Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 78, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. ■WT rTUIM. U -VT SCS9ST. *T Le W S . ELLIHiSHAN*. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By e- r . ■ 10' By-ac-.-r iuiuv X* OO By •**:, X ■ 25 By b». ;» • y« <■-• 12 50 Single oopk-w «tents t • •• • ■steerec *t>’ee x*’ *-'•11 !.«' mur ludiM*. to ** J. H. HELLER, Ma**ger. Ann-C- «a<-T ri-pobiii-ir.- ar> grinunz a real braatd grin today, and think they hav>- zui-.-wi H-r«*nu point' m th-, ir JigLt *.z.:n«i tj>-r---nomination of C ?aCT>-wnjn Crom<-r. It all came </'» ■;* ly the -->l'l' n. and thr-jr ■say. forts*! rr—LZEati ®’. of A. P. Aek-r a- iej‘-ty :»et. masher. an*l '’-riur. in biplane of H - - ■ • r<*ofmiz>*i tJeniocrat—:n fa 1. ■-.■ <4 th •■’.•arrr*—- Vm •■»•* t! v r raw- down the pit*-, to hear him ' tell it. <’• ti--re •’<- ~ -. • ' > .j--.-i* writtf nabi*ut thisp ’ •o-a.l tn>. rradinz. NEW LIES- LAW Pf-S_* = Lttt route Puts Fest-c---tors co t-e Press. .—The moan aD !'•' Lssy ala •.■ <3 priiit is Hsue co t.h <c • — ; i3 ;he nan>a! the owners, p. -t and mazagiEg e ’.or. 2L . .*. • > a 'crporatkm. xbf- of •: • ers thereof

w *- rni’j> tbcmxs r. gbxdt. Id d 1 civil a tious width iD»y hereafter be brought acaicat a newspaper if it ahali be shown tba- the ;-.(,..» v.riz 'omp.a net of resulted f* re n« lisefi'-e on the part of s cb owner proprietor ir.az.arer or < . • .* is tbe as', tatemeat of the farts, or in the put .- ratios thereof , core pen sator?’ dan-ages Ejay «- •■■'■’ ‘ ’ - ii**- cls _*l* :. ’• r *xz 'roir re . a* cd l »-i. a- iz.trfor the physirai and mental suffering endured by the injured part? or par ties Failure to tarry out the provision re<pr rng ••< pub/zv.-js of '.r.e nameof those resp-.uitie for its p-tl 1 a’ion shall be punishable by a 6ne of nut less than s&■>-.' aor more than I'. vO A rim .ar measure is being Lurried through the house Catr.cr-e Coneje Bu--ed. Anvin Tex. April M.—Edvards college a Catholic seboe' sslies south of this city and valued with conteats at |1" »a» * r ta y desKrcyed by Bre las’. wight There are •on.e’.Eing :: «.<• i<«b cadent* n attendau- <- rpon the .us' tut.on and they were all taxed.

MORE ABOUT THE BOOKWALTER MACHINE.

Indianapolis April 10.—It begins to look as if th* Bookwaiter mat. bine crowd is going to be between the "devd and the deep blue sea" in the coming crty campaign :f the coaserva tire voters may be ciaaaed either as the devil or the deep rea It has b**n a mat'«-r of comment here for the »,• year that the ma bine crowd was strong with the liberal element la fact, this ha been »o apparent that the conservative element has kept a trifle shy of the crowd. But a short time ago orders went out to close up the gamming joints, and they ha. > been closed as tight as a drum. It can be stated on reliable authority that there is less gambling in Indianapolis than there tar been for several years. The gamblers and sure thing men are standing around the saloons with Jong

faces They didn't expect such treatwent at this stage of the political game On the other hand, they expected ’o be allowed a free and easy time, and in return It Is understood they expected to contribute liberally to the Republican campaign fund. Home people profess to believe that Mayor Book waiter can't win without the liberal element at his back, but unless the reins are loosened be is not going to have the liberal crowd. II they are not for him they will be against him and if he lets them gc the conservatives will be hot on his trail, so there you are It Is a condl Uon out of which the Repubii> ans are not getting much satisfaction. Berry Newby of Knightstown has ju-X returned from San Francisco, where he went a month ago to arrange

FOLLOWS THEM UP Plan of Indiana Retail Merchants will Let None Get Away. Dtenquert Caatome-s W-.o Move A«a> A Be Passes Al:-j or. Assoc roc- s Books. A Branch to Be Ettas t-eo - Every Town and City in the State. InLar-t.; r Af.' —The Retail Mer Manti As?- .ati'o of Indiana will is the next few souths try to get a list of the 1 ustosners vho will not pay their debts The executive committee of the at'ociarion met here and agreed oa a plan of organization and for ob txn.ng the desired inforanationTne asi- * .a’.oz new has crcan.za - rr- u. --••p- -.owns and r-r.es. t«ct » ”2.1 j? O & .A . .. tows and c:y a. u &:on *.f possible. E R_ M<x re of Scath Bead has beer ex; ' at as crgamz-er a>d he • Lx.* j'.-lt.c the of grocers :s c: that the plan may i-e ■ xrred oct more ezpeliiiovriy T: t_ • •• *5 that their Dew sr ben ‘ i i • m re eSectire itao :r r gan ■ . which was def •a* la re. Re rds do that u d a car r • <i dea. ag w.th a wer .Aai ’ az i I*^2res an iDGebtednes? l - same * 11 b * jroisbed to othei -*•- * • is .a’.jii and the; w..l re:.-e xo to him.

