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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-31
A TOWER OF FLESH.
Lewis wilkins. of Oklahoma, Is Eight
Feet Tall and Growing.

NEW YORK. May 30.-A giant is here
en- route to Oklahoma. He is Lewis Will
kins, who is only twenty-three years old,
but is so long that they had to remove the
partition between two rooms on the Nor
MAMMA so he could sleep without doubling
up like a jackknife. He is eight feet two
inches high. He weighs 365 pounds and
measures fifty-eight inches around the
chest. He requires 912 hat and his hands
require No. IA gloves, his neck a No. 20
collar and his feet No. "a shoes This re-
markable man is so long that there was no
covered deck on the steamer where he
could walk erect. When he wished to raise
himself to his full stature he went up on
the hurricane deck and raised his head
among the clouds. He says he has two
inches more to grow. The giant was born
in st. Paul Mimi Both his parents were
under six feet and of his brothers only one
shows extraordinary growth He is six feet
tall and still growing. wilkins has been
appearing in all the capitals of Europe and
was recently presented to Queen Victoria
and the Prince of Wales. He is on the way
to the home of his parents in Enid,O. T.,
where his father has a stock farm.
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How the Clubs stand.
BLUES WEAK At BAT.
Effective Pitching by Foreman, Who
Was Given Poor Support.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KANSAS CITY, May 30.-The Kansas
City aspirants for tail-end honOrs went
down to defeat to-day because they could
not connect with the miscellaneous assert
ment of curves that Frank Foreman
winged over the rubber. They touched him
for five wee singles, but their two runs
came by the grace Of errors by the in
fielders. Eustace and Kahoe made bad
misplays at critical moments With good
support not a wearer of the blue would
have got past second base There was
a touch of December in the air, and the
45O0 fans present shivered through three
hours of play and delay. A twenty minute
stop was caused in the third inning by
collision between Carney and Lake, who
were running after foul which Foreman
had sent up near the fright bleacher. No
one except the crowd coached the players,
and they came together with a jar that
broke off one of Fred Lakes teeth and
put Carney out of the game. The Blues
seemed to lose courage after their captain
was retired. In the fourth Eustace and
Mcfarland collided over a short fly.
The Blues scored in the fourth on Ka-
hoes tumble followed by a stolen base
and the collision between ENstace and Nc
Farland. In the seventh a single, sac
rifice and a brace of errors gave the Blues
their final run. The Hoosiers garnered two
in the fourth on doubles by Flynn and Nc
Farland and a single by Motz. The win
ming run came IN the seventh, when Wood
singled, went to second while Reilly fun
bled Eustace's grounder, and scored when
Delehanty let Kahoe's grounder skip by
hin,
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BROOKLYN HANDICAP.
Handspring and BeImar Are Favor
ties in the Betting.

NEW YORK, May 30.-This years Brook
lyn handicap, to be run at Gravesend to-
morrow has brought together field that,
with fine weather and a sound track,
should produce one of the most notable
races ever run in this country But these
essential conditions for a fine performance
may be denied, as the heavy rain tonight
will probably leave the track dead and
heavy even though the sun shines on Me-
mortal day. OF the thirteen carded, every
horse, as far as is known, satisfied his
trainer and owner. Each and everyone of
the probable starters has either raced well
or is known to have shown good private
trials, with the exception of Loki, of whom
nothing is known here.
The question of the favorite in the big
event is an open one. 1t lies between
Handspring and Belmar, with a probability
of the shorter price being on the former
The Winner, Belmars stable mate, will I'M
doubtedly receive a good deal of consider
alton from the betting public. Sir Walter
is always possibility, but he has ever
been an unfortunate horse in the big races
With heavy track the light weights will
be expected to cut out rafting pace, with
a large probability of one of them getting
the large end of the purse Both of NJ. +
Dryers entries are in fine condition. Ben
Eder particularly being said to be just fit
Tor hard struggle, and Harry Reed haV-
ing recently acquired a better reputation
for distance than he used to have. The
conditions and entries follow:
The Brooklyn handicap of $40, 900 for three
year-olds and upwards, $3.50 each, half for
felt, or so if declared by Feb. 20: to the
winner, 5000 to the second horse, $500
and to the third horse, $500; one mile and
quarter: p ]. Dryers Handspring, 125; G.
-. Smiths Belmar, 121; Oneck stables Sir
Walter and G.. E Smiths The Winner, 49,
f. M. Dryers Harry Reed, Id; f. M
Dryers Ben Elder, 113; Bromley & Co. S
Free Advice and l.. T. McLean's Loki. 10S;
F. l. Parker's Lakeshore. los; August Bel
mont's Merry Prince. 100; j. r. Keene's
King Arthur II, 9S; w. c. DAILY, Volley, So;
Erie stables Jefferson, IS.
The jockeys for the handicap are as fol-
lows: Relmar. Sloane The Winner. Griffin;
Ben Elder. Thorpe; Harry Reed, Taral Sir
Walter Doggett; Handspring, Simms :;
Merry Prince. Hewitt; King Arthur H.
Hamilton; Volley, Lambley; Lakeshore, Fl.
Martin. Jefferson, Powers; Loki, j. Hill;
Free Advice. Sherrer.
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The Remedy for western Discomfort.
Prof. James H Hyslop, in the Forum.

