Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1895 — Page 6

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1895.

::o cause for alarm

uirrcns seed sot fear ax INCREASE IX GRAIN KATES. Jetton Tnkfn nt Varloua nnlhvny "eetlngs In Chicago Yesterday Xo ' Redaction In Kates to Atlanta. Mention was made a few days aso that the rail and lake rates on grain and grain products would, on Oct. 7. be advanced Z' cents per 19) pounds, Chicago to New York. An impression prevails that this advance applies to Indianapolis and Its territory. Cjch 13 not ho cae. Tho rate from here ct-S other points west of Indianapolis will fcs the 8sn;e.a3 now, ba3el on 20 cents, Chicago to New York. The Journal has off.clal information to the effect that the question of advancing rates from 1h!s section, all rail, was brought up, voted down cr.d act-on postponed indefinitely. The ofCcil who gave this information- says there no disposition o.i the part of the. 'read to advance rates, freight men well understanding that prices of grains will not admit of any advance In the cost of transportation to Eastern markets. In this connection it should be sold that the Norfolk & Western has given notice that on Oct. 10 Its basing rate of 20 cents rr lW pounds to Virginia points will be withdrawn, and the articles which were carried at that rate will bo placed In the sixth class, as ITior to the reduction. Important Action of Western Linen. On Thursday the executive officers of the Ye stern roaiL will consider and probably cJopt the most stringent rate agreement ever put Into effect on American roads, and fully aa Important an agreement as that cf the Eastern trunk' lines. This is the outgrowth of the meeting held recently In St. LouL, and the agreement has already received the absent of the executive ollleers cf the- roads In the Western Trunk Line Committee. Under the terms of the agreement each lino will put up in ca3h a sum not les than J3.CO) and not more than ClS.dX), as a guarantee that it will maintain its provisions. The guarantee in each case is based on $ per mile of road, but ca mot be k-sj than the lower amount nor iher than JIo.imj. This sum is to be deposited In some bank where it will draw interest and is to be subject solely to the crdor of Chairman Mldgeiy, of the Western lYeijjht Association. It a line strictly maintains all the terms of the agreement, its Crposit will continue drawing Interest and v M fce returned intact In cas it withdraws from the association. In case it s detected cutting rates it will be ilned and Chairman :ii;ey ' will draw direct on the road for th2 amount. If the draft is not paid the amount will be taken from tlu road's deposit and the road instructed to make up lis full deposit within three days. If it does cot comply the chairman must immediately cell a meeting and report the facts. The cancelation will then consider the matter end put the entire blame of subsequent demoralization In rates on the contumacious line. The penalty for rate cutting will be the forfeiture of a sum equal to the, entire gross earnings of the freight carried If it had gone at tariff rates. No matter rhat the cut, the penalty shall In no case ts le3 than PK. The penalty applies not crjy to rate cutting airccr, put to any pos ciMe means by -which, one shipper can be livcrea over another. 3Xeetlnfr at Chicago. For the third time in the last two months the Western roads refused, nt their meetfc in Chicago, yesterday, to make any further reductions In rates for the Atlanta exposition than 73 per cent of the double locals. The only road that voted in favor cf a further reduction waa ihe Illinois Central All the. other road3 declared that they they were not selling any tickets to the expecition, and to make reductions for It waa but affording meana for demoralizing their r:r.eral business without purpose. Ine action of the meeting may be taken as final in tha matter. G8neral freight agents of the Western roads also held a meeting and appointed a committee to prepare and submit a plan of equalizing lumber rates from Chicago and Mississippi river points to Missouri river pointa and; points beyond. The committee will report to another meeting to- be held to-diy. A committee of the general freight committee of tho Central , Traffic Association reads was in Chicago yesterday, preparrnj a plan for bringing about a fundamental change In the basis of rates from Chicago to points In the interior of association territory. A report will be presented to a general meeting to be held to-iiay to consider Iron rates to the interior. The report, however, will bo Incomplete In Its nature and t3 not intended to le final. It will take several months at least to perfect the plan In contemplation. A call was Issued yesterday for another-rr.-etlng of the Southwestern lines, to be held In St. Louis on Saturday, to complete the organization of the Southwestern Traf-f.-i Association and elect a chairman for that organization. There 1 no doubt the organization will bo completed. The agreement has been adopted and nothing now remains to be done but formally ratify it and elect a chairman. Channea on IIuntlnKton'a Line. W. C Curtis,-engineer of maintenance of Trays department of the Southern Pacific, ana assistant to General Manager May, drops one of. his titles when Julius Kruttschnltt leaves Houston, Tex., and goes to San Francisco. At least that is what C. P. Hantlngtori says, and Mr. Huntington Is in a position to be well informed. "Mr. Curtis Is an excellent employe," said President Huntington at San Francisco yesterday. "Mr, . Curtis, I might say. Is a very valuable man to the company, lis is our statistician. His future will be left to Mr Kruttschnltt. The selection of an assistant to the general manacrer will Le left to Mr. Kruttschnltt. J believe in permitting a man to surround himself with men of his own choice. When Mr. Kruttschnltt ar- . rives he' will hold a consultation. .There are some changes to te made, but Just what he will do with Mr. Curtis or anyone else in tho general office, I am unable to fay Just at present." President Huntington salt he had authorized a number of changes on the Atlantic system. J. p. Mahl has been appointed engineer in charge, a position corresponding to tha held by W. C. Curtis on the Southern Pacific system. Mr. Mahl is a 3on of Wiili-rn Mahl, second assistant to the presid?nt in New York rlty. J. J. Ryan, who has heretofore tilled the position of master mechanic cf the Atlantic system, has been mado superintendent ol motive power and machinery. Thornwell Fay has been appointed .assistant general superintendent Mr. Hunting-ton sail that General PasW ger Agpnt 5. II. -Morse, of the Atlantic system, will remain in-New York for the present. A I.artce Forrlun Contract. The Baldwin locomotive works have secured a contract to built forty locomotives for Russian railroads, the first the works have ever built for that country, although many have been built to go to Central and South America. Australia and Jaran. The contract calls for twenty freight and twenty passenger locomotives, to be delivered with the least possible delay. A Philadelphia paper says: "The names of the Uusslan railways for which these engines ar to be built have been withheld by the firm, but as the government controls practically alt the railways cf that country, the contract may be said to have come from the government. The Baldwin locomotive works recently built several engines for the Transcaucaslan, which is al50 controlled by the Russian government, and their expert engineer. O. 1- mjnhar. wno ha3 had charge of the delivery of these enjjtnes, has Just returned home. The forty more freight and passenger engines to be constructed win te of the heaviest type, and will be Vauclain's compounds. As petroleum is used PRYMATE

