Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1905 — Page 1

■ the news ■all THE time

ftluME XLVIII.

evening Marshal G reen wt s to the Erie depot where he 9Lhl two young men named and Perry Roebuck, JBasant Mills, on a charge of Jfe and disorderly conduct. They before Mayor Coffee they plead guilty to the and each were fined $9.30. to jail. gift Gault, of Monroeville, was . Friday attending to business .Jjtoking up old friends, having .rfnirly lived here. He is one of J|E r ee men who was shot by gKI Tuigg, the Chicago traveling while on a passenger train on railroad near 3L w . a few weeks ago. He was the jaw and carries bullet as a souvenir. jgfoa fully recovered. ■|t Governor W. T. Durbin does to pardon John W. Ter : settled beyond a doubt to ■then he notified the latter’s at|Hy, Postmaster A. L. Sharpe mt lie would take no further ac>n (■: any kind in the case before Kg from office. The letttr was ■ved this morning by Postmast•■Larpe and ; n it Governor Dur Stated that Terrell's case was ■Lending .u .-be supremo "court pp al that would take no JKu on the petition for a pardo n the would leave the case to ,K_,.jssor, Frank Hanley, who *3 caugurated this week — News. fie *ort Wayne Commercial club ■4 entertained the legisla n.iers of the general assemthis corner of the state ■ f banquet. The festivities ■ place at the Wayne hotel and perfect in every particular, fie who responded to toasts were firt Milliard, president of the ■J. M Barrett, the toastmaster e evening; Attorney-General ir, of Indianapolis; Thomas R. ihall, of Columbia City, Judge k M. Powers, of Angola; W. hambaugh, Senator Uilery and gessman-elect Gilbert, of Fort ne. AU were entertaining and e on various subjects of interest is period of time. The object . banquet was for the purpose ■ ring together the legislative era from this section, that i nous and harmonious actlofl it be had upon any proposed Ration affecting the territory < d The occasion was a most - int exhibition of that good t>g which insures the safety preservation of any effort the ve of which is for the suprem jf progress and good fellowship. 3 controversy with the Westinglec ompany regarding the dyo and engine recently purchasy the city of Decatur has been isted and this time the anicement that a day service ia red is a positive one. Word u Mr. Johnson says that the malery was shipped from Lorain, o, yesterday and should arhere nos later than next Mon- . Mayor Coffee says that a k should find the machinery perly installed, as everything is eadiness, and January 20th at very furthest, should find Det enjoying a day current. The y was caused by a misunderiding between the Westinghouse ipany and their representative, Johnson, and while it was very [ravating the company proved mselves thorough business men. sy made a satisfactory reduction ;he price of the plant to pay for delay, and sold them an even ter outfit than was at first con3ted for. The new unit, as it is »wn in electrical vernacular in--les a 260 horse power engine 1 a modern dynamo, insuring patur with the machinery al|dy in use, power enough to operI their lights day and night for ny years to come, and to carry in a larger load than now. DeEr merchants will especially apiate the day current, for during winter months .light of some dis a necessity, and nothing -of lern invention quite equals the ’trio light. The new plant was ght for ’.ess than one-third its I value, and the administration srves praise for their carefnl ■ wise dealing.

