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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1906. Vol. IX, No. 264 'LOUD i. Little I'crcj FoTtis THE GECERAL COURT JEWS Circuit Court Handles Many Cases of More or Less Interest to the General Public.

Members of the grand jury continued busy today investigating the mat teni reported to them early Monday morning. The work going slow and from present indication It is doubtful if the members will be discharged be fore Wednesday evening. The work of the jury has caused witnesses from 4 various parts of the county to be call ed on the various cases and the court room was half filled today with the witnesses waiting to be examined. "The case of incest mentioned In I Monday evenings' paper is being thoroughly Investigated. Other cases are likely to be sprang that win create much surprise to the public.

If the Jury returns an Indictment In each case reported to.it there will be little chance to try other than criminal cases this term of court. The largest delegation, was before, the grand Jury today," consisting of about forty residents' of Markle and vicinity, were, called to give evidence in 'regard to the manner In which the gymnasium club conducts affairs in that town, Markle and surrounding country are covered by a blanket remonstrance prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquor and saloons have, been shot out for a period of two years A short time ago a number of men organized a stock company to conduct a gymnasium club under the law regulating corporations. At the time it was stated that the organization had for its purpose the sale of intoxicating liquors without violating the blanket remonstrance clause. The people who oppose the club and its element have reported conditions of affairs to the grand jury and an investigation is being held. Judgnfcnt Tor Plaintiff.

judgment was rendered for the plaintiff In the case of Henry Pfeifer and Henry, Pfeifer vs. Mrs. Alice Knlpple and Crate Pavey, suit for the foreclosure of mechanjc's lien Monday afternoon. 8. M.

Sayler land Eberhart ft Sees were attorneys for the plaintiffs and Leah ft Lesh for 'the defend ants. "Arguments' were heard by the court and special finding's were presented by the attorneys. (i In Wabash Court The case of Clark Dinnls vs. the C. ft railroad, is still pn trial in Wabash circuit court' 'and much Interest is being shown The case is one wherein the plaintiff is asking for 1 1(000 damages and bids fair, to hold for several days Inasmuch as the plaintiff has not introduced all his evi dence as yet Suit F6r Divorce." Mary C.

Wheelet has brought suit for divorce from Charles Wheeler. The Chicago ft Erie railroad is, made a party, to. the' defense for collection of wages due the husband! Judgment Tor Plaintiff. la the case of Nora Fisher et al. vs.

Sarah Richardson et at. all the de fendants defaulted and the court found for the "The suit was. one of partition. V1 1 tlUST TKE TREE TO EUILD RESIDENCE i With the use of a derrick the sugar tree in front of the O. Weese res 'f idence on Fredericks street is being moved several feet to a new location the alley and street The changing of the position of the large sugar, tree Is made to furnish room for the erection of a new residence at the 'present location of tha Weese home.

The house now occupied will be moved away to give place tp a beautiful new If she has My of the Qualities at all of her sister, it is probable that Coun tes de CasteilanetAnlia'Gouidr envies the quiet happiness pf her spinls ter 'sister Helen Gould. prrirTn nortec left by Road In Clearcreek Township To Be Abandoned and Another In Union Opened. Much business that came np at the regular session of the county commissioners Monday had to go over until the special meeting of the board Feb. 19. The principal matters of bus iness to go over were the franchise for the construction of the traction line out of Andrews and the hearing of argument for and against vacating a road in section 11, Clearcreek township.

The question of vacating the road will likely bring in a number of Clear creek township residents as there will be a number of people to protest against abandoning the thoroughfare. The petitioners for the vacation are the owners of the farms touched by the road. Order was made to the county auditor to serve notice on the trustee of Union township for the opening In that township of the road which was granted on a pettllon presented some time ago by Oliver Kline et aL ELEVE1I MILES Yafei Sis i R2la Fa.O:rAa ta, Trip Made by Man tighly One Which Canst Ynrtg Man toShrmkl Almost eightyone years old, John Decker, performed a feat which seems nearly too much to believe but is true nevertheless. He left the home of his son in law, John Rusher, eleven miles northwest of the city, in Warren township and in just three hours he had reached the city. He stated today that he was not very much exerted by the action.

