Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 24 January 1903 — Page 2

THt DAILY DtffIUUKAI. BVBHV EVENING. EXCBPT SUNDAY, BY LEW Q. bLLINGHAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week 10c By carrier, per year .... <4 00 By mail, per month... 25'' By mall, per year . $2.50 Single copies. Two Cents Advertising rates made known on application J- H. HELLER, Manager. PAY OF SUPREME JUDGES. The bill for the increase of the salary of supreme court judges is a step in the right direction, because it will have a tendency to secure the highest class of talent for the bench. And it is well to make like provision for the appellate judges if the appellate court is really a necessity, which we are inclined to doubt. Itcertainly seems that the supreme court ought to be able to get through with the appeal cases of the state i if it would give attention to business and make its decisions of reasonable length. At the present time each of the judges is given an allowance for a stenographer, but The Sentinel is in- ! , formed that in fact the judges of each court club together and employ one stenographer, retaining the surplus as personal perquisites,\and that they further refuse to-make itemized statements of their expenditures in this regard to the auditor of state, as is required of other state officials.Sentinel. It has certainly reached a pretty pass when it becomes, necessary to pay a man $7,500 a year in order as the Sentinel says, to get ‘‘good, highclass talent,” such as is fitted, for instance, to grace the bench of the great state of Indiana. And then there | is the appellate court which the' SerHnel doubts the necessity of havat all, yet if we must have them, pay j them a. more salary. Now isn’t that a fine example of reason and wit. And to think it. came from that staid old Sentinel; the newspaper that has given—free of charge all the reforms the state enjoys. The fact of the matter is, the supreme court judges receive all the salary they earn. According to the Sentinel story the members of the supreme court are also taking money that does not belong to them in their side issue with stenographers, and yet we presume that each and every one of them is fitted to stand in judgment upon some poor devil charged with the same offense. What can be expected of the common herd when court judges, and supreme court judges at that, defy the law they are expected to uphold and protect They should file a statement of their expenditures and obey the mandates of the law the same as any other official of high or low degree. If they do not, they should be yanked up be fore some good, law-abiding justice of the peace, and given a few practical, lessons in what is meant when the constitution and laws of the state prescribe a penalty for violations thereof. When this is done they will come nearer the mark of promotion and advancement in salary.

THE SENATE BUILDING MONUMENTS

Indianapolis. Jan. 24. —Some feeling has developed among the members of the senate over a bill introduced for an appropriation of $5,000 for a monument to General George Rogers Clark, “conqueror of Vincennes." to be placed in Memorial hall at Washington. The Republicans have caucused in favor of the bill and the appropriation will be made, but a number of Republican members, privately, are of the opinion that the Democratic senators are right in demanding that the honor should be given to the late Thomas Hendricks or to the late Senator Voorhees. The statue of Oliver P. Morton was placed in Memorial hall some time ago by Indiana, but there is a niche still to be filled by one of the honored sons of the stale. While General George Rogers Clark played an important part in the early history of Indiana, there is a question whether or not he was ever a resident of the state. Prior to the time he came to Indiana and took part in the famous battle of Vincennes. he was a resident of Virginia, and it Is argued by the opponents of the bill that his claim to special honors in the favor of the legislature is not therefore as well founded as that of the eminent Hoosiers above mentioned. When the senate takes up Senator Matson's voting machine bill Monday morning at 11, as a special order of business, an effort will be made to amend It so that It will apply to the entire state It p-ovldes now for the compulsory use of machines In counties having cities of over 10.000 population. which Includes the following counties: Marion, Elkhart, Tippecanoe. Ht. Joseph, Madison. Delaware, •Floyd. Clark. Howard. Cass Grant, Wayne, Vigo, Knox, Lake, Allen. Vanderburg and lai Porte. Almost without exception the senators from these counties favor the bill. At the begin

