Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 9 July 1903 — Page 1

ALL THENEWS all the time.

VOLUME XLVII.

Tbe seven jear old son of Lon Bal J Licked in th« Tllesda y a playmate. Internal abscess rented and bi» condition is quite ser--10 Unclaimed letters are at the post .gee for Mrs. W. R. Miller. M.ss Lu Snideker, Mrs. Louisa Cripe, H. E , Edwards, Dick Houser and A. E. E A very pleasant wedding took place . t the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. B Ulev south west of Willshire on Thursday in Adams county at 8:00 nl the parties being Mr. Otis B. Lis and Miss Maud Merriss. Rev. H Kohn performed the ceremony. Discouraging crops report from the Lt caused a- bullish inclination of wheat and corn on the Chicago and Ledo markets today. Offerings were L light and exerted its strengthen IDg influence. Hogs were steady the Lire day and nothing unusual is Anticipated in the pork line. While standing on Second street Saturday, Chas. C. Niblick was .truck in the face by a flying canton cracker. He was taken to Smith, Yaeger & Falks drug store irhere he fainted from the effects >f the shock. He was soon rallied however and now an exaggerated is all that tells the tele. . Premium lists for the Indiana State Fair have been received the late being September 14 to 18, the ireek before the Great Northern, [he list is very complete but no sore so than our own county fair indmany of the attractions will »me from there here. The race purse run from <6OO to <IOOO. Dick Neptune and Jerry Coffee est Monday over the Erie for a ;hirty days trip through the west. Phey will visit Denver. Colorado Springs. Salt Lake City, ’Frisco. Portland Oregon, and other points a Idaho, Montana and the northrest The trip is an ideal one and to doubt the boys will come back such the wiser. The St. Joseph Conference Male Quartette composed of Revs. IM. Cummins of Albion, R. G. ’peon, Plymouth, C. S. Parker, ?wu, and E. H. Pontius, met in this sty Rouday at the heme of Rev. Poniius. They come together to drill or a particular occasion and sigatthe United Brethren church ion Wednesday evening during pecial services. William E. Curtis, a writer for the flfea^O^eK’ord-HernJ.^an^ (tJyjLCbi' ago ranks second among the cities of be world in point of salubrity. The onstant breeze which blows toward he lake, he maintains, keeps the town Iways supplied with fresh air and lows the contaminated atmosphere from tho city. The tiraioage anal also has its effects and aids in applying the city with pure water. We are in receipt of the Indeendence issue of the Great Falls, Mo;'.,) Daily Tribune, ’Witli”orKiW’ tents of Miss Frankye Thompson, tisan up to date paper, thirty-two ages, and shows that the Great ills is a wide awake city. A postal *rd says that the sender is well and tosses Maude Rice and Emma Ehrsnan are all enjoying good health nd still at work at their same laces. The patriotic services at the Unitid Brethren church Monday evening sere very appropriate and heard by 1 large audience. Special preparaions had been made for the occaion, the house was beautifully dec Wed with flowres. flags and bunt and the music was excellent, livid E .Smith delivered the prinaddress and his remarks were •®U directed and rung with patriot sentiments. Rev. Pontius -had affair in charge and was highly "’Wessful. A tex. Bell looks as though he have been celebrating the fourth in royal style, but he wasn t thought to take advantage of weather Saturday by look utter his hay. A hay rake the limb of a tree near which was standing, the limb flying and striking Alex in the prosAlex saw more fireworks ““ minute than all the visitors in and he now looks at you *° In under one evelid. ''tit

