Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 1 August 1901 — Page 1

ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME.

VOLU3IE XLV.

Thu Decatur Driving Club will hold their first matinee races at Steele’s I’ark tomorrow afternoon. Trustee Boknocht of Root, township was iu the city yesterday transacting business, some of which appertained to his office of trustee. Gus Rosenthal has removed his large stock of clothing to the Niblick building and opened for business this morning. The store is nicely arranged and has a bright, cozy business like appearance, Mr. Rufus K. Allison of Decatur, Indiana, was in luck Tuesday when out fishing. He caught a fine musk lunge weighing 20 pounds. It measured three feet ten inches long. Manitouliu Exposition, Little Cur rent, Out. Marriage business has beeu very slim says Deputy Clerk Haefling and his words are proven by the fact that onlv two liceuses have been issued during the past eight days They j are recorded as follows: Clyde Daugherty to Effie Good. Julius H. Spies to Lena Barthel. Miss Jessie McLain and her mother have just returned from a months' visit at Seattle, Washington, where they were guests of F. E. Me Lai u who holds a lucrative position in that city. They had an enjoyable time and a pleasant trip, and speak in highest terms of that country. At present a portion of the tomato crop is in bloom. A heavy rain would knock a great deal of this bloom off and, in consequence, decrease the yield of tomatoes. Hence, w hile tho growers of corn are praying for rain, the raisers of tomatoes are not so anx ious.at least not for a heavy downpour. The program for Island Park As sembly, Rome City, is the host this year ever given and the crowds are enormous. Every day is a red letter event and you can’t miss a great inter tainment any time from now on until August 15, when it closes. Get a program and select your own day, have a day's outing at the prettiest lake in Indiana and hear tho greatest lecturers of the nation. D. E. Smith was among those who attended Democratic Day at Rome City last Thursday and came home iufused with patriotic thoughts and more than ever an admirer of W. J. Bryan. Dave says the address was among the best he ever listened to by any man and was worth several times the cost of the trip. Other prominent democrats, among them Congressman Robison, were present and the day was an enjoyable one. The Marion Tribune of recent issue said: Attorney Eichhorn, of Bluffton was iu the city yesterday and visited the Soldiers’ home with the view of obtaining information relative to the the insurance policies of the late A. N. Martin, who died at the home a few weeks ago. The insurance which Mr. Martin carried was in all several thou---and dollars and will leave his family iu comfortable circumstances. The visit of Mr. Eichhorn was to see that all the policies had been paid. Mr. Martin and Mr. Eichhorn were former law partners. The J. N. Kerr ditch was sold by Auditor Booh Monday, in accordance with notice given. The bidding showed several of them to have figured the thing in about the same frame of mind, their bids lieing pretty comfortably close together. The successful bid showed a total for the three sections of $1,633.50, the others being Calvin Miller $1,049, Mat Sny der $1,625, B. J. Boice $2,000, Sam Tumbleson $1,750, J. S. Bowers $2,098.50, L. C. DeVoss $1,598, W. R. Phillips SIJ4BTO, and E. Woods Si Co. .$2,227. The lowest bidders Haefling & Huston are rustlers from up the creek and will push the work to a very early completion. There will l>o no Hies upon this feature of the work, and besides they wdl make a ditch that in every way will meet the requirements of the plans and specifications. “Nick” Nickles, of Van Wert, a colored gentleman of considerable renown, was iu town Monday attending to business and calling on acquaintances. He is supreme officer of the K. of P. lodge which carried S6OO insurance upon Billy Mitchell, the colored man who was killed on the C. At E. railway west of town several months ago, and he was here to secure proper evideuce in order to pay the loss in a business like manner. Many years ago Nick owned a barber shop on Madison street in this city and enjoyed a liberal patronage. Several of the older barliers of toda v owe their ton - sorial knowledge to him, among them lieiug the old veteran at the business, John Lose. In 1881 Nick moved to Van Wert and opened the best burlier shop in that prosperous city. He thrived and at onetime operated nine chairs anil did nearly all the business of that town. He dabbled in jxilitics and lost his hold to some extent, then rallied u:id is at present very nicely fixed financially and is popular in his city and state. He said he felt while boro as though ho had been looked up for twenty veurs and just let out. He will bring his family and friends here and hold a camp meeting from August 10th to 18th.

