Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 March 1898 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1898

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EVENTS IN THE GREAT CITY

DA.VID B. HI M/9 EFFORT TO GET BACK 1VTO POLITICS.

Low Ratra of Interest Makln* ' Difference In Investment* — Pwrchnse by an Insurance Company—Hoody’a Meetings.

[Special Correspondence Indianapolis News.] New York, March 17.—The newspaper* *eem to take It for granted that the Ellsworth anti-newspaper bHl Is dead, and credit for the defeat of the measure Is awarded to Senator Hill, who was the only prominent politician who opposed the bill. His action In tlrus antaffonlzIhg Platt and Croker is looked upon as part of bis campaign for the control of the Btat* In the next Democratic convention. In order to make sure of a ■olid delegation from this city, Croker has decided to retire HUPs friend, John C. Sheehan, whom he had already deposed from the deputy leadership, from his leadership of the Ninth assembly district. Hill Is developing unlooked-for strength In the country districts, where K was thought his associates had deserted him, and Croker will need every vote that he can feet at this end If he expects to dictate the State nomination. With the decreasing rate of Interest generally being obtained in business undertakings, the savings banks And It difficult to allow the accustomed rate. Several bills bearing on savings bank matters are now receiving the attention of the Legislature. On^ requires banks to distribute their surplus in excess of 7>4 per cent, of the deposits to the depositors In the form of a dividend. This is being opposed by the Savings Banks Association. The association is, however, favoring a bill which will increase the amount that can be loaned on real estate from 60 per cent, of Its assessed valuation, to 66 per cent. , * Deputy Assistant Treasurer Muhlemann, who has been for twenty years m charge of the routine work of the subtreasury in this city, advocates a central Government bank, corresponding In a measure to those of European countries. The Bank of France he mentions most favorably. This, he suggests, would serve a very useful purpose as a grand national clearing house or bank of banks for the whole United States. There Is one Greek on the police force In New York, and he is known as the worst enemy of -the numerous push-cart peddlers of his own nationality. He is detailed to the special duty of watching them, and, after explaining the law once In their native language, accepts no excuses and keeps them moving, as the rules reculre. > While the friends of the numerous members of the charter day committee are enthusiastically >in favor of the celebration proposed to be beld in May, the project meets with opposition In many quarters. A large proportion of the citisens of Brooklyn think that consolidation 1s a failure, and do not care to celebrate. Besides, they think that all of the main features of the parade, banquet and speech-making, wUl be in the borough of Manhattan, and , so. Brooklyn's loss of Independence will be made more manifest. It Is probable that as many sleigh bells will be heard on the avenue this summer as were heard during the winter, because the Introduction of rubber tires and rubber horseshoes has been found to constitute such menace to pedestrians that many carriage-owners are anticipating "the prevention of accidents by putting one or two email sleigh bells on each of their horses. •’? ■ The new fort at Bandy Hook has been garrisoned by four batteries of artillery, drawn from three other forts In, New York haorbor, which were taken there on Monday. The large military station now known as Ft. Slocum, on David's Island, is the chief Eastern depot for recruita, and a considerable number are sent there each.' day. Tho enlistments at the othce In Third avenue kejp up briskly; the new men are oorraled In the new building, and receive their meals at & near-by restaurant until a sufficiently largo number are gathered together, when they are sent up tho sound to David's island. Tho care of the Third-avenue elevated will be lighted with gas next week for the first time, and there will then remain only the Bocond-avenue line to equip. The proposition to erect a new building for the Essex Market Court calls attent on to one of the most remarkoblo changes In the character of the populate of a district that has ever taken place. When the court-house was erected ttie East Bide was the best part of the city; the streets all had fine old Revolutionary or Knickerbocker names; the district was populated by a thrifty, respectable class of American cittsene, and there was little need of a court. The IrUh drove out the Americans; then (there was German supremacy for a while, and now the Jews from the South of Europe have the whole territory to themselves. They are probably the most lltlgous people on .the face of the earth, and very hard to deal with In a Judicial sense Publicity ha* Ju»t been given to the eingular coincidence that three of John Y. McKane* most trusted lieutenants, formerly men of wealth, are now very 111 and In destitute. circumstance*. Poor luck *eeina to have attended all <>* the associate* of the former McKane ring in the borough of Brooklyn *lnce their leader wa* sent to Sing Sing. The continued Hines* of Mr*. W. L. Whitney, a* a result of her accident In the" hunting Held, attracts attention to the family affair* and makes conspicuous one of the most notable family feud* ever known In the city of New York! Mr. Whitney'* marriage to- the former friend and companion of our most lnHuentlal banker estranged him from hi* brother and hi* brother-in-law, also hi* daughter by hi* first marriage. Hi* son iflhrfted Gertrude Vanderbilt, who Is at war with the Wilson contingent for having seduced her young brother and married him to the mature and desperately ambitious Miss Wilson, who at fast succeeded In gaining the title, Mrs. C. Vanderbilt, Jr., and *he Is at odds with her aunt. Mrs. Belmont, for having fallen out with her favorite uncle, w. K. Vanderbilt, and married her present husband after divorce proceedings. None of the other Belmonts have anything to do with Mrs. Vanderbllt-Belmont or her husband, so that altogether, it is just about as mixed-up an affair as can be imagined. There Is an excellent dvll sendee organisation on the elevated railroad, and while the discipline le very strict, the men are fairly treated and fairly paid. Therefore, they remain with the company for years, and. os scarcely any new appointments have been made on th&jajad In the last few years, owing to the decrease of travel, and the policy of oaring for all the men on the '‘extra list” before engaging any new ones, a good portion of the men now in service are. in a sense, veterans, and many are personally known to the regular travelers on their trains. To one who sees the numerous trains passing on the elevated, it may seem strange that there should be regular riders on certain of them, but the guards, as the trainmen ore called, say that such Is the case, and that at every elation they always pick up certain regular passengers each night and morning. The first express north on the Third avenue line each afternoon always carries a contingent of the city hall pollUolans, and on the W est Side lines the early express trains in the afternoon all have a complement of regular passengers from the Wall street district. 1 The iron mines adjacent to this city seem to be decreasing in profitableness. Edison Is working a Targe mine in New Jersey, using an electrical process for separating the ore. which Is said to be very successful, but he does not make the figures public. The mines on this side of the river seem to be gradually closing down. One of the latest to discontinue operations Is the old Tilly Foster mine, near Brewstero, the workings of which are WO feet deco and are now almost entirely filled with water. ' Ferdinand Ward, the ex-Napoleon of finance.the failure of whose firm of 9. ra, l t ft Ward, ruined, financially, Gen. U. 8. Grant, is now a clerk In the surrogate s office at Geneoee, N. Y. At every time of public excitement seme notoriety-seeker comes to the front, and last week a man well known In this city offered to start a pubHc loan, to be made without Interest to the Government, and made- a suggestion that a:

