Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 January 1902 — Page 8

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TJITC INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. SATURDAY. JANUARY 1. 1002.

VITAL STATISTICS JAN. 3.

ISirth. OI!ef anl Nellie farv. K2 Unim treet. p!r!. Alv'.n S. r. 1 lahe!le Ickari. H!3 North New Jerwy trrt. pir!. Js-j.!i aihl hicHa Angle. 51 Chadwick street, ber. Ctiarlc and Ann KzerV n. 1S South IVnnylvjinia Mreet. Kir!. William and Maria NVmimel. 220 West Vermont trft. Albert and Mi.ir.i Kn. Sil Douglass avfnu, girl. Charle3 aril LHlie Williams. lr:i Teck street. Mnrriaee License. Eddie Critten!en ani Cjnth!a Green. Deaths. I.'ie:ia Murray, eixtj-three, Olner, II!., hemcrrndg'. llmry J. Sibert. eighty. 123 We?t Arizona ftret. eni!itr. LIM Itodurtha, nineteen. II 3 1 1 ill avenue, convulsion?. Iaura Dickson, fiftj-four. 2213 Rural street, hart f;i--ae. hrit!r. ytHnkrug' r. eighty-one. 1113 East Vaih!ntcn street, fill age. Lulu Ited. thirty-two. ity. consumption. MONUMENTS. MONUMENTS A. Diener. 413 E. Washington. Te:. 2222. Dranch works L. entrance Crown Hill. FUNERAL DIRECTORS. FLA NN ER & BUCHANAN (Licensed embalmers.) Can ship diphtheria ar.d scarlet fever. Lady embalmer for ladles and children. 22? North Illircls street. Telephone 611. new and oil. Old 250. t:. E. KUEOELO. FUNERAL DIRECTOR, 223 N. Delaware Et. Sew ZiA. TUTEW1LER & SON. Undertakers. 124 W. Market at. Tel. 218. FOR SALEHEAL ESTATE. HEAL ESTATE List ycur real estate with W. A. GREYER, 405 Majestic lildg. FOR HEXT IIOI SC3. KO: RENT S list at Hl E. Market; ground n.-.-ir. CUDiOltY & APPEL. i'ult HE N T S 1 x - r ex . m house : tath furnace. Near 15 school. 15 When block. FOR RE M-31 1 S C E I . L A X KOLS. FOR RENT Typewriters: high-grade machine; prices reasonable. Call on us. UNITED TYPEWRITER AND SUPPLIES CO.. W Monument nlace. FLUX ACES. FURNACES Rollyn Hawkins can overhaul your furnace ar.d make It heat your house. He has mad this particular lino of work a special tudy. Can furnish references from some of the 1-est people 'n the city. Office. 111-116 Virginia av. Old new 2tS. ür.TISTIt.Y. DENTISTRY J. II. P.LOOR. Dentist. Room 414. Lemcke building. Telephone, new 143. DENTISTRY Dr. S. F. Ear hart, painless dentist. by the systematic treatment. llVs W. Wash. at.. Iron block, opp. 11. P. Wasson & Co. INSURANCE. INSURANCE Insure your home In the Royal Insurance Company. W. A. GREYER, 4o5 Majefctlo Bldg. INSURANCE WM. O. ANDERSON. Fire and Tornado Insurance. New Telephone 2U1. 22 Law Building. AlCJTION SALES. AUCTION SALE Of orjran. furniture, carpets. stoves, etc.. will b sold this (Saturday) morning at 3:30 o'clock, at my room. No. 215 W. Washington it. ; lour choice oak. walnut and decorated bedroom suite?; jrlass front safe; oak extension table: ane-at iining chairs; sociable, rockers, chairs, ingrain carpets, dressers, w ashstand.1; all-cotton and cotton-top mattresses; bedsteads, cook and heating Moves; bed springs, stands; also one parlor organ in gxl order; tale mds; also one parloi sitive. G. W. MTU po ;RDY, Auctioneer. STORAGE. bTORAGE INDI-LS WAREHOUSE CO. V. E. Kurtz. Pres. 11. A. Crossland. Mgr. 517-523 S. Penn. Telephones 1343. We STORE. PACK and HAUL. bTOUAGE The Union Transfer and Storage Company, corner East Ohio street and Beeline tracks; only first-class storage solicited. Crating and packing of household goods a epecialty. SPECIAL FREIGHT RATES on shipments of household good to Pacific coast and other Western points. NOTICE. NOTICE JOSEPH GARDNER, galvanized iron cornices and ekylight; tin. Iron, steel and tlate rooflr.g and hot air furnaces. 33 Kentucky ave. Telephone 322. NOTICE If In need of secona-nand building material of any description call on or 'phone Tliü INDIANAPOLIS WRECKING CO., 1015 Cornell av. New 'I'hone 25SS. Oi D BUILDINGS BOUGHT AND TORN DOWN. I NOTICEAll advertisements Inserted In these columns are charged at very low rate of I cents a line. No additional charge per line for blank or dash lines. Telephone ZMi and your ad will be called for. FINANCIAL. LOANS Money on mortgage. C. F. SAYLEa y Eist Market street, i IN AN CI AL Money t loan; lonir time; lor rate; no comrulxilon. D. W. COFFIN. 42 Lorahsrd building. b I.NA.NCIAL-Private money to loan on real estate, with privilege of prepayment. W. A. GREYER. 405 Majestic Bldg. i- iNANCIaL First-mortgage loans on Improve. Indianapolis property; lowest rates: privilege Of Frepnynrnt. SPANN A CO.. .43 E. Market. FINANCIAL Keai estate loans; not less than SI. 000 promptly made on approved securities at lavorabie rates and terms; large loan, solicited. O. E. FlFIELD. 10C2 Majestic building. LEGAL All VERTISE31ENTS. SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of a certified cupy of a decree to r directed from the clerk of th Marlon Circuit Court of Marlon county, Indiana, in caust No. ll:03. wh.-rttn Walter J. Hul.-bard is plaintiff and Henry C. Jordan -t til. are defendants, requiring me to make the ?u:tis of money In said tiecret provided and In tho manner and form as therein provided, with interest and costs. 1 will expose at public sale to the highest bidder, on Saturday, the isth day of January, r;2, b'tvii-n the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and I o'clock p. m. of said day. at th dour of the courthouse of Marion county, Indiana, the rents and profits f,.r a term not exceeding seven years, of the following ral estate in Marlon county, Indiana: Lot number thirty-thre (ZZi. In Keystone Park, an adlitioii to the city of Indianapolis. If jeh rents and profits will not eil for a sufficient sum to sati.