Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 148, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 May 1902 — Page 3

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now i?s 'jriuv u-imü? As the warm weather approaches have your vehicles fitted with the Xelley sprinrfield Rubber Tire It 1 the most durable manufactured. It makes rlllng easy and pleasuraD. B. SULLIVAN, 23 and 25 last Caio St. Brown. Old Phone, 4311 Sew ?::. PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh R. Richards will not observe their usual Wednesday at home this evening. Miss Margaret Olcott, of Muncie. who has been Miss Irene Taggart's guest, returned home yesterday. Mrs. Simeon B. Carey left yesterday for Detroit to be the guest of her daughter lor some time. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schurmann, of the Blacherne, have returned from a stay of a few days In Martinsville. Mr. and Mrs. William Thompson, of the Valencia, have returned from a short visit to her parents in Louisville. Mrs. Ada Carey returned yesterday from Cincinnati, where she has been spending several weeks with relatives. Dr. and Mrs. Louis Burkhart will leave for New York on June 4. and will sail on the 6th to spend the summer abroad. Mr. Atkins and Miss Atkins, of Chattanooga. Tenn., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Atkins at the Arundel. Invitations for the wedding of Miss Annetta Langsdale and Charles W. Bean, to take place on June 10. have been issued. Mrs. N. A. Hyde and Miss Josephine Hyde will leave to-day for the East, where they will occupy a cottage at Camden, near Bos ton, for the summer. The Misses Smyser will receive informally on Saturday afternoon at their home. 21 West Thirteenth street, for Miss Gertrude May, of Denver. Dr. and Mrs. P. H. Jameson have returned from Texas and the West. Mrs. Jameson will be at home to her friends on Satur day afternoons and evenings during June. Mrs. Burton Parrott has returned from New York. Miss Maude McConnell, who was with Mrs. Pirrott's family during her absence. Is now at her home at the Arundel. Mrs. Newell Stewart, of the Blacherne, will receive informally this afternoon between the hours of 3 and 6 for her cousin, who Is her guest, Mrs. A. J. Walker, of Chfcago. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Holllday have Invited the number of their friends, who spend fourth of July with them each year. to spend Decoration day with them at their farm. Rika Dom. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Sharpe. jr.. gave an Informal company last evening at their come on North Delaware street, entertain lng for Mr. and Mrs. Jay Keyes and Miss Warren, of Terre Haute, w ho are spending the wek with Mr. and Mrs. Harold B Hibben. Mr. and Mrs. Archibald A. Stubblns will issue Invitations to-day for the marriage of their daughter Cora and Layton Chambers Walker, at 12:H0 o'clock, Wednesdav. June 11, at the Meridian-street church. The athome cards will be for after Oct. 1 at the Valencia. Miss Lucia Holllday left Inst night for a visit of several weeks in Pittsbure- and Bryrt Mawr. She will be bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousin. Miss Patterson, in nttsburg. and later will attend the gradu atlon exercises at Bryn Mawr College. from which college she was graduated last June. Mrs. Martin W. Mansfield has gone to arri5burg. Pa., to visit her daughter Cor Tlnne. who attends school there. After a trip through Pennsylvania of about two weeks duration they will return together. jjurir.g the absence or Mrs. Mansfield Mr and Mrs. Sampsell Mansfield will be at her come. The marriage of Miss Isabel Palmer. daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John F. Johnston, and Charles A. Korbly will take place imsay morning. June 10, at 8 o clock, in SS. Peter's and Paul's Cathedral. A few friends and the relatives of the two fam Hies will witness the ceremony and be pres ent at the wedding breakfast. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred F. Potts entertained at luncheon yesterday at the University iud. naving ior tneir guest or honor Miss hite. of Canada, who is visiting her brother. Dr. William Charles White, and Mrs White. Marguerites formed the floral dec orations of the table, ar.d covers were laid for fourteen. Among the guests were Mrs. O. P. McCarty and Miss Edith Saylor, of tincinnau. The engagement of Miss Alice Adams, of Chicago, to Joseph Uonaulus, son of the Rev. Dr. Gonsaulus, has been announced. The wedding will take place on June 5 at Plymouth Church. Chicago, the Rev. Dr. Gonsaulus officiating. After the ceremon a reception will bo held at the home of the bride s parents. 