The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-12-16

valuable. He says that the fee system
10 marshals, etc. ought to be Adolf
shed. rs it Is productive OF cxtrAv-
agance. IL
The report shows that in the conrtot
claims. as against $50 cases tried our
ing the preceding year, $40 were a's-
posed OF by trial during the past year,
being an increase of over 10 per cent
Under the act Of March 3. 1883,
known as the Bowman act 24s cases
were disposed OF during the year; the
aggregate Of claims covered by SAID
cases being s2.5s3. 9S9.4i. In lbs OF
these cases findings were made against
the government, and for an aggregate
sum Of SAB. $4,000.
Many Of the claims pending OF TINS
class are. the report says, OF unqnes-
tionablc loyalty. and he recommends
that the statute of limitation operate
against these claims after six years
Since the date Of the last report there
have been made in French spoiiation
cases decisions in favor OF the claim
ants aggregating $3.50, o54 and the tota'
amount allowed up to this date In
7le cases. is o.. ,2as. The total num-
bcr Of petitions which have been
fled is $500. claiming an aggregate
Of about $40, 900, 600: and the cases yes
undisposed Of are in number 4,6o9' ana
claims something like 81. 100000 Inc
total number OF cases now pending In
the court os claims under all jurisdic-
tious is 2l 900. an increase in the past
wear Of isis. The total number OF
cases disposed Of during the past year
was l.2l4.
There have been disposed OF 33' cases
Of Indian depreciation claims, in 244 OF
which judgments were in favor Oh
claimants and 93 in favor OF the gov
ment. The aggregate amount OF the
judgments above referred to is s4s3.
us. 81. the amounts claimed in the cases
in which such judgments were rem
dered being about double that amount
! In the cases wherein judgments were
rendered in favor of the governmen
the demands aggregate s4G9, 3oo.95.
; TO summarize: The aggregate OF tn
claims disposed Of is 81 1878. 157.s0' Tn
amount of judgments recovered on suc'
= claims being s4s?.7is.s7 or little NOR
: than 33 per cent of the demand.
There were $40 United States pris
oners serving sentences in the variou
{ state prisons June 30. 1892.
r The report recommends increase
Y prison facilities for the future.
/ Progress is reported in the Texa
: boundary case involving titles to l,ol'
= 900 acres OF land. A rap is given III
= Bell Telephone Co., when the repo
declares:
= From the past history Of the case
'r seems that no effort to delay the pr
D press of the case will be omitted by q
= fendant.'
Dr. The case against the Pacific railroa'
rr to compel them to maintain Telegram
u lines for governmental and commerce
"a purposes has been pushed with vige
70 but delays have been obtained by =
railroads On this subject Attornc
u General Miller says:
:" "The district attorneys in all OF the
as cases have been directed to oppose
y efforts on the part OF the defendants
=, obtain further time. and to hurry the
% cases TO an issue. in order tr
testimony may be taken and decisi
4. reached upon the merits OF the cont
'se versy. The case appealed to the
preme court against the Union Pac
or hallway Co. will in the meanti
nr- probably have been advanced and
,u- c;dcd. and IL the decision is sustain
INT there can be no doubt about the rec
~ in the other cases.
Do He regards rs important that sect
~ OF the act Of August IL, 1883
seo statutes. 4s4). be amended by insert
the proviso, in italics. after the W
..inhabitant" in the following senter
- namely:
and no civil suit shall he brou
III. before either Of sxid courts against
. ~ person by any original process or
ceeding in my other district than I
whereof he is an inhabitant;" Pror'
w.. that am foreign corporation may Dc
-. IN mn district rhers Il may te .fo
!. Drocess 10 be serrrd az in Ike cdsts az
s,nfe ,cLers snid suu or action Is brough
,rm. Such an amendment, he says, we
on restore the law to what 1t was \
and century prior TO the act OF Marc
nm 1857. and would impose on these co
ober rations liability to be sued &C
we're spending tn the right they enjoy ia
orig rs plaintiffs, and to remove suit
nber which they arc defendants.