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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-21

beyond the father of waters he married
a Miss Chapman, and there were born TO
them six sons and two daughters. Mr.. Con-
ner could understand and talk with twenty
different tribes of Indians, and thoroughly
understood the Indian character. Therefore
he was an excellent interpreter, and was
frequently employed by the government in
that capacity. He and his brother John
were interpreters at the treaty held with
the Miami tribe at the forks of the Wabash.
During the war of 1872 and the Indian war
that preceded it, the Delaware Indians were
friendly TO the government. Mr.. Conner
and Delaware chiefs with one hundred of
the tribe, participated in the battle of the
River Thames, where Gen. w. II. Harrison
defeated the combined British and Indian
forces. Mr.. Conner and the chiefs of the
Delawares were well acquainted with the
great Indian chief, Tecumseh, who was
killed in this battle, and as there was
dispute as to which of the dead Indians
was Tecumseh. General Harrison requested
Mr.. Conner and the Delaware chiefs to go
out on the battle field and see If they could
with the generals request they found and
identified the body of the great chieftain
among the slain Indians.
During the war of 1912 he guided reg
iraent Of the United States troops that were
sent on an expedition against the hostile
MiamiS in the Mississinewa country. The
regiment camped on the banks OF the Mis-
sissinewa river at night, a few miles above
the Indian town on that river. The night
was cold and a fire was built in front OF
the colonels tent. Mr.. Conner was stand
ing by the fire and the colonel was asking
him about the distance to the Gown. when
a sharp report of a rife near by startled
them and a bullet knocked the burning Goals
of fire from a log in close proximity to
them. Mr.. Conner, as he sprang for his
rifle, informed the colonel that he need not
go to town to find the Indians, that they
were present and would attack the camp
at once. In a short time the battle was on
and after a short, sharp conflict the IN
dams retired.
About the year 1923 Mr. Conner assisted
in the organization of Hamilton county:
The county seat was located on tract or
land owned Jointly by him and man by
the name Of Polk. They laid out the
town and named 1t Nohlesville, in honor OF
Noah Noble afterwards Governor of this
State).
Mr.. Conner was a shrewd Wing politi-
clan, we'll posted in State and national az
fairs. He represented Hamilton county IN
the General Assembly of the State with
credit to himself and honor to his constltu-
erts. In early times Mr.. Conner built a
substantial brick residence on fine farm
that adjoined the town of Noblesville, and
resided there until his death. He was an
enterprising. public-spirited gentleman.
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DEWEY is TOO BUSY.
The Admiral Refuses to Write q
Short Magazine Article for $1,000.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2O-Admiral Dewey,
the greatest naval hero of the war, COM
mands to-day the highest price in the liter
airy market. He has thus far refused ali
bidders. The editor of McClure's Magazine
cabled to him recently an offer of S. 900 for
one short article on the Philippines. Admit
raj Dewey's response by cable was:
Thanks but am too busy"
Lieutenant HobSOn, the Merrilnac hero re-
ceived offers of 5000 each from two maya
zines for an article describing his exploit
at Santiago. HobSon, though a modest
hero and sincere, straightforward officer,
put himself in the hands of a lawyer, who
managed to obtain $1,000 for the article
which Hobson is soon to write. The Cen
tury got it. These prices put the naval hero
above the literary genius, although twice
within one year Rudyard Kipling has been
offered by a newspaper 81, 900 for $50 words
and has declined 1t. The regular price paid
for the long stories of this extraordinary
young man is now $50 a thousand words,
and for his short stories from $1,000 to S., 900
each.
Conan Doyle received only $3.50 for the first
of the series of Sherlock Holiness adven-
lures. Several American publishers are
ready to pay him $1,000 an article for any
thing else as good. The prices of first-class
authors are getting higher every year. Kip
ling has been paid 80 cents word for a
poem, and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps So per
line for poetry.
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for cities, 2.15 for the month, or the equiv
alent OF an annual rate of $3.50 per thousand
fnr tSe m ni became 4 os
1886 per thousand. In September the infiu-
ence or the energetic measures taken in July
ana August TO improve the health or the
army became manifest in the falling OF The
death rate to 245, or the equivalent OF an
annual of 9.40. The same progression to an
acme in August, with a sudden fall in Sep
TENDER, Is seen in the various ratios given
under the specific titles-typhoid fever, ma
larial fever and dlarrhoeal diseases. This
is exceedingly gratifying, and must be cred
tied, as stated, to the sanitary measures
adopted. for our experience in the civil war
demonstrates that in the absence of these
measures the high ratio of August would
have been continued for many months to
come.
ratios by which the incidence Of sickness
and mortality of the regular and volunteer
troops may be contrasted, 1t will be seen
that the exposures OF the regular troops
during the Santiago campaign gave them
from June to September higher death rate
than the volunteers, and that the rate of
the latter during August. the month of max
imum mortality, was 1862, as compared with
$50 among the regular troops
MY guiding principle throughout the war
has been that relief when needed, should be
promptly accepted, without reference to the
source from which it came. The relief af-
forded by the National Red Cross at Sibo-
ney was promptly accepted by the surgeons
on the spot. but 1t is evident that it was en-
tirely inadequate to meet the emergency.
send agents and supplies to all of our camps
since June g. 1898, and 1t has contributed
supplies of various kinds in a most liberal
manner for the use of our field hospitals.
Other organizations which have rendered
very valuable services are the National Re-
lief Commission, having Its headquarters in
Philadelphia, and the Massachusetts Volun-
teer Aid Association, with headquarters in
Boston. Both of these organizations fitted
out hospital ships, which were placed at
my service for the transportation of our
sick from Porto Rico. and take pleasure in
testifying to the valuable services rendered
by the yacht May. of the National Relief
Commission, and the hospital ship Bay
State, of the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid
Association.
Before concluding my report Of the OPP
erations of the medical department. during
our short and glorious war with Spain feel
1t my duty to call special attention TO the
efficient services rendered by the medical
officers of the army in the various RESPONSE
BILE positions which the exigencies of the
service have made it necessary for them to
fill"
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THE ELECTIONS RESULT.
How 1t Has Affected Different Parties
and NeighbOrhOOds.
Memphis Appeal Dem.)


