Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 286, Decatur, Adams County, 12 December 1903 — Page 2

k NEW OIL FIELD Standard Gave it Up But Local Company Has Developed Riches. Birdseye, In Dubois Cour ty, Is cn the Eve of a Boom, Due to a Promising Strike. Out of Seven Wells Drilled in, Five Are Active and Paying Producers. Evansville. Ind.. Dec. 12. —A new 0.l well has come in one-half mile from Birdseye in Dubois county, and the flovz is estimated at ten to fifteen barrels a day. The land on which the well is situated is leased by the Southern Indiana Oil company, composed of Evansville capitalists. The company has sunk seven wells in the field, five of which are active. One of the wells averages forty barrels a day The ’ompany has several tanks on the field, and arrangements are being made to load the oil on cars and ship it. The Standard Oil company drilled several wells in and around Birdseye and abandoned the field. The Southern company has been operating in the field for over a year, and will sink several more wells nest year. The last well is nearly 1.100 feet deop. USEFUL NEW LAW Many Taking Advantage of the Great State Library. Indianapolis, Dec 12 —W. E Henry state librarian, says the law passed by the last legislature authorizing the lending of books from the state’s great literar.v storehouse over which he presides is being utiliz 'd by many borrowers over the commonwealth. The fact that it is not generally unde-stood tnat books may be taken from the library however by anyone has prevented the plan of library work from becoming popular As a matter of fact the rules are so broad under the law that any responsible citizen may secure books from the library. Where a public library exists in a town th ' books are to be loaned through it. If no library exists, for convenience, study clubs or library societies should be organized and the books handled through it. If this 100 is impossible books will be furnished outright to citizens cn application on satisfactory guarantee that books will be returned. The books may be kept two weeks and may be renewed. Two books may be taken cnß at a time. The borrower arts' pay expresssare or postage on books Fines are assessed where a borrower fails to return a book on time Mr Henry says that several hundred books are now' being sent out und n r the law. People generally do not understand that they can draw on the state library, however which has prevented any large patronage of the institution. Innocent 8,-stander Fatally Wounded Brazil. Ind.. De t 12. —James McCann. twenty-two years old and unmarried. was accidentally shot and fatally injured at Diamond, a mining town north of here John Harmon, town marshal, went to arrest Daniel Kincaid, who was disturbing the p> ’c.. Kincaid resist -d and attempted to use a knife. Harmon drew a revolver to protect himself. Kincaid seized the weapon and in the struggle

WILL REVIVE OLD CLEVELAND CLLB

Indianapolis, Dec 12. —The move-1 me nt started here to reorganize the ' old Cleveland club is regarded by many Democratic leaders as one of; the good signs of Democratic success I next year. This club formerly was a tower of strength, as it embraced about all the working Democrats of the city, and when the organization j was in its prime the Republicans had j a hard time standing out against the warriors who put on the armor to go | out and battle for their party. The i movement to reorganize the club is the outgrowth of the agitation over the stat<' and country which lias put , Democrats everywhere on the qui | vive. The desire to get every organ-, ization into good working shape so that every effort may he made to bring about party victory has struck the ■ old-time workers here with renewed 1 vigor, and the first thought was to reorganize the old club which formerly was the medium through which they won their battles. The club has a woll earned reputation as a political power when It is really in a healthy condition. Os late years the looser clement has been allowed to control, and the club has sunk into some disgrace The reorgani z< rs propose t > take the management out of the hands of the men who have disgraced the organization and start it anew Into the political field, ami they declare that by tin lime the campaign opens there will once more be n Cleveland club that will stand us a terror to ’he Republicans. — The return of Colonel William R.

