Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1904 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT IVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW G. ELLINGHAM. PUBLISHER 11.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Bntered at the postoffice at Decatur, Indiana as second-class mall matter. ~BFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY SEPT. 8, 1904. NATIONAL TICKET For President ALTON B. PARKER of New York. For Vice-President HENRY G. DAVIS of West Virginia FOR CONGRESS Eigth Congressional District. EDWARD C. DeHORIFY, COUNTY TICKET For Joint Senator JOHN W. TYNDALL For Representative JOHN W. VIZARD For Prosecutor JOHN C. MORAN For Auditor 0. D. LEWTON For Treasurer JOHN F. LACHOT For Sheriff ALBERT A. BUTLER For Surveyor L. L. BAUMGARTNER For Coroner JOHN S. FALK For Commissioner First District DAVID WERLING For Commissioner Third District MARTIN LAUGHLIN

Q O. P. HARMONY \V. H. H. Miller, who was Harrison's attorney general, has already expressed himself in a manner far from pleasing to the partisans of Roosevelt. Mr. Miller is a pronounced anti-exp insionist, and be sees a gloomy prospect ahead for the republican party under its present leadership. Smiley N. Chamber who was United States district attorney under Harison, and was formerly one of the principal managers of Indiana republican campaigns, said in a recent interview: “The personality of Mr. Parker is satisfactory to the entire people of this country. No one, republican or democrat, can object to him. The personality of President Roosevelt is obnoxious to many of the business interests of the country ” Numerous other friends of President Harrison who •will not consent to be interviewed for publication are expressing themselves in the same vein. Among them is one of General Harrison s former law partners, who is in the front rank of Indiana lawyers. Ernest H. Crosby, who succeeded Theodore Roosevelt in the assembly from the Twenty-first district of New York, and who was appointed as a republican to a judgeship in the international court at Cairo, Egypt, has come out fei Parker. Senator Fairbanks holds on like grim death, there by issuing the manifesto that his chances are mighty slim to ever be the left bower to President Roosevelt. “It is my positive belief that Judge Parker will be elected,” said William J. Bryan to an Evening World corresponent in response to a question as to what he thought of the prospects of a national democratic victory. Organization should be the paramount issue with every democrat right now. With that Indiana car be safely carried by the unterrified, and with that. Adams county can again glorify herself by furnishing the largest democratic majority in her history. Hon. Frank E. Herring, one of the brighest of the bright young Indiana democrats, has been nominated for congress in the thirteenth district The nomination eould not be improved upon and here is hoj ing that Mr. Herring will realize the ambition of his life by an election to congress. The election this year comes on the Bth day of November. Inorder to be entitled to a vote on that day, ♦he law requires you to have lieen a resident of the state for six months prior to the election. You must liave resided in the township in which vou vote for sixty days and in the precinct thirty days before •lection day. If you move from •Be township to another after the Sth day of September you will lose vour right to vote this fall. Bear these facts in mind.

Hon. John W. Kern was one of the principal speakers at the Portland congressional convention yesterday. He is one of the best campaigners in the state and many Adams county democrats turned out and paied their respects to the next governor of Indiana. Hon. Charles L? Jewett, of NewAlbany,lndiana, who left the democratic party in 1896 and in 1900 was chairman cf the r€Boluti< n committee at the republican state co nvtnticn. has bincurccd his intention to support the democrtic national and state tickets. His announcement is enthusiatsic and sincere. For many years he was one of the most prominent democrats in the state. The great newspapers of the country are flocking to the support of Judge Parker and there is little doubt but the independent press of the country will be largely for him before the campaign closes. Among the influential newspapers which supported McKinley but are now for Parker, are the Washington Post, the the Baltimore Herald, the New York Times New York StaatsZeitung, the New York World, the Brooklyn Eagle and many other equally influential publications.— Anderson News. Representative John Sharp Williams ,of Mississippi, in a recent speech, declared that the convention of the republican party that it was repsonsible for the prosperity which has attended the labors of Amercian farmers in recent years, reminded him of a story told by Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Lincoln said there was a woodpecker away up in the top of a tree pecking and pecking at the tree, and after a while a windstorm came along and blew down the tree and the woodpecker, and the woodpecker believe to its dying day that it had pecked the tree down

