Daily Democrat, Volume 4, Number 110, Decatur, Adams County, 21 April 1906 — Page 1

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ten millions for relief I This Amount was Subscribed by I Noon Today I *

the helping hand Extended as Never Before in World'S History ONLY THE RUINS NOW REMAIN | a t Beautiful San Francteco Will ' Anne Anew From Out the Aahea. • .■ by H< rlpt>» Mr \«no<*lAtlOn 1 BALTIMQRE. April 21.—“ As Chi ato and Baltimore have risen from more beautiful than before, so with (lod'a inspiration, the new city es San Francisco will surpass the old *h I Ute HfiecUl. W ASHINOTON D c.. April 21.President Roosevelt, at the request of S< rrtary Taft, today asked Congress tor an additional million dollars ap yrepnation for the sufferers at San Francisco. S< rtpp»-M< its* Mpectal. bAN FRANCISCO. April 21. At j an early hour today the fury of the Sat: * abated after laying waste the hut strip of buildings along the water front and adding several millions to the loss columns. Fires will continue aver the city for days, but the worst , u over, for all valuable buildings are gone .■Cripps M< Kae Special SAN FRANCISCO. April 21 —The Irxt relief from the outside world arrived today, and actual hunger has disappeared and actual hunger has for anything but drinking purpose, cause* great want. There is none to cook with and much sickness is re Mlting. There are still frequent deaths reported Mcrlppa-M' Has (Special SAN FRANCISCO. April 21. People here were given a lesson to day. A Mexican and white man were caught looting. They were tied to a fence in public place for hours aa a warning to others. They display rd their terror and the incident did acre io stop the looting that has any thing else. They were shot at noon. Rcrippw-MrtJ»»? Hperla’ WASHINGTON. April 21 Preai dent Roosevelt later changed his rc < ’ to a million and a half, niak: a total appropration of 52.500.000 from the government. It is now esti mated that the total relief fund from di so nr cm at noon today had reached 210,000,000. Such a showing of the helping hand is unprecedented in the world s history. (Western Union Bulletin) Sin Francisco, April 21. The situation here is nt least no worse. Hot* is ini way of getting the iren- - rality of the to ws. No one seems I" kt uw whal's going on, except in •heir immediate neighborhood. The | ■ih.irf tire which worried us all night I hy spurting up at times may get away | •’’"Hi the firemen. It menaces tin j shed* nnd warehouses on the wnler J •font of which there are about Ilf I'en left. CONTINENTAL CAN PAY LOSS 1 hicago, April 21. -Graham &

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Lower. Decatur. Ind. If S;tn Fi oi cisco is wiped out, the Continental’* lo.s cannot exceed *2..»t» After paying our losses *•■ will have nt feast s!.*»,iMMt.tHi i of asset* left, but many other companies will tail. The safety fund law of New York, under which we o|M*rnte ami have special funds oil deposit with New York state authorities in Albany, would protect any Continental policy holder even if two more cities should burn. HARRY EVANS. President. A GOOD CATCH A Jewelry Theif Arrested Here Today HE IS WANTED IN OHIO Stole |250 Worth of Goods From Hla Employer al Bradford Ohio Marshal Green this morning arn ted Will Goodman and pim-vd him in jail to await the arrival of officer* (rum Bradford, Ohio, where In- i* wanted for stealing *2'> • worth of jewelry. He was located at the hottie lot Frank Mam, a relative, who live* jon Seventh street. When (he officers went to the lmu-e this morning, Mrs. ‘ Martz, denied that Gtsslman was I there, siiyng lie hud left for Michigan. After sonic pet-suasion, how lever, she showed the marshal the I pantry wherein the man was hidden. Goodman i« a jeweler by trade and nibbed his employer. He has been here two month*. having been sick, but the officer* have had an eye on him all the time. The marshal from Bradford Will arrive this evening to take him to Ohio. He has a trunk al the expreas office here, on which there are some charges. He is alsmt thir-ty-five years old ami the officer* here believe hr Is a smooth criminal. D. M Hensley, the jeweler. a-si«ted in locating him. , ENCAMPMENT NEXT MONTH Twenty Five Thotwand Visitors Ex pected in Lafayette. Twctdv live thousand is tin- unrulier of visitor* expected on the see ~ I ,I>\ ~f i n G. A. 11. encampment held in Lafayette next month. It may reach 32,002 u I " dittou* are uj Dear j : .w.i a> the eonunittee* hope they will la-. Arrangement* aw nearing nunph-tion ami Assistant Adjutant General Nee ly has arrived and will router with ■tie committee regnrditu the program , hieh Inis Im en arranged except for Itduils. C.njsiriil James Tanner, commander in-chief of the G A. IL. who will be the guest of honor at the Lafayette encampment, is now swing mg iinnmd the cirri# ami will reach there the first day of the encampmentCoijMiral Tanner, who is greatly he loved by all G. A. R. men, is now Imnnd for the northwest. He recent h ret limed from Hie south. He lost I belli legs in Ihe war. but manages lo jgel around very well on artificial I limb*. •j. H BRILL KILLS HIMSELF jJcrlpps-Mctme Special lndian:i|sds, April 21. • IL Brill, a well known coal dt-ah-r. suicide 1 here today.

