Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 22 January 1907 — Page 1

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KING EDWARD APOLOGIZES Recognizing Admiral Davis’ Sincerity of Action

A MANLY LETFER Most Remarkable Document on Record GOV. SWEETENHAM ALSO CABLES Evidently Under Orders From His Majesty —Kingston Citizens Will Send Testimony. (Scripps-Mcßae Special.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Assistant Secretary of State Bacon today gave out the text of an official apology in the form of a letter from Esme Howard, In charge of affairs of the British Embassy at Washington. The letter follows: “I have the honor to inform you, under instructions received from His Majesty’s government Secretary of State for foreign affairs, that His Majesty's government, after causing an official inquiry to be made as to the authenticity of the letter which appeared in the public press yesterday and purporting to be written by the Governor of Jamaica and addressed to Admiral Davis, commanding the United States squadron, lately in Jamaican waters, Sir Edward Gray desires me to say that while he is so far dependent upon the press only for information in regard to the incident, he deeply regrets if the published letter proves correct, that a British official should have addressed such a letter to the gallant admiral who had rendered valuable assistance to British subjects at a time of suffering and distress and that he is certain that this feeling of regret is shared by everyone in Great Britain.” So complete an apology was never expected and it is one of the most remarkable official documents between this and the British government in existence. Later today, Governor Sweetenham of Jamaica sent a cablegram making partial amends for his actions, evident ly acting under instructions from King Edward. It reads: “Jamaica is grateful to Your Excellency .or ex pressions of sympathy for the very practical aid, so kindly given by Admiral Davis and the entire services of the squadron of the United States army.” (Scripps-Mcßae Special.'’ London, Jan. 22— Archbishop Nutal at Kingston has cabled President Roosevelt, expressing thanks of the coni munity for assistance rendered eai h quake victims by Admiral Datis. Ac cording to a Kingston corespondent for the Evening Standard, the citizens at Kingston are arranging to present a testimony to Roosevelt. (Scripps-Mcßae Special.) Kingston, Jan. 22.— Heavy earthquake shocks were felt here at thu o’clock Monday morning and again last evening. p S'TUATION AT LAWRENCEBURG (Scripps-Mcßae Special > Tr 0 0 Lawrenceburg, Ind.. Jan. s l>ite a few additional slips in the occasioning some alarm last night tl.i rive r is doing but little damage this morning and the flood has caused »• Iqss here. The water is now receding-

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NOAH HELLER BURIED TODAY Former Resident of This County, Dies at Parents’ Home. After a long and lingering illness covering a period of about two years, Noah Sylvester Heller departed this life at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Heller, Sunday morning, aged 41 years, 4 months and 10 days. Mr. Heller has been a resident of Cleveland, O„ for a number of years and has spent about eighteen years traveling for some of the largest whole sale grocery houses in Cleveland. It was about two years ago that he showed signs of breaking down in health and about eighteen months ago he had to quit the road entirely. During this time the best physicians in Cleveland as well as some in New York and different sanitariums have been consulted but with no avail. About nine weeks ago his father went to Cleveland and assisted in caring for him and three weeks ago last Friday they brought him to his parental home. There was no decided change in his condition until last Friday when he began to grow worse and sank rapidly until the end came Sunday morning. His trouble was pronounced paresis. He leaves to mourn his departure a wife and a daughter about two years old, his aged parents, three sisters, one brother and a large number of friends. An infant child, two brothers and one sister preceded him to the spirit world. The funeral will be held at the Evangelical church at 11:30 today. The remains will be taken back to Cleveland, leaving on the 1:41 train. Rev. Frank Hartman will officiate. —Berne Witness. THREENEWBILLS Introduced in the Legislature Today A FIGHT ON VETERINARY BILL Effort to Abolish Examining Board Losses —Life Insurance Bill is Proposed. Indianapolis, Jan. 22.—The-house of representatives today had a. sharp fight on a bill to abolish the state board of veterinaries. The proposition to abolish, however, was killed. Several new bills were introduced, the principal one being a bill prepared by the insurance companies ,to take the place of the Babcock bill, which Indiana insurance companies say would irive them out of business. The new bill is along the lines of talk of the insurance men who appeared before the house insurance committee last night. A bill to have automobiles carry a sign three-quarters of a foot high and a quarter foot wide, each stroke of each figure being an inch wide and the number displayed on front, back and side of the machine was introduced. o STAGES ALONG THE OHIO RIVER Falls Half Foot at Cincinnati —Rises at Other Places. (Scripps-Mcßae Special.) Washington, Jan. 22.—Reports received here show that the Ohio River has fallen a half foot at Cincinnati. It reached the maximum at Louisville this morning. The following stages are expected: Evansville 46 feet Wednesday night or Thursday morn'ing. Mt. Vernon 48 feet Thursday, Cairo feet Thursday. In the lower ; Mississippi, the stages of 58 feet are indicated at Arkansas City and 56 feet at Vicksburg.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening January 22, 1907.

