Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1902 — Page 1

ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME.

VOLUME XLVI.

Beery & Holthouse will hold a big horse sale at Spencerville, Ohio, Saturday and expect to sell at least twenty-five head of good ones. Homer Moses of Fort Wayne, joined his wife here Saturday on a visit with relatives and friends. They both returned home Monday morning. A new switch board has been added to the telephone plant here, thus enabling them to accomodate 100 new patrons. The Citizens believe in keeping up-to-date. Auditor Boch is building an addition to his suburban home on Wall street which will add materially to the beauty and conveniences thereabouts. The running races to be given here the first week in August will be the best ever seen in Indiana. There will be two mile run and a half mile run each day with good harness races between times. Mrs. L. G. Ellingham and children will leave this afternoon for Oden, Michigan, where they will make summer life the more enjoyable by breathing the lake breeze. They will be absent about two months. The new Grand Rapids depot is daily becoming more of a reality, the excavation part being about complete. Work will immediately begin on the foundation and then on the building proper. The work will be pushed rapidly and the depot completed at au early day. E. X. Ehinger of the Decatur National Bank, is putting the hot water system of heating in his already complete Monroe street home. The new addition is perhaps the best method of heating, but without natural gas the best is some times cause for a general upheaval of religious profanity. The case of Elmer Johnson vs the G. R. & I. railway wherein $125 was demanded for the loss of a horse which was shipped from here to Fort Wayne, has been settled, the company paying Johnson the sum of seventy-five dollars and the latter paying the court costs which amounted to about ten dollars. Dr. Earl Coverdale is quite sick with typhoid fever and last Saturday his condition was considered quite serious. However since that time he has shown some signs of improvement and his many friends believe he will soon recover. His illness was brought on by over work at college and close attention to business since returning home. At a meeting of the Driving Club Monday evening it was decided to give a race meeting here about the first week in August. There will probably be two days races with three runs each day. Large purses will I* given and the event promises to be the banner one for this well known association. Another meeting will be held soon to complete the arrangements. Rev. Boyajian, an Armenian missionary, gave a thrilling and enter taining lecture at the United Brethren church Monday evening. Quite a large audience was present and all were well repaid for their time and money. The foreigner is an educated and polished gentleman and puts his heart and soul into his lecture. He appeared on the streets in costume and attracted quite a little attention. He speaks a number of languages fluently, and was indeed a pleasant man to meet. Dyonis Schmidt figured in an exciting runaway Sunday evening. He was returning with his family from a picnic and when a few miles south of town the horse became frightened and ran away. Mrs. Schmidt and one of the boys jumped out and escaped practically uninjured, as did the other boy who remained in the rig with his father. But Mr. Schmidt didn’t fare quite so well. While the horse was going at a good gait he tried to pull him into the fence and as a result horse, buggy and occupants went clear over into the field. Dyonis lit °n a buggy wheel and was quite badly bruised, receiving also a broken rib. He is getting along alright. At a meeting of the board of school trustees held recently the work of issigning the teachers to their grades "as disposed of. Superintendent Hartman will continue in his duties of general supervision and he will be assisted by an able corps who have i>een placed as follows• High School. I’rof. H. D. Merrell, Olive Dailey, 0. *- Vance, J. B. Dutcher, Central grades, J. F. Fruchte, 7th grade, Hulu Miller, 2nd and 3rd grades, Bessie Congleton, Ist grade. South ''ard, John Parrish, room 4, Lizzie Peterson, room 3, Grace Suttles, room 2. I annie Rico, room 1. West ward Arthur Suttles, room 4,Orval HarrufT, room 3, Nellie Winnes, room 2, Eva Acaer, room 1. North Ward, Jonas Pritch, room 4, Nellie Krick, room 8, Blanche Reynolds, room 2, Hora Steele, room 1 Librarian, Bertha Heller, Music teacher, Miss . rauke Cook. The instructor for the business department has not yet been chosen. With such a force of teachers the Decatur public schools will no ! °ubt continue to advance as they have in the past.

