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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-04
CONDITION OF NEGROES
REV. l.. NJ. HAGOOD SAYS THEIR
PROGRESS HAS BEEN MARVELLOUS.
First CoIOred DeacOness Convention
Ever Held Now I'm Session at
Simpson Chapel.

The first deaconess convention ever held
among colored people opened last night at
the Simpson M. z. Church at the corner
of Eleventh and Missouri STREETS. The con-
vention will continue over Sunday and is
presided over by Bishop j. NJ. Walden, as
sisted by Rev. G. A. Sissle presiding elder
and Rev. w. III. Riley, pastor and superin-
tendent of the Deaconess Training School.
Services will be held both afternoons and
evenings The programme last night con-
sisted of special music by the church choir
and an address, by the Rev. l.. M. Hagood,
of Paris, KY. His subject was: 1.-THE Flu
ture of the Negro" Mr.. Hagood said that
originally the white man and the negro
came from the same source, but that the
negro became black by virtue of his emf
grafton to Africa, where the hot sun baked
his skin to its dark color. He stated that
the negroes were not responsible for their
appearance in America, but that since here,
in spite of the restrictions Of white civil
ization, their growth from their original
ignorant state TO their present intelligent
condition, has been one of the most mar
velous things in the world. In abiding TO
the future of the race he said statistics
show that in spite of their numbers as
compared to the whites there were many
colored babies born in year as there were
white Americans. He stated that there
was an average of two children to every
colored family or family OF foreign birth,
while the average among white Americans
was far below this number. For this rea-
son he said the race was sure to survive
and In time equal the white people of the
country in numbers. AS for getting the
negroes out of the country he Inferred that
1t could only be done by war. Mr.. Hagood
said that the negro's progress depended
upon his application to books and the hus-
banding of his resources in preparation for
the time when the races strength should be
tested. He said that the migration OF
the negroes was not TO the north, but To
the South and that in the last decade more
negroes had entered Texas than have en-
tered Massachusetts within the past CEN
fury. Mr.. Hagood's plea was for fair play
and he declared that If the black man was
given as full recognition the white, his
progress would soon equal that of tile
whites.
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MARION TRUST CO., ASSIGNED
NE. Cor. Market Street and the Circle.

Charles street, came TO me and asked me
III l could furnish him a marriage license.
/ did not have any at the house, so / went
to the courthouse, procured one and re-
turned home, where / found Talbot walt
ing. He told me he did not want his father
in-law TO find out anything about his mar
riage until Monday, and asked me IL had
to make a record of IL before that time.
told him do not, because il was Saturday
evening and / did not intend to return TO
the clerks office until Monday morning.
would not have made a record of the license
in any event until that time. Talbot was
tickled TO death to get his license after
office hours so when he asked me what the
fee was, and told him $3.50, he tossed five
silver dollars over TO me. / told him that
did not want all that money, but he in
sisted on me taking IL, saying / had done
him a favor. The result was that / gave
him back a dollar and kept sl.5o in addition
TO the regular fee, which he insisted
should keep.
HE went TO Justice Shocks Office with
Miss Della McCarty, his bride-to-be, and
was married. 1t happened that a reporter
was in the Justices office at the time, and
he wrote the story for his paper. Talbot
thought / had betrayed him when he read
about the marriage the next morning so
he got sore and accused me-"
Sourber says he had no intention OF over
charging of seeking a bride, or of any
thing of the sort, but that the money was
forced upon him by Talbot, who insisted
that Sourbier had done him favor.
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WANT A. HALF HOLIDAY
HORSE SHOW MANAGEMENT WILL
APPEAL TO THE MAYOR.
Friday Afternoon, Sept. rs, Is the Day
Stipulated-SchOOls May Also BE
Closed that Day.

