Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 23 January 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. evinr svsxisa, cxcipt nitxuay, by LEW G) . ELLIN<a HA M . SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Ry carrier, per week lOe Ry carrier, per vuai $4 00 Ry mall, per mouth 2B< - By mall, per year ... S2.SO Single copies. Two t ents. Advertising rates made known o<> application J. H. HELLER, Manaqir. If Tom L. Johnson at present writing, refuse's to stand for governor, aud we surmise that there are some people whq rejoice in the announcement. Considbh vhon of the army canteen question will probably lie postponed by congress until next session. Dis .rgreeable matters are easier put off than settled. President Shcurman of Corne’l Bniveristy, has become more insistant in urging’ the granting of independence to the Filipinos. Every senator or representative who had a pet scheme for trust control 's very sore over the introduction of the administration measures prepared bv Attorney General Knox. The trusts are fighting hard and it appears hardly probable that any effective enactment will be made this session. The effects of a bran new printing nress is becoming apparent in the ap pearance of the Willshire Herald. It is printed with all the taste possible, and its contents denotes a writer of more than ordinary ability to be at the helm. Editor Hoffer is a bright aud talented newspaper man, aud that is the most handsome compliment that can be paid to mortal man. With Senator Mason’s retirement from the senate passes one of the unique characters of American politics. Energetic, sincere, over-zealously emotional, always working for some one else, frequently victimized through his confidence in others, the atmosphere in his neighborhood was always breeding trouble for some one. Though ■ot always right he was not always wrong.

Representative Littleford has introduced an anti-trust bill in congress, but it is not expected that any harm will come to the little innocent trusts on account of it. The trusts do not seem worried either and with that same tender solicitude are looking after the financial end of the g. o. p. This stage play will furnish a little amusement and will fool those who think there is some degree of earnest- ■ ness in the game now on. Governor Dvrbin’s message will be i scanned in vain for some condemnation or even expression of opinion on vote buying in Indiana. The law which not only allows the vote buyer to go scot free but gives him a reward of? 100 out of the county treasury if he will inform on the poor devil whom he bought seems to meet the governor’s approval. The man who buys a vote is guilty of corrupting the ballot equally with the man who sells. Both should be punished unless Indiana is to rank with Pennsylvania in election corruption.—Hartford City Telegram..

LABOR RESISTS GARNISHEE BILL

Indianapolis, Jan. 23. —The judiciary committee of the senate, which is considering Senator Woods garnishee bill, held another meeting at 9 this morning before the session opened, at which additional evidence was submitted by the retail merchants and the representatives of organized labor. A divided report was the result of the deliberations, a majority being against the bill. Senator Wood, who is a member of the committee, signed a minority report. The members of the senate and the house hoped that the bill would never be fought out on the open floor, but tney are in for it now and will either have to declare themselves for the retailers or tor the la-1 ■boring men. The merchants’ associa- I tion showed a compromising spirit, offering to amend it so that it would catch only “dead-beats,” but the labor representatives will take no chances. They are determined that the bill shall not go through. It is not likely that either the Republicans or the Democratic leaders will favor it for party reasons. - ♦ The house has two new bills in which the railroads are feeling deep interest. Organized labor has bobbed up with an old one providing that it shall be unlawful for any railroad official to compel an employe to work longer than twelve hours without relief unless in case of an accident. The employes must be given an eight hours’ rest before being pressed into service. In case of an accident, if it can be shown that the train crew has been on duty more than twelve hours, the road shall be liable to every person injured, and the employes shall not be held responsible. The railroad attorneys started in today to kill this measure. The other bill affecting the railroads provides that they shall not farm out their road taxes. This bill has also come up regularly for several years and has been killed just as often !

