Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 13 March 1902 — Page 1

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VOLOIE XLVI.

Holm the popular young H clothing clerk, who has been with Gus Ro|enthal for a year past has resigned his position and accepted a place with Holthouse. Schulte & V *• .lo-eph Lower who has Leen ’suffering for several weeks with ap •■■Kliiiieitis and otiiei complications, is still in a vary serious condition, and it i|,pr 'liable that an operation will soon be fesorted to. Wilkinson has some English «carr er pigeons which he is training, and they have proven to be thorough-1 They have come home from [ jKisant Mills and Peterson in ten minutes. He will try them from Port Wftxne within a few days. Hrhe Ladies of the Thimble Club hav each received a souvinir postal from Mrs. C. E. Neptune who is at Hot Springs, Arkansas. Each card is numbered and they must be read tog' er to convey the meaning. The idea is unique Cromer is in a bad fix S physically at the results of the three mcpths of his recent campaign during whi h he was under a constant strain He is subject to extreme nervousness and a good part of the time is unlit for duty. reliable authority it is stated J4»a' the directors of the Clover Leaf are planning to equip the of the road between Delphos anc Frankfort with electric power and flfenmng passenger ears over the line at short intervals the same as other ißerurban lines. ■The store room occupied by Holt house. Schulte X Co. is lieing remod «Je ; this week. The rear stairway is removed and the counting room back. A balconv tioor is being ad ded which will be used as the boys | elot ling department. The change will give quite an amount of needed loor space. ■ Corbin’s City Band had arrange ®e: ts completed to give a band concer on the streets election night but rai prevented them from so doing. However thev were out Saturday Sight and proved their ability to ren first class music. The boys are and deserve all the support *. city is able to give. ■The retirement of E. 'M. Peoples leave a hole that will fie hard to fiL >y another. Mr. Peoples is cer a thirty-second in the livery bi Less and manages one of the best ifea; as in the state. He has bought a ■rm near the city and will take up ■s life there as soon as he retires ■on: the business now engaged in. livery stock will lie sold at public March .31st. ■ Well No. 15 on theStudabaker farm ■ur miles east of here, whichjis report Ki toliethebiggestgU'her iinshot in the is owned by the Central Western 0.1 company which was incorporated gj||t few weeks ago at Indianapolis. The was reported to have done more ■an 2000 barrels in 21 hours. From the headquarters of ? th■■ company which owns the well •femes the information that the well ffi good fur 3000 barrels. Berne | V. itness. I New cases filed in the circuit court this week are under the following tides and for the causes assigned: Chronister vs Marganritte and Mayer, complaint for injunc William Hath vs Sarah Rath fiW d Hiram Mann, habeas corpus pro-Bfte.-dmgs. John B. Holthouse vs R. Bb Peterson and Benjamin Smith. demand S3IXI. State vs Arnold burglary and larceny. » ate vs Charles Ault, larceny State Mary Dyble. contempt of court. vs Mann Woods, contempt of ■*' urt. attachment issued. t Tho countv commissioners were in Monday and approved the re ■>"Hs as filed by the county officers, also very wisely reappointed J. Lutz, as county attorney. Sfe >ted the filing of the Blue Creek Bkownship gravel road reports and ISbpened the bids for furnishing sup Bplies to the county infirmary. The ■owest bidders were Nachtrieb A ■duelling on drugs. Holthouse. Schulte ■A Co. clothing. Niblick A Company ■irv gtxxls, Yager A Hite groceries. ■J\ innes Shoe Store shoes and II A. ■Fristoe. tobacco. They were award ■t'l the contracts. ! Easter comes this year on March ■fiffih, two weeks from next Sunday, B»nd the boy of fifty years ago would, ■for two or three weeks before Easter ■came, begin the hiding away of eggs flf'r to him, the momentous occasion. eggs were always in vogue Bior Easter, and we have known them ■o be dyed with onion skins, the in ■bide lining of hickory and blue ash Bbark* logwood. etc. The girls of that likewise often covered an egg Be* 'th a tightly sewed on piece of cali B?" °f brilliant colors: then boil the in a weak solution of lye. when ■*ll the colors of th" bit of calico would transform! to tho egg shell, milk ■ng them very lieautiful indeed. eggs are still colons!, the in Mfenuity displayed in procuring colors ■for doin>' so has almost disappeared. ■Among the little folks Easter was a .great tiny half a century igo.

