Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 18 February 1903 — Page 2

THc daily UtMUUKAT. BVKBY SVENISO. EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY LE W Q . ELLINGHAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week loc By carrier, per year $4 00 By tn a 11, per month 25e By mall, per year 52.50 Single copies. Two Cents Advertising rates made known on application J . H . H ELLER, Manages, The trust record in congress is not of that bursting variety, but lives in name only. The trusts are not fooled half as much as the people are, at this g. o. p. display of trust smashing. DAViD GARRICK. The Great Actor's Art and His Wife's Htililed Feelings. Mrs. Garrick's admiration of her busband's dramatic talents was intense, and on bis great nights she world bang over her box, next the stage, in rapturous delight. The one flaw in her idol, she claimed, was a taste for low life, for which she blamed him greatly, insisting that he loved better to play Scrub to a low lived audience than one of his superior characters before an audience of taste. On one particular occasion she was in her box in the theater when Garrick's impersonation of Richard 111. was applauded to the echo. In that day a farce followed the tragedy of the evening, anil as Mrs. Garrick rose to leave before it her husband came to the box to say lie had some business in the greenroom which would detain him. so most unwillingly the lady was obliged to acquiesce and remain through the closing entertainment. This proved to be a comical series of blundering adventures which had liefallen a countryman who had left his farm to see London and on his return gave his neighbors an account of the wonders he had met. This characterization was received with such peals of applause that Mrs. Garrick, ever zealous of her husband's , fame, began to think it rivals ' those 1 lately lavished on Richard 111. Her feelings were nearly worked up to fever heat when she was attracted by the frantic efforts of her little spaniel dog to overleap the balcony that separated him from the stage, when she immediately became aware of the truth that the actor was Garrick and ex- ) claimed. “Strange that a dog should know his master when the woman who loved him best in the world could not pierce his disguise.’’ Wealth In Lapland. What the buffalo was to the Indian the reindeer is to the Lapps. At the present day the wealth of a Lapp is calculated in reindeer. Thus, when the people speak of a man's estate they say, "He is worth so many deer.” Those who have only fifty or sixty head are poor servants, and their deer are put with those of their "betters.” To have any kind of social standing in Lapland one should possess at least 500 of these animals. A Lapp is considered well off when be is the happy owner of not less than 1,000 reindeer. Give the world more sunshine and less moonshine.—Dallas News.

GERRYMANDERING THEfSTATE

Indianapolis Feb. 18. —If the Demo cratic members of the Indiana legisla tore follow the advice of their state chairman. Senator W. H. O’Brien ot luiwrenceburg. they will simply vote "no" on the reapportionment bill the Republicans are now framing and let it go at that. O'Brien is a shrewd politician. and if there was a ghost of a show of the Democrats obtaining a voice in reapportionment matters, he would be quick to take advantage, but he realizes that nothing can be accom plisbed against the overwhelming Re publican majority. "If the Reptibli cans try to gerrymander the state we can't help ourselves." he said today ■'and I have advised the Democrats not tn offer any resistance. The Republi cans will frame a bill, make it a can cus measure, and that will be the end of it so far as we are concerned. The only chance we might have would be in a split among rival Republican in teresls. I think that an effort is now being made to reapportion the state in the interest of Senator Beveridge and J. Frank Hanly of Lafayette, whe may be a candidate." An examination of the books of the auditor of state's office today showed that the session up to the present has cost the state 978,000. The expense account is running up at the rate ol several thousand a day. Seventeen bills have become laws. This is equivalent to $4,588 a law. and It Is extremely doubtful If some of the lawt will ever be more than dead letters after they are printed. The house Is grinding out a lot of work, and Speak er Marshall said today that it was nearly up with its business. The sen ate. however, is not so fortunate, and it will have to hold long sessions it order to get through. The indications are that fewer laws than ever before will be enacted this time. ■ ■— The house has parsed a bill of muck i

I • JOB FOR COGHLAN < *' Another Fleet Has Been Sent to Look • i in on Honduras. Washington. Feb. 18. —Upon further > report from United States Consul Wm. E. Alger at Puerto Cortez, that condi- ; tions in Honduras ate threatening and |

