Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1902 — Page 1

ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME.

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■WJose Byers and wife of MonroeHile, were New Year’s guests of Peter Gaffer and family. OJon. Jacob Butcher of Geneva, was hero Tuesday looking after business gn the Adam's circuit court. ■ Farmers, you owe yourself a duty. Attend the institute at Decatur next Wednesday and Thursday. ■ Miss Maude Christen entertained a number of young friends at a New fears Eve party and a good time is imported. I Mr. and Mrs. George t imer, of Sfoiint Vale, N. J., send word to their Decatur friends of the arrival of a big baby boy. The farmers’ institute here next Wednesday and Thursday promises to be largely attended and the best BVer held in the county. Miss May me Deinninger entertained a Btimber of her friends Sunday evening at her home on Madison street. Harold Dean was guest of honor. iSehool began Monday morning asBa one week’s vacation for Christ ■as. Usually the winter vacation continues two weeks but this year the (hrstees concluded one would be sufficient. i Mrs. John Bears, aged about forty years and a resident of Hartford township died and was hurried from White Oak Saturday. She was an estimable women and leaves a husband ind seven children. A number of Decatur citizens are to go to Berne Friday even ing to attend the first anniversary of the Democratic Club which has been carried on so successfully during the past year. A great big time is anticipated. J. H. Voglewede assumed the reins of government in the county treasurer’s office yesterday. He. with his new deputy. Lewis Fruchte, are in office and the business is going on without a jar. Paul Baumgartner wHI also remain in the office for some Hme and in all the business will be be well taken care of. i The trustees of the Geneva High Schools in company with Architect Cuno Kibele of Bluffton, were visitors at the county infirmary Monday, tak ing pointers for the erection of a handsome new building to take the place of'their school house recently destroyed by fire. The new structure will be a ■odern and entirely up to date bnildieg and will contain ten rooms. WThe following are the names of the letters that remain unclaimed in the Dec atur postoffice: Mrs. Ruth Stan ely, Chas. Sixby, Mrs. Ellen T. Johnson, Burt Brown, J. C. Frinney. Tom Biddell, Henry Kifer. Nanny Me Donwell, Albert Miller, Mr. Vinie and Miss Dulu Nichols, Alice Owens, Miss Laura Pierce, Louretti Pio, Miss L. Pierce, Miss Rose Walters. Miss •rvilla Dowell, J. S. Lichtenberger, Bhas Goff ord and Carl Bodie. I Mr. A. Q. Scammon’s splendid com lany supporting the popular comedpm George F. Hall, in H. Grattan Ponnclly's best effort, “The American Eirl,” will be seen at Bosse’s opera house Friday. Jan. 3. The piece is bne of those clever devices of humersituations while tolling an interesting story, and the attention of the Audience never lessons during the progress of the performance, being held alternately between pathos and comedy. Some very clever specialties are introduced and “The American Girl” is always voted a most pro pounced success from every point of kiew.

The Hotel Burt is being remodeled i a manner that will make its interir appearance the most attractive of ay hostelry in Indiana. Always up-i-date the proprietor, Mr. Townsend, i continually improving his house, aus being always able to provide bmfort and convenience for his travling patrons. Realizing that nothIg cheers a man when away from pme as bright, cheery rooms he is Jiving a wholesale job of papering nd frescoing dene, the well Known Iregory Company being the artists, 'he office and dining rooms are comig in for their share of the extrava Biice and a glance that way will rove that the work has been done in first class manner. The old year went out merily and be new came in with a happy start >r those young people so lucky as to e guests of Misses Genevieve Hale id Bertha Heller Tuesday night, musements of various sorts, incltid ig dancing, etc., were indulged in nd the refreshments were devoured ith a relish which showed they were ppreciated. Among the games layed was progressive telegraphy, jmothing new and far more modern ian wireless telegraphy. Th. - guests ere each given a dozen words from hieh they were to form a message, le first doing so securing the mark f honor, then the bunch of words ere exchanged and another lussel egan aud so on for an hour, the one Bearing the most marks winning the rize. The occassion was delightful nd the Misses Hale and Heller have een declared most charming hostFirst honors were won by reu Patterson and the booby by rank Wemhoff.

