Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 157, Decatur, Adams County, 13 July 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. BVBRY EVENING, EXCEPT BUNDAY, BY LEW Gs . ELLINGHAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week lO<‘ 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 on application Entered in the postoffice at Decatur, Indiana. as second-class mail matter. J. H. HELLER. Manager. General Topics. The writer was approached the other day by a gentleman who asked a question something like this “Do not our climatic conditions and general surroundings mature the same savage instincts that were characteristic of the American Indian?” Hopeless, indeed would we be. if such were the case, but allowing the question, there is another cause, in comparison with which ' the effects of the first mentioned conditions are insignificent This morning from West Virginia came the dispatch telling of the horrible i massacre of a negro, this crime was dreadful, but his punishment was more so. this flesh was pierced with pins, knives, nails, his fingers and toes and tongue cut off, and his heart cut out of the living body. We have hud less awful examples of savagery nearer home. What is the cause? Is it frenzy, impulse, uncontrolable passion ? For the implusive murderer we say,“God forgive;” but for the torturer we can only shuudder and pray. ‘God have •mercy.’ There are three causes wnich contribute tohuman savagery. The first Is ignorance, the second is ignorance, and the third is ignorance. The remedy you all know is education, and whatever we shall be. the educated man will never descend to the level of the mob or vie with the savage in cruelty. Indifference orlethargy on the part of the officials may alleviate crime, but educate the people how to live. —not in the mateiral sense, but in the widest sense.—and savagery will cease. The function of education is to prepare us for complete Jiving, in what way to treat mind and body in what way to manage affairs, in what way to bring up a family or behave as a citizen. The educated man is a reasoner and consequently there is generally to some fundamental cause to justly his actions. The atrocities we hear of would never be committed were men taught to reason. As society is composed of ini vidua Is this becomes a quesiton of individual in-

PREPARED FOR AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN

Indianapolis. July 13. —The Democ ratio city convention is two week! away, but the candidates are just at active as if it was to be held tomor row. There never has been a time wht n the party was more enthusiastic i All the candidates seem to realize that there is a fine chance to be elected hence they arc- more eager for the nomination. Although this is a Re publican city, there is not going to b< any difficulty in getting out a strong Democratic ticket. While the candi dates are fighting it out among them ■elves. Chairman James L. Keach it making arrangements for the conven tion and getting together a strong or gnnlzation. Now life seems to have been infused all along the line, and the candidate selected for mayor wil have a good working force behind 1 him. The campaign will soon open and from all indications it will be de cidedly the warmest political fight it the history of the city. The decision of the executive com mittee of the National Association ol Manufacturers to establish a 11.500,00(1 defense fund with which to meet the labor organizations half way has re vived the talk about the walking dele gate and his mission. It has prompted the editor of the Mine Workers’ Jour nal here to write the following: "The' walking delegate of either a corpor I ation or a labor organization is but human and necessarily makes an occa •tonal mistake. The one strike 8 walking delegate orders Is the Imme diate cause for adverse criticism, bill the tM he prevents are never men tlonr.l. No senator, congressman, leg islator. aiderman. judge, governor oi mayor Is criticised, shunned and de •pined because he accepted s hrlbt from the walking delegate of a laboi organization, but if justice were done ' thousands of them would grace a pen Itentlary or adorn a jail because they! ’ were debauched by the walking dele 1 gates of predatory corporations >

terest. The success of every appliance depends upon the intelligence with which it is used. How then can we exyiect a jieople, unlearned in the system and working princii pals of your government, to always respect and obey that government? Show us a man ignorant of the natural conditions of society and we will show you one who places his individual wisdom above the legislators and statesman of all ages. Let us then, as individuals encourage a libreal education. We must come to recognize that is a duty, rather thana privilege; that is a disgrace to be without it rather than something to be ashamed of. We want to know everything that will help us understsand how our government was formed and organized, moral and physical duties. Then perhaps may Plato’s dream approach reality. RESOLUTIONS. Whereas, by accident, death came in almost an instant to our esteemed and beloved brother, Perry Springer, And whereas, we are again ■ taught that in the midst of lite we are in death: Therefore be it Resolved. That in the sudden unexpected death of our Brother, we are overwhelmed with grief at our loss, and mingle our tears with the loved ones, who, with us, least expected that the cords of life of our beloved brother should be so sudenly broken. Resolved further, That in the death of Perry Springer, Decatur ' Court. No. 156, Tribe of Ben Hur. has lost a true, honest hearted, noble member, whose aim was not to live for seif but for the good of others, who was a true a friend and who loved his court, his home and his fellow man for the good that he could do for them. Resolved further. That we extend our heartfelt sympathy to the grief stricken family in their great loss of this noble and loving husband and father. Resolved further. That our charter be draped in mourning fur thirty (lays, and that a copy of these resolutions be presented to the bereaved family, and that a copy be spread upon the minutes of this court. H. Harruff. A. Van Camp, J .C. Sutton, I Committee. Reduced Rates via Chicago Great I Western Railway. — |s.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, Hl.

