Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 25 July 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. EVERY EVENING. EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY LEW Q. ELLINOMAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week 1 Oc 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 postofflce at Decatur. Indiana. as second-class mail matter. J. H. HELLER. Manager. WTjm Is Not Likely to Be Taken By . Washington Bookbinders. The Matter of Assistant Foreman Miller's Reinstatement In Hands of Arbitration Committee. Special Meeting of the Union Dis cusses the Subject, But Gives Out Nothing. L ' Washington, July 25. —The local branch of the International Bookbind era’ Union held a largely attended meeting at Oddfellows Hall last night to consider what action should be taken in the event that W. A. Miller.' the assistant foreman of the bindery at i the government printing office, returns to duty, as he has expressed the intention of doing. The meeting dis cussed the matter for three hours and then adjourned subject to the call ot the arbitration committee of ine union. There were many speeches and appar ently a number of votes, but just what they were about no one who attended the meeting was willing to say. it has ■ been said that the members of the union would walk out of the printing ' office if Miller, who has been expelled from membership, should return tc ■work, but President R. M. Barrett was ' noncommunicative on the subject. He would not give the least intimation of what was done at the meeting, saying he believed that nothing should be said while there was a possibility of the adjustment of the differences which would arise in the event that Miller returns to work. It is believed that no strike will occur and that the Union will not take radical action at pres ent. It is said that the union decided to take no definite action one way or the other for at least three days It is also said that this is partly due to the prospective visit of the executive committee of the international union, whose advice and assistance have been sought in the matter. Triple Tragedy in Tennessee. Knoxville, Tenn.. July 25.—Jerry Jamagin. a collector for the East Ten aessee Brewery of this city, was shot and instantly killed at Lafollette. Tenn., yesterday afternoon by John L. Smith, a saloonkeeper, who was shot by Jarnagtn and is now dying. Taylor Smith, a son of John L. Smith, was shot and killed by Deputy Sheriff Pe terson. who was trying to arrest him The trouble was caused by a mis understanding in regard to a settle ment with the brewery, for which Jar nagin was agent.

OLD TROUBLE HAS NOW CROPPED OUT

Indianapolis, July 25. —Over at the state house It was rumored to-day that Geologist Blatchley has refused to cooperate with the St. Louis World s Fait Commission in the preparation of the exhibit nt minora’ resource* of lud. ana Mr. Blatchley said, when asked W he was go'ng to help with the ex hihlt that he would be too busy pre paring his report for publication and getting material for another. He alsc says he did not know he was expected to take part. Back of Mr. Blatchley’s quiet way of putting things there is a story of a long-standing feud be tween him and the governor. The lat ter had a law enacted giving hitn the appointment of the State oil inspector and hi deputies, which made Blatch ley mad. as it took authority away from him. Then when Blatchley want ed his report published last year the governor blocked him for the time on the excuse that it contained too much useless matter. Result. Blatchley mad again Last winter Blatchley tried tc get the legislature to pass a bill ap proprlatlng 110,000 for a display of mineral resources to he prepared by him. but the governor's bill for a feneral appropriation of |150,000 took Its place Blatchley did not take this; kindly and It is now said he will not render the Fair Commission any as alatance. It is ths understanding that the city campaign will be opened about the middle of August The Democrats Bondnated their ticket to-day. The Re publicans have had theirs in the field ■iace March but have not been do

