Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 239, Decatur, Adams County, 18 October 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME II

SUES TOWN OF VAN BUREN Attorney Beattv Demands $5,000 Damages.

FOR PERSONAL IN-’ JURIES f Case Filed Yesterday at Marion Result of Accident on Streets of Van Buren, Where Several Decatur People Were Hurt. A. P. Beaty, the well known lawyer, was atfMarion yesterday and ' filed a |5,000 damage suit against 1 the townjif Van Buren, he himself being the plaintiff. The suit is en- 1 titled Amos P. Beatty vs Town of 1 Van Buren, and James H. Sullivan, 1 Isaac H. Graper and Jaoob S. * Marsh, trustees of said to wn, de- 1 mand $5,000. The complaint is 1 quite lengthy, in two paragraphs, 1 Covering about eight pages type- 1 written and alleges that on August ‘ 17th last, Mr. Beatty with nine • others men visited a public gath- 1 ering near Van Buren. That at ' 4:45p. m. the crowd went to Clover 1 r I Leaf depot to board the 5:17 east bound train for home. Arriving ' there they were informed that the • train was twenty one minutes late, 1 and someone suggested they hire 1 a rig to take them to a restaurant 1 to secure a lunch. A spring wagon owned by James Brown was rented. * The party reached the restaurant, 1 • I eat their lunch and were returning when about 100 feet from the res- 1 taurant, one of the wheels of the 1 T rig went into a large hole, throwing the rig over in such a manner ’ that the ten occupants who had ( been forced to stand in the wagon were thrown out. Mr. Beatty was ’ badly hurt , his right arm being ’ broken in two places, right wrist 1 broken and dislocated, three ribs 1 broken on the right side and his 1 f right hipand shoulder badly bruised. He has suffered greatly as a oonse- ' quenoe, has been prevented from 1 attending to his business, is permanently injured and has spents3oo for medical attention. The accident occurred on Main street, a public thoroughfare much used and located between First and Second A streets. The complaint alleges that the town had negligently allowed said street to get out of repair and well know of its condition, having been same ten days before. Having failed to repair same the town is liable and the sum of $5,000 is demanded. J The attorneys for Mr. Beattv are C J. Lutz and Shaffer Peterson ot ’’ this city and St. John & Charles of ' Marion. The accident will be well remembered by our citizens, having occurred during the week of , the Van Buren races. Deputy Au- ' ditor C. D. Lewton of this city and ‘‘ Contractor J. H. Davis of Portland were also quite badly injured at the same time.

NEW CASE FILED. Attorney Dore R Erwin filed a now cane in court today, enti.led George F. Huffman vs Hamilton Dodge, complaint for guardian. The complaint alleges that Dodge is a person of unsound mind, incapable of handling his own property.

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BURT SOLD — Mr. Humphreys Buys Popular Hotel Took Posession This Afternoon—ls an Old Hotel Man From El Reno, Oklahoma. S. G. Humphreys, of El Reno, Oklahoma, is now manager and proprietor of the Burt House, having taken posession this afternoon, the old management retiring after dinner was served. Mr. Humphreys is a hotel man of many years’ experience and is here to stay. He recently sold his hotel at El Reno for $40,000 and in looking about for a desirab e location decided upon Decatur. Messrs. Threlkheld & Shea took the Burt House about a year ago. At that time they expected to secure possession of several similar properties in this section of the country, but were unable to do so, and have hence decided to devote their time and attention to Missouri where they now own four hotels in prosperous cities. For several months C. 8. Parker of St. Louis, has managed the Burt. He will leave here in a few days and expects to soon go into the hotel business in Missouri. It is rumored that Mr. Humphreys is negotiating for the purchase of the Burt house buildings, owned by Mr. Dick Townsend but this could not te confirmed, and if true, has not yet culminated in a deal. Messrs. Threlkheld, Shea and Parker have won the respect of Decatur people and leave here with the regrets of their many friends. Mr. Humphreys oomes highly recommended and will soon be known as one of the city’s business hustlers. He will bring his family here as soon as possible.

DENIED PARDON Marvin Kuhns Only Man of Long List Turned Down. Marvin Kohns, the Indiana desperado, who is serving a life sentence in the Ohio penitentiary for murder in the first degree, was denied a pardon by the state board of pardons of Ohio. Os the long list of applicants for clemency before the board Kuhn’s was the only one turned down. No reason was assigned by the me libers of the board for their action on Kuhn’s application. Marvin Kuhn is well remembered as the man who barricaded himself in his house in the northern part of Indiana a few years ago and held a posse of officers at t>ay. When finally taken ho had shot away all his ammunition and was weak from lack of food. He was taken in charge by Ohio officers and taken to Columbus, where i he is now serving a life sentence.

