Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 159, Decatur, Adams County, 15 July 1903 — Page 4

OUR LITTLE ALMANAC. Weatb?r Forecast and Doings of the Sun and Moon. Sun. Moon Rises 1 11 Sets <:3O ; Rixes 10.32 am. Indiana —Fair; Thursday showers. Country Correspondence. Berne. Sheriff Butler was in town’ Tuesday on business. Amos Hirschey and Earl Shally spent Sunday in Toledo. Jake Neuenschwander the barber spent Sunday at D*e itur with his family. Wm. B ile of Warren, Penn., was circulating among his here Monday. The oil well on th.' (lisirge Becker farm just across the Ohio line is surely a daisy. Your representative i had quite a talk with John Becker, | brother of George Bia-ker and he, tells us chat it makes from 600 to 700 barrels every 24 hour.-., the tease of 400 acres belong to the Darby Oil Company and th.' Standrad Oil Company are trying to purchase 1 the lease 1 . They have so far offered , $35,000 for the lease but the Dvr >y asks $50,000 for th 1 same, and a e not very anxious to sell at that price. The good well is centrally located on their leases and more good wells are almost a certainty and besides this good well, there are more good wells in this vicinity. Trouble Ahead for Pasco. Glens Falls. N. Y. July 15—Sam Pasco was arraigned In Warren conn ty court at Lake George charged with setting no less than twenty forest fires These are alleged to have been started faring ths conflagrations of early June. Pasco is also charged with stealing timber, with assault In ths j first degree and with burglary in the third degree. Pasco is a man of enor mous physical strength, over six feet is height, a dead shot and a typical mountaineer He pleaded not guilty” ; and asked that counsel be assigned tc defend him. Moat House Murderer Hanged. ¶ London, July 15.— Samuel Herbert Dougal, the perpetrator of the Moat House murder, who was convicted at the Chelmsford assises June 3 of the killing of Miss Camile Cecile Holland at Saffron-Walden, Essex, and senfenced to death, was hanged at the Chelmsford jail after making a full confession of his crime. “Reform” Party Expects Thing*. Denver. Col.. July 15.—leaders of the reform party movement by which It is hoped to combine the Populists, Plmetallists. Modern Socialists and others Into a national organization, say there will be large attendance of ro’ables at "he Denver conference to be held July 27. A Georgia Incident Savannah. Ga July 15. —Armed farmers who had been on a man hunt appeared in Savannah on their way home. They said they had caught Ed Claus, a negro charged with an assault on a Miss Johnson at Darien Junction, and had lynched him near Eastman. Serious Affray Between Brothers, English. Ind.. July 15.—During a fight between brothers. Henry Berkley was stabbed in the back by John Berkley, who avoided arrest by flight.

I GO WEST! 100,000 Acres for Sole in Nebraska, N. Dakota, Montana and Washington. Adapted to general farming, fruit growing and grazing. IMPROVED and UNIMPROVED. Healthy climate; convenient to schools and churches. EXCEL f LENT RAILROAD FACILITIES and good market* Low rate railroad fare to prospective purchasers, either one way or round trip. I also have a few rare bargains in ILLINOIS FARMS. For further information call on or address r. M. Schirmever I DECATUR, INDIANA.

