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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20
Demand of County Prosecutors.

Along with the sheriffs, the township
assessors and the justices of the peace. the
prosecuting attorneys of Indiana will ask
special legislation of the General Assem-
bly, this winter. They desire to secure the
passage of an act making the office a
salaried one exclusively, and to this end
they have formed a State association to
lay the matter before the Legislature and
do the necessary lobbying. The prosecut-
ing attorneys under the present law are
paid salary and fees, the fees in the ma
jority of the counties being the most i'm
portant part of their income.
Charles Brewer. Of Wabash, is at the
head of the new association formed by
the prosecutors. The names Of the men,
bers of the legislative committee have not
been announced.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20
THE COURT RECORD.
SUPERIOR COURT.

Room John L. McMaster, Judge.
Adolph Sleicher & Co, VS.. George Frenk;
on account Jury returned verdict for
plaintiff and assessed the damages at $136.12.
ance Company; on policy. On trial by jury.
Room 2-vincent Clifford. Judge pro tenn.
James Taylor VS.. City; account. On trial
by jury
Charles T. whitsett VS. James B. Miller:
suit on note. Finding for plaintiff. De
PENDANT defaulted. Judgment for $96S5 and
costs against defendant.
Room 3-Vinson Carter. Judge.
Theodore N. Farnsworth VS.. indianapolis
Street-railway Company; damages. On trial
by jury. Jury returned verdict for de-
PENDANT.
CRIMINAL COURT.
Fremont Afford, Judge.
Howard Stevenson; embezzlement. De-
fendant arraigned. Pleaded not guilty
Finding guilty. Age nineteen. Sentence is
suspended during good behavior.
Edward Arnold; grand larceny. On trial
by jury. Evidence heard. Argument by
counsel heard. Jury out.
Charles Thompson; burglary and petit
larceny On argued statement of facts de-
PENDANT withdrew plea of not guilty and
pleaded guilty to second count of indict-
ment Fined 81 and imprisoned in Work
House for eight months.
CIRCUIT COURT.
Henry Clay Allen Judge.
J. N. Clarke & Co. VS. Ealenora Weisse
adm'x of Antonio Weisse estate; on claim
Claim settled for $224.43 and costs of estate
Stricken from docket.
Allen Caylor VS.. +. j. Van Vorhis: dam
ages. Trial resumed.
Arabella Hubbard VS.. Austin b. Prather
ct al; on note Dismissed by plaintiff.
Costs paid.
Emma Stenger VS.. George Stenger; fraud
ulent marriage.
NEW SUITS.
T4H r I'll,
Johnson; petition to sell real estate. Cir
cult Court.
Maggie Miles VS.. Annis Bracken; dam
ages, 5000. Circuit Court.
John Gentry VS.. Merchants Heating and
Lighting Company; damages. Circuit Court.
Obediah G. Fuqua VS.. Michael H. Spades
petition for conveyance of real estate Su-
perior Court. Room 3.
German Fire Insurance Company VS.. Hat
tie Gimbel ct al; complaint on notes and
to foreclose mortgage. Superior Court,
Room 3
City Bond Company VS.. Martin Caravan
ct al; complaint on Improvement bond. SUI
perior Court, Room 2.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20
DECISION FAVORS FIREMEN
JAMES TAYLOR WINS HIS SUIT
AGAINST THE CITY.
Time for Days on Cannot Legally BE
Deducted from Pny-Grist OF
the Courts.