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Fred Reppert is building a hand some cottage on Third street which will soon bo ready for occupancy. ( lerk Hirschy and Joe Winterogg were in the city Tuesday from Berne. They brought the information that work upon the Berne’s new brick street would begin next week. .Miss Fanny Steam, after six weeks with friends at Chicago and Milwaukee is again at home and will resume her duties at the New Fair store. Her brother Samuel A. Stearn accompanied her home. Henry McLain was on a terrible tear Tuesday and brandished a 38calibre revolver in a wav to make one's heart sick. Marshal Hart arrested him and he has been cooling off at the county jail. Martin Laughlin, one of Jefferson township's most agreeable as well as j prosperous citizens, w r as a business! visitor in the city Monday. Mr. Laughlin still rejoices over their ex- j cellent prospects for macadam roads, | he being one of the influential factors iu making such a condition possible. J Joe Bremerkamp, a veteran well known here, met with a painful acci | dent at the old soldiers’ home at j Marion last week. He was assisting iu the hay field and fell off the wagon. He was run over and both legs broken, one being crushed so badly just at the knee that it is feared amputation will be necessary. Dan Whalen, the Standard Oil re presentative w’ho makes Bluffton as a part of his territory, wrote Sam Keller a letter today telling what John Rockefeller did in way of a present. Whalen went to the hotel in Warren yesterday and found a letter contain ing a check for SI,OOO and an order for a mouth’s vacation. He will spend the time and money at the sea shore. Bluffton News. John Bowers and his brother Racy were driving west on Monroe street Monday afternoon and when near Second street the neck yoke broke frightening the team so that they ran away. John succeeded in getting out but Racy who is crippled with rheumatism was forced to stay in the rig until the team turned south at the Boston store corner where he was thrown out. escaping with no serious injuries. Judge Studabaker last week closed ! up a business deal of some importance ito himself as well as to the city. He j leased the building occupied by the • postoffice to the government for a j term of ten years to be used for the same purpose. He will put iu entirely new fixtures and the office will be second to none in its class. The new office will contain three hundred call ' Iwxes and three hundred keyless com bination boxes. There will be no old fashioned key locks as the late combination locks take their place. Other improvements will add a metropolitan appearance and by October 1 you will scarcely know the government headquarters. The proprietors of each of the nine drug stores of Adams county have become members of the National Associ ationof retail druggists and have form ed a local organization. Theassociation was formed at a meeting last Thursday morning and the National Society was represented by W. W. Weeks of Chicago. Their purpose is self protection and sociability and instead of pulling apart and inpairiug the business of each other they will hereafter work in perfect harmony. They will watch for fake medicines and other schemes whereby druggists have heretofore been swindle. Regular meetings will be held twice a year and called meetings whenever necessary. The local officers of the order are, president, J. A. Henderson, Geneva; vice president, J. W. Craig, Berne; Secretary, H. F. Callow and treasurer Page Blackburn of this city. Arlie DeVoss the Decatur representative who has been prospering in the Texas oil field has made another rich strike as may tw seen from the following taken from the Shreveport’s Times of last Friday’s issue: “Last night the friends of Miss Blanch Phelps and Mr. Arlie DeVoss were surprised when a telephone message was received from Benton saying the young couple had just been made one. The ceremony that united the happy young couple for life was performed by Rev; J. M. Brown, at his residence iu Benton yesterday afternoon at 6 o’clock in the presence of the intimate friends of the contracting parties Mr. Oscar Dibble of Benton being the best man. The contracting parties have resided in thin city for only u short w hile. The bride, who formerly resided in Houston Texas, has l>eeu visiting her sister, Mrs. J. L. Hudson, for a few mouths and there she met the man of her choice. Mr. DeVoss is a young Indiana attorney, but since his residence here has been in the abstract business and is considered one of Shreveport's promising young busi ness men. Mr. and Mrs. DeVoss will return home Saturday morning and be at home to their friends at the residence of the bride's sister on Allen avenue.” Arlie is richly deserving of joy and happiness and the Democrat wishes him and his fair young bride, a happy journey and hereby extend j congratulations to both.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST I, 1901.

