Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 243, Decatur, Adams County, 22 October 1904 — Page 1

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BROKE JAIL Indiana Officials Are on the Lookout Two Desperate Characters Under Penitentiary Sentence Broke Jail at Bluffton. Hiram Sills, sentenced to the penitentiary for assault and battery with in to it to commit rape, and Oscar Millington, expecting a similar sentence for larceny, broke jail at Bluffton and are now being tracked by officers all over Indiana. The two men were the only prisoners confined in the jail. Had the re been any more they could have got away just as easily unless they had been too large to crawl thtough a very small opening made by the two men who departed. Plumbing is being done at the jail and the plumbers have to pass from one corridor to another, so the prisoners had no trouble in taking the same liberty. Last night they had access to the outer corridor in the jail part and it was this that made their escape easy. Breaking a leg from one of the iron trunks that had been torn up by the plumbers, they went to the rear window at the south of the jail and made short work of what would have naturally seemed an impossible job. COURT NEWS Shaw’s Divorce Case Heard The Mercer Divorce Case Triad at Muncie—Today Closed Seventh Week of September Term. Today marked the close nf the seventh week of the September term of court. The term will close in two weeks but the business is practically over. At today’s session business was transacted as follows; Eva Della May vs Shaffer Peterson et al. appearance by defendant for himself. The divorce case, Loretta Shaw vs Oscar Shaw, was heard. About a half dozen witnesses were examined and Judge Erwin has th> case under advisement. He will give his decision in a few days.

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Mattie Magner vs Wiley Magner, redocketod, application for order requiring defendant to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of court. Order isssued requiring defendant to appear forthwith. —o— William H. Cutshell vs Gast.ive Eiter, |5,000 damage case venued from Fort Wayne crntiuuod. —° — In probate court B. W. Sholty adminstratior of Sarah E. Plants estate, filed petition to sell real estate, affidavit of non-residence of Mary Green and others was filed. —o— Laura Osborne, executrix of the estate of her father, John Busenbrak, filed final settlement and report. —o— Attorney In (J. iiooper, was at Muncie, yesterday where he ap. peared for the plaintiff in the case of Flossie Bottenberg Mercer vs Perry Mercer. The divorce was granted. Mr. and Mrs. Mercer formerly lived here and our readers will remember that about a year ago Perry Mercer after trying to kill his wife took a dose* of poison with suicidal intent, but recovered. Squire James H. Smith acoo mpan‘ ied Mr. Hooper as a w itness and the boys are "joshing” him today about getting lost in Muncie.

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ON TICKET C. F. W. BarillntJ, Formerly From Here, Runs For Congress. I here will be five tickets on the county ballots at the coming election instead of four as was first counted on. This morning Robert Gavin appeared before the clerk of the court and had the name of C. F. Bartling, of Muncie, placed on the ticket as the candidate of the people’s party for congressman of this district. The name was put on by petition and the petition placed in the hands of the clerk contained the names of 214 voters in the district. The candidate comes from Muncie, in Deleware county, and is well known in that vicinity, although he is a new man to the people of this part of the country. Wells county had the fewest signatures of any county on the petition but the required number had been secured all right and the tickets to be pin ted will bear the name of Bartling. The tickets represented on the ballots according to the names filed at he present time, will be headed by the democrats, followed by the republicans, the pro hibitionists, socialists and last the one filed today, the people’s ticket. —Bluffton Banner. COUNCIL MET Continued Session Last Night Wtikel Sewer Contract Let to Mr. Weikel —Hastings Sewer Assessments Referred Back.

