Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 181, Decatur, Adams County, 10 August 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. ; - -—— j KVIKY EVENING. EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY LEW Q, ELLINIOHAM. ’ I SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week 10c Dy currier By mail, per month 25 1 ’ By mail, per year $2.50 Single copies. Two Cents, &.£ rortlsing rates made known on application Entered in the postoffice at Decatur. Indiana. as second-class mail matter J. H. HELLER, Manager. Governor Durbin’s vice presidential boom has gone upward several points by the receipt of a long personal letter from the president of the United States, in which praise flowed thick and fast for the governors brave stand in sending the state militia to Evansville to put a quietus on a race war. It is now evident that the president looks with much favor upon Indiana’s chief executive as a running mate in ILKM. Another sample of how easy it is to disgrace women with common rumor is seen in the trial of Prof. Hamilton, superintendent of schools at Huntington, Ind. Prof. Humil ton was tried before the school board on a charge of immoral conduct and Mrs. E. E. Griffith, of Indianapolis, and Miss Mary B. Cox, a teacher in the Huntington schools, were named as the other parties. The evidence wholy and clearly’ failed to prove any of the charges and the board so decided, completely exonerating both women. Because of the agitation and controversy that had been stirred up. Prof. Hamilton has been dismissed from his position. The school board is republican. A little coterie of republican politi- i cians of local influence filed the charges and attempted to prove them. Prof. Hamilton is a demoOf course, a republican will ~ '"l>e appointed to succeed him and thus the dirty politics of the whole affair will have been carried out. Prof. Hamilton is thrown out and therefore unquestioned characters and unblemished reputations of two innocent women have been damaged and dragged in the dirt of filthy scandal. But it only goes to show that politics and the greed for jobs count more in some places and with some jteople than reputation and character.—lndianapolis Sun. What'a Before Them. These young society buds are mere butterflies." said the Rev. Mr. Straitlace. "They have no thought of the future life.” “Os the future life?” replied Miss Innit. “Oh, but they do! Matrimony is always in their thoughts ’’—Exchange.

MENTION OF KERN AROUSES SPECULATION

Indianapolis, Aug. 10.—Has William 1 Jennings Bryan picked John W. Kern ' of Indianapolis, late candidate for 1 governor, as a possible candidate on whom his own mantle may fall? It 1 would seem so. from the tenor of his Interviews during his recent trip in thfv 9tito tt '-p~< s"me w!«~ politicians take that view of whit he has said. It has long been known that Bryan had a warm admiration tor I ißtSr A Iwml WB .< / • ’’ JOHN W KERN. Kern and that the latter was recently the only prominent party leader in Indiana who stuck by the former leader through thick and thin. So it is being pointed out that Bryan would very naturally try to reward his old | friend Kern in some manner, and what , more befitting than to mention him as . a candidate for president. The Bryan | interview Is responsible for a flurry ( among Kern's friends who are having vlslunrvuf him as the tartv mndidatu

R.’ar Admiral Retire's. Washington. Aug. 10. —Rear Admiral George W. Melville, who was retired for age last January, has relinquished — Ta BEAR IS—>• w MELVILLE. his duties as chief of the bureau of steam engineering and is succeeded by Rear Admiral Charles W. Rae. THE NATIONAL GAME. What Was Done In the Three Big Lsegues Yesterday. national league. At Chicago. 4; Pittsburg. 3. At Cincinnati. 5; St. Louis, 2. AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Chicago. 3; St. Louis. 1. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. At Columbus, 1; Milwaukee, 3. At Toledo. 13; Kansas City, 5. At Louisville, 7; St. Paul, 2. Chief of Vendetta Slain. New Orleans. Aug. 10. —Tony Luciano, at the head of the Italian faction whose feud with the Calamia faction has cost half a dozen lives, was himself murdered Sunday. The old fellow. who lost a brother, cousin, wife and child, since the murder started over business rivalry, was taken off his guard. He became friendly with an Ttt ian named Sam Asparo. who won his confidence, and they went to a photograph gallery to get some pictures. On the deserted stairway Asparo emptied his pistol In Luciano and ran through the house into a side street where he was captured. He denies all knowledge of the affair. Emery Wheel Bursted. Shelbyville, Ind., Aug. 10.—A. J. | Westerfield, who operates a sawmill , at Manila, was fatally injured. He ' was engaged in gumming a circular saw when the emery wheel bursted. A large section of it struck Mr. Wester- ' field in the center of the forehead, | splitting his scalp almost its entire length and fracturing his skull. Killed While Handling Thresher. Fort Wayne. Ind.. Aug. 10. —Edward I.ants was killed on the farm of Joseph Amstutz while handling a threshing machine. The separator was being taken out of the barn when the tongue broke and pinioned him between the separator and traction engine. Austria vis the first country to adopt the system of postal cards. This was in 1863. One per cent of the population of India pre.', s» the Christian religion.

next year for president. Kern, however If a modest politician and while he is ambitious, ft is not believed that he has his lightning rod up for first place on the Democratic ticket. The police and public here are at loss to understhand Rufus Cantrell, the notorious King ot the ghouls.' After admitting tnat he was the leader of a gang of grave robbers that committed such depredations that the country was shocked, he now comes forward with a voluntary confession that he was Implicated in five revolting murders. The police say Cantrell has no clemency. They believe he is crazy. During his trial th° pl»» of insanity was set up, but it was not sufficient to keep him out of prison. However, there Is not much doubt in the minds of those who have dealt with him that he is mentally unbalanced or is one of the most depraved moral monsters in the country. His confession, whicn is not regarded seriously by local authorities, was handed to the grand jury to-day for investigation. There will tie no formal opening of the city campaign this week, but there will be more doing than there has been. Chairman Keach returned today from an Eastern trip and is back at the Democratic headquarters getting ready to begin hostilities all along the line. He is an untiring worker and is really a dangerous man to the Republicans. Mayor Bookwaiter has had another domestic blow that will, no doubt, be felt throughout the fight by him, as h» is now returning from Denver w-here one of his brothers has just succumbed to consumption. He ton been prevented by first one thing and then another from taking nny active part In the campaign up to this time, but he will probably get into the thick of it by the Ist of September.