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L. A. Gregory was engaged in I mounting a picture Tuesday morning when his knife slipped and he cut an ugly gash in the thumb of his left hand. A crowd of seventeen young couple i enjoyed a picnic at Steele’s park Mon-1 day afternoon and evening and the folks who attended say it was a delightful occasion. The Mt. Taber Sunday School will hold a picnic in Fred Hilbert’s grove' August 6. Arrangements for the! event will be completed next week when a further account will be given. Homer Moses and wife of Fort! Wayne, F. M. Schirmeyer and wife, j L. G. Ellingham and wife and C. A. Dugan and wife took dinner at the Burt House Sunday evening as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dugan. Recorder Gallogly as agent for the Home Insurance company of New York, yesterday received a'check for S9OO to settle in full a loss sustained by Oliver D. Reynolds of Monroe township, whose barn recently burn ed. The handsome and modern Dugan residence is beginning to assume proportions of completion, and in a few more weeks the inside will show signs of real living. It is beyond question the most handsome in design and style and perhaps the most costly of any in the city. Dr. D. D. Clark sold his famous pacing hourse Winifield Jr Tuesday to Mr. Fronfield of Van Wert. The consideration has not been made public but it is safe to say that it was a good figure. The horse is a comer and no mistake as was shown in the races July 4th. Letters received here from Knightstown are thoroughly fumigated before going through the mails. The letters look as though they were put through some sort of a punching machine, as they are full of holes. There have been nine deaths from smallpox at Knightstown, which is now quarantined against every town in Indiana. Those who have paid us on subscription account this week are. R G. Christen. Mel Rice, P. W. Smith, Theo. Thiemme. Jobe Dean, Henry Dolch, Henrv JLuttman, William Wietfeldt, H. H. Burchnell, Indiana Bridge Co.. W. M. Anderson, Missj Francis Thompson. Conrad Gillig. Gus Studler, Mrs. M. A. Burdg and Coat Cook. A petition for the pardon of Jerry Burkhead was circulated last week 1 and was signed by many citizens. Jerry was sentenced about a year ago to serve from one to three years at the Jeffersonville reformatory for stealing a blanket. It was his first offense and as he has made a model prisoner, his friends would like to see the parole board pardon him and it is probable they will do so. Henry McLean had Frank Schumacher arrested Monday morning for tresspass. The case was soon settled and Frank let go free, then Henry secured a double barrel shot gun and spent most of the day carrying it around. There were many who saw him who predicted he would shoot himself liefore night and when a terrible report was heard in his room about three o’clock in the afternoon, they believed they had guessed rightly. However an investigation proved that Henry had locked up his room and fired off the gun just for a joke. Charley and Earl Hendricks have for several years been giving kid shows and have finally accumulated ; considerable paraphanalia, including | stage settings and a large side tent. They have organized a show company and opened up near the Third ward school house last Thursday evening. They also showed on Friday and Saturday evenings and on each occasion the tent was well filled. Au admission fee of five cents was charged and the performances are said to have been fairly goal. They expect to make a short tour this season and will save every dollar they make to purchase a real tent and other necessary articles to put a ten cent show on next year. Rev. A. E. Mahiu, for years a minister of the Methodist denomination dietl Thursday morning at his home in Fort Wayne. He had been ill for a year with consumption of the stomach. On Wednesday night his wife awoke and got him a drink of water. He asked her to go to bed and those wore the last words he spoke for in the morning he had weakened and was speechless. The deceased was 57 years of age and had been in the ministry since 1871 in which year he graduated from Evanston. He and his brother, the venerable Milton Ma hin, have held some of the best charges in this conference, among them lieing Elkhart, Wabash, Fort Wayne, Warsaw and New Castle. From 1887 to 1893 he was presiding elder of the Ft. Wayne district. Last year he preached at the church in Montpelier but was sujierannuated because of ill health. Rev. Mahin leaves four children, one of whom is professor of the manual training school in Denver, Col. Two daughters are married and the third daugh ter resides with her parents in Fort Wayne.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1902.