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Mayor Beatty and Fire Chief Helm acting as a committee for the purpose on Tuesday purchased 1900 feet of hose for tho fire department to take the place of that recently destroyed by fire. Mrs. Isaac Peterson has rented one of the Bremerkamp rooms on Madison street, and will remove her millin ery shop there within a few days. The room is being repapered and otherwise arranged for her convenience. The small pox scare is about over again and the quarantine has been lifted on most of the houses. Within a few days it is believed there will not' be a case in town and the health i officer should be commended for their I earnest efforts and good work. The Woman’s Missionary Society i of the Presbyterian church will serve j its annual tea next Tuesday evening, j March 18th, at the parsonage. Menu, I Bread, butter, jell, pickles, pressed meat, veal loaf, potatoe salad, fruit, [ cake, coffee. Price 15c. Come and get a good meal cheap. TheHuntingtonßusiness University has beenclosed downindenfinitely and wilhremain closed until the smallpox scare subsides. There are at present in Huntington at least twelve cases of smallpox and all the out of town students have left for their; homes. Attorney Holland. ’of Paulding, j Ohio, was here Friday and Saturday I and assisted by A. P. Beatty filed a suit for William Rath against his former wife, Sarah Rath, asking for the person of a nine year old son. Byagreement the father was finally given the custody of the child after paying the court costs. Beery & Holthouse havenine speeders listed in the Lackey horse sale at Cambridge City, which began yesterday. As their sales are world renown they will likely realize goal prices upon their encl of the sale. Beery A Holthouse will again engage in the western horse business upon even more of an extensive scale than last year, when they cleaned up a nice looking bunch of the long green. The Smith A Bell sawmill at Liber ty Center will soon be a thing of the past. The owners are now in Malden. Missouri. looking up a location. As soon as they find a suitable spot the Liberty Center mill will be moved and at Malden a large double band sawmill will be erected. It will be one of the largest institutions in that part of the country. A number of families from this city will probably move with the mill to Malden. Bluffton Banner. Dr. Brose S. Horne, prison physician has been admitted to the prison at Michigan City and all is lovely. The friends of Dr. Horne in this city are pleased to learn of his vindication. In fact no charges were preferred against him and by being given full possession of the hospital he gained the point for which he was contending. He was locked out four days and succeeded in breaking in immediately after the session of the board of directors. Marion Chronicle. The government’s monthly crop report save the northern portion of the winter wheat was usually well protected by the snow during the month and an improvement in the condition of winter wheat is indicated over the northern portions of Indiana. Ohio. Illinois and Missouri, the outlook being less favorable in the southern portions of these states and in Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas. The severe sljjet storm near the close of January left a large portion of the Ohio valley covered with ice. In Nebraska and Kansas the crop asawhole is in prime condition. The case of the state vs E. Fritzinger with Evelyn Eckert as prosecuting witness is holding forth at the circuit court room this week and is attracting fair sized crowds. From a legal standpoint the case is being hard fought, the state lieing represented by I J. C. Moran, C. J. Lutz and L. C. De Voss and the defense by A. P. Beatty, D. E. Smith and Hon. Henry Colerick of Fort VVavne. The state closed its case yesterday morning and the de fendant at once began the introduction of his evidence. The case will very probably go to the jury some time today. The Presbyterians will from present indications erect a beautiful new church building. At the regular ser vices last Sunday morning the subject was taken up and generally discussed, the purpose being to ascertain the wishes of the members, and every one seemed ready and willing to make the effort. The church used at pres ent is an old one and has served its purpose well, having outlived its use fulness. While built of brick it is nearly worthless and it is the believe that to spend money remodeling would be throwing it awav, as it would only lx> a matter of a tew years until a church would have to lie built anyway. A committee was appointed Sunday who will talk the question over and ascertain the cost and the best plans to raise the necessary funds. The old building will be torn down and an entire new one erected th® will be an ornament not only to tho Presbyterians but to dur city. The new ediface will cost in all proba bility from SIO,OOO to $15,000.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1902.

