Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 22 February 1905 — Page 1

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NOT GUILTY Sells and Davis Acquitted by Jury fildtrwood Forgery Cast Dismissed — Johnson and Touhey Trial Set tor Friday March Third The jury in the Hiram P. Sells ■ and Howard Daria larceny case agreed upon a verdict at midnight and same was reported before I Judge Branyan In open court at seven o’clock this morning The verdict was as follows: “We the jury in the atove entitled cau-e, find the defendants not guilty J H. Hobrook, foreman ” Both Sells and Da via were in court this morn iug when the verdict was read and wemed greatly pleased with the result. The jury retired at four o'clock yesterday afternoon and th • first ballot stood seven for acquittal and five for conviction. It is said the five all favored a jail sentence Judge Branyan returned home this morning and Judge Erwin resumed the l>enoh. Tire fo-gery case against George Udder wood was dismissed upon motion by the prosecutor, and de *endant was according’y released from jail, where _ha has been for several weeks. The case of the state vs Joseph Lar sure and five other Monroe hoys, onja charge of assault with intent to kill, and which was set for trial tomorrow, has been continued in- j definitely. The case against Luther Collins for causing the death ot Malissa Smitley will begin next Monday, -fudge LaFcllette of Jay countr hiving bten appiinte Ito hear the case. •—o— A new case filed by Attorney f Shafter Peterson, i, entitled Sam uel Hurless and Ellsworth Brown vs Theodore A. Hendricks, com ’ plaint on note, demand <3OO. James A. RupMl, jr.. vs Wayni Oil company et al, defendants were ruled to answer. Huber Mfg- Co. vs Steve Ltgen beg;r et al, default as to defendants. William Langohr vs Julius C. R< inns, <5,000 damage case from Allen county, rt»et for Monday, April. 3. —o— Eli Baumgartner vs Henry N Higginbotham et al, summons ordered for O. F. Bowman and Gila D. Bowmtn, sheriff of Kush county returnable March 8. William H. Martz his been appointed guardian for Zera Martz, aud filed his bond, which was ap proved. —o— The Johnloz case is set for trial Friday. Johnloz was indicted by the grand jury for hunting on Sun day. He will fight the case -oBeforo Judge Edwin the hearing of evdicnce in the Carroll ditch matter was completed this morning and this afternoon arguments were heard up to about 3 o'clock, soon after which time Judge Erwin left for his home taking th® matter under advisement. — Hun ting ton News-Democrat. —o— The case of th state against Ed ward Touhey and E met Johns >n. for assault and battery with int *nt to kill, was set for Friday, March The following criminal oases wil also Ixi called on that day: State vs Gust Hendricks, assault and b ll t«ry; state va Samuel Spninger. Mintz Eirsim ani Samuel Krit selling without licence and runniu. g itaing devices; state E n 11 1 ■' ard, assault and battiry.

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TURNED DOWN Carne<la Rrhaves Bluffton Their Third Request for Fund; Andrew Carnegie has refused to increase his donation to the Bluff 'on public library fund and the Ixiard will be obliged to complete ami equip the handsome new build ing with the fund already pledged. Ihe original donation of Carnegie was 110,000, but a second request brought 13.000 additional. As the building neared completion the funds ran short and the library board asked Mr. Carnegie for 12.000 more. Today a reply was received, 'fating that he had already favored B'uffton to the extent of <2.00J i more than other cities of this size and he would not give any more. The library will bo finished in a less elaborate style. The citizens have subscribed <3,500,

DUE CEREMONY Washington Honored by Public Schools Special Exercises Htld tn Each Room of the Decatur Public Schools Today is Washington s birthdiy and the Decatur public schools oele- ! brated this event as never before. ; Exercises of all descriptions were held by the different grades and 1 classes all with the one object in view that of eulogizing the memory ' of the “father of our country.” I The High school ]>erhaps had the , most elaborate exerci-esand during I the afternoon pa]iers, essays, reci- : tations, music and orations were I delivered by different memtiers of j the classes and the memory of i Washington made moat dear and sacred to all who attended. This ; method of keeping before the schol- j ars the l<ves and deeds of our fore fathers who fought and bled for our country is a most proper thing as it stirs up all the patriotism in the bosom of young America and makes him or her more proud cf this grand nation of ours. The attendance of visitors in each school room today was noticeable and proved the interest the Decatur people take in their school*. ERIE WRECK Passengers on Fast Express and ' assenstr Train Had Narrow Escape. A fast express and pa*seng< r train on the Chicago and Erie rail-1 road narrowly escaped being piled, up in n terrible wreck one halt mile west of Uniondale at four o oU’ck Saturday evening. It was pulled by two engines and was rushing along at a speed of probably fifty miles an hour when a biggage car jumped the track, the accident be-. ing caused by a broken fl mge on one of the wheels. Luckily the wheels rem lined on the ends of the ties and the train was brought to a standstill after running about three hundred yards farther. A wreck oro w was sent, from Huntington with an engine and new trucks were put under the baggage oar. Th n train proceeded after a delay of three hours. The accident noourred on a steep embankment and if a oar hud overturned the damage to property and life would hHW been something terrible. There were several passenger coaches. One biggage oar e-n tained the bodiiS of twenty-six dead soldiers from the Philippines.