HAS ’EM GUESSING Cantrell. “King of tho Ghouls,” Leads Indianapolis Police a Chase. Mysterious Givings Out on the Part of This Modern Monster Regard- . ir.g Recent Crimes. - ‘ To Secure Immunity Cantrell Promises To Tell All Sorts of Things. Indianapolis, July 15.—Rufus Cantrell, “king of the ghouls." one of the I most wonderful criminals the police of Indianapolis has ever dealt with, again has the city guessing about the details of a horrible crime. Just now he Is here, having been brought from the reformatory at Jeffersonville to testify In the trial of a member of his gang j of grave robbers. He has promised tc tell all he knows about the mysterious disappearance of Carrie Selvage, an Indianapolis school teacher, three l years ago. and he has led a party, in eluding the missing girl's brother, to a graveyard in Hamilton county where he says she was buried after being murdered. He also hints that he can tell all about several other mur der mysteries, but with the cunning ot his kind he wants to be assured ot immunity and of release from the reformatory before he gives up what he knows. Cantrell is a giant in size and withal is a good-looking negro, but he is undoubtedly one of the greatest criminals in the history of the state. He is talking now of writing a book giving a detailed account of his horrible crimes. ESCAPED FROM THE SHERIFF Young Man of Wingate Badly Wanted for Forgery. Wingate. Ind.. July 15. —Charles Ros non Fuller of this place is accused ot forging three notes amounting to $535 each, with the names of his brother. Otis Fuller, and his father. George Ful ler. attached thereto as surety and one - foe $135. signed by himself, with th* name of Jacob Fulwlder fraudulently attached as surety Fuller was arrest ed by Sheriff Scott Steele, but while the sheriff was in a store purchasing a cigar Fuller jumped from the buggy and made hl* escape. Victims of * Plot La Porte Ind.. July 15.—Further de tails of the poisoning of the Roman Tetzloff family at Burdick show that while all the family were alarmingly prostrated for hours, there were no deaths. Examination disclose* that the tank, supplied by a windmill pump, from which the family drew its water supply, has been poisoned, and Mr. i Tetzloff la confident that there was * deliberate plot to kill himself and hie wife, son and grandson An analysis ia being made to determine the char i *<■ ter of the poison. Charged With Criminal Assault. South Bend, Ind.. July 15. —James Haucan and Thomas Balks, youth* employed in a cigar factory, are al legnd to have drugged Hedwig* Raj* ka. fifteen year* old. employed In the sama factory, after which they criminally assaulted her. Logansport—Ernest West twenty years old. la under arrest charged with criminally assaulting Nettle Frick, six tern years old. whom he overpowered in a blackberry patch.

A PLUCKY SHERIFF New York Officer Prevents a Lynching at Coxsackie. Albany, N. Y„ July 15. —The quick wit of a deputy sheriff at Coxsackie yesterday afternoon prevented the lynching of James Little, a nineteen year-old negro hailing from Summerhurst. N. J . who near Baltimore criminally assaulted Emma Cole, eleven , years old. daughter of Joseph Cole, a farmer living one mile back of New Baltimore. The negro escaped after threatening the child with death. Two other children had given the alarm and Mr. Cole and neighbors met the child coming home, and at once organized a party to scour the woods A description of the negro was sent to nearby towns, ami an hour later he was captured on the railroad track near Coxsackie by Roy Cutter. He confessed the assault and was locked up. In the meanwhile news of the capture reached New Baltimore and a mob of 150 enraged farmers started for Coxsackie, augmented by a large number of striking Coxsackie molders and river men. all vowing their intention to lynch the negro. Deputy Sheriff Sumner Vanl.oon. realizing that the coming of darkness would mean the breaking of the flimsy lock-up and the violent death of his prisoner, smuggled the negro out and took him down the river on the boat to Catskill, where there is a well-built jail. The Cole child is seriously injured, but may recover. Her father and the neighboring farmers are in a terrible state of excitement, and but for the deputy's quick action would certainly have lynched the negro. CURRENT SCORES What the Three Big Leagues Did Yesterday. NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Chicago, 2; Brooklyn, 1. At St. Louis, 4; Philadelphia. 5. At Cincinnati. 3; New York, 10. At Pittsburg-Boston—Rain AMERICAN LEAGUE. At New York. 5; Detroit. 4. At Washington. 2; St. Louis. 4. At Boston, 3: Cleveland. 4. At Philadelphia. 2; Chicago, 0. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. At Milwaukee, 0; Louisville. 6. Second game, Milwaukee. 1; Louisville, 5. At St. Paul, 8; Toledo, 2. At Kansas City. 5; Indianapolis, 4. At Minneapolis. 1; columbus, 2. Charged With Wife'* Murder. Greencastle, Ind.. July 15.—Henry M. Seward has been srrested. charged with the murder of his wife. The trial of the case will occur In the September term of the Putnam circuit court, and will be the most sensational affair ! Putnam county has ever had. Prosecution May Be Light Elwood. Ind . July 15.—Charlee Ring, j who shot hi* wife in a fit of jealous rage ba* been released on small bond, and. ** the woman Is convalescing ths prosecution tnav be light Bank Suspend* Payment. Caro. Mich.. July 15. —The Exchange Bank of Caro of which Charles Montague Is pres dent uas suspended payment. Mr. Montague has been reputed to be the wealthiest man in thia district. A 'I Hearty Sneeze. Ky„ July 15.—While sitting on his porch last night Pugh B Btultx, a carixnter, sneezed so vioieatI ly that he fractured a rib in his left side. MARKET QUOTATIONS Prevailing Current Prices for Grain, Provision* and Livestock. Indianapolis Grain and Livestock. Wheal—W **~□. tie; No. t red. strung. Cvrn—Strong; No. 1 mixed. .'Xll**. Oat* —Strong; No. 1 mixed, 39e. Canto—Steady *i tl.s. *5.00. Hoge—Strong *1 *3 2« *A 13. Sheep—Steady SC 3'l 50 <*3.30. lamb*—Steady si 3-*i. Grain and Provision* at Chicago. Opened. Closed. Wheat— July t .r*K Dee ;«'* .;*?> Cora— I July «*•* Sept >O3. Dee K) l»X Oaaa— J«ly Si x>* 4 Sept 4*'g lit* ; Deo Sts -s*S Per* — Jaiy 1110 11.0* Sep* . lt.ao USo Tard—- ' July Ml ?.« sept. *.*: t.*r Bl ba— July xl* t» Sept A*> S.M Closing cash market— Wheat, :*e; corn. Me; oat*. It; pork. tILN; card, »:«; rib. MIA Cincinnati Grain and Livestock. Wheat—Finn. No. 1 red. :(t*. Cera—Steady; No. t mixed Jlo. Oats—Pin*; No. 1 mixed M‘*o. Callie— Steady at ii.tugt.a*. Boga-Aodre at Sheep—Steady at I* ad U i-lanaa-Acttv* sc logr, .<*. Chicago Livestock. Cattle-Steady; iMn. HcgO-d); uoetem and feeders *»(*< P>. Hag*—Steady st Sheep—Strong el 13 logt.ot.. Laaha-Stesdy st It ioxi.tu. New York Llveatock. Osttle— Steady at Hos a—Qmet *1 U.G «. P Sheep-Firm si 15.14*1.00. Lambs—Hl<elf »l l-.OO®#.:*. East Buffalo Livestock. Cattle— Steady at Hogs-Active el t' - i» » Sheep—Ntesily at 1'1.3. *1.50. Lambs—Steady at |i..'s*t.*X

