Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1903 — Page 6

k CLOSED CHAPTER Prominent European Diplomat’s Significant Statement Regarding Panama Proposition to Take Matter to The Hague Would Not Be Approved in Europe. The Hague Court Is Not the Place for Settled Questions, Says He. Washington. Dec. 111. —“Refusal by the United States to consent to a proposition from Colombia for a reference of the Panama question to The Hague tribunal is expected and will be fully approved by the European powers." This statement was made by a European ambassador of high rank and influence. It has already been made in substance, though in rather more diplomatic language, to Gen. Rafael Reyes, the Colombian minister, who is expected in his forthcoming note to the state department to suggest The Hague tribunal as th? proper place for the settlement of the isthmian problem. Whether the knowledge that the refusal of such a request so far from prejudicing the European powers against the Washington government will call for their emphatic endorsement, will cause General Reyes to modify his note is not yet certain. The ambassador quoted in explaining the attitude of European powers said: Panama is a closed chapter in the history of nations and The Hague court is not the place for settled questions, but for pending problems. which are referred to it with the full approval of all the parties interested. When Russia. Germany and Erance recognized the independence of Panama they sot their seal of approval on the prompt action of the Washington government in pledging itself to guarantee and maintain the independence of the republic it had previously recognized. Nations can hardly be expected to settle questions of sovereignty or national honor at The Hague. Moreover, tn my opinion it would not be within the province of the Washington government to grant such a request from Colombia. It is to Panama, not to Washington, that Colombia should ake such a proposition. "There, is. however, a question between Colombia and Panama which with all propriety might be referred to The and to which reference ♦he United Stales will scarcely offer objection. It is the question of the assumption by Panama of a part of the Colombian debt. If Gen. Reyes should ask the United States to use its good offices to have this matter brought before The Hague. Panama might safely acquiesce in such a proposition. The difficulty in making this request would be that Colombia thereby would recognize the independence of the new republic, but this must come sooner or later." At the navy department the statement is made that the instructions to naval commanders in isthmian waters to “prevent the landing of forces with hostile intent.” have not been modified These instructions it is believed are sufficiently comprehensive to enable the commanders to maintain open transit across the isthmus and to protect the new republic from Col omblan expeditions. Will Carry More Marines. Philadelphia. Dec 23—The United States cruiser Dixie, which is to take the new Caribbean sea battalion of marines to Colon, arrived at the League Islam! navy yard today, where the new battalion is being assembled tinder the dirertion of Brigadier Gen oral George F. Elliott, commandant of the mar tie corps. It is expected that the cruiser will sail for Colon before the first of the new year, the < xac* time being dependent on the repairs the Dixie may need. Minister Buchanan at Panara. Panama. Dee. 2? W. I. Buchanan United States minister to the republic of Panama, arrived here yesterday accompanied by I’nited Stales Consul General G nil ger. who m?t him at Co- ; lon The reports that tic at ’ rntment ' of Minister Btiehat an Kill be declared invalid by the I’rited States senate seem to impress neither th* minister nor the members of the junta Speculation Is Charged. Hartford. Conn. Dec. 23. tin petition of Mrs. Ella S Russell of Killingly. widow of former Congressman Charles A. Russell, it temporary re celver has been appointed for the t Windham County National bank of ! Danielson. The complaint alleged that the president of the bank and certain directors hate been using the ' funds of the bank for stock speculation to such an extent that it is doubtful If the capital stock of the bank Is equal to tlte oulsiandlng indebtedness A Big Christmas Present. Chicago, Dec. 2.'!. It was announced at the HUh convocation of lite University of Chicago that donations amounting to 3) Sfitt.iHHi bail be’n received front John I). Rockefeller, founder of the university. Os this amount |l,* fitto.ooo is in real estate In the Immodigit" vicinity of the uu.u rsity.