THE CAUSES OF HYDROPHOBIA Statistic* Shown by Report From the Chicago Institute. Dr. J. M. Miller as county health officer has received a letter from a Chicago institution treating hydrophobia which contains some very interesting statistics as well as some information not generally known. This institution says it has treated during the period from July 2, 1890, to December 1, 1906, 2,775 patients. Several hundred have sought treatment when it was not needed as the animals which had bitten them were not rabid. Ninetyfour of these cases were from Indiana, this number being small in proportion to the number in other states. Illinois had 1,177. A most interesting feature is the fact that many of these bites were not by dogs but by mules, rats, coyotes and other animals; 2,474 persons were bitten by dogs, eighty-four by cats, 100 by horses, twenty-three by skunks, six by wolves, twenty-nine by cows, nine by calves, two by burros, four by coyotes, five by pigs, one by sheep and thirty-one were infected by hydrophobia human beings. One thousand four hundred and six persons were bitten on the hands and wrists, 388 on the head and face, 359 on the arms, 584 on the legs and thighs and forty-two on the trunk. And despite the large number .infected the institute claims as a record for itself that only seven of those affected have died. This amounts to about % of 1 per cent of the total number. o IS BEING DISCUSSED Washington is Talking About Next President BRYAN IS A SURE NOMINEE Roosevelt Can Nominate Himself If He Wants to —Taft or Hughes Not Strong. Washington, Jan. 22. —Washington, of course, is full of the discussion of the next presidency. Nobody doubts Mr. Bryan's nomination. What the Republicans will do is still a matter of doubt. Mr. Roosevelt can nominate himself if he so desires. Any president can nominate himself. That was shown when Harrison did in 1892. But it is easier to get the nomination than to get the election. That also was shown when Harrison did it. Mr. Roosevelt, with a rather strong antagonism to himself in the Republican party, and with the added burden of a third-term nomination, would not make a strong candidate. He planned to have Mr. Taft succeed him, but Taft, who was the originator of government by injunction and who has practically his whole state of Ohio against him, seems not strong. They talk of Hughes, but it is too soon to judge what Hughes, governor of New York, may do. It is not too sooon, however, to note that when Mr. Hughes was the investigator of the insurance companies whose fraudulent and robbing procedurese he exposed, he failed to call as a witness George B. Cortelyou, then postmaster general, and now to be Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. Whatever Hughes does as governor, that action will always be a blot on his career. It is known of ail men that next to Mark Hanna, Cortelyou was the most efficient collector of funds from the trusts, the protected corporations, the railroad interests, and, to put it all in a phrase, the predatory rich, that American politics has ever known. It was accidentally found, not by any effort of Hughes, that Cortelyou had taken $148,000 out of the insurance companies then under investigation. Nobody doubts that he received many times as much as this from other corporations. Y’et Mr. Hughes, now the reform governor of New York, failed to demand from him a statement, and when the reporters asked of the then postmaster general what he had to say about it, he said that it was “beneath his dignity to answer questions of that sort.” The Republican party was never in such hard straits to find a candidate. When the election of 1908 comes on it will be even in harder stratis to justify its candidate.