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Jasper North and wife of Hartford township, are the proud parents of a baby boy, born last Friday. Clem Michaels the genial democrat from South Hartford was mingling with the crowd here Saturday. Adolph Schug, Adams county's truant officer, was in the city Tuesday. Ho with the balance of the school kids, enjoying the holiday vacation. Mrs. Mollie Winch and children of | Fort Wayne, arrived yesterday and will be the guests of A. R. Bell and family and other relatives for a few days. Dr. J. W. Younge, of Ft. Wayne, made his regular trip here Monday 1 and as usual enjoyed a good practice. The doctor has a long list of Adams county patrons who await his monthly visits. Misses Nellie and Hattie Blackburn ■ left Sunday night for Valparaiso, where they will resume their studies in the literary department. They are preparing themselves for teachers and will remain there during the winter. Harold Dean of the Burt had two fingers of his left hand badly mashed Sunday afternoon, and as a conse quence was pretty sick for a few hours. He was lowering a window which slipped and caught two of his fingers. The district convention meets at Bluffton today, and a number of Adams county democrats are in attendance, having gone over last night and this morning. A district committeeman will be selected, there being two candidates, J. Frank Mann of Muncie. and W. H. Eichhorn of Bluffton. J. H. Uhl, of Kendalville, Indiana, was in the city Monday attending to business. Mr. Uhl ownes a well cultivated farm iust over the Ohio state line and we find him a very pleasant gentleman. He is a road salesman for the Marcy Man’f’g Company of Bluffton and has sold wind mills for nearly ♦wenty years. Ex County Auditor Noah Mangold has purchased an interest in D. D. Coffee’s Bazaar and the firm will hereafter be known as Coffee & Mangold. They are busy at present completing their arrangements for the removal of their stock to their new room on Second street; just south of the Decatur National Bank. The deal was closed about a month ago, Mr. Mangold taking posession January 1. Mrs. Fred V. Mills entertained a number of ladies at her home on Mercer street Friday afternoon from two to five o’clock. Refreshments of a substantial nature were served and I the ladies left well pleased with the occasion. An outcome of the event was the organization of a thimble party which will meet at the homes of the various ladies every two weeks at which times enjoyment is expected to flow in unmeasured quantities. ’Squire Smith was tyiugup bundles again Thursday evening and the packages consisted of the hearts of two well known young couple of this county who had determined to live as one hereafter. The happy parties were Edgar Liechty.of Ohio, and Miss Minnie Lambert, the latter a popular 1 lady of this county: and Miss Ida I Zaugg and Mr. George Arnold. All four have friends galore, with whom | the Democrat unites in congratula- | tions. The work of uniting young I people has become a simple one with I Mr. Smith and we venture the statement that he marries more people than any minister in the county.

The prohibitionists of northern Indiana, including this district, have arranged to hold a series of county conventions, the first to he held in Terre Haute, Vigo county, Feb. 21. State Chairman L. C. Masters has secured the services of Rev. W. H. Bowles, of Alma, 111., who is a forceful speaker. He will speak at nearly all the con ventions in northern Indiana. The prohibitionists of the eighth district nave decided to have but one district evangelist instead of two as was intended. M. S. Lai mure of Milton, Ind., has been appointed evangelist for the six counties constituting the district and will move to Muncie. Willard Bartlett, a young attorney of Winchester, has been chosen chairman of the eighth district. John Shank vs. Mary M. Shank, et al, is the title of a partition suit which has been liefore the Adams circuit court for some time. A cross com plaint was filixl by defendant Simon Smith and the result of the case was a clean cut victory for the latter. The case was tried liefore Judge D. D. Heller and that jurist gave liis decision in the matter Friday morning, finding that the plaintiff take nothing by his complaint and that cross complainant Simon Smith is owner in fee of land in quetrtion, subject however to the life estate of the defendant Mary M. Shank; finding also that the title be quieted in Smith us to all parties to this suit and subject to said life estate. To this decision the plaintiff entered exceptions. Judgment was rendered against plaintiff for cost on complaint for costs on same, exceptions entered by plaintiff John ShanK. Attorney D. E. Smith appeared for the defendant and L. C. DeVoss forthe plaintiff.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1902.

