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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15

limiting to $500 the recovery for any injury
received while hunting or while using or
handling loaded firearms.
An agreement between parties to q con-
tract that neither shall maintain q suit
thereon after breach, all differences to be
settled by arbitration. is held, I'm Hartford
Fire Insurance Company vs. Hon (Neb.).
60 L. R. A, 436. to be without binding force,
as tending to GUST the courts Of their 1urfs-
diction.
Since the national bankruptcy law con-
tains no provision for involuntary proceed
ings against persons engaged chiefly IL the
tillage of the soil Ii is held. in Old Town
Bank VS.. Mccormick CMd.l. 90 L. r.. A..
577, that ii does not supersede the provision
of the state law authorizing such proceed
ings.
The attempt OF a street-railway company
to operate its cars during a strike OF its
employees is held. in Fewings va. Menden-
hall (Minn.), 90 l.. r. A, COL. not TO be neg
ligence, so as to make Il liable for an In
jury to a passenger struck by a stone
thrown from the street into a car BIZ a
strike sympathizer In no way under the
control or direction Of the company.
A telephone company which removes, de-
stroys, or Injuries trees planted by an abut-
ting owner along the street adjacent to his
property, under the terms of a city ordi-
nance, In erecting poles and wires under its
franchise. is held, In Bronson Albion
Telephone Company (Neb.), 60 L. n. A.
426, to be liable for the resulting damage,
though no unnecessary injury is inflicted.
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MEXICAN WAR VETERANS
GRAY AND GRIZZLED MEN HOLD
MEETING AT GRAND HOTEL.
Arrangements Made for the State and
National Association Meetings
in This City.

Gray and grizzled men, many Of them
octogenarians and all of them veterans of
a war that passed into history almost sixty
years ago. began arriving in the city yes
terday for the annual reunion or encamp-
ment of the Mexican War Veterans Asso-
citation. The Grand Hotel is headquarters
for the association, and among the early
arrivals yesterday were Maj. ]. C. Carlton.
of Bedford; H. T. Ogden, of Cincinnati.
president of the national association; j.
c. Cassidy, John ]. Roach, Charles w.
Jones. J. NJ. Parkhurst, w. w. Lowe. r.
]. Sullivan and Stephen Price.
A meeting was held in the afternoon,
after which the following statement of ar
rangements for the reunion was given out
"At a meeting of the joint executive COM
mittee of the Indiana State and the Ma
Hotel on Monday afternoon, II was agreed
that the State Association should meet on
Wednesday morning at o'clock in room
No. IL of the Statehouse, and that no bust
ness will be transacted beyond the regis
tering of the names of the veterans, the
election of officers for the ensuing year, and
fixing date and place of next meeting.
Immediately on adjournment of the State
Association the National Association will
be called to order in the Supreme Court
room, probably at 2 p. m.
Mayor Bookwalter will welcome the vet
Grams of both associations at the Superior
Court room at about 1880 p. m. The pres
ident L. T. Ogden, of the National Asso-
citation, and others will deliver addresses.
ION Thursday at 10 o'clock Col. W. c. p.
Breckenridge. of Kentucky, will address
the combined associations in the Supreme
Court room.
Election of officers of the National AS
ISOLATION will take place Thursday after
noon. Also the meeting place and date
for next national meeting will be fixed"
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CHILDREN BACK in SCHOOL
THIRTY THOUSAND ANSWER roll
CALLS IN THE BUILDINGS.
Superintendent Kendall Says Accom-
mOdations VIII BE Found for
All that Apply.