-fy said decree, with Interest anl 'ots, 1 will, at the same time and place, expote to pu'oli' sale the fee simple of said r-:il ttate. or so much th- reof as may be sufficient to discharge said decree. Said -sale will le made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. EUGENE S.Vl'U'Y, Dee. 2"!. l'.MH. Sheriff of Marion county. J. Lyman J.mts, attorney for plaintiff. SHERIFF'S SALE. By vlitue of a cN-tiri-d copy of a decree to xne directed from the clerk of the Marion Circuit Court of Marion county. Indiana, in cause No. 64J. 'Ah rein John I. Beezley is plaintiff and Jacob Leonard et al. are defendants, requiring me t - make the sum of twenty-nine dollars and lshteen cnts itJj.lM, as provided for In said decree, with interest and costs I will expose at purds- sale to the highest bidder n Saturday, the lsth dny of J muary, 1'2, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. an 1 4 o'clock p m. of said iiey. at th door of the courthouse of Marlon eour.ty. Indiana, the rents and profits for a term r.ot exceeding sven years, of the following real estate in M.uton county, mCtana: Lot nurntxr thirty-nine iTi, in square number three (3). anl lot number eleven (ill. in .puare number four I4. in Hardesty's subdivision or Jones" addition to th city f Indianapolis If such rent and profit will n t se;i fcr a sufclent f'Jm to satisfy sail deere. With interest and costs. I will, at th name time and place xroe to public sa! th fee simple of said real estate, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to discharge said decree. Sal I sal will bo made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. EUGEN!! SAUITY. Dee. 2 lil. SherifT ,.f Marion county. Georjre K. Perrin. attorney for plaintiff. MTTiri: OP STOCKHOLM Hits 3IEETN dice 1 herrly Kiven th.1t the annual meeting ef th- tx-kh !Jer r.' th t'ni..n National SavIr.lts and Loan Ajwu-intmn will m-rur at ,t, f f fee. No. Ii.'.". Ei.-t !ii. str et. I n I iani ; s lr..j r.:; Saturday Jan. 11. V-t'J, at 2 o' I .,k p. rn ' " Un.n National s;;jvirii; H n 1 bun Ass.clatlon . 1. UNSI.KY. Secretary. ' NOTICE OF STtM-IillOLIlEIIS'MEKTl IMi. Nettie la hereby iven th.it t!i- annual ru-etinc cf t stock honors of the l'm,,n National Savings and Loan Aj.oei.u. N 2. will rxeup at Its ofT.ce, No. I ü Ea5t nh.,, stre-:. jr. diana polls In 1 . c-ti .-aiumii, jun. ji. ir;, at v 0-olo, k j I nion Nutionai i-ivm? ai.d L a'i Association No. Z. J'y orJer. u. r. EN.-'LEV. s.-crury. '

JOIH.VAL HLSIXESS nUtLCTOHY. KLI'VATORS Passenger and fre'.ght. Repairs and kurpüe. nv'K' V co . 'Phones New 3170: old Z2"l. i-loi:ijts BEKTEItMANN DROS.. New No. ZW Mas, av.. 22S N. Del. at. Tel. UP. Oi'TICIAN ItOt;.SK & J1AYHEW, Practical Opticians. 1C Monument ilace. English Hotel block.

i'ATENT LAWYERS i:. T. SILVIUS & CO.. lis N. Pennsylvania itFree pamphlets an3 consultation. THOMAS R. BELL. Consulting engineer and patent solicitor. 4 Ingalls block. Indianapolis. V. H. LOCKWOOD, pamphlet or any general ! information free of charge. 415-413 Lemcke KulIJing. UEJTAUItANTS STE';ME1R liROS.. Oyster and Chop House. 13 X. Illinois st. Both 'phones 7G. SALE AND LI VERT STABLESHORACE WOOD. (Carriages. Traps. Buckboards, etc. ) 25 Circle. Tel. 1097. STOVE REPAIRS THE PEERLESS FOUNDRY CO.. "10 Meek at. Nw y.hr.n ?402. WALL I'APKKS H. C. STEVENS. New Style Wail Paper. Low prices. S20 N. Senate av. Tel. 2 on 25S1 I l'NERAL DIRECTORSFRANK BLANCH ARD. 33 N. Delaware st. Tel. 41L Lady attendant. CHURCH -NOTICES. HnntlMt. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH-Northeast corner New York and Pennsylvania streets. The Rev. Thomas J. Villers, pastor. Bible school, 'J.'M a. m. i"reaehing by the pa.itor at 11 a. m. Communion and reception of new members. H. Y. 1. I'., H:3) p. ni. Sermon by the pastor at 7:30 p. m. Midweek services Thursday evening. The public invited to all of our services. Chrlstlun. CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH Corner Delaware and Walnut streets. Rev. Allan B. Philputt, pastor. Services to-morrow at 10.45 a. m. ami 7:45 p. m., conducted by the pastor. Sunday school at 9:20 a. m. Christian Endeavor Society at 6:30 p. m. Junior Society at S a. m. Annual business meeting of the congregation Thursday at 7:30 o'clock. Reports of the work of the various departments of the church will be made. Every one welcomed to all these services. Congregational. PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHServices held in the templo, corner Delaware and Tenth streets. II. C. Meserve. pastor. Residence, 1411 Park avenue. a:3u a. m., Sunday school; io:45 a. m.. morning worship, with M-rmon by the pastor; 7:30 p. m., organ recital by Mr. K. li. HirRe; 7:45 p. m.. fourth illustrated lecture from Tissot's life of Christ. For further details see advertisement on last page of this paper. seats free. All are welcome. 3IethodIst. CENTRAL-A VENUE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Corner Central avenue and Twelfth street. Sermons at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by the. pastor. Kev. II. W. Kellogg. D. D. Subject of morning sermon, "The Answer to the Vision." Evening sermon, "The Influence of RellKlon in the Building of Character the Life of David." Service of communion follows morning sermon. Sunday school at S:2 a. m. Kpworth league at 6:3u p. m., led by C. F. Coffin. All are welcome. MERIDIAN-STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH The pastor. Rev. Joshua Stansfleld. will preach at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Epworth League at 6:45 p. m. Midweek prayer service Thursday evening at 7:45 p. m. ROBERTS PARK M. E. CllURCH-Comer Delaware and Vermont streets. Sunday services: General class meeting, 9 a. m. Preaching, H a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by the pastor, Dr. C. E. Bacon. Morning subject, "Ten Most Important Days." Epworth League, 6:30 p. m. Revival services each eve-ning next week, conducted by tho pastor, to which all are invited. Presbyterian. