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filling it and I should not have that profound faith which I now cherish in a civilized and American manhood if I did not think so. • * * “Take now the other alternative. Suppose we reject the treaty or strike out ttie clause relating to the Philippines. That will hand the islands back to Spain, and I cannot conceive that any American should be willing to do that. Suppose we reject the treaty; what follows? us look at it practically. We continue the state of war and every sensible man in the country; every business interest desires the re-establish-mnt of peace, in law as well as in fact. At the same time we repudiate the President and his action before the world and the repudiation of the President in such a matter as this, to my mind, is the humiliation of tnc United States in the tyes of civilized mankind and brands us as a people incapable of great affairs or of taking rank where we belong, as one of the greatest of the great world powers. “The President cannot be sent back across the Atlantic in the person of his commissioners. hat in hand, to say to Spain, with bated breath: ‘I am here in obedience to the mandate of a minority of one-third of the Senate to tell you that we have been too victorious and that you have yielded us too much, and that 1 am very sorry that J took the Philippines from you.’ I do not think that any American President would do that, or that any American would wish him to. Still less do I think that any American would withdraw General Otis and his soldiers and recall Admiral Dewey from the scene of his great victory, leaving it to be said of us that we had deserted our post without an effort to repair the ruin we have made or to save the people we have freed. “When the treaty fails it could be torn to pieces, hut whether it is thrown aside or not, still we are in a state of war. and the subjects of Spain, among whom are numbered to-day the Filipinos, would he the puhllc. enemies of the United States by all the laws of nations. There, then, w-ould be the President, with the country at w ? ar with Spain, armed with the war power, which he can use unchecked as the commander-in-chief of the army and navy. The treaty commits the disposition of the Philippine Islands to Congress and to the ways and GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER. E’reth Northwesterly 'Wind* to Prevail in Indiana To-Day. WASHINGTON', Jan. 24, 8 p. m.-Forecast for twenty-four hours; For Ohio and Indiana—Generally fair; fresh northwesterly winds. For Illinois—Fair; variable winds. Local Observation* on Tnesday. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. la. m.. 29.66 30 79 North. Pt. cl’dy. .01 Tp.m..29.91 29 56 N'west. Clear. .00 Maximum temperature, 35; minimum temperature, 29. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation Jan. 24: Tern. Pre. Normal Mean - 32 .01 Departure from normal *6 —.09 Departure since Jan. 1 *ll2 *l.lß •Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, Local Forecast Official. Yesterday** Temperature*. Stations. Min. Max. 7p. m. Atlanta, Ga 42 02 42 Bismarck. N. D 12 30 26 Buffalo, N. Y 30 54 20 Calgary. Alberta 28 44 38 Cairo. 11l 32 40 54 Cheyenne, Wyo 22 30 22 Chicago, 111 ‘M 30 26 Cincinnati, 0 32 34 32 Concordia, Kan 22 46 33 Davenport, la 22 36 28 Des Moines, la 20 40 34 Galveston, Tex 38 54 52 Helena, Mont 34 40 38 Jacksonville, Fla- 54 74 58 Kansas City, Mo 24 42 42 Little Rock. Ark 28 46 • 42 Marquette, Mich 16 20 16 Memphis, Tenn 34 4040 Minnedosa, Man *l2 Moorhead, Minn .....4 Nashville, Tenn 32 44 32 New Orleans, La 40 44 44 New York 34 46 46 North Platte, Neb 16 42 34 Oklahoma. O. T 18 48 40 Omaha, Neb 24 42 38 Pittsburg, Pa 28 36 28 Qu’ Appelle, Assin 14 28 26 Rapid City, S. D 22 40 54 Salt Lake City, Utah 26 38 34 St. Louis, Mo 30 42 40 St. Paul. Minn 14 22 18 Springfield, 111 26 38 34 Springfield, Mo 39 42 38 Vicksburg, Miss 40 44 42 Washington, D. C 30 48 46 •Below zero.

