Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 January 1897 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1897.

DEER CREEK FIRE BUGS

tiii:y niiiM:n maiiy cninrs housd 1VIX1L12 Sllli YVAM AT ClllltCXI. Heir I!r!nr Stilt to Hecnvrr Tnbllc . 1'nrkn Ilrrilrd f Montpelier hj It Founder. Epcll to the Inf!ianr.:Ks Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Jan. 5. Thursday night while Mrs. Mary Cripo was attending: church at Deer Creek, some one entered her house and set fire to It by scattering coals from the stove over yie carrot and beds. The contents were consumed and the house badly damaged. A short time ago Mrs. Cripe was made defendant In a forged will case and she charges friends of the plaintiff with burning her house. tiik .iiovr:'i:Mj:it faiiks. II elm of the Original Ohdcm Suing to Recover Public Ijinil. Special to the Ind!ana.inlis Journal. HAItTFOnL CITY. Ind.. Jan. There will corne up in the Blackford Circuit Court at the "term now In session a suit which has attracted widespread attention. The suit is that of A Lei lialdwln against the city of Montpelier. The valuation of the property in question is estimated at $73,000 and consists of public real estate in the form of parks. Sixty years ago Abel Baldwin, a native of Montpelier, Vt., settled at Montpe iier. Ind. Jn laying- cut the town he planned a park system such as Is to be seen at the Vermont Montpelier. In the center part of the city was reserved sixteen corner lots, rath thirty-six feet square, and gave them to the city for park purpos-s. For twenty years the town held undisputed possession, then the real-estate sharks and speculators conceived a plan to get possession of the valuable property. About two years ago a man from Cor.nersvilie was bent here, and together with some of the boomers set to work on an investigation of the title held by the city to the park lots. It was found thut Abel Baldwin had neglected to record with the county the transier of the squares to the town, and the sharks concluded at once that the property rightfully ldonged to th heirs of Abel Baldwin. Theso heirs had long ago left Montpelier, and C. A. Tanginl augh. a former attorney of this city, was employed to search out the residence of these heirs and secure their quitclaims to the park3. This ho did alter spending many weeks in the West, with the exception of on- heir. This heir slipped back and found thar the real estate was located in the- business iKirtion of the city. This enterprising heir opened correspondence with the other heirs, and the result Is the suit now pending to set nslde the quitclaim and to compel the city to give the parks back to the heirs. Yoong Farmer Shoot Himself. Epeeial to the Indianapolis Journal. FRENCH LICK. Ind., Jam 9.-Isom Collins, son of Young Collins, a farmer living four miles south of this place, while in the woods hauling wood to-day. is sup1)Osed to have shot himself. He" was found y neighbors who wtre passing lying beside the wagon with a revoHer in his hands. On examination he was found to be shot through ihe chest, but was alive "nd rallied enough to walk to a stream near by to get r. drink. lie was carried to his home, where he died in a few hours. Circumstances indicate the shooting was aeidental or with suicidal intent. lie was twenty-three years of age and unmarried. Klkhnrt Iteliekulin Lum $l,OUO. Special to the Indianapolis Jourral. ELKHART. Ind., Jan. P. The Daughters of Kebekah, of this city, will lose a bequest of 51.0C4) by Miss Lizzie llarter's will, which was unwitnessed. Miss Ilarter was a seamstress, and died recently, leaving J2.2C0 Jn money. Among her effects was found a paper which she evidently Intended to be her will. It inado a number of bequests, among others one of $l,ocu to the local lodge or the Daughters of Hebekah. but as there were no witnesses the will is invalid and the lodge will get nothing. A brother whom sho had not seen for a great many years has turned up to claim her property. Tin-Plate .Mill to Sturt Aueu, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. .MOXTPKLItiR, Ind., Jan. 9. The American Tin-plate Company, through C. 