Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 22 September 1904 — Page 8

Country Correspondence. Pleasant jjlills Born to James Edington and wife a boy. Tuesday evening, Sept. 6th. Mrs. Phipps, of Decatur, gave Mrs A. M. Fuller a pleasant call Monday. Rev. D. B. Reckard and wife of Decatur, spent Sunday here with friends. Rasho Mathewson and family are moving from town to the Yager farm west of town. John Archer, formerly of this place ,bnt now of Fitzgerald, Georgia, is here calling on relatives and friends this week. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kinney and children and Miss Anna Kinney, spent Sunday as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. William Hill. Mrs. Jesse Steele celebrated her thirty-seventh birthday Wednesday of list week and quite a number of adies met by invitation and spent the day in sewing carpet rags. C. W. Yager is now permanently located and has opened up his grocery store in the Fortney building, formerly occupied by S. Durbin He kindly solicits a share of yo ir patronage. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roe died at their home west of Decatur, M onday afternoon. The remains were interred in the Pleasant Mills cemetery. Fhe boys turned out Monday evening with all kinds of instruments and gave Charles Matthewson and wife a good sound belli ig. Cigars and candy were immediately banded out to the noisy crowd. Charles Matthewson and Miss Sasie Archer left Saturday morning for Philadelphia. Ind., where they were quietly united in marriage by the Rev. A. D. Wagner of that place. They returned Monday evening to the parental home of the groom where a few neighbors and friends greeted them with the usual congratulations, after which supper was served. We extend congratulations. Linn Grove. Mrs. F. A.,W. Lindsey has been i bedfast since last Friday. Fever and heart trouble is her ailment. Daniel Yoder and son Noah opened cp an artifioal stone building block factory the first of the week. Arthur Miller who is doing railroad service in Southern California, is circulating among relatives and friends here. Mrs. Henry Morrow left on Monday evening for Decatur .111., to attend the bedside of her mohter Mrs. Polly Huffman. Harvey Oplinger and Miss Ida Baumgartner were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Noah Baumgartner of Rockford, Ohio, on the Sabbath. The French township school transfer wagon in making at the Dunbar shops is about ready for th.- road. ,T> is a humming bird would not spell it. Now as we have attended each band concert and pronounce each and every one grand, we herewith extend our sincere thanks to Bert and the boys of the Linn Grove Junior band . Charles C. Fonts while working

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on the Albert Lindsey dwelling re- I ceived a fall last Thursday resulting in a broken rib, bruised hip and head, rendering him bedfast for several days at this writing he is getting better. The mason work on the Sam Nusbaum residence was completed last week T he blocks used on his home and that of Albert Lindsey are Linn Grove production. The walls fproduced will rival others within the county. The Junior band will hold tneir last concert for the season Friday evening of this week, and the finale will be the nest of the season, the opening piece will be one arranged by Bert Heller, the band's director, and will not weary the audience. The Blutffon Blues contested the Linn Grove Stars on Jthe latter s diamond the tirt of the week, and the teams proved again that they are well mated,. The game was nine innings each side scoring ti ve an extra inning was played . the Stars scoring one and the Blues two. This mi kes them a tie. In the aggregate the Stars are ever ready to illuminate the Blues. Atlantic City by Oral V. Hoffman. After a night spent in the capital city and this being Sunday morning I walked out on the streets and , after looking around a short ! time I seen not far away the Washington Jmonument, so I started out in that direction. It is located one and one-third miles from the Capitol building on a hill, and one becomes tired by the time they climb this land reach the base of the monument, which is 55 feet square and 555 feet five and one-eighth | inches highland itsjwalls are 15 feet thick at base and tap.rs gradually to 18 inch at top and built of white marble from Maryland. It is the highest piece of masonry in the world. There is 197 memorial stones contributed from different sources as tributes to Gen. Washington. These stones are noted so i their beauty and fine carvings. At the height of 504 feet therei s eight windows that one look out and get a fine view of the entire . city and surrounding country. . Looking north one gets a view of the White House; to the east the ; capitol building, west Arlington ! cemetery and southwest Mount j Vernon. On a clear day one can see the Blue Ridge mountains in Virginia. To reach the top of this it requires 900 steps or you can take the elevtor which goes up every thirty minutes. After talking with one cf the guards for sometime he gave me a smallpieoe of the stone that this great monument was built of. Lay a corner stone of a monument which shall adequately bespeak the gratitude of the whole American people to the illustrious father of his country. Build to the skies. You cannot reach the loftiness of his principles. Found it upon the massive and eternal rock. Y’ou can not make it more.enduring than his fame. Construct it of peerless white marble, you cannot make it purer than his life. Exhaust upon it the rules and principles of ancient modern art, you cannot make it more pjrtionate than his character Winthrop’s oration at the laying of the corner stone. The next place to visit was the White House. This is a very nice building and very nicely

