Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1905 — Page 4

the democrat IVHRT THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW G. ELLINGHAM, PUBLISHER •1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE, entered at the pnstofficeat Decatur,lndiana as sicond-ciaee mall matte. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 19(5. THE SENATE. What became of the pure food hill enacted bv the house in order that the consumer might know he would ge* wh it-hi wis paving for when buying provisions? It died in the senate. What became of the statehood hill enacted by the hou»e in order that the voters of rich and populous •western territories might enjoy the full privileges of American citizenship? Murdered in the senate. What became of the arbitration treaties negotiated bv the state department with the leading powers of the world, designed to more strongly fortify out peaceful relations with the rest of the world? Killed by the senate. What became of the hill to regulate railroad rates and abolish rebates so anxiously urged by the president and enacted by the house in order that everv man might have a “squire deal” when doing business with railroads? Killed by the senate. What is going to become of the senate? That is something for the people to think about mighty seriously.—lnd'ananc’is Star. A HUNGRY WAIL. It is given out from Washington that Indiana has now its full quota of government offices by appointment, and as few die and none resigns, the rest of us might as well pick up our spades and get to gardening. The farmer and the gardener are the real aristocrats nowadays, anyhow.—Fort Wayne News. The charges against Bri-tow, also of postmaster general fame, was filed by a former Portland teat puller, N. H. Baker. An imitation of an investigation wll so ,n • e promulgated. The acting coalman of the g. o. p. natonal oommiittee has not been named, b>th the friends and enemies of Vice President Fairbanks being busy in making a running tight against clothing Harry New in this regalia. Cortelyou is having his diplomacy slightly jarred, but promises to reward some one at an early date. The fellow at Washington the other day who predicted that Congressman Cromer would win the easiest congressional victory of his career, was probably talking to heir hlmseelf mr. At the antis at tins early stage take issue with the boaster. They even go him one better by giving a basis for their belief that they will give him a licking that he will remember the balance of his natural life. Pay your money and take your choice. Another C-mgress has just passed into history and if it has not, i' ought tr have le ft a bad taste in the mouths of the people for the vjry good teas in that it has done nothing in their interest. The last session of the Fifty eighth Congress did practically nothing except jiass great supply bills and go h ime. It refused alisolutely to pass anything in the nature of remedial in the interest of the people, though it had ampto cpputunity tc do so. Governor■(. umiums ot lowa, is set down as one of the new leaders of the movement to secure the election of United States Senators by the direct vote of the people. As wt get it, he is forced to his present views by the failure of the senate to ret upon the railroad legislation before it. He says that its inaction ■“will give a mighty impetus to a movement already strong.’’ This all may be trne, but, just how far Governor Cummins will be iufluen till is a question. At one time he made a vigorous attack upon the tariff policy ;of his party, but later st ffered himself to be driven into a comp-„mise which left him little of lhe independence which had given him what national reputation he has. He may have been sincere in his original contentions, but his determination to cany on the war proved to ba weak Te same thing may be trne in the matter of the dire ci election of Senators.—Sentinel.

