Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 10 September 1903 — Page 2

1/oFcSI Ophthalmic Specialist. | Practice limited to the oorrrc- R? tiiri <»f aefvcts of tb* eye. G M fitted to s»ruib. with .is ■ numerous functional IB to improve vision Mini f>»r loss of K accom.'i.oda ion due io age. 9 « REFERENCES THE BEST. S ■ ~-T7~ » ■ At Dr. Cover tale's office. at 0 ■ Decatur, Ind . first Tuesday ■ ■ of each mouth.

The poor woman who hid her money in her bustle and then lost the bustle, has died since then as a result of worry and the shock of thinking she had lost it the second time. It is very sad to think that one woman’s life was made so miserable by a few thousand dollars when there are people who could have spent her wealth so easily and never worried a minute about it. Perh ips, though, her life had its compenastions. In spite of the burden of wealth imposed upon her, she may have had a good digestion or a clean conscience. The Fuelling church, northeast of this city is being polished and re•modclled in away that advances the appearance of that already very handsome building. Railing & DeVinney of this city are repainting the outside of the building while the interior is receiving a decoration of frescoing by Koover & Company of Fort Wayne. Other improvements are being made and the house of worship will soon compare favorably with any in the country. Rev. L. W. Dornseif, minister in charge, is a pleasant, genial and scholarly gentleman whose best efforts are always devoted to his work. The community in which the church is located is one of the best in all out doorsand their churches and schools are one of their prides. They will purchase a handsome church organ about the first of next year. Decatur needs more houses and should have them at once. The city cannot grow without a place to put the people and there is no doubt in any conservative person's mind but that we are growing and quite rapidly at that. Now is the golden opportunity for people who ha ve capital to invest to good advantage. Rents are fairly high and a good house is rented long before it is finished. Mayor Coffee stated today—'' If I had fifty houses in this city, I could rent them everyone by tomorrow night to responsible parti's md th? better the house the easier rented. There is scarcely a day that I do not have a number of inquiries for houses." With the frac ion line power houses, the Trees Manufacturing Company and 4 ...' -.S-. to Decatur witbin the next few months the demand is sure to increase and the pirty who builds homes at once will not only make money but confer a lasting favor on the public. Remember Decatur is the best town in Indiana right now and getting better all the time. Dr. J. W. Young of Fort Wayne and well known here is the defendant in a sensation"! divorce case filed by his wife Mrs. DeEtta Young Thursday. The affair is the result of a quarrel last Sunday when Dr. Young told his son that he must •either quit smoking or leave his home forever and that he should never receive a penny. Mrs. Young cites that her husband has an income of <IO,OOO a year from his practice that he is rich, but his wealth is invested in diamonds and jewelery and deposited in the Ham ilton National bank, the White National bank, and the Old National bank and pending action on her compaint, Mrs. Young asked for and was granted by Judge Heaton an order restraining Dr. Young from drawing, receiving, assigning or hypothecating any money deposited by him in the above named banks. The doctor was also enjoined from interfering with, molesting or visiting his wife until the divorce case is heard. The complaint presented to the court by Attorneys Vesey & Heaton & Yaple, recites that Dr. and Mrs. Young were married in Huntington June 24, 1879. Two children were born to them, Lawrence, now aged twenty one and Jewell, now aged seventeen. Mrs. Young asks for <IO,OOO alimony.

