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■ . Indianapolis, Oct. 13.—Judge An- I U derson, in the federal court yesterday, < ■ denied the right of the government, |-. to remove Delavan Smith and Charles 1 |.■ R. Williams, owners of the Indian-j | spoils News, to the District of Co- j ■* lumbia to answer charges of criminal < ■ Bllbel preferred in an Indictment found 1 E * by the grand jury at Washington. In : ■ a verbal opinion delivered immediate- : I ly at the conclusion of the argument ■ by District Attorney Miller on the i ■ merits of the government’s conten- . ■ tion that the two defendants should i H he required to appear at Washington < ■ the court summarily announced that S Messrs. Smith and Williams would be B discharged. The alleged libelous arI tides were found in certain stories B and editorials published in the News B concerning the purchase of the PanaB ma canal from the French government The articles printed were "to ■ the effect that a syndicate had pur-. H chased the canal for $12,000,000 and ■ sold it to the government for $40,000,-’ i ■ COO. Those who alleged they had -been libeled were Charles P. Taft, ■ Theodore Roosevelt, Douglas Robin- ■ won, William Nelson Cromwell and J, others. Stuart McNamara, assistant ■fc United States attorney general, who H with Mr. Miller, has represented the H department of justice in the prosecu- | tion of the case, stated immediately ■ after the opinion was tnat || he could not tell what action, if any, ■ will be taken in Washington so far ■ as serving the papers on the two defl'' " fendants should they appear in the 11- District of Columbia. Mr. Miller M made a similar statement, declaring H that so far as his office is concerned fl the case will be dropped. “I do not ■> know whether any further action will H be taken at Washington or not," said H Mr. Miller. “I only know that so far ||l as we are concerned here the ease is ■ an en<” Ks . _4 o_ flfc The celebration of Columbus Day ■ at the K. of C. hall on Tuesday ■ evening was very interesting and a ■ large number of Knights and their B friends were present to take part in B tSe cfeWbratlon and the program was ■ carried out to perfection. D. D. Cos- ■ fee who was to be the speaker of the ■ .evening was not present on account of sickness, being unable to leave the H house. In his stead Fr. Eichinger of I Fort Wayne, was secured and he de- ■ livered an address appropriate to the i Irl occasion. He mentioned several im- ; |H portant events which took place durB| ing the time of Columbus and the 111 difficulties he underwent until he dis- : B| covered this glorious country. Dur||B ing the program very interesting 111 music was furnished in which Miss ; 111 Genevieve Berling rendered several B| selections. Miss Naomi Niblick, Ag- ■ nes Melbers, Agnes Kohne also ren|Hdered several beautiful pieces. Miss , ■ Clara Terveer rendered a vocal solo , |H accompanied by her sister on the , piano. • Mrs. Louis Holthouse also : l|Bgave a vocal solo accompanied by 9 Miss Naomi Niblick. After the pro- f |flgram was concluded a pedro party ( Hjwas held for those present and unt’l , /Bjk late u> the lovers of thie game i Snrere entertained and prizes awarded. , B|| ————o i ■ Willard Steele, the well known far- j HBmer. who lives east of the city, and < the owner of Steele’s park, the most « rair grounds in the state < as can be found within a radius < gßof severs hundred miles of this place P |Hte soon to become a resident of De- < Ajt present he and Mrs. Steele 1 discussing the plans for a hand- £ and modern brick veneer res!- 1 to be erected on First street, t Steele owns the old court house < Bfluilding, which will be torn down 1 Bflnd the home will be built there, i Bfl’lie tenants have already moved out I Bflnd the work of preparing the lot for « will begin within a few days. < Bflfo Contract has been let yet and Mr. < Hfljteele has not fully determined as s ■Bo all the plans. It is quite likely v Bflhat a large part of the work will be t Bflompleted this fall, before the real f ■Mold weather begins and that the fin- r touches will be put on in the t Blkriy spring as soon as the weather v ■Brill permit. Mr. Steele has worked I jgMard all his life and proposes to enjoy f |Ae luxuries and conveniences of city t Hgßfe during the remainder of his days, t ■Bis home on First street x will make t gfl yery convenient also for his daily v H9sps to his big farm which he will t ■Kn’inue to manage. s Ho APPOINT LOUISVILLE BISHOP 881 N O’Donaghue Seems to Be the d ■flf&t' Most Favored. S' ——— . e Oct. 13,-That the lit. I> K-Denis UJ'Donaghue, auxiliary k I

