Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 305, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 November 1902 — Page 7

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1902.

MONON SUIT DISMISSED

MUtmiUl nn UTMsATlOl is NOW TI.HM1N TED. Last Obatacle to Southern HnllwayXonuu Tille Rpmotfd-C Ity . Injuaetiou C outlnard-The CoorU. The petition of the Louisville Trust Company, the Kentucky National Bank and the r trustees for the holders of the Beattyviile Railroad bonds was dismissed in the Federal Court yesterday. The dismissal was the result of a settlement out of court, the terms of which have not I i made public. By it the last obstacle In 'he way of the acquirement of the Monon Jjtailroad by the Morgan Southern Railway Jconsolidation scheme was removed. The Beattyville bonds originally amounted tQ about 91.300.000. and they went Issued with the indorsement of the Monon both as to principal and Interest. The money was to be used to construct a railroad from Louisville to Richmond. Ky., by way of Beattyville and Versailles. I In ls97 the Farmers' L"un and Trift Company of New York, trustee for Jhe first mortgage bondholders of the Monon, brougtit suit to foreclose this debt, mounting to 15.G0u.000. The Beattyville bohd issue appeared in Intervention to this foreclosure, tusking that its claims be made a prior lien. This was denied and the foreclosure was ordered and the road taken charge of by the first mortgage noloers. The Louisville Trust Company and the other petitioners then Hskul that this decree be set aside on the ground that there had been Nolluslon between the stockholders and bondholders of the Monon to repudiate the Be.ittyvllle bonds. The Supreme Court of the United States sent back the case, which was appealed to it, with instructions to refer it to a special master to ascertain whether there had been collusion. It had been pending before James M. Winters, special masu-r. lor several months. Principal and interest already aggregated about $1,500.000. : a HAITI hi;iits. "When and Why lie May Desert His Wife In the ease of John E. Langdon. vho was Indicted In Knox countv last Mav tor havlng deserted his wife eight years before, leaving her without support, the iJupreine Court in a decision given yesterday held that a prosecution for wife desertion must be commenced within two years uftt r the defendant leaves his wife or it csknnot be maintained. The court holds that: to conatitute the crime charged against Langdon the desertion must be without cause and the wife must be left a charge upon some county of the State or without provision for comfortable support, anil unless these conditions exist at the very lime the husband deserts his wife the crimelcharged Is not committed. The court also lield that If the husband has sufficient cause 'or leaving his wife, such as habitual drunkenness, he cannot be convicted of wife Desertion upon his refusal to live with her and support her In case she afterward reforms. N ither Is he guilty of that crime Lf he has made provision for her comfortable' support when he leaves her, even though the provision afterward fails by the los or destruction of the property. The husband s criminal liability was declared (o have nothing to do with his continuing obligation to support his wife, which mu.t be enforced by a civil action. C IT'S (i AS SI IT. Injunction Continued by J ml re Ncal tntil Dee. 1. The restraining order of Judge Nal, of the Hamilton County Court. In thd case of the city of Indianapolis against the" Indianapolis Gas Company has been extended until Dec. 1. The extension of the restraining order for one month Is on account of the failure of the attorneys on both sides of the case to submit briefs for Judge Neal's consideration in the final disposition of the case. The brief for the city was mailed to Judge Neal yesterday by City Attorney Joss. Bradley Estate Petition. The heirs of James L. Bradley filed a petition in the Probate Court yesterday asking that the executors of the will, Robert F. Catterson and George N. Catterson, be ordered to submit a final accounting and a report of the estate that tney may be discharged. The estate has been closed up. the petitioners state, and all that remains Is for the settlement of money c'aims of attorneys and executors. The executors were notified of the petition by Frobate Commissioner Walker and action on the petition suspended until they are heard from. Insane Inquiries. James T. McNealey. of 202 8outh Noble Street, was adjudged insane by a commission yesterday on complaint filed by his son. The delusions of McNealy were that he wanted to go and vote Immediately, that he had to bury a dead horse in his back yard and that his property was bu.