Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 15 May 1902 — Page 2

LORD* BRATTON, .r a " B.' ■■ w'. ,<- :: Isl llwNO. 2609. A full blooded Hockney stallion, standard and registered. Imported from Warrick, England in August, 1893. LORD BRATTON, srte Paragon, 1326; he by Slagnet, 860, dam Bellnutli, 1041,; grand dam Silver Bells. He is a perfect picture, a sure foal getter and the kind of an animal it will pay you to breed your mares to. He will stand the season of 1902 at James Rice’s livery barn, on Fiesr street, Decatur, Indiana. Don’t fail Io See this Horse Before you Breed. ELMER JOHNSON, JAMES RICE, Owner. Keeper.

A CITY DESTROYED The Volcano Pplpp On the Island of Martinique Engulfs St. Pierre. THIRTY THOUSAND LIVES LOST Not Since the Days of Pompeii His Such a Horror Overtaken a Lively and Teeming City — Destruction Complete in a Moment's Time. Fort DeFrance. Island of Martinique, May 13. —It now seems to be generally admitted that about 30,000 persons lost their lives as the result of the outbreak of the Mont Pelee volcano at St. Pierre on Thursday last. Careful investigation by competent government officials show that the earlier reports were accurate. Briefly put, last Thursday morning the city of St. Pierre disappeared within 10 minutes in a whirling fire vomited from Mont Pelee, 30,000 persons were instantly and horribly killed, ana the volcano whose ancient crater for more than 50 years had been occupied by a quiet lake, became a torrent cf fiery mu I which rolled toward the sea, engulfing everything before it Then the last of cable communication was broken and the doomed city waisolated from the world. The American consul at Guadeloupe, Louis Ayme, has reached the desolate spot where St. Pierre stood and confirms the awful story in all its essential details. From an interview with Colonel Ayme. who is a trained American newspaper man the following facts were learned: Thursday morning the inhabitants of the city awoke to find heavy clouds shrouding the Mont Pelee crater.. All day Wednesday horrid detonations had been heard. These were echoed from St. Thomas on the north to Barbadoes on the south. The cannonading ceased on Wednesday night and fine ashes fell like rain on St. Pierre. The inhabitants were alarmed, but Governor Mouttet, who had arrived at St. Pierre the evening before, did everything possible to allay the panic. The British etc amer Rooralmma arrived at St. Pierre on Thursday with lo passengers. They were watching the rain of ashes when, with a frightful roar and terrific electric discharges. a cyclone of fire, mud and steam swept down from the crater over town and bay. sweeping all before it and destroying the fleet 6f vessels at anchor off the shore. There the accounts of the catastrophe so far obtainable cease. Thirty thousand corpses are strewn "bout, buried in the ruins of St. Pierre, cr else floating, gnawed by sharks, in the surrounding seas. The island with its lofty hiffs is hidden behind a huge veil of violet or leaden colored haze. Enormous quantities of the wreckage of large and small ships and houses strew the surface of the sea. Huge trees and too often bodies, with flocks of sea-gulls soaring above and hideous sharks fighting about them, are floating here and there. From behind the volcanic veil come blasts of hot wind mingled with others Ice cold. The whole north end of the island is covered with a silver gray coating of Mhos resembling dirty snow. The city of St. Pierro stretched nearly two miles along the-water front and half a mile back to a cliff at the base of the volcano. The houses of the richer French families were built of stone. The still smoking volcano towers above the ash-covered hills. The ruins are burning In many places and frightful odors of burned flesh fill the air. Not one house is left intact. Viscid heaps of mud, ashes and tolcanic stones are seen on every side. The streets can hardly be traced. Here and there amid the ruins are heaps of corpses. Almost all the faces are downward. In one corner 22 bodies of men, women and children wore mingled in 'one awful mass, arms and legs protruding as th" hapless beings fell in the last struggles of death's agony. Through the middle of the old Place

