON PAYS FIGHT BETS.
Tickets Amounting to $1,000 Cashed
by Attorney Lowry for Company.

The Denison Hotel Company yesterday
settled with about forty people who made
bets on the Jeffries-Corbett prize fight in
the Chrysler book, in the Denison barroom.
All the bets but one were on Corbett. The
largest bet $50. The forty bets
amounted to about $1,000 The settlement
made by Attorney w. w. Lowry who
was employed to take charge of Chrysler's
betting affairs in connection with the JEFF
fries Corbett book at the Denison the day
Chrysler left town.
Attorney w. w. Spencer announced yes
terday that he will the Denison Hotel
Company for the $1,000 Chrysler left with
the company. on the ground that the money
belongs to him result of Jeffries winning
the fight George Fulwell. vice president
of the Denison Hotel Company, says that
Chrysler declared the bets off before he
left town and that the money belongs TO
the people who put up.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-25
A MILITARY FUNERAL.
Body of Lieut.. Ralph Miller, of sixth
CavaIry. Laid tn Rest.

The body of Lieut.. Ralph Miller. of the
Sixth United states Cavalry. who died over
a week ago at San Francisco. was laid 10
rest yesterday afternoon at Crown HILL The
service was conducted by the Rev. j. Cum
ming Smith at the Tabernacle Church. and
the funeral was military, Company ID. In
diana National Guard. acting as es-
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sources. Mr. White who. It Is thought.
will float the s.. oco.ooo bond issue of the In
dianapolis Southern. has returned TO New
York. 1t is understood that he is satisfied
that the roads property is valuable ano
that he will have little trouble in floating
the bond issue. Next week the company
will receive bids for the construction OF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-25
CUP MADE BY LINCOLN.
Unique Relic offered for Sale To In
diana state Museum.

State Geologist Blatcn1ey received letter
from Mrs. Louisa McConnelly. of Knights
town, yesterday asking for a price on a
wooden cup which. she says, was made by
Abraham Lincoln, who presented 1T to her
husbands sister for soliciting the greatest
number of subscribers to a Republican
paper at the time ne was President. Inc
cup was whitfield from a walnut rail, ana
on one side it bears the figure of Lincoln
himself. Mrs. McConnelly says that her
husband is dead and she would like to sell
the cup.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-25
STATE HAS GOOD CASE.
Dive Keeper MetzIer Will BE Tried
This Morning.

Adam Metzler. the keeper of the resort
in which several young girls were recently
arrested, will be given hearing i'm the
Police Court this morning. and. according
TO Prosecutor Ira Holmes, the case on the
part of the State is "A good one. A large
number of witnesses have been summoned
and among them will be about fifteen po-
licemen. who have known the MetZer sa-
loon as bad place for years.
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THE BIG -FOUR ROUTE.
Excursions Sunday, Aug. 80.
81 .25-Cincinnati and Return-$1.2

Special Express trains, making no stops
for passengers in either direction leave In
dianapolis Union Station Z a. M, return
ing leave Central Union Station, Cincin-
natl, z y. m.
TERRE HAUTE-S1. 00-GREENCAS-
TLE-75c.
Special train leaves Indianapolis Union
Station a. M, returning leaves Terre
Haute at p. m.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-25

The standard OF the milk sold in In
dianspolis Is higher than last year. ac-
cording TO City Chemist AnsiI Moffatt
Only few cases OF inferior milk have been
found BY the city chemist this year, and
al or them were early in the year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-25
Due to Tuberculosis.

The coroner's investigation shows that
Carl Hess. the three-year-old boy who died
at the Eleanor Hospital recently. was due
to hereditary tuberculosis. IL was at first
supposed that death was due To impure
water but there was no evidence of this
ia
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-25

Forecaster Blythe offers little hope for
relief to-day. Occasional thunderstorms
may occur to relieve the pressure, but ii
is probable that it will continue very warm.