Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 14 November 1901 — Page 1

ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME.

VOLUME XLV.

Clem Macklin and John H. Runyon of Geneva, and William Shoemaker of Hartford township, were among the throng Saturday. A new plate glass has been placed in the south front of the Big Store where the one was broken by the awning two weeks ago. Major R. B. Allison and Judge David Studabaker were at Marion Tuesday attending a meeting of the directors of the First National bank, in which institution both gentlemen are stockholders. Mrs. Sim Beatty and children, left Thursday for Omaha, Neb., where they will make their future home. Mr. Beatty has been employed there several months as cashier in the Wells Fargo Express Co’s, office. Harry Quinn has been at Red Key for a week past taking the place of John W. Poling, manager of the large clothing store of Peter Holthouse & Co. at that place. Mr. Poling has been quite ill with neuralgia of the stomach, but is recoveting nicelv and Harry is again back at his place in this city. The St. Marys church choir perpe trated a surprise upon their pastor Rev. H. Theo. Wilkins, Sunday even iug, in honor of that gentleman’s namesday which fell on Saturday. The choir which consists of about twenty-five people rendered some beautiful selections and the evening was quite enjoyable for all. Since the Lake Shore took control of the Lake Erie & Western it has lieen preparing plans tor new depots on the main line, and within the next twelve months a good deal will be done in that direction, plans for new buildingshaving already been prepared and accepted, and construction work will soon begin on a model station at Findlay. Treasurer Neuenschwander on Saturday, November 23, will receive bids for the Kirkland Township Central macadam road bonds, the same running for twenty years and bearing four and one-half per cent interest. Work has already begun on the road with James Brown as superintendent, and if the weather remains favorable a good chunk of the road will be completed yet this year. E. E. Luzadder, superintendent of the Albany Water and Light Co., is about to close a deal whereby he may leave for Decatur, Indiana, to take charge of an electric light and water plant. He has been in charge of the Albany plant since its incipency and has given good satisfaction in the way of work. He has been handicapped by not having material to work with, but that was no fault of his, and De catur will secure a good, honest, sober, industrious man in Mr. Luzadder. Albany Advocate. Beery & Holthouse are advertising the last range horse sale of the season to be held at the C. & E. stock yards in this city next Saturday, when they expect to dispose of forty head of two and five year old general purpose western horses, also twelve head of domestic harness broke horses. This is the finest lot of stock ever sold at auction here and the owners should have no trouble in selling them as they will go at bidders price to close out. The season has been a most successful one for the company and at the same time they have furnished many people with good horses for a small amount of money.

George H. Martz and James Q. Neptune as jury commissioners of Adams county were in session Tuesday and selected the following gentlemen to serve in their respective capacities for the November term. Grand jurors Elmer Cook, Washington township, John T. nevil, Wabash, H. H. Mvers, Washington, Albert B. Riley, Blue Creek, Fred Eikoff, Preble and Joseph A. Watson, Hart ford. Petit jurors, Lewis Boknecht, Root, Lewis L. Rupert. Monroe, Gustase Kinking, Union; Rueben Clark, Monroe, Henry Hopple, Blue Creek. Joseph Tanner, French, John Amspaugh, Washington, Jacob D. Hendricks, Washington, James K. Martz, Monroe, Daniel Cook. Monroe Araos Donner, Blue Creek, and Sylvester Pontius of Hartford. In a wreck on the Clover Leaf at 7:50 o’clock Monday, near Rusiaville. several cars were temporarily put out of commission, a locomotive partially wrecked and traffic considerably delayed. No one was injured. Through freight No. 2, with Engineman Acker man at the throttle, eastbound, broke in two on a curve some two miles west of Russiaville, leaving ten cars and a caboose behind. It was followed by the local freight, with Engineman Ed McCloud of Frankfort and Fireman Jacob Powers of Russiaville in the cab. As the local rounded the curve the last ears wore sighted, but not in time to bring the train to a stop. Ihe locomotive plowed its way into the slowly moving ears, smashing the caboose, one flat car and one gondola and partially demolishing another box ear. The smoke-stack of the engine was torn away, but the machine was not so badly crippled that it could no continue with its train when the truck was cleared. Both engineer and fireman jumped for their lives. I

