Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. ~ 'msriraws. shiest sv»x»at. »r lew d . ELUINC3HAM. . SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Ey earricr, pt r<■ * ■ 10- ... . $4 00 li’v!tc. _._ 2 * B< : . Sz. 5 0 SlUfan. •- » ■’■ * * M • •• ft Ent*?*- I*ec»tvr. In-i:- i luisv as *t-' ■ J. -><-<*.>■* : j. • * xa‘ ’ • r J. H. HELLER, Manager. MACHINE SET TYPE This issue of the Democrat ap■peirs machine set a Simplex type setting machine replacing the slow and somew hat ancient method of •setting type by hand. It is a revolution in the history < f country •publishers, and makes an event in the life of The Democrat that will live far into the next century. t also -peak- in a plain and unvarxtished tone of the progress and yrosj. nty of our city and county. A Dewspajier that enj >ys th*- fu'ilities of conducting its businc- as anno w embraced in the office of The Democrat, must have back of it a city that is s« did and substantial and which controls a volume f busi ness that is excelled by no city ■if like size or opportunities. Su' h - D-vatur today. Located in the heart of the garden • f fertility and peopled by progressive, pushing, generous Americans. Decatur and Adams county have quietly led in the mad race of prepress. We have but now reached th- point where we can look into the future and see revealed still great- r things, and it is the duty of every hanker, merchant, and in fact every citizen to join hands and with unanimity push forward. Then is nbetter criterion of a city, <- 'Unty r her people than the home new-pi-pers. and the D- m-'rat is prime fa ci evid< n<e of the v. rth. stability and enterprise that is making Decatur and Adam- county the fav red home of many new face- But there is work yet to do. but with many willin-’ hands the task will be easy. With all the pr- <gr-— that i- so evident in all the walks f life and business. The Democrat takes the liberty today to celebrate and rejoice in

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utuianapous. Slarcn i». — me run u& -the secretary of state's office for copies of the annual report of the state Sab and game commissioner continues. One hundred thousand copies would not fill the demand. so the duties of the secretary can be imagined. Whenever a stranger comes into the office the clerks and stenographers expect to hear a request for the book. The book is very handsome and is really worth a place on any library shelf, but it would practically bankrupt the state to supply the demand now. One of the comical features of the recent legislature was the way some of the members sent out books to their coostitu<eau. Representative Wells of Fort Wayne and a few others simply scoured the statehouse for reports Most of the state officials were glad to accommodate them, as it was a good way to get rid of old books The representatives sect the stuff out like a congressman dispenses garden seed, and Colonel Wilson, the governors private secretary, says there are fewer old books about the capital now than There has been since he came here. The peculiar career of bouse bill No. 10. by Representative Corn of Pike aad Dubois counties after it passed the house and senate Is arousing much cariosity among members and state officials who have kept in close touch with proceedings This is the bill authorising township trustees to Increase the tax levy from 35 to 50 cents •or relief of the schools, and was one of the Important features of the session. But after the house had concurred In the senate amendments the house voted to reconsider. Then the bill was killed and. it was supposed, withdrawn from the governor pursuan* to ' an order made by the bouse, but It was , signe 1 by the governor aad it baa now ' become a law. But It develops that it ' was still in the bands of the clerk of bouse when the vote to reconsider was ' taken end therefore there was no 1 need to withdraw it The attorney ; ■amoral, however, says the bill is a !

