Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1903 — Page 4

High School Notes. RAY ALLEN, EDITOR. There have been a great many absent thia week on account of sickness. Wednesday morning Miss Hathaway read a famous production of Addison. Rev. Parker of the United Brethren church conducted the devotional ex■ ercises Monday morning. Examinations began Wednesday afternoon with the junior English, and have occupied Thursday and Friday. The new song books arrived Wednesday morning The academy song book is published by Ginn & Co., and contains one o( the best collections of popular songs on the market. They have been needed for a long time, as the old ones contained nothing but sacred songs. The two books together will give the best results. PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned will offer for sale at his farm, two miles west and onehalf mile north of Monroe, or six and one-half miles southwest of Decatur, on the stone road, at teu o’clock a. m., on Thursday, March 5, 1903, the following personal property, to wit: Three head of horses consisting of bay mare, ten years old, weight about 1,500; mare six years old. with foal; mare four years old; two cows, will be fresh soon; three brood sows, full blood D.uroc sow. will farrow- in March or April; live head ot shoats, weight about one pounds; Deering binder, Deering mower, sulkv coru plow, Avery; Shank breaking plow, spring tooth barrow, single shovel plow, heavy three-inch tire, steel skein, Birdsell wagon, asgood as new; two seated three spring buggv, single buggy, bob sleds, hay ladders, about one hundred bushels of coru, fifty bushels oats, about three tons of nice clover hay, a lot of nice corn fodder, set of log bunks and; log chains l dump bed, log putty, cant book, swamp hook, log tongs, crow bar, anything a logger needs; heating stove cook stove, some household goods, chairs, beds, set heavy double harness set buggy harness and many other articles. Terms of sale: Alt sums of So and under cash. All sums over 35 a credit of nine months will be given. E. J. George, Owner. J. N. Burkhead, Auctioneer. $25.00 Reward! We will give a reward of >*25.00 for any kind of spavin or any splint, sweeney, capped hock, bowed tendon. wind galls, or any ailments that cannot be cured by the use of GILMORE’S CAUSTIC OIL. It has been so thoroughly tested that we know it will do all we claim and more. We have so much faith in the curative powers that we guarantee every bottle to give satisfaction or money refunded. Price 50c per bottle. Gilmore Drug Co., Fletcher, Ohio. Use Gilmore’s Headache Powders. Sold by all druggists. 21f3m Chinese Soldiers Slaughtered. Pekin. Feb. 28. —Advices received here show that 500 imperial troops were caught Feb. 16 in an ambush in the Yang Yulng pass by the rebels of the provit.ee of Kwang-Si. South China. Ail the soldiers were killed and th" rebels raptured large supplies of arms which the troops were taking to the besieged garrison of Chi Yuen. The viceroy of Hunan has sent troops to the boundary to check the rebels. An Accounting Asked For. New York. Feb 28. —The Hagaman ease, in which the brother of Theodore Hagaman, who died in 1900. Is seeking an accounting of the estate from the widow, came up yesterday before Surrogate Fitzgerald. The widow, who is now Mrs. Walter Delabarre, assert ed that the estate was worth about *2.500. The contestant declared its value to be J1.500.nb0 Murdered by Burglars. Buffalo. N. Y„ Feb. 28. —E. T. Burdick. president of the Buffalo envelope ■works, was found dead in his room yesterday with his skull crushed The indications are that it was the work of burglars. Storm Bow's Train Over. London, Feb 28.