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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
WONDERFUL GROWTH or
TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Independent Companies in Annual
Convention-Over 100000 in
Use in This Country.
ONLY IN IT'S INFANCY

CINCINNATI, o., Feb. 1s.-The conven-
ton of Independent Telephone Companies
in the Ohio Valley convened here to-day
with over one hundred exchanges repre-
scented. Following the annual address by
President Thompson and the annual reports
of Secretary Knox and other officers, a
paper was read by J. b.. Hoge. of Cleveland.
on "The Independent Telephone Situation, ="
who said in part: when the Bell patents
expired nine years ago there were less than
three hundred thousand telephones in op-
Grafton, and now there are millions. Last
year there were over one thousand indie
pendent telephone companies organized in
the United States, or over two per day.
During the last four years the independent
long-distance lines have grown as rapidly
as exchanges.
"The farmers life has been revolution
lied, especially in little exchanges, giving
them connection with the postoffices and
county seats. 1t is conceded that the serv-
ice over the United States Telephone Com
pany of Ohio, the New Long Distance Tel
ephone Company of Indiana, the Independ-
ent Long Distance Lines of Kentucky and
other independent lines is as good as was
ever in existence. The through business
is handled the same as coupon tickets are
sold over the railroad, and freight is billed
over various lines. There are to-day over
two million Independent telephones in OPP
Grafton in the United States and one million
Bell telephones. and the business is yet in
it's infancy"
The next paper, that was also followed
by a general discussion, was by John b.
Rhodes. of GAINESVILLE, o., on Party Lines"
There was a spirited discussion over the
ruling of Postmaster General Payne that
no telephones were tc be used in pOstoffices
except ON lines connecting with Washing
ton. The Independent telephones claim TO
have more than twice as many as their OPP
ponent. although they are not yet into
Washington.
w. Gilbert Thompson. of Lebanon, O., as
president, and E.. l.. Knox, of Portsmouth,
o., as secretary, were continued as the Off
GERS of the temporary organization and
Messrs. Hoge, of Cleveland, Thorpe, of Will
mington, and Thedeick, of Sydney, o., were
appointed as the three additional members
of the legislative board to act with the
temporary officers in selecting the time and
place of the next convention, when a per-
manent organization will be effected.
1t is stated that the next convention will
be held i'm May of this year, when the COM
mittees on constitution and by-lays and leg
islation and other standing committees will
report.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS

NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-Arrived: Cevic,
from Liverpool; Stella, from Genoa and
Naples; Lain, from Genoa and Naples.
Sailed: Oscar II. for Christiansand and Co
penhagen; La Bretagne, for Havre.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 1S.-Sailed: Bavarian.
for Halifax. n. s.. and st. John, n. b, via
Neville; Cretic, for Boston, via Queens
town.
GENOA Feb. 1S.zArrived: Auguste Vic
toria, from New York, via Funchal and
Malaga. on oriental cruise.
ST MICHAEL'S, Feb. 1S-Passed: Prin-
zess Irene, from Genoa, Naples and Gibral-
tar for New York.
MOVILLE. Feb. 1S.-Arrived: Corinthian,
from New York, via Halifax, for Liverpool
and Glasgow.
QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 1S.-Sailed: Males
tic, from Liverpool for New York.
VENICE, Feb. 1s.-Arrived: Aurania,
from New York. via Naples.
LIZARD. Feb. 1S.-Passed: La Lorraine,
from New York for Hayre.
ANTWERP, Feb. 1S.-Arrived: Belgen-
land, from Philadelphia.
MARsEILLES. Feb. 1S.-Sailed: Cali
fornia. for New York.
MANCHESTER. Feb. 1s.-Arrived: Iber-
ian, from Boston.
LONDON. Feb. B.-Arrived: Columbian,
from Boston,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
CHARGE BLACKLISTIHG
AGAINST The OPERATORS
Delegates to Miners State Con-
vention Consider Upwards Of
100 Resolutions.
MANY ARE IMPORTANT