5o North Sonate avenue. aiiss Adams has many friends in this cltv. tfhe is the sister of John H. Adams, and was maid of honor at his marriage to Miss Elizabeth Dalton. last June. Mrs. May Wright Sewall was the hostess at a 4 o'clock tea yesterday afternoon in honor of .the Junior girls of the Classlca School. The day was Mrs. Sewalls birthday anniversary. Thoe entertained were the president of the class. Miss Eloise Ly man, and Miss .Marion Miller. Miss Virginia Pickens. Miss Helen Carson. Miss Irma aianegold. Miss Esther Stevens. Miss Louise Emerson. Miss Julia Bourland. Miss ueiie wianer. Miss Alice Mekey, Miss Bes sie Dixon. Miss Gertrude Zumpe. Miss tier trude Duvall. Miss Katrlna Fertisr and Miss Alice Brown. The senior class of the school will be entertained at luncheon Saturday by Mrs. Sewall. Mrs. William Smock Allen observed her last reception afternoon yesterday at her home on North Pennsylvania street. Garden flowers, peonies, syrlnga blossoms and roses adorned her rooms. They were arranged In clusters In vases and In pockets on the walls. The dining room was in yellow and white, with syrlnga blossoms on the walls and table. Mrs. Alien was as:ited In her hospitalities by Mrs. Charles Krauss Mrs. Henry Clay Allen. Mrs. Franklin Vonnesut. Mrs. Jacob Herker. Mrs. George Edwin Branham. Mrs. William E. Stevenson, Mrs. Hiram Kellogg. Mrs. Frederick Gall and the bridal attendants. Miss Katharine Krauss. Mrs. Charles O. Koemler. Miss Edna Kuhn. Mis Cora Stubblr.s and Miss Minnie Scholz. In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Allen received their friends. Mrs. May W. Donnan's Tuesday class of thirty members gave its annual linner yesterday at the Country Club. Sentiments for the toasts were taken from the subjects Of the year's work and were responded to. with Mrs. F. A. Gregory as toastmistres-, as follows: "We Have Been Glad Together." Mrs. Albert Coffln; "This Roval Throne of Kings. This Scepterrd Isle." Mrs. R. P. Craft; "A Joint of Mutton and Any Tiny Little Kickshaws," Mrs. M. o. Haldeman; "The Cause of Wit in Other Mn." Mrs. James W. Noel; "If Reasons VVre as PUntlful as Blackberries." Mrs. J-ssta B. Fuller; "How This World Is Given to Lying." Mrs. William W. Huchanan; "I'd Rather Be a Kitten and Cry Mew than One of These Metre Ballad Mongers." Mrs. RolUn F. Kautz; "The Kabble of the Gren Fields." Mrs. May W. Donnan. The members having the affair In charge weie Mrs. J. e. Hobbs. Mrs. Frank W. Flanner. Mr. George W. Pangborn and Mrs. Henry Kit el. Tür Rena Tucker was the hostess for h luucK n j'Morday at her home on North

Delaware street. Miss Mary Fitch and

Miss Isabel Palmer, two of June s brides, were the guests of honor. The tables were adorned with large center bouquets of pink peonies, with tiny Japanese vases of pinK, blue and white mignon and asparagus fern at each cover. The vases were tied with bridal bows of white gauze ribbon. With Miss Sewall and Miss Palmer. Miss Tucker's guests, were Mrs. Warren D. Oakes, Miss Mae Culver, Miss Mona Taggart, Mrs. Frank Baker, Mrs. Mary F. Hlldebrand, Miss Florence Plum. Miss Julia Hollweg. Mis Mary Hicks. Mrs. Guy E. Hawkins, Miss Anna Jillson. Miss Helen Bowman, Miss Flora Ketcham, Miss Mera Tousey, Miss Ethel Havens, Miss Annie Dean, Miss Bess Defrees. Mrs. William Smock Allen, Miss Florence Jones, Miss Julia Fish, Miss Blanche Maine. Ml?s Helen Swain, Miss Muri-I Hltt. Miss Mary Edith Dean, Mrs. Clarence Stanley, Mrs. Hugh Hanna, Jr.. Miss Deborah D. M'.ore, Mrs. George Barrett Moxley, Miss Eu !. ra Landers, Miss Martha Foster, Miss Anr.e Hurty and Miss Beatrice Byers. Among those who are subscribers to the four descriptive piano recitals which Miss Neuhauss, of Boston, will give during the first two weeks of June are Mrs. William L. Elder, Mrs. Henry L. Beverldge, Mrs. Harry Stewart New, Major and Mrs. Charles Shaler. Mrs. Calvin N. Kendall, Miss Duncan. Mrs. Edward Daniels. Mrs. C. N. Thompson, Mrs. Charles Latham, Mrs. May W . Donnan. Mrs. Louis 11. Gib son, Mrs. William Coughlen, Mrs. Raymond P. van Camp, Mrs. Charles Carroll Brown, Mrs. N. A. Gladding. Mrs. William F. Land ers, Mrs. Hugh J. McGowan, Mrs. Albert Baker, Miss Julia Harrison Moore, Miss Deborah Duane Moore. Mrs. Thomas R. Kackley. Miss Atkins. Mrs. John C. Dean, Mrs. Edward F. Hodges, Mrs. David Wallace, Mrs. J. K. Sharpe, Mrs. O. G. Pfaff, Mrs. 11. S. Fraser, Mrs. Franz Bellinger, Miss Vallette Miller, Mrs. P. D. Raymond, Mrs. F. G. Darlington, Mrs. H. R. Richards, Mr3. George C. Hltt. Mrs. Richard L. Talbott, Mrs. George N. Catterson. Mrs. C. L. Hare. Mrs. M. C. Haueisen, Mrs. William H. English. Mrs. Henry Jameson. Miss Jameson. Mrs. John W. Kern, Mrs. John N. Carey, Miss Carey, Mrs. W. E. Hayward, Miss Hayward. KNICKERB ACKER HALL EXERCISES The east lawn of the Knlckerbacker Hall School for