The quetstion: Is the United States being prepared for war? may well be asked. Joseph Pulitzer ir open letter to President Roosevelt says: “We are spending mon money now on our navy than an? other country in the world excep England, third more on- our army than Austria-Hungary, with nearly 400,000 men under arms, an< twice as much as Japan in timo peace, and more on army and navy than is spent fur the samt purp vses by any of the overloaded military owners of continents Europ** without exception. Ou* navy is costing us $98,000,000 thiyear. France, hitherto the second naval power in the world, is send ing $61,000,000 on hers, and Ger many, under your illustrious coun terpart, the emperor. $50,5000. O: its face our activity looks as if w< we if) preparing for certain war

The only argument so far ad vanced by the g. o. p. press an spell binders, is that Tom Tagg&l* is not making good in the east That Belmont seeks to replace him. accompanied by a whole lot of heg wash that is equally as absurd an. untruthful. Other issues are tha ! Bryan and Bryan democrats an cold because the gold democrat have an inning, and that the goh democrats are cold because Bryan is coming to Indiana to make sonr thirty odd speeches for Parker anc. Davis. The facts are that the g. o. p ship of state is hard pushed. They are trying hard to stir up division and dissention. It is the only issut they have, and they will work it t< a finish. In the meantime the democrats of Idiana and elsewhere wiL saw wood and make the warmes: fight for political supremacy that was ever waged. Let eve ry democrat fall into line. It will be remembered that Gen. Harrison —who was at least the equal of Mr. Roosevelt in statecraft —said once that "we hold no commission from God to police the entire world." Commenting on this the Baltimore Hera'd. a newspaper, which is politically independent.

says: “It is altogether possible that seme present-day st ate?man may consider this re-nark as a confession of the weakness and cowardice which President Roosevelt is Iso fond of condemning, and others may view it as only an interesting relic of the ignominious days before our nation got out of its swaddling clothes and became a world power. It does not harmonize very well with the up-to-date policy involved in the caution to neighboring republics that they must behave themselves in order to avoid interference and castigation w ith the big stick ”

In examining Indiana conditions by congressional districts and by counties it is found that there is a very genera] response to the democratic appeal in tavor of Judge Parker on the ecnservatim and steadiness of his character, his high intellectual attainments, his capacity or ooii'truotive labor and th firmness of his stand for constitutional government, as indicated by, his address at Esopus. W ith respect to President Roosevelt and tixo policies he his conceived and initiated since lie has been in office, it is found that there is well-devel-oped opposition to him among republicans. These conditions have put vitality into the democratic presentations of the trust, tariff and mperialistic issues, and altogether ithese conditions have developed without the stimulus of organization an aggressive popular resolution to carry Indiana for the democratic ticket. Court Notes. At promptly nine o’clock Judge R. K. Erwin assumed the bench and Sheriff Butler oponed the SeptembeiTterm of court. The criminal docket was taken up and action taken on the various cases as follows: State vs Chris Martz and assault and battery.nolleprose entered. State vs Otto Mumma, assault, set for trial Mondav, September 19. State vs William Hall, dismissed. State vs Luther Collins, procuring an abortion, set for trial Monday, September 26. State vs C. D. Murray, selling liquor on Sunday, set for trial Monday, September 19. State vs John M. Andrews, assault set for Monday, September 19. State vs W. S. Daugherty, assault, appearance for defendant by De voss, set for Monday, September 19. State vs Jesse Smith, appearance by D. B. Erwin and D. E. Smith for defendant set for Monday, Sept. 19 State vs Mart Andrews, selling liquor on Sunday, appearance by A. P. Beatty, set for Monday, Sept. 19. State vs Chance? Miller, forgery, appearance by De voss, set for Monday, Sept. 19 State vs Jesse Roop, selling lottery rickets, appearance by Shaffer Peterson for defendant, motion to juash tiled. State vs Frank Steed, nalicious trespass, plea of gnilty ined $4 and .costs, which he paid State vs Chris Boknecht. selling iquor on Sunday, set for tria Jonday Sept. 19. State vs L. G. Botkins, morion to quash. Stat< >s John Jones, Bert Webb, Bert Votaw and Marion Winstead, riot. ;ppearance by S. A. M- Butcher, ■et for trial Monday Sept. 19. Stab ■ s Peter Hoffman, selling liquor or -unday. app’rance for defendam •y D. E. S nith. State vs Williarc •llzey. larceny, defendant dis barged. State vs Charles Ault, jrgerv. set for trial Mon lay, Sep