Berlin ran a tiny stream, the remains of -lie River Gayave. Great trees with roots upward and scorched by fire, are strewn in every direction. Huge blocks and still hot stones ar? scattered about. From under one large stone the arm of a white woman protruded. Most notable was the utter silence and the awful, overpowering - ench from the thousands of dead. Careful inspection showed that the fiery stream which so completely destroyed St. Pierre must have been composed of poisonous gases, which instantly suffocated everyone who inLaled them and of other gases burning furiously, for nearly all the victims had their hands covering their mouths or were in some other attitude showing that they had sought relief from suffocation. All the bodies were carbonized or roasted. A. G. Austin, the manager of the Colonial bank at Barbadoes. landed at St. Pierre with a party from the British royal mail steamer Solent. He found the bank clock stopped at some minutes befoie 8 o'clock. A horse and buggy and a policeman were in a dead group at the ’oor. The coast villages near St. Pierre were destroyed simultaneously with that town. The entire island up to within a few miles of Fort IDeFranc" is covered with mud and ashes. The cattle of the Island are either all dead or dying. The streams have dried up or are polluted. Thousands of persons are flocking to Fort DeFrance. L'nless relief is promptly sent famine is imminent, and there is urgent need for the serv'ces of the Red Cross society Terror In St. Vincent. Roseau. Island of Dominica. B. W. L, May J 3 —Ti c Soufriere volcano on the Island of St. Vincent has been in full eruption sirce Wednesday last. Several plantat’ons have been destroyed. Earthquakes and loud reports accompanied tho eruption and stones and ashes fell a. Kingston. Many persons were wounded and the bodies of 500 dead are unburied. Barbadoes. C 6 nples off. was in total darkness for a time. Pebbles and gritty substances have fallen there. Canoes crowded with refugecF are arriving at Dominica and their occupants are most hospitably received. A Roaring Inferno. Kingston. Jamaica. May 10. —Th? first intimation of a disaster at Martinique was the breaking of the cables on Tuesday. The French cable at Martinique from Puerto Plata was broken Wednesday. Cable communication with all the northern islands is stopped. The survivors of the Britisr steamer Roddam descrilte the scene n* St. Pierre as being "glimpses of hdi." beggaring description. The Roraima was wrecked in a terrible upheaval of land and sea. The whole crew perished. Two ships were lost with ail on board in an attempt to approach Martinique. Widespread Destruction. Paris. May 12. —It 1s believed from the official information received here from the Island of Martinique that the disaster surpasses all that imagination can conceive. The whole northeastern portion of the island Is laid waste. Three large communities, exclusive of St. Pierre, have been destroyed. All the hills surrounding I.e Carbet and Le Precheur (near St. Pierre) are covered with refugees to the number of about 5,fi00. who are being taken away gradually. In the meanwhile provisions are being conveyed to them. How Ir Happened. London, May 10. —Prof. John Milne, the seismologist, declares that his seismic instruments have recorded no disturbance and that they would almost inevitably have done so had serious earthquakes occurred. Prof. Milne’s theory is that Mont Pelee “has blown its head off" owing to the Infiltration of water through the rocks until it reached the molten material beneath, forming steam of tremendous pressure, when something had to give way. ♦ 1 “We must economize,” he said peremptorily. “I’m so glad!” his wife exclaimed. “You take the announcement more good naturetlly than usual. "Yes; It’s pleasant to hear you use the plural pronoun. Ordinarily, when there is any economizing needed, you expect me to do Jt all.”

Another little touch of winter came in Saturday morning and for awhile it looked like Thanksgiving day. Crime and misery are inseparable companions, although when one is miserable it is not at all necessary to be a criminal. Otto Ehinger, of Edinburg has been visiting relatives hud friends for a week past. He will probably go to Tacoma. Wash. Stops the Cuugh and Works off the Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No cure, no pay. Price 25 cents. ts About a dozen fisherman left Saturday for Rome City and from the looks' of the gang they ought to bring home about half the fish in the lake. For Sale or Trade: I have some very good farms tor sale or exchange. Also a list of city property for sale at a bargain. Money to loan at five per cent. P. K. Kinney, Stone Block Decatur, Ind. 10-mG. If the time ever comes when men are as good as their obituary, and women are as good as they look to be when at church, then , the recording angel in heaven can take his long needed vacation. A little boy, the son of a Kansas Christian scientist, had a toothache. “If you had my faith, darling,” the mother said, “you would have no toothache.” “Yes,” the boy replied, “and if you had my toothache you wouldn’t have your faith. L-A What is Folev's Kidney Cure? Answer: It is made from a prescription of a leading Chicago physician, and one of the most eminent in the country. The ingredients are the purest that money can buy. and are scientifically combined to get their utmost value. Holthouse, Callow & Co. m If some men who are now rich in this world’s go:'is had to make their living and acquire a competence under the present conditions, they’d be poorer than church mice. What Thin Folks Need Is a greater power of digesting and assimilating food. For them Dr. King's New Life Pills work wonders. They tone and regulate the digestive organs, gently expel poisons from the system, enrich the blood, improve appetite, make healthy flesh. Only 25c at Blackburn & Christen's. m Health, rest, recreation are assured under the most favorable conditions at Cambridge Springs. Pa., midway between Chicago and New York on the Erie Railroad. You ought to know all about it. Erie booklet "The Bethesda of the Middle West,” on application to the ticket agent or D. W. Cooke, General Passenger Agent, New York. aug 1

