Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1908 — Page 1

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E ULL .U —1 nte ■ Harmon and A S .„ Kount Mystenousy Me Disappeared c ’ a B OVN t ■ , iW «e is Here Destnute |" Appealing for ArdIt is Pitiful i I —_ —

hles of the Blounts and » '"”„e .rm rrr trr.tr mr»«. » snBODS . bv recent developments I k‘ thp disappear^ 0 ®

** resulted m homes, the I in rhe Lima )»* belne I K , rorr»a, “ a J “'“ H “‘ knit of P * tm freßh in the |

k our readers, but there is H chapter, even more sensa-l Me*. H «“«• i,s ' I Mr. »™»«. ■ neuter with .. where

* to Portland, where i

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kfflhe divorced m the | r town ' Td l e e p<S t h.* ll'J

~ in ascertaining thel difficulty ln an . and a tele-1 ihreabouts o gignaled his | toe message to Lima sig

Here he n °* while he tel of hi and cor . I r“ TT. w -

in Decatur without foou lui b’be are in destitute of I I r shelter, absolutj y & | necessaries of 1 • a man

|oWtul |p E thus abandon one® t i I > near and dear to Blount I Tas criminally ue-1

K for many months s* Blount ap . ■ ikted Ms day and sought ad -1

tire from a Decatur- urß ue t0 > rtaUTocedure she h on ghe h? 3 i relieve the trying 1 keen subjected to.

As queer as it may pant in toon, of Rlvwre. lost

the altercation in * disap- I hi. nose. has 1 hared from his home. ' arose! htconnehey, his housekeeper

I xuonnvuty, eiu I I Svaday morning tc-find i itoverhad made his g _v, nM ta It I

hereabouts. - | M traces as to his Harmon! ■is a well known fact t t he! ■lu anticipated his arre Blount I ■ Aaraa At bitlnv off the nOSC I

■ ttarge ot mung he has i ■ (i penitentiary ofl * n * e , nnoce nce that! ■ w vigorously protested tbat be I B m emo fostered tae fiPV- I

B VMld leave his old haun p eare d tai, jB mi occasions, Harmon and! sB ft* office of his attorney he was! ■ med like achild, 1 ■ iM of being amestea. I

mid of r>ems » jone py 1 ™hing whatever has ftUon h as the authorities atl,i although I evident of an act o . a nce.

■te mysterious d ™. other-’ 8M ®’ s ' Bi S° a ‘ a prOSeCU IX anticipated. MSII irtie may not b -

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TO GIVE FIFTY THOUSAND

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« D.W > s. S. n L-. c„ n«ee»»« ” ' I At . '<*'"»» «T J i., . ,». ®” a« M3 ' . > °' „ M <«»»-« «’"* L | Cross directors today. K ‘ Superintended il, a~ Ito send fifty thous'nd doll ars s upt- Lee " I. „npf fund to ine Blackb K-u.er-I Manned Cross for relie ass , i , the many heinrtc ’ „ j >-. ■ aid them in giving relief to . treag ., J. » ■ l*«Mr om the teTri^ han one Parrish’, a^' ■huake, f IPm which more th lgsl 18I! d; P lanl ' s ‘ r ■ Wed thousand Wes * tc . pianist Josl ot ■ * American society reports Mrs jno. ■ {often thousand doll-rB ” Bin Rice SK W. Morman as his con

SUBSIDY ELECTION! WiU Pr <>bably Be Petitioned for in this County Next Week ASKS for $30,000 —— Peme Wants the Bluffton to Celina Road and is Working Hard It now looks that Adams county inn v e an ° ther su bsidy electhe near future. It is known that for several months there has been a fierce conflict on in a quiet a y for an east and west traction ime through this county. The line is to start from Bluffton and run east nrough Adams county to Celina, O. •oth Berne and Geneva want the line. A few weeks ago an election was held Sin Wahnsh and Hartford townships and 1.4,000 was voted the road which was ’ be known as the Bluffton, Geneva ’d Celina. Now a petition is being culated and receiving a goodly lEßfber of signatures for an election French, Monroe and Blue Creek ships, for a subsidy of $30,000, •dless 10ney to be used to aid in tbe 'g of the line. It is said this eather' ’ wl ” be presented to the counnissioners at the January ses,as t week and if successful, a will be filed in Wells counter SIO,OOO each in Harrison isicale under and the city of Bluffton, isters of St. 7 flßht between the two „ -7 districts, each of which a° S thel tlle lands and a traction d despite the ttlnher &

T his of Sisters s Was Cleve Executed IA GE AUDI iWaent Regar | dement W< 11 11 i Diplom: d|

The lnnU al musicale under

ie d, f the Sisters of St.

