Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 18 January 1907 — Page 1

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AN APPOINTMENT Steward S. Watson Appointed at Winchester the BROWNSVILLE DEBATE Third Termers Busy—But Few Applications for Permission to Manufacture Denatured Alcohol. Washington, Jan. 18. —The president has appointed the following Indiana postmasters'. John S. Glenn, Huntington; Seward S. Watson, Winchester; Walter Bradfute, Bloomington. Washington, Jan. 18.—The senate itself does not yet know what the outcome of the Brownsville debate will be. The committee on military affairs which the Foraker resolution says shall make an investigation is composed of men who are not likely to do anything that will seriously embarrass the president. It is not the intention of the Committee to visit Brownsville. After an investigation by the committee, if one is made, there is only one thing the senate can do, members of the committee say, and that is pass a resolution requesting the president to reinstate the men. Washington. Jan. 18. —Activities on the part of the Chicago Roosevelt Third-term League are as thorns in the flesh to President Roosevelt. The “boom" which the league is fostering has put Mr. Roosevelt in an angry, but practically helpless condition. He can do nothing but say he is not a candidate for another term, and if in the face of his word certain persons attempt to make It plain that they believe he is a liar, he has no recourse. Continued on Page 2. STARVING NATIVES

Loot Kingston Residences -Fired Upon MANY AMERICANS IN THE LIST Popular Tourists’ Hotel Destroyed— Shore is Sinking—Entire Harbor Floor is Altered. Holland Bay, Jan. 18.— Hungry looters Invaded the stricken city of Kingston late last night and were fired upon repeatedly by the provost guards. It is not believed that any one was injured as the soldiers didn t shoot to kill. The looters were hungry natives seeking food. They made no attempt to take valuables or to rob any pan of the residences except the kitchens and pantries. It is now believed that the list ot Americans killed in Monday's disaster was much greater than was at first believed. Several bodies buried yesterday and supposed to have been British are now thought to have been Americans. So far, however, only eight Americans have been reported missing. The Myrtle Bank Hotel, favorite resort of American tourists, was completely razed and the debt is has not been fuily explored. The count today showed that thirty out of thirty five employees of the tourist buieau are among the dead. Measmements made today show that the shore is slowly sinking and the watei has a vanced several feet since yes.ei ay. Soundings show that the entire har or floor has been altered. Great h- ue starting at the water's edge, run ar back into the island and many e deep. There have been several sig i slides along the sea short today. THE SEED SEASON IS NOW OPEN. Washington, D. C., Jan. l‘->. I have concluded to distribute my quota of seeds this year to those express a desire for them, so >- sons who wish a package oi - al or flower seeds will receive R 1 1 written request, addressing 1116 Washington, D. C. As my quo '‘* . flower seed is not large, those ask first will be supplied. GEORGE W. CROMER.

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GO INTO ELECTRIC BUSINESS Owners of Decatur Gas Company Buy Valuable Property. South Bend, Ind., Jan. 17.—The deal whereby the Northern Indiana railway has changed owners was perfected in New York yesterday and the Dieterich syndicate of New York, the Murdocks, former Governor Durbin and Hugh McGowan of Indiana, took charge of the property. The price agreed on was $4,000,000. With the interurban lines the new owners took over the street railway lines in Michigan City, South Bend and Elkhart. The Northern Indiana railway runs from Goshen, through Elkhart and South Bend to Hudson lake, and from Laporte to Michigan City. The Intention of the new owners is to build a line direct from South Bend to Chicago byway of Michigan City, thus cutting out Laporte except as a branch line. In addition, the local systems in the cities through which the line is to be built will be reconstructed and put in first-class condition. o SEVERELY INJURED Franke Burger Meets With Accident WHILE RETURNING FROM IOWA Was Riding in Caboose of Through Freight—Sudden Stop Threw Him Violently to the Floor '

