Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 March 1897 — Page 3

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JENNEY COMPANY'S LOSS

Will lie Over 73,000. with Innnrance of About One-Third that Amount.

With the exception of the boiler and enpine house, which stood apart from the n.ain building:, the plant of the Jcnney Klectrlc Motor Company 1? completely destroyed by rcaon of the fire early yesterday mornlnsr. Tho main building was worth about $10,000. It was 73x103 feet In dimensions. Tho contents included machinery and tools, stock, completed and in the course of construction, and patterns and drafts. Mr. Charles D. Jennoy, vice president of tho company, estimate tho lo:s on tools and machinery at f)0,(Xj0; on stock, $40,000. and oi patterns and drafts, JC.0OO. This makes a total of $$5,000, according to Mr. Jenney's estimate, lie says that the company had a larger demand for motors during tho last busy season than could bo supplied, and. during tho recent dull time, products were mado up and stored in anticipation of the rush which was soon expected. It thus happened that a large amount of finished product was destroyed. Durlnjr tho last year five thousand dollars worth of new machinery had been placed in the building, and only a few days a;;o a two-thousand-dollar machine was atlrVd and another valuable machine had only Just arrived and was not yet put In place. Among the products destroyed was the ek-ctrle plant for the new Stevenson building. This was In the course of construction and was well tinder way. To cover the heavy loss there wa lnFeranee only to the extent of ?t.(), of which was on the building, placed through John Woe her. and Jjo.ouo on stock it nd machinery, placed through tho agencies of Gregory & Appel and the Union Trust Company. A detailed statement of the insurance follows: On Building. German-American $.1,000 London and Lancashire 3,000 On Stock and Machinery. New York Underwriters' $2 0c0 Milwaukee National l.i)

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Struck hy n Falling Ax. Robert HIggins, forty-one years old. was slightly Injured yesterday evening while at work assisting In tearing down the walls of th burned Park Theater. A workman iUve him dropped an ax and It struck ljlSSlns- a plancinR Mow cn the lu-;;d. The city urnbulaiice removed him to the Miy Hospital. wIitp ihf wound was dressed HlKglns wtnt home 0:1 a Mrtet c;ir and said he would be rcadv to go to work totiay. He hoards at .Vjl We-t Washington street. AnlieuMer-lltioeli Hock lleer. The delicious lock beer brewed by th Anheuscr-iJusch ilr--vh:;r Association win t5 on tap '-!;. v. I'xmily trade supplied in bottltd. TUt phone ICS". J. L- UIELEIL Manager.

