Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 17 March 1904 — Page 3

I doctor I E. J. Beardsley, I pr<,c,ice and surflcrv - S . .... Attention given to Eye. Ear ■ ' iU,lßeases ' ■ O*®' 1 expert H> Fittiafl Glasses. ■ Xeauipped for treating Eye. Ear ■ TH |)rllllg Throat »«■* Catarrhal eases, fl haiLS answered, day or night. B g^iiiENCE-eonMonroe and Ninth sts fl I I Xoah Brandyberry and wife and I Chari® Teeple and wife spent Sun- ■ jay with Rev. D. Schenck. A good ■ time is reported. I q r and Mrs. Nichols of Midland, I Michigan, arrived in the city to I a ke this their future home. As I soon as they can find a house suitisle they will be at home to their I many friends. Mr. Nichols has a I position awaiting him. I It begins to look as though W. P. I Miller will be “drafted” to make a I third campaign for township clerk. I While it is one of the most imporI offices in the township it is not a very desirable one, as the pay is not adequate fcr the work that is demanded of the one who fills the position. -Willshire Herald. The firm of Mann and Christen, builders and contractors, received 8 very nice contract Saturday to build a large church for the EvanI optical Lutheran denomination at s jfapoleon, Ohio, which when completed will cost the handsome sum I of 118,000. This firm was the lowest bidder of five who competed for the contract, which shows their merits when it comes to underbidding like firms. The work on ths church will be commenced as soon as 'he weather will permit and when completed will be one of the finest structures in that part of the state. The opinion generally of train dispatchers is that wihin a few years trains will be running on schedules slower than those now. The rate of speed at which fastest passenger trains are now run not onlyhampers the operation of all other trains on the road, but invites difficulty and unsatisfactory work on the part of every employe who has a hand in its operation. It is necessary to clear the tracks long before the fast trains are due, and the freight trains which earn the money are often delayed. It is difficult to make the fast time, and winter makes it impossible to keep up the schedule as they now stand. County Superintendent Brandyberry has received an offer from the National Normal University of Lebanon. Ohio, enclosing two free scholarships to that noted school. One of these will be given to the pupil of this county including the eighth grade, Decatur, who receives the highest grade in the diploma examination, the other diploma goes to the teacher of the pupil. The examinations will be held in this county on the third Saturdays of March, April and May and every student in the higher grade must pass same. The offer is a very fair one and should inspire students and teachers to harder work. The National Normal is one of the old estand best in the country and a term or two in that 'institution will benefit any student or teachers in the county.

Kgro CORM SYRUP . ££j[S. is a new, delicious, nutritious table delicacv made from corn, the food ’Keil igfcSK value of the grain being retained. *»£<-«, iFw On griddle cakes of all makes it adds fry** - rehsh and piquancy that will sharpen 3£»3R f ■fltffiE the poorest appetite. Karo Corn Syrup «<SS2» is a pure, unadulterated product, better than anv other syrup. Sold in airtight, friction-top tins which keep its goodness good. S/@rol Sf CORN SYRUP B Tf,e Great 'ft ,read ® ailv <Bread - lKr*3<vT Sol<l '* Vrlr '4Q all Grocers pk, 10c, 25c, 50c tins, corn products co. New York and Ctiica#®-

