Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 14 May 1903 — Page 1

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naren( .e Holthouse, who went t for the benefit of Ins health r s „ from rrrinida<l ' cloradonihe is feel» n « rute and tl,at likes the surroundings very well. Lie on the way out there he , ffe red with a W hemorrhage but L doctors are of the opinion since urtlier Weeding did not follow, that blood vessel in the throat had .enraptured by incessant coughing \ petition is on file at the aqgj- „, ■« office which is signed by nearv all the land-owners along the o ute selected bv the promoters of he Springfield electric railway fbich asks the commissioners® to ./■ate twSMy feet of the Piqua Ibway to this company. This vould make a forty foot <oad inwad of sixty as it now stands. 11l these farmers intend or already* lave given ten feet of their land rontage, which will>nake a thirtyoof roadway for the • electric aid. *The right of way between ie re and Fort Wayne is nearly all aken up and the signs of the®tunes i >int some more substantial evil,n« 9 * Thirty-two boys and girls students o, th smith and westward public .xhopls surprised MjhS Minnie (filbert at the home of J. R. Smith <ii South Tenth St»t Saturday [iftenioon. Games were indulged in und the event was a very pleasant une for all. Refreshments consisting <>f candy and other delicacies were served and fee children went home happy. The- guests were: Freddie Kookin. A<ta B. Pyles. Minnie Russell, Fay Haioell, Inev. Ray C -<al Andre'S*, Celia Andrew* Ruth Hamell, Mary Frisinger, Freddie Hattie Marker. Brenton Williams. ..Warren Buckmaster. Hubert Furman, Flora DaviSson. Elsie Willlias. Gladdis Williams. Gerting. Ray, Marie Willias. Fannie AVilliams, Nettie R -s.s. Ell* Kookeil. Bertha Buhler. V-ra Fnruinn. Iva Ray. LotfieFord. I) —i,- SehranS. .Genevieve Pyle. Francis Baker, Zoah Dibble, Alace Dibble, Mattie BuckmaSK-r. Business was transacted -• in far uit cour| Monday morning as ►follows: ® Joseph Chrisman vs. Frank P, Chrisman and Thornes E. Mann, reply filed in one paragraph ros.answer fff Thomas E. Mann. George Hain vs. Louisa JJain et al, jury empanehxf'aWd case now on trial. Robert M.®HiWtt vs. Walter A. and Amanda Hunt, set for trial June’ s. Sailing Butcher vs. Chas F. Waltz et causes disnussed amt costs past as per written agreement and clerk ordered to pay tho'igoney in his hands to Walz and Atwood. George Zimnjprnian vs. Milton Selby, chattefetnortgage, demand <5. complaint ffled and summons ordered returned May 22*. In probate court J. A. Eckroti® guardian for Artie M. Eckrote, filed his current report. Sarah Barkley, guardiitfj for Minion Barkley, filed current report ans petition for sale of property, said petition granted and sale approval. Fritz was appo nted guardian for George, Jesse, Cryus and Alta Fritz anil filial his bond of <I,OOO. «

The suit of John T. WiMiams of Marion, against Calvin T. Miller of this city, demanding payment of notes and an accounting of psytners’aip was dismissed in the Allen circuit court Saturday. The suit was filed here in Januay 1902 and •seemed to be a complicated one. Miller & Williams were in the contracting business and were even in l*artnership at the time this suit was filed, this fact alone being enough to defeat Williams. The suit "’as taken to Allen county on change of venue several months ago. A short time ago Miller filed a plea in abatement and the court’s decision favored him, the finding being tiiat Jerret ttovault and Will Williams should also be parties to the s nit in order that a correct accounting might, be made. The next action came Saturday when Williams’ attorney's asked that the case be dis missed. The attorneys for £he plaintiff were Ansden & Houck °f Marion, W. Eichhorn of Bluff-i'-’n, and Shaffer Peterson of this c, ty. and for the defendant were A. p Beatty and D. D. Heller & Son*

