Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 148, Decatur, Adams County, 1 July 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. TVIRY EVENING. EXCEPT SUNDAY. BY LEW Gi . ELUING.HAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week 1 Oc By carrier, per .year $4 00 By mail, per month 25c By mail, per year $2 50 Single copies. Two Cents. Advertising rates made known on application Entered in the postoffice at Decatur, Indiana. as second-class mail matter J. H. HE LLER. Manager Last evening closed a four years career for Harrv Daniel as publisher of the Journal in this city, and during that time he has proven himself to be thoroughly equipped for newpaper work. In his future, exclusive literary, work the Democrat wishes him a long, useful and successful life. He is a pleasing writer and deserves all the good luck that is going. To Mr. C. M. Kenyon, who succeeds to the Journal, we extend the usual editorial courtesy with the hope that he may realize to the extent of his expectations in again becoming a citizen among us. The city council did the very handsome thing last evening by giving the Commercial Club the advantage of freelight and free water until January 1, 1904. They did this on the theory that if the intentions of the Commer cial Club were what they purported to be. Decatur would be benefit ted by the direct efforts of the club. We think this right. If the club succeeds in doing good for Decatur they are entitled to this encouragement, if they do not they are entitled and should receive more. This probation period of six months is to test the merits of such an organization as well as the mettle of those who are pushing along this organization. If they succeed the city and every citizen in it. is directly interested in the welfare of the Commercial Club. The Hon. George W. Cromer dropped into the city last evening and is supposedly looking into the rural route business of Wells county, but as this matter is entirely in the hands of the postal department, and the Honorable Mr. Cromer has nothing whatever to do with it, he no doubt is here posting the boys on what to say should the investigating committee get after the local office force. Mr. Cromer’s postmaster at Alexandria has been investigated, and recommended for dismissal on the charge of soliciting and collecting the two per cent slush fund levied by Mr. Cromer on all postotiiee employees, including the rural route carriers, during the last campaign. The Banner guesses, however, that the investigators will never be able to fasten the same charge on Postmaster Sharpe.

BEGINNING TO TALK OF CANDIDATES

Indianapolis. July I.—The democrats are beginning to talk of candidates for state office. They will have no nominations to make by acclamation as the republicans do. It is rumored frequently that Daniel Simms of Lafayette will be a candidate for governor. He is undoubtedly one of the strong men of the party. He is not a radical in his views and he stood with his party when it went down to defeat with Bryan as a lead er. Then there is considerable talk of Mayor Forkner of Anderson for gov ernor. and it Is said that he wants to run. There is also considerable mention of B. F. Shively of South Bend as standard bearer and not a few want to see John W. Kern try it again. During the next few weeks It is probable there will be considerable work done towards shaping up a ticket. The Bertillon system is sometimes as good for the criminal as It is for the public, in the case of George Marvin for instance, it was a boon, Indeed He la the crook arrested near Noblee ▼llle a few days ago suffering horribly from the effects of an explosion of a can of glycerine he had dropped. He has been bound over to the fed «ral grand Jury as one of the men who robbed the Michigantown post office April 22. Before bls prelim! nary hearing Postoffice Inspector Fletcher had been studying him care fully and was Inclined to believe that he was an escaped murderer from Jes ferson county, Alabama, for whom there was a large reward. Fortunate ly for Marvin, however, the offer of rewr.rd was accompanied by Bertillon SWMurement of the man who escaped. I*e w."~ measured by the Bertillon system and it was found that he was not the man. although he tallied In some particulars. This Is an Instance, how ■ever. of how successfully the police of the country are keeping tab on criminals by the clever system of Identification.

