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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15

registered mail department of the postal
service has no distinctive mark indicating
it's value; a pencil receipt is given for it
just the same as for an ordinary letter or
package of merchandise. The package OF
money is thrown in with packages of mer-
chandise of all sorts, ana no more care IS
taken of ii than is taken with a box or
shoes or a package of gloves. The registry
clerks receipt is not document that is
as we'll known or as satisfactory as the re-
ceipt of the receiving clerk of an express
company, and In case OF the loss OF the
package. the delay in the recovery Of the
money is interminable.
''For instance, few years ago Southern
bank ordered from its New York corre-
spondent $20,0O0 IN currency the money 10
be sent by registered mail. The package
was put, or supposed TO have been put in
a certain through pouch. bat when the
pouch was opened in the Southern postoffire
In the presence OF the president of the bank,
who was anxious about the arrival Of the
money, the package was not there. InVeS-
tiga tion by the postoffice authorities failed
to discover its Wherea bouts. and the insuf-
ance company winch had Issued poilcg
successful. and ii was a long time before
the bank was reimbursed for the loss. The
Inconvenience caused to banks by the nom
recent Of money ON time could not be esti-
mated In some cases, as in times OF panic,
for instance the delay mignt be fraught
with very serious consequences. year or
so after the loss of the money referred to,
other missing articles were traced to GER
tain dishonest postal employee, and the Sc
cret of the missing money package was
then solved by his confession.
ION the other hand, the express oompa-
MES locate missing packages of money or
make good the loss promptly. without TECH
nicalities or delays. They are responsible,
and banks run no risk in shipping by them,
Their employees are chosen solely on the
ground of ability and trust worthiness, and
they are therefore more likely to be accu
rate and prompt than postal employees, who
owe their places more or less to politics,
Notwithstanding the civil-service examina-
ton. While it is true that by insuring mon
ey sent by registered mail there is some
guarantee against loss by nondelivery, it Is
equally true that there is considerable risk
of loss if the insurance company stands on
technicalties The slightest informality in
the observance of the terms Of an open
policy issued by the insurance company
renders the policy invalid and would in the
case. of consignor The technicalities to
be observed by a RENTING bank In sending
money by registered mail when the delivery
of the money is insured by one Of the local
insurance companies are very great COM
pared with the simple but safe methods of
the express companies, and unless some
new regulations are made by the postal
authorities for sending money by registered
mail conservative New York banks will GER
tainly prefer to ship by express"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15
George Hiden's Complaint.

George Hidden asks for a decree of di-
vorce from Isabel Hiden on the grounds of
cruel treatment and abandonment. The
Hidens were married in Kentucky in 1880
The plaintiff says that in 1892 his wife re-
fused to live with him longer and they
separated. Last April he induced her to
come to him here in Indianapolis, and they
lived together until July, when she left his
home in company with another man. The
plaintiff charges that size took with her
their household effects. He says that while
they lived together in this city he was com
PEELED to be out of the city part of the time
and while he was away his wife kept men
and women of bad repute about the house
They have two children Mary Ellen and
Bertha Hiden, and the plaintiff demands
the custody of them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15
CITY, Not Stevenson. Liable.

Judge Baker, of the United States Court.
has remanded back to the Superior Court
the case of Thomas Kane VS.. the City of
Indianapolis, c. r. Clark and William e.
Stevenson. The plaintiff brought suit to re-
cover damages, having received injury on a
defective sidewalk in front of the Stevenson
building. The court held that it has no
jurisdiction in the case, because case can
not be brought to that court from the state
court unless it could have been brought
there originally. In the complaint Kane
says that Clark built the sidewalk in q de-
fective way with the knowledge of the city
and William Stevenson.
The court said that the fact that the in
jury occurred on a sidewalk in front of the
Stevenson building would not necessarily
make William E. Stevenson liable. The
liability would have been no greater if the
accident occurred on the sidewalk than if
it occurred in the street. that in either case
it is the duty of the city to see that the
streets and sidewalks are in good repair and
does not relieve itself from responsibility
if it permits anyone to occupy or obstruct
the sidewalk, putting in the place thereof
a defective sidewalk.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15

