Daily Democrat, Volume 4, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 18 May 1906 — Page 1

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■court notes Lb Amstutz Wants ■aiuralization Papers ■ wiu VISIT IN- GERMANY ■ Hr* Today Bran ■. Will Come Ne«tThur»d*y — W'.’.righl will not Appeal bi >■ i. aljw’iil fr-.m ttn » , i • '» - ■ S ■ vi- II- Ini'-;. department. --- — i Wabash K.-TJ He ul may *eeur* a irge* ot II I IlJo'ij , M Atn*tulr Will i.-a.K -X -mled trip • t 'ii«-r land Hr came ... ati.f n pfiw ’■**-- ~!>> him. i ' Ki.-lotion.l, cum- iip ; ■ .p-a-no llteh ■»»<• ■ Ii . I--li.rsday I- list-!. Io ■ motion* in tin K „ . « a**lg!:c.| to It ft paid tii*- hut and <•*»«•» K found guilty a, ■ S. t uir> >!.><.■■, t>. aHwnii tn . ». i 1 <.»t her thirty two; |0 PAY STATE ■ with Settlement of I Spring Taxes I SALE FOR MONDAY p.eportn n Their ■tat ot A *<-**tng the Different ■ Townahtpa ■ *t w tm.v woiking '■ r ' - - runt n|niug t fispring collection <d Ts. - ■ -m.-'it with tli«- stale ,i p i. probable th.if ItW “f neat month the Adam* | M . ready u-hark Wt! • * th tin- state fol it* ■' •» i i- tor flit* first half I will have a 1 .<• - .'lnidi Itnu- Ixind* 1-r IB’*'-' 1 ”.- ■■: the Ntegtneyei and ..id- in I ill-!' to-, n I*’. it-ant Valley & Oak Ug* ''o-f M'.nroe township and I .•yloti A Wabash Town |® * ,, ' ,i *u-u on,- m Waba-h townbe i>(lt-reii for sale. •-"‘ti-hip mwewMir* have all ' ' t-turtls except Wishing Mi i-? in I they will l»‘ ready in , f,. w ,| nVn gB»':o-i, Al |[ | )(l ahl [ |-, .idi H * board <>t review, which i* tt.'-et th- hist oi next mouth. SB _ f at OAKLAND. u< FUe special ' al.. May IS. — A -light -'ke shuck was fell here and Ju— || H , morning, but no iia» been rejwrted.

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I MRS. MOSUEE DIED SUDDENLY111 Bat Two Days—Funeral This Afternoon. La*t evening'* Bluffton Hanner *atd: As ter a brief illneww, Mrw. Ephraim M >»nre diet la»t evening at 11 o’eloek in her north Main street bum- S<ie wa* not in unusual had health until yesterday monutig, so the nnnouneement of her death is some-; thing of a shock to her friend* Her mows wa» due io advanced ag*.! Mr*. M.eoirr w.n a m-n her of Hi.Methwh*t eliurci ot tin* rity, and during tire past twenty-eight years has reside i here. Nh« leaves only a hu»- , baud to mourn her death, having had ( no children. Elixabeth Reiter wae bom February' 22, 1837, tn Wilfred. Ohio. April 28, i IH.VI she was msrined to Ephraim Moeurw. also of Oi. They moved to this rity uhortly after, resiling bare! |*inee Mr M-*ur. ha. ■ -t detinitelyl I deride I wjiat hr will do in the future. Relative. . |. ...Pur »ili h h. ifor th- funeral w< <-h will I*- held Friday afternoon at 2 oMerit from I the house Ker. J K t 'eri! will hare j | charge A mere. Mrs. Jennie Simla 1 I ‘baker, united IWcatnr last mgnt. Mr* Mosure i* well known in the I'ntil recently Fred Cotts-lin made hi* hooie with li-r. M md Mr« M -sure |earing for him as their child Hr will Ibe bare from Manon to attend th11 tinFrwa. SURVEY BEGINS Tor Cleveland-Indian-apolis Traction Line TO BE PUSHED ALONG Our Firmer* and CitiieM Should Help Them la Securing Right of Way* and in Other Way*j* She, ran of Too-m. beg,,, tm- pr. bntinary *uney u; thu city today for I the new interurban line which it i» I propose I to bui.d ft -hi tin* city to Toledo byway of Decatur, Ottawa Van W. rt and other important ettir*: of Ohio The »urveyitig crew began operations on Market stress, running their| I lines from the center of the built I by the Fort Waytie, Bluffton A Mar ion Traction Company. From that point they surveyed east on Market j street to a point along the V\ iff null , river. They stated that after crossing the river near the ra< - track the line will run diagonally northeast to the i Clover l*>af railroad, which it will IHirsllel to Deeatur. The company luwk of the naw interurban project ha* already been or ganiced and u» composed of prominent men of Deeatlir, Van W art and Tide do. Th.- Higgs A Sherman firm of sur- * veyor*. running the preliminary line*, is the same which surveyed for the, Manon, Bitiffum A Eastern. Tn?, new line will I* another one in tliej network of traction lines centering m Bluffton — Bluffton New* Attorney Todd, Os Toledo, who m mteresi.-l | in this project, was here la»i evening: and this morning, and *sya they are meeting with much .Woiirsg-wnV every w hen- and the line w ill prob-j ably be built from Bluffton to Ottav.u this year. The *nrv«ying party lagan work yesterday and will arrive here in a day or two. The men an-, pushing the project along in a buri-1 way. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION i The officer' of tic Washington] township Sunday Seh.«»l < »i-gnaiz.ation j are pre]»aring » program for a con- ( vention to lai held in our city mi the; 27th, in.'t • aft‘-rii<H»ti and evening session. T program, whirii promise*' good to nil r.h-;.-ted in this work, w ill duly appear.

