Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 28 April 1903 — Page 1

VOLUME 1

ILLNESS IS FATAL Gov. Richards of Wyoming, Died Today. destructive fire IN IOWA TOWN. Every Building But Three at Marshalltown. lowa, Burned This Morning. ,-pe.'ial to the Hally Democrat. 2:80 p. m. j Cheyenne, Wyoming April 28.— Governor DeForest Richards tlietl at the executive mansion in this city this morning of acute kidney trouble. He was one of the most popular men of the west and his death through a shadow of gloont over his state. He was a republican and was elected in 1899. Ha had lnx*n ill but a few da vs. — .al to The Daily Democrat. 2:30 p. m. Marshalltown. lowa. April 28.— Practically the entire business porItton of Melbouner, a thriving town incur here, was destroyed by fire this jne rning. Only three buildings art* left standing on Main street. The burned area covers three entire] blocks. All communication with the town is cut off and the details are unknown. JUNE WEDDING. Deputy Clerk Haefling and Miss Clara Voglewede to Marry. •I tne. the month ofjroses. likewise he time of year when minds most likely turn to thoughts of love approaches and the first wedding •nnouncement has been made. The parties are two of the most popular foung people in De<*atur. Miss ?liira Voglewededaughter of ( ountv ■asurer J.H. Voglewede. and Mr. lames P. Haefling. deputy clerk of Ndnias county. The exact date is Wednesday, June 17. and while the ails have not lx*en publicly announced, it is known that they will Biake an extended wi-ddiing trip Bn 'Ugh the’east and will lie at home ■fter their [return in a neat little jot.age on Fifth street. Haefling and Miss Volgewede are Bell known and have almost an tin ■niit.il number of frends who join ■' at this early date in advancing ■‘■"t wishes for their future. I FRESH FISH. ■ome City Crowd Tell Big Stories. ■ The fishermen are home and with ■'em came huge stories of huge B* 11 ' aught by the exjx'rt angling of MP 1 * crowd which was comprised of ■lmrles Colter. Dave Hensley, John fc ker and Charles B<*ll They have ■•<■ll alisent about ten days except B>B* the last named who came home Bst Friday. They caught over two Hundred bass, a ton of bluegillsand ■•any catfish, to say nothing of ■•lds and sun burned noses. The ■’.vs rejtort a gixxl time but who ■""Id no doubt have enjoyed the ■Nasion mon* hud the weather lieen ■ shade milder. With all this talk, ■tiwever, we have failed to see even ■ blue gill and fool so slighted that ■*' have a half notion not to t>e ■>Ve their big stories until the tin ts ■<■ more clearly demonstrated.

The Daily Democrat.

AFTER THEM. Remonstrance Started Against Third Ward Saloon-Keepers. A meeting of anti-saloon men was held last evening and a committee was appointed to start remonstrance lepers in the third ward of this city. The members of that committee wen* at work today and will endeavor to secure the names of the majority of voters and thus prevent any further issue or reissuing of licenses to liquor dealers of the third ward. STILL THEY COME. Kokomo Electric Line Again Heard From. Indications Very Favorable That a Road will Parallel the Clover Leaf. It is now stated that the Kokomo I A Marion electric line now under | construction between those two j cities may lx* extended to this city. ■ The following is a Marion dispatch to the Indianapolis Sentinel. “It is jxjssible that the Kokomo and Marion elwtric line may be extendI <*d to Decatur, as was at first intended. The increase of the capital [stock to 11,000,000 and the pur hast* lof the Kokomo street railway and I eletric light plant are looked upon as , indicating the intention of the comI i»any to extend its lines." The propost'd line will jnirallel the Clover Leaf railway and was built on paper some two years ago. Since that it has been deemed impractical but recently the project has been revived and as stated, the recent increase of capital leads the knowing ones to believe the line will be built here and at once. In fact several who are on the inside claim to know that I the proposition is being considered very seriously. If the rejxirt is in anyway true no doubt further information will b<* received in a few | days. The line would run through Warren and Bluffton. JUST THE THING. The Members of Columbian Club will Organize a Band. The Columbian club are earnestly considering the organization of a [band. Many members of that | association haw band instruments ! which they can play and their plans I along this line looks very feasible. A number of outside jx*ople who understand the possibilities of the ; undertaking and who have played I in bands before, have signified their willingness to join the club, providing a hand is started and the fear [about getting material is thus broken from foundations. The 1 boys who are pushing this adven- ; i tun* will certainly succeed and early lin the season a well practiced band, Llressed in brass buttoned and stripped uniform can be looked for on the ' streets of this city. Os course they will near the brand of the Columbian club and would lx* a g<xxl representation of that enterprising and prosperous society. A gocxl band is what this town is looking I fur and the efforts of the club memJ berx xhold meet the snp|x>rt of all and receive the much merited ' ] commendation. RED MEN AT BLUEFTON. Alxmt twenty-five representatives lof the Pocotaligo trilx* of I <>. R. M. I went to Bluffton this m><>n to attend !thc annual district meeting. At the banquet table will !*■ men high . up in the mysteries of this lodge* landa general good time is predicted.