principally for fuel ia southern nus5la. these locomotives will be adapted for the burning of oil Instead of coaJ. As the contract calls for immediate delivery, work upon these engines will be started at once. The plans are already practically completed, and it is expected that by the end of the year the last of the engines will be finished and ready for delivery." Personal, Local and General Tfotes. The new passenger agreement of the Southwestern lines becomes effective Oct. S. The roads In the Ohio foal Traffic Association in September handled 2,321,713 tons of coal. On Sunday next the Rig Four will run another one-dollar round-trip excursion from Indianapolis to Cincinnati. The Missouri. Kansas & Texas will put on its "Flyer" next Sunday, the entire equipment of the trains being new. The August report of the Wabash shows net earnings of $4J.72o. an Increase over the net earnings of August, 1S3I, of $10,141. C. K. Schaff, assistant general manager, and J. Q. Van Winkle, general superintendent of the Big Four lines, are in St. Louis. Th Southwestern limited, west bound, yesterday, was so heavy that it was run from Indianapolis to .St.-1 Louis , in two fectlons. , la September there were tririf erred over the Belt road 61,615 cars. x which was 1.M3 fewer than were handled -on the Belt in August. v In September the roads .handled at the Indianapolis stock yards 3.732 carloads of live stock, a decrease as compared with August, of 177 carloads. . The New5 York Central yesterday opened for business its handsome new passenger station at Syracuse, which is said to be one of the finest In the country. The City Council of Richmond has given the Pennsylvania Company fifteen more days In which to tear down the freight depot which stands partly on Tenth street.

The railroad exhibit at the Atlanta Exposition Is much of a surprise to those who have seen it. Some of the locomotives on exhibition represent the highest mechanical skill. The next International congress of railroad men will be held In 1855, in Paris, France, and an effort is to be made to have the congress of 1S37 held In the United States. . Yesterday the ten-wheel passenger ensine and the-eight-wheel passenger engine 147 were turned out of the Brightwood shops rebuilt with a number of- new improvements. The Vandalia has withdrawn its through car service to Fetoskey for the season. The results of putting It on have been highly satisfactory, and the service will be resumed next summer. The business men of nttsburg last night gave a banquet to James McCrea, first vice president of the Pennsylvania Company, who has just returned from Europe, where he spent a couple of months. The Union Veteran. Legion has arranged with the Big Four for transportation to Buffalo, N. Y., on the occasion of their national meeting in that city, Oct. 16 The train will leave Indianapolis on the 15th. It Is stated that recently steel rails were shipped to Europe and sold there in competition with foreign rails. The sales were made In Italy, and the rails were shipped from New York and Savannah in ballast. A. G. Palmer, general freight agent of the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville, was in the city yesterday on official business. He reports the outlook for1 traffic for that road the next few months as being very promising. The contracting agent of the Big Four and the line agents of the fast freight lines working on the Vanderbnt system yesterday moved their offices at Columbus, O., Into rooms fitted up at that point by the Big Four company. The shops of the Plttsbunr. Fort Wayne & Chicago at Fort Wayne are now running thirteen hours daily in some departments In order that its freight equipment may be. In the proper time, up to the requirements of the Interstate, commerce act. On Oct. 27 the traveling passenger Agents will hold their annual meeting at Dallas, Tex., and It promises to be the largest ever held. The passenger men feel that they have done a good summer's work, and are entitled to the recreation these meetings afford. v At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville railroad In Peoria yesterday John L. Lanson, William E. Strong and John H. Pratt, of New York, all new men, were elected directors. Out of 81,000 shares of stock 43,600 were represented. During the absence of F. G. Darlington, superintendent of the Inaianapolis division of the Pennsylvania lines. John F, Miller, general superintendent, will make more' frequent visits here, and is looking after matters clcsely with his well-quallfled righthand rran. J. W. Greennan. The Lake Erie & Western, In connection with the Nickel-plate, will run a Chicago excursion on Thursday night at $3.50 for the round trip. Yesterday the commissioner of the Chicago and Ohio River Traffic Association authorized the Monon to meet that rate with any of Its regular trains on that date. The ticket brokers' boycott of the Chicago,. Milwaukee & St. P.-.ul is cause of amusement among railway officials and the public generally, as It Js the sixth time the scalpers have attempted to injure the road by a so-called boycott. Preceding boycotts have always proved failures, and thlj will doubtless end the same way. Robert F. Douglass, ticket agent , of the Wabash at Fort Wayne, has held, that po sition ten years. He has sol4 several thousand accident policies, ana not one or the holders ever met with an accident. He claims no other ticket agent who has sold as many policies can show such an exemption from accident record. Yesterday R. Carroll retired as general manager of the Queen & Crescent, and George M. Burns was appointed acting general manager. "Mr. Burns was with E. A. Peck when general superintendent of the Big Four, and has many friends who will be pleased to see his ability as a railroad man recognized by President Felton, who is also receiver of the Queen & Crescent. A local financier yesterday, in speaking of M. E. Ingalls, president of the Big Four, succeeding In selling to one firm at a very high price the entire issue of . 13.000.000 fiftyyear gold bonds of the Louisville & Jeffersonville Bridge Company, said it will pass into history as one of the largest individual deals ever consummated, and places Mr. Ingalls among the best financiers of this country, as well as a great railroad man. The Indiana, Decatur & Western this week received from the Baldwin locomotive works a second freight ?ocomotlve of the Mogul type, which is a very large and fine-looking machine. This is the third engine which the Baldwin works have recently shipped to this road, tho first being a heavy switching engine. The company has sold some of its lighter and older engines, as the present track and new bridge admit of running the heavier locomotives over the road. ' The annual meeting of stockholders and election of directors of the St. Louis & Southwestern Railway Company was held In the general oillces of the company in St. Ixmia yesterday. The annual report, a. synopsis of which has already appeared, was approved, and the oiu board of directors re-elected. The ooard is composed of the following gentlemen: S. W. Fordyce, Edwin GD'Jld, W. 13. Doddnujre, . Gerushelm. R. M. Gerushelm. R. M. Galloway, Thomas T. Rekert. Robert . Morell, A. L. Wolff, Wlnslow S, Pierce. The annual meetlnrr of the board of directors, at which a president and other ofiicers are to be elected, will be held later, date and place not having been decided upon. Henry Warren, an old Englishman; and a resident of Madison county, was in arailroad wreck at Shererviie, north of Loganport, on the Panhandle, and claims that his nervous system was. so shocked by the catastrophe that he has since been unable to work and Is unfit to. do anything. He has brought a $oO.OOO damage suit against the railroad company and the Vase will be tried at Chicago this week. Twentyfive witnesses have been summoned from Malison county. The railroad will endeavor to prove by those who were acquainted with Warren while he resided la that county before the wreck, that he received the nervous shock from which h? is suffering at the present time long before the accident. Railroad ofllcials and oflJ ?ials of the railway organizations express regret that a rumor of a strike on the Wabash was sent so generally over the country, more so from the fact that st'.ch a rumor had no grounds, originating with a reporter who wanted to create a sensition. A general superintendent of long experience says there never was a better prospect for a long-continued l-eaco between the rallroaa companjes and their employes than at present. Trainmen, with whom trouble usually originates when there is any, are all making good wages; tracks are In excellent condition, as is the equipment, and as a consequence the men are not long on the road and earn their money with much more ease than at any time in the history- of railroads. rir Recruiting; Officer. Capt. Ralph W. Hoy t, of the Eleventh Infantry, United States army, was yesterday installed in command of the recruiting station in this city, in place of Cart. C. H. Noble, who was ordered to rejoin his regiment at Fort Douglas, Utah. Wemess is the symptom. Impoverished blood the cause, Hood' Sarsapanila the cure. It makes the weak strong.

