Decatur News, Volume 3, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 3 April 1901 — Page 2

©he JJecatur Jlews. DECATUR, INDIANA. B. F. KIZER, - Editor and Publisher. 1901. APRIL. 1901. Su Mo Tu We Th VsT VTTWTT 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ® • ® ® • • • • • ® ® EVENTS OF INTEREST THAT OCCURRED DURING THE PAST WEEK. Tersely Told Telegraph Tales In Brief Paragraphs—Many Casualties —A Few Crimes—Some Fires—Poli*" leal and Keligioua News Glass Plants to Close. The Indiana Glass Manufacturers notified all their plants in the United States to be closed May 11, until late in the fall. This is two weeks earlier than usual. The reason given for this decision is that suffi-* cient window glass has now been manufactured to supply the trade until the time In the fall when the factories will be reopened. The glass trust and the independent factories are declared to work with a common understanding to the extent that they keep close track of the output of window glass and do not supply the trade. It is said that they figure this amount to almost within a window pane. In this way the cost of making and disposing of glass is reduced to the minimum and the profits are correspondingly increased. Relations with Venezuela Strained. The state department has recalled Minister Frank Loomis from Caracas to Washington for the purpose of consultation. The issues between the government of the United States and the government of Venezuela have become more acute lately and it is desired that the department may be able to acquaint itself thoroughly with the situation ip Venezuela through more direct means than the scanty cable communications that are being exchanged. Estate of Harrison. The inventory and appraisement of the personal estate of Gen. Harrison has been completed by Volney T. Malott and Thomas H. Spann, who acted as appraisers for the Union Trust Company, executor of the estate. The appraisment was made in the presence of representatives of the Union Trust Company. The total value of the p ersonal property is $176,625.62. First to Scale Pekin’s Wall. The President has appointed Calvin T. Titus to be a cadet at large at the United States, military academy at West Point. Titus was the,first soldier to scale the wall -At Pekin. Adjutant General Corbin cabled Gen. MacArthur at 'Manila, to send ?oung Titus home on the first available ransport, in order that he may take the entrance examination to the academy. Meade a Brigadier General. President McKinley has appointed Colonel Robert L. Meade to be a brigadier general by brevet in the marine corps for distinguished conduct and public service in the presence of the enemy in the battle of Tien-Tsin, China; Lieutenant William G. Powell, to be brevet captain in the marine corps, also for distinguished conduct in China. ' Carnegie Gives Portland SIOO,OOO. Andrew Carnegie has offered to give >IOO,OOO to the city of Portland, Oregon; for a free public library building provided the city will guarantee a site and sufficient annual income for its maintenance. The Portland Library Association now has a building and library valued at $360,000, and the two will probably be consolidated. * Cereal Trust Gets Another Plant. Akron (O.) special: It is announced here that the Great Western Cereal Company, the combine of independent plants recently perfected by O. C. Barber, had acquired another large property that has been a great money-maker in the past ten years. It is the malted food mill at Burlington, Vt. Explosion Hurts Many. By an explosion of gas at furnace C of the Edgar Thompson steel works at Braddock, Pa., five men were terribly burned, two fatally. The men were plumbers and the explosion was caused by escaping natural gas from a broken main igniting from the furnace. Filipino General Surrenders. Manila special: The recent surrenders include General Gonzales, eleven officers and forty-four men, with forty-five rifles, at Malabon, and Colonel Herrarra, three officers and twenty-five men with rifles, at Laguna, and Cols Pablo, Treson and Sibul at Bulacan. Earthquakes in Italy. Rome special: A slight earthquake shock was felt in Benevento. About the same time seismic instruments showed Slgns of disturbance in Rome, Badue, Florence fend Cantania. Attempt on the Czar’s Life. A dispatch from Kieff sa/s: It is reported that an officer of the household attempted to assassinate the Czar. He fired at his majesty, but missed. He then shot himself. , Fort Wayne Masonic Temple Attractions. April 22.—(The ushers’ benefit.) Creston Clarke in “The Last of His Race.” Perished in the Flames. The six-story tenement liouse at the corner of Norfolk and Delaney Streets, New York, burned, and Mrs; Bertha Cohen and two children perished in the flames. The other tenants were saved with great difficulty. The financial loss is small. «* r — ■ Aguinaldo Treated Like a Guest. Manila Special: Aguinaldo continues to express himself as pleased with and impressed by the courteous treatment accorded him by General MacArthur. “I am a prisoner,”-said he to-day, “but I am treated liie a guest”

