Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 203, Decatur, Adams County, 6 September 1904 — Page 1

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SWALLOWED PIECE OF TIN peter Zeigler Died at Four O’clock This Morning

SICK BUT FEW HOURS his Death Caused by Eating Canned Salmon father of Mrs. J. W. Teeple—Suffered five Hemorrhages During Last Night. t A snnll piece of tin in a box of. salmon caused the death of Peter i Zeigler, a well known old gentleman, who for nine years past has made his home with his daughter Mrs. J. W. Teeple’of this city. Mr. Zeigler owned a large farm just east of Bobo, and his death occurred at that place at four o'clock this morning. A week ago he was in excellent health for one of his years, and attended the fair here. Last Friday Tie went out to his farm to attend to some business, | and took some provisions with him. ’ including some canned salmon. I While eating his dinner he swal- I lowed a small piece of tin which lodged in his throat and which he was unable to loosen. He went to Willshire and consulted a physician, but the tin could not tie located. Gradually it worked down until it located in the stomach. Mr. Zeigler frit the cutting sensation, but suffered but little, continuing at his work until yesterday afternoon about three o’clock, when he became sick. At six o’clock last evening he suffered a severe hem orrhage of the lungs. Mr/and Mrs. Teeple and Dr. J. S. Coverdale were summoned to his bedside immediately. Everything known to medical science was done for the stricken man, but to no avail. The piece of tin had severed a blood vessel in the stomach and five hemorrages followed, causing death at four o’clock this morning. Mr. Zeigler was seventy-four years old last February. He was a native of Wayne county, Indiana, having lived near Cambridge City until 1896. During that year his wife died at the home of Mis. Teeple tn this city while here on a visit and since that time he had made his home here. Besides the daughter one son survives, L. H. Zeigler, of Marion, Indiana. The funeral services will be held at the Teeple home in this city Wednesday after noon and the remains will be taken to Wayne county for interment. HE LIKES HIM Illinois Farmer Offers Chiancy Miller A Good Job. Sheriff Albert A. Butler is ln receipt of a letter from B. H. Brainerd,* sheriff of Springfield Bangamon county, llllinois, saying that Up. Renshaw, the farmer for w hom Chauncey Miller worked would like to have him return if he i’ out of his trouble and will pay him |3OO per year and board. He R ays" Miller [who went by the name of MoMikesell was the best hand he ever had, Miiller will probaby not do any farm work for a year or two.

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NO SPECIAL TRAIN But G. R. & I. Will Give Trainmen Free Transportation to Portland. This morning's Fort Wayne. Tour nal-Gazeette said: "On account of lack of motive power, the G. R. & I. finds it impossible to provide a special train to take the members of the local lodge- of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen to Portland to attend the funeral of J. W. Gick, who was killled at Decatur Saturday night. Arranements have been made, however, to furnish transportation for all who wish to attend the funeral," on the regular trains leaving this city at 6:35 Wednesday morning, and returning, to leave P.rtland at 6:25 p. m. A special meeting of No. 136 has been called for tonight, at their hall, to complete arrangements for attending the funeral. GOT THE BABY Mrs. Hilpert In Possession of Her Son The Hilpert Divorce Case Filed Last Evening includes Some Ugly Charges. Sheriff Butler, accompanied by Mrs. Leota B. Hilpert, drove to the home of (Milton Hiljiert, last evening .where the latter was served with notice that he is defendant in a divorce suit in which some ugly charges are made. The six months-old baby, William Frederick Oliver Hilpert, which Milton forcibly took from his wife when she left home yesterday morning, was recovered and is now in possession of the mother who has returnedjto the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Hilpert lived in jDecatur last winter, and are quite well known. They were married April 26, 1903, and were happy until last spring when the defendant's love suddenly turned to hate and according to the complaint he has been busy since convincing her of the fact. It is alleged he carried h revolver and once pointed it in a threatening manner at his young wife. He refused to secure a physician when baby was born, saying that he didn’t want any doctor fooling around his wife. He has beaten her on several different occasions, the last scrap being yesterday morning when he choked and kicked her because she neglected to milk the cow when he ordered her to do so. Mrs. Hilpert grabbed her baby and started to leave the home, but the child was taken from her. She came here poorly clad and filed her suit. The court a restraning order to prevent Hilpert injuring his wife or from selling his personal property or preventing her from getting her- clothes and other personal effects. Hilpert was ordered to give up the child and did so without trouble. The case was filed by Attorney Fruchte and Erwin & Erwin. A divorce, 12,000 and custoday of the child is asked for.

11ECATI li, INDIANA, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER G, 1904.

