Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 31 January 1903 — Page 1

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MISERY AND WANT. A Family of Destitute and Helpless People in Our Midst. An appalling state of humanity is reported from the south end of town. A family consisting of a blind man, a mute, two women and several children live in a little hut along the Erie railroad, scarcely fit for so many swine. The other day during the thaw a child was seen walking barefooted in the mud and sluslw The mother presently appeared looking for the child and she was also bare footed. This is only an exterior view, the state inside of the hovel musfbe fearful. This is no “pipe” dream, but is the truthful report f im • a person who saw them. Wher® is a “sweet charity" that she does nothing for such people? While there are many • cases of poverty where help would not be apprec ated, this is certainly a condition of destitution brought on by misfortune, and at least deserves soqjp investigation. The helpless should be cared for and the well made to work. BY DEFAULT. E. M. Peoples Gets Judgment on Ace count. A case entitled Enos Peoples vs. Benjamin Wagoner was called before 'Squire Reynolds this morning, it being a suit on account. Wagoner failM to appear and after waiting quite a while, ’Squire Reynolds ruled on the case, giving Peoples judgment of terfdollars and n half, on default. Wagoner is living in this city at preset. The account was for livery hire and was made while Mr. Peoples owned the livery stable. LARGE TRADE. Decatur Enjoyed a Day Full of Business. Today has perhaps been the best business day our merchants have enjoyed since the holiday rush. Second street has been alive with people, and Jill of them looked more or less full of business. Trade was brisk from early morning, and the result was a land- • office business everywhere, including The Daily Democrat, where new subscribers kept the force busy. It is becoming more evident every dav that Decatur is the best town on the universe and does more business to the square inch, for its size, than any on the map. Merchants carry large and sel®et stocks and do a large volume of business. THE NEW JOSS. • The Consolidation Railroad Bill to be Again Introduced. % e The railroad consolidation bill of • two years ago took from the state control all the railroads of Indiana in perpetuity. Tl>» state government by it relinquished all right to control the railroads in Indiana. All suits against railroads would, from the signing,, of the bill, have lieen thrown into the federal courts for trial. This litigation would be so expensive as to bo beyond the reach of persons injured by railroads in life, limb or property. This bill in a now form and under a new title will be introduced again in a few days. PREBLE SOCIETY. Mr. and Mrs. Kreigh Entertain a Numbe ot Friends. A delightful time was had by aboat twenty five people who attended a progressive pedro party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Kreigt at Preble Inst night. Everything was nicely arranged and we have heard several say words of praise of the splendid manner in which they were entertain ed. At cards the honors wore award ed to Mias Eva Acker of this city and Mr. V. Lewton, while the booby went to Miss Lipkey of Tocsin. Delicious refreshments were served. A number from this city as well as other towns were present.

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STOLE ORGAN PIPES. An Up-to-date Grafter Gets in Some Fine Work. The committee controlling the large pipe organ in the Grace M. E. church at Kokomo vows that when it employs another expert tuner to overhaul the instrument it will watch him closely. Last week a tuner came here from Michigan. He worked for three days on the organ, and when he completed the task he said the organ was in first-class condition. At the Sunday services the organist detected nothing wrong. At choir practice later, however, when the organist began to use some of the lower notes, it was discovered that many of the pipes were missing. An investigation was made and the organist found that pipes to the value of $750 had been removed. They had been carefully taken out, so that in playing hymn# their absence would not be noticed. There is no direct evidence against the tuner who did the work. Since he left no one has tampered with the organ. The company which employs the tuner has been notified, and steps will be taken to locate him. SHUT THE DOOR. Corn Thieves at the Jail Are Molested to Close the Crib. Some on® has been stealing corn from the crib at the county jail and Sheriff'Butler is justly mad. To make things worse the thieves on their last visit failed to shut the door and as a result when Albert got down the next morning he found his own and the neighbor’s chickens enjoying a genuine feast in greedy fashion, almost foundering themselves. XowAlbert, while he feels a little chagrined at the idea that people are bold enough to rob a jail, still wouldn’t feel half so bad i f they would just lock the place up hereafter, because that’s what will be done to them if they’re caught, NEW DEPUTY. Another Official in the County Sheriff’s Ofice. Jesse Butler has been sworn into office as a deputy sheriff of Adams county and has already entered upon his duties in that capacity. He is a son of Sheriff A. A. Butler and has really become quite popular with those who frequent the court house and especially so with the reporters. He is a clever little gentleman and we wish him all possible success. Deputy Erank I. Farrell will continue to serve for the present at least. ANOTHER ONE. A Gentleman From Indianapolis Lodges in Jail. Jack Cunningham, Indianapolis, en route to Lima, is the way- it appears on the regiger at the jail. He was taken in by Marshal Cordua and one of the night police, was given lodging and bftikfast and sent on his way rejoicing. While the officers have no other course to pursue than to lock up®straglers, vagrants and bums, we insist that this class of people are taking advantage of our rules and that the only way to keep them away is to inaugurate a stone pile system. GO TO MOBILE. A Party of Seven Leave for Southern Clime. A party composed of J. T. Archbold, Daniel Railing, T. H. Andrews, John Lee, Barney Wemhoff and R. I). Patterson, of Decatur, and John Bumgartuer. of Willshire, left over the Clover Leaf this morning for Mobile, Alabama. At St. Louis they take the Mobile & Ohio railroad, which lands them without change in the citv of their destination. The boys will enjoy a month or more of the balmy southern clime, and expect a beneficial effect to their health. Several of them have visited the country before and know the pleasures of ■pending the mouths of February and March there.

