Daily Democrat, Volume 4, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 16 January 1906 — Page 1

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(TERHUNE NAMED Stillwell Men Control I Convention Bnderson Man Chosen by Acclamation •• Decatur Men on Conmittees. ■ «pe:Jai Telegram To The Democrat a Muncie, lad., Jia. 16—Jffin W’erhune of Andersen, was made Blistriot chairman at the republican Bhstrict convention held at the audi St on urn hare at 3:30 this afternoon, S)r was a rousing Stillwell meeting ■md the anti-Cromerites are happy Bt last. Judge LaFollette of PortBand was permanent chairman and ■ James F. Eagle of Winchester, ■ was secretary. Terhune was ■named by acclamation. Newcomtr BofElwood, was placed in nomination but withdrew, and Mr. ler- ■ mine's election was unanimous. ■ The new chairman stands for (Goodrich for state chairman W. ■A. Lower was a member of the ■organization committee, R O. ■Johnson, credentials and Fred ■ bitterer on resolutions. Frisingers I name was not used. I CONVOY FIRE I Town Nearly Wiped Out I Last Night I Twenty-Four Buildings Burned With Loss of §75,000-Insurance for About Half. •pedal Telegram To The Democrat Convoy, 0., Jan. 16. —This town I was nearly wiped oft the map by a I tieroe tire which broke out at 11:30 ■ •n’clojk last night, and which for ■ hours, swept everything before it, ■ twenty-four buildings being de I stroyed. The blaze originated in a ■ grocery store, from some unknown ■ cause, and within a few moments I the tierce wind had fanned it into ■ the greatest conflagration ever I witnessed in this part of the ■■country. The fire continued ail ■ night and swept two entire blocks ■to destruction. Teu business ■ houses and fourteen dwellings (were burned to ruins, including I ■ the bank, posteftioe, telephone! ■ building and the Presbyterian (church, the latter being the last (structure to burn. The loss is JS* a l!y 175,000. with insurance for (peruaps half that amount Tne ( buildings wore all frame but one. (a brick, and burned like tinier. ■ The local tire department was help Bed by volunteers and worked like (demons, and to their efforts is due ■ the fact that any of the town was ■saved. The VanVVert tire depart■ment were summoned to the scene ■ but encountered a wreck, which ■delayed them an hour and a half, H’ind they arrived too late tc be of ■ Ma .v service. New Pastmasters. I ®y United Press News Association. I Washington, D. C-, Jun. 16.— ■rhe president today sent the nomi Kutions of J. L. Baker, Columbia B' n ”: Robert H Hanna, Fort and J. W. Dunring. Ligo B n * r ' aa postmasters in their resp-’c B’ ve cities, to the senate.

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TO SHIDELER Eighth District Said to Have Turned Today. ■y United Press News Association. Indianapolis. Jan. 16 —From some unknown source there wan a rumor and strong movement toward Shideler for chairman today. This was increased by scurrying, telegraphing and telephoning among the Goodrich forces, caused probably by an authoritative report the Cromer forces in the Eighth district would support a Shideler man fur chairman. Today’s district conventions are being watched with great interest. COURT NOTES Suit on Oil Lease Filed Today

Judgment for Plaintiff in Glendenning Case.—Jesse King Case Appealed to Higher Court. Merryman and Button, as attor neys for plaintiff, tiled a new case entitled Theodore and Cindu Beer bower vg Sun Oil Company, com plaint on lease, demand $750." In the ca.-e of Ezra Glendennirg vs Mf.ry E. Glendenning, suit to | quiet, tittle and SSOO damages, | heard last week. Judge Erwin has rendered a finding for the plaintiff, the title being quieted as against defendant. Jesse N. King vs Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad company, motion for new trial overru'ed, judgment of verdict. Cause appealed to appelate court; sixty days allowed to file bill of excep tions. The last weex of the November term is moving along quietly and it is not probable that the rush of business will be very heavy. ! Attorney James Moran of Porti land was looking after some legal business in the Adams circuit cjurt today. Peterson aud Moran tiled a new ;oise this afternoon entitled Jacob ’ Loser vs George Nichols, suit on I note, demand $1,500. The note wis far. SI,OOO .and was given by Will Sheets, with Nichols as security. L. C DeVoss and William Drew filed a ca-e entitled Prescott K. Dedrick et al vs Peter Baumgartner et al, suit in account, demand S3OO. MOROCCAN AFFAIRS - Conference Today—United States Has Representative There. Among the world's happenings for this week the most important is the Moroccan conference, which will assemble today, at Algeciras, Spain. Eleven Euro pean countries and the Ignited States will send representatives. Henry White ambassador to Italy, and Samuel R. Gnmmere, minister to Moroco, will representJhe United States, with Lewis E. Instein, third secretary of the London embassy. as secretary to the American mission. France and Germany are the two most important factors in the conference and the attitude to their representatives will be followed closely. Although it is yet to be decided whether the decisions cf the coDfernoe must be unanimous, the balance of power lies with the other nations; eo there is every reason to hope that conservatism will govern the out come of the negot-itations.

