Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 13 November 1902 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT 1 11 ■ ■■■ — ... irKßr THCBSDAT MORNING IT LEW a. EtLMOHAM. PvMisber. 11 • PER YEAR I> ADVANCE. E alt red thr j> < ffice at Decatur. Is&aaa a»a&c&ad-c.ass zca.» zraiier. OFFICIAL PAPER GF ADAMS COIHTY. THURSDAY, NOV. 13. after-election reflects The result of last Tueslay's election was to cut down the republican, Tote in many sections of the ccuntrv. While that party maintains control of CQnp-ess, it is with reduced majorities. In New York Got. Odel, who was elected two years ago with a plurality of 111,000, wins this year by so slender a margin as to hare kept the result in d ?übt for several days. Oder's defeat was due to Hill's mistake in inserting the coal plank in the democratic plat f rm. What would have been a sg ’ cessful had the coal strike continued until after the election lost i its force as soon as Roorerelt gained ■ the credit of ending the trouble. Such < expedients are always dangerous. In Ohio the result was a foregone , conclusion when Mayor Johnson, who * was running the democratic campaign attacked McLean of the Cincinnati ' Enquirer, and bis lieutenants. Their . resentment was shown in a republican plurality in Cincinnati of 30.600. Then too. Johnson's single tax theories hurt i the ticket at many points in the state. J At his home, however. Johnson won | Cleveland giving a plurality of over < ‘6,000 for the democratic ticket. This , was a severe slap at Senator Hanna ' who also resides in the same city. , The democrats appear to derive ' considerable encouragement for the future, while the republicans profess to see only the usual off year "slump." That the victory is an endorsement, purely of republicanism can hardly be claimed by that party as the pret-i- ■ dent’s personali tv entered more largeiy than anything else in influencing thousands who believe in the man's J integrity to vote for republican congressional candidates. 1 Congressman Cromeb's official plurality is 4353. and no contest is contem- I plated. |< - Madison county republicans are , busy reading out of that party sev | eral old wheel horses, who in the re- ( cent fatality saw fit to assert their in- | dependence. . ; There is a rumor that Speaker Henderson will resign as speaker and allow his successor to be chosen dur- ' ing the coming session. If so there will be a warm scramble, with ' “L’ncle" Joe Cannon in the lead. 1 ... _ . . . _ i The republicans of Albany are very 1 jubilant over the election results in i this district, and some of the enthu- i siasts are proposing that the repub- I hcan ticket in 190 b be Hanna and i Cromer for president and vice presi- 1 dent.- Albany Advocate. i Monroe township, Madison county, in which is lo< aed the citv of Alex- > < andria. and the home of Mr. Trues- J dale and the home of the socialist- , labor congressional candidate, gives ( Mr. Cromer a majority of 324, a net , gain over two years ago. Muncie j Pink. Z' tU)! ' republican friends of Con- j gre -.man Cromer have tied the fourth tin can nomination to him and started ! him in the race for If*M. They say he is now a bigger man than “old ' Grant" and no republican can make a . decent “stunt" against him. Anderson News. Judge Jobs H. Biker has tenderer! his resignation to President Roose velt, and now a lively scramble is on among a dozen or more Indiana republicans who claim to possess the required amount of judicial ability to fill the place. Senator Fairbanks will make the recommendation. Politicians are again returning to Washington. Speakership booms seem to engross most of the time of republicans while the democrats are largely given to congratulating each other on the united front the demo cracy is able to present to the enemy. l As most of the bolters of .1896 have now returned to the fold they are greatly encouraged over the prospects for 1904. There is some desultory talk of legeslatior. It is not •‘xpected that any effort at U,iff revision will lie marie during the short session. That there will be any action by the next congress is not considered probable as New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia are strongly opposed to any change in the tariff schedule, and they can block all attempts in thi« direction, unless the democrats aiu the repuclicans who favor such legislation. <