DECATUR, INDIANA, SATURDAY EVENING, JA..IJAR I, 1903.

HELPS CITY OFFICERS. Bill to Extend the Term of all City Officers. The bill to extend the terms of all city officers to four years, aathoy wore until the session of two years, is up again before the committee on cities and towns of the house. There seems no doubt that tht» measure will be reported favorably by thaX committee although the members differ con siderable upon some points. The I principal stumbling block seems to be the question whether the terms of the present officials shall be extended, or whether the law shall be made operative after the next city election. The I members of the committee who favor the latter plan would have two sets of councilman elected in each city at the next election, half for two-year terms and the balance for four years. ANOTHER WELL. The Shejtherd Oil Conpaay will •» HI Agaia. W.H. Shepherd, who is manager the Shepherd Oil company, with holdings west of Geneva, report their oil wells again doing business after a delay of several weeks caused partly by the extreme cold weather. The company owns several walls and have a steady production and are making money. They are getting ready to idrill another well which w-ill adorn the Philip Harlow land just west of Geneva. They are also figuring on some Darke county leases and later may 1 take up the Ohio proposition. — INTEREST CONTINUES. A Reprt Last Nila’s Meeting at th Chrntiaa Cbnrcb. The revival at the Christian church , continues with added interest. Last night there was the largest crowd yet. The evangelist spoke with great power on the Confession of Peter. ‘Thou art the Christ, the son of the living God,” and held the attention of the large audience to the close. Today Mr. Allen returns to Fort Wayne to fill his pulpit on Sunday morning and evening; but will come back on Monday to preach on Monday evening, and on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 will hold a day meeting when all are expected to bring their working Bible and a butter dish. The pastor, H. N. Allen, will preach on Sunday morning and evening. It is hoped that all the friends ami members will be in attendance on Sunday. AU who can are urged to attend the Sunday school at 9:15 a. m„ uml bring friends. OPEN MARCH 2. I The NeW Clothing Store will be Ready for Business Soon. Acker, Elzey and Vance will throw open the doors of their new business house on Monday, March 2nd and have announced that they will have a complain line of men’s boys’ and ehil dren s clothings, hats, cape and fur nishing goods. The firm will be known as ‘‘Sam, Charley and Lee,” j and will be located in the Ston® build ing. The boys are clever, popular and thorough business men and they enter upon their career with bright outlooks tor success and just enough confidence to make things go. NOT GOOD. The Smith Well Makes a Poor Showing as a Producer. The Riverside well on the Smith farm, adjoining the Koos well, came in at tour o'clock this morning, and is a conglomeration of gas, oil and salt water. Its prospects are not bright, but the company w’ll put a pump to working in order to demonstrate its true value. Drilling stopped at thirty feet in the sand. No change is apparent in the Koos well from the report as given last evening. We understand that a break in the line is keeping Willshire from burning gas today. The pressure at the well is still several degrees below par. but the rest today may act as a cathartic and revive it somewhat.