Special notice. Charleston. S. C., exposition, via the Southern Railway. For those visiting Asheville, N. C., during the Southern Baptist convention, May Bth 15th for which a rate of one fare for the round trip has been made, a rate of 55.00 from Asheville to Charleston, S. C.. and return, will be announced. Tickets will lie sold May 12th and 13th. good to return three days from date of sale. This is less than one cent per mile. Write. J. S. McCullough. N. W. P. A.. 225 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. Your vacation. Are you going to take a vacation this summer ? A cheap and delightful way to spend your vacation is to gather a few congenial friends and camp out in the Rocky mountains. Yery low round trip rates to Colorado and Ctah points via the Missouri Pacific railway will lie on sale after June Ist. You can learn where to go, what to wear, what to take as camp comforts, supplies and utensils, what they will cost and where to get them, by addressing G. A. A. Deane, Jr., T. P. A. Mo. Pac. Ry.. 200 Sentinel bldg., Indianapolis, Indiana. 7tf. Clover Leaf excursions to Harrisburg. Pa.. May 15-24, 1902. National missionary and general Baptist conference, one fare for the round trip. St. Paul, Minn., May 20-28, 1902, National Baptist anniversaries, one fare for the round trip plus 52.00. Decoration Day May 30th, 1902, one and one-third fare for the round trip. Portland, Oregan, June 3-7. 1902, National convention travelers protective association. Portland. Oregon, June 10-20, 1902, Supreme Lodge Ancient Order United Workman. Tacoma, Wash.. July 23-27,1902. Young People Christian Union. Get information of local agent of Clover Leaf

...Legal Advertising... MOTIVE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF 1N ESTATE. Notice is hereby al ven to the creditors heirs and legatees oi Margaret Coffee deceased to appear In the Adams circuit court, held at. Decatur, Indiana, on the 81th day of May. 1902. and show cause, If any, why the final settlement accounts with the estate of said decedent should not be approved-, and said heirs are notified to then aud there make proof of heirship, and receive their distributive shares. 10-2 Wm. H. NIBLICK Adm'r. Decatur. Ind.. May 9, 1802, Merryman & Sutton, Attys. pUBLIC NOTICE. Notice Is hereby given that sealed blds will be received at the Bank of Berne till the hour of nine o'clock a. m., Friday June oth, 1902 for remodeling and building an additional room to the school house at. district number ten. situated at Monrop. Indiana, according to plans and specification on tile at the Hank of Berne. Berne, Indiana. Said work to bo completed by the first day of September, 1902. Each bld to he accompanied by a certified check to the amount of Jlbu.OO. The right Is reserved to reject any and all blds. JOHN J SoLDNER, Township Trustee Monroe Township. Adams County. Indiana. Dated May 13, IWU. 10-1