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A representative of the office of! attorney-general was in the city yesterday, ferroting out fines that are due to the state of Indiana, and which were unpaid. Ed Johnson has purchased the saloon of Mrs. Henry Krantz on ! South Second street and as soon as his license is granted will open up a , first class sample room. Miss Grace Peterson entertained a select party of her lady friends at her home on Chestnut avenue Tuesday evening, Miss Tribal it of Lexington, Ky„ being the honored guest. Re freshments were served and the ladies all say they enjoyed themselves. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gass, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Meyers and their families, Misses Bert \ oglewede. Libbie Johnson. Bert Fullenkamp and Mayme Fullenkamp charterted People’s big four seated rig last Sunday and drove to the home of Reuben Beerv near | Peterson, where they enjoyed the day in a thoroughly country fashion. i Two new cases were filed this week the first by Attorneys Peterson & Lutz, their client being Isaac W. Teej ter. who files a petition to have a [ guardian appointed for Mary Teeter; i the second ease was filed by J. T. I Merryman, and is entitled Wilson H. Shepherd vs George E. Snyder, being a petition to have defendant declared of unsound mind. A team belonging to Enos Peoples I ran away Sunday afternoon and came ; tearing down Second street at a dang- 1 j erous gait. When in front of the Big i store one of the horses stumbled and fell pulling the other with it. They i were frightened by the neck yoke pullj ing off the tongue and luckily at the same time the tugs were loosened. No serious damage. Union township’s new school house at District number six is now completed, and by the way it is one of i the handsomest and most complete | | buildings in the county. The con j tractor Julius Haugh did himself i proud in the job, and Trustee Fred | Kaldeway is loud in his praises. School began there Tuesday morning and the first joint institute will also I be held there at an early day. The first day of the coming year Treasurer-elect Vogelwede wdl as sume the cares of official office, to which he has been elected, and the present treasurer Jonas Neuenschwander will retire to private life, and with him he will carry the plaudits i and gcod wishes if the many who transacted business with him during his official life. The new treasurer ’ has had the experiences of a life de- ■ voted to business and posesses all the ; qualifications necessarilly incumbent ' upon a worthy official. Arrangements for the big legal j banquet to be held here Saturday I evening. November 23, in honor of the I change of judgeship are continuing and the prospects are that the Jay I and Wells county bars will be entertained in a most correct manner. The committer' having in charge the program have designated toast subjects as follows: “The ex-Judge," Hon. J. S. Dailey, of Bluffton. “A NewJudge and the Bar." 0. H. Adair, of Portland. “Review of the Adams County Bar." Judge Studabaker of I this city. “Law, Liberty, License,” W. H. Eichorn of Bluffton. “The duties of a lawyer,” R. H. Hartford, of Portland.

H. M Romberg left Monday for New York City where he will probably make his future home. For six months past Mr. Romberg has lieen working for one of the largest telei phone, telegraph and electric car lines | in the world, the American, with head quartersat 15 Dye street, New \ork. He has had charge of the field work in Ohio and has been doing splendid work. In fact sothorough hashisduties been attended to that he has been called to the home office to take charge of important work. Charles Sjiencer of this city, has also been working for the same firm, and has heretofore been assisting Mr. Romberg. He has also been promoted and will take en tire charge of the Alabama field. Both men have many friends here who are glad to hear of the recognition of their abilities.

Col. Dick Townsend is now propri etor in chief of his well known and popular hotel the Burt, the change having been consummated Tuesday morning and Dick taking possession at noon. For some time H. H. Elliot of Pittsburg has had charge of the well known hostelry and that gentleman has given the best satisfaction among his patrons. Mr. Elliot also owns a hotel at Spencerville, < )hio, and at the time of coming here expected to dispose of that, in fact a deal was on then for its conveyance to other parties. The sale fell through, and Mr. Elliot not caring to operate two houses offered to sell to Mr. Townsend and his proposition was promptlv accepted. Dick nee Is no introduction to our people nor to the traveling public. He has been in the business all his life and there are few essential points which he dos nt un derstand thorougly. Mr. H. L. Confer will continue as assistant manager, and wo predict an even more flourishing business than ever for the new Burt.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1901.

