Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 69, Decatur, Adams County, 31 March 1903 — Page 4

Rural Route News. Route Three. East. Andrew Thieme expects to work forH. Bittner at the carpenter trade this suinnitt. Sh<-rd Mileni and (iißtert Hankins wen the truest' of their old pal. Tex ts, ‘ over Sunday Theodore Theinie expects to raise the addition he is building to hi.' burn next Thur-day Ferdinand Bleekeand wife are the happy parents of a big baby girl j which arrived last Sunday. Charles Grote moved tn his new , residence, what was formerly . known a> the old H ingk farm, j last week. Walter Wittenberg moved his saw 5 mill to David Manlier’s last Monday. He intends to saw out the timber for David’s new barn, which he intends to build this spring. H Bittner expects to build the lam. Wm. C. Rcinnking, who is suffering from cancer, is not any better at this writing. News seems to be very scarce at this time of the year. It must be on account of. the bad roads; everyone seems to I be afraid to venture on them. Mrs. Atbin Rose went to Fort Wayne last evening for a few days visit with her sister. Mrs. Boyle. Marriage licenses were issued last evening to Jesse 0. Wagner and Grace Gilbert. Essias W. Dailey and Tora Bunner. Dan Stranb plead guilty to the charge of assaulting his wife this afternoon and was fined $16.80, which he paid without further ceremony. For Rent. Property on Marshal street known as the Fulk property. House newly papered and painted, sink in kitchen with city water. Large barn: room for two horses and two conveyances, also city water in barn. Would like to rent to some person who would take house and barn. To a suitable party will give fair rent. A. C. Gregory. 68d6

Lost or Stolen. Policy number "404 in the Continental Insurance company, of NewYork, is either lost or stolen, and if issued was done so without the authority of the undersigned, agent for this company. Should anyone have a policy with this number it is void, and I would appreciate its return. L. A. Graham. 64dd Excursions. A Special train will be run over the G. R. A I. Thursday, April 2. to ac commodate all those who expect to attend the Teachers' Association held at Richmond- The train wilt leave here at 9:15 a. m. — Round trip theatrical excursion to To edo. Ohio, every day. March 30 to April 4. account great spectacular production of Ben Hur. Round trip 51.25. Tickets good on train No. 3 leaving Decatur at 12:08 p. m Tickets good returning on train No. 3, leaving Toledo at 1:45 a. tn following day of sale. Get tickets and information and reserve your seats of agents of Clover Leaf route. For Sale A new two seat spring wagon at less than cost. D. G. M. Trout. d6Bt2 Any ore wishing goods for confirm atiou and communicant suits should attend Fullenkamp’s white goods sale all this week. d6Bt6 I House to rent on First street. See this office. THE NOTED Draft Stallion 4s.’ B

T ■ McFarlane Member 4725. • *■ -r - — will be found the coming season at the Riverside Livery and Feed Barn. i This horse is too well known to j need any recommendation. He has| been owned and kept in Decatur for i three years by Peter Amspaugh, and 1 will lie in his hands this season 66d3wtf

Weather Forecast. Fair tonight with increasing cloudiness Wednesday. HOME MARKETS. — NOTICE TO .TERCHANTS. You are invited to insert in this column, free of charge, the price you 1 will pay for any farm product. Accurate prices paid by Decatur merchants for various products. Corire ted every day. — ORAIN. BY E. L. CARBOL, GRAIN MERCHANT. Wheat, new $ 66 Corn, per cwt, yellow (new , _ 48 i Corn, per cwt., (new) mixed. 46 Oats, new 31 ‘ Rye _ 40 Barlev 40 Clover Seed 5 00 o 6 00 Alsyke 6 50 (g! 7 00 Timothy . .... 1 60 Buckwheat .. .. 65 Flax Seed 1 10 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1:15 p. m. today as follows: Wheat, May .. . $ 72 j Wheat. July 691 Corn. May Corn, July 431 Oats, May 33*■ Oats. Julv 30j May Pork .$!" Oo Julv Pork .517 25 May Lard, per cwt 10 02 Jujy Lard, per cwt 9 82 TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3:00 o’clock by J. D Hale, Decatur. Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2. red. cash 5 731 May wheat 741 July wheat, .. 71 Cash corn, No. 2, mixed, cash 434 May corn 42! July corn 43j Oats, cash 35 ; 1 >ats. M ty 33] Oats, July 302 , Rve, cash 53

