Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 57, Decatur, Adams County, 17 March 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT.' = —- —-.=-=■ —= FVKIiY EV BN ISC, EXCEPT BUNDAY, BY I gr va/ Gi . ELLIN <3 H A IVI - SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week 10c | By carrier, per year $ By mail, per month 25* By mail, per year >2.50 Single copies. Two Cents, Advertising rates made known on application ] Entered in the postofflce at Decatur, Indiana. as second-class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. | Some speculation isbeing indulged in as to what will happen should Hanna he nominated by the republicans as a running-mate for Roosevelt. To Representative Dirkson belongs the credit of defeating the legislative movement to couple Adams county to Jay and Randolph for representative purposes. The defeat of such an outrage is joy enough for one county, and we take off our hat to Mr. Dirkson for the loyalty to home interests he so courageoulsy displayed. TF’’"’ CAUSED A STIR ~~ 5 — Washinnton Officialdom Looking for Postoffice Scandal. Washington. March 17.—The demand made by President Roosevelt that General James N. Tyner of Peru, Ind., resign his position as assistant attorney general for the postofflce de-1 partment, has caused a sensation in j "Washington and there are rumors, that a big scandal will be developed. Mr. Tyner denies that there has been | any crookedness in his office, and says he is willing that a thorough investigation be made. His friends insist that he Is not guilty of any wrong-doing Tyner is seventy-one years of age and ■ suffered a stroke of paralysis last! July, Cn this aecc’’"» u is raid he is 'riot able to perform the duties of his' office. Z, j 1 ' Action Deferred for Present. Washington, March 17. —No action •will be taken by the postoffice department with reference to complaints against the office of the assistant attorney general for the postofflce department in connection with turf investment companies until the return of Postmaster General Payne, who is now in the West Indies. Pending hfs return Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow will continue an investigation of the matter with a view , to a full report to Mr. Payne. James N. Tyner, the assistant attorney general for the department, says that he ■will not resign in view of the complaints that have been made against his office. The appointment rests with the postmaster general. No suspicion attaches to Mr. Tyner, but In view of his advanced age and the fact that some complaint was made against his subordinates, an intimation had been made that his resignation would be accepted. Reports Continue Favorable. Washington, March 17. —Reports from the bedside of Justice Day of tha supreme court continue favorable.

THE STATE’S FEEBLE-MINDED

Indianapoiis. March 17. —Alexander Johnson, superintendent cf the school for feeble-minded youth at Ft. Wayne, was here today calling on the governor and Secretary Butler of the board of state charities. He is one of the authorities'of the country on the care of tue feeble-minded, and some of his papers on the suppression of the evils I of marriage of social a. d moral degenerates have attracted national attention Ho has 935 feeble-minded, people in his care now, and the attendance Is growing, *so he believes it will be over 1,000 by the first of the year.; Improvements are being made all the time to take care of what he calls his | boys and girls. "For they are always j boys ami girls in mind," said he, "as they never get beyond childish intelli-, gence." it was reported that a blind- ■ half witted girl at the Institution is a daughter of Albert Knapp, the mons- ■ ter whose murder of women and chll-’ dren shocked the entire country, but Johnson Is more than half inclined to disbelieve the statement that she is Knapp's child. “It would be a wise thing for him to prove that the girl ’ la his," he said, "as It would go to prove his theory that he Is Insane. By showing the girl is Insane he might be able to convince people more easily that he was also insane." The decision of Judge Anderson of the federal court in the cases against the Louisville and New Albany people ■who were charged with contempt is generally approved. It Is believed by people who followed the evidence that a big scheme had been cooked up to defraud the creditors of the M. Zier company of New Albany. Judge Anderson quickly demonstrated he did not propse that any attorneys, officer or set of officers should tamper with his court. The way he has handled the men who came within the charge

FIT TEST HIE The Senate Shows How It Is Divided On the Panama Canal Treaty. On a Test Vote on Amendments a Solid Party Front was Exhibi ited on Both Sides. Today on Final Ballot Many Democratic Senators Will Change Their Vote. Washington, March 17.—The senate spent six solid hours in executive session yesterday In its effort to pass on the amendments to the Panama canal treaty in preparation for the Anal vote on the treaty today. The greater part of the day was devoted to debate on the matter of Insuring American defense of the canal, the Democrats contending that the United States should be given the initiative in that respect, and the Republicans urging that the interests of this country are sufficiently safeguarded by the Ku' w i SENATOR GORMAN. feftiS df the treaty as it stands. A substitute for the provision of the , treaty placing the defense of the canal primarily in the hands of the government of Colombia resulted in a test ! vote. As a result of their frequent l conferences since Senator Gorman's I assumption of leadership, the Demo- ■ crats cast a solid vote in support of ’ the amendment, the Republicans voting as solidly against it. During the day Senator Morgan offered a number of his amendments, but none of them received more than ten or twelve votes. The treaty will i be ratified today by a very large majority and without amendment. On the final ballot many of the Democratic senators will vote for it — Will Investigate Further. Philadelphia, March 17. —The police authorities have directed the opening of thirty-four graves, having secured evidence which leads them to believe that George Hossey, the negro "herb doctor." is responsible for at least that many deaths. Hossey is in jail as an accessory to the murder of Wm. G. Danze, whose widow is charged with having administered to her husband slow poison furnished by the negro.