Dr. J. Miller' s new office is beginning to look quite modem and when completed will be as fine as they make them. It will be completed within a few days. M ill Weisell of Bluffton, was here Monday evening to meet his sister who came in over the Erie from a trip to the far west. They returned home on the nine o’clock train. Marriage licenses have been granted this week to Davison M. Brumley and Louisa Carryshell, Joseph W. Archbold and Iva Rupright. Forest Runyon and Mahala Rohn, Herman E. Mentzer and Eva L. Peters, Charles C. Werling and Cora A. Bri ner, Edward Meyers and Wilhelmina Ehlerdiug. A provoke case entitled State vs Jennie Culler was tried before Suuire Reynolds last Thursday, the prosecuting witness being Mrs. Emma Middleton. It was charged that during a fit of anger Mrs. Culler cut down a clothes line for Mrs. Middleton, but as the statement could not be proven the court found for the defendant and she was released. The last sale of western horses by that enterprising firm, Beery & Holthouse, will be in this citv at the Erie stock yards, next Saturday. During the year they have sold to exceed 3,(XX) head and in all have had a successful season. Some of the best horses yet sold will be offered at the sale here,Saturday and as it will be the last opportunity buyers should be thick and plenty. Christopher Jethro Macy, is the name of the young man that arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Macy at Brownstown, Ind., last Fridav. Mr. and Mrs. Macy were both well known school teachers in Monroe township, and were highly esteemed young people. Mrs. Macy was formerly Miss Bessie Hocker of Monroe. I From late reports mother and son are doing nicely, and Grandpa Chris Hocker is stepping high. Dr. Roy Archbold, C. C. Schafer and Will Schrock were at Fort Wayne Tuesday and Wednesday and were i initiated as Scotish Rite Masons, which includes the work from the third to the sixteenth degrees. Mayor A. P. Beatty who had already obtained to the fourteenth was present yesterday and had the fifteenth and sixteenth conferred upon him. Several other Decatur members attended the : meetings and banquet and report the occasion os one of the most enjoyable ever held in the Fort Wayne district. Proclamations for the observance of Thursday November 28 as a day of general Thanksgiving have been issued by President Roosevelt and Governor Durbin, and the occasion as usual will be devoted to prayer and religious services. The governor re fers with sorrow to the sad death of the late President McKinley. He designates the day as a time “when the people of Indiana shall abstain as far as practicable from all secular employment in order that they may assemble to their respective places of worship to reaffirm their faith in the wisdom and justice of our creator, and appeal with honest hearts for the continuance of His love and mercy.” If you own a dog and a gun and haven’t been out hunting yet this week you are no sport. The quail law came in Sunday and from now on until January 1902 you are permitted | to hunt as long and much as you like ! provided you have in vour possesion the written permit of the owner of the land you are on. No license is required but the written permit you must have or be liable to answer to the stern laws of the Indiana common wealth. However you must only kill enough quail for your own use. and don’t let any one see you sell, barter or give them away. The season started a little slow this year, opening on Sunday and with Monday and Tuesday so rainy that many were kept at i home but yesterday was an ideal I hunting day and everyone was out ! after the little “bob white.” The Decatur foot ball team was at Ft. Wayne Saturday and were defeated by the Library Hall team of that city by a score of 11 to 0. The Ft. Wayne team failed to send tickets for the morning train and our club did not reach there until 4 o’clock, conse quently only one thirty minute half was played. The game was descrilxxl in the Journal-Gazette as follows: “Ft. Wayne kicked off to Decatur and after a few skirmishes got the ball on downs. Line men were called back to form a heavy interference and the visiting ends were soon out of the running. Tackles were called back and used in tandem formations that went through the line as if it were paper. Kemp, Nolan, llutzell and Evans gained at will and only a few times in the game was the team hold for downs. Fumbles, however, lost the ball two or three times. For De catur the backs and left guard played good foot ball the latter getting I through several times and breaking plays." In the early part of thegame Dave Wagoner of this city was quite 1 badly hurt, the muscles of one of his legs being pulled loose from the knee. He is in charge of a physician at his homo here mid will probably be all right in a few days. ,

