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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-14
The Big Four All Right.

III. E. Ingalls,, president of the Cincinnati, In
dtanapolis, st. Louis & Chicago road, was inter-
viewed Saturday by a reporter OF the Cincinnati
Enquirer regarding the break in tine stock of
this road during Mr. Ingalls, absence, He an
swered the reporter by giving the April earn
ings Of the road. which were $196,S7l .05,
against $194.4737 rs corresponding month, 1882
For the first week of May the approximate earn
ings of the road are $47,511.11, against $43,-
692.26 for the same period last year. The earn
lngs for March of this year show an increase of
S15,O2SOS over those for the same month last
year. For March of 1882, the gross earnings
were S201, 723.l0, and the net earnings $82,
O37.7S. This year the gross earnings for the
same month were 1926, 4S446, and the net
earnings 1897. 062. SO. ''NOt bad showing"
said MIR. ingalls,. "rhe Big Four Is all right,
and nothing is the matter with the road, and no
cause exists why the stock should be depressed.
! hold a large amount OF the stock, and am per-
fectly satisfied with my investment"
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The reports for April show decrease of about
10 per cent. In the west-bOund traffic of the rail
roads included in the trunk-line pool.
AS result of the punishment meted out to
the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville road last
month by Commissioner Fink, for cutting rates.
their earnings In April show decrease of ST.
O25,09 as compared with April, 1882.
Boston telegram says Il serious construction
fight is imminent between the Missouri Pacific
AMI the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fee roads
Boston people think the Missouri Pacific is fur.
nishing money for the construction of the St.
Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita railroad.
A dispatch from Austin, Texas, says: ''The
Houston & Texas Central railway has defaulted
In the payment OF interest and sinking fund due
the State on loans made to 1t prior TO the war
The amount In default is about S28, 900. The
State will probably bring suit against the com
pany.
Another meeting of the general passenger
agents of the railroads In the joint executive
commission and representatives, of the roads
west NJ Chicago and 81. Louis was held in New
York on Saturday. The subject of rate cutting
in San Francisco by agents of Eastern lines and
the appointment of nm arbitrator to settle the
differences was discussed at length Action was
taken, but has not been announced.
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On Saturday Clarissa A. woodgale instituted
proceedings for divorce from her husband,
James wOOdgaIe, alleging abandonment and
failure to PROVIDE. They were married Aug. II,
1881.
Fredericka Link wants legal separation from
Leopold Link, TO whom she was married Aug
81, 1881, aud the custody OF their child She
alleges abuse, abandonment and charges that he
is rapidly sduaudering her money.
Mrs Margaret Nicholson, from whom her hus.
band, David Nicholson obtained divorce about
nine years aga, has filed petition asking that the
decree be set acknowledging that ii was obtained
by Misrepresentation that she may file a
cross complaint and demand $25, 900 alimony.
She claims that Nicholson obtained the divorce
as to marry another young woman. which he
subsequently did. and that he promised the first
Mrs. N. $4,000 IL she would allow 1t to be
granted. which, however, he failed to pay,
hence the suit.
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manufacturing purposes, would become a largo
an important business. and be also remarked
that the time was coming when grain would be
carried to tue seabOard at one cent per ton per
mile. Hts remarks created q smile, and one OF
the freight men alluded to him as being vision
airy. Yet, the Mahoning branch of the A & q.
W., which in that year moved only some 200
tons OF coal, in the year 1882 car
ried over 100000 tons, and 100000 tons
of iron ore; aud grain is now carried from Chica-
go to New York u cent per ton per m lie,
which is e cent less than he foreshadowed. So
far as coal transportation is concerned, the re-
mark of Mr.. Kennard would apply as apprOpri-
ately to II majority of the railroads of New York.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois as to
the Mahoning division of the N. Y, p. o,
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PROPOSALS FOR TICKET PUNCHES.
PosToFFICE DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON. ID. C.. MAY |

