Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 262, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 September 1903 — Page 1

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. PUICE 2 CENTS. 5 OX RAILWAY TRAINS I IVB i KNTS WEEKLY EST APUSHFn 1S23 DAILY ESTABLISHED ISM. I VOL. LIU. NO. 262. IM IANA PO LIS, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1903 TEN PAGES.

TRAGEDY AT

Detective Hutchens Shoots Police Chief Heute, Captain Brennecke, Jacob Lutz and Himself.

PANIC AT FAIR GROUNDS SHOOTING TAKES PLACE IN THE CROWDED GERMAN VILLAGc Men Knock Fach Other Down in Attempt to Escape and Women Scream and Faint. RESULT OF RECENT RiOT MUCH ILL-FEELING BETW EN BRENNECKE AND HÜTCHENS. Latter Is Dead and t e Others May Die ' utz an Innocent Bys'ander Rioter Convicted. h sl tc the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE. Ind.. Sept. 18. A terrible tragedy was enacted to-night in thGerman Village al the Trlstate fair grounds in the presence of a great number of people and it threw the entire crowd irto a panic. City Detective Thomas Hutchens shot Police Chief Fred Heuke and Police Cantain Fred H. Brennecke, accidentally wounded Jacob Lutz, a butcher of BoonviHe, and then, after a desperate struggle with Patrolrmm ruwe. turned the weapon upon himself and committed suicide. Men in a frantic endeavor to escape from the place knocked each other down, while several women fainted and narrowly escaped injury from being trampled. The trouble was sudden and unexpected. )imeui4id Urovt v. sitting in tre G rman Village tnt conversing. Hutchens and Brtnnecke had not been on good terms for years and Hutchens was reciting his grievances regarding his superior when II uke and Brennecke entered the place nnd came face to face with the two officers mho were conversing. Hutchens aprang to his feet and glaring at Brenr.rcke drew his revolver and began shooting. SIX B hots Fir: ED. Six shots mere tired before the revolver could be wrenched from his hand by Crowe. Brennecke was shot In the breast and Heuke received a bullet near the abdomen. Both men fell and before Hutchens could fir at them aaaln Crowe sprang upon the maddened detctive and tried to take his revolver from him. Hutchens being the larger and stronger of the two, threw the policeman from him. his revolver again being flred, the latter shot striking Lutz near the heart. Hutchens then forced his way through the fleeing crowd. Reaching the outside oi the tent he placed the revolver to his own t mplo and fired another shot. The bullet did its work well and he fell to the ground a corpse. The four men were left on the gjround several minutes before any one ventured to render aid to the wounded. letter the three wounded men were taken to a hospital. It is feared that all three are fatally wounded. It was stated to-night by a friend of Brennecke that the positiou of the captain i gurdlng the rlolinv, In this city In July last added to the fueling between himself nnd Hutchens, as the latter was In sympathy with the mob that trie.l to break into tb jail to get the negro that mu' dered policeman Massey in July last, while Breuecke. who was on duty the night of the rioting, was strongly opposed to the mob pint that developed and was one of the strongest witneaaea against William Trimble, who was to-day found guilty of riotous conspiracy in connection with the July rioting. The two officers only a couple of days ago had a tilt over the matter in police headquarters and came very near clashing. Cool heads prevented trouble at that time. ALL HAD GOOD RECORDS. All three of the police officers have been connected with the department for many years past and each has made an enviable record aa a thief-taker. Hutchena gained fame some years ago by running down and capturing a noted gang of burglara that was operating in this city. Heukes greatcat work was the . capture in this city a few years ago of the gang that robbed the OwensUIe (Ind.) Bank and got away with a large sum of money. He dkl the work alone, being a aergeant of police at the time, and captured the meu one at a time, single-handed. He had some thrilling experiences with them before he succeeded la placing them behind the bars. They were, convicted later. Hutchena and Brennecke lad trouble everal years ago. Both were drinking at