So far as the South and the East are con-
cerned the elections were in no way discour-
aging to the Democrats, but the West has
given the country surprise. Indeed, that
section stands to-day more solidly RepI5-
lican than the South is Democratic. Sew
enteen Western States have gone Repub-
itlcan. while three range themselves in OPP
POSITION. The~explanation is offered that the
tWest sees the advantage of expansion; that
it wants a chain of American possessions
extending to the Orient, and it recognizes
the Republican party as the herald of that
policy. No doubt the expansion idea cut
some figure in the Western elections, The
war was exceedingly popular in that block
of States; no doubt, too, the expansion idea
is popular there and that 1t swayed a good
many votes.
But the Democratic party can obtain very
little satisfaction from the election of Re-
publican Governors, Republican Legisla-
lures and Republican congressman in sew
enteen Western States which were regarded
as the repository of the strength of the sill
yer cause. Whether this Overwhelming Re-
publican victory in the West means the
abandonment of free silver in that section
we are unable to say. Certainly in this in
stance it would seem that the West had
turned it's back on the issue. Much depends
in the campaign; but the West has always
been identified with the free-silver cause.
The South, which has had no commercial
interest what ver in the question, has loyal
" Joined hands with the West IN the inter-
est OF the restoration of silver; yet If the
recent elections have any significance re-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-21
EMINENT BRITON DEAD
SIR GEORGE SMYTH BADEN POWELL,
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT,
Political Economist, Authority on
Colonial Affairs, Prolific Writer
and an Ardent SpOrtman.

