Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 6 August 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME II

BADLY BEATEN Tramps Engage in a Brutal Fight Man Giving Name as John Sabers, of I Cincinnati, Beaten Into Unconsciousness. About. 9:30 o'clock last evening the police alarm sounded announcing the fact that a man had been badly injured along the Erie tracks, and for the police to come at once. Marshal'Cordua and Night Policeman Reynolds at once hastened to the depot where they found a man literally covered with blood and a terrible gash cut over his left eye which was bleeding quite freely. He was immediately taken to the jail and Dr. D. D. Clark summoned. The injured man said that during the day he and a number of other hobos got to rushing the “can" and drinking pretty heavily near the Erie water tank in the west part of town, ! and the more they drank the more i they quarreled, which finally resulted in a general free-for-all fight in which he u doubted ly got the worst of it. During the melee one of the men rushed at him striking him over the right eye with a stone or club, he could not tell which, knocking him down and stunning him, while the other fellow went through his clothes and to >k his belongings. How long he lay there he does not know, but as numtier thirteen on the Erie was going west they found him laying along the track, picked him up and brought him back to the depot and summoned the police. Dr. Clark cleaned and dressed the wound the lest he could under the circumstances, the fellow .being badly under the influence of liquor. Dr. Clark returned to the jail this morning and sewed up the wound which is a very bad one and stated that the fellow was feeling pretty sore and sick. He gave his name in as John Sabers and his home at Cincinnati. He will be held in jail until he is able to travel again. LOOKS DARK Strong Evidence Against Mrs. Krauss Hartford City Murder Case Grows in Interest as New Clews are Found. Hartford City, Ind., August 5— Coroner Hollis accuses Mrs. Rae M. Krauss of having caused the death of her stejMiaughter, Crystal Krauss, by the administration of strychnine. The verdict was returned this evening Sat o'clock and has added to the intense excitement caused by the arrest of the woman Wednesday on the charge of murder. At five o’clock this evening Lloyd Somerville was taken to the county jail and sent to the cell in which there were three women in addition to Mrs. Krauss. When the boy appeared in company with the sheriff s wife Mrs. Krauss, who had claimed she would not know the boy if she saw him, quickly dropped her head, The boy pointed her out as the woman who gave him the note. The evidence against Mr-. Krauss grows darker each day and so conclusive are the facts that it seems remarkable the prisoner does not break down. The bottle found in the girl's hand was not strychnine but talcum powder.

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MADE HIM MAD Huntington County Farmer Stopped His Paper By-Gum. Huntington lost one of the fire department horses a couple of weeks ago. and another nag was purchased to fill the place. The price was <2OO and a great kick was registered because the horse was considered n. g. He had spavins and sore eyes and a good many fine points on which you could hang your hat. Nevertheless the bill was allowed and the farmer who sold the horse to the city came in and drew the order. He heard so much kicking about the deal that he got mad and going to the city building returned the order and took the steed home with him, saying that if the horse was not as represented the city did not have to keep him. He also went to the News-Democrat and "stopped the paper.” But the stockholders called a meeting at once and decided to continue its publication — Columbia City Post. ELECTRIC LIGHTS Will Illuminate the Fair Grounds Stockholders of the Great Northern Held a Business Session Today.

The beautiful grounds of the Great Northern Fair association will be lighted with electricity and no doubt the crowds at the fair this season will remain for the various night attractions which are to be given. The new feature was practically agreed upon today though the action of the city council will be necessary to make it binding, and this will be taken Monday evening. The fair stock holders met today at Sheriff Butler’s office, nearly every member being present, and considerable business was transacted. Three new members were admitted, namely, G. W. Schafer, of Wabash township, Charles Yager of St. Marys and John C. Augsburger of French. Twelve ticket sellersand collectors werej appointed for the coming fair, as were also twentyfour police-,two beingfehosen from each township. The advertising matter was distributed among the various members, each having a certain district to look after. Othcr minor matters were taken care of and the big show wili be ready for public inspection August 29 September 2. HAS RESIGNED JucUe Parker Quits Bench to Enter Campaign. Albany, N. Y., August s.—Alton B. Parker ceased to be chief justice of the court of ap;>eals of this state at 3:30 p.m. today, and became the untrammeled candidate of the democratic party for the presidency of the United States, lacking only the formal notification of his nomination, which will take place at Rosemont next W dnesday. With out any advance announcement or intimation of his purpose, he came to Albany took jwirt wtth five of the other judges in clearing up practically all of the oases which had been argued before the court and then sent a messenger to flic bis resignatio i in the office of secretary of state, as the constitution and public officers' law re<l uried. The court was in session less than two minutes and adjournment was immediately taken until October 3.

DECATUR, INDIANA, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1904.

