Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 170, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. EVBRY EVENING. EXCEPT SUNDAY. BY LEW Gi . ELLINGHAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week 10<* By carrier, per year $4 00 By mail, per monjh 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. Now it is said that the dogs of war in the postoffiee department have been called off of one Perry S. Heath. The reason assigned is that the g. o. p. would suffer undue humiliation in having its illustrious secretary indicted for complicity in the postal frauds. This will be cherishing news for Mr. Heath. The Indianapolis democrats have nominated a strong ticket and deserve to have it elected. John W. Holtzman, their candidate for mayor is a polished gentleman, a man of affairs and one that is conscientiously honest at all times and under all circumstances. If the people of Indianapolis are looking for clean politics and an honest management of their municipal affairs there is no doubt as to who will be elected. Indiana Republican Gives His Party Some Advice. Indiapanolis, July 28. —"It is the duty of the Republicans of Indian-1 apolis to rally to the support of John I W. Holtzman and to put Charles Bookwaiter out of politics." This was the startling statement made to-day by a Republican from the southern part of the State who was in the city. “Bookwaiter and his crowd have done the Republican party more harm in the few years they have been in control of affairs than the rest of us can hope to overcome in a dozen years. There is no use trying to apoligize for Bookwaiter. He is not a fit man for mayor: he is not fit to hold any office. Yet he is in absolute control of the party machinery and is using it solely for his own purposes. If he is allowed to continue his depredations much longer it will be only a short time until the whole Republican party is disgraced all over the State and we will have an awfully hard time trying i to explain to the people that we are' entitled to their confidence. “The fact of the matter is, that the 1 present administration is in office merely for the spoils The men at the head of the party have no idea of : the value of its traditions; they do not realize that the prestige of being a of its word what has continued j the Republicans in power, and they do not care whether they build for the] future or not. Their one aim in life is to get office and maintain themselves in power. Republicans out over the State realize this and for this reason there is a decided sentiment against the re-election of the Republican mayor. The leaders over the State realize that Bookwaiter and ; his crowd is in disrepute outside Indianapolis as well as here, and they do not wish to be considered as sanctioning his re-election for fear the people will come to think that Bookwaiter's lack of principles represents Republican principles. Unless I am mightily mistaken before this campaign is over there will be a great deal of outside pressure brought to bear and It will not be in favor of Mr. Bookwaiter. either." Indiana contractors are taking the greatest interest in the bidding on the proposed Indiana building for the coming St. Exposition, and from present Indications a great many bids will be submitted from builders who ! wish to have the honor of erecting the Indiana home at the Fair. The detailed drawings for the building did not reach the Fair headquarters here until yesterday afternoon, yet since that time half a dozen contractors have been at the headquarters to examine the plans. Ail the men who called said they contemplate bidding on the structure Nor is this all. Word received by Aasistant Secretary Alexander of the Fair Commission from Wing & Mahurin, the Fort Wayne archlte< ts. who drew the plant, said that as many were have inspected the drawings in their offices where a set of the plans it also kept on exhibition. The Commission will consider bids at Its meeting Aug. 11, and it ft expected that when the bidding it closed there will be a larger number of Indiana builders who are anxious for the contract. Retail whiskey dealers, keepers of “blind tigers." and others who do an illicit liquor business on the side, will do well to take heed of an order that has Just reached the local Federal authorities Instructions have been received by the Federal officers to arrest all dealers In liquors who do not display a government license Internal revenue officers regard the instructions as merely the beginning of a war to be waged against the men who operate such establishments without paying the government fee. As soon as Indianapolis has beea “cleaned up" they say the crusade will be extended all over the State and any one who Is caught selling without a license will probably receive a lesson not to be forgotten In a hurry.

