Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT 1 : = qj KVBHY EVENING, EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY Ef* LEW Q. ELI. INGHAM. H SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 5 By carrier, per week . Oe ? By carrier, per year », nn 2 By mail, per month pk? B By mall, per year $2 50 2 Single copies. Two Cents, I SW-S—<rU Si Advertising rates made known on application 2 Entered lb the postoffice at Decatur. Indi- C ana, as second-class mall mutter. gj J. H. HELLER, Manager. | ♦ Fifteen Hundred Persons Killed. ♦ 2 ♦ Hong Kong, April 11. —An ♦ g ♦ explosion has occurred at the ♦ g ♦ Canton arsenal powder factory. ♦ r ♦ Fifteen hundred persons are re- ♦ 5 ♦ ported to have been killed. ♦ 2 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦| REV. MILBURN DEAD. C Venerable Blind Chaplain of the Sen- i C ate Is No More. : g a i Washington. April 11.—The Rev. I r William Henry Milburn, the venerable j g blind chaplain of the United States g senate, died yesterday in Santa Bai- i C bara. Cal. Word to this effect was re- t reived last night by Col. D. A. Rans- 2 4 ‘ tOi ifesSii'A " W' wF BEV WILLIAM nitVBT MILBURN. dell, the sergeant-at arms of the senate. Mr. Milbuin. aciompanied by his , two nieces, the Misses Timley, left Washington for the Pacific coast about' a year ago The chaplain was in bro-; ken health. The change brought no great improvement in his condition, and when congress met in December he forwarded his resignation to Washington. but it was never acted upon The decedent was born in Philadelphia In 1823. Epitomized Edition of Game Laws. Columbus, Ind., April 11.—Z. T. Sweeney, commissioner of fisheries and game, has prepared a pamphlet edition of the fish and game laws of the state. It is a handsome booklet of thirty-two pages, giving full infer mation concerning the matter in hand. Persons desiring copies of the booklet can obtain the same by enclosing a 2-cent stamp to Z. T. Sweeney. Columbus. Ind. As many copies will be sent as stamps are enclosed.

THE STATE CAPITOL S’ STILL TALKING POLITICS

Indianapolis. April 11. —The race fori the chairmanship of the Democratic I city committee has again brought to! public notice one of the most interest ing and unique figures in Indiana. “Jim” Keach is probably without a rival in many respects. He is plain—very much so in some respects yet he is a true gentleman at heart. He came here about twenty years ago, and It is related that all his earthly property consisted of a little mule, a brokendown wagon and two boxes of lemons. Now he is a power in the commission world and a big political factor. His wealth is estimated at several hundred thousand, yet he has never forgotten the men he started with, and the result is that they stick to him in politics. He Las always been a Taggart machine man. but he ts now trying to build up an independent organ ization, and ft looks as he is going to be successful

Chairman Edwin Logsdon of the Republican city committee is confident of a big Republican victory in Indianapolis next fall. "Bookwaiter," said he today, "will be re-elected by a larger majority than he received two years ago. All this talk that is being made against him now will not cut any figure when the time comes. There are no such persons as 'antis' except as the newspapers talk about them. When, ail this agitation is over the admlnis-' tratlon will be stronger than ever. The campaign, however, will not be opened until late in the summer."? Logsdon Is not entirely correct in his j statement that there Is no Republican opposition to Bookwaiter, as over 2,000' men signed a petition declaring they would not be bound by tho action of the convention unless It was postponed, but there are probably not as many 'antis’ as some folks say. How ever, there Is every indication of a very bitter personal campaign, and while the Republicans normally have the best of the situation, still the Dem

MUSICAL PROGRAM 3 EASTER SUNDAY SERVICES ? ? ST. MARY’S CHURCH. | I 5 1 I MORNING SERVICES. [2 | L First mass, 5:30 standard time. i 5 I ] Singing by Children’s Choir. Second mass, 9:30 standard time. § • j Singing by Regular Choir. 3 I Kyrie, Gloria and Credo Rosewig 2 I jj Offertory—Haec Dies Weigand -c I } Sauetus, Benedietus and Agnus Dei Roswig 5 ! - AFTERNOON, B I } Vesper services, 2:30 standard time, conducted by Bro. Boniface. r| * ’• Magnificat Emerig K • a Regina Coeli Dachauer .2 3 O. Salutaris—Duet Weigand 2 3 Tantum Ergo Millard 2 a Te Deum. g Solos will lie rendered by Mrs. Gerard, Misses Niblick, Terveer, 2 3 Mylott, Forbing, Rademacher, Louis Holthouse. H. J. Yager and 2 s] others. * a All are cordially invited to attend these services. j-5 3 . Rev. H. Theo. Wilkin, Pastor. □ 3 J. W. Bosse, Director. " fuxjiJLmruT’utruuLrLL'jUinrjULnrjuTj-jTjijinjTJLruij-juxriJTJL.-ijTjTjij-LrLrtnjij-b j

