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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-01-27
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
EAGLE =. HOTEL,
BEL AIR, ND,
soNB sTsEsT. OPPOSITE OFFICE STREET.
GEoRGH WALKER, PROPRIETOR

The attention of the travelling public Is
called to this old and well-knOwn hotel, for
merly kept by the late Robert n. Hanna.
The house has been thoroughly renovated,
repaired, rcpaintcd, rcpapcrcd and fitted with
new furniture, and is now in frst-class condi-
ton.
1t is situated in n beautiful lawn, with abund-
ance of shade, and supplied with pure spring
water.
The table will be well furnished with every
thing the market can supply, in season, cooked
and served in a homcliIe and attractive man
ner.
A large Stone Stable on the premises affords
comfortable accommodation for Horses. At
tentivc hOstlers always at hand.
Permanent and Transient Buardcrs accom-
modated and the best attention given to the
comfort of quests,
Summer Borders from the city will find the
EAGLE HOTEL both pleasant and comfortable.
For terms, address GEO. +. WALKER.
12je EAGLE HOTEL. BEL. AIR MD.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-01-27
OF NEW YORK.
RICHARD /. McGESHY. President.

II is the Oldest Life Insurance Company in the
United States.
1t is the Largest Life Insurance Company in
the World.
1t is the Strongest Financial Institution in the
World
1t is the Safest Company IL which to Insure.
Ii Is thc Cheapest Company in which to Insure.
1t is purely Mutual, having no Stockholders to
claim any part Of its profits.
Its ratio Of expenses to receipts IL less than that
of any other Company.
ETTHE MUTUAL LIFE began business
in 1913. Up to December 3lst. 1891, it had
paid its policy holders i'll 40 years the immense
sum of S;S21, O.3. 633.fO, which is double the
amount ever paid 10y any other Life Company.
In the same period it accumulated 3l5S, 1914
244.51 i'll assets for paying future claims and
dividends. It's policy holders have already re-
ccivCd $50. 9I9. 1872 81 IN cash dividends and it
sull holds an undivided surplus of *IO.SIS.-
SOT %, payable at the distribution period
named in contracts made with the insured. In
Guiding present surplus it has earned for its
policy holders S95. 167 !39.S9 in profits in pol
cies entitled TO dividends which is 50 per cent.
more than the earnings Of any other company.
For further particulars and Information adj
dress
r, H!LLEN JENKINS,
Special Agent. Baldwin, BALTIC. Co., Md.
CITY OFFICE-21% f. GERMAN STREET,
BALTIMORE. Nd.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-01-27
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-01-27
REAL ESTATE SALES.
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Trustees Sale.

for Hartford County, as Court of Equity, the
subscribers, as trustees will offer at Public
Sale, at the Court House door, Bel Air,
On Monday, January Goth, 1893,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03
A NEW ORLEANS LAKE PARTY
Hire sIoop and Put Out 10 Sea for a Few
Miles.
An inexperienced Hand Causes the Boat 10
cspsllo and -Four Ladies' Are Drowned.
ADlslraclsd FaIhor--A Lille
Girls Struggles