'Squire James H. Smith added another marriage ceremony to his long list Monday morning, when he united in tho holy bonds Miss Carrie Brown and Mr. H. G. Newell, both of Geneva. The ceremony was performed at/tie office of J. C. Motan and was witnessed by only a few. The return blank shows the groom to be twenty-six years of ago and the bride ten years his senior. A. W. Guilick has sold his Home fire insurance agency to Gallogly A Williams, the new firm being composed of County Recorder Thomas Gallogly and H. A. Williams, who recently moved here from Blue Creek township, two of the best business getters in the state of Indiana, and we predict for them their share and perhaps a little more. They will also write insurance on town property. Mr. Guilick has removed his family to the old home farm near Pleasant Mills, having purchased his brother's interest therein and he will devote his time hereafter to tilling the soil. The old walls of the Geneva school building, which burned last December, are being torn down. W. W. Briggs secured the contract for razing the old walls and the work is being pushed for early completion. As soon as is possible the excavations will lie made for the new building and work will begin on it at once. The plans for the new building call for a $15,000 structure, which will be modern in all respects, including steam heating. Since the burning of the old building, school has been held in various halls of the city, and under the circumstances has progressed verywell.

OFFICIAL VOTE OF CITY PRIMARY. • br Ist 2nd 3rd g Candidates wird wxrd ward total plcr’ty Mayor: \ i A. P. Beatty 69 101 128 298 D. D. Coffee 105 145 118 368 70 Marshal: 3 W. H. Baker 59 78 89 226 Thos. Buckmaster... 15 20 2 37 H. H. Hart 68 118 120 306 80 ‘J T. Selby 29 30 33 92 Clerk: D. M. Hower 100 139 164 403 156 B. J. Knapke 67 99 81 247 Treasurer: W. J. Archbold 133 173 190 496 Councilmen Ist ward: ’ 1 Albert Buhler 76 76 76 Daniel Haley 32 32 Alex. Leßrun 50 50 D. W. Meyer 48 48 E. Reynolds 49 49 W. B. Suttles 56 56 56 Councilmen 2nd ward: J. R. Cline 20 20 E. H. Leßrun 57 57 Jacob Miller 81 81 H. S. Porter 98 98 98 H. Stetler 94 94 94 J. B. Stoneburner... 70 70 Council men 3rd ward: Peter Gaffer 99 99 E. A. Mann *<l 81 W. H Niblick 127 127 127 Cy. J. Weaver 109 109 109 Peter Mougey, committeeman Ist ward. J. R. Parrish, committeeman 2nd ward. John J. Mayer, committeeman 3rd ward.

