Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 59, Decatur, Adams County, 19 March 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. EVLKY KVEMSG. EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY LEW O. CLLINQHAM. SUBSCRIPTiON RATES. Hv carrier, per week 10c By carrier, per,year $4.00 By mail, per month 25*' By mail, per year $2.50 Single copies. Two Cents. Advertising rates made known on application Entered in the post office at Decatur, ’ndana. as second-class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. STARTLING STATEMENT Letter Written by Pennell to Mrs. dick May Become Evidence. . huttala, N. Y., March 19.—Police Justice Murphy announced yesterday that owing to the illness of District Attorney Coatswerth, the inquest into the murder of Edwin L. Burdick would not be resumed until next Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock. District Attorney Coatsworth is suffering from a severe cold which prevents him from speaking above a whisper. It is expected that the inquest will be concluded next Monday unless some new evidence of importance develops this week. Mrs. Burdick. Burdick's furnaceman and the man who tended the furnace for the Pennells will probably be called on Monday. It is said on good authority that the district attorney will also place in evidence a letter alleged to have been written to Mrs. Burdick by Arthur R. Pe.inell some months ago. The letter was found in the Burdick home when the search of the house was made by the police. In the letter the following occurs: “I feel that I must kill Ed Burdick.” Notwithstanding all the talk about Pennell, however, the police are not consenting calmly to blame a dead man for the Eurdick tragedy. There are a number of points to be considered before any such branding of a dead man becomes a finality or even Is accepted as being a part solution of the mystery.. w- Danger of War Removed. Washington. March 19.—United States Minister Combes at Guatemala City has cabled the state department that the president of Guatemala was ■withdrawing his troops from the frontier. It is believed that this action removes the danger of war between Guatemala and Honduras. Internationa! Railway Bridge. Detroit, Mich., MJrch 19. —Announcement is made here that work ■will be begun about April 10. on the preliminary survey for an International railroad bridge across the Detroit river. Commandant Joubert 111. Mexico City. March 19. —Commandant Joubert, one of the members of the visiting Boer delegation, is ill here as the result of the opening of a wound sustained in the war. Abnormal Temperature. Louisville. Ky., March 19. —The thermometer registered 81 degrees here yesterday, 25 degrees above normal

NEWS FROM THE STATE CAPITAL

Indianapolis. March 19.—State Forester W. H. Freeman is getting ready to plant trees by the thousands. Sen ator Parks of Plymouth, a member during the last two sessions, has r-iaceo an oider with a nursery for j'.'-v. ant » woman at Salem is going to plant 51,000. It is probable 500,000 tree.-, exclusive of fruit bearers, will be planted in Indiana this year. Th; efforts of the state forester arc bringing good results, as there is a rapidly growing desire to preserve the forests. The recent legislature appropriated money to buy a state reserve of 2.Ob* acres to cost $8 an acre, and Freeman said today pe has fifteen good offers. The reserve will be located in the southern part of the state, where land is cheapest. He pointed out today that now is the best time tor laud-owners to take advantage of an act of the legislature of 1899. which provided that an eighth of their laud might be taxed at $1 an acre if it was set off for a permanent forestry reserve. Nearly 6UO have taken advantage of it, and Freeman believes that many more will get in line before the year Is over, as It opens the way for profitable investment for them. George F. McGinnis celebrated his 77th birthday today. He is probably the oldest postmaster in the United States. There is certainly no man of his age in char*’*’ of an office the like of the one In Inaianapolls, over which he has presided gracefully and carefully for three years. He Is a veteran of both the Mexican and the civil war, and he is one of the most soldierly figures in Indianapolis. He Is a courtly gentleman of the old school. The general, however, is as spry as men of fifty, and until last summer, when he fell In stepping from a streetcar, be was never confined to his bed by illness, and then be was only 111 for a short time. It is said that when the general goes to Washington, the members of the Indiana delegation get ready for a siege, as he gives them a good run for their money. He Is a member of the Colombia club and