BILL IN PROGRESS The Rate Law May be Amended PHILIPPINE TARIFF BILL DEAD But One Thing Stands in the Way of a Service Pension Bill, the Cost. Washington, Jan. 22. —The senate , committe on interstate commerce has begun consideration of the Stone amendment to the rate law, which so amends the bill as to provide that newspapers may exchange advertising for mileage. Most of the country newspapers of the country have petitioned for the enactment of the legislation and congress seems to be favorably disposed toward it. Washington, Jan. 22. —Senator Lodge chairman of the Philippines committee of the senate, said that the Philippine tariff bill is “dead.” In response to a question he said: “I certainly would move to discharge my committee from further consideration of the bill if I was at all assured that it would do any good. As it is now’ nearing the close of the session it seems that there is no use of making the fight, as we could get nowhere with the bill.” Washington, Jan. 22. —Only one thing stands in the way of a soldiers’ service pension law —the cost of it. Such a law may be signed by the president before this session of congress ends, despite the one objection. It is for the House of Representatives to say. The senate, to the surprise of most persons, passed the bill without even indulging in a general discussion of the subject. Even Southern senators voted for it. For years the talk had been that it would be useless for the house to pass such a law because the senate would not agree to it. LEO MILLER IS UNDER ARREST Charged With Provoking Miss Elsie Eley. Mrs. Joe Eley filed an affidavit last night against Leo Miler, a well known barber, charging him with the provoke of her daughter, Elsie. She states that as her daughter was leaving the Salvation Army hall last night, Leo made an insulting remark to her and this prompted her action. Leo plead not guilty to the charge and says that nothing of the kind was said by him to the girl. Miller has asked for a change of venue from Squire Smith's court and was granted a continuance until L. C. DeVoss returns from Ft. Wayne to defend him. Squire Smith sent the case to Mayor Coffee’s court and Miller was released by giving a SSO bond. o MADE RICH HAUL An Indianapolis Woman Steals Rich Youth AND TAKES HIM TO LOUISVILLE Where They Are Married—Woman a Notorious Sport—Youth is Very Wealthy. Scripps-Mcßae Special. Indianapolis, Jan. 22. —Alma Dodsworth, the most notorious woman in Indianapolis or in the state of Indiana for that matter, escaped the officers (here and accompanied by one George Rhodius whom she had under some mysterious influence, went to Louisville, where they were married. Rhodius is an innocent young man whose parents recently died, leaving him a fortune of more than half a million. He owns the well known hotel building located on Monument Place, and other valuable property. His wife travels under the fictitious name of Alina Dore and is known as one of the most disreputable women here. Rhodius’ family were among the best people of the city. Some action may be taken by relatives.

TOM RAILING’S BALL RECORD Chicago Chronicle Says Stahl Has Made Good Find. The Chicago Chronicle has the following to say in regard to “Chick" Stahl’s latest acquisition: Tom Railing the new pitcher secured by the Boston Americans from the Dallas, Tex., club, has been so successful against major league clubs in .< exhibition games that it looks as if Manager ‘“Chick” Stahl had picked up a youngster that might develop into a first class man. Railing is twenty-four years old, 5 feet 10 inches in height and weighs 170 pounds. He started his base ball career in Decatur, Ind., his home, and in 1903 joined the Dallas club, for | which he pitched thirty games, win- | ning twenty-three. He also played util:ity man that season, taking part in sixty-five games and hitting for .295. IHe defeated the Chicago White Sox that season and pitched a 2 to 1 game against Cleveland. He was with Dallas again in 1904 and in the sprnig of that year was beaten by the St. Louis Browns 2 to 1. He was with the Dallas club until July 2, when he returned home on account of sickness. About a month later he joined the Lima independent team and won fourteen games out of sixteen. In 1905 Railing returned to Dallas but was compelled to leave the south as he could not stand the climate. His release was sold to Milwaukee in August of that year, but he refused to play for Joe Cantillon, as the salary offered was not satisfactory. He trained with the Danville club in the spring of 1906, but as that club could not afford to pay the Dallas club the sum asked for his release, he was obliged to return to Decatur. While with Danville he held the Chicago Nationals to one hit, but lost the game by a score of 1 to 0. He also shut out Indianapolis 5 to 0, and held that club to two hits. As he was unable to get away from Dallas he finished the last season at his home and won twenty-nine games out of thir-ty-five, hitting for .333. CASE IS GRINDING G. E. McKean vs City on Trial at Fort Wayne THE PLAINTIFF FIRST WITNESS The Day Yesterday Was Spent in Getting a Jury—Case is Being Hotly Contested. The jury in the case of G. E. McKean vs. City of Decatur, which is in progress at Fort Wayne, was not selected until eleven o’clock this morning. Mr. McKean, the plaintiff, was then put on the stand and it required the rest of the day to get his testimmony. Many heated arguments are being held by the attorneys interested in the suit, one of which was of such a character as to necessitate the jury to be ordered to their room until it had ended. This will be a hard fought legal battle and many are anxiously awaiting the results. This is the second trial of this case, the verdict in a former trial ended in in favor of the plaintiff, giving him his claim in the sum of S4OO. The city appealed the case to tlie supreme court, a new trial being granted on a technicality in the former case. The suit grows out of a claim made by Mr. McKean for services on Monroe street, the claim being allowed by the council, but the mayor refused to sign the order. o FARMERS’ INSTITUTE. THIS WEEK A Two Days’ Session is to Be Held in Decatur. The 1907 session of the Adams County Farmers’ Institute will convene in this city Friday, continuing two days. The program has been referred to several times and as stated, is one of the best offered anywhere in the state. Every farmer and everyone interested in modern scientific agricultural pursuits should arrange to attend these meetings. Besides two special instructors, a number of excellent papers by local people will furnish two days profitably and pleasjantly spent.