COUNTY COUNCIL Their Session Began Today—Making Appropriations. | The county council met at .the sheriff's office today, and will continue in session during tomorow. Henry Gunset was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry H. Myers. The regular ( routine work of making appropriations for the various roads, the Geneva imrovements, bridges, necessary expenses, etc, took up the time today. COURT NEWS Baxter Divorce Case Heard Issues Begun in Many Cases—Another Busv Session Today. Tuesday was another busy day in circuit court. Fred L. Literer was admitted to the bar. Case of Thomas Noble et al vs Edgar Kelsey was dismissed and costs paid. Alice Carpenter vs A. W. Carpenter, divorce case, prosecutor filed answer for defendant. LtvinaC. M Marker vs C. M. M irker, prosecutor ruled to answer for defendant. Rule to answer in case of Jacob C. Roop vs Matie Roop, divorce: also in Ljuis Boknecht vs Homer Lower, suit on note. Schafer j Peterson was appointed special j judge to hear case of Maud Wass vs D. E. Smith, assignee. Rule for prosecutor to answer in all divorce cases defaulted. William Swartz ehil vs U. B. Swartz etal, land ordered sold, D. B. Erwin appointed commissioner. Lucinda B. Kessler vs H. H. Hughes et al, finding for paintiff. Cassandra A. Baxter vs D. D. Baxter, evid enoe hear, taken under advisement b y court. FOUND LEAK Standard Oil Men Are Here Estimated that Two Hundred and Fifty Barrels of Oil Has Been Lost. The gang of Standard Oil employees who have been searching for the leak in the main line that runs through this city from Lima to Chicago have located the same, and are busily engaged today in i mending the leak and to stop the awful drain and the loss the company is sustaining. The leak was found near Dr. J.S. Coverdale’s residence, caused by the bursting of the pipe, this being the head of the Franco sewer, the oil had found an open drain, and run into the sewer and through the sewer into the river hence the i discovery of oil on the St. Marys, i The leak is a bad one, and has undoubtedly been caused by the i heavy pressure of oil that has been i forced through this main line. 1 The loss as estimated by the i foreman of the gang is two hundred 1 and fifty barrels of oil, which means two hundred and twenty-five dollars at the price oil is now. It ’ is stated from reliable sources that i John D. Rockefeller, a heavy stock- < holdler, in the Standard Oil Co. has 1 not slept any for two days or i nights since the filing of the ac- ' count of the leak here. •

FOR PORTLAND Jig Crowd Will Leave Tomorrow • Convention to Nominate an Opponent for Cromer in His Race for Congress.

Tomorrow the democracy of the Eighth district will hold at Portland their convention to nominate a'nandidate against the Hon. Geo. W. Cromer. Ami Adams county delegates and alternates have been looking forward to the meeting with great interest. It was hoped by district Chairman Adair that William J. Bryan could Tie secured to deliver one of his old-time speeches ; but it has beon impossible to make a date for him. Hon. John AV. Kern, democratic candidate for governor, will te present as well as a host of other Indianians, such as Shively and R ilston who are expected to address the convention. The Jay county fair is in progress this week and if a good fair is an attraction the crowd will be un- . doubtedly the largest at a district convention for ?years. Two candidates have been spoken of for the nomination, Edward C- Hority, of Elwood and Cass I. White, of Wells county. The former has been announced for some time, but the latter has been canvassing the . district only a week or ten days. A spirited litle contest may be looked for. A big crowd will go ' | from this city, as well as from I Geneva. Berne, Monroe and the rest of the county. Mr; White ' was here several hourj today fixing up has fenoesj A JUGGLER l Mr. DeLacour Gives a Special Act for Benefit of Bluffton Press. i Charles DeLacour and wife and little son came home at noon from : Decatur to spend Sunday in a good town. Mr. DeLacour says that his show will go to Rochester next week'fand that the company was nevei in a town from which they > will he happier to escape than is the case at Decatur. The entire company is sick of the town and

hope never again to strike it or it's like while in the show business. In reference to the trouble in the tent Thursday night of which the ' News gave an account last night Mr. De Lacour says he was obliged to forcibly eject eight toughs who were insulting his company and trying to start a rough house. Mr. De Lacour had taken a seat in the audience and was near the gang when one qf them made remarks to the effect that one of the girls would give a "hoochiecoochie" dance after the performance He j was knocked down for his insolence and when he and his seven companions were fired under the canvas Last night there was good order and a better crowd than ever.—Bluffton News. While Mr. DeLaoour is a very poor actor he is a first-class juggler of the truth. A represen tative of this office was at the tent show on the night mentioned, and all the trouble that he noticed was some loud talking by three Bluffton drunks who arrived late. The company were well treated here and well patronized considering the fact that there was a First Class repertoire show at the opera house. I Mr. DeLaoour's interviews come I with poor grace, but it's just as I well, for we don’t know of any i weak-minded people in this locality 1 that he could inveigle into any < of his self-enriohing opera house « building schemes, which he features 1 in his advertising. For our part c we are glad the likes Bluffton bet- t tor than Decatur. 11

