Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1905 — Page 2

PORT ARTHUR SURRENDERS The Report Confirmed— -Japs Take Possession

A LONG SIEGE Seven Bloody Months Ends in Russian Defeat Armies Exchange Places Today—May Mean the Early Settlement of Tne Controversy. Port Arthur has fallen. This time the report is confirmed, and the Russians have actually si irendered to the brave little Japs. Many times during the last seven months the report has been heralded over the world until the public ceased to pay any attention to the fact. The negotiations were made Sunday and today the Japs with waving flags and beating drums marched into the fortress. General Nagi lead the Japanese forces while General Stoessel was in charge of the Russians. Associated Press dispatches say: Port Arthur, whose hills have for months run red with the blood of the bravest two war-like nations, has at last succumbed to the fierce tenacity of the Japanese attack General Stoessel, most stubborn in carrying out the will of his sovereign, has seen the advance of the besieging army gain in momentum and energy and to hold longer out would be a crime against humanity. The conditions of the surrender are not yet known, but in all quarters it is anticipated that they are such as an honorable soldier may accept from a brave and victorious enemy. At 9:45 o’clock last night the com mis-ioners completed the signing of the capitulation agreement Both armie« had suspended hostil iries five hours earlier Tie city of Port Arthur will be occupied by the Japanese today. Tue authorities at St. Petersburg, in the absence of direct official news from General Stoessel that Port Arthur had surrendered, have not permitted the news to become public. Emporer Nicholas is in the south of Russia and his ministers are for the time being in the dark as to what dispatches have been sent to him from the front. Tokio was the score of rejoicing, i people of all ranks finding in the; outcome compensa i->n fir al! the! sacrifice of life and money that was! entailed in the ten months’ siege. To what extent the fall of Porto Arthur will mak i for a restora-!

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tion of peace is an open question. There is an encouraging note in the expression by Baron Hayashi, Japanese minister at London, on the “hope that in some way it will facilitate final peace,” though the pacific note is perhaps lost in the later words of the minister, which call attention to the fact that the besieging army will now be free to go north where it will be an offset to the re-inforoements General Kuropatkin has been receiving from Russia since the battle of Shakhe. The spirit of Russians may he judged by the statement of the secretary of the embassy at London, that the campaign will be renewed with fresh vigor in the spring, and that the nation will not be content to parmit Prot Arthur to remain in the hands of the Japanese. Both in London and Paris the opinion is that the squadron under Vice Admiral Roje.-tvensky, which started from Libau for the far east three months ago, will have to retrace its way home, as adheiance to the oiiginal plans would invite disaster without probability of effecting a junction with the warships at present in the harbor of Vladivostok. That Japan will not be permitted to retain possession of Port Arthur without dispute is shown in the fact that Paris newspapers are already reviving the claim made in 1902 that the hoi I ing of that port commanding the eastern seas |by the Japanese would be a menace to European powers. While this surrender does not necessarily end the bloody war, it gives the Japanese a tremenoous advmtage, and their ultimate complete victory is conceded an every hand.

COURT NEWS State ex rel Pearl D. Wagner vs James L. Wagner, complaint for damages, is the title of a new case filed by Attorneys Merryman & Sutton Saturday. The case is rather an unusual one. Sometime ago Wagner married to escape paternal proceedings. Shortly afterward he filed suit for divorce, alleging he was not the father of her child this suit being still pending. Now it seems Mrs. Wagner has learned that her husband is arranging to leave the country, and under the Indiana statute the present suit is filed. The law says that when a man marries a woman to escape paternal proceedings and then abandons her, he is liable to damages payable to said wife, which amount shall not he less than <2OO, in default of which the defendant is liable to jail impiisonment of not less than one year. —o— Mai it n Devinney vs Rose Devin

