Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 25 August 1904 — Page 1

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new cases were filed at Kjnty'Clerk Gerber’s office Saturl. morning, the first being entitled Eda Moldhane vs Chris Homeir, | t on note, demand S4OO. The K. was given in 1900 for S3OO, with test at six per cent and attorney Ks The case was filed by Attor-X-Robert P. Dreibelbiss, of Fort Ivne. The secondhase was filed ■ Attorney Shaffer Peterson, and jja foreclosure of mechanics’ lien slrman Miller vs the Warsaw 0| and Gas Co., a corporation, ■ich has property in this county, file demand is $l5O. ■hree hundred and t wenty acres ojand in the Miami reservation, Fort Wayne, were sold at Kriff’ sale yesterday for $14,000. land includes the large brick ■donee of the late Janies GodfjOy a prince of the Miami tribe, and the last full-blooded descendant ■h late Chief Francis Godfroy, who was the leader of the Miami Ilians in the battles around Fort Wayne. James Godfroy, the last owner of the reservation, was killed by his son about four months a gl The property was on a judgment against the land g : ven in 1876 3;, 200. With interest to this amounted to $19,000 up to date. Tha Indians have been shiftless in thflfnanagement of their vast reservation on the prairies west of Fori Wayne. He sale of lots in the Fulenkamp addiion Thursday was a successful one,petting $3,015, an average of ■ $375 as only eight lots were ■sed of. The Adams street lots ■ toP. J. Hyland, $615, Johns (■her $580; Line street lots to Lbrihain Meyer,s32s ; R. K. Allison, 275; Fifth street] lots to M. J. iyiltt, $300; George Kern, $345; a. Schirtneyer, $350; Abraham lejflßr. $225. The other lots were Ct lid at auction, but will be ffell at private sale. The lots ■lost desirable and will make Mdid building sites, at least veer six residence will be built 1 thi addition during the next iwlonths and probably a dozen liAi rhe year. Fifth street will soloed to the south ward school lilßmx and the Fullenkamp addion will soon be one of the prettiest irks of Decatur. ■ second quarterly meeting of oM, E. church at Pleasant Mills 111 be held this week and first of ■ Thursday evening the 25, JV. David Wells,'of Geneva, will each On Friday evening the ev. J A. Sprague, of Monroe, [ll fi pulpit. On Sunday, at SO a. in. Sunday school in charge Neilson Gulick, Supt. At 1:30 m. Love Feast service in charge ■or. At 3:00 p. m. Presiding let Rev. C. U. Wade, of Fort Me, will preach one of his usual eres in and helpful sermons, lowed by the sacrament of ths r| i'a supper. At 8:00 in the ®in tl pastor will preach to ■ people from the theme “A I dan-Wanted.” Monday a. m. will convene the of the quarterly meeting. >sting program is being The church officiary, hip and public are cordied to attend these services. »ly the most novel and ’st ever made by an autoill take place during the veek at St. Louis, when T Glidden will mount his dug car on steam road nd make an effort to follow tke of a passenger train Mississippi to the Pacific le has completed the prearrangement with the ad managers and they will 1 nil the opportunity he To travel on the steam will have to run his oar f 1 an d will be compelled to onductor and a flagman The oar will leave St. t behind one of the day i will run a section of the ng subject to the orders patcher, just as the pas»n is. The conductor will le orders and Glidden will lied to sign them as the of the second section. In -c’dent or delay the flag'o and protect them rouble from following

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H E.Drummond, of the Hunting, ton News-Democrat, was in the city Tuesday, distributing advertising matter, which announces a monster Labor Day celebraton at Huntington for Monday, September sth. Mr. Drummond says the event will be the greatest ever given in this part of the state, and an immense crowd is expected. The railway ■ orders are assisting in the preparI ations and a program full of red letter attractions will furnish amusement for everyone who attends. Two suspicious-looking characters were picked up Monday by 1 Night Policemen Frank and Reynolds and immediately lodged in jail for safe keeping until this morning, when they were brought before Mayor Coffee and allowed to tell their stories. They both stated that they were from Bluffton and were in search of work, coming to this city to secure employment on the interurban, and try and make an honest living. Their stories were so plausible that Mayor Coffee sympathized with the men and told them that he would allow them their freedom. When released they started for Camp Tubman north of the city, where they will go to work. The Wemhoff Monumental Works at present are undoubtedly the busiest concern of its nature in Northern Indana, this morning having loaded six wagons with new monuments and started on their way to Fort Wayne, where they will be delivereed to different parties. These six wagons represented seventeen hundred dollars’ worth of goods, and is the largest order of this kind ever shipped out of Decatur to a foreign market. The firm is putting out firstclass work and stones that are made from the best possible material on the market. They are far behind [_in their orders and are kept busy day and night preparing their work for delivery, their goods being shipped to all surroundng towns and cities. The delivery horse owned 1 y Fred Mills, the grocer, took a notion to run Thursday and before it could be stopped made the rig look as though it had passed a cyclone. The boy was making a delivery