Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 13 August 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. KVIKY EVENING. EXCEPT SUNDAY. BY LEW G=S . ELL-INGHAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week. lO<‘ By carrier, By mail, per month 25*’ By mail, per year $2 50 Single copies. Two Cents. <a vertisiug rates made known on application Entered in the postoffice at Decatur, Indiana. as second-class mail matter. J. H . H E LLER, Manager. Col. Bryan is lecturing in Indiana this week, and his new lecture, “The Value of an Ideal.” is being highly complimented bv all shades of mankind. His only political remark, was when he verified newspaper reports in naming Cleveland a bunco steerer. One of the best things said lately was by an editor. In addressing his Sunday school class he said: “Fame has taken men from the forge, the plow and the carpenter's bench, but she was never known to reach over a picket fence and snatch a dude out of a hammock." The city marshal of Alexandria has his official character defamed and now wants the small sum* of 530.000, the same to lie paid by the Anderson Bulletin. We predict that when the aforesaid city marshal gets through with the deal he will willingly take less than thirty cents for himself. John C McNutt, of Martinsville, a prominent member of the Morgan county bar. says: “I uni for the democratic nominee for the president, whoever he may be, and lam whatever it may be. If there is anything in a democratic platform which I do not like I just forget about it. I have kept a pretty close watch on myself during a good many campaigns and I believe I have given an accurate description of the kind of a democrat I am.'’ H >re is a little philosophy that is worth repeating. The republi-. van management have been successful in instilling this spirit into most of its members and it does us good to occasionally find a democrat ■with the same turn of mind. At present writing the democratic party are sadly in need of this popular remedy for the division of i sentiment that is being somewhat freely expressed. There is no' questioning the fact th it from ' a democratic point of view, the next platform and the next candidate will come nearer meeting the views of any democrat, that would the platform and candidate of an opposite party. Take the best that is offered or in other words get ready to support and vote for the democratic doctrines and candidates.

HOW SWEENEY SUFFERED DISAPPOINTMENT

Indianapolis, Aug. 13 —Senator W. 11. O’Brien, who is chairman of the Democratic State committee, has just returned from a month's outing in Northern Michigan. He is looking the picture of health. He went on a fishing trip with no less an expert than State Fish Commissioner Zach Sweeney, of Columbus. But Sweeney had a new brand of "fisherman's luck.” He was just getting Into the real en joyment of the sport when the trouble broke out regarding the pollution of White river between Anderson. Muncie and Indianapolis by the strawboard companies—or. if not by them, by some pernicious source. Then telegrams began to come by the hundreds. Soon Sweeney was deluged with requests or demands to come back to Indiana right away to look after the cause of the trouble. So he had to abandon what promised to be one of the most enjoyable fishing trips of hfs career Senator O'Brien says the cold weather has apparently had but little effect on the business of the Michigan resorts, as every place Is crowded. There Is especially a very large crowd of Hoosiers. At the railway ticket offices It Is said that the travel to the cool northland is unbroken. The officers of the Indianapolis & Eastern Traction company have planned to make the longest Interur ban trip on record. They left here yesterday afternoon with a party ot city and State officials for Richmond, where the establishment of the through service between Dayton. Richmond and Indianapolis was celebrated One of the company's new cars, which are models of beauty and convenience., and equipped for high speed, was used Thic car left Richmond this morning tor Dayton, Columbus and Cincinnati Friday It will cut loose for Newark whlcK.ia 235 r.'V’A from In llnninolls I

