Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1905 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. ttui gvgvino, cm trr *t m UCW «. ULLINBHAM. «U■SC•I *TION »»Ttt Hf ' tnlrt, l» r —•«* ’DC Hv r»rrwr. ts» >* 00 jl, mjMl. gw, 2 V. H, ■»»! jrr»«« _ »».»0 *ln<ls --*a*es. T»<* • .al. A4.«taeini..«*" *i>e * siswi CalrnM la ll* iKwttaßw *1 1* 'Slur. Itttfl •a*. •• seitea.s Mall iw*u»t. S— —z-2r-. —- —'- ~t gr J. M HELLER. MANAGER IMPORTANT BILLS. The time ramtioing t< the legislature >* very brief Some of the moat important measurers are ►till to Ist acted on. Here are some of the more important bill* that should receive favoraltle ac ti in: The track elevation should be pouted by the House without delay The senate ha« set the pice The merits of ths bill are perfectly understood No one opposes it—exoept the lobby. i Then there fa the anit-trust bill i Tha* should hr pressed on to final jtasange As we have so often p-anted out. it is merely the ni ttonal Hhermiu law. the eifimcy of which has been proved by ex prrietr* adapted to state applies tion. Toe H igg vote having bill, th » Hogg bill regulating and aimph tying the canvassing of the vote, and the Hagg primary bill, should, by all means, be pissed Th«y are in the interest of honesty in voting and economy in counting the vote And then there are the appropriations for the new Girl's Industrial School, for the creation of an epi-i leptin retrmt. and for the new school for the deaf Surely none of the*e should be allowed to fall. Beside* all these impirtant j measures, there are the codifies- ; tion bill*, some of which, at least, are now in go >d shape, an I eh mid become law* Toe legislature m u-t be diligent if it is to complete the m-cossary work. — Indianap >li* News. Mr. John B Cx.-krnm, head of the railroad lobby in the Indiana legislature and g. neral conns"! for th, Like Erie Western railrotd. threatened to horsewhip D-levan Smith, proprietor of the Indian ip oils News, for published cat tone • cilculat <i to hoi I him up to ridicule.—fort Wayne Journal-Gasette. Roosevelt is showing an inclination to surrender on the tarriff and railroad rate legislation to the wishes of repihlinn bosses. He will probably display more determinstion when c ingress c mvenes again. He will got she democratic s ipp >rt so I >ng a< he us is his infl i ence on the side of the people on all of these questions.—Columbia City Post. Ztok Sei free is being mentioned for oongress in the third district, to succeed Congressman Zmor, and it is hipii by m iny of ths unterri fled that the particular mention at this time will blossom as a rose and that Z ink may become a oongress man from the third district. H, is a bright young democrat and would grace a seat in the congres i of the United States.

SPECIAL £ ■—iwwwimu.uu 50 Bovs Knee Punt Suits sizes 9to 16 veors. Double Breasted and Three Piece Styles. Former Prices 11.50 to $6.50. Sole Prices SI.OO to $4.00 A Splendid Opportunity to buy your boy & School Suit Friday and Saturday Feb. 24 and 25th Holthouse, Schulte & Co.

COMING SOON *L GrtM Settee ate Ekctrtcil Pfteoctioa »f Fmsi. Mr Hubert Libadie and hi» oom pany will present 'Faust at the ’opera boose Toe* Lay, Feb. .'“ih Toe scenery th* electrical effects are said to be exoetiooslly tine, and the oomany has a mot excelbit reputation, having played I’’Faust" for the pi«t nine years with great smxtess. Read the following notice of tber perf irmanoe: "Without exaggeration, the prodne tion of "Faust" given by the Ltbv d>e enmptny at the opera h mse last evening, was one of the b*st ever seen in onr city. Mary Vm Tram Lshadie a« Marguerite nsr-ted off the honors easily. Her phthal, of (ioetbe* immoral character was . is finished as any the stage iff >rda today Hnbert loslrsdie as Me phisto unstained the part evenly . an I w.dl. The scenery was all special. The electrical effects were pirticularly good- HornellsviHe. N V Uaily. GO SOUTH Sall Players Leave For Dallas, Texas Their Ltatoie Ball Club Will be Streßfthente by-Three Dtci’ur Players— Rail st DeVioney and Ferrell. Tom Ruling. Oee DeVinney and Dick Farrell, three well kn-.wn athletes of this city, left last night for Dallas. Texas, where they will pity ball during the coming se-son in th" Texas h-agne. The boys have all had more or leas ex,errienco in the I*ll business and should make ■ record for themselves that will stand for years to come. Railing and Fairel will act in th" caps citr of pitbers, whd« DtVinney will h<>! I down right field. Rai) ing's record during the past few | years stand* fur itself and he gained ' sot hiraw-lf a reputation as fore moat pither in the Texas league. ' Last year, however, lie was forced return home, misfortune in the shap *of sickness overtaking him, bur since that time has fully rei covered hi* former health and should again lend th" league. Far rel. although young in experience, I will no donbt show the lull fans in that locality of what kind of ! stuff he is made, and will also rank among the first in the twirling li n e. DeVinney'» ability is unquestioned and some of the out fielders in that league will have to look sharp or lose their laurel*. The local fan* are all pullirg h ird for the b>ys, and it is now up to them to show tli«ir friends that they are Imll players of the first water. Pae D-m ior.it has made arrangements with the lioys to send accounts of their trip and trial games back, and the sume will be published.

