Show congressman CONN PUBLISHER an sketch of the man who boncha a dally representative conn of elkhart ind has purchased the washington times a paper that was started here a few months ago by members of tho typographical union but has made very little headway after being assessed 5 or 10 every week for several months to make up deficiencies the stockholders sot weary of their enterprise and at their last meeting decided to sell out whereupon mr conn who is a millionaire and already owns several newspapers in northern indiana agreed to take the burden off their hands pay on appraised price for the plant and settle al the debts of the concern mr conn ia a notable and eccentric character and his history is a romance A few years ago he had a bench in the corner of a jewelry store in elkhart where he mended watches clocks and musical instruments one day while repairing a tuba an idea occurred to him that was worth several million dollars and resulted in the invention of a rubber mouthpiece for musical wind inston which was patented and immediately adopted all over the world this lucky little hit made mr conne fortune at elkhart be established one of the largest factories in the world for the manufacture of brass and silver musical instruments which is run on the operative cooperative co plan and the profits are divided between himself and bis employees plo he has been mayor of the town several times and can come to congress from that district as long as he likes he believes in organized labor and stands half way between the democratic and populist parties he ia against the administration particularly its silver policy and his object in buying the paper is to establish here an organ to express the sentiments of those who believe in silver money it is said too that he intends to make a very lively paper something in the sensational line which will bo a now thing in washington washington letter |