Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 23 April 1903 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT EVERY THURSDAY MOBBING BY LEW G. ELLINGHAM, PUBLISHER. •100 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the postofflce at Decatur. Indiana, as second-elaaa mail matter OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY, APRIL 23,15|08. As yet no oppositionhas apjieared against Congressman Robison as a fifth term candidate. Judge Jdench is announced but he don t count. Union township is loosing valuable time on the macadam road proposition. They want ’he roads and the Lord knows they need them. Plain drunks in Berne are of common occurrence. Editor Rohrer should get on his detective clothes and put an end to such evident violation of law and order. Grover Cleveland and Booker T. Washihgtoon have sat on the same platform but it is not likely that the latter will receive a bronzed invitation to Princeton at an early date. The Ohio democartic state convention is due at Columbus August 5 and 6, and with this announcement comes the cheering news that Tom Johnson is not a candidate for gov r ernor. In view of the fact that Taylor pronounces every man a liar who testifies in the Goebel case against him, the conclusion may be reached that liars are plentiful in Kentucky, and as Taylor came from there he may be something of a liar hismelf. •—Columbia City Post. Don't break the news to Congressman Cromer, boys!—Berne WitnessThe above refers to the failure of Rohmer, Congressman Cromer’s live hencheman, to have his party nominate a town ticket. There is more truth than poetry in the above request. ________ The seed season has opened and every mail brings a few sacks with the Cromer label. The variety and excellence of this free distribution, by consent of the government and kindness of Congressman and Candidate Cromer, is said to beat anything ever stuck in the ground. Ves Peterson will sow a large acreage along the banks of the Elm street sewer, with the hope of raising a large and healthy crop—next year, Congressman Cromer is getting to his work on his politicil fences. The McCulloch gang and several other gangs have been knocking off some rails and cutting wires at several places. Not only will the wiley congressman fix his old fences hut he will construct some new ones in Randolph, Jay and Wells counties in the shape of rural free, delivery routes. Cromer’s henchmen say that when he was completed his inspection and fixed things the McCullough gang will look like three pewter dimes. —Muncie Herald The Newcastle Democrat is out with the best industrial edition we have cast our eye on for many a moon. They portray twenty industrial institutions in that city whose wage record exceeds $15,000,a week, and it is this money that stimulates trade and makes the town what the boys term a live one. DectJfcur could well afford to imitate the industrial growth of such towns as Newcastle; The Democrat is

worthy of commendable mention for the typographical beauty depicted in their industrial edition. The township trustees of each county in Indiana will meet June 1 for the purpose of electing county school supreintendents. At the present time sixty-four of the ninety-two counties havfj republican superintendents, but this election will almost reverse matters, as about thirty-two republicans will be replaced by democrats. Normally the townships of Indiana are democratic, but the political landslide of 1894 swept away the democratic preponderance and until 1900 . the republicans held control. Inl that year the townships returned to their normal political condition, | electing a majority of democrats for trusts. But the terms of the school superintendents did not ex- ( pire with those of the trustees and ( the republicans were able to hoi their own in this department.