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Henry Bollman, a wealthy farmer, who lives northeast of Williams station and js well known here, was stricken with a stroke of paralysis last Sunday and is now in a very serious condition. He was somewhat improved this morning however, and Dr. D. D. Clark his physician says that there are possi for recovery, although they are not very assuring. Mrs. Bojlman is also in very poor health and death tn her is but a shfirt time off as she is suffering with cancer of the stomach. It is believed that the husband’s brooding over his -wife’s ailment was a chief cause in bringing about his affliction and will be an obstacle as well, in his way to recovery. Dan Hudgell. who edited the Decatur Eagle in 1863 and 1864 was in ‘fee city® Friifey. He represents Berdan <s? Company of Toledo and sells the p John Drew cigar. ®Mr. Hudgell secured the Eagle. from a Mr. Callen and after two years management surrendered to A. J. Hill upon his jpturri from thearmy. He ! was certainly interesting to converse with and hqhas mgny good stories of those days of forty years ago. He says at that time the leading citizens | were Jesse Niblick. J. R. Bobo, D. I). Heller, Van Simcoke, Mr. Burt. William Spencer aftd John Meibers, at lease these are the ones he best remembers. John Niblick was a "devil” in his printing office. The Eagle was not very pro* porous at that time he informed ns and most subscription* were paid for with a load of elm wood: Since leaving here Mr. Hudgell has traveled most of the time and though seventy years old is still a hale and healthy man.

o ♦ Bertt 'rawford, a young man nbout twenty years old and who claimed to bail from Michigan, arrived here the first of last week an<| accepted a job with Mr. Dilin, bos* of the Chicago Erie section gang. He was a good worker and apjiarently a fine fellow. He boarded at the People's restaurant and though hereopri’a few days made a num lx 1 ? of, friends. Thursday the gang were at work a short distance east of the river "bridge and after eating dinner. Crawford got up and remarked that he believed he "would take a walk down along the river Ito settle his dinner. He has since ■ failed to apjx'ar and there is no IfiVlee of, hjm Whatever. Car Inspector Norman Case firmly believes that the young man is drowned, as he had great faith in the lad and says he is sure he would not have went away, at least before drawing his salitTy. No particular search has been made for him as the general belief is that the work was harder than he expected it would be j and he decided to quit, leaving insalary to balance his ItyaTd bill ( ©Under tliC’terms of a law enacted by the late legislate all counties having a population of lew than 50,000 may have what the law deI signates as a probtttion officer, in the ' dweretion of the circuit court judge who is given the power to appoint ' the officer. Several counties in the i state have already taken cognizance <©f the new law and the circuit judges ■ have appointed their probation j officers. Judge Erwin informed a I Demot rat representative that h ■ would not make an appointing of probation officer until and possibly not then for he has i not fully determined whether or not i such an officer is necessary in this county. The new officer is entitled to a salary of®|2 per day for the time he is actually employed in the discharge of his duties. The proItafion officers chief duties will consist of making an investigation of the criminal charges that may lx* made against boys and girls of I certain ages, the boys up to seven- ' teen, and the girls up to eighteen ' years. It is the duty of any judicial i officer before whom charges are ■ made to give the probation officer notice of the charges and he will then investigate' and report l>ack to the judicial officer or I court. If, after this investigation, the probation officer reports a proliability of guilt the magistrate or ' other judicial officer will certify the 1 case to the circuit court.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1903.

That J. R. Graber, superintendent of the county farm knows just how to make that institution pay for its own support was shown again last Friday when he sold twelve head of steers for the sum of <807.40 or an average of <67.28 per head. The stock was bought by the firm of Sprunger & Swartz of Berne, who will ship them east. Mr. Graber also has about thirty head of hogs which he is getting ready for the market and expects to sell them in about three weeks. Manager Graber has certainly proven his right to be knbwn as a good farmer. Next Sunday Decatur will entertain many, visitors, it being estimated by many’that from 2,000 to '3,000 strangers will fee here to attend the dedication of the new German Lutheran church, a The members are busy arranging for their comfort and completing plans for the days program. Already word has been received from surroundings churches ©and an enormous crowd is assured. The Fort Wayne News of Saturday evening says: ‘ ‘ August Freese, representing the. German Lutheran congregation of the city, is arranging with Passenger Agent Ross of the Pennsylvania, for an excursion .to Decatur one wet from tomorrow, the occasion lieing 'the dedication of the German Lutheran church at that place. They have chartered a six-cial train of ten o cars, leaving here at eight o’clock in tlißjnorning. The fare will be seventy-five oents for the round trip. Mr. Freese says sevearl hundred people will go from this city. © g). A Ix'aufiful day was Sunday, and confirmation Suuda.y will long o lx- remembered by those who received the holy sacrament at the hands of Bishop Alerdftig. - The Xi • ’’ • A 1 -t-l tp services were appropriate and were carried out .as announced in our Saurday’s issue, the confirmation rite* lx.'ing performed on eightyseven candidates. Bishop Alerdilig delivered a short sernmu at the elose of the services. Heailso conducted vespers at three o'clock in t£e .afternoon and at six Monday morning he conducted Bishop’s mass, it time of thanksgiving for the confirmed class. All the services were inipn-ssiye and most beautiful and were well attended and the occasion will be conducive pf great good, for who can behold a religious