APF-EAL TO COURTS The Chicago Liverymen's Association Wants a Ruling Ag'inst Strikers. Chicago, Dec. 22. — The Liverymen’s Asociation has decided that unless a peaceable settlement of the drivers’ strike is reached today they will open for business with non-union employes and will appeal to the courts for an injunction to prevent the strikers from interfering in any manner with the driving of carriages or hearses Word of the injunction proposal reached the strikers just as a vote had been completed as t.» submission of the lisucs in the controversy to nrbitra lion, and the action of the employers was bitterly criticised by the men. No announcement of the result of the vote of the strikers was made, but the general impression was that arbitra tion has been accepted. At the same time that the men were voting on the question of conciliation the members of the Liverymen’s Association decided to submit the whole difficulty" to arbitration, provided that the strikers took the initiative in the matter and that the demand for a peaceable settlement should come from the men. in anticipation of the proposition being accepted by the men a committee was appointed to receive any overtures that the union might be willing to make. The union officials were immediately notified of the decision reached by the employers and the latter, it is said, will soon have a reply ready. BOY HELD TO ANSWER Serious Charge May Be Placed Against Keokuk Lad. Keokuk, la.. Dec. 23.—Arthur Humphrey, a iourteen-year-old boy, now in the police station here, may be held for the murder of Paul and William Stice The three boys were playmates, but during a recent quarrel Humphrey threatened to kill William Stice. He tried several limes Monday to entice him on the ice, but Slice's mother prevented his going. The two Stice boys and Humphrey disappeared Monday afternoon. Humphrey returning in the evening, but nothing has since been heard of the Stice boys. Humphrey was arrested yesterday and cross-examined at the station. He denied going to the river with the Stices and all knowledge of their whereabouts. Later, however, he confessed that the boys are drowned. He says they crossed the river late in the afternoon. that he struck William and knocked him down: then chased him to strike him again and the boy ran into an air hole. The younger brother attempted to rescue him. and the two sank together. Humphrey’s mother is dead and his father is serving a twenty-ycar term in the penitentiary RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION Present Year About Holds Its Own With Last Year Chicago. Dec 23.—' -cording to the Railway Age the total railway mileage of the United States on Jan. 1. 1904. will be 309.855 miles, the present year having added 5.723 miles. This mileage takes into account all of the new track k.id up to the last days of the year. Compared with 1902, the present year is about on a parity in matters of railway construction. The construction reported was done on 380 lines, and in thirty-nine .-.tales anti territories including Alaska. Early in the year it was shown that there were 8,500 miles of railroad under construction. but labor troubles and financial difficulties t-aused some of the work to be abandoned. Charged With Riot. Chicago. Dec. 23.- Two officials and three other members of Franklin Un ion of Press Feeders were indicted by the grand jury last evening., the specific charge against them being riot. Efforts on the part of the jury to se ire similar evidence against the offi rials of the streetcar men’s union did not prove so successful. It was found difficult to secure any evidence tend Ing to show that officials of th? union urged their men to violence. Jealousy Was the Motive. Chicago Dec. 23 While walking along a crowded street Albert Alton hofon. a sab on keeper. suddenly shot ■ and killed Marie Raasch. his common law wife and then quickly killed him self Jealousy is the supposed cause BRIEF DISPATCHES In i* that Japan's reply tn Bn*-i* rala the hin-tanient-O point* at issue. w iiiam J Burhanan. I'. **. niini-t.-i- to the republic of Panama ha* arrived at Panama. Frank 11. Burn*-.*. n.nr-limra niurdnrnr. ha* linen -entei >-ed to elect ro- ut.on ai Sue York. V.ihnur ha* ->-■■ iii-ivi recently to indu-ate that tin- Coiombini.s a moving towards the I Isthmus. Colombia *nnM require a hot and well ntp. [Mined army to do anything effective hi the barien disti mt. t-.-liinaiee for the leflriency appropri.nHn bi'l to Im- pas-ed at the present se--tou na <iegao- 15.02.1 .in* I 22. Keverend Mother s< Wi burger, tv-ad of ihs Provincial Order ->f Yuns, in Ibe foiled Mate*, is dead al Pliila-lelp'ini. The g-'ierii-o of \ .-tiiidretia ha* forma.tr apologized lo I . S. c.-nsul Davi* for the iiisu -,. ; m niilly heaped upon the latter l.y Turkish po. ’ lice. Chnri- M Scha ub ha* d< d a <-r>i-*bill In th.United state*'sliipbiulditig company case. *<-t---tlng np a general ileniai or the charge, of alleged con.piracy i-oiuaiiie<l in Ihe complaint of j the receoer. The gi and j .i y ai Hi.me Sun. hi t., ha* re turned fine bill, against -lame* liiliesp *. twin I brother of the d-<-e*.ed • hi* *l*t«r, Mr-. *.-■ ward.»u. Mirin Barbour and ar.-, **hni'giog them a h ihu uiui'Uoi of M •- l..i* M .>uiu Utile*pie. !

