Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 286, Decatur, Adams County, 12 December 1903 — Page 6

DO MT CONDONE II l> Eincrity In Congress Decry Administration's Attitude In Panama. Mr. Williams, the Minority Leader, Exprecaly States Hie Party's Position in the Matter. Birth of New Republic the Subject of a Spirited Discussion in ir. the House. Washington. Dee. 12—The birth of the republic of Panama and its recog nition by this government was the subject of a spirited debate in the house. Mr. Dinsmore (Dem., Ark.) during consideration of the pensions appropriation bills severely criticised the administration in connection with the canal, and Mr. Hitt, < Rep . Ill.) chairman of the foreign affairs com ; L Ar#" I |fßz< I H JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS. tnitte. replied in a vigorous defense of the president and his Central American policy. Mr. Williams (Miss.) the minority leader, replied to Mr. Hitt, declaring that the minority did not condone the part taken by this government in the Panama affairs. Nearly the whole of the four hours’ session was taken up in a decision of the isthmian Question. No conclusion was reached on the pension bill. Mr. Van Voorhis. (Rep.. Ohio) of the appropriations committee made a statement concerning the provisions of the I bill when the debate digressed to Pan | ama. The house adjourned over until I Monday. Wood May Ee Called to Testify. Washington. Dec. 12.—Senator Hanna has decided to request the senate committee on military affairs to sub ’ poena General Wood to answer some of the charges made against him byopponents of his confirmation as Major General. The committee expected to close its hearing Dec. IG. but it is now believed that at least two weeks will be required. Should Gen. Wood be subpoenaed an adjournment will be taken to give him time to return from the Philippines. Norris Gets New Trial. Springfield. Ohio, Dec. 12.—John T Norris, a detective, who was convict ed of blackmail in the common pleas court and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary by Judge Fisher of Eaton, was granted a new trial last evening by the circuit court on a tech nical error In the judge's charge tc the jury.

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ALASKA'S NEED j Cov. Brady Offers Several Suggestions of Weight. Washington, Dec 12.- Gov. Brady, I ot Alaska, In his annual report to the ■ secretary of the interior urges provi- ; sion for Alaska's representation by a delegate in congress and says that Alaska's ma n need is for pioneers and home builders. He urges abolish- »■ ■>. ■■ ■■Ri ■■ ■■H-.. I ’ ■ * C *"~ «* A--' •' I f - / ?■ WO i 1 I'/Mhffi / I ' J. O. BRADY. OOVKKKOR OP ALASKA. meat of the fee system for United I States commissioners and deputy marshals and the extension of the homestead laws. Gov. Brady says that j those who have traveled throughout I the territory this year are certain that Alaska today has a smaller white population than it had in 1900 and that it is migratory. In view of these i facts the governor deprecates the agiI ration for a change of government of i Alaska from distiict to territorial, though aspiring to statehood when ’ Alaska fills with a desirable population. COLD WEATHER STIMULUS Trade Responds to More Seasonable Conditions. New York. Dec. 12. —Bradstreets weekly review of trade today says: Distribution along consumptive lines grows in volume whh the continuance of cold weather and the nearer approach of the holidays. Jobbing distribution also feels this stimulus in reorders to fil’ depleted stocks, and also markets reflects more assured buying for next spring. Wholesale trade generally is quiet as usual at this period, and industry shows slackening in some lines. The inprovement in crude iron apparently holds, judging from small price advances at several markets. Eastern shoe mantfact irers are still shipping heavily >n winter account, having average spring business booked and report I fair orders for next fall. Railway earnings are really good and show a gain of full 5 per cent over last November. Seasonable con iitions stock takings or readjustments to lessened demand are all assignable reasons for the quieting down of out- ! door activity, such as building, or for reduced running time or suspensions in a variety of industries employing large numbers of hands. Nothing but Oratory. Chicago, Dec. 12.—After a day of oratory and of waiting for the report of the constitution committee, the first session of the building contractors' conference adjourned without adopting a constitution or any part of one. While the general trend of opinion seems to favor the adoption of the "open shop” idea as applied to Chicago. there is a strong sentiment in favor of an uncompromising open shop policy. It is believed, however, that the policy of conciliation as outlined in the proposed constitution will be adopted for the new organization.