Some one under the influence ol a pipe,’started .the report that President Roosevelt would pass through here over the Erie. The more enthusiastic ones went so far as to- ; organize a band to march-to the ( station. Meanwhile .Teddy was chatting with Marcus Aurelius way over at Oyster Bay. Mi-, and Mrs. Daniel Reynolds returned from Noble, Arkansas, Monday where they have been for i some time. They brought back the youngest child of Will Reynoils I whose wife recently died and it is possible that the other children will also be sent here. For the present | Will Reynolds will continue his i i residence in Kansas but expects to ' return to this city later on. ' I The magazine canes which are , row the best seller of Fourth of ' i July specialties is said to have been ; originated by Fred Gethner of this city. Fred made the first one ever | used about, four years ago and al- . though a little clumsy it involved the same idea as those of today. i He never realized the worth of the ■ invention and did not have it pat- ; ented or today he would undoubt- . edly have been a rich man. Fred Avery, a clerk in the Five and Ten cent store arrived home Tuesday from Alanson, Mich., where he had been called Sunday. ' June 28th, by the illness of his eldest brother whom he arrived in ' time to see alive. The brother had been an invalid, with intervals of I seeming health, for a period of four ’ or five years, but the immediate cause of his decease was malarial . fever. Burial was held at Sherman, Michigan. A family reunion or rather a sur- > prise on Mrs. C. O. France was . given Monday, a number of her > friends calling and enjoying a lawn supper. Those present were Messrs I and Mesdames R. S. Peterson, H. : L. Confer, F. G. Christen, W. A. Lower, J. H. Heller and children, Mrs. Corbin, Mrs. DeVilbiss, Mrs. Cole. Misses Grace and Lizzie Peterson, Dick Peterson and France Confer and the France family. A de- ’ lightful time was enjoyed. Byer Brothers of Rochester, Indiana, who ship hundreds of car loads I of butter and poultry every year, i have lately found away of disposf ing of the cracked eggs. All broken oggs are taken Care of when first received and if any are spoiled they 9 are quickly consigned to the garK . age dump, assorted they are broken from the shells into I tin cans and then sent to the refrigerating rooms. Here they are frozen } solid and then carefully Sealed and made ready for shipment. The ’ product remains well preserved and is used in eastern hotels answering * the purpose admirably. Fort Wayne will send a fast base ball team to this city next Sunday Ip* Steels'park- This~particuiar team has taken two games out of three ’ from Delphos which defeated Deca- * tur in the first game of the season and for that reason we expect next I Sunday’s contest to be exceptionally ‘ j interesting. Manager Marty of the I I home team has arranged to have 3 the judges, stand moved from in front of the grand stand and the - diamond will be set further back. ? With all this additional expense he f has decided to charge only admis- - sion at the gate and grand stand - will go free The day of the cannon cracker is ‘ past and' young America is now ' nursing a burned and swolleß face ’ and is perhaps disfigured or blinded 8 for life. Does it pay to give our : little ones dangerous toys and en--1 o-ines of mischief of the possibilities f of which they are unaware? Noth-, ing is grander or more munificent ejthln a beautiful display ot firee works when properly managed. But if there are any among us o f such a savage instinct-, that the :- no ise of the cannon cracker is music e in his ears, let him hence to the liwoods, and there listen to the echo of his noisy plaything. Unwarned ;- by the example of previous years, s each year the list of casualties intl creases- We a® abide the penny a I pistol but away with these shriekI B rrors ' a' <?"

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1903.