Frank Berger, the veteran horse buyer, is at present confined at the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Kern, on South Eighth street, in a very serious condition suffering from internal injuries in his chest, neck and bruises on the back of the head, the result of a railroad accident near Crown Point, Ind. Mr. Berger was on his return trip from lowa, where he had been looking after business interests and in order to get home some earlier he concluded to ride a through freight and accordingly secured passage in the caboose of a freight train. The train left Crown Point on time and everything was running along nicely until some fifteen miles from the starting point, when the air brake connection on the caboose broke, causing the train to stop suddenly, this throwing Mr. Berger, who was sitting in one of the seats, forward and backward in such away that his chest, neck and back of his head were severely injured. The injury to the train was soon mended and the train arrived in Huntington a few minutes late, where is was met by the claim agent of the road and Mr. Berger was transferred to the passenger train and brought home under his especial care, and he is now at the home of Mrs. Kern. Dr D. D. Clark was immediately summoned and made the patient as comfortable as possible, but informed us today that he was unable to tell the extent of his injuries until several days had elapsed, as time alone would tell. Mr. Berger suffers untold agony from the injuries to his head and complains of considerable pain in his chest and back of his neck. e HOTEL SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION Wirchester’s Forty Thousand Dollar Hotel Sold Yesterday. Winchester, Ind., Jan. 17. —The Randolph hotel, one of the finest and best known hostelries in this section, was sold at public sale this afternoon. The building was erected about three years ago at a cost of approximately $40,000 and brought only $13,975 this afternoon. Nearly $25,000 for the building was furnished by the citizens of Winchester, who subscribed for stock in the project, and the balance of the money was raised by mortgage. S. D. Coats, president of the Randolph County bank, was the purchaser. — o A big baby boy made its appearance at the home of Mrs. Frank Yaney j this morning.. Both mother and babe !are doing well. Frank E. France returned today from a business trip to Van Wert, Ohio.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening January 18, 1907.

LIKE A BROTHER Congressman Cromer Sticks to Eight District HIS FRIENDS ARE STILL LOYAL Louis Ludlow of the Star League, I Gives a Brief Interview With Congressman Cromer. Washington, Jan. 17. —In an interview for the Star today Representative Cromer threw some light on his plans for the future. When asked if there 1 is any truth in the statement that he is going to move out of the district he replied: ‘There is not the slightest foundation for that report. I shall return to Muncie to live. There is too ’ much going on in politics in the Eighth district to justify me in being away." “Will you be a candidate for the Republican nomination for congress in ' 1908?" “I am not now ready to give an answer to that question,” Mr. Cromer replied. “I will say, however, that I am i receiving letters from friends all over the district who say that if I will become a candidate they will fight for me in earnest. Os course such assurances are very gratifying.” From the tenor of Mr. Cromer’s talk 1 it is evident that there will be merry times in the Republican camp in the Eighth district during the next two i years. It is known that Cromer does not feel that he has any reason to be discouraged over his political achievements and prospects. He naturally obtains some comfort from the fact that although he has been in many , hard-fought political battles he has ' uniformly come out victor except in the election last year. Every day he Continued on Page 2. LOOKS LIKE I. U. r j _l First Test Vote on Med- £ leal College Bill ' PURDUE IS BEATEN FIVE VOTES 1 r 3 Bill Will Carry in House, but Question is Not Fully Decided in > Senate. t i 3 (Scripps-Mcßae Special.) 3 Indianapolis, Jan. 18. —The house to - day advanced on a test vote the In--3! diana Medical college bill reported . favorably on the committee on judir ciary. One member of the committee 3 submitted a minority report against 3 the Indiana University and in favor < of Purdue. A motion to concur in the 3 minority report was voted down and tj ' the vote on the majority vote carried. - i A motion to refer back to the commit--31 tee with instructions lost. The votes

showed up with forty-two votes for the I. U. and thirty-seven for Purdue. The senate committee on judiciary had ready today a favorable report on the Indiana University bill which now seems destined to pass the house, but Purdue “boosters” saw the hand writing on the wall and asked a delay until the education committee w'hich has the Purdue bill could meet jointly with the judiciary committee and report the bill. This was agreed to and it was decided to meet next Tuesdayevening at seven o’clock to thresh it out. FLOODS ARE CAUSING DAMAGE Streams Are Out of Banks in Indiana and Ohio. Springfield. 111., Jan. 18.—Shawneetown this morning, appealed to Governor Deenin for help on account of the floods. The matter was referred to the adjutant general and 100 tents were shipped immediately to Shawneetown. Princeton, Ind., Jan. 18. —White, Patoka and Wabash rivers still continue to raise. Beginning two miles west of here and extending twenty-five miles north of Vincennes is a stretch of I land in which the losses estimated at I SIOO,OOO.

