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"O JOUE Ac WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 1S23. DAILY ESTABLISHED ISM. PRICE 2 CENTS, j ON HAILWAT TRAINS FIVE CENTS. i VOL. L1Y. NO. 139. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY IS, 190 l-TWELVE PAGES. IS STATE LOSES IMPORTANT 1 PICE PO LÜH WILL BE RECEIVED AS THE GOEST OF IIIipS TOM Member of Chinese Royal Family Will Be Given .Reception in Statehouse. STILL UNABLE TO KIBE A IT III THE TRIAL OF V ' St'-, i ' TS t Convention Apparently as Tightly "Bottled" at Close of Fifth Day as Port Arthur. Testimony Regarding Gillespie's Ownership of Only i6-Gauge Gun Is Stricken Out. REMARKABLE SITUATION MAY BE PUT IN IRONS PLANS ALL COMPLETED Fifteen Hundred Delegates Stand- 1 INDIANAPOLIS 0 CA 0 0 DI8ATE FORGO RliOR RISING SUN DEFENDS a T V t 1 ' .m l Ca, - r ' K Gillespie is Admonished that He Must Display Xo More Hostil ity to the Sheriff. BARBOUR NOT TALKATIVE But Few Carriages Will Meet His Royal Highness at the Union Station. -1 incr Firmlv bv Candidates of ill v bv Cairlic First Choice. ii .. y V I i l f VN .X v i T r " Detective Narrates His Efforts to Draw Him Out Men Who Heard the Shot Testify. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RISING SUN. May 17. The interest shown in the Gillespie case is unabated. As early as 6 o'clock in the morning numbers of men are s-en waiting' for the doors of the courtroom to open that they may be among the first to secure seats for the day. That the people were greatly disappointed at the failure of the state to produce more important evidence to-day was very evi dent at the close of court this evening. What had been regarded as some of the fctate's most important evidence that in relation to James Gillespie's gun was stricken out by the court, though the Jurors hnd heard the replies to the ques tions asked. Another feature of the " day was the court's reprimand, to . James Gillespie for his implied threat to Sheriff Rump last evening and the admonition to his attor neys that unless he exercised better self control be would be brought Into court in irons. v City Marshal Thomas Overly detailed the search of a posse on the night of the murder, in Jhe fruitless efforts to find some evidence as to the person who committed the crime. The court struck out the testimony of this witness as to his efforts to find some one other than the de fendant James Gillespie who owned a six-teen-gauge shotgun. This action of the court whs well received by the defense. "Witness aläo testified as to Mrs. Belle Sew ard's remark, at 11 o'clock that night, when the posse was in her backyard, during the search She asked them what they were there for, and on being told that they were looking for a shotgun, she said :" You didn't rtnd one and you will not." Wit ness said that was the substance of what che said, as nearly as he could recall it. Overly was corroborated in his testimony as to Miss Seward by James li. Hemphill, a druggist, who formed one of the search ing party. DETECTIVE FRANKLIN. The most important testimony of the morning was that of Detective Theodore Franklin, a detective of Cincinnati, who was employed in the case by Mayor Charles li. Matson. of this city. Franklin detailed his work 'of 'a general nature in the case, and especially an to a conversation with Myron Barbour as to who kille! Elizabeth (Jillesple, in which Barbour said to Frank lin: "You do not think that I killed her, do you." - Franklin replied: "No. I do not, but I do think that you know who killed her. Who did kill her? Harbour then began to cry and said: "I cannot talk any more to j-ou now." Later on Harbour said to witness: "I have nothing to say to you." The defense endeavored to break down the statements of the witness by a rigid crosfe-examlnatlon. but he sustained uimself fairly well. Frank Sebastian, a colored man. concern ing whose testimony so much has been said, said he was Just across the street from the home of Elizabeth Gillespie when the shot was fired. It was dark, he said, and he saw the flash of the discharge, heard some on run. heard the click of a gate latch, but saw no one. Witness could not state in what direction the person ran, whether directly across th street or down the street William H. Whitlock. lumber and sawmill man. said he left his place of business, one I Fquare below the Gillespie home, and was i on the square immediately before the shot was flred. He saw no one at the time. He was positive no person came down the street, as there was a street light near hlra, and he could have seen any one passing. SIXTEEN-GAUGE SHELLS. Several witnesses testified as to the six-teen-gauge shells