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The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
Knights of Pythias.
Calendar.
LODGES.

April 0-Equal Lodse. No. II; Amarznth Lodss
No. q. and Century Lodge No. 20. business.
April H-wehster Lodge. No. 7, rehearsal; Excel
sior Lodge No II. business: Capital Lodge. No. q
rank Of knight: Myrtle Lodge. No. .. busins-s.
AEil 2-Mount Vernon Lodge. No. 5. and Uniol
Lodge. No. 8 grand visitation.
April 9-Harmony Lodge. No. q. business
Aprl 3-Syracusians Lodge No. 10. rank o
esquire.
PYTHIAN SISTERS.
Arril 2c-Pfiendship Temple. No. .. degree WORK.
Aprl 2i-Rathbone Temple. No 8. degree work.
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
April 2-WAshingtOn Company. No. l. dTill.
April 81. 7. CodWell Company. No. Z. drill
DRAMATIC ORDER X. OF X.
Ar'il D-Ascalon Temple No. 81. monthly ddIl.
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Rank of knight Conferred by Cap
itnI Lodge.

Capital Lodge. No. %. will confer tn
rank Of knight at its convention on next
Tuesday evening. The lodge has ap-
pointed David Weiner. one OF its latest
recruits. as press correspondent.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

At the convention Of Syracusians
Lodge, No. 10. knights of Pythias, on
Friday evening Grand Chancellor II. VI.
VandervOrt and his associate Grand Lodge
officers paid that lodge their annual
visitation. The reports of the grand
lodge officers showed the lodge to have
made the largest gain in proportion to
its membership. since the first of the
year. OF any OF the lodges visited thus
far.
Delegations were present from sixteen
Of the seventeen lodges in the domain
as well as from both companies of the
military department and Ascalon Tenn
pie, No. 81. d. o. X. X. A detail from
]. T. Coldwell. Company No. !. military
department. under command of Capt. l.
A. EmmOns and Lieuts. Tucker and Skid
more, acted as escort TO the Grand Ladge
officers.
At the conclusion of the official portion
of the visitation, the lodge was closed
and the doors opened to the friends and
relatives OF the membership.
Large DELEGATIONS from RathhnuA
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Columbia Commnndery Installation.

! The annual grand visitation Of tho
right eminent grand commander and III.
other officers Of tho Grand COmmand"ry
uf Knights Tcmplhr Of the District II
| Columbia took place at the Conclav" Of
Columbia COmmandory. M. >, Knights
TCmplar. last Friday evening.
One Of the largest gatherings of sir
| knights for many months witnessed the
| impressive ceremonies of the visitation
following which tho newly elected office: :
were installed. Scaton W. Trunn"Il. tn"
now commander. was born in Washing
| ton. u. G. June 6. 1872. At the age OF
thirteen he left the public sChou,s ami
entered tn" employ Of the old Bankers
and Merchants Telegraph Company as
messenger. While there he continued his
studies at night. and at the age Of six
teen was made assistant cashier Of the
company. which position he held for two
years, when he entered the newspaper
profession and become connected with
the United Press Association. At the age
of twenty nc entered the city postofficr
and has been employed there for the past
twenty-five years. being now in tn"
money order division.
f. Sir Knight Trunncl was made
Mason in New Jerusalem Lodge. No. 9.
F. 4. A. NJ. June 1. 1894 His other
Masonic affiliations are as follows Co.
ram Council. No. =. K. and 5. NJ: CO.
lumbia COmmandery. No. >. X. T: Almqs
Temple. \. \. .. y. VI. $: Mithras
Lodge of Perfection. Evangelist Chapter
Rose CroiX, Robert De Bruce Council
and Albert Pike COnSistory. thirty-third
degree. \. 4. s. r.: Kallipolis GrottG.
No. l.. NJ. q. V. =. T.. r.: Esther Chap
ter. No. :, o. f. s. He also is member
Of the Washington Board Of Trade and
of the Washington Chapter. American In
stitutc Of Banking.
The other officers installed were Sir
Louis II. Meyers. CcncraIissimo: Sir Ben
Jamin +. LarCOmhe. jr.. captain general;
Sir Robert J. Bell. Junior warden: r. Z.
Sir Walter II. Klopfer. treasurer: F.. Sir
Charles Z. Baldwin. recorder: Sir James
II. Mcintosh. prclate: Sir Melvin Wertz.
standard bearer: Sir Clayton +. Emic.
sword bearer: Sir Charles F. Roberts,
warder. and Sir Albert s. Riddle. ar
mOrer and member board of governors
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Union Lodge. No. II. I. o. o. F. will
confer the initiatorv degree tomorrow
evening in their hall. National Capital
Bank RuildinE, 31S PENNSYLVANIA avenue
southeast. All Odd Fellows are cordially
invited to attend.
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webster Lodge Preparing for vi,I-
tatiOn.