New Orleans, La, April 2.--(Speclal)--
A sailing party on Lake Pontchatrain
came to sad end this afternoon.
Thoms Kelly. his wife. Mrs. Mary A.
Kelly, w. II. KNOBS, stenographer,
Thomas Smith, ami engineer, Ed Snythe,
n mechanic. Miss McCue. aged 10 Mary
Flynn, aged 10; Agnes Flynn, agud 10.
Maggie Sheppard, aged 10, went TO
Wilncburg, a lake end resort aud hired
a sloop to 10 out for a days sail After
coastlng about the lake for a few hours
they determined 20 make trip mile
and a half out from shore. where they
saw a fishing parry. The course OF the
sloop was changed and the party was
soon within hailing distance Of the fish
Ing party. Thomas Kelly was IN charge
Of the aloop aud attempted TO jibe the
craft. As the boom went from star
board 20 port the sloops gunwnle went
uSder water and the bolt was gu.
lug rapidly. Kelly lost his head arb
ordered the people IN the party TO right
boat by getting on the other side, Ills
evident lack Of ability caused the wo-
men IN the aoop TO he Infected with his
fears and they tumblod over one another
IN their Efforts 10 obey his orders. AZ
consequence the boat was oRpsizod
and the entire party was thrown into the
water, which was thirteen feet deep at
that point.
Tho anchor Of the aoop slipped from
the deck and caused those Of tho party
who had secured hold on the keel 10
lose their grip. The men In the skiR
saw the accident. and pulling 10 their
anchor pulled over 20 the unfortunate
party Of plensure-seekers.
ts4If "A
mach and - Schneider. They succeeded
IN rescuiug Maggie Sheppard and Mamie
McCuc, but as they were on their way
to rescue Mrs. Kelly she gave a cry
Of despair aud sank TO the bottom be-
fOrc the eyes OF her husband.
AEnTs aud Mary Flynn slipped from
the bottom OF the mp turned boat and
sank 10 the bottom In one another'u arms
Little Blie Kelly chung % the rudder
post Of the sloOp with the energy Of de-
spair, but elch wave which struck tho
boat causod her little hands 70 slip and
the girl went down a moment before the
skin could reach her.
The men were all saved and with the
two rescued cinldron were rowod TO the
shore.
The news Of the drowning rnn through
the city Ike Wild fire and BY evening
the lake was dotted here and there with
boats filled WIKI men at work searching
for the bodies Of the four unfortunates:
by night not trace Of the bodioA had
been recovered, but the search viii be
kept up throughout the night and until
all hope Of recovering the bodies Is at
nn end.
u. y. Flynn, futher of the drowned
Eistora IN wild with grief, and has sworn
that he viii kin Thos Kelly on sight. He
blnmea Kelly for the whole affair and
says that bis daughters would not have
been drowned had Kclly not induced them
60 join the party. Flynn lost his wlfo
lately and this second double blow, II
Is believed, has affected his mind.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03
CIVIL COURT OF APPEALS.
Full Report Of Decisions Rendered BY the
Court Tor the Second District

No. 40, j. J. Hoffman; appellant, ", Gle.
burne Building aud Loan association ~
al, appelees- Appeal from county court
johnson county.
The decision OF our supreme court on the
question referred 70 Il BY US holds that a
the ground that the amount Ia controversy
has been fraudelenily stated must be MED
IN the due order OF pleading before an an
sWer 10 the merits. The action Of the
court below In overriding the motion or hp.
pellnut 10 strike out such plea intefpOsed
demurrer ana general denial must there
fore bo held error which VIII require o.
reversal % the judgment.
The allegations in appellants pclitlou
ia the court below, which be sought a re-
oOyery are in substance that, on the day
and In possession OF the following DC.
seribed property to.wit. Six bales OF cotton
OF the value Of 500 per bale THAT the
said defendants on said day did wrong
fully, uniawfulyt With force and without
the consent OF piainth' geiAe ana take ~
convert Il 70 their own use. The petition
also allGres such taking % have been VIII
fil and with full knowledge and Claims
both actual aud exemplary damages. ~
sustain hls allegations appellant Onered
evidence tending ID show that Ia the spring
twenty acres Of land which was q part Of
his homestead and that the cotton IA
controversy, except one bale, was rulsed on
this land. and that ~ the upie alleged ap-
pelleos took n from his posstsson Dy virtue
81 an execution against j.. HOFFMAN. the
BY q general denial and appellant con-
tends that IN this state OF the pleading the
only iss1e IN the case was that Of posses
sion. This question Of pleading Ia . ease
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03

day when District Attorney Lee pressed
them 10 show their writs and assured
them that any man they had process for
would be surrendered, they had 90
own that they had only a writ for Willis
Jones, the others they were demanding
were friends OF Locke They were as
sured by Commissioner Gibbons, who
knows Jones personally, they had not
been IN or about Antlers FOR two montbs
Another incident, elias Loving, who
was 10 have been shot for numbering an
Old woman, but who walked OF from
Che sheriff the day Of the execution, ap-
peared In Locke's camp and told BIN
That he had quit the militia and wanted
10 come and help him fight. Locke ordered
him put out Of the camp,
In the attack on Lockc's house, Milton
Lowe. IA United States citizen, working
for Locke. went into the house, got Mrs
Locke aud four little children and start
ed with them to a place Of sGtety, aud
then the children were fired AT seven or
eight times by the militia and the ply
steal evidences now existing at lockes
place show that When Commissioner
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03

