Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 19 November 1903 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT crg*r TBI>UH,AT mcxiw; »T LEW G. ELUNGHAM PUMJ»HER. K « l’£E TEAK IS AOVAXCE. Z -/-«-*> r.- .-• -»■ ‘ fc* .*** fast.. OFFICIAL PAPES Os ADAMS CD'JMTY. 'tHCRSDV.' N . 19, IMc. COMMITTEE MEETING. There will be a meeting of the Adame County Centra! Committee at Decatar. Saturday. November 28, ll*Xl at 9 o’cLsu n. at. for the purpose of arranging time for holding the Democratic Primary Etectioo, and to transact auch other buauiese that may come before the committee. J. W, McKeas, Chairman. W. J. Bryan i» expanding and is ij /w off for Europe where be ree the sights and spend some of his cash. It gete nearer borne when it is known that forty employee of Wabash ehope in Fort Wayne were •■let out” Saturday. The latest New Yorker to be men tioned as a democratic presidential candidate is Charles A. Towne, and . it might be said that the democratic j party could go father and fare worse Governor Durbin is outspoken in his plea to save the g. o. p. in Indiana. Many of the politicians see defeat ahead unlees peace and harmony is restore#!, and it was with this in view that the governor gave his cue. It is now stated that Hon. Charles A. Towne has been practically agreed upon as the successor in congress of Mavor elect McClellen of New York., If given a chance Mr. Town® will dis tinguish himself in congress. James E. Ratoon congressman from the sixth district, now has an opportunity Jo distinguish himself. By the grace of Speaker Cannon he is a member of the ways and means committee, a place that has distin-; guished more statesmen than any other place. The Sunday Fort Wayne Journal Gazette is a work of newspaper art i and beauty, and reflects great credit upon its originators and owners of that very prominent newspaper. Now make it eimon pure in democracy and ; its field in Northern Indiana will be : without limit. The republican state committee have formulated seme new rules, among them is that no candidate shall select his own delegates, but that they must be selected in primary or miss convention. This is a most righteous rule and one that should always prevail with every party. The Decatur Democrat is of the opinion that President Roosevelt’s public utterances eqmpar* in jMiint or V>hsh with those of his predecessors, Cleveland and McKinley. And yet Theodore Roosevelt is the author oT several books, while neither Cleveland nor McKinley attempted anything in that line. South Bend Times. Congressman Cromer really controls the organization in but two counties in the district, Delaware his home county, and Adams. It is at loM* predicted bv his th-'i , ,®vthat arepCUiion of the snap convention of two years ago, will this time refuse to snap. This will at least mean that every candidate Will be given a show for his money. With the primary at hand and a presidential campaign in sight, it'be 'hooves every democrat, no matter how remote from the county seat to become readers of the Daily Democrat. Whatever else this newspaper may be, it is democratic every day in the year, and has no mushroom policy to palm off on an unsuspecting public. Have the “Eagles” in Decatur any more candidates for congress besides the “Hon.” B. W. Quinn and the “Hon.” P. L. Andrews? Berne Witness. The “Hon.” Fred Rohrer is the only additional, simon pure “Hon.” so far announced. By the way, we suppose that your sanctified elements in favor of temperance, will not interfere with your disgracing the honorable cause you try to represent, by royally supporting <nre George W. Cromer. You know he is heart and soul with you, as he is also heart and soul with every s loon keeper in the ei, hi > congnssiuiiai district.

