Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 17 March 1904 — Page 8

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Steele — Mrs'Elva Shady of Paulding, Ohio visiting with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Tinkham. The Women’s Home Missionary Society will hold a meeting in the church next Saturday afternoon. The house on the Carter farm south of town is fast nearing completion. The same will be occupied by Frank Meyer. The republicans of Blue Creek tp. Lave announced Saturday April 2 as the date of their Convention to select a township ticket. Preble. Mrs. L. E. Sichafus is still on the sick list. Wm. F. Jaebler has just finished a new addition on his barn. Daniel Biebrick entretained a few of his neighbors and friends Sunday. Wilson Kreigh is a keeping batch during his wife absence for a few days. Jeff Klopfenstein is very busy trying to light his new gasoline lamp. David Dililng is getting ready to move on the Chas. Miller farm just north of this place, which he has rented for three years. South Blue Creek. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Frank, March 10—a son. Gus Douglass had a telephone put in his house Monday. Rev. Summers sang his last song at Bethel Sunday evening. Messrs Clyde Grim and Marion Tinkham called on Chauncy Sipe Sunday. Howard Parr had a large attendance at his sale last Thursday and every thing sold well. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Lem Sipe on R. R. No. 2 was the scene of a merry gathering Thursday evening to remind him of his 26th birthday. Refreshments were served and all had a royal good time. Magley. Prof Kelley‘was a business caller at Decatur Saturday. William Scot was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lummon Sunslay. Martin Reppertwas a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lwvis Kruetzman last Sunday. The pbulic sale at he home J. F. Richards last Friday was an entire success. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hildebrand sphere the guests of William Lumon sitst Sunday. "W. Lummert moved to Berne ?*st Tuesday where he expects to make his his home. As the last day of the Magley schools is approaching. the teacher with the scholars are preparing an excellent programme. Steele. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stove on Sunday, M irch 13 a baby boy. Milo Campbell and Esais Dailey started for the s tate of Washington last week. Orval Tnkham left for Paulding, county, Ohio last week, where he expects to work this summer. "fflrs.R. A. Davis who has been quite sick for the past few weeks is now able to be around again. Andrew Young of Winchester accompanied by a man from Indianapolis were tlirough this place last week leasing land for oil. An oil rig is being erected on the Wm. Young farm east of Steele the lease being held by Mike Scary an oil worker from Willshire. A surprise party was given for Mrs. Orval Tinkham at her home north east of Steele last Saturday eve. and a good time is the report of those present. Pleasant Mills. The principle school will close here next Friday. Miss Mabel Winans is visiting relatives at Berne. I Preaching at the Baptist church . next Sunday evening. “Crist Fortney and wife will move — I—■■!' .