STOCK. BY FRED SCHEIHAN, DEALER. Lambs 5 @ 5 J Hogs, per cwt. §6 25 (g |7 00 Cattle per lb ... ... 3| gr 41 Calves, per lb 5 fa 5| 1 Cows 2 (a 3 Sheep, per lb.__ 2i 3 Beef Hides, per lb. 6 I POULTRY. BY J. W. PLACE CO., PACKERS. Chickens, per lb .09 Fowls, per lb. . .08| Ducks, per lb 10 Turkeys, per lb 10 to 11 Geese, per lb. .05 : HAY .TARKET. No. 1 timothv hay (baled) .. SIO.OO iff 511.50 No 1 mixed hay (baled) .. . _ SB.OO ft $9.50 No. 1 clover hav (baled) ' $6.00 iff $7.50 Losse hay $1.50 less. WOOL AND HIDES. BY B. KALVER * SOX. Wool 15c to 18 Sheep pelts 40c to $1 00 Beef hides, per pound 06 Calf hides 07i Coon hides . 40c r> 1 35 Possum hides 10c ff 40 Skunk hides 25c iff 1 00 Mink hides 50c Ki 2 00 Muskrat hides |Be @ 25 Tallow, per pound 041 COAL. Anthracite $ 9 00 Domestic, lump 4 75 Domestic, nut 4 50 OIL TARKET. Tiona $1.65 Pennsylvania 1.50 Corning 1.30 Newcastle L 37 North Lima 1.14 South Lima 1.09 Indiana 1.09 Whitehouse 1.20 Somerset 95 Lacy .95 Rarkersville 95 Ragland 55 OTHER PRODUCTS. BY VARiOCS GROCERS AXD MERCHANTS. Eggs, fresh, per doz _$ 11 Butter, per pound 12 Potatoes, per bushel . 45

— TARKET NOTES. Liverpool market closed 2 cent 1 higher on wheat. Corn closed Jto | I cent higher. Receipts at Chicago today: Hog» __ .14,000 1 Wheat . 36 cars 1 Corn 160 cars I Oats - 337 cars Estimate for tomorrow: I Hogs 19,0)0 Wheat 20 cars i Corn 1 (M) cars 'Oats 115 cars Attend the big sale of white goods at Fullenkamp’s all this week. Great bargains. dCBt6 For fresh IwPxlstraw call on J. i D. Hale. 6Jt6

