Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 30 November 1894 — Page 6

Mta Knocked far Ont! . Os Prices in our Dress Goods Department. We will make special prioeq on the following goods while they last: as in. All Wool Tricot Flannels, former price 50 cents, now 85 cents 84 in. •• Dress “ " 85 “ “20 “ 86 in. “ Plaid “ “ 60 “ “45 “ T 38 in. Colored Brillianteens, “ 50 “ “ 25 “ 88 in. All Wool Bengalines, “ 11.00 “ 75 “ 88 in. “ “ “ »0 “ “00 “ 6-4 “ Flannels, 28 “ “ 18 “ Nobby All Wool Suitings, the Latest Styles, suit complete, linings, thread, stays, etc.,etc., from 04 50 to 85.50 per salt. Come and see them. We tlxo World For rtUnderweor. Elegant Ribbed, Fleece lined garment, 25c.. well worth Wc Ton must see them before you can appreciate their real value. Wool and Merino in same good values Come and see for yourself. HOSIERY? XTVoll, Yem. We are O K. oa this hue. also Gloves and Mittens. Fascinators, Shawls, and. in fact, everything you can think of, and all at the Price®. Blankets I Blankets! Blankets I All we ask is, if you are needing any Blankets to see our line before you buy, as it is immense and the price is in keeping with the “times.” CHINA, GLASS AND QUEENSWARE. Well, Now You Have Struck the Key Note. We are second to none in this department. Our Hue Is simply admirable. So much nicer than ever before and quite a greatdaal cheaper. Our line is from one of the largest Importers in this country. Yon should come in and s*e before they *re ail picked over. They are going out every day. Come and select your Xmas presents in this line and have them put away and be sure of them. TOYS! TOYS!! TOYS!!! Well, it is useless to try to enumerate all in this big line, as there are 1,901 articles that we would like to mention but can’t for want of space, but remember, we are, SANTTA. CXiA-US' for any and everything in the TOY AND XMAS GOODS LINE. Groceries. Groceries. Groceries. Remember us when you need Good. Nice, Fresh, Clean, Groceries and Provisions. SPRANG & TRUE.

DEATH PREMEDITATED. Bookkeeper Seeley’s Accomplice Was Heavily Insured. SUICIDE CLAUSE OMITTED. Coavfnelnf Evidence That the Lawyer Had Planned to Kill Himself at Some Time — Policies Recently Taken Out. Paying Teller’s Identification of Frederick Baker—Coroner's Suspicions. New York, Nov. 27.—From certain facts now adduced there can belittle doubt that Frederick R. Baker, the ao•omplice of Bookkeeper Samuel Seeley •f the Shoe and Leather National bank robbery, had planned to commit suicide at some time. When his box at* the Park National bank was examined it was found that no later than Oct. 4 last Mr. Baker had taken out two insurance policies for SIO,OOO each with the Equitable Life Insurance company. It was found that these policies were incontestable, additional premium of SIOO . -each being paid to make them so. The two policies were made payable to Baker’s wife, and the officials of the insurance company have made practical admission that they are not rendered invalid because of Baker’s suicide. Another policy for $2,500 issued by the same company almost 15 years ago was assigned by Baker to his wife more than a year ago. The Mutual Life Insurance company had also insured Mr. Baker on two policies several years ago. It is also known that Baker tried to take out a policy for SIO,OOO with a Connecticut life insurance company, but declined to do so because the company would not strike out the suicide clause. So far as ascertained it is thought that Baker had at least $20,000 worth of incontestable insurance on his life, all in favor of his wife. BAKER CASHED THE CHECKS. Drowned Lawyer the Accomplice of Seeley In Bank Looting. New Yoke., Nov. 27.—Gilbert Sayers, who says that for eight years he has cashed the checks of the accomplice of Bookkeeper Seeley, as they were presented at the Shoe and Leather bank, has identified the body of Frederick Baker as that of the person presenting them. Baker’s body was found SaturK day floating on Flushing bay, and his sq»s protest that the assertion of the paying teller must be incorrect, as they had no knowledge that their father did business with the bank in question. Baker’s family had arranged for his burial tomorrow, but the coroner may cause a postponement. There is a theory that an autopsy will reveal the presence of poison. It has now become a question as to whether the estates of which Baker was the trustee or executor have not suffered by his speculations. Augustus Kagel, one of the heirs of the estate of Gottleib Kagel, reported at Baker’s office yesterday, upon the authority of the bank named, that he had ascertained that 65 shares of the Chatham National bank belonging to the estate had been transferred by Baker May 6, 1879. The bank authorities refused to say to whom the shares had been transferred. Mr. Kagel was excited. “I would have trusted Mr. Baker as a father,” he said. “Here he has been paying me the dividend on the shares regularly and he transferred them 15 years ago without our knowing anything about it. The shares are no longer in the name of the estate.” Baker’s safety vault in the Park National bank was opened yesterday afternoon. In it were found unimportant memoranda, a check for $lO, $370 in cash, several new life insurance policies the value of which is not given and a will executed in 1871. No knowledge of the whereabouts of Seeley has been secured. The bank is going on as though nothing had happened, the loss of $354,000 having no apparent effect. An assessment of stock will be made to replenish the funds.