In about, a month every house in town will have a new street number. Incidentally people will suffer no end of annoyance by the change from the system of iifty to one hundred numbers to the block, but It Is believed that In the course of a year or so those who have not in the meantime lost their minds getting accustomed to the new system will rind it much more convenient and satisfactory than the old. In ten days the work of distributing the new number plates will be commenced by the city engineer's forces, as the Board of Public Works yesterday award-d the contract to Fertlg i Keevers at the rate of W) a thousand for the number plates. The first thousand aro to be delivered within ten days and the others are to be delivered at the rate of one thousand a day thereafter. The numler plato chosen is of black Japanned tin, with figures and border In gold leaf. Owing to the Irregularity with which Indianapolis, outside of the original squaremile plat. Is laid out, it is a dllHcult thing to attempt to lay down a rule whereby people may know how to lock for numbers. If blocks were of exactly tht, mmo length It would be safe to say that the new number may be ascertained by doubling the old. but under existing circumstances this rule will not hold good In the outer regions. Washington street Is the dividing line from which houses are numbered north and south, one hundred nurrbers to each block, and Meridian street Is the dividing line east and west. Cloing out East Washington street. No.. 100 will be at Pennsylvania street, 2j0 at Delaware, 300 irt Alabama, and so on. Old diO was at Noble street, which will now be two. No. 17v0 will bo at the Institution for the De:f and Dumb, corner of State avenue, foimerly No. 0. Starting west on Washington street from Meridian to the other extremity of town the change Is at the same ratio. No. 100 will be at Illinois street. No. 200 at Capitol avenue, No. 500 at West street, formerly No. LT.0. and so on west. Walking north on Meridian. Pennsylvania, Illinois or any of the old north-and-south streets the change In numbers will be eoually confusing. Many people have calculated in arriving at a number, for instance, that No. ."too would be at North street. North street will be No. Go'). When tho numerical streets are reached. Tenth street and so on north, It Is comparatively straight sailing, as Tenth street is No. luxi. Eleventh street No. llw. and so on. leaving Washington street to the nortli and going south on Meridian or other old streets the samo rule prevails. No. 1hj will be at Maryland street. No. 'JOi) at Oeorjiut Wert, etc. McCarty Mreot has Ions bctn a landmark for people hunting number?, who knew that No. 4i0 was at its cottier. The corner of McCarty on Meiluian street will now bo feOO. There is one thing to be borne in mind, and that is that streets not starting off Washington or Meridian street will noi haVH any one-hundred numbers, but will begin numbering at the number belonging to the street from which they start. Kor Instance, streets in the southeast running south from Prospect street will begin numbering from 11H, as Prospect street Is eleven blocks from Washington street. The first numbtr on old Prospect street will be lloa, as it begins eleven blocks east of Meridian street. It is not the intention to try to point out the innumerable changes, but simply to give a faint idea of those that exist. To add to the confusion, the city directory shows the old house numbers, as the change in the system was not made until after the directory was issued. The ordinance provides that both the old and new numbers on the houses shall remain for a year on thH account. Next year the directory will treat of the new numbers and names. By far the greatest annoyance the public will suffer will be with regard to the delivery of mail by the letter carriers. James Deery, superintendent or city delivery, has been at work for weeks getting a directory prepared for the use of the carriers showing both the old and new numbers of