Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 30 January 1903 — Page 1

VOLUME 1

> THE NEW CASE. Injunction Suit Against Fleming is of Interest. Property Owners Want Their Properties to Remain Undisturbed. The case of Oliver F. Evans otal vs S. B. Fleming compnny and city of Fort Wayne which was brought here yesterday on change of venue from Jay county is one of no little interest •'to Fort Wayne people and if it ever comes to trial will no doubt be a hard fought one. It is a complaint for a perpetional injunction to prevent the building of an electric line along Beery street and to have the contract an ordinance permitting same declared vivid. The case was first filed in Ailen county August sth, venued from there to Jay county December Sth. and here yesterday. The complaint sets out that Beery street is the most beautiful street in Fort Wayne, the properties along there are worth 8100 per front foot, that the building of this line would ruin the peaceful quitude of their homes, spoil their , new macadam streets and reduce the value of their properties one-third. It says also that the line enn be run down Canal street as well as Beery. The city ordinance allowing said road to build was adoped June 20 last at a special meeting of the Fort Wayne City Council, R. B. Hanna, L. Ninehe and W. G. Colerick as attorneys for plaintiffs filed the suit. The complaint covers twelve type written pages and there are a dozen parties interested as plaintiffs. It is believed by many that the case will not come to trial however. THAT GASSER. The Koos Gas Well May Yet Be a Good One. Hopes are now high that the Koos well that is supplying Willshire with gas, will yet hold up and be what its owners predicted for it. The service as stated last evening, has not been materially affected as vet, although the well fails to record the pressure it once had. The supposition finds considerable support that the well has been as the boys say “pulled” too hard. Besides supplying Willshire two drilling companies are using the gas, and it actually takes a fairly good gas well to supply a drilling outfit. Then too, it is a constant twenty-four hours “pull” on the well, and experienced gas men say that no well will stand for it. If this proves true the Koos, with a little rest and recreation, may again assume its old time prestige as king of the Willshire field. Word also reached town today that sand in the Smith well will be reached about seven o’clock this evening. Several members of the company intended going up today, but later changed their mind. FAR FROM HOME. William Minehart Dies in California and is Brought Home. The remains of William Minehart passed through here this morning to Portland, where the funeral Her vices will bo conducted and the body intered. He died in California where he had been for about three months in a vain hope of improving his health which had gradually been failing for a year or more. Ho was a sufferer from the dreaded disease consumption, and the friend* and loyed ones while they felt the end was but a matter of days had longed and prayed that he might return to die among those he knew. But it was not so ruled by He who doeth all things well ami the end came about a week ago. Mrs. Carl Venis and mother of Bluffton, niece and sister of Mr. Minehart, were here this morning on their way to Portland to attend the funeral services. Mr. Minehart formerly lived at Bryant. JOSEPH SMITH IMPROVED. Ben Smith received word this morning that his father, Joseph Smith, who is at the St. Joseph hospital, Fort Wayne, is greatly im proved and it is thought that ho will recover without an operation as was Isflieved necessary the first few days. Dr. ■osenthal. the attending phvsi ciao, was unable to diagnose Mr. Smith’s illness, but since has freon applying remedies that seem to lx* doing the patient great good.

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NOW LAW. The “Ripper Bill” as Amended is Signed by the Governor. Governor Durbin signed the “ripper bill’ yesterday, and it is now a law. The house passed it by same vote that was cast Tuesday, all the democrats voting against it except Cravens, who voted with the republicans. The governor also signed the Indianapolis school bill. It is expected that the governor will have charges brought against the Jeffersonville reformatory board as soon as the report of the legislative committee who visited the state institution is made public. As the hearing of the charges may he made in secret, there Is a growing impression that the governor is determined to oust the members of the board and appoint a new one, i which will name a new superintend- : ent. BUILDING FENCES. ‘aMajor Steele Figuring on a Race for Congress. Congressman Steele’s closest friends in Washington understand that he will be a candidate for the eongressional nomination in the Eleventh district again in 1904. They understand, also, that when he quits the congressional office he will devote his time to building up his fences throughout the district. Being a man of ample means he can afford to give his entire attention to campaign work for ri year or more. There is no shrewder practical politician in Indiana than Major IrdfSOje. and be has been strengthen j ing himself very considerably of late 1 by securing the establishment of nu- | merous rural routes and the appoint- . meut of many rural carriers. MEASURES HIM. Sam Jones Tells How to Size up a Man. Sam Jones looks at the normal make-up of a man from the domestic side, when he says: ‘•The place to take the true measure of a man is not in the market place, nor in the amen corner, nor in the field or forum, but in his own home. There he lays aside his masks, and you learn whether he is an imp or an angel, king or cur. hero or humbug. If his babies dread his home-coming and his better half swallows her heart every time slk* l asks for a five-doll w bill, he is a fraud' 1 of the first water, even though he prays night and morning until he shakes the eternal hills.” IT WAS SEVERE. — January Was a Jonah to the Indiana Oil Men. January has been the severest month, from a weather standpoint, that the Indiana oil men have ever experienced. New operations show a large decline, too, on account of the scarcity and high price of coal. The credit balances in Indiana and < rfiio is nearly 10,000,000 barrel:. audit is tins large supply rather than the recent declines in the price of oil that is causing the cut in the market In the last ten days, the producers have turned 3,000,000 barrels of their credit balances into cash. In January, 27 weiis were completed in Indiana, with a new production of 3,372 barrels a day. Forty-one wells were failures. FARM DEAL. Another Proof of the Advance of Adams County Land. time last November R. R. Schugg sold his 160 acre farm in French township to B. F. Wiley and received for same the handsome price of 87,200, or fifty-five dollars per acre. This wns considered a good price and Mr. Schugg felt as though ho had made a great bargain, and he had; but since then the price of ground in this community has continued to soar, and a few days ago Mr. Wiley sold out for 18,800, an increase in the farm of $1,600 and of ten dollars per acre. Many believe this is not the top notch of farming land in old Adams.