Chauncey Andrew's and Miss Ora Peters were married at the home of Jacob Eadv on Ninth street Tuesday evening by Rev. Kline. An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Lewtou died Sunday evening, be ing but one day old. Rev. Hudson conducted short services from the house at 10:30 Monday morning. Rabbi Prey, of Wabash Ind., as sures the government that he was j neither dreaming nor fooling about j his apparatus for sending mail to Eu- j rope in two days. He has tried it on j his famous home river. From which it appears that the village lights don’t do all the gleaming “on the banks of the Wabash, far away.” N. Y. World. The Review of Reviews for August has an illustrated and statistical article on “The Recent Great Railway Combinations.” by Mr. H. T. Newcomb, theeditorof the Railway World. Mr. Newcomb is an expert writer on railway topics and has had unusal opportunities for acquiring facts regarding the great systems recently amalgamated. The Ried entertainment company [ who have the merchants’ carnival in ! charge, are said to bo the best in their line. An attraction every hour is booked and each will be a treat. Balloon ascension and parachute drop each day, illuminated wire slide at night, wire walking, trapeze performances and tumbling. In fact everything you can see at a circus and absolutely free as water. Friday and Saturday. Ossian has had her fiist death from typhoid fever which has prevailed to quite an extent in that community for the past four or five weeks. Monday evening at five o’clock Mrs. Andrew White passed away after a sickness of about three weeks. She was about forty years of age and leaves a husband and fivo children, four of whom are down with the fever. A private funeral was ordered by the town health officer. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. France entertained a party of their young friends Monday eveniug at progressive cards, and as usual when guests of the France home all were delighted and real genuine enjoyment reigned supreme. Prizes were won by Mrs. S. P. Beatty and Dr. C. L. Baird and “boobies” by Miss Minnie Martin and S. P. Beattv. The games were interesting and the refreshments so delicious that we shall hail with delight an invitation to another such event. Among the guests from a distance were Miss Minnie Martin, Montpelier. Ohio; Truman Spangler, Bryan, ()hio, and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cole, Lancaster, Ohio. Application for divorces still continue to be very common occurances iu this county, in fact we are informed that during the past two months there | have been more applications for di- ! vorces than there has been marriage licenses issued. This week there are two and both bv prominent people of the county. Eliza Bailor and Edward Bailor, Union township inhabitants, have grown weary of each other and the former asks that the ties which have heretofore bound them as one lie severed. The other suit is brought by Rachel Martz. of Monroe, against her husband, James K. Martz, in j which case $2,000 alimony is request ed. The latter cauple are among the best known people of southern Adams and the fact seems scarcely creditable that after so many years of wedded life they should bare to walk the I pathways of their old age alone. Still j truth is stranger than fiction and such | seems to be the case. In both suits j cruel and inhuman treatment are i alleged. Ye editor chartered a first class i pass and accompanied Col. M. B. Miller to South Dakota last week, where for the first time we set our eyes upon that beautiful God-given country with its bounteous resources and other natural advantages. It is certainly a great country, calculated | for just what it is, the most produce tive, pleasant and profitable part of this part of our country’s foot stool. The crops are bounteous, fields con tainiug hundreds of acres of corn, wheat, oats, millet and alfalfa. Never were the general crops so abundant aud never was the western farmer more prosperous. The drought wbs on but its effects had done little or no damage and since rain has covered the greater part of that country and everything is flourishing. The city of Yankton, the old territorial capital of the Dakotas, is a western city of much activity and importance, owning their own waterworks, electric lighting plant, enjoying the convenience of the telephone and many other blessings of the twentieth century. Although located 6(X) miles from f’hica £0 that in reality is their market bo ing reached by the great Chicago & Northwestern railroad, which covers that country entire, and is the great est railroad system in the west, and we doubt if there is one in tho east that will compare with its magnificent , trains, its excellent service aud rate of ! speed. In fact we know of no railroad system that covers such a broad expanse of territory as completely as does the Chicago A Northwestern, i and VY. B. Kuiskern, its general pass | eager and ticket agent is king bee iu . railroail circles.