The Jury In the case OF James Taylor,
formerly a member Of the city fire depart
Inent, against the city Of Indianapolis for
the recovery OF money alleged to be due
him as salary while a member of the fire
department. I'm 1888, found for Taylor yes
terday afternoon after being out thirteen
minutes. and awarded him damages in the
sum of s72.Os. The decision in the case
makes the city liable for about $4,000 In
claims held by members of the fire depart
ment and persons who formerly served with
IL The suit decided was the test case in
which the firemen combined their legal ex-
penses and sued in Taylor's name. Taylor
Is now resident of East st. Louis.
The case was based on the retrenchment
policy Of Mayor Taggart when, in 1898. In
order to make up deficits in other branches
OF the city ADMINISTRATORS expense, he in
augurated the practice of deducting s2.25, a
days pay. from the pay of each fireman
when he laid off," The firemen were al
lowed one day off each week and no provi-
sion was made in the rules for deductions
IN their pay. Their pay, $500 year, was
stipulated by the Board of Safety, and
their claim has been that nothing TO indi-
cate deductions when off duty Is found in
the rules. Further, they maintained that
the rules OF the department which author
tzed each man TO be absent from work for
one day each week We're in fact compulsory,
and 4 man was expected 10 be OF on the
day allotted to him and his pay deducted
accordingly
SUIT FILED IN 1900.
The suit was filed I'm 1900 and the facts in
contention admitted in a demurrer filed by
the ci,y. The trial OF the case resolved
itself into the defense by the city that the
laying off OF the fremen was voluntary and
consequently should have been at their loss.
To dispute this much testimony of the fire.
men and other persons was introduced to
show that the custom of the department
has been that a man had his regular day
OF and was to be paid for IL. The fact that
the men are virtually on duty for twenty
four hours of each day was testified TO,
and the belief expressed by the fremen that
the day off was allowed them that they
might in one day of the week attend TO
business and pleasure.
During yesterdays trial OF the case before
judge pro tenn. Vincent Clifford r. w. Nc
Bride and Ira w. Holmes made arguments
sistant city attorney, argued for the city.
Tn case was decided after some few min
utes' consideration by the jury, which had
been instructed in the law in the case by
Judge Clifford.
The attorneys for the city announced that
an appeal Will be taken. y transcript of the
record Will be made and an appeal bond
filed. The case concluded directly involves
no more than $72.0S. with interest since 1898,
but Indirectly a large sum will be collected
from the city IL the finding is affirmed by
the higher court
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20
MORGAN Is CONFIDENT.
Marion County Representative Thinks
He VIII BE Speaker.

Representative Joseph r. Morgan, of this
city, who is one Of the candidates for
speaker, returned last evening from a
weeks trip through the northern part of
the State. He has been doing some active
hustling in the way of seeking support in
the speakership fight and expressed him.
self last night as we'll satisfied with the
situation.
II am in the race to win" he said, land
/ am very confident of success. L have
received sufficient assurances of support to
justify that confidence"
How many votes have you pledged?'
well, I'm not giving any figures at
present. The other day when / was told
that Marshall claimed twenty-five votes
Sayre twenty and Kirkman eighteen
promptly set my figures at thirty. How
ever, as there are only sixty-fve Repub-
lican members of the House, some one or
more of us must be unwarrantedly opti-
mistic. / am sure that ii is not /. Three
weeks more will tell the story and / ex-
pect to do some tall hustling in that time.
If am defeated 1t will not be because 1
have not worked"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR.
Christmas, It's Message and Motive
Luke If, 1-2O; John III, 14-17.