THE MISSING VOTE It Is Rumored That a Colorado Legislator Has Been Kidnapped. Demg-r. Col., Jan. 23.—Democratic members of the Colorado senate and house of representatives in joint session. after waiting severs) hours in vajn for a quorum ot fifty-one members. took a vote on United States sen- i ator last night. Only forty-five votes ! were east, all for Teller. Five of the ! six men absent can be found on short j notice, but the whereabouts of Representative Wm H. Kelly is unknown to the Democrats. A search for Kelly pn« been f n progress since yesterday Uiorniiig. After the vote the joint session took a recess till Kelly shall be found. A score of deputy sheriffs are scouring . the city for the missing member, it ' is rumored that he has been kidnapped , by agents of Republicans or Demo- l crats who wished to have Senator Tel-1 ler defeated. The Democratic senators who aro holding the senate chamber have agreed, if necessary, to spend the re- j mainder of the ninety days of the ; session in the chamber. The house ! adopted a set of rules and regulations j which will govern the members as long as the present conditions hold ' out. Each senator was assigned to a i certain amount of duty as captain of i the guard and a list was made out giv- ■ ing six senators a night off together. Lieutenant Governor Haggott's senate held an executive session yesterday and some of its members conferred with Governor Peabody. Vari-1 ous rumors as to the plans of the Re- | publicans are in circulation, but no ■ definite announcement of what they ( will do has been made. Mother and Child Burned. Kokomo. Ind.. Jan. 23.—Last night during the temporary absence of the mother from the room. Ha*old, the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Im- , bier, went too near the stove and his . clothing ignited. The child's screams brought the mother, who. terrorstricken. took the burning child to her breast and ran over half a mile to a neighbor’s house, both being ablaze as they ran. Mrs. Imbler fell unconscious at the yard gate and the babydied in a few minutes. The mother was terribly injured and her recovery is regarded as improbable.

Long Is the Lucky Man. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 23.—Congressman Chester I. Long was nominated I by acclamation yesterday afternoon | by the Republican legislative caucus as candidate for United States senaI tor. All the other candidates with- . drew. The nomination will probably I be ratified in a joint session to be held on Tuesday. White House Reception. Washington. Jan. 23.—President and ‘ Mrs. Roosevelt's reception in honor I of the judiciary, the second of the formal evening affairs of the season at the White House, took place last night. The president received about 2,000 callers. This Woman Lost No Time. Muncie. Ind., Jan. 23.—Mrs. Minnie Underwood was granted a divorce from her husband and in five minutes she was married to George Foy. who paid for the divorce as well as the marriage license.

as it comes up. tnrougn tne eltorts 01 the railroad attorneys and the men who have the contracts for working out their tax. It is a species of graft that the legislature has never been able to rid the state of. The house is rapidly piling up work for the railroad lobby, which has had easy pulling so far. Representative Denbo of Floyd county has introduced a bill to provide that roads shall not charge more than 2 cents a mile and that they shall sell 500-miie mileage books for $lO. This bill has come up regularly in every session for several years, and despite its strength, the railroad lobby has found it a dangerous customer. In the last two sessions E. E. Neal of Noblesville fathered the bill and he did it so beautifully that he made the railroad lobby work night and day to wdn. Last session the bill passed the house, but it disappeared after second reading in the senate. It is not likely that it will become a law. but the railroad attorneys were about the lobby in larger numbers than ever today, showing that they are somewhat concerned. Senator Burns of South Bend has been introducing J. B. Oliver to the members of the legislature. Mr. Oliver, because of the reputed great wealth of his family at South Bend, was a personage of more than usual interest about the lobbies. He is greatly interested in a bill introduced by Senator Burns to provide that a testator may make his will so that the executor will not have to give bond and that at the end of eighteen months the executor shall turn the estate over to trustees appointed in the will. The Olivers want this passed so it will not be necessary for their executor — who will be a member of the family—to give a bond of several million, and so that their great business can be handled by trustees. Senator Burns has assurances that the bill will pass the senate.