finished on the inside, also very nicley furnished. But insomuch as the president and his family wer> not at home I did’.not stay but started out to see new attractions, which are numerous. There is over thirty monuments to be seen in this city, as Dupont. Ferragut, Franklin, Grant, Garfield, i Greene, Hancock, Lafayette. Lincoln. Logan. Luther, Scott, Sherman, Washiutgon. Webster, which are the most important and costly. j In the afternoon Major Dean and myself visitedithe National cemetery at Arlington. Va., where 16,469 brave soldiers are hurried. It is located on the banks of the Pot >mac river the most important sights are the temple of fame, the Arlington house, and the monument of the unknown dead, where 2.111 unknown soldiers are buried the most impressive sight is the Bivouac, of the dead, where the headstones stretches away in lines endless to the sight. On each marble slab is inscribed the name of the soldier and his number and the number of his company by which he was known in the roll of honor "The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo No more on life's ptrade shan meet That brave and fallen few On fame’s eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread And glory guards with solemn sound The Bivouac of the dead. Here’s where Gen. Robert E Lee’s mansion is located. It wa? built in 1802 in the drawing room is where Gen. Lee was married. 1 and now this room is where all the visitors register their names. On April 22, 1861, Gen. Lee left this mansion and with his family went 1 to Richmond to take charge of the confederate army. In the year 1864 this property was sold i for taxes to the U. S. for <260,00. One can stanp on the portico of this mansion and look out across the beautiful Potomac in a northeasterly direction and see the ■ beautiful Washington City and the dome of the congressional library which is covered entirely of gold leaf As one stands here gazing at these sights he is not surprised that General Lse studied before taking up arms against the capitol. One could spend a day at this place and never get tired, as it is as grand a sight as they care to see, while just a short distance i northwest of Arlington is Fort Myer, which is an important U. S. army post, where a number of soldiers are stationed with officers' quarters and all is quite a town. After takng in the sights in here ! we started for the zoological park, but before going far, I seen a small cottage built on a hig h hill. : and upon inquiring I found it to be Mrs. D. E. N. Southwort's cottage. lat once started to climb a flight of stairs of 77 steps, which landed , me at the top of the hill and at the gate of the great writer's dooryard I was shown through the cottage by Mrs. Southworth's daughter in-law. One standing in the dooryard and looking south they get a grand view of the Potomac. After looking around here for I descended these stone steps an walked up Pennsylvania avenue about one half block and went through the Francis Scott Key mansion, the author of the Star Spangled Banner. (to be continued.) Confesses. Kokomo, Ind., Sept. 17.—The Rev. A. D. Alexander, pastor of the M. E. church at Alto this county, who has been missing for a week and whose unexplained absence created a stir throughout the Northern Indiana conference, is at a hotel in Toledo. Ohio, confessedly conscience stricken over a lapse from right living. The story of Alexander's misconduct is told by himself in a letter which his wife, who is still at the little parsonage in Alto, received from him yesterday evening. He admits his wrong doing and begs his wife to join him in Toledo. He says he will find for them a home among strangers and redeem the past. There is in the letter no attempt at concealment. Mrs. Alexander will not attempt a reply to her husband until she has thought the situation over carefully and advised with her friends. Presiding Elder Herrick has not announced what action the church authorities will take in the case, save to indicate that the pulpit at the Alto church will be declared vacant^n mediately.

