Daily Democrat, Volume 4, Number 96, Decatur, Adams County, 5 April 1906 — Page 1

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■AKER IS DEAD Lst Convict at the ■ States Prison of murder here William Howell of Allen Hounty in I* Bl Was Paroled but ■fcfterwaid* Returned to Prison. I .O ' eonviet at < Ity, died Monday night unclaimed by relatives |H , mor to Hie Vnlparai*o | I ..111-g" for dlMM'Ctioll. ■ r--oienti of thin city will |K ni | H .r Baker’* crime and hi* twenty years ago. |K, tor which Baker was committed on Aig I. ■; ||. ~V ! ied u small farm in I.a |K,, r -'up. Allen county, ar. I |W harvest was in progre---. . E..... v-ho were assisting him |K fl . «.■ -k «a- William Howeli. . n-.i farmer who re.*: h d township. ami «»< titty-HTy-'ai-s ot aa*. Baker had I several days ami via- ■ m -.i to Im- !|ii:u relsome, but it via* ,||..«o liiat 111- and Howell bad entertained tiny ill feeling tor ■ ..the In fact one of Baker’s ■ ».v married to n daughter of [|.,u< and the two familosociable. |K ..... his han e.i .lax I’. o. |K r mid a oriel time ■ |l. procured a rille, wen! lin-n ami through a chink i:. ■ »a!l tired at Howell, who was a slack of wheat. Howell wa* killed and Baker reloading I.' 1 .' I"cd a -eeolld shot at Join. - - "I his victim. Howeiri. wild, Farmer* .seized |Hri ami la id him until the arm ai Alii-' comity Grand Jury on 7, I**l. lefurm-d an indieim. nl Bilker, charging him with tn the tir.-t degree. Ah ahi ■t Im' change of venue wa- tiled |M the case was sent to Adamin October. tri.ii began m tin- circuit liberal in March 6, 1882. be tor.-.lanu-s It. Bubo, and .Judge S. this city, who had iu*l tr..- I hi- office of prose, übo . u the prosecution. A kt ■ ot guilty of murder in tin- first an- returned by tiie for a new trial was filed. The wa- oi.-rruled and Baker w I I-, prison for life. later t rii-nds ot' the convietml bit- this action wa- im-l wi:i. .-tm signed by huge of tin- residents ot l.ntayetti Il-.wevei. hie six y- .o tin- an--I man was paroled a to this county. Nearly all "id friends were gone ami wen- so changed that a lite did not attract him ami to prisons in which to his dais.

■UEVE IN PRINTERS INK Hr^ tr & Son Contract With Dail." HI Democrat for 5,000 Inehei. page lour ~f t| h - issue max be 11 '! Hi ni'ractive spring ano.im-e for the Hub Clothing Store. Kaiser £ Son incite you to them . Tns firm of doll. are progress! e ami t ie him! o Who hi i|> a tossn ami "ho c.g .5 a good patr niage'l I believer,, in adieriisinz and in ae may stale that tin l*enuwrat has just closed a with Kaiser & Son fol o.imo BB e ' of advertising spare to he •ithin the year. Kalsir <k |Bf have always been hustlers and f, 'lltraet proses that lues esprit |H* M| twtie so . During llm ye.u Tie ' BV TU'le sou many bargains and m will do ssell by scat '• g RB' space. They have alread ' - a reputation as adsertmi i - • hae'ri d up at their slots. largest eontraet for adveit'sim.: U** tscr »iade in Decatur.

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REPPERT TAKES A PARTNER. John Spuller Now a Full Fledged Auctioneer. UKCol. Fred Report .the |M>pular successful auctioneer, has formed n partnership in the farm auctioneering business qitb John Spuller. The latter is a well known young man. who for a number of years has been employed at the Schafer Hardware store and who will continue to work there for some time at least. He has already cried several -ales, and bits proven hie ability . Tb- conducted a sale at Poneto yesterday, where lie disposed of ♦2,19)9 worth of goods. Speiiking of bis new partner. Mr. Rep|>ert says: ‘•I have found in him the materia! for a first-class auctioneer, ami he can already outsell anctioneero of many years experience. I have enough confidence in him that I have given him a half interest in my farm auctioneering business and liespeak for him a successful career

