Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 60, Decatur, Adams County, 22 March 1905 — Page 1

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COURT NEWS Jim Hahn Gete a Lighi Sentence New Cast Filed-Traction Company Case at Portland Goes to the Jan. The jury in the case against .Tim Hahn, the fleet of the Monroe b >ys charged with assault with intent to kill, returned a verdict last evening after being out about two hours. They found Hahn guilty of as-ault and battery, fined him twenty dob lars and costs ind sent him to jail twenty days. He has already served 107 days and this sentence means 97 days longer John Weimer was to be tried today on a similar charge, but as the present jury is incompetent to hear the case, the same was continued until next term. Henry Dolch ex assessor for Mon roe township, has filed suit against the county commissioners, Martin Laughlin, David Werling and William Miller, to collect for services rendered The commissioners have never allowed his bill in full for the reason that the county council had not appropriate ! the fun t for same. A similar suit was filed two weeks ago against the county oounoilmen, D E Smith, represents the plaintiff. Cora A. Gross vs Willis K Gross, divorce and 1350 alimony, is the title of a case filed this m orning by Attorneys Hooper & Lenhart. The charges are cruel and inhuman treatment, failure to provide and drunkenness. —o— Anna Williams vs Nebraska Mathewson, suit on account, defendant ruled to answer within five davs. —o— Cora Newport vs Eiward Newport, divorce, answer filed by Prosecuting Attorney Moran. —o— Edward Dirkson vs J. H- Walters et al. demurrer filed and overruled, eeperate answer and reply filed. Huber Mfg Co vs Steve Longenberger et al set for trial Thursday, March 30. William Langhor vs Julius C. Remus. |5,000 dmage case from Allen county, continued. —o— The case of the Fort Wayne & Sprintield Traction company vs A J. Smith, condemnation proceedings, being heard at Portland, went to the jury at noon today. The arguments were heard this morning.

STRUCK BY ENGINE John Mills, of Bluffton was Instantly Killed. J jhn Mills, a resident of Bluffton, was struck by a north bound Lake Erie prssenger train and instantly killed. His body was horribly torn and mangled beyond recognition Mills at the time he was struck by the train was walking north toward the station and seemed not to heed or hear the warning whistle. The engineer was unable to stop the train before the man was struck, but the emergency brakes were applied and the train was brought to a standstill opposite the offices of the Adams factory. The engineer says the man stepped on the track a few feet in front of the engine while the train was going twenty miles an hour, and s >me of Mills' friends believe he intended to commit suicide. He had been drinking heavily.

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A RUNAWAY Horse Bdonftint to Henry Bodenbtck Shows Speed. A big rangy bav horse d iren by Henry Rodenbeok took a noticn to show his speed on Second street last evening and the rate he trav. eled would have made Lou Dillon look slow. The animal whs hitched to a light single buggy and had not been fully hitched, there being no hold backs. The animal started near the Lase Ellis saloon, caused by the buggy running up the horses heels and with all the pulling and coaxing Mr. Rdenl>eok oould do ti.e speed of the animal became greater, until Naohtrieb's drug store was reached, when the huggv became tangled up with one owned by Lew Hughes, and the quick stop broke beth tugs allowing the horse to go on the and buggy to stand still. The horse, however, did not travel very far until it was caught by some farmer. The damage done was slight, Hughes' buggy suffering a broken wheel and Rodenbeck a set of broken tugs. | Still the trip was a speely one and Mr. Rodenbeck would rather be excused hereafter. • WAR NEWS Kuropotkin Remains in Russian Army B >mb Exploded In Streets of Warsaw— Condition of Rtvolatioa Remains Serious. ■■■■ St. Petersburg, March 22 —1 a. m.—General Kuropatkin hat been I appointed commander of the first | Manchurian army. The appointment is gazetted in the Official Messenger today. London. March 22.—The Tokio corresponaent of the Daily Telegraph says that the Chirese governor of Liao Yang, with three of his relatives, have confessed to acting as Russian spies since the outbreak of the war. It is ominously announced, the correspondent adds, that they will be punished acoor ding to martial law. Warsaw, March 22.—1 a. in.— A bomb thrown from the window of a house in Volsk street at 9 in the evening exploded in the midst of a passing patrol composed of police and infantry. Six soldiers and two policeman were danger ously wounded. They were removed to the military hospital. The assailant escaped. St. Petersburg, March 22.—2 :20 a. m.—Recurrences and extensions of agrarian troubles are noted, and near Libau workmen and peasants are making common cause. The Caucasus is already the scene of armed resistance to the fdroes of civil authority and in the region around Kieff, where the peasants are increasingly bold, there have been many oases of violence.