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CRAPE ON TROLLEY CARS. That's. What They Have In Binghamton After One Has Been Killed by Them. ‘’While reading of the numerous trolley accidents in Brooklyn, ” said Aiderman Brandt of Binghamton a few days ago, “it occurred to me that Brooklyn lines would do well to adopt a unique custom which, as far as I know, is peculiar to Binghamton car lines. In our city the trolleys occupy all the principal streets, but the motormen are very careful, and it is seldom that there is an accident. Last winter, however, a man was run down and killed. The exact details of the accident have slipped my memory, but I believe that no blame was attached to the motornum. When that particular car appeared on the following day, it was a sight to be seen. Long streamers of crape floated dismally out from the sides, black and white rosettes ornamented the spaces between the windows and conductor and motorman wore badges of mourning. Not only that, but every car on that line was draped with black, and all the trolley cars in the city displayed in one way or another c ome sign of mourning. It wss really quite imposing. - f*lf they conld only import that idea in Brooklyn, ” continued the aiderman thoughtfully, “I think it would be a long step toward trolley reform. They seem to be reforming everything else but the trolleys there. Draping the cars of each line for, say three days after any unfortunate had met his death on that particular line, would enable people to keep a sort of count, besides being a graceful tribute of sorrow on the part of the trolley company. Moreover, the enormous expense for crape to which the companies would be subjected would undoubtedly have the effect of making the motormen more, careful. “Oh, 1 tell you, there are lots of things that the bigger cities can learn of Binghamton!”—Brooklyn Citizen. A JOKE ON THE P. G. He'd Give a Week's Salary to Know Who II Resis>nsible For a Certain Story. The postmaster general is irate. Lo wants to kndw who wrote it. About one week ago a Correspondent for a western paper sent out a story to the effect that the postoffice department had decided to furnish a proof of each of the postage stamps issued by the department upon application for stttne. This item touched a responsive chbrd in the breasts of the great American public and was widely copied. The applications have begun to come in. Several hundred have come in on each mail for the past five days, and the number is increasing. There is a deluge of this kind of mail matter, and to save the department from being swamped Postmaster General Bissell has been compelled to order printed a circular - setting forth that the depart-' meat is not distributing proofs of stamps and has also been compelled to transfer some of the clerical force of the department from legitimate work to the work of sending these circulars to the stamp applicants. The affair is regarded as a practical joke on the department, but General Bissell didn’t regard N in that way when he said to The Star man, “I’d give a week’s salary to know who wrote it.” —Washington Star. 3L_ To Europe For 810. To Europe for sl6, including board and lodging, is the present rate of the competing steamship lines. J Persons who make frequent trips first class cannot view the war in steerage rates without some feelings of envy. The remarkable price of $lO for a trip of frqm seven to nine days, with good sanitary quarters, plenty of wholesome food and drink, and in a record breaking steamer at that, is one reason for the very large emigration during the past two months. Though the transatlantic companies are fighting to the death for the steerage traffic, they display an altogether wonderful degree of indifference to first class passengers. Competition in this direction is apparently barred by a oast iron mutual agreement—New York Sun.

