Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 70, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1903 — Page 1

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I HIS DECISION. Budge Adams Dissolves Injunction. | B Important Decision for Trainmen and Other Labor Leaders. 9 al to The Dally Democrat, 2:30 p. m. Louis, Mo., April I.—ln the 9 bited States District court Judge 9 buns handed down his decision 9 solving the injunction grunted tMp'h 3, restraining the officers of H f Brotherhood of Firemen and tn nm >n and other labor leaders Hlm influencing or ordering men [ployed on the Wabash system to sfejke. I : 0R DEFENDANT. Kry Brings in a Verdict Against Steele. Law Suit Before 'Squire Reyno.'d; Ended Last Night. jury of six men. tried and trw. in the ease of Willard Steele Robinson, brought in a ' tat seven o'clock last evening iMKi-h read. “We, the jury find for the defendant, that he is in jieacei poss»‘ssion of the property in qJ it ion and docs n< >t owe any rent. ” The ease was one for ejectment and asl )as been stated, was to gain pos |on of his house, known as the Dent property. The trial lx*gan Mißilay morning and was hard IHiiglit throughout. Attorneys J. T. and Schafer Peterson for the plaintiff and L. C. DftVoss for the defendant. Alxmt eight en or twenty witnesses were exKnned and no ease in circuit 9k l h as been more interesting, es-'-MMT'v to those com emed 9 FOR BURGLARY. Ofc Richards Charged With the ■ Crime. affidavit and information re f g James Richard and charging nth larceny and burglary was court today and Deputy Jesse went out to arrest him. 'ds lives in Blue ('reek town id lias liecn in trouble several during the jmst five years, charged now with breaking smoke house in his neighbor- ■ 99 s, *‘aling * barrel of meat. HbQ und was fixed by Judge Erwin .it tw I | APPEALED. C«<ikainst John Pitts Goes to Supreme Court. The case of John Pitts, ex parte. w*i9ttled this morning, so far us theA'lamscircuit court is concerned "MB ‘Judge Erwin sustained a •lenwror to complaint and ruled that the r. nionstrators should pay the '■ostw An appeal was immediately I'Ca-Jid ,in, l granted to the supreme cottrt and the ease will lie finally there. The question involved i s whether or not a man can hold two licenses nt the same time for one place of business.

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THE FIRST NATIONAL. Cards to Patrons and Friends Announce the Change of Name. Ihe National Bank are sending neatly printed cards to their patrons and friends announcing that after April first, today, the name of their banking house would be known by the above title. This means a change in all their printed matter and records and will prove something of an expense to bring the new born title into full force and effect. But such it is and from and after this •late it will be quite antiquated to mention the Decatur National Bank No additional changes are announced to take effect under the new name. NO HOPE. John Butler Can Live But a Short Time. Typhoid Fever Results in Hemorrhage and the End is Near. The relatives of John Butler of | Van Wert, receive! a telephone message at ten o'clock this morning from his physicians which said that | hemorrhages of the bowels had set in and there is absolutely no hope for his recovery. Death may result at any hour and it is believed he can not possibly live through the day. His relatives went over today, with the exception of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Butler, who will go this evening. John is still a young man and it is hoped that his constitution would be strong enough to stand the ravages of the disease but today's report proves the contrary. His family consists of a wife and one daughter aged thirteen. INTER-URBAN NEWS. Capitalists Are Considering the Engineer's Report on the George Lines. The interurban situation is still encouraging and everything seems to slowly shape itself to satisfactory ends. Engineer Coleman's report on the jiossibilities of a road as promised by Dr. George lias Ix-en filed with the eastern capitalists and it is undeerstood us Ix’ing favorable toward the construction of the road. Since the capitalists sent out this ( engineer to determine whether or J not it was a safe investment and since it has liecn determined that it is not only safe but an exceptionally good investment, no thing can be seen that stands in the way. Win n Dr. George is summoned to New! York, then and not until then, can the final answer of the monied men lie ex]M‘cted. and thus it stands. JIMMIE WELCH. | Well Known Character Dies at County Farm. James Welch, a well known char-1 iieter alxmt here wits buried this [ morning from the St. Marys Cath- | olicchurch. Interment at the county I farm cemetery. Jimiee. as he was known to everyone, was alxmt seventy years old and had Ix'en in this country about thirty years. For some time be hsspcnth'is winters nt the county farm and us was his usual custom, entered there iignin Inst full. Ho was in very poor health and about Decemlx«r liecamc Ix-dfust with consumption which finally resulted in his death.

DECATUR, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL I, 1903.

