Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 162, Decatur, Adams County, 20 July 1905 — Page 1

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WAR NEWS |H, Witte Interview Meets R With Favor Expresses Sentiment of the Russian People—Japs Have Fortified Port Arthur. I Special Talegram To Tht Democrat I St Petersburg, July 20—Tne reIported attempt to assassinate proaI r ator of 'the Holy Synod Tsarko ilo yesterday ia now thought to >ve been prearranged to allow the ocurator to pose as a hero. The terview of the Associated Press porter with M Witte, published American papers Monday was lied back here and published all er the empire this morninig, re inng high commendation from I the press everywhere except a few •extreme reactionist organs. The 2sn*s. a popular newspaper here, expresses the sentiment. ‘ Russia people desire peace, hut not peace at any price'’ By United Press News Association. St Petersburg. July 20—Civilhans who recently returned from I Port Arthur report that the Japanese have reconstructed the de tenses, installed many heavy guns and made the place impregnable The Japs have erected a tablet on the house formerly occupied by General Kondratenko and have inscribed on same these words, ■“The Russian hero General Kondratenko, liveo here.” Special Telegram To Ths Democrat Paris, July 20—A statement published today in diplomatic circles says the Prince of Wales and Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany will visit Japan at the close of the war to return the re - cent visit of Prim e Arizgaiva to London and Berlin. The report has caused much comment, as it shows a growing cordiality between England and Germany. By United Press News Association. Odessa, July 20—The battery and artillery stationed at Tides revolted today. It died their officers and joined a bond of revolutionary Arms nians. BURNEDTO DEATH Grand-Daughter of Joseph Hower Meets Sad Death Joe Hower, janitor at the West Ward school house, received a message this morning from his daughter, who lives |at Lancaster, Ohio, stating that her baby girl had been fatally burned. The relatives here are deeply shocked over the sad news. STRIKE IS OFF Teamsters Finally Give up the Leng Battle. Special Telegram To The Democrat Chicago, July 20—The teamster s joint council after a stormy all night session during which fist fights were common, early this morning called for another referendum vote from the rank and file and recommended that the strlke.be called off. Bank Failure. By United Press News Association. Kansas City, July 20—1 he Kansas City National bank failed to open its doors this morning The failure is duo to the recent closing up of the First National bank at Topeka.

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REQUESTS REFUSED * Mention of Lotteries Against the Postal Laws. a The Democrat refuses all re quests to advertise or mention lotteries, because such mentions are against the law and subject the paper to the risk of being held up in the mails. Another example of how acoommodeting publishers are frequently caught comes in a special from Mt. Vernon, which says “Editors frequently scissor other newspapers, but rarely apply the shears to their own, This, however, was done in the case of the Western Star, a democratic organ, issued this week. Every mail subscriber found a neatly scissored bole in his Star when it reached his home, and he wondered what new kind of a game the editor was playing. Inquiry at the pjstoffioe de veloped the fact that the paper contained a small news item an - nouncing the result of a drawing. The editor was informed that the item was tn violation of the antilottery law, and that the papers could not l>e sent through the mails unless the item was eliminated All the papers were, therefore, sent back to the editor, who oarefull y out the objectionable paragraph out of every copy.” CAUSED STIR A Grafter Given Warm Reception at Warren. Warren came to the front with a four-ply sensation Saturday evening. A direct fakir who had a most palpable graft for relieving the unwary of theii coin, was given a dose of eggs and driven from the streets in disgrace. The fellow has been working at Montpelier for the past week and Saturday decided that Warren opened a good field for his efforts. When near the town his companion got out of the rig,, donned a make up as a wild man, submitted to being chained beh ind the vehicle and went into town in this fashion. He attracted a great deal of attention and was chained in a stall at the livery barn. Here he managed to break loose and ran about town scaring women and children and was only captured after a long chase in which it became known that he belonged to the man who would appear on the streets that evening and who got the neeoeasarv amount of free advertising The fakir appeared and faked for a time, and in return he received a bouquet of ancient hen fruit, and the latter came so thick and fast that the fakir that faked took short circuit for more congenial clime. mail carrier drowned Many People Witnessed His Death Bu None Tried to Save Him. Special Telegram To The Democrat Yorktown, Ind., July 20—Lazarus Fletcher, a colored mail carrier from Muncie, was drowned while bathing in the river near here at noon today. It is supposed he was seized with cramps. Many picnicers witnessed his death, but none offered to rescue him. Third Lecture. The third lecture on in the series on “The Home,” by Rev. Martin, of Bluffton, will be given at the Baptist church on Friday evening of this week, instead of Thueday. Please note the change from Thursday to Friday evening. The subject of the lecture is “Wives’ Duties,” and every woman who is really interested in “The Home" should hear it. Good music and a gooa time. Miss Carrie Thomas will sing that gem of a song, entitled “A Song of Waiting,” by Ellen Wright.