J SUSPICIOUS CASE 11 Harrison County Coroner Investigating An Alleged Murder. Circumstances Connected With Death of John Hipsch Create Susplofon of Poisoning. | Widow of Hipsch Married the Farmhand Six Days After Husband's Death. Corydon. Ind., Aug. 10.—The first I step in the legal investigation of an alleged murder in Morgan township ‘ has been taken by Coroner Nye. John Hipsch died the 28th of last June under circumstances which indicate that he was poisoned. Six days later his widow was married to Free Hart, a ! farm hand, who had been working and living with Mr. Hipsch since April. Hipsch was sixty years of age, his wife fifty and Hart thirty-five. The coroner has had the body exhumed and held a formal inquest, but the stomach has not yet been analyzed. A thorough investigation of the case will I be made by the authorities. i KENTUCKY FEUDIST ARRESTED William McCallum, Alleged Murderer Found at Mt. Vernon. Vernon. Ind . Aug 10.—William McCallum, a Clay county Kentucky, ft adist, was arrested in North Vernon by the city marshal, assisted by Dei uty United States Marshal G C. Wempson. of New London. Ky. McCallum Is charged with killing Sidney Baker a MMManawaaßMuaumr *<r - ■ raHwau■ar — t*. -ww

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few months ago. It is alleged that he algo killed his own brother, and is charged with the killing of Chad Hall. McCallum was taken back to Manchester, Ky.. x by United States Marshal G. C. Thompson, who had been on his trail for the past three months. McCallum had been in North Vernon for three weeks, living with hts parents, who lately moved to this county. Latest "Graft" In Delaware County. Muncie, Ind., Aug. 10.—A successful graft has been worked upon the farmers of Delaware county and vicinity in the past few days. The faker's game was the selling of a guaranteed flea exterminator. The concoction looked well to the farmers and it is said they have bought liberally. After trying the so-called exterminator and finding it was more conducive to the good health of the flea than destructive the farmers concluded that they had bem swindled and the faker will receive summary treatment if he appears in the county again. It is said that he cleaned up about S4OO in the last three weeks. Mine at Linton Destroyed. Linton, Ind., Aug. 10. —The engine room of the Glenburn mine caught fire from burning oil and was totally consumed. All the fine machinery, including the electric plant of the mine, was destroyed. The tipple caught fire, but by the heroic efforts of the miners, who carried water from a pond near by in their dinner pails, it was saved. One hundred and ninety men. twentythree mules and one horse were in the mine when the fire started. The men were signaled and escaped through the manway without any accident. The animals will have to be cared for in the mine until the cages can be operated again. Boat Strikes a Snag. Evansville. Ind . Aug. 10.—A government boat struck a snag in the Wabash river near New Harmony, Ind., and sunk in ten feet of waler. It will be raised.

SHOT AT COMBES. French Premier’s Life Spared By Anarchist's Bad Aim. Marseilles. Aug. 10.—As Premier Combes was returning Sunday afternoon to the prefecture from a banquet two pistol shots were rtred at the carriage in which he was tiding The fa* 11 It. JEAN LOUIS COMBES. premier was untouched and none of those accompanying him were hurt. The police bad much difficulty in protecting the man who had fired the shots from the crowd. The man said his name was Sanvalre Picolo. He spoke very bad French with a strong Italian accent. It is believed that Picolo is an anarchist. The police are aware of the presence in Marseilles of a number of ether anarchists. Thrown From Buggy and Killed. Lebanon. Ind., Aug. 10.—Harvey McCoy, one of the most prominent farmers in the northeastern part of the county, was thrown from a buggy and instant’y killed.

Will Be No Lynching. Valparaiso. Ind., Aug. 10.-m,. there is no apparent sign of furth 6 attempt to wreak mob violence on th* negro John Wilson, who assault*! Mrs. U. S. Biggs, white, the wife of 4 young farmer five miles southeast t here Saturday afternoon, the peonl of this city and the vicinity where th affair occurred are much wrought un Sheriff la Count, however, is confid»nt there will be no trouble. The condi tion of Mrs. Biggs is critical and h„ recovery is doubtful. People living near the Biggs home stated that If the farmers’ posse had got hold of the negro before the authorities they would have made quick work of hint Mrs. Bigg’s throat bears marks where the negro fastened his fingers and het limbs are lacerated. Narrowly Escaped Lynching. Geneva. Ind.. Aug. 10.—Arthur WilHams, aged thirty-five, charged with assaulting Flossie Barr, aged fourteen and Verna Wilson, aged thirteen, was captured by a crowd Sunday and narrowly escaped lynching. The jail j 3 very strongly guarded and no attack has been made upon It Road Now Assured. Greensburg. Ind., Aug 10.—it is now an assured fact that the Madison Greensburg and Indianapolis traction lin« will be built. Grain Elevator Burned. Ridgeville. Ind., Aug. 10.—The grain elevator at Randolph station, three miles east, owned by William Fitzmaurice, of Winchester, was burned. Loss $2,500. Sparks from a passing freight tram are supposed to have caused the fire. Lockjaw Caused Death. Ridgeville. Ind.. Aug. 10.—John Singer, eight years old. is dead, his death bein’ caused by lockjaw, While riding a wheel his toe caught in the chain and a fatal attack of lockjaw was th® result.