Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1901 — Page 1

ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME.

VOLUME XLV.

Two home base ball teams, the Reds I and Leaguers indulged in a friendly contest of the national sport at Steele’s Park Sunday afternoon, resulting in a victory for the former by a score of eight to two. A city league has been formed consisting of four teams all evenly matcheel and they will open the season next Sunday. A partition suit entitled Francis Kizer vs Silas Kizer et al has been filed in the Adams circuit court this week. The parties interested as de-! fendants are Silas Kizer, Martin L. Kizer, Lvdia A. Kizer, Elizabeth | Kizer, Melissa A. Cronin, William Cronin, Louisa Hoffmann. Peter Hoff man and Caroline Houghton. The large Rosenhal property on First street which was purchased by the Decatur Lumber Company has |>een sold to.R. B. Allison and same will be removed at once to the vacant lot at the rear of his residence on Third street. The building will be removed as soon as possible and the large buildings for the lumber yards; erected before fall. We have been authorized to an nounce that a meeting of Adams county farmers and the business men of Decatur will be held at the court, house Tuesday evening. July 23, for the purpose of organizing a county fair association. Everyone interested ! or likely to be is urged to be present as it requires combined and earnest effort to make this project a success. Mrs. R. B. Allison and daughter. Mrs. Fred Macke, left yesterday for Oden Michigan, where they will en deavor to keep cool or as near so as possible the rest of the summer. Mr. Allison has been at Oden several days, having gone directly from Thousan Isles the first of the week. The Allison’s have their own cottage at Oden, and are nicely fixed to receive the full benefits of the pleasures thereabouts. Dr. Dickey, who is the manager of the Winona grounds, has forbidden the sale of Sunday newspapers on the grounds on Sunday. He has notified the Warsaw newsdealer that if he makes his appearance on the grounds again on Sunday he will be prosecut ; ed for tresspass The action of Dr. Dickey has created some feeling and no end of comment. Everything is closed there on Sunday. There are no boating, no bathing or amusements of any character. , All of Buffaloiscomplaining against! the railroads. Everyone says that unless the rates to the Pan-American exposition are lowered it is doubtful if ■ the big exposition will pay for itself. | The Times, one of Buffalo's leading afternoon pajiers, which is owned and edited by Norman Mack, Bryan's close | friend had a big red line clear across the front of yesterday's edition which , announced “The Pan-American exposition is now complete, but the railroad rate keeps the crowds away.” J. F. Snyder, Assembly field Secretary for Island Park, Rome City and editor of the Western Chautauqua was in the city Friday advertising special days for the three weeks as sembly which opens next Wednesday. Among the important ones are Democratic Day, one week from today when Hon. W. J. Bryan will be one of the lecturers and ’ Prohibition day one week from Saturday when Sam Jones is principal card. A number will attend from here as the rates are unusually low. Mr. Snyder called on us while here and we found him a very clever and genial gentleman. Judge Heller yesterday morning decided the case of John S. Bowers vs. Calvin Miller, et al., an injunction suit, which has been hanging fire for several weeks. The temporary restraining order heretofore issued was continued in force until the first day of next term of court and until the further order of the court against all the defendants excepting William E. Fulk, they lieing restrained from building the Decatur and Monroe road of any stone or material other than the blue lime stone taken from the Decatur quarries. The restraining order against Engineer Fulk was dissolved. Defendants Miller and) Williams immediately prayed an appeal to the Supreme court which was granted and their bond fixed at S3OO. This will necessitate a delay in the building of the road for some time at least. Charles Bales who for five years past has been traveling over this dis trict for S. Bash A Co., Fort Wayne has resigned his position and was here Monday on his final trip. However we are not to be entirely deprived of now and then stealing anoccassioual glance at Charley’s smiling countenance for he has accepted a position as salesman for the Fort Wayne Bis cuit company and will travel over the same territory. This company is a new concern and Charley is one of the principal stock holders. The company organized recently with a capital stock of $30,000 and will l»e in good trim for sales by September 1. Mr. Balesone of the best known and most popular traveling men who ever made Decatur and has many friends here who wish him great loads of sue cess. George Durffy, another genial and popular salesman is interested in the new company.

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Miss Laura Landiss of Indianapolis, passed through the city Monday morning on her way to Rome City where she is visiting Mrs. John S. Peterson. This is the time of year when sickness is most prevalent among chilnren and the greatest care should be taken with them. A physician informed us last evening that there more children ill at present than there has been during the past three months together.