The fierce wind Monday morning was the cause of the iron awning bars in front of the New Fair Store to be come loose and fall down striking a boy named Miller on the head. The blow dazed him for a while but he soon recovered. Frank Saunders who has been managing the Moore meat market on Madison street for a year past has resigned and accepted a more lucrative position at Marion. He left for that place Sunday and entered upon his new duties Monday morning. His place here is being" filled by Will Barkley. Misses Mollie Burwell and Jennie Park were in Montpelier last night. The former has made application for a position in the government printing department at Washington and she was down to have Harry Troutman fill out answers to two or three questions in her application blanks. He filed her original application. Bluffton Evening News. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Moore left Mon day afternoon for Cleveland, Tennesee, where they will remain several weeks in hopes that the change of climate may improve the failing health of Mrs. Moore. For sometime her lungs have been affected quite seriously and the southern trip is made upon advice of her physicians who believes it will undoubtedly be beneficial. Notices will be sent out this week to the stockholders of the Decatur Gas & Oil Company notifying them that their fifth and last assessment is now due and must be paid into the secretary James H. Stone, at Woodward & Ball’s store on or before the 23rd inst. The company are now putting down their last test well on the Teeple farm and they expect to have the good luck to strike a gusher, and in fact the signs do point that way. It is not often that a check on an individual is held a whole year before being cashed as most people can al ways use the money in their daily avocations or prefer to have it drawing interest. The Studabaker bank yesterday received a check issued by E. C. Bierie in September, HMM), and thus were enabled to balance the ac count which had been open all that time. Just why the check was held more than a year and who had it all that time no one knows, but the individual has lost the use of his money all that period. Bluffton News. Mortan Betts a well known Bluffton young man twenty-three years old was killed in the Clover Leaf yards at that place Monday morning. He was employed at the coal dock and jumped on the steps of a freight car which was switching to take a pleasure ride. The car he was on was an exceptionally wide one, in fact so wide that it only lacked an inch or two of reaching a car on the side track, and as the train Betts was on pulled past the car on the side track he was caught and the life squeezed out of him. The accident occured at 11:20, and the young man was taken to the home of his widowed mother where he lived an hour, suffering intense pain.

’ Last Saturdays Fort Wayne Jour-nal-Gazette said: The sensations of j the Dunn trial are not yet to an end. , The next one will, in all probabilities, ] be a suit for damages against Dr. ! Maurice Rosenthal and Dr. George L. | Greenawalt fordamages, with Edward , Cothrel, father of the murdered girl as , plaintiff. Drs. Greenawalt and Rosen- , thal were the expert witnesses for the defense in the now celebrated trial, ■ and the suit will be for mutilating the , body of alice Cothrell in their post , mortem examination of the little girl’s I body, made at the request of Charles Dunn’s attorneys. There were some . things done at that examination, the knowledge of which did not become , public until the trial. When Dr. Rosenthal was on the stand describing the examination, he testified that I he had retained possession of the tongue and hyoid bone. Something must be done to stop , the home talent stealing in Decatur, and it looks as though about the only ; thing to do is to organize a vigilant . committee. Perhaps a few of these sneak thieves roughly dealt with would check such business for a while at least. Last Friday evening while Albert Brittson was at his store some one who knew that his family : were out of town, pried open a front window and entered the house. They ransacked every room, carried away all of Alberts wearing apparel and a > few dollars in pennies, the savings of ■ the children. The clothes were not missed until Sunday morning when Mr. Brittson began looking for a i change and found hi* had none. (hi the same evening Rev. and Mrs. Zech iel made a pleasure trip to the country and parties who also seem to have know of the proposed visit broke into the parsonage and helped them selves. Nothing of value was taken, excepting the babie’s banks. There I can lie no doubt that the people who | do this work reside right in our midst 1 and are in a position to know when people are out of the city and take advantage of their absence to rob and in our estimation severe punishment should be dealt out to them if they can be captured.

