Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 25 May 1905 — Page 3

■Rumored that one of Decatur s ■Lpulai young lady office clerks Keotneabridein the month of 1 The lucky young man is a trous young farmer. ■gßev. George Grether. of De ■ conducted services at St. ■' f Reformed church yesterd iy • Ring and evening in place of ■ yjr. Bosch, who is taking ■ment’for gout at Mt. Clemens, K-Fort Wayne Journal-Ga-Jmarriage license was issued KL f 0 Edward Bult.emeyer and L Wischmeyer. The wedding ■occur tomorrow, and the hapKoung couple will occupy a ■ home on North Third street, ■tly purchased from Col. Fred 81-.-’t ‘ Mr. Bultemeyer is enKi n the livery business. K)eoatur girl was caught kissK r sweetheart Saturday nigut Ker mother took her to task Kuch actions, but the daughKas equal to the occasion and Ked her mother thusly: “ WhatKye would that men should Kto you do you even so unto K" The old lady wilted — Mt n News. ■. N A Lxffi, with the assist- ■ of MGs Stolen, plannod a ■ successful surprise on her ■ter. Miss Arbie. Wednesday ET Miss Arbie's birthday, they Kged to surprise her Tuesday The crowd enjoyed Selves, as they always do at ■ch’- The refreshments were M good and abundant. Miss Mreceived a number of very ■ gifts. administrati in will continue ■pjoint presidential postmasters of 'senators ■ representatives,” said Senator ‘‘As far as any official ■onncement is concerned the atthe administration is that ■Lrers who are giving satisshall hold on, but in prao- ■ the recommendations of sena■an: representatives will gov B” The republican members of from Indiana anil the to K|r- have filed with the presi- ■ ajlarge number of reoommen which will he taken up as the incumbent post ■gp expire, under the adminispolicy. as Senator Heinen■■ulerstands it, every presipostmaster in Indiana, who ■Bout the backing of his oon■Ln for re-app >intment will K|i get out at the end of his a Bw-hip trustees say the new road supervisors is ■ro’ satisfactory, either to the '■■sors or the taxpayers, and rßy supervisors will resign. Th that the supervisors all their road work, inthe repair of rural rout s. days. In thicklv settled a supervisor cannot he_ ■0 u the necessary roadwork designed by the law thinly settled townships üße, issibly, the law was hatch-J-fc’ visors may be able to get with their work in forty they can't d i it in some The law allows superlit >1.50 a day and they supervision of over 300 efficient service rhe «■•&- -tio low. The next legiswill be called up >n the road liws and give - e of the rural districts a ‘jJj B®'hat-can be utilized for the h. roads. f p >rts of the grand master, master, grand secre treasurer, grand trus |ell » Brand Lodge Hall assoand the home committee the state convention They showed the be in a prosperous condinet gain in ledges for ending December was shown to be eleven K np t gain in membership the state of 474. making 4 ■^ rt 'bership for Indiana Odd „il Bip of 66 320. The total re- ■ n by the order in the stare ®onths was shown to ■' 2n ß; for the venr >273,ihe total resources of the the state, including cash money let on personal and securities, investments in I e tc., value of lodge ’ anil realty, value of ether ‘ ■™ tp - including cemeteries paraphernalia and shown to be >3,287,the indebtedness >415,not resources of s w» ■0,76.

Mrs. S. G. Humphries and Freddie Bristow returned Sunday morning from El Reno, Oklahoma, where they were visiting for three weeks with relatives. An opinion has l>een rendered by Attorney General Miller stating that chickens which are allowed to run loose in the streets cannot be taken and killed by anyone on whose property they trespass unless an ordinance is passed by the city council to this effect He says there is nothing in the new law re garding it. Dr. J. S. Boyers left Friday night for Morgantow’n, West Virginia. where he went in response to a message stating that his father was very i|: and in a bad shape. Dr. Boyers stated that he could not tell the cause of his illness, but attributed it to old age, as he was eighty years old. He further stated that he expected to return in a few days or at least as soon as the condition of his father would permit. Twenty-three thousand newspaper officers in the United States received personal letters today from Thomas Lawson, of Frenzied F : - nance fame, asking them to call attention to his revelations of Stan dard Oil finance in this month’s “Everybody’s” magazine. The letter was printed on a sheet as big as a newspaper and contained 2000 words. A few months ago Lawson sent telegrams to every paper in the country for the same purpose ana he says he has spent one mil ion dollars getting his story before lhe people. Some genius at Bryant is the inventor of a scheme that will be a great boon to the poorer humanity if the Federal authorities don't ob ject. This resourceful fellow has discovered a means for increasing the purchasing power of money. He cuts and pieces five and ten dollar bills together and when he gets through the number of bills is increased. In other words he makes the pieces go a longer way than they really should, it is alleged, and each bill being onlv a little shorter than the original it is not easily detected. Some of the bills are out through the number so that he is able to retain a number of some sort on every bill. The pieces are pasted together and the first thought naturally is that the bills have worn in two or 'been sev ered by accident. Three of these bills had been passed before the game was detected.—Portland Com-mercial-Review’.

