Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 16 June 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. tTBKT rvccixo. xxccrr scxday. bt LEW S. EULINI<S HAN" . SUBSCRIPTION RATFS Es carrier. per week. 1 O'' By carrier. per year 00 By zt per •: 25 By n»U per year $2 50 Stogie copies. Two Cents. AAverciu rates made known sppixtstioe Entered is the postodEce at Deent t -. Indiana. a» second-er»- t_a.l matter J. M. HELLER. Manaccn. Senator Beveridge is again receiving extensive mention as the only available running mate for President Roosevelt. This grand Sourish is being made by those who desire to wing the senator • future. To n Taggart has been interviewed, and right, y gives it as hie opinion that the next democratic natter, al platform should pay its respects principally to the tariff and nominate a candidate for president who is of unquestioned party lovahy. As usual Tom s bead is level. Senator Steve Fleming and the citizens of Fort Wayne are arranging to show rrval entertainment to the Deo. icratic Editorial association which bolds its mid-summer meeting there Thursday and Fridav if this wee*. The' festivities will open with a basinet at the Wayne hotel Thursday evening. Why shouldn’t at least cue newspaper of the county avow the cause of temperar -e when there are two outspoken liquor organs, the Decatur Democrat and the Geneva Herald’ Yet the Democrat admits that the temperance cause is a deserving and a worthy cause.—Berne Witness. Now you are getting down to business. Talk temperance on its merits and not try to ’ambast seme person cr persons because they fail tc yin the cause with that degree cf enthusiasm you think they should enter tain. State year case, and give everyone else credit with being honest, who happens to oppos? your views. This is a free country. and he like you. has a right tc think as he pleases Get on broad ground and keep up an honest and fair fight fir the rightec usnese of the cause cf temperance, and success will be more eis.iy obtained. feotice of EJtction of Trustee. Notice is hereby given that "• Marys lodge No. 167 I. 0.0 F. will hold a special election at their hall on Monday evening June 29. 1903, foe the purpose of electing one trusti-e to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John H Lenhart C. C. Ernst. Noble Grand

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ini.aaapoos Jose It—The reform etemests of the city are getting after the Republican crowd red hoc The Method s: ministers association just now seems to be taking* sending part for at every meeting i Mas M recently it has dene something wwheate its displeasure at the present administration of public affairs. The latest development cn the part of the ministers is to determine >hM oa Ban<iay, July 5. they shall make an appeal *c the public conscience »o see that n»i are obeerved and for the purification of ctvic Use. While no nnmes are mentioned it is known by everyone that the resol-itien baa reference to the Bookwaiter admit: -trstiaa and that it is to be lampooned properly from the pulpits. The independent movement of which Get rge Hiti is the head as • candidate for mayor, is also causing alarm in the Republican camp, as a centra: campaign committee to be composed of members at the commercial and religious societies of the city, to to be formed to make the fight for him. Whether or not the reform movement is going to count for much will soon be demonstrated as ail parties are getting ready to get into the thick at the fray. Dan Simms of Lafayette. one of the principal attorneys for the father in tbs fight over Mooes Fowler Chase and his fortune, was here today. He is confident that the father will be victorious right along over the Duhses — the ancle and aunt of the unfortunate bo_> He says the Duhmes hare se* cared approximate:! fii.’O.Pfd belonging to the heir an 1 the father has a suit pending now tn the federal court tn compel them to make an accounting. J. Frank Hanly of Lafayette was engaged with Simms tn the trial, and the latter says Haniv told him be

