Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 18 January 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME I!

LEAPED TO DEATH I 1 Drunken Man Jumps From Erie Train Dead When Found, Body Taken to Ohio City.—Leaves Little Daughter. I A tragedy was enacted on Chicago & Erie east bound limited train ®Jo. 8, near Ohio City, Saturday. ,»A male passenger, traveling on a &econd class ticket and accompanied ijfjy a little girl, aged about throe years, became crazed by overindul gonoe in strong drink and made a wild leap from the steps of the cars. I His mental condition was such that the trian crew kept a close watch on him, but, while unguarded for a moment he ran down the aisle and a jumped off. The conductor saw the ! ■man make the start and ran after him, but reached the steps a second too late. The train was stopped and the lifeless body was found stretched upon the ground. It was taken to Ohio City and to E. Leo's undertaking establishment. A' wound on the side of the head shofr «d that he had dived onto the ground and that death must have been inJstantaneous. An examination of ■his clothing proved him t$ lie An .thony Krebeck, Bohemian, enroute . yfrorn Ashland, Wis.consin, to New ■York City. Some of the papers dis- '-• losed that he had been employed ■by the Stearns Lumber Company of I Odah, Wisconsin. Among his es I ■ sects were #425 in cash and a note | K for |75. There were also two full B bottles of whiskey in his pockets., he little girl was taken from the ffi ars at Ohio City and is being cared ■ for at the Clover Leaf Hotel. Shej Bean not talk English and no one ■ there is able to converse with her. w'There is notihng to show the dead , ■man’s home and, in hope of gleanI mg information on this point, tele- , ‘.grams have lieen sent to the lumber ! C ompany at Odiah. TENA MILLER DEAD — Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Miller t 1 Suffered From Typhoid Fever, Measles and Complication of Luni Trouble. Miss Christina Miler, the thirteen '(■year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ■ Michael Miller died this merning at o’clock at the home o£ her ■parents six miles south of the city ■jjof a complication of diseases. Miss K Miller had been sick for a number ■of weeks, first from typhoid fever. ■ then meash s and the last attack ■ was pneumonia which she was ■ unable to survive ami death came ■to relieve her of suffering. All dur Bing her long siege ftf sickness she ■ was no < r known to complain and ■always had ii'smile for the faithful ■who watched over her, ami had of ■ ton said that she was not afraid to ■ meet her Hod. Her parents are Bitterly distracted over the loss of ■ their darling and can hardly realize the same. Thefuneral sen ices will ' ■bo held Wednesday morning at ten , ■ o'clock from the St. Marys ('atbolie ■church and interment at the St. I ■Joseph cemetery.

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LEAP YEAR DRIVE 1 Young People Enjoy Sleigh Ride to Country. A crowd of young people enjoyed sleigh ride yesterday evening about seven miles west of this city to the home of Charles Bracht. The affair was a leap year one and the boys had nothing to say in the matter whatever, all they had to ; do was to get ready and go, and the girls did the rest. The party originated among the girls at the mitten factory and every detail was carried out with flying colors. After arriving at Mr. Bracht's home, a fine lunch was served by the girls and taking it all in all a good time was had and everyone that was lucky enough to be there, especially the boysjsay they, would not have missed for half the ir lives, and wish leap year would come every year. a OUT OF JAIL | ' Bit* Boy Released From Custody of Sheriff. Blanche Richardson the colored gentleman who was sentenced to ninety days in jail here for stealing clothes and money from a negro friend of his at the Burt Hotel is now loose, his time having expired yesterday, but he is staying very ■close to Sheriff Butler and will i continue to stay there until the transportation he is looking so? arrives which he expects aijy day and when it does come he will immediately leave for, his native soil and horse in Mississippi, where ho says it is warm and he won’t have to steal clothes to protect himself. I Big Boy as he is called has had chough of Decatur and wants to get uiway as far as possible from us. ! HAS BEEN SICK ® Clarence Holthouse Recovering From Pneumonia Symptoms. J. L». Holthouse, is in recipt of a , letter from his son Clarence who is ■at Denver, Colorado, stating ' that he had been very sick and had just escaped an attack of pneumonia but now he was recovering as nicely as ever as one could hope for and would be out of the house in a fCW days. This letter was received Saturday and nothing further has been heard since but the presumption is that Clarence . will now recover all right. This B will no doubt prove pleasing to his , many young friends here who had i not learned of his sickness but that ;he is now recovering. ATTEND FUNERAL Father of Joe Harris Buried at Van Wert. Joe Harris returned lust evening from Van Wert where he was at | tending the funeral of his father E. Harris who died at: his home on last, Friday from heart trouble. He was eighty four years of age and very feeble and when the last attack camo his cons itution was not able to forestall it and death resulted quickly. The funeral serices were held yesterday morning from the Dix chruch west of Van Wert and the interment was made in Dix cemetery. BLUFFTON CROWD Entertained al William Butler’s Home Last Evening. Mr. and Mrs. William Butler en tcrained a party of Bluffton people nt six o'clock dinner last evening Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Ktl : Smith, Mr. nhd Mrs. John Smith, Miss Clara Smith and Mr. Harry Grnddi. They returned home last evening at 9:19 and stated that I their visit here was a most delight--1 ful one.,

DECATUR, INDIANA, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1904.