Thirty thousand children began the years
work in the Indianapolis schools yesterday
morning. The day was spent almost alto
gether in talks to the pupils by the teachers.
in assignment of children to the proper
grades and in other preparations for serious
work.
All children applying for entrance to the
schools will be provided with accommoda-
tons. Superintendent Kendall said yester-
day. In spite of the fact that the repairs at
the Manual Training School are not COM
pleted, 1850 children will be cared for there.
Until the new buildings ia Irvington and
North Indianapolis are completed halliday
sessions will be held in the temporary
buildings. Five or six portable schoolhouses
will again be used this year.
The extension Of manual training in the
lower grades is the principal advance made
in the schools this year. or the fifty-eight
elementary schools forty-five will have
manual training-sewing or cooking for the
girls and bench work for the boys from the
fourth to the seventh grades, inclusive. All
colored pupils have manual training pro-
vided for them. In the first three grades
simple manual training exercises will be
provided. In the colored schools three teach
will devote themselves exclusively to
teaching manual courses.
Some new study courses go into effect this
term in the subjects of geography and his
tory. The arithmetic courses have been re-
yiSed.
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and other business pertaining to the sue
cess of the association. Recess (Noon.)
T. M.-Outing at Riverside Park. Ball
game, athletics. boating, etc. Leave ar
mory promptly at p. m, to insure good
afternoons sport. Hospitality Of the
union to close with grand vaudeville en-
tertainment to be given at the German
House at $50 y. m.
The officers and committees are as fol-
lows: President James b. Curtis; treas
urer, Frank NJ. Shellhouse; secretary, VIM.
L. Meyers.
Executive Committee-H. H Van VIE,
w. Cooper, G.. II. Shower. Geo. Schad, Fred
Saunders, Dick McAllister. Smith Strick-
land, Ed. Hicks, w. ID. Mayhem, Jos. Bos-
well. Ray Thompson, Chas. Sislof, Thos.
Winterowd, Oscar T. FrenZel, Chas. H.
Adam, d. A. Thompson, Ray Van Camp,
b. b. Adams, Harry Gallon. w. w. HE'S
kell. +. Swan. Chas. Dunlap. c. A. Rails
back.
Reception Committee-Bert B. Adams,
chairman. ID. A. Thompson, Ray Thomp-
son, Horace Hewitt. Frank Heiskell, James
Boswell David Boswell, Dick McAllster,
Fred Saunders, A. Harston, Thos. White
rowd. Harry Gallon, +. Swan.
Entertainment Committee.-H II; Van
VIE, chairman, w. w. Heiskell, Will Rost
Chas Enos, Harry Murbarger, D. H. DIV
er, Allan Schellschmidt.
Finance Committee.-L. w. Cooper, chair
man, Oscar +. Frenzel, Smith Strickland
Chas Dunlap, j. c. Holmes. c. A. Rails
back.
Press Committee.-Henry Palmer. chair
Thompson.
Refreshment Committee-Chas. Enos
Chairman, Geo. Schad. w. d. Mayhem, Ed.
Hicks.
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NOTES OF RECENT OPINIONS.

promissory note is held, in Haslack Va.
Wolf (Neb.), 90 l.. r.. A, 434. not to be rem
dered nOnnegotiable by an agreement to
pay the sum named with exchange" at a
point other than that at which it is payable
Purchasing the consent Of abutting own
ers to the construction OF a street railroad
i'm a city street is held, in Hamilton, c. q
G. Traction Company VS.. Parrish (Ohio),
60 L. r. A, $751; not to be contrary to public
policy.
The right of the court to prohibit the
publication of testimony taken in trial
in which no obscenity is involved Is denied
in ex parte Foster (Tex. Grim. App 60 l..
X. A, 631, where the Constitution guaran-
tees a public trial and the liberty OF the
press.
withdrawal of an action for divorce,
brought by a wife, is held, in Oppenheimer
vs. Collins (Wis.), so l.. X. A, 406, not 10
be sufficient to support conveyance by
the husband to the wife OF his interest in
his fathers estate as against the claims of
his creditors.
Whether the pumping OF an oil well on
Sunday is a work of necessity within the
VS.. McBee CIV. Va.), 90 l.. r.. A. 63s. to be
a question for the jury. where the evidence
Is conflicting as to the injury which will be
caused by not pumping 1t.
Mere failure Of landlord to comply with
his agreement 10 make repairs on the
leased Premises is held. In Thompson VS.
Clemens (Md.). 90 L. II. A, $50. not to rem
der him liable for personal injuries suf-
fered by a member of the tenants family
because OF want Of repair.
Carrying loaded gun from one room of
a house. In which IL had been left by an
in Doody VS.. National Masonic Accident AS
ISOLATION (Neb.). 60 L. r. A, 42 10 be
.handling firearms' within the meaning of
clause In an accident insurance policx
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REV. o. T. CONGER DEAD.


The Rev. o. T. Conger, one of the Oldest
and best known preachers of the gospel in
the State. died of neuralgia yesterday morn
ing at his home. 1928 Hillside avenue, after
Illness of but few days. Rev. Conger
was born in Dearborn county, but when a
small boy went with his parents to Illinois,
where he educated and entered the
ministry when he was but twenty-one years
old. accepting a charge in the Baptist
Church. He later went to Lincoln, Neb,
where he was located for some time, and
he also held pastorates in Omaha and Des
Moines. A number of years ago he was
called to New Albany, Ind, and became
city. but several years ago, account of
i'll health. gave up his active church work
and came to Indianapolis. During his en-
tire life he was closely affiliated with all
the movements of the Baptist Church. and
for two years was at the head of the Bap-
tist educational work in Iowa. He leaves
a widow, three sons and two daughters
The funeral will be held from his late resi-
dence this afternoon, and will be private.
The following resolutions were adopted
Yesterday by the Baptist Minister'S Union
OF indianapolis on the death OF Rev. Con-
ger:
aResoived, That We express our highest
regard for our deceased brother I'm his con-
secrated life. his genial and Christian spirit.
and his long and faithful career In the
.'Resolved That we express our deep SYM
patty to the bereaved widow and children
and other friends In this their hour OF sor-
row."
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CULTURE OF ATHENS.
II IL Described I'm n Lecture by Prof.
John O'Couuor.