HARD TO CONVINCE. A ten Seldoa Thit s a Scbeoi Teacher Inflicts T®> Wach Pontshißent. It wtil always be didicult to convince a jury of normally constituted in-n savs the In>.li.tnapolis News, that a school teacther has punished a schoo boy more than he deservvs In the olu days there were school masters, doubtless, now and then that wielded the birch too freely: that knew no other meanof discipline Nowadays, in school at any rate, corporal punishment is the last resort. and the teachers are most reluctant to apply it. When they do use the whip the overwhelming presumption is that long suffering patience has been exhaust ed: that no methods of discipline have proved effectual, and there was nothing left for the overstrained teacher to do. <'hre persistently bad boy in a school may do endless mis. chief in demoralir g the discipline I* is not < ften. we belt* ve tla’ cotpiral punishment is necessary, but there are times and there are children when a-• und flogging seems to be the only thing that will touch the spot.” Tom Johnson of Willshire, was a business visitor here this morning. The Rattle ai a Decoy. That the rattlesnake uses his taii to dewy I rds L_s .-en c- served a nun.ber of times by a corres;. ad-ut of -tie Seief.fic American. who sc.ys: “The s-the hs’.-s Uius.'f in the tall grass and imitates the buzzing of a bee. The insectivorous birds, stx-b as the pheebe and kingbird. are attracted by the sound and become an easy prey for his I snakesbtp. I have seen rattlesnakes I concealed in the dense foliage of trees twenty feet from the gr-’cnd practicing the same deception on the birds and getting the bird every time." t n rvee «■ l> e*. “Fortune knocks once at the door of every man." "T - tut she’s sreneraliy very cleverly disguised.“—Cto-ago Poet. Notice. Mesters Satioeal laion. I . -:r- t’..;-.- th-- t this rd r meet at my effiev at - a p. m this evening: r3ce rooms. 1 and 2. ’ n w 'tu hiteiker bl <-k. Important business. W. E Fulk. Pres.* Dniferved Rani. Atteation. All members of the Decatur Uni- : Rank are asked t< present themselves at rhe K of P. Hall. Friday evening tc be mustered in. 13ad3t ; Girls Wanted. Fifteen more girls are wanted at once to operate sewing machines. Steady employment given Call at office of the Waring Glove Co., corner Monroe and First streets. Wanted—Girl to do dining-rocm work. Wages Sl2 per month. Burt House. 135d2

i would kcs determine wireuser or nc-. be will be a candijate foe the Rc-pub- ’ Mean nomination for goveroor Simms t thinks Hanly has made up his mnd to run and although be is an ardent . Democrat, he believes in Hanly as a tan aud says he will make a formidable candidate. Ambrose Nowlin, collector of internal revenue for the Lawrenc. burg dis- . trict. was here today. He is one of' i tne Kepun.ican leaders ot tae .ou-nern : part ot the Kate He says that Oscar Mootgomery of Seymour. Fourth die trict committeeman, will probably be . come a candidate for nomination for t judge ot the supreme court, although ; he has not declared himself up to this t time Judge Dowling ot New Albany i is now ending his first term from the I dimrkt Montgomery seeks to reprei sent and he Is a candidate for re I nomination Montgomery, however. . ia popular aad a fine lawyer, and if he gets after Dowling it will make one ot the interesting contests of the state convention A special meeting of the state board of pardons created at the recent session of ths legislature was held at ths statehouse today The bUI for this board was Introduced nod pushed through by Senator James Gray of Evansville who u«A tbu prx*tin«» rt.f it required too much of the governor's time to look after the requests for par dons it is generally regarded as a good step The board consists of S. J. Gillette of Lagraage. L. S Rlggin of Attica. Charles W Elmore of Crawfordsville. and It is to meet here four times a year. The meeting today was necessary because of the large number of cases that have come before the governor dur lag the last few weeks.