Decatui, Indiana, Friday Evening, May 18, 1900.

DEATH RESULTS Joshua Bright’s Sufferings are Over HE DIED AT NOON TODAY f Had Been U> Poor Health tor Several Month*, but was Seriously 111 Only a Week M* Joshua Bright, aged «isty six year* i xt nii* tli'ic'ik WHJifl ♦** ■ ’ 1 I ’*WI I' or • he sufferod with eat ah real fmr. He ‘finally improved, but later the disease j srrttied to renter in ths berk of br« ’ IHe ju.t reeoven g from this and | (hoping that he would ultimately rod i cover. When last Fndsx fw v mtri i hi. daughter st < raigv ill- At d>> - «-r j jhe etc *..mr f<s»l, .treog I-' a. i cams very ill again, la,oing intoi unrxwtM-u>u*,ie*e Hr wa* taken i—.nie | latoi ihe MUU ano *ri-licr of Ihr plr*. | | iriana and careful nursing were ad-1 I miniatured, but be herame weaker * leach day. death resulting today He, ' s ; -.,. ■ .- ! one* gathered I ■ • I that he was prop.rod to dir j Mr Bright «m widely known. b*» ’(quarter emtury II- «*. a kmd so 11 | hoerst ritirrn, * rhristia- in the true I Isense of the word, a men wl»**r bon - a* writ s. hi* public life were | I worthy of .-ninlali-n. Hr was l»>rn | IHI Ihw.kM.g rsrtHvlv.■ <*i*d mMami I here when a young man. He «s> a farmer > | nrnrr a. a breeder of fancy rtoek Hr ] Ilia* been blr*wd in w.irldy good* and | I use! it for fbe gm>d ot hi* famuy and llhis r«mmunitv He wrved for twelve, II rar* a* trustee of but township and I |hu> every act proved ht* upngbtnew land integrity. lie leave* a wits snd ten children. 1 I f»ur daughter* snd six son*, who are | I bowed in gnef as are the hundreds of. ■ p— -bt wa* a member *»f the {‘hnrvh I iof Christ, known a» the Be.-ry church land served as a trustee «»f that insttj tut.on for many year* . The funeral sen ice* will be field • ISmidav moniiug. *l** funeral cortege : ilraiing the houw at ten o'clock, sun j time, and arriving at the Astmeh jrhurvh at ten thirty o’rloeh. Inter ; ! meat will be made tn the Antmeh | cemrlrry. WAS IN BUSINESS HERE Will be Remembered by Many of Our Citlaen* Leaves a Wife and One Daughter i The following cli|>j>ing was taken ' jthi* morning from the laiwell, (Mirh. > I Journal: l>. Millard G<*si*ell, a former well known ritiaan here, died [at the home of i* »n. Ray, hi H»-n |ton llarUtr, Mt;h.. on Saturday, of heart failure, nt the age of sixty , h ear* Funeral service* were held at; I tin- home of hi* daughter. Mr* W. H 1 I;. xford. .>'• Brainard «tre« t. Grand P->. . h. on Tn- sday afternoon at one o eb*ek eouduetvd by- i»n- IGv. li.iy I. t tie- M. church. The h.. ,’y w.-t* |on nght het* for buna! nt 3:13 ♦!.[ IT. train, ami interment na* in the I Oakwood cemetery. He leaves to 1 .mourn their lo** a wife, one daughter land two aowi, a daughter having died! |seven vearw ago. Beside* thewe he. i leave* two sisters, two brothers and |two grandchildren. Many of the older, ji-itizens will rotneftilw-r the deceased.: ' who was born in Vergetines.’' Mr. ;<hHhl*ell i- well know n in this city > I having fornt-rly been engaged in the 1 Limber busines* here with Godfrey jChristen, this having been neerly I twenty-five years ag>x I

