Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 3 February 1910 — Page 5

' T " E nRE w Wreaks Thousands of £jollars* Damage to Parrish Bakery and ResWH /'..-JU Ist GASOLINE EXPLOSION In Bakeshop Causes FireRear of Building Gutted and Stock is Ruined. Fire which started from a gasoline explosion in the bakeshop of the Parrish restaurant and bakery at 6:15 Wednesday caused a loss of -several thousand dollars, the building, which belonged to Jacob Martin, being damaged to the extent, of about bne thousand dollars, and the entire amount of the large stock carried by Frank Parrish, the piroprietor, and the bed rooms and furnjshings, being . totally ruined by Are, smoke and water. The fire originated in the bake room at the rear of the building, when Carl Platz, the baker, attempted to light the gasoline stove under what is known as the proof oven in which the bread is set to rise. He iiad Just applied the match when it exploded—why, no one knows—as the place was in a mass of flames in an Instant. Mr. 1 Platz grabbed a number of sacks lit an attempt to smother the flames. ( "The sacks caught fire, however, and he attempted to throw the stove bodily from the building, and in doing so ■ his arm was badly burned, his hair singed, and other minor injuries received by him. In the meantime the entire bake- ’ shop had caught fire and the flames rapidly spread to the kitchen adjoin-' ing and thence shot into the main restaurant room in spite of the attempts ( of the cooks, waiters and clerks to extinguish or confine the flames. The’ Are department responded- readily but were unable to control the flames until the bakeshop and kitchen were completely gutted. The greatest dam-'

age don© to the main restaurant room; was caused by the water, Which drenched everything, by the smoke which blackened, and the heat which blistered and cracked the furniture' and glass. The bedrooms and furnishings were also ruined,,and the; place cannot be opened for business; until everything is thoroughly remod-! eled. Work .on the remodeling will: probably begin at once, and Mr. Parrish will probably reopen the store,] though definite arrangements are not, yet determined. The loss to the building, though it cannot be definitely estimated, is in the neighborhood of |l,ooo. Mr. Martin carried 11,500 ] insurance on the entire building with. Burt Lower and John Peterson ,and Mr. Parrish carried Insurance in the agencies of Andrew Welfley and John Peterson, though the insurance to" both cases cannot cover the igreat. loss resulting from the fire. Four or five boarders Were asleep in the rooms on the second floor where the etelrww wtta. Joeeted. It was necessary to escape over the cleans old hats, fell through the awning, but managed to catch himself, and all got out without injury. _o i—- h WORK RESUMED AT CHERRY. VU u 1 Lvu a ressi ournvvi J ‘ Paul mine resumed their efforts thia morning at daylight to clear the upper vein of the gasses Which prevailed * yesterday and prevented them from bringing forth any of the two hundwd bodies known to be there. A vast number of deputy sheriffs ar© preserving order among the crowd at the entrance of the shaft. The body of one miner and fifty-four mules were found today, three hundred fifty feet from the opening in the St. Paul mine. It is probable that the bodies of many of the miners will ' t>© brought up before night The mules were sealed in the underground Mr. and Mrs. William Lelghtner and son, William, of Denver, Colo., who have been visiting the past week with his sister, Mrs. fid Lewton, at Monmouth, have gone to Fort Wayne, where they , will make their home. Mr. hrt troubl d his h^Man d wlflAj him a A for relief so lie to rotum _ — J • v

. LARGEST AUDIENCE OF RERIFS ‘ n J||The largest week-hlgljt audience of ]the series attended the Methodist retrival Tuesday night and many pro- ’ nounced it the most precious meeting. The interest was so great that the auditorium was too small, jiencd tke ‘■fectureroatf. WawMUttrtd. • The paster» pleached = on Matt. <'2or29-34, where Jesus healed the hilt* beggars as he passed by. The story of the Savior’s companion touched many hearts. Both the men's and mixed choruses will sing again!this even- . ing. Men’s chorus at 6:36 at the parsonage. There will be a precious meeting tpnight. Every one Invited. The Rev. D. O. Wise»asslsted Tuesday night. ' > o — LIFE IN ALASKA Graphically Described by by Frank Barthell in Letter to C. C. Ernst. « HAS STAKED CLAIM ‘•fc.