Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 104, Decatur, Adams County, 12 May 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME II

INSTRUCT FOR PARKER State Convention Adopts the Unit Plan

GREAT EXCITEMENT PREVAILS Parker for President— Taggart for National Chairmen Test Vote Favored Parker 1064 to 468. —Stampede for McClellan Attempted. I Special to The Daily Democrat 3:30 p. m. t INDIANAPOLIS, IND., May 12 The convention is still in progress And is the warmest ever held in Indiana. The delegates were instructed to vote as a unit for Alton B Parker of New York for president and Thomas Taggart of Indiana for chairman of national committee, was first, last and *all the time. The test vote was made When the nominations for chairman of the convention were asked fer. Alonzo G. Smith a Parker’man, winning over the Hearst candidate by a vote of 1091 to 468, thus showing the strength of the two candidates. An attempt was made to stampede the convention for McClellan hot failed. It was a great Parker meeting an I enthusiastic democratic speeches which sound like Vi. tory are being made at this hour. L. G. Ellinghain of Decatur is perAment secretary of the convention. T1 <• Hearst men made no attempt to holt but put up a lively fight to th- last minute.

pNDIANAPOLIS, IND., May 12Tli' big state convention is on and democracy is awake in Indiana in a wav that proves they are out to Win The meeting will adjourn this evening to meet July 20, when a> platform will lie adopted and a state ticket nominated. At the district meetings held last evening the Parker men won in every dis♦■Ot’bnt the twelvth when Hearst delegates were elected. The eighth dist riot caucus resulted in the se Motion of the following:—Delegates: Abraham Simmons, Wells George S. Beebe, Madison; alWnates, Elsworth Laman, Randolph and Carry Taughenbuugh, Deleware; elector, Samuel Simison, Adams; contingent, A. C. Hisley; vice president, Judge R. K. Erwin, Ada ms; assistant secretary E. A. McKee, Jay; organization, Charles Dehoritty, Madison; resolutions, John M. Smith, Jay; credentials, A. P. Beaty, Adams. W H. O’Brien, John Kern, B. F. Shively and Major G. V. Menzies will bo the Indiana democrats’ ‘“big four" at the national convention. There was not a sign of factionalism in the mooting of the committee on rules and i>ermanent organizaion, which

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met at the Grand hotel within an hour after the district meetings in the state house. Hearst men, who had lieen elected to the committee at seperate meetings did not put in an appearance and the Parker men were supreme. Following are the nominations made by the committee and which were presented to the convention today: Delegates at large to the national convention— W. H. O’Brien, John W. Kern, Benjamin F. Shively and Maj. G. V. Menzies. Alternates at large —Ora F. Creigmile, Ripley county; Willis Hickman, Owen; A. E. Melching, Allen, and B. F., Dieh], Elkhart. Electors at large—Hugh Dugherty, Wells; Warder W. Stevens, Washington. Contingent electors at large—W. H. Kelly, Pulaski; Thomas Duncan, Gibson. Permanent secreatry—Lew Ellingham Adams. Permanent chiarman of the convention—Alonzo G. Smith, Marion county. Sergeant at arms— E. R. Hotten, Marion county. Chairman of the commitee— Col. Courtland C. Matson, Putnam. The fight between the Parker and Hearst forces in the Bth was a very friendly contest. When they saw themselves beaten the Hearst men joined in with their opponentsand “whooped things up' as Judge John M. Smith o^Portland,declared after the meeting. The only fight was for the election of delegates for the national convention. Frank Feely of Deleware and Judge James E. Truesdale of Madison were ,put up as the Hearst candidates and Abe Simmons of Wells and George T. Bebee, of Madison as the Parker. The vote was Simmons and Bebee seventy nine votes each Feely and Truesdale, forty nine each. Three of the nominations were made by acclamation. All of them happen to be Parker men, it is said, with the single exception of Cary Toughinbaugh of Delaware, who was made contingent elector.

THE HOLY LAND Dr. Younge Visits Christ’s Tomb.—An Interesting Letter. Dr. J. W. Younge, of Fort Wayne, well known m this city is now making a tour of the Holy land and writes the following interesing let ter of his visit to the Saviour’s tomb. “We have just returned from a trip to Gezer, some twenty milesi west of Jerusalem, and about the same distance east of Joppa. Here the English Palestine Exploration society has been for several years excavating. They have discovered several different strata of cities built upon each other. From the two lower strata, which belong to the Neolitthio period it has obtained a large number of objects in stone, bone and coarse pottery the work of the oave dwellers, who preceded the Semites in the <x?cupation of Palestine In th) third and fourth strata they discovered some very interesting specimens of bronze. This represents a period prior to the immigration of the Israelites, when Gezer was occupied by the Semites or Canaanites. In the fifth and sixth strata, which corresponds to the Hebrew occupation of infant and adult sacrifice. It is impossible to suy whether this custom was common to the mixed race of Jew and Canaanitto or practically exclusively Canaanites. In the fourth strata which represents the Syrio Egyptian including the Maccubeean period, have been found some remarkable inscribed stones, which

