Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 163, Decatur, Adams County, 20 July 1903 — Page 1

VOLUME 1

POPE LEO XIII IS DEAD

End Came at 4:04 O’clock This Afternoon

GRAND OLD MAN The Announcement is Official. After a Month’s Suffering the Pontiff Passes Away.—Services Will be Held all Over the World.

xooooooooooox o Rome, Julv 20.—1 t is offici- o o ally announced that Pope Leo o o died at 4:04 this afternoon. o xooooooooooox The Pope died at 9:25 this morning, according to Decatur time, there being six hours and twelve minutes difference in time between Rome and here. The news was received iiere at one o'clock. Bulletins were at once posted at the office of the Daily Democrat, at Fristoe's Smoke House and other places about the city. A representative of the Democrat ■ ; took the first word, an official message to Father Wilkens, who 1 at once ordered the bells of St. Mary's church tolled. No arrangements tor services have yet been completed bat I wil be given out as soon as posisble. Perhaps the only Decatur citizen who has seen and talked with Pojie | | Leo was Herman J. Yager who i ■ made two visits to the Vatican i Kg during his trip to Europe several Bl years ago. A profound feeling of | M sorrow is noticeable in Decatur. Rome, July 20 4:30 am—Pope ■ Leo is siowy entering tin valley I of the shadow of death. His re- | markable vitality is ebbing. Life | is sustanied by powerful stimulants, and the inevitable end is not far removed. Two nights and days of almost constant pain, his sleep broken and nullified by physical toturre, have combined to draw I heavily upon the almost exhausted I recourses of the suffering pontiff, v Half unconsciousns, he lingers on ■ the border and, his spirit willing I and ready to depart but his remark- 1 I able constitution still clinging to | the vital spark For almost twenty I hours ho has been in a partial state ■of coma. Nourishment is adniin- ■ iatered with difficulty and seems to ■ produo*, no results. His heart is J becoming eccentric, and the pulse I is much higher than heretofore I noted. The physicians do not I anticipate an immediate eritss, but

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admit it cannot be long delayed. Rome, July 20.—‘The final crisis has come, and when cardinals, monsigneurs and doctors thought it most distant, when the pope's illness had entered on a period of amelioration. His illness however, had brought Leo to the border land of his final agony, and his ninety-four years will accomplish the rest. He is not dying of any malady, for his pleurisy, is n<>arly cured. He is dying of old age and because the various organs of his hotly have ceased to work as they should. His heart has become more weak than any other organ. Its weak state causes it to beat with extraordinary rapidity. The - movement even reached ninety-nine beats per minute. When the heart reaches such a number of beats it is bound to become fatigued and may stop suddenly at any moment. It will, however, take place without agony unless one terms agony the terrible state of colapse into which his holiness fell last night, | which has conitnued all day today j and which still continues. The poi>e, looking like a corpse, is lying with his eyes closed and his head buried in pillows. There is not the slightest movement of any part of the body, and his! holiness does not utter a single word. All is silent us the grave in the | chamber in which the life of Lck> XIII. is ebbing to its close. One must draw near to the emaciated l>ody of his holiness, lying motionless under the sheets, to perceive that it is still in life and to see the chest rise and fall with the last efforts of the lungs. Around the bed are grouped Mr. Pifferi, Dr. Lapponi and the valet Centra. The other doctors simply limited their visit to a few minutes from necessity to see that his holiness was pusisng calmly away. Every possible prejiaration for the death of his holiness has already been made. Even printed notices announcing the fatal ev, nt, which

DECATUR, INDIANA, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 20, 1903.