—At Ulverston. I.ancashire, during a heavy storm yesterday, a passenger train was blown over, a number of nassi twn rs were Injured, and ten cars wrecked. BRiCF DISPATCHES Seventeen hundred structural ironworker* in the Pittaburf, dutnrt struck Friday. <.' oti’-ad N, Jordan. MaitUnt treasurer of the I nlted “tau* at the aubtreaaury in N York. t» dead. PreMident Pal mi ha« signed the aoldirre’ pay loan >n'« wh ch anthori/.«M the iiwur of >85,b00,fiOo worth of bond-. Robber* al < edar Spr nga, Mich., blew the aafr in a bank, »»•< ring b t».wu >l.(hW and 16.000, and em Mj»cd m a atoien ng Buatn<*«« failure* in the I nited States for the ■week ending mnnbur H- again-' I*4 Irt-f iot In the like week of 19)2. Benjamin L. < win shot and killr. himself in a Lrxinglnn. Ky.. saloon. He was seventy tear* f'Mi ami worth S3Uo,i4jo. The Montana House of ropr.'-enlntive* pataeri a bill lb enMitig gamblfhg and making it a local option measure in -mall communities. Mr*, ra ah Kittredge, a literary worker, perished m a lire width d«*tr*ved 11m* Burbank Wloch at Lowell, Mana., wuh liMXMO loan. French Hight. wanteJ for th’ murder of, Andrew Hutton, waa ai •eateu al llinravide, Teen., and returned to . nlwurville. Ky. war in < entral Ameni a seems imminent. , Re enforcement* have been sent to both sierra I and Bonilla r’aiinauU us Use rresideuoy •/ >

Weather Forecast. Generally fair Sunday, preceded by snow Hurries north portion tonight. Cold wave. High northwest winds. HOME MARKETS. NOTICE TO iTERCHANTS. You are invited to insert in this column, free of charge, the price you will pay for any farm product. Accurate prices paid by Decatur merchants for various products. Corrected every day. GRAIN. BY E. L. CARROL, GRAIN MERCHANT. Wheat, new ..$ 71 Corn, per cwt, yellow (new) 60 Corn, per cwt., (new) mixed 58 Oats, new 33 [ Rye 46 ; Barlev 451 . Clover Seed. 4 50 (a 5 65, Alsyke .. 600@ 6 50 Timothv . 1 60 Buckwheat .. 65 , Flax Seed 1 10 TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3:00 5 o'clock by J. D. Hale, Decatur. Special wire service. i , \S heat, new No. 2, red. cash $ 77 , May wheat 79J i J uly wheat, 75; Cash corn, No. 2, mixed, cash 45$ ] May coru 45$ I July corn 45 . Oats, cash 37 3 Oats, May 36jj t Oats, July . 362 f Rye, cash 54 J s ; STOCK. , BY FRED SCHEtMAN, DEALER. * Lambs 4J (<7 5 Hogs, per cwt. $6 25 (S 36 75 ’ Cattle per lb 3 @ 4 8 Calves, j>er lb. 5J @ 6 f Cows 2 (d 3 - Sheep, per lb 21 (ff 3 ’ Beef Hides, per lb. 6 POULTRY. BY J. W. PLACE CO., PACKERS. Chickens, per lb.. .09 Fowls, per lb. 09 r Ducks, per lb 10 ’ Turkeys, per lb. 12 to 13 ' Geese, per lb 06 t WOOL AND HIDES, t e BY B. KALVER & SON. e Wool. 15c to 18 ■ I Sheep pelts 40c to $1 00 - Beef hides, per pound 06 . Calf hides 07J Coon hides 40c @ 1 35 Possum hides ...15c (<r 60 '■ ' Skunk hides .... 25c («. 130 II Mink hides 50c ((t 2 25 Muskrat hides ....... 10c @ 18 Tallow, per pound 04J d CHICAGO MARKETS. ’’ Chicago market closed at 1:15 p. m. h today as follows: 1 Wheat. May $ 773 ' Wheat. July 7:;’ R Corn. May. 47 ’■ Corn. July 44; * ('it-. May 351 Oats. Julv ... 321 Mav Pork . .$lB DO’ j Julv Pork ..*l7 1;, > ‘ Lard, per cwt 9 62 g HAY HARKET. No. 1 timothv hay (ba>ed) ! — 810.00 @ $11.601 No 1 mixed hay (baled) ' . MOO @ $9.60 No. 1 clover hav (Baled) 16.00 " 17 60 Losse hay $1.50 less. COAL. 1 3 Anthracite $ 9 00 , Domestic, lump 4 75 Domestic, nut 4 50 OIL fIARKET. Tiona $1.67 Pennsylvania 1.52 ' Corning 1.35 New Castle 1.29 North Lima 1.14 South Lima 1.06 Indiana 1.06 OTHER PRODUCTS. RT VARIOUS GROCERS AND MERCHANTS. Eggs, fresh, per doz $ 12 Butter, per pound 12 Potatoes, per bushel 45 MARKET NOTES. Liverpool market opened | cent higher on wheat. Corn o|»ened | cent higher. Receipts at Chicago today: Hogs Ifi/JOO Wheat 19 cars Corn 883 cars i flats 160 cars Estimate for tomorrow: Hogs > Wheat 25 cars i Corn. 340 cars | flats 215 cars |

