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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
COAL DEALERS in SESSION
ANNUAL CONVENTION OPENS THIS
MORNING AT THE CLAYPOOL.
Operators VIII Have Representatives
to Promote business interests
Social Features Planned.

Retail coal dealers from Michigan and In
diana took possession of the Claypool Hotel
last night for the two days session of the
ninth annual convention OF their associa-
ton. Over one hundred members of the
as many more are expected to-day. but the
crowd of coal men is by no means confined
to the retailers For every member of the
association there will be at least one rep
resentative of the coal operators OF ILL.,
nois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and
it is the statesmen who contribute materially
to the interest Of the convention, as they
are here to extend their acquaintance
among the retailers. show their old Gus
toners a good time. and make new friends
by the same process.
The business sessions Of the convention
will open this forenoon in the assembly hall
OF the Claypool. Mayor Bookwalter viii
welcome the delegates TO the city, and
President Robert Lake. of Jackson, Mich,
will respond. after which he will deliver
his annual address and the reports >of the
other officers will be received and the COM
mittees appointed. This afternoon the con-
vention will be given over to the reading
Of papers on topics Of interest to the coal
men, and tonight the visitors will be given
a trolley ride over the city. winding up at
Fair Bank.
Tomorrow the business Of the association
will be taken up. including the discussion
of proposed changes In the constitution and
bylaws. Officers will be elected and final
adjournment taken. There Is no evidence
of contest for any Of the Offices. To-
morrow afternoon the visitors will be taken
around the city on the Belt Railroad, to
visit various manufacturing establishments,
and in the evening they will be entertained
at luncheon and vaudeville show at the
German House by the Indianapolis dealers.
The members Of the association say that
the question Of the prices OF coal Is ono
that is never touched upon at their conven-
lions, and that the public need not be
alarmed by visions OF increased coal bills
for next winter. One of the principal OBJ
jects Of the organization. IL Is said. Is to
keep I'm touch with the operators and pre-
vent discrimination I'm prices by them.
The officers of the association are: Presi-
dent. Robert Lake. Jackson. Mich; first
vice president. Walter Brooks. Detroit: Sec
ond vice president, j. NJ. Modderwell, Fort
Wayne; treasurer, Z. w. Staebler. Ann Ar
Dor; secretary. j. I. Faman, Detroit: chair
man executive board. J. w. Ryder. Kala-
mazQo M. Steinhauer. of Indianapolis. 10
a member of the executive board
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
Building Committee Meets.

The building committee of the Indiana
Worlds Fair Commission was in session
at the headquarters in the Statehouse
yesterday, inspecting the plans for the
proposed Indiana building that were SUBJ
mitted in the competition which closed
Monday. The committee inspected them at
length and gave each architect a hearing
in explanation of his design.
No action was taken by the committee
and none will be taken until after another
meeting is held later in the week at Mum
Gle, the home of Chairman +. c. Ball.
The committee will then decide upon one
set of plans to recommend to the COM
mission at the meeting here next Tuesday.
+. c. Ball, Muncie, d. w. Kinsey, New
Castle, and w. H. % Brien, Lawrenceburg
comprise the committee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
Testimony of Michael j. Shea.

Councilman NJ. ]. Shea, member of the
investigating committee. was then called
and his testimony was as follows:
Q.-You are the Democratic member of
the investigation committee that is inves-
tigaung some charges against Mr.. Logs
don? Ayes, sir.
Q.-What ward do you represent? A.
/ represent the Ninth ward.
Q.-Are you acquainted with James w.
Noel? Ayes. sir.
Q-The attorney for this committee? A.
Yes, sir.
OIL will ask you If. after the arrest of
Mr.. Stahl, Mr.. Noel was called before that
committee and questioned as to his con-
nection with that telegram and his relations
with Mr.. Stahl? Ayes, sir.
Q.-Durng that conversation what did he
say, If anything, as to whether he had any
evidence against Mr. Logsdon. or what kind
OF a man he thought Mr.. Logsdon was? A
i don't remember him speaking in partic-
ular about what kind of man Mr.. Logs
don was.
Q.-what did he say? Al believe he
said, or did say, rather. he was in commu-
nication with this man Stahl or Smith,
this detective. that was arrested. and that
he knew everything that was going on,
that he was in daily communication with
him.
Mr.. Duncan objected to the question and
II was withdrawn by Mr.. Spaan
Q-Now. Mr.. Shea. what I want to get
out of you is-and don't let Mr.. Duncan
scare you. he will not harm anybody
what l want 10 get at is what Mr.. Noel
said on that occasion with reference to
any evidence against Mr. Logsdon. and
whether ne was an honest man. Ale
didn't say anything about that then.
Ole didn't say anything along those
lines that you heard? A.-No. sir.
Q.-Was there report of the committee
written UP as the result OF your investiga-
ton of Mr.. Noel? Ayes. sir.
Q-where is that report? Al don't
know; I think II is in Mr.. Wynne's Office
Q.-That was signed by you. was IL? A.
No, SIR: but IL was sanctioned by me.
Whatever was In the report we made which
was q written report OF what was said at
that tire. so that IL anything did come up
we would know.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
MAN BEHIND THE MESSAGE.
Character Of John the Baptist Theme
of Evangelical Meeting.