TALKING IS ALL LONE

COFFl.V CASC TO GO TO TUB JIIIY SO.ME TIME TO-DAY. : OlNtrlct Attorney Darke Cloned the Argument Yesterday Judge's Clinrffe Thin Mornln.gr. The Coffin case will be given to the jury before noon to-day. Judge Baker 13 prepared to give his charge to the Jury the first thlngf after court convenes this morning, but his instructions will be lengthy, and it is doubtful If he concludes much before 11 o'clock. The last argument was made yesterday afternoon by United States Attorney Burke. The court room was crowded at 2 o'clock, and most of the spectators remained until the adjournment. The members of the Coffin family sat together in a group. Attorney Burke first assured the Jury that the defendants were not. charged with robbing the bank by force and violence; neither were they charged with the misapplication of Its credits and ssets. They were charged with aiding and abetting the commission of a crime of longer duration and more disastrous results. The first ques tion to determine is, he said, "Was a crime committed, and did the defendants furnish the means for the , commission of Mhe crime?" With this explanation of the case to the Jury, attorney trke took up some of the specific transactions of the cabinet company and the bank. The attention of the jury was called to the larger drafts which the Coffins deposited In the bank, drawing out the amounts in cash. "Do you think, gentlemen of the jury," continued tho district attorney, "that a banker who will give money out on worthless stuff like that don't know what he is doing?. Motive? - I don't know what his motive was. That Is concealed In the hearts of two men. Percival and Frank Coffin know what motive Theodore Haughey had In permitting them to draw from the bank the sacred funds of the people of Indiana. It Is not consistent with the honest character and reputation that Theodore Haughey built up and enjoyed in this community until July, 1893. It is perfectly consistent with the characters and business methods of'these defendants. Here's a draft that Mr. Frank Coffin doesn't know anything about, as he said on the witness stand. Ah, yes, Reed is responsible for that. Poor Reed, who has excited the sympathy of you and everybody else, because he was the tool of i these two gentlemenl Why, there's three hundred and seventyfive thousand dollars' worth of this kind of stuff. Do you, gentlemen, call this dealing at arm's length? Mr. Elam says the Coffins had no Interest In the deposits of that bank. No, they had not. All the Interest they had was to get all the money out of it they could. He said, again, that when we deposit money in a national bank that we don't rely on the forbearance of borrowers. Of course not: we rely on the fact that if they misappropriate the funds of that bank the government will see that, by legitimate and fair methods, the law is enforced. Mr. Winter says the Coffins should not be convicted for borrowing this money." We are not contending that they should. It Is not charged that the funds were appropriated to the use of the Coffins and Reed. They were converted to the use of the Indianapolis Cabinet Company, an artificial person, that had the opportunity of borrowing from a natural person, and this worthless paper was the lever that Haughey and the Coffins employed to open the vaults of the bank to the cabinet company. We are asked why Theodore Haughey did this. I say again that I don't know. I ask you why does a, man counterfeit money? Some men will steal harness; some men are naturally sneak thieves. There are men that will break into a house with a jimmy rather than go In at the door if It stood wide open before them. I can't explain these things. I only know that it is so. Why does cold succeed heat? Why does prosperity and adversity come? Why does daylight follow darkness? I don't know; it is ordered by the laws of nature. DEBT NEVER REDUCED. "These men, Mr. Elam says, were doing just what would reduce the debt to the bank. In the long history of that institution, where did they ever pay an obligation? The books of the bank show that in Marcji, 1S93, the debt had been reduced $3,000. It is explained by the fact that that much paper was sent off by the bank and did not show up on the books. From the day- that these men got $25,000 from old man Haughey until the bank closed they never paid a cent of their obligation to that institution. I'll say that never in my experience and I'm not complaining have I found in a criminal trial the court so willing and so absolutely free as In this case to permit the defendants to tell what they said themselves to Theodore Haughey, and what they said to others. Do you believe that A. C. Harris, who was held up here as a shield for these defendants to escape the wrath to come, didn't tell you the truth' on the witness stand? Mr. Winter said he would show that the affairs of the Indianapolis Cabinet Company and the sale of the other plants was unuer the direction of skilled counsel. Ivery juror remembers what Mr. Harris said when on the stand before you, yet you are expected to set aside the testimony of Mr. Harris and believe that Frank Coffin's testimony was correct, because it was to his interest to recollect Jt. I don't care where the money went that was checked out by these defendants. If Mr. Coffin wanted to buy his wife's dresses in New York he had a right to do it. It was to his credit to do it if he felt disposed. Probably If he had advised and consulted With her oftener he would have got along better than he has. Mrs. Coffin is not to be dragged into this case by assumptions of that kind. Mr. Elam was mistaken when he savs that the Coffins were doing a profitable business. Manufacturing establishments should be Improved from the profits of the business, and the Indianapolis Cabinet Company, with Its desks that we are told had no superior In the civilized world, couldn't afford to do business on borrowed capital at 8 per cent, interest. ' , "Another proposition has been advanced by (Mr. Elam. He tells you that a great xmany counts In the indictment have been abandoned by the government. He says it is conceded by the government that the transactions between the bank and the cabinet company between December, 1892, and the date of the failure cannot.be called into question. Well, we don't concede that. Simply because we have not put on paper five or six thousand different charge of misapplication of the bank funds it is no reason that the government admits the legality of the transactions. The government, by the statute of limitation. Is limited and must confine itself to certain transactions. Why burden down the muictment with charge after charge. It only tends to complicate matters and enable the defendants, by striking- a balance of figures, to confuse the jury. Gentlemen, the reason that these charges have been abandoned by the government la that when this case came under the Department of Justice of Indiana it was a new case, and presented many questions of law yet to be decided. New questions arose as to whether a third party, not connected with the bank, could aid in getting away with the funds. So far as that question is concerned it has been set at rest by the highest authority in the land. While It is an unsettled question yet as to whether the misapplication of funds covering a particular period was not a continuous offense, yet the eourt has ruled here that we are limited to one transaction in each specific count. Another question, still an open one. Is whether an outsider could help the president of a bank to falsify his books so that the agent of the government, could be deceived. Many of those Cbarges have been practically abandoned, and now it is simply the question whether or not these particular miapprprlatlons and false entries were made. There may be a difference of views on the part of the attorneys for the government and those of the defense as to what the law is. It may be that the court's Interpretation of the 'aw may not meet with the approbation of either side. It matters not what Mr. Winter or myself may think In this case. The judge Is the whole judge of the law, and you are bound to take It as he gives it to you. . SOME OF MR. "E LAM'S JOKES. "Mr. Coffin has said that Mr. Haughey complained of the increase In the debt. That Is one of Mr. Coffin's jokes. -Mr. Elam made the declaration that nearly all of this paper will be paid off. Now, you don't recognize Mr. Elam as a humorist, but that Is one of his ways of putting a Joke. Gentlemen, do you believe that on May 29, 1S93. IU.000 was put in the bank for the purpose of changing the conditions of the account? Does It occur to you that that