DELIGHTFUL EVENT Miss Gertrude Rademacher Entertains. I Large Number Present and the Affair Was Declared to be Highly Successful. i i One of the most enjoyable events ■ of the season was the “at home" i i reception given last evening by Miss Gertie ‘Rademacher in honor Jof visiting friends. The hbine was ; elegantly decorated with potted ,' plants and terns, and the walls and ■ chandeliers were tastefully covered with smilax and roses. Boquets lof roses were cunningly set at | i different places through the home. Miss Rademacher received her guests , at the door, and presented each in turn to the out of town guests. '• Progressive peanuts was the feature and any one who has indulged in ■ this perplexing game, can well : imagine the merriment that followed. Jesse Dailey and Miss ■ Rose Confer proved their sujierior jability in the game and were given > | first prizes. A beautifully carved , smoking set was gent s first and the best lady received a handsome shirt waist. Boobies fell to Robert | Allison and Mis.- Mattie Voglewede. Mesdames \V. H. Niblick and C. Rademacher served a two course | luncheon to the guests and Mrs. Niblick also served the punch. . Various games and dancing enter- | tained the assembled crowd 'till a i I late hour, when the reluctantly I departed, but not before expressing i their high appreciation of Mi— 1 Gertie's entertaining ability. About seventy-five invitations were issued and few regrets were sent. The j guests of honor were Frank and I Miss Gertrude Ardner of Toledo. , Other out of town guests were Miss | Emam Schineiman and Henrietta Grimme, of Fort Wayne. Notice to Ben Hur Members. | A full attendance is desired on Friday evening at Ben Hur hall. Arrangements for picnic which is to be held August 27. Also business of importance to all. Please attend. W. E. Dailey. Scribe. IM 2t 1 When n fool has made up his mind the market has gone by.—Spanish Proverb.

It may be able to reach Wheeling. W. Va.. before the day Is done and by t Saturday night there Is a possibility j of it getting through to Canton and Cleveland. All of which shows what possibilities may be expected of the i Interurbans within the next year or so i If the progress of development con- , tinues as rapidly. It will be only a • comparatively short time before the Interurbans will a network al most equal to the steam roads. Judge Chaney, who came here from . Washington to take a deposition in a ease for the settlement of a big claim i against the Federal government, will. In all probability, make another race ~ for congress In the Second district 3 He came near winning last year and if p he had not been "double-crossed” by , the Republicans of one county he { might have won. Politicians of his 1 R own party are very doubtful if he will I ever stand as good a chance again as ; , the district is strongly Democratic and 1 the bitter feeling caused by Congress- ! man Miers' last race for the nomlna I tlon split the party, so the Republicans t roally had no chance of their lives While Chaney Is a popular man and a fine campaigner he will not stand a very good show against the Democrats If the party la united. Miers expects to be a candidate to succeed himself Joseph T. Fanning, newly-elected grand exalted ruler of the Elks. Is to receive a royal welcome on hfs return home from the East tomorrow A big reception ha* been planned for the evening. Elks from throughout the entire 3latc will atend Senator j Charles W. Fairbanks and Mayor ! Rookwaiter will both make addresses ' The Indianapolis lodge will present him a life-time membership set In i ec’-l