loan of f]00,u00,000 could be raised in this manner. This offer has been very wide-

j iy copied.

i Almost Invariably the erection of a j

sky-scraper Is attended with loss of life, and It Is Invariably stated that a new ! building Just being completed In lower i Broadway has been the scene of ten fatal accidents, and that forty-five men | | have been Injured In its construction. Battles have secured a place In history i at which the loss was no greater. The rapid accumulation of funds In the possession of the life insurance companies. w'hich have to lie invested In negotiable securities for the benefit of pol-icy-holders. has resulted in the Insurance companies becoming the largest holders of first-class railway securities. The Mutual Life Insurance Company owns the entire issue of bonds of tha Metropolitan Street Railway Company, and has just purchased from members of the Vanderbilt family 115,000,000 of the New York Central collateral trust bonds Issued In exchange for Lake Shore stock. Five million dollars was paid by a sinble check as the first Installment of this money and a similar amount will be paid in two other monthly payments. One of the most efficient firemen of this city Is Chief Edward Croker, of the Third Battalion, a nephew of the great “Sir Richard.” His heroism at the disastrous fire at the Bowery Mission lodg-ing-house has received prompt recognition by his temporary appointment as acting deputy chief. Chief Croker has passed through all the grades of the fire department In regular succession and would doubtless have made his mark without the Influence of his powerful

relative.

The Rev. Mr. Moody is drawing great crowds to hls religious meetings at the Grand Central Palace. Many special Lenten services are In progress under the auspices of other ministers, and one of them has introduced the novelty of having men prominent In public life deliver addresses as part of the service. Captain Mahan, of the navy, and former Police Commissioner Avery D. Andrews have thus been called upon to

speak.

