Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 66, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1903 — Page 1

VOLUME 1

SUDDEN DEATH. N. K. Fairbanks, of Chicago, is Dead. He Was a Millionaire Manufacturer and a Famous Man. -per lai to Dally Democrat. S:3O P M Chicago, 111. March 27.—N. K. Fairbanks, the great millionaire manufacturer and a director in several banks and manufacturing concerns, died this morning, after a very short illhess. He was seventytire years old, one of the world’s famous men. His name has perhaps appeared in more news]iaper advertisements than any other living man. DISMISSED. Big Insurance Case Compromised. Jury Discharged With Thanks of Court for Their Faithfulness. Tiie case of Edward J. Kinney vs. I Continental Insurance company, demand |1,500 was called in circuit court this morning and a motion made for continuance which was overruled. The jury was impaneled and all arrangements were made I to go on with the trial when a settle - I mi nt was made with the defendant I p tying the sum of *IOO and one-half I rhe costs. The case was one whereI in the insurance company had refusled to pay a loss on abarn because ■ there insurannee had been securetl I without notiyfing them. The plain- ■ tiff was represented by Attorney 11’ E. Kinney of Celina. Ohio, and I I J. Lutzof this city and thedefenjtlants by Thomas Baxter of Chicago land Schafer Peterson of this city. ■Other business transacted tixlay ■was Kate Baumgartner vs. Kate ■Blumgartner, admx. claim <>fl ■7l. cause dismissed at cost of estate ■" H Niblick, guardian for Hus ■">' heirs, filed his current report ■inch was approved. Isreal Ben■l' r. extr., Jacob Bender, filed inveti■"’7 which was approved. Phillip r"os, administrator of John Koos ‘fate, allowance made for sale of •"ni and wheat at market price. At ■lose of tixlay's session the jury were discharged from their duties. ■ udge Erwin thankt*d them for ■mar attendance and efforts to fulfill ■heir duties. ■ — I TO ENTERTAIN. ■rtshman and Sophomores will Minitie. I I’ho freshmen of the Decatur ’ igh W'hool have issued invitations to sophomores for an event of to occur on Wixlnesday T'ening, April Ist. at the home of B 1 " Madge Hite on Winchester Breet. The freshmen are making Blnboratc preparations and a good ■me is assured. The Hite home lie beautifully decorabxl in the ■dors of the two classes and Bough we have hoard of some of ■><* details, we refuse to mar the Bcning's pleasures by publishing ■hem so far in advance.

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GUEST OF HONOR. Miss Coverdale Entertained at Berne. Mi» May Coverdale of Decatur, was the guest, of Miss Wilda Gottschalk Saturday and over Sunday. On Saturday evening Miss Coverdale was made the victim of a surprise party consisting of about twenty young friends, who gather ed at the Gottschalk home to greet her. The evening was spent in a numlxT of contests and other games and music was hugely enjoyed by all present. Earl K. Shalley won the prize for the beest pictorial illustration of the conntests on the book "Under the Flag.” Miss Lida Rhone was the winner in an interesting flower contest. Another part of the entertainment was a mock wedding. And about the chief numlier of the program was refreshments served by the Misses Opal Shalley and Eva Liddy; and they performed their part to the “tip-top” satisfaction of the guests. Among the other gusets of honor were Messrs. Amos and Noah Zehr and Thurman Gottschalk. Oscar Augsjx'rger was the chief mogul at the piano. When parting came all were sorry to leave and wen* surprised themselves at the fine enjoyment they were able to have.—Berne Witness. ASSESSORS TO MEET. Next Tuesday and Wednesday a Meeting will be Held Here. Next Tuesday and Wednesday are the days set for a two days session of the township assessors, which will lx- presided over by County Assessor Crist. The latter has been busy for the last month collecting amunition of war for use of the township assessors in their labor this spring. At this m<*etinng instructions will be given with a view of completely covering the ground as to the duty of an assessor. The matter of the assessment of both real and personal property is receiving a great deal of attention from the state tax commissioners, and as a result the law is laid down in a way that it is pretty hard to deviate therefrom to any great extent. HOLDING HIS OWN. Frank Durkins Condition Remains Unchanged. While no direct word has been received tixlay from Frank Durkins, it is certain that he is holding his own as the agreement lietween the attending physician and friends here is that they lx- notified at any moment a change is noticed. No news is therefore gotxl news for it is proof that he continues to rally from the severe ojx-ration. T. C. Cor lx>tt went t > se<> him this afternoon. With tixlay safely over Frank s friends believe he will recovernipidly. WEAKER TODAY. Harry B. Knoff Loses Strength With Each Hour. City EngimsT Knoff is still alive but cannot possibly live more than a few days. Only his great vitality keeps him alive this long and the end cannot be fought off much lon ger. His only diet is buttermilk, a little of which he manages to drink with great effort each day. Those who saw him today notice a ix-rcep-tible change for the worst. MRS. W. F BRITTSON ENTERTAINS. Mrs W. F. Brittson entertained this afternoon at luncheon in honor of the Misses Walters of Fort Wayne Those present were Misses June Merryman, Mary Meyers Bessie Schrock, Bessie Congleton and Mes dames R«y Archbold and C. C. Schaffer.

