Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 134, Decatur, Adams County, 15 June 1903 — Page 1

VOLUME 1

IS KING. Prince Peter Elected This Morning. prominent anti-policy is now KILLED. Oregon Town Wiped Out by Water Spout and 350 People Are Dead. Special to Daily Democrat. 2:30 p. M Belgrade, Ser via. June 15.—Prince Peter Karageorgevitch was unanimously electee! King of Ser via to •lay by the senate and skupshtuia in joint session. A program of procedure for the new soverign was pre]«red and adjournment taken awaiting King Peters' arrival. A new ministry will be formed at once. | 'pe * al to the Daily Democrat. 2:30 p. m. New York, N. Y., June 15.— Charles McFarland of the antipolicy society was shot and killed in criminal court here today by William Spencer, a negro who was to be placed on trial for violating the anti-policy law. Great excitement prevailed and the police had great trouble in preventing a terrible riot and bloodshed. Spe.- i to the Daily Democrat. 2:30 p. m. Arlington, Oregon, June 15.— The town of Heppner, Oregon, was destroyed early this morning by a water spout. More than 350 people are reported drowned and 105 bodies have alrendybeen recovered CHARMING STORY. Mrs. Porter’s New Book is Praised. M Belle Clark, a literary critic in 'peaking of Mrs. Porter's late 'tory, “The Song of the Cardinal" S ays: If it had been suggested to anyone of our known and recognized Indiana writers that he or she should write a story with a bit of marsh land for its scenic environment and a song bird for its hero, it is probable that the idea would have met with little consideration. Yet that is just what an Indiana woman, not -fore recognized as a writer of Ixjoks has done. Moreover she done her work well, with keen poetical instinct. There is evident the power to observe closely to relate what has been seen ; to feel deeply and to make other people sympathize with her mood. “The Song of the Cardinal” is a beautiful tale fair y vivid in word pictures and •‘live with human feeling. Its les'ms—‘for the story, contains mon* than one,—are obvius. The reader will appreciate them all, or none of them. The writr of "The Song of the Cardinal” is Mrs. Gene Porter, and she has spent much of her life in the sourthern part of Adams where the Wabash (river —‘borne across the Ohio line in Celina lake, —has come sparkling in its westward course, ready to spring upwards at the town of Geneva. South °f this part of the river lies the marsh land known us the Limberlost’ . J. W. Hendricks and family of Monroe, will leave Wednesday for their summer home at Oden, Michigan.

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REGULAR STATEMENT. Old Adams County Bank Makes Gooi Report. The quarterly statement of the Old Adams County Bank has been prepared and shows that institution to be as solid as ever, the total resources amounting to ♦953,721.32. Loans and discounts aggregate |564,50,.86. due from banksand bankers ♦ 196,737.36, stocks, bondsand mortgages ♦ 128.543.95, these being the principal items. The statement also shows that the hank has on deposit the marvelous sum of nearly ♦BOO,OOO, of which amount ♦ 496,095.84 is deposited on demand and ♦301,643.60 time deposits. GOOD NEWS. Decatur and Monroe Road to be Completed. Miller & Williams the Contractors, will be Working at an Early Date. Here is good news for those who travel the Decatur and Monroe macadam road. The withdrawal of the injunction by John S. Bowers against the use of any other but Decatur stone, and its modification to stone as g<s>d in quality as the De- I catur stone, is responsible for the completion of the road now. There is a few feet less than a mile to com plete, and Mr. Williams is [here from Marion, making arrangements to begin its construction, which will, be at an early day. The contractors are Miller & Williams, who have, especially the former, built many miles of macadam road in the! county. The injunction was brought about by the fact that the ; petition stated that the road should be built with Decatur stone, something the contractors were unable to do as cheaply as they could ship in the stone. In doing this the in-1 junction resulted, and for over two ’ years this port of the road has stood uncompleted. This is good news for the many people who travel this ' thoroughfare. The Decatur and Monroe road is one of the most prominent and mostly traveled roads in the county and its completion is the beat news that we have given our people for many a day. It will take about a month to finish it after work tiegins. r ORGAN RECITAL. New Pipe Organ at the Friedheim Church to be Dedicated Sunday. Next Sunday there will be an organ reoitalal and dedication of the new pipe organ recently placed in the new church at Friedheim. It is a tine instrument, its cost after construction being |1,840, and for the kind, size, and tone, is one of the best instruments in this |>art of the state. The services next Sunday will open at 10:30 with preaching services by Rev. Stock, and in the afternoon by Rev. Swanskowky. Music will be supplied by a choir from Fort Wayne, and all'the (service® will be of, a very entertaining nature. An invitation is extended the public to attend these services. WERE MARRIED. Sunday after noon at two o’clock at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hazel Andrews of Monroe, occurred the marriage of Miss Bessie Andrews and Lewis Wise of this city, the services being performed by Rev. Sprague. Both young people are well known here and their hosts of friends wish them well in their new life.

DECATUR, INDIANA, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1903.

