Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1903 — Page 6

BIG ARRESTED Bribery Charged in, Connection With Western Land Deale. Washington, Dec. !!>. John A. Beneon a wealthy San Francisco real estate operator, charged by the interior department with being the head of clleged land frauds extending over a dozen Western states and territories. Io which Secretary Hitchcock referred at length in his annual report, was arrested on a charge of bribery nt the Willard hotel 1 . S : . Service Officer J< hn A. Burns. ft is alleged in the warrant that Benson paid SSOO to Woodford D. Harlan. formerly chief of the special ser vice d'vision of the genera! land office and now a clerk in that office, on March 15. 19<i:’> to extract information regarding an investigation of his operations by the land office. An officer of the government said that the information obtained regarding the alleged conspiracy implicates a number of persons at present employed in the interior department at Washington and elsewhere. Numerous arrests are expected to follow that of Benson and some employes, who may not be arrested, will be dismissed from the service. Sir Thomas Is Willing. London. Dec. 19.—Sir Thomas Lipton announced his readiness to challenge again for the America’s cup •when the silver service, subscribed for the by the people of the United States, was presented to him at a dinner held at the Hyde Park hotel last night. The dinner was attended by several members of the house of commons, the members of the lamdon pre mentation committee, and by nearly 100 American residents in London, as well as several who are now visiting hero Ton- ti Genera! Evans presided and in presenting the service said that it was unprecedented for such an lion or to be paid a foreigner by the people of the United States, but that S.r Thomas Lipton had won the go’den opinions of those from whom he tried to wrest the America's cup. Tyner and Barrett Make Defense. Washington. Pec. 19.—Arguments on the demurrers filed by counsel for the defendants to the indictments against them in the cases of the' United States vs. James N. Tyner and Harrison .1. Barrett, have begun before i Judge Pritchard in criminal court No. 1. The objections to the indictments are based principally on the ground that the charges made against the defendants do not involve the commission of a crime, or of criminal acts. 1 but constitute a mere conclusion of law.

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COTII HUD IW Missing "Peter’s Pe..ce ’ Had Been Held In Trust For Leo's Successor. Prefect of the Propaganda Had Been Pledged to Secrecy for Period of Four Months. This Period Having Expired. He Has l Turned Over the Sum of $9,000,000. Rome, Dec. 19. —The Vatican has just had sudden wealth poured into its coffers. For some time certain sums which were known to be possessed by Pope Leo were looked for without result, the search toward the end becom ing somewhat feverish. Cardinal Gotti, prefect of the propaganda, accompanied by Mgr. Marzolini, one of the late pope's secretaries, drove up to the Vatican yesterday and. getting out hurriedly, began tugging at a heavy object in the carriage. Assistance was offered, but it was refused, and Cardinal Gotti and Mgr. Marzolir.i between them carried the

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mysterious object to the apartment of j Pope Pius. They were immediately I admitted and remained for two hours. I Intense curiosity was aroused by this act, as it was Le'ieved to have some : relation to the missing wealth, and i the wildest rumors were circulated. It soon became known, however, that th° • bag contained $9,000,000 in bank i notes. When Cardinal Gotti entered the presence of the pope he sank to his knees and. pointing to his burden said: ‘Your holiness, the lamented Leo. just before his death, confided to me the money which I now lay at you feet, saying that if I succeeded him I was to use it as I thought best, but that if another took his place. I was to turn the money over to him after a period of four months had elapsed. This I now do in the presence of Mgr Marzolini. who has been the only other person to share the secret.” The pope was much affected Just about the time this scene was enacted in the papal apartments an electrician, while removing the hang Ings in the late Popo Leo's chamber in order to get at the electric light wires, found in the hole in the wall several baes which were carelessly tlod. These bags when opened were found to contain $1 950.000. The alleged reason for Popo Leo’s course is that h° wished his successor to learn bow difficult it was to rule the church without money, thereby impressing on him the necessity for economy. ACTORS IN A ROW | The Clevelands Claim That McKee Rankin “Trim Them Down." Chicago, Dec. 19 -For an alleged breach of contract io produce certain i play-, tho W. S. Cleveland Amusement | company has brought suit for SIOO,OOO I damages against Nance O’Neil, a ‘'an i Francisco actress, and McKee Rankin, her manager, and two other members of the company. It Is charged by the plaintiff that the Cleveland company expended SIO,OOO In preparin" scenery and costumes required for four plays which Rankin, on behalf of Miss O’Neil, agreed to produce for at least thirty days st the Clevelands’ theater It Is charged that the refusal of the defendants to live up to tholr contract resulted in tho temporary closing of the Cleveland theater, causing a loss of SIOO,OOO. House W->nt» to Know. Washington. Dec. 19 The hour a * has authorized tho committee on expenditures in th'' postoffice depart-i tnent to reqtie t tho postmaster gen ' eral to furnish that committee tho pa- ‘ pors In connection with tho recent I postoffic.e investigation. Jealous Husband Shoots. Charleston. W. Vn.. Doc. 19 -Walter Thaxton shot and Instantly killed Wm. Price here last night. Thart'n scc d Price of being too intl .iatc with his wife.