I will be affixed to the doors of the j various churches, have been got ready. During the whole day Rome news I papers of all shades of opinion, from Catholic to liberal, published numerous editions recording the 1 progress of the final crisis of the pope's illness from time to time. DYING. Archbishop Katzer, of Milwaukee, at Death’s Door. Word was received by the Democrat late’this atfernoon that Archbishop Katzer of Milwaukee is dying. This will be a serious blow as Archbishop Katzer is one of the most prominent American prelates. He . is suffering with cancer. WILL LOCATE HERE Mr. Carpenter Here Over Sunday. Says White Coal Company Will Have Plant Here By Fall. Charles Carpenter, now of South Bend, was in the city over Sunday. He has been absent for several weeks and has been very busy getting the wheels started for manufacturing his new fuel. The White Coal company is now turning out material at a rapid rate. They have secured a new machine built especially for them which is already making 5,000 tons an hour of their fuel. At that rate u half dozen factories can supply the United States with fuel, providing mat: rial can be obtained. Mr. Carpenter informs us that the next factory will be located in Decatur, and they will : complete arrangements fur same within a few weeks. The White Coal Company has been incorporated with 110,000 capital stock, Mr. Carpenter receiving SI,OOO cash and holding halt interest in the company. They are spending considera- i i ble money in ex]x>rimenting at i present, but expect to have large amount of fuel for the market by fall. The factory here will be a first clas one, and Mr. Car]x>nter will have full charge. still at work. Post Office Scandals Still Being Considered. While the end of the Post Office investigation is said to be in sight, the overhauling is still going on systematically and vigorously. Drafts and checks are being tracedGrand juries of the different cities are hearing witnesses and now- and then new charges develop against already implicated officials. All in all it looks as though sanitary method* were Ixiing employed to clean the foul hole.

I ONE HIT GAME. I I Decaturßall Team Defeats Lima Americans. — Outclass the Ohio Champions by a Score of Nine to Two Yesterday. _________ “Maxwell’s Americans,” the best base ball team of Lima, Ohio, was ’ badly defeated in this city Sunday by the locals, the score resulting nine to two. The game was started by the visitors who led off in the second inning with two unearned runs which were made possible through several errors by the D “catur team which followed in quick succession. This was the only time that the home team went off their feet however, and never again did it look possible for the Limas to make a score. The outs were made without much excitement as only one man reached third , I base, after the eventful second in- | ning.Lima was decidedly weak at the i stick. Only two hits are credited to I I her, and one of those was made by I driving the "hull so that it was awkward for pitcher France to ' handle and delayed him in throwing Ito first base. Decatur did not score until the fourth inning, but in the fifth, six men scored the rubber out of the twelve that batted. The locals also scored in the sixth and in the seventh. In a summary of the game we may give Pitcher France three fourths of the credit for winning. He struck out twelve men and let down his opponents with only two hits. His support was good, but had several errors been avoided the game would have been a complete shut out. A SAD DEATH. Account of How Litlle Vera Deßolt Died. The funeral of little Vera Deßolt was held at Vera Cruz yesterday. The story of the death was told in ! Saturday's Bluffton News as follows: The sudden death of Vera Neoma Deßolt, little six weeks old daughter of Mr and Mrs. Alexander Deßolt, of Vera Cruz, occurred last evening about tour o'clock just after they had started home after spending the afternoon in this city. Thev ; had just reached the pik • lending toward John McCleery s when they discovered that the baby was in a stujxir and unconscious. They hurriedly turned around and drove . back to the residence of Francis I Sprowl on Spring street. Dr. Goodwin was summoned but the | child was dead before he arrived. An inquest was held by Coroner Me- 1 Bride but he lias not, yet given his verdict. The opinion of the doc-

tor is that death was probably caused by the bursting of a blood vessel in the child’s head or throat. The parents of the child said it had not been sick and apparently was well when they started home. BURIED. Carl Brackenridge Burried at County Farm. Carl Brackenbridge the young colored boy killed here Saturday will be buried at the County Farm this evening. His father telegraphed last evening to Dr. Clark, stating that the boy be burried here and he would come and get the body later.