The batteries of,light artillery in this harbor have been Increased from seven-ty-five to one hundred men each, placing them on what is called the war footing, and the drills are now being conducted with teams of six horses, the number used In actual service, instead of four, the usual number used in drills. As we are to have two additional regiments of artillery, whether war occurs or not. It may be of interest to note the manner In which they will be formed. Each of the five regiments of artillery, heretofore composing that branch of the service, and ten heavy batteries and two light batteries. From each of the former eight men. were selected, from each of the latter seven, a total of M0 men to form the nucleus of the twenty-four batteries in the two new regiments. These details have already been made, and the recruiting which Is now going on Is to fill up tho new batteries to the authorized strength and to fill up the vacancies created In. the cjld batteries. UNCLE) SAM’9 TORPEDOES. 334 of Them Now Owned by the Navy Department—More Coming.

[New York Sun.]

The United States Navy 1* very deficient in respect of its equipment of automobile torpedoes, but the deficiency i* bring remedied by gradual additions !to the stock. The navy now has 334 of the Whitehead torpedoes, which are relied on principally for use on the torpedo boats and battleships. Of this number 226 are of the smaller and 109 of the larger size. The former carry a charge of 260 pounds of damp guncotton, and the latter 500 pounds of tho same explosive. The larger ■ise wa* never mode for our Government until last year. The meagemess of this supply of Whiteheads Is manifest when it l* known that England has several thouaand of them to commission, besides

a large stock to reserve.

Of the 334 Whiteheads possessed by the navy, 184 are now art the Brooklyn navy yard and the works of the E. W. BMse Company, being fitted as rapidly as possible with the “Aubrey —•

U CONGRESSMAN’S DAY

HOW

THE \EW AND THE OLD MKMJIKU WORKS.

aioie with the Aubrey gear”—a new steering device that wonderfully enhances tha effecltlvenea* of the torpedoes. The ipproprlation of 3260,000 on account of orpodoee, made a f«w weeks ago, waft ntunly for th* purpose of equipping tho

torpedoes,

appro, ‘ '

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torpeuies on hand with thte device. The Whitehead torpedo is a most complicated piece of mechanism, and Is one of the greatest triumphs or modem mechanical skill. Fired from the deck of a ship or from the tube of a torpedo boat It must find its level at a “set depth,” maintain that depth throughout R» run, and automatically steer Itself both vertically and horizontally. The motove power Is compressed air, which Is stored In a reservoir and automatically admitted to the engine by the engagement of a catch as the torpedo leave* the tube. The device for bringing the torpedo to It* “set depth” after the initial dive, and for keeping It at that de^Ui, 1* very delicate

and complicated.

vertical rudders

are operated by a pendulum, which l* moved by a diaphragm. The diaphragm is exposed to the pressure of the water, and the varying water pressure as the torpedo tends to rise above or sink below its set depth 1* the force that operates

the mechanism.

The torpedo, a* made without the “Aubrey gear’ Is steered horizontally by rudders that work automatically. The torpedoes thus guided are much less certain In their (horizontal direction than in thedr vertical government. Of course there 1* more leeway horizontally than vertically. The Government requirement In testing Whitehead* without the “Aubrey gear 51 has been that they should not vary more than three feet vertically or twentyeight yards horizontally from the center of the target at a range of 800 yards. The “Aubrey gear” gives almost perfect accuracy horizontally. It la the invention of an Austrian, and was promptly taken up by our Government when the experiments made In Europe had proved Its value. It is based on. the principle of the gyroscope. A small but heavy brass wheel Is hung on Jeweled bearings in such a way that It will always maintain its level end the original direction of its axis, like & ship’s compass. This wheel revolve* at a very high rate of speed. It Is sell crosswise of the torpedo body, Us axi* having the same direction as the axis of the torpedo. It Is only necessary to aim the gyroscope, as it can not change It* direction while the wheel ts In motion, and forces the 'torpedo to its own direction If the latter swerves out of Its proper course. This is accomplished by means of a catch on the gyroscope, which, when the torpedo to deflected, opens a valve, admitting compreased air to a small piston which operates the rudder*. Since 'this device has been applied the Govermnem ha* raised Its standard of requirements, and the maximum horizontal variation allowed In torpedoes equipped with it is three yard*. It is probable that further orders for automobile torpedoes will be placed by the Government In the near future. The E. W. Bliss Company, which is depended on by the Government for this work, has facilities for turning them out very rapidly. o

Cautious.

