Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 6 August 1903 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW G. ELLINGHAM, PUBLISHER. fl.oo PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the postoffice at Decatur. Indiana, as second-class mail matter. It ' ■ OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. _ THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1903. Col. Bryan is on a lecturing tour in Indiana this week. It is stated that his new lecture is the best that ever happened, and that much favorable comment is being showered upon him. Senator Gorman's boom for the democratic nomination for president, is again receiving some attention from his friends. His recent return from an extended tour in Europe has revived this favorable comment at this time. The Jeffersonville reformatory is certainly receiving a round of newspaper advertising, but unfortunately it is of the wrong brand. It is to be hoped that the governor will soon get through with his ripping and permit the institution to breathe a little life. Some one with a very wise head has suggested J udge Rhinehart as the proper kind of timber for the democratic nomination for governor next year. Judge Rhii e art is a most able man and as a candidate for governor would add dignity and lustre to the cause of democracy. However, there are others. William Allen White of Kansas fame announces that he will start a series of investigations into Kansas boodling methods that will make the Missouri proposition look, not like thirty but three cents. Mr. White has written some choice gems of irridescent newspaper literature which have given to the Sunflower state worldwide fame and notoriety. We surmise that the so-called vindication of the governor's ripper law. will fail in its vindication so far as the minds of the people are concerned. It is more evident that it is a little private legislation, intended only to help the governor to wreak vengence on those who have the audacity to have a mind of their own, and at the same time to help him erect the Durbin political machine that will work without being greased. Congressman Robert W. Miers, by far the ablest man in the Democratic congressional delegation from Indiana , has endeared himself so greatly to his constituents that there is no longer any talk of opposition to his renomination to a fifth term. A year ago he had very bitter opposition in several counties of his district, the result of a concerted movement on the part of several ambitious politicians who ’. .XC-.e'.. —kNuulli Bend Times.

It costs the Royal Baking Powder company something like <500,000 annually for advertising. Some one suggested to the company to discontinue advertising one year, the baking powder was so well known and advertised, and place that amount, <500,000, in the profit. They answer that undoubtedly it would cost them three times amount to get the product in its original channels again. This is a pretty cool pointer to those business men who imagine th-y are making a great saving when they discontinue a <4 to <6 a month advertisement a few months in the dull season. It never pays to tear down a dam because the water is low.—Huntington NewsDemocrat. ? W. H. Whittaker, the new superintendent of the Jeffersonville reformatory, is about the smallest peanut in the bunch. He has made a sweeping investigation of the former management of that institution, and in his report he creates the impression—without substantiation —that jobbery ran riot there. Mr. Whittaker forgets that any sort of an animal can criticise his superior, but that when a public official seeks to discredit another public officail, he should furnish a few diagrams. We have no interest in either side of this controversy further than the spirit of fair play, and it would be no surprise to us some day to hear of Mr. Whittaker crying like a spanked baby for a suspension of censure and for the fairness he refuses to give his [ redecessors in office.

Dispatches announce that the Wall street atmosphere has been I cleared up, likewise some of those ! who tried to ger rich. Things were quiet at the Jeffersonville reformatory yesterday, and the I hope is expressed that for the present I the rips have been ripped. The Decatur doctors have organized and adopted a scale of charges for their patients. But what about the patients? Well, dead men tell no tales.-Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. Perry 8. Heath seems to be safe. The statute j?f limitation stands between him and prosecution. Three years have expired since he drew his last pay from the government and that, it is said, puts him beyond the reach of the law for and irregularities he may have committed. It is also claimed that Roosevelt gave orders not to institute proceedings against Heath because of his connection with the republican national committee as secretary. So you see Roosevelt is not near so enthusiastic in pursuit of rascals and grafters as he is in hunting mountain lions and bob cats.—Columbia City Post. Claud Ridderberger a G.R. & I. brakeman had the wind knocked out of him while riding on a cut of cars Monday morning and when he yelled and fell to the ground those who saw him thought that the brakie was badly hurt. He surprised them however by soon getting up and going back to work. Ridderberger was riding on the sideladders at the time and the cars struck with such force that he was throwed to the ground.

