Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 12 February 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. KVIHY EVENING, EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY' LEW 0.. EULINOMAIVI. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week 10c By carrier, tenear $4 00 By mail, per month 2S<’ By mail, per year $2.50 Single copies. Two Cents Advertising rates made known on application J. H. HELLER, Manager. TO COMPLETE CAPITOL Big Appropriation Voted for an Extensive Improvement Washington. Feb. 12.—The bousa yesterday n ade fair progress with the sundry dvil appropriation bill, covering 86 of the 150 pages of the bill. The amendments of which Mr. Can non gave notice Tuesday tor the completion of the east front of the capital and the erection of an office building for members were adopted, points of order raised against them being overcome by the adoption of a special rule making them in order. By the terms of the amendments $500,000 is appropriated for work on the main building of the capitol and a limit of $1,500,000 is fixed. For a site for a new office building. $750,000 is appropriated, the cost of the building to be $3,100,000. In the senate Mr. Hanna called up the conference report on the department of commerce bill, and it was agreed to without debate. The bill now goes to the president. Mr. Morgan resumed his remarks on the statehood bill, but branched off on tha subject es the proposed treaty with Colombia. He referred to the concorda of Pope Pius IX.. which constituted a part of the organic law of Colombia, and said that the United States intended to put the heel of ignominious contempt upon it. He predicted a return of the hostilities between the old church party in Colombia and the liberal party. No Official Confirmation. Washington. Feb. 12.—The state department has not yet been informed of the reported declaration of war between Salvador and Honduras on the one side and Guatemala on the other, although it has ministers or agents at the capitals of those countries whose duty it is to report immediately so serious an event. Disturbing reports as to the unsettled conditions, how’ever, have reached the department from these agents from time to time, and the navy department has dispatched from San Francisco a suffi cient naval force to guard American interests in Central America.

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WENT Bffl OS II Germany Ignores Her Previous Agreement Made With Mr. Bowen. Th* Kaiser’s Insistence In the Matter of Immediate Payment of Lump Sum Causes Eack Talk. .— • Mr. Bowen Says if Germany Can Afford to Break Its Word, He Is Willing. Washington, Feb. 12. —Germany has ignored her previous agreement with Mr. Bowen by Count Von Quadt, her charge d'affaires, and has insisted on a cash payment of $340,000 or a lien on the customs receipts of one of the Venezuelan ports until this amount is paid. This information was communicated to Minister Bowen last night by Baron Spec Von Sternburg, the German minister. Mr. Bowen immediately informed the German minister that he refused to yield the receipts of any part prior to The Hague's decision, saying that that would be preferential treatment. As to the cash payment of $340,000 de manded, Bowen left that matter to the German minister to determine, saying to him that if Germany can afford to make public confession that it does not stand by agreements signed by its duly accredited diplomats, he (Bowen) is willing that they shall receive on the day the protocol is signed the total amount asked in the original ultimatum. The response has been cabled to the German foreign office. Great Britain and Italy have renounced any responsibility for the action of Germany and expressed their regret. Through their representatives they have informed Bowen that they will stand by all agreements they have made with him and will not be influenced by the action of Germany. Both the British and Italian protocols provide {pr a cash payment of £5,500 and for the submission of the question of preferential treatment to The Hague. They contain recommendations for the renewal of all previous treaties of amity and commerce, and the Italian claims which already have been adjudicated without further arbitration, after her commission has arbitrated the other claims. With the exception of the demand for an increased cash payment, th* protocol of Germany in ail essential respects will conform to that of Great Britain, but will be aomowhaf mr.r«

