Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 12 March 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. BVIRY EVENING. EXCEPT SUNDAY. BY l_ E. W G - EL-UJNQMArVI. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week 10c By carrier, pvryear $4 00 By mall, per month 25 By mail, per jear.. $2.50 Single copies. Two Cents Advertising rates made known on application J. M. HELLER, Manager. ' ' - —I No great sorrow will be felt throughout thecountry over the retirement of Rear-Admiral Crowninshield i of the navy, who has been on active I sea duty for the past year. It is au , acknowledged fact that during the J Spanish war Crowninehield was the head of the little naval ring whose ob-, noxious acts were last brought to the notice of the public during the Schley court of inquiry. Apparently not relishing his active service Admiral ■Crowninshield cabled the naval department the other day requesting that he be placed on the retired list. The request was approved with unusual alacrity. RESISTS REQUISITION ► Dr. Ames is Not Anxious to Return to r Minneapolis. Manchester, N. H.. March 12. —Not until all legal proceedings are exhausted will ex-Mayor Acelbert Ames consent to return to Minneapolis to stand trial for alleged bribery. His attor-. neys in New Hampshire made a strong effort in the superior court yesterday to secure his release on habeas corpus proceedings, and when beaten they appealed to the supreme court of New Hampshire. Should that court decide adversely, the power of the supreme court of the United States will be invoked to set him free so that he will probably be able to stay in New Hampshire for a year or two at least. In the meantime he will be at liberty, providing he finds securities to the amount of $12,500, which, however. must be furnished before 2 p. m. Saturday next. ' Reduction of Rates Announced. Springfield, 111., March 12. —The state board of railroad and warehouse commissioners announced yesterday afternoon a reduction of 25 per cent in the shipping rates of all railroads in Illinois, as the result of the fight car ried on by the shippers and business mens associations and boards of trades of the state for a rate to correspond with that fixed by roads in Indiana. lowa and Ohio. The present rates will be reduced 25 per cent for distances to 150 miles, and the rates for the remaining distance will be changed to meet those of roads in the other states. Woodmen Elect Officers. Corry. Pa.. March 12.—The Woodmen convention concluded with a grand banquet last night in city hall. The following officers were elected for the ensuing terms of two years: Head Consul. A. A. Stuzman. Johnstown. Pa.: head adviser. J. F Weigel. Bellevue. Ohio: head banker. J. K. Stauffer Latroby. Pa.; head clerk. W T. Gordon. Rochester. Pa. Canton was chosen for the convention of 1905. Kentucky Miners in Session. Prducah. Ky„ March 12.—Delegates of the miners’ union and operators of union mines in western. Kentucky are

INDIANAPOLIS DEMOCRATS ARE FULL OF FIGHT

Indianapolis. March 12. —Indianapolis Democrats are always full of hope' in local campaigns, but they were hardly up to their usual fettle two years ago when Bookwaiter was elected. The men who held the offices had been there so long that the party workers on the outside did uot take the usual interest, as it was a dead certainty that if they won there would be no change in the appointive positions. The element that is now trying to reorganize the committee believes that with new management fresh life will be infused and the chances of victory will thereby be increased. However, this is not going to be accomplished without a fignt, but the leaders say a fight will help rather than injure, as it will stir things up so the organization will be in good running order when the campaign opens. Governor Durbin has vetoed two bills that were regarded as "freaks." One was introduced by Representative Stechan of Indianapolis to regulate the speed of automobiles in country roads, and the other was presented by Representative Branch of Martins ▼Hie. to legalize the marriage of Franklin and Mary E. McDaniel. If the auto bill had simply regulated speed it might have been signed, but It provided that all autos should turn to the right and slow down within 150 feet of every vehicle It also provided that each machine should be registered. The governor is not an auto erthnsl s«t. as might be suspected, but be has his own Ideas. The Branch bill was to legalize a marriage license because it was said the records of the Monroe county circuit court did not show Mrs. McDaniel had been divorced from a former husband, but the governor dug i ■n a certificate showing the record I