Next year the Ben Hur Fraternal Congress for Northern Indiana wil meet at South Bend, this place having been decided upon at the meet ing of the congress in Mariun late yesterday afternoon. At the after noon session the congress complet ed the election of officers, those chosen being well scattered over the part of the state represented yesterday. The list of new offi ’ers stai ds: Past chief, Mrs. Alena Williams, Wabash; district chief, William H. Arnett, K ikomo; judg . Mrs. Mary L. Clark of Fort Wayne; teacher, H. C. Filer, of Jonesb>ro; scribe, Phil Diels ofJMarion ; keepei o' tribute, N. A Irpvine of Logansport; captain. E A. Stockwell, of Siuth Bend; guide, Mrs. Emma Smith, of Elkhart; master of ceremonies, M. Tierney, of Fort Wayne; keeper of inner gate, Mrs. Mary E. Weaver, of Decatur; keeper < f outer gate, Earl Gaughuff. of Logansp >rt; pianoist, B-)lle Rue of A 1 i; al- - M. A. Loveland, of Grrrett. —Marion Leader. A very pleasant surprise was perpetrated last evening upon Miss Louise Walter at the home of her father, Albert Walters, on rural route ten, from Bluffton. A tine luncheon was served and music and games made Rome howl until a late hour. Those present were Misses Emma Walters, Aldeen Marshand, Emma Wolf. Cora Walters, Grace Walters, Rena WJfe, Angelia Goldner, Emma Bluhm. Mahala Beitler, Lillie Houck, Lizzie Beitler, Bessie Bowman, Rosa Jahn, Bessie Hoffman, Nellie Walters and Clara Walters and Messrs. Albert Wai ters, Eli Hoffman, Pullip Soutbiue, Jacob Hoffman. Fr>nk Hubner, Edward Bowman, Earl Bowman, Arnold Ashbaucher, William Bell, Alliert Bresdorf. Newton Melolnng, Fred Beitler, Fred Bentz Rollo Houck and George Hobbs. The occasion is credited as being one of the gayest events that ever took place in french township, and as a matter of fact will long be remembered by those who participated in the social gaiety of shat evening.

Miss Nan Peterson, for many years a teacher in the public schools at Albion, has been appointed primay instructor in the state school for feeble minded youth in Fort Wayne, and will assume her duties at the opening of school in the fall —Fort Wayne Sentinel. The people of Indiana are now free to fish in the lakes of this state. The ban was lifted Monday and the angler may do his best. A great many enthusiasts will leave next week for the onnumerable small lakes of northern Indiana. The reports from the north show that there is a goodly supply of bass, pike, piokeral, perch, blue gills and catfish in the lakes this year. The damage suit »f Richard Ainsworth against the village of Willshire will be tried bv a jnrv beginning today, with Judge Killitts on the bench. The plaintiff seeks by the action to recover five thousand dollars for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of the negligence of the officers of the town. It is re ited that a trench, extended from the gutter to the center of State street, was permitted to remain open for a period of two weeks and that on a night, in the first week of April last, the plaintiff drove into the trench, which was not at the time protected with lights, barricades nor sig. nals required by law.—Van Wert Bulletin. Mrs. Henry Millette died Friday morning at ten o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Harbison, Geneva. The deceased was about forty years of age and was born in Portland. Two years ago -ihe had a slight stroke of paralysis hut the disease did not render her completely helpless until a few months ago. This week she suffered another stroke which resulted in her death. She leaves a husband and one daughter, Mrs. Harbison, her mother, Mrs. Kikendall and five brothers, Grant, William, Edvard B. and A. L. Kikendall of 'his city and Charles Kikendall of Wapakoneta, Ohio. Her husband, vho has been in business at Stanley, North Dakota, has bee n notified.— Portlan d Commercial-Re view.