Mr. Dexter is a resident of Whitley county and Is making bis home with hU children. The trip to this city was made to reach the home of his youngest daughter, Mrs. Ernest' Jordan of South Jefferson street where he will stay a few months. March 14, Mr.

Decker will be eighty, one years old. People who have heard of this performance are very much surprised at the rate be must have traveled with every disadvantage to rapid progress. The rough roads and snow tend to impede progress and make travel difficult Yet i Mr. Decker made the trip In record time. Mr.

Decker Bays that the older people who lived at a time when modes of travel were in; a more crude form and when nearly every one walked learned to walk and make good time at These people still' continue to be good walkers as long as their bodies will support them. HAND BADLY BURNER 7 BY MELTED'LARD A fourteen year old daughter of Mr. and A. Stetzel residing east of the city met with a serious accident Monday which caused a very painful burn on her right band. The! girl went to the pantry an reached to the shelf to get some' crackers from a jar at a place where they were generally kept Just a few minutes before this title the girl's mother had placed a jar pf hot on the shelf in the position the cracker' jar was accustomed to occupy.

Before she was aware that the change had been made Bhe placed her hand Into the lard. Some of the skin, came off and the remainder of the hand is badly blistered. Dr. Ervin Wright was called to dress the Injury. 'r NINE COLORED PERSONS 'EXPIRE IN FUMES Bpeolal to News Dtmocrtt Curtis Bay, Feb.

6. Nine color ed persons were burned to death this morning, in a small frame house located in! an. isolated district of the city. in the'building'whUe the Inmates were asleep. But one person escaped 1 from the building DEATH CLAIMS MRS.

SKI AT UST Rested In This City Many Years Prior to Moving to Yest. GANGER IMMEDIATE CAUSE Dissolution Conies As a Relief After Many Months ol Intense Suffering Two Operations Performed. 'Telegrams sent to this city this morning conveyed the sad intelligence that Mrs. Henrietta Severance died early this morning at WInfleld, Kans. after suffering many months from cancer and after 'having had two operation performed for the relief of the affection.

The last attempt to relieve her was made Monday and only served to hasten deatlu When the. first word was received by her daughter. Mrs. B. J.

Bartlett of this city this morning, the lady's condition, was extremely critical and Mrs. Bartlett was asked to come to the suffering woman's bedside. As Mr. Bartlett was In Chicago today she thought she could not leave home. About 10 a second dispatch came stating tbat Mrs.

Severance had passed Bartlett Immediately made arrangements to go to the home of hef mother. Telegrams were sent to B. J. Bartlett in Chicago to meet her at the station as she passed through there this afternoon. Mrs.

Bartlett was bo overcome with the sad word that she was hardly able to travel alone even as far as Chicago. Mrs. Severance had an operation performed several weeks ago which did native her the relief that was desired and it was necessary to repeat the operation. It was in this last attempt that her condition was found to be critical Othef members of the family who survive the mother are Mrs. Bartlett of this city, Miss Hattie, Arthur, Miss Jessie, Miss Henrietta and Howard.

All these live with their mother in WInfleld. Deceased is the widow of Dr. Lagrange Severance, formerly of this city and whose death occurred Jan. 27, 1893. She was Miss Henrietta Drum mond and has but one sister living.

This is Mrs. S. T. Morgan of WInfleld. Mrs.

Severance and her children left this city in January five years ago and moved to their western home where they have since No word baa been received yet as to when the funeral will be held but it will probably be Friday. PREACHER POLITICION IS FOUND DEAD IN HIS BED Special to News Democrat, Peoria, Feb. 6. Rev." George H. Simons, pastor of the' First Baptist church, president of the Interstate Savings bank and Peoria Savings bank and recently appointed the manager of the Yates senatorial campaign in Peoria county, was found dead in bed this morning.

Rev. Simons has been under Investigation by the state's attorney on grave charges connected with corruption in a political affair of Illinois state politics. It is believed that he committed suicide to escape the exposure and humiliation connected with the things charged against him. VISITORS WILL BE PERMITTED FROM 8J0 8 TWO DAYS Sheriff Mahoney has fixed, the hours from 8 a. m.

to 8 p. m. every Tuesday and every Friday as visiting hours at the county jail. Instead of making the visiting time only in the afternoon he has decided to open the doors to visitors at 8 In the morning of the special visiting days each week. Exclusive of attorneys, county officers and members of the Immediate families of the prisoners, the new rule will be strictly applied to all callers.

