Daily Democrat, Volume 4, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 2 February 1906 — Page 1

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SORROW DOES NOT ABATE Sadness Prevails Since Death of R. J. Hoithouse

OTIRE CITY MOURNS Popularity of Deceased Shown on Every Hand iMgj ,f interest Concerning the Affair From the Huntington Paper. The «d death cf R. J. Holthonse attSiMw tbe sol* topic of con versa t« h#?» and our citizens who loved ka refuse to forget their sorrow : vfcap* never in history has Decatur t>*o *> shocked as by this deplorable rurr-ncs < >ur hearts are sad and r ) difference what punishment is g«d out to the brute who caused i, sprang man's death, the heavy i ai of sorrow can never be lifted, our , apifii ,n and citizen can not lie r>* [vwsd. Boston Weston whose un for action caused the death of VjHolfhoute now claims that he did iiiiMlf 'intense To Decatur people *» knew Roman this indeed seems ptp»t«roua. Is all his life he never fcsii'iuarrsl, and would have not faghl with anyone. Besides this he witfhwi 140 pounds and his ant.ig « « nstrly twice as much. Speaking •f tLe affair the Huntington paper* lad *s!>« the Bcjmstmia gcitui. Ttoeity of Decatur is in mourning. Tis deceased is of one of the fore vast families of that place. That twsJsir which resulted so sadly, Hk place in Huntington and at such * i.me. ts a matter of profound regret sal sorrow is universal among the ®**hers of the Elks lodge and who knew him. At the regu h: nesting of Knight# of Columbus kwt this evening and alan at a meet of the Elks to be called it is possome arrangements will be made * Mend the funeral, when informa k -is to such is received here. John father of the accused man, is *»«rt broken and can hardly be con•olel He is a respectable resideut Iriag south west of the city a short The prisoner was greatly •orrwi Wednesday when first in of the serious nature of the in ■J® l **sad iuipiired fref|uen.ly duriug as to the copdition of Holt j - learning of his death •ionsattitude has not changed Hi»father and several friends •s'isitad h'm but he guards his Weston is still given pnrilege of the jail corriders. r*ov HUE ssWS DEllOi Kvr. ®*toa Weston was seen this after *"» Md said with a slight tremble '«voice,“Tin certainly sorryfof the j. M * no intention of killing 10 m * thousand times over sor o «at I stru-k him although f did 18 •if defense. I'm . glad that I L «>« sympathy of many Hunting U , P * op ' rt thank them for the of sending me their good . • W ith a kind and appreciat n; a!!Hud * *>• «pota» of the interest w »s taken in him by several «„, ■ As to the cause of his ID <? the Eik he said that he had minutes to make another [ l iW also get the mad. On this k»iis la ° Bcau9e h - wa * of •' Eon who ware approaching :n ’ ln S a ttitudes hestruck Holthous ■ SEL.VriVES ABRIVK. g r * - Prod Fa!k and child- ■ Lynch and daughter. Miss

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. 99 B-rtha and Wiihelmina and Mr. Fred Hoithouse of Jonesboro, Arkansas, Sister Anthony of Cairo, Illinois, and Mr Bernard Hoithouse of quin ! cy. Illinois arrived todav to attend the | last sad services for their brother ] M VV VIEW REM US'. Friends desiring to view the remains of R. J Holthonse may do so at any time after today. As announced the funeral services will Ire held Monday morning at B :3Q o’clock Standard . time at St. Mary's church. ! SAW SHADOW Ground Hos Gots Back for a Si* W?ek's Shy. I This is ground hog dav and the little animal of many rears tradition no doubt noticed his shallow when he ' crawled out this morning, slid back 1 for a nix weeks' stay in his comfort i able home in old mother earth. He came forth on the coldest dav of the i year, but if his efforts bring forth no more severe weather than we have had so far this year, we will not oh jeet in the least even if it sloes con I tinue six weeks LODGE OF SORROW Elks Will Hold Service Sunday Afternoon ' I In Mem&ry of Roman J. Hoithouse. - Fi tends of Deceased are Invited. j ; Oa Sunday afternoon at two o clook the local Older of B F <> E k-i will . hold a session of sorrow at thetr rooms in respect to their deceased brother. [Roman J Holt house The principal addresses of the afternoon will made by David E Smith, James T MeTyman and ’A P Beatty each of whom bold some station in the lodge and a musical program under the super vision of Herman Yager, D. W Beery and W J Bouse will be ar ranged for the occasion Anthony Hoithouse, father of the deceased member, of Jonesboro, Ark , who is an Elk will be invited to attend the services It was decided by the lodge to attend the f nner.fi in a body and the members]will meet at the lodge ! room at 7:30 o'clock Monday morn j ing then proceed to the Holtbonse home and aooompany the remains to the church thence to oemetery W P Sobrock, Thomas Haefling and Herman Yager were appointed on the floral committee and will take charge of that part. A tele phone message last evanng from Fort Wayne and Huntington disclose the faot that a large number lof Elks from these two places will be in attendnee at the funeral ! services The services Hunday ! afternoon will be open not only to the iodge meinliers but the many friends of Mr. Hoithouse as well. A committee including C. Erast. D £• Smith. J k.T. Merryman. John Yager, and C. O. France were ordered to draft resolutions and report to the lodge this evening.

