Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 162, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. KVIHY EVENING. BXCXPT SUNDAY. BY LEW Gi . EUUINQHAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By carrier, per week. 1O« By carrier, per year $4 00 By mall, per month 25'* By mall, per year $2.50 Single copies. Two Cents. Advertising rates made known on application Entered In the postofflce at Decatur. Indiana. as second-class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. » General *• Topics. A prominent physician says: Is the plan of building a hospital here a feasible one? I think so. Os course, as with everything else, there would be objections. The principal one is the additional expense. But when we reason the matter, is it not really a saving of money. Consider the number ofi patients from this city taken each month to foreign hospitals. But you say would not many of these he taken out of town if we had a , hospital? Well do not many buy their goods out of the city? Should we therefore have no up to date stores? No there will always lx* people for whom home articles will not be good enough. A hospital here may not be self sustaining at first but soon patients would be brought in from surrounding cities | where they could be near relatives and friends. Many invalids are now living on their townships. These could be placed in a hospital at the expense of the townships. All necessary appliances could easily be placed here and first-class service guaranteed. Personally, I am optimistic concerning the movement, | and think a goodly sum can be obtained by subscription. W. G. Spencer is wiring the Joe Tonnelier and P. G Hooper resi dences. Coffee’s Owls and Snyder’s All Sluggers, two amateur base ball teams of this city will meet in the fifth game of the series tomorrow afternoon. All Rathbone Sisters are requested to meet at the hall Saturday evening at 7:30 to make arrangements to entertain the lodge Monday evening. Martha Fox, a fast running horse, belonging to James Haviland, of Geneva, did not race at Vanßuren yesterday, as she showed up lame in a work out the day before. Mrs. Carrie Sutherland went to Marion Indiana this noon where she will make a few days visit with friends and relatives. C. S. Cunningham of Indianapolis arrived in this city today to be the guest of Miss Pearl David

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DUMPED A LOAD. How Indianapolis Republicans Lighten a Doubtful Ticket Indianapolis. July 18.—The sudden i withdrawal of Charles N. Elliott as a I candidate for re-election as city clerk on the Republican ticket has caused a heap of speculation and gossip. Was Elliott forced oft the ticket? What effect will his withdrawal have? Did he withdraw of his own accord? These are the questions that are on the lips of nearly every politician In town regardless of party. Elliott was person- . ally one of the most popular of the I Republican nominees. He is chairman of the county committee and one of the best-known politicians in town. When Bookwaiter was defeated four | years ago Elliott was also beaten, but he ran ahead of the ticket. He was renominated by acclamation at the recent city convention, but now comes the cry that he resigned at the request of the bosses of the Republican organization, who feared that the charges that he had not handled his office properly would injure the ticket if he continued as a candidate. There is probably some truth in this, as Elliott would no doubt have been a load to carry, although a majority oi the people do not believe that he intentionally committed a wrong. But be that as it may. his withdrawal Is the most intenwtfpg thing the politicians have had to talk about for some time, and they are apparently undecided whether or not he quit of his own accord or whether or not he has helped his party any. BRIEF DISPATCHES Remedial financial legislation is the subject which just now engrosses President Roosevelt’s attention. The Russian government refuses to accept the American petition in the matter of the Kistcheneff incident. Business failures in the United States for the ; week number *73. against 154 last week, 174 in the like week of 1902. Secretary Hay has left Washington for his home on l ake Sunapee, New Hampshire, where I he will remain until autumn. General 3. M. B. Young has been promoted to be lieutenant-general of the army vice Gen. THE FUNERAL. Arrangements for Services for Mrs. Sefjur. The funeral services of Mrs. Hur-, vey Segur will be held from the Christian church. Monday morning i at ten o'clock. Rev. Austin Hunter of Indianapolis will officiate. The ; remains may be viewed by friends, so desiring, Sunday afternoon from i two to four o’clock, and Sunday' evening from seven to nine o’clock. Miss Myrtle Good, of Elkhart is expected to arrive in this city this evening to be the guest of her moth-I er. Attorney King of the SpringfieldFort Wayne traction line left last evening for his home where he will confer with the board of directors. He will return Wednesday, with detailed information concerning the the new power house, the number of men to be employed and other particular information. The proposition so far is congenial to both parties, it is highly prolmble that the necessary bonus will be raised.

OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION. ! Mayor of Chicago Warns Rioters to Beware. Chicago, July 18. —The riotous con--1 duct of the strikers of the Kellogg 1 Switchboard Company and their sym- ‘ pathizers during the last four days, impelled Mayor Harrison to issue a proclamation last night urging all peoI pie to remain away from the scene of . the trouble and calling on the rioters i to cease from their work. The proclamation insists that all ■ people must refrain from gathering In ' crowds around the Kellogg plant and ' declares that all persons who do this, or in any other way interferes with ' the work of the police by forming a blockade will be promptly arrested and i punished. A mix-up occurred at Taylor street and Hermitage avenue. A large crowd of men and boys, pursuing a wagon load of freight sent out by the Kellogg ' company, finding themselves distanced by the speed of the wagon, boarded a Taylor street car and ordered the motorntan to take them in pursuit of the wagon. None of them would pay fares and the street car men refused to move the car until fares were paid. This angered the crowd and abandoning their pursuit of the wagon, which was by this time out of reach, they turned their attention to the street car. They bombarded it with stones until there was not a pane of glass left in it and the motorman and conductor narrowly escaped injury. They would , in all probability hare been hurt had not a squad of policemen arrived in time to offer them protection. LEFT THE CITY. Foreign Residents at Ciudad Bolivar Seek American Protection. Soledad, Venezuela. July 18.—Notwithstanding that the armistice has terminated, no engagement between the government forces and the rebels has taken place up to the present hour. General Gomez has completed the investment of Ciudad Bolivar, and none can now leave the city. Lieutenant Commander Culver, commanding the United States gunboat i Bancroft, after a long conference with i the commanding officer of the Venezuelan squadron, decided to take under his protection all the river steamers belonging to the American-Orinoco I Steamship Company recently seized by the revolutionists at Ciudad Bolivar He also requested the women and chii- i dren of the American and other for I eign colonies at Ciudad Bolivar to take refuge on the steamers, in order to ' escape the dangers of the seige, the shelling of the town and a possible bat- | tie. In accordance with Lieutenant j Commander Culver’s invitation, many women and children, a number of whom were of German nationality, em- I barked on the American steamers, which flying the American flag and esi corted by the Bancroft left in the di- ! rection of San Felix, probably on the I way to the Island of Trinidad. Philadelphia's Costly Celebration. Philadelphia. July 18.—Thomas Gorman. twelve years old. is dead of tetanus. the result of an Injury received on the Fourth of July. This makes the eighth victim from lockjaw in this city since Independence Day. Noted Artist Dead. London. July 18—James McNeill Whistle*, the American artist, is ddad. 11 - ■

BE« MISSING Former Postoffice Official Out of Way of Grand Jury Indictment. Premature Publication of the Returns of the Grand Jury Give Wanted Man a Good Start. Indictment Against George W. Beavers Follows a Lengthy Investigation. Brooklyn, July 18.—George W. Beavers. former chief of the salary and allowance division of the Postoffice Department, has been indicted by the Federal grand jury, probably on two counts. A bench warrant has been issued for his arrest. Washington, July IS —The issuance of a bench warrant for the arrest of George W. Beavers, formerly chief of the division of salaries and allowances in the Postoffice Department, is the culmiuatigi of an investigation that has been in progress at intervals since his sudden resignation from office last spring. A number of matters affecting his administration have been probed into, one of the first results ol which I was the cancellation of 3,046 promo- i tions that had been passed on by him. j to take effect at postofflees throughout | the country during the present fiscal I year. Subsequently, other matters were j taken up by the investigating officials. The case on which the present action ot the grand jury is based, it is said, is a more recent development. The inspectors have worked continuously on the investigation and it is I said that it was only within the past two or three days that the evidence finally was secured that furnished a basis for action by the Federal grand jury. Chief Postoffice Inspector Cochran has made several mysterious trips to New York in connection with the case and Inspector Walter S. Mayer, of Chicago, who worked up the case , against August W. Machen, the former head of the free delivery service, has I figured conspicuously in obtaining the evidence nlaced in possession of the j district attorney at Brooklyn. Mr. i Mayer made a hurried trip here ; Wednesday night to report the situation to the department. The author!- J ties are now searching for Mr. Beavers to place him under arrest. His pres-I ent whereabouts are unknown. The. postal officials were chagrined to learn I of the publicity of the action of the grand jury in advance of the serving of the warrant. They regarded the news as premature and declined to dis cuss the matter, on the ground that the time was not yet ripe to make a statement PUSHING THEM ALONG. Big Generals Profit By Miles' Coming Retirement. Washington, July 18.—The President has given directions for the prepare- , tion of commissions for the following ; promotions In the army: Major General Young, to be lieutenant general, vice Lieutenant General J Miles, who retires August 8. Brigadier General S. S. Sumner, to be major general, vice Major General ' Davis, to be retired July 36. Brigadier General Leonard 8. Wood,’ to be major general, vice General ■ Young, to be promoted. < May Continue Another Week. Havana. July 18.—The House and the Senate are not agreed on the lat I ter’s proposal to adjourn to-day, and ft is probable that the session will ' 1 continue for another week. The Sen-1 ale has ixusaod the appropriation rec- i otumended by President Palma for a I commission to go to the United State.; and possibly to Europe to negotiate the 1 135.000.000 loan with an amendment providing that others beside Congressmen shall be eligible as members of ' the commission. Senator Sangullly 1 and others strenuously opposed the appropriation on the ground that Cuba's ■ diplomatic and oonsuiar offices could fully attend to the matter. Action Regarded as Futile. Pekin, July 18 — The Oorean minister has urged Prince Ching, head of the foreign office, to instruct the Chinese minister at Seoul to authorize Corea to open Wiju. Corea, to foreign trade, as a means of mutual defense against Russian encroachment, but his action is regarded as futile. Corea believe* her Independence will be strengthened and prolonged if she is able to open northern Corea to International trade. An Interesting Rumor. London, July 18. —A dispatch from Wellington, N. 8. W., calls attention to the rumor emanating from the French I colony at Papeete, Island of Tahiti. ' which Im current In Now Zealand, that ■ France Intends to transfer Its posse* | sions In the eastern Pacific to the United States. Girl Burned to Death. Joliet, 111., July IS.—Helen M. Bel- I verse, sixteen years old, Is desd from injuries received at the factory of the Illinois match factory, where she ignited her clothing and inflicted fata) < h>. ins hy stepping on a match.

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For BRICK Soo Henry Mayor. NORTH END YARDS Big Punts Bale Friday and Katnr- j day, July 17 and 18 at Holthouae i Schulte & Co.

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