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EVANSVILLE the time and. mating in a sal n. they had a clash. Hütchens dn w his revolv r and tried to kid Brcr.n eke. Iii. shot w nt wild. The m n w. ie dan ij l:n d and allowed to rema.n with the department. THE IMMEDIATE: CACSE. This evening Hutchens was as: ignel to duty at the fair ground.. He said M was not well, and asked to be excused. The request was refused by both Cant Brennecke and the chief and the detective took the assignment. It aensjM that from his conversation with Crowe that he blamed Brennecke for his assignment, and stated that he would get even with him. A moment later his superior officers entered the place and the sight of Brennecke Canned Hutchens to fly Into a frenzy and the -hooting followed. Brenne, ke and Henk' hp UMaabCM of the Elks and have been prominent in the ranks of the order locally. Hutchens also was a member. Heuke and Brennecke each ha? a wife, but no children. Hutchens had a v. ife and two children. His family is away from the city and knows nothing of the tragedy. The men are all popular in the community and the shooting to-night has created a deafai sensation. Lutz, the Boonville man. is thirty-five years old and unmarried. lie came here to-day to attend the felr with a party of frif nds. Physicians say that the three wounded men have little chance of recovery, although Heukes injury is the least dangerous. a FIRST RIOTER COWICTED. William Trimble Found Guilty by mi EvansvlIIe Jury. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE. Ind., Sept. IS. William Trimble was CS) vioted late this afternoon in the Circuit Court of taking part in the riot of July 5 last. The penalty for riotous conspiracy is from two to ten years' Imprisonment in the State prison. Trimble heard the verdict without flinching. The jury was out three hours. The foreman of the jury was Levi Erskine, a flour mill man and local capitalist. The attorneys for Trimble gave notice that they would appeal the case. Trimble is the first man tu be convicted of rioting and there are several more to try. The next will be William KMfiUT. Ells case will mmo up before Judge JomO. Rasch, next Monday. KINO PETER NOT SLAIN V V Mil DEO RV.MOR CONt KRNINCi SERVIVS NEW RILER. Report Probably Baaed on the lusettled Conditions at BelgradeCol. Nichtleh'a Retirement. PARIS. Sept. 18. An unconfirmed rumor was circulated on the Bourse here to-day that King Peter of Servia had been assassinated. Later a dispateh was received from Belgrade saying the news was untrue. The report reached the Bourse here through an agency dispateh irom Antwerp, saying a report that the King had been assassinated was current there, and it caused considerable excitement and depression on the Bourse, owing to the absence of official information. The report was eventually attributed to the excited condi- j tions prevailing at Belgrade. The evening newBpapers here published the report but did not attach any srlou.ne? to it. Official advices from Belgrade indurata j that King Peter's recent retirement of Col. Nichtlch from the important position of departmental chief in the ministry of war hj the beginning of a movenrent looking to the separation of King Peter from the conspirators who took part in the assassination of King Alexander and (ueen Draga. Nichtich. the leader of the conspiracy, was conspicuously honored, and is now degraded as the result of the widespread indignation with the favor shown by the King towards the participants in the assassination. The Temps's Belgrade correspondent says the election of members for the Sauptchina next Monday promises to result in a majority favorable to the separation of the King from the regicides. SANTOToYlNGlVWÄRNED Ml ST RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF THE I'N'ITED STATES. Minister Powell Saya the Government Will Not Permit Cession of Territory to Any European Power. PAN DOMINGO. Repüblic of Santo Domingo, Sept. 18 United States Minister Powell has sent a strong protest to the Dominican government based on the fo.lowlng grounds: That the action of the Dominican government in sending to Congress a project ror establishing the neutrality of Domincan waters and making certain ports free, would tin view of the fact that San Domlnao is a neia-hborin stntei not he aclommgo is neignDonng state) not be accepted In a friendly spirit by the government of the United States; that the United y"!M'' " -o. anew he - tablishment of any coaling ports in Santo Domingo or the cession of any portion of Santo Domingo territory to any European power; that the United States will not permit any nation to make exclusive use of Dominican waters iu time of peace, much less In time of war. nor could the United States allow any portion of Dominican ter ritory to be classed as neutral, nor permit any section of the countrv to conflict with the concession granted to the Clvde line, according to which all vessels arriving from foreign ports are compelled to pa port dues, excepting the Clyde steamers. The American protest has excited considerable comment. Minister Powell, it Is pointed out. seems to be determined to have the rights of Americans respected by the government of Dominica.