FARMERS NEED RAIN BADLY Crop* are in Danger and Work Al mo»t Impossible. lite farmer* twivi- had seven fat i year*, hut they arc beginning to fear thia will be a Iran one md-** heavy nuns s**rti roe tlwm a rhanre to get I their gVeuind in rsuxlttum for |danting and m<n*turr also roam* in to the aid of the graaa. The difficulty in break mg up tbr ground *>u aec.ut.l of the eirrosi.tr dryer** ha* hrrn a<l*ir-i lot by tie lark of fr<»l la*t winter When the ground is fr»,*rn to a roo.idcrab!r depth the -Ml I. mrlhroesl far down when the frost Iravr* and IS left in bad f»r ths corn and •dbrr er-n- I is almost to get it into i Lhapr n.r a <>.*l Iwd of r-n. M --’ ! ■ aiHls IV »»» **♦*» jr* w n<oi ew*f j.acres* is but indifferent A g»"«d all i • tft 7'isri •■I S t Iwif Wit’. . M at pro-sent but ram will do this, | jffXltl <tl<| If) A blmK* 11ffllW Wt|i Tnp tirTT'MijlfA l**C * *t»-i ELEVATOR BURNS J. C. Johnston Loses His Huntsville Plant TOWN WAS NEARLY DESTROYED Bellefoaatalne Fire Depsrtmsnt Call ed IS Fight the Flame* Hi* Loss is Uakaown j Wont was roared m th., r.ly to. <iay from J. I Johnston, of llnnl* , rille, tHum staling that bi» elevator I had bs-r-i destroyed Thurwlax after;noon together with a numbet «f ,>ib*r [ busiii-s* *r* and dwcl'nigs Tloe»ii« ut th* ftro ta unkown and tor [a lime I appeared that It-' cntitv ftoan S4* d*t:.. i for <ir.tru.n r 1 Tim fire department »or* led fr.urs , Hr||rf.-i latiu-. Ohm. and after hours, of heroic work, lie ire was gotten i : utt-lsr rontro! Mr J. ( .t.» < i* *•-" (known it this eity, having f..rn>»-' • ' , been in 'hr employ of r- I. t artoil, lot thia city, and tiavtng only a abort [ (tune ago bven united in tuamag<- to. Mias H*s*e Forbing. of this place. Il- : lhad a fin* elevator al Huntsville am! | ■ from a;, rt-js-r’* *•»• ‘ ■ ’■ | buaiMM*, a» be had a fin* territory i I is* draw busHtr** from. The elevator , wa* a modern strurtnre ami »a» «*juip|ied with ail th* latest and up j to date machinery Hr did not *t*t* [ what hi* toa» would be. or tmw much 1 ituuribiir** h** earTWMi <»ti tb<* |M»nt ' I Mr. JehttaMi errtawl.y h»* tlw «vm!lmi by of tb«* riitti* t»»»wmuualy ”• . TO ATTEND CHURCH SERVICES Th* Red Men and Pocahontas Lodges to Attend Christian Church N-xt Sunday at half past two r, clock both lie IL-4 Men and I’oca hotUti* «.:der* will attend service* at | , the Christian church. Tlie service* ( .will be romlueted by Rev Wharton.j .of bort Wayne. The m*mb<'* will .meet at their Io lg<- room ami march to the chuirh. FIRE RAGING AT CORY PA' — SU rtpP» M- lUe Special Cory* Du.. Msy I** A fire i* raring on east Main street in! 'the b;isi'. •< siftion of th city. Sex-, eral buildings are in flames and the [wind ia a untie.