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH North Alabama street, near Fifteenth street. The pastor. Rev. M. L. Haines. D. D., will preach to-morrow at 11 a. m. Sunday school meets at i:30 a. m. Society Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p. m. Midweek prayer and conference meeting on Thursday evening at 7:45 o'clock. All ar cordially invited. SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Corner Pennsylvania and Vermont streets. Preaching, 11 a. rn. and 7:3o p. m. by Rev. Canfleld Jones, of Erie, Pa. Sunday school. 9:45 a. m. Dr. De Motte's Bible cla?s for deaf mutes at 7:30. Mayer Chaixrl Corner West and Catherine streets. The Rev. Samuel Sawyer in charge. Preaching at 7:30 p. m. Sunday school, 2:30 p. m.. Edward I. Matthews superintendent. Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening at 7:30. TABERNACLE CHURCH Corner Meridian and Eleventh streets. Rev. J. Cumming Smith, D. D., pastor. Preaching at 11 a. m. Sunday school. 9:45 a. m. Communion service, 7:15 p. m. Preparatory service in chapel at 7 p. m. Cnlversallst. THE CENTRAL UNIVERSALIST CHURCH Corner of New Jersey and Fifteenth streets. Rev. Marion Crosley, pastor. Preaching services to-morrow at 10:45 a. m. Morning subject, "The New Theoloy and th Xew Life." Ereeptlon of members. Evening theme, "The Creation, the Bible and Geology." The communion service at 7:30 p. m. Sunday school, 9:3J a. in. WANTED 3IALE HEU. WANTED Harness makers on all grades of harnoss. Steadv employment the year round. THE COLUMBUS CARRIAGE AND HARNESS aiMPANYColumbus, O. WANTED Ä Salesman calling on country dealers to sell our dry goods specialties on commission. Good side line. FRANK D. LA LANNE & CO.. Philadelphia. Pa. WANTED For Ü. S. Army, ablebodied. unmarried men. between ages of 21 and 35; citizens of United States of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For Information apply to Recruiting Officer, 25 North Illinois street. Indianapolis, Ind. W A NT :E 1A reT you'll 1 ? ?ätlsfledw i t ifyour worh? Our free booklet "Are Your Hands Tied?" tells how we have qualified thousands in spare time for salaried positions In more congenial and profitable lines ct work. Write INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS. Box 164, Scranton. Pa., or call day or evening Indianapolis office, Stevenson building. WANTED FE3IALE HELP. WANTED $9 to $15 weekly working for us at home; no canvassing; if now employed an hour or two evenings will add $5 to JS to your weekly Income-. Inclose stamp. Work mailed on application. Address TWENTIETH CENTURY MFG. CO., Toledo, O. WANTED AGENTS. WANTED First-class saltsmen to Introduce to the hardware trade our newly patented cream separator aud churn combined. Liberal inducements. For particulars address DETROIT CHURN AND SEPARATOR CO., Detroit, Mich. WANTED 311 SCE LL AN EO US. W A "nTEIV-J Ä7T 1 i iONGLO w'co'. . 126 W. Court st. Best chop suey houte in city. Good cook from San Francisco, strictly up to date. W ANTE 1 The "New Platinum and Copper Belt Promoter or Broker." Wanted to handle t-roperty and stock. HARRY" BASDEN. Holmes, Wyo. PATENTS. PATENTS Patented and unpatented inventions bought and sold. LUCAS & CO., St. Louis. Mo. CONTROL OF NORMAL SCHOOLS. Decision of Interest to Northwestern Educational Authorities. ST. PAUL, Minn.. Jan. 3 The Supreme Court, by a majority opinion, decided that the newly organized State Hoard of Control has full charge of all matters pertaining to normal schools, the Normal School Board having, in formal court proceedings, questioned the right of the Board of Control to dictate in normal school matters. This closes a notable contest of interest to the whole Northwest. The case came before the Supreme Court on action brought by the normal board to test the right of the Hoard of Control to assume financial charge of the state institutions under control of the normal board. The court holds that the Hoard of Control law In constitutional, and that by a liberal construction of the title of the act as passed by the Legislature It may be held to cover the normal board institutions. The court holds that the constitutional provision regarding acts nnd their titles is to be liberally con strued. Advertiser to Meet Thin Month. NEW YORK, Jan. 3. Arrangements are being made for a convention of general advertisers, to be held at Delmonico's. New York, on Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. H and 30. An interesting programme, embracing some of the most important queatlons in tho tiebl of advertising:, has been prepared, and it is expected a large number of advertisers from all parts of the country will attend. There will be a banquet on Wednesday evening, at which some of the prominent publishers of the country will make adJreugcs. It I. expected reduced railroad rate will be secured. 1'nliil l.enp from a IhiKKy. JACKSONVILLE, 111., Jan. 3.-IUnry (1111. a prominent and wealthy citizen of Jersey county, was instantly killed In this cltv tu-d.iy by jumping from a bujgy dur I ir.c a runaway.