1 hose who pursued Roberts, the ■ mormon, elected to the lower house of . congress from Utah, are preparing to make an onslaught on Smoot, the man the republicans will elect to the . United States Senate from the same state. It remains to be seen if the republican senators will permit him to be seated. It is an even bet they will. Thanks to the Hon. Newton W. Gilbert, the lieutenant-governor of In dianti, and at present presiding officer of the Indiana state senate, for one 1 pass, which, when presented to the five dollar a day door keeper, will admit the Royal Nibs of The Daily Democrat to enter within the. sacred . portals of the senate, No advice was asked. t FAVORABLE CONDITIONS Continue to Rule in Trade, Says Bradstreet’s. New York, Jan. 24.—Bradstreet's weekly review of trade today says: Previously existing favorable , conditions still rule. Spring trade shows I further expansion, particularly in dry J goo’ds. such as linens, wash fabrics, underwear and hosiery. Clothing, i shoes, hardware and hardwood lumber I are active, and the volume of shipments of spring goods to fill orders offers still another problem for the congested transportation companies to sota’c. A spell of mild wea.ther has in , duced the beginning of the usual clear--1 ance sales of surplus winter goods by retailers. It has also tended to soften the acuteness of the anthracite coal shortage at the East and cause a lowering in prices. This, however, is regarded as temporary only, -another seasonable cold snap containing g’reat possibilities •in the way of enhanced prices. The snow covering on winter wboat is not uniform, and is on the whole rather scant, but no unusual deterioration is reported. Mild weather j weakens the price of country produce, | such as butter and eggs. “NOT GUILTY" This Is the Plea Entered by Indicted Chicago Coal Men. Chicago. Jan. 24. —The fight of the ! indicted coal men to clear themselves of "conspiracy to ’do an illegal act. injurious to public trade," began before Judge Horton late yesterday when the case against the Northern Illinois Soft Coal Dealers' association was called for preliminary hearing. Motion to quash in behalf of each of the eighteen corporations composing the association were®quickly overruled and pleas of "not guilty” entered. A stipulation of facts was then presented to the court, which had been agreed to by all parties to the suit, and it was announced that a date for the hearing of argument and the filing of briefs would* be fixed early next week. At the request of States Attorney Deneen the case against the Braceville Coal company was dismissed. Bryan Is Now President. Bloomington. Ind . Jan. 22. —William Lowe Bryan, the tenth president of 5 Indiana university, was installed yesterday afternoon. @ • Baby Choked to Death. Elkhart. Ind.. Jan. 24.—William Hager’s fourteen-months-old daughter was choked to death by a morsel of bread.

ning of the session there was a decided sentiment against a compulsory voting machine for the entire state, but there has been a change since the members have got together and talked the matter over. Senator Matson says that some members are opposed to u general law on the ground that the state is not ready tor it, but he points out that if the legislature waits for the entire state to get ready, it will never provide for machines. A flood of letters Is pouring into the senate from retail merchants throughout the state insisting on the enactment of a garnishee law. One member said today that he had received ' over 400 letters in three days from merchants begging him to give the garnishee bill his careful consideration. ' It is evident that the retail merchants’ association has planned a careful cam ' paign in behalf of the bill, as some members who came here against it are wavering. The bill was originally offered by Senator Woou. and It provld- ; ed for an almost indiscriminate garnishment of wages, but it has been referred to a subcommittee with in- ' structions to revamp But it is not likely that either party will care to seriously offend organized labor by voting for the passage of the bill. Senator James W. Fortune of Jeffersonville has obtained the passage of a bill In the senate for an appropriation of $2,600 for a monument to mark the scene of the famous Pigeon Roost massacre In Scott county in 1811. The Pigeon Roost massacre was one of the bloodiest tragedies of the early history of the state. Senator Fortune made an effort last session to get an appropriation, but his bill was lost in the house. The committee on reformatories In the bouse will report favorably upon the governor s "ripper" bill Monday.