-.. ■ And Will Leave Soon on a Hundred Mile Trip With a Five Dog Team. Frank Barthel, who is enjoying the winter among the snow-clad hills of Alaska, employed with Martin & Koons at Fairbanks, has written his old friend, Charles Ernst an interestJ ing letter, under date of December ■ 30th. He gives some figures from the ( thermometer,that show that this is not the only locality where the temIperature varies. On November 21st i the register was sixty-four below zero; December Ist, five below; December 2nd, twenty below; the next day it was forty; Christmas day it was only ten below, not a great amount colder than right here, and . the day the letter was written the mercury showed just zero. Fran)t has slaked a twenty-acre claim and has bought a five-dog team, and with !.a partner will leave soon for that

[place where he hopes to secure results. His claim is one hundred [miles from Fairbanks, and it takes [six days to get there. In that country it is dark all the time now, exceptlng two hours and that is only {dusk. Siberia is only ninety miles [from Fairbanks and one can reach , there now over the ice. Fred Martin [gave a big turkey dinner on Christmas day and the guests included men [of every nationality, excepting Chi- , nese. The new camp at Idrldot, which created so,much excitement last fall, has proven no good. Men are suffering there on account of the high [prices. Wood sells for eighty dollars a cord and you have to cut it your- ! self, and other commodities are in proportion. Frank has bought a launch and expected to go to the Ididrot [camp nextisummer, but likely will not do so now. Five men from Fairbanks, J including William Loyd, a friend of his, have started for Mt. McKinley and wtff try to reach the top. They believe Dr. Cook a fakir,-for two Os the five miles Is all that any of the natives have been, able and they have tried It often, for-it believed on this mountain is the gold ledge which supplies the Klondyke. Mr. Koon was expected to arrive at Fairbanks the first week, of January after Ms visit to thiritirts. Frank Bays he wlll be home hext- fall unless he striked it rich attd canprofit well by remaining, for he day# * man ought to -be well piald for staying there where it's too dold td get Out in the winter and; th© mosquitoes eat you up in the summer. ■- s ■ - ■ ••• ■ . TO FORMER HOME. J-'.' . a '• The remains ot Thomas Long, whose death occurred yesterday at Monroe, will be shipped to Urichsviile, Ohio, hl# former home, tonight, where the funeral will be held. His brother arrived this morning and accompanied the remains to that place. The county local option petitions which were filed Monday evening did 'not contain quite as many names as the chairman, C. 8. Brineman, had anticipated, there .being but a few over 3,100. However, this is a majority of the voters of the county and it is thought that the majority can even be piled up greater than this when the election is held.—Bluffton Banker. Mrs. Jane-Burwell, upon her return from a visit in Decatur last night, where she was a guest of her daughter, Mrs. George Zimmerman, accidentally gave one of her knees a twist as she descended from a Clover Leaf train mid the knee was an aevnrelv

BAND BOYS BUSY • ,v ' ... ak.2 . Arrange for a e Delightful j Evening; at Qprea House ’ , Nsxt Ifonday. i - . : HOYLES . ORCHESTRA • One of the Best Concert i Companies on the Road Will be Here Then. Mr. Ffank Engle, manager of the Decatur band, is to be congratulated upon securing the famous Hoyles orchestra and entertainers, who z will give a delightful concert at the Bosse opera house in this city next Monday evening under the auspices of the band. This will be the last event by the band boys before Lenton season begins. The company comes highly recommended and those who attend will enjoy an evening of merit The and boys are still selling tickets, which .cost only twenty-five cents and can be reserved at the Holthouse drug store ftee of charge. There are no waits between acts at the entertainment it being a continuous program of two hours from the time the curtain rises until it drops. There will be readings, sqlos, duets, etc., and it is a guaranteed' affair. Mr. Engle has worked hard to make the band a winner in Decatur and he has the honor of having their affairs in good condition. and the other boys deserve your support Dont forget the time and place and be sure to have the quarter ready. It’s next Monday evening. ——r- 11 ' ■ d —— Miss Sadie Barger has returned to her home at Magley after a several days’ visit with Miss Lilly Venis at Hoagland. »■» ■' , . i O’HOPE ABANDONED Mrs. D. P. Reynolds Suffers From Cancer of Liver