VOLUNTARY PRISON Cardinals Will Be Closely Cooped Up During the Conclave. Interesting Description of the Cell Cardinal Gibbons Will Occupy Secured for this Paper. Warm Welcome Extended the American Cardinal By His Confreres In Rome. Rome. July 28.—At yesterday's meeting of the congregation fifty-two cardinals were present and all noticed the exceptionally cordial reception accord ed to Cardinal Gibbons, who was visibly touched by it. He thanked al! his colleagues and embraced Cardinal Satolli. The American cardinal has given no indication of his predilection in regard to the election of the new 11 CARDINAL GIBBONS. pope and has refused to see any newspaper men. Cardinal Ciriaco Maria Sancha y Hervas. the archbishop of Toledo, delivered a short a Idre. s to the cardinals in presenting the condolences of the royal family of Srain. The Spanish people remember with affection the predilection of Leo XIII for Spain and the help their country received during difficult moments from the defunct pontiff who, being the godfather of King Alfonso, was considered by all Spaniards a beloved fathe r who watched their destiny. Cardinal OregHa thanked the Spanish cardinal In the name of the sacred college, making himself the interpreter of the satisfaction which the cardinals felt over the noble words and hch sentiments i which he had expressed Each of the cardinals, during the conclave will have a sufte of apartI ments comprising four rooms made up I of three bedrooms, one for the cardinal. one for hH conclavist, and a salon for his servant. The fourth room will be used as a salon or dining room, ' according to class Your correspondent was perm! ted to view the cell which Card nil Gibbons will occupy during the enclave. When the lots for apartments were drawn the American cardinal drew No. 5, the modest apartment of Commendatore Puccinelll, the matter of RUH I, — pmuj— ■■ T»'"™!■ | l T .< / IlSa a cardinal m his co«clav« czli. the house. It is a few steps up from the ground floor on the left of the noble staircase entering from the court of San Damosa. The bedroom of the car dinal Is decorated with paper of an or •Usery yellow sh gray an I it luuiaina a small black iron bed. a marble top dressing table, a small writing desk, an arm chair, au iron clothesstand end a litle, high movable mirror framed in iron and wood and a prie die at the side of the bed. Over the bed hangs a picture of a Madonna. Adlotning 1 this Is th* ro m of the conclavist. 1 which Is srraller, with about the same ' furniture except that the chairs are more simple, wl h cane bott ms and with a m nor and clothes pegs 1 attached to the walls A smaller room 1 with a camp bed. is for the use of the servant. The fourth —pi , of lltt’e use. as It Is without a window. The apartment ts lighted with electrictly: It will probably be very warm as It has a full southern ex poeure. The bedroom of the cardinal measure* only fourteen feet by eleven THE PAPAL OUTLOOK. It Is Believed Conclave Will Be of Short Duration. Rome. July 28—Almost all of the cardinals of the conclave have now arrived. In will Informed circles Cardl nal Angelo, Pietro pro-datary of the late pope .Is being talked of as a com promise candidate In the event that Cardinale Oi < glia. Gotti Rarapolla ar Vannutellt Is unable to secure tho nec I 1

I essary votes. Should Di Pietro be I elected pope ne would, it is said, be the representative of the Rampolla-Gotti faction, and yet would be fairly acceptable to all. Cardinal Michael Logue, j Archbishop of Armagh, who. with the ' exception of Cardinal Gibbons, will be the only English-speaking cardinal in ! the conclave, has arrived from Ireland. I He said he believed that the successor I WSCjjX ’2/ CARDINAJ, BEK A PINO VANNVTELLI. of Leo would be quickly chosen. In his case, perhaps, the hope is father to the thought, as he said he did not look forward with a great degree of pleasure to being shut up in the Vatican during the present hot weather. Speaking of Cardinal Gibbons, the Irish cardinal, paid him a glowing : tribute, though, like all the prelates i here, he held out no hope that the American cardinal had the remotest ' chance of election. "Indeed." said Cardinal Logue. "I think Cardinal Gibbons would be a subject for commiseration if the selection should devolve upon him. for no American would care to pass the rest of his life confined within the precincts of the Vatican.” IN BREATHITT COUNTY. Guns and Wolves Continue to Play Leading Parts. Jackson. Ky., July 28. —Reports received here state that two men were ! killed in a fight at Long Creek and two i were fatally injured in an encounter at | Hunting Creek. In a fight on Long I Creek Govan Smith was shot through the breast by John Hall, and as he lay on the ground with the blood rushing from his wounds Smith pulled his revolver and shot Hall through the brain. Both men expired almost immediately. On Hunting Creek John Skidman and Alex Craft engaged in a fight after a quarrel in a "blind tiger." Skidman drew a knife and Craft a revolver. Craft missed his mark the first two times, but on the third shot he inflicted a fatal wound. Skidman cut Craft about the body and it is said both will dtp. Didn't Draw a Crowd. Cleveland. July 28. —Clevelanders were treated yesterday to the novel sight of a grand circuit trotting meeting without pool selling, the courts . having declared that it would not be allowed. In consequence of the absence of betting the crowd was one of the smallest that has attended the I local meetings in years. They Spilled the Booze. Ardmore. I. Ter.. July 28. —United j States officers seized a large quantity of whiskey and beer before tt had j been removed from the train which brought It here, and spilled it in the I street. United States Marshal Colbert has issued an order prohibiting the introduction of liquor into the Indian Territory. Without Special Interest Cynthiana. Ky.. July 28. —The first day of the second trial of Curt Jett and Tom White for the murder of James B. Marcum was without special Interest. Many witnesses are In attendance at the trial and the city is unusually quiet. It Is thought that a jury can be easily secured. Gave Them An Ovation. Springfield. 