has convinced attorneys mat inert) will not be any more attempts, at least for some time, to "monkey” with the court. The prisoners, however, are being treated with every consideration, and the railroads have even offered excursion rates so the friends ot' the men could come to see them. It was ' recalled today by some of the oldtimers that the sheriff had better not extend too many liberties to the prisi oners or the court might hold him in contempt, as did the late Juuge Gresham here a few years ago when he dealt summarily with a sheriff who In- ; sisted on royally entertaining a fed- ' era! prisoner sent up for contempt State Geologist Blatchley said today i that the spring is at least three weeks further advanced than it was a year ago. He pointed with enthusiasm to j a little jar filled with pretty wild flowers which he gathered yesterday during a short jaunt through the Held. Blatchley is an ardent naturalist. The fields are his delight at this time of the year especially. The flowers, he said. Indicate that the spring is much further advanced than usuaj, and In a few days he expects still more flowers to bloom. He expects to do more field work than usual this year. The Modern Woodmen will offer 12,930 In cash prizes for the bestdrilled teams at the biennial conclave, here in June. The senior class for teams of seventeen men will compete for prizes aggregating $1,380; the junior classes of seventeen men for $945, and the pony class conslting of nine mon. for $605. The crack teams of the nation will be here. State grounds on East Washington street near the ball park have been rented and will be used for tne encampment. It is expected there will be fully 125.000 people here fcr the conclave.

mil I— ll 081 ■■rilMSWl IW—'l'nil UM—I—DANCER AT MEMPHIS Flood Conditions Arc Hcurly Growing I More Serious. Memphis. Tenn.. March 17.—The St. Francis levee gave way late yester- ■ day afternoon at Trice's Landing. Ark.. | twenty miles north of the city, and the waters of the Mississippi are rushing through a three-quarter mile crevasse in the embankment with a roar that can be heard for miles. This is the first break that has been made in . the vicinity of Memphis, but the fact that the water is still rising at a rapid ' rate rr.d that three other points on the Arkansas levee north of Memphis are in a precarious cofidltion, lead to the fear that reports tomorrow will tell of several other serious crevasses. The break above here may make some slight check in the speed of the ' rise at Memphis, but there is every indication that forty feet will be I reached today. There is no forecast- 1 ing what will be the maximum reach ed, as the crest of the wave Is not considered to have been reached by any means. In the city the situation is the worst that has so far been re ported. In both North and South Memphis many homes and business houses have been flooded and families driven out. Streetcar traffic practically has been suspended in North Memphis. Appeals are pouring into the city from all directions for aid by by those who have taken refuge on high points along the river and who are now surrounded by the water. All local packets have gone strictly into the rescue business, but their capacity is completely overtaxed and they are unable to respond to all demands that are received. All Serene at New Orleans. New Orleans. March 17.—The line of levees in the city and along the river is reported in good condition, but the weather bureau says the rise at Memphis is yet to come and the 21-foot stage will reach here. The Arlington levee, about which there was so much apprehension, is holding well, and although it will take twenty days to complete the protective measures there, the engineers feel very much encouraged. PLEA FOR UNITY Prominent Democrats Get Together at Chicago. — Chicago. March 17. — Prominent Democrats from every part of the , country gathered yesterday to attend the annual Jackson Day banquet of the Iroquois club at the Auditorium hotel. Preceding the banquet many notables in the party held long talks togethef discussing suggestions for the presidential campaign of next year. The speakers at the banquet made strong pleas for a unified party and the adoption of a platform that would meet general approval. Mayor Carter H. Harrison, who was yester ' day renominated by the Democratic city convention, welcomed the visitors to the city. Government Arsenal Sold. Indianapolis. March 17.—Indfanap-, i oils gets the National Technical fnstl l tute and army post. This was settled I Monday when the Institute promoters were the only and therefore the sue-, I cessful bidders for the government ar I senal grounds. The price was the ap > praised value. 1154.000. Through the sale of the arsenal grounds Indianapolis gets the army post which It has been decided will be located northeast of Indianapolis. Work Effectually Tied Up. Kansas City. Mo.. March 17.—The striking Kansas City Southern shop men at the various points on that road | disregarded the company's ultimatum to return to work yesterday or be con-I sldered out of the company’s employj ment, and are still out. Work in that t department is effectually tied up. J ■ „ — Mazatlan's Scourge Abating. , Mazatlan. Mex.. March 17.—There I have been no deaths from the plague! ? here for two days. There was a new 3 case at Villa Union Sunday and three | - in Siqueros in the past two days. The t . people of El Rosario deny there have ! ■: been any cases of plague in that town. 1 Wife Murder and Suicide. ?' Wautoma. Wis., March 17.—T. J. - Gramse. a blacksmith, shot and killed • his wife yesterday at the home of Fred Mischka. where she had gone for safety Gramse then went outdoors L and shot himself twice, dying in »| stantly. r BRIEF DISPATCHES. I ' A II on in court st McKee. Ky„ In which I the pries of s pint of turnlpmwl is the iuus Involved. One man wm killed and two fatally ' r.-.i by a holler explosion in Toledo mills Tha I j boiler wav blown a half mile. II J eadora of the movement to frtw China propose to establish headquartera tn America. 1 j whence to direct the movement. 1 The Loulavllla lawyers who are coaflnsd In the Indianapolla jail for contempt are treated as If they were guests of a Iret-cla»s hotel. The war department will compile and publish a complete rotter of all the men of both the Moral and confederate forces In the civil war. James Garnett, a u-year-old boy of Harrison , county. Ky.. was killed by hi» horse rutinlag ’ over an embankment. The lad's neck broken. Mrs. Gallagher. lowa City, convicted of perjury In the trial of < harles Hulada forjthe murder of her husband, has been sentenced to 11 years In lhe penitentiary. He|M,rt» from Ixmdon arc that Whitaker Wright, the promoter, (arrested In New }ork„ has In possession letters involving exalted personages In England which may serve to prevent any real prosaontlon. The National Technics! Institute has bought the governmont arsenal grounds at Indianapolis and will erect « school. The government will tnrn the money thus seem ed Into the estiiblishtnent of an army poet al Indianapolis