Girls presented an Interesting and picturesque scene yesterday afternoon. when the Archery Club of the school gave a tea for the senior class and held an archery contest. The contestants, eighteen in number, have been under the instruction of Mrs. Penelope Wolfe for the past year and have become quite skilled In the art of target shooting. The regulation thirty yards Intervened between the target and the archers and ten rounds were shot, three shots each, a bugle call announcing the ends. Miss Grace Maltby proved herself the most expert shot and received the lirst prize a dainty target and arrow pin of gold. Miss Julia Lamson won the second place and Miss Ethel Beard came third. After the contest coffee was served on the lawn, which was gay with tea tables and Japanese lanterns. Later the young people danced in the gymnasium. The guests were entertained by the instructors of the school, Miis Yerkes. principal, Mrs. Wolfe, Miss Lance, Miss Mitchell and Miss Thompson and the members of the senior class. Miss Alice Butler, Miss Mary May White, Miss Janet Turner, Miss Gertrude Mallphant, Miss Mary Michle and Miss Helen Hunt. The members of the Archery Club are Miss Edith La Parle and Miss Helen Knight, of Kankakee: Miss Helen Barney, of Woodruff Place; Miss Anne Thomas, of Delaware, O. ; Miss May Miller, of Denver, Col.; Miss Edith Beard, of Rantoul, II!.; Miss Glenore Dallenbach, of Champaign, 111.; Miss Hazel Stewart, of Marlon; Miss Julia Lamson, of Maxlnkuckee; Miss Grace Maltby, of Aurora, 111.; Miss May Carstens, of Michigan City; Miss Emily Van Ehrehsteln, of Rochester: Miss Edith Hooker, of Milwaukee: Miss Helen Llnnell, of Jeffersonvllle; Miss Helen Matlock, of Lafayette; Miss Cornelia Thompson, of Ocean Grove, N. J., and John and Donald Jameson, of this city. STATE'S LEGAL HANGINGS rnoGitnss of wave of lawless ness STAYED BY COURTS. Attorney General Taylor Given the Credit to the Snpreme Tribanal of Indiana. "To our Supreme Court belongs very largely the credit for staying the progress of the wave of lawlessness that was sweep ing over Indiana up to less than a year ago," declared Attorney General Taylor yesterday. "And by lawlessness," he continued, "I mean lynchlngs and whitecapings, as well as other kinds of crime and criminality. Why, just recall the literal tidal wave of lynchlngs of the past few years. Versailles, Scottsburg, Boonville and Terre Haute! What a record of infamy and shame! The reason for It was there had not been enough hangings In Indiana that is, the law had not been enforced strl.tly enough. Eut when the Supreme Court took a fearless stand in the Keith and Rinkard cases. brushing aside all legal technicalities and keeping their natural human sympathy subservient to the best Interests of society, don't you see what a change there was?" "It is my firm belief." Interrupted Deputy Attorney General Hadley, "that If It had not been for the terrible punishment that was legally meted out to Joseph D. Keith and John Rinkard, 'Buck Wheeler, the brutal murderer, who committed one of the most awful crimes in the history of the State, would have been lynched. And yet how was it with Wheeler? Of course, pub 11c excitement ran high at the time of his arrest and also of his trial; but the public felt that the law would do justice In the case and they allowed the law to take Its course. Within six weeks after Wheeler committed his crime he was under sen tence of death and next Friday, June 6, less than a year after the crime, he will pay the extreme penalty of the law. How much tetter that is than a lynching which would bring disgrace upon the name of the State "The Supreme Court of Indiana is a great court." continued Mr. Taylor, "and no greater court ever sat on the highest bench of this State. It is true that at different times there have been very great judges in the Supreme Court, but there have at the same time been some that were not strong. The present court, however, is a singularly level body of judges. All of them are strong, capable jurists admitted) v so and the decisions of our Supreme Court rank right up abreast of the decisions of me loremost tribunals or the country. LEGAL TECHNICALITIES. "Speaking about crimes and judicial de clsions In reference to them," said Mr. Taylor, "during a period in the State's his tory beginning about thirty years ago and continuing to about fifteen years ago, legal technicalities were paid great heed by the Supreme Court, especially technicalities that favored persons accused of crime. Law points that had little or no substantial virtue la them frequently reversed cases end gave criminals loopholes of escape The result was that cases were always appealed to the higher court In the expectation of having them