was an honest transaction on the part of Mr. Haughey? Of course not. Why would h buy paper of an institution that never paid a cent. I don't know why, but I assume that he had ordinary business sense. Then, if that was fraudulent, every entr' on the books that followed was a fictitious entry. By no rule of law can that be changed. "Now, gentlemen of the Jury, you have listened patiently to the counsel in this case, but there is another Issue involved here. So far as I can express my personal opinions and they are not for the guidance of this Jury I differ from my friend Kern. I don't think it requires courage to render a verdict against guilty men, but I think in this case It requires courage to render any other kind of a verdict. Incidentally and primarily, the guilt or Innocence of Theodore Haughey has to be established beyond a doubt. Unless the government has established that I can say now that our case has fallen to a mass of ruins and these defendants must go free. If on the other hand, you are . satisfied of his guilt, can any reasonable mind evolve a doubt as to the guilt of these defendants. In all criminal cases the burden i on the government to remove all reasonable doubt from the minds of the jury. The government Is only here in the interests of the depositors of the Indianapolis National Rank. The stockholders and directors can frotect themselves. They are the custodans of the funds and assets of a national bank. It Isdn the interest cf honest dealing, not only on tho Inside, but the outside of a bank, that these laws are made. EQUITY OF THE LAW. "Another Issue, strong as it may be, and ladencd and covered as It possibly is, is the question of simple, fair Justice. It has been said that one law is for the rich- andv another for the poor. So far as the federal courts of the country are concerned, no bank robber, from Harper, of Cincinnati, down to Theodore Haughey, . of Indianapolis, have escaped the government of the United States. In the Federal Court, not only here, but throughout the, breadth of the land, the rich are tho same as the humblest citizen; no greater nor less. .Figuratively, in this temple sits Justice, with the sword of justice in one hand, and in the other the scales of equity that weighs, the testimony and administers the law. It is true that wealth and influence can put up a strong defense. It is true that wealth may stay the Inevitable day. It Is true that Influential counsel may appeal to the highest court in the land and stay the pending rebuke of the Judgment court. It may delay, but' it has yet to defeat the ends of Justice. On that twenty-fourth day of July, when the bank closed, not a man In this city of more than a hundred thousand people knew that these Napoleons of finance had more than $300,000 of the bank's money. We heard this morning of ships in the storm. For years, days and months the Ancient Mariner, who - stood at the helm of the Indianapolis National fiank I don't know how long had guided the craft through squalls and storms and tornadoes, and every element that meets craft on the high seas. He felt that it was sinking; he knew, sirs, that he had landed by the side of a small Island, and had taken on board two shipwrecked fellows, and that they were scuttling the hull. He felt that he was going down, but he could not leave the helm. The work of these men was completed, and clothed in life-preservers, they were ready to jump off at the final plunge. Then what presented itself to him No doubt, sirs, h believed in the existence of God. No doubt he hoped the power that moved the elements in which he was sailing might strike him and his bark down at once. How many times the pistol of the suicide was In his hand, he, only, knows; but as a Christian man, he thought it better to suffer shipwreck on the rocks, than that he shipwreck his immortal soul. How many bankers' lives have gone out with the institutions they represented? Say you. that the ends of Justice shall be defeated? Shall this old man, stooped with the age of years and cares of a life-time, serve his time in the garb of a convict, and these men be turned out to prey on the world? I believe in the justice and accuracy of the human mind, and, if prompted by an untainted and honest heart, it will reach a just conclusion. I say It would require courage and ti fuhllme character to say that these two defendants shall go forth free, and I protest against such a verdict. In the name of decency; in the name of the worse than widowed wife; in the name of the depositor the widow whose mite was swept away in the name of this country of ours, whose only safety is in Its laws, I protest against a verdict of acquittal In this case." MIL E LAM'S STRONG TLEA.

