Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 67, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1903 — Page 1

VOLUME 1

MANY KILLED. I Riot of Laborers Results in Death. One Robber Killed and Another Captured at Bedford, Ohio. ,-ial to Dally Democrat. i:l» P. M M St ' *’ t 'fi‘ rs * nlr "' March 28.—A ■j-. at strike riot accompanied by'■ ■ . r h blixxl shed occurred today at ■th. town of Slatousk in the governK'b’Ht of Oofa, in the Ural Motin ■,i'n- As a result twenty eight wreck killed and'over fifty wounded. -i ll t<» The Pally Democrat, 2:3) p. m. ■ Cleveland, O. March 2*.—ln t K.r.v battle between (t wo robl>er>. ■,fliers and citizen'at Bedford, a ■minirb of this place, early this One robber was killed the other waptured Neither Bio been identified. I COURT NEWS. Business Transacted in a Legal Way Today. ||| Th • February term of th-- Adani' court closes a week from and a vacation of one week follow. No busines' of great r-ance was tran'a< te<i today. a short session lieing h* bl The ■1 -t shows the followit.o ntrn-' vs. John Weger. motion f- r ■"Atrial. Otto Bolds vs. Geneva '-ompany. case dismissed and paid. Oliver T Evans et al S B. Fleming eonqxiny and "it> Fort Wayne, set for trial April ■ In probate court Linthe Gre guardian for A (' Gregory. -i inventory which w.i'- \.r approved. I FAIR BUSINESS. ■any People in Town This Afternoon. 'Cute a crowd of p--oplc were in this afternoon doing their The bad roads haw pv the farmers from 't'mi and as t<alay was tln'ir tir-r - p itv they took advantage morning was very dull ano business wa' dom- mi'ii Jaß'on. However, the merchant' "■■-med to thrive this afternoon were consequently in a triendh humor iikmnl. The general was pikes and its a safe t»t the macadam elections this will carry by an overwhelm majority. | MRS. EMERY DEAD. • ~ B*d Came at Ten O'clock This Morning. ■ Mis Ira Emery died nt her home the south ]>art of the city at •“'Ut ten o'clock this morning of b ight's disease of the kidneys had been sick about three weeks for several days had lieen in a conscious state. She was ifcenty. three years old ami leaves a ■upland and two little daughter' latter aged one and three year' Emery was quite well known ■>>'* was admired and loved by all funeral services will !»■ held Willshire, her former home s<nm bS no Monday, it is believed.

The Daily Democrat.

ANOTHER DEATH. Mrs. Ernest Eickhoff of Freidheim, Died Yesterday Evening. Mrs. Erneast Eiekhoff, a respected resident of Friedheim, died at five o'clock yesterday evening, after an illness of but a few days.. She was sixtynine years old and death was due to gall stones. The husband of the deceased died about two years ago and eight children are the nearest sorrowing realtives. There are five daughters, Mrs. Fred Koennemann of Preble, Mrs. Henry Koennemann. Mrs.F red Ostemeyer, Mrs. William .Conrad and Mrs. August Shienian of Friiedheim. The three sons, Erneast, Crist and Fred, all reside near their paternal home. The funeral will lie held at the Friedheim church Monday afternoon at two o'clock. TO REPAIR JAIL Contract will be Let in About Ten Days. Improvements Include Electric Wiring and New Sewer System. Architect Eugene Christen has I completed the drawings of plans and sjiecifiactions for wiring the jail and reconstructing the sewer system of that insttution. The plans are now on file with Sheriff Butler and may be examined by any one who is desirous of bidding on the work. The contract will lie let by the (county commissioners at their April session and at the same time 'hey will contract for other needed repairs at the jail including new floors in the kitchen and hall and some work on the yard. BELGIUM HORSES. Frisinger i Company Selling Many Horses. Frysinger & eonqiany. importers of Belgium horses, are doing quite a business. A fine three year old horse that weighed 1,910 pounds was recently sold to Charles Mix of Bluffton, and delivered to that place the first of the week. A four year old gray, that weighed 1.900 pounds was also taken to Waterloo, Indiana, Wednesday and turned over to its purchaser, Dr. J. E. Showalter. (Thisanimal is perhaps the first gray Bcligum horse ever imported into . this country. It is a peculiar fact I among breeders in Belgium that no horses but those of the solid colors, i>ay and brown’, have lieen raised until the last five years. This horse arrived here but four weeks ago and wus sold soon after it reached this count v. Its Ix-auty. jieeuliar color and powerful and graceful build attracted many people and soon found a purchaser. The horse came in here fourteen <lays overdue, having been on a shipwrecked vessel. It seems that the Belgium horses will lie generally accepted as the best of st<x'k and Frysinger & company will in all prolmbilities make another inqiortation of the thoroughbreds in the coming summer. THINK THEY HAVE FOUND OIL. Indiana capitalists arc working in the territory just west of Delphos. They think they have discovenxl the trend of the 0*1 I**’ l which win connect Findlay, Hancock county field, with the Indiana big producers. on the 15 degree line. Let the gtxxl work go on, the oily fluid is here. All the plungers have to do is get the drills into activity -Delphos Courant.

