Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1904 — Page 5

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The following named parties went to Portland Wed. morning to attend the democratic district congressional convention: E. Burt [Lenhart, Ed. Zimmerman, Henry Biting, David £ Smith,. C. J. Lutz, Charles Ernst, JohnYager . Will Kitson, George Gales, E. Jackson, D. Dilling, T H. Andrews, George McKean, Cal Miller, Lewis Bailey, John Tyndall, pred V. Mills, Albert Butler, J. Johnson, Henry Zwick and Will Zimmerman. On last Sunday twenty-six children and grand-children, with well filled baskets drove to the beautiful country home of Joshua Bright, of rural route number two, to remind him that he had passed the sixty-fourth mile stone of life, and that they were glad that father and grand-father is still among the living. Needless to say that they did justice to a sumptuous dinner consisting of everything good for a hungry appetite. John devoured the most chicken. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Abbott and family, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Santbine and family, of Craigville, Mr. and Mrs. John Bright and daugbter.of Decatur, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Johnson and daughter, of Monroe, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Beery Mr. and Mrs Alvy Aurand, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Bright, and John Strait, of R. R. No. 2. The crowd departed, wishing him many more such birthdays. Portland, Ind., Sept. 7.—0il men now admit that one of the neatest moves that has yet been executed in the local oil field is one which is credited to Rice & Emmerson, pioneer contractors of this city, and the truth never dawned until yesterday when well No. 3 on the Jacob DeLong farm, three miles north of the city was shot. This was the fourth well drilled in that territory, and everyone heretofore had pronounced the oil prospects worthless. When Rice & Emmerson persisted in drilling other wells their perseverance was looked upon as the rankest foolishness. Those who held leases’on the land in that part of the county canceled their contracts and were glad to get rid of them without paying the rentals which would soon fall due. Well No. 3 on the DeLang farm shot the fluid high above the derrick yesterday and oil men who were present were astonished. Now, upon investigation, the? learn that the other wells previously drilled and capped over as “light” are promising "producers with fluid standing in them to a depth of 900 feet.

The county commissioners are still in session and from the present outlook will be busy a day or two yet, in fact they only got down to the regular routine work at two o clock this afternoon. For two days they have been busy with the Amacher ditch case, to which improvement a remonstrance was hed by R, o. Johnson and others. The case developed into a real trial, twenty witnesses being examined, ten on each side. The petitioners Were represented by Attorney L. C. Devoss and the remonstrators hy D. D. Heller & Sen, Hooper & Lenhart and'J. C. Moran. The h’arirg of evidence continued until ten o clock Wed. morning, and the attorneys were then allowed three hours for argument, an hour and a half for each side. The comniissiouers will give their decision Sf, nie time tomorrow. The remote ''trators object to their assessment ’‘nd claim they are not benefitted. t two o clock Wed. afternoon the . ar{ l quit the ditch business and gan on the regular routine, al°wing a number of bills and carf°r other matters.

Tuesday, at just twelve o’clock at the home of Mr.and Mrs. Nelson, i who live in the west part of the city, occurred the wedding of Miss Myrtle Clem of this city to Mr. N B. Peters, of Crete, Nebraska. The i wedding was attended by the im- ■ mediate relatives and was a quiet ■affair. Rev. E. H. Pontius officiated. Mr. Peters is a young welli to-do farmer, having resided in Nebraska for [a number of years. This happy young [[couple will remain here for a few days, and then I leave for Crete, Nebraska, wher they will make their future home The Democrat extends congratula tions. Matthias Coffee, twleve-year-old son of btreet Commissioner John Coffee, was the victim of an accident which may cause him the loss of an eye. His escape from fatal injuries seems miraculous. He was standing with a crowd of boys and men on the corner near Murray’s saloon, watching some fellows striking an old-fashioned weight machine. One man stronger than the average, drew back the big heavy wooden sledge in an effort to knock the indicator clear out of sight, and in doing so the sledge struck the boy just over the left eye, cutting his face terribly and inflicting a serious wound. The blow was broken somewhat by the sledge grazing a man’s arm or the lick might have proven fatal. As it is the boy’s face is badly swollen and it is impossible to say whether or not the sight can be saved.

