Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 14 March 1903 — Page 1

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ANOTHER WRECK. Head-on Collision at I Dwight, Kansas. Dr. Ames Returns to Minnesota to Answer to Charge of Bribery. to Pally Democrat. 3:30 P M. Kansas City, March 15.— The Golden State Limited, east bound, on the Rock Island system and west bound passenger train No. 3, collided in head on collision at East Dwight, Kansas. Engineer Love of the Golden State Limited of Hutchinson, was killed and several injured. • Special to the Daily Democrat, 8:30 p. m. Manchester, N. H. Dr. A. M. Ames, former mayor of Minneapolis, left here todav on voluntary return to Minnesota, to answer charge of bribery. Sheriff Dreggor of Minneapolis, and Deputy Sheriff Doane of Manchester, N. H., accompanied the doctor. Mrs. Ames and daughter also were in the party. CHILD DIES. Little Boy Scalded to Death at Freidheim. Two-Year-Old Son of Mr. and Mrs. August Scheiman the Victim. The two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. August Scheiman, who live alxjut a mile southwest of Friedheiin, died at four o’clock this morning after several days of intense suffering. The boy’s mother was bleachingclothes on Wednesday and had placed a bucket full of boiling water on the floor at her side. The little boy was playing near by and had taken hold of the mother’s dress. As she turned around the boy lost his balance and fell into the water The mother grabbed him as quickly as possible but the water had soaked to the skin anil the flesh was cooked. He lingered three days and every thing possible was done for him but to no avail and death resulted this morning. The funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at one o'clock from the Lutheran Church at Fried heim. A TEST. Machinery Operated at the Glove Factory. The big gas engine at the Waring glove factory was run for the first time this morning. It is a Fairbanks <& Morse machine and though twenty horsepower, is as fast running as many smaller machines. A complete elec trie machine has been installed and the machinery of the factory is driven by electricity in a novel way. Direct with the engine a twenty horsepower dynamo is connected and this generates a current sufficient to drive two motors, one of which runs the big cutting machine and the other the sewing machines. All wheels of the machinery were turned this morning and put in good running order for the start. The date for the lieginning of work has not been decided on as several pieces of machinery have not arrived, but it will probably be within ten or fifteen days

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SAW ARLIE. Mr. Krick Enjoyed a Visit With With Him. Mr. Krick, who has just arrived home from a trip to the southwest, tells of a pleasant visit with Arlie De Voss and family at Sapulpa, Indian Territory. He met Arlie at the hotel and went with him to supper, enjoying the occasion more than any other particular day of his trip. He says Arlie is prospering and while he regrets sincerely the statements concerning him which were sent out from Beaumont, he has the satisfaction of knowing they were false and were made to cover acts of the president of the company. Arlie and his wife and baby girl are nicely located and enjoying life for all it is worth in that great country. Mr. Krick says he is considering very seriously of taking stock in a large manufacturing concern at Tulsa and if he does will use his influence to have Arlie appointed general manager, if he will accept, for he is a clever and hustling young business man. NO STIR. Interurban Circles Quiet This Week. Promotors Are Waiting on Mud Roads to Become Passable. There is absolutely nothing doing in electric railway circles today, and Mayor Coffee who usually has an unlimited fund of information on the subject says, he has entirely run out, the managers have informed him that they are awaiting the spring sun and winds to the roads which for ten days past have been practically impassible. However, this lull in talk should lead no one to think that any I of the proposed lines have been given up, but it is expected that next week will show even more enterprise in the business than ever. The Dr. George people are concluding their arrangements and work, actual building of the grade will begin according to late information within a very short time. The Morgan line will likewise be re- ; Burned at once or as soon as the roads | are such as to permit of travel of the surveyor engineers. No official news from the Springfield A Fort Wayne road is at hand and cannot therefore be published. From present appear . i ance it seems that the George and I Morgan lines will be in operation 1 within a year. ARE SCARCE. Tramps Are Steering Clear of Decatur. The recent severe action against | I tramps by Mayor Coffee and the po-1 lice has had the desired effect and but j few weary gentlemen strike the city. ■ When they do they seem to get a quick tip as to the methods now in I vogue here and get out as soon as pos- I [ sible. It has been several days since an arrest has been made for vagrancy 1 and prior to the time they were made ,to work on the streets they were very plentiful, scarcely a day passing without one or more beidg locked up. Nearly all those locked up within the past two weeks have served their time and been released. HAPPY DUTY. Marriage Licenses Issued to Two Coupie. Deputy Clerk Haefling is happy when dishing out marriage licenses to happy brides and grooms, and we credit his smiling countenance this afternoon to that cause. The right to marry was issued today to Emery < ’arpetiier and Nettie B. Miller and Menno Burkhlater and Sarah W. Gilliom. Business in this department of the county clerk's office has been rather slow for several weeks and this is the first chance Jim has had Io smile for a week. Ho joins us in wishing the happy young folks many years of happiness and prosperity.