DECATUR, INDIANA, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1903.

NEARLY OVER. No Cases to be Tried Next Week. Many Importanf Causes Set Down for the Next Term. The present session of court is practically over, so far as the trial of eases is concerned. Only one suit, the State vs. the Ohio Oil company is set for trial, the date being Monday, but it is understood that the case will lie continued. The next term, however, which begins Monday , April 13, will be the busiest one in the court's history, according to the present outlook and brilliant attorneys from all over the county [are billed to appear before Judge Erwin. Only two cases have yet lieen set down for trial, they being ! Liken vs. Liken, divorce, Tuesday, April 14, and Oliver T. Evans vs. the Fleming company and City of Fort Wayne. Both these promise to be interesting. Other suits of more than ordinary intersect is Alethie L. Gillispie vs. Ernest A. (Gillispie, from Huntington. Dayton G. A dlespcrger et al vs. board of commissioners, suit for partition of county farm Samantha Cassel vs. Joseph I). Beery, damages, $5,000. George Haine vs. Louisa Haine et al, suit to contest will. School town of Geneva vs. Logansport & Wabash Valley Gas company, damages 112.000. Lewis L. Sadler vs. Edward E. Smith et al, account, demand |3,000. Besides these are a number of others of more or less importance. GOOD AS EVER. “Missouri Girl” Pleased the Bid Audience. The ‘ Missouri Girl” company liears an enviable reputation in the lesser theatrical circles. Nine years ago the gawky, gawky Zeke made I his appearance in that production and from the outstart. he and his Daisy were prime favorites. Zeke, ! as is well known, is Fred Raymond, the author of the best rounded 'comedy now on the stage, while 1 Daisy is the playwright and actor's wife. Mr. Raymond has lx*en on the stage for twenty-six years and has made quite a fortune in the theatrical business. His home is at Sycamore. Illinois, where he has many business interests and where the Raymonds are as well known ns any other family in town. The Missouri Girl was especially drawn to agree with Daisy and Zeke's char acterizing which has gone far to make it so eminently successful. FIRED HIM. Superintendent of Muncie Schools to Quit. Superintendent William R. Snyder, of the Muncie public schools, who has held the position for eighteen years, will be asked to resign. The city council with the seluxil board decided on the change, and has requested the board to ask for his resignation. It is charged that he used his offltx* to distribute favors; that this meth<xls are not modern; that graduates from the l(x>al high school are unfitted for teaching anywhere except in the country schools; that he is unable to preserve harmony in the schools, and that instead of being merely a sujierintondent he has Ix'en a dictator. The school Ixxird is reticent about what it will do, but the tnemIx'rs have Ixx-n told that their failure to relieve Mr. Snyder of his ]xisition will lx* sufficient reason for their own resignation.

