Daily Democrat, Volume 4, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1906 — Page 1

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fell in tank Three Year Old Boy Had Narrow Escape jon of Lewis Woodward Almost Drowned In Tank Containing Three Feet of Water. I . ■ three years old son of Mr and Mrs. Louis Woodward, whc reside near Mag ley, had a mtracu as escape from death by drown ing yesterday afternoon, and onb the promptness of Mrs. Woodwar. saved the child from death Toe ;ttt e chap, together with his eldei brother, were playing in the ban yard when a large water tank at trailed their attention, this tank .jeing used to furnish the supply water for the stock on the farm, and is f«d by a windmill, The curiosity of the little chaps was aroused and they decided they w.u ifind out how the water got into the tank. The three year old boy induced his older brother to bj st him up so that he could see and he would then tell him bow the water got in the tank The . lest boy readily consented and t ok hold of his brother a foot and ii'tcd him up. However, while <1 dng so the little chap lost his balance and fell overboard into the tank, there being at the time near iv three feet of water iu the tank. Tis ler boy became frightened and hastened to the house and in i irmed his mother of what had happened. She harried to the scene of the accident and there f mud her little son with his head lying on the bottom of the tank and his toe* caught in a rim along the -ide of the tank, so that he i! 1 not have possibly come to the surface. She grabbed the little ftidaw by the feet and pulled him ' n the tank and then commenced the heroin effort Os restoring life in the title body. She followed a line of work such as she had rt ad about concerning the way to revive half trvned persons, and soon had the little fellow kicking, and spitting up water He fully recovered in a short time and is as well as ever t lay. The prompt action on the part of his mother without doubt, *»v id the life of her little son. DEAD A WEEK W« Mrs. Emtrlck-Chal«noosa Woman Supposed lo Have Been Murdered. • Mrs, Margaret Emeri’k, who*e duad body was found at the bottom o! a cistern at her home at I'hatta nooga, Ohio, last Monday, was eighty years old and lived alone It was known that she kept irom I'oo to I*oo in her house and the general opinion among her neigh tiers is that she was undoubtedly murdered for her money. Speaking » the case the Willshire Herald "aid The deputy coroners thi n turned the body over to Mr. Bu ch* run and Dr. Waters of Chat tin.ioga, who made postmortem examination. They found from *h« o mditton of the lungs and the body generally that death must have taken place before the body fell or was thrown into its watery casket the hole in the well cover >ng being so small that they were aidtd in arriving at that conclusion Hon other than medical rrason. '■’he examiners also gave it as their opinion that the body most have been dead half one week, and here again came oatward and liv big evtdenesjif their finding Many ”f the chicken a that Mi*. Emerick k'pt penned up over night anil let out in the morning nGer feeding, were fenic in a starving condition —some r f th“m dead and the living sacs feeding on then carcasses