UNDER NO OBLIGATION I Senator Bard Says Uncle Sam Is Not Bound to Cuba. , | Washington, Dec. 12. —There were i | two speeches in the senate on the I Cuban reciprocity bill, one of them a i ' statement by- a Democrat, in support of the bill, and the other by a Repubi ■ lican in opposition to it. The oppos- ■ ing speech was made by Mr. Bard, ' of California, who contended that the United States was under no obligation to give further aid to Cuba, especially when to do so we must pursue a course injurious to otir own industries. Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky made his maiden speech in the senate and supported the bill as In line with our past magnanimous course toward Cuba. and especially because he believed it to be a step towards tariff reform He said that the protective policy of the United States a j readv b»d hrono-M about retaliation by Germany, and he , edicted that other European nations, possibly including Great Britain, soon would follow the example set by that country. She Recognizes Foreign Methods. Shanghai, Dee. 12—It is is reported here that the Dowager Empress intends to recall Gen. Yintchang. the Chinese minister to Germany, and to place him in command of the foreign drilled Manchu troops. BRIEF DISPATCHES Algernon Charles Swinburne, the great Englist poet, is very low with pneumonia Th* recent extra session of congress cost 1250,000 and did not enact a single law Senator Gallinger, New Hampshire, introduce! a bill giving senators 17.500 a tear. Gen Tz.ontcheff. Macedonian leader, way visit the United States. He is now in Paris. John MaCray, colored, was hanger! at Peoria for the murder of Detective Wm. Murphy, The Colombian authorities have removed the shipping ban against Hie republic of Panama. During the season of navigation just on led on the great lakes, ninety-four lives were lust. President Roosevelt has been given a membership in the Travelers’ Protective association. Mme Lillian Nordica, the American prime donna, has begun a suit for absolute divorce from her husband, Zoltau Doeme. Business failures in the United States for the week number 211. against SWlasi week, 247 in the like week of 1902. Mrs. Everett Mallory Culver, daughter of Senator (’ ark. of Montana, has been granted a divorce from her husband. Dr. E. M. Culver. Repreaentafive Gibson, of Tennessee, has introduced a reno ution directed toward the reduction of the naval armament of the maritime ua.iuus ot the world. Horrid Suspicions Created. Paris. Dec. 12. —Following the arrest here of Paul Brissel, an anarchist, charged with an attempt to murder his employers, the police found a large quantity of anarchist literature in the prisoner's room. Brissel’s declaration that his object was to kill his employers. has aroused the suspicion that this may be the purpose also of other ""•’rchists with whom he was in cor respondents and who have been placed tinder police surveillance. Net Clearly Unde, stood. ■Washington. Dec. 12.—A cablegram received at the navy department announces that the gunboat Machias has left Jibuti, French Somaliland, for the Red Sea. This movement is not clearly understood at the navy department for the reason that the Machias was under orders to remain at Jibuti for the purpose of taking United States Consul Skinner and his party back to Marseilles and so far as known here the Skinner expedition to Abyssinia has not yet returned to the coast from its expedition to the capital o! King Menelek. In Doubt. •He's bald. I believe?” « “Yes." ‘‘What’s the reason?” “I can't say. I don’t know whether Father Time or his wife got at him first."—Chicago Post.

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Settlement Said to Be Near. Tokio, Dec. 12.—1 tis now reported in official circles that the reply of the Russian government to the Japanese demands is on its way. and it is forecasted that the final proposals of Japan are modifications of the claims made in the last note. It is also said that Russia has made concessions regarding the difficulties in Manchuria. Private Trolley Car Wrecked. Canton. Ohio Dee 12 —Henry T. Everett's private trolley car “Josephine." with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Currie and Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Lyon, all of Akron, as passengers, was wrecked In Canton yesterday after noon. Dr. Lyon was probably fatally hurt while Mrs. Lyon received severe injuries. «siUiiro*to Launtie Hemer, In a biography of Galileo some stories are told of the caustic humor of that bold investigator. Lotario Sarsl, a writer on science, having said that the Babylonians used to cook eggs by whirling them in a sling. Galileo replied: "The cause of such an effect is very remote from that to which it is attributed, and to find the true cause I shall reason thus: If an effect docs not follow with us which followed with others at another time it is because in our experiments something is wanting which was thecause of the former success, and if only one thing is wanting to us that one thing is the tra ■ cause. Now we have eggs and slings and strong men to whirl them, and yet they will not become cooked; nay. if they were hot at first they more quickly become cold, and since nothing Is wanting to us but to be Babylonians it follows that being Babylonians Is the true cause why the eggs became cooked and not to the friction of the air, which is what I wish to prove." Shorllisnd 2.000 Yenr, \k<». It is no doubt a surprise to most to learn that shorthand was known and practiced 2.000 years ago. Manilius, a contemporary of Casar ami Cicero, Virgil and Horace, asserts that some system of reporting very similar to our shorthand was hi vegue in Ins days. Writing these words under the influence of Virgo and Mercury, be says they are— In shorthand skilled, where little mark* comprise Whole words, a sentence in a single letter lies. And while the willing hand its nld affords, Prevents the tongue to tlx the tailing words. It is certainly a novel conception that Cicero's grand orations were committisl to pa|>er with as much skill as our modern stenographers boast. A flHiirymoon Es pvrirnrr. The Grrv ii- Wonld you mind If I went Into the smoking car, dear? Tile Bride What! To smoke? “Oh, dear, no! I want to - xperlencc the agony of being nway from you so that the joy of my n uirn will ls> all the more intensified." Brooklyn Life. I don't care to meet the mnn who has never made a mistake, for that Infallible Individual Ims likely never made mu thing else. Macatihu,

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