DECATUR. INDIANA, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1903.

GREAT MEETING. — Services at the Christian Church Creating Interest. At the Christian church last night there was a large crowd and a ■ fine interest. The pastor H. N. Allen, had called his son, Edgar W. Allen, of Fort Wayne, to his assistance. The evangelist gave an illustrating talk upon the action of faith. He said j Jesus Christ came into the world not only to show God to the world, but <o [decree also man to himself. Taking I the perspective of his life and teach- ; ing man was made to know the world | and God, to do all the good that was j possible and to be as good as possible —Godlike. All this said the ,evan I gelist is possible by faith. Man’s natural faculties make it possible for him to acquire a knowledge of the physical world, but faith reveals the spiritual world which is just as real. Succesjis attainable only by th<o»<> who believe in themselves and their work. Tn doing what God gives as man’s mission, man does it by faith, and faith because it brings into the church the element of goodness aud grace. : And so the speaker by apt illustrations and simile proceeded to simplify . the doctrine of faith. Mr. Allen has I come to aid his father for the next week in their special meetings. To- | night there is bound to be an increase • in attendance and added interest. HAND MANGLED. Buzz Saw Gets in Same Very Nasty Work. Samuel F. Krill, who resides near the Concord church, in Root town ship, was the victim of a serious accident this morning. He was assisting in the operation of a buzz saw at a I farm just north of Monmouth, when j in some way which he is unable to explain, his left hand came in contact with the rapidly turning saw. His j thumb was cut off and the three fingers so badly torn that it was necessary to amputate the ends. He was i brought to the office of Dr. J. S. Boy- ( ers, in this city, aud the hand properily dressed." The wound is verv paini ful and will bother Mr. KrilfYor some i time. TROUBLE LOCATED. __ S> Telephone Connection With Berne Was Cut Off YeMerday. Telephone communication with Berne over the lines of the Citizen’s Telephone companv was severed from seven to eleven o’clock yesterday and no word could be sent from or to that office. The difficulty could not be explained'and the linemen thought that possibly the line# were dow n but an examination of the same showed that the trouble lay at some other place. The difficulty was afterwards located at the Berne central and men from this city had tl«j board in trim I and now all’s well. 4. ANOTHER DEATH. An Old Citizen of Freidheim Answers The Final Call. William Witte, sixiv seven varold, died at his home at Freidheim at four o’clock this morning, He was quite well known in his com mumty as well as here. H<* born August 21, Is. 15,t0d was sixty seven years, five months and six days old. The wife and three sons are the sur vivors. the latter being Henry and Will Witte who reside in Nebraska, and Hiram Witte Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held from the Freidheim church next Tuesday morning, Rev. Preuss officiating. . ;; FARM SOLD. ® ' •' '* ( c J Erwin Disposes of His Land and Will Move to Town. Judge R. K. Erwin today sold his farm to Edward Cunningham, of Delphi, (Carroll county) Indiana, this is one of the best improved farms in this locality, which is situated two mill's north east of this city. Owing to the Judges official capacity, it will be more convenient hereafter for him to reside ill the city. This sale was made through the real estate agency of J. H. Hall, Son & Fulk of this city.

