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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-19
damages for failure to release mOr.sags;

damages for failure TO release mortgage:
Submitted TO court. Evidence heard and
taken under advisement by court.
George H. McCasiin vs.. Advance Manufac-
trial by court.
Room S-Pliny w. Bartholomew. Judge.
James Dolby VS.. Charles 7. Whitsett; dam
ages. On trial by jury.
Criminal Court.
j. F. McCray, Judge.
State of Indiana VS.. BENJAMIN Wilson:
liquor violation. Tried by court and taken
under advisement.
State of Indiana VS.. John Bridges: assault
and battery. Taken under Amusement by
court.
State Of Indiana vs.. Fletcher Williams;
petit larceny. Defendant pleads guilty. Taken
under advisement.
Circuit Court.
Edgar A. Brown. Judge.
Thomas Moorehouse VS.. Mary Penny ct
al; to set aside will. On trial by jury.
New Suits Filed.
JUNE Stewart VS.. Lorenzo A. Stewart ct
al; suit for support. Superior Court, Room /.
Sarah NJ. Smith VS.. Marion F.. Smith ct al.
petition to remove bodies. Superior Court.
Emma E. Cox VS.. George w. Cox; suit for
divorce. Superior Court, Room /.
Adella Myrtle Suetkamp VS.. Henry Suet-
kamp; divorce. Superior Tis courts Room 2
Superior Court, Room 8.
James Moriarty VS.. Cleveland, Cincinnati.
Chicago & st. Louis railway; damages. Su-
Martha ]. Johnson VS.. VIM. E. johnson;
divorce. Superior Court. Room ].
Indiana Bond Company VS.. Thomas n.
Bryan ct al; street lien. Circuit Court,
Joseph H. AXE vs. Amanda c. Pegg; me-
chanic's lien. Superior Court, Room 8.
Herman c. Tuttle VS.. Rachel ". Baylor;
suit on note. Superior Court, Room 2.
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Failed to ReIeasc the Mortgage.

Judge Harvey yesterday heard evidence in
the suit of Charles Brown against John c..
Ertel. a money lender. to recover damages
for failure to satisfy a mortgage. Brown
borrowed money of Ertel 20 purchase a bar
Der shop, giving a first mortgage on the
shop. He alleges that he had paid off the
mortgage, but Ertel had failed TO release it.
Under the law a fine of SIS may be as
sessed for failure to show on the books Of
the recorder that a mortgage has been sat-
isfied. The court took the case under adj
yisement.
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Gran players Fined.

The sixteen colored men who were ar
rested Saturday night while engaged in a
crap game in Joseph H. Clark's stable. at
$50 North Meridian street. were ~arraigned
in Police Court yesterday morning and fined
for their little sport. Floyd Cess. Mr..
Clark's coachnan, the man who conducted
the game, was fined $40 and costs, while the
others were assessed SO and costs each.
The names Of the visitors were given as
follows: Sol. Grady, w. NJ. Painster. Hen
derson Davis. w. NJ. Cess, j. f. Hines.
Martin Smith, II. Chadney, Henry Thomp-
son. William Grimes, Henry Davis. John
Edwards, Burt Back, James Wilder, Arthur
jackson and William Holden.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-19