Prof. H. A. Hartman and family will leave this week for Rome. ,City where they have rented a cottage, and will live comfortably aud pleasantly for the next three weeks. The thirty-seventh annual reunion of the Maumee Valley Pioneer Association will lie held on Fort Defiance Point, Defiance, Ohio, Thursday, August 15 and great arrangements are being made for the occasion. An interesting program has been arranged and the day is to l>e a monster in the way of old settlers’ celebrations. Mrs. J. B. Corson W'as in .this office Tuesday and asked us to make the statement that her charges in the contemplated divorce proceedings were premature and made in hot haste. Especially is this true of the assertion that Mr. Corson was cruel and neglectful, which she now says is untrue. As stated last week they have patch ed up their difficulties, burried the hatchet and propose now to live in peaceful happiness. The Democrat is exceedingly glad to record these facts. Hicks for August, if his predictions come true, has not prepared a very acceptable dish of weather. There are all kinds big storms and we will hardly get through with one until another breaks upon us. From the 5 to the 9, he predicts heavy thunderstorms with hail, wind aud heavy rains. Generous rains are to fall during the end of the month. All of the many storms will be proceeded by high temperature, vicious thunderand sharp flashes of lightning. The month is to be quite as hot as the presentjoue. Upon the whole, Mr. Hicks does not predict a variety of weather that the most of our citizens would have ordered were they in the weather making business. Mrs. Mary Bryan, wife of Peter J. Bryan, of Jefferson township, died last Saturday, after a long and painful illness. Her ailments consisted of a complication of stomach, liver I aud kidney troubles finally developing into dropsy. Everything possible was done for her and about three weeks ago she was taken to the hospital at Fort Wayne. However, the treatment was unsuccessful and she was called to her final reward. She was one of the l>ost known ladies in the southern part of the county, and during her many mouths of sickness was patient and cheerful and her sufferings were borne in a manner only displayed by those who are prepared for the final journey. The old blind man and his fiddle, also his wife and baby are in town again and discordant notes aud rasp ing noises have filled the air along Second street for several days. Old Joe has beou coming here fer many years, never failing to arrive about four times during the warm season aud from reports does about as well by all other county seats in the state. He travels on regular schedule time, aud can tell you now where be will be in three months from now. laying out his route the same as every other traveling man. During the winter he makes his headquarters at Indianapolis and works all day long when the weather is such that one can stand it outdoors, even grinding his organ at the exit of the theatre at midnight. He i is a wise old man and has accumulated enough that you need no longer j cast a pitying glance at him. He j owns agcKxl farm in southern Indiana, I has a business block and is estimated to Ire worth $25,000, all of which he has saved from the pennies, nickles and dimes that have fallen into the “please help the blind” box. As spoken of last week George Snyder, a vouug man of Linn Grove was declared insane at an inquest ] held in this city Thursday. The ; board was composed of ’Squire J. W. I Cowan and physicians H. M. Aspy, H. F. Costello and E. J. Saunders, j and they were not long in reaching a j conclusion as to the subjects condition jof mind. For some time Mr. Snyder i has been in a delicate mental con- | dition and a few days ago tried to commit suicide by hanging himself in the barn but was prevented from doing so by the appearance of a farm hand. When George saw ho was discovered he dropped the halter, with which he was preparing to sever connections with this earth, and ran. After some time and trouble ho was captured and closely guarded until brought here. Ho will be sent to the Eastern Insane asylum at Rich mond, admission to that institution having been asked for. The history of his family is indeed a sad one for George is the ninth member to go crazy. His mother died in the asylum as did also his sister Amelia, and brother Alltert. Three other sisters Amanda, Elizalieth and Lucy also went insane, the first two riving in the asylum. Two years ago Philip, another brother cut his throat and died lat Domestic, and eight years ago i Samuel hung himself in the barn at j his home. For years the lives of the I large family have )m<oii one continual tragedy. There is now left at home i with the feeble father but one daughter who is bright and never shown any signs of insanity. The great cure and sorrow have borne heavily on Mr. j Snyder and his once strong body and : mind are now almost brokeu down by I paralysis.