in joint ’session here. rhe miners I have made formal demand for the Indianapolis acai?, which is 25 per cent nigner than the present scale for the year and the operators insist on the present scale. If uo agreement is reached the mines will run until April 1 before there is a strike. Trains Met Head On. Henderson. Ky., March 12. —At Rankin station about four miles south of here a southbound passenger train and a northbound freight train met in a head-on collision and two coaches were shattered. Several trainmen were injured. none seriously. It was almost miraculous that none of the passengers or members of the freight train crew were hurt. Rowdy Cbilege Boys. Lafayette. Ind., March 12. —The fiercest fought battle in the history of Purdue class fights occurred here last night, when 500 freshmen bombarded Columbian hall, where the sophomores were in session at their annual ban quet. with clubs and stones, stormed the stairs and succeeded in temporarily breaking up the gathering. Not until the city fire department was, called and two streams of water brought into play did the freshmen disperse. Alleged Counterfeiter Taken. Chicago. March 12.—Officers of the; United States secret service have arrested Frapk Davis who is said to have made and circulated 12.000 counterfeit dollars during the last year. Davis is said to have been one of a gang, but the others eluded the detectives. Requisition for Paroled Convict. Indianapolis, March 12.—Governor Durbin has issued a requisition on the governor of Kentucky at the request of Superintendent Byers of the Jeffersonville reformatory, for Edward Tharp, a convict who has broken parole. Tharp was sent up from Evansville for petit larceny and is under arrest at Louisville. The governor has also issued a requisition on the gover nor of Ohio for William Finnell, who is charged at Winchester with having; ■ obtained money under false pretenses. Two of a Hind. “My word. Fltznoodle.” Said a war office clerk, according to the London Express, to a colleague who sat at the next desk, "just look at that workman on the roof of that building over the way." "What’s the matter with him?" inquired Fitz, glancing through the win- . dow at the Individual indicated. "Matter." retorted the other, "why. I’ve been watching the lazy beggar for the last twenty-five minutes, and be hasn’t done a stroke of work all the I time.” At the precise moment at which the above conversation occurred a British workingman was addressing bls "mate.” "Sy. Bill." he remarked in a tone of deep disgust, "d’ye see that 'ere loafin' I war offis clurk iu that room darn i there? S'elp me. if Hi ain't bin a-watchin' ’im fur nigh on arf a bower, an' the bloomer's done nothin' but stare bout o’ the winder the 'ole blessed tyme. That's the sort o' chap as we pyg taxes ter keep!" Yielded to the Inevitable. Bilson—So you have a titled «on-fn law- I suppose you consider b'.m n high honor. Tribbier—Wei! yes tie did come rath er high tut Carrie seemed sort of set upon buying bits —Boston Transcript. .

i was O. K. This was perhaps the only time a legislature was ever asked to legalize a marriage ceremony. Indianapolis for the first time in many months resemoles somewhat the traditional "deserted village.” The members of the legislature have all departed, and with them have gone the big crowd of lobbyists. The hotels ot the city have been crowded to capacity since the legislature opened. Not only have the legislators attracted a large crowd, hut there has heen an unusual number of conventions. So great has been the number that more than ever is the city entitled to the title of "convention city.” The situa tion now is something like the calm that follows the storm, so far as hurry and excitement about the hotels is concerned. Fasset A. Cotton, who wss elected s’ste superintendent of public instruction last fall, will take his office Saturday He Is the last member of the new state official family to get to the fruits of his victory. Lawrence McTower of Alexander will be bis principal deputy. Frank Hester is the only, member of the present force to be re- 1 tained. I rank Jones, the retiring su-: perlntendent. has served two terms. He will enter* the insurance business with headquarters at South Bend, although he nad a number of flattering offers to take service with educational institutions. Most of the Indiana members of congress are at home, and most of them are playing politics. Congressmsn Overstreet and wife are here and will remain throughout the summer. Con gressman Watson ba* gone to Martins ▼ille for a few dags treatment.