ASE BUSY. Graduating Class Arranging for Commencement Closing Exercises to be Novel and Out of the Ordinary. The commencement exercises of the Decatur high school will be held at Bosse’s opera house Friday evening. May- 22 and while that eventful evening is still seven weeks away, arrangements have been started for it‘s success. The graduating class this year is composed of six young ladies and gentlemen who are Misses Vera Patterson, Fanny- Rico, Mayme Dorwin, Carrie Blosser and ! Messrs. John Jones and Dan Vail, i Miss Patterson is the class president and she has presided over several j called meetings within the past few i days and many of the minor details ' have been disposed of. The agitut- ' ing question just now is the selection of suitable invitations, which is | always a worry. The exercises j this year are different than any ever i hold here as the class essays will each lie a part of the history- of Adams county and altogether will complete a story of interest to every citizen. They will tell of the early pioneer days, of the old government roads, of everything pertaining to early life in this section, and pro mises an interesting evening. TO RICHMOND. Many Teachers Will Go Tomorrow. Annual Meeting of the State Association in Session This Week. With few exceptions the entire force of teachers in the city’ schools, a number from Monroe, Berne and Geneva and other places over the county’ will leave tomorrow morning to attend the annual meeting of the Teachers' State association. They leave on u sjiecial over the G. R. I. at 9:45 and will reach their destination in time for dinner. Asa consequence the schools herewere dismissed this evening and there will lie no further work until next Monday. The meetings begin tomorrow und continue until Saturday noon. It is Ix'lieved that over three thousand teachers from different l»irts of the state will lie present and the convention is to be the best ever held. The instructors are able ami learned men und the work will be very’ instructive. MISSIONARY MEETING. Session Tomorrow With Mrs. Rex. The Women's Home Missionary society of the M. E. church will meet at the home of Mrs. John Rex Thursday afternoon from two to four o'clock. Sjieciul business to transact and the annual election of officers A full attendance of the memlx-rs is request'd. and all others are cordially invited. The program is us follows: Subject. Young People's Work; singing; Bible lesson, Mrs. J. W. Vail; prayer; Hinging; roll cull; rending minutes; paper, Mrs. Scott; select reading, Mrs. W. J Meyer ; business; collections.

DEPUTY CORONER, — R. D. Meyers Has Been Appointed Deputy to Coroner Schenk. R. D. Meyers of Gay & Zwick's store, has been appointed by’ Coroner Schenk, to the position of deputy coroner. The appointment of a man in this jiart of the county to look after business that is inutile coroner’s line was very opportune, and it may be added that Dick is fully competent and that Dr. Schenk has made a very wise selection. Mr. Meyers duties begin at once and he is now fully invested with the powers of a deputy- of the coroner of Adams county. ENTER PLEA. Johnson and Touhey Say “Not Guilty.” Bonds Fixed at Five Hundred Dollars Which They will Attempt to Give. Curt Johnson and , Ed jTouhey, I charged with forgery, appeared lx - fore Judge Erwin this morning and i plead “not guilty.” Their bond was fixed at SSOO, but Touhey, who declares his innocence, stoutly said jho could give a smaller bond and it was reduced to S2OO. The fact that Johnson plead not guilty was rather a surprise as he had admitted his gilt several times. When interviewed he said: “If I can get bail now I can get out and make that balloon | ascension Saturday. After that I don't care much what they do.” , Curt is charged with forging the name of A. C. Gregory to a check Saturday’ and cashing it at the I Winnes Shoe Store. Touhey’ is [charged with, being an accessory. They- cannot lx* given trial for a month or more. THE SHOW. The Outlaw Shown to Be a Man of Circumstances. “Tracey, the Outlaw," was present'd with a stage setting as elaborate and complete us was ever put on at Bosse's opera house. The audience was rather slim last evening, but fully evidenced their approval of the show. Al McLean, the manager of the company, in order to secure n rendition us p rfect us possible, has made a close study of the lite of Tracey, whose doings once terrorized the Pacific coast. Mr. McLean remrtrked that there were many interesting facts concerning the lite of the outlaw and [ that he was truly a man of circumstances The show troiqx* went from i this city to Delphos, Ohio, where they will hold the boards tonight. IN COURT. Official Business Before Judge Er win. Some little business was transacted in circuit court this morning which may lx- told us follows: Julius Haugk vs. Mary Brown et id, report of commissioner tiled, finding that land is nndivisible, ordered sold', publication ordenxl, distribution of funds not to lx' made until after final hearing of the cause. John Pitts, ex parte, demurrer filed and sustained, judgment against remonstrntors for ousts, upjx'iil granted to I supreme court. Samantlui Cassel vs. Joseph 1). Beery, ordered that defendant Im jxu'inltted t<i take examination of plaintiff at office of D. 1). Heller <fe Son April 7.