IKTERESTI‘,3 GUEST ON Courts May Have to Say When it It hxr n Indiana. Terre Haute lad, April 10. —A question .« rs.ted aj to the liability of the .as .rsL't companies which wrote pci.< ;es on the tool-works which had a fre . .ss of I'o. l /■ Wednesday The policies were to gc into effect at n«>n on that day The fire was dis- - *• i- : . lion recently decided in Kentucky raised the question as to when it it high noon, whether it .s Central oi Eastern time Viji ante Ct” ttee Too* It Up. Logansport Ind. April 10. —Fraak Conway a t.’versmith went to Young America this county a short time age and opened a ;.i eof i .v-.aess It was act long -intil a:-s engagement to a young r-omaa was announced. It later became known that Conway was a cur-el man. bis wife living at Earlpark. A committee of citizens went tc Ear park, where they found that Con way had a wife but before the committee returned Conway had diaap pearad. Ope'ator He a Reapers ble. Wabasi. Ind April 10.—Coroner Jones n t.s verdict on th- tause of the B;g Four wrec k at Rose Hill, bolds Operator H »e of Warsaw respons ble through areleaeness n wrl’.ng ’he order to the freight train Fatal gtcler R de. A'alparatso Ind.. April ] • —Ernest Hartmyer of Cleveland O twenty-two yean old was te-x- ng his way to Chicago on a ixke Shore fas- train when he fe . between the cars and was cut to pier m

ror the biennia < on* ave or tae Knights Templar n the latter part of the suautMi. He is one of the ranking oScers of ibe order. Newby is sure that the knights will be given a royal welcome in California and that thousands will take the trip He has been mentioned frequently as the probable suceaaaor of C E Shively of Richmond as president of the board of managers of the reformatory at Jeffersonville shiveiy s term nan expired, out the governor has not appointed his sue cessor. It is probable that he will as soon as the 'sse of P. H McCormack against the state for I*'S' damage: Is concluded. Newby drew the <om promise ripper bill and the governor it la understood, has bad him slated for a membership of the board since then.

J. C. Leach of Kokomo, former state gas Inspector, who was here today, says the supply of natural gas has dwindled away until there is not enough left in many places for domes tic purposes. However, he does not take a doleful view of the future of the gas belt. On the contrary he says that Kokomo Is enjoying a bigger boom than ever before The big substantial factories are being equipped with furna'es for coal, so that not many of the industries will be lost. Adi Alexander of .Marlon, who was here today, had the same story to tell about his town. It is enjoying another great growth, although the day of factory gas fuel Is about over. He estl < mated that 1,600 new houses will be erected at Marion this season. I