ney, divorce, demurrer to complaint overruled and answer filed. Set for trial Monday, January 14. —o— John W. Rout vs Lucy E- Rout, motion filed to make complaint more specific. Motion sustained. —o— In the John B. Stoneburner estate, assignee was ordered to pay taxes on personal property of <34.03. —o— Judge J. M. Smith, of Portland, was here last evening, and Attorneys Lutz and Devoss tilec a motion for a new trial in the Luther Collins case. —o— Phillip Koos, administrator for John Koos estate, filed petition to borrow <IOSO, and same was ordered. —o — Attorney Shafter Peterson filed a new case in court Thursday entitled The Huber Manufacturing company vs Steve Longenberger and Barnabas Everett. The complaint is one to foreclose a chattel mortgage, demand <1450. The suit arose over the sale of a separator November 10, 1903, and on which only <SO has been paid. —o — Louis Habegger vs A. S. Bowman and others including the Berne Canning company and the National Grocer company, A. P. Beatty entered his special appearance for the National Grocer company, and filed an answer in abatement. Mr. Beatty also filed his appearance for the National company in similar cases tiled by Berne Brick company, Peter Scheidigger, Lee Doughitt, Joel Liddy. —o — John Gasser vs Elias Reisen, suit on <2OO note. Cause reset for trial Friday, January 6th. —o— The case of '7 >enig vs Soheiman, damages <BOO, set for trial next | Monday. Th, Ault forgery case | comes on M and the Gasser-Reisen case Friday. —o—- — E. Smith, attorney for plaintiff, filed a new suit entitled William S. Burgan vs AA’arern Beher, complaint on contract, demand <IOO. —o—In the quiet title suit of James K. Marts etal vs *Atha A. Beatty, Commissioners Smith filed his final report and was discharged. —o — D. B. Erwin entered his appearance for the Bank of Berne in the case of David Depp vs J. H. Durbin et al, injunction. Obituary. Miss Rosa Amelia Yake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Yake, was horn Sept. Idth, 1889, in French township, Adams County, Indiana, died Dec. 28, 1904, age 15 years, 3 months and 9 days. Funeral services were held Friday, Dec. 30, 1904, in the German Reform church of which she was a member. Interment in the Ger man Reform cemetery, one-half mile north of Honduras. Rev. Vitz, of Vera Cruz, conducted the services. She leaves a father, mother, four sisters, one brother and a host of relatives and friends to mourn her loss. The family extend their thanks to the kind neighbors and friends for their assistance during the sickness and death of their dru’hter and sister. Also thanks to those who presented the beautiful flo .vers. aKm Real Estate Transfers [Reported by Decatur Abstract Company'] Geo. W. Schlagenhauf to William Fuchs, 80 acres sec 13, French tp, <4OOO. Frank Chrisman to Eli Chrisman, inlot 49 Geneva, <IOO. James Bippusto James G. Smith, pt outlet 399, Decatur <3OO. Emma E. Mann to Edward' Dirkson, pt ne X sec 4, Washington tp, <2700. Edward Dirkson to James Hurst, pt sec 4, AVashington tp, <2700. Edward Kinney to Etta Walters, inlot 185, Geneva, <175. Anna J. Sprunger to Simeon Gilliom, pt se % sec 33, Monroe tp, I <370. Anna J. Sprunger to AVm Ron I ser, pt se X 8 ? c 33. Monroe tp <9lO. ' David Passon to Mary C. Passon. pts X ne X sec 7 Jefferson tp, <l. Emil Franz, addition to town of Berne, subdiviou of ontlots 7 and 8 in lots. David P. Summers to John L. Von Gunten, inlots No. 377, Berne, <3 i 5. Amos AV. Suy ier to Lehman, inlot No. 415 Berne, <2OO.