I L. Gray who was found guilty in the Mercer circuit court of appropriating property to his own use was sentenced last week to thirty months in the Ohio state prison at Columbus. The judge gave him the limit for his crime. Miss Daisy Rickenbrode of New York, who is the guest of her aunt, I Mrs. E. J. Bailey, has organized a , physical culture class here. Miss : Rickenbrode has had several years ex I perience and is strictly up to date in i her work. The Illinois and Indiana Oil Company has incorporated, with a capital of S3IS.(XX). The principal office will be at Bluffton, with a branch office at Chicago. The company will acquire and operate oil property in this state. The incorporators are Lafayette McWilliams, who owns $168,000 of the stock; D. W. Kimball, Thomas G. McWilliams, Chicago; W. A. Kunkel and Hugh L. McWilliams, of Bluffton. Indianapolis News. Darkness reigned again in Decatur last week and on Friday evening even the incondescent lights wereout, caused by the engine at the electric power station breaking down. An expert machinist was secured from Fort Wayne at once and the repairs made just as soon as possible. Lights were on again Saturday night- and every one we talked to were glad of the fact. After this if the engine must lay off lets have it during the full moon. Robert Simison of Linn Grove, one of the oldest citizens in this part of the state was ninety years of age last Thursday, and the event was celebrated in an elaborate manner. Among those who attended from here were Judge and Mrs. David Studabaker, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Allison and Mrs. Katherine Champer, and they report the occasion a splendid one. Mr. Simison has lived in this county nearly sixty-five years and is one of the best known men especally in southeren Adams where he has always resided. He is in good health and will probably live to celebrate several more aniversaries. William Hency, a farmer who lives near Ft. Recovery, Ohio, was here Thursday in search of his daughter, whom he supposed until the day liefore was with friends in Illinois. On that date he received an unsigned letter saying his daughter was ill here and needed money and he came on the first train to ascertain her condition. Through the kindness of postmaster Andrews the girl was finally located living with a family in the Stone block. There is still an air of mystery about the affair as after a short visit with his daughter the old gentleman went awav leaving her here. Miss Hency claims to have met the family with whom she is staying in Illinois and came here with them.

The most disastrous fire financially which has occurred in this county for some time occurred at four o’clock Monday morning at the farm of Samuel Armstrong, three miles east of Geneva. When the fire which onginat ed in one of his barns was first noticed it was already beyond control, and none of the contents or even surrounding buildings could be saved. The main barn was a large one, and con tained in addition to the agricultural implements and vehicles, seventy tons of nay and much in the way of grain and feed. Within the barn were ten horses anil seven head of cattle, anil out of the seventeen dumb brutes but one a horse escaped alive, the others being cremated. Tie* total loss will aggregate something like S6,(XX) partially insured. Bv some it is believed that the loss was incendiary, and an unsuccessful attempt was made to obtain blood hounds to put on the trail. We an* in receipt of a copy of the Augusta, Illinois, Eagle of last Thurs day, which gives a long and glowing account of a "China shower" given Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Duckett, in honor of their twentieth wedding anniver sary. The affair was a complete stir prise and was attended by more than 100 self invited guests. The parson and his good wife were the recipients of a complete dinner set and numer oure other pieces of china. The vis itors also took with them provisions for a bountiful feast which were duly served. In the closing paragraph of their write up, the Eagle said: It is to be presumed that had some of his former Indiana congregation dropped in about this time they would believe that while Rev. H. C. Duckett and Mrs. Ducket were among strangers they hud at, least encountered new found friends; nor need this ever be feared for this good couple as they are both pleasing and affable, while our new pastor is proving himself mi earn est, sincere Christian minister whose pulpit ability and oratory are already recognized and admired. Rev. Duckett and wife came here from De catur, Indiana, a town of paved streets and electric lights, with a population of S,(XX); and what Augusta lacks in city improvements and population in comparison with their former Indiana home is, we hope, made up by the enthusiastic reception and good will this earnest and agreeable Christian couple have met with in this, their new home.

