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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-11

FORT WAYNE, Ind, May 10.-Dane
Miller. aged eighty-five years. one of the
oldest and most widely known hotel men
in America died early this morning of old
age. He was a native of Pennsylvania and
I'm 1916 started the Wiley House at Mans
field, o. He conducted that until 1876 when
he moved to Fort Wayne and became part
owner of the Aveline. his partner being j.
Nj. MoritZ. They successfully conducted the
hotel until few years ago when they sold
out and both retired.
RICHMOND. Ind. May 10-John Lynch.
a native of Richmond, died May s. at his
home in Washington, of paralysis, Mt the
age of seventy-four years. Mr. Lynch
was born here in 1896 He lived here until
in the Treasury Department at Washing
ton, which position he held for thirty nine
years. He was a Republican. A widow
and two daughters survive.
KOKOMO, Ind. May 1O.-Lewis Gear
hart, the oldest pioneer resident of How
ard county, was found dead in bed this
morning at his home in Erwin township.
He was ninty-three years old. He came
here in 1899 and settled among the In
dams and lived on the same farm sixty
one years. He had been dead several hours
when found.
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, May 10-Eli Shu-
mack died at his home. one mile north Of
this city, last night of nervous exhaustion
aged sixty-eight years. He was born In
Greene county. Ohio. but came to this
county in 1855. He left a widow and five
and owned considerable real estate in this
city
PORTLAND. Ind. May 1O.-The twin
children of Mr.. and Mrs w. w. Gillum. of
this city, died this morning, their DEATH;
being within an hour of each other
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, May 10-By the. small
margin of twenty-five votes, this city and
Center township voted Yes on the $75,-
coo subsidy for the. proposed Cincinnati.
Richmond & Muncie Railroad to-day, the
total vote cast being 1852. Representatives
of the Chicago, Indiana & Eastern Railway
made a hard fight against Cincinnati
Richmond & Muncie, as there will be an
election here a month later to vote Eyes
or mo- on subsidy for that company to
cover the same territory, Chicago to Gin
cinnati, and ii has a part of it's line built
and in operation. within fifteen miles of
Muncie.
RICHMOND, Ind, May 10-Perry, Green
and Webster townships to-day voted on the
question of subsidy for the Cincinnati,
Richmond e. Muncie railroad. The first
two voted for it and the last against it.
Perry's subsidy is $1,000 and Green's $1,000.
The amount asked of Webster was $1,000.
The subsidies voted to-day. with those
previously voted by Richmond and Boston
and Wayne townships, amount to $249.OOO.
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WHAT MAKES A NOVEL SELL.
This Plan Might Succeed Once, but
Could Hardly BE Repeated.
The Criterion.