DECATUK, INDIANA, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 21,

* DEATH OF MRS. JACOB KRICK Well Known Lady of North East Union Township. f Mr*. Jacob Krick, a pioneer settler of I nion township, Adams rounty, died at the country home Monday evening, April Iff after weeks id »iek Hess. The deci-u-ed was 74 years, 2 - months ami 2'l day* of age. having . been Ismi in Wayne comfy. Prim , -ylvanin January Iff, I* "2 At linage of ainmt (i ycais, she with Iler parent*, moved tn Medina county. Ohio, living there six or eight year-. > when tlwy-came to Adam* county, In • diitiia They settled in I nion town--1 -hip. Mill'll was thru .> » ildrrrthen- fs iiig only about a h.df dosen I families living in that township Im Behrlheinirr wt- married to Jacob I Krick, October 2l»t. IMb. by David Erwin, a Jn«lcir of tin- P-ace, and scttb<l on a farm adjoining her fath er. where she ha» sinee resided, living miitmiiously on the same farm for a |wrio<| of over fifty «ix year*. To them were horn 12 children, ft mms and (> daughter*, 3 daughter* and the hushui'.d haring prrrr.le<i her to I Inspirit w.rrld, her hu«l>and having d.vri I ’ I m the German Lutheran church, l>. after marriage *he united v.iiu tl» Evnngi-lu-al Lutlicr.m rhuie'i. I'« la lelietn class, known n» K.ug'< c . n> where she renuinr-d a im-tii <r uut.l death She leaves a brother, Daniel Herelheimer. a ivtired Pennsylvania railroad eiploye; six sisters, three daughters an<| six *■•»>- Iwsnlr- a host of friends and acipinintaiice* to mourn her departure. She was highI ly t-slis m<-4 by all who knew her. The funeral wn» held \\ > tlnoday at the King's eliiirrh anil iiitvi t- ent in the grave yard near try Monroeville Breeze COMMITS SUICIDE Isaiah Surnan HangS Himself HE HAD BEEN IN ILL HEALTH Was Formerly a Resident of Pleaaant Mills and a Member of Company B Isaiah Suiiinn. formerly a resident of Pleasant Mills, committed suicide at Auburn, Indiana, when- h- ha* Ix-vii living fur iw<> or tbtw years. He had been in jxajr health fur some time ami growing despondent hanged himself m the liani yard Thursday all-'ini on in- little daughter discovering his body when -’o- ri-tmmd from ,school. Siimilli lived in Uienmity when tin h,iun<b Ahiriw m war broke out. He eulu4ed in t’em l>aiiv B, IWltlt ivgimi'i.;. Dtni.-g that year his health failetl ...id lu tinsinei- Ihcu almost continually ill. A* ter leltirilitig fnun I ilia. In lived at Pleasant .Mills, a year, then ui-iveri to Auburn, lb- leave* a wife and one daughter. b< 'd,s a number of other ndativcs, some ot wh--ni live ill this county. He will be well r menila-red by many of out readers. GALVANI THE GREAT. Pmt. Galvani gave >.m oPhi- pleasin'.- ciileilainments at the ii|hth house lasi night to n fair sized audiem-e. The |«Miple roared with laughter and stood on t-haio and pandemonium reigned supreme lor two hour*. By rei|iie.*t of a mmilier of citizens. Pod’. Galvani will remain ever for Saturday night and give one more fierforinance. This will |M>sitively be the hi*l , night tlinl lie will remain in thi* city and if you have not seen any of his entertainments, thi* will be your hist oportiiiiity. Prof, (ialvnni is the greatest laugh promoter ever in thi* city mid you will -ee more fun >f the opi in house toui: ht than v ui have ever *een in yo- •• l e. Tin- price* will he 10c. 2th-. .-.nd 30e.

