Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 165, Decatur, Adams County, 23 July 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME II

I SERIOUS CHARGE | J. E. Ellsworth ArrestI ed Today I Charged by Former Partner W. J. Myer of Obtaining Money Under False Pretenses. At one o’clock this afternoon I Prosecutor Moran filed an affidavit I before Squire James Smith, charg- | ing Joseph E. Ellsworth with obI taining money under false pretenI ces. Mr. Ellsworth now lives at I Fort Scott, Kansas, and is here on I a visit. He resided here many I yeras. leaving for the west about I two years ago. For some years he I was a member of the firm of EllI worth & Myers, hardware dealers, I here and his former partner, Mr. | W. J. Myers is the prosecuting ■ witness in the case. The complaint ■ says that on September 1, 1902, H said Ellsworth collected from Chris is Beery the sum of $5.33 an Jaccount ■ due the firm of Ells worth & Myers, | but which he had several months I previous assigned to Mr. Myers. Mr. I Ellsworth is charged with having I fraudulently and maliciously repreI sented to said Beery that he had I the right to collect the account. The I warrant was issued at once and placed in hands of Special Constable I W. E, Smith, who was ordered to make the arrest. The offense if I proven is a serious crime, punishI able by a prison sentence. I ICE HOUSE BURNED Bowers Building Used by J. W. Place Company Destroyed. An ice house owned by John S. Bowers and located just north of town near the Patterson mills was I totally destroyed by fire just at noon today. The building was used by the J. W. Place Co. and contained a sutficien amount of ice to complete the season for the ice line,J this house being used for that ser I? vice. The loss to the Place company | is perhaps SSOO with no insurance. | The fire will not prevent the comI pany furnishing ice to all their cusI tomers as they have two other ice I houses. The building burned rapI idlv and fell in on the ice, causing I it to melt. The building was an I old one and Mr. Bowers’ loss will I be small. The Pl roe Co. have for I several weeks had an option on a I large amount of ice at a near by I lake and this fire will cause them I to take advantage of this option, ■ thus insuring them a sufficient I supply of ice for themselves and ■ customers.

OFFICERS OF THE GREAT NORTHERN INDIANA RAIFR ASSOCIATION.

’ A SsAaeti" ! : ■ • ' 9KLwSm DR. J. W. VIZARD, Superintendent Speed Department.

The Daily Democrat.

WORKING HARD This Years’ Fair to be a Record Breaker In Every Way. Officials and directors of the Great Northern Indinna Fair are busy just now pushing things along for this year’s show which will be held August 30th to September 2nd. 4 number of splendid free attractions have been secured and the fair this year is sure to bo the best ever seen by people whether at home or abroad. The exhibitions in every department will be extensive, the speed program interesting and the attractions delightful. Get ready. BERNE DEATH Henry Schug Died After Three Day’s Illness An Attack of Cerebral Typholo Fever Caused the Death. This community was shocked yesterday forenoon whenjit learned that Henry, the 21-year old son of C.C. Schug, had died. Henry was ailing for only a short time and was not bedfast until Tuesday afternoon It was not generally known that he was sick, but his life was dispaired of soon after he became bedfast, he being unconscious nearly all the time he was in bed. Mr. Schug was ole-king in Schug Bros., hardware store until last week when a feeling of weariness crept upon him and soon showed symptoms of typhoid fever. The typhoid then began to settle in his brain and it was soon apparent that he had cerebral typhoid in worst stages. It was however not until yesterday morning that the attending physicians gave up all hopes of his recovery and at 10:45 o’clock he had passed away. He is the second child and only son of Charles C. Schug and his sudden demise is keenly felt by the grief stricken father and sister as well as those who knew him—Berne News. STILL ANOTHER Hundred and Fifty Barrell Oil Well on Moran Farm. The Thomas Moran farm in Jefferson township is developing into a real oil field and now boasts of the three best producing wells in the county. Number three came in yes terday and is the best in the bunch, being good for 150 barrels per day. The wells are owned by the Empress Oil Co. and they are likewise well pleased with the result of their work and investment. Th, three monster wells arc located on a fifteen acre tract of land.

i* 4 . tl . i- - MKS .■ ■ C. D. KUNKLE, Secretary.

DECATUR, INDIANA, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1904.