Prof. James II. HysIop, IN the Forum.
An opportunity was afforded me in the
last presidential election to do some cam
pajgn work in the States OF Ohio and IN
diana, and l found that county politics al
most all over the West are honey-combed
with rings" and corruption. precisely like
Tammany in New York. On the other hand
the farmers themselves were in the denscst
ignorance Of the real cause of unre-
duced wages. Consequently wherever [
was called upon TO answer the farmers ar
gument for free silver, 1 turned questioner
a.ld began a series of inquiries about the
county's or townships method of relief for
the poor and / invariably found a
most astonishing condition of things /
found In fact real grievance of which
not word had been said. and of whose
very existence everybody seemed to be I'M
conscious. This was a system of poor re-
ref as bad as anything that existed in the
worst days of charity in Europe. My ar
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Fourth District Republicans.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
COLUMBUS, Ind, May 30.-The following
Republican committeeman of the Fourth
district are called to meet here June to
decide for a time and place for Holding a
convention to nominate a candidate for
Homan's successor: Bartholomew county
w. II. Strickland Columbus: Brown, George
w. Allison, Nashville; Decatur, John P.
Thompson. Greensburg; Dearborn, A
Shaw, Lawrenceburg; Jackson. Hamblin
Smith, Brownstown: Jefferson Thomas
McNutt Madison; Jennings, John Fable
North Vernon; Ohio. d. s. Wilbur, Rising
Sun; Ripley, John Harper Versailles
Switzerland, John Pattie, Vevay. Column
bus, it is thought, stands a fair chance of
getting the convention.
1t is stated on good authority that a call
will be issued at once by John @. A. New
son. district chairman, for a convention of
Populists, to be held at North Vernon,
Thursday, June II, to nominate a candi-
date for Congress-
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Women at the U. B. Conference.