CHICAGO. Feb. 1S.-Delegates to the
miners State convention here to-day took
up the question of blacklisting. Charges
were made that operators have instituted
a system of blacklisting members of the
United Mine Workers who take a prominent
part in local affairs. More than a hundred
resolutions were presented. Among those
which were referred to committees were
resolutions demanding uniform wages for
top" labor. pay for "horsebacks,' that
iron rails in mines be not laid 10y miners,
''open market for powder discharge OF
Mine Inspector Thomas Weeks, who is
charged with noHenforcement of mine laws,
and that the question Of renting company
houses be made a part of the joint agree
ment. A recommendation that miners
widows be paid. an annuity was ais" re-
ferred.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
AMERICAN MATING
COMPANY'S BIG SUIT
Trial Started to Compel Refunding
of Nearly Two Million Dollars
in Dividends.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-The suit brought
by Archibald A. Hutchinson and Victor K.
McElheny, jr., stockholders of the Ameri-
can Mailing Company, in behalf of them
selves and other stockholders to compel the
directors of the company TO refund divi-
dend paid out of capital in 1897, 1898 and
1880 to the amount of $1,SS5. $50. was COM
menced to-day before Justice Clarke, in the
Supreme Court. The American Mailing
Company, which was named as a defendant
In the original action, is now a plaintiff.
having recently obtained leave to become
so on the ground that ii admitted the al
legations in the complaint and desired to
prosecute its directors for the recovery of
the dividends alleged to have been Illegally
paid out of the capital.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
HARDWARE DEALERS END
SESSION WITH ELECTION
Officers Are Chosen and Directors
Named for Proposed Mutual
Insurance Company.
PURSE FOR SECRETARY

The election of officers and appointment
OF directors for the Mutual Insurance Com
pany ended the meeting here yesterday Of
the Hardware Dealers Association. a
meeting TO organize the insurance COM
pany will be held here March p.
A committee was appointed to confer
with a similar committee from the Indiana
Grain Dealers Association and Shippers
Protective League on better railroad rates.
N. l.. Cory, Argos, Ind. secretary of the.
association, was presented with a $50
purse.
The election of officers resulted as fol-
lows: President, z. VI. Bush. Evansville.
Ind; vice president, II. Shideler. South
Bend; second vice president. T. J. Lundey.
J~efersonvtlle; secretary and treasurer, N.
l.. Cory, Argos; delegates to the national
convention. T.. NJ. Bush, A. n. Shideler, T.
j. Lundey, w. l.. Fulton, H. 7. Trueblood;
alternate delegates, c. b. Fame, L. n.
Lane. j. G. Deprez, Charles f. Hill and a.
StratmOr.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
PRESBYTERIAN UNION
IS FINALLY EFFECTED
Announcement Made at Banquet
and Is Greeted with Pro-
longed Cheering.
LONG STRUGGLE ENDS

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 1S.-Oficial announce
ment that the union of the Presbyterian
and Cumberland Presbyterian churches had
been effected after the labors Of the COM
mittees representing the two churches for
the past two days was made tonight at a
banquet rendered the members Of the two
committees by the Presbyterian Social
Union OF st. Louis. The basis of the union
was not given out, but probably will be to-
morrow after a joint conference of the two
committees. in which will be perfected the
verbal formation of the agreement which
consummates the union.
After the sessions OF the two committees
were concluded to-day ii was semi-officially
given out that a basis OF union had been
reached and agreed upon, but not until the
banquet tonight was this officially con-
firmed. The banquet was held in the
Southern Hotel, and Rev. DR.. W.. II. Black,
of Marshall, Mo-, chairman of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian committee, precipitated
prolonged cheering when he arose and said:
'"rhe great work has been accomplished"
After quiet had been restored, the Rev. DR..
Black said that the Presbyterian Church
had planned wiser than ii knew In the days
of the revision movement, land the result
is best for il and best for u.s.
Thirty years ago. he continued, I'VE
tried to effect a union that was first pro-
posed over a century ago, but the doctrine
Kept us apart. we have been successful
this time and there is a good solid reason
four our hope hat in two years. after the
matter has been referred to the general
assemblies and the presbyteries, the two
churches will be one"
The Rev. DR.. w. III. Roberts, of Phila-
delphia, chairman OF the Presbyterian COM
mittee, said: Il hope for that day when
all the ninety-five ranch of the Presby-
terrain Church. which are scattered in ev-
cry nook and corner of the world, will be
united into one great organization
Tomorrow the two committees will hold
a joint conference and formally draw up
the basis Of union.
The Presbyterian Church has 1851 min
listers, 1852 churches and 1.O24, 1876 mmu
cants in the United States. The Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church has 1885 white
and $50 colored ministers, 2,944 white and
400 cOlOred churches, and 1S4, 493 white and
80. 200 colored communicates What DISPOSE
ton TO make of the colored contingent has
been one of the principal questions to be
settled by the joint committee, but it is UNI
derstood a basis of agreement has been
reached The principal Presbyterian denom-
nations not included in the merger are the
Southern Presbyterian Church with 230. 655
members and the United Presbyterian
Church with 1928 members.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
S. H. S. NOTES.