Twenty=third Annual Statement of •THE PRUDENTIAL Insurance Company of America. * I „„v,.,:s j Home Office, Newark, N. J. LESLIE D. WARD, j Edgar B. ward, 1 January Ist, 1899. V. Pres’t. |2d V. President aud Counsel j ASSETS. J FORREST F. DRVDEN, ) HORACE ALLING, } Bonds and Mortgages $10,489,318.63 Secretary. ' Treasurer. Real Estate 3,557,234.29 i J < Railroad Bonds (Market Value) 9,054,906.25 WILBUR 5. JOHNSON, { JACOB E. WARD, 5 Municipal Bonds (Market Value) 3,167,718.75 s Cashier. Ass t Counsel. < u. s. Government Bonds (Market Value) 111,000.00 E. H. HAMILL, ' JOHN K. GORE, < Cash in Banks and Office 1,311,107.03 <! Med. Director. < Actuary. j Interests and Rents, due and accrued 308,243.00 J R. L. BURRAGE, EDWARD GRAY, \ Loan, on Co,lateral Securities 30,000.00 Med. Director. ( Ass't Secretary. ( Loans on Policies j 225,570.52 / i < Deferred Premiums in course of collection 632,097.95 J FREDERIC A. BOYLE, j F. H. JOHNSON, |™.C. E. BLANCHARD | GEO. B. SPEER, J Reserve on Policies $22,877,071.00 \ Sup’t of Real Estate. i Sup't S. Ord. Agencies. Capital and Surplus to Policy-holders 5,888,894.76 > W. P. WATSON Ass’t Med. Director. \ All other Liabilities 121,230.66 '—Total $28,887,196.42 The Prudential’s Record for 1898 shows remarkable gains in those Departments of its business which add Strength, Progress and Prosperity. I /ASSETS SURPLUS I IN CO ME j Increased to nearly Increased to nearly Increased to over Million Dollars | (> jAXlllioan Dollars Million Dollars j INSURANCE lIN FORCE POLICIES IN FORCE Increased to over Increased to nearly | 414: Dollars | j 8 Millions | Claims Paid During 1898 j | PAID POLICY HOLDERS Total Paid Policy Holders j On over ) / During 1898 over [, Xo date# over 4M Tliousand Policies j < o Million Dollars 8(5 Million Dollars The PRUDENTIAL wrote during 1898 over ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR MILLION DOLLARS of Insurance Apply to the Home Office for Information or to any of the undermentioned Branch Offices: T. DEMING, Sup’t, Nos. 33-34 Ingalls’ Block, Indianapolis, Ind. E. H. RILEY, Sup’t, Wallace Block, 4th and Ferry Streets, Lafayette, Ind. J. MORLEY, Sup’t, DeSoto Building, No. 29} C East Market, Indianapolis, Ind. O. P. WOODRUFF, Sup’t, Kelly-Hutchinson Blk.,Bth and Main Sts., Richmond, Ind. C. L. SELMAN, Sup’t, Decker Bldg., cor. N. Meridian and 10th Sts., Anderson, Ind. H. R. KENDALL, Sup’t, Rose Dispensary Building, 7th and Cherry Streets, D. A. SUTHERLAND, Sup’t, Postoffice Block, Columbus, Ind. Terre Haute, Ind.