LXJHT OCT OF DARKNESS — Th« Hoo. Henry Watterson Conments M the Fstare at OcaMcrm ) “The vote of last wee k shows upon its face that the republican party is yet essentially intact, thoroughly organized and equipped as a militant force: that the democratic party, united only in the southern belt of states, exists elsewhere largely through the force of circumstances and association and members, but in numbers insuffic ent to effect results Several individual possibilities on the democratic side are eliminated. Pattison goes down in Ptunsylvania. Johnson in Ohio and immeasurably Hill in New York. The o.oe democrat of national . diawnsic-M left standing on the scene is Gorman. What may be the measuring of these things and what do they portend ? As to Ohio, the failure of Tom Johnson to unite the opposition may be ascribed to the disaffection of McLean's influence, but whatever cause, it is enough. In New York Mr. Hill s ’ownership plank' must have cost Coler a good round vote up the state, perhaps defeating him. Any democrat all thinking, sensible democrats —can now see that the silver issue was a fatal mistake. But behind the silver issue lurk a number of shadowy motions, purely socialistic in character. which have nobelocging in democratic company and should be given no place in any democratic platform. The I'-mocra'ic party will never regain its lost prestige ar ’ power if the « .1. worn democratic label is to be torn from the old-time jug of Jeffersonian -implicity and pasted upon every bet tie of patent medicine which each quack doctor of modern politics may represent as a cure-all. Renewing their allegiance to the constitution, standing flat f eted up on it, the democratic party should appeal to the enlightened <-:ns .rn e of the voters. If we can straighten out the tariff in a dozen years we -hall be glad of it. Every department of the public service need- overhauling. The republican partv is merely a political syndicate. The people keep the republicans in power onlv because they fear certain demo- I cratic leaders and tendencies. The coal ownership plank, for example, did us a world of harm. So the fool ish extremism of those who. instead of fighting the administrative methods in the Philippines, imsisted on fighting expan-i :-n itse.f. The democratic party has a clear field before it for 19W In Mr. Gorman, at least, it has one nation*! leader of surpassing wlsd Jtn and experience. He will presently resume his place in the unseis of the nation. His word should pass for m’ich with evexy thinking democrat. He is not onlv a wise man. he is an upright. ! courageous man. worth a dezen Hills ora thousand Cleveland- For the time being, at least, let ls rally about Gorman, fw. whether he eaCs us to victory or defeat, he will re A lead us astray." Louisvil c Co .rier-Journal Adj’ Tant Ge'-exal C js:n .s in a fairway to in ;r the everlasting enmity ot the lad.es. In his annual report be says that ctf. ers should net marry early in life He also urges i the restoration :f the canteen on the 1 ground that s.nce a?,. . t :n tb-re has been an itx -'-a.— of deeenioos and infractions of discipline. The adoption of the voting machine would be hailed with considerable satisfaction in Indiana. This is a modern age. The present method islow, tedious and expensive. The machine saves time, and is incorrupt! ble. The stale now has a commission. the Hon. Hugh Dougherty being one of. the members, who hav.been investigating the merits of the voting machine, and their report to the next legislature is already being awaited with much interest. The Hon. J. A. M. Adair is being groomed by his friends as leader of the minority in the lower branch of the legislature, which meets the first of the coming year. A realization of this order of things would be pleasing news to the party in this section. Mr Adair possesses all the elements of leadership and would fill the bill with all the grace and ability such a responsibility would incur. As a mem ber of the general assembly he will ever be a bright and shining Star. At last we are to lose the giftwi Chinese diplomat. Wu Ting-Fang. His government has appointed him Minister of commerce and a member of the commission to negotiote com mereial treaties with foreign powers. This news has been received with regret at Washington where he has become the universal favorite by reason of his remarkable ability an<f terea tility. Were it possible for him to impress upon his countrymen his ideas, derived by contact with modern civilization, "the world would see an awakening of this oldest nation of history. Now since the excitement is over and we have all had an opportunitv to gaze at the face of the election returns it is found that 2300 republicans in the eighth congressional district failed to vote for Congressman Cromer. His vote in Adams county was forty four less than the head of the state ticket. Delaware 692. Jay 221. Madison 556, Randolph 773 and Wells four making 2300 in the district. This rather puts to shame the statements of Cromer’s Pink organ that the congressman elect beat the life out of all records. His election was made possible by 4000 democrats in the district not voting and 1000 others who cast their ballots for him.

