Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 156, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1903 — Page 4

Weather Forecast. Partly cloudy tonight and Su - day with local thunder storms north portion. Continued warmer. Country Correspondence. Pleasant Dale. Mrs. Bell is having her house and I barn painted. Miss Pearl Byerly, of Lima, 0., is working for her Brother Fred of this place. Iva, Olewin Verene, Norris, Win. Eiler and S. A. Miller spent the evening of the 4th at the Wells County Infirmary. Harvey Ovine had his horse and buggy stolen at Decatur Saturday night, July 4th. A reward of $25 has been offered to the one who would catch the thief,. Gus Yake met with a little bad luck Saturday evening on the way home from Decatur. His horse fell down and broke his buggy and harness. He sent the buggy home with Wm. Adler and his Maggie with Lou Sherry and he rode the horse. Strong Testimony. Gilmore Drug Co., Fletcher, O. Gentlemen:--Having a horse with a bad bruise on one of its legs, I was induced to try a bottle of your Cans- 1 tie Oil, and as I got such good results from its use, I have used it for many other ailments, such as lame back, sore thrdat, fresh cuts, etc., and have found it just as beneficial in all cases, in fact I would not be without it, and can recommend it to anyone, either , for man or beast. Yours truly, O. O.' Lentz, D. D. S., Piqua, Ohio. Price 50 cents a bottle. Try Gilmore’s Headache Pow’ders. Sold by all druggists. 21m3m SHE HELD THE FORT Woman in Houseboat Asserts Squat- | tei's Sovereignty. St Louis, July 11. —During the recent flood the houseboat occupied by the Gamachee family was left stranded on the river Des Pres bank near the foot of Utah street. Since then the husband has been lying ill In the boat. A brewing company claiming the land endeavored to have the houseboat removed, but Mrs. Gamachee met the movers with a revolver and declared that the land whereon the houseboat rested had been made by accretion and consequently belonged to the national government. She laid squatter's claim to it. and said that if any attempt was made to move the I houseboat by force she would use a revolver or an ax. The movers re-1 tired. Mrs. Gamachee said she had I looked up the records and found that i the land was not recorded as belonging to anyone. She declared she would fight unless removed by due process of law. Big Pier Again Destroyed. New York. July 11.—-The new pier •of the Scandinavian American line at the foot of Seventeenth street. Hoboken. was destroyed by fire, and for The second time in three years the line is temporarily without a pier. It is believed the loss will amount to almost J.i00.0 0. The wharf alone cost *2oo,pt f tg build. A JAPANESE GARDEN. S'ollow Till. Recipe and You Will Have One The classical garden like a sonnet, t> governed by special laws of harmony and rhythm. It must have its tiv* bills, its ten trees and its fourteen stores You can get along without the I Lilis, and you can get along without the trees, but you cannot get along without stones. Indeed the perfect Type of the flat garden is nothing but dH archipelago of rocks in a sea ot white pebbles. The stones must be the foundation; the rest are mere ac-1 cessories. Speaking stones are what is wanted—stones that suggest moods and passions—for the Japanese recognize that there are sermons in stones. I Each stone has its name and relative' place in the composition. There is i the guardian stone in the center and opposite It the belleview stone. Acrosi ; the cascade is the moonshade stone I arid so on. The bills unmask each other by nils. The principal hill has its two foothills, its spur hills, Its distant peak, sees through a valley, and the low hill that must stand on the opposite side of the lake. As there are a principal stone and a principal hill, so must there be a "principal tree." the shofin boku, around which the Tree of Perfection, the free of Evil, the Tree of the Setting Sun, the Tree of Science and the Tree of Solitude bow their leaner heads. These are the oMeatial* Now, add ' one pond, one island, two stone lan-| terns, three bridges and inlx thoroughly. garnish with lotus and serve with goldfish and mandarin duck Then* Is a recipe for a Japanese garden.—William Verbeck lu Couttiry Life. Ontdonr. "He doted on Alice and would have married her but for her mother." "Ab! Her mother”— "Yes, her mother was still more attractive.” Every time a man lodAa his temper he loses his bend, and when be Issas I.la bead ho loses several chance*

