Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 27 February 1903 — Page 4

Rural Route News. - 4 Route Two- ( Miss Minnie Brown has the mumps, i Edward Stmmermau shredded sod- f der yesterday. Albert Reppert will build a new barn in the spring. Reuben Beery had a runaway last Wednesday evening. Jacob Heller made a business trip to Bluffton, yesterday. Markans Jahn is improving his place with a new wire fence. Marion Reber will make his home with Frank Briner this summer. Twenty or more have already been converted during the meeting at the Zion church. Mr. Heller will keep account of his tobacco trade and see how much he sells in a year. Goldie Briner, Maggie and Edith i Beery, Jennie and Thomas Bright.Pearl and Roy Heller were the guests of Lizzie Crist, Sunday. Route Two. Peterson. M. J. Moore loaded hogs here, > Thursday. I ( E. Bienke hauled corn to this berg , this week. Miss Sadie Weldy is visiting friends at Monroe. Samuel Weldy and Grace Lewton were seen in Monroe last Sunday i night. Quite a number of people from this ] place were seen at the services at Honduras, Sunday night. The institute which was held north of Preble, Saturday, February 21st, was well attended. All the teachers of this township were present. Henry Briner aroused from sleep the other night and found that there was something bright somewhere. Thinking it to be a twenty dollar gold piece he got up and imagine his i surprise when he found it to be noth , ing but a Clover Leaf caboose burn ing. Homer Andrews, the young man J who brought his mother’s’lard bucket I to school instead of his dinner pail, is ’ having trouble of some kind again. It is reported that Mr. Laughrey, the | leacher. had to provide him with some ' playthings to keep him awake the other day. Jesse Moore and William Johnson | shredding fodder at George] Crist's, last Tuesday. From there] they pulled to Nathan Ehrman's, and in moving the machines from there tow’ard home they had the misfortune of having “Old jerry,’’ as they com monly call their engine, get in the 1 ditch. In trying to get it out they : broke a bolster block over the front trucks which will need be repaired before they can go farther.

——Will Open NextSaturday, Feb. 28 • •- T" ■ -Hm-—imi7T-Bl m IIIT—B Having secured our room four days earlier than we at first expected, we will be able to open our new clothing store Saturday, Feb. 28 Our line is Brand New and strictly Up-to-date. Those desiring the latest and best things in Men’s, Boys and Children’s Wearing Apparel will do well to see us before they purchase. Acker, Elzey & Vance,AMß Southeast Corner Madison and Second Streets

NEW YORK DAY BY DAYJ The company that will present “New York Day by Day” at Bosse’s opera house on Monday. March 2, is identically the same and with the same equipment of scenery and elecTHE MELO DRAMATIC SUCCESS y* n - 1 I f rtf? ' - -WSbHsß't SUL CANNCTSEE - SHE IS BLIND trical effects that is seen in the large cities. The production is an expensive one and all that is required of the local theatre is a clear stage, every set being carried complete by the organization. ————— For Sale —Owing to poor health I will sell my store and property at Magley, Indiana, or trade same for I farm or town properry. Anyone wanting to go into business would do well to come and investigate same or write Robert Case, Maglev, Indiana. d39wsOtf Many new silk waist ginghams at True’s. 38t6 . The undersigned will offer at pub- ' lie sale at his resideuc one and three- | quarter miles south of Monroe, on | Friday, March 6, 1903, beginning at I ten a. m., the following personal i property, to wit: Two mares, 1 cow, I fresh soon 8 head ewes. 4 2-horse wag- | ons 23-inch tires,one l|-inch,one block ] wheels; carriage, canopy top buggv, top buggy, Milwaukee binder, Champion mower, Buckeye mower, hay . tedder. Johnson reaper, sulky or ridI ing breaking plow, 2 horse breaking I plow, single and double shovel plows, ] sulky spring tooth cultivator with J grain sowing attachments, spike harrow. knife harrow, heavy roller, clod rasp, feed grinder, horse power for four horses, cider press, bob-sleds, ] fanning mill, gravel bed, single and double, light and heavy harness; 8 tons of hay. Terms of sale—Sums of 85 and under cash in hand; over $5 a 1 credit of nine months will be given. |R. E. Smith. Fred Reppert, Auc.