TRAFFIC PROSPECTS GOOD

n:vs or iiu:siii:nts incjalls and RAMSEY OX THE SITUATION. They Anticipate n Good Year's Husines Relation Hetvreen Roads and Maintenance of Tariffs. M. E. Ingalls. president of the Big Four, takes a conservative view of traffic prospects. He expresses the opinion that the pooling should be allowed and that no change in rates should be made until sanctioned by the directors of the company. He said the encouraging feature of railway business the past year has been the large increase of miscellaneous business and the better rates that have been obtained. Ho thought that the railways had reached the limit of tonnage and revenue, and that it would be fortunate if the roads were able from now on to hold the present basis. 'Some roads may decrease and some may increase." said he," "but if the general average can be kept up all will be fortunate." Like the Big Four nearly all the railways are short of motive power, terminal facilities and side tracks. The increase in freight equipment has been large. The advance in wages have been, in his Judgment, greater than in rates, and this increase in expenses probably will remain in the future. What the railways needed first was such legislation as would give them authority to make contracts among themselves for the maintenance of tariff for profitably conducting the interchange business; second, the railway officials themselves need to be educated to the fact tha.t transportation means money, that the giving of it away is giving away money. Free transportation must be lessened and the respect for tariffs must be increased; In other words, the rate reform that is needed is 1o have employes and shippers educated to the idea that the tariff cannot be disturbed, except by vote of the directors, precisely as the rate of dividend is settled by them. When this is done the roads would have more revenue, less trouble, the public would be better satisfied and better served, and the securities the railways offer would be better Investments. Views of I'renldent Ramsey. Joseph Ramsey, jr., president of the Wa bash, anticipates increase in railway revenues through the better maintenance of rates the present year. He thought the tonnage of the railways would vary largely with crop conditions, and while it is entirely too early to make any estimates on the coming year's crops, he did not look for any decrease in tonnage the prerent year. He anticipates an Increase in revenue, even with the same tonnage. "While the condition of rates has not been satisfactory during the past year, a very material improvement is anticipated this year, as material progress has been made towards securing permanent stability of rates. Railroads have been responding liberally to the demand for increased equipment; In fact, the additions to equipment during the past few years have been largely in excess of the normal growth of the traffic. Hundreds of thousands of cars have been built, capacity of engines and cars increased, most of the roads have thrown out of service their small cars, and in his opinion, while this movement may continue for a couple of years longer, by that time the full demand for new equipment will have been satisfied. He is in favor of adopting the per diem plan in place of mileage for the use of cars. On the lines of the Wabash the cost of fuel has increased nearly half a million dollars per annum. The net revenue per ton is not Increasing, and it cannot Increase without an increase in tho average tariff rate, or at least a better maintenance of tariff rates. Increases in the rate of pay are practically permanent, as it is almost impossible to reduce the rate paid employes when earnings fall off. Of course, the number of men employed can be reduced somewhat with the decrease of traffic. He thought that as long as railway traffic continues as satisfactory as it is at present the roads would expend a large portion of their net earnings in the purchase of heavy equipment and improvement of their property. Personal, Local nnd fieneral ,ote. The Pennsylvania Company will expend quite a sum in enlarging its shops at Dennison. The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton has prepared plans to enlarge its shops at Lima, O., at a cost of $150,000. Angus Sinclair, editor of Locomotive Engineering, is also now publishing the Automobile Magazine, a monthly paper. W. W. Richardson, district passenger agent of the Pennsylvania at this point. Is so 11! as to confine him to his home. The new route of the Vandalia from Toledo to St. Louis is 450 miles in length, the Wabash 437, the Toledo, St. Louis & Western, 454. Harry Miller, general manager of the Vandalia. was in the city yesterday in conference with Receiver Malott concerning contemplated improvements. President Norton, of the Clover Leaf, disclaims any knowledge of the sale of the road to the Vanderbilts, as given out by press dispatches from New York. Commencing with Jan. 1 the Vandalia and the Chicago A Eastern Illinois will maintain a block telegraph system between Terre Haute and Otter Creek Junction. The gross earnings of the Union Pacific increased in the first five months of its present fiscal year J1.637.S66; in the same period its net earnings increased J1.5H5.126. A. M. Schoyer. superintendent, has appointed S. D. Naragon trainmaster and foreman of engines on the Marietta division of the Pennsylvania lines, vice J. C. McCullough, transferred. President Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania, has given notice that his company does not hold any of the Santa Fe stock, and. so far as he knows, no person connected with the Pennsylvania lines does. Stockholders of the C. B. & Q. met in Chicago on Friday for the ninth' time since Nov. 6. 1001. in an attempt to hold their regular annual meeting. Another adjournment for one week was taken. A branch of the National Railway Clerks Association, with a membership of sixtyfive, was organized on Jan. 1 nt Toledo. It is believed that there are fully 1,000 men in Toledo eligible to membership. M. S. Conners, general superintendent of the Hocking Valley road, states that the company is handling 3"0 carloads of coal a day and there is a constant stream of loaded cars coming from the mines. Vice President Hayes, of the Grand Trunk, reported for duty on Jan. 1. He has been alloted Jo.OOO.ooo to make improvements to the property and its equipment, which he will at once commence utilizing. The Pullman Company this week delivered to the Missouri Pacific four finely finished cafe cars. These cars are the first of the cafe and dining cars which are to take the place of eating houses on the Gould system. The Missouri Pacific has under contemplation increasing the wages of its trainmen, ten hours to constitute a day's work for men who work by the day, and an advance of present wages is contemplated all along the line. Joseph Bratch. an engineer on the Nickelplate and Wabash since 1SM, has been obliged to give up work, for the present at least, on account of rheumatism. During this lonK period he has never had an accident where blame could be attached to him. The St. Louis division of the Missouri. Kansas Texas has undergone a thorough overhauling, many of the curves having been removed, the entire line rebaliasted and by the middle of this month the entire division will have been relald with heavy steel rails. The Bisr l-'our has received the last of fif teen consolidated locomotives for freight service. Two are of the Improved wide firebox type. The company has still under contract thirty-five more locomotives, ten passenger engines, fifteen freight engines and ten switchers. Train 21, over the Pennsylvania and Van dalia. on Thursday hauled a sleeping car In which the owner of a oog chartered a full state room for himself and tho dog from New ork to St. Louis. The dog had been In a ficht at New York and in the contest had one leg broken. Local engineers and firemen are pleased over the success of I. M. Arthur, grand chief of the Rrotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and J. J. Hannahan. of the Hrotharhood of Locomotive Firemen. In

effecting an agreement by which the pay of engineers and firemen may be advanced and the question of pay on the new and large engines adjusted. Commencing Jan. 7 the C. IL & D. will