[Current Events in Cartoons, j agfiila ■SS BEHMr — 1 Suggestion fortne Statue to Be Erected in New York) j- in Honor of Mr. Carnegie. (LA r~i /hi Mm A r -Ar IBP °' - v < ass =s a i :THE CHICAGO GRAND JURY AND THE BLIND PIGS. /wISSI ®W™!w"\ ? w\ \ toot f HjgßPnT lAxa ■" { J —Compiled from The Chicago Record, The St. Paul Pioneer-Press, The Minneapolis Journal and The Detroit Free Press. \ ; 1 ~ ‘ ‘ ” 7

CARTER GETS A PLUM. Will Be Chairman of the St. Louis Na* tional Commission. It is said that ex-Senator Thomas H. Carter of Montana will be chairman of the St. Louis World’s Fair National Commission. Os course, the commissioners do not intend to relinquish their private business and devote themselves exclusively to the work of the fair. Mr. Carter expects to look after law business in Montana and in New York. Ex-Sen-ator Thurston intends to make his practice the main thing. Ex-Senator Lindsay expects to form professional connections in New York and to visit St. Louis as the world’s fair business may require. Prof. Northup intends to continue his connection with the University of Minnesota. Frederick A. Betts of Connecticut will be able to give more time to the fair THOMAS H. CARTER. business. Col. John F. Miller will be able to devote his time to the world’s fair and is likely to prove one of the most efficient members of the commission. Ex-Representative Glynn of New York is one of the four commissioners to whom the place will mean the chief vocation. Ex-Senator Mcßride of Oregon is a lawyer, but has not practiced. He would make a working member of the board pf arbitration. E. B. Scott of Arkansas is a business man of Van Buren. There is still in existence an unrepealed law in Switzerland which forbids—under a heavy penalty—the wearing of hats more than eighteen inches in diameter, artificial flowers and foreign feathers. ___________, After all the inaugural expenses were paid a surplus of $6,000 remained. It will be given to- charity.

f| THEM of THE HOUR || ' V 1 ' Gen. Funston is a direct descendant of Daniel Boone, and has led an adventurous life ever since he was big enough to walk. He has been reporter, editor, botanist, explorer, trapper, insurgent and soldier. He has fought Spaniards under the torrid zone and battled with death in the arctic. He has tramped Alaska in snow shoes in a temperature 70 degrees below zero, and slept on the burning sands of Death Valley. Moved by the outrages upon the Cubans, he went to the island in 1895 and joined the insurgents. His fighting abil- ! ity speedily inspired the Spaniards with • fear and respect for him. Eventually t he was captured and sent to this country under parole. When the Spanish-Ameri- : can war broke out he was made colonel i of a Kansas regiment, and was soon in • the thick of the fray. Perhaps his most spectacular feat prel vious to his capture of Aguinaldo was f performed in the .Philippines, where, at ’ the head of twenty daring volunteers, he swam the Bagbag river at Malolos under fire, and captured seventy insurgents. He was the first man to enter Malolos. ' His splendid courage and work in the Philippines brought speedy recognition from the United States government, and be has been promoted until he is now brigadier general. As leader of the fam- , ous “Fighting Twentieth” of Kansas he ■ has attracted the admiration of the world. Patronize those who advertise.