KMSEOF CRIVEffi. Accused Forger Tells a Somewhat Startling Story. NEW LIGHT ON DROWNINGS. He Claims That His WIN, Whs Bad Bought to Send Him to Prison. Was Ono of Two Persons Drowned Lost July. Apportionment Test Suit Dismissed by Ropublloans—lndiana Howe. Elkhart, Ind., Nov. 87.—M. L. Cravens is awaiting trial in the circuit court of Noble county under an indictment for forgery. His story is sensational, and if true may furnish a belated but dramatic denouement to a July tragedy. Cravens* home is in Bryan, O. On the evening of July 4 last Albert Kent, a coachman, and a woman who was known at the time as Mrs. Inez Goldman were drowned. Two days after the accident a gentleman giving his name as Hugh Foster claimed the remains of Mrs. Golden as his daughter, and by him the body of the drowned woman was taken to Bryan, for interment. Cravens now comes forward with the sensational story that the woman who was drowned with Kent was nqt named Golden, but was Mrs. Cravens, atad that she was his wife. She had grown tired of him, was leading a wayward life and wanted to obtain a divorce. To do that Cravens says she deliberately plotted to wreck his life and cause him to be sent to prison, and as a means- to that end committing the forgery for which he is now under $1,500 bonds. Cravens says there is a woman known as Bessie Curtis to whom Mrs. Cravens confided the details of the plot. UNDERTAKER SURPRISED. Supposed Dead Man For Whom He Brought a Casket Sitting Up In Bed. Kokomo, Ind., Nov. 27.—George Robinson, 10 miles north of here, was prostrated with heart trouble the latter part of last week and lay 12 hours apparently lifeless. The family, thinking him dead, sent for an undertaker and preparations were made for the funeral. When the undertaker put in an appearance with casket and embalming appliances he was surprised to see the supposed corpse sitting up in bed chatting cheerily with neighbors assembled to assist in the preparations for the burial. Robinson politely informed the. astonished funeral director that his services were not needed at this particular juncture and that he must look elsewhere for a job. Robinson is up and around again. THOMPSON ARNOLD'S TRIAL. Alleged Swindler of Farmers Having a Hearing Before a Jury. Columbia City, Ind., Nov. 27.—The case of the state against Thompson Arnold was called in the Whitley circuit court yesterday. This man, together with James and Jesse Arnold, ran a bank and mill at South Whitley and is alleged to have gotten away with SIOO,000 in deposits and 60,000 bushels of, wheat belonging to farmers around that town. courtroom is crowded with the The jury was not secured until late today. There are 24 indictments. Thompson is now up for obtaining deposits under false pretenses. The trial will last several days. Married an ex-Mohammedan. Wabash, Ind., Nov. 27.—At Auburn Sunday A. H. Rihbany, a Syrian, who is attending the United. Brethren college at North Manchester, married Miss Alice Siegel of Wauseon, 0., a pretty school teacher. Mr. ißihbany some years ago renounced Mohammedism and came to America. His home is near Damascus, and he is very talented. One of the conditions of the marriage was that Mrs. Rihbany shall go to Syria to reside when the groom completes his education. Apportionment Sult Dismissed. Indianapolis, Nov. 27.—1 n a conference of Republicans Saturday afternoon it was decided to dismiss the suit now pending in the supreme court, to test the last legislative apportionment, and such action was taken by the attorneys for A. W. Wishard yesterday. _ The Republicans have decided to reapportion the state at the coming session of the general assembly, and therefore do not see any reason for prosecuting the suit. Runaway Accident. Oakland City, Ind., Nov. 27. —While Perry West and wife, who live four miles from this place, were returning to their home yesterday, their horse became frightened and ran away. In going down a steep hill the horse ran into a barbwire fence, injuring himself so seriously that he died in a few minutes. Mrs. West was thrown from the buggy and had an arm broken. Working For Reduced Wages. Muncie, Ind., Nov. 27.—The striking nut and bolt workers of the Indiana iron works resumed work yesterday at a reduction of 15 per cent, but with the promise that the old wages would be restored as soon as the market became normal. Were Scared Away. . Monticello, Minn., Nov. 27.—This town is greatly excited over a bold attempt to rob the Citizens’ State bank. The robbers succeeded in gaining an entrance to the vault by blowing off the lock, but were scared away. Poor Children Killed. Mauch Chunk, Pa.;Nov. 27.—Harry and Eugene Sanders, aged 11 and 12, were picking coal on the Lehigh Valley tracks at Bowmanstown yesterday when struck and instantly killed by the milk train. Left TeU Tale Evidence. St. Louis, Nov. 27.—Thomas C. Bottom, a traveling salesman for a St. Louis medicine house, was found dead in bed at the Belvedere hotel. A half emptied bottle of morphine told a story of suicide.