Prof. John O'Connor. OF Rochester, N.
Y. delivered lecture on Rome and
Athens before the knights OF Columbus
last night at their hall in the McOuat build
Ing He said in part:
Rome and Athens are two cities whose
names are equally illustrious above the
names or all European cities. Rome ruled
mankind with the two-fold sword and as
not under its rule, but under its dominion
by the magic or purely intellectual SUI
premacy. The harvest OF genius I'm all
forms OF human power which Athens bore
In the NTH century before Christ finds no
parallel in the history Of any other city in
the world.
"Athens's culture consisted of poetry.
mythology. gymnastics, mathematics the
art on conversation. infinite subtlety in the
use or its own language. an abnormal sensi-
tiveness TO rhythm, grace of expression. wit
and all forms OF beauty. AS their noet
said Athens lived in a Dalmy flood of Iisht
surrounded by temples, statues porticoes
shrines and paintings. while every corner
OF the city was domlnately the radiant
majesty OF the Acropolis and its divine
Guardian 1 suppose there can be no doubt
whatsver that the ruins of the AcropoIis
are the most remarkable in the world
III We go again and again and look AT
the ruins OF the Acropolis at every hour of
the day and In the brightness OF the moon
light, or IL We dwell among them and med
ftate with love and awe We at last tear
ourselves away as from thing of beauty
which We can never know and love and
mediate upon to our hearts content"
Following the lecture the knights and
their families turned the meeting into an
Informal RECEPTION in honor OF the lecturer
francis 7. Bailey presided over the meet
Ing. Captain Murphy introduced Professor
O'Connor. A solo was sung by Miss Meek
ers before the lecture.
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PETITIONS FOR MANDATE
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PRO-
CEEDs AGAINST TRACTION LINE.
Indiana polls, Lebanon d Frankfort
Declared to Be in Illegal Occupancy
OF Augusta Road-COurt Grist.

The Board of County Commissioners is
seeking to have the indianapolis. Lebanon
& Franklin traction line inundated and pro-
hibited from continuing with construction
work in this county which the board al
leges to be illegal.
When the commissioners granted fran
chse to the Indianapolis, Lebanon &
Franklin Company it was expressly pro-
vided. the board states. that the electric
line should not lay tracks on or across, or
in any way disturb the country road rum
ming through the farm of George II. Carter,
sometimes known as the Augusta road, UNI
til it had presented to the board profile
showing the extent and character of the
work about to be done. All this was agreed
to by the officials of the company, the
board declares.
Now the petition for mandate and pro-
hibition informs the court the Indianapolis,
Lebanon & Frankfort Company has en-
tered this highway, has made an excava-
ton to the depth of fifteen feet, has made
preparations for building a wooden bridge
over this excavation, and to lay tracks, and
has completely interrupted traffic on the
highway without warrant or grant Of the
board.
The suit will be placed on trial in Super
ior Court, Room 3.
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SEE NO CAUSE FOR ALARM
HEALTH BOARD OFFICIALS DO NOT
FEAR A TYPHOID EPIDEMIC.
There Are Only q Few More Cases
Than There Were at the Same
Time Last Year.