JURY BREAKS THE WILL. Finds That the Testator Was of Unsound Mind. Valparaiso. Ind.. July 25.—Th" jury in the famsus George W. Swygart will contest case, from South Bend, on trial in the Porter Circuit Court here for the last four weeks, rendered a verdict for the plaintiffs after being out fifteen hours. The jury found that at the time of making the will the testator was of unsound mind. By the terms of the will the estate, valued at 1300.000, was nearly all bequeathed to two sons, the other five children receiving small bequests. Over one hun dred witnesses were In attendance, and th* costs already outside of the attorney fees are over 15,000. An appeal wiH be taken. He Remembered Dora. Richmond. Ky.. July 25.—The will of the laie General Cassius M. Clay disposes of a valuable estate. To his former child wife. Dora, who left him and married again, he bequeathed the profits on valuable coal mining property in Clay county. At her death Cassius Marcellus Clay Brock, her child, is to receive her profits from the mines. Land, money and other holdings will be divided among General Clav's children and friends. Convicts Defy Guards. Chattanooga. Tenn.. July 25. —The I convicts leased by the State of Georgia i to the Georgia Iron and Coal Company | at Cole City, Gs., revolted over the punishment of one of their number. 1 The guards in attempting to restore order shot and fatally wounded two ' of the negroes, but the remainder of . the colony, about 125 it: number, have barricaded themselvec »nd are defying ' the guards. Nolan Is Acquitted. Chicago. July 25.—Walter R. Nolan, a pugibst who three years ago was a prominen - aspiiant for the welteri weight champions' ip. was last night acquitted of the murder of Robert Warkee. a one-armed switchman. The killing of Warkee followed the acquit- | tai of one of Nolan's friends, who had been on trial for murder. Nolan and ' others, wbi'e celebrating, encoun'er . l ' Warkee, whom they commanded to | cheer. Warkee refused and Nolan, it ■ was charged, shot the switchman dead, j Colombia Regaining Her Senses. Panama. Colombia, July 25.—A I strong reaction in favor of the ratifi- I cation of the canal treaty seems to be | | occurring throughout Colombia. From 1 all the principal cities and from Cauca. I the largest department of the republic. | prominent citizens have telegraphed , congress requesting that the treaty be ratified. Communication with Bogota 1 is only possible by mail. The land , telegraph lines are in bad condition , and the cable ie broken. Another Venture for Fitz. San Francisco, July 25. —Robert Fitzsimmons, actor and pugilist, was , yesterday granted a license to marry ! Julia May Gifford, an actress. The ceremony took place to-day at Miss Gifford s hotel. Fitzsimmons gave his age as 41 and that of the bride at 23. | Quiet at Ciudad Bolivar. Caracas. Venezuela. July 25. —Order has been re-established at Ciudad Bolivar. The result of the fifty-two hours' battle was the capture of the city by the government forces. More than fifteen hundred men were killed or wounded on both sides. Coat of "Jh yon know what this street rail road cost per mile?" “No. But 1 know wbat It coat per alderman!”— Pnck.

ing any campaigning. But now that the two parties have their men up tc be shot at hostilities will be opened The Democrats are liable to do most of the speechmaking, as the Repub Means, because they arc the ins. will naturally be on the defensive. It is going to be one of the hottest cam paigns in the history of the city. The Democrats think they have the chance of their lives and really there is much to encourage them, but the Repub 1 licans have the advantage. The city Is normally Republican by 8.000. and they will have all the election boards which means usually from 1.200 tc 1,500 votes here. There is much curiosity to sec what tack the rival lead ers will take when the fight really opens. The streets are filling rapidly with "boys in blue.” who are coming in foi the annual camp of instructions, which begins Monday at the State Fait grounds Many companies arc scheduled to come to-morrow, but a majority are not due befoer Monday at noon. Heal ramp life will begin then It la very probable that the officers will take some steps during the week towards the preparation of a bill for a law to make It a felony for a business man or corporation to discharge a guardsman for reporting when called upon to serve the State. The di* charge of the members of the Evans vllle and Vincennes companies for par ticipatlng In putting down rhe Evansi vllle riots has stirred the soldiers sc much that they are demanding a law that will protect thect. r-MT? WK V ■ « <■*■*■■■