The two per cent was raised by the 1 force all right, but not by Sharpe. In fact Doc stood around with a “smile that Was child like and bland,” and didn’t even know the fund was being raised. Os course he couldn’t help it if one of his trusted employees dunned the boys up, secured the funds and sent them in to headquarters. The money had to be raised, that was a 1 cinch, but not by your Uncle Doc. . Even the Stevens Swain element of Doe’s party, badly as they hate him, Ido not openly accuse him of being a ■ 1 fool; and while they have been hopi ing and praying for Doc to put his . j foot in it at some stage of the game . and thus lose hie job, he is still there. ~ Meanwhile the Alexandria episode has put Cromer on the anxious seat, and a few Sundays ago he called the boys all down to Muncie and there the stories were fixed to suit each individual case. How well the stories will stand the fire of an investigating committee sent out by the postoffice department is what is worrying Cromier and “the boys.”- Bluffton Banner. Wanted—Twenty-five girls towork at the Waring Co. Mitten Factory. For sale —Ladies' high grade Ram bier bicycle, in good repair. Inquire of C. E. Neptune. 144dtf For sale—Good new surrey and doubel set of harness. Will sell cheap and on easy terms. Enquire of R. K. Erwin, Decatur. 102tf The Clover Leaf will sell round trip tickets to Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, Colorado, at rate of S3O ; for round trip. Selling dates July 1 j to 10. Return limit August 31. T L. Miller. Ag't. A black cow, the property of Jul- ‘ ins Haugh is lost, either strayed or stolen, having been missing since Sunday night. A suitable reward will be paid for her return. 1472d1w ; For Sale—Owing to poor health I will sell my store and property at Magley, Indiana, or trade same for farm or town properry. Anyone wanting to go into business would do well to come and investigate same or write Robert Case, Maglev, Indiana d39wsotf Reduced Rates via Chicago Great Western Railwav. — |B.OO to St. Paul, Minneapolis, Waterville. Red Wing. Winona, Austin. Manly. Clarksville. Waterloo. Osage. No intermediate point higher. For further information apply to any Great Western agent, or J. P. Elmer. G. P.A. , Chicago, 111. f ; Fourth of July Rates. The Erie railroad will sell round trip tickets at one fare rate. July 3 and 4th. good returning July 6th, to all points within a radius of 200 miles from starting point. For information see Erie agents. d-w

Harry 8. New. former owner of the Indianapolis Journal, is just now tak ing life easy at his home here. He probably deserves a rest as much as any public man. as he has been in the newspaper harness for about a quar ter of a century without Intermission However, he looks in the pink of physical condition. It Is understood that he is soon to embark In a new bus! ness here. New is a member of the executive committee of the national committee and it ft very probable that he will be re-elected national commit teeman from this state next year. He has been a good ufflGal In that capacity and there seems to be no desire tc turn him out It is understood that President Roosevelt Is very anxious tc have New continue on the national committee and there has been some suggestion of him recently for secre- | tary of the national organization. The superiority of Indiana's Inter urban roads is admitted even by for elgners. Two representatives of the German a ernment are here now inspecting our in'erurbans to pet Idea* for ths Prussian"! they represent. One who is the railroad engineer for hie people, declared that while they bad been very successful In developing the maximum rpeed for trial runs that In America the practical development of the interurban has been reached. The Germans were taken for a ride around Indianapolis last night by Hugh J McGowan In his private car and they were perfectly delighted both with the street car system and the city. Today George F. McCulloch took them for a long cpln over the Union Traction lines In his private car, The Martha. The Board of State Charities here has just compiled some Interesting statistics on the township relief of the poor. They show that the number of females aided is much in excess of the, number of males, but there are rnortj mah s in the poor and Insane asylums.

M ONE HAS DIED From the Effects of Dr. Wiley’s Experiments In Preservative Chemicals. First Stage of "Embalmed” Food Tests Concluded to Satisfaction of Agricultural Department. The Young Men Who Consumed the Preservatives Show No 111 Effect of the Diet. ’■ > . Washington. July I.—The first of the series of experiments to test the effects of preservative chemicals used upon foods which the secretary of agriculture was authorized to conduct by act of congress, has been concluded. The experiments began last December and have proceeded continuously ever since under the personal direction of