I “ Corbin&Miller were busy Hist week getting out a hundred and fifty new signs for the Acker Elzey & Vance clothing stors. The job was no small ' one and the signs are all that an . ■ artist could desire. The firm will I send a man over the country this I ! week, to inform those who may not ' know that Acker, Elzey & Vance I are out for business. The Cblumbian and Aeolian clubs j gave another successful “Country i Dance” Friday evening. The ball I room floor was filled to capacity, I I yet all enjoyed themselves to the | : utmost. The Aeolian orchetsra and ragtime band furnished the music and this in itself guarantees success. Soft drinks were served in the.hall by club members. Many out of town people were present, and they were not lacking in their praise. It is probable that these ‘ dunces will become a fixed feature ‘ with the clubs. Rural mail carriers throughout the state have been greatly disturbed over the letter from Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow , to Congressman Frederick Landis, of the Eleventh district, saying that . it is proposed to pay carriers on the basis of the number of patrons served. The senators and congressmen have been receiving many inquiries from carriers with reference to the proposed change. Without asking the department at Washington for additional information they are answering all these inquiries by saying that the salary of a rural mail carrier is now fixed at <‘soo by act of congress and that salary can not be changed except by a act of congress. They are inclined h believe the letter signed by the fourth assistant postmaster general must have been -written by some subordinate who did not know that the postofflee department has no authority to change the salaries of rural carriers. A sad accident occurred yesterday near Nottingham in Wells county, the victim being Raymond Brookhart, four years old. Four little boys were playing in a millet field on the Walter Grant farm and L. E. Hornbaker took a machine into the field to mow the crop. • He saw the boys playing there and told them to go out on the road. All of the boys but the Brookhart child obeyed him and Raymond hid in the millet. As Hornbaker approached Brookhart with the mowing machine a lady living across the road called to him to warn him of the boy's danger. He turned at her call but did not stop his horse and his attention being diverted did not see the child. The boy was stooping directly in front of the sickle and his little legs were caught between the guar Is. The left leg was cut off clean just an inch above the ankle and the right ankle is so badly mutilated that it required 75 stitches to dress the wound. Dr. Neff, of Indianapolis, happened to be at Nottingham and he and Dr. •.’/.(.•■•.•■a side. A new case and one that will at tract quite a little attention over the state especially among the banking fraternity is entitled Jason Wilson et al, banker vs Old Adams County Bank, demand <9OO. The suit is the result of a crime committed by Pat Touhey several months ago when he stole a certificate of the deposite from his father-in-law and. forged his name on the back thereof. He prescsttad the certificate which called for <BOO at the Old Adams county bank in this city and had it cashed. The bank here sent the certificate to Marion and that bank returned the money for same. Touhey left the country and a few days afterwards it was learned that he had forged his father-in-law’s name to the certificate. The Marion bank were losers the <BOO and are now attempting to collect same from the Old Adams County Bank who say they should not stand the loss because Jason Wilson & Company cashed the certificate for them and all previous decisions in such cases say that a bank is bound to know the signature of its own customers and when they paid said certificate they relieved the former bank who had cashed same. The best authorities on banking questions ail over the country uphold Cashier Allison and his opinion in this matter. However the case will very probably be contested through the higher courts and the decisions watched with interest by many financiers. No trace of Touhey has ever been obtained but he is believed to be in the south west.