DURBIN HPLAINS The Governor Gives !lis Position In the Matter of the Prisoner Lee. — 1 In a Letter to Judge Rasch at Evansville Clears Up an Apparent Misunderstanding. The State’s Attitude Regarding the Speedy Trial of Negro Held for Massey’s Murder. Indianapolis. July 11.—Thera has been made public today a letter written by Governor Durbin to Judge i Rasch at Evansville regarding the governor's recent veto of Judge Rasch’s ■ order for the immediate trial of the negro Lee. held for the killing of Patrolman Massey. This letter, which follows, is self-explanatory: Indianapolis. Ind.. July 10, 1903. Hon. Louis O. Rasch, Judge Van- [ derburgh Circuit Court, Evansville, Ind: Dear Sir —1 take it from dispatches appearing in the public press this morning that my attitude with refer ence to the removal of the negro Lee [ i to Evansville for trial may not be ■ j clearly understood. I have not at any ' time claimed jurisdiction over this I prisoner; it would have been usurpa-! tion of authority for me to do so. For | prudential reasons I suggested—l dll ' i not direct —his removal by the sheriff 1 of Knox county from Vincennes to the state reformatory at Jeffersonville. On grounus tully set forth in my dispatch to you of July 9, I withheld my sanction from any arrangement whereby the state troops would be permitted to remain at Evansville to protect tie civil courts during the progress of an | immediate trial in your city, which you I informed me was contemplated. I di- | rected that the troops be withdrawn from Evansville as soon as In the opinion of the commanding officer this might be done without endangering public safety. Here my authority and responsibility ends and that of the court and its officers begins. It is for you to determine when the prisoner shall be returned for trial, and it is for the sheriff of Vanderburgh county to make such provisions for the preservation of peace and order tn the community as in his judgment as a responsible officer, circumstances mav require. These provisions should be limited only by the extent of present or prospective danger to constituted l ! authority, if such danger still exists ! Nothing could be more salutary, should further disturbance arise, than I that the civil authorities should demonstrate their supremacy by stern use of the force they are empowered to employ in resisting lawless efforts | at Interference with the exercise of i | their just functions. Nothing could be more unfortunate, as suggested in my dispatch of the 9th, than that there should be a resort to the military arm of the government without the civil authorities first exhausting their re-1 sources In an effort to subdue lawlessness. It would be unfortunate in this , case, first, because of the confession ! to the world tn general and to the un ruly elements In your community in I particular, that ths courts may not conduct their procedure and peace of fleers may not effectively assert their authority, unless this be done under military auspices. In all I have done I have had above all else at heart ths good name and the future safety of ■ your own community. Whenever the accused Is physically ahle to make a defense, if he has one to offer, you should not hesitate. In my opinion, to direct that he be brought into court with a view to his speedy trial. Let the sheriff make ample preparations to the end that at this time the civil authorities may be sue tained even if it be necessary for him to swear Into duty every law-abiding citizen in the community capable of bearing arms. If it shall be shown that these are not sufficient, and we all know that the lawless in Evansville are an Insignificant minority, then back of them stand the militia, active and sedentaiy, of the entire state, and there shall be no delay or hesitation In sending so much of it as may be required to your support. In this connection I desire to commend the promptness with which Indictments have been returned against alleged participants tn the outbreak that resulted In the unfortunate events of July 8. The blood ot the victims of that tragedy is upon the heads of those who forced an Issue with the state to which they owed allegiance. The best guarantee of the future safety of life . sad property in Evansville will be the summary punishment of any and all fomentora of riot whose guilt it Is possible to certainly determine. Very respectfully yours. WINFIELD T. DURBIN. Governor of Indiana. All Quiet at Evansville. Evansville. Ind., July 11. —All Is quiet in this city today, and the off! clals do not anticipate any more serious trouble. People remain pretty well within their homes. -.nd there Is no excitement In Baptisttown, the negro suburb. There are no guards stationed there, all having been withdrawn. The wounded victims are doing well and may recover.