DECATUR, INDIANA, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY Hi, 1906.

TAKES POSSESSION E. M. Peoples Begins Duties as Host Transfer of Leases Made Today.—Mr. and Mrs. Humphries to Leave at Once for West. E. M. Peoples took charge of affairs at’the Burt House this morn ing and will, from this date on, con tinue as “mine host.” He is a cap able, faithful business man, who will continue the reputation of The Burt as one of,the best hotels in Northern Indiana. R. M and Nathan Link of Paris, Illinois, owners of the building, were here today and transferred the 'ease from Mr. Humphries and arranged for several improvements which will add materially to the comfort and convenience of the house Mr. and Mrs. Humphries expect to leave Thursday for El Reno, Okla homa, where they will reside. During their two years as citizens of Decatur they have become quite popular and Lave formed many ties of friendship which are hard to sever. However, they 'expect to frequently visit their friends her<', thus oountinuing the acquaintance which has been a pleasant one. Mr. Humphries owns the El Reno Democrat, one of the best newspapers in the Territory and during his first month of ownership has proven himself a natural bern editor and we predict great success for him in this field. LEFT TODAY Lawrence Ehinger Wil! Enter Scnool at Dunkirk. E. X. Ehinger, accompanied by his son. Lawrence, left this morning for Dunkirk, New York, where Lawrence will enter school to pre pare himself for the priesthood. When he enters this school he will not be allowed to return to his home until he has finished his course, which will take twelve years. He was advised of ail these facts during the past year, has been studying hard for this work and could not be turned from his ambition. This is the same school that Anthony Confer and Curl Crawford are located and be will thus have cons derable company. The w irk is hard but Mr Ehinger is fully satisfe I in h’s own mind that he can master the sama and will enter the schccl with de termination. This is the same school that Father Valentine, who spoke here lust winter, started in. FIELDS IS DEAD

His Millions Futile in His Battle for LifeNew York, Jan 15, ’96. Marshall Field died at 4 o’clock this afternoon He was the secod richest man in the world. Special Telegram U The Democrat New York, Jan 16—The follow ing bulletin was issued at nine fifteen this morning by the physioians attending Marshal Fields; “The patient’s condition is somewhat worse and there is evidence cf the extension of the disease. His , condition, while critical, is not hopeless. ’’ Special Telegram To The Democrat New York. Jan. 16—At v-» o’cl >ok ihis afternoon Marshall Field’s condition was alarming. The end is very near.

IS IMPORTANT jupftme Court Says Road Supervisors Has Wide Power. By a decision of the Indiana anpxeme court rendered recently the importance of the office of road supervisor is emphasized and the error so many farmers make in dis regarding the elections for the ob scare office made manifest. The court holds that a road supervisor has unlimited power to oommand the property and persons of citizens in the line of his duties, and he is not bound by the instructions of the township trustee ncr can the trustee withold money necessarv to be used It says that a road su pervisor may take wood, gravel, sand, stone and earth from adjoin ing land to use in repairing a high way, and charge his township with the appraised value; that he may require the men living in his dis trict to do the work necessary tc repair a road, and that without the consent of the trustee the supervscr’s power to take materials and im press labor so far as is necessary is practically unlimited. It also holds that the supervisor's duty is as broad as his power and be can be Compelled to do these things, even though his trustee may object In the case referred to, the trustee had forbidden the supervisor to do certain necessary wort, but that was held not to excuse him from the performance of his duty.

POULTRY SHOW Committee are Concluding Arrangements Want to Sell Five Hundred Tickets— Judge Lane, of Spiceland, to Act as Scorer. Interest is liecoming manifest in the first annual show of the Adams County Poultry association, which is scheduled to be held in this city January 30 31 and February 1-2. A meeting of the members was held here yesterday, when some of the preliminaries were completed. Lt is expected that the show will be a great success and. every possible effort is being .made with that end 'in view. The committee are making an effort to sell 500 admission i tickets at ten cert* each and have alieady disposed of one third of them Help this enterprise along by purchasing a ticket. Judge Lane cf Spiceland. Indiana, has been selected as the scorer, his reputation in that line be ng equal to that if any man in the United States. Get- your poultry ready for this exhibit and make arrangements to attend. Such an enter prise is of ‘gteat benefit in mere ways than a few FIERCE STORM Wind Caused Some Havoc Here Last Night. Last night'3 wind storm was one of the most severe in the history of Decatur, though no great damage has been reported. The storm broxe during the afternoon and j continued unabated during the greater part of the night. Several signs were tern down, windows shattered, and one cf the iron cor nice pieces cn the M. E. church was blown down; light damage is reported from the country though nothing severe. Telegraph and: v kpliJßt li”es all over the country were destroyed and news today has been rather hard to get.