Nor hurt Holthouse celebrated his seventh birthday yesterday and about sixteen of his young friends to the occasion. Refreeshments were served and the boys indulged in base ball, bag punching, ten pins and other sports loved by young America. It was day a the boys won't forget fora wee! or two and they all wish Norburt's birthdays would occur more frequently. Here's hoping his seventieth bibrthday may be just as happy, C. A. Rose of Detroit, Mich., is in the city visiting his brother-in-law Charles B. Yobst. Mr. Bose is an engineer on the Wabash Lines and runs from Detroit to Toledo. He has charge of a regular fast passenger run and is now enjoying the first vacation he has had for eight years. Twelve years ago Mr. Rose ’visited in this city and he states that it really astonished him to find that Decatur had improved and increased her size to such a great extent that she has. Train No 24 a south bound freight on the G. R. &I. broke in two when a short way out of Ridgeville Sundap and the engine and first section ran eight miles and stood in the Winchester yards for ten minutov. fc-.qt. was discovered. A heavy fog was prevailing at the time and the engineer could not see the caboose lights and so knew nothing of the accident. When the train backed they found the caboose and several cars standing still with the brakeman and conductor out at either end with red lanterns ready to flag any approaching train that might happen along. '’ rs ' " • A Lower and their guest. Mis< Xars*jtT?ei f sbfi "or Albion, Ind., were agreeably surprised Tuesday evening and at the same occasion twenty-five or thirty friends were nicely entertained. The affair was superintended by Misses Rose Christen. Grace and Lizzie Peterson, and was a complete success. The victims were allured to the home of R. 8. Peterson on the pretext that they were to have supper there. In the meantime the guests arrived and took possession of the Lower home. Word was sent that callers had arrived and the victims came walking in apparently very much out of humor that they were to be delayed at the supper. All three boasted of the fact that a surprise upon them would be an impossibility but anyone who saw their faces when they beheld the company cannot doubt that the feat had actually been accomplished. A big supper was soon prepared and devoured with magic like rapidity. The guests included Messrs, and Mesdames D. E. Smtih., C. A. Dugan. C. K. Bell, J. W. Tyndall Fred Linn, C. O. France, J. H. Heller, Mrs. T. M. Reid. Misses Jennie and Bessie Congleton and Messrs H. J. Yager, George Maddy, H. B. Heller, Will Shrock. W. P Edmondson and Earl Coverdale.