IN FRISCO Wife and Family of Horace Stillwell Are HAD NO WORD FROM THEM And the Candidate. Leaving Cam paign tr Hands of Fri-n L Hast ena to Stn aen City. Thonia* Sidwell, a brother of Hmari Stilwell, the candidate for Cuttgrt-M, 1* •ending out m> *»agv* an nouiicing tin- new* that the wife and family ot lliia<> are Lchvvcd tw have been in S.m t i t, aiui II i, feared they nee,l a-«i*t» -.-c. ilu l.as, tIH-rvlorc, hastened lu la.in. k-avin. hi* campaign in the hand* v! ht» friend* Gcßlian A lower, of this city, have recvivetl the following telr gram Auderaon, hid . April 2*< Graham A lower. Itwatur. Ind Horace started for San Francisco this aficio'* .. j»i itivi th it Mr* St! well and fuitidv m-- v th<- »tr;cfe»-:> c»ty, and mav lw injured or in nerd of a»»r*iaure t’omm iiwst.on with them t“ im|*-*.ile- H'-'.i" tel' that hi* first duty wa* with lit* famllv and h> ha* left bi* campaign in tin- hands of hi* friends in our emit' ty and throughout the dtt>tn«vt. I brio* vou wll leave nothing umUme that would a-lvame hi- mtervst*. TIH»s N STILWELL Amlerwn. Ind., April 3*. Bu|» pt*»ing that his wife and t-.ro litth I chddien, loilisc, 7, and Nruil. Iw« rI *atc oi a dtstaii! city , and n j'- . m. in the belief that they had escaped the terrible calamity at San Francoen, Horace 1 Nlti«vvll wa* , \r. , i'l wher> todai ms-ll lie re’-, Ved differ •nt information in a letter from inwife. In a pr' - mu* I-1 t*-i Mi* St dw' 11 had sitij that »h«- would leave San Francisco "ii last Sunday night for Portland, On-., mid g* from there tSeattle, arriving there on Tuesday, From their she was to have left for Miniieapili* en tlo way A letter received Ml m*m today. *aid that »ii«- had changed her plan*, liadir.g the climate of (‘altfoHna so vongenial to her failing health She •aid in tlii» letter, whi-’h » i« written la«t Munday, that «h*- had derided to remain in San Francisco until Thttrmlay, or twenty-four hours al ter the time that the terrible dinaster overt<«'k th<- city, rendering it» IIMI.IgMi |»-<.pl«' homeless TlwV W»TV then »toppmg at the Palace hotel and ex|>eet«'d io remain in this hostelry a* long a* they were in the eity The Palace hotel one of the tir-t bidding* to suffer trom both the ilisturbaner of the earth ami from tin- tire. The top *t»ry erumhlnl in at the first shock of tiic earth and it.» remnaut wa* later In ked up by the tlame* wliieh awept onward from tin < all biuhitag dinvi Market. NINETY EIGHT YEARS OF AGE The Father of George Gratia at Linn I Grove Is Dead Ih-iativv* here n-i-ivi-d the sad new* yesterday forenoon of the death of Gritiulpa John Gciitis, a’ Elw.xsl. Mr. Genti* would hav been !<S year* old, had he lived until next Tuesday April 21 IL is the father of George Genii* at Linn Grove, and Mr*. Geo. Heller, of tin* plare. and th, grand father of FJ.ward Heller, the I keeja-r at the People * State Bank here. Tin- body of the deeea-i-d will lie brought from Elwood, when- he made hi* home with his yoniigest daughter. Mi*. Jis- Hiller, thi* alter noon. IL will bi- buried at Linn (‘rove. Tin- funeral arrangements were not yet made when the Ner* went to pre** Berne New* MOTHER SUPERIOR IS DEAD S< i lpi.s M.-Kae Spc-tal. Imlanapoli*. April 21. Mother Superior, known as Siste- S: Ila, died here today.