MARKET QUOTATIONS Prevailing Current Prices for Grain, Provisions and Livestock. Indianapolis Grain and Livestock. Wheat—-W sjrun. :1c: No. X red strong IX Corn—Steady ; N > 1 mixed, W Uau—M*sdy : N < 3 mixed. S 3 Ca.tle—s low at 4S.S*) *4.43 Hogs—Quiet at 4**: 44 Sheep— 'tea-tr at 43* La:nb»-steady at t'.« Grain and Provisions at Chicago. opened. Ctoaed. WheatMar 4 .ns » • mv. . ............-s, duty t» .«'« CornMar May *3%, *.W 4 July .aj, .as Oat*— Mar M .at 1 -. May r:’ a Juty rjj.suj, I PorkMay r w ta.ii July n.i* |*ep» t4.< t:oo . Lar.:— May io.es io.#: July t.ll 4.64 sepia.:: s.s* Riba— May »..,x MS Ju.y o.do t,»: Sept S.M> its; Closing eaah market—Wheat; tie. earn M ! ->e: oats. 33c; pork, 417.*4; lard. 44. re riba XS. 12 At Louisville. Wheat—No. 3 new. 7?c t orn —No. 3 white. We; No. 3 mixed.4Ae Oat*— No. 2 mixed, * c: No. 2 white. Cattle—Steady at 12.7444.7* Hoge—Steady at *4*7.*) Sheep—Steady at fl gA-4C Lamoa—steady at x3.*a*4. At Cincinnati. Wheat—Quiet: No. X rel. 7* ,c Corn—Steady: So. 2 mixed tzt Oeta—Steady: No. 3 mixed. 37 CaUle—steady at 4x4*. ju Hojra— Active at 44.64*7.43 Sheep—"irons at 43 Lamw—strong at 334*7.34 Livestock at Chicago. Cattle—Siow; steer*. XL **.*•;. *t<x-k-r« and feeders, *3.41*3 Hose— Steady at 4t>AO*7.*4 Sheep—steady at 33.24*6.30 Lamos—sieadr at 55.3*.«*7.<t» At New York. Catlie—« <>w at 43.74 1 3-30 —- Hoxa—Quiet a: X 3.7357.40 Sheep—steady al 33.33 x6.*o , t Latabe—steady at 44$s.x> *4X2 At East Buffalo. — Catt'*-steady at 31.7ji*;.t0 • e Hoge—Aetire at 34.75**:.'.'. Sheep—steady at 31 X3,*».r» Lamb* —Steady a: St.74*:.< NEW YORK TRAGEDY Attempt to Eject a Domestic Interloper Results in Peppier's Death. New York. March 31. —Filled with jealous anger at finding another man being entertained by his wife yesterday afternoon. William J. Peppier of East 119th street threw the visitor into the hall, fought him from the third floor to the front door of the apartment house in which he lived, with the wife screaming and weeping at their heels, and was there shot dead by the man who. he thought had wronged him. This man was William Earl Dobsen. a cashier in a stock broker’s office. Peppier was twentysix years old and a clerk. He had not been married long. Mrs. Peppier said , that she and Dobson were together when her husband returned unexpecti edly from work, and a fight followed, resulting in Dobson being thrown out of the room and pursued downstairs by her husband. In the lower hall the men clinched again and Dotson fired one shot. Dobson was arrested last night in the apartments of friends living on West 111th street. He took his arrest I calmly and refused to make any statement. At the police station he said he had a wife and two children in Washington. D. C. He was locked up. IN JOINT MEETING * Indiana Operators and Miners Trying ta Get Together. ’ Terre Haute. Ind.. March 31.—A canvass of the votes taken among the 10.000 bituminous miners of Indiana •hows a comparatively large majority > opposed to accepting the operators’ ul--1 timatum demanding that last year's f agreement with an advance in wages varying from 12A» to 27 per cent be 1 accepted. The main issue is over the 1 question of employing shooters in the 1 Clinton district, where there are 1.500 1 men. An effort will be made to have ' John Mitchell come here on Thursday. ' Both sides agree in saying that if the ' controversy is not settled by '.he end of this week ther» will be a long strike. The Clinton miners voted in j favor of accepting the operators' terms. A Joint meeting of the operators' and the miners’ scale committee is being held today. Killed Sweetheart and Himself, Chillicothe, Ohio, .March 31.—Forrest McCord, a barber, aged twentyfour years, living at Bournvllle. this county. yesterday killed Charity Storts. his sweetheart. ag«d twenty years, by cutting her throat from ear ; to ear. after which he cut his own throat in a like manner The deed was done at the girl’s home near South Salem. Found Hanging in a Barn. Logansport, Ind., March 31. After a four days’ search, the body of John McVey was found hanging from a rope j in the barn of William Cohan, six I miles north of this city. McVey disappeared from tea home Thursday | ' morning. His mind was a blank at 1 times, and his relatives were afraid ' ho would take his own life, and they ! wore not surprised when notified of i the suicide.