Mayor Bookwalter will be asked in few
days to proclaim a half-holiday Friday af-
ternoon, Sept. %, in honor of the horse
show, which is to be given the week of
Sept. 21-fve night performances. and two
matinees, Wednesday and Friday after
moons. George w. Bliss, president of the
Horse show Association, John ]. Appel, a
member of the association and DR.. c. ID.
Gray general director of the show, will
wait upon the mayor and ask him to pro-
claim a general half-holiday for all business
institutions.
The Board of School Commissioners will
be asked by directors of the association to
close the public schools Friday afternoon
in honor of the show and in keeping with
the half-holiday it is thought the mayor
will proclaim. The matinee Friday after
noon will be in honor of the school children
and they will be admitted to the big tent
at Senate avenue and Sixteenth street at
half the regular price of admission.
The matinee Wednesday afternoon will be
especially for the children of the various
orphans homes of Indianapolis. DR.. Gray
to-day will send invitations to the matrons
of these institutions inviting them to send
all the homeless little boys and girls TO
the show. Their street car fare will be
paid by the association. and is it probable
that special cars will be chartered for their
use. All of these children will be admitted
to the show free of cost and will be given
fine an afternoons amusement the
association Is able to provide.
The work OF preparing the grounds at
Sixteenth street and Senate avenue for the
big tent and the construction of the arena
and seats for $500 people will be begun in
a few days. The tent probably will be put
up next week. The general decorating con-
tract was let yesterday to the w. Reisinger
Decorating Company. Ten thousand yards
of bunting and other decorating materials
will be used.
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eyes, and he seemed wholly oblivious to
his surroundings. The tiny negro boy,
dressed in a comical little brown jacket
and the funniest trousers imaginable,
gazed up at his master with an expression
on his small black face that plainly showed
his reverential respect for the man. The
conjurer wore the picturesque red feZ on
his graceful head and his big circular gold
rings in his ears, but otherwise he was
dressed in an ordinary black suit of clothes.
1t was too early in the evening for the per-
formers to don their gaudy, bespangled
costumes.
The light from an electric bulb. attached
to a wooden pole near by, shone down upon
the two figures on the board seat and dis
closed an interesting picture-the Egyptian,
of dignined, even pr1ncely, bearing, with
his copper-colored skin and classic features,
and the little black boy of the true Ethi-
opean type. silently worshiping him. For,
as the visitor learned before he left the
place. the negro child thinks that next to
Mohammed comes Abdul.
1t was hard at first for the Egyptian TO
bring back his truant mind to prosaic
America and his present environment. His
thoughts had been so far away, he said
with a wistful smile-he had been dream
ing of Cairo and his beautiful Nile But
when once drawn into conversation he
proved ready and fluent talker, and told
of himself, of his life. of his travels and
of his impressions in a manner that was
full of interest. No commonplace carnival
Rubu Zarat Menisme Marusa. He puts
aside hiss howman's air when he
doffs his conjurer's robes, and becomes
the courteous but proud guide, with head
quarters at the Grand Hotel of Cairo, sir,
and speaker of eleven different languages"
BORN IN CAIRO.
Abdul was born In Cairo and most of his
life has been spent guide and interpreter
there, although he occasionally accepted a
position as chef with some important cara
van for he has made a study of the culin-
airy art. He speaks French, Italian, Span
ish and nearly all of the Oriental languages.
But never did / learn English. until to
America 1 came" he said. constructing the
sentence in his own peculiar way and with
a quaint accent that is impossible to de-
scribe in writing. You see," he continued,
when / conducted a party of the English
tourists then was there always-so hap
pened it-some person who could speak
French Maybe, l did not try hard enough
English TO learn-eh?"
He came TO the United States at the be-
ginning of the Chicago worlds fair in 1893
being engaged as one or the Interpreters in
the "Streets OF Cairo" and has remained in
this country ever since, appearing at ex-
positions. fairs and carnivals in the sum-
mer time and selling Oriental rugs, silks
and jewelry through the South during the
winter. He usually Journeys to Florida
when the cold weather sets in, for, like
most O-ientals, he detests ice and snow.
lit make me ILL.,. he explained shaking
his head sadly, as If the mere thought of
a low temperature were disheartening to
him. He was the superintendent Of the
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VISITORS NUMBER $1,000
THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE SEEN
CARNIVAL SHOWS THIS WEEK.
Net Receipts of the Show VIII Re
Over $12,0OO-Midway Packed to
SuffOcatiOn Point.