111.. July 28. —Company I A. Captain Ratigan. and Company B. Captain Murphy, Seventh Infantry. I. N a who were re'.kvvJ fium duty at Danville, have arrived at Camp Lin- , coin and received an enthusiastic ovation from their comiadee in camp. Sir John Rigby Dead. Ixmdon. July 28 -Str John Rigby, formerly Ix>rd Justice of Appeal. Is *** BRIEF DISPATCHES — * En per»on« wert drowned in and about Chicago Sunday. The varht Re ianre ha* been selected to de fend the America n eup. C. Weiaa. Syracuse. M. Y.. killed hit wife and hiweelf while in Mew York city. A R<»ek Island freight train was wrecked at Moline, H'.. and one person was killed. Chicago manufacturers will investigate reports that labor unions have been "grafting." Wind, lightning and rain • truck Minneapolis Monday and the lota is many thousands of dollar* A wreck occurred at St. Enochs* Rcotiand. in which IM people were killed and 20 seriously injured. James J. Perrin. 74 yean of age. founder of the Indiana MaUonal Bank, at Lafayette, Ind., is dead. I A Eanta Fe paasenger train was wrecked at Prince villa. 111., and two persons were killed and three otbera seriously injured. A mob lyn» bed au innoeent negro, near Darien, Ga.. despite his protasis cf innocence. Ha was charged with asaaulttng a voting white woman The actual ru pnl has Just been captured by the officer*. The El. Petersburg Movoa trema has prfhtod a cartoon representing Uncle Harn driving an automobile over two negroe«. bls right hand wielding a whip and bis left supporting the a tars aud Stripe*. I I

HUMAN SHIELDS California Convicts Make a Novel Dash For Liberty. Overpowering Officers of the Prison, They Use Them As Shields Against Guards' Fire. Desperate Men Make for the Mountains, Taking Hostages With Them. — Sacramento. Cal., July 28.—Thirteen I notorious criminals escaped from Folsom prison by using the overpowered head officers of the prison as shields to protect them from bullets until they ] bad fled into the mountains. During the struggle in the prison William L. Cotter, a guard, was stabbed to death by the convicts. C. J. Cochrane was probably fatally stabbed in the back and W. C. Palmers was severely | hacked about the head. When the escaped desperadoes were well away I from the prison they released Warden Wilkinson, Captain Murphy and one or two other men who had been used as shields. General Overseer McDonI ough and five or six guards are still in I the hands of the fugitives, who say I they will kill the prison officers if the i militia attempts to retake the con- I vlcts. It is believed the convicts and their taptives are making for the Bald mountains. Governor Pardee has ordered 1 jut several companies of militia and soldiers are on the trail of the fugitives. All the escaped men are desperate characters and blood is likely to flow before they are retaken. The thirteen convicts had been acting strangely of late and when they were seen talking among themselves Captain Murphy called Warden Wilkinson and four guards into his office to con- , sider what was best to do with the men. The prisoners seized this mo- ' ment for escape. They made straight ; for the captain's office and rushed in on the very men whom prisoners wishing to escape, usually elude. A desperate fight followed. The officers were outnumbered and soon had been relieved of their arms. Then using the officers as a shield the convicts started for the armory post on the outskirts of the penitentiary grounds. They passed a Gatling gun on one of the walls, but the guards wete afraid to turn it on the convict?. When the armory post was reached officers there attempted to interfere, but were quickly overpowerei. Tien after further arming themselves with rifles, knives, pi«tols an! amir unit! n. they made a dash for the country wl.h several guards, the warden and captain in I tow. The convicts went to a farmer's house, seized his four-horse team and wagon, robbed the house of everything of value, took the farmer with them as a driver and headed for Bald mountain. Evidently it is their intention to reach Alabaster cave. The several hundred remaining prisoners made no attempt to get away and were quietly returned to their cells and locked up. As soon as Governor Pardee heard of the delivery he ordered out the mill tia. COLLIDED WITH ICEBERG. Here's a Nice Seasonable Story of the Sea. Philadelphia. July 28—The British tank steamer Baku Standard, from Tyne has arrived here with a hole in her bow as a result of a collisior with an iceberg The British tanker. Captain Tucker, reports, was steaming slowly over the Grand banks off New Foundland during a dense fog when an iceberg about 200 feet high loomed up dead ahead. The engines were reversed. but before the steamer could be diverted from her course the bow struck the submerged portion of the icebe/g. A small hole was stove in one of the cempartmeuts below the water line The pumps were placed in operation and by this means the water was kept downstock Market Improving. New York. July 28 —ln spite of, or probably because of two additional I failures on the stock exchange—E. S Hooley & Co., of this city, and William Bassett, of Boston,—Monday's stock market showed very general improvement and the situation as a | whole was viewed with more cheerfulness The Hooley failure was regard ed as an inevitable sequel to that of I W L. Stow a Co., which came last i Friday. The failure of Mr Bassett was ' wholly unimportant—one of the day's Incidents. Son Held On Suspicion. McPherson. Kan., July 28—The body of J. W McAuearny. a wealthy landowner with throat cut from ear to oar and other evidences of violence mark ing the body, was found In an old well near bls home George McAuerarny. a son. was arrested on suspeclon Suspicion Points to Husband. Mount Vernon. N. Y.. July 28.—Martin Elbet. husband of the young woman whose body was found in a sewer, where It had been thrown after she had been strangled to death, was brought to Mount Vernon from White Plains, where be was arrested.

