Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 28 January 1903 — Page 1

VOLUME 1

THEY REPORT. « Decatur Lawyers Attend Meetings of the Legislature. @ BJudge Erwin and Prosecutor J. C. Moran came home this afternoon from Ihdianapolis where they have been for' Mveral days attending the sessions of tie General Assembly of Indiana. They enjoyed themselves immensely aid gave some valuable pointers to the law makers of While in the capital Mr. Moran was admitted to practice law before the Indiana supreme court. The gentlemea say the assembly is getting along smooth ly and Judge Erwin says the doings are about the same as they were in 1892, when he was a representative. 1 COMPANY MEETING.

The Riverside Oil & Gas Company Hold ■ @ a Meeting. The Riverside Oil & Gas company held a meeting in this city yesterday afternoon, the same being attended by all the board of directors both in and out of the city. This company is now putting In a well on the Smith farm which will strike sand tomorrow’ or next day, when its fate will be known. The company are banking on a find of either gas or oil, as it i>. dose to the famous Koos gaasei, wi.ch at present is gas fofconsumpiion at Willshire. The Koos well is claimed by its owners to be stronger than it was when first turned into the lines. The meeting yesterday was held at the law office of C. J. Lutz. WORK BEGAN. Calvin Miller, Contractor, now Busy with Public Work. Calvin Miller is getting real busy with his contracts recently attained. He has a small army of men at work on the Ohlor ditch in Union township, which was ordered constructed several weeks ago. Work has also begun on the Decatur and Preble macadam road. The deep cut beyond the hotte of John Schurger is being filled in, and by the time the weather will permit work upon the grade, this part of the contract will be complete. The entire road will be built during the coming summer. The bonds on this road will likely be ready to turn over 1 'to the bank buying them at an early day. BAGS OF MONEY. 1 & t I ~ r gjk r A Urge Number of Pennies go Through e it Here to Warren. Exp ressman W. J. Archbold received six thousand pennies from Philadelphia this naming. The peckage was consigned to a Warren bank and was sent west over the Clover Leaf this noon. The coin came direct from the U. S. mint a till War- . |M> will certainly have no trouble in securing 1903 souvenir coins ‘ THE STONE COMPANY. re MH '■ ~r Me Amount ot Stock is Sold and Inuustry is Assured. «• One of the promoters and stockwldetN in the Decatur Stone com>any informs us that over half the >l* lock has been subscribed for, and he ,s<>iiticipateH no trouble in disposing of he test, as the people realize that its uture is assured a success. The comoan| will purchase the Robison proph»lty north of town, and open up the ailMrneH. dealing in building and utluahed stone on a large scale. inAey expect to open for business rthlbout April 15, and will prove a good >in nduatrv for the town. *et H - > * REFUSED TO SELL. ull H. T. Stapleford, the Fort Wayne 1 'Auctioneer, who has been closing out hegoodn for the Fair Store, quit his ob this afternoon in the midst of enhusiasdc buyers. Van Cleef object’d to his knocking the goods off at *K> low prices. He also assumed the lower of reserving what goods he '’' ’leased These actions so exasperat«d the pioneer auctioneer that he hrew down the gavel and quit busiress. The stock will tie closed out by

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WANTS DIVORCE. ° *'V Mary Dieh! Charges Her Husband With Cruelty. After Twenty-five Years of Married Life Henry Diehl Abandons his Family. As attorney* for the plaintiff, Peterson & France today filed suit for divorce for Mary M. Diehl against her husband, Henry T. Biehl, charging him with about everything in the category. The Diehls have for many years been residents of Kirkland I township, where they own an eighty acre farm, well ’i® proved. They were married November 1, 1877, and seven children, the oldest Mrs. V. D. Bell, Jr., being twenty-three years old and the youngest nine, me the fruits of said marriage. According to the complaint the family got along all right until some six years ago, when Henry began drinking excessively, since which time life has been most unpleasant. He has refused to do any work and would either go to Bluffton or come to this city twice each week, going home on nine out of ten of these occasions in an intoxicated condition. These trips are what caused thekfemily trouble, for Henry WOUI4. curse his wife and children, half often struck and beat Mrs. Deihl and has gone so far as to horsewhip his children , even whipped his oldest daughter after she was married. He has frequently said he wished his wife would die that he might marry a younger and prettier woman. On January lOtfiiieleft home saying he was going to Tencesee to live and «ever intended to live with his family again. Thafiilng of this is a result of these plfceedings. A restraining order is asked for to prevent the defendant selling or disposing of hit property. The plaintiff also asks the custody of the children and for 83,000 alimony. • GLASS ORDER. Mr. Ernsberger Sends for 20,000 Square Feet of Glass.

