Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 166, Decatur, Adams County, 23 July 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. <VJRY EVENING. EXCEPT SCNDAY. BY LEW O . ELLINGHAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week 10c By carrier, per yen i $4 00 By mail, per month 25 By mail, per year $2.50 Single copies. Two Cents. Advertising rates made known on application Bntered in the postoffice at Decatur. Indiana. as second-class mail matter J. H. HELLER, Manager. The Art of Listening. There is a grace of kind listening as well as a grate of kind speaking. Somemen listen with an abstracted air which shows that their thoughts are elsewhere, or they seem to listen, but by wide answers and irrelevant questions show that they have been occupied with their own thoughts as being more interesting, at least in their own estimation, than what you have been saying. Some internipt and will not hear you to the end. Some hear you to the end. and forthwith liegin to talk to you about a similar experience which has befallen themselves, making your case only an illustration of their own. Some, meaning to be kind, listen with such a determined. lively, violent attention that you are at once made uncomfortable, and the -charm of conversation is at an end. Many persons whose manners will stand the test of speaking break down under the trial of listening. Hanting* and Tilden. Hugh Hastings, when editor of the New York Commercial Advertiser, was incessant in bitter attacks upon Samuel J. Tilden. One day he received a letter from Henry F. Spaulding, then president of the Central Trust company. to the effect that bis attacks upon Mr. Tilden appeared unwarranted. and unless he could give some satisfactory explanation Mr. Spaulding would discontinue taking the Commercial Advertiser. Mr. Hastings replied. “When I was a clerk in Albany Sam Tilden was known as the boy who sold grated turnips for horse radish, and be has been doing it ever since.” Mr. Spaulding did not stop the Commercial Advertiser.—New York Times. A Lot of Sick One*. A delegation of clergymen once called on President Lincoln to recommend one of their number as consul at the Hawaiian Islands and in addition to qualifications for fitness appealed to the president's sympathy on the ground that the candidate was in poor health and a residence in that climate would be of great benefit to him. Lincoln questioned the mr.n closely aS to his symptoms, then remarked: “I am sorry to disappoint you. but there are eight other men after this place, and every one of them is sicker than you are.”—“The True Abraham Lincoln.”

WANT BEVERIDGE TO GET OUT

Indianapolis. July 28. —It is understood that Senator Albert J. Beveridge will not return from the Maine woods until the middle of September. This Information is not satisfying to the Republican leaders who want him to 1 take part actively in the coming munil ipal campaign Chairman Logsdon and Albert Lieber have gone to Maine to take the matter up with the Senator to induce him to come home earlier. It is believed that some Republicans who are sore on the organization have represented to the Senator that It will hurt his chances of re-election if he take* pan in the campaign The hour waiter men. However, cant reasonably expect him to get out in the highways and byways to work, as they did not ask Senator Fairbanks two years ago to make precinct speeches. It is said they want it to be generally known, though, that Senator Beveridge Is with them. The return of Logsdon and Lieber is awaited with much anxiety by the Republican leaders, as Senator Beveridge is regarded as one of their strong cards. Melville W. Miller, of Lafayette one of the luckiest men in Indiana, is here visiting friends He is assistant secretary of the Interior, one of the real good government Jobs at Washington. But the way he secured the appointment is where his luck shows up brilliantly. He was never a factor in State politics, and was not known beyond his own home, so when he was appointed the surprise was general. He owes his elevation largely to Judge Willi* Vandeventer, formerly of Ma rion a close friend oi President Roosevelt. Vandeventer, who was In the department of the interior for several years before he was appointed a Federal judge by President Roosevelt, was a college mate of .Miller. He prevailed on the president to appoint him. after which the president not I fled Sen •tors Fairbanks and Beveridge and asked them if they objected. Os course they could not. as a matter of courtesy, but they were mad So was the president when he learned how matters ] stood, and It was rumored that he even i threatened to revoke the appointment | of Miller, but the matter was dropped. In the meantime Miller is enjoying his , fine position without having given ( party service to merit the appointment. |

