Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME II

CONGRATULATES President Shoots Sends a Message Says We Did Good Work-Force of Engineers Here Io Measure the Land. Chicago, 111., Dao. 21, 1904. C. J. Lutz, Decatur, Ind. Your telegram received. I congratulate your citizens on their good work T. P. SHONTS. The above is a copy of the telegram received this morning from the president of the Clover Leaf railway, and is self-explanatory. Mr. Shonts himself first made the proposition to Decatur and gave the first intimation that with the proper effort w> could secure a di- I vision point of the Toledo, St. Louis & Western railway, including a big iceing plant, round house, coal docks and other improvements, giving employment to from 150 to 300 men. At that time Mr. Shonts said, “I am a man of my word, and the Clover Leaf will do its part if Decatur does her’s. ” We ..ave certainly done ours, giving the company just what they asked by a! most a unanimous vote. That the improvements will be made at once is evidenced by the fact that several of the road engineers were here yesterday. taking measurements of the land. Decatur has acquired a good friend in the Clover Leaf, and our future will be profitable and pleasant. A GOOD ONE “A Royal Slave" Pleased Last Night’s Audience. Gordon & Bennett’s production of | “A Royal Siave,” last evening at the Bosse opera house was without doubt one of the best plays that has been produced here in years. A well-tilled house greeted this spectacular play, and all were more than pleased with the performance. The play was of a romantic nature, dealing chiefly with the Mexican life and portraying the different characters beautifully. The company is made up of strong cast, each and every one playing their parts to peifeotion. Isabella Turner, as Countess Inez; De Qra; Louis Lytton as El Aguila and Wilbur Mack as Humbolt A. Jones, an American newspaper correspondent, •wire without doubt the strongest characters in the play, and upon whom the performance depended. IS DESERTER Marion Mott so Classed- Formerly Lived Here. In his correspondence from Washington to the Indianajiolis Star, Louis Ludlow, says: “Marion T. Mott has been classed as a deserter by the Navy department. His guardian, Sherman Mott, has inter ceded for the young man, but the department replies that it has no terms to make with a deserter. Mott failed to return to service when his leave of absence expired." Sherman Mott is now a lawyer at Indianapolis, but formerly lived here. Marion T. Mott is his adopt ed son and will lie remember by many Decatur people.

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A LITTLE SORE Bluffton Papers Tells Thtir Own Troubles in Subsidy Story. Bv some the location of the improvements at Decatur is taken to mean that the Erie and Clover Leaf have at least a close understanding and that the Huntington shops may soon be removed to Decatur. But subsidies have been voted and then been wiped off the tax duplicate by time, as Bluffton, Huntington and Montpelier can testfiy, and subsidies collected have turned out to be worth many times more th<" the improvements they have brought.—Bluffton News. That's true in some cases, but you should remember that this assessment can not be made according to contract until the Clover Leaf have complied and have furnished at least SIOO,OOO worth of improvements. Now honestly, Bluffton, don’t you think we have cause to feel jubilant’?

THE LOBLOLLY Petition to Have it ReDredged The Enterprise Would Effect Geneva and the Southwest Corner of Wabash Township. Orval McLaughlin, of Portland, is occupying a reserved seat at the auditor’s office where he is copying the description of the lands and lots that was benefitted and assessed for the dredging of the loblolly ditch. It is the intention and perhaps by this time a petition has been filed with the auditor of Jay county, asking for a re-dredg-ing of this ditch. As originally constructed it was not adequate for the purposes designed, besides with the lapse of fifteen years it has filled up considerably, and the work of re-dredging is a necessity for the cultivation of the lands in the close proximity of the ditch. The improvement will affect all of Geneva, and the land in the southwest portion of Wabash township, and it will be assessed for the re-dredging. The bulk of the property, however, lies in Jay county, and they will have to come down with the hot end of the financial part of the proposition. The completion of this enterprise will be<>f incalculable value to the realty along the route of the ditch, and those push ing it will try to complete same during the coming year.

GOT BUSY Wells County Grand Jury Returned Thlrly-iwo Indictments Bluffton, Ind., Dec. 21.—Late yesterday evening the speOial session of the grand jury which was called by judge Vwugbn for Monday, came to a close, and they handed in just thirty-two indictments against Wells county people. This is pretty lively work for only two days investigation and beats the record they made when in session at their regular term at the beginning of court. At that time they returned twenty-two indictments. Altog'iher the total number of in diotinents or true till returned at this rerm of court is tiH.i four. This looks pretty much as though an effort had been made to clean the old place out. Thetiwi must have been given a thorou„.i over, hauling to get so many cases. It is believed an indictment was return qd against Dr. Landiair and possibly against Mis Beeler

iIEI’ATU i, IND ANA. T U KSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 22, 1904.

