Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 25 December 1902 — Page 2

rmnn ■win nrtrtnrinrin "tnrwjTJd rtrtr.jdrLnj-innj-Lrinj-u‘iriJv-vwjdrwj'jTj-irin.n.4. PROGRAM : s Os the Pannerss’ Institute, to be Heid in the Adams Circuit Court 8 Room, Mvndav and Tuesday, January 12 ana 13, 1905. MONDAY, 9:30 A. M. X Opening Exercises. Rev. E. A. Allen £ ■ Solo Miss Clara Terveer $ ’ “A Successful Method of Clover Culture,” a ''Adaptability' C. S. Mu tn ma ■§ . "Soil Improvements" J. J. \V. Billingsley, IndianajKilis ’5 • "Management of Poultry” General Discussion e AFTERNOON, 1:15. 5 I Piano Solo Mrs. Ella Bell -5 . Vocal Solo Mrs. C. K. Bell $ Address to Farmers Hon. R. K. Erwin jj ' “Butchers’ Stock-(1) Breeding, (2) Rearing, (3) Feeding, (4) Selling Davis Dailey and William Farlow “Cow Peas and Soy Beans”. J. J. W. Billingsley S Appointment of Committees. r 5 • Vocal Solo Miss Gertrude Forbing ■ Vocal Solo Lawrence Hughes d evening, 7:30. .5 \ Music Monmouth Quartette 5 : "Home making on a Rundown Farm”W. A. Hart X ■< MusicQuartette 2 1 "Character Building”. . . J. J. W. Billingsley 5 • Music Quartette 3 TUESDAY, 9:30 A. M. S Opening Exercisesßev. George Grether § Vocal Solo Miss May Niblick £ “Manures" 41) Making, (2) Saving. (3) Applying g M. A. Ripley and William Edwards 5 • “A Method that Increases the Available Soil Fertility Verv Rap- 2 idly”’....W. A. Hart .5 j “Cement Floors"A. R. Bell 2 : "Farming Outlook”J. J. W. Billingsley 5 AFTERNOON, 1:15. 2 i Vocal Solo Louis Holthouse 5 i “The Completed Man” Rev. E. A. Allen g , "Diseases of Swine and Their Treatment” W ...Hart 5 ' “Growing Beef and Pork for Profit”J. J. W. Bi.lingsley 2 Report of committees and election of officers. •Lc u

HORROR OFTHE RAIL Twenty-Five Persons Killed In a Railway Wreck On the Southern Pacific. TELESCOPED BY THE “FLYER” Local Train Standing for Repairs It Plowed Into by a Fast Train, Crushing a Crowded Passenger Car Like an Eggshell. San Francisco. Dec. 23.—The death Hst of the railroad collision at Byron. Cal.. Saturday night was swelled to twenty-five last right by the ending of the life of Miss Stella Howard of San Francisco, at the Southern Pacific hospital here. Walter Vernon, aged seventeen, died at Fresno yesterday. His father died Sunday night. At the railroad hospital it is announced that several other victims of the wreck are In a critical condition. Byron. Cal., Dec. 22. —As a result of a rear-end collision between the Stockton flyer and the ‘ owl” train on the Southern Pacific railroad at Byron Springs Saturday night, eighteen persons were killed, four more may die and more than a score were injured severely. Twenty-seven injured passengers were put on a train to be taken to ti e Southern Pacific hospital at San Frn?.cteco. Five persons died on the way and of the twenty-two injured who reached the hospital, two others may die. The owl train had stopped at Byron Springs on account of a broken locoirctive. A brakeman went back to flag the Stockton train, hut for some reeron th<- flyer did not stop and the enc'no plowed its way into the last coaches of the owl which wa» filled wiih Frr eno people I'he passengers who escaped death were hurled to the fore part of the coach, crushed in between the mass of debris, their sufferings and danger intensified a hundredfold by the clouds of scalding steam that poured out upon them from the shattered boiler of the Stockton engine. So forcibly did the local meet the rear of the owl that the end of the second car. the dining car, was smashed in and the three cooks were seriously hurt. It seems miraculous that the horror of fire was not added to the direful disaster, but the penned-up victims were with seemingly providential intervention. spared from flame, for the oil burners were extinguished when the crash came. Relief quickly came to the passengers who were penned in the wreckage, axes ami saws being brought Into play and passengers and train crew lending eager aid. Messengers were •ent to Byron Hot Springs, a short distance away, and doctors and nurses came quickly to the station and first aid was at once given to the mangled, bruised and scalded sufferers who were lying near the track. None of the passengers of the Stockton train was Injured, and all of the crew of the •wl escaped unhurt. It Drew a O "Wfl. New Roads, La.. Dec. 20.—Willis Williams, colored, burglar and murderer, was hanged here yesterday in the presence of 1,000 people. The crime for which Williams was executed was the murder of young Albert Herbert at Fordach Station, this parish, In September, 1901. Ton Rough. “I wish you had broken the news mors gently." sighed the editor as the office boy pied the first page by dropping the form down a flight of ata Ira.— Baltimore American.