[Harper’* Round Table.]

He walked Into the apothecary shop l hesitating step and glanced nerv-

urttk a _

oualy at the rows of bottle* with a scared look In his pale blue eyes. After fidgeting about uncertainly for some he at last caught the eye of the clerk, and. beckoning mysteriously, led the way to a secluded corner by the cigar-case, where the clerk was surprised by finding a trembling forefinger hooked tenaciously Into one of hls but-ton-holes and an eager face thrust sud-

denly against hls.

“What a the matter?” asked the clerk. “I s'poee you can lay your hand right on the morphine bottle, can't you?” said the stranger. In an anxious whisper. “Yes. sir. Certainly.” replied the as-

tonished salesman.

"An' I reckon If you was pushed you could find the strychnine In a minute or

two?”

"Of course.”. “Mebbe the arsenic hasn’t got lost or mislaid clear beyond findln’, if you just had to. has H?” “Assuredly not.” “An’ the *ugar-of-lead bottle couldn't get away from you if It tried?” "No, indeed.” "An' chasin' up the vitriol to Its lair would be Just play for you?" “My dear sir. of course I am familiar with all the drugs here.” "Rut s'posln’ some of the other fellers had been changin’ them around, just as a joke, you know?” "What do you mean?” "Suppose the bottle* had got mixed?" “Impossible. Besides, everything Is plainly labeled.” “An' there ain’t no chance of your palmin' off prussic acid for pepper-

mint?"

“Not the slighteet.” “Well, I’ve—half—a—notion—to—risk— It. Ye*, you may give me two ounces of peppermint, young man."

Hint* for Howaekeepera. Steam*’* Electric Paate destroy* . reache* and water bug*. Sc and |i; at. *11 druggist*.

The Way In Which n New Member Began to Work I p Pension Case* —A Sample Day of an Old Member W ho 1» Much Sought After

[Special Correspondence Indianapolis News ] ■Washington, D. C., March 17.—Another new Congressman appeared at the Pension Office one day and asked for the papers In fifteen different pension cases. Being a lawyer he undoubtedly fancied that the mode of procedure was something like that of a country court. There were over a thousand papers in some of the cases; he received them with some astonishment, but governed by a sense of duty endeavored to get at the pith of each case. Great beads of perspiration were standing on his brow when a clerk in the office approached him and offered hls assistance. He handed him the usual Inquiry slip, saying that if he would mark the number of the pension and the name and service of the applicant and forward the slip, the office would furnish by mail the status of each claim. He thanked the assistant, but felt It hls bounden duty to attend to the wants of each of hls constituents. He preferred a personal Investigation of each case. Four hours were spent in trying to ascertain the status of two cases. The Congressman, then concluded to accept the offer so kindly made He realized that as he hod about 150 applications for 'pensions, and Increase of pensions. It would take six months’ steady work to unravel them, and leave him no time to attend the sessions of the House. He bore away a bundle of slips and undoubtedly spent a greater part of the night In preparing them for filing. He was so careful that he placed each slip in a separate stamped envelope, each addressed to :* Commissioner of Pensions : Washington, D : Personal ^ To hvsure prompt delivery he carried these envelopes to the Pension Office at 9 o’clock the next morning. The assistant received him very pleasantly, saying that he had given himself unnecessary trouble. All the slips might have been placed to one envelope under h4s frank. The member received the Information with Christian resignation, but made no attempt to remove the stamps. To-day he has full knowledge and never wastes a 2-cent stamp; nor does he deem it necessary to stop at the Pension Office on hls way to the Capitol in the morning.

A Sample Day.

Such are the experiences of a few members. The glamor of congressional life quickly disappears to the years that follow. Length of service brings added responsibility, until he becomes overbur-

uened and hls work is never done. Requests that were at flret confined to his own district seem to become national, and there Is hardly a nook In the Union from which he does not receive an importunity. Hls importance as a member has increased and hls usefulness has been acknowledged by appointment to the important committees of the House. There, If still governed by a sense of duty, he

works li ke a plow-horse.