Additional Locals. Sheriff Butler will conduct quite an excursion to Jeffersonville, the la.t of the week. The numerous recent convictions should be alesI son to our young men. A. C. <earing, of New York is in the citv, giving exhibitions as a knife-writer and card sculptor I He is the best in the country am does his work with lightning rapidity. Mr. and Mrs. A Van Camp left today for St. Louis, to take in the sight’s at the fair. Mr. Van Camp stated that in all probability he would stop at Charleston. Illinois, ion his return home andjbid on a I large mill job. Mrs. Stetler left this morning i for Pleasant Lake, where she will ; visit for a short time with relatives before returning to her home at I Lincoln, Nebraska. While here she was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stetler. The Cement Roof & Block company received a nice contract last evening from S. B. Fordyce to furnish the material for the construction of a new house on Fourt street. Tnis new home will be modern and up to date in all respects. E. A. Mann. W. H. JBaker, Lou Smith. Frank Ernest, Dick Buckmaster and Ross Mallonee .went to Napoleon, Ohio, this morning, to resume work on the large church they are building there. They expect to complete the same this week.

George Wemhoff was strutting up and down the streets Tuesday with a big smile on his face and a pocket ful of agars looking as if he owned the whole town, and all on accountof a big bouncing democrat boy, making its appearance at his home last evening. Both mother and babe doing well. The wakr tank at the Clover Leaf sprung a leak today, caused by a water valve becoming broken and the sidetrack is entirely covered with water. All efforts to mend the break have proven fruitless and the water will now have to all run out before the necessary repairs can be made. Miss Patterson, of Kokomo, passed through the city Tuesday, en route to Rochester, New York. While here she was the guest of Miss May Coverdale. Miss Patterson will be remembered as the lady who gavejhe Business Men’s carnival at the opera house this spring under the auspices of the Presbyterian church. WANTED.—A good reliable man, with horse and rig preferred, for De catur and surrounding towns to distridute circulars, samples, and tack signs, either in connection with pr> - sent work, or give entire time. No ; money required. >A good opportunity j for a hustler. Address, Atoz Print- , ing Co . Dept. 84, South Whitlev, Ind. The ball game Sunday will be ; the last of the season , this understanding having been reached this week, and will’be the last opportunity the ‘‘fans" will have of seeing them play. A large crowd should .be in attendance to show the team j that they have apprecited their 1 efforts during the summer. Monroeville has a strong team and are j capable of putting up a first-class article of ball. Remember this is your last opportunity and you should take advantage of it. U. B. Conference. Plymouth. Ind.. Sept. 20.—The sixtieth United Brethren conference, which has been in session here for the last week, dosed last night. The conference next year will be held at Huntington, Ind. More than three hundred pastors and lay deleg ites were present the entire week. The appointments of the ministers were announced by Bishop Kephart yesterday and are as follows: Fort Wayne District A. M. Cummins, presiding elder; Fort Wayne G. F. Byrer; Decatur, G. E. Luke; Monroevile, J. L. Powers; Ossian. C. A. Spitler; Tocsin, J. W. Burkert; Roanoke* A. E. Knepp; Pleasant Mills, W. A. Thom, as; Huntington. C. H. Bell; Churubusco, L. A. Stangle; Columbia City, L L. Shaffer;South Whitley. J. A. Farmer; Goblesville, the Rev. Mr. Hamend; North Manchester, J. L. Goshert Columbia City circuit, G. Hutchinson; Libeity Mills, G. L. Mattox. Marriage Licenses. * Fred Kable to Mary Ann Wendell. Menno S. Liechty to Rosina 1 Wittwer.