|_ Next Saturday is the last proceed i ing the primary and candidates and their friends will be quite numerous, no doubt. Whoop ’em up, and may the best man win. The Geneva rural route running west to Domestic, Wells county, and carrying something over twenty-one miles of territory will soon be estab lished with Perry Burke as mail car. rier. W illiatn I’. Mallonee, of Root township, died Wednesday evening of last week at the age of sixty-three years. He had been sick for some time with cancer of the stomach. Funeral services were held Friday morning at Mt. Pleasant church. Delegates to the Bluffton district convention today are Charles Morrison. W. F. Worden, L. N. Grandstaff, Daniel Beberick. William Breiner, Henry Eiting, Harry O. Grove, Peter Hoffman. S. W. Hale, W. W. Briggs. D. E. Smith. John F. Snow, J. W. McKean, L. G. Ellinghatn and Emil Franz. Janies M. Duff, among the prosperous farmers of Southern Adams county was a business caller in Decatur Monday, being here to attend a meeting of the fair association, of which organization he is a charter member. He found time to run in for a chat with the Democrat force and we found him the same genial fellow as when dishing out privileges for the fair last fall. The “Rounders.” a club composed of eighteen of Decatur's musicians, held a meeting at the Hotel Burt New Years eve and a delightful time was had. Musical numbers, vocal and instrumental, were given and a banquet of goodly proportions followed. Each member was presented with a badge as the evenings offering and the boys say it was the beet affair of the season.

The first aniversary of the Democratic club, of Berne will be held at their rooms in that place tomorrow evening and the presence of every genuine democrat is desired. A special invitation is extended to the various candidates and no doubt they will all be there as it will be the greatest gathering of democrats held in this county for some time. A program in which several of the local statesman will take part has been ar ranged aud a banquet of the real kind will follow. It will be a regular old fashioned love feast. Monroe was once more aroused from her long rest, on last Saturday evening when H. C. Andrews, now consta ble arrested Wesley Vanderman a fugative from justice of the state of Kentucky. Ou sight of constable Andrews he made an attempt to escape but Andrews was too elert for him and had him in costody on short notice, much to the surprise of Vanderman. He was immediately arragned Liefore Squire Albaugh. Andrews landed him safelv liehind secure locks at Hotel D’Erwin. We omit the nature of the deed done by Vanderman as it would not look well in print. The law firm of Merryman A Sutton is one of the new combinations of 1902. The senior member is the Hon. J. T. Merryman one of the leading lawyers of the city and a practitioner at the Adams county bar of many years standing. The latter is Jesse C. Sutton, known to the writer since he was a kid, and truly a self-made industrious young man with a bright and promising future before him. He came to Decatur in 1896 and became an ardent ar.d devoted student of the rudaments of Blackstone. For one year be was in the office of Peterson A Lutz, and for about the same length of time in the office of France & Merryman and since then in the law office of J. T. Merryman. He has well earned thestanding attained and some time will stand with the best of them as a lawyer and legal counselor. The Entre Nous Club, an organization of young men who have their rooms in the Blackburn block on Second street is one of the best clubs ever organized in the city. While the boys believe in enjoying themselves in various ways they likewise lielieve in cultivating the mind and to that end they have secured the ser vices of a number of citizens to lecture to them. Every two weeks on Mon day evening the club members gather and hear some subject discussed liy one competent to handle same and they thus become posted on different lines. Last Monday evening the lecturer was David E. Smith who gave an hour’s talk on “Juries,” beginning with their origin in Normandy many centuries ago and bringing them down to the present time. He described in full the petit, traverse, struck and grand juries as used in Indiana and embodied much useful information in his short talk. The members of the Entre Nous Club are True Hutchinson, president; Calvin Peterson, vice president; Will Winnes, treasurer; Arthur Suttles, secretary, and Louis Rice, Fred Blosser and Ralph Knoff. Several new members will soon lie taken in and as they grow the club will add attractions, expecting before long to own a gymnasium and other features of amusements. They deserve to succeed as they have started in the right way.