The following accurately describee a day’s work to Washington of a Congressman, who has been a member of the House for- ten years: At 8 o’clock bis

account of clerk called before he was out of bed.

- Thirty-five letters were answered while ft* was dressing. His meal was Interrupted by an old friend who had dropped around to breakfast, and imparted some important Information concerning the

death of Mary, Queen of Scots.

At 10 o’clock, with his clerk, the Congressman began the rounds of the departments. Hls first visit was to the Wax, Navy and State Department building. An old soldier wanted to ascertain whether he was entitled to a medal of honor. His record to the War Department was searched and a decision reached that the old soldier’s gallantry was to the line of duty, and, therefore, he was .not entitled to a medal. At the Navy Department a constituent had applied to have hls son enlisted as an apprentice. The information from the bureau of navigation was that the quota of apprentice* was full and no moie could

be taken.

At the State Department, a constituent desired letters to American consuls in Europe. He was about to make a tour of the old world, and had been Informed that such letters were of great value. A general letter and passport were secured at the State Department and promptly forwarded. On the way out of the War, Navy and State Department building the Congressman met a bridal couple, fresh from hls district. They were seeing the sights and were extremely anxious to visit the White House. The Congressman accompanied them, and their delight at being Introduced to the President of the United States was beyond bound. Still at It. A visit to the Treasury Department followed. Some constituent had lost a United States bond, and was looking for a duplicate. The chief of the bond division replied that no duplicate could be Issued without a special act of Congress, and had the courtesy to draw up a special bill for Introduction into the House. From the Treasury Department, the Congressman and hto clerk rode to the Postofflce Department,' half a mile away. He bore a request for the establishment of a stamp agency In a pharmacy within lines of hls district. He was informed that the application would have to be made from the home office, and if the application was approved by the postmaster it would be given favorable consideration by the Postmaster-General. The round was only half completed. There were requests to visit the Public Primer, to see the Pension Commissioner, to call on the Patent Commissioner, and to look after some papers In the Land Office, but a score of whistles announced the hour of 12 and the stars and stripes appeared upon both the House and Senate wings of the Capitol. Congress was in session, and the Representative turned hls face toward the legislative building On arriving, he tried to reach the com-mittee-room. A lady stopped him with an introductory letter. She desired employment In the Public Library. While

she was urging her mission, six or seven others gathered around, awaiting the Congressman's release. One was a war veteran with an excellent record, recently discharged from the navy yard for lack of work. Although coming from a city far removed from the Congressman's district, he urged the Representative to visit the Secretary of the Navy in his behalf. A third was anxiously hunting for a Government publication, long out of print. A fourth wanted a card of admission to the members’ gallery, and a fifth was looking for a map of the Klondike region. A sixth, bearing an introduction. wanted the Congressman to visit the superintendent of police in the District of Columbia, to secure his appointment as a policeman.

No Relief.

At this instant a fellow-member said in passing that the roll was being calledin the House on a party question. This was enough. The Congressman excused himself to hls visitors and entered the House. He had no sooner voted than two or three pages thrust cards Into hi* hands announcing more visitors outside. Before be reached the door he was stopped by half a dozen colleagues. One wanted & letter of introduction to a prominent lawyer In a neighboring city; another called attention to a bill in committee and sought assistance in having It reported favorably and placed upon the calendar. A third wanted to trade ethnology books for agricultural reports. and a fourth was seeking a hearing before the Congressman s committee. A fifth asked the Representative to go before the committee on rivers and harbors and advocate an appropriation for an improvement In Delaware bay. The servant of the people flnally