GROSS CARLESSNESS Caused the Death of a Willshire Young Man GEORGE BAKER SHOOTS BROTHER Bullet Passes Through the Neck, Severs the Jugular Vein and Boy Dies Almost Instantly. A tragedy ,the result of gross carelessness, was enacted at Willshire, Sunday noon, at the home of George Baker, an employee of the Clover Leaf Stone company. Mr. Baker and his four sons ranging in age from thirteen to nineteen years, are all employed at the stone quarry and constitute a part of a family in very meager circumstances. All of the boys, despite their tender years and lack of experience and knowledge, have been permitted to carry revolvers. On Saturday, the youngest boy, Edwin, aged thirteen years, was handling his revolver, when it was accidentally -discharged, the bullet barely missing his two-year-old sister. This note of warning failed to arouse the family to the necessity of taking the guns away from the boys and as a result, one of the children was almost instantly killed on the following day. The oldest boy, George, aged nineteen years, was cleaning a revolver, and by accident, the hammer fell, discharging a bullet, which struck his brother, Edwin, who was sitting nearby, reading aloud. The bullet passed through his neck and severed the juguiar vein, causing almost instant death. Dr. R. R. Richison held an inquest on the body and his finding will be death by accident, without criminal liability. The Baker family has lived in Willshire one year, having removed there from Columbus. P ANOTHER BILL ON HIGHWAYS Work all to be Done by Supervisors and Paid for by Taxation. Abolition of the present method of working township roads and the substitution of direct taxation are provided by Senator Clamor Pelzer's bill to amend the highway laws, which he introduced Monday. Road supervisors are to be elected biennially, under the bill, and officers at such elections are to receive $1 a day for their services. Supervisors may receive $2 a day from April 1 to October 1, and $1.50 a day for the remaining months, and the bill provides that supervisors shall not be paid for more than eighty days in any one year. Trustees are authorized to divide their townships into not more than eight nor less than three districts, as nearly equal in road mileage as is possible, and no district to contain more than fifty miles. Trusteees are also authorized to appoint supervisors until successsors are elected. 0 TAXPAYERS MAY GET DISCOUNT The Advance Taxpayer is Entitled to a Discount. i Prompt payments should fee rewarded; at least that is the theory on which Senator Carl Wood seems to have worked when he drew up the bill for the general assembly granting a rebate to those taxpayers who paid their taxes in advance. Taxes are due April 1. The bill introduced by Senator Wood provides that the citizen who pays his taxes in January before they are due shall receive a four per cent rebate; he who pays them in February shall have a three per cent rebate; and he who pays them in March shall have a two per cent rebate. ‘Discount for early cash," said Senator Wood. “Every substantial commercial firm allows it. Public business is getting on the plane of private business; so permit a discount for early cash.” ———B LAST SATURDAY IN THIS MONTH The County Superintendent Will Hold Teachers’ Examination. County Superintendent Opliger wW hold teachers’ examination ttje Saturday in this month. Anz be given between scienpand Bunyon’s ing. Also between. Dyke’s Essays anA examination will tat Central school buildink \

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