Daily Democrat, Volume 4, Number 106, Decatur, Adams County, 17 April 1906 — Page 1

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fcD COURT SCENE fl '■pick McKinney Must go K to Prison [S HEART BROKEN ■ . . Mu- s Parents Wept Bit , ■ u . . 4 - Their Boy Was Lead H Back to His Cell. « i a forged check and th. i o' i>" ’ tuo 1., fourteen H| ;. •'■ idle reformat..rv, • ~.- . ■M ~■ , .<nd dl'fr.e . iii-e.l in y.-aro. McKinney wagll ~ ~t Fridas for try in.' t>. , x-ii |B . . ~< to which he had ■ r . . G I Steele, hl- tnothe. ||l . \\ i,el, asked lIV the .out. tl.!B r . .. ,t he was readv to plead, ■| , -They found the . he. k ..r. BJ : I cur.,, there’-. n’othin_ to .■ plead guilty.” Beside him ' .. H' , . , d realizing the , shattered. t h.'v l.i'L ....... . wept hitterlv The jKH of .net Here al.'o wet and the.. , ' l,l ,h *‘ KB J, hid «a> led back to jail, hi- i ■ .■ . follow mir. M> Kinnev i, fIH (»<• ’ v yearn old. a barbei by ■ Vl,. day- in jail he l.a- 1.-«.-.! Mp lot pap i and tohao ■ . rulings. He I- line 1... I. ■ao , . man and may online hiin time to collie. Hi! n KB 'd boys Wltnew-ed the ■ thi- ti.niring, they would have loved M their mother more ami would ha’, iBi ' > neler to-be li.lguf!. MM' non. I INDIANA RIOT I A Dead Body Forced from | a Man's Home ■ TAKEN TO THE TOWN HALL £K Heary France at Oolitic. Indiana ■ Canned a Stir-Up Which Cost B Marshall His Job |B Scrippe-M. Ilae Special ■ u ’ ; c. Ind.. April 17. A riol.mgK ' < ' , 'ne occurred here la.-t night nlim Br tn.i.bio wan stared by the lelit-al of B Hriuy Fiance to allow the corp-e nt |B a itin- who had died al hi- home to ■ he laid ..nt there. The Imdy t.ik |B ci. et rhe town hall. France followed Hat Slid made many indecent r.maraSK aln.nl the dead mall's lum.-.i Au. u ■ t b* > lune the town niitish.il heal .. |B drui.ken man nearly to death, a.!.1m.: B t<‘ tin excitement. Over J llll I I’ : '' Bl vun.iuiided the hull where the h.ali ■ •*- lying, Citizens telephoned t... Bl 'i.eiitl al Bedford who vain. wtiii-e. ■ rral deputies. Before Im got there, ■r however, the luob had compilled the B[ rllv council to assemble and di-elmare B die nianshal who had beaten the B drunken mati. The excitement tin.ihy B quieted down without any one IwmB seriously hurt besides the drunk man B trance will have to leave town. B SHERIFF IS TO BE REMOVED B Attorney General Hadley Says He is ■ Liable B Scrlpps-Mcltae Special ■ Jeftersoii t'ity, Mo.. Ap'd 17. \i B toriiey-General Hadley (<>.'.ty wired i B ‘ds assistant Attorney o<-m s-.il. wm' B *1 Bprtngtield' ‘’ I'ubli-bed repoitB *«‘m to justify proceeding- to lemoie B *heritf. Advise such coiir-c il mveiti B ?iiiiwn wurruii!-.”

