Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. ® " —- ivaiir KvKNinu. rxcirr(t'MiiAV, nr *- E W S. EI_L.IN QHA M . SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrlur, per week too By carrier, per year $4 00 By mail, per month 25-' Hy mail, per >i ar 82 SO Stogie copies, Two Cents. Advertising rates madeknown on application J. H. HELLER, Manjgir, Several days have now elapsed and not even Henry Watterson has suggested a suitable candidate for the democratic nomination for president. There in certainly hope and good days coming. Some time during the session GoV ernor Durbin and Mrs. Durbin will tender a reception to the members of the legislature. As both Mr. and Mrs. Durbin are distinguished members of the upper Four Hundred, an elaborate spread and plenty of pure tea will be dished out accompanied by all the latest and most fashionabl wrinkles of the day. The Indiana legislature has passed one bill. It calls for an appropria tion of Jl,t'>oo to buy a sword for Ad- • miral Taylor. That was a very hand some thing for the legislature to do and Admiral Taylor no doubt appreciates it more than the great majority of taxpayers of Indiana do. Hope the legislature will not have to buy many swords. —Columbia City Post. Oratory was profuse in Indianapolis today incident to the naming of a United States Senator. While the republicans pumped oratory over the formality of voting for Senator Fairbanks. the democrats were equally ardent in their support of Hon. B. F. Shiveley. The latter is one of the bright and useful men of the state, and one whom any democrat is proud to honor. As vsval the supreme and appellate court judges want more pay. and a bill is before the legislature which has for its object the granting of same. Should it become law a supreme judge will draw the princely . stipend of $7,500 a year, and an ap pellate court judge $6,500. Without going into the subject we are of the opinion that the legislature can find a more profitable way of spending the state’s money. The present legislature will wrestle with an apportionment for legislative purposes. The politicians in the majority have had introduced a gerrymander that is enough to shame the devil, were he engaged in some of the I dirty deals that some people combine with politics. According to its provisions Adams county, because she is democratic, is deprived of a represen- j tative, and is thrown into a joint district with Jay and Randolph counties, For senatorial purposes we are joined with Wells and Blackford counties. It is the most disruptiblegerrymander ever inaugurated by mortal man, and | if the legislature perpetrate it and make it law. there will be no danger of the majority members dying from an enlargement of the heart.

REFORMATORY RIPPER BILL MAKES TROUBLE

Indianapolis, Jan. 20. —It was more evident today than ever that the government's reformatory ripper bill is going to stir up more trouble than was expected. It is sailing smoothly through the senate, but a volcano awaits it in the house, where Newton Booth Tarkington, the author, and many prominent members are determined to give it a setback. The members of the present board of managers are prominent men in the state’s affairs and their friends are rallying around them, so it would not be surprising if they should give the governor and his friends a hard jolt. Representative Sherman of Decatur county has introduced a number of bills that have attracted considerable attention. His latest is for an allowance of $25 to reimburse Henry Schnell, a Decatur county man. who was robbed of a saddle, saddle-blanket and bridle by some of Morgan's raiders. Sherman says Schnell was at the front at the time and that when he returned he neglected to present the bill to the state until it became outlawed. The bill is by no means a freak, as he explained that it has been introduced before in the form of a resolution, but the money has never been appropriated. Schnell, he continues, is now a poor man with a blind wife and the $25 is as much to him as $25,000 is to many people. Sherman intends to push the claim. There is an echo in the house of the close-fisted policy of S. B. Artman, who was speaker two years ago. Artman for several days positively refused to listen to a bill to provide a stenographer for the house. Finally Miss Zoe Quaintance of Logansport was employed, before the bill for an appropriation for her salary became a law. But it seems that her salary was only about half paid, as a resolution has been introduced to allow her for twenty-one days at $5 a day. The policy of the speaker this time is to employ as much help as is needed, but