Weather Forecast. Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday, with showers north portion, probably turning to snow flurries, i Colder. HOME MARKETS. [ NOTICE TO HERCHANTS. You are invited to insert in this column, free of charge, the price you will pay for any farm product. Accurate prices paid by Decatur j merchants for various products. Cor rected every day. GRAIN. BY E. L. CARROL, GRAIN MERCHANT. Wheat, new $ 101 Corn, per cwt, yellow (new) til) ] Corn, per cwt., (new) mixed 58 i Oats, new 33 | Rye . 46 I Barlev 45; Clover Seed ...4 50 (o 5 65 Alsyke 6 00 @ 6 50 Timothy 1 601 Buckwheat 65 Flax Seed _ 1 10 TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3:001 o’clock by J. D. Hale, Decatur. ] Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, red, cash .$ 77 May wheat 79.’ July wheat. 76J ; Cash corn, No. 2, mixed, cash 46 , May corn 46 ' July corn 45J Oats, cash 38 Oats, May _ 38 Oats, July 363 Rye, cash 54 J STOCK. BY FRED SCHEIMAN, DEALER. Lambs 4J @ 5 Hogs, per cwt. .$6 25 @ 86 75 Cattle per lb 3 @ 4 Calves, per lb 5| @ 6 Cows 2 @ 3 ] Sheep, per lb 2J 3 j Beef Hides, per lb 6 POULTRY. BY J. W. PLACE CO., PACKERS. Chickens, per lb .09 Fowls, per lb. 09 Ducks, per lb 10 Turkeys, per lb. 12 to 13 Geese, per lb .06 WOOL AND HIDES. BY B. KALVER & SON. Wool 15c to 18 Sheep pelts 40c to 81 00 Beef hides, per pound .. 06 Calf hides 07 J Coon hides 40c «r 1 35 Possum hides 15c @ 60 Skunk hides 25c @ 1 30 Mink hides 50c n 2 25 Muskrat hides 10c @ 18 Tallow, per pound OH CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1:15 p. m. today as follows: Wheat, May 5 77| Wheat, July 74 Corn, May 47| Corn, July 45 ' Oats, May 35J ] Oats. Julv 33 | May Pork .$lB 00 . July Pork .817 45 Lard, per cwt 9 62 — HAY /TARKET. No. 1 timothy hay 810.00 ,/ 111.501 No 1 mixed hay (baled) No. 1 clover hay (baled) - __.56.00 dtt $7.50 Losse hay $1.50 less. COAL. Anthracite $ 9 00 I Domestic, lump ..„ 4 75 Domestic, nut 4 50 OIL /TARKET. Tiona $1.67 Pennsylvania 1.52 Corning 1.35 New Castle 1.29 North Lima 1,14 South Lima 1.06 Indiana 1.06 OTHER PRODUCTS. BY VARIOCS GROCERS AND MERCHANTS. Eggs, fresh, per doz $ 12 Butter, per pound 12 Potatoes, per bushel 45 /TARKET NOTES. Liverpool market closed j to.', cent higher on wheat. Corn closed J cent lower. Receipts at Chicago today: Hogs 23,0011 Wheat 7 cars 1 1 " rt| 291 cars! Oats lot: cars Estimate for tomorrow: Hogs 39.000 Wheat 20 cars Corn- 320 cars Gate............. —l5O cars 1