Compares the Coffins to Ship That Sink I'nder Good 3Innnurement. Johnt B. Elam made the closing argument for the defense" yesterday morning. He did not conclude until after 12 o'clock. His opening remarks were devoted to the business of the Indianapolis National Bank from the time of its organization until it began to make tho' heavy loans. The lawlimiting loans, he said, has long since become a dead letter. It is only referred to when the bank examiner finds that the loans are hazardous. , The Indianapolis National Bank, which had loaned the cabinet company more f than $30,000 in 18S5, and made no concealment of the fact, was examined again and -again, and closed its dcors eight years afterwards without a suggestion from the government. Mr. Haughey, the attorney contended, had no interest in defrauding the bank; the Coffins dealt as other customers, and they certainly hul an interest In seeing the bank go on. In 1892,'-he'-said,' the bank was prosperous. The government, to convict, must prove crime, and there could be no reasonable doubt from the evidence of the innocent motives of these men. All the reasons that influence the human mind wouli warn them against .injuring the bank. Attorney Elam had cpent many busy years in prosecuting men accused of crime. He felt that to be engaged in such trials in any capacity was seriousbusiness. The momentous questions in this case ought not to be solved by gibes, sneers and Jokes, either by counsel for . the accused or by those who for the time being stand in some sense for the majesty and dignity of a Just gwrernment. Nor does the term "government" In this case have the right to any more consideration than the humblest citizen in trials of this character. . "That somewhat Imposing argument, which we speak of as the government," said the attorney, "is made up only of men. and unless the Just rights of its Individual members are constantly preserved the whole object for which government is instituted among men 1s defeated. There Is no possible way In which this can be done with greater certainty or cruelty than by the conviction of men whose guilt has not been established under those niles of law which are the safeguard and protection of every citizen. Divest yourselves If possible, of all knowledge gained by subsequent events. Put yourselves in the place of these men in 1892 and 1833. Recall as vivllly as you can from this evidence the alluring prosperity ; of tempting all men. even the most prudent and conservative, to larger ventures and business expansion. Then bring to your minds the times of stress, wreck and ruin that began in the last months of 1892 and prevailed, with increasing severity, until after the failure of the Indianapolis National Bank. You are setting in Judgment upon the conduct of men , charged with the management of large business enterprises during that sudden and enormous change in financial conditions, and the government asks you to put yourself in their places and say beyond a reasonable doubt not only that this management should . have been different, but that the course taken was vastly more than a poor human mistake, and wears the black hue of an enormous crime." Mr. Elam compared the ventures of the large manufacturer to the . perils of these who go down to the sea in ships. The business man who takes large risks must deal vrlth things as they present themselves, anl, being human, they must make mistakes. The navigation of a. great ship requires attention In the fairest weather. The ship's master may at any moment cast his vessel on the rocks near the shore and take the chance of saving scmething from the wreck. Take the case of those men who have gone down in the storm that lined the financial shores of the whole country with disastrous wrecks. The attorney did not thlr.k the Jury cou!dfc upon their oaths, say that that vast company had been guilty of crime. Unless the Jurors coull fix their minds upon some specific transaction, proved beyonJ a reasonable doubt, anj find it described In the Indictment as the subject cf one of the counts, the attorney told them that it would be their sworn duty to acquit the defendants. He adjured them to consider carefully every circumstance in the evidence and to give, to every one an innocent meaning unless, beyond a reasonable doubt. It must have a guilty one. "Then," he concluded, "render such a verdict In the cause of your fellow-men as you can,- without doubt or misgiving, lay at the feet of the great King when your time comes to hear that last judgment which, by your oaths, each of you have declared shall df.pend upon your just treatrrecJ of these unfortunate men,"