INCREASE SALARY. Congress May Increase Salary of the President. One of the New York members has introduced a bill in congress which il passed will increase the salary o'! the president of the t ailed States to SIOO,OOO a year. At present the chief executive of the nation draws an an uual stipend of $50,000 and we know of several prospeetives Senator Fairbanks for instance who would take the job a| the old price. It is said by many and perhaps its true, that a rich and mighty Country such as ours, Should not be niggardly in their salaries of those so highly honored. We believe, however, that con gross can coma nearer doing their duty by increasing the salaries of the thousands holding .vernments positions. There is no question but that this government pays»its surbordinate employes beggardly wages. The 1 average salary ranges from $720 to $1,440, and upon this sum of money it takes some Wall Street financiering to come out eVen. This is not as it should be. This country is too proud, or should be, to permit the bulk of those who perform the labor of its management to eke out an existence. Give the high privates a show for their white alley, and then it is time to look after the needs of the brass button brigade. CLAIM SUITS. Tw« Rm Ones Filed in Adams Circuit Coin Today. Two claim cases were filed with the j clerk of the Adams circuit court early this morning. The first one was J. W. Hill vs Florence E. Warner, ad ministrator and the amount of $4.25 is said to be due the plaintiff. The I other is entitled Clark A Clark vs the I Catherine Mallonee estate and the sum of seventy-five dollars is demandI ed. SUDDENLY STRICKEN. — lion. Sidney Cantwell, of Hartford City, Suddenly 111. Hon. Sidney W. Cantwell the joint representative of the general assembly for Blackford, Jay and Randolph counties, was taken suddenly ill' 1 yesterday from hemorrhage of the i I bowels. His condition is critical. Mr. Cantwell lives at Hartford City, and is well known by many of our people, he owning a cottage at Oden, Mich., where himself and family spent the hot summer months. He was also and influential memlier of the present legislature, being one of the original anti-ripper members. SAVE YOUR MONEY. ■ A Chicago Sharper Looking for Indiana Suckers. A slick fellow from Chicago has been visiting Indiana towns and he i haw secured several “lambs.” His scheme is to advertise f>r agents to . sell a pffiish, but he impresses them with the fact that they must put up $lO for an "outfit” before they can ‘ start out to make SIOO a month. j When he gets the $lO he goes on : about his business. to another town, while the purchaser begins to get angry and wants to latnbit-1 the sharp or. MISSION SERVICES. ______ Special Meeting at the Erangeiical Church. A special mission meeting is announced for tomorrow morning at the Evangelivac church at 10:110 o’clock, and it promises to lx* very interesting. A program has lieen arranged consisting of short essays, addresses by different members of the congregation, address by the pastor, anti a brief history showing the development of the mission work of the Evangelical church in Japan. An offering will be taken and this will lie used for the support of the lady missionaries who are devoting and offering their lives for the good cause in the foreign land. Every one is cordially invited to attend this meeting.

iUES HIS MOTHER. Young Man Demands SI,OOO Share of Estate and Labor. Benjamin Emerine, through his attorneys. P. G. hooper and Dore B. Erwin has tiled suit in the circuit court for SIOOO. the defendant -being his mother Maria Emeriti *. Lhe ixnn plaint says that the plaintiffs father died in Mercer county . Obtp, several years ago leaving an estate to his wife and six children. Some time afterwards the wife ami children, all of whom were of age, sold the land, realizing therefrom the amount of $3500, that the mother and defendant in this suit did not distribute the money but ■ instead bought a farm in this county ; ! and moved thereon. Ben wants his i money now and has gone to court to get it. Attached to the complaint is I an itemized account of the money due ! I him, including s3Bo,his share of the es i tateand the rest for cash expended for material to improve the farm and for labor, amounting in all to the sum of SI,OOO. The summons has been issued returnable February 11th. He claims the work has been done in the yettSS 1895 1902, inclusive. NO HANDICAPS. Township Trustees want the Privilege of Succeeding Themselves. Township trustees are interested in a bill introduced by Senator Wood as senate bill number 165, making trustees eligible to succeed themselves. The term of office of a township trustee is four years but he is not permitI ted to be a candidate for office a sec ond term. Local trustees state that it ,is not the purpose of the bill to permit the trustees to become chronic ! office seekers but since the complaint is often made that the trustees are i not up to the standard, they desire to place themselves in position to become more competent by being eligible to succeed themselves. They state that the right to turn them down should rest with the people as it does with any other officer. CASE APPEALED. The Insurance Trouble Taken to the Circuit Court. The case of Ohio Farmers Insurance company vs James S. Johnson i will be tested in the circuit court. The trial was heard before ’Squire Baughman, Tuesday, and decided Thursday in favor of the plaintiff, allowing him s3.7ff. From this judg ment however the defendant has >p I pealed to the circuit court and filed | his bond before Justice Baughman this morning. The cause of the j trouble has been told in these col- ; iimns several times, being over a can j eeled lire insurance policy. Already | the costs are about twenty dollars, ; and if the case is concluded in circuit ! court will amount to several times I that. TRAIN LOAD. Over a Hundred Head of Horses were Shipped Today. That Decatur ami Adams county is the greatest horst- market in the west was demonstrated today when J. W. Campbell shipped five big car loads of draft horses to New York City. Mr. Campbell is one of the biggest dealers in horses in the country, and informs us he has never visited a community in ill his career where so i many good horses could be purchased. | His agents have been here only a short time and have gathered up | something near 120 head, and they | are the kind that are wanted, line, sound, stylish-looking animals, that I would sell at any market in the world. Mr. Campbell will continue to make this his headquarters, as he says it’s the liest place he knows of for his business. STILL RECOVERING. Telegrams from Boston continue to confirm previous messages to the es feet that Judge Taylor still continues to improve, anil while this recouery seems slow, yet it is sun* and thought to Is* complete, The family and friends yesterday were grentlv encouraged and elated over the flattering pros|iects for recovery.

