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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-28
THE FOURTH DISTRICT.
Filing Protest in the Wrong Place
Vote of the District Last Year.
no the editor OF the Inaianapolis journal:

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
In your issue of yesterday it was stated
that a formal protest had been filed with
the secretary of state against the printing
and distributing of ballots bearing the
name of Dr. U. M. Browder as a candidate
for Congress of the Peoples party at the
special election. This is a question with
which the secretary of state has nothing to
DO, and one over which he has no control
and a protest filed with him would have no
more force or effect than if filed with a
civilian, he is powerless to prevent the
printing and distributing of ballots bearing
the name of any candidate for Congress.
He is not g member of the board of state
or county election commissioners; member
of Congress is an office not to be voted for
by all the electors of the State, and he is
the one who heads the local ticket. Pro-
tests, if any, should be filed, where the
ticket is local, with the chairman of the
Board of Election Commissioners of each
of the ten counties composing the district.
Nominations for Congress by conventions
or primaries are certified not to the sec
rotary of state or Governor, but to the
clerks of the counties composing the dis
trict and protests, to be effectual, should
be filed in each OF the counties. Ever since
the nomination of Griffith strong effort
has been made to prevent the Populists
on the day of the Populist convention at
North Vernon a caucus of Democratic
workers met at that place land effort
was made TO prevent Browder's nomination
or to cause his Withdrawal should he be
nominated If it be the plan to aid the
Democracy by filing protests, it will be
necessary for the parties to pick their flint
and try again. There are seven Repub-
lican clerks in the district and three DEM
ocratic-Bartholomew, Brown and Jackson
and it now remains to be seen what ac-
ton, if any. they will take in distributing
ballots containing the name of Browder
should protests be filed. The printing and
distributing of ballots for the special cleo
ton will be governed by the provisions of
the law regulating general elections.
It is surely monumental cheek for the
Democratic party to lodge protests against
the printing of Mr.. Browder's name, since
he was one of its chief advisers during the
last election and resigned twelve-hundred-
dollar pastorate in order that he might as
sist that party in its free-silver fallacies.
There We're cast in the ten counties COM
prising the district 23,670 for Bryan. p $50
for Mckinley, 1884 for Holman; Sulzer,
%. 1853; Shively, 90 1S1; Mount, 22,721. Holman
received rs votes less than Bryan; Sulzer
16l less than Mckinley; Shively 539 less
than Bryan; Mount 200 less than Mckinley.
Mounts majority in Decatur county was
363 U.
CsraeuSb11ro Ind June q.
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A MODERN MOOD.
Americans Notable for the 0uietness
of Their Patriotism.
w. d. Howells, in Harper.

w D. Howells, in Harper
1t is in no overweening, mood of optimism
that we trust the Republic to save Itself.
There are almost as few mere optllnls Is
as mere pessimists among US. question
those who seem to be the one or the ott nei,
hearts they have the same douDtS, the
SINE homes. The blandest optimist does
not deny that, there are good many dnay
not affirm that there is no means Wltnll
our democracy of Tightening them again,
or that there is any means OUTSIDE OF oe-
We trust the Republic within itself; that
is we trust one another and we trust one
another the most implicitly when We az
firm the most DANGEROUSLY, one-half OF US,
that the other half is plunglng the Whoie
of US in irreparable ruin Ihat IS mercy
our way of calling all to the duty we owe
to each II is not very dignihed way,
hut the entire Nation is in the joke, ana IL
is not so mischievous as 1t might seem. by
and by probably we shall cnange H. we
should certainly change it in the presence
of any vital danger, for one reason, be-
cause we should then be all OF one mind
in devotion to the Republic.
Nothing in our modern mood, think,
is more notable than the quiet Of our. pa
triotism In this we are ike people whose
religion has become their life; 1t Is no
longer an enthusiasm, and 1t is certainly
not a ceremonial. They do not seek for a
sign; the light is in them. cannot an
sTer' for the new generation which Is soon
TO inherit America, but / believe we who
are about bequeathing it TO them desire
nothing so little as a miracle. We have
had many miracles in our time. and we
have not found that they permanently
profited, even as foundation OF faith.
But the age of miracles is past with US,
and we are glad IL Is past They are never
Concerned with things of the mind or
things of the soul; il is as difficult TO be
good as to be wise; either of these states
Is the effect of long and STOW endeayor:
and neither is the effect of miracles. These
gave us no righteous men and no great
men. though they gave US many rich ones.
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visitors at West Baden.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WEST BADEN, Ind, June N.-R. o.
Hawkins of Indianapolis. arrived at west
Baden Thursday for a ten days stay.
c. H. Burnett of Eldorado. ILL.,, left for
home Friday, after a two weeks visit here.
A L. Kinsey, of Indianapolis, is spending
several days recreating at West Baden
Mr.. Kinsey is a student at the Lawrence
vile, n. J.. Academy.
5. l.. Ross, superintendent of schools at
Hamilton, o., is among the guests at West
Baden.
J. j. McNalIy, the Boston farce-comedy
writer and newspaper man, has been seek
ing a much needed rest here. Mr.. McNally
is the author of "A Straight Tip" IA
Country Sport" The Widow Jones and
"Courted Into Court" the last two plays
being written especially for May Irwin,
who met with great success in both the
past two seasons.
Miss Margaret Nash, of Chicago, Is en-
joying an outing at West Baden. Miss
Nash recently returned from an extended
tour through Europe.
Charles j. Kuhn OF indianapolis, returned
home Friday after spending ten days here.
Louis +. over, the Muncle window glass
manufacturer, has been at West Baden for
several days.
William Harris, of the theatrical firm OF
Harris & Rich, New York, was visitor at
West Baden the past week
Warren Wright, of Chicago, is spending
his usual vacation here and training for
Cen Samuel Thomas, president, and W.
II. McDoel, vice president and general
manager, of the Monon, were at West Ba-
den several days the past week.
enjoying a pleasant ten days outing at
West Baden.
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FoREMAN's REVENGE.
Laid the Naughty Senator'S Low, De-
spite Umpire Manassau