MARKET QUOTATIONS Prevailing Current Prices for Grain, Provisions and Livestock. Indianapolis Grain and Livestock. Wheat—Wagon. Zflc; No 2 red strong 76 Corn—Steady: No. 2 mixed, 45 Oata—Steady; No. 2 mixed, 36 Cattle—Slow at 13.50 <5.50 Hogs—Quiet at $6 a 7.50 Sheep—Steady at I? <3.50 Lambs-Steady at Grain and Provisions at Chicago. Opened. Closed. | Wheat— Feb I . I . May July 73% .7* CornFeb 14% .44% May 46-* .47% July 44% .45 Oata— Feb 84% May 35% .35% July 82% .38 Pork— Feb May 17.85 ]«.00 1 July 17.35 17.45 { LardFeb 9.62 May 9.67 9.62 I July 9.57 9.57 Ribs— Feb ... May .. ?-1 Juiy 9. tv 9.62 Closing cash market—Wheat; Z6%c. corn 44< s c; oats. 85c; pork. 117.55; lard. >9.55 , ribs 89.12, At Louisville. Wheat—No. 2 new, 79c Corn—No. 3 white, 61c; No. 8 mixed. 50c Oats—No. 2 mixed, 40c; No. 2 white. 41 1 ,c Cattle-Steady al >2.75 04.75 Hog*—Steady at >5(^7.20 fc Sheep—Steady at >2.g3.75 Lamoa-Steady at >8.50 05.75 At Cincinnati. Wheat—Quiet; No. 2 red. 79 l ,c Corn —Steady; No. 2 mixed 47c Gate-steady; No. 2 mixed. 39 Cattle—Steady at >2(04.75 Hogg —Active at Sheep—Strong at >2i04.a5 Lambs—Strong at I&08.6O Livestock at Chicago. Cattle—Slow; steer*. >3.(05.75; stockera and feeders, >2.50(04 40 Hogs—Steady at >6.8007.42% Sheep—Steady at >3.25(05.50 Lambs —Steady nt >3.50<00.55 At New York. Cattle—S’.ow at >3.7505.30 Hogs—Qmet at >5.75 a 7.66 Sheep—steady at >2.25j>6.4< Lambs—Steady at >2.25(07.10 At East Buffalo. Cattle - Steady at >2.75(05.25 Hogs—Active at >5.75(0«.65 Sheep—Steady at >2’is<o4.le Lamba—Steady at >4.75 06.*6 THE BRITON NOT IN IT American Supremacy Holds Good. Even Among the Pugs. Detroit, Feb. 28.—England tried for another championship last night and sustained another defeat Her cham ! HARRT FORBES pion bantam weight. Andy Tokell. was beaten by Harry Forbes, the champion bantam weight of the world. Forbes was given the decision at the end of / f 7 k w, AITDBEW TOKELL t the ten rounds. He won the fight from start to finish and had the better ot every round. Three Suspects in Jail. La Porte. Ind.. Feb. 28 —Elias Wag ner. Clarence Dunham and Edward Clancy were arrested yesterday on a charge of attempting to rob the Smith bank at Westville, Ind., on Nov. 30 and of killing Wesley Reynolds, a ! young man who was riddled with'bul i Jets while protecting the bank. Thr j men were arrested in different vll lages and are in the Le-Porte jail | The prisoners have served time tor j burglary, robbery and grand larceny I The detective who arrested the men ' says he has evidence enough to con vlct them, and the Jail Is being guarded against an attack. Admiral Schley Is 111. San Antonio. Tex.. Feb. 28.—Roar Admiral W. 8. Schley arrived tn San Antonio yesterday, and when a delegs tfon of citizens called at the hotel to I pay their respects they were informed I that the admiral was confined to his j bed and was too ill to receive anyone i latter a physician was summoned to | attend him. and by night he was suf ficlnetly Improved to resume hls journey to the West. Admiral Schley con tra. ted a severe cold en route from; New Orleans that developed symptoms I ot pneumonia, but it was announced | last evening that he was Ir uo danger.

