Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 142, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. KVBRY EVENING. EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY LEW O . ELLINGHAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier. per week 1 o<‘ By carrier, per year $4 00 By mail, per month., 25’’ By mail, per year $2.50 Single copies. Two Cents. Advertising rates made known • n application Entered In the postoffice at Decatur, Indiana. as second-class mail matter J. M. HELLER. Managbr. Col. Bryan made a political address at Greenfield, Indiana, the other night, and it is self-evident he has lost none of his charm. His speech was brim full of the patriotic sentiments of the man that he is. In Earnrat Then. “1 have noticed,” said the offhand philosopher, "that a woman will get a goif drees when she has no gitention to play golf.” •That's so.” agreed the man with the incandescent whiskers. ‘LAnd." continued the offhand philos opher, "she will get a ball gown when she cares nothing about dancing and a tennis dress w hen she wouldn't play tennis for fear she will freckle and a bathing suit when she has no thought _cf going into the water and a riding habit when the very thought of climbing on a horse gives her the chills a lit, — / "Yes." interrupted the man with the incandescent whiskers, "but when she gets a wedding dress she means business. Ever notice that?"—Judge. The Oldeat I.ksvkuH. A lawsuit which may probably be claimed as the oldest in the world is reported from the Trenlina. says the London Mail. The two communes of tlailio and Foza have been for four centuries in litigation for the possession of an extensive tract of woodland which hat assumed the character of a virgin forest. with tr.s-s of colossal size which no man dares to truck. Spots are still pointed out where 200 years ago the two communes fought pitched battles for the disputed wood. Apparently the Homeric struggle is as far from closing as ever. Should Say, but Didn't. He—l know your family doesn’t like me. bnt will you be my wife? She—Well, I should sny not: He (taken abncki Whew! That's rather short. She—l repeat. I should say not. but as a girl in love doesn't always say what she should I'll say "yes." -Philadelphia Press. Thrir Trm*nre of n < nolt. Missis Don't forget. Katy, that the Mugginses are coming to dinner tonight. Katy Ah. don't lot that l>othor ye. wow. I'll just do my worst. They'll never trouble ye again.—Poston Globe. If Ponce de Irfon hnd ever seen a six ty year-old American at a circus he would never have waste,! all that time and money looking for the fountain of perpetual youth.—Baltimore American. HI. Good Hearted Git,., “Jimsley thinks his wife is an an tel.' •That so? Why. I didn't know Jimsley was married." "He is a widower.”—Kansas City Journal For Sale A phaeton in good condition. Inquire at this office. 112tf

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Indianapolis. June 24.—The Demo-’ crats are having a most Interesting campaign for nominations on the city ticket. It may be said with all truth fntness that there is less bitterness than was ever displayed before. The four candidates for mayor are John W. Holtzman, J. E. McCulloch. W E Moore and Robert Madden—all good Democrats and good men. It Is said that Holtzman is the preference of Chairman Keach. but the latter is keeping his hands off Holtzman thinks he is sure of the nomination, but McCulloch, who has a strong following among the best element in the city, says his chances are fine. It Is said that Moore is the choice of the Taggart crowd, while Madden has a large following among the labor men. The convention will be held about the middle of next month. County sheriffs will have to be good when they come in contact with the supreme and appeiats courts Clerk ■obert A. Brown has had the sheriff «f Monroe county cited for contempt before the appelate court because be neglected or refused to return a notice in an appeal case sent to him. Brown wrote to him about the matter. but.i!id not receive a reply, whereupon he had the contempt proceedings brought The final disposition of the ease will be made Thursday afternoon, but It would not be surprising if the court administered a severe punishment or a reprimand that will be a, warning to other sheriffs to be more prompt Clerk Brown says that many, sheriffs are too much inclined to grant favors to their constituents nod in so doing they neglect their uusiness

