Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 6 March 1903 — Page 1

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THE COURT NEWS A Claim Case on Trial This Afternoon. H Several Cases of Importance Are Set Down For Trial Next Week. Court business was transacted thiS/fiOn 'UK as follows: Louis Sadler vs Edward E. Smith, bill of ; exceptions tiled b\ pl.unt.ff and made a part of the record, motion by the | plaintiff to strike out each paragra; of plea in abatement on written reasous filed. Audersou Trust iompanv vs \\ i-hingt n - t. township, separate answer by Wash ington [ township tiled, rule to reply. Andrew -J. Leedy vs L. G. Botkins, administrator, reply filed to answer, caseatlissue, jury empauneled and evidence heard, postponed until 3:30 this afternoon to await Mr. Adair of Portland. George W. Hamma estate.' Rose E. Hamma, administratrix, jieti tion was tiled to set off personal property ami real estate to widow. Lewis A. Hart estate, Lafayette Rape admr . application made for letters, bond filed and approved, letters issued and cenfirmei The Leedy-Botkins case will iniall probability lie completed this evaning and nothing of import ance is scheduled for tomorrow. Next week) fc>» ever. promises to be a busy one aa Beveral cases are set down for trial, among them being the Gregory vs. Greg ry case, asking for a guar dian for A. C. Gregory, Monday. Morten vs. Fravel and. Barber vs. Glenden: ng are set for Tuesday. 5 Boids ys. Geneva Oil company. W >-d u-ssday, John D. Edwards vs. City of Decatur and State vs. Burley for Thursday Os these several will not be tried. but its safe to say enough will bet*‘doing" to keep thing* going pretty lively. SERIOUS OFFENSE Who Gave the Tramp Prisoners Liquor? A Crime That is Punishable With a Hne of One hundred Dollars. Ten Ira trips were at work on the alley betw oen First and Second streets, •his m, irning, aeal labor too, and as a'result some one may get into very serious trouble. The hoboes have bee, arrested during the past few days and are serving out jail *Oll- - with which is a dose of street work when the weather is fit. T men worked along as steadily ‘as could Ik* expected for several hours, begging of the by standere who gathered to watch the strange sight of a prose--, mil tramp aetiuJw at work. In - rue way or other some of the holioi - managed to get hold of some liquor and as a consequence two of them became so drunk that; they could scarcely walk by the turn- they reached the jail, and •Sheriff Butler ref used to let any of them out this afternoon. While it may not be generally known, it is nevertheless true, that whoever gives or permits any one else to give liquor to one wml< r the charge of the jailer, wiiable to a fine of from 520 to 5100. An effort is being made to ascertain who did the act and if his identity is discovers an arrest will follow. The tramp question is growing serious in Decatur, and the citizens should help the officer- atber than work against Stuoui by giving the piisuners liquor. L-ste this afternoon wc were informed that an effort was being made to j put the tramps to work at the county farm. ORGAN CAME. Zion Eunffiffical Lutheran Church will Soon Use It. The org an which has been lists! in the ehurcii at Friedheim for years '■aoae to town today and is now stored in the basement of Peter nolthouw A Co.’s clothing store. It IS still in boot! repair and will be used 10 the new German Lutheran church here as so< i. as same is ready fi r oc'■ujency, which will be in a very few weeks unless something unforseen

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TO ALABAMA. John Bowers and R. K. Allison left for Birmingham. John Bowers and R. K. Allison left t Ins afternoon for a three weeks recreation trip through the south. They will connect at Cincinnati over the L. A N. for Birmingham, Alabama, where they will spend some time with Iv B. Allison. There destination is somewhere along the Manatee River, the best fishing locality in the south. Here they will revel in tho sunshine and cool off in the shade and probably now and then exchange words with Grover Cleaveland who is now in that vicinity. BERNE IS NOW DRY Remonstrators at Berne Win Out. The Geneva Battle Has Been Very Warm Since Yesterday Morning. The remonstrators to the granting of liquor licenses in Geneva and Berne were reinforced this morning from these towns, but those who came from Berne had a useless trip, as the applicant, George L. Nichols, failed to appear ,aud his application was withdrawn, and after midnight tonight no free and easy drinks. The battle with theJGeueva applicant has been going merrily on. The inspectors of the various precincts of Wabash township at the last general election were on hand to testify as to the names on the remonstrances being citizens and voters in the township. Applications for withdrawals were also considered and some names were stricken off. There is but from seven to seventeen over the majority, providing all stick, and in that event the anti’s willjwin. For a time this morning quite a stink was raised over the signing of a name on the withdrawal that was not there at yesterday’s session. The name was that of Shannon who is in jail from Geneva on a charge of petit larceny. The arguments were long and loud, and usually loud whether long or not. Much heat was manifested and every inch of ground was contested one way or another. When it comes to downright evidence, none was offered, outside of the remonstrance and withdrawals which were filed. If all the withdrawals in dispute are counted a majorisy of from seven to twelve

