The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-28
MORE NEW RURAL ROUTES
REPRESENTATIVE HOLIDAY GETS
PROMISES FOR HIS DISTRICT.
Barrett Law Case Before the United
States Supreme COurt-Notes
About Indianians.
an Correspondence of the Journal.

Eleventh Indiana district, has been swap
ping hunting stories with President Roose-
Welt. 1t is well known that the President
has a great admiration for the man who
has gone after big game and got it. The
President and Major Steele were talking
of men who hunt, when the Major re-
marked:
I'm something Of q hunter myself"
That So" said the President.
Yes" said the major; I've killed two
deer at one shot"
so have l." said the President, twice"
I've killed a grizzly" the major declared
in a somewhat triumphant tone.
so have l." asserted the chief executive.
not only speaking triumphantly, but look
ing that way.
Then the major played his winning card.
I've creased wild horse" he said, with
the air of a man who holds a straight flush.
! "Ah, you've got me now" admitted the
President with hearty laugh.
The major did not have TO explain how
to Grease a wild horse" as the President
prairies "Creasing" a wild horse means to
shoot across the top Of its neck just graz
ing its anatomy. The horse is stunned by
the bullet and is easily captured. The
hour together when the President learned
the lndianian was not bad shot Major
Steele won admiration when he told of
having captured five buffalo back in the
seventies by throwing the lariat over their
heads. In 1870 and 1871 Major and Mrs.
Steele were stationed at Fort Sedgewick,
plentiful in Colorado. The major told of a
Thanksgiving day when the officers and
women of the fort went on buffalo hunt a
few miles from the garrison. One sturdy
deniZen OF the plains became detached
from the herd and was running Wild He
started toward the garrison and did not
stop until he reached it A bullet brought
him down and he fell with his nose almost
a Kitchen
XXX
Major Steele left for Indiana this after
noon to be absent several days. This morn
ing the major was before the House COM
mittee on appropriations as a member Of
the board of managers of National soldiers
homes. He told something of the needs
of the Marion home. 1t is estimated that
ii will require something like $S55,000 to
take care of the Marion Home during the
fiscal year 1904.
On the table Of John w. Parsons, chief
of the division of accounts in the Treasury
Department, there Is portrait of a beauti-
full woman. To the casual observer Mr..
Parsons is almost constantly gazing into
the soft brown eyes of the picture. Appar-
emily it is difficult matter for him to work
five minutes without taking look at the
fair face in front of him. To the young
women in Mr.. Parsons's office the picture
and the apparent devotion of their chief
a mystery for a long time. They
thought 1t must be the picture of some
sweetheart of long ago. One Titian-haired
beauty who works near Mr.. Parsons's desk
conjured up all sorts of old-time romances.
Recently, however, all her pretty theories
went to pieces, when it was discovered
that Mr. Parsons, instead of studying the
soft brown eyes in front of him was al
ways consulting the calendar attached to
the bottom OF the picture. Last summer
when Mr.. Parsons went TO Indiana to Sc
lect building sites his mission took him to
Elkhart, and there he made the acquaint-
ance of Walter Brown, member of the Re-
publican state committee from the Thir-
teenth district. Mr. Brown and Mr.: Par
sons became great friends. and the first of
the year when the committeeman was dis
tributing some very handsome calendars
he did not forget his friend Parsons.
Representative Holiday has been in
formed that on March 2 the following rural
free delivery routes are to be installed in his
district: From Paragon. one route; from
Martinsville. three; from Newport, one;
two; from Clinton, two; from Morgantown.
one; from Mooresville, two; from Brazil,
two; from Cayuga. one; from Cory. two;
from Hillsdale, one.
XXX
Indiana inventors were granted patents
to-day as follows: Henry A. Bierley and
j. G. Nehrbas. Indianapolis. applicator;
Samuel Z. Coffing. Attica. rust preventing
and removing composition; William l..
Cornelius. New Lisbon, ballot box; Lewis
X. Davis, indianapolis. fuel feeding APP
paratus; John A. Delon, Russiaville, game
apparatus; Harry Z. Goodwin. Indianapolis.
burial vault. Herman Gross, Lafayette,
cooling means for explosive engines; Ed
wayd p. Mcclure and A. w. Wishard, In
l;o, Gle frr,if i.ar hn16
New Albany, gas process; William A.
Schofield and l.. ID. Schofeld Indianapolis,
extensible telescope leg; Robert I. VIII
son, Diamond, chock block.
To-day in the Supreme Court oral argu-
ment on the appeal of Hannah Schaefer VS..
julius Werling ct al. from the Supreme
Court of Indiana was begun. S. NJ. Saylor.
of Huntington, is representing the plain
tiff in error, and John c. CLANCY, of Sulli-
van, is here for the defendants. The case
grows out of the improvement of VIII
liams street In Huntington and involves the
constitutionality of the Barrett law. The
plaintiff has urged from the commencement
of the suit that the Barrett law was un-
constitutional and in contravention to the
fourteenth amendment to the Constitution
of the United States. In the Supreme Court
of Indiana the law was decided TO be con-
stitutional by divided court, Judge Francis
Il. BAKER TeUutTillS OiSScntiHS opinion.
The attorney general has affirmed the
opinion of the Postoffice Department that
the Home Cooperative Company, of Kan
sas City, is conducting lottery. Postoffice
officials are of opinion that this company
or one doing a similar line of business mas
been operating in Indiana.
Joshua c. Thomas has been named as
postmaster at Bethel, Wayne county, TO
succeed Elmer n. Harlan, and Charles L.
Lace has been appointed postmaster at
Winfield, Lake county, to succeed Lewis K.
Brasket.
The resignation Is announced Of Charles
Zuckrieget. of Rockport, who has been an
inspector in the department of the super
vising architect. appointed Nov. % for
ninety days with agreement that he would
retire from office at the end Of that time
W. z. Hitchcock, OF Muncie. A. NJ. Davis
Of Plainfield, and A f. Kleinschmit, OF
indianapolis, are registered at different
Washington hotels. c. A. C..