Agnes n at the Bosse opera .house n |g b t and despite the

iuclem er( a large audience

gather 1 tbe rendition of one

of thesical programs ever

given y . The pupils wore

so clev,d that each instru-

mental vaa played on three

pianos , r more persons si-

ra ultane the time was per-

sect. D- O urse of the pro

gram tb u i quartettes were

renderedi ara Terveer, Mrs. IJ. Q Nej. q. Neptune and

Messrs. • and L. A. Ho.t-

house, 'ly enthused he I audience remainder of the I program rendered as folI low’s:

1. Chris' March. 2 Evenii Duet I «. Trio 4 Friend and Song--Vocal Quartette i 5. Conge: Duet I c. The D Duet

7 Shootii Trio 1 c Sil ver Quartette! 9. Charge sa rs Duet and Trio ,10. Jolly BDuet ill Come aiderryDance I cal Quartette | |-i» Ventre Galop Quartette

113. Ra ce f<p Duet i| U Quartette

I D't9. 4t\esI i Morning’. Wiegand II ’ piano Solo > I 3d les.

. Music or .Piano Solo s , Little Pc. Plano Solo L Light Ca . .Quartette Distribution by R eV ' .Father WittEach partUnnsicalM] Lxceptionally'ather Iken distribuen W 0 mas at the epical numIbcrs.

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Ccatur ; Indiana. Thursday, December 3I 1908

vr HG MISS. The i of the Indinents a 8 s d A T-

CROWD .The Pro. q u 1 Carried I pd

Vicksburg, hi George F. McGi < , en i surrendered unco 0 ]j Si most on the exac al Live years ago he Lade during the fin.._ Liege which resulted. ■ Vicksburg by Gen.

vss in the midst of Grahanii f or an accounting, demand I accompanying the de 2 025 wag gent to the Wells circuit Indiana monuments Hurt on change of venue. Lark. j'i‘ ; out un onrad Gallmeyer vs. Edward GallI general was ta en demurrer of plaintiff to second daughter of the con ‘ vra ph o f joint answer of Wilhelm Edwin Favor Noel,wife of -> ora Ga i lrae yer filed and overE " , n rmed only Reply and answer filed, governor, arm™ B of bright carmations. yg Hof f man . McGinnis’ position bTI^ CCOU nt, dismissed and costs ° gUeßtß Tthe flowers in the presented no ral as —

Mississippi to the u teran atty filed a new case ensentatlve of the llv deS Bowerg V s. Fred Hoff Vicksburg campaign.. sM nt on note, demand $350. been aPPt 0 ? * h t 0 pay h lard it was heF Alive This license has been issued L the heroes yet dediaker . 22. a farmer from dent was the seaU ‘ „^ led out asliana, and Sarah Anna . The P^ am rnors lighter of Daniel Schernounced. The . g extolled the hey were married at ar d Mississippi had utll ern ay afternoon at the ot toe “ d MWA H. «■»>' P“ r ““

location in thc There had bee» s . of a united nation- songs ot th( | n _„ s of the north en ts mark-? good time to I south- The g y anlte f ’ n the' 1 twenty-eight the new year the location of ‘ he vick8 burgl,d credit. The commands in the ly ready t „ haTheen transferred f I anfl , f SUS Estate of Indiana to I , f had been L ■ tion ___ -'°^7 _ 7^T^ected|y e »rom one to "I ow dwelling 1S , h Third|nes lig time ot and patton on I r | b :; e Tand when done S odernlioffle . ln bei 'tve a beautiful and m , as he ha* 6 scarce.

