Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 14 May 1903 — Page 3

| foundations, for Charley 1 1 tIt q n! ’s n*'w house whfrh is being II built on Fiffo stroct just SOuth of El Marshall street, is almost complet- | ~1 and the frame work wi|l be start- || «l at once. * • I I company near Logansport | Monday began drilling for oil, but | t! .p crude oil « not to be sold. I The company is composed of farmI ers and each will receive a fier cent. ~f the oil pumped from the wells. I oil is to be fed to hogs. This I ■- a novel scheme in this part of the state, but the farmers claim hogs thrive tetter when fed some oil and thpv intend drilling for oil which inr? * x •„ © & will be fed as a tonic. The Prudential Insurance ©company through its Philadelphia P’cnts. in" Wed L. Rodman Wananiaker, son of John WamFmaker, for 11,000,000. premiunf on the insurance is over $30,000 a year. Thi<makes Mr. Wanamaker one of the most heavily individuals in the world, as he carries policies for |2,006,000. His insurance is to. be exceeded only by that of King Edward yil. © e \ telephone message from Mont jxMier was received Thursday by Mr. Harding, who lives east of this city city, near the Bleeke school Ijpuse, ■' which a nr.<mna *d tha rjiis s< »n. L<mis Harding, was lying at the point of rath. Miss Maggie js>wers and Mrs.WtathiTh< left for Mofttp, Iter rhir mion lmt Mr. and Mrs. Harding (OS veto unable to go. ®ouisHardmg who is. alxjut forty-tdiree years old, is well known in this and was employed at Montpelier by the Lake Erie & Western rutJT>ii«i com j«ny. The cStnsf! of his low condition Ji not known but is is inferred that o he tta.s injured in an accident as it 'wax generally understood that « was in good fceatlh. The jury in the case of William Ward vs. g John o .§churger, executor S.fthe estate of Airs. Charles M. brought in a verdict a few minutes after seven o'clock last Wednesday which rea<l..< follows: We the jurt, find for the defen- . . . ilant.” They vS»rP. in consultation eight hours and seemed to have some trouble arriving at a inclusion. Ward had worked for Mr. and Mrs. France on their farm at a timw when Mrs. France was quid' sink and the suit was . n a claim for .Ix.r and •fflrvioes in "taking care of her akthat tyne, the snip of S3OB being demanded. The battle was a haeri fought oitP, Attorneys D E smith. O D. Heller. L J. Lutz nd A® P. Beatty appearing for varfbus parties in the case. Decatur delegates to the Ben Hur meeting at Fort Wayne, returned I’Hda.y. ‘■'Yesterday’s session w given over largely tobiisiness matters and f there were soe important steps taken. The congress went on record with a declaration in favor of state jurisdiciton of the organisation in addition to the supreme temple and incidentally made its own district organization ’ per* inane nt by the adoption of const it a tion and bylaws.# More than this it enlarged its jurisdiction so as to include tha* afire northern half of the state, instead of merely north- ’ eastern Indiana. 4 The report of thq..

‘■ommittee on laws and the discus- • 6 .ft ~ ‘ 'ion of , its recommendations'* orcopied the greater part ofthc morning, Hut the business?ended by the adoption of the amended bylaws, making the district organization pirmanent under the name of the Northern Indiana Fraternal Congress of the Trfte of Ben Hur. Meetings 'Sill be held annually.

Comparative Statement of • FIRST NATIONAL BANK Decatur, Indiana. i® — RESOURCES. ® * $ ? Aprils, 1903. ® April 30,1902. Loans and discounts $ -ll 8 .sjJ.fslb J 3 U S bonds ... 26,034 3 < . 2.1,500 00 L. b. bonds 31042 00 27,160 00 Adams county bonds ™ «akq ju E^L:X eand furniture 77 »S S .■ 7.7. '7'.777’ 7: 77 . * 32,751 72 25,980 57 8 599,249 50 $ 533,883 99, LIABILITIES. , Canital • • 5 100,000 00 J 100,000 00 Undivided [JJ 2 5*0n0 00 Depos?te° n .’.’.’ 7.7. 7 777 77. 455,561 41 i 5, 8 599,249 50 $^533,883 99 directors P- W. SMITH. President. ' A D v Ass t CrshTer - W. A. KTBBLKH. Vice-President. - J r MASON. J. B. HOBHOCK. * D.SPKAMO.