Sealed proposals will be received at this De-
partment until the ID day OF June, 1888 for
furnishing $500 Ticket Punches, either station
AIRY or in the form OF pliers, to be delivered at
this Department ON or before the 10Th day OF
August, 1888.
The punches are to supply new want Of the
service. being required for use In the issue of
postal notes Bidders will submit with their
proposals samples of the punches offered TO be
furnished by them.
All proposals are to he made In accordance
with the printed forms aud specifications which
will he furnished on application, by letter, To
the SupernteudonJ OF tho "MOney-Order Svs.
ten. POstoiilGe Department, Washington, ID. C
to whom bidders should address their sealed
prOpOsals. marked on the envelope, proposals
for Punches"
A decision on the bids VIII he mado on or be-
fore the 9th day of June. 1888, the right being
reserved 10 reject any or all OF them
W. @. GRESHAM, POstmaster-general.
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Especially are the new equipments of superior
build; while substantial they are elegantly nm
lshed and all modern eenveniences for comfort
ana cleanliness are Introduced
The stock yard train over she Indian apols 81
Nlncennes road comes OFF to-day. A suburban
train to ran as far south as Maysyile goes on'
and will make several trips daily.
The five Western roads. last week. brought into
indianapolis 1887 loaded cars, as follows: |. IL
ST. l., 965; Vaadalis, 933; c., l. st. l.. g. c., $40;
l., Ii. &. W., Peoria division, 36l; st. Louis dlvis-
ion, 1853.
Prospects are not very favorable to there be-
Ing much done in the way OF excursions this
season, The fact Is that regular rates are
now so cut that il would hardly pay to run ex-
cnrsion trains at lower rates.
To-day the Chicago, st. Louis Il Pittsburg road
takes The position OF an independent through
line, and VIII have through coaches from Chicago
to Pittshurg. and Pullman drawiug.room sleep
Ing cars Chicago to Philadelphia and New York.
The Paris accommodation, recently put on
over the indianapolis st. Louis road. is proving
to be popular train and quite a convenience
Tor parties at points between Paris aud Indian
apolls who wish TO spend few hours In the
city, aud then return at n convenient hour.
Chicago papers are speaking in very compli-
mentary terms of the offices of the
Chicago & Atlantic. at Chicago. which
have been fitted up in fine style.
these favorable notices from the fact that the
desks aud furniture were furnished by King IL
Elder, OF this city.
Train men on the Bee Line system are gath
past superintendent Evan, Master Mechanic
Lupe and Chief Train Dispatcher O'Hara, of the
Indianapolis division have been examining n
number OF third-elass engineers, baggage mas
tiers and brakemen, ana are giving those who
acquit themselve being competent to fill
higher positions TOT understand that they are to
be promoted. ..
The Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railroad
Company is expending considerable money this
season in building new depOts on the several
divisions. Five have already been com pleted,
and plans and specifications for seven more have
been prepared. General Manager Henderson
states that when they have their improvements
of this character completed. the depOts on the
l., B. & W. system will be the neatest and most
conveniently constructed to be found on any
system of same milage IN this country.
To give an idea of what an unusually large per
cent. of cars is moving over indianapolis lines,
we give below the official statements of several OF
the roads: The Vandalia received ana forwarded
at thus point last week 2,92l cars; of that num-
Der LIPS were empty. The Indiana, Bloom
ington g. Western, all division, l,lS3; of the
number 40 were empty. The Cincinnati, In
dianapolis, st. Louis &c Chicago, both disvisiOns,
4,O57; OF the number 977 were empty. And the
proportion is much the same ON the other lines.
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NOTICE
CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS. CINCINNATI & }
INDIASAPOLlS RAILWAY,

CLEVELAND, o, April 2, 1883. }
Notice is hereby given TO the stockholders of
the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati IL Indian
apolis Railway Company, that IA special meeting
of the stockholders of SAID Railway Company
will be held at the general office OF the company
in the city of Cleveland, O., on the 9th day OF
June, 1883, at / O'Clock A. NJ, for the purpose
of voting dpOn u lease for ninety-nine years Of
the st, Louis, Alton a. Terre Haute railroad to
the Cleveland Columbus, Cincinnati & Indian
apOlis and the Indianapolis & st. Louis Railway
Companies, and 20 consider said lease, and to
authorize. rally and confirm said lease or reject
the same and to take such otheraction in regard
to said lease as the stockholders may deem
proper.
BY order Of the Board OF Directors.
GEORGE II. RUSSELL, Secretary.
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PROPOSALS FOR POsToFFICE ENvEL@
4 OPES.
POsTOFFICE DEPARTMENT.
WAsIIINGTON ID g.. Nav /

"
Sealed proposals will be received at this De-
partment until Thursday, the 7th day of June,
1888, ut II o'clock m, for furnishing Postothce
as they may be ordered. during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1884, of the following classes
viz:
Nos to 4. For OGical Letters and Returns.
No. ). For Returning Dead Letters.
No Is. For Registered Pucka yes.
No. 7. Tag Envelopes for Registered Pack
ages.
No. 8. For international Money-order Adj
vices.
Blank forms OF bids, with samples and full
specifications, will be furnished upon appllcI-
tion TO the Third Assistant Postmaster-general,
Washington, ID. c.
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GENERAL NEWS.