its ..wn achieving nt.-. It 's advancement has teen both marked aid of ■ a substant ii.l character, thus better • • <pupping it !■• fuliill it - mi—i -n i in the fl- Id of journalism. Our new serial. "When 1.-•! w.s in Fh ’ver. ' is ,n In-lian.. story and me of rhe best of the late novels. It is a love st< -ry filled with . thrilling adventuri - "f interest, and wejhighly rec >mmend it to all who have not read it. Senate>r’Gorman si-ems *<• understand himself perfectly in his new r> di- as mini >rity leader in the senate It is safe to predict that th--democratic party will realize several material 'advantages by having thwise leadership of Mr Gorman We have heard considerable about a new Moses, but here is an old one. that seems to fit pretty well. The Antler- n News pays a deserving tribute to Hon. J. A M Adair, by suggesting him as a gubernatorial candidate next year. The compliment of the News strikes a popular < rd here, and we move to mak-- it unanimous. The eighth district is proud of Mr. Adair, proud of hi- re • rd in the legislature and prouder still of his democracy. Th-- Democrat never opposes any enterpri- at any time, and no tract- > in its record will reveal it. The pu kanunish attempt to make it appear that we opposed rural routes last fall, does n. .r find much supp rt. We are proud to plead guilty ’• pp>-ing the p.ilitical meth-ds that surrounded them but the routes never. Now if Congressman Cromer want- - m- creditable free advertismg let him influence the department fr a complete service. We need it. we want it. and C tigre—man Cromer should h-arken to the • wants f the needy Congressman Cromer can now demonstrate t<. his • nstituonts of Adams c.tunty his real worth a- a <• rgras-man. He has already given several practical demonstrations of his ability a- a politician, but never I- fore his his duty been so plain n a rnatt. r emlraeingg a gift of simple -tatesmanship. C -mpiete rural mail service is a matt.T of . right to Adam- county. It is no time to hold,us up for tumpuign capital and the eighth district ■ ■■■ngressman Lould show himself off tthe best advantage. With every ■th» -r . >untyin the distri'-t supplied with a complete service. it is not fair to presume that Adams county will ever rest contented under such a glaring insult to our rights and to our pride.

law now regarC;e*» or the action or tbe house as tbe governor has signed iL Dr. John Hurty. secretary of tbe state board of health, ‘s not surprised at the showing vital statistics but be thinks it peculiar that the two women who committed suicide in Indiana in February chose the horrible method of cutting their throat*. He would not hare been so surprised if the eight men who took their own lives had used a knife, but the men either took strychnine, carbolic acid or blew out their lives with a gun. The suicide statistics of the state board show for years back that women as a rule chose tbe most horrible method of ending their own Jives, while tbe men take it easy." so to sp*ak On* would tnink. Dr. Hurty said, that just tbe contrary would be the case The statistics show that eighty deaths were caused in Indiana in February by violence. Adjutant General John Ward of the Indiana national guard is bopqfu! for a bright future for tbe militia of tbe state. Under the Dick law recently enacted by congress the state aril] soon be allowed new Krag Jorgensen rifles Requisition has been made on the war department and tbe new arms will be here in time for tbe annual camp of tnstructJM Tbe guard la to be placed on a war footing, and It will be recruited up to the limit during the coming summer Preparation* for betterments are now being made in the adjutant general’s office Th, Modern Woodmen of America are getting ready for their biennial ; conclave here early in June Prepara- , tions have been under way for a year, but there wa* a meeting of ootnmltteea today to round up matters It is expected this will be the largest conclave of fraternity men in history, as It is thought there will be 200.000 in attendance The Woodmen of tbe enUro state are expected to cuatrlbula liberally to the entertainment feature.