The hi® ever Mississippi River Has Outdone All Records and is Still Doing. At Memphis the Flood Situation Shows a Number of New and Serious Developments. Railroad Traffic Held Up and May Not Be Re-established for Some Time. ! ; Memphis, Tenn.. March 19.—The 1 flood situation today shows a number ' of new and serious developments, and ! there is scarcely a ray of hope for improved conditions yet except the fact that tributaries of the Mississippi to the north of Memphis are reported to be falling One of the most serious developments of the last twenty-four hoars is the washing out of all lines of railroad entering the city from the west and the complete tieing up of i railroad traffic through the Memphis gateway to that section. There have ■ been no trains either into or out of the city since yesterday over the i Memphis bridge, and there is every indication that traffic cannot be resumed until the flood has subsided to a considerable degree. ■ The river here shows 39.7 feet on i the gauge, the highest stage ever recorded. and a rise of .3 since Tuesi day night. The river is about stationary, and it is possible, that a fall may ' set in at any moment. But this pre- ■ diction would be extremely uncertain. as in spite of the fact that the river I is being drained by the break at Trice's Landing, the rise at Memphis was almost at the rate of an inch an i hour. i The situation in this area is growing i worse with each hour, and it is evident that a general rise of a foot more must occur over the entire submerged area . unless a very material fall takes place ' before the gap at Trice's can let this 1 volume of water through alone or with the assistance of other crevasses ’ which may occur. An effort was made yesterday to send a steamboat and 1 barges through the gap for the rescue 1 of persons and livestock in that district. by President Killough of the St. Francis levee board. On the way up the river the steamer was disabled, and It returned to Memphis for repairs. A second effort is being made today, and it is thought it will be suct cessful, although it is sure to be attended by considerable danger to those in charge of the boat. No Alxrm at New Orleans. j New Orleans. March 19. —The river p at this point continues stationary. As , the river is not going down, and as the Memphis rise is on the way, the weather bureau has good grounds for adhering to its prediction of 21 feet, e The highest previous record was in s 1897 and was 14.5. As to the city there is no alarm. Travel in this city is uninterrupted.

seems to get as mucn enjoyment out of club life as any of the younger men. The general and Rear Admiral Brown, retired, are cronies, and arc perhaps the most unique and best-known chums in the city. Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge will probably return to Indianapolis by next Monday or Tuesday, as both are expected for the laying of the cornerstone of the new federal building. It is understood they will leave Washington Saturday. It is not unlikely that the special session of the senate will be adjourned then Senator Fairbanks’ plans tor the summer are in a :■ ewhat cltic condition, as he is chairman of the joint high commission which is expected to meet after the adjournment of the Canadian parliament. There is no telling how long this meeting may last, so he may not get to spend much of the summer st home. Senator Beveridge, however, expects to spend most of his time in Indiana. He will be a candidate for re-election before the next legislature, and It is suspected that he wants to be at home as much as possible to keep In close touch with the situation. Tire monthly health bulletin for February, issued today by Secretary j Hurty of the state board of health, follows: The regular monthly report to the state board of health shows that influenza prevailed very extensively in February. The deaths num- ' bered 56. The type was severe and seems most frequently to leave an Impression upon the nervous system. Smallpox was very slightly less prevalent than in the preceding month, there being 889 cases In 59 counties, with 50 deaths. Bronchitis and tonsilitia were widely spread, and diphtheria increases slightly. The total number of deaths was 2,677, an annual rate of 13.8. There were 464 deaths under one year of age. and 693 of eighty-five and over. From certain diseases the deaths were as follows: Pneumonia, 399; tuberculosis, 342: cancer, 92: Influenza. 56; diphtheria, 53; smallpox. 50; typhoid fever, 49.