UK fill! BANDS Redwtne Divides Tim® Between Murder and Arson Cases. Second Week of Court in Feud-Rent Breathitt County Opens With Re gn of Terror. I I Both Factions Are Equally and Intensely Interested in the * Outcome. Jackson. Ky.. Jaae 16 —The second week of court in Breaxhitt county opened with a reign of terror. One term of court was overiapplng another. Whlie the petit jury continued bear Ing testimony in the murder case of Curtis Jeu and Thomas White Us grand jury was hearing evidence In the cases of Joseph Crawford and Edward Tharp, teamsters for the Hargis brothers who are held without bond on the charge of arson for burning the Ewen hotel The arson cases as well I 1 Bl JriTHJE KEDWINE | I as the murder cases are the last in a long series of similar crimes in connection with the feud that has been raging here for almost three years. In these feudal conffiets one faction has been almost extenrlnted by assassinatiaiis aad tig'ta. and the present prosecution is against represents tires of the dominant faction, which 1 includes local cSciais. It was due to this coniitian 'hat the state troops were needed for the purpose of serving oc witnesses making arrests and protecting life and property. The seal; force of troops is i overworked in serving stuenjenses for witnesses for the grand jury as well as witnesses for the trial. They workI ed Sunday as firemen an i are engaged night and day for police duty under the provost marshal Judge Redwine is divid ng his time between the murder and the arson cases He heard the habeas corpus . cases of Crawford and Tharp and afterward at Afferent times excused the trial jury while he gave instructions to the grand jury. The defense opened with a statemeet that ft would prove an alibi, and introduced both Curtis Jett and Thoe White on the witness stand ia their own behalf to testify that they did aoc enter the courthouse until after J B Marcum, the attorney for the contestants foe coun'y oficee had been shot down. Both prtsoaers made exrepticnaly good witnesses for them selves. Jett was especially cool aod confident and apparently unconcerned. The mothers of both defendants heard their testimony and Miss Sarah Hargis daughter of the county judge and leader of the dominant faction wis as usual an interested listener Although the people of Jackson are intensely interested in the arson cases. : the leaders of the dominant feud faction are not so much concerned in the grand jury as in the trial of Jett and White The penalty in Kentucky for arsen is from one to twenty years of imprisonment, aad in case of con-1 Tiction the general belief is that the sentence would come nearer the minmnm than the maximum under exist mg conditions ia Breathitt county But in the murder cases there is no -vtupiuauae in tat sentence tt a verdict of guilty should be rendered. In the even: of ccnvktioti there is a genera! belief that confessions might precede execution, and there is no limit to the undercurrent of comment as to who would be involved if either or both of the defendants should ever tell all they know While one class is apprehensive of che results of convletfm. others are apprehensive of what would follow acquittal, so that there are none in Breathitt county without anxiety as to the near future A verdict may come tomorrow Violated ft Injunction. Spr.ngfield Hl. June 16— (a ths United States circuit court The met Demtng of Murphysboro was tried and convicted of violating Judge Hats phrey s Injwnetioa against Interfering with the operation of the Mobile A Ohio railroad whose trainmen are oq a strike and he was sentenced to four months in the Sangamon county Jal! Demfag had assaulted a passenger brakeman Everett Anderson Thousand Men Return to Wortc. Ranting”'-’*- W Va.. June It—The Strike of Chesapeake and Ohio shop employes which has been on here for one week, was last evening declared off and the IjWd employes wfll return to work tomorrow morning.