DECATUH, INDIANA, THURSDAY EVENING. JULY 20. 1905.

THE RAILROADS Discriminating Rates the Points at Issue The Railroad Commission Having Plenty of Trouble on Their Hands. Special Tslsg'am To The Democrat Indianapolis, July 20—The rail- , road commission is now laboring with some indictments in the matter of discriminating passenger rates that promises to lead to a general reduction in railroad fares. | It is alleged that steam roads are making discriminating rates along the lines parallelled by the electric interurban lines. In order to meet the interurl>an competition, many of the railroads have made 1 special rates considerably under the regular three cents a mile charge. This is alleged to be rank discrimination, for wherever the railroads are not parallelled by the interurban, the regular rate is charged One of the cases mates the following complaint: The Big Four railroad in order to meet the traction competition between Indianauolia and Lafayette has made a special rate between the two cities, so that residents of Lafayette can reach Indianapolis as cheaply by steam road as by trolley. The two roads do not parallel all the way down to Indianapolis, however, the steam road coming to Lebanon and then to Indianapolis; and the traction going first to Frankfort, then to Lebanon and then to Indianapolis. Therefore between Lafayette ami Lebanon there is no competition the result of this is that although the steam road will grant a very cheap rate from Lafayette to Indianapolis, it charges the regular rate to Indianapolia from points between Lafayette and Lebanon. It is shown that residents between the two cities buy a ticket to Lebanon where the roads again parallel, at the regular three oent rate, get off there and buy a reduced ticket from that city to I ndianapolia. This causes the traveling public in that section considerable trouble, of course, and they are complaining of unjust discrimination. Situations similar to this are to be found all over the state. In almost every instance where there is a paralleling of the two kinds of roads, the steam road has reduced the price lielow the regular rate in order to meet the interurban comlietition. Hence people living in the districts covered by interurban roads are enjoying the privilege of a cheaper rate than their less fortunate neighbors. CAME HOME Tom Railing Disgusted With Professional Base Ball. Tom Railing, who left several weeks ago for Milwaukee, where he joined the Milwaukee American association league team, returned home this morning thoroughly disgusted with professional base ball, and says he will no longer try for fast company. When Tom arrived at Milwaukee he found Joe Gardner, manager of the Dallas, Texas, league team there, and all efforts to make terms to secure Tom’s release from that team proved useless, and he was either compelled to go back to Texas or play independent ball. Tom preferred the latter. As we go to press Tom is pitching the game with the Rosen, ithals against Union City.

UNDER ARREST Williard Mctonnchey Charged With Petit Larceny. Depzty Sheriff Dallas Butler yea terday arrested W-.lhard MoConne hey on a charge of petit larceny and the young man ia now ”|it home "at hia old Oell at the jail. Williard has been a bad boy and bis face is familiar in the police courts of this and surroundinx counties He is about thirty years old, an age at which he should know right from wrong and the jury at the September term of court willl no doubt feel it their duty to send him to the Jefferson, ville oolllege for a term AFTER HARVEST The Clover Leaf Championing a New Deal - A United Sunday School Excursion to Toledo and Detroit is Slated for August Third. On Thursday, August 3rd, the Clover Leaf will run an after harvest excursion to Toledo and Detroit, which will be known as the United Sandav School excursion . The train will leave this city at 5:33 a m , and the fare for the round trip will be f 1.25 to Toledo and 11.78 to Deiroit Children half fare. The coat leaves Detroit on the return trip at 5:00 p m., arriving at Toledo at 9 p. m., where the special train leaves at 9:30 p. m. These tickets are good return-j ing on regular trains leaving Toledo at 5:45 p m. and 11:55 p. m. This special train stops at Walbridge park both ways. This is an excursion for all, and an opportunity for churches, Sunday schools and societies to participate in the onting and take a boat ride on Lake Erie. The attractions at Toledo include Walbridge park with boating. bathing, zoo, picnic grounds, roller skating, toboggan slide, ye old mill. Lake Erie and Casino with Creatore's celebrated band Farm theater with refined vaudeville. At Detroit you nan see the beautiful Belle Isle park with its five miles of drives and ten acres of flower beds. The flnest collection of fish in the world and 1 view the city from the observation tower of the Majestic building. Don't fail to take in this trip and enjoy a day’s outing. BOY KILLED At State Fair Grounds—Crazy Steer Injured Four People. . a By United Press News Association. Indianapolis, July 20—John Williams, a stable boy thought to be from St. Louts, was thrown and killed by a vicious horse at the state fair grounds this morning. A wild steer, crazed from heat ran amuck on Seventeenth street, injuring four people and causing a panic. TOWN IS BURNING Lafountaine Suffers Awful Fire This Afternoon. Special Telegram To The Democrat Lafountaine. Ind., July 20—Fire broke out in the Ross livery stable this afternoon and spread rapidly. The whole eastern part -of the town is probably doomed. Assistance has been asked for from Marion and Wabash. _