OEUATI ’I, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22. 1905.

THE LEGISLATURE I Inlicensed Saloons Given a Hard Rap The Senate Pasjet the Rill Extending the TefHß of City‘Officers to January 1.1908 Governor Hinlv signed Senator Newhouse’s bill which provdies for the establishment of a hospital for the insane in a district comprising fifteen counties’in the southeastern part of the state. By a vote of 23 to 21 the senate tonight decided to amend the cities and towns bill changing the date of the first election from November 1905, to November. 1907, thus extending the terms of all present office holders of the state. —— The ways and means committee rojiorted to the ‘house its (inability to agree on two important measures—the bill for an epileptic hospital and that for an appropriation for agricultural experiments. On the former bill Representatives Sayre, Gage and Bodenhafer ad vised the killing of the bill. Tne senate passed the Fort Wayne track elevation bill, only one senator, Dr. Hancock, voting against it. The railroads have not been particularly active te opposing this bill. I It makes the railroads’ share of the cost of elevation only 65 per cent. Without serious opposition the Milburn bill for the suppression of unlicensed saloons and providing a heavy penalty to dealers who retail liquor without a licence, p issed by a vote of 17 to 4. The measure provides a penalty of <2O to <IOO for the first offense, and from <IOO to <SOO, with a jail sentence, for the second offense. The Slack voting machine bill, I called up on second reading, was jiassed to engrossment after vigorous debate occasioned by attempts to legalize the purchase pr ice at <4OO and <2OO. The maximum price was finally fixed at about <SOO. County commissioners are prohibited from owning stock in any comp iny manufacturing the machines. The bill reported as a substitute for the codification bill on drainage was handed down on second reading in the Indiana house as a spacial order uS 10 o’clock, and after an hour and half of amendment was advanced to engrossment. Many amendments were offered and a majority of them were adopted. However, they did not alter the fotce of the bill in a actions degree. The amendments came almost en tirely from the members from the northern pirts of the state, where the drainage laws are of vital interest. COMING SOON A Famous Concert Company al the Methodd Church The Alexander Concert company, the best on the road, will give an entertainment at the M. E. church Tnursday evening, March 2, and Decatur people will no doubt, take advantage of this opportunity to hear some of the best musicians in America. The company includes Prof. Charles Alexander, the world's best mandolin master. Harry Ross, u renowned violinist and Miss Maude Paus' . '’ie celebrated soprano singer. Ti ■ affair is in charge of the ICpwerth League.

STILL IN PROGRESS Evangelist L«R Secured Five Accessions Last NUM. Not only was the attendance large lust evening, but a notable feature of the meeting is the intell•gent and well informed class of i bearers that attend regularly. Rev. Ix»gg treated Hi theme “Cnristian Baptism" with such delicacy and consideration for the various views represented on the subject, that the discourse was aceptable to all. The theme for this evening is "Jesus the Great Physician," or "Sin and its Cure.” Biptismal service will bo announced noon. There were five more accessions last night. NEW LODGE The Organization Took Place Last N’ght Pathfinder Order Now Established In Decatur.

The Pathfindeis’ lodge is now a firmly established organization in this city and can he added to our already long list of similar organizations, as twenty-eight candidates were initiated into the mystic shrine of this fraternal and benefi cial order. The degree work was conferred by Sam B. Carey, of Indianapolis. who is state manager of this order, he being ably assisted by Hn’ry Ham and C- D. Dill, of Muncie, who worked up the class. The meeting was held in the N. H. C. club room* and those who were taken through arc enthusiastic over the workings of the order. After the degree work had been c inferred officers were elected to a't for the coming year, and a committee appointed to look after new quarters. The following off! ers were elected: Past president. Mary A. Girard; president, A. VV. Garard; vice president, Rebecca Eady ; collector, W. E. Smith; secretary, Kannie Fristoe; treas urer. Laura Smith; chaplain, Mary E. Weaver; musical director, associate editor, True Fristoe; sergeant nt arms, Jesse J. Hurst; guile, Florence Smith; inner guard, Harry Ehrsman; outer guard. John Bogner; trustee, Charles Garard; medical examiners, Dr. J- M. Miller, Dr D D. Clark. FIRST LECTURE A. B. Davidson on ‘ Yellow Stone Park” Here February 28th. The first number of the Free Lecture Course of the M. E. church, will be Feb;. 28. by Mr. A. B. Davidson, of Louisville, Kv. ‘‘The Yellowstone National Park," or "The Wonderlanu of America." The following are some of the comments: Lecture was delivered in the Second English Lutheran church of this city (Louisville, Ky.) and was heartily enjoyed by n large audience. The lecture is elegant in style, instructive in matter, and was delivered with fluency and emphasis."—Rev. Harlan K. Fen ner, D. D., pastor, secretary gen oral Synod, Evangelical Lutheran church. •"I consider Mr. A. 8.-Davidson's lecture >n "Yellowstone Niti mil Park" a capital production. It is graphic, instructive and inspiring." -Rev. B. H Bennett, D. I). Baylor university, Waco, Texas.