A car service association has finally been
organized at Kansas City, to begin opera
tons at once.
The board OF managers OF the Union Rail-
way Company will hold their regular month
ly meeting to-day.
William Garstang, superintendent of mo-
tive power OF the Big Four, is expected home
from West Virginia to-day.
1t is stated that the Interstate Dispatch is
about TO cease operations. Harry G. Delhi
has been its general manager.
i A. L. SEWER yesterday assumed the duties
OF commissioner OF the freight bureau just
put in operation at Birmingham, Ala.
The Chicago & Northwestern will erect
new buildings at Boone, Ia, and nearly dou-
bic the capacity Of its shops at that point.
The advance rates on agricultural imple-
ments. which was to have gone into effect
yesterday. has been postponed until October.
The Erie company has listed s14. 400, 600
more of its 4 per cent. prior-lien gold bonds
OF 1896, making a total OF $1,000 coo now
listed.
Yesterday the Wagner Palace Car Com
pany put on two OF its new palace cars TO
run between. Indianapolis and Peoria on
The Southern Pacific is arranging to enter
the port Of Galveston, which may tend to
further complicate matters in the South
western territory. f
F. X. Fransioli. who has been chief clerk
In the office OF the general manager of the
Manhattan Railway Company, has been an
pointed general manager.
C. b. Cleveland has gone to the City of
Mexico. where he VII represent the Louis
Vile & Nashville and the Atlantic and Mex
lean Gulf Steamship Company.
Traffic managers Of the st. Louis lines are
a good deal wrought up because so much
grain Is going TO the Gulf OF Mexico via
Kansas City. instead of st. Louis.
The Wabash on Sunday put on its seven
hour and forty-hve minute train between
Kansas City and ST. Louis. the fastest regu-
lar schedule ever made between those cities.
The passenger department Of the Lake
titled Summer Tours" Ii contains some
very interesting information regarding pleas
ure resorts.
The New York Produce Exchange has gone
ton that II intends 10 bring the differential
rate question on export freIghfs before the
acknowledgements Commission
Meetings are being held at different rail-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-19
K%LEPToMANIA WHISKY.
Peculiar Eject OF the Liquor on a
Nashville Man.

Alfred Williams. an old man. under the
Influence OF liquor, was arrested yesterday
BY detectives Wilson and McGun- They dis
covered the old man coming out of the res
idence OF r. a blanchard. 294 North Me-
ridian street He was carrying an umbrel-
In and a gossamer. which he admitted ne
had stolen Beside the articles named he
was carrying a woman's crepe bonnet. evil
IDENTIFY worth $ or S.. Williams was toe
drunk to tell where he got IL. He told tne
officers that he always suffered from KEEP
tomania when under the influence of LIQUOR
He said that he could not resist the i'm
pulse TO go into houses and steal ghen
drunk. As he could haye no possible use
for the things stolen. particularly the crepe
bonnet, the detectives were not disinclined
TO believe his story. Williams Is ffty-seven
years old He said that his home is In
Nashville. Tenn The charges Of intoxiea-
ton and larceny were placed against him.
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shipments.

East-bound shipments from Chicago last
week were 80. 794 tons, against ca. 4i6 tons for
the preceding week and 4O.s23 for the CORE
spending week of last year. The roads car
ried tonnage as follows: Michigan Central
s.673; Wabash, 4.a43: Lake Shore, 1888: Fort
Ohio. 1858; Grand Trunk, 4.94s; Nickel-plate,
4.s13; Erie. 4.sss; Big Four, 2,45l. The ton
mage was made up OF the following articles
Flour, 1,723; grain and millstuffs. 1880; pro-
visions, lard, etc, 9,573; dressed beef. $3.50
butter, 2.257; hides. 1,420; lumber, 4.7s0; mis-.
~cellaneous, 2,5S2. Lake shipments for the
week were 40,013 tons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-19
Didn't want Another Mortgage.

The suit of George III. McCaslin against
the Advance Manufacturing Company to pre-
vent the execution of a mortgage is on trial
in Room 2. Superior Court. The plaintiff is
the trustee OF the insolvent affairs of the
Stone Furniture Company. Recently he dis
posed of the company's factory on East
street TO the defendants. taking a mortgage
on the plant. He AYERS now that the de-
PENDANTS are about to place another mort
gage on the plant, which he says will work
an injury TO his own lien.
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WANTS THE BODIES REMOVED.
Sarah NJ. Smith. Has an Unusual Com.
plaint in Court.


Suit was brought in the Superior Court
yesterday by Sarah NJ. Smith for the posses
sion of the bodies of her husband and son,
Moses and Oliver Smith, who were asphyx-
lated by natural gas April 80. 1893, in North
Indianapolis. Marion F. Smith, stepson of
the plaintiff. is the defendant to the suit.
Moses and Oliver Smith were buried side by
side on a lot owned by Marion Smith at
that she was suffering from the effects of
the natural gas when the burial took place
and was not consulted as TO where her hus-
band and son should be inferred. Since then,
she alleges. she has purchased a lot and
has asked her stepsonss permission to re-
move the bodies, but he has refused TO allow
the graves disturbed, ana has instructed the
superintendent of the cemetery to not per-
NIT the removal of taeAbod.es. Mrs. Smith
AYERS that the superintendent is ready to
take up the bodies whenever an order of the
court Will permit him to go on with the
work. The plaintir asks that this order be
sDeedily granted
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Court Notes.