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A PPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator ot the estate of Matt Ann Beckner late of Adams county, deceased The estate is probably solvent. s-3 Garmville W. Rvphight Apr. 26. 1202. Administrator. Merryman 4 Sutton Atty's. APPLICATION for LIQUOR LICENSE. The subscriber hereby gives notice to the citizens and voters of Monroe township, Adams county. Indiana, that he will apply to the txiard ot county commissioners of said county at their June term, 1802 for a license to sell spirituous, vinous and malt liquors in quantltu- .< - than a quart ata time with the prlvi. - ■ ,o allow the same to be drank on the premises where said liquors are to be -old. My place ot business wherein said liquors are to lie sold and drank is located on th--ground floor of a one story frame building situated on the west twenty-two feet of Inlot number twenty-seven In the village of Monroe, said county and state Said building and rtsim front south on Jackson street. Size of room 20X35 feet, with front and rear openings. 1 also give notice that I will apply for permission to run a lunch counter n the same rooru, and sell cigars and tobacco therein. John Richard, Applicant. January 3,1201. u-a ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. — Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned. Administrator of the estate of Mary Ann Beckner, deceased will offer for sale at public auction, at the late residence of the decedant two miles north west of the town of Magley In Preble township Adam- Couuty Indiana on Friday, May, 23 1902, the personal property of -aid estate consisting of two horses a lot of wheat in bln. a lot of oats, corn In crib, set of harness, hay In mow >4 Interest In top buggy and single harries-, undivided 54 of fourteen acres of meadow a lot of poplar lumlier one mowing machine a lot of timothy seed, -ewing machine, cook stove and cooking utensils, heating stove, also a lot of other farming implements, household and kitchen furniture, ami various other articles. Terms: For all amounts not exceeding five dollars cash In hand. For amount* ot live dollars ami upwards a credit of nine months will be given. Note bearing six per cent, interest after maturity, with approved security and waiving valuation or appralsment laws will be required. *-3 GRANVILLE W. KPPRIGHT ~ , . . , Administrator. Merrvnian it Sutton. Attv s. ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE OF real Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned. with will annexed, of the estate of Ulrich Gehrig deceased by virtue of an agreeable to an order of the Adams i Ircult Court will offer for sale at private sale at. the law Office of A. P. Beatty, over the Boston Store In the city of Decatur Indiana,, on Saturday June 14, 1902. butwon the hours of 10 o'clock a. m., and I o'clock p. m. (and thereafter if not then sold the following described real estate situated In Adama county In the state of Indiana to-wlt: Inlot number sixteen llti) and twenty-two (22) feet off the north side of inlot number seventeen (17) In the town .’of Berm- Adams County Indiana, TERMSOne third cash on day of sale: one third in nine months, snd one third iri eighteen months; deferred payments to be evidenced by promissory mites bearing six per cent interest from date and secured by mortgage and freehold -curlty. Lot ts Gehrig. Administrator. . o o .. ... With Will Annexed. A. P. Beatty, Attorney. i 0 ,4

V<JTI< I <>! MEETINGUFGKAVELRi >Al> VIEWERS. Notice is li.-reby given that at the May 1902 term of Board ot < 'ommlssioners of Adams county. Indiana. Thomas Baltzell. Martin Lau2 blin and Jhibc> M. \Vil»*y wrr»* appointed viewers and Geo. E McKean engineer to view a location of a proposed free macadamized road, on the following route to-wit: Commencing in a public highway on the south line of -aid Adams county, at the south east corner of the west half of the -onthw.-t quarter of section thirty-six (36.) in township twenty-five (26) north, range thirteen <l3) east, thence north with the public highway one halt mile, thence west with the public highway one fourth mile to section line thence north one mile with section line and public highway to the Pontius Gravel Hoad and there to terminate Said viewer- and engineer shall meet at the office of I. N Velev In Geneva, on Monday, June 2,1902. and then proceed to examine, view and lav out or straighten said road, as tn their opinion. public convenience and utility require. In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and affixed th. seal of the commls-*l,‘,nir'.«’u:tJ‘,.l>-catur. this ‘.th day of May. Ln-. Abe Bocli, Auditor Adams t'oun,y 9-3 X'OTICE or I:\EI I TiiH's SALF OF 15 HEAL Estate. wni'm'.'r it INn 1 Nn i l ' y i ir r"' ’ ,ia ’ th< ' undersigned William 11. Niblick, Executor of the la-t will and testament ot Julianna Fitzgerald deceased, by virtue of th. authority tested In wUI offer ,i) * Saturday. May 24,1902, if not then sold. at the law office of Merryman At Sutton over the Old Adams County hank. In the city of Decatur Indiana, theowing described real state situate m the city of Decatur, bounty of Adams and state of Indiana, to-wit: Y ' Inlot number seventy-three 73. as deslgof Decatur'Tndlana/ 11 ' '° W "' Cll “ untU d sold. t 0 l>e co,ltlnuv<l fri, m day to day om E tMwi : m Un '.’ tkll ' <,c ‘‘ sl ‘ 0,1 day of sale: 1 * n ’»lne months and one-third in t ,,V f‘ P | re<l |,ayH ‘ , ' D '' to l.e:?r .nd Nto be" U ' U “‘ V la,,a >''“>>< form of notes, toid JeVurTty 860 ’ 1 "' 1 by mur ‘« a « »nd WILLIAM H. NIBLICK, Executor Merryman A Sutton, Attys. REPLICATION FOB I.lqFor LICENSE. Thl'rd <‘f'if cl, '«-'‘\"f the semiton for thv year bin th< ’ lr June sUrltoiu. vlnoui mi it and «♦ !!? T“ teswsrß W iiS i desi 1 ;:: twenty feet nlnelncheiMde L *, '• feet and two Inches h.ngms d sJ'; r , ,V T! i,ht Ou the outside 1 8 twouty-two