DECATUR, INDIANA. SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1903.

CIVIL CAUSES. Action in Court Cases This Morning. Only Three More Weeks of the February Term Under the New Law. Today marks the closing of the; sixth week of the February term of the Adams circuit court, and under the new Dirkson law leaves but three ; more weeks of the session. Business was transacted this morning as recorded on the docket as follows: Victor M. Hatfield vs Roberts. Peter son, suit on note, dismissed and costs paid. School town of Geneva vs The Logansport and Wabash Valley Gas Company, damage suit on account of fire which destroyed a school house, demand 512,000, demurrer filed by defendant and argued, same overruled. Rebecca Rockwood et al vs Mary Patten, cause dismissed and costs paid. S. A. M. Butcher vs Charles F. Waltz and M. F. Atwood, suit to collect fee, appearance entered by Merryman & Sutton for defendants. ' Annie Buhler, administratrix of the estate of John Buhler, filed her final report in probate court, and same was examined, approved and the administratrix discharged. In the Solomon Gilpin estate, John M. Brodbeck. administrator, filed inventory and sale bill which were approved, the final report was also filed. John A. Green was appointed guardian for Elmer I. Seimns and gave bond for 52.000, which was approved by the court.

COSTLY ERROR. Kept Indiana From Enjoying an Inheritance Tax. Former Attorney-General Taylor says that the.mistake of an enrolling I clerk probably cost the state $200,000 I a year, as he believes the inheritance tax bill if the word "iuestate’’ bad not been used for “intestate.” In his last ; report as attorney-general he recom mended the enactment of an inherit I ance tax law. He drew the bill and ' submitted it to Representative Stech 1 han of Indianapolis, by whom it was introduced. “There were no mistakes lin the bill that I drew,” said Taylor. I "The printed copy was correct when ; it went through the house and senate, i but some enrolling clerk made the change that rendered the bill invalid. I That mistake cost the state $200,000 a year, at least, as an inheritance tax would be worth that much annually. TO CHINA. A Peru Bov Known Here to Go Abroad. Will Lock wood of Peru, has been i selected to take charge of the V. M. IC. A. work at Shanghai, China, and ; i will leave to take up his new duties in Septemlier. This is one of the most i important posts in the world in the European Y. M. C. A. work, and the selection of Mr. Lockwood is a high compliment to his ability. The association picks its best men for its foreign work. Shanghai is largely an European city in population, and associations there will doubtless be very pleasant. The salary that goes with the place is said to lie lucrative. Mr. Lockwood is well known in this city A CHANGE. New Day Operator to Go On at the Erie. According to a uispatch received from headquarters, the Erie will make some changes in the o|x'rntorn in this city and a new man will be appointed to the day position at the D. A. tower. The dispatch orders all those who are in the telegraphic service and desire to be day operator at the D. A. tower, to hand in their application at once and that the one considered the most worthy applicant will lie given the position within twenty days. H. D. Scott is holding the job at present, and he will probably be put on at, night or transferred to some oth ir’ office.