Another negro now claims tl e distinction of being driven from the city of Decatur. He escaped alive and made his exit in royal form be- ' • ing attended by a noisy pack of children. Late Friday evehing he ■ came to this town and was soon ' “piped” by a number of people who had him to move on. Wherever, he went he was told what would be I best for him to do anil the advice , finally took effect’. He started for I the railroad and is said to have '; caught the first freight train that' came along. » The county commissioners ad- ] journed at noon Tuesday after al- ' j lowing the usual grist of bills and at- ; tending some regular business. The ! ; viewers on vacating a portion of the Piqua and Fort Wayne road I for tracks of the Springfield and < Fort Wayne traction line reported 1 favorably and their report was approved. A liquor license was grant- < ed to Delma Elzey to operate a saloon < (on west Monroe street. Will Sheets I who advertised that he would ask < for a license failed to appear during i the session, having apparently 1 changed his mind. One hundred and forty three cash ' premiums are offered in the various classes of the horse show department at the Great Northern Indiana ' Fair besides the choice, and worthy commendable ribbons which show 71 the honor and rank of premium, ! which is sometimes sought after I more than the cash prizes. These together with the long purses offered in the speed department have caused 1 such an unusual amount of inquiry that the management is now as- ' sured that with all their immense horse barns stall room is bound to be insufficient. Other departments will be equal to this. Camp meeting opens Friday evening, July 10, at Rome City and continues until July 22, when the regular Assembly program opens. The meeting is in charge of the Assembly Superintendent, Rev. L. J. Naftzger, The North Indiana Conference Quartette, pastors and religious workers of the territory. Rev. E. F. Walker, D. D., an evangelist of high reputation will conduct the revival services, Rev: Julian S. Rodgers of Atlanta, Ga., will have charge of the Moody Bible Institute extension work. The strongest pulpit orators of the territory will preach. The North Indiana Conference Quartette will lead the music. Decw.^ji' - a’-ij to attend. The complaint against the condition of Second street worked like a charm and by noon Tuesday the down town portion was cleaner than it has been for several weeks, the result of a few hours labor by Fred Spuller. It is not a difficult job to keep this thoroughfare looking respectable and we insist that the city council do so. So far as we can as- . r.-swspßMTr.. ih-s part of the street commissioner’s work having been taken away from him and he has nothing whatever to do with it. We have no fault to find therefore with Mr. Coffee whose time is being devoted to his duties, but it is certainly a burning shame when a paved street is allowed to get into the condition Second street has been in for some time and some arrangements should be made at once to have it cleaned regularly. The county commissioners were in session Monday and considerable business was transacted included in which was the granting of liquor licenses to Jonathan Andrews, Washington townshp, Peter Burk, Geneva and J. M. Ehrsinan and Samuel Kuntz of Berne. Remonstrances were filed against the two last named but were dismissed on the same grounds <s previously stated, namely because Mr. Roher refused t) produce this grower of attorneyNotice was given that the cases would be appealed to the circuit court. In the matter of’ locating the Joseph Feustemnaker road in the south part of the county the) viewres reported that it was not of public utility and their report was ■ duly anproved. The auditor was ordered to give notce that bids will be ; I received August 4 for the construction of the north and south St. ' Marys gravel roads. ®