operate a through sleeping car to St. Augustine. Fla., leaving Indianapolis at 4 a. m. and arriving in St. Augustine at 9:30 next morning. The sleeper will make connections at Jacksonville with trains for all east coast and interior Florida points. J. R. Cavanaugh, superintendent of car service of the Big Four, has prepared a paper in which it is stated that within the last twenty years railway freight car equipment has increased in numbers 110 per cent., while the tonnage carrying capacity has increased nearly 400 per cent. Mr. Storr3, the new general superintendent of the Lake Erie & Western, has been on the line for a couple of days acquainting himself with its condition and will come to Indianapolis to-day for permanent residence. He will occupy the rooms formerly occupied by George L. Bradbury when general manager of the property. Samuel Vauclain. inventor of the Vauclain type of railroad locomotive, has, through this invention and others in the way of improvement to locomotives, become a multimillionaire. He is now general manager of the Baldwin locomotive works at Philadelphia. His father was the first shop foreman that the Pennsylvania had at Altoona. As a result of the recent trip of W. K. Vanderbilt and W. H. Newman over the Pittsburg & Lake Krie road improvements on a large scale will be commenced at once. Several million dollars will be devoted to such improvements, and after the meeting of the directors the middle of this month formal authority will be given to proceed with the work. George H. Daniels, general passenger agent of the New York Central, in conversation said the fact forcibly impressed on every passenger agent's mind is that the owners of the property are taking an active part In its management and welfare, and that the financial interests governing trunk lines have put a stop to costly and useless rate wars. Mrs. Mary Orner, in charge of the parcel room at the Union Station, yesterday received a telegram from San Francisco stating that William Kingsbury, her brother, had suffered a severe stroke of paralysis and would not recover. Mr. Kingsbury was formerly connected with the Union Railway Company, but is now interested in mines in California. The Railway Age says; "In no year since the courts began to assume control of railroads for the benefit of creditors were the Tiumber of receiverships so few as in 1101. During tha entire twelve months only four unimportant lines, with a total mileage of but seventy-three miles, became insolvent. During the same period new equipment ordered and received represented an expedlture of t30O,000,0U0." Under a new deal at Pittsburg, District Passenger Agent J. K. Dillon, of the Pennsylvania, will have full charge of local passenger business, relieving Col. Samuel Moody, assistant eeneral passenger agent. of much work. Colonel Moody has been doing all kinds of work until quite recently and overworked himself, having been one of the most successful men the Pennsylvania Company has ever had In Its employ. W. C. Hazzard. assistant ticket agent of the Big Four at Cincinnati, has been transferred to Louisville. Allen M. Nye, who for the past ten years has been with the passenger department of the Big Four at Cincinnati, goes to Peoria, succeeding C. S. Lafol lette, who goes to Chicago with his present title, and C. C. Clark, traveling passenger agent, with headquarters at Chattanooga, will go to Cincinnati as central passenger agent. G. II. Markham, who was promoted a few days ago from the position of assistant freight traffic manager of the Southern Pacific Company to the office of vice president and general manager of the Houston & Texas Central, left San Francisco yesterday for Houston to enter on his new duties, which embrace the general management of an important link in the Southern Pacific Company's Atlantic system. It is possible the place formerly occupied by Mr. Markham will bo left vacant. Dudley Kvans, who has just been elected acting president of Wells. Fargo & Co., will retain his present position as second vice president, at least until the next annual meeting of the board of directors, when he may be made permanent president of the corporation. He says the principal office of the company will not be removed to New York, and that hereafter he will consider San Francisco as his home. E. H. Harriman, the newly-elected director, will, with E. II. Huntington, who also is on the board, represent the interests of the Southern Pacific, which owns one-fifth of the express company's capital stock. ISTHMIAN CANAL ROUTE. Argument in Fnvor of Iluildlns by Wny of Lake Nicaragua.. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: No other engineering problem In the hi - tory of the world has received such longcontinued, detailed- and comprehensive study as has been given to the question of an intcroceanic canal through Central America. Commission after commission has been appointed by the government of the United States, and these commissions, composed of the most distinguished civil, naval and military engineers, with the addition, in the latest instance, of experts in transportation and international law, have invariably and unanimously reported in favor of the Nicaragua route. Both the great political parties have declared in favor of the construction of an isthmian canal, and I believe an overwhelming majority of the people of the United States are agreed that the time for study Is past and the time for action is here; that the members of tho various commissions which have reported on the project are both intelligent and honest, and hence that the Nicaragua route should be adopted; and that the Interests of the world in general and the United States in particular demand the construction of the canal at the earliest possible date. The opponents of this course may be classified under three heads. First, holders of shares in the bankrupt Panama Canal Company, whose only hope of avoiding utter ruin is to unload1 their unfinished scheme on the United States government; second, the Transcontinetal Railway interests, which are opposed to any canal and are simply trying to use the Panama scheme to kill off the Nicaragua project; third, the handful of persons who honestly consider the Panama route the better of the two. No one can object to the presentation of arguments in its favor by the advocates of the Panama route, but it is not too much to ask of those who publicly discuss a question of such importance that they should first find the facts and then stick to the facts when found. So many error? have appeared in the recent references of the Journal to this matter that it seems advisable to point them out and ask their correction. It has been repeatedly stated that the Panama route is better because it is a sea-level canal without locks. For Instance, on Dec. 28 it was said, editorially, "The Panama would have no locks, while the Nicaragua presents many expensive features because of the elevation of the territory." De Lesseps, acting on grossly insufficient information, originally planned a sea-level canal, but that plan was abandoned years ago on account of the cost. It is doubtful If a sca-level canal could be constructed for $500.0oo,o00. The plan, which the latest commission estimates could be completed for $144.233,358, exclusive of payments to the present company for its concession and work already done, involves the use of six locks and a summit level ninety feet above tide, as compared to nine locks and 110 feet on the Nicaragua route. The illustrated article on the first page of your issue of Jan. 1 is full of errors. The map indicates a route using the whole length of lakes Nicaragua and Managua, while that recommended by the commission is more than one hundred miles shorter, leaving the lake near the center of its western shore and reaching the Pacific Brito in a distance of seventeen miles. The dam on the San Juan river Is urged as an objection to the Nicaragua route by engineers who are not named, but who are quoted as asking how, "if it were ever completed, a dam 150 feet hish could be maintained intact in face of the fact that seismic convulsions are a regular feature of isthmian conditions, and that a cataclysm may at any time be expected." But the commission reports that there are no works on the Nicaragua route to be compared In magnitude and difficulty of execution with either the Cukbra cut. which would take at least eight years to finish. r the Hohio dam. which must be carried to a point 12 feet below sea level to reach a safe foundation and would have a total heisht of about 2vO feet. The danger of earthquakes is as great at Panama as at Nicaragua, and there Is in addition a danger which i.- entirely absent on the Nicaragua route, and that is from the tremendous floods In the Chagres river. The San Juan river is exempt from destructive