reversed on sheer tech nicalities. But we now have a court that looks with little favor upon legal subtcr fuge and splitting of hairs. "I have a great deal of feeling on the subject of crime." declared Mr. Taylor, with added emphasis, "and I am glad to see the time at hand when everv bruta murderer, particularly the cowardly devils that kill their wives and sweethearts, shal have meted out to them swift, certain and terrible punishment. The Supreme Cour of Indiana is bringing that to pass as rapidly as possible, and there Is alreaoy a decrease in crime in this State. Then, too when Justice moves with certainty am swiftness there will be no more lynchlnir but mob law will give way to the orderly process of the law made by all the people Lynch law originated in the feeling that punishments were Inadequate to crime an that justice was dilatory. "I could wish to leave no better legacy as chief law officer of this State than to have assisted in establishing a sentiment in Indiana that the man who commits a deliberate murder or other willful crime is to suffer the extreme penalty of the law, and

that a distinction shall always be made between that kind of criminal and one who is

unfortunate and accidentally commits an act which Is an offense against the law." "There Is no doubt in my mind." said Mr. Hadley, "that the great wave of lynch and whltecap lawlessness that swept over Indiana during the past few years was the direct outgrowth of lax enforcement of the law. Why. prior to the hanging of the negro Jones at Michigan City in 1S07 there had not been a legal hanging in this Mate for over a decade. Juries got out of the habit of condemning men to death. That It is a habit. In a sense, may easily De seen by the large number of death verdicts that have been rendered within the last year. Two have been carried out, one will be carried out next week, and another awaits only the action of the higher court to be executed." DECISIONS IN CIVIL CASES. "But the Supreme Court of Indiana has done more than decide criminal cases right ly," said Mr. Hadley. "It has rendered great decisions in civil cases. Many of its decisions have taken rank as 'leading cases' In the country at large. One of the most notable of these Is the decision in the Port land gas case, known as the 'trust case In which the court held that any combination for the control of prices Is unlawful, and that a corporation entering into such an agreement can be dissolved by quo warranto proceedings and Its corporate life extinguished. The Fort Wayne charter cases will be leading precedents in this as well as many other States. Another remarkabiy clear and forcible decision was that in the case of Beach vs. Blue, which upheld the right of a municipality to provide and en force rules and regulations for the protec tion of nublic health. Of the same Kind was the opinion In the Isenour case, which is commonly known as 'the milk case. All these decisions required a great amount oi work in their preparation. They entered a field that was comparatively new and in which ruling precedents were not obtainable. The fact Is that the general public has little realization of the labor that is performed by a member of one of our higher courts. Think of the work of Just reading a record of a lawsuit containing 2.0u0 pages of testimony, and then, on top of that, several hundred pages of arguments of attorneys! I mean Just reading them, as one would read an ordinary book. Then, when you come to read such documents with the care that is necessary to secure a perfectly clear Idea of their meaning, you see it is a herculean task. To talk of a judge preparing an opinion in a case in one day is sheerest nonsense." "A man who would talk of writing a decision in a capital case in such a short space of time." interjected Mr. Taylor, "would be either a fool or a criminal. The idea of deciding in such fashion a case involving the fate of a human being!" "What the lawyers want and what the public ought to want," continued Mr. Hadley, "is a decision that decides a question clearly and concisely and that shows by its reasoning that it has been carefully considered. One such opinion is worth a hundred illy-considered and confused opinions. JUDGE COOLEY'S SARCASM. "Judge Cooley, the distinguished Michigan jurist and author of authoritative legal text-books, once made a caustic but forcible and sensible reply to a brother Judge from another State. This judge had said in a rather boastful manner that he thought nothing of deciding 200 cases a year. 