'II. Nell, of Columbus, O., purchased the tin mills here to-day at sheriff's sale for $30,000. This figure is considered remarkably low, as the plant was appraised recently at nearly Jloo.OuO, and was put In little more than a year ago at a cost of $125,000. The mill has been in receivers' hands for several months, and was sold at the court's order. The Klwood company will send men here next week to get the plant ready for starting by Jan. 23. Employment will be given to 125 men. Hannah Xevrcomh' Will Contented. special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind.. Jan. 9. .An interesting case now on trial in the Cb-cult Court Is that concerning the will of Mrs. Hannah Newcomb, who lived at Hagerstown. It Is being contested by Mrs. Sarah Heiner. Mrs. Clara Fleming was the sole legatee, while Mrs. llelner, the other heir, was not allowed any of tho property by the terms of the will. Suit was brought by Mrs. Heiner and it is alleged that undue influence was used in securing the will. "Wreck, on the Monon. Special to the Indianapoli Journal. CRAW FORDS VI LLE, Ind.. Jan. 3By tho breaking of a wheel flange seven cars loaded with coal were ditched on the Monon at the south end of the station In this city early this morning. The main track and four sidetracks were torn up, but one sidetrack was cleared up by noon so as to permit trains to pass. John Nicholson was the engineer of the train, and he had a similar wreck this week near Bloomington. Told Talcs on Kach Other. Special to the Tnuianapolts Journal. SHELBY VI LLE, ind.. Jan. 9. Tho divorce cao of Cora Parrlsh against Dr. J. W. Parrlsh closed at noon to-day. They were married a little over a year ago. he Wing seventy-two and she eighteen. Charges of intidtilty were made on both isldes, and the courthouse was crowded to hear tho evidence. Plaintiff demands $3.Oj0 alimony. Judge Buckingham will announce the verdict next week. HI Mnet-i:ightli Illrtlulny. Fj-ecial to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS. Ind.. Jan. O.-Samuel Williams, of Henryviilc, celebrated his ninetyeighth birthday yesterday. He was born In 17W and i still halo and hearty. On last election day he walked over a mile to the polls to vote for McKinley, he having been ;i Republican since that party's organization. Jl expresses an earnest ds:re to live until Ymk when he will have lived in three centuries. Saloon Keeper ot fitiilty. Special to the Indian-tpoli Journal. BRAZIL, Ind.. Jan. 3. The case of William Cummings, the prominent saloon keeper of Carbon, for the murder of William Shaw, on Christmas night. 1W. which has le-n on trial in tho Circuit Court here for the last three days, was given to the Jury at U o'clock last evening, and after live hours deliberation the iury returned a verdict iu favor of the defendant. .Mrs. Ilrnzzell Loves Another. to the Iri'linxrH.JU Journal. COLUMBUS. Ind.. Jan. D.-Andrcw Brazzell yesterday filed suit in the Circuit Cpurt for fo.oeo damages against Albert Newsoni. a prominent and wealthv farmer rer here, for alienating his wife's affections. Brazzell and wile lived m Nowicm's farm and he lioanicri with them. Mrs. Brazzell recently tiled suit for divorce, which caso is also pending in court. It crept I on to Prof. OfXK Epecial to the I:iliana; IU Journal. GRKKNCASTLK. Ind.. Jan. l.-lrof. R. A. Ogg. superintendent of the tJreencastle choo!s. was last evening tendered a surprise reception hy the touchers of the city schools. The reception was participated in by the teachers, trustee and educators of the city and was in honor of Professor Ogg's recent election as president of the State Teachers Association. l,lttle? ;iri Ilurned to R-enth. Hiatal to the Indianapolis Journal. MITCHELL. Ind.. Jan. 9. Ruth Jones, aged four, was to badly burned this morning that she died in a" few hour?. The chihl was playing and her clothes caught fire from the open stove. The mother was

at work In the kitchen and heard the child crying, but thought it was a. neighbor's baby and did r.ot go to its assistance until It was too late. Commercial Club Reception. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. NOBLESVILLE. Ind., Jan. 9. The Commercial Club of this city, which is composed of one hundred leading citizens, celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of the clubrooms by giving a reception last night. Among those present were Mr. .and Mrs. Ixonard Wild, of Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Cirant Baker, of Arcaula. and Mrs. Cowels and Mrs. Miller, of Chicago.

