Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1903 — Page 2

ft CLEAN SWEEP To Prevent Derailment Engl- ' neer Opened Throttle When He Saw Sheep. A Fleck of Sixt/-Six Huddled on the Tracks Created Danger of Disastrous Wreck. At Full Speed a Clover Leaf Flyer Plowed Through, and but Six Escaped. Clarkshill. Ind.. Dec. 15.—“ The Coni mercial Traveler," the flyer on the! Clover Leaf railroad, plowed its way • hrough a flock of sheep near here. I killing fifty-four of them outright and five others died later of their injuries. ' As the train approached a crossing, two miles east of here, the engineer , saw that the track was covered with I sheep. His first thought was to stop I the train, but it was running too fast i o bring it to a stand in time. He I decided that, the next best thing would lie to open the throttle and take the ■chances on throwing his engine and ’rain from the track. The sheep be longed to S. A. Brady, who lives near ■he crossing. Investigation disclosed that sixty six sheep were in the flock. > he train striking alt but six. AUTHORITIES ACT Evasion of Gambling Restrictions at Indianapolis Investigated. Indianapolis. Dec. 15.—Prosecuting I Attorney Ruckelshaus has taken up j the matter of the investigation of the Rahke-Jones gambling business at Cumberland. Notices have been sent to a number of reputable citizens of i Warren township, owning property and living in the vicinity of Cumber land, notifying them to appear at his office and furnish such evidence against the new Monte Carlo as they might possess, in the hope thai when reduced to proper form the matter will be laid before the grand jury. "Neither Gas Rabke nor any other individual will be permitted to resort to a subterfuge of moving his gambling joint outside the bounds of the Indianapolis jurisdiction for the purpose of •■vading a just prosecution, without being made to answer before the I grand jury and the criminal court, where the evidence justifies indictment and prosecution." said Mr. Rack elshaus. School May Lose Out. Muncie. Ind.. Dec. 15.—Unless $25,«’OO be raised by popular subscription by no m of Dec. 21. Pal.ner university, ■which has led a precarious existence here for about four years, part of the i me of the Extern Indiana Norma! school, will '■.<• closed. The trustees have decid’d upon this action only after •w’ry effort Lad been put forth io secure ib ■ $100.00(1 necessary ini • rd t to ga n <>< isession of the sl’lo.- < (.0 leit to the institution by the late Francis Asbury Palmer of New York.' Os lhe i.OuO to be raised by popu- | iar subscription, s7s.( ! iiit has, been se- j cured, but prospects do not look fa- I vorable for obtaining the ot ,iar $25,000. i

LATE LAW TO BE CONTESTED

Indianapolis, Dec. 15.—The RepubHcans must either give their Democratic opponents a lair opportunity in apportioning the state or else elect a partisan supreme court to sustain the gerrymander laws. That is the way the .situation now stands. The members of the state committee have decided that the apportionment law passed by the last legislature must be attacked in court and the supreme court will have to pass on the constitutionality of the law. The unfairness of the act-which makes It possible for the Republicans to elect a senator with one-fourth the number of votes required to elect a Democratic senator is so apparent that the leaders itelieve even a Republican court will find it necessary tn declare it Illegal. 'l'he decision to bring suit to test the constitutionality of the law was reached at the meeting of the committee here yesterday. The question of what kind of a suit to be brought and the scope of the proceedings was left to a sub-committee consisting of Chairman O’Brien. J. G. McNutt, Dan W. iSimms. Fred France and Lincoln Dixon The committee discussed the plan of holding a Jackson Day ceil'-, bration in this city, but ft was decided] ♦ hat it would be unwise to attempt to hold such a meeting In nearly every i district some meeting has been ar-j range.! for the celebration of Jackson Day. ami the commit!'-omen expressed rhe opinion that a state meeting would , interfere with these district banquets. Th-' "Holtzman Idea" promises to play n.n important pari in the politics’ of Indiana Wi.hin the next year or! two. The Holtzman Idea is the new: name that has been given to the de. j mand for municipal and county reform that has swept over the state. The fact that Mayor Holtzman has

