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The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10

Howard Ecker, of American surety
Company, Relates Incidents.

'When a man who has a surety company
on his bond rs public official. or official In
some private corporation. skips out with
some of the money that has been intrusted
&c him, he has to be a mighty smooth in
dividual IL he gets away and evades arrest
and punishment for any length OF time"
sud Howard Ecker. travelling auditor for
the American Surety Company, of New
York who is at the Denson. "a surety
company is simply relentless in its pursuit
OF persons who have victimized IL. Why,
IT was only a few months ago that our
company located and caused the arrest of
a man I'm Colorado who embezzled about
sl5ooo In 1887 In New York city that the
company had TO make good.
IF that officials bond had been fur
nished by private individuals. do you think
he would have been arrested after he had
succeeded in cOncealing himself Tor nfteen
yssrs? have never known OF an embezzler
being pursued like that when his bond was
a personal surety one, especially when his
pecula ton amounted TO such cOmpara-
lively small sum. Ii costs almost $4,000 TO
follow a man fifteen years. but tt Is worth
a great deal more than that TO the company
TO see every absconder who causes IL 10 lose
on a bond Is sooner or later brought to
Justice The moral effect on men In posi-
tions of responsibility Is what Is desired
more than the punishment OF the indi-
vidual.
"A surety company is like the govern
ment I'm its pursuit of men who violate the
federal laws. In fact, the detectives en-
ployed by most of the companies OF this
kind are men who have had experience in
the Secret-service Bureau or the govern
naent, and they are officers who never tire
and who have Infinite patience. In the case
of the man arrested in Colorado, the detec-
tives had their hands almost on him half
a dozen times or more, only to have him
slip away and leave them TO do their work
over again. but they kept right after him
and finally landed him..
Mr. Ecker says that the surety bonding
business has grown wonderfully during the
past eight or ten years, but that, like all
growing businesses, the number OF concerns
engaged In IL has increased out of all pro-
portion TO the growth of the business, so
that 10 IL not as profitable as it was a few
years ago. The company which Mr.. Ecker
represents was one OF the first In the field
and IL has large interests in Indiana. The
company furnishes all kinds of bonds-ex-
ecutors' administrators bank employees
= except treasurers and sheriffs.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10
Refuses to Reopen Case.

On the ground that the wife was dead
when Thomas Day filed suit in Tippecanoe
county to set aside the decree of divorce
granted in 1898. the Supreme Court yester-
day refused to reopen the case. The In
diana law allows such a divorce TO be re-
opened within two years, but the Supreme
Court finds that if it should reverse the
lower court by ordering the case reopened
there would be no Mrs. Day to make de-
fense. The Supreme Court says it is not
the policy to vacate divorce DEGREES unless
there is fraud injuriously affecting one OF
the parties.
Mrs. Day had property valued at s9,50O
After she had secured a divorce from Day
she married Thomas C. Nottingham, OF
Shelby county, Tennessee. Her first hus-
band made Nottingham and Mortimer Lev
ering, of indianapolis, defendants in the
suit to Yacate the divorce decree.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10

Burns's r. s.. 1901. allowing a defendant in
divorce proceeding who has been notified
OF the action by publication only two years
time after the rendition of the Judgment
10 have the judgment opened and be al
lowed TO defend the action. has no appli-
cation where the party obtaining the di-
Vorce upon citation TO the defendant by
publication Is dead at the time the applica-
ton 10 have the judgment opened is made.
2. An action for divorce is personal to the
applicant and dies with the person
1918. Osborn VS.. Hooker Hendricks c.
=. Motion to retax costs denied.
Minute
1919. Mary a. Osborn VS.. John T. Hock7
er. Hendricks c. G. Motion TO retax over-
ruled
APPELLATE COURT.
1923. Worl VS. Republic, etc, Co. Della
ware c. c. Affirmed. Black, p. J.-Wben
demurrer to a complaint has been sus-
tained and afterwards an amended COM
plaint is filed the original no longer con-
stitutes a proper part of the record on APP
peal, and the error, IL any, in sustaining
the demurrer must be treated as waived.
1868. Schepman VS.. Buhner. Jackson {.
<. Motion to dismiss oVerruied.
1916. Il. S o. Railroad Company VS.. Wa
bash Railroad Company. De kalb G. G.
oral argument April -, 1903, at 10 a. m
and limited to three hours.
New Case
AIS. Mark L. De Motto ct al. VS.. City of
Valparaiso. Porter c. e. Record. Assign
ment of errors. In term. Bond. Joinder.
Submitted by argument.
Minutes
1864. Hugh V. Underwood ct al. VS.. James
NJ. Deckard. Monroe c. c. Appellants
reply brief 90 on cross errors.
1859. Indiana, Illinois & Iowa Ry. Co. VS..
John c. Trinasky. Pulaski c. c. Appellee &
brief Q.)
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10
NEW INDIANA CONCERNS.
Large Investments of Capital i'm ID
versified Enterprises.

