, 1875-12-06

Tho Chicago a. Illinois Ictvrr Rail-
road COnlpnny's Suit.
Tho Creditors of tho Toledo; Peoria Z
Warsaw Want Their Honey.
Record Of Judgments aud Now Snils.

oria 4 WataAw Railroad Company, t1od report
friday afternoon. in whicl, llA stated that 10 had
bocn inundated by loltcrs from various crod-
1tors OF tho Company. who wanted to know *hen
their claims wond be paid. Ttleso debts amount
TO about $40, 600, and form part Of The floating
dobt Of the Company, Which accrued before
the Isoccisor took poaaeasIon OF tho roU1.
3lr. Hopkins thinks these accounts are nbont
correct, and that ticy ought to bo paid. hut he
baya that there Ia Ho1no difficulty In no doing.
owing ~ tho fact that hu tAs ITO money in
LIS hands for such purpose; that tho
i,ocossary rcpatrs and rencwals on the road have
absorbed all tho funds; sud. moro tllau that, ho
has boom compelled to anticipate Tho rsvonuen
to tho amount OF s1o0,0 800 10 make nccosaaFy TO-
pairs. ncsidcs this tlero has boon no intercst
paid on tho bonded ihdebtoducss since July,
1874, and nt least tWo inRsallmenss ought to ho
paid as soon as possible. II tho revenues woro
not usod in repaira tLcy would be su1lcien. in a
short timo 10 pay oil tho claims referred to
above.
An order waa tl1oreupon msJe hg Judge
l)rumnlond directing thas the repDrt BlInu!d bo
roforIod TO tho Master in Chaucery, II. ". I'sll-
op. EST. 10 report whether such etaims nro for
supplies furnisllnt; wh0lhnr tho creditors cosrl-
lnenced etit to enforce thoir lien within tho tmo
lln,ltad by stntutc; and uhetIler such claims on
which suits Wcro not 10 commenced wcre by tho
"
Tho Master will make llia report to-day.
TROUBLES or fnE CHICAGO ILLINOIS nlvER
RAILROAD COMPANY.
Tho Chicago Il Alton Railtoad Company, Cory
hwor Saturday il. tile Uhised S.ates Circuit
Court 10 tho bill OF J. o. 1Iiduut an abstract OF
which raA published In recent tsHue OF TIfE
InfnUNE. The dotklls Of tho controversy which
Gated and oxteuBivo ns to he almost boyond tl,e
comprehension Of moEtalp Qawyers o1coptcl),
but Tho interests 1uvolvod in tho suit arc snli-
ctent!r large to Tarfaut noting its progress fur
tho benefit Of lilo general public.
rlo caso came up before Lis Honor Judge
Drummoud upon the HucaIion of tho nppuins-
lncut Of 3 1!cccivnr. The complainant w4n rep-
reAented by JndEo G4nw1cnce aud Georse lamp
bell, mud tho defendants by Leonard Swcts mid
l.. II. j3isbso. lilo counsel for tho dcfonso
acencd smiling and contldens Of eucccss,
owing doubtlesH, In measure, to tho amoupt
Of nnnunielnn whicn they carried in tho way OF
poEtentioue-looking documents that bugcd
from, their pockets, aud loaded down thcr arms.
mond intinatea that, II tho caso cnuid not 10
brought to cIose by Monday noon, ho wonI1 bo
nnablc to hear It, inasmnch M ho had then TO
70 to Indianapolis for nn absence Of ton days.
TN being informed that it would require whole
day simply to read tie answo- OF tho defendant
corporation His lonor concluded that lo could
not, In sho time nllowed him. Eiyo the case M
nass1t 'amSa caYuss nsas1s for 1h'1Sspon o cpeso M
River Halfway Construction con,pauy,
suggested tllat furtlIor time 10 yrantod no
acton to be takon 1aeailwhile by anY Of tho par
tics that would tend to pre1ndico tho rights Of
1.nllroaa Company. It waa finally agreed that
tho caso should be set for hearing ou tho 4tlt
Of january no1t. tho doteudants to le MI tuoir
papers on or boforo Doc. Is. the complainant
to lilo his on or bofore Doc. 49, ...-
Tho answer OF tho Chicago t. Alton Rnilroal
Company and Judge Deckwitn IL worry vol
luminous document OF l50 writtcn pages 1t
donicB IN detail all tho allegations Of HuInnt in
Ills bill contanod. and shows that ayery net
dono by Judge ycckwith in tho matter Was fully
authorized. not only ty tic Directors, but ALSO
by The stockholders Of bpth tho chicago 4 llli~
rois Eivet 1laslroad Company asa tho Chi
cago Il Illinois River Hallway Construction
Company. All the charceH OF irnud III Tho ILL
wcro shown to bc unfoundetl. md tho facta upon
which thoH0 chargoH nro 1nada wcro explained
aatisfactorllF. It appears from tho answer. Tor
example. that tho Chicago .k Allan 1.oad Aavo
actually paid 2|oo'ooo for 90 mles Of railway.