to their farm south of town this spring. The Democrats will celebrate St. j Patricks at the polls today in this I district. 11 Wilson Gulick and wife spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Irwin : Carter. Mr. Manlier and family moved from town to the Ed France farm west of town, Tuesday. Born to John Custer and wife—a ' Democrat boy. He arrived last ■ Saturday evening March 12. James Boyd has given his dwell- j ing house a new coat of paint, which is quite an impovement, The funeral of Miss Iva Roebuck was conducted at the M. E. church Wednesday afternoon. Interment was made in the Pleasant Mills cemetery. Linn Grove. Henry W. Lindsey Logan. lowa is visitor of his people at and near this place. Phillip Neebright of Lima, Ohio was a visitor with Sherman Holiggins last week. Geo. A. Adler and Henry Gentis was doing some paper hanging at Domestic Monday. Frank Stucky and wife who were joined in wedlock last week left for their Ohio home Tuesdav. The fishing for the tools in the No. 2 well on the Parrot farm is still going on with meager hopes of success. The term of school of James Kizer j Daniel Baumgartner and S. Hoffman of Hartford township and Mac Houghton, Arthur Schnapp and ° Merlin Dunbar of French tp. closesi the last week. “Resolved that whiskey is the cause of more misery than all other evils combined - ’ was the contention before the literary society at their last meeting. L. L. Baumgartner, Milton Miller and James Kizer were epposed by Prof. Rittgers and Edy Opliger Homer Neaderhouser not being present. Prof, j Rittgers was favored with a second speech. The judges found in favor of the affirmative. THE M'DONALD CASE — Trial Will be Set Down for May Term at Bedford. Bloomington, Ind., March 16. —It is, the agreement between Judge Wilson ; and Prosecuting Attorney Miller that; the trial of James McDonald, for the | murder of Miss Schafer, will be set down during the May term of court. at Bedford. Judge Wilson's health is | not good, and the docket is now crowded. Miller says that the trial will j take ten days. Mr. Miller also says; that McDonald will be taken to Bed- i ford for arraignment after which he j will be returned to this city for safe I keeping. There is no fear of mob vio-; lence at Bedford, but the old jail is an unsafe structure. It is no secret , that the grand jury, in returning an, indictment against McDonald, did not, stop with sufficient to warrant a report, but went into the testimony in detail, until morally certain that conviction would follow trial. Laying Blame on Collins. Indianapolis, March 16. —In the opening of the trial, in the United States, district court, of Justus L. Brodrick, president of the defunct Indiana Na-| tional bank, at Elkhart, who is indicted on charges or wrecking that insti-j tution, it was made plain by the attorneys for the defense that an effort i is to be made to place all the blame: for the failure of the bank and all of, the criminality on Cashier W. L. Collins, who, after the charge of embezzlement placed against him had been nolle prossed. pleaded guilty to the charges of making false entries on the books of the bank and false reports to the comptroller of the currency. Damape Awarded Plaintiff. Crawfordsville, Ind., March 16 —The jury in the Gregg damage suit returned the following verdict: “We, the: jury, find for the plaintiff and assess her damages at $3,006.” This damage suit was brought by Mrs. June Gregg, the divorced wife of George Gregg,, who charged that Mrs. Sarah Gregg, | mother of the husband, had alienated his affections from his wife. Mrs. | June Gregg asked for SIO,OOO damages., The case was on trial for four weeks and the argument occupied one week. Mahanoy City, Pa., March 16.—For the first time in three years orders were posted yesterday at all collieries in the Schuylkill region announcing , that they would be worked only half j ' time until further notice. All mining j operations shut down today till MonB day ' _

MUST HOLD FORT General Kuropatkin Tells Commander of Port Arthur What’s What. While There Is No Actual News from the Theater of the War, Rumors Are Plentiful. Among These Is One That Says Recent Russian Casualties Were 300. London, March 1C. —According to a : correspondent at New Chwang, Gen. , Kuropatkin has wired Lieutenant General Stoessel that he must hold Port Arthur with the present garrison. While there is no actual news from the theater of war, rumors are JW GFNT’RAI, STOBSSKT,. plentiful. A correspondent at Berlin gives an alleged official intimation from the Russian ambassador, Count j i Osten-Sacken. that Vice Admiral MakI aroff has mined all the coast of the peninsula at Port Arthur, the situa- , tion of the mines extending three miles seaward. A correspondent at Yin Kow says , that the Japanese again attacked Port Arthur on March 12 as a challenge for Vice Admiral Makaroff to come out and fight. During the heavy bombardment the correspondent says the Japanese were in a position of safety ; from the guns of the fortress. The Russian casualties amounted to 306 killed or wounded. The correspondent adds that this is authentic. NO WARRANT FOR IT St. Petersburg Scouts Idea of Port Arthur Evacuation. St. Petersburg, March 16. —In the highest official quarter information is given out that there is absolutely no foundation for the rumors persistently sent out from Tokio that the Russians are abandoning Port Arthur. “It is the veriest nonsense," said the official In question. “Nothing has occurred there to warrant such reports. I The Japanese fleet has not been seen for forty-eight hours. The motive of , the government at Tokio in spreading . this story is probably to influence pubi lie feeling in Japan for the purpose of creating enthusiasm while a war loan is being floated.” The newspapers here manifest the greatest indignation over the report, , the Boerse Gazette characterizing it as outrageous and a British invention. Attention is redirected to the order of I the day issued by Lieut. Gen. Stoessel, : commander at Port Arthur, in which ’ he declared that that place would never be surrendered as representing the Russian position. Relative to this point a military officer said: “This mere statement carries its own refutation, unless we meant to beat an ignoble retreat all along the line. If ■we abandon Port Arthur we leave our fleet there to be doomed. It is too absurd to discuss.” Gen. Kuropatkin expects to reach Mukden, March 26. Everything will , be side-tracked in order to get him to the front on schedule time. The general may proceed on a flying visit to Port Arthur, but he is more likely to enter at once upon his duties as com- I mander-in-chief of the Manchurian I army. He bears an autograph letter - from the emperor to Viceroy Alexieff to whom he will report. It is under- | stood that the viceroy then will turn over the entire direction of the land ■ operations to Gen. Kuropatkin, who . will transmit his reports to the emperor through the viceroy, but practically this is the only point on which Viceroy Alexieff will maintain superiority. DEADLY EXPLOSION Toy Pistol Caps In a Chicago Factory Let Go. Chicago, March 16. —Three persons, two of them being boys, were killed and eight other employes were in- ■ jured by an explosion of toy pistol ■ caps which completely demolished , the two-story brick manufacturing plant of the Chicago Toy and Novelty ' company, at Western avenue and W. ■ 18th street The wrecked building , caught fire immediately after the exi plosion and the bodies of the dead : were so badly burned and mangled j that it was impossible to recognize I them except by remnants of clothing. , The building was occupied by three firms, employing nearly 100 persons, and it is believed some others may have been killed, but until the debris, which Is piled twenty feet high can j be cleared away the exact number of dead cannot be ascertained.

