Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 180, Decatur, Adams County, 8 August 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. EVIRY EVENING. EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY LBW Q. ELLINQHAIVI. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week lOC 1 By carrier, per year $4.00 By mail, per month 250 By mail, per year $2 50 Single copies. Two Cents, <fl vertislng rates made known on application Entered tn the postofflce at Decatur. Indiana. as second-class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. —-'■ ■ 1 - " Governor Durbin is now being boomed for vice president, and if ••• • 1 there is any merit in running a governor’s office on cheap political lines, he should be chosen by acclamation. He is the smallest large man that ever occupied the governor’s chair." Governor Durbin took the Marion police board in on the carpet and gave them a regular reformatoryjacking up, for not exercising their powers in putting a full stop to the labor agitations now brewing in Marion. The governor likes to show off better than anyone we can call to mind. Hon. Theodore Shockney, of Union City, was in Redkey Wednesdaynight on legal business. His re- < publican friends over Indiana are urging him to make the race for nomination as governor, and political fences are now being laid that will probably influence Mr. Schock ney to conceed to the wishes of his constituents. —Redkey- Times. I As the time approaches for the , nomination of a republican candi- , date for congress in this district, Congressman Cromer is found on hand advertising his claims in his ( usual modest way. He is now go- , ing to secure complete rural mail , service for his district —when he can—and we hope he can at a veryearly day. This done his re-nom-ination is a fore-gone conclusion. We should lx- able to carry New Work and the ajacent states of New Jersey and Connecticut. Then we should carry the battle in the great business centers of the west. That means a contest tn Ohio, which will keep the Republicans fully occupied in that state. “Indianapolis and Illinois are are hopeful fields. I think we can carryseveral of the mountain states— Colorado, Idaho, and possibly others. We have a good fighting chance in California, and Oregon is close. I therefore regard the outlook as exceedingly hopeful.—Senator Gormna.

AN INCIDENT THAT WAS NOT EXPECTED

Indianapolis, Aug. 8. —A somewhat amusing situation has developed among the Democrats here. There are a few d-ep-dved-in-the-wool followers of William Jennings Bryan who are not entirely satisfied with the way their party is doing. The socalled reorganizers have entire control so the Bryan men have written to their chief for advice. But Bryan is now in this neck-of-the-woods, and his followers have not been able to get in touch with him. The few of the "faithful" who want some excuse for protesting have hovered about the Grand hotel and Union station looking for Bryan since he reached this part of the country, but up to this time they have not found a willing ear into which to pour their tale of woo. Not only are the Republicans amused, but a majority of the Democrats see much of the humorous in the situation. It is understood that Bryan will be the guest of T. Taggart at French IJck • to-morrow. The “melancholy days” have come for the newspaper men here. Stories that are readable are as hard to find as the proverbial needle In the haystack. Perhaps no other class of men appreciate the quietude as much as the reporters. They are expected to furnish something Interesting whether or not there Is anything doing. So, whether It Is quiet or not the work Is just as difficult for them as If a dozen big events were transpiring. The routine of Indianapolis, from which news Is gathered daily, may I he easily summarized. At the State! house there is nothing do ng except the meeting of the tax boards. There i is nothing at the various political' headquarters. The ho el teg’a*ers show there are but few visitors and the police say things never were so! quiet. An old officer. In sreaking of