HURRICANE'S flffl Effects of Storm On Island of Jamaica Worse Than First Reported. Thirty Fatalities Have Been Reported and Further Heavy Loss of Life May Develop. But Six Houses Were Left Standing at Fort Antonio Or. the North Coast. Kingston. Jamaica, Aug. 13. —The effects of the hurricane upon the island of Jamaica were greater than at first believed. Port Antonio, on the north coast, was overwhelmed. Only six houses were left standing there. The United Fruit company’s wharves, offices. hotel and plantations were utterly demolished. Five of the com- ' pany's steamers, including the Simon 1 Dumois. Alfred Dumols and Brighton. < were driven ashore, but are lying in easy positions. Port Maria, another i town on the north coast, also suffered , | similarly. The coast is strewn with < wreckage of local sailing vessels. It i is feared the loss of life has been i heavy, thirty fatalities having already 1 been reported, principally among sea- i men The entire eastern end of the i Island has been devastated. Villages ( have been wiped out and public build- < ings and churches demolished. Thou- , sands of the peasantry, rendered ] homeless and destitute, are wander- ( ing about seeking food and shelter. , The destruction of the banana planta- , tlons has been complete and the fruit trade is paralyzed for the next twelve months. Hundreds of prosperous fruit growers have been brought to < bankruptcy and ruin. The western end of the Island was at first supposed to have escaped, but also suffered, though not to the extent ( which the eastern did. New banana plantations planted there were partly j destroyed and the orange and cctfee , crops were also injured. ARCHITECT COBB OUT. Secretary Shaw Takes Him Off Chi- j cago Federal Building. Washington. Aug. 13. —Secretary of the Treasury Shaw has removed 1 Mr. Cobb, the special architect for the 1 Chicago building No cause was as- ' signed for this action It is not likely that a successor to Mr Cobb will be ' appointed, and the building probably will be completed under the sole supervision of the supervising architect s 1 office. Mr Cobb was the special architect 1 of the new Federal building in Ch.cago and there have been many complaints about what the business men of Chi cago deem the excessive delibe-at’.' n ' used in its construction The first appropriation for the new building ! was made on Feb. 28. 1895. and to-•’ay it stands without a window or a floor. It was thought that the erection of ‘he building would consume five years, but the date of its completion is still problematical after eigh»’ years and six months. Vigorous protests have been made to the treasury department from timA to time and Congressman James R. Mann of Chicago at one time brought up In Congress the matter of delay in the erection of the building. Mr. Cobh is at present in New York city. i LYNCHING INTERRUPTED. Officers Cut Down Negro Before He Was Unconscious. Whitesboro. Tex Aug 13—An attempted assault yesterday on Mrs. Hart caused the arrest of eight negroes. seven of whom were released. The other was held for Identification. About 8 o’clock last night a mob took possession of him and hanged him to the limb of a tree. He had not become unconscious when officers arrived from Sherman, and making their way through the m >b with a rush, cut the negro down. He was hurried to Sherman, hut there is talk of going there to take him from jail. After the negro had been forcibly taken from the mob its members began terrifying the colored residents of the town. Runs were fired promiscuously in the negro section and the ter-ror-stricken negroes were orderel to leave town at once. As a result, outgoing trains on al) roads were filled with negroes Had to Give Up War Game. Bar Harbor. Maine. Aug. 13.—While leaving the harbor during a thick fog in company with other vessels of the North Atlantic squadron, the battleship Massachusetts sustained considerable damage by striking on the edge of rocks off the western end of Kgg Rock The big vessel slipped over the rocks into deep waiter, but the two forward bulkheads soon filled, and ft was subsequently found that several plates forward had been cracked. The Massachusetts was headed back Into the harbor with considerable difficulty, accompanied by her sister vessel, the Indiana Washington. Aug. 12 Acting Secretaiy Darling has granted permission through the state department to the Retlln government for a Oerman training ship to visit the navy yards of the Atlantic coast this autumn.