TROUBLE SETTLED I When Car Company Threatened to Close Down Strike Talk Ceased. How a Michigan City Manufacturing Firm Tranquilized a Disturbed Labor Situation. An Ultamatum Was Issued to the Men Which Was Quietly Accepted. — Michigan City. Ind.. July 23. —The la bor situation here has been tranquil I ized by the ultimatum delivered by John H. Barker, president of the Has | kell-Barker Car Company, in effect that sooner than submit to the dictation ot j talking delegates and labor agitator; he would close the plant for all time and nothing more is heard of the cat factory union, which was promoted by a labor organizer, not a resident of the city, and who came here as the rep I resentative of a Chicago union. Presi dent Barker expresses a willingness tc treat with his men direct whenever differences arise, as he has always done, and as there has been no dis content in the carworks the com munity is antagonistic to any move likely to stir up discord. GIRL OF FIFTEEN ELOPE 3. Mother of Bride Took Her Home After Marriage. Evansville. Ind.. July 23. —An elope ment that has attracted much atten tion because of the prominence of prin cipals is that of Charles McCutchen, a young man of this city, and the fifteen year-old daughter of Joseph Angel, a well-to-do farmer, some miles from the city. After the family had retired for the night. Miss Angel escaped from her home and joined McCutchan The family was aroused, but could not catch the girl. The young people went to Boonville in a buggy, and were mar ried. Reti!rnlr.g to Evansville the mother of the girl encountered the couple and took her daughter home despite the protests of McCutchan. — 9 Coroner De'ays His Verdict. Evansville. July 23.—Coroner Matthem announces that it will probably be a week or mere before he will give his verdict in the cases of the rioters who were killed in this city on tbo night of July 6 by the State militia. It is said the coroner will exonerate the State militia. No more arrests of people who were indicted for rioting have been made. Circuit court adjourned yesterday ar.d none of the alleged rioters will be tried until S p- I tember.

A news item of State interest was picked up at the governors' office to-1 day. It is especially Interesting at this time in view of the wave of race prejudice that seems to be sweeping over Indiana. It seems that the leaders of the colored race here have become alarmed at the growing Impression that the State is overrun with bad niggers’’ from the South, and that they have gone to Governor Durbin with the request that he authorise the organization of a colored regiment of militia The request. It is stated, was male several days ago. and the governor now has it under advisement tr noaaibte h* mav authorize the organization of a few companies The colored leaders have stated that they want to show that the good element of their race predominate* They say the time is ripe for the organization of a negro regiment that will not only be a credit to the race but to the State. Copies of the constitution of the newly-organized Jefferson League of Indiana are now being scattered throughout the State. It is significant that there is no mention of Bryan, although hi* loyal followers are the men who are promoting the organization. The constitution says the object of the league is to commemorate the birth of Jefferson and promote the Interest of true Democratic principles and Democratic candidates There I* to be a district president, county and precinct, which shows a thorough plan of organization I* contemplated Organizers. It is understood, will begin work very soon, as the officers hope to have several hundred members In each district by the first of the year. Indiana Elks are rejoicing over the honor paid to Joe Fanning, of this city, at the grand lodge meeting at Baltimore. where he was elected grand exalted ruler by a unanimous vote. He received an ovation that will long be remembered by those present. Fanning has be?n a consistent member of the Elk* for many years and has been prominently Identified with the grand lodge for ten years. It is probable that the order here will arrange to give him a great reception when he returns. This is the second time an Indianspoil* man ha* been selected grand exalted ruler. W. E English having been the first to receive the honor.

