Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 26 January 1905 — Page 1

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SOLID WORK I The Legislature Is Down To Business I I Two Hundred and Eighty Bills Have Been ( Introduced In the I Hou-e. ■ — I Indianap >lis, Ind., Jan 25, 1905. 1 The House of Representatives is down to solid work at last, and sonic important measures are under 1 consideration The bill prohibiting the votng subsidies to st< am rail roads passed the House today. The bill requiring county treas urors to report interest on moneys deposited with interest, to make report of same and apply to county I fund, was killed in committee. The members of Cherokee "Strip" can hear the murmuring over in the bad lands with regard to the automo bile bill and what they will do to it will be a plenty. The bill to elect. c mnty school superintendents by I the people at the general election ! was reported favorable last evening by the committee on educa ' tion. The Sunday ba*e ball bill will | came up today. There are 208 bills j introduced so far in the House The i committees are killing a great numtier of them. The Newhouse bill or more commonly known as the I state railroad coinmtsson hill is requiring the close and scrutinizing attention of the senate. The rail road s interest is represented by the ablest attorneys of the state, Dan Simms, of Lafayette, Judge Field, of Chicago, Attorney Pickins and others have spoken for the interest of rhe railroads, while J. M. Kern and Chas. B ish have hsen eminently able to take care of the shippers' interests. Iti s interesting to heart this tody of able men in the commit-1 tee room lighting for their points of this bill. The demooratio members of the senate and House will oall on ex Senator Turpie this evening. Your Servant, J. W. VIZARD. AT VAN WERT John Duchesse Chirged With Redkey Crime Lived, Upon a request from the officers ; ot Indiana, who are engaged in pro- 1 curing evidence in thi case of John ■ F Duchesse, who is under arrest at Hartford City, charged with dyna-| miting and robbing the safe in the j postoftioe at Redkey, the local offi- j cers have made an investigation I which proves the truth of I) ich ; esse s claim that his home is in this I town. He is the son of DeWitte Duchesse, who lives on North; Wayne street The family came I here some two years ago from Lima where the father was employed as a meat cutter in the bucher shop conducted by Swift & Co. Young •Duchesse never spent much ot his time here and was not generally known about town. He and his father never got along well together and his stays under the parental roof were few. He was here last during the county fair in September.—Van Wert Bulletin. A NEW CASE. Dore B Erwin, attorney for the plaintiff, this morning filed suit in circuit court, entitled the Bink of Berne, a corporation, vs Lewis ('. Miller, N’ocy A Miller, Edward Miller, State of Indiana exrel Car ry D. Lewton. auditor of Adams c >nnty, David Falb, complaint on notes and bund and to foreclose mortgage on farm, demand 11605. The return date was fixed for Tues day February 7th.

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SALOON CASE Decision by Supreme Judies Is cl Interest. The supreme court today construed the Nicholson law in reversing the judgment which granted Perry F. Smith a license tc keep a mloon at taxington, in Jennings County. He was not opposed by a Nicholson law remonstrance, but only by a single reraon trator, who insist’d that he was not "a fit par son to l»e intrusted with the sale of intoxicating liquors." But the supreme court holds that Smith's apppeation was insufficient to meet the requirements of the Nicholson law that it shall "specifically describe the room in which he desires to sell such liquors, and the exact location of the same, and if there is mote than one room in the build ing, shall specially describe and lo-cat-‘he room." The application sin ply described it as the “lower floor ot the of the front room" of a certain two story brick building. HORSE THIEF Is The Charge Against Geneva Man Arrested Near Liberty Center-Andrew Murray Now in tall at Bluffton Andrew Murray was landed in jail last evening to await trial at the next term of circuit court on the charge of grand larceny. He st >le a horse and buggy at Lilier ty Center yesterdav, or at least ;he is accused of doing so, and ; when captured he was driving the rig but was headed back to the place from which he had taken it. Charley Stinson left his horse and buggy in front of the Dan Fisher meat market at Liberty Center yesterday afternoon and while he I was away Murray appropriated it. | That was about half past four in the afternoon and it was but a short time later when a party was ■on his trail. He had been seen go ' ing south and he was found a | short distance south of the town, driving back towards Liberty Cen- • ter. He was taken before Justice 'Grady where he admitted having i taken the rig. He was asked to give . bond of 1200 for his appearance in circuit court, but being unable jto do so was sent to jail to await

trial in February. Murray is about thirty years of age and is said to be a resident ofG eneva, but has i been working in the oil field south |of Liberty Center. What his mo I tire was in taking the rig and then i starting back to Liberty Center cannot be fathomed. lie had been drinking and was pretty well under the influence of liquor.—"Bluffton News. DINNER PARTY — I Decatur Ladies Entertain for Miss Mine of St. Louis. Mrs. D. £. Studebaker gave a six o'clock dinner last evening for Miss Tillie Minehart, of St. Louis. The event was a most pleasant one and the guests included Mesdames Tyn dull, Niblick, Morrison, Champer, Misses Hattie Studabaker and Minnie Orvifl and MasterPDan Tyndall. Miss Minehart was likewise a guest of honor at a dinner party given by Mrs. J. W. Tyndall today noon. She will bo entertained at a dinner party this evening at Mrs. Morrison's home and tonight, tomoriow at Mrs. John Niblick's.