Wantad for Jail Surning. Indianapolis, April 11. —Governor Durbin has honored a requisition from Ohio for David Williams, wanted at Oak Hill. Jackson county, Ohio, for ] setting fire to the jail on Christmas| night. 1902. Williams is under arrest' at Jonesboro. Leatherman Gets a Change. Washington, April 11. —Wallace j Leatherman of Indiana, now in charge of the Porto Rican postoffice inspection service, has been appointed postoffice inspector in charge of the New England division, with headquarters at Boston. He has been in the service since 1890 and has served in the St. Louis, the Cincinnati and Boston divisions. BRIEF DISPATCHES. The historical eongre#* has selected Berlin a» ite meeting place in Official announcement is made of the dissolution of the Southern Pacific pool. The average condition of winter wheat on April was 97.3 against 78.7 on same date last year. General Sir Evelyn Wood, of the English army, has been promoted to the rank of field marshal. Buisness failures in the United State* for the week number 152.. against 145 last week, Hi in the like w<ek of 1902. Wm. Waldorf Astor ha* purchased Castle Hever. the castle which is said to be the birthplace of Anne Boleyn. Dwight Benson. 69 years old. artist and journalist* and formerly United States counsel general to Hawaii, is dead. An older was issued that no more gambling would be permitted in Denver and every gambling house was promptly closed. The United Stales Philippine Commission haappropriated U.0u0.000 for the purchase of silver bullion and copper, to make the new subsidiary coins. Homestead legislation for the island of Guam ia recoin men ged by Commander W. E. Sewell, naval governor of the islands to the navy department. The Hawaiian legislature ha* passed over Gov. Dole'a veto a jeiut resolution making the Hawaiian language the official language of the territory as well as English.

ocrats are going to be in position to make the fight of their lives. As was predicted some time ago in these columns, the governor has appointed Timothy E. Howard of South Bend and M. A. Chipman of Anderson as members of the commission to codify the corporation laws of the state. Daniel E. Storm- of Lafayette, secretary of state, will also be a member, but he does not get extra compensation. The governor will appoint a secretary of the board at a salary ot |2,500 a year. These places have been much sought after by attorneys, but the legislature provided that the attorneys must have had fifteen years' experience. Howard is a Democrat and was on the supreme bench sot six years. Chipman is a well-known-attorney and a great personal friend of the governor. The commission is to report at the next session of the legislaliire, but it will probably not be through its work by then. It is expected that the codification of the laws will bring a large sum ot money into! the coffers of the state.

Another interurban line will proba bly be open for traffic tomorrow, as i the Charles Finley Smith company is, now completing its road into Martinsville. This will be one of the important tributaries to Indianapolis. The road is thirty miles long and through a fertile and populous country. The Greenwood line Is now completing its extension from Franklin to Columbus, which will bring another rich terri- | tory Into close connection with Indianapolis. The McCulloch syndicate Is working on some big schemes now. and It proposes to eventually connect ! Indianapolis and Chicago. Charles L. Henry and another company is getting ready to connect Indianapolis and Cincinnati, and within the next few months Indianapolis will be connected, , with Richmond and Dayton, so the im- | portance of the Interurban Interests t can be recognized at a glance. f

|irouest is ended I Aithur Pennell's Death May j Have Been Accidental or Designed. mine From the Evidence Just How It Came About. Posthumous Statement of Pennell Says He Was Not Connected With Burdick’s Murder. 1 Buffalo. N. Y.. April 11.—The Inquest into the deaths of Arthur R. Pennell and Mrs. Pennell before Justice Murphy did not throw any light : on the Burdick murder mystery and did not show whether Pennell and his wife committed suicide or were killed by accident on March 10, when their automobile plunged into Gehre’s quarry. The inquest was ended by the reading of Justice Murphy’s verdict. Thomas Penney, who has acted as attorney for the Pennell family since Arthur Pennell’s death, declared that so far as he was aware nothing in the papers left by Pennell would throw any light upon the murder of Edwin ; Burdick. When questioned regarding the alleged defalcations by Pennell, Mr. Penney declined to answer. J. [ Frederick Pennell, brother of the dead