practices of peace. Its rejection leaves them in the sole power of the President, subject to the usages and practices of war aione. INCONCEIVABLE. “Nobody loves better than I the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence; but my ideals do not stop there. I have beheld with amazement, the specters of w T rong-doing vrhieh have been conjured up here and charged as possible to the American people. I have been astonished to hear outside this chamber men who for three years watched unmoved the torture of Cuba, pleading with fervid eloquence for the Filipinos, just rescued by us from Spain, against the posible cruelty which Americans might inflict upon them. "Mr. President, ail this is so inconceivable to me that I cannot comprehend it. I look at this question in only one way: A great responsibility has come to us. If we are unfit for it and unequal to it, then we should shirk it and fly from it. But I believe that we are both lit and capable and that therefore v.e should meet It and take it up. If I did not have faith in the American people and their government, I would do my best to prevent the ratification of the treaty and I can see no other ground of opposition. But as I have a profound faith in both, I want to take those islands from Spain in the only way which it can be done, by the ratification of the treaty, and then leave it to the President—w’isg, humane, patriotic—to the American Congress and to the American people, who have never failed in any great duty or feared to face any great responsibility, to deal with them in that spirit of justice, humanity and liberty which has made us all that we are to-day or can ever hope to be.” Mr. Jjodge spoke for only half an hour. His delivery was earnest and his address held the attention of both senators and occupants of the galleries throughout. At the conclusion of Mr. Lodge’s speech Mr. Teller, of Colorado, addressed the Senate upon the question with respect to the constitutional powers of the government in the territories, both prior to the starting of the legislative machinery relating to the territories and subsequently thereto. His speech was a resume of the legislative acts of the Congress relating to the territories and the constitutional bearings of those acts. He w r as willing, he said, to trust the American people and the American Congress to deal carefully and honestly with any territory, however and wherever it might i'e acquired by the United States. Mr. Clay then addressed the Senate. At tho conclusion of his address there was a brief tilt between Messrs. Teller and Hoar, and the Senate, at 2:35 p. m., on motion of Mr. Davis, went into executive session, and at 5:32 p. m. adjourned. ♦ DEBATE ON THE ARMY BILL. Repre*entutive McClellan Pay* Tribute to the Regnlar Soldier. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—The debate on the army reorganization bill opened in the House to-day under an agreement by which the general debate is to run fifteen hours, exclusive of three night sessions; the vote to be taken not later than 3 o’clock next Tuesday. Practically three' propositions are before the House —the house bill providing fer a standing army of 100,000 men, the minority substitute increasing the standing army to 30,000 men and lodging with the President discretionary power to call out 50,000 volunteers for emergency service, and a to cont inue temporarily the Tegular army at its present war strength—62,ooo men. It is alsb understood that Mr. Marsh (Rep., 111.) will champion the Miles bill. Among the supporters of the majority bill there are those whom, like Mr. McClellan (Dem., N. Y.), a son of Gen. George B. McClellan, who favor a provision for a general staff made up of officers of the line so as to make the army organization responsible to a single head. The fate of the measure is still considered doubtful, though Chairman Hull and his friends profess great confidence in its passage. The debate to-day was not exciting. Mr. Hull and Mr. McClellan in support of the measure and Mr. Ha*\ of Virginia, in opposition, divided the honors. The other speakers w r ere Messrs. Par Ker (Rep., N. J.), and Brown (Rep., O.) in favor, and Messrs. Cox (Dem., Tenn.), Bell (Pop., Col.), and Latham (Dem., Tex.), against it. When the House went into committee of the whole Mr. Hull opened the debate in advocacy of the hill in a brief speech. He craved the indulgence of the House at the outset for the limited speech he should

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make. His recent illness, he said, had left him physically' unequal to an extended effort. For years, he nad been a supporter of a reorganization and an increase in the regular army. Now with the territory gained from Spain for which we were responsible and the responsibility from which wo could not shirk, the increase became a. necessity. The bill fixed no maximum strength for the entire army, but under the organization would permit of a strength of 100,000 men. The bill could be amended if desirable so as to provide a minimum in the discretion of the President of 50,000. He explained briefly the organization of the various branches of the service. Mr. Hull declared that the present situation was a dangerous one. We were confronted with grave responsibilities even though w f e held the Philippines temporarily. No one could tell what would happen in thirty days. We could not afford to sacrifice efficiency to economy. He declared that the proposal to continue the present