Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 189, Decatur, Adams County, 21 August 1905 — Page 1

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KILLED IN WRECK 0. Love of Ceylon, Victim of Accident. Hell Known Adams County Boy Meds Death Saturday Night at Waukegan, Wisconsin. O. Love, a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Love, who reside at Ceylon, Ind., was killed Saturday night at Waukegan, Wisconsin, in a wreck on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad. Love, who is t wenty four years of age, left his home five years ago and went to Chicago, where he secured employment on the above named road as bra keman and during those five years has been in the constant employ of the road, and has never been home □na vacation. He was a popular young man about Geneva, and Ceylon and was quite well known in this city. The remains were shipped to Ceylon today, and the funeral will be held some time tomorrow. The Chicago Inter Ooean of yesterday gives the following account of the wreck, in whictf Love lost his life: “While a thunderstorm raged early this morning two Chicago and Northestern freight trams crashed in a rear end collision at the north end of the Waukegan yards and killed four men. An ice train standing on the track as the target for an approaching beer train, and so great was the impact that twelve cars were demolished ind one engine was damaged. The men killed were; Ernest Taylor, engineer of the beer train; John Schreck, fireman beer train; M. H<>ag, conductor of ice train;O. Live, rear brakeman, ioe traiq. Both of the trains left Milwaukee on time, and when the ioe carrier reached the north end of the Waukegan yards it stopped. In an incredibly short time the beer train came bowling along at a spied so great that a terriffic crash resulted. There were twenty cars of ioe in the forward string, and as the wrecked cars rolled from the rails ioe was scattered in all directions. The noise of the wreck was heard all over Waukegan, and soon a large crowd had gathered aliout the wreck Several doctors arrived and willing hands lent their aid to the work of rescue. Engineer Taylor was found pinned under his engine, but he was conscious. He told the rescuers his fireman was lying Jat his side and asked them to get him out. The man soon was removed, but life was extinct The engineer was so hopelessly pinned under the big pile of iron that it was necessary for the surgeons to amputate his leg in order to release him. He was taken to McAllister hospital, where he died a few hours later. Hoag and Love were in the caboose of the ioe train when the crash came. They were covered by such a huge mass of debris that it took several hours to get to the bodies, They had been dead so long that it is supposed the impact ended their lives at once.” HENSOCK HANGED St. Louis Man Proclaims His Innocence at Last Moment. Opsclal Telegram To The Democrat St. JLouis, August 21—Henry Hensock was hanged in the jail yard here today, after stoutly reiterating his oft repeated claim of innocence. He was convicting of Murdering August Raphal, his father-in-law, March 20. 1903. I m not guilty of this crime,’’ he s »id as the black cap was being placed over him.

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MAY ADJOURN Peace Conference Members are Sparring for Wind. Special Telegram To The Democrat Portsmouth, August 21—It is believed here now that the peace conference will adjourn Tuesday afternoon until some later date. By United Pre** Newt Association. Portsmouth, August 21—So far today all propositions as to what will happen at tomorrow's peace meeting is merely guess. The secrecy which both sides are maintaining is unprecedented, and is caused by the desire *of each not to show hands For instance if Japan knew that the Russians intend to give an inch they would think it unnecessary to give anything. All that is known officially is that the president favors arbitration on disputed articles. St. Petersburg and Tokio are to give their answers tomorrow or possibly late tonight. MRS. LISTER Funeral Services of Pioneer Lady Held Yesterday. Catherine Rie, daughter of Mary and Joseph Roe. was born in Adams county. May 30, 1842, and died in Decatur, Ind, August 18, 1905, aged sixty-three years, two months and eighteen days. In 1876, she was married to Mr. Ezra Lister. To this union was given one son, Mr. Tilden Lister, who survives his mother. Mrs. Lister and her husband united with the Presbyterian church in 1894, but feeble health has prevented her from attending the services for some years. The funeral occurred Sabbath morning at the residence on north Third street. Thus another uld pioneer has passed away. Mr. and Mis Lister’s lives have been spent in the most stiring tune of country’s history. Well and faith fully did they give their lives tor the good of their country. They are at rest and their works follow them.