Col. C. B. Oakley a veteran and resident of Fort Wayne, died last night, being a victim of paralysis. He was widely known over the state. Senator Platt, has announced for publication that there is no split in the republican party of New York. What he said not for publication is .unknown. 4 ‘ ■*> Mayor Bookwaiter starts his Indianapolis Mayorality campaign by o])Cnly denouncing a newspaper. The desperation of his cause is thus early manifesting itself, and it is a long time until September. " The democrats of Indianapolis should get from under such weights as J. T. Fanning. As the head of their organization he fails materially to measure up to what is expected from a political organization in a city like Indianapolis. There should be no preliminaries about his replacement. Hon. John G. Shanklin one of the veteran newspaper writers and democrats of Indiana, is not expected to live. Mr. Shanklin’s democracy is made out of that kind of stuff that is worthy of imitation, and his perhaps fatal illness now is a matter of personal regret to many thousand democrats who have known and admired him for many years past. After giving the Hartford City gamblers a run for their money, now comes Judge Vaughn and gives j the Wells county grand jurors explicit and pointed instructions to pay their respects to the wholesale gambling that prevails in Bluffton. This is a severe blow to the great moral bluff being worked so persistently by the Blufftomtes, The Morning Journal is a new one at Huntington, it making the initial run for their money bright and early this morning. Its first appearance looks good and shows that Editor Lovelace has lost none of his newspaper polish. Their effort to cover an exclusive morning field in Huntington county may later on prove the wisdom of a venture that on first thought does not hold many allurements. Preparations are being made'for appropriate communion services which will be held at the St. Marys Catholic church on the first Sunday in May. The probable number of communicants this year will number near thirty-six, though it is not definitely known as all the examinations have not yet been held. Bishop Alerding of Fort Wayne, will be in this city on confirmation day which is usually Sunday, and will confirm a cass of ninety members. Decatur is ripe for a good substantial boom, and it is hoped that due advantage will be taken of the opportunities offered. Cast aside your personal imbiguities'and let’s get together upon one common ground, and for the common good of all. Without any desire at boasting we are free to admit, that the everlasting pounding of this subject by the newspapers is bearing iruit, and it will take but little executive labor by a few of our prominent men of means to land several good and substantial industries. Calculate the benefits to be derived from such additions, and buckle on the armor for renewed effort. Let us be enterprising and persistntly progressive. It is the certain and only method of success.

Men who have been intimately associated with former Gov. W. S. Taylor during his residence in Indianapoils, anticipate that his enemies will soon make a new move to get him back to Kentucky, and they are on the alert to see that his interests .are protected. Tne testimony of Youtsey and others in the trial at Frankfort that Taylor was in a conspiracy to murder Goebel, is regarded by some of Taylor’s friends as simply a forerunner of another attempt to reach him. There are some who even anticipate an attempt to kidnap him in some fashion if the governor could not be mandated to give him up. For months after Taylor arrived here over two years ago, there was a constant fear that his enemies would make an effort to kidnap him. It was rumored that a plan had been developed, but Taylor and his friends were constantly on guard. Nothing desperate as kidnapping was attempted, bud it was understood that the Goebelites had agents constantly shadowing both Taylor and former Secretary of State Finley.

COUNCIL MEETING. The entire body of tne city council presided over by Mayor Coffee, were in regular session Tuesday evening, struggling with their routine business. The street committee was ordered to report in regard to the proposed Monroe and Fourth street improvements and in regard to the former they stated that they were unable to report without considering the advice of a civil engineer. Their positoin was approved by the council and upon motion, Mayor Coffee appointed a committee, composed of Stettler, Peterson and Fordyce to secure a contract with some engineer for his services and report their procedure at tonight’s meeting. The committee reported on the Fourth street improvement and advised that the street be built of bituminous macadam according to the specifications before prepared for the construction of this street and that the contract be awarded to the Hoosier Construction company at thesame price which that concern before offered to contract. This motion was killed however, and from the present condition of affairs it may be understood that the Fourth street property holders are to take the initiative and advise the common council as to what kind of material they wish their thoroughfare to be constructed. The building committee stated that they advised th* enlargement of the electric light power station and a resolution which makes their moI tion active was carried and the afore mentioned enlargement will immediately take place. The installation of additional generating machinery is imperative owing to the fast increasing use of bulb lights in this city and as the present buildings are inadequate for more machinery, the new building which will be thirty feet long and twenty«eight feet wide is a necessity. The purchasing comittee to whom had been referred the matter of arranging a system for the numbering of houses for the free mail deliivery reported in substance as follows: That all houses and business places located on east, and west running streets east of First street be numbered between 1 and 100, those houses on the north side given even numbers and those on the south side be given the odd. On the east and west thoroughfares from First to Second streets the nubesr will rim fro 101 to 200 from Second to Third streets from 201 to 300 and so on each block bearing 100 additional numbers. Madison street will be the dividing line in determining the north ond south portions of Meridian streets and beginning at that place the numbers will begin each way with one and, as on the other streets, one hundred different numbers will be allowed for each block. On the north and south running streets the west sides will be given the eyen numbers and the east sides the uneven- In the uptown district of the city a number will be allotted to each 22 feet of space or fraction thereof, if a building stands on the said fraction, and in the residence portion of the city a number will be given to each 33 feet of space. The system is a very good one and was adopted by the council and the number of your house will soon be designated so that it will be up to all to provide the proper numbers. J. W. Bosse was granted the privilege to put up some bill boards where the old city city hall formerly stood and he will have the work done at once. The bond of E. Woods for the construction of the Marshall street sewer was filed and approved but the actual contract was not made as the profile for the sewer could not be found. This was an unexpected happening and makes matters very perplexing for if the profile is not found a resurvey will be necessary and a reletting of the contract will therefore evolve. Without the engineer’s profile it would be impossible to proceed as it isthe greater part of the lands and specificatinos. The following bills were allowed: Taylor & Smith, supplies, $14.24; Erie railroad, freight, $137.26; Geo. Steele, pay roll, $2.25; J. G. Smith, $5.25 L. C. Helm’ fire, S2O.