And aow *e are promised a seared- 1 .a the free seed distribution by &ar r.at.m>al government. It woald seem that a.i the boodoc* in the bat have tLe.r eye on ooe Gwrge A. Cremer. A P. O- inapK-tor is down in Adan s count. giving the papers a ..stir h't air about a cornr.tete rural read syeI tern for that county. There prooHsm | do-o’: vie up th.s way ; ...I.'', i ' t V P 'A* Tree Indianapolis Sentoei already begins to appear in a T Taggart prjoperity appearance, and it .s safe to predict that it will continue so to shine, and with age to grow better and brighter. While an evening Indianapciis newspaper is nc< of much service to the northern Indiana demoeracy, yet we urge every democrat to subscribe and become a reader of t*eir Elate party organ. What’s the matter with Barney Kalver of Decatur! Can’t the Democrat give him a Lft on tne congressional hcree and tret him off ae an anti Cromer candidate? Berne Witness. You do not need to worry your grey matter about Barney Kai ver. He is at least an honorable and honest citizen, and doee not preach temperance and practice hypocrisy. When the timers come you will be mighty glad to unhorse him from an anti-Cromer steed. The sale of the Indianapolis Sentinel property has been made to T. Taggart and a party of Indiana demo- 1 crats. This news will be relished by the democrats over the state, who ■ have been firing in mortal fear for: some time, praying for the retention of a democratic newspaper in Indi anapolis. Properly managed the Sen ■ tinel should be a financial success and a power for good in the promul gat ion of democratic principal!? and j democratic success. May the light of the Sentinel shine brightly. -- I Indiana editors are going to have j a nmn’or of junkets during the nex* , sjx or eight months. On the 2nd. 3rd anti 4th of Decemtier they are to ' be the of Thomas Taggart, at the French Lick Springs Hotel. I , About the middle of May they are Jto be entertank-d at the St. IxruiF Exposition for a wee kJ and immedil ately following of the holding of lh«- tw > national political conveni ticns they are to be guests of the British government for two wcpeks. ■ during which time they will view i most of the oountry from Banff to Voncouver, B. C. And then there I are the annual meetings and outings of the four Indiana associa-tion.-.—Lz.-lianou Pioneer. ARE FIGHTING. Sandomingo, Nov. 18—There wa» severe fighting last night around the city. The rebels were prevented from entering the captial, and the loss to the rebels is unknown. 1 United States cruiser Baltimore ,anued marines to protect American legation. : Washington, D. C., Nov. 18—The I main features of the Hay-Brunne-I varilla treaty,providing for the construction of canal by Panama route, have agreed ujxm a rough draft i s of same. No date has been given 1 for the signing ofthe treaty. > > i Dress suit eases in great variety i at Gus Rosenthal’s. k RD. McClung who is employed 1 by the Metropolitan Life Insurance company is a hustler and during a short talk convinced us that he 1 knows his business. J. 8. Peterson is still working for the Melrj1 politan. Dr. Keller and John Lose were at Salem, cnadav, where Drs. Keller and Christy held a consultation con ( cerning the nature of the illness of ’ Mrs. Sarah Tyndall, who has been sick for some time. The result found was catarrh of stomach and bowels. The Rebecca Lodge went to Geneva today to help the lodge there in initiating some new members to the order. The Decatur team will y do the work. A big banquet will be given tonight in their honor and „ a good time will lie had by ell r present. h Two new rural routes are being e established out of Geneva, making a total of four from that place and fifteen in the county. The examini; ation for carriers was held today v and several applicants were on i. hand. The farmers of Alams county will soon have complete service.

Mredtatea L Vaaeo. D Reid, S■foamp A. Eig.e. C Solties. C Wearer. H. Artmaa. S- V«.«>. H. Porter, A. Graham. A. Hufffflias- CHeim, D. Heim. G. McKean. Miasee Porter, Him? amd ErxM weal o Willshire to iuAtiiote a Rebekah .o'ge i xbre ibere. Colonel Ferry, the xaan whr> made an>l uainrd Tacoma,- am eu Mocdxy aftera'Xjn at 1-1!# for a tew <iav- visii with --- mo-.b-r. Mj-. Ferry ana hss sorter McMu en. He is consul to France and enroute to that coontry now His visit here was annotmeed m the Demo-1 crat last week. Attbe 1 e hcdi.-X service Sunday Rev. White announced that Rev. • B Earl Parker, .of Ch.- will preach in this city next Sunday. Rev. Parker is well known here having recently married Miss Genevieve Hale, an estimable Decatur young lady, and he will no doubt be greeted with a large audience ■ Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Harruff entertained the entire board of direc'- , ors of the Springfield Interurtan railway, all the foreign contract bidders and Miss Carrie Zekh stenographer, at their home on sth streez Tuesday evening. A fine time was had by al! pre-sent and at a late hour refreshments were serv ed, after which all adjourned and voting Mr. and Mrs Harruff as tine : entertainers. L. L. Dunbar, the only. and. bv the way, an extensive manufacturer ■of buggies, at Linn Grove, was look- ; ing after business in the city uday For sometime the friends of Mr. I Dunbar, asj well as capitalists, bare been pulling his coat-tails, with a view