Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 14 July 1904 — Page 3

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■^ ; ,,, r , m!ar legal notice has been f..r the annual stockholders ■..',in-.f those interested in the ■ - A.la-i- County Bank the same K ‘. lk ~ ar their bunking house Au.'v.at Bi rht state Convention of Inde- ■ \ , , telephone men, held at La ■ it was stated in one of the Ketenes that $20,000,000, had been Knrnish, •! by Boston capitalist to ■dvan - the interests r of the Bell ■ejeph oi.. company. It was said K... of the amount would ■e. xto Kled in Indiana in the pur■hasr* Independent telpehonc ,-d creating a competition ■hat w i.ld be expected to crush out ■he Independent telephone comII Jerome Bosse the little son of I Jlr and Mrs. Will J. B>sse met ■----. ; ,a serious accident Friday ■veninc which resutled in his left Hirm being broken between the I Jurist and elbow. Jerome with a ■umber of other little tots were ■jlavimr m the steps which lead to ■he dressing room at the Opera ■luuree’id in some uniorseen mangier lit* ; Jerome slipped and fell a ■istance of probably four feet the ■■bob' weight of his body and the ■orce of the fall being thrown upon ■is left arm with the above result, ■fie was hurridly taken home and ■Dr. Costello summonod who set the ■break but was unable to state just ■the full extent of the injury. Mr. ■Bosse states that his son had a very ■restless night. | In Blue Creek township Adams county M. F. Scarey’s second well, on the Young farm is a five barrel pumper. In Hartford township the Ft. Orange Oil company* ’s No. 5, Fields farm did fifteen barrels. The Wabash Oil and Gas company's test on the Heal farm in section 23, did fifteen barrels and the Ohio Oil company No. 9, Bradstock farm aid thrty five barrels. In Wabash township George C. Swallow’ No 7. Wheeler farm did twenty barrels. In Jefferson townshp, the Barnes Development company’s second well, on the Morningstar farm, started at ten barrels. This farm is a light one and not much good as a producer of oil. Some nine years ago Hardison & Co. drlled a hole in the farm, and some four or five years ago the Ohio Oil company drilled in a big salt water well that never amounted to much on the northwest Corner of the farm. To the northeast of the Morningstar farm is the once famous Studebaker pool, where some monster wells were drilled a few years ago. The Central Western Oil company now owns the famous Studahnker, Rawley and other great pr<jducing farms. The Geyser Oil company has completed a test well on the Heistand farm in section 23, that started at better than twenty five barrels.

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Gladys Cusick and her Fairy Team will be at the Jubilee Carnival Thursday and Friday evenings. James H. White, of Huntington, is in the city, looking up a location to start a cigar and confectionery store, either to buy out or establish. Mr. M hite has long been in the restaurant business at Warsaw and Huntington, and at one time had charge of Winona hotel, at Winona Lake. Members of the Grand Army who are intending to go to Boston to attend the next annual encampment will be interested to know what is to be furnished in the way of entertainment. Many of them will bo most interested in the great parade which is to ba Tuesday. Many, especially those from the interior will be interested in the squadron of battleships which the secretary of the navy has promised shall be ordered to Boston during Grand Army week. But there are other features which have been planned by the entertainment committee which are quite different from those usually seen at national encampments and some which have never been seon at such gatherings. The members of the Ben Hur Lodge who wero fortunate enough to be present Friday evening at their hall report a most excellent time. The lodge was royally entertained by the newly elected officers who were installed last Friday night. Marching, music and readings con stituted the program but the part most appreciated was all the ice cream and cake they could eat. The new officers "are chief, John P. Spuller; past chief, James L. Gay ; judge, John Hayes; teacher, M. Wyatt; scribe, Mary V. Dailey; keeper of tribute, Mrs. E. M. Peoples ; keeper of gates, William Teepie and Isaac Nelson; mother of Hur Mrs. A. D. Artman; Tirzah, Emma Wyatt; Ben Hur, Curtis Barkley; Areius, JE. M. People; Rabi Joseph, Enos Eady; captain Mr. Ray, Guide Adam Weis. Two of the best oil wells that have been drilled in Adams county this year came in Thursday on the farm of Thomas Moran located just four miles east of Geneva and which is completely surrounded by oil wells but not one that has equaled that flowed oil yesterday. For years Mr. Moran has had no offers to have wells drilled on his farm until oil was discovered on several farms adjoining his when every oil company in the county wanted to lease the land and start drilling. He finally submitted and leased his land to the Ragan oil company of Indianapolis who at once got busy, hauled their rigging to his place and just one week ago the work of drilling was commenced and 'ast evening the first signs of oil were noticed and a few hours later both wells were flowing over one hundred barrels each. Neither well lias as yet been shot and the presumption is that these two wells when they are shot and the true test of the oil be brought to light will prove to be the largest gushers in the county. And it is also claimed that these two wells are the finest that have ever been drilled east of Geneva and excitement is running high in that communitv. Mr. Moran is the owner of one hundred and thirty seven acres where these wells were drilled and there is no doubt but that his farm will be drilled full of holes in the effort to produce more such gushers. Mr Moran is at present living in ! our city and is highly elated over his good success.

