Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 24 March 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. KVKUY EVEMSO. EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY LEW G 5 . ELLINGHAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week lOe By carrier, per year $4 00 By mall, per month. 25e I By mail, per year $2.50 Single copies. Two Cents. Advertising rates made known on application Entered In the postotflce nt Decatur, Indi- * ana. as second-class mull mutter. J. H. HELLER. Manager, I*.x RATHBONE REBUFFED v" Secretary Root Dismisses Charges < Aagainst Ger.sral Wood. Washington, March 24. —Secretary' Root yesterday took official action o’ ’ the charges made by B. 0 Rathbone, against Brigadier General Leonard "Wood. He made an indorsement on the papers, saying that no answer to |®O ' ((V ' \Vs I i X. . v MP®" 4, a v\ - ”> V W/ \ W 7 B. G. RATHBONE. the charges was required from General Wood, and no action would be taken thereon; that it was known to the secretary of war that the charges in every respect were without just foun dation. The secretary refers to the part taken by the former military gov ernor of Cuoa in the postoffice cases In which Rathbone was a defendant, saying that General Wood at every step had the approval of the secretary of war. His Aim Was Untrue. Zanesville, 0., March 24. —Barney Devine, a fugitive from justice, wanted in St. Clairsvdlle. Ohio, and also suspected as one of the Summerton bank robbers, was captured last night in Zanesville, his old home. V, hen arrested be shot at the officers, but the aim was not true. Defaulter Sentenced. Toledo, Ohio. March 24.—Benjamin Hageman, defulating treasurer of the Toledo White Lead company, pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzlement yesterday and was sentenced to a term of eighteen montjis in the Ohio penitentiary. About SI,OOO was involved.

THE REVOLT IS STILL GROWING

Indianapolis, March 24. —The revolt in the Republican party here is great er than it has ever been. There is t large element that simply won’t "stanc hitched” to the machine and its waj of doing business, and it begins to loot as it Mayor Bookwaiter must eithei be defeated for the nomination or thentire Republican ticket will be licked if he Is to bo at the head of it. The city is doubtful in municipal cam paigns, and the chances of the Repub Heuns winning again in face of the revolt is anything but good. Nearly 2,000 Republicans protested against the snap judgment convention of the machine, which goes to show how serf ous the revolt is. The meeting last uigiil. iui funi.ee protest agaiust list mat hfne resulted In a great outpouring of Republicans who are mad and full of fight. If the Democrats don't win under there conditions it will be surprising. ’ The Central Labor Union is getting after D. M. Parry again. Some time ago he employed a non-union painter <o paint a porch at his residence and the union tried to call him to terms for It, but Parry stood pat and now he is to be placed on the uniair list. This Is interesting in view of the tact that he is talked of as a candidate for vice president. The names Roosevelt and Parry have been connected frequently during the last lew mouths. Parry is president of the National Association of Manufacturers, a position that carries with it much prestige, and it Is probably due to this fact that he has been spoken of as a vice-presidential possibility. He has been one of the bitterest enemies of organized labor, ■o the action of the local union In placing him on the unralr list does not change the situation any so far as he la concerned. The officers of the United Mine Workers are about as happy as any snen In the city Rceretgry Treartircr

AN ML 0® — Massachusetts Woman Brained Her Four Children and Cut Her Own Throat. Sh# Lived Long Enough to Fire the House, and the Bodies Were Shockingly Burned. I Revolting Tragedy at Fiskdale the Act of a Supposed Insane i Woman. ! < I Sturbridge, Mass., March 24.—Mrs. Peter Burke of Fiskdale, after cutting I off every means of escape by fastening windows and doors, crushed in the heads of her four children yesterday, threw their bodies into a closet, scat . tered oil over them and herself and then, after setting al! on fire, ended , her own life by cutting her throat. , The children were Lilia, six years old, ; William, five years old, Louise I | years old. and May Rose, five months! i old. i The woman had previously showed signs of insanity. Burge is a machinist. He had not suspected his wife of becoming violent. Two boys while passing the Burke house, saw smoke coming from a window. They burst in the doors and. thinking that no one was in the house, tried first to put out the fire with buckets of water. The flame gained on them and they were obliged to run for help. The neighbors prevented the flames from reaching above the first floor. When the fire had been extinguished some one noticed that a closet door, which was more charred than the rest of the woodwork, was open. A blackened mass was seen in the closet. The charred mass was the bodies of Mrs. Burke and her children. As the bodies were taken out it was seen that i every one of the children’s heads was split open, while the mother s throat 1 was cut. 1 The weapon with which Mrs. Burke crushed out the lives of her offspring 1 was a large ax. The order of the bodies showed that the children were brained in the order of their age. beginning with Lilia, the eldest. ■ The fire had so completely charred the woodwork and the flooring that no blood-spots could be found. The bodies of three of the children were burned almost beyond recognition, but that of Louise was only scorched. The body of Mrs. Burke was also charred. As scon as the fire was discovered. Burke was called and he arrived just as the bodies were found. He fainted from the shock. A “Stroller” Strolled Away. Milwaukee. Wis.. March 24. —Treasurer Harry E. Neidlinger of the Mar guerita Silva Opera company, presenting “The Strollers" at the Davidson theater this week, was robbed of cash and notes amounting in all to about $3,000. the money having been taken from beneath his head while he slept. It is asserted that Mr. Neidlinger was drugged before he retired. A member of the company is missing and is suspected of the theft.