-nlng. The insanity commission decided that Mary Thomas, of 1314 Oliver avenue, was not insane, after listening to testimony of a number of witnesses. The charge of insanity against the woman was supposed to come from the peculiar domestic relations of her family. Kill Wants Damagei. Henry Ellis was thrown from a Collegeavenue street car. In a suit nied yesterday against the Indianapolis Street-railway Company he asks $5.000 damage?. Ellis avers that because of his advanced age and enfeebled condition he was not able to move with alacrity and consequently was thrown from the car. The darkness and the suddenness of the starting of the car caused the accident, he alleges. Ilonajh Sentence AlMrmed. The decision of the police judge in the conviction of James Hough, charged with asault aqd battery, was affirmed by Judge Alford In the Criminal Court yesterday and Hough fined $5 and costs and sentenced to the workhouse for thirty days. Claude Hough, a brother, mas released. The assault and battery cases were the result of a family quarrel. To Sell Osgood Real F.atate. The Marion Trust Company, administrator of the estate of Mason J. Osgood, yesterday Med a petition with Probate Commissioner Walker asking permission to sell aome real estate. The real estate was deeded to the estaie by the Sheridan brick works as payment of a claim held by Mr. Osgood against that firm. Oral Agreeuieut Valid. In the suit of Fred B. Cook against the Sterling Manufacturing Company of Lafayette for patent Infringement, the defendant set up as a defense an oral agreem.-nt with Cook to sell his device to it. and Judge Baker holds that this agreement was valid, and that, as patentee. Cook is merely trustee for the defendant. Suit on Commission. William H Williams sued Philip H. Rader yesterday on an account of $150. The plaintiff claims that he gold real estate belonging to the defendant In the capacity of an agent and negotiated the transaction. The agreements of commission were not carried out by Rader. William.- .-tat. s in his complaint. THE COIRT RECORD. CIRCl'IT COl'RT. Henry ly Allen. Judge. Boerlcke k. Tafel vs. John R. Hayness Estate, claim. Allowed by administrator for ST7.S0 at cost of eatate. Kate Selbert vs. Cicero Seibert s Estate; claim. By agreement of parties docketed and submitted to court. Allowed for $&00 at cost of t-state. John C. White vs. Mary A. Benham's Estate; claim By agi-mnt i parties fllntm allowed for $1j0 at cost of estate. Louise Reaencr vs. Mary A. Benham s

Estate: claim. By agreement of parties claim allowed for $00 at cost of estate. CRIMINAL COURT. Fremont Alford. Judge. James Hough; assault and battery. Appealed from City Court. Flndtng of guilty. Sentenced to workhouse for thirty days and fined $5 and costs. Claude Hough: assault and battery. Appealed from City Court. Finding of not guilty. NEW SUITS. Henry J. Brandon vs. Charles Hagedon: complaint to foreclose chattel mortgage. Superior Court. Room 2. William H. Williams vs. Philip H. Rader; Judgment on note. Superior Court, Room 3. Ida G. Mitchell Spencer v Samuel Ix?wls Spencer and Amanda S. Möhler; replevin suit. Superior Court. Room t. Henry Ellis vs. Indianapolis Street-railway Company; damages. Superior Court, Room 3. Isaac H. Evans vs. Prudential Insurance Company of America; judgment on policy. Circuit Court. HIGHER C'Ol RTS' IlKCORD. SUPREME COURT. M915. State vs. Langdon. Knox C. C. Affirmed. Dowlng. C. J. The offense of wife desertion Is not a continuing one and Is barred by the two years statute of limitations. 1MT7. Indiana Natural Gas Company vs. O'Brien. Cass C. C. Oral argument Dec. 12, 1902. 198S8. Indianapolis Street-railway Company vs. Wilson. Johnson C. C. Oral argu

ment Dec. ID, KMS5. Estate of Stanley vs. Pence. Madison C. C. Oral argument Dec. 17. APPELLATE COL'RT. Minutes. 451. John Sexton vs. John C. Goodwlne et al. Warren C. C. Appellant's brief (8.) 4503. Joseph Shapero vs. John C. Schultz. Laporte S. C. Appellee's brief (8.) 449. Everett Hnlstead vs. Clara Coen, administratrix, et al. Jasper C. C. Appellant's reply brief (8.1 NVv Case. 4133. Edgar D. Closson vs. Marie E. Billman et al. Cass C. C. Record. Assignment of errors. Notice to attorney of record served. Appellant's brief (8.) THE VOICE OF LABOR. Reports of the Officers of Unions on Present Conditions. In 1S96 President Gompers. of the Federation of Labor, estimated that 3.000.000 of men were idle because they could not find employment. No copy of the American Federatlonist. the official magazine of the American Federation of Labor, can be found for comparison, but the reports from district, state and local organizers of unions given in that periodical for October, 1892. are worthy of notice. Harry Sloi.gh, reporting Indianapolis, says: "The condition of labor is splendid. Employment is good. There are no skilled men Idle; in fact, there are not enough men at this writing to meet the demand.'' James Mahaffey, reporting Evansvllle, writes: "Condition of labor and employment good. There are no strikes and no lockouts. There has been a general improvement in working conditions." C. L. Hall, reporting Hammond, says: "Laundry workers gained a nine-hour day with an Increase of 20 per cent, wages without strike." Kokomo was reported by James R. Arnett, who says that "everybody is busy." Owensville. reported by L. W. Strupe, say.