—nr —' . ! 2 Pho friends of J, Fred France will be glad to learn that lie was elected delegate from Indiana to the head council of the meeting of the Modern Woodmen of America, to be held in Indianapolis in June. Mr. France will be a candidate for national director at this convention.—Huntington Morning Journal. . A young wife who went with her husband to St. Louis for the world’s fair dedication writes home hat thpy had to pay a dollar apiece for sandwiches and that the waiter stole ham from one and put it into another sanwich, 1 getting the same flushtime price for that. Cofi fee—“and such coffee’’—was fifty I cents per cup. The only® interesting things f sum* were®wo 'men—the governors of North and IBouth Carolina. f s They were going into a saloon. _ * <9 © ® @ Some of the county attorneys have held the new law increasing the pay of the township assessors invalid on the ground that the governor did not approve it _until March 9, while another hill bearing on the I question and repealing the parts of ‘the laws of 1891 and 1893 was signed 'February 25. John C. Wingate,

state tax commisisoner, says the law is valid and that those who are holding it invalid overlook tin fact I that the act apprised in March ha«f an emergency clause. while the act approved February did not. Mr. Wingate and Parks M. Martin, the .other state .tax comissioner, have ?teen over the state attending district meetings of the aSssesors. Number thirty the south-bound Grand Rapids & Indiana local freight train was wrecked at Ridgeville Friday night at half-past eight o’clock. The enigne and a number of ears had teen cut loose while the train was moving and the accident was due to the engineer misjudging the place , where the rear end of the train had been stopped. The engine was backing at a good rate of speed when she struck the train ahd three or four cars were smashed up and a number derailed. Train No. 24 was in this city at the time of the s.valent and the engine was sent down to aid in clearing the track. Traffic was delayed for three hours but tile passenger trains were not intrefered with. Numlier thirty, the wrecked train was m -liargc of Gpndtudor O'Conner and the entire crew escaped uninjiUx d “Frenchy," a Berne character, whose time name is Conrad Gluecher, is in jail with a good long chance of securing R visit to the Michigan City prison on a charge of grand larceny. He was arrested Friday noon by Marshal Tucker of Berne and tried befon- Squire Frank Foreman, who bound him over to the circuit court. He was brought here last evening and placed in jail S' wthere he will remain until his trial is filled which may be during this term if there ds time ius it may not come up/ until in September. The ’ charge against Frenchy is a serious one, that of robbing a safe in the Stuckey restaurant of thirty dollars. While he was not caught in the act, the circumstances point to his guilt, he having been alone in the place. He wa- searched but no moiley found and it is believed he hid the moiley. His reputation is not the best, he having been in jail here abopt a year ago for stealing a sword of Will Sheets at which tim<» he served ninety-four days. He denies his guilt in this case but the evidence is said to the other way. He is a painter by trade and has teen about Berne several years.