ARRANGING. I I Anderson G. A. R. Encampment to be a Success. R. M. Smock, the adjutant general of the Deparlmet of Indiana G. A. R., was in the city from Indianapolis yesterday afternoon. He was here to select headquarters for the encampment. After advising with the members of the executive committee and other G. A. R. men, it was decided to make the Anderson hotel the headquarters. The department commander and his staff and the otherdepartment officials will stop at the Anderson. Headquarters of other departments will be in other hotels. Mr. Smock is more than pleased with the work that is being done by the local committees to make this affair a success. He says he believes beyond a doubt that it will be one of the best encampment in the history of the G. A. R. in Indiana. The encampment he says, is being well advertised in all parts of the state, as well as in the neighboring states. There will lie a large number of old soldiers here f'-otn Ohio. Illinois and Kentucky. Anderson Democrat. DON’T BELIEVE IT. A Decatur Man Thinks Wheat Costs More Than Alleged. In answer to an article in yesterday’s issue, John D. Stultz has the following to say: In the year 1889 1 kept an itemized account of all labor, of plowing, harrowing, rolling, drilling. cutting, shocking, threshing and I storing grain on sand laud of ten j acres of wheat, together with cost of seed wheat, all total without interest or taxes and at thirty bushels per ' aero, my wheat cost seventy-one cents per bushel in the gralnary. As I can remember I allowed 52.50 per day per hand and team. 51 per day for hands employed including feed and board, $1.25 per acre for cutting, 12 cents per pound for twine, 31 cents per bushel for threshing and cannot see how we i can raise wheat for 59.73 per acre as Imy wheat cost me 521.30 per acre. Possibly Mr. Cotnboy did not have a heavy crop and would not be as much 1 to handle.

NEW SYSTEM. Pittsburg will Use Same Wires for Double Purpose. A composite means of communication has been installed on the I’., Ft. W. & C. R. R. and orders can now be sent over the wires by telephone or telegraph. A peculiar feature of the ' system is that no additional wires are required and that over the same line and at the same time communication may lie forwarded by telephone and telegraph. The advantages of such a I system are apparent. The more particular communication such as train I orders from the dispatchers’ office is sent by telegraph which is absolutely accurate, while the lenghthy instrue i tions of the road superintendent to an 1 ■ agent or a section foreman can be | given by telephone, with much more convenience and dispatch. The in • vention is a new one and has had but little trial, but it is sure to be adopted I by all leading railroads sooner or later as it has merits which railroad companies are sure to realize. AN APPEAL. The Geneva Remonstrance Cases Ap. pealed to the Circuit Court. After alllthe congested excitement incident to the granting of applications of liquor licenses at Geneva, it seems that the fun is not yet ended. James T. Merryman and Dore B. Erwin as attorneys for the remonstrators, have filed with the county auditor an appeal bond, and the auditor in a few days will get busy making a i transcript transferring the same to the circuit court. The appeal bond lx<ars the signatures of .Jacob R. Martz, Walter L. Thornhill. John Brown, John Banning. Levi Sauers, Lafayette Rape, Nathan Shepherd, Thomas Drew, George Hartman and W. A. Wells, and binds them to pay all costs incurred in the appeal to the circuit court. The two applicants are Preston E. Warner and Jacob Wegmiller. The cases will likely be hoard at the next term of court. (

FOR ROUTES. I I The Democrat Favors Rural Route Service. Cromer Should Show Himself a Congressman As Well As A Politician. The Decatur Democrat has been converted. It has fallen in line, and in last Tuesday’s issue is paying Congressman George W. Cromer the neatest little compliment we have read anywhere since last fall. And it is asking him for free rural mail routes just a politely as any well-bred school boy can do it. —Berne Witness. We presume the compliment of last fall referred to, is when the Berne itness forgot its moral role and bestowed upon its democratic constituent a lavish display of eulogistic I praise of George W. Cromer. The I Democrat stands where it alwavs stood. We were for rural routes last fall upon business principles instead ,of political hypocracies, and we are for them today upon the same basis. ■ Adams county is entitled to them upon our merits. Politics is politics, but it ought to take something besides , political jugglery to secure our rights from this government. Congressman Cromer for political effect, used his influence for rural routes last fall, and now he should show himself a congressman as well as a politician, by using his influence for them now. ' The Borne Witness could not better ; employ itself than by using its stragetic and hypnotic power over Con gressman Cromer in favor of complete i rural route service. It should do it too because the county deserved it, ', instead of because they are brother republicans, and both highly instru- . ■ mental in shaping the future destin- ' j ies of the g. o. p. I , AN EXCENTRIC. Eli Tipple, a Resident of Wells County Dies. News has been received of the death near Murray of Eli Tipple, one |of the most unique characters in Indiana. He was seventy years of age and had resided for a number of years on the McCleary farm near ' Murray. Little is known of his ante ’ cedents, as he was always very reI served about his past life, and nothing of his past history has been made | public except that he was born in I Ohio. In spite of his advanced years 'he invariably walked from his home Ito Bluffton, a distance of ten miles. I When it was necessary for him to: make purchases he always trundled a a wheelbarrow in front of him and I loaded his purchases into it to carry ! i them home. He was a veteran of the I | civil war, but there is no record | ■ from which his regiment and company can lie obtained, although it has ! lieen generally understo<xl that he enI listed in Ohio. Another of his pecul I iarities was that he never wore an ov lercoat, and during the severe weather, . of the past winter, he is not known to have departed from the custom. He talked very little, transacted his busi ness in as short time as possible and I departed on his homeward trip. MUST BE RATIFIED. The Cuban Treaty Must Be Disposed of Before Senate Adjourns. Senator Lodge says positively that the president would call the senate back if it adjourned without action on the Cuban treaty. The president is determined on this point and senators realizing the fact are using every effort to persuade their colleagues to remain until the treaty ' is disposed of. Mr. Roosevelt told one or two friends that if the Cuban treaty is ratified by the senate with the amendment requiring approval of the house he would call an extra session of the Fifty-eighth congress about Oct. 1 to secure the passage of the joint resolution putting the treaty into effect. It can be said that he han even considered calling an extraordinary session this spring. The sugar 1 crop is handled in the late autumn, i however, and congress by promulgat ing the treaty early in October, would give the Cuban planters a chance to send their crop to the United States under the reduced rates.

