Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 21 January 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. IVIHV SVEXIKO. KXCBn SUNDAY. BY LEW <a . ELLINI <3 HA M SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per *Mk.... ~ 10c By carrier, per year *4 00 By mall, per month 25>' By mall, per year $2.50 Single copies. Two Ceuta Advertising rates made known on application J. H. HELLER, Manaqir. We newspaper people are getting it nowadays “in the neck,” speaking in the vernacular of the street arab. Price of paper advanced 15 cents per 100 pounds; printing material advanced 3 percent; insurance rales raised 54.70 on the 51000; fuel twice as high as last year and hard to get; imperative demand for increase of printers wages from 25 to 40 percent. All this is very comforting to persons who are expected to write cheerfully and entertainingly. The sustaining power in such trying times is the thought that what can't be cured must be endured and that there is no compensation in greiving over the unavoidable. It is gratifying to note that there is a substantia! spirit of objection to Governor Durbin’s proposal to locate the woman’s prison at Michigan City, adjoining the men’s prison. There is nothing economical or wise in a system of concentration that fastens interests together which do not belong together. The state originally imprisoned women at the Jeffersonville prison, and the disgusting and degrading results caused the location of a separate prison here. But again, the folly was committed of unitting it with the Girls’ Industrial school, as a measure of economy, and now all sensible people see that it was a great mistake. To make a third blunder in the same line would be inexcusable.— Sentinel. - Operators Not Disconcerted. Terre Haute, Ind.. Jan. 21. —The Indiana coal operators who do business in Chicago evidently do not take seriously the indictments found against them. They insist that they have not ; been a party to any conspiracy in restraint of trade. Neither have they been the ones who advanced prices. ' This was done by Chicago jobbers, | they say. Determined Police Chief. Princeton, Ind., Jan. 21.—Chief of , Police Haley has been successfully raiding poker games by means of a ladder. He made his way to the roofs of the buildings where the games were in progress and went down through the scuttle hole. As a result charges have been preferred against a number of prominent citizens. River Pirates Brought to Taw. Mt. Vernon. Ind., Jan. 21.—Joseph Adams and Sylvester Kincaid, alleged river pirates and thieves have been captured and locked in jail. It is said they have been robbing farmers east of here for three months and sold the plunder in Evansville. They say they are not guilty.

THE GOVERNOR HND HIS “RIPPER BILL.”

Indianapolis. Jan. 21. —The governor and his friends are not going to be permitted to pass the Jeffersonville reformatory "ripper” bill without a hard fight in the house. The machinery has been so well oiled in the senate that it is expected to go through without much trouble, as not a word has been said on the floor against it up to this time. But the opponent: are getting in their work among the members. A partial canvass of the members of the house today revealed that there is a stronger feeling of opposition than the supporters of the b 11 anticipated. A number were unwilling to be quoted, but they made it clear that they do not see any occasion for the bill. This much can be said: If it passes it will be because the members are convinced that the present board mistreated the governor in not consulting him regarding the appointment of a successor for former Superintendent Hert. Many say that the governor was not treated courteously, and tor that reason they favor the change. The strongest objection made to the bill is that it does not provide for a non-partisan management. The present board is equally divided between the Democrats and the Republicans, and for the good of the institution it is pointed out by many that there should be no change that will give either party control. It is evident that the governors friends have awakened to the realization of the situation, as they were more active than ever today. In the house today the committee on health, medicine and vital statistics reported in favor of the “grave robbery” bill and the report was adopted. This bill was framed by Harold Taylor, an Indianapolis attorney. It is the result of the grave robbery disclosures that recently shocked the entire state, and It is designed to prevent the desecration of graves by ghouls. All agents of counties, townships, municipalities, public and benevolent institutions, whenver there is

TO THE RESCUE Aguinaldo Comes to the Support of (i. Secretary Root Washington. Jan. 21. —Secretary Hoot transmitted to the senate and house copies of a petition received by him through Governor Taft from Aguinaldo. the late insurgent leader in the Philippines. The petition is a remarkable presentation of the conditions now existing In the Philippines, and Secretary Root hastened to send It to congress because it went a long way toward supporting the statements he had made to the committees of that body and also demonstrating the necessity for prompt and exhaustive action on the part of congress to prevent disaster and distress in the archipelago. The secretary's letter of transmittal was very short, simply reciting the character of the document and alluding to the picturesque and graphic manner in which Aguinaldo had described the conditions in the Philippines. The secretary attached particular importance to Aguinaldo’s profession of a desire to do everything in his power to aid the Americans in carrying relief measures and developing the islands. Aguinaldo bases his appeal for the establishment of an in- ] sular banking system and for other relief on conditions which Secretaryl Root describes in his annual report, i The secretary records the ravages of diseases against the carabos and the people, the locust plague and the fall in the price of silver. WHAT IT COST Seme Idea Given of Expenses of the Miners' Strike. Indianapolis. Jan. 21.—The business of the annual convention of United Mine Workers of America is being conducted with all proper dispatch. The work thus far has been mainly confined to the hearing and discussion of the reports of officers and commit-| tees. President Mitchell's report to j the convention included 20,000 words. Some idea of what a big strike costs is given by W. P. Wilson, national secretary and treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America, in his annual report to the miners’ convention. I Speaking of the anthracite coal strike, he says: "The total amount of money donated by the different branches of I our organization was $258,343.94. The total amount received from the special ■ anthracite assessment was $1.967,026,-l 34. making a total of $2,225,370.28 from : the members of United Mine Workers to assist their brethren in the anthra cite coal fields. To this amount must | be added $419 9a->.14 donated by the trades unions and the public, making a grand total of $2,645,321-52.” Fatal End of Quarrel. Louisville Jan. 21. —W. C. Price of I Beattyville, a medical student, shot and killed Tony Gegg, a Southern railway switchman at Sixth and Green streets in this city last night. The shooting resulted from a quarrel. Boiler Explosion Kills Five. London, Jan. 21.—A boiler explosion in Tupper's iron works at Bllston, Stafford, yesterday afternoon, resulted in the killing of five persons and the injuring of twenty or thirty by steam and pieces of flying metal.