Charles VogewedeTshoe store is today receiving a new neat and bright coat ot paper, which will add greatly to its appearance when completed. Peter Gaffer and his force of men are doing the work. John C. Eastman, formerly editor of the Wabash Times, and who has held various positions on the New York and Chicago newspapers of William R. Hearst, has been elected president and general manager of the Hearst company, controlling the Chicago papers belonging to Hearst. His salary is *15,000 a year.' Four young and interprising business men of this city will shake the dust of Decatur from their feet on May 4th and betake themselves to Old Mexico. The boys will first go to St. Louis and take in the fair for a week thence to Oklahoma and from there to the City of Mexico. These young men have had several fine offers of positions there and thinks it will be the best move for them and they expect to make their future home among the greasers. We will publish their names later. Frank Breeden, one of the best known citizens of Warsaw, Indiana fell dead Monday morning. He was the father of Mrs. Hugh Woods and was quite well known here, having visited in Decatur. He was |an enterprising business man and I quite wealthy. E. Woods recieved a message from his son Hugh, conveying the information. The funeral services will be held Wednesday. Deceased leaves two daughters and a son. He had been in good health and his sudden death which was due to heart trouble came as a severe shock to his family and friends. Detectives of the Western Passenger association have unearthed a deal between two clergymen and a Chicago ticket, scalper under which nearly all the Chicag > roads have been defrauded since January :1. Their names will not be divulgied, but the officials have secured j the certificate under which the clergymen purchased tickets at half I rates and disposed of them •o the scalper who in turn sold them at an advanced price to his patrons. Until this year the Western association gave to clergymen a printed card upon presentation of which any ticket agent of any line in the association could sell a ticket at half the regular fare with no record of the number or value of tickets. There is a little feature in naming an oil company with which most peope are not familiar. The naming of a company seems simple enough, but often times it means considerate trouble. The Indiana oil field is quite large and the operations are extensive. Companies are formed and organized daily, and have been for a number of years. All kinds of names have been presented and no two can be incorportated under the same name, numerous delays, are caused after the articles are filed with the secretary of the state. Accordingly an order has been issued that all companies wishing to incorporate must present three or more names which may be applied to their organization. If none of the three has never been issued, the first one is given preference. But if two of them are already in use, the other is chosen.

A telegram was recieved last Monday by Jacob Butcher from Popular Bluffs, Mo., stating that James Thompson was killed and his body was being held there for instructions as to what disposition should be made of it, and that deceased had no money. He has a few relatives in his vicinity but has been away in other parts much of the time. The telegram was left unanswered.—Geneva Herald. A delightful surprise upon Miss Amelia Winters in honor of her fiftenth birthday was given Friday evening at the home of her parents and the young people enjoyed every moment of the occasion. The games of pit and flinch were indulged in was as also a three course luncheon. The guests inclued Misses Ella Edington, JeanJLutz, Fannie Hammell, Fannie Frisinger, Carrie Te«ter, Della McGongal, Dana Sourers, Ada Cowan, Nora Winters, and Amelia Winters. It was a happy event and Amelia’s young friends wish her amny happy hours. Mrs. Conrad Reinking aged seventy years, died at her home in Preble township Sunday afternoon at two o'clock from lagrippe and old age. She became ill some months ago and gradually grew weaker and weaker from the ravings of the grippe which with her old age hastened the end. Mrs. Reinking was an old resident of this county coming here when she was a mere girl and making this her home until the last. She leaves seven sons to mourn their loss, her husband having proceeded in death some years ago. She was a devoted member of the Friedhem Lutheran church which hasjlost a hard and consentious worker. The funeral service will be held Wednesday afternoon at one o’clock at the Friedheim Lutheran church., Rev. Preus officiating, and interment will be made in the Friedheim cemetery. Burglars entered the postoffice at Portland Wednesday morning and dynamited the safe. Four blasts failed to remove the heavy safe door, and on the fourth blast the police appeared and frightened the burglars away. A large piece of the door was blown forty feet to the farther end of the postoffice. The room was entered by a rear side door, tools having been secured at Houston’s blacksmith shop in the northern part of the city. The police think here were three men in the gang. The safe contained *4OO cash and *2,000 in stamps, the cracksmen getting nothing except *3 from a pocket book left in the office by the second assistant postmaster, Miss Kate Riley. Before entering the postoffice, Eckman’s meat market next door was entered by a back window and some small change was taken from the drawer. In entering the meat market window, one of the burglars evidently cut his hand, as a trail of blood is shown where he had -went from the meat shop in to the postoffice. The bloodstains also appear on the pocketbook and on registered packages, which were tampered with. The police have no clew to the identity of the burglars.

O. J. Bayes who received the contract from the city to number the houses so as to be ready for free delivery which will be established here on June 1. The first reports that this part of the work is progressing as well as could be expected and that he will have the city completed by the latter part of next month. He has so far measured off and renumbered part of Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Adams, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh, and will number others as fast as he can reach them. It is however his intention to leave the business section of the city until the last, and then rapidly push it to completion. Mr. Bayes has the only available plan and the one that is adopted by all large cities ia the work of laying off and numbering houses and the plan adopted will make it easy for the mail carrier and will also be useful and beneficial to the grocery store and others who do delivering and is a plan that will never have to be changed. It is very simple and when once explained will never be forgotten. The people of our city should assist Mr. Bayes in everv way possible and when he calls you should be in readiness to accept your number. So that when the time comes for our freoU< livery of mail the city and citizens will have complied with their part of the agreement.

