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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-23
CITY HALL CONFERENCES
UNION TRACTION FREIGHT RATES To
BE DISCUSSED TODAY.
City OmcfaIs VIII Also Meet President
of the Flower MissiOn-Mu-
nicipal Affairs.

A conference between the mayor, Board
of Public Works. C. ". Mcclure. assistant
TO President McCulloch. of the Union Trac-
ton Company, and the committee of local
shippers, Of which j. L. Reach is chair
man. has been arranged for the mayors
Office this morning at 10 o'clock. Mr.. Book
walter talked 10 Mr.. Mcclure over the
long distance wire yesterday afternoon
and urged him to fix date at once Mr..
Mcclure agreed to come here tomorrow.
The conference will relate wholly to inter-
urban freight rates. The franchise of the
company provided. first. that the COM
pany should provide a freight depot by
May l, and also that it's rates should not
discriminate against this city The freight
depot has not been provided, and local
shippers say they are now suffering from
discrimination in freight tolls. The dis
elimination consists in convenient arrange
ments at other points in the Union COM
pany's system and inadequate arrange
ments here, according to the views of local
shippers.
The shippers commit tee has made itself
familiar with the rates for steam road
freig 1T and express, and il is likely TO ask
a rate approximately three-fourths, or
less, of the official classification rates of
the steam lines There is also a desire 10
insist upon a freight depot where ship
ments may be received at all times.
Another conference will be held at the
mayors Office at o'clock. Mrs. ]. L. Grit
fiths. president OF the Flower Mission, and
others of that organization will meet the
mayor, Controller Breunig and members
OF the Council finance committee and dis
cuss the pending ordinance accepting the
gift of an incurable-disease ward for the
City Hospital and providing for its main
tenance Controller Breunig has found
that the ordinance was not specific where
IL should be most specific. There seems
to have been nlisa pprehension about this
ordinance. At its introduction it was not
accompanied by Endorsement from the
finance department, and this. under the
charter, is always necessary when an ap-
preparation is involved. The administra-
ton is in full sympathy with the enter
prise. and the criticism of the ordinance
has been with the sole view OF removing
vagueness that might at some future time
bring about a disa greement.
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THE COURT RECORD.
COURT.

Room John L. McMaster. Judge
John williams VS.. the Columbia Club;
damages Jury found for defendant
Mccormack Harvesting Machine Com
oany VS.. Katherine Wiese; on note. Find
ng and judgment for plaintiff against de-
'endant for S7l.27 and costs.
damages. Dismissed. Costs paid.
Mary Kirch VS. Joel Williams Ell al: dam
iges- Jury returns verdict for $500 for
plaintiff
Room Flames NJ. feathers. Judge.
Henry Rstter VS.. Indianapolis street-rail-
way Co., damages. Evidence heard. Jury
returns verdict for defendant
Room 3--vinson Carter. Judge.
David w Barnett VS.. the Union Traction
Company OF Indiana; damages. Jury in
Structed and retires.
CIRCUIT COURT.
Henry Clay Allen. Judge.
Mary c. Losh VS.. Elenore Kuhlmann: on
account. Jury returns verdict for plain
Emma De Witt VS. Charles A. De Witt
4 al: support. Cause dismissed Judg-
nent against plaintiff for costs
Therese Tannerbaum VS.. David Tanner
,aum et al; partition. COMMISSIONER re-
port OF sale approved Deed approved. Dis
wsry J Edison VS.. William Potter; ac-
count Submitted 70. jury. Evidence heard
Turv returns verdict against both parties:
Judgment against plaintiff for costs.
CRIMINAL COURT.
Fremont Afford. Judge
Frank Hedges: assault and battery with
intent 10 Kill. Finding guilty. Sentenced to
.wo 10 fourteen years In Indiana State
Prison.
NEW SUITS FILED
Anna Miessen VS.. Frederick Messen et
al: support CircIit Court.
Alfred Clark vs.. John Layton et al: me-
.hanic's lien. Superior Court, Room /
William r Spaulding VS.. Minnie A. Green
q al: mechanics lien. Superior Court,
Room
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DOUBLE-ACTING VERDICT
IT Is AGAINST BOTH THE PLAIN
TIFF AND DEFENDANT.
Unique Report of n Circuit Court Jury
Frank Hedges sentenced
Other Court Cases.