GAVE NO BELIEF I • Cutting of Levees at Greenville Did Not Help the Situation. Big Crevasse Continues to Widen and the Ultimate Result Is Difficult to Fcreseo. Thus Far Not a Single Life Has Been Lost as a Result of the Break. ■■u. Greenvil!?. Miss., March 31. —There Is little change in the flood situation I today. The cutting of the protection I levee at the northern border of the | town has given no perceptible relief in letting out the water. On the con-. vary a rise is still in progress generally throughout the city. The electric light plant is being rapidly pumped j out. and it is possible that they may be able to resume tomorrow. The big crevasse three miles south of the city continues to widen, and it is impossible to say what the ultimate breadth will be if the efforts to strengthen the ends and prevent further cutting are not successful. A large force of men is still engaged in ! this work. So far as known not a single life i has been lost as a result of the breaking of the levee and the subsequent flooding of the country. There have j been’ many sensational rumors of persons drowned, but to date not one of them have been confirmed. Rescue boats are out in every’ direction. and all refugees brought to the city are being cared for. In Greenville the water is causing endless inconvenient- and much damage, but the city and its inhabitants are not considered to be in the slightest danger, even should the water go much higher. The threatened break at Catfish Point has failed to materialize, and anxiety on this score is waning. AT NEW ORLEANS Situation in the Lower Delta Is Not at All Reassuring. New Orleans. March 31.—The car-1 rying away of additional cribbing at the Hymelia crevasse yesterday i brought the forces that have been at i i work there to the verge of abandon- j ment of the attempt to close the break. • I Later in the day, however, it was : agreed to continue the undertaking. I though all hands are likely to be call- ■ ed off if the terrific current washes i out the new lines of cribbing which ; were started from both ends of the I levee. In no event can the work be I completed inside of a week and uni, less ample money is guaranteed the : next disaster to the cribbing is likely ■ to mark the end of the struggle. Two : ridges between which the levee caved I has prevented the water from spread- ■ ing rapidly above and below, but the mighty torrent is filling the whole basin from the La Fourche lower limt its of cultivated land in Placquemine .- is likely to go under water, causing ? inestimable damage and mu<h suffer--1 ing. The Texas & Pacific railroad is now hopelessly involved, with water C running deep over the tracks and with > little hope of an early resumption of t traffic if the crevasse is permitted to run until low water comes. The How--1 ell crevasse is beyond control, and this i has suspended all traffic over the Na- . i poleonviUe branch of the Southern Pa ciflc. “Mr. Dooley” Was Too Much. j Philadelphia. March 31.—A panic was precipitated at the People s theater last night when the actors in the . farce McFadden's Row of Flats' , were mobbed by a throng of Irishmen j Eighteen men »ere arrested and held ! without bail, charged with inciting to . riot. The disturbance occurred in the | , first act. While Arthur Whitelaw i was singing "Mr. Dooley ” he was . greeted with a shower of eggs and I , some person in the audience discharg i , ed a pistol. Immediately there was a > rush for the exits, and in the excite- , ment women and children were trarn- . pled upon None was leriously in- > jured, however. I The Duke Again In Trouble. ! New York. March 31.—A writ of at- • tachment to cover an alleged debt ofj |226 was served yesterday against the . twenty five pieces of baggage belong Ing to the Duke and Duchess of Man Chester, who recently arrived from' Palm Beach The writ was procured by a Fifth avenue firm of dealers in antiquities, who allege that some i months ago the duke purchased from them a brass ornament in the form of a shield, giving in payment his check for £45 on a Ixtndon bask, which was subsequently returned i marked "No funds" — Schooner Gees Ashore. Wilmington. N. C.. March 31.—The lumber schooner John H. Buttrtck I went ashore during Sunday night s I gale and is a total loss. The mate was washed overboard, but the captain, his' wife and the crew of sever, were res-1 etied. Will Go to the Philippines. San Francisco. Mar 31.—The transport Sheridan, leaving on Wednesday. ! will take the Thirteenth cavalry- and the Eighteenth infantry to Manila.