Henry Erhart who lives in till south part of the city saw a man standing just out side his bed room window Monday night. A half dozen shots from Henry’s revolver and tho turning loose of the family dog caused the fellow to go down through a nearby corn field at a (’resceus gait. The fellow was stealing corn so we are informed. The organization of an Adams county fair association was not completed last Saturday. A majority of the directors appointed at the previous meeting were present, others, possibly not having received notice in time that they could attend. Two committees were appointed, one of them to draw up a constitution and by-laws, the other for further arrangements as to grounds for holding the fair. The former committee is to meet a lawyer and have prepared a constitution for consideration at the next meeting, which is to be on Saturday, August 3. Relative to the epidemic of typhoid at Ossian, the News at Bluffton said Saturday: “The typhoid fever plague is reported as getting worse at Ossian and there are now a dozen or more cases receiving attention. Another daughter of Andrew White, the hardware man, took sick last night and only he and one daughter out of a family of seven are now able to be around. The mother and four children are sick. Many other cases are reported and stringent measures are being taken to stop the progress of the disease. William Mannes, the druggist, has analyzed the water of a large numlier of wells, many of which have been found alive with bacteria and disease germs. He has had half a dozen wells absolutely closed and will not allow the water from them to l>e used. Most of tho people boil their water before using it.” William Hendricks, an old citizen of the county died at the old Hendrick’s homestead Tuesday morning at five o’clock after an illness of only a few days. Death was due to cancer of the liver, and his decline came rapidly as he had assisted his son, with whom he resided, in harvesting all the summer crop. A few days ago he was in this city aud made arrangements with some of his comrades to attend the national G. A. R. Encampment to be held this fall at Cleveland, Ohio, little thinking he would gather with the boys in blue beyond the river of death so soou. He was attended during his sickness by Dr. Parrish, of Monroe, and Dr. Boyers of this city, who diagnosed the case as cancer of the liver aud held out no hope to the loved ones. A post-mortem examination proved their theory to have been correct. Mr. Hendricks was a member of Company F., 147th regiment during the civil war and was a brave and fearless soldier. He was a member of tho G. A. R. here and took a prominent part in the meetings. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at Twelve Corners church a mile south of Monroe, the G. A. R. being in charge. In July society events there has been none more fashionable, none more elaborate, none more beautiful than the wedding yesterday morning of Miss Lena Barthel to Mr. Julius H. Spies. The ceremony was performed at eight o’clock at the St. Mary’s Catholic church, Rev. H Theo. Wilkens officiating. The large edifice was crowded with the friends of the popular couple, when to the peal of the church organ the wedding party entered aud took their places at the hymnal altar. The bride wore a gown of French lawn trimmed in lace and looked strikingly beautiful as did also her maid of honor. Miss Edna Crawford, who was dressed in pure white. The groom and his attendant. Frank Barthel. wore the conventional suits of black. The little daughters of Dr. H. E. Keller aud Prof. Fred Falk were flower girls and they too wore dresses of white. Theceremonv was the UHiial impressive one of the church, ami the large attendance lis tened reverently as the happy couple were united forever. Following the ceremony the bridal party were conveyed to the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Margaret Coffee on Fourth street and there fifty invited guests participated iu a day of happiness. A dinner seldom equalled was served. Many costly presents were received from their large number of friends, which only partly shows the popularity of the newly wedded. The bride has linen a leader among Decatur’s young society for several years and needs no further introduction to our readers. The groom iH a member of the police force at Cleveland, Ohio, and during his visits here in recent years has made scores of friends. The Democrat extends best wishes hoping their entire life may be as bright and happy us their wedding day. Mr. and Mrs. Spies left last evening for a visit to Buffalo and other cities of the east and will be at home at their Cleveland residence after September 1. A number of guests from a distance were in attendance, among them being the groom's moth er, Mrs. Catherine Spies and son Bert, F. Kinley and Morris Crystal, Clove land; Miss Schabacker, Chicago; I l '. Kilman, Toledo; Mrs. Anthony Holt house, Jonesboro, Arkansas, Mrs. Morrice Baker, Gas City, and Mrs. Ella Dailey, Bluffton.