ANOTHER Ml OFF Hoosier Solons Taking a Rest From Their Exciting Pursuits. The Governor's Ripper Bill Will Be Reported Favorably in the House Monday Morning. Near Four Hundred Bills Have Thus Far Been Introduced in Both Branches. Indianapolis, Jan 24.—Neither the senate nor the house were In session today, but many members are here to remain over Sunday, as the committee work has accumulated rapidly during the last week. In the senate 184 bills have been introduced and in the house 209. Lieutenant Governor Gilbert, however, thinks that a remarkably good record is being made. Senator Fortune's bill appropriating $2,500 for a monument in honor of the victims of tne Pigeon Boost massacre has been passed. Senator Wolcott’s bill requiring the filing of crop liens thirty days before the maturity of the crop, passed after a lively debate. There was a flood of new billajn the senate. Senator Davis had one'to repeal the truancy law. Senator Starr introduced a bill providing for agents to seek homes for the inmates of the Knightstown orphans’ home. Senator Barcus offered a bill for an appropriation of $5,000 for a monument for General George Rogers ’Clark in Memorial hall at Washington. Senator Wood had a. bill repealing the law making township trustees ineligible to succeed themselves. Senator Askren introduced a bill to legalize the election of county clerks this year. Senator Wolcott introduced two bills for the state board, of education, one providing for a new primer and another for a high-school inspector. In addition to these, there were a number of new bills in the senate of but little public interest. The only new bill in the house was for a special’ charter tor Muncie. An amusing feature of the session in the house was the presentation of a roos,ter to Mr. Kirkpatrick, who introduced a bill to prevent chickens from scratching in their neighbors’ gardens. Mr. Kirkpatrick- presented it to the Democrats, and Mr. Adair, the minority caucus chairman, refused to accept it because it haa been associated with the Republicans. Congressman Watson was present yesterday and he made a brief address to the senate. The house adopted a committee report making it illegal to kill quail for three years. The house rejected the bill making county commissioners responsible for accidents due to defective bridges. A telegram was received from Senator Fairbanks saying that he would visit the- legislature Tuesday, when the house and senate wifi meet jointly to hear his speech of acceptance. The ripper bill is still in the hands of the house committee on the affairs of the Indiana reformatory, but it will be reported favorably the first thing Monday afternoon.

THE FORWARD MOVEMENT Indiana Presbyterians Are Pushing Evangelistic Work. Indianapolis, Jan. 24. -The Indiana, Union Evangelistic Conference held in this city this week under the direction 1 of the Presbyterian church's general evangelistic committee, of which John H. Converse of Philadelphia, president of the Baldwin Locomotive company is chairman, and Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman. D. D.. of New York, is secretary, attracted wide attention and proved { largely beneficial in promoting the' work of the committee in this state. The meetings were personally con-! ducted by Mr. Converse, Dr. Chapman i and the Rev. John F. Carson. D. D.. of ' Brooklyn. The Rev. George Knox, synodical superintendent of the home mission work of the Presbyterian church in Indiana, said: "This is only one of the big state meetings in the 'forward' [ movement of the Presbyterian church. Conferences like the one held in Indianapolis have recently been held in St. Louis. Kansas City, Chicago and Cincinnati, and the large cities in the East and on the Pacific slope. These conferences have been attended by thousands, and the largest auditoriums have been taxed to hold the crowds that have been attracted. In all the states organizations are being perfected for pushing this evangelistic work, but as in the synodical home mission movement a few years ago. so In this 'forward movement.’ Indiana is In the very foremost place. She is taking the lead among the states, the splendid organization of her workers giving her great advantage.” There are seventeen evangelists at present giving their whole time to the work in Indiana, besides other great evangelistic workers and many prominent pastors who are in the field. The results already accomplished in accessions to the churches, the organization of new churches and the erection of church buildings, give the assurance that this will be the most remarkable year of growth and progress in the history of the Presbyterian church In Indiana.

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NOW OP 10 SENATE The Panama Canal Treaty Is Awaiting Formal Ratification. • Important Document Was Sent to the Senate Under Rigid Injunction of Secrecy. * Its Vital Considerations, However, Are Not Withheld From the Public. • Washington, Jan. 24. —The treaty between the United States and the government of Colombia which was signed Thursday by Secretary Hay and Dr. Herran as the representatives of the two countries, was transmitted to the senate yesterday and by the senate referred to the committee on foreign relations. The treaty was read in executive session, but the injunction of secrecy was not removed. By the terms of the treaty the United States agrees to make a cash, payment of $10,000,006 in gold to the Colombian government.

