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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-03
LIFE INSURANCE RULING.
Opinion Of Importance to Holders Of
Policies in the Equitable.

NEW YORK, May 2-The Appellate
Court in Brooklyn to-day rendered a de-
cision Of interest to holders of life insur-
ance policies. In the action of Greer
against the Equitable Life Assurance Com
pany suit was brought to recover a share
of the entire surplus of the society. The
charter of the company provides that each
policy holder is to be credited with an
equitable share Of its surplus. The policy
in question was a fifteen-year nontontine
endowment policy and contained provision
that it was entitled to share in the surplus
of the society according to such principles
and methods should be adopted by the
society for such distribution. The society
claims that its policy holders are only en-
titled to a share Of such portion OF it's
profits as the board of directors choose TO
set apart for the payment Of dividends. The
plaintiff, on the other hand, claims that he
is entitled to a share of the entire net sur
plus, which amounted to about $43, 900 900
on the 31st Of December preceding the ma
turity of his policy, and the appellate d.
vision in an exhaustive opinion has sus-
tanned the plaintiffs contention. The COM
pany. which has 100000 policy holders. will
now take the case to the Court of Appeals,
when, if the decision of the appellate di-
vision is sustained, each policy holder will
have the right to claim a share in the COM
pany surplus in proportion to the amount
Of his policy and premiums paid by him.
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Indiana Obituary.

WINCHESTER, Ind, May 2.-Solomon
Yunker died at his home last night from
the effects of an old stroke Of paralysis.
He born Jan. 10. 1920. near Harris
burg, Pa, and came to this city in 1888.
Once he held the office of justice of the
peace. OF late years he had engaged ex-
tensively in the nursery business. Charles
c. Yunker. ex-county surveyor, Is his only
surviving son.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, May Mrs.
Mary Arnott, one of the oldest and best
known women of this city, died last night.
aged seventy-six. She was a native of Penn
sylvania and moved TO Bloomington from
Madison, Ind. The interment will be al
Carmel, near Hanover, Thursday morning,
by the side Of her husband, Rev. Moses Ar
mott, who died twenty-five years ago.
ROCKVILLE. Ind, May Mrs. Mary
Iliff, aged seventy-five, widow of William
1liff. one Of the pioneers of Randolph coun-
ty. died Sunday at the home of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. b. Losch. She was native of
Green county, Ohio, and settled near where
she died in 1910. She was the mother of ten
children. among whom is Reconnaissance
Wesley Tiff.
BEDFORD, Ind, May miss Josie Han
sen, one of the best-known Pentecost labor
ers in this section. is dead from cerebrc
spinal meningitis. Miss Hansen was ma
tive of Denmark and came TO this country
four years ago.
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DREYFUs CASE REVISION.
Vote of Judges of the Court OF Cas-
satiOn VIII BE Close.