VOGHT HAB BEEN ACQUITTED Portland Jury Free Him For Allow , log Minor* in Pool Rcota At Portland Wednesday Clarence v »«giil »«> found not gmhy by a jury in the mart of Justice la-wf*. of al • lowing minor* m hi* jssd rootti at Bryant, last February Thi- is tin r,iM out of which grew the tmubi, whirl, Hsnltcd hi th* killing of hl \ oght, ft bnrthr r of t ia'- fice hr *fF**f*?l ,Ji ff*'**- W k■’ BjfY- \ t(. aj j- if for h« tih’lrt t«» rrturh hihi ll*’ au»l th !h«* flgM whirh 14 VcnifM *h*d and kHM M Kirwl Hr ut* rtdr-uMptl fr*mi til*! Hliv'kf»i>rd rv»utit£ h«»" srra’-d faihtij.* to rrltiHi m t»dtrtmn>t ! ELKS WILL ACT Local Lodge ASked to Contribnte WILL AID IN RELIEF WORK Exalted Ruler Now on Hit Way to I the Awful Scene* in San Francieco Tim l.H'al xtrdear of Flk* thi* m»n ■ Ihj? Ft i*<“*v«’d th* ! u i**-■ -» ' from tile (I'.iil'l Lvailed R.ii< i H-- | liert G HrxiWtt, Is'tilsv die, Ky relation to assisting the twopi< *’t I ■ ill‘l 'll • I n< th." : ‘ .hs.nl. I Ixniist llle. Ky.. April 2** T<» the officers ami Men tier* of all th* subordinate hsig** of Elk» Imnw-liatriy following receipt of the tii»t new* fn-i- slncken <‘ah forma our pledge »»• given to do tin- F.lk« full JN»rt m assisting to n> lieW disln-s* there, ami )dan» arv now [irrfrvtcl to carry this promi* into pwompt and practical cxecutiuii. and especially a* it *rek« to suevor the hottie and destitute of oar own (swmlivr*, Alrvadv the forwarding of mon** ha* brgm Ykitlmul further notice you are a-k'-d to -end your I cheeks or remittance* by wire to Fred <’ Rolouson, grand •wrrtary H P. O Elk*. i*u!»ui|ur, I"**, ami »j*,-i fy ’•vmwVEvnvy rliantv fund. ' Itfore this reach,* you, vmir grand ex alted ruler will he on hi» way to California, when ht* fai.T.'-st duty now call* hin, to direct the distribu tinti of your batw-tiwure* Meanwhile, to relieve pressing nme-ssltie*, a state ' I I .riifori.i.i reptvs- t ordei it* Grand Midife capacity, awl auv diaries thnHigienit th*- stiitc are thing apjKUnteil to do the work for «lucb we an- bamle-l tog'-iu-1 Among Elk- there -- m> h.-uati-• to mak« apfieal. but I a-k my lirott: r* »o keep m mm 5 that Im give* t« Your* for the g<s«l we can do. KOBERT BROM N. Grand Exalted Ruler. The local or>ler will no hoibt a-1 at ones- ami contribute their note, and ihspateh the same as .*»*>ti as laptsiblv to the Grand Sei-relary Tim can** i* ,i good one ami the Elk* in thi» city will not be- backward in making up a nice purse MISS DEININGER CANNOT LIVE The Sad News Was Given Out Thu Afternoon. The condition of Mi** Ague* Deiningvr i* even worse thin critical. Her physician has given out the infonnation that she can live but a few hour*, and may die at any tnitiut*. Tin* i- ' - - 'i, : - - - t• - 1 . ■ ami many friend*, win have I-. hoping agshmt hope.