HE LIKES IB TMI Multi-Murderer Knapp Gloats Over His Awful Crimes. In Talking of His Murders the ArchCriminal Acts the Part of the Strangler. The Calmness of the Man Is One of the Appalling Features of the Case. | Hamilton, Ohio. Feb. 28.—Albert ! Knapp has paid no attention to the | repeated orders of hls attorneys and of his sister not to talk about his I crimes. Attorney Tenney of Cincin- > nati. who has been retained by the Knapps in Cincinnati, is still here and was greatly annoyed with the contln tied .alking of the prisoner. Prosecu tor Gard has notified the sheriff tc | prohibit reporters, policemen and oth ers from seeing Knapp hereafter. In anticipation of his probable trial at Cincinnati. Knapp was Interviewed rgarding the eases there an I especially j about the strangling of Mary Ekhart. When asked why he killed her he coolly replied: “I was afraid she would tell somo thing she knew." and his utter calm ness was appalling. After talking on the crimes sufficient to fill many pages, he was asked “Are you sorry for the murders you have done?" “Yes. I am.” he replied, slowly. “When I think of Hannah and the rest j I feel bad. I don't know why I killed Hannah. She was a good wife to me.' 1 He said: “I don't know why I did It. I always had a peculiar feeling of satisfaction when I killed a woman or a child. No, I cannot say that J ever had a feeling of regret. Once or twice I worried over the fear of being . arrested. Well, they have got me and I guess that they will send me up i for life. Now don't try to scare me i by saying that I will go to the chair They won't do that to me. will they?" Knapp not only told how he killed victims, but he acted it. and when he did so his face took on a look ol i fiendishness. His fingers drew up j with tension and looked like the talons i I of a bird of prey. His face drew itself I up into hard lines, the eyes drooped toward the nose, and his nostrils wen dilated and puffed long, hissing gusts of breath. His whole body became rigid, and then Knapp was ready tc tell how he killed people. “I always kill from behind." he said from between his closed teeth. “I get them in front of me. Then I clutch them by the throat, placing my knee on the oack and bond them over They struggle, but not long They look into my face, but I don't mind j that.” Ever since Knapp has been left alone and maintained enforced silence, i he seems to be gloating over the sensation he caused by his confession of * the Hannah Goddard (wife No 3) | murder at Hamilton and his additional and gratuitous confessions of the mur Mers of Mary Ekhart. the child Emma Littleman and the Jennie Connor (wife No. 2) murders in Cincinnati and the child Ida Gebhardt at Indi anapolls. That part of Knapp's confession relating to the murder of his third wife ■ Hannah Goddard Knapp, was almost completely verified here last night when Charles Mlllspaugh. a rural mall carrier who drove by Knapp as he was , about to dump the box containing the I body in the Miami river, called on Knapp at the jail. Mr. Mlllspaugh re i called the man perfectly, and his iden j tification was absolute. He saw Knapp at the exact spot by the sm k<-: hole where Knapp claims to hathrown the body. Every possible effort is being made I here to find the body of Hannah God- | dard Knapp so as to establish her death and the facts for an indictment. Meantime It is understood that three indictments against Albert Knapp will be had at Cincinnati so as to mak‘sure of a trial of some one case in the near future. It is conceded that Knapp will never be tried n n more than one case, ns , either of the cases at Cincinnati will take him to the electrical chair If the body of Hannah Goddard Is not found so as to try the prisoner here. Not Ready to Fix a Time. Yt aahlngtoh, Feb. 28. —A determined ! effort on the part of Senator Cullom to obtain Senator Morgan's consent to fix a time for voting on the Panama | canal treaty was made while the sen ate was in executive session yesterday and was met by just as determined opposition on the part of the Alabama senator. Henderson to Take Reed’s Desk. Dubuque, fa., Feb. 28.—1 t Is an nouneed ai the law office of Hend-1 | son. Linehan. Hurd & Klesal, that Speaker Henderson has retired from the firm. Although not officially an nouneed. It Is stated that Mr. Render son will enter a New York law firm as successor to ex Speaker Reed Train Fired Upon by Tramps. Cocshocton. Ohio, Feb 28 Panhan 41e mail train No. 8 was fired on tramps three miles east of here y PR terday. A baggageman bad a narrow escape. Detectives ar-; Investigating