The students of Shortridge High School
will join in a celebration of W~ashington's
and Lincoln's birthdays tomorrow morning
in the assembly hall. The fifth and sixth
period classes will be excused from recita-
ton, as will the classes of the last two
periods of the afternoon. The programme
has been arranged in two sections on ac-
count of the small seating capacity of the
assembly hall. The morning programme
follows; Cornet solo, Lucian Segar; "Old
Glory" by Riley, Georgia Krull; Abraham
Lincoln address. Judge r. w. Mcbride;
'Star-spangled Banner" Grace GibbOns;
paper on George Washington, Ward Fisher;
clarionet solo, Louis Lieber; America"
school
The afternoon programme is varied a lit
tie from that of the morning, and will be
as follows: America" the entire schools;
coTnet solo, Lucian Segar; Patriotism, -
White and the Blue" school; George
Washington" a paper by Henry Cabot
Lodge; read by Sumner Clancy; Star
spangled Banner school.
The committee Of the senior class which
has been appointed TO investigate the
different methods of disposing of the money
will meet this morning at 1880 to come TO a
decision.
The junior class viii hold its fourth meet
ing this morning to decide upon the style
Of the class pins.
=
The Shortridge Oratorical Association met
yesterday afternoon TO select a place at
which to hold the contest and make semi
final preparations for that event. The ques-
ton OF the place of the contest Is still an
open matter. II was decided that the con-
testants who gained one OK the three places
should have prize pins as in former years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
URGE G"ERMAN-AMERICAN
FOR DEMOCRATIC TICKET
Members of indianapolis Organi-
zation Want Representative and
Agitation Started.
IN A BODY TO ST. o

To boom a German-American for the
Democratic nomination for Vice President
Of the United States the German-American
Democratic Club Of this city will attend the
national Democratic convention at st. Louis
IN a body July s.
This decision was reached at a meeting of
the club last evening. when a committee
consisting of Fred Schrader. Joseph II.
Schaub and Albert Sahm was instructed to
make all necessary arrangements for car
ming out the plan President August Tamm
and Secretary George Schauer and a COM
mittee consisting Of Albert Sahm, John w.
Hoffman. August NJ. Kuhn. Fred Mack.
Henry Russo, Charles II. Stuckmeyer and
Joseph II. Schaub were instructed to com
municate with all Democratic papers and
democratic clubs upon its vice presidential
project.
The election for officers Of the club for
the ensuing year will be held Thursday.
March II est. Patrick's day., and the fol-
owing tickets have been placed in nominal
ton:
Ticket No. l.
President. August Tamm; vice president,
George Wolf; secretary, George Schauer;
assistant secretary, Henry Ruth; financial
secretary, Michael RObinius; treasurer, Ju-
llus F.. Reinecke; marshal. jacob c.. Hinck-
ley. assistant marshal, Victor Studer; ser
geant-at-arms, Joseph Bayer; board of di-
r%ectOrs. Fred Schrader. Henry Reinken, Al
bert Sahm, Henry Russo, Fred G.. Grossart,
Fred j. Mack. Joseph II. Schaub, Jacob
B~uennagel, William Il. Kleiss and Bernard
Rfedel-
Ticket No. D.
President. August NJ. Kuhn; vice presi-
dent, William Weiland; secretary, Henry
Ruth; assistant secretary. Casimir Guen-
Their: financial secretary, John Hoffman,;
treasurer, Henry Stolte: marshal. q. II.
Keller: assistant marshal, Dietrich Hen
ming; board Of directors, Louis A. Greiner,
John p. Leyendecker, William GeiZendanner,
Albert Gall, Emil Fertig. Peter Scheib,
George Hermann. Gustav Pink, Tobias
Roch, Charles Truemper.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
MUTINEERS MURDER
GOVERNOR OF ISLANDS
A~ssassins Fled in Schooner, but
Were Captured and Will Be
Turned Over to Be Shot.
LEADER WAS A GERMAN

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Feb. 1S.-About
two hundred laborers and convicts at Chat
ham, Galapagos islands, belonging to Ecua-
dor, recently mutinied and killed Leonardo
Reina. the Governor of the islands. and
several others. The mutineers also COM
mitted robberies and destroyed valuable
property. The assassins fled in a schooner
to Tumaco, on the Pacific coast of Colon
bia, where they were captured and handed
over to the Ecuador authorities. The pris-
oners will arrive here tomorrow and prob
ably Will be shot. a German named Han
sen was the leader of the mutiny. The
Colombian gunboat Bogoto is expected here
tomorrow for coal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
ASSEMBLING OF SOUTH
ATLANTIC
Northern Squadron Also Joins 1t
in Guantanamo Bay-Sigs-
bee Succeeds Lamberton.