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I BUYS A HOTEL AT PEORIA i | Dick Townsend Now Proprietor of the National House. < 01. [>ek Townsend, tin well known hotel man, who tor twenty year- or more owned the Burt House in tins city, and who o|>erated the Hattdall. at Fort Wayne, for a Im o time, iias | again engaged in the bu-iiti*w», hav- >' ing yesterday purrha-e<l the National Hotel at I’eorin. 111. This r« on<- of the l>est houses in the emnitry and will eontnue to prosper under Dick's management, for he is known u- one of the be-t hosts in the eonutry. During the past few year-. Mr. T- wt.-. ,d has Is-en engaged in various enterprises ami has a wide knowledge of business We wish him all manner of snecess. AT LIBRARY Business Men’s Meeting Tonight THE PRESIDENT WILL SPEAK R B Clark President of the Business Men's Association is in the City R. B. t'lark. of Anderson t« in the city and tonight at the a—embly rt»>n of the Carnegie Library will address the Business Men’s Retail Association of this <uty Mr. t'lark i- prr-idt ni of the state n-soeiution, and a* atteh orttcer has Iwett in»t rumen tai tn having n any nwoviatii>m» organized all over Indiana The <lafr ha* inleued faithfvjly in protecting the hu-im’r.s men of the state from all the fakes that the pre-ant century i» , heir to. Many they have cure 1 and | many more an' now receiving some forceful undercut blow- that will finally lay them mi the -luff. This pfo lection in itself will save humtn-ds of. thousands of dollars to the business . ' men and mcrrhanl* of Imliar.it, He- > -ide- till-, tim oi_r.uiiz.il o' i: mil »' i of the towns are doing the whohsome ami lieneticial work of bringing many new Industrie- to then ‘owns and reviving old ones, Ihs can la* done in no other way than by organization, and in Decatur there i- a fruitful tn ld for suck operation#. It Ih-catur grows and expamls. it will la' by tai' the most euergetc push of the -mail merchant. Mr. Clark i- a pushing jew eler from the tw-l city in the ga« belt ami his talk tonight will be worth hearing. TRACTION LINES CONSOLIDATE Several Roads in Southern Indiana 1 United Mount \ ernoti, Iml.. April Necutiutiun- are under way for the ,-oiis.didmmn of the Fivaimville Um ami Electric plant. The Evmiwvdle Electric Railway ami Tin- Mount \ ei ■ h „u. Brnmevdle. Prineeton ami Roek ,„,rt traction line. The Mount Vernon and Evansville lies are in the proves- of const ruction. ON THE VERGE OF RIOT AGAIN g. rlpps-M. li*e Sp.s lai _ Sprmgtield. Mo., April D I hi’ ' place today i> a sleeping volcano. Angvre<i al Govenior Folk a word.H.ueeruing the lyneliers. a crowd ol lawless men are deteniuutd cause ' An outbreak i- exia-eted tonight. 1 WESTON IS TAKEN TO PRISON S. rtpps-M.-K»« Ihuitngtoii, Iml.. Apnl 1< shetirt , Mahoimv left today for .leftersmivdle. . W here he will place Boston W - -bm , whom In- ha’ in charge, and wm> will . lt „Uv begin hi, term of two to twenty one years, for klling R- J-hou-e.

OECATI’K, INDIANA, TIESDAI EVENING, AI’KIL 17, IDO<>.

COURT NEWS Judge O’Rourke to Hear Andrews Case THE DEMURRER ARGUED TODAY In the Miller Caw Motion for New Trial in the Wallace Caae u Overruled in the Adam- I’irruit < otirv tins morning a demurrer was argued m the case <<f Ira F. France «t al.. V". Calvin Miller. J. S Beaver,, et al. The court took the cause utidrt a lvi»e merit, but intimated that tlie eouiplaint was Imul. Wewley S Iliff, et al .v-. DenniWallace, et al., to set aside a conveyance of real estate, motion for a new trial was overrulrtl The case of the State V». Roliert A. At drew - ami wife, -et for next .Vtumlay will he trod !> '.>«• Judge O'Rourke, of Fort Wayne, n ehvngof judge havi. g Iwe’i a«ked tor ami granted. Judge Erwin will go to Ft. Wayne next week to conduct court in the circuit court while Judge O'Rourke is busy here. John W <'offer, administrator of the Mary Braun estate, tiled a rej#>rt of -ale of jwrsonal property, which «*- approved. Daniel Pontius, administrator of the Ja« ob McDowell rotate, reported the ~i! ... leni appraised amt deed ooicred. f:;i- attei' Judge Hellrr, who acted a- -jscia! judge in the raar of |{ol>erts vs. tbe estate <>f Jn<ob First, rendered Ilia d«-rtsi<ni, finding that the plaintiff could recover nothing. The complaint soagut to eatabl>-?i a claim for money re, rived by First as guardian tor Mrs, Roia-rt- and for I Roliert Campbell. At our tme the lease was tried here and taken Io the I siiprem*- court on the c.mplaint The ‘supreme court held the complaint g'»d ami at the last hearing the evidenrr was iutnalucrd Tiic e«Hirt in this in stance held that the ease wa, not proven. The chatices are that il • ill again be taken up.- Bluffton Hanner. In 1912 Roosevelt May Again Run for Presidency MAY BE SENATOR IN MEANTIME Says He i» Too Young to Retire ami Has Some Ideas of Laws That the Country Needs >. ripv» M lUr Special \\ b. < . *Xpnl It. President Roosevelt will probably 1* a candidate to aueceed lu» successor in l‘»12. There is m> doubt in the minds of his friends that he intends t<> stick to hi, lieternnnaton not to boa candidate in llhth. The president says that from now on until the end of his term he will la- cornjielied to be very harsh to certain interest, and he believes he would be an easy man to beat in Ptn.s Hi., friend- believe he will try to .succeed Platt in the -eiiatr in ItWll. on the day he retires ns prv-ident, as hr has no idea of retiring from public life as all other presidents have d. 'ir when their term . xpai. d He i.- -. young. .<iiriKir.it ively. that be believes he w.ad.l <h.‘ of eui..r f he did reliie. ami bv'ule-. he hxs some idea, of laws 'that sluadd be enacted.

