Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 134, Decatur, Adams County, 15 June 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. rvsav rvEsisc. zxcsrv scarntv, ax LEW G. . ELL.INC3MAK/I. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week 10" By carrier, per rear $* 00 By mall, per month. 25 By mall. per year *2.50 Single copies. Two Cents. Advwrtlilnz rates made known on application Entered In the postofllce at Decatur. Indiana. as second-class mall matter J. H. HELLER, M»n»gir. _ , 1 Ex-president Cleveland says be is unable to accept the presidency of the university of Virginia. He failed, however, to explain what his other engagements are. Entries for the republican presidential nomination have closed, and while some may object, still few are found with the temerity to protest very loudly. The democratic entry sheet is still open. The complacency with which the Servian people kill their king and queen and celebrate the event with fireworks, would indicate that they are about on a par with some of the immigrants who have been coming to this country. We should have known that Editor Watterson's cessation from the joyful pastime of lambasting Mr. Cleveland was only for the purpose of catching his wind for a mightier effort. He has himself announced another eruption as being imminent. Washington is enjoying a carnival of disclosures. In addition to postoffice officials under arrest for bribery, a shortage of 575,000 has been found in the accounts of the auditor for the District of Columbia due to the speculations of a "trusted clerk.” The Physician's Affront. “So you Lave decided to get another physician.” "I have.” answered Mr*. Cn urox. “The idea of his prescribing flaxseed tea and mustard plasters for people as rich as we are!”—Washington Star. What a happy world thi s would be If every man spoke as well of his liv» neighlstrs as he does of his dead ones! Never suffer the prejudice of the eye to determine the heart. -Zimmerman. Notice of Election of Trustee. Notice is hereby given that St. Marys lodge No. 167 I. 0.0. F. will hold a special election at their hall on Monday evening June 29. 1903, for the purpose of electing one trustee to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John H Lenhart. C. C. Ernst. Noble Grand.

DEMOCRATS DISPLAY GREAT INTEREST

tudianapclig. June 15. —The local political pot continues to boil—in tact it is always at a high temperature. The Democrats are just now the most active, as they are getting ready to nominate their ticket. It really looks, however, as if John W. Holtzman, a prominent attorney, is to be nominated for mayor, with J. G. McCulloch, another well-known lawyer, a close second. Robert Madden, a young man who is very popular among the laboring classes, is a candidate and be may -cut more figure than is expected. Billy ’ Moore, who was defeated In a hot race two years ago. is also after the nomination, so there is plenty of entertainment for the ward workers. It is a friendly contest, though, something that can't be said of the Republicans, who will have difficulty in recovering from the way they took snap judgment In holding their convention without giving any notice to the public. •The Democrats will nominate their ticket the 15th of July unless Chairman Keach should change the date sot reasonable cause. The city is handsomely decorated for the thirteenth biennial conclave ot the Modern Woodmen of America, which began today. Thousands of red and white and white and green pennants are floating over the down-town business streets and the buildings are prettily decorated in the same colors Jt is espected that this will be one of the largest gatherings in the history of secret societies. There will probably be an attendance of 50.000. Already there are between 15.000 and 10,000 people here, several heavily loaded special trains arriving today. Lieutenant Governor Nor»hcott of Illinois, head (onsul. and his cabinet are quartered at the Claypool, which la headquarters for the high officials. One of the spectacular features will be the meeting of the Foresters, the