WHEN WOMAN PROPOSES. Method. ot the IliingHrliin Gypsies usd Hurmeae Maidens. In England leap year is supposed to confer upon the fair sox the privilege of choosing her life partner for better or for worse, but the custom is more honored in the breach than in the observance. The gypsies, especially iu Hungary, enjoy and make a very extensive use of the right at all times in accordance with an ancient custom. Thus a marriageable young gypsy girl in the land of the Magyars as soon as her heart is smitten takes good care that the smiler shall hear of the havoc he has wrought and have a chance of consoling her. With this praiseworthy object in view she has a love letter indited. places a coin in a piece of dough, bakes it and throws the cake and billet doux during the night Into the bedchamber of her bridegroom elect Then she possesses her soul in patience and awaits developments. The Burmese maiden begins her marriage campaign nt a much earlier stage. In order to get together a goodly gathering of young men from whom to choose she places a lamp lu her window at night—it is known as "the lamp of love"—and entices all those youths who are candidates for the order of Benedict. In sunny Andalusia the peasant girl whose heart has been stolen by a stalwart young husbandman prepares a tasty pumpkin eake and sends it to bls home. If he eats it- and the Andalusian girls take good care to make it highly edible the pair are forthwith betrothed. London Telegraph, ClennlinenN Ratal Arsenic. In Styria and Carinthia there is much arsenic eating among the peasants. The women take it to give themselves a goo,! complexion and to make their hair tine and glossy. The men take it because they believe that it gives them wind in climbing in the chase after chamois. There is nothing of this sort in Cornwall and Devon. In Styria and Carinthia it is known that an arsenic eater can never be broken of the habit and that if arsenic be compulsorily kept from th, eater death rapidly ensues. It is believed in the Tamar—and this is perhaps true— that an arsenic worker is fit for no other work. He must remain at this occupation. Health and breath fail him at other employments. Eventually it may be that chronic arsenical poisoning ensues. But this may t>e staved off. if not wholly prevented, by scrupulous cleanliness. by care taken not only to wash in the "changing house." but to bathe freely at home. As one of the foremen said to the writer. " Against arsenic the best antidote is soap taken externally.” —Chambers' Journal. Animnl Longevity. Some curious statistics have been published upon what an insurance actuary would describe as the "expectation of life" in animals. Among the larger species of cattle there is some approach to uniformity. Thus for the hors,’ and the ass the extreme limit is about thirty five years and for horned cattle about thirty. For the dog it is given as twenty-five, while sheep, goats, pigs and cats are grouped at fifteen. But there are stranger disparities among birds. While a goose may live thirty years, a sparrow twentyfive and a crow as many as 100. ducks, poultry and turkeys die of old age at twelve years. The palm for longevity is divided between elephant and parrot Both pass the century. A Ruse, Mrs Bangle—l've advertised for a servant for a whole week with no re suits. Mrs. Cuomo— Well. 1 advertise,! for a good looking lady help and had thirtyfour to select from the first day.—Baltimore Sun

often causing a delay in the higher courts, where delays wont be tolerated. While Governor Durbin is enjoying the beauties of Yellowstone park, the interior of his office at the statehouse is undergoing some needed repairs, al though it looks palatial enough to the average visitor. The governor is due tn Indianapolis the latter part of next week. He is taking his vacation now in order to gain strength for the annua! meeting of the state board of tax commissioners beginning July 12 and continuing without intermission, dur ing August. The real estate will be assessed this year, and it means s tremendous job. as there will be more kicks than ever before. It is believed the assessment this time will result in the placing of over SIS.OOO.OOC worth more property on the tax duplicates Pickpockets and burglars have been doing a thriving business In Indian spoils during the last ten days In spite of the efforts of the police to capture them. Many arrests have been made but It seems that the parties most wanted are etill at large The big convention oi the Woodmen attracted many crooks and It will probably be several days before the city is well rid of them. One of the most amus ing cases that have come to the attention of the police uurlng the last few weeks was reported last night when a man stated that he had been robbed of his watch while attending a big gospel revival meeting on the south side.