DOINGS IN CONGRESS ’ Postoffice Affairs Continue to Exetcls* the House. Washington, March 16.—During the discussion of the’ postc.ffiee appropriation bill in the house the recent report of the postoffice department regarding congressional solicitation of clerk hire allowances and rental of quarters to the government was again “ — r (7 z Rnlj few' 1 * JAMES M GRIGGS. brought up. Mr. Griggs, of Georgia, got into an argument with Mr. Cooper, ' of Wisconsin, as to the authorship of the document and insisted, over the protest of Mr. Cooper, that it was prepared under the direction of Gen. I Bristow. He defended the committee. ; of which he is a member, in giving ' publicity to the report, saying thatj the United States is too powerful and ( too great to convict any man by a ; suppression of the facts. He said the I members of the house after threats . to “tear the roof off the department” had turned tail and voted that the department should investigate the congressmen. The senate passed the fortification ‘ appropriation bill after a three hours’ : discussion of the amendment authorizing the purchase of an experimental , torpedo boat and the provision for | the purchase of sites of defense works in the Hawaiian islands. The torpedo boat provision was stubbornly fought, but the amendment suggested by the committee on appropriations was re- j tained. The Hawaiian provision ■ which had been eliminated by the committee, was restored and the sum increased from $200,060 as fixed by the house, to $526,100. Several other bills were passed. One of these appropriates $1,000,006 for a public building at Atlanta, Ga. Gen. Wood Arraigned by Blackburn. Washington, March 16.—The conduct of Gen. Leonard Wood, while he was in Cuba serving as military governor during American occupation was held up to censure in an executive session of the senate lasting two hours, by Senator Blackburn, one of the members of the committee on military affairs, who joined in the minority report against the confirmation of Wood to be major general. The speech of Senator Blackburn is said to have been one of the continuous flows of oratory for which he is famous.

Mother's Horrid Deed. Edwardsville, 111., March 16. —A coroner’s jury has returned a verdict holding Gusta Simek, aged twentyone, on a charge ot having killed her baby. The woman came from Bohemia and has only been in this country a short time. The members of the family with whom she was living here discovered her poking the kitchen stove and upon investigation found the half charred remains of the baby. “The Devil a Monk Would Be.” Chicago, March 16. —Vandine, one of the condemned car barn bandits, will become a preacher In the county jail and will endeavor to convert his co-defendants and others. He has asked Jailer Whitman for a list of books from which to prepare his first sermon. The jail officials are of the opinion that the religious fervor which has taken possession of Vandine is genuine. Will Command Cavalry. St. Petersburg. March 16.—Prince Louis Napoleon has gone to the Caucasus, accompanied by Prince Marat. Prince Louis Napoleon will relinquish his command of the cavalry division of the Caucasus and then proceed to the far East where he will take supreme command of the cavalry under Gen. Kuropatkin. BRIEF DISPATCHES The senate has pasaed the fortifications Mil. Russians have be*n demoralised by Japanese attacks at Port Arthur. Tokio expert! aay the Baar’s ships hers left Port Arthur for Vladivostok. Congress kaa appropriated »1,000,0C0 for a pablie bnildinc at Atlanta, Ga. Senator Dietrieh denies that he accepted money in appelating poatmasters is his district. New Chwang has protested against withdrawal ot American and British gunboats from that port Andrew Carnegie has given »1.500,000 for ths erection of a home for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at New York. Joseph Forgey and Annie Kiernan, lovers, at Troy. M. Y.. took carbolie acid because their parents objected to them going together. Congressman Crurtipacker of Indiana has protested against President Cunningham of the Rural Carriers’ association, lobbying in tbs interest of the carriers. A Port Arthur correspondent reports a skirmish between Cossack and Japanese cavalry on the banks of the Yalu river. The Japanese horses were killed and the Japs were forced to flee on foot. The statehood prob'em has been taken up by the subcommittee of the house committee on territories, recently apnointed to draft statehood bills for Arizona. New Mexico and Oklahoma and the tudian Territory.