VIII ne ClOSes
LONDON. May 3.-The Paris correspond
ent of the Morning Post says: Il am in
formed by magistrate that as a result Of
an informal discussion by the judges of the
Court of Cessation it has been ascertained
that the court is so evenly divided that
probably there will be under the least IA
vorable conditions only a majority Of two
against Dreyfus revision, but as 1t is GER
tain that there will be absences owing to
illness and other causes the final decision
will be swayed by President Ballot de
Beaupre. who is believed to favor a retrial
by court-martial
PARIS. May 2-In the Chamber of Depu-
ties to-day a number of interpretations were
introduced in the Dreyfus revelations. The
premier. NJ. Dapuy. moved that they be
adjourned until after the Court of Casa
ton shall have pronounced Judgment on
the matter. The motion was adopted.
This morning the Figaro, replying to a
accuracy of the Figaros publication yes
terday of the dispositions of Lieut.. Col. Du
Patty de Clam, maintains the correctness Of
its report and gives further details. 1t says
that when Du Patty de Clam testified that
his report regarding the secret dOssier was
sent TO General MERCER, M. Maneau, the
public prosecutor, rose greatly excited and
lntimated that he would take steps TO get
the minister of war, M De Freycinet, to
demand from MERCER the production of this
report, and that the court granted Maneau
the necessary authority. The Figaro adds:
I'VE will not pretend to give a verbatim re-
port of the dispositions. The Court of Cas-
sation gets the impression that Lieut.. Col.
Du Patty de Clam was not telling the whole
truth, but only sufficient TO defend himself
without unnecessarily duplicating his SUI
periors Perhaps our report emphasized this
impression, but maintain that ii was
more accurate than the process verbal OF
the dispositions, which had been revised and
altered by Du Patty de Clam before they
were printed"
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the two territories in China would be to the
advantage of the whole world by prcmot
ing peace in the Pacific, with a consequent
growth Of industry and commerce. An i'm
portant feature Of the agreement. Mr.. White
said, Is that IL gives peace to 10, 900 900 Of
Russians for the first time in history. a port
on the Pacific ocean that is open the year
round and which, in their own interest and
that of all powers on the Pacific seaboard,
including the United States, they ought to
have Moreover, Mr.. White said the peace
ful adjustment of this question will hasten
cifc commerce in which the United States
will have full share and this, of course.
means a vastly increased growth Of very
many American industries. Mr.. Whit con-
Guided by saying that when he was =! Rus
STA, he knew, and had official dealings with
NJ. Dewitte. the Russian minister of finance,
who was then, by far, the strongest man in
the Russian ministry, and his handling of
financial questions might well be studied by
American statesmen.
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NO INDICTMENTS FOUND
But BOONE GRAND JURY SAYS COM
MISsIONERs ARE GUILTY.
John A. Dulin and James A. Mclean
161st Regiment Home To-day.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.


LEBANON, Ind, May 1.-The grand jury
has instituted impeachment proceedings
against County Commissioners John A. Du-
lin and James A. Mclean. The finding Of
the jury is not in the nature of an indict-
ment. but is an accusation Of unlawful al
lowances of bridge claims and irregularity
in the conduct of official business. especial
ly in the matter of passing the order for a
new courthouse and letting the contract to
Cincinnati architects to prepare plans and
to supervise the construction of the court
house.
A separate accusation is made against
Commissioner Dulin, 1t being alleged that
he solicited bride from Dr. Norman o.
Redden, the commissioner promising to use
his vote and influence to secure for the doc
tor the poor practice for Worth township.
In consideration OF all these alleged facts.
the grand jury, in its report. says that
Commissioners Dulin and Mclean should
be removed from office. The accusations. in
served on both Of the commissioners and
the prosecution of the cases is placed in the
hands Of the prosecuting attorney.
In its general report on the investigation
of county offices. it is shown that II appears
from the evidence and the records in the
county auditors office that 1t has been the
custom OF the various boards OF County
Commissioners to allow orders for the pay
ment of bridges without first causing a sur
vey and estimate for the same to be made.
as required by law. In many there is no rec
ord to show the building or repair OF
bridges, except the warrant or order for the
payment, and this custom was followed by
Commissioners Mclean and Dulin. The
grand jury. in its report, also recommends
the appointment of experts to examine the
records In the recorders office during the
term Of ]. M. Dye, who was succeeded after
the last election by j. A. White.
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DEATH OF HENRY B. HYDE
PRESIDENT OF THE EQUITABLE LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Spent Many Years of His Life In
Building Up the Company-His De-
mise Due to Heart Failure.