of getting .him to locate here . but without success. His business at Linn Grove, is a profitable one, and ! a change of location will perhaps i never be indulged in. The reports from all over the I country are to the effect that the ! year of ISC’S has been one of the ■ greatest years for a decade. Not j j only are there many bushels of this : [ lasciious fruit in Indiana and other j 'Urrounding states but in Michigan i the supply is something wonderful. I Thousands of bushels of apples are > shipped a day from the different j Michigan shipping points and still | the supply seems inexhaustible. Schlegel & Henneford, the blacksmiths have added a portable forge to their shop. This new arrangement will be used especially to shoe the many horses owned by Prising -r & Co., at Steele’s park. It is un safe to bring the horses to the shop md the forge will be loaded on a wagon and taken to the’park when ever desired. It will also be convenient during fair times as the boys can operate a shop on the grounds. ‘Squire Smith opened court long enough Monday morning to relieve a couple of gentlemen of some of their hard earned cash. The parties were Frank Roop and Barney Fitzpatrick and the men chArged with public intoxication. They were arrested yesterday afternoon by Marsha] Cordua and were given fall us*- of the jail ui ti’ that morning to sober »ff in when they were brought up and plead guilty as charged. The Squire? only fined them each one dollar and costs amounting to fit.Bo apeice, which thfey gladly paid. In circuit court , ..tfeff ing business was transacted: School town of Geneva vs Logansport & Wabash Valley Gas Co., answer filed. Nicholas Gasser vs L. W. A. Luckey et al, demurer to deft's answere filed and overruled, reply filed, Assignment of John B. Stone burner, inventory filed. Two new cases were filed, both being bn change of venue fi om Wells county and entitled Sate ex rel C. & E. railway, Co., vs David ,Warling And Charles Isnogle, mandamus proceeding and ■ Thomas Taylor et al vs David D. i Studabaker, contest of will. Charles B. Yobst the plnmber met with quite a serious accident Wednesday. He was fitting the ! building owned by John Smith and ’ occupied by Coffee & Mangold with 1 water pipes and while on the step I ladder driving in the nails to supi port the pipe he made a miscue and I instead of hitting the nail he tried to drive his thumb into the brick ; wall, b idly crushing that member ; at the first joint. He gave it iml mediate attention and from the lat- - es reports it is thought he will save ’ the thumb. Charles says the next i time it is cold someone else will ■ • have to do the hammering as lie is . I no expert carpenter.

OUR AIM TO SELL GOOD CLOTHES ——“ —” F° r en B°y s r Merits Your ' Attention, -— I WM 1 o ur Realization of iA B B That Aim ’ Manifested in Better Clothes, fi W Merits Your Business H Our Winter Clothes ’ — Now ready for you to buy, ■ jM. not only merit your attentiou and your business, but dr ' , ‘ --- yJ- k will command your admira--?r f tiOU. Never before in the history of our store have we shown such a great assortment of Suits and Overcoats. i All fabrics ’ all styles, all Ift shapes, to fit almost any form of man, be he large, small fat, tall, lean or stout. If you count quality first, we are sure to interest you. ;Of ® : Holthouse, I • Schulte & Co. «

Martin Miller Wednesdey oil his far nos one hundred and twenty acre-. i in Monroe township, to one William i Lambert, the consideration being seventy-five dollars per acre, making the purchase price 59,000. This farm ' is situate next tj A. Sprunger, on whose farm the large oil well was struck a few days ago. The third quarterly meeting for Decatur Mission Indiana Conference, Evangelical church will begin next Friday evening at 7:30, 1 in the Evangelical church in Decatur and will continue until Sabbath evening. Quarterly Conference Saturday evening after preaching ser-; vices. Rev. S. N. Baumgartner of' Elkhart will be present. S. S. Albrecht preacher in charge One of the men who was jailed Monday evening on charge of beii g drunk lost a handsome gold ring as h ; was going through the gate to" the jail yard, at least he dropped it there for some reason or other. He told a discharged prisoner oi the fact and asked him to get the ring and save it for him. The prisoner told Sheriff Butler who went to the designated spot and found the ring, j It is a heavy band and has the initials of the owner on the inside. The officials think it was stolen and are investigating and desire anyonejwho has lost such an article to call and give information. The Hub Clothing store was today purchased by Jacob Kai ver and Harry Freidman, the deal having been closed yesterday and the new owners taking possession at once. The store has been in business here several years and enjoy a profitable trade and under the new management will be enlarged. Mr. Freidman has been connected with the store ever since same was located here and is well known. Mr. Kalver is a son of Barney Kalver and while he has for years been em ’o- ed as traveling salesman for a large Chicago concern he likewise has a large acquaintance here. The name of the store will remain the same as heretofore, “The Hub,” and we prediet success for the new proprietors both of whom are hustling young business men. The invoice is being taken today.

