Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 234, Decatur, Adams County, 12 October 1904 — Page 1

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WANTED for forgery frank Siler Proves to be a Smooth Dutchman

GETS forty dollars Signed Name of IL H. Bremerkamp Ushtd check at Harry Deim's, Bluffton, and Another at U. E. Ellis, Redkey. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Frank Siler, the fellow i known as ‘Dutch Frank", who has worked for H. H Bremerkamp at the Fornax mills for a year past. He is charged with forgery, and if Ihe can be located, it's a safe guess that he will quit drinking for a while at least. Siler and Nolan I I King had some trouble with Clem | | Knoff. so the latter claims, a week ago Saturday night. The latter | I filed affidavits against the two first named, but when the officers liegan . a search for Siler he was missing. It was considered a ‘ good riddance 1 of had rubbish" and no great effort was made to secure him. He has I not been seen since, but this ‘morn ing the Old Adams County bunk, discovered in their mail two forged cheeks, one sent in from a Bluffton ■ bank, and the other from a Redkey , bank, each signed H. H. Bremer lamp, and each calling for t wenty dollars. One was made out to F ink Fritz and had been cashed I hst by Harry D. am, who in turn j bad cashed it at Ashbauoher Bro's, st ire and they at the bank. Mr Deam is no doubt stunk for the amount. The other was cashed by M E Ellis who deposited it at the Redk,y bank. The checks had been stolen from Mr. Bremerkamp's check book as they bore the stamp ‘ Fornax Mills” across the end. The chehk cashed at Redkey was made out to Henry Mayer. An effort will be made to land Siler and as the officers have his picture he may be captured. He is a bad fellow, and has been in several scrapes of minor importance since coming here. LEFT TODAY Oid Reed and Family on Their Way to West. Dick Reed and family left this morning over the Erie railroad tor their newfhorae at Seattle Wash ing ton where Mr, Reed expects to go in the real estate business. For years Mr. Reed had been a resident of this city and oounty being most of that'tiine engaged in the machine business A number of friends were assembled at the train this morning to bid them goodbye, and to wish Mr. Reed success in his new home and business. FREE PICTURES. We have received a number of beautiful color pictures of Alton B Parker and family. Any one calling at this office may have one free of charge. - Come in on Bryan day and get one.

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EXCELLS ALL The Holy City at Opera Hoose Tomorrow Night—Great Show. Manager Bosse in arranging for the engagement of "The Holy City,” has secured the most impressive drama now on the stage. Intolectually conceived, dramatically constructed, powerfully acted and sumptuosly staged, the play is noted for its complete and beautiful representations. The determination of Manager Gordon to excel is apparent in every division of this great product. A full house awaits the company on its appearance here; confidence of the public has been won for all Gordon & Bennett's attractions. The beauty of the jieformance as directed by Gordon & Bennet with their affections is not forgotten; thus the usual praise given to "The Holy City” 'is accepted without question, i That the new production presents a great drama powerfully acted | and superbly mounted, is acclaimed from everv direction that ! has been visited, and the perforI mance here may be anticipated | with pleasure. RETURN DATE Rogers Lyceum Co. Io Give Entertainment Here Friday Nieht. — Under the personal direct ion of Father H. Theo. Wilken, rhe Rogers Lyceum Company will present at the St. Marys' Catholic chinch next ' Friday evening, October 14tU. ‘‘The j Story Beautiful" or "The Life ot 'Christ,” illustrated, with moving ■ pictures and stereopticon views in , I natural colors. The entertainment I will also include a lecture by H. A. Starkweather. “Juan of Arc” in , moving pictures. The life, assumption and Immaculate Conception of , the Blessed Virgin Mary, pictures of Pope Pius X and the late Pope Leo XIII and various others. Also , Mr William B. Norris, the noted baritone, will render a number of beautiful solos. This same company were here last year and gave the best entertainment of this kind ever seen in Decatur, and it is safe to say they will be well patronized this year . The admission is children 20c and adults 35c, the proceeds to be used towards paying the expense of fitting the church and 1 other buildings with electricity. AN OBITUARY Mn, Aaaa Warden wai a Native •( Thia » Caaaty. > Mrs. Anna Worden, who at one time resided in this city, but re t oently at Marion, Ind., died October 4th, after a long siege of sickness. ’ She was 65 years old and was a » member of the Baptist church and j a strong spiritualist in faith. She i was buiied October rtth at 3:30 i o'clock p. m., in the Marion cemetery, by the Martha Washington society, of which she was a prominent member. The services were .. held at the house and were largely attended. She leaves a husband , and son, aged m >ther and two brothers, Enoch Cox, of Williams ’ oounty, Ohio, and Elijah Cox of ' Marion to mourn their loss.

DECATUR, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1904.