I. l Glee Club Toar. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOM INGTON, Ind.. Jan. ?. The University of Indiana Glee Club closed a week's successful tour of the State to-day under the management of E. F. Mahan. The club visited sixteen of the principal cities pf the State. C. Norman Hassler Is director and A. Wayne Hanson president of the club. Detective Do .ot Relish Prison. Fpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSON VI LLE, Ind.. Jan. Being refused tall by Judge Voyles yesterday, the attorneys of Detectives Sexton and Brown, who murdered John Rippey, near Salem, to-day filed notice of an appeal to the Supreme Court. Indiana Xotes. Wm. A. Hlggins. brakeman on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, was killed yesterday morning by being thrown from a box car near Brazil. He resided in Brazil, and leaves a young wife. Tho united glass workers of the gas belt will hold their next meeting at Kedkey, Sunday, Teh. 7, and a large attendance of union workers from all the factories of the gas belt will be present. Arlie Pearce, fourteen years old. son of Cm. W. Pearce. of Swayzee, had an arm torn from his body and was otherwise severely injured by the accidental discharge of a shotgun while hunting Saturday. Harlow Harvey, grandson of M. W. Gregory, of Martinsville, injured his knee last summer by falling from a bicycle. The injury has resulted in a cancer, and amputation above the knee will probably save hi3 life. MINISTER WILLIS VERY LOW. On !cw Year's Day the Doctors Expected Hi Death at An)' Moment. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 9. Latest Honolulu advices, dated Jan. 1, say United Staves Minister Willis is very low and his death Is expected any moment. The attack of pneumonia which he suffered has led to other complications. The doctors have given up hope. At the request of Mrs. Willis, prayers were offered in the different churches on Christmas day. Albert Sydney Willis was born near Shelbyvllle, Ky., about fifty-live years ago. After completing a course In the Louisville public schools he taught a country school, and while filling this position he studied law, and later matriculated at the Louisville Law School. In 1SCG he was graduated from the law school and began practice. In the early 70's he was elected to the olfice of county attorney, which position he held until his election to Congress, in 1S7G, when he succeeded Henry Watterson, who had been selected to fill the unexpired term of Hon. E. Y. Parsons.1 He lecame a favorite lieutenant of Mr. Carlisle and led his forces for the speakership, to which otllce Mr. Carlisle was elected for the first time In the Forty-eighth Congress. Mr. Carlisle then made Mr. Willis chairman of the rivers and harbors committee. Mr. Willis served five terms in Congress. In 1SSG be returned to Louisville and resumed the practice of his profession. In 1S33 Mr. Willis received the appointment as minister to Hawaii. 'He married Miss Florence Dulaney in 1876. They have one son, Albert S. Willis, jr., who is at Honolulu. INSOMNIA CAUSES SUICIDE. Bookkeeper of a Covington, Ivy., Dank Cuts Hi Own Throat. CINCINNATI, Jan. 9. Taylor Brent, individual bookkeeper of the Covington, Ky., German National Bank, committed suicide during the night by cutting his throat with hi3 razor, in bed. His accounts with the bank are said to be correct a;:d the only cause mentioned Is temporary infinity, caused by insomnia. He was unmarried, was a brother-in-law of Hon. Richard 1. Ernst, late candidate for Congress in the Sixth Kentucky district. Aged Prcnchcr AVeury of Life. CLINTON. III.. Jan. 9. Rev. James Rucker, eighty yeara of age, who has been one of the most powerful Methodist preachers in central Illinois, made two desperate attempts yesterday to kill himself. He first wrote his will and informed his housekeeper where he had placed It. Then he went uptown. Reaching a secluded place, he lnlllcted wounds in his breast with a knife, and also cut a vein in his left wrist. This failing to cause speedy death, he tried to throw himself in front of an engine, but a railway worker rescued him. and he was Immediately taken to a sanitarium. Mr. Rucker declares that he is tired of life and wants to get to heaven, where he says Rev. Mr. Miller, of Bloomington. who reetntly killed himself, has gi re. Mr. Rucker began life as a lawyer, but subsequently spent fifty years in tho ministry, and is well known in the central part of the State. Unfortunate and Dissipated. FOND DU LAC. Wis., Jan. 9. Owen Fergerson. for the past six years clerk of Fond du Lac county, shot himself last night twice, each time a little too high to hit the heart. About a year ago his wife died; at tho last election he was defeated for reelection to the position of county clerk; a few months ago he broke his leg, and previous to that was a cripple, lie has been drinking hard of late, and it is reported there is a shortage in his accounts with tho county. He Is still alive. Student Take Morphine. LOUISVILLE. Ky.. Jan. 9. Francis Murray, a student at the Baptist Theological Seminary, was found dead in his room at that Institution this afternoon, having committed suicide by taking morphine. It 'is said his home was at Washington. D. C. No cause for the suicide is known. Murray was apparently well supplied with