purchased by Myron Bar bour for use by hlra in James Gillespie's sun. .William Johnson told of the occurrence when James Gillespie entered his store Just as Elizabeth was leaving. James said: "When you get tired of that thing Just fire her out. You will have to do it sooner or later." Th' court reprimanded Captain Coles, for the defense, this morning, for handing a - gun wad to a-Juror while the Jury was ex amining the Gillespie gun. Captain Coles said to the court that he did not know it was improper for him to do so, and the court ordered the wad taken from the Juror and th incident was closed, though it caused considerable comment, being re garded as a trick. The state has about thirty witnesses yet to be examined, and several who have tes tified will be recalled. It is expected that the state will close its direct evidence by to-morrow evening. The defense has a list of forty witnesses to start on as soon as the state closes. Speculation Is rife as to what the result will be. The consensus of opinion so far is that the state has not made out its case In a. way to warrant a conviction of any defendant. It is reported to-night that un less the state produces stronger testimony to-morrow the defense will move the court for a dismissal of the defendants on the ground of insufficiency of evidence. SEEKS TO HIDE HIS DISGRACE IN DE A TH Man Accused of Crime at Hoboken Attempts Suicide by Cutting His Throat. NEW YORK. May 17. Rather than face the disgrace of a public trial, John D. Budd, a' well-known resident of Hoboken. N. J., has slashed his throat with a pocket knife and will die. He was arrested a few days ago with a lawyer and four other residents of Hoboken. charged with having abused young children, Budd. who is a bookkeeper, forty-five years old, had been released on $5.000 ball after a night in Jail. He went at once to his bachelor apart ment and barred the door to "nil callers. After brooding: several hours he slashed his throat repeatedly and had bled al most to death when found and taken to the hospital. TIN WORKERS' WAGE SCALE IS COMPLETED CLEVELAND, O.. May 17.-At to-day's session of the Amalgamated Association of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers the Eastern wage scab was finally completed, as were also the sheet tonnage and rougher' and catchers' scales. The sheet tonnage scale agreed upon conforms with the recom mendations adopted at the recent confer ence in Plttuburg. The scales mentioned are practically the same as, those in force urin tii years 1Ä2 and 13 MARCUS R. SULZEIL One of the Counsel In the Gllleop'e Case at Rising Sun. TWELVE lOROliS CHOSEN TO TRf mm, THEY E OF cn All Witnesses in the Schäfer Case Excluded from Court; Defense Objects to Reed and Smith. SHOWS EASE OF MIND McDonald Greets His Wife with a Smile -'Statement by Prose cutor Miller. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, Ind., May 17. Stephen Chess, William Reynolds, Watt Fearson, Walter Darnell, James L. Barrett, Thomas J. Wood. Samuel Scoggan. William C. Me nke. Stephen Spencer, Joel L..IIobbs, John Hunter, Jr., and William E. Allan these are the twelve men composing the jury in whose hands rests the liberty, perhaps the life, of James McDonald, whose trial for the murder of Miss Sarah Catherine Schäfer is now in progress before the Lawrence Circuit Court. Wood is a merchant of Mitchell; the others are farmers. During the process . of securing a jury the State's attorneys were careful to ask each venireman if he entertained any con scientious scruples against assessing the death penalty, thus indicating that the State will insist on its infliction In event of conviction. Not a few of those examined this morning expressed an aversion to cap ital punishment and they were excused for this reason. At 9:30 a Jury to try the case was secured, but not until two-thirds of the second special venire had been exhausted. When the jury was accepted by both the defense and Ötate. tne State had exhausted six of its twenty peremptory challenges and the defense nine. After the Jury had been secured Mr. Low, for the state. Introduced a motion asking for a division of the witnesses, and that all be excluded from the courtroom with the exception of' Mrs. McDonald and Detective E. S. Reed. Judge H. N. Palmer, for the defense, objected to Reed being allowed to remain in the courtroom during the introduction of testimony. ' Mr. Lowe requested the court that Mayor J. Hickson Smith, a member of the investigation com mittee, .be allowed to remain in the court room, as he was a member of the bar. Mr. Palmer quickly got up and objected strenuously to the state retaining both Smith and Reed in the room. "If Smith