The Gray Tie Company, of Evansville. of
which Senator James p. Gray Is the prin-
cipal stockholder. incorporated yesterday.
The capital stock of the concern is $4,000,
and the directors are James p. Gray, Allen
Gray and Margaret Gray.
The Aqueous Distilled Water Company,
of Indianapolis. with a capital stock of
5000. incorporated. The directors are Gill
bert ]. Hurry. Ethel j. Hurry and Carl r.
Anderson.
The McFarlan Building Company, of Con-
nersville. with a capital stock of SIS, 900, in
corporated. The directorate is made up of
John B. MeFarlan. Charles Z. ]. McFarlan.
James E. McFarlan, w. w. McFarlan and
John b. McFarlan.
The Loogootee Light and Fuel Company,
with a capital stock of s6O,0OO incorporated.
The. directors are Thomas H. Adams. James
F. Sutton. C. w. Adams, Aretus W. Hatch
and John L. Griffiths
rhe Smith-Kruse Company, of New Cas-
tie, with capital stock of $4,000, incor-
porated. The directors are Edward Kruse,
r. L. Smith, j. II. Smith and A. L. Smith.
The Raleigh Gas Company, of Madison
county, capitalized at $1,000 incorporated.
The directors are>L. ID. Guy. p. G. Shirley,
c.. e. McCarty, j. B. Taylor and L. z.
Michael.
The Polk Preserving Company, of Green
wood, filed articles of Incorporation. The
capital stock of the canning concern is sl5,-
600 and the directors are j. Z. Polk, Laura
Polk and Ralph Il. Polk.
The Mishawaka Realty Company, of
Mishawaka, with a capital stock of $12 600
incorporated. The directors are David A.
Shaw, James K. Talbot and Charles Weld
Ter.
The Delaware County Hospital Associa-
ton, of Muncie, with directorate COM
posed of Lewis A. Clark. Hardin Roads, w.
III. Oxtoby, w. K. Snyder. George Der
rick, James Bingham, Ed. b. Ball, Abbott
l.. Johnson and John III. Durrall, incor-
porated.
The Kauffeld Glass Company New Jer-
sey corporation, with a capital stock of
$l5O.00i Incorporated under the laws of the
State. The business of the company ID
entirely in Indiana. John II. Wood, of
Matthews, is the state agent.
The Century Biscuit Company, of Indi-
annapolis. increased its capital stock from
$4,000 to $4,000.
The Indianapolis Parcel Delivery Com
pany, with a capital stock of $4,000, incor-
porated. The directors are James T.. Greer
III. l.. Harding and Garfield Greer.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10
WOODRUFF PLACE SHAKEN
THE QUIET HAMLET WILL BE IN
THE THROEs OF LITIGATION.
william w. Lowry Seeks to EnjOin
the Making of an Improvement
other Court News.

