The Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 1

EIGHT PAGES THE DAILY REVI LAST EDITION TWENTY SIXTH YEAR. DECATUR, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1904. NO. 30. JAPAH DOUBTS RUSSIAN YIELDING Hears Reports but Not From Source To Warrant Acceptance as Correct.

QUACK DOCTOR PUTS OUT EYE. a pvr, does it- said, possess anv Russian in- cor.rernmff the, a a of SnrtRcnmlr.K note, a it has various reports, a i i of -jrMcb say reply will be satis- ft raanatft from a souivf warni.us ac- 7 r.t^ correct. HOLDS. BOATS SERVICE. Jail.

Ixmdor. dispatch Japan Has stopped the Nippon service, romraanrtcrins all teats for service In event of war. RfSSH. Bfi-Hn, Jau. the foreign office is unable tn confirm the news revived xt Washington that Russia's i satisfactory to Japan it believed it is i to be true and argues a Hussia will avoid giving ar, answer i Japan can send to the powers as a.

i i a i for declaring war. Washington. Jan. Associated Press has the a i of the British ambassador at St. Petersburg for the announcement a the Russian reply, which it is expected will be delivered today, is satisfactory.

It is assumed if the information of the ambassador is correct that Russia has made certain concessions and that Great Britain will prevail on Japan to accept them as satisfactory. The statement of the i i ambassador went from St. Petersburg to the i i legation in Tokio. where Griscom heard of it and c-abled the news to the state a the cablegram arriving in "Washington last night. INCITING CHINESE To Quartern Occupied bj- Europeans.

Canion, China, were posted a the i during the night, i i i the a i to attack and burn Shamien suburb, which is the European quarter. Consuls have, demanded protection of the viceroy. JAPS HALT I A SHIP. Fire ACTOSTK PBHsenger Slramcr Outnlde Chemulpo Harbor. London.

Jan. Daily Mail dispatch Chefoo. China, says that foreigners who passed through a place Friday asserted a the Russian steamer Argun, on which they traveled from Nagasaki to Dalny. was i at by Japanese warships i Che- mulpo. They declared that three shots were fired across the a bow.

The captain of the A voworl that he would not stop, hut he i a yielded to the prayers of the passengers, who were a i i a The correspondent does not i i a a the Japanese did afterward, only adding a there was no attempt to stop the steamer, i proceeded to Dalny, where she arrived last Tuesday. AT WITLEY Villagers and Some From London Witness the Burial. POLITICS bulk of the a i nf the i a at Witley turned out in a i rolri 10 fee the last of the remains of late squire. --GENERAL CHAFFEE WOULD BUY MANEUVER TRACTS a i Jan. 3 0 i a General i a as chiof of a has made a report to secretary of war i i he a i to congress, an approprnitlon of for purchase of a of ground, one in oach of a ters of the States, for i i a maneuvers.

a a a his experienoo shows a it is nnt possible to rent suitable a i so. hp proposes to the P5th i i a and cross it by the 29U 1 parallel, a ing the maneuvers tract i i oach of the a a formers. Ho says Investigation i i a a desirable locality in Corifwago in sylvania, also a section In the i i i of West Point, Ky and the section as the J. H. ranch in Culli'oinia.

NEWS SUMMARY. George S. Piggotl, a young inventor, claims to have a i wireless telegraphic. connection between Chicago and St. Louis.

Members of Tiechtel family at Al- lentown. have brought charges of intoxication and other unseemly conduct against the prosecuting attorney, who recently tried the murder against them. The secretary of the Chicago Federation of is cited for contempt because he refused to produce the federation's books and records when ordered to do so by the grand jury. Reports show the per capita deposit in Missouri banks is $136. IBCJLIXES JOI.VT DEBATE.