J. State vs Jasper Bailor an< Jlarve Thompson, robbery, set foi •rial MandaV, Sep 1 . 19. State vloner Parrish, forgery, set foi •rial Monday Sept. 19. State vt Roy Miller, robbery, set for trial Monday, Sept. 19. State vs L. G. lot sins. allowing persons in saloon n Sunday, appealed from justice's •ourt. Case dismissed upon motior o quash by Attorney S. A. M Catcher. Affidavit and informaion filed against Batkins by Prose mtor Moran; warrant ordered; bond fixed at SIOO. Monday morning s session of court Bessie O. Reynolds vs Oliver D Reynolds, answer filed by prose cutor. Sophia E. Hudnett et al vs Margaret Reppert etal. partial distribu tion ordered. Louis A. Henning, assignement, petition filed by Mr. Henning to pay him <6OO exemption. The case of Sophia Moldhone -s Chris Homeir, note, demand S4OO, was dismissed and costs paid. B. W, Sholty, assignee of Charles M. France.has filed suit on a note against William Bowman, demand $125. J Fred Fruchte was admitted to the bar upon recommendation cf D. B. Erwin. C- J- Lutz and R. S. Peterson. In the injunction suit- of the city of Decatur vs Dick Townsend and James Davis, seperate demurrers were filed by each defendent. W. P. Bin hng vs W. P. Cochran , and John Smitley answer filed by

Cochran, demurer of Smitley sustained. leave granted to amend oom plaint. Tuesday was another busy day in circuit court. Fred L. Literer was admitted to the bar. Case ot Thomas Noble et al vs Edgar Kelsey was dismissed and costs paid. Alice Carpenter vs A. W. Carpenter, divorce case, prosecutor filed answer for defendant. Lavina C. M. MirkervsC. M. Marker, prosecutor ruled to answer for defendant. Rule to answer in case of Jacob C. Roop vs Matie Roop, divorce ; also in Louis Boknecht vs Homer Lower, suit on note. Schafer Peterson was appointed special judge to hear case of Maud Wass vs D E. Smith, assignee- Role f° r prosecutor to answer in all divorce cases defaulted. William Swartz etal vs U. B. Swartz etal, land ordered sold, D. B. Erwin appointed commissioner. Lucinda B. Kessler vs H. H. Hughes et al, finding for pain - iff. Cassandra A. Baxter vs D. D. Baxter, evidence hear, taken under advisement by court.

Is Ben Bobo Alive or Dead? Ben Bobo, a well known Decatur boy, son of the late Judge J. R Bobo, left this city five years ago last April. He enlisted in the regular army at Kansas City, May 1, 1899. Shortly afterward he was sent to the Philiipine Islands. He wrote to his mother and other relatives here regularly for nearly three years. In February, 1'302, his last letter was received and he wrote cheeringly that he would arrive home in the following May, that he expected to sail with the company soon. No further word has ever been received from him. After several months his relatives became alarmed and inquiries were begun through this office to ascer tain his whereabouts. According to advices from the war department he is a deserter, but his friends do not believe it. as his service in the army was practically at ar end. The following correspondence is self-explanatory, and has been withheld because it was be lieved some further trace of him. lead or alive would be obtained, but as may be seen by letter num ber four, the mystery remains un>xplained: The Democrat.