DECATUR, INDIANA, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1903.

CASE PROGRESSES. Julia Loser on the Witness Stand. TELLS OF HER TRIP WITH OLIVER REYNOLES. Jacob Loser, Her Father, was the Principle Witness This Afternoon. Julia Loser was the principal attraction in the kidnapping east* now on trial at this morning's session. In fact she occupied the witness stand throughout the entire morning beside being examined for two hours yesterday afternoon. Her testimony was almost word for word as before as near as we could ascertain. She tail of the courtship between Olhe.* Eeyn this and herself of their plans to leave and finally the trip to Illinois and their life at Yorktown. She said she I loved Oliver devotedly and believed while with him tliat life without | him would lx* a barren waste. This [afternoon her father, Jacob Loser. [ was the witness and was examined and cross examined for several ] hours, telling the story of the flight as felt by a father. It is probable that the state will close their case by tomorrow noon and the defense will then offer their testimony. It looks as though the I case will lx* argued Thursday and a verdict may lx* looked for Friday morning, though it may require 1 Saturday as nothing definite as to the amount of evidence to lx* offered by either side can be ascertained. Quite a crowd attended the trial all day and interest continues as great as at the former trial. Mrs. Reynolds has lx*en subpoenaed as a witness and there is quite a little s]x*eulation as to what her testimony will lx*. She will lx* used tomorrow. A WEDDING. Fullenkamp-Mylott Nuptials Are Celebrated. At six o'clock this morning Martin Mylott and Miss May me Fullenkamp were united in marriage at the St. Marys Catholic church. Misses Bert Fullenkamp and Kate Mylott acted a- the bridsemaids and Martin Kyler of Peru, and Andrew Mylott staxxl up with the groom. The marriixl couple are jxipular young people of this city, the bride | having been clerking in her mother's store and the groom is the chief electrician of Decatur. The newly wt*dded couple left over the Grand Rapids A- Indiana railway this morning for the north where they will s|x*nd part of their honeymoon. Within a few days they will lx* at home in a neat little cottage ju t off South Third street. We offer our congratulations and best wishes. GREAT MEETING. M. P. Convention at Pleasant Valley in June. The second semi-annnal meeting of the Fort Wayne district of the Indiana conference of the Metluxlist Protestant church will held at the Pleasant Valley M. P. church four ami a half miles east of Berne, June Ist to 4th. As the same time and place will lx* hold the Y. P. S. C. E. convention. Rev. F. M. Hussey is chairman and Will H. Flagg s«>cretary and it is cx|x*ctaxl the meeting will lx* very successful. | Programs for the event have lx*en i issued and arc complete, many well I known M, P. church workers lx*ing I included.

