Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 154, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME 11

THE VICE-PRESIDENT NAMED

Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia, the Nominee

A STORMY SESSION judge Parker Breaks the Silence Peace and Harmony Prevailed After an Exchange of Tele* grans. NATIONAL TICKET For President ALTON B. PARKER of New York. For Vice-President HENRY G. DAVIS of West Virginia Parker to Convention: I regard the gold standard as firmly and irrevocably established and shall act accordingly if the action of the convention of today shall be ratified by the people. As the platform is silent on the subject, my views should be made known to the convention, and if it is proved to be unsatisfactory to the majority I request you to decline the nomination for me at once, so that another may be nominated before adjournment. A. B. PARKER. Convention to Parker: The Democratic platform is silent on the money question because it is not a possible issue in this campaign and only campaign issues are mentioned. Therefore nothing in the view expressed by you would preclude your standing on the platform. The first of the above telegrams, when it cameover the Western Union wires Saturday evening, caused a whirlwind of excitement, owing to the misconstruction which the associated press garbled the telegram. After its meaning had been clearly defined, Col. Bryan framed the second telegram and resolution which wns passed by the convention, and later sent to the pre sidential nominee at his home in Esopus, New York. The passing of the two telegrams cleared all existing breakersand was the means of leaving no controversy between the delegates there assembled. Great scenes of excitement prevailed for several hours in the convention, but it ended amid a placid understanding between the leaders and others who were on the scene. The Saturday afternoon see sion adjourned until 5:20 that evening, and it was eight o’clock before the gavel sounded to bring the convention to order. From that time until after midnight, much excitement was on the program. The telegram

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' from Judge Parker was discussed and ! atfer the resolution of reply was i adopted, the convention settled down to a normal condition. The states were called for the nomination of a candidate for vice-presi-dent. John R. Williams, of Illinois; Judge Harmon, of Ohio; George W. Turner, of Washington, and Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia, were placed in nomination, the latter win I ning on the first ballot. Henry Gassaway Davis, whom the democratic national convention named for the vice presidency is | a tpye of the successful American I and his name is a familiar one among the great captains of industry of the United States. He is at present piesident of the West Virginia Central & Pittsburg railway the Piedmont & Cumberland railway and the Davis National Bank of Piednomt founded by him and is a large shareholder in the Davis Coal and Coke company and other corporations engaged in the development of the country adjacent to his lines of railroad. In the management of these enterprises his son-in-law Stephen B. Elkins now United States senator co-operates with him. He has traveled widely but has never lost his love of home and has given many practical proofs of his attachment to the places in which he has dwelt. To Piedmont, W. Va., he gave a handsome buildng, now known as the Davis Free school. During the winter of 1894—95 he sent a letter to te governor of West Virginia offering to give $50,000 for the establishment of a girl's industrial school upon certain conditions to be fulfiled by the state and the legislature appointed a committee to confer with him on the subject. At;. Ekins he has also built and gave to the Presbyterian parish a beautiful stone structure, known as the Davis Memorial church, and in company with his son in law Senator Elkins has endowed a Presby terian college located at Elkins. His vigor of mind and body at the age of eighty one is remarkable. PAID LOSS Will Cordua Receives Money for His Recent Fire. L. C- Helm, agent for the Homo insurance company, city department, received a cheek this morning to pay the loss of that company on Will Cordua's furniture and fixtures. The fire occurred about two weeks ago and the quick settlement is a proof of the methods used by this company in the dispatch of their business.

DECATUR, INDIANA, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1904.