Decatur, Ind. In reply to your letter of the 2nd instant, I beg to advise you that records of this office show that Ben jamin E Bobo enlisted May 1. 1899, d Kansas City, Mo., was assigned o Company A, 3rd Infantry, and leserted therefrom February 15, 1902. at Malabon, Rizal, P. 1., a private. There is no record of his surrender or apprehension, and ds whereabouts is not known to his office. Very Res’p E. L. Steeves, Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry, Assistant Adjutant Genera], The Democrat, Decatur, Ind. In reference to your second communication of the 10th instant, relative to the desertion from the irmy of Benjamin E. Bobo, private •>f Co. A., 3rd Infantry. I beg to tdvise you that this office has no information on the subject other 'han was given in communication if the Bth instant. The commanding officer of Comp.ny A, 3rd Infantry, has however been instructed to furnish a full report of the circumstances attending the occurrence in question. Upon receipt of the same you will be again communicated with.

Very resp'y, S. W. Dunning, Major 29th Infantry, Acting Asst. Adjutant General. The Democrat, Decatur, Ind. In further reference to your inquiry of the 10th instant, and to reply thereto of this office of the 16th instant I have the honor to inform you that in response to instructions referred to in the letter a communication, the commanding officer, Co. A. 3rd Infantry, under date of the 20th instant, reports as follows: "The circumstances of Private Benjamin E. Bobo's d esertion are as follows: He wasa smtry#era garrison prisoner (Private Kuhlenbach. Company A, 3rd Infantry) a personal friend of his. He hid been detailed as sentry j over said prisoner to take him »o I the company mess, which he did, land neither of them returned to the post of the guard. Private B ibo's cartridge belt and rifle were

foui d hidden in an o’d sugar-house in rear of the place used for company mess. Late the same day Privates B >bo and Kuhlenbach were seen by reliable natives in the town of Meycauayan some six or eight miles from Malabon. There is no doubt as to their having deserted.” Very resp’y, E. L. Sleeves, Lieut. Co . of Calvary. Assistant Adjutant Genoral. Manager, The Democrat, Decatur, Ind The records show that Benjamin E. Bobo, formerly private Cj. A, 3rd Infantry, deserted the service of the United States February 1-5, 1902, at Malabon, Rizal, Philippine Islands. There is no later information in his case on file, and his present whereabouts is unknown to this office. F. C. Auiscutt, The Military Secretary. ‘‘Poodle ’’Meibers has accepted a position as baggageman for rhe Murray hotel, and assumed his new duties Monday. ‘‘Poodle” is an old expei ienced man in this line of business, and will fill a much needed place at the Murray hotel.

The county council met at the sheriff's office Monday, and will continue in session daring tomorow. Henry Gunset was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry H. Myers. Tne regular routine work of making approp-ia-tions for the various roads, the Geneva imrovements, bridges, necessary expenses, etc, took up the time today. The democrats of Jay countfy held a convention at their club room over the Andey Rudy machine shops Friday afternoon to nominate a candidate for county treasurer. Charles R. Ashcraft who is the regular nominee of the convention decided some days ago to withddraw and it was deemed best, to fill the vacancy at once. Sidney R. Moon was decided upon as the man who would best satisfy the Bryan element of the party which is very strong in the county and this doubtless accounts for his getting the place so easily. It will be recalled that he was the leader of the Bryan element before the recent convention and made a very able fight for William R. Hearst. —Portland Commercial Review. Soloman Neuenschwander, an old md well known citizen of Fort Wayne, is missing, and his strange and sudden disappearance is a nystery, which is worrying the relatives considerably, as they sea. foul play. He came to Decatui two weeks ago to visit his daughter, Mrs. Reuben Lord, tu’.'l after several days as her guest, left a week ago today f«’ 3-.,ie, leaving here on the 1:15 t...i.i over the G. R. I. He never arrived a* Berne leastwise his relatives have never ■een him. and what became of him -,s still an unsolved mystery. Neither ha* he been seen abo’V De oat or nor has he returned to Fort Wayne. I: is feared he has been foully dealt with, as he had over 1500 in cash upon his person. Every possible effort is being made to ascertain his whereabouts, out so far have resulted fruitlessly.