-: "Employment good. Skilled labor has gained an advance of about 10 per cent, and unskilled labor has received a small increase." J. W. Hurst, of Vincennes, reports that "employment is good and Is likely to continue until lat" In the fall." The only other report from l.idiana relates to organization. Thus all Indiana reports show unusually favorable labsr conditions. Going to otm-r States, three reports come from Massachusetts. One of these says that "all union labor is employed under satisfactory conditions;'' another reports that "the condition of labor is improving; employment good." and the third th.it "prospects are good for a busy season.'" Thirteen reports from New York all Kive the conditions of employment from fair in one Instance to generally "plentiful with improving conditions." Three from Pennsylvania report dullness in towns nenr the anthracite region. A dozen others report the conditions of labor to be satisfactory. One reports that "In thirty years of work In factories I have never seen such a demand for skilled labor." One reports "plenty of work at good wages." Another reports that "conditions are very encouraging with the exception of unskilled laborers who are placed In competition with cheap European labor.'" Fourteen reports from Illinois are all of the most encouraRlng character. Several report an Increase of wages of from 10 to 15 per cent. Charles L. Hill, a union secretary, reports from Bicknell: "We have gained a nine-hour day and secured an increase of !" per cent, in waives without a strike." The tenor of the reports Is the same all over the country, indicating generally full employment and improving or satisfactory conditions. CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS. The Plainfleld Quarterly Meeting; of Friends in Session. The conference of ministers and elders of the Plainfleld Quarterly Meeting. Society of Friends, began yesterday at the Friends' Church. Alabama and Thirteen? h streets, and will continue to-day. Seven churches and 1.800 Friends are represented in this conference. At the meeting yesterday the spiritual life of the church and what will be its needs for the year in the evangelistic Held were considered. To-day's meeting is for the church at large, and any member Is privileged to speak. Tillman Hobson. of Los Angeles. Cal., one of the leading evangelists in the Friends' Church, is attending the conf. rence. He will conduct a series of meetings at the Friends' Church, this city, beginning, to-morrow and continuing one week. The Pearl of Parables. At the First Baptist Church on to-mor-row evening Rev. Thomas J. Villers will begin a series of four sermons on "The Prodigal Son." The first sermon will be illustrated with the stereopticon. The other three will be given in connection with Sullivan's "Oratorio of the Prodigal Son," which will be sung by soloists and chorus. The dates and topics follow: Nov. 2 "The Prodigal in Pictures" (stereopticon.) Nov. "Oratorio of Prodigal Son." Pari I. Pastor's topic: "His DtSM t i.-taction with the Fatherland." Nov. 16 Oratorio continued. Part II. Pastor's topic: "His Experience in the Far Country." Nov. 23 Oratorio completed. Part III. Pastor's topic: "His Return to the Old Home." Transfers of Property. The largest real-estate transfer recor d yesterday was that of John U. Glsler to Othmer Keller of property on Fletcher avenue near Spruce street for 13,000 and its subsequent transfer back to Glsler. Barton Shirley transferred to Joseph A. Shirley property In Knglewood for $2.5e, and Joseph A. Shirley deeded it to Cora '. Burnett for the same price. Caroline V. La Rue bought of Margaret F. Pecle a lot at 2Ö5 North State street for $2.600. A North Alabama-street lot near Fall creek w is sold bv William E. Gentry to Carrie R. Ziegler for $2.000. llonses Damaged by Fire. A defective flue in the home of Fred Klave, at 255 Iowa street, caused a lire yesterday afternoon at 3:20 o'clock that damaged the house and communicated next door to the home of William Heckman. The loss to the Klave home was $800. with $900 loss on furniture. The loss to the Heckman home is estimated at $50. In the latter place the salvage corps succeeded in saving much of the furniture. Death of Dnff Stewart. Duff Stewart, a harness maker rooming at 607 East Washington street, died yesterday afternoon at the workhouse from delirium tremens. Stewart was arrested Tuesday afternoon charged with being drunk. He was sent to the workhouse Wednesday morning. It Is said he had been on a protracted spree prior to his arrest. A srest Health Keatorcr is Jayne'a Tonic Vm amass

HALLOWEEN IS OBSERVED