tho houses. Mr. Deery -said yesterday that after the new numbers are tacked on the houses it would greatly facilitate the rapidity of delivery ir patrons of the postal department carefully Instruct tner correspondents to use the new numbers, exercising particular care to place the word "new" before the number given. All letters recelveei. unless thus designated, will be regarded as addressed to the old numbers. This will necessarily make delay in the delivery of the letters. Supposing a letter U simply directed to 4o North Meridian street, the new number being meant when it ought to be addressed -New 4oo North Meridian street." it will be placed in the hands of the carrier delivering mall to the corner of Meridian and St. Clair streets when It ought to be delivered by the carrier delivering at Meridian and Vermont street all be-causo the word "new" was omlttcei before the number. Mr. Deerv said however, that no changes should be made un. til after the new number is delivere-d by the engineer's forces, so that the resident may have the right number when directing his correspondents how to address him. It will bo a month, at least, before all the iT lIatei? are delivered, as there are 3...000 houses in town, more or less. For this work $3,000 was appropriated. If the number of signs necessary does not exceed iicf1103-10 of 3-TOO,)' 11 wi co-t the city $1,9S0 for tho number plates alone. IMPHOVEMKXT I'ltOl'EEDINGS. Board of Work- Prepnrlng to Uct Much Work Hone Early. Although it is ttill early In the year, the Board of Public Works has started out on a vigorous campaign of now street improvements, and by the. time the frost Is all out of tho ground proceedings will be so far along that a great deal of new improvements will be completed by wheat harvest. Some of the property owners are protesting against improvements ordered. Yesterday remonstram-es were tiled against the resolution for asphalting Market and Ohio streets from East to Noble and Walnut street from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts avenue. The remonstrances have been referred to the engineer to ascertain ir a majority of property owners; are against the Improvements. If this is true it is likely they will be sent to the Council, as the board is anxious to have all downtown streets uniformly Improved. In other quarters of town property owners are asking for improvements. A petition for cement sidewalks on Senate avenue from Ohio to St. Clair street was rece ved. as well as a verbal petition for a brick alley between Missouri and West streets, from Washington to Court. no Aim of woitus hoitixe. Engineer- Paper- Ordered. For cement walks on Detroit avenue from Southeastern avenue to Bates street. For e-ement walks on New Jersey street from Twenty-second to Fall creek For cement walks, next to curb line, on New ork street from East street to Massachusetts avenue. For a sewer in the first alley west of New Jersey street from Twentv-thlrd ' to Twenty-fifth street. For a, sewer in thw first allcv west of n.itmnsltT-ctf.rom '"O"''0""" ' For cement walk on the west side of Pennsylvania street from Sixteenth to Eighteenth street. For paving with asphalt the roadway f New Jersey street from Twenty-second street to Fall creek. o m For grading the roadway and cementin and curbing the sidewalks of Twentv-third street from Central to College avenue. Petition- Filed. For cementing the walks of Senate avenue from Ohio to St. Clair street For bricking the alley between Mfssourl and Y est streets from Washington to Court street. llriiiMHtrni-t Against improving with asrphalt ihe roadway of Market street from Noble to East street. Against asphalting Ohio street from Kat to Noble street. Against asphalting Walnut street from Pennsylvania to Delaware street and from Delaware street to Massachusetts avenue. IVtltioiiM (iranted. Permitting Marion E;:st to tap private sewtr in the first alley west of Meridian street. Permitting John C. Shoemaker to rtlay brick walk on North Illinois street.