FORMULATING A PLAN | Authrac te v "io S««- -»g *o Sett* Cs-c st-en Quest on S -ante a. Pa . Jean 1- —* 5 ~^ s rosiventioß of the United M s- W ’kerf of the three anthracite . >’-r ? i called for the purpose of dealing with I the refusal of the opemtc*s t reevf , nixe the ccncil.atcrs appointed ay the ; joint executive t«rc if ia session here with Nat’.enal President John 1 Mitchel! presiding and •” delegates :in attendance. The conci’.iatioa mat- ; te.- and all other grieianc-es the r ffe' ent districts want te hare considered. ■ were referred tc a committee on resolattens compesed of seven del gates ; from each district and the three dlfI trset presidents The sentiment almost unan.m.ssiy expressed :a the motions and speeches was it favor of the coa-ettK>n contenting itself » th endors pg the actiec of the exe- :’. re 1 board and leaving it to the operators to accept the three district presidentt as cceciiiators or take the conte quences of their refusal Net a few of the delegates declared openly for a ' strike to enforce acceptance of the ' district presidents' credentials at they new stand. PEACE MOVEMENT FAILED "■ ICMcagc Hate Employes Nat Fnecdly te A>httrat en. Chicago, June 16.—The combined es ' forts of President Gcmpers of the [ American Federation of Labor and half a dozen of the most prominent labor leaders in Chicago, to bring about a peaceable adjustment of the hotel and restaurant strike were unavailing last sight The join board of the strikers ttniin refused all overtures for peace, aad the work of calling strikes was continued today Fcr a time the indicar.cnr were that the trouble would be submi'ted to arbitration. but at the last moment the goveraiag board of the stril ers 'inions underwent a sudden change of heart aad declared al! aegotiations off fcr the present. Another effort will be made by President Gompers Wednesday to bring about a peaceab’e adjustment of the i controversy The hotel owners are 1 still willing to arbitrate their d.fferences with the men. and declare that that is the only way the trouble -ran be settled. LISTENED TO SINGING President Qu te Takeo With Work cf the SaengariMtnd. Baltimore. June 16.—A vast assemblage was pros nt m Armory hail last night to listen to the grand con ert of idem Roosevelt occupied a magr.ficently dec:rated box. aad h - appearance was the signal for unbounded enthusiasm aad prolonged applause On being introduced to speak the president received another ovation. After the deli very of his address President Roosevelt resumed bis seat and spent nearly an hour listening to the choruses and solos. He was particularly anxious to hear some of the singing snd when the schedule of his trip was being made ne arranged it so that he could spend at least an hour in the armory. Some of the best cboreses of ths week were scheduled to take placw whils the president was here after which he qu.sciy left the balding tn time to catch the train for Washington CURRENT SCORES W*-M tha Three B ; Leagues D d Yeetsrday. MATtoMst Lenar*. At Pittsburg. J. Chicago 9 At Cincinnati 4. St. Louis 1 aMEßlca* LEAGFg At Washington. J; Detroit. 1. At Toledo 7: Milwaukee 6 At Ph’.Xdeiphia. 1 St. Losis. L SMEKJCA.N ngSOCUTIOX At Indianapolis. 1. Minneapolis. $. At Columbia, 6; Kansas City. 3. To Protect Her-p Trade. Manila. June 16—The government baa drafted a bill to prevent the ex portatio* cf inferior hemp It provides for a system of government inspection aad grading of the products There hare been numerous complaints ia the markets of the world of the laienur quamj u< use eapurteq nemp. and the trade in It is thereby endan gereu A commission will meet the growers and exporters before action is taken BRIEF DISPATCHES Twoeiv-arrva wuawa ».-• -a ladxaaa. TV crou war ia Wou, a MHes. Dwtwerra is* bwe prenaueec «■ tax. TV Mocera v»io«« of Swenca are M aa--IM> arxwie M lodiSMQO'.t TV Xamu S«m wu V rawr'siwk at Sir. fros tw xjc: m tv ana w tau wo«ta TV vaurs O'M.oaao pavteM <rf flaatlor. Wta aw OMtrayak Oy Sra. TV Aw s HJK kaa.v B»ar«.-a, U aa« arvaoi-G tta.: • kcawa*: »y tv wartavwiag «t a U.S m Kom St Lrao. • Artkar r Baaie. of Basvar Daw a Aw Ki Seat M IV Vai-rawt« -W Waaoeaia < a urawaaS v»ia w. ag as Laba daaAaw la • wawi st Oiaka usuoa. Sv . XaSa taiuw <SM aaS ki!M OV Mabias Two of X-, Vetsan wore wataaeaS lo IM yea raweuy tw ISa warWr W larnw Oaett TV MloMen aapnw teart SreiSel sss.sm Any ueo. tree. >a WiMhii -larrw wr »<a -» «V Coatiaaais ToSsoeo Co. Woa«xt tor vtaiasaM as Miaaoan oati-nmo Mn. Ma niak laAswed ky the -afws. of Mewtoa ■ HarnaMparwit Ms Mtavi-w« t Harna dsagkwr- Fred Miak Ufr-i ii. at FuMeld pg WM sol X.lleU Hama sa-l tkea L. e: k« >:ae•o<Vr. <_• orSaa T. McVaC.a»t. of IM Saw Tort AstiFWtey iLaAto. «a»M sa-1 SUM is tv mafl snerta VH4ia< k« W.iaa Syeaaee. • aeSY'- abo aw haw Wwa yiara-1 oe tnal aa (Aarfv «< VAtauag 'M sat.-pottcy law.