FIND

TORY PARTY WRECKED HOW BRITISH LIBERALS VIEW THE CABINET DISRI PTION. Chamberlain's Resignation. They Say. Doea "t Jfean a Victory for the Free-Traders. CAMPAIGN WILL BE LIVELY BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES ALREADY MMM. PREPARATION'S. r Mr. C hainhcrlain's First Public Stateinent Since Ilia Resignation Is in Favor of a Tariff. LONDON, Sept. 19. The newspapers this morning are crammed with discussions and speculation regardiug the political situation brought about by the resignation of Mr. Chamberlain. Chancellor of the Exchequer Ritchie and Lord George Hamilton, but no fresh development has yet been announced. The Marquis of Lansdowne, regarding whose intentions there is the greatest interest, has gone to Balmoral to relieve Lord Balfour of Burleigh as minister in attendance ou the King. Both political parties have already commenced active preparations for the comiug campaign, and opinion is sought of every mau of prominence at home and in the colonies whose ideas are likely to have influence. Mr. Asquith, who is by many regarded as the future leader of the Liberal party, telegraphed yesterday: "The situation in all its esseutials is unchanged. The duty of the Liberals to deiend free trade is as plain and urgent as before." The opinion of the colonies is anxiously canvassed as beiug the most important factor iu the situation. Sir Edmund Barton, premier of the Australian commonwealth, has declared in an interview that he is eouvinced Mr. Chamberlain will ultimately triumpb. and that till that triumph is achieved there will be no real unlou of the empire. Writing yesterday from his home at Highbury. Birmingham. Mr. Chamberlain made his first public statement since his resignation. His letter is in reply to C. A. Pearson, chairman of the executive council of the TarinT Reform League, who asked if Mr. Chamberlain coincides with his view that the examination of the tariff may be considered as sufficiently advanced and the league .should now use its resources to advocate the employment of a tariff for the purpose of consolidating and defending the resources of the empire and defending the industries of the United Kingdom. TIME TO GO TO WORK. Mr. Chamberlain says: "I agree with your views that we have sufficient material in the way of facts and figures. We have now to state our conclusions and endeavor j to get the people to adopt them." . Mr. Chamberlain then gives hi? under standing of the position of the Tariff Re form League under two heads as coinciding I with his position. Their objects, he aaya, are. "First, a closer union to endeavor to make the empire self-sufllcing as regards Us food 8UPPl'- second, the employment of a tarlf ag a Weapun t0 cure greater recij procity with foreign nations, or. failing such arrangement, to prevent loss to the ft Ä5Tir?.,Ä upon them the treatment they mete out to us. On this understanding as to our views." Mr. Chamberlain concludes, "I wish the league success and the support of every one dealring the union of the empire and the continued prosperity of British tomnnr e. The Liberal organs, though announcing "the wreck of the Tory party." which is described as being "Hamlet without the Prime, nearly all agree in saying that Mr. t hamherlaln s resignation ! mean a victory for free trade lines IlOt "Though I the man has gone." says the Star, "his ool icy remains. This Is Mr Chamberlain's Elba. He has yet to meet his Waterloo, j This is borne out by reports from Birming- ; ham. where the powerful organization in favor of preferential tariffs Is centered Th'Te. though the resignation of the head j and shoulders of the movement came as a great surprise, ceaseless activity prevails.