THE IEGISLATLTE The Davis Anti-Pass Bill Passes the Senate . Govttnof Hml<y $ (nt the Bill Allewlei Tnwnthipt (e htne Bondi. The vetoes of the governor were /spurred in by the house only nght members voting fur the pas 'igo of the MU over the veto., After having seven of the nine sections Stic ken out by an amendment by Senator Stephenson, the Dausman bouse bill providing for the protection of foreata, jmsmi! by a vote of 3v to 0. J jint bouse resolution No. 3. t-» amend the oinstitution of the state so as to empower the legislature to | prescribe the qualifications of attorney . was adopted by a vote of 51 to 24. Amended ao that it will prohibit the issuance of railr-imi to any citizen of the state, the Davis anti-pass measure at the close of a tw > hours’ debate in the senate was passed by a vote of 35 to 9. Senator Davis introduced a bill in the snatf to prevent whit •« from marrying persons having more thtn one-eigbth Filipino biood. 1 Toe bi |_’r,-w out of a situati n at Bloomington, where Filipino? student* are attending the stat" university and are flirting w;th the whites. The question of "how old is a| school teacher?" absorbed the time |of the senate for about half an I h«<ur m the course <f which a numtier of senators, some in serf-1 oas. some in humorous vein, dis , cussed the relative meritsj<f j'>ung and old teachers It was all apropos of Sweeney a (house, bill to set the «t the minimum age at which a boy or girl rnay receive a license to teach at seventeen years The bill was on third reading. The Biyd marriage bill, providing for more strict laws t > govern marriages, was passed in the h >use hy a 7 v °te of 52 to 35. The bill was attacked' as a measure of r bad policy" because of its pru visiun making marriages contract ted ontside of the s»ate void when l made to evade the Indiana law. The bill fdlnws clos-ly after ihe j provision* of the Smith rnarria e j hill which was defeated in the senate some time ago. Representative Robisons bill, allowing township* to issue liond* f.jr the payment of township indebtedness was signal by Governor Hanly today. The bill provides I that bonds may be *MUed by the ’ township trustees on a vote of all I the members of the advisory Imrd.

the time of the bonds not to exceed flftoe;. ye»r» and the interest not to exited • per cent Dis *peci!i *d in the Mil. however, that bonds in ex>te*> of tb* <■-institutions, limit of indebtednsaa »hall not te i«m*l The bill ha* an emergency danse AT M E. CHLRCtt A B. tevteM ®n Ite -Velbw Stea* P»ri”, Ftbr«in 28. I ■! II — -The lecture by Mr A B D»vidson on the Yeilowstm • P*rk at th* Assembly (Acton ) W"« of great interest Hi* power* of d« eenption .. --•• • w -ie *uch a* to hold the closest attention of the audi.-nce. Hi* lecture was n- »t a stereop’ioon bu t a graphic word picture. It had high educational value as well as a strong jMtriotio spirit running through it. While being technical enough to be of interest to the st a dent it wa* not weansotne to the average hearer." —Indianapolis is-ntinel Will be at th° M. E church, Feb. 2< F -ee (teat*.

THE BACHELORS Decatar asd Port land Batchelors to Form a Clob. o If all plans now nn ler headway carry out. Decatur will have a joint] bachelors’ club, with Portland, with headquarters at both ends of the line. A party of Portland gentlemen have signified their intention of coming to this city at un early date and corraling the bache or gent'emen of thi* City and present to them tbe idea of the necessitr of snnh an organization of this kind. Each city is to have club roam*, where the men ' may meet and spend their evenings and once every other week the ! Portland Ciowd will come to this ' city and be the guo-fs of this club, land the next week the Dicatur crowd will go to Portland, thus having social doings each week. A fiw of th i bio'ielar gentlemen of this city are h-tartily in f iv.jr of the move, and the Portland crowd will meet with much encouragement when they s ib nit th Mr p.-op- > mi tion.

