Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 25 March 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT.! EVKKY BVENISG, EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY l_ E W <3. . El_L.I M O H A IVI .1 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week lOe By carrier, per year , $4 00 By mail, pt*r month 25*’ By mail, peryear $2.50 Slagle copies. Two Ceuta. Advertising rates made known on application Entered In the poetoftlcent Decatur. Indiana. us second-class mail mutter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. A GREAT SENSATION Londoners Have Not Hsjd Another, Such Sine? 1875. • Ixmdon. March 25.—The announce-1 ment from Colombo that Major General MacDonald is to be tried by courtmartial on most eerfous charges of immoral conduct, will undoubtedly prove to be the greatest sensation in British military circles sjpee the case of Colonel Valentine Baker, who was I". E? ¥ 'f I sentenced August ?. 1575. to pay s fine of $2,500 and to undergo a twelvemonths imprisonment for indecently assaulting a woman in a railroad car

riage. General MacDonald was re garded as one of Britain's great sol i diers. He rose from the ranks in the j Gordon Highlanders to his present s position, and the service list shows j no more honorable war record than • that of MacDonald, while few officers > possess more harder-won decorations. 1 He was extremely popular in the army and in civil life. , While the army officials and many of his brother officers were aware that charges were pending against General MacDonald, no intimation of their nature leakeu out until the dinner of the officers of a Highland regiment March 21, at which MacDonald was not pres ent. Lord Roberts, the commander-in-chief. paid tribute in a speech on that occasion to the Highland officers who had served with distinction, but he did not mention MacDonald. This attracted considerable notice, and the sensation was increased when another 'speaker who was not aware of the' facts In the case, lauded MacDonald as a typical Highland soldier, and found that his remarks were received in cold silence by the majority of the officers present. General MacDonald, it is announced, left England for the continent some days ago and ft is understood that he is returning to Ceylon under the advice of I .ord Roberts after hearing MacDonald's version of the charges.

THE INSURGENTS ARE DETERMINED

Indianapolis, March 25.—The revolt In the Republican party here continues to grow, although no further effort is being made by the "antis” to get signatures to petitions. The telephone bells have been busy in the office of the leaders, as many voters who didn't get on before the petitions were presented to Chairman Logsdon and turned down, are letting it be known they want to sign. This means they are willing to go on record a-» being opposed to tue probable nominees of the convention Saturday. Os course Bookwaiter will be renominated, but it loot s more and more as if he would have the dght of his life to be reelected. The sentiment among the better class against the ring here is intense. The Democrats know this and they are getting ready to profit by It. It »• ua Iv-arued today that tweu-, ty five of the Republican precinct cuminitteeiueu are going to resign rather than to submit longer to the rule of the mach'ne. This is but one indication of how the situation looks to a man on the ground. The Republicans >ill have to endorse the present city administration, which is alone a big

burden to carry. The cornerstone of the new Indianapolis federal building was laid today with Impressive ceremonies. Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge. Governor Dnrbfn, Congressmen Hemenway and Overstreet, and many others of national reputation took part. There was a big parade at 1 o'clock this afternoon. led by General J. R. Carnahan of the Knights of Pythias. The <l. A. R., many civic societies and companies of the Indiana national guard, were in line. The opening address was made by Congressman Overstreet, who has labored hard to get the appropriation for the building. The Masons. with their regular ritual, laid the cornerstone. Grand Master Jas. W. Dunbar of New Albany, had charge i

tan scum Charges of Most Serious Character Brought Against Gea. McDonald. Commander of the British Forces In Ceylon Accused of Acts Worthy of Court Martial. These Charges, It Is Alleged, Are Based on Immorality—He Will Face Them. Colombo, Ceylon. Mar. 25. —Charges of the most serious nature have been brought against Major General Sir Hector MacDonald, commanding the British forces In Ceylon. In consequence at which the governor of that island. Sir Joseph West Ridgeway, has been authorized to convene a courtmartial to try General MacDonald. The latter, when the charges were filed some time ago. went to England to confer with bis friends and superior officers, and now it is understood he will return and face the charges, which it is alleged are based on immoral acts. Two Suicidal Attempts. Evansville. Ind., March 25.—Wi1l Robb, twenty-two years old, attempted suicide by taking morphine. When physicians went to relieve him he escaped the vigilance of two policemen and ran up an alley. It is said he cannot live with the amount of poison he has in nis body. A. B. Toney, 45 years old. a blind mechanic, tried to kill himself yesterday by firing a shot behind his ear. His sightless condition discouraged him. and he resolved

