Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. EVKKT BVHNINQ. MXCBPT M’NIMT, RY L. E W O. ELLINQHAM. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ' By carrier, per week 10c By carrier, per real $4 00 By mail, per mouth 25« I By mail, per year $2.50 Single copies. Two Cents. Advertising rates made known on application J. H. HELLER, Manager. STANTON’S IRISH STEW. A Story of the Great War Secretary aw Told by Hia Bodyguard. An attempt by Secretary of War Stanton to cook an Irish stew while holding the war department office agafnst the removal order of President Andrew Johnson is one of many anecdotes related by Louis Koerth, at the period mentioned the great war secretary’s bodyguard. Feb. 21. 1868, President Johnson appointed General Lorenzo Thomas secretary of war ad interim, but the power of removal having been taken by the tenure of office act from the president. Mr. Stanton refused to resign or to vacate the officf of secretary. Hie camped in the office, determined to hold it until the result of the impeachment proceedings against the president, which were then pending in the senate, should be determined. For sixty days Mr. Slantii< d "the fort." and during that period his faithful bodyguard, ex Sergeant Louis Koerth. then in the United States general service, assigned to the war department, kept him company Oh the day in which Mr. Stanton received the official notification of bis removal by tlie president be made immediate preparations for a siege, lie dispatched Sergeant Koerth to Mrs. Stanton for blankets and pillows, but that lady refused to send them, insisting that the secretary should come home and give up the office. Mr. Stanton smiled on receiving her message and simply said; ' "Koerth. go to your own bouse and bring blankets, pillows and such cook ing utensils as we may need.” The Irish stew was the fir*t effort of the secretary and his bodyguard. Koerth, being a German, needed instructions in the mysteries of preparing the savory stew, and the secretary named the various ingredients, which he ordered the servant to purchase. Both men bad spent a busy and laboriously exciting day. and both were tired out when the pot was put on the lire to cook the stew. The consequence was that the great war secretary and his bodyguard fell asleep. The secretary was the first to be awakened by the smell of the burning stew. "Koerth, Koerth! Wake up. nftn!” shouted Mr. Stanton. "The stew is burning!” Koerth sprang to his feet. but. alas, too late to save Mr. Stanton's Irish stew. It was burned and smoking, while the pot was a glowing red. Ruefully the secretary rolled himself up in ins blankets on the sofa and went to sleep for the night supperless.—Washington Peet. POULTRY POINTERS. A healthy fowl will drink fifteen or twenty times a day. Sharp gravel should always be supplied to fowls that are fattened in close confinement. Box neats are all right if made large enough, the size depending upon the breed of fowls. Linseed meal is excellent as an egg producing meal, but it should tie fed in connection with coarse or bulky foods. Soft eggs laid before the shell has formed are caused bv overfeeding. Give

THE LEGISLATURE AT AN END

Indianapolis, March 10.—Most of the members have left town already. A few could hardly wait until the adjournment to go, but some remained and will be here a few days resting up and getting acquainted with the city. A large party is being organized to go| to French Lick to recuperate. Booth Tarkington, Senator Barcus, Represen , tative Luhring and many other members are going, while French Lick will simply be a Mecca for some days for the lobbyists. This has been a strenuous session for everyone concerned and now that the strain is over they feel it as it relaxes. There has probably been more sickness this session than ever before, due very largely tc the poor ventilation and the hard •work. The members also had the •worry of the big smallpox scare, and It is not to be wondered that a majority of them are very anxious to get home. The politicians are beginning to talk. Half the members, while they won’t say they are going to be candidates are avowed candidates already, and some of them aspire to higher places. The candidates for lieutenant governot on the Republican side are Walter Ball. Muncie, E A. Dausman, Elkhart; Senator Goodwine and Senator Matson, probable. Senator Gray, who is again ill, may be a candidate fdr con gress or governor, and Lieutenant Governor Gilbert will announce bls candidacy for governor within a few days. Former Attorney General Taylor and G A. H. Shldeler of Marion will also