THEY ARE SOURED Roosevelt Not a Favorite in the White House. Louis Ludlow Stirs Up Something Interesting for the Democrats. Louis Ludlow, the Washington correspondent to the Indianapolis Sentinel, talks politics: In expressing their private opinions on the national political situation many prominent republicans whose observations are usually very accurate admit that they have serious doubts whether President Roosevelt can [ lx 1 re-elected. They are practically of one mind in thinking that the president will lx- re-nominated next year. They believe that he will have praetiaclly smooth sailing until after the national convention and that then his troubles will begin. I There is a surprising amount of talk in republican political circles here to the effect that if the democrats can meet with even a hulfj way’ measure of succcess in getting together the rooster will crow next .year. Ono of the best known financiers in the country’ who is a republican, made the remark the [other day that, if necessary, $15,000,000 ean be raised to defeat i Roosevelt. The president has not I only’ chilled the republican national j organization, but he has chilled the financial interests as well. His ; followers console themselves with [ the belief that he has the jx'ople with him, but it is a question us to whether they are not reckoning without their host. The south is a very’ considerable section of the country’ and the people there, republicans as well as demwrats, are a unit in desiring to see some [other man in the white house. Republican jxiliticians who are doing a great deal of anti-Roosevelt [ talking eonqiare the present outlook [ for Mr. Roosevelt with the situation lin 1592 when President Benjamin I Harrison was defeated at the jKills. I Harrison had ehiled the organization [much the same as Roosewlt has [ done and that year for the first time in a long while the republican j party learned what it is to undertake to run a republican campaign without money. The financial interests refused to donate. Money could not Ih> pnx'iired anywhere and the campaign lagged miserably from the start. RURAL REGISTRY. Mail Carriers will Soon Do a Registry Mail Business. The Third A distant Postmaster general is now engaged in jx-rfeeting the registry business in the rural; free delivery department. Here-' tofore it has Ix'en only experimental. From now on it is to lx* as much a feature of the service as the delivery and collection of mail. Within the next few days every postoffice in the country’ from which a rural j route is carried and every rural! carrier will receive a little hand book of twenty-one pages containing instructions us to how the resistry business in the country is to lx> con ducted. Registry supplies will follow the hand book of instrnc tions. After the rural carrier has Isen fully equipped for the new work ho is to jxTforni he will carry a registry fdelivery Ixiok. an in delible ix-ncil, a supply of registry delivery’ notices and information cards for distribution among the (xitronsof his mute. He is instruct cd to distribute the information cards three or four times a year, so that the (Nitrons of the route may lw fully informed about the registration business.

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TEMPERANCE. Decatur Lady Tells of the Bluffton Meeting. A lady who attended the W. C. T. U. services at Bluffton Sunday, writes the following: Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens of Maine, the national president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and Miss Anna Gordon, the national vice-president of the W. C. T. U., also the national organizer of the Loyal Tenqierance Legion, composed of the children of the land, and known of and loved by thousands iof women on acocunt of her long, j close companionship with our dearly beloved, uncrowned queen of America, Francis E. Willard.for whom she was private secretary for a number of year, also Mrs, Hattie Brand, Indiana state secretary- of the W. C. T. U.. all grand women and good six'akers. In the morning the churches were all occupied by- their respective pastors and at 2:30 p. m. the Baptist church was crowded with }x>o]>le anxious to listen to Anna Gordon make her strong and sympathetic plea for the children of the land to whom her great heart goes out in love. She told of the many- traps the legalized liquor traffic was setting before the innocent children, and of the great [ responsibility- that rested upon the j people of whom Gixl would demand [asjinly- she can sjieak, and what satisfaction if they neglected to care for the children and remove the danger. She spoke for two hours organized a Loyal Tenqx'ranci" Legion, and at 7:00 p. m. the Ix'autiful M. E. church was jxickcd until there was not standing room with a union meeting to listen to Mrs. Stevens tell of the Ix'autiful results of the prohibition law in Maine, her native state. How children grow from childhood to manhood and [womanhood without ever seeing I a saloon or know anything of its [ blighting curse. Would not that lx: grand if it could lx' said of Indiana. She held the large audience sjx‘ll- - Ixrnnd for two hours with her grand logic. Then Miss Gordon made [another short plea for the children, whom she so dearly- lows. Miss Brand made a short addreesses on ! work, after which the invitation was given for new members for the W. C. T. U. also to the men as honorary members. The pastor then gave a short address eulogizing the shakers and their grand organizaton and the grand work they were doing, the largest organized laxly of wo men on earth and the best fiftytwodifferent nations being encircled | by the white ribbon and go<xl work ; Ix'ingdone in all. He said all this is [going to count for good, for God is in the work. Bluffton is an enterprising city, made up of enterprising jx'ople, as their beautiful churches and their Christian tenqx rance sentiment go to show. The antisaloon workers will be there next Sunday. Let the gixxl work go on. A CONVENTION. Meeting of Assessors Held Here Today. The annual meeting of the assessors of the different townships of Adams county was held here tixlay for the pmqxisi' of adjusting the schedules of the tux rate. Owing to the fluctuations of the prices of all pnxlucts and |x*rsontil property and real estate, the township und county- assessors can, in their discretion, tlx a uniform sche<lule. The rate for the coming year on ]x‘rsonal pro]x>rty will Im* alxmt the same as heretofore, while of real estate will lx' ilK'reased alxmt ten per cent. An immigrant fresh from EurojNi “blowed" in here yesterday over the Erie from Neu York and changed for St. Louis over the (‘lover Leaf. His destination was pinned on his coat otherwise he knew not where he was consigned to.