The Blakey church picnic Sunday, held in the Henry Grote woods was a great success. The day was an ideal ! one and the crowd was one of the ; largest ever seen at a picnic in the county. Clark J. Lutz and family left today i for Atwood Lake where they will ’ spend two weeks in fishing and in a i general round of pleasure. They will return to the city the second day ! of August. Attorney Henry B. Heller has been laid up at home several days this week, his time for the greater part I being put in at nursing an ugly and j obstinate old carbuncle which insists on remaining on the side of his [ face. Dr. W. W. P. McMillen of this city | and Dr. Coleman of Homer, Ohio, I performed an operation on W. W. Moats Saturday and that gentleman is feeling greatly relieved at present. I Mr. Moats has been suffering with dropsy for several weeks and had grown to unnatural perportions. The operation was very successful. The Indianapolis News of last Monday evening contained the striking likeness of Rev. L. W. A. Luckey and half column account of his good work as pastor of the Sixth Presbyterian church at the capital city. He is spoken of as a man who can get very close to the laborer and mechanic. Fire was discovered Friday afternoon the summer kitchen of Mrs. Martins residence just west of the North ward school house. The usual excitement prevailed for a few moments but by the time the crowd had arrived at the scene “Chinie” Schumacker and one or two of his lieutenants had rushed to the rescue and had the stubbern blaze well under controll. Dick Peterson entertained a crowd of about twenty of his boy friends at his home Tuesday afternoon, the guest of honor being his old friend. Fred Bollman, now of Bunker Hill, Indiana. Various games were indulged in and the boys say it was a hot old time. Refreshments were served and Diek proved himself a model host. The July distribution is almost complete and will give Union towni ship .82.943 00. Root 83.990.71, Preble $3,195.12, Kirkland 82513.65. Washington 84,740.52, St. Mays’s $4,329,38, Blue Creek 81.932.30, Monroe 85.821.69. French $2,448.91, Hartford $3,- , 770.05, Wabash 84,479.34, Jefferson $2,095.79, Decatur corporation 810,285.38, school $8,171.47, Geneva corporation 81,378.65, school 82,050.89, Berne corporation 82,792.03, school j 1,876.74. Charles Coverdale has decided to leave this fall for the southwest to remain at least a year. His health is not the best and the trip is made for that reason. The State Life has appointed him a special agent for western Texas and New Mexico, he will make El Paso his headquarters. His family will accompany him. Mr. Coverdale will retain his agency in Indiana, and will leave it in charge of some exjrerienced man during his absence. Insurance territory grows valuable each year as the renewals in the courses of time are often sufficient to make a nice living without writing new business. —Bluffton News. The Texas base ball league in which C. O. Fyance of this city has been playing with the Paris team has closed. Corsicano, Mike O’Conner's team won first place, Dallas second I and Paris third. Immediately ’ after ! the abandonment a new league con 'sisting of four teams was organized with the following cities, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Corsicano and Paris and they will play until September 7th. After that, an exhibition tour has been arranged through Kansas and Missouri and Bones expects to be home about September 25. Ora has l>een playing great ball and will undoubtedly get a place in a big league next season. He lead his team in base running and had a battery average of 465. He is still with the Paris team. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Morrow on West Market street was the scene of a quiet but pretty wedding last evening that solemnized the union of their daughter. Miss Cora, to W. H. Powers, the well known architect. The ceremony was performed by Rev. C. S. Lester and occurred at eight o’clock in the presence of only the immediate family of the bride, among whom were Harry Studabaker and wife. The wedding, although expected, came as a surprise when it was announced last evening as none of the friends of the happy young couple had any idea of the date set for the event. Congratulations are being showered upon them today by their many friends. Mr. and Mrs. Powers will reside this summer in the handsome home of the Morrows on Market street. Mr. Morrow and family left last night for their annual sojourn at Odon. Mich., and left Mr. Powers and wife in charge of their home here. They will be joined at Oden later in the summer by Messrs. Studabaker and Powers and wives. Thursday Evening Bluffton News. Miss Morrow is well known here, being a graduate of the Decatur High School.