Word was received yesterday that Rev. John C. White and family will arrive here tomorrow and will at once proceed to make themselves comfortable at the M. E. parsonage. Rev. and Mrs. Hudson are moving into the Merryman property on North Eleventh street. Rev. White and family will no doubt be quite busy for a few days getting located, after which tie they will be ready to greet their many Decatur frijends who are waiting to welcome them .J

Have You Heard of the Prsents TO BE GIVEN AWAY ? . • ' . ’f, * ' ' lj>y ' - ' > ' f Thousands of Them Will be distributed by Holthouse, Schulte & Co; thousands of new customers will be added to our list, and when this year closes, we will have one or more presents in nearly every home in this neighborhood. No such offer as we are now making was ever made before in this part of the country, and no greater one will be made anywhere. Every purchaser buying goods to the amount of 10 cents or more in any department of our store will receive a ticket, and when any amount from $5 to S6O has been gathered we will give a handsome present in exchange for the tickets. The presents are all illustrated and classified in a Catalogue that we are now giving free, and every home should have one of them. Gather all the tickets you can, friends, and don’t miss even the small ones: you know the small ones soon count into large ones when gathered togetner. Walk a block to trade here if need be; you will surely not regret it, when those excellent premiums are handed to you in exchange for this little inconvenience. Our prices must always be as low or lower than anyone else’s, otherwise money will be refunded. The premiums are a portion of our advertising expense, distributed among the people—our returns come from a large increase of- - and a large business is what we want, and all honorable, modern methods will be employed to make it so. Holthouse,, Schulte & Co DECATUR, INDIANA

Mrs. Daniel Reynolds went to Noble, Oklahoma, Tuesday where she was called on account of the serious illness of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Will Reynolds. The latter has been sick almost the entire winter and has been very low at several times and her recovery is a matter of doubt. The Ladiess’ Historical club arranged for an extra business session of the society a the members will meet again next Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Burns. Last night was to have been the last meeting until fair but all business matters were not attended to and for that reason the extra session will be held. Frank Schumacker, Peter Russel and J. H. Beatty engaged in a quarrel last evening which nearly resulted in a free for all mix-up. In fact Frank’s face is a littlte swollen this morning as a result. Schumacker and Beatty had a deal on for some pigs and an argument about the same resulted in bad words. Pete got in and he and Frank were soon in a little scrap, the former pushing the latter around rather roughly. Frank swore out an affidavit against his foes but after an examination of Pete before ’Squire Smith this morning the cases were dismissed. A grand minstrel show is one of the forthcoming events at Bosse’s opera house. The attraction is to lie presented by the members of the Entre Nous club, who will be drilled and directed by Prof. Fred C; LaDelle. Considering the talent which that club can produce and the fact that the boys are to be directed by one who has had years of experience and has been a success in this particular line of work, a first class production will be an unavoidable result. The Entre Nous club is composed of thirty-two members and each individual will have some particular part in the show. In this group is an array of talent which will make possible the use of almost any kind of musical instruments anil there are many members who can sing a note or two. In the presentation of this show the old lines of minstrely will not be followed out to a dot, but something novel and attractive will be produced.