WORK PROGRESSES. Winona Improvements will Reach a Half Million. About 1450,000 is being spen| at Winona Lake preparatory to the opening of the 1903 season. May 15. The Winona skyline is being changed considerably and the city of summer homes is being extended farther around the lake, and is also being carried back on the hills of the old golf course. Over 1150,000 is being used in the construction of the new power, light and heating plant, from which the grounds will be lighted with an arc electric lights, and the auditoriums hotels and cottages with incandescents. The power for ] the new three mile interurban line now under construction, between Warsaw and Winona, will also be furnished from this power house. The electric line will be completed in time for the opening of the season. It {Misses under the Pittsburg railway, cuts across the old golf grounds ; and covers the principal streets of I Warsaw. There will be baggage I stations at both the Pennsylvania and the Big Four railroads, and Indianapolis people, who heretofore have been compelled to make an annoying change from one road to the other at Warsaw, will now have their baggage cheeked through to Warsaw and from there it will be handled over the interurban. The Pennsylvania will not run its famous "dummy.'' The new power house will also lx* the source of water pressure, and steam heat will be furnished to the occupants of the cottagesand to the hotels. This last feature means that Winona is to be made a winter resort also. The Winona Hotel will be open the year round, and Winona water which has become popular in the Central States, will be served to people to drink and also for liaths. BIG JOB. Removing a Fifteen-Ton Boiler to the Water Works. Draymen Teeple and Dibble have had a good big job the past day or two and this work has required several associates and three or four teams of horses. They are moving the new boiler from Clover Leaf railway tracks to the city water works station. The big boiler and ' attachments weigh fifteen tons or 3,000,000 pounds and it requires no | little skill to handle such a load, i Yesterday afternoon the boiler j proper which alone weighs twelve ton, was taken from the ear, placed I on rollers and taken as far as Court street. By eight o'clock this morning they had reached Third street going west on Court, then began the big ptill. The contractors ex{x*et to , finish the job today and with no bad luck will very probably do so. If j they are able to accomplish this they will make a little money as the contract calls for sixty dollars. The new boiler is rather strange looking to one who has never seen a real up to date article of this kind but it is said to lx* the stuff and will save considerable in Hie way of fuel. A NEW LODGE. Haymakers Order and Banquet at the I. 0. R. M. Rooms. A big time is oil tap for next Tuesday at the I. (). R. M. lodge rooms in this city. At that time a Haymakers order will he instituted with forty eight charter memlx rs. all of whom will be given the secret work, without omission or commission. The degree team of the Fort Wayne hxlge will be here twenty- ' five strong to confer the ritualistic and sublime teachings, which will Ix'gin at two o'clock in the after--1 noon and continue until late at night. Among the inqiortant features of the day will lx- a Ixmquct of huge dimensions and it goes without saying that it will lx* n red letter day in the history of this lively, growing, local order.

CELEBRATE. Eighty-Fourth Anniversary of Odd Fellows. Program Participated in by Members and Good Time Enjoyed. An open meeting was held at the Odd Fellows hall last evening, in commemoration of the eighty-fourth anniversary of the founding of a lodge in this country. There was a big attendance at the event and the occasion was very enjoyable. Attorney James T. Merryman, and Rev. Wagner of Bobo, addressed the audience and David Studabaker recounted to his listeners the interesting story of the organization and founding of the Decatur lodge. Rev. Pontius of the United Brethren church, was present and sang two beautiful solos which were very much appreciated by the audience. After the regular program a delicious course of refreshments were served and all present highly satisfied and fully convicted of the pleasurable k time which they had hud. APPOINT COMMITTEES. The Shakespeare Club Arrange Their Work for Next Year. At the Shakespeare club meeting last evening at the home of Mrs. Dugan, the work for the coming year was arranged. They will go back to the historical work of J Henry the Fourth where they will labor for two months, and this will i be followed with six months in the British Islesand America, windingup upon the familier topics, current and social. The committees for the first division as named are Mesdames Holloway, Dorwin and Nachtrieb. On the second subject Mesdames Bailey, Moltz, Blossom and Hooper, and on current topics I Mesdames Crabbs, Hensley and ! Allison. They will now enjoy a ] vacation which will last through I the heated season. ARE GOOD. “A Royal Slave” Makes a Hit at New Castle. Manager Bosse of the opera house, [ re<*eivcd a card this morning from B. F. Brown, manager of the New Castle, Indiana, opera house, which j states that the “Royal Slave” company played a return date there last Saturday night and the {flay is by | far the best drama seen in that city, 'Tne show is out of the ordinary and as it is the closing production of the season here the ojxira house will no doubt be packed. Tin; seat sale began this morning and the good ones are going rapidly. The coni{Mny carries the greatest scenery of any show on the road. WILL TESTIFY. Bluffton Balloonists In the Johnson Case. John Julian, Ed S|x*m*er, Laurel Lanning and Jacob Masterson have Ix'en Hub{xx»naed as witnesses at the trial *of Curt Johnson, the aeronaut, which will lx* calhxl at Decatur toI morrow. It is supposed he wants them to testify ns to his character. Johnson is charged with forging a check for |t>. Mr. Julian says Johnson is trying to prove that he is insane or was when he wrote the cheek. He made an ascension here once for I!' cents, which was Certainly the act of a crazy man.— Bluffton News.