m Tffi HffllSE Bold Ohio Thieves Were Ev • dentiy Neighbors of Their Victims. Torturous Rcbbery Part ed paled in by Fourteen Armed and Vaskcd Men Near Wapakcnetx Binding the Inmates of a Home. They Calmly Ra-sa;k the House. Wapakoneta Ohio. March 16. —A torture us robbery took place Saturday night near Cridersville, six miles north of here. About 10 o’clock fourteen armed and masked men entered the hoiae of Mrs Jacob Relachelderfer. an aged and wealthy widow, and took poMess.oc With Mrs Relschel- i derfer are lirint her granddaughter Blanche, aged tweire years; George lames and his wife and their son. Joseph lame*, a young man Mr*. Reischelderfer was known to be afraid to trust her money to the banks The robbers first knocked down the elder lames, who showed fight and then bound him and the two women hand and foot with ropes and tied them to • beds in separate rooms. Meanwhile some of the robbers laid in wait for . Joseph, who was in town, and when he returned they jß&ped on him. bound and tied him in the kitchen. At the point of a shotgun they made the little girl tell wnere the mon-y was to be found. They secured Jl.d> and i~ worth of no: s and securities from an old chest upstairs, and proceeded to ransack th* bouse from top to bottom looking for a secret door supposed to be in the wall. They took possession of al! the jewelry and siP verware and secured a month's wages from old man lames’ pocket. They blindfolded everybody, but left the little girl free. Alter dividing the money in the cellar, part of them left at midnight and part of them remained until I o’clock, helping themselv s to the wine and eider in the cellar and all eatable* they could find. They called all by their firs; and aresupposed to come from Cridersv...e and vicinity, as they were evidently familiar with the house. DESPERATE EOBEERS Atter-pt to He'd Up a Restaj-ant Crowd Ends in Ore Death. Pueblo. CoL. March .6.—Two masked men last night killed Dr. J. F. Turner and injured C. B Bishop in an attempt to rob the gues-s in Loestan’s restaurant. No money was secured and the robbers escaped. The men first entered at the back door of the case advanced naif the length of the long room, retreated and went outside, and aft-rward entered by the front door. One thug went to the cashier s desk, while the other attempted to rob the guests at the tables. The robber at the tables pointed a revolver at Dr. Turner, who was eating, and commanded him to throw up his hands. The doctor hesitated and the robber fired full in hia face killing him instantly. Then the desperado attacked . another guest. C. B Bishop and shot ‘ him in the left aide Then, without b securing any booty the robbers fled. Bishop was taken to the hospital in , a critical condition. There is no clue ; to the robbers. Pennsylvania Murder Mystery. Wilkesbarro. Pa. March I«—Anthe- . ny McHugh a freight conductor on , the Lehigk Valley railroad, and James ’ Kearney were found on the main street o( Pittston early last night. ' bleeding from gunshot wounds Both men were on their way to work when ; they were shot McHugh died shortly ' after being discovered Kearney was taken to the city hospital, where it ; was found that he was shot near the ' heart and bls recovery la doubtful. . The shoo’ing s a mystery and the police are unable to find any trace of the murderers. The supposttlon is that th* men reeei»ed their from pistol shots fired by a party of drunken men who were fighting near a saloon Killed by Rejected Lover. Providence. R L. March 16— Mias Julia Tombs, twenty thre% years old. was shot and killed Sunday by Wil Ham Stevens Monte a rejected lover who during the last three months has been In an Insane asylum twice. Morse fired four shots at the girl while she was on her way to church, ud every shot took effect Farmer Shot White Reading. Canton. Ohio, March K.—Marvin Fraxe, aged forty, a fanner residing at Howenatein eight miles south of this city, was probably fatally wound ed as be sat near a window in h'a borne reading An unknown person ijiseharged a shotgun through the window, the contents taking effect In Frase t bead. Prominent Illinois Banker Dead. Peoria. 111.. March 1« —George H IJttlewood. cashier of the Merchants National bank of Peoria died at htv home Bunday Mr. Littlewood was a member of the active council of the I niiaots Bankers’ association and had large intereeta tn banking and boa! uses concerns in various cities la tea trsJ llltaoia I