THE WAY TO GET THEM' Publication of Taxes Paid Will Bring About Equality in Taxation. The South Bend real estate board has drafted a bill for presentation to the general assembly which provides that county treasurers of the state be required to publish in the leading news papers of the county a list of the taxes paid by every taxpayer, the publication to include personal, real and poll taxes. The cost of this will run into large figures, but it is stated that if this method is followed there will be large gains in the county and that it will result in a more equal distribution of the assessments. At present in this county rich property owners are being assessed for about one-tenth of their holdings while the small property owners are paying assessments of from one to two-thirds of the value of places of business and homes. The bill provides that all exempted property is to be appraised at true value and that a list of this property also be published together with the names of the owners. o BIG DIVORCE SUIT Shamon Miller Files Sensational Case SUMMONS IN THE FELTY CASE Final Report in the Cramer Estate— A Quiet Title Case Tried and Adjusted. Dore B. Erwin, attorney for Shammon R. Miller, has filed suit for a divorce from Nannie Miller. The complaint says that the Millers were

married September 4, 1902, and lived together until yesterday. The plaintiff says he has always been dutiful and has well provided for his wife and family, but that during the past year she has frequently been guilty of adultery with one Oliver Cowell. The custody of the two children, Dollle, aged three years and Forrest, aged two months, is asked by the plaintiff. The parties are well known in Union township and the story of this break in their lives is deeply regretted by friends. Mr. Miller is but twenty-eight years old and his wife seven years younger. Erastus Fritzinger, ex-parte, appeal from assessment on North Second street, petition filed for appointment of re-appraisers. Richard Felty vs. Charles F. Felty et al., summons ordered to sheriff of Wells county for Charles F. Felty, affidavit as to non-residence of Jesse Felty, Warren and Civilla McQuiston, and to Sheriff Meyer for other defendants. D. M. Osborne & Co., vs. Mattie Young, suit on guaranty, demurrer to complaint overruled. Susie Melchiug vs. William Melching, divorce and alimony, default of defendant, prosecuting attorney ruled to answer. David C. Schwarz vs. Henry Garber et al., submitted, mortgage ordered cancelled, title quieted, E. Burt Lenhart appointed commissioner to make deed. Uriah E. Cramer et al., vs. Caroline Cramer et al., partition, commissioner filed final report and was discharged. Christina R. Niblick, administratrix of the W. H. Niblick estate, filed a petition to compromise judgment against Willis Hoagland and it was so ordered by the court. o JOHN R. WALSH IS INDICTED Before Federal Judge Anderson of Indianapolis. (Scrloos-Meßae Special.) Chicago, Jan. 18.—The federal grand jury, which was considering evidence against John R. Walsh of the defunct Chicago National bank today returned federal Judge Anderson of Indianapolis an indictment containing 182 counts, charging Walsh with fraud in applying sums aggregating over $2,030,000 to his own use.

TO OLD MEXICO Russ Harruff Will Leave for There tonight A BRIGHT YOUNG JOURNALIST Who is “Making Good” in Oaxaca, in Extreme South Part of That Old Country. Russ HarrufT, who has enjoyed a several weeks’ visit with his parents and other friends here, will leave tonight for Oaxaca, Mexico, where he is engaged in newspaper work. Mr. Harruff, who is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Harruff. has been engaged in journalistic work in Mexico for several years and is considered one of the brightest young Americans in that country. Until a few months ago he was on the staff of the Daily Herald, leading paper of Mexico City. Leaving them he took charge of a new weekly paper at Oaxaca, 400 miles south of the capital, one of the owners of the paper being Paul Wooten, also a former Decatur boy. Oaxaca is the capital of the state bearing the same name, a territory comprising 26,000 square miles and the weekly mentioned is the only newspaper in the entire state. Mr. Harruff also has an interest in two gold mines, with splendid future prospects and he expects to “clean up” nicely within the next two years. -Some idea of the distance from here to Oaxaca can be had when it is known that the United States-Mexico border line is just half-way from this city. The city of Oaxaca is within 100 miles of the fartherest point in Mexico reached by any railroad. Russ is a young hustler, with grit and ability and we hope his future is as successful as now seems probable. o THEIR FIRST SALE