After a two weeks legal battle, the case of S. A. D. Whipple, et a) vs. The Citizens’ Gas A Oil Company, et al., came to a close Saturday morning, when the jury returned; aver d’ for the plaintiff and assessed li .r damages at $2,400. The case was brought here from Jay countv on change of venue and was tried before Hon. Abe Simmons, as special judge. The evidence closed Thursday even ing and all of Friday was occupied in the arguments. Judge Simmons instructed the jury about five o’clock. It itxpiired about ten hours for them to agree, finally bringing in a sealed verdict which was read when court convened at nine o’clock Saturday morning. The principal defendants were Mr. and Mrs. James Fulton, who are well known here. An oil well on the J. S. Lockworxi farm in Nottingham township, Wells county, has produced a sensation among oil men as it is a freak which none of them can explain. The well was begun two weeks ago by Wolf and Bailev, but when the drill was down 190 feet and well into the rock a ninety foot cave was struck. The entire string of tools was lost and the rig was moved over about ton feet in order to avoid the cave, but the same result followed on the second well, except that only the bit was lost on the second venture. But the most extra ordinary part of the affair was that the ground about the two holes began to sink gradually until it had settled ten feet. Tho coiitractors, Likens A Clark, fearing that the derrick and power house might be engulfed and the men with it, abandoned tho well and will not make another attempt to drill. They lost about SSOO on their tools besides their work.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Archbold entertertained the Whist Club Tuesday evening, and for the first time since the organization of the club husbands and wives played as partners. The high score was made by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Heller whoso tally sheet showed 217. The club meets next Monday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Chalmer Schafer. Delma Elzey one of the city’s night policeman better known as ‘‘Curley” has joined the army of benedicts The affair occurred at the home of Rev. E. H. Pontius of the United Brethren church Saturday evening. The happy young bride was Miss Blanche Baxter a clever and popular young lady of the city. Only a few of the most intimate friends of the bride and groom witnessed the beautiful ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Elzey have hosts of friends who wish them well on lifes voyage and join us in extending congratulations. If you toot your little footer and then lay aside your horn, there’s not a soul in ten short days will know that you were born. The man who gathers pumpkins is the man who plows all day, and the man who keeps a humping is the man who makes it pay. The man who advertises with a short, a sudden jerk, is the man, who blames the editor because it didn'twork. The man who gets the business a long and steady pull and keeps the local paper from year to year quite full; he plans the advertisement in a thoughtful way and keeps forever at it until he makes it pay. He has faith in all the future, can withstand a sudden shock and like a man of scripture has his business on a rock.

A fight to regain thirty-six sections of land, over 23.000 acres, in Indiana has been begun by the Miami Indian nation. The land is situated in Grant Miami and Wabash counties, and came into possession of Chief Ma Chim No Mish Aa. for use of his tribe, in 1818, by treaty with the government. This treaty, it is said, specified that the land should not be taxed and that it could not be sold except by consent of the government. Despite this fact it is claimed that much of this land passed to other hands for non-pay-ment of taxes and a great deal of the remainder was lost by Indians through their ignorance. It is said that the suit would effect land in Western Howard. The Northern Indiana Teachers' association will hold its annual meeting at South Bend, April 3to 5. John F. Wood, chairman of the executive committee, says from reports coming in the session will surpass the association's best record,2Bo9, for attendance. One of the speakers will lx, Jacques W. Redway, who has a national reputation as a lecturer on geography and economies. Lorado Taft an American artist will give two lectures, one showing the possibilities of work in clay and the other will bo an illustrated art lecture. There will be exhibits of art work and penmanship under the su|M?rvision of Superintendent Moon of the South Bend schools. The meetimgs are to be held at tho Studabaker auditorum and its annex. General meetings will be hold during the three days, except on Friday afternoon, when the usual sectional meetings oe cur. The visitors will be’taken on ttips to South Bend industties and to Notre Dame university and St. Mary’s academy.