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There's nothing nev7 to bo said about tho seasons. Tho quotation

from Ililev's verso about sums up

the variableness of the three months that include tho spring: March, the same old blustering roysterer, forcing the dust down your throat ; fretful April, that baits you with 2. sunbeam, to wet you with a shower; May, playing the corpiette, hovering betwixt ilowcrs and frost ; they aro alt and always the same There's nothing new, either, in the way of spring sensations. There's the general breaking out of men, women, and children, that is as much a sign of the, season as the budding branches of the trees. Poets Break Out

in song. Beauty breaks out in caster

finery. Labor breaks out in perspiration. And tho children break out at knees and elbows, as they renew acquaintance with the. "old

brown earth " and tho rough barked trees. There arc other forms of breaking out, also, which lead to tho remark: " My blood must bo out of order," usually followed by tho sago reflection : " I must take Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and get into condition

meut. Tho peevish, fretful condition, so often accompanying lassitude and languor, aro other symptoms of tho samo need. Go through' tho spring, in tUis condition, and you discount your strength in summer and your joy in autumn. Take Ayer's Sarsaparflla and purify your

fblood ami work is a pleasure, "good

digestion waits on appetito and health on both." Sound sleep rewards sturdy labor, and life is transformed from a treadmill round of dreary duties into a ceaseless

won its way at onco into tho gooel opinion of the public by demonstration of its value in sickness and disease. It still continues to hold the esteem of the world atlarge Iut success brings imitations. Others

ihavo manufactured sarsanarillas

whoso highest boast is to bo as gooel as Ayer's. So that from time to time these facts have to bo restated : Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the original sarsaparilla. It has had fifty years of trial ard triumph.

prescribed by reputable memliers of the medical fraternity to the exclusion of other secret prepar at ions. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the remedy with a reconl. Others imitate tho remedy ; they cau't imitate the record : 50 vears of cures. "What trc say as to the merits of Ayer's Sarsaparilla would bo nothing but words, if tho statements made were not based upon cures testified to by thoso relieved of suffering, and released from the

again.

Wisdom is born of experi-

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ence. Every ono wno nas ineu 11 knows tho cleansing effect on the system of a courso of Ayer's Sarsaparilla It cleanses the flesh of eruptions by purifying tho blood. It tones up the system, It puts back into tho body tho vital force tho winter has taken away. It renovates and rejuvenates tho entire physical organism.

13ut thero aro other kinels of

breaking out which Ayer's Sarsaparilla cures. That mutinous outbreak of an enervated system against work, so often experienced in the spring, is only the symptom of an exhausted condition which demands tonic and vitalizing treat-