On Friday morning, while leading two horses to the pasture. William Wagner, living five miles northeast of town, was kicked in the face by one of the horses. Mr. Wagoner was leading two horses, one of which became frig itened b' a third horse which was running pist. The horse took a jump forward and landed an awful blow on Mr. Wagoner’s face. Dr. C. H Schenk was called and dressed the injured man’s wounds. He reports io bines broken, with the excep tion of his nose. His face was badly disfigured, a gash about two inches in length was out above his right eye, which required several stitches to close up. The wounds, however, are not considered as dangerous, and he will recover. Mr. Wagoner is well known in Berne, being an ex postmaster. He served for four years under Harri son’s administration ; is one of the most prominent farmers in this section of the country and is connet ted with the Adams County Fair association.—Berne News. Friday evening while Miss Emily Wyatt was at lodge nineteen of her young friends gathered at her home in masquerade costumes and awaited her arrival. When lodge was out the party wa’ informed by telephone from the lodge room that Emily had started home, so by the time she got there the ghostly figures had disappeared in the darkness up stairs. As had been arranged, Miss Anda Drummond, who accompanied her home, requested her to play a certain selection on the piano before she went home. While Emily was playing the piece, the masqueraders descended the stairs and entered the parlor. She was greatly shocked for awhile, but recovered and was made to guess who were present. A most enjoyable time was had and Miss Wyatt was presented with “The Players’ addition of Ben Hur,” illustrated, besides several smaller present, and she says she will never forget the occasion. The peculiar characteristic of the event was that she was nineteen years of age on the nineteenth day *f May, 1905. and that just nineteen persons came to remind her of it. At a late hour I refreshments were served, and the guests departed, wishing Miss E nilv many more such happy birthdays.

The neighboring exchanges contain extensive articles refering to a confidence game of poker worked by a couple of swindlers upon a prominent attorney in Geneva. The amounts the attorney lost according to the newspaper stories are quoted at >IOO to >4OO. The reporter to this paper made some inquiiy and found the circumstances oorroet except that the attorney denied losing or making any money and that it was just a little social game.—Geneva Herald. F. M. Shippey of Waterloo lowa, was in the city Thursday night for a few hours enroute to Chicago. He represents the Ameiican Book company and appeared prosperous and happy. Mr. Shippey formerly lived about here, having served as principal of the Willshire schools sevreal years. Fourteen years ago he organized the Farmers’ Alliance in this and surrounding counties and will be well remembered He is a oouisin of Lawyer J. W. Teeple and has many other relatives here, his claims being that he has 300 relatives in Adams and Jay counties. “On to Portland” is now thr watchword of the Fort Wayne & Springfield Interurban company, and from what we could learn and glean from the remarks made by Manager Fledderjohan. this morning, this latest propositon is an assured fact, and the line will be extended from this city to the homi of our Jay county friends in the very near future. The survey ol the entire line from this city haioas been made with the exception of Monroe, which is being complet ed by a force of surveyors today The proposed route will be that- the line vyill leave this city from thr court house, run down Winchestei street and practically run direct!' south along the Grand Rapids railroad, passing through Monroe Berne, Geneva, Briant and going into Portland from the northeast corner, witnin one square of thr fair grounds, and terminating oi Meridian street, just one-halt square from the court house. Th< money to complete this hne hasbeen assured the management, and the only thing that now remains t< be done is to close up a few minoi details, which we are compelled to suppress at the time being, and Jay and Adams counties will be con nect°d by a new line. Work oi the line between here and Fort Wayne is progressing nicely and word has been received that th< corporation mav expect the steel rails at almost any time, as the' are being loaded on flat cars m Pittsburg now. The trusses for th< power house arrived this morninr and are being delivered on th ground today, and work will be rapidlv pushed in completing thibuilding. The trusses are of gigantic proportions, and made of solif steel, having been manufactured by an Indianapolis concern. Mr Fledderjohan also received word from the E. A. Kinsey company, of Cincinnati, that the order for all track tools including sledges, gauges, spikes, etc., had been re ceived and would be given prompt attention. Similar word was als received f’om the B ida Manufacturing company, of Chicago, tha* the order for hand cars, push oar and flat cars a”d in fact a complet steel laying outfit had been receiv ed. and that the company would a* once fill the order and ship the goodimmediately. The Erner Hopkincompany, of Columbus, Ohio, wh' received the contact to furnish all wire and electric appliances neces sary to string up the electrical cable informed the companv toda' that they were filling the order a= fast as possible and would ship at once. Thus the citizens who are deeply interested in the construe tion of the line may see that thf company is doing evervihing in it® power to construct this line and like all other gigantic oonerns it cannot be built in one day. The new addition of extending the line to Portland will add greatly to the benefit of Decati r merchants, a® the entire south put of the countv will thus be in a position to get their produce here bv two different routes. Just now soon work would be commenced on this southern division Mr. Fledderjohan was un able to state, as all the definite arrangements had not been made and in a structure of this kind it is necessary to let contracts for grading, steel, ties, telephone poles, wire, etc. which all taxes time. , But he emphatically stated that the line would be built, and as soon as I possible.