ST ecial to the Indianapolis Journal
DUBLIN, Ind, May 3O-The United
Brethren ministers occupied three of the
pulpits of the local churches to-day ana
four tonight Bishop Barnaby preached at
10 O'Clock a. m. at the Radical U. b. Church
to a large congregation. AT o'clock love
feast was held at this church. Rev. Mrs.
Gianetta Walters preached at Friends
Church in the morning and Rev. A IL.
Shank, of Chambersburg. Pa, at the M. e.
Church. In the evening the pulpit of the
latter was filled by T. e. Holt, Rev. d. A.
Lussing preached at the Liberal Brethren
Church and Bishop Dillon filled the pulpit
at the Radical Church.
The conference has connected with II
three women of note. Mrs. Gianneta wat
ters of the st. Joseph Conference, whose
home is in Cissna Park, ILL.,, is perhaps the
first woman delegate that was ever APP
pointed to a general conference IN the
United Brethren Church and probably 10
any general assembly or synod OF any
church Miss Mary Mullen, of Sandusky
Conference is another delegate. She will
soon sail for Africa missionary. Mrs
Baldwin of the North Ohio Conference, is
the other woman delegate. All three We're
heard in the Friends Church at the fore
noon services.
Rev. H /. Becker d. D., made a Me
mortal day address to the soldiers this
afternoon at the NJ. E. Church. Many con-
ference delegates soldiers and citizens were
present.
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Accidents at Dublin.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
DUBLIN, Ind, May 30.-Many people Wis
tied this place to-day to attend the religious
services conducted by delegates to the Z. B.
Conference, and several serious accidents
resulted. AT the close of the forenoon eX-
ercises ex-Commisioner Elliott and family
started for home. His carriage, IN making
a short turn on Foundry street. upset. Mrs
Elliott and two young daughters, Miss Eliz-
abeth Moore, of Richmond, and an old lady
relative of Miss Moore were all more or less
bruised. Miss Moore was very seriously
hurt. The doctor who attended her had Il
narrow escape from injury just as he start
ed to drive home After the upsetting of
the Elliott carriage Charles McCauley's
horse ran away. but the buggy was the
only thing that suffered. These accidents
happened close to the church where the u.
b. Conference is being held.
This morning Peter Cook and wife started
a visit, and while crossing the stream
near Cambridge the horse got tangled in
the line or bride. Mrs. Cook jumped from
the buggy and broke her arm.
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gument was to the effect that the real
cause of complaint was a system of taxa
ton that ought to be abolished and not
the badness of the gold standard. I seized
the opportunity to point out the conse-
that it was absurd to expect a laborer to
take lower wages when he could get his liv-
ing by taxes on the community. Charity
sustained him up to the level of the stand
ard of living: and he had no more need
to work than a king, unless he got wages
above the price of charity This way of
looking at the matter had never occurred
to my farmer friends l improved the oc-
casion to suggest the remedy, which. while
the public sentiment is receptive, ought to
be pushed throughout the West for all it
is worth. 1t is, to abolish absolutely all
outdoor relief.
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The Degenerncy of Our Lawmakers.


The trouble of course, with our degener-
ating institutions is to get rid of our law
makers of the present kind; They are too
much interested in postponing or escaping
the day of judgment for themselves to
take up any reforms of local kind. They
may even endeavof 20 divert attention from
the evils here considered by raising false
issues; hence the work must fall to other
hands. While a goodly number of people
are well enough convinced that our poll
ticians are a combination of fools and
knaves whom it were better TO hang and
quarter than to send to the Legislature for
making laws. they are powerless to reform
matters until the dense agricultural ig
norance on problems of taxation is re-
moved, and property holders are made to
see that no more blackmail. in the form
of taxes, is imposed to pay political debts
by unwise charity. 1t is certainly an OPP
perfume time to agitate widely this great
reform and Herewith to modify. directly
or indirectly. the tendency to seek relief
Is any class of the community equal to the
emergency?
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Alleged Prize Fight.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EDINBURG, Ind, May 90.-A prize fight
was pulled off at the roadhouse northeast
of town at o'clock this morning. kid"
Williams and Ed Skotski of Shelbyville,
fought twelve rounds with gloves or,
rather, intended to fight In the twelfth
round Skotski was declared the winner. 1t
was given out that the contest was for 800
a side and the gate receipts. About three
hundred men and boys were on hand to
witness the contest and for this privilege
paid 81 each. 1t was the general opinion
among those who witnessed the mill that 1T
was a 'made-up" affair and that the pro-
ceeds at the gate were equally divided. 1t
was not considered much of fight from
the fact that no blood was drawn.
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Fish Commissioners suggestions.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, May 90.-Rev. z. T.
Sweeny, state fish commissioner, visited
this city yesterday and was the guest of
w. S. Tiff, deputy commissioner for Wayne
county. He visited the pond and hatchery
conducted by the Richmond Rod and Gun
Club, and secured several pictures which
he will use in connection with history of
the club and it's work in his forthcoming
report. He commended the recent cOnVic
ton of five Wayne county men for dyna-
hitting fish. He thinks the laws with re-
gard to this should be stringent, and will
recommended that four hatcheries be es-
tablished in the State, one to be located
here to stock the streams and that an APP
preparation be made to pay a bounty for
fish taken from private ponds to stock the
streams.
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Good Work for CrippIes.