J BOLD am MAN — People of Two Counties Terrorized By Doings of William Harrell. Ex-Convict Takes a Notion to Shoot Up Pretty Much Everything In Sight. Posse Takes Up the Trail and Declares Harrell's Blood Will Flow. F Logansport, Ind.. June 24.—Panhandle detectives sheriffs of two counties. policemen of three cities and several farmers have started In pursuit of Willard Herrell, an ex-convict, who has terrorized Cass and Miami coun ties for the past twenty-four hours Herrell. fully armed, has sworn he will not be taken alive. The posse will shoot Herrell if they get within range Herrell amused himself by shooting at traveling men in the Lake Erie depot at Bunker Hill. Then he visited a saloon and shot out the mirrors. On I the way home be shot at everybody in | sight, breaking the windows of a pas J Senger train, several of the passengers narrowly escaping death. He met John Shively and told him to prepare to die. Shively leaped a barbed wire fence and fled. Herrell sending after him a shower of bullets. Shively had , testified against Herrell when Herrell was tried for the murder of William Condon several years ago. a pent tentiary sentence following Herrelis conviction. A TERRIBLE DEATH Workman Enveloped In Molten Slhg at Steel Wcgks. Hammond. Ind.. June 24.—John Mat eos. an employe of the South Chicago steel plant was roasted to death in view of many women and children The company is dump.ng molten slag to form yards for the Lake Shore railway, and .Matsos was detailed to puncture this molten liquid while still in the vat. to permit the gas to escape. The fiery liquid poured out with unusual force, and he was enveloped to his death. It is said that three men have lost their lives in a similar way while employed by this company j — May Try Cruthers Again. Noblesville. Ind.. June 24. —Tyler' Cnithers, colored, convicted of partic- j ipating in a fake foot race, and whom the supreme court released from prison, has been returned to this city from prison and placed in custody ot the sheriff. He will be held until Judge Elliott of Kokomo either orders his release or instructs >_e prosecutor to prepare a new affidavit, on which I he may be re-arrested. The defense will insist on the release of Cruihers and that the case against County Clerk Horace W. Carey oe dismissed. Cool Burglar Placed Under Arrest Union City. Ind.. June 24—Mrs Milo Stump discovered a man in her home and thinking it was her husband, she remarked: "Is that you Milo?” The fellow reeponded affirmatively, and calmly stooped to remove b>e shoes while Mrs Stump went away. Mean while Mr. Stump returned home and discovered the intruder plundering bis home, snd took him into custody He was identified as Fred Butzer. eighteen years old. and was committed to jail. Poetmaster'e Side Line. Logansport. Ind.. June 24 —Postmaster Edgar E. Phillips of Onward this county, has been arrested on a grand jury indictment, charging him with exhibiting gambling devices Phillips is the leading merchant ot Onward, as well as the postmaster which government position he has held for years. The indictment goes no further than to charge the . hlbltion of gambling devices. One Man Killed, One Injured. Lacrosse. Ind.. June 24. —While Henry Speir snd James Bragg were on the Monon railway, in the rear ot a box ar. they suddenly stepped on the main track just in time to be caught by s locomotive belonging to the Chicago * Eastern line Both men were thrown under the wheels. Speir was fatally hurt, dying in a short time, and Bragg is not expected to recover. Indiana Sunday Sehoola Warsaw, Ind June 24.—The Indiana State Sunday School association convened at Winona yesterday afternoon for a three-daya' session Delegates sumbertag Ilk), representing nearly every county tn the state with a large number et Christian workers from various parts of the country, are la at tendance. Shot Hie Sweetheart. Spencer. Ind . June 24. —The jury In the case of the stats vs. Tons livings ton. charge,! with aasaualt with intent to kill hie weetheart. Fannie Freeman, last November, returned a verdict of guilty and gave him an indeterminate sentence in prison. An Unauthorized Trial. Linton. Ind, June 24.—A fine has been imposed on each of the three local unions of the United Mine Workers that engaged In an unauthorized strike, and there is some danger that they may loss Ueir charters.