A maiibge license was issued to day to Wilbur vVm.ls of Van Wert county, Ohio, an-1 Miss May Harshman, of Pleasant Mill®. The groom is nineteen years old and a punter by trade. The bride is sixteen years old. About a year ago she filed a >SOOO breach of promise suit against Jesse Chapman, a young operator who lived at Bobo severa years. In the trial it developed that both parties were under age and that Chapman’s guardian had refused to give his co isent to the marriage. However, Mr. Chapman made no defense and the court awarded M.ss Harshman judgment for >IOO on January 17th last, just four months ago. the prettiest social events ever held in this city was given Thursday afternoon and evening, when Misses Fanny Hite and Midge Smith entertained at the home of the latter in honor of Miss Lucile Bryson at a miscellaneous shower party. The home was beautifullv leoorated, the parlor in potted plants and the dining room in pink and white ribbons, while in the center of the room overhead hung a large canopy of hearts. A large table was in the center Os the room to which each of the guests were escorted and permitted to draw a cupid place card, which "eferred them to one of the smaller tables, which were each adorned vith a large bouquet of pink and vhite carnations. The guests were received at the door by Misses Smith and Hite, who were dressed in white and pink respectively and were immediately escorted to he dining room where they drew heir cupid place card. After all he guests had arrived, which cumbered twenty, the bride to be, Miss Bryson, started to auction off 4 number of her own personal ■fleets, which were sold to the highest bidder, and they were forced o return the present they had bought to present to her. This orogram lasted for several hours ind at six o’clock Misses Hite and smith served a three-course lun<heon, which was carried out as iear as possible in pink and white o conform with their colors. After his the evening was spent in a nusic.il entertainment, which, was participated in bv all the guests present.

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The W. L. Douglas Shoe Co. poineers in the manufacture and marketing of a specialty shoe, sold last week 100,860 pairs of their celebrated make, eclipsing the record of ai.y previous week’s business in the spring season since the inception of the company. William L. Douglas, whose name and por trait are familiar to everyone throughout the country, due to his persistent and continuous advertising for the past 22 years, stated this morning that from present indications his two immense factories. run to their full capacity during the entire season, will hardly be able to fill the orders already received for fall delivery F. M. Sohirmeyer and John W. Tyndall, representing the Citizens’ Telephone Co., were at Indianapolis Thursday, attending a meeting of independent telephone companies’ representatives, for the pm pose of deciding upon some plan to fight the Bell company, who have purchased the United Telephone company, which has heretofore been one of the strongest of the independent companies. Th« Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, speaking of the question, this morning, said: “One of the first men talked to by Mr. Moellering was Mr Sheerin, of Indianapolis, one of the pioneers and heaviest stockholders in th© independent telephone movement. The managers and officials of exchanges in Muncie, South Bend and other places, where the independents have secured a strong footing and permanent patronage, were also talked to, and as a result a meeting was arranged to be held in Indianapolis today, at which all the independent companies will combine in a movement to install exchanges and toll lines in Grant, Balckford, Wells and Huntington counties, comprising all the territory covered by the United company. This will mean new exchanges in Huntington Bluffton, Hartford City, Montpelier. Upland, Geneva, and many smaller towns, including one station in Adams county. The B-ll company will not be allowed to have an mon <p< ly of either the local or toll busines’ in any of these cities or oon*'t’es, and the indepindents are n >w rich e i mgh, with their combined assets and forces to wage a successful war 1 with the big corporation. ”