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Mr. and Mrs„ Ellingham gave the members of the Whist club an opportunity to test their skill Friday evening, and the occasion proved a most pleasant one. The high scores were made by Mrs. Dugan and Mr. Ellingham. Quite a number of visiting guests were present, including Mrs. Rout, Mrs. Miller, Mr. and Mis. T. M. Reid, Mr. Kuebler and Miss Rose Christen. The Indiana Appellate court holds that a county does not, under any circumstances, become liable for the cost of building a free gravel road in taxing a district created by the vote of one or more townships. The suit was brought by Ctmlus C. King, against Martin county 1i recover $845 which he alleged was due him for work done when 1.0 was enjoined from finishing the improvement by the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railroad, whose tracks it was to cross He insisted that the county had $1,231 in its treasury derived from the sale of gravel road bonds issued to pay for this road. The court held that if King had any remedy it was a proI ceeding against the officers to compel them to turn the money over to him, and not a suit against the ■ county for a debt it did not owe. The board of commissioners began the business of the new year by acknowledging the certificate of {election of Commissioners Laughlin and Werling, Auditor Lewton and Surveyor Baumgartner. The board organized by the election of Martin Laughlin as president, a place held by this member during the past year. A remonstrance was filed to the Russell and Lewis Long ditch jietition, and W. V. Buckmaster. L. N. Grandstaff and Henry Blakey were appointed reviewers. {The viewers' reports on the J. L Hook, Noah Moser and J. F. Snow ditch petitions were approved. H. O. Green, as exparte, was continued. The board celebrated the first day of the year’s business by a visit to the County infirmary, where an inventory was taken, and which showed something over iBOOO worth of personal property. The inventory discloses a rattling good business management on the part of Superintendent Graber, who sustains that magnificent institution by good a lid practical business management. The bdkfd is considering plans for a large grain barn and horse stable, a much needed addition to the convenience and safety of the many values there. In spite of the fact that the work of “long distance weather forecasters" has been discredited by officers of the government weather bureau, the Rev. Irl Hicks continues to issue his weather prognostications and his predictions for 1905 have been received at this office. Two years ago Mr. Hicks successfully COfitfoVetfed the rumor that he was dead and now he devotes considerable space in his almanac to proving that he knows what the weather will be one year in advance as well as the government experts know what it will be twentyfour hours in advance. If Hioks can sustain his contention it might throw a lot of the weather bureau scientists out of a job. The reverend says that the 4th and sth of January is a storm period. By the fourth there will be changes to warmer in the western part of the country with rain and snow and general sstorm conditions until the 6th. The second storm period is between the 9th and 13th. A decided change to warmer will occur, shifting winds, rains on the 11, 12 and 13 will visit the central states and on the Uth there will be winter i lightning. A blizzard will follow. ’ A storm is also booked for the 16, 17 and 18. This storm will run into another which will continue to the 25th ai d be the worst of the I month. Over vast regions rain { will ’urn ti sleet, blizzards and exI tren”' cold wave will ensn". About I the 28th or 29ihfhe general <* Id will i relax and there will be rain and { snow The 17th to the 29th wil] be i a very bad period for live stock railI roads and it is advised that out of I door work be curtailed during that | part of the month.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1905.