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J” TO WELCOME LIPTON Britain's Gallant Sportsman Due In America Today. Washington. June 24.—Major Gen ( eral Corbin and several other officers are in New York to take part in the welcome to be extended to Sir Thomas Upton, who is expected to arrive to- % 1 'WjL f./ era TtteMvW T.tPTOX. day on the Oceanic. The president has requested General Corbin to invite Sir Thomas to luncheon with him at the white house Friday afternoon, and if that is not convenient to dine with him later at his country home at Oyster BayStreet Car Strike Settled. Dubuque. la June 24.—The strike of the Union Electric company s con ductors and motormea was settled last night through the good offi' es of the municipal affairs committee of the Dubuque club. The company agrees not to discriminate against union men: to recognize the unions grievance committee; to allow ap peals to directors from the genera! manager s decisions; to reinstate all strikers, and to give clearance cards I to the three men whose discharge caused the strike. He Was Bound to Die. New York. June 24—Archibald Morison, a silk salesman committed . suicide in a novel way from the Brooklyn bridge He climbed the platform railing south of the Brooklyn tower Jumped on top of a train bound for Brooklyn, fell off the last car. struck the third rail was flung across the . track, fell through the ties and landed I on Front street, more than 100 feet below a mangled corpse. His Conscience Hurt Him. St Louis. June 24.—Circuit Attor noy Folk has received a letter from a former state senator whose term expl-ed in January stating that he would be here today and confess his misdeeds while a member of the upper branch of the general assembly in his letter he stated that hie conscience had been hurting him and that be did not eare to stand the strain any longer. Troops Called to Quell Rioters. Richmond, Vs. June 24 —Governor Montague has ordered the Seveatioth regiment, the Richmond Blues bat talion Mid the Richmond Howttsers. sb artillery company on duty to aid . in malatalmng order against the street | car strikers sad their sympathizers ■ The. • has been much rioting as a re suit of the strike and the situation is ugly. Nobody has been seriously hurt yet Mrs. Kingsley-You say you like colored servants better than white because they are slower. How is that? Mrs. Bingo It takes them longer to leave.--Town and Country.

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Jury Hard to Secure. Hamilton 0.. June 24.—Itate yea terday afternoon the special venire in the cate of Alfred Knapp was exhausted and a special venire of sixty mure names was ordered. At the re quest of Attorney Darby for the de - sense court adjourned until Thursday ■ morning and Knapp was returned tc | jail. So little success was encountered in securing jurors that it is feared that a week or more will be consumed in empanneling a Jury. Fatal Runaway Caused by Bicycle. Monon. Ind.. June 24. — Roland Bailey, a farmer, was breaking a colt ( north of here and a bicyclist rar around him without ringing his bell 1 The horse ran away, demolishing the , buggy and hurling Bailey to the . ground. One leg was broken in twe j places and he received internal injur ies from which it is not expected be 1 can recover Disgusted Postmaster Resigns. Anderson. Ind.. June 24—The post office at Florida, five miles west oi ■ this city, has been closed. Thomas Johnson, the postmaster resigned, declining to serve any longer because the receipts last month were only 69 cents. The rural mail delivery has killed his office. Mother Drake's Trial. Covington. Ind June 24. —The trla of Mother Drake, under indictment for the alleged murder of her husband Robert Drake, is docketed for next Monday. Interest In the murder case is so great that one of the local pa pers will publish a daily edition dur ing the trial Woman Hangs Herself. Lagrange. Ind.. June 24—Mrs Schrock wife of Otis Schrock of this city, committed suicide by hanging herself by means of a sheet attached ta the bed post This Looks Like War. Salonica June 24 - Th. Turklsi *ar mtnistery has telegraphed to the military authorities here to prepare provisions for SuvOo troops, a slm ilar dispatch has bean gent to Adrian opl*. Georgia State Legislature. Atlanta June 24,-The state legislature of Georgia convened at the state capital thia morning for the summer seseioa. which is expected to last fifty days The most important qies tlons to come before the legislature are bills affecting the convict lease system, the uniform test oook law and the child labor la* •octal Democrats Make Gains Berlin Juue 24,-The official reurns show that at the genera election. the Social Democrats cast 2,111. llii™** “ lß< ' r * aM <* 100 over • Rltff DUPATCHtg * , “ ““rgeau w eg.. »«v Jwapk WMtweU rc # er. ..1 u.,r ""Heer A etasasum uerurrad ai th. . ~ Thrt. - ■ vases and '* **'" U. l( pr „. p , J *’*■•»• am. .u>r, r ... r ‘.2-? ’ Syealb* .nt<r. —ii* <l '*"’er*l to ** iei. tW.“'f * r " ,** ," 1 ’” "'tasrii gr-.oabty lot. kurß *« •»« Will w. he that whwui.j*’ •“ emaciate. .