A suit filed by William w. Lowry against
Admiral George Brown, William w. Rich
ardson and Frank Goheen. trustees. and
George L. Field, town clerk of Woodruff
Place, for an injunction will be heard by
Judge Carter in Room 3, Superior Court,
this afternoon. Lowry filed the suit yes
terday, and in II asks a temporary re-
straining order pending the hearing for
an Injunction.
Lowrys suit is based on the action of
the Board of Trustees Of Woodruff Place
in improving the sidewalk on East Tenth
street from the east to the west line Of
Woodruff Place with cement walks with
out a petition for the Improvement being
made to the board and charging the ex-
penses of the improvement TO the general
fund OF the corporation. Lowry states in
his complaint that March the Board
of Trustees instructed the town clerk to
write letters to several cement walk con-
tractors asking them for bids ON five
foot cement walk. He says Horace c..
Coldwell on his bid of II cents per linea!
foot and IL cents per foot for grading and
sodding was awarded the contract and is
now doing the work. Lowry does not live
on East Tenth street, but owns lot 500
feet from the new walk. According to his
complaint the expenses of the improve
ment Will be paid by the trustees from the
funds of the town instead of being assessed
against the benefited property owners. the
six owners of lots fronting on the walk.
Lowry claims that the board of trustees
has already given Improvement bonds TO a
local banking firm for money with which
to pay the contractor.
In his application for an injunction Low
ry states that inasmuch the property
owners did not petition the board for a
cement walk on Tenth street that no en-
gineer was employed TO draw plans and
specifications for the improvement, that
bids were not properly advertised for and
that the interested property holders were
not notified of the contemplated improve
ment the action of the board is illegal, and
he asks the court TO enjoin IL from pay
ing the contractor out of the funds of the
corporation of Woodruff Place.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10

George w. Spahr, an attorney, yesterday
filed a suit against George w. Seibert for
the collection of $500 claim for attorneys
fees he holds against him. In the complaint
Spahr says that in 1895 In the suit of Wini-
fred B. and Wiley Il. Holton against V. M.
Backus judgment for 5000 was given by
the court. He claims that Seibert repre-
sented to him that he could collect on the
judgment and under these conditions he
gave the judgment to Seibert, who failed to
turn the money over to him, but insisted
that he held the lien but could not secure
a satisfaction of ii. Spahr claims that Sci
bert collected the money and kept 1T secret
from him until April 2. 1908. Spahr claims
the judgment and asks this amount with
interest
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10

Good Friday bells are ringing.
The birds subdue their singing,
A cloud steals DER the sky.
The cold rain adds fits tear,
All. all Is chill and drear,
The heart beats but TO sigh.
O hope. repeat thy story.
And, heaven. reveal the glory
That anxious hearts await.
The premise given in sadness
To be redeemed in gladness,
Love conquering sin and hate.
These hours OF anguished signing
Must pass, e'er, death defying,
Glad Easter meets our need.
This day. for all its sorrow,
Foretells the second morrow,
When Christ shall rise, indeed!
When, 10. the glorious dawning,
The rapturous Easter morning
With hope perpetual trimmed.
The sapphire throne of heaven
Down pouring light and leaven
VIII arch In blue undimmed.
The bells their somber moaning
VIII change 10 chimes. lntoning
Exultant joys new birth.
And HYMNS OF love. ascending.
Meet angel voices blending
The songs OF heaven and earth.
Then wait with Faith the waking,
Yet. TIL comes sorrows breaking.
BE prayers unceasing said:
And brood with deep acunen.
Lest thou forget. o human.
The price that once was paid.
Nelly coifax SIM
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in Indianapolis POstofice
Thursday, April o, 1908.

If not called for in two weeks these letters will
be sent to the dead letter office. Persons calling
for letters in the following list will please say
they are advertised, give date of list, and pay ]
cent for those obtained. Free delivery of letters
by carriers to the addressee's residence can be
secured by observing the following rules:
First-Direct letters plainly to street and num-
ber.
Second-Request your correspondents to do like
wise.
Third-Have written printed request for re-
turn on your envelope, giving street and number.
Fourth-Use ink in addressing letters when
possible, and leave sufficient space at top of en-
velope for stamp and postmark.
Letters addressed to persons known to be tran
sient should be marked Transient in lower
left-hand corner of envelope. "A b. c., Gen
eral Delivery" or similarly addressed letters are
fictitious" and not deliverable.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10
MEN FROM KOKOMO.
Editor IL. l.. Williamson and Mayor
Brouse I'm the City.

