Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 22 October 1903 — Page 1

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OHJME XLViI.

The building now occupied by J. Reiter as a barber shop is being isedone foot as to correspond jth the brick street it will also be 'erhauled completely which will [dto the general appearance of e building • jliss Harriet Porter was most reeably surprised on last Saturday euing by the; Rebekah: lodge and r many friends at the lodge hall, B surprise being a shower party, ’ehall was beautifully decorated . t he occasion and Miss Porter was B recipient of many beautiful presls, A three course luncheon was •red and every one present had a •v enjoyable time until a very late u’ r , There were about fifty guests pent. Wednesday aceurred the wedding Miss Clara Rumschlag to Bar . Wertzberger, the event occur,at e ight o’clock at the St. Mary's tholic church, Rev. H. Theo. Ikens officiated and the ceremony B a very beautiful one. The de was one of the popular emves at the Waring mitten factory i that institution was consemtly idle yesterday morning, ladies all being in attendance die wedding. The groom is a f3r and energetic young man ) likewise has many friends and join in extending hearty contulations to Mr. and Mrs. Wertzjer. In honor of the event a Iding dinner was served at the |e's home. onday was Rev. H. Theo. Wilkfifty ninth birthday, and of these ■ nine years twenty three have ■ spent in this city, where he ■had charge of the St. Marys ■olic church and schools. He ■ ordained a priest in 1872, and ■nearly eight years labored at ■la, in Allen county, before ■g transferred here. AccordBo this calculation Rev. Wilken ■ but thirty six years old when ■first appeared here, quite a ■gnian for so responsible a place, ■he has filled it very acceptably ■now has a very strong and deparish. Rev. Wilkens is soBto a fault and confines his ■ds not alone among the memBip of his own church. Bd.'l Stew, a rather prosperous Bng individual struck town a ■week ago and registered at Bark Hotel. He seemed to be ■veling representative of some ■and no one suspicioned that ■s a 4 <lead beat,. wa s ■* proven. During his stay in ■ty he hired a rig at the Eli Brs livery stable where his bill at |3.50 and unpaid. ■ hoarding two days at the ■he left town last night with ■'sanation concerning his debts, ■natter was reported to the ■to and the stranger was lo■at Be ne and arrested. Bal Harry L'jrdut arrang■o after him but Mr. Meyers ■ Park decided nut tojx isecuto ■llow as he probably had no to pay with anyway and the ■officers were telephoned to which they did. ■ll the games of ball that has Bbyed in Decatur this season. Bo played Sunday at Steele’s the Rosenthals and Professionals was the worst ■bin. Words can hardly ex■°’lv rotten the game was. ■ ‘‘bounded galore and base common and after all the ■had cleared away the Ros ■ proved not to be quite so ■ s the All Professionals were B n out by a score of 16 to 12. B r " alone will be suciffient to ■that it was a great game, B^ n d comes to looking the it shown that the B°t tired and could only’ Bib and 8. Oh,, it certainly Bttiiserable exhibition and comes to making errors ■’"linger can certainly show in this line, with Todd second. Brown pitch■v All Professionals and he ■ )lllll ps right, also did France B qnite so bad. The hits B“ n d 13. Taking the game * B ,e °ne little word would 10 whole thing and that I @

