Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1903 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW G. ELLINGHAM, PUBLISHER. »1 00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the postoffice at Decatur. Indiana, as second-class mail matter "OFFICIAL PApTrIF ADAMS "THURSDAY. AUGUST 27, 1903. State Senator Starr of Richmond, died Monday. He was well known in the state, in 1902 being chosen Commander of the Indiana Department, G. A. R. Gen. John C. Black was unanimously chosen commander-in-chief of the grand army at the San Francisco encampment. Boston was selected for the encampment in 1904. Nebraska republicans now have a candidate for vice president. Evidently they have not heard that . T. Durbin is the only man in the United States eligible to this call. Wonders will never cease. The state tax board has ordered the proper officials of Huntington county to reduce all assessments on lands five per cent, and all assessments on improvements twenty-five per cent. What is the matter with making Perry Heath the running mate of Roosevelt next year ? He hails from the west and has a wide acquaintance with his party and its methods of carrying on elections. He would bring lots of experience to the place. —Muncie Herald. The Angola bank has "gone republican,’’ to copy an expression so common in the days of “Glorious Grover.” The firm is known as Kinney & Company. John J. Kinney, one of the partners, has filed a petition in bankruptcy, but says that nobody will lose a dollar by the failure. —Columbia City Post. A family at New Albany, Indiana, have just announced the birth of their third pair of twins, all of which gives President Roosevelt the practical side of that strenuosity which will never admit of race suicide. We are now lead to believe that the president’s fears were somewhat premature. In adding 10 per cent to the valuation of property in Allen county, the state board has in our judgment, unjustly increased the rate of taxation. The people were already bearing their just share of the burdens, and the valuation of the county board was in all things about right.—Fort Wayne JournalGazette. From the discussion being devoted by party men and newspapers to the presidential boom which William J. Bryan recently staited for John W. * jjprtnigbt-pld fOB, we are led to judge the sky is really rosier than it looks and that there is nothing in the immediate future of appalling concern to the democratic party. — Fort Wayne Sentinel. It is said that State Senator Benjamin Starr of Richmond, who died Monday, arose from the ranks of the hardest kind of labor. When a • young man he was a carpenter. Until the ust year of his life he slept every night with an alarm clock by his bedside. He had a thorough comprehension of the value of advertising and was one of the most extensive and scientific advertisers in the country. Editor Crittenbeger again booms Mayor Forkner of Anderson, for the governor nomination. Among , the many strong points to his advantage the mayor is credited as being a modest man. This is certainly carrying the joke too far. To think that a man could hail from Anderson and at the same time possess all the qualifications of modesty—well we will not say it. However, modest or not, Mayor Forkner is a Jim-dandy democrat and plenty big enough to be governior. Since the election of Gen. Black as commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic there has been some talk of him as the next democratic nominee. A man born in Mississippi, educated in the common schools in Illinois, a graduate of the Wabash college, Indiana, who rose in the civil war from pri vate to brigadier-general, served ac-; -ceptably as member of congress. | commissioner of pensions, com mander of Loyal Legion, etc., isoer ‘ tainly not lacking in record.—lndianapolis Sentinel.

Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, incredited with saying that when his present term as mayor expires, he will retire and never again be a candidate for any political position, but will always be interested in the party’s success.—Columbia City Post. “ President Roosevelt is said to advocate “publicity” as to labor union's as a cure for labor troubles. If he believes in that he should have given publicity to the labor union's charges against Foreman Miller of the government printing office. — Sentinel. There is quite a good deal of talk in democratic circles of Samuel M. Ralston of Lebanon, for the gubernatorial nomination. Ex-Senator Sweeney said that either John W. Kern or Mr. Ralston would be very satisfactory to him. Judge Dillon mentioned Ralston, Shively and Kern. He thought that Shively and Kern should have preference inasmuch as each had made a losing race, but in this event neither wants the nomination his choice is Ralston.