H "W. B. Wilson, wtio nanaied the great , defense fund, and who is President a Mitchell’s right-nand man. has just re,l turned from West Virginia, and he is y very much pleased with the decision jt of the arbitration committee, although , r of course it is not entirely satisfactory. Editor Sexton of the Mine Workers' I Journal is also much pleased. The 10 p per cent increase for the miners and the sliding scale are regarded as big ’ concessions, but were no more than , bad been expected. President Mitch ell is expected here in a few days and ,’. then there will be a sort of jubilee about the headquarters. Senator Wolcott of Wolcott and Senator Dausman of Elkhart were 6 here today on business. They were among the leading Republican mem ( bers last session Dausman was cau cus chairman and he may be a candi- € date next year for the nomination for lieutenant governor, as ids friends arc urging him to run. He presided sev e ’ eral times during the absence of Lieutr enant Governor Gilbert and he showed ( himself to be a good parliamentarian g Wolcott was a popular and conserva ‘ tive member. He is a candidate for g re-election and will not have any trou-! ( ble getting there. Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge are both heme for a brief spell. Both \ are looking well. The senior senator, Mr. Fairbanks, will probably have a ' very busy summer, as he is chairman of the United Blates ana British joint high commission, which will meet in . Montreal shortly after the adjournment of the Canadian parliament to take up a number of important international questions. Senator Fair- ' banks Is delighted to get back home. ■ Senator Beveridge expects to spend most of the summer at home. He will not even go to Alaska with the committee on states and territories, of • , which be is chairman. J

WOMAN ON THE RACK Mrs. Burdick Compelled to Tell Court Her Tale of Weakness. Buffalo. N. Y„ March 24.—Mrs. Alice Hull Burdick, widow of Edwin L. Burdick, underwent a searching examination by District Attorney Coats worth yesterday afternoon at. the resumption of the inquest into the death of her husband, who was murdered on Feb. 26. Mrs. Burdick was on the stand when court adjourned and was recalled today to complete her test! tnony. With a package of letters in his hands, some of which were written tc Mrs. Burdick by Arthur R. Pennell co-respondent In the divorce proceed ings instituted by Burdick, and others of whieii were commurications be t»Mn Furdick and his wife. Mr. Coats worth forced Mrs. Burdlct to tell ths story of her relations with Pennell from the time he first made love tc her in New Haven in 1898 until 1901 when these relations were renewed after Burdick had forgiven his wife and bad taken her back to his home for the sake of their children. Mrs Burdick was deathly pale while on the witness stand. She answered questions in a low-, faltering town, evading a direct answer whenever possible and reluctantly admitting facta when the district attorney read extracts ol love letters written to bar by Arthut R. Pennell. Not since the inquest into the mur der began has there been such intense interest in the proceedings. Most of the spectators in the crowded courtroom were women. Concerning the incident leading up to the discovery by her husband of the letters written to her by Pennell, Mrs Burdick testified that Burdick took her by the throat and forced her tc unlock ihe box in the safety deposit vault in which the letters were. A significant passage in one of these let ters. read by Mr. Coatsworth. follows: “As I looked into your beautiful eyes last night I feared there was some trouble hidden there. I did net know, but 1 feared it was because of some other reason than because 1 was going away. If there was, dearest. 1 wish you would tell me. There is that in the manner of your husband toward you that makes me fear some times that I might kill him." RIOTOUS ISLANDERS Mob Attempted to Burn Government Buildings at Port of Spain. Kingstown. St. Vincent. March 24.— A serious riot occurred yesterday as ternoon in Port of Spain, Trinidad, according to a dispatch just received from that city. A mob attempted tc burn the government buildings there and the police had to fire on the riot ers. killing or wounding several ol them. The British cruiser Pallas, at the time the dispatch left, was landing bluejackets. The rioting was due tc the refusal on the part of the govern ment to withdraw an ordinance con cerning the new waterworks, to protest against which several public meetings had been held. A demon stration was made during yesterday's meeting of the legislative council, and finally the mob stoned the government building and set fire to it. The riot act was read and the police fired on the mob. The city is in a state of great excitement