'Is It possible,' said Judge Cooley, 'that you have In your State so many cases Involving no questions of law?' " Mr. Hadley recalled the Interesting fact that since the executions of Keith and Rinkard there have been no lynchlngs in this State, although there have been murders. As further illustrating the firmness of the Supreme Court's position on the subject of crime, he stated that since 1809 the higher court has reversed only a single conviction for murder In the first or second degree that reversal being in the Greene case from Clarke county, a case made up almost wholly of circumstantial evidence not of the strongest character. "All these things tend to show that a new order of things has come to pass In Indiana," added Mr. Hadley. NEW TROUSERS FACTORY. Plant on Geitendorf? Street Being Equipped Ilenl Estate Deals. Daniel A. Chenoweth yesterday transferred to the American Trousers Company a four-story brick building on Gelsendorff street known as the Evans mill, that ex tends from Washington avenue to Mar ket street, for i 10,000. The company is re modeling the building and installing ma chinery and expects to be ready for work In sixty days. The capacity of the plant will be not less than 200 pairs of trousers a day and the company will employ about 200 persons. The officers of the company are: President, Daniel A. Chenoweth; vice president. Robert J. Espy, of Franklin; secretary-treasurer, Frank G. Laird, of this city. The other members or the com pany are Oscar Henderson, of this city, and Arthur E. McKay, of Cleveland, o. Bernard Kaufman and others yesterday sold to Frank W. Flanner a large lot on Forty-third street, extending from Meridian to Illinois street, for $8,5oO. Mr. Flanner also purchased a lot at the corner of II linois and Thirty-third streets from Cath erine M. Lewis for $5,000. Bennie Atkinson yesterday purchased a property on Washington street, near Bloomington, irom uneodore t . Harrison for $3,000. FEDERAL COURT SENTENCES. A Veteran of Three Warn Sentenced to the Workhouse. Arthur Whlttaker, eighty-five years old. was sentenced to thirty days In the work house by Judge John H. Baker, of the Federal Court, yesterday. He had been in jail two months awaiting trial. He lives at New Albany and ho obtained money In saloons by impersonating a federal officer. He told the court that he was so old he sometimes did not know what he was doing He had served, he said, in the Mexican, civil and Spanish-American wars. Edward Warren, of Randolph county. charged with taking letters from a rural mail box at New Pittsburg, made the plea that the old law did not cover the new rural mail delivery system. Judge Baker answered that the old law was as compre hensive as if It had been enacted within the last thirty days. Warren will be tried next week. John Farker, twenty years old, passed a counterfeit coin In Anderson. He was sen tenced to three months in the workhouse. John Springer, of New Albany, charged with counterfeiting, was released under suspended sentence. CITY NEWS NOTES. Lena Reltel. 505 Wilklns street, ate canned tomatoes yesterday morning which contained ptomaines. Drs. Foreman and Lam bert, of the City Dispensary, were called and succeeded in counteracting the poison Workmen employed by the Indianapolis Gas Company in opening a ditch in St. Clair street, near Alabama, discovered oil per colatlng through the ground. In a short time a bucketful of oil was collected. It is not known how the oil accumulated, but the discovery resulted in a report that oil had been "struck." Mrs. G. R. Root. 17J6 North Meridian street, was robbed of her pocketbook yes terday morning by two colcred boys. The boys ran from the mouth of an allev Mrs. Root was passing. They grabbed her purse, which contained $$. The bicycle police were called and caught the boys The money was recovered. The Choral Society of the First Friends' Church, at Alabama and Thirteenth streets. gave an entertainment last evening in the church parlors. Among those who participated were Myrtle Lewis Cameron. Viola C. Schelble. J. Bussen Powell. Charles Ar thur Lewis and Jesse D. Lewis. The en tertalnment began with a number by the chorus. Township Assessor Jefferson declares that the district known as the "river bottoms" is "hoodoed." It was reported yesterday that an assessor named Janson had small pox and was In the pesthouse. About this time last year the assessor who had the same district was caught by the same disease. His books had to be fumigated before they could be handled, and Janson' books will go through a similar process this year. II Stole from III Father. Moses Henderson, .an eighteen-year-old colored boy, living at 225 West Vermont street, was arrested last night on the charges of petit larceny and being a fugi tlve. Henderson's father made complaint to th police that the son had stolen Si from him. He said his son had lately left the Reform School at Plalnlleld by a "ticket of leave.