telegraph flvshes. Chattanooga, O-, L,cC 30—He funeral services for Mrs. Margaret | Duer were held this afternoon, with burial at the Kessler cemetery two miles south of here. Mrs. , Duer, who was burned to deatn . yesterday morning when her little ‘home in Jefferson township was destroyed, was eighty-five years old, and one of the most beloved women of her community, fne accident was a sad one. Among the first to arrive at the burning house were Messrs Huffman and Bollenbacher, two neighbors. They broke the door in expecting to assist the old lady. They saw her within a few’ feet of the door on the floor having evidently made an awful effort to escape. Bollenbacher entered the house three times succeeded in getting hold of Mrs. Duarbut her clothes and flesh would slip and her great weight made it practically impossible to handle her. The third time Mr. Bollennaoher succeeded in getting her by the arm and dragged her from the burning building. Her clothes were burned off and the flesh so badly cooked that she was almost beyond recognition. Coroner Schenck held an inquest yesterday afternoon. Hartford City. Ind., Deo. 30— The plant of the Crescent Gas company, located west of here was completely destroyed by an explosion ’ which occurred late yesterday afternoon. One man, John Sutton, was instantly killed and five quite badly hurt. The injured list include Harry Reichart and Millard Cowan, former Decatur citizens. THE DEAD. John Sutton. THE INJURED. Ed Ayers, field manager; ribs broken and foot mashed; may die. John Craig, millwright; cut and bruised about the head. Harry Reich art, lineman; head and arms badly cut. Millard Cowan, lineman; badly cut and bruised. Harry Lockhart, roustabout; hip broken. The explosion was caused by the valve plug in the compressor blowing out and filling the room with gas which ignite from the spark of the gas engine used to run the comJ pressors. The force of the explosion raised the four wings of the build ings and the roof fell on the woikmen, killing Sutton instantly, and probably fatally injuring Ed Ayres. The escape of the other workmen was miraculous. The in jure'l men were brought to their homes in this city. The plant was recently erected at a cost of <IOO,OOO. The only total loss is that of the building, the machinery remaining intact. There is no insurance. Three-fourths of the gas con sumed in this city is furnished by the Crescent company, and as a result of the explosion the patrons here are without fuel. The air is hovering around zero and there is much suffering, especially among the poor people who cannot afford to buy coal and wood. It will be s iveral weeks before the wreckage can be cleared away. Tne plant will be rebuilt. This is the second time ■ hat has' oocured there in the last two weeks. ‘ About two weeks ago the com- ! pressed air tank exploded and wrecked the building, but luckily, no one of the workmen was hurt ; The plant had just been repaired, 1 and has been in operation only two I days. Portland, Ind., Dec. 30—Bur] Ryan, of New Corydon, crude oil in a stove to start a fire Friday. A three-gallon can of oil setting ten feet behind him. took fire and exploded, throwing oil all over the room. Rvan found himself under a sofa with the room completely ablaze. H o broke : through a window, his oMhirJ blazing about him, an 1 jumj ed into a cis ern over his head in water. The tire in the house was put out by other members of the family after h ‘ivy dam ige was d me, and Ryan was pulled from the cistern wRh the skin burned from his face I and body. He will recover. Blufffton. ltd , Jan. 24 Post master A. L. Sha-p, today received notice of the dj-missa] of Rural Carrier AValter L F Hers on the Charge of p rnicious activity in the late campaign. Fetters is treasurer of the Indiana Association of Rural Route Carriers and was slated for the position of national treasurer. A Guaranteed Cure for Piles st. Louis Mo,

