Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 283, Decatur, Adams County, 9 December 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME II

PLEAD GUILTY Berne Burglar Sentenced to Penitentiary Jury Found Botkins Guilty and Flntd Him Twenty-five Dollars— New Case Filed. Roliert Carpenter, the young man who burglarized the Baumgartner Bros.’ hardware store at Berne on the night of September 25th, stealing a supply of razors and knives then stole a horse and buggy from Andrew Gottschalk and escaped into Ohio, plead guilty this morning and was sentenced to the Jeffersonville reformatory for a term of from one to three years. He was also fined ten dollars and disfranchised. L. C. Devoss was appointed by the court to defend the prisoner. Carpenter is twenty-five years old and a nice appearing young fellow. —o— The jury in the case of the State vs L. G. Bitkins, returned a sealed verdict at nine o’clock -last night which was read in court this morn ing. The jury found the defendant guilty and fined him twenty five dollars and Costs. Botkins was charged with selling liquor on Sun day. The jury were out six hours before they decided on the amount of the fine, though every juryman voted “guilty" on the* first ballot. —o Isaac A. Wibleand Earl McKissick vs William Byrd, oomplaint on breach of contract, demand <SO, was the title of a new case filed in circuit court this morning on appeal rom the justice of peace court. EVADES TAX Kokomo Firm Let Property be Sold and Bought It In. A Kokomo firm has hit upon a novel scheme for avoiding the ps"tnent of exhorbitant street improvement taxes and still maintain ownership of the property. The usual method of procedure was had in making the assessments according to the provisions of the Barrett law. The assessment was considerably above the saleable market value of the property. The owners hit upon the s.'heme of letting the property be sold for taxes and then buying it at the sale. This method of sidestepping the law is said to be possible under the Artman enactment. which holds that assessment for impiovement of property may be collected only to the amount that the property is worthat public sale. As the property o.n hardly be con sidered worth more than it will sell for on sale, the owners will no doubt still hold the property and avoid the payment of exorbitant improvement tax. SENT TO JAIL Frank Cowley Gets Sentence For Serious OffenseFrank Crowley was arrested last evening by Marshal Green on a Charge of indecent exposure, and lodged in jail until this morning, when he was given a hearing before Mayor Coffee, at which time he plead guilty. The mayor after us ing due deliberation concluded Crowley was entitled to the full extent of the law, it being his third offense and fined him five dollars and costs, amounting in all to thirteen dollars and thirty cents and in addition gave him ten days in jail. He will lay the entire amount out with Sheriff Butler

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lIIS ATTITUDE County Superintendent Brandyberry Explains. In order that the public and especially my friends may thor oughly understand my pjsition in withdrawing my resignation yesterday, the telegram and letter that follow will afford such explanation : “Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. B,_ Supt. Irvin Brandyberry, Decatur, Ind. License issued in Jay county yesterday on special examination does not in my judgment make apPlioant elir ible to office of county superintendent in Adams oountv’in election today. F. A. COTTON ’■ “Deo. 6,’1904. Dear Mr. Brandy berry •— I have your favor of Dec. s>h, and in reply thertc will say that the law providing for the holding of a special examination is quite clear as 11 seems to me. When a trustee or members of a school board desire an examination for a Certain individual they should file a request with the county supreintendent who will arrange for the special examination, first giving notice of same in the local neswpaers. In view of tbe’fact that the teacher in question holds an exemption license and is teaching on same, cause I does not exist for a special exami. 1 nation. Yours very truly, F. A. COTTON. Supt. Irvin Brandyberry, Decatur, Indiana.” I have acted in good faith and upon authority and advice from I the state superintendent of [public instruction. IRVIN BRANDYBERkY. ASKS PARDON Efforts Made at Bluffton for Release of John Terrell. Bluffton, Ind., Dec. 9.—There is a movement on foot to secure a pardon for John W. Terrel, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his son-in-law. Melvin Wolfe, at Petroleum. Wells county, a year ago-last July. Attorneys for Terrel have prepared a petition.w hioh will be circulated in thia and counties, and have written letters to men of prominence over the state asking that they write personal letters to Governor Durbin to interoeed in behalf of Terrel. Terrel has shown little improvement while in the hospital, and he is said to be suffer ing from paresis. It is believed the petition for pardon will be brought before Governor Durbin in time for him to act before going out of office MAD ABOUT IT Willshire People are Against the Tough Element. The Willshire Herald says: “A great many people are indignant at the behavior of certain persons of this village and other persons who came to this place lastJSaturday. The publisher of the Herald saw nothing of either occurrence, and they are glad they did not. Such exhibitions are of brute tendencies, and belong properly to a lower species of creation than the human family. It is perhaps, unfortunate that these things escape the attention and condemnation of the pub ho authorities, but that they have done so in the past does not mean that the p topic will longer tolerate such behavior, whether by a home man or a visitor in town. There should be a warning in the present smouldering anti-tough sentiment among our people to persons who are inclined to ignore the rights. and comforts of their fellows

DECATUR, INDIANA, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1904.