The city council met in continued session last night, Mayor Coflfee presiding, and every member pres--1 ent. The principal business was i the receiving of bids for the con- ‘ struotion of the Wiekel sewer. Three bids were filed as follows: i Magley & Parish. 5*49; E Woods, <755.50;D I W.jikd, |637. Upon motion the sewer committee were authorized to enter into contract with Mr. Weikel for the construction of said sewer. A resolution to transfer the sinking fund in the , city treasurer's hands into the genI oral fund to be used in paying outstanding city orders, was lost, Gaflfer, Buhler, Teeple and Fordyce voting against it. A resolution was adopted and ordered published lin the Daily Democrat, referring i back to the city commissioners the ' assessments on the Harting sewer and fixing November 2nd ns date to hear objections on same. HAS RETURNED Man Who Disappeared Mysteriously Was at Berne. Solomon Neuensoh wander, who left for parts unknown during the first part of last month, leaving his wife and family behind, taking with him, it is supposed, Mrs. Chr. Amstutz, who was also missing about the same time, was in Berne during the latter part of last week. The supposition is that he arrived on a night train and left again during the night. He did not show himself in the business part of town, but remained at the home of his son Jacob on Behring street. Someone here has the information, indirectly from Mr. Neuensohwander, that he had been in the ruining districts of Oregon during this absence. He left again, after a short stay with his son and family, accompanied by his son. Where they went is not known to us, and the whereabouts of Mrs. Amstutz is also not known.—Berne Witness . Mr. Neuensohwander, it will be remembeied, left here mysteriously two months ago, after a visit with relatives. He had a largo sum of money with him and this had lean to the belief that he had been fouly dealt with, but this theory was soon disposed of.

DECATUR, INDIANA, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1904.

FIELD DAY I The Winners in Yesterday’s Event 1 I Exciting School Contest—t Splendid Track Team Chosen. The Inter-Class High Schoo] meet is over ,and quiet once more reigns in school circles, but the feeling that “I might have done better,” or ‘‘l could do better next time” still rankles in the breast of those who were defeated. Rain somewhat marred the afternoon’s events and many were finished on i a slippery track, which impeded fast time to a certain extent. A large crowd was present, and the enthusiasm ran high among the different classes, as class feeling and spirit entered each event. In winning the highest number of points the juniors led with sixtyfour points, the sophomores second with twenty-four points, the seniors third with seventeen points and the freshmen last with eleven points. The meet was given under the sujiervision of the professors of the high school, C. E. Hooker acting as starter, R. C. Hill, timer, C. S. Ward referee and Prof. Hartman, Frank Bell and Dick Farrell judges, and each and every contestant was shown fair play. The fir-*, second and third in each events was as follows: Fifty yard dash— Raymond Christen first, Charles Gerard second, True Daugherty third. Time seven seconds. Standing broad jump—Jesse Helm first, Walter Baltzell second, John Trout third. Distance eight feet three and one-half inches Running broad jump—John Trout first, Walter Baltzell second, Jesse Helm third. Distance sixteen and one half feet. 220 yard run—True Daugherty first. Raymond Christen second, Will Evans third. Time twentv-five seconds. Standing hop, step and jump—Walter Baltzell first, Jesse Helm second, John Trout thir l. Distance thirty-eight and one-half feet. Shot put—Jesse Helm first, Walter Baltzell second, Frank Mann third. Distance twenty.seven feet five inches. Onehalf mile bicycle race—Bennie Houck first, Harry Dibble second, Irvin Case third. Time one minute, thirty-five seconds. Base ball throw—John Trout first, Jesse Helm second, Charles Gerard third. Distance eighty-five yards. Half mile run—True Daugherty first, Will Evans second, Oliver Broadbeck third. Time two minutes and thirty-five seconds. Running high jump—Jesse Helm first, Roland Reynolds second, Will Evans third. Distance four feet, eight inches Pole vault—John Trout first, Ralph Case second, Walter Baltzell third. Distance seven and one ha If feet. Half mile relay race—Juniors first sophomores second, freshmen third. Time two minutes, twenty-one seconds. 100 yard dash—Charles Garard first, Raymond Christen second, Robert Allison third. Tune twelve seconds. Thus making the team that will represent the Decatur HU h school at the Inter-Schol-astic meet to be held next spring consist of Raymond Christen, Jesse Helm, True Daugherty Walter Ba) tzell, Bennie Houck, John Trout and Charles Garard, each having secured first in one or more events. This track team will continue in training all winter, and by next spring be able to give a fine account of themselves. Thus has the supremacy for track team positions boon settled in a very satisfactory manner, and the High school officials are to be congratulated for their efforts. Hamilton Mercer arrived this morning from Berne, and will spend Sunday with his family.

