Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 197, Decatur, Adams County, 30 August 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME 11

five new cases filed

September Term of Court To Be A Busv One

SENSATIONAL DIVORCE CASE Two Quiet Title Suits and Mechanics Lien One Suit Filed in which the Defendants Number Sixty* Five.

The September term of cour whicn opens next Monday will have a larger amount of business to dispose of than usual. Besides the many criminal cases the civil suits have'been coming in rapidly during the past two weeks. Five new ones were filed this morning and several m re will come in before Monday. A. P. Beatty, as attorney f..r Bella Cowan, has filed a suit in circuit court against her husband, William Cowan, asking for a di vorce and |I.OOO alimony. The complaint alleges that the parties were married November 2, 1902, and lived together until October 9th last, when Mrs. Cowan returned to the home of her parents. She alleges failure to provide also accuses her husband of being intimate with other women and «f being the cause of her contracting a loathsome disease, as a result of which she is still in feeble health. She asks for the custody of their only child, Frank, born May 31, 1 03, and for a judgment of ten dollars per month for his support. Schurger & Smith filed a new quiet title suit this morning entitled Sylvanus Wood vs William Wood rv.ff and six others. The property in question is a 120 acre farm in Blue Creek township. J A case was filed this afternoon by Attorneys Erwin & Erwin entitled Margaret Koenig vs John Soheim in, Oomplaint for damage to real estate, demand |soo. The defendant is accused of cutting dewn’trees and destroying property of the plaintiff to the above mentioned amount. JohnTisron vs James N. Friatoe, suit to foreclose a mechanics' lien, demand |35. is the title of a new case filed with the clerk of the Adams circuit court thia morning. Schurger & Smith are attorneys for the plaintiff and the suitjia the result of a controversy over some work done by Tisron on Mr. Fria toes property, lot 352,Decatur. Another quiet title su : t filed in the Adams circuit court ia againat John W. Watson and aixty-five others defendants, John R. Clendenen being the plaintiff. The suit ia to settle the ownership of a forty-acre tract of land located in Hartford townahip, Adams county. The plaintiff is repreac nted by D. D. Heller & Son and D. E Smith as attorneys. ~ NOTICE Niblick <%Co., Kuebler & Molts, C. F. True, M. Fullenkamp, will close their atorea Wednesday and Thursday, from 12 to 5 o'clock.

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TO BOND CITY Van Buren will Improve Streets and Fire Protection. The city of Van Buren is making another bond issue. This time the bonds are being issued for the improvement of the streets, a thing that mnst people "have occasion .to travel through Van Buren will be more than glad to know. For a long time Van Buren has had the reputation of hiving the worst streets of any place in the state and several Decatur people who are carrying arms in slings know it well. This was largely due to the great amount of teaming done there for work injthe oil fields. The people have the right spirit and now that the place has settled down from the excitement occasioned by the oil boom, they are forging ahead and fixing up their town. One of the first things they will see to in addition to having the streets is the matter of fire protection. Two disastrous tires have occurred there in recent times due largely to the fact that no adequate means for fighting a blaze was at hand and the residents are making efforts to remedy this defect at once. It was due to the'oondition ot the Van Buren streets thit the accident occurred in which attorney Beatty Dee Lewton and J. H. Davis were injured. THE JURY ~ Commissioners Select Twelve Good Men Names of Citizens Chosen to Serve as Jurymen for September Term of Court. Jury Commissioners H R Moltz and David Manlier met at the county clerk’s office this morning, and'assisted by Deputy Clerk Baumgartner proceeded to select the petit jury for the September term of court. The list includes the following : John C- Augsburger, French township; Henry Rodenbeck, Root; Frederick Bultemeyer, Root; William Roop, Bine Creek; James M. Archbold, St. Marys; Joseph Dailty, Blue Creek; B. J. JTerveer, Deca tor; Charles E. Bollinger, Monroe; Wiliam Annen, Root; Amos Buck master, Jefferson; A. F. Thieme, Union, and Mart Shady, Kirkland. The jury will report for duty the third Monday, September 19tb, criminal week, and from present outlooks they will have a mighty busy session, as there are many oases to dispose of and several of them are of im|x>rtanoe. The September session begins next Monday. Opera House Patrons The curtain at the opera house will raise promptly at 8 ;15, owing to the fact that the special features "tho troupe of Japanese and others" with the big show take up so much time between acts that it makes the program quite lengthy. Please come a little earlier and oblige. Yours truly, J. W. Bosse.

DECATUR, INDIANA, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1904.