ARBOR DAY IS NEXT FRIDAY State Superintendent Cotton Suggesta Program Friday. April Jinli, will lw Vrbut Day. There are two day t' i» wt ajairt each year, the first Iwiug :>i October. Art»«»r day >- m>t meant for olnrrvaurr by the wh«i!> aloW* *M»t It; 111- p< at.’l It!- > »■ • ■> « < call’ oil ctlwiis in ohser th« «t:<y by the |>li ititrg «f tn ■ amid» on the ■.< "ds e* liie I u'd: -c‘ .» e and puMir instituttwus, ami ak>r»g Hie puhlie highways, »- well a» o- tiir ground’ of |*riva« lmm< ~ The day ialso designates! it» Bird day. Arbor idcy 1» obaenml chiefly bv the public M'hiwds of tbe state i*he country srhools. a* a rule, rrbw-rve 'ln- day m < idi.ts r, and tin city -ctwa U r-or-generallj the Otic in April, fw till’ reason that the country *e!w»d» art gene rally closed before the April date. Fassett A. Cotton, superintendent of public instruction, suggest, a petsgram which ioehi«l«-s the surging of America, devotional exerewa*,, reading of the governor’s proclamstoai, a talk <>‘. “What Tree Phruiio’ Ha|k,nc for This Sclwsd Building: anl Neighborhood.” a talk oi. “ I ;<li.«na » I Forest Reservatum. “llirrls That | Nc-t hi our Nr.ghl»<rti,s>d, “Plantor Imlnring Birds to V i»d Tn-e» m llw Sebrwd Vanl,” and r.tlu t appiv priatc cxerriw- The schools of the city will ob-srvv the day, A SHORT SESSION Commissioners Transact a Little Business REPAIRS AT JAIL ABANDONED Bids for the Improvement Ex eeded Amount Appropriated for This

Purpcaa The board »f IwM , I a short ses.i.m today. and te»»k up a (tittle buattlC” ttu.t demanded action I [by llictti a» •* hoard. • A Augsburg- :- er. our of th* ap|S’ißtcd viewer* tori the seven tuaeadatti road* in Si, | Mary's township wan unable to serve. ; This <«rcasmti*d a vacancy ami AV A. Rowman «a« appointed t« the vacancy . surveyor Baumgartner was appointed engineer for the hast Jrffcrson Macadam Road and ordered l«> tilf lx- I 111 t «■.!!" o’ ti, -...i:4 dollars Tin* trriiaurer’a office baa been doing a land otMcc biwiuew* during the > last few dav *avi‘ayer» ot apnisti tut • • are taking advantage of the nice ! weather and are tl.s-kuik earl- and I late. liquidating tbeir indebtedness fte Mo ■ May tim lard day to pay without (wnaßy | attachedwere opened tor the repair ’ lof tlie rootling al the jail, but the bid- being in evces. ot the amount * appropriated, the ri’litlm-l. r«»llbl •■ "t he awarded. The repair w.i* badly i, needed, and it ’« to hr regretted that the improvement could not be made. Cmrnnaxinner luiitghliu went home i ; on the afternoon train, after the bwu- t aeaa of the board **» concluded. > THE DECISION IN ÜBERO CASE —. W »—• i Court Says Partners Are Not at AU Liable. .< • ,pp« m t; ••• S|>- >• t Boston. Mass. April 17. In the suit brought by the Consolidated lb ero Plantation Company igan-t Ar- i thur Steaman and Frvdervk <’ Hoott. the mart held that an action to recover money* from these men were not , x’d ami they were not liable mv the eoni|M»ny conceived tn a traud before* they became interested tn i*.