The Decatur Horse Sale Company are Ready A FINE LOT OF HORSES One Hundred and Twenty-Five Horses to be Offered For Sale on Tomorrow. The greatest number of horses ever offered at a sale in this city, will be that of tomorrow at the Boch & Rice stables. The sale is given by the Decatur Horse Sale Company, an organization that intends to make Decatur one of the best markets in the country. They intend that instead of shipping horses east, that eastern buyers will come here, spend their money and buy their horses in Decatur. The Decatur Horse Sale Company is officered by D. W. Beery, manager; J. M. Rice, secretary, and Abe Boch, treasurer, three experienced men, with the proper supply of ability and hustle to make this enterprise count for all that it is worth. Their first sale tomorrow' will find one hundred and twenty-five horses, all of them well bred, highly finished and saleable. Two or three perfectly matched teams are in the lot, and in all it is the best lot of horses ever put. under shelter at one time in this city. Word has come from several eastern buyers and it is expected that the best horse sale ever pulled off in Decatur will be that of tomorrow'. Local business men can well afford to boost the Decatur Horse Sale Company, for if it succeeds it will bring more strangers to our city than any other one thing. —o — A TOUGH TRIP TO THE “SHACK” A dozen members of the “Hunter’ Roost" club, with more nerve than judgment, w'ent to the "shack last night and enjoyed one of their usually pleasant sessions. The hours spent there were enjoyable, but the trip going and coming was fierce and several of the boys have resigned from the club until spring. Even Charlie Bell admits the weather was just a little bad to be walking over forty-acre fields and Tom Covault seconds the I motion for all the bunch.

AFTER FLEDDERJOHANN LINE The Willshire Herald Puts up Good Argument for Electric Line. The Ft. Wayne-Springfield electric line subsidy lost in the special election in certain townships in Adams and Jay counties last Thursday. President Fledderjohann insists that the road will be built south, but it is pretty generally believed that if the proper encouragement was given the promoters it will not be a difficult task to have the route deflect and the line built from Decatur through Pleasant Mills, Willshire, Chattanooga and on to Celina and connect with the line that is in operation between Dayton and Lima. This would certainly be a feasible route, and it is just the outlet people, living along the suggested route are in need of. The decidedly bum service the Clover Leaf is giving the people of Willshire and Pleasant Mills should serve as a direct impetus for them to get after the Fledderjohann line with a determination to land it. —Willshire Herald. FILED AN APPEAL E. Fritzinger Objects to his Assessment ON NORTH SECOND STREET And the Matter Will be Settled in Court —Asks for Appraisers to Re-assess His Benefits. Attorney A. P. Beatty, representing E. Fritzinger, has filed a suit in court, it being an appeal from the assessment made by the city of Decatur against Mr. Fritzinger's property for

the paving of North Second street. Mr. Fritzinger owns 527 feet of land fronting on said street, where his lime kiln and stone quarry are located. The land, except for the purpose used, is not very valuable, and the petitioner says the assessment of $1,651.31 is SI,OOO in excess of his benefits. The assessment was made proportionate for front footage and Mr. Fritzinger’s assessment is as high as it would be if his land was valuable. This he objects to and says he will oppose strenuously the payment thereof. The petition recites the facts concerning the letting of the contract, etc., and says, That on December 20th, 1906, the day set apart for the purpose, he appeared before the council and remonstrated as to his assessment, but that notwithstanding his objection the assessment stood and the same turned over to the city treasurer on January Bth, for collection. He asks that the court appoint three appraisers to re-assess his benefits. The petition was brought up this morning and Mr. Beatty asged that the appraisers be appointedswL. C. DeVoss, appearing for the cajy, argued that the law requires a Wltten remonstrance and that this sshd not been filed by Mr. Fritzinger <ahd that he had thereofre lost his r®it to appeal. The question seemedMo be a new one and the cause went <fc£r until tomorrow' morning, when .I'iffge Erwin will give his ruling. o g .THEIR MID-WINTER MEETING The Democratic Editorial Association to Meet. The mid-winter meeting of the Democratic Editorial Association will be held at the Grand Hotel, Feb. 7 and 8. The members of the executive committee met in Muncie and decided on the date of the meeting and made known the program for the banquet which is to be a part of the convention. Toasts will be responded to by Thomas R. Marshall, Columbia City, “Democratic Opportunity;” Senator Carl Wood, Seymour, “The Legislature;" the Rev. Thomas H. Kuhn, Richmond, “The Preacher in Politics,” and Fred Van Nuys, Anderson, “Our Cause.” • o RUSSIAN OFFICIAL WAS KILLED (Scripps-Meßae Special.) Smolensk, Russia, Jan. 18. —M. Krollan, chief rural administrator, was killed by a school boy today. As the chief stepped from a concert hall the I boy fire five shots at his victim. An j officer immediately killed the boy.

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