Webster Lodge, No. :. has appointed
committee to arrange for the visitation
Of the Grand Lodge officers to the lodge
On May 8. and will hold a rehearsal OF
the newiy formed knight rank team AT
its convention Of Tuesday evening.
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..DoLeys" Plan spring Ceremonial.

Ascalon Temple. No. NJ. n o. X X.
will hold their monthly meeting on Mon
day evening. at which time arrangements
will he completed for the spring cere-
monial to Ice held in the near future and
for which there are already applications
OF quite a number of prominent citizens
on file.
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Notes Of Pythian Sisters.

Mrs. Elsie f. Vandervort. president OF
the Past Chiefs Association. PythIan
Sisters Of the District. will entertain the
organization at its monthly meeting to-
morrow night
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Friendship Temple. No. @ Pythian Sis
tiers. will entertain its members and
friends with euchre at the Pythian
Temple Wednesday night. The committee
having the affair in charge is composed oE
Mrs. Addie Freeman. Mrs Carrie Davis.
Mrs. Minnie Husk. and Mrs. Ella Garner.
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GrottO DOIngs.

Last Thursday evening Monarch Peter
! r. Pullman and over 1;0 members of
kallipolis Grotto. accompanied by the
grOtto hand. under the leadership Of
Prof. kimDcr. attended tho ladies
night Of Singleton Lodge. at Tennally-
town. They were received hy Master Dr
Anthony NJ. Ray and officers.
Prophet Charles Stevens was in charge
Of the Glee club. Songs and reCitatiuns
were rendered by Prophets Paul Groves.
Dave Wolf. D. F Gouninf. and Ed.
Hutchinson Past Monarch Raymond B.
DiCk"y acted as toastmaster.
Monarch r. r. Pullman has accepted
tn. invitation extended TO the members
OF the Erotto by Hope Lodge. No -. to
attend their smoker April =. at the New
Masonic Temple. The ElcC club and
band are to entertain.
The committee on membership is work
ing hard to get up a large class for May
10. at the New Willard Hotel. and the
entertaining members are getting up i
great surprise for that evening. Prophet
Charles Stevens has IL in charge and he
wants nifty members to help him out
The candidates will he taken in on the
easy wsy''-thcy will he given the
pleasure At this meeting to see the fun
made by the members. II will he with
out doubt the greatest show ever worked
by tho Crotto. as Monarch p. Il. Pull
man will not leave anything undOn".
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FriendshfP Chapter Receive. omciaI
Visit.

Friendship Chapter, No. II, o. E., g..
held its regular meeting in Masonic Tenn
pie, Tennallytown, d. c., last Tuesday
night The chapter was opened in due
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Fidelity Chapter ConTer- Degree.