DECATUR, INDIANA, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1903.

GRAND DISPLAYS Millinery Openings Heralders of Spring. Beautiful Designs in Ladies’ Hats - Deininger's Opening Today. Perhaps the business ’’places in Decatur most attractive to the eye just now are the millinery ; with their elaborate stock of beautiful Easter hats for the ladies. At no time of the year can a display be made equal to springjand this year especially the various stores resemble a veritable garden of eden, with the loads of fruits, plumes, sashes, and drapperies Jin all the colors of the rainbow, tastily arranged. So enticing are the displays that when the reporter called I this morning he almost wished he was a girl of sweet sixteen that he might be permitted to revel in such luxuries. The jxipular new color j this year is a new shade of blue, though other colors and combinations, including black and white, bright red. brown and castor are likewise fashionable. Then 1 is a decided change in the styles this ■ year and the up to date miss or lady will wear a large, flat hat, which ! rolls away from the forehead, extending over far enough to shade the eyes, and fitting close at the l>ack of the head. One feature that should lx 1 appreciated this year is that though the hats are very large and the trimmings elaborate, the priws are very reasonable and every one may be wearing the reigning style with but little cost. Within the next week all the ojx>nings will have occurred and from advance prospects it looks very much as though this is to be the greatest season ever known to the I business. The U. Deininger store Ix-gan their spring opening today and will ■ continue until tomorrow eveninng. This store is very attractive and the large stock of goods on hands proves they are anticipating their usual big business. Miss Grace Peterson is acting as trimmer and has proven her ability by the patterns already trimmed for today’s use. They informed us that with good weather this spring will be a record breaker ' in the hat business. Zwick & Lang, on Monroe street, are busy arraning for their opening which occurs next Wednesday and Thnrsday and Miss Jennie Congleton, trimmer, with st*vrael assistants, is busy converting the plain looking frames into stylish and pretty Easter Ixmnets. Mrs. Alice Peterson, on Madison street, has by far the largest stock of spring goods she has ever handled and is likeiwse busy completing details preparatory to the season o]x'iiing , her dates being next Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Mrs. Peterson has recently moved into the Spangler building and has a most attractive and nicely arranged store. Miss Engle is trim mer. Mrs. M. Burdg has everything in readiness for the season with a great assortment of styles including everything known to the millinery world for the 1903 season. Miss Eva Ernst has charge of the trimming room and has a beautiful display of hats for the opening which begins Wednesday evening and continues during the rest of the week. The Big Store have an immense st<x-k of trimmed huts and bonnets including all modern styles, in shnjx-s and trimmings and announce that they will be ready for Easter o]x*ning by Wednesday. The stores are sill artistically arranged and the lady who cannot find something to suit her teste this year is hard to please. Pay your money and take your choice.