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, O., June 27.-Frank Fore
man lost close game to the Senators Fri
day. but he was amply revenged this after
noon when he held the hard-hitting leaders
or the Western League race down to four
scattering hits, and it was fortunate for
the home team that three of the hits were
doubles, as in each instance it resulted in
a score, thereby saving a shut out. The
errors made by the Columbus team were
far more costly than is apparent from the
score, but it made no difference, as the Sen
ators could not do business with the stick
and when they did get against the ball.
the Hoosiers cut hits off by the most sem
sational kind of fielding, in which Stewart
and Gray were the star performers. All Of
the Hoosiers, except Foreman, hit the ball
hard, but he did not need to, such a splend-
id game was he pitching. Deadly and Hog
riever did the best batting, the latter hit
ting safely three time for a total of six
bases and he also stole three bases and
scored four of the runs. Columbus never
was in the hunt after the opening inning
as the run which was made as starter was
overcome in the last half of the same
inning and it was an easy thing for the
Hoosiers from that time on. Keener was
hit freely and after four innings was re-
placed by Mcfarland, who Jared little
better.
Hulen's two-bagger, Buffers sacrifice
and Mertes's fly to Mcfarland enabled Co.
lumbus to register one in the first. Hog
riever singled, stole second and third and
scored on a hit by Motz, the second run
being the result of a base balls to Gray
and Fishers wild throw Hits by Deadly
and Wood in the second were followed by
Foreman and Hogriever's retirement at
first, but Gray's single scored Deadly and
Wood. Tebeaus error in the fourth was
followed by two outs, and then Gray hit
the ball over the fence. In the fifth Genins
drew pass to first, advanced on Tebeau' S
out and scored on Fishers double after
Crooks had fouled out. Mcfarland started
the fifth by hitting Motz with the ball, and
Stewart duplicated Grays feat with four
Dagger. Mertes scored the third and last
run for Columbus in the sixth, when a base
on balls started him on the circuit which
was completed when Frank hit for two
bases. Hogrievers triple in the same inning
and Gray's fly to Butler gave Indianapolis
one, and the same player scored again in
the eighth, when he hit for two bases. stole
third and scored on Gray's out to right
field. Attendance, 5000. Score:
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QUEER MUSEUM LOST.
Rare and Fantastic Collection of @z==aa
Destroyed by Fire.
sioux City da.l speeial.

