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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-11

preston of a close-shaven lawn spangled
with dandelions. The color tone is warm.
with the geniality OF perfect spring day.
The upholstery OF the furniture is OF the
blending hue OF the same tint, and the bed.
tables and dressing cases are OF highly
polished dark mahogany. The mantel is
of a similar design TO the one in Miss Ethel
Roosevelts bedroom. Before IL Is spread
magnificent Turkish rug where the rain
bow runs rio; in the pleading of color.
II is amid such elegant; surroundings that
the President will pass, his most private
hours. Mrs. Roosevelt's boudoir and bed
chamber not yet re9dy for exhibition.
Miss Alice Rcoseveit's foom IS plain and
simple Its color tone is light blue and
the walls are simplicity itself. There is no
frippery about this apartment and no. q
single useless extra piece OF furniture
is provided Two pretty single beds OF
wrought brass are In thu room. Anything
OF luxury or dainty female frippery which
may be added 10 this chamber will be the
idea and design Of its mistress. This room
served for Miss Ethel Roosevelt, the
younger daughter Of the house. and both
open into the main corridor.
In Miss Ethers room the artist has
caught a fine idea of the simple mantcls
which will edorn the rev White House
They are OF the whites Carrara marble,
and not an extra line IS wasted IN their
ornamentation. Their beauty consists OF
classic elegance of design and radiant
purity.
Looking along the esEianade these two
sets of chambers. both the Presidents ana
his daughters, may be seen. The semi
circular window on the second story lights
the great corridor The main corridor runs
through the mansion from east 10 west.
Here again the prevailing color IL sfesn-
The walls are covered with buriap eio'h.
the leather chairs are of green tint. ana
nothing hut the virgin whiteness OF The
door and window castings relieves the pre-
vailing verdancy.
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UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.
Lottery Cases Restored TO the Docket
Decision Against Banker Dreyer.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 10.-Chief Justice
Fuller. in the United States Supreme Court.
to-day announced that the two cases of
Charles F. Champion and John Francis,
involving the right to transmit lottery tick
cts by express, would be restored TO the
docket of this court for argument before
fun bench and set the hearing for Dec. s.
The cases are TO be heard as one as
heretofore and the order issued to-day
gives the place at the head OF the docket
for the day named. The Champion case
has already been twice heard and the Fran
els case has had one presentation in the
Supreme Court. Champion resides in Chi
cago and Francis in Cincinnati. The decis-
ions in the lower court in both cases were
adverse 10 the defendants. The United
States Is prosecuting in both cases. The
liking OF Dec for the argument of the
cases before a full bench is taken as indi-
eating the confidence OF the court that Jus
tice Holmes, the newly appointed member
OF the tribunal, who has not taken his seat
Will be confirmed by the Senate during the
first week OF the coming session of Cong
ress.
About twenty other cases involving con-
stftuttOnal questions which have heretofore
been argued were also restored TO the
docket and the hearings are TO follow the
argument I'm the lottery cases. Some OF
these cases involve the constitutionality
Of the mercantile tax In Territory OF Alas
ka: others. the validity OF the Kentucky
State law for the taxation OF ferry lines
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RECENT LEGAL OPINIONS.
misunderstanding Passengers from