AT GENEVA I Nearly Two Hundred Went to Rome City The Fort Wayne Blues Play Here Next Saturday and Sunday. (Special Corresp indenoe) Geneva, Ind , July 20—There were 175 tickets sold from this station tor the Rome City excursion today. This was the first excursion of the season, bat despite that fact and the threatening weather, the M E church, under whose auspices the exo ursion was run, will clear a neat little sum of money for their work. The church gets a certain percent on each ticket sold between Richmond and Fort Wayne inclusive. Up until a few days ago the gen eval health of Geneva and sur rounlntg country was very good, there being but few oases of sickness and nothing for the doctors to do. With the extreme hot wave which came Sunday, together with green apples for the children, there came more work for the medicine man, and at present there are many people sick 8o far there has been no typhoid fever. The Fort Wayne Blues were dated for five games here. Three have already been played, the Blues winning two of them. Next Saturday and Sunday the remain ing games of the season series will be played. Geneva will work hard to win Saturday's game just to make an even break with the Blues and then work harder for the Sunday game—the rubberjust to show the Blues ;how easy it is to win the three out ofjfive. News is scarce as hen's (peth around here these hot days, and even the dog fights which were palled off each noon have been cancelled until the weather man gives some relief. The only excitement the people have now is to get a few thermometers together and see the mercury in the different tabes race to the top. Gov. Hanly has pat his foot down on pool selling and the people can’t bet on the mercury in a certain tube getting to the top first, so they bet on the biggest liar—in the line of the thermometers There’s some consolation in that. FOREIGN FEATURES Forepaugh & Sells Have Many in Their Circus. The foreign arenic features newly added to the Forepaugh and Sells Brothers animal, arenic and hippodromatio aggregation, coming to Decatur on August 12th aie many and magnetic. Among them for the first time here, and in fact anywhere except under their canvass, will be seen those perennial English favorites, the seven O’Breins. These remarkable performers appear in what are classed as the only original equestrian acts known to the circus for the past half century In introducing them they utilize a spirited four-horse team, attached to a park brake, from the bare backs of cue and the seats of the other, achieving many entirely original and most extraordinary equestrian and acrobatic feats. Those unquestionably pre eminent acrobats, the Prosper Troupe, contribute a high-class novelty in their new and original aerial stage act, the first and only one of the kind.

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ANNUAL REPORT Show Money Spent In Adams County For the Poor. The board of state ch aritiea have ja»t sent oat their annual balletin for the year lOC4, showing the amount of rnony expended in each township and county of the state. lnjAdam-< county the report shows a population of 22,232 and daring last year only (780.88 was expend ed for tbe poor, this amount being divided as follows: Washington township (249 74. Wabash 898.30; Union (54.30; Root (28; St. Marys (113.20; Root 14; Monroe (168.34; Kirkland ('160; Jefferson. (25; Hartford (8 35; while Blue Creek and French tiwnsbips did not spend a oent for this cause During the year 198 people were aided in the county and of this number the assistance was only temporarily aid in 139 oases. ACQUITTED Charles Yobst Not Guilty as Charged Evidence Showed He Had Taken Wrench by Mistake and Was Acquitted. The case o( the state aga inst Charles B Yobst, charged with stealing a pipe wrench valued at one dollar, from Jacob Tester, was tried this morning before ’Squire Smith, and resulted in an aquittal for the defendant. The transact!' n took place according to the testimony of both Tester and Yobst on July 14, when Yobst went to the Teeter home to fix a hydrant, Tester having prior to that time had men there who had used his tools and failed to mend tbe defective parts when Yobst arrived at tbe Tester home he found the ground strewn with tools and plumbar like damped bis own kit of tools on tbe ground and did the work When tbe same was completed he gathered ap what he thought was his outfit and returned to his shop On tbe following Monday Tester went to the Yobst shop and presented an account stating that unless the same was paid by the following Tuesday he would bring action against him, never however at any time saying anything about tho wrench, which had prior to that time been returned to him by Pat Hyland, having been found iu Yobst’s tool box, where he had placed it when be left the Tester home. Frank Smith was used as an expert witness, as to the value of the wrench, which he placed at sixty cents. Marshal Green, Em erson Beavers, J. 8. Peterson and C O. France were then used to show Yobst’s reputation for honesty. The court promptly acquitted Mr. Yobst. DEATH RELIEVED HER Mrs. Isaac Robison Succumbs to Long Illness. Mrs. Isaac Robison, aged thirty five years, died this morning at her home two miles north of this city after an illness of several months, death was caused by consumption. The funeral services will be held some time Saturday at Honduras. She leaves a busband, three children, four brothers and one sister to mourn their loss.