John Andrews received word Saturday that his uncle Jacob Grim, had died at his home at Garret, i Indiana. The funeral services were I held that afternoon and John re. ceived the word too late to be present. Jacob Grim wag eighty-six years old and well known by the old settlers of this county, having been in the butcher business for many years. He moved away from ' here about thirty years ago and has since resided at Garret. Death was due no doubt to infirmaties, as J he has teen quite feeble cent years. The committee of the Commercial i I®! clujj representatives whije at Linn i Grove Friday ,>pmt some tim<; at Berne ei4oute. The Artificial Stontveompany, recently organized there need better shipping facilities, i and tester rates for what they do have. TJJiis eoinmiftce and the! Berne company got their heads together and it need surprise no one if there is something doing. Decatur ' can them everything they have not got in Berne, and the inducements appeal to ihe business judgment of those w£ose money js invested in the Berne property. Later may bring aboi&t negotiations between them and the t Commercial club. . ® Dick Dalton, the Erie section boss, in who>c gang B<rt Crawford was working says that the fellow acted i-uriously and gave evidence of being weak mimled. i He is doubtful concerning the where abouts of the lad and says that Mr. Case's views about his disappearance/ wfiich were given in last eveni ing’s issue of the Democrat, are not! unfounded. No effort lias Ix'en made to search for him and if his body is found it will probably be accidental, He left his clothing at the Peoples' restaurant, among other things a long pocket book lias teen found containing soPm* silver articles This is taken by sqjne as proof that he has tonche<bi jewelry store somewhere and becoming a little .inCasy, decided to move to other scones. A few days time may tell wLich theoryj is com nt for if the boy has drowned himself the body will naturally effne to the surface. William D. Bata*, a pi- ■■■ f -Allen county, and for many years a prominent businessman of Munr.--ville. I - died Friday, morning at St" Joseph hospital, Fort Wayne. Heliadbeen I in ill liealth for five m-'Tiths prioS to ' his death, and about a week .-go he was taken to the hospital to submit to a surgical operation which it was thought would prolong his life. It was found that he was suffering from cancer of the stomach, and that the disease had reached a stage where it was impossible to stayfurther progress He was sixty-five years old and well known in Jthis county. During President land’s first term Mr Baker v.aa appointed clerk of the torri.t<jrial -X-urt at Caledonia, Dakota, and held the position four years In 1892 he was appointed postmaster at Monroeville, which place he filled creditably for four years. His wife and three children survive, one son being treasurer of the gentry Show company. Mr. Baker was a prominent Mason and the o funeral was i in charge of that order and will; held at Monroeville Sunday after- j noon. The from this city attended in a body. A Ladies Minstrel show s the ; latest announced attractidr. lt»r Bosse's opera lu%se. amFthe date is Thursday, May 21. The minstrels will be given for trie i» n< fit f the j Pocahontas bod-’' of th-' ‘ ity and ■ is under the competent management of Miss Pearl J. Rogers, of New i Castle, Indiana, who ia- gamed a state reputaUon as a success in the professional line in directing amas teur prßformanc. s, The > aste of young ladies numbering forty have already been arranged and the rehearsels The ladies ar® all of the test yotmg ladies and vocal talent and Anss Rogers states that the*chorus is the , best Wie has ever heard during her experience. The performance will open up in true minstrel style, the ladies in neat cc«tumes as end men, interlocular and ballad singers with . i •wand chorus. The program con- ! Fsists of all the latest up to date I songs and with a fine line of specialties. which are the finest ever :, put on by lady amateurs, the entire will be from the first to the last, both comic, artistic and very entertaining. Much interest is taken by the caste and the order < of Pocahontas, premises the public i .the best attraction ever put <jn in the city.

ATTEND THE GREAT I Closing-Out Sale I — K. Bargain Clothing Co. I ' j & H ® -T— Z"X ■ o Quit Business I — I ONLY SIXTY DAYS MORE I Owing to the death of one of the members of I | , the firm, and th® necessity of settling the I I 1 estate immediately, we have been ordered to JL V-l—-4 dispose of our big stock of Clothing and Furnishings within 60 days. Everything Ts T ’X'TT" T K goes regardless of cost. The chance of a Iff ■% V / * lifetime ~to buy GOOD CLOTHING FOR IXI I f LITTLE MONEY. g 6 v X 1 V ¥ ■ ®' ,b> ■ o. r IN ■ - - Full Blast ) I And continues nntil the entire stock is disposed of. * Buy early and get Choice. $5,000 \A/orth of Goods I At almost your own price. You can’t afford to miss these Bargains. * BARGAIN CLOTHING CO. I /Won’s and Boys* (Outfitters B One Door North of National Bank. Decatur, Ind Fixtures for Sale. f