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HUMAN FLESH old for Pork by Fiend in Buenos Ayres. Buenos Arye c Argentine Repub io, Meroh 10 — A Portugnasi nuat igaier, Jose Modiry, ha* been ar ested, charged with murdering nen and women and then selling their fiesh as pork He did afl mr ishing business until he fed into he bands of the law The polio* ound the remains of fourteen per ‘ons in his ah >p. When the piepie earned they had lieen eatirg human flesh instead of pork they tried to <torm the jail, but the p nice pre vented the maddened people from swearing vengeance. COURT NOTES New Quiet Title Case filed Today Cordua Quirt Title Suit Submitted.— Township Assessors Met fare Today. J.ludge Erwin heM a session at the Adams circuit court mom this morning, when some business was transacted. Hoopir & L inhart field a n-w case entitled Ruddph Breininger et al v» Jonathanl Ray and a num ber of others, suit to quiet title Notice of non residence ordered City of Docatur vs Sidnev (4 Humprheys suit on account, deposi tion of Dick Townsend ordered taken al the office < f L. C DaVoes lt n Tuesday, March ."> William Hall vs John H Reiff n al. salt on |l5O nets, set for trial Friday, March 23 Joe W Bell vs H 8 Porter, suit on ♦■‘>oo not», appearance by C J. Luu for defendant. . Joe W. Bell vs City of Decatur, suit on city orders, 100, appearance by L.U. DeVoss f;r defendant, rule to answer In the case of Florence A King vs Homer I, King, divorce, sum mons ordered issued returnable April 19. P. K Dedrick et al vs P t*r Baumgartner et al, suit on contract |3co, demurrer to eanh paragraph, of answer tiled, dtmarrer t > cros* complaint argued Theodore Beefbower et a! vs Sun Oil company, for change of venue granted to Jay circuit cou't. Emma and El ward Cordua vs a R Porter et al, suit to quiet title, default as to defendant*; submitt si. finding for plaintiff*, title quiet’d ; F M Sohirmeoyer appointed t> . make deed Edward Subiey et al, petition for highway, motion by plaintiff t > diatnis* th* cause su»t»in*d The township a»«emors met at Sheriff Butler s office today to oom pare notes aft*r their first t n days' work Etch reported that he was getting fairly well started and the comparisons showed that the assessment* were practically uniform HIDE AND SEEK [ Roc Ker ft Iler Supposed to be at tils Ntw Jersey Home. I I •v United Press News Association Lakewood. J ■ March 10. — John D Rockefeller is supposed lo be at his home here and is believe.’ to have been here since Saturday. < Mr*. Rockefel.er meets the train, isily in her automobile and take* i jumerous strangers to the estate, ;be automobile returning with th* • it ran ger* later j 1

DECATUR, INDIANA, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, IWL

AT THE CAPITOL I The “Square Deal” Game as Played in Washington Louis Ludlow Says That Charts Have Been Filled Asjalrst the Postal Employees at This Place. It is known on very excellent an hnrtfy that th* postmaster at Decatur and chairman of the re publican county committee of Ad am* county are involved in rep >rre | made to th* poetoffice department by inspectors sent to investigate | charges of political activity amor_- | postal employe* of th* eighth die trict. There ha* been a good deal jOf o irrespondenc*. telegraphic and Otherwise, bearing upon the alleged I pernicious activity of tnese me- ; but the department is not yet I ready to make any announcement* ,fi r publication It is .-till under stood that Postmaster General C ir telyon does not intend to take any action in the eighth district matter , until ater the congressional norm nation on April 3 —Louis untiles in Muncie Star The above is part of the "square deal' arrange ment, by which it is expected to discredit the tnnidecy of Con greseman Cromer. Coming, as it does, from the postal department ■of the national govertrenf and re tie. ting as it dos* upon men of stan dard and character, it shows that some officials high and mighty tn the council* o' the g o. p., play peanut politic* to a frazei. RAISE THE PRICE G. R. A I. Mane a Bis Advance in Fare From Fort Wayne to Rome Chy. — - ,■ The Grand R*pids * Indiana railroad has officially announced that no more round trip ticket* to Rome City will be »< 1 at Fort Wayne for 3o cent* Hereafter round trip tickets on Sunday will □oat II 95. The reaeon for the or ’ der is unknown, but that the new , management into whose hands the road has tecently fall, u ia respon sible for it is certain. The big m crease m the price of the Sunday ticket will affect hunter*, tishi r men. and cottagers especially It i will be a stunning blow partiou j larly tithe hunters wno flock to the vicinity of Rome City every season, who have beret >fore eager jly taken advantage ot the -ow < cent are During the summer ‘from KOO to <OO round trip tickets I were sold every Sunday and even jin the winter time from 30 to 70 j I tickets were sold, the larger number being reached last Sunday —Fort Wayne New*. DIED TODAY Herman Cowan Proves a Victim to Taburculosls. Herman Cowan, aged twenty four years, died this morning at 1:30 o'clock at the home of his parents, Mr and Mr* James Cowan, fjur and a half mile* east of this city, | after an illness of several years duration, death resulting from con sumption The funeral services will be held Monday afternoon, the fu I neral cortege leaving the house at 1 o’clock, and will be held at the M. I E church at Rivarre, Kev Martin i of Monroeville, officiating, assisted i Rev. Haist of thi* city and inter s mem will tie made m Hie Mount t Tabor cemetery. He leaves a fath t er, mother, five sisters and one i brother to mourn their loss.