an unclaimed dead body in their possession will be compelled to report the same to a state anatomical board which the law will create. The board, which is to be composed of one representative of each regularly incorporated medical and dental colloge, will distribute the bodies according to the enrollment of the schools. In this : way it is thought that enough bodies can be provided without creating a temptation to grave robbers. It is expected the bill will become a law. ! Members of the senate and house are looking forward with fear and ( trembling to a meeting of the senate judiciary committee tomorrow after-. noon, when there will be an open meeting for consideration of Senator Wood's garnishee bill. The committee, with the exception of Wood, is not in favor of the bill, but the retail mer-; chants’ association intends to have a hearing. This association is power-1 ful and it tried to pledge many members during the campaign to support it. But organized labor is also powerful. and it don’t want the bill to pass. So the reason for the fear and trembling on the part of the members is obvious. If they vote against it they will offend the retail merchants, and if they vote for it they will offend organized labor. An effort is being made to keep ft from coming to a vote. The senate committee on mines and mining will report favorably the shot flrer’s bill, which is backed by organized labor. In fact this is organized labor’s pet measure. It provides for the employment of an expert shot flrer in every mine v here there are over ten miners working. Two vears ago it passed the house, but it mysteriously disappeared when it was called for third reading in the senate. The disappearance of this bill has never been satisfactorily explained to the union men’s legislative committee, which is on hand again to see that the hill goes through. The coal operators may try to defeat It, as they did last time.

BDWEN GETS BUSY Venezuelan Arbitrator Buckles Down to the Matter In Hand. American Minister Will Urge the Greatest Speed Possible Consistent With Safety. The Cables Will Be Used Unsparingly to Expedite Diplomatic Exchanges. Washington, Jan. 21. —Herbert W. Bowen. United States minister to Venezuela. arrived here yesterday from Caracas. He was accompanied by his wife. Mr. Bowen received a hearty welcome from the officials at the state department, to whom his tactful conduct of affairs at Caracas has given

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the greatest satisfaction. Mr. Bowen is a men of great energy and has undertaken the important and delicate duties connected with the settlement of the Venezuelan difficulty with an earnest desire to discharge them with the greatest degree of speed consistent with safety. It is expected that the representatives of the allies, who so far as is known are sincerely desirous of terminating the unfortunate situation on the Venezuelan coast, will lend him every aid in his task. There must be frequent exchanges between the ambassadors here and their home governments, but it is fully expected that frequent recourse will be had to the Atlantic cables, and that this newer method of diplomatic exchange in large part will take the place formerly occupied by the mail exchanges. Mr. Bowen above all things is anxious to secure the removal of the blockade; that is the heaviest charge laid on him by President Castro. So, when he called on the representatives of the allies here, he urgently requested them to name an early moment for the beginning of the negotiations. The results of his requests have not yet developed, but it is hoped that Mr. Bowen will receive answers in the course of a day or two. METHODS OF MATOS The Venezuelan Revolutionary Leader Makes Use of Canard. Caracas, Jan. 21.—The local committee of the Matos revolutionists caused to be placed last night under the dcors of all the leading merchants and citizens of Caracas copies of a circular in which it was set forth that the committee had information

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from Washington to the effect that Mr. Bowen, United States minister to Venezuela, had been recalled by President Roosevelt; that as a result of this step no peaceful arrangement of the present troubles was in view and that the present olockade could not be raised. The object of the distribution of this circular was to stop merchants and others from subscribing to the government forced loan. It is reported here that this circular was printed on board the Gejman warship which is at present off La Guayra. Employers Will Have to Capitulate. Vienna, Jan. 21. —The number of striking garment workers in Vienna has now increased to 19,000. As this is the height of the Vienese season, it is expected that the employers will be obliged to capitulate.