remains." exclaimed Judge Palmer, "then Reed goes. If Reed remains, then Smith goes. We do not want to be arbitrary in this matter." continued Judge Palmer, "but we certainly want no favors shown." The court at this point admonished all witnesses that they must retire from the courtroom, but not to absent themselves from the courthouse. Prior to Prosecutor Miller's opening state ment. Judge Palmer moved the court that before any evidence be introduced, the Jurj in company of a sworn bailiff, , be taken to the alley where the alleged crime was com mitted, that they examine the surroundings, and also that they be taken to the residence of Mrs. Mar.tha Johnson, where deceased boarded: the, home of Mrs. Addle B. Smith, where she roomed; the residence of W. C. Wlnstandley; the office of Dr. Smith and home of Mrs. Hannah Fisher, in order that they might make a careful inspection of all these premises. State's Attorney Miller re quested the court to amend Judge Palmer's order so as to include the High School building. I. E. Griggsby's and George W. Ross,'s stores, the residences of William H. "Cosner, George O. Iseminger. Dr. Nichol son, the Baptist Church, the residence of Judge Joseph Giles and defendant's home. To the amendment the defense agreed and the Jury, in custody of William Donica, the bailiff, accompanied by Sheriff Smith, as an ofneer of the court, to point out -and ac quaint the members with scenes incident to the crime, left the courtroom at 10:15 o'clock. They consumed two hours in viewing the surroundings at the alley, the cab shed, where Miss Schafer's body was found by Captain Cook, the home of the prisoner, and other points. The purpose of having the jury examine the places designated in Judge Palmer's motion, was to acquaint them with the lay of the land at the scene of the crime and other points having a bearing on the case. McDonald appeared at ease and greeted his wife with a smile as he entered the courtroom and assumed his usual position behind his counsel. The prisoner's eyes shifted alternately from Judge Wilson to the faces of the Jurors being examined as to their qualifications, his wife evidently taking a deeper interest in the proceedings than her husband. Prosecutor Miller occupied the time from 1:30 to 3:30 making the opening statement for the State, in which he detailed the story of Miss Schafer's life from the time she came to Bedford until the morning of Jan. 22, when her body was found In thi cab shed sixty feet from L street west, be tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. To-morrow several Important witnesses for the state will be examined, no testi mony having been taken to-day. Schäfer Go to Bedford. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind., May 17. John Schafe and Milton Schäfer, father and brother, re spectively, of Sarah Schäfer, went to Bed ford to-day, the father as a witness and the brother as a spectator. TIES CHILD TO BODY AND JUMPS TO DEATH Columbus (O.) Woman Drowns with Her Daughter Despite Efforts' of Spectators. COLt'MllUS. O., May 17.-Having tied her five-year-old daughter to her left arm and waist, Mrs. M. B. Copeland, of 613 East Long street, to-day Jumied from the north rail ot the Rich-street bridge over the Scioto river, and both were drowned in twelve feet of water. Efforts were made to save her by witnesses, but they became exhausted and were forced to return to shore. The bodies of the two were recov ered an hour later and taken to the morgue. No cause is known for the act. L. Jv. Harding. Charles Siegman'and James Ball iuger swam out into the river and tried to save the woman, but became exhausted and had to return to shore. Siegmau nearly drowned, but was resuscitated. CN GREAT CROWD EXPECTED Two Military Companies and Pla toons of Police to Act as Escort. At the final meeting of the committee on reception and entertainment of his Royal Highness, Prince Pu Lun, held yesterday, the arrangements were all gone over for the last time, and some slight changes were made. II. II. Hanna, of the executive committee, suggested that it would bo more dignified to have only a small number of carriages, bearing members of the reception com mittee and other prominent citizens, in the prince's escort from the Union Station, and it was decided that this would be the bet ter plan. Most of the committee on recep tion will be at the Statehouse to welcome his Highness, and only six carriages, bear ing members of the different committees, will be in the cortege which goes to the Statehouse from, the station. All of the military companies in the city, including one battery and another company from Lebanon, will constitute the prince's