School Trustee John Everett is I busily engaged at the present time taking the enumeration of school children. The number of pupils that were in the schools this year have exceeded any previous record but from indications the number will be decidedly less next year. There is nothing new in the situatioon looking toward a new postoffice building. As the matter now stands two propositions have been submitted, the one by E. Fritzinger on Monroe east of the Burt House, and the other by Judge Studabaker for the present building where the postoffice now stands. This we understand, wOuM’Wrbuiit back to the alley and fixed up to suit the needs and desires of a first class postoffice room. There will likely be nothing doing looking toward the final settlemennt of this proposition for some time. In the meantime let every mother’s son get ready for the free delivery of mail in this city, and when it comes to the point of numbering yopr house, have it done, as it should be done, and with a degree of promptness that will show your appreciation of such service. • Killed by Colored Women. Alexandria, Ind., April 22. —Indianapolis negroes held a cakewalk here and when the affair broke up at daylight, John Terrance, porter in a saloon, was found dead on the doorstep. An hour later Dona K. Tillman, a colored widow, was arrested and confessed that she killed him because she was jealous of the attentions he had been paying to Laura Garrett. Uneasiness Among Gamblers. Bluffton, Ind., April 22. — Judge Vaughn has instructed the grand jury to make a thorough Investigation of all the gambling house disturbances that have been reported, and a crusade is expected. Over 290 witnesses were summoned', and there is uneasiness among the gamblers. Injunction Against StHkers. Evansville, Ind., April 22. —Sheriff Christian Krati has served papers on the furniture strikers at the Karges plant, enjoining them from molesting any of the employes. The Karges plant is being run by a small force of men, but most of the factories are closed. Seeking Work Elsewhere. Terre Haute, Ind., April 22.—1 t is thought that the Republic iron and steel plant, which closed this week, will be idle tor an indefinite period. The clerks and ironworkers are seeking work elsewhere.

THEY ARE SUSPICIOUS Cubans Have to Be Shown In the Coaling Station Matter. Washington, April 22.—N0 question of practical principle is involved as between the United States and Cuba in the negotiations of the naval coaling ■ station treaty.- Nor does the question of rental to be paid assume serious proportion, although it is Still unsettled. The fait is, according to the official statement, that the Cuban, objections, so far as they have. taken, form, are trivial; in most cases based on mere phraseology. The Cubans are - quick to find all sorts of secret meanings in treaty language net er intended by the framers, and Mr. Squires, our minister, is - spending much time 1» trying to make the facts clear, to a number of Cuban senators, who are obstructing the ratification of the treaty. It is not doubted that the coaling station can be acquired without the drafting of a new treaty, ih view of the fact that the United States government is perfectly willing to accept the necessary ground under a leasehold instead of requiring a title in feesimple. identified by Son. New York, April 22.—Salvatore Mari onia, the son of the barrel murder victim, arrived from Buffalo last night, by Detective Sergeant Petrosini, who took, him at once to the morgue. There he positively identified the body of his father. Young Madonia could throw no further light on the tragedy. When asked what had become of the letters written by his father to his mother in Buffalo he said that he had destroyed them as they • were received. He said his father had once been in prison in Italy, but for what offense he did not know. Miners Ordered to Return to Work. Wllkesbarre, Pa., April 22. —The executive boards of the United Mine Workers, in session here, have issued an order to all mine workers now on strike or locked out, Instructing them to return to work under present conditions pending the result of the meeting of the conciliation board , and the coal operators, District Presidents Nichols, Fahey and Dettey were appointed members of the miners’ conciliation board. The operators have been requested to name their members.. ..— ———— i May Turn State’s Evidence. St. Louis, April 22.—Disgusted at the failure of Lieutenant-Governor Lee to return to St. Louis, Circuit Attorney Folk will probably go to New York tonegotiate with Charles Stearns, Kelley’s legal adviser, for the latter's surrender. Mr. Folk believes that Kelley, the representative of the baking powder trust, will, if given the turn state’s evidence. . - ■ ’ . ■-