floods because lakes Nicaragua and Managua, with a combined area of 3,5c) square miles, act as regulating reservoirs. The dam at Bohio and another at Alta Juela, on the upper Chagres river, arc necessary to create artificial lakes to serve the same purpose for the Panama route. But their area will be very much smaller, while the rainfall Is much greater. If, therefore, a dam 150 feet high cannot be maintained on the Nicaragua route because of earthquakes, a dam "'JO feet high cannot be maintained on the Panama route, where there is the double danger of earthquakes and floods, and we must abandon all hope of a canal on either route. But the commission, which has studied the whole question thoroughly, and probably knows at least as much about it as the unknown author of the unsigned article under consideration, reports that the floods can be controlled and that the danger of serious damage from earthquakes is so small that it ought to be disregarded, and that, so far as the engineering problems are concerned it is perfectly feasible to construct a canal on either route. The question is asked. "Should such a cataclysm occur as that which Inundated Nicaragua with lava and ashes In 1S35, what would be the effect upon the dam and consequently upon the canal?" Perhaps the best answer to this question Is to point out the fact that in the cities of Granada. Managua and Leon there are great stone cathedrals, erected by the Spaniards centuries ago, which have endured all the shocks of all these years, including the "cataclysm of 1S.15," and have suffered no damage of a character which would interfere for a moment with the operation of the canal if transferred to the walls of a lock or the foundation of a dam. Coscguina, the mountain whose eruption is referred to, is 2L0 miles from the nearest point on the canal, and the city of L,con Is 120 miles nearer the scene of this eruption than the nearest point on the canal. Until the tremendous explosion in the Straits of Sunday some twenty years ago. the eruption of Coseguina was the greatest of modern times, and since masonry structures much nearer the mountain were uninjured then, the danger to tho canal is too slight to warrant the abandonment of an enterprise of such vast importance. It is to be hoped that the opposition of the short-sighted representatives of railroad interests will no longer be able to delay the construction of the canal. And I say "short-sighted" advisedly, for it Is my deliberate opinion that no single Interest would be so largely benefited by the construction of the canal as the transcontinental railways. In my study of the subject I have found instances by the score m which railways have been benefited by the construction or improvement of parallel waterways and not one in which they have been injured. It would be a sound

business proposition for these railways to underwrite $200,000,000 worth of bonds and secure the construction of the Nicaragua canal at the earliest possible date. S. A. THOMPSON. Richmond, Ind., Jan. 1. INDIANA JAIL POPULATION. Information Contained in Reports to the State Charities Hoard. Reports made to the Board of State Charities for the year ending Oct. 31, 1901, indicate that during the year there were confined in the ninety-two county jails of Indiana 28,014 persons, 26,115 males and females. This Is an Increase of 550 over the population of last year. Secretary Butler's report says: "A synopsis of the reports shows that of the total number of prisoners 15,922 were serving sentence, 733 were confined as Insane and 5.209 were tramps. The largest number of prisoners was in Marion county, 2,602, while Union county reports the smallest number, 9. Brown county reports 11 and Franklin 12 Inmates. Vigo county reports 2,126 prisoners. Grant county 1,561, Madison county 1,4:44. Cass county 1.223, Vanderburg 1,20. The inadequate accommodations and unsanitary Jails in Vigo, Grant and Madison counties merit the severest condemnation. In the. Grant county jail there are eleven available cells. In these there are frequently confined twentyfive to thirty prisoners, and there have been fifty-five persons confined in that jail. The Madison county jail has ten cells for men, five on each floor. On a recent visit seventeen men were found on the first floor and there have been forty prisoners confined there where there should be not to exceed ten. "Attention is called to the number of tramps received in some of the jails. Some counties maintain jails as boarding houses for tramps at public expense. In one county the books showed that the regular in and out fee and full board was charged for every tramp received. Those who came in one evening and were let out the next morning were paid for by the county for two days' board at 40 cents and an in and out fee of 50 cents, a total of $1.30 and the tramp received a night's lodging and cne or two meals. AVherever our jails are permitted to be used as tramps' quarters it is simply an encouragement to tramps antl a means or pollution to our jails and a useless expense to the county. Tippecanoe county continues to be the' worst offender. The sheriff reports having quar tered 816 tramps the past year. Vigo cared for 547. Cass 3s0, Johnson 301, Lake 2S4 and Decatur "The largest number of women prisoners is reported from Vigo county, 29S. During the year 72S boys and 145 girls were confined In the jails. The jail census Oct. 31. 1901. was 6S6 (C25 males and 63 females.) Eight counties contained no prisoners. The popu lation given is twenty-three less than It was a year ago. There have been improve ments in a number of counties, and within the past two years several counties have erected new jails or remodeled their old structures. Notably may be mentioned Cass. Miami, Jay and Orange counties. Not withstanding this there are a number of Jails that are a disgrace to the counties which permit them to be and to the State Among those that come prominently to mind are the jails in v igo, Knox. Floyd. Warren, Grant, Owen, Lawrence. Madi son, Delaware, De Kalb and "White coun ties. Some of these are continually over crowded; others are inherently bad. In either case they are entitled to condemna tion both from a sanitary and a moral standpoint. "The jail system is no worse in Indi ana than it is in a number of other States. It is bad wherever it exists. In it we recog nizc the old English jail system which the people of that country recognized as a most fruitful source of crime and abol ished a quarter of a century ago. Since then crime there has steadily decreased until now it is a small fraction of what it formerly was. Could we come to see the facts in their true light as England did we might well profit by her experience." BUTLER'S SECOND TERM. Active Preparations for Several In teresting Events. Butler began the second icrm of its fortyseventh session yesterday. Most of the old students are back and there are quite a large number of new faces seen In the halls. The second term is always an eventful period in the college year, as in this term occur the oratorical contest and the debates. Three debates are being arranged for next month with Franklin. Earlham and Miami. The fraternities are also actively preparing for the festivities which always occur at the time. The Thl Delta Theta fraternity will occupy its new hall on Centra! avenue soon. The Athletic Association is planning an exhibition to raise funds for tne baseball team. Several new students have already joined the Philokurian Society. Professor W. D. Howe returned yesterday from Richmond, where he spent several days. The Delta Tau Delta fraternity will give a reception Monday evening in their hall on Central avenue. The Collegian, the weekly college paper, will be edited this term by the different classes. When Professor W. J. Karslake, who was married during the holidays, came up te chapel yesterday morning he was surprise to find his seat decorated with white ribbonn, old shoes, rice. etc. The blushes of embarrassment which overspread the fact of the professor brought forth peals of laughter and applause Irom the students and other professors. The professor entirely lost his classroom equilibrium, refusing to occupy the decorated teat. Promotion for William C. Kin. William C. Ela. formerly a rural free delivery inspector stationed in Texas, has received a promotion, through the efforts of Representative Overstreet. to be special agent. He will be stationed In Indiana. Indianapolis has been the home of Mr. Ela for many years, and he is well known here through his connection with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, of which he was secretary. Smoke Gen. Worth High grade 5c cigar. C. W. Kill EL, distributer.