Edwin Ray Methodist Episcopal Church.
at Laurel street and Woodlawn avenue.
was crowded last night by people attending
the services of the South Side Evangelical
Union. Hiram ]. Lloyd. of the Moody In
stitute. Chicago, directed the music and.
unaccompanied. sang solo. Coming
Home" The Rev. Milford H. Lyon, the
Chicago evangelist, spoke again. the text
of his sermon being Prepare We for the
way of the Lord Mr.. Lyon discussed the
character of John the Baptist. emphasiz-
ing his courage. his sincerity and his mes
sage. He said that his message was strong
but that the man behind the message was
stronger. The message. he said was three
fold; IL was a prophets message TO the
people. pastors message TO the church
and an evangelists message to the indi-
vidual.
MFR. Lyon said that one OF the great needs
to-day Is preparation. He said that IL he
had ten years of his life TO live over he
would spend seven years of the decade in
preparation for living the remaining three
Until Monday the meetings were held In
the big tent on Prospect street, but on ac
count of the storm Monday IL was neces-
sary 10 hold them In the church, while the
tent Is being repaired.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
DEFENSE RESTS ITS CASE.
CONCLUDED FROM SECOND PAGE

CONCLUDED FROM SECOND PAGE.)
,Q.-They were your. political friends, were
they not? Ayes, sir.
Q.-And you were being investigated along
political lines, were you not? Ayes, sir.
Qs-And because of a city campaign pend
ing? Ayes, sir.
RECROSS- BY DUNCAN.
Q.-How old are you, Mr.. Logsdon? A
Thirty-eight next July.
Odd you have to wait to see them to
determine whether or not to slap a man in
the face that you thought had insulted you?
A.-No, sir.
Q.-And you were waiting all that time
to find out what to do? Al didn't think
it advisable to slap him in the face.
Cor kick him down stairs? Aft you
were to size him up you would not think it
advisable to kick him down stairs.
Q.-You knew when he was coming with
that telegram? Ayes, sir.
Q;-You knew when he was coming there.
rested? Ayes, sir.
Q.-You didn't have police officer there
'n oS StS DIDN'T have this his man shadoweds
A-No sir
9mDid you try to find n out out who he was or
Odd you undertake to find out who
was back of him by having people follow
him to see who he reported to or where he
went TO! A.-NO, Sir.
Q.-That never occurred to you? Al
didn't think it advisable to do that.
Q.-You did not think 1t advisable to find
out who he was, where he lived. or who
he was reporting to? Al didn't think it
advisable to let the man know 1 suspected
him.
Q.-Is 1t not true that you did not come to
the conclusion that there was anything
peculiar about this, or that any game was
being set up until this man didn't report
to you last Saturday morning at 10 O'Clock.
and then you came to the conclusion that
some one was setting up a game on you?
Al had the police detectives there before
10 o'clock.
Q-And you didn't put them to work until
after you had a talk with Fred Joss? A.
Yes, sir; did.
Odd they arrest that man until after
you had talk with Fred joss? A.-They
were there for that purpose.
Q.-But they didn't arrest him? A.-No.
sir; the man didn't come.
Odd you talk with Joss before this
man came or after? Al talked with him
Mr.. Spaan-How old are you, Mr.. Logs
don? A--Thirty- Eight next July.
:. Q5Weil, you are old enough to know that
telegram If you had a couple of bluecoats
there it would hush the game? Al
thought it best to have the man arrested.
OIL mean when he came there with the
telegram? Mr.. Duncan asked you this
question, when he came there with that
telegram you did not have policemen there,
and you said no. Ayes, sir; that is what
/ told him.
Q.-You knew at that time that policemen
would scare this man off? Ayes, sir.
O-So that your whole object covering
the whole situation from first to last, when
he made that offer of money, was to find
out how far he would go, who was back
of him, and the whole situation? Ayes
sir; that was my object.
Q.-And Shaping him. and kicking him
downstairs, and assaulting him, would be
nothing more than case of assault and
hof idrsf bfplx fhox
way to find out who these confederates
were.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
CANADIANS INDEPENDENT.
Don't Care for Trade Reciprocity with
the United states.