DECATU't, INDIANA. THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2(1. 1995.

THE'R PLAN The Russians Offer a Few Crumbs of Comfort They Plan to Break the Backbone of the Stricken With a Few Concessions. St. Petersburg, Jan. 25—. The governor general has issued a mani festo which reveals the govern meat's plan of breaking the strike. It invites them to return to work and promises, in the emporer's name, a revision of the general law

so as to restrict the hours of labor, I It also proposes a plan of state in surance and guarantees proetetion ■ from agitators. The government believes that in this way they will meet the main grievances of the workmen. All anticipated demonstrations failed to connect, even at Moscow only 20,000 workmen being among the strikers. The petition of the leading newspipers asking for freedom of the press, asserting that is the only means of restoring public confi deuce, will be considered. Meetings are being held throughout Italy ex pressing sympathy with the strik ers. HEARING TODAY Schafer Murder Suspects to Have TrialInterest Shown. ■ t Bedford, Ind , Jan 25.—-John H. Underwcod, who filed the affidavits on which a warrant was issued for the arrest of Frank Evans and El- . mer Browning, accused of the murder of Miss Sarah Schafer, was call ed to Wellington county by the death of his father, on the day the warrants were served, and he has just returned. There is much curiosity to hear what lie has to say about the Schafer matter, but to all inquiries he responds: "There wil lie a preliminary hearing of Evans and Browniug tomorrow morning. The testimony against them is in there," pointing to a safe in his office, "hut Ido not care to discuss the nature of it. I have never considered it good policy to discuss evidence in advance of a trial." Mr. Underwood is regarded us a capable attorney, and it is though* by many that he would not precipi fate the arrest of the defendants without having in his possession material from which a case of sufficient strength can be constructed to hold the prisoners for trial in the circuit court. SAD NEWS Ed Phillips Receives News That Cous n Is Deal. Ed Phillips this morning received the sad news of the death of his cousin, Charles F. Liuzee, at his home in Du Quain, lllnios. He was born in St. Marv’s Ohio, where he still has many friend-. He was a veteran of thq Chil war, and a prominent, citizen in his community, A sister, Mrs. Phi Leßlond, resides at Celina, Ohio.

GOOD NEWS Charleston. Illinois, Parer Spring a Clover Leaf Theory, — Work on the new round house and shops nt the yards, in his city, has lieen pushed forward all winter despite the cold weather. A rumor is persistently growing to the effect that as noon as the new shop* are completed Fiai.kfort, find., will bo al> indoned, us a shop and division point, and that Charleston, 111, and Decatur. Ird , will lie the big cities on the system tat ween Toledo and St. Louis. There is more than a rumor in the matter and it will I take some effort, time and money to land the industry. Now is the ; time to hustle and land an industry that will make the population of the city reach the 10,000 mark. Dr. Patton, Mayor Digby and other leading citizens are heading the movement.—Charleston Courier. SUDDEN DEATH Coroner Falk Files First Report Baby, DaoghUr of Mr. and Mrs. George Bovine, Dies Almost Instantly. The very sudden and strange ; death of Maria, the little two year ! old daughter of Mr and Mrs. Geo. Bovine, of Monroe township, has just been reported. The child died I Monday, January 10th. in a pecul- ■ iur manner. The mother had wash led and dressed the little daughter. | rocked her to bleep and placed her on the tied. Five minutes later sue I glanced at the babe and noticed a peculiar expression on her face. I A closer examination proved the | baby was dead, but the horror- ; stricken mother, unwilling to be I lieve it, sent for Dr. M. F Parrish, of Monroe. He could du noth- ! ing but summon Coroner J. b. Fulk, of this city. The matter was not made public until today, when the Coroner's verdict was filed. The child was in usual helath with i the exception of a cold, however, ; she had never been real strong. The 1 parents are heart broken over the | sad death of their bnhy girl, to whom they were most devoted. AT STANDSTILL

Oil Workers in This Terriiory Wait f r Better Price. Operations in the Jay and Adams i county oil fields are practical l.v at a ; standstill, on account of the slump ' in prices. Leading operators say they will not start the drill again at less than $1 a barrel and to all up pearances they mean what they say. A pioneer producer suvs that even at its highest price for oil has never been what it should be—not a half nor a third of what the profits of the Standard Oil company justify their paying. He argues that the Standard Could pay *3 p t barrel and .vet remain the wealthiest cor poratiun on earth. The price of pro (tuning crude petroleum, taking into consideration the money spent in wildcatting, is estimated at 12.83 per barrel, hence it will be seen that in selling oil at ‘lO cents and 11 per barrel so many thousands of dollars must be lost every year, mean ing in grout part the failure of many prospectors. An organize tion of operators for the purpose of controlling the sale of the product is favored by the Jay county operators.