Mrs, Theo Droppieman of Jeffer- , sonville, arrived in the city several days ago and is visiting her mother Mrs. John Meibers. as well as other relatives. There is more talk of a new G. R. A. 1. depot but this has become so regular at this time of the year that they will have to bring more proof to satisfy most of our citizens. Will Reiter lotteried off a handsome toilet case Friday evening and Henry Schulte was found to be the holder of the lucky number fifteen which captured the prize, Mrs. Schulte probably received the present for a New Year’s gift. Mayor Z. I. Duncan, of Huntington, a former partner of J. Fred France, has been appointed claim adjuster for the Wabash Railway company, at a salary of 5i.500 per year and expenses. The position is a good one and Mr. Duncan’s Decatur friends are glad to hear of his success. Miss Midge Smith and Marie Patterson entertained their young friends in a charming manner Thursday evening, the event taking place at the Smith home, corner of Winchester and Adams streets. Gamesand other innocent amusements were indulged, intermingled with delicious refreshments and the time was a real merrymaking. The Wells county democratic primary will lie held on Saturday, January 18th, so decided the committee which met at Bluffton last Saturday. A resolution was adopted which nrovides that any candidate guilt, of using money to obtain votes shall be temoved from the ticket and his vacancy filled by the committee. Delegates were also appointed to the state, congressional, senatorial and district conventions. Mrs. Julius Spies, of Cleveland, Ohio, was the guest of honor at a most pleasant progressive pedro party given Friday evening by Miss Jessie McLain at her home on Fourth street. The time and the only sad occurrence was the fact that the honored one was found the poorest player present and with her partner Mrs. Fred Heuer was awarded the “booby.” prize. First prizes were captured by Misses Mayme Terveer and Amelia Smith. Refreshments were served and defeats and victories taken in a good natured manner. Daniel Schlegle.the venerable timer, died at his home on First street Saturday evening after a short illness with heart trouble. He was one of the best known residents here having come to Decatur over forty years ago He was born at Fleetwood, Pa., April 21, 1829, and was nearly seventythree years of age. He was married in 1851 to Angeline Kover and to the union were born four children, only one of whom, Henry, survives. Mr. Schlegle was a good, honest Christian citizen, a member of the Baptist church, and respected by all who knew him. The funeral services were held Tuesday morning from the Bap tist church. The Adams county farmers insti tute convenes next Wednesday-morn-ing at the circuit court room in this city and a special invitation is hereby extended to every farmer in the county to attend. The program has been spoken of a number of :.imes and is au exceptionally good one. During the first day Charles Thorp will lecture on “Feeding Silage to Both Diary and Beef Cattle.” D. C. Sprunger on “Fattening Hogs.” Mrs. Bateson “Foods for Children.” Sam Soldner, “The Young Man On and Off the Farm.” D. J. Duncan, “Paper Farming.” Dye Ferguson, “Potato Culture.” and others. Such a list of events surely ought to be of interest to every tiller of the soil and your presence there will add life to the proceedings. Come and bring your neighbor. Thursday’s program is equally as interesting. The following business has lieen transacted in court this week: Evelyn Eckert vs. E. Fritzinger, reset for Monday, January 13. John Shank vs. Mary Shank, et al, finding in favor of cross complainant Simon Smith, that he is owner in fee of land in dispute, subject to life estate of Mary Shank. National Cycle Co., vs Schafer, Son <St Lock, deposition of F. C. Finkensladt of Bay View. Mich., ordered taken January 16. Beery, Holthouse A Co., vs Toledo, St. Louis & Western Ry Co, motion filed bv defendant for change of venue. Frank France vs James W. Place, judgment for plaintiff for $225, each party paying half the costs. Catherine Place , vs James Place, divorce granted plaintiff and SI,OOO alimony. Charles Passwater vs Barnabas Everett, change of judge granted. Samuel Workinger vs Lucky P. Workinger, et al, clerk ordered to pay to Drucilla. William and Jeremiah Workinger ■ each the sum of $19.68. Old Adams county Bank vs. Nellie Blackburn, admr. et al. separate answer by Gideon Lougenberger. Leona Twigg vs • William Twigg, appearance by Attor ney Butcher for defendant, rule to answer. Rachael Martz vs James K. Martz, appearance by Schurger A Smith for defendant, rule to answer. Samuel Hurless, etal, vs August Koihorst, et al, apjiearance by Peterson A France for defendants.