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John W. Terrel, the Wells coun- i ty self confessed murderer was made the hero of the corner stone laying of the new Bluffton opera 1 house Monday afternoon. He has been in jail since last May when he killed his son-in-law in cold blood. He owns SIO,OOO stock i in tno opera house and was taken ' to the site by deputy sheriffs. The' ceremony was very simple, Terrel simply took a trowel and leveled jup the two stone in the north west' I corner of the building which com-1 : posed the corner stone. He was then given a few minutes to look over the building. The following is a complete and accurate account of the business transacted in court Thursday: Lemuel B. Stevens vs Archie P. Hardison, report of sale of land re ported, notes transferred to Mr. Stevens. Julius Haugk vs Mary’ I Brown et a], final report allowed I and commissioner discharged. Isaac . Wheeler et al vs Amos Walker et al, ; change of venue granted to Jay I county. Carolie W. Carpenter vs i William Linken, change of venue ' granted to Jay county. Fort Wayne & Springfield Ry., Co., vs A. J. Smith et al, appraisers filed report allowing $337.50 damages, appraisers allowed five dollars each for each two cases filed. Oscar Huffman, the architect, is 'at Cleveland, Thursday attending a meeting of the American Institute of architects, who are in session there. Among the features of the meeting will be a discussion of Roman architecture, and which will be illustrated in a meritorious way. Mr. Hoffman is fast becoming an architect with real and genuine ability, hav'ng already met in competition many 1, of those with a much longer experience, and to his credit his ideas as portrayed measured up with any of them. He is made of the proper stuff to always excel! and we expect some day to hear from him in a way’ that will bring joy to the hearts of those who are interested in his future and welfare. Mrs. Ed Kirchner, aged about sixty years met with a serious accident at her home in Preble Thursday’ evening. Some one of the household had left the cellar door up which opens from a pantry and about eight o'clock Mrs. Kirchner going into that apartment for something slipped into the aperture and aVl'.t'.'- rkv cellar floor a distance of seven feet. She was quite badly hurt and Dr. J. C. Grandstaff was called who found that her arm had been dislocated at the shoulder and she had otherwise received slight injuries. Though the ordeal of having the arm placed back in the socket was a painful one and Mrs. Kirchner showed her fortitude by standing it without a murmur-; Dr Grandstaff was in the city last evening and reported his patient as getting’nicely’ and that no serious results were anticipated. A derrick is now under construction on the William Baughman farm, located west of the St. Paul church in this Washington township. In a week or ten days the active work of drilling an oil well will begin, and every one hereabouts are holding their breath in the hopes that it will be a gusher. The well is being drilled by Acher &Hamilton, a firm of Pennsylvania oilmen, who have greath hopes that something good is in store for them They have a nice block of leases and 'in the event fortune smiles upon their efforts they will have money to burn. A well is under way of completion on the Foster farm beyond Pleasant Mills and , also another one in that vicinity . The increase in the price of t e, crude will make operations active, in the Indiana field. Some big pro- ( ducers are being found in the Man on and Parker City field, and some | new territory is being opened near Winchester, all of them unusual, producers. The price of oil is the current talk every where, and while; the price $1.23 is the highest ever known, yet opinion prevails that a still further increase may be * \ pected.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1903.