NUMBEK 110

COURT NEWS _ * Fred Rohrer to be Re-Ar-reeted Soon mu INDICTED BY GRAND JURf Another Coe Agaioat City Judgment in One Cbaage of Ventui in Cooper Cato. Fied Rohrer of th- Hrr..e Wiinesg *<* by the nmrnt gram! jury Tim old mdictmrnl letsargrd him with the printing of I fraudulent bttlltzta. The new indict* | m«-iit is in arverttl cunt*, charging I him with printing. «*>»«iug to be I printed, circulating, inducing jienpte 110 circulate «ml illegally uaing th# | bttlhd* The old rase Will far dwej:i i--. : ,vi.| l r«! wi i Is- n-arrested l| in a !i-» day . Ib-puly s .cuff lhilia» liutler rv» i "r.c.t th-., ti.-’-n.: flows Jrffcr»,-ll-I idle, aliiir he p.j.-rd D:< sM< Km* Hts'jwr A Iwnbart nave lited a new hat* entitled Kiwbier 4 YMt« t ->mI pai-V vs,, ( tty of I.K-cal r, "i city or* I'icrw. demand hliip Smith ami M--iaii au-t <' J. Lut* *JI appear for the eefei dants iu the lease of (botave A. Brandt ,•» ai , »«. I Ruoa E. Suutlry, H al. Electric ApplMiu-s i vi va. | <‘iri i-f Deeatttr. judgment en -Fefault |S •, A dee irtet was lite! to the «sunI plai''i in the raw of (.terivau Fire Irsm.snr, l>ltn|NMv is Gra'-.ins 4 U>«er. I J Lutz W, ap,. f'.r tl«e pUmtiff II th asr »f M ill Hall v* John H lletff. et al. Ttcma* Suit vs, Tlw-od'-ra A. <’««<»- ■*r. change of venue granted to Jag ■munty DITCH SALE D. N. Erwin Struck a Good Job ELEVEN REPORTS ARE St Mary* Town-hip Wiii Bn;, in Seven More. Making the Total Eichteen At the sm-v.yor-* off *, t. n tww el'.tcb teJit'-s WYffv O (||t’ T), ■♦ u b vf’* Thienm ditch, netting t« J. J M y <t» fur •1 • D \ F ,«. - «• i#we*( bidder on the Erwin ditch, he getting th< eohtni'-t r-.r fUMS. \iewt-rs and et .-i-i. • r‘» report* wen- made today »»u eleven macadain road extension*, they iw-itig Keyiudda nutnber two. Fn-nch towuahip numtier two, Eekrote number two, L. O. Beam nuuabem mie ami two. Reynold* number three. West YY’ashington uuinln-r tive. East Washiligt.Ul number tive. Decatur <X Monw tiunihvr four and West YY'ashitigtiui mimlier seven. Surveyor Bailing. irtuer lias been workuv thi- w.-ek H M.irys township and will • a !-w days tile seven report* for that township. This make* 1 total <»t vight-eu viewers reports for action by the next commissioners ‘ court. The tn .I'lll ’* ■■ did C" s derahle busme** t «iay. : -/■ e crowvl that usually - :■ > * ivi’ence.