CIRCULATION 2800 WEEKLY

NUMBER 21

Beautiful to behold and convenient to a superlative degree are the furniture aud fixtures that artist Eugene Christen is this week placing iu the Hotel Murray. A desk and counting room, writing desk and other articles are included, all being built of solid quarter-sawed oak. handsomely carved and neatly constructed. A hundred incandescent lights add to the beauty at night and makes one think they are in a metropolis. A call bell system, the best on earth, has also been added and the hotel will be the most complete in any town of the sizo in Indiana. Stock in the Decatur Oil and Gas Company continues to advance and by fall will be at prenium. The Teeple gas well has tested 260 pounds pressure and will easily go to 300. This means that the well contains 6.000,000 cubic feet of natural gas and is far above the average well, in fact three times as strong as an ordin ary well. The company will conI tinue to test the well and within the uext month will drill several more wells. They believe they have struck a gaH field that will make Decatur a great city and if the field is there the predictions are no doubt correct. A company will probably be organizod to pipe the gas to this city and cheaper fuel and light than we ever had may be obtained. The Jefferson macadam roads will soon begin to appear on the surface as a full-fledged reality. Last Saturday in the commissioners room in the court house bids were opened for their construction. The three bids filed were L. O. Bears, south road, $8,570; A. Frost, east road. $11,998; A. G. Briggs, east road, 11.590, west road, $10,977; south road, $7,508.48. The latter, A. G. Briggs, was the lowest and in accordance with his figures submitted a contract was entered into with him for the building of both the west and south roads. At present, bonds will lie issued only upon the west road and work upon its construction will begiu next week, and it is expected to complete this road yet this year. Next year the south road will be taken up. bonds issued aud the road built. As soon as the financial condition of the county will permit the east road will be constructed, aud when that is completed Jefferson township will have license to lx> proud of their macadam road. The commissioners appointed \V. V. Buckmaster as superintendent of the roads first to be constructed, and that means that the contract will have to be followed to the letter. More excitement than has been manifested at Berne for many months was felt there Saturday when Elmer E. Y’oung. a justice of the peace and detective, of Boston, appeared at the Mennonite Orphans’ Home and demanded that one of the children, Walton Wesley Lipps, be turned over to him at once. The managers of the home refused to do so until Voting had shown proper authority. The latter prnduced a bundle of documents sufficient to establish almost any right or title, but still the boy was held. Then a telegram was forwarded to his father at Chicago and after several hours an answer ordering the boy’s release was received. Even then it seems Manager Egley doubted the sincerity of the transaction and only allows 1 Mr. Y oung to take the youth upon promise that he might accompany them to Chicago to better inform himself. Iu the meantime the two Mennonite factions at Berne, one in favor of the home, the other against it, took a hand in the affair and the question was an all absorbing one. Sheriff Erwin aud Prosecutor Moran were notified aud went down at once, bringing Young and the boy to this city, after a promise that they be detained until the next morning, thus allowing the Berne people time to arrange to accompany them. Shortly after the Home people telephoned that they hail changed their minds and the detective and his charge were permitted to go at lilrerty. Mr. Young was greatly excited and almost talked his head off in explaining matters. He said fully 600 people were at the depot and that they denounced the home as a swindle. He also stated that Walton Lipps was th»> son of John W. Lipps, a prosperous Chicago business man located at 4HH St. Lawrence Avenue. That his mother died several years ago leaving quite an estate to Walton aud aud twosisters. Judge Allen Chilcote was appointed ‘neir guardians and took Walton to live with him. Shortly afterward, iu 1895, tho boy disap peared aud no one could ascertain his whereabouts. The father has made a diligent search ever since, employing the best detectives, but without success. .Judge Chilcote resigned his charge as guardian and a banker, J. H. Dunlap, was appointed, the latter having died July 10, of this year. Last April E. E. Young was employed on the case and soon was on the right track and succeeded as told above. He openly charges that the youth had been kidnaped and his fortune confiscated and says that the management of the Berne Home will have serious trouble in extricating | themselves. He left Sunday morn iug for Chicago and master Walton j Lipps sat contentedly by his side. The boy is, gow fifteen years old and I has been at the homo u little over five I years.