OUR HEALTH Indiana Monthly Bulletin Shows Good Condition. The September bulletin of the state board of health, which has just gone to press, reveals a better condition in the health conditions of the state in every particular. ( The number of deaths for the month was 2,658 a rate of 12.2 as against 2,980 deaths in the proceeding month, rate 15.2 and 2,766 deaths in September of last year, a rate of 13.4. The death rate for cities for the month is 15.7, a much better showing than that to September, 1903, which was 16.4. A like decrease is shown in the rate of the country districts, falling from 11.8 in September, 1903, to 10.3 in the same month of this year. [Diseases claiming the most victims [are tuberculosis, 331; diarrheal diseases, 319; typhoid fever, 137; pneumonia, 73; smallpox, 12. [There were 146 deaths by violence, also. Fifty counties show a de dh rate below the average of 121.2 for the state. Ou the whole the report is very encouraging, as showing | that the continual work and cam- ■ paign of the State Board of Health is bringing about good results. GREAT SPEECH Made by Hon Morris Shepherd I II One of Youngest Members of congress—An Orator of Rare AbHity . I Several hundred voters attended > the speech at Democratic heaquarters and listened attentively to the ' logic and wise arguments of the > speakers. Loch’s City band furI nished the music and of course it was good. The speaker of the evening, Hon. Morris Shepherd, > congressman from Texarkana, Texas, did not arrive until nearly ’ nine o’olock, his train being late. Before his arrival the crowd listen- ’ ed to Hon. John W. Tyndall, candidate for joint senator for Allen and

Adams county. His talk was plain, concise and earnest and he pleased the audience. Mr. Shepherd was introduced by County i Chairman Ellingham and began immediately rn his subject. The Texan congressman is but twentynine years old, has already served four years in congress and is the I candidate for a third term. Ho i was elected two years ago by 16,000 j plurality. He is one of the you ngI est mon in congress, but is a leader i and a statesman. His speech was jone of the best ever hoard here. | and all who hoard him were dcI lighted. He left this morning for Bremen, Indiana, where he speaks tonight, and then leaves for Massachusetts, where he is dated Monday night. He predicts democratic success. EUCHER CLUB Held Merry Session Last Night—The Winners. The Euchre club met last evening. The occasion was delightful, so say all the members, as well as the neighbors. Highest honors were captured by Miss Brss Dongleton, while the two Indians were close seconds. The refreshments were delicious and daintily served by a handsome waiter/|»£*Jpß — K. — —•> .

ARM TORN OFF s Frank Elick, of Geneva, the Victim i c I Accident Occurred While tie Was Working on Asby’s Farm—May , Recover. i t i Last evening’s News of Bluffton ] said: C. F. Boyd, of Markle, was in town this morning on his way to Geneva, to see his brother-in-law, Frank Elick, an oil pumper in the j employ of the Crntral Western Oil company, on the James Aby lease, who was seriously injured yesterday morning, his right aim being torn off at the shoulder by being caught in a set of oogs. When Elick started to examine the machinery of the enigne, the sleeve of his right arm caught in the cogs and the arm was drawn between them. The entire member was gradually drawn into the machinery, but finally Eliok managed, by a superhuman effort to tear himself away. In doing so he jerked his arm from the socket. Despite the intense agony he was suffering he managed to drag himself away from the station and attracted the attention of his family by his cries for help. He was removed to his home and physicans summoned who amputated the fragments of the arm. Elick’s condition is serious but the physicians have hopes of saving his life. He has a wife and four children. PRAISE HIM El Reno Paper Savs Mr. Humphreys is Good Citizen. The El Reno Daily Globe said: A telegram was received in this city Tuesday from 8. G. Humph reys stating he had purchased a large hotel in Decatur, Indiana, and would at once take charge of same. Mr. Humphreys has been in India- ■ na for several days on business relative to the purchase of the hotel . property but it was not known un- . til Tuesady that the deal had been .uade. Mrs. Humphreys is yet in