MARKET QUOTATIONS Prevailing Current Prices for Grain, Provisions and Livestock. — Indianapolis Grain and Livestock. Wheat—Weg:.n. :6c; '>•>• - re 1 xr'mf ■ Corn— Steady; No. S mixed. C> Oat--Steady; No. 1 mixed, :4 CMtie-Slow tit $3.50 45.50 Hop—Quiet at ><’«• Sheep—steady at >2 83.50 Jjwnba-Steady at Grain and Provisions at Chicago* Opened. Closed. | WheatFeb » • * ] July " Corn— Feb 3 i . I July u 8 Oats—m M»y July.... " • Pork— Feb ■■■!"' «■«» July f’- 84 1,45 Lard— I Feb »•« ] Mar 9K July 9 - 5: *- 5 ‘ I Ribs— Feb , Mav I July M (•] . - . ■ corn 44c; oats. 35e; pork, I17.»5; lard, UUi ribs 19.12, At Louisville. Wheat —No. 2 new, 79c Corn—No. 3 white, file; No. 3 mixed, 50* Oats—No. 2 mixed, p c; No. 2 white. 4l‘jC Cattle-Steady at $2.75 <14.75 i Hoks—Steady nt $ Sheep—Steady at >2 3.75 Lambs—Steady at 13.50(35.15 At Cincinnati. Wheat—Quiet; No. 2 re I. c Corn—Steady; No. 2 mixed 47c Oats—Steady ; No. 2 mixed. 38 Cattle—Steady at |2054.70 Hogs—Active at Sheep—Strong at $2 Lambs—Strong at 150&65 Livestock at Chicago. Cattle—Siow; steer,. stocksri and feeders. Hogs—Steady at 50.30.^7.A0 Sheep—Steady at Lambs —Steady at At New York. Cattle—Slow at 53.7515.30 Hoga—Qniet at 55.75H7.40 Sheep—Steady at 82.25 >5 4-' Ijimbs—Steady at 82.25$ 10 At East Buffalo. Cattle— Steady at 52.75/B5 2.. Hogs—Active at Sheep—Steady at 82 2.754.10 Lamb) —Steady at 14.75 40 j<s FORT WAYNE STIRRED UP Grand Jury Returns Indictments of Sensational Kind. - Fort Wayne, Ind.. Feb. 27.—Fort Wayne is in the thick of the greatest sensation it has known for years. The grand jury made its report yesterday and drew up indictments by the wholesale. The most sensational disclosure was the indictment of Henry J. Miller, a capitalist and a stockholder of the Jenney Electric Light and Power company, charged with bribing a councilman. An indictment was returned against William Meyer, former auditor of Allen county, charging him with misconduct in office. Harry F. France and John Huser. who just retired from terms as justices of the peace, and Emanuel Strass. Benjamin W. Skelton and Michael Tansey, reI centiy elected justices, all of Fort Wayne, were indicted on charges of irregularities. Among the seventyfour persons indicted were the proprietors of gambling houses. The charge against Miller is that he bribed George Hench. chairman of the city council committee on contracts and franchises. Twenty Rounds to a Draw. San r rancisco, Feb. 27. —Alter twenty rounds of fast fighting. Referee Graney declared the bout last night between Young Corbett of Denver and I Eddie Hanlon of San Francisco a draw. Mrs. Fairbanks’ Re-election. Washington. Feb. 27.—Mrs. Cornelia i Cole Fairbanks of Indiana, the wife .i. ! the senior senator from that state, was yesterday unanimously re-elected president-general of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Hrenklnu the Silence A little tot ot about five suinmers held a place recently tn one of the I United States supreme court seats while the learned justice* were hand ing down their weighty decisions The : court was the embodiment of dignity, so mu<-h so that it was almost oppress Ire. The little girl fidgeted in hei place as the justices in monotonous tones expounded tine [mints of law and site shook her head, adorned with p big picture hat. in impatience There came a pause One justice ceased to speak, as he had given forth all lie had to say on some important litigation. The silence wa« thick enough to l>e cut witli a knife, ns they sometimes any in the books. The mes ■enger by the noiseless folding doors slilftd from one foot to the other, the throng of lawyers within tile bar wait tai breathlessly for the next decision to he nnnoum od. Still no justice spoke. It wns more than the little girl with n picture hat could enduro. “Mamma," said she In n voice audible even up to the Judicial bench, “why don't some one Inugh)”—New York Tribune. -| ~ _ Hnrlirrlna r«e<| n c an Ar( Time was when barbering was n way up art. In undent times barlwrs were surgeons, the only peraon* who could I acdentlfically "let blood." In i, ((ll(lon i tb<*re is still a btrber surgeon clang ] They [mssess a cap given the guild by Charles 11. Around the barber’s pole ] still twines the »naU 11,.. subtlest i benst of the field, a survival of the brawn serpent lifted up in the wilderness f the symbol ot the healing art.