The friends of the Indianapolis club
should remember that the good record made
by the boys on the trip which comes to an
end to-day has been made under most adj
verse circumstances. AS Il matter of fact
the club has not played a single game this
year with its full playing strength in the
field. In the first game of the season Me-
Farland was injured and was not fit for
two weeks. Then Eustace had his hand
split and Cockman played his position for
several games. Next John Mccarthy, the
best hitter on the team, was put out of it
by foul tip and has not played a game
for nearly month. Kahoe has not been
able to catch game for ten days or more,
and Billy Gray has been laid up at home
since the first game of the Minneapolis
series. Last of all, George Hogriever's leg
was split and the plucky right fielder is
on the hospital list. In spite of all, the
team has won seven out of the thirteen
games played since it left home, with to-
days games to hear from. If ii can win
a majority of its games in its present con-
dition, there is pretty good reason for the
cranks to take heart for the good time
coming when Mccarthy, Gray and HogrieV
er can throw away their plaster coats and
kahoe take his place behind the bat.
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Standing of the CIubs
COLTS PUNCHED HITS.
An Easy Victory Over the Champions
-DahIen Badly Spiked.

CHICAGO, May 3O.-The Colts met the
champions for the first time this season to-
day and defeated them easily by punching
their hits in the third and eighth. Dahlen
was badly spiked sliding to the plate in
the third, and will be laid up some time,
the cut necessitating several stitches. Kelly
and Jennings were ordered out of the game
for constant wrangling and kicking over
Hurst's decisions, Corbett and Pond taking
their places The Australian balplayers
were interested spectators Attendance, IT,
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Churchgoers Want a Curfew Bell.

Special TO the IndlanapOIls Journal
ANDERSON, Ind. May 30.-The Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union of Ander-
sen has been circulating a petition that will
be presented to the Anderson City Council
Monday night, in connection with the in
dcrsement of the Ministerial Association of
the city asking the enactment of cur
few ordinance. This morning in almost all
the churches of the city expression was
asked from the congregations by the min
listers, and the vote was almost unanimous
in favor of the proposition. 1t is under
stood that an ordinance has been framed
and that an effort will be made to get it
passed under a suspension or the rules.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO, Ind, May 30.-For several
months parties have been in this vicinity
buying all the largest oak trees to be found
in the woods and piling up the huge logs
in the railway yards at this place. The
larger pieces square three feet or more
and are from sixty to one hundred feet in
length To-day the manager shipped out
the first CONSIGNMENT for the Atlantic sea-
board en- route to England, where the
monster timbers will be utilized in the con-
struction of war ships for the British navy.
The larger timbers are hauled on three fiat
oars. The timber was grown in the west
part OF this county
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The French Derhy.

PARIS. May 30.-The Prix du Jockey
Club, or French Derby, second only to the
Grand Prix de Paris in social and racing
interests was run to-day at Chantilly and
won easily by Palmiste II, Baron De
Schicklers three-year-old, trained by Webb.
Twelve horses ran and Palmiste went under
the wire two and a half lengths ahead of
Doge and Falcon. running a dead heat for
second place Paimiste III was sired by Lee
sancy out of PerpleXite
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, Ind, May 30.-The fine new
Union Church, five miles south of this city
was dedicated this morning by Bishop
Thomas l.. Bowman. of Chicago, one of the
leading divines of the Evangelical Church
After an eloquent sermon a sufficient sum
was subscribed by the large congregation
to pay for the handsome building.
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NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH
CORNERSTONE OF 4 COSTLY EDIFICE
LAID AT RUSHVILLE.
Thousands of People Witnessed the
CeremOnics-Other State News.
Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RUSHVILLE, Ind, May 30.-This was a
gala day for Rushville The cornerstone
of the new Immaculate Conception Church
was laid in the presence of a crowd esti-
mated at from five to eight thousand peo-
pie A special train on the j., M. q l. at
$3.50 a. m. brought visitors from Columbus
and Shelbyville. AT 1915 the special c., H.
& d. train bearing the Indianapolis dele
cation and organizations arrived, followed
a few minutes later by special over the
Big Four from Marion Anderson and
Knightstown. The Connersville crowd ar
rived at IL o'clock and at noon the l.. e. 81
WIS special from Fort Wayne and Muncie
arrived. The parade moved at O'Clock in
charge of Tony Schrchte, grand marshal
Bands from Rushville Anderson, New Cas-
tie and Muncie led the several divisions
and twenty uniformed orders and societies
were in line The procession was one of
the most imposing ever seen here.
AT o'clock the very impressive corner
stone laying services began, in charge of
Rev. D. O'Donaghue, of Indianapolis, as
sisted by Revs. f. j. Rudolph, of Corners
Vile; Joseph Denning, of Oxford, o.; "A
Danenhoffer, of Shelbyville, and j. j. Wade,
of Liberty At 4:3O an exhibition drill by
Fox commander, completed the programme
The crowd was extremely well behaved
and the whole affair passed off with slight
est friction.
Architect William N. Bowman, of Indian
apolis is the designer of the new church.
Completed it will cost $4,000. l.. S. Pierson
G. Son, of indianapolis, have the building
contract The edifice will be one hundred
feet long by sixty-tive feet wide the main man
ers one of which will be surmounted by
spire 104 feet high. Red pressed brick and
Bedford stone will enter into the construc-
lions of the walls. The building Will be
ready for dedication the latter part or
September or early in 0eooer of The ne G Gaea+
grounds of any church in eastern Indiana
It has six acres of a park in the prett1est
part of the city, in which is located two
schoolhouses and the home of the sisters
1t is out of debt and has an assured cash
building fund of about $4,000.
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sophomore banner Captured.