Miss Ora Blough has been employed by the Berne Grain & Hay com- ■ pany, of Berne, Ind., owners of the new elevato? at LaGrange, as stenographer in the office at Berne and . will go to that place next week. —L tGrange Democrt. Indiana oil took another raise Monday going from $1.21, where it has stood since early in the week, to $1.23, the highest it has ever been in the history of Indiana field. The producers are happy, but the raise was no unexpected. The increase in , the price of oil, which has been gradually’ getting higher and higher, has had a tendency to increase the production but rob the market, and it is’known that thousands of barrels of oil owned by’ producers ) are being held back pending a still further raise. The increase in the price of oil during the past two weeks has made many men rich. In circuit court Monday business was transacted as follows. Christian Brown vs Joseph Brown et al, the final report was filed. Madison Timmons vs Elizabeth Cummins, defendant ruled to answer demurrer to complaint filed, and overruled, case submitted. Benjamin Waggoner vs Elizabeth Cummins, submitted. Grace Hongleton et al vs Israel Bender et al, sale of property reported and affirmed. Mary’ M. m’own vs Charles Brown et al. sale reported and approved. John Scheiman teal vs G. R. I. railway. Change of venue granted to Allen county. John T. Williams vs Calvin Miller, change of venue granted to Allen county. Henry Nelson vs J. S. Bowers, appearance by D. D. Heller & Son for defendant. Because her husband let her or the children go to church yesterday and because he refused to allo w her to say grace at the table and has otherwise abused her during the last eight months Mrs. ' Harriett E. Haviland of Geneva today filed suit through her atttorney Jacob Butcher, asking for a divorce from her husband Grant Haviland. The complaint says they were married November 30, 1892 and lived happily until last February 10th when he cursed her and abu«ed her because she wished to ■ ask God’s blessing at the dinner ' table. Since then the complaint ' alleges Grant has had an ungovern- ■ able temper and yesterday when ' she was getting herself and children ready to go to church he said if I they went he would bring them wx£ :i 'a. MvAy. "enn?' • afraid of him and left and now wants a divorce, her former name I Hariet Pine, custody of the four children, ranging in age from two » to seven years, SSOO alimony, and i an order that he support the childI ren. L A Decatur man, much under the influence of liquor, did a good act 1 here Monday afternoon which wiP 1 always be a big mark in his favor. 1 He staggered down one of our principal streets, well dressed and with ■ a pocket full of money which he was spending freely. In passing one of our leading clothing stores i he saw a poor little chap, probably [ about 7or 9 years old, shivering . in bare feet and ragged clothes, gazing wis fully in the show window at the nobby little suits on display. The drunken man saw , the longing look in the little fellow’s face and he gathered him up in his | arms and carried him into the store j where he fitted him out complete, j . with nice new underwear, a new j ■ suit, shirt and cap. He took the | lad to a shoe store and bought him i a pair of shoes and after he had fitted him out in wearing apparel complete, he told the little lad to go to his mother and told him as a | I parting word, to be good boy and inever touch intoxicating liquor. 1 i 1 When the little man started on his ' homeward journey with his new 1 outfit his benefactor looked after him 'until he turned the corner and 1 was out of sight, and it is safe to say that his thoughts carried . him back to the time when he was a 'youngster the size of the «ie he i'had just fitted out. Hi- only com'ment was. ‘Tm drunk, but I don’t remember of ever spending my money in a better can*. —Mont i ' pelier Evening Call.

Jacob Brenneman made his first visit to this city since his return from his European trip. He came down Tuesday’ and had a deed recorded for a newly’ purchased dwelling in which himself and wife will reside, his former business room and residence being rented.! He reports his trip as one of the most pleasant of his life. The most of the absence was spent in travel. His health is greatly im- j proved and benefitted after a long and continuous career amid the perplexities of active business. The “Wrong Made Right Company” gave their opening performance at Bosse’s opera house Monday evening and surprised those who supposed that because the performers lived here they could not act. The house was well filled and the company were well applauded throughout the entire performance. The play is a well written comedy, opening with a prison scene and each member of the cast did his or her part in the manner of old timers. D. H. Spencer played the lead and did nicely, while his support was as good as the average show. The company went to Berne today for a two night engagement. They expect to make a several weeks trip. Mr. Charles Hendricks is manager of the company. While the democrats of the eleventh district would be glad to see J. Fred France of Huntington. at their head for the coming district contest, it has been the impression over the district that he is not a candidate for the honor. In looking over the democratic timber that is available for the leadership of the district forces, no one seems so well fitted for that position as Editor E. E. Cox of Hartford City. Mr. Cox is one of the district’s progressive and representative pitizens, and commands the confidence of a large political acquaintance. He is clean, energetic and alive to the situation ‘hat confronts the democracy of the eleventh district, and no doubt could do more for his party than any other man that has been mentioned up to the present time. If Mr. France wants the place for the second ti re tlu-re is little question but that he could get it, but without France in the race, Editor Cox, is the eligible man for the democratic honor, providing he wants it.—Marion, NewsTribune. By decision of the Supreme C ourt rendered Friday Wililaiu J. Craig the man who built the Clover Leaf is entitled to recovery from Montgomery county, in which Frankfort is located, $20,000 voted him 25 years ago to sercrue the shops for Frankfort and interest and costs that time which Will bring the amount to nearly $40,00t). The dectsinn was in the celebratedtease of State ex rel Moore vs the Board of Commissioners of Montgomery county vhich has been in the courts since 1878. When the Clover Leaf was being built as a narrow gauge Craig was the principal stockholder and officer of the Western Construction Co., which was doing the construction work on the line. He i offered Buff ton the shops in return j for a two per cent bonus but the township turned it down. The offerwas made next to Frankfort and accepted. The Clover Leaf shops i made Frankfort. But the township, instigated by several influential tax . payers did not get a rake off on the , tax, repudiated the debt after the j shops were located and suit had to be brought to collect it. The suit. has been tried several times in the ! circuit court of Montgomery county ( and has been appealed several' times. The decision of the Supreme j Court Friday upholds the claim of Craig on every point but does not i say how the money shall be collected from Montgomery county and among otfier things asked’ of the court a mandate on the commissioners. Mr. Craig, who will benefit by the decision as soon as 1 the mondy is collected, is in a hospital at Joliet, Illinois, lying helpless with the result years of suffering with rheumatism. He is wm! known here and a brother-in-. law of Mrs. J. D. Hale.