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holiday, in which work, in some of its form?, is tho sport in which laurels and rewards are to be won. Everybody knows tho value of sarsaparilla' as a blood purifier. Everybody ought to know that of all preparations on tho market, the most valuable, because the richest in medicinal properties, is that put up by the J. C. Ayer Co., of Lowell, Mass. Fifty year ago, it would not have been necessary to say a word in praise of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It

yers Sarsaparilla, is tho only sar-1 thraldom of disease. Hundreds of

saparilla made exclusively from

the IIomuran Sarsaparilla, specially imported by the J. C. Ayer Company because of its superior medicinal properties and healing power. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is tho only sarsaparilla that received a medal at tho World's Fair, Chicago 1S93. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the only sarsaparilla compound whose ingredients are open to the knowledge of physicians and is therefore

thousands of persons have testified

to the cures wrought by Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and these testimonials, unsought and unsolicited, are coming in every day in tho year, and have been for the past half century. Read what the people, who know by experience, say of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, as a spring medicine: "I used Ayer's Sarsaparilla last spring with great benefit, and am using it again this spring. I recommend it as an excellent blood

purifier and spring medicine." T. U. X. Cocks, Prospect, Va. "Members of our family havo been greatly benefited by your sarsaparilla. As a spring medicino 1 do not think it can bo excelled." J. C. Roberts Utica, 2S Y. "I havo used Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for tho various diseases common to the spring time, and also as a tonic for tho system. I find it to be very efficacious, and think that every one who is troubled with impurities of tho blood should try Ayer's Sarsaparilla." C. E. Jaquitii, Nashua, X. II. To get the best results from the uso of sarsaparilla, you must Get Ayer's. A little sarsaparilla flavor a little smell of sarsaparilla, and a sarsaparilla label on tho bottle, don't make sarsaparilla that cures, though it does make sarsaparilla that sell3 to those who know no better.. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the sarsaparilla that cures. One bottle of Ayer's is estimated, by those who have tried all kinds, to do the work of from three to six bottles of any other kind. It is the most economical sarsaparilla therefore, on the market because it cures quicker and at less expense. The ordinary sarsaparilla is like the old lady's weak tea it's tea all right, but you have to drink half a dozen cups to get the flavor of it. Other sarsaparillas, may by courtesy, le called sarsaparilla, but it takes too many bottles to get any result. One of the reasons for tho superiority in strength and Curative Power, of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, is tho exclusive use of the sarsaparilla imported from Honduras. The home-growing varieties of tho plant do not have the strength or the medicinal properties of the foreign plant and Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the only preparation using tho Honduran Sarsaparilla exclusively. The safe rule by which to buy sarsaparilla is this : Ask for the best and you'll get Ayer's. Ask for Ayer's and you'll get the best.

MARCH, APRIL, MAY, TAKE AYER'S SARSAPARILLA.

CAMPBELL'S QUEER CASE

nti:ri:uiii:i) Tin: ritisox to filling A IJIUMvAIlirS UltAVC

Hud Arranged to Ilei'iunp nnel Io to Cuba, but See ink 111- III In el Wife Deterred Him.

