Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 9 July 1903 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT EVERT THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW G. ELLSNGHAM, PUBLISHER. HOOPER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the pnstofficeat I*ecatur Indiana. , as seco&d-claM mail matter —---' ■ ■ — l OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. ® THURSDAY. JULY $ 1903. « For the first time in ten years Grover Cleveland has writn® a letter to Tammany hall. This »'<-.s in reply to an invitaton to participate in that organization’s observance of the Glorious Fourth. Whi'e Richard Croker was at the head of Tammany Cleveland wa.*not on friendly terms with the controlling spirits of that powerful combination of political workers and manipulators. Former Republican State Chairman Charles Hernley is credited with having made the declaratoin that Senator Beveridge will be Roosevelt's running mate and that the junior senator will submit just as Roosevelt did at Philadelphia in 1900. Certain it is that if Mr. Beveridge is made the nominee he will not be in position to defy the will of the nominating Convention. He , couldnt' afford that. entreed Girt Reynolds' barber shop Saturday night at a hot t eleven o’clock securing the price I of forty or fifty shaves which Girt left in the drawer. Reynolds was a j alone and locked his door while he went out for a lunch The burglars entered the front door during his abscense by loosening the lock. They secured between three and five dollars and ducked before Girt had treturnd. The congressional district will no longer be the unit in the establishment of rural free delivery. Rural routes will be allotted to the states and not to the congressional districts. This course has been decided upon by Postmaster General Payne after a very careful consideration of the subject, and it has the cordial approval of President Roosevelt. The new policy will in no way retard the development and extension -of rural free delivery, but there will be no favored districts in the future and the obscure member will have as good a chance as the one with a strong pull. His turn will come in . the regular order of things and, as an official expressed it today, "the new member will not have to take • the leavings ' It is the purpose ■ f the postmaster general to have rural free delivery established in the same ' manner as postoflices. They will i be placed wherever they are needed and the requirements as to popula- [ tion and condition of roads, etc., must be actual, not theoretical. Gold Fish Free with each one pound package Climax Coffee. 17-4 Mri. Till,. Hagen, of Grand Haren, 5s here for a visit with her mother. Hugh Miller rode through from Muncie. Tuesday, on his bicycle. Forty head of western horses, the best on the marker will be sold here at public auction Saturday. Clover •Loaf stock yards. Mr. and Mrs. E. Mann arrived : homeMouday evening fr_>m a several days visit with friends at Davton. O.‘ .ey report a splendid time. "Sweets to the sweet.” he boldly said as he handed her the sugar bowl, i “Crackers to the cracked." was the j apt reply as she placed the cracker -bowl under his chin. Mrs. Wiliiam Weimer of Illinois, ■who has been visiting here with Homer Cross and family left for Geneva Monday morning where she will make a short stay. Mr. and Mrs. John Nix returned home Mondav from Huntington. Ind- where they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kastner in E. Sabine street and other relatives, Vee Peterson, who was busy Tuesday about the ruins of the Big Store, replied when asked what he was about, that he was getting brick reedy for the pavement of Fourth street. Wallace shows are billed for i Bluffton July 23d according to j word received by the railway agents' there* The show comes from In-1 dianapolis and transfers to the Clover Leaf. Already the capacity of Rome City ‘ is being tested by resorters there and before another month, it will most likelv be overcrowded. Cottage own I era in this city are daily in receipt of letters asking for rooms, and many of j them have roomers booked for the season. ;