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bishop of Indianapolis, will be assigned to succeed the late Rt. Rev. Bishop McCloskey of Louisville is said to be the general Impression among the I Indianapolis clergy of the Catholic ' church who are Watching the progress of the appointment of a Louisville bishop. Although, the final action in Rome z which will decide the appointment definitely cannot be predicted with certainty, it is said that Bishop O’Donaghue is popular with both the clergy and the laity of the Louisville diocese and that sentiment among the clergy whose duty it is to send names to Reme favors him. A meeting of the Irremovable rectors of the diocese, who together with the bishops of the province send six names to Rome, has already been held in Louisville, although the names decided on by them have never been made publie It has been said, however, that the sentiment among the priests was strongly in favor of Bishop O’Donaghue. The bishops of the pro. vlnce will nieet next week to select the remaining three names which will be sent to Rome immediately. ■ o— Cleveland, 0., Oct 13.—“1t is the same old story',’’ said Dr. Cook when he was shown the statement issued by Commander Peary, together With the ma<K accompanying it. I have replied to the points raised a dozen times,” he continued. "The map published by Commander Peary in itseU indicates that the Eskimos have respected their promise made to me, and. that they would not give any information to" Peary or his men. Mr. Whitney has said that .during the cross examination conducted by Commander Peary and others of his expedition that Eskimos did not understand the questions put to them or the map which was laid before them. Their replies to the questions put have been twisted to suit a perverted interest, I will not enter into any argument about the matter, but I will bring the Eskimos to New York at my own expense and they will prove, as did Mr. Whitngy, all that I have claimed.” The doctor contln-' ued: "Reasmussen, who will be here shortly, has seen the Eskimos and knows the real story. They did not try to, deceive him. He was with them for fourteen days. They know him and ( t|old him everything. He speaks the Eskimo language, for he is a semi-Eskimo himself, and the people have the most, complete confidence in him. That is all I have to pay now.” o The city council held a special session Tuesday night, this being the time as advertised for hearing objections to the construction of a cement sidewalk on the north side of Monroe street, between Third and Fourth streets. All members were present excepting Mr. Van Camp. Mayor France being absent, Mr. Christen was selected as chairman of the meet, ing and the council at once proceeded to business. Attorney J. C. Moran, representing John Webber, the Hessler Brothers! and the Smith heirs, all the property owners along the route where the proposed sidewalk is to be built, presented a petition asking that the sidewalk be constructed al6ng the curb, setting up the facts that this is a business distract and that besides those places of business now located there, Mr. Webber is contemplating the erection of a block where the feed yard is now located. This petition was adopted and order placed on record. A resolution was then adopted showing that the benefits will exceed the cost of construction and the matter was al- : lowed to go over for the present. It is likely that the sidewalk will be built next to the curb and will be < eight feet wide instead of six on ac- ] count of the telephone poles which | cannot be moved, It is also probable that the walk will not be built until next spring because of the fact < that the cold weather ma*es it bad < for building cement walks. Proof of < notice of advertising for outstanding ' bonds, thus shutting off the interest < was filed. The notice from the Cop- 1 pock company telling of the plans < for the payment of an account held ’ by the city was read and the proposi- ] tion accepted. The council adjourned s until Thursday evening when they < will meet again in special session for < the purpose ,pf appointing the in- < spectors for the city election. S o-, —1 One thousand thirty-second degree t Masons, all attired in full evening t dress, assembled in one of the hand- 1 somest consistory rooms in the Unit- t ed States will be an occasion long to c be remembered by Masons of the nor- j i them Indiana 'Masonic jurisdiction i

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of America. This is the scene that will meet the eyes of the new Fort Wayne Scottish Rite cathedral, for tne officers of the consistory have requested that all thirty-second degree Masons attending the ceremonies be in full evening attire if convenient. This is one of the great many things which will render the ceremonies attending the dedication long to be remembered by the Masons who participate. The committee of the whole, in charge of the arrangements which are being made rapidly noW- with the dedication but a month away, met last night for important consideration of its plans. The new pipe organ in the new cathedral is being installed and erected and wi'l be ready for the consecration and dedication ceremonies on November 16, 17 ‘and 18. This organ is said to be one of the finest instruments constructed and tike music for the coming event has been especially prepared for this one spec, ial occasion.