HOPE IS ~’3’\G Ct.'S*, on s« tte :s - : ' ! ' sidered Sc ’. a-- J. 1 • shc~>s a- ”■ ■' vai.r •; - to IL- -crov; of I-J-* t’-: «*«■ -■- ea shine at t‘ ch:t ss bss giv - rehope al; a’.ctg the Im •• Saturday’s terrific rr..n v-as ate. in : c;.and not a sign of weakness vas displayed. With giK-d weather more worlwrs have been and more i werk rusht-d. and even these who wer>. i ready to surrender weak I'-*. : _i tis ® mer’s rt-sh. have gained ccrrage an. say any volume of water can 1* met A week ago it was the ’.girt there would surely be a crevasse at Arlington, a short distance below Baton Rouge There had been a cave in the old levee and a long new levee was started :n : the rear. This was in pretees of construction when the high water came The new levee was then abandoned and a smaller new levee was built around the cave proper During th* terrific rains it was feared the work could not be completed but several thousand convict* and ocher laborers were kept busy the river was held back and the task finished when the storm was at its height- Governor Heard ha* made an inspect: n a—saUafied the danger is past. In the ity there is great rejoicing because even with the record rain of eight inches on Saturday, no water from the river came ever. Flood Coed t er* Sobs c -g. Cincinnati. March 16.—One rise followed another so closely curing the past month that a fiooi stage has been kept up in the Ohio river. During the past twenty-four hours the river has fallen a foot without any other rise to follow s that the flood conditions :n the lower Ohio valley will also soon be relieved. The Ohio river is now falling from Pittsburg to eastern Indiana and the weather bureau reports bo other rise tc f low $ t.rt cr at Memphis Se- cus. Memphis March 16. —The flood sitCarruths rsvfße. Mo_ ' and Baton Rouge La., is serious The river is rising rapidly, and it will be little sh<;rt of a marvel if the levees hold th* g. iat volume of water. The situaucn in and around Memphis is bec .mmg more serion*. TO INVADE CALIFORNIA Pre* tr-t H A P_r His Read Ir Frcrr tee North. San Frat. Mar*h 16. —James J. Hi... pre .-nt the Ncrthera Securities company, is planning to invade Calif’»rt»ia Hr way <>* ty» rrrth with : lines cf the Great Northern railway It .s also stated that two surveys James s. tar* been made along the California and Oregon coast between Portland and San Francisco, and that tboae interested in the surveys have already submitted to Mr Hili *wo routes by which he can reach San Franeiaco. Among those familiar with President Hill * purpose it is the belief that the Santa Fea determination to get a foothold along the California mast wa* prompted and greatly hastened by an Intimation that President Hill was preparing to cut through th* sama territory. Mo»*rr.ent to Panion Madden. PttMMd. Maas March 16-A movrine;.’ uu - iJVi i.riuj eoout the pardon of Euclid Ma/!d*n. a atreetcar maortnan who was recently sen tweed to six months In the bouse of correction for manslaughter in rau*. the death of Secret Service Agent William Craig killed last Eept.mber to the accident in which Preaident Roosevelt and Governor Crane were injured Petitions will be circulated to be presented ultimately to the ooun ty commissioners and the district at torney, who have authority to release the prisoner. 111 and Dsmentad. Detroit. March JR-Pred ton for the past thtrty.flve years chief baggagemaster for the Michigan c«e tral railroad In Detroit, cut his throat in the bathroom of hi* bo me Sunday and died several hours late, M Harper hospital He bad b*es> m f or B , Twa j months and was partly demented The Deadly Grade Huntington. W Va, March ll—c W Lowe, a merchant, war killed and hl* wife was fatally injured by a Chesapeake A Ohio passenger train at the Ceredo crossing Sunday afternoon Espleeion and Costly Fire. Newark N J March II — An ston followed by a fire did |*t MO damage last night at th. works of the Arllngtos company of Arttagtoa N. J.