will favor the remonstrators. The applicants contended that all remonstrators who did not vote could not be considered remonstrators in the eyes of the law, but this did not come up to the luoard for decision at the time we went to press. The case is about at an end and will lie settled as soon as the board are advised upon the question as to whether the total vote cast for secretary of state shall govern. INTER-URBAN. No New Developments lip To This Time. There is nothiug of particular interest new in interurban circles today, though the usual amount of talk cau be heard. Messrs. Hill and Fulk are still on the proposed line and are ex- j pected to arrive home this evening from Linn Grove, with a favorable report and a statement of the route over which they will build. A few more weeks will certainly see the work started, and it’s to be hoped that by fall the cars will be running. It will lie the liest thing that ever happened the county and every live citizen should encourage them. SPECIAL MEETING. [ Masonic Work at Hall Saturday Even- i lns. Harney Kalver, tyler, informs us that a spix-ial meeting of the F. A A. M. will be held tomorrow evening the purpose of conferring degree work on Candidate M. V. B. Arch bold. All who can possibly do so are requested to be present.

DECATUR, INDIANA, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1903.

ARE BUSY FIGURING K. of P. Block Among the Possibilities. The Committee Doing Good Work With Bright Prospects in View. The committee, appointed by Kekionga lodge to investigate the merits of a building proposition, are doing some tall figuring, and it need be no surprise to find them winding up on the credit side of the ledger and with a handsome stone front on their let opposite the court house square. The committee in the first place know how to figure such an undertaking and the lodge will not go wrong if they settle down to the report that will later on be made by the Knights who now have the affair in charge. The new building would afford two elegant business rooms, the rent of which would knock the socks off of a thousand dollar bill at the end of a year. Handsome and elegant office rooms on the second floor would add not a little to the income, and there you are, with more than sufficient money to pay a reasonable rate of interest on a sufficient sum of money to do the work. Should the plans carry without a break, the building erected will be an ornament to a progressive city, and a monument to the thrift and energy of a fraternal order that does things. NEW FACTORY. Berne has a Good Case of Manufacturing Fever.

Peter Schindler, H. S. Michaud, i Emil Erhart, Chas. E. Stauffer, D. N. ; Stauffer, Isaac Lehman, C. L. Siinkins, Phil Schug. Abr. Boegly, Chr. Stengel, Amos Reusser, C. G. Egly, Fred Neaderhouser and Fred Elleuberger, all of Berne, have organized what thev are pleased to call The Concrete Block and Stone Manufacturing company. They have capital- ! ized at $5,000 and have already puri chased the ground for tho factory and jin a short time they hope to have it equipped for business. The manufactured product will be used for building blocks, the foundations and even the structures themselves. The field is large for an enterprise of this kind and if they reach a proper footing, it will develop into an institution of extensive proportions. The gentlemen connected with the enterprise are all made out of the right kind of stuff to make the veuture a success. LAID TO REST. Funeral of Mrs John Wov Was Held This Mornimt Funeral services over the body of Mrs. John YVoy were held this morni ing at ten o’clock at the Methodist Episcopal church, and interment was made at the Decatur cemetery. The sermon was delivered by D. F. Kain, , of Bluffton, who was assisted by Rev. Rohner. The deceased was sixty-nine years old, having boon born in Carrol county, Ohio, in 1834, and has resided in this county since 1860. There are no living children and a husband and five sisters are the only near relatives that survive. Mrs. Jackman of Whit ing, Kansas;- Mrs. Martin of New London, Iowa: Mrs. Laviua, Mrs. Laticia and Miss (Quarry of Starke county. Ohio, the sisters of the do j ceased, were in attendance at the funeral. IN APRIL. The Peoples’ Bank of Berne will Business. Rudolph Schug, the cashier for the j People’s Bank, makes the saatemeut that the doors of the new financial in stitution will open fur deposits andull other kinds of banking business in April, and perhaps the first week in that month. Besides Mr. Schug in the management of the bank will be Albert Egley, a young man of good repute and standing of Hartford township. He is now located at Craigvile where he is managing the affairs of the Berne Hay and Grain company.