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that American interests are likely to be endangered owing to the interna tional turmoil. Secretary Moody has decided to send Admiral Coghlan's fleet of cruisers and gunboats, now cruising in the Caribbean, to the gulf i coast of Honduras. The orders were issued today. BAD BOY SENTENCED Leader of "The Bloody Nine" Will Have to Serve Time. Columbia. Mo.. Feb. 18. —After being out three days the jury in the ease of Allan Oreas, who. with five other boys is charged with the murder of Edward C. Chapman, the station agent at Brown station, returned a verdict of murder in the second degree and as sessed the punishment at ten years in the penitentiary. Oreas was the first of the defendants to be tried, the trials of the other five having been contin ued until March 4. Chapman was shot and killed the night of Sept. 28. 1902 and it is alleged that the tragedy was the culmination of a series of perse cutions inflicted against him by Oreas and his companions, who called theii hand the "Bloody Nine." and who were influenced in their action by reading trashy novels Earl Gets American Girl. Washington. Feb. 18. —Mrs. William Thaw, formerly of Pittsburg, but now I residing in Washington, has announc ed the engagement of her daughter Miss Alice Thaw, to the Earl of Yarmouth. Miss Thaw inherited a million dollars in her own right from het father, who was an iron manufacturer and will succeed to another large for tune on the death of her mother. Nc date has been set for the wedding. She first met the Earl of Yarmouth, whe is the eldest son of the Marquis ol Hertford, about three months ago. A Willemstad Rumor. Wiiemstad, Island of Curacao. Feb. 18.—It Is asserted in reliable quarters here that placards reading "Death to Castro.” and "Down with Castro” were posted In the streets of Caracas on Sunday last.

Interest to owners ot norseS.-as it pro vides that a blacksmith may have t lien on the horse until his bill is paid and no one may sell his horse unti the blacksmith's bill is satisfied. The bill was introduced by Warren G Sayre of Wabash, a Republican leader He presented it by request and did no: take it seriously himself, but there were enough members from the coun try districts interested to put it through. It was regarded as one o' the freak measures of the session, but it would not be surprising if it ehouli go through the senate and be signet by the governor. The new reapportionment plan wi! cut down the representation In the southern part ot the state, where the Democrats have their strongholds, bu the Republican leaders say this will be necessary because of the fact that cen tral and northern Indiana have growi more rapidly in the last six years Senator O’Brien says that none of the reapportionment bills he has exam ined will stand the constitutional test; regarding population. The Republicar leaders, it was learned today, are urg ing the reapportionment committees tc hurry up with the bill, as the sessior is rapidly drawing to a close. The house is inclined to consider fa vorably a bill readjusting and advanc ing the salaries of township assessors The bill has lieen amended so that i gives assessors in townships having nc city of 5,000 population $2.25 a day In townships having a population o from 5,000 to 20.000, the assessor shal receive S2OO for the first 5,000 and s2' a thousand for the rest. Townshlpi having between 20,000 and, 75,000 maj pay their assessors from SBOO to $ 1,50( according to the views of the count’ commissioners. Townships of 75.001 1 to 100,000 shall pay SI,BOO, and town ships of over 100.000 shall pay $2,500 ——————— — I |