jury in the Circuit Court yesterday re-
turned an interesting verdict against both
he plaintiff and defendant in suit. and
he result is that two family accounts are
,alIed square" Mary ]. Edison brought
suit against her stepfather. William Pot
:er. for 1900 for services she alleges she
rendered 10 her mother while she was i'll.
Potter married Mrs. Edson's mother and
he daughter lived with them five years.
until she was married. Some time after
she was married her mother became Sc
-iously i'll and the daughter asked TO have
Ter removed TO her home. Potter objected.
but the daughter took her anyway.
Mrs. Potter died at the home OF her
laughter. and some time after her death
Potter. who was growing old and feeble,
married again 10 have some one TO take
sare of him. He had received a small piece
Of property from his former wife and his
second marriage indicated that the daugh-
.er would not come in for a share Of the
estate.
Mrs. Edison decided to ask her stepfather
For 800 for her services in taking care of
1er mother. He refused to pay it and a
suit was then fled. Potter filed cross bill
and set up a claim that his stepdaugh-
.er was indebted 10 him in the sum of $50
For board and money loaned to her. He
temized his charges as follows: Money
.oaned TO pay building and loan matters,
20; money loaned 10 purchase stove, $40;
money loaned 20 pay sewer assessment, 80;
money loaned to pay grocery bill, y;
money loaned 70 purchase a barrel of -four.
1850: five years board az So a week. $50:
total, $500.
The jury decided that neither was indebt-
I'd 10 the other, and as far as the parties
are now concerned their accounts are le-
Kalfv balanced
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THICK SKULL SAVED HIM.
William Robbins shot by Woman to
Whom He Gave Revolver.

Many drinks OF cheap whisky. a 80 caliber
revolver, quarrel and an Infatuated wom-
an came near ending the life of William
Robbins. colored, about o'clock last
evening. Robbins's thick skull is respon-
sible for the probability of recovery. He
was shot in the head by Manda Woods. also
colored. the bullet penetrating the front of
the scalp. tearing it way along the skull
and coming out at the back of his head.
Robbins and the Woods woman lived to-
gether in a little shanty on Fall creek. near
the City Hospital Yesterday afternoon
they came to the city where an abundance
OF cheap whisky put them In bad humor.
While walking on Indiana avenue they
passed the home OF John +. Steward. 1905
Indiana avenue. The woman bTaced her
self against the fence while Robbins en-
tered the house. When he came out he
handed her a gold watch and chain and a
cheap revolver. which he said he had
loaned 10 Steward some time ago.
The man and woman then took up their
Journey, but after crossing the bridge they
began TO quarrel. In the heat of the argu-
ment she fred at him with the revolver
he had given her After firing both ran
toward the water companys pumping sta
ton. The woman became exhausted and
fell in the grass near the river. Robbins
continued his sprint until he came 10 Fail
creek. where he tried 10 wash the blood
from his face. The Rev. Christopher Will
De fatally wounded. took him 10 the City
Hospital Robbins told a story of playing
cards with a crowd of men when one of
them shot him.
Bicycle Policemen Griffin and Hull found
the Woods woman where she had fallen
She denied at first any knowledge OF the
shooting, but later confessed that she had
fired the snot The revolver watch and
chain and three pint bottles OF whisky were
found on her. quart OF whisky was also
found on Robbins. His injury Is not
81 ~ -. 81 ~.
rested charged with shooting with intent
10 kill.
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A Colored PatrOIman Who Failed to
Pay His Midnight Lunch Bill.

The Board of Public Safety tried Patrol
man Lou Mckinney. colored. yesterday on
charges of unbecoming conduct and dis
missed him. 1t was shown that Mckinney
and other patrolmen ate midnight lunch at
the house of Mrs. Bergman, in Haughville
She charged them 10 cents each for each
lunch. Sergeant Warren testified that she
provided the best in the market and there
was always a steaming pot of coffee on the
stove. And il was as fine coffee l ever
tasted" he said
How much did you say she charged?"
Commissioner Schoppenhorst inquired
Ten cents, said Warren, enthusiastic
cally. 81 tell you II was delicious"
Mckinney was charged with taking
money from Sergeant Schwab to pay
Schwab's lunch bill and not paying il until
complaint was made. Mr.. Schoppenhorst
thought that any patrolman who got as
good lunch as that for 10 cents and then
tried 10 play the dead beat ought TO be ex-
PEELED from the force. McKinney's own ac-
count was unpaid and his explanation as TO
why IL was not did not impress the board
favorably. The board decided that Nc
Kinney should go and that Mrs Bergman
should have her money. Mckinney is a
Republican and his dismissal leaves the
board with complete roster without an
additional appointment.
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Professional High Sign.
Butte Inter Mountain.