INTEREST IN GEORGE ADE

HIS "FABLES IX SLANG" HAVE MADE III3I QUITE FAMOUS. There "Will Be an I'nnnanl Demond for Seat Miss Evnleen Stein AVIU Be Heard. Judging from the crowd on hand at Eng lish's yesterday morning when the sale for the authors' readings was expected to open, there will be a long- line of ticket buyers there this morning by 9 o'clock, when seats will positively go on sale. The crowd yesterday numbered from 200 to 300 people, and the big lobby doors at English's could scarcely stand the pressure so resolved were the people to get tickets. When they were Informed that it was Wednesday morning seats were to be ready some of them refused to believe it and went over to the Commercial Club to see if they could not buy tickets there. All this augurs well for the sale this morning, and seats promise to go very rapidly when the box office window opens at 9 o'clock. Manager Miller's absence from the city and a misunderstanding over the data for opening caused the delay, but everything is now in readiness to go ahead with the sale to-day. Senator Fairbanks telegraphed yesterday that he would arrive home Friday for the readings. A welcome announcement to those who intend to attend Saturday night's enter tainment is the addition of Miss Evaleen Stein, of Lafayette, to the programme. She is a charming reader and has had considerable experience in that line. Her poems are well known and their merits recognized. She will read several of the best of them. Miss Stein Is a notable addition to the group of author-entertainers secured for this occasion. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's number will prove popular. It will be a feature of the programme each night. The committee having charge of the theater hopes to induce the management to lower the rent, but thus far all sffort in 4 1 . i: JGEORGE ADE. that direction has been In vain. Another attempt will be made to-daj', however, to secure some concession from the regular rental price. Curiosity to see and desire to hear George Ade will draw hundreds of people to the Saturday night entertainment, when the famous humorist will read a number of his "Fables in Slang" that have made hundreds of thousands of readers laugh. He is com lng from Chicago Friday with a stock of "selected fables ' and there will be plenty of fun at English s Saturday night. George Ade, like his friend. George McCutcheun, who is to read Friday night, came near being a farmer. He was born at Kent land. Ind., Feb. 9. lftj, and Is a graduate of Purdue University. He entered newspaper life In Lafayette, but has lived in Chicago since 1S:, where he was for sev eral years on the Chicago Record. He wrote "Artie," "Pink Marsh." "Doc Home." "Fables in Slang." "More Fables" and "Forty Fables." Mr. Ade is probably known to more readers as the author of "Fables in Slang" than anything else, these inimitable articles having appeared in many newspapers of the country. Mr. Adt: is Investing his royalties in Newton county farm land, showing thereby his loyalty to the State, although he continues to live in Chicago. His recent opera, "The Sultan of Sulu," has made a great hit, although readers of his fables will be surprised to find it al most totally devoid of slang. Mr. Ade's one appearance In Indianapolis was at the recent meeting of the Bank ers' Association held at the Commercial Club, where he responded most charming ly to a toast. He has appeared before gatherings of his friends at some entertain ments given by the Chicago Athletic Club. but his appearance in Indianapolis on May 31 will be his first genuinely public per formance. C. B. Cones, of this city, was a partner of Mr. Ade's father in the grain business at Kentland many years ago. The famous humorist never comes to Indianapolis with out paying his respects to his father's old partner. Mr. Ade is not a lady's man and he does not do much In a social way, but has a very large circle of friends in Chicago, and Is besieged with invitations, few of which he can find time to accept. In response to the many calls from the great "first night" audience that witnessed in Chicago the initial performance of his comic opera, Ade made a clever speech of thanks which has not got Into the In dianapolls capers. After a few felicitous opening phrases he said: "I Just remarked to Mr. , as the curtain fell on the second act. that It was a strange fact that no American humorist has ever written a successful comic opera. My friend replied 'Oh, well, never mind. When the evening is over you will know whether you are a humorist or not. GENERAL APATHY. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) time conventions. At the opening the femi nine part of the audience consisted of three women In the east balcony. The dele gates were allowed to smoke at lirst, and the hall was soon rilled with the fumes of tobacco. Later the smoking was ordered aiscontinued. The first order of business was the calling of the roll of delegates by Secretary Ross. A report from the committee on rules and permanent organization. Elliott Hooten. chairman, fixing the order of nomina tlons and naming J. E. Bell, chairman, was adopted. The committee made John H. Mahoney permanent secretary of the con vention and Timothy Griifin chief sergeant-at-arms. Chairman Bell came forward and "jollied" the delegates In a short speech. "We meet to-day," he said, "as a united party. From this on we will all be known as Democrats. Inscribed on the banner of Democracy from this on will be the old Jeffersonlan motto, 'Iviual rights to all and special privileges to none.' " Mr. Bell placed specia. stress on what he considered the sym pathy of the Democratic party for the struggling Boers. In speaking of local con ditions he asserted that 75 per cent, of the people who voted for a Republican mayor last fall now regret their action. Mr. Bell was cheered at the close of his speech, but there was no violent outburst of enthusi asm. A. G. Smith, ehidrman of the committee on resolutions, came forward with the committee's report which will be found elsewhere in this issue. THE NOMINATIONS. The report of the committee was adopted and the convention then proceeded to nominate county councilman as follows: First District Charles Pierson. Decatur township. Second District Samuel Pfendler, Frank lln township. Third District Walter H. Johnson, Wash ington township. Center Township Frank M. Fauvre, of Indianapolis. .Councilman at Large William W. Baker, Indianapolis; August Kiefer. Indianapolis; Richard Senour, arren township. For councilman from Center township there were three candidates William

Eifert, Frank M. Fauvre and Julius Reln-

ecke. Mr. Eifert received 111 votes, Mr. Fauvre 2671.. and Mr. Relnecke 1024. Messrs. Pfendler and Johnson are at pres ent members of the County Council. John E. Christian was nominated for commissioner from the Second district by acclamation, and William Wallace Maines, of Pike township, was nominated for com missioner from the Third district in the same way. Three candidates were voted for In mak ing the nomination for prosecuting attor ney. They were Charles E. Cox, Charles E. Barrett and Charles B. Clarke. It required 282 votes to nominate and Mr. Clarke re ceived more than this number on the first ballot. On motion of Mr. Cox the nomination of Mr. Clarke was made unanimous. The result of the ballot was as follows: Cox, 2454; Barrett, 24; Clarke, 2944- Chairman Bell introduced Mr. Clarke to the con vention rather facetiously as "the next prosecutor of Marlon county." The next nomination was that of Judge of the Criminal Court. This nomination was handed to Charles E. Cox. who, unfortu nately, had left the hall. Consequently, he could not acknowledge the somewhat enthusiastic manner in which his name was received in connection with the Criminal judgeship. He returned, however, in time to thank the convention and express his surprise at receiving the nomination. There had been talk of Henry C. Cox in connection with the Criminal Judgeship, but his name was not presented. Thomas L. Sullivan was nominated by acclamation for the office of judge of the Circuit Court. For Judge of Room 1, Superior Court, four candidates were named Edgar A. Brown, L. P. Harlan, John Kingsbury and W. B. Swartr. As the voting began Mr. Harlan arose from his seat on the stage and with some emphasis declared that he was not a candidate and did not wish to be voted for. While the first ballot was being taken Mr. Swartz moved that Edgar A. Brown's nomination be made by acclamation. The same motion was made on behalf Mr. Kingsbury. Mr. Brown was declared the nominee. For judgo In Room 2 Pierre Gray was nominated by acclamation. For judee in Room 3 Harold Taylor and John Kings bury were oted for. Mr. Kingsbury was declared the nominee, receiving 3374 votes. Mr. Taylor received 2264 votes. SAT DOWN ON MR. SWEENEY. At this point Andrew M. Sweeney addressed the convention on the question of selecting a legislative ticket. He thought the convention should be very guarded in selecting this ticket, and moved that a com mittee of seven be appointed by the chair to select these candidates, and report to the convention. James L. Keach moved that the motion be laid on the table, but was voted down. However, the convention was not harmonious on the motion of Mr. Sweeney. As Judge Bartholomew said it was "undemocratic." Mr. Sweeney's motion was voted down. The next nomination was that of county clerk and Frauk P. Bailey was the unanimous choice of the convention. The convention nominated August M. Kuhn in the same manner for county treasurer. In making a little speech Mr. Kuhn remarked: "I am not owned or controlled by anybody and don't have to buy the nomination. This will not be a boodle campaign." Samuel N. Gold, Charles Garrard. Samuel M. Compton and John Webb, of Perry township, were the candidates before the convention for county recorder. The first ballot resulted as follows: Gold, 97; Garrard. 