j Three new cases were filed at the ? clerks office Friday afternoon each » being a suit on claim- entitled as I follows: Woodward & Ball vs James 1 O. Bill amdr. <144.70. Philip Koos 1 vs Phillip Koos, admt, demand <l.s' 428.98. John H. Lenhart vs Jacob t Tester estate, demand <68.75. 1 The races at the Great Northern > Indiana fair will be the best ever j s seen here according to the present, outlook, and the managers of this ; 1 department are highly pleased. , Entries are coming in nicely and en-1 :■ qairies galore proving that each i race will be filled and each heat a ? fast one. The race program begins S Wednesday September 23 the events I being a 2:35 trot for <250, a 2:30 ’ pace for <250 and a half mile tun , <IOO. Thursday, three year old r pace or trot <l5O, a “2:25 trot 5.,. o. 5 i 2:21 pace S3OO, three fourths mile ?• dash run <SO. Friday 2:18 trot <350, a 2:15 pace <350, h ilf mile run t <IOO. These purses average well with those offered in other cities hereabout and as a consequence . many good horses will be here. The outlook for a big string is so . good that the association believe it . necessarv to provide another stable j and work on same will begin Mon day. With the advent of the Dr. Mor- ? gan traction line at hand, comes t the cheering announcement that - Decatur is to have a summer thea- ' tre. Even in the face of possible, ' though improbable failure of the ! Morgan line, a summer amusement ) house is almost assured. Several ■ members of the Commercial Club t have been in conference with Willard Steele, and in the event of an • electric line being built from this ?ity to Steele's park, Mr. Steele ‘ says Decatur people will soon be ' able to enjoy high class vaudeville ■ at home during the summer. The • Springfield-Fort Wayne traction company are very anxious to run . a branch from this city to the park, but Dr. Morgan, having first spoken will be given the preference. As , stated elsewhere, he is in for busi- [ ness and assures us that a line to the park will soon be a reality. , Mr. Steele says he will give a free ■ right of way to circle over his hundred tyid seven acres in any direction and there is no need to anticipate the result of this move. It is well known what Mr. Steele and the Great Northern Indiana Fair management have done toward enhancing the beauty of the park and the , work still continues. This fall the • beautiful drive ways through the park, will probably be curbed with stone then with a five cent fare to the park and a good attraction there ( is no doubt whatever of unbounded success, and we have enough con- . fidence in the hustling abilities of , Mr. Steele, and the Commercial Club who are co-operating with him to count the theatre as good as built. At least a hundred people enjoy- ' ed an occasion that will be long remembered Tx wa « the eighteenth anniversary of the wedding day of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Bowers and Mr. Bowers and the ■ children instigated a surprise upon Mrs. Bowers. Then those interesti ed decided to make the surprise a i general one and included Mr. Bowers since he was also married on that eventful day eighteen years ago. Accordingly the gentlemen were likewise invited and the crowd gathered at the home of R K. Alli-. ■ son at 5:30 and from Zier? stole steathily over to the palatial Bows ers residence. In the meantime Mrs. • J. Q. Neptune had taken Mrs. Bows ers for a drive and was to entertain I her for supper, but some one sent ■ word that they were wanted at the I Bowers home just a moment. It required several minutes for the surprised lady to regain her equilibri- • urn when she found her house com i pletely filled with guests but she ; did her part gracefully. Rev. E. A. Allen then went after Mr. Bowers ; and told him there could be no wedding without both parties thereto • present and he too was ushered into the trap. The surprise for both was : complete and enjoyed not only by : them but likewise by everyone of • the guilty perpetrators. An iml mense supper including every seaI sonable viand was served and in i this part of the affair there was* ample evidence of appreciation, the ' guests devouring the delicacies in a • manner that could not be mistaken. hours sped rapidly and the I ! eighteenth wedding day of Mr. and 1 ■ Mrs. Bowers will by no means be > the least remembered. May they live to see many more occasions : just as happy for themselves, their children and friends. i