COUNCIL PROCEEDING. ®When the city council opened up last Tuesday evening, sevtSF bids for the paving of Monroe and Fourth streets were filed, and it was almost \ adjourning time before all of them had been opened anil? read The council chamber was filled with bidders, property holders, representatives of stone and brick concerns, and it was evident that something important was on. After the bids had been opened it was found that the Logan Brick Manufactur-, ing Company and H. P. Striecher of Toledo Ohio were the lowest > bidders. The tota 1 bid of Striecher for Fourth street was 117,503.20 while the bid of the Logan Company figured 117,820.50. On Monroe street Striechers bid was $23,111.40 and the Logan Company's $23,-1 370. After the bids were all in. ; Teeple moved that the council meet the next morning to consider and j award the contract and at 9:00 yes-1 terday they went into executive ■ session. An hour later they announced a decision and it was i decided to award the contract for ! both streets to H. P. Striecher. j They further specified that Logan brick be used on Fourth street: and that Monroe street lie paved j with the Metropolitan brick and i | further that the work on both ; : streets should be completed by Nov. 15. The contractor then hesitated I and stated to the council that he I was unwilling to enter into such contract until he could find when I the brick shipments could be made. I He made good his proposition i I stating that it was to his interests 11 as well as the city's to have I the work completed as soon as i I possible but that he could not agree ' I to a time limit until some arrange-11 ment could be made with the brick I companies whose product the;. council had adopted. It was finally | agreed to allow him until Monday to determine whether or not the brick could furnished in reasonable time for the completion of the streets this fall. So it cannot be told as to whether Mr. Striecher I will lie awarded the contracrt until next Monday evening when the city council will meet in etxra continued session. In the event that Mr. Striecher fails to be able to build the streets by Nov. 15 it is to '■ be presumed that the contract will be given to the Logan brick Company who are the next lowest bid- ‘ ders and who have on file with the - city clerk a certified check for SIOOO - which saysthat they will complete i both jobs by November Ist. The bid of Mr. Striecher is as follows: j Paving with Logan block per square s yard $1.75; with Metropolitan, i block, per square yard $1.75; with 1 20th century block $1.71; Retaining i stone $.44 per lineal foot; Berea 1 curb per lineal foot $.56; Catch s basins $29; inlets $27.50; sewer tile i $.35 per foot. In the grand total 1 Mr. Striecher's bid is $1319.30 ( lower than Miller's former bid on s Monroe street for the_same mabpfinjL j and $1565.30 lower than Woods bid on Fourth street. The sewer ] bidders were R. A. Bollman of j Tipton, Neil Paving Co., of Mont- < pelier, H. P. Striecher of Toledo. W. ; W. Hatch and Sons of Goshen. ( Logan Brick Company of Logan < Ohio, E. Woods & Co., and Calvin ( Miller of this city and prices were ( quoted on Culver, Wassel, 1 Trumble, Hocking Valley, Logan, Metropolitan. Bosten and Twentieth ' cithers At Tuesday nights meeting of the ( city council bids were opened for ■ the macadamizing of Fornax and Rugg streets and Calvin Miller was decided the lowest bidder. Mr. Miller’s bid was $1.61 per lineal i foot for the ?treet{s.o9 for tile, $15.00 ( for catch basins and sl2 for inlets and seemed so satisfactory to the council that he was awarded the contract. Mr. Miller states that he will begin work immediately. The following bills were awarded G. E. Steele pay roll $162.25, National Carbon Co. $14.50, W. H. Anderson books * $lO, G. E. Steele pay roll $3.45, Geo. Kern hauling hose cart sl. Frank Dibble haulling hose cart sl, R. E. Bremerkamp hauling hose cart $1 J. S. Bowers & Co., supplies $17.79 Niblick & Co., supplies tf.6O Knapp Supply Co., $99.83 J. W. Robinson rent $9 Standard Oil Co., $16.29 St. Commissioners pay roll $27.45 W. H. Meyers salary as inspector to sewer ss22. The Lvman Brothers have returned - . I to New York after an extended visit. here.

THE WAY =— TO BE COOL 1 I 7 TUI T s T 0 KEEP COOLj C t 0 the first necesIII' ! i " o ! V sit y is C°°l Clothing, h" s here at prices that a r not “ sweat your p urse ‘' f Our Outing Suits at $5.00 ■ $6.50, $7.50 and s|o.oo re j USt thing for hot weather wear. 1 — M 7 I Look stylish and comfortable. •'•T I ' ta Thinnest Underwear. Soft Shirts, i ”— B ■MT Cj Straw Hats and Fancy Hose. ' Plenty to pick from. Z’ • J " Clothcralt Ask for our Premium Catalog Holthouse, Schulte & Co

The condition of Mathias Langen-' baker who has been seriously ill for i some time past remains about the i same, and there seems no chance for his recovery. J. B. Mason for a number of years a resident of this city will soon move his family to the south west where he will continue in the lumber business. He is at present interested in several mills in neigh-i boring cities but timber has become so scarce that it is necessary to move to a setter country. Mr. Mason will leave* for Arkansas one week from today and after the saw mill has been set up he will pjqve familv f-rnpi city A barn belonging to Mrs. Racheal Kern on Eighth street caught fire Tuesday and for a while caused all kind of excitement. Mrs. Kern has been accustomed tc empty her ashes in a barrel which she keeps in the barn. One of these barrels containing hot coals . caught fire and from this a side cf the barn ignited. The interior was badly burned and damaged to the extent of fiftv dollars, with .no in.. ■BUB'-' B-jth companies responded quickly and prevented further damage.