JOINS ARMY Clarence Holthouse in Cavalry Clash Writes from iefserson Barracks. Missouri— Likes His New Position. Clarence F Holthouse, a well known young man of this city, left about a month ago w’thout telling his friends just where his destination would be, and his friends have since been rather anxious about him. This morning a postal card was received at this office from him, written at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He orders the Daily Democrat and says that he has enlisted as clerk in the United States cavalry located at that place. The position pays sl3 and $10.85, all of which is clear money. Cl irence says he likes his work and will stick to the job. He sends Merry Chritsmas greetings to all his friends and promises us a letter soon. A year ago Clarence was a sufferer with lung trouble and had several severe attacks, and the fact that he has sufficiently recovered to stand an army examination seems marvelous. His present address is C. F. Holthouse, clerk, care Attachment Commander Recruiting Btrraoks, Jefferson, Mo.

GETTING READY Christmas Eentertainments at Churches Various Sunday Schools In Decatur Will Celebrate the Event With Concerts. The different churches of our city are at present busily engaged in drilling their Sunday school scholars for their Christmas entertainment, and from reports that come from the different schools the entertainments will far exceed those given last year. A number of the churches will have Santa Claus appear and distribute gifts, while others will merely give their program and distribute among the different classes candy and nuts All churches report that during the past several Sundays the attend an?e has been large in fact larger than at any other time, the reisonfor which with a little studying, you can easily solve. If you have nothing else to do Saturday evening, it would certainly pay you to attend one of the churches and see how much pleasure the children derive from Christmas. It comes but once a year and you should help your children celebrate the sacred event.

A GOOD TIME Linn Grove Entertained 1.0. 0. F. Boys In Style. The Odd Fellows who attended the dedication exercises at Linn Grove last evening report a fine time and a good meeting. The new lodge room is reported as being a handsome structure and furnished in beautiful stylo. A number of new members were initiated and given the degree work. After the exercises wore completed a tine ban quet was served. Those who attended are now anxiously awaiting a return invitation.

NEXT ATTRACTION Eli and Jane will Meet You Next Monday Night. "Eli and 'Jane" was the attraction at the City opera house last night, and general satisfaction was expressed by the large audience who witnessed the play. Mr. Green Iras been seen here before, but never in a role that suited him better than Eli. The play is not to be classed with the ordinary “rube” production, for the comedy is most refined. The specialties introduced were very well received. Miss DeVere won the admiration of her audience.—Norwich (N. Y.) Daily S un. At Bosses’ opera house next Monday night.

XMAS EXERCISE High School Entertainment To-morrow A Splendid Programme Arranged—The Public Invited to Attend. The High school are making special preparations for their Christ mas entertainment, to he given tomorrow afternoon, in the assembly rooms, the services beginning at one o’clock. The public are cordially invited to attend. The program as arranged will be as follows : Song. Recitaion—Leota Gilpen. Recitation— Francis Dugan. Piano Solo—Fanny McConnell. Recitation—Gertrude Wherry. Foreign Christmas Customs Music—Blanche Carroll, Ruby Miller, and Francis Merryman. Recitation—Vada Martin. Song by Junior Class. Piano Solo—Rose Smith. Old Christmas Customs—Agnes Krick Recitation—Mae Warner. Recitation—Grace McKean. Recitation—Merle Burdg. Quartet—Florence Sprunger fund others. Recitation—Leota Bailey. Music by Sophomore Class. Piano Solo—Electa Glancy. Recitation—Esther Selletneyer. Duet—Marie Allison, and t Carrie Thomas. Piano Solo—Marguerite Hughes. Recitation—Free Frisinger. Recitation—Dale Peoples. Reading—Beatrice Van Camp. Pantomime—lnez Snellen. Talk—Rev. Allen. Duet—Gyp Dorwin and Gladess Bowers. Song.

BADLY HURT Rex Haviland Injured While Coasting at G>neva. Rex Haviland fell from one of the uppt. shoots in the stock pens last Monday, alighting on his head, and the result was to render him unconscious for some time. Dr. Aspy was called and rendered the necessary medical attention. It could not be determined how se rious the injury is, but there is a bleeding from the right ear that caused some alarm. The boy was coasting on the stock shoots and starting he got his sled too close to he end and f< 11 backward, nearly striking the railroad iron with his head. His head struck a tie and a heavy fur cap is probably what saved his life. The boy is about nine years old, and is a son of Grant Haviland—Geneva Herald.