by the evidence, but we cannot agree with
THIS. The evidence was uudlsputed that
one bale OF the cotton was raised upon land
rented hy appellant from other parties than
his father, and this ia ovidonly the bale
the Jury allowed him. A. 10 the cotton
raised ON l.. Hohmhns land we think
the fvcrdict amply suuiiuned The oyi-
dcnce shows that l.. Holman had large
family aud only owrcd "a small place, with
from forty 10 nfty acres IN cultivation.
The twenty acres upon which this cotton
was raised was all the land on uhat place
cultivated In cotton that year. ihin cot
10 WIS cultivated aud picked by L. Holt
man aided by his other children az well ms
appellant m the way we would expect
10 ind Il done had it belonged to him. Ap.
pellnnt was minor and had several acres
Of cotton on land rented from other parties.
OF the cott0 that had been sold prior 10
the levy l.. Hoffman had received by fnr
the greater portion OF The proceeds os-
tonAihly as the gift fron his son. A Wit
ness who worked In tho Rnme field with
appellant aud his father while tho crop was
belnE cultivated testified 20 several con.
vgrsatlons with both ~ them IN which
they agreed that the cottO on the fathers
land belonged 20 him and that on tho
rented land to appellant. Tho Father was
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03
!" UbbY" HUUSE,
The old full bloods are known as Tubbies"

Gibbons went up to the house TO stop the
fight, he was fired at moro than once
The shots pasesd very close TO Gibbons
aud were not going In the direction Of
Locke az all. IL Is also known that when
Gibbons, Kirkpatrick and Leo met
Dukes and his crowd, party with them
told Dukes An ChoctRw that Locke was
at home alone and now was the time
20 get him Then the rush was made.
Yesterday Indian Agent Bepnct de-
priyed Ben Spring. an Indian policeman,
Of his commission for participating In
the attack on Loclfe's house.
This evening was the dime liked for
Governor Jones 10 respond 70 Agent Ben
nets demand for disarmament Bennett
has been ut GoOdland all day trying 10
bring Jones 10 an agreement, and late
this eYeuing left with proposals 20 be
submitted to Locke, aud II agreed 10
by Locke there viii be a settlement Of
the trouble.
What the terms are cannot be learned.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03

ssriklngiy similar Is SO fully considered IN
Wills vs.. Hudson, 60 Texas, Ott, that we
shall not undertake 70 add anything 70
case 70 hold that II the cotton wis placed
~ the nnmc 81 appellant 70 hold FOR his
father with no Intention that ~ between
them The title should pass 60 the former
this can be shown under n general deuial.
even though the trasactlon may have been
undertaken TO defeat the creditors OF the
cotton would De IN he father and he sons
possession would he the fathers posses
sion, Just os the servants possession - the
masters posseession. hut n the parties
90 this transaction really intended the title
80 the cotton 20 vest IN the son aa between
Thorn, nid the nppciccs relied upon their
rieht 20 defeat Such transfer as being
In fraud OF their rights a. creditors ~ the
father. special pleading ou their part would
be required In submitting the case TO the
Jury the court instructed them N general
terms n they found that plaintiff was the
owner OF any Of the cotton ~ the time
az the levy to Ind ia his favor for its value,
Otherwise 20 end Tor defendant. and nuder
this charge the jury returned the follow
ing verdict, eve thc Jury, md IN favor
OF the plaintiff actual damages IN the sum
OF S1e with interest nt 3 per cent per an
NUN from the bth day cf November, lssN.
We. the jury, nnd no sum in favor OF the
plaintiff ns exemplary damages, We the
jury, nnd that the amount Ia controversy
was falsely and fruuduonty stated by the
plaintiff TO be more than the sum OF 500
for the purpose OF giving this court turis.
dictiCn OF the case. and therefore We mud
Tor the defendant on his special plea set
ting up those facts and upon thia verdict
q straight Judgment was rendered for the
defendants. Under the decision ~ our SUI
preme court Il VIII be necessary that this
Judgment be reversed and here rendered
FOR appellants Tor SlN and interest thereon
ut per cent from the 9TH day Of Noycm-
Der tSSn together with all costs or this
court aud the court below.
Appellant contends that the verdict find
Ing him not to be the owner OF the re
millndvr Of the cotton cannot be sustained
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03
IN THE CITY.
BASEBALL GAME.

The game OF baseball at the ball park
yesterday between the East and West
side teams resulted In a defeat Of tho
latter by score Of II TO q.
The positions aud players were as fol-
lows
east Side-.Irying Isaac, catcher; Ilol-
base; Oscar Dnkin, second bnse, Clar-
once Miller. third base; Howard Fogs,
sh0rtstop; Henning ROdford, left
field; Joe Kebort, centerfield; Charles
Jones, rightheld
West Side--W. BerGin, catcher; Earn
est Clark pitcher; Sam Woody, hrst
ter Carter, third base; Ernest Cartwright,
shOrtst0p; bred Cayendcr, leftheld;
Minse Berg, centerdeld; John Ilazer.
riahtdeld
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03
&c pA9rORATn NNnED.