POTATOES SCARCE — A Good Season for Most Crops but not for this Popular Vegetable. Potatoes in this county will boa scarce article, according to the re ports of gardeners from different parts of the county. On account of heavy rains early planting will amount to almost nothing and only the omst favorable conditions will make the late crop a fair one. Potatoes that gave favorable promise two weeks ago, are now becoming rotten in the hills and in many places pitches will go untouched because of the few to be dug At present the local dealers are paying sixty cents a bushel for potatoes, but those who have a fiw are holding back, saying they believe there will be no trouble in getting a dollar a bushel. Last year some of the potato growers held back on the price of fifty cents a bushel and this spring sold them for twenty-five cents a bushel. The noithern crop of potatoes usually gets in here at tne time when the market price is at the topnotch and there is a general decline from that time. NINE KILLED And Many Injured in Wreck at Butte Montana. •pedal Telegram To The Democrat Butte, Montana, August 21— Nine people were killed and twenty-five injured in a collision of a freight train and suburban oar at a grade crossing here today. A Great Northern engine making a flying switch caused the accident. The street oar t was demolished completely.

DECATUB, INDIANA. MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21. 1905.

SERIOUS WRECK — Twelve Cars Piled Up on Clover Leaf Smash Up Near Bluffton Last Evening.** Big Loss to Property but no One Hurt. Last evening about six o'clock, as numlier forty one a fast freight on the Clover Leaf, was wending its way westward at a high rate of speed, a wreck occurred just one mile this side of Bluffotn, cansing twelve cars, which were loaded with bricx, oil and lumber to be piled up along the right of way, and delaying traffic about eight hours. The cause of the accident as near as can be explained, was due to an axle on one of the cars breaking and letting the car fall to the track, thus piling the cars back of it into a heap. A brakeman, who was on the head end of the train, together with a hobo, had a narrow escape from being caught in the jam, and saved themselves just in time by jumping. The forward part of the train was stopped as soon as possible and word sent to Bluffton and the wreck train sent for from Delphos, which arrived there aliout seven o'clock and at once began the work of clearing the track, which was not finished until five o'clock this morning The passenger train due i here at seven-thirty-four was forced to go to Kingsland, over ' the Lake E*ie, thence over the I Chicago & Erie to this city, and arrived here about one h iur late i The loss sustained by the wreck will run into the thousands of dol- ; lars, and the blame cannot te put i onto anyone. THE BEST YET

Will be the 160th Boys' Reunion at Lafayette Next Week. That the sixth annual reunion of the 160th Indiana, SpanishAmerican war veterans, will be a success is now practically assured, and the hundreds of veterans and their friends who go to Lafayette on August 30-31, will be given a cordial welcome and will be royally entertained, says the Lafayette Courier. The Dayton and Frankfort bands will be engaged for the two days of tfte reunion. Thousands of rounds of ammunition for the participants in the sham battle were ordered. Enough fireworks rfnd illuminating material to entertain the crowd immediately after the battle was arranged for. The committee on canoeing and swimming races reported that there is a great deal of interest in these two events, and arrangements are now being made to have a launch and canoe parade the second night of ' the reunion. This would have to take place before the camp fire, which is to be held at 8 o'clock, but it would no doubt, attract considerable attention, as there is a great deal of interest in this sport. The ' dinner for the regiment on tho first day will be held at Columbia hall, i and Mayor George R. Durgan will < deliver the address of welcome at 1 that time. The ladies of the G. A. I R. will serve the dinner Arrange- ' ments have been completed for • every number on the two days' pro- I gram. Dr. John 8. Morrison will • preside at the camp fire to be held i at the Coliseum on the second ! night, of the reunion. The mem I bers of the various Grand Army < posts of the city will be invited to I participate in the parade with the I younger veterans, and their posts will lie a-ked to attend the campfire i August 31. 1 1*". 'Z %«>•*»>» X