I Divorce Decision Withheld Sixty Days. Evansville. Ind., Dec. 1.5. —Judges Rasch and Foster of the circuit and . superior courts, have promulgated an ! order taking effect Jan. 1. to withhold decisions in divorce cases for sixty days, or for such time within that limit as will give the courts time to I canvass the cases thoroughly. It is thought that this concerted action will have a tendency to curtail the number of suits filed. Victim of School Prank. Rushville Ind.. Dec. 15.—A few days ago. while at school, a playmate tinthoughtfully removed a chair in which Mary Moore, aged twelve, was about to be seated. The fall injured her spinal column. She did not seem to be injured, however, and went on playing. She became worse and died from the effect of her injuries Here Was a "Rough House.” Vincennes. Ind.. Dec. 15. —In a sa- : loon fight James Smith, the proprietor, was dangerously injured by being I I struck in the head with a beer bottle, | | and Joe Lyons, a glass blower, had his head split open with a shovel, in the hands of an unknown man. Almost a ! dozen people were injured in the fight. Taking No Chances on a Pardon. Tipton. Ind., Dec. 15. —The Tipton ■ county grand jury has returned a second indictment against Jesse McClure for killing his little son. Dee McClure, and this will be held in abeyance in , case he should ever be pardoned for killing Dee’s brother, for which he is already under life sentence. Power Plant Destroyed. Muncie, Ind . Dec. 15. —The Albany Light and Power company’s plant, which supplies fuel and electric light to the town of Albany, was almost I completely destroyed by a gas explo- | sion. He Evaded Arrest. Elwood. Ind.. Dec. 15.—John Has- ' kett committed suicide at the home of his brother, William Haskett, at Aroma. this county, to avoid arrest on the charge of horse stealing, knowing ’hat the authorities .were close on his trail. Union Men Barred Out. Chicago. Dec. 15.—Failure to agree on terms by which the strike of the Amalgamated Association of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers at the plant of the Inland Steel company in Indiana Harbor could be settled, the company has announced that it will have no further dealings with the association, and the mills have been closed to union men. A long fight is in prospect. Fart of the plant is being worked with non-union men. A Big Strike Projected. Chicago, Dec. 15.—Failing in their attempt to secure favorable terms for the striking coopers, officials of the packing trades council have decided to go ahead with their plans for a general strike of the 30,000 stockyards employes. The question of ordering the strike will be voted on by the various unions this week. Stepped on a Tack. San Diego. Cai.. Dec. 15.—Dr. Jos. ' H. Greer of Fort Wayne. Ind., died in j this city yesterday of blood poisoning, the result of stepping on a tack in a sleeping-car while en route here re- • cently to attend his wife, who had i been stricken with paralysis Dr. ' Greer was sixty-eight years old.

really taken long si rides toward .e- --. j forming the abuses of the city as they existed under the former administration has led to this giving of his name to the r form Idea. Mr. Holtzman stands as the representative of purer government and the politicians have with one accord dubbed the present , | agitation the •'Holtzman idea." The Holtzman idea is not by any means a Democratic slogan. It represents more the sentiment of all good citi-‘ .] -cns. Republicans as well as Demo-, crats over the state are clamoring for , better enforcement of the laws. In I several of the larger cities, notably Evansville and Terre Haute, the demand is general. Republicans and Democrats alike have joined in the call. (The Holtzman idea appeals to them all. and it is more than likely that In the coming city elections as well as in the fall contests next year the reform forces will make great headway while working for the "Holtzman idea." 'I The federal grand jury will probably be called in spacial session to act in the cases of the officer* of the Indiana National bank, which failed at Elk-I hart recently. The government offl--1 cials who have been investigating the' bank's affairs. It is understood, have found enough wrong doing on the part of the officers of the hank to justify taking the case before the federal court. .Judge Anderson has not yet announced his Intention of calling the Jury together, but other court officials | have acknowledged that the matter! Is under consideration, and It is more than likely that the call will be sent' out In a few days now if the bank officers are really bound over to the grand jury so that th«- Investigation can bo contmpmed now. when work before the court Is comparatively light.