After an earnest and faithful labor Of
Eve years, elder y. W. Lowber closed
his work Az pastor Of che Christian
churcn here yesterday.
lie Eoes 20 Thorp's Spring to-day 70
begin his work az chancellor Of Add
Ran Christian university,
Six persons were added 20 che church
last night.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03
nonnHnY Ar nAnRoLn.

Harold, Tex, April 2..-lSpeciai.l--A dar-
Ing hlghwayman visited Benyor. small
station seven miles below here, last night.
lie held up two men IA the wagon yard
there aud took what gaiunbles they had at
the point Of bis revolver and then pro-
ceeded 10 the station. where be relieved the
railroad agent q about Sl1 Ia money aud
an express package value unknown. A
party 81 men passed through here about 10
O'clock on the TRAN OF thr rObbef but thus
far have NOT caDtIlrod him.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03
Ynr ANOrHER FInn.

About 40 o'clock yesterday morning
the residence OF ben j. Houston, south
east corner OF Pennsylvania avenue and
Adams street. WIS partly destroyed by
FIRE The family was absent and tho
FIRE was probably incendiary The house
was worth about $500 aud has % per
cent damages. The furniture was dam
aged TO some extent, but the loss in tho
absence Of the owner can only be sur
missed.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03
r, h. LEE DAMP MMnTING.

Headquarters II. o. Lee Camp, United
Confederate Veterans, Fort Worth, Tex,
April 3, 1893 The regular meeting Of
this camp win be held at the court housa
Confederates invited to attend BY
order 81 "A. Is. FRAHlllh,
w. M. MCCONNELL, Commander.
AdiutAat
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03
TO CAPTAIN LOCKE FOR PEACE.
If the Latter Agrees 10 the Terms the War
viii Be Over
Some Evidences Of What Part Of Inc Militia
Wanted 10 Do-An American and tho
United States Commissioner Shot
Al-cOmmIssIOn Revoked.

Paris. Tex, April 2.--(Special.) There
are some significant facts In the Antlers'
war; which throw a strong light on the
militia's purposes and motives. When
they FIRST showed up at Antlers they
furnished Commissioner Gibbons with n
list Of men they claimed TO have process
for; they were Willis Jones and eleven
Others. This was on Sunday. On Tues
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03

The Mexican Central railroad has Ia.
trodueed novelty highly esteemed among
the Womea pRsaengore, who aI2 rit1anf-
% with q handlOnle rosebud or ether
company has now 1000 towering piaatg
Ia Is conaergaf0rles at Niles, MieAL, and
the capacity az thog8 HroonhouGea N boz
ing doubled % Eupply the nark deaaNnA
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03

Fort Worth lodge No. 14e a. n. and
A. NJ, VIII hold a special moenng Of 3
o'clock lpnight Tor tho purpose Of con-
ferring the entered apprentices degree.
All entered apprentices and ofhGr luciny
beers OF the lodge ara earnestly requested
70 be Ia attendance.
All visiting brolhran cordially Invited
20 be present
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03

Texline, Tex, March 81 Especial. Two
railway employees Charles Meeks and H. ID
Keller. became inYolYed Ia dispute this
morning here. reRulting IN the former cut
ting AelleI eaIlonAly. though not lAlally.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03

In debt beyond bis ability to pay. 80 that
without considering the statements OF his
father made Ia the absence OF appellant,
Introduced for the purpose Of contradiction
We think the circumstances amply huiii-
Client 10 sustain the conclusion of the Jury
that there was no intention between father
and son that this cotton should belong to
the latter, We Incline 10 think had We
been tryng the case In the court below we
would have arrived at the same conclusion.
We lnd NO error In the rulings OF the
court below IN the admission and rejection
Of evidence.
The assignment calling IA question the
action or the court below IN refusing special
chugcs requested by appellant is too gen
eral 10 authorize its consideration by Us
over tho objection ~ uppelleog We think
II would have broen better had the cOurt
below been more spccihc ia applying the
law 20 the issues raised by the evidence,
hut wtt~cannOi remand on this account IA
the state the record as presented TO ua with.
out extending 20 the assignments OF error
a decree " llberallty denied I'm other cases.
Let the judgment Of the court below he
reversed and here rendered az Indicated
IN this opinion.
HEAD Aasociate Justiee
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03
HEAD Associate Justice.
No. TAG "A H. Anderson 4 CO.. appellant
va John Curtis nt AL. truHte0i-appei
lees. From county court OF Clay.