WOMAN HELD r Will Sheets’ Bookkeeper is in Jail Awaiting an Analysis of Her Deseased Employer’s Stomach - She was a Salocnist. Acting upon the advice of Chief of Police Ankenbruck, Captain Reichelderfer and Sargeant Pap i pert, who made an investigation of circumstances surrounding the death of William Sheets, Coroner ' Stnlts last evening decided to detain Miss Rose Langenhoss, who acted as a bo kkeeper for Sheets and who was the first, to discover that Sheets was dying. The y woman was removed to the county jail by Sheriff Grice last evening. To carefully investigate all suspicion of foul play, Deputy Coroner Duemling yesterday removed the stomach and kidneys of the dead man and sent them to Dr. W <)• I Gross, for the purpose of having ' their contents examined. While there is little to lead to a snspicic a that Sheets' death was dne to other cause than an affection of the heart, the circumtances sur rounding the death are somewhat peculiar and the coroner felt that i the steps he took were necessary A post mortem examination yester day by Dr Duemling showed that death was not due to a heart clot, as was at first thought. Tne ; death cf Sheets occurred in his rooms in the Pixley Lirg block, Sunday niaht It is said he had apparently been in the best cf I health on Sunday and the first intimation of his fatal illness was ! when Miss Langenhoss called the elevator boy in the building that j Sheets was dying. As a matter of I fact, there is nothing as yet to cause suspicion of any sort directed towards Miss Langenhoss The real cause for her detention was that she does not reside here and is little known here and the officers believed she should be detained an til the cause of Sheets' death is de | termiued As Dr Gross is oom pelled to leave the city today, he will likley not take up the analysis of the contents of the internal or gans before Wednesday. Miss I Langenhoss is a young woman of i pleasing, appearance, who...made a i favorable impression upon the cor ’ oner and police officer. She is twenty two years of age and says her home is in Canada. She procured a pis.tion some timn ago with Sheets as a bookkeeper and had intended this summer to en gage in a business venture with ‘ him. Her brother is a balloonist and she herself has made a number cf parachute leaps. She had intend ed purchasing, with Sheets, a balloon and she was to make ascensions and leaps in a circuit of county fair*.—Fort Wayne Jour-nal-Gazeste PEDRO CONTEST Given by the Misses Wolperi for Their Visiting Guests. The Wolpert listers enteitaioed a number of their friends last even ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs John Baker in honor of Frances, Rose and Joseph Bnckner of Tiffin, Ohio. The evening was spent in playing progressive pedro, the pri zee being won by Miss bena ‘Appleman and John Weber and the con solation prizes by Mias Clara Weber and Harmon Gtllig. After the awarding of the prizee a threeoourse luncheon was served, following which the guests departed, voting the Wolpert girls as charm ing entertainers.

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A NEW PRESIDENT France Has an ElotiMi Tcmorrow—The Candidates. The s ection of a new president of the French republic wip be 00-incilent with the convening of She French national assembly cn January 17. This assembly ta made up cf members of the senate and chamber f deputies. President Loubet has stated that he win but be a candidate for re-election, which thus eaves the choice between Clemont Armand Fa' lieries, the new elected prescient of the senate and M. Devme. president of the chamber. The former s chance- apparently are considered best but Premier Ronvier also has a following which may devekp in’the balloting In spite cf President Liubet -> announced intention, however not to become a candidate for re election, it is possible he may reconsider the mailer. A BIG EVENT

Geneva Eastern Star Lodge at Home Entertained State Off'c als and Visiting Members From Winchester and Portland. Special Correspondence) Geneva Ind., Jan. 16.—The members of the Eastern star lodge of Geneva, did themselves proud Monday evening when they entertained Grand Worthv Matron Hart sock Pennville, and members of the Winohster and Portland lodges. There were eighteen of the Win Chester order and nine ot the Port land lodge here and the afternoon was spent m a general good social time until Jsix o’clock, when the guests and the members of the local order went to the Masonic banquet nail where they partook of one of she tine st dinners ever given tn Geneva and when that is said there is a great deal sai I for the reputation of the Geneva ladies have for preparing a banquet is world wide. The diners were seated at three long tables, and each table was profusely decorated with carnations , whion were distributed late as favors. It would be difficult to tell of the ban met, but a glance at the bill of fire would convince one that is was tne best ever. Following the --'ast the lodge was cal’ ed to order m the lodge rooms where one candidate was put through the mysteries and the .Geneva team certainly can do the work. During the evening Grand Worthy Matron Hartsock was presented with a handsome spoon by the offinro of the loeilorder. At midnight the guests were • fed” again and the ‘doings' were declared over. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Briggs left this morning for an extensive tour of'the west. They go direct to I Phoenix, Ariz., where they will I visit Mrs. Brigg's parents, who are wintering there and after a few i weeks' stay in that section of the country they will visit many of t s e California cities and other parts cf interest, in the Western states j They will be absent for some time. A meeting will b> held this even ning to begin arrangements ‘>r a minstrel show which is to be fiven by local talent for the benetit of next season's base ball team. Taose who are at the head of the proposition feel that there is no question but what a minstrel show cm be successfully worked up and. they are going into it with a spirit which spells success with big os.pi I tai letters.