NOT RUSHING. Governor Durbin Not Making Many Appointments. Though the last session of the legislature is almost forgotten the governor has announced only one appointment to fill the many offices created by that body. He has filled the office of judge of the juvenile court by the appointment of Judge Stubbs, but a host of republican politicians over the state have their ears close to the ground to hear the balance of the plums drop when the governor decides to shake the tree. Tihe legislature provided for the creation of a number of commissions and a few new offices. Os the former, some are purely honorary and’supposed to repay in pleasant fame the time and labor that their | acceptance involves; a few others . carry with them sufficient salary to j make them very deisrable berths j for the average politician of the . state. It is a remarkable fact that I the competition thus far appears to lx 1 confined mainly to the latter class of positions. AN INVENTION. A New Patent for the Steaming of Crude Oil. J. 11. Malcolm, a Wells county man, has an invention that promises to make him an independent fortune. He has applied for a patent on a devise to steam oil in the j tanks and will no doubt bee success- ; ful in getting it. There are a I number of things of merit in the in- ! vention and prominent oil men who have seen it work, give it their heartiest recommendation. Among many things claimed for the device is that it will not burn the oil under any circumstances. The old style ■ steamers often burned and ruined whole tanks for oil. I can be constructed cheaply, as when fully made up and ready for actual use the cost will not exceed ten dollars. Any pumper can operate it, as it iis very simple. The device works I something on 'the plan of an in- ' jector on a locomotive boiler. NO AGREEMENT. Merchants of This City Will Not Close Stores at Six O'clock. The merchants of this city will , not close their stores at six o'clock. This was settled at the last night's meeting of tin* various clothing, j boot andshoe,drygoods and furniture I dealers of Deactur. The six o'clock question has Ixxm agitated among ; the clerks and merchants for some time, but it was impossible to get the favorable action of all store keejxTs at that time for the closing jof places of business. Nor is it known just when the doors will lx l closed, but it is probable that eight o'clock ruling will be adopted A committee eonjxised of Dan | Niblick, Charles F. True and Ed Bixder will consider the matter Monday, and in all probabilities draw up a petition asking tluit all places of business lx 1 promptly closed at eight o’clock. A JUNK SHOP. A ix>st mortem examination has revealed the strangest cause of death in the history of the Michigan asylum for the insane at Kalamazoo. Six ixiunds of nails, buttons and other rubbish were taken from the stomach of Fred Cerrow, a patient. Since 1897 he had coniplamixl of stomach trouble and the condition of some of the articles indicated they hudlx-en in his stomach since then. Among the articles taken out and vouched for by the asylum phsyiciuns are over two hundred nails of different sizes, screws, buttons, bits of wire, tinfoil •tones and susixmdor buckles.

SUNSHINE. Dr. Willets Appeared at Bosse’s Opera House. A Successful Lecture Course Completed Last Night. A large assemblage of Decatur people greeted Dr. Willets at the Bosse oprea house last evening, and it is useless to predict that a single soul depirted therefrom without feeling the pleasant sensations of the sunshine which can be had in such 'Without bounteous quantities money and without price. It has truthfully been said that , Dr. Willets is the king of the lecture platform, and this fact was demi onstrated to a certainty at his appearance in this city. An old mun, being past eighty-one years, yet the very elements of sunshine, peace happiness and contentment was a j striking feature of his appearance. ; His lecture was the master of j eloquence and his wit unequaled. This feature lacked that biting sarcasm that usually predominates when a platform speaker gets funny. It was a grand g<xxl lecture and one that tx-nefits mankind. This completed a course of six lectures, | the Ixist ever given in our city, and Rev. Allen and the Endeavor society of the Presbyterian church are to , be congratulated upon the success j of the course. AFTER THEM. Saloon Men Think They Have a Fight On. The Knights of Fidelity News, a liquor organ, is out this week with i the announcement that a fight to i the finish is on between the saloon and the anti-saloon forces in Indiana. and indicates that the fight will permeate ixflitics in every section of the state. It appeals to the saloon men to arouse and organize and educate the people. Attention is ) calk'd to the arrival of Mrs. L. M. Stevens of Maine, president, and I Mrs. Anna Gordon of Chicago, vicepresident of the national W. C T. U. to conduct a W. C. T. U. campaign in the Indiana cities and towns in ■ which the anti-saloon league is most actively engaged. Tin 1 News ex ]>resses the belief that there is a j collusion between the W. C. T. U. I and the anti-saloon forces and that in addition to the funds and power ! of the league in Indiana, it will now huve the support of the W. C. T. U. j national treasury. ATTEND FUNERAL. Lady Known Here Was Buried Today. Miss Eva Henderson, thirty-two i years of age and daughter of Mrs. Eliza C. Hentier son, of this city, died Thursday morning at Richmond where she had Ixx'n under treatment for a year. She was bom here and had always lived in Fort Wayne. The remains will be brought to Fort Wayne this morning and funeral services will lx l held at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon from the residence of Judge W. J. Vesey.The Rev. A. S. Preston will ofliciateand the burial will take plact* at Linden wood. Fort. Wayne Journal (lazettee. The deceaHtxl was a ni<>co of Judge Stiidalxiker of this city and he aceonqxiniixl by his daughters, Mrs. John Niblick and Miss Hattie Studalmker, left this morning to attend the funeral services.