WHOA, BILL Jacob Kalver’s Perilous Ride * Team of Horses Made Wild Dash But Jacob Won Out. Last night about 10:30 o’clock I Jacob Kalver had an experience with a runaway team that he will ; not soon forget or desire to pass I through again. Mr. Kalver and wife early in the evening were out buggy riding and about nine o’clock | took his wife home and proceeded I to take Frank, McMahon Frank Bell and Frank Burns out for a | little drive. About 10:30 the boys i drove up to the Peoples restaurant 1 and the three boys got out asking Jacob if he could drive the team to Meyers & Scheiman’s livery barn without any trouble, and Jacob said, “Oh, yes,"and started off. When he got to the Old Adams County bank corner his I troubles commenced in grand shape and the team started to run away, Jacob yelling “Whoa,” and the team going that much faster. This awful pace continued all along North Second street and out beyond Patterson’s flour mill when Jacobat 1 last succeeded in getting the team under control by throwing one of the animals in the ditch and jumping out and catching the other. Assistance was immediately sent out from the barn, and arrived on the scene shortly after Jacob had the team stopped. No damage to i amount to anything was done to either Mr. Kalver, the team or buggy, outside of the fact that Kalver was probably as badly fright ened as the team and his hollowing aroused the entire neighborhood along North Second street. Jacob says he will be a little more careful next time. NEW COMPANY

Berne Men Organize the Alpine Os Company. The Berne News says: Last week a majority of the subscribers met in the office of Emil Franz and formally organized the Alpine Oil I company. Owing to the large number of people who desired to invest in the oil business and could not afford a large amount, it was decided to put tho shares at <lO each, to be sold at par value. The corporation papers were forwarded to Indianapolis on Saturday and the charter was received on Tuesday. The company is capitalized at 130, 000 and is legally authorized to do business. The incorporators of the company are Wm. H. Bole, Phillip Schug, Charles W. Wright, Edward Sullivan and F. G. McEvoy. The object of the company is to take over the Yoder property and drill more wells. This property is in the heart of the oil field and has already lieen tested and is sure to produce good wells. METHODIST CHURCH. All the service of this church will be held. Do not forget the class service at noon, the Sunday school at a quarter past nine in the morning, “God Taking Care of Elijah,” or the Epworth League at 6:30 in the evening, “God's Guiding Hand in Our Lives.” Young people should be faithful to this service. Preaching service by the pastor at the regular morning and evening hour. Quarterly meeting August 38 and 29. General fast day Friday the 26. You arc invited to sorvi cos of this church “Most of the Shadows of this life are caused by i standing in our own Sunshine.”— i Emerson.

FIRED THEM Standard Oil Employers Discharged in This County. The Standard Oil company yesterday discharged seventeen of their twenty-six pumpers employed in the Jackson township district because they refused to work on Sunday in compliance with a recent order to that effect. Freely Wolworth, the district boss, pretended that he had lost a cow and traveled over his district ostensibly to look for her but really to learn what pumpers were laying off. He found seventeen idle J and they were discharged. — Berne News. GREAT INDUSTRY Visit to Ridgeville Stone Plant

Largest Ccncern o' the Kind in the State is Booming that Town. A representative of this office yesterday accepted an inviation to visit the immense stone plant at Ridgeville and found an institution which will no doubt make that little city famous. The plant is \ owned by Armfield & Cartwright, Portland, was opened six weeks ago at an investment cost of <3o*ooo. The company own forty acres of land which is a compact bed of blue ' lime-stone, begining at the surface ' and already a test depth of twenty I feet has been made without . ing the bottom. They are working ’ seventy-five men and could use as many more. JThe crushers used ■ are the latest ind certainly do the ' 1 work well, turning out six different sizes of crushed stone raging from 'screenings to pieces three inches square. A 280-horse power engine provides the power and twenty cars of stone are loaded and shipped each day. As soon as possible an immense steam shovel is to be used, which will more than trippie ' the output each day. It is also said that the company next year will put in a lime plant that will cost <50,000. The institution is i certainly a great thing for Ridgeville and a money maker for the owners. Calvin Miller of this I county isat present receiving a large j amount of stone from this company, j having contracted with them for { enough to build five miles ot roads. i The company already has more orl ders than they can fill in months, and as the stone is of excellent quality, will always have a market. Our represetative was shown over the plant by Manager Levy and Superintendent Nichols both of I whom are real gentlemen, oourI teous, hospitable and thoroughly ; business like. ARRIVE HOME Popular Young Men Return from Trip North. W. P. Sehrook, Dr. E. G. Coverdale, Frank Burns and W. P. Ed inundson returned last night 'from “Hunters’ Lodge where they were holding forth since Tuesday last and doing all tho stunts best known to bachelorhood. While there the boys enjoyed themselves by fishing hunting, eating and sleeping and all look to have had a tine time. During their stay the work was divided among them as follows: Frank Burns, chef; Dr. Cloverdale, table waiter and dishwasher; Will Schrock, Chambermaid and W. P. Edmundson, hostler. The boys are all enthusiastic over their trip and say that it was so good that they will try it again in tho near future.