“BLACK FRIDAY” Ominous Day On Stock Exchange Recalled By Two Heavy Failures. James R. Keene's Special Brokers and Another Firm Have Been Forced to the Wall. Teriffic Movement to Liquidate Caused Big Firms to Throw Up the Sponge. New York. July 25.—The announcement of the stock exchange late yes terday of the suspension of the firms of Talbot J. Taylor & Co., and of W. L. Stow & Co., was the sequel to a period , of excited selling of stocks and wide cut* in prices which has not been equalled before or since the present movement to liquidate set in. There ' Is nothing in either failure that can be traced to business or industrial conditions outside the exchange, the case | lying close to a diagnosis of specula- , / / h ,fe r A /// ' ' ( . ■ .j l ','!'' ' ! 1 tive collapse. Both firms have been ; largely concerned in speculative stork market pools, formed for the purpose of taking on a line of stocks, sustain Ing their price by supporting orders I real or manipulative and seeking tc i realize profits by selling out to out eiders at the high prices. Such opera I tions have suffered from increasing difficulties with the growth in the stringency of money, the solicitude ot bankers over loans employed in such projects and the jaded appetite of the public for securities. The operations of the firm of W. L. Stow & Co. were I on a large scale in Mexican Central and the difficulties which have accumu lated upon them are understood by the price of 11 touched by Mexican Central under the forced selling yester i day, and the high level of 31 1-8 last i year. James R. Keene Dragged In. Th* failure of Talbot J. Taylor it Co. will inevitably be connected with I the great market operations of James R Keene by reason of his family connection with and frequent employment of the firm. Mr. Keene s operations in stocks are too numerous to detail and much mystery usually attached to them necessarily from their na tur*. But the market management of the United States steel stocks on behalf of the syndicate and the conduct of a Southern Pacific pool are the operations with wnich his name is' most notably connected. The accu-, mulation. according to common belief of three hundred thousand shares ot Southern Pacific anu the lifting of its price above eighty, were based upon the assumption that Southern Pacific , bonds were to be issued for the road’s ' work of improvement and the net earn I Ings applied to dividends. Talbot J.

Taylor & Co., as representatives of the pool, felt themselves powerful enough to challenge the Union Pacific party's refusal to adopt this policy and to carry the quarrel to the courts. The animosities and resentments cng<.n dered by that quarrel are supposed to have added to the weight of the firm's ' difficulties and to have aided in bringing it down. A Veritable “Black Friday.” It was a veritable "Black Friday," and although the market rallied decidedly at the close and the general situation. In the minds of some, much improved, a great many persons hav-' ing interests in the street went home in anything but a cheerful frame of mind It was freely predicted that j trouble even more serious was Impend Ing From trustworthy source* it was 1 learned that three or more commission houses had been "squeezed" almost to I the bursting point. Contrac ts made j yesterday hold out till Monday, which may enable embarrassed individuals to get their “second wind.” The best information is that the In solvent firms had comparatively few outstanding commitments and these. It , is believed, were settled privately on the floor. It is said that a prominent international banking house with Im portant railroad Interests tn Mexico, bought liberally yesterday of Mexican Central. Knowing Ones Not Surprised. To those who were In the "know" th<> Stow failure caused little surprise, but the Taylor embarrassment was really unexpected. Much had been said about that firm's affairs in the