that followed ’he weapon was discharged. The bullet struck McCann an innocent bystander, in the abdomen. Against Uut in Mirfe Wages.’ Terre Haute. Ind., Dec 12. —The Indiana coal operators deprecate the reports now being sent out. especially from Cleveland, forecasting the attitude of the operators in the interstate conference as to wages, because the reiterated threat that a d- mand for a 20 per cent reduction will be insisted on arouses an antagonistic spirit which the very nature and purpose of an interstate conference is intended to avoid. President Kolsem of the Indiana operators says he not only has heard of no plan for concerted action such as is reported from Cleveland, but does not believe that there should be a reduction in the price paid for mining. No other Indiana operator has declared for a reduction. Clever Forger at Work. Alexandria. Ind.. Dec. 12. —Merchants and farmers of Fairmount and Summitville have been victimized by a forger who passed checks on them drawn on the Farmers’ and Mer chants’ bank of Summitville, and on an Alexandria bank. The forger is well dressed and a plausible talker, giving and signing the name of J. Kiser. Officers all along the Union Traction line are looking for "Jim the Penman.” Aged Man Hangs Himself. Elkhart. Ind., Dec. 12. —Abram Ba ker. aged seventy-five, a wealthy resident of Osceola, was found dead in a room of one of his houses. The body was suspended f’om the ceiling by ■ a small rope and a note on the floor said that no one was to blame. The deceased was a widower. Despondency growing out of loneliness of old age was the cause. Will Ask for Receiver. Elkhart. Ind . Dec. 12. —The attorney for the receiver of the defunct Indiana National bank has notified the attorney for the Consolidated Paper and Bag company that he would apply for a receiver next Monday. The par ties are now endeavoring to agree on a selection The Consolidated compa ny is one of the bank's heaviest debtors Aprroptiation for Murder Trial. Valparaiso. Ind . Dec. 12.—The county council has appropriated $1,20C with which to defray expenses of a second trial of the Truman Beam murder case. At a former trial the jurydisagreed The case has already cost the county £2.800. Revenue From Sunday Hunters. Elwood, Ind., Dec. 12.—Constable Bravey of this township has arrested and convicted seventeen men who hunted on Sunday, during the last month, and after deducting court costs and the money allowed the various funds, has turned over $240 to the auditor of state. First Degree Murder. Portsmouth. Ohio, Dec. 12.—Rufus Burcham, charged with the murder of Edward Test on Oct. 17. was found guilty of murder in the first degree last night. The jury recommended mercy, which carries with it the sentence of life imprisonment. Bowen Acts as Peacemaker. Washington. Dec. 12. —Through the efforts of Herbert W. Bowen, the American minister to Venezuela, that country and Colombia are on the verge of an agreement by which they will renew diplomatic relations. New Albany. Ind., Dec. 12. —rnimerm Sears, eighty years old, was killed by a Southern Indiana passenger train while crossing Vincennes street. He leaves three sons.

Holloway, former postmaster here and present consul to Halifax, has proved to be quite an event in the i lives of many of the politicians and old-time leaders of the city. Colonel Holloway was formerly one of the bestknown citizens of Indianapolis. Six years ago after the first election of President McKinley he went to Washington seeking a political job of some kind and soon landed the consulship 1 to Russia. He did not even return to 1 Indianapolis, but started immediately for St. Petersburg. There he remained until a few months ago, when he : was changed to Halifax. He was I ‘aken seriously 111 on the train en i route to Halifax, and his life was despaired of by his friends here. He | apparently is in fine health though i now. and has not aged znuch since his departure six years ago. He was given a royal welcome home and his vacation in the city will be made a happy time for him The records of the local postoffice show an unusual increase in the amount of business done in the foreign money order department during the last week. Just now is the busy season of the entire year in this department. as naturalized citizens who now reside in this country usually make use of money orders to send Christmas presents to friends beck In the lands across the sea. The average number of foreign orders issued a week Is usually forty. In the five days of this week, however, over 2«>o orders were issued, showing the great Increase owing to the holiday rush.

