Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 2 March 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. EVKHY EVENING, EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY L. E W O. EL.LINGIHAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week. 10c By earner. per year $4 00 By mail, per month 25e By mall, per year $2.50 cUugle copies. Two Cents. Advertising rates made known on application j J. H . HELLER, Manager. CAUGHT IN SHAFTING Workman at Columbus Was Horribly Crushed. Columbus, Ind.. March 2.—Clarence O. Sweany, aged twenty-six years, whose home is at Seymour. Ind., was instantly killed at the W. W. Mooney & Sons’ tannery here late Saturday afternoon. He was employed in the leach works with a gang of men. and went into another department to get a drink. Soon after he left his companions an oiler found Sweany’s body revolving beneath a huge belt and pulley. The machinery was stopped at once, but life was extinct and the body was horribly crushed. Terre Haute Schocls Closed. Terre Haute, Ind., March 2.—An order was issued by the health board Saturday night closing the public schools until the case brought against the health and school authorities by the anti-vaccinationists is heard in the circuit court March 5. Until a temporary restraining order was issued Friday morning, all unvaccinated children were* excluded from the public schools on account of the smallpox epidemic. To avoid having their children excluded the anti-vaccinationists carried the matter into court, which resulted in the temporary restraining order being granted. The case is to go to the highest courts for a final decision to establish the power of the health board. Seven thousand pupils are enrolled in the public schools here. Futile Safe-Blowing Raid. Vincennes, Ind.. March 2. —Safeblowers wrecked the safe in J. M. Buchanan & Son’s department store at Lawrenceville, 111., nine miles west of Vincennes. Gunpowder wag used and the explosion aroused the citizens. The crac’-smen, fearing capture, fled before blowing the inner door, and secured no booty. Bloodhounds are following the trail. Hanged Himself With His Shirt. Dunkirk, Ind.. March 2. —Oak Wells, a young man of this place, was arrested for intoxication. He made a rope from his shirt and hanged himself in his cell. He was discovered and cut down, but only a physician's prompt work saved his life. He is employed in the glass factory here. Dr. Gatling’s Funeral. Indianapolis. March 2.—The body of Dr. Richard J. Gatling, inventor of the Gatling gun, who died in New York last Thursday, was brought to Indianapolis today for burial at Crown Hill cemetery. Dr. Gatling was a former resident of Indianapolis. Poisoner Found Guilty. Brownstown. Ind.. March 2. —The charge against Jerome Anderson of attempting to poison his wife and mother-in-law by putting arsenic in the flour barrel was tried in the Jackson circuit court and the jury returned a verdict of_ euiltv

AN OUTRAGE, SAYS SAYRE.

Indianapolis. March 2.—Representative Warren G. Sayre of Wabash, the ‘ watch-dog of the treasury" and chairman of the ways and means committee which framed the general appropriation bill, has figured that the statehouse stenographers cost the 'state over >20.000 a year. He is firn-’y opposed to the employment of additional help for the state officials, but most of the members seem to th'nk the increase in business justifies a greater outlay. But Sayre said today that the officials are furnished with every convenience and are given sufficient help to relieve tnem of their burden, so he does not think they should be permitted to dip deeper into the state treasury for tne employment ot more clerks and stenographers. “It’s an outrage,” he said today, “and the people don't like it a bit.” Sayre is the most-sought after man ot the legislature because of his opposition to salary bills. He declared today that he was consistent in hfn attitude, inasmuch as he is not a candidate for any further political honors. ”1 merely believe in opposing these unreasonable demands,” he added. His explanation puts to rest the talk that he is trying to make a record on which he may run for governor next year. The Indiana temperance forces will gain anotber victory over the liquor interests before the end of the session. although it is only a local fight. The senate bill prohibiting saloons within a mile of the soldiers’ homes at Lafayette and Marlon will be passed. After it came over from the senate it was referred to the committee on public morals. This committee reported tho Luhring bill for 1 the repeal of the blanket remonstrance - law favorably, and It was Inclined to treat thia measure leniently, it was 1 not reported until the house adopted a 1 motion instructing it to report one I