1 ffljm plot ec! : - Perpetrators —Saved Cour; House At PetersburgDynsmte Wes Placed in the Budding But Na Fulminating Cap Was Attached. — Chars* Po ** r WM Ex P ,eded ’ bu ' tne Dynamite Remained Quiescent. Petersburg Ind.. June 16—An at tempt >as made w wreck the court bouse bv dvuamite and powder Eight stxkf of dyaamlte were placed in a port of a keg of blasting powder, together with a water fuse, which maos ared twecty-one feet. The explosives were lighted from the front door of the courthouse The powder was Intended to explode the dynamite As no cap was pet on the latter the powder exploded, bursting the can The dynamite was not mov ' ed from the place where the bottom cf the can was located. The walls of the builditg for several feet were pow der-burtted The rope to the courtbouse bell was burned off the charge being directly under the circuit court NTT The general opinion is that it was] intended to destroy the records of the ecuntv clerk, which contain the report) of ’he grand jury of the February term, in which some serious indictmeets were returned. The report was i heard bv people five blocks away but no attemSn was paid to it. The coun-1 ty commissioners were called together I aad will offer a reward for the appre-1 hensi.n of the men. — WILL SCALE MT. SORATA Ind s-3 Woman Undertakes a Heretofore imccss fcle Feat. Lafayette. Ind.. June I —Miss Anna ■ k. A.M.. formerly professor of Latin. Purdue university, sailed today for South America, where she will undertake to make the ascent of Mt. Sorata. near Bolivia The feat has never been successfully performed, although ’ several times undertaken. Dr. W. G. j Light, president cf the University of j New Mexico, will accompany her as chief assistant, and there will be two Swiss gi..- s. Mss Peck has c’. mbed the Jungfrau, Matterhorn and Yuff.n-i gerfit’e the most diflcult mountain! ,n Europe, and the Popocatepetl and Oriiaba. in Mexico. Snot by Colored Policeman. Ricbm nd. Ind.. June 16.—The police raided a resort, and while Charles Moore, fourteen years old. son of Edward Mocre. was trving to escape by i runnine he was shot and fatally wounded by Craavill? Bundy, colored I policeman Bundy fired three shots, one of which struck the boy in the back While there is considerable feeling aga cat the polLeman. he was not relieved from duty aad will not be arrested unlev his victim dies Fatally Burr»<3 by Gasci ne Explosion. Terre Haute. Ind. June 16.—Mrs. Dr R P Kidd, while lighting a fire under a gaaoiine range failed to notice that the fluid had leaked from the reservoir and there was an explosion which enveloped her in flame She ran into the street and the Rev. J W Walker made a heroic effort toward saving her life, burning his hanc.s severely and also losing his mustache Mra Kidd was fatally burned Family Narrowly Escaped Cremation. Washmgtoa. Ind. June 16—The -.me of John Stiles a farmer near here, burned to the ground and the inmates narrowly escaped with their lives The houae was burning fiercely when neighbors broke down the door and awakened the inmates, who fled in their night-clothes The origin of tne Are is unknown. Ixiss. |3,500 Saloons Tabooed in Residence Part Muncie. Ind . June 16—The town ormr'i c» Eaton, iwehe mnee north “h*" h “ ® n ordinance forb—ding the operation of saloons in the residence section. A new park has been laid out. and ia being Improved a: a coot of ISO.ooe. The park mantßt Wa °' ed MIOOM k * P ' a,, * y Swallowed Strychnine. A ' b “ y Ind Jon « 1« —Cephas BP rin 6l!e'ld 111., came to th>® city and swallowed forty grains o 6 rirychmae while In his wife , room dytng within an hour Mr* Weeden lh.’ ‘ 1OC “ r * t ««**t «nd •b* had not been living with her hus band recently Weeden was a coal miner about thirty-five year. old. Toe Deaf t, Hs.rTn. Train. Bhoala. Ind j une 16.—Reniami» tWro,y *‘’ ht v*®', old. M-n of John James, .tepped m front of , raD . Mly approaching B A 0 t-a| n and * M < ’ Ulte d * f x *®r ly every bone w„ broke. v k «*in« burled mnm dlMaace away. ? Jealousy the Inciting Cause Ewan.vtlle. ind.. j unp i fi R-ure ha, ronfeed that ,e IS W . h w^‘: r,ou,lv ' r ' un Al>*n. a well-known man m the hu W., th. | oclUn# ’ htp f