DECATUX INDIANA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAID II 22. 1905.

BETRAYED TRUST Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison Former Van Wert County Clerk Sc nt Io Prison by the Van Weil CowL A once prosperous farmer and later a servant of the people, endorsed at the polls by more than half of the eight thousand (votes of the county, stood at the bar of justioe this afternoon and acknowledged the betrayal of the trust committed tj him by the publio. Ex-Cleik of Courts J. W, Whitman appeared before Judge Killets this afternoon and pleaded guilty to embezzlement. The court imssed sentence at once and ordered that he be confined in the Ohio penitentairy for a period of seven years. The indictment to which Whi'inan pleaded was one of a series filed by the grand jury after an examination of several offices in the court house by representatives of the State Bureau of 1 Inspection. It appears from the r port of the state examiners that Whitman s acts of embezzlement and falsification began soon after he entered upon the official duties of clerk of courts and continued throughout the ent're term in which he occupied that position. The n atter in which he entered a plea of guilty wao the embezzlement of sixty-six dollars paid to the county by the state for witness fees in the case of the state against Cookenour and Johnson. The money passed into the hands of Whitman and he retained the entire sum after certifying on the records that twelve dollars was the amount of the witness fees and that the sum had been turned into the county treasury. In addition to the sentence of seven years a tine of one hundred and thirty three dollars was imposed.—Van Wert Bulletin. HUMPTY-DUMPTY Big Scenic Production Here Thursday Night. The only elaborate presentation of "Humpty Dumpty," Mother Goose’s fairy table, ever given in this county, will be seen at the Bosse | [opera [home Friday, March 34. The presentint? organization of this ever popular pautomifne the present season is one of the best that has appeared and is beaded by the funny clown and comedian James Bonnelli, whose name is synonymous with fun and jollity, His work is clean cut and his grotesque minnerisms and facial expressions culls forth the highest admiration from not only the theatre-goers but the united press as well. He is surrounded by a company of artists, capable, experienced and notable entertain ers and a scenic environment of beauty and magnificence which enables him to give his best efforts us u funmak«r. Grout attention hus been paid the present season to the musical portion of the “Humpty Dumpty entertainment and the excellence of the chorus has been most favorably commented upon “Humpty Dumpty" will ba seen here with all its scenic splendor beautiful costuming, brilliant transformations, wonderful electrical effects, tricks and illusions which will not only please but mystify.

GOT AN ANSWER Huntington Girl Put Her Name In < Bottle - Sought Hatband. Bottles cast upon the waters sometimes bring husband*. One of the three maidens who sealed their fates in a beer bottle and threw the bottle into the river near Hunting ton a short time ago received a reply to her request that the finder of the bottle should write to her. As was mentioned at the time, the names of the two maidens were put in the bottle and then the glass messenger was tossed into the waters of Little river, in that county. Thursday morning the reply came addressed directly to one of the participants in the affair. It seems the bottle was extracted from some rubbish just below Andrew*. The letter states that the sender is a farmer living three miles east of Wabash and has four children and five setting hens He agrees to attend to the hogs if the woman who casts her lot with him will look after ’the children and milk the cows. The letter is straight to the point anil says the quicker the knot of matrimony can be tied the more satisfactory to him. The [recipient of the letter thinks her suitor a little too anxious in his wooing, but is seriously considering the matter of accepting. WILL BE GREAT Tuckers Med ng at Chicago to be Be t Ever Held. Many teachers of this city and county are arranging to be at Chicago April 6,7 and Bth, when the twenty third annual meeting of the Northern Indiana Teacher's association will he held. This will no doubt be the best meeting of this kind ever held, for some of the most able men have been secured for instruotors. One especially that will be very interesting, is Mr Archibold, who will lecture on Thursday evening. Hi is one of the three war correspondents that was permitted to accompany Kuropatkin. and the only one that re mains to give an account of this important world history making. He will be returning on a short leave of absence at this time and will be present at this meeting on Thursdiy evening, an*’. will deliver an address that will undoubtedly be very interesting. Besides the excellent lectures that will be deliv ered, the teachers will be furnished with a guide to take them through the different art galleries and schools, and kindergartens of the city. ANOTHER LAW Act of Legislature Forbids Hauling Diseased Porkers Over Roads. No more to the boneyard with dead animals. The codification law on criminal code provides in effect that no farmer can take a dead hog to the bine factory—of course it is not called a bone factory in the bill, but that is what is meant—at least the publio road is not to lie used for that purpose. The penalty for such use—or misuse—of the road is a tine ranging from 310 to <SOO, to which may be added six months in jail—and all for hauling porker's carcass to the bone factory. It is whispered that this is one to uphold th® dianltv nf the porker, which in life and health is cultivated by the frugal farmer for better ends. There are two provisions that effect this result. The first is a prohibitiou, with penalties, for hauling diseased hogs; the second makes the hiuling of anv dead hog to the boneyard prima facia evidence that the animal is diseased, therefore anyone that ha-Is a dead hog, hauls a deceased hog and is liable to the penalty. _ gk