“A Woman's Power” has failed and | our anxious theatre goers were again ! disappointed Friday night. The show business is simply rotten and four ; shows billed for Decatur have gone to i pieces before arrival. One week from tomorrow is primary day, and the candidates are digging in earnest, in honest endeavor to securo enough votes to nominate them. The fight is a good one and is as clean, so far as we can hear, as can be seen anywhere. Miss Carrie Scherer a teacher in the Omaha, Nebraska, high school, a former resident of Monroe township, was the guest of John Mayer and family Tuesday. She was enroute to that city to resume her school work after a holiday vacation with relatives and friends near Monroe. Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Miller entertained Christmas eve at their home on Second street, in honor of their tenth wedding anniversary. Six o’clock dinner was served and the event properly celebrated. The guests included Messers and Mesdames A. J. Smith. C. H. Colter, J. C. Patterson and Wash Gilpin and their families. Every one enjoyed the occasion. Supt. of Geneva schools. J. E. Lung received a communication from David E. Smith, of Decatur, enclosing a check for $2.00 as a “nest egg” for the purpose of rebuilding the Geneva school library. He also says, your j friends all feel sincerely your loss in the recent fire, but trust you will not be discouraged. Wishing you success in your renewed efforts, I am very truly yours, David E. Smith. Geneva Herald. The marriage of Miss Sadie Briner to Mr. Simon Moore occurred Thursday evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Briner near Peterson. Rev. Vitz cf Vera Cruz, officiated and the ceremony was a beautiful one. being witnessed however, by only the immediate relatives and by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gass of this city. Both are clever and popular young people and have a large circle of friends who join us m extend ing our very best wishes for their future happiness. May they live long | and prosper. Many eyes are now turned in the direction of the gentle hen. Eggs are an expensive luxury. The refusal of the hens to lay has sent the price of eggs to the quarter dollar mark. The scarcity of the hen fruit has been more noticeable since the cold weather set in. The grocers who get eggs from both packers and the country people, have but a few dozen on hand. Since the price of eggs has increased the people find that they can get along ( without this food on their table and the egg famine, therefore, is not so disastrous. Eggs are being retailed by grocers at 24 cents per dozen. The farmers are receiving} a corresponding price, but few eggs are coming from this source.

By request, we publish the following item in answer to a local which appeared in our colums last week. The dog of news paper notoriety of the past few weeks surely is not the one that was “murdered” (rumor has told who is accused I for the one we know of does not tally with the description of the other. The one we know was a good dog always at home and was harmless. The other was over a mile from the home of the one that claims the “murdeied” dog and it can be proven that he was one of a gang of five dogs that attacked a flock of sheep iu broad day light, but the timely arrival on the scene prevented any serious damage, but not before several pounds of wool was pulled out of the frightened sheep, and if the other four of his companions come prowling around in daylight as he did nearly every week, he will not get lonesome in the happy hunting ground. There are few instances on record where triplets have all reached adolescence. but the ones now in question are forty live years of age ami in robust health. They are Almore Frank ford Young, Almond Franklin Young, and Adolia Frances Young, the children of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Young, who were living at Winchester, Ind., when the triplets were born. The family afterwards moved to Van Wert, 0., where the children were brought up, and where the father and two sons still live. Miss Young stays with her sister. Mrs. Lillje R "ibucli, of this city. The family separated after the young folks reached maturity, Miss Young living for a time in NewYork, and they have not all been together for ten years. They had planned to meet here on Christmas day, but illness in the second family of their father, who is now seventyfour years old, prevented his sons leaving home at this time. It is the intention of the aired father to join with the children in this celebration. The aggregate weight of the triplets when they were Ixirn was fifteen pounds. Until they were 15 years old they greatly resembled each oth er and were inseparable companions. Chicago Record Herald. The trip lets are well known to a number of Decatur people, who have however lost tracK of and nearly forgotten them.