A grand ice cream social is to lie I held at Lower’s grove, a mile and a half east of town on Saturday evening July 27, proceeds to go to the Union Chapel church. Everyone should at tend for while helping in a good cause you cannot help enjoying yourself as vou never have on a similar occasion. Be sure and attend. The Erie has notified the employes of its mechanical departments that all who have been in the employ of the company for more than a year will be given free transportation for themselves and families to Buffalo in order that they may attend the PanAmerican exposition. The employes will be divided into “vacation groups” so that a few mav go at a time and not cripple the working forces by the absence of a large number at any one time. The liberality of the company will be very generally taken advantage of along the line. The champions of Decatur in the way of capturing bass and other members of the finny trilje, are enjoying themselves along the banks of Turkey lake near Albion this week. The crowd is in charge of Capt. John Falk, his rear rank soldiers consisting of Frank Railing. Charles Railingand Charles Patton. Lewis Corbin was to have been the corporal in charge of the awkward squad but but at the very last moment was prevented j from going. A court-marshal is to be held at Camp Turkey today and if found guilty of desertion Mr. Corbin will lie brought in dead or , alive and thrown in the lake.

The marriage of Miss Lena Barthel one of the most popular ladies of this city to Julius Spies of Cleveland 0., has been announced and will occur from the St. Mary's Catholic church at eight o’clock next Wednesday morn ing. Frank Barthel, brother of bride, will act as groomsman and Miss Edna Crawford as bridesmad, while little Misses Falk and Keller will be flower girls. A sumptous dinner will be served at the home of the bride’s mother on fourth street and the happy voungcouple will leave the same afternoon for a bridal tour through the east including a visit to the PanAmerican exposition at Buffalo. Mr. and Mrs. Spies will make their future home at Cleveland. Ohio where the former is a member of the city police force. We advance congratulations. Samuel Sinnison, R. K. Allison and D. F. Quinn are at home from their trip to Thousand Isles and the famous fishing waters adjacent. They certainly had a great trip anti the only inconvenience the boys feel is in getting down to work again after two weeks' sport, such as they have enjoyed. They caught fish of every description and for once have actually had enough of the sport. I They tell of some great catches, the biggest l>emg 409 pounds in one day by the party. Pickerel weighing fit-1 teen to twenty pounds were caught frequently, as were also hundreds of ] four pound bass and a muskcllunge measuring forty-six inches. The crowd hired a regular fishing craft and ' employed men to run same, look after cooking, etc. They have had the trip j of a life time and eijqyed themselves as never before. R. B. Allison who was also a member of the party did not come home with them, but went to his summer home at < klen, Mich igan.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY IS, 1901.

E. L. Carroll of this city has began the erection of a new elevator building at Curryville, which will be equipped with the latest improved machinery and will have a capacity of 30,000 bushels. It will be operated by Drum Bros, and will lie open for business in about sixty days. A business man of Montpelier went fishing in Bass Lake the other day and ' soon caught a fine fish. He went to ; the telegraph office and sent the fol- ' low’ing message to his wife: “I’ve got {one. It weighs seven poundsand is a beauty.” In reply came the following ■ signed by his wife. So have I. Weighs ten pounds, isn't a beauty; looks like you.” Mrs. Harry Helm was taken serious;ly ill Thursday evening and for sevi eral days she was thought to be in a I very serious condition. Her trouble was similar to appendicitis and her physicians Drs. Beavers and Miller, immediately decided that an operation was necessary. They accordingly sent for Dr. Miles Porter of Fort Wayne, to assist them. He arrived at 1:19 Friday afternoon and the : operation was performed shortly after wards, lieing very successful. The patient is recovering rapidly and will soon be as well as ever unless something unlooked for should occur. The Indiana Democratic Editorial Association closed a two day's sessI ion, or mid-summer meeting, at Logansport Friday, largely attended by the brethern of the press. They were royally entertained by the good citizens of that beautiful city. Quite a carriage tour was made to show them {joints of interest in and about the city, the principal one being the Northern flospital for Insane at Longcliff, of which Logansport is justly proud. L. G. Ellingham of this city is treasurer of the association and at the recent meeting a resolution was adopted admitting his three months old son. Martin Miller Ellingham as a member. Frank Maples, whose strange disapI pearance from the home of his father-in-law, Joseph Johnson, ten days ago, caused considerable excitement, has l>een found. As intimated last week, his mind is weakened caused by his recent illness and it seems upon leaving the home of his relatives he camo directly to this city and went from

here to Logansport where he was staying with a sister. Mrs. John Patterson. He left here early Sunday morning and arrived at Logansport before noon. The news of his whereabouts was first received by Tilden Lister in a letter from Mrs. Patterson on last Friday. Mrs. Maples was notified at once and she and her brother left for Logaus[>ort at once. Mr. Maples has been sent to a private asylum at Cincinnati and it is believed a few weeks there will entirely cure him. The Teeplo oil well which has been drilled in lately by the Decatur Oil & Gas company has l>een abandoned so far as drilling is concerned. On last Friday evening when down a distance 1 of about 1100 feet a strong pressure of gas was struck. It was then Mieved that by going deeper into the Trenton rock a vein of oil might lx, found. This was done but there is no sign of 'oil although the gas if anything kept 1 getting stronger and the driller says that the pressure is fully 100 pounds. Just what disposition will lie made of the well has not been decided upon, I but something will have to be done at once as there is some danger to surrounding property in case the gas {should take fire The company have decided to put their next well down in the south field and have selected a location three miles east of Berne where they expect to strike the real thing in quantities that will soon make them back the cash heretofore expended. The derrick used in Union township is being taken down and removed t|iere and drilling will begin early , next week.