II. L. Williamson. editor OF the Kokomo
News, and Nj. A. Brouse. mayor OF that
city. were in Indianapolis yesterday on
business.
''Kokomo is prosperous and Is growing so
rapidly" said Mr.. Williamson at the CO.
lumbia Club last evening. that newcomers
TO the city are finding 1t not only impossi-
BILE TO rent houses. but they are actually
unable 20 get rooms I'm which TO store
their household goods while they can build
houses" And to back up this assertion he
produced a copy OF his own paper whicn
Contained the story OF Just such an expert
ence which a new resident OF Kokomo had
met with this week.
''By the way" continued Mr.. Williamson.
..Nayor Brouse. who came with me to-day,
has n record which few mayors In Indiana
can duplicate. When he was a candidate for
the nomination for mayor there was no op-
posltion 10 him and he was nominated by
Reclamation, and after the Republicans had
placed him at the head of their ticket the
Democrats would not nominate a man TO
run against him. He was elected practical
IN without opposition. Mr.. Brouse had been
a member OF the City Council and had
made such an excellent record that even
the Democrats lay down when he became a
candidate for mayor.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10

The strike of timers of the city came to
an end yesterday. when the employers
agreed to give them an advance of cents.
making the minimum scale 321b cents an
hour. The timers will resume work to-day
Double time will be allowed for overtime
and holidays
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10
OIendorf,. Damage suit.

The suit of Theodore ]. Oendorf for dam
ages against e. f. Claypool was heard yes
terday in Room 2, Superior Court, by a
jury. The arguments of the attorneys will
be concluded this morning and the jury will
be instructed and given the case Olendorf
was hurt by falling through the elevator
shaft in the Claypool block and claims dam
ages from its owner in the sum of $4,000.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10
THE COURT RECORD.
SUPERIOR COURT.
I0A AInAIonAn.. L.

Room John l.. McMaster. Judge.
Edward Hoppe ct al. VS.. Charles Becker
ct al. damages, Judgment on verdict for
defendant against plaintiff for costs.
Anthony Kleinschmidt ct al. vs. Susan
Harvey ct al; mechanics lien. Dismissed.
Costs paid.
Lee Smith VS.. Juliet Herriott ct AL; on
contract. Dismissed. Costs paid.
William Driftmeyer VS.. Robert Riedweg;
on note. Defendant having failed to COM
ply with rule TO answer, is called and de-
faulted. Finding and judgment for plain
tiff for $36S.50 and costs.
Albert Gray ct al. VS.. Thomas Kiley ct
al; replevin. Defendants called and de-
faulted.
Ella wishmier VS.. Charles wishmier; di-
vorce.. Evidence heard. Finding and de-
cree for plaintiff, with custody of minor
child. Sarah Wishmier aged three years.
Judgment against defendant for costs.
Caroline Walter. administratrix, VS.. Otto
Miller ct al: on note. Finding and judg-
ment for plaintiff against defendant for
SOLOS and costs.
Edgar c. Wilson VS.. National Protective
Society; on policy. Dismissed and costs
paid.
Room 3-Vinson Carter, Judge.
Theodore T. Oldendorf VS.. Edward F..
Claypool. On trial by jury.
CIRCUIT COURT.
Henry Clay Allen Judge
Chambers, Pickens & Moores VS.. john
Grochs estate; claim. Settled and dis
Cora A. Hale VS.. John w. Hale; divorce
Submitted TO court. Finding for plaintiff
Decree of divorce. Maiden name of Cora
\. Hunt restored. Judgment against de-
fendant for costs.
Nora E. Runyan VS.. Edward ]. Runyan;
fraudulent marriage. Submitted to court.
Taken under advisement
NEW SUITS.
Edward w. Doser VS.. Lillian J. Lanier
ct al; complaint 10 foreclose mechanics
lien SuDerfOr Court Room z
William w. Lowry VS.. George W. Bum
ct al. injunction. Superior Court Room &
Hattie +. Clifton VS.. George f. Clifton et
al: complaint for support Circuit Court
Edward w. Doser VS.. Charles Hegpath
ct al; complaint to foreclose mechanic 5
lien. Superior Court. Room 2.
George w. Spahr VS. George w. Seibert
Judgment on claim. Superior Court
Room 8.
Railroad Mems Building and Savings As
sociation VS. Mamie Clingman ct al; fore
closure of mortgage Superior Court
Isaac Spillman VS.. Ida r. Spiilman: di-
vorce. Superior Court, Room l.
Nora f. Dixon VS.. John h. Dixon; d.
vorce. Circuit Court
Dora Hollingsworth VS.. Harvey Hollings-
worth: divorce. Circuit Court.
Union Trust Company, guardian OF Mary
w. Sells. a minor VS.. Michael Sells ct al
complaint for partition OF real estate. Cir
cult Court.
f. E. Cornwell VS.. Ferd o. Rushing; com.
plant on notes Superior Court. Room 2.
, VS.. Edgar +. Young ct al: complaint or
bond. Superior Court. Room 2.
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HIGHER COURTS RECORD.
SUPREME COURT.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10
Rond Contract Case.