Fidelity Chapter. q. +. S. a.. D. held
its regular meeting In the new Masonic
Temple on Tuesday evening. and not
withstandinE the inClcmcncy OF the
weather there was a good attendance.
II was the first initiatory work for the
new chapter and the excellent manner
in which the officers acquitted themselves
showed great preparation and interest.
The degrees were conferred on the fol-
lowing candidates: Mr. and Mrs 'ieOrE"
Topham. Mrs. Frank Morrison. Mrs. +.
{. Brinly. Mrs. OTIS CnrtriGht. Mrs w.
H. Hessick. and Mr.. J. r. S"hommsr.
At the conclusion Of the ceremonies OF
initiation those present were treated to
a solo by Mrs. Emily Fletcher, "A Per
feet Day"
Tho next meeting Of this chapter will
nc held on April y when ihe degrees
will be conferred on class Of ten or
twelve candidates.
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Ladies' Capital Hat Shop,

ao IIth st. Nv. Next door 70 Crown Lunchrpom
] ]. ] J: ].
Before having your hats rernodeled
~ visit our factory and salesrOOm and -
6J our variety Of SAMPLES. We are eXusrt
hat renoyatUrs Of all kinds Of ladies
hats. including PanamaS, hemp chip
Milan. Canton. and Jumbo straw hats
IL w We make speciality OF copying ali
L. kinds Of ladies nee ret and wire
frames. Frames made to order while
you wait.
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THE WASHINGTON HERALD. SUNDAY. APRIL 49, 1914

form at 7:45 D. m. and during the regular
order Of business an appropriation of 800
was made TO furnish room at the Ma
sonic and Eastern Star Home. The chap
ter was honored by an Official visit of
the grand matron, Mrs. Jessie w. Cowles,
and the grand patron. Charles z. Mol
ster. and for their entertainment very
appropriate program was rendered. The
grand matron and grand patron made
very pleasing and encouraging remarks
to this young chapter, after which the
program was given: Mrs. Christina
Fletcher sang a solo. Mrs. Henry +.
Kunkel, of Mizpah Chapter, recited sew
eral selections in her usual happy man
ner. Mr.. Charles A. Stevens. OF Electa
Chapter. gave an impersonation. accom-
panied by songs, and he was congratu-
lated by the chapter on the original ar
rangement Of the same. The Friendship
Chapter drill team conferred the floral
degrees I'm a manner that reflected the
very highest credit to each participant.
Those who took part in the drill were
Mrs. Edith A. Lynn. director; Mrs. Fro
ME Bergman, matron: Mrs. Masella
Parks, as associate matron: Mrs. Nellie
Fletcher. conductress; Miss Alice +.
Seller. associate conductress; Mrs. King
as Ada; Miss Grace Robey as Ruth;
Mrs. N.:tie Giles as Esther; Mrs. Hcttie
Il
as EIecta; Mrs Mamie Walker acted n
candidate. Miss Margie BrOdt and Miss
Ruth Bergman sang the musical part II
Ruth and Naomie.
The grand matron. who temporarily
presided. used a very historic gavel. This
gavel was cut from a piece Of the cap
stone OF the Washington Monument by
Mr.. William Champion, a member of
the chapter. who presented it to the
chapter when il was instituted. At the
time OF the erection uf the monument
Mr.. Champion vas requested by a high
government official TO cut such 4 GaNel,
and IL was then that this one was also
cut. Mr.. Champion has lost track Of the
whereabouts Of the other gavel. and IL
of the opinion that II is in possession Of
one OF the lodges or chapters. IL any
one knows Of its present location and
will inform him he will appreciate II
very much.
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Mount Vernon Hive. No. 2, is preparing
for benefit at the Columbia Theater
May l, the proceeds to be used for the
Guard team OF this hive.
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ATHENIAN "DENO( RtCl. :"
II Was Really an \rstocracy FOUNDED
Upon slavery.

