Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 19 March 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME II

COMMERCIAL CLUB ACTS Appoint Committee to Take Charge of Railway Project

PRESIDENT SHONTS " INVITED HERE Every Possible Effort to be Made for Shops Club Returns Twenty Per Cent of Subscription for Ft. Wayne & Springfield Traction Ground The Commercial Club directors I held a meeting last night to discuss the best methods of proceeding with President Shonts’s offer I to establish a railway division. It was decided and the president ■authorized to appoint a committee t of three conservative, hus;ling, aclive business men who will h:i»*e | -entire charge if the club's part in ' the efforts to land this enterprise. I They will do everything in their 1 power to obtain the best proposiI tion possible from the railway comf pany and to carry out the necessary | proviso after an estimate has been finished. John W. Tyndall will be | chairman of u the committee. | but the other members have not I yet been appointed by President I <juinn. The club can assist greatly I in this matter and with the assistance of every public spirited citizen Bof Decatur the project should be * easily landed. Another important action taken at last night's meeting was the adoption of a resolution to return twenty per cent of the subscription donated by our citizens for purchasing the site for the Fort Wayne & Springfield railway, the amount raised being more than was necessary. The checks for same were sent out today. In returning the money the Club have proven themselves worthy of the | confidence of the people of Decatur, whose best interests they have , always at heart. Mr. Cleveland, I chief engineer of the Clover Leaf, I left last night having completed I his duties here for the present. He I will report at once to the road otli I (rials who will choose a site lo v the | yards and buildings and an e.-ti-I mate can then be given. President J Shontz will p obably spend a day I here next week as an invitation hus I been extended to him to do so, when he can discuss the merits. J advantages and benefits to be deriv- ( ed by the Clover Leaf company and the city of Decatur, should the deal | be concluded. The people of De- : oatur want the division, shops and other contingent industries and are going to have it, if possible. GO VISITING Party of Decatur Ladies Are Entertained by Mrs. Weickind. A crowd of Decatur ladies left, at noon today fcr Bluffton whore they will bo entertained this afternoon I by Mrs. Ernst Wicking at her beantitul home. The event is in honor of Miss Vjoal Stu I ii>.iker of Lucerne Missouri. The party from here includrsi Mosdamos J. Niblick. Dick Morrison, N. Blackburn, J. S. Boyers, D. E. Btudubakur, Davidbtuda-

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baker, Misses Hattie Studbaxer and Nellie Blackburn. Muster Burton Niblick also accompanied them and will visit friends over Sunday while the ladies will return this evening. The affair will no doubt be a pleasant society event. HONOR HIM Jacob Schiedel Received in Bluffton With Open Arms. Bluffton was honored today by a visit from Comrade Jacob Schlagel. Jacob has been away for a number of years with the army but his appearance on the streets today was little different from the Jacob of long ago. He still wears the smile that won’t come off and has a word of greeting for everybody. This morning Schlegel stated that he would work on the, C. B. & C railroad, going to work in the morning. Jake says there is absolutely nothing doing in Decatur. He is of the opinion that the talk of moving the railroad shops from Delphos to Decatur is all hot air. Jake said that already all the buildings even to the hand car barns had been erected on paper but that he had failed to see where any ground had been turned.—Bluffton Banner. Jake's the first stranger who has located m Bluffton for months and its little wonder the citizens of that place are wild. An effort is now being made to secure his acceptance for the nomination of mayor on the Commercial Club ticket. FOOLED THEM Prisoners Attempt Jail Delivery Eight Hoboes in Adams County Jail Try to Rush Out, But Deputy Butler Stops Them. Eight prisoners in the Adams County jail attempted an escape this morning but were foiled by the alertness of Deputy Dallas Butler. Th it official had gone into the cells to get the pans anddishes after they had finished breakfast. He gathered up an armful of pans and I stai toil for the door when one of them said, “ well lets go out. ” Dalia- immediately dropped pans and dishes, darted out the door and succeeded in fastening the bolt just as two of the men gave a tug at same. The men were angry and blamed each other for spoiling the job, which seetns to have been planned as each man had his clothes wrapped in a bundle and placed near the door where he could get them handily as he dashed out. The deputy sheriff' secured his revolver and returned after the dishes but the men made no further attempt, realizing that they were dealing with a determined officer. The eight m ’• include five hobos taken li- t Btvidii v, two of lie men found ; in the ii > . i fht-. • hoot hou-e and W igni, th. . ino man who refuses io his pay due. The men will be but lon bread and wafer and tie t week I will be invited to do some street work

DECATUR, INDIANA, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1904.