IS MUCH WORSE Condition of Jacob Yager Alarms His Friends. The condition of Jacob Yager who has been very ill for several weeks is reported considerably worse this afternoon with but slight hopes of improvement. After a i consultation of the physicians the relatives of the sick man were sum- ' moned. Mr. Yager is an ex-county oomimssioner and one of the l>est known men in the county. ROUGH HOUSE Officers Serving Warrants on the Unruly I Ball Game at Monroe Ends I in a Wordy War. A ball game was played at Mon- : roe last Friday that broke up in a genuine prize fight. The result of which the constables looking for 1 one of the men to serve a warrant on him for drawing a weapon on an officer and for resisting arrest. The game started off fine and promised to be an interesting affair, until the umpire made a questonable decision and a general free for all fight occurred in which a young man by the name of Andrews was given a severe beating. Rev. Sprague happened to be on the field tried to quite the disturbance but his efforts prove fruitless and the fight was carried from the ball field up to the main part of the city. A warrant in the mean time had been issued against the chief offenders and the constable started out to serve the same. He found his man all right but he refused to submit to an arrest and drew a and forced the officer to break ground. The constable returned home and got ■ his trusty gun and when he returned his man had flown and has not been seen since. More trouble is expected from this disturbance. TO TEST LAW Supreme Court to Decide Rights of Express Company. Whether an express company has the right to refuse io deliver express packages outside the lira its that it has established or must deliver them inside the city’s limits to the address named on the package will be determined in the case in the United States Supreme court, in which Attorney General Miller filed a brief. All cities in Indiana are interested in this question. The United States express company was convicted and | fined in Howard County for failure to deliver a package to the home of Thomas C. Gerhart, of Kokomo, who lives inside the city but outside the delivery limits of the company. He was required to come to the office for the package, though only a short time before the company had delivered a package to his home. Being a lawyer Gerhart resolved to find out whether there was anything in the state law passed in Indiana, which requires express companies to deliver packages incites of more than 2,500 population according to address on packages.

ANOTHER TICKET Negroes Name Nominees for High Offices. ST. LOUIS, July 9—After reconsidering its action in indorsing the I candidacy of President Roosevelt for re-election in place of making its own nominations the national negro liberty party today nominated William T. Scott, of East St. I Louis and W. C. Payne of WarrenI ton, Va., for president and vicepresj ident respectively, of the United ' States. S. P. Mitchel, of Memphis, declined the nomination for first : place on the negro ticket, but will j manage the campaign as chairman of the executive committee with headquarters in Chicago. The j platform advocates unrestricted suffrage for all American citizens, without distinction or qualifications. It asks for tne audition of two negros regiments to the regular army the promotion of the volun- . teer and regular officers of the I Spanish-America war and pensions, jlt urges non-interference in the affairs of the far east until the gov- . eminent is able to protect its citiI zens at home advocates, the government ownership of all public carriers and self government for the District of Columbia and appeals to all religious denominations to assist in the suppression of “lynch .I law.” SURPRISE PARTY A Merry Party of Friends Surprise Mrs. William Harting. A surprise party was held last evening at the home of William Harting on Third Street his wife [ being the victim and from all re- | ports of the same a fine time was | had. About forty guests were ' invited and from the appearance of the crowd present all had accepted their invitations. The evening was spent by playing progressive pedro at which game Mrs. Tim Corbett excelled and was rewarded first prize but we were unable to learn who received the booby prize. During the evening's enjoyment- ice [ cream and cake was served and at a late hour all adjourned wishing Mrs. Harting many more such , happy occasions. A BIG DAY Political Debate Scheduled for Rome City Next Week. Congressman Robinson has been invited by the manager of Island Park assembly to introduce his ooieague the Hon. Champ Clark, of Missouri, on political day. Thursday July 21. The feature of the 1 day will be a joint debate upon the ' I political questions now at issue be : tween Mr. Clark and General Charles H- Grosvenor of Ohio. Mr. Robinson has accepted and so notified the managemet. Champ Clark and General Grosvenor are two of the best known men in congress, being loaders on their respective sides and their appearance in debate will attract a large crowd ARRIVE HOME Adams County Delegation Comes Home From St. Louis. Deputy Auditor Dee Lewton and Charles Ernst arrived home last nigh from St. Louis where they attended the big convention. They are enthusiastic and say the scenes of Saturday night were exciting and interesting and the disposal of the affairs in hand proved that the affair of the democratic party are handled by same big men. The rest of the Adams county contingent arrived homo Saturday evening and Sunday morning, each enthused with democracy's chance to win.