GUANTANAMO, Cuba, Feb. 1S.-The
United States South Atlantic squadron is
assembled in Guantanamo bay. Rear Ad-
miral Barker, in command of the North At
lantic fleet, arrived to-day with the Massa-
chusetts, Alabama, Illinois and Scorpion.
The other arrivals were the Topeka, from
Colon, and the Missouri and Maine. The
latter is ~quarantined, as she has a number
of cases of measles on board. The Mime
apolis and the Yankee sailed for Puerto
Plata, SantO Domingo, yesterday. Rear
Admiral Sigsbee arrived here to-day from
Santiago with the Detroit and Newark. Ad-
miral Sigsbee succeeds Rear Admiral Lam
berton in the command Of the South Allan
tic SQUADRON.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining i'm indianapolis POstOfice
Thursday, Feb. is, 1904.

II not called for in two weeks these letters
will be sent to the dead letter Office. Persons
calling for letters in the following list will please
say they are advertised, give date Of list, and
pay l cent for those obtained. Free delivery OF
letters by carriers to the addresses residence
can be secured by observing the following rules:
First-Direct letters plainly to street and num-
Der.
~Second-Request your correspondents to do
likewise
Third-Have written or printed request for re-
turn on your envelope. giving street and num-
Der.
F~ourth-Use ink in addressing letters when
possible, and leave sufficient space at top of en-
velope for stamp and ~postmark.
Letters addressed to persons known TO be tran
silent should be marked Transient in lower
left-hand corner of envelope. "A. b. C, Gen
eral Delivery or similarly addressed letters,
are fictitious and not deliverable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
TRACTION TERMINAL
WILL BE BUILT SOON

The question of a terminal freight station
for interurban roads entering the city has
been brought up anew by the attempt of
the Board of Public Works to enforce
freight carrying on these roads. They have
plead lack Of freight terminal facilities, and
enforcement OF the order has been post
pOned by the board in almost all cases.
been given assurance by the Indianapolis
Traction * Terminal Company, which is
bound by it's contracts with the interurbans
to build a freight station, that such a
structure would be built soon, and that the
Traction & Terminal Company is already
negotiating for "a site.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
MONDAYS COMMERCIAL
PAPER IS DUE TO-DAY

An unusual situation eonfronts bankers
and business men this week in that all ne
gOtiable paper that falls due tomorrow,
Sunday or Monday must be paid to-day.
The explanation OF this unusual situation
Is simple. Monday is Washington's birth
day and a legal holiday. AS Sunday is not
a business day. all paper falling due on
Monday falls due on Saturday. along with
all paper due on Sunday. By the new law
dealing with such matters Saturday is a
half holiday, and all paper falling due on
Saturday becomes due on Friday. Not only
the Saturday, but the Sunday and Monday
paper as well becomes due to-day. The
situation will be repeated every time that
Monday is q legal holiday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
WHOSE POODLE DOG?
Court Must Decide Ownership OF
Animal and IeWelrY.

whose is the poodle dog? This is the
question that is to be decided in Probate
Court before Judge Walker soon. Thomas
O'Brien will also have to account for what
right he has to the diamond ring of Miss
Cora Miller, deceased.
A few weeks ago Miss Miller committed
suicide in the City Hall saloon on South
Alabama street. where O'Brien is employed.
O'Brien claims that the deceased in her
lifetime gave him a diamond ring, a poodle
dog and a number of pawn tickets, all of
which he now has. The administrator for
the estate of the deceased, however, has
petitioned the Probate Court TO have
O'Brien appear and account for his pos
session of the articles.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
TO ADDRESS
Norman Hapgood to Lecture on
Lincoln During Visit Here.

