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FOH SEPXEUBER Even EPUB ESTABLISHED 1877. COLUMBUS, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1908. PRICE TWO CENTS, i A CHARACTERISTIC ATTITUDE. Mrs. A.

C. Bennett, of Newman, 111.. I and Mrs. Ell Wiley, of Kansas, 111. Elder Z.

T. Sweeney and Elder George Sweeney left for Paris this af nnnri ternoon to attend the funeral of their brother, which will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services will be conducted by the Rev. C. E.

Morgan, pastor of the Christian church at Paris. DAUrY AVERAGE ING sssiss sBsms aWSsMsssa HI iul II II bvl liH Hunting for Relatives. Does anybody know any of the rela as the night wore on and every few minutes reports came that it would soon be here. The band played, drum TEN THOUSAND HI CITY OR OPENING E. Watson caught at the city hall last night.

James obligation was to the people from Rushville and Shelbvville who had come, several hundred strong, to hear him speak. He said that the generous outpouring of old friends and neigh bors was enough to make the heart of any man glad and he wanted the i people to know that he appreciated it. j. Then he paid a high tribute to Lieu-' tenant Governor Miller, touching on' his upright character, his lofty aims and his unspotted life, which brought thunderous applause from the people of Columbus and the visitors as well. The time was short and Mr.

Watson immediately jumped into the meat of his speech. He spoke of the policies of the republican party and said they dated back to the time of Lincoln. Not one policy for which the party stood had been repudiated, he said, while on the other hand the democrats had changed policies as often as a dude changes his clothes. Lincoln was a great man, Mr. Watson said, and so is Roosevelt a great man, but after all the policies and principles for which they stood and stand are far greater than the men as individuals.

Bryan was characterized by the speaker as a poet and dreamer. It takes something more than the ability to skillfully weape idle sentences of beautiful words to' govern this great country, he said, and the man who is best fitted for the task is William Howard Taft, of Ohio. This brought forth hearty cheers for Taft. Mr. Watson took up Bryan and ridiculed his policies from the time he nan heen in mimic life until the nres.

ent. First it was free trade and Bry only salvation of the nation. Three years lated he accepted a nomination for president on a platform that literally buried free trade and stood for tlrloan nno TVi a a rvo lrai sw-tn i i tives of Rasmus Nielsen? If they do they would confe a favor on William A. Nielsen, care of the city light de partment, Joplin, Ma, by notifying him. Mr.

Nielsen writes from Joplin tht he is trying to locate some of the Nielsen family or relatives of Rasmus Nielsen. The latter was an old settler In Bartholomew county and the writer thinks, tipm what his father says, that Rasmus lived several miles from Columbus and that in the early days of the county Rasmus ran a tan yard. He is said to have owned a farm of several hundred acres ia the Bethel neighborhood. A man named Pittman married one of his daughters, the letter says. Get Bruningree catalogue of 10-cent sheet musicami rendered by a pianist in ajfoaN(ent store.

TAXICABS THE TARGET FOR BOMB THROWERS Strike Sympathizers Blamed for Attempt to Demolish a Number of Modern Vehicles. (By United Press.) New York, N. Oct. 14. A bomb hurled into the inclosure at Fifty-seventh street and Eighth avenue where 200 taxicabB are stored, exploited today with terrific force, awakening the residents for blocks around, but doing little damage.

Strike sympathizers are blamed. BRYAN D0NTSEEL1 TO LIKE TAFTS ARGUMENT Says They Are Childish and That Set. ties It Taft Sentiment Growing in Nebraska. (By United Press.) Columbus, Oct 14. Bryan declared today that the arguments raised against his guarantee of bank deposit plan by Taft are childish in the ex treme.

He declared the same oh Mo tion was used against fire insurance when that business was in its Infancy. Bryan is encountering more apparent Taft sentiment in his own state than ever before, so he renewed his verbal attacks on Hughes and Taft, who, he said, had misrepresented the issues." BALLOONING DANGERS AGAIN ILLUSTRATED Believed that Five Balloons In International Race Fell In 8ea and Occupants Drowned. (By United Press.) Berlin. Oct. 14.

Five of the bal- loons that started in the international races are still missing and little doubt remains that they have fallen either into the North Sea or the Baltic and their aeronauts drowned. If they alighted on land it is believed that word would have been received from them. The balloon Castile fell into the North Sea during the night and both aeronauts were rescued with difficulty. One of the patrol boats sent to watch for the ballooni8ts made the rescue. UNSUPPRESSED SUFFRAGETTES.