INTOXICANTS TRIAL HELD j' IN POLICECOURT TO0AY 4ra B. Snowberger, arrested Monday night on charge of Intoxication, was tried in police court this morning and fined $5 and $10 costs. In default of money to pay his fine the prisoner was taken to Jail to lay out the fine as essed. "T.l "SJ' WHAT? I Eecruiting Offlcer "Legs Good Enough Staff, Bat Not Up to Your Weight SSheSic Suprcr.3 Chplaln Dslivers An Aiiress On Making Tour of Stats and Speaking Many Towns and Cities in the District. Supreme Chaplain J.

S. Rut lege of the Pathfinder order delivered an entertaining and interesting address Monday evening at the open meeting of the local Pathfinder lodge in their hall on the South Side. "Fraternity" was the subject of the address that stirred up the interest of the lodgemen. Fifty Pathfinders from Ft. Wayne arrived in this city at 8 in the evening on a special trolley car 6n the Ft.

Wayne Wabash Valley line and returned at 11 after the close of the enjoyable meeting. President M. W. Kemp of Ft. Wayne of the state lodge was present at the meeting and gave a short talk.

Luncheon was served to the Pathfinders In attendance and their guefets. Rev. Rutlege of Cleveland will deliver a similar address to the Pathfinder lodge Friday evening In Wabash at an open meeting. Many mem bers of the local lodge will attend the meeting. Rev.

Rutlege is making a tour of Indiana towns in an effort to stir up the interest in the Pathfinder fraternity. Today he left for Lafayette, where he will lecture this evening. Wednesday evening he will be present at an open meeting in Bluff 'ton and deliver an address, Thursday evening he will be' in Muncle and Friday in Wabash. Special inducements are being made by the local Pathfinders to secure new members into their order In the near future. A class of new candidates Is to be initiated into the lodge soon.

NECROSIS OF BONE NECESSITATES AMPUTATION Oscar Waters, an Erie shop employe, is suffering from a very sore toe which has resulted from injuries sustained at the shop a few weeks ago. The affection is now termed necrosis of the bone by the attending physician. Dr. J. M.

Hicks. He went to the Waters home Monday to remove the toe to relieve the sufferer but found the disease had not reached the proper stage for operation. MORTON 8TULTS 8UFFERS PAIN PROM A HARD FALL While making his rounds Monday afternoon Morton Stults, city editor of the News Democrat, had the misfortune to slip and fall in front of the county offices, and as a result of alighting on his elbow Is unable to use the right arm. A physician's services were sought. and it developed that he had broken no bones but had so seriously injured the Joint that be will be unable to use the member for soma days.7"ryrrT'.rx73zrrir7'ir FRANKLIN BUYS MULE HIDE AT A VERY FANCY PRICE Gus Harvey, the butcher tells a Joke on Moses Franklin, which Is causing quite a little sport, among the boys at the Erie.

Some days ago Harvey took a mule hide to the store of tbe fur and pelt dealer and offered it for sale as a beef hide. Franklin told him after weighing the pelt that It would be worth $5.85. Harvey accepted the money and then turned to the dealer and inquired what a mule hide of equal weight would be worth. When told the price for this would be $2.50 Harvey said tbat he had made a good deal and handed back the change. The laugh was turned upon the junk man who acknowledged he had been fooled and said It was the first time in twenty years, since he has been in business, tbat he had ever been fooled in a beef bide, for such he thought was the one offered him.

LEAYES INVALID SISTER AND LOCATES IN WEST Jacob Brlghtmlre of Union township has sold his farm and left today with the W. A. Jones party to Oklahoma to secure a location. He expects to buy a farm and move his family to the southwest Miss Lizzie Brlghtmlre, the invalid sister, who has been staying at his home, Is unable to make the trip and has decided to move to the city and live with Mr: and Mrs. 'Jackson Dial.

Her condition is such tbat she will not be able to survive the ravages of the disease, consumption, many weeks. Her case is at present a hopeless one, and it is but a question of a few weeks till the disease will wear her out. AFRICAN MISSIONS STUDIED BY THE METHODIST LADIES Standard Bearers of the Methodist church held a very interesting session at the home of Miss Faye Crull on Henry street Monday afternoon. Miss Crull, Miss Mary Doub and Miss Mabel Holmes entertained. interest.