WILL REPORT SATURDAY > Strike Commission Preosnts Its Find Ing to the President. Washington, March 19. —Judge Gray,' chairman, and Canoil D. Wright, re-1 i corder of the anthracite strike com I mission, called on the president yesterday and presented to him the re-> port of the commission. It is a vol ■ uminous document, covering fully all I phases of the controversy between operators and miners. Both sides have promised to abide by the decision of the tribunal created by President Roosevelt. Details of the Z Iff W-T ntDOE GEORGE GRAY. j report will be awaited with great in | terest, not only by the operators and miners, but also by the public gener ■ ally. At the conclusion of the interview with the president Colonel Wright announced that the report would be made public at his office on Saturday j morning. About the same time it will be placed in the hands of the repre-I sentatives of the operators and miners, the parties directly in interest. President Roosevelt entertained the j members of the anthracite coal strike j ■ commission and its attaches at dinner at the White House last night. The party included Judge George Gray, chairman: Bishop J. L. Sapuld ing, Carrell D. Wright. General J. M Wilson. E. W. Parker. Thomas H. Watkins, E. E. Clark. E. A. Mosely and Dr. Neill. Secretary Cortclyou of the department of commerce and laboi , was also one of the guests. The report Cf the strike commission Is unanimous. The members of the committee discussed the report with the president at the dinner last night, but their hands are tied as far as con cerns any public disclosure of any sea tures of the report. Miners Are Hopeful. Wilkesbarre, Pa.. March 19. —The | formal announcement that the strike commission will make known its award on Saturday next has caused much anxiety among the miners and laborers in the Wyoming valley coal fields. The leading officers of th<> United Mine Workers feel satisfied that there would be a substantial reward for the long struggle of last year. Some of the leading miners believe that they will receive an increase of at least 10 per cent, eight hours a day for steam men and nine hours a day for company hands. They will not prophecy on the disposition the commission has made of the demand for the weighing of coal. A Woman in the Case. Newcastle, Pa., March 19. —John Genkinger was shot and killed yester day in the apartments of Mrs. Eva Rumberger by George Merkle, proprietor of a hotel at Darlington. Pa. Gen 1 kinger was taken to the Shenango val-; ley hospital, where he died before the j t bullet could be extracted, while Mer- ■ kle was arrested with a revolver, still . smoking, in his hand. Jealousy over ’ Mrs Rumberger is said to be the cause > of the shooting. Argument Now in Progress. St. lA>uis. March 19.—Affidavits r were finished and arguments com-' . rienccd late yesterday afternoon in • the Wabash injunction suit. Colonel, t Wells H. Blodgett, tlie leading counsel ■ for the railroad, was ihe first to a.I---f dress the court, and after to had ■ i spoken for an hour an adjournment '• 1 was taken until this morning, when i the argument was resumed. s i The Nomination Withdrawn. a I Washington, March 19. President ~ Roosevelt yesterday withdrew the ; nomination of William Pirn ley for as t Bistant treasurer of United States t at Now York, and lato In the <lny or>r>t ! to the senate the nomination of Hami ilton Fish to the office, and it was r confirmed promptly by the senate. I The withdrawal of Plmley’s name was > due to charges preferred. J BRIEF DISPATCHES. r Bnody Jt Bailiff. London lawyers, have failed, wing over a million dollar*. ' Nine people wero hurt, two fntntly. by the . | falling of tho weight* of the court houae elevaiI or at Loaiaville. j i Joneph Leonard, of Brooklyn, ditel from r. done of chloride of potash given him by hia wife In miatake foi'aalta. Nelson Morris Co., the packer*, will soon I hegln the con«tructl >n of a 51.000.00 n plant near the Kan-as City »tockyard*. English sportsmen have gone to Ala-Un to search for » blue, or glacial, bear, a rare am- • mal. for the British Museum. . George Hoesey. the I'hlladelphla negro herb doctor, aecuned of being a poisoner, ha* issued a ' statement professing innocence. Gen, Schuyler Hamilton, eighly-olght years old. a cla«*m»te of General Grant at West Point I and a dl*tJngui«he.| veteran of the Mexican and I civil war*. I* dead. . The skeleton of W. W. Young, who dl«ap1 peered from hi* home In Wilmington, N. ('., three year* ago. has been found. How ho met i ; death remain* a mystery. For the second time bld* for the Waahiagtoe filtration fllant, one of the largest project* ever authorised by congress for the llistrici of Col- , umbia, have been rejected by the war department.