NERVE AND GRIT. An Oil Driller Lost a Tjiumb and Finder, But Saved His Life. Charles Raymond, driller, narrowly escaped from a dreadful ‘fate last Friday morning between seven and eight o’clock. He was at that time engaged in drilling a well on the S. Pontius farm about three miles west of town, and John Weeks was his tool dresser. At the time of thA accident Mr. Weeks had gone after water quite a distance from the well, and Mr. Raymond was left alone. The floor of the derrick was covered with a very slippery clay substance and while the driller was running up the slack on the shaft his foot slipped and in an instant his left hand was caught . just over the first finger and thumb. Realizing his perilous position and that he would certainly be wound up to the shalt, he gave a mighty lunge backward and pulled the finger and [thumb entirely off so that the ligab meats alpne protruded. 11«■ is a large ! man, weighing perhaps 240 pounds, and this was inchis favor in extricat ing hi* hand in tin manner he did. i Mr. Raymond took the matter very calmly and after the tool dresser returned the engine was shut do*n and told the helper to get his finger out of the shaft. He came two town and Drs. Brayton aqfl Aspy dressed the the hand and found it necessary to take the bones of the thumb and fin ger off at the knuckle joints. A jjalf pound of chlorform was administered the patient before he come under its influence. Mr. Raymond will be unable to work for several weeks and is at his room at Win. Brigg's residence. —Geneva Herald. ABUSE US. Bums and Tramps Take Advantage of Our Big-Hearted Police. Frank Anderson, an eighteen year old dead beat from Ohio Citv, slept at the county jail over night and was dismissed this morning. The queer point of this incident is that he came here with the avowed purpose of doing so inorder to save a quarter f<Jt a bed. He was picked up by Policeman Fisher and of course lodged in jail. This morning Sheriff Butler investigated and found out that the fellow wanted to go to Willshire and had found out that by coming here and loitering he would be locked up over night and l-n go in the morning ind he would thus save paying for lied and breakfast. He said every tramp and bum in the country kr. iw thieand <4 number take advantage of the fact for there is scarcely a night that some one isn’t given shelter Whilt* we be lieve in aiding, the person in tough luck,it certainly seems like going to » far.when people come miles just to take advantage of their kind acts. A few days work on the streets or at a stone piTe would cut this business - ff short. SELF GOVERNMENT. — An Effort To Abolish tht Metropolitan Police Law. It has developed that a vigorous at tempt is to be made at this session of the legislature to abolish the metro politan police law new in force in many cities of the state. The present | law places the organi/ati r sftlmcon trolling boards of the police in the i hands of the governor, who appoints! police commissioners. A powerful i lobby is being formed to take this ! power away from the governor and reinvest it in the authorities of the various cities now controlled by boards ap|x>inted by the governor. Friends of the poposed measure say it is a move toward self government. * STILL AFTER HIM. JudiJe Rasch of Evansville, Now Up Against the State Bar Association. Judge Rasch of Evansville, whose judicial robes are somewhat soiled with scandal, will now be dealt with by the state bar association, and later by the legislature. The judge Ims so far refused to resign and this fact has lead to the proceedings that will ulti mately disgrace him for life. Thoen tire bar of his circuit are loud in urging his removal and this makes it certain that his career will soon end.

SENATOR BEVERIDGE’S Victory Seems Certain for the State Omnibus Bill. There is now such an excellent pros- ' pect that Senator Beveridge will win I in his fight to prevent |he passage of ’ the omnibus statehood bill that his j friends are beginning to figure on the political status in which this victory will leave the senator. They argue I that such a triumph over a man of Quay’s national renown will give an to Senator Beveridge’s political career that will add greatly to his prestige at home and throughout the country. Some of his enthusiastic admirers declarethat it will place him ' head and shoulders above any other man that Indiana has produced since the administration of President Ben J jamin Harrison. It is expected that the effect of this victory will be to prevent any anxious aspirants from venturing to become candidates for the senatorship against Senator Bev bridge next year. In anticipation of the desert of the omnibus bill and the prestige which it will bring to Senator Beveridge a good many friends of President Roosevelt are urging Beveridge to accept the place “at the tail of the ticket’ with President Roosevelt next year. Beveridge, however, Lus no hankering for the vice-presi i dential nomination. His eye is on the presidency and he has iesire to he laid away on the vice-presiden tial shelf. NARROW ESCAPE. !■ — Fred Tague and Family Realize They Are Lucky. i I What might have been a very serj ions accident occurred last night at the home of Fred Tague on Third j street, just opposite the court house. When tlhc family retired they left the tfas burning in one of the front rooms las usual. During the night a window was broken out by the strong wind and the fire was blown out. During I all the rest of the night the gas escaped in the house and the rooms J were well filled with fumes when the | family awoke this morning. A fire was burning in another portion of the , house and it seems almost miraculous that an *xplosion did not happen as ! the quantity of escaping gas was enough that it was detected by Mrs ! Springer, who occupies a part of the house partitioned off. The family did noteven suffer an r from breathe i: the stuff and are as well as usual today. BUSINESS CHANGE. Fields & Company, of Geneva, Sell Their Business. Fields X-Company.Owners of the largest general store at Geneva, have sold out to Minch & Co., of New Cory don. The invoice will begin next . Monday after which the new firm will ■ take charge of the business. The re i tiring firm are pioneers in business at (reneva and lil wal adv erf < u Herald. That newspaper now wiseI ly a sorts that if the Genova business mon desert his advertising columns | lie will bring in competitive ad ver I I tising from outside towns. The Gene- i .va business men should not permit ' this state of affairs to long exist, as 1 they will be cutting iff their noses two i ; different ways. Newspaper advertis ! ing is the only method of making busI iness and keeping what you already havt. and the a toner merchants in I every town realize the fact the more | business they will do. , WHO DOES IT? , Some One Seems to Have a Mania for ; Poisoning | There is within the limits of our j city a contemptable man who seems j to feel that his duty on earth is to rid i Decatur of dogs and he is getting in his work about as faithfully as could , be asked. During the month just • passed at least a dozen dogs, some of them quite valuable, have been found dead, and an examination in each ease has proved that they went the poison route, Recently a female Irish net tor, mother of ten little pups and the property of William Jackson was (xiisoiied. The dog was worth twenty five dollars and Will was negotiat ing for her sale. Such wcurences are far from being jokes and the inhuman person who does such work should lie punished as ho will bo if he is caught.