IT IS ALL FIXED Itinarary of the President’s Western Trip Has Been Announced. From April 1 to June 5 President Roosevelt Will Make a Great Swing Around the Circle. Right Through to the Pacific Coact With Many Stops Along ■ the Way. • Washington. March 17. —Several senators and members of the house of representatives from Western states have bad conferences with President Roosevelt concerning his approaching tour of the West and Northwest. Dates for the president's visits to cities of the several states to be Included in his Journey were discussed. A few changes were made, but the Itinerary of the trip practically has been completed with the exception of the time of arrival and departure of the president from a few places. The Itinerary now is in the hands of the railroads for exact determination of the running time of the president's train. The party will leave Washington on the morning of April 1 and proceed directly via the Pennsylvania railroad to Chicago, arriving there the next morning. From Chicago the president will go to Madison. Wis.; thence to Waukesha and Milwaukee. The president will thence go to St. Paul and Minneapolis, from which point will begin his tour of the Dakotas and Mon- I tana. From April 8 to 24 the president will make a comprehensive inspection of Yellowstone park Thence he will tour through Nebraska. lowa and Missouri. On April 30 he will participate In the ceremonies incident to the dedication of the Louisiana Purchase exposition grounds at St. Louis. He ' will then go through Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico. From May 8 to 19 i the president will "do" California, going thence into Nevada and will then ’ go to Portland and Seattle. The return will be made through Idaho and Utah, reaching Salt Lake City May 29. Returning, the president will make brief stops at Freeport, Rockford, Ro- , | chelle. Aurora. Joliet. Dwight, Pontiac. Lexington and Bloomington, all in Illinois. The night of June 3 will be spent at Bloomington. On June 4 he will visit Lincoln. Springfield and Decatur, 111., and will arrive at Indianapolis that night Thence he will proceed directly to Washington via the Pennsylvania lines, making only necessary stops and arriving here on the evening of Friday. June 5. During the trip the president will make many speeches. A majority of them, quite naturally, will be deliv- ; ered from the platform of his car. but many of them will be sustained efforts of notable importance. WELCOMED HOME Cincinnati People Turn Out to Honor Julia Marlowe. — Cincinnati, March 17,—Julia Marlowe, who is a native of Cincinnati, was given a reception at the Grand ■ft jW t JULIA MAItLOVHt opera house last night in which Mayor Fleischmann and others participated. She is the guest of the mayor here, and every afternoon of this week is filled with social events in her honor Knapp Bound Over. Hamilton. Ohio, March 17.—Alfred Andrew Knapp, the self-confessed strangler of five women and children was yesterday held to the next grand Jury without bond, after a brief preliminary hearing In Mayor Bosch’s court. The regular grand Jury sits May 1, and it is probable therefore that a special grand Jury will be at once Impaneled to Indict Knapp, that he may have Immediate trial. The hearing was brief and developed prsc tically nothing that was not already known. Another Firecracker Explodes. Montlvideo. Uruguay. March 17.—A revolution has broken out In the do partments of Rivera, Flores and Mai donado. The government does not atU< h any importance to the movement. Both Severely Wounded. Glaagow, Mo.. March 17.-Matt Rartin. a farmer, and City Marshal John B. Morgan fought with revolvers fn the street here and both were wounded severely.