NO CORN WHEAT. The Department of Agriculture Heads Off a Fake. The department of agriculture reports that an enormous number of letters are being received at the department from farmers in all parts of the country asking for definite information concerning a so-called new grain called “corn wheat” and usually at the same time requesting samples for trial. These letters are the result of newspaper stories. The department authorizes the state ment that there is no such thing as corn wheat and that it is proliable no hybrid of corn and wheat could ever be produced, or at any rate one that would lx* fertile. The grain which caused the newspaper publications, the department says, is known correctly as Polish wheat, though the grain is not a native of Poland, however, as the name might suggest, hut its original home is probably somewhere in the Mediterranean region. The newspaper reports, the department says, are correct in saying that the heads are very large, the grains in many cases . being actually twice as large as those of ordinary wheat. The statements that it yields sixty to one hundred bushels is, however probaI bly considerablyexaggerated though j there may be instances in Idaho and Washington where there are always proportionally large yields of wheat in which the yield may reach sixty to seventy-five bushels per acre. FOUND IT. Pat Burns' Grip and Money Returns Home. A few days ago Pat Burns an old ex-soldier, who has been living at (the county farm for some time, I started for the Soldiers' Home at Marion. He had his pajx*rs and ; about twenty dollars in money in a valise which he missed when he got to Marion and the report was I circulated that he had been robbed here. Yesterday the mystery was solved when Pat's grip, unharmed and untouched came in on the Clover Leaf from St. Louis, the money and pipers just as he had I placed them. The truth is, so we are informed that Pat was drinking I a little Ix'fore he left here, he board•■d the train alright, but when he got off at Marion he left his valuables on the sent and they were carried ion to St. Louis where the officials I found them and sent them back here. P at is again at the county farm and will have to wait a few days before going to the Home until his pap-rs arc resigned and the date changed. We are glad to make this statement as it frees anyone here from suspicion. MUCH BEING SAID. The New Haven Oil Field Makes a Good Showing. The Fort Wayne newspapers are devoting large chunks of news spice and writing long-winded eulogies of the New Haven oil field and the gushers oeing tapp'd there. The last one is pronouncixl good for 150 Ixirrels and the activity prevaling there is something to Ix'hold. It is said that the Hardisons of Geneva, have seen something goixl and will try their luck on some leases there, and it Is all wind wind that is being written alxiut the flattering prospx't of New Haven oil. This territory is just a few miles north of the Deca-tur-Willshire field, and it is goixl news to those interested in the ]irospeets of this field. The advance of throe cento in the price of crude will greatly stimulate opTiitions, which for so long has Iwen at a stand-still, owing to the extreme unfavorable weather. Activity is again prevailing and in a. few weeks things will bo moving at a rapid ]xiec.

