Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1905 — Page 1

VOLUME 111

SELLS AND DAVIS ON TRIAL Well Known Men in Court on Serious Charge

MANY WITNESSES Case Will Require Two or Three Days Coart Room Crowded With Witnesies and Spectators -Oulcomd Is In Doubt. The case of the state of Indiana vs Hiram P. Sells and Howard Davis was called this morning and is now in progress before Judge B'angan of Hunting! m. The court room was nearly filled with spectators and witnesses, the crcwd being the largest audience at a trial here since the Osborne murder case . The state has subpo«ned forty witneesaes and the defense nearly as many and the case will continue several days. The defendants Hiram P. S.'lls and Howard Davis are charged with buying and concealing a sit of harness stolen from Joteph Murphy by Otto Wells. The latter plead guilty to the charge of larceny and is now serving a jail sentence. He will appear as a witness for the state. Tae defend ants deny any kuwledge of the harness having been stolen. The goods were 'found by Sheriff Butler in Sells barn Tue first witness called this morning was Joseph Murphy the prosecuting witness. Sells one of the defendants is quite well known, having lived here many years and bme a good reputation. The charge against him therefore cans ed some surprise. Davis is fairly wl| known having teamed and worked at common labor for a num tier of years. It is expected that Wells' testimony may be a little sensational as it is said he will teli a complete story of his stealing which includes other articles than tie harness. The enpinoiling < f a jury required about an hour. Two of the regular pinel, Jos ph E.d ’V aid Joh’n Cross were absent, ur w re challenged and their ] ' filed. The jury hearing the ci*o is us follows: Russell Lo g, d n Barone, W. H. Bolinger, •’ > ph Linton, Aaron Lrtzonhizer, Will am Alfathcr, Henry Bcheifers t ,i <, L N. Grand staff, Henry Holbrolc . James W. Watkins, John R ( line and L. Sheline. The state is icpre seated by Prosecutor John C M • ran and the defendants by L < De Voss.

INFORMAL RECEPTION Foritr of Sheriff and Mr. Butler Call al Jail. Three sled loads of people, about fifty in all, from north of town, drove to the county jail Saturday evening, where they called upon their old neighbor Sheriff Bitler Their visit was the occasion for a delightful time and Mr. and Mrs. Butler proved their ability to re oaive guests in a hospitable in in nar. Refreshments wore served “nt th j services of Will Snith secured, who produced music so enlivening that old and young alike enjoyed the old-fashioned dinco that followed. The prisoners seem e d to enj >y the affair immonsidy.

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GET CONTRACT Mann & Christen to Build Addition to M F. Rice Block. Mann A" Christ*n Siturday secured a contract to construct th'* new business building of M F. Rice on Third street .which will bo located between the Robison hot il and the Journal printing office. The bull ling is to be of modern style and is twenty two feet long and twenty foot wide, and to be two stories high, and will be occupied : when completed hy the Journal as a press room. Messrs. Mann AChristen informed us that the contract called that they commence work as soon as the weather will permit and that they were already hauling material to this place, so that the the operations may not be delayed, when work is once started. EXCUSES In'eresting Subject Diseased by list Lr«. Rev. L >gg stood before a sp’en lid audience at the Christian church last evening, first giving attention to the query l»ox and then de’iver ing his address on “Excuses " The audience listened with the closest attention to every word. It was a sermon well calculated to inspire better living and to make the city better. Large audienoes greeted the preacher also on Saturday evening and Sunday morning. The theme announced for tonight is “The Four Baptismal Ordinances of the New Testament" or "Four I Kinds of Btpfism." This is an interesting subject, and no doubt a large audience will hear IS. - —