MM CHARGE Postoffice Department Concerned About Some New Developments. Charges Against Assistant Superintendent of Railway Mail Service Being Looked Into. George Christiancy's Case Is Alse Again Under Discussion by Department. Washington. July 15.--The postofflcei i Inspectors are investigating charges > : made against John M. Masten. now assistant superintendent of the rail way mail service and formerly chief clerk of the first assistant postmaster general's office. A man named Terry now in the government service, has made an affidavit before the inspectors alleging that Masten. while chief clerk to the first assistant postmaster gen eral. proposed that Terry pay him s’> down and 38 or $lO a month to secure reinstatement in a former position in Masten’s bureau. Terry charges that he was originally a S6OO employe in I the dead-letter office, that he was re moved under an order of Masten and put Into the city postoffice, that he pro tested and finally that Masten sug gested hls getting an outside patty, a close friend of Masten and a former employe of the postal sen ice, to help ; him. The affidavit alleges that Mas i ten gave Terry assurance that if he ( paid the amount mentioned he could I get back: that he went to Masten's house about the matter, but did mt pay the money. Terry charges that i subsequently he made an affidavit mak ing these charges, and handed it tc Masten to present to First Assistant Postmaster General Johnson, and that the affidavit did not reach Johnson According to the charges Masten subsequently was asked by Terry for the affidavit and refused to return it and ■ Terry thereupon placed the Informa tion before the civil service commission, who took up the matter with the president. The federal grand jury in this city ! is considering several important post office cases which are expected tc prove of widespread interest. Postmaster General Payne says that he ex i I pects there will be some important i news during bis absence on his trip along the coast, and that he expected the grand jury would furnish some in terming developments There is no definite information available as to the identity of the cases, but the jury has been working on them for some time The resignation of George A. C. Chrtstlancy. who was given a leave of absence as law clerk of the depart ment shortly after the sensational j rifling of the assistant attorney gen ! eral * safe by Mr* Tyner, has been I under discussion at the department but there will be no final action before Postmaster General Payne s return to the city. Mr. Payne expects to be away most of the month of August The report of the inspectors tn the case of the General Manifolding com pany of Franklin. Pa . which employ! a son of William Landvotgt, formerly chief of the registry division, with which the company had dealing*. »nd now chief ot the classification division has not yet been submitted to the post master general. GARDENER HAS CONFESSED Man Who Was the Cause of the Mas •acre at Kishineff. Kishineff, Russia. July 15.—Th» murderer of the boy Doubassarv whose death was charged to the Jew? and which was the Immediate cause of the massacre, has been discovered He Is a gardener and has confessed that ha and the boy's uncle committed the ; crime. The new governor of Klshf nuff. Prince Uruzoff. has exchanged visits with the leading Jews of this . city. Long Chase Ended. Wilkesbarre, Pa.. July 15.—District i j Attorney Jones was notified by cable yesterday that Camilla De Lucia, want ad here on a charge of murder com mfttad two years ago, is under arrest | tn Italy. DeLucia twice crossed tl)( , ocean to escape arrest. He is accused | of killing Joseph Bott, hls rival for I th* love of Carmen Solana. Ireland Will Welcome Edward, Dublin. July 45. —The revoking of the crimes act, coming on the eve o t King Edward's visit to Ireland give, great satisfaction Both here *nd In Belfatt elaborate preparations are be Ing actively pwvmeded with Lu decorate and illuminate the cities. The king Is certain to have a most enthusi aetlc welcome. Will Make Another Effort. Hanna Wyo.. July 15.—Fifty expert miners have arrived here from Rock Springs and others are en route from Diamondville, Cumberland and Sprtn* Valley. They will make a last effort tc extinguish the flame* and reach the bodies of the victim* of the disaster ol June 30. Fatil Nebraska Tornado. Cozad. Neb.. July 15.—A tornadc passed eight miles north of here, k|]| Ing one person ami injuring three other*.