A GOOD TIME Frank Brown and Mamie Gass Entertain Their Friends. Master Frank Brown and Mi»“ Minnie Gass entertained a number of friends and neigh hors at their beautiful home, south of the city, on rural route five, in honor of their four cousins, the Misses Reicka and Creseence Mang of Massillon, Ohio. Leo Farout, who is studying for the priesthood, who is home on his vacation from Rennsselear College, and bis sister. Margerate, who intends to enter a convent in the near future. The afternoon was spent in music and various games. A delicious three - course luncheon was served at six o'clock. One of the most prominent features was the picture that was taken while at luncheon. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. George Brown and family, Edward Gass, wife and baby Joseph, Leo, Will, Joseph, Hattie, Margaret, Anna Farout Charles Edward Louis Ellen Anna Rumschlag Charles, Thomas and Clem Colchin, Charles, and Anna Miller, Will Logermau, Peter Amelia Frances Fred Hess, Clem. Helen Lengerich, Mary and Amelia Kohne Reicka andCreacense Mang, John and Clara Schultz, Frank and Tina Biker, John, Jacob and Mary Hymn, Anna Brown, Mamie Gass and Frank Brown.

NEXT WEEK I ■ Great Northern Fair will be On i Promises to be the Best Ever Held.— Derby Day will be a [ Banner One. One week fiom tomorrow the fifth annual fair of the Great Northern Indinaa Association will I open at, Steele's park This year's show promises to be the best ever seen here or in surrounding counties and record breaking crowds are expected. Besides the usual attractions. including many new and modern features the management has arranged for a Derby day. when the race program consists of running races alone. On that day, ; Friday, five separate races with 'at least seven heats will be pulled off, and for the lover of such 1 sport the treat will be a rare one indeed. Between acing heats each day there will be various free exhibitions in front of the grand stand, including sldck wire performances, acrobatic turns and a wonderful show by fifteen trained dogs. Horses are coming iu for the races and the various classes will be we 11 ( filled guaranteeing every heat an ( interesting one A RUNAWAY ; I I Two Boys in an Exciting Dash.—Dan Tyndall Slightly Hurt. , i 1 Clarence Bemerkamp and Dan c Tyndall took part in a lively runa- 1 way on Third street Saturday even- 1 ing. They were driving the Brem- t ekarnp delivery wagon, and when i near the Murray house the harness u broke, and away went the horse, t The boys clung to their seat for t several blocks, but when in front of 1 the Snellen home north of the a waterworks station, Dan decided to t make an effort to get out of the rig. a He was thrown, turned several t flip flops and alighted on his right t ear. He received an ugly gash cn 1 the chin and his body was quite I badly bruised, oherwise he escaped e injury. Clarence stuck to his post t and succeeded in stopping the i horse near the Mayer saw mill. £

QUITE FAST Geneva-Upland Game a Corker Baloon Ascention.-Rev. Mower Delivers a Farewell. - Remains of Ora Love Reaches Home. Geneva, ’nd.. August 21—One of the fastest, cleanest and most intensely exciting games of ball ever seen here, not excepting the Geneva Bluffton game, was the one played here Sunday with the Upland team. It was a twelve inning game with a score of 3 to 2 in favor of Geneva. At the end of rhe ninth inning the score stood Ito 1, and from the eighth to the twelfth one side retired the other in one. two three order. In the twelfth the Upland boys found Biersdorfer for one more and Geneva, having last bat, found Dilletter for two, thus win ning the game. Bitb teams played ball ,but yet it was a game between the two batteries —Biersdorfer and Fisher for Geneva and Dilleter and Birman for the visitors “Biety” made seventeen men fan the air while Di’letler struck out eleven The Geneva boys landed for four hits, one of them a three baggter by Rape, against Uplands two, but the locals had five errors to the visitors four. Biersdorfer gave . two men liases on balls and Dilletter allowed one to walk Rape, Fisher, and Pieham brought in the scores for Geneva, and it would be hard to imagine a more enthusiastic crowd of rooiers than the five hundred who saw the game so hard fought for and won by the locals. There has never been a more gentlemanly team here than the Upland team, nor has there been another team on these grounds that could beat their infield work. The score was: 123456789 10 11 12 G—ooloooo 0 0 0 0 2 —3 U— 000100000001 —2.