Leon Grandjean, the Belgian who is walking around the world cn a wager of SIO,OOO, appeared in the police court Friday m irning to testify against Chas. ’Morris, of 927 Liberty street, and William Morris, of Liberty and Denman streets. Grandjean was passing Laurel and Baymiller streets late Tuesday night when accosted by two men who were drunk. “Pipe his whiskers,” said none. “Oh, he is the globe trotter,” replied the other. They approached Grandjean and one of them said: “Cully” It’s see how fast you can trot over that part of the globe between Baymiller, street and Freeman avenue.” Grandjean refused to run and both hit him at once.—Cincinnati Enquirer. The globe trotter was in Decatur two weeks ago and was seen by a numurber of o people. Members of the local Elks lodge who were at Anderson to attend the state meeting report'that Nol Todd was touched for all his loose change, between $9 and $lO, by a sneak thief, who robbed him while he slept at one of the hotels. The robbery occurred Nell and Levi Mock occupied the same room at the hotel an Mr. Mock arose early and went downstairs, 'leaving the door unlocked. Nell slept a couple of hours longer, and when he went to dress he found that the room ha I been entered, his trouser pockets turned inside out and all of his valuables gone. When he went down to the office to settle he had to offer the clerk a check and the latter would not accept it until Nel was identified. Then the story was learned by Nel’s friends.—Bluffton News.

After having been injured for a week, it was discovered yesterday that Niva, a valuable four-year-old pacer belonging to Centliver Bros., had sustained a broken I’g. and the pretty gray mare was shot as the only method of relief. The loss is a heavy one to the owners, as the mare was slated to go better than 2:10. It is said that while being shipped tc Decatur about a week ago Miss Niva was hurt about the leg. She at once became lame and Driver Frank Bogash was unable to locate the exact cause of the trouble. Yesterday morning he gave the mare a slow workout at the driving park, but she was so lame that she was taken back to the stables. There it was discovered that the bones of the leg were broken squarely off. is Plumed that the bones were partial y fra - tured in the first place and that the brea k was completed yesterday. The injury was of such a nature that it yield to treatment and the animal was shot . . Niva’was a gray mare by Atlantic King and she was a tujl sister Frank Bogash. She as » year-old and still a greenling, but she was'expeoted to deveop - tonishing speed and was regarded as one of the most promising c - , . She was entered in nn the track. »ne on v . thp fair grounds the 2-30 pace at tne iau s Wednesday—F°rt Wayne JournalGazette.

The big 1,250 pound mule, that kicked Enos Peoples a few days ago, died today at noon after several days illness with congestion of the lungs. The funeral was held this afternoon and inti rment made north of the city. Jesse D. B ill went to Fort Wayne Med. morning, where he will pass examination to be admitted to the United States navy. From Fort Wayne he expects to be sent east to the coast, where he will be assigned to his regular duties. He will s rve four years before returning to Decatur again.

Some of the relatives of William flick, who was killed on the Grand Rapids & Indiana railway at Decatur, Sunday morning, are yet firm in the belief that the young man came to his death at the hands of some thug. The fact that his watch was gone and his pockets turned inside out is something that cannot be explained in any other way than that the fatal injury was inflicted for the pur - pose of robbery. Besides his keys were found some distance up the track, while the trainjwhich struck him did nothing more than to turn his body over. The engineer on the passenger train is another who will not believe other than that the brakeman came to his death by foul play. The engineer says that when he first saw the body the head, shoulders and one arm were lying on the track and the train had slowed down to such a speed that it could not have done death injury when it struck the body. He says that the train merely seemed to pick up the body and turn it over.—Portland Commercial-Re-view.

Among the attractions which will be sem at Bosse’s opera house this season is Gordon & Bennett’s Till star company in the“ Holy City” which will be here before many weeks. The cast includes John the Baptist, Herod, king of Galilee, Pontius Pilate, Nicodemus, the Disciples, Judas, Mary. Magdeline and others of the days of Christ. The scenery is the finest curried by any company on the road. The advance circular says: "The Ho]y City” is like the regal bloom of the century plant, as rare and 'precious as it is beautiful. No anthem sung in dim cathedral aisles was ever more devout or reverential than this grand drama of the holiest storv of all the ages.” The Rockford Illinois Morning Star of August 7th. said: “The Holy City”, a new production and a good one, was the verdict of the fair-sized and critical audience that saw this piece at the Grand last night. This great biblical play made its initial bid for favor to a Rockford audience and won. It came strongly heralded and much was expected, and it speaks well for playwrights and actors that it scored a success. Many were adverse to accept the daring theme which was given as a voice of nature from a master hand. Aside from its really meritorious dramatic interest and cor rect and gorgeous scenic attire, it was most satisfactorily presented by’ a capable company.”