SHIP SINKS English Collier Nelson Gon Down — Crew was Saved. ty United Press News Aeeocletion. London, March 10.—A large I j steamer, first reported to be p,s senger steamer, went ashore last : night on the Petri** Vert** edge, ’northwest of Uehant Island, off the coast of Brittany A heavy fog ' hung over the sea all night and to day, making it impossible to dis ; cover the identity of the vessel The nb-kmer has fired distress guns and signals since bes re daylight. Life hosts tried to put to her assistance but were unable to reach her The' steamer was later reff >at*d, but sank almost immediately. It was learned lat »r that the «teamer was ’ j the English coiner Nelson The crew was rescued ALMOST FINISHED J Pub’ic Library to be Opened Soon The Deficit of Two Thousand Dollars Should be Paid Before Opened tu the Public. The finishing touches are being ‘ placed on the library building, and i in a few weeas it will b* ready to formally open to the public lathe meantime the ehurenes, nigM and societies that have any money for the board will please turn same over without delay After,; the 1 furniture and g-ner« tiring of tbe proparty and lien is completed the library board wi have a de iotilt on nearly two thousand doll are Now is the time to take ac tion upon such deßott, it is time for every indivtdus io take an m vsntory of tbemse:vee the need and benefit of this public institute a land to premmt to the board a check for a libera! ptrt of this de [licit. Tne building should he dedi J oatetl free <<f debt. It would be a serious neglect of duty to permit those who have labored with its building to encumber it. Our pa Itriottan?, generosity and spirit of i progress shoe Id rise up and wipj , out the debt There seems to be a [ genera! feeling favorable to a move , ment that will payoff this indebrMnese [t can tie done and it should he done Decatur’ library is one of the finest tn the state Let's dig TWO CENT FARE ——— Btsin on Ohio Rulroads Today - A St* Law. • y United Press News Aeaocletiofs Udumbu*. 0.. March T —Ohio pud tw i Cents tor each mi < irav , e,ed on her rai'r.ads today The new rate lew went into effect without a protest from the railroads who will test it for a year, and if satisfactory will oontine to do so NEW SHIPS i: U. S. Navy WintJ Congest to Order Five Monsters. i i «v United Preen Newe Aeeocistion. , Washington, D C . March 10 — c If the best minds in the nwr can ( influence congress as to America s needs, at least five 19,000 ton battle ships will be ordered at ince. any one of which will make England's now famous ‘Drednaught’ a back ( 1 number, as that boat only has a e tonnage cf IS,OOO. ) <

I MINE HORROR — Worst in History Occurred Today in France —• Fire Followt an Explosion and Ei<h «n Hundred Workmen art Doomed to Awful Death. teeclsl Telegram Te The democrat Paris, March 10—A terrible loss of life i« report *4 in a mine di*a»’er at Umm sees, n-*ar Calais An ex pl isioa occurred in • rr mine jn*t a.bsr I,- !1 men had «'**<*ende<i far work an l was foil > wil by flr* It is d.iuftful r any will g«t out I alive. Mpiria -'alne from here j with authorities and aid have start ■ *d for the scene nf th* disaetw, but nettling -»n h* d r.« » <>r -h. sr nval until tbe flames have been pt.t i out Toe flames are ehoot ng from the mouth of th* shaft many feet ■ inn tbe air STILL IN SESSION State Continues I j Ttstimonv I* Sherrick Caw. By United P-ess News AeeocUUen. jadiwaapnii*. Marco lu —£ d Hinshaw. pre*iddnt of the Cicer I l>ank. was the first irttmwM in the Sberrick inti today A«s.>tani Attorney Ha-l ey showed Hinshaw -ixieen ctjeck.* aud drafts seat from the auditor * office by ti» settle ment clerk. John Reed fir wiii. r. certificates tn question were issued I and asked hini to i.isutify them which he did and said they oaseed iiteough hi* bank Bitting with Sherrick fur the tir*’ time sin e the trial began were his father two sister*, Mrs. Smith H.rsbey iof Jcbrtvtile, Mr* Boyd of West | field, his sister iu jaw, and Mr* W M. Sherrick ol Indiana,oil* THE FUNNY SIIOW Hoppy HooliOn and His Troubles Next Thursday. That announ'ement mean* a night of joyous tnirth and heart uplifting fun to all who have seen him before and to a!l t > whom the eqtuiste experience w be new Hooligan and Hid tan « Troub les have become synonymous an i are both synonymous with fun ; The merry comedy will be present ed preeisefv the same .** tn New York, bnm full of r liicking humor and presented iy ctevar o mi’ditu* with brilliant coitumes and novel , sjiecialtiee A rattling good time may bu had by ail who attend the. performance Thursday, Match 1, j one night. A big seat sale is ex pectsd . for "Hooligan s'at *on o *ale Tuesday morning Moody at Chicago. Chicago, March 10—Attorney I General Moody arrived t »Jav from ‘ Washington and immediately went int i est-cntive conference with Die fin Att >rnev Morrison and the tn ciais who ave asis’*ing in prosecut ing the beef packers Appoints Governor. Washington, D. C-. March 10.— l J re*idsnt Roosevelt today appoint ; ed’.V B Haggutt as governor o' Alaska