M ARX ONI, VICTOR -.7 Italian Sttcceseftxlly Overcome* space. New York. Dec. 22.-*-The following lispa ch from Marconi da;ed Glace lav. N. S.. was received .ere Sunday: ' I beg ;o state that I have establish'd wireless telegraph communication i.etwecn Cape Breton. Canada and Cornwell. Eng., with complete success. BUGhIELMO MABCOXL Ir.auguratory messages, including one from the governor general of Canada to King Edward VII have already been transmitted and forwarded to the kings of England and Italy. A mea sage to the London Times has also been transmitted in the presence of its special correspondent. D. Parkin. M. P- G. MARCONI.” Times Confirms It. London, Dec. 22. —The I-ondon Times confirms the receipt of a message by wireless telegraphy from Marconi at Cape Breton, N. 8. FOR PIKE FOOD Congress Enacts Such a Law By Big Majority. Washington, Dec. 20.—The house yesterday passed the pure food bill by a vote of 72 to 21. There was not a quorum present, out the point was not raised by the opponents of the measure. The bill Inhibits the introduction Into any state of territory or the Dis trlct of Columbia from any other state or territory or the District of Columbia, or from any foreign country, or to the shipment to any foreign country, or any article of food or drug which is adulterated or misbranded. The above inhibition is made to apply to anyone shipping, delivering or receiving within the regions named any such goods so adulterated. Adulterations in the bill are defined at length. TOWN SADLY STRICKEN Knoxville, Tenn., Suffer* a Million Dollar Fire. Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 22.—Fire which broke out this morning at 1:30 o'clock In the four-story factory of the Knoxville knitting mill* on Commeroe avenue in the business heart of the city, quickly spread to surrounding structures snd destroyed property that will bring the total loss up in excess of a million dollars. The same block burned out in 1897, causing a loss at that time of over a million dollars. The fire department was powerless to cope with the rapid spread of the flames and aid was secured from Chattanooga. Because She Didn't Love Him. Philadelphia. Dec. 20. —Voltalrlne Lecleyre, an anarchist and a teacher of languages, was yesterday shot and mortally wounded by Herman Heischer, a former pupil. The woman is dying in a hospital and Helscher is in custody. Unrequited love Is said to have prompted the deed.

