Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 60, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1903 — Page 1

PLUME 1

ft ER-URBAN NEWS MM • Bort on the Dr. George ■ Line Next Week. Mil Favor the Building, and Over the Route First Planned. latest information concerning the! Or. George Traction lines is Engineer J.Coleman's report to tliel New York capitalists will lie read sometime next week There is n doubt but that Mr. Coleman'' vie*s are favorable to the construi tiraof the lines and that his report wffl advise that it be built. The of this county are anxious tor >rurban line to be constructed* they can bank on their hop s realized as it will certainly through. Dr. George knew ■vha he had after the route wad and his untiring effort* to awa >en the moneyed people who areiooking for an investment, to of realization of the money TMtlinn road that it would lie, cannon and will not otherwise than to ttnd some day, electric car Connert®by the way of Decatur between For Wayne and Cincinnati. I THE ANTI’S. AaaSaloon league Meetings Here Sundav. tMf ie of the state will visit this c®. and Sundav the churches will job in union services with Rev. G. EM ufts at the Methodist church in and Rev. C. .1 < Tillin' aHi" Baptist church in the morning In the evening the former will the U. B. church and the latter att e Evangelical. A union meet also plannedforthe M ■tin«!■.'» ht. chat 3:30 in the afternoon. congregate. - quoted to attend the Baptist church inthe morning, and their ehc is expected to furnish the for this service. I FRANCE SEWER. the Petitioners Are Asking .1 for - ■■ •1' ipated r<' of the city council t" was referred the jx-tition property holder' ul"iesewer, is that th*'.v will V1; - the city council to take up the and have it r< laid in the S|A>er manner. It is alleged in th" l® er of the property holders along s<>w<>r in question, th" France sewer which is ' ci alley between Wtm lie't.-r .e ■"4 'tn-ets, that it has no o .11 t a--of the sewer PaUoe th, at the Ix'ginping and th 'ssible to get any dru " 1 that source. I GROWING WEAKER. ■ — ■ Engineer Knoff Still Alive. But Sinking. B. Knoff. wbo'e ■ . was sp>kcn "I m ’b" r i'-it, continue' to each hour finds him nearer H*'can no longer take imur lift’d and nothing can lx- done m life. He is under the m n ''e of morphine most ot th" this being done to alleviate th " Inch ho dcHcrilies ns '.•m-iii 1 the pricking of thousands wflloa.

The Daily Democrat.

FOR COMMANDER. Col I. B. McDonald of Columbia City a Candidate for Commander. Che G. A. R. boys of Sam Henry Post have been receiving increased mail during the past few days, a pirt of which is a circular, containing the handsome portrait of Col. I. B. McDonald of Columbia City, who is seeking to be Commander of Indiana Dejiartment. The Col. has a jiedigree a mile long, but for all that is a deserving candidate for the exalted place. He served with the distinction during the trying times | and has held many places of honor anil trust. He is the present 'cnior vice commander and therefore in line for promotion to commander. His candidacy is endorse! ■ by the pist in his homecity, and his | extensive acquaintance throughout the state ought to make him an easy winner. The contest will be settled at the meeting of the state enl ampment in May. SHILOH MONUMENT. The Dedication of Shiloh Monument April 6th and 7th. | The Indiana Regimental and Battery momuments erected by the state us Indiana on Shiloh National Military Park, which is located on the banks of the Tennesee river at Pittsburg landing, will be dedicated mi April 6 and 7. It is a state affair m which all Indiana citizens are interested in paving honor to her fallen sons on Shiloh - ' bloody field. The two Indiana senators and many other men of note, including a representation ot the confederacy, will be theretoparticipitein the memorable exercises, incident to such an interesting chapter in the nation's history. The Sam Henry Post as well as the Decatur and Adams county citizens in general, should attend. WILL SOON BEGIN. Work in the Indiana Field Will Soon Be Active. The oil operators are watching the weather conditi. >ns with a great deal of interest. The recent rain followed by sunshine, has resulted in settling the roads considerably and with a few more days of the same kind of weather will make it possible to commence active work in the oil field The county commissioners and farmers object to heavy hauling on the road'while the roads are soft and it is pisstble to get mati nal to the leases throughout the <*<mnti A' soon as the roads get in eondiiton the work will lie pushed with a rapidity never before experienced in the Indiana field. THE WHEAT CROP. Indications Point to a Lante Yield This Year. Adams county farmers are pleased with the prospers for a big wheat crop the coming season. The ..vident early spring practically ■ leaves little else to risk for the wheat crop. Nothing short of a drought, it is claimed, could affect it seriously and this is not pr<d>ablo . ..arlyin the summer season. Possibly . the shortage In the acreage is the , „ nlvr , grit. State Statistician Johnson hasgathereed information which leads him to believe that the aen'ago „f wheat sown in the state last fall . eX( , M ds that of the year prevOus. . ltis estimated that the yield the coming Invest will he larger by far than last season, which was far from a wheat failure.