NEW YORK, May 2-Henry B. Hyde
president of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society of the United States, died at his
home in this city this afternoon of heart
failure. Mr.. Hyde had been suffering fol-
more than a year with infiammatory rheu-
matism, which left him with an affection OF
the heart. He spent last summer in Sara
tago for the lettering of his health. On
Monday he was seized with alarming
attack, which grew continually worse until
this afternoon.
Henry B. Hyde was born in Catskill. N. Y.
on Feb. 10, 1884. He went to New York in
1850. when he was sixteen years Of age. He
was employed by Merritt. Ely g. Co.. mer-
chants of that city. for about two years
after which. in January. 1852. he obtained
clerkship In the Office of the Mutual Life
Insurance Company, of New York. His at
tenton was called to life insurance early
in life. IN addition to his knowledge of the
business obtained from the Mutual Life, he
acquired great deal Of useful and interest
ing information on the subject from his
father, Henry H. Hyde, of Boston, who was
insurance men of his day. Mr.. Hyde, the
father, lived for many years in Boston, rep
resenting the Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany as its general manager for New Eng
land. In March, 1852 young Hyde, who had
become cashier of the Mutual Company, an
nounced TO Frederick S. Winston, its presi-
dent, that he had come to the conclusion
that there was room in the life insurance
business for a new company organized
along new lines and that he had decided tc
organize new company. He resigned.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society OF
the United States was Incorporated on July
rs, 1859, out great deal of preliminary work
was done previously. The rest OF Mr.. Hyde's
of the company. He was elected vice pres
ident and manager, and In that capacity he
continued until the death of President Alex.
ander In 1874, when he was promoted to the
presidency. For years he received one OF
the largest salaries ever paid any business
man in the world-S1O0 000-but in spite OF
this he had few financia! relations outside
of the Equitable. He was, however. inter
ested in the Columbia Fire Insurance Com
pany, which failed in 1871 His administra-
Mr.. Hyde leaves a son. James H. Hyde, who
is second vice president of the Equitable.
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FORECAST FOR TO-DAY.
Showers and Cooler Weather Pre-.
dicted for All Indiana.

WASHINGTON. May 2. s D. m-Forecast
for twenty-four hours:
For Ohio-Cooler, with showers on
Wednesday; fresh easterly winds: probably
showers on Thursday.
For Indiana and Illinois-Showers and
cooler on Wednesday: Thursday, fair and
cool; brisk easterly winds
Weather Conditions and General Forecast
The storm which appeared over the north
ern Rocky mountains regions Monday has
moved slowly eastward over Kansas and
Nebraska. attended by local rains and thun-
derstorms from the Mississippi river and
the western lake region to the Rocky noun
tains. Following the eastward movement OF
this storm the temperature has fallen de-
ctdedly In the Rocky mountain districts,
with freezing temperature and snow In Mon
tana and Wyoming. Local rains have also
occurred in the middle Atlantic and New
England States The temperature has con-
tinued very high in the Ohio valley and the
middle and South Atlantic and east Gulf
states. with a maximum of 80 degrees at
1ynchburg. Va, and Montgomery, Ala.
During Wednesday the Western storm
center win probably move northeastward
and an area of high barometer will cover
the lower lake region and St. Lawrence
valley. The period Of high temperature in
the Ohio valley and middle Atlantic States
Is likely 10 be broken by thunderstorms and
winds shifting to cooler northerly. Showers
and cooler weather are also indicated for
the States of the upper Mississippi and
middle and lower Missouri valleys. In
the western lake regions the winds will In
crease from easterly and fresh to brisk
Northeasterly winds will prevail over the
eastern lake region and along the New
England coast On the Middle and South
Atlantic coast the winds will be variable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-03
Cable Notes.

Queen Victoria started from Nice for Eng
land yesterday.
Fifteen thousand textile workmen at
Brunn, capital OF Moravia, went on strike
yesterday for reduction in hours of labor.
Wyckliff's English Bible, known as the
Bramhall manuscript. from TIE Ashburn-
ham manuscripts, was sold at auction yes
terday at London for f1,750.
A severe epidemic Of Influenza is prevail
Ing at Simla. The viceroy. Lord Curzon of
kedleston. was attacked with the disease
but Is now convaescent. The vicerene,
Lady Curzon, is now suffering with the
same malady.
The London Times announces that IL is
not probable the Shamrock Sir Thomas Lip
toms challenger for the Americas cup, will
be launched before the first week of next
month. At that time her mast will be put
into place and she will be towed to Cowes
to complete her outfit. sailing thence to New
York.
According to the Vienna correspondent of
the London Daily Mail. the only authentic
portrait of the late Empress Elizabeth of
Austria, taken within sixteen years of her
death at the hands of the Anarchist Luz
cheni. is a snapshot that was secured by a
young American at Geneva last September
while her Majesty was out walking.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-03

