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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-21
DUTIES OF COUNTY ASSESSORS.
State Board of Tax Commissioner
Makes a Number of Suggestions.

State Board of Tax Commissioners
Makes a umbe of suggestions.
The State Board of Tax Commissioners
will meet this year in July instead of
August, owing to this being the year to tax
realty. commissioners Walker and Allen
Joined in a letter to the county assessors
of the State, in which in strong terms they
impress upon the assessors the stern ne
cessity of making an equal and just as
sessment. ITO his untiring watchfulness,'
say the commissioners, referring to the
assessor, and supervision over the work
of the township assessors to a great ex-
tent depends the result of a just and prop
err listing of the real and personal prop
erty of all classes of our citizens. To the
honest and fearless manner in which the
county assessors and their corps of as
sistants have performed their work credit
can be given for the addition of millions
of dollars of property to the duplicates
that have heretofore escaped taxation, and
the money paid into the treasury from this
source will lessen the burden OF honest
taxpayers. aua, ~ ,o,,r
township assessors that their duty in as
sessing a citizen does not simply consist
in tabulating the property, but 1t goes much
further, and under their oaths they must
see TO 1t that the property is listed at its
true cash value and they have an equal
voice in determining what its true cash
value is.
1--WE ask you to carefully supervise the
returns in the several townships in your
county and see that the same class of
property is assessed at a uniform value
under like conditions. The basis agreed
upon last year for the listing OF personal
property was a fair one and should be fol-
lowed a. nearly as possible in the assess
1--WE regret the aetion of the Legisla-
ture IN changing the tax law ~ curtail-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-21
Carried a Large Knife.

A colored man, giving his name as Ed
Moore, was sent to the police station yes
terday afternoon by officer Pope on a
charge of being drunk. At the station he
was searched. but nothing was fouhd on
him until just as he was about to be put
into the cell room an ugly-looking knife
was found in his left hand. He had held
the hand away from his body while being
searched and had kept the knIIe concealed
in order to prevent a charge of carrying
concealed weapons being placed against his
name on the slate. The charge was, how
ever, added. and Moore was compelled to
strip that his clothes might be searched.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-21
A Fake Insurance. Company.

Insurance Clerk Duke, in the Office of the
Auditor of State, yesterday received two
letters asking if the Farmers and Mechan-
les Insurance Company of Milwaukee is
authorized to do business in Indiana. This
company was blacklisted last week by the
Auditor of State and further information
reaching his Office is that it is purely a
fake, having no Incorporation in Wisconsin
and there being no such company in Mil
waukee. y. NJ. Rusher, of Dale, Ind, is
said to be selling policies in the company
in Dubois and Lawrence counties.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-21

J. c. Perry, Gen. T. A. Morris and Hervey
Bates, ST., are huntiW along the Illinois
river in Illinois. Mr.. Bates has sent home
a score or more of ducks, indicating the
success of the party. A letter from one of
the party says Mr.. Perry recently killed
eighty ducks and General Morris, who is
past eighty years of age, killed one hundred.
Yesterday, another party composed of T. NJ.
Defrees, Harry S. New. Horace Wood and
Charles Kuhn. left for Shelby, Ind. on the
Kankakee river. This party will occupy john
Gasper's clubhouse. Mr.. Casper has been
there for several days and reports the hunt
ing first class.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-21

the Board of Safety against patrolman
George Laird by Charles Fay. driver of the
Sentinel mail wagon Laird was at the
Union Station yesterday morning when Bay
mall. The officer took several papers from
the wagon and Bay asked him to put back
most of them, keeping one for himself. II
is charged that Laird became angry, used
bad language and struck Bay in the face.
Several other officers on their way to
morning roll call were witnesses of the af-
Get
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-21
Minor MunfcinnI News.