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NEW OFFICIALS IN Street Commissioner Coffee and Engineer Fulk Re-elected A record-breaker council session was held Tues, night, continuing for six hours, and adjourning at l;3o o’clock Wed. morning. D. M. Hower who has served as city clerk for six years past, wound up his business and Jack McFeeley began his duties. All members were present and the minutes of the meeting of August 16tn were read and approved. The annual report of M. J. Mylott, cityelectrician, was filed, approved and spread of record. The report of W, E. Fulk, water works superintendent, was filed and approved. A water hydrant was ordered put fa at the alley opposite the J. W. Place factory. The report of Miyor D, D. Coffee was filed and ap. proved. City Marshall El Green filed his certificate of election, and his bond, which were duly approved. Jack McFeeley, city clerk, D. D. Coffee, mayor and VV. J. Archbold, treasurer, filed their certificates of election ail binds, which were approved. A. E. Rose was granted a license as an electrician and his bond approved. After considerable argument the tax levy of the school board was ap. proved as follows: special fund 37 cents; tuition 30 cents; library 3 cents, and other taxes agreed upon as follows: genera] purpose 40 cents, water works 50 cents, streets and sewers 30 cents, sinking fund 10 cents, male dog SI.OO, female dog $3.00 poll tax 50 cents. The election of a city health officer was then taken up. Dr. H. E. Keller was elected on first ballot, receiving five votes and Dr. C. S. Clark one vote. Mr. Teeple moved that the offices of water works superintendent and city enigneer be divided. Kirsch, Gaffer and Porter voted against it and the myor oast the tie vote against the motion which thereby lost. The election of a water works superintendent and engineer was the next feature. P JHyland and W. E. Fulk each received three votes, and Mayor Coffee voted for Fulk. A resolution approving the tax schedule .vas adopted, Teeple and Buhler voting against it. The council ordered Fire Chief Helm to attend a meeting of the volunteer Firemens issociation to be held at Indianapo-

lis soon, his expenses to be paid by city. Mr. Helm was re-elected chief upm petition of the fire company members. John Coffee was re-elected street commissioner, his opponent, being Harry Cooken. Each received three votes, the mayor voting for Coffee. The election of a city attorney was next on the program, anti sixty two ballots failed to produce the winner A. P. Beatty received two votes, D Erwin three and P. G. Hooper one. Finally at 1:30 o'clock the meeting tdjourned until last evening "l' e3 they met in continued session. City commissioners were recommended last night as follows: Jacob Martin, Solomon Linn, L Ellingham, J. D. Meyers and Henry Lankenau. The following wero allowed: Clover Leaf K;> freight, $42; Henry Colerick ser ■ ces as attorney, SBS; Meyer ’ supplies, 14.10; Standard Oil - gasoline, <11.16; Bass Co., s 1 1 1.50; Knapp Co., supplies, C. M. Moderwell & Co - ,' $190.20; Ciota Brick Co., ’ $14.40; John Coffee, pa.v ’ $98.94; M. J- Mylott, W* $170; W. E- Fulk, pay Joel Reynolds, salary, _ 145 Frank, salary, $45; bonH police. 113-33; Gitins Teh Co., messages, $.-31, DU “ , - |)Or . labor, $1.50; Wm Paren ■ * g ,. $45.00; Weaver Coal Co-, A. E. Rose, labor, • JobD Nasle, supplies, fre d Coffee, pay roll, » ' Jlar . Spuller, labor. < U - Oo: i 4 bor, ray. rebate, $35; Janie? - oo |ioe. $17.25; $1.50. D. L. Meyersand tw Mabel and Ethel, left 1for St. Louis, where the. ffill iin the fair. From there ff h e re ,go to Fort Scott, han {Qtare ' they expect to ma re Ilie rly s home. Mr. Meyers was resident of this city-