TO STAND TRIAL Homer Parrish in Police Court 1 I His Preliminary Hearing was Postponed by Agreement Until Wednesday ... i Morning. 1 f Homer Parrish was arraigned 1 before Mayor Coffee this morning to answer to the charge of forging 1 two checks upon George Chronister 1 and which were cashed by C. D. ‘ Murray and Elzey & Vance. He 1 was represented by Attorney David ’ E. Smith who asked for a contin- ’ uanoe of a few days to allow them ' to secure evidence. As the state : wore not ready for trial the hear-, * ing was postponed by agreement I ’ until next Wednseday morning at ' nine o’clock. Homer says he isn’t ’ sure what he did during the as- 1 ternoon and evening when the ' crime is alleged to have been committed as he was intoxicated. He feels his arrest very keenly and plainly shows that the strain upon him is rather severe. Charley Ault, another young man arrested on a similar complaint was given a hearnig at three o’clock yesterday 1 afternoon and bound over to court. He is still in jail. EVEN MONEY Bets are Made that Parker will Carry 1 New York State. No wagers an the outcome of the presidential election were reported on the curb in New York yesterday, but the odds seem to be shifting in favor of Parker. Dugan & Campbel liad Parker money to the ( extent of $3,000, which was offered , against $5,000. Winchel & Co., . were offering SSOO even money that Parker would carry New York state. None of the offerings was taken. A representative of Marshall, Spader & Co., was reported to have succeeded in placing $5,000 at even money with a prominent democrat that Parker will carry NewYork state. It is said that half a dozen republicans divide the bet. Locally there has been no betting as yet. M. E. SERVICES. The services at the Methodist church are open to every lover of the truth, and those w’ho will promote moral and religious peace. Attend the morning Sabbath school , at 9:ls—‘subject, “Jehoshaphat’s Reform”. Have the children come. ; , Class service at noon. Tae Young | Peoples’ Epworth League service at ( 6:30 p. m. Subject— “The Spirit i of Caste” Jas. 2, 1-9 :Matt. 23,8-12. , W.F. Brittson, leader. Public worship morning and evening; subjects, —"The Wanderer from God”, and "Nothing Trifling” John C. White,.Pastor

ATTACKED CHILD Vicious Sow Inflicts Terriable injuries on Child. The home of Rufus Counselor, which is near the center of Union township, six miles notheast of this town, was the scene of a murderous attack on his two and one half years old son, on Wednesday evening, by a vicious sow. The little boy wandered to the orchard, a few rods from the house where the sow was caring for her litter of young pigs. The mother heard his screams and went *to his rescue. Wien she arrived she found the sow standing over the child’s body, biting its flesh and tearing its clothing. She drove the enraged animal back and picked up the child, but the hog was determinod to keep up the tight, and renewed the attack on both mother and child, rearing up and tearing the little one from its mother's arms. The mother again rescued her child and fled to the house. An examination revealed serious wounds on the body and face of the little victim. The right ear was bitten nearly off.—Van Wert Bulletin. know There Attorney Williamson Died in West Formerly Lived in Jav County and went to California Three Years Ago for His Health. William H. Wiliamson, at one time one of the most prominent attorneys at the Jay county bar passed away at his home in Passadena, California, about 5 o'clock Friday morning. With his family he left Portland about three years ago and located in California. The health of both himself and wife were at stake and this is what took him to the coast. He had suffered of a weakness of the lungs and consumption was feared. After leaving Portland his health seemed to improve and in a letter only a short time ago to his former law partner, 8. A. D. Whipple, he indicated that he expected soon to return to this city and enter again upon the practice of law. This hope in view it seems was what stimulated him to a considerable extent so that ho never really felt his weakness. Death evidently came J suddenly and unexpectedly for a letter received only a day or two ago from Mrs. Williamson by S. A. D. Whpple made no mention of any serious change in his condition— Portland Commercial Review. Attorney Williamson was quite well knownjand took part in a number of law suits in the Adams circuit court.

n> tBL * wfe f ■' JOHN D NIDLINGER, Present.