strength of the regular army (62,000) until 1900 was a miserable makeshift and a piece of folly. He thought a spirit of patriotism demanded that this Congress should legislate to meet the present condition as it found it. Mr. Cox, a member of the committee, replied to Mr. Hull. He directed his argument against the main proposition to increase the army to 100,000. If we needed such a standing army in time of peace something must have gone radically wrong with our institutions. No power on earth wanted war with us. There could be no motive unless wo invited it. Mr. McClellan followed in support of the bill. He did not speak in a spirit of partisanship. he said, but he considered the crying need of the hour, the reorganization of the army. In the course of his speech he paid a beautiful tribute to the regular soldier. “You are doubtless familiar with the cartoon representing a soldier returned from the war, lionized by a group of citizens.” he said. “ ’Are you one of the heroes?’ asked a young lady as she grapsed his hand. “ ’No,’ replied the soldier, ‘I ain’t no hero; I’m a regular.’ “There is more truth in that one sentence than in all the treatises on war rolled into one,” continued Mr. McClellan. “Not heroes in their own estimation, only regulars. The United States regular does his work quietly, silently, without fuss and without bluster. Whether it is freezing in the deserts of Arizona or sweltering in the jungles of Siboney; whether it is suffering for want of sufficient food; whether it is dying of yellow fever or cholera or being shot to pieces by Indians or Spaniards, he takes it all with the same hearty cheerfulness, with the same cool bravery, for it is all part of the work of the regular. The regular asks no thanks for doing his duty. But he asks, and has a right to expect, that you will make him an efficient instrument. “ ‘And to God be the thanks, For the men in the ranks: Let the line be black or white, For the men at arms, who stand on guard, And keep the flag in sight.’ ” Mr. Hay. a member of the committee, then took the floor in opposition to the bill. He said this country had depended in every crisis upon the volunteers and he considered such an army the peer of raw recruits, with the advantage that when their services were not needed they could be mustered out and millions in taxes saved the people by making it unnecessary to maintain a large standing army. He did not believe such a large army necessary or such a vast expenditure of money justified. After further debate the House took a recess till 8 p. m. There were only eighteen members present at the night session, but the galleries were thronged. The evening was devoted to set speeches. The principal one was made by Mr. Simpson (Pop., Kan.), in opposition, to the bill. I’niier* Rend by Prison Reformers. NEW ORLEANS, La.. Jan. 21.-The Prison Reform Congress continued its session to-day and opened with an interesting paper by Dr. Blake, of Alabama, on the necessity of separating prisoners afflicted W'ith consumption from other inmates of penal and reformatory institutions. Mrs. Ellen T. Johnston, superintendent of prisons for women in Massachusetts, discussed very ably the question of providing separate prisons for women, and gave the result of the alteration of the Massachusetts law on the subject. The thanks of the congress were tendered to her. Mrs. Adine Mitchell, of California, afterwards read a paper on the working of the Whittier Reformatory for Girls. One of the interesting papers of the day was that of Miss Thom, of Alabama, who described the re’sults of her successful efforts to establish and maintain a reformatory for colored girls. Three Victim* of n Collision. DUBUQUE, la.. Jan. 24.—A collision between two Chicago & Great Western freight trains at North Hanover, 111., resulted in the death f Engineer Alex. Thompson, Fireman Michael Devereaux and Brakeman Vanderburg. The wreck was caused by a misunderstanding of orders.

A TRUST COMPANY SUES RECEIVER ASKED FOR A “DIETER--ICH SYNDICATE” COMPANY. Action Grow* Ont of Peru Ga* Litigation—Defendant* in New* Case File Appeal Bond. Attorneys Ayres & Jones, for the American Bonding and Trust Company, of Baltimore. filed in the Federal Court yesterday an application for a receiver for the Loganspert and Wabash Valley Gas Company, commonly known as the “Dieterich syndicate,” which also controls the Indianapolis Gas Company and many other gas plants over the country. The object of the trust company’s suit, the bill relates, is to make itself secure in the matter of its being liable for bond tiled for the gas company in the latter’s suit for an injunction to restrain the city of Peru from decreasing the natural gas rates. This litigation has been carried to the United States Supreme Court. The failing of the natural gas supply plays a large part in the trust company’s action against the gas company, and the bill also makes allegations regarding the gas syndicate’s financial policy. It will be remembered that the city of Peru, a year ago, passed an ordinance reducing the rates to he paid for natural gas, and at the time charges against various members of the Council w r ho voted against the measure were rife and created a sensation. Public mass meetings were held and the sentiment of the people of Peru ran high. The gas company tiled application for injunction and the United States district Court granted a temporary restraining order against the enforcement of the ordinance. The District Court