The friends of ". W. Christy, colored,
janitor of the city offices. are indignant be-
cause an ordinance has been introduced to
raise the salary of janitor Pierson. Christy
and Pierson were appointed upon an equal
basis, and the both have the same kind of
work. except that Pierson remains at night
for Council meetings.
The Board of Works has issued orders
that all corporations must cease cutting into
improved streets without a permit. 1t is
claimed that the water company has cut
into asphalt streets several times recently,
and arrests are threatened if the act is re-
npafpl -.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-21
New Jail for scottsburg.

Secretary Bicknell, of the State Board of
Charities. will go to Scottsburs tomorrow
to consult with the County Commissioners
relative to the plans of the new jail which
the board has ordered. 1t will cost about
5000. The county being a small one, tile
Jail will contain only three cells. The plans
do not in all respects conform to the rules
of the Board of State Charities or to the
law under which It operates.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-21
Incorporated Yesterday.

Articles of Incorporation were yesterday
filed with the Secretary of State by the
Diamond Real Estate Company of Con-
nersville. capital stock, $1,000; Indianapolis
Female Bible Society change of name TO
Indianapolis and Vicinity Bible Society.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-21
No Emergency Clause.

A number of inquiries have been received
as to whether the law requiring township
trustees to register the cases of relief given
has an emergency clause or not. There is
no such clause in the law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-21
Dir. Minor Morris Mentioned.

The Board of Health will probably meet
to-day, when it is understood the appoint
ment of a city sanitarian and the charges
of misconduct against members of the de-
partment will be considered. Yesterday the
am of DIR. Minor Morris was suggested To
Mayor Denny as a suitable man for the
position of city sanitarian. DIR. Morris is
a graduated physician and has studied in
Europe. He is thirty-fiye years old and at
present lis professor of pathology at the
Central College of Physician and Surgeons
The names of DIR. Frank Wynn DIR. Bray
ton and others are 10 be considered.
Charges Against Pntr0iman Laird.
Charges OF assault and battery and pro-
family were yesterday tiled at the Office Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-21
state Board of Education.

superintendent Geeting yesterday called
a meeting of the State Board of Education
for Friday and Saturday to consider special
business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-21

HurIburt Cooperative Creamery Company.
Porter county, capital stock. 5000; Citizens
Building and Loan Association, Haub-
Stadt. Gibson county, capital stock, 10000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-21
JUST THREE WEEKS
UNTIL EASTER

0ae thing required TO develop n
handsome dress II time.
You need time to make your seIec-
ton. Your essmake needs time
to properly design and construct the
Faster gown which you hope to wear.
If You have not decided on the ma
teriaI most appropriate, allow ms to
show you the cloths, new and styI-
fsh, and then let your own good taste
determine the suitable fabric.
We show Crepons for the expensive
and elaborate costumes, fancy Silk
and Wool Mixtures for the pretty aud
tasteful dress, Worsted Cheviots for
h handsome and serviceable gar
ment, Granite Cloth, yigernux, Drap
de Alma, etc. for your tailor suit,
and many other pretty. plain md
fancy weaves, new for the season and
appropriate for the diversified re-
quirements of womankind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-21
CUSTODIAN BILL FOUND.
Capt. VIII Beach Secured 1t ON the
Night of the Recent pIeasantne

1T OI tnc cCc
Captain William Beach, formerly of the
Indiana Light Infantry, appeared in the
office of Secretary of State Owen yester-
day and notified Deputy Wright that he had
the remains of the missing custodian bill in
his possession and desired to- know where
he should deliver it. Mr.. Wright told him
to consult the Encouragement, but the
latter says he did not heed the advice. At
any rate he did not visit Mr.. Ketcham's
office. Beach narrated that he saw a man
seize the bill when Private Secretary King.
exhausted, dropped it, ard run into the
office of the Doorlzeeper of the House. There
the man set fire to it and Beach says he
arrived just in time to rescue it from the
flames half destroyed. He stuffed 1t into
his trousers leg and took it home with him.
Captain Beach had the remains of the bill
on exhibition last night at the Denison
House. TIL signature of the Governor was
burned off the veto message.
Governor Matthews has not yet secured
permission to file with the Secretary of
State the communication offered Saturday
in reference to the custodian bill. The
manuscript will be kept by the Governor for
use in the litigation that is expected to arise
over this Taattar
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-21
COUNCILMAN DREW SUGGESTED.
His Friends Are Urging Him to Enter
the Nayarnlfx Rnce.