NUMBER 66

ADVANCE IN OIL. The Price Now Quoted at One Dollar and Nine Cents a Barrel. For the first, time in two months Indiana oil took another jump yesterday going uji 3 cents, and now i l>eing quoted higher than it has been at any time within the last year. The crude oil prouced in this state will now bring |1.09 a barrel which is just one cent higher than it has been for many months. Indiana oil has made many fluctuations during the past year, but has at most of the time been gradually ciimping up the ladder. The rise in price started during last summer and oil gradually rose higher and higher in price. The rise con r tinned until the dollar mark had i lx*en reached, but it did not stop there and continued increasing in price until it was quoted at *I.OB. Here its stood for several weeks, and while the oil men wen 1 debating j whether to disjxise of their tanks of jx'troleum or wait for another rise I the fluid fell two cents. This was in February. It stood at ♦ 106, when 1 it remained during February and until yesterday, the hearts of I the producers were gladdened to see the lx>ard cleaned off on which the oil markets were kept, only to i apiiear a few inutes later with Indiana oil quoted at 3 cents a barrel higher and one cent higher than it had lx‘en for a year. The spring trade is really just opening and the fact that oil has already advanced to *1.09 is taken as an individual indication that will continue to advance and probably lx 1 worth more than it has ever brought in the i state. CUBA'S FUTURE. Great Advantages for the Commercial Future of Cuba. Undoubledly Culm will, sooner or , later, become a part of the United i States. Annexation must come | through commercialism ; it cannot, iconic in any other way. We are in duty bound to wait until the ]X‘ople of the island understand that it will lx l to their advantage to come to us. The possibilities for the future of the island are great., j The island now has a population of 1,600.000. It is capable of sustaining seventeen million people. The tide of imigration is bound to set in toward the island. I regard it as the garden spot of the world. It is now. and will continue to lx 1 , if the pro]x>r ]>reciutions are taken, as I healthy as the United States. It will command the Panama canal when ■ that waterway is completed. It is j the natural outixist of our southern 'coast." This is the substance of what Gen. Leonard W<xxl, forerly i military governor ofC ulxt. said the I other night, Ix-fore the Mt. Pleasant, Men's club. It was the last and only public utterance he made with j reference to the future of Cuba I before leaving for the Philippines i islands, when 1 he will lx l stationed . for the next three or four years. UNIFORMED RANK. Grand Chancellor Wilson Addresses Local Order K. of P. Merril E. Wilson, Grand Chancellor of the K. of P order of this district, was present at the meeting of the kx'al lixlgo last eveninng and talked to the Knights concerning a Uniform Rank. In answer to his apjx-als, thirteen mcmlx-rs were seecured and it looks as though the Kekiongu lodge will soon have a uniformed body of Knights. Mr. Wilson left for his home at Elkhart this morning, but will return again next Thursday night. Eighteen more names will ho required Ix'fore a full memlx'rship is secured and Mr. Wilson is confident that he will get that many the next, time he comes.