Women Who Want Equal Rights in England Quite Demonstrative. (By UUd Prean I London. Oct. 14. Still militant and boisterous after a night of a mob, of suffragettes today tried repeatedly to storm the court room where cases of thirty-seven women arrested during yesterday's demonstration, called for trial.

Silesian Mine Disaster. (By United Press.) Vienna, Austria, Oct. 4.i One hundred miners are reported killed In an explosion and fire today in the Kee-nigh coal mine In Silesia. corps pounded constantly and the peo ple cheered. Mr.

Watson arrived at the station in Mr. Irwin's touring car shortly before 8 o'clock and the crowd pounced on him Immediately. Stand ing on the step of the machine he held an impromptu reception and shook hands with three or four thousand people, who passed rapidly by the machine for twenty minutes or more. Finally, at 8:25 o'clock, the special arrived, twelve coaches jammed full of howling Watson men and women. The train carried about 630 people from Rushville, 600 from Shelbyvllle and many more from other parts of the two counties.

There were about 1,500 people on the special. The street parade was started as soon as the visitors could unload from the special, but there were too many people to handle and the street dem onstratlon lost most of Its semblance of form as soon as it started. The people were willing to march and make a noise, but they were too busy to think about forming in regular ranks like a parade usually forms. The Rushville delegation led the pa rade and It was headed by the Rushville band, the Carthage drum corps, a colored drum corps and hundreds of men and women, all. shouting but one name and that was Watson.

The Rushville people were plentifully supplied with torches and the street was ablaze with light from the time the parade started until it finished. The parade moved east to Franklin street and thence north to Eleventh. It was the intention to march as far north as Twelfth, but the hour had grown so late that the leaders swung west at Eleventh and marched south on Washington to Second. There the pa rade countermarched to Fifth street and thence east to the city hall. While the parade was in progress and while the crowds in the streets were waiting for the coming of Wat son there had been something doing in the city hall.

Lieutenant Governor Hugh Th. Miller was chairman of the meeting and he first Introduced J. A Cox. of Crothersville. the republican candidate for congress in this district This was the first public appearance or Mr.

Cox here and he made a rousing Senator E. E. Hendee, of Anderson, who accompanied Mr. Wat son here, was also introduced and made speech preceding the coming of Watson. The Old Shady quartet.

Watson's constant companions during the campaign, sang several numbers which were loudly applauded. With the finish of the street parade came the mob of Rush and Shelby county people who wanted admittance to the hall. The thousand chairs had been taken long since. Every window alcove was full, but still the crowd pushed In. an inch at a time, but pushed just the same.

Rushville people called to Watson as he stood on the stage, his name was cheered 1 and nls neighbors and friends seemed to vie with each other in giving him a warm reception. He has made 134 speeches during the present campaign, but nowhere has he had a more enthusiastic greeting than he received here. A number of prominent women from Rushville came over and among them was Mrs. Watson, handsome and smiling at the greeting which was being given her distinguished husband. She had a chair on the stage and was as I interested, perhaps more so.

than oth ers In the speech. The Emlg Glee Club sang two num bers, which were loudly applauded. while the crowd was getting wedged in. and then Chairman Miller tried to get the people quiet. He did not at tempt to make an introduction speech VI- I 1IJ anu nis voice uia noi carry over tne noise in the rear of the hall.

He simply pointed to Watson and said that the candidate would speak. Hoarse from many speeches, the candidate began his talk and stopped. He said It was Impossible to speak to a crowd like tne one which surged before him. But In a few minutes the Immense gathering grew quiet and the candidate's voice could be heard In all parts of the halt And what was more, the, crowd remained quiet and perfectly attentive to every word until the speaker was ready to quit It waa 9:25 o'clock when Mr. Watson began to speak.

He said bis first City Hall Too Small for Out Pouring of People to Hear Candidate. MANY DELEGATIONS COME STREET PARADE IN WHICH BRASS BANDS AND DRUM CORPS FIG RED WATSON'S GREATEST APPLAUSE ON COUNTY LOCAL OPTION. General Apathy, Is he has been camping In these parts during the present campaign, got hurry-up orders Tuesday night to move on not only to moT from this city, but to get entirely out of the county and stay out. For the republicans opened their campaign here Tuesday night and such enthusiasm was never before seen In Columbus at a night meeting. It might be said that too much enthusiasm was shown because hundreds people who came and packed the city hall ami the neighboring streets could not come within earshot of the speaker and could hear nothing of the meeting proper except the shouts and cries for the republican standard bear era, James K.