and Cannot Recover. IS IN A HOSPITAL Was Operated on Three Weeks Ago—She is Gradj ually Growing Weaker. All hope for the recovery of Mrs. D. P. Reynolds of this city, has been abandoned, and her death within a few days' is feared. Bhe suffers from cancer of the liver and three weeks ago was taken to the St Joseph hospital at Fort Wayne, where she was operated on in the hope that her life might be saved. This operation showed the real cause of her illness for which there is said tu be no cure. Fpr a few days she seemed to improve, but for a week past her; condition has been critical and Mr., Reynolds, who returned this morning from Fort Wayne, gave the information that hope had been abandoned. Mrs. Reynolds is well .known here and the hopelessness of her chances for recovery will Indeed be sad news to her many friends and relatives in this county, as they had been-lead to believe that she had a good chance to regain her health, which had been rather poor for a year past . , ■' ■■■ " .RO” ; FAIR ASSOCIATION MERTB. The officers of the Great Northern Indiana Fair association met in the office of C. J. Lutz this morning and attended to several business matters, chief among which was the revision of the premium list for this year. HAS NEW BLACKSMITH. H. E. Martz of Berne, a blacksmith of many years’ experience, who has been engaged with various oil companies, has taken a position as blacksmith for the Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway company. a i .. .. Will Fry returned last evening to his home at Indianapolis after a visit here. lie was accompanied home by his daughter, Mrs. Al Fritzinger, who will spend several weeks at her old home. \ ’ ■-y ■ n Henry Scherry of Preble passed through the city thia morning on his way, to Fort Wayne, where he will continue treatment for one of his eyes, which was Injured some time ago, and wmcu is rapicuy growing oeiwr.

f WHY DONT YOU ÜBE GAB? The frequency of gasoline explosions in this section recently has caus- - ed many to. stop and think. A Demo--1 crat reporter Interviewed Jack Monyhan today and the manager of the local office says that while they have contracted With a number of Decatur people, there are still a large number who should use artificial gas. It is clean, and safe, and convenient and 1 cheap, and there is no reason why one should worry about explosions when the use of gas Solves the prob- ; lem. Jack says he is getting tired of running to so many fires. . THE TIME IS SHORT ! 1 200,000 Votes Issued Only 1 Until Saturday Night of ! zr This Week. ) _ r • ‘ HUSTLE FOR RESULTS 1 ■ Get Busy—2oo,ooo Votes is J Given for s2g Worth of I • Old Subscriptions. There are probably some candidates'in the contest tonight who have not any of the required amou/t of ' subscriptions to make the $25 worth |of subscriptions that have to be j turned in by next Saturday evening at 10 o’clock in order to win the extra I voucher for 200,000 votes. If you - will just make up your mind right • now that it is easier to get that extra 200,000 between now and next Saturday evening than it is to get that many more subscriptions later on it 1 is very easy done, for you have three days in front of you to secure $25 in old subscriptions. The contest editor believes that there is not one contestant in the contest today, who if he Or she made up his or her mind to do so, could not go out and get $25 worth of subscriptions between now and next Saturday evening at 10 o’clock. Candidates have been known 1 to go into the contest after the first bonus vote offer had gone by and win the grand prize. But it is much easienfor the candidates to win if they wfll take advantage of the vote ofliemember that the vote offer closes next Saturday evening at 10 o’clock. ..... „ t„. -.■fiL.., Miss Florence Case Os Van Wert, Ohio, transferred here this afternoon on her way to Fort Wayne. —;o - . THE FIRST BOOK L i In Which the Minutes of the 1 First K. of P. Trustees Were Recorded ► " ■ ’’ ’/• 1 WAS FOUND TUESDAY • 7- ■' ’ In Auditor’s Office—Mislaid ’ by Seymour Worden, Trusj. Auditor. f -While looking for some old records ’ in the auditor's office Tuesday, Attor--1 ney D. B. Erwin happened onto an ' old book stowed away on one of the > top shelves, and covered with dust of 1 thirty-five, years, in which book were the minutes of the first meeting of held by the trustees of the Knights of Pythias lodge o. this city, in 1875. The first trustees were M. Burns, Sey--1 mour Worden and .M. V. B. Simcoke, ’ and according to the book about all 1 that was done at that first meeting » was the drawing cuts to see who r should hold the “long term" of office. The long term of eighteen months fell to Mr. Simcoke, the year term to Mr. Burns and the half-year term to Seymour Worden. Mr. Worden was at 1 that time auditor and the book, which ’ was in no way a part of the county ‘ records, but belonged to the K. of P. ’ lodge, was probably mislaid in some ' way by Mr. Worden while working in his office. It Is quite probable that in all these years the book has never ’ been turned or moved from the place 1 in which it was originally mislaid. r The book will be highly prized by .the • lodge as one of their oldest record. I St ■ .. . - . a-— — Mrs. Helen Addlesberger left today for South Bend, and from there will I go to Coldwater, where she will make j a visit for several weeks. From there - she goes to Oklahoma City, where , she will visit until April Ist 1 Heary Koenemann was a bustness caller at Williams today.

A UNIQUE DEED . Was the Certified Copy of, ’ Original U. S. Patent ‘ Deed Filed Today. ' ’ • I - ' ' - — . ■ , u , ! IT IS A PHOTOGRAPH I ,1 ■ ’ Os the Original Entry Made in Office at Washington in 1837. A very unusual sort of deed was filed in the county recorder’s office for record Wednesday, this being a certified copy,of the original United States patent deed granted by the government to John Albaugh for his ‘farm in Root township. , The deed was {granted to Mr. Albaugh at the Fort Wayne office, August 27, 1837, but for some cause he failed to record it and as the land has now passed into other hands, Mr. Albaugh being long since dead, and no trace of the original deed being found, it was necessary to get the certified 'copy of the deed from the office at Washington, where all such are kept to complete the title. The land has been owned for some time by James Hoagland, and he has now sold it to George Dutcher, who will move there and make his home. The failure of record was noticed by C. L. Walters, the attorney, in making the abstract, which the new purchaser desired before buying the land, and which was the one thing heeded to complete the chain of title. The certified copy of the deed was made by taking a photograph of the original entry made at Washington, and. it shows up In white lettering on a dark background, being a very unique instrument and one rarely seen in this county. SHOTWRONGMAN Chicago Policeman Fired at Pickpocket and Got the Other Fellow. ■ r ~ " BANK HAS FAILED List of Dead in Kentucky Mine Has Reaced Total of Thirty-Three, p ' ‘-r (United Press Service.) Chicago, Feb. 2 —(Special to Dally Democrat)—While shooting at a pickpocket, Policeman Sullivan today shot Leon Cereniak, the man on whom the until the work will be extended to was shot in the knee but not seriously wounded. The alleged" robber gave his name as John Doe when, captured. (United Press Service.) New Nork, N. Y., b eb. 2—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The banking house of Fisk & Robinson, prominent among the- banking houses for their dealings In government, state and city bonds, has failed, the firm’s representatives say the liabilities are seven milliop dollars of which more than a million i» unsecured; ! f ! (United Press Service.) Breaksboro, Ky., Feb. 2—(Special to , Daily Democrat)—Thirty-three dead, . two missing and a half dozen injured, ; one fatally, completes the list of casi ualtles in the explosion at the Elk 1 Valley coal mines late yesterday. Only ‘ the names of a few have been learned , as the bodies have been so mutilated . that recognition is practically impos- , sible. o ;—— AT DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE. , The Blue Creek township spelling contest will be held next Saturday at [ the school of District No. 5, of which W. H. Miller is teacher, instead of at . District No. 7, as reported yesterday. —o U [ Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zuber, who r have been visiting with her parents, Mr. ‘and Mrs. Henry Kintz, returned ( this afternoon to their home in Fort r Wayne. t Mrs. R. J. Holthouse returned yesc terday afternoon from Renssalaer, to » which pjace she accompanied her son, . Arthur, where he entered college. > M. E. Spencer, agent of the Lake Erie & Western at Ossian, has made announcement that he will be a canr didate for the republican nomination I for county auditor at the mass con- > vention which will be held in this city > the coming summer. It Is expected > that there will be some others in the race for auditor. The democratic nomr inee for the office is Seymour Robinson.—Bluffton News.