WAS BRILLIANT Meyer-Jackson Wedding Last Evening fifty Guests Attended—Ceremony Was Beautiful-Happy Couple Leave For East. Last evening at the home of Mr and Mrs. Paul Biumgartner, on Mercer street, occurred the marriage of Miss Emma Jackson to Mr. Robert Meyers, of Columbus, Ohio. At six o’clock Mrs. Harry Dearn of Bluffton, 'sang “ O. Promise Me," and just as the song was finished, the wedding party took their places to the sweet strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march. Dr. Hutchinson, of Augusta. 111., assisted by Rev. E. A. Allen, of the Presbyterian church meted the n by the beautiful and impressive ring service, closing with the Lord's prayer. During the ceremony Miss Elizabeth Peterson played very softly “Hearts and Flowers." The matron of honor was Mrs. Dr. Hutohin- ' son, a siser of the bride. The bride

was gowned in a handsome gray j crepe made over a foundation of silk and trimmed in p tint laoi. She carried a shower bouquet of pink roses, which were afterward distrib- j uted among the guests. At the bride's table besides the wedding I party were her sisters and brothers and the guests, about fifty in number were seated at small tables j placed in the various roems. The supper which was both elegant and dainty was served by eight young friends of the bride. Etch gnest | was given a beautiful carnation andthe favors were boin bon in pretty little heart -haped boxes. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers left on the 8:30 train for the East, and will be at home the latter part of next month "in a Cozy cottage already furnished for them in Columbus, Ohio. The out of town guests were Dr. and Mrs. Hutchinson, of Augusta. 111.; Mr. and Mrs. Phil Macklin, of Geneva, Ind. ; Mr. and Mrs Harry Deam and Mr. and Mrs.N K. Todd, of Bluffton; Mr. and Mrs El Rose bangh, of Huntington. The pres ents were numerous, beautiful and costly. CANDY ADVANCES | Prices Soar on Account of Cost of Sagar. Persons who have a "sweet tooth" are threatened with having to pay ja highei price for their indulgences than a year ago and that in the ' near future if the price of sugar I continues to go up. The price of I candy from the wlnlesaler has been J advancing steadily with the price !of sugar, until now it is about 1 cent or over higher on the pound 1 than at the beginning of 1901. No advance has been made in the retail ' price of candy as yet, but the nee- | ossity of such a move would not surprise those who handle sugar i and confectionery. The raise in price has not yet been felt by the i small dealer or consumer, but to I those who handle a large amount of candy and sweets it has become a grave question. The difference of a J cent to a cent and half in the price lof sugar over hist year means that I the price on a barrel is from ♦ I to ! more. Another thing which makes the prices of candy higher this year is the great scarcity of nuts. Brazil nuts have taken a jump of 20 cents on the pound, 'pecans about 3 cents and almonds about the same. Several of the local retail men have received circulars from jobbers with which they trade which notifies them that another rai’e is to be made.

NUMBER 13

PLEASANT TRIP Enjoyed by Shakespeare Club at Tester* day's Session. Mrs. D. D Heller was hostess fur the Shakespeare club yesterday afternoon and the occasion was of the usual delightful ones of this club. The indies are making an im» aginary trip through South America, studying the customs of the people and their country and government. Mrs. Heller's pajier, took them from Bogata to Venezuela, thence to the seaport tayuaya, a delightful trip, during which coffee and wafers w<-re served in South American style. Miss Minchart, of St. Louis, and Mrs. Bryson were visitors. At next week's meeting of the club Miss Huttie Studabaker will lead thorn from Legyuaya to Panama. SUIT BROUGHT To Collect Notes Given For Feed Cookers Charles A. Hunter the Defendant—OutCome of the Deal Made Last June. Peter Miller vs Charles A. Hunter, suit on note, demand 11150, is the title of a case tiled in court this afternoon by Attorneys D. D. Heller A- Son. It will tie remembered that June 6th last, a man named R. D. Dewey, of Adrian, Miohgan, who had been here about a week, closed a deal with Mr. Hunter, whereby he sold him twelve patent fetal cookers and took his note for f SOO in payment ot same. At least th.vt was the story told at that time. The feed cookers arrived at the G. R. A station in due time, but. Hunter has al waysjre fused to accept them. Dewey left here immediately after closing the deal. According to the complaint, sold the note to A. U. Bond, who sold it to Samuel King and he to Peter Miller, who now brings suit to collect same. In one corner of the note attached to the complaint appear the words, "This not 1 is given for twelve feed co ikera.” Tne case will be watched with interest. A NEW BILL Wells County Representative Presents Another Foolish One. Representative McDowell is evidently built queer and can't help it. His latest proposition is a bill to compel the court reporters of Indiana to give bond the sime as other county officers. It is likely the bill will meet with the sumo lute which his reserved circus seat bill is destined to meet. There is abmi as much ground foi the one us for the other. The c >urt rep irtors uro a 1 ing suffering set of men. Their work is arduous anti important, but there is no more reason why they should give bond than that the man who keeps up the court house fires should do so. The reporters do not handle a cent of the public money and they couldn't embezzle a cent if they tried to. Uourt reporters work by the day. if their work is not, up to the mark they don't last long. The question is, how could a court 1 reporter become liable under a I bond if ho was comp 1 "fl tn gin o t ?