Sioux City (laJ OpeCldl
Of all queer collections of animal life
none more unique was ever gathered than
that known as the talbot Museum, re-
Gently destroyed by the burning OF the IL
brary of the State University at Iowa City,
Ia 1t will be practically Impossible to re-
produce it and no amount of insurance
could possibly make good the loss 0 gfaat
stoned by its destruction. d. Ii. talbot,
of this city, the naturalist who made the
collection, was enthusiast on the sub
Ject of hybridization, He has long main
tanned that the animal life of what he
terms the "mid-continental belt Oh North
America" or that area bounded the
west by the Rocky mountains, on the east
by the Alleghenies, on the north by the
Arctic circle and ON the south by the Gulf
of Mexico, might be greatly improved by
judicous cross-breeding Of the species Pc
culiar to the extreme Atlantic and Pacinc
slopes, respectively. His fellow townsmen,
with few exceptions. regarded MIN as a
visionary, but q number of the world s
leading notwithstanding them such men
as Agassiz, Darwin and Wallace-at vari-
Gus times bore testimony to the value to
science of much of his work.
In furtherance of his project for cross
breeding nearly every species known on
the North American continent he estab-
lished an experimental farm a few miles
north of Sioux. City and stocked II with
every variety Of beast bird or reptile TO be
had for love or money The time occupied
by his own expeditions in search of speci-
mems covered many years. The expedi-
tions extended all over British America,
the United States and far into Mexico. His
farm was a veritable menagerie. Minute
records were kept Oh MS experiments ana
specimens preserved of the various remark
able hybrids produced. Some of them were
of much value-others inexpressibly hor-
rible One in which he took the greatest
pride was a cross between the bison and
domestic cow. Another was a curious COM
bination of the buffalo and the zebu or sa-
cred cow Of India incidental to his other
work stuffed and mounted specimens were
gathered by the investigator of the skins
of nearly every living creature in the tenn
perate zone Several years ago the muse
UNI included over 5000 specimens, together
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various subjects in which he was interest
ed. It may be imagined that the works
collected by naturalist engaged in so PEE
character. Men we'll qualified to judge pro-
nounced the collection the most remark
able, fantastic and in its own peculiar way
one of the most valuable ever brought to-
gether
In 1890 the owner met with financial re-
verses which threatened him with total
ruin. Lest his creditors levy on and scat
ter his museum he decided it TO the State
It's value was in the neighborhood of $780,
600. and the trustees of the State Library
We're commenced by several of the donors
creditors to set aside the transfer, but,
after carrying the contest through the SUI
preme Court verdict in the States favor
was finally rendered.
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A Memorable Crime.



The death of Mr.. Christian X. Ross (the
father of Charley Ross, who was kidnapped
from his home in Germantown on July J.
1870 will recall memories of a most pathetic
tragedy, which, though enacted nearly a
quarter of a century ago, is still familiar
as an oft-told tale in every household ia
the country. Nor is it strange that this is
so for no deed of crime ever reused SO
widespread a sense of horror and of in
dignation in this country; and though hui
man law was powerless to run down the
criminals, there was universal relief when
a vengeance which seemed nothing less
than providential smote them dead. like
wild beasts on the highway, before the
year was out. In all probability the final
chapter of the Ross mystery has been
written: but the country will pause in SYM
PATTY beside the grave of one who was a
faithful public servant as Well as a sorely
bereft father, and Will recall TO his lasting
honor the herOism with which he made his
long struggle 10 regain his child-4A hopeless
struggle ii proved, yet not an alto
gether futile orc. inasmuch as il served to
keep alive a sentiment which has ever since
preserved the country from repetition of
the hideous crime.
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Nerve.
Washington Post.


Many stories of Stewart l.. Woodford, the
new minister to Spain, are afoat. Some
Of them go to show that the President 5
choice is a pretty determined sort of fell
low, and knows how to act in an emer-
eency The Chisholm murder, in Kemper
county, Mississippi many years ago, was
vigorously prosecuted by the federal govern
ment and Woodfo-d was sent there TO as
sist. The first time he entered the court
room he passed down an aisle lined on both
sides with friends of the man charged with
the murder, and nearly every man carried a
shotgun or a rife. Woodford did not even
Change acountenance. Putting down his law
hooks. he turned and faced the crowd.
Personally" he said, II have no objec-
ton to the extensive display of firearms
which l see here to-day. / have often
gaZed into the barrels of guns of much
larger caiber However, If this case is to
be tried with shotguns, it might be as well
TO have an understanding in advance"
The sternness of his face and the calm
ness of his words created wonderful eff
feet Although numerous threats had been
made against .'the Yankee lawyer he was
not molested in any way during the entire
zine of the trial.
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story Told by the BIeachers.