DECATUR, INDIANA, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBKI \RY 2, im.

NEW LINES Citizens Telephone Company to Construct Farm Lines Out of Berne. The Citizens' Telephone com pany, of Decatur, offers to connect farmers within a radius of art miles from Berne with the Berne telephone *yetem for one dollar a month The work of putting up the line will begin a* soon as the weather allow* The company intends to build ' party lines ‘ leading in all direction* from Berne, and connect about eight or ten farmer* on one line The en tire farming community of Berne, or as many as have ’phones will then is* connected with the same system the Berne telephone exchange and any farmer or citizen of Berne will lie able [ to communicate with an v other farmer or Berne citizen on tbe hue free of charge, and to an y pla<-« in the county for 10 cent*. Berne Witness j COAL MINE George Tricker President of Company Name of Mint Clunked to Jackson and Dtcatur Mine. Dome a Bit Business. George Tricker ha* just returned from Jackson, Übu, where h» a* tended a meeting of the Cuaipaey who own a coal mine at that place One of the important tea tuea of the session was the chang mg of the name of the company t<> the Jaskson andDicatnr Coal mine company Mr Trick-r was made president of the concern and will alao have entire charge of the sa a of the mines output The company* charter,'was alto changed

A • . s u “jT '?, *. tter • - ' if ' View of Jackson aud Decatur nun* at Jackson, Ohio, of which George Tricker i* proaideet,

to premit them to buy, ieaee aud aoquire mine iands. develop the same, mining *an«l, coal and other miners, build -witches, frarawavs efco for the purpose of buying and selling merchandise and drtug a general merohnnd *e business and to do anything and all things neer* ,ary to snoessfnlly carry on mining business In tb'* issue we print a picture of Mr Tnoker s mine, that well known being the first one notices ble on the oar The mine is doing a big has ness. Glee Club. Febaravy 3 fi 18 the date fixed for the famous Heidelberg University Glee Club of Tiffin Ohio, to appear at Boai-e's opera house for an enter tainment under the auspices of the Reformed L'huroh of this city Dont fail to bear them Tickets on sale now.

1 SPECIAL SESSION Governor Haniy Decides to Call Legislature WIH Act Against Storms end Also Try to Enact i Two Cent Fare Bill. •eat'ai T#:«aram To Tfis Democrat Indtanapo is fnd Feb 'J* It is re liabtv -fated here today that (Jov ernor Haniy ha* decided to all aa extra session of the legislature at once Ba* hoped, beetdee oaring for his triend fianiel E Storms to get through a tw cent fare law He heave* this ta poeeible because of the attitude of tk» railroad# who are not even grant ng pasae* to member* of the legislature <* iv ernor ffanly think* the time is I r '! l * OFFICE READY Dr. Ncptoac Has Modern Denial Parlor. Dr (' E Neptune has opened ( bis dental parlor* in the Dirwm ; black over A nth a Jewelry store and* visit this morning oonviooed a* that he ha# a# modern and com • plete equipment a* an be nnd anywhere Hi* rooms are fastily arranged and present a very pi.*aa ing appearance He uaea an elro [trie engine at hia chair and a»o ha* a motor in hi* work r-om As •fate, the oflic* is mv*iern and com ; plate and Dick will no doubt secure hie share o{ jiatronage

IN A WRECK Ritch Blackbarn on i Fnt Train Which Meets Accident. "Raich’’ Blackburn, a former Deca tur boy, now in the employ of the Santa Fe railroad, left Chicago Wednesday evening on a six weeks trip to California. He went a* a superin tesdent on a special tram scheduled to make the run in sixty five hours. The position is one of responsibility, and a similar trip was made by “Rateh " last year Last evening his mother received a telegram from Strong City, Kansas, which read : • The R. and W. special wrecked and I am ail O. K Batch. ' The morning papers contained no account of the wreck and it is believed not to be very serious.

