Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 276, Decatur, Adams County, 1 December 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME II

SUBSIDY ELECTION

Don’t Loose Interest In It Only Twenty Days Remains and They Should be Busy Ones—For Those Interested. But twenty days remain until the special election called by the board of county commissioners that the legal voters of Decatur and Washington township may say “yes” or “no” to the proposition of giving the Clover Leaf railway a subsidy of 128,000 for the building of a round house, icing plant and establishment of a division here. How are youjgoing to vote? The gen eral opinion seems to bi that the vote will bt overwhelmingly for the subsidy, and still it is too important a question to take that opinion of the outcome as final Don't let the interest die out Talk it to your neighbor. Show him the advantages of a railroad town where work is al ways plentiful and times good alw. ya. This is but a the start for a greater D icatur and we should each do his utmost to secure. The railway officials as well as the trainmen and laborers are anxious to come to Decatur to make this their home and we must welcome them by proving in the election that a large majority of our citizens want them.

TRAVEL OVERLAND A. Tabman, Grade Builder, Leave for Cincinnati. A. Tubman, with his force of men and string of tools, camping outfit, passed through this city last evening, enroute to Cincinnati, where he has secured a similar contract to the one just finished here. The entire trip will be made overland, which he expects will be covered in seven days. The men and teams will camp along the road any place where night overtakes them. A number of Decatur men accompanied the gang and expect to work this winter with Mr. Tub man. The entire traveling outfit was under the control of Monte Fee, who is Mr. Tubman's private secretary, and who will make the entire trip with the men IS IT A BLUFF?

D spa*ches Say the Btareau of Corporation Is After the TrustsA Washington dispatch says: "In'’mating(Jon of the Standard Oil company by the bureau of corporations will tiegin today under the direction c.f Commissioner. James R. Garfield. Special agents will leave Washington, taking in on their itinerary all Standard Oil centers. If the evidence justifies, officials of the Standard Oil oompiny will be called in to testify. This is the first great move bv the bureau agai net the trusts on its own reap msihility. The movement of the bureau is one of the most significant made under the Roosevelt adininstration. One year ago the Standard Oil company refused pjint blank to furnish the bureau with information. Previous to that time certain agents of the company bad interferred with memhres of congress to the extent of sending telegrams opposing the creation of the bureau with the power it now has. One of tbe agents will make an exhaustive study of the Indiaua oil field

TIIE I) AILY I )EMOCR AT.

THEY OBJECT Chical People Say They Get Typhoid From Indiana Milk,

Officials of the Erie railroad and the municipal authorities of Chicago have written to the Indiana state board of health regarding the situation in Lake county. The communication says that typhoid fever and smallpox were both prevalent in that county and as Chicago gets a large supply of milk from that county, the Chicago officers said that they hoped attention would be given the situation by the Indiana state board of health. Dr. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, says that the report from Chicago is true. He said that everything possible would be done by the board to protect Chicago, and to prevent a further spread of the disease. Four years ago there were similar conditions in Lake county, and the railroads refused to ship milk from there to Chicago. Dr. Hurty visited every dairy in Lake county, and had dairy owners pave about all wells, clean their cattle and the barns. Only those who complied got certificates from the Indiana state board of health, which permitted shipments of milk to Chicago.

CREATES SYMPATHY Mrs Sanderson Visits Her Children In Jail Each Dav. A pitiful sight is witnessed each day at the Blackford county jail when a little woman, trembling with age, knocks feebly on the heavy door for admission. She is Mrs. Lemuel Sanderson, and behind those cold prison walls she has a daughter, granddaughter and son. At Bluffton two more sons in pris on and all are charged with a crime which if proven guilty, will result in the law demanding their lives on the gallows or sending them to prison for life. Her daughter is Mrs. E. P. Sanderson, her sons, William and Otto Cook and Ernest Sanderson and her ganddanghter is Clara Smith, all charged with the murder of her step-son, the late E P. Sanderson. Not a day passes that she does not visit her imprisoned onildren no matter the kind of weather, she always goes. The love of a mother is as durable as eternity, but if any of the criminal class appreciate and oon-ider the years of suffering, agony, pain and wretchedness, want, woe and privations of the old mother whose faith is never shaken. No one can measure the mother’s love. Even should death be the penalty her children would have to piy they will never suffer as much as that poor, heart-borken old mother.

SURPRISE PARTY ———— —— Mrs. N. Gessinger the Victim of Friends and Neighbors. A pleasant time was enjoyed today at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G -ssinger on Tenth street, where a number of friends perpetrated a very happy surprise to remind Mrs Gessinger of her forty-third birthday. Mr. Gessinger seemed more affected than was his good wife, as when the friends hove in sight, he being in the yard became so nervous that he had to be led into the house. But his nervous tioss was soon overcome when told that they had brought their dinner with them. When same was prepared he was able to oat almost as much as his wife, shall hope, without any serious results. All present vowed ’twas a good place to be.

lIEUATUR, INDIANA. THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 1, 1904.