Consrrminian Warner Snj-n He Han Xi Tlnir for Sherman. Springfield, Jan. ask erl at I-incoln yesterday regarding: possibilities of a i debate of Re i a politics i Sherman Congrcsmaji Warner said: "I am a a i a for governor, a am too busy for any i discussions a i time. Mr. a is not in th' race a has of i for such di versions.

He can attend i discus sions and a school picnics, am i too i i in work of i for delegates to dis ens Mr. Sherman's i a i this time." SHERMAN A A I Springfield. Jan. W--Judge Law -pncp Y. a has decider! a a i a promises to be the, mos a i a in the i of Illinois.

It i bp i a a next Mondnj, i a a a In Clark where, the former a is hi It is a that his adrtrep i be a tbe i of his memonibl speech at the love feast last Wedncs clay. The a to pxplni i on that occasion. promises tn jtfive a and i ype if i a to prove that tn in IST ion nf Governor Yates h.i i very a i a of th jfU-ai a governor hn claimed for it in his a a i talk. OUR ARMY IS FINESTJN WORLD. l.nnl WoN-Ie Arcaln I England to Adopt I'nttrrn of I nln-! Stated.

London. Jan. Marshal Lord Wolseley. formerly commander in chief the British army, has again written In reference to the decline in nfilltary recruiting in Great Britain. He reaffirms his belief in the superiority of the nrrny of the United States, saying: "The American government is wiser than ours.

They pay their men well, with the result that the American army, so far as it goes in numbers, is the I finest in the world. i we adopt similar method of obtaining recruits our army will never be in a thoroughly utlsfactory state." WILL SEND AEMY AGAINST PANAMA A I'nder Advice of General He.ve Colombia Plann to Invncie i i i Panama. Jan. has reache here from Rogota a Inasmuch as Gen erals Reyes and Cavallero have assur ed Colombia a the United States wi only object to her a i forces in til canal zone, the Colombian governmen intends to a i and send an expedl tion against Panama. Incorporated.

i i a of State Rose a issued a cor i i a of incorporation to the Janney Darnell a a i a Bloomington; capital. J350.000; manu a a a i Incorporator --Calvin Manning, G. Campbell Janne and S. E. a NOT MASSACRED Mombasa.

British East Africa. Jan 3 The reported massacre of the Brit ish expedition tho auspices the East Africa syndicate ny Turk hana tribesmen In the neighborhoo of lake proves to be incorre-- The expedition arrived at Teti, 15 miles west of Rudolf lake, Jan. 20 un all is well. DEATH AT ARTHUR. Mm.

H. a Victim Pneumonia. Arthur, Jan. Jams H. Wright, wife of a prominent gr dealer of this city, died ycsterda morning-, a an illness of thre weeks with pneumonia, at the ad vane eel age of 7fi years.

The funeral wi a place this afternoon from the res- and Mrs. Wright had bee married more than i years. The have lived in Arthur about fiftee years. imn Offlrlnln Are T.ookfns for Itflner- ftnt Medicine Man. Pana, A Smith, a ten- nt farmer i i near i city, has ost the sight of one eye as the result a i i an i i a doctor.

His yp was i a and the i i a njccted a strong medicine which a eyp i has gone to i a to con- i a pper-ia i Officers are looking or the a GOULD-FRISCO AGREEMENT New York, Jan. frould as approved a by i the I a i system i a i a to New a by way of tbe ron a i a a Pacific own Mississippi valley lemphis. The by way of the Gould sys- ems had a advantages, and the i i a i a made when hope of i a proprie- ors of Rock I a i system abandoned and the advisa- i i of the Frisco's i i an in- i Memphis to New Orleans at this i had been seriously i by the directors of the com- BTTER DEBATE Grant of Power to United States Is Made by a Bare Majority. a a a was a i debate in tho i i a con- before the passage of the act providing i i i of the I States to a i a i miblic peace and order in the i ind it was put by a bare a i a i speeches were made. Tho a was i by Pr.

