The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-21
INDIANA NOTES.

LAFAYETTE.-Officia of the Lake Erie
& Western Railway are seriously consider
ing proposition to remove from Rankin,
ILL.,, TO Hoopeston, and the citizens of the
former town are striving to have the shops
remain where they The people of
Hoopeston have offered SIS, 900 in cash, free
water, tract of land and other advan-
tages. and the offer probably will be accept
ed. The objection to Rankin a division
point Is that the town is small and unat-
tractive and it is difficult to induce
The shops employ 15O men,
ALEXANDRIA-The City Police Board
denied the request of number of shop
keepers 10 allow the penny slot machines
TO remain, holding that any slot machine
was gambling device wherever the least
element of chance existed. The shop
keepers are in much distress The general
public is jublant over the doing away
gambling among the children of the city
to an alarming extent.
MUNCIE.-The members of the City
Council, after conference, announce that
ton for the improvement of McCulloch
Park, which the park board has asked and
the Commercial Club has Endorsed. The
park board made the demand on the
strength of recent statement from the
finance committee of the City Council
that the city was in very satisfactory
financial condition.
FRANKLIN.-The thirty-first annual
schools was held at the opera house Friday
night. The class address was delivered by
n. G. Schaefer. Pennsylvania state super
intendent of schools Superintendent H r
graduates. Following the commencement
exercises. a reception was given for the
class in the parlors of the Phi Delta Theta
fraternity
Manchester place of 1900 inhabitants, will
close Saturday night. the result of the de-
termined efforts of the anti-saloon element
of the place TO defeat applica atoms for Ii
cense in that place in the last two years.
There has not been monthly meeting OF
the Wabash county Board of Commission
ers at which an application was not pend
ing and bitterly opposed by the anti-saloon
people.
MISHAWAKA.-The bricklayers of Mish-
awake INDUCED in a brief strike on Friday,
all the masons working on the large ware
house of the Mishawaka Wooden Manufac-
turing Company quitting on account of
trouble with men working under approval
cards. They claimed that they were not
getting the scale of wages-50 cents an hour
demanded by the union. The demands
were granted and the men returned TO work.
GOSHEN-A commandery of Knights
Templars is being organized here. .
The Goshen-Fort Wayne electric road is
preparing to begin construction work TO
protect all its rights under the time limit
on franchises. party of fifty Ger
man Baptists left Friday noon in special
cars for Carthage, Mo, to attend the an
nual meeting OF the Dunkard Church.
RSONVILLE.-James * Sharp.
one of the most prominent men in the coun-
~. and who was a member of the house
hold of Indana's first Governor. Jonathan
Jennings when the latter lived at Charles
town. is seriously sick at his home in
Charlestown. He is over eighty years OF
age and Is the father OF DR.. II. G. Sharp,
physician AT the Indiana Reformatory.
PAOLI.-A. B. Ham. who has been cash
Ter OF the Orange County Bank for seven
teen years, will retire from his duties
cashier on the last day OF this month and