Fifty-two thousand people have passed
through the doors of the shows at the mill
tary carnival far this week This esti-
mate is made by Frank N. Gaskill, man.
ager of the attractions. and his figures
are based on ticket sales This gives some
idea of the liberality with which the carni-
val is being patronized. Last night the
crowd was probably greater than on any
of the preceding nights. Based on this
estimate of the crowd for the past four
nights of the carnival, it is said that the
net receipts will be about $4,000 Since the
guardsmen will receive Is per cent of the
net proceeds, they will have a handsome
start for their armory fund.
The main attraction of the carnival, the
stadium shows and the loop-the-loop drew
the usual crowd The ingenious barker for
THE Girl from Up There" perched in the
top of dead tree near the platform, fur
nished more amusement to the crowd than
anything else. In moments of intense still
ness. when everyone was holding his breath
at the climax of some particularly exciting
stunt, the barker would announce through
his megaphone, THE Girl from Up There
wears a dress that cost more money than
the clothes 1 have on or. ITO come to
the carnival and fail TO see The Girl from
Up There would be like going TO church
and missing the sermon" Nicholas Cha
faro. the loop-the-loop man, performed his
perilous act with the same careless ease
that characterized him on preceding nights.
Hundreds Of people see the loop-the-loop
night after night through a morbid fear
that some accident will take place.
The midway was so crowded all evening
that 1t was only with difficulty that one
could force his way through the crowd.
There was absolutely no rowdyism the
presence of dozens of militiamen in uni
form and special patrolmen discouraging
attempts at undue boisterousness or un-
ruly conduct There was plenty of hearty,
rough-and-ready fun. however, and every
body that visited the carnival last night
had a good time.
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This Man In One OF the Chief Attrac-
tions of the Carnival and Sur
rounded with Interest.
ADOPTION OF A PICKANINNY
HE Is BEING BROUGHT UP IN THE
FAITH OF MAHOMET.
Abdul VIII BE One Of the Superin.
tendents of the Streets of Cairo
at st. Louis Fair.