re.nehed the cloak-room and passed out of the window of the barber shop into the corridor. It was only ton feet frem there to his committee-room. The chairman had sent for him to attend the meeting of a sub-com mu tee. He fancied that the way would be clear, but was woefully mistaken. Another knot of friends were clustered about the doo-r. Within five minutes, his attention was called to a dozen different requests; some applicants thrusting newly-printed bills in his hand and others newly-printed reports. At last, however, he passed the door, took his seat at the table, and was soon engrossed In the work of hls committee. This was Intricate, and lasted over four hours. Meantime the House adjourned, and the Congressman's outside friends were scattered. Some sought him at his residence and others a.t his favorite eating-house. Wherever he appeared—on the street. In the theater, in hotel rotunda, or In a street car—he was besought to grind axes for other people. He reached his bed long after midnight, more exhausted than an honest farmer would have been after a hard day's work In a hay field. Such is a faint Insight Into the life of a statesman In Washington to 1898—yet it Is a Job that never goes begging. AMOS J. CUMMINGS. SUPREME COURT RECORD. Abstract* of Opinion* Handed Down March 18, 1808. Larceny—Pretramptfon of Guilt—Instruction*. 18,406. Charles Campbell va State of Indiana. Noble C. C. Affirmed. McCabe, J. (1) Where the Jury Is instructed that the presumption of guilt arising from the exclusive unexplained possession of recently stolen property may be rebutted, and that the jury js bound to acquit If the evidence raises a reasonable doubt of the defendant’s guilt, it is not reversable error to also instruct them that from such possession by defendant, “the law presumes that the defendant stole the property, and the this presumption ipay be strong enough to justify you in finding him guilty.” (2) There Is no practical difference between a presumption of fact and a rebuttal presumption of law. (3) The law absolutely requires the Jury to find according to evidence, which is legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt, and is not opposed by any contradictory evidence or countervailing circumstances, and they have no right arbitrarily to disregard It. Practice—Agreement—Jury Trial. 18,205. James Blair vs. Exle Curry et al. Fayette C. C.* Rehearing denied. McCabe, J. % (!) A bill of exceptions is presumed to have been prepared by appellant’s attorney, and after It is signed and filed, It Imports absolute verity and mu*t control wherever It conflicts with the order book entry, especially If Its statements are against the party who prepared it (2) Section 968, R. S„ 1881, does not empower attorneys to do anything by agreement which the parties themselves could not do, and even the parties can not inject Into a transcript and bill of exceptions, after they are filed in the Supreme Court, a mass of documentary evidence which was Inadvertently omitted. (3) A proceeding by the heirs of a deceased purchaser of land at sheriff’s sale, to compel the person having wrongful possession of the sheriff’s certificate to surrender it, and the sheriff to execute a deed Jo plaintiffs is of equitable cognizance and not triable by Jury. Timber — Executed Contract — Forfeiture. 18,466. James N. Halstead v*. Fred L. Jessup. Gre«*to C. C. Reversed. Hack(1) The law does not favor forfeitures and will not enforce them In the absence of clearly stated conditions of forfeiture. (2) The purchaser’s failure to remove the timber within four years does not work a forfeiture of hls right to It where he bought and paid for all the standing timber cm a tract of land and received a written transfer from the owner in which It was stipulated that the purchaser was “to have four years to take off said oak timber.” and was to take it clean, but nothing was said about a forfeiture. Widow—Sale of Real Estate—Debt*. 18,318. Daniel Lewis, administrator, vs. Caroline Watkins. Hendricks C. C. Affirmed. Monks, J. ^ (1) An order of court for the payment of unsecured debts and costs of administration out of the widow's third of the gross proceeds of land sold to satisfy mortgages given by her deceased husband In which she joined, Is absolutely void. (2) W'hei-e a decedent left some personal estate, and a farm Incumbered by mortgagee In which his wife Joined, the administrator was bound to apply the personal property In payment of the mortgages, so as to leave for the widow, If possible, a full third of the price realized upon a sale of the real estate to satisfy Incumbrances. APPELLATE COURT.

GRADUATES IN MEDICINE

COMMENCEMENT BA KRONEN WILL BE HELD IN A FEW DAYS.

Ceremonies of the Phy»lo-Med* at English’* Opera House — Central C« liege Graduates—Graduate* of the College of indiaua.

