Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. rvs.,r nnua. si'xrr irnur. «r UE W Gi . ELLINGHAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Ry <-*n . r. p<-r 1&e Spur-- p-ryesr $4 00 Bro 25 By taali. ptry-ar Si 50 Single copies. Two Cm’. r»u > made Known <*>spi n -< —- 4. H. HELLER, Mamaser. DOINGC IN CONGRESS The Hc.»e Passes the Last of the Regular Supply Bill*. ■Washington, Feb. 24.—The house yesterday passed the general cefkiency appropria’ion bill, the .ast of the regular supply bills. It t arried 413 ■ bSS.TSI. The only amendment of importance was one appropriating 31,UOO.'Xrb to replace the stores and storehouse at the Rock island arsenal recently destroyed by fire. The bill to amend the railroad safety appliance act was sent to conference and the conferees were instructed not to insist on that portion of the house amendment giving the interstate commerce commission power to reduce below 5.0 per cent the nuAber of cars equipped with parent air-brakes. The omnibus public building bill was passed by the senate and the postoffice appropriation MM was considered without final action. Mr. Tillman spoke for nearly two hours, principally is reply to Mr. Spooner, on the Indianola postoffice <ase. He said that if the policy of the administration in re- ' gard to equality of the negro was carried on and Booker Washington should be appointed to the cabinet, he woui-i > vote for bls confirmation. He did nx conciude his remarks. Deadly Riot on a Train. Lake Charles, La., Feb. 24 —Passengers on an incoming Kansas City Southern train reported a riot on the train in which a negro was shot to death and three white men seriously injured one probably fatally A crowd of intoxkateo white men boarded the train at a sawmill town south of Leesville. The ruffians took forcible possession of the smoker and invaded the negro coach. Instantly a fight was started. The car was almost wrecked and all the window lights were knocked out. Officers are on the track of the marauders. ■ "■ ■ ■ ■■■ Santo Domingo Reconsiders. San Domingo, Republic of Santo Domingo, Feb. 24.—The Dominican government has advised United States Minister Powell that it has reconsidered its intention to send an envoy to Washington to make representations against the Ros and Clyde company s claims and that it will accept Powell’s proposals in regard to the Ros claim, and oas requested further time to tenaider th? claim of the Clyde company. Barbers Go Out on Strike. South Bend. Ind . Feb. 24 —All the union barbers in the city went on strike yesterday over the question of hours and wages. A committee from the union and one from the boss barbers tried yesterday to settle the differences but failed, and today nearly every shop was operated by the boss barbers and porters. It look as if the ■trike will be a iong one.

THERE IS TALK OF ANOTHER BOLT

WILL BOLT CAUCUS Majority in Senate Turns Against the Stansbury Bill. Indianapolis. Feb. 24.—1 t was learned today that practically enough members of the senate are pledged to vote against the Stansbury school supply commission bill to kill It when it is reported by the committee on education. The city school superintendents and •school boards have been doing effective work. This bill is aimed to create a board to buy supplies for all the schools of the state, and the way ft wont through the hone- looked s« If there had been an order from some eonrec to railroad ft. The promoters would accept no amendments, so the bill stands before the senate in its original dress. Senator Crumpacker of I.a Porte, Senator Gochcnour of Rochester. Sinator Bell of Hammond, Senator Ptirvlanee of Huntington, and a few other Republicans are leading the opposition to the hill The friends of the measure areWitrfvitig hard to save it, and today they fairly pleaded with the Republicans to take caucus action. The bill was made a < aiicua measure* in the house aguinst the better Judgment of many members, and when tue vote was taken a numb, r threw party matters to the winds and voted against it. As the Democrats are almost solidly against it In the seriate, as they were in th* house there is not much chance for it to get through The report that the brewers are going to make another attempt to knock out the blanket remonstrance feature of the Nicholson law this session of i the legislature. It was said today. Is wholly without foundation It is prob-! ably due to the ovc-anxiety of the: temperance advocates who have hung about the statehouse every day sine** *