to die. It is said that he will live. Behind Closed Doors. Terre Haute, Ind., March 25. —The Indiana coal miners and operators’ joint scale committee has appointed a subcommittee to which the work of preparing a scale has been referred. The points fought over in the full committee will be taken up in order by the subcommittee. The committee is meeting behind closed doors and with extra precautions to prevent information getting ont. Deer Do Not Prosper in Indiana. Paoli, Ind . March 25. —George A. Charles, county treasurer, owns a large herd of deer which run at large on his farm near this city. Within the past two years he has lost eleven of his finest animals by accident and other causes, some having died from snake-bites, so that the increase in the breeding has been counterbalanced by death. Bloody Work in Trinidad. Port of Spain, Trinidad. March 25.— ; Twelve natives were killed and sixty wounded, many of them non-combat-ants and women, during Monday s rioting. The government building was entirely destroyed by the rioters and the police barracks was damaged by fire and water. All the government records in the colonial secretary’s office. the courthouse, the crown lands and other departments were destroyed.

t of this feature. Addison C. Harris, - former minister to Austria, then delivt en d the principal address. He was t followed by Senators Fairbanks and > Beveridge, who spoke briefly but hap- ! pily. The ceremonies lasted two hours and were attended by a big crowd. Adolph Decker of Evansville, the junior Republican member of the recent legislature, was here today on a trying mission. He w anted to see Edgar A. Perkins, president of the State Federation of Labor, and other labor leaders regarding the "blue book” that is being published by the three committees that represented the railway tiainmen during th<« session, in some way Decker was put in as one of the few representatives who were opposed to organized labor. As he Is just on the threahhoiri nf n pnlltirel career and Is a candidate for renomination, ho very naturally don’t want the word to get out that he is an enemy of organized labor. Decker was the butt of many good-natured jokes during the session because of his age. but he took his medicine manfully and made a host of friends.

— Congressman J. A. Hemcnway, who . is here, is the center of interesting r political gossip. He is perhaps one < i of the mest-talked-of Republicans in i ■ the state just now, as he is consid-1 cred both as a prospective candidate for governor and for United Slates senator. But on these matters he is discreetly sib nt. “it’s too early to talk of the matter yet," he said. And | that, was about all the newspaper folk : got out of him. Many believe he will be a (ajwftdate for governor, but those who know him best say he desires to remain in congress as long as possible, as he is to be promoted to the head of the committ e on appropriations-- one of the most Important political positions in the nation.