at Mrs. Cramers’ on First street, and failed to tie the horse, which took fright] at some small children who were playing and throwing sticks and stones, and started to run, completely demolishing the rig. The horse and p irt of the wagon run up on Second street, where Harry [McPhee, a young man who works for J. H. Davis, the cement sidewalk contractor, made a heroic leap and caught the horse and, after being dragged for fifty feet, managed to bring the outfit to a standstll. This young man was loudly praised by all who saw his daring effort, as he took a desperate chance in stopping the animal in the manner he did. Mrs. R. J. Holthouse Thursday entertained a number of young ladies in honor of Miss Bertha Holthouse, of Jonesboro, Arkansas. The house was beautifully decorated and put forth a very attractive appearance. Tue evening was most enjoyably spent first by playing red letters, at which contest Misses Clara Terveer and Mayme Confer excelled and were awarded first prizes, while Misses Anna Volmer and Jessie McLe an were forced to content themselves with the bobies. Immediately following occurred the peanut contest, which required each one present to carry a peanut around the house on a knife, and the one who carried it farthest was awarded first prize. At this game Miss Jesse McLean proved to have the steadiest nerve and captured first prize, and Miss Tena Rademacher the booby. During the evening some very beautiful vocal and string music was furnished, which was fully appreciated by the crowd present. At a late hour refreshments were served, after which all adjourned to their respective homes, all voting Mrs. Holthouse a fine entertainer.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1901.

Dan Niblick, representing the big dry goods and general store of Niblick & Co., is in the east purchasing an immense stock of fall and winter dress goods, cloaks and wraps. He writes us from Philadelphia and says his firm will show the biggest line of goods ever offered in Decatur. He went to New York will Monday and arrive home the latter part of this week. He orders the announcement that Niblick & Co. will close out their ladies tailor tn ide suits at half price. Sara Chaska, the popular traveling man out of Fort Wayne, in a conversation Monday, while waiting for his train told how he became a democrat. It was in 1867 and Sam had just arrived in Cincinnati from the old country, and the United States was in the midst of a hot p ilitical campaign. Grant and Colfax and Seymour and Blair being • the opposing candidates, and the occasion was being celebrated by a big rally by both parties, the democrats being dressed in flashy red uniform and the republicans in blue. Sam at once became attached to the red and then and there declared himself as a democrat and has always been such. Theodore Lenergich who resides just three and three-quarters miles south of our city, on the farm formerly owned by John Meyers, had quite a serious tire Thursday, as the result of which he is loser of 275 bushels of wheat. The men were all busily threshing, and in some manner the big wheat stack on which they were working caught fire, and was soon engulfed in a mass of flames. The men all fought the fire to the best of their ability, and after seeing the wheat stock could not be saved, put all their attention on a big oats stek which was in close proximity, and by fighting hard managed to save it. Tae only theory that can be advanced as to the cause of the fire is, that it caught from a spark from the threshing machine engine. D. E. Studabaker, wife and son arrived home Sunday afternoon, after a three weeks trip to Minne sota. They left St. Paul at 8:45 Saturday night just fifteen minutes before the fierce tornado struck that city, killing twenty-five people and injuring hundreds. Even when they boarded the train the rain was fading in torrents, thunder and lightning and wind were noticeable, but the real tornado arrived just as their train on the Chicago & Northwestern pulled out of the city. They crossed Suicide bridge just a few moments before it went down, causing death and injury. All along the railroad tracks elevators and other buildings were destroyed, and the escape of the Decatur party was certainly a lucky one. St. Paul suffered a loss of more than $2,000,000, besides the terrible loss of life. Col. Dick Townsend and El Johnson of this city, were in St. Paul during the storm, enroute to Dakota. Two or three days ago application was filed in the federal court at Chicago asking that the BraceyHoward Construction Co. be declared an involuntary bankrupt and that a receiver be appointed for the company’s Illinois assets. Federal Judge Kohlsaat held the petition sufficient and appointed James S. Hopkins as receiver. Friday a like proceeding was begun in the United States court for the district of Indiana, at Indianapolis, and in the absence of Judge A. B. Anderson the action was referred to E. V. Harris, referee in bank ruptcy at Fort Wayne, and a hearing was had on the petition Saturday. Upon hearing of the petition Referee Harris appointed Hopkins receiver for the Indiana assets also. The action was brought about by a number of foreign creditors who large claims against the Bracey-Howard Co. The appointment of a receiver by the federal court takes the matter out of the jurisdiction of the Jay circuit court and retires J. O. Pierce who was appointed receiver some time ago for the construction company. The troubles of the Bracey-Howard Co. began with the building of t le Cincinnati, Bluffton & Chicago railroad.