NEBRASKA DEADLOCK BROKEN Republican Caucus Names Millard and . Dietrich for Senators. The Republican senatorial caucus at Lincoln, Neb., Thursday morning nominated J. H. Millard of' Omaha for the long term and C. H. Dietrich for_ the short term for United States Senators from Nebraska, thus breaking the long deadlock. Thompson announced that he had decided to withdraw and suggested Gov. Dietrich as the nominee for the short term. The action of Thompson was followed immediately by Rosewater, who suggested either George W. Lininger or J. H. Millard, both of Omaha, as the most available men for the long-term senatorship. Meiklejohn and Currie immediately afterward announced their withdrawal. The caucus took up with the suggestions of the two candidates and it Was the work of only a few minutes to nominate Dietrich for the short term as successor to Senator Hayward. Crouse withdrew and the caucus then made the nomination of Millard and Dietrich unanimous. The joint session of the two houses met at noon to confirm the nomi* nations. - PORTUGUESE CROWN IS OUT OF PAWN. King Charles of Portugal, during his trip to London to attend Victoria’s funeral, succeeded in getting his crown out of pawn. The royal headgear was pledged for $4,0f)0,006. It is said that the precious stones in this wondrous crown are worth over $6,000,000. These crown jewels have been in pawn in London for many years. It is said that King Edward VII. came to the aid of the Portuguese sovereign, byway of appreciation of the support rendered England by Portugal during the war in South Africa. A New York newspaper, commenting on the broken engagement of Lieut Edie and Miss Paulding, Senator Depew’s niece, declared that the real reason might be found in the desire of the Senator to marry Miss Paulding himself, this being possible, because Miss Paulding is not really his nieco, but a niece of his dead wife.

THB PAN-AMERICAN »1 EXPOSITION AT BUFFALO. I ' J1 A J' I _ j- - 1 I■ * 4 f •'ti® I **■i.l ’ 1 ■*‘ *s > . H W|h ■ I - b i v I -S&Zi i ■ W4w.tJW.Xew K«. | HEART OF THE EXPOSITION. _ |||

Pan-American Exposition is j r the first great public event of the Twentieth Century. Its dominant purpose is to illustrate progress during the century just closed and lay a .strong and enduring foundation for international, commercial and social unity in the New World. In several respects the Exposition outrivals all' former enterprises of its character. The most important of these are the artistic color decorations of the buildings, the electrical effects, the original sculpture, the hydraulic and fountain effects, the horticultural and floral effects, and the court settings. \ The electrical display will be the most complete ever made, the nearness to the Exposition grounds of the great plants which have harnessed Niagara and put its tremendous power’ to commercial use, making this possible. A Steel Electric Tower, an Electric Fountain and the Court of Fountains furnish opportunities for extraordinary outdoor displays of electrical wonders. About half a million incandescent lamps and one hundred searchlights are used in' the illumination. The decorative lighting of the buildings takes advantage of the handsome designs in staff and brings them out with translucent effects or outlined with points of light. Advantage is also taken of the numerous towers, turrets and domes to produce a starry effect. .. Sculpture is used in the adornment df the Court of Fountains, the Triumphal Bridge, the Esplanade, the Plaza, the Electric Tower, the Bridge of the Three Americas, entrances to buildings, and in many other ways, there being upward of 125 original groups of statuary, by Karl Bitter and other sculptors of world repute. Over 500 pieces are used. The plastic ornamentation of the buildings is very intricate and beautiful. All the buildings are covered with staff, which is moulded into thousands of beautiful and fanciful shapes. The display of original sculpture is the most magnificent ever used for decorative purposes at any exposition. Never before at any exposition has an effort succeeded to produce a harmonious color scheme. All of the

