Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 170, Decatur, Adams County, 29 July 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME 11

AS A RAILROAD TOWN The Clover Leaf Division May be a Reality

A VISIT TO TOLEDO The Company Ready to do Business They Ask for the Ground and the Money to Build a Turner Stall Round House. I The Commercial club committee composed of H. B. Moltz J. T. Merryman J. W. Tyndall and F. M. Schirmeyer brought cheering news from the president of the Clover Leaf. By invitation they Spent yesterday with him in Toledo, and that conference disclosed their Steadiness to take up the proposition of a Clover Ldaf division for DjOi■ur. The terms of the same are abort and sweet, and show the same business sentiment that was ■o noticeable in Mr. Shonts, the president, during the negotiations several months ago. They want the ground which in dimensions is ko small affair, seven tracks to be ksed at once, and they want the wherewith to erect a twelve-stall bound house. In addition to this they themselves will budd an ice plant for the iceing of their beef ■rains and other perishable freight and which in itself will employ »irae twenty 'men. Theywill build an elevator and make Decatur a railroad terminal division freight and passenger. The estimated, Co-t of what is expected from here is |20,000. The round house will Cost *12,000 md it will be one of the largest in use. In a few days or a week President Shonts will forward in writing what they will do and what they expect the citizens here to do, and then with this clearly outlined, a petition will be presented the county commissioners and a special election asked, so that every legal voter in Washington township may register their approval or disapproval of the project. It is by far the best business proposition ever offered, and ♦he amount of money it will take to locate this valuable railroad indstry, will come back in taxes in fess than ten years. It is the kind of business that has a ready season twelve months in the year. Be81des the direct benefit from the railroad the increased population ha >e to live like other people and ♦hat means more houses and a greater demand for the necessaries and luxuries of life. In fact it will be the greatest industrial revival that ever struck this corner of the •arth, and every man woman and Child will be the recipient of untold commercial benefits. According to the terms as already set out, It is now up to us. If the jieople here are in earnest about their manifestations of wishing to make Debater greater and better now is the opportune time. The division ■nouns a great deal more than the rlivision. It means many more hundreds people, many hundreds pore homes occupied, many hundreds more people to bo fed and blothed, many hundreds more nows ■apers to read* and all this moans that the taxable valuable will lie perceptibly increased, in short ■nd in fact, it is a proposition that

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can not be adversely considered for even a single second. It is nowthought that a special election can be pulled off before another montn and it is now time for every person to begin an active personal campaign in favor of making Decatur a railroad city. MIND UNBALANCED Edith Kessler Became Insane Worrying Over Her Father's Death. Yesterday morning at an early hour Officer Fenstermuker arrested one Edith Kessler, aged twenty years, on the public square and lodged her in the county jail with a charge of insanity against her. On Saturday night she was ejected from the home of J. B. Adkings, for whom she had been working as a domestic, for alleged unseemly conduct, and early Sunday morning was found asleep on the back porch at the home of W. H. Fowler at 235 Maple Lane. She stayed at the Fowler home all day Sunday, leaving there at night on Sunday and being found on the square yes-, terday morning as indicated above. The young woman came to this city from Chattanooga, in Mercer county, and about two months ago was summoned home by- the death of her father, who committed suicide by hanging. She never seemed exactly right mentally since her return, and it is thought the shock of her father's death unbalanced her mind.—Lima Gazette. DRIVEN AWAY Decatur Woman Said to Have Caused Trouble Broke Up a Happy Home at Portland and was Whippea by Wronged Woman. A Portland dispatch says: For the alleged “swiping” of the affections of another woman’s husband, Mrs. Neece, of Decatur, was thoroughly thrashed on the streets by the wronged woman last night and was run out of town. Mrs. Neece i came here from Decatur ostensibly as a housekeeper for widowers and claimed to be in quest of a situation. But she seemed to find more fascination among married men so the story goes, and among other things, held clandestine meetings with the husband of a woman who was not lacking in pluck. Mrs. Neece was leaving a restaurant near the Lake Erie depot last evening when she was accosted by Mrs. Bud Hudson. Mrs. Hudson was angry and after but a word she "waded in"., Besides giving the woman a number of phytioal welts, she wont after her head gear and other wearing apparel. A hat and jacket were reduced to rags and raw material and then tramped into the earth. The restaurant keeper rescued the Decatur woman, who left town on one of. the night trains '' It there is any truth to the article the lady must be using an assumed name, as no one recognizes her by the name of Necos.

