Daily Democrat, Volume 4, Number 129, Decatur, Adams County, 14 May 1906 — Page 1

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COURT NEWS Two New Cases Were filed Today IgIfIUMENTS IN FRISTOE CASE I r-v.n Withheld Hi* Decision Two Caw* Het Down For Trial ! A Moran filed a new suit tt» s» rt»UUatl T»tu» IL Ernat, , 3 . rs*'■ 'or of the relate of Iteujap .r. ileeepgral. V*. Nogh A L* . !«.. demand »700. I p fMitty, a* attorney f»r the < and India*** IL-ilma*! • r «l » caw* agau>*t th* City jw, ot) city order. demand * ■ J.-'.- » -»>n thia tnrawig listened ijsi t . ami a half to lite argu-l ' ’hf attorneys in the .-a** ti_ J H Morns* »*. II A. Fnalra, n**'*»'' Nfwer'he* were made g» |. i •■ Vra and U. K. Smiih for >w •»» ‘ sod CJ. ImU and D. D Dr >r ' < the defense Til* court aam «fe' »•* under advvseewnt and m a decision wiibin a day • t«>> Mair relation of Troy Huey v* Rmn D**ker, trwstee. demurrer to petrne, ant and apphcation overrated »r «w*T died. tM* I Van l amp v* Chna. Hoff-e-.i twagaa, demurrer overruled, «M tar <n«- Monday, May 'J*. ■ Ira > Fans* at at, Va. Calvin Mill r H ♦•, ’•'>>* and separate desnor sen giel by plaintiff* to Miller'• an**r. P*rr» 'hi I'ornjinuy, at. al. »a. .1 •* r 1 Hstler. sheriff, replevin suit ' . f.e » Taeaday. May M. .» hn<drum al th* ranrti rasa < 'tn.* add* to the apt**ram* ! if iter -,*.1 of justice * <<ls Butler left today for Jeff •re*-. . having in charge I hina h- aieart.rr. who goes to aerre a msteare at the reformatory for r*>b bra ESTER SUES GRANT LUPTON *-a 0: la demanded From the Banker fhs* of the latgwwt suit* filed m lie *»' i-i'ii) Cirenit Court for ■<rme ’• - » ,ar<-.| on reconl Sa' irdn- • M Minerva Horn ilh-d Msir»t her brother, A. 0. laaptuu, bwh it, individual cnpsctty and •» nreutor of his mother'* will and f * F Gm,mill, for W>,ftoo damage*. ahc alleges she sustained by Wusg forced out of the Pennville I * a year ago. It was conducted S' berwlf, her brother and mother •*d (irmnnll aa a |>artnor»hip, and *** aiit-uea that by the diversion of ’*• fund* .ff the bank to the buaineaa ’* tii* Hbckford county bank, at Hartford City, of which her brother h r# *hi.-r, .he van largely damasred. W>u- tl 4 r | lurn ,j < .,j nh accounting * an of the book* of the a k it was denied. ’ANTS STATEMENT RETRACTED Atlant* Man Asks Roosevelt to Change Bia Opinion. •crlpaa-Mcttae Special. Atlanta, Ga„ May 14.-Alfred '"•m. of this city, ha* written an '!’n letter hi President Roiwielt, •WSeatmg that as Mra. Jefferson l»a he, on her death-bed, the presi- *■” should retract the statement ««>ncernii»g her hasband, whom J* ’tamped a traitor of worse sort **»> Bwnediet Arnold.

