Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 258, Decatur, Adams County, 7 November 1903 — Page 4

Weather Forecast. Indiana- Fair; same Sunday with rising temperature. Soap, per cake lie. R u'ket Store. Clothe ■ Pins, doz sc. Racket i Store. Chill’- School Handkerchiefs Ic. Racket Store. Found—Y mr o’d Berkshire sow. weighing 200 pounds. Inquire al jail. 257d3 Wanted—A girl or middle-aged lady to do house work. Good wages. Sam S. Acker. 257d4 For Sale—Bay mare and two calves. Prices right. Inquire of R. V. Beavers. ts For Sale.—A hard coal heating stove, inquire of Mrs. John T. France or at this office For Rent—Good property within four squares of court house.—lnquire at Colchin’s restaurant. 256d3 Wanted —At G. Berling’s packing house 25 ladies at once to dress and prepare poultry for shipment. Good wages and steady work. 238 ts Private funds to loan on city property at lowest rate interest. Privilege of partial payments. The Decatur Abstract and Loan Co. 257dtf Lost—Light leather pig skin bill roll containing two new twenty dollar bills, a five and a two. Geo. H. Richardson, 44 Pine street, New York City. Money to loan on farms at lowest rate of interest. Any sum, any length of time and privilege of partial payments. The Decatur Abstract and Loan Co., 257dtf. Saturday, November 7, the books absolutely closed, and if your taxes are not paid by that time, it will be returned delinquent. J. 11. Voglewede, treasurer. 255d4wl For Sale—At SSO per acre, IGO acres best black land in belt six miles north of Monroeville Ind. Could be cut into two farms. For particulars or appointment to show land address owner, R. H. Pernot, Hawkins, Ind. On November 3 and 17 the Erie rail road will sell homeseekers excursion tickets and special one way tickets to points west, south, northwest and southwest at very low rate. For further information call upon Erie agents or address, 0. L. Enos. T. P. A., Marion, Ohio. One fare plus $2 from Chicago round trip rate via Chicago Great Western railway. To points in Colorado, Idaho, Montana. Canadian northwest. Old Mexico, New Mexico, Minnesota. NurthDakota. Manitoba. Wyoming and Ariozna.Ample return liimts Tickets on sale Oct. 6th and 20th, Nov 3rd and 17th. Fit information apply to any Chicago Great Western Agent, or J. P. Elmer ,P . A., Chicago, Hl. Strong Testimony. To whom it may concern: I have thor -ughly tested Gilmores Caustic Oil and being acquainted with its ingredients, I do not hesitate to recommend it where a counter irritant is require!. ,1. B. Barker, physician and surgeon, Fletcher, Ohio. Price 50c a bottle. Gilmore Headache Powders are 1. irmless. Sold by all druggists. Public Sale. The undersigned will offer at public sale at his farm four and one half miles south of Peterson and four miles west and a half mile north of Monroe, on Wednesday. Nov. is, five head of horses, sorrel mare 6-years-old, sorrel mare 6 years-old, splendid driver: heavy two year-old, weighs 1,2U0 lbs; 2 yearling colts, 10 head of cattle, 4 milch cows, 2 red Polled and 2 Durhams, 2 fresh soon and 2 in spring: 1 Durham heifer, 3-years old. fresh in spring; yearling Durham heifer, Red Polled yearling bull, yearling steer. Red Polled Bull, 8-months-old; heifer calf, 3 months-old; 18 head of hogs, 3 Poland China brood sows, 2 Berkshire brood sows, 1 registered Chester White boar, 4 Poland Chiua shoats, 8 market hogs weighing IGO to 175 poundseach; McCormick binder, good as new; Hocking Valley hay loader, hay tedder, Deering mower. Champion drill, corn cultivator, corn harrow, breaking plow, shovel plow, roller, two-horse carriage and harness, buggy and harness, set iron truck wheels, set wooden truck wheels, hay in barn, com iu crib, fodder in the field, 25 cords of stove wood, household goods and other articles too numerous to mention. Terms of Sale $5.00 or under, cash; over that amount a credit <>f nine months will be given, purc> giving note with approved Isaac L. Babccek. I. . q , rt, Auctioneer. daw