CIRCULATION 2800 WEEKLY

NUMBER 36

Edward B. Haefling who has the j contract for the building of the Smitley ditch in Jefferson township was in town yesterday and reports that he is 'getting along nicely. The ditch is a large one being two miles in length . ami one fourth of the job is completed l Ed says they will be through by j Christmas easy enough unless some I unforseen tough luck should hit them which is not probable. A little fox terrier dog, the property of Fanny Heller tried to run under a moving Clover Leaf freight train Tuesday afternoon and had bis head cut off. He was full blooded, had a pedigree as long as your arm, and took first premium at the recent county fair, but even these accomplishments could not save him or give him power to lift a freight car off the track and his arrival in the happy hunting ground has no doubt been celebrated ’ere this time. Candidates are out in full bloom, and the big county fight for nominations for county officers is on in earnest. Every ‘public sale has a good representation of the plum seekers, and every Saturday finds them gathered here looking for pointers one way or the other. There are about seven or eight candidates for each office, and the fight promises to be interesting. The officers to be elected includes the clerk, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, representative, pros editing attorney, surveyor and commissioner. For those" holding two year offices and being candidates for their second term there will probably be no opposition. Says the Bluffton Chronicle this week: Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Mac Williams of Chicago, were visitors in the city the other day. Mr. Mac Williams recently invested $168,000 in Nottingham yil property and he brought his wife here to see her first well shot. Mrs. Mac Williams is a full cousin to Mrs. McKinley, and on his Chicago visits the president and his wife made their home their stopping place. When the president was shot Mrs. Mac Williams was sent for and was at the Milburn house during his illness and death. Mr Mac Williams was for years a member of the firm of Marshal, Field & Co., but he has retired and has invested nearly a quar ter of a million in Wells county oil laud.

William Adler the best natured farmer in Kirkland township was in town Friday shaking hands with his many friends and enjoying himself. While making the rounds he was presented by Charles True with a handsome pocket book, and latter in the afternoon he displayed his present to Gustave Rosenthal who wish ing to see how it would look well filled with “free silver" proceeded to place there in what loose change he had in his pocket. Just at that moment his friend William again obtained posession of his property and its contents, and then Gustave's face grew long. His friend from Kirkland thanked him and walked away, and it took several hours and several treats for Gus to convince him that he had not intended the money as a gift. Bill finally restored the funds with the advise “Young man never put your money in another mans pocket-book.” The Septemlx'r term of court closed last Saturdav and the fall vacation is on. Next Monday the November term opens, but as i, is the last week for Judge Heller not very much business of importance will be transacted. The record for the last three days of last week includes the following business: S. A. Whipple vs Citizens Gas and Oil Co., Christian 11. Whipple made new partv defendant to which defense objects but is overuled. P. K. Kinney vs John A. Depew, motion for new trial oversled. Joseph Chrisman vs Thomas E. Mann et al motion filed by T. E. Mann for new trial. Peter Holtliouse vs Jonas Neuenschwander, treasurer, judgment for de fendent for costs, restraining order dissolved, plaintiff objects and excepts. W. J. Meyers vs J. N. Fristoe, judgment for plaintiff of $27.50, motion by defendant for new trial. The National Cycle Co. vs Fred Schafer et al, demurer overuled, re ply fili»il in one paragraph. Williams A Flickinger vs C. S. Ayers et al. amended complaint filed in two par agraphs, rule to answer. Frank E. France vs James W. Place, bill of exceptions signed, filial and made part of record. Jesse D. Andrews vs Franklin Andrews, divorce granted, plaintiff prohibited from marrying for two years, her former name of Jesse Saunders restored. Sarah E. Warner vs James Warner, motion for new trial overruled, judgement on verdict for $280.34. appeal granted to appellate “court. ' George I" ptgraft vs Christopher Haviland ami D. P. Bolds, judgemi nt for $363 40. Her l»i*rt Pennington vs Joseph Roy et id, dismissal and costs paid. Decatur Lumber Co. vs Mary Sawyer et al, dismissed mid costs paid. Betty B. Meyers et al, vs William Deyo et al. iippraisinent filed, sale approved, deed ordered and final account of commissioner allowed. State ex rel E. B. Haefling vs Joseph Rumschlaug, demurer sustained to second and thin! paragraph of return and answer of defendant.