COMPROMISE TALK Senate Trying to Get Together On the Statehood Proposition. Latest Plan Look rg to a Settlement W II Be Sutn-itted to the Minority Side. Democrat!: Leaders Say Trey Cannot Accept and Will Submit Another. - Washington. Feb. 24.—There is again much talk of compromise on the statehood biil. It is generally understood that what was known as the Spooner compromise, being the twostate bill < rawn by the Wisconsin senator, will be satisfactory to the Republicans. The terms of this compromise have been given heretofore.■»ave that the provision for the state of Montezuma provides that before Arizona can be set off as a separate state the population of Montezuma must be 7bO/>.»). of which 290,000 should be in Arizona. Ihe Democrats while talking in a ' uneiliatory spirit, say that they hare little hope that the Republican proposition will be acceptable to them. It .? quite likely that when this proposition is submitted the Democrats will have a conference. Probably a counter-proposition then will be made providing that when Arizona has a population which is the average for a representative in congress, it shall be admitted as a state, and also that a census shall be taken every year The Democrats say they want a provision fixing the date which wiil bring Arizona into the Union. This would not be satisfactory to the Republicans. While the efforts toward a compromise continue, there are only a few senators who expect an adjus’ment to be reached, and the prosper <S of statehood legislation are remote There was an earnest conference in the senate chamber after adjournment yesterday, participated in by Senators Aldrich, Quay. Hanna. Foraker. McComas. Beveridge and Kean, whew it was definitely decided that the proposition for a <ompromise on two states should be submitted to the Democrats. Senator Quay presented a memoran dum of the important features of the compromise to Senator Bate, who will present it to a conference of Demo crats called for today. It is expected thax the Republican proposition will t>e rejected and a counter proposition made Democratic leaders say that they cannot accept the compromise suggested, and the Republicans say that no further concessions will be made. * Deadly Pistol Fight St. Louis, Feb. 24. Roscoe Reynolds of Birmingham. Ala., who has been singing in a concert hall, she’ and killed Daniel Hussey yesterday during a revolver fight. * Reynolds says that Hussey began shooting at him and he returned the the. Reynolds .a under arrest. He was slightly wounded on the cheek with a bullet.

the defeat of the l.uhring bill, fearing hat another attempt of some kind would be mane by the liquor interests to amend or repeal some of the features of the Nicholson law, but it is now believed that the liquor men will not give this legislature any further attention, as they realized the hopelessness of their case when the Luhring bill was smothered by thousands of petitions from every corner of the state. But tne temperance advocates gay the brewers are getting up a gigantic petition that will l»e presented within a day or so calling on the legislature to repeal the blanket remonstrance clause. The legislators as well as the party leaner* however, nave decided that there shall be no changes either for or against the liquor interests. An interview by Tom Taggart in which he predicted that David B. Hili of New York would get a portion of the Indiana delegation in ISU4 for the Democratic nomination for president In 19'i4. has aroused considerable comment among the legislators. But few , i of the Democrats agree entirely with Taggart, although they endorse much of what he has to say about the reorganization. Senator O'Brien of bawrenceburg, who is state ' halrman. lai nut a Hili man, and be said he did not think there Is much sentiment In Indiana for Hill. I am for Judge Parker of New York for president rather than Hill," he said. “I believe that Parker is much the stronger man. Hill has a following, but there is a strong belief among many that he did ; not vote the ticket In 1896, although I believe that he did. There is no question about his position in 1900, but still, as I nave said, there is a preJu-' dice. Our success Is going to depend i largely on W. J. Bryan. If he leads a ■ revolt then we probably can't win. but I think things are gritting In good ! • shape for us." I V