St. Vincent Again in Terror. Kingstown. St. Vincent, March 24.— The volcano Is now again in violent eruption, throwing a black cloud over the entire colony. The country people are terrified. The lands beyond Georgestown and Chateau Belair where the erosion of the former de posits has oeen rapid since last Octo ber. are again overwhelmed, causing serious hindrance to if not the complete abandonment of future cultlva tion. Held Husband to Account. St. Louis, Mar. 24.—Firemen called to extinguish flames In a dwelling on | North Twelfth street last night, found the Ix>dy of Mrs. Charles Adams lying on the floor. Apparently she had suffocated. Her husband could not give a lucid account of how the fire start ed, and was taken Into custody pending an Investigation. Memphis Breathes Easier. Memphis. Tenn., March 24. —The river is reported to be falling. The danger from the flood in this territory Is ccncldcrcd to be practically over. The center of Interest Is now the sit uation south of Memphis along the levees of Mississippi, Ixnilslana and Arkansas. BRIEF DISPATCHES. Mn. Maybrick will be liberated in July, ISM Mexico City will here a modern system nl underground telephone*. Rix miner* were killed and one wa« injured by an exploal-n of gas al Atlieus, 111. Janie* Mr’ 'er. the largest man in Chicago, II not in the t ailed State*, l« dead. He weighed 4SS pound*. The Venerne'an congre** refused to ac-ept President Cadro'a resignation and naked him to reconsider it. A strike of carriage makiers. Involving nearly three hundred carriage and wagon factories I* on In < hiengo. There will be no strike among the telegrapher* on the Kansas ( ity Southern railroad, notwithatandlng persistent rumor*. Revolutionists attacked and captured the capital of Santo Domingo after a bloody battle In which many live* were lost on both aide*. Christian college, belong.ng to the Hlaclple church at Canton, Mo., wa* destroyed by tire. The lo»* t» 150,0011. The college Was founded U •ear* ago. Rear Admiral Coghlan'* aquatron ha* arrive at Puerto < ortex, on the east coast of tlondnra*. where they were sent for the protection of American Interesla A permanent injunction was lulled at Lancaster. Pence.. restraining the striking Iron Hioaddvr- from interfering with the workmen es the Marietta Carting company of Marietta.