event of this kind and npt be made better by so doing. BishopAlerding and Either Wilken left Monday for Indianapolis where they attended the silver jubilee of Bishop Francis S. Chaturd, now being iwld there and which will lx* a 4 tended by notable Catholics ail over the country. One of the big gases of this wm Os court Iwgan Monday moinwg and lannises to contiSm® several days, as there are many witnesses. The suit is entitled George Hain, by his next friend, Henry A. Kintz., vs. Louisa Hain. Simmeoij Hain. Lizzie Hain, Charfes Hain, alary Omlor, Minnie Schmidt, Oinlor, Dyonis Schmidt, Lena Durkingj. and Thomas Durkins. It is a suit to contest the will of Simeon Hain, who died March 6?1902.® The plaintiff is the only son of _kiimeojk Hain by his second wife and the defendants are the widow and children. The eompfelint alleges that said Simeon Hain was a person of unsound mind when the will was made and that he was unduly influenced. The plaintiff is eighteen years old and according to the will was cut off with five dollars, the reason being that he would in time inherit the onethird of the estate and SSOO which had been provided for his mother, wife of Simeon Hain. He is represented by Attorneys R. S. Peterson and D. E. Smith and the defendants by Merryman & Sutton and D. D. | Heller & Son. The case was called at nine o’clock and aftei®an hour a i jury was chosen as follows: B. W Quinn, J. R. Cline, Dan Kitson. WilliStn Cross. J. L. Jones, M John. Samuel Dutcher, C. Peppers. Eli Engel, Fred Krickenberg, C. M. Welty and U. S. Cress. The opening ; statement for the plaintiff was made . by D. E. Smith’and JamesT. Merryman replied. The first witness called was Mrs. Louisa Hain.

Twenty-four Masons from this city j drove to Monroeville Sunday and at- : tended the funeral services of their brother, William Baker. Lodges were also present from Fort Wayne and Williamsport and the funeral was perhaps the largest ever held in Monroeville. Mr. Baker was sixtyfive years old and had been in public life many years. He was jiostmaster of Monroeville for four years under Clwelsnd's administration and was territorial clerk of the Dakota court in the early eighties. His wife and three children survive him. Portland thirty, Decatur ten, was the resulting score At Portland Sunday. Defeat at the first stage does not discouarge the boys, however, and they are determined to work into better shape for ne®t Sunday's game which will be played at Delphos. In Sunday’s gsine the proper place for the different players could easily be determined and hereafter they will not work under the handicap of being imprpix-rly positioned, ’(jffiite a crowd wit-nes-ed the game and the Decatur players state that the Portland fxiople treated them in manner. Bayes, France, Bremeykamp and I>Brun were in the pitcher's box at different times and each piß hed a goixl game. The game played by the Decatur team was featured with a sensational catch by left fielder DeVimwy, a thna- base hit by Ray Bremerkanjp and three good hits in succession by short stop Marty. Gus will uniform the team and by the next game they will wear their new suits.