POPE ffl RECOVER Indications Are Now Taking On a Much More Hope* ful Phase. An Operation for Removing Fluid from the Pleura Attended by Gratifying Results. Hope Has Been Revived That the Aged Pontiff May Be Spared to the Church. Rome, July 8 —The alleviation in the condition of tne pope brought about by yesterday's operation for removing the fluid from his pleura is so pronounced that strong hopes are revived that the aged pontiff may yet be spared for continued service to the church. The pope's physicians. Lappon! and Manoni, join in the assurance that the condition of their dis-~-rrrr. tfnguished patient continues sufficiently satisfactory. His circulation and breathing are slow, but they are gradually improving. His holiness was apparently much refreshed for the day by a sleep of some hours' duration last night. It is now hoped that the pope's strength will be maintained, as he has taken somewhat more nourishment, seeming to prefer the yolk of an egg with small sips of a stimulant, especially brandy. Pope Leo remained sitting up in bed j during the whole time of the operation | without need of support. When Dr. Mazzoni substituted the pravaz needle with a potain aspirator, the pope did not even notice it. going through the whole affair without emitting the slightest lament and without showing any feeling of pain. He was extremei ly pale, almost diaphanous, and somewhat tremulous. As soon as the operaI tion was closet 3 his holiness felt much relieved. His ere from an expression of languid melancholy assumed its usual vivacity, illuminating the emaciated face. Dr. Mazzoni at once administered a cordial which the pontiff took willingly, thanking him with grateful look for the brave struggle to preserve his life. Much significance is attached to an extended visit made by Cardinal Gotti. t prefect of the propaganda, to the sickroom. from which other conspicuous members of the sacred college are excluded by the doctor's orders. Card* nal Gotti's interview lasted twenty minutes, even the doctors and attend I ants withdrawing and leaving him alone with the pope. This has naturally opened a wide field of speculation. It is even asserted on the authority of, one cardinal that Pope Leo expressed ; the hope that in the event of the sue- s cession falling on Cardinal Gotti he might have the strength to take up and carry forward the great work tided to him. Just what passed between the pontiff and Cardinal Gotti only they know, but certainly the circumstances and length of the visit strongly support the view that the pope was giving his attention to the administration of the affairs of *be church when he himself has pasaed away. GRAVE QUESTIONS State Department Has Two Problems Under Consideration. Oyster Bay, N. Y.. July 8. —Secretary of State John Hay was a guest of President Roosevelt last night at Saga more Hill. Matters of grave importance to this country in its international relations were under consideration The conclusions reached at the conference are not disclosed, both the president and Secretary Hay regarding ft I as inexpedient at this time to discuss for publication the details of their work. To two subjects of serious concern most of their attention was turned. They considered in all its phases the Russian situation, particularly with respect to the 'B'N'a B’Rith peti- . tion, which it has been determined will be forwarded to the Russian government, and the Alaskan boundary question, which next month is to be taken up for what is hoped may be final adjustment by the American and British commission in London. a

PILED 111 5 HEiiP Wabash Flyer Plunged Into a Derail At Steubenville. It Was Running Hours Late and Took the Ditch With a Crash That Did Things. Engine and Two Cars Overturned snd Fireman Received Fatal Injuries. Peru. Ind.. July 8.--Wabash Fiver No. 63. many hours late, plunged into a derail at Steubenville and was piled in a heap. The engine and two cars were overturned. The fireman. E A Richason of Delray. Mich., was caught under the engine and his skull was fractured. He was brought to the Peru hospital, where it is thought he will die. The engineer escaped. Seven passengers were injured, none of them | seriously. The train is the same one which was wrecked a year or so ago at Seneca, Mich.. It is thought that ’he engineer did not see the signal which was against him. IN A SAFE PLACE Inciting Cause of Evansville Riot Now Behind Stout Walls. I Vincennes. Ind.. July 8. —Lee Brown, j who killed Patrolman Massey of Ev-1 | ansville and precipitated the riot in | that city, and ho was brought to this ■ 1 city for safe keeping, has been remov- > ed to the reformatory at Jeffersonville ‘ , by Sheriff Summit by order of Gover- I ■ nor Durbin. The negro was barely I i alive, and he had to be given stimu I I lants and worked with for two hours by a physician before he could be safely removed. • Mystery Cleared Up. I Kokomo. Ind.. July B.