■ THE Ml Santo Domingo Revolutionists Seize the Seat of Government. After Fierce Fighting In Which Many Are Killed on Both Sides, San Domingo Falls. Assistant Governor and Commander of Government Forces Are Both Slain. Ran Domingo, Republic of Santo Domingo. March 24.—The revoltioulsts are in full possession of ths olty of San Douilngo. They have taken charge of the sable office and of the government land lines Foreign Minister Sanchez has sought refuge 1n the United States consulate The fighting continues Aasistant Gover nor Echlnlque and the commander of the government forces. General Pena have been killed. It is expected that the government troops outside the city , will attack the revolutionists, who arc in San Domingo. General Wosgil has j assumed command of the revolution ary forces. The number of men killed or woundi ed is not known, but it is reported many have been killed on both sides Genera! Peppin. at the head of a force of revolttionists. attacked the fort at 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon and released the political prisoners Then followed the entrance into and capture of the city. Many persons have been killed ot wounded in the streets. The stores are all closed and business is at a standstill. Serious consequences are expected to result. A LEGATION ROW Uncle Sam’s Representative at Liberia in a Shooting Scrape. New York. March 24. —Dr A. J Crossland. United States minister tc Liberia, and G. Washington Ellis, secretary of legation, were passengers on the steamer La Champagne which arrived last night. Both are negroes They came in under assumed names as they wished to avoid being asked questions regarding the shooting at the legation in Monrovia until the minister has a chance to report tc Washington. According to cables received in this country. Crossland had an altercation at the legation building with Thoma? Faulkner on Oct. 6. Faulkner was shot three times by Crossland, but recovered. Crossland said last night that the shooting was done in self defense According to his story, he had trouble with Faulkner over the legation building. The building, he said, was owned by Mr. Hill. Faulk ner received permission from the own er to occupy two rooms in it and. rep resenting he was the agent of the building when the legation moved In, he collected rent. Crossland boanied with Faulkner and his wife. After some time, as Mr. Hill was not re reiving his rent, he came to inquire about it. Crossland said that after hearing the story Hill decided to lease the building to the United States Crossland then ordered Faulkner tc move out. He said that was the cause of the shooting and that this was fol lowed by Faulkner assaulting him with a razor. On Oct. 6 the minister said he was assaulted by Faulkner without provocation, and in self defense shot him. Minister Crossland denied the story that the trouble with Faulkner was of a domestic nature. He said he had not come to resign, but was simply on a leave of absence. ORDER OF RELEASE Lawyers Jailed for Contempt Let Out by Supreme Court. Washington. Mar. 24.—1 n the casesof W. W. Watts and D. A Sachs ol Louisville, who were imprisoned at Indianapolis on account of the alleged contempt in the bankruptcy case of Zier & Co., the United States supreme court yesterday ordered their imme dißfo f*p|ng*o wnd Jsf!in*Cu ’« ' to silo petitions for habeas corpus arid ’ certiorari, to be made returnable on April 6 next. Messrs. Watts and Sachs are to be released upon their own bonds of ssoe : each, Their attorney. Mr. Fairleigh who was in court at the time the order was Issued, left immediately for Indianapolis for the purpose of aecur ing the release of his clients. Woman Died Yawning. Oshkosh, Wl»„ March 24—After yawning without interruption toi three days, despite every effort to relieve her, Mrs William Henry J.naer is dead. Physicians decided that the woman was suffering from obscure le•Ion of the brain, producing laryngla) spasms Remedies and anaesthetics were administered wfthu.H <lfPci Mrs. Jenner, unable to sleep yawned until she could do so no mor, from lack of strength, and then died. Federal Labor Union. Wilkesbarre, Pa.. March new union of workers f. Ming formed through the Wyoming valley, which will be known as the Federal lai.., Unien. It will include al! and workmen not at present affiliate! ■with any labor organization

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sun « re Various Happenings of Note Occuring Throughout Hoosierdom. Woman Who Was Shot From Ambuah at Petersburg on the Way to Early Recovery. Her Hucband Has Not Been Arrested for the Crime, as Reported. Evansville. Ind . March 24.—William Catt has not been arrested on the charge of attempting to assassinate I his wife, as was reported. The sheriff ■ says he is not ready to serve the papers. Call refuses to talk, further ■ than to deny his guilt. Mrs. Catt. who was shot in the Head while she was seated at an organ in her home, ’ near Petersburg, is somewhat improv-, ed, and there is now a fair chance for her recovery. DOING THE TRACY ACT — Two Grant County Mtn Openly Defy the Officers. Marion. Ind., March 24.—Hiding in the western part of Grant county, in ; the neighborhod of the village of Sims, are two men for whom the police of' a dozen cities are searching. One ot them is badly wounded and both defy ’ the authorities They say they will never be taken alive and have sent word to Marion that any attempt to capture them will result in the death of someone, for they will shoot to kill., Jesse and Orville Bodkins, two Marion brothers, are doing the Tracy "stunt” in thickly settled Grant county. Four members ot the Marion police force spent two days and uights on the trail of the men. but failed to catch sight ot them, and the officers are now waiting for something to turn up. Just where the two men are located is unknown to the authorities, but it is no secret to their relatives. A Costly Resistance. Wabash. Ind.. March 24.—The sal of .Milton S. Brane, a well-to-do: farmer, near Lincolnville, to pay tax ou a dog which had been about his home has. so tar. cost nim about $3 io. Hran< insisted to the assessor that the pup did not belong to him. but Brane was fined by a justice of the peace for not reporting the dog for taxation. 1 1 be case has b< eu in the local courts twice, the last trial going against Brane. He gave bond for an appeal the bond matured and the bondsmen had to pay. a bench warrant for Brane has been issued. Attorney’s fees, court costs, and the original tax now amount to about S3OO. Town Clark Law Held Valid. Windfall, Ind.. March 24.—Judge J. F. Elliott of the Tipton Circuit court, has handed down a decision In the 2’* °f, P“ lel F<,u,h *«*'“•» the windfall Natural Gas company. In which he held that the law giving own clerks judicial powers ig const! rational. Fouch received a judgment against the company before Frank Bums, clerk of Windfall. ' — - They Refused to Accept New Vork. March 24.—8 y a unanl “XT lh ° ne * ly M*n. rl‘r. Va, “t r “" W " y ma . b y IKm a prnpo,al by the officer, of the road look i oAbe La. ltl ‘ !n, ’ ?nt ° f ' he Krlev ‘ n ’ - «a Z ~~ 3 x Killed In Mine Explosion , BpringfiHd. 111.. March 24-8 h ralß J’.Vu exTi. anJ ~ne

