Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 16 February 1903 — Page 1

jVOLUME 1 I new industry I — i Inclusive Pants Factory I for Decatur. pl Arrangements Were Perfected Late This Afternoon. jecatur is on the verge of a new nufacturing industry, which if toed will be a worthy institution, nse interested are E. D. Beeler, E. Kern. H. J. Kirsch. C. L Walt- j , R. A. Ehinger and C. O. Ehinger, 1 they expect to have the machinery ining March first. The new factory ' I manufacture all kinds of men’s I its and will begin with a pay roll ■twenty-five people. It is thought it within six mouths this will be ireased to perhaps fifty people, and there is no limit to the demand for s class of manufactured goods, re will likewise be no limit to the jacity of this factory. Its loca n has been decided upon and those erested are ready to back the en prise in away that can not fail to iimately bring success with a big to all concerned. We might also lash the benefits to the public such addition to the city's business lerests would bring, but you have ard all this before. It is a good ing, and we sincerely hope nothing II step in to stop the future probss of’ the new industry. The Id of market in this line has no ait as the factories now in business il in supplying the demands of ide. This being true the risk cf le is entirely obliterated, making ch a factory an urgent necessity, lat Decatur can have it without aney and without price, makes it )k all the better. [ILL JOIN SHOW urt House Employe will Go Soon. rnum & Bailey will Visit Fort wayne About April Ist, the First Time in Several Years. M. J. Krohn; the big, jolly poiter the Burt house will leave March 22 r Fort Wayne, where he joins bills' train No. 2, of the famous Barim & Bailey’s Circus, and will make e tour of the states with them. Mr. rohn has been in the business for rars, and has been with all the big les, including Ringling Bros.. Waice, Forpaugh & Sells, in fact every fgregation of any size. He has aveled over every state in the Union id is known to every showman in e land. He has proven himseif an I»ert at ?nyth ; n„- in the circus line urn doing a ‘l. on the trapeze to •Hing letnobaue in the bleechers. it during late years he has devoted is attention to posting bills. The arnurn <fc Bailey showshave been in •trope for several years and have et with great success. They come >me for this season bigger and ft ter than ever, and beyond a ques on the greatest exhibition ever put ider canvas. They have some fifty Utomobile wagons in the parade nnd lher novelties unknown to the usual irons sightseer. The show will apear at Fort Wayne about April Ist. 'hey will travel over the entire United tates this year, making only cities of ter 25,000* inhabitants. They make oly four stops in Indiana, at Iniatiapolis, Evansville, Fort Wayne nd South Bend. GETS A VALENTINE. ■rney Kalver the Recipient of a Letter He Doesn't Like. Barney Kalver, known to everyone • the King of the high binders lodge, ks lieen real mad for a day or so and ii t entirely over it yet. The cause ns a valentine containing -a picture 8 bath tub, brush and towel with sntle poetry hints of how to use Barney knows who sent the ing and today forwarded by express, 'llect, a little gift that will certainly uprise the recipient.

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TO BE MARRIED. Charles Zeaser and Miss Catharine Shaffer will be Married Wednesday. Ihe bans of another wedding are out and Charles Zeaser and Miss Catharine Shaffer, two popular young people of this city will soon be united in marriage. The ceremony will take place at nine o’clock Wednesday morning at the St. Marv’s Catholic church and will be followed by a big feast at the home of the groom, three miles south of the city. The contracting parties are well known and have many friends around here who wish them congratulations and life long happiness. K. OF C. WORK Decatur People Will Be Initiated Tonight. A Delegation of Forty Candidates and Members Go to Fort Wayne to Attend Meeting.

