Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 15 April 1897 — Page 2

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I). W. VOORHEES’ SUDDEN DEATH HIS CAREER AND CHARACTERISTICS REVIEWED BY GEO. LOCKWOOD. All Washington Surprised and Shocked by the Announcement —Incidents of His Life Which Added to His Personal Popularity—Gossip Concerning Other Capital Affairs of Interest to Hoosiers. I 1 From Our Special Correspondent. Washington, April 14. —No death in , Washington in recent years has elicited ; more genuine and general expressions of regret than has that of Senator Voorhees, who died Saturday and has since been buried beside his wife in Highland Lawn cemetery at Terre Haute. No man in public life had more real friends among those with whom he came in daily contact than had Senator Voorhees, for his broad sympathies and generous spirit attracted to him the ■ personal friendship of even some of.-his i most active political enemies. There has never been in public life a man whose political career was more largely based on personal friendship. Senator Voorhees lacked many of the elements of political leadership. He did not have one of the qualities that go to make i a political boss. The fact remains that he was thousands of votes stronger in Indiana than any of the other eminent leaders which Indiana has contributed to the Democratic party. This was not merely because of that gift of eloquence which made him perhaps the greatest jury lawyer of his time, but because of his real interest in every one of the thousands of people of Indiana who were numbered among his personal friends, his unwavering loyalty to them and his activity in their behalf whenever he saw a chance to favor them. He was a public servant in the fullest 1 sense of the term. When it came time for his re-election to the senate he was literally in the hands of his friends, 1 among whom were many shrewd politicians who saw that his interests did not suffer. —*** — Another quality which contributed to his success was his unflagging energy. While in the prime of life his capacity for work wjis enormous, and his death was hastened by his determination to stay in the harness during the last months of his life, during which the condition of his health dictated an absolute cesssation from labor. Never was his energy better illustrated than when, 1 immediately upon his retirement from the senate ’ a month ago, he set about the preparation of a lecture on “The i Public Men of My Own Times,” which he was to have delivered in the , south, during the summer months. In order to be near the congressional library he recently took a suite of rooms near the capitol, and there he was engaged in work’up to Wednesday of last week. He died almost within the shadow of the magnificent new library which, stands, and will stand for years as his monument, for, as previously stated in this correspondence, to Senator Voorhees belongs the undivided honor of its inception, and in large part the credit for its construction on so splendid a scale. ’ —*** — A third characteristic was his absolute honesty, which has never been questioned even by his political foes. After 40 years of public life he died in comparative poverty. This in spite of the fact that to his salary as a public official was added for many years a large income from his legal practice. Beginning with his defense of John E. Cook, one of John Brown’s followers at Harper’s Ferry, in t 859, he was engaged in a score of celebrated trials from which he must have derived large compensation, though it is a fact that he often volunteered his services out of those motives of Sympathy which inspired so many of his movements. His defense of young Cook was such a case. Cook was the brother-in-law of A. P Willard, then the governor of Indiana, and against the advice of his friends young Voorhees went to the defense of one who was well nigh defenseless. His speech on that occasion has been published in every language in the civilized world. His last case was one of similar character. He volunteered his services in the prosecution of Thomas J. Hains, who shot and killed “Ned” Hanhegan, a protege of the senator, and was tried at Hampton, Va. Tile case is well remembered in Indiana. -re * Senator Voorhees’ period in the senate, nine months less than 20 years, was much longer than that ever accorded to » any other Indiana senator. He was never opposed for the nomination in the caucus of his party, and was elected on every occasion by a huge majority.' Thare was a feeling that after so long a service, at the end of which he was poorer in purse than when he came to Washington, he should in some way bo provided for by the government, and at the time of his death Senator Fairbanks and other' Indianiaus prominent in public life were arranging for his appointment to an Indian commission, which would have afforded congenial and lucrative employment. If it had not been fol' his advanced age and broken health his national reputation as a jury lawyer would have insured to him a larger income than he has derived from the senatorship. On the organization of the last house the 13 Indiana members were fortunate enough to hold, the balance of power be-