His Friends Are Urging Him to Enter
the Mayornity Race.
The name OF Councilman Drew, as a like
" Republican candidate for Mayor, was
mentioned yesterday. Mr.. Drew has been
In the Council for about q year. and in
that time he has gained the reputation of
being straightforward, honest and conserva-
tive. He has a clean record as q council
man, and many of his friends would like to
see him a candidate. Mr.. Drew has not
considered the matter, and he says he is
not now a candidate. Nevertheless his
name is mentioned frequently.
Dir. Ritter viii Not De n Candidate.
ELI r. Ritter says he will not accept the
Prohibition nomination for Mayor, notwith-
standing the executive committee has de-
cItied thai he lis the proper person 10 make
tho race. Mr.. Ritter says his election
would be embarrassing, as both the Re-
pnblicans and Democrats would demand the
patronage. s
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-21

State officers say that it is to be re-
GREETED that the bill amending the fee and
salary act of 1891, which was declared I'M
constitutional owing to a mutilation of the
enrolled bill, did not pass. The counties OF
Marion and Vigo have not yet made the
settlement due in December last, and 1t is
believed that a great deal of litigation
would have been avoided If the defect had
been corrected. The special mmit OF
Investigation demonstrated, however, that
the defect was fraudulent, and it has been
intimated that If the Supreme Court could
be satisfied that this was the case, it's
former decision would be set aside and the
defect ordered ren1adied.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-21

The balance due w. b.. Burford for print
ing done for the Legislature is about $500
and the total bill reached s12, 622. This was
about 5000 less than the bill in 1893. The
number of bills printed for the Senate was
364 and for the House 335. The House made
eighty-two acquisitions for printing and the
Senate seventy-nine. The printing board
decided that the bill should be paid out
of the regular printing fund which will
show a deficit under the new appropriation
bill at any rate and thus the deficit will be
Jumped in one amount. Deputy Secretary
of State Wright says that the deficit for
printing the Supreme and Appellate Court
reports will amount to $4,000 a year, for
which provision will have to be made by the
next legislature.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-10-12
Notice Of Mortgage Sale.

Default existing in a mortgage executed by
Charles IL. smith, mOrtgagOr, dated February Z,
1890, and executed February 8, 1880. on
the southwest% quarter Of section 35, IN
township LOG, north OF range 81, wet of the 9Th
p. NJ. In Lake county, South Dakota, 10 North
western Loan and Banking Company II Mad
lson, South Dakota. mortgage; said mortgage
having been given as security tor the payment Of
\ certain i%nstallment note Of even date there.
with, for s7s.15, and said mortgage having been
nled for record in the Office Of the register Of
decide in ana for Lake county, 5. d., on the 18th
DAY OF February, 1890. at II O'Clock IN. and re-
corded In book ~" Of mortgages Oh page All;
there being now due on said note and mortgage
the sum of Bill 66, principal and interest, and
also an attorneys fee OF $50. 90 stipulated in
sAid mortgage in case of foreclosure, and there
having been no proceedings at law or otherwise
for the collection Of the amount Que on said
note and mortgage; now, therefore,, tho sherif
OF said Lake county will sell said premises at
the front doc Of the court house, in the city Of
Madison, in said Lake county, 8. D., on the 18th
day Of October, 1895, at Two O'Clock p. m, to the
highest bidder for cash. to pay saio debt, after.
ney fee and coets Of sale.
dated at Madison, 8. D., August 90, 1895.
NORTHWESTERN LOAN AND BANKING
COMPANY, Mortgage.
J.H. WILLIAMSON,
Attorney for Mortg agee.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-10-12