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE Ind. May 2-This after
noon the County Commissioners signed pa
pers granting a fifty years franchise to w.
s. Stone and c. E. Webster of Boston, for
the National road. from the city to the Clay
county line. 1t Is stipulated that cars shall
pass a given point every fifty minutes and
the fare each way is not to exceed Is cents,
and for the round trip Is cents. to Brazil and
back. sixteen miles. The same men will ask
the Clay County Commissioners for fran
chise. 1t is stipulated that work is to be-
gin within sixty days. The syndicate repre-
sented by the above men has an option on
the Russell Harrison street-railway prop
erty, which is to be sold by order Of court
May IL. 1t is known that the two classes Of
bondholders those who hold the original
$4,000 and those who hold the several hun
dred thousand issued by Russell Harrison
called "firsts." but. in fact. seconds" have
agreed on the terms of the sale. They have
also agreed that under the law the fifty or
sixty thousand dollars worth of street i'm
provement bonds outstanding and charged
against the company are prior lien and
must be first paid out Of the proceeds OF the
sale.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-03
British NJ. =. Alarm ed.

LONDON, May I'm the House Of Com
mons to-day, during the debate of budget
and the finance BILL Leonard Courtney,
Unionist member for the Bedlin division Of
Cornwall and former deputy speaker of the
House. in a vigorous speech opposing the
reduction of the sinking fund proposed by
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. chancellor Of the
exchequer. declared that Great Britain was
should reduce her liabilities to the utmost
possible. England, he said, now faced a
graver danger than war in the existing in
dustrial competition in coal and iron. AL
ready the United States produced both
cheaper than England and were able to
compete with England in steel. How long.
he asked, could England stand this? He
declared the question was a very grave one.
The House passed the bill TO a second read
ing by $50 votes, against los.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-03
INEBRIOUs ENGLISH WOMEN.
Lady Somerset Condemns the Drink
Habit I'm the Land of Barmaids.

LONDON. May 2.-The alarming increase
of the drinking habit among English women
is causing serious consideration among tenn
perance workers. In an interview on the
subject Lady Henry Somerset said to-day:
There can be no doubt that the great prob
lem is presenting itself to the temperance
people of this country of how to arrest the
great increase of inebriety among women.
1t is a lamentable fact that in this country
a woman is especially associated with the
sale of intoxicants- This country is, par eX-
cellence, the land of barmaids. That they
are to be found behind the bar of every
drinkshop has caused the safeguards that
surround them in other coun tries to be set
aside. AS a nation We stand in the unenvi-
able position of being almost the only one
that has drunken womanhood. The question
for US TO decide is not only how TO stem the
growing evil, but also how to deal with
those who have fallen and are falling every
day."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-03
SPEECH BY RHODES.
The Great Promoter Explains HIS
Various African Schemes.

LONDON, May Am enormous crowd of
people gathered in the vicinity Of the Canon
City Hotel here to-day to hear Cecil
Rhodcs's address before the meeting Of the
chartered British South African Company.
The people began gathering as early as
o'clock in the morning outside the hall, and
thousands were refused admission. When
Mr. Rhodes arrived at noon he was greeted
with tremendous cheers. The Duke of Aber-
corn, president Of the company, occupied
the chair and was supported by Earl Grey
and Lord Clifford, vice presidents OF the COM
pany. and other directors.
Mr.. Rhodes, addressing the meeting of 1000
persons. took an optimistic view of the pas
toral and mineral future Of Rhodesia- Re-
ferring to his recent visit TO Berlin. Mr..
Rhodes said that the agreement for carrying
the telegraph lines through German territory
was effected through the kindness of En-
peror William, who. whatever might have
been his feeling respecting certain little in
cidents which had resulted very unsatisfac-
torily to Mr.. Rhodes, was still a broad
minded man. [Cheers.1 The Emperor met
his proposition with an admirable breadth
of mind. and offered him every means for
carrying out his plans.
The conduct of European countries, ordi-
narily, Mr.. Rhodes said, was to levy black
mail wherever 1t was possible. The German
Emperor, however, charged nothing for the
concession except the cost OF the mainte-
nance of the line. Dealing with his failure to
come to an agreement with the government
of Great Britain respecting the proposed
guarantee for the projected Cape to Cairo
Railway, Mr.. Rhodes said that the directors
proposed to raise $1,000 900 (s15 900. 000) by the
issue of bonds bearing per cent. interest.
and with this money to build the remaining
40 miles northward. The millionaire, Alfred
Belt, had offered to take 100000 If Mr..
Rhodes took G2o0.00 The government had
failed the company in this matter, but the
commercial instincts of the city bad carried
them through. tCheers1 The loan scheme
proposed by Mr.. Rhodes was approved by
the me eting Oh a show of hands.
Mr.. Rhodes referred to the fact that ten
der for the construction OF 80 miles of
Rhodesian railways had been made from
America. and added: II found by far the
lowest tender was an American firm. Car
negies bid. fortunately, was not in order.
and so we were able to give IL TO our own
people" This statement was greeted with
loud cheers.
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AN ExILE's VIEWS.
Mr.. Pulitzer Thinks Bryan Must Drop
Free silver TO Get Support.