J. W. Ernsberger, the green house man. nas ordered two hundred boxes or 20,000 square feet of roofing glass. lAs soon as the weather permits he will begin the construction of a monster green house on the lots opposite where his present buildings stand. He will also extend the old buildings to the alley. When Me, Ernsberger will have completed the green housa according to his plans it will be one of the largest institutions of the kind in this section of the country. INSURANCE, ABSTRACTS. • • A Scheme to Control the Business From One Offiß. W. A. of Anderson, is organizing and promoting an enterprize that will corner #ll thg» abstract, loai and insurance business in the state by the formation of a gigantic corporation. A meeting of many interested in the scheme was held at Anderson yesterday and the plans were thoroughly discussed. Mr. Groom has* for several months past been developing this project and claims it*is per fectly feasible. His idea is to unite under one head all the important abstract, real estate, insurance and rental agencies in the country, thus form ing a trust in this line of work that would crowd out the smaller firms and ultimately control the business, from one general office. While the undertaking is a big one, Mr. Groom believes it can be accomplished. PREFER HENDRICKS. The Democrats in the Legislature will Not Stand for It. The democratic members of the legislature will oppose the suggestion to place a statue of George Rogers Clark in the niche still allotted to this state in statutory hall. The democrats will vote to confer this honor on Thomas A. Hendricks and will offer an amendment to Senator Barcus's bill when the matter is reported back to the senate by the committee on federal relations.

DECATUR, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1903.

ELEGANT AFFAIR. The Pedro Party at Kuebler's Was Delightful. The home of Mr and Mrs, W. A. Kuebler was a blaze of light last evening and an event of great pleasure was given. Mrs. Hyland, Mrs. Crawsord and Mrs. Kuebler enertained a large number of their friends at progressive pedro and as you may guess the delights were many. Seventy five people were present, the Only out of town guest being J. D. Armitage of Buffalo, N. Y. First prizes at ped - ro were captured by Mrs. Ollie Meibers and Barney Wemhoff and the consolation went to Mrs. Barney Wemhoff and Bwi Knapke. An elegant luncheon was served. The Kuebler home is one of the most beautiful in the city and looks ever more so when entertaining acrowd of this size. The hostesses did taeir part well and are receiving no end of pririse. IS SINKING. Dick Elzey's Life is Slowly Drawing to ° a Close. R. E. Elaev is slowly dying and cannot possibly live more than a day or twm. He has not, it is said, eaten a bite for several days, as he strangles when he tries to swallow. It is necessary to fan him continually, and his condition is terrible. He has been sick for several months with consumption, and there is of course no chance for improvement. ALL ARRANGED. The Waring (Rove Company Getting Ready for Business. Up to date the Waring GUve company have fulfilled their part of the agjeement toward locating their factory here. They have opened a bank account accojHing to agreement and now are busy buying the machinery and IgeUing the thousand and one things accomplished that are necessary toward getting ready to begin operations in such an institution. The next two weeks will be busy ones for Mr. Waring and before the end of next month will see the plant ;n oper ation. Mr. Laferty joined Mr. Waring here this merning and spent the day, returning to Fort Wayne this afternoon. Lite Mr. Waring he is a very pleasant gentleman and at once convinces a person that he is all wool and a yard wide. Mr. Waring will leave tonight for Indianapolis where he will buy additional machinery for the Waring Glove company of Deca tur, Indiana. ®

PIONEER DIES. __ A Wealthy and Popular Farmer Succumbs to Paralysis. Benjamin Jones, one of the best known men in Van Wert county, died at his home east of Wren yesterday morning. He was well known here and es[iecially in the eastern part of the county. He was about sixty years old and a veteran of the civil war. Death re<ilp'(f. from paralysis, ho having been bedfast for nineteen mouths. He owned about 7<X) acres of land and was one of the wealthiest men in his community. The funeral will be held at Wren tomorrow mornng at 10:30 o’clock.

JUDGE TAYLOR RECOVERING. A telegram coming from Boston last night states that Judge R. S. Taylor is recovering, and the family and friends feel greatly encouraged over the prospeefcthat ultimate recovery is in sight. CLUB MEETS. The Shakespeare Clnb is in session this afternoon at the home of Dai iel Sprang. The principal paper of the afternoon will lie read by Mrs Sprang, her subject being “The Cid.’’ The meeting will no doubt lie interesting as it always is. FIXING UP’~~ Carpenters are busy just new doing Home remodeling to the office of F. M Schirmeyer, that will add materially to the convenience thereof. Among the other things is the partitioning of the east room to make a place far telephone books and papers. A new desk is lining built together with some shelves and other minor improvements.

CLUB MEETS.

FIXING UP.

