Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 18 June 1903 — Page 1

ALL the news all the time.

VOLUME XLVII.

Sunday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs. Maurice Hay on Ninth stree t occured the marriage of their • .iee Miss Olive Holmes, to Chaun(.,.v A. Repp- Both P arites are well known here, and their many friends wish them much happiness. Among the out of town guests were Mr. Andre.w J.Roop and Miss Maude Jefries o f Toledo, who were the best man and brides maid respectfully. The wedding ceremonies were performed by Rev. White of the Methwlist church. Winifred Kitson, the little thirteen month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kitson was quite hadly burned Sunday evenning by pulling a cup of boiling hot coffee over on her. Shewras at the supper table and her papa was pouring out flie coffee, as he turned around little ' Winifred grabbed the cup and 'pulled it on to her lap.* Her right arm ! from the wrist to the elbow was terribly scalded the flesh coming off when the clothing was removed. Home remedies were applied and |the child ’is getting along nicely today. " * l Fred C. LaDelle, Decatur s fani|ous magician, writes us from Nashville. Tennesee ,that he is meeting htith great and the papers of the south praise Ips work very highly. fle is engaged at the Nash- [ ville casino for another week, goes from there to Chattanooga for two weeks, thence to Huntsville, Alabama. from there to the Llxdlow La[goon. near ' Cincinnati, and will reach here 'by the latter part of July. He leaves here in August for Minneapolis, to begin his tour of five months under the management of a lecture bureau. The carpets and furniture are being placed in the Commercial Club rtoms and inside of another week the same will lie ready for the entertainment of fits members A bird’s eye view at the present time would indicate that the. club house will lie complete throughout, nothing omitted fliat would add to the fame of such a place. The assembly or business room Will be well supplied for the progression of the hi.-iness end of the institution, and we think the regular monthly meetings wjH soon become u matter of interest to those who attend. We-are in receipt of a Sapulpa. (Indian Territory,) Democrat, of list week. It.is a booip edition ajid if half what the Democrat says is true it is certainly a great oountry ■>lete history of the town, it«*growth ■rom a village to a .thriving city ■ndafivrite up with illustrations ■>f the principal factories, business ■louses and other industries. A pew ■il field recently opened there by • company io which I* A. iJeVbss, • former Decatur boy, is actively in* ■erested, received a column of space, ■’he Democrat is a live newspaper ■n a good enterprising city and a ■lance at it. prov<>s the state tnuiL_ B>w. ■ -best Sunday there w/.l lx* an Brgan recital and dedication of the ■ew pipe organ recenfly* placed in ■he new churcl? at Friedheim. Jt ■ a instrument, its cost after Bonstruotion being 11.*40, and for ■hv kind. size, and tone, is one of the Best instruments in this part of the Bate. The services next Sunday Bill open at 10:30 with preaching Brvices by Rev. Stook, and in the yternoon by Rev. Swanskowky. Busic will be supplied by a choir B om Fort Wayne, and all'thejserB** 8 be of, a very entertaining ■Mure. An invitation is extended ■"<’ public to attend these services. B Hie first train from the east to ■Her St. Louis since the flood was Bought in Monday by the VandaB f'dlroad, which in order to do so B* 111 a bridge under water. The ■ekwater at Willows. 111., three B’les from St. Louis Relay station, B® s twenty-five feet dee]) when the Bidgel was erected, and when the B ain ran across it yesterday the ■tils were eighteen inches lx*low B e surface of the water. It is said B' s is the first time a bridge has B tn constructed under water under B circumstancnes. The bridge B s 'My feet high in the center. builders have not yet seen the j B s ulfs of their la nor.