The Knights of Columbus will hold a session in Fort Wayne tonight, and the event promises to be an eventful one especially for Decatur people, as ■ from fifteen to twenty-two candidates i from here will be initiated into the mysteries of the first degree of this great order. The list of those who have signed applications includes twenty-two names, but it is believed that only about fifteen of this number will lie able to go tonight and the rest will join later. Among those j who will go are Dan Niblick, John Starost, John Lose, John Mason, Joe Mason, Lee Martin. Leopold Yager. Sr.. Ed Meyers. C. V. Connell, Henry Voglewede, Pat Kinney, Dr. H. E. Keller, Dr. H. F. Costello, Tom Haefling and Simeon Hines. Besides these from fifteen to twenty-five old i memliers will accompany the dele- ; {ration to see that the work is per- | formed in a thorough manner. A i banquet after the meeting is probable, though this part of the affair may be j deferred until after the third degree is given. These new members will give Decatur a representation of nearI ly fifty in this lodge. DRAWS A CROWD. Interest today Centers About the Court Room. The case of the State vs. Mabel : Evans is on trial in the Adams circuit 'court today, Judge Bratiyaa es Huntington, presiding. The case is of the ; sensational order and as usual in such i instances is holding a large crowd of people as an audience. Miss Evansis charged with keeping an immoral house, the cause lieing the result of lan indictment by the grand jury. I She plead not guilty and the case | came to trial, a change of judge being asked and Judge Branyan appointed. J. C. Moran appears for the stale and L. C. De Voss for the defendant. Some thirty witnesses have been examined, most of them being people who live in the immediate neighborhood where Mabel has been holding forth. Some surprising facts concerning a number | of well known young men were sprung and with each new witness the size of the crowd increased until standing I room was necessary. The case will go to the jury this evening it is be jlieved. _ BOY WANTED. Mr. and Mrs. Crozier Ask Permission to Adopt a Son. Dore B. Erwin, attorney, representing Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Crozier, filed a suit in the circuit court this afternoon entitled Joseph and Ella Crozier, petition to adopt a son and heir. The boy whom they want to bear their name and lie entitled to the rights of a son is Earl Ransbottom who will lie nine years old next month. His father, Arthur E. Ransbottom resides at Lima. Ohio, and his mother has been dead for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Crozier reside in Union township and are well known citizens who will give the boy all possible rights and privileges and their petition will no uoubi be granted.

DECATUR, INDIANA, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1903.

CAME TO DECATUR A Millionaire Mining King Here. Mr. A. D. Steward Makes a FlatterIng Proposition to H. L. Conter. As stated Saturday, we are today undergoing the pleasure experienced in rubbing up against a real live mining king, Mr, A. D. Steward, a 'man i who is worth his millions and made it by the process of mining for the real thing. With it all he is simply a man,' plain in address, but a few minutes 1 conversation will tell you he is far above the average, especially along speculative lines, in which he has had so manyyears of practical knowledge. He now owns mining properties in Idaho, California, Colorado and South Dakota. He is seldom in one place long enough to claim a residence, but when he is at home is at Boise City, Idaho. The last venture that succeeded in placing him in the millionaire column was made several years ago. when he had to borrow and beg $9,000 which was made as a payment on a mining property. After a fewmonths under his ownership he boldly refused a cool million for it, and has in fact cleaned up several times that amount. With his continued success his holdings have grown until now he has a cinch on a good sized section of the earth. His visit here was to see Mr. H. L. Conter and to him he laid down a proposition that was flattering in the extreme. He offered to lay down the cash that would and him in Colorado and place him in charge as j manager of the Windy Gap Mine, a good paying proposition. He claims Ito have more business than he has | time, and knowing Mr. Conter and his excellent business qualifications, he ' came this distance to secure him as manager at this one place. The inducements offered are excellent and not only reflect great credit on our townsmen, but if accepted may be the means of placing him in a position that years hence will permit him to do and be what Mr Steward has done and now is to that section of the earth. As yet no decision has been made and no answer given to the flattering offer bestowed. Mr. Steward returned to I Chicago this afternoon. SAME OLD TRICK. Spanish War Veteran Wants Pension for His Corns. A veteran of the Spanish war recently appealed to the secretary of the interior a case in which he claimed ;i pension on account of corns that he had contracted by wearing army shoes. The department, after an exhaustive course of reasoning, comes ■to the decision that corns are not a pensionable disability The decision says: “Corns are inconvenient, but are seldom incapacitating and when they are the remedy is simple and within reach of anyone. The soldier’s patriotism ought not to terminate with his military service. It should prompt him to go to a chiropodist rather than to the pension bureau.’’ IS BETTER. Rev. C. G. Hudson's Condition Continues to Improve. Rev. Hudson' pastor of the Metho dist church, is reported very much better today and his friends are confi dent that he will soon be able to attend to his duties. He has been sick about ten days and improved steadily until Saturday evening when he suffered a slight relapse due’to asthmatic trouble and was quite sick during all of Saturday night. Yesterday he be gan to recuperate and rested well through last night. As a result he is much better today and is believed to lie on the high road to recovery. A NEW SUIT FILED. A new suit has been filed in the circuit court entitled. The Marion Chronicle company vs the Harrod At Waggoner Shoe company. The sum of S2OO is demanded it lieing a suit on account.

