Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 85, Decatur, Adams County, 20 April 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME II

HOT DISTRICT CONVENTIOS Madison County Anti-Durbin Forces Seated

DELEGATES AND ELECTOR CHOSEN R. K. Allison of This City an Alternate Anti Durbin Forces Enter Through Court House Roof and Secure Seats. Special to The Daily Democrat 3:30 p. m. MUNCIE IND., April 20, 1904— The district republican convention held here today was an exciting one in every sense of the word. The feature as was expected, was the fight of the Madison county delegates for recognition, two different factions, Durbin and anti-Durbin, having appointed delegates and the all absorbing question, was ‘' which side will be able to seat themselves?’ The result was a hot tight, almost a hand to hand struggle, in which the anti-Durbin forces won out, a part of them successully blockading the door against the opponents while rest entered through a trap door in the ceiling of the court room. The contest for the election of National delegates was a hard fought one and resulted in the selection of L. ,C. Davenport of Bluffton, and B. E. Clark of Madison county with R. K. Allison of Decatur and Dr. Shepherd of Jay county as alternates. A. L. Johnson of Muncie was chosen as presidential elector. A delegation of Adams county re* publicans are at Muncie today attending the district convention which is being held there for the purpose of selecting two delegates and two alternates to the national convention and a presidential elector. The delegates from this county are Earl B. Ailams, Charles S. Peterson, John Evans, Wm. Smith, Robert Boery, Wallace Wells and J. L. Love. They were chosen at a meeting held in this city JApril 9th The district convention opened at ten o'clock this morning at the Deleware county court room and an or ganization was completed, committees were appointed and the meettug adjourned until one o'clock. The candidate* for national delegates areJA. E. Clarke, of Ell wood; L. C. Davenport, of Bluffton and Charles M. Tritt of Union Citv with several dark horses in the field. AL . Johnson ofM uncie is the only avowed candidate for elector. A NEW CARPET Burt House Dining Room Has a Spring Dress. Niblick A- Co. today completed ♦he work of carpeting the spacious dining room at the Burt House with a handsome pattern of ingrain linoleum and the improvement is quite

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i noticeable. The job includes 120 | square yards and is the largest room in the city covered with linoleum. Manager Shea believes in keeping lup to date and is sustaining the reputation for the Burt House which ■ it has held for so many years. MUSICAL CLUB Young Men Organized Apollo Club Last N«ght A new club was organized last evening and will be known as the Apollo club and is composed of (he following named boys: McChurg, True, Hunsicker, Brushwiller and Mayer. This is a musical organization and is oom. posed of three mandolins and two guitars, the boys are all finished musicians and capable of appearing before any community about here and the class of music they play cannot be excelled by a like organiaztion in this part of the state. The boys have anumber of engagements booked ahead and are also in line for any entertainment, and any job you may aoffer them. OIL COMPANY Incorporation Papers Filed Today Burns Development Co. Organized With SIO,OOO Capital Stock to Operate in Adams County. Articles of incorporation under the laws of the state of Indiana w ere filed today at the office of county Recorder Cloud of the Burns Developement Company. According to papers the capital stock is |IO,OOO consisting of ten thousand one dollar shares. The object of the company is to sink and operate oil and gas wells and the main offices are at Berne. The incorporatiors are James W. Mathews of Berne, Owen Bruns, Chicago and Mark R. Sherman, Chicago. The first named is secretary and general manager, Mr. Burns is president and treasurer and Mr. Sherman, vice president. These three likewise form the board of director who will manage affairs during the first vear at least. The incorporation papers were issued April 12th and are good for fifty years. The company will operate chiefly in Adams county. AT VAN WERT The High School Bsao Ball team will lea e Saturday morning for Van Wert where they will engage in their first real game ofthe season against the High School team of that place. The boys have been working hard and it has been a hard proposition for manager and captain Knapp to pick a team fro m the list of aspirants, but he informs us that the team has and is strictly a High School team not even an eighth grade man's face appearing. Captain Knapp is confident of winning and expects to bring Van Worts scalp homo with him. The battery for the Decatur team will be Knanpp and Knoff Here's sueeess lxrys.

DECATUR, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1904.

