Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 178, Decatur, Adams County, 6 August 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. KVIHV EVENING, EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY LEW <3. ELLINQH AM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week I<K Dy miller per year $4.00 By mall, per month 25<‘ By mail, per year $2.50 Single copies. Two Cents. Advertising rates made known on application Entered In the postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second-class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Managir. Schwab has resigned the presidency of the steel trust, which also carried with it a salary of one million dollars a year. But we guess he does not need the money. Those Bluffton women who followed their erring husbands to Decatur, beat the men’s paramours over the head with umbrelles and whips and then returned home and filed suits for divorce, evidently believe in doing a job up right when once they set about to do a thing, They fell short of their opportunity in one respect. They should have plied the lash vigorously over the backs of their unfaithful mates, Muucie Star A lively municipal campaign is in progress at Indianapolis and the democrats claim to be confident that they : will elect the next mayor. However, the republicans think they have the j most votes and their leaders profess to believe that Mayor Bookwalter will be easily re-elected. The News which has great influence among the independent voters is supporting the democratic ticket, and this is the feature which makes the situation look dubious for the republicans. West Baden Journal. Charles Martindale. an Indianapolis republican of considerable promi- j nence, predicts that John W. Holtzman. the democratic nominee for mayor, will be elected by a plurality of between three and four thousand. He says there are fully six thousand republicans who will not vote for Bookwalter, the republican candidate. It is generally believed that George Hitz, the nominee of the prohibitionists, will poll a larger vote than has ever been cast in that city for a candidate on a prohibition ticket. He is a business man and personally exceedingly popular. South Bend Times. The ladies' class of the Presbyter ian Sabbath school will serve ice cream and cake on the court house lawn Saturday afternoon and evening. They will also have for sale a few home baked cakes at reasonable prices. For tx-nefit of the new church. Everyone invit’d to attend. 178d3

ARE SOLIDLY UNITED ON LOCAL SITUATION

Indianapolis, Aug. 6.—Former mayor Taggart is again exhibiting the traits that have made him a strong politician. Although he drank the dregs of defeat when the local Democratic city committee was reorganized he next comes right around and show , that he is not “nnre" at the Koa< h * crowd by publicly appealing to ali Democrats to support the ticket, eliminate rational politics and hustle. He also promises to devote as much time as possible to the campaign which means a great deal to the Democrats, as he is one of their most effective campaigners. He is here now attend-, lng to business. It is probable he will entertain William Jennings Bryan, Chairman J. K. Jones and other big Democratic guns soo t at French Dick. A hard fight for a franchise is being made by the Indianapolis, Logansport & Chicago Hallway Company, and a large delegation of prominent residents of ixtgansport lisve been before the Board of Public Works here trying to get the city to loosen. The city authorities are anxious to do fair by the road, but there is a growing Impression that no new roads should be admitted that do not first agree to elevate their tracks. The new company does not think this fair In view of the fact that the other tracks are not elevated. The Logmsport crowd tried to make it appear that this city was endeavoring to give fhelr town a setback by holding the road out and thereby defeating its plans, but that is not true, as the matter will be disposed of here Just as roop ns the elty , officials thoroughly understand it. The < new company. It Is understood. Is | ready to hegln work as soon as it car. | get a right to enter this city. , The figures of Secretary Butler, of !

POWERS WARNED Turkey Gives Notice of Its Preparations For Descent Upon Macedonia. First Formal Declaration of Warlike Intentions On the Part of the Sultan's Government. All Idea of Withdrawing Troops Is Abandoned and More Are Being Drafted. i Constantinople, Aug. 6.—The porte has abandoned all idea of withdrawing troops from Macedonia and is now ' making vigorous preparations to draft i | troops for the disturbed districts. A | circular note has been sent out warn- . ing the powers of the intention of the Turkish government. The note says the situation is serious and although it does not mention Bulgaria the docu- ' j ment is regarded as a menace to the Bulgarian government. THE WAR IS ON. New England Coast Threatened By a Hostile Fleet. Portland. Maine.. Aug. 6.—That por- j : tion of New England coast from the j British boundary to Cape Ann, has j been theoretically threatened by a hosj tile fleet for a period of twelve hours, j but so far as known the “enemy” has not taken advantage of the thick weather to slip past the defending j fleet and establish himself in any har- j bor. The attacking fleet has been at j sea for about three days and will have ! till Saturday to win the game planned ' by the naval experts in Washington, by occupying any of the harbors on this portion of the coast for a period of five hours without being destroyed. The vessels of the defending fleet tin- j der the command of Hear Admiral I Barker are well distributed along the I coast and the work of patrol has begun. Many of the ships are equipped with a wireless system of telegraph, so that a majority of them can be concentrated at any point within a short time. It Is expected that the attacking fleet will head for some of the many harbors to the eastward on this port, as those to the westward, especially to the New Hampshire and Massachusetts coast, are comparatively few. Panic At County Fair. Griggsville. 111., Aug. 6. A severe wind and rain storm struck the central Illinois Fair grounds, where there were 2,500 persons. Trees, tents, carriages. stands and sheds were hurled through the air and the rain fell in torrents, creating a panic. Bourbon Stockyards Destroyed. Louisville. Kv„ Aug. 6. —Fire caused by lightning last evening destroyed j the Bourbon stockyards and two build- j ings adjoining. Four hundred and fifty head of sheep were burned. The loss is about $250,000 with insurance one-half.