1 HUNK BRUIE Albert Knapp Ms to the Murder of Five Persons. Two Girl. Are the Victim. Thus Far Revealed. indication. Pent to Further Revel, tions of Arch-Criminal's Astounding Villainies. Indianapolis. Fl ' bruarV . " ...'Xs Knapp, arrested in this c.t> • dav suspected of only one murder, that of his wife at Hamilton, 0.. lies in th Butler county jail at Hamilton elf I confessed the most depraved crimins run to earth since the crimes of H. H Holmes were laid bare in 1895 ' that arch criminal hanged at Pbila , delphia. ~ | Yesterday afternoon Knapp coolly admitted the following murders, and' I the Hamilton police believe that there . I are more tc come: | Emma Littleman. killed in a t incin 1 nati lumber yard. Jan. 21. 1894. Mary Eckert, a child, strangled tc | I death opposite the Cincinnati Y. M. C , : A.. Aug. 1. 1894. Jennie Conners Knapp, his second wife, murdered in Cincinnati an.i ■ ■ thrown into a canal there, ug 4. 1894 Ida Gebhard, a child assaulted and i , murdered in West Indianapolis. July 19, 1895; ner body was found several days later in a barn in West Indianap olis. Hannah Goddard Knapp, his third wife, murdered at Hamilton. 0.. and her body thrown into the Miami river Dec. 22. 1902. In addition to these awful crimes ; Knapp has served five prison sen ] tences, three for larceny and two foil assault. He has served two terms al I Jeffersonville, one at Columbus, O. i one at Joliet. 111., and one at Michigan > ; City, to which prison he was sent from, Indianapolis in 1896 for a brutal as j sault on Bessie Drapier a child. Since his return to this city in De , | cember he has. the police feel sure | been guilty of two barn burnings When he was convicted for the Drapiet ] assault he threatened to get even with ■ everyone concerned in his conviction ‘ Ex-Sheriff Womack, then sheriff, gain ed his enmity. His barn was recently , burned and several thousand dollars | worth of fine horses and imported cat tie were roasted to death. Al Board man was one of the jurors who con vlcted him. His barn was burned six or seven weeks ago. Almost every hour adds to the long list of crimes laid at the man's door. Hannah Goddard Knapp, the mur derer s third wife, called at the office of an Indianapolis attorney last Octo 1 oer and asked him to bring divorce j proceedings for her. She said she feared her husband would murder her as he had made threats He told hei she had not lived In Indianapolis long enough for a divorce case to be filed in the local courts.

A DESIRE TO CHOKE Knapp Could Not Resist Fiendish Im pulse to Kill. Hamilton. Ohio, Feb. 27.—Albert A Knapp, the selfconfessed murderer made an extensive statement last night at the jail. He adhered to his I written confession and added some points. Os these the most Interesting relates to the fate of his first wife Emma Stubbs, whose fate had been overlooked. Knapp declares that she is still alive and is now in Ixtuisville Ky. He says that she got a divorce from him and that he lost track of her except that he heard that she was in Louisville. Another chapter was added to Knapp's confessed career last night when he asserted that he was implicated in several holdups here last December Knapp was askewhy he committed his various crimes and how he felt when he was choking a woman to death He said: I can t tell you. I was seized witl an irresistible desire to choke them and I cannot help lt . i coulll not le , go when I onoe began, even if 1 ' n#V * r fP, ‘ l " ny ’••‘morse only a feeling of satisfaction when I are .lead j Marv ?/ V * ry ” Cept ,h *‘ whhamwV s’ ChOk, ‘ d ,ha ' wtJ ? Ut ' Co,lld ha '- « Marv IJ n d ‘ ' *°' arc l' l * lnt «d with Useml a 7"' O ' U,r ’“"' a “ tiseman., and when she went to Cin cS“a I V "' ted hPr a ' hfr aL" choked her to death one night ' littUeX Gl e \ lhM afiaa ” lted for. s ° hhard at Indianapolis be Who h«™ee r n*K ” her Evvry d<x, ‘"’ h«> i n knapp here agrees that the mn~° r * PerWt ' alrallar “Jack Sfacuon Xm* ’ hß ' be finda dre' °n * n Choklna and chll •ion onow o‘; ai *-i Fmma UttUm West street , ,BBb * r >'»rd 1n **■*■- >. •treet. oppo.b e thp y * « 'Valnut clnnatl On August 7 C,n •> •«*. '«■ ' lie aer the canal bridge in HI K " apT ' " n