I'U'ATI'H, INDIANA, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER IS, 1904.

MONEY ASSURED Portland Review Says Claims Against C. B. & C. Will be Paid. President Smith H. Bracey, of the Cincinnati, Bluftton & Chicago railroad who has been in the citv for the last couple of days stated that the money was now assured by which the many claims against the road would be paid off says the Portland Review. In fact, he said, the Dougherty crowd had already been paid the thirty-eight thousand dollars, the amount of the claim for which they held bonds on the road as security. A. T. Russell, of Chicago, formerly the chief engineer of the road, who was sometime ago ordered by the court to turn over to the clerk certain deeds ito rights of way and other papers of the road which he had in his possession, has complied with the order. This, together with the satisfaction of the Dougherty interests, paves the way for the taking over of the property bythe Hopkins interests, which deal, he says, will ■ be consummated within a very few days.

BITTEN BY DOG B. W. Sholty Has a Sore Hand While Removing a Pug Dog From Court Room Last Night lie was Bitten Through Hand. B. W. Sholty, while atten ding : the republican speech last evening at the court house, was bitten quite severely on the right hand by a J pug dog that he was trying to remove from the room. All during the forepart of the speech the dog kept barking and running about the court room, bothering the speaker, and Mr. Sholty took it upon himself to remove the animal, and in catching the dog it I turned and bit him quite badly upon the right hand. Mr. Slsolty however, kept his hold on the dog and finally ejected it from the court room. He was then forced to go and have his hand dressed, which he stated was quite sore this morning. Mr. Sholty is of the opinion that there is nothing serious in the bite as the dog did not show indications of being mad, still he has a very sore hand and is taking the best of care of it. GOES TO WORK William Decker Has Contract to Rid Lake Mercer of Carp. A Celina paper says: William Decker, famous as a carp exterminator, arrived in Celina with a oar load of paraphernalia preparatory to beginning the work of ridding Lake Mercer of the carp. And the latter will be prepared to meet their doom. Like other monopolists who smarted out to possess the earth and the fullness thereof to the exclusion of their fellow creatures the day of reckoning has come. The carp preyed upon smaller fish and like the trust octopus destroyed everything else that might live. Now they must go ami it is hopid within the course of the next few years that the reservoir will be rid of them . Recently the state board of public works entered into a contract with Decker to rid the great artificial lake of the carp which have multiplied and grown in number and sise to such an extent that old followers of Isaac Walton became alarmed for the safety of the other fish. Decker pays the state a ton for the fish taken, which money will be used to restock the water with bass.

COURSE OF STUDY ’ Work for 1904 ana 1905 by State Superintendent Cotton. State Superintendent Cotton has ' just issued the course of study for 1904 and 1905. A large part of the work has been recast, and altogether a very strong suggestive course has been issued. The work has been arranged on simple, practical lines. The plan has been to get just as near as possible to the everyday experiences of the child. Superintendent Cotton believes that the most practical course of st udy is the one which will be in the most concrete way adjust the child to the life he is to live. In keeping with this thought this course urges teachers to make use of every fact in the community life that can contribute anything to the school. All dead, obsolete material has been eliminated. This is particularly true of the work in arithmetic. Those old forms that mean nothing to life have been discarded, and only those processes which are used or kept. Reading is to be made natural. Geography is to start at home. Elementary science is to be taught in an interesting, practical way. A suggestive course in agriculture has been made, the purpose of which is to awaken an intelligent interest in the soil and its products. The hepe is entertained that the boys and girls may be led to see the Jadvantages of farm life and so stay on > the farm. The work in the school has been put in close touch with the industries and community life. Suggestions are made, which, if carefully carried out by the teachers, will mean a decided step forward. r ; SIGNED AS PITCHER L r t Young Dick Farrell lias Contract r r 3 1 Will Flay Ball Next Season With Dallas In the Texas j League.