RULE SIX The Only Contention at the District Meeting MINORITY REPORT 18 OFFERED Chairman Frysinger Contended That District Committee Had No Right to Interfere. Am-ng otli’-r tlnm.-' in *fM-aking of the district committee meeting, the Muncie Star says: While the principal dispute was over rule (i, several of the others were touched tqioli by John M. Frisinger of Adams county, in his minority report. Mr. Frisinger’s re|s>rt contended that while professing to conform to the recommendations of the state committee, rule ti was in express and direct contempt of the state committee's instructions county organizationsprov idedthey did not comply with others of the committee rules. He disputed the right .ff the district committee to assert any power to dsplace any ot the authority of county organizations. The minority re|sirt dissented from other rules adopted, but these were rules mainly affecting the care of the Ind lots after the counting mid arc re garded of so much im|w>rtniice. According to advees from the <'romer side of the controversy, last night, the campaign is on and there will probably be no further dispute over the manner of comhu-tiug the primary. It was given , out that thy county central committee would prob ably conform to the rule demanding a separate primary with separate ls>ards. A gi-nral dis|s>sition, according to this authority, is toward having an end ot all further quibbling in order that there wll Is- no more delay in settling one question uppermost. that "f nominating a Republican candidate tor congress. GOES AFTER HORSE THIEVES. Adams Colnty Detective Association a Good One.

The Adams County Detective As soeialiou seslerday their first call since its organization, eight montns Nick Waggoner reputed early vesterdas morning that a horse and buggv. his pro|HHty. had Ix'en stolen. Within n fess hours, deputies were scouring the country ami >«»stal cards and telephone messages had been sent lor a radius of hundreds of miles, describing the outfit, and oftenng a ressi,rd of $75 for the return ot the same and the thief. B.s Captain Kranz and Lieutenant Buckniaster had found the horse at a liil ln lty ar Berne, ss here it had been (11 .; v< <'proliably by some youth ss ho did not realize the sertonstmss of ns act The incident goes to show bat ; ht . detective association is one winch acts promptly and i< a mighty good t | ]illg u, belong to. svhen sm-.i pro.ee tion costs but a dollar a year.

DECATUR, INDIANA, TIIUItSDAI EVENING, Al’ltlL 5, 190«.

HAVE FINISHED A April Term Commissioners’ Court Ends ’, THE VOTE WAS CANVASSED Union Township Macadam Roads Ordered Sold St. Mary’s Peti tipn is Good. \ fruslei John A. Barkley was on hand this morning and the I nion township macadam road election ws» canvassed, showing the vote its pre vioualy published. Auditor la-wton transferred tbw report to the commissimier's court where the pro|>er record was made. The board ordered the notice given for the receiving of bills on Monday, May 7. Bids will lie received on all the roada, in order that a priqier record be kept, bu' it i» the underatanding that the Hleeke and Stegmeyer roads are the ones that will be built thia summer. The viewers and engineer’s report on the Ed S. Mi.se- road was uppiov ed and publication ordered. This cannot wdd until the next eoinmisaiuner’a court. The Indiana Ijne Compin' were granted n franchise to lay a pipi line the frni'ehi- ■ stipulating the pro|>er depth and other features m ee-.san to the or >te ton of* every one ■ >rc<ined. The |H-t’tion in the St. Mary’s town hip roads vis rmudcred Valid, mid tbe viewers as ap|a>inted arc required to tile their report on or before April 17, The board *|MOit aome time thia morning attaching their aignatures to the Reynolds extension one macadam road Ixmds. Petitions an already reaching the Auditor's office fur extensions to the I nion township roads, voted last Friday. The petitions are tiled on the theory that the early bird catches the worm, and they do not propose to stick in the mud any longer than the law allows. The board completed their work today and ailjourned for the April session .

FRIDAY NIGHT Illustrated Talks to be Given by Rev. Culliss SOME RAMBLES IN WALES. A Day in London by the Stereopticon and Optigraph—Well Worth Seeing. Rev. W. H. ('ulliaa will give the first <>f n serie* of Friday night illustrated talks, on “What a Man See* When He G«e* Away From Home,” in the Baptist church. Special untie je< t this Friday night. “Run.hies in Wales." and “A Day in London." In addition to his splendid stereoptieoli. Mr. Culliss will Use the “optigraph.” or moving picture machine, producing wonderful motion effects. There will also Im- .Unstinted songs, and comic effects. These attractions are intended not only to entertahi. but to instruct, and some branch of our public schools will be invited each week to attend free of charge. This week the invilnlioti goes to the High School, ami complimentary tickets have been furnished to al) teachers and pupils. General admission !<• cents to cover expenses. Commences at 8 p. m.