SCANDAL IN DELAWARE Aspirant For United States Senator Sued For Divorce THE WOES OF MRS. ADDICKS. She Returns From Europe and File* a Complaint Making a Widowed Neighbor Co-Boapondent — Social and Political Sensation — Probable Bflbet oa the Defendants AaplroUoaa Philadelphia, Nov. I?.—The news that Mrs. J. Edward Addicks has begun suit for divorce firom her husband will undoubtedly create a sensation in social as well as in business ciroles in New York, Boston and Newport, where both Mr. and Mrs. Addicks are well known. Considerable secrecy has surrounded the affair, but it is understood that Mrs. Wilson, living on an adjoining estate, is made co-respondent. She is the widow of Joseph B. Wilson, late a prominent man in Delaware affairs. Mrs. Wilson’s place, to which she gives the romantic name of Miraflores, is described as being a handsome house, with every modern improvement. The stable is well stocked with fine carriages and a number of driving and saddle horses. The libel filed by Mrs. Addicks alleges that this establishment is maintained at the expense of Mr. Addicks. Mr. and Mrs. Addicks were married in this city in 1869, the bride being a daughter of the late Washington Butcher, one of the best known merchants in Philadelphia. They have never had any children, but Mr. Addicks has a daughter by a former wife, who was the sister of the present Mrs. Addicks. The daughter, who is very fond of her stepmother, is said to favor the latter in the present controversy. Hu a Political Phase. What effect the action of Mrs. Addioks will have upon the senatorial aspirations of her husband can only be conjectured. Up to the present time all signs have pointed to Mr. Addicks as the successor of Anthony Higgins in the United States senate. The legislature of Delaware will elect a senator on Jan. 15. The divorce case will be referred to a commissioner who will take the testimony in private, and until he files his matter in court it is not likely that much will be known of the testimony. Mr. Addicks’ candidacy has greatly intensified the interest taken in the divorce suit, and emphasizes the fact that there have been- rumors of an intention upon the part of his opponents to use a scandal which would blast his hopes and aspirations. No attempt has been made to conceal the fact that the proposed exposure was based on the very matter which forma the basis for Mrs. Addicks’ divorce proceedings. Those politicians who are opposed to Mr. Addicks for the senate make no attempt to conceal their satisfaction at the turn of affairs. Mrs. 4-ddicks’ counsel asserts, however, that politics cut no figure in the suit. Whispered by the Gossips. The gossips have been whispering about the case for many months and it has been repeatedly stated that such an action was merely a question of time, but the proceedings were conducted so quietly that every one was taken by surprise when the facts became known that stepsfthad actually been taken. Now that the case has become public property it has been recalled that much adverse comment was current about Mr. Addicks’ domestic affairs about the time that Mrs. Addicks went to Europe a year ago, and some of the most intimate friends of the family assert even then the couple had separated permanently. It is now asserted that since Mrs. Addicks’ departure for Europe her husband has spent so much of his time at Miraflores as to set all the tongues in the neighborhood a wagging. It is further asserted that he kept a pair of handsome thoroughbreds in Mrs. Wilson’s stable and that she frequently drove him to and from the railway station when he visited this place. THE EDITOR RALLIED. Got the Woret of a Fight at the Start bat Made a Good Finish. Birmingham, Nov. 27.—The Sunday Star charged that ex-Congressman Hewitt, chairman of the city Democratic committee, had been a Republican. Yesterday Earle Perkins, a prominent insurance agent and stepson of Hewitt, called upon Editor Button, knocked him through a glass window, pitched him over a table and was otherwise demolishing him when Button rallied and a savage fight followed. Perkins came out with a broken nose, a closed eye and many ugly bruises, while Button was bitten on the cheek and through the thumb and otherwise disfigured. Perkins had two physicians with him last night. The fight resulted from the' heated municipal campaign. Recorder Goff Now. New York, Nov. 27.—John W. Goff took the oath of office as recorder yesterday. He went to Albany in the afternoon to argue the Gardner case before the court of Gardner was a Parkhurst agent convicted of extortion. Winnie Smith Murder Trial. Indianapolis, Nov. 27.—The trial of Winifred B. Smith for the murder of Weston B. Thomas at Brighton Beach has been set for Dec. 80. It will take over a week, as a large number of witnesses will be called. Buncoed. Indianapolis, Nov. 27.—The story is in circulation that Lee Wilson, lawyer; Thomas White, saloonist, and others of Shelbyville were buncoed out of $3,000 by the sprinting game at Brighton Beach yesterday afternoon. Diseased Cattle. Middletown. N. Y., Nov. 27.—The state inspectors have just ordered the slaughter of 43 choice cattle belonging to E. H. Harriman because of tuberculosis. A farmer near Liberty Fall has also lost 75 head by orders of the inspectors for a similar affliction.

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