refused to grant a permanent injunction, and the Dieterich syndicate appealed to the United States Supreme Court, where the matter is now awaiting decision. The Baltimore Trust Company, it is said, refused to become the syndicate’s surety for the appeal bond, and the American Surety Company, of New York, took the contract. The Baltimore Trust Company is surety for the original injunction bond, filed to secure the city of Peru, in case the syndicate’s suit failed, for the difference in the gas rates charged by the gas company and the decreased rates set by the ordinance. That is, if the gas company failed in its fight against the city it would be "legally” forced to return to the city the amount of the difference in rates paid during the time the restraining order was granted and the time the appeal was taken. This amount is about $22,000, and the trust company is liable for it if the gas company fails to pay it. The trust company’s bill for receiver alleges that the capital stock of the gas company is $1,750,000, invested in the plants of the company and constitutes a mortgage held by the stockholders against the company. There is now' an accumulation of profits, the bill goes on to charge, and the directors are preparing to distribute it in dividends to the stockholders, and, furthermore, the supply of natural gas is weakening so rapidly that the value of the source of product of the company, as well as the value of the plants, is constantly decreasing. A demand of the trust company that the gas syndicate deposit with it $25,000 as indemnity was refused, the bill alleges, and the trust company asks that a receiver be appointed to prevent the distribution of the accumulation of profits and secure the trust company from danger of losing $22,000. NEWS BOND FILED. The Plaintiff Object* to the Form of It —Question of Supersedeas. In the Indianapolis News litigation yesterday the defendants, Charles R. Williams and Delavan Smith, through their attorneys, filed an appeal bond from the decision of Judge McMaster as tor the rights of the plaintiff, Major W. J. Richards. The bond is in the sum of $50,000, with the American Surety Company, of New York, as surety. The plaintiff in the suit filed objections to

the form of the bond. It is probable that It will be withdrawn to-day and a different bond filed. Judge Me Master was yesterday afternoon unwilling to discuss the problem of whether the filing of the bond postponed the sale of the News property. He said that this was a mooted question in the minds of the attorneys that might come before him for judicial decision and that until that contingency arose he did not care to say anything on the question. The contention of the attorneys for the defendants is that the appeal l>ond stops all further proceedings—that it acts as a writ of supersedeas, in fact. On the other hand, the attorneys for the plaintiff assert that the filing of the appeal bond does not hinder the sale < rdf red by the Superior Court and that it must go on. Police Court Cases. In Police Court yesterday Otis Harvey, convicted of petit larceny, was lined $lO and sent to the workhouse for ISO days. William Capito, Homer Terhune and Dela Montague, charged with robbing Sagalowski Brothers’ junk shop, on West Washington street, were l>ound over to the grand jury. “Lucky" Morgan, arrested by Detectives Asch and Dugan for complicity' in the robbery of Charles Denker’s clothing store, on Virginia avenue, waived examination and will await the grand jury's action. He lives at 1720 Raymond street. Sues Telephone Company. Tayior McAfee brought suit yesterday against the Central Union Telephone Company for SI,OOO damages. He alleged that the company was making certain repairs or extensions on its lines on Thirteenth street, between Pennsylvania and Meridian streets, and that as a result of those repairs the company had wires hanging down across the street. The plaintiff, who was driving a wagon along the street, as he alleges, i-orle against the wire and was dragged from his wagon, receiving injuries that were n ost severe. Suit to Quiet Title. Joseph C. Woodruff, in the Superior Court, yesterday brought suit to quiet his title to seventy-two lots in this city, which be holds by succession from an administrator’s sale. The defendants are Annie M. Jeck and ether heirs of Jacob Birkenmayer, who died and whose will was probated in 1860. The court is asked to quiet the plaintiff’s title to construe tiffs old will in his favor. He charges that the defendants allege that the administrator’s sale under which he holds title was defective. Ingnrt Wins tlie Suit. In Justice Smock’s court yesterday the suit of George R. Morris and others against Philip Ungart for commission on a realestate transfer was decided in favor of the defendant. The only witnesses examined were the plaintiff and defendant. A time limit had been fixed by the defendant, the latter claimed, which was exceeded by the plaintiff, who afterward claimed his fee. Justice Hay’s Court. The suits of John W. Johnston, receiver of the Farmers’ and Citizens’ Live-stock Insurance Company, against Fred Blackwell and C. C. Perkins were both won by the defendants in Justice Hay’s court yesterday. Administrator Appointed. The Union Trust Company was yesterday made administrator of the estate of Louisa J. Brown and Wilbur A. Browder, of the estate of Mary Schwake. * THE COURT RECORD. Supreme Court. 18321. White vs. Fatout. Marion S. C. Affirmed. Jordan. J.