Secretary Kunkle and other officers of the great northern fair are busy today posting attractive lithographs which tell of the features to be seen at the big show here to be held August 30, 31, September 1 and 2nd. From now on the men in charge will be busy and you can look for the biggest fair ever held in this or any adjoining county. O. J, Bayes has presented us with copy of the first city directory issued in Decatur. It contains eighty eight pages and is a metropolitan looking edition. It is accurate and complete and we congratulate Mr. Bayes upon the success of his efforts and it is an effort to put out a directory for a city even of this size and especially so when it is the first one. The b:ok contains numerous attractive advertisements cf our up to date merchants and is well printed. Besides the list of Decatur citizens the book contains a business directory and a complete list of county and city officers and the rural route directory alphabetically arranged.. A villager owned a goat which was well known around the streets and although butting everyone in sight was not vicious and caused much amusement for the boys and youths generally. For many years this goat was assessed at $2, but an Irishman was elected assessor and valued the goat at S4O. Upon coming to pay his tax and finding it so much increased, the irate owner hunted up the Irish assessor and demanded an explanation, stating that there was no law for such outrageous assessment. *,Ah, shure there is, sor,” replied the assessor, “And’ I will show it to you.” Whereupon he got the law book which read that “property abutting on the street should be assessed at $lO a foot. An’ sure sir, your goat has four feet and its always abutting, and four times ten is forty.”

Oil men who had been hoping and even expecting that Indiana oil would take a turn for the better at the next change in the price and go up instead of down had their expectations and hopos dashed to the gronnd this morning when the report came announcing the act that Indiana oil had fallen 5 cents on the barrel. This is the largest drop that has occurred in many months and the local oil producers are greatly worried over the prospects. The Indiana product which was more than a dollar a barrel, is now quoted at 98 cents and as one prominent man said this morning may possibly go as low as 75 cents. The oil men are unable to give the reason for the big decrease in price. There is not enough Indiana oil on the market at present to cause the decrease and although the prospect are good for a big flow during the summer it is not thought this has occasioned the drop. Oil is bound to go even lower than it is at pres ent and now the question which is puzzling local oil dealers is just how low the price will go. Lying almost at the point of death and suffering terrible agonies from his burns there is said to be little hope for the recovery of Ira Double, a boy aged about sixteen years, living a mile west of Tocsin, in Jefferson township, who was a victim of a Fourth of July accident. Because of the family living in a remote part of the county with no telephone comunication the report of the accident did not reach Blnffton until today. The boy had ridden to Tocsin and bought a large supply of fireworks at the John Kriegh store, intending to take them home for a celebration. He had firecrackers, Roman candles, torpedoes etc., and there were so many that he could not carry them in his pockets. He was riding a bicycle and L had pants guards on and proceeded to place the fire works down his trousers legs, the wire guards keeping them from fallingout. Just as he was about ready to start some sparks from some fireworks being shot fell down his trousers legs, setting off the candles and firecrackers. For a few minutes the bov was almost enveloped in fire. Part of his clothing was burned off and his entire body from his waist to his feetjwas burned so that the skin came off. He suffered terribly and Trustee Nick Shorts, who came to town today said that the doctors give very little hope that he can live. He is a son of Daniel Double. Mr. Kriegh in extinguishing the exploding fireworks in the boy’s clothing, was painfully burned by Roman candes and one finger was bursted by a flying ball.-Buffton >ews.