$500, 1000,
Quo rolnt mootea in tl.la controversy is re1a-
two to tue ability Of tho llliuo.a River Hallway
Company TO pay its debts. Ihe fact ia that tho
and uupa!l.
The order ootcrcd vas AZ follows:
Now comes tho complainant by Lswroncc, Winston,
cmnf ' *nd
oomEsny Ge1yaon nesawa aee;ss stset tha !t,
Chicago Halfway Construction Company, by Crawford
M MaIeI'snall. ts se'1s!tars; +; ". rsck aud z. r.
uuon 1so1ng.Miil Company, by ). .. uloyer,--apd
tneseupon tbs cou,plsnaas n'oyes tue Court that a
socei.sr b. sppoatsa toe tho lino' ttyer Issiros!
Company, Alfred stratton md -. Woo.1son, their
agents aud sttorne5s, he en1oinrd and restrained from
prosecuting cortaiu ~ bankruptcy lcd i'll
the pEatr1ct Court for said DiHtftct,
1t IL thtreuron ordered 1v tho Court that nothing be
Of she complainant unsu The furcr orIer Of tne cors
parties tho motion for Receiver anil for injunction
IL continued until Jan. 4. 1916. snl In tho mean
tins tho said defendants required o ali tho pa-
ieca they desire by tho 1'h dsy of December Instant
that data a pspcrs that rnay be cssred o filed sl,a
b. dono onJ upon ltaTo Of the Court htst had aad OBJ
| tasnsa.
Margaret Phillips, tho hostess Of tllo "rArm-
cr's Hote!." At No. 1908 Btato street, filed bill
which shs rec!tes tho stosy. Of her 'l-tseasnent.
Sllo sAya sue was married to Phillips IN 1SuJ.
aud brought hitu naat llttlo fortunu, which ID
invested In tho 'hoto1" above natnol. 1}nt
Phillips divided hIs time between beating aud
kicking het and spending her money. until she
eau caduso Il no lonGor. lilo las now boon 30
long usIuR what does not botong to him that le
refuses to Surrender hex property and tie com.
plAaGanl, DebiAaa htkltE !UF ulfQFCo, prhyb lQf
| at INDUCTION to keep him out Of her houso IN tho
| future.
Judge Williams granted divorces in tho follow.
| Ing casea: Hannah Holly trou1 James Kelly. On
account Of his adultery; caro- OF chillron givol,
| to her; Char|oa Broad from Ellou Broad. bo-
cause of her repestsd crslolty and Louise nsse
from Adolph uAsa, On the ground Of hM Adul-
| terY.
Judge Tarwell made 1saao pleclasy happy by
| freeing linn from bis 1natrmbual dutioa to Lizl
| rIschaty, on tho ground OF descrtion.
ITEMS
George Dury, OF tho law firm ot SWEET 4 Inry,
] Was Saturday admitted to practice in both the
/ United htAtea Courts.
Discharges from bankruptcy wtro gsantsl 10
r +. Murphy Calvin II. Swain. Gilbert W. BAR
| uard, and George II. Cole.
| judge DEnuiuond viii loavo for hts circuit IN
| 1adiana to-day.
UNITED RTArKH COURTS.
/ Tho Champion Fro E1ttngMishar Company
began sult for 49, GOO agaiuBt tue City OF Aou-
/ mouth.
Isaao II. Potter et al. aual Gcorge +. Q!aso1
| and L. 7. Fu1louE for 1,60u.
Marx Held. A. ilellbrun. and I4omuol J. Held.
hrt,11nht aNh}naf ~: WAt1InxAti rhcovar