Wilborn Wilson, attorney denies the al
legation made by Mrs. Augusta Cordes in
d suit brought by her Wednesday to set
aside the assignment of a mortgage which
she held against John and Louisa Treeters.
Mrs. Cordes charges in her complaint that
she assigned the mortgage to Wilborn Will
son, thinking that she was merely signing
court record to keep her husband from
collecting the amount of the note secured
Mr.. Wilson said yesterday: 1.-TWO years
ago 1 was employed by Mrs. Cordes to
bring suit for divorce and for 900 ALI
mony. l was also her attorney in suit
following the divorce, in which her sister
sued her for libel. My fee was to be $500
apd she told me her only means was a note
she held against the Treeters secured by a
mortgage. Knowing that she had been fire.
quently in the courts before I requested her
to assign the mortgage to me and she did
it with the full knowledge of what she was
doing. I have witnesses who were in my
office when she agreed to assign to me the
mortgage, and l remember her telling the
deputy recorder what she was doing. l have
never received one cent for my services,
not even enough to cover my actual eX-
penSeS in the case
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15
SCALPERS IN HARD LINES
ANTI-sCALPING LAWS NOW PRESSING
THEM HARD IN -FOUR STATES.
A Test OF c., II. e. ID. Motor Proves Sat
MISREPRESENTATION Grain Rates
to BE Advanced To-Day.

The passenger officials in Central Traffic
Association territory are much gratified
over the fact that the introduction Of the
interchangeable mileage books is so ef-
fectually curtailing the scalpers business,
and If the true spirit of the mileage is car
ried out by the passenger officials and the
book is so modified as to better please the
travelling statesmen and still protect the
roads scalping in this territory is doomed
In New York State the passenger men are
strictly enforcing the law against scalping
which went into effect Sept. /. George Dan
tells. general passenger agent Of the New
York Central, has secured ample proof that
the scalping fraternity are disposed to obey
the law and seek other business. Right
upon the heels of this law becoming effec-
tive in New York the general passenger
agents of the roads in Pennsylvania are
reviving the law of that State against
scalping tickets and the scalpers have
caught the alarm and are planning to go out
of business. The Pittsburg Post says that
many of the Pittsburg brokers are getting
ready to resort to new tactics or else go
out of the business, but some of the men,
bers Of the Brokers Association when spok-
en- to regarding the rumor said that they
had plans to make living which the rail-
way officials had never heard of and that
they were getting along nicely and had no
complaints. The fact remains, however,
that the arrest of the two ticket scalpers
at Atlantic City some time ago and their
Imprisonment, and the utter failure of the
brokers' test case were incidents which
have shown the brokers the law is against
them, and that it will be dangerous to re-
sort TO any schemes to evade the restric-
tons thrown around the sale of tickets. The
existence of the scalper and his trade is not
necessary from any point of view, for every
anti-scalping law provides all possible
means for disposng of unsold tickets or
portions of them in a legitimate manner
1t is stated that the general passenger
agents of the roads running out of Chicago
are about to make operative the laws Of
Illinois against scalping tickets, and this
fall a bill will come before the Legislature
of Ohio looking to the passing of a law
similar to that of New York. The outlook
for the ticket scalper is certainly. anything
but encouraging. This the local scalpers
freely admit, but they still have hopes that
the Interchangeable mileage will be wiped
out and the old time Generalization in pas
senger rates return.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15