■ Sunda Girl.the pretty little pacer who is owned by M. A. Hamm, the Erie railroad agent of this city J made fi creditable showing at the LaPorte races last week and besides carried away some of the prize i money. Wednesday she was raced 1 I in the 2:17 pice and was awarded t third money. Friday she won the i (three straight heats in the 2:30 < I pace and did it easy. Eveij ta-, I was made better than 2:21 and the [ [Hamm horse could have gone the , course in less than that. The little , I animal was held back by her driver . ( and was marked at 2:-.’ 1-4- | , The Mary L. poultry plant owned !, by John Loughlin, is as complete in ( all its appointments as any of the ] few of its kind in this country, if ( not in the world. Everything is ( new, most substantially made, without a hiding place for rats, ; with the most modern appliances, . and kept in perfect order. The brick buildings, 800 feet long, contain , rows of cages, and here thousands , are stuffed with predigested food, which is ground and prepared on the premises and fed by a dozen or more staffers. It takes eighteen ( days to fatten a fowl for market. ( Shipments of dressed poultry are made every day by the ton. and the chickens are advanced daily one. . cage until they arrived at the fatal one. when they are taken out and ( killed. A cold storage is being constructed where the incubating rooms were as he has abandoned that feature of his plant for the more profitable enterprise now in full blast. The engine and boiler , furnish motive power and steam heat. Hot and cold water are conducted to wherever needed. In addition to the fowls now stuffed will be added geese, ducks, and turkeys. Over thirty people are employed and with the facilities at hand, are able to perform the work of fifty in ordinary circumstances. The largest number of fowls for his great demand are shipped in daily by express from Southern Ohio and Kentucky. Local supply is inadequate for so vast a business as is carried on by Mr. Loughlin. The plant and its operations are worth going to see.—Sidney Journal. That the Decatur Commercial Club is a meritorious institution and was organized for business as well as pleasure, has been demonstrated even to the most skeptical. The club took up the matter of procuring a site for the Springfield A Fort Wayne Traction Company, and after negotiationg with the managers of the company, an option on something over fourteen acres of ground belonging to Mrs. Ellen Robinson was secured, the price stipu la ted being <2,500. A few days ago a committee composed of Mayor Coffee, James T. Merryman, E. X. Ehinger and French Quinn began soliciting for a popular subscription fund, the money subscribed to pay for the ground mentioned. The committee were treated with due CffrOO .W-. the subscribers asked what was expected from them and gave accordingly. The result was that instead of receiving gilt edge promises for the amount desired, they increased it a total of <3,250, an overplus qf <750. This will be rebated prorata to the surbscribers and will amount to about twenty five per cent. The committee are high in their praise of the treatment accorded them and say that nothing occurred to' mar the pleasure of good fellowship. This simply shows that our peonle have awakened from their legarthy and are fully alive to the present needs and demands of the times. Decatur is a mighty good town and her people are the best that live and have their being, and the fact that they do things was never better or more ably demonstrated than in this instance. While we are spreading praise with such a lavish hand, we must not forget this committee whose labors are without fault. They performed their work so easily and quietly that no one was aware of their important mission, and since their work is complete they announce it without brass band at- j tachments. All this in itself is com- ; mendable. Their report to the Com-. mercial Club will be taken up at ■ their regular meeting next Monday ! * nieht. After that time further ne- , gotiatins will be made by the club, i who will make payment for the ' land and make collections on the ’ subscriptions. This is the first real blood for the Decatur Commercial Club, and the good work iUp e , and the way they do it, is proof sufficient that such an organization is an essentianl element to the sue-' cess of any live town.