escort. There will be in command of Major Conde. From 2:15 this afternoon until the ar rival of hi3 Highness, the Statehouse will be 'closed to the public and the place will be in charge of the police. This will be done in order to prevent the building being thronged with the crowd before the prince and his retinue arrive. When he arrives a letter of welcome from Governor Dufbin will be presented to him. As the Governor is out of town and can not possibly return in time to receive the royal visitor. Attorney General Miller has been delegated to represent him at the re ception. Mayor Holtzman, John W. Kern and C. M. Klmbrbugh will also make ad dresses of welcome, to which the prince will reply. . The public will not be permitted to enter the Statehouse by any entrance other than the south one. passing through and out of the building by the north one. A slight change has been made in the pro gramme for Thursday, In order that the distinguished guest may get to the Atlas engine works earlier in the afternoon. The employes of this establishment do not work as late now as when the arrangements were first made, thus making the change neces sary. During his stay in Indianapolis, his High ness will occupy eJght parlors on the second floor of the Claypool Hotel. . The weather bureau promises fair weath er to-day and a great crowd is expected to be In evidence. The train bearing the royal party is expected to arrive at 2:40 p. m. BOER FUND ACCOUNTING DEMANDED OF IV. DAVIS Former Assistant Secretary of State Causes Arrest of General Pearson and Companion. NEW YORK, May 17. General Samuel Pearson, of Scranton. Pa., who served under General Louis Botha in the Boer war, and Cornelius W. Vanderhoodt, a foreign cor respondent of Baltimore and Washington, were arrested in this city to-day on com plaint of Webster Davis, who was assistant secretary of state under President McKin ley, and were held in $1.500 bail each by Magistrate Cornell, charged with "suspi cion of blackmail." Mr. Davis claimed to have received letters from General Pearson and also a letter, unsigned, threatening his life unless $30,000 were forthcoming. The ar rests wero made in Mr. Davis's apartments, where the two prisoners had gone by ap pointment, the police having been previously notified. When seen in the Jefferson Market Prison, General Pearson said: "I understood that the Boer government Intrusted to Webster Davis about 4,000 in gold bullion. I have a war claim against the Boer government for 15C.O00 and when I learned Mr. Davis knew something about the gold I deter mined to ask for an accounting. If he has got the money I want to know about it. I did send Mr. Davis a note or two simply asking for a meeting with him. In the sec ond letter I think I demanded an account ing of the 40.000 of gold bullion, threaten ing legal steps if such an accounting was not forthcoming." METHODISTS DECIDE TO NAME EIGHT NEW BISHOPS General Conference Also Declares Against Diocesan Administra tion of Bishops. VOTE AGAINST DANCING LOS ANGELES, May 17. Action on two Important matters was taken by the Gen eral Conference of the Methodist Church at to-day's session. The report of the com mittee on episcopacy, recommending that the conference elect eight bishops to fill the vacancies caused by death, resignation and retirement during the present quadren nlum, was adopted. At the close of a heat ed and remarkable debate between Dr. James Buckley and Dr. Thomas B. Neely, the two foremost parliamentarians of the Methodist Church, the conference adopted the report of the special Judiciary com mittee, which finds that the conference has no executive authority to district the episcopacy that Is, to substitute a diocesan for the present itinerant form of the resi dency and administration of bishops. The first ofllclal announcement of the vote by which, or. last Saturday, the con ference superannuated Bishops Andrews, Mallalleu, Vincent. Foss and Waiden was made to the conference in the reading of the minutes at the opening of the session as follows: Andrews for retirement. DS5, against 78. Foss for retirement, .V, against Vincent for retirement. Ss5. against 78. Mallalieu for retirement. 51ü, against i"J. Waiden for retirement 573, against ia. The committee on stite, having in charge the consideration of the proposed change of the rules in regard to dancing, card playing and theater-going, has decided, by a vote of 55 to 43. ugainst recommending any change. This result was reached only after a vigorous and prolonged, contest la the committee meeting.. I . Pia wn " ) E. S. H0LL1DAY HON AGAIN BY REPUBLICANS OF THEJFTH DISTRICT Renominated for Congress on the First Ballot Over Otis E. Gul ley, of Danville. MR. BARCUS WITHDREW His Name Not Presented Dele gates to Chicago Named at a Separate Convention. Staff Correspondence of the Journal. TtfRRE HAUTE, Ind., May 17.