It will be observed that none i of the good plums distributed by 1 the Indiana senate, through the a president ar* falling into the c mouths of Eighth district republi- i cans. Why? Let the congress ional machine answer.—Anderson c News. . t Hon. George W. Cromer, congressroan from the eighth district, t and one of the prominent actors in c the salary grab, which was a olos- |C ing feature of the last session, is at his home in Muncie and will draw his salary from there during £ the summer season. Those who c desire a few garden seeds can reach c him by mail at Muncie. c 1 j Either Horace Stilwell or Senator t Hendee will enter the congressional race against Mr. Cromer. Their decision will soon be made. They r are now advising with their friends, j — Anderson News. This brings to j mind that the wires are getting hot f and that Congressman Cromer will t have a busy summer repairing his (1 machine for use in the next contest. The antis are already full of fight j and promise to redeem themselves ? at a surprising ratio. They are full of hope and at best will scrap as g long as there is any symptom of r life left. This will assure the lov- t ers of this sport a season of unal- a loyed bliss and in the end may , blast the hopes of many ambitions. T COURT NEWS — —— r Samuel Hurless et al vs Theodore , A. Hendricks, suit on note, defend- t ant ruled to answer absolute within j five days. I —o — t Constance C. Shimp vs Valentine | Shimp, divoro- suit, answer filed in j form of general denial < —o— James O. Bill, guardian for John E. Fetzer, filed an inventory, show- ( ing <768.33 in cash on hands. -o- _ ; Accounts current were filed by , Newton H. McClain, guardian for ’ Clement, Carl and Floyd Smith ( and by George Ohler, guardian for ' William Ohler. Both were examined and allowed. -o- | The final story of the Osborne ( family troubles which have landed Joe in prison for life was written Saturday when Judge Erwin j granted Laura Osborne a divorce. . <IOOO alimony, the custody of the children. Dale and Wayne. The trial occupied but a few moments only three witnesses being ex amined. * —o— Four more mechanic lien oases were filed against the Berne Canning Company Saturday by Attorney F. M. Cottrell, the plaintiffs being Berne Grain & Hay ' Company, demand, John Walker demand, B?rne Electric Light Com ‘ panv. demand, Arnold Ashleman and E. C. Jory, demand. —o — Samuel Hurless et al vs T. A.’ Hendricks .demurer filed. —o— Peter C. Miller vs Charles A. Hunter, motion to strike out interogatories sustained in part and overruled in part. —o — The evidence in the divorce case of Constance C. Shimp vs V-len-tine Shimp was heard this morning and Judge Erwin has same under advisement. —o— Charles Latohen et al The South Bend Petroleum Company et al. I seperate demurrer filed to amended i complaint. —o— Andrew Miller vs Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Company. Change of venue granted to Jay county. —o— Daniel W. Myers et al vs Joseph M. Rice et al, seperate demurers filed by defendants. Isaac A. W’iblle et al vs William Byrd, breach of contract, cause dismissed El ward Dirkson vs John H. Walters and S. D. Kunkle, seperate demurer filed by each defendant. | Attorney S. A. M. Butcher filed a new case this morning entitled i Mahon T. Sumption et al vs The i Alphine Oil Company et al, mechanics lein, demand S2OO —-n— I Calin Miller vs George E. McKean et al, suit on note, plea in abate-’ •

ment withdrawn and general denial filed, appearance by S. Petersen and D. E. Smith for defendants, case set for trial Tuesday, March 28. —o— Sheriff Butler was busy Monda subpiemng witnesses in the case of the Fort Wajne and Springfield Traction company vs A. J. Smith, condemnation proceedings, which comes up for trial in the Jay circuit court next Monday. —o — The case entitled Malone T. Sumption et al vs The Alpine Oil company et al, mechanics’ lien, demand S2OO, filed Monday, was disposed of Tuesday mo. ning. when judgment was rendered by agreement. —3 — Judge Erwin rendered a judgment in the sensational case tried last week and entitled State ex re] Pearl D. Wagner vs James L. Long, failure to support. The case was tried by jury, who returned a verdict for the plaintiff, it for the > irt r . > fix the amount of damages. The judgment rendered was for S2OO, fifty dollars to ba paid in sixty days, fifty dollars in six months, fifty dollars in nine months and fifty dollars in twelve months without interest. ‘This amount with the court costsjmust be paid or Wagner must go to jail until same is paid at the rate of $1 per day. —o — The case of Henry Kinney vs Toledo, St. Louis & [Western rail road company, to collect S2OO damages for a bay horse killed on the railroad last October is being tried before a jury in court Tuesday. Attorney Shafer Peterson represents the plaintiff and A. P. Beatty and Braden Clark of Frankfort, the defendant.

