Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 311, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1905 — Page 1

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BIG CASE BEGINS MONDAY Geneva School House Case at Portland

A LEGAL BATTLE Brilliant Array ol Lawyers in Case — — —— School Board at Geneva a>ks $12,000 Damages from Gas Company For Burning of Building

gNext Monday before .Judge Lsjkpllett' at Portland will begin a law Suit of considerable importance to Rfidams count? citizens, and of inter. st all over the state. It is en-. tilled The School T >wn of Geneva. Adams county. Indiana, as the Logansport & Wabash Valiev Gas company, a corporation. The suit is one to collect $12,000 damages for the destruction of the Geneva school LHilding on the night of December 16,1901. The suit was filed here January 23, 1903, the cunplaint being m three ptrnrgap’is, alleging' that on account of the carelessness . the Gas company the school build Ing caught tire and was totally de- : Hroyed. Three facts are alleged in the complaint as follows: First, no watchman was employed by the Gas uotnpny to w itch their regnla ’ tors second, the gas pressure had been low and the companv. tailed fat notify their patrons of an inpressure; third, the company allowed the pipes, regn'ators, etc . to become rusted, stopped up and out of repair generallv ; eareless acts combined caused the) fire it is alleged. The school build . Ming 'vas valued at $lO 000 and the. ! B-ntonts at $ ’,OOO The Gas com- j pany will make a test case of this WUit and will make a determined fight. The case was set for trial here last May but before the date of trial came a change of venue was granted and the case sent to .Jay county, where after the usual deJays it was set for trial next Mon dfcy The attorneys for Genc’a are Merrvman A' Sutton, C. J. Lutz and D. E S nith of this citv an I Mr. McGriff. of P .rtlin l, while thiGn ®tomi>aiiy ’h interests will lie cared for bv D D Hiller ASmof this City Judge S nith. Jimis Moran, I.®f P riland. Judge Shirley, of Kokomo. and other prominent Dwyers of the state Thrcase promises to be a lively legal battle and the outcome will be watched with great in Eterest by the public, and especially in this cjiu ty. ■ AK EPIDEMIC

JLifrlppt, the old Kins of Diseases tloids Forth In Full Sway. Decatur is in the midst of a gripjre epidemic and while the oases are not so severe as heretof > r e they •re more general- In * number of instances entire families have the dfem-e, and it is safe to say that there are sevreal hundred oases in the city. The prevalent form oms to include a high fever, terrible cold and a dizziness and the disease still has its old habit of hanging on. However, no fatalities have been reported, and the best advice we oan give is to take ex'ra good care of the p itier.ts where they start to improve.

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NEW SERVICE Clover Leaf Will Carry Pas'engers From Canada to St. Louts. The entire Pennsylvania system embraces 10,503 miles of main track. The Grand Trunk with its existing lines and the extensions certain to te built will embrace 9,950 miles of main trucks. If ex tensions contemplated are built it will exceed the mileage of the Pennsylvania road. The Grand Trunk works in connection with the Clover Leaf and carries a heavy tonnage and there is a proposition to inaugurate passenger service from the Canadian seaboard through Toledo to St. Louis via the Clover Leaf. Such services will doubtless be established when the crosstown line is completed at Toledo.

A BIG LIST Delinquent Tax Notice Next Week Sixteen People Have Already Paia 1904 Taxes—The Roll of Honor. County _ Treijurer J. H. Voglewede will have his delinquent tax j list ready for publication next week, and from present appearances it will be unusually large, for some reason or other, though perhaps some of the names may lai out off before the list is seat to the printer for publication, according ti law. Quite a number of Adams county Citizens have already paid their 11904 taxes, Mr. Voglewedes roll of 'I honor ns given us today being as follows: Jonathan Moser, J. J. Moser, F. W. Moser, John Sahli, Aretinus Gar, U. B. Fristoe, H. A. Fristoe, William Schmidt, E. M. Peoples, William Meschberger, Jos. Crozier, C. E Neptune. L. L. Mat t x, Caroline Cramer, Isaac Wheeler and Amos Wheeler. The books are now open and Treasurer Voglewede and deputies will be h»ppr to hind you your receipts at any 'ime convenient to you.

GOING FAST Traction Line Bonds Nearly All Sold - President Interviewed. Mr. W. H. Fledderjohann, of Deoatur, Mr. B. A. Fledderjohann, of I Columbus, and Mr. J. H. Koenig, of St. Mary's, Ohio, the chref promoters of the Fort Wayne & Springfield line, were in the eity yesterday They placed the tnoo.ooo bond* in the bands of the Ti i-State Lon*'Ar Trust company as trustee, to be held for the benefit of 'he purchaser. As stated in the JournalGazette yesterday the major portion of the bonCs have already been sold. Mr. W. H Fledderjohann stated that the line will bo complet ed into Fort Wavne next summer.— Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.

DECATU'L INDIANA. M EDNESDAY EVENING. JANTAEY !1. 1905.