SCHOOL BOOKS. Another Change Wanted by Those Who Furnish Them. A rumor to the effect that nearly the entire list of books now used in the common schools of this state are to be changed before the next term of school opens is current, but lacks verification. The present system of readers is to be revised, it having been found after a thorough trial that they are decidedly unsatisfactory. While the need for a revision of the geographic system prescribed by the state is not denied, it is not likely that it will be done this year, as the law on the subject states that revision or change shall not be made oftener than every five years. Trustees have not been notified by the state board i of education of a change in any of the ■ books save the readers. THE HAYMAKERS

Side Issue to the Red Men’s Lodge. Visiting Lodges From Nearby Cities Will Attend and a Big Time is Assured. At the regular meeting of the Red Men’s lodge Wednesday evening, arrangements will be completed and the date set for the organization of a Haymakers’ order in this city. This is a side degree to the I. O. R. M. and the object is pleasure personified. Sixty names have already been secured for the new order or degree and its establishment is therefore certain. The | date will be within the next few weeks and will be decided upon as stated Wednesday night. Lodges from Bluffton and Fort Wayne will be inI vited to attend and confer the work, i A sumptuous banquet will follow and the boys are preparing for the best time of their lives and from the “tip” we have received we believe they will, i The Red Men’s lodge here is prosperI ing and each week are taking in new i members, thus assuring them a sub- | stantial and long life. THEY ARE WINNERS. Indiana Newspaper Men Making Hit in East. A dispatch from Washington, D. C., says: “Another Indiana man has made a hit in Washington newspaper -errcivs. for fourteen years connected with the Indian apolis News, has been made Sunday editor of the Washington Post. S. W. Gilliam formerly of Richmond, is now humorous editor of the Baltimore American. Merrill Tague formerly of Muncie, whose parents live at Pendleton, is chief editorial writer on the same paper.” The latter is well known here, where he lived for five years during the 80’s and has since visited a number of times. He is a young man still and will undoubtedly acquire more fame before many years have elapsed. TO INDIAN TERRITORY S. J. Martz, of Monroe, Will Leave for That Country Tonight. S. J. Martz and family of Monroe, will soon be sesidents of Indian Ter ritory. They with Peter Ressler will leave tonight for Dawson, that state, and at least Mr. Martz will remain there and try life in that climate and state. It is his intention to purchase laud and continue the pursuit of farming in that new country. The vicinity of Dawson is fast settling up and soon it will be necessary to look awhile before a bargain in farming land can be found. It will not be many years before a great itnprovenent will be noted in that section of country. ATTENTION K. OF P. We very much desire yeur presence at Castle Hall todight to confer rank work.

HIS SILVER JUBILEE Leo XIII Twenty-Five Years Pope. Event Will Be Celebrated by Catholics all Over the World Next Friday. Twenty-five years ago Pope Leo XIII took his office as Bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, and the event is to be celebrated next Friday by the Catholics all over the world. In this city the day will be observed by special" high : mass services, and it will be a mem I orable event in the church’s history. The celebration is known as the Pope’s Silver Jubilee, and Pope Leo in the third to have celebrated the event during the history of the world. The pope is in excellent health in body and mind, and a recent statement from his physician which has been sent out says that the probabilities are that he will live to be a hundred years old. He is a grand old man, and the celebration of his twenty-fifth year in his high position will be sincere. HALF A MILLION. The McKinley Memorial Fund Not Yet Complete. The McKinley National Memorial association has issued a statement to the effect that it has collected more than 5'00,000 during the first year of its organization. The association announces that it will be necessary to collect something more than SIOO,OOO additional before anything will be done toward building the monument. The trustees have decided to undertake the collection of this additional sum through the postoffices and department stores of the country by placing in their hands a supply of the souvenir certificates to be given to all contributors of one dollar or more. These certificates will ultimately go to all the contributors. NEW BUILDING. Trustee Koldeway to Erect a School House in District Five. TrusteeKoldewey will supply Union township with a new school building for district number five, Union town • nhip. Id accoidaucß '.vitb. thia arrangement plans and specifications ! will soon be on display at the audiI tor’s office, and on Saturday. March 7. bids from contractors will be received and the contract given. The new proposed temple of learning will be of brick, and when completed will be a handsome addition to the schools of the county. It is expected to have the building ready for occupancy at the opening of the fall term of school, this year. THE STORM. Heavy Snow Fall Does but Little Damage Here. From Saturday evening until Mon j dav morning snow fell almost contiu uously and the winds drifted the snow in great heaps along the roads during the night. The snow was light and dry however, and the usual damage to telephone and telegraph wires has not been reported, we are glad to state. About the only bad results we have heard of is the delay of passenger trains, nearly all of them being from one to three hours late. PAPERING GROCERY. The grocery department of the Boston Store is undergoing a complete rearrangement and sports a new covering of wall paper. The grocery clerks were kept busy today putting things in shaiie but aside from the spilling of UM red pepper llio day’s work was uneventful.