—Fort Wayne JournalGazette. - o —t-- . HE AVOIDED ARREST Charles Bunn Owes a Board Bill M this City. Charles Bunn, whose wife has a divorce suit pending in the circuit court got out of this city Monday afternoon in time to avoid an arrest and a trip te Decatur on the charge of beating a board bill. Only the fact that the deputy marshal who was here from Decatur did not know Bunn and had not been able to find the marshal, who was busy in another portion of the city, saved his arrest. Bunn arrived in this city" Sunday from An-, derson, where he had been working. He went to the home of his wife’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Wolfcale Sunday night, but Mrs. Bunn was not there. It is claimed that he threatened at that time to kill his wife if she got a divorce and then went out on the" street to search for her. She, however, was with a lady friend for the night, anticipating the call and not wishing to see hhn. It is alleged that he said before leaving the city Monday that he would return and kill his wife and the officers watched for him, but he did Aot,return.—Bluffton Banner. — -o- — The Bluffton News said Tuesday evening: Judge Merryman came from Decatur at noon to take up the cases against Manson Reiff, in which he was appointed as special judge, and the first step was to take up the motions to quash the affidavits, three in number, one for selling liquor to a minor, one for keeping and operating a place where liquor was sold illegally, and a' third alleging the sale of liquor in quantities less than five gallons without a license. Motions to quash had been made by Reiff’s attorneys, Elch. horn & Vaughn, and Judge Vaughn appeared alone in behalf of Reiff as his partner, Mr. Eichhorn, missed the train home from New York City last night, where he had gone on business. Judge Merryman overruled the motion to squash the affidavits in the first case, charging a sale to a minor, but indicated that he would sustain the motions to quash the other two affidavits because of technical points. With a decision of Judge Monks as a precedent Judge Merryman was of the opinion that the two affidavits as written would not stand. He had not made the formal entry to that effect on the docket at three o’clock, and said he would read the decisions on the point carefully before doing so. The case in the first affidavit probably will go to trial late this afternoon or tomorrow. The state's attorneys say that two new affidavits will replace those quashed but they cannot be tried this term, and the de. lay they say will be the chief point gained by the defense. — o_ i A quiet wedding occurred in this city at 5 o’clock Tuesday night, the contracting parties being Hon. Albert O. Marsh and Mrs. Sarah J. Miller. The ceremony took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Ellingham, it being witnessed by but a few of the close relatives, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thomas, and Dr. and Mre. Bader S. Hunt all of Winchester, Rev. Sherman S. Powell, pastor of the Methodist church officiating. Following the ceremony a wedding dinner was served. Judge Marsh is the present U. S. pension agent for Indiana and a man of prominence and well known throughout the state. Mrs. Miller is the ,foidow of the late Col. M. B. Miller, .who also was quite well known, and this marriage is the culmination of a comradeship of many years in which the two families were connected by the strong ties of friend-■-1- • - X

. ... . ship. Judge Marsh is now serving his second term or eight years in his present position, and after its com-' pletlon. they will take up their residence In Winchester, where they both have the most of their lifetime and whtjre too. their friends are legton. . It was announced here today that Him. Albert O. Marsh and Mrs. M. B. Miller, two of most prominent citizens are to be married Tuesday ;at the home of Mr. and Mrs. uew Ellingham at Decatur. The announcement will come in the way of a surprise to a large number of local citizens. Mr. Marsh is one of the leading public men of the state. He served as judge of the Randolph circuit court for nine years, and for a number of years he has acted as United pension agent at Indianapolis. The bride is prominent In social 1 circles in Winchester. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh will make their future home in this city—Winchester Herald. a— —o Harmon Bosse who on last Thursi day was taken to St. Joseph’s hospital at Fort Wayne, on account of blood poison and tuberculosis, which had ; fettled in his left limb, was operated on at three o’clock Monday afternoon. ! The operation was performed by Dr. ! McOscar assisted by Dr. Harry Erwin. ; They scraped the bone and removed some of the poisonous flesh which had i accumulated there. He was under the Influence of ether for about forty mini utes which he stood quite well and i rallied nicely. He is at present resting as good as could be expected, but . whether fife will fully recover from i this operation is not an assured fact. H§ is receiving the best medical attention that can be given and his > friends are Always glad to hear of i his improvement. His father and i mother were present at the operation ■ and are now more hopeful since the ■ operation is 6ver. Mrs. Bosse re- > turned home yesterday from his bedt side. ..y , ; O t THE FUNERAL THIS MORNING i —— The funeral of