money. TOO MUCH REALISM. Duel Scene in "Heartsease" Ilnds Disastrously for 31 r. AVheatcroft. NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Jan. 9. During the performance o "Heartsease" at the Hyperion Theater, in this city, Nelson Wheatcroft was attacked so violently by Henry Miller In a duel scene that he received a Ior.g cut over the right eye. which will unlit him for work for some time. The duel scene occurs at the close of the third act.' and immediately after Wheatcroft was hurt the curtain fell. He appeared In the hist act with a bandaged eye. Its Ioint Performance. DETROIT. Mich., Jan. S. "The Strange Adventure of Miss Brown" Company played its last performance on any stage at the Detroit Opera House to-night. The company disbanded, and the members left for New York. The piece, which made a tremendous success In London, failed of success nearly everywhere in this country. The play is considered to possess elements of popular success and was cleverly staged ami played, but somehow the audiences lacked In size. D. S. Devereaux. the financial backer, has abandoned the enterpre. Sir Henry lrvlus Hotter. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 9. Beerbohm Tree, the English actor, who Is playing an engagement in this city, telegraphed Henry Irving this morning making inquiry as to the. condition of his health, and wishing him a speedy recovery. In reply Mr. Tree received the following this afternoon: "Love, greeting. All goes well as possible, leaving town to-day for a few days." Mr. Tree gathers from the above that the distinguished actor will be able to resume his tour sooner than the newspaper reports hitherto received have indicated. Closed Their American Tour. WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. Arthur Bourchler and Violet Vanburg closed their American tour this evening at the Columbia Theater, owins to the continued illness of Miss Vanburgh (Mrs. Bourchier.) Their season would have terminated in February, according to contract. Defaulting Treasurer Arrested. DANS VI LLE. N. Y.. Jan. 9.-James B. Hampton, the defaulting treasurer of IJyingston county, has been arrested and taken to Gcheseo.

TO DEEPEN ERIE CANAL

IMPROYn3!i:T OF AN OLD WATERWAY FAVORED RV i:GI.EEItS. Less than ?3,0M),000 Required to Make a Passaic for Vessels from Tidewater to the Greut Lakes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. The secretary of war has transmitted to Congress a report from his engineers, which will be of interest to the producers of Indiana and the West. It is on a proposition to deepen and widen the Erie canal to admit of the passage from tidewater to the great lakes of torpedo boats and gunboats. The engineers report that the work can be done for between I3.0C-0.000 and JS.OOO.OCO, and that the canal, as improved, will not only be of great strategic value, but that it will also be of Immense advantage to commerce, and will be the means of greatly reducing the cost of transportation of cereal and other products from the West to the Eastern markets. This i3 not a new thing, of course, but it is always good news to Western Interests to know that official approval is being constantly given to plans for" the deepening of the Erie canal. This is particularly important, in view of the fact that it has been the aim of railroads for forty years to destroy the Erie canal and break down the great leveler of freight rates. THE WORLD'S .MARKETS. Governments, Instead of Individuals, Are Xow Striving; for Tlicm. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. No longer is private enterprise to be left alone in the struggle for the world's markets, but hereafter the nations themselves will be obliged to come to the aiu of their merchants and by expeditionary work, open up new fields for the cultivation of home trade. This is the view of United States Consul Sawter, at Glauchau. who. in a special report to the State Department, chronicles the decision of the German government to send out a deputation of expert:? to study and observe in detail the commercial, financial and industrial conditions of eastern Asia. The entire expense is to be assumed by the government, and the deputation will be guided on the tour through China by Dr. Knapp. the German consul at Canton. Mr. Sawter points to the fact that France and England have already taken up similar schemes of commercial exploitation, which have certainly great future possibilities, and he fears that this last German move towards China is a serious menace to American trade with a vast country, just at a time when it is about to open wider its doors to trade. Indlnn Appropriation Rill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. The Indian appropriation bill for the next fiscal year waa completed to-day by the House committee on Indian affairs and reported to the Houso by Chairman Sherman. The bill carries a total of $7,4Co,OCO, which Is somewhat less than the appropriation of the current year. Tho allowance for schools, however, is increased by 5200,000, and provision Is made for starting the new schools at Chamberlain and Rapid City, S. D., whose establishment was provided for by the last bill. There 13 an item continuing the Dawes commission, with special salaries and compensation, and ?40,mJO is given for the expenses of the commission of citizens who serve without compensation. The claims of the old settlers, or Western Cherokee Indians, which have been a troublesome question for years, are settled by a clause directing the secretary of the interior to pay the amount $S6,203 on the requisition or requisitions made by the national treasurer of the Cherokee Indians, or such persons as the old settlers may appoint in special council. In the last session the Senate endeavored to divide Ihis remaining balanace of the money among attorneys who had secured the allowance of the claims. 