Butte Inter Mountain.
Did you know that bartenders and fire.
ouenters of saloons had numbers" sale
a man to-day whose name. naturally. M
don't want made public in this connection
well. they have. For instance. 20 sig
nihes that the man has the price OF drinks
30 that he can buy one and would like the
bartender to return the compliment. and
% means that the man is without fund:
and the bartender is requested 10 relieve
the mans thirst.
There are other numbers with varying
meanings, but these three are the principa
ones and are known by old-time bartender:
from one end OF the country TO the other
They are sort OF a secret communication
between the bartender and the old-timt
drinking man, and IL is rare that % viii
fail 10 bring forth the required drink.
From time TO time. in various towns
bartenders will change the numbers vii
add a half or a quarter 10 one OF them
and this will have a local significance. But
the original three remain the standard
numbers OF the profession"
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Money Well spared.
Hartford Courant

President Roosevelt has named $4,000 20
Congress as a proper amount TO be appro-
priated for the relief OF the surviving
sufferers in the islands OF Martinique and
St Vincent. Ii may be that so considerable
a sum will not be needed, but IL il always
better In such cases TO have too much
money than too little. II IL should all be
needed II would be much better 10 have
IL ready for prompt use. This country can
spare the money we'll enough for so hu-
name a work. and IL spare more IL Al
turns out that the necessities OF the case
require more.
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FOR NEW TERRITORY.
Police and Fire Protection for Tux
edo and Irvington.

Controller Breunig may not have his rec
concentrations for the appropriation TO ex-
tend police and fire protection TO the re-
Gently annexed Irvington and Tuxedo ter
ritory ready for the next meeting of the
Council. The Board of Public Works has
not completed its plans for the extension
of water mains TO the territory. and on
this plan the appropriation will be largely
based II is expected that this plan will
be completed early next week. The con-
troller will ask appropriations 10 pay $1,000
principal on the temporary loan funding
terest on this issue. Also 500 10 reimburse
property owners who were assessed that
amount as benefits for the vacation OF the
first alley south of Twenty-irst street.
from Meridian street TO the first alley east
The alley has been recpened.
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Must Return the Fees.

The Supreme Court has upheld the de-
.ision OF the Wabash Circuit Court allow
ng the County Commissioners of Whitley
county to recover from John Gross. treas
arer of Whitley county from 1890 to 1894.
he sum Of $2,36O.a1, which they paid him in
ices. After Gross had gone out of office In
iss4 he presented a claim TO the commits
noners for the amount named, basing his
claim on the fee and salary law of 1873
he was paid the claim but later the com
nissioners sued TO recover the amount, and
n the Wabash Circuit Court they got judg-
nent. Gross made the claim that the de-
sision of the Supreme Court in the case of
The State vs.. Boice made the law of 1891
unconstitutional and put into effect the
aw OF 1879. The Supreme Court ruled that
me decision in the case did not so operate.
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Phoebe J. HIS VIII Probated.

The will OF Phoebe J. Hill was probated
yesterday. after considerable controversy,
In which the probsting was withheld until
settlement was effected. The will cut off
DER daughter. Mary Mayield with $40, and
ner son, Frank Hill, inherited life estate
N all OF her property. AT his death the
property Is TO be sold, converted into cash
and given TO the city for the erection OF
public fountain TO be known as the Ralph
Hill fountain"
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VIII of Rudolph Rupert.

The will of Rudolph Rupert. probated
yesterday. leaves one-half of his estate to
his son, Frank II. Rupert, one-fourth to
his daughter. Alice Turner and one-fourth
to be divided between his grandchildren.
Gertrude NJ and Flora A Fox. The will
sets out that the additional one-fourth that
Is left TO his son is in consideration of his
care for and attention TO his parents dur
hg their old age. The original disposition
Of the estate was that his wife should hold
all as life estate, but as she died before
he did the final disposition will stand.
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and sat by the bed. and, as am sinner.
nothing would do but she must have her
little hand in mine. Twas a strange thing
for Melton Balfort And once I turned.
when I dared, TO look at her, and saw her
asleep with her head lying on the pillow.
still in its frame OF wonderful wavy hair.
ITO be Continued on Monday.l
copyright. 1901. by Frank A Munsey as In the
Shadow Of War" Copyright. 1907 by Dodd
Mead a.
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synopsis of Preceding Chapters.