—The mysteri-: ous Lee Fortner disappearance case is beginning to promise a speedy volution. Now, instead of the foul play I ' theory being generally accepted, it is | I believed that Fortner left his borne for reasons of domestic troubles and that he is working at his trade in St. Louis. Several Kokomo people recent- I ly returned from St. Louis claim to have seen Fortner, and one of them says that he held a few moments' conversation with him. Boy Killed in Strange Accident. Frankfort. Ind.. July 8. —Edward Redman, a boy residing near Jefferson, was killed in a peculiar manner. He was -driving a team of horses pulling up hay in a barn, when a clevis broke, allowing one end of the doubletree to fly back, crushing one side of his head in such a manner that hia brains protruded. Rolling Mill Will Reopen. Brazil. Ind.. July 8. —It is reported that the Republic Iron and Steel company will reopen the rolling mi!’, which was closed down a few years ago when the plant passed into the hands of the trust.. The mill has never been dismantled and the machinery is ready for work. Three Policemen Suapendea. South Bend. Ind.. July’B.— Policemen i Lichtenberger, Urbanski and Flowers have been suspended by the president of the board of public safety. This is but a step toward purging the police , department of objectionable members The cause of suspension is not stated I, Old Pike Gees Dry. 1 I Petersburg. Ind.. July 8. —For »ne first time in ninety-one years so :t • said. Pike county is withcut a liceasw saloon, the eommissionere comp eting their work by refusing licenses to operate at Lockport and in Marion township. _. —-war, Failed to Notice Train. Scottsburg. Ind., July 8. —Henry D°f-I fenbaugh. eighty five years old. while picking blackberries, stepped on the railway track to tie his shoe and failed to notice an approaching train, ty which he was run down and killed. Pigeon Roost Monument. t Sottsburg. Ind.. July 8. —The Pigeon Roost monument commission has awarded the contract for building the monument to W. T. Hubbard of this city; contract price. 82.000. Locked Out Machinists. Wabash. Ind.. July 8. —Twenty-five Big Four machinists, employed in the shops here, have been locked out because of their refusal to work ten hours a day. Demands Money Damages. Sullivan. Ind.. July B.—William Andrews is demanding 110.000 damages from George Benson, a farmer, alleging that he alienated the affections of his wife. New Courthouse Projected. Huntington. Ind.. July 8. —The <'oun-' ty commissioners have decided to build a new courthouse to cost 8200.-1 . 000. The present structure Is deemed unsafe. Fatally Hurt on Train. Seymour. Ind.. July 8. —Morris Bothwell, sixteen years old, was fatally hurt ia alighting from a moving Pan Handle train. I —

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Mr. and Mrs. J. Mill Kelley of Portland were in the city last Tuesday, the former being enroute to Titusville. Pa. - to visit her parents. One of the sleeping apartments at the Burt was converted into a sampleroom Wednesday. The increase in the number of traveling men coming here, still continue. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Lake who have been residents of Ney,Ohio for a year past have returned to this city where they will again take up their residence. H F Lutz of Berne was iwjßtal city Wednes He will place a merry go round here next week on the site now occupied bv the Cres-) cent circus company. Rev. J M Grether of Swanton. ! Ohio, who has been visiting in this city with his son. Rev. Grether of i the German Reformed church, reituuixied tv his home Luesiay evening. Messrs diaries Meyers, Frank j Durkins. Frank Uhristen and wives] .- .w '•* «ii i • "’■W -on lormed a ; iparry drove *o the country Tuesday afternoon, where they enj joyed a lunch amid the tall timbersBerne. Will Kelly of Fort Wayne is visiting his parents east of town this i week Sam Barber the shooter, shot a well four miles east of Willshire Monday. Guy Gross has accepted a position as driller in the oil field at ; Montpelier. Decatur. Blutffon and Chatanooga were pretty well represented with j Berne people the Fourth. Clem Boze, loaded to the muzzle I ! with booze, got off of the five o'clock train Monday evening and threat- i ened to do every one in town be- • fore. _he was run in and was fined by his honor Tuesday morning |1 and trimmings amounting to 110.15 ■ ' which he stayed. Brown Co. hired an old man a i rig last Wednesday to make a short | drive to the country, and stated that he may stay over night but he seems'to be taking a good stay for he nor the rig have been heard of since and Braun & Co., will give |25 for the return of the horse and ; buggy.

