Columbus (IN) Evening Republic, February 18, 1897, p. 1. NOTE: The item below was abbreviated as noted by the ellipsis. The portion omitted was not relevant to the bill in question. TO ABOLISH COLORED SCHOOLS Jones' Bill to Open the Public Schools to White and Colored Children Alike Passes Second Reading Indianapolis, February 12-The house Thursday passed the Roose labor arbitration bill, a couple of bills paying paving claims, and a couple of bills changing courts. Its afternoon was occupied with an exciting discussion on the color line, and it adjourned with the Jones bill to abolish colored schools and open white schools to colored children pending on third reading.