THE WORD MELODRAMA. It Drifted I'rom lt« nrrlvntion and Orttfiual Significance. Nowadays “melodrama" is In genera! use as denoting a purely sensational i play, with an all but impossible hero. - heroine and villain among the charac i tors represented. Formerly I lie word kept more closely in its signification to ! actual derivation. "Meloilriutm" is com pounded of the Greek words melos, u I song, ami drama, an action, a play and was applied to two sorts of per | formances when it first came into use. ■ It signified a play, generally of tbt , romantic school, in which tlte dialogin } was frequently relieved by music ; sometimes of an incidental and some times of a purely dramatic character i On the strength of bis "Pygmalion” J J. Rousseau is credited with tlte inven tion of this style. Some of the so called English operas of the older school, such as the once famous “Beggar's Opera' and the once popular "No Song, No I Supper," are in reality true melo dramas. In the second place “melodrama” was applied to a peculiar kind of theatrical composition in which the actor recited his part in an ordinary speaking voice, while the orchestra played a more or less elaborate accompaniment appropriate to the situation and calculated to bring its salient features Into the highest possible relief. The merit of the invention of this description of melodrama belongs to George Benda, who used it with striking effect in bis "Ariadne auf Naxos.” produced at Gotha in 1774.—London Globe. The Ordcula of a Doctor. It is often claimed by outsiders that having a profession dulls a woman's sympathies, but I cannot believe that this is true in the practice of medicine, where one side of the work is so immeasurably sad. I have seen a baby that came after fifteen years of waiting and hoping ami was rejoiced over daily and hourly for a wonderful year suddenly struck down and gasp its little life out in a day with pneutnoifin. These are the times when it hurts to be ii doctor, to find that all the knowledge that you possess, all the skill at your command, is as so much chaff before the wind. To have a woman cling to you. begging you to save her baby, is an ordeal to which no human being can grow callous. You must feel as though the brand of Cain were upon you when, with all your efforts, you cannot save the little life. Not years nor experience can lighten hours such as these.—Everybody’s Magazine. StorniN of Old Kiirlh nd. In the year 911 in London alone 1.500 houses were blown down: In October, 1091. a great number of churches and 500 houses were destroyed; in 1235 it thundered for fifteen days consecutively. Tiie dreadful night during which Cromwell's spirit passed has formed a theme for poet and partisan. And the great storm that "o'er pale Britan- "'? passed" iti November. 1703. the most terrible in British annals, a iso lias its enduring record in poetry. It did damage in London to the amount of £2.900.000: over X.OOO people were drowned in floods in various parts of the country: twelve men-of-war. with over 1.800 men on board, went down in sight of land and the Eddystone lighthouse. along with VViiistanlcy, its inventor. was swept away. Blind Swimmer's Straight Steering. It is a standing puzzle that all blind swimmers are aide to hold an almost perfectly straight course for very con siderable distances, though no more guidance is given to them than some species of cull or whistle (Timing from the winning goal. A blind tnan. in fact, desiring to go in a straight line possesses the curious (tower of being able to do so almost exactly. A provincial mayor instituted a series of contests in an open hike between blind men and ordinary ones of about equal skill ami strength, and the result was marvelous so far ns the straight steering of the blind was concerned. Ix»ndon Cltronii le. Mollis and lint terlllen. Butterflies are active in the day and fold their wings together