last few years, and its operations In Southern Pacific. Metropolitan street railway and certain other stocks are still fresh in the minds of those who follow the market. The ’'street,” and many visitors understood the TaylorKeene connections. Talbot J. Taylor is James R. Keene's son-in-law His brother. James B. Taylor, and Foxhall P Keene, son of James R . constitute the firm. Young Keene, who is an international sportsman, is a special partner in the sum. it is said, of $250, 01.0. Taylor A Co. have been the principal "Keene” brokers for the last three years, that famous operator making the Taylor office his headquarters. Foxhall Keene is now abroad. His father was at the Taylor office yesterday. but denied himself to all save a few close friends. The effect of the Taylor failure upon James R. Keene’s personal fortune is largely a matter of conjecture. According to some reports the veteran operator is heavily involved, and according to others, scarcely at all. There are many who believe that the Taylor failure is directly due to the I bad blood stirred up by that flrni and Mr. Keene In the Southern Pacific and Metropolitan suits. In fact, <t has frequently been said that th* Harriman and Whitney interests would not be satisfied with anything less than the i scalps of the Keene's and Taylors be cause of these episodes. I No statement of Taylor A- Co.’s assets and liabilities has been made but from the president of a leading national bank it is learned that the liabilities may be well on to $6,000,000. Estimates of Stow &• Co.'s liabilities range from $1,250,000 to $2,000,000. A SHIFT OF INTEREST. With the Pope’s Interment All Eyes Are Now On Conclave. Rome. July 25.—With impressive ceremonies the body of Pope Leo XII! was interred this evening in a sarcophagus at St. Peter's, where it will remain until taken to its final resting place in tbe church of St. John's lat eran. Interest it now largely engrossed with the coming conclave and its re suit. The gossip of the day may be IC;!. -Ji 1 wW* ' A. ar' y a f ' V' j i i t > - z ” CARnrwAD

I . . i summed up briefly by saying that Car dinal Gotti's chances of election seem to have improved in comparison with those of other cardinals who have been mentioned as likely to succeed the dead pontiff although there still exists a strong feeling that someone, hitherto scarcely talked of. may wear the tiara. Inside the Vatican the work of arranging the apartments for the conclave has begun. The courtyards are choked with carts, bricks and WALLIKO UP noons AMD WINDOWS AT TBB | VATTCAM building material for talslng the walls • where doors exist and for making partitions. The palatine guards and gen darmes will be transferred elsewhere, as their barracks are needed by the i conclave. Cardinal Oreglia. escorted I by the Swiss guards, is Inspecting the work, observing everything minutely Significant Labor Movement. Philadelphia. July 28. —A serious ( blow was dealt last night to the Cen I tral Union of Textile Workers which ■ in directing the textile strike, when the Ixtom Fixers' Protective and Bene-' flclal Association withdrew from that | organization. Similar action Is said to be contemplated by the beamers and twisters' union, the warpers and warp dressers’ unions and the power loom fixers beneficial union, all of which met to consider the matter The • most important reason for severing relations with the Central Union, as explained by President Clarke, of the Txioni Fixers' Association, is the growing belief among various unions that they can best serve their own Interests by managing their own affairs.

OVERPETTED PETS. Doni and Cnt* Spoiled by Appetite For I nnetariil Tidbits. ‘ Possibly tbe dog world might afford a better s]>ecinien of u living skeleton J than one In the kennel next to tbe , door of a boarding place for animals, ' but it would take a day's Journey to find him. “What's makes him so thin?” was . asked of tbe attendant. “He won't eat,” was tbe reply—“that | Is. he won't eat hospital food. He’s been spoiled. Ixits ot dogs and cats that are brought here have been si>otled. Their owners think It Is a sign of high breeding to cultivate an appetite 1 for a peculiar and unnatural diet. They train animals to eat al) kinds of 1 food that they would never touch of their own volition. This emaciated fel1 low has been taught to like fruit. He is particularly fond of pears; but, in ease he can't get them, peaches, apples and 1 bananas are a fairly satisfactory substitute. Unfortunately, his present ailment makes a fruit diet extremely ' dangerous, and since lie is deprived of ‘ his favorite food he Is literally starv--1 Ing himself to death." 1 The attendant passed on to a neighboring cage and poked his finger spori tlvely into the side of a large gray cat i that “meowed” plaintively in response to his cheery "Hello, there. Ctesar!” I The cat had such a healthy, whole- | some apivaranee that the visitor in- ' quired what meat he was fed upon. ■ I “Humph!" said the attendant. "You've ; missed ft there. He doesn't feed upon moat. He's a vegetarian. He likes onions better than anything else, uni less it's melons. A good many cats like melons, and most of them are also partial to raw asparagus. The fact Is you might run through a list of all the dishes that find a place on any up to i date menu and you will find that some ' I of our patients have acquired a taste I for them. This epicurean appetite may I . <•.-note aristocratic tendencies on the part of wv boarders, bnt I don't ap- . prove of it. Most of these acquired , tastes are a perversion of the natural . animal appetite, and it is likely to prove harmful In the end. The trick J is pretty expensive f<sr us fellows that run cat and dog l«x,rdlng houses, and ! I'd like to put a stop to it.”—New Yjrk Times. ! APHORISMS. Liberality consists rather in giving I seasonably than much.—Cicero. Labor is the divine law of our exist1 ence; repose is desertion and suicide.— Mazzini. Unbecoming forwardness oftener proI feeds from ignorance than impudence. —Guville. Kindness is a language the dumb can i speak and the deaf can hear and under- I ] stand.—Bovee. Every one complains of the badness of : his memory, but nobody of his judg- i . menL—Rochefoucauld. He who has no inclination to learn more will l>e very apt to th : nk that be 1 knows enough.—Powell. It is not what he has or even what he does which expresses the worth of a i man, but what he is.—Aniiel. Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with ; great ambitions.—Longfellow. Justice is the insurance we have on our lives and property, . nd obedience Is the premium we pay for it.—Penn. Cats <>r Ancient Eopt.