LONDON. Nov. 20.-Sir George Smyth
Baden Powell the eminent political econo-
mist and authority on colonial affairs, who
has represented the Kirkdale division of
Liverpool in Parliament in the Conserva-
tive interests since 1885, died to-day in his
ffty-first year.
Sir George Baden Powell was born at Ok
ford on Dec. a. 1S47, and was a son of the
well-known Rev. Baden Powell, professor of
geometry in the University of Oxford, whose
magnum opus was written to demonstrate
that science and revelation are in harmony
rather than antagonstic Sir Georges
mother was a daughter of the distinguished
British admiral, Smyth. He was prepared
for Oxford at Marlborough, and graduated
from the university with honors in 1876.
winning the chancellor's prize for the En-
glish essay. In the interlude between leav-
ing Marlborough and taking up his univer-
sity residence he Travelled in India and Aus
tralia and visited the principal European
cities, as well as the Cape. The first year
Of his university career saw published his
New Homes for the Old Country" This
important book was pronounced by the Lon
don Times a standard work. the London
Atheneum declaring it to be IAN encyclo-
pedia of Australian knowledge" This vol
ume was followed by two on political econ
omy, Protection and Bad Times and
went to the West Indies to investigate the
erect of the sugar bounty system on West
India sugar planting, and two years later
Mr.. Gladstone appointed him a special COM
missioner to report upon the administration,
revenues and expenditures of Great Britain
colonies in the West Indies. His report, con-
tanned in five blue books, was regarded,
when twas published in 1884, complete
summary of West Indian affairs.
In 1885 he went to South Africa and joined
Sir Charles Warren in Bechuanaland, assist
ing him in diplomatic negotiations with the
native chiefs. At this time he made tour
of investigation in Basutoland, Zululand and
other countries in that part of Africa. In
the winter of 1867 he was in Canada and
the United States, drawing up a statement
of details in the fishery dispute, of which
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain was subsequently
commissioned to negotiate a final arrange
ment. In the autumn of 1887 the British
government sent him to Malta as the col
league of Sir George Bowen, who arranged
the details of the new Malta Constitution.
1t was at this time that he received the
honor of knighthood. In 1891 he was APP
pointed Joint commissioner on the condition
of seal life In Bering sea, and in the follow
ing year participated in the deliberations of
the joint commission at Washington. He
was most industrious and a prolific writer,
a keen sportsman, and, socially, great ia
vorite in the House of Commons
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xarding the financial question, free silver is
dead in the West and the South alone up
no dis the party faith. The real discourage
ment of the Democracy comes from the
West
The Democratic party is, therefore, COM
PEELED to take cognizance of the following
state of facts: The Republicans have car
ried twenty-eight States and the Democrats
sixteen. The Republicans retain possession
OF the House Of Representatives by re-
jority of the Senate. thus giving them ef-
fective control of ali branches of the gov
ernment. The wisest thought of the Democ-
racy is, therefore, needed to meet this con-
dition and bring about a solution of the
difficulties in which the organization stands.
The Republican party is now in position
to enact that financial legislation which the
advocates of the gold standard tell US is so
imperative, and 1t only remains to be seen
what they will do with their victory.
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GRAVE ROBBERY.
Alleged Scheme to Defraud an Insur-
ance Company of $1,000.

BALDWIN, Mich, Nov. 20.-H. v. White,
of New York, is under arrest here, sus-
pected of grave robbing for the purpose of
defrauding a life insurance company of
5000, the amount of insurance on the life
of his brother Frank NJ. White. Nov. 10 H.
V. White came here for the purpose, he
said, of finding his brother, whom he be-
lieved to have been foully dealt with some
where in this vicinity. White spent some
time ostensibly looking for the body in the
vicinity of where his brother was alleged
to have been camping at the time of his
last letter. body was finally found by
White which he claimed to be that of his
brother. Local people were suspicious. An
inquest was held, but it failed to establish
the identity of the deceased. Further in
vestigation developed that the body was
that of a Baldwin man, Alexander Mclean,
who had died in August. His grave was
found empty and in such condition as to
show that the robbery had been committed
very soon after his burial
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KILLED BY The COURT.
Tcnnessee's Anti-Cigarette Law De-
cIared Unconstitutional.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 2O.-The anti
cigarette law passed by the last Tennessee
Legislature is declared constitutional in an
opinion given to the press to-day by Judge
Caldwell, of the Supreme Court of the
State. The opinion declares that cigarettes
are not legitimate articles of commerce, be-
cause they are wholly noxious and deleter-
ious to health, and, therefore, are not
within the provision of the federal Consti-
tuition protected by legitimate commerce. 1t
also holds that the conventional cigarette
package is not an Original package" in
the true commercial sense, for which addi-
tional reason the federal law has no APP
plcation to this statute The sale of cigar
cites has been stopped here by an order Of
the police. The decision will likely be con-
tested In the Federal Supreme Court.
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CYRANO DE BERGERAC.
His Nose Was Not Unusual in Size,
and It's Owner Was "A Fighter.
WoS bipO+oV