Jrsephus Daniels, chairman of the committee on arrangements of the democratic editorial conference held this week in New York city, Saturday, received a letter from Alton B. Parker, in which he said: “I shall be glad to see the delegation of editors and in accordance with your request will be pleased to make a brief reply to the address of their spokesman.” Arrangements are completed for the conference. Every state east of the Mississippi river will be repre sented, and a number will come from the far west. The banquet will be given on Wednesday evening. September 7th, in the ball room of the Waldorf-Astoria, where the following editors will respond to toasts: Henry Watterson Louisville Courier-Journal; Clark Howell, Atlantic Constitution; Johi B. Stoll, South Bend Times; P- Herman Ridder, New York States-Zitung ; Willis J. Ab bott, Detroit United States Daily, and Andrew McLain, Brooklyn Citizen. L. G. Ellingham, editor of the Democrat, left in company with Editor E. E. Cox of the Hartford City News and George L. Saunders. of the Bluffton Banner, for N eW York City to attend the conTerence. On Thursday the entire bodv of guests will go up the Hudson to Esopus to visit Judge Parker, and Charles W. Knapp, of the St. Louis Republic, will deliver the address to the presidential candidate.

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The funeral services of John A. Walters were held at 12:30 Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. IE. H. Pontius at the United Brethren church. The deceased was born in Cumberland county, Pa., February 8, 1836, died at Lafountaine, Indiana, September 4, 1904, aged sixty-eight years, six months and twenty-seven days. He came to Indiana in 1846 and remained a citizen of the state since, a period of nearly sixty years. He was united in marriage to Louisa Jane Shackley May 17, 1863, to which union seven children were born, three of whom preceeded their father in death. Those surviving are Hiram S., A Nelson, John Franklin and William D. The deceased was well known and highly respected in this county, where many years of his life were passed. The county council concluded their business and adjourned Tues, evening. Appropriations so- opperating the various county institutions, building roads and bridges, paying salaries of county officers, and all other necessary bills were made, amounting m total to $42,655 A tax levy of eight cents upon each SIOO of the valuation was made to pay principal and interest and outstanding bonds. An additional levy of nine cents on each $lO valuation was made for i epairing the various gravel roads of the county. An ordinance was adopted providing for a temporary loan of $6,500 to meet current running expenses of repairing gravel roads and paying for insurance on county buildings, the last item amounting to S7OO. The business of the council was transacted thoroughly and the board concluded their work a day sooner than was expected.

The Erie has again been selected by the Old Settlers Association of Indiana and Ohio, and that road is making preparations to offer special accommodations for this annual pilgrimage Tuesday, October 4. For twenty-three years have these excursions been run from the East to and from the West to the East, alternating each year. By these excursions it is possible for families in moderate circumstances to return to the old homes from whence came their parents or they themselves moved years ago, to this state, and in the wilderness established a new homestead; and again tnose who remained in the east are granted special inducements to make the trip to this state and enjoy family reunions and visit with old friends. This year the excursion will be run from this state The Erie has made arrangements through the traffic department to run three trains The first section will not, take passengers east of Kingsland. The second section will stop at all stations between Huntington and Marion, Ohio, leaving here at 6:45 a. m. with ten coaches. • These two trains will go as far as Youngstown. A third section will start at Rochester and run to Greenville, Pa., leaving here at 7:30. The fare for the round trip will be 13.75 to Youngstown and 14.75 to Greenville., Pa. The Ohio-Indiana reunion will be held at Avon Park situated between Niles and Girard, Ohio, but a short distance from Yougstown, Thursday, r October|6. Albert Wilson, of Bluff ten, is president of the association; J. L. Metts, of Ossian, is vice-president, and illiam 11. Rupright, of Ossian, is treasurer It is through the efforts of these gentlemen that a most successful reunion is expected. It is said an elaborate program has been arranged.

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Gas This Winter. Editor Democrat: For the information of whom it may ccncern, kindly publish the following extract from a letter received this morning from S. T. Murdock, Gen. Mgr. of the L & W. V. Gas Co., to-wit: Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 3, 1904. “We believe the service in Decatur will be as good or better next winter than it was last. We have equipped the pumping station with gas engines, thus decreasing the amount of gas taken from the line for fuel under the boilers. We are drilling a number of wells in a poo] of high pressure gas recently found to the east and slightly north of the station, and have every reason to hope for success, but as you know, gas comes from the ground and no one can see farther than the point of the drill.” This extract is published for the information of all consumers at Decatur, Monroe, Berne and Geneva Yours very truly, G. Christen, Mgr. Oil Notea. At a meeting held at 431, Stock exchange, Building, Chicago, Tuesday by the directors of the Indiana Oil Company, William H. Hood, of this city, was elected president of the company. Other officers are: Vice president, Perry Innis; treasurer, George W. Bolds; secretary, L. H. Wilson. The company’s holdings are principally in Jay and Adams county and the main office has been removed from Chicago t< this city. —o — The new oil company which will be heard from soon was organized in Chicago Wednesday. It is to be known as the Toledo Oil company and the officers are: president, Arthur G. Mitten, Chicago; vice president and managjr, George W. Bolds; secretary and treasurer, Enoch L. Griffith, Chicago.