THE MARKETS I .

Accurate price* paid !’' merchants for various products. Cor | reeled every day. GRAIN. BY E. L. CARROL, GRAIN MERCHANT. Corn, per cwt., (new) mixed $ 611 Corn, per cwt, yellow (new) — I Oats, new '-n | Wheat, No. 2 I, I Wheat. No. 3 4 ' Rye (0 FterarSeed ' S”. r.»o Buckwheat I Flax Seed CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1:15p.m. today as follows: I Wheat.-lulv * __ Wheat. September •' Wheat. December - ' - Corn. July Corn, September Corn. December ~ | Oats. July "j ‘ lats. September '" j Oats. Dtx'etnber — . '.’ s Julv Port » ] J Sept. Pork I Julv Lard, per cwt - j-j I September Lard per cwt , hi TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3:00 I o’clock by J. D. Hale, Decatur. Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2. red, cash I ' July wheat Sept "u -it. ' December wheat ' Cash corn. No. 2, mixed, cash 52 J uly corn . Sept corn ; Corn. DecemExjr nus. Cash 40 1 Oats, July - 40 Oats, Sept — 34 I Oats, December -’HI Rye, cash - - 63 , STOCK. I BY FRED SCHEIMAN, DEALER. Lambs — . 4 (p 41 Hogs, per cwt -So 00 1 Cattle per lb -. ..... ....31 irt 4| Calves, per lb. 4J u 5 ; Cows 2 @ | Sheep, per lb. $ Beef Hides, per lb 6 POVLTtO. BY J. w. PLACE CO., PACKERS. Chickens, young per lb. lOfrll I Fowls, per lb. . ’ u 08 I Ducks, per lb Os, 'I Turkeys, per lb. _ . ILt 10 ' i Geeee, per lb. 04i(7 05 I