Watson, republican candidate for governor, was the star performer, and to stay this county la for Watson heart and soul would be about the mildest way of expressing the situation. Various estimates are made on the crowd which fined the down town streets Tuesday night, and It Is safe to say that 10.000 people were here. At least 5.000 residents of Columbus came down town to see the big doings and fully that many more came from neighboring counties and from other sections of this county. Mr. Watson and his traveling com panions arrived from Greensburg over the Big Four at 6:20 o'clock.

He had telephoned that he wanted a chance to rest, so no crowd was organized to meet him. Joseph I. Irwin's big touring car met the train and the candidate was taken to the Irwin residence, where he had dinner and afterward rested for an hour. At the Irwin home Mr. Watson broke bread with Lieu- tenant Governor Hugh Th.

Miller, one of the men he defeated for the nom- (nation for governor. Early In the evening the crowd be- gan prouring In and with ideal weather for such a gathering all rec ords were soon broken. By dusk people were wending their way to the city hall. Intent on getting seats. There were 1,000 chairs In the hall, counting all the regular seat's and the extra chairs rented for the occasion.

The seats were pushed closer together than usual, giving twenty or thirty feet of space for standing room in the rear of thei hall. Long before the time for the meeting to begin every bit of space in the hall was taken. In; the meantime drum corps and bands had been parading the streets and howling for Watson. A drum corps. In full uniform, arrived' from Greensburg on the same train with Mr.

Watson and a sizable delegation from Greensburg came also. Then came the Seymour delegation 200 itrong and evjery street and avenue brought country people to attend the Every Intenirban car, north or south bound, brought additional crowds and by 7:30 o'clock the streets were packed. The committee on arrangements decided that Watson should not speak until his home people from Rush county arrived, so the Columbus band, the Nortonburg, Columbus Greensburg and other drum corps, led by Ward Salmond. marshal of the- parade, and numerous mounted aides, went to the Pennsylvania station shortly after 1 o'clock to meet the special train, The train grew later i ELDER JOHN SWEENEY DIED AT PARIS TODAY His Brothers, Z. T.

Sweeney and George Sweeney, Left Today to Attend the Funeral Services. Paris, Oct. 14 Elder John S. Sweeney, auditor of the state of Kentucky during the brief administration of W. S.

Taylor, and one of the best known ministers of the Christian church in Kentucky, died at 1:15 o'clock this morning at his residence on Higgins avenue in this city. Mr. bweeney was seventy-sir years oi age and had retired from active serv- ice in the pulpit some years ago. His death mas not unexpected, as he had been suffering from the infirmities incident to old age and his family and friends had known for two weeks that he could last hut little longer. Elder Sweeney followed in the footsteps of the famous Alexander Campbell.

He came of a family of preachers, his father and grandfather being ministers of the Baptist persuasion, the former joining the reformation. He is survived by two brothers who are known as pulpit orators, Elder- George W. Sweeney, of California, and Elder Zach Sweeney, of Columbus, Ind. Elder William E. Sweeney, the other brother, died a few years ago in Dubuque, Iowa.

Elder John S. Sweeney was born at Liberty. September 4. 1832. Young Sweeney reecived what rudiments of education were afforded by the com- mm scnoois or nis couniv ana was compelled to work hard to assist in the support of the family, his work this period he received more than 5,000 new converts Into the church and preached more than 2,500 sermons.

His first regular charge as pastor was in Lincoln, 111., which he assumed in 1861. remaining for two years. He was then chosen as state evangelist of the Illinois Christian Missionary Society. He "was sent to Chicago, where he prosecuted his work with great zeal. So prominent did he become as an expounder of the new religion that he was drawn Into several joint discussions with noted preachers of other churches.