LAW SCHOOL OPENING

ADDRESS TO STl'DESTS DELIVERED BY IIO. D. P. BALDWIN. Medical College of Indiana Beigtns Its First Session in Its .New Building: Free Dispensary. The moot court room of the Indiana Law School was well filled last night on the occasion of the second annual opening. W. P. Fishback. dean, presided. The orator of the occasion was Hon. D. P. Baldwin, of Logansport, who was f requeotly applauded. Among the audience were several ladies. The faculty, including ex-Judge of the Supreme Court Elliott, Jchn It. Wilson, Charles W. Fairbanks, Addison C. Harris, and others were present. Dean Fishback announced that the lectures would begin to-morrow morning in both .the Junior and the senior courses. There are fifty members of the senior class. It is expected that the school will have nearly one hundred students. Judge Baldwin said: "No student can expect to gain a high place at the bar unless he is endowed by nature with quick perception, and the power of reasoning quickly and correctly upon two legs. A slow man mentally wastes his time trying to become a trial lawyer. Such a man may make a first-class preacher or doctor, but at the bar he will be surely distanced by sharp and eager competitors. To be a successful lawyer one must be a selfpossessed, cool-headed man, fail of resources and able to turn skillfully and rapidly sharp, corners. This, too, is a habit that can be cultivated. Fidgety, fretful, illnatured men always work to great disadvantage in a lawsuit. Anger is one of the most debilitating as well as most destructive of all our bad passions, and the lawyer always loses1 money by it. No good ever comes of a quarrel or squabble in court. Good nature and good manners are powerful adjuncts in litigation. Courts and juries take kindly to a cheerful, smooth attorney, and turn away In disgust from a boor or bulldozer. Another indispensable for a lawyer Is a thick skin and an inability to know when you are whipped. Never give up and never stay beat except at the last ditch. Another most valuable quality for a lawyer U courage. A faint heart never won a difficult litigation. Never take counsel of your timidities. If you have a bad case and your instinct will always inform you candidly settle it if possible and keep it out of court. But if you can't, tell your client of his danger, and If he will trust you trust yourself and fight . it through. Learn to dispense with assistance at the earllst moment. Your eminent counsel, half of the time, won't take the pains to undertsand your case, and will make a muddle of it and then take the butt end of the fee. Go It alone at the earliest possible moment. "The student, while busy with his textbooks and lectures, should begin the study of facts and never remit the pursuit. All kinds of facts, and especially the ability to master facts quickly and clearly, are valuable; nay indispensable to the lawyer. He must know surveying, mechanics, bookkeeping,, medicine, and. In short, something of everything. Above all, he must know men and women and their ways, good and bad. Learn at the earliest possible moment how to cross-examine a witness. Read Elliott's 'Works, of the Advocate and ponder its maxims. A good cross-examiner la always sure of plenty of work. To attain this art attend courts constantly and study the methods of eminent lawyers with witnesses. Cultivate Justice of the peace. practice, and always call for a Jury, so as to learn how to handle yourself and them. A good fact lawyer .will succeed far more rapidly than a good book lawyer. As a rule, law is the right and common sense to, a business transaction, and the practice of law consists in putting facts in their best possible light before courts and Juries, excusing the faults and failures of your, client and magnifying those of the other side. Don't be afraid to do this, for your opponent is employed by your adversary for this exact purpose. It is a curious and lamentable circumstance that up-to-date civilization has discovered no better method of settling private grievances than for each party to have a legal bull dog and 'sick' him on to his antagonist. Nations, Christian and pagan, do exactly the same thing. They settle their disputes by killing the greatest possible number of Innocent men, and call the result glory. "Outside of law books the student should read the best and only the best L books. Never read any book not ten years old, and which has not fought its way to being an authority. While in the law school read only books in the line of your preparation. Master surveying. It will1 be a mine of wealth to you in- litigation. Acquire some knowledge of practical mechanics, and if you could learn to speak German it would prove invaluable to you. For recreation read Shakspeare and the history of the United States. It is an excellent thing to get into the habit of reading adjudged law cases. First get a clear idea of the facts as laid down by tho court; then shut up the book and form your Judgment upon the facts; write it down, and then compare your conclusions with the opinion of the court. Thus in a few years you will acquire an invaluable habit of legal thought, t Read, first of all, the decisions of our own State, beginning with the last and going backwards. The decisions of Indiana many of them trivial on account of the system of reporting are mines of information, which would do credit to any tribunal. Matt Carpenter recommended the study of Marshall's opinions and Webster's arguments. While I have never done this, it is a most excellent suggestion, although It involves worlds of hard work. POLITICS AND PUBLIC SPEAKING. "Should the law student mix in politics? That depends; if you mean by politics learning ihe arts of office-seeking I answer, no; If you mean the study of public questions and the art of political 4 management and of public speaking, yes. The greatest mistake of my student life was in not hearing Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech. That evening I stayed in my room, having an uncommonly stiff law lesson to learn. My chum let the lesson go and now tells his grandchildren how he heard old Abo make the greatest speech of his life. .Master the tariff, question; master the silver question. Attempt the labor question, 'and to that end read ail the best books and hear all the best speakers on both sides. Always talk tariff ' cr labor wherever you meet with your superior, and then take the other side and see if you can hold your own. Let no eminent speaker come to Indianapolis without your hearing him or her. Read the best newspapers, or better still, and , above all things, debate at . every opportunity. And tlds brings me to public speaking. Master, at the earliest moment, this greatest of all arts. The public are always keen to listen to anybody worth hearing. And the secret of successful pubUc speaking is to always say something worth hearing and to say it with force and elegance. But to do this you must be a constant reader, observer and thinker. Early in life master public questions or at least acquire the ability to master them on short notice. To acquire the art of forceful and graceful statement study and master the works of our best orators. For rhetoric study Everett, Choate, Phillips and Ingersoll. Everett and Choafe are the most beautiful word painters our country ever produced: Ingersoll is our greatest prose poet. Do not be satisfied with simply reading these great masters, but memorize them. This exercise will supply you with a copious vocabulary and graceful expressions and form of thought, especially if you can so enter Into their spirit as to grow enthusiastic over, them. But Ptyle la not sufficient. For matter, logic and thought study Daniel Webster, in my way of thinking the greatest orator in the English language. After Web." ster finishes a subject there is apparently nothing more to be said Upon it. The study of this superb orator will gradually supply you with models of logic anil thought. Imitate him by speaking logically and with method. Do not be satisfied with presenting to your audience considerations mainly, but, as far as In you lies. analyze and exhaust your subject. I recommend you also to mudy the letters of Junius, and especially 'Goodrich's Dritlsh Eloquence where you will find the best speeches of Burke and Ersklne. But the way to learn to speak is to speak, and speak well. I would not give a straw for a speaker who did not lose all consciousness of time or place In his speech. Blaine once told me he never finished a speech with dry clothes on him. Begin at once. Get appointments next campaign to talk politics in your county, and at school houses and ether places sfeak for c2J there is In you or it. Stir up a Joint debate with some political opponent and then make it a point of religion not to let your side of the case suffer or be worsted. "In law intellectual power counts more than in any other profession. Ability of high grade and constantly growing ability the lawyer must have If he wouli succeed. Among courts and lawyers brains rule. The bar are the keenest and most merciless judges of ability In the whole world, ani woe to him upon whom their censure rests. They are the quickest people In the world to detect a sham cr a fraud. While agreeable manners anu Ctnlil ways are iniircratls to est bus

iness, and of very great advantage, especially before juries, yet In the long run it Is the biggest brain, the coolest head, the bravest heart and the most unyielding will which secures the supreme place in our giand profession. Therefore, with all your getting, get these four iniispeniable requisites to legal success."