Mps. Joseph Harris occurred yesterday from the house on west Monroe street at ten o'clock the services being in charge of the i Rebekah lodge, Rev. Sherman Powell i officiating. It was a Beautiful service i and largely attended, thus showing ! the esteem with which she was held i by her many acquaintances in the city. • Interment was made in the Decatur , cemetery. > ——Q ■■ ■ k HAVE THE OPENING TOMORROW K —u—- ■ Niblick A Company Give a Cloak Opening Alt Day TomorrowThe big Niblick & Co. store have i their cloak opening tomorrow and at i that time they will have on display . the newest and the best that is supplied by the manufacturers. It is always a great day at this store and > tomorrow will doubtless be but a repetition of their many other events of this kind) They carry a large half section elsewhere in our advertising columns, and you are invited to inspect the advertisement and also the opening tomorrow. o Pittsburg, Pa., October 13.—(Special to Dally Democrat)—They’re off again at Forbes Field, play on the fifth of the world’s series starting at two o’clock eastern time, and with a crowd present that more than gladdened the hearts of the team owners, who get practically the entire receipts. The umpires are Johnstone and O’Laughlin. The batteries are Adams and Gibson for Pittsburg and Summers and Stanage for Detroit. The scofe by innings and by play was as follows: ♦ First inning— Detroit—D. Jones/ the first man up, sent a home run crashing into the center field bleachers, causing the De. troit fans to go wild with joy. Bush, the next man up walked; Cobb filed to Leach; Crawford singled; Delehanty fanned; Moriarity popped to Abstain. One run, two hits, no errors. Pittsburg—Syrne singled; Leach beat out a bunt; Clark sacrificed and was out Stanage to Jones; Wagner was allowed to walk, filling the bases; Summers was cool and after fanning Miller, allowed Absteln to walk in an effort to repeat the effort, forcing Byrne across the plate; Wilson fanned. One run,, two hits, no errors. Second inning— Detroit—Jones died to Wilson: Stanage fanned and Summers did likewise. No runs, no hits, no errors. Pittsburg—Gibson singled; Adams

sacrificed and was out Summers to , Jones; Byrne smashed one to right field that looked good, but Delehanty made a marvelous pickup and threw him out at first A wild pitch then allowed Gibson to score; Leach boosted one to Crawford. One run, one hit, no error. Third inning— Detroit—Davy Jones flied to Leach; Bush fanned; Byrne was waiting for. Cobb's roller and threw him out. No runs, no hits, no errors. Pittsburg—Clark walked® Wagner singled; Miller out Bush to Jones, Clark scoring on the play; Abstein out Moriarty to Jones;Wilson grounded to Bush. One run, one hit no errors. Fourth inning— Detroit —Crawford out Wagner to Abstain; Delehanty fanned; Moriarty out Miller to Abstain. Nb runs, no hits, no errors. Pittsburg—Moriarity threw Gibson out at first; Adams fanned, and Byrne filed to Leach. No runs, no hits, no errors. Fifth inning— Detroit—T. Jones hit a double to left field; Stanage fanned; Summers repeated the trick and Jones flied to Clark. No runs, one hit, no errors. Pittsburg—Leach flied to lef; Clark bunted and was safe; Wagner out Bush to Jones; Miller out Moriarty to Jones. No runs, one hit, no error. Sixth inning— Detroit—Bush fanned; Cobb singled; Crawford doubled scoring Cobb; Delehanty was safe at second when the famous Wagner allowed a fast grounder to go through and Crawford scored on the same play; Moriarity flied to Clark; Jones fouled to Abstein. Two runs, two hits, one error. Pittsburg —Abstein flied to Bush; Wilson out tq Jones unassisted; Gibson out Bush to Jones. No runs, no hits, no errors. Seventh inning— Detroit —Mclntyre batted for Stanage, and went out to Abstein unassisted; Summers out same route; D. Jones out Byrne to Abstein. No runs, no hits, no errors. Pittsburg—Schmidt now catching' for Detroit Adams fanned; Byrne singled; Leach singled putting Byrne on third; then big fielder Clark broke it up with a screaming home run, scoring Byrne and Leach ahead of him; Wagner was hit by a pitched ball and went to first, stole second, then stole third and scored on Schmidt’s high throw; Miller flied to left; Abstein fanned. Four runs, three hits, one error. Efighth inning— Detroit —Bush filed to Leach; Cobb bunted and was out Adams to Abstain; Crawford then put one out to the fence for a home run, the third made during the game; Delehanty out Byrne to Abstein. One run one hit, no error. Pittsburg —Wilson doubled and scored on Gibson’s single; Willets was put in to pitch, relieving Summers; Adams popped to T. Jones; Gibson stole second; ’ Byrne struck out; Gibson was out stealing third. One run, two hits, no errors. Ninth inning— Detroit—Moriarty popped to Byrne; Jones safe on Wagner’s error; Schmidt out Wagner to Abstein; Mullen batted for Willets and flied to Wagner. No runs, no hits, one error. Totals— Detroit —Four runs, six hits, on eerror. Pittsburg—Eight runs, ten hits, two errors. • “The Girt That’s All the Candy” which comes to the Bosse opera house next Monday, Oct. 18, is a far better show