LONDON. May 1.-The Daily News to-day
devotes a column to an interview with
Joseph Pulitzer. editor of the New York
World. chiefly devoted to a comparison of
the methods of American and English jour
nalism. Touching upon politics. Mr.. Pulitzer
is quoted as having said: 1T seems TO be
assured that Mr.. Bryan will again have the
Democratic nomination for the presidency
next year"
will he be supported by united party?"
asked the reporter
That" Mr. Pulitzer rejoned. ''all de-
ponds upon his good sense or folly. IL he
again puts the free silver issue 10 the fore
and fights on IT, many in the party will
stand aloof; but IL he is content to let free
silver sink TO the background and fight the
battle on the great questions of expansion
or anti-expansion and anti-monopoly or
trusts, then he will receive wide support
Not only will he have the united Democratic
party behind him but he will also be sup
ported by the vast hosts of moderate peo-
pie who have been alienated by the new de-
parture from our constitutional government.
which the present imperialist policy
means"
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TIMOTHY HOGAN ESCAPES.
Notorious Mail RObber Gets Out Of the
Ohio Penftentiary.

COLUMBUS. o.. May 2--Timothy Hogan.
the notorious mail robber and one of the
smoothest of criminals, escaped from the
Ohio penitentiary this afternoon. He had
been employed on the tobacco contract and
had secreted himself in a box just as the
wagon was about to leave win a load from
the pen. AS yet no trace of him has been
discovered. Hogan has long criminal rec
ord and the police in nearly every large city
have had dealings with him. He had keys
in his possession TO the mail boxes in nearly
form of a carrier. he one of his confed-
crates would walk boldly up to the box and
extract therefrom the mail. He was cap
here last May by the Columbus authorities
and was sentenced to serve two terms Of
five years each. the sentences to be served
COncurrently.
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trar general A. Howard Clark, Washing
ton; historian general, Edward NJ. Gallaud.
Washington; chaplain general Rev. r. w.
Clark, ID. D., Detroit.
The report of the committee appointed at
the Cleveland congress in 1897 to urge meas
ures for preventing the American flag from
dissertation. recited the history of the cam
paign for flag legislation. the failure of Con-
gress to pass an act prohibiting such desc
Grafton. The difficulties In Congress in deal
ing with the matter were brought cut In the
discussion. The committees report was
finally accepted and the committee con-
tinued in service. Resolutions offered by
Gen. j. c. Breckenridge were passed declar-
ing heartiest admiration by all members of
the National Society of the patriotism OF
THE men who served their country and the
cause OF humanity so well during the
months OF campaign, which are still passing
and are still marked with bloodshed''
The committee appointed to endeavor to
procure the repairing of the frigate Consti-
tuition (Old Ironsides) and her permanent
establishment IN Boston harbor reported
that the secretary of the navy had recon-
mended $4,000 appropriation. but that Con-
gress had not passed Ii. The committee sug-
gested sys,tem of contributions by school
children for the purpose
The committee was continued. The Ques-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-03

CINCINNATI, May 2.-The third annual
convention OF the Good Citizenship League
began to-day with preliminary conferences
and committee meetings. At the Odd Eel
lows Auditorium tonight the attendance
was not large. The annual address of the
president OF the league occupied most of
the time Major Hilton said in part: This
convention Is not POLITICAL; its purpose Is
old one, but TO bring together thinkers and
speakers upon subjects OF great interest to
the country. such as information of reform
of good citizenship; selection of the best
and most competent candidates for public
ofhce; direct legislation through the initia-
tive and referendum. and the proportional