OITLAMHMH PRANKS PLAYED IX ALL PARTS OF TOWX. Many Hay-Wagon Parties Were la Evidence Police Instructed to Be on the Watch. Halloween stole almost unsuspected into Indianapolis last night. It was not long after dark that householders were disturbed by noises, strange and thrilling. Door bells rang without human agency. It seemed; there were sharp tappings on the window panes, and frequently thuds on the porch. On the streets men who were hurrying to lodge or business were startled by hideous-faced human beings, almost nondescripts; they were shocked by sudden shrieks from dark corners and assailed by weird noises. Horns blew and cats mewed. The diversity of these sights and sounds indicated that hobgoblins were abroad. And so they were. Fo- the most part they were little human hobgoblins, with distorted false visages and distended pockets in superabundant garments. In these pockets there were things to make the stout heart quake. There was rice, confetti, wet paper, which was rolled into hard pellets, apples which would not stand analysis for table use, chopped potatoes, and many other things that are not usually carried about even a little hobgoblin's presence. The unwary was pelted from behind trees or from the recesses of alleys; doors that were opened let down showers of things that ranged from tin cans loaded with pebbles to cabbages. By 7 o'clock the people of Indianapolis were Informed that Madame Prank was in charge of Halloween and that she intended to reign for at leat half the night. HAY-WAGON PABTIES. The evening hours were marked by the large number of hay-wagon parties that appeared down town. These parties ranged from a dozen to twenty-five and the members of many were g-rotesquely garbed and provided with din-making machines. Some of these machines were the oldfashioned "bull fiddles," and their hoarse voices mingled as a bass accompaniment for the shrill horns and caterwauling instruments of the others. Kazoos were plentiful and the ingenuity of the Inventor was represented in divers instruments that harrowed the ear from all sides. The horses to the hay wagons were also grotesquely harnessed (some of them hardly needed it) and sleigh bells were an aid to the hideousness of the general din. A feature of the prankishm ss was the unusual number of cblldren who were in the down-town streets Their garb was without capability of general description. It included about everything ill-fitting and unsightly. Giant heads surmounted pigmy bodies and black faces, relieved by streaks of phosphorescent trimming, were conspicuous; other false faces and masks were used. Somo who did not have masks painted their faces with lampblack and red. K.irly missiles became scare. Then juvenile ingenuity came into play. The crowds that made life unquiet and at times uncertain about th soldiers' monument gathered old paper, which was soaked In the monument basin, and made excellent missiles. The down-town police said there had been nothing like the celebration since the socalled bal masques of the last carnivals. Of course, the quantity of confetti, the unseemly violence that characterized the last carnival, was absent, but the down-town crowd, numbering several thousand, had its fun. POLICE ON THE WATCH. The whole police force was ordered by Superintendent Taffe to keep watch for any serious depredations. The entire day force was on duty until midnight. Their presence on the streets was effective, as no serious acts of violence were reported. In several instances, however, windows were broken by revelers, steps taken away, bread boxes uptu ned, culverts upset and similar pranks committed, more in a spirit of fun than malice. About the most malicious work reported was the overturning and breaking of a large flower urn in the yard of Cyrus A. Smith, at No. 1704 East Tenth street. The urn was a picturesque feature of Mr. Smith's yard and was valued by him at $25. Mr. Smith failed to see the fun of such prank and offered a reward of $lu for the arrest of the guilty person. The police were also kept busy anticipating the revelers who had intentions on the waste p.aper boxes in the streets. As it was a number evaded vigilance and started Bras which were quickly put out. The usual soeial entertainments obtained. Probably one reason why the celebration down town was so big was the fine weather, which made it comfortable to be out without wraps. There were any number of house parties where the old games of apple ducking and the like were enjoyed. At the Y. M. C. A. members of this organization and the Y. V. C. A. had a real old-fashioned Halloween party, attended by about three hundred. IN JUVENILE COURT. Two Boys Ask to Be Sent to the Reform School. A rather unusual proceeding occurred yesterday in Juvenile Court, when two boys pleaded with Judge Stubbs to send them to Plainfleld, where they "could make men of themselves." One of the boys with tears asked the judge to send him to the Refcrm School, where he