MAY GO TO OKLAHOMA SOON : I Rev. W. E. McCarty, one of the! oldest ministers of the Methodist! | Episcopal church, who has been! seiving supemumary relations for' the past two years in the North Indiana Methodist conference has received a telegram -from Bishop Quayle of Oklahoma City, informing him of his appointment to a work in Lawton, Oklahoma, a city of 15,000. Bev. McCarty when tseen Try a representative of the CommercialReview, said he was thinking favorably of accepting the appointment and as soon as he can arrange matters will leave for his new work. This work ws reserved for Rev. McCarty through district superintendent Wad e of Fort Wayne. Rev. McCarty is to be congratulated on receiving this appointment and his departure from Portland to his new work will be followed by the best wish--1 es of his many personal friends.— Portland Commercial-Review.

IN CIRCUIT COURT Action Taken in Telephone Company’s and Gallmeyer Cases CASES DISMISSED The Scott vs. Graham Case Goes to Wells County for Trial Attorney A. P. Beatty has entered appearance for the defendants In the case of James M. Rice et al vs. Chicago & Erie Railroad Co., a $2,000 damage suit. Sarah J. Straub vs. Daniel A. Straub divorce, rule to answer. Citizens’ Telephone Co. vs. Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway Co., SS,OOO damages. Judge Macy assumes jurisdiction. Motion filed by defendants to require plaintiff to separate his complaint into paragraphs, overruled; motion by defendants to strike out parts of each paragraph of complaint overruled. Motion filed by defendants to require plaintiff to make each paragraph of complaint more specific.

Lulu Johnson vs. Pleasant Johnson, divorce, default of defendant, answer filed by prosecuting attorney. Continetal Insurance Co. vs. Isaac L Summers et al, note $l5O, rule to answer made absolute within five days. Fulton Hardware Co. vs. M. 0. Ktanor et al, to foreclose mortgage, dismissed and costs paid. The cause of David E. Scott vs. L.

A TARIFF SESSION ] Much Tariff Discussion Ex- ’ pected at That I Time I ] many meetings Congressman Chaney Wants Wabash River Improved Washington, December 30.—Insurgents against the rules of the house o! representatives, and especially those insurgents who ar e intent upon a real revision of the Dingley tariff schedules in the coming Payne tariff bill, may prolong the special tariff session indefinitely. A count ot noses has revealed to the lesders of the lower house that a majority cannot be relied on to pass a rule through that body limiting debate on the Payne bill, and the indications now point tc a long debate. One of the chief reasons for the atitude of the Republicans in the house who will not stand for parliamentary proceedings under which the Dingley law was passed in the Fifty-fifth congress in 1897. That b’.il was passed by the house with only three days of general debate and five days of debate under the five-minute rule. Most of the time was consumed by the ways and means committee under a rule giving a special privilege to amend its own bill. As a result of t the parliamentary tactics, only one- > fifth ot th e Dingley bill was ever read to the house of representatives, and I there was practically no opportunity for amendment by the membership of the house. Some of the most in- > fluential members of the present house are expressing privately the opinion that no such rule can usher In the L Payne bill, and they declare they will join with the Democrats to prevent ■ the adoption of any such rule. Speak- ’ er Cannon is on record as saying that • he expects the coming session to last , a long time.

Washington, Dec. 30.—The work of preparing the revised tariff bill was resumed today by the subcommittee of the house ways and means commute. Two meetings were held today and there is every Uklihood that the tariff framing committee, which consists of the Republican members of the full committee, will continue to hold daily meetings until the time comes to report the bill to congress aj. the special session in March. Hundreds of letters and briefs are being received by the committee daily and the suggestions offered and changes requested are varied. Judge E. H. Gary has returned the printed copy of his testimony with the corrections ha desires made in the final report of the hearings. He does not change the substance of his testimony but has made several corrections in the figures which he gave while on the stand before the committee.

'Washington, Dec. 30.—Congressman Chaney will Introduce on Jan. 4, the day congress reconvenes a bill appropriating half a million dollars for the improvement of the Wabash river between Terre Haute and Vincennes. The introduction of this bill will mark the beginning of an active campaign before congress in behalf of the proposed Wabash river improvement in which commercial bodies, business men and farmers of western Indiana are very much Interested. PUBLIC MISADDRESSES MAIL Annual Report of Chicago Poetoffice Shows Large Figures.