KEEPING IT WARM Problem Confronting the State House Engineer Was Successfully Solved. Legislators Were Fearful of Freezing Up and Some of Them Stayed Away. Many of the More Tender Members Are Suffering From Severe Colds. Indianapolis, Feb. 18.—The senate I was in session again today after an adjournment because of the death of Senator Burns ot South Bend. It was a severe trip to South Bend, and many members are suffering from colds. A number were unable to be present today, as the cold snap has been too much for them. Statehouse Engineer Shutt iias been mighty busy keeping the big building warm, but he was successful. In the senate the voting machine bill and the negotiable instrument bill were special orders of business. The house met at 10 and proI ceeded as calmly and serenely as if nothing unusual was happening. The lower branch has settled down to a steady grind that is resulting in the | disposition of a large amount of business. The governor is not so busy, however, as he was this time last session, as there have not been half so many bills handed down. There were over a dozen new bills introduced in the house, an unusual thing for one day this time of the session, as there is not much chance of getting a new bill through in such a short period. The house has passed the following bills of general interest: Providing for a school commission, headed by the governor, to purchase school supplies; providing for an increase of salaries for school teachers; providing that debris may not be dumped on the street of any incorporated city or town; providing for the assessment of property for street improvements. This is the Municipal League b 11. repealing the Artman law and going back practically to the old Barrett law. The bill providing that horses may be held until the blacksmith gets his pay for his work was passed, also the miners 'shot-firing bill, in spite of the agreement between the miners and operators to withdraw it. It is not known what will be the result among the miners and operators. The house has adopted a favorable report on a new bill increasing the number of factory inspectors, and has passed the bill providing for a maximum fine for failure to bulletin passenger trains at telegraph stations. DEED OF A MANIAC Hamilton County Man Shoots Nephew Without Warning. Noblesville. Ind.. Feb. 18. —Dora E. Tomlinson, east of here, shot and killed William Mills, his nephew. Mills and his wile had been living with the Tomlinson family, and were engaged in a friendly conversation when Tom linson. without a word of warning picked up a shotgun and fired it at Mills. The shot entered the abdomen of the man. and he died almost instantly. Tomlinson was recently released from an insane hospital. She Will Make Him Show Cause. Rushville, Ind., February 18.—Miss Blanche Culver of Jersey City has sued Marcus A. Kendall, a wealthy farmer of Richland township, for $lO.000. charging that he promised tc _ marry h. r nn.l dirl not k nen tho pmm. I ise. She was visiting in Rush county last summer, when she met Kt ndall. He is a grandfather, and forty-six years old, while the plaintiff is twenty six. She said she consented to marry him last fall and returned to her home, in the East, when Kendall married Miss Zella White, a school teacher. Court Asks Woman to Answer. Lebanon. Ind.. Feb. 18. Mrs. Fran ces J. White has been cited to appeal In court on Feb. 23 to show why she should not be punished for contempt ' On Dec. 20. 1902. she was granted a divorce from John W. Cavender, but the court, in making the decree, or dered that she should not remarry foi a period of two years. She disregard ed the order of the court and on Jan. 18 was married to Richard White. Retail Merchants in Session. Lafayette, Ind.. Feb. 18.- The third annual convention of the Indiana Retail Merchants’ association is in session here with 200 members present. The guests are being entertained by the local merchants' association. President Cook of Evansville is presiding at the session. Fell Beneath the Wheels. Brazil. Ind., Feb. 18.—Elmer Fisher, thirty-five years old. a miner, was probably fatally injured while returning from work on the miners train on the Vandalia. He fell from the car under the wheels, one arm was cut off and he was otherwise injured. Tramp Shot by Brakeman. Ixigansport, Ind., Feb. 18.—John Murphy, tramp, shot by a Wabash freight brakeman while stealing a ride, died In the hospital here. The physicians say death was caused by exposure and not from the pistol shot

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J HL! TORNADO More Than a Score of Persons Drowned By Capsizing of a Steamer. Whirlwind Struck the Chowan River Steamer Olive and Turned Her on Beams' End. Those Who Were Below Were Drowned in Their Berths—Six Were Saved. Norfolk, Va Feb. 18.—A tornado struck the passenger steamer Olive, which plies between Franklin Va an.i Edenton. N. C.. Monday night, and sent her to the bottom of the Chowan j river between Mt. Pleasant and Oliver's wharf. Seventeen people are . known to have been drowned, while the death-list may reach twenty-five, and others who were rescued are in a serious condition. The whirlwind when it struck the Olive caused her to go over on her beams’ end, and when she righted it was only to sink on account of the water she had taken. A majority of ' the passengers and crew were below at the time and had no opportunity to reach the pilot house of the vessel. This point was the only portion left above water, and in it. standing waist deep from the time of the accident until 6 in the morning. Captain George ■ H. Withy and five others were saved. . The Olive was a small single screw I steamer owned by J. A Pretlow of Franklin. Va.. and lias been plying between North Carolina and Virginia for several years. She left Franklin Monday evening for Edenton and had al most reached her destination when the i cyclone struck her. According to the statement of Captain Withy, who ar rived here last night, there are seventeen known to have been lost on the sinking steamer, and a lifeboat, loaded with eight persons, which left the steamer in hopes of reaching a vessel whose lights could be seen In the distance. is yet unheard from. If these have been drowned the death-list will reach twenty-five. The boat sunk so quickly alter being struck that none below had a chance to reach the deck and they must have been drowned In their berths. A special from Suffolk says that, the crew of eight who embarked In Hf e . boats were picked up after rowing four hours, by the tug Gazelle and landed at T ..tls. Work wag jtarted today to