Misses Hazel and Pearl Smith daughters of County Auditor Smith, of Fort Wayne, are the guests of Misses Myrtle and Kittie, Watts. In their honor the Misses Watts gave a picnic at Steele’s Park Tuesday , at which of course the principal event was the five o’clock feast. Quite a number of young ladies participated and the event was a delightful one. The state, association of underwriters, fire insurance companies have adopted a rule whereby it is forbidden that blanket policies be issued on any risks, meaning policies must be specifically written so much on building, stock, machinery, furniture and fixtures, etc., separately. The order has been issued to the Decatur office that no daily report which does not conform with this rule will be allowed to pass the inspector’s office, and same will be strictly observed. Several policies have already been ordered cancelled and re-written. J. H. Heller, Local Inspector. A reunion of the Dye family will be held at Overlook park, near West Milton, Ohio, on Friday, Augnst 26. On that date an association will be formed for the .purpose of taking the proper steps toward locating and secuing an estate which is]said to be worth $33,000,000 and to belong to the descendants of the family. The property Is thought to be in Pennsylvania and comprises anthracite coal territory. Meetings have been held before, but until within the last few months, nothing definite in the way of completing an organization has been done. Several members of the family live in Muncie and in the surrounding country. All who are members of the Dye family are urged to attend the reunion, or if unable to be present to send ther name and address with genealogy, to the secretary of the Dye association. West Milton, Ohio, prior to August 26. William F. Sohug, one of the most progressive farmers of Monroe township, has a finger in the management and success of the Great Northern Indiana Fair, which is due to exhibit in this city August 30, 31 and September 1, 2. The sheep department is in the care and custody of Mr. Schug, and a better man in all Adams county could not have been secured. He is a studious and industrious far met, a stock-raiser of considerable note, and knows the sheep business thoroughly. Under his guiding hand you may expect to see the finest of the Shropshire, Oxfords, Cotsw’olds, Merinos, and in fact al] the good blood that classes the high grade sheep. Tne Holthouse Drug Co. give a pail of Prussian Stock Food to the Adams county farmer wiflning the most premiums in this department. Mr. Schug will show you some sheep you read about, should you visit his department at the fair. A dispatch from Lafayette says: James H. Davison, alias Jack Davis and better known in Indiana, as‘‘Slippery Jack,” is again at large, and a reward is offered for his capture. The police and sheriffs of this part of Indiana are on the lookout for Davison since he made his last break for freedom from the Fountain county jail at Covington. Three years ago Davison began career of crime that landed him regularly in jail. At Winchester, Ind, he burrowed his way to freedom through a brick wall of the jail. At Bluffton Davison escaped after a few days incarceration. He was placed in jail here, and told one turnkey that he would get out without permission. He almost succeeded He had removed the iron bars from a ventilator in the roof and was about to unscrew’ the bolt that held the skylight when he was detected. A general jail delivery would have been the result of his success. Davison was taken to Covington and placed in jail to await the September term of court. He told the sheriff and jail attaches that before they knew what happened he would get out of jail A hole in the brick wall shows where Davison made good his boast.

The school trustees have appointed Miss Alice Curtis, of Buffalo, teacher of domestic science in the new high school, and named Prof. Herbert D. Merrell]as teacher of higher matematics, in place of Miss Katharine Blynn, who resigned. Miss Curtis is a sister of Mrs. E. W. Allen, of this city, and Prof. Merrell took the place of Miss Blynn during her leave of absence last year. Both are teachers of long experience and ripe ability—Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Paul Richard Arendt, who arrived in this country just three months ago, and has been visiting here during that time with his cousin, David Werling, left Friday evening for Washington, D. C. having enlist 'da few days ago with Uncle Sam in the navy, and was ordered to report at that place immediately and be ready for service. This enlistment means four years in the ser ’ice, two years being served on land and [two on water. Before t nlisting, however, young Arendt took out his naturalization papers and became a full-fledged American citizen. He is of German birth and is a well built young man and looks to be just the kind of people Uncle Sam is looking for, to make good fighters. He stated to a representative of this paper that he did not expect to return to this city until his time had expired. A horse belonging to Atz & Steele ran away Sunday morning about nine o’clock, and caused quite a little excitement. Jacob Atz had the horse hitched to a surray and standing in front of his North Second street home, He was waiting to take his family out driving, and had hold of the lines, while Robert, a three-year-old son, was in the carriage. Suddenly the horse reared and turned in the street, throwing Robert out on the pavement. The little fellow alighted on his head and shoulders, and it was feared he was badly hurt. Dr. Thomas was summoned and administered to the little fellow who recovered rapidly and seemed as well as ever before. The horse ran around Mersman’s ice house, nearly plunging into the