EOLD CHICAGO THIEVES They Drive Away With Wagon Loaded With Rich Merchandise. Chicago, March 25.—Thieves drove off with a wagon loaded with fiftyseven cases of merchandise, valued at $5,000, from in front of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy freight depot last night. The driver went inside with his freight receipts, leaving the wagon standing tn the yard. He was 1 gone about fifteen minutes, and when | he returned the wagon was gone and none of the other teamsters or employes of the freight-house could tel! him who had driven it away, or in which direction it had gone. Although the loss was immediately reported to , the police, no trace of the wagon or ! the merchandise has been found. SCARED TO DEATH I Terror of Bham Battle Too Muoh for, Timid Chinese. Victoria, B. C., March 25. —According to advices received from the Orient the grand review of Chang Chih Tung's modern drilled soldiers in the Yangtse provinces, together with the Nangang and part of the Pei Yang naval squadrons, was a great naval and military display, but it was disastrous to the populace and a large number of lives were lost. When the sham bat- j tie started a panic seized the whole populace, as a report had been spread that an invasion was to take place. So great was the panic that suicide was resorted, and it is reported also that many children were drowned in order to get rid of them to allow their | parents to run faster. WHIPPING POST IN OHIO Severe Disciplinary Measure Adopted in Columbus Pest House. Columbus. 0., March 25.—The whip-ping-post was resorted to at the small- j pox hospital yesterday to maintain discipline. Hugh Murphy, a negre suffering from a mild case of smallpox. attacked and badly wounded T. , V. Flowers, another patient, with a fork. Dr. Reibel, superintendent of the hospital, decreed that Murphy s.iould receive twenty-five lashes on his bare back and the punishment was inflicted by the superintendent him self after the offender had been tied to a post by attendants. An Important Opinion. -u.inauKee. .uaicn Zo. —juuge tlai- 1 sey in the circ ult court yesterday ren dered an important opinion to the effect that so-called blacklists are privileged communications. The libel suit of Valentine Gerhardt against Armoui a Co., and William G. Lloyd, the Mil waukee representative of the combina- ! tion of packers, for SIO,OOO. was nonsuited. It will be appealed to the* supreme court. Gerhardt brought suit for damages after he had been refused a supply of meat because a pre * vious bill had not been paid. The Facts in the Case. New York. March 25. —In reply to a direct cable inquiry to President Zelaya. at Managua. Nicaragua, asking for the true facts regarding the report ed revolution in Nicaragua, the fol- | lowing dispatch has been received: "Managua. Nicaragua, March 24.—0 n ■ March 19 a small uprising occurred in a part of the department of Contales (east of Lake Nicaragua!. The gov ernment has surrounded the insur gents and will soon destroy them. The , remainder of the country is completely i tranquil.’’ Mother Locked Children In. Kansas City, March 25.—At Kansas City. Kan., yesterday, two children. . Asa and Charles Bigelow, aged four | and three years, sons of O. W. Bige- ' low. were burned to death in a Are that destroyed their home, the mother . having locked them in while she went - to the store. 5 1 Triple Tragedy in Montana. Lewiston. Mont.. March 25.—Jack j Pierce shot and killed Mrs. Barney Hedigar and a man nam<*d Patten and then killed himself at Gilt Edge. The > men had quarreled over the woman. - Pierce found her wi'h Patten end the t shooting followed. j The Governor Calls For Help. • Shanghai. March 25.—1 tis now said ■ that the governor of Kwang Si has > asked for the assistance of French . troops from Indo China to crush the ■ rebellion in Kwang Si. i i , BRIEF DISPATCHES. Three men were blown (o niece* by ths sx- , p'.oee.a O* A el Wlvklilt., K>. President Mohwab ot the United State* Steel ' corporation ha* returned to New York from hl« i European trip. : The city of Saa Domingo lain the control of the revolutionists, the government force* nav- , ing been defeated. William Miller Collier of New York ha* been appointed by the proaident special as-i*tanl to j the attorney general. Bolivia ha* agreed to the Brazilian modifies- | tion of the modus vivendi under which Brazil I to occupy the Acre territory. Edward Vandeventer, aged 33. member nt a ; prominent family nt Mound city. Mo.. was I killed by the explosion of dynamite. 'Die German emhawy probably will he tram. ferred to ixnex. Maae., for the summer. The minister la now negotiating for a house. The National Packing company.capitalized at j Xlb.iXSO.iKaO end including several of the smaller : plants In Chicago. Omaha, and elawhere h the latest. The government building at Port of Spain, island of Trinidad, was entirely destroyed by rioters. All the governmen, record* were de- | stroyed. Heron Mumm Von Schwartzenatoin lias been aieratiKl to the rank of ambaaaador. He i< to relieve Count Vedal as imperial German am- | baasador to Rome. With the completion of the Spanish protocol all the nations except Denmark having claim against Venezuela will have provided the macbinary for settling the claims of their citizens against Venezuela.