BABY DIES FROM POISON Eat a Dozen Tablets and Convulsions Eollow

A BIG DROP Indiana Oil Goes Below the Dollar Mark Again. Oil men who had been hoping and even expecting that Indiana oil would take a turn for the better at the next change in the price and go up instead of down had their expectations and hopes dashed to the ground this morning when the report came announcing the act that Indiana oil had fallen 5 cents on the barrel. This is the largest drop that has occurred in many months and the local oil producers are greatly worried over the prospects The Indiana product which was more than a dollar a barrel, is now quoted at 98 cents and as one prominent man said this morning may possibly go as low as 75 cents. The oil men are unable to give the reason for the big decrease in price. There is not enough Indiana oil on I the market at present to cause the decrease and although the prospect are good for a big flow during the summer it is not thought this has occasioned the drop. Oil is bound to go even lower than it is at. present and now the question which is puzzling local oil dealers is just how low the price will go. WRECK ON ERIE Collision on East End Causes Loss of Seventeen Lives. NEW YORK, July 10--Seventeen persons were killed and about a hundred injured in a collision which occurred at Midvale, N. J., just before noon today when a regular passenger on the Greenwood Lake branch of the Erie railroad ran into an excursion train that had stopped to take in Hoboken N. J. and New I York. The accident is believed to I have resulted from a tower operator i having lowered his sign too soon and this was admitted by W. J. I Cooke, general passenger agent of the Erie railroad who gave out a i statement in which he said: “The i operator in the tower failed to set [ the block sign against the train foli lowing. The train which was run I into was a special carrying memi bers of the first Platt Dsutsoher I association of Hoboken their annual outing and had sOO passengers, i CHEERED CHICK Delegates From Convention Honor Ball Player. A crowd of Boston and New York delegates from the St. Louis con vention passed through Fort Wayne yesterday. In the crowd was Bob Parker a brother of the candidate. The Boston crowd was composed of base ball fans as well as politicians and us about fifty of them were standing on the platform before the train pulled cut, one of them called: “This is Fort Wayne, (’hick Stahl’s hometown.” “You bet it is, ” answered a Fort Wayne man who looked on. A stentorian voiced Bostonian yelled out : ' Boys this is Chick Stahls town. Lots give three cheers for Chick Stahl.” The cheers were given with a will and some of the men from the hub were still cheering for the presidential nominee and some for the crack left fielder as the train pulled out.

NUMBER 154

A SAD DEATH Little Eva Emerine Suffers Awful Death I I End Came in Three Hours.--Child Was Buried Today at Maple* I wood Cemetery. I I — Little Eve Emerine, one year and fifteen day daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Emerine who live in the south part of town was buried today in beautiful Maplewood cemetery. The infant died at three o’clock Saturday afternoon in the most terrible agonies, the result of either arsenic or strychinia poison. At twelve o'clock Saturday noon the baby was we II and playing on the kitchen floor. The mother wished to get some beans from the garden and to keep the child quiet handed her a box which she happened to pick up off the shelf and which contained about a dozen small white tablets. The baby rattled the pasteboard box and was smiling and hapy when mamma left but when she returned in a few [moments baby Eva was in tne throes of awful convulsion; in one hand she grasped the box and in the other the lid, while every tablet had been swallowed by the babe. Dr. H. E. Keller was summoned and arrived at 12:30. He I labored faithfully until three o’clock I using every means known to modern science but to no avail. The awful poison did its work quickly the child passing from one [convulsion into another until death releaved her sufferings. | Where the tablets came fro m is a | mystery us the parents say they have never purchased such medicine. The direction on the box said “one tablet after one meal for day or two, then stop for two days” so the medicine must have been pretty strong. The physician says the case bore every evidence of strychnine poisoning. The mother is broken hearted and almost pros- | trated. WATER IS PURE Bad Taste and Odor is From Pitch Used on Pipes. Many complaints es the city water have reached us and an explanation is no doubt in order. The big cistern was cleaned last week as stated in this paper and the pipes are being cleaned out. Pitch is being used and this is what gives the peculiar taste and odor to the water instead of some disinfectant as is supposed. Dr. Keller, city health officer said this morning: "There is nothing the least injurious about the water and the present bad taste will leave in a few days. The water is us pure and clean as it is possible to have it and you need have no fear in using it.”