"Red" Martin and Frank Mills figured in a runaway Saturday evening tlait looked like their last drive for awhile and how they ever <‘sc,iped without injury as they did seems marvelous. They itere driving the Mills delivery wagon, coming east on Madison street and when near the Catholic school building a little boy ran in front of they, horse and shook a stick at it. With a snort the animal plunged forward and before the boys could realize it it was running away. He came down to Secoifd street which was crowded with people and rigs and ran upon the sidewalk in front of this office, plunged along a few feet, ran across the street to Colchin’s restaurant, then started mofth at the same speed but after a few fee< was caught. Everyone who witnessed 1 the runaway was badly • frightened and expected to see the occupants of the rig either killed or frightfully injured but oJfl Red" proved himself a hero and pulled the frightened horse in and out among obstacles as fast as they presented themselve.% yi

Hick jy Fann was ■ presented at Bosse's opera house Monday evening by a home talent company under the management of Henry Thomas and if Is no idle bqjst to say that the i production was Jgy far the best event of the kind ever witnessed here. The play is a simple New England comedy full of interesting climaxes and funny situations just suited for a performance of this kind. The cast was exceedingly strong and Mr. Thomas is to be congratulated on his selection. Those who took part were Neptune as t> New England fa Lee a Henry Thomas, villian, Lou Holthouse, the hero, Fred Pattison, a politician, Jess Selfeneyer, detective, Mi's. W. F. Brittson W widow, Miss Agnes Schrock, as Jessie Fortune. Each member of the cast did his or her ]>art splendidly, the ladies especially. Among the evening's enjoyments, however, were the specialties which were as good as even seen here. Miss Victoria Stone proved herself a whistler of merit and her effort called for great applause, her number being decidedly the hit of the program. The songs by Misses Gertrude Forbing and Kate Mylott and Mr. Louis Holthouse were splendid and equally well received, while little Miss Inez Snellen in her dancing act captivated the entire audience. The play was given under the auspices of the Daughters of Rebekah and was certainly along the social success a howling financial dream for the house was ]iacked and ]x?oplc were turned away.

j The Women’s Home Missionary I society of the Methodist church met Thursday with Mrs. D. D. Heller on Fifth street. A good attendance is reported and a fine time. The program included "Orientals and the new possessions” by Mrs. David Studabaker, music by Mrs. K. Bell, select reading by Mrs. D. N. Erwin and the usual business discussions. Refreshments consisting o< strawberries and cream with wafers were served and the occasion was pleasant as usual. Mrs. G. F.'Beihold, an aged resident of Preble township, died at her home, three and one-half miles north of Magley last Saturday evening after an extended illness with kidney complaint. She was seven-ty-seven years, eightmonths and a few days old, and leaves a husband and twipstepchildren tosgyviveher. She was highly rsepeeted by all who knew her and the eomnitmity feels that a friend has been lost. The funeral were held aftertioon at half past two o'clock from the German Reformed chweh near Magley and interment will lx* made at the chrtrch yard cemetery. The district fraternal congress of the Tribe of Ben Hur, embracing the membership of the fraternity from the thirty courts of the order in northeastern Indiana, began a two days session in Fort Wayne Thursday and will closed Friday as(Jffiite a number of Decatur people airy in attendance. Degrw work was exemplified upon a class of candidates, there being sixty p'rsons to take the work during the session. At last evening's meeting U. S. Cress of this city, was chosen distict K. of T. and Mrs. Mary V. Dailey also of Decatur, was named as one of the committees on credentials. Other offieers chosen were:. District chief, A. S. Coverdale. Fort Wayne; past chief, J. W. Baker, Columbia City; disti’iqt judge, Milton Sheddell, Logansport; district Phil Diels, Marion; district Mrs. Alena Williams, Wabash; district captain. , Will -- Arnett, Kokomo; district guide, C. H. Wolsey, 9 Kendallville; district K. of I. G.. Mrs. Addie Blay, Portland; district K; of O. G., H. C. filer, Jonesboro; district M. of S., J. P. McGee, Elkhart.