Amatlor, who i lie the irst i of i and who managed to get it the tion by exercising i personal i ence, despite strongest i of opposition. News of the passage of the act caus- great i in Panama. Two meetings wore a by the natives ind the negro clement to protest igainst the i i act, but the i were suppressed by the gov- Tnment. Feeling is i very strong iere. i States i i a a i a i home Tuesday.

I is probable a he i not on of his i a business. It is here a Consul Oonoral Gud- Iter i pot the post of i i MILES CUKE OF ICE Albert Smitch Finally Rescued by Wabash Men. WAS LIFTED 75 FEET Ice On Which He Rode Was Often Submerged. SHOT OFF HIS LEFT HAND. CRITICISE THE Breeders Elect Officers and Protest Against Fair Appropriation.

a a I i I i i Live Stock Breeders' a i a i closed i i i i a i yesterday i a a at the a hotel, at 1 i a were a lead- i l' Mock men of a i cers i i i wore i a as A. T. president, i i a i i vice i A H. second vice i i Frank H. i i vice i Fred II.

a i secretary. I a a S. Noble King, a i i ICx- i A P. Grout, Spring- i John II. i a i A Fred H.

i i i I a a George i i a A Charles F. i i Fra.ik Springer. i i a H. i Athens; Jerome K. IjOland, Springfisld; Ij.

H. Kerrick. i ton; O. H. Swigart, Champaign; Eugene Shirley.

APPLES FOR INSTANCE. a i i i was expressed by the i at the a i of I i i World's Fair commission. Thft stock breeders asked for an appropria- i of and the commission decided to give $10.000. Tho stockmen expressed themselves a i a against this sum, several a a i its acceptance beneath the i i of the body. They declared a the commission has shown a a i a of live stock interests and had delayed action upon the stockmen's demands.

Senator a of the commission said a it be impossible for the commission to appropriate over $10.000, because interests must bo represented. He said the feeling was a all i stock exhibits were advertise- for the breeders and the expanse should largely he borne by them. St. Louis. Jan.

a i for a i miles down Missouri river on a a a of Albert Smitch. 10 years old, a grandson of Jacob i ot St. Charles was lassoed by workmen on the a a bridge at St. a a i and rescued. women and i who had gathered along the river on sides, cheered the men as they drew a whose was all hut gone, a distance of i feet to the bridge i a rope The boy had a to cross the river at a i island, on the St.

ijouis side of the river, i i a capsized by the ice floe. He was inn the water and the boat wrecked. a i on to a cake of ice a six feet square, he a a to save i the jam, but was i even a oar, a a i strongest The i was al- lost closed i Ice, ft small a being open. In this were i a cakes of ico, some of them i feet I thickness. 3CK PARTLY SUBMERGED.

a i I other floos or the lee a the banks, the cake a i Smitch past the i of St. Charles. His i submerged the cake of ice i several inches beneath the surface. As 10 a a the a i of tho SI bouis. St.

a and Western i way bridge, i is being i across i at St. a ho redoubled his for help. i nf the steel workers and i Louis Hissvlch of the a i a who lives at liad a i down from a i but the was misjudged and the boy passed several to one side of the loop. i a several of i men nin to the Wabash bridge, a a i down the river. Ir a i i sovera i were to a a gang work a i i Wahasl: i McPherson a of the men mi the Wabash i saw the i i i of the boy and nt once a a a i to save i The men tho bridge soon readied a a bridge i i rnpo.

ropop were lowered i i a i loop had been i at the end ol a a edge. WAS I A I A i a a lie a iinrl i hold i i a up. Then he was to the loop a i i i nonse abou his body, i he i i a between a twice a i rope, i a successful and the boy was i to the me bridge by the men. A passing Wabash a i was to a i and i was put. aboard th i and a to the St.

Charles do pot. he was cared for. on Strike. Springfield. I Jan.

men employed in the i of the Victor Coal company struck at noon yesterday because one of their i had been discharged for overstaying the absence leave i giving notice. The miners resumed operations today, pending a settlement of the case by state officials of their union and the Operators' association. PAYNE ACCOUNTS FOR HIS LIYERf Postmaster General Ha Only Four Horses and Three Carriages. Washington. Jan.