Marshal Oscar Whiteman of Gene va came up Saturday accompan ied by a young man known as “Reddy” Boze who will serve a six day jail sentence for “jumping” trains. “Red” is a genuine loafer and is almost continuously in trouble of some kind. Police business at Geneva is rather brisk al present, five drinks having been locked up there last night. At this trial this morning two were released and three paid fines. Tow’n Marshal Orange Whiteman of Geneva was in the city Friday on some important business with James Patton who is employed in the stone quarry here. Patton it was charged had forgotten to arrange some little business matters before leaving Geneva some time ago. Patton fixed things to suit the officer and was allowed to continue at work.—Portland Commer-cial-Review. William Fronefield informs us that he will open his meat shop on Madison street by April 15 sure and further wishes to inform the public in this manner that he has contracted with Alva Nichols to asisst him in this work. Alva has for sometime past been in the shoe business, was a full fedged meat man and butcher, and being forced by ill health to abandon his latter trade and occupation he accepted this position which he thinks will greatly benefit him. These two men will without doubt make a great combination as both are practical meat men and are full able to handle any and all trade that may come their way and treat their coustomers one and all alike. It is the intention of Mr. Fronfield to carry fish, chickens and all other meats that are maarketable. He will certainly appreciate your patronage and will treat you right. He will occupy the building now occuped by the Scheiman. The arrest of Gordon the swind ler charged with trying to cash a raised check of *15,000 has revived the story of the arrest there of a man named Stanley who it is now claimed is none other than this same Gordon Standley tried to defraud Jonas Votaw, a wealthy farmer out of *SOOO, claiming to be a Fort Wayne banker. Votaw was asked to check out *5,000, and to meet Stanley at a designated place in the country. Votaw applied to the Citizen’ Bank for a loan and Cashier Hawkins, the same bank officers who discovered the raised check in the present transaction had his suspicion aroused, and he notified the sheriff and marshal who slipped into the country and arrested Stanley. Stanley was committed to jail and the case dragged until his bond was reduced to *2,000. Then a strange woman appeared upon the scene and counted down *2,000. Stanley was released and was seen no more. Cashier Hawkins is confident that Stanley and Gorden are one and the same Stanley was a confederate of “Gias Eyed” Charles Henderson, one of the smoothest workers at that time knewn to the police,. So far Gordon has been successful in uzz ing everybody with respect to his past history. An effort te identify him as Stanley is being made.

A deal was consumated Monday morning wherein the firm of Dibble & Meibers go out of the bus and baggage business and L. A. Holthouse of the Fashion Stables assumes the new work, and will take posession of the whole outfit some time tomorrow morning. The deal has been hanging for several da vs but was at last closed up this morning, each of the parties signing the contract, which states that the firm of Dibble & Meibers or either one of them cannot go into the business here again. Mr. Holthouse stated this morning that it was his intention to have the old bus remodeled and at some later date he would put on a new and up to date outfit. He will represent the Burt House and all transfer business. To step down and out of this line of business will certainly seem very peculiar to both Mr. Dibble and Meibers, who have been faithfully handling the baggage and hotel business for the past fourteen years. During this time also served inthe capacity as mail carriers for Uncle Sam, and all during this long career in this line have faithfully served the public and in all kinds of weather. Mr. Holthouse will manage this line himself and the outfit will always be stationed when not in use at the Fashion Stables in North Second street, where he can be reached by 'phone when you need_hjm.

