Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 311, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME 1

fNOWONTJIAL N \ \ Blshi Ltoffice Scandal \n B , Court. \ \ dioo of o _ . _ \ MMUI Bev tev I isjii Notice That she WII V I Hoped RWis of a» I Nations. ' J

I special w the Dally Democrat I Washington, D. C, Jan. 11- | ■ Machin, Diller B Gross. I Groff of Washington. ■ jr.sndMrs. George E. Lorenz of I Toledo, Ohio, who were indicted in ■ connection with the post ofliw iuI -Ration were placed on trial to ■ av The defendants are all pres [) B.it in court. C 1 Special to Daily Democrat. ’ Jan. li-The’ Russia Lrernnicnt has informed th ■ jowrs that it will respect full ’|g] te rights of any nation in Ma I under the treaty wfl’.i Chin l ■■ . ration was made w.t*-.--serrations.

IK ROSS CRANE — famous Cartoonist Here Saturday. I Third Attraction of the Lecture Cours Will be an Interesting One.

| The lecture course for this season i S will furnish no more entertaining ittraction, nor one which will be ■ wore Hinnsing that the appears™ > Hl •>! Boss Crane, C. Edgar Hoserum fil tie wonderful cartoonist, hmm r.SH jnd tnonologisf. who is annoiiii' ■ H| ' B#turiiay evening next, at BB Bosse’s opera house. Mr 1 ’’ine i inown the world over and his lute i' such it may be called i- at aw ' d* .ighttul, entertainit>- ■ “ 1 ||H -tuque If von miss it you mi" '' I ’rente: ’> ■ year. The Phil id. ‘ bulletin says: A novel and 'MO entertainment wa- ;; i> 1.1 Chalk Talk” presented at '’n'k* mane Baptist t'lr.ir ' jfflH i.’ht I v th,, humorist and ’aMR >s Crane ”Mr C L R- - -I ?! ’«s” 0 ( Boston. Ail the iiuni*”’ l ' SMB ' the jirugram were . nthuV l, i'l l ”ii’. led. the C.ll'ie.lt 111 C- 'i ’ustrated songs winning -"atest liieasm e 111 llppi • ' a’.

I THE LAST WEEK. I todfctts Are Still Hustling for i Volts. H The primary election 1* 1,111 3 days away anti every can-lt for every otHce buckled "n >■ this morning anti went ’ 1 the finishing touch.-- "-i ■ Wngn E V( . r y and,date - an d the primary ■ '•'■’’tjind is still .me of tie • ever seen in local I"’ 1 MB Outcome 1, living gu.--- 1 quite a few l< ng 1 enough to even l»' On their favorite, BH eandidat.-s «n until Saturday nim - •

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JAMES CONSULTERS. I lOp Alerding Announces His New Board. *«hop Herman A lording has ted the new consulters of the 'ese of Fort Wayne whose term inice began January i The rd consists of the' fellowing: ■’ Bernard Weidau New Haven; r-John Guendling, st. Charles ‘rch; Peru; Rev | John R. Din- '■ Mar y« church. Lafayette; V 7 F ’ Delaney, St. Pat ink's Ah Fort Wayne ;Rev. Ferdinand yPt’ St. Peters church Fort Rev. Henry M Plasterer, Ri6 church, Hammond ■ Patlf ’ J ’ K ro H, pastor of St. a PP^ Fort Mayne has been the A hy Bisho P Alerding to agetk f<iefenderof tho marri-'co-ineV her Kroll ' B duties m the dek vi,h his officn "ill all castV the wedlled state in putes anf r ’ raatrimoDi *l dis- 1 ' I tribunal V Kht t 0 thc church ' | wtlement. ctll > NEWS. m | \ M> ! \ .» Faylor-Stud\„ r Resit )Ut \

—A Other Bosintss Trail . Today. A Ntw Cast ,

\ \ Saturday noon The big \ dragging along rather slovj it is probable that it will I about the same length of t did the previous trial when

Bighte -n da\ > were e insulin attorneys for the plaintiffse: conclude evidence about Uc< noon and the defense will I require a week. Withadaj arguments it will be about of next week before a verdi !be expected. In the mat t< assignment of John B. • 1 er. certain property mentio ordered returned to the Organ comp my. In u Grace Haughton et al ’ , Bender et al, report of

i ■. money, distribution of purchase mon 5 ordered. A neW owen F ' Coulm vs bnin . account, demand returnable Febrwiry mens returnau.

DEMI UR. INDIANA, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1904.