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A new buncoe game is being worked on merchants throughout the country. A man I enters the store, displays a government badge and" credentials ”bshowing himself to be one the sercret service, in search of counterfeit money. He looks over the caslf drawer, - and invariably finds five or six . ’‘counterfeit" pieces which he“coni flscates.” L. \\. Lewton, of Root township met with quite a serious accident Monday while at work on his farm, one mile and a half north of Monmouth. He was hauling ■ hay and had crawled ap on top of a 1 big load and started the team out of i the field, when . a belt slipped and I the ton and a half of timothy with i Will op top tupibled over Mr. Lewton was thrown quite a distance i alighting in a ditch and when he j attempted to rise .found himself unequal to ’he task. He-was taken ! into the house and Dr. J. S. Boyers 1 of this city called who found that Mr. Lewton had broken his right leg near the ankle. The tendons of the foot were torn loose and the injury was very painful. The committee on advertising for ii he big celebration here July 4tfi are busy mailing out advertising matter. Big posters, bills' aryl race entry blanks tvere sent to alll the towns in this county.. This is.the starter arid the boys expect to keep this part of the. jirogrum-mov-ing along ih away to ’ convince everyone fluff if they .wish to ceelbrate right they must come to Decatur. The arrangements for the day are’ going along njeely and everything advertised is to be given. The races will be good, the. baloon ascension thrilling the music inspring, ’ the speeches patriotic and the fireworks in the night the jnost beautiful ever, seen here. The Driving Club has subscribed a sufficient sum of money to guarantee every qttraction advertised and it will be a great day. If you really want to enjoy yourself axfi-ange to tieold eagle- scream in Decatur. A number of entries have already been received for the races apd every heat will’be a good one. Many people about here arc of the opinion that western horses are, cheap arid burp poor chance on the market, but this is a mistake. J. S. Cooper one of tlie best known commission horsemen of the west in an I interview published in a Chicago: paper said: “At present when nafiw* . !I !V- hL-b. and will be scarcer and higher, this shoud be an-excellent time to handle westerners. We sold some branded horses yesterday for $175 per head, which demonstrates that a good ordinary western horse, well broken, will sell side by side with natives for practically the same money and insuring a big profit to handle and break them." Adamscounty people who have western horses know mryw of teem I on .nei -1 investments. The western is a! tough aifimal and there is at present a great demand for them. They are equal to the native horse in | many respects and superior in some, j We took a jteep through the mitten factory with the genial L. C. | Waring as chaperon and were really | astounded at the magnitude of the concern and the business being done. 1 The entire floor space on both floors I was completely covered with stock,! machinery and busy men, boys and girls. Everything was at the steam heat of industry and moving at a clip that means something. In a short time anotther invoice of machines will be added to the present output and the Waring Glove company will then be the largest manufacturers in their line. At the pres- i ent gait of travel they are unable to : keep pare with the orders at hand, j a state of affairs they will never permit to long exist. It is already apparent that as an addition to the ■ business interests of the city they are meeting all expectations and will soon excred the hopes of their friends. Their present location is j very acceptable for the promulgation of their business, it giving ample room and is properly arranged . in every way. |

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE is, 1903.