FIVE NEW BILLS The State Senate Handing Down Some More Work For the House. Additional Salaries for the Judges of the Higher Courts Have Been Indorsed. The Members of the House Continue to Keep Up the Flood of Bills. Indianapolis, Jan. 23. —The senate has passed five new bills, as follows: Increasing the salaries of the judges ot the supreme court to $7,500; the appellate judges to $6,000, and the reporter of the supreme court to $5,000; giving county councilmen $2 for time spent in service of county; giving circuit judges, in divorce cases, authority to place children under sixteen in orphans’ homes: bringing Fort Wayne within the Barrett law improvement provisions: authorizing the state to bid on the Vandalia road; providing for the cleaning of dredge ditches and for a state laboratory. Besides two special bills of nd general interest to the public, the house passed a bill providing for grading the crime of embezzlement and an insurance bill that provides that the policy shall contain more explicit information than is now furnished. The members of the house keep up the flood of new bills, as twenty-three were introduced yesterday. The committees are now overworked. Representative Sherman introduced one to prevent railroads from "farming out” their road taxes. This will create trouble, as it is a special privilege enjoyed by some wellknown politicians to get contracts for working out railroad taxes. Representative Hull introduced a bill limiting the number of hours trainmen shall work without relief. This is backed by organized labor. Representative Van Fleet introduced a bill to prevent the employment of girls under sixteen in factories. The same member also introduced a bill to prevent pigeon shooting at tournaments. Representative Hume introduced a bill to establish qualifications for veterinary surgeons. Representative Kline introduced a bill to amend the fish laws, making the closed season from May to July instead of from December to July. Representative Beckham offered a bill abolishing the truant officer and vesting the same power with the township trustees. Representative Stechhan introduced a bill increasing the number of factory inspectors to seven and raising the salary to $1,500. Representative Schermerhorn wants the county council reduced to five members. Representative Branch offered a bill providing that county superintendents should take office the first of the year. Representative Sparks introduced two bills. One is to increase the salaries of prosecutors to SI,OOO a year and the other increases the salary of the state statistician to $3,000 a year. Representative McDowell would make county commissioners liable for bridge accidents, and Representative Denbo has bobbed .p with a 2-cent mileage bill. The Republican members of the senate caucused and decided to make an appropriation for a monument to General George Rogers Clark in Memorial hall at Washington. A FIT OF ANGER Is What Probably Cost the Barlows Their Lives. Rock Lane, Ind., Jan. 23. —John Barlow, the Johnson county farmer, and his wife, who were the victims of a mysterious poisoning last Monday night, were buried in the same grave at Greenwood yesterday. The coroner’s inquest failed to throw any additional light on the case. The theory of accidental poisoning is not substantiated and is not generally credited. The most plausible theory and the one that has come to be generally believed, is that Mr. Barlow in a fit of anger placed the strychnine in some of the food and that they both ate it. Necktie Gave Robber Away. Evansville, Ind., Jan. 23.—James Hogue, a railroad man, was held up and robbed Wednesday night of a month’s wages. Lark Spradley was arrested yesterday as one of the thieves. During his fight with the robbers Hogue secured a necktie from one of them and this led to Spradley’s arrest. Purdue’s Military School. Lafayette. Ind.. Jan. 23.—Captain F. H. Albright, U. S. A., arrived from Ft. Reno. Okla., yesterday to take charge of the military department of Purdue university. Purdue has 350 military students, fully armed and equipped, and a battery Os three guns. Grand Jury Found No Fault. Marion, Ind.. Jan. 23.—John Prail, who shot and killed hid stepfather, Al Riggs, last Tuesday while protecting his mother, uac oeen released, the grand jury adjourning without indicting him. Bloomfield Schools Closed. Bloomfield, Ind.. Jan. 23. —Another case of smallpox has developed here and the public schools have closed and all social gatherings have been dispensed with for two weeks.

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MINORITY SCORES Signal Victory Achieved In the House On Philippine Coinage Bill. Substitute Offered by the Minority Adopted by Decisive Vote of of 146 to 128. Powerful Committee Leaders Lose Out When Their Pet Measure Comes Up. Washington, Jan. 23.—The house leaders went down to signal defeat yesterday when the house by a vote of 146 to 128 rejected the Philippine coinage bill reported by the insular affairs committee and adopted the substitute offered by the minority for the introduction of American currency and the American coinage system in the islands. The insular committee includes in its membership the chairmen of the most powerful committees of the house, Mr. Cannon, chairman of the appropriations; Mr. Hitt, chairman of foreign affairs; Mr. Payne, chairman of ways and means; Mr. Hepburn, chairman of interstate commerce, and Mr. Tawney, chairman of the committee on expositions. They reported a bill to establish the gold standard in the islands and to authorize the coinage of silver pesos of 416 grains, to be made legal tender at the rate of two pesos for one gold dollar. The majority members made a gallant fight for their bill, but a considerable number of Republicans, twenty-eight on the final vote, joined with the Democrats and carried through the substitute. The fact that Secretary Shaw and other high treasury officials were quoted on the floor as favoring the substitute aided in the overthrow of the committee bill. Their opinions were advanced as against those of Governor Taft and other members of the Philippine commission. The substitute passed provides that the lawful money of the United States shall be a legal tender in the Philippines and declares the coinage laws of the United States to be in full force there. It provides for the redemption of the Mexican and Spanish silver, net including any Mexican pesos, imported into the islands after March 15. 1903, at their bullion value as declared from time to time by the Philippine commission. the silver coin authorized by the Philippine government act to be redeemable at the rate of two pesos for $1 of United States currency. After six months no coin except that of the United States shall be legal tender. The statehood bill occupied the entire attention of the senate yesterday except for a few routine matters. TO INVESTIGATE SCANDAL Charges of Bribery Taken Up by House Naval Committee. ■Washington, Jan. 23. —The house committee on naval affairs has obtained authority from the house to prosecute a formal investigation of the charges made by Representative Less ler of New York that attempts had been made by corrupt means to influence his action with respect to appropriations for submarine torpedo boats. Prior to bringing before the house the resolution authorizing the investigation the naval affairs committee considered a report made to it by

