Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 29 April 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME II

WAR NEWS Two Hundred Japanese Slaughtered Japanese Gunboat and Torpedo Vesels Fitht Several Short Battles. — Special to The Daily Democrat 8:30 p. m. ST. PETERSBURG April 29-' Choosing death rather than surrender and fighting to the last 200 brave jJapenese soldiers were drowned through the sinking of a Japanese transport by a Russian squadron. It is reported here hat the Czar is very indignant over the slaughter and will order Rear Ad-! miral Yeszen who commanded the Russians court martialed. PORT ARTHUR April29—Japanese torpedo boats were sighted cov-, ered by a Japanese squadron. A few shots were.fired wihout damage. TOKIO April 29—The Japanese gunboat Maga, accimpained by several torpedo boats ascended the Yalu river Monday and fought a series of small engagements with Russians land forces. No loss reported. PENSION LAWS An Explanation of the Age Limit Law Recently Passed. There has been a good deal of ! misunderstanding regarding a recent act of congress and the interpretation of Secretary Hitchcock in regard to pensioners who are affect-I ted by the age limit. The law in question is an amendment of the act of June, 1890. providing that soldiers shall receive a pension on account of age disability. A great many soldiers formed the notion that the age limit, or disability would entitle them to a pension allowance in addition to any pension which they may be receiving at present or which they may receive in the future. This is not true. The highest rating accorded by the age disability is fl 2 per month and any soldier who is receiving as much as sl2 per month is not affected by the law A soldier who has passed the age of 12 years shall t e considered disabled one half and shall lie rated at s'’■ |>er month. A soldier 85 years of age shall be rated a‘ $8 per month and a soldier at 88 shall be rated at $lO ]>er month. A soldier whothas reached the age of "0 years shall be lated at sl2 per month. HASPOSITION Revillo Scherer Will Teach In Colorado College. Revillo Scherer, who until recently was a resident of Monnx, township is now located in Denver, Colorado, where he has l>een offered and will no doubt accept a position a teacher in a normal college of °onsiderable fame in that state. There is nothing in the least mysterious in Mr. Scherer leaving his home, Jnor nothing to gossip over in which there is any truth. He is a Konlteman in every respect, morally and intellectually far above the average. He simply decided that he could do better in the west and accordingly left for Colorado as any one luts a perfect right to do. He loft home Saturday and telegraphed home Monday since which time he has written a number of letters home one of which was published ten days ago in these columns.

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AN EXPLOSION Dr. Neptune Has an Accident With a Gas Fire. Dr. J. Q. Neptune had an experionce with a gas explosion this morning that he dosen’t care to repeat and we don’t blame him. He had the gas turned low in a stove in his office and went to turn it on stronger. It seems the gas had been accumalating from some reason or other and when it was turned an explosion resulted. The doctors hair was badly singed and he lost his eye brows and eye winkers. His left eye was slightly affected by the flames and pained him considerable today. COURT NEWS Verdict in the Fritz-Tee-pie Case Costs in Fifteen Dollar Suit Are S3OO —Other Legal Notes, Civil and Probate. After six hours deliberation the I jury in the case of Taziwell Fritz vs. Samuel H Teeple returned a verdict at five o’clock last evening, for the plaintiff fixing the amount of recoverv at sll.lß the sum asked for. It seems impossible that men would become entangled in a controversy over so small an amount and become so earnest that they would ■ engage in a law suit in which the costs with attorney fees would aggregate S3OO but such is the true facts in this case. The trial re1 quired two entire days. William Mayer vs. William Glendening, damages, $5,000 defendants ruled to answer absolute within ten days. This is one of Attorney Shockings damage suits between former partners of an oil company. Amos W. Guilick vs. Willis and Violet Wagers, commissioner ordered to pay Jonas Wagers admini* trator $250 cause continued as to further allowances. Gert Reynolds as guardian for his daughter Clara P. Reynolds filed an inventory. —o— Only one case is set for trial for , next week, that one being Nicholas Gasser vs. Howard W. A. Luckey and James M. Rose, suit to set aside conveyance and asking for $2,000 damages. It begins Tuesday L. C. DeVoss appearing for plainiff and D. D. Heller & Son for defend- ■ ants. MAKING DATES J M Ball Team Close With Huntington for May 15th. On May the 15th the Rosenthals will play the Huntingon Ball team, Manager Hively receiving word i from this feamjthis morning asking for the above date. Huntington this year is sporting a salaried team throughout and under the management of Thomas Ar mon who is a full Hedged ball man. This game above all others will show . to the fans of this city just how strong the Rosenthals are and will i be able to draw a line on the new men as to how they will act while , under fire. The Rosenthals will have their last practise game next Sunday before the season opens Xer-with the celebrated ’Japs” . unit on this day the ’’Rosenthals , regular and stand by pitcher Bur , France will be in the box and will > endeavor to administer the same dose to them *8 on last Sunday, come out and see the boys work.