IS INTERESTING Life Story of Mrs. Holmes Lived in Adams County Many Years— Came to Indiana in the Year 1836. The Blutffon News gave the following story of the life of Mrs. Holmes, who died Wednesday evening in that city: “Mrs. Sarah Holmes, one of the pioneers of Northern Indiana, who had been a resident of Adams, Wells and Jay counties for the past sixty-eight years, passed away at 9:30 o'clock last evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. S. Kapp, on ; South Main street. She had been sick less than three davs and her last illness was due’to a cold which she contracted Sunday while coming to this city from Portland with her daughter, Mrs. D. E. Studabaker, in a cold railroad coach. A light attack of pneumonia with a complication of heart trouble, was more than she could survive at her advanced age. She had come to this city with the purpose of spending the winter with her daughters, i Mrs. Holmes was a daughter of Mr. ! and Mrs. Jacob Myers, and was | horn in Darke county, Ohio, on April 11, 1819. She was the last ' survivor of a large family of children. She was married in 1835 in I Ohio to Lemuel L Holmes, and in the following year they came to Indiana and settled on a farm in Adams county. where thev resided about fifteen rears. At the end of that period th«y moved to Wells ■ county and lived on what is now known as the William Markley farm. In the early sixties they again moved and went tc Fort Wayne, where they resided only two years when they came to Bluff ton and occupied a residence on Central Avenue for a number of years. From this city they moved to Portland and Mr. Holmes died at his home in that- city in 1888. Since his death Mrs. Holmes had resided most of her time in that city, but visited frequently with her daughters in this citv There were born to Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Holmes nine children, all of whom are living. There are six daughters and three sons as follows: L G. and Charles Holmes, of Portland; Will L. Holmes, of Muncie; Mrs. Eliza Brown, of Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. Francis Roberts, of Danville, III.; Mrs. John D. Hale and Mrs. W. J. Craig, of Decatur, Ind.; and Mrs. L 8. Kapp and Mrs. D. E Studabaker of Bluffton. The funeral will be held Saturday forenoon at Portland at ten o'clock, in charge of Rev. Lyons, pistor of the M. E. church, of which Mrs. Holmes had been a lifelong member. Interment will occur in the Portland cemetery, where she will be lai I to rest at the side of ner husband Friends may call at the Kapp residence this at’ teroon and evening to view the remains. The funeral party will )“ivo this city over the C B & C. Fri'liv morninor at 7:40. The remains will lie in state at the residence of L. C. Holmes Friday afternoon and the funeral will be conducted from the residence Saturday morning at ten o’clock. The family asked that it be stated that no flowers are desired at the funeral. A short service will be held at the residence tonight at 7:30. Tn Burt House steam heating job is nearing completion, and Con tractors Yobst & Hyland informed us today that heat would lie turned on Christmas day. The plant is a modern one and complete in every respect. It will speak highly for the attractiveness of this popular hotel

A GREAT ROAD Clover Leaf is Too Good a Proposition to be Solo. It will be remember >d that two months ago the announcement was made that the Clover Leaf had been sold. President Shonts of that road denied the story, but stated that a deal was pending. At that time President Shonts w’as not anxious to part with the property and unless he got a good big price for it he would not sell it. It is stated on good authority now that the deal, while not exactly off, will be called off at an eurlv date. President Shonts has great faith in the property and believes that with the development of the coal lands which extend for a hundred miles along the west end of the road, it will become a vrey prosperous property. Up to 1900, when the Toledo, St. Louis & Western railroad company took the property out of the hands of the receiver, the road had been in the hand of the court quite a number of years and was considered a dead one from a financial point of view. The road had gradually developed from a small line to a through line to St. Louis and from a narrow guage to a standard gaage railroad. When the Huntington system syndicate took charge of the property an appropriation of 1600,000, was made for its improvement. This money and considerable more, taken from the earnings of the property, has been placed in improvements. President Shonts, when he took charge of the road last January, made a number of radical changes in the operating system of the property. Daring the past ten months, notwithstanding adverse operating conditions, the road has shown largely increased earnings and has made a remarkable record in its traffic department. Since coming to the read Mr.Shonts has taken up the proposition of developing the coal lands and he believes they will be getting six thousand tons of coal per day from the mines within the next year. Crop conditions have been favorable for the past two years and if they continue so Mr. Shonts hopes to put the stock on a dividend [laying oasis. This seems almost' incredible to those who knew the past history of . the road, yet the earnings show the probability of such a thing. The company has an authorized capitalize tion of 100,000 shares of common stock. It also has outstanding tionds to the amount of <l4 500,000. —Delphos Herald. A NEW DEAL Clover Leaf Combines Traflc With a Traction Line. It is stated that a deal was con summated on Wednesday whereby the Clover Leaf and the Northwestern Traction line will he as a new line from Toledo to Indianapolis. There will h-» a tariff agreement sim lar tn th >se existing between steam 1 nes and T>| ‘do and Indianapolis business will be handled via Frankfort. As an ox ample of the manner in which it is proposed to handle the business it is stated that passengers leaving Toledo at 11:45 p. m. will be landed at Indianapolis at 9 o’clock next morning. The change of cars will be mvde at Frankfort at 7:15 a. in. Passengers for Indianapolis will enjoy the privilege of a sleeping oar on the Clover Leaf. Passengers for Toledo will leave Indianapoli i at 11:30 p. ni. an arrive at 8:25 the following morning in Toledo or at St. Louis at 7:3(1 a. m. This arrangement gives the Clover Leaf a direct connection with Indianapolis and it is claimed is the most import ant traffic arrangement between .steam and electric lines yet made.