CONVENES MONDAY Farmers Institute at Court House The Poultry Show a New Feature and Is Creating Considerable Interest. Farmers, keep in mind the fact that the Farmers’ Institute of Adams county will meet in annual session at the court house in this city next Monday and Tuesday. The program is a splendid one, and sure to interest you. In connection with the other means of entertainment and profit the first poultry show ever held in the county has been arranged to occur the same dates, this exhibit to be given in the big double room formerly occupied by the Woodward & Bal 1 company. A num tier of people from this city and county have notified President Kunkle that they will enter their poultry in the show. An expert judge will bo here to grade, and it is worth your trouble to know just how good your poultry is. The entries will close Monday noon. Admission is free. A DECISION Appellate Court of Indiana Decides an Important Case. The appelate court has upheld the power of a court to compel obedience to its decrees in case it enjoins a body of strikers from violently interfering with the employe! s’ business. The fine of |25 each imposed by Judge Carter of the Marion superior court, on James Anderson, William Veach and Frank Kittlewell, for assaulting Louis A. Beyer as he was going home from work at the Indianapolis Drop Forging company’s factory, in violation of an injunction, has been affirmed by the appellate court. The appellants were serv ing as pickets during a strike, Beyer started for home from work, at noon they had an altercation with him, during which his pistol went off. They tried to take it from him, and called him and his brother, who came to his assistance, vile names. The strikers had Beyer arrested on the charge of shooting with intent to kill, and he filed an affidavit against them for interfering with the workmen at the drop forging plant, in violation of the injunction.

WANTS DIVORCE Wife of Man Tried for Murder of Miss Sarah Schafer. Bodford, lid., Dm. I.— Mrs. James McDonald has filed suit in the circuit court for divorce from her husband, James McDonald, alias William R. Parsons, who last spring was acquitted of the charge of killing Sarah Schafer. Today McDonald was arrested and placed in jail on a warrant sworn out against, him by his wife two weeks ago for assault and battery. At the murder trial his wife was one of McDonald's main witnesses, and hid acquittal, it is said, was largely dne to her evidence. It is said now though that if McDonald really had any connection wtih the murder of Miss Schafer, his wife will not hesitate at the divorce trial, to tell anything she may know that 1 would implicate him.

SENT TO JAIL Henry Schlegel Gets Eleven Days for His Rtcent Spree. Henry Schlegel, who was arrested yesterday morning on a charge of drunk and cruelty to animals, by Marshal Green, was given his hearing last evening before Mayor Coffee. Henry did not deny the fact of being intoxicated, and admitted that he had hitched his horse to the telephone pole where found, but stated that he returned later in the evening to take the animal home, but could not find it. He then thought that some one had taken the horse up, and he gave no further attention to it, but proceeded to “bowl up” a little more. The story, however, did not have much effect on Mayor Coffee, who without much hesitation fined him one dollar and costs, amounting in all to ten dollars and thirty cents. Henry could not pay the fine and was led away to jail, protesting his innocence.

TRUE GOSPEL Bluffton Men Discourage the Giving of Money to Zion. A lady was in the city today soliciting funds for the Christian Zionist Movement of Chicago, which, her cards announce, is not connected with Dodie's Zion It is not the purpose of the News to discourage any worthy charity or religious organization, but the Zion movement of Chicago does not appeal very strongly to the charitable. In answer to questions as to what the money is spent for the solicitor gave a half intelligible Conglomera-j tion of scriptural quotations to elucidate the movement, but which really has the effect of confusing the hearer. It is something about restoring Zion or the New Jerusalem or something of that sort. There are also worthy charities here at home headed by well known people that Bluffton people can find plenty of places to give their .money without making oontribnti ms to foreign organizations, es pecially to such as are so obscare as the Zion movement.—Bluffton News.

STILL GRINDING Grind Jury Will Not Report Until To-morrow Morning. The grand jury failed to finish their work as was announced they would, and at hour of going to press were still in session. They visited the county infirmary yesterday and were so well entertained hy Manager Graber that they failed to return until e /ening. This morning they examined a number of witnesses, and this afternoon visited the jail. A few witnesses were subpoened for this afternoon, and this it is bolieved will conclude the work. They will likely report tomorrow morning. The nurnier of indictments may reach t wentyflve. ARRIVES HOME MBs Gusta Cramer Improved by Hospital Treatment. Miss Gusta Cramer returned today from Fort Wayne, whore she has been a patient at the Hope hospital. She states that she is feeling much better and is glad to be home. The doctors insisted on her staying in the hospital until spring, but Miss Cramer refused ti listen to them, desiring to he home. Mrs. J. T. Merryman loft this morning for a three weeks’ visit with her sister. Mrs. T. M. Tilbury ' and family at Tecumseh, Michigan.