STATIONS
SlabaTna and 9TH Sts.-S. Null.
-1sSiielontaine St, Nc. 4V0--Claude Fields.
SCiniIlsuan Ave, No 197-F +. Dannettelle.
Sli1ord Ave-, No. 324-Philip Miller
SSoiiiege ave. and 9TH St.-Gso. +. Flsher.
SSoiunpla Ave. and 9TH St--Geo. 9. Ruch.
ToiumbIa and Hill Aves.-R. G. Hamgton;
pDesll,aware and McCarty Sts.-H. a. Itaflin.;
1glLon and, Fletcher Aye.--Hugo ii. lSenrfltter.
I'll Ma@ne Ave, No. I9e-Thos. r. Thornpuls.
Hillside Ave, No l9-II w Carter
4ilhois and lst Sts.-S. Auhl.
4tt!lnois and 18th Sts.-S. Muhl.
- ,iiilols ana lth Sts.--J. NJ. Scott.
ffiitinOie anu I'D Sts.-Frank Keegan.
44iItsHols ailu North Sts.--3. NJ NaVtn. ,,,s.,,
fnnaatiatnnaa ave. ana Vermont St.-R. = DiOu~U'
41u1alaha Ave, No. 201-John d. Gauid
SS4dalson Ave, No 427-Jos. III. Dw1eI.
R11ass. ana Cornell Aves.--C. T.. Barmnl~
4sssass. Ave-, No. BOIL. +. Haag.
affer. and Morris Sts.-C. II. Broch.
Rler and Ray Sts.-John +. Myers
5M4ert and Russell Ave.--Geo. +. Borst
14lcht No. 1853 EASTMAN Arsdale Bros.
Eew York and Noble Sts-E. II. Enners.
New York. No. 37S West-F. T.. Wolcott.
GeIate 4 We. and Sd STA. NJ. Eyster
Senate Ave, No. 1858 North-E. r. Steward.
Sheity 81, No. lS2-C A. Eitel.
talbot Ave, No 350-M. Schwartz.
Virginia Ave. and CobJrn-C g. Mueller
Alrginia Ave and McCarty-M. G. Staley.
wash St and State Avc.-N. S. briggs.
Mash. St., No. 103 East-Baron Bros.
West St, No. SOB Nurth--C. w. Eichrodt.
1andes and 9Th Sts.--Dixon. -
North indianapolis Library Building-A %
Gauld d Bro. Tel. 1884.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15
Federal Court Calendar.

The November term of the United States
Court opens Nov. 2 with the following cases
set for that day: Arthur J. Thurston VS.. D.
NJ. Osborn & Co.: Gilbert w. Shirk VS.. City
of Lafayette.
Nov. 3-Ludwig Stockmeyer VS.. David
Reed; Edward Hawkins VS.. Citizens State
Bank New Castle.
Nov. 4-John b. Murphy VS.. Bernard S.
OConnor; Charles Pick ct al. VS.. Charles A.
Miller ct al.
Nov. 5-Valentine NJ Surghnor VS.. Patrick
luncheon ct AL; Casper Bernego VS.. Illinois
Steel Company
Nov 6--David w. MARQUES VS.. Volney r.
Malott receiver.
Tie federal grand jury will meet Nov. g.
There are a number of cases for counter
feiting and violation of postal and revenue
laws
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declared. The income of the company from
earnings Of cars was S7,743,344 Income
from other sources swelied the total re-
ceiptS OF the company during the last fiscal
year to $S,974,SSS. The disbursements for
the year. including $2.S000OO paid in dvi-
the year of 81, 77Os51 The number of cars
owned and controlled is CAPS of which 2.l03
are standard and 325 tourist, or second-class
during the year was 4. $50 sgs. and the mum
Der of miles run was $780, 1852, 75S During the
previous year the number of passengers
carried was SIP 965, and the number of
miles run was 191, S62, 947. The value of the
manufactured product of the car works of
the company for the year was 81 205, Psi, and
of other industries including rentals, $476,-
1866. making a total of $4,6S1,675, against ST.,
704,93s for the previous year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15
Right to a nrixeMnx.

In the case of Noftsger vs.. Samuel A.
Barksdall the Supreme Court held that be-
cause man had used driveway belonging
TO the man from whom he had purchased
an elevator he did not have any right to
continue using ii If against the wishes of
the owner of the driveway, as there are sew
eral alleys leading to the elevator and the
driveway was used for convenience.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15
GRAND JURY INSTRUCTIONS.
Judge McCray Reads the Statute Re-
garding Bribery.

The Marion county grand jury went into
session for October yesterday morning. AL
though Judge McCray delivered no special
instructions to the jurors he read Section
1864 of the statutes. 1t is customary to read
this statute as part of the instructions 10
the grand jury. One paragraph provides
that the jurors may investigate into will
full and corrupt misconduct in the affairs Of
public officers of every description in the
county and into every charge against them
of extortion." After concluding his instruc-
tons, the court remarked that they We're
sufficiently comprehensive to cover all Of
lenses.
The jurors will investigate all Jail cases
before work of any other character is taken
up. The jury has never completed the in
vestigation of the Gamewell scandal on ac-
count, as claimed, of the difficulty in pro-
curing witnesses. At the last session of the
jury it was claimed that MacCurdy, who
made the charges against Councilman
Clark, could not be found.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15
ACTION of Baggage Agents.