T. R. Baker a section foreman on tbeG. R. I. R. R., who has been in that company’s employ for the past twenty-two years, secured a pass to Sturgis. Mich., Tuesday, which eomes as the first favor he ever asked for from the road. He will visit his brother at that placo, leaving this city Saturday morning and returning Monday. Clyde Wagner the Ossian phenomenen was up against it in the Columbia City Shamrock game at South Whitley the fourth of July His team lost in a score of 7 to 0 and it j i.« ». jjpm ’igr lift VvluA-t-bia City did not get one hit from Robbins, the Fort Wyane pitcher, j believe Decatur would be a good match for Wagner’s team. Jimmy Bedwell, the aeronaut, who made his initial ascension in this city several months ago, had a very close I call from death Tuesday at Huntington. The parachute almost fell directly in front of an approaching Wabash passenger train, and it was his agility that ha escaped. Ashe was coming near the ground he grabbed the telegraph wires and escaped while his parachute was cut to pieces. We are in receipt of a circular, announcing the Lake county fair : which will be held in September Ist j to 4th inclusive. In their three ] days race the purses amount to about |IBOO. One page of the cir- ! cular is devoted to naming the good j fairs which will be held after; this. Only six are named and Decatur is one of the bunch. A com ‘ pliment to be proud of.

Have your SHOES REPAIRED By PETER CONTER Kauffman & Smith's g| Harness Shop. j

CLOVER LEAF EXCURSIONS. Two Personally conducted Excursions.—To Colorado, Utah and California are being organized to first week in July and August. Very low round-trip rates and no change of cars from Ohio and Indiana points to destination. If you have not yet arranged for your summer's vacation, write the undersigned for full information. G. A. A. Deane, jr., T. P. A. Missouri Pacific Railway. 200 Sentinel Building, Indianapolis. Indiana. San Francisico, Cal., Aug. 17-22, ■ IsatiGiiu. the G. A. R. Very low rates. Winona, Indiana. —Special round ' trip tickets on sale every day from May 15 to September 26, 1903. Put-In-Bay, Ohio, July 27-Aug. 1, |1903.— * Knights of Columbuus Outi ing. One fare for the round trip. , Baltimore. Maryland —Annual meeting Grand Lodge Benevolent ' and Protective Order of Elks. July 21-23, 1903. One fare round trip. Chautauqua Lake. New 5. r Special excursions at very low round tirp fares on July 3 and 24, 1903. Detroit. Michigan.—lnternational Conveniton of Epworth League, July Ito 19, 1903. One fare round trip. Extreme limit of tickets Au- | gust 15, 1903. Pittsbmg Pa., Aug. 4-8, 1903 — Thirty-third General Convention Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America. One first for ; the round trip. Saratoga Swings, N Y■■ J 11 1? 7-10, 1903.—Nobles of the Mystic i Shrine. Ancient/ Arabic Order. ImI perial Council. One first-class tare for the round trip. Round Trip, *69.70 to California points via Clover Leaf route. Tick--1 ets on sale July 1 to 10, 1903, g .returning August 31, 1903 j tickets and information of age Clover fieaf route. For rates, folders and full ation regarding above „ er consult nearest ticket agent L ' . Leaf Route or address. C. Dney, General Traffic Manager, er Leaf Route, Toledo, Ohio- c For Sale-0 whig tTpwr will sell my store and P ro P e 2i Mr Magley, Indiana, or trade 8a De farm or town propqrry. - , wanting to go into business w * t well to come and investigate sa ..... Rob... Cue.