SWEEPING RULING Missouri Supreme Court Opens Doors of Penitentiary to Hundreds. The Legality of the Arrest and Conviction of St Louis Boodlers Is Brought Intj Question. Hundreds of Others Given a Loophole by Reason of a Technicality of the Law. St. Louis, Dec. 15.—Notification of a decision of the Missouri supreme court, which brings into question the legality of hundreds of arrests and ' convictions recently made on informations in St. Louis and which, accord!.:;; to Circuit Attorney Folk, opens the doors of the penitentiary through writ s of habeas corpus to many others, has been received here by that official. In the list of causes which, under the ruling of the court, could be affected if the plea of illegal arrest were raised, are the majority of the Suburban railway franchise boodle cases. It is stated by a well-known lawyer that the statute of limitations in these cases expired last November, and that if the present charges against the accused men should be found defective, it would be impossible to bring new indictments against them. Al! of the cases are before the supreme court on appeal, and the records show that each case was tried on information furnished by the circuit attorney on his official oaths. They follow: Charles F. Kelly, termer speaker of the house ot delegates, convicted of, perjury in connection with lhe Subir- , ban franchise boodle deal, sentenced I to two years in the penite-’iary. J.ihn H. Schnettler, bribery Suburb-, an franchise, four years. Jere J. Han.iigan. bribery. Suburban franchise, five years. John A. Sheridan, bribery. Suburban franchise, five years. T. Edward Albright, bribery, Suburban franchise, five years. Charles A. Gutke. bribery. Suburban franchise, five years. Edmund Hersch, bribery. Suburban franchise, five years. Charles J. Denny, bribery, Suburban franchise, five years. Louis Becker, perjury. Suburban franchise investigation, four years. Harry A. Faulkner, perjury, Suburban franchise investigation. three years. Mr. Folke notified Judge McDonald of the criminal division of the circuit court, and proceedings were stopped in all cases affected. Nine cases were wiped off the docket and the witnesses sent to the grand jury room, those to give information upon which to base indictments to take the place of the invalid informations. The case against E. J. Arnold, charged with grand larceny, was one of those affected. This case, which was called for Monday, wid have to go over to the next term. Eight larceny, burglary and assault cases were similarly treated. The decision is that reversing the case of the state vs. William Bonner, which holds that an information issued by the circuit attorney’s office must be sworn to by prosecuting witnesses in the case, and that circuit attorneys or prosecuting attorneys could only swear to Information from I personal knowledge of the facts. For two years under a former decision of the supreme court ant' under"the constitutional amendment of 1900 and the act of 1901. prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys have been giving informations under their official oaths. In St. Louis alone, it is stated, fully 2.000 cases have been tried on such information and convictions resulted. Prosecutors Overlooked Law. Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 15. —The decision of Judge Gnatt of the supreme court that prosecutions on in , formations of prosecuting attorneys must be verified by affidavits of prosecuting officers, will affect several bun dred cases in Jefferson City. Statutes were passed in 1901 prescribing the mode of procedure in such prosecutions, requiring them to be verified, but prosecuting officers, it is alleged, have overlooked this in many cases. Childish Train Wreckers. Colorado Springs. Col.. Dec. 15. — School children placed a bolt on the track before the Incoming Rock Island passenger train from the East, at a point ten miles east of here, and the Iccomotive. baggage car and first 1 coach were derailed. Three trainmen ■ were badly hurt. — Those Excitable Dominicans. ' San Domingo. Dec. 15. —A rumor is ' in circulation here that troops of the provincial government have al tacked lhe revolutionary troops stationed at Monte Cristi. The government troops were repulsed and ar» now besieged j In a fort in Santiago City. Want the Dispute Settled. Washitgton, Dec. 15. —The (iccutlve council of the American Federation of laibor has directed President Gompors mid Vice President Duncan to go to New York and endeavor to j adjust the building trades dispute in , that city.

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CHEERED FOR CHINESE Transvaal Miners Favorable to Introduction cf Unskilled Labor. Johannesburg. Dec. 15. —A mass meeting called here last night for the purpose of urging upon the government the advisability ot taking a referendum before introducing legislation providing for the introduction of unskilled labor into the Transvaal was completely captured by the element favorable to the im]>ortation of Chinese. Special trains brought in thousands of miners from the East and West Rand. 5,000 of whom packed the hall where the meeting was held. The miners were welt organized and all through the meeting there was frequent cheering for the Chinese. When the chairman attempted to put a motion in favor of a referendum he was , unable to get a hearing. Speeches in favor of the motion were impossible, and the excitement was intense. At an ove-flow meeting, attended by 5,000 persons a motion antagonistic to the taking of a referendum was carried by a large majority. WILL CUT WAGES Big Steel Company Has Struck an Economical Streak. New York .Dec. 15. —The statement i was made yesterday by a leading official of the Vnited States Steel corporation that, beginning Jan. 1. 1904. about 90 per cent of the employes ol the corporation will suffer wage reductions, ranging from 5 to 20 pet cent. This reduction will affect about 150,- I 000 workmen in the various grades ot the subsidiary companies. The remaining 10 per cent of employes are members of the Amalgamated Association of Iron. Steel and Tin Work •*, whose wr te schedule runs to July 1, 1904. Mr. Cleveland Seek* Recreation. Georgetown. S. ('.. Dec. 15. Former President Grover Cleveland, accompanied by Commander E. C. Benedict, Captain Gildings. Gen. A. G McCook and Command) r Hodgins, arrived in a special car from the North. The party was met by the government launch Water Lily to which they trans forced and left for the hunting preserves of Gon. E P. Alexander at South Island, whose guests the partywill be for ten dnfs. They will Indulge in duck ami deer hunting and ilshlng Refused the Injunction. Trinidad, Cd., Dec. 15.— Judge Northcott lias refused the injunction sought by the United Mine Workers to restrain the Victor Fuel company, its I officers and agents from In any way interfering with union organizers wh > I wish tn vlrlt coal camps controlled by ' that, company.

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