A PLAIN DRUNK Man Fell on Sezon i Street and Cook n’t Get Up. Howard Troutner who to,ides n<‘ar Rivare was arrested yesterday ' evening by Marsha! Green <>r a ciuirg" of drunkeness. Trontner was found by the marshal in sui h a drunken condition that he had fat!on in front of Loch and Dirk son's hardware store and could not getup. The marshal escorted him to jail and there he stayed until this morning when he was ar raignod before Mayor Coffee and plead guilty to the charge being I asked a tine of one dolalr and costs ! amounting to $9.30. _ HAD ENJOYABLE TIME. Miss Louise Adler entertained a I four horse sled 1 >ad of young peo ide from near Peterson last AAed--1 nesdav evening. Those present were Misses Maggie Brown, Lucy Siherrv. Jennie Bright. Minnie Brown' Po»rl H dler. Goldie Brein or Lizzie Hobner, Sadie Hubner. 1 Mealie Adler. Messrs. Lou Scherry, i.John Brown, Roy Heller, Gus Yake. Thomas Bright, John Word, C W Clupsnstine, J R Hubner, Fred Adler, Carl Adler, C. R Hub 'ner Oscar and Charley Shidler, 1 The evening was spent in playing 1 various games. After refreshments I were served, all returned to their 1 homes, declaring Miss Louise a fine ! entertainer.

DECATUM, INDIANA. MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20. 1905.

A BOMBARDMENT Yjun( Toudhs Causes Disturbance in West Part of Town. Considerable trouble was expert enced by the two west end resorts Saturday night, the result of which ' proved most dam iging to th > p.'Jpierty. Si vend well known' oharaoI ters <>f this city city went to these twoplaoesSitarl.iv evening a"d demanded admittance which was denied them, this enfuriated the voung men who were more or less under the influence of liquor and they procured a piece cf telephone p' le mid at the Adams street resort I they battered in the door and broke several windows At Mrs. Roop's place*a large piece of coal was heaved at the house shattering a large window glass. The i hoys were easily identiI tied by tne inmates of both places I who immdiately filM a complaint t bfeore Squire fjmith. Marshal ! Green his the w irrants and the ar- > rests will no doubt be made sonie . time today. FUNERAL TODAY Relativesand Friends Pay their Respects Decatur People Attend Services for Charles E. Vesey. ■ " m. Mr. and Mrs. John Niblick. Mr*. Morrison and Miss Hattie Studabaker went, to For t Wayne to attend the funeral of Charles Vesey, which was held this afternoon at two o'clock, at the residence of tin deceased's parents, the Rev. A. 8. Preston officiating. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette gives the following story of Mr. Vesey s death: After a w«’k of intense suffering, Chai les E Vesey died Saturday morning at the home of his parents. 1210 Mnpte avenue. The cause of Mr. Vesey's death was lockjaw, which resulted from the penetration of a rustv nail into his foot. The accident happened about. a week ago and for a time the'in- ' inry seem“ 4 to h Q sl nicely, when t-tanus sot in. Doctors worked night and da? with the pitient and | everv earc and attention was show-

erod upon him. but for soma hours before hi* death it was known that recover}’ wa« impossible. The decedent, who was thirty-seven years of age, wa« a man of unusually h"iilisnt nC'iinments Hi wis m mu-mian <>f abilitv and had emip>*'d several highlv Creditib|e production*. Bv profession he was a teacher, but for several veers he was compelled because of ill health to abandon his work. Os late, however, he had improved to such an extent that he contemplated resuming his work in the spring. Mr. Vesey was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin AV. Vesey and he was born in Lagrange conntv. June 1?, 1R77. He was graduated from tho Goshen high school and the stato normil school, at Cipr Girardeau, Mo. He also taught for a time in tho latter institution, later completing the classical course at Chicago university. He was to have bom married in the near fn ■ tore to Miss Tillie Meinhardt, of St. Louis, who with her brother, Fred Meinhardt, of St. Louis, was nt his hodside when dissolution took place. The relatives inolu le the aged parents, and three brothers, Judge William J. Vesey an 1 Attorney Allen J. A’nsoy, of th!" city, and John 11. Vesey, of Kins.u City, Mo.