CLASS DAY — Senior Class Exercise Last Evening THE COMMENCEMENT TONIGHT Dr Hugh** of Degas*, will Address the Class and Graduates Will Re reive Their Diplomas — Th* Benw>r I ’as* of th* Ibeatur I Cbm* Itey evrrouw* at It* Ceulrul .< and were grroted A Al 4 f 1 ■ ■*' • ■ If' labJM F IgM-' J ,[t„ ~• »! • ■ It- - •»,- » II I HriiK»r < !«•* i« dwwrm<4, s« xn I I th* FREE AT LAST Man Who Shot Erick Steps From Prison 18 READY FOR THE FUTURE ■— Will Go to Hl Lout* *nd Start Use Anew Tell* Why be Tried to Kiss Frick. Kcrlee* M< H«« WpsH tal Pittsburg, May 1* After fourteen years imprieMMMnit, Aleiamler Burk ! | Henry C. Fiwk in h>- July j |22. im Stepped from the shadow. of the Allegbetiy roanty work house, this morning ami took a deep, grate | ful inhalation of pun- air. With no irogiei* for lu« action*, with euiiti-l idener in th* future, ready to start | out anew in the race of life, he will (leave for St. lahii* late this after-1 'IHMHI. Burk tun ns. attitude toward. ' Fnek has changed. He .mile* at it J I now. He *ay* lie thought at the time! | that Frick wae the greatest enemy j [the country had and therefore tried I [to kill him. ”My position." he said. I |**wa* something like Brutu*. not that ! ! loved Fru-k h-*». but my country , I more. '* He *aid after he had bi-cn , ; impi isom-1 *even year*, he wa* itv-. 'formed that if he would conform to certain terms, in- would be granted ! pardon, but lie t»fu*ed. Juel what; I tin term* were’lie would not say. I

Number 133

PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLOSE TODAY ; Three Months Vacatior. w oa and the Children are Happy I To-tsv «a* • »--ty in.i*<rt»nt <>i< ! Ito th* «<Ming petite - the riosiug day lot tiee |rabii«* aebmd*. The ehildron FHFIk Iffxl ffianYtffc I fl** brr wg»fr Ha* in# •»»o that r*»wrtrwl ftfhftMrmrnt, a mfo a higbrr briefing j IM* •YllMfll t<* tii** FieriMff 09, fv *? I»r ;!>••«» *t»tM * thfW I h*iiHa with Um* I ant teipwted TnSHght'« ****»me«>**B»*ni I rltwr* thdff a *>«>**•“<•*’* f **o*r ftiWf Prof Hartman and hi* *taff »t l*nd»GENEVA NEWS Arrangements for Decoration Day Complete THE POOL ROOM WILL MOVI N«w Quarters Besag Prvpersd Oxter. Want Psupte es • Tyatemd Fever Epufemic I tiw'fv af* ffwatfra ■' >**“■# I «'»f f4T N ffFf 9s' * S it r.*SMrdP *’i. lff I effpd" r*i t rit ; , AAI M (*> drum ewpa. <J A. H . s <>C V ; marry I tfp'Md’-’i* lit* swi-iai rrf Th* H*«*l tmiMing h hru.g rriaaper« I «*•! an«l tHif eewutil t*Mi f<»f tb* ‘HrunMWwkr |n»4 Tin* l» a I ffhoeM make a *rry dewiraW* pia*«. ’tW » mft m a r#rv «tnd I thatitiFfr ahti til* bupin***, tfi th*- fi*w | Lw*atH»fi. »h<»uld be a paying oov. Th# ptN»ai will be tv adv for by MONROE WILL MAKE A FIGHT WiU Plead Not Gtulty Trial May b* a Spicy On* No preliiumary bearing w*» held today in the case of l*n Monroe, m Judge Vaugtm wa* out of town at* I tending the convention at Manon. ; M mroe i* *till in jail and ha* been I given m> <*p|*>rtui>ity to furnish bad. It i* satd that there may lx some *ensatmnal development* in tin M >nroe ’ '-jm and some other partie* in .y be i unpleasantly implicated in the affair [One story i- to tin- effect tha' M<»nlipnsrrri with the girl on Ttn*<l.-»y waa 1 because he learned of another man *h<i L-..i* with on Monday night.—Bluffton I New s.