On the first and third Tuesday of every month the Erie railroad will sell one way and ronud trip excurson tickets to the west, northwest and southwest at very low rates. Further information, call upon Erie agents or write, 0. L. Enos, T P. A., Marion Ohio. Farm for Sale. An 80-acre farm, good land, al! cleared, well improved, located odi mile north and one-half miles west of Steele. Inquire of D. Mattox. Berne, i Ind., Rural Route, No. 3. Notice to the Public. Cataract and all diseases of the eyes cured without an operation by Dr. G. Thain. It makes no difference how I long you have been blind or how sore J your eyes are you can be cured, also I deafness or hard of hearing can oe restored. Consultation and examination free. I will be at the Murray House, Thursday, March 17. 51tf MARKET REPORT. Accurate prices paid by Decatur merchants for various products. Corrected every day. GRAIN. BY E. L. CARBOL, GRAIN MERCHANT. New Corn yellow I 58 New Corn, mixed 60 Machine shucked one cent less. Oats, new 40 Wheat, No. 2 96 Wheat, No. 3 93 Barley 50 Rye No. 2 64 Clover Seed 5 65 Alsyke @515 Buckwheat 48 Flax Seed 80 Timothy $ 95 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1:15 p. m today, according to J. D. Hale’s special wire service, as follows: Wheat, May 96| Wheat, July 90 Wheat, July, new , 97j Corn, May 57 j Corn July 50) Oats, May 40 Oats, July 38 May Pork 13 86 July Pork . 14 05 May Lard, per cwt 7 12 July Lard 7 30 TOLEJO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3:00 o’clock bv J. D. Hale, Decatur Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, red, cash. >1 OH May wheat 1 00} July wheat, 92j Cash corn, No. 2, mixed, cash_ 48

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Corn, July _ , H . May Corn ~ | Oats. Cash _ May Oats Oats, July 39! Rye, cash ’ ’-j* OTHER PRODUCTS. BY VARIOUS GROCERS AND MERCHANTS Eggs, fresh, per doz j - Lard j. Butter, per pound Potatoes, new 1 fin Onions - R Cabbage per 100 lb j rg Apples, per bu ~ Bfl Sweet Potatoe, per bu -g STOCK. BY FRED SCHEIMAN, DEALER Lambs 4 55 Hogs, per cwt fl 50@4 85 Cattle per lb 3 @ 31 Calves, per lb. „.5 @ 5? Cows 2 @ ’j Sheep, per lb 2 @ 2/ Beef Hides, per lb g POULTRY. BY J. W. PLACE 00., PACKERS. Chickens, young per lb Fowls, per lb Ducks, per lb Young Ducks 6(07 Young Turkeys, per lb 12 Geese, old per lb 5(36 Geese, joung, lb s(<v6 HAY PIARKET. No. 1 timothy hay(baled) ss.eo @ SIO.OC No 1 mixed hay (baled) No. 1 clover hay (baled) WOOL AND HIDES. BY B. KALVER b SON. Wool, unwashed 16t020 Sheep pelts 25c to 75 Beef hides, per pound 06 Calf hides 08 Tallow, per pound 01 Coon 15 to 1.25 Skunk 20 to 1.25 O'possum 10 to 60 Muskrat sto 22 Mink 50 to $2.00 OIL HARKET. Tiona $1.86 Pennsylvania 1.71 Coming 1.51 New Castle 1.58 North Lima 1.22 South Lima 1.17 Indiana 1.17 Whitehouse 1.30 Somerset 1.16 Neodaeha, (Kan.) 1.25 Barkersville 1.09 Ragland 66 COAL—Per Ton Anthracite I 750 Domestic, nut 4 00 Domestic, lump, Hocking 4 00 Domestic lump, Indiana 3 80 Pocahontas Smokeless, lump 5 5j