GREAT INDUSTRY. Stone Quarries Soon to Begin Operations. One of Decatur's Best Industries is Her Inexhaustive Supply of Stone. As spring slowly opens up arrangements are in progress to for the storting of Decatur’s best industries, the stone quarries. When it has Ix'en determined once that the spring freshets are over and that some reliance can be safely placed on the St. Marys river, the dams around the large pits will be patched up and the work of pumping out begun. The stone quarries afford work for near 150 men during the summer and car load after car load of crushed stone and perch after p*rch of building ston are annually quarried in this city. The stone found here is of two qualities, E. Fritzinger quarrying the white limestone, while the blue flinty limestone is found at the quarries of the Decatur Stone i company and the J. S. Bowers company. The first variety is easily burned into lime and the kilns in this city turn out much of this material for the home and export trade. GIVE UP HOPE. Israel Stoneburner Can Live But a Short Time. Isreal Stoneburner is lying at the jxiint of death at the home of his son, John Stoneburner, on Eighth street and all hop* for his recovery has been abanoned by his friends. He has lieen sick for several weeks. ( being first afflicted with pneumonia, and afterwards with a slight stroke lof paralysis. While neither disease | seems to have any hold upon him now, his vitality is gone and he can I not build up. Physieans say the | end is but a question of a few days, p'rhaps hours. He is seventy-seven years old and has resided in the i i-ountv since 1859. DISPUTES SETTLED. Allen B. Parker and B. F. Shivelv to Head Democratic Ticket. United States Senator Frederick Dulxiis of Idaho, in an interview, ( declared for Alton B. Parker of New York, for president and Ben- 1 jamin F. Shively of Indiana, for vice-president. He said that he believes that it is necessary to carry New York anil Indiana to win and that Parker and Shively will be a winning ticket . This sort of an ar- I rangement will lx* highly satisfactory to the Indiana democrats, many of whom already hop- to see such a foremost cast successful in the next ntaional convention. WILL ORGANIZE. A Clerk's Union will Possibly be Established in This City. A movement is now on foot to effect a clerk's union in this city. Arrangements are being made for an assembling of all clerks some time next week, for the purpise of being addressed by an otlieer of the National Clerk's Union. The promoters seem to lx- met with much enthusiasm and it is almost Ixiyond a doubt but that their efforts will be successful.

NUMBER 67

THE RURAL ROUTES. Indiana Will Be Given a Complete Service. “Indiana” says John P. Hornaday in his Washington correspondence, “will be the first state to have complete rural free d< livery sereice. The law passed by the recent legislature under which counties are required to keep in good repair roads on which rural mail j routes have been established, entitles the state to first consideration, said A. W. Machen, superintendent of free delivery, “mid the department will see that it is the first state to have complete service.“ The 'state will get a larger slice of the 112,000,000 appropriated by the last ! congress than the department had intended to set aside for it. New routes will lx* established at a rate which will bring complete service | within the next two years. A NEW PAPER. Chicago to Have a Newspaper Edited by Ladies. A new daily newspaper, edit<*d and controlled by women, is to enter (the journalistic field in Chicago. Consideahle stock already has been subscribed for. D. Fancis Dickinson of the Harvey Medical college, is to lx* at the head of the oganization. | The new publication is not to be devoted exclusively to the women \s field. The backers propose to handle everything in the way of news | that comes in their way. They say ( they expect to do much in the way ! of purifying Chicago, by telling the truth—by telling things which may | happen in the city council, board of j education, city hall and other public, institutions, exactly as they happen, and without fear of political I bias. BEST ON THE LIST. Real Taffy From the Pen of Brother Keefer. That the Decatur Democrat is one of the best county papers printed is evidenced by the fact that new imI provements are constantly being made. During ye editor's recent visit to Decatur he dropp'd into Editor Lew Ellingham’scozy office and walked over the plant with the | affable Deeaturite journalist. The . Democrat is making great strides in I improvements, having recently in- ( stalled a Simplex typo setting machne that does the work of five com'positors. The paper as published now l<x>ks neat, clean and interest ing. The News congratulates Mr. Ellingham upon publishing the best county paper on our exchange list. Keep up thegixxl work. COLUMBIAN CLUB. The Columbians are Fast Progressing and are Now in New Quarteas. The Columbian chib, outgrowing its old club rooms, lias moved over Rosentlud's clothing stor<> and at that place will six>n lx l ]H'rmanently hx-ated. They have sectiml the entire up stairs, whioh consists of two rooms. Two of these have Ix'en sumptuously furnishixl as reception rixmis. one will lx- used for wrajis, anil the largest room will serve as a dancing hall. The lx>ys are progressing rapidly and many new mcmlxTs have lx*en and will Ixi initiated into their ranks. They will probably give an informal dance next Friday evening and are arranging for a swell event of that kind to lx- given on Easter eve.