larger and more co-rect view ’bf thlf walking delegate business would cause the adverse criticism to fall where il belongs and the representative of la bor would not suffer in the clearei light.” The annual session of the state board of tax commissioners began to day. Governor Durbin by virtue of hit office is president ex-officio. David Sherrick, auditor, and Daniel Storms secretary of state, are members be cause of their offices. The appointed members are John Wingate. Republican, and Parks M. Martin. Democrat Governor Durbin has always manifest ed a deep interest In the work of the tax board, and he has thus inspired the men he is associated with. The work will be especially Important this year, as the real estate is to be as sessed. it is probable that nearly |2O, 000,000 worth of property will be added to the tax duplicate, lu no other state is the taxing system so perfect as II la In Indiana This is due to the fact that perhaps no other state gives it the same attention and employs met who make it a close study. The board will be in session continuously untl the first of September. The organization of a negro bust . ness league for the primary object ol driving the "Jim crow” negroes out ol Indianapolis Is an Interesting depart ure in the present day of rapidly de veloplng race prejudice In Indiana The leaders of the negro race probablj have a better idea concerning thli prejudice than most of the whites hence the organization of a league tc drive out the bad negroes here Is not surprising The league proposes tc hunt down the negroes who won’t work and report them to the police so they can be driven out of town The police here will welcome any cooperation. as the negro problem harbeen one of the banes of their exist

SIGNS ARE GOOD Pope's Condition Shows Great Improvement Over a Week Ago. i The Doctors Are Not Apprehensive of « Renewal of the Dangerous Pleurlc Secretion. Hopes for Recovery From the Present Attack Are Now Being Entertained. Rome. July 13. —The condition of the pope remains about stationary. He slept at Intervals last night, but was not entirely tranquil. His sleep was apparently refreshing, however, and his physicians. I.apponl and Marroni, find his condition today far more «nI DBS. LArrONI ATO MAZZOXI. • couraglng than it was a week ago. For the first time he does not feel any ill effects from his reclining position, and the doctors construe this to mean tha* there is no renewal of the pleuric secretion which previously, when the patient was reclining, pressed against the lung. Last night Dr. Lapponl made the following characteristic statement in answer to the question if he believed that the improvement in the pope's condition could continue: “1 believe that if the improvement lasts until July 21 we may not perhaps achieve ar. absolute cure, but we will secure such a general state of health in the patient as will allay our anxiety.” Sunday morning the pontiff participated in the celebration of mass. The ceremony was held in the chapel adjoining the sick chamber. Mgr. Marzoni being the celebrant. The door connecting the sick-room with the chapel was opened so that his holiness might follow the service. Sunday morning found the pontiff with spirits bright and the conditions generally Improved. At 8:20 a. m. the physicians issued the most encouraging official bulletin thus far given. Besides summarizing the satisfactory pathological conditions, the doctors gave the cheering tidings that the pontiff's condition had manifestly improved. The pulse, which west down Saturday to 82. had risen to 85. while the tempera ture and respiration showed no abnormal characteristics. During the afternon the pope felt strong enough to get up. He rose, dressed himself alone in white and went to sit in his usual armchair, where he remained for some > time. Then the windows were opened for a change of air, the sun streaming in. together with a light, refreshing breeze from the Mediterranean. Late in the afternoon ne received four of the cardinals. The pope showed his usual brightness and lucidity of mind, and spoke to each without showing any perceptible tatigue. A STRIKING SCENE — Remarkable Union of Prayer In St Peter’s for the Pepe. Rome. July 13. —There was a strlk1 Ing scene within St. Peter's last night. In the midst of the vespers the Ger- > man students, all in scarlet cassocks, entered the cathedral. Behind them ■ came German friars in rough haircloth 1 cassocks, and then German nuns in conventional black and white. These formed a procession and. kneeling : first at one altar and then at another, prayed aloud and in silence for Pope . i 1 r J -n h i 1 if 9 .’M . i’l l : 3k - * DWi // // v 'A UTiaioK st. ryrra'a bomb. U Lao. The congregation Joined In the I procession until the basilica was half I I circled by a moving mass of color, and | when St. Peter's tomb was reached > many hundreds followed the picture of ■ the Saviour held aloft oy a statuesque I monk. On one side of the brass rails i which guard the entrance to the tomb knelt the nuns. Opposite, three deep, were the shorn heads of the friars. 1 while In the center knelt the young students, their scarlet cassucks makI Inga blaze of color which stretched far down the dimly lighted nave. For nearly an hour no move or soued came from these supplicants for divine Interposition. save every few seconds the hoarse, monotonous cry. "Ora pre Nobis.” The dirgelike cadence of thr