Merton Balfort Of Putnams division of the
Continental Army, starts on important mis-
sion 70 General Washington. along the Hudson
river road. when he encounters coach which
has Just overturned He finds a lovely girl In
distress and escorts her TO an inn. There he
encounters drunken British officer. with whom
he fights duel. The officer is wounded and his
friends make ready TO avenge the injury.
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HIGHER COURTS, RECORD.

1882. State ex rel. Lewis vs.. Smith. Mari
IN c. G. Petition for rehearing overruled
Sillett. J.-Section / OF Article 10 of the
tate Constitution is not the source OF the
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The Board of Public Works has named
Albert c. Ferguson as chief inspector OF
the engineers force. Mr.. Ferguson has
been acting in that capacity for several
months.
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1865. Carrie S. Alden VS. John w. White.
ct al Allen c. G. Appellants petition for
additional time. Granted thirty days from
May "a. 1902.
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4451. Jessie E. Schlichter VS.. Frank Tay-
Tor, ct al Clark C. c. Record. Assign
ment of errors. In term. Bond.
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Kinks Rain Water Maker-Softens the Hardest Water
Send ten cents postage for free sample
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ghe gnn1rna1 and Gn,1rier

THREE MONTHS, S1.5O; ONE MONTH, 50 CENTS; ONE WEEK, 15 GENTS, SINGLE COPIES, SCENTS.
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even two; but royal visitors are uncom- mon. Nevertheless, the herd at Uiten- age does not increase. The elephants have all their hearts could wish. Exis- tence is made easy for them; probably they could have medical attendance at need. Their haunts are not dist urbed from year to year. But the white man Is too close--black they do not mind so much; also, there is the mischief of in- breeding. We have instances in E,u rope. The few surviving elks Prus- sia have been most carefully guarded and cherished for centuries. But they scarcely maintain their numbers. By last years report there were two hun dred and ninety-two adults, and the highest estimate of the calves was sew enty; the prospect was in fact, so bad that the emperor ordered an inquiry. From Mir. Hartings pleasant treatise on British Wild Cattle, 1t would seem that the herds have vanished from so many parks where they used to be preserved by the process of dying out as often asbyan economical mood of the owner. London Standard
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Local Weather Report.
Brief Mention.
New Haven, May 9.