; inss ro<»«i auu mere penudsd shells er I limewater. A varied diet for poultry is a necessary help to their general health and i has much to do with their value a» breeders. It disease appears and resists rente- ' dies, it is better to begin with new I stock than to breed from those that have been sick a long time. A light, sandy soil is always best for a poultry yard. A heavy elay soil is always damp and. unless care is taken, will cause roup, while a sandy soil, being dry. will promote warmth. Appreciated Hiniwelf. A little boy while playing near the Serpentine fell into the water. An Irish laborer who was passing at the time courageously jumped into the water, clothes and all. and rescued the boy, says Spare Moments. A lady who bad observed the bravo deed went up to Pat and, shaking his hand, said: "I feel it an honor, my brave man, to shake hands with you. Many a worse man than you lias been presented at’court.” “Faith, you're roight, mum,” replied Pat as he proceeded to wring the water out of bis coat. "Th' Iqst toime Oi ' was presented at court Oi only got one month, whoile me mate got two, begorI ia!” Saved by the Soloist. I An old lady who at the best was certainly not very musical attended church one morning a little while ago. During the service an anthem was ! sung by the choir, during which a certain Mr. Wood rendered a solo. When , returning home, the old lady remarked | to a friend; "Dear, dear! What a mess they made of that anthem, to be sure. Why, if it hall not been for Mr. Wood they would have broken down entirely in one part London Standard. Matched. Towne —Met Gabbie and Perkins at a smoker last night and introduced i them to each other. Browne—Oh, say. it's a shame to introduce a bore like Gabbie to anybody. Towne—lt s evident you don't know Perkins or you'd see the humor of it. Criticising His Own. "Rut. my dear husband, it really is unjust of you to abuse motbers-ln-law so. There are good ones.” “Well, well: never mind. I haven't said anything against yours. It's only mine I'm grumollag about." - Boston | Traveler. Hard on the Ladies. Very few remember the existence of a certain remarkable atatute which ’ was passed iu the early days of George 111. if indeed they ever heard of it. It runs to the effect that if any woman "entices any of hia majesty's male subjects into marriage by the use of any powders or paints or false hair or wool ou tlie cheeks ahe shall be prosecuted for sorcery.” What a cause eelebre it i would be if any of bis present majesty's male subjects were to endeavor . to put the law into action. What a i uah there would lie of fashionable ladies to secure front seats iu court for ths hearing Ixmdon Tatlsr Frsa; the Father's side. Ussiator Grapbter- Well, did Sterling say he'd vote for oar bill? •snatnr Maluchaute No; be said be couldn't imagine a biM of a more crooked and odious character. Senator Graplirer -Did you tell him I «aa fathering the mausare? Senator Mtunciiantz — Yes. and he said he fancied the bill's characteristics had been Inherited - Philadelphia I ' Press. Humility is the virtue all preach. : none practices, and yet everybody is content to hear - -Selden.

announce their candidacy lor governor ' soon. They have only been holding off until the adjournment. George Self of Corydon will probably be a candidate for reporter of the supreme court Governor Durbin gave an exhibition of bow he <-au wade through business I when he is in dead earnest. During the last twelve hours the legislature was he session he signed over seventyfive bills and wrote vetoes on several. He had the assistance of Attorney General Miller, who rendered invaluable aid by going through the bills as soon as they were passed. In this way he kept the governor closely advised on the legal points, to there was not sc much work in getting the matters ready for the members and for the state printer, to whom they are being rushed as rapidly as possible. The governor’s capacity for this kind ot work, however, showed up well. He enjoyed it evidently, as he was in ex-1 cellent spirits. The governor has signed the Wright compulsory voting machine bill, sc that it applies to Marion, Vigo, Allen and Vander burg counties. This will give machines a real test In Indiana for which both politicians and reformers will be glad, as they want them : tested. It Is likely that tire next ses-, slon will witness the adoption of ma chines In every county in the state ■ as by then It is expected their practi-1 cabillty will have been completely de monstrated. and it Is also probabls they will be cheaper.