At the request of members of the Board
of Education, the teachers of Harrison
School will be addressed tomorrow after
noon on Lincoln" by Norman HapgOOd,
the well-known litterateur Of New York
Mr.. HapgOod. who is editor of Golfers
weekly. will address the Contemporary
Club this evening on "The Present State of
the American Drama"
Although one of the youngest men in the
American literary world, Mr.. HapgoOd is
well known as an author and lecturer. He
first gained prominence as dramatic critic
of the New York Commercial Advertiser,
when his writings exposing the methods Of
the theatrical booking syndicate caused a
boycott on the paper by the trust" firms.
Mr.. Hapgood has found time TO write a
treatise on the American drama, and has
written readable biographies OF Washington
and Webster. in addition to editing the
weekly magazine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19

owing to the increased volume of mail
matter from Indianapolis to the South the
railway postal departments local office has
succeeded in obtaining improved facilities
for handling the mail matter. Beginning
next Monday morning Train No. 6, on the
PENNSYLVANIA lines, running from Indian
apolis to Louisville, will be equipped with
a regulation railway postOfice car, instead
of the compartment mail car now in use
on this line.
The local office has also succeeded in es-
tablishing a new railway mail route be-
tween Elkhart and Greensburg, on Trains
Al and 126, OF the Big Four Michigan divi-
sion. This service will give better mail
facilities between indianapolis and South
eastern Indiana towns and Elkhart.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
l.. N. G.. to Be Inspected.

The first battalion of the Indiana Ma
tional Guard. composed OF Companies II, c.
A and ID, will be inspected by the battalion
commander, Major III. T. Condo. next week.
The inspection was ordered by Major Condo
yesterday, letters being sent to the cap
tains commanding each company.
This inspection is preliminary to the in
spectiOn by United States army officers,
which will include every company in the
State and will be extremely rigorous.
Company III, Captain II. NJ. Franklin, will
be inspected next Tuesday. and Company c,
Captain Taylor G. Power, Company y.
Captain Charles y. Girard, and Company
ID. Captain William c.. Comfy, will be in
spected on the three following days.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
J. p. DUNN, HISTORIAN,
FINISHES LATEST BOOK

City Controller Jacob Piatt Dunn, who is
a writer of recognized ability as well as a
business man and a public official, and who
has been engaged for some time in revising
his book, Indiana" of the american
Commonwealth Series" has completed this
work and sent the manuscript to his pub
lishers, Houghton, Miflin & Co.
Mr.. Dunn's book was originally a history
of slavery in Indiana, carrying the history
OF this commonwealth up TO the time of
it's admission into the Union, in 1916. The
chapter Mr.. Dunn has just added covers
briefly the subsequent history OF the State
up to the present time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
PRISON PROBABLE FOR
YOUNG CRIMINALS

The members of the alleged gang of
young thieves captured by detectives
Wednesday were bound over to the grand
jury by Judge Whallon yesterday. Beam
probably will go TO the penitentiary if
the case against him Is proved, while the
others, il is believed, will be returned to
the Reform School. Samuel Lebowitz, pro-
prietor of a secondhand clothing store on
East Washington street, who was arrested
charged with receiving stolen goods, will
be tried Feb. 20.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
RECEPTION TO PIANIST.
Large Audience Present at Recital
of Mime. WiCkeS.

An unusually large audience for an af-
fair of its kind greeted Mime. Eliza del Haze
Wickes. the Belgian pianist. at the Propy-
laeum last evening. and the recital, al
though the programme was nOticeably
short. was one of the most brilliant of this
season. The audience was appreciative, and
compelled Nine. Wickes to respond TO sew
eral encores.
Nine. Wickes contributed every number
on the programme. Her work was clean
and finished and marked by more than or
binary fire and vigOr, combined with fine
shading. Her technique, as was to be ex-
pected IN a pianist OF her reputation and
training. was almost faultless. The pro-
gramne consisted OF seven numbers, Sc
lected from the compositions of Scarlatti,
MendelSsohn. Chopin, ~Sgambati, Sinding,
Liszt and Martucc!. The recital was under
the auspices of the Metropolitan School OF
Music.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-19
PRE- COMPANY TO
PAY LIQUOR LICENSE
Revenue Officials Bring Suit and
Charge Company with Deal
ing in Liquors.

R N. d., Feb. 1S.-The United
States government has started suit against
the Western Express Company, which OPP
crates on the 500 road through this State.
The revenue officials say the company is
doing a wholesale and retail business in the
sale of and collections on liquor. The COM
pa1y contends that the stuff is sold by duly
licensed dealers in other States and that it
merely acts as a common carrier.