It seems strange that candidates for congress de ”ot lake up some ise sue. some cause which trill be f direct benefit to the people. Instead of „ wasting such a vast amount of money j on river and harbors —though granted a portion of that is a necessity why t not spend s?me cf the surplus f r the improvement of highways. That is something the benefit of whi«k every j farmer can see. and wpuld add more j' to the value of property held bv small . owners than all the money spent on harbors will in a life time. If the ob- , ject of government is for the good of . the governed, surely to at least aid m providing good road- is in the inter--1 est of goou government. ‘ The defeat of the democrats in the state cannot be attributed in any def gree to poor organization. The demo- i cratic state committee was a strong working body, and in Mr W illiam H. . O Brien had a most efficient chairman. He devoted his time and abilities throughout the campaign to the serj vice of his party, went all ever the . state in its interest and did everything a man in bis position could •properly do to organize the dem.«.r2 \v for vic- . tory. If the demoert’s had polled the '. full party strength the result would , hare been different. The state was . lost by stay at . -mocrats. The party owes Mr. O'Brien a great debt of gratitude Lr his ardu :>us and unselfish laixrs in its behalf. If be did n.-t achieve su -cess he at least deserved it. —Sentinel. I The Demxeat is just as flat footed I opposed to campaign rural routes as ever We consider it a very cheap cut cf -tatesmanship that deserves ali the censure it received and as much mere as the King's English will permit. Nevertheless we rejoice that five new routes have been ordered estah. -Led by the department in Washing! a. They will cover a total rs 109 mile- serve 2740 people with mail daily delivered at their home. In this the people are getting their just deserts and what nearly every other section of the country already have. Following this new order of things ’ tbe patr.ns of the Decatur postoffice should lend their aid in seeing that free mail delivery is established in, this city. The receips of the office new is so near the mark that a little push wbuld land the plum. It is expected that the first of the coming rear will srse free mail delivery orderid, but in the meantime let the business men do the right thing at the right time and make the issue successful. * r HOMF. AG.UN BrAie G*n. Chaffee Reaches Shores of Native l.and. San Fran isco. Nov. 11.—The United States transport Sumner arrived in port last night from the Philippines. On board the transport were General Adna R. Chaffee and wife; Vice Governor Wright of the Philippines, ac I cooipaaied by Mrs. Wright; General Chaffee's staff. Captain J. F. Lindsley, Ldenteoaot Rcy B. Harper, Major J. L Ph:''.ipa Major William H. Arthur; Juir- James H. Blount of the Philip pin- insular government: Lieutenant j Colonel Jaynes T. Kerr and wife, and i a large number of oScers’ wives reJ turning home. General Cnaffee has been absent from this country for over three years during which time duty tailed him tc I Cuba, to China and to the Philippines ' To General Chaffee’s efforts were dut i the speedy and peaceable settlement | ■ of the Chinese difficuity, and in recog uiOon of his services in China he was I detailed td go to the Philippines tc brier abo't a more harmonious condi tion of affairs. He will at once assume com rr and of the Department of the ' East. i| JUDGE BAKER OUT . I Head of Indiana Federal Court Re. signs His Poeition. Washington. Nov. k. —Judge John ; t ' H. Baker of the United States district ‘ , Court for Indiana, has resigned, his resignation to take effect at the plea 1 sure of the president. The resignation was carried to the White House by Senator Beveridge. It was announced i by the president that he would not consider it until he returned from his trip Sooth, and possibly not until after congress had convened, A vacation appointment would necessitate send '' ing in the nomination strain. The resignation bears the date of ' the appointment of Francis E Baker I son of John H. Baker, to be United States circuit juclge for the Seventh i ■ circuit Prior to the appointment of ’' the son elder Baker announced that if his son should be appointed to the dr • cult bench he (the elder Baker) would retire as district judge. In conformance with that pledge he 1 wrote oat his resignation as soon as the son was appointed. He was pre- > vailed on to withhold it until after this ’ election. j Fight Hour Day. f New Orleans. Nov. 11.—The American F«d“'-e»fon of labor wilt In | annual convention here beginning' r Thursday. It is announced that eight! r hour sessions will be held daily until; - j the work has been disposed of. i — I I xml In the Mounlalna. Helena. Mont., Nov. 11.—No trace , has been found of Superintendent B. H F. Egan ot Kaiispel division of the Great Northern railroad, who was lost N while hunting in (he mountains near R Belton last week. Fatal Trolley Accident. ' New Orleans. Nov. 11.—J. B Welt--1 hum. representing tue New York IJfe Insurance company, and whose home la in St. Louis, was kllied by an elecJ trie car here last night.