MAKING PROGRESS' Senate Will Probably Vote On the Canal Treaty Next Tuesday. — Senator Frye Has Brought Senator Morgan Around in a Way to Secure Consent. The Alabama Senator Scored a Victory in Obtaining Leave to Print His Speeches. Washington, March 12.—Decided progress was made yesterday toward reaching an agreement for a vote on the Colombian canal treaty and when the senate adjourned there was a gen , eral understanding that in all probability some hour next Tuesday would be agreed on as the time when a vote should be taken on the treaty and amendments. All statements to this effect however, were accompanied by i the announcement that there were yet some details to be arranged. There is. however, no doubt in the minds ot leading senators that the vote will be taken on Tuesday. The arrangement was brought about laregly by Senator I Frye, wno by virtue of long service with Senator Morgan on the committee ■ on ioreign relations, is on terms of great intimacy with the Alabama sen ator. No other senator thus far has shown any disposition to delay the final disposition of the treaty, so that all that was necessary was to secure Mr. Morgan's assent, to the taking of the vote. The negotiation was begun j early in the day. and after Senators Frye and Mbrgan had been closeted for some time, the latter sought Sen ator Gorman and talked over the sit , uation with him with the result indi - cated. Senator Morgan exacted consent to the printing in the Congressional Rec ord of the remarks he has prepared giving his best recollection of the speeches he has made in the executive sessions of the senate on the treaty ' These speeches have been read by a number of the Republican senators who said they find in them nothing objectionable and that there is no reason why they should not be printed except that they bear on a treaty, which mat ter always is considered strict.y ex ecutive. They generally, however, advise that permission be given to print in order to save time, which they con sider more important than the con serration of senatorial etiquette. Democratic senators have agreed to urge an amendment to the 23rd article of the treaty, relieving it of all question as to the right of the United States to control the canal, and they' express confidence in gaining some Republican votes for it. Many sena tors also express the conviction that the change in the treaty committing the United Sta’es to a policy of non acquisition of Central American terri-, tory should be eliminated as entirely j out of place. The indications are however, that the treaty will be ratified without modification in any par tlcular. CUBA IS WILLING Reciprocity Treaty Ratified by the Island senate. Havana. March 12. —The senate yes ' ' terday by a vote of 16 to 5 ratified the reciprocity treaty with the United States. The treaty was thus ratified by exactly two-thirds of the vote of the senate. Fifteen Republican Con servatives or administration senators and one Nationalist voted in favor oi the treaty and five Nationalists against it There were three absentees, all of whom it is believed favored th. treaty. The ratification required only a majority vote, so that there were i three votes to spare. Senor Zayas I the only Nationalist who voted for rat ■ ification, explaining his vote, said it ' was his desire to amend the trea’y with reference to the exchange of sim ; liar commodities produced In both , countries, but he had no intention of i opposing the treaty itself Senor San i g-nilly. the leader of the opposition - explained that his opposition was de . signed chiefly to draw out whatever could be advanced in support of the i treaty, and that the arguments of Sen ator Bustemente convinced him that i the country would be more prosperous with reciprocity than without It. but nevertheless the attitude of the opposttion and disapproval of the acts of the executive department of the government forbade him voting yes. The vote wan taken immediately on the conclusion of a forceful appeal by Senor Bustemente. He insisted that whether the trust or the producere were the chief beneficiaries of the 20 per cent reduction of customs du- ! ties on Cuban sugar shipped to the United States, It was not possible that such differential treatment favoring Cuban sugar in competition with that of Europe could result other than favorable to Cuba’s trade. Under the treaty, he said, the European producer would be unable to compete with Cuba. The President AcceptsSt I-ouls. March 12.—President Roosevelt's forma) acceptance of the lavitatlon to attend the dedication ceremonies of the Louisiana Purchase es position on April SO was received yea