CONGRESSIONAL OOINGB Considerable Business Was Transacted in the House. Washington, .lan. 30. —The house transacted considerable business yea- ' terday. Several miscellaneous meanI urea were passed, among them the senate Hawaiian fire claims hill. The i consular and diplomatic appropriaI don hill, the third of the regular bud- ’ gets, were passed and fair progress was made with the District of Columbia appropriation bill. During consld- ; ('ration of the diplomatic bill Mr. McClellan (N. Y.) precipitated a discussion concerning our diplomatic and consular service which took a wide range and led to some rather scandalous charges against our consular representatives in Mexico by Mr. Slayden (Texas). Mr, McClellan submitted figures to show that otir consulates, compared with those of other firstclass countries, were underpaid, but overmanned. Mr. GroxvriT.or (Ohio) declared the charges against our consular officials were unjustified, maintaining that it was the opinion of European publicists that we had the most efficient consular service in the world. In the senate Mr. Bailey of Texas objected to consideration by unanimous consent of all bills from the Republican side on the ground that the senators from New York had interfered with a matter purely local to the state of Texas. A discussion arose which was terminated by Mr. Cullom moving an executive session, to consider the Cuban reciprocity treaty. After half an hour in executive session the doors were reopened and Mr. For aker continued his remarks favoring statehood for Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico. Fled to Evade Arrest. Jackson. Miss., Jan. 20. —Seventeen citizens of the Ethel district of Attalla county, indicted for lynching two negroes named Hall and Gaston, a short time ago. have fled from the country to escape arrest. The grand jury indicted twenty-eight in all and the officers arrested eleven and took , them to Kosciusko to jail. The remaining seventeen, however, had gotten wind of the forthcoming arrests. and hurriedly left the community. Death of the Sultan of Jolo. Manila. Jan. 20.—The sultan of Jolo , died recently of cholera. His mother | went to Jolo as a slave. Her career | has been compared with the rise in : power of the dowager empress of | China. She once asked the Philippine commission for poison in order tc enable her to protect her son in the sultanate. New Ambassador En Route. Hamburg. Jan. 20.—Baron Speck Von Sternburg, the German charge d'affaires at Washington, is a passenger on the Hamburg-American line steamer Auguste Victoria, which sailed for New York today. His wife will embark on the Auguste Victoria at Cherbourg. Pennsylvania's Coal Famine. Lancaster. Pa.. Jan. 20.—-Owing to the exhaustion of the coal supply the Susquehanna iron and steel mills at Columbia, employing 1,500 men. shut dowa yesterday.

no more. Before the session was opened the house had three stenographers, and neither the Democrats or the Republicans have protested. If the state board of health’s quarantine bill becomes a law in its present form it is liable to cause a wail from one end of the state to the other, for it not only provides for a strict quarantine against contagious diseases, but for funeral regulations. It includes typhoid fever and declares that no one shall attend the funeral of the typhoid fever patient except the undertaker and those who have to attend. This is going further than anyone outside the board expected. The bill will probably become a law. as it is generally recognized that the present quarantine regulations are too lax, but it wiM be liberally amended before it gets through. When Speaker Marshall called Warren G. Sayre of Wabash to the chair, some of the old-timers nudged each other significantly and then settled back comfortably to watch Sayre perform with the gavel. The Wabash man was speaker of the house nearly twenty years ago. when David Turple was elected to the senate over the late President Harrison. He demonstrated that he has not forgotten his keen knowledge of pai liamentary law. and he ruled on all questions with a master hand, frequently making one of his pointed remarks, to the delight of the members and the spectators. Representative Boulden of Frankfort has presented his bill to provide a state home for inebriates. Ten to one it will not become a law this session, as the state is not in the humor to provide a home or a "cure” for inebriates, but Boulden’s bill has started the reformers to gossiping along a new line. Temperance advocates are taking an interest in it ahile they are awaiting the appearance of the brewers, who are talking of trying to wipe out the blanket remonstrance and power of attorney clause of the Nicholson law.