I WHEN KNIGHTHOOD S i WAS "W FLOWER t . c, rrvG f Chatles E«'“- on and ManeTudcr, the King ’s Sister, and 7*' ’ Ha': cnig In &«= Keign of His Aujust. Majesty Kmg Henry the Eighth $ Rv EDIVIN CASKODEN [CHARLEo MAJOR] •}. AAA A»

Brandon answered do not know about going shall I have volunteered with 3 that sails in two or three weeks frot Bristol, and 1 suppose I shall go"Oh no! Do you really moan it: It gave her a pang to bear that he was actually going and her love pulsed higher, but she also felt a sense of relief. somewhat ns a COD “ :ie " t I housebreaker might feel upon find ng the door securely locked against h tn. i It would take away a temptation which she could not resist and yet 1 dared not yield to much longer. “I think there is no doubt that I mean it." replied Brandon. "I should ! like to remain in England until I can save money enough out of the kings allowance to pay the debt against my father's estate, so that I may be able to go away and feel that my brother i and sisters are secure in their home 'my brother is not strong—but I know ; it is better for me to go now, and I i hope to find the money out there. I 1 could have paid it with what 1 lost to I Judson before 1 discovered him cheat-1 I ing." This was the first time lie had ’ j ever alluded to the duel, and the thought of it in Mary’s mind, added a faint touch of fear to her feeling toward him. She looked up with a light in her eyes and asked: "What Is the debt? How LUi “Hccren help me.”’ he cried. much? Let rue give you the money. I have so mneb more than I need. me pay it. Please tell me how much it is. and I will hand it to you. You can come to my rooms and get it. or I will send it to you. Now tell me that I may. Quickly!" And she was alive with enthusiastic InteresL “There, now. you are kind again, as kind as even you can be. Be sure, I thank you. though I say It only once.” and he looked into her eyes with a gaze she could not stand even for an instant. This was growing dangerous again: so. catthing himself, be turned the couvereatlon back into the bantering vein. “Ah. you want to pay the debt that I may have no excuse to remain? Is that it? Perhaps you are not so kind after all." “No. no; you know better. But let me pay the debt How much is it. and to whom is it owing? Tell me at once. I command you." "No, no, Lady Mary; 1 cannot." “Llease do. I beg. if I cannot command. Now 1 know you will. You would not make me beg twice for anything?" She drew closer to him as she ' spoke and put her hand coaxingly upon his arm. With an irresistible impulse be took the hand In his and lifted It to i bis lips in a lingering caress that could not be mistaken. It was all so quick and so full of tire and meaning that Mary took fright, and the princess for the moment came uppermost. “Master Brandon!" she exclaimed j sharply and drew away her Laud. Brandon dropped the hand and moved over on the seat. He did not speak, but turned his face from her and looked out of the window toward the river Thus they sat in silence. Brandon’s hand resting listlessly upon the cushion between them. Mary saw the eloquent movement away ftuin her and his speaking attitude with averted face; then the princess went into eclipse, and I the Imperial woman was ascendant once more. She looked at him for a , brief space with softening eyes and, lifting tier band, put It back in his. saying: "There It is again—if you want it.” Want It? Ab. this was 100 much! Tlie hand would not satisfy now. It must be all. all! And be caught her to his arms with a violence that frightened her. “Please don’t; please! Not this time! I b '*'* mPrr y- ’’linrl - Well! There! ‘ I There! Mary mother, forgive me;-’ Then her woman spirit fell before the whirlwind of his passion, and she was on his breast, with her white arms I around bls neck, paying the same trlb- I ute to the little blind god that lie would . have exacted from the lowliest maiden I of the land Brandon held the girl for a moment hnr^'’;,t' b * n ,e, ‘ U|M,, ‘ hl * k "*” t I buried his face in her lap. “Heaven help me!" be cried