Officials of the Board Of Health do not
believe there is cause for alarm as to a
possible epidemic of typhoid fever. They
say that conditions are no worse this sum-
mer than they were at the same time last
year. or at least there few more
cases as to make the difference insignih-
cant. For the first fifteen days Of Sep
TENDER there have been sixty cases re-
ported to the office of the board Last
year for the same length of time there
were fifty-five cases reported. For the
month Of September last year there were
123 cases reported.
The board has ordered eleven wells con-
demned since Friday after analysis of
waters by City Chemist Moffatt. The
water showed all excess Of nitrates which
indicates contamination. Doctors say that
bad wells in various parts of the city have
a great deal to do with typhoid conditions.
and the board Is having careful exanlina-
ton made of all suspicious wells. In the
southern part of the city in the neighbor.
hood of Shelby, Lockwood, New and Ham
burg streets the creek which winds
through that part of the city is blamed
for a number of cases.
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arraigned and pleads not guilty. On trial
by jury Jury empanneled. Evidence heard
and concluded Argument begun. Jury out.
NEW SUITS FILED.
Sarah E. Newcomer ct al. VS.. Albert
Wheat ct al. Superior Court, Room 2
Anna Vogel VS.. August Vogel; complaint
for divorce. Superior Court, Room 3.
Elizabeth w. Gilmore vs. Nut and Cereal
Food Company; complaint to foreclose
mortgage. Superior Court, Room 2.
Margaret P. Montgomery VS.. Orville h
Montgomery; divorce. Circuit Court.
Leah A. Hudson VS.. Peter Hudson; d.
yorce. Circuit Court
Orla H. Woody VS.. c., c.. c. & St l.
Railway Company; damages. Superior
Court, Room 2.
william M. Alexander ct al. VS.. Center
township. Marion county; complaint &c
quiet title. Superior Court, Room I.
George w. Koehne VS.. Mary A. Koehne;
divorce. Superior Court, Room
John r. Pratt VS.. Samuel NJ. Jackson.
Superior Court, Room i.
Cyrus c. Barrett VS.. Elton b. Elliott;
complaint for accounting by receiver. SUI
perior Court, Room 3.
Tommy Brammer VS.. Floyd Brammer; di-
vorce. Superior Court, Room 1.
Ezra NJ. Ray VS.. Francis p. Bailey; dam
ages. Superior Court Room 3.
State of Indiana on the relation OF the
Board Of Commissioners OF Marion county
VS.. the Indianapolis, Lebanon & Frankfort
Traction Company and Townsend, Reed &
Co.; complaint for mandate and prohibition.
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ARTILLERY REUNION.



The first annual reunion of the Artillery
Reunion Association will be held at the
armory of Battery A, corner Sixteenth
street and Senate avenue, on Sept. 2e, q
and Is. 1t will include the Indianapolis
Light Artillery, the Twenty-seventh In
diana Battery and Battery A. The full
programme has been completed and is as
follows:
Saturday, Sept. 90
Arrival of comrades. Please register
Handshakes, "reminiscences, etc. Recess.
(Noon.)
p M-Informal business meeting. In
troductory and welcome address, III. III. Van
VIE. chairman; address-"The Battery"
Captain j. Il. Curtis, president Artillery
Reunion Associations; appointment of COM
mittees; intents and purposes of the asso-
citation.
4P M.-Parade of downtown streets. par
ticipated in by all members.
Sis z. M.-Short reunion talks music by
the Artillery quartet, concert by the Light
Artillery band, refreshments.
Sunday
g M-Practice drills by the famous l.
l.. A. drill team and maneuvers by men,
bers of Battery AS present organization.
1880 A. M.-Attend special military church
services in a body. Recess. (Noon.)
3 p M-Public demonstration on drill
grounds opposite the armory. Standing
gun drill. famous indianapolis Light Artil-
lery drill team. Captain j. b. Curtis, COM
manding. Mounted drill, Battery A. Cap
tain w. w. Heiskell commanding.
Sis p. M.-More "reminiscences, pipes,
cigars, music
Monday
$50 A. M--Drili by the original German
section-"sse, ,S ae,,i mamons the earliest
1890 A. M-Business session. Perfection
Of arrangements for permanent organixa-
ton. Election OF officers for ensuing year.
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The students os Shortridge High School
are jubilant over the Improvement shown
in their little daily paper the Echo. For
the past five years the paper has been run
OF on little job press which has from
the constant wear seen its best days. Now
the paper is speedily run off on q new
cylinder press that was given to the Echo
management by the class of 1903. The old
press of last year blurred over half the
copies, but the new press turns off clean
cut Impressions.
The balance OF the ZOO that was given
to the Echo management for the purpose
of buying the new press and further equip
and all sorts of new type along with a
marble imposing stone. The Office is now
fully equipped to do all the School Boards
printing and run off all the posters for the
schools different athletic and social events
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HIGHER COURTS RECORD.
SUPREME COURT.