General Miles, the greatest war general of at least the present time, has been retired from active service by the age limit, sixty-four years. Hie army life has been crowded with activity, and in all of which he ever displayed his superior knowledge of discipline and courage. His record and popularity are unquestioned, and in the public eye he is easily one of the foremost figures in military historv. His pay on the retired list will be 58,250. Senator Gorman talks in a very sensible way —as he usually does—and the rank and file of the democratic party will relish the sentiments expressed. It sounds much more becoming than the rantankerous outbursts that for a year or more have been making the individual members of the democratic party very sick at heart. There is no mortgage on the Gorman idea of making the democratic party a useful and successful political organization, and we suggest that John W. Kern get in the band wagon and give us a few yards of wisdom along the Gorman line. “The policy,’’ “of colecting from the earnings of the people something like 17,5000,000 more than can be spent, even with the most reckless extravagance, is an iniquity and a wrong which the Democratic party should endeavor to right. The revision of the tariff should, therefore, be before a great issue in the presidential election. In order to win, the democratic party must have the the confidence of the business interests of the country. The lack of that confidence caused the defeats of 1806 and 1900. To secure that confidence now, there must be an explicit pledge that in the revision of the tariff it is not the purpose of party to wreck industries, many of which were established under the existing law. The pledge should be similar to the one upon which the democratic party elected its ticket in 1884.—Senator Gorman. The Impossible Happened. Sofia. Bulgaria. Aug. 8. —The fresh Insurrectionary outbreak in Macedonia which was believed to be impossible has produced a sensation everywhere It Is believed that the latest provocations by the Turkish troops drove the insurrectionists to despair. The Bulgarian government is resolved to maintain friendly relations with the Porte and to prevent bands from crossing the frontier. Gnlvaai'a Uiacovery. It is to the w ife of Professor Galvlni of Bologna tbit is due the credit of having dlscov- red the electrical battery which bears his name. Some skinned frogs lay upon the table, and, noticing a convulsive movement in their limbs, she called her husband's attention to the strange fact, who instituted a series of experiments, and in 1791 he laid the foundation of the ga tvanlc b--‘* —

me conditions to-oay. said th't at this time of the year ther a Is not much crime, as the chronic law breaker finds it easy to get a dol'ar or so honestly, henre h‘ dees not run his head into ti e tol a. Now comes the report that the Populist party of Indiana is to be resuscitated. The question might be asked very naturally as to what the party is composed of now. Prior to 1896 the Pops had a good organization In Indiana and numbered in the neighborhood of 50,000, but during the succeeding cam- ' palgns they almost lost their identity. 1 In the last campaign they did not poll • enough votes to entitle them to a place ' on the ticket. But since the Demo > crats seem to have cut loose from the 1 teachings of the Chicago and Kansas t City platforms the Pops—or rather 1 the remnants of the old party—have t done with them and have determined ’ to try to reorganize along old lines 1 A meeting will be held during th* early part of September at which th< situation will be thoroughly discussed ! i Hundreds of people have beet I watching the crew that Is wrecking ■ the buildings that occupy the grount i purchased for the magnificent inter 1 urban terminal station and office build i Ing One of the most interestlni ' things Is the destruction of the ok cyclorama which la now going on wltl great rapidity. This building Is t landmark. Years ago. when there wai a public fad for panorama pictures o the battles of the civil war. a company was organized to build It. The pano rama of the battle of Gettysburg at tractod thousands of people for awhile Then the fad died out. Other fads sue I needed It and at Intervals the cyclo rama has been a popular place, but il was a monument to poor businest judgment Now its massive walls havi i been pulled down.

STATE NEWS NOTES Incidents and Accidents and Doings of Note Throughout Hoosierdom. The Ashee of John Gilbert Shanklin Will Be Strewn Over Hie Parents' Grave. This Same Couree Wai Pursued After Death of the Late i George Shanklin. Evansville. Ind.. Aug B.—The last wish of John Gilbert Shanklin in life will be carried out. He asked that his body be cremated and his ashes strewn over the graves of his parents. in Oak Hill cemetery. The body was forwarded to Chicago last evening for cremation, after which the ashes will be returned to this city for the final disposition, as requested. It was the last wish of the late George Shanklin, brother of the late John Gilbert Shanklin, that his body be cremated and the ashes be scat tered over the graves of his parents and this was done at time of his death, four years ago. Young Woman Commits Suicide. Logansport, Ind.. Aug. 8. —Mrs. Olive Brown, wife of James Brown, committed suicide by swallowing carbolic acid. She was found unconscious in her apartments, and on a table in the room was an ounce bottle half full of carbolic acid, and beside It was a beer glass, which had evidently been used in taking the poison. She left no explanation as to the cause of suicide. although she remarked to a