PICTURE CHAMBERLAIN

JOSEPH and it is announced that Mr. Chamberlain's previous arrangements for his campaign will all be carried out.'' SON RETAINED IN CABINET. The persistency with which it is rumored that Austen Chamberlain, the postmaster general, will succeed Mr. Ritchie as chancellor of the exchequer, emphasizes the extraordinary nature of the relations which Mr. Balfour still maintains towards his (CONT1NTJED ON PAGE 5. COL. L) TWO NEGROES GUARDED MOUTHERS GOVERNORS ATTEMPTING TO PREVENT LYNCHIN'GS. Company of Militia Sent to Rome. ;n. nnd Another to Tarboro, V C, to Overawe Mobs. ATLANTA. G.i.. S-j.t. 18. Owing to threats of the la tended lynching of Albert Goylng. a negro chargad with assaulting a white woman near Rome, Ga., Gov. Terrell to-night ordered a company of militia In that city to guard the jail where Goying is confined. Early iu the night a mob began to gather around the jail and threats to take the negro were heard on all sides. Later the sheriff received notice that a thousand men were gathering in the neighborhood where the crime was attempted, and that they had threatened to kill any deputies who tried to keep them from the negro. RALEIGH, N. C, Sept. IS.-In compliance with a request from Judge G. A. Ferguson, Governor Aycock to-night ordered the Tarboro military company to guard the jail there to prevent a lynching. Judge Ferguson's telegram stated that he was reliably Informed there was danger of an attempt to lynch a negro, Paul Mercer, convicted at the present term of court of assault and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years. JETT WILL NOT CONFESS HIS TRIAL O.N CHARCäE OF KILLING COCKRILL IS PROCEEDING. Witnesses Testify to Seeing the Late Marshal Running; and His Alleged Slayer Xot Far Away. CYNTH1ANA. Kv.. Sept. IS.-In the trial of Curtis Jett to-day for killing Town Marshal Thomas Cockrill, eleven witnesses this morning testified that they heard the shots flred and immediately afterward saw Jett come out of the courthouse, thus corroborating the six of yesterday. Harrison Blanton said he heard Jett say: "This is the forty-tlfth that I laid low and now I'll visit my kin folks." Noah Peters and Robert Blake described Jetfg actions after the shooting when he came out of the courthouse. Judge Redwine and other witnesses from Jackson. Ky., wc.e present today. Seven witnesses testified for the commonWealth this afternoon. All of them corroborated other witnesses who have testified. The most sensational feature of the afternoon was the testimony of J. B. Little who said he saw Cockrill running at the time of the shooting and immediately afterward Jett appeared in front of the courthouse. He heard Jett sav a w- i h before the assassination in the" house of Mr- Sammar.s that he would kill Cockrill on sight, and that he (Jetu never promised to do anything but that he carried It out. Little, when Cockrill was killed, ran to him and he (Cockrilh said to him. "Someone bhot me from the courthouse." Little's testimony is corroborated by Charles Robinson as to the position of Little when the shots were ttred. and as to Jett coming out of the courthouse a minute after the shooting. D. D. Hurst saw blue mist like the -hots were from smokeless powder at the time of the shooting and corroborated Little in his testimony. A. S. Johnson saw both Jett and Spicer at the door of tin mrt house immediately after tho shooting and the guns drawn. Attorney Blanton to-night said that Jett will not make a c onfesslon. The commonwealth rested to-night unless some of the absent wltneses appear tomorrow. If they tlo not the defenaa will begin to-morro.