Mrs. Jacob Mock died at the home of her son, three miles west of Monroeville, Monday aftm-noon at one o'clock. Her death resulted from paralysis with which she had been stricken several weeks before. The deceased was jiassea eighty years of age and leaves a family of several children to survive her. The funeral will be held Thursday morning at ten o’clock and interment wil follow at the New Haven cemetery. Case number one since the closing of the April term of court Saturday, was filed early Monday and was another divorce suit. Attorney John C. Moran filed the papers in the case which are entitled Alfred Baumgartner vs Cora Baumgartner The plaint shows that Cora apd Al were married November 9, 1901 and ac- ■ tually-lived-together nine months or until August 28, 1902 when Cora ■ abandoned her husband and has i since wholly refused to live, or cohabit with him. Cruel and inhuman treatment are .alleged -’chief among which are she statement that Mrs. Baumgartner would call her husband bad names,, too bad for print, would offer to go away from home, be absent for a week, and wfien gsked where she was, upon her return, would say, ‘its none of your business." The Baumgartners resided in French township. Out I of the last six new eases filed in court here five have been divorce cases pnd it begins to look as though the marriage vow>. is a mockery to many -Adams.county people. The-pas'scuggr-trains on the G. R. '& I. railroad will he altered in schedule soon, but at the present time it is" not known definitely just what ’ changes will be made. A convenience assumed by the qhahge however is a Sunday train in each direction. Tht- north bound’ of these, will run on the regular jfo. 7 schedule wfiich marks her up for this place at.8’:00: a. m. -The south bound train leaves Fort. Wayne at 8:00 a. m. agid will arrive here very near nine o’clock. Train No. 3 i which is due to lea.ve this* «ity at I 3.17 p. m. will arrive about 5.30 p. tn. ag.it is announced that she will leave Richmond. Indiana, at three o’clock. A very material change ■ with the other trains is not expected.* The cbange-of time on the Erie went into f-ffect Sunday and the passenger trains came in this city • on a new schedule. One train, numi ber ten, was put. fnto service and it i reaches Deiatur at 9’:55 p. m. It is a-£iW- A I I><‘NiCvo •Buffalo and Chicago. Train number twenty-one, the west bound accomodation, now leaves tjiis place at 10:10.p. m. and hereafter will be run daily. Further tlian this there was no decided change. . .J. W. Hendricks and family of Monroe, left Wednesday for their summer home dt Oden, Michigan. M. Belle Clark, a literary critic lin sneaking of Mrs Porter's late : story, “The Sdhg of the Cardinal" I says: If it had been suggested to anyone wf our known and recognized i Indiana -writers that he or she should write a story with a bit of I marsh land for its scenic environi ment and a song bird for its hero, it ■ is probable<hat the idea would have | met with little consideration. Yet that is just what an Indiana woman, pot before* recognized as a writer ’of books has done. Moreover she ■ done her work well, with keen poet- | ical instinct. There is evident the power to Observe closely to relate what has been seen; to feel deeply and to make other people sympathize with her mood. “The Song of the Cardinal" is a beautiful tale fair y vivid in word pictures and I alive with human feeling. Its les- ■ sons ‘for the story, contains more I than one,—are obvius. The reader I will appreciate them all, or none of j them. The write- of “The Song of ' the Cardinal" is Mrs. Gene Porter, ! and she has spent much of her life j ■in the sour them part of Adams ’ I where the Wabash river—‘borne i across the Ohio line in Celina lake, I has come sparkling in its west1 ward course, ready to spring up-' wardslit the town of Geneva. South ’of this part of the river lies the i marsh land known as the Limberj lost*. 1

| William P. Barkley® of Union township, is just completing a new I barn, the measurement of which is 38x60 feet. It is expected to be competed this or next week. It will afford ample room for the storj age of grain and will be a handI some addition to the improvements of his farm. Joe Bentz of Marion, father of i the children who have been the I cause of commotion among the state | charity officers is in town and has been here since last Saturday. He has a wild look in his eye' and has been trying to drink himself into trouble, and may succeed as we are informed that upon the first move by him he will have to anwser in court, and he is being closely watched. He was interviewed by a Democrat reporter and said he believed he had more troube than any living mau. He says he has been lied upon by everyone even including the “newspapers. He was released th» Michigan City- penitentiary* February 12th last and immediately afterwards went to the Mariort Orphan home to see his chilren, but found they were not there, the authorities simply telling him that they were being cared for, but that he could not see them unless they should become* ill, when he tvould be notified immediately. Fortius reason, when his wife began suit to recover them he made no objection. though he says he could have proven that she had deserted them. .As soon as he heard they ' had-arrived here he came over. He called to see them Saturday mottl-ing-and was with them an hour or two, since which time he has been drinking and says he has not at tempted to see them. JHe seems to have a deej) and genuine affection for his family and his former wife anjl says he woud be happy if they could ’be reunited. .He takes all the blame for the trouble and admits he has been entitled to ail the ■censure and punishment he has received. ‘ • Dec itur now recognizes that slip has a base ball-team. The gamp between rfuntington and the Rosenthals fejunday fairly kept the 300 fans on their toes with interest and when the contest finally’ended with a score of.five to four inffavor.of the home team, everybody went wild. FrOm start to finish it was a close’ game and’was characterized by* a number of ragged errors by the I Huntincton team when the local were in a-tiglit place. France was in the box for Decatur and let his o]Tponents down with, two hits and struck out ten’ men. That Decatur can play ball is now evidenced for i if we disregard several passed balls by Marty, they put up an errorless game. In some instances there were suggestions of the frigid zone however but of course league ball cannot be expected. In the first inning Brown, of Humington walked to first, stoh* second, wa.- a.l > an.-vd'-to tjjird and scored an unearned run with Morris and Moran were throwed out in a double play, Marty to F. Peterson. Decatur quit in i three strait outs. The visitors couldn’t connect in the second but i the locals did. Marty hit to left i center, stole second and scored on a rank error while Leßrun adanced to the middle sack. The latter scored on a hit by Martz and the Huntington began to juggle th® ball again. Martz jiassed in across the rubber while the ball Itouneed and ©the locals batted around. Huntington scored in the fourth, Decatur in the sixth and there was nothing doing until the eight when France checked two men to first, both of whom scored on passed balls. Thus when the last half of the ninth came around it was four to four Then F. Petreson started with a single and advanced safely to second when C. Peterson hit one too hot for short stop Moran to handle. Linn struck out. Marty stepped up and after two strikes saved the game by connecting with the sphere | which was driven over the left fielders head for two bases. It was certainly a finish too good to be expected but the sudden burst of ap-! plause which followed was a fitting | end for the game. *