could obtain a good education and also learn the rudiments of a trade. This appeal came when Judge Stubbs asked Samuel Scott, an eleven-year-old boy, lf he would rather go to a good home, to be obtained by Mrs. Webb, agent for the State Board of Charities, or go to Plainfleld. The boy said if he were sent to a home in a city where he would be given the liberay of running with other boys he might never turn from his bad habits, and would possibly become a criminal. Mrs. Webb talked with the youngster for some time, showing him the advantage he would have at a good home, but he said he wanted to go to Plainfleld until he was of age. The boy was arrested in company with George Jordan, a colored boy. by Patrolman De Rossette on the charges of Idling and loitering. Trie boy were found asleep in the cellar of the Franklin block. Young Scott said that the reason he would not : main at home was because he had a stepfath' r whom he did not like. The boy s mother appeared In court and said that sh had done cvtrythlng to better the boy's life, but he would not mind. Sh called her grandmother to testify. She said that she and her husband had raised the boy sine' h was a baby and he always wanted to stay at her house. He would not go to school, she said, on account of intluences thrown around him by other boys. She told Judge Stubbs that the best thing that could be done would be to acetds to the boy's wish and send him to Plainfleld. The other case was that of George Jordan, who was arrested with the Scott boy. He said that his home relations were not to his liking on account of a stepmother. He said the stepmother, who is a mulatto, took exceptions to his coal black appearance and would not tolerate him about the house. He stood before Judge Stubbs and in a char manner pleaded with the court to send him to Plaaitield. where he will not be troubled with anyone and where he would obtain an, education. The boy's father was not in court and Judge Stubbs did not care to take the responsibility of i . Im ih- boy away without his father's consent. A subpoena was issued for the father. It is likely both boys will be sent to the Reform School. Frank Bowen. a well-dressed boy, who was arrested two weeks ago charged with stealing $)90 from John Hafner, a saloon keeper on East Washington street, was arraigned in Juvenile Court yesterday. He waived examination and was s.-nt to the grand jury. Edward Stroehel Wanted. Governor Durbin yesterday made application to the Governor of California for a requisition for the return to Indiana of Edward Stroebel. now under arrest at Los A Mieles, Cal. 8troebel is wanted at Evansvllle on the charge of embezzling $200 from the Evansvllle Brewing Association. It la claimed be collected that amount for

INSURANCE NEWS AND NOTES

C. H. Kendall has been appointed assistant superintendent of the Sun Life Insurance Company. xxx The Sun Life Insurance Company intends to open up the entire State the first of the coming year, establishing district superintendants in all of the larger cities. xxx W. E. Barton, of the Union Casualty and Surety, has just returned from a wheel trip through Brown county, which he says is the most beautiful spot in Indiana and a veritable Paradise for fruits. xxx E. G. Ritchie, of this city, general agent of the State Mutual Life, was elected a member of the executive committee at the meeting of the National Association of Ufa Underwriters at Cincinnati. XXX Mr. J. Robert Craig, formerly with the Indiana Trust Company, has been appointed special agent of the Maryland Casualty Company and general agent of the Bankers Surety Company of Cleveland. xxx The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has been sued In Henry county, Ohio, for carrying cn an insurance business which is not allowed by its charter. A similar suit against the Pennsylvania Railroad was successful. XXX Agency appointments for Indianapolis are: Agricultural Fire, Robert Douglas; Hartford Life, Walter B. Long and Frank Tvner: Home Life. L. C. Mullins; Union Casualty and Surety Company, J. N. Farr. xxx The fire losses for this year thus far show an encouraging decrease as compared with the two years previous. From January to October. 