Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1885-05-27
MATTERS OF CASH,
A COUPLE OF BIG AWARDS IN RAIL.
WAY DAMAGE SUITS.
Comparative Figures from the Clearing
Houses - Unfavorable Wheat Reports
"A Shortage Of 117,OOO,OOO
RuS!. str y. Winter Wheat.

Houses - Unfavorable Wheat Reports
"A Shortage OF 117,O0O,OO0
Rus,.nr - Winter whoat.
ERIE, Pa. May Is The trial Of the case
OF Louis RoSen2weig, a member Of the Erie
bar, against the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern railway terminated Friday. after
an almost four weeks trial, with verdict
Of $4S,75O, the larg sst verdict ever given in
the United States for personal in.
juviaS. The plaintiff, who is a promi-
citizen. attempted to ride from Cleveland
to Eri9 Oh the limited express on
TIE defendant compa ny's road ON q round
trip ticket which he had purchased at Erie
Plaintiff was put off the limited express in
the Cleveland yards and directed to the
depot Eosensweig alleges that he fell OF
was struck by a passing train, and since
then he has been partially paraly zsd,
and has been subject to the most
torturcus treatment that of eau
teri2ing the spine with white-hot
irons and other heroic treatments
or over two years. He had sued for $780,.
900 damages, alleging that the defendant
company had no right to eject him from the
train inasmuch as he had offered both gen.
eral ticket and money fare, both of which
were refused, and a special ticket demanded.
AT the opening of the suit defendants, who
alleged that RoSenzweig, was shamming,
asked for an order OF court to compel
RoSenzweig to submit to being chic
reformed in order that his alleged paralysis
might be tested. The plaintiff protested
and his physicians swore that to drug
Rossnzweig would jeopardize his life. The
court dismissed the motion. Prominent col
lego surgeons swore that plaintiff was
paralyzed from spinal injury. Others
equally prominent swore he was
shamnling. Col. RoyS Of Chicago
and ex-Congressman Brainard defended
the suit, and Col. Thompson, s
A Davenport, and G. A. Allen prosecuted
it. The first jury was dismissed on account
of sick juror When the second came in
one of the jurors had to be car: ic up thu
court house steps, owing to sicknsS After
eight hours consultation n c,'rlpr'' mise
between So, 900 and the whole amrunt waa
effected as aforesaid. RoSenzwelg is r.ceiv.
ing congratulatory kilograms fr"m I'll the
prominent Hebrew in the state.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May %. Last fall,
in an accident on the Indiana, bloomington
s. Western railroad, William c. Whitehead
was injured so badly that he has not since
been able to leave his led and his death is
only matter of short time. In 3 suit to
recover damages the jury Saturday awarded
him SIT, 500, the largest sum ever named in
a verdict in this state for personal damages
The trial was long -one, and hotly con-
tested by the leading attorneys at the bar.
Clearing House Returns.
NEW YORK, May Is. The Financial and
Commercial Chronicle says: THE ex-
changes for the week ending May Is fail to
the returns for the previous six days.
The decline in the aggregate, however,
reached only Sl,094,29S; but in this
decrease New York does not participate, the
clearings at that city exhibiting an increa
of 81, 522, 541. The total falling off at other
points being therefore SIS, 465, Ara The
most conspicuous declines have boen at
Chicago, nearly $4,000 900; Boston, about
So ,OOO, 900, and Philadelphia almost
81, OOO, OOO The comparison with q year
ago is also less favorable than on May 8, but
the greater percentage OF loss recorded by
this years figures is due more to the largo
increase (511;3, 655, $50 which occurred in the
week of 1884 than to the decrease noted
above. Considered by sections it would
appear that in the south alone do
the exchanges make better COM
parison with last year than during former
weeks, and yet this is solely on account Of
a greater falling off N volume during the
week of 1891 than at present. For several
weeks the New York totals have continued
to improve This is gratifying, as it is ap-
parently due to slow growth in mercantile
transactions.
The Wheat Crop.
New YORK, May 25. -Bradstreet's agency
says: The reports from the winter-wheat
region continue unfavorable. The commits
sioner OF agriculture telegraphs that his
reports indicate a shortage of Ill.,
specials from Washington territory and
Oregon point to gain of 100000 bushels as
compared with last year. and there is now
10 known reason for believing that the total
spring and Pacific coast wheat crops will
fall much if any behind 1854 In that event
the outlook for tie aggregate of wheat this
year is 800, 00O, 600 bushels 1t may run be-
low his AM it i equally possible that the
total may lie larger
There were ISL failures in the United
States during the last week, as compared
with 1874 in the preceding week, and with
1S3, I55 and 124, respectively, in the CORE
spending weeks of 1854. 1888 and 1882.
About 81 per cent. were those Of small trad
ers, whose capital was less than $4,000.
Canada had twenty-sx an increase of four.
The Interstate Commerce Questions.
NEW YORK, May 25-Before the United
States senate committee on Interstate COM
merce which has been in session at the
Fifth Avenue hotel during the past week,
Josiah J. White, Of the chamber of COM
merce, sail that all congress could
do was to pass law that no
road should charge mora for long haul
than for short haul Jackson S. Shultz
did not believe that the government should
have anything to do with the fixing Of rates.
Let the railroads do that themselves. The
system Of the payment of rebates as was
prevalent on all roads was pernicious one.
and ought to be abolished.
Heavy Failure at Memphis, Tenn.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 25.-Amos Wood
ruff, president Of the Woodruff Oliver Car
riage and Hardware company, and presi
dent Of the Woodruff Lumber company,
made an individual assignment Saturday
morning. His liabilities are about 900, 900,
and his assets are nominally about 1925, 900,
consisting principally Of stock in the two
corporations of which he was president. w.
L. Clapp is named as assignee.
Fell from Grace.
ROCKFORD, His, May 25.-Harry Radclif
was Oh Thursday night detected pilfering
money from the drug store till of Brown &c
ErlStein by means or a marked quarter.
RadcliR was one Of Boy Preacher Harri-
sons converts, and became distinguished as
a religious exhorter. He was prominent
member Of tie Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION and Methodist Episcopal church.
Shortly after Harrison left, on invitation Of
Pastor now presiding elder Van Horne
Radcliff occupied the Centennial pulpit one
Sunday morning and addressed packed
audience on his experiences. He is head OF
the casting department Of the Silver-P Plate
works, and was trusted visitor at the drug
store, at times assisting as clerk. He con.
fesse1 his stealinps but saws thev were