15G; Compton, 110; Webb, 199. Before the second ballot had progressed far it was moved by Mr. Garrard and seconded by Mr. Gold that the nomination of Mr. Webb be made unanimous. This was done, but Mr. Webb was not present to acknowledge the compliment. The three candidates for the nomination for auditor were William C. Allen, Arthur A. McCain and E. B. Swift. The first ballot resulted in the nomination of Mr. McKaln, the vote being announced as follows: Allen, 43; McKaln, 4584; Swift, 23. Jacob Woessner and Charles E. McKee were before the convention for the nomination for county sheriff. The first ballot was not concluded, however, as It was seen that Woessner was the choice of the delegates. Mr. McKee withdrew from the race, and Woessner came forward and thanked the convention. There were three candidates for coroner, as follows: Drs. Dudley M. Culver, R. L. Westover and J. D. Cain. The first ballot resulted: Culver, 251; Cain. 207; Westover, 77. On the second ballot Dr. Culver was nominated, receiving 289 votes. Dr. Cain reclved 262 votes and Dr. Westover's vote was II. Dr. Culver said It was with "triumphant glory" that he accepted the nomination. M'CLELLAN FOR SURVEYOR. Frank G. Palmer and Fred McClellan were contestants for the nomination for surveyor. The nomination was awarded to Mr. McClellan, who received 36S votes. Mr. Palmer got 132 votes. Soven candidates for representative were nominated. There were in the neighborhood of twenty-five candidates on the first ballot, as follows: - W. O. Beck, Salem P. Clark, Andrew Steffen, Edgar A. Perkins, Sherman Steele, John W. Holtzman, Dr. James Carter, Theodore Harrison, Henry Cox, George Marott, Adolph Freyer, Charles A. Garrard, Samuel M. Compton, John E. Hollett. Medford B. Wilson, Albert Sahm, L. D. Buenting, Fred Mack, Fred Hamlin, George Burknardt and John J. Blackwell. Prior to the balloting Isaac Hittle, of Franklin township, was nominated by acclamation. This left six others to be selected. While the names were being presented to the convention considerable disorder prevailed and Chairman Bell broke his gavel in a vain endeavor to restore quiet. In the midst of the confusion Thomas Hedian, one of the delegates, came forward and objected to Edgar A. Perkins being on the ticket, claiming he was a Populist and "rabid." On the first ballot five men were nominated. They were W. O. Beck. 295; John W. Holtzman, 467; John J. Blackwell, 28: L. D. Buenting, 290; Sherman Steele, 333. On the next ballot the sixth man, Andrew Steffen, was nominated. As the balloting commenced a second time the friends of- Charles Garrard withdrew his name, declaring he "could not get justice in the convention." Mr. Steffen received 314 votes. The convention adjourned about 5:30 o'clock. DEMOCRATIC PLATFOI13I. The Resolutions Adopted by the County Convention. The platform adopted by the Democratic county convention follows: "The Democratic party of Marlon county, in convention assembled, calls on all citizens who adhere to the fundamental principles of American government without which free Institutions cannot exist to unite in rescuing our local government from the corruptions and misrule which pervade it. "We are confronted by the notorious fact that in this community the dominant party is controlled by a ring of political adventurers, that is in close alliance with an ofhce-selling syndicate, which dictates the nominations for the more profitable and Important offices. It is equally notorious that this control is exercised through the purchase of negro voters, who have been systematically colonized here by Republican managers for years past. "It is equally notorious that preparation for this condition was made by the Republican repeal of our wholesome laws against bribery and corruption in elections, removing every penalty of every kind from the vote buyer, and making the corruption of voters a lawful occupation in both regular and primary elections. LEGITIMATE FRUITS. "We are confronted by the fa'ct that this perversion of republican government is bearing its legitimate fruits. The men who advance money for the purchase of votes must have their returns, and on all sides there is an extravagance and waste of public funds that necessarily mean profit to favored individuals. The specific requirements of the fee and salary law have been openly violated. The County Commissioners have voted illegal compensation both to other officials and to themselves, amounting to many thousands of dollars in excess of their' lawful pay, and as an illustration we point to the fact that such Illegal allowances, amounting to more than ?25,o. have been made to one county official now in office. "Crimes for which officials have been prosecuted and punished in other counties are openly and flagrantly committed in Marion county by Republican officials In broad daylight, with the knowledge and apparent approval of the officers whose sworn duty It is to prevent crime and bring criminals to justice. The construction of a costly and useless tunnel and the removal of an excellent heating apparatus from thecourthouse and substitution for it of one whose defectc have already been shown by enforced suspension of the courts In cold weather have been followed by an attempt to contract for a steel bridge across White river. 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