The Oldest, the Larges and the Best! B INDIANA MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE. 10 W. Wayne Street. The only legitimate medical institute in the city. Established in 1878. D.W.Twr.A.M.M.D. Secretary American Association Medical and Surgical Specialists, the ablest specialist in the country, will be in AN HONEST doctor. AT MURRAY HOTEL. Friday, March IS, 1904 Dr. Tucker has treated more cases of Chronic Diseases than any other three doctors in the state. THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE. Dr. Tucker has treated 63,020 patients in the state of Indiana since 1872 and with perfect success in every case. A STRONG STATEMENT. Dr. Tucker has deposited SI,OOO in bank as a forfeit that he has treated more cases of chronic diseases and has performed more remarkable cures than any other three specialists in the state of Indiana. New methods of treatment and new remedies used. All chronic diseases and deformities treated successfully — such as diseases of the brain, heart, lungs, throat, eye and ear, stomach, liver, kidneys, (Bright’s disease,) bladder, rectum, female diseases, impotency, gleet, seminal emissions, nervous diseases, catarrh, rupture, piles, stricture, diabetes, etc. Consumption and Catarrh can be Cured. Cancel's and all Tlirnoi's cured Without pain of the Use of a knife. As God has prepared an antidote for the sin-sick soul, so has He -pre pared antidotes for a disease-sick body. These can be found at the Indiana Medical and Surgical Institute After an examination we will tell you what we can do for you. If we cannot benefit or cure you, we will frankly and honestly tell you so. Patients can be treated successfully at a distance. Write for examination and question blanks. Street cars and carriages direct to the institute. No incurable casestaken for treatment. All cases guaranteed by bank endorsement Dr. Tucker has a cure for epilepsy. Examination and consultation free. Address all communications Dr, D. W. Tucker, IWD,AIIA M£DICAL ||iST|TUTE FORT WAYNE, INDIANA

John D. Drummond, of South Twelth street who has been suffering from acute rheumatism for several months was down street Friday the first time since last fall. As a result of. his sufferings his right arm is useless and apparently paralyzed. It is doubtful if he will ever have the use of his arm again and he still feels the rheumatic pains through his breast. He is improving however and his many friends hope he may recover his former good health. The republicans of the city met in mass convention at the court room Friday for tne purpose of nominating a city ticket, Chairman L. A. Graham presided and upon his request for a permanent chairman P. L. Andrews was chosen and acepted the honor with a two minute prepared speech in which he told the history of the g. o. p. French Quinn was made permanent secretary., and the call was made for nomination for Mayor. J. S. Peterson presented the name of Charles H. Colter, book keeper at the First National bank, C. D. Teeple moved that nominations be closed and L. A. Graham made the motion that the nomination be by acclamation. Mr. Colter thanked the convention for the honor given him. The only light of the evening came when the chairman called for nominations for marshal. Will Bussell presented the name of Samuel Butler and Schafer Peterson in a ten minutes speech in which he classed Harry Cordua with the great men of the nation, nominated that distinguished gentleman. Each candidate had printed tickets and distributed them among the voters. C. K. Bell, N. C. Coverdale, Will Shrock and D. W. Beery formed the election board and a count of the votes showed the result to be Cordua 115, Butler 100 and the former was declared the nominee. An attempt at enthusiasm did not result in any very wild demonstration. C. D. Teeple moved that no further candidates be named, leaving a clear field for democratic nominees Jack McFeeley for clerk andJW. J. Archbold for treasurer. A meeting to nominate republican candidates for councilman will be held in each ward next Friday evening.

After nearly six hours’ deliberation the state board of public instruction Wednesday awarded the contracts for text books and school supplies for a term of five years as follows: To McMillan & Co., primary geography. Ginn & Co., advanced geography. D. C. Heath & Co., arithmetics. The Indiana Schoo] Book company readers and primmer, and Eaten & Co., copy books. The aggregate contract price approixmates nearly $1,000,000* a year. Postmaster Brittson has received word from the department at Washington that on Saturday April 9th a United States civil service examination for the selection of mail carriers to deliver mail under the free delivery system in the city of Decatur, will be held. It is Mr. Britson’s duty to appoint a temporary secretary of the postal board, whose duties it will be to recieve applications and attend to all business previous to examination day. On that date a member of the civil service board of Washington will be here to conduct the examination and who will take the manuscripts to Washington where the grades will be reported and appointments made by the Postmaster General, there will be three carriers and a substitute chosen, the applicants having "the highest grades being successful. The nature of the examination is a list of practical, general intelligence and consists of following subjects and weight of each grade: Spelling 10 percent, Arithmetic 20, letter writing 20, penmanship 20, copying from plain copy 10, U. S. geography 10; readng addresses 10, making a total of 100 per cent. The age limit of applicants is from eighteen to forty five years. Applicants must be at least five feet, four inches high and weigh not less than 125 pounds. Examination is open to all citizens of the United States who comply with requirements. The temporary secretary, who must be one of the present post office clerks, has not yet been appointed but this honor will probable go to Deputy Homer Sauers, to whom application must be made for blanks, instructions, speciman examination question, etc. All applications must be in by April 5.