Here is a striking example of influence
Recently a well-known man of letters met
upon the train an attractive stranger who
made himself known as the author of a
novel which had achieved an enormous
sale The man of letters, who had written
a cutting condemnation of the work, eyed
the author with curiosity.
"Can you give me any reason why your
book succeeded?' he asked in his we'll
known abrupt way.
Certainly. sir" replied the author. II
made IL succeed. / am a Western man,
and / know the West. Do you happen to
know that there exists among Western
people hatred of the literary pretentious-
ness OF the East?''
The man of letters had been a reader of
manuscripts for a New York publishing
house. and remembered scores of notes
beginning. Though l know that nothing
literary which originates west of the Mis-
sissippi is deemed worthy of consideration
by Eastern people"
Yes, he assented.
VERY WELL" went on the author, las
soon as the first copy of my book came
from the press packed my dress-suit case.
took my book in my hand, and paid visit
to every bookseller in every city I'm my
State. / went to the clerks, sir. not to the
proprietors, and ! said: Look here. / am
a Western mani / have written this book
and IL Is a Western book. They say in the
East that no good book can come out of
the West. ] want you 10 help me show
'em that write a good book out
here. / want you 10 sell copy OF this TO
every customer you've got. And they did
sell EN-. AS soon as the book had caught
and then outside the State. ! had the
whole West talking about the story. and
now the whole East is talking about IL.
That's the secret or my success sir.
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WILL CONTEST REMOVAL
REPUBLICAN ATTORNEY OF SHELBY
VILE READY TO FIGHT.
Refuses to BE Turned Out-Consolida-
ton of Glass observation-disclosures
Drop I'm Indiana Crude.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYVILLE. Ind, May 10.-The abo-
lition of the Office of city attorney by the
new Democratic Council yesterday after
noon promises TO cause one Of the hardest
fought legal contests in the history of
Shelby county. The Republican incumbent.
whom it was sought to remove by the res
olution abolishing the office. Ara E. Usher.
is one of the leading young Republican at
torneys at this bar. and he declares he will
fight the case to the highest courts. The
resolution of the Council recites that there
is no litigation pending affecting the finan-
cial interests of the city. and that it is nee
essary to economize in the city's affairs
and that city attorney is inexpedient and
unnecessary. and a committee was APP
pointed to employ such legal help as was
needed from time to time.
There are now pending in the courts
eight cases in which the city is directly in
terested and a number are ready for the
Supreme Court or have been referred hack
for trial.
The contention of Attorney Usher is
based on an act of the last Legislature,
which says that in cities of less than $50
lIiHdDlldHtS the VARIOUS CITY attorneys ana
city civil engineers shall not be removed
from office during the term for which they
were elected, except for cause. The Demo-
Gratis recognized this law when they re-
fused to disturb Engineer James II. Phil
lippi.
The breach between the factions of the
Democratic party caused by the election
yesterday is growing wider every hour. the
workers of the party openly denouncing
the action of the Council i'm turning them
and their friends down and selecting men
who had never worked for or contributed
to party success. Everett E. Stroup has
been selected by the committee TO attend to
the city's legal business for the me being
The secret of the opposition of the Demo-
Gratis to Attorney Usher lies in the fact
that he has secured the conviction of a
number of saloon keepers for violation OF
the liquor laws and has been instrumental
in closing the saloons In the residence por-
tons Of the city.
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"FIRE M OUR SAYS THE PARROT.
Prcsbytery's Stated Clerks Bird An
swers a Question.

New YORK tribune
New York parrots-which are highly So
lively interesting themselves Il matters of
great public import. There was that
skeptical pet of Frederick ID. Tappen, who
seemed to hold that ancient tenet that ''all
men are liars Here is the story of a
Presbyterian parrot of extreme radical
tendencies and an insistent fearlessness in
expressing its views. DR.. G. w. +. Birch,
who brought charges of heresy against
DIR. A. c. McGiffert, is its master.
When a Tribune reporter called on the
clergyman on Monday TO ask what would
be done with DR.. Parkhurst for saying
from his pulpit that the creed was no
longer any help, but burden. to Presby-
terianism. the stated clerks bird was even
more agitated about the matter than the
doctor.
1t was loudly insisting upon something.
which, as the lecturers say, 1t could not put
too strongly, for II repeated II over and
over again. The visitor. however was so
interested in the fate of the famous clergy
man that ignoringly he forgave the par
rot its din. and started to ask questions.
After a while the stated clerk, who was
trying to answer the questions and TO write
a conciliatory letter to Dr. Parkhurst.
looked up.
did you hear what that parrot was
saying?"
The reporter up to this time had never
obtained an interview from anything out
side the human family, and-more to the
HOiHt-dS he ulU uot yet kHOW WHAT was III
store for DR.. Parkhurst, he hadn't ex-
pected any information to emerge from be-
hind bars and beneath feathers. Not very
much pleased, he took out his notebook to
take down the parrots contribution.
IT was:
Fire m out, Fire IN out! Fire IN outi'
And then. for fear, it's master wouldn't
listen, IL increased the necessity of this ex-
treme action upon DR.. Birch by ceaseless
repetition In a cultural severity that COM
manded attention. Fire m OUT Fire M
Then the stated clerk dropped his pen.
forgot the questions that the public wanted
answered in the next days newspapers and
FASTENED to assure the reporter that the
bird had not learned that expression in his
house In fact. the bird had been left with
DIR. Birch. and it was only unexpectedly
that IL had remained.
IL" said the DOCTOR with a stress on the
pronoun. al have taught it the Doxology."
But as long as DIR. Parkhurst's case was
being considered the parrot strayed far
from the peaceful theological paths TO ad-
wise with increasing strenuousness:
Fire m out, Fire IN OUT
But. as the world knows. DR.. Birch took
another course. leaving his more radical
counselor to plead unheeded, Fire I'M out,
Fire m outr' Which the disappointed con-
sentative is still lamentingly reiterating.
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DIsCARDs CLUTCHES.