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guttural German voices quite drowned the Italian choir, which still sang the vespers from a neighboring altar. The rosary over, the Germans filed out their heads still bent in prayer. DIDN'T SEE FLAGMAN Missouri Pacific Fast Mail Dashes Intc Excursion Train. Kansas City, Mo.. July 13. —A Mis sourl Pacific fast mail train crashed Into a southbound Sunday excursion train that had become stalled at "Dead .Man's Curve" between Little Blue and Lees' Summit. Three tramps were killed and four trainmen and fifty ne groes on the excursion train were in Jured. Most of the Injuries consisted of cuts and bruises. None of the passengers of the fact mall was hurt. Only the locomotive, a baggage car and a mail car on the fast mail left the track. The locomotive on the excursion train, which consisted of twelve well filled coaches, broke down. While repairs were making, two flagmen were sent ahead to stop the fast mail, which was about due. The engineer on the mall train failed to see the foremost flagman and. it is said, slackened up only when warned by the second man who was within a short distance of the excursion train. The fast mail was running at a high rate of speed, and It was impossible to come to a full stop. When the fast mail struck it was making only fifteen miles an hour. The compact damaged the locotno tive and baggage car of the excursion train and ditched the locomotive, a baggage and a mail car of the mail train. Most of the injured were in the baggage car on the excursion train. This car. which had been turn ed into a refreshment car. contained about fifty persons, mostly negroes when the crash occurred. These rotrrymakers were tumbled into a groan ing mass, cut, bruised and maimed All will recover. TERRIBLE VENGEANCE Outraged Father Slays His Son-in-Law I On Operating Table. Bluffton. Ind.. July 13.—Weils coun ty is wild with excitement over the terrible revenge that John Terrill, one of the wealthiest oil men and farmers in this par> of the state, took early Sunday evening on Melvin Wolf, the recreant husband of his daughter. As ter emptying noth barrels of his shot gun in Wolf's right leg Sunday after noon. Terrill followed his victim tc Petroleum, a little town near this cityfound his way to the office of the doc tor that was amputating Wolf's leg burst open the door of the operating room and fired charges from both bar rels of the shotgun in Wolf's head ae he lay stretched on the operating table. Terrill was arrested. He made nc resistance. He was lodged in Ja'l charged with murder. The authorities of this city have taken every precau tlon against mob violence, and none is apprehended. Although Terrill's crime was ferocious in nature, there is more or less sympathy with him and it Is recognized that he was goad ed by the dead man almost past the point of human endurance by Wolfe studied slights and insults to his wife The skull of the bull musk ox Is remarkable for the development of the eye orbits, which project sufficiently beyond the plane of the frontal bones to compensate for the Interruption the horns would otherwise make In the range of vision. The musk ox. how ever, doos not seem to rely greatly on keenness of right, far less on acuteness of hearing, for the ears are of sm u P dimension* mid are completely covered by the heavy growth of fur nlx>u» tl’etn. The organs of scent are evident ly more highly developed, and they ex act of tl.e hunter Ills greatest cunning.

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An Idaho Preacher’s Prediction. Denver, Col.. July ig—The local put pits were occupied Sunday by visiting clergymen, delegates to the Christian Endeavor convention. Rev. A K Wright of Boise. Idaho, created a sen sation at a meeting at Trinity church by denouncing Mormonism and declar Ing that the present political leaders of Idaho, Utah and some other states had formed alliances with the Mormon church He predicted that there would soon be seen ten Mormons in tbs United States senate. Junction City, Kan.. July 13 - -Gil bert Mullins, leader of the Ft. Leaven worth mutiny in November, isnj w p o escaped from the county jail here Sat. urday with three others, was re aptur ed Sunday. Erry la July 13.-Frightened be *** “ re ,0 hl » other s „‘. rn .For l er Carpenter, Jr„ five years . Abou , '*{Iln 1 ln ,hH hay mow of the b an< l was consumed the’/ '' >a'he „ /j u~ he£y ', > Ju,y ’’“During . henry a. < rstorm which passed Ch* r i th *t D °” h part of ,hlg county Charles Lewis, farmer, was struck by lightning and instantly killed.

MANMOTH UNLOADING SALE 300 HATS BELOW COST DURING JULY Burdg Millinery Store ROY ARCHBOLD, DENTIST. I. O. O. F. BLOCK. Phone - 1 °®c*. IM. ne i Heeideooe M. For Sale- Owing to poor heaith I will sell my store and property s' Magley, Indiana, or trade same (or farm or town properry. Au yon* wanting to go into buaineaa would do well to come and investigate anme cr write Robert Cane," Maglev, Indian* <l.’»wsotf The Light That Failed. Mrs. A.—When I was engaged to mj hnsbniid. he was the very light ot my existence. Miss b.— And now— Mrs. ,\.- The light goes out every night.—Brooklyn Lite.