IN AGONY. Perry Mercer Drinks Two Ounces of Chloroform. ATTEMPTS SUICIDE ON THE STREET THIS MORNING. Family Troubles and the Refusal of His Wife to Live With Him Said to be the Cause. Writhing in agony, with face distorted. jaws set, andlimbs stiffened, Perry Mercer lies on a lied in room twenty-four at the Murray Hotel, the result of drinking two ounces of chloroform with suicidal intent. As near as can be ascertained Perry drank the stuff about eleven o'clock, taking two different drinks out of the one ounce bottle. A few moments afterwards he walked in to the Nickle Plate saloon and asked for a drink of water which was of course given him. Mart Andrews who waited on him noticed he had a strange look but thought at first that Perry was joking. After drinking the water he said, "Well, goodbye, I've done it," and walked back into the billiard hall where he sat down. Dr. H. F. Costello was called and arrived in about ten minutes. Perry was placed upon a billiard table and the stomach pump soon brought into use. An hour's work failed to restore him to consciousness and he was removed to the Murray Hotel and Dr. D. D. Clark called to assist. He was finally restored to consciousness for a few • moments, but -sink away again. All afternoon it has required the constant attention of two men ,1. M. Smith and Mr. Magner, who continually slap him in the face to keep him awake, while the least noise causes him to go into the most terrible convulsions. At one time, when a Democrat reporter was in the room, several children ran past the hotel and Perry, imagining they were his, became almost uncontrolable, motioning the guards not to let them in. At one period, more lucid than the rest, he wrote on a tablet. “I took two doses." His awful act is said to have been caused by family troubles. About a month ago he went home intoxicated and attempted, so it was alleged at the time, to force his wife to drink carbolic acid. The police were summoned and he was placed in jail, being dismissed the next inuring after paying a fine for intoxication. Since then he has been at work and for two weeks past has been painting near Bingen. It is said that while there he called up his wife one day and informed her that he was going to commit suicide. Nothing was thought of it, however, us he hud made simiar statements before. He came home Saturday and has since appeared very sullen and morose*. This morning he told a friend that he hud just leurned that his wife had employed an attorney and would apply for a divorce. This seemed the last straw and the suicide act was no doubt the only remedy he saw. Whether or not he will recoer is still very doubtful as the amount of chloroform ho drunk was sufficient to kill several men and it will still require no little attention to prevent his accomplishing his purpxise. He is hard to handle, refuses antidotes and seems determined to die. He was not drinking at all today, the act lieing done while perfectly sober. Perry is about thirty-two years old and a hard working fellow, honest, and has many friends who hope he will reover and make a man of himself At three o'clock he was resting fairly easy but the danger is not over by any means, as it is feared the end may come towards evening, when inflamution of the lungs and

stomach, caused by the chloroform and medicine, may set in. He says he got the medicine at Nachtrieb's drug store and wrote on a tablet to Mr. Smith, “Don't tell my folks, but please let mo die." BADLY BURNED. Baby Scalded by a Cup of Hot Coffee. Winifred Kitson, the little thirteen month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kitson was quite badly burned last evenning by pulling a cup of boiling hot coffee over on her. She was at the suppier table and her papa was pouring out the coffee, as he turned around little Winifred grabbed the cup and pulled it on to her lap. Her right arm from the wrist to the elbow was terribly scalded the flesh coining off when the clothing was removed. Home remedies were applied and the child is getting along nicely today. ERIE MORTGAGED. Sum of $50,000,000 is Borrowed. Will Be Used to Double Track and Otherwise Improve the Road. A dispatch sent out from Marysville, Ohio Saturday said: The Erie railroad company today filed in the county Recorder's office a motagge for ♦50,000,000 in favor of the Standard Trust Compiany of New York City. The money will Im* spent in double tracking the entire system and making other improvemnts. Local comment on the Erie's 150,000,000 mortgage to double track its system turned today to the recently published reports that certain western roads had secured control of the line to make it an Eastern outlet. In this deal the Gould - Rockefeller-Harriman roads were prominently mentioned and it was said the St. Paul, Wabash and Union Pacific lines would secure the coveted connections. Such startling developments would explain the recent war of the Pennsylvania lines against Gould and the counter attacks that have disturbed Wall street. By double tracking the system, it was pointed out the Erie would enable to handle the large amount of traffic it would receive at Chicago from the western roads, DIVORCE CASE. Another New One Filed This Morning. ('ase number one since the closing of the April term of court Saturday, was filed early this morning and was another divorce suit. Attorney John C. Moran filed the papers in the caste which are entitled Alfred Baumgartner vs Cora Baumgartner. The plaint shows that Cora and Al were married November 9, 1901 and actually lived together nine months or until August 28, 1902 when Cora abandoned her huslxind and has since wholly refused to live or cohabit with him. Cruel and inhuman treatment are alleged chief among which an* the statement that Mrs. Baumgartner would call her husband] laid names, too bad for print, would offer to go away from home, bo absent for a week, and when asked where she was, upon her return would say, ‘its none of your business.’’ The Baumgartners resided in French township. Out of the last six new cases fil<*d in court here five have been divorce cases and it begins to look as though the marriage vows is a mockery to many Adams county people.