OL'R HOMESEEKERS’ LOW RATE j HARVEST EXCURSION TO . . . If = OKLAHOMA H "The Land of Sunshine" I WILL LEAVE DECATUR ON I Tuesday, Aug. 4th I There is still room for more people, and the attention of those who I a chance to better themselves is directed to the opportunities offeied by thi ß I I progressive territory. I Now is Your Chance to See This Country and its Productions. ! Its large orchards of all kinds of fruits: its fields of wheat, corn, oats I cotton, etc.; its herds of cattle; its flocks of sheep; its droves of hogs; its in- | 1 dustrial and mercantile institution, its schools and churches; all help to spel} I S U C C E S S with letters of constantly increasing size. I Call on or address I s™s?S HALL, SON & FULK, I WESTERN IMMIGRATION AGENTS. DECATUR, INDIANA Do You Know That the Day Current is On? That we have received a large shipment of FAN S~T All Electrical Supplies and General Repair Work at \A/. C. Spencer’s North side of Monroe Street. ARE YOU SORE? USE )aracamph Relieves Instantly or Money Refunded. SUN BURN, CHAFING, Prickly Heat, Insect Bites and Stings. It Cools. It Soothes. It Cures. Sold only in 25c., 50c. A SI.OO Bottler. At all food Drutrist* For sale by The Holthouse Drug Co.. Decatur.

MU LIVE WIRE Light Trimmer at Brookville Killed and Richmond Man Badly Burned. While Trimming an Arc Light Bayard Quick Met His Death By Electrocution. At Richmond Nimrod Johnson Caught Hold of Two Wires and Came Near Death. Brookville, Ind., July 27.—Beyard : Quick, aged twenty-five, assistant su- j perintendent of the Brookville Electric I Light and Power Company, was in- ' Ets’iC) killed while trimiu ,ig an ar.' i light. LINEMAN BADLY SHOCKED. Richmond Electrical Worker Caught I Hold of Two Wires. — Richmond, Ind., July 27.—Nimrod Johnson, son of ex Representative Henry U. Johnson, and a lineman in the employ of the municipal light plant, was terribly Injured aud it was only by a narrow margin that he esi caped death. While on a role he grasped two live wires and two thou sand volts of electricity passe! through , his body. He would have fallen from . the pole but his belt strap caught and held him until he was rescued. The ' unfortunate man's hands were territiy burned, one finger and one thumb being burned off The insides of his hvn is are burned aud charred until they look I like charcoal. His entire system la affected by the shock and his condition is serious. Their Dream of Love Is O'er. Evansville, lnd„ July 27.—The wedding bliss of Mr and Mrs. Charles McCutcheon was short lived Indications now are that It has witnessed Its com- ' plete finish. Five days ago Marie Na gel, aged fifteen, eloped with McCutcheon to Boonville, where they were married. When they returned the girl's mother took her boa her husband Now Mrs. McCutcheon has filed suit for divorce. McCutcheon declares hie wife's parents intimidated her and says he will fight the case.

Not Cost, But Be low Cost BURDG'S SACRIFICE SALE OF MILLINERY fresh Huckleberries at J. S. Colchin’s. I - ' —- ROY ARCHBOLD, DENTIST. I. O. O. F. BLOCK. I Office, 184. on I Residence 446. For BRICK Beo Henry Mayer. NORTH END YARDS NOTICE TO ELECTRIC LIGHT CONSUMERS. — The ordinance of the City controling the use of electric lights has a penal section, providing for imposing a fine 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 make any change of lights, or wires, or appliances, or connections herewith without written] permission from the superintendant of the Lighting plant, as such persons will certainly be prosecuted, for such violation of the ordinance. H. C. STETLER. Chairman, Electric Light Committee.