Expenditures and tax levies for THE YEAR 1904 Thetrus eeof Washington township. Adams county, proposes tor the yearly expenditures and tax levies by the advisory board at its annual meeting, to be held at the trustee's office, on the Ist day ot September. 1908, commencing at lu o’clock, a, m., the following estimates and amounts for said vear: 1. Township expenditures. £2552 65. and township tax. 20 cents on the hundred dollars 2. Local tuition expenditures. £2980.50, and tax, 12 cents on the hundred dollars. 3 Special school tax expenditures, £1823 03. and tax. 50 cents on the hundred dollars. 4. Road tax expenditures, £256.23, and tax. 25 cents on the hundred dollars. 5. Additional road tax expenditures, £467.14, and tax. 10 cents on the bcudred dollars, 6. Poor expenditures for preceding year. £1.15’1. and tax. 5 cent on the hundred dollars. Total expenditures. £9229.61, and total tax 97 cents on the hundred dollars. Signed T. S. Coffee, Trustee. Dated August 116)3. Expenditures and tax levies for THE YEAR 1904, The Trustee of Preble township, Adams county. Indiana, proposes for the yearly expenditures and tax levies by the Advisory Board at i s annual meeting, to be held at the school houst-ot district No 4. on the Ist day of September, 1903. at 1 o’clock, pm., the following estimates and amounts tor said year: 1. Township expenditures. £1206. and township tax 20 cents on the hundred dollar-. 2. Local tuition expenditures. £450. and tax 15 cents on the hundred dollars. 3. Special ecbool tax expenditures. £I6OO, and tax 2o cents on the hundred dollars. 4. Road tax expenditures »24L"j. and tax 30 cents on the hundred dollars. 5. Additional road tax expenditures, £SOO, and tax Wcents on the hundred dollars. «. Poor expenditures for pieceedlng year, |75. and tax. 1 cent on the hundred collars. Total expenditures. 862-ii.lO, and total tax :-6 cents on the hundred dollars. Signed. G. W. Rupright. Tru-tee. : Dated August 1.1903.

V XPENDITURES AND TAX LEVIES FOR IL THE YEAR 1904. The Trustee of Wabash township, Adams county. Ind., proposes tor the yearly expendilutes and tax levies by the Advisory Board at its annual meeting, to be- held at the school house of school district No. 9, on the first day ot September 19,13, commencing at lu o’clock a m . the following estimates for said year: 1. Townshipexpendltiires. £-24 57and township tax 9 cents on the hundred dollars. 2. L teal luitb-n expenditures £641.33. and 1 cents on the hundred dollars. 3. special school tax expenditures. £3.206.66 and tax 35 cents on the hundred dollars. 4 Road ’ax expenditures, £732.95, and tax Scents on the hundred dollars. 5. Additional road tax expenditures. £133.23, and tax 2 cents on the hundred dollars. Total expenditures, £ssss 74. and total tax\6l cents on the hundred dollars. The taxables of the above named township are as fol-ows: Total valuation of lands and improvements£623.l2o Total valuation of personal property 287,805 Valuation of railroads, express companies. palace car companies. Telegraph lines, telephone lines, etc. (Estimated from last year’s tax Duplicate..) £IOO,OOO £964,900 Amount of credit on account of mortgage exemption. .....£42,810 Net taxable property of township£9l6,l9o N umber of polls 280. Signed. P. A. Mackl.iv. Trustee. Dated August 1,1903. Expenditures and tax levies for THE YEAR 1904. The trustee of French township, Adams county, proposes for the yearly expenditures and tax levies by the advisory board at its annua! meeting, to be held at the school houci of school district No. 3. on the Ist day of September, at 8 o’clock a rn„ the following estimates and amounts for said year: 1 Township expenditures. £689 58, and township tax. 11 cents on the hundred dollars 2. Local tuition expenditures. £313 44. and tax. 5 cents on the hundred dollars. 3. Road tax expenditures, £313.44. and tax. 5 cents on the hundred dollars. 4. Additional road tax expenditures. £250.75, and tax, 4 cents on the hundred dollars. Total expenditures. £1,567.21. and total tax, 25 cents on the hundred dollars. The taxabks of the above named township are as follows: Total valuation of lands and improvements £ 453.950 Total valuation of personal property 199,990 v aluation of railroads, express companies, palace car companies, telegraph lines, telephone lines, etc . etc., (estimated from last year’s tax duplicatei 2.180 £ 655,220 Amount of credit on account of mortgage exemption 28,325 Net taxable property of township * 626,51 S Number of polls. 18. Signed. Rcdolph Schcg, Trustee. Dated August 3.1903. OTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS The State of Indiana, I aa County ot Adams. ( In the Adams Circuit Court, .September term, 1903. Melvin Davis I ~ ... ■ f No. i* B36 - Matilda J, Davis J It appearing from affidavit filed in the above entitled cause, that Matilda J. Davis I the above named defeudant is a non-re«i- --■ dent ot the state of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given tte said Man da J Davis that she be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the ■ Adams Circuit Court on the 22nd dav I t P ,e , n> * >er - the same being the 14t‘h ■ Juridical Day of the present term there-