IN HIGH ESTEEM Rev. Alexander and Family Are Held Will Move to Elmira, Illinois, and the Caledonia Congregation Bids Them Farewell. The following is in part a dispatch to the Rockford, Illinois, Register-Gazette from Caledonia, Illinois, and shows the high esteem in which Rev. Alexander, a former Decatur minister of the Presbyterian church is held in that locality: Caledonia, 111., Oct. 6.—Last evening almost the entire congregation of the Willow Creek church, augmented by people from the neigboring towns and districts surrounding the parish, gathered in the lecture room of the church for the purpose of giving Rev. Alexander ana family a farewell reception, before his departure to Elmira, 111., their new field of labor next week Rev. Alexander when he preaches his last sermon next Sun day, will have completed the longest and no doubt the most sucessful pastorate inthe history oft he church. It is nearly ten years since he came here and during that time he and his wife have become endeared to the people. Mr. Alexander s work i has not been confined to this parish i alone but was ever ready to extend I his help wherever it could be used , for good. Lust fall and winter he held meetings nightly in the school houses on the outskirts of the parish and in Harlem and Roscoe, for ' nearly fifteen weeks, and secured ' 200 converts. A short time ago he i received a call to the Scotch Pres- ! byteriaifchurch at Elmira, 111. The ■ congregation felt that tin-y c >uld ■ not let him go without some testiImo iial of their appreciation. Sj ' a committee was appointed to receive voluntary subscriptions for a present. Only the members of the church were asked to contribute. but a number from other congregations asked to be allowed to share in the testimonial. Dr. Penniman in behalf of the congregation presented Mr. Alexander with an elegant easy chair for his study, Mrs. Alexander with a china closet full of china dishes, and there little daughters with loeke.ts and a ring.”

HOG CHOLERA This Fatal Swine Disease Has Appeared In Neighboring Counties. Hog cholera has been prevalent in some of the neighboring oounties and at present many of the farmers are having daily losses in their already depleted droves. At first the prevailing ojiinion seemed to be > that hogs allowed to drink . from running water in the streams were most affoeted, and that isolation would serve to check the ravages. But now those of the interior farms are suffering and some of the swine that have not been near running wate* for months are dying. A singular feature of the plague, is that the animals appear healthy until a few hours before death, when they become nervoue, and in some oases helpless, often unable to walk or rise. Occasionally a hog bleeds from the ears as the disease advances, until death ends its suffering. The loss of large quantities of old corn fed to the hogs during the summer, added to the loss of the animals themelves, makes the already disheartened farmers quite blue. The number 'of stock hogs and pigs is much larger than usual i and those that escape cholera can i be distributed to a great extent to i those farmers who have lost, if the < successful farmers are disposed to I sell. 1

DEATH RESULTED Harley Snyder's Attempt at Suicide Proves Successful. After suffering six weeks from the effects of caustic potash taken withsuicidalmtent, Harley Snyder, a young man of Jefferson township, died at his home northeast of Ossian at five o’clock this morning. The dying hours of the young man were attended with the greatest agony as the poison had inflamed and closed up his throat. About six weeks ago Snyder took the poison with the intention of ending his life, which desire was prompted it is said by an unsuccessfu' love affair. The fact that he had taken the poison was discovered in time to save his life. He began getting better < nd soon afterward received a letter from the girl whose rejection of him had caused bis attempt at suicide. But the poison left effects that the doctors could not remedy and for the past three or four weeks has been slowly dying. Family troubles, in addition to his love affair, are said to have been the cause of his desire to commit suicide.—Bluffton News

' MARRIED TODAY 1 ; Miss Grace Sntton Weds Mr. Pennypacker 11 i i e Well Known Adams County Girl—Becomes Wife of a Wealthy > Easterner. i > 1 t >! Today at he home ot her father. I W. S. Sutton, at Gmeva. Mi** Grace Sntton was united in th< . holy bonds of wedlock to Mr. Henrv Pennvp inker, of Wilmingr ton. Di’lew re The wedding ser ! vices were simple but most impres- . sive, the Rev. Preston, of Fat Wayne, officiating Only the imi mediate relatives and a few inti- . mate friends were present to wit- ! ness the happv event. Immediately i following the wedding a sumptous I I wedding dinner ‘was served. Miss t i Sutton is quite well known in this > city having formerly made this her ’ i home, and she has a host of friends ■ here. M. Pennypacker is one of | Wilmington’s best citizens. The happy young couple will leave in a few days for the east, where they expect to make their future home The groom is a relative of Governor Pennypacker of Pennsylvania, and is a wealthy young manufacturer. The Democrat extends congratula . tions and best wishes. : SYNOD ADJOURNS Ei<hty-flrst Reformed Church fcwlon is Over. BLUFFTON, Ind., Oct., 12. - The eighty- first annual session of the Ohio synod of the Reformed church came to a close last night by the delegates singing. "Blest Be the Tie that Binds,” and today ths 250 visitors left for their homes in Ohio. Pennsylvania, Indiana and Michigan The moat imjwrtant question discussed by the Ohio synod of the Reformed churches in session in this city has been a con- J aolidation of the German central, interior and western aymxla. A committee of five wax apjwintod by ’ the Ohio synod to meet like oommittoes from the different synods to bring alxrnt the consolidation I and to establish one largo theological seminary, to be located in one 1 of the following cities: Indianapolis, Chicago. Cincinnati or Cleveland. Heidelburg university will remain at Tiffin, Ohio.