Notwithstanding Passengers from
Insult
In an action brought against street-rail-
road company it appeared that while the
plaintiff and companion were passengers
upon one of the defendants cars. some of
their passengers without provoca-
ton, began TO insult and revile them; TO
take hold of the plaintiffs hat and to
hustle him; that after the plaintiff and his
companion had asked their tormenters to
desist. without success. his companion
asked the conductor to interfere. and that
the conductor answered, II can't do moth
ing; IL / told them TO stop they wouldn't
do it, that the conductor at first did
nothing, but afterwards went into the car,
told the offenders to stop that fooling"
and then went back; that the offenders,
who had only laughed at the conductor.
then renewed their indignities and finally
threw the plaintiff to the floor and walked
over him. Held, that the company was
liable in damages TO the passenger. and that
the company was bound to exercise the ut
most vigilance to guard its passengers
from violence. rs n. Y. Supreme Court
appellate Division), 2S2.l
Standardization of Passengers at
Station
A Kentucky statute requiring all railroad
companies TO open their ticket Offices and
waiting rooms for passengers at least thirty
minutes preceding the schedule time for the
departure of all passenger trains, fixes what
is a reasonable time for the carrier to be
required to care for passengers before they
have actually taken passage. Therefore,
where plaintiff was assaulted in the wait
ing room OF a station about three hours
before the schedule time for the departure
OF her train the company was not liable, i'll
the absence OF any contract. express or
implied. TO accommodate her fer a longer
time than that fixed by the statute. [e9
Southwestern Rep. (Kentucky, Judge
ORear). 1885,
Property Owners-Liability for Injuries
TO Infants
The Supreme Court of Rhode Island in the
recent case OF Paolino VS.. Kendall has
repudiated the doctrine. still widely held
that the owners OF land are responsible for
injuries to children resulting from the
presence upon their premises OF unguarded
agencies likely TO attract the curiosity and
presence OF infants. The court says: 1--WE
find no satisfactory ground for the distinc-
| ton sought to be made between infants
and adults in the duty OF the owner or
| occupier OF land to a mere trespasser TO
keep his premises safe. Law Notes for
November.l
Observation-Disclosures from Justice
To be a fugitive from justice. in the sense
| OF the act of Congress regulating extradi.
| ton, II is not necessary that the party
| charged should have left the State I'm which
| the crime is alleged TO have been COM
mitted. after an Indictment found. or for
| the purpose of avoiding a prosecution anti
| cipatcd or begun. but simply that having
| within a State committed a crime he has
left its jurisdiction and Is found within
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THREE MEMORABLE DAYS
PRESBYTERIAN CONFERENCES IN
INDIANA CITIES.
DIR. j. Wilbur Chapman Will be In
This City To-MOrrow When the In
dianapOIis Presbytery Meets.

The Presbyterians Of Indiana expect to
have three memorable days this week. To-
day will be the first, when Or. j. Wilbur
Chapman. formerly pastor of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church, New York, will at
tend conference of the Indiana Presby
terry on evangelistic work at Marion. To-
morrow he will attend the Indianapolis
Presbytery conference in this city, and
Thursday will address a similar conference
at Terre Haute. DIR. Chapman recently be-
came the head of the Presbyterian national
evangelistic campaign, for which 100000
has been raised.
Interest attaches to Dr. Chapmens visit
because he is one of the promoters and
endowers of the National Technical School,
for which $4,000 has been raised here to
purchase the arsenal site. 1t has been
understood that he will be the chancellor
of the institution. He began his career as
preacher at Richmond Ind, apd has held
important pastorates at Pittsburg, Phila-
delphia and New York
The programme for Indianapolis involves
the most representative members of the
church in Indiana and members of the
church frem all over the country are ex-
pected to attend. DR.. Chapman will reach
here tomorrow morning. The meeting will
be opened at $50 o'clock by the Rev. l.. p
Marshall, of Franklin. He will conduct a
devotional hour. The Rev. d. A. Heron, of
the Seventh Presbyterian Church, will
speak on THE Origin of the Spiritual Life"
and the Rev. T. n. Todd. of Franklin, will
discuss Culture and the Spiritual Life"
DR.. Chapman will reach the meeting at IL
o'clock and will be welcomed by the Rev.
Owen Daviess Ooell. He will conduct an
hour of confession and conservation"
The afternoon session will relate TO evan
gelistie work; The addresses will be. THE
Most Helpful Methods" the Rev. w. A
Bodell Madison, Ind. Methods that Ap-
| peal to Business Men," the Rev. G.. L.
Macintosh; Methods with Young Peo-
! ple.' the Rev. J. Cumming Smith" Dr.
| Chapman will lead the open discussion of
| the suggestions made by the three speakers
| Other subjects to be discussed in the aft
| ernoon are: The Rev. III. NJ. Mount Con-
nersvile, How to Reach the Backslider;"
! the Rev. G. q. Richards Columbus, How
| TO Reach the WorIdling;" the Rev. Robert
| A. Bartlett, Greensburg, Methods of
Reaching the Moral Man Who Has Not
| Identified Himself with Church Organi-
zation," and the Rev. w. II. McGaughey,
| Doubters." Z. A. x. Hackett, of Fort
Wayne, will lead the discussion
Between 4 and o'clock Dr. Chapman
| will lead service inspirational in charac-
| ter.
In the evening the Rev. NJ. L. Haines
will preside. DR.. Chapman will deliver a
| sermon and a short address will be made
| by the Rev. George Knox, state superin-
| tendent of home missions.
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NEW BUSINESS CONCERNS.
Indianapolis Men Interested I'm Min
eraI Springs Company.