The Moorehouse will case is on trial again
in the Circuit Court. An adjournment was
taken two weeks ago on account of the ILL
ness OF a son of one of the contestants.
Jemes Morarity has sued the Big Four
Railroad Company for damages for personal
injuries. He W employed in the railway
yards in this city and had his hand mashed
while working under the direction of a fore
man. He demands 1900.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-19

The federal grand jury has indicted Ben
Raben, who Is under arrest for impersonat-
ing an officer OF the United States govern
ment. Raben, claiming to be a government
pension agent, operated among the veteran
He is said to have procured small sums of
money on promises that he would get the
pensions of his victims increased. Ke was
arrested in Georgia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-19

BARLEY McAndrews. formerly of this city.
was drowned at Seattle, Wash. yesterday.
Last night Superintendent Colbert received a
attic. informing him Of WcAndrewsss drown
ing and asking him to communicate with
McAndrews's sister. who formerly lived at
407 West New York street. The city direc-
McAndrews living on West New York street.
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Voluntary Relief.

r. +. Smith, superintendent Of the Penn
syivania Voluntary Relief Department. yes
terday issued his bulletin for April, which
shows that there were disbursed during the
month in death benefits from accidents,
ESQ; from natural causes, S.675; in disable
ment benefits from accident, $5.727; from
sickness, $1,000, making the disbursemenfs
OF the month $21, 077.4 40. During the month 555
members received benefits. In the eighty
two months 1t has been in operation there
has been disbursed in death benefits from
accident, $151, 1863: from natural causes,
$H4, 697. 7S: in disablement benefits on ac-
count of accidents, $422, 012. 20; in sickness
benefits, $529, It's. 60, making a grand total of
81 ,547, 6O6.T. Seventy-one thousand two hum
dred and ffty-three members have drawn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-19
CINCINNATI, HAMILTON & INDIANAP-
OILS r.. r.. CO.

Office OF Secretary, May IS, 1896.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.1The
stockholders of this company are hereby
notified that the annual meeting will be
he'd at the office OF the company at Indian
apohs. Ind., on Thursday. June Ii, at 1
o'clock p. M, for the election of directors
TO serve the ensuing year. and for the trans
action OF any other business hat may come
GEO. r. BALcH, Secretary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-19
THE COURT
superior Court.

Room John L. McMastsr. Judge.
Henry Reimer W. Mullen-Blackledge Com
any damages. Dismissed
VIM b. Prescott vs.. Theodore p. Haug1ey
ct al: account. On trial BY jury.
Room 2-Lawson ~. Harvey. Judge.
Charles Brown W. John G. Ertel ct al.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-19
NOW Btr Four Trnfn..

The Michigan division of the Big Four
next Sunday resumes its Sunday passenger
service between Wabash and Benton Har-
Dor, q Sunday morning train leaving Wa
bash at $50 o'clock and returning at 10: 10
d. m. The Indianapolis and Wabash accom-
mediation, which now runs between Indian
apolis and Wabash, after the date named
freight between Chicago and Louisville.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-19

About thirty riders will mount the good
old ordinary" in front OF the postofice at
. a m. next Sunday for Broad Ripple. III
the old-timers are cleaning up the mounts
Of bygone days. Two people have even
wired 10 Chicago TO get wheels. A group
photo will be taken at the monument on the
start. also at the finish.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-19

Husbands Calcined Magnesia; four first
premium medals awarded; more agreeable TO
the taste and smaller dose than any other
magnesia. For sale only in bottles, with
registered trademark label.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-19

w. w. Petit, the man accused of Dump
ing refuse into White river at Broad Ripple,
went before a justice OF the peace yesterday
and entered a Flea of guilty to the charge
and was fined.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-19

Are YOU one OF taose unhappy people suf-
ferlnG with weak nerves? Remember that
the nerves may be made strong by Hoods
2arsaparhla. which feeds them upon pure
Hoods Pills krs the best after-dinner pill:
assist dleesfion. prevent constipation &c.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-19

Good coffee is good for some people. When
II disagrees, use Postum Cereal. II fs
next Of kin" and makes red blood.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-19

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
WANTED6Crayon air brush artist, Call at
once; IA North Pennsylvania street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-19
FOR SALE OR TRADE.