WASHINGTON, June 2.-Hope Of the re-
assembling of the high joint commission
has been abandoned. A few months ago
everything presaged a meeting of the joint
commission in Canada. probably Toronto
just after the adjournment of the Canadian
Parliament. The matter had progressed so
far that the records of the old commission
were drawn from their pigeon holes, and
preliminary changes had taken place be-
tween Minister Laurier and Senator Fair
banks. Mr.. Chamberlain's speech In the
British Parliament last week. IL is said
here. Is largely responsible for the new at
titude of Canada. The hope held out by him
TO Canada OF preferential treatment for Ca
madam imports into England has overhaul
anced any desire the Canadians might have
for reciprocity with the United States. The
trade reciprocity proposition was the lead
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
CITY NEWS NOTES.

DR.. Rachel Swain has returned from a
months trip TO New Orleans. New York
and Washington.
The business at the Indianapolis post
Office steadily increases and the stamp re-
ceipts for May amounted to $52147O4 This
is an increase of s3,S695S over May of last
year.
The Marion county w. c. T. U. depart
ment board conference was in session at
the First Lutheran Church yesterday. Re-
ports from the different departments were
read and in the afternoon Mrs. Hattie
Wright Brand gave a parliamentary drill
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE.
Republican Newspaper Men Consider
ing Their Summer Outing.

The members of the executive commit
tee of the Indiana Republican Editorial
observation-disclosures Stivers, of Liberty;
w. S. Montgomery, of Greenfield; F. T.
Singleton, of Martinsville; j. d. Hogate,
of Danville, and E. A. Remy, of Seymour
held a conference at the English last night
to consider further the plans for the
annual summer outing of the association.
Secretary Montgomery reported the pro-
gress of his correspondence in regard to
the trip from Chicago around the lakes to
Put-in-Bay, but the matter was not in
shape for final action and the committee
will hold another meeting here within a
week or ten days to take IL up again.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
Mrs. David f. sherrick III.

Mrs. David E. Sherrick, wife of the state
auditor, is very sick at st. Vincent's
Hospital. Mrs. Sherrick. who has been an
invalid for some time. underwent a very
serious operation last Monday and although
she rallied from il at first, later her death
was expected momentarily. Mr.. Sherrick
has been at her side constantly. Although
she is still in a serious condition, he hopes
for her recovery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
Request. for Indiana Laws.

Secretary Butler, of the State Board Of
Charities. has received from the State
authorities of Iowa a request for the
indeterminate sentence and parole law of
Indiana. letter has also been received
from Kentucky asking for a copy of the
compulsory educational law and a state
of framing similar law in Kentucky
Although there is an educational law in
that State, the authorities have decided to
improve upon il.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
CURE FOR INSOMNIA.
German Physicians Say They Have
Found an InfaIIibIe Remedy.

BERLIN, June 1.-TWO distinguished
Berlin physicians. Prof. Emil Fischer and
Won Mering, have discovered what they
regard as an infallible cure for insomnia.
They call 1t veronal. 1t has been used with
remarkable results, it Is said, in a large
Berlin hospital by Professor Lillenfeld,
who expresses the firm conviction that no
other medicine TO produce sleep approaches
veronal In certainty and intensity. He adj
ministered $50 doses to sixty patients of
both sexes and after the dose the patient
was fresh and felt as If the sleep had been
wholly natural. In all of the cases the
heart and lungs performed their functions
with the utmost eXactitude.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03

dence. The only right allowed in a GRIM
inal case is a plea OF not guilty. and upon
that the evidence must be heard. Now, IL
they rest their case, then IL your Honor
concludes there is no case, your Honor can
discharge their prisoner, but you cannot
do IL now on a preliminary motion that the
State dismiss it's case.
The Court.-This is only a preliminary
hearing, gentlemen. The court has no final
Jurisdiction in this matter as far as con-
viction is concerned. The court will hear
this motion without argument.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
Says He Bought the watch.

