Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 16 June 1904 — Page 1

all the news all the time.

VOLUME XLVIII.

Tll9 Rosenthals are booked to play at Lima, 0., Sunday, and are anticipating a very hard struggle, and will have to play some to win. The team will be strengthened in several places and they honestly expect to return jjotne with the long end of the money. Lima this season has a very strong team and are playing fast ball, not having lost a game this season; and as the Rosenthals have only lost one the struggle should prove to be a hot one for supremacy. Deputy Sheriff Dallas Buttler left Monday night for Jeffersonville where he will take Ray Woodruff the young naan convicted of grand larceny last week. Young Woodruffs sentence is from one to fourteen years and it is safe to say he will not do any stealing for several rears. He stated Saturday that he had been connected with several other crimes since coming home and if he wanted to could take another young man along with him. Mrs. Hamm is in receipt of a letter from her hubsand which contained the-information that he had accepted a positon on the Missouri & Pacific as agent at Pleasant Hill Missouri. It is a tcwn of 3000 population and is a great town for this railroad as five men work under him in the office. Mr. Hamm will begin on a salary of SBS a month with assurances of an increase at an early day. They will move to their new home as soon as a suitable house can be secured. Gladys Graham, little nine year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L .A. Graham fell out of a hammock at noon Monday and broke her collar bone on the left side. Gladys and a brother were playing in the hammock on the porch when she fell out and alt hough the distance to the floor was but two feet she fell in such away that the fracture was caused. Dr. J. M. Miller was called and attended the little girl who is getting along nicely only she will have to remain pretty quiet for about four weeks. The jury in the SSOOO damage case of William Mayer vs William Glendening failed to agree and were discharged at five o’clock Saturday evening by Judge Erwin after he had been informed that there was no chance of a verdict. The first ballot we are informed stood six to six and though about fifty ballots were taken during the thirty hours deliberation, there was practically no change in the vote. A few times the vote stood seven to five each way but invaribly went back to the old tie vote. The men evidently had their convictionsand were determined to stay with them. With the dismissal of the jury court adjourned for the term. A special session will be held next Monday but this will be only for a day it is believed Judge Erwin is at Lawrenceburg this week acting as a special Judge. A runaway Friday on Monroe street by a large team of horses hitched to a farm wagon, and driven by an old white haired farmer named Kriokenberger, caused considerable excitment at noon, and a bill poster whose name we could not ascertain was voted a hero by those who saw the whole circumstances. It seems that the team became frightened near the Grand Rapids railroad and became unmanagable, the old man not being able to handle them, but still holding bravely onto the lines, the team came tearing down Monroe street at a break neck speed nar. rowly averting several collisions with other vehicles until they passed the bill board next to Al Burdge’s Barber shop where the young man who-was daubing up bills announcing Barnums and Bailey show at Portland, yelled at the old man to hang on and he would help him, he easily swung himself onto the rear end of the wagon as it passed, crawled up to the seat took the lines from the old mans hands and soon had the team under control. It was certainly a narrow escape fir this farmer and he was profuse in his thanks to the bill poster who so heroically came to his rescue when it was most needed, no damage was done.