■ concise. All three protocols, it is understood. will provide for the immediate return of all vessels seized by the blockading ships. It is said the action of Gerrttany in j asking for $340,000 instead of contentl Ing herself with £5,500 is duo to the misunderstanding of certain steps in ' the negotiations v hic'a had been passed on by Count Quadt before the arrival of Barou Von Sternburg. Bow- ; on holds that Germany is bound by the act of its representative, in the original ultimatum addressed to President Castro by the British. German and Italian governments a cash payment of 1,700,000 bolivars each for Great Britain and Germany and of 2,800,000 bolivars for Italy was demanded. Soon after Bowen’s arrival in Wash ington a p .per was signed at the British embassy by the three representatives of the allfee, the British and Ital ian ambassadors and tue German charge. Count Quadt, and by Mr. Bowen. to the - offset that the allied powers would accept a cash payment or an adequate guaranty tor the eventual satisfaction of their claims as a condition precedent to th* raising of the blockade. Mr. Bowen offered 30 per cent of the customs receipts of Puerto Cabello and La Guayra as a guaranty for the payment of "all claims. Later he contented to give the British govj erament £5,500 cash in consideration I of their contention that they desired immediate satisfaction for outrages I committed on British subjects. No objection was made at the time either by the Italian ambassador or the German charge. The three powers accepted the guaranty offered by Bowen as entirely satS isfactory. Then arose the question as to the Interpretation of the term "all claimr,” Bowen asserting that it meant the claims of all nations against Venezuela, while the allies asserted that it referred exclusively to the claims of Great Britain, Germany and Italy. It was then decided that the question of preferential treatment be referred to The Hague. Bowen informed th* Italian and German representatives that he would make to their governments the same cash payment offered to Great Britain, and an agreement was signed by all of the negotiators accepting a sufficient guaranty in lieu of the cash payment demanded in the original protocols. Last Friday night a cable dispatch arrived from the Borlfn foreign office Inquiring about the payment of the $340,000. Mr. Bowen produced the signed agreement renouncing this demand. Th* matter since that time has been a subject of correspondence between the Berlin foreign office and the «-erm an minister, Von Sternburg urging Germany not to press the matter. Last night tho foreign office refused to relinquish immediate possession of the $840,0u0 mentioned, though pressed to do so by hoth Baron Stern burr and Count Quadt. who feel greatly embar-

rassed because of the previous understanding and the present, orders which they must execute. It is expected that an answer will arrive tomorrow from Germany to the Cn.tl representations made and upon the receipt of that answer the signing of the protocols probably will occur. A • soon as they are signed orders will bo dispatched to the blockading ships for their imnu .;iate withdrawal from Venezuelan waters). GIVEN A DIVORCE Caxony’s Crown Prince No Longer Tied to Erratic Princess. Dresden, Feb. 12—A divorce was yesterday granted to the Crown Prince of Saxony from the former Crown Princess Louise after several doctors had furnished expert testimony. The decree reads: "Tne ties of the marriage of the parties are dissolved on account of the relation of the respondent with M. Giron, a teacher of languages. The blame attaches to the respondent, who is ordered to pay the costs of the proceedings.” Although the special court declined to take Into account the contention of the former crown princess’ lawyers that she was deranged, this theory is fully accepted by King George, Crown ■ Prince Frederick and the Saxon court | as the view to be put forth within the kingdom in future, and that reasons of state required the separation. The same reasons also require tha' the people shall be brought to believe that the princess acted in an unroyal manner because she was demented. This legend will be nourished until so far as Saxony is concerned it will become historic truth. The conduct I of the princess is considered by the monarchists to be most destructive to respect of the crown, and they assert that every care must be taken to gloss over her misdeeds. Lawyers Arraign Miners' Union. Philadelphia. Feb. 12. —Counsel for the coal operators yesterday continued to arraign the miners’ union in arguments before the anthracite strike commission. In nearly every case the attorneys charged President Mitchell with responsibility for the alleged lawlessness in the coal regions during the strike, and the union was character ized as an irresponsible organization whose members were beyond the con - trol of the leaders. Wolverton, chief counsel, strongly urged the incorpora i tion of the union, and charged that it was unfit to control the anthracite ' industry, because boys are numbered - among its members. BRIEF DISPATCHES I The «*nale hM ratiSw! the Al*-kr.n t. wndrv ' treaty. A bill wn« introduced in the Il'ir. -loir . •>. tare to tax bachelors. —.