1 Ukw rnorrsson n w. wtt.ct. Dr. Wiley, chief of the chemical bureau, who. during the entire time, has spent twelve hours a day at the bureau headquarters, where three meals a day have been served. He has taken his own meals with the boarders, but has not experimented on himself with the chemicals used. The preservatives used thus far are borax and boracic acid, and while It is the intention to continue the investigation after a rest of three months, it is not now considered that it will be necessary to make further use of either the borax or the acid. Neither Dr. Wiley nor other authorities of the agricultural department will consent to give out the results obtained until there shall be time to get the facts together so as to present them in official form. To do this, they say, will require several weeks' time. Speaking in general terms. Dr. Wiley said there had been a class of fourteen men. all of them engaged in the agricultural department and most of them in the chemical bureau, and that there were two divisions of them, half of them having the preservatives administered to them at a time, the period of continuous service continuing for forty days at a time In each instance. "We have not." said the doctor, "administered the preservative with the food, but have given It separately, generally in capsules. At times the dose has been as large as the men could stand, and at other times we have given only snjall doses In other words, we have been experimenting In cases in which large doses were administered we. of course, checked ourselves when we found that the men had been pressed to the utmost limit. We found some of them capable of tak ing far more than others. Our experiments have been conducted with a view to ascertaining the effect of the preservatives on digestion, and our observations have covered the effect on the digestion of carbo-hydrates, or fat. and on the digestion of protein and gluten. We also have observed the effect on the assimilation of food, and we have carefully noted all increase or decrease In weight following a certain prescribed course. We have recorded with care the effect of the preservatives on the composition of the blood. I may say, in a general way. that we found that fully uiue-teuths of the chemicals passed out through the kidnffys rcotf of the rffinalndffF th* perspiration.” Dr Wiley says that salycilic acid will be the next article experimented with and that the experiments will continue indefinitely.

Lor«ng and Wife Bound Over. Toledo. Ohio, July I.—United States Commissioner B F Brough has committed o«v>rve E Lorenz and bls wife, Martha .’. I nmrj, to the jurisdiction of the United - s supreme court of the district of Co -nbla. Mr. and Mrs Lorens were anrsted here last week upon indictments Issued by the fed oral grand jury at Washington In con--1 neetlon with the postoffice scandal The bond of Mr. Ixirenz was raised from »5.000 to 110,000. and that of Mrs. I<orenz was fixed at 15,000. Both gave ! bond. They Want Murray to Stay. Jackson. Ky.. July I.—A telegram signed by numerous business men and officiate has been sent to Governor Beckham requesting him to urge Gen. Murray to remain In Jackson for the present. Respect for tne troops has Increased since Gen Murray has been here. and. as a result of his orders, the lawless element stand In awe of him and better order has characterized his stay.

FRENZIED MAN’S ACT. Discharged Employe Avenges Supposed Wrong by Assassination. Austin. Tex., July 1. —Frenzied by supposed wrongs. W. G Hill, an exattache of the state comptroller's office, entered the private office of State Comptrollar R M. Love and killed him by means of two bullets from a large caliber revolver. As Hill turned to flee he was intercepted by Chief Clerk Stevens of the department, who engaged him in a scuffle, during which Hill’s revolver was accidentally exploded. The bullet entered the murderer's abdomen, causing a wound from which he died three hours after the death of the man whose life he sought. The tragedy is the first as aassination ever chronicled in the Texas capital. The shooting threw the town and state into a commotion, but the <M»th" of the assassin as well as his victim has closed the story. As to what caused the shooting none can explain, other than it was the act of a madman Hill had been an em ploye of the comptroller's office for ten years preceding Ixtve's term of office. He was let out by Mr. Love when the latter took charge, and it is presumed this fact preyed upon his mind Mr. Hill was a quiet and gentleman ly person and was never known to have been addicted to any bad habits At the time of the shooting he was holding s good position here Immediately after the shooting and while Hill was still lying in the corridor a bottle of laudanum was taken from his pocket, and, reaching for it. he said, “Let me take that and die easy." An Old Town Celebrates. Lancaster, Mass. July 1. —At the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of Lancaster the guests of honor were Governor Bates,