To TIE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. A
good Democrat. such as your correspond.
vnt Simon Creel shows himself to be by
his recognition OF intelligence. and ability
in mongr.l dogs tand by inference in I'M
ped greed humanity and by his cherish
ing stupid water dog OF ancient Egyp-
tan lineage 20 point his moralizing and
adorn his tales OF the superior institu-
tons Of the aucicnts. ought not TO have
referred 10 the pure democracy of van
ished Athens"
There wor" slaves I'm that so-Called
commonwealth. and when Aristotle iu.ti-
fed the denial 20 them az human rights
he frdnNly ypArld the essential claim Of
aristocracy, namely that IL was necessary
FOR civilization that 'le!sur" class exist
supported by class bound 10 unremitting
and unrewarded toll, the "mudsills" of the
social structure. as Senator Hammond of
South Carolina called them.
For r.futation OF this theory. particu-
LARRY as expressed 10y III. southern Dem
ocra,," the believer in IL who has been
unaffected hy the satire OF Nj. Cre.l liz
referred to the address OF Abraham Lin
coin at the Wisconsin State fair Septem.
Der 80 1883, NJ. NJ. MILLER
New YoEK, January o5
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Trusts am, Trusts.

To THE EpiruR or THE SvN-SW. Fol-
fear of overlooking Congress with work
or possibly on account of it's Importance
rescrving 4 for special occasion, llrsl-
dent Wilson refrain"d in his recent mes
sage from all reference TO the growing
menace OF the labor union trust, the
greatest and most threatening OF all
When dispute over two men can re-
suit In holding up n great railroad like tn,
Delaware and Hudson for twenty -four
hours by a strike which made II impossi-
bic 10 turn IA wheel and brought loss and
Inconvenience TO thousands OF innocen,
people, il would seem to me- time for Mr..
Wilson to sit up and take notice.
surprising two officials OF the road. for
the purpose OF bringing the union men in
its employ In terms. mad stopped trains
and all business for twenty-four hours
what "a howl Of rage would have gone w
from every politician in the country.
An investigation would have been de-
mandcd by the department of Justice
and perhaps by a Congressional committee.
But powerful and irresponsible labor or
Saulzations can perform the holdup act
and not word Of protest IL ever heard
from any department OF the Government,
Must il always be question of votes
and never question Of Justice? r.
NEW YORK., January ~.
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One Head for the Park system.