' TRY AGAIN I I * Kirkland Township Had a Tie for Trustee »> G. M. T. Houck and E. E. Zimmerman to Have Another Battle. £ Kirkland township failed to settle all their election trouble last Friday, and in consequence thereof, will be given another opportunity next Saturday. G. M. T. Houck and E. E. Zimmerman were candidates for trustee, and received the two highest votes, forty four each. They brought their troubles before the canvassing board at its meeting Saturday and County Chairman McKean appointed 'a committee for arbitration, this committee ixnng composed of Henry Eitirtg, H. L. Sellemeyer L. C. Miller and Lew Ellingham. They held a consultation with the two candidates and made several propositions which were turned to the wall, ’and finally agreed to give them the op portunity of trying their luck again, which was agreed to, and the time settled for next Saturday. At this time the voters of Kirkland will decide the tite in favor of one or the other of these two candidates. The same election board that did . servige last- Friday will officiate Saturday, and predictions are free that almost ajull vote will again be out. There were four candidates in the race at the primary, ! vote being pretty evenly divided between the fou®. f irty four being the.Jiighost vote, and thirty throe ; the lowest. ® I •, MUSIC STORE _ ♦ 1 ® £ ' Will Smith Opens Business on South Second Street. Will E. Smith, composer of the "High School Belles" and several other musical selections; has opened .up a music store in the building formerly occupied by Clem Voglewede as a shoe store, just one door north of the laundry. He wifi carry a full line of all kinds of musical instruments and also Singer sewing machines and will lx* ready for your patronage in this line by Friday of this week. He is now ready to do all kind of repairing on musical instruments and ma chines and solicits your patronage at once in this line. Will is certain acquainted with the best brands of musical instruments and will carry only the best. He has had considerable experience in this lino as he has made this his business for many years and is thoroughly competent to speak of the merits of same We predict a bright future for Willami know ho will make it a success. He will also carry a complete line of all the latest vocal and instrumental sheet music. GETS CONTRACT Cal Miller Secures Bid Ditch Job in Madison. Galvin Miller of this city received word this morning that he was the lucky bidder on a big ditch in Madison county. He bid on the job about two weeksago against a num her of contractors but the contract was not let until Saturday . The ditch is seven miles in length and | Mr. Miller will start the work at I <>nee us it must be completed by iJanuary Ist next. The contract price was |H3,2BL t'ul will goto Anderson this week to arrange for the work.

SURPRISED HIM Herbert Colchin’s Birthday Duly * Celebrated. . About dozen of the little friends of Herbert Colchin succeeded in completely surprising him last evening. The event was planned by Herberts mamma, Mrs. J.S. Colchin and was in honor of his birthday being twelve years old, but the surprise was carried out by- his playmates. It was a very successful affair and they had a good time playing games of various sorts. Refreshments were served and Herbert was presented with a crokinolo lioard. * («■ ® BADLY HURT • » Fred Fuelling Thrown From Buggy ® i ••• % Horse Ran Away and B nitty Collided With au Electric Light Pole. ♦ - •. a * * • Fred Fuelling, who lives east of this city, bad a very serious accident Saturday evening, the same being caused by a runaway. Frym what we can learn of the accident Fred had startl'd for home and was turning into FiPst street near the opera house, his horse be< <ne frightend at something and started 'to run. In turning the corner the I buggy struck an.gleCtric flight ®p> le and the quick stop threw Fred head I long over the dash board onto the frozen ground, while the horse wenj on. DMit Spencer happened to come from the opera house and found Fred and getting assistance at once they carried him to Beery .V I Holthouse's livery’stably where fie was taken care of and at nine o'clock this firm hitched up a cab anil con ‘ j veyed him home. His son camo in I; yesterday ■'morning for the horse i and buggy, t-lie l itter being badly I i demolished, and said that his father W|*,s very badly . bruised up and ' would be confined to his lied and 1 hijtisc fbr several days to come. GOOD SERMONS — Rev. Line Preached at M. E. Church Yesterday. i * Rev. (’. E. Lino, D. D., field sec- . retary of the DePaw University at Greencastle delivered two elo- , qnent serniyns at the Methodist ■ church yesterday and proved himself as heralded a master in instilli ing good thoughts in the minds of his < hearers. In the morning his dis ! course was an educational sermon and was interesting, deep and entertaining, as was also his sermon at night. The church was crowded at both meetings and the audience are enthusiastic in their praises ' Rev. Line will give up his pq-sent iposition next spring and’ will enter this conference. DIED OF MEASLES Lillie Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Noah of lln'on Township. Walter Noun. Jr , the four months old child of Mr. and Mrs. j Walter Noah died al tno home of I his parents in Union township yes | terday afternoon of measles, lhe funeral will lx held at the home ol its parents and will beu private one. Interment will be at the East Salem cemetery.