[ | VICTORY FOR UNCLE SAM. Department of Justice Scores In Gaynor ar.d Greene Case. Washington. July 23.—The department of justice has received a caolegram from Mr. McMaster. Canadian counsel for this government in the Greene and Gaynor case, who is now in London, stating that the applies tion to the privy council of England for leave to appeal from the decision of Justice Caron of Quebec discharging the accused, has been granted The calbegram said that the Lord Chancellor in granting leave to appeal stated that one judge could not interfere with another in proceedings upon ' a serious and important matter of this W vi T ' I- ■ COIOXFL JOHX F. GAYNOR. nature: that the offenses were clearly extradictable and that while there was conspiracy, there was also something more. While it is not possible to state accurately the immediate effect of the judgment of the privy council, it is re garded as a notable victory for the United States. The case will now gc up on appeal, for deliberate considers tion of all the questions involved. The brief report received seems to show plainly that the contentions of the Vuited States on the merits have been sustained, and the final result ot the surrender of Greene and Gaynor b> I the Canadian authorities is fore shadowed. — Lawyers Denounce Lynching. Chicago. July 23.—Lynching was de nounced in unequivocal terms by the Illinois State bar association in session here. In a resolution, which was adopted without a dissenting vote, the mem bers placed the seal of condemnation on the practice both in Illinois and outside the borders of the State. Offi cers of the law were asked to put forth every effort to bring about the punish ment. not only of persons participating in such lawlessness, but also of in- | dividuals who incite mobs to action. Elwood Is Strictly White. Elwood. Ind.. July 23. —Elwood, with a population of 15.000. has not a single i colored citizen there. John Lawson a sixteen year-old lad. who. for four i years enjoyed the distinction of being Elwood's only colored Inhabitant, was caught trying to break into a saloon , Judge McCleen sentenced Lawson tc the reformatory at Jeffersonville and now Elwood is minus her one black i boy. Like Rats In a Trap. Mahanoy City. Pa.. July 23. —By the bursting through of a large body ot water that was impounded in an abac doned section of Ellagowan colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company just before quit ting time last evening five miners, all foreigners were drowned like rats In a trap Car Men Get An Increase. Montreal. July 23.—The Canadian Pacific Railway car men. who threat ened to strike for higher wages have been settled with. They get an increase ot trom a cent to a cent and ' a half an hour- a ten-hour day and time and a half on holidays. Military Prisoners Escape. Chicago July 28.—Two military prisoners at Fort Sheridan knocked the guard unconscious with bis own gun and fled to the country north, evad Ing the patrols sent to retain them. Town Wiped Out By Fire. Guthrie. O. Ter.. July 23.—The town of Landers, population 60*' was wiped out by fire Ixws $200,000. Mrs. Jason Burgess was burned to death. BRIEF DISPATCHES rive miner* were drowMd by the aeridmtal Seeding ot aeoUiery at Mahoeay City. Pa The American derby roll Massy B umealhal brokr bu aeek wh le bmag raerciami al HawISorse bay MiHbht . J.*ba K. Maddea'* I dMuAOS thr.roafhbrrd >ia ll"n. buraed to leMh In bu Kall st Lexlngtoo. Ky. Ctedad 800 rar we* lakaa by VawwlM fararnment I mope alter is hoar* at desperate and Wt»xiv Sghuag. tfTbe operator* aad miner* la the Hew River w v* eoai Belds bare adjnoted their differ•are* aad the men have rale reed to work The asenta of a company for aatoauia* the meet at Takaiaa era •ttc'-esstnllv aatagrd la indemag Porto Ricos familte* to e-nigrala IF hari** Hasse*. *wperiaiM4eai of free MirSVy at the poatoffico department ha* been removed from office on Ihe < barge ot “trreguianuea." IP A Everett, pram dent of the Amerv an So. slaty ot Equity a farmery' orgaairaiion. ha* >•- coed an appeal to farmer* to bold tbmr w beat ter the Si mark. A smart! unke ha* hern dec ared at Bake. Bu**ia wb.rh ta* »ee e-JSt perwa*. newspaper* have *u-pended ant everything »• at a MandcttlL The eetpnne**'of thr Tnrklah tretenry u abvwa b> the fart that the fflaaaee NintMetfMa been an*uere**tuliy ra r « to ,47 i month • caiary to the Mate officials