DECATUR, INDIANA, FRIDAY EVENING. MARCH 20, 1903.

WILL GO FAST. Street Cars That Will Run Eighty Miles an Hour. The Chicago & Elgin electric railway will soon receive delivery of new cars, that are to be built to travel at a sustained spied of eighty miles an hour. They are equipped wiith high speed and heavy motors and all the latest appliances, and are certainly the best of electric car connstruction. Eighty miles per hour is covering the ground some, but when the lurching steam train can easily make three-fourths that time, we call expect the easy running electric cars to go above that mark. Indeed the trains driven by electricity will some day do almost all the passenger business as in being more convenient, cleaner and more i comfortable and faster than the , steam engines and train, it is bound to be the people's choice. i NO SHIRT WAISTS. War Being Made Upon This Mode of Attire. You may prepare to say farewell |to the shirtwaist girl, and perhaps even the shirtwaist man, if the National Dressmaker's association, in ’ session in Chicago this week, has its i say about it. Not that the obiqui-' tons queen of the seashore and wooded dell is to l>‘ suppressed. She is merely to be induced, if possible, to assume the sway of her domain on or alxmt June 1 next in different and more costly regalia. The fact is, shirtwaists are getting to lx* entirely too common and cheap, and last night the dressmakers at the opening of their annual convention, dt-clared war with no quarter upon what they termed the “shirtwaist ■ evil.” HOW STRANGE. Great Difference in Temperature From Last Year. The month of March, 1902 went on ' l record as the coldest in years, while this month so far has been just the I reverse and yesterday is said to have been the warmest day ever known in Indiana during the month of March. The thermometer registered eighty-five degrees in the shade, summer heat, while a year | ago it was but ten above zero and ' we were carrying in wood and coal for one of the coldest snaps of the i ' year. We are not bragging however as we realize th"re is still plenty of time for any kind of weather, but ■ we simply state the facts as a matter of news. It will go down in history that March 19,1903 was the hottest day on record for the time of year. LOCATE HERE. W. W. Blackman will Open an Office for the Practice of Osteopathy. I W. W. Blackburn, u recent graduate of the Still college of osteojiathy, of Des Moines, lowa, has decided to locate in this city and by the ■ first of next week will be at his . office, rooms nine and ten in the Studalxiker block, which are now Ix’ing furnished. The school from which Mr. Blackburn has been graduatisl is one of the best, of its kind in the country, and the fact that he holds a diploma issued by i that institution assures him success in this city as he is a first class ostixijxithist. SELLS OUT GROCERY. Dyonis Schmitt has deeidixl to quit running the grocery in connection with his meat market, and is tixlay dosing out his stock to the various grix-erymen of the city.