oramouio Indiana Legislature Starts In Upon Its Final Full Week. Night Sessions will Probably Be Re sorted to to Close Up Pressing Business. Several of the Important Measures ' Are Still Under Consideration. Indianapolis, March 2. —The house and senate started in on the last round of the session today. The senate, in order to make up time lost by the Saturday adjournment, will probably j have some night sessions. This may be necessary in order to dispose of all the business. There is always mere or less left over, but tills time there will not be as much as usual. Speaker Marshall and Lieutenant Governor Gilbert have made a record for rushing business through at a lively rate, and the members who still have measures ‘ pending realize the time has gone by when filibustering will profit them any. The most important measures still under consideration are the Gray rt i>road consolidation bill and the Gard fee and'salary bill for county officers. It would not be surprising if both should be defeated, as there is i political string to each that th? KepnblJ- ■ majority does not like to pull. Still, i some readjustment of the county of”.- ; cers’ salaries may be made. The bill i is now pending on secorl reading. • The railroad consolidation bill is also ■ on second reading. Speaker Marshall i thinks the house will get through with most of its bills before the latter part jof the week. The house today took I up the general appropriations bill and considered It as a committee of the whole. Warren Sayre, chairman of 1 the ways and means committee, who 1 introduced it, had charge of it. There ' was considerable discussion and many amendments were offered. There ! were few changes permitted, however, 1 as it was generally recognized that ■ the committees had done their work well. The Republicans of the house and senate will probably caucus tonight on the legislative reapportionment bill. This matter will have to be rushed, but like the general appro- ( priations bill, it will have the right of t way over other business. A shrewd old farmer named l ncte 1 Harvay was approached by a bright, breezy young mnn who was selling incubators. The Green Bag. which tells the story, says that the salesman gave ‘ Uncle Harvey the usual eloquent iirgn- ■ ments—there was not another such In- ; cubator to be found, the prices were remarkably low, and so on. 1 Uncle Harvey d'd not respond. The ■ young man talked himself out and made no impression. Filially he said. "You don’t seem to appreciate these incubators.” “ “No." said Uncle Harvey. “But just think of the time they will 1 save!” 1 Uncle Han ey gave liiu one cold look and said. "What do you suppeoa I care 1 for a ben’s time?’

way or the other without delay. Then it offered a lavorable report, but this was turned aside and the bill was ad-1 vanned. There seems to be a strong sentiment among the members that temptation should be removed as far as possible from the veterans who are spending their last days at Marion and Lafayette. — A bill introduced by Representative Statesman to set aside the income on >300,000 for the benefit of the nonstate schools is arousing considerable interest, and if mere was more of the session left it might create trouble between the state and non-state schools. Printed copies were laid on desks of the representatives today. The bill was prepared by John W. Kay. formerly a trustee of DePauw university. It Is pointed out that the, state school people would not be tn ; position to oppose It consistently. Inasmuch as the legislature han increased the rate of taxation for them, but they are not alarmed, as it will not be pushed. It Is regarded as an indica- : tlon, however, that the feeling that I the non-state schools should receive some aid is still smoldering and is liable to break out at any time. Representative Williams, a preacher member from Henry county, has set i himself up against the railroad lobby and is hopeful of defeating the Gray railroad consolidation bill. He said today that he has made a poll of the, Republic ans and that twenty-two of them are against it. As the Democrats ht.ve caucused against it the chances are that this pet scheme of the rail-1 roads will be defeated. It Is hinted that the Republican leaders are waver-! ing, and they may change front rather than permit the Democrats to get credit for killing a bill belonging to a class of legislation geueially ro garded as vicious.