LEGISLATURE IN HOT WATER

moianapolis, Feb. 12.- The merchants’ garnishment bill has again been commlted to its author, Senator Wood of Lafayette, with instructions to change it to conform with amendments to prevent garnishment so long as a debtor makes partial payment, and to prevent the collection of costs to exceed the amount sued tor. V. hen this is done the bill is to be reprinted so it will probably not come up again before the latter part of the week., This bill has come so often and has been sidetracked in so rnauj ways,that the merchants who are here backing it raised the question among I themselves today of whether or not it [ is being jockeyed for no other purpose than to indefinitely postpone the final vote. There is no doubt but that most ■ of the members of the senate would like to vote against the bill, but they I are between two powerful fires. The merchants in every city and town in j the state are demanding a garnish-1 ment law, but on the other hand the State Federation of Labor, with a vot- i ing strength of 75,000, is opposed to, it. Both sides have maintained a lobby since the session began, au-J up to this time the labor men have won at every turn, as they have succeeded in getting almost an entirely new bill, and now the amendments arc being offered so thick and fast that there is a prospect if it ever does pass that it will be practically useless so far as the original purpose was concerned. The merchants are new demanding that immediate action be taken. The Republican members of the house are now trying to get together on the bill appropriating $5,000 for a statue to General George Rogers Clark to be placed in Memorial Hall. Washington. The senate Republicans made it a caucus measure without considering the matter carefully, and then passed it. The Democrats, after failing to substitute the name of Thomas Hendrick, tried to get the Republicans to agree on the late President Harrison. It was learned today that a

Artricu Stnt» that the entire _ Guatemala ia in a Mate <>f riegv. In ca»e Secretary Root resiyna. it ia nnder- ' stood Got. Tati will be his successor. The AtiM Nock, at Salt Luke Utah, was burned. The loss is , Miniated al S2.'k),wX>. In an eaplosion at a Wllkesharrv colliery eiyht man werw injured, of whom two may die. Fifty pea-ants were dr w.ed by the sinking ' of a feny crossing the Visloka river al Lem- 1 here. Austria. The famous Humberts, swindlers, were brought into court at Paris on a charge of lib-1. Madame Humbert ia cool, while the Liauriguac 1 are defiant,. ]

number ot senators who voted acen r j lag to the caucus action are sorry ? it and are quietly at work among house Republicans, urging tham substitute the name of Harrison some ot'ior Indlanian more nota 1 ' than Clark. The Democrats O s house, it was understood todav willing to vote almost as a unit 1 ' Harrison, but they won’t stand ■ I Clark. Representative Warren Q. gav . ( and several prominent and Democrats of the house, have s ’ ceeded in checking the threaten# wholesale raid ou the state treasure i The bill to increase the salary of th, prosecuting attorneys from SSOO t, SI,OOO, exclusive of fees, was defeat# after a hard fight, and the "waub-dM, of the treasury” kava announced tt-.i-intention to go after the bills to creas® tho salaries of the towns aMMSora and the «ircult court judg, Mr. Barre said today that the 8 t . sore bill wouid coat the state SISOO J a year if it becomes a law. and the judge*' bill would cost $165,000 mors There are nearly a score of , a , bills pending affecting nearly .J, class of township, county and judicial officers, and it looks now as if they will all be defeated in the house. The governor today attached his sitnature to the Pigeon Roost monum-J bill introduced by Senator Fortune? Jeffersonville. It provides for an tJ propriation of $2,000 for a monunis J to mark the scene of the famous I'd eon Roost Indian massacre in Sec I county nearly a century ago. t-,| monument is to be completed withal a year and it will be dedicated with J state ceremony that Governor Dur: J will probably attend, as he is a u| tire ot southern Indiana. Senator F■ I tune says the people of his part I the state were much interested in bill. Adam Hemiberger of New bary is. here pushing a bill for an >.| propriation of $5,000 to mark the gn I of. former Governor Willard at vJ Albanv.

Recognized an Old Enemy, Bluffton, Ind., Feb. 12.—Sltn Reeser.] a retired merchant, shot a man wt I was prowling about the house. Kh*s--I saw the man peering in at a w:nd«| and fired four times. The first siml took effect and brought the prowler I his knees. The other shots went widtl Reeser lays he recognized the pro»;-:| aa an old enemy from Nottinghul township, and will "go gunning" igl him attain