• A”’’ale I* ■ .-coats | id i O ne ‘De “Strand,” a i / 1 \ lhe other the "Picca* w I ‘ yj, J Hilly.” ' Both “CLOTH- / CRAFT ” overcoats. j Both all wool, and /I wonderfully 4 i well made. Both I" ■' /■ swell and both Hr j I £ comfortable and [ W nice-lookinjg. a, Both for young yT rnen who like to ■ b e we H U P in the * 7 uprocession of fashion. g- Both priced so reason* lably that every man who wants one ought to have < I B 1 one. /CWI B You’ll say so /f \U 1 /V, j after you have gi | I S seen them and S g tried them on. I I 'Mr g Come in and K■ , j * have a look. I■ j I1 \ Come in and 1■ I I I \, I W have a book—full 1\ \ I •A of the new fall | 2 W styles in “CLOTHW CRAFT ” Clothes. , g Both free. St. Holthouse, Schulte & Co. ■—! IMM 111 IR WnmannMaM—

HORROR OF THE SEA . The British Steamer Elingamite I Does to Pieces Off the Australian Coast. ] i NINETY-SIX PERSC.’G MISSiNG . i i , A Sig Vessel Bcund Frcm Sydney to i Auckland Was Wrecked on Three Kings Islands With Fearful Loss of Life. Melbourne. Not. 11. —The British steamer Elingamite. bound from Sydney. N. S. V.’.. for Auckland, has been , wrecked on Three Kings Islands, i Forty-one of those on board the steam- 1 er were saved and mtssi in*- . Fears For Passengers. Wellington. N. Z.. Nov. 11. —The tost steamer Elingamite carried 110 passengers. She was wrecked Sunday morning. Six of her boats and two rafts left the vessel. Twenty-seven of the steamer's passengers and fifteen I of her crew have landed at New Zealand. Steamers have been sent out to search for the rafts and four of the boats which are still missing. Lloyds report thirty seven of the parsengers have been saved, but that it Is-feared the remainder have been lost. Brakeman’s Horrible Death. Lexington. Ky. Nov. 10—Ernest Armstrong, a married brakeman, met a horrible death In the yards here Sunday in deseendlng from a moving freightcar the step broke and he fell astride the rail The car-wheels divided bis body from the chin down ' half rolling from the track and the other half mangled to pieces Two Sen-rnced to Hang. Wllkesbarre. Pa.. Nov. 11.—Peter Lenousky and Victor Zarambo. con ! vlcted of the murder of Anthony Sen- ' nick, were yesterday sentenced to be hanged. The condemned men attack 1 ed their victim with an ax while he was at work in a mine. Their object was robbery. .May ('aww Trouble. Winnipeg. Man. Nov. B—At Tork ton a young Doukbobor Woman of at tractive appearance dressed herself in white cotton with white canvas ' shoes and proclaimed herself the Vlr ' gin Miiry. Many of the Doukhobors believe her story, and she may cause trouble.

* NASTY PROBLEM England's Chase After the Mnllah No Small Job. Berbera East Africa. Nov. 8. —CoL Swaine, formerly British conynander ; in Somaliland, who hsa been recalled to England, is ill. He started for home yesterday. General Manning, who succeeded Col. Swaine. is pushing the preparations *for an advance against the Mullah, but he is hampered in his efforts by the fart that the country has so few resources and the consequent necessity of awaiting supplies. The Mullah is profiting by the delay in the start of the British expedition. He has advanced to within a few miles of Bohotle. He is known to hove 2.000 rifles, one Maxim gun. much ammunition. 15.000 spearmen and immense reserves of camels and sheep at his command. Bohotle is well garrisoned and has ample defenses. It is impossible to prevent the running of guns to the Mullah which is in constant progress through French territory. _i_ J" CORBIN'S REPORT Adjutant General of the Army Gives Current Conditions. Washington. Nov. 8. —The annual report of Major General Henry C. Corbin. adjutant general of the aHny, deals with every feature of the army and begins with a statement showing the army is to be reduced by Dec. 1 to 60,020 men, of which 2.877 belong to the staff departments. The report shows that during the fiscal year there were 35 officers killed in action or died of wounds and disease. 21 resigned, and 68 retired. ■ Os the enlisted men’l,227 were killed or died of wounds and disease. 35.806 were discharged on the expiration of service, 5.498 were discharged for disability or dismissed by order of courtmartial. 4.667 deserted, two were missing and 208 retired. Tamed By Cold Weather. Ottawa. Ont.. Nov. 10.—A telegram from Frank Pedley, superintendent of immigration, who is at Yortton with the Doukhobors. says all the pilgrims were entrained at Mlnnedosa and that Yorkt on was reached at noon Bunday. The Doukhobors started for their villages today. The cold weather had Its effect on the pilgrimage, and the Doukhobors are being Induced to return to their homes peaceably. Defended Her Home. Poplar Bluffs. Mo., Nov. 11.—Miss Lula Dees shot and killed Sumner Johnson, a negro, when he was at tempting to force an entrance into her home Morristown, N. J., Nov. 11.—Two minors were killed last evening at the iron mines at ML Hope by falling down a shaft JoO feet deep.