STRIKE AVERTED. Judge Adams' Decision Saves Inconvenience. The threatened strike of the trainmen, switchmen, conductors and firemen of the Wabash railroad has possibly been averted by the restraining injunction issued by Judge Adams. If the strike had been brought on it is possible that operations on the entire road, which consists of almost one thousand miles of track, would be practically tied up. Besides the suffering that shippers would be compelled to stand, thousands of unconcerned railway employees would be thrown out of work. These conditions make the affair a very dangerous one to handle, and if a corporation is unjust, the wrong can only be righted by the agreement of the controlling party, or a great sacrifice I must be made. While a strike is sometimes successfully handled, it more often proves disastrous and the I only hope for an equitable adjustment is through the law. HEAP BIG TIME. Pocahontas Lodge Have Goood Meeting. The Pocahontas lodge last night was alight with camp fires and joy and happiness ran like water. It was a great meeting and as expressed by one member, “the most enjoyable I ever attended. A big crowd was present and the wigwam was scarcely large enough to accommodate the happy crowd. Nevertheless, every one seemed to have forgotten worldly cares and the time was devoied to an endeavor to get all possible pleasure out of the affair. Several candidates were initiated and then came a banquet, both being indulged in and enjoyed to a frazzle. The crowning features, however, were the after events, including music, games and dancing which were participated in by the young and old for Beveral hours and was a huge success. NEW TANK. Work on the G. R. & I. Water Tank Will Begin in Ten Days. A ear load of material for a new G. R. \ I. water tauk was unloaded i today. The new tank, which has a • twenty-four foot bottom and sixteen foot stave, will be erected by the first of April, as work will be begun within a week or ten days. The tank will be located at the St. Marys river crossing, just north of town and will stand about one hundred feet nearer the stream than the one now in use. The present supply tank is entirely too small to furnish the required amount of water that is taken at this place, and it will lie torn down and set up, after being repaired, at some other i station. • GETS A BOOST. By Legislative Enactment Recorder Gallogly Gets an Elevation of Salary. The Garil county officers’bill which has passed both legislative houses, ; will be a real handy thing for Record|er Gallogly. The receipts of the recorder’s office are in excess of $2,000, and according to the provisions of the i new act, giving these officials thirty j per cent., it will mean an increase in | salary of from s.‘soo to S6OO, which added to tho present salary of $1,300, j makes the office a highly favored one. This is the only office in which the Gard bill affects, the amendments which raitw>d the perquisites in about every offico tn tho sourt house being defeated.

CANDIDATES. A Scramble on at the State G. A. R. Encampment at Anderson. Major May Post G. A. R. and the Woman’s Relief Corps of Anderson, will each have a candidate at the state encampment of the G. A. It., which will be held in May, for department officers. Jerome J. Musser will bo the candidate for the G. A. If. department office and Mrs. Lydia Cook will be the candidate before the W. R. C.

WANTED THE JOB Pretty Girl Sprung Trap for Bud Taylor. Has Attended Many Hangings and Was Anxious to See This One. i_ A telegram sent yesterday from : Kansas City had the following to say | of “Bud ’ Taylor, who is to be hangeil today: Miss Gussie Chatsworth, of ; .'so36 Garfield avenue, wants to spring the trap that will send “Bud” Taylor, who shot his girl sweetheart, Ruth j Nollard, with a rifle from ambush, | into eternity April 17. She came I down the corridor of the jail building | and walked jauntily into the office, where sat Deputy Marshal Garrard Chestnut. She was fashionably attired, was handsome and about thirty years old. “Are you going to allow any women to w itness the hanging of ‘Bud’ Taylor?” she asked. "No, there j will be no women present,” replied i the deputy. “But I want to see it,” | she persisted. “Well, you can have my job if you want it. T will probabi adjust the noose and spring the trap.” “I would lie so delighted to do that,” , she exclaimed, evidently believing the deputv to be in earnest. “I have witnessed quite a number of hangings. 1 once saw five men hanged by a mob at Baxter Springs, Kansas. My father was at one time a sheriff, and I have seen at least four men legallv hanged. I should be pleased to be present when Taylor swings. Besides. I knew the girl Taylor murdered, and I would like to see him die for it.” The deputy requested that she call again when Marshal Prendergast was pres ent, and she left the jail building apparently happy. MADE THE TEST. The Carpenter Fuel Tested Before the Fort Wayne Press Club. If the fuel discovery made by C. | H. Carpenter of Preble, Ind., proves | to be the marketable commodity that j a test would seem to indicate, then , people will not have to stay up all I night trying to figure out how they will have a gas fire next morning. Mr. ! Carpenter, in the presence of a party of newspaper men, gave a demonstration of the qualities of his newly invented fuel Thursday afternoon at : the \ ictoria Case, using the largest steel range in Mr. Pearse’s culinary department for the purpose. Chunks of material not unlike dried mud were fed to the flames with results of combustion not unlike soft coal, radiating i a great heat, and taking about as much time to consume as the same I amount of bituminous product. This i fuel. Mr. Carpenter said, was com posed of sand and common earth, mixed with dead vegetable matter. | weeds, etc., along with a chemical sub i stance to make it quickly inflamable. i “This fuel,” said he, “makes a greater 1 and more intense heat than coal. It burns in any stove, grate, fireplace or | furnace; contains no oil of any Lind, i tar or explosives, makes very little ashes or soot and leaves no clinkers or cinders. It can be made in two grades, j The cost of material for the best grade will not exceed six cents a bushel, while the second grade will not exceed i four cents a bushel. It holds fire ten Ito fifteen hours. The fuel is lighter than coal, one and one-fourth tous equaling one ton of soft coal. It can be sold at retail at $4 a ton.” Mr. Carpenter holds a patent on his invention, and with hts partner, Mr. Burdg, will endeavor to make it a popular fuel. Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. IN HIGH SCHOOL. The Disciples of Minerva Society Give a Program. High school exercises were given this afternoon by the Minerva society and was very interesting. The pro grain rendered was as follows: Dis ciples of Minerva. Biography beethoren, Fanny Hite. Essay, value j of music, Charles Knapp. Discussion ! resolved that music should not bo taught in the schools, Off. Raymond Knoff, N'eg. Opal Crawford. Vocal solo, Leota Hower. Current musical events, Charles Loch. Recitation, musical theme, Celia Mayer. Piano solo, Zoa Miller. Reading, llarrv Andrews. Piano sola, Vada Martin. Journal, Ray Allen and John Jones. I (Juarttute.