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DEATH CAME. i Life -of Richard Elzey, a Pioneer, is ’ Ended. Richard S. Elzey died -at 12:30 o’clock last night at his home on North TfVnth street, after an illness of over two years. During the past six months lie has been confined to the house and has been bedfast a greater portion of the time. He was well ■known, having been born in thecoun ty, two and a half miles west of town, and has spent his entire life of nearly sixty years here, with the exception of three years’ service in the army,, tile was-born March 12, 1543, and resided on the home farm until he enlisted in the army. After three years’ i service for his country he returned [ here and opened a blacksmith shop, which has since been his business. He has been .a worthy citizen, a kind ! neighbor, and above all, a noble husband aud father. He was married in ISGG, and the grief-stricken wife, four [ sons and one daughter survive, several children having proceeded the . i father to heaven. A brother, Alfred Elzey, of south of town, a sister .Mrs. Mok ;.Mc(' ainell. of ('ardwell, Missouri, a half brother. Hiram Elzey, |of West Liberty, lowa, are the other near relatives. For several weeks Mr. Elzey’s condition has been growing more serious with each hour, and though the friends knew that death was close, the pain and sorrow of | parting is hard to bear. He was a | member of the United Brethren church, and the funeral services will Ibe conducted from that church 9kn[day morning at ten o’clock.-Alev. Pontius officiating. The G. A. R. post, of which he was a Biember, will at j tend in a body and have charge. Interment at the Reynolds cemetery. CLAIM OIL. Kingsland Company Say That Their New Well is a Good One. Farmers near Kingsland say tfhat |here is oil in the Flemming well anil that tha Standard is preparing to investigate the quantity it will produce. Yesterday after the well was shot the bailer was run into the well five times and each time came up with a good quantity of the crude. They say that i the field boss has ordered ti*n cords of wood and that the well iejto be idean ed out and giyen a thorough test. It is also said that the Standard is trying to get’the right to clean out and drill deeper the old well on the Bippus land. Whether any more w#is • will be drilled immediately is not : known but the string of tools used have been onfered back to the oil I field. WILL HOLD FAST. ,»»— ■ . ■ ...... The Attorney General Will Not Give Up Taylor and Finley. “I do not see,” said Attorney-Gen. j Miller Thursday, “how the Kentucky n I ir and Finley returned t here f r trial ! if the governor does not care to give I them up. The governor may act as he plea ■ ain iuch a matter. No court can compel him to honor a requisition.” Mr. Miller will so advise Gov—- • ■ln< r Durbin, who will, on the advice, refuse to honor another requisition for the return of the men charged with I complicity to murder William Goebel. ■ The inquiry was the result of renewed ’ agitation in Kentucky for the trial of ] the two mon, following the alleged confession of Henry Youtsey, implicating both. <, NEW STATE BUILDING. 1 A Girls’ Industrial School May Be Built. • Senator Goodwinn has introduced | the long expected bill for the separa it ion of the women's prison and the Girls’lndustrial school. It provides f t instruetii in f a buihlmg .■< >st ing 8150,0110 within ten miles of In dianopohs for the girls school, which is to be under the supervision of the women’s prison board. Four building commissioners appoiutisl by the gov ernor are to erect it. It is thought that the bill will pass without much trouble and that J. A. Hindman, of Hartford City, as well as every other ihs'ent citizen in the state, will rejoice ! in this new method of reform.