Delicate operation SucceeeIutiy EeK=
formed on Prof. Newcomb.
Washington Post.
Prof Simon Newcomb. the famous
tronomer, who is well known in this city.
has been completely cured OF a lame
ness from which he suffered for twelve
years. Four years ago IL became neces-
sary for him TO use crutches. Now he has
discarded these supports. The cure was
effected at the Johns Hopkins Hospital
by DR.. Lleweliyn Barker and DR.. Cush-
ing.
came almost useless because or the intense
suffering whenever he threw any weight
upon il. The physicians all had differ
ent name for the disease, DR.. Gilman
president of Johns Hopkins University.
was in the city a few weeks ago. He in
and submit to an examination. This was
done. The physicians believed the lame
ness to be due TO diseased nerve. which
IL would be necessary to remove. The
operation had only been performed once
before. I'm France. Professor Newcomb told
the surgeons to begin work. refusing TO
take ether. saying he wanted TO witness
the operation.
The cutaneous nerve of the front of the
thigh was laid bare by DIR. Cushing's
knife. A brief examination convinced them
that the nerve was diseased. Dr. Cushing
removed the nerve entirely. closing up tho
wound and put the great astronomer to
bed.
self and walk about the hospital. Sunday
night he took steamer at Baltimore for
Boston to get the benefit of the sea air
He was able to walk half mile at that
time and go up and down stairs without
the slightest discomfort or Inconvenience.
lessor Newcomb believes himself TO be
completely cured.
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TEXT OF THE PLATFORM.
RESOLUTIONS That Declare for OIL
Against Everything but Crankfsm.

Following is the text OF the platform as
finally adopted by the convention:
THE Peoples party OF the United States.
IN convention assembled, congratulating its
supporters on the wide extension of it's
principles In all directions. does hereby re-
affirm its adherence TO the fundamental
principles proclaimed in its two prior plat
forms. and calls on all who desire to avert
the sEbversion of free institutions by cor
porate and imperialistic power, to unite
with IL in bringing the government back to
the ideals OF Washington, Jefferson, Jack
son and Lincoln. II extends TO it's allies i'm
the struggle for financial and economic
freedom assurances OF its loyalty TO the
principles which animate the allied forces
and the promise OF honest and hearty CO.
operation In every effort for their success
ITO the people of the United States we
offer the following platform as the express
sion of our unalterable convictions:
Resolved That we denounce the act of
March II. 1900, as the elimination of a long
series or conspiracies TO deprive the people
of their constitutional rights over the
money of the Nation and relegate to a
gigantic money trust the control of the
purse. and hence of the people We de-
nounce this act;
"First-For making all money obligations.
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dianapolis, conveying the information that
the Supreme Court had affirmed the Judg-
ment of the lower court in the suit OF Ar
thur b. Irwin against the Rushville Co.
operative Telephone Company, was cir
culated here yesterday evening, and on TIL:
information the item from Rushville, con
corning the lawsuit in this morning
Journal was based. 1t was learned to-day
that the Supreme Court had not passed or
the case and that Ii has not yet been dis
tributed The telephone suit In the SUI
preme Court is believed to have been con
fused with the telephone suits in the Rusf
Circuit Court, in which ruling or
some preliminary pleadings was made yes
terday.
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or B. T. Deahl, of Goshen. discussion led
by Mayor H. p. Scherer, of Decatur. The
Barrett Law" City Attorney Oliver Bogue,
of Wabash: discussion led by City Attor-
ney William McNagney. of Columbia City.
uniformity of City Records, City Clerk
Henry B. Moning. of Fort Wayne: discus
sion led by City Clerk Jesse. Koran, OF
Peru. At the afternoon session a telegram
was read. expressing the regret of Mayor
Taggart. of Indianapolis, at his Inability
to attend, and inviting the league TO meet
next year in the capital city.
In the evening the members of the vari-
Gus departments of city affairs met In the
several rooms of the building at present
occupied by the city officials and discussed
the needs of their respective departments
A banquet, later, was rendered to the visi-
tors at their clubrooms by the members OF
the Elks' lodge.
After the completion of the programme
of Tomorrow session the members OF the
league will be taken for drive about the
city and will visit the tin-plate factory, the
largest in the world, and other industries.
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J0HNSON'S ARMOR PIERCER.