THE FAMOUS PLUTO French Lick Springs in Winter The Gre.il Health Resort Crowded With Health Stckers From all Qtatters of the Eitth. French Lick, Ind., Feb. 20.— (Sjiecia))—This week’s winter weather in this beautiful little valley has been ideal—not too cold Surrounded by little mountain — at least, huge hills—it escapes the severe, rigdrons cold you have in Decatur. Not a oloud has sp joked the sky this week to darkle the bright expanse of the heavens. The moonlight nights were never grander in Granada or on the Nile One needs not go elsewhere for ''lituate or winter SC.mary—for both Sol and Luna have shone in the rarest splendor. Old Mother Earth is covered by two inches of snow which is in marked contrast with the beautiful which now covers splendid farms of Adams oounty. The air is as rich and pure in oxygen as old Pluto is in health and life elements. The climate is so exhilarating that it sends a thrill Os hops and joy through the invalids. It makes them know that there is relief for aches and ptins and that there is no good reason for the the inhabitants hereabouts 11 believe in or practice Cato’s phil- ■ cs >phy. , THE SPRINGS. Here are four springs—King Plu | to, more worthy the name than his mythalogical ancestor; his fair Prospering; and thoir two children. Master Bjwles and Princess Lythia. which in splendor, plans, remedies, and results easily and successfully rivals Mary Tudor, the greatest princess that ever graced old England's court. The water emerges, pours forth from all as clear as crystal, colorless and rich in life-preserving and healthrestoring elements. Those wateis the year aound are » temperature of 55 degrees Fahrenheit. These waters are a wonderful curative power and peculiarly beneficial to all sufferers from disorders brought about by too close devotion to business or too arduous attention to > society. They havo a most benetl-1 oial action upon the kidneys, st >m- i

uoh disorders, and the skin, and j their gases are known as a destroyer lofjtaste for alcoholic stimulants. T roy are specific for rhuvnatism, i gout and n turalgia, in all stages, and in many o isos arc effective in I B-ight's dismiss; an intestinal antiseptic iooontHgious and infectious disrates, especially where tho tongue is coated m >uth p isty, foul breath, languor, malaise, fever, | slight and a tenderness over the liver. Remove* all inflimation of the muouous membranes of the digestive organs and restores the functions of the stomach. In obesity or predisposition to fat they are an eliminant, promote nutrition and oxidation, pre vent asthma, migranine, and he patio affections which originate from the same cause. In fact, whether one be sick or well, they are invigorated hy freely pirtaking of their healthful properties. These waters are similar in action and effect to the famous waters of Carlsbad and Biden Biden, while in many instances the lasting effect is far better an 1 a comparison of the analysis of the waters of b th places will substantiate tho fact that the waters at French Lick Springs are equal if not superior. Everyone who has drank tho<o water! likes the taste. He will n'-

wavs want them. He will crave them. THE VALLEY. These springs ure located in a splendid little valley one mile wide and three miles long. Other val leys are larg< rami more' pretent ion*, but none mom beautiful. N iture has done as much for this valley in nat iral scenery us for the Hudson and Tennessee—ilthongh not so long or wide as either. It is oresoented by the knobs of the Cumber lands; and its b'dutiful lawns, hillsides and .ittle mountains arc an unsurpassed natural view. It is an ideal place for iired natures to come for rest, quiet and speedy reouperation.

WHY NAMED FRENCH LICK Those springs were known by Indians and wild animals, long before Indiana was settled, and they eirlv became known to the French settlers of Old Vincennes. Their r nown has ever since ineteased I until their fame is international They th,n the resort for deer and uffalo, coming in groat herds from the forests to lick of the salty waters. It is from this fact and the early French settlement that 'the name “French Lick * d r ’ei its name. The valley plodded * along for nearly two centuries without showing much improve ment or progress. It was a dead one, in 1901 Hon, T. formed a company of three, and bought eight hundred acres—the best portion of the valter. I* includes old Pluto. He has modern- : ized, the entire valley. He has ex liendeda half million dolirs in im provemetns.and much more is now planned. The ancient shacks were torn down and and removed. Modern up to date buildings replaced them. Th hotel comprises four hundred and fifty large rooms with I plenty of air and sunlight. In its furnishings the French Lick Hotel I is comparable to the very test in the Few equal it; none sur pass it. There are two hundred guests here representing many i states and all sections of the conn try. The politicians from New York, the railroad magnates from 1 the Sante Fe and Union Pacific, the I merchant, prince, and the staidjdignifled judge; the priest, the proses sor, the doctor, the farmer, the binker—all are part and parcel of this health — pleasure seeking throng. Mr. Taggart gives the management bis presonal attention, and with Pluto's merits and his famous smiles, and ginial fellow ship—anyone is at home and glad to be here—where ho gets a renewed lease of life. Dale J. Cortcnberger.