By long odds the most interesting indi-
vidual connected with the carnival shows
that exhibited in Indianapolis during the
last week was the Egyptian conjurer who
is called Toby NURSE" by his manager and
fellow-performers, for the reason that not
one of his associates is able to pronounce
his real name. 1--WE had to have a name
that people could speak, you know" ex-
planned the announcer" at the show to a
newspaper visitor. land so he himself chose
the name of Toby Mursie.
The Egyptians real name is NURSE Abb
dull Hallim Abdur Rubu Zarut Menisme
Marusa, and he is by no means the ordin-
airy sideshow Oriental" Abdul, as he pre-
fers to be called, is man of really high
caste and in his own country is looked upon
as a person to be much respected, his fam
lily having close connections with the bluest
blood of the land. He is a thirty-second
degree Mason, a man of much intelligence
and a most entertaining conversationalist.
He is not conjurer by profession, but is
merely engaged in his present occupation
In order TO make living until after the
worlds exposition in st. Louis, next year.
With the money that he has been saving,
added TO that which he expects to earn as
one of the superintendent of the Streets
of Cairo" at the st. Louis fair, he ex-
poets to return TO his beloved Egypt and
to once more take up his old occupation as
guide and interpreter for parties of tourists
visiting the great pyramids.
ABDUL INTERVIEWED.
Early last evening. before the carnival
crowds had begun to garther a newspaper
man found Abdul sitting on a board seat
beside the platform on which he was to
give his exhibition of magic later on. Be-
side him sat the little negro boy who
plays the part of the vanishing child in
the Egyptians famous Hindoo basket
trick Abdul was deep in thought; there
was a far-away look in his wonderful dark
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who has been in the Philippines, where it
is probable that he became i'll as result Of
loose army life Noe lives at 223 North New
Jersey street, and when in perfectly still
place he is rational, but as soon as he is
where there is a great deal of noise he
imagines that some one is pursuing him.
Noe works at the Atkins saw works, and
cannot continue there, on account of the
noise. When at the saw works, If he sees
two or more persons across the street, he
thinks they are plotting his destruction.
An examination revealed an accumulation
over each ear drum about the size of a
hazelnut and almost as hard. DR.. Fletcher
thinks that with short rest Noe will re-
cover his normal hearing, and that his hal
lucination will disappear.
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Methodist Church, West Indianapolis. in the
presence Of the relatives of the bride and
groom. Mr.. and Mrs. York left for Spokane,
where they Will make their home.
Mrs. Effie McCarron. of 321 East Joe
street. who with her son has been travelling
through the Western States and along the
coast for several weeks Will return home
Saturday or Sunday of this week Mrs.
McCarron has written to friends that she
is more favorably impressed with Indian
apolis than ever. since seeing so much of
the West. and thinks Indiana the best
State after all. Miss Jennie Crompton. who
went West with Mrs. McCarron. will not
her sister. Mrs. DR.. c. E. Johnston, at
Visalia. Cal.
CUPID BUSY AT ELwooD.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD. Ind, Sept. 3.-At noon to-day,
at the home of the brides father. John
Jones. in this city, Miss Edith Jones was
joined in marriage to Mr.. Vincent Jones, a
business man at Montpelier. The concert
ceremony was used the Rev. L. c. Howe
officiating, and nearly a hundred guests
were present. Mr.. and Mrs. Jones left this
afternoon for Petoskey, where they will
spend their honeymoon, returning to Mont
pelier Oct. / to reside
AT an elaborate party at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Piggott last evening
formal announcement was made OF the en-
gagement of Mrs. Lena Bell to Mr.. Beecher
Willetts of the Citizens Exchange Bank.
The wedding will be celebrated on Wednes-
day of next week.
Miss c. Blanch Miller. one of Elwood' s
most popular young girls, was married at
| her home Wednesday evening TO Mr.. Ed
| ward L. Hood, of the First National Bank.
| The Rev. l.. c. Howe ofiiciated, using the
| ring ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Hood will
| be at home to their friends here after a
! brief wedding tour.
RICHMOND PEOPLE Welded.
| Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
| RICHMOND, Ind, Sept. 81. Edward
| Moore and Mrs. Mary K. Mayer were mar
| ried last evening at the parsonage of the
| Christian Church by the Rev. j. j. White.
| Only few friends witnessed the ceremony.
! Both the principals are prominent.
| Clay Padgitt and Miss Ruth Friendley,
of this city, were married yesterday at In
dianapolis by the Rev. G. Z. Bacon. They
| went on. to Lafayette to spend few days
| before taking up their residence In Rich
mond. They are well-known young people.
Joseph p. Addelman of this city, but who
! recently took position in Cincinnati, was
married this week to Miss May Ethel Nor
| ris, of Home City, a suburb of Cincinnati.
| The bride is one of the best-known young
| women of Home City.
MATHEWS-MPHERS
| Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
| PAOLI, Ind, Sept. 3.-The marriage of
Lawrence Mathews and Miss Mary Nc
Pherson was solemnized to-day. Mr.. Ma
thews is in the employ of the Monon Rail-
attache of the Paoli News for several years
| and is very popular among her friends.
They will go to housekeeping at once In q
residence on Railroad avenue.
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Theatrical Notes.