According to an abstract of property in Adams county just completed at the auditor’s office, it shows the true value of lands in the county to be $4. 213,640, true value pf improvements $1,039,935, value of lots $565,306, value of improvements $686,785, value of personal property $2,896,425, total value of taxable property $9,402,120, amount deducted mortgage indebtedness $442,965. Get off the street it you meet Motts Miller any time soon. He's the bigest feeling citizen in Adams county and we don’t blame him much either.. Himself and Mrs. Miller are the proud possessors of a pair of handsome twins, as healthy and beautiful as possible to find lietween the Pacific and Atlantic. They are a boy weighing seven and three-quarter pounds and a girl which tipped seven and a half with no apparent inconvenience. The event happened Saturday evening and from latest reports Mathias Sr. and Jr. as well as Miss Miller and her mother are all right. One of the pretty Sunday school teachers has a class of little girls, and it is her custom to tell them each Sunday of some incident that happened during that week and request the children to quote a verse of scripture to illustrate the story. In this way she hopes to impress the usefulness of biblical knowledge upon thelittleones. Last Sunday she told her class of a cruel boy who would catch cats and cut their tails off. “Now can any little girl tell me of an appropriate verse?” she asked. There was a pause, then one little girl arose and in a solemn voice said; “Whatsoever God has joined together let no man put asunder.” Rev. E. A. Allen, of Kokomo, delivered his lecture, “A Trip Abroad” at the Presbyterian church in this city Tuesday evening to a fair audience although the warm weather prevented many from going who greatly desired to hear him. Rev. Allen was for several years a pastor here and is popular among Decatur people. About a year ago he went to London as a delegate to the World's Christian Endeavor Society convention, and before returning visited a number of the famous cities and places of interest in the old world. His lecture is replete with interesting anecdotes and splendid descriptions of the sights, and was well worth the price of admission. During the evening excellent music was furnished by the church choir and also solos by Lawrence Hughes of this city, and Miss Helga Larssen of Chicago, A serious if not fatal accident occurred about five o’clock Tuesday evening at the rear of Helm & Saw yers restaurant, Lucile, the little two year old daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Joseph Sawyer being the victim. At that time Mr. Sawyer was in the yard just back of the restaurant picking chick ens. He find a bucket of boiling water which he used to scald the feathers off. Little Lucile was playing about the yard and accidently fell backwards into the steaming water. In an instant she was in her father’s arms but not before she had been so badly burned that her recovery is still a matter of much doubt. When her clothes were taken off near ly all the skin from her litttle body, from the shoulderstothe bottom of her feet, came with them and her agoniz ing cries could lie heard for quite a distance. Dr. J. M. Miller was called at once and she has received all posiblecare, however the physician says he considers it a very serious and dangerous ease and the outcome will probably not be determined definitely for several days or unW! the rMction of the fearful shock is over. Lucile is a bright and beautiful child and popular among all who know her. She was just recovering from a broken shoulder received at Fort Wayne two weeks ago.