POULTRY SHOW CLOSING Successful Exhibit Attended by Large Crowd

PREMIUM AWARDS W. A. Fonncr Wins the Trophy Cup B | { > | Adams Coanty Fanciers Male Splendid , Showing and Scores ire ■«o. > « \ j The hr*t annual poultry show given by tb» Adam* County Poultry and f’t-t St *it A-**.* ition cl *w*l i'«lav after a wucceeaful run of four dav* dur og ahn h time the pubiit- in geo eral wa* given the gp-atoat opportu nitr to their live* to look upon fancy poultry an<i pet »tork. Tbroughotit the four day* the show haa been packed fr -ni morning until night anti the haaoctai end i* more than the directors had asticipateii. Judge I Lane of Hpit-eiand fios«h**t hi* ( estrmg late yeatarday astern- and j j today the manasfemenl of the ahow I ta buedy engaged in dislnbutmg the pmamim* ami special prize* off r**i I The winners ae banded it* Wstay m , j the different gradee of ehivhasa, turkey* ami gwee are aa follows j B. P Rccka , ‘ S A ttoop tir*t oo eosk , i ( ha* Hepner fir«l oo cork ref B A titsip brat oo heu , j Cha* Hepoer first oo pullet Chaa Hepner first no ben | White P. Rorka Heery L W itt Kaotialvtile. first on txx-krel, first on pullet Buff Rock. L V Buchanan. Witiahiiu, firet oo cockrei. drat on hen, first u put let, first oo pen ! White Wyandotte. Cha* Mag'** first on rock Mrs Fanny Christen first < n eockM 1 l-.ee A Son first on hen j Cha. M aglet fi re* on pullet H E Butter firat on pen S. I* W vandotte. C D Beilieru-k first on eork Otto Kuklehan first oo cockrei C D Beibenck first on hen V H Buchanan first on pullet (>»to Kuklehan first on pen i Golden Wyandot tee E F W#lker tint on cuokmi Bert W<4f first on hen Patridge Wyandotte* CF D Besbenck find oo em krai j Light Brama* - W A Fonner firat on cock, first oo ewkfwLSrst on hen D M Rice find >n pullet Black Laugshaug* C E Magiey first oo eockral CDF Beiben.-k first on hen C E M »g!*y first on pullet Cor ,i#h Indian Ga ue Jay Clin* first oo eockrel CDF Beibnck first on hen Jay Cline first on pullei. first on pec Whit* Leghorns Lose * Son* first on eook, first on cockrei. first on hen, first on pen S. C B. Leghorn* Harry Brown first on cock F A People* first on coekrsl Harry Brown first on hen S S Magiey first on pu!!*t F A Peoples first on pen R. C. B. Leghorns— C E Mag lev first m cock Fanny Christen first on cock re! C E Magiey first on hen Fanny Christen first on pen Biack Minorcan C E Magiey first on eockrel, first on pullet 3. C- B. -

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Harry Broun first ?jo casks#!, first on hen first oa pullet, first oa pen Buff Cochins — W A Koaawr first os cock , John Everett first u corkr* ' j TV A Fonner firat oo hen J* Hchscfi*r*»e(n find oo pul.et W F, Spiiier Will»hire, first oo j--a H ( fl f Kwi* P. C L.auo-oi first oo cock, first o* cokkral fir»s oa pul fid, firat cu pen Chaa Ewell firat oo pul Lett S. C K. I. R*t* J Bright first oncorkrwi B F Br®k*» firat ou bm firat a pu l let . M B Turkey* IW t Foooev firat oo cock, firat -m beo. firat <a> pen CDK ankle first on aackiwt TV H Turkey# H E Butler firat oa cock, first oa hen H(1 Grove firat mme krai, firat an pullet, best tiro j B. R Turkeys R t People* firat uo - . krd ffrsfi oo pullet. ' Kaeleto < >*>»*■ l l CE M*g ley first oo cork mi find ' | cm pullet, first oo peo F«i.o» Chn«teu fi rat e beo Talise 1 Irene D M Kc* firat oo cock, firat ar h*a M P Duck* D If iti # first on rsotk, Be*t trio. 1' F, Magiey first one** kfei lira' jg j PM» H ('Clark firat no ben S A R>* p first oo iHiilet W A Fonner »h<> r** >tca north of our city «u the w no** of the Trophy cup, hi# pan of turkey* capturing thi* pea wttbuol much effort White C E Mag ey another awarding ofthe •peri.! pr ## will b« Adams ounty jtrodoct captured tho We-mer [ ncubator for bar ng thw h ghest number of entr-e* The ruaciioted I*imorrow at whi*-h t me they will N* made known tturou*.h the column* of tb « paper. The *«aocialii.ro de*• re* aiao to thank ! the public in gvmeral for aa* «tau<'n 'and financial aid and expect Ur again welcome them n. xt *pr ag SUDDEN DEATH Mn tkeiter «f Mcarsc » Yrdla ts Hm»T Tr.^bu. Mrs Farah E K„!!*r of Monroe, , ag»si Styl ar v»«ra, 4ed thi* morning at her b me at five o'clock sa-ter nh-T' : ; r ■-* !«#ath re*aiting [from heart trouble Mr* Keller S had bo*a sick f.r wvml weeks (but nothing Melons was thought of th.» matter She wen* to bed last night feeling a# well as nstut! hut open arising this morning mam free of the f amiiy 'mad her in a dying condition. A doctor was sum, mooed at moo bat ooold do her no : good a# »he was bevond all a:4 and jin a tew moments death cr oarred. j The funeral will be held Sunday morning at ten o'clock HANGED TODAY ~ Bill Hamilton Goes the Route at Washington. Spac al Telegram To The Democrat Washington DC. Feb. —With a qnartebe on the scaff d singing ."Jesus: var of my soui . William | Ham:.ton was hong this morning tor the murder of his wife two years ago Ho had been confined in the oeli occupied by G’.3tna, the assassin of Garfield.