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hold out hope that some written documents may yet be found. A bathing place and some tombs have also been discovered here. Since writing the above, Mrs. Younge and 1 have paid our second visit to Gordon’s Calvary. I have no doubt, as regards this being the tomb in which Jesus was laid, after the cru oifixtion. Everything points to it as being the tom bof Joseph of Arimathea. We were accompained by two ministers from the United States, and after entering the tomb and seeing where Jesus lay, standing beside that sacred spot a brief religious service was held. There are places for three bodies within the tomb but it is evident that only one was ever occupied. That was the one in which the body of Christ lay. The other two were never completed. A visit to these sacred places gives us new ideas and correct ones, of the many things written in the old and new testaments. Jerusalem is the shrine to which all christendom looks and comes. Pilgrims are coming and going every day from all parts of the earth. We will leave for Egypt in the morning. AH well and happy. J. W. Younge.

THROUGH TRAINS Detroit to St. Louis on Clover Leaf I Change of Time Goes Into Effect Monday and Schedule Will be Faster. The new time card on the Clover Leaf will go into effect Sunday, May 15th, so it is stated on good authority., but nothing definite can yet be learned as to the changes that will be made in schedule. Semi-officially it is stated, however, that the two noon trains now due here at 11:50 east bound and 11:25 west bound will be local trains only aid will run only from Toledo to Frankfort. The morning and night trains run from Detroit to St. Louis. This is a new departure on the part of the Clover Leaf but though trains to and from Detroit are to take care of the World’s Fair travel. From the east there will be heavy travel byway of the Great Lakes and Canada to Detroit and by running through rains from that point the Clover Leaf expects to capture a large share of this passenger business. Heavy new engines were bought recently and the new time card will dou’.tless call for a faster schedule. SCARCE ARTICLE Onion Sets Are Worth Ten Dollars a Bushel. Onion sets are onion sets this year, and it takes a capitalist to have a very large onion bed. The last part of the week sets were quoted at #6.25 per bushel to wholesale and this morning a traveling man from a fruit and vegetable house was asked what the quota tion is. Ho stated that if any’ could he gotten the price would bo #lO per bushel. People go into groceries and ask for onion sets and whenjtold that there are none say “Why I’ve just got my onion bed made and Want them bad.” Onions of all kinds are being planted instead of the sets. Some are drill- , ing in the seed. The late spring is i the cause of the scarcity. The sets ' in stock sprouted and many had to | be thrown away before the ground ] was in shape to plant them. ,

WENT TO JAIL Six Tramps Caused Disturbance Last Night Mayor Coffee Sends Them Up on Charges of Drunkeness and Vagrancy. Marshal Codua and Night Policeman Fisher arrested six real live tramps last evening who were raising considerable disturbance near the old mill formerly operated by Smith & Bell between the two railroads, on an alarm sent in by some lady who lives near there and whom they were annoying. The hoboes were placed in jail over night and this morning brought up before Mayor Coffee where three were charged with vagrancy and three with public intoxication . As is the usual case all put up a beautiful plea in their own behalf and each one said he was not present, but the evidence of the officers greatly overshadowed their testimony and Mayor Coffee proceeded to deal out a little justice to them. To the three charged with vagrancy fined five dollars and costs which amounted to ♦13.50 in each case, and in the plain drunk cases ho fined each, one dollar and costs which amounted to 19.30 each As of the six had any visible means of paying their fine they will board it out with Sheriff Butler.

SMALL FIRE Slight Damage at Decatur E<s Case Co. Stave Factory. A small blaze occurred last night at Vail s stave factory on Adams street which however did not result in anything very serious and the loss sustained will not reach more than ten dollars. The fire occurred at eleven o clock and the fire whisle blew without many people knowing anything about it. The company responded promptly and were socn at the scene of action, their services were however not needed ,the night force at the plant soon had the fire under control. The tire started in one of the stave sheds and burned a hole in the roof probably eight or ton feet square having probably caught from a spark from passing train on the Erie railroad, no damage was done to the stock. The building was insured

POUNDING STONE J. C. Beard Who Had Himself and Former Adams County Woman Arrested. J. C Beard, the former Hartford City grocer who tiled affidavits at Anderson charging himself and Mrs. Mary C. Walters, who was supposed to he his wife with living together without author iy of law now realizes that he made otic of the mistakes of his life when ho went to suohjan unusual length to gratify his spite. Mayor Forkner fined each ♦25 and threw in a thirty days jail sentence. Some friend of Mrs. Walters camo to her rescue and paid her fine. The mayor considerately remitted the jail sentence and the women went free. She immediately left Anderson. Beard, the poor fool, is faring ill meantime. Ho is broke and noIxaly is coming to his rescue. Tuesday ho was put to work on the stone pile at Anderson and he has an excellent prospect of pulverizing rock for 65 days.