General Payne, today answered the in riuiry of the house, as to the "livery" his department. He says there are horses or carriages provided for hi department except those for himsel He has horses and carriage a i a i at expensi Two men are paid to care for the "livery," one at the rate of $720 a year, the rolls as a "watchman." and one a a salary of JB60 as a "laborer." Th total cost of equipages is $3,005. TO A THEIR FAT. a i a hous today a i a a overruled th i of order raised yesterday agains the paragraph In the deflcienc providing second payment of mile age. Deep interest was manifested i the niiestion, debate i long an earnest on both sides.

The urgent i i appropriatio i was passed. Washington. Jan. 30. -By a vote 167 to 0 the.

house nut the mile age appropriation for both house an senate from the urgent deficiency ap propriatlon bill. ad Accident to Claud Crist While Ont Hunting. Stnnington, Jan. 30. (Special to he Review.1--Claud Crist shot i If I hand this i a will have to be a a He went ut i this morning alone and -hen about one i west of town ipped.

He was a i his gun in his hand and tho was discharged nto the hand, badly a a i it. The young a is 25 years old and the son of Ed Crist of this place. FIRE IN WAPELLA. i. L.

Ughthairn Hard-ware Store De- nfroyerf by Flames. a a Jon. 3n. i a ne a 5 o'clock the a i i a was discovered to be i His clerk hart been up to the tore and i a fire in the stove and went to the barn to feed i orso. On i from the a he oticed a i blaze a the Ir.

a was in the i i weeping out at i and the clerk i i him ot the fire. The a i was so dry it soon went up smoke. It is presumed a it took ire a i There is Insurance on the stock and $1.100 in the i i THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE PEACE London, Jan. dispatch to Renter's from St. Pe- ersburg says transportation of merchandise over the Trans-Siberian railroad will be stopped after Feb.

2, in rder to leave the line open for conveyance of troops nd stores. War Minister Kuropatkin will be appointed command the Russian land forces in the event of war vith Japan. STEALS AWAY TO WED raj-lorrllle ncxldont Ooeti to Minnesota nnfl BrluRH Bnok Bride. a i Jan. S.

Torey of tills secretly Tiies-lav or Canon Fals, he w.is married to Mrs. Mattle Yale of a Ity a evening. He is mi ol.l ind i respecter! citizen. The his marriage was a great i his i here. Mr.

and Mrs. Torrey arrived hoir.c evening: and were pleasant sur- i by a of friends. First Time Since 1880 That Michigan Hnn Been a Solid Sheet. Chicago, Jan. Michigan rozen over shore to shore.

This i Is the cumulative result ot i cold weather, the average a i December and Jnn- a a i been lower than in any vln'ter since 1SHS. It Is the first time he lake has been entirely covered with re since 1880, a year made memorable the a a of lake navigation by ast destruction of shipping In bergs nd floes. One could start across the lake to- ay and a i dry shod in Michigan, ilong the city's the Ice is partic- i a heavy. Winds and waves have jilorl it against numerous obstructions nto semblance of glacial bergs. An- irp at the pumping cribs Is forty eet thick, a i from the bottom to feet above the surface.

In appearance the lake's frozen aur- 'ace suggests a scene from the Arctic. mm TO YIELD Tells Him to Give Up Records Asked by Grand Jury. i a Jan. Edward Nockels of the Chicago Federation abor. was counselled the iy Judge Gary a to reconsider hi i a i grand the a oC i the books and records of the Federation befori the grand i is investlgat ng i a i i i rccen strikes.