Plat-Ina ill. Fly I. Sot Mere Chance, hot a Fine Art. The art of castii g is 1n Itself simple and may be read y at..tired by any painstaking fisher: >au. The rod pastes voly thro gh a <ju dram; it starts paralhl with the water and. coining to tlie pen>cndieular. stops. The motion is a quick, rigid Jerk as fast as it can l>e made, end the rod does the rest. The motion forward is at the beginning a gradual feeling for the tension of the line—that is. when it is about to straighten. Once this Is assured the movement increases in rapiility from butt to tip. the result being much th.' same as drhing at a |s-g with a long handled hammer slow at the start and quit k at the finish, the lietid of the rod being first at the butt and gradually ascending to the tip. In easting nothing is left to chance by the expert caster. He knows exactly where he wants to put his fly. within a foot or two. and puts it there, the feathered barb traveling past him at from six inches to four feet alx>ve the water, as be may eleet. although it may go above the shoulder if desired. In some long easts one may see the fly pass below the hip. Indeed the degree of command one can gradually acquire is really wonderful. A single cast where fish are located is. as a rule, sufficient. They will rise at once, and if the fisherman is an expert at dropping his fly he can bring fish to the spot from some distance. One may frequently see fish attracted from a point so far from the fly that they break water two or three times before taking the hook. On the other hand, a fly awkwardly dropped will be taken with a leisurely grab, the fish simply sucking it in. and the exhilaration of a spirited . s. is lost. The more expert a fisheru. n is at fly casting the more thoroughly he enjoys the sport.— Coll er s Weekly. THE TYPHOON. I ( hln Lcccnd of the Origin of Thi« Fierce Storm. This very odd bit is by a Chinaman: “A little schoolboy while on his way to school one day picked up what seemed to him a small white pebble. He put it into bis pocket. It i roved to be a snake egg. and in time through the heat of I ls pc* ket it hatched out a young reptile. "The boy fell in love with it and carried it from day to day to school with him and fed it with a part of his own lunch until it became too big t > be carried. when he made a nest for it at home. "But one day ft suddenly grew to enormous size, and upon the boy's arrival home he was frightened to death. "When the monst. . saw what he had done be was sorely afflicted and refused to he fed. but immediately put on mourning by turning his color from brown to pure black. He crawled beside the grave of his departed friend and lay there for seven days and nights. "At the completion of the seventh night he came back to his late home, but the boy s old mother was so enraged at him for killing her only son that she picked up an ax and chopped his tail off. “With a fearful scream and a lash of his bleeding tail lie felled the bouse and made his way to the Moo Soon San mountains, where be never shows himself but once a year, just about the time when be lost his tail, to come out and make trouble for the people by creating storms cailed the typhoon. This be does to square himself for losing his valuable tail.”

uniform rang. wh>cn is in camp on the state lands near the deaf and dumb Institute in East Washington street. The local Woodmen have prepared a very e-— lining program, and the visitors will be given a continuous Yound of pleasure. The St. Louis World's Fair commissioners are looking forward to the coming state fair with a great deal ot Interest There are always trz-'y fin, horses rattle and hogs exhibited at the fair by the farmers of the state not to mention the fine displays ot farm products This year the exhibits will attract more than the usual interest. however, as the St. Louis commissioners will have their eyes on the animals displayed with a view ot picking winners for the coming exposition. At the Chirago fair of 1893 In diana took a high rank in the matter of taking trizes for farm exhibits, and W W. Stc •ens. who is at the head of the committee that will look after this department, is confident that the state's reputation, which has long been established, will not be allowed to fall from the high standard that has been maintained in the past. Colonel John C. Weir of New York, who has been here on business, an nounced that he and Paul Morton, vice president of the Santa Fe railroad. and Walter S. Eddy, the Saginaw lumber king have concluded the purchase of 2.500.000 acres of timber land In the state of Chihuahua. Mexico. It Is heavily wooded with white and yellow pine and cedar. The land is fertile and will be converted into farms when the timber is removed. A railroad sixty miles long will be built from the southern terminus of the Rio Grand, Sierra Madre * Pacific A part of the lands will be colonized by Mormons. and several hundred Boer families from South Africa will be located there