r 311A ■ SENATOR FAIRBANQS. Senator Chas. W. Fairbanks of Indiana. Senator Geo. F. Hoar and former Governor Geo. S. Boutwell. The orator of the day was Senator Fairbanks, who is a descendant of John Prescott, the first settler of the town. No Important Developments. Washington. July I.—The postal Investigation lacks Important developments Postmaster • General Payne says that the inspectors are investigating the ar"---rement with the General Manifolding Company of Franklin. Pa , for the purchase of registry books. Mr. Payne said that the case of former Superintendent Metcalf of the money order system who appealed for reinstatement. Is closed for the present, at least. Both Fought With Vim. San Francisco. July L—The Hanlon Yanger go at the Mechanics Pavilion last night ended In a draw at the end of the twentieth round. Referee Eddie Smith being unable to choose a winner between the game little featherweights. The fight was one of the fiercest ever seen In this city. Both men fpught with a vfm from the tap of the bell in the first round until the referee gave his decision. Evidences of Poisoning. Pittsburg. July L—The inquiry Into the cause of the death of the late Recorder J. O. Brown has been resumed by the coroner. Experts testified that poisons were found In the stomach ana intestines. Alabama Coal Miners Strike. Birmingham Ala.. July I.—The coal miners and operators of Alabama failed to agree over wages yesterday afternoon and a strike began today. BRIEF DISPATCHES Rnaxia's attltago is Msnchun* la ezpsetwl tn ba stated daflnltaly tn a short Ums. The rvvenwes of the suvermnenl from all aourrea for tha rear andlng Jnna aa lam t , a IMS.MUM. Tie total amount of gold la the traaanrv ea Juns Ml. ions was MSI.S3t.itM. aa increase of|7i . uv.SM over lint • IL M. Leva. tv.mvteMier nt the state ol Texas, was OMassieated hr a discharged rmgloye. who immcdlMelv committed suicide, -sass Nrvtoa Van Hum. axe it. was Instartly killed by tieinf hit bv a ‘-foul tip” baaebali at Coube.--ion O. His skull was fractured The loeeea by famine In the Chinese province of M wane Hl e -llpee the lows by reason of the rabellkin which is still maintained there. Prof. Count Angelo de Gnberuatis. the famous oriental sehalar. is leaving Koine for a three months' onurse of lectures before American Universities. The avallsble rash in the treasury on June 83, ISO:. was I SI.4iS.GU. an Increase of over the rash .n the treasury at the correspondiug dale In ISOX l harles M Schwab has so «ar admitted hleontlntied ill health as to secure an assistant to perform the »< tire duties of the presidency of the Utilled States Steel corjsiration. Preaident Roossvelt has expressed hie Intention to witness the Intrrnalionnl yaeht race between the Amerlcau defender Reliance and tbe Sbanirvck Hi, to I* sailed uu August