Prof. Casey, the daring aeronaut, ' gave an exhibition of his death defying b*ap for life with the kindly assistance of a baloon and parachute, aftw the ball game Sunday. When the big bag was filled and everything was ready, when sweethearts grabbed onto tteir “beaux’’ as though they were afraid their Romeo's would be whisked off the earth by the baloon. and as many onlookers were spitting out their “Oh's’’ and “Ah's’’ Casey said “Let’er go,’’ and go she did With no wind to bother Casey and his baloon went up, up, up until he looked no larger than any other man would if he was as high as the professor. Then he cut loose and came right down He didn't wait at all. He came right down and never stopped until he reached the earth. All in all it took probably three minutes after the bag was filled, but it was a nice ascension and the people were well satisfied. Rev. Mower, who for four years has been pastor of the United Brethren church in this place, delivered his farewell sermons Sunday to a very large congregation The conference Is to be held in Muncie this week and Rev. Mower, not wishing to be returned here, will in all probability be given another charge. During his pastorate he has done great work, both fcr the church and his fellowman. and nas won for himself a very dear place in the hearts of the people. He is a capable and able man, and his most admiring friends declare that he is limited here, that if he had a larger place he could double his good work. He has always taken a great interest in the G. A. R. and similar organizations, and at Sunday morning’s’s service this order with the Sons of Veterans surprised Jiim by

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attending the service in a body, and at the close, John Holloway, in liehalf of the orders, presented Rev Mower with a purreef money. It went to show whit the people think of the minister whose every move will be watched with interest. The remains of Ora Live, who was killed in a collision on the Northwestern railroad. Friday evening, were brought here Bunday evening by Clayton and John Love, brothers of the deceased. The unfortunate young man was employed as brakeman on the Northwestern, but how the accident occurred, is not known He was a young man, unman ied, and a former resident of this place. The funeral services will probably be held Tuesday. manygUFsts Attend the Bentz-Jahn Wedding Sunday Berne Teacher Weds Popular Young Lady of Kirkland Township.— A Happy Event. Sunday at high noon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Jahn, three and one halt miles south of Peterson. occurred the marriage of their daughter. Rosa, to Mr Fred Bentz lof French township. The cereI mony was performed by Rev. C. T. Payne, Miss Mina Shaft acting as bride's maid and Mr. Oliver Dililng as best man. Miss Maud Shaft presided at the piano. Immediately after offering congratulations the guests assembled in the dining room, where an elegant dinner was served, one of the kind which will

be remem tiered for many days by those fortunate enough to have been there. Among the relatives and" friends who came from a distance were Mrs Rosella Hibbard and Ethel Seabold of Danville, Illinois, Miss America Banet and Clem Urbine of Fort Wayne.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kaltwasser, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Klcpfenstine, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bentz, Mrs Emma Krohn, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Houck, Dr. J W. McKinney and wife, of Bluffton; Adolph Schug and family of Geneva,; Mrs. Charles Yager, Lawrence Yaeer and Amanda Soldnerj of Berne; Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Mills, Fred Mills and family Fred Steigmeyer and Mrs. John Morau of Decatur; Misses Maud, Mina., and Pearl Shaft of Craigville. and a host of relatives and friends in the immediate neighborhood. The bride and groom were the recipients of many pretty and useful presents, which will help to adorn their home already prepared by Mr Bentz, for his bride at Berne, where they go to make their future home, followed by the good wishes of their many friends and relatives. Mr Bentz is employed in the Berne schools the coming term.

SMALL FIRE Chicken Coop and HoiJ Pen Destroyed Sunday Morning. At four o’clock yesterday morning the fire department was called out to extinguish a small blaze that oiiginated in a chicken coop and hog pen belonging to Al Ross, but liefore the company got to the scene the two buildings had been reduced to ruins, The fire originated from fire that had been put in the chicken coop on Saturday to kill lice and undoubtedy had smouldered until early yesterday morning, when a blaze was started. M. Ross' lose is not heavy, although a valuable tog was killed by the heat and smoke.