ITEM OF EXPENSE. - The Legislative Printing Done at the Burford Plant. The printing and stationery bill of a session of the Indiana legislature is no small thing. The bill for the 1901 session was $15,845.21, of which amountsß,ls3.3o was expended in the house and $7,691.91 in the senate. Thomas Carter, clerk of the state printing board, says that the cost of printing and stationery for tiie present session should not go above that of two years ago. Whether it does or not depends largely on the number of bills that are ordered printed. W. B. Burford does all the state printing. Os every bill that is printed 500 copies are struck off —200 for use in the senate and 300 for use in the house, After a bill has passed the body in which it was introduced and has been favorably reported out of a committee of the other body it is frequently ordered printed again, in which event another 500 copies are printed. The printing of these bills would not be such a big job if the printers had only a little more time in which to do the work. But sometimes the senate and the house committees will make twenty-five or thirty favorable reports in a day, and this means that this , number of bills must be printed by the next morning. Some of the bills to be printed will be very brief, but again somel painstaking author with a charter bill or a police pension fund bill, or a bill creating 8 new board, I will send up a bill with perhaps forty I typewritten pages. This means a busy time at the Burford plant. - STUCK IN MUD. Queer Accident to a G. R. 4 I. Train This Morning. G. R. & I. train No. 6, due in this ! city al 12125 a. m., was two hours late I this morning, owing to a peculiar happening. At Summit Hill the railroad 1 runs through Jeep cuts and over high i embankments, and owing to the thawing of the ground one of these cuts was filled by a landslide of sticky j clay. Train No. 6 struck the mass of mud while going at a good rate of speed, and it took about two hours to dig away through so as to permit the tram to pass. Section men from DecUtur went to the scene of the accident this morning to assist in clearing the track from all Obstructions.

THE BARRETT LAW. The Supreme Court to Decide an Interesting Case. The United States supreme court yete'rday hoard oral argument in the case of Shafter vW. Welling, which originated in Huntington. The technical question involved fs whether, under the fourteenth amendment to the i United States constitution, an improvement assessment can lie collected against a lot when the assessment exceeds the assessed valuation of the lot. The importance of the case is that it involves the constitutionality of the Barrett law and the validity of the outstanding Barrett bonds. Should the decision be against the Barrett law, bond holders would not suffer loss, as they are protected by the waiver, but there would lie great annoyance in converting the bonds inte> other securities. The court4ias not 1 indicated when it will decide the case.

HOUSE BREAKER. School Boy Broke Into the North Ward School House. A boy whose name is known by the authorities but is withheld at present, got into tne north ward school house last night,stole a pair of scissors, ram sacked the teacker’s desk and scattered papers all over the floor. The reason for the boy s daring escapade was that fie had passed a poor examination and wished to destroy the papers which ho succeixlod in doing. He entered through a window on the north side mid proceeded to the room where he has been a student. It was a wild, reckless act and work of this kind in boys usually lead to greater crimes in men. The lad's identity as before stated is known and wo are informed that as sixm cm a jxiint or two more of the evidence can lx, secured he will be arrested and duly punished.

CITY DADS. Continued Session of the City Council Held. Matters of Minor Importance Disposed of and a Few Bills Allowed. A continued session of the city council was held Tuesday evening at the city hall on Madison street. Mayor Coffee occupied the presiding chair, and members Fordyce, Peterson, Weaver and Teeple were present. Robert Polling filed a petition for an allowance for an injury of his wife by falling on a defective sidewalk, and I on motion the affair wus referred to the street committee. Bills were then allowed aa follows: Union Coal and Coke Co., coal, $130.50; DeSota Coal; Co., coal, $168.00; F. B. Mewell, sup-! plies, 5J31.54; C. E. Suttle, labor. $4.80; Harry Daniel, printing, $1.32; L’gtet Stein, gas pipe, $1.25; D F. Teeple, drayage, $3.34; Harry Daniel, printing,s26.sl. ThereportofM. J. Mylott, as city electrician, was filed for the months of October, November and December, of 1902. Mr. Peter son moved that the report be referred 1 back for correction, and said motion -.v-as seconded by Mr. Weaver, but wan not put after argument, and the mayor ordered the said report spread of record. Mayor Coffee recommended that the fire committee attend to the matter of the construction of a special fire alarm telephone wire to the water works station and report. Council adjourned to meet next Tuesday evening.

FOR THE ANTI-TRUST. Congressman Miers will Support Such a Measure. Congressman Miers of Indiana, says that he will vote for the republican anti-trust bill, which has just been reported to congress, although in doing so he is reminded of an old man down in his district. “This old man,” said the judge, “told me one day that he wouldn't aiind being 'deaf if it didn’t make such a terrible liar of him. I asked how in the world being deaf could make a liar of- a man. ‘Because’said he,‘people talk to me and I say “yes” when half of the time I ought to say “no.” ’ "I will vote for the anti trust bill,” added the judge, “but it is not what I want at all.” AN AMUSIN’ CUSS.