rONVtKIIM' L A GUARDIAN By CYRUS DERICKhON ; ■. was. ■ ngg 1 ~..,.,1 thlrtv two, tin i NanCy rTthe sXndlegnlrwrt--0111 l 7 Miss IlXic Baplin. SC'd nine- ; ' u «>unt consented to with a penniless «'»«. eiope W ith the family given her heart to a college student , acting ns waiter at a summer hotel- I : but for all this she "as suppos.xl to be giddy- Strict discipline was mnxkHl . •it all times, but more partleul.irly . when the couple had setthd down a* a Catskill hotel to spend the month ° Tbetfrl was attractive and Ingenu- ! OUS and She couldn't help meeting voung men. who soon Iweame smitten. Put it was Mlm Messmow s duty ta public and Aunt Nancy's duty In private to set a dead line beyond w brh lhe most ardent captive should pass at , his peril. If there was a little extur sion to a cave or a gorge, sin was on • hand: if there was music in the parlor. , she sat where she could gaze into the , j face of the young man turning over . the music ut the piano; if there was a , tete a tete on the veranda, she crowded , in and changed the coin, rsatlou from jf-j . '.■■■> it p Mi [‘N Bor : I i ‘"4 k ' f J "MITH MESSMORE. I WASTE TOVR DIAMONDS 1” love to thunderstorms. It was her duty as a relative, as a guardian and as a woman to take care ot the giddy young thing. When Miss Bessie rebelled, she w as > answered: “I must do my duty. Every girl of your age is foolish and needs to tie carefully watched " Bessie flung herself down on the bed to weep rebellious tears and wish she hadn't come. There was an unusually large number of young men at the resort. but. with the Argus eyes of her guardian following her about, she couldn't even drop her handkerchief I on the veranda without coming in fcr i t lecture. She had her revenge, for the unexpected happened. Before the week was up Miss Nancy herself had an admirer. During former seasons she had made the acquaintance of ministers college professors and lecturers, but it was a<-quaintan<e only. Now she was sought out by a man of thirty live. A woman is never too old to be flattend At hoii..- m her ow .1 j .irlor Aunt N im \ would have turned up her nose at I'laude Bertrand. She certainly w ould have declared that a poet was a wish washy specimen of humanity :i‘d a ni i who lisped worst than a sehoollioy in love. It was different here at the resort however. Within an hour he had no{ only made her forget that Ih-ssle was <dr with a party of y oung fl>iks fw a long tramp, but bad brought .bout a '■ d “ ‘;l‘«'>K" Os her opinions Sowa rd , Mr l {,r tnmd was entertaining he was deferential; he was i “"'. S u. , ”‘' Ue,,tal ' ' rhe Kuardiau

hours'- . r “*” Ul ' ' ftW 11 ,llr ’* Ju‘L. < ,".* * "' ith “ h “ art *”t»Llar 1 > CU ’ rm *- Yet Kll '' ***• Clans! to he r wondering niece- I ■'This i» Ull altogether different case pXrt’th™" a “ d H W’ . *-?o? t ll , ’Lo a ” A man Wl,h *”•! i ' uiust hwvMMaril vbo n >** -"X; worry al,o Ut . J l,,rol ' l!u ‘ -be tet.- n-tet.wo^dX'’ 0 "”’ U ‘““ y I ’ un,m,,r - ir : >*«lUelt, because sitthJ m , h ‘ Ul ,o the veranda

iug chair., with the moon shining. Bessie in the parlor breaking hearts of half a dozen young nJ Claude Bertrand lisped out the w Aunt Nancy was not (surprised sh had felt It coming, yet simplv ,iid a q know what to say in reply. Years b,' fore she had made up her mind nevs to wed, but when the words ~f !(| ” were lisix-d out softly she Was torn with contlieting emotions. She got o ut of it by reserving her answer f., r a week, and, though the poet didn't how he was to exist for seven lon,, days, he finally agreed. Ou the next evening a hop was gi Vet . at the hotel. Aunt Nancy w .is no hand to show off, but sjie had some tine dia moiids in the hotel safe, and she got them out for the occasion, she enre to dance, and the poet of a lame leg, and so it happened thit they paraded the veranda arm j n uru ‘ and lisped sentiment After awhile they wandered o n t on the lawn to observe the moon. , lU d h.. suggested a walk tip the path to observe the shadows. She sighed a »d he sighed, and by ami by they were a quarter of a mile from the scene of gnyety and all alone o.n the path. They had been silent for a moment when he turned to her and lisped: "Mith Mcssmore, 1 wantb your dia monds!” "W-what do you mean?” she asked. “I wantb your diamonds, if VOM don'th take them off and give tli.