ANNIVERSARY DAY The Pyle Family Have a Pile of Birthdays. Today is certainly a day of birthdays in the Washington Pyle fanlily as three members of this family first saw the light of day on the the 19th day of March and in consequence thereof they are all obliged to celebrate this event t igether. Os course the ages vary somewhat, Washington the father, being sixty years of age; Edward a son, being thirty six, and Irvin being thirty four. All are in the best of health and are prosperous. It is very seldom that an occasion of this kind is ever recorded and this family are justly proud of being at least one exception to the rule. BANK STATEMENT New York Finances for the Week Report of Money From the Market That Rules the United States. Special to Tbe Daily DehiOOrat NEW YORK, N. Y., March 19— The bank statement for this citv I and which is a guide of financial I conditions in the United States, for | the week ending at noon today, shows a general decrease again, most marked in the reserve, loans and circulation. The exact figures are as follows: Reserve, decrease <2,626,500. Loans, decrease <119,800. Specie, decrease, <1,895,500. Legals, decrease <794,800. Deposits, decrease <255,200. Circulation, decrease <1,048,800. FEELS BETTER But McDonald of Bedford Has Some Peculiar Act'ons. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 18 —Upon his return to jail in this city, after arraingment at Bedford for tbe murder of Miss Schafer, a newspaper correspondent called upon McDonald, who apologized for his discourtesy of the previous day. “You see,” said McDonald, “I have things to trouble me, I was not mad, but I was bothered, I feel tetter tonight, but I can’t talk, you know. My attorneys say for me to keep still, and I'm going to ao it.” McDonald then refused to discuss his case but he replied when asked how things apiieared to him at Bedford: “Oh, there was about a thousand people in the old court house; even the aisles were full. But I didn’t care; they treated me all right.” McDonald referred to the two months’ interval before his case would lx, called, which he did not mind, us he expressed it, because be was treated well and had plenty to eat. “It’s the longest time I’ve ever been in jail, though I admit I've been here before,” said he. It is understood that his trip to Bedford his attorneys not only gave him additional instructions to keep bis own counsel, but also instructed him Io lx, courteous to visitors, otherwise he would have no friends. While he remains boro be will be 1 ept in bix cell and in the inner corridor and be will tie given no privleges save considerate treatment. Ho is now talking more to his fellow prisoners, but be refrains from mentioning bis own euse.

WAS DENOUNCED Millionaire Sully Hopes to Recover Loss Cotton Adxances Twenty Points Today, and the King Mav Save His Fortune. Special to Dally Democrat. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 19— Daniel J. Sully, the cotton king who failed yesterday with liabilities reaching into the millions, was denounced on the exchange today. He hopes to resume business in a few days and his fate is said to hang lon today’s prices in this staple. The prices went up twenty four points at the opening and he may thus be saved. WAR NEWS Dispatches Favor the Russians Claimed That 1800 Japanese Were Cap* tured in Battle at Yalu River. Special to the Daily Democrat. ST. PETERSBURG, March, 19— The Russian troops are pouring into Northern Korea and all the soldiers are in excellent condition. It is reported here that typhoid fever has broken out among the Japanese forces. CHEFOO, March 19—A private dispatch received here from Mekpen states that a battle has betaken place on the Yahu river in which the Russians claim to have captured 1800 prisoners.

PRAISE HIM Tom Railing, the Base Ball Pitcher Favorably Mentioned. This morning’s Muncie Star contained a splendid half tone picture of Tom Railing Decatur's popular bull player and the following complimentary notice: “Tom Railing, “Decatur’s favorite” base ball pitcher, is now playing in the Dallas, Texas, team. He was continually organizing teams composed of bis schoolmates ami friends. A- he grew older he became a member of the city teams hero and could play in any capacity. In 1903 bo was tried out in the Dallas Texas, team and was successful and was one of the three pitchers of the team. He played good bit 11 during tho entire season and pitched the game which won the Southern league penant for Dallas from Houston, Texas. Last month Railing returned to Texas alter s)H>nding the winter here. In his first tryout game he pitched but three inninw and struck out three men, | this game being with ibe Chicago ' Americans. Railing has had offers ■ from bull managers from New York, and Chicago, who saw the g.. mo, but he prefers to stay with the Dallas team. He is but twenty one years ot age.

BY ACCLAMATION The Republicans Make Councilmanic Nominations. The republicans of the city, or a small portion of them, met in ward meetings last evening and made their nominations for councilmen, Ihe plums going to Charles Teeple and W. S. Peterson in the first ward. S. B. Fordyce in the second and T. C. Corbett in the third, all nominations being made by acclamation. All the nominees are at present members of the city council, having been elected two years ago. The city election will occur on May 3, at which time a mayor, clerk, treasuerr, marshal, and two councilmen in each of the three wards will be elected.