CAPTURED AT LAST Missouri Bank Robbers Taken By the Police At Hartford, Conn. Chase Beginning the Last of Decenther Was Concluded After Diligent Search. Rudolph and Collins Put Up a Struggle for Freedom but Are Held Fast. Hartford, Conn.. March 2. —William Rudolph known as the ’ Missouri Kid." and George Collins were arrested here Sunday by officers of a detective agen I cy and Hartford police. The men are wanted for a bank robbery at Union, Mo., committed Dec. 27. The safe and vault were blown open and while one j of the burglars secured the money the others stood on the street with revolvers and prevented citizens from interfering. About $14,000 ill money and SIOO,oOO in securities were stolen. Private Detective Schumacher of Chicago was killed when ho went with : three deputy sheriffs to the house of Rudolph's parents. The latter were arrested. Young Rudolph and Collins went to Hot Springs, Ark. In a search of the Rudolph house a scrap of paper was found upon which was written "George Collins, Hartford, Conn.” The Hartford police learned that Collins had formerly been in the reform school at Meriden, Conn. He has two step-brothers here named Laplant. Rudolph and Collins have been here a few weeks, but were not located until Saturday, when Rudolph was seen on the street. The detectives wanted to get the men together and would not risk getting one for fear the other would get away. Sunday afternoon Rudolph, Collins and the two stepbrothers were seen coming out of a house' on Allyn street, where they had two rooms. They were followed to a house on State street, and the force □f Pinkerton men and local detectives was gathered there. Collins and the I Laplants came out of the house to- ' gether and were arrested without any trouble. The “Missouri Kid” remained in the house and Defective Dough-| erty and Detective Farrell of this city went after him. Rudolph had about $2,300 on him. In the rooms occupied by the men were found three large I revolvers, a bag of cartridges and skel-; eton keys, and a quantity of clothing. In all $8,685 was found in the rooms and on the prisoners. About $3,000 was in gold. GENERAL BOOTH’S FAREWELL Salvation Army Leader Closes His Five Months' Tour of America. New York, March 2.—General William Booth, head of the Salvation | Army, presided at three farewell meetGmm WILLIAM BOOTH. Ings in the Academy of Music Sunday . to mark the close of his five months’ visit to this country, during which he delivered addresses in fifty-two cities. New Light on Tragedy. Buffalo. N. Y., March 2.—The police I last night for nearly two hours questioned a woman In connection with the murder of Edwin L. Burdick. She is i not under arrest, but it is said that an arrest may follow. It Is expected i that the woman, whose Identity is ; known only to the police, has figured ■in the case heretofore. Her statej ment. It is said, is placing the murder | In an entirely different light from any of the theories previously advanced by the police. An Illusory Scheme. Constantinople. March 2.—Advices from Bulgaria, Servla and Macedonia i reflect the disappointment felt there I regarding the illusory nature of the Austro-Russian scheme of Macedonian reforms which the sultan has agreed to. Consular dispatches from Salonlca report serious encounters between Turkish troops and bands of Bulgarians In the Uskub district, many being killed on both sides. Potter Won His Contention. Schenectady, N. Y., March 2.—The Potter case has been settled by the painters’ union abandoning Its posl Hon. and William Potter will be allowed to go to work aa a union painter and at the same time remain a member of the militia. These are exactly the terms which he has been standing | out fur fur the last Usiee luouthj.