Complaint — Probable Cause — Conviction. 2,456. Dandel Blucher vb. Anthony Zonfeer. DeKalb C. C. Affirmed. Wiley, J. (1) A complaint for malicious prosecution which recite* only the arrest of plaintiff, but hls trial and conviction by a Jury In a Justice's court and his subsequent acquittal on appeal to the Circuit Court, Is Insufficient on demurrer, unless It also alleges facts showing that tho first conviction was secured by fraud or perjury. (2) Probable cause may exist when the defendant Is innocent. (3) The fact that an attorney employed by the prosecuting witness persuaded the Justice and the jury that certain facts constituted a crime when they do not, and called the Jury’s attention to the fact that they would get no fee* unless the defendant was convicted, does not destroy the force of the conviction as establishing the existIstence of probable cause. BUI of Lading — Contradiction by Parol. 2,361. Loudsvtlle & Cincinnati Packet Company vs. William H. Roger*. Jefferson C. C. Affirmed. Comstock, J. (1) Where a bill of lading is signed for goods received for transportation by a common carrier, in which it is stipulated that they shall be carried on a certain boat, whlph leaves on the following day, and they are immediately put on board another boat which Is expected to leave immediately, but which ts burned with all Its contents, the carrier is liable for the value of such goods, although the bill of lading stipulated against loss by fire while In transit. (2) The express stipulation In writing contained In the bill of lading as to which boat should carry the goods can not be contradicted by proof of a usage or custom. (3) Where it is not shown that the agent who received the goods had no authority to receive freight for the boat on which It was stipulated that they sic.mid be carried, the simple fact that he was clerk of the other boat and received the goods on that boat does not relieve the carrier of liability for the value of the goods. For Stealing Grease. Lon Baldwin, who stole three barrels of grease from the Belt & Stock Yards Railroad Company, pleaded guilty to petit larceny In the Criminal Court yesterday and was fined $10 and sentenced to ninety days’ imprisonment. AMUSKMEJrrx. ENGLISH’S OPERA HOUSE — "The Geezer”—2 and 8 p. m. PARK THEATER—Star Specialty Company—2 and 8 p. m. EMPIRE TH EATER—Billy Madden’s Athletic Company—8 p. m.