1900. the losses were $136.316.850; for 1901, 1120,645,350. and for 1902, $114.504, 4U0. xxx A. K. Murray, of the Anchor Fire, has resigned from the company. President Donnellv and Vice President Prentice also resigned, but were re-elected. The company Is now searching for a competent underwriter. XXX The many recent meetings of insurance men have made the social side of the gatherings as prominent as the business side, and have served to strengthen the bonds of fellowship which should exist between all insurance men. XXX What is said to be the largest bond ever executed in New York city was that filed by the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Companv last week for true executors of W. M. Rice, who was murdered not long since. The amount of the bond was 17.000,XXX The Missouri Insurance Department has made the requirement that companies doing accident and health business in that State must have capital to the amount of 1200.000. instead of the $100,000 necessary for the accident business alone. xxx The announcement that the Union Central will erect an office building in Cincinnati seems a little premature when it is considered that leases on the property acquired, one of which is for seven years, and was recorded the same day as the sale, must first expire. xxx. D. F. Appel, superintendent of agencies of the New England Mutual Life, who was elected vice president of the National Assoelatton oi Life Underwriters, visited the office of thp company in this city and has been spending some days with his brother. John J. Appel. xxx The president of the Central Labor I'nion of this city is trying to organize a union which will take in the agents of industrial companies. Similar attempts have been made before, but they were not suc the company and then fled on Aug. 14 without turning the money over to the association. LIBKARY INSTITUTE. It Adjourns After Being in Session Two Days. The Library Institute, conducted by the Public Library Commission in Room 35. Statehouse, closed yesterday noon. Sixteen librarians, representing different libraries over the State, were present. The first session opened Thursday morning with an Instruct! va talk by Mr. y. R. Kautz on "Selection of Books." Miss Hoagland. the library organiser under whose direction the institute had been placed, lectured on "Accessioning." In the afternoon Miss Edwards, of Buffalo. N. Y.. organiser of the new Carnegie library in Goshen, presented an address on "The Ideal Librarian." This was followed by Miss Hoagiand's lec

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cessful. The proposed union would include book agents and similar canvassers. xxx The report of the Interstate-commerce Commission shows the following ratios of people injured and killed in railroad accidents: One of every 399 employes killed; one of every 26 employes injured; one of every 2.316.648 passengers killed; one of every 139,740 passengers injured. XXX The action of the Home Life Insurance Company in refusing to abide by the schedule of rates in Iowa. Missouri and Nebraska is expected to be productive of a rate war. and it will probably not be confined to those States alone, since it seems that the schedule is not being followed closely in the majority of the Western States. XXX The report from the examination of the Anchor Fire by the Ohio and Michigan departments shows the impairment to be as follows: On 50 per cent, basis (Ohio law). ; on pro rata basis (Michigan law), $:'7,712.oö; on pro rata computation, monthly basis. $65.000.11. The directors of the company immediately advanced $75,000 to cover the impairment. xxx A new standard policy of Iowa will make it necessary for reputable companies doing business in that State to watch very carefully what other companies are on the risks. The policy requires that only the solvent companies shall be considered in pro rating the loss, so that the loss from insuring with wild cats comes upon the authorized companies instead of the reckless property owner who has procured the worthless insurance. xxx An agent in one of the larger cities of Ohio has an original method of keeping account of the postage which he uses for each company he represents. He has a box divided into a number of compartments, each compartment being marked with the name of a company. When he writes a letter for any company he drops a small shot into the proper compartment, and thus has at the end of the month an accurate record of the postage for each company. xxx In order that the affairs of the Prudential Life Insurance Company may be successfully continued In case of death of its present officials, an arrangement has been projected by which the company will come under the control of the Fidelity Trust Company. Enough of the stock of the Prudential will be sold to the Fidelity Trust Company to give the Fidelity control of the old business of the Prudential, while the Prudential will take over enough of new stock of the Fidelity to obtain control of this company, which is to increase its capital from $1,500.000 to $3.000,000. The stock of the Prudential will be sold for $600 a share, and the stock of the Fidelity will bring about $750 per share. A large portion of the new stock will be taken by the Equitable LLe Assurance Society. XXX The Colorado Court of Appeals is quoted as deciding that the local agent owns the business on his books, and the recently decided case which is cited as standing for this proposition is Appleman vs. The Broadway Insurance Company. It appears, however, on examining this ease, that Appleman had a special agreement with the company that In the event of