LAWYER IN JAIL Walter McGinnitie, of Portland A Brilliant Attorney Issues Fraudulent Check.—ls Short in Accounts. Walter F Me Giunitie, a Portland attorney until Satuday a member of the firm of Taylor, McGiunitie & Taylor, is in jail at Portland charg ed with having issued a fraudulent and worthless check to the County Clerk Francis T. Carrie for twentythree dollars, in payment of court fees. Added to this Lawyer MoGiunitie, who by the way is well known in Decatiu especially among the lawyers, has other serious trouble* having been ejected from his firm in disgrace and claims have been filed against him aggregating 15,000. After the firm of Taylor, McGinnitie & Taylor bad been dissolved the Taylor members of the firm, in balancing what they supposed to be a SI6OO bank deposit found that that sum had slumped off until but eight cents balance remained. Monday the First Building & Loan Association filed suit to foreclose a $2,500 mortgage on the Mo Ginnitie block on West Walnut street. The W. H. Hood Wholesale Grocery Co. holds a second mortgage of |250. Seeing that a financial crash was coming mechanic leins were filed as by the Mercer Rawlings Lumber Co, $430; Cline & Wilt, lumber dealers, $253; Fulton i Hardware Co., sllo;James M. Alexander, $283; Thomas Bowers. $59; James N. Grimes $49. The city of Portand, $32. and Holmes Brothers. $128.98, totaling $1,334.98. The mechanic leins were for material and labor in recent improvements to the block. Aside from this it is stated that The Bank of Redkey are losers to the tune of SIOO, while the Pennville bank and the People's Bank of this city are losers of small amounts. BRAVE ENGINEER Saves Erie Train From Wreck Stuck to His Post Though the Engine Was Bumping Over the Ties. Ono of the most remarkable as well as the most fortunate accidents occurred Sunday afternoon at Kemp a little station about six miles west of Lima when Erie Limited No. 4 jumped the track while running at a speed of sitxy miles an hour. A broken tire on one of the large drive wheels of the engine caused it to jump the track all the rest of the train following. The train ran along on the ties a distance of about two hundred yards before it could be stopped That a terrible accident did not occur was probbaly due to the cool bravery of Engineer James Doty of Marion, who, although his engine was bouncing and rocking over the ties threatening to bring destruction to the entire train at any moment, stuck gamely at his post and brought the train to a stop. The passengers received a severe shake up but no one as seriously injured.

BEING BOUND Bill of Exceptions in the Osborne Murder Case. David E. Smith, attorney for Joseph Osborne who,was sentenced to prison for life, was in town Tuesday and brought with him the Bill of Exceptions which will be sent to the supreme court at Indianapolis. The bill is being bound into one book by the Berne Blank Book Com pany and contains over 2000 pages. The book will be at Indianapolis in about two weeks. Attorney Smith stated to the News that although he believes that the case will be reversed, Osborne will have to remain in prison at least a year, on account of much business in the supreme court at present—Berne NewsSOLO AND PEDRO C. B. L Entertain in Royal Style Over a Hundred Guests Indulge in an Evening of Genuine Enjoyment. The C- B. L.on last evening gave another one of their large pedro and solo parties at their beautiful club rooms in the new Studabaker block and to say that it was a success will hardly express it. Long before the time set for playing the crowd kept coming and at exactly half past eight when play was called there were over one hundred people seated at the tables ready for action. For three hours the battle for supremacy was kept up and raged furiously back and forth first one being head and then another and as the bell rang at the end of the twelfth game announcing that the contest was over excitment ran high until the winners were found, which proved to be Miss Bertha Fallen kamp and Charles Christen for first prizes in pedro and John Moran and Tena Sohruger boobies. While Charlie Elzey won first for solo and W. A. Keublor the booby, appropriate prizes were then distributed to the winners and peace reigned once more. The guests were again seated a round the tables and were served with a fine three course luncheon to which all did justice. The tables were then cleared away and for a short period the floor was occupied by those who desired to dance, and at a late hour all departed for their respective homes all voting theC. B. L. c]ub fine entertainers. MANY PRESENT Rathbone Sisters Hold District Meeting at Fort Wayne. Quito a number of Decatur ladies have been at Fort Wayne yesterday and today attending the convention of the Rathbone sisters of district number two. The first session of the convention was held yesterday afternoon, with the district deputy grand chief, Mrs. Cora Dunton, of Lagrange, presiding. The grand chief, Mrs. Hortense Kirkpatrick, of Pieroton, was also present. The visitors were welcomed to the city by Mrs. Al Foster, of Fort Wuyne and the welcome was responded to by Mrs. Nellie D. Buchanan. The latter reviewed the great growth of the auxiliary order of the Knights of Pythias, and she created considerable enthusiasm. An elaborate banquet was given last evening. The meetings closed at noon today.