2V err Armor Inspection Ronrd. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. The Navy Department is carrying out the plans projected by Secretary Herbert for the prevention of further defects In steel supplied for the construction of the battle ships. Having ascertained through an investigation made by a special board the causes and extent of the defects in the plate already supplied, the next step has been taken by the reorganization of the steel board. This has been done on the lines suggested by the chief constructor. Mr. Hichborn namely, to make the majority of the board experts. Captain Day, the present head of the board, will be succeeded in that place by Commander Conin. and Lieutenant Everett has been succeeded by Constructor Dashiel. Chief Engineer Freeman will be retained, the board thus consisting of one line officer and two staff officers, the latter mechanical experts. This reconstructed board is about to undertake a revision of the specifications under which ship steel is made, guided by the experience acquired by the special board. Warden French's Work. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. J. W. French, warden of the United Stutes Penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, an old Indiana man and known throughout the country as one of the greatest authorities in prison management, is in a fair way to see some of his advanced ideas in prison reform carried out. It was due to his superb management of the Leavenworth Penitentiary that the effort to autnoriie a new penitentiary was tarried through Congress, a large appropriation having been made last year for tho building. To-day. in further advancement of the matter. Attorney General Harmond appointed William S. Fames, of St. Louis, architect for the new prison. Rootl-Tuckers See 3Irs. Cleveland. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. Commander and Mrs. Booth-Tucker, the leaders of the Salvation Army in the United States, were received this morning by Mrs. Cleveland by appointment at the White House, and had a long and agreeable Interview with her. Mrs. Booth-Tucker presented Mrs. Cleveland ;l special copy of the life of Mrs. Willlam Booth. "The Mother of the Salvation Army." Commander and Mrs. BoothTucker returned this afternoon to their headquarters In New York city. General otes. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. To-day's statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance. $232,4 10, ZSS; geld reserve, $13S,f.0.579. The Senate committee on census held a meeting to-day and heard Commissioner Wright, in charge of the Census Bureau, who argued in favor of a permanent census bureau. The committee, was favorably impressed with the commissioner's plans and it is probable that a bill will be reported to the Senate embodying Commissioner Wright's ideas. After the funding bill Is disposed of in the Houso the Indiana delegation and other Western congressmen will get together and see what they can do towards pushing along the public building bills, no formal Plan has yet been agreed upon within the delegation. The report of the government deep-waterway commission was submitted to the President to-day. It is a voluminous document, and will be taken up by Mr. Cleveland for consideration early next week. Vcre ile Ycre Repose. Washington Post. I don't know whether it has gone out of fashion to have an expressive face, or whether the muscles of the modern face are so atrophied that they can't express anything, but I do know that the utter immobility of countenance we Americans are acquiring Is something wonderful to teho!d. I stDod at the corner of F and Thirteenth streets on Monday evening, as a perfectly appointed carriage, drawn by two prancing horses, came up Thirteenth street. Klertrtc cars were whizzing by, and the nervous horses refused after a little wait to cross the tracks. Instead they began to back down the hill, upon the Thirteenth street cobblestones. The carriage was pushed against the curbstone and was in Imminent danger of upsetting. The liveried coachman's face did not change a muscle. As the carriage struck the curbstone, a young man within opened the door, and without the slightest appearance of haste, stepped out. The elderly woman within leaned back in her corner calmly, and ail the pedestrians held their breath. The young man walked to the head of the rearing, plunging horses, and grasping the bit of one of them, led them across the car tracks. Thin he resumed bis seat In th

carriage, and rolled away. H s face had not changed Its expression In the slightest degree. It was an exhibition of high-bred self-control such as one might go miles without seeing, but for artistic effect. I think some one of the tr!o should have looked a bit worried. DUEL ON A STEAMER.