-Repre-sentatlve Elias S. Holllday, of Brazil, will again head the Republican ticket In the Fifth district. He was renominated on the first ballot, in the convention held here to-day, receiving 77 votes, to 43 cast for Otis E. Gulley, of Danville. The name of Senator James S. Barcus, of this city, was not presented to the convention, he and his managers having been forced to the conclusion early to-day that it would be impossible to defeat Mr. Holllday. At the district convention held here this afternoon W. It. McKeen, of this city, and Dr. II. C. Robinson, of Martinsville, were named as delegates to the national N convention, with William Dorsey. of Terre Haute, and lien F. Davis, of Danville, as alternates. Barton S. Aikman, of Newport, was chosen presidential elector, with Rob ert S. Catlin, of Terre Haute as the con tingent eiector. The victory of Mr. Holllday in the con gressional contest was not a surprise, and, in fact, the only surprise in the two con ventions came in the somewhat perfuncto ry session this afternoon, when Morgan county presented the name of Dr. H. C. Robinson for national delegate, instead of the name of Judge George Grubbs. It had been taken for granted for weeks that Judge Grubbs would bo made one of the delegates, and there was no suggestion of opposition to him until last night, when the anti-Ilolliday leaders intimated that if Morgan county's vote was not divided between the congressional candidates, a fight would be made on the county's can didate for national delegate. Judge Grubbs. That threat of opposition was not aimed at the judge personally, but at his county, which purposed to give practically its solid vote to Holllday. JUDGE GRUBBS NOT HONORED. However, it developed to-day that the real opposition to Judge Grubbs came from the Holliday people.. When it was clearly apparent that they would control the con vention by a substantial majority, the Holliday managers decided to give their (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COL. 6.) EMM'S LIFE SAVED BY A SUSFEHDER BUCKLE Frank Noonan, of Indianapolis, .Wounded hy Negro Tramp Stealing Ride on Freight Car. POSSE PURSUES NEGRO Shot down by a negro while attempting to eject tramps from a Big Four train near Farmland about 5 o'clock last night, Frank Nonnan, aged twenty-four, a freight brakeman. was brought to the home of his mother, Mrs. Mary Noouan, 1122 Pleas ant street, shortly after the shooting with a bullet in his shoulder. Xoonan's wound is not considered serious, but had the bullet not struck a buckle of his suspender, which detlected its course, the young man would doubtless have lost his life. News of the shooting quickly spread, and a posse was organized ih the vicinity of Farmiand to run down Noonan's as sailant, who escaped to the woods closely pursued. Railroad Detective L. C. Grady, of Indianapolis, was ordered to Farmland to aid in the hunt for the negro, when the shooting was reported to the railroad of ficials. Noouan was brought to this city on the 7 o'clock train, after receiving medical at tention from Dr. Wells, of Farmland. The wounded man was taken to his home in a carriage. Noouan is the son of the late Feter Noonan, who for many years was an engineer on the Big Four railroad. Cliarneil AVitli 12mbexxleiiient. John Tobel, who conducts a hotel at C2S West Pearl street, was arrested last night on a charge of embezzling 500 from Bo- cila Popenz. Popenz was a guest at the hotel Monday niht, and claims that he left the $t0 with Pcbel for safe keeping, but was refused the money wheu he demand ed j 0 0 BRAK Cleveland Stock Coming Up. VOTE 111 THE PRIMARIES IS GREAT INTEREST IN CONVENTION TO-DAY Spirited Contests in the Selection of the Delegates in Marion County. SESSION MAY BE SHORT No Opposition to Candidates for Treasurer, Prosecuting Attor ney and Sheriff. Delegates to the Republican county con vention, which will convene this morning, were elected yesterday by primaries in the various wards and townships. Although the majority of the primaries were pulled off with little difficulty, there was an un usually large number of contests filed. Kight precincts reported contests to the county headquarters last night. The vote in all the primaries was heavy, showing that interest is keenly alive to the conven tion this morning. The convention will be called to order in TomllnFon Hall this morning at 10 o'clock by Chairman Jesse Overstreet. Unless un foreseen complications arise it is thought the convention will not last