| In advocating the reorganization Of
the Park Department and the substitu.
ton of u single headed commission for
the present board of four, the city gov.
| eminent Is proposing change In har-
mony with the tendency which has been
most conspicuous in the evolution Of
the city government from It's lorna.
ton. Since 1895 the Mayoralty has In
creased greatly In power and response
bility. the legislative department has
been reduced from n bcamerA organi-
cation to n single body the police force
has been put under one commissioner
instead of four and a number of other
similar changes have been effected. all
making for simplicity and centralza-
ton Of control.
| One awkwardness Of the present sys.
TEN OF park management was dis.
closed when President STovERs disap.
pearance left nobody to sign contracts
and routine documents, and the new
scheme would provide against such a
condition arising again. In the broader
aspects Of park development 1t would
permit cooperation and consistent
planning Of Il kind unlikely TO be at.
tanned under four men. each accredited
Ia u separate district. This is Of the
highest Importance. because what Is
wanted in New York, as In other cities,
is park system and not a number Of
isolated public spaces.
The consolidation Of the commission
under one man certainly should pro-
duce uniformity and possibly economy.
That the plan is worth trying the ex-
perlence OF the town in other depart
men,s where 1t has been put into opera.
tion gives evidence.
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PAINTING VILLA RLACk.
Not shred ~ Humanity Left film b,
cine who Has 'Srrn" Him.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN--Sr.
have received a letter from friend OF
mine who lives in IL Paso and who has
seen villa. This is how my friend de-
scribes him;
Imagine a cross between a halfbreed bad
man and rattler and you've got this Eel.
low villa The snake IN him has given
him diaboiical cunning Hes out for
loot and nothing else. He has made lot
Of money hy selling thousands of heads Of
cattle which he has stolen from the big
ranches 81 Chihuahua and shipped across
she border. Ile gets his followers by clos.
ing down the mines and forcing men out
Of work. Then thcre l. nothing left for
them to do but join him for all there Is in II.
Hes killed and ordered Killed hundreds Of
men, robbed and destroyed everything he
can lay his hands on. There isnt woman
safe wherever he goes. Hes deih-d devil
and don't let anybody tel you anything
else
This is Il pretty harsh picture OF any
man, but ! have great faith in my friends
Judgment, ana Villas record OF crime IL
common knowledge anyhow.
Why Is Huer,a condemned so unmerci-
fully and this bandit getting so much
moral" support from this side of the
border FRANK GvARp
NEW YORK. January 2s
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To THE EpIToR OF THE SuN-Sr, Jus,
because Governor Fielder cut out the
usual reception Al me state House on his
inauguration day In order To hurry back
on special train 10 a dance given In his
honor IN Jersey city some OF the Demo-
Gratis are referring 10 him as Tango Jim
and deploring the fact that pumps have
replaced the old boots Of joel Parker and
some Of the other occupants OF the exeCu-
tive chair.
outside of Woodrow Wilson, Governor
Fielder l. the first New Jersey Governor
who ever went in strong for dancing.
The only difference Is that Wilson made
everybody else dance while Fielder does
his own dancing.
why should the unterrired Democracy
OF New Jersey complain while IL has
Farmer Jim in the United States Senate
and Tango Jim looking after things at
home" More power to the handsome legs
OF the Governor. There has been entirely
too much neglect NJ the higher arts in
this state ARTHUR KELLY,
TRENTON, y. J., January a6
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acter Of the population which dimln-
ishel TO some degree tie activities Of
that parish. There have been four
classes of residents on the lower East
Side, and TO the latest the activities
OF this Protestant Episcopal parish
could not appeal strongly. Grace
Church happens 10 share in one al.
vantage that makes st. Georges still
prosperous. In an unusual degree its
old parIshioners are loyal. Then 1t
has the Washington Square quarter to
draw from.
But Trinity Chapel has been for sew
ernl years mavooned among towering
business buildings. Manufacturing goes
on all about It. Even the hotels In the
neiyhborhood are much fewer in mum.
her. Probably many Of the people who
live in them are of another faith
Tucked down amid the beetling hut
invincihle lofts with power" II is not
surprising that Trinity Chapel found it's
vocation. AT least In that region. gone
forever
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ON Sunday Mr. IRA A. PLACE. vice
president of the New York Central
and Hudson River Railroad Company
spoke about the young lawyer and hi.
chances Of getting on in this city. lie
was addressing a gathering of Cornell
graduates. and his views were not col
ored with the customary hues OF
glamour which many are wont to cast
over Americas metropolis. lie said:
I'm a small town a lawyers practice is
general. and a young man starting there
will get much broader experience than
in New York. Later. II his conscience
dictates. he may come 70 the city with
advantage. on the whole. however. ! be-
lieve young lawyer will be happier in
one OF the smaller cities"
1t might he well for certain ever
ready young men who may be imbued
with the notion that they could set the
North River atire II only the uppor-
tunity were given them Ia ponder over
Mr. PLACES words. In small town
a professional man may, to "A large
extent. shape his future. while in a
great city it is, generally speaking
shaped for him And whatever ma.
teral Increase in monetary rewards
there may be In large city, these are
more than likely to be Offset by more
costly standards Of living.
But we note that in his conclusion
Mr.. PLACE lays stress upon the proba.
bility that In small town young
lawyer will be happier" Here Is the
gravamen in the complaint against big
cities: are the denlzens Of these huge
sane asylums "a contented as the
calmcr folk who live outside the nam.
moth whirlpools Of existence; This Is
a theme as old ms poetry. II was ~ u
Judge. indeed. that these lines were
written:
loft. when the wine in his glass was red.
He longed for the wayslde well instead;
And closed his eyes on his garnlshed
rooms
To dream Of meadows and clover blooms"
\ short time ago az meeting of
country editors in Missouri the request
was made that there be n cessation OF
the rldiculc that is passed upon the
simple doings recorded in their papers.
Yet down In their hearts they know
better than to deny that in each re-.
spective locality the country editor Is
not only one OF the big men of the
town and county" but also an absolute
intellectual and literary ear.
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Salutary OIL OF Locust.