NEW YORK, May 1O.-James w. john
son. member of the firm of Isaac G. john
son & Co, of Spuyten Duyvil, inventor
of the Johnson soft nose projectile, ex-
planned last night how the soft steel cap
enables the shot to pierce armor plate
II think said Mr.. Johnson, that the
action of the soft steel cap may be illus
trated by simple experiment. If you would
try to drive a single nail through a piece
of sheet iron the nail would bend. But If
you first drive a nail through a piece Of
hard wood. you will penetrate the sheet
IRON The sole nose, in other words, pre-
vents the projectile from glancing off. Its
whole force is concentrated at the point
In one OF the trials made at Indian Head
we fired projectile at the armor plate at
an angle OF Il degrees. No sooner had the
soft nose touched the plate than the pro-
jectile turned at a right angle to the plate
and penetrated it. The cap or soft nose
also acts as kind of lubricant to the
shot"
W. E. Curtis, Washington correspondent
of the Chicago Record, says: There was a
beautiful illustration of the sanctity of ex-
ecutive sessions yesterday. During the de-
bate upon the appropriation for armor for
the new naval vessels Mr. Tillman moved
that the Senate go into executive session,
as he had some important secrets to dis
close which should not get into the papers
or reacn the ears or foreign governments.
If he had not made this motion. it is en-
tirely probable that Mr.. Tilman's speech
would not have received the slightest notice
by the reporters, but of course, after his
sensational announcement, there was full
report this morning of everything that was
said. The gist of it all was that a man
named Johnson had invented a projectile
which was able to pierce every sample
of armor that had yet been up on the test
ing grounds at Indian Head. This fact
might create a sensation in the Senate,
but to those who keep posted about naval
affairs IL was an old story and almost
every fact of interest disclosed by Mr.. Till
man in executive session yesterday on this
particular subject appeared In the annual
report of the chief of ordnance of the
United States navy IN 1897 and 1898, and
was published in the newspapers at the
time. The wonderful projectile which Mr..
Tillman described in secret session was in
vented about five years ago by a New
York merchant named Johnson, who has
a factory at Spuyten Duyvil. n. Y. and
was used by every battleship and cruiser
during the Spanish war. Mr. Tilman APP
pears never to have heard of II until yes
terday. The popularity of what is known
as the soft nose shell Is in the of
plumbago in the construction of the tip,
which is said TO act as lubricant for the
steel body of the projectile. This has never
been secret, but has been patented and
sold on the market generally like other
munitions of war;
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BRYAN silent for Once.

LINCOLN, Neb., May 10.-The least con-
cerned man in Lincoln in regard to the
outcome of the Sioux Falls convention,
apparently, was the nominee of that con-
vention-W. ]. Bryan. Mr.. Bryan spent
the Jay and evening with his family at
his city home. When notified of his Sc
lection by reclamation he asked to be ex-
cused from commenting on the action at
Sioux Falls or Cincinnati. Nor would he
express himself on the respective plat
forms the apparent division at Sioux
Falls on the question of nominating a
candidate for Vice President Mr.. Bryan
had retired before the news of the nominal
ton of Mr.. Towne was received.
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the sham humor and bogus Criticism LOT
which the Roycroft literary ''bounder' is
notorious 1t is true that the rag-time
dancing Of Hubbard about the grave OF
Burns can do the man below no harm. out
the protest of heavy boot applieo wnere
IL will do most good is only proper trib-
ute from any indignant spectator OF the
sacrilege. Hubbard. as Hubbard, is be-
meath notice. Hubbard as trespasser on
sacred ground Is public nuisance who
ought to be chastised as SUCH The main
contention in this precious insult TO great
ness is that we owe Burns's poems 10 the
fact that he led an irregular life: that ms
serious poems each marked a period of re-
pentance and finally. that IL he had not
broken one commandment frequently, his
genius would not have developed as IL did
This may suit the Hubbardites. those who
take this sort of thing seriously. But
Burns could no more help being a poet
than Hubbard can help being a common or
garden clown.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PRINCETON, Ind, May 10.-Thomas
Williamson died at Fort Branch last night
from morphine poisoning. Before death he
denied having taken the drug, but the at
tending physicians insist that morphine
caused his death. Williamson was twenty
years old and was the son of DIR. w. T.
Williamson, of the oldest and best
taken suddenly i'll in a barber shop Tues
day and died within thirty-six hours. His
parents say he was subject to sick spells
and did not attempt suicide by morphine.
The physicians insist that death was due
to the drug.
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INDIANA OBITUARY.