SHE DIDN'T KM Mrs. Burdick Disclaims All Knowledge of Her Husband’s Murderer. Weak Woman Kept on the Witness Stand During Another Trying Session. She Declares Nothing Improper Had Occurred Between Her and Pennell. I Buffalo, N. Y., March 25. —"Have you received any information as to who killed your husband?" “No, sir.” "You swear you have no knowledge or information as to who killed him?" i “I do.” These questions were addressed to Mrs. A'ice Hull Burdick yesterday as ternoon by District Attorney Coatsworth at the inquest into the death of her husband. The answers were returned by Mrs. Burdick ja a calm, clear voice. The questions came abI ruptly while the district attorney was drawing from Mrs. Burdick informa tion about her relations with Arthur ■ R. Pennell. She had denied that Pen nell took her key to the front door of I the Burdick home while they were in I New York together and had duplicates I made of it. The district attorney put • the questions regarding the key to Mrs. Burdick in a number of different forms, but the answers always were emphatic denials that she or Pennell had ever ordered duplicate keys made or that the key had left her possession during her last exile from home. To complete the examination of everyone known to have been in the Burdick home on the night of Feb. 26, when Edwin L. Burdick was murdered, the district attorney yesterday called to the stand the two youngest Burdick children. Carol and Alice, aged respectively thirteen and ten years. The district attorney questioned the children closely about the events that ■ occurred at their home on the night before and the morning after the murder of their father. The children displayed no more sign of emotion than did their grandmother or mother or older sister while talking about the terrible death of their father. Their recollection of the happenings at the time of the tragedy was rather hazy, and "I don't remember" was usually the answer they gave when the district attorney pressed them closely on any point. Mrs. Burdick's testimony covered the week in which Burdick was murdered. and the name of Arthur R. Pennell was constantly upon her lips. She trusted him implicitly in everything. The district attorney read a number of letters written to Mrs. Burdick by Pennell, in which he said life was not worth living without her and > that death would not be unwelcome. ! She knew nothing of a document found in her safety deposit vault bonding Pennell to pay her $25,000 in the event of his being unable to marry her. Although it was among Mrs. Burdick s private papers in the vault, she claim ed to have been ignorant of its existence. Mrs. Burdick declared that the last time she saw Pennell was on Tuesday before the murder. He left her that night in Atlantic City, arriving in Buffalo Wednesday. She was Informed of Mr. Burdick's death by a message from Mrs. Hull on the following Friday and hastened to Buffalo. She reached her home Saturday morning. A brief note of sympathy from Pennell came to the house that day. She never Jieard from him or saw him, she said, between that time and the day he was killed by his automobile plunging into the stone quarry. Before leaving the stand Mrs. Bur- ‘ dick, in reply to questions from her I attorney, said that nothing improper , or immoral had occurred between her and Pennell. At the same time, she said her husband was fond of the society of other women, and, for some reason not quite clear, said that Mrs. Pennell was quite familiar with the i dining room and "den" in the Bur- . I dick home. Pennsylvania Will Increase Capital. Philadelphia. March 25.—The stock vote on the proposition to increase the capital of the Pennsylvania Railroad company from $251,700,800 to $400.000,000 and to increase the bonded indebtedness of the company, taken yesJ terday, intuited in a unanimous approval of the proposition. Do Not Expect Trouble. New Orleans, March 25—The Mfssissfppl river gauge here shows a slight rise, out the conditions are unchanged and engineers still expect the crest of the flood to pass without mishap. even In the La Fourche and Pont- ( hartrain districts, where the hardest fight is being made. Rathbone Won’t Give Up. Washington. March 25.—Es.es G. Rathbone, former director of posts of Cuba, has appealed to President Roosevelt from the action of Secretary of War Root In dismissing the charges flied by Rathbone against Genera) Leonard Wood. Rejected All Appl'cations. Paris, March 25.—The chamber of deputies by a vote of 304 to 246 last night rejected all the applications for authorization made by the religious preaching orders.