DECATUR, INDIANA, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1904.

BETTER TODAY Cheering News Concerning Judge Studabaker Hopes That the Crisis is Past and the Family and Friends Are Greatly Encouraged. T x ' Judge David Studabaker is better today and the chances for his complete recovery are bright. This was the glad news which reached the ears of the many inquiring friends this morning. All day yesterday his condition was precarious and all night the worst was hourly expected. Near midnight the first sign of improvement was evident and this morning he was brighter, his pulse stronger and temperature nearer normal than at any time for several days. This afternoon the reports are even mere favorable and family and friends are greatly encouraged. The lung congestion has almost totally disappeared and the other complications each show improvement. Judge Studabaker change for the bettter seems almost miraculous and it is sincerely hoped that the crisis of his illness is passed and that his recovery will be rapid. The many inquires received at this B offioe today from citizen not only of this city but from surrounding towns but partially show ihe high esteem in which the venerable Judge is held by all his acquaintances. BROUGHT HOME Laisure, the Horse Theif, Arrives at Bluffton. Sheriff Johnson arrived home this morning in charge of Edward Leasure, the man who is charged with stealing a rig from Dr. S. A. Shoemaker of Poneto. The rig was stolen on March 15 and Leasure drove to Antwerp, O. When Leasure’s dis appearance was noted from Poneto at the time the horse was taken, he was at once suspected and inquires were made as to his former home. He was fjund to lie a resident of Wetzel county, W. Va., and the sheriff was notified to be on the lookout for him. Finally a telegram came stating that he had been captured and was in the jail at West’Martinsville. In order to get him back extradition pipers were necessary and Governor Durbin was at once appealed to with the result that he made a requisition for the Jprisoner. Mr. Johnson went to Indianapolis, leaving here Sun day afternoon and got the papers. From there he was obliged to go to Charleston to see the governor of West Virginia and have the papers signeu. Thus equipped with the necessary documents he had no trouble in getting the prisoner who was at once hurried to this county —Bluffton Banner. Leasure formerly lived in this county. A NEW STORE Blue Front Five and Ten Cent Store Opens Tomorrow. The Blue Front five and ten cent store will open for business tomorrow and the public is cordially in vited to call and look at their line. Most anything you want for a nickle or dime. They are located in the Moser block three doors south of the gallery and just north of the laundry. The goods have been tastily arranged and tho store presents an atraetive appearance. Call tomorrow.

AT LAWRENCEBURG Judge Erwin of This City to Hear Im portant Trial. The Adams circuit oorut will adjourn for the summer on June 11th, and the following Monday morning Judge Erwin will leave for Lawrenceburg, Dearborn oouny, where he has been appointed to hear an important law suit, in which a question concerning the legality of the municipal ownership of a water works plant is oonoerned. The trial will occupy about a week’s time and some knotty law problems will no doubt be involved. Dearborne county is located on the Ohio river in the extreme south part of the state and Judge Downey well known over the state is judge of the district, and by his request Judge Erwin will hear this case. The honor is an acknowledgement of J udge Erwin’s ability and/eputation as a jurist. DENIES STATEMENT Bishop Says There Was No Wire Pulling

Writes an Interesting Statement to Indianapolis Papers Explaining the Facts. In a communication from Evanston, 111., to the editor of the Indianapolis News. Bishop McCabe, who presided at the sixty first session to the North Indiana M. E. oonferenoe, held recently in Muncie, strongly refutes the charges of “wire pulling" for appointments, aud defends the present system of making the appointments. His statement in part is as follows: Sir —I was quite surprised to read the oommunioaion of your Muncie correspondent about our conference, recently held in that place. As bishop, I can absolutely assert that there was no “wire pllinng’’ and no political methods were used in that oonferenoe. There was a natural desire on the part of the preachers to know where they were going. There was a natural desire on the part of committees representing the churches to know whom their pastors were to be. That is not to be condemned. I make it my habit to talk to every one who wants to talk with me on a subject of such great importance. The conference was simply wonderful. The preachers came from their fields of labor with rejoicing bringing their sheaves with them. They reported 8,800 conversions and great prosperity everywhere. The benevolent collections were increased SIO,OOO over last year and amounted to over $50,000 for benevolent causes outside of the churches of the conference. The total amount of money collected and paid over to the treasurer was $97,000. Besides this, more than $200,000 was given for the support of their preachers. AT WILLSHIRE Mrs. A. E. Herrick is Now a Resident There. Mrs. A. E. Herrick, of Decatur, was made the subject of a very searching inquiry by tho Adams county grand jury, recently, and last week sought a safe retreat in Willshire. She is a fine looking woman, the last person one would suspect of complicity in the violation of law, though the saloon business is the one in which her husband and her have been engaged in Decatur, and they had a strenuous time of it with tho officers of the law almost from tho time they landed in that town, whether they wore rightfully accused or not.—Willshire Herald.