George W. Powell, foreman of the present Kranel jury, In speaking of the case of lluph Campbell, who voluntarily surrendered himself anel confessed to the crime of embezzlement, said it was the most' peculiar case he had ever known. "During my term as police superintendent." he said, "there were about twelve thousand arrests and in that number there was no case that was as peculiar as this one. I have known Campbell for twenty years and In all my acquaintance with hint I have never known that he drflnk, although hetold me to-day that he had not drawn a. sober breath for ten years. He had a most Interesting family and they are people far above the averago of intelligence. He has one son who is now about twenty-two years of age. This boy says he will provide for his mother and the family while his father is confined and I believe he will be able to do so, for he Is a hardworking, industrious boy, without a single thing against him." New Information in the case makes it one of the most remarkable that has ever occurred in this city. It was recalled yesterday that about two years ago there was a caso in the Police Court of a man who had been sentenced to the workhouse for six months, and In preference to going there had confessed to the court that he had committed a forgery that was pot known and never would be known. He offered to take the ofllcors to the place where he had passed a forged e-heck. He thought at the time that he could get the other case dismissed on the strength of his confession to a greater crime, but it turned out that the forged check hael been given in an illegal transaction and the woman who recelveei it had simply pocketeel her loss anel said nothing. He could not be convicted for giving the check to this woman for the purpose? for which It was given and o was srnt to the workhouse to serve the other sentence. While that case seemed very peculiar at the time the explanation whs so soon apparent that comment ceased. In tho case of Campbell there is an explanation of his willingness te take bis punishment for a crime that was not known and might ne ver have been known, for thcrr v.-ere not more than 'twenty stockholders and they all believed anything Campbell told them. He said yesterday in his conversation with Mr. Powell that he ialkcd tl,- matter over at homo with his wtf-" and son stud iU had agreed that tho course he had taken was the best thing that he could do. His wife went blind in childbirth ten years ;iro and since that time Campbell lias been drinking all the time, although bis appearance does not .Indicate that he was ever Intoxicated. He realized that he could not break from thei habit of drinking. He thought of going to a Kecley institute, but rejected the idea. Finally he concluded that his stealings had bet"-11 partly the result of his drinking, anel that his drinking had been partly the result of his stealings. He talked the matter over with his wife and son and all coneluded tlfcit the Inst way to cure him of drinking would bo to allow him to confess to the crime and go to the penetentiary. During the talk with Mr. 1'oweII yesterday Campbell was asked to write to Mr. Powell after being in prison about thrte months and Mr. Powell would then circulate a petition for his pardon. It seems eertain now that every member of the grand jurv and the court ollicials would si.cn such "a petition. Campbell simply replied that three months would not cur him of drirkln, hut that two years would and he would stay the entire time out. He was ai-.xiou to start for MlehiKnn City, for he said he understood that a great deal of building w;s to begin at the penitentiary soon ami his ability as a carpenter and builder would be a valuable aid in the work. "A few months ago." he said. "I made up my mi 1 to threnv everything aside and go to Cuba and join the Cuban army, where I hoped I might be lucky enoirgh to nieot si Spanish bullet. I made all arrangerrns ueecrdinglv and wi readv to start. My family then knew nothing of my trou-

bles. except that I had been drinking for a long time. I went home to take one last look at my wife, not expecting to bid her good-bye. for my going wa? unknown to her. but merely to look uji her face once more. Whn I got there and looked at that face with those poor blinel eyes the face of the woman who had been my loving wife for so many years I could not bear the thought of leaving her in that way. That was the beginning of the end. From that time I cleterrr.lneel that 1 was going to erase all and begin anew, and being here Is the linal step In the erasure." roitTi'M: c.sn iihauing.

That r.M0 Payment to He Argued in Supreme Court April 7. The Supreme Court has fixed April 7 as the day for hearing oral argument In the caso of Ell Lilly and William Fortune against the city of Indianapolis, In which an appeal was taken from the Marion Circuit Court orhe judgment giving back to the city the .m) paid to William Fortune fer services during tho O. A. It. encampment In ISI'3. The appellants are representee! by llaker & Daniels. Woollen & Woollen and Ferdinand Winter. The city is represented by City Attorney J. Li. Curtis. Ayres , Jones and Duncan, Smith & Hornbrook.

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CnmpbelPn Embeeslement Getn llee Hive Anftoclntion In Trouble. I..enora R. Johnson yesterday applied for the appointment of a receiver for the Ree Hivo Savings and Loan Association. The association is the one of which Hugh Campbell, the sel f-conf esseet embezzler, was secretary, and which has been badly crippled by his elefalcatlons. Mrs. Johnson alleges that on Oct. 17, 1S05, she ca'me irto possession of one share of stock in the llee Hive Savings and Loan Association, which was valued at $'a0. She had paid In $127.'0 and on Nev. 1. s, gave notice of hcr'infentlon to withdraw. The necessary ninety days having expired she made a further elemand for her money with no success. She states that she tinds the affairs of the association badly twisted up owing te the elefalcatlons of Secretary Campbell, which amount to J:J.000 or $1,000. and that, so far as can be ascertained the assets of the association are not more than Jl.eoo. The case will he presented in the Circuit Court this morning. 12 nil nil m KrooCm Trouble. The case of Ephraim Kroot against Sarah Kroot was dismissed yesterday in Room 1, Superior Court. Kroot brought suit against Sarah Kroot, who is his third wife, fer annulment of his marriage contract. He alleged that two years after he had married his wife he fenjnd she- had been previously married in Detroit anil her husband was still living In Canada. Kroot failed to prove hi.-, assertions and the case was elismissed by Judge McMaster. Kroot has been befeue the, public previous to this time for beating his little boy almost to death. Ho was lined by Judge Stubbs In Police Court, but appealed to the Criminal Court anel was acquitte-d by Judge McCray. A Rehenrlnc Denied. Tho Supreme Court yesterelay dcnicel the petition for a rehearlns in the Western Union tax case, In which the State received a judgment for the ree-overy of $2s.U4.20 for taxes of ISVj and a penalty of $14.0o7.10. The cases coveting taxes for previous years were appealed to the United States Supreme Ceurt.