Gus Rosenthal is still at Cincinnati taking treatment for a bad looking eye, made so by coming in too close communion with the business end of an angry fire cracker. He has about recovered. Postmaster Brittson has put into effect some very noticeable improvements in and around Uncle Sam’s place of business. In the course of human events we hope to see free mail delivery in the city. T. M. Reid left Tuesday night for East St. Louis to resume his duties as traveling saleman for the Whitmore Polish company, after a two weeks vacation. He will be absent on this trip about two months. The postoffice has been given a general cleaning up and the scrubbing is a decided improvement. Postmaster Brittson has purchased several cuspidors and a large waste basket, and has posted a number of signs which read: “Don’t spit on the floor,” and “Throw your paper in the basket.” He deserves the help of the patrons to help him keep the office clean. Mrs. Frank Judd of near Magley, who took a large amount of carbolic acid about two weeks ago. died as a result Tuesday afternoon. She would have recovered no doubt but her physical condition was very weak and unable to stand the terrible effects of the poison. She was declared insane by a board of insanity about ten days ago. Irvin Acker met with a painful and very serious accident Wednesday of last week. He was running a mower at his farm several miles east of the city when the machine got choked up some way. Mr. Acker attempted to fix it, and while doing so got his left -hand mixed up with the knives, as a result all four fingers : were severed. He was brought to town and Dr. Beavers and Dr. Miller i dressed the wound. The accident i was very painful and is-indeed a ser- ! ious one. The Wyandotte Daily Union of I Upper Sandusky, Ohio, recently contained the following item: The Van Buren Co., of C.;rey, met today at ! that place and effected the following organization: President, C. J. Van Buren; vice president, L. C. Cole: secj retary and treasurer. T. P. Sylvan. I The trustees include the above named I and E. A. McMurray. J. B. Hill and |M. A. Jackson. The last named I trustee is our old friend Milligan Jackson and as the Van Buren is one of the best machine companies in the country, he seems to be "getting there” with both feet. Roy Bulger, the young man who drove the night bus for the Murray hotel and who went home sick Tuesdav evening of last week died early Friday morning of appendicitis, while he felt quite bad no one imagined his condition was serious and his death was a shock to his family and friends. Thursday morning he walked up town and consulted a physician jind wrote a card to Charles Murray telling him he would be here to resume work Saturday evening. Shortly after going home he grew worse and at eight o’clock the same evening an operation was performed. He never fully rallied from the shock and died at five o’clock the following morning. The funeral services were held Satur- | day afternoon. He was seventeen I vears old. ■ The regular semi-July meeting of the city council was held at their room Tuesday evening. All members were present and Mayor Beatty presided. Minutes of the meetings of July Ist. Bth and 9th were read end approved. The following bills were presented and upon seperate motions allowed: J. H. Smith, police 84.50. Niblick & Co. goods 85.25. Delma Elzey, police 86.00. Jacob Buhler, police 84.50. Frank Peterson, police 86.00. A. E. Rose, labor 823.82. John Tisson police 86.00. Thos Buckmaster police 84.50. H. B. Knoff, pay roll 833.70. D. F. Teeple, freight. Bob Peterson labor 87.00. John Thomas lalxir 86.00. Bob Peterson police 84.50. The bond and contract of J. B. Buhler for the building of the Schugg sewer was filed and approved. An ordinance providing for the use of meters for everyone using city water and fixing the rate to be charged was presented and adopted, every member voting for same excepting Teeple. A petition was filed for the construction of the Gregory sewer to be built on Marshall street m the north part of the city and said petition was referred to the street and . sewer committee. The report for the water works committf e for selling the old fire bell and other junk was filed and approved. The report of city engineer Knoff in the matter of collecting money for the use of electric lights was filed and adopted. L. C. Helm was elected as fire chief for the ensuing year. The matter of piping water to the north part of town was continued upon motion by Fordyce. A motion was then carried that all property owners lie notified in the Journal to cut all weeds along the allies and along the curb to the streets and if they refuse the street commissioner will have same done at expense of the property owner. Concil then adjourned to meet in continued session next Tuesday evening