lawyer and administrator of his estate, who has possession of most ol the pa pers, was out of the city and Mr. Pen-, ney informed the court that he did j not know where he was or when he would return to Buffalo. "Evidence that would show defalca tion would simply be cumulative,” said Justice Murphy, after the evidence. was all in. "No stronger motive could be proved than has already been brought out here. But proving a mo- | tive does not establish suicide. The court is prepared to announce its find ings.” Judge Murphy then delivered bis verdict as follows: "I find and certify that Arthur R. Pennell came to his ' death on the 10th day of March. 1903. as a result of injuries received while riding in an automobile, the said automobile plunging from an embank ment into Gehre's stone quarry. That I cannot determine from the evidence submitted whether such plunge was accidental or designed. That Carrie Lamb Pennell came to her death as a result of the said plunge of the auto-! mobile into the quarry." W, C. Ompheliua, Pennell’s stenog rapher, produced a typewrtten copy of the first draft of a statement prepared for publication by Pennell before his death. The statement is quite full and among other things disclaims all. knowledge of or connection with the [ Burdick murder. The statement goes} at length into the divorce proceedings between Burdick and wife, and de I dares that "there was no truth in the I charge brought by the plaintiff in that proceeding against the defendant and myself." In relation to the Burdick murder Pennell's statement says “his death occurred at the hands of some unknown woman whom he had invited to his house at midnight.” Rumors Gain Confirmation. Vienna, April IL—The rumors current of a plot against the life of King Alexander of Servia received apparent confirmation in private dispatches which have been received at Buda Pest, and according to which an at tack on the king's nfe was planned for next Sunday. The plot was discovered and fifty persons, suspected of complicity therein, were arrested. Other arrests are expected. President Diaz Goes Hunting. Mexico City, April 11.—President Diaz has arrived at Guadalajara on a hunting expedition, accompanied by the Italian minister and other per sonal friends. .

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Four Killed in a Saloon Row. <• <£> Jacksonville, O„ April 11. — $ In a pistol fight over a game <•> of cards in a saloon last night. <j' Charles Riley, Charles Cochran. <S- and Seth Tinkham were killed <i <s> and Henry Hoblett was serili> ously wounded. Mrs. Henry -• * Strotsky. keeper of the saloon. < ■-*> was fatally wounded by a stray • I <•> bullet. 3 W '! ........ . ..... ROUTED THEM CUT American Troops Disperse a More Stronghold. — Manila. April 11.—Capt. Pershing’s force captured Bacolod. Island of Min danao. killed a hundred Moros and I wounded many others. Three Ameri cans were wounded. Pershing's force j consisted of Shaw's battalion of the 27th infantry, Kilpatrick's troops ot the 15th infantry, and McNair's bat tery. Pershing was surveying the west shore lands, when the Bacolodians op i posed his advance and provoked the fight. Pershing surrounded and at- , tacked their stronghold, fit st shelling them and rushing his troops forward, j ( barging gallantly. After crossing a deep moat and en tering the fort the Americans engaged the Moros, bayonets against krisses ! A hundred of the defenders were kill i ed, including the datto of Panandun gan, and many were wounded. Only | three Americans were wounded. Aftei the capture ot the fort it was destroyed. NOW UNDER CONSTRAINT Chicago Election Commissioners Held in Contempt of Court. Chicago. April 11. —The members of! the board of election commissioners I and Chief Clerk Rowell have been ad | judged guilty by Judge Hanecy of con I tempt of court in opening and count Ing the ballots cast fur Ixirlmer and Durborrow in the Sixth congressional district, in violation of the injunction Issued to restrain such action, and were fined 1100 each. They refused tc pay the fines and an order was entered for their commitment to the county! j jail They will remain technically in the custody of the sheriff until next week, when habeas corpus proceeding!- - will be brought In the supreme court 1 Minets Stick to Their Picks. Wflkesbarre, Pa.. April 11.—For the first time In over a quarter of a cen tury every colliery In the Wyoming; coal field, excepting one at Plymouth, remained at work on Good Friday i The operators made no particular request except to say that work would be continued as usual.

NG OUT] j tivators—Riders and Walk- I wers, Breaking Plows, Har- 1 rills, Lawn Mowers, Weed- > Cultivators. * Ibe sold very low, aa lam going I ENT FOR 1 [INES, WHITE PLYMOUTH I {ACTION ENGINES, AND 1 ING MACHINERY. 1 NIBLICK j

L -1 For Sale -Owing to poor health I will sell my store and property at Magley, Indiana, or trade same for I farm or town properry. Anyone j wanting to go into business would do; well to eotne and investigate same or write Robert Case, Maglev, Indiana., ROY ARCHBOLD, DENTIST. I. o. O. F. BLOCK. Phone ) Office, 164. One I tteehlenoe. 245. LAWN GRASS SEED. Renew your old lawns by sowing the Itest seed - BULK GARTEN SEED, fresh and true to name. SWEET PEAS, NASTURTIUMS and Flowrr Sreds of all kinds. J- D. HALE, Corner Jefferson snd Second Sts. I bone ». tHjao —

THE NOTED Draft Stallion McFarlane Number 4725. will be found the coming season at the Riverside Livery and Feed Barn. This horse is too well-known to need any recommendation. He has been owned and kept in Decatur L' r i three years by Peter Amspaugh, au' will lie in his hands this season. 66d3wtf