FATAL COLLEGE FIRE Walden University Destroyed and Four Students Killed. Nashville. Tenn.. Dec. 19.—Walden university, a colored, institutic i, was i destroyed by fire last, night. Students, male and female, jumped from the I windows. Four dead bodies were removed from under the windows where i they fell. Fifteen persons received i serious hurts. The building was four j stories high and was occupied b I about sixty students. It had no fire- I escapes and a wild stampede followed I the alarm. Panic Followed Fire. Chicago. Dec. 19. — The Victoria apartment building, Forty ninth and Calumet avenue, a World’s Fair hotel, was destroyed by fire last night. The building was occupied by sixty fam- { flies, many of whom had retired, and a panic followed the alarm of fire. Several of the occupants had narrow escapes, but all were rescued from the building without serious injury. The loss is SIOO,OOO. Jump From Fifth Floor. Dayton. 0.. Dec. 19. —Five girls employed in a dressmaking establishment in the Canby building jumped from the fifth story during the excitement caused by a fire in the basement and first floor. All will probably die. CALL FOR HILP Women's Organizations Waging a Fight on Snioot. Philadelphia. Dec. 19.—At the meeting of the executive board of the Na tional Union of Women's Organizations. which is carrying on a campaign for the expulsion of Reed Snioot from the United States senate, representatives were present from the National Women's Christian Temperance Union. the Interdenominational Council of Women, the New Jersey Congress of Mothers, the Pennsylvania Congress of Mothers and various local women's clubs. A resolution was unanimously adopted calling upon 'all organizations cf women throughout the country and all patriotic women to petition the senate of the United States for the expulsion of Reed Smoot from their honorable body." THIS MACHINE DOES FLY It Traveled Three Miles and Descended Near Kitty Hawk. N. C. Norfolk, Va Dec. 19. —A successful trial of a flying machine was made yesterday near Kitty Hawk, N. C.. by Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton. Ohio. The machine flew for three miles'in the face of a wind blowing it the registered velocity of twentyone miles an hour, and then gracefully descended to earth at the spot selected by the men in the navigator’s car as a suitable landing place. The machine has no balloon attachment, but gets its force .rum propellers worked by a small engine. Big Claims Against Boatright. Joplin, Mo., Dee. 19. —Claims aggregating $260,000 have been filed here before the referee in bankruptcy. Arthur Spencer, against Robert Boatright. the Webb City alleged fraudulent foot-race promoter. One claim is for $63,000. and the others range from $2,000 to $20,000. Eighteen of the claimants from various parts of the United States are here attending the hearing. They include: John W. Cobb, Corrigan. Tex.; P. A. Doucette, Woodville, Tex.; H. M. Larry, Hillsboro. Tex.; Chas. Hogs. Dallas, Tex; and F. C. Lorry. Kokomo. Ind. A Conspiracy Suspected. Rising Sun. Ind., Dec. 19. —It Is nnderstood tbrt the grand jury has been ready to report for some days, a t -e bill for the indictments of the princi•>als in the Gillesph murder case and th n t the re-examination of witnesses today Is on the line of a conspiracy involving two or three others os accessories to the murder of Elizabeth Gillespie. Will Join Her Husband. N"/’ York Dec. 19.—8 y special per mission nf the war department Mrs. Woo l, wife of■; in Leonard Wood, and her three-year-old son. sailed to dav on the Iran: purl. Kilpatrick for Manila. The Persuasive General D-'-’-ev. Bombay. De”. 19.—General Oelarey made a speech to the Boor prisoners at Admadnagar and succeeded In persuading all but ten of them to «'gn tho oath of allegiance to Great Britain. BRiEF DISPATCHES A wh»t alletre I wltol«»wale wrjnrv in bankruptcy pmccnrlitif- ha- been inaugurut♦•<l in Sew Yn. k K nr E lw*r<l and n Alexandra will Ti*it Ireland during tha n rasing week and attend the race*. Tho lu nnto hi ■ ratified the treaty Hr the rx- ■ tension of commercial relutiotH between t 'hina j and th* United State*. RtiMiie«< fa n th»» Unit*! «<tai«< fnr tb» week nninlwrim. multi *ll ia-*t week. 223 in , the like week nf i \ i i iur«' uii cliiri i > f Mr*. M n’ay. mother nf farmer I’rcaident M< Kin!ev u ill be a part <»f the Indiana exhibit at the World’* Fair. The i work I* by Otto Pun«ch. nf Richmond. One <>f the int're*rinit <h«plat' imd* by In. 1 dimn women m the w J - Fair will lx» abanI ka rilk's. Th**.' are a kind nf Indian ru< woven »•» bur M'X'd are made in co'ora add variola* I original deugnr. The aenatr committee on pnbM<» building* and icreunt!• han mad* a favorable report on the bill making •” upprnnr atl"n nf for the pni'- of A »ite and ei'ertion • a o»r the dej>a inuno of -ma. and labor*

