The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25

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In addition to above dividends paid by oper-
ating companies, the st. Paul. Minneapolis &
Manitoba Railway company paid dividend
of $780, 900, the same as the previous year.
Taxes Paid on Gross Earnings-The, total
amount of taxes on gross earnings OF railroads
In Minnesota for the calendar year ending
Dec 81, 1896, certified by the commission to
the state auditor, was $1,0S7, 1914. 40; for the
showing an increase for 1896 of 1870.
Capital Stock and Funded Debt-The total
amount of stock and debt of the railroads
reporting to this office, for entire line, for the
year ending June &c. 1897, was SLAP, 6S1, 254
viz: Stock $4S4, 917 430, and funded debt $685.
763. 1914 For 1896 the outstanding stock
amounted to $3.50, 74635, and the outstanding
funded debt to 1868. 704, $50 showing an in
crease for 1897 of $4S, sol; this large increase
In capitalization is accounted for by the in
crease of capital in the reorganiZed Northern
Pacific railway, which shows an increase of
$50, 105,O54 but it is proper to add that the
property purchased by the reorganization
company at foreclosure sale embraced nearly
81 600 900 acres of land in addition to the
railroad and it's equipment. The stock and
bonds of the Great Northern railway are not
included in the above totals because its cap
ital does not represent investment in railroad
but in other properties, the capitalization or
the road operated by the Great Northern
railway being represented in the above by the
stock and bonds of the st. Paul, Minneapolis
& Manitoba Railway company.
The Proportional amount of stocks and bonds
Minnesota,
$3.50, 1SO, S4S; last year such proportional
amount was S242. 655, 1884,
Accidents to Persons-Two passengers were
killed in Minnesota in 1897 and thirty-fve
were injured: the previous year three pas
sengers were killed and Ill were injured in
railway accidents. Of trainmen twenty were
killed and 1877 injured in 1897; in 1896 twenty
three were killed and 1853 injured. Of switch
men, fagmen and watchmen six were killed
and ffty-seven injured in 1897; in 1896 ten
were killed and forty-seven injured. OF other
employees fifteen were killed and 165 injured
in 1897; in 1896 seventeen were killed and 212
were injured. OF trespassers seventy-fve
were killed and seventy-eight injured in 1897;
the previous year sixty-two were killed and
fifty-four injured OF persons not trespassing
thirteen were killed and twenty-four in
jured in 1897; the previous year ten were
killed and twenty-one injured. Number of
persons killed, 1897, 131; injured, SAG. In 1896
l25 were killed and COS injured.
In the matter of the assignment of the Irish
American Bank, L. T. Bishop, petitioner,
appellant, VS.. Stephen Mahoney, assignee,
etc. respondent.
Conceding without deciding that PLAINTIFF
stood in fiduciary relation to the insolvent,
and that certain funds which came to the
hands of the latter, were trust funds which
it held as trustee for the former.
Held, plaintiff has not traced these funds
into the hands of the receiver of the lnsolvent
and is not entitled to preference over the
other creditors of the insolvent. Order af-
irmed. -Canty, j.
Charles W. Thompson, respondent, VS.. Great
Northern Railway Company, appellant.
In an action to recover damages for personal
injuries received by reason of the negligence
of the defendant the plaintiff need not allege
that the injury of which he complains was
occasioned without his fault or that he was
not guilty of contributory negligence. AS.
sumption of risk is a species or branch of
contributory negligence and the burden of es-
tablishing it rests upon the defense. Order
affirmed. Buck, j.
John Wacholz, respondent, VS.. F. X. Cries
GRADER appellant
Although the landlord RECEIVERS judgment
of eviction against his tenant for failure to
pay rent, yet if the latter tenders to the land
lord or brings into court the rent in arrear,
with interest and costs of the action within
six months after possession obtained by the
landlord and performs the other covenants on
the part of the tenant as provided by General
Statutes 1894, section $685. such judgment
thereby becomes imperative and non-enfoce-
able and if the landlord, without further de-
fault by the tenant in any of the conditions