CAUGHT THEM Young Men Robbed G. R. & I. Ticket Office Railway Detective Put on Their Trail and Secure a Confession From One — “Professor” Winsow, mandolinist [ and pretty fellow, and his youthful j chum, Clyde Dickes who have been circulating in Portland society i the past few weeks and showing the young people a nice time, were taken in custody at Decatur Monday morning on a charge of filching two railroad tickets. These were tickets by which the I two young men alleged to have i made their way to this city from Decatur one night last week. The night operator at Decatur was busy at his instrument one night late last week when tjvo strangers came into the office and s:it down near him. They had no in the private office but the operator supposing that they were friends of the day operator allowed them to remain. The next morning when the night man began to make up his tickets sales he found himself short two tickets. He wired to headquarters and a detective was sent out. An \ investigation was started and it was found that the conductor had taken up two unstamped tickets to Portland on the night in question. No tickets had been sold to Portland on that night, consequently all that was necessary was to get a description of the two men who had presented the tickets. The description came to Portland and had no difficulty in running down his clue. Saturday night young Dickes got on the train to return to Decatur and the detective boarded the train and sat in the seat with him. All that is known is that the detective put the accusation up to young ■ Dicke and the youth told the whole i story. His confession saved the pair more trouble for they were left off with a simple settlement for the tickets. Young Dickes is said to come of a good family and is himself not a bad sort of fellow but has been very much under the influence of the "professor” who is older and somewhat of a charmer.—Port land Commercial Review. GERMAN BAPTISTS Met This Year at Carthage, Missouri Arrangements and Rates for Indiana Delegation.—Many Will Join Party. I I I The annual meeting of the Ger man Baptist churches of the United States will occur at Carthage Mis souri from Muy 19th to May 26th and notices have been sent out giving rates and particulars for Indiana jieople who care to attend. ThosA who attend will travel on a special train over the Wabash to Kensas City thence over the Missouri Pa cittc. The special leaves Fort Wuyn.mt 12:15 p. in. of Muy 20th and. loaves Huntington at 1:15. The fare from the former place is $19.10 and from the latter $19.10.

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The train arrives at Carthage at noon next day, making the long run in less than twenty-four hours. At the same rate tickets can be obtained on regular trains from May 17th to 23rd good until June 30. Manypeople from Indiana and possibly several from this county will take advantage of the cheap rates and long time limit to visit friends in the west. NEW STATES Four Territories Combined and Will be Made States. WASHINGTON, April 19.—After a debate extending through the entire session the house today passed the bill providing for joint statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory under the name of Olkahoma, and of Arizona and New Mexico under the name of Arizona. In discussing the rule which had been reported by the committee on rules providing for immediate consideration of the bill. Mr. Williams the minority leader, declared that no republican had any idea that the bill would become law at this session. Delegate Wilson, of Arizona, opposed the bill. It was favored by Delegate McGuie of Oklahoma. THE PRESBYTERY Met Yesterday at Auburn Church New Officers Chosen.—Rev. Allen Takes Part in Memorial Services. The Fort Wayne Presbytery met at Auburn yesterday and was well attended. Rev. Mr. Gaw, of Fort Wayne and Rev. Mahan of LaGrange were chosen commissioners to attend the general assembly at Buffalo, May 19th. Rev. J. W. Flemming of Fort Wayne was elected moderator and Rev. Wilson of Princeton was made temporary clerk. In the afternoon memorial services were held in memory of the late Rev. William M. Donaldson, who died in Minneapolis, Minn., a few weeks ago and whose remains were brought to Ossian ter interment. The Rev. Donaldson was eighty seven years old and the oldest member of the presbytery. The speakers at this serveie were the Rev. E. A. Allen, of Dccitarc; Elder George K . Hardin, of Bluffton, and Elder J. W. Wilson of Ossian. The presbytery adjourned to meet April 26 at Columbia City where Rev. A. M. Barrett will be installed as pastor of the Presbyterian church of that city. IN CALIFORNIA Monroeville Boy is Wanted on Charge of Forgery. Walter E. Reed, twenty four years of age, was arrested yesterday at Monroeville by Deputy Sheriff Gladieux. He is wanted at Los Angeles, J(’al., on the charge of forgery. Until nine months ago young Reed resided at Monroeville. At that time he went to Los Ango les, here ho remained until several days ago. Sheriff Stout was notified Monday night that Marshal Pence, of Monroeville, had arrested the lad on n telegraph warrant, but when Officer Glaaieux went after the man he found that he had not been taken into custody at all. The deputy at once went to Rood a house and arrested him later bringing him to the county jail for safe 11 keeping.—Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.