THE AGONY 1$ — hxftaa* Ltgl»llk Sixtythird Se>9loß, a of the Past. Sentiment and Nonsense Were Mingled in the Closing Hours of the Session. Good-Natured Horse Play and Raillery Occupy the Time of the Members. Indianapolis. March 10. —The last day of the 63rd regular session of the Indiana general assembly was full oi sentiment as well as nonsense. A beautiful tribute was paid Speaker Henry W. Marshall, and the "Gentleman from Tiivpecanoo" was almost overcome. He managed, however, to pull together and make one of the neatest speeches of the entire session, although his voice trembled as he ac- . knowledged the honor that had be-, n ‘ done him in the presentation of a magnificent loving cup, the gift of both the Democrats and the Republicans. Representatives Slack, Sefries, Adair. Democrats; Statesman, Miller, Sayre and Bamberger. Republicans, made I speeches of presentation. In the senate Lieutenant Governor Gilbert, who ; is retiring after a service of eight years—four as a member and four as ' presiding officer —was made to feel that he was appreciated, and he responded in his usual happy vein. Last night a sumptuous subscription Jini ner was given in his honor at the Columbia club. It was a day for regret and pleasure. All the members seem ! glad to get away, although it is hard to cut the tie of friendship. Many members remembered their friends with little tokens. The newspaper boys fared especially well. During the afternoon the house indulged in much horse play, several of the bashful members being called on to preside Pandemonium reigned most e.f the time and there was so much goodnatured raillery’ that everyone xaeuied happy. There were a number of “booby" presents passfid out from the speakers' stand to members who have taken prominent parts. Sayre ano Statesman, noted for their bald paten i —were presented with dainty bion le . toupes. Eoyd. a Democratic leader, waa given a china rooster. There was a sadmvss in the senate over the death of Senator Gibson, and a memorial waa drafted in his memory. The house recalled the bill providing that coun tiea might increase thstr school tax levy from 35 to 50 cents, ami killi-l it. The general appropriations bill was also passed. A rider at $6,000 was attaohod to make up the deficit. The honee *»i satiate both adjournud *i*e die late in the aftoraouu, and maay of the meaibera left ringing "A-uid , Laag Syne. FATAL SALMON ROW , One Man Was Killed and Anather Fatally Injured. Cliaton. Ind.. .Mate Id.—Bd Nowling was instantly killed and John Hassen was perhaps fataHy injured by Dick" Gibbons hr Brookbank’s saloon at Tyford. Gibbons used a shotgun. Ht was drinking with Nowling. when the latter slapped him la the face. Gfbbons went home and return-’ ed wirti a shotgun, when he fonnd Nowling and Hassen together and shot them down. The left side of Nowling's face and left eye were filled with shot and one ball entered his heart. Hassen was shot in the face, both eyes were put out. and he was badly mangled. Nowling operated a : coal mine near Tyford and was about thirty-eight years old. Gibbons is in jail at Rockville, -le says he shot Nowling in self-defense. Deadly Quarrel Between Young Men. ' Washington, Ind., March 10. —Her--1 schel Smiley, the sixteen-year-old son 1 of Milo Smiley, a business man of Odon, shot Grover Matthewson, twen- • ty years old, of Elnora, and Matthewson is dying. Smiley got in a con- ' troversy with a hoy and Mathewson ‘ intertered and finally threw Smiley ' into the river. Smiley waded out, and in a scuffle drew a revolver. Matthewson forced him into the river again, and then Smiley fired. A crowd of '. Matthewson's friends grabbed Smiley before he could tire a second shot, and 1 beat him terribly. The bullet passed just above Matthewson's heart. Bml--1 ley is under the physician's care as a ' result of his beating. I Drowned While Duck Hunting. Evansville, Ind.. March 10.