K BSD JS BATTLE Three Seamen Instantly Kil'ed at Target Practice on the lowa. Ir ASe t or F ve We-t Ser.cusly In-j-rec. Two of Whowi May D e From At. -d&. F sees cf Exploded Gun We.r- nj Ove* a Ten Crushed L fe 0.1 of Men. F't:xi'..a Ra... Apr.'. l>\ —A c.sas trout frxpios:oa occurred :l the hat ties!.;. lowa while the vessri was a: target praev.e is the g.' ' The forward ;> .1 It .i-L rui ■ .rst fr.ro th pr*. mature eipjoston of a shell, twelve feet of the piece outside the turret being ->n.. dished. Three njec were killed aad £'e m;ureL. two seriously The «.. ei are Ftrst C as= Seamar Kie’.e. Ordinary Seaman PereeH. Gunters Matt- Berry. 1 ..e F.rs. Clasr Seaman Gaught. Ordiaary Sea weß T _ irsda’.e Brown. Mansdate ar.. Ptrrt-.-.*r. The men k./ed and :r;ure; were on the second or gun deca at r * -X J:,- -rtw. - jTTfflE I WA. mesa Three pie -s cf the exp?. ie*i gun each weighing . .era tox passed downward through the spar deck, failing upon the men at ntess. instantly killing the three named All cf tn? men were horribly mediated The heavy missiles after passing through the gun deck, continues down to the third deck wuere they came in contact with the armored deck the heavy steel bringing them to a stop, thus saving the engineers and firemen who were at work below. Although the upper decks were crow ded with men. no one there was seriously injured. Firing was to have ceased after the scot for the dinner hour. The range had been set ana the lowa »u Steaming along at a speed of 12 knots an hour when Lieutenant Reed in charge of the forward 12-ineh gun turret, gave orders to load and fire The fire fuse was cut for the range, the pieces targed breech closed and the word given to fire h'ollowing the report of ths gun mere was a smothered report as the shell exploded midway ,n the gun. and pieces of the bureted gun and shell were scattered broad* set Three great holes were torn through the deck. Those who were below began coming up on deck, fonts blooey and m .tllated. while lying on the fioor crushed almost beyond recognition were the three unfortunate me® The Massachusetts, six miles distant was signalled for and one of the cutters put off with the surgeon and assistants. The wcvnded men were taken to the hospital and their iujur.es dressed The deed were brought to Pensacola Some claim the exp.osion was caused by a defective shell, and some think excessive firing at Culebra added to the work here so strained the piece that the force of the charge burst the gun SERIOUS LABOR ROW Strikers and Strike B-ea«e*w Come Togetrer in Det’-o-L Detroit, M eh.. April K<.—M.ehael Sullivan of Walkerville. Ont, was shot through the neck and a number of otter me® were slightly injured last ntgbt in a fight between strikers and non-union workmen of the Canadian Bridge company of Walkerville, across the river from Detroit The fight took place *n Detroit The police arrested four non-union workmen who were returning home from their day’s work. It is Xleged that the strikers and their sympathisers followed the non union men from Walkerville across the river to Detroit with the intention of nua-ing trouble as soon as they reach ed the American shore. There were probably 2UU men including both sac tlons and the fight b* gai. as soon atbey had left the ferry at the Detroit wharf Deadly Cyclone in Kansas Joplin. Mo April 10.—It Is reported here that a tornado struck Altamont Kan, fifty miles west of here last night, and that many bouses were blown duwr. and many persons were killed The news is partly confirmed by a 'Frisco train crew to whom the funnn shaped c.oud was visible for many miles In Kansas near Oswego What Is supposed to be the tail-end of the storm struck Galena unroofing houses and doing other damage Probably Fatal Family Row. Carbondale. HI, April 10.—John R Melton was shot and probably fatal! r Injured by Garfield and John Rhado | wens, his brothers-tn law. The shoot fn-( occurred during a conference k which the Shadowens brothers sought to arrange for the care of their sister by her husband. Melton. The Sbado wens brothers were arrested They rd lege self-defense.

EASTER IS DRAWING NEAR! k — - YOU are t h * nkin g of buying I a new Clothes we wish / I to call your attention to the / 4 W 11b I — / -Jt I fact that we k ave tlie best selected - I stock and the greatest variety of 1 patterns in Men s, Boys' and Children's Suits ever shown in Deca tur. at prices that cannot fail to 1 B please you. We kindly ask you to W' ■ ; —— — Os 1 I call and see us before you buy. and I I fw 1 I be convinced that we mean what I we say. We are sure\to save you I ; K |U /i money. Don't forget the place, two t- W f .fixity doors north of postoffice in the wW Stone building. Xmm bnus -iy r,—• Acker, Ekey & Vance ——DECATUR, INDIANA.

Easier Eve Sapper. The ladies of the U. B. church will serve lurc h at the borne of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Maan. c:n« of M' -croe and Tenth streets, Saturday, April 11 th at ' o’clock Music and recitations will add to the enjjvmett of the evening. Price 10 cents. 7»id3 ROY ARCHBOLD, DESTIST. I. O. O. F. BLOCK. P roe at t. rc^-e • BaftteMe. LAWN GRASS SEED. Renew your old lawns by sowing the beet seed - ’ EJ.LK G'trEN SEE# fresh and true to name. ShUT PEAS. AASTVITm iitd Hwtr Seeds us all kisds J. D. HALE, Cottier and Brcond >t%. Pbooe ft. HdX THE NOTED Draft Stallion McFarlane Sumter 4725. will be found the coming season at the Riverside Livery and Feed Barn. Thia bone is too well known to need any recommendation. He hue been owned and kept in Decatur for three years by Peter Amspaugb. and will be in his hands this season. 66d3wt>

Public Sale OF HARNESS Saturday, ABRIL 11 25 sets heavy, double hip strap, britchen harness, heavy, double harness without britchen: and chain or plow harness, light, double driving harness, all grades of single harness. These harness are all 1 my own make and warranted good as the best, and I everyone can be assured he will get his money's worth Twenty-one years this Septembc - nee I commenced work in this line and will still y- ■ good WINTER GOODS \\ ill be sold, and to close them out I will give twelve I months time on all w inter and second-hand g and nine months' time on harness and that line Secondhand Department. 15 bedsteads of all kinds, one new road wagon, one single top-buggy, one fine folding bed, um -<-\enpiece set upholstered chairs, rockers and setee, bureaus, dressers, chairs, single and double bed !■ ■v.nges. sewing machines, warranted to do good work for five years; one 25-gallon copper kettle, cook and heating stoves, extension and drop-leaf tables, new mattresses, I commodes and stands, pictures and clocks. I " ■ also sell a few good watches, feed cutters, kitchen ■ chairs, rockers, ice box, box of carpenter tools and a I number of other things too numerous to menu"H. a Sale to commence at 10:30 a. nr H. S. Porter.