HONORS TO MITCHELL Miners' President Receives Great Ovation in Kansas. Pi‘trburg, Kan., July 11.—Some 20,000 persons participated in a labor demonstration in honor of President John Mitchell of the Unitea Mine Workers. Eight thousand coal miners with fifteen bands, paraded. Mr. I Mitchell responded to an address ot welcome by Mayor Price. The subjects to <e discussed by the inter-state convention at its session jk will bo opposition to injunction; the proposal of affiliating a coal hoiste-s’ | i union with the United Mine Workers of America; against boy labor in mines; opposition to building coal camps; favoring the selling of lots to | the miners, and in regard to the color line. President Mitchell says that there shall be no color line drawn except socially, and that the coal holsters’ union is not necessary as a side issue of the United Mine Workers of America. CURRENT SCORES What the Three Big Leagues Did Yesterday. NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Chicago, 7; Philadelphia. 4. At Cincinnati, 6; Boston, 5. At St. Louis, 4; New York. 3. At Pittsburg-Brooklyn—Rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Washington. 6; Detroit, 10. At Boston. 4; Chicago. 8. At New York. 3; St. Louis. 1. At Philadelphia. 1; Cleveland. 4. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. At St. Paul. 6; Kansas City. 10. At Minneapolis. 4; Milwaukee, 0. At Indianapolis, 8; Louisville, 3. Indian Woman Charged With Murder. Helena Mont, July 11.—Running Deer, a Sioux Indian woman, seventy years old, is in the Helena jail charged I with the murder of Kills Twice, a I Crow woman with whom she lived for | many years at the Pine Ridge agency. ‘ She plunged a knife into the stomach of Kilis Twice and at the same time slashed another squaw, seriously injuring her. Kills Twice died the following day. A Shocking Crime. Bloomington. 111., July 11.—The two-year-old daughter of Andrew Jordan, a teamster was stolen from his home : Thursday night. Yesterday the body was found in a mangled condition in Staut’s paature. two miles from Bloom ington The baby had first been choked to death and then mutilated No theory is advanced to account for the crime. MARKET QUOTATIONS Prevailing Current Prices for Grain, Provisions and Livestock. Indianapolis Grain and Livestock. Wheat—Wagon. TSc: No. 1 red. strong. 7t 40. Corn—Sirens: No. 1 mixed. 50e. Osts—Strong; No. 2 mixed. 39l 4 c. Cottle —Steady at H.e. >5.00. Hog*—Strung »t 15.25>a.50. Sheep—Steady at $2 Lamia—Steady al **(*».M. Grain and Provisions at Chicago. Opened Closed. Wheat— July . I .79'. Sept ?S4 I TBs .nig 1 Corn—- ' Joly 614 .‘l‘4 . Sept. 51’4 Dee ... .th* .51*. • I Oslo—- , Joly 404 404 I Sept. ;14’g .u . Dee IWi .554 Pork— I Jaiy ULt 14.r0 Sept . 15. M 14. M . [ Lard— Jnly T. 75 Ltr Sept 7.M LB* II Riba—i July s.so a. 15 , Sept *.»2 S.M t Cloalng ca»h market—Wheat. Sic; corn, , HHc; oat*. :«;pork. 114.70; lard, IMP; rib*, IHM > t Cincinnati Grain and Livestock. I Wheat—Firm; N<>. i red. SO. Corn—Steady; No. 1 mixed ll4c. Oats—Firm: No. 2 mixed 41*. 1 Cottle—Steady *i u.sug4.So. , Hog*— Active *II 25<>...'.0. - Sho*p—Steady al M*S.SO Lamb*—Active at 00. Chicago Livestock. o»<tl*-Bt*ady; ateers. Ctgi'. IO; Stockers a* 4 twd.ra. |K#s.so. Hoga—Steady at M.Oogl.SO, Sheap—Strong al IS 25 Olds-. , Lam ba— Stately at 15.50 NH.ou. Now York Livestock. Oatll*— Steady at 18.tH»4.3»H. i JT Hoge—Quiet at 15 75 *0.40. Bb**p— Firm at 11 25».*.?5 1 Lamba— Steady al M.0090.W. East Buffalo Livestock. Csttl*— Steady at 12.7 j [jpj ■oga—Active al ILU-iN*!. lj. < Sh**p—steady at l Ui Sti.co. • Lan be—Steady *IH. 1546.5*'