tween two factions seeking to control the Republican caucus, and as a result entered tho Successful combination with the promise of 15 of the best places in the capitol. The employes appointed by those of the members who were not returned to the present congress have learned what a deplorable thing the absence of a “pull” is, for all but two have been dropped. The exceptions are Thomas H. McKee of Logansport, enrolling clerk, who is now from the Eleventh district, and “Bob” Hatcher of Lafayette, formerly reading clerk in the Indiana senate, both of whom are considered particularly efficient. There are now three reading clerks in the house, however, and the annual appropriation of $7,200 is divided into three parts instead of two, as formerly, so that Mr. Hatcher's place is not the good thing it was last session. ' Indiana employes on the senate side are awaiting the reorganization with some anxiety, but whatever happens, it is believed that Sergeant-at-Arms “Dick” Bright, who is a very popular official, will be retained. -***— “Jim” Halford, formerly a well known Indiana newspaper man, has left Washington and taken a place on the staff of the New York Sun as the result of the closing of the local bureau of the United Press association, of which he was the superintendent. His brother, Elijah Halford, formerly editor of the Indianapolis Journal, and later secretdry to President Harrison, by whom he was appointed an army paymaster, was recently in Washington. He has entirely recovered from the effects of the serious injuries sustained in a runaway at Denver. Col., last year. Another Washington newspaper man well known in Indiana is Scott Bone, rpanaging editor of the Washington Post, who for a time owned and edited

the Anderson Democrat. Mr. Bone entertained a parry of Indianaians at a box party at the Lafayette theater the other evening, among the guests being Colonel Holloway, who is-still here complacently awaiting the sure thing he claims is in store for him. -***- One of the oldest employes of the treasury was Isaac N. Martin, who died in this city last week. He was appointed to a Clerkship in that department from Indiana 30 years ago and has since been continuously in the employ of the government. In the 'O’S Mr. Martin w;.s 'deutified with the funding operations and spent some time in Lon- i don as an agont of the United States. For several years past h? has been ein-j ployed in the warrant division of the secretary’s office. —**» — There are some people, even in Indiana, the center of population and civilization, who entertain some very curious ideas concerning the functions of government. Congressman Royse recently received from an admiring constituent a request for a government publication known as “Love, Courtship and Marriage,” and it is claiSied that the Warsaw statesman, not being of a romantic turn of mind, sent the-applicant a copy of Secretary Morton’s last official publication entitled “Tape Worms In Poultry.” Another Indiana congressman recently received a letter stating that the writer had discovered a new cure for “causer,” and that he “could beat all the old wimmen and dokters that ever lived.” He wanted his official servant to read the letter before the “senit, hous and forin ministers,” a request which, owing to the pressure of other duties, has not yet been complied with. Several of the Indiana congressmen received periodical communications last year from a crank who signed himself “Ezra” and who warned the statesmen of an approaching national catastrophe. These letters were dated “Heaven,” but postmarked “Wabash.” One of Vice President Stevenson’s last official acts was to consign one of “Ezra’s” communications to the waste basket. One Indiana representative, who is not much of a civil service reformer, gets a good deal of satisfaction out of a letter from a country postmaster who wants fourth class “postofftses” put under the “sivel servis roqls.” But the most curious epistolary effort on record is one from the postmaster of an Indiana town who wants to resign, but can get no one to take his place. He I wishes to move away, but is afraid to go until the government relieves him. He writes his own congressmans that if he will help him to get rid of the office he, will be “under lasting obligations.” The recipient of this letter talks, of having it framed for presentation to General Perry Heath, who is looking for officials like that, with only a limited degree of success. —**»— The death of General Fullerton creates a vacancy on the Uhioamauga park commission and an effort is being made to secure the appointment of an Indiana i soldier as his successor. Indiana was . well represented on that bloody field, I and it is thought that the efficient**ervice rendered by Indiana troops deserves the recognition which would be implied by the appointment of an Indianjan. Senator Fairbanks and Congressman Overstreet will, it is understood, urge the name of Colonel Eli Lilly, formerly president of the Indianapolis Qommetcial ’club and chairman of the Indiana centennial commission. Some of the Grand Army, posts are also urging the name of -Captain B. F. Williams of Wabash, who is said to have been the last officer to leave the field after the battle. ~ The large and energetic Terre Haute ■ delegation, which was here last week