The story is probably untrue, but the
lest stories told by the bleachers are I'M
true, anyhow, so it doesn't matter very
much. AS the rooters tell it, a large robust
enthusiast who occupied a seat on the left
bleacher at Recreation Park during the In
dianapolis games was the star of the series.
He possessed a pair of boisterous, booming
lungs and these were used consistently and
violently in behalf of the home team from
protector until the last man was up and
out in the ninth. 1t was in one of those lost
by-one-run kind of games and the excite
ment was intense. GlenS men were in the
field, a long-legged Hoosier was on
second and Captain Motz was at
bat. The pitcher sent IN a a
swift inshoot; Motz swung XlcloGSly at
hams mitt untouched by the bat 1t was
a pretty strike and clean miss. Just at
that moment a swallow arose from the turf
and flew like an arrow toward left field.
Above the mild applause Of the crowd arose
the deep, booming voice of the big rooter:
Go it, Ike, go 1t!
Every bleacherite stared amazingly at
the rooter. Campau stood still stohdly in
stead of obeying the appeal TO go Tor 1t;
and the big man arose in his seat and
waved both arms and his hat at the fielder
frenziedly Then he danced up and down
and grew violent in his language.
A friend pulled him back into his seat
and demanded harshly:
whats the matter with you? .
MATTER? With me? Well by gee! Didn't
YOU see that ball batted into left field and
that doddering idiot let it go by him?'
Ball nothing. That was swallow, you
chump"
Then the game proceeded and everybody
felt much better
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Baseball Notes.

That remarkable run of victories that
Tom Loftus's Columbus team is making in
the Western League was explained by
Dexter, of the Colonies, as follows: Co
lumbus cannot lose the Western League
championship if they keep Umpire Manas-
sau with them. He is the rawest umpire
that ever happened
After the Colonies had been beaten by
Columbus Jack Crooks, according TO
Perry Werden, swelied up like a pouter
pigeon; That victory over the Colonels
was like handing Crooks $50 William"
said Werden. Thursday night he came
down to the hotel where we were stop
He was all swelled UP with new hand
me-doWn suit, straw bonnet and had the
bottom Of a beer glass in his shirt front I
could stand all that, but when Crooks be
gan to tell us how the game ought to be
played we tied tin can to him and started
him down the street.
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Minners of sehnetzenfest Prizes.

JOLIET, ILL.,. June 27-The four days
tournament of the Central Schuetzenfest of
America closed this afternoon with four
thousand present The awarding of prizes
occupied most of the day. The next meet
ing will be held here in March to elect Of
ficers and decide upon the next place of
holding a tournament. Over $4,000 in money
and 81 900 in gold badges were carried away.
Following are the principal prize winners:
King prize winner. John d. Regennotter,
Davenport Ia, $100 and a ffty-dollar
medal; union prize. @. M. Zieglefuss Wi
mona, Mimi. $100: man prize, John Mohr,
Wausa Wis, $100; center stitch target prize,
August Engel Milwaukee, $50; NelK prize
A. J. Vandusen. Winona, Mimi, $40.
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ATTACKED BY An EAGLE.
An Immense Bird OF Prey Tries to
Carry OF n Woman.

Council BlunS Ala.) SpeCidl.
Mrs Christina Mortensen, living near
Honey creek. PottaSTatomie county, was
attacked by an immense eagle yesterday
while She was in her garden. The bird
swooped down upon her from cloudiess
sky and with a scream sank its talous deep
into the flesh of her shoulders in an effort
TO carry her Off Notwithstanding the fact
that Mrs Mortensea weighs l00 pounds.
Failing in its effort to bear its prey away.
the eagle beat the woman with its wings,
at the same time tearing her face and head
with its beak decorating her in frlghtful
manner Mrs. Mortenaen fought the eagle
as best she could but could offer little re-
sstance as the bird kept striking her with
outspread wings at the same time rending
her flesh with beak and tal0ns until the
woman sank exhausted TO the earth, when
the monarch of the air sailed majestieally
away. Mrs. Mortensen was found uncon-
scious by farm hand and carried into the
house and physicians summoned. An ex-
animation disclosed that the upper part OF
her body was black and blue from the
blows struck by the enraged bird, while
her shoulders were torn by its talons, ana
her face and head lacerated By the eaigie's
beak; in fact, the woman was almost
scalped as great tufts Of hair We're torn
out by the roots. Her condition is critical.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-28