HE WILL NOT SHIRK •_ if the President Deems It His Duty to Act As Arbiter He Will Accept. MATTER IS NOT YET SETTLED European Powers Merely Taking Their Soundings in the Venezuelan Affair —lt Is Likely That Roosevelt Will Ee the Arbiter of Dispute. Caracas, Dec. 22. —In the name of I Venezuela President (’astro has signified acceptance of the appointment of President Roosevelt to arbitrate the Venezuelan difficulty. Washington, Dec. 2?. —President | Roosevelt has not accepted the position of arbitrator of the Venezuelan I controversy. In fact he has not yet | received, formally or officially, a re-' quest from the European powers that h* act as arbitrator of the dispute. I These statements are made on the highest authority. In an informal manner the president has been notified that the European powers intimately concerned in the present South American difficulty desire that he should undertake the responsibility of acting as arbitrator of the points at issue between them and Venezuela Thus far they merely have been taking "soundings” with a view probably of ascertaining how he would receive a formal proffer to act as ar-I bitrator. The president as socn as he 1 received the first intimation that he was desired to oe arbitrator of the Venezuelan controversy expressed emphatically his judgment that the matters to be arbitrated should be referred to The Hague tribunal. His view of the suggestions made has been conveyed to the European powers, together with a strong presentation of the reasons for his views. No response of a formal nature to these representations has been received. While it is recognized by the president’s closest advisers and by the president himself that some unpleasant possibilities might attend his perform-1 ance of th* duties of arbitrator of the pending Venezuelan difficulty, his friends assert that he will shirk no responsibility that he may deem it his duty to undertake, but will accept if the powers should insist on it, though he is very reluctant to do so. The Cautious Miranda. Caracas. Dec. 23. —The Venezuelan gunboat Miranda, the best vessel in the fleet, is still successful in escaping German pursuit. She is now in the most southern part of Lake Maracaibo near La Ceiba and beyond the reach of the allies. The German cruiser Falke made an attempt to cross the bar at Maracaibo without a pilot, but desisted in view of the danger. She is now cruising outside the bar. Caracas On lx>w Rations. Caracas. Dec. 23.—The blockade is proving prejudicial to American trade. Fifteen importing houses in Caracas have stopped placing orders in the United States. It is estimated that the food supply in Caracas will not last much more than a fortnight. IN A BUNCH Five Boodlers At St. Louis Jointly ' Convicted. St. Louis. Dec. 20.—The joint trial of five former members of the house of delegates which began Tuesday ended last night in a verdict of five years in the penitentiary tor each man. The defendants. John A. Sheridan. Charles Denny, Charles Gutke, Edmund Bersch and T. E. Albright, were convicted on charges of bribery In connection ' with the passage of the Suburban Streetcar company bill, to accomplish which it was charged that *75,000 had been placed on deposit to be used as required. The five defendants filed motions for a new trial and each was released on bond. The next case on the docket is that of Charles F. Kelly, the former speaker of the house, w-ho was for several months a fugitive until arrested recently in Philadelphia on his return from Europe. His case is set for Jan. 5. He was indicted on two charges of bribery and one of perjury. UP IN HMOKE Such la the Fate of a Car Ixiad ot Christina* Mail. Syracuse, N. Y„ Dec. 22.—A carload of Christmas mall en route for the West was burned on the fast mall No. 3 on the New York Central, which left New York at 8:45 a. m., Sunday. Only twenty or thirty out of 700 or 800 pouches were saved, the burned mail being for Chicago and points further west Some of the mail was destined for the Philippine and Fiji Islands. The mail sacks were in a storage car which carried no clerks. The crew was on the car behind and discovered the Are between Peekskill and High land. The car was left burning at ths latter station. Murder and Suicide. Liberty, Mo.. Dec. 22.- Joseph Foley yesterday shot and killed Mrs. James B. Wilson and then with a shotgun blew off his own head. Foley was for meriy employed by the Wilsons, and while drunk he went there Sunday to borrow a guo. He handled the weapon fa recklessly that Mrs. Wilson remon•trateJ with him, whereupon ha shot aud killed her.