1XDIAXA MEDICAL. COLLEGE. Openlnnr of Its KIrt nr in Itn Xeir Quarter Flattering Prospects. The Medical College of Indiana opened its first year's work In its handsome new building yesterday afternoon, with a large attendance of students. The prospects for the year are that it will be the most prosperous in the history of the school, the Indications being that the attendance will reach two hundred. The Inside work on the building is not yet completed, but will be in the course of ten days. This will necessarily delay the work In some departm.ents, but will not seriously inconvenience the students. Those of the old students who saw the new building for the first time yesterday expressed great surprise and admiration that it is so complete in all Its details and so well supplied with the latest appliances for such teaching. Members of the faculty say that, while the building. Is smaller than .those occupied by many of the Eastern colleges, it is as complete in its details aa any. The faculty desires it known that at the free dispensary, in connection with the school, the best attention will be paid to all patients who may apply. This work will be attended to by members of the faculty, free of all expense to patients, for the instruction the students may get from seeing the treatment of the various cases that may come. As the faculty embraces a large number of the best-known physN clans of the city, the treatment will be the best obtainable. ' Dr. E. F. Hodges delivered tho opening address to the students. He spoke of their duty to themselves during the years they spend in college, and impressed upon them the fact that while the college can furnish a foundation for the physician, it will rest" entirely with the student to build the superstructure; that its proportions arp controlled by each Individual and no work of the college professors can add to it or take from it He was followed by Dr. Marsee, who spoke more of the work of the year and what would be expected of the students. RECEPTION AT Y. M. C. A. Bledtcnl nnd Dental Students Entertained 3Iuslc and GnraeM The medical and dental students In attendance at the various colleges of the city were tendered a reception last evening at the Y. M. C, A. Hall by members of the association and the ladies of the auxiliary. The reception was preceded by exercises in the hall where an interesting programme was presented. There was a solo by Mrs. Goth, mandolin and guitar music by Messrs. Roberts and Miller, a piano solo by Miss Hazel Vleet. age five, and a solo by Master Charles- Pettijohn. Dr. Joseph Eastman delivered a short address, in which he referred to the life of the students while here, and spoke of the Y. M. C. A. as a desirable headquarters. Fully three hundred students were present. ' Following the exercises in the hall there was an exhibition In the gymnasium. The reception which followed in the parlors was conducted by the October committee of the Ladles' Auxiliary. The rooms were tastefully decorated, a skull and cross bones hung over one of the doors, serving as a reminder of the occasion. Refreshments were served, after which there were a number of games. The gymnasium work at the associalton hall began yesterday with large classes. The secretary reports the outlook for the coming year, as to Interest in the work, very encouraging. ProKremi on Lemoke Building. Work on tho Lemcke building at Pennsylvania and Market streets Is progressing rapidly. For several days tho contractor waa delayed by tho inability to secure iron from the East, but 1s now able to get all the material required. The building will be completed by the first of January. Captain Lemcke has for some time been confined to his house with an attack of rheumatism, but is now improving. Tried the Old Ronte. , Lena Wadsworth, residing at No. 24 Koerner ' street, took morphine with suicidal Intent about 8 o'clock yesterday morning. The City Dispensary .was notified and Dr. Wilcox responded. He worked, with the woman for several hours before she was declared out of danger. An unfortunate love affair was the cause ol the trouble. DePnmv'H Ex-PreIdent. "Did man make God, or did GoJ make man?" Dr. John's novel way of replying to Robert Ingersqll. Go and look with Dr. Jchn Into the great beauties and marvelous phenomena of cur universe. QACKACilE AND BEARIXG-DOWN PAISS Nearly Drord Mrs. Hartin Ilalo TFlld. Hott She Obtained.Eelief. (BrEcut. to ors last sxxdcx&) "Nearly all last winter I was sick In hed, and was attended by different phy sicians : none cured me, none helped me very much. Whert I attempted to get up, it was always the same 6tory; my back would ache, I was ' dizzy and faint, the bearingdown pains were terrible. I also had kidney trouble t 1 1 Pt1 44 1 knew I must have help ri.nht away. I resolved to try Lydia E. Pinkhanfs Vegetable Compound. The results were marvellous.' I have gained in every way, and am entirely cured." Mrs. Martin Hale, Oakdale, Mass. Every druggist has It. ylmtpr'a Sperlmen paw, etc, Interactional fiaceeworof the Unabridged." IMdHonai4' THE BEST FOR EVERYB00Y BECAUSE It Is easy to find the word TESTERS wanted. Word r irw thHr cnf. uo reguiiuag a paragraph. It Is easy to ascertain the; pronunciation. Tiie pronunciation to ihown by the ordinary dl vj cnucauj marieu ieucri usea ia ue K'DooHjoCks.'' .It Is easy to trace the growth of a word. The etyinolojrlMi are f nil, and the different mcan-i intfa are glv?:i m the order cf Uiwr development.; kit Is easy to learn what a word means. Tho definitions are clw. explicit, and full, and G. Jk C. 3TERRIAH CO., Fubllshers& Springfield, 3Tass.f U.S. A, EDUCATIONAL. Journal liuHJIns, Monument Place; Tel ua. Actual isustnej from the rtart, day and evening Ptronjrest Sl;rUiand rijool la tiie t'nitrd J4taW? Faculty combed of busliieR-i men and eourt reoru;ri, with literary classical education. UundreJa or students placed In business every year, ft rraaunt, reliable, iiiitrnlflrent location. Handsome quarters, elevator, electric dght, bteaui heat. lroketui free. Knter at once. AUO. TOSMEISTi:it, President. A National Reputation Forty-Five Years. o) Bndianepolic Sy 9)!Iskiess urtasirY Itryant Stratum and Indianapolis IlnsliieKsC.illeg". Reorganised l-vi. When ltulldlEff. MavUtrtceut iuart-r. llett syfiietna. Ableat farulty. Fn.-rt ,;cnr.ien. Exper; rejHrtrs an.i a coaaimm, oily ; ermacenUy established atd r. ltatl Cummero'l s-uool. secures positions for more ntudeLUthas all other irhooU In State. Elevator. Day and ijht ciiuoL tall or write fvr Illustrated ratalocru'?. K. J. UKEli, I resldeat.