STATISTICS ON COUNTY POOR The Cost of Maintaining County Infirmaries in Indiana. — f It cost '‘l77.4SH.■'>.'> to maintain the l>oor of the Slate of Indiana in the county infirmaries during the year 1905, as against »!»4'),04H.71i in 191>4. This is an average for each |»ersoii of ifOJ.IS. The |Hipulation of the |n«irhouses was as follows: Male .white, 2,UH; feniiiiv. white. 1.0.53; male, rol ored. 82: female, colored, 45; total. 3,3,54. These figures are shown in the report compiled by Joseph W. Stubbs. State Statistician. The re|>ort says all county intinnaries should be made >wlf-siip|Hirliiig. The entire amount invested in the |wor farms of the State i» #22>2hA’.8>.33, and the income from the proilucts during l!H>.5 was *BB. -42.5.311. Old age and mental defects were the principal causes of the de|H>iideney of the inmates during 190.5. while in 1904 the main cause was intcm|MTanie. The salaries of siqs-r---tidemlents of the floor farms for the year was *oo.m *d> . medical service, * 12!..'iU0.42; insane, *M1,252.82; Iwnev. olent atul correctional institutions. ♦M1,N23.1>7; orphans 'iiomes. *191,1 »4. 4(5; township relief |>ai<l out by the county treasuries. ♦239,724.28. The highest salaries paid to a su|»-rintend-ent i« ♦2.200, in Tipis eatioe county, and the lowest Ar23BJks, in t’raw ford comity. The average is '<■ U> 5 1 The largest farm is that of Owen county. .380 acres; the smallest is in Perry, twenty acres. The only ,»»>r farm tn the State that i* rented out for « s*h rent is thAt of Grant county. There, 310 acres arc rented for S 4 cash |st acre.

LANDS IN JAIL Charley Miller Brought Up From Geneva BOASTS OF A CAREER OF CRIME Embezzled Money From His Employ er .at Columbus. Pleads Insanity Then Escaper From Asylum. Marshall Metollum. of Geneva, came up last evening having in charge a young man named Charley Miller, ngi'd about twenty years .who b«placed ill jail here to await an invewtigaton. Miller’s home is at Col umhus, Olio, where a year ago he held a rrsjmnrihle position . He was given a sum of money one day to take it to the bank, but instead of lining he proceeded to have what he called a good time. He was arrested on a charge of embezzlement. but escaped imprisonment by pleading insanity and was shortly afterwards sent to the asylum. Six months afterward he rati away from there and a few week* ago came to Geneva .where lie hits a number of relatives . He has lieen au several sprees there and bis presence became so obnoxious that he was sent him, he will lie held until an officer lum. he will Im- hel duntil an officer arrives, but if not be will have to Imreleased ,i' then- is no charge hen- upon wlicih lie can Im- held. In jail today lie bragged aliout the smooth way he escaped a sentence by playing crazy, saying he had as sound a mind as anyone, and the officer* believe Ilia sane. but of a low moral type. A FEW AFTERNOON MESSAGES. Packer Swift Dead-Terrible Acci dent in Germany. _____ Scrlpp»-.VC It.re Special. Boston. April .*». F. C. Swift, the millionaire pucker, died here early today. Trenton. N. -I- 1 April •’». Gov. Stoke* has signed a bill substituting electrocution fol banging as a death l«-nalty. Berlin, April 5. A large hall attached to Hotel Black Stag in Fagold, collapsed today, yvhile crowded with members of a local a.-socintiou. Ai! I .tried beneath the ruins, and :d»l» are dead.

A SAD DEATH Rev. Dempsey Died While Conducting Funeral PRIEST AT CRAWFORDSVILLE Wai Well Known by Falhar Wilken and Also all Over the Fort Wayne Dtoceee Father Wilken, of this city, was officially untitled this morning of the suden death <>f Father John Tlvmpeev, of Crawfordsville. Ind. of the St. Bernard Catholic rhurrb. while c-> 4ducting tlte funeral of Mr*. Katherine Kelley, a |Ari»hioi»rr, yesterday. Father Henq«sey was saying the requiem high m»" when his voter weakened |»-iceptihly )I> *topi»-i - ileidy. cleared his throat ami made an effort to continue, but failed. Before any otie in the rotigrcgation or mourners could ivaclt hl* side, he tottered and fell heavily oti tlw eoffjn. The exhaustion »«» due to heart trouble, and hr expired instantly. The r»Hgrvgation at first believed he ha<l only fainted, ami there was ci>ti»oirrui»<e exriteiuent when if »»» found the priest »a« dead. The body »i» earned into the ftarsonage, ami after order hail tan ti restored, the funeral party left for the cemetery, where the service* were cotdio ><'d E atlier licnque y wa* sixty year* old and was ii native of Ireland. He was one of the !«-*t known priests in tin- left Wayne dust « Fattier Wilken. ••( (tins city, wa* well acquainted with i Father Dempsey ami »|» , k<- of him in the highest terms. COURT NEWS Grand and Petit Juries Selected Today A LIST OF THE MEN CHOSEN Jim Richard* Will be Sentenced to Pri*on Tcu'or.'w Morning--Otei r Item*. Jury cwtnmb* oti< r» H. .1 Moitr and Is L- Dunbar met at th" elerk * office today and -eleeted grand and I petit juror* tn.’ the April ten'. of the Adam* Circuit Court as Grand Jury. Alphonse Kohn I • catur. Paul Grahlinaril .... French two. Janie* W. Barr, Jr S' "'- i Charles Ahr I Ferdinand 5 ake P r*nch A. K. Wolf B'*'t Petit Jury. Albert Repiwrt Kirkland Homer Charleston .Jefferson David Kauffman Wabash Chri't. Sherry. Jr Preble Miles W. Ilamnrkßlue < reek Charles H. Walter* Franch O. J. Suntan Nt. Mary* William Bultemeyer Preble William J. Sprtn .er Monroe Ihmiel Huser French James Hoagland Knot Ambrose Durbin Jefferson The grand jury will report for duty next Monday ami the petit jury on Monday .April ibth. Jim Richards, cotivicteil of petit larceny will la* sentenced to the Mii'tiigun City prison totnorn a morning. Hi* case will probably no! be apjwaled to the Supnine court as *t would requin* a year to get a tleeision and the prisoner will !«• entitled to his release nearly as *oon. in t : " ease of William 11. Niblick vs. David and Hannah Wells, note and ton closure of mortgage, denial 1 S9OO, the dcfendii ■* fn’l d t > ,’j