UK IN STATE In the Basilica of St. Peter's the Faithful View Leo’s Remains. Clad In All the Pomp of His Holy Office the Insensate Clay Is Viewed By Thousands. Representatives of All Nations Pass Before the Bier of the WorldMourned Dead. Rome. July 23. —To-day the body of | Leo XIII lies in state in the basilica of St. Peter's. Beginning at sunrise the people of Rome and those of all nations now in the eternal city were admitted to pay their last farewell, and a constant stream of humanity is passing before the bier. Opportunity for this solemn tribute will end on Saturday. The dead pontiff is clad in all the pomp of his holy office. About i him have been placed the sacredotal robes used only when he celebrated a grand mass The vestments were those which he wore for the last time in life in the hall of the consistory when he confirmed the appointments of Archbishops Farley of New York and Quigley of Chicago, on June 25 last The golden mitre, the gilded stole, the white cape, the red chasuble, the ponI tifical pallium and the papal tunic all are there. Nothing which was emblematic of the power wielded by the dead man for more than a quarter of a century and for centuries by his predecessors has been omitted. Until 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon the body of the dead pope lay in the throne room of the Vatican where the leaders of the diplomatic, clerical and civil world were allowed to pass the bier. The ceremonial last night when the body was conveyed from the throne room to St. Peter s was one of the most striking of all the obsequies. Duri ing the day the congregation of cardinals met and decided to hold the conI clave under the identical regulations ' which obtained at the conclave which j elected Leo « Dr. in ’he course of the day I presented to Cardinal Oreglia a report ' of the autopsy This showed that i there was no sign of cancer fa the I pope s body. Several hours before sundown St Peter's was cleared of idle crowds. The massive doors were closed and ! the throne of sightseers was pushed back to the foot of the great flight of irregular stone steps. Half a hundred , carpenters hastily constructed a stout fence five feet high to resist the en- ! croachments of the crowds The fence : extends directly across the colonnade and in it are two narrow entrances which give ready means of controlling the ingress and egress of throngs The will of the late pope is still unopened as proved by the fact that his apartment is sealed Otherwise the objects there would have been distributed in accordance with instructions left by him. Leo's intimates say, however, they know that the testament begins with advice about religion and I morals and that it declares his flrm : intention to leave all he possessed to ' the church. These bequests Include presents which might appear to be I personal property on the ground that no one could claim anything he had during life as he had generously provided for those bound to him by Wes of blood nnd affection The report-pub-lished in the United States on the authority of the Rome Tribuna to the effect that the will had been opened by Cardinal Oreglia and uat It showed the pope bad left a private fortune of $15,000,000. was premature and was retracted in a later edition of the Trtbuna itself. Citizens Helped Editor Out Jefferson City. Mo.. July 23 —Editor J M Shepherd of the Warrensburg Mo.. Standard-Herald who was fined SSOO by the Supreme Court because of biff editorial criticising the Supreme i Court's decision in the Oglesby case, paid the fine yesterday afternoon As soon as it became known in Warrens burg that the fine had been Imposed the sum was raised by the citizens and a telegram was sent to Shepherd advlsing him to draw on the Citizens' bank for the amount. Sunday School Workers will Meet Warsaw. Ind.. July •$ —The annual summer session of tbe executive and lesson committees of tbe International Bunday School convention. together with tbe International and State ofll ' cen and tbe field workers and leaders of denominational Sunday school work of tbe United States end Canada will convene at Winona Lake on Aug. «. The meeting will continue fir, <j ari •if Blow In New Jersey. Paterson N J.. July 25.-A ttrriffle i tornado visited this city last evening. During the blow, which lasted sbout three minutes, one man was killed and at least half a dozen Injured One house was blown down, more than a score of buildings were unroofed and havoc was done to trees, fences signs and awnings. New River Trouble Settled. Charleston W. Va. July 23.-Tbe op. Orators and miners tn the New River 1 coal fields have settled their differ- ’ ences and the miners will resume work after an eighteen months* atrika

IKEEP COOL!! 1 T™ HE div current is on, amt we have a complete line of DESK. BRACKET and CEILING | Electric Fans to suit residences, store and office rooms. j A. E. ROSE | WEST SIDE SECOND STREET.

NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE. Banker’s Son In Trouble. Muncie. Ind.. July 23. —Gould Jay. twenty years old, son of a prominent and wealthy Hartford City banker, is in jail here with his companion. Harry Semecal. also of Hartford City, on charge of stealing three suits of cloth ing trom a local clothing store. A few yeeks ago Jay forged his father's name to a check, which was passed on a Muncie bank. He was arrested, but was released under a suspended sentence. on his promise to reform. The Seward Murder Case. Greencastle. Ind.. July 23—New evidence found by the prosecution in the Seward murder case. Is being guarded but enough is known to warrant the statement that the woman was killed by blows from the butt-end of a horsehfp. Marks on her head indicate as much. Henry Seward, husband of the deceased, is being given a preliminary hearing to-day. Farmer Killed By Lightning. Logansport. Ind., July 23. —During a severe electrical storm near Walton this county, lightning struck a wagon loaded with wheat. Instantly killing the driver. Charles Binney, and both , horses, and setting Are to the wheat, completely destroying the wagon. Disastrous Freight Wreck. Anderson. Ind. July 23. —A PanHandle freight train broke in two at the Big Four crossing, and the two sections crashed together with terriffic force. Eight cars loaded with merchandise were wrecked, causing severe financial loss to the company. Working a Biuff. Bluffton. Ind., July 23—Edward Randall, saloonkeeper, paraded the streets with a basket filled with bills aggregating, he claimed. $7,000. He did this, as he explained, to convince - the anti-saloon people that they would have a serious time putting him out of the business. Hampton Waat Sentenced. Vnhinvviiie >nd July 23—The motion to arrest judgment in the Hamp- , ton West grave robbery case was promptly overruled by Judge Neal and West was committed to the Michigan City prison, under the indeterminate sentence art. — Boy Drowned In the Ohio. Bvanffville, Ind . July 23—Walter Taper, fourteen years old. while bathing in the Ohio river, struck his head against a stone in diving, ren .dering him unconscious and < ansing 1 hie death by drowning. Married In Haste. Evansville Ind.. July 23.—Robley Hooper of Beatrice. Neb., and I .ana St. Clair, of Oakland City, met here for the firs* time on the vaudeville stage and in four hours they were man and wife. i Stepped In Front of a Tram. Angola. ißd.. July 23 —John Beigh stepped in front of tn attnrnaehmg 1 train and was killed Baby Choked Beneath Bed Springs. Marion. Ind.. July 23. The infant ebild of Luther Davis was choked to death by betesg caught under the bed - springs. i t*hr Corn Popo. I Finally a scientific sharp comes to i our rescue and In science explains the phenomenon of the popping of pop- ( corn in an extremely lucid and Interest i Ing manner. Tbe learned gentleman say*: ”The starch polygons are of such na ] tnre and construction as to facilitate j expansion and render It explosive in - f ** ar s<’ter. There is a fracture of a r particle along its two radii, tbe endosperm swelling very considerably, the P*ripberal portions cohering with the hull but the fractured quarters turning back to meet below the embryo ’’ And there you are. Helleiou.ly nim-' pie. Isn t it?—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Bove, T...h.s lb , Sewseka..., ; r **««*'l of the late Shirley , Brooks thst he had at one time a verr ' IVm '* ’b"' ,!m ' went ,h * of , «n pigs and WM ronverle<l )nto | ’ tet" of ’ he •’•’Hcacy to a 1 W ,b • no, ’‘ *• follows: 1 . m ’*7’. W ° ’*•’* ,Dd 1 you , * plpce Os bis end." 7 Tbe joke was related to a Scotch- I man. wbo Inughed very heartily . nd k re »H ,b °*" ’* nt • Oni * ,o « r .J? rv , n "' rk - “ Hl » ‘ tsw tb. il wondered why nol.wly »SW tbe joke IxvrMii.n Klug. I