Dr. Welbourn's Queen of the Mead l ow Tonic. It makes weak men and women strong to star strong. Black burn & Christen. 2Stf Xv In the matter of t : tit - -. Bowers. No-.. - - given that a petitioa has been filed with the audit- r->f .Choiscounty, state <>f Indiana. and viewers have teenappointed who have viewed ar . rvt>.rtedsaid '!•*. which is on file in t: y - thee. The hear lag of said petition upon it- • .-its will be at Monday. December 1.1902, the same being the flrot day f the December term. MM. of the board of roinmtataM: Os Adan s county. Indiana Tbeptayerof said petlth ■. :* that a ditch be constro.-ted . ntne : . - ■ to-wit: Beginning at « point eight • rods east and etrbteen (I"‘feet « Jth d th- mwesroofrer of the ea-t barf of the >rt - a-t quarter section ten I ■ . r >ngethirteen'l3l east. In Adams ■ .unty.ln.ilsaUbey south 15 degree* east, twe- '■ ' ur thence south $ deg east. f. rty-e-ht .<• thence south 10 deg east wenty-four a; rods, thence south IT deg east, thirty * rod*, thence south r deg. ' ■ th.'rtv sit rods. thence south X> deg »■ •• tnirty-sh .•». rods, thence west seventy-hr--, roas.am terminating in-I at • h'\ r, l thlrtv-seven 37’ ro-i« sou: ,nd twenty [el rods east "f the southwest cornerof t tae nortneast quarter of section ten . town-ap twenty-seven {o7]. north, rst.v thirteen east, io Adams county. Indiana. Passing through and aIT-: n.-the IsndS'd Simon and I.vdta Bowers.) ’ ' Rowers. H Hildebrand. James . ViblickatKirkland township. ABE BUCH, 3AJ Audit, r AdamscounlfVOTICE OF Pi BLB LETTIMNotice i« hereby given t:..»t cummlsalonero of Adams ' .-.ty st* ■ dlana. will receive sealed ■!< si ruction of the tnaceda- r '•f.irfty township. Washington township and ne > of Ihx-atur. io said county, ki woaatae cetur and Preble macadam ra..al oß>r |f cons'ruction of the matedamltea Washington township, city of 1 West am* county. Indiana. knf ''f n „„* r .d jnl i.W Pleasant Mills macadam road, up and un . o'clock a. m.. on * Monday. December 22.1902. at a special session of » b< ;/“'VrjJratur-& mlMioners. beid in the city fl ■. d bi( |g I imi countr. Indiana tton of e*<* 1 wnl be received for the construct! cm (M of the -aid roads In !,cc " r ' l . ,^ t< , r t of tb« 1 plans and specifications and ” I „ n gis I viewers sud eo.-lncer. wr , r . ,„d In the audl or s pffiet d “ ne I roads to be built of cru-bed stone ai uu in A bond must accompany ea ' urs ' the amount of the “? "tye’d .'o» <lltl0 K i road, uptn which blds are . , **id ed for tne faithful l*r'o r man<* • . lWar d,ul • work, and that the bidder will therefor- . the contract. cuter Into . ■ ntrK * w such and complete th* '“"‘7 with the |,|d * co- traot and In accordanct fi'ed , |h ,, All blds shall be rtteroad'dJl* 1 amount at wbk-b ■ a • constructed for cash, pay* 1 chant*. be made by tb» one e»t ' exceed eighty per *•“* rl i»<d l>J ,bC ■ i as required bv law in , r , rente said '»»y*“’ Wd ’ I serve the right to reject y ,.A ABE BOCH. Auditor*^ 1 ’