Our old friends Bluffton, were defeated Sunday by a fast team from Muncie by a score of 3 to 2. Bluffton had their famous battery Ertel and Stetzer and with the assistance of Mac Arbaugh were unable to beat Muncie, who by the way are entitled to a lot of credit for their good work, Bluffton has certainly been up against it this season having failed to win a game up to date. This will no doubt prove nteresting to the fans here who delight in Blufftons down fall. Mrs. J. W. Teeple, wife of the well knewn attorney, fell at her home last evening and broke her right arm just above the wrist. She was going from the house to the barn when she slipped and fell. As she did so she threw her arm back to catch herself and the broken bone resulted by her arm being twisted underneath her. Dr. J. S. Goverdale was called and reduced the fracture, and the patient is recovering nicely. The Winchester Democrat in their account of the Fourth of July celebration said: The address of Judge Erwin was one of the best ever heard in the city. Although the wind was against him and hundreds of firecrackers on every side going off every minute,by an extraordinary effort on the part of the speaker he was fairly well heard by the large audience and to say that his address was w’ell received would be putting it mildly indeed. He spoke eloquently of the causes which led to the promulgation of the Declaration of Independence, and of the central thought that runs through it all—that all men are created equal, and therefore have a right to govern themselves. Judge Erwin spoke with a degree of force and emphasis that carried his audience and held their attention till the close of his remarks.

Friday with Clerk Studabakar was filed an order for rhe clerks transcript in the case of the State vs John W. Terrell. Terrell’s attorneys this morning stated that as soon as this transcipt was made out the case wonld be sent to the higher courts for a hearing. The clerks, transcript consists of a written copy of the papers used and filed in the case and contains a record of everything done except the evidence. This latter is contained in the reporter’s trancript and has been prepared for some time. It will take some little time for the clerk to prepare his transcript as it is quite lengthy and must be typewritten. In the meantime little or nothing reliable can be learned as to Terrell’s condition. He is still confined at the hospital for the insane at Richmond but it seems that the officials there have been ordered to give out nothing as to his condition. It is claimed that he shows no improvement and remains in the comatose condition he was in when he was taken from the jail here.—Bluffton Banner-

Washinton, D. C . dispatch says: Armed with a specific type of a bicycle wheel with a cyclometer attached rural free delivery agents will soon be in the field and it will be their duty to run the wheel over every rural free delivery route in the country in order to determine the exact lenght of the routes in miles. According to the number of times in each route and irrespective of the number of persons the rural carrier serves is the salary of the carrier to be apportioned with $720 per annum as maximum pay for the longest routes and 1432 as minimum. The new wage scale was adopted by the postoffioe department, July 1, and was drawn up by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow. He holds that while congress fixed $720 as the salary of rural letter carriers, the department has the undeniable right to scale down the wagew of carriers with short routes. The rural letter carriers are not the only ones complaining of the “out” in wages. The rural free delivery agents are on the verge of stampeding, owing to the job they will have of finding out the '»ng th of their various routes. The bicycle wheel, with which they are being furnished must be rnn over the route. Whether the agent attaches it to a carriage and runs it over by hand, or wheels it it over from the back of a horse, is a matter ot little concern to General Bristow. “They will get the wheels,” he said today “and they ‘will have to measure their routes. Until the routes are all accurately measured we will be unable to give a statement showing the salaries for the varies routes.”

C. H. Colter beg an his duties as deputy postmaster Friday and Mr. S rwers will leave within a fe w days to assume his duties as manager of the Sprang factory' at War ren, Ohio. Thomas Ehinger who has been employed by' the Citizens telephone company, in office and field work for a year past has accepted a position as bookeeper in the First National Bank and began his duties this morning. He is a popular energetic young man with ability to succeed. Mr. Colter has been connected with bank for a number of years and has made many friends by his strict attention to business and courteous treatment of all whom came in contact with him. Here's wishing success for all the boys.