Secretary was given severa lours I i i i i a of the Federation o' l.ahnr. a a i a of a citation a i N'ockels tn show cause why he for of is of Nockels' i i the nr der of tho grand URBANA SENSATION. Doctor of Streiitor for Allejeort Crime. a a Jan. of the most a i a cases a has eve come to i in this section develope, the incjiiest over the of Mrs i i a i a deceased ha( ome to her death as a result of a crlm i a a i alleged to have boon por formed by Mrs.

Pr. M. Deckert. nf Strea tor. a recommended a she he heli to grand A a a was sworn out by State' A i and placed in the a of i Clark for service.

The opera ion a is said to he re i for Mrs. Wcnholz's death wa performed a a i A Is said to have been a to hold Mi husband of the dead woman as an accessory, hut he proved tha he had repeatedly to allow hi i to have the operation and knew i of it when it oc curred. On her a bod Mrs. Wen holz gave the name nf the alleged op a and exonerated her husban all i i the matter. ILLINOIS DEATHS.

MRS. I Pana. Jan. Jeff i of Pana died in Chicago at the Job Wesley hospital. She, was 35 years age.

and leaves a husband and thre i MRS. A I LYTLE. Pana, Jan. Danie Lytle. aged 70 years, an early settler died here a stroke of paralysis.

Hearst's Reaidence. Vernon. N. Jan. i of whether W.

R. Hearst, a a i a for the Democratic i a i for president of the United States, is resident of New York or a i i a wa raised in an action i is be trie before Justice Wilmot M. Smith in th supremo court in i Plans on Feh S. The suit was for damages for in juries to Mrs. Werner of Mount Verno by a New York Journal wagon in 1R9 Roger M.

Sherman, corporation counse of Vernon. who represents Mi- Werner, i brought the suit in th I'nlterl States i i because supposed that Mr. Hearst was a res dent of a i i a When the case cam to i a Mr. Hearst i i that lived In New York. On that ground th federal suit was stopped and a new su was brought in Westchester count: where the a i i resides.

This su resulted in a verdict for Mrs. Werner $25.000. The appellate division, how ever, ordered a new trial. LAKE FROZEN OVER. SWALLOWS CHLOROFORM.

SprlneflcM Man Illiln HI" Frlendn Good- P.ye. i i Jan. hyp, boys. I'm going to die. Tell my bister." i these words Jack Wilkinson poured tho of a bottle into a lass and drank it off.

The a a i occurred in a saloon on Sixth street about noon and just bofore i i the stuff, whatever it was, Wilkinson had asked the bartender for a glass of water to take a dose of medicine. He took it over to a table where he had been sitting. His com- sanions looked upon the matter as a okp, but in a few minutes it was no- icrd that the man hart become very drowsy. The a wagon was called and he was taken to the police headquarters, where Dr. Percy Taylor orked over him for some time.

After had been given an emetic he partially recovered from the effects of the the physician i he will bf all right before long-. The bottle was a "chloroform" and the ef- ts were such as follow the administration of this drug. i i is well about town. He has been employed in the i i tusiness for some time past. He is 35 or 40 years old.

His friends still bc- a he i not intend to take his ife but got an overdose. 1 GO TO THE ILL New York. Jan. B. Baxter brokers, a i a ant i offices the assigned today.

No reason Is a i than heavy break in cotton yesterday. Advices from New Orleans. A a a i i a and other cities a Baxter Co. have assigned and closed their offices. They did an im mense business the south ern states.

Mints Have Been Busy On Silver. HURRY TO CATCH UP Orders Have Been Issued by Secretary Shaw. Washington, Jan. the first (me in many years the treasury finds tself i any gold coin in its It is explained this condition is tho result of unprecedented demand for gold certificates during a time, when he mints have been employed in Philippine silver and subsi- tiary silver for the Uniteu (States. Increased demand for gold certificates which could only be issued for gold coin in the treasury came out through needs of larger banking Institutions in great commercial centers which had large amounts of notes of small denominations on hand which wished to exchange for gold certificates of large denominations.