Obcatilß

George Chronister and two of his men undoubtedly hold a record when it comes to laying stone and brick and the following figures will bear us out in the matter. The man made this record while working on large church at Napoleon, 0., for Mann & Christen, who will also verify the statement. These three men laid four hundred and fifty perch of stone and fourteen thouasnd bricks in just twenty three days which is considered a marveleous piece of work, can any onejequal it around here? At Tipton, Ind., Dessie and John Thomson aged two and four years, played “house.” They found a lot of shingle nails and carpet tacks, and after the fashion of lathers they had watched at work, put some of the tacks in their mouths while they drove others into pine wood. The boy swalllowed a mouthful and then dared his sister to do likewise. She swallowed a mouthful too, and in ten minutes she was dead. Some of the tacks lodged in her windpipe, and she suffocated. . The boy lingered several hours and succumbed. Both died in terrible agony. July Fourth will be a big day for the congregation at the Mt. Pleasant M. E. church, it being set apart to lay the corner stone for a new church building which is now under erection. The new edifice will be a very commodious and pleasant house of worship, fully supplying the needs of the membership. The program of services for the day has not been announced, but it will be such as to harmonize with the rejoicing of new church building. On June 19 there will be children’s day exercises. The state executive committee of the Christian Society have completed the program in part, providing addresses as follows at the state convention to be held in Fort Wayne June 23 to 26. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, the evangelist: Ira Landrith Chicago: Von Ogden Vogt, general secretary of the United Societies Christian Endeavor ; Charles S. Medbury, Des Moines; Robert E. Speer, New York city; Prof P. P. Bilhorn, Chicago musical director. Some of the Indiana speakers will be the Rev. A. B. Phiputt, Indianapolis; the Rev. H. N. Wilson, Muncie; the Rev. Frank j M. Fox, Terre Haute; the Rev. D. W. Hemry, Tipton, C. J- Orbison ■ H. H. Clifford. Edward W. Clark and others from Indianapolis will also speak. A special rate of one fare, plus 25c, for the round trip has been made. When the fare is less that SI.OO, the 25 cents are not charged. Tickets will be sold June 22 to 25 inclusive, and good returning up to and including July 6. Johnny Echert, a little German, who has worked for the Standard Oil company for years and for several months has made his head quarters here, reported to the police Thursday that he had been touched for $350 and wanted something done at once. His story is disbelieved by many but he may have lost a draft for that amount as he secured one at the Old Adams County bank Wednesday afternoon at four ocloc’k and slept that night in a box car. Echert is a good workman but has quit the Standai d Oil having received news a few months ago that he had inherit* d about S6OOO from an estate in Germany, and that he would receive same in installments of about SBOO every six months until his fortune is exhausted. The first cheek came about ten days ago and Eckert crazy with his good luck immediately packed his clothes and aocompained by his wife left for Chicago. In a week he returned with his wad of money deplenished about S4OO. Someone asked him where his wife was and he replied,”Oh, I lost her mit our trunks in Chicago. He got a draft for the money he had left $.380 and the next heard of him he had been robbed of that. He is certainly traveling an exciting pace and it is not difficult to figure how long his money will last.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE IC>, 1904.

The engines that were formerly ! used in the Big Store were today j shipped to Angola where they will i be used for the same purpose that they were used here for to furnish power for lighting purposes. They have been nicely overhauled and now look as good as new. “Nig” Gross who was arrested late Sunday evening by Marshal Cordua on an affidavit issued and sworn to by Miss Emma Riley alleging that said Gross bad committed an assault and battery upon her person Sunday evening at the Chicago and Erie railroad and also for using rude insolent and vile ' language to her appeared before Mayor Coffee last evening and I plead guilty to the charge. He was fined- one dollar and costs which amounted to nine dollars and thirty cents which he promptly paid and was discharged. Julius Haugh met with a very serious accident last week that almost rendered him totally blind. He and one of his workmen were ’ fixing a bellous in his blacksmith department at his stone quarry in Blue Creek township and in leaning over the fire place th? workman accidentially pulled down on the bellous causing coal dust soot and cinders to fly up in his eyes rendering him at the time almost totally blind. He at once came to town and had his eyes treated but he is still being troubled and can hardly see. He stated that on last night he could not sleep on account of the acute pain. He is unable to do any work iand is confined mostly to his home in a dark room. In the show window at Gus Rosenthals clothing store may be seen plans for the new Carnegie library suggested by Architect Oscar Huffman. This will be the plans Mr. Huffman will submit when the call is issued by the committee and such a building would certainly be an adornment to any city. It is fifty seven feet wide by sitxy four feet long, nearly square, of Corinthian architectural style with heavy Doric style doors. It is to be built of buff brick trimmed with Bedford s’one, will be one story with basement. The building is divided into several apartments including reading rooms for ladies, gentlemen and children, private offiI ces, toilet rooms, closets and store rooms and the plans show a perfect : system of lighting and ventilation. The estimated cost of the building from these plans would be $12,000 but by leaving the basement unfinished the building could be completed for SIO,OOO the amount Mr. Carneige has already agreed to give. Miss Mary Myers entertained fourteen of her most intimate friends at an afternoon party Wednesday and surprised them by announcing her engagement to Mr. Emery J. Wilson, of Bellefountain, Ohio. The event was unique and a happy one throughout. A contest in which each of the ladies present were described in poetical verse and in such a manner that the guesses were sure to be accurrate furnished great amusement. The last verse closed with the words “I know the bride, do you? and then of course the secret was out and after necessary explanations and congratulations the program proceeded. Each guest was given a piece of j linen and an hour was spent in working the initial of Miss Myers upon same. Later a two course luncheon was served in the dining room the table being decorated with candles and red roses Miss Myers presented each of her guests with a beautiful water color, painted by her own hand, as favors. Mr. Wilson graduated only a few days ago from the Mechanical Engineering department of the Boston Technioalschool and will soon accept a profitable position in an eastern city. We conrgratulate you Mr. Wilson, you have won one of Decatur’s fairest and most popular ladies. The wedding day or any further particulars have not yet been given td the public. The out of town guests at last nights event were Miss Mina Case of and Miss Lillian Case of St. Louis.