The \. berdeen News thus comments
upon the NJ. +. conference DOW in session
IN that city: The conference will likely
90 on record as favoring the amend
ments providing for the admission Of
women and equal lay representation.
The oae removing the time limit for. pas
torates seems to have a majority against
1t.
Ii supreme question today has been
the one to consolidate the tive presiding
elder districts Of the conference into four
AS It Is ii difficult and delicate matter to
say which shall be dropped, /, seems
more than probable that no change viii
be made. The matter is now being dis
cussed III the presiding elders cabinet.
Rev. G. Is. Clark, of Huron, Is quite
likely to be elected as one O; the minis
terlal delegates TO the general confer,
ence. Others whose names are heard IN
this connection are Rev. DR.. Akers, Pre-
siding Elders Jordan and Boggs, Rev. J.
q. Dobson and Rev, W. II. Vance.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-10-12
Notice Of Mortgage Sai..

Default existing in a mortgage made and exc
cuted by Johann JohauDseL ~(single), mortgagor,
February l3, 1893, On the northwest quarter OF
section IA, in township 105, north OF range s3,
west of the 9Th P. NJ, in Lake county, south
Dakota, to Northwestern Loan and Banking
Company OF Madison, s. D.. mortgagee; said
mortgage having been given Hs security for tn e
payment Of a certain installment note OF even
date Herewith, for S1l.75, and said mortgage
having been filed for record in the office OF the
register of deeds in and for aaid Lake county, 5.
d on the 18th day Of February, 1893, at $40
o'clock p. m, and recorded in book ~" of
mortgages, on page 2g9; there being now due on
said note and mortgage the cum OF $13.12, prin-
cipal and interest, and also an attorney fee of
$500 stipulated in said mortgage in case of
foreclosure. and there having been no proceed.
iags at law or otherwise for the collection OF the
amount due on said note and mortgage; now,
therefore, the sheriff Of said Lake county will
sell said premises AT the front door Of the court
house in the city or Madison, in Lake county, 5.
D., on the 18th day Of October, 1895, at two
O'Clock p. m, to the highest bidder for cash, to
pay SAID debt, attorneys fee and cosls OF sale.
Dated at N sdison, 5. D., August 30, 1895.
NORTHWESTERN LOAN AND BANKING
COMPANY, Mortgage.
j. II. WILLIAMSON,
Attorney for Mortgage.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-10-12

Yankton Press, 9: South Dakota's
highest Masonic organization, the Con
~sistory, is now in session IN Yankton for
the comforting Of degrees. This is the only
Consistory in the state and it meets here
twice a year. Candidates from all over
South Dakota are here to the number of
twenty-five. The Consistory c%onfers de-
grees all the way from the fourth to the
thirty-second, taking them in classes.
Operations were instituted yesterday at
Masonic hall and Will continue through
out the week, the work going or during
the day and late into night. On Friday
evening the members of the Conslstory
will partake OF a banquet, which Is an IN
cideut Of the iniatltory proceedings.
The occasion brings to Yauklon many
eminent Masons. Among them Is X. h.
Fleming, of Fargo, all active 33rd degree
Mason and inspector general of the
order.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-10-12

4 most painful death came to Mrs.
Thos. Parks Of Cherokee, Iowa, who,
with her two little children and husband
were travelling in u covered wagon to
Buffalo county. S. ID. They had left
Plankinton a few miles, Tuesday, and
put up for the night, when Mrs. Parks
attempted to light the gasoline stove in
the wagon to cook supper. 1t had evi.
IDENTITY leaked badly during the day for
Immediately Oh touching the match the
contents of the wagon and Mrs. Park s
clothes were ablaZe. Mr.. Parks who
had been unhitching the team rescued
the older child from the burning wagon,
while Mrs. Parks managed to get out
with the younger one. Nothing was left
of Mrs. Parks clothing but the band to
her skirt. Mr.. Parks placed his fur coat
around his wife's shoulders and IL her
terrible condition she walked nearly two
miles to a farm house. DR.. Rogers and
two ladies' we're called from Plankinton
and did all they could to relieve the suf-
fering woman and child. The doctor
thinks the child will recover, but Mrs.
Parks died that night.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-10-12
Notice Of Hearing Petition.