ADVICE FROM GOODRICH

STATE CHAIRMAN URGES REPUBLICAN'S TO SUPPORT CITY TICKET. UiKM-4(io.M of Organisation Might Menn Future Losa of the State to the Party. He Says. HEEDED BAD ADVICE IN 1891 HE RECALLS DISASTER THAT FOLLOWED DEMOCRATIC VICTORY. Re-Election of Senator Beveridgc May Depend Upon Marion Counly'a Fourteen N'otea. Republican State Chairman James P. Goodrich, who has been spending the week in the city, getting in touch with the municipal campaign, last evening gave out an Interview In which he urges the Republicans of Indianapolis to present an unbroken front to the common enemy and devote every means at their command to the support of the local Republican organization and city ticket. "In the coming city election." said Chairman Goodrich, "the Republicans of Indianapolis should not permit themselves to be deceived into believing that the result of the election will not have an important bearing on the continuance of the party in power, Loth in the State and Nation. Marion county and the city of ludianapolis are to-day Republican beyond all questiou, but if the Republicans of Indianapolis by their failure to give loyal support to the ticket lose the city this fall and permit the organization to be disrupted, it will certainly prove a difficult task to redeem the city and hold the county in the next State and national election. COUNTY VOTE IMPORTANT. "The 60.000 votes in Marion county will be of supreme importance in the election next year. As Marion county has gone, so has Indiana almost always gone In past elections, and the failure to carry Indiana next year would certainly endanger the national ticket. Again, on the fourteen votes from Marion county hi the next Legis- , lature may turn the re-election of Senator Beveridgi "The Republicans of Indianapolis have been in times past persuaded that the sup- ! port of the party organization was not important in the city election, but they should not forget at least one Instance In which ' their pursuance of this policy was disastrous. The result of electing the Democratic ticket in Indianapolis in lSDl was the loaf of ti e county to General Harrison in the following presidential election. Precisely the sann- iniluences are at work In this cam palgll and it is of gr at importance that the Republicans of the city snould present an uimroKen front t the common cat any and devote every m ans at their command to the support of their organization and the city ticket. DEEPLY INTERESTED. "It may be urged that, being a non-resident. 1 hav' no interest in the result of the election in so far as it affects only the management f municipal affairs. But, in common with every other citizen of Indiana. I have the interest one feels in the capital city of his State. As I have read the history of ludianapolis I have found that the Republican party has ! n the debt-paying party and the Democratic party the debtmakini party; that the Republican partyhas stood for the best development u the city and for th honest and economical manag ment of her affairs. 1 b.-lieve that the Republicans throughout the Stat- expect every R publican in ndlaaapolii to do his whale duty in the coming city election, to the :ii that Mr. BoofcAralter and the entire ticket win be elected by increased niajrities." a REPUBLICAN UCIOOV Ueutoerattie 1'apers He pent the Slander Against the Committee. The attention of Edward Insley. chief of the publicity department of the Republican city commitUe, wui called to a cartoon la

the News or last night, bearing the legend. "Get your printing done In Cine nnati and stand up for Indianapolis." Mr. Insley said: ; "The report that we are having our i printing done In Cinc innati was er ginated by the Serfinel. but was fuily exploded in the Journal this morning. In spite of the ample ;.nd detailed explanation in the Journal the New sisse en the pretext to repent , a wMlful and malicious slander. "We are not havinc our printing done iu Cincinnati. One singV job aas suit there, after it had ben given to a union printing house in Indian.'""' ' '.- 'e work eonld rot be don- ii'f. The Republican committee is giving work to union printing house. of Ind.'ananolis. something that I ( notice the Democrats and Prohibitloniati are Ii. t dclng. I A a str ct matter of fact no priming ; has been given to Cincinnati. A Job that ! was given to Lev.y Bros , '.. of lnd:an- I apolts. was sent there by rh u tirm becau-e the work could not be done by any printing , establishment in -this city und Cincinnati was the nearest mint where it could he