SreciaI to the indianapolis Journal
~ RICHMOND, Ind, May 3O.-At Earlham
College Saturday night the sophomore class
gave a reception and banquet in honor OF
the seniors. During it's progress on the
third floor of Lindley Hall ladder was
placed at the window and members of one
of the other classes succeeded in capturing
the sophomore banner.
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Took Poison to Join His Wife.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
SHELBYVILLE, Ind May 30. - Henry
Coers, a German grocer, aged about fifty
years, attempted suicide tonight by TAX
ing morphia. In August, 1895, his wife died,
after a short illness, and he declared he
would join her inside of a year Several
times he has made all arrangements for
suicide, but each time his courage failed;
until tonight. All day he was in his usual
iovial spirits and a little after O'Clock
tonight he called his daughter and told her
he had taken poison. At 10 p. m. the doc
tors were still working with him, but with
small chance for his recovery.
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MIDNIGHT FIRE.
GreencastIe Manufacturing Com
pnny's Plant DESTROYED.
Com

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENCASTLE, Ind, May go - The
Greencastle Manufacturing Company's
large plant near the Vandalia Railway in
this city was destroyed by fire at midnight
The company employed fifty men, and was
rushed with orders on bicycle rims and
handle bars. The loss is about $4,000. The
insurance is $1,000 divided between the
Hartford North American, Pennsylvania
and Franklin. Sixty hands are thrown out
of emDlOVment
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VIC Modest BicycIer.
Portland Oregonian.

portland CreBonldH
Bicyclists. with a modesty characteristic
of their class demand that IL taxed by city
ordinance in the interest of public safety,
the accrung fund be turned over for their
professional and exclusive use and benefit.
Now let owners of dogs insist that the tax
levied upon these animals be set aside for
the purpose of collars and a weekly ration
of meat for the dogs.
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Earned runs-Clnc1nnatl, 3; Washlngton,
4. Two-base hits-Ritchey Schriver, Cor
coran, O'Brien. Left on bases-Cincinnati,
TO- Washington, T. Home run-McGuire.
Stolen bases-Burke, Breitenstein, Cart
wright. Double play--Demontreville, OBrien
and Cartwright, Bases on bals-Off King,
A; off German, 2; off Breitenstein, 3; off
Rhines. 1. Struck out-Irwin, Brown,
Wrigley, Reilly German. Time-2:20. UNI
pira-FmSlie
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CONDUCTOR KILLED.
John Myers So Badly MnngIed that He
Died After an Operation.

Special to the Ind annapolis Journal
MITCHELL Ind, May 30-John Myers,
q popular conductor on the Baltimore *
Ohio Southwestern road, met with an acct
dent here this morning which resulted In
his death Both arms were terribly man
gled, necessitating amputation near the
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Eleven Runs i'm one Inning.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 80. = Columbus
took the second game from the Saints to-
day. McGill was very effective, except in
the seventh, when errors and timely hit
ting netted the visitors eleven runs. Score:
r. II. E.
ST. Paul ~ 0 O 0 0 o. Z 2
Columbus :. 0 0 2 0 IL o *-13 Il l
Batteries-McGilI and Spies; Keener and