What is the Christmas message? It is the
Christian message Rather. it is two messages
First. that God is close TO Second. that
men are dear to God =
II would be a marvellous education for Chris
tians IL they could live for a week in a world
that knew no more Of those two thoughts than
the world knew before Christ. Study the pic
ture Of Zeus. Of Jupiter. of Brahma. OF Thor OF
Baal and try 20 imagine what your life would
be If your hope for the future and your support
in the present. the object Of your prayers and
your sole guide in life were such as these In
proportion you come to realize what heath
enism means. even to-day. you viii celebrate
with a glad heart the advent season
The Christmas motive. also. and Is the
Christian motive. Christ came. not to get but
to give. Not to obtain submission but to
bestow pardon Not to know more about the
earth. but to tell more about heaven. 1.-The Sab
the Advent day.
How can we make our own both the Christmas
message and the Christmas motive7 How can
We show mer that God loves them? How can We
come TO love men unseifshly ourselves?
II there is a single person earth toward
whom you cherish any evil feeling you must
begin with him and make your heart right. OF
you cannot transmit the Christmas message. In
the words of L. s. Martin:
Out, greed, out, guilei Out, jealousy,
out. envy! Out, despair
Come. hope. Come faith Come charstyi
And ease the pains OF
Come. Christmas with thy message dear.
And all thy gentle mirth.
To teach that love shall cast fear,
And peace shall reign earth.
Peace comes earth II comes in mems
hearts. ope by one. and Jour arst contribution to
Christmas peace must be 10 get peace I'm your
own soul
IL Is through a very narrow pipe that the pure
water or a great reservoir reaches the parched
and thirsty city. Only slight stoppage IN the
pipe hold back the entire reservoir. SO Gods
grace can come TO the world by your small life
and mine. but not IL any selhshness stops
them up.
We cannot give men the Christmas message.
that God loves them. except give them
something ourselves: any than the pipe
can tell the city OF the fitness OF the reservoir
except by pouring full stream itself The
ambassador OF King must keep a generous
house. or men will discredit the wealth and power
of his royal That il why
God blesses Christians in worldly ways-that they
may show forth His glory TO the world.
And there be In Christmas
genuine giving-not merely giving 10 our family
and friends. who give In return 70 us. out
giving as Christ gave. 10 those who could make
no return and often did not wish 10 make any
Such gifts viii enrich all the others we make
ana receive. casting them the golden light
that shone round the Bethlehem shepherds two
thousand years ago AMOS X. WELLS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20
Clarence Burners Arrest.

Detectives Asch and Manning last night
arrested Clarence c'Kid'D Bruner. in an
East Court street resort and charged him
with lettering. Ii is said by the detectives
that Bruner was one of the men who
swindled Mr. Phillips. farmer from Iowa
at the Union Station last September while
on his way to visit sick sister in Vevay.
AT that time Phillips was swindled by
two men, One Of them was caught few
days later by Patrolman Hite. through the
assistance or Mrs. Payton. proprie tress OF
a restaurant on South Illinois street The
man Is now serving long sentence in
the workhouse. Bruner has a long criminal
record and Is known TO the police and de-
tectives as n sWindier
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20
Husband Not Liable.

The Appellate Court, in reversing a de-
cision of the Laporte Circuit Court, holds
that a husband is not always responsible
for his wife's reckless driving. Pauline
Radke. wife of August Radke, was driving
a wagon loaded with butter in Michigan
City and knocked down Louis Schundt, of
that city. He was awarded damages of
$575 against both husband and wife. In
the written opinion by Judge Black is the
following:
I'VE are OF the opinion that where the
wife Is engaged in the use of her husbands
personal property in the performance of her
duty as a wife in domestic service for her
self and her family, including her husband,
not i'm her presence. he is not liable for a
personal injury inflicted by her. not by his
direction, but by her trespass, through her
negligent use of such property"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20

The suit of Matilda Nen against the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is
on trial before Judge McMaster in Room /.
Superior Court. Mrs. Ner is suing on a
policy of $1,000. held on her husband. who
died on Dec. II. The policy was issued
Dec. IL by the company after its Indian
apolis agent, John l.. Beal had paid the
first premium. The policy was mailed. but
was net delivered until after Beals death.
The dispute OF the insurance company in
the payment OF the claim based on
the clause in the policy which provides
that the policy must be delivered 10 the
beneficiary before the payment of IL. The
company insists that the placing of the
policy in the mails does not legally con-
stitute a delivery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20
Workhou.e Sentence.

Charles Thompson was found guilty of
burglary and grand larceny in the Criminal
Court yesterday and fined 81 and SEN
fenced to the workhouse for eight
months. Thompson recently stole a guam
tity of brass and tin foil from the junk
shop of Joseph Cohen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20
New Police Badges.