SCHOOL CONTEST Blue Creek Township Awards a Prize District Five Wins a Flag for High Grades In Foar Principal Stadles. District number five of Bice Creek township, public schools wen the flag at a township contest fur the best grades in four of the principal studies The written examinations relative to this contest was held some time ago, and Tuesday a jubilee day was given at the Salem church, at which time the grades were made public and the flag awarded to the winner. The church was crowded with scholars, ]<atrons and school officers, including County Superintendent Brandynerry. A program was arranged and carried out, and resulted in one of the most enjoyable days in the history of the Blue Creek schools. The grades attained at this contest were excellent throughout, tuns making a new record of efficienov in school work. The schools thoughout the county are all ooming to a close after a most successful and pleasant year.

BIG DOINGS Biggest Cass on Rtcord to Take Masonic D gr.-e. Between 1,100 ani 1,200 are expec ed to attend ths fortieth semiannual convocation and reunion of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons to be held in the Temple House at Indianapolis, tomorrow. The various degrees of the order will be conferred upon a large class and arrangements have been made to make this one of the most pleasant and profitable meetings The committee on receptions embracing a long list of Masons throughout the etate, is in charge of Otho George as chairman. Several De oitur people will attend. IS PROSTRATED Mother of Girl Who Died Suddenly al Vera Cruz. Mrs. Daniel Swartz, whose daughter died last Thursday at her home near Vera Cruz is prostrated and in a very critical condition caused by the shook and the worry over her daughter's deith. Mrs. Swartz is reported to have made the statement previous to her daughter's death that if Emma died it would kill her also. Mrs. Swartz was uanble to attend the funeral and was reported still very bad yesterday. A GOOD TIME Muons Members and Have Barquet. The Masonic boys had one of the best meetings in their history last evening, when John 8. Falk and Jesse Dailey were initiated in the third degree, thus becoming fullfledged members The attendance was laige and after the degrees were given they enjoyed refreshments at White's case. Both the new memliers are looking wise today.

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FEDERAL COURT Will Hur Cast Against Charles Mannlog the Postoftlct Burglar. Charles M inning. who is low in jail at Portland, char god with blowing open the safe in the puutoffie at Redkey, and with shooting J. CTurpen. will be taken to Indianapolis for trial before Judge A B Anderson of the federal court. It was expected that Manning would be tried in the circuit at Portland, but he will be taken to IndianapI olis to answer to the charge of safe Hewing in the postoffice. He was arrested in Winchester in January, the morning of the robbery, as he stepped from a piasenger train Minning says he took the train at Decatur, where he spent the dav pteoeeding the safe blowing. The government authorities however, believe they have enough evidence to convict him. They say they have invest! gated his record, and find that he has been traveling over the country under many aliases Taey believe he is a member of the gang which robbed the LaGrange bank wins time ago.

FOOT CUT William Bunner Victim of a Bad Accident From the Effects of a Bad Cit He Will be A Cripple For Life. William Bunner, who resides near Bobo, this morning, bad the misfortune to cut his right foot with an ax in a frightful manner, and the result may be that he will be a cripple for life. Mr. Bunner was splitting wood and had got hold of a tough piece and while in the act of striking, the ax slipped, permitting the full force of the blow to fail on the right foot, cutting a gash several inches across. Dr. Vizard, of Pleasant Mills, was called, and by the time he made the Are mile drive, Bunner was quite weak from the loss of blood and very sick The doctor at once dressed the wound it taking seven stitches, to sow up the gash and stated that tn all probability the accident would leave Bunrer a cripple for life, as the tendcns of the foot were injured to some extent by the blow. AT GOSHEN Presbyterian Missionary Society Will Meet Next Month. The Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Woman's Presbyterian Missionary society of the Presbytery of Fort Wayne will be held April 4th and sth at Goshen, Ind. These meetings are moat interesting and instructive. The society of this city will send a delegate and perhaps a number of others will be in attendance at this meeting. Presbys Give a Tea The Missionary society the Presbyterian church held their annual tea last evening in the church parlors, which was well attended and a fine supper spread. The dorrs were open from five until eight o’clock, and the dining hall was always crowded Thi society realized the neat sum of |27 from tho supper, which designates that it was a decided success.