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FUNERAL PARTY LEFT TODAY I Mis* Bessie Hook Laid to Rest Her ■ Mother in Senous Ccndition lUm!* Uuora H<*4. daughter <rf John and Emma If *k. waa lx.n> in Ohio. October 7. IS*’, a: .I died May 11. HMa., aged HI year*, 7 month*. I and I day* Her death wae the ftr*l! ; I that ha* <«-• urn -i in the family She 1 |wa* eiMivertrd four years ago and ba* Iwienlu.u* el.r'.tiai hbr «i- ~| a fquiet disposition, but al*ay» ha*l al I »n«l rM|NbetaHy will U* mi*«rd it* I th* h«»fr,<’ whrrr *hr wim | lit h4pl|*’f\ fw’Nrr th* | I W’.*rk her lo <l«* TS* 1 *nhi»’ eom- -■ ! . .... grthfWlk I ht ’ | anti vlriiih, hki! *iich >.* I I th* will «»f Ihr <I«mL Tiw !•»*< ! 11><>!<* Will tii# laml arvffff *iH I I n-.n*t fad* away. That we yet MHrtriv* i {her t» m. pr—f that we will «nra|MH I from the shadows of death, liwt am»« ; ■a* a ssn.-.rj It.-«-braves a tie’rbee, 1 I father one *i*ter. rm* brother and! I two half bn.fio'rw to mourn lheir !«**« ‘ | But what n their !«»•« i» {gain and *h* ta above this world of { ilmabhy N«» great s* th* grief j I of the mother that her life 1* dispwir led of, and it i» fcsrmi that it will 1 i he but a short time until *hr follow* f her daughter to tbr grave. The man y ] friends of th* family are hoping she | will rally and bear up under th* late misfortune. A funeral aerviee »»* held at thej [ home Hurotay aflerv»*-n for the B*«w lit «f those who eoald not accompany the remains to Ki. Marva, <H»e. Th* service was in rharge of the Res I N. Holhngwworth. of Lynn. Ind . under whose ministry Hewn* was converted, •jmiatrd by th* Bev. Mr Eunice Men* denhail A very large crowd we* m attendance to pay thrir last respi and much aorrow wa* di.ptavcl The fuse rat part, went to St Msrya, <>.. tiwlns. where rntc-ww- r will take place Th* floral s*fferi were beau tiful and profu-w A mistake wa* atmto w> the artirie Friday concerning ttm» imamt and t death of Mt*« Heart* Mhmk Owe in , | formant Mated linst it wae John! Hunk, father of th* vieiue. who bad I placed the dynamitr <>n the .love. It , i sliould have rami that Fiinmn Hu»k-| 1 Bar’ll. a half brsdlier of the <l*eea*cl,, I th# ityßurnt** <>-» th* | Mr Burkhardt t* heart broken over! ihr affair, whi n w». pu»*iv acetdrnt al. H« was preparing to blast <«i< Mime «tum|s> on the farm, ami finding: th* aipfostve too cold to do effwltvej work, tni'h it to the boose to warm ; I it, telling th* young hoy to bring it I lout to him in a fr» minutes. Th* I boy. like ail other little fellow*, went; about bii phy fergvtling antirvly | about the dynamite on th* »•««*'■ A: abort lime pmmrd and the dynamite, took tire with the result a* I* w *'l known. Mra Hook, neither of th* victim. wa* standing near when her ehithing t‘*»k Ur*, and caught U*»i*t of Hes>l*, intending to (Hit out (be lira, but Resaie jerk«*d «»ay from her ami ran out of doom, screminff aa loud a* | ■he could. In a few minutes the| girl's riotliinff wa* consumed. Her \ father, who was working at Will shire, was notiffeii of th* affair, and j eanie home »• once MBS MARTIN GETS A PENSION Dispatches from Washington in tinmorning papers state that a *)*■< lai bill wa* passed by congress allowing a monthly pension of flfl per month! to Mrs. Ida Martin, widow of Em-i Congn-’sman A. N Martin, deceased. I She I* now in the east. Another fact' of interest to the friends of the Marlin Family is that n handsome wu»:i.i in.-nt is to b»- elected over the grn. of ( ungivsarnao Martin in ■■ cemetery . The monument wa» "irt< red during the winter by M Frazier, tum in-las of the' dead congrt-ssman. but it has not yet been dehwre.l It will probably be erected during the coming summer. Charles Merryman arrived Sundaymorning from Missouri and i-s the n ,..*t of his parents, Mr. and Mra. J. 1 Mtrryman. Charjes is looking well an »’atea that the climate agreed with b ■ all right, lie will remain here f -everal weeks.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, May 14, iq<>6.