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CHARLES LOCH AS THE HOST. Delightfully Entertained in Honor of Raymond Gerauld Charles Loch delightfully entertained a numlx i of his rom g mends last evening at hi* boine ,si north Second street in honor ot Kaytnotid Gefoukl, of Orchard latke .Mich. The evening was spent in playing progressive red letters at which game Mi.*» Hlaneh Carroll excelled and captured ths first prize. Other giim* « and music were indulged tn ■> pa*':m » and the gu«-ts were royally enteramed. Refreshment* were served at a late hour after which the guest* departe*! voting Charle* a charming entertainer. THE WORK BEGINS Methodist Conference at Alexandria WHITE ASSISTANT SECRETARY Rev Jame* A Sprague was tn Charge of Thi* Morning’s Devotional Service* Alexandria. Ind . April 5 Rev. Jam<'* A. SpUigim. M*»l roe. ex* ducted the devotional .. r» i ••* at the ofK-ning of euiiferenee this morning at 8:30. Rev. W. I>. Parr tlo-it gati st twenty minute talk on *'T Past or* m tlte lion;.-* of the Peopia.” From nine to ten o’efoek eonferrtiee biisine** wa* attemie.l to, after which the Aid Society held an hour's srssem. Thi* afteriiooti the nnnivecary of Sunday *clh«»| ami Tract Micirtu - i* Is-mg <■••< ducted. Th* rotifer*nee ripened yesterday u.i.ruing with the ».i ar■ •nt of the laml's sitpjier. in which about >s>*' I l-artirqmted . Thi* w»* followed by a roll call of mitiiKler* and suprrannuatc* to whieh abaut uw rr«|«>n,led. Tin* roll call wa* followed by the ••lection of eccretanes. The Rev. E». |i. William*, of Fat . wa* elected sex-rotary of the ronfrroiiee, and John C White and A i.im A Grie*t were elected assistants T Rev. Louie Reexe* wa* elected *ta!i*|icnl were tary, and S. A Reichehler and M A. Reevek wero ch< »eti assistant*. Rev. William H Freeland wa* elected trea*itror. and J. B McNary am! D. S. Jon,** assistants. Bishop H enry White Warren presided. Am<mg the iii»tir>g!ii*hed visit or* were G. If Bright, of Montana J J. H M' Mairy. of Cincinnati. Itr. Edwin H Hughe*, president of DePauw irttiverstv, and the Rev. I>r. Graham, of thi- Metho«li*t Publishing I bouse, of CitiriiHiati. The various n»iinerr »•<! utul rr|«i»rt# nm»ivt»4 thf* var« DYING IN JAIL Sylvester tiil! Can Live but Few Hours PAROLED FROM THE ASYLUM Came Home a Month Ago to Visit Sister—Ha* Been at Jail Since Sunday. Sylvester Hill, of Pleasant .Mill*. I* dying at the Adam* county jail. A year azo hi* n old la-cami tinbal aneeil and he wa* sent to East Haven asylum at Riehmond. A few weeks ago a'sjstcr asked for iiis parole and he was retuniifd at her ex|>etwe. He Mani ilevehqied symptom* of hi* fonnei trouble and last Sunday lie w .i---agaiu taken into custody. Since then his condition has been very serous, ami tor the last twenty-four hours his death ha* been momentarily expected. At three o’clock lie was just alive and the jihysiciaii said he could not possibly live longer than a few tours. He has received the very best Ot care, an attendant having been at his si.le constantly since bi* illi’es* Jn'i-ame critical. !’e *'■: ■’ ' ixv-i a ucrvoti' affeeticn.