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you LIE, SAID SHE Sensational Incident Marks Course of Discussion In Congress. Stylishly Dressed Young Woman Dissents From Views Held by the Gentleman From Missouri, Uncle Sam’s "Truckling Policy” Toward Great Britain Excites a Gallery Maiden. Washington, Jan. 21. —The house yesterday passed the District of Columbia appropriation bill and subsequently began consideration of the Philippine coinage bill. The general debate on the district bill was largely devoted to discussion of the Alaskan boundary line dispute. Mr. Cochran of Missouri denounced as a “cowardly surrender” ths course of the state department. Mr. Hepburn of lowa took ! up the challenge and countered with the charge that Democratic administrations had surrendered the territory between latitudes 49 and 54:40, and also the boundary of Texas. While Mr. Cochran was speaking of the “truckling policy of the United States to Great Britain,” a stylishly dressed young woman in the gallery leaned forward and cried out: “You lie.” All eyes were turned to the ladies’ gallery, where the young woman leaned forward defiantly, as if she intended to say something further. But a companion pulled her back and she then left the gallery. The senate passed the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. When the statehood bill was taken up Mr. Quay demanded, an immediate vote, coupling his demand with the statement that he did not care whether any senators desired to speak on the subject or not. The bill, he said, was being willfully obstructed by discussion. Mr. Beveridge denied this, and then discussed the measure, opposing statehood for Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico. On the conclusion of his remarks Mr. Quay submitted a number of propositions for the fixing of a day when a vote could be taken, but to all such Mr. Beveridge objected. Senator Hanna spoke briefly in opposition to the bill. WENT UP IN THE AIR Did This Engine and Alighted on a Passing Train. Coshocton. Ohio, Jan. 21. — Four men were kjjled by the explosion of the boiler on an eastbound Panhandle freight train four miles west of Bowerstown yesterday. The locomotive was hurled sixty feet in the air and crashed down upon a passing westbound freignt train, smashing the second car behind the engine. Twentysix cars were hurled down an embankment. Fireman McCurdy and Brakeman Clemens, who were on the engine which blew up, were instantly killed as well as Engineer J. D. Ward and Brakeman Petrie of® the passing freight train. Engineer Dan O'Connell was fatally injured and is not expected to recover. Both tracks were torn up for 300 yards. Columbus, "b., Jan. 21. —Leonard Quint, aged sixteen, convicted of the murder of a boy companion, has been sentenced to be electrocuted on May 22 next.

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LADIES ATTEND THE BIG COST SALE! DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY EVERY ITEM IS A BARGAIN. PLENTY GOOD BARGAINS TO SELECT FROM. THE LARGEST OPEN STOCK IN THE COUNTY . NIBLICK & COMPANY.

MURDEROUS BURGLARS Double Crime Suspected in Strange Case in Shelby County. Shelbyville, Ind., Jan. 21.—John Barlow, aged eighty-two. and his wife, aged seventy, were chloroformed on their farm west of town. Their dinner i bell sounded an alarm, and neighbors i found Mrs. Barlow dead in bed and her husband on the floor unconscious. They were very wealthy people, and it is supposed that robbers perpetrated the crime. Mr. Barlow is in a critical condition and has not aroused sufficiently to give an explanation. No clue was found to throw light on the mystery which surrounds the case. It Is supposed that the dinner bell was sounded by Mr. Barlow before he fell unconscious. Application to Recommit. Marysville, Ind., Jan. 21.—Three times in the insane asylum and three times married, her last husband being the father of her first, Mrs. Anna L. Pennington, whose home is near here, is now charged with killing her slxmonthseold child while in a dementeS condition, and an application has been made for her recommitment to the central hospital for the Insane at Indians, polls. Children Burned to Death. Brazil. Ind., Jan. 21—John, the two-year-old son of Richard Johnson, was

burned to death in Clay City. "H l ® child, with some other children, was playing with the fire when its clothing caught fire. Burrows —The five-year-old daughter of John Shuey was playing at the fire when her clothing caught fire and she died of her injuries. DISPATCHES A. B. Kittredge (Rep) ha*been elected ( nited State* Senator from Minnesota. Julian Ralph, the author and war corn*’pondent. is dead at New York. A sharp earthquake shock lasting for two seconds occurred in Switzerland. It is announced that the German cruiser Vineta has been ordered to Maracaibo. Reed Smooth has been elected United senator from Utah to succeed Senator Rawhni. A rotary snow-plow on the Great Northern ran into a work car, killing nine and injuring many other. There has been a general advance of wag*' along the entire Delaware A Hudson railru system ranging from o to 10 per cent. The poetoffice appropriation bill as e^ nl P]’‘ by the bouse committee carries 1153,430, against $138,416,588 under the current law. Highwaymen entered the Southern paci '■ ticket office at Reno, I. T., and held up ticket agent at the point of a revolver, aecuru * all the cash in the money drawer, amounting 11.000. While Congressman Cochran was making • speech denouncing the "truckling policy of administration toward Great Britain. ’ a in the gallery cried “you lie!” She was n disturbed. Come early and get first choice new spring ginghams from 10 to •’ cents a yard at True‘s, *'