endeavoring to settle the collectorsh has gone home, and it is said that Set tor Fairbanks has determined to po pone action in the case for some tin The situation at Terre Haute is an ui one, and the senator is embarrassed I it. If it were not for the personal i quest of Colonel Dick Thompson for t appointment of his son-in-law, Jud; Henry, it is likely that the situatii would be solved by the appointment Al Peacock of the Attica Ledger. F a time the appointment of Judge Hen seemed certain, but the delay is onoou. aging to Congressman Landis, who b the ardent champion of Mr. Peacock. —»*» — A large number of private pension bills have already been introduced by Indiana congressmen, in spite of the fact that it is not at all likely that Speaker Reed will appoint the house committees until the opening of the long session, and in spite of the further fact that there is little probability of one bill in 50 being passed. # j —* * Tho youngest officeseoker, and one of the most successful who has appeared in Washington since March 4, is John Murphy, the son of an army officer, who is attending the University of Notre Dame at South Bend. Young Mr. Murphy was appointed to the Annapolis Naval Academy by Mr. Royse last year and failed on the physical examination. He came on to Washington to ask reappointment and went back to South Bend with his object accomplished, which is more than can be said by a good many older Indianiaus who have been in Washington recently. George B. Lockwood. WHAT SHALL I DO? What shall I do li st life in silence pass? And if it. do And never prompt the bray of noisy brass, What needst thou ru< ? Remember aye tlio ocean deeps are mute. The shallows roar. Worth is the ocean. Fame is but the brink Along the shore. What shall I do to be forever known? Thy duty ever.. This did full many who yet slept unknown— Oh, never, never! Thinkst thou perchance that they remain unknown I Whom thou knowst licit? By angel trumps in heaven their praise Is blown. Divine their lot. What shall I do to gain eternal life? Discharge aright The simple duties with which each day is rife, Yea, with my might. Ere perfect scheme of action tho.u devise Will life be lied, While ho who ever acts as conscience cries Shall live, thou dead. —Schiller. THE RETIRED BURGLAR. He Tells of Some Very Unpleasant Experiences With Mirrors.

“I have bad,” said the retired burglar, ‘ ‘ s<ime very unpleasant experiences with mirrors. I think I have told you how I once fired at my reflection in a mirror, mistaking it for'another man—a mistake that I thought I should never make again.. But within two years after that I struck at a mail in a mirror, and smashed the glass and smashed my hand and made myself uncomfortable generally. It may seem strange to you that a man could make such mistakes, but in a dim light, and where everything is strange to him, and he’s all sort of keyed up himself, I don’t know as it is’after all. Still, after that last experience I did think it would be some time before I had any more trouble with mirrors. But within a year I bad an experience that was a great deal worse than either of them’. “When I came out of a room in a house I was in one night, on the Second floor, looking down the hall—this was pretty near the front where I was— l saw the figure of myself in a mirror at the other end. It was plain enough* even in that light, but it startled me a little at first, and I threw up my gun at it. Os course the figure’s hand went up and down, just the same as mine did, and it made me kind of laugh to think of it, and I could imagine the shadow laughing, too, at a man who was afraid of his owji shadow. “Then I went into the and when I came out of that into the hall again my eyes sought the mirror again. It wasn’t very pleasant to see yourself in the dark in that way, but it would have been a mighty sight less pleasant not to. But then I was all right, and I stood and looked at it a minute and threw up my arm at it same as before, just up and down, a sort of unnecessary test, but it made me feel just a little easier, and up went the arm ii the mirror with mine, but this time, when mine came down, the arm in the mirror staid up. *“N6‘w, don’t raise your nands, ’ the man said, covering me with a gun in his upraised hand, voice kind of drawling, but meaning business, you know. You know when a man means business, and this man did mean it, and I kept my hands down. “ ‘Oh, Bill!’ he says, not moving a muscle and not shouting it out, but just kind of drawling it out like the other. “Then a man appeared beyond the man that was holding mo up, coming toward him and me. Ho, walked right through tho mirror, past the other man, and kept coming. It was all plain enough then. In fact, I’d guessed at it before, as may be you have. The mirror wasn’t a mirror at all, but a doorway, an opening midway of. a long hall, and the frame w'as tho frame of the doorway. There were rooms beyond, just the same as those on the side where I was, and it was the doors of those that I had seen in the mirror and not the reflection of those on my .side. And it was out of one of those doors that Bill came. The man with the gun had been ready for me the first time I looked, but it must have been that Bill wasn’t then. But Bill was ready now, and;he came on past the other man» careful to keep out of his range, of course, making for me, and he came around behind me and took two or three turns of a rope around my body and arms. Then the man with the gun came up, and between them they tied me uir good and strong. And that was a matter of some four years. ” —New York Sun.