Os Especial Inttrtst to Rural Routr Patrons. The fourth assistant postmaster general issued the following order, Jan. 3, end placed it in the hands of the postmaser in thia city: Sir: —Owing to the numerous complaints which ar? being made to the department that advertising oircu lars and other mailable matter, jiostage of which has not been pre paid, are being placed in rural letter o >xes intended for persons who receive mail through such boxes; and in order that there may be no mis understanding regarding the proper disposition of such matter, yon are hereby advised that patrons boxes erected en rura Iroutes are intended exclusively for tho reception of mattei regularly in the mails, for delivery or dispatch through the mails, and "mailable articles which carriers find deposited in such boxes on their routes, are properly in the mails,” and subject to all the rules regulating mail matter, including the payment of postage thereon. You will promptly and fully instruct the rural carriers attached to your office that all mailable matter found in rural letter boxes, without the proper postage affixed or money provided sufficient to purchase same, should be taken to the initial postoffioe to be held for p»tige. Such matter on its receipt at the postoffice should tx> treated in accordance with the provisions of the postal laws and regulations covering matter mailed without prepayment of postage. Rural letter boxes are afforded the same protection under the law as other United States mail boxes. Very respectfully, J L. BRISTOW, Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen.

A GRAFTER Woman Begger Is Rank Fake Tells Pittiful Story of Having Lost Home In Fire—Police are A woman giving her name as Mrs. Mary Smith is here today begging money or anything she can convert into that very necessary article. Wh believe she is a rank fake and the officials who are investigating the charges may cause her arrest for obtaining money under false pretenses. She tells a pitiful story, says her home near here was de I stroyed by tire, that herself and four children narrowly escaped the flames and nil their furniture and wearing apparel was destroyed; that to make matters still worse h< r husband has deserted her and she must beg or starve. She makes a house to house canvass and picks up many dimes during a day. She worked Bluffton and Huntington and got a good bunch of cash in each place. She struck here this morning and soon began ler graft, taking in a snug sum Mrs. Frank Bosse gave her ten cents and a basket of potatoes. The latter she attempted to sell at the West End grocery and in that manner her game was detected. The officers were notified. Charity is a good thing somtimes, but this is a case of misplaced confidence and the public is hereby warned to save their cash for worthier objects.

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GOOD INDUSTRY * • Mitten Factory a Worthy Institution TWo Thousand One Dollar Bills Used la Paying the Girls Each Month. A representative of this juiper while on the search for news today, stepped into the Old Adams County Bank just as one of the officials of that institution was undoing a package of rather large dimensions. In a moment a package of bills the size of a bundle of dry goods was brought to view. The package contained 2,000 crisp and brand new one dollar bills, ami the assistant remarked as he stored them awav "That is Larey Waring’s month's consignment, used to pay his help at the mitten factory." The statement was true, and each month this amount of currency is used by that institution to pay off the one hundred girls emploved at that place. It is easily figured that with the odd change used and a few bills of larger denominations the weekly pay roll is about <750, and when you consider that this sum comes from distant cities and is distributed here each week in the year, the advantages are by no means slight, and prove what an increase in the town’s business a few indus tries would make. Oae hundred girls or more obtain employment at the mitten factory, and each earns fjom five to ten dollars ]>er week. During the holidays the factory closed down a week and several business men mentioned the fact that a "fall off ’ in their business was immediatelv noticeable.

HE PAID IT An Eaton Man’s Taxes Grew Rapidly in Court. A. B Hobbs, of Eaton, has learned that a little matter may grow to big proportions. Putting it another j way, if he had paid a road tax of| only $2.50 last spring* he would be, several dollais better off now. Yesterday the circuit court of Eaton was given a judgment of $19.65 against Hobbs. With the costs accumulated Hobbs’ $2.50 road tax will have cost him about $35. Hobbs refused to work out the tax when ordered to and fought the case in the justice courts in Union and Hamilton township-. This should prove a lesson to many who are continually objecting and seeking trouble. ifs TONIGHT “Jerry From Retry”— Evening of Fun Guaranteed. I What are you laughing at? we suid to a fellow this morning, with a broad grin on his face, so broad that it made the top of his head look like an island surrounded by mouth What in the world an you laughing at? I was just thinking of that show I saw at the opira house last night, Jerry from Kerry. Opera house tonight. In presenting to the numerous patrons of this theatre Patten & Perry in "Jerry from Kerry," it is doubtless true that no company of players ever came so highly recommended from nearby cites. The comedy is bright and clean, and the music exceptionally catohy. Their entertainments are devoid of tiresome waits. Their superior uniformed concert band and orchestra are a feature