The new police badges will be issued next
week. They will hardly be regarded as
Christmas gifts because the Board of Pub
lie Safety requires a deposit Of 81 from
those who use them. The design for the
regular force is large shield, with the
number in relief in copper. The old star
shaped badges will be used for special
policemen
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20

Edward Arnold. the man who was ac-
cused OF stealing Mrs. Agnew's trunk from
the Union Station and secreting IL in his
room in the Enterprise Hotel, found
guilty OF grand larceny by a jury in the
Criminal Court yesterday and sentenced TO
from one 10 three years in the Indiana
ReformatoTy. The trunk stolen contained
property valued at about $500 and the theft
was accomplished by the substitution OF
baggage checks. Arnold was formerly in
the United States army and served three
years with Battery of the Sixth Artil-
isry In the Philippine islands.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20

ally ineligible to election, holding another
lucrative Office at the time OF the election
prominent member of the Senate said
Yesterday, in discussing the case:
Singer would have done better had he
admitted that he was a member Of the
School Board at the time of the election
and then protested against being unseated
on the grounds that he was entitled TO the
Office because the people of his district had
given him more votes than they gave his
opponent. / do not know what action will
be taken in the case, but / am inclined to
hold that if Singer was member of the
School Board at the time of the election
he should not be seated"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20
Not After Empty Honor.

John w. Kern yesterday put a quietus
on the little boom his friends have been
engineering for him to secure him the
honor of the complimentary vote for
United States senator from the Democratic
minority of the Legislature this winter
He announced that he would not be a
candidate. He designated the compli-
mentary vote as a ''meatless bone," but
said that he would not have been a candi-
date If the Democrats were i'm the ma
jority.
1t is now inferred that B. f. Shiveley, of
South Bend, will be given the bone"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20
Real Estate Deals.

The two-story brick building at IS West
Ohio street was sold yesterday by DR..
Merit Wells through the Stilz & Miller
agency to Carl Won Hake for a considera-
ton of $4,000. Mr. Won Hake decided to
DR.. Wells the residence property at zoos
Broadway for the sum of $1,000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20
Suit for Damages.

John Gentry. colored. filed a suit for So
900 damages against the Merchants Heat
ing and Lighting Company yesterday. Gen
try claims that his health was injured and
that he was crippled in a "cave in" in the
company's mains in the Washington street
construction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20
Executrix Amounted.

Ellen Collins was appointed executrix of
the will of Elizabeth T. Collins by Probate
Commissioner Walker yesterday. She fur
nished bond OF $1,000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20
Remembrance Law Upheld.

Another decision OF the Supreme Court
made yesterday upholds the remonstrance
law I'm liquor license cases. The Circuit
Court Of Sullivan county found for sa
loon keeper against whom power of attor-
ney remonstrances were filed with the
county commissioners. The Supreme Court
reverses the lower tribunal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20
Judge show. Leniencx.

Howard Stevenson. young man who adj
mitted stealing $14 from his employer. was
released by Judge Afford In the Criminal
Court yesterday on a suspended sentence
for Smbezzlement. Stevenson paid the
sum back 10 his employer and because
OF his youth and inea perience the judge
showed leniency IN his case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20
infringement of Patent.

The Turner. Vaughn & Taylor Company.
OF Ohio, brought suit for an injunction in
Federal Court yesterday to restrain the
Kokomo Steel and Wire Company from
using certain patents for Keeling and bunch
ing wire. The plaintiffs claim to own the
patent rights on the inventions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20

Judge Allen. OF the Circuit Court. yes
terday appointed Russell T. MacFall receiv-
er OF the Ray o'Neal Coal Company and
he qualified with bond OF 5000. The APP
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20

Mr.. w. r. DUNLOP. Wolf Creek, Ala,
writes:
IAN attack of measles had left my son
with the MOST AGGRAVATING COUGH
i EVER HEARD. His mother began Civ
ing him Jayne's Expectorant. BY the time
he had taken one bottle. and started on
the second, HE WAS ENTIRELY
CURED"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20

plication for receiver was made by the
Union Coal Company, who averred that
the arm insoivent and unable to pay
a coal bill held against IL.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-01-12

JARVIS OF HARVARD-A Love
Story, Football Story. College.
story, by Reginald Wright Kaufman.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-01-12
0n the [LdG@0oapy Vy01old]o