A E. Rose is doing an extensive business in the steam and hot water heating line. He was at Berne Monday and unloaded a car load of radiators to go into some of the ; fashionable homes of that thriving | city, among those who'will have their residences fitted are Abraham i Hocker, Amos Hirschy and others. I Mr. Rose also has several contracts I near Geneva, the school house at ■ Liberty Center three residences and a bank block at Butler, and a num ber of other contracts which are keeping him rather busy just at present. His heating system is one ■ of the best on the market and those put in several years ago are giving splendid satisfaction. Two hundred and thirty wells were completed in Ohio and Indiana oil fields last week. Thirty-six of these were not producers, leaving 177 producing wells with an initial output of 7,335 barrels —an average of 41 1-2 barrels. This is said to be the largest average in the history of the two states. Ohio stands first j in completed wells; Indiana is third. Pennslvania holding second place by only four wells, and it is predicted by well posted oil men that the Indiana field by the close of July, will be in the first place. Oil men are more anxious for an advance in price of oil, but this can hardly be expected with such new fields in sight as at Sour Lake, Texas, and the new fields in Kansas and Indian Territory. Two appeals were filed in the county clerk’s office and the cases will be decided in Judge Erwin’s court. One is entitled George E. McKean county surveyor, vs Joseph J. Dailey and is an appeal from the surveyor’s allottment on the Meyer’s ditch. It is a similar appeal to the ones filed last week to test the recent law passed by the Indiana legislature. The other case is John Reineke, ex parte, an appeal from the county commissioners court on the granting of a liquor license. Mr. Reineke lives at Berne and was the first man to get a license there after the expulsion of the saloons. His license was granted because Mr. Rohrer who leads the fight refused to produce his power of attorney, ■whereby he represented the remon. strators, but instead produced only a copy thereof. Appeals will also be taken in the cases wherein licenses have been granted this week to Messrs Ershman, Kuntz and Sheets. A R Roll wishpq tn good honest, conscientious man by the hand and buy him a two for a quarter cigar or otherwise to show him how he appreciates his existence, but the troublesome part of this story is that he don't know to whom he owes a debt of gratitude. At midnight or near that hour Sunday a herd of cattle got through the fence at the Bellview, his farm east of town a mile and wandered down the road quite a distance. They, were noticed by someone who believes in “doing unto others as he would have others do unto him” for he actually drove that herd of cattle back to the Bell farm, put them in and laid up the fence. It was certainly a kind act and one that will not go unrewarded if A lex finds out who did it. The act no doubt saved Mr. Bell several dollars for by the next morning they might have been grazing in Ohio pastures. In my opinion, saida representative man of this city Tuesday the Decatur people were stirred up from over the negro event of Friday evening through the press reports to the Indianapolis Journal, Muncie Star, Cinicnnati Post and other metropolitan papers, more than though the actual facts of the matter. According to those sheets one is led to believe that every citizen in the town, even his own self assisted in the outrage and he thus feels insulted and grows all the more indignant that the affair happened at all. Os course violence should not be resorted to in cases of this kind for I think that the prevailing attitude of Decatur people is sufficiently ' known by the colored class so that never decide to reside here. ; That is all that can be asked and I there are very few in this city who do not consider it good fortune that ' our wishes have thus far been_gratifigd- ®

Francis L. Crowe, ex-county superintendent of Jay county is in the city organizing a new fraternal order known as the Pestalozzi of America. It is a co-operative association of school teachers and only those persons actually identified with school work as profession can join. The purpose of this organization is to unite the school teachers of America into a fraternal, benevolent, co-operative association, to the end that the public may better appreciate the importance of the teacher’s work and position he occupies in the social order; and that the teacher may more fully realize his responsibility and the better prepare himself for his work; to elevate the standard of scholastic and professional training of its members: create a better public sentiment in 1 favor of longer terms of school and j higher wages for teachers; regulate the tenure of position, co-operate | in the purchase ot books arid periodicals, secure employment for worthy and competent teachers, pay sick and death benefits; provide for lectures and entertainments; create a better fraternal feeling and spirit of co-operation among teachers, and otherwise assist them as consistent with good citizenship. Mr. Crowe is supreme organizer of the new lodge and the sole originator His lodge at Portland has 120 members and he is confident of success in this county. The lodge has been organized in ten counties.

The death of Pope Leo will be mourned by 280 millions of Catholics in all the nations of the earth, will be tolled in every church as soon as the news of his Holiness is received, and the mournful message will be rung around the world. Requiem masses will be said in every church and the bishops will order that a prayer be added to the public liturgy and request the prayers of the people that the light of the Divine Spirit be given to the college cardinals, directing it in the election of a new pope. The service at the requiem mass will be most solemn and impressive. The vestments of the clergy will be of black and the attendance at the churches will doubtless be great, as the present pope has found a deep place in the affections of the people, and the sweetness and beauty of his life have been recognized by Protestant as well, as Catholic. The mass of requiem is in form the same as said at trie death of the humblest individual, but on this occasion more attention will be paid to ceremony. The usual period of mourninglfollowing the death of a pope is thirty days. During this season the draperies and emblems of mourning will remain on the churches for thirty days. At the termination of this period of mourinng other masses, special and appropriate, will be said. W. H. Wayne, 7 Springfield traction company was interviewed Tuesday by a Democrat reporter. Mr. Fledderjahnn is very reticent but none the less confident about the undertaking. He said: “We are not seeking any free advertising, and would discourage any of the red letter articles which some of your papers have printed in connection with our scheme. Sometimes they get the truth, but more often they don’t. Yesterday we secured from the commissioners of Adams county the vacation of the Piqua road and the establishing of a forty foot road bed. Very soon we expect to obtain a similar approval from Allen county. We cannot secure our steel or electrical equipments before December, but that the road will be built is beyond the shade of doubt. The Robinson place north of here is an ideal place for a power house, and by far the best place along the route. If we receive sufficient encouragement, this site will be preferred to Fort Wayne or any other city. We may however establish tW- power houses between Fort Wayne and Springfield. The first would of course contain the car i barns, which is no small consideration. It is our intention to ultimately run through to CWcago. The | road from Fort Wayne to Decatur I will be built first.”