CHEAP RATES Railways Have New Rule That Meets Public Approval. The traveling public will appreciate the changes made in holiday rates by the railroad companies for privileges that are granted that were not in effect prior to this year The new departure announced is that tickets will be sold for one way rate ana one-third for the round trip, the tickets good going December 24, 25 and 31, January 1 ami 2, the return limit being Jan uary 4, and that the tickets will he good over any line in the Central Traffic association territory instead of only 150 miles, as in former years. Heretofore the limit has been placed at 150 or 200 miles but this year there are no restrictions and tickets can be sold all over the lines. For teachers and students in colleges or universities, but not for the public schools, tickets are good over the Central, Western and Southwestern passenger associations and the Southwestern exour sion bureau south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of the Mississippi river. This is more liberal than last year. DON’T SLEEP ~ Subsidy Election in Ten Days Believed it Will Carry by Good Majority— Help Make It Larger. I I One week from next Tuesday the ' legal voters of Decatur and Wash ington township will give their de- ' cision upon the Clover Leaf propoistion. Every reaaer knows the that the company bind 1 themselves to make <IOO,OOO worth of improvements, and promise more. They will give employment to from 150 to 300 men at good wages. They ask in exchange the sum of (28,000. While the election is quiet, we cannot but believe that the majority of the voters have made up their minds favorably to the proposition. The company will more than pay back the amount asked in taxes in a few years. It is a gulden opp irtuniU, and means much for the futnr >. However, we insist that every loyal, progressive citizen awaken and do what he oh n to make the vote as big as pos-sible. Do a little missionary work. GAVE GOOD SHOW “Old Arkansaw" Pleased an Audience Here Last Night. The production of Fred Raymond’s comedy success, “Old Ar kansaw," at the Bosse opera Louse last evening was well attended, and from comments heard this morning gave perfect satisfaction. The play was a perfect production of the events that in this old state and were most realistic. Each act had a striking climax. The company is made up of a number of stars, who performed their parts to perfection. and in a pleasing manner. James Goodwin as Jeremiah Snod- | grass, Grace Hayes as Sue Rodgers and Emilio Woodward as Mary S|o f cum, without doubt did the most effecivc work of the entire company, their acting and witty sayings constantly keeping the house in an up roar. The company is a strong one, and should meet merited success wherever they should go.

NUMBER 283

SCRAPS Gleanings From Commissioher Court They Completed the Business and Adjourned for the Regular Session. The last work the commissioners indulged in before adjournment was the comparison of the tieasurer's quarterly report. The report at this quarter was unusually bulky, owing to the laige tax collections. Samuel L. Kuntz withdrew his application for a liquor license at Berne, after the filing of a remonstrance to the same by J. F. Lehman and others. Bonds were ordered sold on the West Washington macadam road extension, it being ascertained be forehand that the sale of said bonds would not exceed the specified four per cent, which is the limit of inaebtedness that can be incurred for this purpose. The road will be one of the early spring improvements. The commissioners will meet again on next Monday, wh»n bids will be opened for the furnishing of supp'ies for thebounty infirmary f> r another quarter

Another meeting or two will be required during this month in order I < that the board may complete the business of the year, at which time new appropriations go into full force and effect. MAY GET PRIZE Berne Boy Has Good Chance Guesses Ohle Vote Within Five and May Win Twenty-five Thousand Dollar Prize. George Biumgartner, a well known young man at Berne, is anxiously aw uting the Cincinnati Enquirer's distribution of cash prizes on their recent guessing contest on the number of votes cast in the state of Ohio, as he believes he is inside the money. His guess is j st five short of the exact numher as shown by the official count. The first prize is (35,000, the second (15,000. the third <IO,OOO and the other prizes varying from ten dollars to <I,COO. It is reasonably vLfe to say that George will got one of the big ones, as it is hardly probable that many were any where near the exact number, which was something over a million and a quarter. The awarding will be made by the Enquirer within a week, and George's friends are watching for the list with keen interest. Mr. Baumgartner is a carp inter and will certainly appro ci ate it if dame fortune should smile upon him. The business men of this city now are busily engaged in drossing their show windows and getting their Christmas stock on display. Pome business men are offering special inducements to attract trade, while others s’-c doing bnsi ness in the same old way. It would pay all citizens who are compelled to buy Christmas presents to take a peep at some of these beautiful displays, as it may assist you in making up your mind what you want.