A STRANGE STORY Young Woman Taken From Newark Under Supposed Hypnotic Spell. Woman With Piercing Black Eyes Commanded Clara Coffin to Fellow Her, and She Followed. Spell Wai Not Broken Until She Readied Grand Rapids, Where She Escaped. Omaha. Neb., Nev. 7. —Miss Clara Josephine Coffin, daughter of W. Ward Coffin, whose mysterious disappearance from her home in East Orange, N. J., last Tuesday, had caused her parents great anxiety, has arrived in Omaha, and is now at the home of Postmaster Joseph Crow, whose wife is a niece of the girl's father. The young woman is prostrated by a nervous shock, which she says is the result of an attempted abduction from her home by two strangers. a man and a woman. According to the young lady’s account o' her abduction, she had been attending the high school in East Orange. and last Tuesday, there being no school, she made a trip to the gymnasium to take the usual exercises. For the last month she had been passing a strange woman near the school building. The woman had piercing black eyes, and the girl says they had an extraordinary effect on her. Tuesday the strange woman approached her. she says, and told her in a commanding way to pack her clothes and follow her. In a halt-dazed state, and acting under a spell, the girl made the trip back to her home, and without seeing any of the family, packed her clothing and did as the woman bade. When Miss Coffin returned there was a strange man with the woman. The girl, according to the story she tells, was placed in a carriage and, after the man and woman had entered, was driven to Newark. N. J., and soon landed in New York city. She next realized that the party was aboard the train on the way to Chicago. She was driven from one railroad station to another in Chicago, and. when they again boarded a train, the woman remained with her and the man occupied a seat in the coach next to the rear. When the train reached Cedar Rapids. Miss Coffin recovered her senses, slipped out of the car and sent a telegram to Postmaster Joseph Crow, asking him to meet her. Meantime her captors left the car. she says. Postmaster Crow met the girl. He took the young woman, who is suffering from nervousness, to his home and placed her under the care of a physician. Miss Coffin is confined to bed. No trace has been found of the mysterious mn and woman of whom Miss Coffin speaks, and the only suggested motive is that they expected to abduct the girl and hold her for ransom. Cbl’s Story Probably Invention. East Orange. N. J.. Nov. 7.—E. W. Coffin has received word from Joseph Crow, postmaster at Omaha, saying that his daughter Clara had arrived in Omaha. Last year the Coffin family at’ended a family reunion at NewCastle. Ind., and there Clara met Hazel Crow, with whom she has since corresponded. The parents think that, mentally unbalanced by study, their daughter conceived the idea of : visiting her cousin. Regarding the i story from Omaha that the girl had i been abducted and had managed to ■ escape. Mr. Coffin said that probably it was an invention of her deranged i mind. Pope Pius Is Willing. Rome. Nov. 7.—An official note has written by Mgr. Merry del Vai. papa! secretary of state, under in-

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structioni from the nope accepting the invitation for the papal see to be repretented at the St. Ixiuis exposition. A Conceaslon to English. LaPorte. Ind.. Nov. 7 —The Germai Lutheran school teachers of Northarn Indiana nnd Western Ohio adjourned List evening after a three day s seselon. South Bend was selected for the next annual conference. The majority of these present concluded that it wa i time to teach the catechism ip English.

SAM PARKS SENTENCED Walking Delegate Gets Two Years and Three Months. New York. Nov. 7. —Sam Parks, the v alking delegate, was yesterday sentenced to two 'ears and three months in Sing Sing prison. This sentence was passed on the charge of extorting

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SSOO from the Tiffany studio, in imposing sentence Judge Newburgh said he took into consideration the physical condition of Parks, who is said by physicians to be suffering from con sumption in an advanced stage. Parks was taken to prison last evening. At a meeting last night of the Housesmiths' and Bridgemen's Union Local No. 2, the resignation of Parks, which he sent in yesterday following his second conviction for accepting bribes, was accepted. One man wanted Parks kept on the pay-list as a walking delegate, but he was hooted and jeered, and cheers greeted the acceptance of the resignation. He Calmly Courted Death. Edinburg. Ind.. Nov. 7.—William Stainbrook, aged thirty-five, was killed by a freight train as it entered town. He stood on the track and looked at the engineer and let the engine strike him. Both legs were cut off and the body mangled. He leaves a wife and children. Another German Post Massacred. Cape Town, Nov. 7. —It is reported here that the German police post of Uslbis has been surrounded and the garrison murdered, and that the German garrison of sixty white soldiers M Keetmanshoop has been attacked.