Secretary Shaw has given instruc- mints at Philadelphia and San Francisco to besin coinage of double eagles on Feb. 1 and to work overtime until a sufficient supply has een coined to meet all demands. BRYAN'S SISTER DEAD Lincoln, Jan. Bry an, sister of i i a J. Bryan, died icre i a Miss Bryan was 34 years old.

She came to Lincoln from Saiem, and made her home with her sister, Mrs T. S. Allen. Her health had not been god for several years. SUDDEN DEATH AT LINCOLN Former Ml.

Pulnnkl Woman Hnd Hear Ulxenno. Lincoln. I Jan. am i the slightest warning to her self or the family, Mrs. Hanna Maria Kemmer, wife of Fred Kemmer died at the residence, 612 College ave nue.

this city. The cause was hear disease, i which she had been a suf for a number of years. The deceased was Hannah Maria Gehlbach. eldest daughter of the lat Jacob Gehlbach. She was born April 10 1852.

at Bath. Mason county, and at th i of her death was 61 years, and IS days of age. For forty seven years she had lived in Loga The deceased was married 't Fred in West Lincoln, on Oc tober 17. 1872. Four years ago the fam ily moved to Lincoln from a farm nea Mt.

Pulaski. She was a member of John's Evangelical Lutheran church There are i i the husband anr three children, Fred and Charles Kern mer. of near Mt. Pulaski, and Mis Lucy Kemmer of this city. Three chil dren are dead.

Funeral Monday. Feb. 1, at 10 a. at St. John's church, preceded by i short service at 9:30 o'clock at th home.

Rev. O. Neibuhr officiating. In torment In Mt. Pulaski cemetery.

IN GOLD COINS nicd from Clinton. Jan. Taylor, aged 14 years, died from injuries re- 'eived in an elevator in which was caught in shafting. 104 WEEKS AT $25. Suit of C'ltriHtlan BjornMndt In on Trial In Circuit Court.

Johns will go to Monticello Monday morning and will not return i Wednesday. The petit jury has been excused i then. Frank Trainer was given a verdict of $150 in his suit against Hiram H. Wise. The case of Christian BJdrnstadt against the Maryland Casualty comp a was called Friday afternoon.

It was tried till noon Saturday and then laid over i next week. Judge Johns using Saturday afternoon for motions. i i a BJornstadt sues the Maryland Casualty company for Two thousand six t'ollars is tha a really Involved. He took out a policy with that Insurance company before he was cut by Dansby. Tho policy provided that In case of serious accident he should get $25 a week.

He was laid up about 104 weeks. It is claimed by the casualty company that his wound was not the result of an accident and that BJornstadt was not taking due care of himself when was cut. The in the case are M. Flti- patrlck, J. W.

Meyers. J. H. Meyers, W. M.

Johnson, J. J. Joynt, O. H. Hall, S.

S. Yantis, Richard Blackburn, Peck, H. C. Bridges, William A. Stevenson and Frank Kimberlin.

THE WEATHER. Chicago. Jan. weather indications for Illinois are: Snow in northern, rain or snow in southern portion tonight, probably Sunday; warmer tonight; colder west Sunday afternoon. WEATHER MAP.

The weather map shows milder temperatures throughout the west and southwest this morning. There light but general snows throughout the west, except In Kansas and Oklahoma. There are snows- In Manitoba, the Dakotas, Minnesota. Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Illinois. The fall Is very light, but at 7 a.

m. It was snowing over most of the western and northwestern states. At 7 a. m. It 2 to 32 above in the extreme north; zero to 22 above In the Dakotaa and Minnesota; 6 to S3 above In Iowa and Nebraska, and 16 to 32 above in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Ohio.

only unfavorable feature Is the continued lack of snow or moisture In southwest. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. Following Is the range of temperature as recorded by Professor J. H. Coonradt, United States weather observer; 7 a.

20 Noon Highest Friday Lowest Saturday EWSFAFERI WSPAPEM.