The Tellaha Mineral Springs Company
has Incorporated with a capital stock OF
$4,000 The directors are Benjamin f.
Cook, w: II. Hawkins and John F. Mes
sick, of Indianapolis.
The George w. Davis Company, of Ander-
son. incorporated. The capital stock is
10000 and the directors are, George w.
Davis. Charles L. Henry. Benjamin F.
Overman and Oscar Lindstrom.
The Star-Union Oil Company. a corpora
ton of South Dakota, complied with the
Indiana law yesterday. The capital stock
of the company is 81 900 900 and the amount
of capital represented in Indiana is $4,000.
The Winkler Bros. Manufacturing Com
pany, of South Bend Incorporated yester-
day. The capital stock is $4,000 and the
directors are Fred w. Winkler. Charles H.
Winkler, William Knoblock and John G.
Grim.
The Green River Chemical Company, of
Boonville, filed articles of incorporation.
The capital stock is $4,000 and the directors
are, Bedna Young, Charles Shelborn,
Charles Hebner. George II Bohannon,
John F. Steinkamp, John Bricker and
Clark p. White.
The South Bend Advertising Agency, a
corporation of South Dakota, complied
with the Indiana law yesterday. The cap
ital stock is $4,000 of which $500 is rep
resented in Indiana.
The Indiana Printing Company has
changed its name TO Baker & Thornton.
The secretary of state was notified.
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doing business between that State and
other States and still others reviving law
cases. The case of the Territory of Hawaii
VS. Osaka Man HI Chi. a Japanese. also
was set down for a rehearing. the date
being fixed for March 2, next.
The United States Supreme Court to-
day granted a motion for an early hear
ing in the case of Jackson w. Jiles VS..
the Board OF Registration of Montgomery,
Ala involving the question whether the
suffrage provisions Of the new Constitu-
to the 14th and 18th amendments TO
the Constitution of the United States.
Jiles. who is negro and resides in Mont
gomery county. alleges that the board re-
fused to register him and 5000 others of
his race on account of their color, while
certificates were issued 10 all white men
who made application. This. he says. was
done TO prevent the members of his race
exercising the right of franchise in the
recent election. The question of jurisdic-
ton is the principal point involved in the
case and there will be no oral argument,
the case being presented on printed briefs
The Supreme Court to-day affirmed the
decision of the Supreme Court of the state
of Illinois in the case of Edwin s. Dreyer.
former a member of the West Chicago park
commission, charged with having failed TO
turn over TO his successor $3l60l3 of public
funds. He was found guilty under this
charge and sentenced TO a term in the state
prison. The case was then brought to the
federal Supreme Court on a writ of error,
On the ground that the punishment was in
violation of the fourteenth amendment TO
the Constitution of the United States in
that he was to be deprived of liberty with
out due process of law. Several points
were involved in the case. the principal one
being the constitutionality of the parole
law of the United States. The court did
not pass on this point beyond pronouncng
the opinion that as no federal question is
involved in il. the court is without juris-
diction. The opinion was delivered by Jus
tice Harlan.
The announcement was made by Chief
Justice Fuller to-day that the United
States Supreme Court would take a recess
from next Monday until Dec. !.
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now, and we mustn't do anything without
consulting that authority" And with that
he rose and cordially clasped the hands
of his Western visitors. and the gentlemen
had TO go, convinced, if not satisfied.
AS for the brigade it strobe away most
vigorously on the march to Manassas. was
one of the first to reach the stored stream
that wound along at the foot of the heights.
was one of the most Disguised TO find the
'.impregnable system of powerful works
held only by Quaker guns and abandoned
impedimenta. but TO Fred Benton and his
general there came a lively sensation in
the report from the lips of the bearded
colonel of the BLACK Hats" His men had
stumbled on a lot of letters and luggage
unaccountably left behind. even in the calm
elaboration of the Confederate withdrawal
the property of certain officers of the
Eleventh Alabama.
ITO be Continued Tomorrow
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IN THE FEDERAL COURT.
Verdict for American Iron and steel
Company-HierOnimu "Broke."