from theashes . Bdliimort Family’s Experience Mali!* Moral n Residents of Decatur. ■ The visitor to Ti’timare today scarcely realized that lew than a year ago the citv was almost destroyed by a memorable fire. A similar compare ison might be made by George \A. N,illy, one of the leading citizens of Baltimore, as to the change in his own looks. A short time ago, Mr. W ing from his home address 2-13 Barclay St., says “I have been troubled for" vears with catarrh and had resort ed to all remedies that could be thought of. My wife was also afticted with this terrible disease, but all the treatments we used were an absolute failure until we tried Hyomei. It worked like a charm and has made a complete cure in both our cases. There is no disagreeable stomach dosing in using Hyomei. We breathed it, and its fra. rance, so clean, pure an 1 bracing killed all the catarrhal germs in the head, throat and lungs. The experience of Mr. Nally and his wife certainly points a moral to all readers of the Democrat who are suffering from catarrh. It shows now they can be cured o' this frightful disease, without dangerous stomach dosing. The Holthouse Drug Co., loeal agents for Hyouei. have so much faith in the treatment that they give their persenal guarantee to re fund iue money in case it does not benefit. A complete outfit costs one dollar, the extra bottles are but fifty cents. Ask to see the strong guarantee under which Hyomei is sold. BI7& FROM THE WRITERS. A brave man doesn’t t!iik; he acts. — 11. Rider Haggard. Hurry, excitement, bustle—these are not good for people. Let us go slow and live long.—Frank T. Bullen. There is only one way in which a man or woman can develop real strength, and that is to fight unceasingly and to s d absolutely alone — Gertrude Atherton. To borrow one’s mental fare from free libraries is like picking up eatables dropped by some one else on the road and making one’s dinner o.'f an other’s leavings.—Marie Corelli. To go a-fishing in the pond of the past is a pastime not devoid of charm. What old, forgotten, faroff things can be dragged up by the assiduous angler!—Ella Hepworth Dixon. By leading people to supp ise that you are as wise as themselves you los6 Opportunities of obtaining useful information. They won’t tell you things they think you know already.—Sarah Grand. Trace Your Family Tree. A pleasant 'pastime — literally —for those who have no more pressing duties and wish to get outside their environment at least in thought will open up before her who begins to mount a family tree. Tracing one’s genealogy ma become—probably will become—a m-tter of absorbing amusement an! attention, for it entails a thread gathered up here, dropped there, a letter to write, a book to read, a register to consult. To the self absorbed, the despondent, the listless, one may recommend this diversion as certain to suit even rather morbid conditions of temperament and yet as certain to gently force the mind away from itself to other persons and things in opening up a wider and wider field of reflection. Kimberley Siege Hable*. During Lord Roberts’ tour in South Africa he chanced to be in Kimberley on his seventy-second birthday, anil tlie people of that city presented him with a pair of diamonds. One of the siege babies,” a boy of four years, made the presentation speech. During | tlie siege of Kimberley by tlie Boers i about fifty babies were born. Lord i Roberts had his photograph taken in . die midst of the “siege babies” on the I steps of the town hall. Most of the I I “siege 1 bios” bear names recalling the i , war. Thus, while “French.” “Buller," , Methuen. “Bobs’’ and “Kekewich” ; ! wore used. "Rhodes” was even more i frequently used, and "Siege” seems to | have been most popular of all. CABS IN RUSSIA. Fares Are Low if You Arc Up to tbe Tricks of the Drivers. In no European country are cab j fares so eLeap as in Russia, for there 1 is no tariff at all. On the rank are ■ half a dozen drivers on the boxes of i tiieir droskies—tiny victorias, hung low : and with just room for two if the two ! tiasp waists after the Russian mode. If sou know just about bow far you want to drive you take the first driver and tell him where you want to go and what is the price offered. The etiquette Is followed invariably. The driver throws up his eyes in horror, j He rails upon the saints to witness I that so ridiculous a price must be dou- I bled before he could look at it. Nott are not deceived. You walk on. And before you have gone ten paces the cabman is after you. pointing politely to the seat in the droskv and, wdh a grin, repeating frequently the Ritssmn equivalent for “please.” But if you are driving to a destination ::t an unknown distance it is nec-essa-y to :IS k the opinion of the first besied. belted, bean.-i brigand on the b,x of a drosky. Then it is vour turn t > throw your eyes to heaven and call on the saints, A quick problem I n division works itself out in your ■ 1 luces into a ruble? And you Put yourself up to a Dutch auction along the rank. “Hotel So-and-so, sorok kopeck!” you cry, with a leanmg toward generosity. There is a race for you. You drive a long way to Moscow for a dime.

F it’ S He—Ten a, ri ]„ stove wood. Leave . ofllue . I I GOOD Gxkl apnits don’t Kentucky. Their main liver and al) the fine made in the Blue GlussjMH not remedy a bad liven rthe? ■ and one ill effects it jiro-Jn 'fß can't have good spirits j ■ at the same time. Your lj ?ei I in fine condition if vm w , I buoyant, happy and hopef d ■ of eye, light of step, vigorous I cessful in your pursuits. \oi ■ your liver in fine condition| ■ Green’s August Flower the 1 of all medicines for the 1 I stomach and a certain cure ■ pepsia or indigestion. It h a favorite household remedy s thirty-five vears. August FIM make your liver healty and a< t thus insure vou a lilteral s ( “good spirits.” Trial size 25c * bottles 75c. At all druggists « Low R. te ot Interest. 1 Money loaned at five pe t 1 Merest, payable annually or i l nually, at option of biirrov. privilege of partial payments; ’ nterest paying time. No <],*■ 1 making loans. F. M Sck ■ Decatur. Ind. Farm Lands That Are Cheap . lars But Rich in Soil. Dick Townsend has cofcl arrangements whereby yom,! to Mandon, North liik jil <26.65 from Chicago and Lands from <4 to <1 per -.JI free home stead adj. -,;f and see us over First National Decatur Ind.. We can uI-osm farms in V’irigr.ia, Missel Tennessee and Arkansas ? '| sion mtes to North Dakota m-J during the week, except .- I and Sunday for three or J Dick Townsend over Nations.y Residence 422 Jefferson St. 109. di-