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SS MORE KM Physicians Now Confident That Wreck Survivors Will All Recover. Condition of the Injured at Indianapolis Hospitals Continues to Be Most Encouraging. Lafayette Will Observe N'xt Wednesday as a Day of Mourning for the Dead. Indianapolis. Nov. 7—The physicians at the various hospitals are becoming more confident each daj that there will be no more deaths among the victims of the Purdue special wreck. The injured are showing steady and rapid improvement, and a number of the lesser injured an- preparing to leave the institutions. S. t S. Miller of Ninevah, Ind., stood the shock of resetting a broken leg bone well, and felt much better, L. E. Rush of Dairy Station. Pa., suffered a relapse yesterday, but he rallied and now seems to be on the road to recov-e-y. A. L. Holter of Oberlin, Ohio, who is probably the most seriously injured of the patients, is resting well and improving. H. O. Wright of Pendleton. who was thought to have a broken back, is doing well, and his chances for recovery are good. C. O. Tangeman of Cincinnati shows a marked improvement. A fracture at the base of his brain, however, may terminate seriously. J. B. Knapp of Evansville has so far recovered that he expects to be taken home today. MOURNING AT LAFAYETTE Fitting Memorial Services Will Be Held Next Wednesday. Lafayette. Ind.. Nov. 7.—lt has been decided to observe memorial day generally in Lafayette and at Purdue university next Wednesday, the day set apart by the college committee to pay tribute to the memory of the victims of the awful wreck of the football excursion train at Indianapolis last Saturday. Not only will the day be given over to appropriate exercises at Purdue, but the business men of I-a fayette will drape their stores and all flags will be at half-mast. It has been intimated that some places of business will close, and the order may become general.

MARKET REPORT. „ „uiJ bv Decatur JSAfrariout products. Cord recked every day* BRAIN. BY K .L. CARROL, GRAIN MERCHANT. Corn, per cwt., mixed Corn, per cwt, yellow . Oats, new ■ SO I Wheat. No 2 77 Wheat. No-3 Barley "" 525 Clover Seed 5 35 Alsyke 450 Buckwheat gg Flax Seed 95 Timothy CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1: 1L p. m. today as follows: Wheat, October ‘J Wheat, December | Wheat. May - - - u . Corn, October Corn, December - | Corn, May . ; r j I Oats, October Ja Oats, December Oats, May t |] , M) Jan. Pork , May Pork • “. " January Lard per cwt 0 W TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed everv afternoon at 3:00 o’clock by J. D. Hale, Decatur. Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, red, cash $ 85; Oct wheat. December wheat - — - ” Mav wheat -- -- Cash corn. No. 2, mixed, cash .. 41Oct corn Corn. December — " 1 May Corn , • Oats. Cash Oats. t'-t. ®'| Oats. December - May Oat- - - « Rye, cash STOCK. BY FRED SCHEIMAN, DEALER Lambs - T •>** Hogs, per cwt $ 4 ; ’0 Cattle per lb 3 (a 3| Calves, per lb 4) ; Cows -2 Sheep, per lb 2 @ 2| Beef Hides, per lb 6 WOOL AND HIDES. BY B. KALVER A SON. Wool, unwashed 16t020 Sheep pelts —4oc to $1 00 Beef hides, per pound 06 Calf hides 071 Tallow, per pound 04

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OTHER PRODUCTS. I BY VARIOUS GROCERS AND MERCHANTS H Eggs, fresh, per doz < I Lard ..... I Butter, per pound -iLbi- I Potatoes, new ' U*“ ■ Onions " d w j Cabbage per 100 lb ’’ J* k Apples, per bu A ® Sweet Potatoe, per bu I 1 ? I it) B POULTRY. I RY J. W. PLACE OO. t PACKERS, Chickens, young per lb. . j Fowls, per lb._ (J ! Ducks, per lb sw(> : ; Young Ducks > Young Turkeys, per lb. u W ||, Geese, old j>er lb 4 ! Geese, young, 1b..._ 5 \ HAY HARKET. Xo. 1 timothy hay (new) $ 1 ;>.O w fs cri No 1 mixed hay (new) ! - (f/ |r,(Q No. 1 clover hay (new) COAL Per Ton Anthracite j • Domestic, nut 4 Domestic, lump, Hocking 4 qq Domestic lump, Indiana 3 gg Pocahontas Smokeless, lump sjg OIL /TARKET. Tiona $1.92 Pennsylvania Corning j New Castle North Lima .. ! South Lima \ . Indiana ■ Whitehouse j'Jjj I ■ I Somerset ' Neodasha. (Kan.) j 94 Barkersville Ragland $ /TARKET NOTES. Liverpool market clos<xl steady. Wheat. l , cent lower. ' Corn, ’ cent lower. Receipts at Chicago today: (Hogs 11000 ■ | Wheat h| ,-an : Corn ax ear , Oats ........ 151 can Estimate for tomorrow: Hogs 21000 j Wheat 105 rare ; Corn 335 can | Oats —165 can Ten thousand dollars private 1 funds left with us to loan on Deca1 tur real estate,first morigage lew rate of interest. Will loan in mum | of |SO upwards. The Decatur Abstract and Loan Co. 257dtf

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