Earned RunS-1ndlandpollS 4
Two-base Hits-Hogriever, Deadly, Hulen,
Fisher, Frank
Three-base Hit-Hogrever.
Home Runs-Gray, Stewart.
Sacrifice Hit-Mertes.
Stolen Bases-Hogriever 80, Motz, Flynn:
First Base on Balls-Of Foreman, 3; OFF
Keener, /; off Mcfarland, l.
Hit by Pitcher-Fisher, Motz
First Base on Errors-Indianapons,L
Left on Bases-Columbus, D; lndlanapo-
lis, T. r, .
Struck Out--By Keener, l; by Foreman q
Double Play--Foreman, Flynn and Motz
Time-2:15.
Umpire-ManasSau.
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MILWAUKEE. June 2I-The Brewers
batted out victory in the ninth inning,
aided by errors by the Millers. Four of the
six errors charged TO Milwaukee were made
BY Blake, who covered third. Attendance.
5000. Score:
r. II. Z.
Minneapolis Il 0 0 0--6 4
Batteries-Terry and Speer; Figgemeier
and Boyle Umpire-Haskell.
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At Henderson, KY
washington ......o 0 0 / 0 0 o OIL
Batteries-Petty and Bell; Kelium, Bott
and Grimm.
At Cairo Ill r. H. E.
cairo .....2 o % 0 0 0 o. 5 i
Paducah ......1 l 0 Is 3 3
Batteries-Adamsan and Abbott; Bowling
and Stanton.
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Coal Blum and Benwood Won.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CARBON, Ind, June 27.-Coal Bluff de-
feated Rosedale to-day by a score of 16 to
9. Benwood defeated Asherville IS to L.
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Colts Shut out by a Chicago Boy.

CHICAGO, June 27.--Johnny Powell, a
Chicago boy, was on the slab for the In
dams to-day and pitched a great game
shutting out the locals and allowing but six
scattered hits. Arson and Everitt were the
only ones able to connect with his delivery
and their hits came when the bases were
uroccupied. Griffith was effective except in
the sixth. Attendance, $500. Score:
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Earned runs-ClncIhnaCI 7, LouIsVIIIIIe, z.
Two-base hits-Peitz, Hoy, Johnson. Three
base hit-Butler. Left on bases-Ctncinnati
5; Louisville, 2 Double play-Corcoran and
Beckley. Bases on balls-Off Dwyer, /; off
ley. Struck out-By Dwyer, 2. Time-1:40.
TJmpire-HurSt.
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Interstate League.

At Dayton, o. RHE
Dayton .00001OO200O2- 70 2
Fort Wayne....0 0 O 0 90 0 0 g 0-3 s 2
Batteries-Brown and Greenwald; Sewers
and OMeara
At Toledo H E.
Toledo.... o 0 o o o 0 o 4 % s i
Springfield. 0 0-1 0
Batteries--KeIb and Arthur; Coggswell
and StaVick
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PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.

Mrs J. K. Mathews, now of Dayton. o.,
but formerly of Indianapolis, will leave to-
day for her home after having spent sew
eral weeks with her relatives here.
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AT Evansville Ind r. H. f.
Terre Haute..1 0 2 / 0 2 / 2-10 13 2
Batteries Rodman and Kellner; Alloway,
Grimes and Vetter
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| Chicago 80. .........O 0 0 90
! Cleveland 49, .......0 / 0 0-5

Earned runs-Cleveland, g. Left on bases
Chicago, .; Cleveland, 6, Two.base hits
Everitt, Wallace. Sacrifice hit-Burkett.
Stolen bases-Burkett, Childs Gear. Struck
out-By Griffith, 3; by Powell, 2. Bases on
balls-Off Griffith, 2. thy pitched ball
Burkett Donohue. Time-1:50. Umpire
McDermOtt
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COLONIES WERE CARELESS.
Would Have Beaten the Reds but for
Poor Fielding.

CINCINNATI, June 27.-The Reds again
defeated the Colonies to-day in one of the
most exciting games seen here this season.
Cunningham pitched a fine game, but had
miserable support Attendance. 5000. Score:
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PLAYED WITHOUT ERROR
REDS GOT ONLY FOUR HITS OFF Gun
NINGHAM, YET WON THE GAME.
COlonels' Pitcher Had Poor support
and Sent Four Men to First-Chi-
cago Shut Out by Cleveland.


Cincinnati at ST. Louis.
Brooklyn at Boston.
Louisville at Chicago.
Pittsburg at Cleveland.
Baltimore at New York.
Washington at Philadelphia