more than two or three hours. From the result of the" pri maries it appears that the light will center about the nomination of coroner and coun ty commissioners. Friendä of R. W. Gar stang were claiming enough votes last night to nominate, while supporters of Harry Tutewiler were equally confident. Garstang, it was said, will get the votes of the doctors of the county. In the nominations of county commis sioners the race of John McGregor, incum bent, against A. A. Womack and Albert B. Carter will probably be the most interest ing. Delegates from many of the precincts carry instructions how to vote on the nom ination of county commissioner of the Sec ond district. The race between John Mc Gaughey and Fred WIesse will also be in teresting, although friends of McGaughey claim that he will get eleven out of the thirteen votes of Warren township. " Although the light 'was made against Ed ward G. Sourbler. especially in his own pre cinct, the opposition was defeated by a vote of 43 to 22. It is generally conceded from the result of the primaries that Sourbler will get the nomination. Dr. O. B. Petti john was the leader of the opposition. Both live in the sixth precinct. Fifth ward. The following order will be observed this morning In the making of nominations: Treasurer, prosecuting attorney, surveyor, sheriff, county commissioner. First district; CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COL. 3.) 100,000 JAPANESE ABE ' MABCHIHGl L1A0-YANG Others Are Attempting to Flank the Russians, Probahly Near Mukden. BIG BATTLE IMMINENT PARIS. May IS. The Journal's Mukden correspondent says: "Important events are imminent. The outposts of the two armies are already in contact in the zone north west of Feng-Wang-Cheng. - The Japanese army advancing on Liao-Yang is estimated at 100.000. A persistent rumor, which is not confirmed officially, has it that another Japanese corps is effecting a flanking move ment directed on some point between Liao Yang and Mukden. According to the best information there are no less than 160,000 Japanese in Manchuria." LONDON. May 18. The Daily Telegraph's Nieu-Chwang correspondent, cabling under date of May 17, says: "The Japanese, with a large fleet of transports and warships, appeared at Kal-Chau yesterday morning and opened a terrific bombardment against the shore defenses, which were silenced by 4 o'clock In tne afternoon, the Russians retreating to Tashl-Chao. The Japanese troops landed, and are to-day advancing rapidly, outflanking Tashi-Chao and Niju Chwang." Znnllteli In DIitKrncr. ST. PETERSBURG. May 17. 11:31 p. m. It is announced to-night that Lieutenant General Za.vsalitch has been relieved of the command of the Second Siberian Army Division and that Lieutenant General Count Keller, former Governor of Ekster lnoükiv, has been appointed to succeed iny SRO DR. LIGHT SELLS STOCK IN GREENFIELD LINE AND SETTLES CONTROVERSY Suit t! Oust Officers of Company Is Withdrawn and Amicable : Agreement Reached. 250 .SHARES ARE SOLD Minority Members of Indianapolis & Eastern Now Relinquish Field t.b Majority Purchasers. The contention that has been existing for some time among the stockholders of the Indianapolis & Eastern Railway Company has finally been amicably settled, and the suit filed yesterday to oust Frank M. Fauvre. Charles E. Coffin, Med ford B. Wil son, John W. Chipman, L. E. McDonald, Elmer JJlnford and Emil C. Rassman from control;' of the property of the company has - been withdrawn and all differences, it is claimed, are now adjusted. The com promise was brought about by the disposal of the stock in the company owned by Dr. Robert C. Light, the prime mover in the prosecution of the case, to Frank M. Fauvre, president of the company, and one of the defendants to the suit. Ry the dis position of Mr. Light's Interest in the com pany, represented by 230 shares, ho relin quished all right to any control of the prop erty5, and it was said by one of the officials of the company last night that all disturb ances in the affairs of the company were again settled and that the case would re main out of the courts. The plaintiffs in the suit 'filed yesterday to oust the present officers were Robert C. Light, Kent A. Cooper, Morton R. Dawson, William Fisher, William A. Atkins, Wil liam Bo?son and Oliver Mallon. They were represented by the law Arm of Elliott, Elli ott & Littleton. A short time after the suit was filed, however, the parties to it went into conference, and late yesterday afternoon the differences were settled with the above results, with the suit dismissed at the plaintiffs costs. Dr. Light, when seen last night, said it was true that tho suit would not be pros ecuted. "I