NOTICE TO ELECTRIC LIGHT CONSUMERS. The ordinance of the City ? controling the use of electric lights has a penal section providing for imposing a foe for making any changes,; either in the wires or ligfoj used, or in any way meddling j with the appliances of the Lighting Plant. All persons are hereby warned, not to make any change of lights, or wires, or appliances, or connections herewith wi hint written permission from the superintendant of the Lighting plant, as sach persons will certainly be prosecuted, for such violation of the ordinance. H. C. STETLER. Chairman, Electric Light Committee WINDOW CLEANER! W.vklw* la lkricr*i>*n I* Hidn N.WWM toad (tamaab* ‘The reasob that we are aiwiyi ts. vertialng for window .leaner* aid the foreman of a company that «u ploys 200 men in tills business. H tffiat •o many men throw up their jete after they have been at It a it n Some of them even do not iait k ~<.j aa that A window cleaner can mat* ae good wages as a me< hanie or i a: tonne u. The work is steady becaffie nearly all tbe window cleaning la Se* York's big buildings is done bj omtract. “Any number of likely young really in need of work who pn-Elff well enough at tbe start give out in a few day*. Bometiu.es it is bffi nerves that go hack on them but ofteo it is tbeir atomaebs We away half tbe men who apply Nt ** without even giving them a trial. If a man drinks or is so nervoua that bu to dodge trolley cars be should keep out of thia business. “When we take a man on trial tM foreman breaks turn In gradually don’t put him on a sky semper job ngkt away. A great many private bous-ata thia city bare tbeir windows .mj*! by eontract, and we start bin: la <* that If a man is no good a’ WA* work it is no nee bothering with W®From private bouses the beginnsr a sent to department store* and finally to the tall buildings. Once in awhlie »* find a man who can start in on •»’ scraper Jobs right away without an.’ trouble. “Tton’t look down Look up lilt!* I time,’ is tbe constant admonition of tl* foreman. Not one man in ten In <■'■* to obey that order Tbe temptation » look down is Irrveistlble If • *’’•* i-an’t break himself of the looklM down habit It Is al! up with him Hr • sure to <t»tue around sooner or an’d give up bin job.’’—New \orli I’ l ** Her Pevfoetosnee. Bellows— Does your daughter play 08 tbe piano? Old Fanner (hi tones ot deep 4W”’ -No. sir. She works on It. pound* M It. rakes it. scrapes it. Jump* on it rolls over on it, but there’s no f’J about It, sir. A Hew Doctrine. The Rev. Dr. Fourthly wns one of his pastoral calls at the ’ P) 0 , mansion. ’’Doctor.” said little Johnny tlurinff pause In tbe conversation. "1 wist-i .y---would tell me what you 0 Q doctrine of prestidigitation "- u i change. Parental Assistance. Barnes - When I was young * mother always used to sing nit •l«*P , ~M Shedd—Yea. women are good sort of thing, but It takes the f" 111 _ voice to wake a fellow up In tbe u*' ing.- Boston Transcript. ■iMpta Mediocrity"Why did she marry him': "I give It up. He wasn't bn<l tnw to nerd reforming nor go<«' enonf make a desirable husband " Ju' l **- Tn finding fault It is very ea’T *** untruthful and unfair. - Globe