AN AIR SHIP Indiana Men Think They Have the Right One. Jack Ferguson, a farmer, and William A. Lagree, machinist and inventor of Marion have been working secretly for more than a year on an airship which is now completed. It is said to jbe practical and to have made a successful trip through the air last Friday. The ship is said to’have shot from ts moorings into the air until it reached a height of nearly 10,000 feet, taking a southern direction, passing over the town of Upland where its lights were seen by many. A turn to the east was made and the machinejwas driven back to the place of starting when it gracefully settled into the building from which it had shot a short time before. Ferguson and Lagree will take the machine to St. Louis for the airship contest. They refuse to give any description of the airship.

AT TOLEDO Jesse Daily Accepts a Position Resigns Place at Boston Store and Goes to Toledo Next Monday. Next Monday morning Jesse Dailey will leave here for Toledo, O. where he has accepted a position with the large wholesale carpet establishment of M L Milliner & Company. Jesse has already tendered his resignation to Keubler & Moltz which is to take effect Saturday evening and he will assume his new duties immediately upon his arrival at Toledo. Jack is certain ly well qualified to handle this kind of business having been in the employ of Keubler & Moltz of this place for the past eight years where he has become thoroughly acquainted with all the tricks of the trade and being a good reader of human nature which adds materially to the qualification of salesman. We regret very much to see Jesse go but as this puts him in line for advancement we wish him all manner of success.

CHANGE OF TIME G. R. & I. Announces the Summer Schedule. There will boa slight change made in the time table of the Grand Rapids commencing Sunday May fifteenth which however will not interfere grealy with the traveling public from this city. Train number sixteen which is south bound and now duo here at 7:18 on Sunday evening will hereafter bo due hero at 8:18 this time however only is in effect on Sunday evening. The same train during the week being duo here as usual 7*:61. The only other change will bo in number seven which is due here at 8:00 and which formerly only carried passengers us far as Ft. Wayne, on Sundays will hereafter be due hero at the sumo time hut will curry passenger clear through to Grand Rapids thus insuring the Sunday traffic direct access to Rome City and other northern points. All other trains will leave us usual.

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LAW IS BAD Apportionment Act of 1903 Ruled On Suprdme Court Holds It Unconstitutional and Elections Must be Held Under 1897 Apportionment. The Supremo Court of Indiana yesterday handed down a decision holding the legislative apportionment act of 1303 unconstitutional and affirming the decision of the Ripley Circuit Court' The Ripley county case was the one in which there was a petition for a writ of mandate to compel the election of members of the General Assembly to be held under the apportionment of 1897. By affirming the decision of the lower court in this case the Supreme Court directs that the election of members of the General Assembly next fall be made under the act of 1897, and this removes the danger of having no constitutional act under which to conduct the election. The decision was written by Judge Dowling and all the judges were of one mind. The decision will mean that politicians that have counted on the 1903 act being good will have to readjust their plans. The decision in no way effects this county.

ARE OTHERS Richmond Asylum Has Two Murderers Besides Terrell. > John Terrell, the Bluffton man is , not the only convicted murderer i who is confined in the Richmond . asylum, though his is the first instance where a man has been de- . dared insane after conviction and i prior to sentence. There are two other murderers at East Haven, i who had received life terms in the s penitentiary. Both became insane after entering prison. One of them I is Peter Schnurr, who has been in the insane hospital for thirteen i years. He was pardoned before , entering the hospital. The other is Burney Boyle, who has been in , the hospital for ten years. Both are Allen couny inmates and both are hopeless cases. BOUND OVER Harley Smith of Berue, Will Appear in Circuit Court. Harley Smith a young man of near Berne has been bound over to circuit court in the sum of #SOO bond, on a paternity charge sworn to by Nellas Myers, a seventeen year old girl. The affidavit, was filed before Chris Stengel of Borne and at the hearing held May 10th. Smith admitted his guilt and the papers were filed at the clerks office this morning. Miss Myers is represented by attorney Emil Iranz and Smith by F. M. Cotttrell. The parties are quite well known.

FUNERAL SERVICES Sad Rites for Miss Bessie Steele to be Held Tomorrow. The funeral services for Miss Bes. sro B. Steele who died yeserduy morning, will T>e held tomorrow afternon at two o'clock at the Beery church. The casket will not be opened at the church but persons desiring to view the remains may do Su at the Steele home from four to nine o'clock his evening and from seven to eleven tomorrow ' morning.