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one of its subcommittees of the inquiry the subcommittee had made into the charges made by Mr. Lessler, the report recommending that the house be requested to authorize a formal investigation by the full committee, or a subcommittee and to grant authority to send for persons and papers. The house gave the requisite authority immediately after assembling and the naval committee held quite a long session, outlining its method of procedure. It was decided to begin the investigation at 10:30 o'clock this morning. Witnesses were summoned to be present and the taking of testimony began today. It was decided to admit representatives of the press to the hearings and that the investigation should be conducted by the full committee. It is stated that the committee purposes to make a searching inquiry. No official statement as to the facts disclosed by the subcommittee’s investigation was made. The Plague Abating. Mazatlan, Mex„ Jan. 23.—There were four deaths from the plague yesterday. The number of houses burned to date is 165. The first case of plague occurred on an island in the bay, where a child was stricken with the disease and brought to the hospital here. A stevedore attacked with the plague was about to be taken to the lazareto when he assaulted a san itary inspector with a knife. Governor Canejo considers the disease to be abating and ascribes this happy result to a rigorous disinfection, isolation of cases, burning of houses and the large emigration of inhabitants. Work of Madman. Brownwood, Tex., .tan. 23. —Clark N. Jones of Memphis, Me., shot and seriously wounded John W. Trapp here yesterday and afterward committed suicide. No cause is known for the shooting and Jones is thought to havs been insane. Two Enginemen Killed. Freeport, 111., Jan. 23.—A Chicago Great Western passenger train struck a broken rail at South Freeport last night and jumped from the track. The engineer and the fireman were killed and several passengers were injured. The train was partially de strov by fire. •

Littlefield’s Anti-Trust Bill. Washington. Jan. 23. —Representaj tive Idttlefield of Maine, chairman otffl the subcommittee of the house judiciary committee to which all antiffl trust oills were referred, today report® ed to the full judiciary committee at bill which has been drawn up an<sß adopted by the subcommittee. Sr-' ' eral weeks have been devoted to tb«B preparation of the bill. The subconi mittee considered some twenty-five etj thirty measures. The title of the bling follows: A bill requiring corporation | engaged in interstate commerce tW make returns, prohibiting rebates ar®| discriminations, the use of intersta'B commerce in attempts to destroy cor petition and for other purposes. Canal Treaty sfgned. Washington. Jan. 23.—The treatß between the United States and oB ombia for the construction r>f the Paß ama canal by the United States waß signed yesterday in this city. TlB treaty was signed at Secretary l': > g house. Mr. Hay acting for the Unit'g States and Dr. Herran. the chariß d’affaires of Colombia, who had beeß specially given full powers to negß tlate the treaty, signing in behalf B Colombia. Details of the agreemetß will not be made public in aovance <B the tiansmission of the treaty to tlB senate. Quickly Found a Verdict. Columbia. S. C., Jan. 23.—The ’B quest in the Gonzales tragedy conducted by Coroner Green in tig county courthouse last night and t ■ verdict found in lees than five nfiß utes after the jury retired was a l |la ß statement that "the deceased. N B Gonzales, came to his death fromg gunshot wound inflicted by the l>aß of James H. Tillman on the 15th I January, 1903.” Tillman made B statement. Germans Are Amazed. Berlin. Jan. 23.—The foreign <’®B is very impatiently awaiting "flic news from Maracaibo. The Ger® M newspapers express amazement at t ■ fact that the government has not i JS ranged for prompt information, PjjS Mcularly in view of the nervous® M of public opinion in the UnitgH States.”