recover the dead bodies find It possible raise the steamer. JAMES R. GARFIELD CHOSEN 1 He Will Be the First Commissioner ot Corporations. Washington. Feb. is.—The president : has announced that he will appoint . Jan.es R. Garfield of Ohio, son of the W?, A fl W&K--' I TH JAMES R. GARFIELD. late President Garfield, comtnissionei of corporations, the most important office included in the new department of commerce Mr. Garfield is a mem er of the civil service commission. Big Strike in Sight < hlcago. Feb 18 — Announcement that an overwhelming majority of th< Chicago City Railway company’s em ployes have voted for a strike is to be made tonight at a conference of dele gates from unions comprising the al i led trades connected with the opera Hon of the sy. te!n , Vader the rules, of the organization the result of the b«Uo Ing must be submitted to the na turns executive officer, before . strike may be put into effect. Trainmen Scalded to Death CO).. Feb 18,-Conductor John Summers. Engineer Benjamin Spent er. and Switchman W. R Roger" *tc taught under an engine that he n ‘ h ’' ' rark anil tun “ ll I" he Denver < R lo Grlnde yard / r *" cap ng an, t fa ' a " y Bea, ' lt> " caplng steam. The accident .... caused by the rads. Ca » tr <’ Conveys Hi, Regards. h \ark. Feb iw tl . 8 as 1 th.. Associated Press tn I transmit, togethe with mJ * t 0 >|caatro.” ‘ "’ -'ClPrlano

DOINGS IN CONGRESS Nava! Station on Great Lakes Knock* in the Head. Washington. Feb. 18 The bow yesterday began consideration of th naval appropriation bill eration of a rule which t:..i!<- the mv legislation relative to the increase* the personnel of the na. y o crease of the naval academy in >rd« ; The general debate on the t ill va I without special feature The graph in the bill providing for a naval station on the great went out on a point of ordt r Mr I* tlefleld and Mr. Sulzer ha I an ;aW esting clash before the nava ! -■ ” taken up. the former charg r.g the Mter with having perverted the reeolt The senate agreed to th* cot.: r-o« , report on the army appropriating bl Discussion of the stat. i. ■ '• bill •• resumed and Mr. Depew < TT-Hii»rkii iu vrppwf r t — -- the end of the session Mr. Te.l' dared that himself and tl couaW had been insulted by sone ot Mr. pew e references to the ui. qnal repn mentation In the senate. Honor, for President s D New Orleans. Feb. 18 Roosevelt's debut In New Or. . ciety was made especia • t! Ijut night the Atlantean '■ nep art ball at the French op* Miss Roosevelt occupied decorated box. As soon J '' leaux and coronation wercial escort conducted her to a 5,3l k , side the throne, the king pn nt y ■ , with a handsome souvenir an was incorporated into the 1 ' al special honors being paid her 7 ; the grandees of the tnimlc u Hopes of tarty ' Gloucester. Mass., Feb. ' A .l gram has been received here i Captain Norman A. ctors >nd<-‘'. j Charles Young, who are wit < !1 ’ — cester schooners imprison l i 11 , at the Bay of Islands. N> The message announce I that seis probably would be liberal 1 | > their position soon. i' i Venezuela’s War Levyi Caracas, Feb. 18.- A prv>i«i>-'“ , J*/ s ' tree Issued yesterday establl»w war contribution in the f< rm ' ■ extra duty of 30 per cent to 1"' ‘ on all Imports. The export ' * coffee is made two bolivars P' pounds. Fishing Craft Porto Cabello. Feb 18 - Tb' 1 commodore has returned to ths ezuelan owners fifteen and schooners wh.ch had I"' ' tured by the German war ve*** 1 Vlneta is still here.