tne state Board or charities '.ii tafytA fully the extent of the tramp nuisance and also something of the extent of the “touch” made on the resources of the commonwealth for the care of this undesirable population. In the six months ending Apii 1 30. nearly 2.500 vagrants were housed in the rounty jails and the counties had to pay something like 54.000. The matter was brought to the attention of Governor Durbin with an opinion from Attorney General Miller to the effect that sheriffs have no authority to harbor tramps over night and then charge the county for it. The conditions are Improving, but they are still far from Ideal, according to the report of Sec- j retary Butler. In Laporte county, for instance. 448 tramps were harbored In six months. State officials are saying that a stone pile and a ball and chain would go a long way towards heading off the Influx of Weary Willies. Colonel Oran Perry, of the Indiana National Guard, who has been Investigating the labor situation at Marlon for the purpose of giving Governor Durbin accurate Information, tells a good story on Fred I-andis. the young congressman-elect of the Eleventh district. The sheriff at Marion told the [ union men they could have no more 1 paradep. Some one telephoned l,andis at I-ogansport and he at once re- 1 piled that the men had e.s much right ! to paradp ns the manufactmers had ; to meet and that he would come and j lead them If necessary. I andls' poll- 1 ties! enemies in the district are now j aecuslng him of making a grand- ; stand play to catch the labor unions. Their talk Indicates that there is to bp another fierce fight for the nom- ! inatlon. I andls Is an active candl- j date for renomination, but It i* very probable the veteran, George W. Steele will go after his scalp.

Strike At An End. Lafayette, Ind., Aug. 6.—The carpenters' strike in this city has ended. Tfte strike was declared last May, and all efforts at settlement failed. This week the strike has been declared off and men have returned to work at such wages as employers cared to pay, the scale ranging from 27 to 32 cents an hour. The union is practically destroyed. Former Baptists to Meet. Cleveland. Ohio,. Aug. 6. —The central conference of German Baptists cotaprising churches In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Kentucky will begin in Cleveland Aug 26 and continue one week. Several hundred delegates will be in attendance, comprising both ministerial and lay representatives. A Permit to Break Law. Paris, Aug 6. —Baron Henri De Rothschild appeared before the police court on the charge of automobile scorching. His defence was that he had a permit from the Ministry of Interior allowing him to disregard the police regulations. The case was postponed until Aug. 24. G. A. R. Will Meet at Warsaw. Warsaw. Ind.. Aug. 6.—At a public reception tendered the council of administration of the G. A. R. of Indiana, in this city, the department commander, Judge George W. Grubbs, of Martinsville. -•ccepted the invitation of Warsaw and Winona for the next annual encampment of the State G. A. R.. to be held tlie second week in June. 1904. Relatives Will Make Good. Terre Haute, ind.. Aug. 6.—The matter is no longer denied publicly that A. G. Raich, financial secretary. I. O. O. F.. this city, is short in his accounts with the lodge $2,300. Relatives have offered to make good under certain conditions, but bitterly complain because the shortage ran so long without discovery.

PUBLIC SALE | ' - OF RlftST IN CLASS AND CHAMPION YOUNG HERD ATINTER NATIONAL SHOW 1302 RECORDED IN JERSEY RECORDS. ’ . Fifty Head will be Sold at Public Auction AT THE Decatur Fair Grounds, August 12, 1903 Consisting of one Show Herd in show condition, bred sows for fall litters and spiing pig's. Every pig that goes in this sale is a good one, fit to go in any show ring In blood lines there are none better; every one a good colored one, with plenty of size and plenty of quality standing on the best of feet and legs. Come to this sale and buy a Duroc at your own price. Sale begins at 12:30. Terms: Twelve /Honths wltH Six Per Cent'." lntereatT"" ,M " AUCTIONEERS: col’ J. D. NI D L INGER C S. NIBLICK, clerk. * Vi