Poodle Meibers who has driven the transfer bus for the past fifteen years and who a few months ago sold out to Peoples and Holthouse but was retained to drive the bus for this firm resigned his position last evening and from now on will devote his whole time to his farm in the north part of the city. Mr. Fledderjobann of the Fort Wayne and Springfield traction line informs us that work is progressing in a very satisfactory manner at present and the road will soon begin to assume the appearance of a railway. During the past week the work has advanced more rapidly than at any time during the past year. The abuttments at the Monmouth bridge arec omplete and the workmen have begun operation at McKnights run. Within thirty days the abuttments at the bridge, just north of the city will be started. The bridge men will begin work at Monmouth at once. A message from Warsaw says that while the crowd from this city were enroute to Warsaw, Theodore Kenedy, a well known veteran was stricken with an attack of stomach and heart trouble and death was momentarily expected. At Warsaw he was taken to the home of a nephew where he is still hovering between life and death with chances greatly against him. The message said that the physicianshad serious doubts that he will recover suffi ( ciently to bring home. It will bo remembered that he suffered a similar attack a few weeks ago while standing in Fristoe’s Smoke House but recovered in a day or two. This attack seems to have 'been even more severe. The machinery for the new industry, Everett, Hite & Myers cement block and roofing manufacturing industry will arrive soon in fact the first shipment will be here the last of this week and work will begin at once. Temporary quarters nave been arranged near John Meyers saw mill in the north part of the city. The firm expect to do a good business and no doubt they will. They have the energy, capital and hustling qualities and will increase this plant as their trade demands. The roofing will be their specialty and certainly is a great improvement over other similar products, being lasting, good to look at and costs less money. They will manufacture all kinds of cement block, having purchased the best machine on the market for that purpose. The men are enthusiatsic over the new project and will use their best efforts to make it a winner which means they will.

Postmaster Brittson arrived home Monday after a six weeks trip to the Pacific coast which he says was the most delightful of his life, Marion Smith who accompained him stopped at St. Loius for a few days at the fair and will return the last of the week. They visited the north west going through Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Montana to Seattle, thense to Portland and home byway of Denver and St. Louis . Mr. Brittson says he saw same great country and numerous opportunities for investment. He is best pleased with the Red river lands in north Dakota and may conclude to invest same money there. He and Mr. Smith expect to soon make a trip to Canada and will compare land there with the Dakotas before investing, Mr. Brittson says that nearly every place they went they found Adams county people. At Great Falls they met Misses May Gold and Rice, Mrs Smith who was formerly Miss Emma Ereshman and Warren Moses all of whom are prospering at Spokane they called on -Dr. Freeman who has lucrative practice and beautiful home and is doing exceeding well. At Tacoma they enjoyed the hospitality of Col. Ferry ; at Seattle they met Pearl Baker, a former Decatur boy who has attained a great reputation on the jeoast as a pugilist; Portland Ore gon, they saw Emmett McLain who is progressing in the railroad business. They met many other people whom they knew and most of whom were getting along ni v ey.

The case of the state of Indiana vs Joseph Ostemeyer bar tender for Joe Tonnellier who is charged with selling intoxicating liquors to Frank Schumaher when intoxicated and after having notice not to sell to him, was continued Tuesday for an indefinite period owing to the sickness of one of the states witnesses who was not able to be present and whose evidence is very material. The attorneys will get together and set a time soon. Shaffer Peterson is defending and John C. Moran is looking after the states interest. The new school board met Monday night for the first time and organized by the section of the following officers, President John Everett; treasurer, Robert D. Patterson secretary VVilda Watts. They selected Mrs. E. J. Bailey as teacher in the city school and assigned her to the seventh grade at the Central building. Mrs. Bailey taught in the public schools here several terms a number of years ago at which time she gained a reputation as one of the best grade instructor in the state and her selection at this time will prove a popular one. She has the faculty of controlling her scholars almost perfectly and does it in such a manner that she retains the respect and admiration of each. It would be a difficult matter to find one of her former students who has aught but praise for her. According to the compilation of figures in the office of Fassett A. Cotton state superintendent of public instruction, the people of Indiana especiallly in the rural districts are not as hot on the trail of education as they should be, in the opinion of Mr. Cotton. Last year the increase in the number of pupils enrolled in the schools of the State was 5,633 over the proceeding year. This year the increase is only 1,202. The increase in population is reckoned at 1.4 per cent each year and as there is no question but that this increase has been made during the last twelve months, Supt. Cotton is at a loss to know just where the trouble lies. He says, however that the many people forsake the country for the cities in the hope of quick success. All of the cities show more or less increase but even this Superintendent Cotton claims is not up to the standard.