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ITS BEARING ON SUITS IIHOIGHT AGAINST CORPORATIONS. The Contention of Huntington A Page Sustained Construction of n Will Court Caes. Judge McMaster, of the Superior Court, yesterday made a ruling that may have an important bearing in suits brought against corporations. The State Bank of Chicago sued the Huntington-Fage Company on a note. The officers of the company refused to submit to an examination on the ground that the officers of a corporation could not be forced to submit to an examination when the corporation alone was sued. The bank filed a petition with Judge McMaster requesting that Huntington and Page be required to submit to an vjxamination. Judge McMaster sustained Huntington & Page in their contention, deciding that in such suits the officers culd not be examined against their will when the corporation was sued. CONSTRICTION OF A "WILL. The Remarriage of a Woman Causes Some Complications. George L. Sullivan, administrator de bonus non with the will annexed of the estate of John W. Fike, yesterday filed a petition in the Circuit Court for a construction of Fike's will. The will was probated March 23, 1S3S, and bequeathed all of his property, real and personal, to his wife, so long as she should remain his widow. On Nov. 14, 1901. Mrs. Flke married Jonas Weymlre and resigned as administrator or her husband's estate on Dec. 29, 1301, and Sullivan was appointed. The will set out that in the event that Mrs. Fike should remarry the property should be sold and equady divided among the children. Another item of the will stated that if she married she should take a widow's share under the law. The petitioner asks that the court place a construction on the will. In order that he may proceed with the administration of the estate according to law. Henrlnsr In Schäfer Case. Attorney Eli F. Ritter yesterday asked Judge Allen, of the Circuit Court, to set for immediate hearing the appeal of the Schäfer liquor license remonstrance from the County Commissioners' decision. He says the law states that such appeals must be heard the next term after the appeal. Judge Allen has completed the Jury calendar for this term, and will not grant the hearing until Mr. Ritter presents further authorities citing the law in such cases. Evans Woollen, who has just entered the case on behalf of the liquor interests, objects to an immediate hearing because he has not had time to familiarize himself with the case. Suit for Possession of Stock. In chambers Judge Baker, of the United States Court, Is hearing argument In a suit that involves 470 shares of stock in the Hemengray Glass Company, of Muncie. Bradford Shinkle, of Covington, Ky.. is the complainant and Samuel Vickerey, of Evansville, and Russell B. Gibson, of St. Louis, are defendants. The suit is brought to get possession of this stock. In the Probate Court. Edwin Nichols was yesterday appointed administrator of the estate of Benjamin O. Nichols and gave a bond of $5.000. Mary Unger was appointed administratrix of the estate of Katharine Weissrod and gave a bond of $1,600. THE COL'RT RECORD. SUPERIOR COURT. Room 3 Vinson Carter, Judge. Addison L. Roach, sr., vs. Harmon J. Everett; appeal. Finding and Judgment against defendant for $37.60 and costs. George McClure vs. the Indianapolis Street-railway Company; damages. Judgment on verdict against plaintiff for costs. CIRCUIT COURT. Henry Clay Allen, Judge. David Davis naturalized. Joseph H. Pattison vs. Amanda E. Albert et al.; ejectment. Submitted to court. Finding for plaintiff. Judgment quieting title at defendant's cost. Edward C. Dickman vs. Otto Diekmanns Estate; claim. Dismissed and costs paid. American Car and Foundry Company vs. the Vimotum Company; account. Defendant defaulted. Willard W. Hubbard vs. Louis Kotthoff; on note. Defendant defaulted. Submitted to court. Judgment against defendant for $112.44 and costs without relief. CRIMINAL COURT. Fremont Alford, Judge. Earl Harris; burglary. Jury out. Charles Tucker; incorrigible. Plea of guilty. Age fourteen. Sentence suspended. NEW SUITS FILED. George L. Sullivan, administrator, vs. Sarah Catherine Waymire et al.; complaint for construction of will. Circuit Court. Sarah J. Hackleman vs. George B. Harris: on account. Superior Court. Room 3. The Railroadmen's Building and Saving3 Association vs. Mary S. Boldt et al.; mortgage foreclosure. Superior Court, Room 1. The Railroadmen's Building and Savings Association vs. Charles A. Stalhart et al.; mortgage foreclosure. Superior Court, Room 3. APPELLATE COURT. Minutes. 40S9. The Board of Commissioners of Miami County vs. William E. Mowbray. Miami C. C. Brief of appellant (8.) 4120. Cornelia Boseker, executrix, et al. vs. Norman 11. Chamberlain. Allen C. C. Appellants' brief (8.) 4174. Eliza Smith vs. Leonard Schmidt et al. Appellant's brief (8.) RECENT LEGAL OPINION'S. Insurance Prior Destruction of Subject Matter. Where the subject matter of a fire policy is destroyed, within the knowledge of the insured, prior to the Issuance of the policy. and he does not reveal such fact to the company, the contract is fraudulent and not binding. It Is also beyond the power of an Insurance company to issue a policy against loss or damage which it knows has already taken place. But it is possible for a contract of insurance to be retrospective where, by reason of the remoteness of th property, It is not known to the company whether it is not already destroyed, a familiar case being the insurance of ships and cargoes at sea. "lost or not lost." 173 N. Y. Supplement (Judge Gaynor), 1. Wills Posthumous Child. A will cre-ated a trust "to continue to run until my youngest child shall attain the age of twenty-one years." After testator's death a child was born alive, and lived for about a year. Held, that the posthumous child was the youngest child, within the will, and that the trust terminated at its death. A child en ventre sa mere is a "life in being." and entitled to all the privileges of other persons. 