AS A COMPOSER True Fristoe Winning Musical Fame His New March Well Spoken of by Warsaw Paper.—On Sale Here. True Fristoe, of Decatur, Ind., who has been a yearly visitor at Winona nearly all his life has come forth as a music author and publisher and his first piece , ’’The Twist of the Wrist” is now being put on sale. The composition is a march or a slow dragg and the piece has much melody and harmony to recommend it to the music Icving public. Mr. Fristoe is not only the author, but he is the publisher and distributor of his work. He has just returned from trips to his home at Decatur, Fort Wayne and other places where he has placed his composition on sale. It will probably be placed on sale at Winona soon. True R. ;Fristoe, the, author, is a young man of seventeen summers. He began taking music lessons before he was six years old, could read music before he could read print. He now plays the clarionet, the cornet, the violin the piano, and the pipe organ. He directs a band and orchestra at his home Decatur, and has frequently played for entertainments at Warsaw. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Fristoe, of the Fristoe cottage.—Warsaw Union. OIL NOTES Some Interesting News from Adams and Jay. Fletcher Rayne will soon have the twenty fourth oil well on his farm west of Geneva, a well having been started yesterday. The thrity first well is now being drilled on the J. W. Watson lands. The Empress Oil Company has another good well on the Guffigan lease in Jefferson township, Adams CountyG. C. Swalow has a nice well in No. 10 on the David Wheeler farm, west of Geneva: Contractor E. F. Walsh has completed a good pro ducer for the Central Western Oil Co., on the Elgey farm, near Geneva ; the Warren and Indiana Oil Co., has a first rate well on the Wiliams farm ih Jackson township, Jay county the Trump Oil company's No. 2 on the Brewster farm is a fair producer the Illinois Oil Co., has one of rhe best wells of the week, this being on the Bower farm a good producer is completed in No. lon the Bechdolt farm. The territory in the vicinity of Portland has been affected noticablv during the past week by the slump in the price of oil. The Indiana Oil Co., which has been operating quite extensively in new territory about Portland has withdrawn to its older territory, north of New Corydon and will temporarily, at least confine its work, to the old field.

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NUMBER 165

BUT HALF THROUGH Case of McKean vs City will be Completed Next Week. Attorneys, principals and witnesses who have been at Fort Wayne several days attending the law suit of George E. McKean vs city of Decatur, returned home last evening, court having adjourned until Monday morning at nine o’clock The suit is developing into quite a legal battle and an attorney in the case informs us that it will require two or three days to complete the evidence and arguments. THEIR STANDING The Batting Record of the Rosenthals The Complete Record Shows the Rosenthals as Being a Ball Team that is a Ball Team. The official scorer for the Rosenthals has just completed his official record of the batting and fielding averages of the different members of the team who have played in one or more games so far this season, as well as who leads the team as a run getter. The record of the team so far this season has been a good one, having won nine out of twelve games so far played, and all games that have been played have been against formidable teams, only losing to Warren, Fort Wayne Nationals and the Marion Owls making the Rosenthals percentage 750. Pitcher France has officiated in nine games and won six of them, B. France in two games winning both and Railing one which he lost making France lead the pitchers with a thousand per cent. Farrel secured second with 666 per cent and Railing third with 000. O. France leads the team as a run getter having scored even ten times in twelve games .while F. Peterson is a close second with 16 and DeVinney is third with 10. The fielding and batting averages are as follows: ■c | : ■ i : I *| • £ ■ S ' : g PLAYERS “ i < F. Peterson .. .i 12 j 45 14 i 811 49 I7 | 867 DeVinney ■ w 15 327 w o HXiO Touhey *i2* ; 8 2M M 7 yp; Pennington... 12 1121 io 23* *4 5 nil Meyers ! '•» |3O 7 23<» 10 2 I *OO C Peterson. I !’ : 35 10 2*5 , 13 2 i *M6 Linn 11l 43 ! 8 StO 144 9 'W Farrel * 80 5 16€ 3* ; 2 950 B. France 3112 , 5 ; 416 15 1 933 Railing 2 8 ' 4 ■ 50u 2j 3 WO Johns 2 7 I 1 | 143 31 0 1000 Coffee « .20 I 3 I 150 24 ■ 3 »W Knapp 11 0 ( uno 0| 0 WOO O. France . 12 |4B |t> j 343 jd> 1 7

■ ■ '3k; jyii 4 • > -w MK •''■ ■ “../I ‘ . •i John Brown, Treasurer.