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neighbor some time ago that she "would end her troubles some day by taking poison.” She was twentysix years old. Neighbors Express Disapproval. Bluffton. Ind.. Aug. 8. —Theodore Wilson was hanged in effigy at Nottingham. Wilson is the man who spread the report that he had seen Ed Radabaugh at 5:30 on the evening of the nitro-glycerine explosion here, and that It was not Radabaugh who i was killed. His report caused the wildest excitement here, for the reason that it was repotted that three men had been killed, and an effort was made to find the third man in the disaster. I Young Woman Frightfully Burned. Connersville, Ind., Aug. B.—Miss Marne Plauer dropped a lighted match which Ignited her clothes and she was horribly burned before the flames were extinguished. Her arms and ' body w’ere burned the most and she ( complains of intense pain when ! breathing. She is twenty years old, handsome and accomplished. Stood Till the Train Struck Her. South Bend. Ind., Aug. B.—Mrs. Em- ' ma Degroovere, while picking coal along the Lake Shore Railway got on the tracks and was struck by a fast ’ train. The railway men claim she had ! time to escape, but threw up both hands and stood still. i Hair Thief at Carnival. , Rochester. Ind.. Aug. B.—During the carnival festivities, while the streets were crowded, a vandal slipped behind the daughter of J. S. Tipton and clipped off her hair, which was braided in two large strands. Fifty Thousand Dollar Fire. Piqua. 0.. Aug. B.—The machinery department comprising the main build ; ing of the main branch of the Amer--1 lean School Furniture company was entirely destroyed by fire. Loss $50,000; insurance $27,000. I

HECERVARY RESIGNS. Hungarian Premier Finds the Pressure Too Great Vienna. Aug. B.—lt is stated that Premier Hedervary. of Hungary, has tendered his resignation to Emperor Francis Joseph at Ischl, and that the Emperor has reserved his decision COUNT KHUKX-tnttIEBVART, HUWOABIAS asking M. Hedervary to remain at Ischl pending the arrival of the Aus trian Premier. Count Goluchowskl. and General Beck. chief of the genera 1 staff, when important decisions will: be made after the discussion of the I National demands of the Hungarian part of the army. Voyage of Discovery. St. Johns. N. F . Aug. B.—The steamer Virginia Lake has sailed for Labrador with an expedition aboard headed by Colonel Willard Glazier, of Albany. N. Y.. which intends to explore the in terior of the peninsula. It will proceed inland, if possible, as far as Grand Falls. Hamilton Inlet, which are said to surpass the falls of Niagara.

SUMMED UP BRIEFLY. -j Bradstreet's Report On Trade Condi, tions Is Cheering. New York. Aug. B.—Bradstreet’s weekly review of trade to-day say B Summed up in a sentence, it may be said that the past week in trade and industry is satisfactorily secured while the future, despite some mainly sentimental drawbacks. Is highly promising. Divided geographically it Is to be noted that the East feel, the effect of speculative liquidates, and the dulling effects on manufacturing of high prices of raw material, or of strikes while the West and South contemplate the prospects of good yields of staple crops and remunera tlve prices for the same with confidence, and even optimism Staple prices are drifting lower Food products certainly tend lower. University Sued for Damages. South Bend, lnd„ Aug B—The estate of John Jalger, who trespassed on the rounds of Notre Dame University and was shot to death In a fight with Albert Smith, the watchman. has brought suit against Smith and the university for SIO,OOO damge« Died In the Philippines. Laporte. Ind.. Aug. B.—The parents of William H. Brumey, serving In the Twenty-Eighth regulars, in the Philippines, have been advised of his death. The body is en route home for I burial. Judge Baker Home Again, Goshen. Ind., Aug. B.—Judge Francis E. Baker, of the United States court, after a two months' tour of Europe, has returned to bis home In this city. Fatal Stolen Ride. South Bend. Ind.. Aug. 8. —Irvle Williams. ten years old, son of a section foreman, attempted to steal a rids on a freight train and was killed.