and Its Owner Was "A Fighter.
Washington Star.
An actual celebrity was Savinlon Cyrano
de Bergerac. There could possibly be ex-
humed some gaming tales about him also
for he ran the gamut of escapades. He was
born III 1870 in Bergerac, France. Always
turbulent and impatient, at school he de-
spised the methodical studies of Latin,
Greek and logic, and throughout life he held
all the classics deSpicable His father sent
him to Paris, and though then only nineteen
he at once gained the name of Intrepid He
was. imbroiled in duels and designations
years he pilfered from Cyrano's luxuriant
wit. His lifelong companion was LIE Bret,
and from him a portraiture is had
He had fine face and commanding
nose upon it, but not one of an exaggerated
form, although it had been written of him
that his nasal organ was extremely promi-
nent and that he resented any comment on
its remarkable size and fought several duels
to maintain a due respect for 1t among his
neighbors. There is no ground for this as
Sertion; 1t is a biographical, literary fable.
An old portrait of Bergerac in Paris shows
his nose to be normal and such nose as
many men who want q sign OF power In
their faces would be glad enough to own.
How redoubtable young man Bergerac
was is shown by story of him told and
credited in his own day; given also by LIE
Bret, who names half dozen men of note
then living able TO testify to its truth,
though he himself was afraid to confess
that he believed the whole of it. Near the
ditch or one of the gates friend OF Ber-
gerac was suddenly attacked by a band of
nearly hundred men armed and disguised.
Bergerac flew to the rescue, and by his sim
gle aid put the entire band to rout, killing
two of the assassins and wounding six. The
tale is not very incredible, as rogues, cow
ardly enough to fall by the hundred on
man with his mouth shut are of course
towards enough to flee by the hundred
from a man who shows his teeth.
Bergerac is found fighting his country s
battles next, and in 1910 was wounded Sc
Verely twice. The Due d'ArpaiOn became his
patron, and he produced some fine tragedies
and comedies. A pious relative managed to
recreate him. and he avowed eXcesses. Wit
and philosopher to the last, he died at the
age of thirty-five Such is the historical
man. as LIE Bret paints him, which the great
creation of Rostand exaggerates.
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WILLIAM CONNER.
A Notable Character in the Early His
tory of Indiana.
Rochester (Ind.l RepubIica

Rochester (lnd.) Republican
Among the prominent and distinguished
men in the early history of this State the
Hon. William Conner was a notable and re-
markable character When about five years
of age he and his brother, John Conner,
massacre of the white settlers in the beau
tifu Wyoming valley, in the State of Penn
sylvania, and carried away by them into
the Western wilderness and adopted by the
Delaware Indians, with whom he remained
until about the year 1922.
We were personally acquainted with Mr..
Conner in the latter part Of his life and
employed by him. AT that period of time
in his life he was a wealthy landed propri-
etor, and was extensively engaged IN the
mercantile pursuits Mr.. Conner was large
man. Of fine personal appearance. He was
man of more than ordinary intelligence
self-educated, old-school gentleman of the
best type. He had some of the peculiar
traits of character that are characteristic
of the Indian. He was generous to his
friends, but implacable to mis- enemies. In
public he was reticent with regard to his
life among the Indians, but when in the
company of a friend Gf in the right mood
he would talk freely and interestingly of
his life among the Indians. He often said
he was a Delaware, and that they were the
best tribe of Indians he had ever known
among the numerous tribes he was acquaint-
ed with, and the Miami tribe the worst.
He married the daughter Of a Delaware
chief. Two sons and one daughter were
born to them. His sons became chiefs of
the tribe in later years. When the Del
awares ceded their lands in Indiana to the
of the Mississippi river, his Indian wife and
children accompanied them, but he remained
behind on reservation of eight hundred
acres of land that the Delawares had re-
served for him, five hundred acres of which
was fertile prairie on the banks of White
river, sixteen miles northeast of where the
capital Of the State was afterwards located
and five miles southeast of the present city
OF Noblesville Mr.. Conner had many years
nrior TO that time located an indian village
on this prairie, and in company with a man
by the name Of Marshall had established
trading post at this village. They packed
their goods on horses, through the woods
12) miles, from Fort Washington NOW Gin
cinnatil. on the Ohio river. Some years
after his Indian wife and children had gone
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-21
QUARREL AND TRAGEDY.
Kansas Politician and Capitalist
shoots His Next-DoOr Neighbour.

TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. 2O-Thomas M.
James. prominent capitalist and politi-
clan, to-day shot and perhaps fatally
wounded William II. Hayes, his next-door
neighbor, a car trimmer employed in the
Santa Fe Railway shops Hayes alleged
that James had encroached on his lot
Hayes went about rectifying the matter to-
day by driving post on a line which he
claimed marked the limits of his property,
but which James asserted ran into his lot
James ordered Hayes to desist, and when
the latter failed to comply fired at him
with a shotgun, the charge striking Hayes
in the groin. Hayes was taken to the hos
pital, where his wound is pronounced fatal
by a justice of the peace on furnishing $1,000
bond.
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SOCIETY WOMEN INJURED.
Horse Became UnmanageabIe and
They Were Thrown to the Ground.

BALTIMORE, Md, Nov. 20.-AIisses Alice
Clendenin and Lillian Rawlins, young So
ciety ladies of this city, We're seriously in
jured to-day in a driving accident. The
ladies were driving valuable and spirited
horse, which became unamanageable and
dashed the vehicle against a tree. The oc-
cupants were thrown to the ground and
rendered unconscious. 1t is feared that NJ. SIS
Clendenin's skull was fractured by the fall.
Miss Rawlins received painful bruises about
the head and body The frenzied animal
dashed his head through plate glass win
dow at the corner of Huntington avenue
and Charles street, and as he withdrew it
severed an artery in his neck and bled to
death in few minutes.
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LOCOMOTIVE DESTROYED.
Boiler Exploded, Killed One Man
and Seriously Injured Three More.

LIMA, o., Nov. 2O-A freight locomotive
on the Chicago & Erie Railroad exploded
near here this morning. killing David Little,
the fireman. and probably fatally injuring
Walter Shirtleff, engineer; Edward Quick,
conductor, and Frank Smith, brakeman.
About twenty-five cars We're wrecked and
the track was blocked
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Movementn of steamers.

LIZARD, Nov. 2O-Passed: Munchen,
from Baltimore for Bremen; Noordland,
from Antwerp, for New York; Oldenburg,
from New York, for Bremen.
QUEENSTOWN, Nov. Sailed: Etruria,
from Liverpool, for New York; detained by
fog in channel.
HAVRE, Nov. 2O.-Arrived: La Gascogne,
from New York
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PRICE, Utah, Nov. 20.-Nearly all the
bucks of the White river Utes and part of
the Uintah tribe are off the reservation, and
probably great many of them are In Colo
RADIO. Henry Harris, half-hreed, who was
sent out by the acting agent has so re-
ported 70 Major Ilsley A large detachment
Of cavalry will be sent after them.
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Charged with killing His Mistress.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20.-May Boeckh,
aged twenty-three years, was shot and al
most instantly killed to-day, and several
hours later Vincent Tortorelli. an italian
beer bother. aged fifty years, was arrested
on suspicion of having committed the muir
der. Tortorelli is married, and has a family.
and the dead woman is said to have been
his mistress
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RUMoR OF A DISASTER.
UncOnfrmed Report that a Steamship
Has FOundered.

LONDON, Nov. pa report entirely I'M
confirmed has been in circulation to-day
that the steamship Vile de Coblanz, of the
North German Lloyd line, had foundered at
sea, with all on board. Lloyds agents have
received no news on the subject, and the
owners of the steamer believe her safe. Ac-
cording to Lloyds weekly shipping index of
Nov. II, the CoblanZ, Of the North German
Lloyd line, left Bremen on Nov. for Bra
lillian ports.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-Antoni Saballi, an
italian. fifty years of age, was murdered
tonight in Hoboken by Antoni Anmodoe,
also an Italian. During a wedding at
Saballis house Anmodoe and another Italian
tried to wreak vengeance upon Saballi s
from the house. They obeyed partly, and
when followed to the door by Saball turned
on him and shot him, killing him instantly.