PICKED HIM OUT AGAIN Twice Has Hugo Beckman Accused Jacob Gilhooly of Murder. Chicago, March 12—Jacob Glihooly. who is held by the police and is suspected qf having had part in the murder of William iracy. a young man who died Tuesday as the result of Injuries received in a saloon brawl, was last night Identified by Hugo Beckman, a young German as the man who killed the wife of Beckman in 1896. For this crime Beckman was tried and convicted of manslaughter, receiving a sentence of from one to fourteen years in the penitentiary. Beckman was pardoned after serving eleven months. Beckman asserted at the time that he had been chloroformed by a robber who bad killed his wife. Glihooly, who is a petty criminal well known to the police, was arrested at the time of the murder of Mrs. Beckman and charged with the crime. Beckman then picked Gilhooly out of a crowd of suspects and said: "This is the man whom I saw in my house on the night of the murder." Since his pardon Beckman has been watching for Gilhooly. Last night, hearing that a man of that name had been arrested. Beckman called at the police station and for the second time picked Gilhooly out of a crowd of prisoners. Gilhooly will now be charged with the murder of Mrs. Beckman, as well as with that of Tracy, although the latter crime has not yet been fastened upon him. QUESTION OF JURISDICTION Ccal Ope-ators Now Declare They Are in the Wrong Court. Chicago March 12.—Arguments in 1 the trial of the Indiana oal operators were continued until a late hour last evening and were resumed this mom Ing. The attorneys for the defense assert that the state court in which the cases are being heard has no jurisdic- . tion for the reason that the charge against the defendants implies a vio- < lation of both state and federal stat- ' utes. It is asserted that the case 1 against the coal operators should have been brought in the federal instead ot the state court, Wife Murder and Suicide. Springfield. 0.. March 12 —Joseph H. Gibbs and wife were found dead last night lying in a pool of blood in the main street of St. Paris. Gibbs started out early in the evening with the wife of Jim Shehee. a saloon keep er. Mrs. Gibbs has been jealous of her husband for a long time, and recently he shot at her. While the dead man and Mrs. Shehee were passing the village church Mrs. Gibbs came upon them. Gibbs drew his revolver and shot his wife, killing her instantly. It is now believed that he tried also to kill Mrs Shehee Mrs. Shehee ran away screaming and Gibbs shot himself. He Was Determined to Die. — Detroit. Mich.. March .2. —After two futile attempts at suicide in the countyjail in Detroit yesterday Jacob Beyer, a fe.rmer. killed himself last night in the county asylum, where he had been taken during the day. His skull was crushed by a dive over the third floor ' bannister to a hardwood floor forty feet below. Bill of Exceptions Filed. St. Louis. March 12.—Just before the United States district court ad journed last night legal counsel for the Wabash railroad company filed a , bill of exceptions to the answer to the injunction ruit filed last Tuesday by the employes' counsel. The road alleges insufficiency in several panic ulars. It Was All One-Sided. Hot Springs. Ark.. March 12—After an eleven-round fight last night with Steve Crosby of Louisville. Joe Gans. I lightweight champion, successfully de I fended his title, doing most of the I fighting and snowing a clear manifest in every detail. Five Trainmen Killed. Omaha. Neb., March 12.—The Over land Limited, eastbound, and a freight train on the Union Pacific collided I head-on at Gilmore station this mom ing Five trail men were killed and a number of the passengers were in Jnred. Heavy Fire Damage at Cleveland. Cleveland. Ohio, March 12.—Fire and water did SIOO,OOO damage to the I works of the Ajax Manufacturing com i pany last night. Ii — — BRIEF DISPATCHES. I .—.-— “ . TM< »b4c»n*Uh*.apprr,TMth»r.r,prr K .,, treaty With the United Stat* by avouofit l A wideapread and rapidly larrea.i ßf 1 TrlMdad 1,01 " ’•*»»« ot The separate railroad eoarh for rolered , bill tailed of Seal paaaaaa la tw Mimooh ImX, of repreaeniallrea. Prince Kuaulaklea of Honolulu la dead <4 yum pilon. He wm th, Kamebnnirhß (be Gretl. t The Tennoelsa revolutionism aav they new , bold all the eaatern port* of V.netuel* from the i Orinoco down to Rio Cbiro. boy* were badly lajured at BuSak, a, an eaploeion of dynamite One wdl die Th. . condition of IOM of the other* u aerloea. . Diplomatic repreMntativee of start ou m the Sooth central Aaencan eouatria* lraa .. Waatonnoo arediecowiag an lotercontia» B t*" rail project. The Meat* com tall toe on foreign relation, baa authohMd favorable report* on the aura ditloa treaUM bMwooa th. United State* a.H • Mtileo and Guaiawala. J Hobart Hwncl former pre,de. t o( ... Ir» York Prod it.* eiehaage rm I two and . half atarlM in .b* Union tafu elab a*d died from eft*el* ot hu Injuria* Mr. Berms tm: •v*r s railing as lb* ttair caa*.

When Knighthood I Was in Flower I ny T HIS wl ” be recognized by oar I] readers as one of the mach CH/ RIFS talked of recent novels-a book which everybody wanted to read, but which I 8 \\/JOR comparatively few did read. While | : its enormous sale is witness to its eg. I S traordinary popularity, the figures I show that it was read by only a very ■ I small percentage of the reading popu- I lation of the United States. Os the I great majority who have not read I it, many are numbered among our I subscribers. Therefore when the op. H XXC. portunity was offered a few days ago Ipj to secure the serial rights for our p». I Ar per we promptly seized it. Ell Publication 1 Will Begin in a Few Days I CLOTHING =SALE = • fl Closing Out Our Entire Stock of Clothing. $5,000 worth of Men’s Boys’ and Children's SuitsALL NEW STOCK; must be sold at once, as we will qua handling clothing. Big Sale is now on and will continue until entire Clothing stock is sold. Everything goes regardless of cost Greatest Bargain Sale ever known in Decatur. Buy early and get’choice. M. FULLENKAMP GASS & MEYERS, Mgrs.