WILL RECOVER Victims of Tuigg are Better George Gault Able to Go Home—The Attempted Assasin Getting Over Effects of His Drunk. It is thought that none of the victims shot by Daniel Tuigg on a Pennsylvania train near Warsaw Monday night will die. The wound of Mr. George Gault, of Monroeville, is comparatively trivial and he was able to go to his home yesterday. Carl Peckham will have to remain at Hope hospial for sometime, but it was announced last night that he will recover. The bullet, which entered the left shoulder, ranged too high, it is thought, to strike any vital organs. The bullet has not yet been located, but the patient Spent an easy day yesterdav and last night he rested well. Lieutenant Bates, of the Pennsylvania police force, who with two patrolmen, took Tuigg from the train when it arrived here yesteiday, went before Justice Skelton and swore out a warrant I charging the prisoner with being a fugitive from justice.- This was done in order to hold Tuigg for the officers of Kosciusko county, where the shooting took place. The affidavit filed by Bates charged the I prisoner with assault and battery I with intent to kill George Gault. I Tuigg was much more ealm yesj terday than on Monday night, i Dr. Calvin was called to attend ■ him. The treatment seemed to help him. He appears more like :t man who was just recovering from a protracted spree than on e who is permanently insane. He was much concerned about the condition of his victims yesterday would recover.—Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. THE FAKE DOCTOR Will Close His Free Shows TonightAre You One of the Suckers? The medicine show is still holding down the boards at the opera house this week, and are attracting large crowds by their fake perfor mancees. On last evening a number of men purchased a little copper jienny at the exhorbitant price of ten dollars and were rejiaid for their confidence in the "doctor” by being rewarded with their ten dollars , bottle of medicine and a quarter to “boot,” a very liberal proposition on the part of the ’doctor,” but this sort of thing will soon come to an end and on this evening he will show to those who have placed so much oonti denoe in him that he is a “fake” pure and simple, and in the ena he will have all the money and the poor "sacker will “have the experience and four bottles or packages of “all oare. ’’ This evening is positively the "doctor s " last appearance in this city, at which 1 time his moat liberal spirit will 1 foroe him to give away a real die- ' mond ring to the lucky holder of a bottle of his “all cure. ” There is ’ no doubt but that the “doctor “ is * not working for his health, and ■ loing this liberal act to relieve the J offering without any chance of he- “ aiming recompensed; and it is I toped that those who attend the > lerformanoe this evening will not I je taken in to buy a real oldloop- * ter jienny for two dollars. For t inoe be wise, and instead of being 1 aken in hold fast to your pocket ’ look, and give the doctor the horse 1 nugh. Enough said. 1

NUMBER 234

SLIGHTLY BETTER Mrs. Frank Gtssinger Writes of Her Has bands Condition. Lew Hughes informed us today that he had received a letter from his daughter, Mrs. Frank Gessinger, who went to Roswell, New Mexico, a few weeks ago, being called there owing to the serious illness of her husband, stating that she had arrived at Rosswell safe and sound on October 3rd, after having a very rough journey, delays being caused by wrecks and other misfortunes, she having had to make part of the distance by the overland route. She stated that she found Frank’s condition much better than i it had been for several days before she arrived, but as to how serious his illness was she was unable to state as she had not as yet had an opportunity to converse with the doctor who is treating her husband. She also stated that sho I found Rosswell to be an old fashl ioned town and very low, being at the present time flooded, something I like two foot of water standing in I the streets. COURT NEWS Knowles Jury Out Nearly Thirty Hours— Not Yet Agreed. — Ottis O. Juday et al vs Prospect Oil Co. etal, rule against defendant to answer complaint within ten I days. coMargaret Koenig vs John Schei- ; man, amended complaint filed, rule I to answer. The jury in the case of Aaron P. Knowles vs Indiana Consolidated ' Oil and G.is company, which were reent out just after dinner yesterday are still deliberating, having so far been unable to agree. AVorkm n are busy putting arch lights in the ( mrt room this wees. Three incandescent arehs will lie as I and the work will be comjileted tomorrow. WERE GOOD Politics Boiling in Adams County Three Good Meetings Held Last Night and Much Interest Manifested. The large tent erected by the en terprising democrats of Berne was chuck full last night, at whion tune and place Judge R. K. Erwin and David E. Smith discussed the issues as only Adams oiunty political or store can They talked earnestly of the evils of Roseveltiam, the trusts and imperialism, and were well received, and enthusiastically applauded. The Decatur Glee olub •nd the Beine City band Jwere also well received. At election school louse in Kirkland township, more han eighty voters crowded that ichool room and heard James T. ferryman, John W. Tyndall and lease Robnson talk upon the issues ind duties of those who wield the lower of the ballot. An equally urge and enthusiastic crowd heard ~)ore B Erwiu and John C- Moran it the Erwin school house in Union ownship. The meetings held this pear equal those of 1896 when every voter wus a fighting warrior for the interests and welfare of his party.