Wcttlns: n Wheel. Once wheu Chief Justice John Marshall driving in V irginia be found that the tire on one of his wheels was loose and kept slipping off. He didn't know a great deal about common affairs. for be had not lived much with the common affairs of life, but he djfi know that water would tighten » tire on a wheel. So he came to a little branch and drove into It and got one little section of the wheel wet th»n drove out and backed his horse, and the same part of the wheel went into the water again, and he pulled back and kept seesawing backward and for ward, ad the time getting the same part of the wheel wet. While the judge was bothering himself about how to get the wheel wet a negro came along and. seeing the situation, told him to back into the water again. He did »o and the negro took bold of the spoke, of the wheel and. turning It around directly, had it wet all around. Judge Marshall said. "Well. I never thought of that." The darky replied, "Well, some men just nat'ly have more .earn than others anyhow.” Kle.haat Lave. A pathetic story of intelligence and affectionate solicitude of an elephant comes from the Midnapur district In Bengal. A wild tu«ker and a younger animal had done great damage to crops, and the bead man of the district. Baba Ganjan I-al Malta, attempted to kill them. He shot the larger animal in the leg, disabling it. but not sufficiently for any one to approach it. For a month the animals lingered in the district, the smaller one ministering to the wants of its wounded --ompanion. and by furious charges kept the villagers at a safe distance. Twisting its trunk about that of the stricken brute, ft uttered the mow mournful cries, fanned the wound and gave every evidence of acute distress. When the wounded elephant died, its ompanion d.snppeared and ha. not been seeu since.—London Express (i«w Treefl Differ an to Their Roof* Trees wLos>* roots are of the same length and fiber do not thrive as well as those which are unequal, because they develop better when their roots reach for nutriment in different strata ar depths of the earth. The oak could not live in soil where the pine .ould thrive luxuriantly. This is owing to the nature of the trees. One requires the most solid nutriment The pine requires light, sandy soil and the atmospheric conditions of sunshine and rain. The oak. maple, elm, hemlock, birch and beech all require warm and clean «oil. Trees are noted for picking out the attractive places, aud where there I are flourishing forests may be found the best land and the soil always productive. A Satirical Re-ward. There was perhaps more satire than gratitude in the reward bestowed by a French lady on a surgeon for bleeding , her—an operation in which the lan et was so clumsily used that an artery was severed and the poor woman bled to death. When .he recognized that she was dying she made a will in which she left the operator a life annuity of 800 franc, on condition "that he never again bled anybody as long as be lived ” Fred Scheiman has purchased the Monroe St. West End Meat market,where be always keeps on hand Eresh Meats, Sausages & Smoked Meats notice to electric LIGHT CONSUMERS. The ordinance of the City controling the use of electric rights has a penal section, providing’for imposing a fine tor 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, or 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,JElectric Light Committee.