the company reinsuring with any other company, or retiring from business In Denver. Appleman was to dispose of his business as he pleased; hence, when the company brought fcult against Appleman for a balance of $700 which he did not return when the company reinsured, it was held that Appleman had an equitable right in the business against the plaintjff company, which right arose from the special agreement. What the court would have done in the absence of this agreement is a matter of speculation, and the agent should no, put too much dependence upon this case as establishing the proposition that he owns the business which he has written, however strongly Justice may seem, to demand that he be ghen an equitable right in it. tures on "Classification of Books" and "Book Labeling and Numbering." The dicuslon brought out points of interest on "Free Access to Shelves." Yesterday morning's session eonsisted of threo lectures on "Shelf Lists." "Bulletins" and "Charging Systems." Much Interest was manifested throughout the Institute. Samples of supplies were furnished to better illustrate the lectures. Tho3c in attendance were: Mrs. QihaotV Washing Mrs. Bernhardt. Richmond; Mrs. Griffiths. Bloomington. and Misses Ida A. Lewis. Shflhyvllle; Ida M. Roberts. Westnehl; Pearle M. Coffin. Carthage. Nellie (j. Hrp r. Madison; Mary Sanders. Westfi.ld; Andrea Ft-rKason. Charlotte KeUhnm, Mary E. Henthorne, Ida Mendenhall. Indianapolls; Miss Deming. Crawfordsvllle; Miss Evans. Fort Wayne; Miss Tutt. South Btnd, and Miss Polndfxter, JefTersonville. During the year the commission will conduct three or four similar LJbrary Institutes in different psrts of the State, so as to afford opportunity for all the librarians of the State to receive the benefit of some library instruction.

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SlDAY-SCHOOL LESSON Xov. 2, lOOa Joshnn ax, 1-9 The Cities of Refna;e. The political constitution of the Hebrew nation shines like a radiant star through subsequent apes of dark oppression and injustice. It ntdated as well as realized Plato's phanSöm republic. It was a Utopia adapted to use. Its Jurisprudence, agrarian, municipal, sanitary and criminal, is the wonder and admiration of minds versed in such matters. Under the aels of Its civil code the Hebrews were safe from the ruin which afterward befell the Greeks and Romans. A race of clients, slaves and paupers, dependent upon a rapacious oligarchy, was an impossibility under laws which made estates inalienable and save protection against usury. In place of such a shiftless population as disgraced and destroyed Rorae. Palestine had a yeomanry free and industrious. Our state boards of charities, and our laws for public sanitation and for the prevention of cruelty to animals, were antedated three thousand years by the poor laws and the statutes concerning dumb brutes, contagious diseases, etc. , The Hebrew policy was botli Philanthropie and practical. The institution of the cities of refuge Is a remarkable evidence of this. This provision was a kindly safeguard against the abuses incident to the age-old custom of blood -avenging. It was in contrast rather than analogous to the right of asylum afterward Instituted in oth r countries. It sheltered the innocent only. It gave the right of trial before an impartial tribunal before the infliction of penalty. The cities vere chosen with reference to accessibility. They were distributed at equal distances Irom each other, and on both sides of the river. Like tin New Jerusalem, with Its three gates on each side, nobody need make a wide circuit to get in. as the refuge was near at hand. All roads leading to It were kept in good repair and free of stones. All streams were bridged; all crossroads index-fingered with the signiticant word. "Refuge!" Two young students of the law might run with the fugitive, to stop and parlr-y with the avenger, should he overtake th-m, and deter him from striking the deathblow, If possible. Arriving at the refuge, the fugitive has a preliminary examination in the gate, which is still the seat of justice In Oriental countries. He is afterward cited for more formal trial before the congregation. If found guilty of premeditated murder, he is legally consigned to the elders of the city whence he came, who in turn deliver him to the avenger, who waits for him st a prescribed distance from the refuge city. If the homicide is proven accidental or without malice, the unfortunate perpettstor of It is given a residence within the lity until the death of the high priest then in ofnee. It is at his own peril he ventures beyond the wall. This species of exile Is the forfeit of his carelessness. The provisions of the rfuge-clty Uw extended to the gentile stranger ss v II as to the native clti.