Chicago, Dec. 29.—Out of every 146 . pieces of matter mailed the public | misaddresses one. At least that is the case in Chicago, as shown by the annual report of Postmaster Camp- I bell, made public today. During me last year the local office has handled the colossal total of 2,063,528,179 pieces of mail, including an income of $14,948,008. Salaries and incidental expenses were $5,268,590. The inquiry division sent to the dead letter office 1.556,723 pieces, of which 880,295 were postal cards, mostly of the ornamental variety. The value of money orders handled was $196,944,140, an increase of 15 per cent over the previous year.

OIRCULATION 2800 WEEKLY

Number 5o

REV. SEAMONS TO RETIRE At the close of this conference year, which will be in the spring. Rev. E. L. Semans, pastor of th e M. E. church of this city, will retire from the ministry. after thirty-nine long years of active service. Rev. Semans has been pastor of the local church for the last two years, and during that time he has mad e many devoted friends who regret that he has decided to quit the ministry. They fully appreciate, however, Mr. Seman’s long service as a pastor, during which time he has been a hard and faithful worker. He has bean active in all the departments of the church. The friends that Rev. Semans has made during his two years’ stay in this city are not confined to the membership of the Methodist church, by any means. In all the churches of to city he has many admirers.— Winchester Herald.

POLICE NOTIFIED Young Lady Visiting at Ossian Thought She Had Been Robbed OF • HER DIAMONDS Valued at Four Hundred Dollars Jewels Found in the Bed Springs

What was reported this morning as d a “mysterious diamond robbery" at d the little town of Ossian, ten miles y north of Bluffton, proved when finally p the mystery was solved, to be a good . joke on Miss Cora Hood, a sister of e Miss Alda Hood, a Bluffton school n teacher, and her guest, Miss Etta e Houk, of Noblesville, Ind. When Miss Il Hcod and her guest retired at 10:30 t last night Miss Houk, as was her cus- - tom, placed her four valuable rings, t a large solitaire diamond, two smallt er diamonds, and a large ruby ring, worth over S4OO, in a handkerchief, in which she securely tied them and then f placed rings and the s pocket of the gown in which she ree tired for the night. When she awoke - this morning she and Miss Hood were . caused the greatest of alarm from the t fact that the four rings and handkeri chief had strangely disappeared. Dilif gent search was made of the bed and j the room, but this first search failed to > reveal anything of the missing jeweli ry and further mystery was added for - the time being from the fact that, alr though the ladies concluded a thief 1 had been in the house they could not i account for the fact that he had not . taken either of their purses or bothr ered jewelry or other valuables in i open sight on a dresser. The window L of the room was raised about a foot > as they had left it and the theory t adopted was that they had been chlor- > oformed by a thief who was choicy , and had an eye for diamonds only. The ream door was unlocked also and the two ladles and the sister and mofhi er of Miss Hood wer e not positive > whether they had left it unlocked or the "thief' had done it. Being uni able to explain the mystery or get any clew to the rinlgs, the ladies ■ telephoned to Shariff Lipkey of this city to the Fort Wayne police and to ail jewelers to be on the lookout fnr the jewelry and the thieves. Sher- ' iff Lipkey went to Ossian on the 9:45 cir to help in the investigation and arrived just about the time that the rings wore recovered. In another and more careful search the ladies found the four rings all safely wrapped in the handkerchief, still in the bed. During the night they had slipped ! from Miss Houk’s poekeL and worked 'down into the bed springs, where they ; were found. —Bluffton News. DISTRIBUTION OF LEEDS ESTATE I New York, Dec. 29—The state tax appraisers’ report filed today at Minola, L. 1., shows Mrs. Nannie Stewart Leeds, widow of Wm. B. Leeds and his 1 second wife, receives $5,593,533 of the I estate proper and a villa at Newport ’ and other holdings to bring the total 1 to about $7,000,000. Wm. B. Leeds Jr. > sen of his second wife, receives sl.1 611,059, while Rudolph Gair Leeds s of Richmond. Ind., son by his first wife 1 receives one million outright. Leeds . died in Paris in June.