I Call for bank statements. (United Press Service.) < Washington, D. C., Feb, 2—(Special to lJeily Democrat)—The ««»ptroller . pt the currency today call fer Statements .the condition of the National the cTose of busltyefjs oj, Monday, January (United Prejw Service. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 2— (Special to Dally Democrat) —The Indiana state auditor today Issued a call for a statement of the condition of the state banks of Indiana at the close of business on Monday, January 31st .. . o HITS HOME TRAIL Big Black Chief Thunderwater Joined a Show Troupe Which “Bustd.” IN FAR-OFF BOSTON Now the Chief is Seeking the Shortest Route to Chippewa Land. Decatur is harboring an Indiana. Big Black Chief Thunderwater arrived in Decatur today from Delphos and is soliciting the people of our city for funds so that he may be able to see his own reservation. Big Black Chief Thunderwater, whose real name in English is Wililam Scott, claims to be thirty-one years of age, and for the past two years has been traveling over the country witn a wild west show, which stranded in Boston, Mass., a short time ago, the manager of the company absconding with all the funds and leaving the actors to look out for themselves and get back home the best way possible, and ever since that time Big Black Chief Thunderwater has been gradually working his way westward. He has an Interesting tale to tell those take the time to stop and listen to him and his hardships while enroute to this city have been many, and in his estimation would fill a large -sized book. Big Black Chief Thunderwater is a fullblooded Chippewa Indian, and he looks every 1 inch of the same, although he now appears a little bit the worse for wear, as he has not been sleeping regularly in soft beds and he has been eating gs he could beg the same. However, he has that one characteristic known to all Indians and says he will get back to his home if he is compelled to walk every foot of the way. Up to this time he has disposed of all of- his Indian outfit, including headg-gear, moccasins, Indian 1 suit and tomahawk, which he was 1 compelled to do, owing to the fact that he had to eat. He, however, man--1 ufactures watch fobs, which are made out of beads and which are very pretty, the proceeds of which help to keep soul and body together. He expects ’ to call on a majority" of our citizens “ and will solicit aid from all that he ’ talks to. He claims to have seen all 1 of the world that he cares to, and • when he gets back to the reservation ! he will never leave bin camp fire 1 again. His home is at Dayton, Ok--1 lahoma. George Steefe of the Racket store * left on the noon train for Union City, ’ on business pertaining to his racket ’ store. Albert Katterheinrich and Oliver Schug spent the afternoon at Poe on I business connected with the interur- ( ban company. Mrs. Horace Bothoff came home from Pleasant Mills, where she has been for some time, owing to the illness of her mother. > - Miss Mabel Weldy, who has "been - taking a musical course in, the Marion i conservatory, is at home for a visit t over Sunday with her parents, Mr. . and Mrs. W. B. Weldy. The dance to be given this evening > at the K. of C. hall will no doubt be , largely attended. Invitations have 1 been, issued to a goodly number and t a large crowd is expected. Forty-five years ago today Titus - Ernst struck Decatur. It was ground 3 hog day, 1865, and Mr. Ernst remembers it well. He has been a continuous resident of the county and is one 3 of the most popular men of the city. ’ E. Miller Tuesday afternoon re- - ceived from Blakely & Judson, breedi ers of fine poultry of Van Wert, Ohio, -a fine rooster, which make a handr some addition to his pen of chickens, i Mrs. Dan Niblick, who has been sick » yrith the grip, and her son, Omer, who - has- been verj* sick with pneumonia - and peritonitis, are both much better -j and getting along very welt