Bj- some persons the popularity of the cat in Egypt has Iwen attributed to the fact that the animal was valuable in ridding the palaces of rats and mice and also in hunting fowls. There are several paintings in the British museum, executed by ancient Egyptian artists, representing Egyptian sportsmen in boats on the river Nile, accompanied by large cats, sitting on their haunches in the stern. Other pictures show the cats swimming with ' birds in their mouths after the manner of retriever dogs. These pictures have greatly perplexed modern naturalists because the cat of today has a strong aversion to water, and it Is difficult to reconcile such different traits even after the hipse of thousands of years. Food We Ooght to Eat. It has been said that a man should be In very goal health If he takes no ; more than three different kinds of food at any one meal. It should be served as nearly as |s>ssible in its simple state. More sisal is required on a ' damp. raw. cold day than on a cheer- i ful. dry one. As n rule, it is safe to assume that ! what we crave for is best for us. ! though In cases of illness .this point should not be strictly adhered to. Men require a good deal more food than women; those who work hard more than those who lead a sedentary life; those who are growing more then | I those who have reached maturity. Trie Conrsae. Bpartacn*—What is the greatest act of bravery that ever occurred within your specific knowledge? Smartacus - A man with only half a dollar In his pocket went Into a swell ! case and ordered 40 cents’ worth of food right out loud, so that people at the next table heard him distinctly.— Baltimore American. -— 1 Kidnaped. “So Daisy Daslmbot.Ts diamonds were stolen, were they?" inqu'red the patient i newspaper man, suppressing a yawn. [ "No." corrected the enterprising preaa ■ agent; "they were kidnaped.. She had ’ them set in her teeth, and they had to . take her too." Cincinnati Commercial. All Ip lhe Draw. , Wlgg Many a woman discovers that She has married the wrong man. Wagg Well, |'v<» heard that marriage sometimes makes another man of a fel low.—Philadelphia Record,