IT LOOKS LIKE W Russia and Japan Threaten Yet to Enter Upon Serious Clash. Recent Cleavage in Relations Between T ese Countries Causes Revival of Sanguinary Rumors. This Talk Is Considered More Porten tious Than at Any Time in Three Years. Pekin. July 11.—Advices from New Chwang regarding tne recent cleavage in the relations between Russia and Japan have caused a revival of the war talk, greater than at any time for three years. The recent sale of the British company to Russia has been taken to indicate a loss of confi dence by the foreign residents in the ability of the powers to resist Russia s absorption of the port industries. Since the departure of the Russian minister, M. Lessar. for the Port Arthur conference it nas been learned that the Chinese foreign office intend ed to have a representative at that meeting and was only deterred from accepting the invitation by the fear of alarming the other powers. Japans demand regarding the deficiency in the indemnity payment is taken as an indication that she is adopting a pol icy independent of her British alliance The Chinese foreign office is exert ing its utmost to exterminate the anti dynastic societies in the Yang Tse provinces. Five leaders of the move ment are now on trial for sedition in the foreign concession at Shanghai The government believes that this pro paganda is a grave menace to the throne. Three native Christians have been murdered at Ping Li Hsien, in the Shansi province. The Catholic priests have been escorted to Cheng Kou un der military protection. The foreign office declares that the murderers are not anti-Christian, but have their motive in robbery. REAL SUMMER WEATHER Is Responsible for Fine Tone of the Trade Review. New York, July 11.—Bradstreet's weekly review of trade today says: Weather conditions continue almost perfect the winter wheat crop har vest has about been completed with a considerably larger yield than last year; retail trade in summer goods i has improved, and re-orders from jobi bers are larger in volume. Confidence in a large fall trade grows as corn and cotton make up for their early backward start, clearings are in excess of a year ago at most centers, railroad earnings continue to show gains over all preceding years—the increase for June is fully 12 per cent—and prices display exceptional stead iness for a midsummer period. The prospect grows that whatever deficiencies from last year occur in crop yields will be made up for by increased quotations or better quality of prod i ucts. Wool has been again advanced. Retail trade has been stimulated by I real summer weather, and jobbers East and West note a much Improved re-order business in seasonable goods Editors Will Meet in St. Louis. Omaha, Neb.. July 11.—The closing session of the National Editorial association was brief and was occupied with the hearing of a report from the committee on resolutions and the se lection of a convention city for 1904 The treasurer’s report was read, show ing a substantial balance on hand. Although It had been tentatively decided a year ago that the convention should be held in St. Louis in 1904, it was necessary to formally ratify the decision, and that was done. Couldn't Stand the Pressure. St. Petersburg. July 11.—It j s an . nounced that the chief notary of Kishineff has committed suicide by shoot ing on account of the unfavorable re suit of the Inquiry concerning his participation In the recent Jewish niassa cres. The Russian minister of finance, who is at Kishincff. has ordered many arrests among the educated classes.