and fifty [3o] feet long; and I w time ask permission irom said missloners to keep ami man. counter In aforesaid room for t selling eatables.

William Hartin

TH E TO NON-KEBIDENT-

The State of Indiana. County of A In the Adams circuit cou April term. r.*B.

Busannle Nedry 1 James Nedry I vs > Nathan Beclcner I Cot eta! ' 1

It appearing from affidavit atsive entitled cause, that Nat Sarah Beckner. Noah Beckm-t Beckner the above named deti non-residents of the state of Ji

Notice Is therefore hereby zix Nathan Beckner. N ah Be - Beckner aud Laura Beckner tl and appear before the lionorab tin- Adams circuit court on of septemlier 190 t. the same laJuridical Day of the next re; thereof, to be holden at the cou the city of Decatur, commencing the Ist day of September A I plead by answer or demur to sab or the same will tie heard and dt there absence.

Witness, my name, and tl court hereto affixed, tl [seal] April, 1802.

Elmer Johnson. 1 ' k By James I’ Haetling. I" ; Merryman & Sutton. Attorneys f"t ®

VOTIVE OF SALE OF MAt AHA a " -■> BoNltS.

Notice is hereby given that I. J IL > * wede. treasurer of Adams county. 111 Indiana, will on

Thursday May 29,1902

at the room of the board of come Is- oners in the auditor's office In the city of He' '*:irdlana. receive sealed bid' for the c and sale of certain bonds known ami ■ naled as macadam road bonds, autb r anu Issued by the board of commi'i- tiers ■ 'aid county tot the construction of t n ' 1 Bollinger macadam road, In Monroe towiUH.P in said county. The entire Issue for said road is Ili.tMl divided iut" ■ ■ > equal series, one series payable every - ‘ months, with interest at four and ■ • • ■ percent payable semi-annually i v.i<n ■ by coupons attached, each bond I'ln th' '' nptnlnatioh of »W 9.15. Sealed blds will ''!* celved until ten o'clock a. tn . of ’aid WEach bld must be accompanied with « ■ er '; fled check In amount equal to three pet ' of the amount on the bld. which check inUi lie drawn against monies deposited In reliable bank In said county Su li' h' shall lie made payable or endorsed ls>ard of commissioners and snail I* h , 'h* ■ guaranty for the performance >f 'UCh and should said bld he accepted, the check Shall be forfeited to the county -h" 1 J the bidder fall to comply with the 1 1 ‘ of Ills said bld. Each of said Isolds wi! "* date Os May SO. IHN and should the b'hds n lie ready for delivery on the day 1 ■ ' I'lds are received and accepted, the will tie refunded by Uie purchaser *’ ’ [■ate Os four and one-half per V “ the date of Muy JO. WW until the date “ the purchase price for said bonds an P w the county treasurer and the bom llvered.

The above described bonds will beooi'it oa the 15th day of May and the 15th ..p o ove i'dHT of each year, commencm-’ / . May 15th. ISOB and are made payubl' In Ink Interest, nt the liecut nr National B; liecatur. Indiana Said bond.’aie icluslvely for the exiamsc of the [t(l tlon of the above described rond per' 1, ( the law of ]syi, an ,| I!W |. The am"""’ . bonds tsi lie sold Including Umds aln ' > , sued in said township for free irra' macadam roads Is less than four per l ' “ the total valuation of said township ’’ atlon. further particulars will * M ’ ur 1 on application. J. H. VOOLEWEHE. County Tri