The editor of the Williamsville (Ill.) Index composed and published ■ a five-column article describing the dedicatory services of their new and costly church, and printed 100 extra copies, thinking that extra copies would be in demand. To the editor’s surprise he sold only one and that to a member of nr church. Is this an argument for yellow journalism? Had the editor devoted the same space to sporting or scandal he would have had different results. This is a sad but true condition of affairs which newspaper men are facing every day. Sayre, the Wabash man who played the role of watchdog of the | Indiana treasury during the session lof the legislature, says the entries for the 132.000 purse have not closed yet. He refers to the office of governor which now pays SB,OOO per year. He says: “You know we raised the purse from $20,000 to s3l, 000, and it has not been many years since it offered $12,000 to the winner. Heretofore we have had $5,000 men and now we should get SB,000 men. Os course Oliver P. Morton was only a $3,000 man, but the times have changed.” At Indianapolis recently the son of a farmer who moved to town in order to give his children better educational advantages, was up before the police court for larceny. The father testified that he had a fine farm down in the southern part of the state, but the schools down there were not good, he said, and he moved to the city. The Judge replied that it was better to have ignorant children than criminal ones. He said further that it was a poor policy for a man to come to town, especially a city, and take his chances as a day laborer, when he has a farm that will make him a comfortable living.—Columbia City Post. There were other evidences of republican prosperity in the east Monday. Edgar C. Jurgensen, a New York broker and J. P. Jordan and Company, Boston paper dealers, failed. But then little-things like these should not disturb us. Henry Clews, in his weekly review of Wall street, says that of the forty per cent, break in values in the last ten months, twenty-five per cent, was justified as a reaction from excessive inflation, and then he adds that values were further “sandbagged” to the extent of fifteen per cent. Mr. Clews says that a compilation has been made showing that the year‘ < s shrinkage in securities amounted to $2,650,000 on a capitalization of $6,034,000,000. —Ft Wayne Journal-Gazette. The name of H. B. Brown, president of the Valparaiso College and Normal school has been mentioned I in connection with the nomination • for governor on the Democratic ticket next year. No more popular man can be found in the state than President Brown. He possesses in a high degree all the elements of a successful candidate and is well endowed with those attributes that would make an ideal chief executive of the great ’state of Indiana. The nomination of President Brown would rally to his support thousands of former students of the Valparaiso Nomrall and he would be elected by the biggest majority ; that was ever received by any man ! ever elected to the office. The DeI mocracy of the state would be do- ■ ing the proper thing to nominate ! him and make a success at the polls doubly assured.—Muncie Herald.

R. M. Miiburn of Jn-per. has announced in print that he will seek the democratic nomination for lieutenant governor next y«r. This bold and fearless announcement follows after another g. o. p. attempt to lay away the remains of the unterrified. The Grand Army encampment showed their appreciation of a gallant soldier and his matchless record, and disclosed the size of our narrow, bitter and unpatriotic president, by the adoption of the following resolution: RESOLVED. That we congratulate that splendid soldier, exemplary commander and patriotic citizen, Gen. Nelson A. Miles, upon his attainment of a distinguished and honorable Retirement, after a matchless record as a soldier of over forty-two years service, without just criticism of his official conduct, which began as a lieutenant in the twenty-second Massachusetts infantry, progressing by the brighest grade of heroic | patriotism from Manassas to Ap- | pomattox, during the greatest of all i civil wars, from 1861 to 1865. and ‘ illuminating this record by his i great military achievements as a ; successful Indian fighter and again , as a great and judicial military disI ciplinarian and organizer. The rain which we are hoping for just missed us yesterday. It fell east of here in torrents and people I around Van Wert are rejoicing. The Daily Democrat ’s special ser- , vice kept the public well posted on j the yacht race. Bulletins were ! posted every few m mutes and a comparison with later reports guarantees their accuracy. Misses Clara and Marie Boknecht. Agnes Rademacher. Marie Tonnel- ’ ier, Bertha Knapp. Florence Sprun : ger and Edith Rolfe went to Fort Wayne last night where they will be the guest of Miss Rolfe. Thb excursion train to Toledo this | morning carried twelve well tilled coaches. Seventy tickets were sold from here, |and the Methodist ladies who will doubtless realize a neat sum. Frank McConnel, a traveling representative of the Milwaukee Har-1 vesting Machine Company left for Auburn last evening. From there he will make a trip through southern Michigan. Any one wishing Stoddard lectures can get them at the Park Hotel. The agents are absent but your order will receive the same treatment as it would were the agents themselves taking the order.