canal, m mmanapons, m 1 killed Ida Gebhard. On DecembeJ 22, 1902. I killed my wife, Hannah Knapp, at 339 South Fourth street ln Hamilton. 0.. and threw her into the river, out by Lindenwald. This is the truth. ALBERT KNAPP." •1 make this statement of my UWn free will, and not by the request of any officer or anyone else. (Signed.) “ALBERT KNAPP." •■Sworn to before me this 26th day es February. 1903. “C. F. BOSCH, Mayor." After his first confession Knapp a<l mitted that he had repeatedly attacked women and killed some of them. cannot tell what made me kill these people.” said he, "I couldn't help j t Some kind of a desire to kill took hold of me and I could not resist the temptation to kill.” Parents Say He Is Insane. Cincinnati. Feb. 27.—The parents of Knapp last night said Alfred was in sane and his confession could not be believed. Albert had given them so much trouble they believed he would be better dead. Mrs. Sadie Wenzel his sister, on hearing of the confes sion. went to the Cincinnati police headquarters and thence to Hamilton She said her brother when five years ] old was kicked by a colt at Twenty Mile Prairie, 111., and later struck by lightning at Terre Haute, and but for her parents she would have had him adjudged insane. Got His Start at Terre Haute. Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 27.—Albert ! Knapp, the confessed murderer, began his carer of crime in Terre Haute He married his first wife, Miss- "miu I Stubbs. In Terre Haute on Nov. 19 1883. He was arrested on Jan. 25 1884. for larceny, and on Feb 27 plead ed guilty and was sentenced to the Jeffersonville reformatory for one year. His wife, who was only seven teen years ot age. secured a divorce shortly after be was sent to prison and later left Indiana. DEATH OF DR. GATLING Man Who Made the Famous Gun Dies Suddenly. New York. Feb. 27.—Dr. Rii hard Jordan Gatling, the Inventor < f the gun which bears his name, died late yesterday afternoon quite suddenly at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Hugh

!>-• jnwn KN tHTirvo

O. Pentecost. During the afternoon he had been at the office of the S< ten title American, and upon his return complained of feeling tired and said he would lie down. Shortly afterward he commenced to breathe heavily and a physician was called, who adminis tered strychnine, but to no avail, and Dr. Gatling died in his daughter'! arms a few minutes afterward. He was eighty-four years of age. Bad Boys Operated Extensively. New York. Feb. 27. —Louis Messiet and John Cullen, bellboys recent!' ar rested charged with robbing bote guests, were yesterday indicted ’>y *b< grand jury on the charge of granlarceny in the second degre. Tht police believe that the boys «■ ur?‘ SIOO,OOO worth of jewelry and m >ney in the last few years by robbing l»t rons of hotels. Their plans, the i li * think, included wholesale robbery hj the same methods, in every big ::cte in the country. Death of Colonel Rives. Richmond. Va., Feb. 27.—Colonel Al fred Landon Rives, a civil engineer died this morning at his home. Gastit Hill, in Albermarle county He »as seventy-one years old and leaves thret daughters, the eldest the Princesi Troubetzkoi. Colonel Rives was f '” some years manager of th« Panama Canal company. BRIEF DISPATCHES Dr. Gatling, the inventor of the gun heariaj hi* name, I* dead st New York. The reeointl. aiita are operating ■’ in the north western part of Santo Doming o Two Chinese were killed by exphiaion of tarpentine on board the £B. Indraw adi »' Br " ‘ •yo The steamer L. H. Burman. brlonginX Cincinnati firm, was burned at StrpherwpvtT Ky. The National Tithe company will etpend I'.oon.tvK' in addition* and improvement* < ■ 11 I fourteen plant*. Two Kentuckian* quarreled over a mule trad* near Madisonville and ona slabbed the i« perhap* fatally. The Child of a farmer name l Knot burn * l ,!“ death in the houM. Bloodland. M».. »" ■ father was fatally burned. . J. J. Rowe, mayor of Lakewood . » ' ub “/'’o ’ leveland, ha* been elected president 1 ■ American Bowling congrea* Alfred Kaapp. of fudlanapoli*, la >• I* l . Hamilton, O„ the self eon fee* d niur -re' two wive*, one other woman and two chi ’ He la forty yeara old. . fiti'lnnatl was vtgttad TMirsda* by the";'• •re in the riy'a history. The F.fc* imi.-M waa lotallv d**troyed. at war the H»rn» building and several othem The lorn "Hi 15.1XX.,00,. I