The medical colleges will hold commencement exercises within the next few days. The first will be by the PhyaloMedJcal College on Monday evening next In English's Opera House. It will be the twenty-fifth annual commencement. Dr. N- D. Woodard will be chairman. An adiress will be made by the Rev. Franct* C. Woodard on ’’The Immortality of th* Body." The graduates will be: James Monroe Quick, Indiana; J. Kleeman Zinn, Canada; James L. Johnson, Missouri; Henry C. Schlaff, Missouri; Elmer C. Pierce, Indiana; William A. Edwards, Illinois; Clarence A. Carpenter, Michigan; John Albert Gardner, Ohio; George West veer, Michigan: Edward K. Wolf, Ohio; Harry E. Thurston, Ohio; William Walter Cox, Texas; A May Morgan, Ohio; Edward Fenneesey Jones, Illinois; C. Marine C. Schlaef, Missouri; Elmer C. Pierce, Indiana; Frank Stackhouse, Illinois; David Harold Snoke, Indiana; George H. Smith, Indiana; Harry D. Kealing, Indiana; Frank Magel, Indiana; Arthur Walde, England; Harry E. Pattern, Illinois, On Tuesday evening the sixteenth annual commencement of the Students’ Society of the Physio-Medical College will take place at Plymouth church. Addresses will be made by the Rev. D. R. Lucas and H. E. Harold. The applicants for certificates are the graduates whose names are printed above, and. in addition, J. Kleeman Zin, Katherine L. Smith and Harry D. K’ealing. Central College Commencement. The Central College of Physicians and Surgeons will hold Its commencement at English s on Wednesday evening next. An address will be delivered by Prof. Edward E. Montgomery. The gradates are: Eddie De Baim Thlxtun, John Garnett, James William Birchfteld, Lillie Atta Crockett, William Henry Lawaba, John M. Fon'ts, Roland T. Blount, V. Albert Magenheimer, Eugene Buehler, Lervi Rceooe Ulges, Samuel Lucian Laswell, Orris Graeme Cruikshank, Samuel Horace Heath, Stephen Mint Johns, Warren Randolph Flynn, John Asa Gibbon, George Andrew Hill, Fred Couneelman Ddlley, Brigttta Elizabeth Malone, Granville Leonar Oldham, Harvey Adams Moore, William T. Davis, John Paul Mylott, C. E. Dally, William G. McChesney, William Alva Sml/tih. Alex T. Stewart, Maurice Hansen, John Nelson Kelly, Clarence V, Ward, G. N. Small; Earl Miller, Martin T. Plough, Charles Johnson, G. W. McCUnlock, George Walter Small. Indiana Medical College. The commencement exercises of the Medical College of Indiana University of Indianapolis will occur at English’s March 29. The program has ntft been arranged. The graduates wlH be: H. R. Applegate, Veturia D. Armstrong, H. M. Arthur, M. L. Arthur, L. J. Baldwin, T. C. Bell, E. V. Boram, E. C. Brier, E. A. Brown. J. B. Champion, W. H. Cohee, C. W. Conger, Ernest Cooper, Margaret B. Crum, F. A. Dennis, W. T. S. Dodds, James Egbert, A. Y. Fankboner, O. F. Fleener, B. F. Freenlan, C. D. Fulkerson, H. H. Mattery, Clarence Hill, W. R. Hutcheson, Jennie M. Jenkins, Lola Johnson, T. W. Kelsey, A. C. Kennedy, B. F, Kennedy, C. E. Kennedy, J. -D. Kerr, Frank Kilgore. J. G. Klnneman, F. B. Kistner, Lenora E. Knerr, G. F. Lewis; J. I. Lewis, Laura Mace, Flora Maclvor, J. D. Malott, Paul Martin, N. J. McCall, F. F. Mendenhall, O. W. Michael, N. C. Monroe, H. S. Moore, R. G. Morgan, E. E. Parker, J. N. Farrington, E. L. Perkins, G. A. Petersdorf, C. D. Pettigrew. J. A. Pfaff, Mary H. Poole, F. E. Radcllffe, H. N. Rafferty, W. I. Scott, A. J. Schneider, J. F. Schaefer, Guy Seaton, Charles Sexton, J. F. Sherfy, N. T. Shobe. E. R. Sisson, A. J. Smith, P. C. Smith, O. C. H. Spiller, F. A. Stokes, A. A. Swope, Samuel A. Shoemaker, F. A. Tabor, Charles Trueblood, J. A. Turner, H. R. Vandivier, George J. Weltz, R, L. Westover, C. A. White, A. A. Williamson, W. Fleming Willien. Dental and Law Commencement*. The commencement* of the Dental and Law Colleges of the University of Indianapolis will take place, respectively, on April 12 and May 25. GERMAN HOUSE MUSIC HALL. Program for It* Dedication on Wednesday, May 18. The program for tho dedication of the new music hall of the German House, on Wednesday, May 18, ha* been arranged, and will be as follows: Overture, “Robespierre” Orchestra “Tannhaeuser” march Wagner Mixed Chorus and OrchestraAddress in German, Herman. Lleber, President of the Stock Association. “Liedes Frelhelt Marschner” Male Chorus “Spanish Dance” MoschowskI Orchestra, Addrees In English, by John L. Griffiths. "Odysseus” Max Bruch Mixed Chorus and OrchestraPyramids, by the Social Tumverein. Fe*t-splel, by the Dramatic Section. The entire Instrumental musical program will be rendered by the Music Veredn of Indianapolis, which, it Is hoped, will grow to be sufficient In itself to take ample care of any May festival or like musical event requiring an. orchestra that Indianapolis may ever be called upon to furnish. The chairmen of the committees having tho dedication of the new music hail In charge are George Kothe, general committee; A. M. Kuhn, reception; A. E. Metzger, printing; Robert Keller, decoration; Robert Lleber, ball and banquet; C. E. Emerlch. kommers.

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Few men in this country who have •lived to "clear the eight-barred gate Which not many come In sight of, and fewer go over,” have enjoyed more of the blessing of a long, active, well-spent life than Patrick A. DonaJhoe, the founder of the Boston Pilot. In every city, village and hamlet throughout the several State* and Territories of the Union, where the IristoAmerlean people have settled, the name of Patrick Donahoe la spoken with respect, admiration and affection. More than half a century ago Mr. Donahoe established .the Pilot. In 1870 he engaged John Boyle O’RelMy, who was its brilliant editor for twenty years. To every good cause and to every charity he has been a generous subscriber. Scarcely a Catholic dhuroh In New England that has not been & red pent of his bounty. Mr. Donahoe is now eighty-six. The following open letter sent to Wells, Richardson & Co., Is, in fact, addressed to the thousands of friends all over the land, In whose hearts and homes Patrick Donahoe has found so large a place: "I recently suffered from prostration brought on by a protracted nine** of a very trjlos character, and at the suggestion of friends who were believers In your remedy (Paine’s celery compound) I was Induced to give ft a trial. I am happy to say that the result was moat satisfactory, and I felt its good effect immediately. Hence, I am able to recommend Its use in cases like mine, where

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