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| Away from the city’s heat, the i many friends of Miss Bertha FullenI kamp enjoyed themsleves at the home of John Omlor Friday night. The event was a hay rack party in. honor of the Misses Jessie and Ber i tha Gast of Wauseon, Ohio, and it . was certainly a treat to those present. Six boys were arrested Tuesday evening, warrants for their arrest having been issued on Tuesday morning. The lads names are Ora Baker, Jim Dollihan, Warren Wilkenson and Leo, Ed and Charley David. The complaint against them is for tresspass and was sworn t, > by Mr. Fleming who lives in the north west part of town and who has a portion of the old Nutman farm, through which runs the man creek. The boys have been swiming there this summer and several narrow escapes from drowning have been reported as the creek is quite aeep in places. Mr. Fleming has worried ab ,ut the matter con-« siderably fearing some one would drown and took the action he did today to put a stop to it. It is a wise course to pursue though tl e boys may think it little rough. A report was current in the west end of town Monday night that a son of Tom Baker the waterworks engineer, had been drowned. The lad turned up about dusk however, and the excitement which had been prevalent for several hours was joyously allayed. According to the story the little fellow with several of his companions had gone to a creek in Fleming’s cow pasture to take a swim. The Baker lad was the last to leave the water as all of his companions had gone home and after doing so he started on the hunt of a cow which it was his duty to drive home, but the cow could not be found and the lad spent several hours in the search. It would hardly be possible for any one to drown in the creek where the boys bathe and the absence of the child did not create any deep anxiety although his parents experienced quite a bit of solicitude.

The excursion season is here, and indications thus far point to a good crop for this year. Already the village boy is counting the days when he will cast off his ten cent top of straw, don his one dollar panama, and with the ease of an Astorbuilt, plank down his week’s wages for a ticket to the great city. It is in this connection that we would give a word of warning. Before you sell your Jersey calf or mortgage your winter overcoat, we would refer you that sallow wanfaced individual, whom you have seen watching, from a safe distance with a pitying gaze the crowd of pleasure seekers crowding an excursion train. Ask this lean, woe-be-gone mortal why he too does not put on his holiday clothes andtakea . days ' 'Anu rirerebj- might hang a tale. He might tell in days gone by, something like an idea crawled into his ham and cabbage fed brain, and said to’him: “My boy, what you need is an outing. Go to Chicago or some other quiet village and rest up a while." He might tell you with what a sensation of nothingness he trudged down the busy streets of the Windy City, inquiring for a certain soup house on the south side. He might go further and recall a beautiful I vision of dark eyes and silk petti- , coats, a trackage accidentally ? j dropped, his gallant services, a short : walk to the nearest car, and a tender farewell. He might also hint to you what was his highest selling price when a few minutes later, with two fingers in an empty watch pocket, he walked to the nearest police station for information concerning a pair of dark eyes. He might tell you of his pleasant trip j to the races and the straight tip he got there on Jesse K. Yea, he might tell you that after the third heat lie would have forfeited all claims upon j himself for a thirty-cent draft with i the three dug out. These and many other experiences he might relate !to you were he so disposed; but let not this discourage the youthful I excursionist. For “much has been # ; left unsung" as the tom-cat said to ; the brickbat when it cut short his (serenade. <

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