“A STOLEN HEART” Latest Sons Composed by R. M. Scherer An Adams County Boy. R. M. Scherer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Scherer, an Ads ms county product and former teacher of the Monroe graded schools, but now a professor in the Modern School of Business at Denver, Colorado, informs us that he has comp >sed and written a new song which is entitled ‘‘A Stolen Heart" which he has put on the market, and says he has a great demand for the publication. Mr. Scherer intends sending several copies here for our musicians to inspect, and no doubt he will find ready sale for all he will wish to dispjse of. Mr. Scherer is one of Adams county's brightest young men, and we feel proud of the rapid advancement he has made in school work within the pist fewyears, and it i« safe to say that he will always be successful in whatever vocation he may embark in. FAIR OPENS First Day of the Great Northern Many People on the Grounds and Arrangements Complete for the Week. T le G.-*at N jrthirn F ,ir opined this morning and quite a number of people have taken advantage of the beautiful weather to visit the grounds where although no regular program was rendered, there is plenty to entertain and amuse. The fair in all its reality will begin tomorrow and an immense crowd is anticipited, as it is childrens’ day. The program will be one of the best of the week, including a 2:25 trot and 2:30 pace, with seven starters in each event and a half mile run in heats with eight starters. The purses are S3OO, <250 and ♦LOO. The starting judge l is Al Mock, of Elwood, official judges H. A. Worden, of Marion, and A, N. Acker,*of Pleasant Mills; time-keepers, Dr. J. M. Miller and A. R. Bell. The races will begin at one o’clock, sharp. Besides these races is the great exhibition of hurdle, Roman chariot and standing, four-in-hand races, alone worth the price of admission to the grounds. Get in the push and go to the fair—go all three days if you can. A FANCY PRICE Louis Holthoose Sold His Saddle Horse Dickens for SBOO. i L. A Rolthonse last evening made one of the best horse sales that has been made in this city in many a day, when he sold his six-year-old sorrel saddle horse named "Dickens’ to Mr. Holland of Lima, Ohio, for the modest sum of |»00. This animal was purchased last fall by Mr. Holthouse at Chicago, 111., having just prior to Louis’ purchase taken first prize at the Chicago horse ’show. He is a pretty animal with an attractive appearance, and one of the of the best of saddle horses. Mr. Holland purchased the animal for a Standard Oil magnate at Lima. The horse was shipjied to Lima this morning. Was Robbed A lady passenger on the Clover Leaf east bound train due here at 6:43 last evening reported that she had been robbed es her purse containing her ticket and a good-sized roll Os money.

A BIG DITCH A Drainage Scheme of Large Proportions Papers Filed in Whitley County for a $50,000 Ditch that May Effect Adams County. The Columbia City Mail gives the following account of a ditch petition which effects four counties in this part of the state may include Adams county and involves an expenditure of <50,000: Auditor Lancaster received a bunch of legal papers today done up in one package which makes a stack of about five inches high and weighs about twenty pounds. The papers are in the Little River or Arthur F. Fast drainage case, which originated in Allen and Huntington [counties. The drainage was petitioned for in the counties named. The case was taken up in Huntington county where several hundred remonstrances were filed against the proposed ditch system. The remonstrants prayed that the proceedings be set aside in the grounds that many land owners in Wells and Whitley counties would be affected and henefitted by said drainage. : The proceedings were set aside as prayed for by the remonstrants and remonstrances were certified to Whitley county together with a supplementary petition The case will be taken up at the September term of the commisisoners’ court and the matter will be taken up in [Allen. Huntington and Wells counties at the same time. The board of commissioners in each of the four counties named will appoint reviewers to review the entire system of drainage petitioned for. The three reviewers thus appointed from each of the four counties ’ will meet and jointly review the system and report their finding upon the same when further proceedings will be had. There are several hundred remonstrators to the original petition and more than two thousand land owners are affected by the drainage in the four counties. It is thought that an attempt will yet be made to bring Adams county into the case, as several hundred acres of land in that county it is claimed will be affected. The land owners in Whitley county affected are in Jefferson township. The drainage system is one of the most gigantic ever undertaken in the state and will cost from <30,000 to <50,000.

PLEASANT HOURS A Birthday Party In Honor of Miss Ida Merriman. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry I Archbold, northeast of the city, was the scene of pleasure on last Thursday evening. Miss Ida Merryman entertained in honor of her eighteenth birthday. Those present were Grayoe Reed, Stella Mallonee, Lila Jackson, Joe Mylott, Mattie Buckmaster, Emma Davison, Roe Schrank, Clara Smith, Ada Fuhrman, Emma Conrad, Emma Reppert, Maggie Merryman, Dessie Merryman, Myrtle Light, Carrie Tester, Hernan Mann, Vina Rinehart, Julia Arnspangh, Minnie Darwachter, Lidna Reed, Eta Rinehart, Urcil Amspaugl, Ida Merriman, Edgar Abbott, Warren Reed, Ben Elzey, Earl Butler, Harry Fuhrman, Paul Beckner, .Waldo Brushwiller, Harry Dibbls, Clarence Kintz,, Fr nk Baker, Jason Archbold, Harry Daniels, Merrit Abbott Lawrence, Green Clarence Bremerkamp, Zaok Archbold, Will Rinehart, Elmer Darwaccer. All report a good time, A number of b.<utiful and useful presents were received.