History of Indiana. Briokville, InlimDemocrat. Decatur: Sir- I am writing a history of Indiana in the civil war, with an] outline of the state from the Ordi-1 nance of 1717 to the close of the war. in six volumes of about 500 ■ pages each. First.-It is proposed to show the general character of rhe state at the on break of the rebellion, with the work of the pioneers who conquered an unbroken forest. Second.-To give a concise history of every military organizition of the state in the war for the Union, with a history of every great battle where our soldiers were engaged. Also to include the Mexican war. I ask all soldiers from Indiana in any war to kindly furnish me with a complete list of battles in which they participated, with the names of all who won promotion for gallantry in action, with the achievements of those who attained distinction in civil life in any line since the war, in which engaged, and facts and incidents illustrative of the heroism of private soldiers. I desire their names with facts, and postoffice addresses. and if they have any p ipers, documents and memoranda of historical value p rtaining to the period of my work and will permit me to examine them, I will pay charges Loth ways and protect them against loss by fire or theft by placing them in my safe deposit vault in the Brookville bank while not in use by me. Very truly yours EDWIN W. HIGH. KOOSEVELTVS. ROOSEVELT. In Roosevelt's life of Benton he took strong ground against the principle of protection, and among other things declared: “Political economists have pretty generally agreed that protection ii vicious in theory and harmful in practice.” But in his speech of acceptance he said: “It is vital to the farmer that the protection principle be maintained.” In a message to congress on Dec. 7, 1903, speaking of corruption in the public service, he said: “By similar means —that is through frauds, forgeries and perjuries and by shameless briberies, the laws relating to the proper conduct of the public senice in general, and to the due administration of the Postofflce Department have been notoriously violated ” But in his speech of acceptance he doubled on himself and declared:

“Never has the administration of the government been on a higher or cleaner level; never has the public work of the nation been more honestly or efficiently done.” Republicans who have sung the praises of the President have been wont to call him “fearless” and “brave.” though at times "impulsive.” But what must be thought of a President who thus, for the sake of votes, praises conditions which he once denounced as infamous? Is this another case of his "erratic wn!iu"» Colonel William Haynes, who wns the Republican candidate for congress in the South Bend district in 1888, has declared for Judge Parker. Colonel Haynes is a well-known educator, being a member of the faculty of Notre Dame University. He casts his fortunes with the Democrats in this campaign because he believes that President Roosevelt has deflected the government from that wise yet conservative policy in which it was directed for a century and which kept the country free from the entanglements that are so common to Europe. He believes in a "world power,” but it should be a power gained through peace and not through war. Senator Fairbanks has not yet learned to let go. How stra--= that a millionaire should persistently hold on to a |5,000 a year job when Judge Parker, a comparatively p- r man, voluntarily gives up $17,000 a year when nominated for the presidency. The work of organization is only begun when the county central committee is selected, headquarters opened and the party machinery put in motion. Thia is all an essential feature of the campaign, but there is need for work outside of this, though not independent of it. for it is in that closer organization which reaches the voter in his own precinct that the most effective work of a campaign is done. The Republican campaign text-book is out. and for the asking anyone can learn the real truth about Teddy and the trusts, how to have reciprocity witbout reciprocating, how the door has been opened in China, but we can’t get in: how honestly and capably the administration has run the government without fraud or guile, and how the Republican party has put up the price of wheat for the farmer and reduced the cost of living to the balance of us. In a letter to Chairman O’Brien of the Democratic State Committee. Chairman Sheehan of the National Executive Committee gives the lie to the Republican stories of friction in the national cc®, He says the stories are without foundation, for all the members are in complete accord on all questions relative to the cam'ptign.