The case of w. II. Ellsworth. charged
with receiving stolen goods. was continued
in Police Court yesterday morning. He
was charged with having had a stolen
watch in his possession. He says he will be
able to prove that he bought the watch
from q stranger.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
JACKSON MUST DIE.


The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed
the sentence of William Jackson, who was
convicted of murder in the first degree at
Evansville. last March. A month ago the
court affirmed the sentence of death Of
Ora Copenhayer. The date of execution in
both cases is on June II, at Michigan City.
In the case of Jackson an appeal was filed
for postponement of execution until next
fall. The Supreme Court, in refusing this
request ordered that the briefs be filed
Immediately so that the case might be
decided before the day Of execution. The
fight of Jackson's attorneys was for a
sentence of life Imprisonment. Jackson s
story OF his crime is that he had become
drunk and spent all his money, and then
went down to the Melrose mill, where he
was employed, 10 rob the night Waterman,
Allen Blankenship. He hung around the
mill until Blankenshlp fell asleep and then
struck him over the head with an iron bar
and pilfered his pockets.
This is the fifth appeal the Supreme
Court has passed on within the last year
and a half, and each case has been af-
who was convicted Of the murder of Nora
Kiefer, was hanged, after his case had
been affirmed. The conviction of Joseph
Rinkard for killing his wife at Wabash.
was affirmed by the Supreme Court and
he was executed on Jan. 10, 1902, and on
May IA, of the same year, the court ap-
proved the sentence of Buck Wheeler.
who murdered his son-in-law near Boom
Vile. The appeal of John Dunn, whose
conviction is the murder of little girl in
Allen county, is still pending in the court.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
Contracts for Guns Awarded.

WASHINGTON, June 2.-Guns enough to
man three of the new 16ooo-ton battleships
were contracted for to-day by the Bureau
of Ordnance. The Midvale Steel Company
was awarded the contract for twenty-four
eight-inch nickel-steel guns, and the Beth
lehem Steel Company the contract for thir-
ty-six seven-inch nickel-steel guns. The
contracts involve approximately 100000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
INvALID's RUBBER GOODS

his true character, or to obscure IL by cheap
or meritricious arts. He did not wish to be
passed. as spurious coin Is passed, for
more than his real worth.
He was simple and modest in his habits;
frank and candid. There was nothing me-
teoric IN him. He pressed forward. meeting
the duties of the hour as he found them;
discharging them faithfully. conscientiously
and we'll. He was never given to self-ex-
ploitation. as are weaker men. His deeds
and virtues were learned from the lips of
others. Modesty closed his own.
HE was upon terms with men OF all con-
ditions. He met them upon common level.
There was that subtle element in him which
invited the confidence OF ALL The weak and
powerful alike saw the true nobility Of his
character and held him in like respect The
Lowry were not overawed and the nigh
We're properly deferential
A FRIEND OF THE YOUNG.
He was charming in personal intercourse
and was always an entertaining CONVERSE
tionalist. His inner life was ideal. He loved
his home and all the sweet influences which
pervaded 1t. He had an intense love OF ma
ture. He was in love with trees and flowers
and was familiar with their names He de-
lighted in aiding the young. No man with
the same opportunities ever did more than
he 10 help young men get on In the world
He saw I'm others the struggles of his own
youth. and was ever ready TO serve them i'm
every possible way. The lawyer entering
upon his professional career. when possessed
OF doubt as 20 his cases. and filed with dis
coura cement. always found "A sympathetIc
friend in the generous-hearted and noble
Judge. The young attorney with a good
cause but overmatched by an older and
more resourceful antagonist. found upon the
bench help and sympathy. How far goes a
helpful word TO the beginner at the bar, In
time OF need
Judge Gresham died at Washington, Nav
.. 1886. His remains are at Arlington, upon
the bank OF the Potomac. overlooking the
Nations Capitol, surrounded by those who
served with him upon the battlefield 10 pre-
serve a..
carried into his LIES work the essential
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03

ing feature OF the programme to be sub
mitted to the high joint commission. and as
the Canadians show no disposition now 10
consider reciprocity, IL is said, that there
Will be no occasion to convene the commas
sion for the consideration OF other ana
smaller subjects on the programme.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03