— - ■ - —mei ...Legal Advert! £ De APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTB.' IKI a t Notice Is hereby given that th. ■ K has been upp tint' d admlnisc ; gU state of John Welfiey. lat' . ount . deceas< i The estate solvent. cv. A.VOHKW 1' FELHBV Kdmitic,- X Meirvnmn V SuTou, Al.’, s orv Dec. I.lth. 11. ® SO VOTIUFOP APPI.II A FluN 11 1: CHANGE. OF NAME. M To Whom It May Concern: KM Notice is hereby given that I h HB to thr Judge of the Adams c rci. P have mv name changed from Hr; itu... | r Jack to Herman August Yake. uncus-. » 0 applicat ion will come up for hear.nti:» ■■ first day ot the April term, 1.0,\ ot ■. £ HBRMAN AUG 1 cf.lii £ Dated Dec. 21, 1905. U. 11. Erwin. Attorney for Petit ntt t» VoTICBOF APPLK ATION FOR CHANGEO/NAME ■ To Whom It May Concern: M Not ce is hereby given that I 'avetgK ■ to the Judge of the Adams circuit eirrti.' H have my name charged from Feitas: ” Ju.ius Jack to Ferdinand Julius Ymtui that raid application will come upfirhr K Ing at the first day of the April term..• :! M said court. FERDINAND JULIUS Jit I Dated Dec 21 1905. D. B. Erwin. Attorney lor Petitionei -M ■ V ITIOE OF ELECTION’ Notice Isherrby given to the stock: >1 I and lot owners in the Decatur Cemeti■> J» | socia lon that there will be an eleetlcW I in the office of D. E. Scott, in J H. : ’ store building r ver Elz yA V inee's c tr | ft re. in tfio city O' I>• catur, i»dlami«'*t 5t ida id JanuaJv. TAP. at 7p m o > .ujj, t"r ihe purpos -of el* ettug seven t ru*< "• * the Deca'ur ta metery Asseeiation O r h-a-suing year. J 11. STONE. Secret;.rj’ I.eeatur Cemetery A ■ .cistroll. Eec. 12,1904 = i EAST. I No. 6. Tbe Comm 4 Traveler, daily ?•“ ; No. 2. Mai), daily, except Sunday ...JI » No. 4 Pay express, daily ’ VZ ; N 0.22. Local freight....P. In® WEST No. 3. Day express daily r a J ! No. 1. Mail, daily except Sunday » D >'> ® No. 5. TheCorum’i Traveler, daily. “’ » ® i ■ ■

’ . *■ TIME TABLES GRANO RAPIDS & INDIANA September 25, 1904—Now in Effect. GOING souTHDaily Ex Sun Ex Sun Ex ' ° R ‘ Lv, Decatur 1:08am 7:l4am 1.16 pm 7:slpm'I Ar.Protland 2:01“ 8-15 11 2:13 “ 8:55 ,i -_. Richmond 3:40 “ 9:4-2“ 3 40“ ‘ Cincinnati 7:15 “ 12:20005755 “ i:oS train sleeper to Cincinnati. 1:16 tr.vH* lor car. Trains arrive from south at 1:3 a®" 7:59 a. m. daily and 3.17 p. in. Ex Sunday GOINGNORTH Dally Daily to Fs‘ uB Gd Rapids Lv. Decatur I:3oam 7:59 a.m. 3 '* ?.® ..Ft. Wayne 2:20 “ 8.50 *• 4jo " I ‘ Gd. Rapids 6:45 “ 1:50 p.m 91 ‘ Traverse City I:2spm 8:00 •• • Pttosky 2750“ 9:35 “ 6:( , ' a ® | “ Mackinaw 4:15 “ 10:50 “ 77- 1 ; 1:30 train sleeping car to Grand Rapit- 111 • Mackinaw Dity. 7:59 a. m train parlor car » I Grand Rapids and Mackinaw City 3:17 * ® train parlor car to Grand Rapids, sleeping , c3 ‘. ■to Mackir v City. Trains arrive from »«•'" 1:08 a. in. , .14 a. in. i;i6 p. m. 7:51 p.m. . • T, Bryson. Age. C. L. Lockwood. <■ ? Gr. Rapids. < @<> railroad NEW ERIE TIME TABLE. Kit EAST BOUND No. 10 ' 9.40 P ■* : No. 14 ...... _Z. ______ 8:«P*; I I No. 4. 4:4i> P® 1 No. 22 »:•>!•» ®‘ i No.B___™ ZZ. ZZZ”i:«» * i „ WEST BOUND , N >.9 . _ 3:02 a ® No. 21 10:10 i ®' ’ No. 3__ZZZZZ_. 12:44 P-’ - I No. 13._5:5# P »• No. 7 j:00* ®-