"Heaven help us both, tor 1 t O y e you!” He sprang to his feet. “Don’t! Don’t, I pray yon." be said wildly, and almost ran from her. Mary followed him nearly to the door of the room, but when he turned b e snw that she had stopped and was standing with her hands over her face, ns if in tears. He went back to her and said, "I trietl to avoid this, and if you had helped me It would never”— But b H remembered bow he had always despised Adam for throwing the blame upon Eve, no matter how much she may have deserved It. and continued: -No. I do not mean that. It is all my fault. I should have gone away long ago. 1 could not help It. 1 tried, oh, I tried!” .Mary’s eyes were bent upon the floor, and tears were falling over bcr flushed cheeks unheeded and unchecked. "There is no fault in any one \ P |. ther could I help it." she murmured "No. no; it is not that there is any fault In the ordinary sense, it i» like 1 suicide or any other great self inflicted injury with me. 1 am different from other men. 1 shall never recover." "I know only too well that you are different from other men. and—and I, too, am different from other women. Am I not?” "Ah, different! There is no other woman In all this wide, long world." And they were in each other’s arms again. She turned her shoulder to him anti rested with the support of his arms about her. Her eyes were east down in silence, and she was evidently thinking ns she toyed with the lace of his doublet. Brandon knew her varying expressions so well that he snw there was something wanting, so be asked: "Is there something you wish to say ?" "Not I." she responded with emphasis on the pronoun. "Then it is something you wish me to say?” She nodded her bead slowly, “Yes " “What is it? Tell me, and I will say it” She shook her head slowly. “No." "What is it? I cannot guess." "Did you not like to hear me say that —that I—loved you?” "Ab yes! You know it. But—oh!do you wish to bear me say it?" The head nodded rapidly two or three times, "Yes." And the black curving lashes were lifted for a fleeting, luminous instant. “It is surely uot necessary. You have known it so long already, but I am only too glad to say it. 1 love you." She nestled closer to him and hid her face on Us breast. "Now that I have said it. what is my reward?” he asked, and the (air face came up. red aud rosy, with “rewards." any one of which was worth a king’* ransom. "But this is worse than insanity." cried Brandon as he almost pushed her from him. "We can never belong to each other. Never"’ "No.” said Mary, with a despairing shake of the bead, as the tears began to flow again. "No. never!" And falling upon his knee* he caught both her bands in his, sprang to bis feet and ran from the room. Her words showed him the chasm anew. She snw the distance between them even better than be. Evidently it seemed farther looking down than looking up. There was nothing left now but flight. He sought refuge in his own apartments aud wildly walked the floor, ex claiming: "Fool, fool that 1 am to lay up this store of agony to last me all my days! Why did I ever come to this court? God pity me—pity me!” And he fell npon bls knees nt the bed. burying his face in his arms, bis mighty man's frame shaking as with a paNy That same night Brandon told me how he bad committed suicide, ns be put It. and of his Intention to go to Bristol anti there await the sailing of the ship and perhaps find a partial resurrection in New Spain. Unfortunately, he could not start soBristol at once, as he hud given some challenges for a tournament at Ki« b mond und could furnish no good excuse to withdraw them, but be would m>t leave Ids room or again sec "that girl who was driving him tnnd.” It was better, he thought, and ly, too, that there tie no leave taking, but that be should go without meeting her. "If I tee her again,” be said. "I shsll have to kill some one. even if it is only mym-lf." I beard him tossing in bis bed all ".Igbt. ntul when morning came he arose looking haggard enough, but with I his determination to run away and ** Mary no more stronger than ever upI on him. But Providence or fate or sonic one ordered it differently, and there w»» plenty of trouble ahead. (to its coMttavEV.J The real need of the times, according to the princess in every family. H " ol method by which the earning ties of fathers may be doubled - Ah Ison Globe.