THEY WANT IT. | Wabash Will Ask for 1904 M. E. Conference. It was decided by the Methodist congregations of Wabash, last Sunday, to invite the 1904 Methodist conference to this city. The conference of this year will be held in Noblesville in April. Last year the conference was held in Marian. The First Methodist chudrch, in which the conference will be held voted practically unanimously for the conference and asked their pastor, Rev. Dr. F. M. Kemper, to invite the conference here. The action of this church will decide the attitude to lx> taken for the congregation is anxious to have the big meeting. This will mean a large attendance next year of the Methodists t»f northern Indiana. It is believed that Wabash will lx- given he next conference, as there is a sentiment in its favor.—Wabash Plain Dealer. BEGIN BUSINESS. — G. R. and I. Company Are Fixing Yards. Work on the new G. R. & I. freight yards in this city was resumed yesterday and the work train is | now busy dumping train load after I train load of dirt in the low grounds on which the new tracks are to lie laid. When the filling will have Ixvn completed, the old depot will be moved across the track and locate ; ed a short distance south of the new passenger station. Macadamized driveways will be built from the freight depots to Eighth street a teamtrack constructed and a long d<x-k or platform er<“cted. These ; improvements will not only in- j 'crease the facilities for the proper handling of freight, but will add much to the appearance of the company' pro]x‘rty in this city. GETTING GOOD. — Another Candidate is Mentioned for Congress in This District. begin to look lively in this congressional district and point |to a scramble that will resemble i the last republican congressional . race, when Coongressnian Cromer | | was nominated at Portland. The last ne to have his name connected with the running is the Hon. J. J. , M. LaFollette of Portland but now ■ the district deputy attorney for ‘ 'lndiana. Jesse is one of the best that ever happ-ned and if he so de- | cns's there will Ix 3 something doing before the next g. o. p. candidate is named It will pay Congressman Cromer to make hay while the sun shim's and not wait for jxditics to drive him into endorsing the rights of Adams county for free rurral de-. livery. FOR TWO WEEKS. — President Roosevelt to Spend Two Weeks Free From Care. For a half month in April the president will be beyond the ear of the ofticesiM'ker, the sight of the newspip'r man and the gaze of pleasure seekers. For sixh'en days he will he in sole and undisputed pissession of a pirtion of the great Yidlowstone pirk. The park is patrolled by fourt r<x>ps of cavalry and no one will lx> allowed to enter except those having pTinits. The press representatives who will accompany the party, will not go in the ptrk at all but will remain with the tra in outside. So will the secret serviix' men and all other members of the party. The president wants to got two weevks or more of genui ine rest away from the cares and worries of the great office.

THE CALENDAR. Court Business for Next Week. Cases Set Down for Trial in the Adams Circuit Court. There is no court today owing to the fact that Judge Erwin is attending to legal duties at Huntington. A short session is scheduled for > tomorrow unless something of iin portance comes up and such a development is improbable. Next week promises to be a very busy one ; ' for Judge Erwin as well as the at-; | tomeys and six cases are set for I trial. On Monday the case of the I | Decatur National Bank vs. Heath let al, a suit to foreclose chattel ■ mortgage of |750 will come up. <hi i Tuesday comes W. H. Niblick vs. i Peter Frank, suit on note, demand ' S3OO and a divorce case entitled' Largenl vs. Largent. Wednesday is the day for Bolds vs. Shoemaker' et al, a habeas corpus proceeding. Thursday, Baumgartner vs. Baum gartner, suit on claim, demand $126.71 and Friday, Kinney vs. the ■ Continental Insurance company, suit on contract, demand $ 1,500. TO CALIFORNIA. — Rev. and Mrs. Hudson to Spend a Year in California. After the next session of the Methj odist conference which will be held ] at Noblesville next month, the Rev. and Mrs. C. G. Huson xvill depart for a long visit and health recuperating trip to California. They will be lo- | cated at Los Angeles, where the climate lias a very invigorating effect upm both Mr. and Mrs. Hudson. Later Mr. Hudson expects to take lup the ministerial work and again | enter the ministry and it is hoped i they lx>th will benefit by their ab- | sence in California and regain a I vigorous constitution and live a I oentinued life of usefulness for many | years. They leave a number of i friends here who wish them every I blessing of good health. PLAY WHIST. The Club Met With Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Moltz. The ladies and gentlemen who belong to that very interesting assoeia tion. the Decatur Whist Club, were | (‘ntertaineil last evening by Mr. and I Mrs. Harry R. Moltz, the result Ix 1 - ing a most happy time. The high score was made by Mrs. C. C. Schafer and Mr. Moltz, who secured a total of 165 tricks with twelve boards. | The refreshments were the kind that I just reach the spot and the evening was certainly an ideal one for the club. THE SERVICES. Ernest Bauermeister Buried This Asternoon. The fnnreral of Ernest Bauniestre, who died Tuesday, was held this afternoon at Bethleham Lutheran church near Tocsin. Mr. Bautnister, a highly resjxxiftxl citizen, was well known in this city, having resided four miles southeast of Osian for (deven years. Ho was sixtytwo years old and besides h widow leaves five children, thre<> daughters and two sons, who all live near the ixiterntal homestead.