George W. Calder wood of Oakland California was in our city for” the first time in thirty three years and marveled at the growth of our enterprising city. Mr. Calderwood formerly lived in this city and practised law here during Judge Sutdabaker’s, B »bo, Heller and Frances time, moving from this county' to Caifornia. Mr. Calder wood arrived from his home last week and has been attending the National Prohibition convention at Indianapolis having been a deleg ite from his state. He stated that his business at present was in talking temperance and would make one hundred and eight speeches before returning to his home. He is a fluent talker and said to be a forcible speaker. He left today for Willshire where he will make a short visit with his uncle before commencing his tour. He expects to look up old acquaintances hore in a few days. He is accompanied by a son. Little Eve Emerine, one year and fifteen day daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Emerine who live in the south part of town was buried Monday in the Maplewood cemetery. The infant died at three o’clock Saturday afternoon in the most terrible agonies, the result of either arsenic or stryohinia poison. At twelve o’clock Saturday noon the baby was we 11 and playing on the kitchen floor. The mother wished to get some beans from the garden and to keep the child quiet handed her a box which she happened to pick up off the shelf and which contained about a dozen small white tablets. The baby rattled the pasteboard box and was smiling and hapy when mamma left but when she returned in a few moments baby Eva was in tne throes of awful convulsion; iu one hand she grasped the box and in the other the lid, while every tablet had been swallowed by the babe. Dr. H E. Keller was summoned and arrived at 12:30. He labored faithfully until three o’clock using every means known to modern science but to no avail. The awful poison did its work quickly the child passing from one convulsion into another until death releaved her sufferings. Where the tablets came from is a mystery as tho parents say they have nevor purchased such medi cine. The direction on the box said “one tablet after one meal for day or two, then stop for two days ” so the medicine must have been pretty strong. The physician says the case bore every evidence of strychnine poisoning. The mother is broken hearted and almost prostrated.

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A crowd of Boston and New York delegates from the St. Louis ooni vention passed through Fort Wayne ' Sunday. In the crowd was Bob Parker a brother of the candidate. The Boston crowd was composed of base ball fans as well as politicians and as about fifty of them were standing on the platform before the train pulled cut, one of them called: “This is Fort Mayne, Chick Stahl's hometown.” “You bet it is, ” answered a Fort Wayne man who looked on. A stentorian voiced Bostonian yelled out: “Boys this is Chick Stahls town. Ixits give three cheers for Chick Stahl.” The cheers were given with a wilt and some of the men from the hub were still cheering for the presidential nominee and some for the crack left fielder as the train pulled out. One of the snappiest and prettiest games of ball that has been played here this season was seen Sunday at Steele’s Park, between the Marion O vis and the Rosenthals. The Rosenthals were forced to bite the d-.-*- and saw their colors trailed in the mire. Two teams were never more evenly matched than were these two, and pretty base ball was furnished much to the amusement of the fans whose sympathies, however, were with the home lads, but who were forced to admire the exhibiti m put up by the Owls. The Rosenthals at one time had victory firmly grasped, only to have their nerves rudely shocked and what seemed to be a victory snatched from under their very noses and defeat handed them. It was a bitter dose to take but to the victors belongs the spoils and Marion is entitled to all just credit for their victory. F rance who had just returned from a three weeks* sojourn in the southwest, essayed to pitch for the Rosenthals and for five innings served a lot of mysterI ions curves and bends that seemed hard for the O vis to solve until the fifth inning, where he was touched up for three singles after two men were out, which, coupled with an error by Railing netted the visitors three runs. This handica p however, proved too much to overcome. Tom Railing fresh from the Texas League was substituted but all of his efforts proved fruitless and Marion swelled her total two more in the eighth and Rosenthals’ runs were few and far between one being scored in the first after two men were out and one more in the seventh, making their total two, which could not be swelled any, although they made great efforts to do so. The Marion boys put up a clean fas game and are the most gentlemanly set of ball players that have visited us this season. Decatur takes her hat off to them. A return game may be played in the rear future. The score by innings was as follows. 123456789 RAE Marion ,0 00030011 5 9 2 Rosthls 1000001002 7 6 Summary, two base hits, Nonemaker, Underwood; stolen bases, Railing"bases on balls., off France, 1; off Railing, 2 ; off Nonemaker, 2. Struck out by France 4; by Nonemaker, 5. Hit by picthed ball, Pennington; passed balls. Pennington, 2. Sacrifice hits, Linn, Nonemacker. Bateries, France, Railing and Pennington; Nonemaker and Underwood. Time of game 1:40; Umpire Gus Christen, score, Vaughn.