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A LITTLE POLITICS. I — - The Eighth District and Congressman Cromer Always Furnish Excitement. Politicians are taking considerable interert just now in the announcement made by Senator W. A. Kittinger of Anderson that he will be a candidate for the republican nomination for conI gress from the Eighth district next I year against Congressman Cromer. Although the time for holding the convention is a year off, even if it is held unusually early, some of the eighth district leaders are known to be lining up for Kittinger. There are others, however, who do not believe his candidacy is bonafide, but think it is merely a blind to help out Cromer | who, it is known, will have to make i another fight to hold his position. M. ■ M. Dunlap, former mayer of Ander- ' son, Kittinger’s home town, was one of the most active candidates against Cromer in the last fight. He announced immediately after the convention : that he would again seek the honor as did Theodore P. Shockney, who also contended for the nomination. Senator Kittinger and Mt. Cromer always have been close political friends and it is believed bv some lof the district politicians that Kittinger’s announcement is made this early in order to head off Mr. Dunlap by having onecandicate from Madison county already in the field before he formally announces himself. This .would have the effect either to divide the Madison delegation or force Mr. Dunlap out of the race. Tn either contingency Congressman Cromer would benefit. If Mr. Dunlap should be forced out of the race it would be easy for Kittinger to withdraw at the last moment, leaving the field practi cally clear for Cromer, and it is believed by many that this is the scheme I of Cromer and Kittinger. A GRAND TIME. The Program For The G. A. R. Encampment Being Planned. I A ptogram has practically been cie- : cided upon which will make the state ftreihd Arttiy encampment, at Ander J son. the most entertaining affair of the kind ever given in the state. At the meeting of the executive commit | tee on arrangements, Mayor Forkner and B. B. Campbell of the camp fire | committee, reported that they had ; held a conference with Manager J. B. Dickson of the opera house, and that they had planned fora fine performance at the camp fire. Mr. Dickson proposes to furnish a fine play for that night, probably the "Drummer Boy of Shiloh." The camp-fire speeches and songs will be woven in lietween the acts. Tableaux and other fine effects on the stage will be given and the company giving the performance will be composed of first-class professional actors. SPRING IS HERE. A Sign That Hasn’t Failed in a Century. An old-fashioned street fakir, a real vender of cheap jewelry and other ' novelties is in town, having opened his grip at the court house corner last night. He did a fair business and | seemed well pleased with the season's | first business. This is always a sure sign of spring, and when the principle corners in town are filled up with i these grafters we feel satisfied that the groundhog prophecy has fillet I its destiny and the backbone of winter is broken. Blue birds and the proverbial Jay may sing their carols, the winds may rear around to the south ward, but she real sign, indicative of coming warm days is the hawker of cheap jewelry and other necessary ar tides. WILL TRY AGAIN. Defeated in Grant Court Sues at at Wabash. Mrs. Hattie Steele has filed suit in the Wabash circuit court against the Clover Leaf railroad company, asking damages to the amount of $20,000. Her husband, Earl R. Steele, was killed at Sims while employed by the Clover Leaf company and she alleges as grounds for damages that his death was due to carelessness of the com pany. Mrs. Steele filed a suit in the Grant circuit court for a similar sum some time ago but the jury awarded her no damages.