PAID TO KEEP A SECRET. Louisville Artis'in Receives $2,000 a Year on a Five-Year Contract. Aloysius Massman, a Louisville artizan, formerly a resident of Cincinnati, is a party to one of the most novel con—■’•jk tracts on record. / wk Without a stroke /F* of work he receive®. j| $2,000 annually from six of the ' fJO largest enameling firms In the counft try. The only conA ditlon of his agree*Xjlk ment, which has gqt been in effect since /\F 1898 and runs five AxoYsrcs xassxan. years, is that he keep secret the formula of the bathtub enamel his father, Lewis Massman, discovered thirty-five years ago. Massman worked for one of the Louisville firms which is now paying him to do nothing, but a quarrel, resulting from an attempt to steal the jealously guarded secret, resulted in his resigning his place, and. to prevent competition, the arrangement was made with him. Speed of Carrier Pigeons. The average speed of a carrier pigeon Id calm weather Is 1,210 yards a mintfte. With a strong wind in the direction of their flight some pigeons have covered 1,980 yards a minute. The Only Fear. “Ha! ha!” exclaimed the European duelist. “Then you refuse to fight me! Ha, ha! Then you are afraid . v ’ “Well,” replied the practical citizen, "I’m not afraid to die, but I-dislike to be made ridiculous.” —Washington a Star. Minerals on Pretoria Farms. The farms in the neighborhood of Pretoria have bees proved rich in coal, copper, gold and diamonds.

great buildings are decorated in han-; fl monious tints, and the effect is vety, ; B beautiful. r. . The centerpiece of the Exposition is W an Electric Tower 409 feet high, upon ■ and about which will be an ;jK display surpassing any ever yet at- ■ tempted More than 40,000 lamps and ■ a searchlight with a 30-inch projector, ■ capable of casting rays for a distance of .a; M fifty miles, will be used in the illumina- ■ tion of this tower. There are more than thirty-three acres of beautiful courts. There are in ■ all the courts large pools of water intot' || which hundreds of fountains will their sparkling streams. Never before. ■ has such a work been undertaken )■ so grand a scale. ■ The united efforts of the builders of ■ the Exposition have produced a harm>,,nious, artistic and brilliant ensemble, , jg and the Exposition presents a most . beautiful spectacle. In all the exhibit divisions the Pan- f g| American Exposition will be very com- g plete. It is the aim of the' Expositltßpp M to show the progress of the Nineteenth || Century in the Western World. The g exhibits will be gathered from all I principal States and countries of tht*« ■ Western Hemisphere and the new isl- ■ and possessions of the United States- M government. Special efforts are being. !« made to bring together exhibits of ex- • : ceptional novelty .and of the highest I educational value. g The Exposition grounds are in the H northern part of Buffalo, adjacent to the large and beautiful Delaware Park. ■J They are about one mile in length from. north to south, and half a mile wide. There are 350 acres, including 133 acres ■ of improved park lands and lakes. H pleasing firsf impression is sure to be g obtained by the visitor, no matter by, Ig which way he enters the Exposition j| grounds. The situation of the grounds' ■ and the manner in which they have fl been laid out, render possible the at- fl tainment of this end. a I The gates open on May Ist, and the; fl Exposition will continue six months., ■ It is estimated that the total cost of JH the Exposition, exclusive of fl but including the Midway, will be ;||g about $10,000,000. I fl

PRINCESS MA UD A ND PRINCE CARL A I Charles of Denmark, at his wife’sdosire is to be naturalized in England and enter the British navy. She is a daugh- ‘ ter of King Edward VII. The Prince’s royal mother did not approve of his union. She was ambitious and wanted i him to wed the young Queen of Hofcjf land, but the Prince loved the youMg English Princess and is supremely happy In his choice. * w This and That. Barbers and carpenters are both . shavers. Painless dentistry is merely the art of drawing it mild. A gentleman doesn’t forget his manners the moment he enters his own door. A man seeking to recover lost property by going to law is like a sheep seek- . ing shelter under a bramble bush. v { People wear out more shoe leather because they drag their feet than because they get around lively. A Scottish soldier says that on entering a captured Boer laager he saw a girl about 18 or 19 years lying dead with a rifle in her hand and a bullet through her head.