High water to-day, 1920 a. m, J. Cyrus Murtagh 'O2 L. S., and Dam
 iel F. Conway 'O4 L. S., will leave town ! to-day for Providence, R. l., where
 they will spend few days as the \ guests of MT. Conway's relatives.
 $ Mrs. Ethelbert Nevin of New York,
 lately residing on Trumbull street, this city, has endowed a scholarship in the
 University Settlement New York, to be awarded annually to the student ad-
 Judged the most proficient in mining.
 Work has been commenced on altera-
 tions to building on Union avenue, West Haven, owned by Adam
 Schmaezle. The John S. Osborn com
 pany will do the carpenter work and ' William M. Townsend the mason work.
 The sixty-foot power launch Diana,
 which left New Haven last Monday,
 has arrived in Washington. The boat was recently purchased by Harry Nor ment and has been undergoing thor
 ough overhaulng. The boat is attract ing quite little attention on the Poto- mac.
 The house in Plainvlle of Mrs. Mar tha Beecher of this city who spends her summers there, was entered by burglars Thursday night. A $60 pension check, $2o in bills and a bank book were stolen. Mrs Beecher was not awak- Iened and it is not known just when the burglars entered.
 ' An Arcanum jewel was presented Thurday night to Frank D. Laun, re- gent of the Royal Arcanum, by the grand officers of the state. The gift was in recognition of MT. Laun's splen- did work in the order, and was pre- scented at the. regular meeting of Bea- con Hill council, No. 1,S06 held in Mu- sic hall.
 X Rev. pr. and Mrs. Leeds of Hanover, IN. H., who have been visiting MT. and Mrs. Romanta Wells of Trumbull street, have returned home They spent the winter in the south and stopped in LHlS Clty OH LlGlI way nDIlt. LIT. Leeds is pastor emeritus of Dartmouth college church. His wife Is a sister of MT Wells.
 The following collections are report ed from the tax collectors office for the month of April, 1902, for taxes of 1901, $1,585, 27 for the year 1900 and pre- vious thereto, $1S,376.02 for sewers, S2,- 990.11 for pavements, $1,20762 for li- censes and permits, $S07S0 street sprinkling for the year 1896, 1897 and 1898, $12034, snow removals S13.73 and for military $9S. The aggregate of the collections are $25,19S.99.
 To-day is the last day of the auction sale of theG George H. Ford Co.,, at which will be sold old paintings and an- tique furniture of great value. It is a most extraordinary opportunity for buyers. The collection represents works of genius of the sixt teenth, sev- enteenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Connoisseurs in Europe and America pronounce them of great value. At every sale purchasers se- cure great bargains
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tional outlawry; on the contrary it ab- hors such outrage.
 | The sternest retaliation should follow 1 the murder committed in consequence of such proclamation made by what eVr authority. Civilized nations look with horror upon offers of rewards for the assassination of enemies, as re- lapses into barbarian.
 Common justice and plain eXpediency require that the military commander protect the manifestly loyal citizens, in reVolted territories, against the hard ships of the war, as much as the com mon misfortune of al war admits.
 The commander will throw the bur- den of the war, as much as lies within his power, on the disloyal citizens of the revolted portion of province, subjecttng them to stricter police than the non- combatant enemies have to suffer in regular war; and if he deems it appro- priate, or if his government demands of him that every citizen shall, but an oath of allegiance or by some other mani feet act, declare his fidelity to the legitimate government, he may expel transfer, imprison or fine the revolted citizens who refuse to pledge them selves anew as citizens obedient to the law and loyal to the government.
 Whether it is expedient to do so, and whether reliance can be placed upon such oaths, the commander or his gov- ernment have the right to decide.
 This is the substance of General Or ders 100. Some of it reads now as though Dr. Lieber foresaw in 1863 ex- aCtly the conditions that would arise in some of the districts of the Philippines, New York Sun
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WON'T FOLLOW ADVICE AFTER
 PAYING FOR IT.

In recent article prominent phy- sician says: Tt is next to impossible for the physician to get his patients to carry out any prescribed course of hygiene or diet to the smallest extent; he has but one resort left, namely, the drug treatment When medicines are used for chronic constipation, the most mild and gentle obtainable, such as srhamherlain's Stomach and Liver Tab lets, should be employed Their use is not followed by constipation as they leave the bowels in natural and healthy condition For sale by all druggists.
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Saturday. May 10. 1902.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS To-DAY.

Pag' Big Values--E. schoenberger X Sons. Cuticura Soap-Druggists' Eyeglasses--J. H. G. Durant. Estate K. A. Meloy-Probate Notice. Estate K. V. Rock well-Probate Notice. Estate Edward Carr-Pr0hate Notice. For Rent-Rooms- Edw. Malley Co. Grape Nuts-At Grocers'. Hoff's Malt Extract-Druggists'. 1 Hatpin1144 Chapel Street. Lawn MoWes-M -Mallett. Last Day of Auction-The G. H. Ford Co. Lawn Suits-Gamble-D Desmond Co. Notice to Contractors-C. w. Kelly. PerunaAt Druggists. 8Postum--At Grocers'. Pie and Cake-~Boston Grocery Co. Royal Baking Powder-GrocerS'. Rlbbons-Howe & Stetson. Suits-J. Johnson X Son. Shoes-M E. Cosgroye. Tailored Sults-Chas. Monson Co. Tailored Suits-Edw. MalIey Co. To Rent-Bench Room-Grilley Co. Wanted Cook-35 Hillhouse Ave. Week of May 12-Polt's Theater Wanted dCook-3S Hillhouse Avenue. Wanted Real Estate-Franklin Wanted-Young MaIl-Beers' Photo Studios
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WEdTHER RECORD.

f Washington, D, C.. May 9, 1902, D. m.
 Forecast for Saturday and Sunday x For New Engand Fair and continued cold Saturday and Sunday, diminishing northwest to north winds.
 For Eastern New York: Fair and contin- iued cool Saturday; Sunday fair with rising temperature; fresh north to northeast winds.
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Not Far to Go.-'Brown has gone crazy I'm told"
 Well, it was a short trip for him, anyway. ."-Chicaso Evening Post.