“"HOLDING HIM BACK. Whyau Ft terprlulng Man Ila* No ( liano* to Become a Mil lionm re. Bhimnn r is one of oi r ci.izens who live \ ’ll and do noth ng. Ho toils in t, r itb< r does ho sp'.i, i; id yet ho ai dJi ft: nily live in wmf< ;'t that is |n< t im.ny venioves from luxury. This ih s st.l-jo< i d Blummer i.j in verso crit- ' icism. wL ch fairly law ati his sensij t ,e 1 idii '. and he uni >sor ed 1 imself to a L w L - lull’ th' l oth< -'while they were enjoying the good things be keeps on tap. • "There’s not a lazy bone in my body, ” he began aggressively. “I’d rat her; work than eat, and I’ve always thought that I had u great business head on me. But the record’s against me. My father set me up in a mercantile business, and wheisl had a balance struck at the end of a year there was not enough left to make a decent assignment. On his death I came into a handsome fortune, and I just thought I'd show my relatives how I had been misjudged by investing secretly in a great, southern land scheme. I went down gleefully to look over my new purchase and gloat over my prospects. Most of my real estate was at the bottom of a lake, and what was on dry land wouldn’t raise a hill of corn to the acre. “My brother got me a nice position as traveling salesman, and I had sold whole carloads of goods at half price before the house could head inc off. They told me that I must sell to hold nij place, and that was what I was doing, but they discharged me so hard that i i never got rightly over it. Mother bought me a farm, and again I started to aston- ' ish my folks by my business shrewduess. I traded the farm for the state right to a patent fence. All I got out of that was a judgment against me in an infringement ease. Mother left me what I have now, with a proviso that I should forfeit everything if I tried tc do business of any kind. That’s why I have no chance tc. make myself a millionaire.” —Detroit Free Press. MELTED SNOW POWER. o Swiss Towns That Utilize the Mountain Streams. Besides a considerable number of large water power installations Switzerland is full of small power plants, nearly every town in that land of mountains and waterfalls being well supplied with power from the‘‘white coal,” as the melting snow on the mountain sides has well been called. ' When there are no large streams, many small ones are impounded and collected in reservoirs on the hillsides and it is rare to find a place of any size which is not well lighted by the power of some mountain stream. .- At Montreux the electric tramway gets its power in this way, and from the «>old Roman town of Vevey to the mediaeval castle of Chillon one may ride in a trolley car propelled by the powi+r of au insignificant little stream which may or may not be noticed when climbing up the hillsides just.above. The capabilities of this general utilization of natural power are beginning to be understood everywhere, and, with the appreciation of the possibilities of the best methods of long distance transmission, the development of many mountain stjeanqs must surely come. There are innumefffiile streams, which, while very small, ate yet very high, and these can with comparatively little difficulty be impounded’ and carried down many hundreds of feet, thus making up for their lack of volume by the great pressure readily obtainable, and, either by the use of electricity or compressed air, the power may be transmitted to many points of application with but little loss.—Cassier’s Magazine. Women Head Advertisements. It is claimed, says the Philadelphia - Press, that the women are the only readers of advertisements. In a measure this is true, and necessarily so, for women are the larger purchasers for the household and spend most of the money that is earned by business, professional and working men. Even in the larger transactions it will probably surprise dealers to learn how influential a voice women have. The purchase of a home is almost invariably determined by the women of the household, and in nine cases out of ten their information as to the situation and desirability of a purchase is gained from the newspapers. And every furniture dealer, dry goods dealer, groceryman and keeper of any sort of a store knows that he must appeal to the women if he wishes to sell his goods. One of the largest elements in the success of one of the greatest merchants in the world today is the fact that he knows how to appeal attractively through the advertisement to the woman.—Fourth Estate. Rabbits That Climb. A Correspondent writes to the London Field that while be was hunting rabbits with ferrets in January he found rabbits on three occasions in willow trees which overhung the water of a mill stream The miller said that it was not an unusual circumstance. Some months ago The Field told of other rabbits which had been shot, like raccoons or opossums, out of trees in England. In recent years ccses of rabbits in trees have been reported with increasing frequency. From Australia has come the most remarkable story of rabbits as climbers. The only way in which rabbits could be kept out of certain tracts of land in Australia was by the building of wire fences about them, the fences having meshes so small that the beasts could not crawl through and being so high that they conldnot jump over. The rabbits have clawed at tho wires until their nails gradually have become hooked. Some of Xhe rabbits learned to scale the fences, and then’great additional expense was necessary, for the top of the fence had fb be bent over like a J upside down,-with the hook out, so that the rodents could not get over the top. Australian rabbits are said to be learning to climb trees for the leaves.

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