i Your committee appointed to prepare suitable memorial on the death i of brother John H. Lenhart submit i the following report: In the midst of life we are in death. It is but a moment as it were, from the cradle to the grave. We are born to die. > In the economy of human existence it is as necessary to die as it is to be . born, therefore instead of being a solmn and awful thing to be mourned and regretted, it should cause us to rejoice that’the trials and tribuations through which we all must pass are at an end, and ’ that after all death is only the gateway which heads as to a better, brighter and purer life where joy supreme shall reign, and where sickness, sorrow, pain and death shall be known no more forever. The messenger of death has entered our lodge and taken from our midst our worthy brother John H. Lenhart, who departed this life on Saturday June C, 1903 at the Hope Hospital in the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana. May that peace which we are taught is to lie the reward of the just be his portion. May the Almighty, in His infinite, tenderness and mercy watch over the widow and children and give them comfort and support and may we all live as brother Lenhart did that we may ' enjoy the happy reflections of a well ’ spent life and die in the hope of a glorious immorality. L. C. Miller, John S. Falk and Daniel Sprang, Committed. ’ • • There were as predicted, hundreds of people in. Decatur .with' ach- ■ ing sides the result of their having attended the “Deestrick SkewF’ ■ performance at the ojiera house Friday night. The audience, per ha ps|the largest ever in the Bosse , were in an uproar of laughter from the rise of the curtain on the first . act to the final drop, and everyone .who attended speak in earnest when they sity “it was the finest production ever witnessed in Decatur. The . show was in three acts, the first being the meeting of the committee . to select a teacher for the distreit school. Homer Sowers as Dr. Perkins was president jof the board and distinguished himself as an actor of more than ordinary ability as did , alsQ his co-ltl borers for the good of the Huckleberry school, Fred Patterson as Jacob Billaker and Will Schrock as John Smith. There were four applicants for schools, Miss Dashaway, Belinda Sharp, Sally Simple and Mehitable Pendergrass, who had taught successfully for-forty ‘years,. these personages ; ’.--ko-l -'-e. S As?-•.-■<* R wIAxS-' Carroll, Eva Acker, Genevieve Hale and M. Zeola Hershey. The second act was the fiist day of school and the third the closing’ exhibition 1 when the visitors were admitted. Among those who did credit as scholars were Miss Fay Smith, Agnes Schrock. Eva Acker, Nora Smith, Blanche Carroll, Genevieve Hale, Minnie Orvis, Mrs. Emsberger, Mrs. James Fristoe, Mrs. Charles True, Will Schrock. Charlo HidiiuU*’ ’’ ±lllO, Jil. Eriis Ovi'gex', ourin-y Kaiver, Charles Colter, Gus Rosenthal, True Fristoe, Fred Patterson and Will Riefer. The visitors xtere Homer Sowers. Mrs. Edith Dicer and Mrs. D. B. Erwin®Each character was so uproariou-.lv funny and so ®tell portrayed and executed that it is simply impossible to make sjiecial mention. They were all good, Barney Kalver, while slightly embarrased did well and was presented with a beautiful floral emblem by his lady admirers who attended in a body, occupying several rows of the opera chairs. Mr. Fred Patterson had perliaps the most difficult part of the play, that of a stuttering boy and did his work like an old thor-ough-bred stager. Every character found in the old fashioned district school was well portrayed and we, at any rate had more laughs to the minute than ever before. Specialties by Misses Jean Lutz and Blanche Carroll Mr. Ernsberger, True Frtsfoe, Misses Niblick, Terveer and Mylott, and Miss Hershey were excellent. The “Deestreeck I Skewl” was a great ]x*rformance {and if you didn't get your money’s I worth you are certainly hard to please. Miss Hershey will always Ibe a favorite here. The perform-! | ance was given for the benefit [of i i the Ladies Aid Society of the Pres- | byterian church and was a financial} las well as a social success.