The St. Agnes Society of the Catholic Church met Monday at the St. Joseph school house and elected the following officers to act for the ensuing year. President, Miss Florence Beavers; secretary, Miss Bert Voglewede, and treasurer, Miss Rose Conter. Annual reports were made which showed a fund of $l7O in the treasurer’s hands. < Amos Hirschey, Elias Reisen and Frank Cottrell, as attorney, were in the city Thursday and filed with the auditor a remonstrance against the Lewis and Russell Long ditch, which has been petitioned for in the regular way. The remonstrance bears the names of fifteen interested parties, who protest against the construction of the ditch. They allege that the ditch as located is impracticable, that the assessments as made are not in proportion to benefits derived, and that the cost will exceed the benefits to be had by said drainage. They intend to fight it out along these lines when it comes up before the commissioners, which will be next Monday. It is probable that the petitioners will also be heard and have something to offer when the viewers' report comes up for approval or rejection. Fred Schafer and son Chaliner Monday closed negotiations whereby they became owners of the R. D. Patterson block located between the Schafer Hardware store and the Democrat office. The consideration was SBSOO and the new owners took immediate possession. At present the room is occupied by the Economy store, who will retain possesson until the expiration of their lease, when the Schafer Hardware company will use the same for their rapidly growing business. The Schafer Hardware company are branching out considerably, and they already have one of the biggest stores of the kind in the state. Besides the big Second street block, their buggy and machinery department occupies as big a block on jladisQD street. The company is making some splendid improvements in the interior of their store. A handsome and convenient elevated office is being constructed, a new stee] ceiling added and the basement refitted for a business room. Another improvement is an immense lighting plant for their own use, and which will furnish light for all their d< - partments. It is oer tainly a great store and does credit to Decatur. An improtant meeting of the Great Northern Indiana Fair association was held at Berne Saturday, and some actions of importance were taken. The dates of the 1905 fair were changed to August 29, 30, 31 and Sept. Ist, making it the same week as held last fall. This change was made owing to - the fact hat the date formerly chosen conflicted with the Portland fair. It was also decided to admit six new members into the assoriation, ’making a total of fifty. The secretary will receive applications from now on, and same will be acted on at a special meeting to be held soon. The report of Secret-ary C. D Kunkle was accepted. It was decided that a number of free attractions be obtained for this year’s fair Another decided change in tte program is the arrangement of the races. Wednesday and Thursday will be devoted to harness races, while Friday will be a big Derby day, with nothing but tunning races. It is to be a great dsv and a ladies’ band will furnish the music. The fair of 1905 will be the banner one of Indana, and don’t allow yourself to forget it. The various departments will be in charge of the following supreintendents: Horses, John P. Steiner; cattle, William Miller; sheep, William Schug; swine, John Steele; poultry and pet stock, Arnold Ashbaucher; agricultural. Lewis Fruobte; canned fruits, Mrs. C. D. Kunkle; floral department and art, J. W. Broad beck; speed, Harry Grove; chief of police, William Farlow. President John D. Nid linger leaves tomorrow for Indianapolis to artend the state board of agriculture in the interest of the fair association-

Mell Butler, rural route carrier, five, desiies to thank all his patrons along the line for the donations they made to him on last Saturday as a New Year’s present. Mell found chickens, cake, butter, corn, potatoes, apples, etc., all along his route on the mail boxes, and the supply he received will last him for several months to come. Pension Agent Robert Blackburn Thursday received word from the Department of Interior that the widow pension of Mrs. Marie L. Holloway had been granted, allowing her eight dollars per month. This is the quickest return on record during the many years Mr. Blackburn has been in the business. Dr. Hollaway died November 4. Mrs. Holloway filed her application November 21 and her claim was allowed December 20. Those who understand the red tape details necessary to get any kind of business through the government department will appreciate the fact that the present instance is a record breaker. Miss Gertrude Moses, the accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. El Moses, who reside east of this city, made the announcement Tuesday to her many friends that on Thursday of this week she would leave for Yankton, South Dakota, where she had accepted the position as music instructor in one of the state institutions at that place, and would assume her duties as soon as she could reach the above named place. Miss Moses during the past several years has had numerous offers to taxe up work of this description, but had been forced to turn them all aside, owing to ill health, but during the past year she has regained her health and when the proposition came from the above named place*, she immediately wired her acceptance and closed the contract, which carries with it a handsome salary. This position is a responsible One, and in securing the service of Miss Moses the Y’ankton institution have secured a person who can fill the bill. Mies Moses is fully competent, having spent five years in the ChiO2."O Academy of ifffOUl ‘which 'sLf? graduated with high honors. Her contract calls for a term of service until June first. Miss Moses’ friends are rejoicing over her good fortune. The Democrat wishes Miss Moses all manner of success in this new venture. At 1 o’clock Friday afternoon tne deeds and necessary papers were signed whereby Rev. W. H. Daniels became the owner of the Samuel Doak property on West Monroe street. Possession will be given April first when Rev. and Mrs. Daniel will move here with the ex peOtaHon of making this their future home. The property includes, besides a modern house and other buildings, twenty-one acres of splendid land, all lying within the corporate limits of the city. It is the intention of Mr. Daniel to operate an immense poultry and fruit farm. For three years past he has had such a move in view, and has been experimenting during the time he has resided on his farm near Converse, Indiana. He will purchase a 3000 egg incubator and construct buildings large enough to accommodate 5,000 laying hens. By this it may be seen the plant will be one of the 1 irgest in this part of the country and Mr. Daniel will devote his entire time to the business. Before taking possession of his new property, Rev. Daniel will visit a half dozen of the largest poultry farms tn the country the country to seenre ideas that will assist in making this one an ideal farm. When interviewed today he said, “I tielieve I will like the work, from the small experience I have had, and have determined to make it as large as possible, so long as I find it profitable.” Rev. Daniel is well known over Northern Indiana, and served as presiding elder of the Methodist church for the Fort Wayne district for a term i of five years. He was a popular minister and both he and Mrs. I Daniel will be gladly welcomed as permanent citizens here. They I like Decatur for various reasons, j chief among which is the one that it is the best town in Indiana.