Probable Changes the L., N. A q @.
After the Retirement of Superintendent
Mcleod.
Louisville party, whose connection with the
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago road is such
as to enable him 10 know the programme of
President Young, states that on the retirement
of John Mcleod general superintendent, to
take the position of vice president and general
manager of the Union Railway Company and
Belt road, the Office will be abolished, and that
W. NJ. Marshall will be appointed division SUI
perintendenr, with headquarters at Louisville,
and have charge of the L., N. A & e. main line,
and W. G.. Sala division superintendent. with
headquarters at Chicago, to have charge of the
Dispatcher Findlay will be appointed master Of
IIAnannrI atinn
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PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

III. $. Morse, Formerly of the L., ID. & s.,
Made General Manager of the Brunswick
g. Albany
John X. Elder left for New Orleans. on satur-
day, to look after his interests In the Lake
BOrgne road
General Passenger Agents Chesborough, OF the
Vandala, and Dering. of the j., NJ. IL l., returned
yesterday from New York.
j. W, Sherwood, superintendent Of the c., T..
st. L. e. C., is confined To his room for two or
three days by u eprained ankle.
Ford Wood, or Springfield, o.. assistant freight
agent OF the Indiana, Bloomington & Western
spent the Sabbath with friends in this city
n. 3 Morse. formerly on the INDIANAPOLIS
Decatur & Springfield road, last week assumed
the duties of general manager of the Brunswick
&c Albany road. The road is III miles in length
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The New Evansville Police Commissioner.

The New Evansville Police Commissioners.
A meeting of the State officers was held satur-
day morning. and Edward E. Law was appointed
metropolitan police commissioner of Evansville,
to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation Of
George W. Hayne. The appointment was fore
Swallowed by the Journal, and was no surprise.
The new commissioner Is son of Judge Law, u
member from the First district OF the Thirty
seventh and Thirty eighth sessions of Congress,
aud lie ayoung lawyer. He was chosen for the
one year term. and, 1t is understood. will be very
acceptable to the young Democracy of Evans
willie, which has no other meaning than that the
political lines will be drawn closely as the law
will permit in the organization of the metropoll-
tan police force In that city. "Well, you have
confirmed the Journals appointment of the
Evansville police commissioner" was u remark
made to Auditor Rice, Saturday afternoon
eyes" repeated the wag, 1--WE had to follow tho
Law"
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INTERESTING RI MIN1sCENoEs.


Remarks Once Thought to be Visionary,
Twelve Years Later Prove True.
On Saturday evening an old Atlantic Il Great
Western official related 10 the railroad reporter
0f the journal. when speaking Of freight trans
1'ortaton OF the present day, striking incident:
In the year 1860 there was a meeting OF general
freight agents at Cleveland, Ohio, ut which
Thomas W. Kennard, then chief engineer Of the
n. o. q. w., was present, and was called upon
tOr some remarks, in the course of which he said
chat transportation OF coal for domestic
nse, and OF coal and iron orc for
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-14

Pat Boyle, mayor of the city of Huntington,
and his pumps, in arresting ana filming men on
the most frivolous pretexts, would not be toler-
ated in any other town in Northern lHdiana,
There Will be some lynch law In force sor or
these days" This language must have oeeg un-
derstood as imputing official dishonesty, il Eos
corruption, TO the officer named. Its tendency
evidently was to degrade the officer and TO ex-
cite to revenge. The affidavit charged that Ii
was malicious. These constitute all the sub
stantial elements OF a libel in a case like this.
DODGERS l.. d s. 80; Townsend. sec 254; Ohio.
100; 6S Ind, 53S; 1873 Mass, 235l 81 much of
section 1879 of the statute requires the aft
davlt to lie filed with the clerk by the person
making it. is directory merely, and need not be
literally complied with (Sl Ind, 800 The es-
sential requisite is that an affidavit charging an
ohense be first made, so that an Information
may he based upon it, It was not intended to
exclude every other method of commencing
prosecutions by affidavit and Information, the
object being rather to enable competent ana rep
utHble persons to cause prosecutions to be insti-
tuted against offenders without the assistance
by or against the wishes of the prosecuting at
torney. Where 1t appears that the information
was based on what purpUrts to be a proper ath-
davtt aud was filed with or at the same time as
was not filed In time cannot be sustained. (4S
Ind, $50; 90 Id, $40; IS id, 1861 Judgment
reversed.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF PARTY IN POSSES
SION.
9.440. John B. Bunnell va. David StudeDai1er.
Bioknell, C.-Action by appellant to recover
damages for the unlawful taxing of his mare.
Inc defendant Hodge, was derauted Stude-
bakers defense was that ne found Hodge In pos
session OF the mare, claiming to be her owner,
and that he borrowed her of Hodge and returned
her TO him before suit without knowledge of
Plaintiffs claim. The permitted
Studebaker to prove the declarations of Hodge
while in possession to the ownership of the
mare. In the absence of the plaintiff. This was
not error. Appellant tried TO show corrupt
combination between Hodge and Studebaker to
put the mare out Of his reach. The declarations
OF Hodge were competent. The possession and
use of the mare by him was prima faGie evil
dence of ownership, and the declaration of u
party in possession that he holds owner
competent as part of the res geste, and the con-
versatiOns between Hodge and Studebaker show
ing the circumstances under which the latter
took the mare aud the purpose for which he
took her were competent to be proved by any
one who heard them during the continuous pos
session by Hodge. Judgment affirmed.
The following cases were also decided:
1O,046. Batorffvs. Covert. Clark c. c. Al
firmed. Bes., G.
$3.50. Knsey VS.. Sattertwhaite. Huntington
C. C. Affirmed. Morris, C.
9,749. Mowbry VS., CITY of Peru, Miami C, C.
Affirmed. Black. G.
$500. Burkhalter VS.. BurKhalter Tippeca
noe Q. O. Affirmed. Franklin, C.
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THE vANDALIA EXTENSION.
Shall 1t Go to Michigan City?-EfRorts Max
ing tn secure 1t There.