NUMBER 60

PRICES ADVANCE. % An Advance in Prices on all Kinds of Building Material. On building commodities, prices this year bid fair to soar. Lime, Portland and Louisville cement, brick and certain kinds of lumber are included in the increase. On some of these aritcles there have been as high as ten per cent, advances. Lime is quoted at a cent per bushel advance, with the intimation that in afew days there would he a further increase for three or four cents. Portland cement yesterday was quoted ten cents per barrel higher that the day preceding, and this made the price just ninety cents per barrel higher than it was last year. Louisville cement sells for twenty cents per barrel than it did a year ago. Brick sells for $1 ; more per thousand. There is a I marked increase in the price of pop- | lar lumber. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT. — Governor Durbin Bound to Be a Candidate for Something. Blodgett, the Indianapolis News correspondent, has discovered that Governor Durbin is rimming his sails for the g. o. p. vice presidential nomination. The article in question says that it is well known that , Mr. Durbin, tot he best of his abiility,. is building up a machine in his I behalf for something and that someI thing has a vice presidential look. 'He has a strong following all I through his district, and his ardent ! supporters are looking carefully after his interests. The governor has not “officially” announced his intentions, but it is taken for granted up hen* that he can be considered a candidate for vice president, and he thi' will announce himself when j the proper time arrives. BOUGHT A LAMP. A Smooth Guy Works a Huntington County Farmer. Peter Flick one of the oldest farmers of Huntington county, was the victim of an agent some time ago. The smooth tongued agent sold him a hanging lam]) for $2.50, “just to intrcxluce the goods.” The state ment as to the introductory price, certified to by Mr. Fleck, turned up I in two months as a promisory note I for $250. Mr. Fleck paid the money. This is the same game and likely I the same agent that worked tt similar racket on a farmer not far from this city as few weeks ago. It is about time for the strong arm of the i law to take a hand and land this I gentleman behind prison bars where I the opjiortunities in the lamp busii ness are not above pur. NO VIOLATION. The Pumping of Natural Gas Not a Violation of Law. The pumping of natural gas is not a violation of the law as was supposed by many. A judgment forbidding the Richmond Natural Gas company to use jainqis or comjiressors to stimulate the flow of gas from its wells in Henry county to the city of Richuond, thirty eight miles away, was reversed liy the ap- ! ixdlate court. The suit was lironght ' under the act of IN9I which forbade the trans]>ortation of gas at a very high pressure by means of jnimps. But the a])]x>llate court holds this act no to tforbid the use of pumps at all, but only to authorize an injunction suit on Ix-half of one who shows that he is injured or his rights threatened by the defendant's pumps