The Tocsin Band played several selections last evening when up town. Their efforts were well received by the gathered audience who voiced their appreciation with much applause. The Tocsin band is well organized and well equipjjed and would be taken as an example of what a little plunk can do. Decatur certainly should not be without a band if it is possible for Tocsin to have one. Gus Kruse the jovial bicycle repairer at Shafer's Hardware store took out an automobile yesterday and when he was turning a corner a team of horses scared and started to run away. Gus jumped and in the excitement failed te shut off the clutch lever. He throwed it far back and the machine slowly started to run backwards. Gus then started after the machine and caught it after a little chase down the street. The Iron Age has made a careful estimate of the earnings of the Indiana interurban lines and places the amounts for the year ending June 30 at $7,000,000. The operating expenses figured at $4,000,000, leaving $3,000,000 net earnings for the thirty four lines that are included in the calculatoin. The Iron Age also thinks that the interurbans have added greatly to the valuation of property, and that to the interurbans is largely due the $lO 000, - 000 increase in.the assessment of Indiana property this year. The management of the Grand opera house at Indianapolis has announced its intention of advertising lin papers of nearby towns and thus accommodate patrons from these places. Visitors can so arrange their trips ts to include a fa- ■ vorite play. Merely as a suggestion .we call Manager Bosse's attention to this, and venture to inform him that Bluffton is reported to be a | thriving little village sixteen miles west on the Clover Leaf. But there, we forgot, Bluffton is to have a new opera house; yet anyhow, we ; would suggest ’till then, ’till then.

Something Worth Looking At Holthouse, Schulte & Company’s Fall Line of Boyish Boys’ Clothing DEPENDABLE MAKES AND INVINCIBLE VALUES a' U M ijp f ’ Ji i \ Next Week School Opens New Goods, Correct Styles t , l- and Right Prices And doubtless your boy has worn out his . summer suit, and you are forced to buy Winsome Novelties for. Little bellows him a New School Suit. If that be the $2,50 t 0 6.00 case, we would like to show you what we Boys’ Double Breasted Suits .... have for your boy in the way of school or • $ 1 .50 to 5.00 dress clothes. Boys j-piece Si. - $3.00 L " i .50 Boys’ Norfolks . $2.50 to 5.00 Bring in your son at any time and we’ll be pleased to have him try on some of the new things. It will pay you to talk to us about his next outfit. Holthouse, Schulte <& Co

SAFE OPENING TOOLS. Implement, of Which Burglars Never Even Get a Glimpse. “We have tools for opening safes,” said the foreman of the machine room of a safe factory, "that no burglar cou.d imitate even if he got them. But it would be one of the most difficult things in the world for him to get even a sight of them. The tool room is guarded as closely as a bank vault. 4 watchman stays in it all night. We are very careful about employing our men. They must give bonds and have the best of jeferencp« g , burglar g. King into our employ for the ' purpose of learning our methods is scarce.? worth thinking about. “Very frequently we have hurry calls for a man to ope* a safe where tbe time clock has gone askew or where the clerk has forgotten the combination. You can readily imagine that with a bank or trust company it is an essential thing to have the safe open before business begins. When we send a man out he takes a wagon load of tools, for he must open the safe without ruining the lock, and he does not know precisely what the trouble is. He carries himself with d.-ntials on it. Nor will he open the safe while alone. Some bank official must remain with him, no matter how long the job takes. That is for our own protection. Some very queer alleged robberies have been charged to men sent out to open safes. "To mechanics in our business it is laughable to read that a full kit of burglars’ tools has been found beside a safe. As I have said, it would require an express wagon to carry them, and burglars don't work that way. If they care to take chances by blowing up a safe with dynanrte it is another matter; but those fellows nearly always get caught. “A police officer told me that burglars n-ake their own tools. The big crooks are all spotted and are afraid to go out and buy the material for them. Some of them send their wives and children.” —Philadelphia Ledger. So Keptilea in Newfoundland. Everybody knows that there are no snakes in Ireland, but very few know that Newfoundland is just like Ireland in that respect, and there is no record that Newfoundland had a St Patrick to drive tbe snakes off either. There is plenty of game in Newfoundland, but not a reptile of any kind—snake, toad, frog, lizard or even turtle. Another queer thing about the province is that while some wild animals are abundant there no one ever saw a squirrel, porcupine, mouse or lynx anywhere within its boundaries. This is all the more singular because the adjoining provinces of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton have all these animals and many kinds of snakes and other reptiles.