Shall 1t Go to Michigan City?-EfRorts Max
ing tn secure 1t There.
Itbegins to look n little as II tho Vandalia peo-
pie would push the northern extension of their
line on to Michigan City. Last week u party
combating of william R. McKeen, president;
Colonel ]. Hill, general manager; ]. X. Kendall,
,~Rsistant general freight agent: Captain A. B.
azatoh, chief engineer; John G. Williams, atter-
Shey, and Richard W Thompson, ex-Secretary of
the Navy, visited Michigan City aud were very
handsomely received by prominent business
men OF the place, who showed the parties what
advantages extending the road 10 that point
would give the Vandalia people. A meeting was
called in the rooms of the First National Bank,
at which II. Fl. Walker spoke of the desires OF
the business men OF that place that the Van
dalta should come In there, and he told Mr.
Mckeen that they must have the read. j. s.
Hopper then made a'statenIent of the north and
south business at that point for the year 49,.
the following OF which is summary. These
statistics show the number Of carloads shipped
South via the W. St. l.. " 2. aud L., N. A a. O.
roads:
LUMBER cars
iron ore oars 266
Ties, cars ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. go
Total $50
On the part OF the road Hon. Richard w
ThOmpsOn said that the new line was only lo
Gated 10 Lake Maxinkuckre, ana that the party
were now merely upon IA tour of Inspection, ana
as TO their northern terminus they would ut an
early day announce their determination. He
admitted that they were perfectly astOunded ut
the magnitude OF Michigan City's business and
that everything looked far more favorable than
was expected
We're this extension bull: the Vandalia would
doubtless secure n handsome business in ship
ments OF hummer southward, Int from the coal
trhtnc they would renp tile greatest advantage,
as Cay county hork coal cOuld be shipned Nv
rail from Brazil to Michigan City and then dis.
tri0uted by the lake vessels over the North
west at prices which could not be met by opera
tors la any other coal OF as good quality.
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The Lawyer Would Have Been Sure of His
Fee

The suit of Anna Hayden VS. Charles Crockett,
the Chicago, st, Louis & Pittsburg being made a
co-defendont, comes up for hearing on the
Goth. This is the where Mrs Hayden wants
$4,000 for rOugh treatment by said Crockett
Her attorney states thar Crockett has intnated
he wolld give her ST. 500 to withdraw the suit
II this be true, on the old adage that bird in
tine hand Is worth two In the bush, the plaintiff
should have tHhen the 81 800,
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The Rate War Ended.

LOUISVILLE, May 13.-The war among rail-
way rates to Chicago is at an end The J., NJ. &
T. withdraws its objections TO the excursion
rates to Chicago ana return, made by the L. N
A. & @. for the 10th. The question of cutting
rates was submitted to the general passenger
agents of the roads interested for adjustment.
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G. W. Smiths Latest Dodge.

Competitors of The Lake Erie & Western road
are protesting that this management to secure
business, are placing in the hands OF their agents
what are known as shippers tickets, giving the
agent instruction TO give any shipper OF import
ance one of these tickets Free taking this method
TO evade the agreement between the East and
West lines that they will not issue passes to Sc
cure business.
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EnoroachIng ON I. s Sd. .. Territorx.

The Vandalia people, Saturday last, entered
into q traffic agreement with the management
of the Jacksonville & Southeastern. The latter
promises to be valuable feeder to the Vaudalia.
General Freight Agent Gays, of the Indianapo-
liz & St. louis road, has been notified that the
Vandal.a, through this new connection would
work for Etchted H., business. The & s. E.
connects with the Vandaia at Smithsburg.
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Local Notes.

Tho Bee Lino company will this week receive
several new coaches. The passenger equip
ments OF this system are being put In condition
TO equai those run on any roads In this country.
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