SPECIALSILK SALE! All Fancy Silks at q Price. Elegant Fancy Silks that sold at 7C cents SI. 10 to $1.25, this sale . . Iu a yd. I Good quality silks that sold at FA cents I 75c to SI.OO, this sale . . .JU a yd. I Silks that were 50 cents a yard OF cents I this saleLua yd. 1 I Every piece of Fancy Silk in the house I | will be sold at less than actual cost. Be- I I fore making your purchase in this line you will be well paid to see this line. I I Good Bargains in Cloaks. Good, large Stock to I f select from. Make your selections early. 1 I Niblick & Co. I

Market report Prevailing Prices For Grain. Provisions and Ilivestock on Dec. 22. Indianapolis Grain and Livestock. Wheat—Wagon. 78c; No. 2 red strong, 74 Corn—Steady; No. 2 mixed, 45 Oats—Steady; No. 2 mixed, 33. Cattle—Slow at 88.50tJ5.75 Hogs—Quiet at 86<i6.66 Sheep—Steady at 35J3.50 ELambs—Steady ar »3<J5.60 Grain and Provisions at Chicago. Opened. Closed WheatDec 8 .’i l 4 8 .74% May 76% .77% July7s% .74% CornDec .. 4'. „ .45% May 4.:-, .48% July 42% .42% OatsDec May3l% .82 July3B% .83% PorkDec Jan 16.70 14.65 May 1... 16.00 16.85 Lard— Dec 10.32 10.35 Jan 8.85 5.82 ' May 8.25 8.37* Bib*— Jan 8.41 J,47 May 8.60 8.55 Closing cash market—Wheat; 76„c, corn, 45%C: oats. 31 %c; pork. 316.63; lard, 810.25 ribs. 515.27. Louisville Grain and Livestock. I tyheat—No.jZ new. 72c. < orn—No. 2 white. 63c; No. 2 mixed, 62a. oats—No. 2 mixed. 35c; No. 2 white. 87c. Cattle—Steady ar 82.75<56. Hogs—Steady at 151J6.M. Sheep— Steady at 815J3. Lambs—steady al 53.50iJ4.50. Cincinnati Grain and Livestock. Wheat—Quiet: No. 2 red. 7*%c Corn—Firm; No. 2 mixed 45c. Oats—Firm: No. 2 mixed, 37 c Cattle—Steady at S2JS. Hogs—active at 84.65.J6.14. Sheep—Slow at 82<53.7S Lambs—Dull at SUJS.SO Chicago Livestock. Cattle- Dull; tteeri 54.24t56.40; stackers **4 , leaders. 52.60J4.50. Hogs—Active at 86.30j5.60 Sheep—Steady at 82.50 J 4.80 lambs—Steady at 88.50J5.50 New York Liventock. Cattle—Slow at 83.75J5.60 Hoge—Quiet at 85 ,5 4 6.40. Sheep—Slow at 82.25 Lambs— Steady at 82.26 $6.85 Eaat Buffalo Llvr-*t<>ok. , Cattle—Siearly at 82.75 45.75 Hors— Active at 87.10 as,7o I Hieep-Sdaily at 82 2.1*3.60 LambO—Steady at 84 5i46.8e - Gathering Them In. La Guayra, Dec. 22.-The Italian erulßcr Giovanni Barisan has captured . a sloop which was coming from the : east. A German cruiser, utippoged to I be the Gazelle, passed this port Suni day towing two large schooners in the direction of Trinidad.

Shout llreaks n Clans. I Every one knows that windows will rattle when a loud noise is made in a room, but very few persons know that a glass can be broken tiy shouting into it Any ordinary glass which has a clear tone will do for this trick, and the exact nature of its tone can readily be ascertained by passing a moistened finger nround Its rim. This point being settled, the performer should hold the glass in front of his mouth and shout into it in n tone about an octave higher than that of the glass. The result will be that the glass will break Immediately, and for the reason that it will not have strength enough to resist the force exerted against it by the waves of air. | The thinner the glass is the more easily it will be broken. Merer Seeded 11ndication. “You were never compelled to ask for a vindication?” “A vindication?” echoed Senator Sorghum scornfully. "1 should say not. My motto Is. ‘Don’t get caught in the i first place.' Washington Star. ...Legal Advertising... N'°TJ£R. 'i! ? J'nal settlement of ESTATE. Notice is hereby given to t'.ie creditors, heirs and legatees of Jennie Nacca bee. deceased, to appear in the Adams circuit court, held at Decatur, Indiana, on the third day of January. ISW<3. to show cause. If any. why the final settlement accounts with the estate <>f said decedent should not be approved; and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and receive their distributive shares. Thomas E. Mann, Adnt‘r. Decatur. Indiana, December 11. 1902. 41t2 APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE To the citizens of the Third Ward. In the city of Decatur. Indiana, and to the citizens °f the said clt v of Decatur. Washington township. Adams county. Indiana. Notice Is hereby given that I, D'ck Townsend, a male Inhabitant of said city, county and state. Over the age of twnty-v- e years. a person not In the habit of becoming Intoxicated. w 111 make application to the I ward of commissioners of Adams county. Indiana at their next regular session on the first Monday In January. 1901. for a license to sell spfrlteus. vinous and malt liquors In lean quantities than a quart at a time, to bedrank where sold In a room altuat* don the followIng premises, to-wlt: Sahl room Is situated on the ground floor of a building situated on th« following described lots In the city of Decatur. Indiana, to-wlt: Commencing forty- !, 2. 1 *°utheast corner of Inlot No 2TI In said city on the south line of said lot: running thence north parallel with the east side of said Inlots Nos. 273 and 272 in said cliy <M feet; thence west 17 feet: i thence south parallel with the first I descrllmd line 34 loot to Monroe street; theuce along the line of said Inlot 273 and 1 Monroe »treet. to the place of beginning. I < rh .’u ro,,tnl u which npplk ant desires v> soli Is the southwest room on the ground floor ot • a bulking known as the “dun House Hotel," . and fronting on Monroe street In said city. •H feet Jong by 17 feet wide tO-8 DICK TOWNSEND, Applicant.