A CRUEL WORLD. T A Wtarv Tramps Who so say Two uear u , A r( Ordered to Move. U ve beta* were cap„Lbv Night Police- ' tured last evening t 0 man Fisher and their the jail wh ‘' r ” til ’this morning' ’ ; ' U brought before when they ve their t name*«* c wly fl"'” 1 • ' t here and answo« >s and«(ter or j,. rl d to 7 o a to the court nwnna ] lata . lf4 town at on ' -t ontln”‘ trc, ' t 7 * nd were escorted . Jo the f” l '" 1 " kjrtH of town im< f ,,.. th<’ on”’ 1 ’" thpir weiiri ut as fa’ 11 i on tneu , w »«■>' v “ ,i I ’»«. "■ ■ II . tollin' ' be wus . I world '

I the sunny south Peter Frank to His Friend John Voglewede. Decatur Party Enjoying Life Immensely in Old Arkansas. Buffalo Creek,Ark., Jan. fl 1904. Friend John: I will drop you few lines, the first I have written to any one. lam well and hojio yon are in the same boat. Well John, Pery, Yager er and Porter are still with me, ' they are talking of coming home noon, then I will be alone. I guess I can get along all the same, the wolves are good company, so I am all right. We have been about, all over tho state since we came down and now we are back to our old hunting grounds again. We haven’t had the best of luck, only killed two deer so we have plenty to eat. We do not hunt very hard you know when we have a deer in camp, just eat until it is gone, then mosey out and get some i more. Porter and Perry saw four deer this forenoon, so they went back to try and get one. You see I our meat is running out and rabj bits and squirrels are plenty 'enough but they are not rich ■ enough for our blood, you see we want deer as it lasts longer. We have lots of fun you bet 1 wish you were here so you could get] scratched with the briars, they | ; are us thick as the hair on a dogs ' ; back. My hands would make a I good nie.il since they are so pricked i up with them. It would make a 1 preacher -wear to go through these Abriar jiatches, grape vines and Al' kinds of other trimmed with i ''yin and I tell you it is a job to n \ through them. I do not know iel V-long I will stay but I think I, ex]*A stay here until the first of ednesLh |. j s a nice place to winter ) prebaV n( j p has not froze a day! iy f ,,r Ave have been here and has, t Fri'lAnvcil ut all, it has been ' lict maL t ] ie time but we have! ter of tlArhts. When you get this toneburn , Vs) [ nIU ] iun ky dory oned ''.'as . lno how the Packard L, s [ roma j n y OU friend, ■ case of \ Peter Frank. vs Israel \ full sum V-

*Y. BROWN. \ A Kentucky w. \ \ 11 Was 0n« \ jnd A Co^ress ante \ \ \ \ TbA Hendroson. Ry\ ( Young Brown, fo\ohn jied here today atkor,' He was a distinle.p In\v I f and -‘tatesnuin. tnV I L.ngressnmn ho 'A 1 1 known through being V 1 General Benjamin F ■i received •’ 'ote of • ■u'ongress but tho nea ' Lxpungcd it from the re

JURIST IS DEAD. Mitchell of Peru, Well Known Over State. Saturday morning at Peru occurred tho death of Judge John Mitchell of the most widely known jurists of northern Indiana. He had been ill but a short time and his demise was not expected, al though he was well along in years. Judge Mitchel] had lived in Peru and practiced as an attorney for years. He had served on the bench of that district with distinction, having been judge two terms. The funeral occurred this afternoon at 2 o’clock at Peru. CAR SERVICE. G. R. & I. to Put in Telephone System. One of the First Railroads in the World to Put in an Up-to-Date Invention. It is said that the Grand Rapids& Indiana railway will be one of the first railroads in the world to install a car telephone service, which is but a recent invention and has proven quite successful. Spe iking of this the Grand Rapids Post of yesterday notes tho incorporation of the American Car Telephone company,which ownspatents enabl ing communicaion to lie received by telephone on moving trains, a device which would have prevented numberless fatal wrecks on jailroads. The capital is *2,500,000. The officers are as follows: President and general manager Theo lore D. Jdorgan; vice president Frank W Lyle: secretary and assistant general manager E. L. Silver; assistant seertary, R. G. St. John; directors, Theodore D. Mcrgan, Muskegon; Frank AV. Lyle, Dowa)giac;E. L. Silver, Grand Rapids; E. I). Tooley, San Francisco: R. J. ■ Fisher, Fort Wayne. A GOOD OFFER. National Music Company Wants Will Smith’s New Piece. Will Smith informed us today that he had received a very flattering offer from the National Music (tompuny of Chicago for the exclusive copyright on his new piece of I music “The High School Belles”) but up to the present time ho is‘ undecided what to do. This piece | Icf muisc is one of Will’s own com- I positions and is well recommended i I bv well known musicians at Fort ■ Wayne, which discloses the fact that Will has some rare musical ability about him. It is now his intention to have this piece trans1 ]x>sed into band music where it 1 will without doubt meet n ready , sale as tho piece has a quick and ; catchy air about it, and that is what band loaders are looking for. GAS IS LOW. Caused by Water Pump at Station Breaking. The gns was very low last night and this morning caused from the fact that the water pump ut the station broke and the plant had to be shut down. !• uperintendent <'hrisfen received a message this booming that the repairs would lie \iade by this evening and the ’yessure will no doubt come on. Ais notice is given that tho citi \s may use duo cure about their ( V. A little vigilence may save V serious loss. |