WANT IRE MONEY j i i Reward Offered For Arthur Lyons' Arrest Subject of a Suit. | i i The Fugitive Committed Suicide and i the Men Who First Reached Hie Body Claim Reward. , ( Interesting Contention Will Ee Tried By the Court of Martin County. : I l Shoals, Ind., Aug. 6. —Henry W. i Huff and William McCormick have i brought suit against George W. Hoi- I sapple, sheriff, and Joseph Cannon, i county treasurer, to recover S2OO of- I sered ts a reward for the arrest of i Arthur Henry Lyons, who murdered his stepmother, Mrs. Joel Lyons, and concealed himself in the adjoining woods, armed to the teeth, and threat- 1 enlug the lives of other people be- ' fore forfeiting his own. A posse sur- 1 rounded the woods, and Lyons, seeing 1 his capture was imminent, committed ' suiside. The plaintiffs were the first 1 to reach his dead body, and for this 1 reason claim the reward. I KILLED BY BICYCLE. Aged German Woman At Evansville 1 Victim of Scorcher. Evansville, Ind., Aug. 6. —Mrs. Mary Krugenklaus. a highly respected German woman, sixty years old, is dead in St. Mary’s hospital. While walk- , ing across the st;eet she was struck by a bicycle ridden by William Neale, ' nineteen years oil. and was hurled

thirty feet. She wits unconscious when nicke l up and died of internal injuries. Neale has not been arrested, hut if i lie cotoner's inquest finds that he wss negligent, he will be charged with manslaughter. Disastrous Blaze at Hartford City. Hartford City, Ini., Aug. 6.—Fire partially destroyed the Brisco block, on the south side of the public square, here, entailing a loss of $20,000, fully insured. The building was occupied by the Western Union telegraph company's offices, the Central Union telephone company. J. L. Hoover, a furniture dealer, andafceever & Campbell. The buiidiug was owned by Mrs. Rachael Brisco and lag'll at $-4'>,000. The Umpire Still Lives. Terre Haute, Ind.. Aug. 6. —Ollie Sweat tried to umpire a ball game between two colored nines, but was ruled out by both sides, and Neal Garrity was selected. During the game a decision gave offense to Sweat and he slipped behind Oarrity and introduced a knife into his ribs, after which he fled. The cutting interrupted the game, but the umpire still lives. Patterson Seen at Montreal. Greencastle. Ind.. Aug. 6. —Albert Patterson, student at Ann Arbor University. who was betrothed to Miss Brownie Florer, of this city, besides paying attention to a student in the University of Michigan, and who mysteriously disappeared some weeks ago. leaving a note saying that he was the victim of a vendetta, was recently seen In Montreal. Canada. Victim of Jealousy. Linton. Ind.. Aug. 6—Grace Westhrook was shot by James Reese, jealousy being the inspiring cause. The bullet entered her right jaw, cutting the end of her tongue completely off and lodging in the chin. Roose was arres'ed and committed to jail. Miss Westbrook was removed to St. Anthony's Hospital this morning. She will likely recover.

THE NATIONAL GAME. What Was Done In the Three Big Leagues Yesterday, NATIONAL LEADER, At Chicago, 9; Pittsburg, 2. At St. Louis-Cine innati—Rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Cleveland, 8; Detroit, 2. At Philadelphia, 0; Boston. 3. At Washington, 1; New York, 2. At St. Louis-Chicago—Rain. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. •I At Toledo. 7; Milwaukee, 6. s ep . - ond game, Toledo, 15; Milwaukee, to. At Columbus, 1; Kansas City, 3, At Indlanapolis-St. Paul—Rain. At Louisville, 7; Minneapolis, 0, To Answer Embezzlement Charge ‘ Hartford Conn., Aug. 6.—Oliver T. • Sherwood, the cashier of the South i port National bank, who is charged with embezzlement of funds of the ‘ bank to the amount of SIOO,OOO, wag I arraigned before Judge Platt in th» United States District Court and eni tered a plea of not guilty and was ■ bound over to the August term of the court under, bonds of $25,000. Sherwood was brought here from New i Y’ork. having just arrived from Pan--1 ama. Pan-Handle Flyer Ditched. i ! Wheeling, W. Va., Aug. 6 —The ‘ limited Pan-Handle passenger train • from the west moving toward Pitts- . burg at the rate of sixty miles an ‘ hour, was derailed at Lumleyg Cross- ’ ing. between Jewett and Sclo. Ohio. last night. Fireman John W. Smith j of Dennison. Ohio, was killed and Engineer John B. Hoffman of Allegheny was probably fatally injured. Several passengers received minor hurts ' • — „ ■ , —. Victim of the Deadly Gasoline. Michigan City. Ind.. Aug. 6— Mrs. William Stephenson, of Mill Creek, , burned in a gasoline explosion In which she was enveloped In flame from head to foot, is dead.