GENEVA NEWS Doc Haughton Goes to Sturgis Michigan A BAISB IN OIL IS EXPECTED MiMina Open Friday Lecture Old Buildiag u DKAppeanag llrheva. I i A r ri! 17 M» ahl Mr* -Uhw*’ Hnuv ilmi kh ber* for Miel* . *rr |Jbw wtii trv for th** of htflt&sr rkrfc um thr G I* A I »MU<ri «jf tbi* jtlarr f»>f •tkrrjil vrar*> h« bßW'Wtf raih*»4»d Irttibiar** her** hi* mai.* frtFi I* bate no »b ibt b<«? that If* will make £•*«! in Sitiryt* Ib4b Mr Md M/K HauKhiou havr 4 of fnr?oh wbo Ar** h»aih to have tb*m |ra»s p hrrr ? ; . . .... ’ 101 l RMimiT* a«4H We*L n*w|ay rtrniHir F»*r mn-a-k-*, hr’ .tti*** <»f *irkf?• if <1 r ri«*j tbe meristic* ba'* 1 hrrn bwii , i Mr. Pile state, lhar ... tm. v pr..p ; . I banr hern FtiKjrHjf hia? 43*1 du I hms t<» the Iweatw* I »»f the untold v** M l they w«*rr I th*- tow?:., thjjt hr 4*’*‘»ekrvl t»* IiI.S . ! M « fan, Id-fttiri'f’ and rra*ief. *h*> i«» api>* a r be r* F nda y * % •» m ♦ s&t an <W r the : ‘ * I- > i 'phinoii. aill hr- rr**<«4 by a tw** ; rr»>wd for llw meswhrr* »»f the aluaro « sr..tv«» tMMriF wt •-«5»...■ » a-»‘- rr* • -f -.Hu, f.ch-t. T:»j'ho*'l. : I h>w»r.f the b«f'-<Hiet fll >4 tor this ( year’s graduating <•! < •< ,

In a dav «»r two tbr .dd I <• <> I i w*4l hr .< of the f t. I h>r uorkmrt. arr !#arii-a’ t* ' dowfv a*«*< cnaktiiif n»«’m f*«r ?h** h iti 1 **.ori*- iw« bru k amt 4*.»es** to; Mi I « hir*> 4 - it* li i* ‘di 1 ’ ■ ’ li4|t ilUot htPF i»*»w hti-*ir»"**» * to h* rfWMRI bttf *» Iqtiiry tiofhsiiu hr h*ar« <-■; <Hti »>il men at** mtlier an‘*4h«’r rat*# tn thr prter »»f gr^-a*# 4 riH * r t**|av »»r ritfne* I’ «»*****• n*H hlrte t«> » 4nw an C*» r < »r» ***», hr *1r**t have b» hrl|» th* lia|>t i*t eiiarvh. he rn*ailv *!•*•* i’t h »'** to anythin iz. . the dollar point he will fn;ik* a nr* town of Gt»rw*'«a. TO BRING THE DEAD TO LIFE Parents of Willte Whittridfe Send For Meted Faith Carer AV itbm e ght hour* after the i eel td two nr three freight cars liad pa.»» hg. VVdlie Whittndgr ttie m vear-old M .. „t \V N WlwthHuv. livi .m West Market -ttvet. t buy who tel la-neni-i a moving Cioivr la*nf freight train at the Market street rrowsil'.K. Saturday ittermsin, pa«c-.. away f ■ fatal accident occurred at J »*• o’ehwk in the altvriiooii Between *n and ~-vfii o'clock in tin - evening ’he shat tered leg w*» amputatml by three physician*, between the ktfev joint ami the thigh. Between the hwurw ot eleven and twelve o'clock be died, his father, tmdher and aunt at his bed side in a la*» frantic eiuieuior to re lu-se through the signs and practice* of tlieir belief, that of faith cure Their effort* pn>ved to he of no use At twelve o’clock the father ruse from the bedside ami gave up the tight. The mother ami aunt, however, stilt think he can Im* brought tn life and a tries -a.- »»» sent 'Saturday night to \r kausas sunuisonitig i faith cit.er. o< whom they base their iwpe* of bring ing their boy back to life.—Hlgffb Ha nner.