this city, but expects to join her husband in about a week. The Globe, together with Mr. Humph reys’ many friends will regret to see him leave this city as he has been one of the most prominent and substantial citizens of El Reno, and is one of the heaviest tax payers in Canadian county. He was for many years the owner un i proprietor of the Kerfoot h itel and was one of the best known and popular hotel men in the territory. During his residence hero he gave freely of his time and money to build up this city and County, ami was actively identified with every thing that meant the welfare of this community. MEETS THANKSGIVING Christian Endeavor to Hold District Meeting at Huntington. The Fort Wayne District of Christian Endeavor workeis will hold I its annual convention in Huntington, beginning Thanksgiving evening and continuing all day Friday following. Committees are now planning and working for the best meetings over held. Entertainment free, and good speakers to interest aud instruct. Programs will he sent out later. The Huntington society are sending out invitation circulars and urging all members to lie their guests.

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ARE IMPORTANT State Superintendent’s Opinion of Teachers Township Institute. Os all Indiana’s educational meetings the township institute is, with out doubt, the one that accomplishes the most for the schools. When the work that is planned is done systematically and thoroughly the institute is a real training and professional school tor all the teachers. It is particularly helpful to young teachers, and is worth many times more to the state than the pay the teachers receive for attending. But preparation on the part of the teacher is essential. Every teacher should make careful preparation upon all the work of the institute. It is not sufficient for the teacher to prepare merely the work assigned to him. He should take an active, intelligent interest in all the work of the institute. But he cannot do this if his prep iration for the institute is left until the Friday night before the meeting to be hurriedly skimmed over for the next day. He must do some careful systematic daily study. He should plan his work so that he can give his best sustained efforts to all the subjects.

SIGNS CONTRACT Dee DeVinney Goes to Dallas Will Play Outfield With Fast Dallas Team—Has a Good I Record. Dee DeVinney, another one of the famous Rosenthals, has annexed his signatu re to a Dallas, Texas, league contract, and thereby promises to give this team the iii.-t call on his services for next season. The fine work of DeVinney as he played left field for the Rosenthals during the past season is still fresh in the minds of the local base ball enthusiasts, and the opinion of one and all is the same, "He will do for faster company.” During the past

season DsVinney accepted seventythroe chances in left sh Id with but one lone error and some of the cutches lie made verged on the •sensational order. His batting was another redeeming feature of his lull around work, hitting all during I rhe season near the three hundred I mark, and as a hitter he was Oliiss;ed as the surest man on the R osenI thiil team. Devinney is an all .around good ball player ami in I him without a doubt Dallas has : picked up a jewel, and nis mtny j friends here may expect, to hear I some sensational news concerning | him next season. His contract calls for six months’ work together with a handsome salary. He will rep irt at Dill is for duty on March 15th. Old People’s Day The Old People’s service tomorrow at 10:30. The Rev. Thos. Stabler, D. D. will preach the sermon. All who can should help that every aged person be present. Let the i Epworth Leaguers take an interest in these elderly people. If you will report to 150 on the 'phone a carriage will be sent to take you to the service. Old hymns will be used and some of the lines, and songs as our parents sang them. Sunday school at 9:15 a. m. Epworth League 6:30 p. m and the mid-week prayer service Wednesday evening at 7:30. BE AMBIi TIOUB to be GOOD rather than RICH.