have disposed of all of my stock, 250 shares In all, to Mr. Fauvre and others, and am now out of the company altogether. The case will be pushed no further and will be withdrawn at once." Mr. Fauvre admitted that Mr. Light's stock had been purchased. He said he had not received any definite information as to the disposal of the case, but supposed It would be withdrawn immediately. "The suit filed against the officeholders of the Indianapolis & Eastern Railway Company will not be prosecuted," said Medford B. Wilson last night. "Dr. Light has disposed of his interests In the compa ny, and will withdraw the complaint at his own cost." The complaint which was filed yesterday sets out that the defendants in the case are the illegal officers of the company, and that they have unlawfully usurped control of the company's property. According to the story of the plaintiffs in the case, they are the regularly elected directors and officers of the company as the result of the annual meeting ot the stockholders held May 4. regularly called by the secretary, John W. Chipman. At this meeting all of the plain tiffs were represented and were clect-d di rectors of the corporation. Later the plain tiffs and the directors cf the company held a meeting and elected their officers as fol lows: Robert C. Light, president: Morton Ii. Dawson, vice president: William Rossnn. secretary, and Kent A. Cooper, treasurer. In the complaint it is contended that the defendants allege that the by-laws of the corporation were so amended as to make the date of the regular annual meeting the third Wednesday in May and that the meeting held May 4 was the result of a mistake on the part of the secretary, John W. Chipman. ARMY BOARD TO VISIT INDIANAPOLIS JUNE i Instructed to Examine Site of Fort Benjamin Harrison and Make Report. WASHINGTON, May 17. A board of of ficers, consisting of Col. Walter T. Dnggln, First Infantry: Lieut. Col. George Rupien, deputy quartermaster general; MaJ. Charles M. Gandy, surgeon; Capt. Harry IJurgess, corps of engineers, and First Lieut. George C. Shaw, Twenty-seventh Infantry, has been appointed to meet -on the military reservation near Indlanaoll. on June 1. 1001, to examine into, report and, submit recommendations for a plan for a military fioat to be built on that reservation. LOWDEX AND : DEXEEN Given "Boosts" During Yester day's Balloting, but ;Vatcs Con tinues in the Itead. SpecUl to the Indianapolis Journal. SPRINGFIELD. 111., May 17. The end of the lifth day of the Republican state con vention has come without! result, and tha country still looks this Viy for the out come of the most remarkAblc situation ia politics that has ever confronted a stata party. Fifteen hundred mM have marched, counter-marched, maneuvtled. fought, ad vanced and retreated in fthe struggle to bring out a leader. Congrfssmeu from In diana. Kentucky and Missouri are here watching the most interesting battle of a decade, but no one to-nigit has any Idea what the outcome will be After two bal lots to-night without decisive result an ad journment was taken till tJ)-morrow. The sensation of the d:.y was the pre sentation of uearly the fntire vote for Lawrence tG. Sherman to Charles Dmcen, the Cook county candidate. This put De neen in second place, but ,t failed to start the stampede, which was ihe object of the move. ; The convention is surprisingly free from "boss" rule, and the delcp-ites are sticking to their candidates witlf great loyalty. Speaker Cannon has gained great admiral tiou by tue impartiality o" his rulings and his success in maintaining, order iu all the turbulence and parliamentary chaos. The continued balloting.Jwith its slumps, its splits and its suspense, has been very trying on all the delegates, but as a wholti the convention is good-tenpered, and even the factional fights and ihe semblance of treason has not engendered any bitterness of feeling. It is believed that whoever tho nominee is the party will come out of tho convention more united than when it went in. To-day, although the fif.h of the conven tion, was not marked by any notabla scenes. The attempted stampede to Deneen even did not attract much attention. Thero was a quasi understandli g between Sher man and Warner that ttte latter was t follow the former's lead In this, but he did not do so. Apparently the convention is "bottled up" as tight as Tort Arthur. Can non. Hopkins and Congressman Iorimer have tried in vain to del'ver enough dele gates toLowden to nominate him, but the. men stand firm and refuse to be delivered. Considering the fact that Iyiwden is th administration candidate, their action is viewed as remarkable. THE BALLOTS. The ballots taken duri'ng the, day and evening are here given: Thirtieth Ballot Yates, -437; Lowdn. 