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Oxygen Tobacco Cure Wins a Complete Victory, Where Others Fail Oxygen Toiacco Cure Succeeds. CASKS IT' It ED IV MM: DAYS MilCItC TUB HABIT IIAI1 i:lSTCD sixty yi:ah. TIIK SAL 12 OP OXYfIi:. TOHACCO CtRE IXCIIKAPES I2Y12RY DAY Don't AVnntr Time and llxnrrlmcnt Lae the Cnre That Cure a. Yesterday -was a "red-letter" day for Dr. Coblentz ani his j?reat Tobacto Cure. The search for the man on whom it haa failed brought no otht r result than to confirm us In the opinion that there Is none. On the other hand, many come who had used tobacco from four or five years uf to sixty years, and all tell the eam-i story; all pral?e the Oxygen Tobacco Cure. The druggists also Join in. the general chorus, "It sells rapidly and pleases our customers." "Our sales were double to-day of any preceding day." "Oxygen Tobacco Cure Ja sellldff all right." These and similar expressions greeted the representative as he went from Etore to store. Oxygen Tobacco Cure is the cure that cures. Don't 'waste time on others that .are at best but doubtful experiments. ' No other vras ever clvcn out by 6ample absolutely free, as Dr. Coblentz did thi to 5.000 tobacco users In Indianapolis. 'No other was ever offered to the public in so convenient a form or at so small price. No sther so thoroughly cures the disease caused by tobacco. No matter In -what form tobacco was used, whether chewed or smoked In pipe, cigar or cigarette, or emuffed. Oxygen Tobacco Cure will entirely cure the habit and Its effects. Oxygen Tobacco Cure Is for sale by all druggists at 25c, and Jl. Persons desiring to consult Dr. Coblcntx'a representatives are requested to call on or address them at Hotel English. N. B. All persons desiring information as to the cure of morphine, opium or whisky habit should address J. W. COBIiEXTZ, M. D., Fort Wayne, Ind. I C 25 ym$ of effor x have ptacea fh PLANNER RTOHANATJ A Ailll I AIAJAI V AS W VlAlAiliail FUNERAL DIRECTORS. We bare remored to new ami comma! to as quarters. Terfect prlvary and conTenltuce assured. Chapel and Morbus lu cLarga ot lad attea Ixa; 172 North Illtnoli Street. SCJETY Mi:CTlXS. MASONIC Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, meeting of AdonJram Grand Lodge of Perfection this (Wednesday) evening at 7:45 o'clock, for business. X. It. IttTCKLK, 33. T. P. O. M. JOSEPH W. SMITH. 33, Secretary. WAXTEDACCXTS. WANTED Experienced solicitor for city and State canvass. Room 5, Aetna Block. Pennsylvania street. WANTED Agents make ?5 dally; marvelous Invention; retails 25 cents; two to six wlJ in a houee; sample mailed free. FORgHES & M'MAKlNVCincJnnat!, O. AGENTS WANTED Want ed active" salesmen to represent us; no peddling; salary, $75 monthly and all expenses; goods entirely new, particulars free. Address P. O. Box C3u8, Boston, il ass. WANTEDoodreliable hustlers to 7 troduce the truss fence, built l!ke a truss bridge; patented April 2, 1S0; sells on slKlH. WIRE FENCE SITPPLY COMPAW x7 fac3arhncrtta nvn-.i T n rl 1 apoils, Ind. - WANTED Permanent work for actlvs) 'men. Salary, or commission and expenses. Experience unnecessary. Ooods thoroughly practical. Pay surf. System perfect. Address K. S. COMPANY, 51 Summer street, Boston, Mass. I E HS OVAL.. PERSO.VAt. Vmn on men (n nri n medical attention or advice may consult (free) DR. HULA. 33 West Ohio street. VAXTJ2PnsCLIA CPUS. WANTED Girl for general housework In small family; no washing or lronlrg. Reference required. 10l"2 North Meridian. W A N TED-S i tuation as ba ker by young man. two years experience. Small town preferred. Address Box 101, Russlaville, Ind. FPU SALE. FOR BALE Will sell my Mock of furnishing goods, hats and clothing. Invoice about to the hlshcut bidicr for cash or sood paper. Correspond with ra at once; am going to sell at some price. THE WINTERS CLOTHING COMPANY, Muncle, Ind. . !lT' , FOR UEXT Eijsht-room houe; nicely furnished throughout, centrally located, all modern conveniences. References required. Inquire at 71 South Illinois street. FIXASCIAL. LOAN S Money on mortgages. C F. SAYLES, j East Market street. FINANCIAL Large loans at per cent, cn business property. TIIOS. C. DAY & CO.. 72 East Market street. FINANCIAL Mortgage loans. Six-percent, money; reasonable fern. c. S. WAR- ' BURTON. 26 Lombard Building. LOANS Sums of and ovt. ' City property and farm. C. E. COFFIN Si CO.. East Market street. - FINANCIALLoans. Five per cent, on large sums on busings property; readable fees. C. S. WAltllUUTON, 2tJ Lombard Building MONEY To loin on Indiana farms. Lowest rates, with partial payment!. Address C. N. WILLIAMS fit CO- Crawfordsvllle. In d. MONEY TO LOAN On farms at th lowest market rate: privileges fcr p2.y;e-t before due. We also buy municipal beads. THOMAS C DAY & CO.. 12 i-at M-rket street. Indianapolis. LOANS !x per cent, money on Improved real estate in this city only. (No loans made outside.) Borrower has the privilege cf prepayment semi-annually. No delay. Reasonable fees. JOHN S, SPANN CO., fcC East Market. if ASTIIOLOGEI ASTROLOGY Mrs. Dr. Ellis, the great astrologer, rtftetn years in Indiana pel 15, tells life's history by the pUnets. What to do and tvnete to go for bet ucceM Jn business, health and hapines. lv2 North Mississippi fctrctt.

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