The following buisness was transacted in court Friday morning. The school Town of Geneva vs. Logans-

port and M abash i alley Gas comI>any, leave asked and granted to file amended complaint in three paraagraphs, rule to' answer. Jacob Wegmiller, ex }>urte, motion to quash service of summon sustained, motion to dismiss appeal overrul'd Daniel Railing vs. George G. Flanders, cause dismissed and costs paid. .. Four cases are set for trial during next week, beginning Monday with case of George Hain vs. Louse Haines and others, suit to contest will. This will be tried by jury and will require’sevreral days as then* are fifty or more witnesses. The cas eof S. A. M Butcher vs. Charles F. Waltz et al, is set sos Thursday; Lewis Davis efe al, vs. Harrison Itodding. a Wells county suit for Friday and.Busse & Meyer i vs. William Rathoff et al, mechanics lien from Allen county for Saturday. ,It is believed the rest of the term will be a very bu<y one The quiu’tettc who visited Linn j Grove Friday brought home cheerful tidings. Mr. Dunbar took very kindly to the suggesions of Decafur for a location for the Dm: bar buggy factory, ami his" location here, while not assured, is advanced to a stage where it is pretty | certain to culminate to they satisfaction of all parties concerned. I Mr. Dunbar has more business than he lias ea]Hieity. and his location here would mean an extension ohhis present facilities and to this end perhaps a company would be formed and sufficient stock subscribed to advance the smiles to something near the demand. Mr. Dunbar makes an exceptional good buggy and his : reputation a l ® such a manufacturer, 1 extends over a territory that far ! exceeds the present facilities. He -is a provincial Adams county pro--1 duct and proposes to remain so to ■ the end of his allotted time. Inducements of a very favorable nature have been thrust at him from several outside sources, but his loyinty to Adams county nevuj permitted him to accept them. He will likely visit tWis city in a few days or weeks, at which time the < 'ommereial Club ♦ill provide away that will assure the factory to Decatur. Score another point for the Commercial Club.

GO WEST! 100,000 Acres for Sale in Nebraska, N. Dakota, Montana and Washington. Adapted to general farming, fruit growing and grazing. IMPROVED and UNIMPROVED. Healthy climate; convenient to schools and churches. EXCEL LENT RAILROAD FACILITIES and good markets. Low rate railroad fare to prospective purchasers, either one way or round trip. I also have a few rare bargains in ILLINOIS FARMS. For further information call on or address F. M. Schirmever DECATUR, INDIANA.

Invitations were sent out Saturday for the twenty-second annhal' commenremeht of the Decatur high school to be held at Bosse’s opera house on Friday evening, May 22. (The program will begin at eight | o’clock with invocation, followed 'by the class address by Carrie E.' Blosser, “The country prior to [Bl9,’’ by Fanchon Rice; “The i Piqua road” by Dan R. Vail; “A 'study in imigration” by Mayme-T. Dor win Some old records” bv John W. Jones, “The pioneer” by j Vera J. Patterson; presentation of | diplomas by Supt. H. A. Hartman. : j The class calender includas besides I the commencement the junior re- ■ eeption, May 15, baccalauratte ser- j mon at the M. E. church, May 17 by Rev. E. H. Pontius, and a form-1 mal reception by the Entre Nous ■ club May 22 The events are all being anticijiateil with pleasure by the class and their friends.

The clerk's reeord of business in the Adams circuit court discloses the following entries: William Wap.l vs. John Schurgei, extr, verdict returned in favor of .defendant. Peter Holthouse ex parte, motion for new trial overruled, judgment on finding for costs against plaintiff. Decatur National Bank vs. Steve Longenterger and Peter Heath, depositions of Longenterger ordered taken at the office of C. J. Lutz May 16. Anderson Trust company as Washington township et al., case dismissed and paper withdrawn. Christian Brown vs. Joseph Brown et al., plaintiff s attorney allowed $25 as fee. J. E. Ellsworth vs. Clover Leaf railway company, demurrer filed and overruled, answer filed. Samantha Cassel vs. Joseph D.' Beery, demurrer to third para graph of complaint, tiled ana overruled. Preston E. Warner ex parte, continued by Agreement of parties