-n This statute of the refuge city, altogether unique in the worM'y Jurisprudence. Is in perfect alignment with the comma iv.'meiit. "Thou shalt not kill." It was designed to emphasize the value of human life and thus conserve It. it put a curb on revenge. The vendetta could not thrive under it. it insured the punishment of the guilty, the protection of the inwv-ent. Like '.he Mosaic olity in general, this particular ordnance was humane, Jum and practical. THE TEAi'HKR'S LANTERN. As through a gauzy eil one sees the atonement in t'hrlst thiouch this ancient and beautiful provision of the Mosaic law. The refuge in the city la a speaking type of the refuge in the Savior. The sinner must fly to the Savior. The avenging wiath of Ood is upon hla track. Out of Christ he is in extremest peril. He dies dally. He will believe there Is safety In Jesus before he staits. He flies by faith. He sees the wrath of God hanging over his head. He recognizes Jesus as tbe only refuge. Ha exclaims : "Other refuge have I cone." No other name, no other foundation. The lefuge Is at band. No need to ascend to brtug Christ down, or to descend to bring him

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SPICE NUT CAKE WHOLE WHEAT ROLLS AT Taggart's Bakery 233-235-237 Massachusetts Ave. at a The word Is nigh. The way Is plain sod unobstructed. The runner may read the direc tions. )ur refuge, unlike Moses's city, is for ths g ilty, not the innocent. The elder of the refuge c !y drove the wanton murderers out. Jesus, SffJ the contrary, calls not the righteous, but slnors. There was a forgleam of the universality of tl atonement in the fact that the city of refuge wus for the Gentile as well as the Jew. Who. I -r would might avail himself of it. Thus early a :.t explicitly Jehovah was saying: "Am I the G jd of the Jews only?" , There was safety for the refugee only so long a he kept closely within the city walls, and tlfsre was abundant provision there for all his wfents. 8o he who had fled to the hope set bef.re him in the gospel mint stay In Christ, and It. Him the soul finds all Its wants supplied. Until the death of the high priest. The alIvfslon is evidently to the sacrificial death of the world's High Priest. As He la alive for evernvjre, and dlcth never, so the believer is perP' tually to ebide In Christ. tHRITI EDKAVOR. lopic for ov. 2t The Beat Gift 1 Cor. all. 28-31 1 sill. 1-13. Lucy Larcom says that "the gate of heaven Is l ve; there la no ether." That la true. Lova to 0d and love to man are the two valves of tbe - trance door. And yet men try to reach heaven i ''rough the gates of philosophy, and good dag da, s'jd correct doctrine, and formal piety. The world is hungry for love. It Is not hunt 1 v for great poets, great soldiers, great Inntr.r. tut It la longing for great levers. A g-'eat lover Is simply a soul free enough from s Iflshness to 1 ve In other lives, and free enough f m reusjvi and ardlc i tell others now ha pfves them. V r It Is not enough to love and not tell U. A Miss Woolson has written: liey love us. and ve know It: this suffices For reason's share hy should tney pause to give that tore es press ion With gentle care? Why should tbey pause? Rut still our hearts are aching With all the mawlng pain Cf hungry love that longs to hear the music. And lorge and longs In vain Love is the true home of the soul sometimes we speak of heaven as the "home of the soul,' bin, sa ftcott sung. Love is heaven, and heaven Is love. . int of the most beautiful stories I have ever r d Is told of Wendell Phillips, the great orat r. He was passionately devoted to his invalid wife, end one day. after he had lectured, bis f lends ursed him not to return to Boston that r'ght. "The last train has left. ' they aald. "and y u will be obliged to tske a carriage. It Will mean taatvs miles of cob', riding through tie sleet." Ah. yes." be repli-d. bit at ths .li of them I shall And Annla PbliUps." So Journey la too long with lo'e at tbe end of It. ii taak Is too hard with lev tor Its rvrard. Love la th great incentive to lab, t ie might provocative to ambition. Liva for -me one else, love and be loved, and tb de. lopimnt of the bett that la In you will oroe as uj matter of course. Henry Van Dyke has put Ue thought Into verse: t If is the only prison that can ever bind tan soul : I jve is the only sngel who can btd the gates unroll ind. wbn he comes to call theo, arise and follow fast . 1 is way may lie through darkness, but It leads to light st last. The most ucesful men. set only ss God counts success, but often even according to men's ror measure of succers. are those that cars for hers They live In others' uceessse as wall a their own Tbey add the happiness of others W their own Joy. Tne world lies st tbe fest of t ie men who Iqvs enough. That Is. all the world worth having Not the World of grsed and gold, not tbe world of war s'id murder, not the world of pride and envy, God la tbe chief lover, tbe one patterns of lova. i very one that loveth if born of God. and whater his Father baa Is his. AM -ä R. W