I BACCALAUREATE Sermon by Rev. Alfred Fowler 'LAkOE CROWD IN ATTENDANCE First Presbytertar. Church the Scene of a Happy Ssrvtea far the Graduating Class I. The graduntn cU** rt thA Iwatnr IH«b Sch.M.l. MtemM sen 4** at tii* I First Pvcbyterian rtiureh tp-t rve-l I rung niyj listened to a m***t 1 I inspiring and delight fat laermu* by Km Alfred F„«« la| j sntirspwlion of the *r«nt, ti>d beauti ' (al ehwreti bod hern d.-<~>t»V‘ with' i flower-*, p*»t t**l plat-1* and 'A* *!**« | ma* were W*ll 0M »>tb ftteMs t the da*. Whil» th* organ prelude I were *eal»-4 near Its* front at ti* J I thi#CfS l Tt'# v |#4 with tb* hr*«9ltful hrw ! . **N#St*f Ur. My <M t» Th** " Bak* •*?• r»n-; dared by Mr. Era*l»rgwr and M>«*. (Brrrv. Is ■ *•**! •i-.ger* s.wi li-* i I'rvsbi t»r 1 »ri choir »ang a pretty an I 'them in which Florence -Sprungwr <»»*! I ibs *•«!«» peri M»» A B H»«»< "at th* Evangwiaeai rtrorrh, r*»d th* scrip-1 tur* l*s*a»r», ••Part * Fui««g» -if I*’*." I tor IX R*v White gava the ape** mg prayer, and Ko* t*h» lb* ciswi-.g prayer, H*s Fowler chts* for has w«bt«*t *‘Tb* Kcue.iwle<« of L»»e. his l*»t, lb* w.*d “bve.'* (rami the !a«t of the thirteenth rec** «rs Ibo thirteenth ehaptsr as Corirrtlimns > Hew- rswwtv i> awed, •**• *>»-♦**• •UfirrslitMHts mind this might «**•![ unlucky, it *e th* tags*** I 1 *! the Bi bl* Mrs sernesi waa one wf kUI , best rffi.ri*. and was appere-ioted bv . ’th* hum! rad who bran I H* adv*»*l I th* grmluate* •• to tb* claaahness »t 1 | M>nl and person, as to what the ram-1 munity asported <d tbam. a* .the |.*Muhibti«» of tl" frtnir and th* b#*| |ibay should cr-emrag* fra m-W- p«r •mt*, spiritually and otherwise ’*•l lhav* beard many word* of prai** ,-W - j Hoi Fowler and every bearer ***ii>--d ’ -leluriitod With hl* *l<apient discourse j SlxniM th. tlftran gradual** srhrar’*; I oven a part of the Irssoa of their) baccalaureate sermon, they will pros* jlwlter men and women tw it BOYS EAT BTRYCHNINE PILLS Two Fort Wayno Children Died IB { Agony Ri.val 1 .wnwali. ag*-i f*-n. and, Teddy Bratt, aged three, of Fort | ; Wayne, got hold of » bottle .f .try. h ■ jnine pill*, ate a number of them Nat{urdar evening, and died Sunday mom- ' siig Several physicians Worked with ! the Imsh*-*. for hour-*, while the grief j stricken parents prayod, but to no ! avail. The children were unreuweiou* I when found awl ths ptrtann ha*l been {... absorbed by their *y»t*m> that re cot cry was im|***ibl* Th* little b<>y, sere favorites in Fort Wayne, the parents being wealthy. TRACTION LINE ADD COOLERS “They are coming. '* »*y the treehiof) men. It i* only a question of 'tunc until refrigerator car* for earning milk and cold storage product* riil be in service on interurban lines Tin need for this -las* of cars is pressing. es|s*ially in t!i« summer and their coming is a necessary move in the development of the interiiilMu< freight problem. A large port of th* «ndk supply of Indianapolis i.« carried in aver the electnc tones. In ca*e of long hauls on hot days it may be on the mad to spoiling before being unloaded and in th* consumer* ’ hand*. What 1* true of milk is equally true of meats and many fruits and vegetables, especially f< r long distance traffic. So the eold storage electric car is being demanded.