-m to me. I'll choke the life out of you ’ ■Claude Mr. Bertrand" "Take them off, and do it mighty quick!" Aunt Nancy removed her her sunburst, her earrings and linger rings and passed them over in dazed way. The poet crammed the plunder in his pocket and said: “Now git for the hotel and don'th look back!” Aunt Nancy “got” to the hotel and up to her room. Two hours later Bessie found her there looking pale faced and dazed. “Oh. aunt, would you think It giddy i of me if I encouraged my fourtoentli victim to propose?" she exclaimed "No. dear." slowly and solemnly an swered the guardian. "Even If it was your twenty-eighth it wouldn't be ghl j dy of you!” \ Written Opinion. A portly and pompous ntanric, ts>ld a commission us brigadier general ot militia and a license to practio- law. neither of which, says the lire Ibig he had much occasion to use He flual ly had a case before the aupren ..art and proudly hoped to see his namo in the reports as counsel for the plaintiff above a long and elaborate op : -u ot the court. When bls case was called on ; inion day. he was enraged to bear the simple announcement from the ben< b. “As firmed.” After the court adjourned be • .."ntto Judge McKinney, whom he kne well, and said. "Judge. I thought tl t the supreme court at least would • y ths law.” "Wherein has the court failed asked the judge. "The law requires that a written opinion be delivered in every . this court tries, and none was deliver ■! in this case.” The Judge had the rolled record brought to him and ghin<«sl .it ' ■ mt tom of the page. Placing his t _■ ron the abbreviation "Aff'il.” he s:(:d I tin* ambitious general: "See there! tffid Isn’t that a written opinion'•' When < oal Was Prohihltvd It makes the present genera - - sn>i> to read the accounts which 1 .at.- m<‘ down to us concernlug the prejvdaes which were formerly entertain'-d -.i*' certain articles which are now <•( everyday consumption. For instance, it Is said tlyit wl ■ a coal was first used In England the i ""ju dice against it was so strong that the house of commons petitioned t' king to prohibit tile use of the fuel. A royal proclamation having f dto abate the nuisance, a commit- > issued to ascertain who burned <»d within the city of London and it- > -'!> borluod. to punish tbeui by li - ,r the first offense and by the den. of their furnaces if they peri- in triuisgressiug. A luw was i ed making it a capital offense ’■ coal in the city and only peri 1 zlt to be used by forges in the vi I’ is stated that among the reeurdTower of London a document "ia found aeeordlng to which a > .an " ■* haiigixl In the time of E<)"> ' I 1 f ur no other crime titan bavin- ' ■■••n caught burning coal. It toe three centuries to entirely efface th - |'*J« dice London Answers.

Prophetic Writer®. When Sir Thoma* Mon* . »’ij po***! his “Utopia" in 1514. the id> ' 1 pressed by him In it were many ' " ,u ties ahead of the period in "i- ill - whs written. Every house in c. h the Utopian cities had a large garden, the working day was limited. ! i ), ' r " were no taverns, no lawyers. :md w«r was regarded ns a brutal melius! ul settling disputes. Considering tl. it i" More’s day hygiene. Inlior rest! tioa temperance and International tlon were unknown, this is a wonderful forecast. Lord Bacon In hia essays, "t'Ml au'* ■Moral." expresstsl opinions so i't' I' l advance of his contemporaries tb it I* l ' himself in his will foretold tlmt the.’ would not be underwtiMMl or appr llll,l ' until generations after he was gone In practical science th- i. ’’ ously prophetic writer was ’ " ir <|ula <>' Worcester, who in his 1 fy of Inventions," published ■*• descr'.lied the stenni engine, tie ’■ graph, the torpedo, the nn - 1 • lie hydraulic press, portal)! 1 ’ pontoons, matches and tunny l,,ri, ’ r things which have come into use "IU in the last hundred years.