GREEN WITH ENVY Poor Old Bluffton Gives One Last Agonizing Kick. Decatur went wild yesterday fore noon when a telegram was received ■ saying that President Bhontz and some other officials of Clover Leaf would be there in a short time and would like to meet the mayor of the burg and some of the business men who had some money they might ’u O induced to part with. Everyone wanted to see a railroad and the merchants jumped for the depot without stopping to get their ' coats or hats. About 200 surrounded tbe private car and yelled. Mr. Shontz told them that if they Would raise a big lump of money and give the road some land Decatur would be made the division for a local freight and a refrigerating plant would be put up there that would make ice tor cold storage oars. The Erie is to help in these improvements and Decatur made a transfer point between the two roads. Mr. Shontz hinted, but did not really say, that Decahir was to get the shops now at Franfort or Delphos, but any way a round house is to be built. Tbe Democrat says Decatur will soon be the biggest town between Willshire and Bluffton and Lima and Markle. The prospect of getting the round house together with the announcement Ui.it the stone quarry will open soon has set Decatur delirious.—Bluffton News. Dear old Bluffton, you're alright, •only its awful to stand still in your progress and see thriving cities spring up all about yon, It's a tough proposition when even the girls in your mitten factory, your last industry, realizing that better wages are obtainable in the city of Decatur, have deserted you. Go back to your asphalt streets and the million dollar oprea house that you flimiamed poor old John Terrel out of and howl your heads off, while Decatur secures industries that employ people and pays them good wages.

A CLOSE CALL Clover Leaf Brakeman Has Thrilling Experience. John Frye, freight brakeman on the Clover Leaf, had a close call from a horrible death at New Richmond, Ind., Monday night. He was in the caboose which was turned over while the train was round ing a curve. The lights in the car went out and the interior caught fire. Frye could not get tho door open for some time, but he finally succeeded in escaping just in time t<> save his life. He was bleeding from a cut on the face and another bad one on the right hand when bo got out of tho caboose, a ad, without waiting for assistance started on out for New Richmond to get services of a physician, lie was not to be seen when the crow returned to the burning oar and the horrifying suspicion wus forced upon them that ihe hud Ixjon burned to death. Fur i ther investigation relieved their minds, however, when it was fotituJ that ho was alive though badly wounded. His Ixxly wusulso bruis ed in many places.-Delphos Herald.

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AN EMBEZZLEMENT Lyman Bros. Will Arrest Young Man Fort Wayne Man Defrauds the Firm Out of Considerable Money and Must Settle Today. Will Lyman left this morning for | Fort Wayne where he will be closeted for several hours with. Chief of Police Gorsline in connection with having a very prominent I young Fort Wayne man arrested for embezzlement and obtaining money under false pretenses. This young man whose name Mr. Lyman refused to disclose at this time was employed several months ago by the Lyman Brothers as a member ■of one of their crews that travel ; over the country taking orders for pictures. This young man seemed | thoroughly honest and in fact kept i his business straight for a tew weeks, but later kept writing for money to be advanced upon orders ' that he had taken, when in fact he hud never taken such an order and in other oases would collect money in advance for ptefttetW which is against the rules of this! flrta, and appropriated the funds to his Own use. In this manner he collected several hundred dollars which rightfully belonged to this firm. Mr. Lyman stated to a representative of this paper this morning that he would lay the case before Mr. Gorsline, try and get the young man before them and give him a chance to make this money good to the firm but if he refused to do so he will let the law take its course and prosecute him to its full extent. With all of this firm's experience in this line of business this is the first case of this kind that they have had to contend with.

TO HAVE LIGHTS Berne Council Will Vote on Electric Light Proposition Soon. The Berne News says: Henry Stucky was here from Woodburn Wednesday and changed all the jxrints in the electric franchise, that were in question, to the full satisfaction of tho town board and the business men's association. The franchise is now in the hands of ('lark J. Lutz, the town’s attorney at Decatur, who will look after all tho legal points contained therein. Next Monday the town council will vote on the franchise and it will no doubt be passed. Members of the town board that were interviewed by the News’ representative talked very favorable. If tho franchise is granted by the council 30 days time will be given the citizens to vote on it.

CAUGHT HIM Bloodhounds Trail a Burglar at Fort Recovery. A dispatch from Fort Recovery says: At about 2 o’clock a. tn. John Heiby’s saloon was broken into and an attempt made to blow open the safe, which contained ■ <IOO. A hole was partly drilled 3 in the safe and the knob knocked ■ off, which made such a noise as to frighten tho burglars vff. Mart shut Medellon telephoned to D.iy- - . ton for bloodhounds whichlived here last, night and wore it, to .1 work. They followed the trail to , the room of George Kruse, who was arrested today and bound over to . j court.