Recorder Q C. Cloud had a very peculiar experience Monday that came very near loosing him a brand new suit of clothes. Early yesterday morning Clint thought he would go to his corn field and see how his corn was coming on and after arriving there found out that his assistance was badly needed so he goes into a near by shed and took off the suit of clothes he was wearing and put on a suit of overalls, Clint and his boy worked hard until eleven o’clock and started for the house to eat dinner, Chris forgetting all about his suit. They ate their dinner and Chris laid down to take a little nap. but soon got up thinking to himself that some one might steal his clothes, so he wandered back to the field and as he approached the shed where his suit was hanging he discovered a tall heavy set man with a smooth face trying on his coat, which however proved too small for him with all his attempts at streching the same. The stranger was just in the act of taking down Chris’ vest and pants when Chris inquired of the fellow what he was doing, the man was so taken by surprise that he dropped the clothes and for a moment was speechless but finally managed to say that he was just trying them on through curiosity sake and never had any intention of taking them, Chris edged himself about and caught hold of a hoe and then quietly informed the fellow to get away as fast as possible before he informed the police and the fellow got. Clint hastily took an inventory of his clothes'and found everything safe althought there was fifteen dollars, a pair of gold rimmed glasses and gold wat?h in the same. It was certainly’ a narrow escape for Chris, but he still insists he is lucky’ to have clothes that anyone 1 would want te> steal.

CIRCULATION 2800 WEEKLY

NUMBER 15

A new case was filed here Friday morning on change of venue from Jay county entitled The Frist Building and Loan Company of Portland, Indiana vs Waller F. MoGinnitie and twelve others including the city of Portland, suit on note and mortgage. Peter Leßrunn, Saturday evening about five thirty had the misfortune to break his left arm between the shoulder and elbow which will lay him up for several days to come. The accident was purely accidental and occurred while Peter and his two brothers were scuffling in the front yard at their home while waiting for supper. While wrestling Peter heard the bone snap in his arm and at once knew it was broken. He was hurridly taken to Er. Beavers who dressed the arm and who stated that the bone was broken square off then split and shattered quite badly. Peter says he is suffering all kinds of pain. The book department of the Democrat has delivered the largest printed brief ever sent to the supreme court from the judicial circuit here. The title of the brief is Joseph Osborne vs the State of Indiana, being numbered 20,378 and is an appeal from the Adams circuit court in the famous Osborne murder case. The brief made a bound volume of forty eight piges closely printed and if quantity counts for anything Joe Osborne will get another trial for his life. The appellants attorneys who are responsible for this production of law citations are David E. Smith, Heller & Son of this city and Amsden of Marion and it must have meant some real labor to compile the copy as set before the printer. The usual law brief makes from ten to fifteen pages. While the supreme court no doubt progresses all the law will allow them, yet the Lord only knows when they will hand down a decision in this case. It will be long enough at least for the appellant attorneys to cool off from the labors of compiling and making the brief.

The two little sons of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Roop who live near the old fair ground are suffering from the effects of arsenic poison and both are in a very serious condition. Practically all hope for the recovery of the eldest boy has been given up, but it is believed the younger one will recover, at least he has a good chance. The two boys were taken sick suddenly yesterday morning each complaining of severe pains in the stomach and constantly vomiting. Mrs. Roop immediately called Drs. Clark and Miller who at a glance saw that the boys had been poisoned and were in a terrible condition. They immediately gave the children the necessary perscriptions for such cases, but neither showed much improvement, and still suffered untold agonies. Where the boys got hold of the poison is unknown. Mrs. Roop told the physicians everything she knew of them eating and there was nothing poisonous about any of it unless it come from a can of tomatoes from which the whole family had eaten and this seems improbable as only the boys felt any ill effects. The doctors did everything in their power but left with no improvement noticeble in the patients. Theye returned yesterday afternoon and the youngest child showed some improvement and chances are that he may now recover from the effects of the di ug, but the oldest boy was in a worse condition than ever having been stricken totally blind and his little body being bloated until he can hardly be recognized. He has been unconscious since four o’clock yesterday afternoon and suffering beyond human endurance. Both doctors are of the opinion that if the oldest one does not show any noticeable improvement soon that his chances for recovery are indeed slight and the end may come at any moment as he cannot stand his suffering much longer. There is no doubt but that both boys were terribly poisoned by arsenic and the mystery is where did it come from and how did the boys come to take it. *