Minutes
2olH Edward Hoover VS.. the State of In
diana. Marion c. G. Brief for the State.
x20lS7. Nancy Beasey ct al. VS.. Thomas j.
High. White c. c. Notice to co-party
served
1918 Charles voss ct al. VS.. the Water
loo Water Company. De Kalb G. c. Appel
lants' petition to reset time of oral argu-
2Oisi. James H. Russell ct al. VS. the
State of Indiana. Marion c. c. Brief for
State (S).
New Case
c., L. Railway Company VS.. the town
of Salem. Orange c. c. Record. Assign
ington county.
APPELLATE COURT.
1852. Peter Aschoff VS.. City OF Evansville
Vanderburg 8. G. Appellants brief 6).
1927. The Terre Haute Electric Company
VS.. Thomas Watson. Clay c. c. Appel
ants petition for additional time;
4S67. Chicago, indianapolis e. Louisville
Railway Company VS.. Frederick Croy
Montgomery c. c. Appellants brief go.
Company VS.. Joseph schmidt. Marion c
1892. C., c., c. & ST. L. Railway Com.
pany VS.. John F. Goddard, administrator
Appellees petition for additional time
Granted for thirty days.
New Cases
1911 New York. Chicago & st. Louis
Railroad Company VS.. Mary A. Marten
Fulton c. c. Record. Assignment Of er-
rors. In term. Bond.
James NJ. Brown. Clay c. c. Record. AS
signment Of errors. Praecipe. Notice tc
Putnam county.
1913. The PY G.. G; & st. L. Railway
c. C. Record. Assignment Of errors
Notice CD below.
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JOHN KING CAUGHT.


He IL Charged with Passing Consid-
cradle Counterfeit Money.
After long and untiring search Capt.
Tom Halls yesterday captured John King,
a counterfeiter who has been working to a
great extent In the southern part Of the
State. King is q short, red headed little
man with joviai nature which makes him
a good mixer among the country people on
whom he has been passing his bad money.
Kings counterfeiting consisted in raising
81 bills to twenties and 81 bills to twos.
He worked OF his money at county fairs
throughout the southern part of the State
and not few farmers are mourning their
loss at his hands.
Capt. Halls and other detectives have
been making an untiring search for King
during the past month since his reputation
has been reported TO them: King was cap
tured day before yesterday in Kentucky
and was brought to Indianapolis last night,
where he is now locked up at the Jail,
awaiting trial for the many charges against
him from different parts of the State.
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KoEHNE MADE A PARTY TO SUIT.
Amended Complaint Filed by Attor.
ney for Property Owners.


Hawkins & Smith, attorneys for the
Massachusetts avenue property owners at
variance with the Board of Public Works.
has filed an amended complaint. The orr
ginal petition seeking temporarily to en-
join the city from making out an assess
ment roll and charging the abutting prop
erty owners for the work was not granted
by Judge Carter, but the court allowed
the petitioners ninety days in which to
file a bill Of exceptions. 1t was under this
ruling that the amended complaint was
filed.
The new complaint is identical with the
original In that it charges the Beard OF
Works with fraudulently letting the con-
tract, and sets out that the work IS re-
pair. 1t differs in that Armin e. koehne,
the county treasurer, Is made patty to
the suit, and instead Of asking that the
Board Of Works be enjoined from making
out the assessment roll, which step has
already been taken, it asks that the
treasurer be enjoined from collecting the
assessments or attempting 20 collect them.
1t further asks that the construction
company be enjoined from forsclosipg its
alleged liens on the property, and that the
city. county and construction company be
enjoined from taking any steps toward the
collection Of the assessment.
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ATTACKED BY BULLDOGS.
Ezra NJ. Ray Sues a Neighbor for Har-
boring Vicious Animals.

Because two bull dogs made light lunch
off his left arm and left leg, Ezra NJ Ray
demands $1,000 from Francis p. Bailey, the
owner of the dogs, as balm for his torn
flesh and lacerated feelings. Ray, he in
forms the court in his complaint is a re-
taller of oils for family use. He had been
accustomed TO supply Mr.. Bailey and the
latter's family. To deliver his oils he had
been in the habit of passing from his own
house through gate into the Bailey back
yard. Bailey, he AYERS, was we'll aware
that this was his habit. When Bailey pur-
chased two bulldogs, both of them known to
be savage, vicious animals Ray declares,
ne informed Kay that they were confined;
for it, Ray entered the back yard Of the
Bailey home to deliver his oils. The result
was that he was set upon by two bulldogs
and chewed and lacerated until when he
was rescued he was in rags and a mass OF
bites and bruises.
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Patent infringement ALLEGED.

The General Electric Company. of Sche-
nectady, N. Y, yesterday filed suit in the
Federal Court against the kaufman Elec.
trio Company, of Elkhart, Ind The suit
charges an infringement of patent. evolv-
ing from an Improvement in transformers,
patented in 1897 by Walter Moody, of Massa-
chusetts. The New York company claims
that it holds the sole license to manufacture
and sell the Improvement on which 1t claims
to have spent much money in Its develop
ment The company further claims that
the Elkhart company has been manufac tur-
ing and selling the Improvement to a great
extent throughout this part of the coun-
try, from which 1t has derived large divi-
dends unlaWfully.