i George McDonal. a half wited fellow who has been frightening women and children in the country north of here for two weeks past I was captured Monday evening and 1 placed in jail. An attempt will be ; made to send him to an asylum. He has been living in the woods and several times has appeared on the road naked. The officers have been looking for him for several days but were unable to land him until last evening. The Berne electric light franchise has gone up in a baloon, the 4ote on the proposition being one hun- ■ dred and sexenty three for the franchise to nineteen against it. They might as well have made it unanimous, as the vote showed a sentiment in this direction. The special election was held Saturday and was brought about by the presentation of a petition by William Sheets to the town council asking for a franchise to furnish the city electric lights, and stipulating a price therefor. The council not caring to assume the responsibility, decided to leave the matter to a popular vote, which they did with the results as related. It is evident from the tone of those who registered a vote that the fran- ! chise as presented, had several ear : marks that failed to pleaSd the pubI lie. It is not now known whether ; another attempt will be made to ; give Berne electric lights. It is doubtless true that a fair square offer along these lines would meet their approval, and if some fellow wants an investment there is nothing better that we know of. It required just an hour Sunday morning for Rov. Sol C. Dickey to raise subscriptions of $5,500 and dedicate the new and beautiful [ Presbyterian church to Almighty God and we consider that this brave and earnest little congregation with some outside help have already raised the sum of SIO,OOO the work of Sunday seems marvelous. The day was a prefect one for the occasion the great Maker seemed to smile his approval upon the work jof Rev. Allen and his folowers. At ; 10.30 the new and commodious building was -well filled with people when Mrs. Ella Bell played the organ voluntary. Rev. Beardsley spoke the invocation and the choir sang a beautiful chor us of Eoum Ruth. The choir was composed of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pattersonn, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Deam, Mrs. C. F. Trntv Miss „Bbi npj? R'”7"obL<-.. ”. Schrock. Miss Bessie Schrock, C. J. Lutz, Miss Emma Jackson, and Lawrence Hughes, with Mrs. Bell organist. Rev. E. H. Pontius led the scripture lesson Psalm XXIV, then the audience sang, “I love Thy Kingdom, Lord.” after an earI nest and inspiring prayer by Rev.J. IC. White, Dr. Lawrence Hughes j sang a solo entitled “Face to Face,” ...,.i -i,.. Vu-v-wv Rev. Dickey preached from the text “See that then make all things according to the plan which I showed you in the mount,’’-eighth Hebrew, fifth verse. His sermon was prac-! icable, earnest and penetrating and 1 he held the attention of the audi-! ence throughout the half hour he j addressed them, mingling the buil ding of a structure like our new church and the building of a house for soul to occupy. After prayer; by Rev. Dickey came the raising of' funds that the church might be ded-; icated free of indebtedness. Rev. > Allen announced that fie would do I as he did at first give a tenth and j signed $550, Mrs. Dorwin gave i SSOO, W. S. Hughes a deed for a [ house and lot in Florida. Several I gave S2OO and then came small subscription ranging from five to a ‘ hundred dollars and within an hour the $5500 which looked so out of the question when they began, lacked just $74 and this was raised by taking up a cash offering. Rev. Alien's face wore a happy smile as he pro- | nounoed the benediction and dedicat-; cd his ho’OLe of worship to God's service. The evening service was j also well attended and the program was aw interesting one. Rev. William t). Alexander, a former pastor delivered the sernwn. Services will be held At the church every evening this week. The exact amount raised duriing yesterday was $5543.16.