clothing! J— l isramos - A—*,. 1 t jf IX JZ:-. i— iiißW Al— IM nf ■ C.osing Out Our Entire Stock ts Clothing, ■ 55.000 worth of Men’s Boys’ and Children's Suits- H ALL XEW STOCK; must be at dnee, as we will I|| { handling clothing. Big Sale is now on and will continue until entire I i Clothing stc<k is sold. Everything goes regardless of cost. Greatest Bargain Sale ever known in Decatur. Buy I I early and get’choice. fl M. FULLENKAMPI GASS i MEYERS/ Mgrs. " ■ ■

Bsrial C«»tom». The Turks perhaps were the first people to use ornamental burial grounds *ud> as we call cemeteries, but as to when this custom was first adopted In the land of the crescent no one seem* to know. The earlier Jew s buried their dead in the earth, that method being ♦ without doubt the most undent burial mode known to mam The very earliest ; Egyptians seem t< ■ have understood the art of embalming and to have practiced it from time out of memory The ancient Greeks and Romans cremated the body, the ashes only receiving sepulture. except in case of illustrious warriors. statesrnem etc., these latter being buried trnburned as a special mark of favor. Some ancient tribes preserved only parts of the body and burned or buried thf remainder. The parts retained and preserved, dried or in liquid, varied according to tribal notions With some it was the heart that was thought to be too sacred for cremation or burial, with others the liver, ears. nose, tongue vr fingers The Tartars of years ago presert ed only the thumb and toe nan* of tt?ir dead. Amusements of Great Mea. Here are a few amusements of great ‘ men: Edmund Burke, farming; Lord ! Byron, swimming: Carlyle, riding and smoking; Lord Chatimm, bowls; Dar- ’ win. backgammon, music, smoking and snuff taking; Dickens, bowls, walking, smoking and snuff taking: Tom Hood, shooting: Kingsley, fox bunting, music and smoking; Lamb, witnessing perI formancee of •'Bunch,” card playing, snuff taking and sm king; Lord Lytton, gardening, walking., music and smoking; Captain MarryaL «nuff tak ing Lord Faimerston. horse racing; I*itt. felling trees and studying classics; Shelley, making and sailing paper boats; Sydney Smith. < teas, swimming, riding and music; Wesley, whist; [lean Swift, hartiess'ng his servants with cords and driving them up and down suira. A Teach of Irelaad la Spain. When I was at Malaga, the lighthouse was out of order, and some I Amencans had mplained officially that their shipping interest* were being damaged No answer wa* received for two years Then it was declared that it wa* the fault of the earthquake whi* L bud taken place many years prevv usly Finally the light wa* put out altogether because it interfered with the firework*. When a pair of boots I Lad ordered did not fit and I com plained to the maker, be arrived indignantly to protean “They fit here." be | said, prodding my tender toe, "and they fit there." another prod. "You cannot expect them to fit everywhere all at °nce ' — Blackwood's Magazine. The DUeaverr «f Fnlt. Felt is a union of animal hair with wool in such a manner as to produce a firm, compact substance. Its diacuvery was of ao much importance that it seemed to attribute it to divine agency, and hence we have a tradition of aaintly origin. When 8t Clem- | ent wa* fleeing from hi* persecutors bis feet became blistered, and in order to abate the pam be placed wool between bl* Banda 1. and the *ulea of bi, feet On continuing bln journey the ; wool, by the perspiration, motion and pressure of bls feet, became a uniform | ly compact aubatance. which waa afterward denominated felt EwherruMg. "What a beautiful luncheon!" aaid tbe guest ■’Yea." answered Mr. Cumrox, "motb- «• snd the girls say It la all right" ’’But you aren’t enjoying It" I "No. I'm a little embarrassed. I’ve wee standing over here trying to fl«. uro out which are tbe edible. whlrt> are the decorattona.’’-Wa»bing tuu star. * A Hta«c»rle«| # Uttle WiHto-Say. p a . whtr , . Wlr> Th .T** W '"’* r •* at. ,tid