SOLO PARTY A Large Crowd Attended the Social Event C. Y. M. S Club Gave a Successful Entertainment for the Lovers of this Old Game The solo party given last evening by the C. Y. M club at their rooms, was a success, and the at tendance far exceeded the eX|»ecta tions of the members, and those who attended are bestowing the highest praise on the club fir the manner in which they were enter tained. The game started at promptly N o'clock, with eleven tables and for three hours, all that could be heard was “I play a s Io” or "clubs trump with the ace cf spades.” The conditions were that the player scoring the highest number of points in sight games would | be declared the winner of the first prize, this honor falling on Dee Lewton, who scored 209 points ami he was awarded <3.00 in trade at Elzey & Vance's clothing store.

DEAL CLOSED Horst i Fisher Sells People’s Restaurant to Berne Men. The Peoples restaurant has again changed hands, the deal being made today at noon, whereby Hurst AFisher stop down and out and the new firm of Dan Bailey and Fred Eicbenberger, of Berne take posses sion and continue business in the same old way. The new managers are men of vast experience in this line, Mr. Eichenberger especially, he having had fourteen years experience at Berne, where he conducted a restaurant, selling out during the past year to Mr. Shalley. Mr. B alley is also well acquainted with this business and the new firm will no doubt make the same a sucoess. B >th are men of hustling business qualifications and exp3Jt t) mike t ie People* restaurant pip alar in every respect.

IN OKLAHOMA Peter H Colchin ana Sons will Soon Locate There Peter H. Colchin, one of the pioneers of Adams county, left yesterday afternoon for G iury, Oklahoma, accompanied by his sons. Tony and Frank, and the latter’s wife. They expect to make their future home in that vicinity where they will probably buy a large farm and make somo other investments. Mr. Colchin, sr., will probably deni in real estate to some ex tent. They are industrious, honest citizens, and we predict financial success for them in the West. SLIGHTLY BETTER Thurman Marlz Still In Serious Condition —May Recover. Thurman Martz, the Monrce township youngman, who was so badly frozen Saturday night, when he remained in a snow drift several hours, is reported slightly betti r today. His condition is very serious but we are informed there is a chance that amputation of his limbs may not he necessary. His escape from death seems miraculous, and if he recovers entirely he may certainly thank his lucky st.Tr*.

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THEY LIKE IT Indiana Mtn Who Went to R.umanla | Enjoying Life, Hurry Havis, the oil drill< r who went from Hartford City to R<>u mania, last spring, with a party of .Standaid Oil workmen, writes ton I friend that he and the rest of the oil workers who went to Roumania are more than satisfied with their lot. They went there, he writes, with the expectation of finding a country strange anti unnatural, but onoe they arrived they found the Roumanians very hospitable and filled with good fellowship. "Every time they meet vou,” writes Havis, "no matter if it is fifteen times a day, they shake hands with you and tell you how w»iloome you are to their land. They sunly make a fellow feel at home. It was i pleasant surprise to all the American oil mon who came over, from start to finish. A young man or an old man cm have all tin fun he wants in this country and life is never dull and monotonous if one wishes to search for pleasure. Ploesti, the nearest I city to the oil held, is a city of 100,000 inhabitants ani it presents every form of amusement that is found in any American city of its size. Most of the drilling in Ron mania was by hand or by the old Canadian method of drilling before the Americans anived. These two processes were very ex]Xsnsive and were the cause of several deaths, due to the gases encountered. By the old Canadian form of drilling it. usually required four years to oom plete a well. The Canadian wells usually start in with a twenty fourinch pijie and it is necessary to case the entire distance to the oil rock. The well usually ,tapers to a six inch pipe. By the American pro cess the drilling is about the same as in the local field, a ten-inch casing being used." Hu vis writes that all the married members of the American colony would send for their wives in the spring, and he believed that this was sufficient evidence to show tbit they wore all pleased.

CLOSED TODAY The Banks and Postoffice Honor the Father of Our Country One hundred and seventy three years ago, today, Giorge Washing ton first saw the light of day. The story of his life is known to every American boy and girl who has sfient a day in school. His many deeds of bravery have made him the most loved and famous man in the world's history. Today his anniversary was celebrated in every hamlet and city of this great nation. In Decatur the event was celebrated in the schools and in hon r of Ihe occasion the bunks and the postoflloe were closed This was a holiday for the city and rural oar riers. ABOUT MISS HERSCHEY Prof. King of Pittsburg Praises Her Ability and Genius Bvron W. King, King's Sohool of Oratory, Pittsburg, Pa. says: "I can heartily recommend Miss Hershey. She is a graduate of my sohool, und in addition to being a most satisfactory pupil, she hi* repoatedl? proved herself able t > please her audience under all oircuidisiynci’s. She has a good voice and ftege pH’senoo, n bright and pleasing manner. Miss Hershey has a good repertoire of popular selections." Miss Hershey will give an entertainment at the Presbyterian chif’h F !,, y e •ning. .n’t tn i s it.