of, to be holden at the Court House I in the City of Decatur, comm--lu-.r.g on Monday. the Till day ot September. A I). IsnS, and plead by answer or demur to said com- j plaint, or the same will be beard and determined in their absence. WITNESS. my name, and the Seal of said Court hereto affixed, this ’-btii day (SEAL) of July, 1903. ELMER JOHNSON. Clerk. 21-3 By James P. Haefiing. Deputy, Clark J. Lutz, Attorney for Plaintiff. Expenditures and tax levies for THE YEAR 1904. The trustee of Jefferson township. Atiauw county, proposes lor the yearly expenditures and tax levies by the advisory board at its annual meeting, to be held at the school pouse of school district number ive on the Ist day of September. IW3. commencing at 1 o’clock, p. m.. the following estimates and amounts for-aid year: 1. Township expenditures, u 598.91. aiw township tax, 30centson Hundred dollars. 2. Local tuition expenditures £373.07, and tax 7 cents on the hundred uollars. 3. Special school tax expenditures. J 55.9-, and tax, 10 cents on the hundred dollars 4. Road tax expenditures, £1.332.42, and tax, 25 cents on the hundred dollars. 5. Additional road tax expenditures. £532.97, and tax. 10 cents on the hundred uollars. Total expenditures. ¥4.370.34. and total tax. 82 cents on the hundred dollars. The taxables of the above named township are as follows: Total valuation of lands and improvements • Total valuation of personal prop- , erty Valuation of railroads, express companies, palace car companies, telegraph lines, telephone lines, etc., etc. (estimated frum last year's tax duplicate 4 1 if j'A-S'' Amount of credit on account of mortgage exemption J '“' j . * tM (Zft 1 Net taxable property of township . Number ot polls, 197. Signed James Kenney. Trustee. Dated August 4,1908. APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENCE , Notice is hereby given to the .’ na , Hartford township. Adams c° u “! 3 ” hi , ant of that the undersigned, a male nlia Hartford townsnip. Adams cou “ (conover the age of twenty-one years ahh • tinous resident of said tow nth ip u . than ninety days, last past ’ wifi cation to the board of county at the of Adams county, state o( ,and next regular session thereof, said holden at the corn t houseat Deca u )f county and s.ate. on the first M) h temper. 1903. the same being the st e “' spiril . of September. 1903 fora license ■ n mx::atioß uous, vinous, malt and other ■ ■ r(Jt a liquors in a less quantity than ’ , . saJne time, with the privilege of B ’ l °T ln I f ,jd. tor to be drank on the premises the the period of one year, on the t>' - son the two story frame building. sit Adams following described real estate. county, in the state of ! nd ' B !’% is ’.jrth Commencing at a P oll ’L? h ‘S r ,, ra i stone degrees, west eleven rods. ibree nA which is north and fi» een .a!s from 3 stone, which Is 34 rodsau t of 1W one-half links north. iu townsnip southwest corner of sect J? 1 “ t t p( , n ’east; thenc® twenty-five north, range tldrt , gve north 6354 degrees. VL.-s east 40fect j feet;, thence south -13 degre , ri >dsand thence south 63>4 degrees, west te lace five feet; thence north and westw of beginning. . , ~ „„„H P .nt ls de ®£ Said room in which said a pm- nt# totW ous ot conducting said burin no s Bueus weston Waier street, in the - ff indo»Vistaand has one double doo r -' diH , ril , r a»t and one single doorin •rd*’.: an dsaid end and one door in the sou. . th i rI y f<*Ing is twenty-four feet wide inw long. The single door in fro st(,ryof»astairway leading to the sec . , cu pied »- room. said second story to be ix* I residence. ~ net-mission WP i The undersigned will ask pe™ wjd , 3 ioon, lunch counter in connection .^ppiican 1 - !22-3t Joas WEt-ta. - er