Second Officer of the Madeleine Killed hy the Chief Engineer. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 9. The steamer Newport, from Acapulco, to-day, brought word of a duel fought on the French steamer Madeleine. resulting in the death of the second officer. The Madeleine Is due here from Callao, Peru, for repairs. She has been ' plying along the South American coast Shortly after she left Callao for this port her boilers exploded, killing several men. The accident compelled her to put into Acapulco, where after receiving necessary repairs she resumed her northward voyage. About seven hours later she returned to port flying a police flag. The brief news sent ashore was to the effect that the chief engineer and second officer had been on unfriendly terms for some time. On leaving Acapulco one challenged. the other and they fought a duel on the steamer's deck. The second officer was killed and the Madeleine's commander retraced his vessel's course to Acapulco. The owner of the steamer was aboard the Newport bound ?c this city and a message detailing the trouble was sent to him with a -request for instructions. The owner promptly went ashore and by telegraph communicated the facts to the French minister in Mexico, who ordered the Madeleine held at Acapulco ponding an official investigation. The Mexican officials claim jurisdiction in the matter and regard the offense as a common murder. MORTGAGE FOR $20,000,000. Commercial Cable Company Issuing: Bonds to Pay for the Postal. CHICAGO, Jan. 9. A mortgage for $20.000,000, given by the Commercial Cable Company, of New York, to the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, waa filed with Receiving Clerk Cochrane, of the county recorder's office to-day. The company, under the mortgage, issues coupon bonds payablo in gold and bearing 4 per cent, interest. The instrument states that the cable company has bought all the property and franchises of thp Postal Telegraph Company and the bonds are to be Issued to pay the Indebtedness of the company and for the purchase of the property, shares and capital stock of the two companies. They are to be first mortgage bonds-, partly coupon and partly registered. The bonds will mature Jan. 1, 2397, and bear interest from date, which Is payable quarterly at 4 per cent, a year. According to the terms of the instrument the bonds may be converted into English sterling obligations, to be known as debenture stock. The mortgage is a first lien on the stock of both companies. The property on which the mortgage is given consists of two parts the rights and franchises of the Commercial Cyble Company and the rights and franchises of the Postal Telegraph Company. WANT CHARTER REPEALED. Louisville Lab'or Unions After the litrcet-Itu Ilwny Company. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 9. A suit was brought this afternoon by ten labor unions, representing all the unions composing the Central .Labor Union, aga'nst the Louisville Railway Company and the General Council of the City, asking for a prohibitory injunction to restrain tho company from operating the road, and for a mandatory injunction to compel tho General Council to repeal the ordinances granting the franchises to tho company. The grounds alleged are that the .ordinances granting the franchises we're illegally obtained: that the streets are obstructed by poles, wires, cars, tracks, mules, etc.; that no vestibules are provided for the motormen in cold weather; that no conductors are furnished; that the fare should be reduced to 2 cents. It Is alleged tha.t the General Council has failed and refused to repeal the charter of the company, ind the court Is asked to compel that body to act. The company controls all the street-car lines of the city. A ROTTEN BANK. 13. S. Dreyer & Co.'s Concern Nothing: ut tin Empty Shell. CHICAGO, Jvn. 9. Sensational charges concerning the huslness of E. S. Dreyer &. Co., the bankers, whose assignment was forced through tho collapse of the National Bank of Illinois, were n ade In Judge Freeman's court to-duy. In an intervening petition brought In bohalf of Mrs. Mary Lelcht. It Is charged that property mortgaged as security for a not.e of $3,000, on which Mrs. Leicht had regularly paid Interest, has been disposed of without her knowledge, and that the schedule of liabilities as prepared by tho receiver will be greatly increased if other charges of a similar nature soon to be made the subjects of petitions are substantiated, as similar mortgages scheduled as assets will really become liabilities. The Economist says to-day, referring to tho Dreyer failure: "The depositors in the bank will get little or nothing. The statement which haa been prepared shows that ? the bank was an empty shell, -with some $1,400,000 of liabHties when tho bank closed and only $9,000 cash on hand." Other Business Troubles. CINCINNATI, Jan. 9. The WiUker White Lead Company, with a factory on Budd street, confessed, judgments for about ZVh000 and was taken charge of by a deputy sheriff to-day. Tho paid up capital of the company Is $50,000. No statement of its liabilities has been made, the recent sudden death of Martin Weber, its vice president and financial backer, brought about a pressure of creditors. A receiver will be appointed. NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Jan. P. At Clarksvllle the appointment of a receiver has been asked of Chancellor Tyler for the firm of Harris fc Buquo. the largest and richest firm at Erin, in Houston county. The business consists of a large lime works and stave factory; 12.kx) acres of land are also involved. Differences between the partners is the cause. About 100.000 worth of property is Involved. SYRACUSE. N. Y.. Jan. 9. The book and stationery firm of Thomas W. Durst on & Son was closed to-day on judgments issued to local banks aggregating $2U.0 and one to a brother for $4,70-.'