An appeal In road case which reached
the Supreme Court yesterday is In the form
of transcript of over two thousand pages.
A contract amounting to sS3,675 is involved.
Coolspring and Michigan townships, La
porte county, by A. Runyan & Co., con-
tractors. After the road had been built the
taxpayers decided that IL was not accord
ing to the specifications Judgment was
rendered in the Marshall Circuit Court
against the contractors. deducting $25 1867 95
from the contract price.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10

The heads of the various departments of
the establishment OF Levey Bros. & Co,
printers, had a dinner at the Grand last
night. The dinners are monthly affairs, at
which questions OF interest TO printers are
discussed.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10
Postmaster of Kentland.

Harry Strohm. well-known newspaper
man and Republican politician of Kentland.
was I'm the city yesterday. Mr.. Strohm Is at
present postmaster at Kentland.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10

real extent OF the line. but no change has
been determined upon at this time" Mr..
Starr said work on the road Is progressing
rapidly
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10

Henry C. Starr. of Richmond. who was
ut the English yesterday. says the report
that the c.. II. & NJ. Railroad. in which
he Is largely interested. had changed it's
name. or was about 70 do So is premature
The report had II that the name OF the road
would be changed at once 10 the Chicago.
Cincinnati AZ Louisville.
when the road is completed Il Is very
probable that the change In name may be
made" said Mr. Starr. $50 a. 10 show the
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10
Citizens of Lapel.

H. G. Wilcox, Frank Passwater, Frank
Ellison, III. G.. Ralya and +. l.. Dickey, OF
Lapel, were at the English yesterday.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10
COURTS RECORD.
SUPREME COURT.

19i93 Day vs. Nottingham. Tippecanoe
s. Z. Affirmed Jordan. i'll Section 10a2.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-10
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IS West Washington Street
JEWEL STOVES
and RANGES
LILLY &c STALNAKER
II4-Ii6 East Washington Street
PHYSICIANS.
DIR. G. I. FLETCHER.
lie East Washington street

RESIDENCE-l023 North Pennsylvania street.
OFFICE-713 South Meridian street.
Once Hours-9 to 10 a. m, to 4 p. M, to
p. m. Teiephone-Residence, new. AT; old. 1891
Brown.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-08
RULERS OF THE WORLD.
Meat Eating Nations Are the Lead CTS in Every Branch of Hu-
 man Achievement.

The ruling nations of the world are meat eaters and history records that they al- ways have been.
 Vegetarians and food cranks may ex- plain this in any way they choose, but the facts remain that the Americans English French. Russians and Germans are meat eating nations, and they are also the most energetic and most progressive.
 The principal food of the heroic Boer soldier known as Biltong, is a sort of dried beef, affording a great deal of nour- ishment in a highly concentrated form.
 The weak races of people are the rice eating Chinese, Hindoos, and Siamese, regarded slrce the dawn of history as non-progressive superstitious and inferior physically and mentally to the meat eat ing nations who dominate them.
 The structure of the teeth plainly indi- cates that human beings should subsist upon a variety of food, meat, fruit and grains, and 1t is unhygienic to confine ones diet to any one of those classes to the exclusion of another
 Meat is the most concentrated and most easily digested of foods. but our manner of living Is often so unnatural that the digestive organs refuse to properly digest meat, eggs and similar nutritious and wholesome food, but it is not because such food is unwholesome, but the real reason IS that the stomach lacks, rom diseas or weakness, some necessary di- gestive element; hence arising indigestion and later on. chronic dyspepsia.
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 Nervous dyspepsia, catarrh of stomach gastritis. sour stomach, gas and acidity are only different names for indieestion the failure to digest wholesome food and the use of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets cnrss them all because by affordinR perfact di- gestion the stomach has a chance to 'rss, and recover its natural tone and yisor
 Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets is the req, household medicine; 1t is safe and pleas ant for the stomach ache of the babv ne 1t is for the imperfect digestion of its grand sire.
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