A DANGEROUS FLOOD Piltsburg Suffers Much Damage froff Raging Waters. Pittsburg. Mar’rt 2.-Wlth every | tributary of the Allegheny and Monon ! gahela rivers emptying swirling *• rents into the banks of these t»' streams ami rushing down to the pomv where they converge to form the Ohio Pittsburg was given a visitation bun day which forced hundreds of families I to either abandon their homes or seek escape from the water in the upper stories, while mud and water dispensed destruction and discomfort a low. Mills in the low lying levels I throughout the country, numbering between fifty and sixty, were flooded and 38,375 men are thrown idle tor four or five days with a loss in wages of more than $326,748. The flood was general throughout ' Western Pennsylvania, the streamseverywhere overflowing their banks and causing more or less damage to houses and farms that lay in their course. Down town in Pittsburg <el lars and basements of business houses which are in the general flood belt were inundated, while in Allegheny two railroads were temporarily para lyzed owing to the water which co\ ered their tracks People In the Hrst and Third wards. Allegheny, had to adopt Venice methods of going to and I from their homes. Gondolas of thi ordinary skiff type were commoner than wheeled vehicles. Ample warning had been received by most of the residents and business firms threatened in time for them to make preparations to minimize losses River men took early precautions to place shipping under safe control, and as a result property of this character suffered comparatively little damage. From the territory up the Monongahela and Allegneny rivers comes reports that much damage was done by the flooding of the lower floors of houses, mills and factories. From all points above on both rivers the waters are reported as either falling or stationary. and danger is averted. Towns below here on the Ohio, however, are still to have their worst experiences during the present high water tomorrow or later. Mississippi at Danger Point. Memphis, Tenn.. March 2. —The Mississippi river is at a standstill at this I point. The water covers an area of | ten miles in the Arkansas lowlands opi posite this city, and the situation is > becoming serious. A special flood warning issued by the local weather bureau rays that It is probable the flood in the lower Mississippi valley i may continue during the next ten days or two weeks and reach stages from I one to three feet higher than at the present time. The Ohio Again Rising. Evansville. Ind., March 2.—The Ohio river is rising today. All the side- : streams are still rising rapidly. River ! men fear a much worse rise than that of a few days ago, as the headwaters are rising and the southern rivers are bank full. Reports say the Wabash. White and Patoka rivers are very high. Boats have been unable to make many of the landings between here and Paducah for two weeks. High Stage of Water Expected. Louisville, Ky.. March 2.—The Ohio river, which has threatened to reach the flood stage here a half dozen times ’ this winter, and has receded each time without doing any great damage, is rising in its banks at trie rate of onetenth of a foot an hour, and there are indications that before it begins to fall again the highest stage of water for several years will be reached. Death of Minister Bowen's Mother. Washington, March 2.—-The United States minister to Venezuela and Mrs Herbert W. Bowen left Washington Sunday afternoon for Brooklyn to attend the funeral services of Mr. Bowen’s mother, Mrs. Ellen Holt Bowen, which will take place in Brooklyn today. The sad news was a severe i shock to the minister and reached him late Saturday night in a dispatch from I his brother. The Last of Her Family. Philadelphiaa. March 2—A woman who gave her name as Mrs. Charlotte j 0. Wellington, commited suicide Sat ' i-rday night by inhaling chloroform In i a fashionable boarding house at Had , donfleld, N. J., near here. The woman | left a note to the proprietor of the i boarding house in which she said: "i am the last of a distinguished family left so alone that I am tired of life’" Workman Fell Seventy-five Feet. Rochester. N. Y.. March 2—J H Baird of Ouysville, Ohio, aged twentyfour years, was Instantly killed by falling from Vincent street bridge over the Genesee river to the roof of the electric light company’s plant below, a distance of seventy-five feet It Is thought he stepped backward and fell. Was a Louisville Man. Kansas City, Mo.. March 2.—A prisoner who while trying to escape s a t urday was shot by a detective and who gave his name as James J Arnold was Sunday Identified as Alfred aaun ders of Louisville. Ky. Saunders had been arrested on a charge of passin - forced notes. Crown Princes. Join. He? Mother Vienna March 2.-The form'er •town princess of Saxony ha. arrived at Lindau, which 1. situated on an i.land in Lake Con.tance, where .he met her mother. She will .tay at her mother’, chateau at Lindau f or the birth of har child.