COURT NEWS Several Civil Cases Set For Trial A Number of Important Damage CasesBreach of Promise Suit Set for December 16th. Della F. Fetzer vs B. W. Sholty, administrator, Walter A. Fetzer estate. Set for trial December 22. —o—- — Fetters vs Augustus Feters, divorce suit, Cause dis. missed. Judgment against plaintiff for costs —O'May Harshman vs Jesse Chapman, breach of promise suit for $5,000. Set for trial Friday, December 16th. —o— John Gasser vs Elias Reis*’, suit on note, |2OO. Set for tr . I Thursday, December 29th. * —o— John F. Tisron vs James N. Fristoe. Set for trial Monday, December 26th. —o — Charles Haviland vs Patrick Fahey, $5,000 damage case. Set for trial Monday, December 19th. —o — William H. Cutshell vs Gustave Eiter, 13,000 damage case. Set for trial Thursday, December 16th. —o—

Mary Patten vs John Ferari, $5,000 damage suit. Set for trial Wednesday, December 7th. All criminal oases are set for trial next Thursday and will come up in their turn. The petit jury will report at that time. The court, room will be used next Monday and Tuesday by the County Farmers’ Institute, and legal news will probably be rather scarce on those days. BROKE HIS NOSE Tom flaefling Meets With a Painful Accident. To n Haefling, night citv electrician, met with an accident Tuesday evening that resulted in breaking his nose and loosening several teeth. Tom was doing nis regular routine of work, and startel into the oil room. It was qnite dark there, and he made a misstep, catching his shoe on an empty oil barrel and was thrown with considerable force, against another barrel that was standing near. He struck his nose and mouth on the rim of the barrel with the above result. He is walking about today with a very sore face. TO-NIGHT'S SHOW Gut Sun's bi 4 Minstrel Troupe at Bosse's Opera House.

A minstrel show, with its beautiful first setting, ballad singers, comedians, coon shooters, dancers and olio of specialty a tists, comes nearer satisfying theatre-goers of the present day than any other effort on the part of theatrical ca terors. There is a happy abandon about the whole affair that makes one forget his troubles and become without reluctance a part and parcel of the scene. Gus Run and his burnt cork organization, who will appear in this city tonight at the Bosse opera house, promise an unusual musical fes'ivai and minstrel jubilee on the oooasion of their visit. Seats now on sale at Holthouse drug store.

NUMBER 276

USUAL DOSE Bismarck, the Glass Eater, Goes to jail for Ten Days. Bimarck, the glass-eater of Brene, made this city a pleasant call last evening, and was received by the police with open arms. His enthusiasm over meeting many old friends ran so high that he became a public nuisance, and was placed in jail by Night Policeman Reynolds, where he was permitted to bubble over with joy until this morning, when be was forced to face Mayor Coffee. Bismarck stated that he had come to this city intending to enter the County farm for the winter, but that Supt. Graber refused him admittance, and he became so downhearted that he proceeded to drown his troubles at the “flowing" bowl. In the meantime he gave several exhibitions of how to eat glass. He was fined $1 and costs and will keep Sheriff Butler co npany for the next ten days. A MEAN TRICK Bluffton Youns Man Victim of Bad Treatment in Country. Oliver Warner, a clerk in the Cline & Zimmer hardware store, was the victim of a scurvy trick Sunday night, while visiting at the home of a lady friend, Miss Ora Sovine, east of the city. Somebody must have been jealous because of his visit and took a mean and petty method of revenge. I When he was ready to drive away with Miss Sovine and her sister his buggy, which he had hired at 1 Deam’s livery barn, was found to be in a badly tangled upoondition. The wheels had been wired together and when he tried to nrge the horse forward the rig was given a sudden jerk which smashed one wheel and threw both girls over the dashboard onto the ground. Fortunately ’ neither of them received serious injuries, but it is hard telling what the consequences might have been had the horse tried to run away. Warner was obliged to hire another rig and come to town for a new wheel for his buggy before he was able to drive home. It is not known who caused the damage.— Bluffton News. The Bovine family live at Honduras.

LIQUOR DROUTH N. K. Tood Tells of the Awfil Condition In Indian Territory. Nelson K. Todd, who recently returned from a trip to Indian Territory, has been telling friends since his return of the extraordinary drough that prevails; that is, in regard to liquor stronger than water for drinking purposes. Revenue officers have their eye open continually for whisky and when they find a barrel of it, it is promptly confiscated and destroyed. They rush the barrel to the street, take an axe and mash in the head. As the liquor runs on the ground the Indians and negroes fall to their knees and greedily drink it up. Tne reason that no liquor is allowed i i the section is on aocotint of the Indians, it being strictly against the law to sell to them. Nell lella an interesting story as to how illicit whisky is made in that vicinity. Rome speculator with the pr ice purchases a barrel of alcohol. He then goes to a well or river and dips up abmt five ba-rc Dnf water which is mixed wide taa uli.dv I. into this is thrown a plug of star tobacco and some sugar. Alter the ' mixture is allowed to stand ami beoomo thoroughly dissolved an I I mixed the stuff is retailed at a dul. lira gall >n,--411 iff.u-i Bi.muc