GOVERNMENT PAID THE STATE Check Scat U B<>,.are Up an Old War Aceonnt * -.IfM vV j-i »»fl ’ "ir’F -JMFUd . <%' • a-JfilJ ?#*'B I Sr# ‘’f St? iji I »i ??’-• tls# ih«* #v44t<r* Irocs ■ «*' ? t«t I ? HA' s ?-’ '* ' ’■ * 5 Wt t »Sd*. ’.ttMFtiiF I*4’ f SoMKjs -I “ ?•;-1 I -'i K ' W ??■-. 5 | F W«W t Mi I?#* ewt pwirtit SK hr-ial4: -<• tat OmU ?wr* »»* « raaU Tr*nrb*» tn 4 WW* I dirt aS! -«e» th* gr--■> Is » 4 •bff traufs* aban i.rtsod th* plara it ■ a Soft in a l*iap»d*t*d raw-lttMM Th* booed «f agrare h»4 to »,.w»d ■Mfflki tb*a»and «t*»M*r» potting th* gvgy<‘’-d* mi *hap» f<w ih* dd* fair *M it Bo lb* b»»nF 1 f,.» thia »B|*»tuht«*'» that tU" ••* 4*w>»r* own i **.»*•! tb* warraart BABY SUTTON DEAD Little Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jewe Sutton WAS ILL TOR SEVERAL WEEKS j Tha Fed Cam* at Fuur 0 Cl-> k Tki» Monuag Child Waa a Brtght and Popular 0c« Mary, tha littl* two-ywar add laugh ter of Mr an.i Mr* J***- Kuttaa, wm> reside on Meowr a«*»ra. "t’*-l lh:» ImoHUnff at fora o’<>l.i*k. after an di I {.j atb resulting from diahet** The hater waa a bright tottlr child ami wa*' ju»t beginning to ton I into the »g* • Herr it »S« the light of the s h.Jd and where the parent* ha I b* . gin t.» plan for It* future The teat** <«a» afflicted with thi* drtpd dwoara several monibw atf*. and. although given th* b**t of mreitral care and ! s'icvlanr-*-, could not withstand th* I waging* of lb* disea** an* this r orning succumbed. TH* pareiil* are I eartbruken ami have th* svmpathy | of the community in »he*e »ad h*«ir» ; The funeral •ervii'c* will be bald I Tuesday afternoon at two o’eliek at to* home. Her. Alfred Fowler ofirialttig. and .rt iment will b u>-<! , m the Hrertur cem dery Th*"** ilew r;tig to view the remain* may *1 • •" lie!ween the Imura of nine and eteytn o'clock tomorrow FRED PURDY IS STILL IN JAIL Bcrtpr*-M--.fl»* gprelal ln.iiana|«di*. May U Fred Purdy editor <»f the Nun. who was sentenced Saturday by Judge Alford for contempt of court, still remain* in mil It was thought a writ of habeas corpus would be applied for, but nothing has l»e>-u done so far. Mi** Jean Sutton returned to Geneva t*ulay. While here she w-u the gueat of Mr and Mrs. Jesse Sutton.