AT DENVER Presiding Elder Wade is Stricken Enroute to Los Angeles National Conference.—Condition is Alarming. Rev. C. U. Wade, who was appointed by the recent Methodist conference as presiding Elder of this district, is lying at death’s door at Denver, Colorado, and his family have been summoned. Rev. Wade departed for Los Angeles to attend the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, and while enroute was taken seriously ill. When ths train reached Denver it was necessary to remove the well known divine to a hospital, where he now lies in a critical condition. He will be unable to complete his trip. Mrs. Wade received a telegram from Denver announcing the sad intelligence of her husband’s illness, it also instructed her to come in haste. No more details I were given and Mrs. Wade went immediately. The news of Rev. Wade's illness will be received by his innumerable friends with much regret. Rev. Wade formerly occupied a pulpit in Muncie, and when promoted to the eldership was placed in charge"of the Muncie district. He served the six years limit and at the recent meeting of the oonferenoe in Muncie he was transferred to the eldership of the Ft. Wayne district. He had not yet moved to the latter city. Rev. Wade was chosen as a ministerial delegate to the general conference at the recent Muncie conference and was a prominent figure throughout the meeting. His success as an elder and minister has been of the highest character and his name has been prominently endorsed to be presented before the national conference for the bishopric appointment. However, this will probably be marred by his inability to be present. DANCE TONIGHT First Event of the Commencement Social Season. Tonight at the C. Y. M. S. Club rooms will occur the opening fete of the commencement season proper as the senior class will start the ball telling by giving a delightful formal dance. Over one hundred and fifty invitations have been issued and one of the largest crowds of the season will undoubtedly be in attendance not however alone from this city but also from Bluffton, Portland, Van Wert and Hunt ington. The music will be furnished by tho True Fristoo’s Rug Time 1 Orchestra. The hall has been beautifully decorated in the class colors, arched and draped in many artistic designs, and everything is now in readiness for the grand march which will start promptly at eight thirty. A good time will undoubtedly be in'ordor. MYSTERY SOLVED Horse and Found in River Owned at Ohio City. The horse and buggy found in the Auglaize river near Van Wert was the property of Louis Ickes, an Ohio City liveryman. The outfit was rented to a young man for a drive to Mendon. On the way he attempted to cross the Auglaize bridge, but drove over the Imnk or levee. By dint of good luck he managed to leap to a place of safety. The young man was evidently scared beyond reason and feared punishment for the loss of the horse and did not therefore, return to Ohio City.

NUMBER 93

CHEER UP Though the Spring is late We Will Get Along Somehow. Though the season has been dilatory as to delay planting and other ordinary outdoor work on the farms, considerable damage has been done by the snow and hard freezing. Fruit trees had begun making buds and a considerable portion of these have been destroyed. Hot beds have been given a pretty severe test, and some damage done to early vegetables in them. There is, however, no danger of famine. This is a great country and while frosts are playing havoc in one section balmy breezes are forwarding crops in other sections. There is ample time yet for the planting of main crops and the freezes have not been hard enough to injure apples or pears. THE BIG FAIR Exposition Opens Tomorrow Arrangements for the EAent Arc Complete.—President Roosevelt to Press Button.

At noon tomorrow President Roosevelt will press an electric button in the green room of the white house at Washington which will start the machinery of the world’s fair at St. Louis, nearly a thousand miles away. The program : for| the opening ceremonies at St. Louis begins at 9 a.m., when the officers of the exposition, the na- ' tional commission and the board of lady managers assemble in the administration building to march to the plaza of St. Louis, where they will take their places upon the platform erected at the base of the Louisiana purchase monument. The exercises will be held in the open air, the audience occupying the board plaza of St. Loius facing the monument. A grand band concert onjthe plaza will begin at 9 o’clock and continue while the various dig nitaries are assembling. President David R. Francis, of the exposition, will call the assemblage to order at 10 o’clock and after an invocation by the Rev. Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus, of Chicago, concluding with the Lord’s prayer, in which the audience is requested to join. President Francis will deliver an address. He then will recognize Mr. William H. Thompson, of the committee on grounds and buildings, who will present Mr. Isaac S. Taylor, the di rector of works. Mr. Taylor will i deliver the keys of the exposition I palaces to President Francis and will diplomas of merit to the chiefs of his staff. The singing of America”,in grand chorus will conclude the exercises. BETTER PAY Clover Leaf Section Men Get Raise in Wages. The Clover Leaf section men have been made happy by the announcement made by the officials of the company that they get a raise of ton cents a day on their wages beginning April 25. They formerly received $1.30 per day ; now they are to get 11.40. These men are certainly entitled to a raise if any one on the road is for the reason that they are compelled to work every day frrom six o’clock in the morning until six at night and the work that is allotted to them is no more childs labor, being al) hard work and enough of that to keep them busy from morning until night.