He later accepted a call from the Monroe street Christian church of Chicago, which he held for five years, when he- resigned and accepted a call to the pastorate of the Richmond street Christian church In Cincinnati Here Elder Sweeney lost his little son. Walter, Scott Sweeney, who died of the cholera, which was then" raging. Elder Sweeney soon after returned to Chicago as pastor of the Sixteenth and Wabash avenue Christian church. Elder Sweeney remained In Chicago until 1870,: when, on November 1, he came to- Kentucky to hold a joint de- bate with Dr. Deitzler.

a noted divine of the Methodist church, the debate being held In Carlisle. People came for a hundred miles to hear the discussion, the town being unable to accommodate the throngs. A delegation from the Paris congregation of the iYi flat I an attanHoH tn riftiAte and persuaded Elder Sweeney to stop over and preach a sermon when he departed for his home in Chicago. This he did and was immediately invited to accept the pastorate of the church, which had become vacant by the resignation of Elder C. K.

Marshall, himself a noted minister of the reformation. Elder Sweeney returned in Janu ary, 1871, preaching two sermons on Sunday, January 15, when he decided to accept the charge. He entered actively upon his duties February 12, 1871, and remained the faithful pastor for a period of twenty-nine years. During his long career as pastor of the Paris church he was frequently importuned to become the republican candidate for congress, having been a strong union man during the civil war, but he declined all offers 'for political preferment. In 1899 he resigned his charge, intending to take a.

much needed rest, but was nominated by the republicans for auditor of public accounts on the ticket headed by W. S. Taylor. He was elected, bot afterward deprived of his office by the contest board. Elder Sweeney was then appointed postmaster of Paris to fill out the unexpired term of John Bosley.

and was later reappointed by President Mc-Klnley. When his last term expired he retired to the privacy of his home and Bpent his time in reading, his 1 I Kwa Rvl 1 I rare volumes on historical and rell-j gious subjects. Two years ago Elder! Sweeney returned to Illinois to preach at the little church where fifty years ago he preached his first sermon. He later made a trip to the larger cities of the western states, where he preached a series of sermons on the doctrinal points of the church. In 1892 he issued a book of sermons, which had a phenomenal sale throughout the country.

When President James AS Garfield occupied the White House he was asked to use his influ- ence to persuade Elder Sweeney to enter politics, and replied as follows: would not fear to see Brother Sweeney enter the arena against either Mr. Blaine or Mr. Conkllng, but I should be sorry to learn that he had abandoned the ministry for a seat in congress." For years Elder Sweeney was president of the board of curators of Kentucky University in Lexington, now Transylvania. -University, and his legal acumen, his breadth and scope of practical management made his adminis tration of great benefit to the uni versity. Elder Sweeney was twice married, his first wife dying shortly after his coming to Paris.

She was survived by two daughters. He then married Miss Alice Monin, of Hardin county, by. whom he has five children. Dr. John S- Sweeney, ot Chicago; Elder William E.

Sweeney, pastor of the Christian church. In Evansville, Elder Edwin of Lexington; Monroe Sweeney and Mrsl George Hamilton, of Two Rivers, and Mrs. Daisy S. Erton, of Louis, Mo. There are also two surviving sisters.

being chiefly that of logging, trasted Bryan and Roosevelt and He read law, and to further corn-brought forth applause when he made plete his education entered Hancock light of the Bryan claims that Roose- Academy at Columbia. In 1854 Mr. velt has stolen the democratic policies. Sweeney went to Greenfield. 111., where Bryan declared that Roosevelt stood ne nppfln rno nra.tio nf law Mo for militarism, yet Roosevelt with his soon rose to prominence and was re-own hand stopped the Russian-Japan 1 yarded as one of the most brilliant war and commanded peace to all t.

I 4 jthen far West. Bryan ran. and ran. and ran for i For five years ne was an evangeiist. office, exhausing first one policy and preaching in Illinois.

Missiuri, In-then another, and finally he went all 1 tilana 'ohio and Kentuckv. nurine the way to Europe, hobnobbing with nabobs and rulers, searching for an issue for the present campaign. And all the way to London went John Kern to carry back the precious grip sack which contained Bryan's new issue. Fifty thousand people greeted Bryan at Madison Square Garden, and what did he declare was the panacea for all evil which he had found in Europe? Why, government ownership of railroads. A few days later Henry Watterson took the Courier-Journal in hand and said that Bryan's doctrine of government ownership was not democracy but socialism and that it was contrary to states rights: Southern senators and congressmen Bryan to task and he started out to explain.

He made a speech at Louisville in which he gradually broke away from government ownership. The further south he went the further away from the Issue he got, and. when he was way down south In. Dixie he never even mentioned It and has never mentioned it since. "Bryan says Roosevelt stole (Con tinned on Page Four.).