TEACHERSCOUNTY INSTITUTE

Programme Issued This Week. : LIST OF THE INSTRUCTORS FOR SESSION. Includes Professors Lowden, Neet and Cozine, Three of the Country’s Best. The Annual Institute for the teachers of Adams county will be ■ held at the court room in this city, beginning Monday August 17, and continuing five days until Friday! evening, August 21. Prof. Brandyberry has completed arrangements for this meeting which is always of great interest to those connected with the various schools in any way’ and has succeeded in getting splendid instructors, thus assuring a profitable and pleasant week for the teachers, The list includes

TO SEE RACES. Decatur People go to Detroit Today. Kingmore Starts This Afternoon in Chamber of Commerce Race for Purse of §5,000. D. W. Beery, Louis Holthouse, Will Schrock and W. P. Edmonson left this morning for Detroit where they will witness the great Chamber of Commerce race which takes place this afternoon and in which Kingmore, the Decatur pacing horse will start. The race is for 2:24 pacers and is for a purse of $5,000. Decatur horsemen think that Kingmore will be fourth or better, thus putting him inside the money which is divided first $2500, second $1250, third $750 and fourth SSOO, but they do not seem very- sanguine of winning. Dr. Madara a pacer who ' has made a trial mile in 2:01 1-4 is the favorite and will probably win ' with Elastic Pointer second and Kingmore third. Kingmore is ! owned by Pierce of Fort Wayne and Beery and Holthouse of this city. He has a mark of 2:15 acquired nt Tiffin, < >hio, ten day s ago and a trial mark of 2:0,7, Up to this year his mark was 2:29. LIVES IN INDIANA. George Scoville Who Defended Gulteau.

George Scoville, the man who defended Guitcau, the assassin of President Garfield, lives on a farm a half mile back from Bass Lake, in Starke county. A great many | stories have been written about Scoville, how he has become a recluse and how he was shunned by his neighbors. Then they made him insane and one over ambitious New York reporter caused Mr. Scoville to commit suicide. The facts are that Mr. Scoville is leading the peaceful life of a farmer. Though somewhat eccentric, he has a groat many friends, is a member of the township advisory board, and takes a good deal of interest in local politics. Mr. Scoville dislikes to talk of Guiteau and his crime.

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Prof. T. S. Lowden, professor of pedagogy in Depaw University, Greencastle; Prof. George W. Neet, one of the leading instructors of the Indiana Normal College, Valparaiso, Prof.H. Z. Cozine, Musical director of Northwestern University, Chicago. The last named gentleman was here last year, made many friends and proved himself a. thorough master of his line of work. These three instructors are acknowledged leaders, and the teachers of Adams county will certainly ap- | preciate the opportunity to work a .week under their guiding hand. Besides the lessons by these learned ' men a musical program is being arranged for each session and there will be twoevening entertainments. “The Unity of Life” by Prof. George V . Neet, and an evening of miscellaneous reading by Mrs. T. S. Lowden of Greencastle, These events may probably be held at the opera house, though arrangements for that part has not been completed. The programs for the i event will be printed and sent out ■ some time this week. Prof. Brandyberry is highy elated over his success in securing such prominent helpers and feels that the institute of 1903 will be the best ever | held in the country.

ONE DRUNK. A Stranger Fined in Mayor’s Court This Morning. State of Indiana vs John J. Black, whose true name is unknown, was the only case this morning in Mayor Coffee's court. It seems John J. started in to celebrate Saturday night, and was feeling hilarious when picked up by a night police. He plead guilty to the charge of intoxication, and was sent to jail to work out a nine thirty fine. He gave his name as Amos Houdeshell, and his home at Geneva. ELECTRIC LIGHTS Will Soon Burn at Berne. William Sheets to Build an Independent Lighting Plant. If present plans materialize Berne, a thriving little city which is always up to date, will soon have a thoroughly equipped electric light plant. William Sheets is behind the scheme and the business energy with which he directs any enterprise he undertakes almost assures the success of this adventure. Mr Sheets was in this city today and stated that a definite date for the completion of the plant could not be ascertained but that it

was his intention to work the scheme to an actuality as soon as possible. If proper arrangements can be made with the city council of Berne, the lighting of the streets with arc lights will be provided for. An incandescent dynamo will also be installed, and the plant made in every particular complete. A location for the plant has not been determined on, but it is probable that a new building will be erected in some convenient jiart of the town. Berne is a hustling little town which ean afford to lie up to date and the electric light plant would Tie an advantage to the town as well as a good investment for the promoter, and the prospects are so favorable that the plant is almost assured.