NOTICE TO ELECTRIC LIGHT CONSUMERS. I I 1 The ordinance of the City , controling the use of electric lights has a penal section, ' providing for imposing a fine i for 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 I make any change of lights, or ' wires, or appliances, or connections herewith without i written permission from the ■ superintendant of the Light- : ing plant, as such persons i will certainly be prosecuted,, for such violation of the ordinance. i H. C. STETLER. Chairman, Electric i Light Committee. I • r r. * ff *' r * at Evansville. Bvansvilie. Ind . j, lly 15 ._ Th , '"-.io. for.ev I*. 1 the riot, of !*. Zs tht.' PX T ted t 0 • d)ourfl th * h.r. IL2 W,>ek No S 7 *" the ar . «• ■■“ for a.v 9r al days rerdlet Watchmsn #loww Fra __ n . York. July c them Into a big too|-bo« .t hrowln * . "war T * I ware dyn.mit. .ticks inlST’ «<! that th. eonr-uwioj ,h . e bo ’ tool« exploded th. stick., avy Strike Practically a.Mi.u I Providence r i y ‘ "f the mule iplnn J ; r ' y 15 Th. i -"■m.

HAY HARKET. No. I timothy hay (baled) No 1 mixed hay (baled) No. 1 clover hay (baled) Loose hav $1.50 lees WOOL AND HIDES. BY B. KALVER A SUN. Wool, unwashed Sheep pelts Bt>ef hides, per pound Calf hides " ” Tallow, per pound ~ Ui t COAL. Anthracite j . „ Domestic, nut ~ .J* Domestic, lump, Hocking Domestic lump, Indiana OIL n.ARKET. Tiona j].. Pennsylvania Corning 1* New Castle 131 North Lima South Lima Indiana j™ | Whitehouse : Somerset « Lacy ~ Barkersville Ragland ’’ OTHER PRODICTS. FY VARIOUS GROCERS AND MEKHASTg. Eggs, fresh, per doz < y ■ Lan! w I Butter, per pound |24y Potatoes, new MARKET NOTES. Liverpool market openeii asfoliow* Wheat. cent lower. Corn, J cent lower. Tb« Are*rleM “cake walk" haa bold in Faria. Gen. Hernan ha* bean appointed :an minuter at Waahtngtun The Worth Atlantic battle fleet han left Aroma for the Maine eoael to prepare for eomtof maneurm. r. S. Minuter Coager hae arrived at < hwanr whore he will make a iirwl cation of the eituatton. Fmeidmt ftnoahewK ia tfelffhte** >»*r tbeaer e.«eaof the Amwriean nAemen a the Palma trophy m Kn<land. Wot for yearw hae the Fonrieenth ,»f lily. it« French national fete, been <o <ai v « ba 1 wm bv the PaneianiThea » Samuel Herbert Dongal, perpetrator of the Moat House murder. was hanged in London Tuesday. He confessed his crime on the gallows.

ANNUAL Niagara Falls EXCURSION via Lake Erie & Western Ry. Personally conducted NIAGARA FALLS EXCURSIOI in connection with the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern l» Leave BLUFFTON 5:25 p m THURSDAY, AUG. 6,1903 RATE. SO.SO ROUND TRIP. Tickets good returning on C. A B. Line Steamer, Buffalo to Cleveland, i. deaired. Alao Sandusky and Pulin' | Bay. Side trips to TORONTO, THOUSAND ISLANDS, ETC. For tickets, rates, time and paraphlet containing general int ruiaiwu. call on anr ticket agent of the atx>r» route, or address H.J. RHEIN, General Passenger Agent. Indianapolis. Ind. at Woonsocket and Manville is pr*c tlcally settled and the employes wM have been out of work for elxt’''** weeks, are seemingly non* th. '•r <»« Ost Wife Through Occultn"Ooshen. Ind.. July 15.—William F'** fit of this city and Cora Hatch of B llngton. Vt.. were married »t I bridge. Maas., after three hours' * quaint anew. Partlt I. wealthy « was recently divorced The IW ® rlage was the result of his bell*f oei tri. sclewce. and waa brought » through the mediation of hl. •#*_ law. Allen Connell of Boatoa. who la a professor of occult .rlrnc* Two Boy. Ole From Lockjaw, , Connersville. Ind.. July IS Piper, an eleven year old l.'l wh " M verely Injured hi. left les " n f Fourth of July by the expl<* lon ° blank cartridge, waa * lockjaw, which resulted In hie . South Bend. Ind.. July 1* F ' r Kabrick, twelve year. old. 1“ , lockjaw, due to a .light Injury °» ' Fourth of July.