On last Saturday afternoon, through C. O. France agent for the Dallas base ball team in Indiana. Dick Ferrel], the young pitcher, signed his name to a contract which gives the Dallas ball team first call for his services next season, at which place he will report for duty on March 15. The contract he signed calls for a very handsome salary, a n d one that he can be justly proud of for his first season's work, and which means if he can deliver the “goods” a raise in salary for the following season. Dick is virtually young in base ball circles, but made a mark with the Rosenthals of this city during the past season, when he pitched semi-professional ball for the first time in his career, leading the team here in pitching, and materially assisting the Rosenthals in winning the number of games they did. He has the makeup of a first-class pitcher, having good curves and lots of speed, and best of all a cool head when under fire. He is only a little past nineteen years of age, which means that he has not as yet reached the fullest extent of his physical ability. There is no doubt but that Dick I will make “good" if he succeeds ( in pitching the Mime kind of ball , ho did hero during the past sea- ( son. His contract calls for six < months' service, commencing i March 15 and ending September 15. ,

TRAMPLED BY VICIOUS HORSE Henrv Lichtenstieger Was Badly Injnred

POULTRY SHOW Will be Feature of County Institute Premiums to be Awarded and the Show Promises to be an Inter* esting One. C. D. Kunkle, who is chairman of the Farmers’ Institute, that will be held here on December sth and 6th, informed us this morning that it was his intention to add a new feature to the meeting by holding in connection a poultry show.

During these institutes the raising of poultry is a main topic, and it is Mr. Kunkle’s intention to get a regular poultry judge here and during the discourse of the poultry question have the proper awards made on the chickens, and have the judge explain the relative merits of the different classes. He expects to rent a room in the city, and advertise this feature extensively, allowing, however, only Adams county entries in this show, this including all the cities and towns in the county This new feature to the institute should make it more attractive than ever, and Chairatnn Kunkle is to be congratulated upon his own original ideas, which may hereafter result in this city having poultry shows on a much more extensive scale.

SAD NEWS $ Death of Mrs. J. ,W. Sanders Occurred in Kansas. Word has just been received in this city from Alta Mount, Kansas, announcing the sad news that Mrs. , J. W. Sanders had died at that J place September 25th. Mrs. Sand- • ers was fiftyt-eight years old and • was a daughter of J. R. Winans, t she being born and reared in this 1 county. The letter did not disclose ■ the cause of her death. Mrs. Sand t ers was a sister of Frank Winans of ■ this city, and has a number of rela- ’ fives living in this county. This will no doubt prove to be sad news 1 to her many friends here. HEAD CUT Honus Brown Fell From Hay Loft and Was injured. i “Honus" Brown, who lives throe , miles south of this city, had the ] misfortune last evening of falling , >ut of a hay loft and cutting a very bad wound on his head. Mr. Brown wont to the hay loft in search of pigeons that he desired to capture, and while going up lost his hold on t the ladder and fell with consider- , able force to the barn floor below, t alighting on his shoulder and head, ( badly bruising him and cutting a i gash four inches long in the back | of his head. He dressed the wound , as best he could and this morning , came to the city and had Dr. S. (Hark sew it up, it requiring several stitches to close the wound..

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BOTH LEGS BROKEN Dragged Himself From the Stall Escape From Instant Death Miraculous —Believed He Will Recover. Henry Lichtenstieger was badly injured this morning by one of jFrisinger & Co.’s big stallions. His injuries are serious, but at this .hour believed not fatal. Henry , has been employed by Frisinger & Co for several years, his business [ being to take care of their horses, i which are kept in the big centra I stable at Steele’s park. The accident happened early this morning while Henry was cleaning out a i stall occupied by one of the big , stallions. The horse suddenly bej came vicious and charging upon his keeper knocked him down and trampled him in a terrible manner. With rare presence of mind under the circumstances Henry managed to drag himself out from under the horse and a few few feet out from the stall, where he was found by a young man named Parr. Help was secured and the wounded man brought to his home in this city. Dr. .1. S. Boyers was hastily summoned and assisted by Dr. J. M. Miller, dressed the injuries. An exaimnation showed that the right leg was broken about two inches above the ankle and the ankle dislocated, the left ankle was broken over, the ligaments in the joint being broken and torn loose, his back was sprained and he was otherwise bruised and injured, though it is believed no internal injuries were inflicted, the blows from the horse apparently being confined to the man’s legs. The shock to his system was terrible and for quite a while the physicians were fearful of the outcome. The

patient finally rallied, however, and Dr. Boyers informs us that he believes he will get along nicely and will stand there action without serious trouble, though he is badly hurt and will be confined for several Week. How he escaped death beneath the heels of the ponderous animal is a mys tcry. One blow above the hips would no doubt have added injuries proving fata], perhaps instantly. Mr. Leichten steiger is well known here. He was badly hurt a few years ago in a somewhat similar way and has since been a cripple. It is hoped he will recover and in a speedy manner. DOING WELL W. S. Hughes returned this morning from Chicago, where he was visiting with his son Dr. Lawrence Hughes, who is now practically engaged in his profession of medicine. Mr Hughes stated that ho was doing well and meeting with all manner of success. He is located on State street right in the heart of the city and would bo glad to meet any of his old Decatur I friends.