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MADE THE MIHDS Burglars At Plainville Try Not to Overlook Anything. Befor? They Get Through With the Place They Make Five Very Prying Visits. The Net Results of Their Raid, However, Are Not Overly Large. Plainville. Ind.. March 25.—Burglars broke into the hardware store of W. H. Bunch and stole a shotgun, a re- , volver and razors. They then went to Littell's drygoods store, where they tried to blow the safe but failed. In the safe was SSOO in cash. Failing in that effort, they went to the postoffice and. breaking in a door, secured S3O in cash from an unlocked drawer. They next went to the Evansville & Indianapolis depot, where they secur-. I ed $1 in cash. They then attempted I to break into the jewelry store of Robert Denny, but were scared away by the wind, which they thought was someone approaching. The burglars left some of the tools secured in Bunch’s store in the drygoods store. One of the revolvers was found in the ! street in front of the store. There is no clue to the burglars. A TEMPERANCE LESSON Bartenders at Terre Haute Board the Water Wagon. Terre Haute. Ind., March 25.—The bartenders of Terre Haute have'been joining a union, and it is thought that by the next meeting all of them in the city will belong. The chief purpose of the union is to promote total abstinence among the members. Saloon keepers look with favor on this blue ribbon movement. The bartenders say that the interests of the employers demand sober men behind the bars, while bartenders are continually under the temptation to drink with customers. The bartenders say that if they took a drink every time they were asked to do so. they would soon be wrecks. It Is said that two-thirds of the bartenders in the city are ready to "swear off." Found in Their Posctision. Noblesville, Ind., March 25.—Thos. Goff and Elmer Bean were brought to I this city from Sheridan and placed In jail to await trial in the circuit court on the charge of larceny. It is a i- ! leged that tney stole several hundred | pounds of m at from V, R a farmer, north of Sheridan. Reagan’ assisted by several neighbors, began an investigation as soon as he found his meat was missing, which resulted in recovering the stolen property It was found In the possession of Goff and Bean. What a Lone Highwayman Did. Ukiah, Cal.. March 25.—A lone highwayman held up the stage traveling between this point and Mendocino C,iy yesterday and shot and instantly killed the armed messengef. The driver whipped up his horses and amid a rain of bullets escaped uninjured. The stage was held up in the same spot about a month ago »y the same man. It is thought. Yesterday's stage carried a heavy treasure cheat. Coal Companies Restrained by Court. Chicago. March 25,-Ten Indiana coal companies and ten Individual operators were restrained by Judge Kohlsaat In the United States circuit court yesterday from continuing their combination for the regulation of coal prices and output.

DISAPPOINTED GIRL Minneapolis School Teacher Comma Suicide in California. San Jose. Cal.. March 25.— Ziegler, aged twenty-five years, lately public school teacher of Minneapolis, committed suicide near Saratoga by drowning herself in Campbell creek. She received a letter from Minneapolis yesterday from a young man u nouncing that he desired to break their engagement. After reading the letter she left the home where she had been staying and was not seen alive again. She came to California flv» weeks ago for her health. She was drowned in less than two feet of water and was lying on her face when found. A “Bum" Counterfeit Washington. March 25.—The secret service division of the treasury department has received a new counterfeit $2 silver certificate, series iss*. check letter “C,” Lyons, register. Roberts, treasurer. The counterfeit seems to have been printed from photo-etched plates on two pieces o( stiff paper with silk threads between. On the back of the note the wort "certificate" is spelled “certlflecate” public is spelled "purlic.” ' when’ “wden." and "May” "Mai.” The thickness of the paper should immediately . attract attention. Miles’ Report Will Be Hald Secret Washington March 25. —The report I of Lieutenant General Miles on his observations in the Philippines and on his trip around the world has been submitted to the secretary of war. b ' it will not be made public, as It :s regarded as an inspection report. The general made the tour under instructions. and the information which he has communicated to the war department will be used like other reports of a similar character for the benefit of the service and not for publication. Mitchell in West Virginia. Huntington. W. Va.. March 25.— Coal operators, miners, laboring men. professional men. bankers and business men to the number of more than 2,000 crowded about the front of a local hotel here yesterday to listen to an open air address of President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers on the subject of strikes. His remarks were directly and almost entirely on the situation In West Virginia at tbia time. Paint Barrow to Be Favored. Washington. March 25. —The postoffice department has iu contemplstion the establishment of a better postal service for Point Barrow th* northern most poatoffiee in the world, and the Alaska coast toward that point. Instead of mails being earned to ami taken away from Point Barrow once a year, it is now proposed W suitable arrangements can be made to have a round trip once in two ami * half or three months. Wesi inaies Naval Station. Guantanamo, March 25. —After » personal Inspection of the propoavd site, Secretary Moody has selected Guantanamo as the principal United States naval station in the West In* dies. Mme Workers Raise the Fee. Wllkesharre. Pa.. Mar. 25. —On after April 1 mine employes who de sire to join the United Mine Workers will have to pay $lO as an initiation fee Instead of $2. the present fee. Thl* rille has been adopted by the thre" anthracite districts of United MW Workers and applies to every lo<»l in the region. It Is expected tb»i nearly every mine worker will he rolled in the union before March 3L Reads His Own Obituary. Elkhart. Ind., March 25.— Capt« !n Gua Groll of Company E. Indiana national guard, haa received a let ,er from Ed Connell, whom u«wspa|“' r ' reported murdered by Ftllpln' l " n '^ r two years ago. Connell says recently read hia obituary notice ' n an Indianapolis newspaper used wrapping purposes.