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

PULLED A GUN Young Man Arrested for Defying an Officer. Jim Hohn, a genteel young man whose home is at Monroe, was arrested last night while calling on hie sweetheart at the home of Joe Eley in this city. Hohn had some trouble last week with mail carrier Andrews, of Monroe, who filed an affidavit against him for assault and battery. Constable Andrews went to make the arrest when Hohn pulled a gun on the officer and escaped. He was ar rested by Sheriff Butler and taken to jail. He gave bond at noon today and will be tried at Monroe tomorrow. GETTING READY Company B. will Welcome 160th Boys Committee on Amusement AppointedCompleting Arrangements for the Reunion.

The members of “Company B” met last evening at the Council Chamber and held their regular weekly busiI ness meeting, a nice crowd of the ' members being present; and all were 1 enthusiastic over the coming event on August 11. It was unanimously I agreed that every member of the comi pany, who resides here, should act as a member of the reception committee, to meet their comrades at the trains and to show them a good time. The | committee on entertainment was then appointed, which consists of Frank Gessinger and John Kern. It will be J the duty of this committee to furnish ! the boys with some amusement. The ■other committees reported that all 'companies had been heard from and each had expressed their intention of attending. The badges have been ! ordered and all invitaions sent out. There is no doubt but what a good time will be in order, and if all reports that have been received can be relied upon, there will be at least six hundred members of this regiment present to take part in the festivities. The company will hold another meeting on Sunday morning, at which all members are requested to be present. LUCKY ESCAPE Bluffton Laaies Well Known Here in a Wreck In a collision between two rigs on West Washington street about 7:30 o’clock last evening four ladies had an almost miraculous escape from receiving injuries of a serious nature.' One of the rigs which was caught in in the wreck was occupied by Mrs. I Manson Keif and Miss Lenore Markley, who were out fora pleasure drive. The other rig was occupied by Misses Nina Hatfield, daughter of Dr. L. N. Hatfield, and Lucile Locke, daughter of Doll Locke. Roth rigs were upset and all four ladies wore thrown out, but fortunately none of them were injured worse than the pain from a number of bad bruises and sprains Bluffton News. A DIVORCE CASE Mrs. Marker Prefers Charges Against Her Husband, Through her attorney, L. C. DeVoss, Mrs. Lovina C. Marker today filed suit for divorce from her husband, Charles M. Marker. The complaint alleges that they were married April 22, 1901, and lived together four months, until August 25, of the sameyear. Adultery is charged and the names of Myrtle Smith, Emma Daughty and Della Marker are mentioned iu a eonspicious way. Mrs. Marker asks for the custody of the two-year-old daughter, Hattie, also for SSOO alimony, a monthly allowance for the child and a decree of divorce.