COLD STORAGE BEEF Got the Best of Senator Stewart’s Luncheon Party. Washington. Aug. 13. —Ptomaine poison last night laid low fifty guests of Senator Stewart at Ashburn. Va. A large number of persons had gathered to attend the sale of a dairy farm owned by Senator Stewart, of Nevada. ■ -‘M. SENATOR STEWART. The senator served to the prospective buyers a light luncheon, consisting of coffee and ham and beef sandwiches. Shortly afterwards fifty persons were taken violently ill, suffering from ptomaine poisoning. One after another they fell to the ground, writhing in agony. Horsemen were dispatched in all directions for doctors and a number responded and took prompt measures to relieve the sufferers. The doctors say that the patients are out of danger, although many are exceedingly sick. An investigation developed the fact that the beef, which had been purchased in Washington and kept in cold storage on the farm for several days, was the cause of the trouble. BAPTISM OF BLOOD. Opening of Million Dollar Furnace Plant Attended By Tragedy. Cleveland. Ohio. Aug. 13.—The Cleveland Furnace company's plant, just completed at a cost of nearly a million dollars, was yesterday the scene of an accident in which three men's lives were instantly crushed out. The first blowing-in of the new blast furnace was to have taken place last night, and the three men were inside the stack laying the last course of material when, without an instant's warning the huge bell at the top of the stack, 75 feet above, crashed down upon them. The bell, which is used to regulate the draught in the stack, weighed six tons, and tn falling tilted on its side in such a manner that the bodies could not be reached except from the top of the stack. By lowering the ropes the bodies were removed. All must have been killed instantly. The financial loss cannot as yet be estimated, but the beginning of operations at the plant will be delayed for some time. It is supposed that the accident was caused by a breakage in some part of the machinery which regulated the raising and lowering of the bell. Resources of Revolutionists. Vienna. Aug 13. —Statements from Bulgarian sources assert that the revolutionists possess 35.000 rifles. 15.000,000 cartridges and four tons of dynamite: that the insurgents number 25.000, of whom 10,000 are In the vlllayet of Monastir. Bookkeeper In Serious Trouble. Duluth. M'nn.. Aug. 13—E. E. Johnson boikkeepe- for the commercial banking <orrp ny of Duluth, was arrested last evening on a warrant charging him with tie embezzlement of $45,000 of the bank’s money. The Deadly Grade Crossing. Youngstown. Ohio. Aug. 13.—Michael O’Brien and James .McMahon were killed by an Erie train at Mosier crossing, near Oirard last night, while driving across the tracks in a buggy. Georgia Takes Action. Atlanta. Oa . Aug. 13. —A bill was passed by the senate of the State legislature yesterday proh bl’lng the whipping of female prisoners st State prls ns. BRIEF DISPATCHES ff 1 Former President Grover C eveixnd will vl«it Minneota on • hunting px iition during October. Five huulred thousand dollar* worth of Au*tralian gold will arrive at San Francisco <m th* 17th met. Tha International Tvpogrtphicai mvoi ha« decided unanimonAly to hold ita meeting iu idol in AL L/vuta. Aar >rdin< to official Turkish reports iifi revolntioakit* were killed in tha fightlag at SorovKrh. Aug. to. Salt Fork, a smell town in Oklahoma, w»« hloww away. One man is reported killed and several injured. ft It reported that the TurkUh troop* bom barded and de«trored the vuiag« of Kk'hiau. le ml lan south of Monastir. Old. decrepit, bhad aud penniless. Red Claud, chief of Uia Sioux. liee dying in bis little tent at the Pius Ridge Ageuey. fl. D. Tbe potai receipts at the fifty leading offices during luly show a gain of almost 9 per oent over the corresponding month of IfiOt Al Terra Xante Wiliiaai Redman and Alexander Humphrey quarreled over a woman and Humphrey was shot and instantly killed. Re 1 man is under arrest. The Servians are In a state of panic because of the departure of the Turkish troops for Manaatir which remove* all protection from the Mervianaagainst the vengeance of the Albi ana. It in rumored that e Turkish tronps in Ma* •donia have become so demoralised toy tbe fM In re to receive pay that hundred* »f <h*m •re deserting and selling their rifles to laeur gents in order to obtain provisions. The ninth annual snoston of the Winona bllne eon fore nee will con w»n« at Winona Lake. Ind., on Ang I* and continue its meeting for eleven day*. The ronfrretice has at I r ach’d world-with Intentst among Christians generally

Grand Opening BOSSE'S OPERA HOUSE AUGUST 20. 21 AIXID 2 2 The Chandler-Sturgeon Comedy Co. In Refined Repertoire. A REFINED SHOW FOR A REFINED PEOPLE Thursday Evening “AMONG THE PHILIPPINES.” A comedy drama in four acts. Friday Evening ”A FREE-RORN AMERICAN.” A patriotic comedy in four acts. Saturday Evening "THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER." A sparkling comedy in three acts. The Brooklyn Bridge by Moonlight. The Bridge lighted as if bv magic a new achievement in electric illumination. The Camp in the Philippines. The Ruined Monastery. The Unique Costumes. The Specialties Galore SPECIAL SATURDAY MATINEE FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN BIG SHOW-SMALL PRICES. 20 ZVINTU SO CENTS.CH IGDUiEN IO CTB Seat sale will open Saturday. August 15, at the Holthouse Drug C F. ARE YOU SORE? USE g Jaracamph Relieves Instantly oe Money Refunded. CATARRH, HAY FEVER, And all Throat Inflammations. It Cools. It Soothes. It Cures. Sold only In 25c, 50c. A SI.OO Bottles. At all (ned Drn lr iat>. For sale by The Holtb<»ui»e Drug Lo., Decatur.