FOR SALE OR TRADE.
FOR SALE OR TRADESGent's gold watch,
Hamond movement, Dueber case. cosL 800;
sell or trade for horse and buggy. Call on
DR. W. C. WEBER, White Ribbon House.
FOR SALE-HORSES AND VEHICLES.
FOR SALE-New traps. Surveys, buggies,
pnaetons, delivery wagons. harness. whips.
STURTEvANT'S. IS South Pennsylvania.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-19

WASTEDITravekng or resident statesmen
either on q commission or salary basis to
sell lubrIcating. lard and linseed oils. Liber-
al Inducements offered 10 men OF expert
ence. Sample outfit furnished free. Estab-
Hshed over twenty-five years. Address the
A @. HARBAUGH COMPANY. So and 90
River street. Cleveland, q.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-11-12
STILL BUSINESS BLOOMS,
The Freight md Wholesale Grn"ary Trade
lucrenslng.

The railroads running through TINS city
are also beginning to feel the good eff, CTS
of the restoration of confidence and the
Il ickening Of business in increased freight
shipments. v mle the increase is us yet
slight, they are looking forward to much
greater activity rs the wheels of industry
revUlvC.
General Agent w. J. I.atta of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company in response
to an inquiry yesterday about the business
of the Company said The freight wagons
are coming to the stations fuller of gooUs
than short time ago In heavy frelG t
slch a5 lumber, iron, live stock etc, the Q
has not as yet been much improvement
but as the largo dealers in these Colnmodi
ties get settled down to the new condition
OF things the improvement in thh5 dircc-
tion will be more marked
Agents of the B. q o. Railroad said sit
Is too carly to feel the effect of the bu -iDess
revival setting in. Among railroad men,
however, the sentiment us gathered it is
that all improvement will come Already
there are many inquiries, principally us
etfrom pig iron and manufacturers and
dealers Agents of the Wilmington and
Northern Railroad Company report an in
crease in their business.
The packet lines between this city and
Philadelphia also report II picking up in
the business. The Charles Warner Com
pany this morning reported tina, their
boats are heavier with freight than they
We're two weeks ago. The George W.
Bush and Sons Company also made an en-
cOuraEing report
The Wilmington Steamboat Company
have not felt the Increase To any great tx.
tent, but expect it in Il few weeks,
The wholesale grocery trade has al %
been caught in the current Of improve
mcnt. Mr.. Mullen Of the firm Of q QIig2y
and Mullen said their business had
they expected big business in Il short time.
A representative of the Harvey aud Stsrr
company said their business was slightly
in excess of that Of several weeks ago.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-11-12
! SIMPLE SYSTEM OF VOTING
Crged by Aiabama's Governor, Who Oh.
Jects to the Australian Ballot.

MONTGOMERY, Nov. 12.-The Alabama
legislature organized yesterday with A.
ID. Sayre as president Of the senate and
N. N. Clements speaker Of the house. The
Democrats in the house number seventy.
six and the Populsts twenty In tho
senate there are twenty-four Democrats
and nino Populists. Balloting for United
States senator must begin in open session
on tho aith inst. The Populists have not
yet decided whether they will nominate q
candidate.
Governor Oates in his annual message
recites the numerous cases of lynching in
this state during the last two years, and
no ono case shows that any were hung for
taking tho law into their own hands. He
makes some timely suggestions to the
legislature on this subject.
On the subject of elections he says:
'We have too many of them. Nothing
is so great disturber Of public peace,
good will among mon and the business in.
tercsts of the country as elections. We
should have them less frequently
"The Australian ballot system may bo
good one in states whore there arc many
Intelligent voters who are employed by
great corporations anu Wai'J soHlo pToteC-
ton against the dictation of their employ
ers. But in Alabama we are differently
situated. A comparatively small percent-
age of our voting population is thus em-
ployed, and there isslllteracy among them,
and hence more open and simple system
of voting would be moro acceptable to tho
voters Mt large.
"The old law, which this one superseded,
with q few amendments would be prcfera-
bic to tho present one. A legitimate and
proper exercise is that the influence of an
intelligent voter should not be suppressed,
and the present law continues to that
pul -
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-11-12
Not to Bs Epsisted.