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THE ANT QUEENS. They Live Longer Thnn the Worker# of Their < omiunnltieo. Hou Inng may all ant queen live? In their natural habitat some queens doubtless have short I'ves. but by reason of the protection afforded them and the seclusion enforced by the workers they probably live much lon ger than other members of the com munity. Within artificial surroundings they attain a comparatively long life. The oldest emmet queen known to sei ence was one preserved under the care of Sir John Lubbock, later Lord Ave bury. A number of years ago during a visit to this distinguished naturalist at his country seat. High Elms. Kent, the writer for the first time saw this venerable sovereign living iu the ingenious artificial formicary which had been prepared for her. She was tbeu in the prime of life, as it afterward appeared. being seven years old. In the summer of ISB7 Sir John was again visited, this time at bis town house in London. After greetings be was asked about his royal pet "1 have sad news to tell you,' he an stvered. ''What: Is the queen dead?” "She died only yes'erday. 1 have not had the heart to teil tl.e news as yet even to my wife.” Having ottered my hearty condolence, 1 asked to see the dead queen. Sir John led the way to the room where ills artificial nests wire kept The glass rase which contained the special formicary in w bleb the old ant had lived was opened up. Lying in one of the larger open h|mk«s or rooms was the dead queen. She was surrounded by a crowd of workers, who were tenderly licking her. touching her with their antennie and making other dem castrations as if soliciting her atteu tion or desiring to wake her out of sleep. Poor. dumb, loving, faithful creatures! There was no resjHinse Their queen mother lay motionless beneath their demonstrations. They do not appear to have discovered that she is really dead." remarked Sir John. Afterward he wrote me of another queen which died at the age of fourteen. The ants dragged her l>ody about with them when they moled until it fell to pieces.—ll. Q MeCook iu Harper’s Magazine. Endtd His Life In s Hotel. Minneapolis. July L—After stab blng himself several times in the throat with the blade of a safety razor in a desperate attempt to corn mit suicide. Dave G. B-yce turned a pistol upon himself and sent a bullet through his left breast at the Croi| hotel, this city. He was taken to a hospital, where he died a few minutes later. Bryce was a brother of Thos Bryce, owney »f the Columbus base ball team. It Is said that a few days ago he received a letter from his sis ter In Sau Francisco full of tender as faction and asking him to cast oft a'l dissipation Mere Bad Luck For Shamrock, .n ’J”' 1 * Julsr minute, after she crossed the starting line 01 ’hat was to have bsen a thlrty-mi| e race over the International course off ■•ody Hook late yesterday afternoon Shamrock 111 carried away t,he trav alar by which her main eheat i ( <•„ sned to the deck and was V''-..ne]|.a to withdraw | M Michigan City, Ind. July j, h _ and Felix Day. aged elevon an and lx>ule S Rltenour aL, ware drowned yesterday aftarli , u the harbor while bathing. Carrying Their Arms In 31 English, Ind, July L-Mlss Gregory la suffering from a ' case of vaccination and mat n Nearly two-thlrda of the recent v vi£ cinated carry their arm* In Hinge. ' He who line nothing to do m lT ... ” I « ship or take a« fc , ' J tutueac way of expressing

ROY ARCHBOLD, DENTIST. I. O. O. F. BLOCK. 1 office, la*. I hone ( Hesidenoe 3*S. NOTICE TO ELECTRIC LIGHT CONSUMERS. The ordinance of the City controling the use of electric lights has a penal section, providingjfor imposingfa fine for making any changes,, either in the wires or lights used, or in anyfway meddling with the appliances of the Lighting Plant. All persons are hereby warned, not to make any 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, Electric Light Committee. STEALING A DOG. *lr Edwia Eaperienee With a Lundoa Fancier. Sir Edwin Ln nd seer the anima) painter, one time wax about to put tb» finishing touches to the portrait of * dog belonging to a nobleman and wa* expecting a visit from bis model when the owner arrived in a state of great perturbation without the dog. The animal had been stolen. After talking over the loss with Sir Edwin the owner decided to leave the matter in th* painter's bands, together with a ten |s>und note ha a reward for the recovery of the dog. Sir Edwin's acquaintance with the dog fanciers was large, anil he summoned to his nld one Jem Smith, who he thought might nut him on the right track. He showed the man the picture and the hank note and promised that it the dog were restored no questions should lie asked. Six weeks later Smith arrived at the studio leading the missing dog by a piece of string. "Her* is your £10,” said the artist, "and 1 suppose l must ask no questions. But now that the affair is done with you may Just as well tell me about it." After a moment of hesitation the mini confessed that he himself was th* thief. "You, you thundering rascal" exclaimed Sir Edwin. "Then why on earth have you kept us in siMpense all this time?" “Well, you see, gov tier. »»s the answer, "I stole the dorg. but ’he gen leman I sold him to kep' Im so Jolly elose that I hadn't a chance of nii'king him again till yesterday, uud ’hat a the truth, s'elp me.” Am Ka. r One. what supports the sun In the be»»* the country schoolteacher. "by, its beums, of course,” replied preenclo Uß youngster. Kansas City Independent Estremel, t'aensatortable* "hat does comfortable cinumstan- ’’»« mean t" '•>' you’re "comfortalble’ when . °u re neither poor nor rich.”— Detroit 1 tw Press.