vs. John Curtis 81 al. tiusteos-appel.
lees. From county court or Clay.
CONCLUSIONS.
This case went or on demurrer. APP
pelant, a corporation chartered IA Illinois,
sued the trustees 81 q school district Ia
Clay county on promissOry note, executed
ny their predecessors under the school law
Of 1884. Tor school furniture for said dis
trict, alleging that the furniture was nee
e8sary and that the school community con-
tinued 70 use II, and praying IN the alternn-
We are ~ The OpiniOn that the law did
not authorize the trustees 10 bud the
school district IA the manner alleged and
that appehnntB' only remedy was 20 re-
cover the furniture We are confirmed IN
these Views by the case cited BY appellant
from the supreme court Of the state of It's
d0miciie, which decides both propositionH
squarely against H. Mark w. school dis
trict, rs IN, ~.
The judement win be affirmed.
SIEpHENS Associate Juetlco
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03

", General Ruger, whose opinion IA
cOrroborated by all the hydraulic enei
neers who have examined the sites. and
made the measurements. IN the Clear
Fork water could be impounded by in
expensive dams IN the river bed so a
them the flow Of the Clear Fork when
the measurements were made. at q time
when there bad been no general rains for
seven months, was 100000 of gallons
daily, certainly ample from which to
draw 3,OOO,OOO or 100000.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03

When the discussion between the COM
nittee and the contractors began the
claims OF the latter were over $4,000
for work done but not paid FOR Ia the
final estimates, not extra work be it
understood
The city offset this by a claim Of Sl0,-
100 forfeiture for delay In completing the
puulphouse. but the futility of this being
soon shown It was abandoned
tinally after many open meetings p
which all the members of the council
were specially and the public generally
invited, a compromise was reached and
the contractors claims reduced 10 S2Ol2
and the city was 10 pay one-half Of the
10 per cent retained
Some of The city conncllmen hold that
the waterwOrks are TO be- taken Ia their
entirety aud thal the 10 per cent Of the
whole cost must be retained, nHiil The
completion Of the work, which win
be test Of the pipe line when be Holly
Manufacturing company get their pumps
IN, month or more from now. And
these oppose the payment Of any part Of
the 10 per cent
After aQuabbling over .hese questions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-30
BRAVE CITIZENS RISK THEIR LIVES.
THEY RESCUE HELPLESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN
FROM THE PLANES

ihEA nELfIESS NOMfN AND llilLD1tEN
FROM THE FLAMES.
Five persons narrowly escaped death yesterday
morning in fire which broke out at the rear of the
stable kept by Congressman j. }. Little. at No. G2
West Forty-third.st. II the men employed in the
stable had paid little less attention TO the horses
and carriages downstairs and q little more 10 the
women and children the floor above, the peril
that threatened Mrs. Elizabeth Clark and bef charges
would have been avcrted William Alternately, Mr.. lit
ties cOachman, who managed the stable, left his
In the upper floor early yesterday morning. and few
minutes before II O'Clock his wife went out TO
do marketing. leaving her children In the
Of Mrs. Clark, who Is her mother. Those in the
rooms Maggie, five years old Lizzie, three
years old; baby. ten days old, ard Lydia
Alternately, eighteen years old, invalid.
Just after IL O'Clock, j. J. Ca Ill, OF the Sixthave
oar-stables, smoke coming out Of the front
windows the second floor Of the stable. a moment
later Policeman Bruncr, Of the Twenty first Precinct
sent In the alarm. Mr.. Catill remembered that he
had sometimes seen children at tue upper windows
Nevertheless. the men downstairs We're extremely
busy In handing out wagons. carriages. horses and
harness leaving the women ana children to look to
themselves
BY tbs time the smoke was pouring from the
upper windows, while the flames were shooting sky
ward from hayloft at the rear. short ladder
put into empty wagon and then John Gess
ran up the ladder and climbed in at the window.
He crawled through the room until lie touched
chid's face ana in the next moment he had passed
the unconscious figure OF LITTLE Maggie
Alternately down the ladder to those below In the
mean time Mr.. Cahlll and another man had got into
the rooms and dragged old Mrs. Clark, carrying the
baby. out Of the looms and down the ladder. while
another citizen rescued Lizzie Alternately a fireman maj,
connected with Engine 81. had heard that Lydia
Alternately lay helpless and Geardden In her rooms
and tried to save her. Three times he into the
building and three times was beaten back. AT the
fourth attempt he reached her. raised her In his arms
aud carried her out Both the girl and her rescuer
were carried away. Miss Alternately to Bellevue. and
the fireman t. drugstore. where he speedily recov
cred. The loss on the fire will not exceed 1900.