river, ran south on Second street to Moser’s gallery, then west on Jefferson street to Eleventh, where he darted through a narrow alley and ran west on street quite a distance before being caught. Strange as it may seem, not a thing was broken about the rig or harness. Claude Slusser, an Erie engineer, well known in this city, pulled train No. 77 through Decatur at eleven o’clock Saturday night, and three hours later died at his home in Huntington. Th ) Huntington Herald tells the sad story as follows: “He came in at 12:10on engine 804, second 77, chatted a few minutes with some of the Erie employes made the remark that he was going home, would take a bath and get a good sleep. It seems he had been a long sufferer from attacks of indigestion, and was suffering from this ailment when he finished his last run. After reaching home he complained to his wife that his stomach was in bad condition and asked for some remedies. The wife was prompt in administering the usual preparations for his ailments, but he grew rapidly worse and died at the hour stated before a physician had time to arrive. The shock was almost too much for the devoted wife, who could not believe that Claude was dead. She aroused the neighbors and the house was soon filled with people anxious to [do something to lighten the dreadful weight of sorrow that- had come with so little warning. Claude was a native of this city, and was 30 years old on, the 24th of last February. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Fr n Slusser, whose names have been familiar to readers of the Herald for years. He leaves his devoted and estimable wife, to whom he was married at Rochester ten months ago, together with his affectionate sisters, Dessie and Maude, and brother William. He a twin brother of Mrs. Maude Plain, of Chicago.” He was a member of the several railway orders and a Mason.

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• I John M. Baker, through his attorney John C. Moran, has filed . ! suit in the Adams circuit court . against Emr T 'nel Tricker. Baker ■ alleges that he is the owner of a ’ dark bay horse, two years old, and a brown colt, one year old,the value of both being $200; that said Tricker has unrightfully taken possession of same. Mr. Baker asks that his horses be returned and that he be granted damages for their detention. While attending the races Thusrday afteronon at Van Buren, the pleasure of the day’s outing of the Decatur crowd was marred at the last minute by three members of their party being seriously injured. The boys alljeft yesterday morning in the best of spirits, and anticipating a fine time, arriving at Van Buren about twelve o’clock and were immediately driven to the race track, where they took a general survey of the speeders and otherwise amused themselves, until the races were called, whicn was at two o’clock. Immediately after the race program was completed, the Decatur crowd, ten in number, rushed for a hack, and were hurriedly driven to the Clover Leaf depot to catch their train. Arriving at the station it was found that the train was thirty minutes late, and someone in the crowd suggested that the boys go up street, half mile from the depot, and get supper, and to this all readily consented, and a small express dray was pressed into service to haul the outfit up street. The trip was made in safety, and all having finished supper, jumped on the dray once more for the return trip all standing np. The wagon had prob ■ ably gone a half square when it struck a small chuck hole, throwing the left side of the wagon down and the whole crowd jo the ground. A. P. Beaty fell heavily on his left side, badly spraining his left arm between the wrist and elbow and dislocating the same. J. H. Davis, the cement sidewalk contractor, was thrown heavily alighting on his neck and shoulder, and when he was picked up was unconscious, and in fact never regained consciousness until after being placed on the train. Dee Lewton, probably the worst injured one in the crowd, when the accident happened, had his left foot caught in some manner under the seat of the wagon and his body thrown out, and was in this manner dargged along, the wheel striking him at every revolution, until C. O. France managed to stop the horse and Elmer Johnson relieved him from his perilous position. The boys were assisted into a nearby yard, and Dr. D. D. Clark w’ho was in the crowd, earnestly set to work to attend the boys. Rigs were pressed into service and the ‘boys assisted to the depot, where they were carefulljy attended to until the train arrived, and they were brought home, where their wxsund were dressed. Dee Lewton suffered a dislocated shoulder and a badly bruised body where he came in contact with the wheel, and passed a very restless night, although being much better today. A. P. Beatty suffered a dslocation of his left wrist and a slight fracture of the same, but is feeling very well this morning. J. H. Davis was badly bruised and banged up. having the ligaments about his shoulder torn loose and otherwise slightly injured but is out overseeing his work today. The [whole crowd were more or less jarred and bruised with the exception of John Meibers, Ora France and Elmer Johnson who escaped uninjured. CD. Murry was thrown heavilv, as were George McKean, Abe Boch and Dr. D. D. Clark. The accident was purely accidental, and no one was to blame in any particular. The timely [presence of Dr. Clark proved to be a good thing, and he worked heroically with the injured. The people at Van Buren w’ere very kind and assisted the boys in every manner imaginably, and did every thing in their power to assist in oaring for the injured. The escape of all from more serious accident was a miracle and all are thankful it was no worse.