HORSE KILLED Valuable Animal Had to be ShotRaced Here with Fractured Leg. After having been injured for a week, it was discovered yesterday that Niva, a valuable four-year-old pacer belonging to Centliver Bros., had sustained a broken bg, and ' the pretty gray mare was shot as the only method of relief. The loss is a heavy one to the owners, as the mare was slated to go better than 2:10. It is said that while being shipped tc .Decatur about a wook ago Miss Niva was hurt about the leg. She at once became lame and Driver Frank Bogash was unable to locate the exact cause of the trouble. Yesterday morning he gave the man a slow workout at the driving park, but she was so lame that she was taken back to the stables. There it was discovered that the bones of the leg were j broken squarely off. It is presumed that the bones were partially fractured in the first place and that the break was Completed yesterday. The injury was of such a nature that it would not yield to treatment and the animal was shot. Miss Niva was a gray mare hy Atlantic King and she was a full sister of Frank B, gash. She was a four-year-old and still a greenling, but she was expected to develop as- ! tonishing speed and was regarded as one of the most promising colts on the track. She was entered in the 2:30 pace at the fair grounds Wednesday.—Fort Wayne JournalGazette. HOLD MEETING I I Citizens Telephone Co. in Session r Old Board of Directors Re-elected— Will Choose Officers Tonight. i i 5 t The stockholders of the Citizens' j Telephone Co., met last evening • at the offices of the secretary, F. M.

i Schirmeyer, it being the annual i meeting. The reports of the secretary and treasurer were read and i j approved, the statements showing j that the company has made a good profit during the past year. The following board of directors who have se~ved during the past year were re-elected: John Baker, E. X. Ehinger.F. M . Schirmeyer, Henry Hite and J W. Tyndall. The board will meet tonight to choose officers, the probability being the present incumlients will tie reelected. It is said that another meeting of the stockholders will be held soon to arrange plans for ini-

i proving the system and branching i out with the lines. The Citizens has a suocesful history and a bright future, and a few more years will find Decatur with a perfect tele phone system. PAYING PREMIUMS Fair Awoclalion Sendin j Oat the Cash by Mail. i Secretary Kunkle informs us that the .lending out of premium awards I bv the fair association is being attended to as rapidly as possible and within a few days every winner will 1 have his check. It is not necessary to i call as you will receive your money as soon as your name is reached. I The association will quit the year even at least, but it is not lielieved the bank roll will be very large after all expenses are paid.

NUMBER 203

DITCH TRIAL Occupies Attention of Commissioners But Little Others Business Transacted— Contracts for Infirmary Supplies. I The Amacher ditch is still the principal attraction at the commissioners’ court, the remonstrance to said ditch by R .0. Johnson being vigorously fought. In fact it has developed into a real trial and the | board has been hearing evidence today. The petitioners are represented by Attorney Davoss and the remonstrators by Heller & Son and Hooper & Lenhart. The board has granted liquor licenses to El Johnson and C. W.Boknecht. The furnishing supplies to the county infirmary was granted to the following: H. A. Fristoe, tobacco; Holthouse Drug Co., drugs; Niblick 1 & Co., groceries; T. R Moore, oil and gasoline; Niblick <fc Co., dry goods;. A petition for the Mauiler ditch was filed and approved.

STILL SCRAPING Stockholders of Defunct C. B. & C Railway Can’t Hitch. Isham Randolph, who was chief engineer of the Chicago drainage canal, has completed for Senator Hopkins, an inspection of the Cincinnati, Bluffton & Chicago R.y as far as built and of the proposed line betwe en this city and HuntI ingon. He drove over between here and the latter city and went over the road from this city to Portland.

To some of the parties interested in the road at Portland he stated that his report would be a favorable one, and indicated that he would recommend his impressions to the senator when he went back to Chicago. The proposition of Senator Hopkins has been accepted by all but two • of the creditors at Port! nd who were out of the city and could not be seen. However, the Banner is reliably informed that the creditors here are disposed to look upon it with disfavor It is reported in certain circles that the Pennville fellows havejjoined hands with the Bluffton capitalists, and they are said to have something up their sleeve that will hold up any further progress on the road. This it is believed will result in litigation, and therefore the friends of the road propose to get under a heavy head of steam before they put the Illinois senator's plan in motion. The proceedings will be watched with much interest and the receiver will go on just as usual until there is a turn in affairs. Many believe that Hopkins will invest some of his own money in the road.—Bluffton Banner.

MEETS THURSDAY September Session of the C. W. B. M, to Meet with Mrs. AckerAuxiliary meeting of C. W. B. M. for September will be held at the home if Mrs. Acker on First street next Thursday at 2 o’clock p. in. Program: Topic, "Heroines of Faith" Hymn Concert Reading, Isaiah xti. Prayer. Geography of Thibet. Historical Sketch of Thibet. Lhassa, "The Forbidden City," reading. Sketch of Dr. Susie C. Rynhart. Missionary to Thibet. Sketch "of Punita Ramabai, miss ionary to high caste child widows of India. Business period. All interested in missions cordially invited.