KM WORK Hotel of Chief Witness In JettWhite Case Was Burned to the Ground. * — thia la Believed to Be but the Beginning of Further Acta of Liw » lets Intimidation. As a Result a Reign of Terror la Said to Have Been Inaugurated at Jackson. Jackson. Ky.. June 15.—The City hotel at Jackson, a three-story building. owned by Captain B. J. Ewen, the principal witness against Jett aal White, now on trial here for the assassination of Lawyer J. B. Marcum, was burned to the ground early Sunday morning. There were fifteen greats in the hotel, but all escaped without injury. There was no Insurance on the structure and the hotel, together with its furnishings and the effects of the guests, is a total loss. The origin of the fire is unknown, but the belief is general that the fire was of Incendiary origin. The town of Jackson has no fire department. and when its citizens were aroused by the firing of pistols and guns, much excitement prevailed. A detachment of militia came on the double-quick from their camp acre • = the river an i rendered valuable aid in assisting tne guests to escape and preventing tne flames from spreading Captain Ewen has been kept at the camp of the militia since he testified a week ago that he saw Curtis Jett fire the shot which killed Marcum. Nobody was seen to leave the hotel before the fire broke out. It was only three days ago that Jackson was put under martial law. The fire has caused renewed apprehension. The burning of Ewen's hotel is not only considered as Incendiary, but also as accessory to other acts of intimi dation in connection with the pending trial of those accused of the murder of J. B. Marcum, who was an attorney of contestants for county offices now held by leaders of the faction with which the defendants were identified. It has been openly predicted there would be the flashing of incendiary warnings that arson would go along with assassination as disciplinary measures might be needed in Breathitt county. It is now stated that other witnesses for the commonwealth were not property owners, but that the jurors who are farmers, and witnessses who could not be found when detachments of troops were trying to bring them into court, are property owners. The burning of Ewen's property has net only caused renewed fear for both life and property, but also increased the general doubt of conviction in either of the pending cases Captain B. J. Ewen was the chief witness for the prosecution in the pending trials of Curtis Jett and Tom White. Ewen is the deputy sheriff who testified that he saw Jett as he advanced with pistol in hand to fire the , last shot into Marcum's prostrate body as it lay in the courthouae doorway. Through sea-s for his own safety he testified that he did not dare to allow vauahan and County Judge Hargis to know what be had seen. When it did become known, he was first a prisoner in bis own home and then fled the county until he can have ! the protection of troops His bouse had been under the guard of a detail of soldiers for several weeks, and as a mere prectntion against assassination he slept in camp at the provost marshal's Headquarters. Several days ago a party visited him at his home and made him a proposition that if he would repudiate what he had related on the witness stand, saying that he testified to what was not true because of the excitement which he was under, he would be given *5.000 by a certain prominent citizen, gnd that 1* be did not accent this offer he would Te assassinated. He encouraged his vis'tor to return in the afternoon and stationed two witresses In » closet who overheard a repetition of the proposition and the ! threat, which was accompanied by the tender of live crisp *I,OOO notes. No one has doubted that Ewen was in actual danger, but few were prepared for a step as desperate as that which tame Sunday, and it is generally believed that the incendiary fire w*as due to the statement made to S ate Inspector Hines about the attempted bribery as well as Ewen's testimony. The hotel and furniture had been Insured. but only a week ago Captain Ewen was notified that on account of the threatening conditions the company had decided to cancel bla policy. The house and fixtures were valued at about *IO,OOO. They were the savings of a life time and Ewen and family are homeless ana dependent on the hoa pttality of the troops in camp. dray and Jim Haddlcks and J-rry Luntz. workmen at the Swann A Day lumber yard, reported having seen Joe Crawford and Ed Tharp wagoners for the Hargis brothers, come across the bridge and return Just before the blaze was discovered, and Major Allen ordered these men arrested They were taken into the military camp by the soldiers and manacled In the guard house. Much has been told about the as sasslnatlons In the reign of terror In Breathitt county, but little baa been