107 N. Y. State Rep. (Judge Jenks), 14. Deed When a Mortgage. A court of equity has jurisdiction to convert an absolute conveyance, whether of real or personal property, into a mortgage, by proof that the parties intended it as only a security for a debt; and for thla purpose parol evidence is admissible to show the intention of the rarties at the time the deed was executed. r30 Southern Rep (Alabama, Judge Tyson). 740. Convicts Release on Bail. Where the sentence pronounced not that of death or Imprisonment at hard labor, the convict is entitled, upon application, to be released on bail pending an appeal of his case to a higher court. Hut where an accused party has been convicted of an offense the sentence of which, yet to be prouounced. may be Imprisonment at hard labor, he Is not entitled to ball between the time of his conviction and that when sentence is to be passed upon him. 30 Southern Rep. (Louisiana, Judge Blanchard). 745.. Contempt Bribing Witnesses. The Supreme Court of Wyoming holds that the attempt to bribe witnesses while attending a trial in which they are to testify, which attempt occurs In the hallway of the courthouse or adjoining the building on the outside. Is punishable as a contempt occurring In the presence, of the court. Hence, no Jury is necessary, and it matten not that such act Is also Indictable

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ENGLISH'S 1H,S W? UD IIOWAK'D KYL,I5 -1N"XATII AX I f A E E Prices N I z h t : f L7). $ I , TV, .V) 2 V. Mat.: 233 and iK;. Seat now road v. MONDAY, JANUARY 6th SIX NIGHTS and SATURDAY MATINEE Julia Marlowe In Paul Kesder's dramatization of CIURLES MAJOR'S fimoai novel. "WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IS FLOWER" SKATS NOW OX SALE. PiilCES 11.50. II, 75e, 5 GRAND FASHIONABLE VAUDEVILLE Gertrude Haynes, assisted by James Byrnes; Charley Grapewin, Anna Chance and Co.; Felix and Barry; Jones, Grant and Jones; Dorothy Walters; Maud Mclntyre; Arthur Buckner; Blogtaph. 2b atinee Dally, prices ioc, 25c. Evening, 10c, ajc, 50c Next Week-Pete Daily and 7 Big Acts. PARK-TO-DAV-J THE SENSATION OF THE SEASON! LOST IN THE DESERT With Its Marvelous Bedouin Acrobats, 1U Hornea. etc. Jan. 6,7, Mesof Bar Z RAncb." Extrn-Xext vmdrty Hundreds havlnr been turned iwst last Sunday HK. Felcht mill repeat his lecture "OBERAMMKROAU, ITS PEOPLE AND ITS PASSION PLAY," at Tark. next Pundar afternoon and nirht. 535 wonderful views. Regular price. or IIIVTlSl Wabash and Ielarra St. On.& Weelc Only Commencing Monday Matines, Dec. 53 MATINEE DAILY. EVERY NIGHTEd. Rush's Victorias.... Prices of Admission 10c, l.V. 2;, .V)2. Next Week, Jan. 6. 7, S"Harry Morris's 20th Century Maids." WITH the: GREAT Sunday Sentinel TO-MORROW A BEAUTIFUL PLATINUM PRINT or . . . Maxime Elliott The Brightest and Best Sunday Paper Printed or on Sale in Indianapolis f Strictly Non-Partisan Price Cents Order of Your Newsdealer To-day FLOORS What Is home without its comfort? It us toy yon a HAHDWOOD FLOOK and your comfort Is assured. II. 15. HAMILTON 19 Pembroke Arcade Old, 42$ as an offence against the State. 40 American Law KrRlFter, No. 11. J Municipal Corporations Assessments. Ah the rule forbidding the recovery of municipal taxes voluntarily paid applies also to street assessments, the Court of Appeals of Kentucky holds that property owners who had under mistake of law paid assessments for street repairs for which the city alone was liable, cannot recover the amount from the city on the ground that it was a debt of the city paid by Its order to the contractors. 40 American Lavr Register, No. 11. Stnte'i Xevr Ilnalne Concern. Prosperity continues to show Its effects la the office of the secretary of state. Yesterday the Alex. A. Knapps Company, of Dunkirk, filed articles of incorporation, fixing its capital stock at $1W. The company will buy and sell plumbing tools and appliances. The directors of the Safety Corn Husktr and Shredder Company, of New Castle, at their last meeting, decided to enlarge their business. It was also decided to Issue fy,W worth of preferred stock, which is to be divided into Pharos. The Maney Coal Company, of Oakland, was incorporated with a capital of Jlfi.ood. The directors of the company are William C. I'earce. William J. Jackson and Leonard Hunbaugh. The company owns a number of coal min-s in Gibson county which It proposes to operate. Y. M. C. A. Mil lit School. The night school of the Y. M. C. A. will begin its winter Urm next week. In accordance Ith ideas expressed by Oeorg Hodge, one of the educational director! of the international Y. M. C A.. In his recent visit to this city a new system of reading In to be added. Special course in literature touching on social, municipal and national problems will be Inaugurated. During this term espcci.il attention will be given to those desiring to take clvllserviec examinations. Fur Sent Stray l'n r South. Ni:V YORK. Jan. 3.-Vhi!e haulfn n a eine off Fort Hamilton to-day a fisherman captured and killed a full-grown femali fur real, it is said to be the first seal evr causht in these waters.

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