The real estate firm of Harruff & Lenhart have made several real estate deals during the past few weeks, some of them of considerable importance. You will find them comfortably located in a glowing advertisement elsewhere in this newspaper, and it will pay you to inspect their bargains. Ed Touhey and Scott Hughes, two young men who have been in the habit of running things to suit themselves a little too much lately and without observing the city laws verv carefully were taken in by Marshal Hart yesterday afternoon and placed in jail on a charge of public intoxication. The boys objected a little at first but after carefully sizing up Harvey decided that probably the safest thing for them to do would lie to march along which thev did quitmeeklv. They will probably lie arraigned before Maj'or Beatty this morning. Smith and Bell have bought a new portable sawmill which has lx*en set up on the land of the Kable heirs, near \ era Cruz. They bought all of the timber on the tract of 160 acres, and next week will begin sawing out all of the small stuff, which will lie cut into railroad timbers and material of a similar nature. The sound and heavy timber will be hauled to the mill in the city and worked up. but it is cheaper to buy a new mill and saw the small trees on the spot than it is to haul them to town. When the company gets through every stick on the place worth anything at all will have been stripped off. Bluffton News. The corn crop of Adams county and Indiana in general is seriously threat ened by the hot. drv weather now prevailing. The corn was backward early, lieing delayed by the cold, wet spring. About one third of it was late planted or replanted. The rest was two or more weeks late in getting into the ground. After planting, the ' growth was retarded bv the unfavorable weather. Since the corn got a start, however, it done very well, and for the last ten days or two weeks it has improved wonderfully. The stand is now high and firm in all except the replanted districts, and reports from much of the state show that corn was never in better condition than now. But the corn is in a critical period While its growth has l>een phenomenal lately, it must have rain. Reports say that the corn can not run more than a week or ten days more with out rain and come out with the yield unimpaired. The regular mid-July session of the city council was held at the city hall on Monroe street Tuesday evening with Mayor Beatty as presiding offi cer and Aidermen Suttles, Halfling, Myers, Leßrun, Niblick and Mann present. Clerk Dallas M. Hower read the minutes of the meeting of July 2, which were approved in regular form. A numlier of the bills were presented but on account of lieing short of ready cash with which to take up same they were continued. The certificate of Jacob C. Miller as a city commissioner for the Lister sewer was filed, accepted and ordered spread of record. A complete report of the city commissioner for the Lister sewer, meetings of July Bth and 9th were filed, showing that B. W. Quinn and S. Spangler wore unqualified to act on account of being related to property owners along said Lister sewer. ( pen motions M. Burns and B. J. Terveer were appointed as temporary commissioners on said matter in place of unqualified members. The council fixed Monday July 22d, as time of city commissionera and the office of B. W. Sholtv tis place of said meeting. Mr. .Suttles moved that th« striM't commissioners be ordered to cut the weeds from curb to curb on all streets where he deemed it necessary. The meeting thereupon adjourned.

CIRCULATIOI# 2800 WEEKLY

NUMBER 19

Mon. A. N. Martin. In his special apartments at the Soldiers Home, Marion at 10:30o’clock last Thursday morning occurred the death of Augustus N. Martin. Ex-Con-gressman of tbe Eighth district, ex reporter of the Supreme Court of Indiana and one of the prominent democrats of Indiana. For several months Mr. Martin has been in ill health caused by weak lungs and April 20th last he went to the Home where he believed he could receive better care and treatment. For a time he improved and many friends believed he might rally sufficient to again mingle among his friends and neighbors but this was not to be. Ou Wednesday evening of last week he began growing weaker and the end came rapidly his death occuring the following morning. His wife and daughter did not arrive at bis bedside until after the end as it was not expected and they were not notified until a few minutes liefore. The announcement of his death was a shock to the thousands who knew him over the state and at his home. He was one of the most popular public men ever before Indiana voters and probably had more personal admirers here than any politician ever on the ticket. As an attorney he was brilliant, courteous and thorough, ever watchful for the interest of his clients. He will be missed by many of every station in life. Mr. Martin was born at Whitestown, Pa.. March 23, 1847. When sixteen years old he enlisted in the army and served until August 1865, with great credit. In 1867 he graduated from Eastman's business college, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and then taught school until 1868 when he moved to Bluffton. A year later he began studying law anil from then advanced rapidly. Mr. Martin’s political career began in 1873, when he was elected to the legislature from Wells and Adams counties on the democratic ticket. While there he served as chairman of the committee on corporations, and on the judiciary and organization of courts committees, April 19, 1876, he was nominated for reporter of the Supreme court, with Blue Jeans Williams heading the ticket for governor. The entire ticket was elected. In 1880 ho was renominated, but w as defeated with the balance of the ticket. During his four years he edited and published seventeen volumes of Indiana reports, from 54 to7o, inclusive. Atthe conclusion of the term he moved to Austin. Texas, where he resided from 1881 to 1883. On June 27, 1888, Mr. Martin was nominated for congress against G. W. Steele, and was elected. In 1890, he defeated Capt. Daly, of Peru, and in 1892, Col. Briant of Huntington. In 1894 he was renominated and defeated by Steele. His was the honor of being the only democratic congressman ever elected in the eleventh district and he displayed the most consumate political tactics visiting every township in the county and shaking hands with every voter. While in congress of 1888 he was appointed by Speaker Reed on the com mittee of printing and by Speaker Crisp as chairman on invalid pensions both in congress of 1890 and 1892. While residing in Washington at his last term he had the distinguished honor to deliver the annual Memorial address. May 30, 1894 before a large audience, among whom was President Cleveland, the cabinet and Gen. Schofield. commander in chief of the army. The funeral services were held at Bluffton Sunday afternoon nt two o’clock and a number from this city attended. Our list of paid subscribers this week includes H. E. Smith Jr., J. \\ . Poling. Michael Gaffer, P. C. McAdoo, Peter Soldner, E. C. Peltz, J. T. Arch bold, Rolx'rt Meyers, L. E. Waggoner, W. Parent, Jacob D. Hoffman,. J. L. Mosure. Mrs. M. A. Burdg, William Hall and John E. Hower. *