452; Dmeeii, SS2; Hamlin, 111; Warner, 44; Sherman. 51: Pierce. 21. Thirty-nrst Yates, 431; Lowden, 473; De neen, 3s3; HarmMn, 107; Warner, 32; Sher man. 50: Pierce. 21. Thirty-second Yates, 429; Lowden. Deneen, 3s3; Hamlin. Ju3; Warner, Sherman. 4:); Pierce, 22. Thirty-third Yates. 42: Lowden. Deneen, 37; Hamlin. Ill; Warner, 473; 47; 3i; Sherman. 43; Pierce, 22. Thirty-fourth Yates, 431; Lowden, 46i714; Deneen. SSVi: Hamlin. Ill; Warner, 32; Sherman, SO; Pierce, 22. Thirty-fifth Y'ates. 4S3; Lowden. 40S4; Deneen, 31; Hamlin. 109; Warner, Z$i Sherman, 4'J; Pierce, 23. Thirty-sixth Yates, 42; Lowden. 2); Deneen, '$; Hamlin. Ill; Warner, 31; Sherman. 35; Pierce. 22. Thirty-seventh Yates, 4S7: Lowden. ZWjl Deneen. 4454; Hamlin. 1W; Warner, 32; Sherman, (J; Pierce, 22. Thirty-eighth Yates, 4M: Lowden. S03U; Deneen. 4414: Hamlin. 113; Warner, 37; Sherman, 2; llerce, 25. When the convention met at 10 o'clock this morning a great expectant thron g faced Chairman Cannon, who. however, gave no indication that the "something" which he alluded to yesterday "might happen." A night of button-holing and 4 series of conferences lasting until dawn had resulted in no plan to break the dead lock. The crowd was very noisy from tho start. Demonstrations and counter demon strations began at the close of the firit ballot of the day the thirtieth since Fri day. "YATES." The Yates cohorts marched to the con vention hall In a body, each delegate wear ing the following legend on his hat: "You Are The Kternal Stayers." The first letters, in large type, spell "Yates." When the "stayers" entered th hall there wa's a commotion, and there wa another ear-splitting disturbance at tha conclusion of the thirtieth ballot. On tha roll call Kane county, the ilrt to-day, von J 26 for Lowden. leaving Yates. Will county also transferred Its 25 votes to Ijowden, and the announcement was greeted by cheers. The ballot was concluded at ll:iJ a. m. with but few changes aFide from th changes for Lowden in Kane and Will. These changes were the signal for a tumul tuous scene. The Yates mn soon started rival demonstrations, holding up YaUs cards. The thirty-first ballot was substantially the same as the thirtieth slight gains by Lowden. On the mxt ballot Lowden gained 2 more votes at the exjense of Yates. Uu the thirty-third Lowden fell back to 4t7, while Deneen jumped to 37. Yates gained C on the thirty-fourth and Deneen 24. whila Lowden lot half a vote. The thirty-fifth ballot showed more fluc tuation. The Yates vote rose L2. to 4S3, while Iowden's total dwindled to 40v. a loss of &S. The first change In this roll cail was in the first commissioner's district, which abandoned its fractional division and gave Yates a vote. Kane now changed back from Lowden to Yates with 25 of i$ votes, amid great enthu.iam among tf; Yates men. Mcllenry followed the breatc from Lowden, and he lost 5 of his 11 votes thtrc. Yates gained 2. Hamlin 2 and War ner 1. Y'ates lost 1 in Wabash and Warner got it. Washington divided Utwcen Yatu ami Lowden. the former gaining 3 of tho latter's votes. Will county r-turnM to Yates with its 25 votes, and th; Yates peo ple cheered lustily. Ijowden lost 1 in Wood ford. Deneen getting the vote. On the thirty-sixth ballot Yates gained" 9 more voles and Iowd-n lost ls'i. The convention then took a recess until S p. m. Tin: NIGHT SESSION. The convention convened at 8:10 p. m. Governor Yates cajne In at that moment and was greeted with cheers, th band pliying "Onward, Christian Soldiers." At S:ll the clerk began the thirty-seventh bal lot. Hancock, one of Sherman's counties, voted for Deneen. Then all of Sherman's votes went the same way. The ballot, however, was. undecisive. On the thirty-eighth ballot Boone county , again changed its vote, giving 2 votes for Yates. 5 for Iiwdon and 1 for Warner, a loss of 4 in the Yates column. Jackson gavi Yates 4 votes and Hamlin I at th? expense of Denzen. Sherman's 2 votes in La Sali went to Pierce, and the Sherman vote lit Livingston went the same way. Warner lost 1 in Mcllenry. which went to Yatea. Hamlin got 3 f the Iowden votes In Peoria. Plk county v-.it es went jo IVneen. When the result of the ballot had been an nounced. James Monaghan. of Ck county, a Lowden delegate, moved that the con vention take a recess until 11 o'clxk to morrow. The motion was seconded by War den Kverett (J. Murphy, of Joliet. tha Yates leader on the lioor. A large numlxT of the IVneen people protested, but the vot was overwhelmingly In favor of the ret sa and the chj-irrrwiji announced that the con vision tdood la rvcitu until 11 o'clcck to v. 4