CARL SCHURZ DEAD Famous Editorand Statesman Dies HIS LIFE AN EVENTFUL ONE Fima From Garuaey *-4 Bacaawi a Loadn.s ffstidrar. Lawyer and Btatoearas ta America NEW York May H Carl tt,- k -.rt w*d gnaws and I* traav wtea k*>. um 111 last Wrtaowflay 4t«d at 41» Hu* marwiag AH lb* mamkara as th* family w»re at ku badrtd* wtefa tbo a*4 raaut - • - + I f Jg *■.•’« ? ’ •« Y'tyy-- >; • ? t .. .i - a- • . Arc <k •«« - - H u I** W to liUwrMk j Mi I’is * b# ! H* t*«atik • ! . ' i’dkft tb#' -vBIS I K#m4 W tW'iS ■ . 1 pMotod mi«»*i»» to Apaia, test «►*<»- j - ’ ad ia Wrt‘3 t«> •wwp* a w | the federal army wad maA* a great I 1 1 wa* rwenret After ibo war to* re*■l*o*4 { ,Ith* peart >*• *f law at W asamgto*’. ■ , I al*** •** ’ tag a* rar re* m*t* w t fra t to* I ;! Now Trail Tntowa* I* IMmi, b* wa* ; , < mt worth aw a *»rfnset*»KOa*e to report : |<M> t!*o **m*4M*:«-• of Ito* •wrtbrtW •letoe la Ihw swme v*«r to* fowl twl ; ■ ib« DMr*i*| |v*si and m Htot? to»»a* {Ametor tram Mrewrert H* ••• w* i jretary wf tike Iraortra frees IW7T t» jaw! r«MB Hu io !*»■» to* rtt'iad! I H*-» <«►'! *‘4 ;ii-wk i»i tb# •I’y#"-- i THOUGHT IT AN EARTHQUAKE Powder Magariae* ta Caaaoctirat EtpUdod Hr FYlptaß M »|ms«s iffit ’ * thllt • At j Hu hear h<r# 4&»| t in An mna. Derby. New Havra a* I at rtUrtr > KHlt**-* iHk" k*O#*l twifr* magarines. MAY DAY IN OLD RUSSIA Csusea Some Trouble Ao Officer * Killed | w M. >.»* arooeat I Hl Petersburg, May lt~Tbi» » iKu.si in May Day and in view of th*lartioti the Socialists will celebrate the iurramon. Th* police are making I preparations to prevent any demon ♦tration*, a* it l* feared eiashe* will result between the workingmen and j pidice. a rive* Metta* !Ip*'-sal <* p..t«.rwhnrg. Wav 14 Vlnnr.lt Konsruitch wa* anna*.mated today. METZGER MUST STAND TRIAL. Scripps-Mellae Special. Indianapolis, May It.—-Judge Wilson in cnmnal court today sustained a demurrer to the plea of abatement in th* trial of Chief of Police Mettger. Th* work of trajianelmg a jury to bear the ease began at once.

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FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION ‘Of ladrpeudcnt Ttlephoar AaaortaUoa to be H'ld Tbu Wsak j Th* 6r*i will too talsra J a ai-gatii. i t AJmM as’-iAI ** tb* TILLMAN SPEAKS Tells Some Interesting Secrets of State a* orrta by ms alducx V«Med Crrt.t f«* U» Bate BID Pr*«ute*t RawerewH i* CMMI Wa» <* . I» ( Ml. II *<*•* |rtu*g rwaUy •*'*•**•*> yrt *■■ «* Ifcra ’U TBmaX Pla - Hrt aret i K’.w.wk*’**H «j«lHß*T*y k« !»** 1.. wo-* mrF W I'l H k* EJhMMNtoNlts I H**•*"»’#? d *> w a? l Mt.tnMMri w y I f >l# * X’ s WH-JBaf*'’ t**ti ■ b"* ♦ I * II -■ a a SB*- if-1 »-* Iks* - ®' A -Hlf# •it -»< a 4 •*’.»*■ ?•-* .-'*#4 | mm® wiU'iY'-k ®* ♦*» s"** m * I mMk# * bill w>(b «W* , f->r - -•*■< <W ■ tti -.,<■■ I Wnatoingtrai. DC. M*y U YtiraI noy.Gerami U’wolv had a long rar. Lrenra wt.h the pre-hlent at th* White Houra, regardin-g the Tdlrawo- , g*« again.t the president this morning Th* ranferenee al•o dealt with til. part Atlorurv l.*n cral t.-» in th* iw-g" land th* |Wn *«-rati<- l*ad*r» of the ■ ’’oiiatc on tli* Haitrnad Rate ted). TO HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICES Rev. C. L. Vulbettaon, of Roekfotd. Ohm, will conduct Memorial servigr* at the Zmn ehureh. Rivarre, oa f*W. day. May 27. All old «<4diera and others are invted to attend. POSTMASTER FOR MONTPELIER Scripps M*Raw Spacial Washington, May 14. —The president today sent to th* senate the tx»«n matmn es T. C. Palm* ’ •=• P*-’'master at Montpelier, Indiana.