CARD OF THANKS. I desire t-o thank my many kind friends and neighbors who willingly assisted during the sickness of my wife. I also extend my thanks to Dr. D. D. Clark for the kindness and tender care that he gave both my family and wife, Albert Hudson. OF EXECUTOR. ..Notice is,xiyen tnp. np/je.v lid' »Ailru iTR-Cuiur ‘ liif estate of George W. Archbold, late of Adams county, deceased. The estate is probably solvent John Fehgvson, Executor. Aug. 21. 1903, 25-3 Clark J. Lutz, attorney for Estate. VOTTCE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESLN STATE. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of John H. Landis, deceased, to appear in the Adams circuit court, held at Decatur, Indiana, on the 14th day of Sept,. 1903. and show cause, if any. why the final settlement accounts with the estate of said decedent should not v„. -•.vorov.ed ■ .end. said heirs are notitii-d to ’her: and there make proof of heirsnip, and receive their distributive shares. Jvss L w. Sa'o.szßUdNEß, Adtn r. Decatur. Ind.. Ang. 22. 1903. 25-2 Lenhart & Lenhart, Att’ys. OTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS The State of Indiana, I aa County of Adams. j - In the Adams Circuit Court, September term, 1903. Amos W. Gulick 1 N 0.6636. Willis B. Wagers, for Partii Violet B. Wagers. j tion. I It appearing from affidavit filed in tbe I above entitled cause, that Willis B. Wagers ‘ j * i lolet B. Wagers, the above named I defendants are non residents of the state of Indiana. I ’8 therefore hereby given the said i Willis B. Wagersand Violet B. W’agers that be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Adams Circuit Court on the 22nd day ! October, 1 903 * the same being the 40th . ■Juridical Day of the next regular term i thereof, to be holden at the Court House ; in the City of Decatur, commencing on Moni day. the jth da®- of September. A. D. 1903, and plead by answer or demur to said comI piaint. or the same will be heard and determined in their absence. I WITNESS, my name, and the Seal of said hereto affixed, this 22th day (SEAL) of August, 1903. ELMER JOHNSON. Clerk. 25-3 By James P. Haefling, Deputy. Clark J. Lu»z, Attorney for Plaintiff. AT°I!? EnF BALE OE macadam road BONDS. Notice is hereby given, that I J. H. Vogfewede. treasurer of Adams county, state ot • Indiana, will on Tuesday, September 8, 1903, j at the room of the board of commissioners in ; the auditor s office in the city of Decatur. InI diana. receive sealed bids tor the purchase and sale of certain bonds known and desigI na i e ? macadam road bonds, authorized | and issued by the board of commissioners of j q d w count X for the construction cf the South st, Marys Township macadam road in St.