The American Association of General
Baggage Agents, in session at Denver has
adopted the rules for the transportation Of
dead bodies recommended by the joint con-
ference of health officers, funeral directors
end general baggage agents at Cleveland,
June 9, 1897, and corrected and approved by
the national conference of state boards of
health at Nashville. Aug. 10, 1897, and has
appointed committees to confer with state
and provincial health officers to ascertain
what measures are necessary in such States
and provinces to give effect to the rules.
The convention decided to eliminate as far
as possible G. o. d. collections. The ques-
ton of checking bicycles as free baggage
was touched on, the sentiment being that
without charge from local points. A letter
was laid before the convention by President
ripple from First Assistant Postmaster
General Heath, ruling that railroads could
carry return baggage checks in sealed en-
velopes without being liable for postage
Officials were elected as follows: Presi-
dent, Andrew TTaynor, of Council Bluffs
general baggage agent of the Union Pacific;
vice president, w. *. Maxwell of Parsons,
Kan, general baggage agent of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas e Texas; secretary and treas
urer, j. e. Quick, general baggage agent of
the Grand Trunk railroad system; eXecu-
tive committee. H. =. Deering. general bag
gage agent of the Michigan Central chair
man; h. c. Ensign, general baggage agent
of the Erie Railroad, and John Z. Mckee,
general baggage agent of the Nickel-plate.
The next meeting will be held the third
Wednesday in July next, at Detroit, Mich.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15
Had No Right to Appeal.

In the case of William Sonntag VS.. John
Klee, appealed from the Vanderburg Cir
cult Court, the Supreme Court held that
where one party of disagreement over a
lot of machinery had sold on a judgment
any portion of it awarded him, he had no
grounds for an appeal to reverse that part
OF the Judgment giving his opponent a Ger
tain portion of the machinery. Accepting
the benefit of a judgment bars a person
appealing 10 the Supreme Court or the APP
pelate from having the judgment reversed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15

Webb York is arranging for century
run to Frankfort and return for Sunday.
He calls upon ali wheelmen who think they
are warm to join in the run, and all who
are not $50 warm" are also invited, for
they are assured that the pace will be slow,
and that there will be plenty of fun on the
way The invitation to wheelmen to par
tieipate in the run guarantees that the
roads will be good and that the wind will
not blow. The start will be at $3.50 O'Clock,
from Monument place.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15

Samuel Dorsey colored man, who was
slashed across the face with a razor in a
fight at Archie Greenhouses Indiana-ave-
nue. saloon Tuesday night. was taken to the
City Hospital last night for treatment The
wound was dressed at his room. No. 72l2
ing again. and il was feared he would bleed
TO death An artery was severed. He is
out of danger now. The wound is about
check
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15
Becoming Famous Abroad.

George II. Daniels, general passenger
agent of the New York Central Railroad,
few days ago received from the Cape of
Good Hope a South African paper, dated
Aug. 81, 1897 printed in the Dutch language,
which contained a marked article copied
from an American newspaper. The article
was a dispatch from Buffalo, dated July 16.
in regard to the fast of the Empire
State express, in which it was stated that
that wonderful train had on that day made
of 141 miles in 143 minutes. This per-
Torrance seemed SO remarkable to our
South African friends that they deemed it
worthy of reprinting in their paper. Their
interest can better be appreciated when it
is known that they have running on the
railroad between Cape Town and Johannes
burg, a distance of a little less than loo
miles, almost the same mileage as be-
tween Chicago and New York, train
called the Black Flyer, which makes this
run in sixty hours. on this train there is no
way OF heating the cars. and morning and
night ii is cold. Passengers have TO wash
in ice water and eat their meals in dim
ing car that is perfectly cold and in
draught that will almost blow mans hair
off. Mr. Daniels is also In receipt of a let
ter from railroad man in Toxic, Japan in
which the writer asserts that he has a
picture of the Empire State express hang
ing in his office, and that he soon expects
to be running the Japanese Empire ex-
press with an American locomotive.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15