FALSE ALARM .* * • No Fire at Van Camp Foundry ■# »» Company Makes Good Run, But Their Services Were Not Necessary. I tr-ib ® Those why heard the tire whistle last evening and responded nobly to the call with the expectation of seeing a fire were doomed to disappointment. The tire was supposed to have been at V'anCamp’s iron works, but when the company and its hundreds of followers arrived I there wts not a sign of fire notice- ' able anywhere, and the company at a speed much less than tfiht with which they had responded. The only theory the chief can advanet* on the alarm is that some one qotioed the large volume of smoke coining from that neighborhood and at once thought of fire, thence the call. This was caused by the fireutan building his fire under the boilers to commence work early this morning. Although then 4 was no fire it Will tend to get the fire company in condition and make their wind strong, but they say it ib hard work for nothing. THE WORLD’S FAIR ‘ I J ? J®s * ® The One Hundreth Anniversary ® ’ 1 © f ® _—— The Purchase Was Made During the Administration of Thomas Jefferson. ► ■ I . . I At the Wcrld - lair headquarters [at Inrhanapolisa statement contain ihg in a general way informration ' regarding the meaning and scope of i the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be held in St. Louis this summer j has been given out in answer to 1 man,y queries on the subject which have been received. The fair, as itlK name of the L niisiana purchase Exposition tolls, j- to celebrate thi ’ 100th anniversary of the ceding to ■ the United States of the Louisiana counsel of France made the sale to | President Thomas Jefferson through ’ 1 j the representatives of the latter. The price paid was 12.000,000 and | ! the settlement of American claims | j against France to the value of j J #3,000,000. The formal transfer was i made by Spain to France, which 1 had conquered the country, and by ■ France to the United States at New Orleans Dec. 19 and 20, 1803, anti from Upper Louisiana at St. Louis I on Marsh 0 and 10, I*ol. Itistoi celebrate this gr<#it event that the exposition will be held. To describe the sco|H' of the exposition is more diilicult. By comparison with I I former expositions it is shown that lhe one al St. Louis will outclass any previous world's fair. Actual tig ures show that it will outclass any previous world's fair Actual fig ures show that it will be twice as large as the great fair at Chicago in 1*93. and that it will be as large us the Buffalo. Paris, Omaha and Phil adelphui (k*ntennii>l expositions ■ combined. Few people have any ■ idea of the real magnitude "f the i work that has been undertaken

NUMBER 6

IS VERY SICK Geortjc W. Woodward Suffering From Blood Poison. George Woodward, the undertaker and furniture man, is lying at his home on Third street in a very serious condition, the result of blood poison, and from all reports is a very sick man. In an interview with his son, Charles, this morning as to what the cause was he stated that, it was thought he had contracted same from embalming Mrs. Bertha Murphy who died some few days ago, at least the arm began to swell the very’ next day, and continued to grow worse ever since. IS LITERARY Marion E. Beall Rising, to Fame His Record in the Insular Department a Splendid One. • I The.Tiureau of insular affairs in the war department.employs a liter ary gentlema n. He comes from Fort Wayne, Ind. His name is Marion E. Beall and he has just been made chief of the division having to do with all publications relating to the insular possessions of the United States. Mr. Beall was formerlv ’connected with the Fort Wayne ! Gazette, and later with newspapers lin Muncie. He has been in the war dep irtment ;■ bogt three years, and hasjiifide a splendid record having t>een given several promotion- for meritorious service. He was orig j inally an applicant, for an important position in the Philippines, but on II the recommendation of Senator Beveridge, wits given an appoint merit in 'Mr If'all was assfgni d to the bureau of insu lar affairs when it was organized, and is regarded as one of the most I conqietent officials in that branch |of the service. His business- is to I write. He prepares all the reports ‘ i and documents issued at (he depart ment relating to the insular pesses &ions acquired by the Unit- d stntellas a result of the war with Spain I I He is the author of several publica i tions, the most important of which is. entitled ••< tpportunitie- m the j Colonics and in Cuba." Mr. Beall is also the author of a c 'l’preiicn sive work containing a description of the climate, temixruturc, healthy j conditions, geography, ethnology, |government, history, flora, fauna. ' agriculture and forestry of the Phil I ippincs, with an appendix embruc ; ing statistical mutter relating to tin j population and resources of tbo is hands. He is now engaged in the I preparation of brochures or free distribution at the raniisiiirw I’urefiase I Ex|x»sit ion in connection with the ! Philippine exhibit. CHOOSE OFFICERS St. Mans Church Held Annual Election. • VV -W*. •-* * The St. Marys t’atholie church ' held their annual election yesterday ■ land the ball >t* cast resulted it. the selection of the following officers s Secretary. D I) Coffee; treasurer, i E. X. Ehinger; collect.:rs, If 11 s Bretnerktimp. Frank Toeplc and Nick Miller; usher. P. C. < orhett: cemetery trustee. Audreu Apple i man. With the exception of the lilt o ' ter the officers are the same us dur i ing the past year.