—When the error assigned is the action of the lower court in sustaining a demurrer to the complaint this court will affirm the judgment when the complaint is not in the record. 18262. Culberson vs. Knight. De Kalb C. C. Affirmed. Hadley, J.—l. In assessing the benefits to be derived from a public drain under Section 5656, Burns R. S., 1894, public health, public convenience and public utility are fundamental considerations, and which, with all other subjects that affect the value of the land, must be counted on by the viewers in determining the question of benefits. Whatever will come to the land from the drain to make it more valuable for tillage, or more desirable as a place of residence, or more valuable in the general market should be reckoned as benefits, and such questions arise without reference to whether the drain actually reaches the land and receives the water directly from it. 2. The mere fact that land is sufficiently high above a proposed drain that the water may be successfully discharged upon lower lands

will not exempt such land from an assessment for benefits in establishing such drain. 18362. Givan vs. Masterson. Vigo S. C. Petition for rehearing overruled. 19595. Town of Whiting vs. Doob. Lake C. C. Rehearing granted. 18635. City Railway Company vs. Citizens' Street-railroad Company. Hamilton C. C. Rehearing granted. Appellate Coart. 2533. Stowers vs. Citizens’ Street-railroad Company. Marion S. C. Affirmed. Cornstock. J.—l. A special verdict must find suefi facts as entitle the party bearing the burden of proof to a judgment. 2. To entitle a party to a judgment for personal Injuries received by the negligence of the defendant the special verdict must show that the plaintiff received the injuries complained of through the fault of the defendant and without contributory negligence on his part. 3. A traveler approaching a street-railway crossing is bound to use the caution of an ordinarily prudent person and employ his natural senses to discover approaching danger. 2663. State ex rel. Creighton vs. Carlisle. Pike C. C. Affirmed. Henley. J.—l. A proceeding in bastardy is a civil action, and justices of the peace have complete jurisdiction to hear and determine such cases, and a judgment rendered by a justice therein is a bar to all prosecutions for the same cause. 2. Fraudulent representations, to be available, must relate to an existing or past fact. 3. Fraud cannot be predicated upon mere promises to do something in the future, although such promise be fraudulently made and afterward broken. 4. Although a judgment Is obtained by fraud, it cannot be set aside without the person securing benefits therefrom refunding or offering to refund the money realized thereon. 2790. Citizens’ Street-railroad Company vs. Ballard. Marion S. C. Affirmed. Robinson, J.—l. Where the jury finds as a fact that there is no evidence tending to show what care a person was using in driving along the street at the time he was injured such fact is not necessarily a finding that the evidence does not show that he was exercising any care. 2. It is the duty of a street-railway company to keep its tracks in such condition as not to render the highway unsafe for the public, regardless of any privilege granted or attempted to be granted by the public authorities, and this duty continues as long as the highway remains a public highway, no matter within what jurisdiction it may be. 3. When the finding of the jury is supported by some evidence* the verdict must stand. 2637. Hench vs. Eacock. Tippecanoe C. C. Petition for rehearing overruled. 2945. Osborn vs. Ice Company. Starke C. C. Transferred to Supreme Court. Snperior Court. Room I—John L. MeMaster, Judge. John Mcßride vs. Herman Wernberg; damages. Jury found for defendant. Samuel Ebert vs. C., C., C. & St. L. Railway Company; damages. Dismissed for want of prosecution. . Cartherina Ward vs. Margaret Twyman; damages. Plaintiff dismisses at her cost. Room 2 —James M. Leathers, Judge. Edw'ard F. Brown vs. the Citizens’ Streetrailroad Company. Evidence concluded. Argument being heard. Room 3—Vinson Carter, Judge. Arthur Beard vs. the Indianapolis Gas Company; damages. On trial. Circuit Court. Henry Clay Allen, Judge. Samuel Bernhardt vs. Ella Bernhardt; divorce. Dismissed by plaintiff. Judgment against plaintiff for cost's. Ambrose J. Herron et al. vs. Lorena Barnett; to foreclose mechanic’s lien. Submitted to court. Evidence heard. On motion of Attorney David S. Gooding, Frank Hendricks is admitted to the bar. Criminal Court. Fremont Alford, Judge. State of Indiana vs. Edward Trump. John Riley, Fred Wilson and Edward Smith; grand larceny and burglary. Smith and Riley fined $1 and sentenced to Indiana Reformatory from one to fourteen years; Trump and Wilson fined $1 and sentenced to workhouse for six months. New Suits Filed. Lucretin Starr vs. Charles Adam Starr; divorce. Room 1. Rusha Snider vs. Charles A. Clark, justice of the peace; mandamus. Room 1. John T. Pugh vs. Bertha Pugh; divorce. Room 2. Joseph C. Woodruff vs. Annie M. Jeck et al.; to quiet title. Room 2. James W. Allen vs. Ella Madge Allen; divorce. Room 3. Barbara A. Green vs. John W. Green; dtvr rce. Room 3. Taylor McAfee vs. Central Union Telephone Company; damages. Room 3. The annual reunion of District VII of Beta Theta Pi fraternity will be held in the parlors of the Denison House on Friday afternoon of this week, at 5 o’clock. A banquet will be served at 6:30 o’clock. All Betas are invited to be present at these meetings.