The Grand's vaudeville bill this week is
attracting large and well pleased audiences.
There are several very interesting acts on
the programme and il would be hard
matter TO get together better vaudeville
entertainment. Madame Mantelli, the star
OF the BILL will retire from vaudeville next
spring 10 make concert tour of the Pa
cifc coast, where she Is a great favorite.
Josephine Gassman, the singer of coon
songs. Is to appear ere long in a Chinese
comedy. She played a Chinese part while
touring Australia recently and scored a
great success in that line of work. She
and her little pickaninnies are very popular
with the Grand audiences this week. Falk
and Seamon, the Montrose Troupe, and
Hal Godfrey and his company are also
contributing excellent acts Mary Norman.
the famous monOlogue coincidence, Will
head next weeks BILL
One instance of the serious effect of the
labor and trouble on the theatrical business
in New York is disclosed by the announce
ment that work Will not be started for
year or more upon the new Comedy Theater
which is to be built for Charles b. Dilling-
ham. The site at the corner of Forty-ninth
street and Seventh avenue has been cleared
"a whole block or buildings that yielded
q good revenue having been torn down with
the expectation that the theater could be
erected Immediately: but the labor situa-
opening OF several new theaters in the
metropolis that were started a year ago.
has made IL advisable to let the ground lie
undisturbed until such time as the building
can be begun TO advantage.
Mrs. Langtry will open her American
season next Monday night. appearing at
the Savoy Theater, New York. In Mrs.
behring's Divorce" The play, which was
written by Percy Fendall. was given trial
in this country toward the end of last
season and was much more successful than
the other play-"The Crossways"-in which
Mrs. Langtry appeared. The English actress
will be supported by Paul Arthur. who used
TO be prominent in American theatrical life
but who for the last eight years has been
acting in England.
Madame Janauschek's collection of cos
TUNES. books and trinkets is soon to be
sold at auction in New York The famous
actress, who for the last two years has
suffered from paralysis. is said to be slow
~ dying at the home of friend in Sara
through a performance at Wallack's Thea
ter two years ago. has long since been ex-
auscheck was forced to sell the last of her
diamonds
AL Holbrook who is rehearsing the Frank
Daniels Opera Company. in 1.-The Jockey"
has arranged a new chorus to accompany
"A Maidens Heart" which he promises
will be every bit as effective as his former
effort the well known Ribbon Chorus
that made the Filtration Song" In THE
Strolers" one OF the prettiest numbers ever
presented in comic opera.
The American Burlesquers are giving a
lively show at the Empire. and although
the bill Is not so good as that OF last week.
the audiences seem to enjoy the perform
snce. Next week the Empire will have
Frank Cas- Thoroughbred Burlesquers as
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In a New Class.

In elucidation of the characteristics of
a society woman concerning whom another
Indianapolis woman was relating an inter-
esting incident, the latter said: "And you
know, of course, that Clara is bigness-
worshiper."
"Bigness? What's bigness?" the woman
who was listening asked.
why, Importance wealth, position, and
things like that the first woman replied.
What kind of bigness does Clara wor-
ship" the listener inquired.
"Oh. she worships every kind there is;
any kind of bigness, just so it's bigness."
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HOME DREssMAKING HINTS.
BY MAY MANTON,

Shirrings of all sorts continue to hold their
favor and will be greatly worn during the
coming season in all the thinner and more
plable materials. The very pretty skirt
shown includes a plain front gore, which
gives desirable lines and avoids unbecom-
ing fullness, and side and back portions
fiounce means additional grace and flare,
both of which are eminently to be desired.
The original is made of fawn-colored en-
broidered yelling with trimming of lace in
the same color, but innunerable materials
are equally appropriate
The skirt consists of the front gore. and
of the circular portions, which shirred
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to hip depth and arranged over plain yoke,
and Is completed by the fiounce. which is
arranged over its lower portion and is
shirred at the upper edge.
The quantity OF material required for the
medium size is yards q inches wide, 3l4
wide.
The pattern 4510 is cut in sizes for girls of
r. IA and Is years of age.
I PATTERN COUPON.
| For patterns OF garment illustrated above
send 10 cents (coin or stamps)
! Cut out illustration and inclose ii In letter
| Write your name and address distinctly and
state number and size wanted. Address
| Pattern Dept. The Journal.
| indianapolis. Ind.
| Allow one week for return OF pattern.
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Lost and Found.

At Broad Ripple last Sunday, Janey fell
off the dock into three feet of water, which
is a good deal of water when you're only
six, and was rescued by the gallant Freddy.
aged seven. -'Oh, mamma" gasped the be-
draggled maiden, II lost my balance and
Fweddy Jones found it for me-"