HOME TODAY Rtv. Henjh*w It With Ills Aged Mother Near Winchester. Indianapolis. Ind , Jan 10.—Wil Hum E. Hinstaw, who was released this morning from the Michigan City prison on an unconditional jm role, signed by Governor Durbin, on the day of the latter’s retirement, reached Indiana|si|is this evening on his way to Winchester, the home of his aged and invalid mother. The trip to Indinapolis was uneventful, and w hen he reached this city he wa< met at the station by Union B Hunt, secretary to Governor Hanley, whose guest he was during the evening. Until late tonight Mr. Hunt’s apartments were crowded with visitors who called to congratulate Hinshaw on his re lease. Hinshaw will leave Indianapolis at 7:30 tomorrow morning over the Big Four for Winchester. Tonight he said it as his inten tion to engage actively in farming

BEST YET Bachelor Maids Delightfully Entertained Each One Tells Why She 1$ a Bachelor I I Girl—Miss McLean Hint Prize. The Bachelor Maida* club met last evening in regular social seasijn with Miss May Niblick on North Second street, and from* what we can learn was one of the finest meetings yet held by this club. Progressive euchre was installed us | the favorite pasttime, and for several hours the time was thus enjoyed. Misses Anna and Mayme 1 Ferveer captured first prizes and Miss Bert Voglewede and Mi 4 * Mayme Center the consolation prizes. After awarding the prizes each memtier was called upjn to read or deliver an essay upon the subject of "Why 1 am aßichelor [Maid." This was a new feature land the essays were interesting and amusing, and upon a vote of the club as to who delivered the Jiest essay, all were unanimous in favor of Miss Jessie McLean Refresh ments were then served in two courses, and at a late hour the club adjourned to meet next Tuesday evening with Mi-s Bertha Voglewede | SURPRISED HIM — Assessor Philip Schieferstine Eisy Victim For Friends. Root township's worthy assessor. Phillip Scheifer stein, was surely surprised Monday evening when i twenty-five ot his friends called at [ his home t o remind him that he had passed the thirty first milestone of his life, and from all reports the ■ occasion will tie one long remembered by those present. The evening wis delightfully spent in playing pedro, at which all enjoyed thems lves. but Ed Luttrnnn and [ Mrs. Bernice Migly. who proved to tie the poorest player«. At promptly nine o’clock the guests were invited to the diningroom where thev were seated at. a table at which all the dainties of the season were pre sented. After supper the evening was delightfully spmt in numerous pasttimes and at u late hour all departed. Mr. and Mrs. Bcheifer stine are fine entertainers and all those that were present are 1 loking forward for another invitati m.

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CHASE THIEVES Red Key Man Shot But Gave Alarm Attempt to Rob Post Office Was Thwarted by Merchant Who Was Fatally Injured. About one o’clock this morning J C. Turpin, a merchant who sleeps in his store just north of the postoffice building at Re.l Key, was awakened by an explosion due to the work of two safe crackers on the vault in the poatoftice. Running from nis store toward the postoffice he encountered the rob b-rs, who had left the inistoffice temporarily to avoid the explosion and who were then returning to lo >t the contents of the safe. Turpin ♦tarted to give the alarm and was shot in the side, p issibly fatalHi* cries of ]>ain and alaim. aroused other citizens and the robbers fled, after a running fight. Men are in pursuit of the fugitives, who are believed to be heading toward Muncie. Local officers are organizing to scour the country for the robbers Quite a sum of money ws« in the safe, and it is believed the professionals who did the work wi re assisted by a Redkey tough. The affair oansed oon“iderflb'e ex. ci'ement. and rough treatment mi lit be given the robbers if cap tured. ROAD SUPERVISORS

Trustee Hite S’kcu Voting Places For These Officers. Trustee Hite has arranged for the holding of r< a l snjiervisor elections one we ik fro n next Saturday. January 14. The Chapman. Deloit and Brandyberry school houses, and the Ellsworth farm have been js'luted as the places for holding the tour elections, the same to tike place between the hours of one and three in the afternwn. Gue road supervisor will tie elooted in each district. If you want to take a hand in these selections, be on hand at' the time named above. A DEMOCRAT Hon. C. K. K O’b o' Oh > in Town •> Tod y Charles K. Kloeb of Celina, Ohio, was in the city today, attending to business and calling unfriends. Mr. Kloeb is one of the prominent democrats of ;Ohio, having served t-.s I county ator at Celini, and held a number of other positions of honor. He was the democratic nominee for auditor of state last year and this ! year a candidate for the senate. [ He represents The Forde GatOline Lighting plant, of Garretsville at present, and was here to appoint the Schafer Hardware company . [ agents for the system NO COURT TODAY ’ Judge Erwin at Fort Wayne—Wlil Hear i Goifrey Murder Case Soon. 1 > [ No session of the Adams circuit - court was held this morning, Judge Ei win having been called to Fort v Wayne to hear some important legal I causes in which bo is acting as spe cial judge. O i the 23th ot this K month the famous Godfrey murder i ease will begin before Judge Erwin ■ at Fort Wayne. Godfrey is the ■ young Indian who is accused of II having killed his f irhvr in u dru ik g en fight in their road house this side of F >rt Wayne a ye.if ago.