AN ENTERTAINMENT M s Zcc'a Hershey m Give Elocutionary Perfor mine? Here. ’IhoC E. society of tho Presbyterian church bar engaged Miss Z’ale Hershey, a reader of tine merit, to give an entertainment Friday e enin rof this week. Tho m dn snbjent of tho evening will I e "Mrs. AViggs of the Cubage Patch. ’’ Miss Hershey will i-.e remembered us the Indy that taught the "Deestrict Sohnle” nt tho op-ra house list yeir. All who became ac quiintcd with her recognized her fine talent, and she will no doubt' ba greeted with a full house. GOES WEST P. L. Andrews Will Locate in Indian Territory. P. L. Andrews will leave tomorrow morning for Indian Territory, wlnra hi expicis t> reiil e during the future. He will go to Tulsa first and probably fr im there to Muskogee, hiving not fully determined what town or city he will call home. He will probably open a law and real estate office and with his knowledge of business obtained in twenty years of experience here ho should succeed. Ho has many friends in this county who wish him all nnnn"r n r «.| • f,r th.’ f i.‘ ;r ■■

NUMBER 34

A LONG WALK Boston Newspaper Man En-Route to Portland A. J. Mountain and His Zrno Cart Were Here Over Sunday-Storv of His Journey.

A. J. Mountain, an intelligent Bo«- ; ton newspaper writer, arrived in Dei catur at ten o’clock Sunday morning, having walked from Wren. He re mained at the Burt House until this morning, then he left for Hunting- ! ton He is walking from Poetor, Mass, to Portland. Oregon, and pushing bis R°no, a little combination* cart and sled The distance is 3,200 milt*; and he is writing a ?*ory his trip io be published when his Journey is over, and entitled “Mountain and his Reno,” He is traversing the same route that Clark and Lewis made 100 years ago. The Portland Worlds Fair Managers hare offered him SI,OOO if he reaches Portland bv July Ist, and if he gets through at all he gets (500. He left Boston January 2nd, and has had many adventures on the road, but has never missed a day. To succeed within ' his time limit he must average twentv miles a day, and during the past week be has had a difficult job, but never the less has made 125 miles for the week He is just a hundred miles ahead of his schedule. His biggest days work was in New York, where he made sixty-ore miles in twenty-four hours, while his smallest days journey was twehe miles in one day. He has had his face, hands and feet frozen, and his face is tanned and show he has been facing the wind. He wears no overcoat, but is dressed warmly and his body is wrapped in newspapers. A few days ago be found a man on the road near ly frozen to death, and placing him on his cart, hauled him into town. Mountain says he feels very good and has gained eleven pounds sines he began his journey. He eats five or six times a da!’and is hungry all the time. He will sell his book at the Worlds Fair after his arrival. He called at this office yesterday and we found him an interesting gentlenun. En route lie sells a souvinir cird containing his picture, and a short account cf his exploit, and a century calender. He has already traversed Massachis ts, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio and will pass through Indiana, Illinois, lowa, Nebrasca, Wyoming. Idaho and Oregon. HAD BAD FALL Or. Leslie of Convoy Serlomk HurtWai Known Here. Dr. B. F. Leslie, of Convoy, ono of the oldest medical practitioners, and best known citizens of Van Wert oounty, wits th«- victim of a sidewalk fall yesterday afternoon, tne result of which may yet be attended by serious consequences. Dr. Leslie was walking on the steet in Convoy and when in front of Dr. Chas. Sidle’s residenoa, he slipped on the ice, falling with great force to the sidewalk. Ho struck on the back of his head, cutting a gash 'that necessitated the taking of a half dozen stitches. Dr. Leslie sustained other painful injuries, and hud to be taken to his homo in a sled. Frank Leslie, oashier of the Peoples Savings bank of this city, went to Convoy last night to see his father and In -T-ti fho extent ' f l.is ir.ji lies. 7un Wert Times.