—o — The Tramp Oil Co. ’s well on the Irwin farm north of New Corydon continues to be one of the marvels of the Indiana field. The well was drilled in last Friday and up to this time it is flowing solid streams of oil through a double leadline in the tank. Up to Wednesday noon two 250-barrel and two ten-barrel tanks had been shipped and there were two fifties and three ten-barre tanks filled besides a long ditch full of the crude. Toledo, Ohio, Sept. 2—At last oil has reached the bottom of the toboggan and is on the upward climb. This news today made glad the hearts of the oil men who, for several months, have been on the verge of despair, as they saw the market declining with no reason in sight for it. The increased production in Kansas was the only cause announed for repeated slashes in oil, and oil men could not see from the reports on runs and shipments, that the volume of oil justified the reductions. Today comes an advance of 3 cents in the eastern and western product, while even Kansas, the land of grasshoppers and populists, gets a present of two I cents a barell on crude oil from the ' Standard Oil company. The quotations are: Tiona, $1.68; Pennsylvania, $1.53 New Castle, $1.40; Corning, $1.43; Ca belle county, $1.53; Whitehouse, $1.26; North Lima $1.03; South Lima 98c; Indiana, 98c; 98 South Neodasha, 90c; North Neodasha, 70c. Marriage licenses have been granted to W. B. Peters and Myrtle Clem, Jacob Egley and Mary Elizabeth Moser

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Marion Owls Defeated. The Marion Owls have come and gone and this time, instead of taking victory back home with them, were given the bitter pill of defeat, and the games now stand one each between the respective teams. The game started out on the whirlwind order and looked as if it would be a walkaway for the Owls, as they scored two runs in the first by errors and timely hits. The Rosenthals, however, evened matters up by scoring two runs after two men were out. After this both teams settled down and played beautiful ball throughout the game, and many sensational plays were made by both teams. Railing pitched the game for the Rosenthals, and his work was above par, being the feature of tne game—he striking out eight men and letting the hard hitting Owls down with nine hits and materially assisting the home team to win by his heavy hitting. The whole team had on their batting clothes, hitting the ball safely just when hits meant runs. Touhey, however, led the team in hitting, by getting three hits in three times at bat, and always driving a man into count ing territory. The game was a fast played one, barring one or two occasions, when the Owls got to wranglings with the umpire over decisions that were clearly right, and over which there was no need of argument. The Rosenthals undoubtedly put up the fastest fielding game of the season, and also hit at the same rate. The Owls is a good ball team and know its game thoroughly, and the team that beats them will always know that they have been in a game of ball. Lemon, of Monroeville, played right field for the Rosenthals, but did not show any fast work, being replaced by Coffee in the sixth inning, who by the way put up a clean game. Score ROSENTHALS AB R H I’o A E Peterson, 3 b 5 114 12 O. France. 2 b 4 3 2 6 2 0 Touhey cf 3 2 3 0 0 0 Railing p 4 1 3 0 0 0 B France lb 3 0 0 8 0 0 Lemon r f 3 0 0 0 0 0 Pennington c 3 0 0 8 3 0 De Vinney rs If 3 0 0 1 0 0 Linn ss 3 11 0 3 I Coffee rs 10 10 0 0 Totals 32 8 11 27 9 3 OWLS AB RI H PO A E Clapp 3 b 5 1 0 2 3 0 Pefferless 5 1 2 3 2 1 Gunion lb 4 2 1 10 0 0 Rademacker r f 4 0 1 0 0 0 Doyle It 4 11 0 0 0 Stover 2 b 4 0 1 4 0 0 Bastaincf 4 0 2 0 0 0 Underwood c 3 0 0 4 3 0 Blaukenbaker p ... 4 0 11 2 1 To.a's 37 5 9 24 10 2 Ros 23001020 x—B Owls *2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 o—s Hits —Decatur, 11;Owls, 9. Errors —Decatur, 3; Owls 2,. Three base hits —Railing, Gunnion. Two base hits—Railing, Appfferle, 2. Stolen bases —Touhey, B. France. Struck out -Railing 8. Blankenbaker 4. Buses on balls —Blankenbaker 3; I Hit by pitched ball—Linn, Touhey, Gunnion, Ridemeker, Doyle, Underwood. Passed balls—Penning, ton 2. Double plays—C. OFranoe to Peterson, Linn to C. O. France to B. France; Stover to Appfferle. Sacritioe hit—Devinney.