Ing papers were 'read and refreshments served. "The Witch' Doctor" was the subject of an entertaining paper read by Miss Crull. Miss Myra Doub read the monthly pamphlet to the society. The organization is taking up the study of "Africa" and at each meeting a chapter Is read of a book on the "Dark Miss" Verda Geedy gave this reading Monj day. "I ADJUSTMENT IS ON 1 THE PAY FITi OCCUFu.ED Insurance companies in which Bradley Brothers' stock was insured made an adjustment in the loss the same day the fire occurred.

There were three companies represented locally by E. E. Allen, Price Rosebrougb and R. G. Mitchell.

All these companies had made the adjustment satisfactory to the owners of the store before evening of last Friday, the day fire occurred. The total amount of Insurance to be paid is $1,500. DAI EL HSHER ASKS COURT FOR RELIEF Plaintiff Is Alleged to Have Been Turned From Daughter's Home, CARTED OFF TO THE WEST The Father Would Have Justice Re turn to Him Property Conveyed to Heir to Insure Him An Who wrote the card, Is a question that Is causing some peculiar. circumstances in the case of Daniel Fisher Viola Chenoweth, a suit for the recovery of property conveyed to th defendant Mrs. Cheuoweth, the wife of Rey.

Leander Chenoweth. is the daughter of Daniel Fisher, the defendant. Mr. Fisher lb quite aged and infirm. Some time ago he conveyed his property, amounting to considerable real estate, to his daughter, Mrs.

Chenoweth, with the agreement that she was to care for him. la. the complaint filed in the circuit court it Is alleged that she failed to take proper care of the aged man and the suit is for the recovery of the property. It is alleged further thai Mr. and Mrs.

Chenoweth became tired of caring for the father and one day not long ago purchased a ticket placed him on the train and sent him to South McAlister, where other children of Mr. Fisher reside. According" to the. statements of Mr. Fisher and his.

children who live in the west, the aged gentleman had much difficulty in finding bis western relatives when he arrived In South' McAllster and was subjected to much exposure before he found shelter. Since that time it is stated by those In the west that the aged man has been 111 a great deal of the time. Suit was brought later In the circuit court here for the recovery of the property on the ground that the daughter, Mrs. Chenoweth, had failed. to( fill her part of the agreement.

The 'date of the trial was set for Feb. 6. In making up the Issues of the case' laBt week the attorneys for Mr. Fisher stated It was not possible for Mr. Fisher to be present on Feb.

5 on account of his serious illness. They asked a postponement of tbe trial until depositions could be taken or until Mr. Fisher would recover sufficiently to come to oourt. They stated further that a letter bad been received giving this Information. The request for postponement came as a surprise to the attorneys tor the defendant, as they bad received a card purporting to be from Mr.

Fisher and stating that he would be here Feb. 5. It is evident that the card had not been written by Mr. Fisher as the handwriting was smooth and resembled much the writing of a younger person. It was thought probable tbat hit.

Fisher had ordered one of his relatives to write the card. Another letter was sent asking an explanation, and replies have been received stating that none of the members of the family knew anything about the postal card. They were as much surprised to learn of its existence as the attorneys were when It was produced In court There Is no clue as to the Writer of the card arid no one can understand for what purpose it was written. The trial bas gone out of the calendar and it will, hardly be called until Mr. Fisher Improved.

A letter from South McAllster this morning states that Mr, Fisher's conditionals extreme iy serious and there are some doubts concerning recovery. RECEPTION TO FORMER PASTOR BY OS. H. BMm Mrs. H.

B. Somers gave a dinner at the Exchange hotel Monday evening In honor of Rev. and Mrs. T. M.

Guild of Marlon, who were guests at the Somers hornet i A' fine dinner, was served and several friends of the city were invited to. enjoy the feast and so. clal hour itli their former pastor arid wife. Among them were Mrs. D.

Tingling, Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Chafes and Miss Dessie Moore.

Rev; Culld returned to Marlon Monday evening while Mrs. Guild returned. today.T, ,1 ,.4,.