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POOR RAILROADS. Iley Are Imposed Upon by the Defenseless Public. “There are fifty railroad tickets forged nowadays where there was one ten years ago.” This statement was made a few days ago by a prominent railroad officer in the course of a conversation on the different methods of cheating the railroad companies. At the same time the railroad man expressed his sentiments in regard to the man who will deliberately attempt to beat the railroad and think he is accomplishing something very clever in the way of business. “These men,” he said, "would want to fight if anyone should ask them to enter ft to a deal for forging another man’s name to a cheek, but there is no hesitancy in sighing another man's name on a ■ pass or railroad ticket just for the ■ purpose of riding a few miles. This is forgery, the same as the forging of a check, but yet the people don’t look upon it in that way. Hence the gen- . eral public rides on another man’s pass and thinks nothing of it.” EYE FOR BUSINESS. Office Seekers Already After the Office Held by Judge Taylor. Some of the politicians have been unable to await the result of th® ill- ; ness of R. S. Taylor, of Fort Wayne, I and are now putting in bids for the Mississippi river commissionership, ’ to be considered in ease Mr. Taylor does not recover. It is understood that at least two applications from Indiana have reached the president, j The haste is causing some unfavor- ■ able eooimi-irt here. EARLY TO BED. Laws of Nature Demand a Quiet Home Life. ■ By caving around late hours of the night attending parties, dances and [other amusements, some people imagine that they are keeping young. But that will not do it. You will get i old just the same and a little faster by i vi.dating the laws of health in the in- ; diligence of late hours and late suppers. There never was a bigger fallacy than the idea that the ex<- te nent . and novelty of social functions are I necessary to retain one’s youth. On the contrary this is a good way to i grow old fast. To keep young, a , j quiet even home life, regular hours and temperate habits are absolutely necessary. People whq follow this kind of a life keep young. A phitosj opher well says: “To be young j when you are old you must be old when you are young.” O’DONNELL KILLED. Member of the Old 16 Regiment is Shot. Harry O’Donnell, of MontpMier, was killed yesterday at Fayette, Mts- ' souri. Particulars are not known, but it is believeil he was lured into a reJ sort, robbed and shot by negroes, j He was a son of C. O’Donnell, of i Montpelier, and joined Co. E at the | breaking out of the Spanish American : war, and passed through the Cuban campaign with the 160th. His father i received word Wednesday that he had i been shot through the bruin and in ! stautly killed, at Fayette, Missouri. ■ Particulars as to how the accident oci ctirrod were not given. The remains i will be returned to Montpelier for i burial, and the funeral will be held there at two o'clock Sunday afternoon. BEE BUZZING. G. A. H. Schideler of Marion, Laying His Gubernatorial Wires. Adam Beck, of Huntington, republican committeeman of the Eleventh district, has issued a call for all county chairman of the district, to meet nt Logansport, Feb. I. At this meet ing along with other matters of the Eleventh district, the matter of pres entiug the name of the Hon. G. A. 11. Sbeidler of Marion as a candidate for the nomination for governor of Indiana.