N'OTICE OF ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. Notice Is hereby given to the stocknolders cf the Decatur National Bank. Decatur. Indiana. that there will be held at the offices ot said bank on Tuesday, January 13,1903, between the hours of-.lda in. and 3 Hip tn a meeting for the purpose of electing a Isard of directors for said bank for the year 193. 41-4 C. A. DUGAN, Cashier Decatur National Bank. TO BIDDERS Notice Is hereby given that bid- will Is- received at the commissioners' room in the su dttur's office up until ten o'clock a. m. on Tuesday, December 30, 1902, for one feed cooker, suitable for boiliag clothes, in conformity with requisition on file at auditor's office Bids wlil be received upon samples or models, the same to be displayed when bids ar** opened. The contract will be awarded th* bwejt responsible bidder. The board reserves tot right to reject any or all bids. Successful bidders will be required to enter into a contract lor the faithfir performance ot his bid. ABEBOCH. 41-8 Auditor Adams Countg. VOTICE OF SALE OF MACADAM ROAD IN BONDS. Notice la hereby given, that I. J- H ' eglrwede. treasurer of Adams county, state ot Indiana, will on Wednesday, January 14,1903, at the room of the board of commissioners ill the auditor's office In the citv of Decatur. Indiana. receive sealed bids for the pury’y and sale <>f certain bonds known and designated as macadam road bonds. autuorUM and Issued by the board of commissioner* <> said county for the construction of the sale® macadam road 1.. Blue Creek township rn said coun y. The entire Issue of Inindsrot said county is J17.21X) divided Into ton equal serie*, one series payable every months, with Interest at four and one-nail per cent, payable semi-annually evluenore by coupons attached. Each bond istlieaenomination of Jstgi.oo. heal <1 blds will be received until ten o'clock a. ni. of Each bld must be accompanied with a e*'™' tied check In amount equal to three pei CW of the amount on the bld. which check mtuRedrawn against monies deposited In us.t reliable bank in said county Such ' lines shall be made payable or endorsed to mi lioard of commissioners and shall beheld* 1 a guaranty for the performance of .such and should said bld be accepted, the sa a check shall be forfeited to the county. sh" 111 the bidder fall to comply with the cond ,|ll “ of his said bld. Each of said bonds wll tear date of January 14. 1903. and should the bonas not be ready for delivery on the day the sain blds are received and accepted, the interns will be refunded by the purchaser at. w rate of four and one-half per cent ■r" l "' 1 ’ date of January 14. 1903. until the date wh< » the purchase price of said bonds are pal<l’< the county treasurer and the bonds u cred. The above described bonds will b<'J’ ,)n ’ 1 ' J®, on the IMh day of May and the IMh daJ November of each year, comtuencliij „ November IMIWB. and are made pa.v*’”*' l eluding Interest, at the Decatur Natl ■ Bank. Decatur. Indiana Said bond* an W sued exclusively for the expense of t»< structlon of the above described road > r ant to the law of l*r.i and H*l. Ihe a“ . of bonds to be sold Including bond* air®* F Issued In said township for free k rBV ‘ l . macadam roads la less than fourieri' n the total valuation of said * o J!! , !" 1 P„Ll r ; M k f J atlon. Further particulars will be turiil on application. J. 11. VOULEWEDF, County Treasurer.