COUNTED THEM I Inspectors Canvassed Rail Road Vote The Last Legal Steps in the Rail Road Election was Consummated Today. The inspectors how presided at the railroad election Tuesday, met at the auditor’s office this morning, and canvassed the vote, it tallying with our former report of the same, twelve hundred and ten for the subsidy and fifty nine against it- At torney Lutz is busy preparing an abstract of the vote, together with the record leading up to the elec tion, which will be forwarded to President Shonts, and this will form the base for their future operations here. The railroad officials will have to take care of themselves in so far as getting the B round they desire. The most of it, however, has been contracted for. but they will have to buy it and pay their money for it, they having accepted the $28,000 and agreed to look after their rights in this respect and we judge they are perfectly capable of doing it. As soon as this abstract reaches them they will proceed to carry out thier part of the contract, and before long work upon the new addition will begin.

ARM SCALDED Artist Frank McMahan Meets Unfortunate Accident. Frank McMahon, one of Lyman Bros.’ popular artists, had the mis fortune this morning of scalding his left arm from the elbow to the hand. Frank had placed a large pot of water on the stove to boil so that he might cleanse a number of his brushes, and while arranging for this worK his arm hit the pot, knocking it from the stove, and in attempting to catch the basin of boiling water was thrown upon his left arm, literally cooking it from the elbow to the tips of his fingers. He at once called upon Dr. E. G. Coverdale, who dressed the injured member, giving Mr. McMahon in stant relief. Dr. Coverdale stated that the arm was terribly burned, and it would be a number of days before Frank would be able to use his arm.

WINTER FISHING St. Marys River Furnishes New Kind of Sport. In front of'the Nickel Plate saloon this afternoon hung a string of seventy-eight channel oat fish, caught in an hour and a half by Bob Gregory and Ben Middleton The fish were taken from the St. Mary’s river and in a novel manner. The boys walked along on the ice until they saw a fish then cut the ice and simply lifted the fish out. The fish averaged a half pound each. It is estimated that 2,000 pounds of cat-fish have been taken from the river in this manner during the past week. FATHER BORG DEAD Rev. B. Theo. Borg, chaplain of St. Vincent's orphan asylum at Fort Wayne, died this morning from infirmities of old age. He was well known over this part of the state and was greatly beloved. The funeral services will tie held Saturday morning

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MANY SIGNERS Terrell’s Neighbors Don’t Want Him Pardoned. From a prominent Nottingham township citizen it ,was learned today that all the jurors who presided at the trial of John W. Terrell for murder, ■ had signed the petition against having him pardoned by the governor. This petition Jwas prepared at the instigation of Jacob Wolfe, father of Melvin Wolfe, the victim of Terrell, and was started after the other petition had been gotten under way by the Terrell attorneys. It is claimed by this same citizen that out of the 600 voters in Nottingham township, at least 400 would sign Wolfe’s petition to keep the condemned man where he now is.—Bluffton Banner.

WAS INJURED Boy Crushed Under Heavy Counter Roy Dutcher Hurt Internally-Resting Easier To-dav and May Recover. Roy, the young son of Charles Dutcher, who resides on Tenth street, was quite seriously injured last evening by having a heavy oak counter fall on him. He had accompanied his father to the build ing he is remodeling to ojien up a restaurant in the West Eid of the city, and while Mr. Dutcher was doing some work in the rear of the building the little child attempted to climb up onto the counter, and in so doing pulled the same over on himself. His father hastily ran to his assistance and succeeded in getting him out and then called the doctor who after examining the boy stated tnat he feared the little fellow was hurt internally, but could not tell how serious. The little boy suffered a great deal of pain last night, but is resting some easier today.

COURT NEWS Ntw CaseJFiled—Petitions to Change Names—Other Business. Attorney D. B Erwin has filed suit for the Bank of Berne against James Stogdill and George H. Martz, complaint on note, demand S6O. —o— Ferdinand Julius Jack and Her man August Jack Hiave tiled petitions in the circuit court to have their names changed to Yake. —o— Charles N. Spencer vs William Moon et al, finding for plaintiff against defendants for $482.75. —o — James 8. Boyers vs C- L. Ayers, suit on note; appearance by C. J. Lutz for defendant ruled t, answer.

CHILD DEAD Little Son of Mr. and Mis. Joseph Brunnegraff. Edward, the foui-year old son of Mr and Mrs. Joseph Brunnegraff, di id last night at ten o’clock, after an illness of several weeks’ deration, death resultirg from an abscess at tiie base of the brain. Tne funeral services will bo held Saturday morning at eight o’clock at the St. Mary's Catholic church, Father Wilken conducting the services, Interment will be made in St. Joseph’s cemetery. 1