THE AMERICAN LAUGH. It la a Valuable Aid In Building ip Our National Greatnesa. God's greatest gift to man was the laugh. Without it the human race would have wept itself to death or exterminated Itself long ago. Pathos |g ■ beautiful: tragedy is absorbing. R, lt I both pathos and tragedy are instantly routed by the laugh. Laughter has sunshine in It. It t s 1 warm. Learned men have searched ! for the secret of life. What is it but good humor? That’s the sec.ot of Us e > being worth living. Wbat sunshine is to earth good humor is to man. Take tbe smile and the laugh away, and it would be the end of man. Men can’t fight while they enjoy a joke. Death himself recoils from th* laugh. The man in a good humor has an enormous advantage over the man who is angry. Anger is dark. Bitterness is filled with shadow. Intolerance is grim and black. Prejudice is blind. Good humor, with the smile and tbe laugh, is sunshine in which objects are plain and distortion disappears and wherein phantoms become nothing. One reason for America’s greatness i* that, above all. it is a nation that laughs. There have been gay peoples and frivolous nations, but gayety and frivolity are strangely akin to melancholy. That gay Germany whose national happiness is expressed in song is clouded by melancholy. Sadness pervades the temperament of Germania. And frivolous France—how tragic she becomes—bow desperately tragic! The great American laugh is another thing. Investigate the American national laugh, and there’s a sound, practical something behind it. It is never a I forced laugh. It is healthy, vigorous, spontaneous. Empires and powers have crumbled ' and gone to pieces in solemn se 'ious- ! ness and gloomy grandeur, while l n< -> J Sam. with a Joke on his lips, forges ahead.—Denver Post. A COMMON CUSTOM. Man‘« Hchlt of Runninc Illa Tliroutfh Ilia Hair. “Why does a man always run his hand through bis hair when he takes bis hat off?” asked an observant man. “Did you ever notice that man will in- ' variably do this very thing? Is it just a nervous habit? Is it vanity? It is an old habit. 1 have never known a man who did not indulge this habit. Even men who have no hair to run their fingers through, men whose heads are as bald as billiard balls, will brush their hands over their heads I when they lift their hats. If the men i simply wanted to smooth their tonsled I hair, of course this would afford ampl» I explanation of the habit. But why j should a man who has no hair ou bis head do the same thing? it is not a sufficient answer to say that such a man may have had a full suit of hair at one time and that it is simply a matter of habit contracted under different conditions. As a rule, men are unconscious of the fact. They do not know why. how or when they run their bands over their beads. But they all do it just the same. Go into n court room or at any place where men congregate and where it is necessary for them to remove their lints and watch them. You will observe that every man will go through the same performance. It seems to be a perfectly natural thing for them to do. My own conclusion is that it Is an evidence of vanity. A man wants bis hair to be Just so. Originally probably it was simply a matter of tidiness. But it has grown into an act of vanity. Th* lawyer, for instance, if he has enough hair for the purpose, will want Ids head to have a tousled appearance. It gives him a studious appearance and leaves the im pression that he has been straggling with the books. Whatever tbe reason, the habit is a curious one and one which seems to be deep rooted in the masculine nature.” — New Orleans Ti mes- Demoera t. GYPSY RETICENCE. 1* Wo. N«t Proof SKnln.t Chari*. Godfrey l.elnud. Charles Godfrey Leland, author of the “Hans Breitmann” ballads, had a passion for studying the nice of gypsies and at the same time great human sympathy with them. The fact that he was the greatest living authority on I the gypsy tongue and customs gave ; him little pleasure compared with the delight of being hailed as brother by gypsy horse traders at English fairs and gypsy musicians in Russia and Austria. One day in Philadelphia he met three dark men whom he knew to lie of an ancient stock. He was quite sure that they could speak a language which contained roots of Sanskrit, Hindoo and Persian. Yet they would make no display of it. They would, like their race, deny all knowledge of it as well as tbe fact of their gypsy blood. H* addressed them in Italian, and they answered fluently. He changed to obscure tongues of tbe east, uud again they replied. “Have you got through all your languages?" lie inquired at last. “Yes. signor, all of them ” "Isn't there one left behind which you have forgotten? Think a minute.” "No. signor; none.” “Whnt, not one?” “Signor, you have seen every egg tn 1 the basket.” Leland looked th* man fixedly in th* ' eye and put n question In Romany. There was a startled glance from on* to tbe other and then n silence. He asked them, again In Romany. "Won’t you talk with a gypsy brother?” That opened the gates. They shook bi* hands Iti grent emotion anil tried to tell hhn liow happy they were In having met some one who knew them.