, Conntv auditors throughout the ■ state are repoi ting large sums of • state schools funds remaining in ■ their hands and unloaned, because of the oompiratively high rate of , interest they are compelled to deI mand. While money can be had in abundance at 5 per cent and sometimes even less, on good sei entity, persons hesitate about paying 6 per cent for school funds. There is a renewal of the talk of asking the coming general assem- { bly to reduce the school fund rate to 5 per cent. Sheriff Butler has completed his records for his first term of ooffice i which ended Dec. 31. During the two years he admitted . to the county jail 456 prisoners. Os this number ten were taken to prison, two going to Michigan City . and eight to Jeffersonville. The other 446 prisoners served jail ? sentences for misdemeanors or - were acquitted on trial. The . greater number of charges were t drunkenness and vagrancy. Mr. i Butler’s record shows any knowledge one might desire, including } name, ag£, size crime and sentence of each prisoner. The prison- ? ers have all been well cared for, and have words of praise for the r sheriff who while he did his duty 3 treated every prisoner as a man. , Milliard Cowan and Harry Reich- - ard, former Decatur men who were - injured in the explosion near Hart- - ford City, Thursday afternoon were - not seriuosly hurt. Mr. Reichard is 3 a son in-law of Harlo Mann, of near . Monroe, and the latter left this 1 morning to find out just how badly ) Harry was hurt. The Hartford , City News said: Engineer Harry i Reichert went to a barber shop t after he was brought to town to - have his hair eut in order to make 3 it more convenient to treat his 3 wounds and burns about the head r He is still much excited. T "He said 3 he could not tell whether the exi plosion happened two hours or ten 3 minutes before. Reichert’declared ’ he was in the building and running. - tor the door when the gas went off. - Hi says the first sensation was that 3 of his hat blowing iff and taking ; his hair with it. . He does not re- ) piember what happened after that - Some time. At 1:30 Thursday a ff re occurred at the home of Mrs. vv iley j Magner, who resides in Decat r 3 street, which resulted in a total i destruction of the building and part of the furniture. The only j theory as to how the fire started be advanced, is that the ! chimney became overheated and I set fire to the timbers near the roof, ( which rapidly spread as the house, , was an old one and dry as a tinder. The fire was first discovered by Mrs, Magner who’ was sleeping down stairs with’her "three 'little children, she having awakened and • happened to look from the window and saw the reflection of the blaze j from the surrounding buildings, i She hurriedly awakened her chil- > dren who ba*tened’ r to don scanty attire, and just barely reached j safety when a section of the roof [ fell in. The near neighbors by this > time hid been thoroughly aroused i by calls of help and fire from Mrs. [ Magner and the chldren, and at L once hastened to her assistance, nrrivi-g in time to save part of her furniture, while the balance went : with the doomed house. The fire i companv respo" a ed ano did fine work after their arrival oj the i scene, but they were too late to do much good. Mrs. Magner is a very poor woman and is a hard-worker, : being forced to take in washing to support her children and herself, and she stated to a reporter this morning that two washings she had taken in were consumed by the fire. She has not a cent of money, nothing to eat and nowhere to go. unless the charitable people take it upon themsel”®® to do something to aid her. she will be forced to seek shelter of the county or starve. It j ;is now time for the home mission- | ary societies to get busy and care j ! for this woman's atints. Thaj house was owned by Mrs. Rhoda, Smith. The loss to house an I con -tents is about SI,OOO, with no in suranoe on either.