Tin: coriiT iti:coiti.

Supreme Court. GUARDIANS SALE NOTICE VOID JUDGMENT. lS"iT2. Madison S. ( Kliason et. al. vs. Ilremnenburg et al. Affirmed. McCabe. J. 1. Where; the special lindings ttate the same facts that were set up in a paragraph of answer to which a elemurrer was overruled, the ruling on demurrer need not be considered on appeal if the correctness of the conclusions cf law and judgment based on tho special lindings is properly presented and decided. 2. A secial finding cannot present the same-question as a ruling; sustaining" a demurrer to a paragraph ef appellant's complaint. 3. An erroneous judgment or order of a court having jurisdiction is not void. I. Where a minor wife whoso hushand was a miner appeared in court with her husband and requested that the court order the sale of her land and the reinvestment of the prc-ete-ds. and the court, upon presentation of n proper petition." ordered the bind sold at private sale without notice, and the lard appraised ut !,). was accordingly sold by her rruanlian for SI.L'O. which was reinvest! In edher lands that she took possession of and still holds, she cannot recover

the land sold by her guardian, notwithstanding the sale was without notice. INSPECTION-MACHINERV-SEUVANT. 17"mS. Randolph C. C. Cleveland, Cincinnati. Chicago c St. Louis Railway Company vs. Warel. Rehearing denied. Howard. J. 1. The fact that ovrdence strongly contradicting that upon which the verdict Is based was also heard at the trial does not justify a reversal of the judgment. 2. It Is not enough that a railroad company shall provide a competent Inspector to Inspect its locomotives and other machinery: the inspection must actually be made with skill and care to relieve the company from liability for damages arising from defects. 3. The duty to Inspect machinery devolves upon the railroad comrany itself, and it cannot be rid of this duty except by causing It to be informed. 17731. Washington C. C. Louisville. New Albany & Chicago Railway Company vs. Howell. Petition for rehearing overruled. 1S0.-.S. Marion C. C. Western Union Telegraph Company vs. State. Petition for rehearing overruled. Appellate Court. NEW TRIAL AFFIDAVIT STATEMENTS OF COURT. 212o. Vigo C. C. Prudential Insurance Company vs. De Tioord. Affirmed. Henley, J. An afiulavit which states that on the morning of the dav set for the trial of a cause the court told defenelant's counsel that the case could be continued indefinitely, and he then dismissed his witnesses, and that In the afternoon of the same day the court called the ease for trial and it was heard In the absence of defendant's witnesses, who had been elischargenl In reliance upetn statements of the court, but which fails to state whether defendant had a valid defense to the action, or could present such defense at a new trial, and does not show any reason why an affidavit for a continuance was not filed Is Insufficient basis for a motion for a new trial. CONTRII1UTO HY N EG LI G E NC E KNOWLEDGE OF DEFECTS. Huntington C. C. Chicago & Erie Railroad Company vs. Lee, administrator. Reversed. Robinson J. 1. An allegation that the plaintiff's decedent was Injured by catching his foot between some wires used in operating an interlocking switch and a ra II anel falling before a moving car and that "the wires were so tmall and so near the ground that they were not perceived by the decedent before he was caught thereby, and that he was Ignorant of the danger, and it was not to him apparent." is not equivalent to saying that deccdent had no knowledge of the defect in the roadbed, when injured. 2. A complaint to recover for the eleath of an employe caused by the. negligence of defendant In maintaining its track and roadbed in a defective condition must aver that the dee-cdent was ignorant of the unsafe eemlition of the readbed. A general allegation that the de-cedent was free from fault, is in Itself insufficient in such a case. .1. If he knew of the defects In the roadbed he assumed the risk arising therefrom. 4. It was error to permit a witness who did not see the defendant fall to illustrate before the jury how the accident must, in his opinion, have happened. INSURANCE AGENT-NOTARY rURLIC NOTICE. :o. Delaware C. C. Shaffer rt al. vs. Milwaukee Mechanics' Insurance Company. Affirmed. Wiley. J. 1. A motion for a new trial made at the time judgment Is rendered on a verdict which was returned before the last !ay of a preceding term is too late, and an exception to the overruling ef such motion presents no ejuestion. 2. An insurance company is not lound by notice of facts which come to the knowledge of Its agent who is also .a notary public and lawyer, in the performance of professional duties not pertaining in any way te the business of his principal. 3. A provision In an Insurance policy that It should be void If the property became lnCumlered was not waived by the company merely because its agent, acting as a notary public, took an acknowledgment of a chattel mortgage on the insure-d property. Iloono C. C. Head et al. vs. Doehclman. Transferred to Supreme Court. Z'M. Elkhart C. C. First National Rank vs. Osborne et al. Motion to strike name of (ieeirce M. Ray from assignment of errors sustained! Superior Court. Room 1 John L- McMaster, Judge. Arthur G. Fosdyke vs. Mark A. Smith rt al.; note ami fore-closure. Judgment against M. A. Smith for Albert Pbiyfoot vs. John G. Harrison; damage's. Judgment for eK fondant at plaintiffs cost. Willi. im H. G resit vs. Emma Deakln ct al.: mechanic's lien. Dismissed and costs pa 11. Reiom 2 Law son M. Harvey. Judge. Mutual liond and Surety Coh.pany vs. Lucv Hill e t al. Judgment against defendart Hill for $'J.:4 and ecsts. H. J. Milligan vs. Eeiultable Trust Company; damages. Dismis.-ud by plaintiff. Room J Vinson Carter, Judge. Rutltr University vs. Eliza A. McCoy tt