The small hours at the corner
Of Hudson and Laight. Two face
tious roughs are exchanging repartee.
in the shape Of ash cans. Enter police
man. One wit puts paw To his hiI
pocket, The other disslades him. Both
shedaddle. Policeman catches one Re
strained from repartee but still equa
10 irony, the captive says:
Now I'll give you a chance to put
MIrcHEL's clubbing order into effect"
Policeman. a literalist. takes the
chance. Later tells Magistrate abou,
IL. Magistrate approves.
\ few cases Of this application of
locust will do wonders for good order
In the town. The loafers and the plug
uglies believe that clubbing is played
out When they are convinced II isn't
they will be- II good many diameters
more tractable.
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FRUIT SHIPPERS WIN
REFRIGERATION SUIT
Supreme Court Decision Gne.
Them Right to Cool
Their Own Cars.
MILLION \ YEAR Is >NNrb
South Dakota Court Reversal
in Double Damage Rail.
road Case.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2G.-1Ur ..
Court disposed of one inters,a:o ,....i.,,.
case OF Importance to-day. anirn.r. ,1.
action OF the United states ton.n.-,.
Court in UNFOLDING an order OF the Inter
state Commerce Commission reuutp,
the Atchlson. Topeka and Santa Pc and
other transcontinental roads TO restore n
the California fruit shippers the pr.,.log.
of refrigerating fruit prior to- i's s.u.
ment. Justice Lamar read the opinion
which was unanimous
The record showed that the fru.t sh'--
pers had "A method of icing or pr,.Yn..r,
carloads OF fruit for shipment WHICH
would save them about sji on each car
shipped across the continent from can.
fornia. At one time the shippers ,ri1,ea
this privilege. but the railroads took Il
away. The Interstate Commerce Con-.
mission ordered the railroads To- perform
the service at "A saving 10 The shippers OF
the S54 a car or to restore tn them the
privilege Of doing their OWL icing. II va.
this order that was upheld to-day oy,- t.s
protest OF the railroads. Abou, 10000
carloads OF fruit a year come within Nh.
scope OF the order
In an opinion by Justice Van Devar,s
the Supreme Court held to-day taat
tract OF Arkansas swamp land. to.etn.,
from, belongs TO the Government and no,
to the Chapman a. Dewey Lumber Com.
pany or 10 the state OF Arkansas IN.
Supreme Court OF Arkansas had he'd tina:
the title was in the State.
The court reversed "A judgment % n.
Supreme Court Of South DAKOTA awarding
damages to j. +. Foit aga.ns; tho Ch.,ago.
Milwaukee and 81. Paul Railroad n
double the amount OF the actual damage
under statute Of the state. Tho plain.
tiff In the court below proved tina. MS
property had been damaged by fir- DE
TO sparks from "A locomotive. tn record
showed the railroad company had off.-ei
"A settlement less than the damage ALLEGED
but that the plaintiff had demau m0-.
than the actual damage.
Under the statute unless the -t road
company offers a settlement V.'h.r
given time on the basis OF actual damas.
the courts shall award double uautg,s IN
du action brought 10 recover. tn. 81.
preme Court did not pass upon IT,. ,.n-
sutut!onality OF the statute, hu. arf.-
emily based its judgment reyrr>ir- 'a-
case on tho ground that the cDmp.llaa.
In the court below mad made .rt''.r,t.
within the given. time by !rs. .tt- e.. .
sreater sum and that the railroad a...
panys defence had not been impaired
the fact that tn. company had '.',l...i
In settlement a smaller sum tata f.,
actual damage.
Chief justice White announced ga
the court would take a recess next VI p.
day until Tuesday, Fchruary 81