* A new case was filed in circuit court Tuesday on change of venue from Wells county and from present appearances it will be quite a case as over $5,080 is involved. The complaint is enittled Franklin E. Feltz vs. William S. Smith ami was filed in Wells county November 14, 1902. On May 2, an additional paragraph to the complaint was filed and today it was brought here. ’Hie attorneys are George F. Feliz, W. H. Eichhorn and D. E. Smith. The complaint says that Franklin Feltz is the son of Elisha J. Feltz who died in Wells county June 5, 1898, leaving an ('state of s3o.ofio. For some time prior to his d> <itb t»e was in poor health and on Apri J 5, 1897 he entered into a contract with his son-in-law, William S. Smith to act as trustee for his son, Franklin, for, five years after his Heath, to pay the boy only the interest and' earnings on his property and when the five years wjere up to turn over to him the property. After the death of the old man the estate was duly settled, each heir taking $5,000, and as provided by the contract Smith took the share belonging to Franklin. Time went on and Smith refused to qualify as a legal trustee or to give bond but continued to give Franklin at least part of the earnings until last summer when he refused longer to pay the boy anything and claimed the property as his own. Franklin's share consisted of a property in Bluffton valued at $2,300 and $2,7(?0 in cash. Smith has even torn down part of the building and hatfied the material to Huntington county where he is using it on some of his own property. While every case lias two sides from reading this complaint one is certainly inclined to believe that the old father misplaced his confij dence when he trusted the cusbxly of his son's estate to Smith. The I law suit promises to be interesting.

CIRCULATION 2800 WEEKLY

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Miss Dora Noodle this morning filed suit in ’Squirt' James H. Smith’s court accusing Dave Ritter on it paternity charge. Ritter has been at Hammond for several weeks ard came home Monday. His trial was set for Thursday morning and his bond fixed at <4OO, which he furnished. Both parties are quite well known in and near this city. W. W. Tinnnonds, the veteran in the newsfiaper business and owner of the Portland Sun, has sold that newspaper, E. A. McKee of Aurora being the purchaser. The retiring Mr. Timmonds has so long been in the harness on the Sun, that it will seem decidedly unnatural for a new deal. He first owned the Portland newspaper from 1871 to 1882, and then from 1889 to the present time, making twenty-five years in all that he has labored in the newspaper business in that City. It is scarcely necessary to*dd that Mr. Timmonds was thorough in the business and published a newspaper that always maintained a spirit of enterprise. Thefnew owner, Mr. McKee, is very able and prftetieal and will continue The Sun along the lines that lias made it so useful in times past. The formal transfer will !«■ made May 25.

Frank Touhey, better known here as Pat Touhey, is wanted by the poilce of this and other cities of the gas belt on a charge of forgery. The crime for which the young man is wanted, is that of forging a certificate of deposit for <BOO on the .Jason, Wilson Co. bank of Marion, made out to Touhey’s fatherinlaw. Wilbur F. Wheaten of Van Buren. The certificate was cashed at the Old Adams County Bank in this city on April 6, which day it Will be remtTnbered was the occasion of the Beery Holthouse Hiorse sale. On that date President» Cashier Allison were at Chicago and Assistant 9 Cashier Niblick waited on young Touhey when he appeared at |he bank window. Touhey told a goo#story, saying his fatheriniaw had sent him over to the sale to buy a family horse, he presented the certificate and asked for <2OO in cash and the rest in certificates made out in his own name. He had previously done quite a little business at the bank and had been carrying an account there and as it was known that his fatherinlaw, Mr. Whedaon, was well to do there seemed nothing extraordinary about the transaction and after several questions answered ! promptly by Touhey the certificate was cashed. Pat went from here to

Bluffton and the ftext day had the other S6OO wlistffi had been made out in S2OO certificates to himself cashed at one of the banks there and then left for New Mexico where he remained about three weeks. The certificates were sent in to the Marion firm by the Adams County Bank and were duly cashed. On April 24th, eighteen days after the transaction they won? notified by Jason, Wilson & Co., the signature of who on the certificate was a forgery. Two days after this Touhey was seen in Marion but no particular effort seems to have been ,made to capture him. He went to Van Buren and made an effort to get his wife to goaway with him hut she refused and he soon afterwards disappeared and all effort to get a trace of him has since failed. The e Old Adams County Bank, while admitting that the check was cashed there take the position that they are not liable as they were repaid by the Marion bank upon whom the certificate was drawn. The law says that every banking house is bound to know the signature of their own depositors and the fact that they cashed the certifictae will exempt the Ixuik here from any liability. It is only a matter of time until Touhey is captured as police all over the country are on the look out for him. He is a son of Michael Touhey and brother of Ed Touhey who live here and he has been in trouble sevreal times before. Mr. Wheadon is a prosperous well to do citizen of Van Buren and whose chief trouble for several years has Ix'en in keeping track of his wild s< >n in law. .