Mi>- Rose Fulienkamp entertained Thursday at a six o’clock dinner, i About fifteen lady friends were < present and Miss Rosa was declared « by all an ideal hostess. The feast < was a dream, and everything in the < line of delicacies was provided for i those present, who could not be too enthusiastic in their praises. Thej event was in honor of Miss Alicce ( Wall of Bluffton. The annual fall exodus of students from this city to the various institutions of learning over the country is about to begin. Soma ‘ will leave within a week or so while there are a few schools that do not i pen until October. The list below perhaps does not contain all Adams county students but it is sufficient to show that this city and vicinity will compare with any other of its size in the number of University attendants., Burt Townsend and Robert Allison to the Howe Military School at Lima, Ind.; Miss Nora Smith, Charles Adelsperger and Wesley Huffman to Indiana University at Bloomington; Misses Midge Smith and Genevieve Hale to Glendale School for Gi Is at Glendale, Ohio; Dan R. Vail to Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts ; Miss Olive Dailey to Wellesley at Wellesley, Massachussetts; Miss May Holthouse to Odenburg Academy at Odenburg, Ind.; Louis Rice to Purdue at L ifayette, Ind.; Miss Grace Miller to Chicago Musical College: Misses Vida Bowers and Bertha Kohne to Sacred Heart Academy at Fort Wayne; Robert Schrock to Wabash College, Crawfordsville ; and Sam Allen. Burt Mangold and Fred Patterson to the University of Indianapolis. Unsuspecting, unwarned, unseen, Porter Shear, fireman on Erie No. 6, was sent to an awful *and instant death. Shear had been on the road but a few months, having been employed at the Erie shops at Huntington. He was extra man and had been called to make a run on an east bound freight. At Preble, five miles from here, his train was side tracked to let the west bound express pass. While waiting for the passenger, went to a nearby house to get a jug of water. He returned soon little thinking that he was to be dashed to certain destruction by the fast express which whizzed by at a dizzy speed. Enigneer Butler was in charge of the west bound express and sped by his victim, wholly ignorant that he had added ■mother to his somewhat lengthy list of similar unfortunate accidents. Frank Eastman was the engineer in charge of No. 6 on which Shear was working. In an interview he said to a Democrat reporter: “We had side tracked as usual for No. 7to pass. Shear had covered the head light and then went after a jug of water. After 7 flew by 1 went out to uncover the headlight for Shear so we would be ready to start. I held a torch in my hand tracks, saw by the reflection a white object on the ground. I thought nothing of it and went back to the cab. As Shear did not return. it suddenly dashed across my mind that the white object I saw was the jug, and Shear might have been struck by the train. Startled by the thought, I jumped up, ran across the track, only to find my susfr’-'- Shon the ground, his head crushed, arm and leg broken and bent almost double. I felt for some sign of life but in vain. I telegraphed at once to Decatur for the coroner. Shear was a new man on the road, and the only plausible explanation of his accident is, that he tried to cross in front of No. 7, made a miscalculation and w.s hit. Butler could not have seen him as he stepped out of the shadow. I found Shear about sixty feet from where his lantern and jacket lay, and I judge this is the distance he was thrown. The affair has completely unnerved, me, and I sent to Huntington for an engineer to take out my train, as I have not been well for several days.” Fireman Shear w s 26 years old and leaves a wife, but no children. He j had been popular with his fellow ! workmen, and was respected by [all. The probable theory of his death is that he was struck in the stomach by the beam across pilot and instantly killed. The body of the dead fireman was taken to Huntington Saturday where he will be buried. Deputy Coroner Zwick held an inquest over Shear Saturday morning stated that death was due to a broken neck and internal | injuries, and the time ofdeath about [two a. m.