. The senior member of the firm has been in business for thirty years, and the firm was the leading one of the city in its line. The assets and liabilities are not given. MILWAUKEE. Jan. 9 B. A. Shore and R. A. Shore, jr., made a personal assignment to-day to ex-Governor Upham. who gave bond for 520!.'.O00. They are stockholders in the Shores Mining Company. Shores Lumber Company and Shores Building Association. Application has also been made for a receiver for the Shores Lumber Company. ALMA. Neb., Jan. 9. The First National Bank of this city was closet! this morning by order of the controller of the currencv. and Is now in the hands of the bank examiner. Liabilities are about $12.-.0oa. with assets' of about the same. The chief. Item of indebtedness is a State deposit of $40,000. NEW YORK, Jan. 9. The Stewart Ceramic Company, manufacturers of wash tubs, basins and ceramic ware, to-day assigned to Anthony R. Porter. The company was incorporated under thf laws of New Jersey in 1S92, with a capital stock of $200,000. HERRINGTON. Kan.. Jan. 9. The Merchants' State Bank, of Herr;ngton, has pone out of business, paying depositors in full and transferrin their business to the Herrington State Bank. The only reason made is lack of business. Xo figures are given. Poolsellern Set Frrp. ST. LOUIS. Jan. 9. In the Court of Crinfnal Correction to-day Judge Murphy discharged all the defendants against whom information had been issued under the pool-selling: law. Judge Murphy heid, in his decision sustaining the motion of defendants' counsel to quash the information, that the Supreme Court having decided that the law of 1SS3 was invalid, the law of 18.d was invalid also, having been repealed by tho later enactment. The law of 1S93 was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on the ground that it was class legislation. Tobacco Factory Darned. DANVILLE, Va,, Jan. 9. Fire broke out to-day In the big leaf-tobacco factory of the American Tobacco Company, and the building, with all its contents, was destroyed. The walls fell In and the building and valuable machinery and a million pounds or more of valuable leaf tobacco will be a total loss, estimated at $150,000. Insurance. - $124,000. The company will rebuild at onci.

MR. HANLEY ACQUITTED

SCVTA FE'S TRAFFIC MANAGER. XOT GUILTY OF GIVING REBATES. The Interstate-Commerce Commission Beaten In an Important CaseSuit AsrnlnMt the R. & O. CHICAGO, Jan. 9. The jury In the case cf General Traffic Manager G. R. Hanley, of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, charged with violation of the interstate-commerce law, returned a verdict today of not guilty. The jury retired at 5 o'clock last evening with a charge from Judge Grosscup, In which even the strongest partisan of the prosecution could not find a word to lean upon. He told the jury to bo cautious In giving any weight to a participant of the crime. John G. Taylor, the former live stock agent of the Santa. Fe road, was the sole witness against. Hanley and he failed to corroborate his story. He admitted his own part In the rebate transactions and the defense presented u number of witnesses to show that Taylor had frequently informed his associates that he alone had control of rebates. This was the only defense Attorney Forrest made for his client, and Judge Grosscup told the jury it was a pertinent defense. The jury reached a verdict within ten minutes after it had retired last evening and sealed it until this morning. ACCOUNTING ASKED. R. & O. Sued by the Central Ohio Railway Company. BALTIMORE, Jan. 9. Willard E. Case, of Sclplo, Cayuga county, New York, filed a petition to-day in the United States Court in w hich he asks for an accounting by John IC, Cowen and Oscar Murray, receivers of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, to the stockholders of the Central Ohio Railway Company, for 35 per cent, of the gross earnings of the latter road. Judge Morris signed an order directing the receivers to answer the petition that under an agreement made In and amenaed and ratified in 1M59 the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company leased the Central Ohio Company fur twenty y?ars, with the privilege oi renewal for twenty years. The lease nas been renewed by tacit consent. Tho Baltimore & Ohio agreed to pay to the Central Ohio Railway Company 35 per cent, of the gross earnings ot the latter road, provided that If this percentage should fall below $1GG,000 for a j'ear the deficiency should be made good by the Baltimore & Ohio. The money was to be paid quarter!