FINE HORSES Exhibit at The Great Northern Indiana Fair S. Pillars, the Superinlendent is Arranging for the Best on Earth. No better criterion is offered of the solidity and stability of the Great Northern Indiana Fair than i the names of the officers and superintendents. The draft and premi urn horses this year is under the supervision of S. Pillars, whose knowledge of horse flesh can not be beaten the world over. There is not a farmer in the county who I owns better horses, or who knows | ♦ f \ ! ■r j s PILLARS. so well how to care for them. When he drives to this city it is always behind a team of magnificent horses, jierfectly matched and worth their weight in gold This department at the fair this year will be one of the best attractions ever seen at any fair in the country. Lovers of horse flesh will not be disappointed in this year’s exhibit, of the Great Northern Fair which is due August 30 and 31, September 1 and 2. GOT NOISY

Jacobs Family Have Trouble and Police Were Called. From all reports the night police last evening hid their hands full in quelling disturbances , making arrests and attending to their other duties in general. Tho latest com plaint brought in this morning was by the night policemen who were called out on Sawdust avenue about eleven o’clock to settle a difl erence between Dow Jacobs and his family who had a genuine family fight. The family became so boisterous in airing their family troubles that the police were called and then they could only he stopped by being threatened with arrest anil being landed in jail. There is no doubt but th it arrests will follow, as the neighbors of Jacobs are indignant over his rowdy actions. FROM JAPAN. Rev. and Mri. A. T. Howard retured mis-imiurie-s from Japan will speak in the U. B. church Tuesday evening, August 9. Mrs. Howard has been superitendent of our mis sion work in Japan for a number of years, Tneso workers present tho important phases of missions in an intensely interesting way. They are gifted speakers. \Ve hope to give them a large hearing. E. H. Pontius. U. B. CHURIH. Preaching services at 10:30 and a sermon built up out of hymns and songs will be tho feature of the evening service at 7:30. All uro cordially invited.

NUMBER 177

CHANGED RATES Insurance Inspector Mcßeth in Decatur Today. James M. Mcßeth, of Moticello, state fire insurance commissioner, was in the city this morning, readjusting rates wheie improvements had been made. A reduction at the I. O. O. F. and Holthouse buildings was given for a safety, automatic door which has been hung in the doorway on Sceond floor. It was built by Joe Harris and Mr. Mcßeth stated that it was the best job of the kind he had ever seen. A similar door in the AllisonVesey block put in by a Richmond company failed to pass inspection. Reductions were also made in the rate at the city water work station. SCHOOL BOOKS New Text to be Used This Year will be Adopted at Once in Decatur.— Cost of the New Books. As announced some time ago a I change in the text books to be used in the public schools of Indiana has been adopted. This change however is not compulsary at once the school boards being premitted .to make the change gradually. I However if the change is made before March first next, a saving of from one-third to one half can be j made by trading in the old books, j For that reason the school board jof this city will recommend that the changes be made at once, thus saving money and making the text books uniform. For the | benefit of those interested we publish the following table of necessary books and prices direct or by exchanging old books: Books Retail Ex'cgo Primers SO.IO 80.5 First Readers .10 .06 Secondjßeaders 15 .OS Third Readers 25 .15 j Frve's Advanced Geog’y .75 .50 Tarr & McMurray’s Sut Geography .30 .23 I Walsh's New Grammar School Arithmetic 45 .30 Walsh's New Primary Arithmetic . . -22 .15 The first four are furnished by the Indiana school Book company, the next two by Ginn & Co. and i The MaoMillen C>., and the two last by D. C Heath <V Co. OPENING ATTRACTION. The Heber-Edison motion picture show is booked solid for season of 1904-5 and Manager Bosse is in luck to secure this attraction at this time. They are Considered the best motion picture company on the road. They draw the largest audiences of any similar show traveling. People turned away nightly. Si cure your seats early. Spanish America war views, Japan and Russian war views, St. Louis Exposition and hundreds of other equally exciting scenes. The prices for this engagement has been reduced to 10, 20 and 30 Cents. At the Bosse Opera House Thursday, August 11. Only one night. NOTICE To all Whom it May Concern: Wo have formed a company known as the City Trucking Co., anil all business hereafter will Y>e transacted at our office two doors east of postoffloe—phone 412—office hours 7to 12 and Ito 6. Residence phonos 50 and 254. We have united our business that we may reduce our expenses and at the same time serve our patrons more satisfactorily. Dibble & Teoplo. 175i124