—While 1 ! William and Charles Legeman, broth- ! ers, were hunting ducks on the Ohio river their skiffs upset and William Df»min was drowned. He was a nephew of Julius Lemcke, former treasurer of state, was twenty-eight | years old, and married. Engineer Killed by Explosion. Peru, Ind.. March 10.—As a result ; of an explosion in a locomotive at Ashley, Engineman Charles M. Lumsden Is dead and Fireman Adolph Richardson was badly scalded from the waist down. Killed While Stealing a Ride. Greensburg, Ind., March 10.—Chas. Moore of Batesville was killed by a Big Four freight train while stealing j a ride from here to his home. ,

- A newu »|«A»TBR I I Mere Tban a Score Killed la New YoiA , by OR Ixplfifiton. -— I O’oan. N. Y„ Mareh Is—A '"•* r4 ** ' mere pannma were killed an*l « , number were Injured by an explosion ' of ail in the tank cars of a freight train on the Erie railroad last night. The train broke in two east of Olean and the two sections of the train came together with a crash. One of the oil tanks was demolished. Fire broke out and the sky was lighted up for miles. ; A large crowd went from Olean to see the fire. While the spectators were along the tracks a terrific explosion occurred. The flames communicated quickly with the other tank cars and a second and a third explosion followed each other . lin rapid succession. Sheets of flame I shot out in ail directions. Scores of persons were caught within the zone I of the fire and enveloped in flames, i Men and boys ran screaming down the tracks with their clothing on fire. Others fell where they stood, overcome by the beat Just how many were killed is not known, as some of the bodies were incinerated. Flames shot outward and upward for a great distance. The crowd started to run. Some dropped on the railway tracks and never moved. Others who had been standing close to the wreckage, were hurled through the air ; for hundreds of feet. Halt a dozen boys ran down the tracks with their clothing on fire. They ran some dis- ; ■ tance down the track and threw themselves to the ground, groveling in the , ditches in their frantic effort to extinguish the flames. Word was sent at once to the Olean ; police by telephone. Every doctor and ambulance in Olean was summoned. Grocery wagons and carriages of all i kinds were pressed into service and ! everything possible was done to bring I the Injured without delay to the hosI pitals for treatment. Twenty-two bod les were taken from the wreckage. Some of them are burned beyond recognition. only the trunks and skulls remaining. The police are making a canvass of Olean to ascertain how many persons i are missing. WILL GO TO SIAM Harvard Professors Will Shape the Potioy of That Country. Bostan. March 10.—It has bficooae publie from authority that cannot be doubted that cne and possibly two pvofvsaorw of the Harvard iunr aohooi Lave been selected for important p<> shionv in the royal court of htaie On” of the positions is that of Isgn! adrieer to the king, a plaee of irw Influence and reaponribilhy. becanae 'be action of Fiurn in inter national qnwetioaiv will depend largwiy upon the advice of the hoMer of this office The Men wte ia named for this position la PrvlMmi IMward Henry Rtvobei IMinii gaufos !»r of interuetioual lev The aaua ' of the eJasr eannot as yet be amaouiy - ed Pteri acttßß tn relatiea » Prof J Steobel |a pending owing to certain dlpiofleerio eemniteatffiM Prof Strobe! bat na« Baah eepet eeee ie aEakta tuie ia oea siAered au authority vpon ieterneffba -, al law He is a •uuttiuru mau by bint aed a Northern man by edutßtlon Be has boon secretary es Gm Shftu i flttaKes location al Madrid iKtrd asriat I ant secretary of stare m the Meend i Cleveland adßsinlstrattonr mteiarer to Beua ear and mtalster to OWte I; Carpenters Got an Increase. I Ckioago, March 10.