Mysterious Death of Actrm, , Washington. March 24. Mrs Q. H. Wilbur, an actress, the wifetfi thur R. Wilber, manager of Hq “A Texas Steer” and until threey® ago the star in that produetica the stage name of “Alice died suddenly at her hone fa t city. She was twenty-nine yam age and had been in poor h-aitbl some time. In the room witm'i woman died the police found a M nearly full of wood alcohol, bottles which had contained parsgg and a bottle of Jamaica ginger 1 body was removed to the morpei an inquest will be held to : -srai the cause of death. Carrying the Work On. Greenfield, Ind.. March 24.—Thei ixens’ Reform League, which ins', closing saloons here is spread efforts to the whole county, aai hard at work at Fortville, rbeai applicants tor liquor license tai defeated. Probably every silt® Greenfield will be closed withal next eight months. On Charge of Kid.iappng. Marion. Ind., .March 24— Trur.a Mclaaughlin came from St. Lots! urday night and kidnapped bitts, months-old son from the hone k grandmother, Mrs. W. H Ma. He was arrested at Andersoi K i he had taken the child. McUt# • and his wife separated several IMI ago. They Met in Brazil JaiL Brazil. Ind., March 24.—Mrs 3 man Johnson, a young womtn. ’» rested and taken to jail. havlM i found in the company of a yi'-tfi When she was ushered into b- ! she was brought face to face »:’J husband, wno had been arretui shooting with intent to kill M Ragan. Woman Burned to D****' l , Muncie. Ind.. March 24 Mrs i Kirk, twenty-two years old. »ti«i ing with her ba- kto an * when her skirts caught fire * help could arrive she was fainl? cd. The house caught fire fwaburning garments First Degree Murder Covington. Ind.. March Robert J. Drake was arrest® yesterday charged with tn'ir-ier first degree, in that she p'lisor husband, who died at their b -- Harveysburg a week ago Kiiiad While Trying to f J’ Princeton, Ind., Mar-1 Williams of Patoka was passenger train here. H’’ to get on the train 'shen o thrown under the whr-i ls Lost Hand n Cor" 8 1 Nnblewvitle Ind March -c' Roheitta a farmer, caupht ms M ' in a corn shredder and bi* torn off. Killed by the CM* Dunkirk. Ind., March 24 Beck, nineteen years old. ' ly killed while faying to '>**« •’ fennel Coal and Cnnnel coal is a variet.' 0 nous coal which Iturus with gt**, dom, the flume of U » ffurdl “ g .L eruble light. It wa» coal” by tb*» EnglUb llsixl It. ns it ofteii *• rv »• atitute for caixlleu. Tke „ •■orrupted to "ewnnel' I,D< ' 3< mulned. It IstnorecomP 111 ’ 1 ' t I uafy bituminous <-oul, an' l 1 wrought In n lathemidl*' 111 ’ 1 j I certain variety of it , " u1 " 1 % xhlrc. England, is uMntifu'to" kind of jewelry known •»Riat 111 a VlctlW"By the way. bow '• ting on with his pretty wli an with the drooping «>«l»’'' M • ”Yex. Featherly used to ■ a the victim of her droopl»« ’ j before they were married. (j| the drooping victim <,f . lashes.' - Kansas Ult> JK ,,ru ‘‘ I