ALL BUT THE VOTE Senate Has Practically Agreed to Ratification of Cuban Treaty. Vote Will Be Taken Late This Afternoon on This Important Question. New Senator From Nevada Wants to Annex Cuba to United States. Washington, March 19. —The senate has agreed to vote on ratification of the Cuban treaty at 3 o’clock this afternoon. There is no doubt of its ratification. The senate will adjourn sine die later in the afternoon. Before adjourning at 7 o’clock last night the senate entered into a unanimous agreement to vote on the Cuban reciprocity treaty this afternoon. The I hope of securing a vote yesterday was . dissipated by the discovery that there were more speeches to be made in opI position to the treaty than had been counted upon. Indeed, it was difficult to secure an agreement to vote on the treaty today, and it was evident that this result could not have been accomplished but for the anxiety of the senators to secure a final adjournment of | I the session. The executive session covered six < hours and was devoted largely to ad- ' i verse criticisms of the treaty. During I the day Senator Newlands made a plea - W WWW I W ' FRANCIS G. KEWLANUS. for the annexation of Cuba and pre , sented an amendment to the treaty ' tendering an invitation to that island j to become a state of the American I Union. The race question again was dis ! cussed in the senate yesterday. Mr. I Money spoke for two hours, his re- i marks having direct reference to the action of the president in closing the Indianaola (Miss.) postoffice. Mr. ■ Money explained at the outset of his > remarks that if he could secure unanimous consent for leave to print he . would not take up the time of the senate. The sentiment of the senate seemed to be that remarks not deliv- ; ered should not be spread in the record. He thereupon proceeded and de- | livered himself of some severe strictures of the president, saying that Mr. Roosevelt was not the president of , America, but the president of the ’’black belt.” At times he was closely interrogated by Messrs. Foraker and Spooner. HELD TO ANSWER Two Men Arrested on Charge of Murder cf Widow. — Marlon, 111., March 19. —Calvin Price and Jeremiah Graves of Herrin, 111. who admit that they were in the vicini ity of the home of Mis. Nellie Reicheldeffcr on Monday night when she was ■ found dead and mutilated In a hog lot. were arrested yesterday by Sheriff Harris, charged with the killing oi the woman, who was a widow ani a i school teacher. Mrs. Relchekletfer ! ; had contracted to sell some property I tv the tUluuia Steel company, and it is thought that she was killed for ‘he 1 i purchase money. Last Monday Mrs. ■ Relcheldeffer’s sister went to town 1 leaving the widow alone. When the j sister returned she found the house empty. Going out to the hog-yard, she found her body mutilated by the hogs. It is thought by some that the murderers threw the body into the hog-lot • In the hope that others would think Mrs. Relcheldeffer had been killed by the swine. An Inquest Is in progress ! today. I Golden Rule Jones Will Run Again. • i Toledo, Ohio, March 19.—0 n the first ballot in the Republican city convention ’ "Sterday, John W. Dowd was nominate J for mayor. Coincident ■ with thi nomination comes the an--1 nnuneenient from Mayor Samuel M. . 'Golden Rule) Jones that he (Jones) will be an Independent candidate for 1 a fourth term. The Democratic nominee is Charles M. Edson. Wright's Case Continued. New York. March 19.—The hearing i, In the case of Whitaker Wright was ’ adjourned by United States Commfs- ' sloner Alexander yeaterday until March 30.

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MERGER PROPOSER — Seventy Independent Steel Plants May Decide to Go Together. Movement Beginning st Greencastle Promises to Have a Widespread Effect. Junita Steel and Iren Company Will Take Early Action in the Matter. Greencastle, Ind.. March 19.—The Junita Steel and Iron company, of; Greencastle has called a meeting of; stockholders for March 26, when the question of giving A. M. Keeper, of I Pittsburg, an option on the plant will . !be discussed. The plant secured a , | bonus from Greencastle and agreed! . to up< iate its plant tor five years, and | until that time there could be no sale.; But this feature was eliminated by , deeding the ground to the company. It is said that the company here proposes to go Into a merger of , seventy other Independent plants over I . the country that raw material may be i obtained. The company has been un-' able to operate Its plant here because I of the lack of material. It is said I that the company does not Intend to ; make an actual transfer to the Pitts- , burg man, but many Greencastle i people believe the tinplate trust is behind the movement. Dr. Alexander's Trial Set. I Indianapolis, March 19.—The new trial of Dr. J. C. Alexander, charged II with complicity In graverobbing has t been set for April 13. Dr. Alexander's • attorneys will apply f or a change of judge. Their application must be ' filed at least five days before the day t set for the trial. Tried to Evade Imprisonment. Vin’«'nnes. Ind.. March 19,-james I. Welch, a traveling salesman, attempted suicide In the county jail by taking an ounce of opium, but ohygii taken: to the Michigan City prison yesterday to serve a sentence for perjury. ‘

DELAVAL CREAM SEPARATORS B j - Cv Among the advantages nf H arntor are the following; Ist—Five to fen per cent In sklmrn >- - 2nd—Five to ten per cent In chunm 3rd— Increase of five to fifty per c« ■ t •itb— -Haves time and labor id h Disvuae Germp. 6th—Saves women and housework. ATZ &. STEELE, rtgenls. ROY ARCHBOLD. DENTIST. I. O. O. F. BLOCK. Phone 1 °®ce, IM. >ne . Hwldeuoe. »«. _ Lost—A jwir of gold rm ' gIaMM. Finderfpjt'iue bring ’ office und receive reward. Blacksmiths' Serious Quarrel. Bedford, Ind., March 19 Grotsen, blacksmith, and Fred B' a laborer, quarreled over tools. Gretsen was struk with a hamm' r Bowen, Inflicting serious injuries 1 I skull was fractured and two r ‘‘ 1 i broket*. I