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SEASONABLE ACTIVITY Approaching Holidays Act as a Stimulus to T-ade. New York. Dec. 19. —Bradstreet's weekly review of trade today says: ! Holiday and retail business generally j is seasonably active, wholesale and i jobbing trade correspondingly quiet, I while manufacturing industry slackens partly for the above reasons, but also because of low water in streams or efforts to readjust operations to changed conditions of demand and supply. Cold weather is still an important stimulus to heavy wearing apparel and footwear. There are several continuously encouraging features noted. The car congestion of a year ago is conspicuously absent this year, and the railways are handling the current business offering with profitable results. Failures do not display more than the normal tendency to increase in number. and there is evidently less teuslon than exhibited a mon in ago. Toys of all kinds. Racket store. Louk! look! look! Read Hensley's ad. Lost A gold plated watch chain with gold ring of watch and silver Masonic charm attached, between ticBoston Store and Fourth street. Finder please leave same at this office. Monrc2 Agent. Mr. Jonathan Barkhead has > been appointed agent for the Daily and Weekly Democrat for Monroe' and vicinity and is authorized tn take subscriptions and receive mon-, ey. ts $25 DOLLARS REWARD. We will give a reward of 525 for any kind of spavin or splint, sweeney, capped heck, bowed tendon, wind galls or any similar ailments that cannot be cured by the use of Gilmore’s Caustic Oil Tt has l»<en so thoroughly tested that ue know it will do all we claim and more. We have so | much faith in the curative powers that we guarantee every bottle to give ' satisfaction or money is refunded. Price 50c jier bottle, Gilmore Drug Co., Fletcher, Ohio. (se Gilmore's headache powders. Sold by all druggists. Four Fast Trains Chicago to St. Paul Minneapolis. Via Chiraigo <K* North Wctseran railway. Leave t'hicago 11:00a. nt., fl;30 p. nt. (Northwestern Limited electric lihgted thronhgout) 10:00 p. tn. and 3:00 a. tn. Fast schedules luxurious e<]uipment, dining car srevice unequaled For tickets,rates and sleeping ear reservations apply to your tn are-tt ticket agents or address, A. ii. Waggcner, 22 Fifth I Avenue, Cl ieugo. 111.

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