SOME BUSY MIS in itg Last Throes Congress In Its Last Will Present No End of Excitement. will Resen‘ the Majority’s, I Minority will Recent High-Handed Proceed.ng. Up to the Last Minute. Th. Senate Doe. Not Expect to Be Relieved From Holding an r 1 Extra Session. March 2—The DemoWashington. March - ’ cr atß of the house have decided to : prosecute their filibuster until conr L»s expire, by limitation at noon , March 4. and on the three remaining days of the session, therefore a l bus ,- inesß will have to be transacted in the “ace of every obstacle which the m nority can interpose. But even by the < laborious processes to which the ma- ’ jority will be put, it is believed ample ’ til „e’ remains to get through the conference reports on the remaining five ' appropriation bills. There is a slim I chance for much beyond so tar as the ' house is concerned. Twenty-seven J bills with senate amendments are on 1 the speaker’s table. One or two of these may get through, but the great ’ majority are doomed to die where they 1 are. The one bill in which the Re--1 publican leaders are particularly interested is the Aldrich financial bill, and If It comes over from the senate a ' way will be found, probably through ’ the operation of a special rule to sef cure action on it The complications 1 arising out of the fact that a hostile 5 committee, that on banking and cur- ' rency. has jurisdiction over the sub--3 ject. can be overcome by a rule. It is believed that the immigration bill, which passed the senate Saturday in amended form, also will be acted on. One of the things which gives the Republican leaders grave considers tion in these closing hours of the session is the weakness of the position ’ of the house conferees on the appropriation bills. With the present tie-up in the house the house conferees can--3 not go baek to the house for instructions without a complete agreement, r except at the price of great risk and ’ delay. The senate conferees have not ' been slow to take advantage of this situation, it is said, and believing that 1 the house is at their mercy, they are S insisting on propositions which the house conferees say they would be forced to abandon if the house could } be appealed to to uphold the hands of its representatives. The house of representatives held t a four hours' session Sunday and put . the District of Columbia appropriation ’ bill through its last parliamentary stage in the face ot the Democratic filibuster. Although it was Sunday by ’ the calendar, it was still Thursday. Feb. 26. according to parliamentary fiction.

SENATE FORECAST An Extra Session Now Seems Almost Inevitable. 5 Washington. March 2.—The senate has more than enough work to keep it > occupied during the last days of the > session and do the best it may. there . will be much left undone when the gavel of the president pro tern shall fall at ike close of the final sitting at noor Wednesday, when the last sesi slon of the 57th congress will close by constitutional .Imitation, The caleni dar even at this late nay is quite full. . and there are many more bills in committee than have been reported out. In the present congress, like most oth- . ers. only about 10 or 12 per cent of the ? bills introduced become laws, but it is i also to be said that the record of bills j introduced far exceeds that of any previous congress. Tuesday’s session will be continued until noon Wednesday and the senate will be in almost i continuous session day and night un- » til then Os the supply bills, the sundry civil j postoffice, naval and fortifications bills are still in the hands of conference 1 ' but there are no points » in dispute in connection with any of i tnem which are likely to be difficult of adjustment. Aside from the appropnation bills and conference reports preference will be given to the Aldrich bo .d deposit bill. There is also greet nxlety t 0 „ n fhp Philippine ■ tariff bill. A final attempt will be made * cnn P 7''t <he ranama treaty to a ' Moreen >n hOl,e " ,at B««<>r 8 ««<>r ; and anow a \ r h ” °PP°«‘Uon 1 ~ allow t** treaty to be ratified ’ tl ’ an 'orce an extra session ■ that he H “ frlen ' ia flay h0 *e’*r. add ?h? h D ° i ' UCh ln,en,,oa «■’" th*? add that he is willing to accent th. ' ftt^r^ ‘ nators generally, therefore have 1 tVVs’V 1 ' h T Os aTold,B « “»« exPrlnclpalira a a ?o\ n h rtim7it' O s n h r .llT ' ° f Umfi " " l > a » ‘*' ■3 » alderatlon of the P,, the cot