FLOOD OF ORATORY Marked Nominating Speeches For United States Senator Today. Newton Booth Tarkington, "the Gentleman from Indiana," Attracted Large Attention. The Governor's Ripper Bill Has Advanced to Third Reading In Senate. Indianapolis, Jan. 20. —There was a flood of oratory in both the senate and the house today, -the occasion being the renominating of Senator Charles W. Fairbanks to succeed himself for another six-year term. A large number of people—mostly warm friends of the senator —gathered to hear the high tribute paid to him. There were more spectators than on any other day of the session. Enthusiasm ran high, not only among the Republicans, but among the Democrats, for B. F. Shively of South Bend, who received the complimentary vote of the minority, had many friends on hand. The principal nominating speeches were by Senator Kittingei in the senate and Newton Booth Tarkington in the house. A number of seconding speeches were made. Most of the I ' “ ——————————— ———————— •" JjlL. i & A I SENATOR FAIRBANKS. speeches were brief. Booth Tarkington, the author, naturally attracted the most attention. But all the speeches on the majority side, while largely a repetition, were well received. The name of Mr. Shively was placed in nomination by Senator O’Brien of Lawrenceburg. Senator Fortune i of Jeffersonville, Senator Davis of Bloomfield, and others. The house and senate will meet jointly tomorrow at noon to hear the result of the vote. A joint ballot will not be necessary, however, as the Republicans have a majority on both sides. The election today naturally interfered with the regular order of business, but considerable work was done. Yesterday what is known as the governor's Jeffersonville reformatory ripper bill went to third reading in the senate without discussion. Senator Coars 'bill to prevent the killing of quail for five years was amended to three years on second reading. Senator Johnston's bill regulating the speed of automobiles has been referred to its committee again. President Mitchell of the miners has been invited to address both the house and senate, but has not accepted. Senator Hendee has introduced a bill providing for publication of township trustee reports in both Democratic and Republican papers, and Senator Wood wants the state to define what a widow shall receive from her husband’s estate if she does not accept one-third, and also what a widower shall get from his wife's property. Senator Barlow has introduced a bill providing for fish ladders for dams in rivers or creeks. In the hohse a few unimportant bills and resolutions were introduced, but the state board of health’s quarantine bill was made a special order of business for 11 tomorrow. PROBABLY FATAL AFFRAY Contest Over Possession of a Child Leads to Shooting. Noblesville, Ind., Jan. 20.--Bart Lane, twenty-eight years old and married. was shot and perhaps fatally wounded at Jolietville yesterday by Benjamin Anderson, his brother-in-law. The trouble grew out of Anderson’s attempt to get possession of his child, which the court gave higi several weeks ago, when he was granted a divorce from his wife. Lane resisted Anderson's efforts to get in the house and was shot. A Much-Wanted Man. @ Elkhart. Ind., Jan. 20.—K. a. Stamets, alias E. M. Starret and C. Ward, wanted at Plymouth. Rochester and other points on forgery charges, has been arrested here. Woman Killed by Locomotive. Newcastle, Ind., Jan. 20. —Mrs. Vina •trosneider, twenty-four years old, vu killed by a Panhandle engine in the yards yesterday.