than usually comes to towns of our size. It is a show that plays New York, Chicago and all the big ; cities. Mr. Bosse our local opera ’ house manager, should be congratulated in securing such an attraction ' and to encourage him to bring more 1 companies. Our people should turn ’ out and support it. Mr. Bosse’s -con- 1 tract calls for the very same productions as given in the large cities. Every piece of scehery and all cos- i tumes must be used. Nothing cut 1 and the prices to be 25c., 50c., 75c. It will be the very same show you will pay $1.50 to see in Detroit, Chicago. Cincinnati or any one of the large cities. It is a big expensive show and our opera house will have ’ to be packed for the company to break even. It is the first time they i have ever played for this low admis- ' sion and in order to hold the admission as stated Mr. Bosse was obliged to guarantee the company that their i receipts would be at least S3OO. If ; our' people don’t turn out and support this attraction they can’t expect Mr. 1 I A

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Bosse to bring any more such companies here. — —o- ' The Indiana Lighting company are still making a determined effort to make Bluffton an up-to-date town by furnishing them with artificial gasf' jbut so far the stubborn ones of that 'slow and unappreciative town have not quit fighting, and still refuse to , allow the company to enter the city without a law suit. To prove that the town has not been imposed on when the Indiana company offers to furnish them gas for one dollar per thousand cubic feet, Mr. Mulholland has prepared a list of all the cities in this state have a population of between five and twenty-two thousand people and the price paid for gas. In none of them is the price lees than one dollar excepting Vincennes, where it is just five cents less. In many it runs as high as $1.50, and the average is $1.25 for lighting and $1.19 for fuel. Over the entire state there is but one place with but 5,000 inhabitants where the rate is so low as one dollar and that is at Plymouth. This fact proven by these figures, makes Decatur people the gladder that they have treated the Indiana company at least with respect In doing so we have secured the fuel quicker and our people feel assured that they will always be given fair treatment in return. The matter comes up before the Bluffton council again on Friday evening when the Indiana company will make one more effort to secure an amicable settlement with the Bluffton people. —— o The Ladies* Aid Society of the United Brethren church will meet tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. Thomas Fisher on Madison street. Several important questions will be talked on and all the members are Requested to be present The Aid Society of the United Brethren church will give a social . — - tomorrow night at the home of Mrs. D. V. Steele. The proceeds will be , added to the fund for paying off the , parsonage debt. A pleasant social time with music is promised. A penny luncheon will [dd enjoyment to the evening’s entertainment Each person on being served will count out a penny for his plate and add a penny for everything he eats. Remember the social is tomorrow night at the home of Mrs. D. V. Steele cm west Monroe street. The Historical Club was entertained -by Mrs. Mary Congleton at her home on Third street Tuesday night, a large number being present The paper “Fisheries of Alaska” was read by Mrs. Crabbs. The next meeting scheduled to occur at the home of M>s. Biackburn will be held with Mrs. D. W. Meyers, a change having been made. The meeting of the Euterpean Society has been postponed from Thursday to Friday evening, the place . of meeting this week being at the home of Mrs. Fred Fruchte. Miss Ludella Hoile, the beautiful daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hoile, who reside in Union township, will Sunday be united in marriage to Mr. August J. Rucklos, of Omaha, Neb. The wedding services will take at the Evangelical Lutheran church at two-thirty p. m. Immediately after the services they will proceed to the home of the bride’s parents where an elegant dinner will be served to those invited. A hundred and fifty invitations have been issued and throughout the afternoon and evening the guests will be entertained. The bride is a beautiful and accomplished young lady, while Mr. Rucklos is a bright young man and engaged in business at Omaha. The many good wishes of their many friends will be with them always. o— —— Lem Colbert, the well known Warren citizen, has sold his farm north of that city for SIOO an acre. The land amounted to 80 acres. Mr. Colbert lives in Marion and the farm was worked by his son.—Bluffton News. John Weinland and wife, who yesterday sold their residence on east Washington street to George Sickler, are arranging to move next week onto the farm of her father. Peter Myers, lying about a mile south of Vera Cruz. Mr. Weinland will farm the place. Mr. and Mrs. Myers will move on the Fred Beeler farm, just south of Vera Cruz, which they bought recently—Bluffton News.

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