In the Superior Court yesterday Mary
Jane Scott brought damage suit against
the Pettis Dry Goods Company on account
Of injuries received while shopping in the
New York store Sept. 90 last. The plaintin
was in the basement looking at goods when
an employee pushed a truck down the aisle
in which she was standing. She AYERS that
the wheel of the truck passed over her left
foot crushing the bones. She believes she
viii be a cripple for life and demands dam
ages in the sum of 5000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15

At the request of William Bridgewater
charged with the murder of Oscar Wharton
in Woodruff Place, last summer John W.
Bowlus was yesterday appointed as addi-
tional counsel to assist in the prisoners de-
tense John o. Spahr, attorney for the
poor, had already been appointed to defend
Bridgewater. His case has not yet been
down for trial
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15
DIED.

BATES-Lauratha, Thursday morning. 1880 a. m.
Funeral Saturday, p. at family residence,
tnew) 2025 -Ssh street. Friends invited Burial
private.
MUELLER--Anna NJ. wife Of Louis Mueller,
died Wednesday morning. aged thirty-two, at
her home, new 1893 Church street Funeral
sunday at O'Clock from the house Friends in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15

The Supreme Court yesterday sustained the
motion TO lengthen the time for argument
In the case of the State Board Of Tax Com
missioners VS.. John II. Holiday. in which
the authorities were prevented from tax
ing life insurance policies which had such
a surrender value that money could be
realized on them any time the holders
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15
Nellie Perdue Sentenced.

Nellie Perdue having been declared sane
by a commission. Judge McCray has sem
fenced her to one year in the Woman's
Prison. She was convicted of the theft of
bicycle. Her attorney entered a plea of
insanity for her. and the court held his de-
cision in allegiance until the girls mental
condition could be investigated Thomas
Hanna, her lawyer, has asked for new
trio
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15
A Resented suggestion.


Would you like a half-tone portrait Of
yourself?' inquired the interviewer
Certainly not" replied Mrs. Cumrox. I
don't desire to look as If the question of ex-
pense was considered in the slightest. Let
Ii be q Whole-tone or nothing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15

Governor Mount has about decided not
to make any speeches in the Ohio cam
paign on account of the trouble he Is hav-
ing with his thoat. The Governor viii at
tend the corn show at Switz City to-day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15

At the semi-annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Grand Trunk Railroad of
Canada in London yesterday the attendance
was large Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, pres
ident of the road, congratulated the stock
holders on the announcement that the ac-
counts showed a surplus of $13,540. He said
the prospects Of the road were brighter
than for four years past and that while
the passenger traffic had greatly decreased,
owing to commercial depression, the reve-
nue. therefrom had decreased but little be-
cause of the greater care taken in collecting
tickets. The revenue, the president ex-
planned, was due to reforms, the decreasing
of the working expenses. improved man
agement, the establishment of permanent
economies in the operation of the road. The
agreement with the Chicago & Grand Trunk
Railroad, he said, was less unfavorable
than the agreement of 1896. The same ratio
OF improvement, continued President VIII
son, was not expected for the coming SIX
months, but Canada. and the United States
were undoubtedly entering on a period of
increasing prosperity.
BILL the president said, he was happy to
announce that Attorney General McKenna
had declared it to be unconstitutional"
thus removing cause of friction. The
president then expressed the hope that his
proposal to the Central Vermont bondhold-
erS would be accepted ana that a perma-
nent alliance with the Wabash Railroad
would be effected. The president praised the
management of the Grand Trunk Railroad
and emphasized the Importance of encour-
aging factories along the line.
Mr.. Baker, a shareholder, attacked the
board of directors, saying that they did not
show any special qualifications for manag-
ing an American railroad. The condition of
the Grand Trunk, ne continued, was due
to the reckless acquisition of subsidiary
lines. He was surprised at the president
presenting so incomplete a statement and
denounced the appointment Of an American,
Charles M. Hayes as general manager as
he claimed the management of American
railroads was VIGOROUSLY rotten. The pres
ident warmly praised Mr.. Hayes, saying
that the Grand Trunk had too few Ameri-
cans in it's employ but, he continued, those
the road had were a legion in themselves.
The report was adopted without opposition.