CIRCULATION 2800 WEEKLY

NUMBER 15

Here is good news for those who i Decatur and Monroe macadam road. The withdrawal of the injunction by John S. Bowers against the use of any other but De- ' catur stone, and its modification to stone as good in quality as the Decatur stone, is responsible for the completion of the road now. There is a fe w feet less than a mile to complete, and Mr. Williams is [here from Marion, making arrangements 1 to begin its construction, which will lx* at an early day. The contractors are Miller & Williams, who have, especially the former, built many miles of macadam road in the county. The injunction was ' brought about by the fact that the i petition stated that the road should be built with Decatur stone, something the contractors were unable to do as cheaply as they Could ship in the stone. In doing this the in- ‘ junction resulted, and for ovex- two years’this part of the road has stood uncompleted. This is’ good news for the many i>eople who travel this thoroughfare. The Decatur and Monroe road is one of the most prominent and mostly traveled roads in the county and its completion is ■ the best news that we have given ’ our people for many a day. It will take ‘about a month to finish fit after work begins. Perry Mercer attempted suicide Monday. As near as can be ascertained Perry drank the stuff about eleven ’ o'clock, taking two different drinks out of the one ounce bottle, A few • moments afterwards he walked in to the Nipkle Plate saloon and asked for a drink of water which was of ‘ Course given him.' Mart Andrews ’ who waited on him noticed he had a 1 strange look but thought, at first ‘ that Perry was joking. After drinking the water he said, '-Well, goodbye, I’ve done it,” and walked back into the billiard hall where he sat down. Dr. H. F. Costello was called and arrjved in'about ten piinutes. Perry was placed upon a billiard table and the stomach pump soon brought into use. An hour’s work failed to restore him to consciousness and he was removed to the Murray Hotel and Dr. D. D. Clark called to assist. He was finally restored to consciousness for a .few moments, bqt sank away . again. All afternoon it has required the constant attention of two men J. M. Smith and Mr. Magner, who continually Slap him inrthe face to keep him awake, while the least noise causes him to go into the most terrible convulsions. ' At one time, tvhen a Democrat reporter was in the room, several children rah past the hotel -and Perry, imagining they were his, became almost uncontrplable, motioning the guards not to let them ii*. At one period, more lucid than the rest, he wrote on a ..tablet. "I took two doses.” His awful act is said to nave been caused by- family tronbles. Alxtut a month ago he went® hojne intoxicated and attempted, .-$) \'.t wc- the time,torce his wife to drink carbolic acid. The police were sunmioaed and he was placed in jail, being dismissed the next moring after paying a fine foxintoxication. Since then he has been at work and for two weeks past has been painting near Bingen. It is said that while there he called up his wife one day and inf A-med hex- that he was going to commit suicide. Nothing was thought of it, however, as he had made similar statements before. He came home Saturday and has since appeared very sullen and morose. This morning he told a friend that he had just learned that his wife had employed an attorney and would apply for a divorce. This seemed the last straw and the suicide act was no doubt the only remedy he saw. Whether ox- not he will recover is still very doubtful as the amount of chloroform he drank was sufficient to kill several men and it will still require no little attention to prevent bis accomplishing his purjxose. He is hard to handle, refuses antidotes and seems determined to die. He was not drinking at all Monday, the act being I done white perfectly sober. Perry is about thirty-two years old and a hard working fellow, honest, and i has many friends who hope he will 1 rcover and make a man of himself!