NUMBER 31

TWENTY-THREE LEFT. The Legislative Session More Than Half Gone. The legislature is now considerably over havf gone -but twenty-three davs remain in which to dispose of the stacks of bills that yet remain in the hands of committees, or are only at second reading in either house. As a result the last two weeks of the session will find the legislators with enough work to do to keep them there half the summer if they attended to it with due deliberation. The session cannot be prolonged, therefore every thing will be rushed. This thing is true of every session of the legislature, and it argues eloquently for a change in the law, so that the" mem bers will draw salaries and can be kept there until all the business is disposed off in a proper manner, or so that all bills except the appropriation ' measure, must be introduced during i the first twenty days of the session | and all committee reports must be in at the close of the first thirty days. A resolution providing for the latter i change was offered early during the I present session, but it was quickly | turned down. It has its good feaj tures. in the opinion of many memI bers of both houses, and its adoption j would certainly do away with the ; grand rush toward the close of everv session. It would also result in fewer bills being introduced, which would be a boon of no mean proportions. BUY A FARM. It is the Only Independent Life to Live.

An exchange very truthfully Bays: “The only business that can stand the test of time and circumstances is the ownership of a free and clear farm. A man may work at a manufacturing business half his life time and sud denly a better invention may shut up his works. A man may spend his life as a merchant, local misfortune beyond his control may put him through the bankruptcy court. A man may work as an employe of a business half a lifetime and lie a competent, faithful servant to his employer, and suddenly he is fired, because his company has consolidated with another. The owner of a clear farm is unassailable. IHe may not have all the luxuries of 1 life but he is dead sure to obtain the necessaries and he cannot be discharged or ruined.” AN OIL DEAL. The Indiana Field the Favorite Among Oil Men. One of the largest oil deals in the history of the Indiana field was made in Muncie, Saturday. The Senior Oil company sold its holdings at Parker City to the St. Louis Oil company, a vOtpGTiitioii Th** purchase price was ?250.000, and the transfer of property includes the best leases in the state. The Senior Oil company is composed of Lafayette, Hugh and Thomas McWilliams. R. W. Brown and W. A. Kunkle. They secured the leases aud brought in the first well on last July. Since then six wells have been drilled in and the property has a daily production of five hundred barrels. The lease com prises twelve hundred and twenty - four acres. BIRTHDAY SURPRISE. Doctors of the Cily Call on Dr. J. M. Miller. Dr. J. M. Miller was surmised Saturday evening when nearly all the brothers of his profession that, live in this city burst in upon him at hi* home. The event was planned by Mrs. Miller in honor of the Dr’s, birthday and the occasion was of such a nature as to make the victim remember his forty-second birthday as long as he lives. A delicious sup per was served to the guests and the after dinner toasts and anecdote* given by the knights of medical science proved one of the best feature* of the evening's fun. To comjiensate Mr. Miller for the complete surprise he hail undergone, the doctors presented him with a fine rocking chair. It ia safe to say that no birthday will cling so long to the memory of the surprised as his forty second, nor will his fellows in profession forget Saturday's happening as it was as complete and enjoyable one as was ever produced.