Attorney C. J- Lutz filed a partition suit entitled Laura Osborn vs Joseph Osorue, The Old Adams County Bink, Frank K. Osborne, Lucy E. Luckey. The suit is for the division of the property of Jo-; Sep a Osborn, who is now serving a life sentence. -oThe Studabaker bank vs Charles B. Niblick et al, suit on SIOO note. Cause dismissed and costs paid. —o—- • Villi i a S . Burgau vs Warren Beher, suit on contract, demand SIOO, seperate demurer filed to each paragraph of complaint. —o — Z O Liwellen et al vs Chicago' & Erie railroad company, SSOO damage, each separate demurrer overruled. —o — The jury in the damage case of Henry Kinuey vs Tiledi, St. L >uis and Western railroad company re turned a sealed verdict at 7:30 last evening whioh was read in open court this morning The verdict was for tne plaintiff, alliwing him $l3O. Tua case was for the killing of a horse on the tracks. ""11 amended complaint was filed in the case of James L Wagner vs Pearl Wagner. —o — Charles E Niece vs Vigo Oil & Gis company, account, demand s6oo,set for tri il Min day, April 3. —o— Tue case of the State of Indiana vs Joseph Laisure. Wesley Laisure, El Urick, John Werner, Freeman Alexander, Jamas Hahu, the Minroe boys charged with assault and bittery with int-mt to kill one Adam Wise, and which was set foi trial today has teen continued until Monday morning because of Prosecutor Moran being called to attend the funeral of his sister. The defendants have demanded seperate trials and Jim Hahn will be the first. NEW LAW. The farmer that has been swindled by the fruit tree agent will be pleased with tne Shively law, providing a fine of from SSO to SSOO for fruit tree fraud. It is said tliat the bill which was introduced by Representative Shively, of South Bend, grew out of Notre Dame univeristy's purchase of trees that were not what they were represented to lie. As introduced the bill provided for a year’s imprisonment, but this was stricken out. The new law is as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of Indiana, that it shall be unlawful tor *any per«on, persons, firm or oorpor-

ation, ac’ing either as pnroipa or agent, to sell to any person, pursons, firm or corporation and fruit tree < r fruit trees representing same to >•of a cartain kind, varlo *’ “f description and tbereair-rtodmi » to such person iu filling suih or- e and in completing such sale a frui tree or fruit m-s of a different kind, variety or description than the kind, variety or description of such tree or fruit trees so ordered and sold. . Section 2. Any person violating anv provision of this ant shall be deemed guilt,.- of a mi-demeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than sao nor more than SSOO. Section 3. Presr cutions under ■ his act may be commence! at any time within five years from the time of delivery of such fruit tree or fruit trees mentioned in section one.

WAR NEWS ; I I — I 1 Emperor Nicholas of Russia to Make Promise St. Petersburg, March 15. —12:30 a. in —A told way out cf theparplexities of the present situations has been ’suggested, namely, that Emperor Nicholas travel in statu to the ancient capital of Moscow, summon the nobles and leading members of the [zemstvos around him in the sacred precincts of_the Kremlin, frankly lay the situation before them, publicly pledge his word for the execution of the proI jected reforms and make a stirring I personal appea 1 to loyally rally to the support of the Russian arms I and co operate in prosecuting the I war to a successful termination. Such a personal appeal from the sovereign undoubtedly would have a powerful effect throughout the country and tor the dynasty woulu have an advantage over the plan of submitting the question of peace or war to the zemsky zabor, which some of the newspapeis aie again urging. Criticism on the conduct of the war which has been appearing in the newspapers has been aggravated by General Kuropatkin’s defeat and is now of the most outspoken character. The Russ formally abandons ail hope fur the success oi the war under the present regime, sarcastically pointing out that the administration in its desire to provide Vladivostock with coal, is supplying the Japanese fleet. M. Kiriloff, th« Associated Press oorres pondent, who was wounded at Liao Yang, declares that the brave, splendid Russian troops were defeated as much by the bureaucracy as by the Japanese. Tie Pass, March 14.—As after the battle of Liao Yang, the adv anoe of the Japanese army against the new positions of the Russians at Tie Pass is very slow. The leading julumns are eight or ten miles southward and in touch with the Russian van posts, but the operations at present are not; sericus. Field Marshal Oyama shows slight intentions of pressing his advartage in an immediate attack on Tie ' Pass. At four o’clock Wed. afternoon James Gay received the following message: ‘‘Phoenix, Arizona. Al Fuhrman ofcad. Body embalmed. Win instructions. Mrs. R ; n-hart.” Mr. Gay wire! instructions at once to ship the remains here.

A PRAIRIE DINNER. j J* Back of flour and starve Not quiteBuild a big tire and rt 10 .1 1 shove a lot of good old spuds : under t - , coals if vou have fresh meat Hi -5 te clear for broiling- If not, slice your , bacon, impale it on a stout s« ‘ - 11 • when rour spuds are done break them . oneu and allow the good old bacon CTease to drop on them ns it broils on the end of that stick. You want coift Kip the jacket off that canteen, bring the water to a boil, funnel your coffee in. and your coffee is ready. Bh , how about the bread? P™.‘°h n the dough in no article In which to | bake the btead. You don t hkt ash cakes? AH right. Just mix your baking powder carefully in the top of the sack form the flour into a funnel Shu- pour in very little water at a time—don’t be afraid of getting your fingers balled up-mlx that dough rigb. there, and when it is the desired consistency roll it ouT like a snake. Cut s cane from any old thing, wrap this snake shaped piece of dough around it in a long coil, torn it before the tire until it is good and brown, and you will have finer bread than grandma ever made. x If the average Arizona preside, tor can I take care of himself when he has plenty of raw grub it is strange.--Mescal in Tuuibstoue Epitaph.