A big country dance was given Saturday evening at the home of Fred Fuelling in Union township, A large crowd was present, any one who ever attended one of these functions know that fun was plentiful. Quite a crowd were entertained Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Graber at "the county farm. The party included Messrs, and Mesdames T. C. Corbett, U. Deimnger. C. J. Ehinger, John Starost, Dan Niblick, J. H. Bremerkamp and John Gluting. The Citizen’s Telephone company are putting up a 2000 foot cable in the city this week. The new cable wdl contain 152 wires and will start on Monroe street, running west to Third, thence south to Adams, thence east to the alley, thence south 180 feet. It is believed this addition will add materially to the service of those patrons along the route. Lenhart & Lenhart the real estaters, have just completed a very handsome piece of printing furniture which they are distributing promiscuously to the public. It speaks in plain English of their many inducements to buyers of real estate, both farm and city, and if you are looking for something good it will pay big to run one of their bargain lists to cover. Chester Lewton who lives on Eleventh street has been suffering for nearly three weeks with an aggravated attack of typhoid fever and for a week past his life has been dispaired of. However he continues to hold his own and his friends still have hope that he will battle through as this is the twentieth day. He is well known over the county and his hosts of friends who anxiously await a turn for the better. He is a son of L. W. Lewton of Monmouth and a brother of Deputy Auditor Lewton. A new work was intra! uced into the Bluffton Presbyterian Sabbath school Sunday. A card was distributed for signers which read as follows: “Believing that the growing disregard of the Lord's day is a hindrance to the cause of Christ and a source of danger to our country, I hereby pledge myself not to buy anything not absolutely’necessary on that day. and to use my influence against all forms of Sabbath desecration.” The class introducing the work were gratified at the number of cards signal and the interest shown. The object is not to make war on any one but to try and arouse church members to better observance of the Sabbath. The sixth well to be drilled by the Decatur Oil & Gas company will be put down on the Harvey Brittson farm just across the state line, and la-atal northwest of the gasser on the Cliffton farm. The la-ation was sela-ted with a view of striking a line north and midway east and west between the Teeple well number two and the last well drilled. The finding of gas with such a high pressure has greatly stimulated the affairs of the company. There seems to be no doubt that the find is in sufficent quantities to warrant piping it to this city and several manufacturing institutions have already signified a willingness to plank down the coin for this purpose. It mav be that nothing will be done along this line until after the well on the Brittson farm is complete. The following is a dispatch sent from Bauan, a town in the province of Batangas, Philippine Inlands, to a Manila paper and tells of the success of Georg** Bowers a former citizen of this county: The closing exercises of the Bauan Normal School talk place today, and a very enjoyable time was spent by those who were present. The school was decorated with flags, bunting and ferns, back of the platform with an American flag for the back ground, hung the pictures of George Washington the first president of the United States, and Dr. Rizal. At exactly half past four, the appointed time, the exercises began by a lively piece by the native orchestra that reminded the young of old times in the “Far Away Land,” and the old times of when they were going to school. The exercise was opened by an address delivered bv M. Contrerus, the address was followed by a song by the school. Recitation by Miss Gloria, song by the class, declamation by Mr. Pinauin, Speech entitled “Our Schools the hope of our Country” by Mr. Halili, Song by the school. Duet by Miss Amoxal and Mr. Montenegro, presentation of certificates by Prof. Bowers, and the enjoyable time was brought to a close by singing the “Star Spangled Banner” by school. Mr. Bowers who has been conducting the normal work at that place and his assistants deserve a great deal of praise, and from the exercises of this afternoon it showed that their work has been successful. Mr. Bowers was one of the first to have the coeducational school in the Philippine Islands, he is a hard-working young man, and has brought his school at Bauan to a state of perfection. The following were visitors at the school: Major Bomas and wife, Major Ward, Mrs. Hartman and Inspector Garis of the Constabulary. The people of Batangas wish Prof. Bowers a happy vacation and hope that he will return again to take up his successful work where he left on.”