CIRCULATION 2800 WEEKLY

NUMBER 33

The little two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Wemhoff is very sick with a fever which fol- | lowed an attack of The disease seems to have affected the spine and brain and it is said the chances for recovery are against the little one, though she was reported slightly better today. A new fuel known as Lewis Gas has been patented by a citizen of Fowlertown, Grant county and it is said to be the gretest- invention of the age. In speaking of it the Marion News Tribune said: The gas can be put into the old mains and peddled to the consumers as low rate as $1 a month at any pressure desired with a plant costing but SSOOO to start with. Much attention has been paid the inventor and his patent since the publication of the story and cajutalists from many cities who have been watching with eagle eye the progress of the inventor in developing his idea, are on the ground for the final and public test. Many flattering propositions have been made for the right to the fuel, but Mr- Lewis and three gentlemen at Fowlerton whose names are not yet made public will control the fuel. It is the purpose to continue the use of the gas for lighting and for f uel at the store of Pa fridge & Company for several days until the cost of producing the gas is known to certainty. Mr. Lewis claims that the fuel will be within the reach of all and that it will be the cheapest fuel by far e\ er put before the people. Attorney Theodore Schockney has filed within the past few days in the Adams circuit court seven damage suits, in which the demands Aggregate the enormous sum of $36:500. Two of these cases were filed last Friday, one Monday and four Tuesdayreach is similar to the other except in the parties who were until a few months ago members of i-he Col. Drake Oil Company ” which was organized February 19th last! According to the the complaints, each of which covers ten pages typewritten, the company secured valuable oil leases in Jay county 1,656 acres on which were thirteen wells, producing 100 barrels of oil daily. The company was organized with SIOO,OOO capital stock, $72,000 common and $28,000 preferred. Their stock was owned as follows: William Mayor, s4soo,Otis O. Judysl2,000 Andrew J. Judy $6,000, AlexE. $9,000, A. D. Dutton $3,000, C. R. I Small $3,000, Wm. Glendening i $1,350. George Shoemaker, $4,500, Melrose Oil Co. $9,000. Officers were elected as follows: Wm Mayor president, William Glendenning vice president, Currry S. Pyle secretary, J. H. Hardison treasurer. The complaint, alleges that soon after the organiaztion of the coma few of the company began a systematic scheme to low»>r the valu< of their property in order to buy out their other members of the company. As a consequence the wells which would ordinarily make 100 barrels daily made only thirty one barrels and as such property is usually bought on the basis of SIOOO, per barrel the amount means considerable. The property was finally purchased in August for $35,000, since which time it seems the part of the company who disp <1 of their stock have discovered that, they were in a “ freeze out game” and these suits are the results. The plaintiffs and the amount of damages asked are as follows: William Mayor, $5,000; Ottis O. Judy, $12,000; Andrew J. Judy, $6,000; Alexander LaCaraix, $4,500; Charles A. Small, $3,000; Winfield ,S. Small, $3,000 and Alexander I). Dutton, $3,000. The defendants are William Gendening, James H. Hardison, Archie P. Hardison, Charles D. Porter, Elmer S.-hindle»,and George Shoemaker, the complaint stating however that the last nam d is Diade defendant that he may show his interests he being one ot the stockholders to sell out. The deal is said to have been made by Mr. Porter for a foreign company. The papers ha to attorney Eichhorn of Bluffton who will appear in the case.