said about the arson. There have been fourteen residences and stores owned by Cardwell-Cockrill sympathizers burned in Jackson since 11*00. two and a half years ag% CHICAGO HOTEL STRIKE Both Sides Continue Firm in the Struggle. Chicago. June 15. —Although no progress has been made toward settling the hotel and restaurant strike in Chicago, still there is a noticeable improvement In the service offered t! e guests at the different establishments where employes have quit work. A.; the hotels are open for business and with few exceptions are- succeeding in taking care of all guests who applj for accommodations. The places of the strikers are being filled as fast as help can be imported from outside cities, and several of the hotels announce that by tonight they will hate a full force of employes. Offers by the hotelkeepers' association to submit the controversy to arbitration are still spurned by the strikers and it is declared that the work of closing up all the places where the proprietors re fuse to sign the new scale will be con tinued. An effort was made by the strikers to have the steam power council call a sympathetic strike in all houses wher the waiters are out. of all the men belonging to the unions affiliated with that body. The request was re fused. This means that the engineers firemen and elevator men will remain at work and is a severe blow to the strikers. In explaining the stand they have taken the members of the steam power council declare that the striking unions are unreasonable in their refusal to submit the difficulties to arbi t ration. ADVISES LIBERAL VIEWS President Mitchell Gives Good Counsel to Miners' Convention. Scranoton. Pa June 15. —National President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers is here to attend the convention of mine workers, which today took up the matter of the opera tors' representatives cn the board ot conciliation refusing to recognize the credentials of District Presidents Nicholls. Dettery and Fahy, who were selected as the miners' conciliators by vote of the joint executive boards ot the three districts. Mr. Mitchell has made no statement as to what the convention is likely to do. He would only say that the miners, he was as sured. would approach the question in dispute in a broad liberal way. and that he trusted the operators would de the same. He said he would advise them in a genera! way. but would not in any manner attempt to control their action. Mississippi Going Down. St. Louis. June 15.—During the past twenty-four, hours the river has fallen nearly one foot. The river is receding slowly and according to predictions the danger line (thirty feetl will not be reached for several days. Already proprietors of levee stores are paying daily visits to the river in hopes ot finding the water sufficiently low for them to reopen their establishments The inquest into the death of Clifford Hambley. the young member of the St. Louie naval reserves who was killed in East St. Louis Saturday night by alleged levee cutters, has been be gun by the coroner at Belleville Well-Known Horseman Attacked. Chicago, June 15. —In a quarrel with one of his stable hands at the Harlem racetrack Sunday. Sydney S. Bender a well-known horse-owner was struck with a pitchfork and so badly injured that he may die. The steel part of the handle crushed his skull, causing a depression of an inch and a half. His assailant, who is known about the track as “Dutch,” was arrested and placed under bonds. Poured Kerosene In Stove. Milwaukee. June 15. —An explosion caused by pouring kerosene In a light ed stove at the store and residence of John Brozokowaki yesterday resulted in the death ot Annie and Tony Borzokowski. the probable fatal injury of Gusta Wolf and the painful burning of six others. Flood Danger at El Pass. El Paso. Tex., June 15.—The flood condition is regarded as serious here by even the most conservative persons. The river continues tc rise and the water is striking the levee with great force. BRIEF DISPATCHES Lo Feng Luh. th- former Chine**- Minuter in London, i* desd st Foo Chow. Tt»- Kren-h <*enste ba< adopted > bill redocin* th" military service to two year*. The lath annuel convention ot the International Printing Pre*«n>*n and AMiMnat* Union u in aeaaion *t Cincinnati Mr* Vroomed, wife ot Walter Vrooman. the noted Soeiallal promoter of co-operative nolome* ecd founder ot Ruthin < oil eg* hat been granted a divoree. It it atated that the Northern Seeuritiw Cn, will be voluntarily dimolved end ibat the-toeba ot tbe railr.ai rompame* will be ilittnbnted among tbe thareboblera. Tbe Bulgarian government baa adi ted it* repn -entative* abroad that It would taka no measure* likely to i-omplieate tbe eritieni *ituallon of tbe new Servian government Alvord < ooley.ot Wettebe.ter. X. T..ha* been appointed civil aervicn eommueioner br Pn-ti-dent Roooevelt to auceeed .Inmea R. Gerfleld, appointed rommuiuoner of corporation*. Cobden. 111., la without a mayor or eity eeuemi. Mayor A. J. Hardin and a qnornni ot the eouaeil have resigned heoeuw* the e.iy waa in debt and no way «een.ed clear to *eeure money with which to liquidate. Robert f allen, a wealthy eitlten of Sevier county. Tenn., ha* been *enlen<-ed to hang .In t 11. He wa* convicted of eompllcity in ihe mu-, der of w illiam and Laura Wbaay. who ware “wbltneapptd" la December 1st);.