The Mud Pike base ball team were at Pleasant Mills Sunday after i noon and crossed bats with the ball i team of that place. The Decatur ’; boys won by a score of twenty six 11 to fifteen. A large crowd saw the I game and the home boys say they I were treated royally. A return . game is sceheduled for Thanksgiv- i ing day'if it don’t snow. Lee Meyers and Burt Colchin formed the battery’for the Pikers and Brown and Ayers for’Pleasant Mills. The Bon Ton or Unlucky Club met Tuesday even ng at home of Miss Rose Colchin and if all reports are true a fine and enjoyable time must have been had by all present. Miss Colchin had her home beautifully decorated for the occasion and ! at nine o'clock everything was in 1 readiness for the fun. As is cus-1 ternary with the Club the game of ■ pedro was installed and lasted for nearly twoj hours, and when the result was known Missßfttha Deinleger and Miss Maud Christen had carried away fifst honors and Misses Mayme Voglewede and Clara Lange the boobies. After this |u fine two course lunch was served and at the , eleventh hour all adjourned to meet ‘ netx Tuesday evening at the home . of Miss Edna Crawfqpd. On Friday evening December 25, ■ D. Hope Leonard will give an enter-i tainment under the auspices of the Ladies Aid Society of the Christian , church. The play is entitled “Alice in \\ onderland and is a magnifii cient spectacular operatic fantasy adopted from Lewis Carrol’s classic’s. The rendition of this play takes over one hundred people and in one chorus alone one hundred persons appear on the stage at one time. The costumes are beautiful, properties, scenic and calcium effects and everything imaginable to make it one great and grand success. At the present time the ladies are unable to give to the public what the prices will be but we imaigne it will be within the reach of everyone’s pocketbook. The ladies of this society aredeservI ing of success and we hope at the time this play is given it will be to a crowded house. Do not forget the date.

Dr. Keller has certainly gone into the chicken business right, as this morning an express package arrived for him from Calvin. (>. containing two as fine roosters as a man ever laid eyes on. They are what is known as Rhode Island Reds, and cost the doctor the neat little sum of twenty-five dollars'apieee. It is hoped the doctor will have success io this new venture. The Bachelor Maids met again Tuesday evening in ses-’en home of Miss Anna Ter veer and as usual enjoyed in their regular evenings pastime nt playing progressive whist and Miss Bertha Voglewede an Mrs. James Haefling seemed to i exAil at this meeting and captured the first prizes while Mayme Center ; and Miss Ada Deininger, P° cr girls, had to console themselves with the boobies and we are unable to tell what the prize were as the girls positively refuse to t- ’ a ' it is a profound secret. During the progress of the evening s amusement a three course luncheon was served after which all the ladies present adjourned to meet again i next Tuesday night at the home of Miss Nettie Smith. i A gang of highway robbers seem ito be holding forth near the Price 1 bridge between Berne and Geneva. It will be remembered that several months ago Homer King of this city had a thrilling experience there Shortly afterward a Mr. Andrew, was held up and releived of cash. The latest attempted robber? reported occurred a few evening ago and the victim was C hris e ber. He had been to Berne and drawn some money from tin' ’ I While driving home and when ne> . the Price bridge two men j out, one of them grabbing f' ll ‘ . i horse, while the other atiempte ■ get in the rig. Criss knocked. fellow jjrer the dash board a.n the meantime the horse 1,1 11 i frighetened and ran away. tin 1 . Chris out of the rig but he l ' t ‘ i serious injury. Who these bo ) lows are is a question that s the citizens of that locality c ' are able and some of these days t icy going to tackle the wrong IMIIl Mll - v