I Marys township in said county. The enrre issue of bonds for said road is 114.2 M), divided into twenty equal series <>nt- series payable every six months, with interest ol four and one-half percent, nayable semi-annualyevi-denced by coupons attached Each bond » the denomination of 1714.0 sealed bids win m received until ten o’clock a m. of ®aid day. Eaeli bid must be accompanied with a certified checkin amountequal to three per cent of tbe amount on the bid, which check mast be drawn against monies deposited in aur reliable bank in said county Such check shall be made payab e or endorsed to the board of commissioners and shall be held is a guaranty for the performance ot such » at d should said bid oe accepted the said cberi shall be forfeited to the ’county, should W bidder fail to comply with tbe conditions ot bis said bld. bach of said bonds wil. bear bate of Sept. 1.1903. and should the bonds Dt he ready rorde'ivery on the day the salt CVdt-js.'tft.et’rr’J’il-Str'S,-’ •■<</•< will be refunded by the p-rcharer at t« rate of four and one-half per cent mtn date of Sept. 1.1903. until the date when tie the purchase price of said bonds are paid w the county treasurer and the bonds oeu • ered. The above described bonds will become on tbe 15th day of May and the loth day or November of each year, commencing May 15, 1904. and are made payable, including interest, at the First National Bank. Peca-j-Indiana. Said bonds are issued exclustrar for tbe expense of the constructor! ot . - abov- described road pursuant to the la® ■ IW. 1999. 1901 and 1903. The amount of to"® to be Hold including bonds ahead}issues said township for freegravei and roads 1' less than'our per cent of tne ■ vjluftttor <-f -eld town'll v ; t./ ‘Further particulars wi.l oe f-.rii.-si- • — plication. 25-3 .1. H. Voo’ kiwEPB. County Trtnsi.rerMOTIVE OF SALE OF MACADAM R< A® BONDS Nohce is hereby given, that 1. J- H. Voj-fj wede, treasurer of Adams county, Indiana, will on Tuesday, September 8, 1903. at the room of the board of commissioner'.'’ the auditor’s office in purchase diana. receive sealed ’* ds J' a„ddemand sale of certain bonds, known ana nated as macadam rad bond . , ers jf and issued by the board of S t h° Nortli said county for the construction g, St. Marys Township 'J’ mhe entire Marys township, in said county-. 1 dlyjdw j issue of bonds for said road is ■„ r ' ava t>? into twenty equal Be .r' es ,-°n.rest of fours’? every six months, with >n’in st "nUallyen-one-halt percent, payable denced by coupons attached. J d a )(Js , U ! be the denomination of , - ,e „ sa id ilejreceived udtll 10 o'clock !4 eertiEachbid must lie accompanied wn‘ nt , fled check in amount equal to tt rtep* oast of the amount on the bid. wln ■» iD inf be drawn against monies del* reliable bank in said coun.V- • , tll t ne shall be made payable or be helis’ board of commissioners and i suC b bd. a guaranty for the pertormam. ajd c | je ek and should said bid be accept s | loU ld the shall be forfeited to the ou; njitlopbidder fail to comply with the wj)| the said bid Earn of said . l bonds »*.■* date of Sept. 1. H«3. and should the be ready for delivery on the int ertS bids are received and accept . t[je „ e will b»refunded by the thed ,» of four and one-half per cet it ll)f pO iof Sept. 1. 1903. until the date ■» jd t(1 tM chase price of said■ J, deliver* 11 county treasurer and the bona. The above described bonds w, 11 on the 15th dav ‘‘"f.mmencink November of each veaj- JF in<l udI ® B Mav 15, 1904. and are ™ ad e W-pec»w r ' interest, at the Firs’. Nationa l eXC Indiana. Said b “? d ? h e l^o n< truction for the expense of the con the!- 1 ”,,, above described road m( ,unt of 199", ISS9. 1901 and 1903. In' ',*!“„dv i» u a .« to be sold including bonds a.r d said township for free gravel t (ls -heW® roads is less than four per f)r . valuation of said- township ) he d on W I Further particulars will be run. I P llcatlon - Tre ssur«b 25-3 J. H. Voglewede, County