Jr* < j -J * \ f Vc* MAP OP PANAMA CANAL AND KAILKOAD. and after the expiration of nine years to pay a rental of $250,000 a year. The lease of the strip of land to be used for the canal and for canal purposes is practically made perpetual, the provision on this point being that the first lease shall be for 100 years and renewable thereafter in terms of 100 years at the pleasure of the United States. The strip is to be ten kilometers, or about six miles, in width and over this territory the United States is given police and sanitary jurisdiction, although it is explicitly specified that Colombia docs not surrender sovereignty over It. The United States is to have the privilege of free importation of vessels ar.u ma terial to be used in the construction of the canal It also Is given the right to improve, use and protect harbors at both the Atlantic and Pacific ends of the canal The grant is made exclusive tc the United States, and no taxes or rentals are to be charged fn addition to the gross sums of $10,000,000 cash and >250,000 annually. The committee on foreign relations is In session today to consider the treaty. Doings In Congress. Washington, Jan 24.—The house yesterday passed 235 private pension bills. They included pensions to the widow of General Franz Sigel at SIOO a month, the widow of General Francis Negley at SSO a month, and the widow of Rear Admiral Henry Picking at S4O The Alaska delegate bill was passed. It provides for the representation of

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the territory of Alaska in the house of representatives by a delegate. The statehood bill again occupied the. attention of the senate yesterday. During the debate several spirited colloquies occurred in which senators on both sides of the question charged the others with obstructing important legislation. Mr. Fairbanks made an ineffectual attempt to secure consideration of the immigration bill. Favorable Report Authorized. Washington. Jan. 24—The judiciary committee of the house yesterday adopted the anti trust bill which was prepared by the subcommittee of which Representative Littlefield of Maine is chairman. The bill was reported to the full committee by the subcommittee as a substitute for the Littlefield publicity bill. The committee authorized the bill to be favorably reported to the house. Naval Committee Investigation. Washington. Jan. 24.—The house committee on naval affairs has begun the investigation authorized by the house in consequence of the charges rnnde by Representative Lessler of New York during a recent session of the committee on naval affairs, that he had been approached with an offer of money for nls vote In committee in favor of the construction of submarine torpedo boats. Mazatlan Business Demoralized. Mazatlan, Mex., Jan. 24—There were five deaths from the plague yes terday. The number of patients in the hospital is 44. The refugees in sheds number 240. Business continues entirely demoralized. Serious Blow to Sliver. Mexico City. lan. 24.—The news of the passage of the Httb-Phllipplne currency bill by the United States house of representatives is regarded as a serious blow to silver. The Case Dismissed. New York, Jan. 24.—The case against Police Inspector Brooks made by David W. Bucklin, that he exceeded his authority In entering Canfield's gambling house, was dismissed yeaterday by the justices of the court of ■pedal sessions.

WHY HE DID IT J Commodore Scheder Thinks They® Laugh Best Who Laugh Last Berlin, Jan. 24. —Commodore Set-| der, commander of the German fleet’- M Venezuelan waters, officially report- a the bombardment of Fort San Carl' from Maracaibo under date of Jan - ■ as follows: On the 17th inst wk» -- pOMUMiv.n- qi-iiFiiFR th* Panther was passing the Msrst’ ■ bo bar. she was unexpectedly by Fort San Carlos which heavy fire on her. To this th.’JM ther replied and a cannonade wae I changed for half an hour ()w.M the difficulties of navigation the P’ n ■ ther then desisted. In order t< zj an Immediate punishment for this a tack, the more so as the VenesueU'fl government had proclaimed it a ' d tory, I bombarded the fort with t g Vlneta on the Ist Inst., and destroy I it.” Fellowina < •»«»■•• "Whoop:” yelled the excited incbria- g as be rushed Into lhe hotel. "I 111 ror! I’m a inuu enter! I'm H"’ ll! "' I gun that ever hit the pike! ■ "It's customary,” remark'd '■ bouncer as he gazed at the wreck outside, "When a gun ' u “ b I to tire it.”—Baltimore News. — Competition- n ,|| 3| The Second Story Man-Well. 0 g how’s business? . The Bunk Burglar-Well. «« re ' In’ a lot of competition from 'l'' c S on de Inside.-Puck. fl