lone. The Democratic orcran repeats us lie editorially t--night and uses the word 'earto. n" iu the plural cartoons' when It knows very well that we have only one cartoon posted. This sort of willful and malicious lying may be consid r"d good politics in the Democratic game, but we doubt it at Republican headquarter.-. Dnlton's Statement About Meeting. The efforts of the News to show that the recent meetings held In the saloon of W. D. Dalton. at 047 Fletcher avenue, were Republican meetings and not Democratic affairs have fallen flat and in its yesterday's issue the News was forced to publish the following statement from Dalton himself: "W. B. Dalton says there has not been a Republican meeting over his saloon. Only two political meetings have been bald there, he says, and both were Democratic meetings called by the Democratic prsclni I mmitteeman. One was Sundny, Sept. 6. and the other was on Tuesday. Ha says he himself is a Democrat nnd it would not be likely that a Republican meeting would be held at his place Dr. Ridpatli'a Announcements. Dr. Ridpath. chairman of the anti-Book - ! waiter Republicans, made several announcements through the "anti" organ last evening. He pays that he will open his headquarters in the Vinton block next Mouday. will announce the appointment of his ex- . ecutive committee that afternoon, and will all a meetiug of bis committee for that night. The first batch of literature will be Issued the following daV. Dr. Ridpath if. also quoted as having Said that he had received from several prospec- ' tive candidates for county offices assur- , auces that if they could lend quiet assist ance to the "anti' movement they would be glad to do so. Will Renrh n Derision. Dr. L. N. Howard, president of the Indiana Silver Club, announces that the 'club will hold a meeting to-morrow to determine which of the mayoralty candidal it will indorse. Dr. Howard has been i nrt saVfUma for several weeks to tret the i iub lined up for one of the caudldates. Meeting on the South Side. The Democrats are arranging for a mo.-t-ing on the South Side to follow the opening of the campaign next Wednesday night in the Eighth ward. Candidate Holtzinau will be the speaker. ASSETS AND LIABILITIES SCHEDULE OF THE ELLISON BANKS FILED fM FEDERAL COURT. Deposits Exceed the Total of Resources Hearinui NA'llI Be Held In Ft. AVayne Early Next Month. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Sept. K The petition in bankrupt y for the banks owned bj Rollin Ellison in Lagrang and Topeka, Lagrange county, was tiled this afternoon in the local Federal Court and Oct. G set for the hearing. The following schedules show the amount of assets and liabilities: Assets-Real estate. $31,S75: cash. $4.097.87; bills and notes s. 9&-,BiN.i: household goods. nd cattle. $2.0k; wagons and 1300: horses a implements, judgment;-, si.r.im: other personal claims. $3.sir; accounta against in- : dividuals, $4.170: stocks and' bonds, $ 1 insurance. $11,'00; unliquidated accounts, ! $W: jnoney in other banks, $.:J15; total, . $1247,"7ö.6o. I Debits Taxes. $.'I7i.W; secured debts. Fort Wayne Trust