WILLTESTTHE LAW. t Deposed Sher?u of Sullivan j County Says Anti Lynch- i ing Law Is Unsound. * Csae That Recently Attracted Much ’ Attention Throughout the State, , Taken to Supreme Court. ‘ I Ex-Sheriff Maxwell Files His Brief ( Supporting Contention of 1 La*'s Weakness. 1 Indianapolis. June 15.-A brief has , been filed in the supreme court in the ] case of the state ex rel. William P. j Maxwell vs. John S. Dudley. This is ( the case that grew out of the lynching , of James Dillard, a colored man in the charge of Dudley, while sheriff of Sul- , llvan county. The governor removed Dudley from office and refused to re- , instate him. William P Maxwell, as coroner ot Sullivan county, is seeking to secure control of the office of sheriff under a law that gives the coroner the right to take control of this office when the sheriff has been removed The circuit court of Sullivan county held the law to be invalid. The brief is filed by the appellees attorneys, and is in further support of the contention that the law is unsound. HEAVY LOSS TO FACTORY National Glass Company's Plant at Greentown Burned. Greentown. Ind.. June 15 —Green town may lose one ot its principal industries as a result of the fire which destroyed the National Glats company’s plant. The loss is estimated at jlpu uio, with insurance oi *70.000. The citizens of Greentown had just given the company a bonus of ,5.'>00 to enlarge the plant. It is not known whether the factory will be rebuilt or not Grave Charge Against Sen. Wabash. Ind.. June 15. —On a warrant sworn out by his aged mother. Charles French and his wife, with whom the mother. Margaret Griffey, lived, were arrested on the charge of cruelly beating the woman who is nearly seventy years of age. She was covered with cuts and bruises, which she avers were inflicted by her son ! and she also says he put arsenic In her food with the intention of killing her. The warrant is for assault with intent to kill. — Officers Elected by Editors. Fort Wayne. Ind.. June 15.—These officers were elected at the Kendall ville meeting of the Northern Indiana Editorial association: President. Clay W. Metsker. Plymouth Democrat; vice presidents. George Y. Fowler. A. W. Tracy. Hartford City Times, and H. C. Willis. Waterloo Press: secretary and treasurer. J. S. Conlougue. Kendallville Sun and Standard: corresponding secretary. W. S. Haggard, Lafayette Journal. Dgath of Man and Boy. Marion. Ind June 15—Darius Bur oker. aged fifty, and his grandson. Rus sell Colbert, aged six. were killed by a switch engine on the Pennsylvania railroad at Sweetser, six miles west of Marion. They were walking on tbe main track and stepped over to a switch as a freight train passed A yard engine struck them, killing the old man instantly. The boy died thirty minutes later. Suicide in a Saloon. Evansville. Ind.. June 15.—David Nisbet committed suicide In the saloon of Samnei 16 hitemore on Water street by shooting himself In the head with a revolver Nisbet had been in failing health for several months and. it is said, drank to excess Nisbet comes from one ot the most prominent fam ilfea in the eity and his father wa« at one time the wealthleat man in the city. i Indicted for Arson. Evansville, Ind., June 15.—A. J. 1 Perry, a lumberman, has been indicted by the grand jury for arson He was ' arrested some time ago charged with having hired a negro Gabe Brown to burn the lumber in the yards of the McCutcheon company, on which there was heavy Insurance. The arrest was made on a confession of Brown Caught in Roll of Hot Wire. Hartford City, Ind.. June 15. —John a finisher at the National rolling mill here, wae caught In a col) of redhot wire and terribly burned about the neck_ arms and back. | t wai with much difficulty that he extricated him self and not then until burned on the ?iT. k th ! Ju,ular veln Hts feared that the burn across the vein will cause it to break and end his life. Three Pereons Badly Burned. Evansville. Ind.. June 15.—Helen Boalea aged seven, wa. badly burned rtov/Uf** fr ° m ‘ woline Move. In saving the little girl B T Moredtx-k and hl. wife, her grand: P*. r * D, »- were dangerously burned The child probably win recover. Boy Killed by a Fail. ML. B h en r*' lnd ' June i 5 Marsh, .lx year. old. was k ||| ed wh) £ paying on the roof of the Central foundry He fell through the .krll.h thirty feet t 0 the floor below.