-An increase of f 5 cents an hoar will be paid to the I carpenters of Chicago in the bellding < this year This is In accordance with .; an agreement signed yesterday be tween the Carpenters' ami Builders' * association and the carpenters execu ’ t i tire council, representing 7,500 carpen ; i tors. Until the present yaarly agree t ment expires on April 1 carpenter;will receive 45 cents an hour, after , that date 50 cents an hour and, count ' ing forty weeks of the year as a build I ing season, the men will be benefited ‘ to the extent of $720,000 during the I next year. Portrait of Ex-Speaker Henderson. ‘ I Washington, March 10.—Colonel ! ’ Freeman Thorp has been commission ( ed to paint the portrait of ex Speaker 1 Henderson to be hung in the lobby ol ’ i the house of representatives. It | F ■ I customary to have the portrait nf each speaker added to the collection already ' in the lobby of previous presiding offiJ cers of the house. BRIEF DISPATCHES. i Danger-line are reported m the riven from Cincinnati to New Orleane. Tbe sultan recently ordered an armed crui» r 9 of the first claw, to l>e bum | n Bugiand. Three minora were cruaed to death In the aoi lleriM at Kilgore, Ky.. by falling alate. ’ Preaident Franeia. of the St. Louh expnalUon 1 was received In audience by Emperor Wllu, m , One hundred families have been render! r homeleM aa a roault of high waters below Alton t Naw Yor| theater, are arid to be aufferln. financially more than uaual through tbi-ol—r vanoe of Ixmt. A boy died in New York of hydrophobia t During hi. llluom he bit hla mother and cmny beconw Intacta], ’ , The aenate committee >n foreign relation, ha. 5 ord.red a favorable report on th. p, . canal treaty wlteont amendment.. t The llllnol. miner, and operator., have agreed on a wage aeale for the coming v« r The miner, acc.pted a alx-eent i»—- ' Work will thte wwk be begun on th. ... Connectlcul. I ncle Sam', biggeit batii M .| O . All tbe work will be doue by the Ooveranient * , Archbtehop Quigley ha. taken hia farew.u „t hla Buffalo arehblabopric pr.par.torv t, 1 earning hl. new dutlea aa AKhblabop of <_bl’ • **** - . —

The Prlekly F»« r « f Hlaehfovou. tkougb ' lt iWt without lb. r-< ««•»«<* It. juicy fruit tbo** rstbar Oficisot .„ a. „.r ia dsllgbtfslly re , ‘ tr . <Wiß g ;r. th- dry best wf sum met- audit kkW ’ - ; csfitirti ‘ ln ws. >■ c !0 impale the fruit ou « while vou cut It open «ud remove the skiu and w.w betide the fingers of the , unwary 'new .burn" wt» ‘ h * ; treacherous fruit. , In ,iry weather at tbe cape these spiteful' little stings do not even wait for the newly arrived victim, but l y about, light as thistledown, ready to settle ou any one who bus not learned bi experience to give the prickly pear bushes a wide twrtb. "Home Life ou an Wstrieb Farm.'' Hyphen Sneered. Hymen. The Professor They have traveled safely along tbe happy Journey until I now their hopes are about to be realized. Mrs. Malaprop-Yes. Cupid, the gnd of love, must now give w ay to Hyphen, I the god of matrimony.—Kausas City , Iniirnnl

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I I M tertr-tkv,., Dm, u, I H »-•* , t, ’ ••vy raiM h.„ S T.pnw.v. h. )w , I tivfi flord i« fvar«d a * ‘MX Royalty Going B Rome. Mareh 10. n. <7 ■ nounees that the German vi»lt Rome In May and is earning In November ForSale. Buggy p,, le net of harness. Dau John W. Parrish, rum H Decatur, is building ‘t|p c fence, one of the best i n ‘ tb . Prices right. Fur Sale-Owing to poor J will sell my store and Magley, Indiana, » r trade farm or town prn (M . rrv wanting to go into w ,y'W well to come and investigate write Robert Case. Maglev,