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HOBO TALK. Different Classes and Different Habits of the Gentry. “There are hoboes and hoboes,” says a man who has had dealings with the outcasts since the panic of ’73. Some are vicious and brutal, others possess mean little traits, while a few are good-natured, harmless creatures. To one who has not investigated the mysteries of tramp life, it will surprise them to know that social distinctions are maintained by hoboes. A member of the aristocratic class is called John Yeg. He is known as a professional bum, who refuses to work under any consideration. He generally holds down one stretch of railroad, and plies his trade in the towns along its line. Panhandling, begging on the streets, is his graft. The monev which he receives is spent for booze, which is drunk at a camp outside the town. Another class is known as the bingle bum. His distinguishing sea ture is a weakness for work that is, he will work once in awhile. It is generally this kind of hobo who helps at harvest time, picks peaches in Michigan and grapes and hops in New York state. He is tolerated by the upper class, but is not allowed to partake of the feasts at their camps. A mush fakir is another kind. His trade is mending umbrellas and drinking bad whiskey. The lowest kind of bum known on the road is the pig tail, or town bum, he who has a home and leaves it only to re turn in a few weeks. He is despised by all the others, and life is made miserable for him. The hoboes possess a language of their own, and one who is not initiated is unable to grasp the meaning of half what thev say. Some of the best known terms: A lump is a couple of pieces of bread and butter wrapped in paper; a section is a lunch with a cup of hot coffee eaten upon the back porch; a set-down or to swing your leg ’neath the mahogamy, is to be invited inside and to enjoy a full meal; a benny is an over coat; a pogv, a poorhouse; a stop, a jail. There are hundreds of terms just such as these that are heard daily on the road.” A CIGAR SNAP. New York Smokers Buy Good Ones Now. Panatelas, perfectos, quarter straights and the cream of the Havanas, 8 and ft cents apiece; common ; five cent cigars given away that is the glimpse of paradise that the smok ers in New York are enjoying while the big rival cigar companies are in a war, beginning this week, that has brilliant indications of breaking all records. The New Y’orker that has had to get along on “two-fers” is now buying “two for twenty-five” cigars at 4 and 5 cents and is laving up a supply for the summer. The only thing that is keeping him from buying in unlimited quantities is that the fight may go to the point where he will be paid, by the large rival cigar corporation s, for smoking their brands in order still further to cripple the ; other fellow. Forty-second street ■separates the combatants. On one side of that thoroughfare, at 112, is the main office of the United Cigar : Cigar Stores company, the alleged child of the trust, that threatened to jeomo into Indianapolis last fall, and against which the indianapolis dealers made a futile effort to organize anil institute an anti trust fight. On the opposite side of the street, at 135, is the headquarters of Acker, Merruli \ Conditcompany, the great grocery company that does a mammoth anti trust cigar business. The company was recently reorganized, with 11. L. Luce as president. Luce was formerly one of the trust managers, and knows all the curves in the great trust game of freeze out and crush out. A PIPE ORGAN. St. John's Cburch will Soon Have a New One. The congregation of the St. John's church at Bingen will soon listen to strains of music from one of the best pipe organs in the county. They are arranging tn purchase an instrument which will cost S2OOO and is one of the very best made. Rev. Huge is pastor of the church and is back of the movement for this great addition to their already handsome church. A committee consisting of H. Fred Schieman, Henry Rioter and Ed Koe tinman has been appointed to solicit funds for the improvement and they report that they are getting along nicely. The organ will be put in by the late summer at least and proves that the German Lutheran churches believe in keeping up-to-date.