CIRCULATION 2800 WEEKLY

NUMBER 19

■ The county board of charities made j their first inspection trip yesterday and a report of their findings will be [ forthcoming in a short time. The board is composed of Mrs. Harry Daniels, Mrs. David Studabaker, Mrs. E. X. Ehinger, Rev. E. A. Allen, L. C. Miller and S. W. Hale. John T. Durbin of Monroe township had one of the fingers on his left hand torn off Saturday. He was en deavoring to start a refractory cog wheel in a seperator and the traitoress thing, started as is usually the case just when it hadn’t ought to. The finger was torn entirely off, making a most painful wound. B. J. Terveer is showing his progressiveness by building a macadam street along his property on Sixth street and the improvement will add materially to the appearance of property in that neighborhood. Mr. Terveer simply asked the council to supply the grade and is doing the rest with the exception of a small part whichis being built by Mr. Steele. New cases have been filed recently with the clerk of the Adams circuit court as follows: John G. Bullinger vs George L. Thayer, May A. Thayer and bank of Berne, foreclosure mechanics lien, demand 5725. Lewis L. Sadler vs Edward E. Smith et al, complaint on account, demand S3OOO, from the Jay circuit court. Wesley S. Ileff and Thomas Lyons vs Dennis Wallace et al, suit to set aside conveyance from Jay circuit court. The Star Drilling Machine Co., vs James M. Weldon, attachment.

The board of charities recently appointed by by Judge Erwin made their first official visit yesterday by paying their respects to the county infirmary. They made a thorough in spection and express themselves high ly satisfial with the sanitary and other features of the building. Supt. and Mrs. Graber entertained them to dinner and a pleasant time was enjoyai by all members of the board. Tomorrow they will pay their respects to the Orphan’s Home at Berne, which it is reported will be put to the test in regard to violations. The board is supposed to pav these visits once a year unless called by especial reasons. A party of business men from this locality are enjoying real life at present and will continue to do so during the next three weeks. They left Mondav morning for Georgian bay, and will arrive at that out of the way place some time this morning. In the party were R. K. Allison and D. F. Quinn of the Old Adams County Bank, County Treasurer Henry Voglewede, Don Quinn of the Egg Case Company. Samuel Simison of Berne, Joe Stix of Cincinnati and Ralph Morrow of Bluffton. Major R. B. Allison now at Oden will join them enroute. They went from here to Toledo, thence by water to Little Current, an island of the St. Lawrence. There they will charter a schooner and boats and go to their camping ground. Several of the party made the same trip last year and their reports of catching large bass and pickerel as fast as they could cast their lines was sufficient to give any of us stay-at-homes the fever. Claude Railing, son of our well known townsman, Frank Railing is under arrest upon an ugly charge, that of bigmay. He was arrestal Thursday afternoon by Sheriff Erwin and Deputy Frank Farrell, upon information from officers at Niles, Michigan, who telegraphed to hold him here until they could arrive. He was arrested while standing in front of Fristoe’s Smoke House and apparently submitted gracefully. However after a few minutes thought he seems to have changed his mind and when near the corner of Adams and Second streets he broke away and ran like a grey hound as the officers descrilie the event. He ran only a short distance and then dodged into a woal shed where he was recaptured, handcuffed and taken to jail. The Sheriff of Berrien county. Michigan, arrived Friday and Claude agreed to go with him without the delay of securing requisition papers. Railing was married in June 1897 to Miss Gertrude Nelson of this city and they resided here nearly two years, when trouble arose and a seperation followed. Mrs. Railing going to Fort Wayne where she has since resided. Claude finally driftal to Niles, Michigan, and secured a position as a painter and paper hanger, at which trade he is a splendid workman. While there he met Miss Florence Zimmerman and after a short courtship, they were married April 6th, 1902. A few days ago it was discovered that Miss Zimmerman was wife number two and as a consequence was not legally marrial at all. Os course there was something doing and Claude came home, where after a few da vs, his arrest fol lowed. Claude clauns that a few days prior to his second marriage he received a letter from his former wife saying that she had ls>en granted a divorce and upon receiving that information he pressed his suit with Miss Zimmerman. He has been released on $750 bail and his trial will probably not come up before September.