HE HAD TO ANSWER Recalcitrant Witness In Gillesipie Case Was Taken Before the Coir Refusal to Answer Grand Jury’s Questions Brcoght James Gillespie Up Against It. Under Threat of Contempt of Cou-t He Was Given No Alternative. — Rising Sun, Ind.. Dec. 12.—There I was a scene in the grand jury room yesterday afternoon similar to that of Thursday, when James Gillespie re , fused to answer questions propou;: I- i ed by the prosecutor, and was taken before Judge Downey. Myron Barbour. a banker, was being examined regarding the assassination of Miss Elizabeth Gillespie and refused to ’>■. swer questions that were put to him. Barbour’s wife is a sister of Mrs Dr William Gillespie of Cincinnati. The Barbours live across the street from the scene of the tragedy and in the same house with James Gillespie and Mrs. Seward the widowed sister of the victim. While it is not known what | were the questions, or even the nature of them to which the witness refused to give answers at first, it is currently reported that they pertained to the scenes about the two houses on opposite sides of the street at the time of the tragedy, as Harbour was one of the first to arrive on the scene and assist the aged mother in the care of the victim. As neither James Gillespie nor Mrs. Seward crossed the street at the time of the tragedy or since, it is reported that the witness was being questioned as to their whereabouts : between 5 ami 6 o'clock last Tuesday ■ evening. After Barbour was taken before Judge Dowiey and told by the court that he must answer the questions or be sent to jail for contempt of court, he went back into the grand jury room and answered the questions. It was stated at the courthouse that the witness Thursday was not compelled to answer all questions propounded to him. on the ground that they might incriminate him. and that the witness yesterday had no such exemption. that he had no alternative other than to answer all the questions or go to jail for contempt of court. Janies Carson was the next witness, and it is thought now that an indictment will likely be made before half of the threescore of witnesses that have been subpoenaed, are examined. No arrests, however, are expected un til after the funeral of Miss Elizabeth Gillespie next Sunday afternoon. In the meantime local officers make no secret of the fact that certain parties are under close surveillance. Not Amenable to State Court. Charleston. W. Va . Dec. 12. —United States Judge John Jay Jackson has decided the habeas corpus case of John Laing and Stewart Hurt, holding they were federal officers acting under process of the United States court when the killed John Harless, and therefore justified and not amenable to state courts. Laing is an operator and Hurt is in his employ. They ac companies Deputy Marshal Cunningham last winter to arrest John Harless. a leader among the striking miners, for whom Cunningham had a rule in contempt for violating United States Judge Keller’s “blanket injunction.” Harless fled when Cunningham and,others approached his house. As he went by Laing and Hurt, who had been told to look out for him, fired and killed him, claiming selfdefense, as Harless with revolver in hand was defying arrest. | Will Not Reopen Discussion. San Domingo, Dec. 12.—United States Minister Powell has been oflls daily Informed that the provisional i government Is not disposed to accept i as final the settlements of American I claims made with the late government ; of President Won y Gil. Minister . Powell has replied that the govern - ment of the United States considers > the cases as having been finally set- . tied and that discussion of these > claims will not be reopened. > , For Presenting Faile Claim. r New York. Dec. 12. —Max Kronfeld. ■ the insurance adjuster, who made a 1 confession of dishonest methods em i ployed by public insurance adjusters, i has been sentenced to not fewer than - three years nor more than three years s and nine months in states prison for i the presentation of a false claim to i an insurance company. > That Wicked Parla. r Paris. Dec. 12. —The local police have completed the gathering of atai tlstlcs relating to crime In Paris, y During the year ending Dec 1. a total 1 of 70,699 cases occupied their attenJ tlon, of which 8.200 were criminal and • fifteen were murders or attempted - murders. ,i ’ ' Aged Man Held for Trial. < ' Buffalo. N. Y.. Dec. 12. —At the int quest over the bodies of Franz and r Johanna Frehr. who were found buri led in their yard on Dec. 3, Judge Mur ’ phy held Charles Bonier, seventy-four » years old. to n grand jury In connection with the murders o> the Frchri. I

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HAD PICTURES TAKEN About All That Was Done At First Session of National Committee. Washington. Dec., 12.—The National Committee presided over by Senator M A Hanna, mot a' ths Arlington hotel yesterday for the purpose of deciding the time and place for the next national Republican convention After a brief session at which Senator Hanna congratulated the committee on its past achievements and predicted future success, the committee paid its respects to President Roosevelt at the White House. The exchange of g-eetings between the president and LLe committee was most cordial. A group picture of the committee was taken on the Wlite House portico, in which the president and Senator Hanna occupied the foreground. A small amount of routine business was laid before the committee by Secretary Perry S. Heath, the most of which on motion of Senator Scott, of West Virginia, was referred to the execu tive session being held today. Gen. C. R. Brayton, Oi Rhode Island who had announced that he would present a resolution for revision on the basis of membership in the na tiona! convention, stated that on con ferring with members since his arrival in Washington he had decided not to i bring up the question at this time St. Louis and Chicago, which seem to be the chief rival cities for the convention are maintaining head quarters at the Arlington and have been given every opportunity to pre sent their claims at today's session Left It With Committee. Pittsburg. Dec. 12.—The window glass manufacturers who have been in session here for two days, adjourned I last evening after giving a committee power to press the proposed selling agency until the end of this month, i If the committee succeeds In g-’tlng enough pt s Into the agreement by that time to make up a total of 1,500, it is to go ahead with the organization of the Manufacturers' Window Glass ' company and call a general meeting! for New Year’s day in New York city The agreement has boen sign d by companies representing 1,300 pots, leaving but 200 more to secure. Mysterious Washington Murder. Washington. Dec. 12.—With six bul let wounds In various parts of her body, almost any one of which would have caused death. Mrs. Rachel Anu Beall, seventy-one years old, was found dead in her home here. Many mysterious features surround the case. The police have two mon and a wo man under arrest on suspicion of knowing something about the crime. All of them are members of the dead woman’" family and evidences point to a longsiaading family dispute us the motive for the crime

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