Frank Albright who so heroically I saved the fire hose Friday night and in doing so undoubtedly saved the property owners of the city thousands ; of dollars, deserves a medal of honor. : His hands were badly burned and he ’ is consequently thrown out of employment. Frank is a stave cutter and the loss of his time means three dollars a day. The annual meeting of the Master Horseshoers’ Association of Indiana, will be held in this city, April 9th and 10. It will be the third annual meet- ' ing and will be attended by master horeeshoers from all over Indiana. The meetings are held for the ad vancement of the interest of the as- ; sociation. They are well attended and have always proved unusual events in the cities in which they have - been held. Marion Chronicle. The Berne Grain A Hay company of this place is again seeking and finding new territory for her enterprise. At the new town of Grabill i in Allen Co., the firm, in company with Joseph Grabill and J. Witmer of that place is about erect a new grain elevator, and also coal and lime sheds. The concern bears the name of Witmer Grain Co., but will be under the management of the G. A H. Co. Grabill is a new station on the Wabash branch located 16 miles north of Fort Wayne. Berne Witness. As recently noted, the supreme court held the mortgage deduction law- good. The law provides for an offset on the assessment of real estate on account of mortgage indebtedness, the amount not to exceed S7OO. The case was taken to the supreme court from the Marion county court on a decision of Judge Allen, who held that the law was unconstitutional. Attorney General Taylor says of the decision; “The effect of this de cision will be to immediatelv give about 80.000 tax payers in Indiana the right to the deductions allowed by law. About this number of tax payers in the state have claimed their deductions this year. The total amount of taxable property involved in this suit is $10,000,000 this year. Not only this, but it saves the repayment of all the money that they have had exempted under this deduction ; law for the last two years, aggregating about $1,000,000 in the state; for. if the law had been declared unconstitutional, the deductions that have been granted to these 80,(XX) tax payers for the last two years would all have to be refunded to the treasury. The Western Insurance union has voted in favor of the 25. per cent, advance in fire insurance rates. Eigh- I teen states are affected, including 1 Indiana. It is said that on the first t ballot the plan was defeated, but pressure on the companies voting was brought to bear from the east and gradually votes enough were changed to carry the proposition. It takes 90 per cent, of the voting membership to carry. The resolution adopted by the eastern committee and ratified by the western union is: ‘•That the present condition of the fire insurance business throughout the country demands action by this committee in advancing the rates of premium, and it is therefore ruled that in the territory undei the jurisdiction of the union the rates shall be advanced 25 per cent on mercantile' stocks in all buildings, except such as I are occupied as dwellings above the grade floor, and on frame store buildings, and on all manufacturing risks and other special hazzards, to include cold storage risks, mill lumber yards and grain elevators which have not been rated under union schedules within one year, and such advanced rates to maintain until riskshave been rerated under union schedules. This ruling not to apply to risks equipped with approval standard sprinkler systems." Judge J M. Smith, of tho Jay circuit court handed down his decision Monday morning in the case cf state ex rel Noah Mangold vs. Daniel P. Bolds and his bondsmen, finding for th« plaintiff and allowing judgment in the sum of $4101.73. The case was first filed in this county several years ago, but was postponed on account of criminal charges against defendant Bolds, of which he was acquitted after a three weeks trial before the Wells circuit court in December, HMM). The civil suit was taken to Portland on a change of venue and was for various causes con tinued from time to time until some six weeks ago. County Attorney C. J. Lutz, Prosecuting Attorney J. C. Moran, of this city and James Moran of Portland appeared for the plaintiff and R. S. Peterson and D. B. Erwin of this city, Adair A LaFollette of Portland and Dailey, Simmons A Dailey of Bluffton, for the defense. Tho case is well known to our readers, the evidence in the criminal suit having been published in full in the Democrat at the time of the trial. It was charged that the defendant Bolds as treasurer of the countv was short in his accounting funds, and the [civil suit >as brou Hit to < >ll <‘t from him and his bon said ‘’<?e. The suit was brought by Noah M:m [gold, at that time audi or of ihe 'county. Judge Smith had the ovi--1 deuce under consideration nearly u [ month before giving his decision.