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WERE GRAFTERS l.ols Sold Suppcwd ’• beta OklaFma Cas t be Found. Zacavia and Nichola Taylor and a man named Fauluer were srres' ed at lodianap lie yesterday for retting money under false pretense. [They had been operating nndtr [th* nam* of the Frisco Land and ! Tuwnsite company, selling lots tn Greenwi od, Drummond and other Oklahoma town* They represent ed that the Frisco railroad system was back of them and would fur ni»h transportation ts purchaser* but tbe transp irtatou never came. This caused purchasers t<> mve»tt gate and they found their I’klah ma lota were blue «ky and their I notes are m batik for colleotuir The Taylor operated all over Indi ; ana through agents and no one knows how many victim they have ■ landed An agent th* Fr.«o. system worked here sever*; months ag and filltwmg him came an agent r some concern with a similar nam* bu? i either was CoauMted with tbe Tayl ire it ha s not developed GENEVA NEWS Rathbone Sisters Lodee is Instituted Membvtt and Mere is Btfc |n’-. Qpea Tsiler ihep. Bpectta < .'rtesposdeMe ' G*nuvn. fad Mar*b I- —Fi day »a* a great lay tor the Rathhomi j Bister* of Geneva, for on that day [ the Geneva chapter wss instituted. Th* w :rk •«* d-.e<’ .’ the P .-rtland team and was simply tine—so it is said a number if visitors v*re here from Portland and Berne [• see that the new chapter »«• -tatted i ff in gu*.d *ha;*e. and they ; feel n< * that it W. for with a mem i berehip of forty eight and many ; more pr>-pecttve members the ! Ridge will soon be one of tbe lea I I »r* After the work in the even ng a innehetm was ■e-rved in the Masonic banquet ha Today vaa a big .iay fur Acker ;<V Tee pie. for today they opened their branch sti-re in Bi ant and the ojieaing was <aon a enecees that tbe boys leei )• 'S'.tive that they have a good location It was business a dav ! r them The st. re is in the new Beck block and i* a little model. Borne people wonder* why this Arm does *c much basi ne** and the answer tc such a jue* tion i* n« t hard to tia.i It is aim y tn*—wi.-.e ether* are sitting around knocking about busme** Acker A Teenle are working to m crease theirs and are suooesefnl in m doing Meyer Brothers—Chris and Hen ry—are now located m the old stand of Adam Bnettle *nd ?re ready for work The hoys have tired up a neat shop, have adver tised well and will. Jno doub?. do a good business for both are an to datej tailor* and it « not aie long for the people to tind this >nt One of tbe visiting Rathbone Sister*, looking into ihehote' bmi<» ing Friday, suddenly threw up Unarms and screamed. "My ' the hole is closed'" (*-eat A discovery’ Wj never knew it before It would have been lots better if she >conld bate opened it. We tried but as we only bad a bottle ipmer we fail ’d in the attemp t.