al.; foreclosure. Finding and judgment against Eliza A. and William McCoy for $2.f'":.4J and costs. Thomas Rrennan vs. City Street -railroad Company; damages.' Dismissed and costs paid. Laura Fitzgerald vs. Samuel Delzell; on account. On trial by Jury. Circuit Court. Henry Clay Allen, Judge. William F. Christian vs. William Ward. Dismisse d by agreement and costs paid. H. C. Fisk & Son vs. George Singer et al. Taken under advisement. Carrie David, vs. Frederick David; suit for support. Finding for plaintiff. C. O. I'arker vs. benjamin Bernard et al. Evidence heard. A e v SnH Filed. James M. Smith vs. Eva Smith; divorce. Room 1. Joseph N. Study vs. Isaac S. Matkin et al.; to foreclose mortgage. Room 2. Emma Juddy vs. Raymond Juddy; divorce. Room 2.

PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.

Mrs. Daniels and son Thomas, who have been visiting friends here for a short time, have returned to their home In IMqua. Dr. anel Mrs. Theodore Potter have moved inte their new home on Central avenue, near Twelfth (old Butler) street. Mrs. Alfred Hovey entertained a party of chilelren yesterday aftrnoon for her children at their home on North Illinois street. Miss Eleanor Minor has gone to Bloomington for a few days, where she will be entertained by some of her old college friend. Mr. and Mrs. William M. Mason, of Denver, will ceme Wednesday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Lynch Mason, on North Delaware street. Mrs. A. L. Hoover gave a surprise party in honor of her husband's birthday Tuesday evening. The guests were entertained at progressive cinch. Miss Elizabeth Srilz left yesterday afternoon for Ijouisville to spend a few days, and later will go to Nashville to attend the wedding of her cousin. Miss Clara Jack. Mr. and Mrs. Freel Hanson were entertainers for a card party last evening at their heme on North S.nate avenue. The rooms were adorned with llowtrs for the event. Mrs. Mary Foster Boyner. of Chicago, will conduct the b sson and also give a talk before the Primary Teachers' Union at the First Presbyterian Church this afternoon at 4 ei'tiock. Mr. and 'Mrs. John E. Nichols, of St. Paul, will spend to-day with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Coojkt and Mr. and Mrs. Ogle, and will leave to-morrow for Tampa. Fla. Mrs. Niche'ls was formerly Miss Maud My its, of this city. Iist night Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt Howland. Miss Farouhar. Mr. Edward elates. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. White. Mr. and Mr. Morris Ross. Miss Emma Atkins and Mr. ;. i. Payne formed a box party at English's )pera House as the guests of the Press Club. Miss Alice SomtrviHc held a reunion for the Sketching Club yesterday afternoon, the guest eif honor being Miss I-ah Fletcher, who h;is been making her home in Denver rnd who Is spending a few weeks here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Fletcher. Miss Mamie Hognn, a pupil of Mrx. Flora Fawker, gave a piano reeital most creditably last evening at the Carlin Sc Innox rooms. Her programme embraced numltcrs by Chopin. Rubinstein and Raff. Miss Hogan was assisted by Mrs. L'uller, Mr. Duthie and Mr. S.eylor. Mrs. Ihrvey Rates entertained a few young ladies ye-sterday afternoon with a pono- he party. The cuests were askr-d to bring their fancy work, and they sat about a prettily arranged table and worked and chatted. Mrs. Bates sat at one end of the table, and her sister. Miss MCrtlndalo. at the other. In the chaling before the m one made ponoehe. a kind ef Mexican candy, and the other m.irie fudges. The company was entirely Informal and very enjoyal.de. Mrs. J. 1. DIssette. No. 3J East South street, will give a reception this evening from S to 1') o'clock in honor of Mrs. Pooley, of Oak Park. III., president of the northwestern branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Dr. Thomas, of Cincinnati, president of the Cincinnati district. W. F. M- S.. and Miss Kcmt-r. of Anderson, returned missionary from India. All the memlers of the W. F. M. S. of the East Mid West 1 ndiunajo!iH districts are Invited. The OveT-the-Tcaepps Hub met yesterday afterr.oon with Mrs. D. L. Wool. Mrs. laiiott Perkins read a paper on 'riuperstllions." and Mrs. W. C. Allen one tn "The Sup rnatural in Literature." Roth were of more than ordinary interest and provoked general conversation, which was led by Mrs. E. IS. Fulsuiu. Nearly vvtry member

contributed 'fcome thought to the afterneon s'-pU asure. There were several visitors present." The annual election was held, with the following result: President. Mrs. John W. Jones; vice pn-sldont. Mm. Allison Maxwell; secretary. Mrs. Arthur N. Dwyer; treasurer, Mrs. F. F. McCrea; executive committee. Mrs. John Randolph Rrown. chairman; Mrs. L. A. Mavity, Mrs. A.. R.Hale, 'Mrs. M. L. Haines and Mra. Henry Van Ilott. At the Monkey Show. l'rofessor" Wormwood and hi aggregation of performing monkeys will close their engagement herd to-day with two iKTformanees at 3 o'clock this afternoon and 8 o'clock this evening. For two weeks the trainer of simians and his pets havo bee n giving an entertainment at Tomllnson Hall which has delighted thousands. L.ust Saturday there was an audience of three thousand ' people, and fully two hundred were turneel away. Last night l..0i saw th snow.' and to-day th largest crowd of all Is expected. At both performances to-day Professor Wormwood promlse-s neldlt tonal attractions. Bo Bo. the lady memltey who talks, will bo put through her paces and give n an opportunity to Illustrate the. Intricacies of tho monkey eliale-ct. It is said that she po sesst-s rather more conversational ability than most cf her sex, both slmU.ii and human. ,The projectoscope will also form an Important part of the entertainment. The pictures thrown upon tho screen will Inj He lected from the professor's collection and only those which have received the most favor during the past two weeks will be shown.

He Looked for Trouble. Harry Sla ven reported to the police last night that he had be-cn assaulted by two men in Dennis Mahan's saloon and his looks elid net telie his statement. 11c whs covereel with blood. An examination of hi wounds showed that they were not of much consequence. Patrolman Whcler and Jone arreste-el Slavin and Frank Tyner. thu bartender, charging them with assault and battery. Tyner says Slav'.n came Into tho saloon looking for trouble and found It.

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