Attorney P H I ing the plaintiff K case with th a I|f ' t «' county court I Camp vs the I>ee lt t-, ;r ‘ () ji ln C unpany. It is a suit Qn * and the sum <ii’ Miss Irene Bel] B formally ab. mt :?: at her homeFrid.v ~V l. n ;rtr Miss Irene surety that theev.m a but the additm llul t...ti In()1 those present i> -n. guests had a jolly L « as only girLeanhav,. ing was whiled away in smgtng, games and every a ole form of anmo ? { . U 'M ments were served at t e n y ( 2’B and this diver>n. nirln ,, pr( ? J'® least entertamm? r to go the guest, . h ) “on the stroke . f twelve." ■ W. P. Streicher ■ mg the Monroe m.,; j.- . ■ pavements, stated • -.. „ ■ that Monroe stn , • ■ strwt and the river •.. r .- u „ not lie torn up unt j after • The first ground '•.'W a ß in front of the Adam- cminty From the bank e lir . gangs will work vo-t until thejß reach the rail? ad. By the tm| that section of the street has excavated and ike ? ■;? ;,• ~ the Fair will haw -.vr the workc.in th, •; to the bridge. Mr. Str.-i.-k-r d>»B this merely to ace tl)e ■ Fair promoters. he - n - ......jB to any such action l.> ,m ntrac (B with the city. ■

...Legal AlYdiLi"... A PPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed Ext-vtitor of the estate of Geor/e W A i.-ht•< -iatr of Adi® countv, deceased. The estate is probaMi, solvent John Fekgvson. Executor. ‘ Aug. 21, 1903. 2*3 Clark J. Lutz, attorney f.-.r Estate. VOTTCE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT (-FESTATE. Notice is hereby given to the creditors heirs and legate* > of a.:- -,d I hitcher, deceased, to upbear in ’L> A i'cr.-« court, held at Decat u r Indiana. ■ t; the W’hd«yot September. r.*KJ. and-h w . it an’. wbj the tin* I settlement acru.it Mth the estate of said decedent should •. t approed: and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and r<- *• ;vc tbv,r distributive shares. Samuel Turkman. Administrator. Decatur. Indiana. SeptmiO r *. r«O3. 27-2 Clark J. Lutz. Attoruet, VOTIVE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT 01 LN ESTATE Notice is hereby given to the credit™* heirs and legatee-nt ■ :-• ■ i 11. . ti.an.oe. ■ ■eased, to appear in tie A . s < :r tutt< ourt. held at Decatur. Indi at: e ■ ' 1 Jwb-cayW September. 1:01. and >" »— any. rtf tile final settlement ar :• a" uh th* ■ -'.at of said decedant shoii ,1 r • nppr.ro.fJl said heirs are notified 'o t! ■ I there mill oroof of heirship, and re.-ei..- their dhtrtwtire shares. Clark J. Lvtz. Administrator. < Decatur. Indiana. Sept. 5. r.Vi. VOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF & A STATE. Notice is herebvgiven t« f rsbein md legatees of .Margaret ! 11. r.ar.. :•■••• to appear in the Adan.- r i f . Decatur, Indiana, on the Wli uayotsw. 1903. and show cau-e. I ar.y. ''o,“, » •». said decedent should not oe appr ' '■ , said heirs are notified to t ■ - • merr proof of heirship, and receive their iin.native shares. Clark .1. Li tz. Administrator. ] Decatur. Ind.. Sept . ■>. 1 •' — — APPLICATION FOR LIQI’OR LICENSE To the citizens of the town >.f and Hartford township. Ad ‘ m ~ V ;"i ana: Notice is hereby 1 I *' • ‘ tee s Runyon, a male uliatitam ‘ ' n j. veves. Indiana, over the age : , A . '. . O and who is a peri o i not in ' is c lining itt ixlca ed w ni.ilo a y;.,; uQIS -,t the board of commissi ■ ■ ■; w m -si -j m ■ jniwMn* - matt liquors in less quail.u iD the at a time, to be drank V' r ®, ns( wril*l building situated on the ' ? at,he south-propertr.to-wit: Com mm ■ s ii(j M rt| eastcorn Tof lot No. fl'e ■, . thaw thence running north twenty - ii west forty (®) fee’, thence soutn i a feet, thence east forty >4O ■■ • ■ . , ., nl * o rs»i* beginning. The room win r- ~' o r ,; KlUi ofi to be drank and sold is tie • 1 ; .yini,’.if* one and one-half story fran.> sio the ated In the southeast part 1 ’ 101 " ty . [nfltown of Buena N iste. Ad.uin ... rn t rest ana. said room having open.'--' and north side. Said apple. ■. jn ,aiddeto keep a lunch and cigar su .a ss d scribed room and sell cigars, tew funch therein. aloszo Hrsvo> . ApplicU t. TO NON-RESIDENTS The State of Indiana. 1 gg. County of Adams. 1 In the Adams Circuit Court. term, 1903. Amos W. Gulick 1 No ;’ i S’p I ttivs ’.Complain 4 lorl Willis B. Wagers. ■ tion. Violet B. Wagers. J . . n tW It appearing from H. "'■'"■o i above entitled cause, ’hat ■ nM )Si and Violet B. " agers th. a“ MjW te defendants are non resident. Indiana. _ ai 4 Notice is therefore hereby J frs (jit A’Oi'loben liil, Vhe -1*‘ V . E.o‘ ,-'2 Juridical Day of,’ 11 ® ? ,he Court Ho“£ • thereof, to be holden >n clng °“ •',< in ths City of Decatur, commenc day, ’he .th das ~t „ . and plead by :<®wer or demu«* I plaint, or the same will be . mined in their absence. WITNESS, my name, imi the d»J c ourt hi Wto afiiX' a. 5 (SEAL) of August. r.«B- | ELMER JOHN-' 0 - • , t 25-3 By James P-l’ ae,lin ;.' Clark J. Lutz, Attorney for l’la' nt “