A SLEIGH RIDE Uarnty Ford and Wifr Entertain Decatur Society. A crowd of thirteen young people took ad vuntHg i of the good sleighing Int evening ami drove to the home of Birney F >rd in Jenernon township, a dUtinoe of twenty miler. From rop >rts that we received the unlucky number thirteen unused oonxi lovable trouble, thty being npw*t and the t-lod breaking twine while enroute, and other trouble* too nnrneroun to mention. After driving for four hour- they arrived at, Mr. Ford e home, where a moMt HumptumiH rep mt a waited them and which all did justloe to. The evening was sjient in gamer and music and a tine time in general had. and at a late hour the party started on their return trip arriving home at 6:30 o’clock thi* morning a sadder but wiser crowd, all declaring they wou’d never again travel with thirteen in a party—md who can b aim them. Mrs. Dave Liby went to Ft. Wayne last evening, lie ng calle I there owing to the illness of her daughter, Mrs Krick.

Ev’ry Cloud Has a Silvery Lining... No Matter How Cold it is Now. The New Spring Ties In Ascots Four-In-Hand and Puffy, Which have JUST ARRIVED at OUS ROSENTHAL’S are foreboding the early arrival of the coming spring.

ODDS AND ENDS SHOE BARGAINS We are preparing to make oiir Annual Inventory, and uhtil + ♦ WEDNESDAY. MARCH 1, we will throw all of our Odds and Ends-.good shoes into one lot and offer them at B GREAT BIG BARGAINS CALL AMD SEE THEM ..The Winnes Shoe Store..

Heal Estate Transfers [Rep*»r<r<i by O*catur Atmtract *n«l IxMtt Company) C Miller, to David Moe*chherger. <4B acre* sec 3. Hartford tp, lift®. Christian Boknecht to Ernest Conrad. *0 acre* sec 1, Root tp, <1 Morton House to Ernest Conrad, *0 acres sec 1, Root tp, 41'00 Samuel Doak to W 11. Daniels, pt sec 4, Washington tp, Susannah Mallonee to Ross \[allonee. inlot 18*, Decatur, <*‘,oo. C L. Walter* to Samuel Doak, pt inlots 124. 125. D‘o*tur, 11745. H Frei Behnke to Fred Bokhne, pt oatlot 71, Decatur. <4)O. El B Su It van to Si-n rfi’ni*m , pt inlot 321, Berne, <SO Wm. Dough. Tty to Ed A. French, inlot 4». Geneva. <BOO. “ Children's Rcs-ue Society to A A. Springer, ini it 5, Boras. <2803. Joseph S. A l , her son to Mary Reiff, pt sec 18, Har ford tp, <3500. Mary Reiff to Henry Al her son pt sec 21, Hartford tp, <3OOO. Sarah J. Andrews to Robt. N. Andrews, 54 acres sec 32, Washington tp. <1 Jeatoen Hockei to H. H. Hocker, inlots 47, 48, Monroe <soo, H. H. Hocker to Jasteen Hocker, inlots 47, 48, Monroe, <*oo. Jestefln Hocker to James A. Hen-

ANNOUNCEMENT WE ARE PROUD to present Miss M. Zeola Hershey, who now makes her bow for the third year of professional lyceutn work, A graduate of the best Eastern School of Oratory, she comes to the public with most excellent preparation for her work. Believing that the true mission of the reader lies not so much in vocal gymnastics as in the faithful interpretation of the author,Miss Hershey reads in a manner that betokens much thought, culture and experience and sends home to our hearts the worth and beauty of literature. Io her already large repertoire she has added a clever adaptation of “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch,” in which she will appear this winter and summer. We cheerfully recommend this artist to all committees wishing to present a strictly high grade and refined program. THE ENTERTAINERS’ LEAGUE Miss Hershey w: 1 ! appear at the Presbyterian Church Friday Evening, February 24.

! drinks, pt lot 47, Monroe. <330. Robt. Simison to Rafas Kreps. pt sec 3, Hartford tp. <IOO. Niblick Bros., td Jacob Boerne, 40 acres sec 10, Kirkland tp, <2BOO. Niblick Bro*., to Win Birger, pt sec 10. Kiikland tp, <2BOO Thoma* E. Mann to Charles A. Mann pt sw qr sec 21, tp 25. range 14, <ISOO Robt. D. Patterson to Charles H. s Heckman pt sec 34 tp 28. hinge 14, <3OOO. Alex R B4| to Charles J. Voglewede pts inlets Nos. 548. 585, .s*B. Decatur. <lßio. — Were Acquitted The case of the state vs Fred J >hnb>z. of Monroe township, 'elnrgtd with violating the game liws by hunting on Sunday, which wis tried today in the Adams cir I unit court before a jury, resulted in a verdict of acquittal, the jury only being ont for ttiiee quarters of an h >ur. The < a*e was hotly contested by both sides, and tried strictly |on its merits. Pr. senator John CMoran looked after the interest of the state while Attorney L. C De Voss acted for the defense. —JL Mrs. C. S. Rodgers returned to Chicago hst evening, after making a pleas int visit here with her parents. Mr. an I Mrs. Sol Billman.