NORTHERN GEORGIA SKETCHES,
by VIII n. Harden
NORTH CAROLINA SKETCHES,
by Mary Nelson Carter.
TENNESSEE SKETCHES, by Louisa
Preston Looney.
These three stories all printed and
bound alike, are published by A. c..
McClurg Co., OF Chicago. They are 'all
alike in that they treat of people who
speak the same language and live in the
same simplicity, but the three authors
all write about the people of the three
States eachs in a style that borrows
nothing from the author or from any
other author. Charles Egbert Craddock
made her reputation by telling of the
ways and manners of the East Tennes-
see folk-a peculiar people who have
not in some mountain localities changed
the methods. of living which prevailed
an hundred years ago. Her stories
gave new species to fiction, and since
that time many authors have cultivated
the field in which she was pioneer.
Among all the stories, these three de-
serve to rank as the best. They are not
long, they are not ambitious. They are
tracy of the soil, made up of stories
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-01-12

led while the love interest in the story
is exqusitely handled 1t is in some
respects better than Mr.. Mitchell's story:
THE Pines oflLowry,' and praise could
scarcely be stronger.
The New York Times gives this esti-
mate of the story
THE story of Amos judo" is mystical
in the extreme--yet it is told with the
charm Of perfect simplicity. A young
Prince. sent from India by merchant,
to his brother at Bingham Cross Roads,
is the hero of the tale. Still a mere
lad, not yet in his teens when he ar
rives in this country the young Prince
assumes the name Of, this American
guardian. IN spite of his training and
education, which are distinctly those of
an American gentleman the boy possess
es the power of the occult ard often uses
these powers for the amusement Of him.
self and his friends. The weird details
of the story are infinitely fascinating
and the tragedy OF the young mans
death--which he has forseen-brings to
an end this strange, but pretty story"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-01-12
CAPTAIN BLUITT: a Tale of Old
Turley, by Charles Heber Clark Max
Adeler)

9~<Ai i<AAAN 1oIloli4 q die vi O1I
Turley, by Charles Heber Clark Max
Adeler.)
Captain Bluitt is long and hard
headed sailor who has retired from, the
sea, but is quite as resourceful ashore
as afioat. and brings his quarter deck
rough and ready wisdom to bear on
everything from mechanics and morals
to dead languages and living issues
The story treats of period of some
thing like forty years ago. The char
acters are natural and Well drawn. The
strangest and soddest of them are flesh
and blood people, and noe the artificial
nondescripts so often worked Off !. ia
novels There is "follsy'' atmosphere
in the book and virility and well
sustained plot that in its denoument
surprises and delights the reader.
Moreover, it is q book of geuine and de-
lightful humor. 1t is of Max Adeler' s
best vintage, and thousands who have
enioyed his humor and originality in
"Out of Hurry Burly. Random Shots, Z
etc. will be delighted with Captain
Blultt 1t has been stated by leading
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-01-12

Illustrated by Robert Edwards. Pub
fishers: l. G. Page & Co, Boston,
Mass.
When the author had finished his book,
he read the manuscript to Stephen
Crane, who is reported to have said:
Its a sure winner. I'll be congratu-
lating you on its success a week after
publication" The prediction was a
prophecy which came. 1t has been par
ticularly popular in college and social
circles where the career of the under
graduate is always a matter of deep in
terest. A book written in readable
style, as this is, that deals with the I'M
der graduate as he really is-"not an
irresponsible boy as most folks deem
him nor the man he considers himself
is sure OF wide reading. 1t is equally
sure of differing estimates. The Era,
for example, is very severe in its criti-
cism, saying "a more offensive lot of
cads than his characters cannot easily
be found in literature"
REGIMENTAL HISTORY--Volume three
of the Regimental History of the Con-
federate troops from North Carolina
written by members of the various
regiments and printed under the edi-
torship of Justice Walter Clark, ish now
out. 1t is a handsome volume and
contains the history of the North
Carolina regiments from As to 60 in
elusive. Volume one has the regi-
ments from i to Is; volume two from
II to 40; and volume three from 40 to
CO. Volume four will be ready in few
weeks.
Volume three will be sent to any add
dress on receipt of one dollar FOR the
book ard 33 cents for postage, Every
home in North Carolina ought 20 be
adorned with these valuable histories.
Address NJ. o. Sheriff., State Librarian,
Raleigh n. C.