NUMBER 10G

CONDEMN BAD SCHOOL HOUSES Secretary Harty Opens War on the Unsanitary One* A »ig.»rtxi- .-ampaigu i* W*l»g planned aganiat in.sanitary -< s 4 h<m-e« by th. stair U#ir.( <.r health, wbieh .. week ■ its at by < -u.g | f»ur buddings which had been found b. I- • ■ nal <<. ■ ■ ~'th of impit. The names us mx mure i«nMmg. haw- he. Mn.t b, the I ria rd by I t»rrw4»r - ha'* u ” rhiMr* them, with petition* that they be ini’ .1 S H t« o-errtarv ..f the board, ha* mad that Dw tht-*ah« w > .Id h»‘ thk* up in. i, a«»d that ts bhbhnjr* br tin*anitarv th * aouM br *' Wr ar*‘ t‘» Thr in » rs*| im»«i without delay/* »aid IM* Hai*tjr t ‘arnl if thr buildup.”* arr foun«l t<» be iti b»«l roOkhtioif thrv will br rb»«*»L immrdtatrlv Witrrrvrr it flted a bad bhil'biijif w* arr t»» r!*w jl, and tbr will bt informr«i that if Ifery wb t«. rontmur •rhtad they th# u? •-thiian r**«*ht • . ' . . - • - - * • : ;r rr»ndit«<< ( Will hr rwsK»7ted t« th* »tat# board of hralth More artatd ):’«»***■» will Ijw Lkidt thi« *iiwhs* , r I*l I- .#■!» fhrrr "r r h»-»- f»*F a - ON SAME DAY Delaware County Primary tonl 24 SEPARATE ELECTION BOARD* IwtaF Km* Thoaght m Attempt Weald he Made to Ignore Du tnrt CSmmittM Se-|***fwt' pruhaßFhi** Are \ . i ■ ■ . : < .. . ’ • »Li?rF; rht bit* l-ambrft, - • , • • i . rrntrai r’rmhilt?** Tt’* *h*tnrt wittier i w that 1 primary be held *'«i April 24* thr rirewttve boflU'4 o! th« r*«ui : 1 epBMBiltlMP an■n.’ 101 tnal Li* r*"* Lk prvrmrv-' a Iw «*h ,‘t the wanK* datr, Tlw *ta<» * • t that tit# |.NHmarw* wilt - w- »’ U-liFi**d *n a’tv’iqX *♦' di! hr in Idh to th« diatHH ?j -J’*.*♦**, bv . t 1 our* ! ht- • ■ I a «b«latr«k ‘-wn '*hda!« > Lambert <iatrd ■ • >\rr fa**--Mr Thi~ W:-t h« I’Mi# to *at» a** t»ii< Du; ad tnoibi** tlu.' vivtro a* 1 •*•*■.!• tbl** a** th*"V wHI rwd fee ron h» trawl **• bki;l«’* 'Hi sM't •» *iW o-ililtv Aiv F hckelri If fWjR* 'sfs"i'*h to >’ffiir.’xLit* 1 both • tivo Imi.'■il* <* a bt* ’’d*}" 1.11.« 1 ' 1 tj * v Jour, hot U 1* pt mUL that v ; H s 4 -'!*• I I < I,lk MAKES A DELIVERY HERE H S Mu hxud Furnishes His Coston ers With Tree* H. S Michaud, of B-einv. was making .1 dviivery >f fruit tree- here yesterday. the delivery iuetadiug quite a number of purehu.»crs wh,, arc setting mH tree, or shrub- Thursday he make, a delivery .r M.n;n>e. Fr ; - lay at Berne, Saturd >\ .<' H> .1. land, and Munday hr will make a iseeond delivery here. Mi Michaud ha- been connected with this business for a tong number qf w«r». and practically «el!’ all the f’> !,, r ' er- alutig the Gt I •» I ltana.