NUMBER 93

RECEIVE CARDS. Invitations are Here for Berne Commencement. A number of invitations have been received here announcing the third annual commencement of the Berne high schools, said event to occur on the evening of Friday, May Bth. There are four graduates as follows; Salama Schug, her theme being Early Education in Indiana; Wilda Gottschalk, Child Labor in the United States; Cora Hocker, Leading Lights in Indiana Literature; Rosa Lehman, Helen Keller. The program for commencement night is, "On to Battle” a inarch by Miss Mary Lehman; "Let Mount Zion Rejoice, a chorus; invocation by Rev. H. G. Allebaeh; “Glorious Things of Thee," male choir; class address by President N. C. Hirschey;"Last Rose of Summer" by Rosa Lehman; presentation of diplomas by B. A. Winans; "Moon light will come agian,” chorus; benediction by Rev. E. H. Vornholt. Several from here are arranging to attend the exercises. A MIXUP. John Christen Figures in a Runaway Last Evening. John Christen, the driver of the Big Store delivery wagon, met with an accident last evening that will keep him from duty for some time. | He was in the act of stepping in the wagon and the horse staited before ihe had time to grab the lines. When on the point of making a sharp turn the wagon was cramped and turned over in a heap with the | driver underneath. The accident happened close to the home of Mr. Christen on Monroe street and he was immediately assisted to that place. His head was cut severely and badly bruised, but no hones were broken ami withal the injury that he received. Mr. Christen con- ( siders himself fortunate in escaping with the extent of injuries that | befell him. LOST MONEY. Fifteen Dollars Sent by Sheriff Butler Goes Astray. Sheriff Butler has learmxl after an expensive lesson that it is not altogether safe to send money in an envelojx*, even with [ the present ] thorough system of the United i States {xistal service. He has sent j money in that way many limes and [ never lost a cent until a few days | ago when he enclosed fifteen dollars lin jxi]x*r money in a letter to his i son, Dallas, who is attending school at Indianapolis. The letter never reached its destination and though the envelo{x* contained a return card it has never returned to its sender. Even a government tracer sent, out by the postottice officials has failed to overtake the valuable missive. Mr. Butler takes the matter philiI sophically and says "I should have | known better than to send money that way." HAD REVOLVER. A Dave Hughes Smuggled Gun Into Jail. When Dave Hughes was placed it jail Saturday night he had con. eeahxl somewhere alxmt his person a 32-ealibre r<*volver and successfully smuggled it in with him He made no attempt to use it but such articles are dangerous in the hands of im prisoned men. In some way or other Sheriff Butler hoard that. Dave had a revolver and he went to his cell .hist eve.ning and demunded the gun. Dnvi* denied having such lan article but after a thorough search it was found hidden in nn I old shoe in the cell, and WHspromptly eonfisiatcd.