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ROY ARCHBOLL. I DF.NTIrT Kjl I. O. (). F. BLOCK. I | Phnns* ' "«<*, IG4. K .jt Phone < Hesideuce 245. ■ || NOTICE TO ELKIlfi LIGHT CONSIMERS.iI Tb.v ordinance . f the •itD'ling tile v.'t .-Bk lights has a per. /. • . [:< Irt t-r making either in the wire-’.’.-c.:. < in anc with tile app'.i.-n - : Lighting Plant. Aii .ire hereby warned. :r. .kt _..ny til Jigt .' > 'Bl wire--, or appliance-. : iicctions herewith written permissitdi -nperintendant of ing plant, as such perKdM will certainly be pr« -csiitecM for such violation oi ordinance. . . 11 H. C. STETLER. I Chairman, Electric Light Coniniittsß Purely For Ornnm<nt. Th? trained nurse has to nu*t curious conditions which ar~- atoifß her i<oor>-r patient*, one of ful women wlwv had s <ri< It pd IM charge in a miserable tenement noti.-ed that the oranges whivii been provided for the fever pstldH were not eaten. They were ; !.t<vdlO an old cracked blue bow l on a ..ttl'bH . ble by the sick girl « bed. and !!>*■ ■ they remained untouched ■ ■'Mary,” said the nurse one t “don’t you like oranges?” I “Oh. yeg’ni." answered the girl. 3 > "You haven't eaten any of these." *■ , nurse suggested. S I Mary's mother answered. 'Ob. nMta she said eagerly, “Mary, she e t»tidffi an' me an’ Jimmy, we e't the other btll an' Mnry an' me. we says we wonts® ■ any more ’cause It looks so nice *»■ - wealthy to have oranges settin' rouoi I ■ : —Youth's Companion. r Posterity of DronkarS*. A professor of Bonn university # l tracing the posterity of habitual drunk-i ards has found SX4 descendants fn® l * w oman who for forty years ( thief, a drunkard and a tramp ** , whose miserable life came tv so the last year of the eighteenth entin? ■I Ibe professor has traced the liv* ?*<• of this woman's descendant* tf® , youth to old age. and of the** 142 beggars and &4 more lived on cblrtff t There were In the family 76 eon™ 14 Including 7 murderers. The , estimated that in seventy-five r*” i this family has coat the Germs® ** | thoritieg in almshouses, law ■ prisons and other 'institutions v l "'® , M.XO.uoo.— Chicago Journal. The Way W Uh !.•»» , , F.f you set down on a board w ‘ tack in It the harder you set the 1 c tack yon git. an’ that's tlie way • life-it's full t»’ tacks, an' don't yo® get tL-'Tbe Substitute " A man who is eternally sqnarlnf * J aclf must be Just a little crook* Atchison Globe