Some years ago, at session of the
legislature of Kentucky, an effort to re-.
peal the law offering bounty on foxes,
scalps was made, but was defeated BY
the appeal Of q member from a noun.
famous and sparsely settled region.
'Do the gentlemen want to deprive
my constituents and me of the benefits
of hearing the gospel preached2" be de-
manded, with indignation in his tone
and overspreadiug his rugged counte-,
nance 1--WE are all Methodists up my,
way, and our preachers won't come
without we can give 'em chickens, r
know. We can't raise chickens unless
the foxes are killed by somebody, that's
sure, and there amt anybody that can
afford to spend their time hunting foxes
and get nothing to pay for it. b
so, gentlemen, if you repeal this
law, you be depriving my constituentA
Of the benefit Of hearing the gospel
preached. That's the way it looks to
mel' J.,
This reasoning was too much for the
legislature, and for the time being the
law was not repealed. Youths g Conn
paninn. !
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-11-12

A man connected with one of the largest
industrial plants along the river front said
I'VE are overcrowded with opportunities to
bid on work. Scarcely day passes on
which We do not receive letters asking us
to bid on this or that contract showing
couclusiycly that tho times are much bet
ter. If We bid for every opportunity We got
and received the contract, we would be SO
crowded with work that we could not ac-
comp!!sh it. These opportunities to bid are
almost all in the line of ship building.
There has been no marked increase in car.
work. although we cannot complain of that
business"
Another man in a position to know said
II know that the Harlan and Holingsworth
Company are simply overcrowded with
chances to bid on large ship contracts. I
believe no business has had such a revival
as shipbuilding, 1t is wonderful, and by
the end Of this month the Harlan and Hol-
ingsworth Company will have every way
In their shipyard covered with a keel"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-11-12

CHICAGO, Nov. l2.-Tho Southern Do
vslopmcnt company has recently been
chartered under the laws of Alabama to
Develop n section of the gulf coast coun-
try, The company has secured tract of
30 900 acres Of land in southern Alabama
bordering on the Gulf Of Mexico. This
land will now be subdivided into small
tracts to be sold to farmers and truck gar
deners, as well as those seeking healthful
location for winter residences Itis claimed
that no other section Of tho south equals
this as fruit and truck raising district
II is also the purpose of the company to
establish industries and garden plants of
different kinds In this section besides
building railroad some eighty or hun
dfed miles in length. The carrying out
Of this project means the expenditure of
several millions of dollars and tho en-
ployment of thousands of men.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-11-12
DCTS.

A class in Swedish gymnastics will b..
opened in the Y. W. G. A. rooms tonight.
Forty rivctcrS in the employ of the
Harlan and llOllingswOrh Company arc
on strike Othcr men have taken their
places,
The johnson Forge COmpany's plant,
which has been idle for some time. will
resume operations on Thursday. Abour
thirty men will be employed,
The annual meeting of the Ass, Gated
Charities will be held ut the hcndQuar-
tcrS No, 6t2 West street, to morrow after
noon ut 5 o'clock.
Tho Ladic Club of the Delaware Saon.
gcrhund wi give IL night cap ball in the
German Hall on Monday evening.
The Wilmington Bicycle Club will calc.
brntc its second anniversary by holding IN
entertainment in the clubhouse on Tues
day evening.
The annual meeting of the Grand En-
canpment of Delaware |. o. o. r.. will
be held on Tuesday next, and Of the
Grand Lodge OH Wednesday next.
Mr. w. D. Kelley has purchased prom
i5ing three -year-old. He proposes to enter
it in the 2 30 class ut the Belmont course.
Iti, n Daisy.
Mt. Salem NJ. Il. Sunday School will
hold nn oyster supper in Odd Fellows
Hall, Highlands, ON Saturday evening.