-. The Columbus & Cincinnati Midland, in 10, came under the control of the Central Ohio, and thus became a portion of the Baltimore & Ohio system on an agreement between the Midland and the Central Ohio, that the latter should pay principal end interest on certain securities amounting to more than $2.1:50.000. The petition alleges that C5 per cent of the earnings of the Central Ohio and of the Midland railways have been more than sufficient since January, 189G, to pay the Central Ohio the sum stipulated for In the lease, but that those earnings arc held back bv the receivers of the Baltfmore & Ohio. Mr. Chase, for that reason, asks for an accounting by the receivers for the funds derived from the Central Ohio and payment to the read. The Mileage-Book Question. CHICAGO, Jan. 9. Tho lines of the Western Passenger Association accomplished very little at the meeting recently held in St. Louis. All of tho committees having important matters before them said they were not able to make a final report and asked for further time. It was decided, however, that no change will at present be made in the form of the mileage book used by tho Western roads. This matter Is scneduled for consideration at the meeting of the Western Passenger Association, which will be held in this city next week, and it is possible that some action may be taken, but the probability is very small. The small amount of sales of interchangeable tickets sold by the Central Passenger Association has had a dampening effect on some of the roads, which have been stanch supporters of the proposition to put tho tickets on the market at once. To Correct Pass Abuses. CHICAGO, Jan. 9. The general managers of the Western roads have decided on a new departure in the use of annual passes during 1S97. Heretofore it has been the custom when a pass was presented for the conductor to simply take a look at it and pass on. In very many instances no report was made to the road of the presentation of the pass. Now, however, the roads have determined that whenever a pass is presented the holder will be asked to sign his name and a memorandum of the distance traveled each time the pass Is presented, and It will be turned In by the conductor. The object of the new rule Is to learn how much the passes are used, and It is expected that the abuse of them will in a great measure be relieved. Oregon Short-Line Sold. SALT LAKE, Utah. Jan. 9. The sale of tho Oregon Short Line and the Utah Northern Railway under the consolidated mortgage of Aug. 1, 1SS9, was made to-day. Zera Snow was present, representing the American Loan and Trust Company of New York: Samuel Carr, Walter G. Oakman and Henry G. Nichols, representing the reorganization committee, purchased the property for $5,447,500. The Utah Southern road was bid in by the same parties for $703,000. They also purchased the Southern extension for $375,000. W. H. Bancroft will bt; general manager of the company. N'etv Through Line to the East. CINCINNATI. O.. Jan. 9. Four roads will unite Jan. 24 to make a new through lino between Chicago and Washington city. They are the Cincinnati. Hnmilton & Dayton, in conm-ction with the Monon, the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern and the Baltimore & Ohio. The schedule will start the new train from Chicago at 2:45 a. m.; Indianapolis, 7:55 a. m.: Cincinnati. 12:05 noon, and bring it to Washington at 6:47 a. m. Returning, leaves Washington at noon; Cincinnati, 3:30 a. m.; Indianapolis, C:50 a. m., arriving at Chicago at noon. A Missouri Road to Re Sold. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 9. The United States Circuit Court to-day ordered the foreclosure sale of the St. Louis, Salem &. Arkansas Railway. Daniel G. Taylor, of this city, was appointed special master to conduct the Fale, which Is to take place at Steelville. Mo., at o time to Im s t by Mr Taylor. The upset price was fixed at S.Vw.050. The Mercantile Trust Company, of Nov. York, began foreclosure proceedings against the St. Louis. Salem fc Arkansas road a few days ago for nonpayment of interest on a landed indebtedness of $S10.009. PRACTICAL PROFIT SHARING. Success of n London linn Company's Scheme. London Dally Mail. A beautiful, colored "Happy Christmas" card was sent by the directors of the South Metropolitan Gas Company yesterday to 2.F.00 of its employes. The striking thing about this Christmas card is the welccme holiday announcement which it bears, that the employes interests In the company rave increased since last Christmas by 21,2S6. an agilnst an Increase of 15.000 for 1M'5. and that they have now. in stock invested in the company In their own names, or In the names of trusters, and on deposit at interest, the splendid sem of 71.732. This accumulation Is due to the profitsharimr Fchrms Instituted by Mr. George Livesoy. eharmnn of the Metropolitan Gas Company, at the time of the strikes in 1SS9. Mr. Livey is one of the trustees of the profit-sharing fond, associated with him bcirnr Mr. Frank Bush, secretary of the South Metropolitan Gas Company, and Mr Frederick Janus Walker. Mr. H. C. Rims is its secretary. There are eighteen directors" nominees, and the workmen have an eoinl number of representatives. The first year the project was put in operation the men employed In the gas company only became interested to the extent of about 5.e0. Indeed. 2.0)0 of the 2.roo regular emploves of the company were out on strike. Their places were quickly filled by men who decided to forsake the strikers unions and throw in their lot with their employes. Since then tho tempting bait of what Is practically an offer of 7H rr cent. Interest, offered by the company to its employes to induce them to save ut their earntngs. has been 50 effective tbat tho investments by the men b.ve gone on increasing like a snowball rolling down hill. The men v'ho have taken advantage of Mr. LSvesey's proposnla are now air more or less important capitalists in a small way. seme of them having as much as 3c0 paved up. The company are eminently satisfied with the scheme, because it elves

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