In the c unity court within and for Lake coun-
ty, state of South Dakota:
In the matter OF the estate of Notice of Hear
Murdoch J. McGillivray, late ing Petition.
of said county, deceased.
To Ebert A. Young, Thomas ii. Green and Mar
thu Howard. trustees, and to Murray Il Porter,
attorneys Tor trustees:
lou, and each OF YOU, are hereby notified that
there is now on file in the office Of the clerk of
the court, at the court house, in the city OF Mad
ison, in Lake county, South Dakota, the petition
OF Adella X. McGillivray and Norman D; MoGii-
llvray, Administrations OF the estate OF Murdoch
j. McGillivray, deceased, setting forth that the
said several trustees had failed and refused to
pay, and satisfy or the records Of the court, the
following claims, which have been presented to
and allowed by the administrators and approved
by the county judge, as claims against said es-
tate, and FLED IN the office Of the clerk of this
court. to wit: 4. l.. Mease, S25. IS: Jonah Jones.
s9.3s, aud balance Of Taylor, Bros. & Co., 81 50,
and also that said trustees above named had
failed and neglected to pay the personal taxes
levied and assessed for the year 1894, by the Of,
lccr of Lake county, 5 d., on and against the
personal property of said Murdoch J. McGilli-
vray. and amounting TO about $1,000, and ask
ing that out of the money deposited by said
the contract made and entered into by
and between the said trustees and ad.
min,strators, of date January 9, 1895,
and the guaranty by said trustees made in
charge said claims and taxes as aforesaid, and
asking that said petition be heard by this court,
Now, therefore,, notice Is hereby given that said
petition will be heard by and before this court at
the court room OF eaid court. in the court house
in the city of Madison, In Lake county, South
Dakota, on Friday the 18th day Of October, 1895,
at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon OF that day.
DATED October :, 1898.
j. Fl. WILLIAMSON,
County Judge, Lake County, s. d.
j. ii. PRESTON, Clerk.
F. L. SOPER,
Attorney for Administrator
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-10-12
GREAT LOSS OF PROPERTY.
Further Reports of the Southern Cali
form q Hurricane.

form a Hurricane.
GUAYMAS. Oct. IL. -AdviceS slowly
reaching this port from Pacific ports OF
Mexico and ports or the west side of
the Gulf Of California, convey the intel
ligence that the hurricane which swept
northward during four days-sept. 80,
Oct. /. , and ), caused great damage to
property and shipping, and that a num-
Der of lives were lost. Telegraph wires
were Frustrated and information comes
In by degrees, as people arrive from
below. The hurricane crossed the
Isthmus of T~ehuantepec, swept up the
coast into the Gulf of California, doing
great damage. 1t was accompanied by II
deluge of water, which completed the
ruin the wind had wrought. At Topo-
lobampo, all the houses Of the American
colony We're greatly damaged and the
custom house was wrecked. The
overtlowed its banks and destroyed
sugar plantations 30 miles from the
channel of the stream. The entire cane
crop of the state of Sinaloa, as far as
reported, is completely ruined and the
sugar lands and retineries at Ahone, the
property of Mark Sherwood of Chicago,
and associates, We're demolished. Sugar
crop on the Yaqui river in the state of
Sonora is also destroyed.
The damage to the sugar interests of
the states of Sinaloa and Sonora is esti-
mated at several million Of dollars. Sew
eral coasting steamers are days overdue
at Guaymas and great apprehension is
felt for their safety. The Willamette
Valley found safety in Magdalena bay.
Topolombampo is the furthest point
south from which advices are at hand,
and the damage below that point is un-
known but believed to be great.