Long Struggle Over Sliding Scale. Lafayette, lnd . June 15.—For more than six weeks the strike of carper ters In this city has continued and there is no sign of a settlement. Sun day the men met to consider the «t. nation, but nothing wa. Accomplished toward ending the strike. The master builders object to paying the same rat* of wages to all the workmen, and GB this fact hinges the whole dlsput* The employers demand to be allowed to pay a sliding scale, fixing the limits at 26 cents minimum and cents maximum They were furnished a Hat of the members of the union and grad, ed the men into classes, taking one hundred of the number, and this left fifty men without any grade and the union voted not to accept the proposition. Removal of Polee Oroered. Elkhart, lnd., June 15—A spec!.] meeting of the council ordered the street commissioner and police to remove twenty-five poles of the Elkhart Electric company from Crawford street on Tuesday. The company set the poles without the permission of the street commissioner, as required by the franchise, and ignored order to remove the poles to a parallel alley The line is to transmit power from the *1,000.000 plant at Hen Island, tea miles west. A hot fight Is anticipated. Philippine Bandits Cause Troublj, Manila. June 15.—Disorder conttnues in the province of Cavite Two bandits named Felizardo and Montalon with some followers recently raided a number of towns. The government is planning a campaign to suppress the troubles. Blue Grass Goes Up in Smoke. Winchester. Ky.. June 15.— The grain and seed warehouse cf D. S. Gay burned Sunday, including the largest stock of bluegrass seed in the world. Loss aver JluO.OOO; Insurance *75,0m,

DON’T GET ANGRY. Fire In the heart sends smoke in the head.—German Proverb. An envious man waxes lean at the fatness of bis neighbor.—Socrates. One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self possession.—G. D. Prentice. The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.— Chinese Proverb. The envious man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water and yet thirsty.—T. Adams. An irritable man lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way. tormenting himself with bis own prickles.—E. I'. Hood. Lamentation is the only musician that always, like a screech owl. alights and sits on the roof of an angry man. —Fln’-.reb. A man can easily be intoxicated with anger as with wine; both produce a temporary Insanity, and during the paroxysm he should be avoided as a madman —J. Bartlett. Silk Culture In Italy. About 500 A. D. Persian monks first brought silkworm eggs concealed in the head of a hollow staff to Constantinople. Thence silk culture spread into Greece. A little later conquest - nrtied it to Sicily. From there to Italy it was but a step. Soil, climate, peepie suited It. The Industry took root. gr--w. throve and continues to this day. The thrifty peasant manages to get silk and oil an<l wine from the sam* small holding. First he plants his mulberry trees, sixteen feet each way; next he prunes the heads into a hollow cup and trains his vines all over th tn. and finally around the edge be set a shelter of olive trees. So all seasons bring him labor and the reward of i A Miitey Saver. City Guest—Why don't you have your windows washed, landlord? I can't see out. Country Innkeeper—No. don't want em cleaned. If they were clean I'd have to get curtains to keep the sun nut NOTICE JO ELECTRIC LIGHT CONSUMERS The ordinance of the C:tj controling the use of electric lights has a penal sect:. n, providiug’for imposing a fine for making any* changes, either in the wires or lights used, or in any way meddling with the appliances of the Lighting Plant. All persons are hereby 'warned, not to makejany change of lights, t wires, or appliances, or connections herewith without written] permission from the superintendant of the Lighting plant, as such persons will certainly be prosecuted, for such violation of the ordinance. H. C. STETLER. Chairman,‘Electric Light Committee-