RUNNING TO A FIRE. Kan the Horae, Enjoy the Mad I Through the Streets. I . .eiyone who has wu>-I. •! -|,, M da-h:ng through the s:r<<:> , to an alarm will admit tl it tl.,- 4t ,. : mals seem to enjoy the rut. l:.e jj- H| Is brought out by Sewvi) j\,nj a Horses Nine," as follows: Ly 1 r Sliver al! other miner in life were as nothing to the tietrt I’M joy he knew when, with a dozen ma clinging to the handrails. ’!.• espuj pulling the bellrope and Ijii.n.sin. fa | ! ui> atsive tl.em all. swaying I.is tb-I ; »li- Gray Horae truck swept up way to a first call box. It was like trotting to mu<. if you’™ ever done that. Possibly you <t.tni U| bare discovered no harmoni all j th? confused roar of the ; : :•> .. B|| it thundered past. But to t. v ears ■! |9 S Iver there were many - ■ : > <1 into one. There wer- tin beat »f hoofs, the low ur.<!-:' t‘e wheels grinding the pavem-nt. tl» M high note of tbe forged st.-G ■o.-t ner it hammered tl? f - •'•■an!. M the mellow diugdong of tie l--!L ’t« M *re»k of tbe forty and fifty f ■ • • xt :• si-ns. tbe rattle of the <’ IS the rat-tat-tat of the scalinu -* ,5 ■ the bridge and the muffled ••runini.tg of tbe leather helmets as they jumpd Kg in tbe basket fl itb tbe increasing speed h” t!.e* fl sounds rose In pitch until. wi,.n tbe ■ team was at full swing, tlwi ’••ai* H -ue vibrant theme—thriliuu: • fl exultant—the action song of tru-l fl Two Killed in Collision. Lynchburg. Va. March 16 —A Cb** H apeake k Ohio freight, eastbound. || run into by a light engine Two ver* I killed and several injured The Serf J are J. N. Purvis, fireman and Litt* m ton Moone, brakeman Engineer Mov | z [ roe was thrown from his cab and * I i reived wounds In the head Y ard Coe I ductor Clarence Glass had one leg i off and the other badly crushed aid received a deep wound in the side. An Indiana Editor Dead. Hartford City. Ind.. March 16.-JoU» M Ruckman. for twenty five year* , editor of the Hartford City N*” d “ , Sunday morning of paralysis He •« . postmaster at Hartford City for eip . years He left a widow and t»o chil--1 dren. Will Import Non-Union Mtn. Pittsburg. Pa.. March 16 — Officials , of tbe American Bridge company ha” decided to meet the strike of tk«r t structural Iron workers, which *“* I t brought to a standstill many imperialcontracts in this district, by tbe J port at ion of non-union men. E>e, al DlHerenl SSTO* The Stockholm museum ,x>"—i's*e* *’ interesting collection of eye* | from human beings at different *«« ! I which aro cut acroae in such a w»J *’ g to exhibit plainly tbe internal and th* I external eye. It is easy to observe th* l ' the eye of a young child 1* ft* ' rua * 1 parent as water; that of tbe youth a 1 little less so; in tbe man of thirty th* I oye begin* to be slightly opaque, in I man of fifty or eixty it I* dvridedlJ I opaqn*. and In tbe man of seventy « I eighty it la dull and lusterles* I' ll ’ I gradual development of opacity >• ,iu ’ J to the tncroaae of fibrous tissue and w I puKit of waste matter Id the tyt* riraKlßh H«v«B(* 1 Tbe burglar softly opened tbe door or 1 ’ tbe suburbanite’s sleeping apartß* o ' slipped Inside and searched the r "‘ IIU I thoroughly, but found nothing worth i • i stealing. ‘Til get some satisfaction out of bio1 anywayr he said. j Thereupon he set the ala rm ck*’ ll ® n •the bureau for tbe hour of 3 and *oft>' departed.—Chicago Tribune. More Employer-Just file these letters for me. will you. Patrick? Employee—Of can trim tlßiFr with a pair O s nctosors, eor.-K*n**’ City Independent. 1 Witting <• Keep »« Sealed Uwysr Tbe Jury has breugbt l» ' 1 »aalod verdict In yeur case. Prisoner- Well, tell tbe «>«rt tb*« they needn t open it os ay access L