The American Iron and Steel Company.
OF Reading Pa, secured a verdict in the
federal Court yesterday for s11,500 against
the Midland Steel Company. of Muncie.
The case was tried some time ago and the
American Company was awarded 5000, but
the Midland Company secured a reversal
and new trial. The suit was over a con-
tract between the companies whereby the
Midland was TO furnish seven hundred tons
of steel bilIets 10 the American Company.
The American Company charged failure in
this contract and consequential damages.
The suit Of Albert Blair. of Huntingburg.
against the Southern Railway Company for
$4,000 damages for personal injuries was
put on trial before jury in Judge Bakers
court yesterday.
The federal grand jury will convene to-
day. There are no cases coming before II
other than the routine matters from the
United States Commissioners Courts, most
ly pension, postal and counterfeiting law
violations of small character.
The receivers for the Avery & Rouse and
Minnesota Thresher Companies filed a bill
In the Federal Court yesterday seeking to
enjoin the Rumley Company from using an
alleged patented device controlled by the
plaintiffs. The Rumley Company's factory
Is at Laporte.
Luther b. Hieronimous and G.. II. Heron
irnouz of Wabash, filed bankruptcy petit
lions. The first owes $3,046 and the other
$2,376. The assets are trivial.
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DAMAGES FOR A DEATH
MRS. MARY GRADY SUES CONsTRUC-
TIoN COMPANY FOR $4,000.
Settlement Of Case I'm the Federal
Court-Divorce Complaints and
other Court Matters.

The accidental death OF Jeremiah Grady
from Injuries received in a work train
wreck on the indianapolis & Martfnsville
Electric Railway on July . was recalled in
a suit filed yesterday in the Circuit Court.
Mrs. Mary Grady. wife of the deceased and
administrative OF his estate, filed a suit
against the Hogue-G raydon Construction
Company for $4,000 damages for his death.
She AYERS in the complaint that her hus-
band met his death while a labOrer en-
ployed by the construction company in a
wreck OF fat cars used in the construction
OF the new trolley road at a grade three
miles from Indianapolis. She says the
wreck was caused by the construction COM
pany's failure TO provide proper mechanical
devices and brake appliances on the cars,
which might have averted the collision in
which her husband was killed.
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HIGHER COURTS RECORD.
SUPREME COURT.
Minutes

Minutes
1895. The Muncie Natural Gas Company
VS.. City of Muncie. Randolph C.. c. Re-
turn to certiorari
1915 Charles Voss eft al. VS.. The Water
loo Water Company, ct al. De Kalb G.. c.
Appellants request as to time for oral ar
gument-
APPELLATE COURT.
Minutes
1899. Della Leonard VS.. John whitstone
ct al. Upton c. c. Appellants reply
1906. William II. Amos VS.. Anna b.
Thompson ct al. Howard s. c. Appellant
dismissal.
457O. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company VS.. George Santir. Laporte c. c..
Appellants dismissal.
4472. The Chicago, Indianapolis & Louis
vile Railroad Company VS. George w.
Tackett. Clarke C. c. Appellees brief (S)
on petition to amend assignment of errors.
New Suits
1859. c., c., c. & st. l.. Railway Com
pany VS.. Henry S. Osgood. admir-. Marion
s. c. Record. Assignment of errors. In
term. Bond
1910. Ellen Emmons VS.. Oscar A. Hard
ing ct al. Kosciusko c. c. Record. As
signment of errors. Waiver of notice. APP
pellants brief (s)
4641. The Edmunds Electric Construction
Company VS. Horace Nomotte. Allen s. C..
Record Assignment of errors. In term.
Bond.
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November woods are hare and still:
November days are clear and bright.
Each noon burns UP the mornings chill;
The mornings snow il gone by night:
Each day my steps grow slow, grow light,
AS through the woods 1 reverent creep,
Watching all things lie down to sleep"
i never knew before what beds.
Fragrant to smell and soft to touch,
The forest Sits. and shapes. and spreads;
/ never knew before how much
OF human sound there is in such
Low tones as through the forest sweep
When all wild things lie down TO sleep"
Each day / find new coverlids,
Tucked in, and more sweet eyes shut tight;
Sometimes the viewless mother bids
Her ferns kneel down, full in my sight;
/ hear their chorus of good night
And half | smile. and half l weep.
Listening while they lie down TO Sleep"
November woods are bare and still:
November days are bright and good:
LIES noon burns up lifes morning chill
LIES night rests feet which long have stood
Some warm. soft beds in field or wood,
The mother will not fail 10 keep.
Where we LAY us down To sleep"
H. H
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DEVOID OF FRIPPERY.
Newly Renovated White House n Mar
vel of simple Elegance.

