, 1875-06-20

! under a1anaiuation for twenty hours Yesterday
afternoon 1t O'Clock the clsss mat to near the
! result, but. owing to the ahsenee Of Judge Doc
] little II Racine, the announcement Of the 1eeut
| Of tho examination was deferred until Monday,
greatly to the disappointment OF tho etnderts.
Judges Booth and Trumhull then addressed the
ciaae With appropriate remarks During the fore
noon thu lust OF the course OF Saturday lectures,
which have proved 80 attractive 4 feature OF this
institution throughout the present reason WAS
delivered by Prof. Walber C. Lyman, formerly
Of Nex York. 1t wss most able and amusing
summary OF tbs salient points in the arts OF
good and bad speaking, illustrated on the spot,
with remarkable power Of mlmlcr5 OF the worse,
apd with equal skill ia exhibiting the bettat
styles Of elocutiou. Without derog1ssng from
tha previous lectures OF this long course. it il
safe to cay that Prot. Lyman's was tho most
amusing and ono Of tho most instructive Of
them all
TIE BONE
4 meeting Of thu outraged creditors Of the de-
fuuct Homo Mutual Insurance Company Was
held last evening in the ofica Of Enoa Turner, at
Room 10. SO East Madison street., with au attend
ance Of some forty OF fifty After calling the
meeting to order. Ms. G. M. C1ss, who had been
chiefly instrumental in calling the meeting in
tho hrst place. volunteered . few remarks as 10
Why be Was inceDsed at tho action Of the A.
signee Of tho Company. He stated that about
three weeks Ago be received : postAi-card from
that gentleman announcing that he held bis pre-
mipm-oote for about $50, and lnstruct!ng hlm TO
saTe costs hy calling lmmedlately and TAXING II
up. He called on Mr. Murphy at bis Office, and
aeked to see the note. It was On alp OF paper,
bexr7ug at tho bottom OF it his namo. and pur-
porting to have been taken from an insn' ance
policy issued in 1865. The signature might have
been his, but be did not believe it raa. for he
remembered having siEned only IN application.
When tha fire OF 1871 came, It ovcrwheimed the
Company, and ]. Z. Murphy Was appointed Re-
ceiyer. Previous to this time, tue lsece1Ver was
interested in the Company, Which soon ne:ged
into The Chicago Fire Company.
Mr., Cass then called On the gentlemen present
for statement OF their individual cases. and
WIS answered by xuddy-laced German, vino
read the following card:
No. 6oo7. 162 LAsALI STREET. Room q.
Nr. AdtIiat Eef-DEAR SlR: Take no.ice that hold
will be brought upon Ii, a ordered BY the United
s:Atea District Court for the Northern District OF L.
nnois Gve this your Immediate attention and saSe
costs You1B. etc, J.. MUArH1, AsSGnee-
He then added that he had never been insured
in the Home Mutual Company, OF auy other
company except the Etus, He had called 3.
upon Mr. Murphy and wns shown = premium
aoto for a15D, amounting with interest to
$l75. His oame was signed to tho bottom
Of it, bui it WAS not his signature. He wrote his
name with but four letters and he YVES very
compact writer, but his mama in this instance
vas written in iead-pencil, aud WIS spread out
fully fvo inches.
After some further consideration Committee
consisting OF Enos Turner, C. H. Cass. Charles
knorr, John Gimbe1, aud George 81. Rapp Was
appointed to OBTAIN list Of all who we're Bimi-
larly harassed by Murphy, and to report what
course Of defense would be tho most practicable.
The meeting then adjourned subject to tho cali !
OF the Committee,