Che (.!■»> We Ear. “■Row much glass do you suppose you ; consume daily ?" a physician asked’ of ; on.- < f his patients the other day, says I the Philadelphia Record, and then went i on. in response to the other's interrogative look: "It is a fact that we all swali low each day more or less glass, the I manufacturers not yet having reached the point where their product Is imjervious to the action of fluids. He who drl: us beer consumes the most glass. A chemical analysis of any bottled l>eer inevitably reveals some of glass' constituents. But the water drinker, too. 1 ' - re. In a carafe or in ! * glass pitcher hare you ne.er noticed the odd line which marks the level that i the water has had? Well, that line shows how tlie water lias changed the, apis-arance of the glass slightly by ab- 1 sorbing some of its comisments. '.\nd so every day. when we drink beer or ■ water or milk, we consume a little glass. 1 I But it does us no harm. I have yet to bear of any disease that it has ever caused. Horse, with Foo, White Feet. J In trance and Ibellev. in European' I£ » h'T ““ " u ‘ , ” t Ul “lnous sum fur a rider, and especially a soldier, to want a horse with four white feet. The ! famous general Usalie. who was very ■ •“Partitions uiK>u this point, never knowingly mounted such a horse The' mm tint <i> h tb , ha<l happened to him that day such a. a broken mirror, . broken pipe, the picture of his wife Woken at the very moment when ! [ ’ 100 k « “ for the last time he xs b, ; b n .be was struck by a shot fired at “-‘7 when fighting had * 'fw s ,^.°’, “‘ r ?"**' fl> or white * — I T™,**" 1 ’* * ,U Ab "»‘ E«r. never a ! »>«b large. cX 2? " ’ P, ‘ D,W from the head 71k. . ” an<l ° Ut ■ That kind of « n ’’ x ' , ‘ n<l ed wings. J betokens coar»eness U < l f CU miL<l' PlHn<l * Ke narrow ear that a * nln<l A long. ''-derision. £ "‘'’"‘M leek■*rw «et very high on

| the bead indicate narrow to ss of bM: A large, well shaped ear tb.it does sot spread itself to the breeze is mdicati r t of genrrousness. Most of the world compellers bad large ears and well developed noses. Although there are so many millions of people in the woni i no two pairs of ears are alike. E»A has a marked individuality. Military galates. Os military salutes, raising the rifbt band to the bead is generally t>elieved to have originated from the days of the tournument. when knights tiled the throne of the queen of beauty, aal byway of compliment, ra *-d their hands to their brows to imply that t-r beauty was too dazzling for unshaded i eyes to gaze ufon. The officer's saluti with the sword has n double uieaulnfr The first position, with the hilt epi-’' site the lips, is a repetition of the crusader's action in kissing the < ro«s hilt of bls sword in token of faith mm fealty, while lowering the i• dnt afterward Implies either subinNsiun <* friendship, meaning in either case that It is no longer necessary to stand oa I guard. Kvadlns • L*w. When Ben Butler was a young Is* yer, the select men of Lowell, tneo » town, issued a mandate that all dog* should wear muzzles. The next moving Ben walked downtown, full"'' by bls big Newfoundland dog. with • very small muzzle tied to tbs end u ’ its tall. Ben remarked, ‘'My dog ’ Wearing a muzzle.” > Followed OrdersI "Max. did you peel the apple that* i gave you !>efore you ate it. as 1 told F : tor “Yes, ma.” 1 "That's s good boy! What did F do with the peel!” ' “Ate it!” » 1 — Parestal lllsclpl'"’1 Nervous Parent—Stop that! I told you the last fifty times I b« < ’ ' correct you for that I wouldn't «!>•' to you again about tt?-la>» t Herald. ’ 1a test st vies and beet price* « 1 ? 0 ' ( '-arte at Yager's. 61 8 • See the new line of go carta at L » A Son's. 616 For Sale. Buggy pole •“” 1 i *tofharneee. Dau fir* io