James NJ. Sleeth, First Common Pleas
Judge of Shelby County.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, May 10.-Judge
James M. Sleeth died at his residence, in
this city, this afternoon at o'clock, of
cancer of the stomach. For a number of
years he had been living alone. except for
servant. his only living relative being a
sister in Iowa
Judge Sleeth was born in Ohio, March "a,
1916. He came to this city In 1910. and was
the first Common Pleas Judge when that
court was organized in 1853. He was a
member of the first Legislature under the
new Constitution and from 1S49 to 1853 was
State senator. From 1870 to 1874 served as
county treasurer. He married Miss Elmira
1885
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Indiana Notes.

The Wayne county Sunday school con-
vention will be held at Boston, May p
and q.
Robert Charles. of Richmond. has been
chosen principal of the Milton High
School.
convention at Winamac May 10 to select a
county ticket.
The Hartford City Paper Company is
building large addition 10 it's paper and
pulp mills located at Hartford City.
Charles Ridge, a Sullivan county miner,
was seriously injured Wednesday after
noon while firing a shot In the mine.
A N. Martin. of Button. will deliver the
Memorial day address at Portland. The
sermon will be by the Rev. George W.
Green.
Wayne county Odd Fellows will hold
their annual convention and give public
exemplifcation of the work at Centerville.
May 81.
Rolla French. twenty-four years old, fell
in fit in spring at the jefferson county
poor farm yesterday and drowned I'm water
two feet deep
The Masonic degree team of Madison
went on a chartered steamer last night to
Patriot to confer the masters degree on a
large class of candidates
Portland Chapter. Order of the Eastern
Star. exemplified the initiatory and floral
degrees Wednesday night before the lodges
from Ridgeville, Redkey and Dunkirk.
s. w. Morris. special pension examiner
at Rushville, has been ordered to duty at
Washington, and will be succeeded at
Rushville by c. w. Okey, of Washington.
The people of windfall are much excited
over the finding of the body of a five
months-old baby in a vault in the rear of a
residence in that town. An investigation is
being made.
Developments in the investigation of the
death of George Phillips. of Muncie, which
occurred about two weeks ago. lead the po-
lice to believe that Phillips was murdered
and that he did not shoot himself.
The Wabash County Commissioners have
granted a franchise to the Wabash River
Traction Company for that part of its pro-
posed Wabash-Peru line lying between
Wabash and the Miami county line.
A large colony of Pulaski county farmers
has been organized around Winamac and
will emigrate shortly to North Dakota
whittier they have been preceded by about
thirty young men from the same section.
Terre Haute authorities have received a
letter from New Harmony saying that the
body OF a man. supposed TO have been
drowned at the time of the Big Four bridge
accident, had been taken from the river al
that point.
L. ID. Dickson and the Eureka Lumber
Company. by their attorneys, have filed an
application for a receiver in the Lawrence
county Circuit Court against the Grafton
Stone Company. The petitioners also ask
for an injunction TO prevent the alienation
o. membranes of the company's property.
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struck Two-Hundred-Barr Well

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. May 10.-The
Great Northern Oil Company has struck
a fine well in Chester township. Wells
county. 1t is located on the Mike Suell
farm, and when shot yesterday flowed a
solid stream the size of the tubing twenty
five feet above the derrick. The well is
making 200 barrels and several new tanks
are being erected. The company has about
100 acres of good territory which they
will continue to develop. The well is re-
garded as one of the best in the field.
The drop in the price of crude oil does
not seem to hinder the operations, and
many wells are going down.