THAT TRIP I The West as Seen by Decaturites Dr. D. D. Clark ank Druggist Falk Tell of Their Recent Travels in Northwest. To the Editor of the Democrat: Decatur, Ind. When we left home we promised i to write you about our trip to the \ great Northwest. We left Chicago I | July Bth at 8:30 p. m. and arrived ■ in St. Paul Saturday morning at 8:30 a. m. and at 10:36 we left over the Great Northern railroad through Minnesota, North Dakota and Mon-! tana. At St. Paul we crossed the Mississippi river and saw the falls [ of the river at Minneapolis which furnish the power for the greatest flour mills in the world, which are situated along its banks and as we passed through Minnesota we saw acres and acres of wheat and potatoes all of which looked fine, but the corn was small and not so much acreage as wheat and potatoes. ! When w-e came to North Dakota, here you could see thousands and thousands of acres of wheat just coming to a head and timothy meadows the same way. In some meadows we saw as many as ten mowing machines cutting hay. On Sunday at 10:30 we arrived at Giasglow, Montana. This is very I mountainous ar d broken. We went |to a livery barn to get a team to | drive to Nashua, twenty-five miles I west of Glasglow. They had to go out on the mountains and lasso a team for us, as 'they do not keep feed in their barns. They turn all iof their horses loose but one which is used when needed to catch the others. From here at 11:00 a.m. |we started on our first drive over land in the state of Montana, over mountains and through valleys and 1 across plains until at Nashua. | Here we found fifty- cow hoys just ■ eating dinner, all sitting on the ground and eating and drinking from tin plates and cups. We' i were asked to eat dinner with them 1 and of course, we being hungry | and tired, were glau to accept the ' invitation, but I forgot to say this was an Indians camp. We were ; ; offered soda biscuits that were turn- : j ing green and cabbage and potatoes I which had been boiled the day before i The meat was a quarter of a beef I I which had also been killed the day before and literally covered with I flies, but John Falk and Mr. Cham ; berlain being brave enough to at- j tack the flies, managed to get a I piece of meat that was nearly raw but both seemed to enjoy the feast i and ate heartily, while Dan Beery for some unknown reason lost his | appetite and your writer of course was not hungry. Then we returned to Glasglow, for supper. All except John Falk, who stayed all night with the boys on the plains. The next day we drove 100 miles up to the Missouri river and saw drove after drove of sheep with 5000 in a drove, and cattle in like numbers. We came across a number of ranchers who had as many as 5000 horses. At this place Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Beery bought four carload. From here we were taken across the Missouri river on a ferry boat, team, wagon and all, and at this darkness overtook us and we put up at the hotel, which was built of cottonwood poles, and was seventy-five miles from any railroad. Chamberlain and Falk managed to got a bed and your writer and D. W. Beery had to lie satisfied a corner on the floor. Mr. Armiott, editor of the Valley County Democrat, ofM ontana, and A. M. Flemming, of Portland, Oregon, spent the night with us ' at this commodious hotel. At four a. m. wo proceeded on our

journey until we met a drove of 250 cattle, which refused to give the trail so John Fulk was detailed to clear the road, but one, a Mr. Bull, refused to move and proceeded to give chase, and John took to the tall timber, and up a tree he went. Your writer and Editor Amiott went to his rescue with a Winchester. Then we drove to the east fifty miles and came to ExSenator Hinds’ ranch, At this place two car load of horses were purchased D. W. Beery and Dr . Clark wanted to show the cowboys how to lasso a wild horse, so they singled out a large bay which was noted for his temper, Beery and Clark were to catch him and Chamberlain was to put on the halter. When all was ready the rope was thrown and caught the horse by the front feet, he went into the air and came down on his head and fell over, Mr. Chamberlain was on his neck Jlike an athlete and had the halter on, but the horse refused to rise, as his neck had been broken "by the fall. The next morning we left for Great Falls and arrived there Thursday morning, July 14th. Here we met Warren Moses, Miss Rice, Miss Mangold and Miss

Emma Ehrshman, now Mrs. Smith, all looking well and pleased with their homes,the people there being very friendly and sociable. Great Falls is a city of 20,000 people and has a smelting works that employ 5,000 men, a beautiful court house built of stone. M. French the fire chief, who has a fine team of Shetland ponies, took you writer out for a drive an showed him the sights of the city. We visited the hospital, the Coumbra, a very large institution, run by eighteen sisters of charity and they have a training school in connection, where any girl who can pass the examination can graduate and go out as a nurse the same as Hope hospital at Fort Wayne. The Deacones hospital is small, but is well equipped and a beautiful place, which shows that it is well cared for. The matron, like the sister, was very kind to us and showed us over the buildings. On Saturday we drove to Sun river and bought twelve oar load of horses,, and took dinner with J. CAdams who owns 10,000 acres of land with over 400 acres under cultivation,and is certainly a man worth meeting. We speni Sunday in Great Falls and in the evening John Falk and Mr. Chamberlain left for Helena, and your writer and Mr. Beery did not go until Monday morning. Here we met