J BIG JSB M That Is What Is Just Now Confronting the Indiana Legislature. To Finish Even Half the Business Now on the Calendar Wi . Be No bmall Task. A Whole Lot of B it* Will Be Left Perishing by the Readside. Indianapolis. Ind- February 24. — The Indiana legislature has a big I job ahead to finish half the business now on the calendar. To one familiar with the grind of legislative matters, it looks as if a lot of bills are going to be left by the wayside, so to speak. I the day of the adjournment. The ceremonies attending the presentation of the sword to Admiral Taylor, while an event of much interest, nevertheless prevented action on a numi-er of 1 bills that are wearing the “hurry up" I mark. The ceremonies occupied most of the afternoon, although the lebat on the Gray railroad consolidation b:i! was finished so ft was passed to en- ■ grossment This brought out a warm I discussion between Senator Gray. Republican and Senator Fortune. Democrat. The bill was amended so as to make consolidations domestic corpora- , tions and to give the state the right to repeal the law at any time Senator Gray during the debate admitted that the entire purpose of the bill was not to permit the Illinois Central the right to consolidate some of its branches. The till wiil probably be passed to- ’ morrow. The Kirkman gas pumping bill was passed today after a lively discussion. Senator Davis was disguested because the senate summarily | killed his bill regulating contempt of I court proceedings The most import ant action of the house was to pass Senator Goodwine’s bill providing for the separation of the woman's prison I and girls' industrial school, and a new | institution for the girls to cost |150.000. The house also refused to concur in the senate bill giving a number of circuit court judges an increase of i 35 'u to sljiou a year. I DEED OF A BOY Columbus Lad Held on a Charge of Wholesale Poisoning. Columbus. Ind., Feb. 24.—Mead Barr, nineteen years old, of Elizabethtown, is in jail here on the charge of poisoning six people, all of Elizabethtown Barr was employed in a warehouse, and took a number of apples and poured in a poisonous drug and gave the apples to the people, who became seriously ill. The motive for his deed is not known. Men Sold Their Votes. Loogootee. Ind., Feb. 24. —The trials of forty-six men charged with selling their votes at the last election began yesterday in the Martin circuit court. The grand jury returned indictments against ninety-six persons and the sheriff arrested seventy-two of them, twenty four others either leaving the county or eluding the officers. Os those arrested twenty-five pleaded guilty and were disfranchised. i . I Teh City Cherishes Ambitions. Tell City. Ind.. Feu. 24. —A movement has been revived here to form a new county, to be formed of portions of Perry and Spencer counties, and if the idea is carried out. Tell City is to be the county-seat. Rome was the county-seat of this county many years ago. when a movement to change the location resulted in a contest between Tell City and Cannelton, which Can nelton won. Go to School Just the Same. Terre Haute. Ind.. Feb. 24.— While the authorities are disputing over the enforcement of the vaccination order, the children of the city are going to school, the attendance Monday being twice of fast Friday. The children were notified to carry out the vaccination order, and If the school authorities do not enforce the order, the city board of health will take it up. Case County Man Frozen to Death. RojjJ Center. Ind Feb. 24.—Espin Kistler was found frozen to death y s- ‘ terday He left here for his home In a bobsled on Saturday night, and It is thought he went to sleep. He was forty years old and a bachelor. Boy Drowned While Skating. Vincennes, Ind Feb 24 —Bert Wool- 1 ey. fifteen years old, was drowned in j the river while skating His body was ! discovered an hour later. Several other boys who were with him broke Into j the ice but were rescued Wabash River Is Falling. Vincennes. Ind . Feb. 24.—Th ? Ws bash river has fallen five feet since Sunday, and continues to fall rapidly. Jt Is leaving thousands of tons of ice tin the fields that have been covered wlih backwater. Girls' Horrible Discovery. Hammond, Ind.. Feb. 24.—While a party of girls were skating on l«ake Michigan near Hammond. they skated over the dead body of an unknown man frozen in the !<• It is believed he was murdered I

|~ The Big Store’s I ■ Sal® | Will continue another week and will MS g end Saturday. February 28th instead 1 of February 21st. W ■ On account of the severe cold weather AHH 1 F of the past week, which deprived many of ■ ' a '4 ■ f / our customers from taking advantage of I 1 our LOOM END BARGAINS, we have de- . K cided to continue our sale another week. 1 k LOOM-END SALE CLOSES SATURDAY. i I T FEBRUARY 28th. W > < g Same bargains will prevail through 1 ‘ next week as have been advertised. I The Big Store. I I Kern, Beeler & Co. I Decatur. ... Indiana!

DARROW DOESN'T WANT IT Labor's Attorney Has No Time to Be Mayor of Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 24—Clarence S Darrow last night announced that he would not make the race for mayor of Chicago. In giving the reasons that induced him to rearh this conclusion he said that for many years he had

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represented laboring people In their litigation and he felt that could! not abandon this work tor that of the! position of mayor of Chicago. He declared that in company with John Mitchell and Samuel Gompers. he had arranged some measures Intended to! benefit organized labor throughout the! country, and he did not feel at this! i time that he should give this up to iseek a political office. Dowie's Father Divorced. Clarinda, la.. Feb. 24.-Mrs ElizaI belli J. North Dowle was yesterda* granted a divorce from John Murray Dowle. father of the Zion h.-ai-r of Chicago. Two years ago Mrs North was in Chicago on a visit and attended the meetings held by the Zion heal er She met and became infatuated with the father of the promoter of Dowlelsm. and later married him Later .Mrn Dowle deserted ter husband, alleging that he was repulsive overbearing and cruel. She went to Colorado to live with a daughter and later brought suit for divorce In the courts of Page county. lowa One of the stipulations was that she was to give her husband »&,000, which was paid him in gold Mrs North Is probably worth SWO.OOO. Dowle will continue to make his home at Esses, la.

Public Sall LIVERY STOcI - Saturday, Feb* 21 15 Head of Horses, J 10 Single Buggies, I 10 sets Single Harness, ■ 4 sets Double Harnesll Phaetons, Standhopes, Five Seated Wagon, Surreys, Office Safe, Robes, Blankets. Whip This will be the great# I ,| sale of the season. I A CREDIT OF NINE MONT® ■ will be given. ABE L