Old Saying Disproved. Springfield, Ohio, July n._Ty, gt lightning does strike twice in the same place was proved by the death of Maud Hawk. The house was struck and she began to remove clothing from th* building. Within four minutes a gec . ond stroke came and the bolt penetrated the closet In which she »** standing, killing her Instantly.

Valuable Contents Destroyed. Lafayette, Ind.. July 11.-The bam of the Purdue agricultural experlmen tai station was struck by lightning last night and destroyed. The con te..ta. consisting of various kinds of grain, seed, agricultural Implements and a number of thoroughbred cattle was burned. Danger of Loose Matches. Denver. Col.. July 11.-Mls, Marie Murphy of Pontiac, 111., stepped on a match In the street and It ignited her clothing. Several men ran to her assistance. but she was so severely burned before the flames were extingulahed that she may die.

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Accurate prices paid j’’’ ( merchants for various products. Cor rected every day. GRAIN. BT E. L. CARROL, GRAIN MERCHANT. . Oom, per cwt., (new) mixed I 631 Com. per cwt. yellow (new) - b&i Oats, new. m Wheat. No. 2 gal | Wheat. No. •> *a - - ■ Si Alsyke <6O $5 00 Buckwheat L Flax Seed CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1:15 p. m. today as follows: Wheat..l uiy ’ Wheat. September - Com, July ■ Cora, September - Corn. December Oats. July 4 i ' lats. September.. ;’J • Oats, December - — - Julv Fork '* * ' > Sept. Pork . 114 w | July Lard, per cwt _ . September Lard per cwt < - u j TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3:00 o’clock bv J. D. Hale, Decatur. Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, red, cash ? ''O I July wheat I Sept wheat. - -0. Cash corn, No. 2, mixed, cash 53| July corn - Mj Sept corn . . ('-I Corn. December 501 Oats. July . Al I Oats. Sept — - 35 Rye, cash - - 54 STOCK. BY FRED SCHEIMA.N, DEALER. ' Lambs 4 @ Hogs, per cwt 55 00 Cattle per lb — _3| K7 4| Cows 2 @ 3 Sheep, per lb. 2| @ 3 ( Beef Hides, per lb 6 POULTRY. i BY J. W. PLACE CO., PACKERS. : Chickens, young per lb. 10,(7 11 ! Fowls, per lb. <@oß i ! Ducks, per lb .’>.(/ 06 I Turkeys, per lb 9«j 10 i Geese, per lb O4tftOs

A Life Saving Order. Many years ago the American war- | ship Delaware came near foundering off the coast of Sardinia w hile luffing through a heavy squall during a morn- , , ing watch. The “unauthorized letting go of the tore sheet" alone saved the ship from going down with l.luo souls , on board. The first lieutenant, afterward Commodore Thomas W. Wyman, ) with difficult climbing succeeded in | ! reaching the quarter deck, where, I snatching the trumpet from the officer in charge, his first order, given in a ' voice heard distinctly fore and aft, ( was “Keep clear of the paint work!" Ibis command to hundreds of human beings packed in the lee scuppers like I sardines in a box instantly restored | them to order and prevented a panic, _'• they naturally feeling that if at sucn ’ a time, with a line of battle ship on her beam ends, clean paint work was of paramount importance their condition could not be a serious one. Orlsln ot “Canard." Here is a newspape- derivation of ( the word "canard." A canard means, In French, a duck; in English it has come to mean a hoax or fabricated ' newspaper story. Its origin is amusing. Many years ago a French journalist contributed to the French prong I sn experiment of which be declared himself to have been the author. Twenty ducks were placed together, and one of them, having been cut up into very small pieces, was glutton- ’ j nnsly gobbled up by the other nine- '• teen. Another bird was then sacrificed i for the remainder and so on until on* !. duck was left, which thus contained y in its inside tlie other nineteen! This the journalist ate. The story caught on and was copied into all the newspapers of Europe. And thug the “< auard H t became liumortalrtcd. p i