senate may if it so desires take question of the reorganization committees. No disposition , tk * this step has yet p l' and it does not now seem p ri) b VICIOUS tendencies Other Stories About Alfred Now Coming Out. Hamilton, Ohio. March ■■ Knapp was visited Sunday by fr„ l.ittlemnn of Cincinnati, father Emma Littleman. the V j Plj Knapp’s first murder | a * Littleman was unable to |J,V Knapp as any man whom he had seen or known. While minor offenses. Knapp w&8 nOl charged with capital offenses unm’ brother-in-law last week started , veattgatlon. With all the chanZ* Incendiarism. robbery and j. 1 * crimes, it is conceded that his nJ?'', inant trait is that of brutality rZ of his terms in penitentiaries criminal assaults that were n( ? J lowevl by murders. In the tew he lived in Hamilton he had jho” these vicious tendencies w B c who employed Knapp, says day while at work on the third fioo ro( the mill, saw a well-known young aa] accompanied by a lady passing in street. He had a large chisel in hk hand, which he hurled at the pure devilish abandon, as he kid them not. Later he atten pted toijn an unknown passing woman by ing a chunk of iron at her in a sitnng way. Knapp does not use tobacco in form and was not known as a drinkte He is quite a reader and is kept plied with magazines and booki, bg not allowed to see newspapers, jn enjoys card playing with other pfe onera. Cincinnati Police Buay, Cincinnati. March 2. Since it hn been determined to arraign Alfred A. Knapp at Hamilton for the murder« Hannah Goddard, wife No. 3. the efforts of the city and county offleah here have not been relaxed m evidence regarding the murden ct Emma Uttleman. Mary E. E<kert ui Jennie Conners, wife N 2. the ttatt crimes which Knapp confessed to co» mltting in Cincinnati Wt i» neither the parents nor the brother Cym Knapp, nor the sisters Mrs Kingat Mrs. Wenzel, of the Hamilton prls» er, are under surveillance here, th officers are incidentally k- eping rmd of them. It seems that the family L agree in their statements alout A!fn( being insane, but they differ in ntte matters. A GRIM POSSIBILITY ' War Between Turkey and Russia t Gravely Hinted at.

St. Petersburg March 2 Somepw Heists are of the opinion that only * sternest language toward Turkey® prevent a war between Russia ■ Turkey in the spring They Mi® that Turkey will pursue bands of M* edonian revolutionists acrosstheM garian frontier and tha’ public op:Mi will compel Russia to interfere. The Russians thoroughly ad "stsi that a war with Turkey «,>. ■ and severe one than that of >7' OS “ are quoted as saying that the Turtofi army is the best in the world o»» to its German organizatior and ment. There is an inclination heres anticipate German finan al > -pporttt Turkey, and in view of the siuaaa forebodings of a clash with Turk’? W freely expressed in private they are carefully supi • --’d x ■» newspapers. Release from Snowbanks. St. Johns. N. F. March . Onsl the two snowbound expr -- s retcrw here Sunday. The train I- t this citl seventeen days ago and only sue-ed ed in getting half w;>. at rest X island. The passengers tell thrill® stories of their experiem >■- amid “ snowdrifts. The other expo ss ‘ ® stuck fast, but the pass' ng and walked across thirty miles snowfields to an open section of W line, and will reach here he midda of the week. A High Sense of Duty Rome, March 2 Dr. 1 r. pope’s physician, ma in - m* ing a last effort to in Into recept'- » nals. He remonstrated with him W ing: "Your holiness, i: ■ u lll > ’* point out that your health would p® ly benefit by your resting tpope replied: "My dear fore your valuable advbc com*’®; duty which I shall perfottn jnt: -< end” The audience was ! ,n v ,„ popes private library, an-' I* - ' • spoke continuously for half in with the forty-two cardinal pr*’* BRIEF DISPATCHES J<w. K. Byte's Ordonw h ** n premdent ot Uruguay* Th* MlMtMippi river hM r U’ ’’ point below Memphis . (J VFtr b**twen Rumis and 1 a* an early possibility nth;** Th*- annual sprint frr*h*i h ‘ ufh aon’a impmi on many part» ' Tha statue of Frederick t” " ■*" f •ent to the United st*t*' i'" l '- Al Waite wa« eouvicied ' ■ il Kate Sullivan al Toledo, an t electric chair re* The aouthwealern Limit*' ul ' 1 ’ Ftr tr* teatral mad we. wrerke l •< yards and three were killed Two farmera weredrown* 1 ' "■ iv Vide over a aubmergi”' hrida" I Blanchard river near Fiedler, *• ~m* Chicago poliee claim ahowlng who roblmd th* ‘ h l *’* Oct. HOI of nearly >» r» A faatpauesgtr traie.o. way. WM wrecked noor Uno'r I Haeaiina ■r*re> kllltd ID ' •’