John Rooney was held up last night at the
corner of Blackford and Market streets by
two men and relieved of a watch and
twenty-five cents. Rooney lives at 13s
Douglas street. He was not able to give
good description OF the highwaymen and
they have not been arrested.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03

Has been used for nifty years bv miller.
mothers for their children while teethins .,. -.
perfect success. II soothes the child soffens 10
rums a,lays PAIN cures wind collie reeni., ne
the bowels and Is the best remedy for da ssha
whether arising from teething or OTHER canss a.
For sale by druggists In every part OF the xorii
SYRUP Is cents bottle. 'As
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
Dismissed by supreme Court.

The appeal Of the Evansville & Terre
Haute Railroad in the contest over the
opening of Ohio street in Terre Haute,
through the company's yards, dis
missed by the Supreme Court yesterday,
after the matter had been in litigation
for nearly eight years.
The point on which the dismissal turned
is that under the Terre Haute city char
ter no appeal will lie from a decision Of
the Circuit Court. increasing or reducing
the damages assessed for opening a street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03

Mr.. Spaan-I will send for that report.
Q.-Now, Mr.. Shea, hand you the report
you have referred to. wish you would be
kind enough to look 1t over and see II that
is the report you have in your mind. A.
Yes, sir; that is the report
Mr.. Spaan-I want to read that report.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
RUST IN THE WHEAT.
DfscOuraging Reports Received by
the Commissioners of Statistics.

the Commissioner of Statistics.
Commissioner of Statistics Johnson has
received a number of reports lately which
are a little discouraging for the wheat
crop. The reports, especially from the
southern part of the State, say there is evil
dence of rust in the wheat. which threatens
to ruin the crop in several counties. Mr.
Johnson received a letter yesterday from
the county assessor of Jackson county say
ing the wheat there was affected by rust
and flies and unless it rained soon the
crop would amount to nothing at all.
Shelby county also reports that there is
rust in the wheat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
BONDS
E. M. CAMPBELL &c co.
MAY INVESTMENTS

$4,000 United STATES 1908 IS
$4,000 United States 1907 rs
5000 Remington, Ind. IS
$4,000 KendalIvilIe City, Ind. us
$4,000 Fowler, Ind, Water,
Light g. Heat Co. IS
$4,000. Union Traction, Ind. SIS
$4,000 Kigo County. Ind. AS
$4,000 Bartholomew Co., Ind. 4ts
$4,000 Mt. Vernon, Ind. Is
$1,000 Pulaski, Ind. IS
$4,000 Woodruff Pl. Town, Ind. rs
$4,000 u. S. Steel Co. IS
$4,000 Warsaw, Ind. rs
$4,000 Battery Realty Co., MY. IS
$40, 600 Greene Co., Ind. 44s
$4,000 Col, Del. e. Mar. o., Ry. IS
$4,000 Mer. Heat 6 Light Co. S.
$56. 900 Peru, Ind, Heat Co. IS
$4,000 Gin, Indpis, St. Louis
G. Chicago 1sf mtg. rs
$4,000 Louisville Sub'n RY. Co. S.
100000 indianapolis, Ind. 34s
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
COLUMBIA CLUB ROOF.

The Opening VIII Take Place To-
Night-Special Features.
The Columbia Club roof garden will be
thrown open tonight for the first time this
season. An orchestra will furnish music,
and other features of entertainment have
been provided by the committee. Through
out the summer the roof will be open to
members and their ladies every night, and
on Tuesdays and Fridays there will be
music
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-01-08

suffered from catarrh of the worst
kind and never hoped for cure, but
Ely,s Cream Balm seems to do even
shat.-Oscar Ostrom, As Warren Ave-,
Chicago, I'll.
1 suffered from catarrh; it got SO
bad 1 could not work; / used Ely s
Cream Balm and am entirely. WE'LL
A. G. Clarke, BAL Shawmut Ave-,
Boston, Mass.
The Balm does not irritate or cause
sneezing. Sold by druggists at SO
cts, or mailed by Ely Brothers, Sc
Warren St., New York.