MARKET REPORT I mersbautt W I reeled every day. P 0(3 Uc * 8 ' I grain. I Ntw CoJnyVlkw °. R4!N MSRCE «’. 11 New Corn, mixed,. * il ■ Machine shucked one'cent U Date, nnw WB ’ I No. 3, White Oats old " ® I Wheal, No. 2 58 I Wheat, No. 3 ~ IDi I Barley —1 ill I Rye No. 2 ' 15 I Clover Seed —- . 51 I Alsyke Hi I Buckwheat ® 50 I Flax Seed Z — « I Timothy. ~ ■ $ I CHICAGO MARKETS? ’ I Chicago market closed at I.n „ I loday, according to National I “iIX " . I Wheat, Sept, old ~. I September wheat new , £ | Wheat, Dec. ' ,JI I Wheat, May « I Corn, Septemlier !,* I Corn, December ~ I Corn, May 2T $ I Oats, September JI I Oats, Dec. I Oats May I Sept. Pork 7. I Sept Lard - I TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. I Changed every afternoon at o’clock bv J. D. Hale, Dec»ta. I Special wire service. | Wheat, new No. 2, red. cashsl m I September wheat;..,; p? I December Wheat 1 ij Kj Corn cash B September corn jg I December corn 491 I Oats. Cash I September oats 331 I Oats December 353 I Rye, cash l OTHER PRODUCTS. I BY VARIOUS GBOCBBS AND MERCHANTS, I Eggs, fresh, per dozJ I Lard n I Butter, per poundio I Potatoes, new 50 I Onions 65 I Cabbage per 100 lbloo I Apples, per bu4o I STOCK. I BY r>ED SCHKIMAN, DI LIB | Lambs 4@ 50) I Hogs, per cwt 15 00 5 S I Cattle per 1b.3 @ 4 i Calves, per lb.3j @ 4 | Cows 2 @ I BT J. W. PLACE CO. I Chickens, young, per lb 8| I Fowls, per lb 8 I Ducks, per lb 6 : Young Ducks 8 ! Young Turkeys, per lb 9 i Geese, old per lb4@s 1 Geese, young, per lb 5(g6 I HAY fIARKET. | No. 1 timothy large (baled) J 8 00 i No 1 ” small ” 700 I No 2 ” SI 00 leas I No 1 mixed 1 50 less | No 1 clover 1 50 less I WOOL AND HIDES. | BY B. KALVEB k SON. [ Wool, unwashedlßto23 I Sheep pelts2sc to ICO . OIL nARKET. I Tiona I Corning» New Castle l North Lima! South Lima I Whitehouse | Neodasha, (Kan.) ” | Barkersville I Ragland j COAL—Per Ton I Anthracite $ ™ | Domestic, nut — “ I Domestic, lump, Hocking— ■ Domestic lump, Indiana » I Pocahontas Smokeless, lump i I

...Legal rpoLEDO, ST. LOVIS & WErTEK'- Kall 1 ROAD CO. The annual meeting: of Hie ' ; BAILTOLEDO. ST. LOL IS AM» ts ' f ,"J “ n o f ROAD COMPANY . for- • <«« 01her directors, and the transact!.. A, re , ne business as may properly octoter meeting, will be held on At-1 •£*>;£ l ßt tbe 86. 190*. at 10:00 o’clock m the :> re“ “ Mort , principal office ot the Company in Clinton County. Indiana. 1l>»I" 1 a> t be ceiving ballots will be’»» d organization of the nieeiin- - ■ Irans fet will remain open one hou. <, c tober books of the Company will.. - m ,t 15. 1904. aud re-open on i ,r*jlAs 10:0u o’clock a. m. '• ' secretary 29-3 OF RECEIVING BIDS. Notice is hereby given that the County Commissioners of ‘ rt)n tbe Indiana, have adopted ar. . ; aD# ,ud Auditor's Office of said r ; iet i On of* Specifications for the _, nl tv Inbrnismoke stack for the use of the ' “"Jj p u» ary and also Said Board h« P steam and Specifications for the county pipes of the heating plant a Indiansfirmary Building. Adams „ the Sealed proposals will b- r count! cffice of the Auditor of Adams until the 7th day of October. 1904, id dayat 10 o'clock a. m.. sharp o r > )f Octoberaward the contract the '"/'Led *' tl ! L hOi. Each bid must l>e a< • aD d by * proper affidavit as requir • 1Q fts good and sufficient bond | a wbic of Indiana in an amount < ■ ' il3S r said bond shall be signed by » of ]ndial is. resident freeholders ot the • n , tilie d »* whose responsibility sba.l tv required by law or by a- ' The b-’»* the appproval ot sal<d .’ '. yand* l *’’ reserves the right to reject a« MARTIN LAVGIILIN -.rs j Attest: Abe Boch. Auditor.