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DETAILS COMING IN Further Word of Terrible Hurricane In South Sea I elands. San Francisco, March 17.—The steamer Mariposa arrived here yesterday from the Samoan islands, bringing full particulars of the terrible hurricane which visited the Poumotu group of islands in January. In all over 600 lives were lost and the financial loss will exceed $500,000, The Poumotu group of islands numbers about 100 island divisions. Relief measures I have been instituted and everything possible is being done at Apia and othtr places in the Samoan group to relieve the sufferings of the Poumotu islanders. Murder and Suicide. St. Louis. March 17.—1 n a house In Twenty-first street yesterdav H r Carter shot and killed Minnie WebB or and then ended his own life by firing a bullet into his brain. Carter loadlng the revolver to kill himself.' Jealousy fa supposed to have n , he cuuuve. Missouri Against Cigarettes. Jefferson City, Mo., March 17.—The house passed the senate bill yesterday prohibiting the sale or giving away of cigarettes, cigarette papers or cigarette wrappers to persons under «ghteen years of age, under a penalty of SIOO fine for each offense The bill now goes to the governor for sign■ng to become a law. The Was Krroasoas. les. Johnnie, what is It?” „Mn isn't pa half bright?” ' by, wbat makes you ask auch • question r ,uc “ B tbat C «"£ ’ he,rd Mr n| Kl‘ball M y ..v Th * ,r '>l>pn.lt, n„lr. Played “opSeX'KV tLeVI t a “ Trouble, like cavei,,.- .. V'fy agreeable in nJ '• not —ltomeri,', """• b “' « erI

FUR TRAPPERS. The Kind of Life They l.esd tl • the WUO of Canada. "You admire firrs." commented i old trapfier as be sat contentedly lug his pipe. "You should go wb«» get them. Ah. that is the life-?® air, plain, wholesome food sad 3® after the season's work that brigade* fur loaded canoes going off doo* lakes. Every canoe is loaded. '* know, almost to the gnnwal- audot? string out one behind the other, i ■< line of them. They usually start < early in the morning and paddle. ;« die. paddle, hour after hour do*U“ stream, through that lake and io ® civilization. "But they don’t forget t-> eat-oti ■ I About noon they go ?-' "re. IM 'snub' the canoes to over 1 i-ii-J and bent arou.id for a- ■ d fit on which to start their li: Hut"- 1 fellows don't Like an no.. for '■on. Time Is too valt: ' ■ 1,1 ' They take a drink of tea. ite o.' That k atxiut ail. Then '■ ey again. The men spell e:o tlierapaddles, and occasionally the « . are bunched by n f- ,r " ’"I ■ smoke. “When night comes, the brig-nk-l ashore and pitches Its camp. I*' l '” I put up. campfires lighted and the per prepared, great cloud" of Wae* n and mosquitoes hovering around ' I "f tiie men busy themselves poT "I the great brown flapjacks for the - -J 'lay. while others dry their n>o ,va ’ i "| or get thur blankets ready to Perhaps a canoe has to 1* patebenext morning before the start < aD made. , "Oh, it is a great life up then' i» wilds of Canada, where they I* furs. You should try it."—• Xt * Tribune. A Bno, Woman Sailor There are any number of on record of women sailing ’hip" J port single handed when thereto by some exceptional ,<n drcffimsiancea. A typical ra** '* ',| of the brigantine Moorburg, stricken in the autumn of IS*' ttl ‘ a voyage from China to Austw laonly one that escaped the P 1 '* was the captain’s wife, and »>* handicapped by having s baby " to suckle ami attend to Never she navigated the vested Into i«» « voyage of some seven Liijj Hon, reefing, steering and P' 1 Performing the work of * ,Ul ‘ while tenderly nursing the : her spare moments.—London Tl .