FIRE AVERTED. 1 Policeman Fisher Climbs ; a Fire Escape. I I 1 Gas Came on Strong in Entre Nous I Club Rooms and Almost Results in a Blaze. > i A sei ious fire was averted about four o’clock Sunday morning in the Entre Nous club rooms and the members of that popular institution should thank Policeman Fisher ' for his good work. The gas had | ~ been left on in the looms and during 1 the night had came on with such a ' rush that the roaring could he heard j plainly on the street below. The danger was noticed by Officers Geary and Fisher who attempted to enter by breaking in a door but • found this impossible. Finally a I store box was secured and standing [on this Fisher crawled from the Hide j walk to the fire escape platforms I and snoceded in climbing up the three flights of the iron fire escape. It was a nervy job as the iron steps j were icy and slick and a mistep i meant an accident. The feat was accomplished however and the ;! officer succeeded in getting in a ! window and turning down the fraoI tious gas. Tho rooms were red hot and no doubt a bad fire would have I soon resulted. I A NEW LAW. Filing Mortgage Exemptions Begin March I. The Acts of 1903 Makes the Time for This Duty a Month Earlier Than Heretofore. Many of our readers are interested in the mortgage exemption law which allows one to deduct the sum |7OO from the valuation of their properety for taxation under certain conditions. This has heretofore been permisable after the first | of April but under the new law j enacted by the legislature of 1903 l changed thin date to March Ist to | comply with the work of the as-1 sessors who also start on that day.! | The new law is found in section 36 I of the Acts of 1903 and reads as follows: SEt’. 36. That Section 1 of an act entitled “An act concerning | the taxation of real estate incum , bered by mortgage and declaring 1 an emergency," which became a! law without the Governor’s signa ' ture, March 1. 1899, is hereby i amended to read as follows: Sec' tion 1. That any person lieing the ) ! owner of real ctsute, liable for lax ation within the State of Indiana,; and being indebted in any sum, I secured by mortgage debt upon real estate, may have thc amount of such mortgage indebtedness, not exceeding seven hundred dollars, oxsisting and unpaid upon tho first day of March of any year, dediietod , from the assessed valuation of mortgage premises for that year and thc amount of such valuation remaining after such deduction shall have been made torm thc basis for assessment and taxation , for said real estate tor said year: Provided, That no deduoion shall be allowed greater than one half ot such assessed valuation of said real estate.

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NEW RAILROAD. T alK of the Line From Toledo to Indianapolis. A new railroad company- to bo known as the Toledo, Indianapolis & South Western has been incorporated with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars. Tho com Puny projxjses to construct u steam line from Toledo to Indianapolis . through Lucias, Wood, Henry, Put nam.Vun Wert and Mercer counties in this State, and thence direct to the Hoosier capitol. Tho principal towns to be touched have not yet been made public but it is to be taken for granted that the county seat towns will be in the line in event it is built —Van Wert Bulletin. I THEY SETTLED. “Punkin Huskers” Arrested at Marion. Gave Up Twenty-Five Plunks and Were Given Their Liberty. Marshal Cordna informs us that he received word Saturday even ing that the police at Marion had located and arrested John McLean and John Nigeo, tho two members of tho “Pankin Huskers” who wore wanhsl here on u charge of robbery. Marshal Corduti at onoe saw Harry Freidman and Frank ! Miller, the parties from whom the | goods were stolen and neither one seemed inclined to think they wanted to put any money- into the cause to bring them back so a compromise was effected and the two named gentlemen paid to thc Chief of Police at Marion five dol lars to square the deal here and also paid thc costs at Marion which amounted to about twenty dollars, and Marshal Corduu was notified that he would receive the money today. These two men begged hard to be released and in fact the show could not have gone on had they been detained as they were leading men in the company. But there is one thing sure it will certainly learn them a lesson that dur jing this day and age of the world a criminal cannot get very far away before he is apprehended, j Marshal Cordua deserves due credit ' for the efforts ho extended in cans ing the arrest of the two men FREIGHT WRECK. — G. R. & I. Has Another Accident at Kendallville. ) Engine No. 13 on the (4. R A- 1, ' running light, ran into the rear end iof local freight train No. 12 at Ken I dalville at s :55 o’clock lust night, partially telescoping the caboose. The local was standing still nt the time, the crew bein<- out attend ing to work, and no one was hurt The caboose, however was almost completely telescoped and ciiught fire from the stove whiuli was Torn floin its anchor by the impart, it was most completely destroyed. The wreck train from this city wus sent to the scene and hud the track cli'iir by u little ufter mid-niglv .The passenger train due lute from the north wax behind the wreck an did not arrive until after mid-nip being delayed about three I > —Journal-Gazette. j