CIRCULATION 2800 WEEKLY

NUMBER 43

The only new case filed in the cir cuit court this week is entitled Will iam Kessler vs Grand Rapids A Indiana Ry Co., a damage suit for $143, brought here on change of venue from Jay county. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Peterson gave a big family New Year dinner and supper yesterday. The menu was complete and every one “fell to” in a manner that showed they had been preparing for the occasion for several days. Judge Heller last Saturday handed down his decision in the case of Katherine Place vs J. W. Place, granting the plaintiff u divorce and allowing her the sum of $1,075 alimony. Be sides this amount $125 has already been paid into court by the defendant for the plaintiff's use. making the total about $1,200. The amount is to be paid within twelve months. The initiation of officers of the Masonic lodge occurred at their hall Thursday evening, the affair being simplv a lodge “doings,” no visitors permitted. The new officers who will now have charge of affairs are Charles Helm, master: George Kinzle, senior warden: Henry B. Heller, junior warden; L. C. Miller, secretary; M. Burns, treasurer; J. H. Lenhart, senior deacon; E. B. Adams, junior deacon, and J. S. Coverdale, trustee. Smith A Bell, the timber men who own saw mills here and at Liberty Center, have practically decided to lo cate a large plant in the south and en gage in the lumber business on an ex tensive scale. They are figuring, so it is reported, of buying a tract of 6,000 or 7,000 acres of land heavily timbered in the large untouched forest district of Missouri or Arkansas which can be Iwught at a reasonable figure. They have prospected over the proposed territory and have, it is said two or three locations that they may buy. It is their intention to put in the machinery for a large band mill and if a desirable location is secured they will begin operations next spring. —Bluffton Chronicle. < >ur list of subscribers who have paid subscriptions this week are T. H. Baltzell, Phillip Baker, Joseph Heiman. Elijah Nidlinger. W. R. Kirschner, Martin Btiuck, Henry Durr. John Smitley, D. J. Dilling,, Wm. Heath, William Alfather, M. M. Herr, H. H. Mathers, J. C. Grandstaff, Samuel Slaybaugh. Herman C. Geels, Chas. Leimenstall. Mary Gnepper. Adolph Schugg. G. W. Bunner, Chas. Kurber, Ed Wertzberger. A. P. Schroeder, G. W. Miller. C. D. Bieberick, E. A. Beavers, Simon Moore, M-s. Joseph Parent, Margeret Jacobs, Cris Borne. Simeon Sales, Martha Bender, Henry Grote, John T. Myers, Helen Burns, Henry Mayer. Lorenzo Dunbar, S. B. Fordyce. Henry F. Rodenbeck. Dan Neuensehwander, Amos Herman and Chas. F. Fuelling. In Monday's issue of the Bluffton Evening News appeared the follow ing account of the death of a young man well known here: John Hurt, the lather, was found in a dying condition in bed by his mother at half past three o’clock this morning. Aroused by his groans, she had time to lift him up in her arms when he sank back dead. Five or six weeks ago Hurt was engaged in lathing the Adhms county infirmary, and fell from a scaffold through into the cel lar, injuring his head and back. He came home, and rheumatism, to which he was subject, set in. He seemed to be improving and Saturday called on several neighbors. Dr. McKinney, who attended him, says that his death was due to heart failure in duced by rheumatism and not from his injuries. His sister, Mrs. Harry Croll, of Lima. Ohio, has been at his bedside during all of his illness, but under the impression that he was bet ter. returned home Saturday. An important raeetiugof the fair as sociation was held in this city Monday, considerable business was transacted and steps taken towards making this year’s fair the greatest ever held in Indiana. The name of the company was changed to the Great Northern Indiana Agricultural Fair Association, or rather the preliminary steps for such a change were taken and at the next meeting the constitution will be amended in such manner as to create the change. A new lease has been secured from Mr. Steele which now gives the association the use of the park during fair season for fourteen years to come. In view of this tact the company will proceed to make many improvements, among which is the erection of a $1,500 art build ing, plans for which have already been adopted. They will also erect two large barns, one for horses, the other foi sheep exhibits.knd work will Ix'gin on them as soon as the weather will per mit. The grounds will lie piped for water and other conveniences added. A scretary's office will also lie added liefore time for fair business, in fact, nil things are being attended to for the biggest and best fair ever seen in this part of the universe. The exhibits will be grand and the races as good as may lie seen anywhere. An other important transaction of Mon day's meeting was to authorize Secrej tary Harris to attend the Indiana State Fair Association meeting at In'dianapolis January 9, 1902.