when they settle. Their antenna' end in clubs The fore and hind wings never book together. The chrysalis is angular and not inclosed in a cocoon or silken case. Moths, on the other baud, are usually active in '.he dusk or at night and do tmt fold their wings together on settling. The feelers are very various in shape, but rarely dubbed. The fore and hind wings are generally fastened together daring flight by a “hook and eye" arrangement. The chrysalis is not angular and is iuelo-ed in some sort of ease or cocoon. Jewels on un Idol. Tiie jewels of an Indian idol must tie I worth stealing if many of those remarkably hideous images possess such valuable head ornaments as one made for the Idol I’arthasatby, In the TTipil cane temple at Madras. The ornament is wot tl> some 50.000 rupees and is made of sovereign gold studded with diamonds, emeralds and rubies, the largest emerald being valued at 1.000 Fit pees and the biggest ruby and diamond at 300 rupees apiece. i*uli. The doctor was saiigiline. “We're going to pull you through!" qlioth he. "By the leg?” i|iicrttloiisly demanded the patient, n sordid malt, whose sntil. even In that extreme moment, brooded on the lu.-lth'l* of expense Buck. :il. 1 "Are you blind by nature?" asked i j the charitably ittclinetl i Itizeti, “No. sir." i .'ttidiilly replied the beg gar. "I’m blind bv profession." — The faim its M.-iel-trutii whirlpool i* four geogritplih-.'tl tulles In diameter.

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The Mexlenu Boundary Line. The International boundary Hue between the Inited States and the republic of Mexico is marked by pyramids of stones placed at irregular distances i along the line all the way from the | Itio Grande to the I’acilic ocean. Wherever it was found practicable to do so tlies.' pyramids were built on prominent peaks at road crossings, fords, etc. Tke line was not surveyed, as is fie usual custom, the location of the monuments being based on astronomi< d calculations and observations. — Ml Illa IfKica In One Basket. Geodtnau Gonrong We don’t git nothin' at that house. I asked the woman fur some cold vit ties, a cup of eawfey. some clothiti’ an' a place tn sleep in the barn, an’, by gum. she said 1 was coinin' it a little too strong, an’ she shot the door in my face. TufTold Knut—That's wot ye git. ye blame fool, fur puttin' all yer begs in one ask it.- Chicago Tribune. Toys of all kinds. Racket store. Look! look! look! Read Hensley's ud. See Colehin for candy, nuts. Xmas trees, trimmings and toys. Lost -A gold plated watch chain with gold ring of watch and silver Masonic charm attached, between the j Boston Store and Fourth street. Finder please leave same at this of- j flee. Monroe Agent. Mr. Jonathan Barkhead lias been upj minted agent for the Daily and Weekly Democrat for Monroe and vicinity and is authorized to take subscriptions and receive money ts i $25 DOLLARS REWARD. We will give a reward of $2T> for I any kind of spavin or splint, sweenev, ! capped heck, bowed tendon, wind 1 galls or any similar ailments that cannot be cured by the use of Gilmore's Caustic Oil. It has lieen so thoroughly testis! that we know it will do al) we claim and more. We have so! much faith in the curative powers i that we guarantee every Ixittle to give i salisfaetiou or money is refunded. Price 5Cc per bottle. Gilmore Drug Co., Fletcher, Ohio. I’so Gilmore’s! headache powders. Sold by all drug I gists. Four Fast Trains Chicago to St. Paul Minneapolis. Via Chicago A- North Wetsorun railway. Leave Chicago 9:00 a.tn., 0:30 p. m. (Northwestern Limited electric lihgted throuhgout) 10:00 p. tn. and 3:00 a. m. Fast .schedules 'luxurious equipment, dining carl srevice unequaled.For tickets,rates and sleeping car reservations apply 1 to your nearest ticket agents o> ad dress, A. it Waggoner, 22 Fisth 1 | Avenue, Chicago, ill.

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