Company, fcjS.ow: Solomon ; Rose, $5.000; National Bank of Lagrange. $7.500; Charles NJehola, $3.000; Ida Rose. S2.500; Topeka Bank. .ieek deposits, $15.266.77; certificates of deposit. $36.137 96; Lagrange I Bank, check deposits. fTBjaLIS; certificate! j of deposit, $129,260.62; due other banks, $371; I total, $313,514.17. The total of deposits is over $259.0m. or I more than the t )tal assets scheduler! I Among the assets are over $100.000 of stocks and bonds of questionable value, it s the opinion of local bankers that the percentage paid to depositors '11 not be large. Mr. Ellison lost money in manufacturing ventures, known as tit. Lagrange Manufacturing Company, Uie Lagrange Canning Company, the Cherryvale, Kan., brick yard and the Northern Indiana & Southern Michigan Telephone. Telegraph and C;thp Company. The last, however, is a going concern. Among the largest depositor- are s. K Ruick. $11.741; Gus Sears. $10.000; Charles Sears. SiO.uOO; Charles Melzger. tV.'WO; Frank L. Church, iö.iiou: urowu & Kraneis. $!.:. Jessie May Thompson. ItftB; Charlea Allen! 13.000: Seltv Brough. $2.0nn; Myrtle JumK $2.fi0u: Susan M. Ellison, mother of Rollin Ellison, $34.927 SHOT CAUSES A PANIC RURAL Gl ARD DISC H ARGES A Kil l I AT SANTIAGO DE Cl'BA. President I'alma's Auditors Kau Awa and Several Are Hnrt .Ovation to ' the Chief Executive. SANTIAGO, Cuba. Sept. 18. Prat. J dent Palma arrived here to-day from Puerto Principe. During a speech made by him in front of the palace this evening the peoi pie became excited because the crowds were forced back by the police and a rifle in ' the hands of a sergeant of the rural guards was discharged by accident, it w( l This caused a panic and the people turned I and ran. A few persons were slightly t hurt. Order was soon restored. Th I LvkC: i ii i n I n-Hk aa a i onf biL i , tLII.. l l ' ill. n ii'' u ' uiuurui-u" dli I - i celved. thanked the people for their loyalty ! and universal condemnation of those who J had attempted to breed an Insurrection and urgeu in m to enoeavor rurin. r to strengthen public sentiment against s. Utious ideas. The President's journey here was through a wild, picturesque part of the country whose inhabitants have the reputation of being the most restless in Cuba. They fathered at ail the railroad stations and were very enthusiastic. Although there waa no apparent need for pr-cautions. the provincial officials stationed guards at the railroad Stations along the road at the latter part of the route. At Victoria d las Tunas, the scene of stirring revolutionary events, a large body of mounted veterans gathered about the station platform, and the etderly men of th party . .:. ! , ,) over th. gates and Tille ace. I their old comrade. President Palma. The Governor of Santiago boarded the train at Alta del Cedro and reported that he had no furthr new! oi ine incipient auempi at insurrection. Carloads of people from Santiago and Its suburbs also Joined the train until, on entering Santiago. It consist. l of nine full cars. A great crowd of people folio vs. , the presidential procession on Its way tu i the Governor a palace. 1