Senator Fairbanks Receives a Letter From his Constituent. There is no limit to the number of amusing letters that are received by | United States senators. For instance, an earnest friend of Senator Fairi banks writes him as follows: “Crush out the lickar in the V. S. senater. j The lickar is a very much intocking drink.” It must be said to the credit of Indiana's United States “senators” I that, while they have voted for the ship bill, throttled anti-in-junction legislation and done other unpardonable things, they do -fiot drink, and therefore this zealous cor--1 respondent’s advice does not apply to Uhem. CRISIS PASSED. The Winchester Smallpox Will Have Soon Subsided. It is good news to state that the small pox siege at Winchester will sixin be at an end. The health Ixiard and other authorities have the contagion under complete control, and it is not thought improbable that it will break out afresh. There will be ser-I vices at all the churches next Sunday and the public will open Monday. From a statement niaite by the secretary of the board of health, we note that twenty one cases were reported. Thirteen of the cases had never been vaccinated and seven of ( the thirteen died. All of the cases that had been successfully vaccinated had the disease mildly and recovered. This is certainly evidence to the mind of every one, that vaccination is the only successful methixl of stamping out the dread contagion. It is fixid for thought and should influence the public favorably to vaccination.

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THE BALL. Eighty People Attend the C. Y. M. S. Affair. Delightful, enjoyable and beautiful was the society dance given last evening at the Cathode Young Mens’ chib rooms, and the grand march at vyne, o’clock prompt, Was a scene to stfe. the mind of young and old. Beautyul ladies in evening costume, handsofiie men in full dress suits, forty couple in all, were present and tripped the fantastic for hours. The music was furnished by the Buffalo Harp orehaetn and was inspiring, melodious, good to dance to, a*d never have the lovers of this famed amusement enjoyed themselves more completely than the crowd last evening. The rooms were appropriately decorated in orange and white, the club colors, and the boys in charge left nothing undone to complete the pleasures of their guests. Among those from a distance who attended, were Misses Julius Ehinger, Jennie Altman, Bertha Railing, Messrs. Will Deeming and E. J. Ehinger, Huntington; Misses Margie Hanna, Florence Archbold, Tillie Frieehte and Messrs. J. M. Ryan. Tony Schumacher, Neshet, Swan, Fort Wayne: Miss Pearl Neff, Harry I Madden, Clem Stair, Bluffton; W. R. Bunn, Akron, Ohio; Miss Clara Lina<ler, Lima; J. W. Fisher, New York: Miss Tribolet, Georgetown, Kentucky; Miss Benard. Boston; J. W. Williams, I Cherokee. lowa. The club members . did it right and their friends are I grateful.

ELASTIC CURRENCY. Congressman Griffith Introduced a Bill in Congress. Congressman Griffith introduced a bill in congress providing for a more elastic currency. It directs that after January 1, 1901, there shall be no further issue of national bank notes. There shall be issued instead United States exchangeable certificates of denominations ranging from 51 to f 10,000, and United States exchangeable 2 per cent bonds, tedeemable in four years and payable in eight years, the certificates and bonds to be interchangeable at any time. Mr. Griffith says the bill was introduced by request of an Indiana man- who has given the subject a great deal of study. MUST DIG UP.

City Council Asked for Seventy-five Dollars Damages. A complaint for damages has been filed before the common council by Robert Poling, and the sum of seventy five dollars is demanded. It is stated that on November 21th la< Mrs. Rob rt Poling was walking down 1 Second street and when in front of Gus Rosenthal’s clothing store she slipped and fell, injuring herself very severely and causing l«r an jjlnes* of overitwo weeks. | Aeconipatjlng thi’ complaint is an affidavit by Dr. Thomas which say* he examined and attended Mrs. Poling, that her left hip was badly hurt and she was inI jured internally, causing a hemmorr hage of the bowels. Both statements are sworn to before Attorney P. G« i Hooper. The complaint states the ' sidewalk at the place where this accident happened is in bait condition, lieing four inches below the grade and of defective construction; that the council well knew this fact and are therefore liable. Mr. Poling further states that the doctor bill was fifteen dollars and the pain and loss of time Ito his wife caused bv this fall are worth seventy five dollars, which sum is demanded. OPERATED ON. A Former Decatur Lady has Been Seriously 111. The friends of Mrs. Frank Van Sweringer of Fort Wayne, formerly Miss Cora Miesse of this city, are sur-, prised to learn that she has been very sick for several days and is still a patient at Hope hospital, Fort Wayne. She has Ixxm suffering with appendicitis and has undergone an operation. She is recovering nicely and unless some complication developes will be able to be taken to her home in a few days.