CIRCULATION 2800 WEEKLY

The Decatur Oil and Gas Company are feeling first-class just at present over the fact that their oil well on the Teeple farm east of town, is pumping about thirty-live barrels of oil daily. For a month the pumpers have been busy taking out salt water, and it seems they hive finally reached bottom for the valuable petroleum is now being pumped out in paying quantities. During the coming year the company will put down a number of wells, and we doubt not that in another year they will have an income that will put them on the easy side financially. Mr. John W. Poling returned Thursday morning from Indianapolis, where he accompanied his wife who underwent a very critical medical operation in the removal of an internal tumor. The operation was very successful, and she is recovering nicely, although it will be several weeks before she will be able to sit up, and to return home. She is at the Protestant Deaconess Hospital where she has the very best of attention, and Mr. Poling has been at her bedside nearly all the time. Their many friends here hope that she will soon meet every expectation of returning health. Redkey Times. Court business in the Adams coun ty circuit has been transacted this week as follows: State vs Arnold Slenecker, bench warrant issued, returnable forthwith. State vs Charles Ault, bench warrant issued, returnable forthwith. State vs Mary Dyble. default as witness, writ of attachment issued. Ola Brown vs Greer F Gemmel, costs taxed to defendant, but with no accumlative mileage. S. A. D. Whipple et al vs Citizens’ Gas A Oil Co., jury returned verdict for plaintiff in sum of $2,400. George W. Bolds vs David Chaney, C. J. Lutz appears for defendant. State ex rel Drucilla Urick vs Henry Albertson, bastardy, written admission by rela trix, provisions made for support of child, cause dismissed and costs paid. Isaac N. Teeter vs Mary Teeter, con tinued. Noah A. Persey et al vs Henry James et al. suit to quiet title, finding that the plaintiffs are owners in fee simple of the lands in question, judgment against plaintiff for costs, i John T. Williams vs Calvin Miller, plaintiff filed interogatories for defendant to answer. Victor M. Hatfield vs R. S. Peterson, rule to answer absolute in five days. Christy Stogdil! vs Joel Meyers and Nathan Roe, separ ate answer by Roe, rule to reply, an swer by Meyers, rule to reply. Wil liam Rath vs Sarah L. Rath et al, habeas corpus, finding for defendants, [ judgment against plaintiff for costs. The city hall is in ruins as a result of a disastrous fire which broke out late Friday night, and which, liefore under control had devoured several thousand dollars worth of property. The fire originated in the belfry or tower of the fire engine room and must have been burning for an hour or more as when the alarm was given the tower was just ready to topple over. A peculiar light had been noticed by parties on the street who thought it a reflection from the street lights and as a steady rain had been falling for several hours no one seemed to think of a fire. It was about 11:45 when some young men passing the | hall discovered the fire and sent in an [ alarm. The hose and hose cart, hook land ladder wagon and other paraphaualia of the central fire department were kept in the building and when passers by opened the door they saw a furnace of fire, which drove them back. The entire fire fighting outfit seemed doomed, when Frank Albright dashed in and pulled the hose cart out in time to save it and the hose which was on the reel. The handle was so hot that Albright’s hands were fairly cooked. It was a brave act and no doubt saved thous ands of dollars worth of property. The hose was soon attached, the west end company arriving shortly afterward and two streams of water were at play within fifteen minutes after the alarm. There was an ugly wind and the hours start had made the fire almost unmanagable, soon spread ing to the brick block west. Adolph Huffman and family have apartments over Burdge’s barber shop and their furniture was totally destroyed as was also the household goods of James Bain, who lives on the second floor of his building. The loss as near as we have been able to ascertain is as follows: City hall and contents, including fire apparatus and electric supplies, S3OOO, insured in the North western National for SIOOO. Burdge building, loss SI(XX), insured in the Continental for SBSO. Burdge barber shop, loss SIOO, covered by insurance in the Continental. Adolph Huffman household goods, loss SS(X). no insur ance. Bain building, loss SIOOO, cov ered by insurance in the Continental. Bain butcher shop, loss SSOO, in sured in the British American. Bain’s household goods, loss SS(X), insured in the Continental. Buknecht building and pool room on second floor, loss ! $75.00, insured in tin* Hartford. The Hooper building on the west and the ' I. O. (). F. and J. B. Holthouse build the east of the lire were <WI 1 ii' I slightly, making the total loss abo i ,W X>. The firemen did good Work . m'. Chief Helm is to be congratulated fur l.i ability.

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