FOR THE BACHELOR. • drive That May Help His Coarse ol Love to Ran Smooth. Agree with the girl's father in poll ties and the mother in religion. If you have a rival, keep an eye on him.' If he is a widower, keep two eyes on him. Don't put too much sweet stuff on paper. If you do you will hear it in after years when your wife has some especial purpose in inflicting upon you the severest punishment known to a married man. Go home at a reasonable hour in the evening. Don’t wait until a girl has to throw ter whole soul into a yawn that she can’t cover with both hands. A little thing like that might cause a coolness at the very beginning of tin game. If, on the occasion of your first call, the girl upon whom you have set youi young affections looks like an iceberg and acts like a cold wave, take you: leave early and stay away. ’.Vomar In her hour of freeze is uncertain coy and hard to please. In cold weather finish saying good night in the house. Don’t stretch it all the way to the gate and thus lay the foundation for future asthma, bron chltis. neuralgia and chronic catarrh to help you to worry the girl after sht has married. Don’t lie about youi financial condition. It is very annoy ing to a bride who has pictured a lift of ease in her ancestral balls to lean too late that you exptet her to ask : baldbeaded old parent who has been uniformly kind to her to take you botL in out of .be cold.—Chicago Journal. Woman** Life In Japan. Advocates of the physical equality o women and men might find argumen to support their theory among th< Japanese. The girls and boys wresth on equal terms, and the women an said to be us strong as the men—sup pie. "bounding with the vim of lifand graceful in every line." The Jap., nese women seek abundance of ah drink pure water and go out in the sun shine the first thing in the morning Consequently consumption is a rar, disease. Instead of living in over heated rooms they merely add extr: ■'lothing to what they wear already Women always have some time fu: recreation. Even the poorest womai goes to the bath at night and late: on meets her friends. But all go t< rMt oorlw MRS. HALL'S MIRACLE Experience Similar Io This Have Occasioned Considerable Comment in Decatur. Few women are better known in Lockport, N. Y., than Mrs. Pattie D Hall, as she belongs to one of the best families and has a large circle of friends and acquaintances. In a lecent interview Mrs. Hall said: “The experience I have been through in the last two years seeui' like a miracle. I was so badly off that life seemed almost unendurable, and my deafness increased so that I could scarcely hear anything. The suffocation in mv chest and the i digestion caused by mv catarrh, produced very severe suffering. I had five different physicians, bought everything that anybody recommended to me. but finally gave up in despair. “One day my milliner asked me if I had ever tried Hvomei. I began the treatment, and can thankfully testify that Hyomei does cure this' terrible disease. Since using ii my hearing is greatly improv-d.and theonlvtime I have any catarrhal trouble is when 1 take cold. I then use Hyomei, and always get instant relief. My friends and acquaintances marvel' at the change in my health and hearing.” Hyomei has made many cures of catarrh, and in connection with Hvo mei balm of catarrhal deafness.'in EAecatur. Similar experience to that of Mrs. Hall s have created a large Drug f €b HyOmei ‘ he Hol ‘ huu se . The complete outfit, including the inhaler, costs hut SI, while extra botS,r , r U ‘? Oc ? n,s ’ Aak Holthouse Drug Co. to show you the strong HyoXi** 6 UDder Wh * Ch " ell