LOOKS Lift MB Canadian Revenue Cutter Gives American Fishing Boat a Merry Chase. Before the Silver Spray Got Away She Had Twenty Shots Put Into Her. The Cutter Petrel Asserts Her Authority Rather Peremptorily On Lake Erie. Erie. Pa Aug. 11—The Silver Spray, a fishing boat owned here, came into port last evening in a badlyshattered condition, due to an encounter In midlake about noon with the Canadian revenue cutter Petrel The Canadian authorities have had trouble with American fishermen for years who were poaching on their side of the lake and the Petrel is kept con stantly on the lookout for them About noon she came upon the Silver Spray on the Canadian side of the lake and at on< <• ordered Captain Chris Chau to stop. The Petrel is a strong steel eraft and it is said attempted to ram the American boat before she could comply with the Petrel's order. Captain Chau, remembering the fate of several other boats from this side, which had been captured and confiscated, two from Erie only - last season, decided to try to escape . and started ahead at full speed. The ‘ captain of the Petrel when he saw that the Sliver Spray was trying to get away, opened fire with all the guns he had on board, and before he ceased firing some twenty shots had struck the Silver Spray. One passed through the smokestack into the pilot house In which Chau stood at the wheel and two more struck the pilot house, one of which came within a few Inches of Chau, scattering splinters around his head. Two shots entered the water closet, two pierced the cabin, two jiplit the roof, three swept the after hurricane deck, while others hit various parts of the boat. The chase was kept up for some time and Captain Chau was nearly In despair, as hla cold wafer pump refused to work and he feared that his boat might be struck below the water line He finally crossed the Interna tlonal lino and the Petrel gave up the pursuit. The Silver Spray la a doubledecker and was for twelve years In service at Buffalo as a pleasure steamer. The only man Injured on the stiver Spray was Frederick Culver, who was hit In the leg by a shot. He la now In the hospital. The fishermen say the Petrel used her small deck cannon. Captain Chau will rnport the affair to the state department at Washing •on. as be says he was not fishing hut

looking for some of his nets which hsa drifted from this side toward the Canadian shore. A large number of American fishing tugs have been confiscated hr the Canadian government, one. however. ' belonging at Dunkirk, was a few days ago ordered returned by Secretary of State Hay. BUNCOED. B'GOSHI Indiana Man Goes Broke Gaining Some Experience. Clinton. Ind.. Aug 13.—8 F Zell, of Eugene pu cha ed th< Collett farm of 701 acre* last Mav for IL 1 He shortly as erward sold t to Lores • zo Platt, of Chicago, t-iin in part payment the Alabama Hotel of t at city for (25,000. A few <iay ano a | man offered to trade Zell 5. acres i of farm land in eastern Tennessee for 1 the hotel. After the deal had been completed Zell went South t look at his farm, but when he got there be wa? surprised to find it covered by lb? town of Huntsville and that '.is deed was worthless. The hotel, t 'er. ■ had in the meantime been sold again and the owner has a clear ' t • Zell has been made almost penn'b Change In Seaboard Management New York. Aug. 13.—The 1 uget- , pe< ted announcement that the Set- ■ board Air Line had passed at least i practically Into new hands has t , made by l.adenburg, Thalruan * Co. who have issued a statement showing that interests representing 'L Kx« • Lad secured representation iti the S'* board directorate and board of voting j trustees. The Betting Is Light. Fan Francisco. Aug 13. !<•.-'tine on the heavy weight championed. . attis continues to be light, contra pectation. Jeffries remains a- - A report from 1 the home of Jeffries states 'hat ’be champion Is a 3 to 1 <h- - I■n ■ — Victory for Military Party. Vienna. Aug. 13.—Dispatch'- ft"® ■ Belgrade. Servla. announce that , members of the cabinet. representing I the radical element in Be resigned. This Is regarded v * »**• , 1 of victory for the military patty Gone to the Jury. ' Cynthiana. Ky.. Aug IS ln ' * trial of Curtis Jett and Thomas Judge Fryer finished the argunx' 1 this morning and the case was el to the jury about 10 o The Danger In Cocaine The great danger of cociilif ' the fact that it is the most and alluring of all narcotic* l! ' ‘ no mental confusion; only a ,;t ' , 1 talkativeness than usual ' -,. a r no headache or nausea. nn<! tl“ ' ' ant effects sre produced "itl* 11 , i parutlvely small dose, but “ j of poisoning are rapidly de»' (f . W.tnlu three months of the " " ment of the hubil then' 11 1! ‘ ,f ed Indications of degelieinti” 11 memory, hallucinations and ►u-l' ■ “-Condor l.uueet.