His Last Eire ption. Some time after the dosing hour of • large eastern bank which makes a •pwialty of the accounts of wealthy women an elegantly dressed woman Sri ,o opcu th * d°urtorßhall I let her | nr „ ked tb# juQl *|’" “?** * n * ,c *P tlo “ ln her ca»e. replied the te || w wh() mpresaed by ber appearance. •h< id" | d w * ° PM Rn ««ountberigneS “ ‘ h * te " W "For bow much, madam?” Th^’ , i r' , ‘ U, i OVe " answered Th?,. ’ lu “' ,e out 8 book for 175 Ite woman handed him 75 cents ti , . The pride that many unblemished persons affect In their ancestry Is so melancholy that they might as well be dend tbemaelves.-Bcboolmaster.

hay harket. No. 1 timothy bay (baled) i No 1 mixed hay (baled ® I No. 1 clover hay (bale,!* W I Loose hay 51.50 less. ’ -Mb WOOL AND HIDES. I BY B. KALVER s sox. K| Wool, unwashed.... v , Sheep pelts 4 W’to sl°J I ’ B**ef hides, per pound ■ :j Calf hides Tallow, per pound ■ ’ COAL. I Anthracite ... *- • ■ Domestic, nut ■ 2 4« ■ 1 Domestic, lump. H icking ," I t Domestic lump, Indiana ’ •; J■ '1 OIL HARKET. I T’.ona .. I Pennsylvania If Corning '''. 'i* 1 1 New Castle !(. ■ (5 North Lima I | South Lima ■ Indiana Whitehouse ■. Somerset I ■ Lacy " ' L ■■ Barkersville Ragland ’ B I OTHER PRODUCTS. I BY VARIOCS GROCERS iv v.. XTS Ki Egtfs, fresh, per doz < i, E I Lard 7 B itter. per pound . E I Potatoes, new S B I HARKET NOTES. I Liverpool market >p-:..- ;„ ’ I Wheat. J cent higher. ■ Corn, J cent lower. I ——‘ * EK “Are you having a p •-n-j::t time* I asked a lady of a little —at a fast I ionable children's party. E | ’ Delightful, thanks.'' I "And will your papa and mamai I ' come later?" El "Oh. dear, no; papa and taacima EJ I don't belong to the same <• t" I i Doe* It Himself. I “They say some blind [wople '■attic- I tually distinguish colors L;. the I i of touch." I “That's nothing; there ar* tima E when I feel blue myself." - Bjum I Commercial Bulletin. I

ANNUAL Niagara Falls I EXCURSION via Lake Erie & Western Ry. H Personally conducted I NIAGARA FALLS EXCURSION H in connection with the I Lake Shore & Michigan Southern lb. I Leave BLUFFTON 5:25 p. m I THURSDAY, AUG. 6. 1903 1 BATE. *6.50 ROUND TRIP. Tickets good returning on C. I • Line Steamer, Buffalo to Clevelanl I {desired. Also Sanduskj and L’’Jtm- I Bay. Side trips to I TORONTO, THOUSAND ISLANDS. ETC I For tickets, rates, time and pampb I let containing general ini rmaU'A I call on any ticket agent of the abow I route, or address I H. J. RHEIN. I General Passenger Agent. I Indianapolis. lod |

For Sale A phaeton in WD ' I dition. Inquire at this office. j Found Gent's watch chain charm. Call at Yager's furnituif store. 152-«* For sale Ladies’ high grade Kw> bier bicycle, in good repair Inquirw of C. E. Neptune. 144dtf Lost— A light buggy lap r " t * Finder will please return to <»”* Rosenthal and receive reward TAKE NOTICE. William Mersman desires the m>mediate return of all cases and b’ l ties, and those who have them W1 • please take notice and comply " ( the request Mrs. Kingsley—You sny y°” 1 1 ored servants better than " 1 , ' cause they are slower. H°" p Mrs. Bingo-It takes Hmm l' ,nk leave.—Towu nnd Country.