I the same kind and geneious people who took us out to see the mines, I known as "The Big Indiana Gold [Mine”* which produces SBOO worth [of gold per day and the Silverside 'mine which produces SBO in gold every eight hours We also visited the copper mine in which several Decatur people are interested, which lis a wonderful sight. We then rei turned to Helena and then drive to | Schote, this place being about the [ size of Decatur, and fifty-six miles from any railroad, and at this place I the round-up of about 800 to 1,000 horses took place, which was a I sight we will never forget. Tnis drive of 18 miles and the round-up took two days. On Saturday, July 23id, at 5:30 wo commenced to load our horses, which took us”un till six o’clock in the evening, and was the toughest job we ever witnessed, and at seven o'clock that evening the twenty-five oar loads of horses were started eastward. On Sunday morning Beery, Falk and Chamberlain started for home, Clark having been called home on account, of his wife’s sickness. Nothing of unusual importance hppened on our return trip except what wo could see from the train as it speed with us homeward. Very rosjieot fully D. D. Clark J. S. Falk The Citizens' Telephone Company, of Decatur, is adding another toll line running from Fort Wayme through Decatur and Berne to Geneva. Two lines were not sufficient to aeeommo date the trade and this third line will l>e of great value to us. Berne Witness,

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POSTPONED AGAIN Case of G. E. McKean vs City of Decatur to Conclude Monday. The case of George E. McKean vs City of Decatur, a suit on account. demand SSOO und which has been dragging along in the superior court, Fort Wayne, now and then for two weeks past and which was to be concluded today, was again postponed owing to Judge Heaton being engaged in hearing a case at Auburn. The case has been reset for Monday next. BANK CLOSED Automobile Run Was Futile C. P. Cole’s Bank at Lancaster Forced to Ask for Appointment of Receiver.

3 Lancaster, Ohio 'July B.—The 3 Lancaster bank closed its doors f yesterday m jrning and the ass airs r of the company are in the hands of 3 a receiver. This condition of affairs 3 was precipitated by a run on the 3 bank, which was started Saturday, s caused by rumors to the effect th at ; prominent bank officials were enr gaged in bucket st op speculations, i' On Monday the bank paid out a <709,002. on Tuesday <100.900. The t officials would have made an effort s to meet the demands of the deposii tors the next day, but were adt vised by other looal banks to place , their business in the hands of a res ceiver. The Lancaster bank is a partnership affair with <IOOSOO r capital. It was organized in ’ 1900., C. P. Cole, C. L. Martin . and Charles Towson being partners t with equal interests. On petition -of Charles Towson the court api pointed Mr. Peters receiver and ? his bond of <2OOOOOO. Mr. Tow- ; son in an interview states that the i assets of the bank are ever <3OOOOOO r and its inabilities are about ] <225000. He says that the depost iturs will lie paid in full and the 3 bank resume business as soon as , the present difficulty is adjusted, i:The bank until a short time ago ) ; was the depository for the city > land school funds, but they were I : lately transferred to the Hocking II Valley National bank. The reoeiv- | ei will not be able to make a i; statement of the affairs of the for . several days , Carl Snyder, of Lancaster, is in ( the city, today, and slated that ( the bank crash would not effect the . financial downfall of Mr. Cole. Ha i also stated that the the run was caused by the dissipated habits of the president. C. L. Martin, who became somewhat notorious in lines not tolerated by those in charge of great financial interests. Mr. Cole’s private interests are such that he will in no way bo elected by the crash. STEALING ICE Place Company Loose Some of Their Supply Saved from Fire When the Bowers ice house burned a week ago quite a large amount of ice the property of the J. W. Place company was not damaged, and this has been left there until it can be used by the company who haul several loads away each day. A number of people have been using the ice, no doubt thinking that it was worthless since the fire. Every pound of ice there is > valuable to the Place company, and if any future plundering is reported I officials will l>e notified and the parties may have an opportunity to explain their actiouß.