FAIR MADE MONEY

nuEHiMtii tmbVMM sws TiiEni WILL BE M AT SI M ( LLAHED. Rain and Gloomy Weather Only 'relented Realisation of a Very l arge Profit Thia Year. DOWNING PAYS OUT $27,800 M RETARY AS Bl SY OS FIA'AL DAT AS NATIONAL BANK TELLER. Indiana Breeders of Fine Horses Cattle aid Other Hooaier Exhtfc ltora Profit Handsomely THE PARADE OF PRIZE WINNERS EXPERTS DECLARE NONE FIXER WAS EVER HELD ANYWHERE. Scenea of the Last Dar of the Fit ticth State Fair Talks with the Officials. Indiana's fiftieth State fair is over. The gates were clooed last night for the last time on the biggest and best State fair ever given in this State. The last races have been run. the monotonous cry of the standkeeper is heard no more, the exhibitions are gone or are getting ready to leave and the prize winners have received their money. l'i evident Thompson, of the State Board Agriculture, announced last night after yesterday's receipts were figured up. that the board will have plenty of money to pay all expenses and will have a neat sum left. The board did not make as much money out of this year's fair as if the weather had been favorable all week, but thst thera will be money left after all the cxpenaea of the fair are paid President Thompson said there is no doubt. "1 cannot give out any estimates of the profits from ÜM fair yet," aaid Mr. Thompson. "It is impossible to tell yet how much we have made over and above all expenses. For a time to-day I thought wa would not have more than enough to meet the exp. uses, but I find now that we have made more money than I estimated this morning. It won't do to give out any figures yet, because the board does not want to have any false itr.i.re.-sions get out about the amount of money made from the fair. Such impressions Interfere with our work on the fair of the next year." ON',; GOOD The weath'-r yesterday Was all that could be desired and the attendance at the fair was almost as large as that of Thursday. There were 35,000 or 40,000 people on the grounds yesterday afternoon. This la the largest crowd that ever attended an Indiana State fair the last day. There were not less than 7.000 people in the grand stand during the races and every place one vs.nt there were people, people, people. The mile track was in splendid condition yesterday and all the races on yesterday afternoon's programme and the races that wer postpone. Tusd:iy. W.-dne-day and Thursday were run. As a whole the races stiday afternoon wt" th- best of the ok. It was thought Thursday that some I of the races might have to be held to-day. , but thi - will not be necessarv. Long b-.fon- the people were out of tho grounds last evening the stockmen, poultry men. raw men and exhibitors in all the ! partments were beginning to take their leave. The cracker-jack men sold their last pui-kages. the "K mo" man lipped up his last glass of lemonade, the Wienerwurst man sold out his last sandwich and the beginning of the end of the fiftieth annual state fair was in sight. Many wagon loads of Stock were hauled to the Motion and Lake Erie & Western switchs long before t: afternoon's pmgramme was finished. Thia morning the fair grounds will be in chaos, and by to-night the grounds will be deserted. PARADE OF PRIZE-WINNERS. The parade yesterday afternoon of all tho cattle and horses which won first and second prizes was the feature of the day's programme of most general Interest. I a the parade were about 285 of the finest cattle raised in this country and 300 of the best Percherons, Clydesdales, Belgians and other bneds of the best heavy horses In the world. When the late Governor Matthews s.s chief executive of Indiana there was a parade of the prize-winning cattle and horses at the state lair, but this pa-ade ' did not compare in size or In quality of the animals shown with the parade yaatarday President Thompson, of the Board of Agriculture, was one of those mainly instrumental In arranging for the parade. Mr. Thompson has seen many of the bigg si h stock parades In England and America, and he sai l last night that there never hall been given a better live stock parade than the one nt the fair grounds yesterday. Both the heavy horse and cattle exhibits at the State fair thia year were the best ever given in Indiana. One thing that makes the State Board of Agriculture specially proud of the horse exhibit this year is the fact that all of the fine percherons. Clydesdales and Belgians and the other imported horses shown here were exhibited by Indiana lmiorters. with the exception of those owned by McLaughlin Brothers, of Columbus, O. Indiana has attained a position in the importation of fine horses that is realized bv only a few people. illiam J. Blackstock says. Ho was superintendent of the heavy hre "lepartment. Never before was thre such a large percentage f the horses exhibited at the Indiana State fair owned by importers of this State, he saya. DOWNING PAT8 PREMIl'MS. Early yesterday afternoon Secretary Downing, of the State Board of Agriculture, tegan handing out checks to the owuera of the prize-winning exhibits. As the afternoon progressd more aud more men with certificates entitling them to checks from Mr. I 'owning went to the administratiou ,,,, a l A ! i"(1nK- an,i b eulng there were so many of these m u and women waiting ia lne administration building that Mr. Downw was busier than the paying teller of an Indianapolis national bauk. The Boaid f Agriculture gave away about $27." In premiums and race purses this year. Th- purse in the sieed departm nt amounted to about $P.30u. Following are the approximate amounta given to thexhibitors in th various depart ment a Cattle. $i.o0v. horse-. ji,.M': tdi. ep. $1 twine. $l.äot; agriculture, fl.uiu. hrtlculture. $mi0; poultry. $1.50$; fine arta. $ dairy, -' The fair Just closed was the beet Statu fair af given in Indiana. It ia no ezaguerution to make this statement, for theie waii plenty of evidence at the fair grounda to substantiate it. Almoat every depart nient had a larger number of exhibits than ,.v..r iefore. anl the class aud guallt of the exhibits this year w..s i.igher and flnrr thun those oi pievlous yMrs. Tni pvcially true of the horse, cattle and poultrv departments. The tinly thing that knt the fair from making the Hoard of Agriculture a laigc amount of money was the ruin Rut even under the handKay oi rain the tiret

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