“THE BLOTTED PAGE.” ft Defence In a Londna p B American Spelling. 91 A United States citizen of cohm ol>le scientific attainments was enough to give to a the Daily Graphic what may t* *5 the American view of British gpetoji "I see.” he remarked, • that the correspondents of the liaiiy Gr ' tc have been complaining of ‘the J ■ figurement of English books by can spelling. 1 should like to tell J that we think our way is right '■ J that yonr way is wrong, and p er C, your editor will not mind if ] T e ou a few remarks in defense of 2 corrections. For example, we ‘favor’ and ‘honor.’ Well. ‘f ftTor . " ; •honor 1 are nearer the Latin than ‘favour’ and ‘honour; winch har» acquired their unnecessary ‘tf by ~0 1l ing through the French." "But if they have been spelled hoj. our’ and ‘favour’ for centuries, wti» change them now?" "Why not? They were as often sp?]]. ed ‘favor’ and ‘honor' in SbakespeuA day as‘favour’and ‘honour; You Eost remember that spelling was extremely uncertain in those Elizabethan days, whence we are believed to have drawn the well of English undeiiled. p, a Jonson and Shakespeare, for example •pell ‘recede’ In tour other w ys- -e cead,’ Teceade,' ‘receed; 'receede.'" "Let us leave ‘honour.’ How do yet defend ‘center?' ” “Why should you spell it ‘center when you write ‘perimenter’ and ‘fij. nineter’ and when Shakespeare wroti ‘scepter?’ By history and analogy •c fl . ter’ is more easily to be justified thaj 'centre.* Then again," continued the United States citizen, warming up t» his subject, “you write 'criticise.' B n j we write ‘criticize,’ but our version harks back to the Greek original: yoj write ‘almanac.’ but why don't yon write 'almanack,* which is mare g chaie? You blame us for 'program.'but you put down 'dram' without a scruple. Many English people write 'tyre' for tire.' which any phililogi-t knows to he a gross error, and almost every Enjlishman. for no reason wh::'ever, writes 'waggon' Instead of 'wagon.' You know what Horace Greeley said when ’ he was reproached for making that mistake. He said he had been taught spelling in the good old times, when people built ‘waggons' heavier.”-Lo» don Graphic. Vrideratriudiiis Poker. The wonien believe th.: t every ma knows all nbo’’t poker, but only a few men do. I. . true, however, that nearly every : an pretends to understand the game t..oroughly. Win n there is• poker joke at a theater ail the mes smile and look at their w men folks with a sort of pity, but the fellows wb» smile know very little about the game and are afraid to play it. for in almost every little social affair connected with chips and pairs there is a tin bon gambler industriously engaged in working chumps. The few men who really understand poker have a habit of winning the money of the men who pretend to understand it. so the large majority of men know nothing about the game further than that a good hand i» hard to get.—Atchison Globe. And She Believed It. "Henry." said his wife, "what in you need to take so many bottles alias for when you’re only going fishing “So we can have something to cork up messages in and throw overboaA dear,” he replied, “if anything s-ooU happen, to the boat.” ‘‘Oh. I see. Well, do be careful B® ry. I shall be awfully uneasy "-® cage Tribune. No BnslneßS nepreselon"Is your business goodr asked « burglar of the counterfeiter. “Goodf* repeated the countenft • ‘‘Well. 1 should say it was. I bareW» Just coining money." The 1 mpeconioun Turk. Collecting money from Turkey is* heartbreaking enterprise. A d>-’’ guished American once went there w collect a debt of SSOO,<JOO owing w 11 English syndicate, which included tv* members of parliament and a calMinister. He expected to see the b ness through in two or three mon But a fore’gn ambassador u»dei*‘ T him. “Say three or four months then you will be as far off from tabling your money as you are tow, he remarked. Men bad gone out to prosecute claims, he added. hair had turned gray with the * to which they were subjected aM had gone home thoroughly ( ,r '-[“[ D . ■ health, unable to obtain a lurk- 1 '" to show for years of fruitless J One victim of Turkish div to procrastination died in a luuata . lum. One of the embassies bad_>• twenty-five years prosecutes c ‘ without realizing a cent. Wan on Forbidden Groand- ’ “A debating society was fo . r “ < r one of the counties of 1!, . v s said a Kentucky e-angr. s<uam among the first queecns-to ‘Resolved. That the negroes ; ’ cause for complaint than the lii‘ >•- [ “It was stipulated the should be confined to the I n * tc J Ltiv* ' The first disputant on the [l9 . opened with a speech to ’ sition. every word of which . 3 ten<*d to with close attention . . chairman. The disputant fo> t^ n9f g ative made a few remarks ia and then turned to the Bible v - 1 menced reading passages for • > jj# pose of proving that some '■ ' 3 made by his opponent were no 3 up by the good book. "The chairman stopped 9 ‘Halt right where you are. J>mgo any further. You have F'’-‘ ,■> 3 the United States for argua e “ I Nsabville Banner » ‘