WILLIAM HUFF’S DEATH * THE POLICE CHARGE THAT HIS SOS EDWARD CAUSED IT. The Young Man Arrested and Questioned Closely—Denies that He Quarreled with Hl* Father. Edward Huff, 2411 Bond street. North Indianapolis. was arrested iast night by Detectives Colbert, Hyland, Gerber and Morgan, and is charged with causing the death of his father, William Huff. The latter died at his home on Bond street at 3:15 o’clock yesterday morning from injuries received about 8 o’clock the evening before. The first intelligence of the elder Huff’s death was brought to Ills wife by young who assisted in carrying the body to the house. The father did not recover consciousness after he was found, but a great lump over one eye, which might have been inflicted with a blunt instrument, gave the clew to the police that led to a thorough investigation by the coroner. The family accounted for Huff’s death by the theory of heart disease, several attack* of which they said he had suffered. But the coroner thought differently and claimed that death was due to a blood clot on the brain produced by a contusion. The contusion was in such a position that it wal hard to see how it could have been inflicted in a fall. The heart was normal, the autopsy showed. The detectives claim they have evidence not yet given out which, coupled with the circumstantial evidence pointing to a patricide, justified them in arresting young Huff. William Huff had apparently be-en gathering coal along the railroad tracks. A small basket and a large lump of coal were found at the side of the body. Edward Huff came home about 8 o’clock—earlier than usual, the police say—and asked where his father was. On being told that he had gone out but a few minutes before, he said lie had passed a man lying on the ground groaning near the Big Four tracks, one square south of the depot and within fifty yards of the house. It is said that his mother assured him that it could not be hl3 father, but lie insisted on her accompanying him back to see. They found the old man just as the son had described him, moaning and unable to move, and carried him to the house. The detectives say that the mother claimed her son had demanded to know what she was crying for, and showed no feeling in the matter. The officers have collected information regarding quarrels between the father and son that will, they believe, bear out their action in arresting young Huff. When brought to police headquarters at 7 o’clock last evening Huff was put through a rigid questioning, and, while denying any connection with the affair, is said to have faltered in the cross-examination. He is twenty-three years old and seemed more distressed by the fact that he was hungry than by the magnitude of the crime with which he was charged. Both he and his father were laborers, but have been out of work much of the time lately. He protested his willingness to “swear on a stack of Bibles as high as the courthouse" that he was “innocent as a bird that flies.” He denied that he had ever quarreled with his father, but the detectives claim his mother told them he had words with both his father and her. Huff declares he had no dispute with his fathec-on Monday evening, and on this point the officers have not yet made public their discoveries. William Huff leaves four daughters besides his wife and son. Their home Is on the outskirts of North Indianapolis, west of the canal. *le was fifty-six years old. The injury to his head extended clear around one side of his head, starting over the right eye, and such, the coroner said, as might have been inflicted with a “loaded” piece of hose or a sandbag. Just beneath the heart there was another contusion, such as might have been inflicted by a kick, and causing another blood clot which was found in the right ventricle. Either clot was sufficient to have caused death. The Grip Attack* the Heart First, the weakest part of the human system. If your heart is affected. Grip may mean certain death. Fortify your heart by Heart Chocolates, and save your life. 50c. All druggists,