ERIE WRECK Accident at Galion Injures Two Hunt* ington Men. Huntington. Ind., August 29— Erie train extra 770, east bound, was caught in a wreck near Galion, about 8:30 this morning. Asa result Fireman Frank Riley cf this city, lies at the Sawyer sanitarium at Marion with a broken arm, a badly injured right leg and side, and Extra Conductor J. W. Me Laughlin, of this city, was brought home this afternoon suffering from internal injuries. The train was east bound and got stuck £on the hill at Galion. An extra engine was sent out from Galion to help. Just east of the Big Four crossing the rear truck of the first engine tank left tin track and this caused the engine following to leave the track. GRATIS SALE Presbyterian Ladies to Keep Store Have a Mixed Stock of Goods and will Offer Many Bargains Next Week.

The Ladies’ Aid society of the I Presbyterian church will give a Gratis sale all next week, beginning on Monday and continuing until ; Saturday nght. or as long as the ; bargains last. This does not mean exactly that the goods will be given away, but will l»e very near it. for I you can secure the rarest bargains i ever offered in Decatur. The ladies ' of this society have been busily engaged for several weeks past securing goods from various sources, a large amount being donated from wholesale houses, and the list includes such necessary articles as clothing, shoes, notions, groceries, breakfast foods, toys, novelties and almost everything imaginable. While you can no doubt find something you need badly, you will by purchasing same help along a good cause and make the church and, society |happy. Announcements of the location of the Gratis store will be made within a day or two.

A PICNIC Crowd of Little Folks Celebrate for Miss Uhl, of Toledo. Misses Slyvia Droppelman and Agnes Meibers entertained at a pic- | nic at the Meibers grove yesterday, in honor of Miss Charlotte Uhl, ot Toledo, Ohio. At 12 o’clock a fine dinner was served. Those who were present at this enjoyable affair were Misses Marie Connell, Fanny Heller, Margaret Bowsman, Toots Berling, Florence Meyers, Jesse Holthouse and Charlotte Uhl, of Toledo, Ohio, Those who chaperoned the little crowd were Misses Marie Boknecht, Inez Snellen. Sylvia Droppelman and Agnes Meibers.

New Attraction. Something entirely new in the way of attractions have been secured for the Great Fort Wayne Fair, to be held Sept- 6to 10. After careful consideration the management have at considerable expense secured daylight fireworks for the fair. These fireworks will be sent up each day of the fair, and when at a certain distance will explode, and animals, people and flags will be floating around in the air. These attractions will not be seen at any other fair, save the great Fort Wayne fair. Make your arrangements to attend.

M.MIIER 1!I7

HAS CONFESSED

Mrs. Rae Krauss Caught Napping Gives Enough of Hes Story to Her Hnsband to Convince Him She is Guilty. Mrs. Rae Krauss has made a partial confession. On Sunday, August 21, her husband W R. Krauss visited her in her cell in the county jail, and while there wrung from her a partial confession. Mr. Krauss has been working diligently on the case, and. as he said to a Times man a few days ago, he is his own detective. He has carefully laid his own plans to get out of his wife what he did get, and in order to help his own cause Mr. Krauss has denied many things to newspaper men which were true. Not that he wanted to be untruth--1 fill to the newspaper fraternity, but | because he had plans that he did not want interfered with or made public. Mr.[Krauss may deny that he has secured a partial confession from his wife but nevertheless it is true. The Tinies has gotten the story from a source that is absolutely reliabl? and truthful and it can be depended upon. When Mr. Krauss visited his wife a week ago i yesterday he was in possession of much information and he surprised | her and caught her off guard. In | questioning her Mrs. Krauss became tangled and let just enough slip to her husband to thoroughly ! convince him of her guilt. It wasn’t a full confession, but only a partial one. Nevetheless when Mr. Krauss left the jail his mind was made up, and the Timos knows it to be absolutely true’that he has said it in so many words —Hartford Ci\v Times.

LIMA WON Decatar Boys Help Them Defeat the Findley Team. Word was received here last evening from Lma, Ohio, announcing that the game of ball [played there yesterday afternoon between Findley and Lima resulted in a victory for the latter team by a score of three to two. Tom Railing and Dee Devinney, two members of the Rosenthals, played with Lima and from all reports put up a clean game. Railing played short stop and Dee Devinney left field. This is the same team that defeated the Rosenthals last Sunday, wnich goes to show that they nave a fast independent team, and are hard to beat. There is a possible chance that Railing will remain the balanoe of the season with LimaWAS MARRIED

Yount Decatur Business Man Weds a Hicksville Ladr Cards wore received this morning from Hicksville, Ohio, by a number of young people of this city, an nouucing the fact that on last Sunday, August 28, 11)04, Edward M. Gale of this city, a part owner in the Decatur Steam Laundry, was married to Miss Luella Smith, and will be at home in Decatur after September sth. Mr. Gale left Saturday morning for Hicksville, giving his most intimate friends the slip, and never telling anyone his intentions, and the first intimation thf.t his friends had of his marriage was Monday, when a message was received announcing the fact. The Democrat extends congratulations.