WASHINGTON. Nov. s.-Some idea OF
the renovated White House may be gath
cred from the rooms now occupied or ready
for occupancy. President Roosevelt
apartment and the rooms of Miss Alice and
her little sister Ethel are complete. both I'm
decoration and furniture. A severe sim
plicity of design and decoration is appar-
ent. The Presidents sleeping chamber oc-
cupies the southwestern corner OF the
white House, and the rooms allotted 10 Tho
young ladies include all the correspondents
section OF the building To the north ana
west The great corridor. with its multitude
of sleepy chairs and quiet hooks for loung-
ing divides these chambers. President
Roosevelts room is very stately in its pro-
portions. IL is at present used as both
crowded with furniture. The floor Is COW
cred with a heavy carpet of soft green
ground interspersed with conventional
dover design. and gives the artistic Inn.
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Couldn't Stand the Indisnity.

George ]. kirkpatrick went home drunk
Saturday night and after abusing his wife
and his two children threatened to kill
Mrs. kirkpatrick, and, to show that he
meant to execute his threat. he went into
the back yard and fired a shot from a re-
volver into the air. Mrs. kirkpatrick could
not stand this indignity and fled suit for
divorce early yesterday morning, in which
she asks the custody OF the two children
and 5000 alimony.
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Rosa b. Dcbson names her husband,
Thomas ]. DobsOn, and the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company as defendants in
her suit for support filed yesterday. Dob
son is employed by the insurance company
and salary is due him from it monthly. He
is accused by his wife of deserving her
and their three children in July and failing
To support the family since then. Mrs.
Dobson and her children have been objects
of charity since Dobson left home and she
is suing to compel her husband to ailot
so a week OF his pay for the support of his
children and for $500 TO pay obligations
they have incurred since July.
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the territory of another when. il is sought
TO subject him to criminal process. 10y
Southwestern Rep. Qndian Territory. s4S.1
License Tax-Voluntary Payment-Re-
covery.-
The tax collector of certain district had
power by virtue of a statute. to accept
sum of money in part payment of license
tax due the State by a liquor dealer, and
money voluntarily paid by such dealer
on account of the license tax so due could
not be recovered from the officer, even
though no license was in fact ever issued,
and the dealer ceased TO engage in the sale
of such liquors before the expiration of
the license year. I32 Southern Rep. (F'lorida)
so
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Acting Judge Connoway fined Mrs. Ruby
Kriettner. a well dressed woman, so and
costs, yesterday, in Police Court. Charges
were made against the woman by the par
ents of fifteen-year-old girl. 1t was said
that the girl had been enticed from her
home in Louisville by Mrs. Kriettner and
brought here for immoral purposes. The
mother OF the girl wrote letter to Super
intendent Taffe. The girl appeared in
court, but was allowed to go TO the home
OF her grandparents. in this city.
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Clara Belle Poston Sues.

In October last street car on the North
Indianapolis line ran into a wagon on
Northwestern avenue and knocked it off
the track. The passengers of the car were
all shaken up and among them was Clara
Belle PostOn. She was scratched and
bruised by being thrown forward in her
seat and her arm was dislocated- The in
jures caused expenditures for medicine
and surgical attention and will permanently
disa BILE her, she AYERS in a suit filed for
5000 damages against the street-car COM
pany Yesterday.
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New York Post.
IL took four court officers and two police
men TO maintain order ir the corridors out
side the court. The WORT OF the offenders
were women They wanted TO see Aolineux
and they begged. demanded and threatened
keepers More than nifty succeeded. and In
one way or another g9s possession OF 81
the front seats.
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After a Long Time.

Mr.. and Mrs. William c.. Davis have been
married for thirty-two years. but their
relations now are so uncongenial that yes
terday Mrs. Davis filed suit for a divorce
against her husband. In the complaint she
alleges that he abandoned her i'm Indianap-
oils in ISL and since then has failed TO pro-
vide for her and has ignored their mar
rage agreements