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GETTING TO WORK Venezuelan Claims Will Shortly Be In a Way of Adjustment. Mr. Bowen’s Arrival in Washington Today Will Start Arbitration Ball to Going. Uncle Sam Proposes to Keep Strictly Aloof in the Washington Conferences. Washington. Jan. 20. — Minister Bowen is expected in Washington today. It is understood that the representatives of Great Britain and Italy do not feel it Incumbent on them to await the coming of Baron Speck Von Sternburg before beginning their conference with Mr. Bowen. Neither the London nor Rome foreign offices are inclined to favor settlement of their claims by a joint commission, the point being made that they are dot interested in the claims of each other or of Germany. The plan outlined and which will be submitted to Minister Bowen, contemplates the adjustment of the claims of each power by its representative with Minister Bowen, each nation taking up its claims separately but along the same broad general lines of procedure. It has been agreed that the claims of private citizens for injuries suffered in Venezuela shall be the first to be adjusted. These claims in the case of Germany are believed to aggregate nearly a half million dollars, while those of Great Britain are between $200,000 and $300,000. The powers will insist upon an early settlement of these obligations, and so far as Great Britain and Italy are concerned. they are prepared to accept a reasonable guarantee for prompt payment. All hope that the United States intended standing surety for these obligations has been dismissed, but an effort will be made to secure them either on the customs collections of Venezuela or the proceeds of a Venezuelan loan. A cash payment will be demanded so far as Great Britain and Italy are concerned, provided a satisfactory guarantee by Castro is offered. Minister BowiAt while here will act solely as Venezuela's special envoy. The state department has made it plain to the powers that the United States does not intend tp take a hand in the Washington conferences, and will merely act as the means of communication between the Venezuelan envoy, Mr. Bowen, and the representatives of the powers. The allied powers have not committed themselves as yet regarding the raising of the blockade. No such request has been made, and as one diplomat put it today: “We do not intend to cross that bridge until we come to it." But intimations have reached Washington that Italy and Great Britain are not inclined to favor a continuation of the blockade after the opening of negotiations, and that Germany will be requested to give her consent provided Mr. Bowen presents such a i equest. Should Germany refuse the request of Great Britain and Italy, these powers, It is stated, will not postpone favorable consideration of Mr. Bowen’s request, but will withdraw their ships. A Matter of Regret. Washington. Jan. 20.—Secretary Hay called upon the president yesterday. He also saw Secretary Moody.

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and it is supposed that these talks had references to the Venezuelan situation, which is regarded as approaching another crisis, according to the news dispatches from Maracaibo. The officials here deeply regret the occurrence of any incident that would give rise to needless friction just as Mr. Bowen ■ is about to arrive in Washington to take up the negotiations with the allies for a settlement of the Venezuelan troubles. The officials here feel reasonably confident that Mr. Bowen is ; clothed by President Castro with sufficient authority to make whatever pledges are necessary to insure the removal of the blockade. He Was Bound to Die. Albert I.ea, Minn.. Jan. 20. —Andrew Alvensen was found dead in a pasture near here. It was a case of suicide, as seven different places were found where he had sawed his neck on a barbed-wire fence. Finding this process too slow, he went to a small tree and, pulling the limbs apart, fitted one of them into the wound and with the ■ other at the back of his neck strangled himself. Secretary Root Got One Vote. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 20. —The joint I Republican caucus last night nominated Thomas C. Platt as United States senator by a vote of 108 to 1 for Elihu Root. The vote for Root was cast by Assemblyman William A. Denison of Jefferson.

Missouri 'Don’t Like Football. Jefferson City. Mo. Jan. 20. —A bi'l was Introduced in the lower house of the legislature yesterday to prohibit the playing of football. Under the provisions of the bill it will be a midemeanor to play football, and the offl cers and boards of managers of school* and colleges shall be fined or imprisoned if they permit students to enga«« in football. In Honor of General Lee. Louisville, Ky.. Jan. 20.—The birth day of General Robert E. Lee wa» generally observed throughout ths South yesterday, special exercises being held in nearly all of the Southern cities where In many instances a hoi' day was observed. Candy Goes Up in Smoke. Louisville. Ky.. Jan. 20.—The candv factory of Bradas & Gheens on ths river front between Bullitt and Fifth streets in this city, was damaged to the extent of about $50,000 by fire last night Bloodhounds in Pursuit. Miami, Fla.. Jan. 20.—The sheriff, with a pack of bloodhounds, is in W suit of a negro who last evening attempted to assault Mrs. Gould, a wW« woman, and cut her throat with a knife. ® Come early and get first choice of new spring ginghams from 10 to J’ cents a yard at True's,