CIRCULATION 2800 WEEKLY

NUMBER 44

There a'-e about 6f> nnn corp ra tions in Indiana rec rded in the ! books of the secretary of state and 1 almost 25 per cent of them are dead ones—that is, they are out of business, but there is nothing to bring ha t fact out. One of the bills pro- ! posed by the codification committee is for a law to compel the corporations to report to the secretary of state. This does not refer to steam or traction railroads^nor"does it mean that the corporations must furnish details of their business, but that they report the election of officers and alljthings that will go to show that they either are or are not active. Grandma Margaret Duer, eightyfive years old, a pioneer resident of Jefferson township, burned to death at seven o’clock Thursday. She lived alone in a little house just opposite the one occupied by her son, Charles Duer. Just how the accident happened will never be \ known, but it is supposed the old lady had got up and built a fire in the ?tove and then ~laid down on the bed again. It is believed a sp irk fromjthe stove set fire to the h )use, and before Mrs. Duer was fully aroused from her slumoer she was suffocated. It is said scaryeTf any trace of the body could be obtained. Her son first noticed the fire and ran immediately to the house, hoping to aid his mother, but the flames had done their work and thi entire cjttage was a miss of flames, the heat so fierce that it was impissible to enter. Mrs. Duer was quite well known here, being the mother of Mrs. Jacob Tester, who is at the jail caring for her grand-daughter, Anna Tester, who has suffered with diphtheria for a week past. news was telephoned to Mrs. Tester at eight o’clock this morning. Mrs. Duer s home was located four miles west of Chattanooga, Ohio. The home and contents were completely destroyed. Hon. John W. Tyndall, senator for Adams and Allen county, left yesterday for Indianapolis to begin hiij off- jial duties. Dr, J W Vizard, representative from this County, left Monday. Both are alo ’’ of integrity and wisdom and we expect to hear from them no' withst inding the fact that they I e Jong to the minority side, Tbo 1 o-ifaai fur the first’few days of the Indiana legisjatilffl lit*9 been de= cided upon by Lieutenant Governorelect Hugh T. Miller, who will pre* side over the senate, and Repre sentative Sidney W. Cantwell, who will be speaker of the house. Republican members of both houses will caucus tonight at the state house, the representatives in the speaker’s office and the senators in the office of the lieutenant governor. At the caucus of the repn - sentativesja speaker, principal clerk, assistant principal clerk and principal doorkeeper will be nominated, and perhaps a few ot the minor officers decided upon. A caucus chairman will be elected t t i preside over the meeting and all other causcuses of the house. The senate will nominate a president pro tern a secretary, assistant secietary and sergeant-at-arms, and will elect a caucus chairman to serve throughout the session. The legislature will open Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. Secretary of State will call the house to order and Lieutenant Governor Newton JW. Gilbert will wield the gavel in the senate. Both bodies will proceed to organize, after w hich the governor’s annual message will be read. Then ad journemnts will be taken until Friday. On Friday only brief sessions will be held. Adjournments will be taken until the following Monday to afford the speaker of the house and the lieutenant-gover-nor ample time to arrange their committees. The nrogrw for Monday includes many big events. Governor-elect Hanley and Lieutenant Governor eelot Miller will be sworn into office. Fallowing his induction into office Mr. Miller w.i ; take the gavel in the senate and ncunce his committee appoinri ments. Mr. Cantwell is exnect«d to do the same in the house G i Tuesday the legislature is expected tob e at work in eniest.