GOOD GAME. Decatur Defeats Huntington Ball Team. Score of Five to Four Tells the Story of One of the Fastest Games Ever Seen Here. Decitur now recognizes that she has a base ball team. The game between Huntington and the Rosenthals yesterday fairly kept the 300 fans on their toes with interest and when the contest finally ended with a score of five to four infa vor of the home team, everybody went. wild. From start to finish it was a close game and was characterized by a number of ragged errors by the Huntington team when the local were in a tight place. France was in the box for Decatur and let his ’ opponents down with two hits and struck out ten men. That Decatur can play ball is now evidenced for if we disregard several passed balls by Marty, they put up an errorless game. In some instances there were suggestions of the frigid zone however but of course league ball cannot be expected. In the first in- ■ ning Brown, of Huntington walked to first, stole second, was advanced , to third and scored an unearned run with Morris and Moran were, throwed out in a double play, Marty to F. Peterson. Decatur quit in three strait outs. The visitors couldn’t connect in the second but the locals did. Marty hit to left center, stole second and scored on a rank error while Leßrun adanced to the middle sack. The latter scored on a hit by Martz and the Huntington began to juggle the ball again. Martz pmssed in across the rubber while the bull boun<*ed and the locals batted around. Huntington scored in the fourth. Decatur in the sixth and there was nothing doing until the eight when France checked two men to first, both of whom scored on passed balls. Thus when the last half of the ninth came around it was four to four Then F. Petreson started with a single and advanced safely to second when C. Peterson hit one too hot for short stop Moran to handle. Linn struck out. Marty steppied up and after two strikes saved the game by connecting with the sphere which was driven over the left fielders head for two bases. It was certainly a finish too good to be expected but the sudden burst of applause which followed was a fitting ' end for the game. The following ' shows the work of the Decatur I team Huntington AB R PO A H El Brown, 2b 4 1 3 2 0 1 Brady, cf 11 0 0 0 1 Moran, ss 4 12 0 0 1 S. Morris, 3b 4 0 2 0 0 2 Dolan, lb 4 17 0 11 C, Morris, If 1 0 0 0 0 0 Pfifer, c 4 0 11 1 0 0 Jones, prf 2 0 0 1 0 0 Highland, prf 4 0 0 2 1 0 Total 34 4 26 6 2 6 Decatur AB R PO A H E F, Peterson, 3b 5 1 12 2 0 C. Peterson, ss 5 0 3 11 0 Linn, 2b 5 0 3 11 0 Marty, lb 5 1 10 1 3 0 De Vinney, rs 4 0 0 0 0 0 Le Brun, cf 4 10 0 10 France, p 4 0 0 3 0 0 Martz, c 4 1 10 0 1 0 Coffee, rs 4 1 0 0 0 0 I’»*t»*r-t<>n. 0 o 0 0 0 0 Total 40 5 27 8 9 0 •Peterson tcok the place of Coffee in the ninth. Bases on balls off France 6. Off Jones 3. Double plays Marty to Peterson and Linn to Marty. Two base hits Marty aud F. Peterson. ' Time 1:20.

NUMBER 134

CHANGE OF TIME. G. R. & I. and Erie Railroads Will Have Sunday Trains. The passenger trains on the G. R. & I. railroad will be altered in schedule soon, but at the present time it is not known definitely just what changes will lx* made. A convenience assumed by the change however is a Sunday train in each direction. The north bound of these will run on the regular No. 7 schedule which marks her up for this place at 8:00: a. m. The south bound train leaves Fort Wayneat 8:00 a. m. and will arrive here very near nine o’clock. Train No. 3 which is due to leave this city at 3.17 p. m. will arrive about 5.30 p. m. as it is announced that she will leave Richmond. Indiana, at three o'clock. A very material change with the other trains is not expected. The change of time on the Erie went into effect yesterday and the passenger trains came in this city on a new schedule. One train, number ten, was put into service and it reaches Decatur at 9:55 p. m. It is a limited train and it runs between Buffalo and Chicago. Train number twenty-one, the west bound accomodation, now leaves this place at 10:10 p. m. and hereafter will be run daily. Further than this there was no decided change. THEY ARE BUSY. Waring Glove Company in Their New Location. We took a peep through the mitten factory with the genial L. C. Waring as chaperon and were really astounded at the magnitude of the concern and the business being done. The entire floor space on both floors was completely covered with stock, machinery and busy men, boys and girls. Everything was at the steam heat of industry and moving at a clip that means something. In a | short time anotther invoice of machines will be added to the present output and the Waring Glove company will then be the largest manufacturers in their line. At the present gait of travel they are unable to keep pace with the orders at hand, a state of affairs ti.ey will never permit to long exist. It is already apparant that as an addition to the business interests of the city they are meeting all exportations and will soon exceed the hopes of their friends. Their present location is very acceptable for the promulgation of their business, it giving ample room and is properly arranged in every way. THE DIFFERENCE. Advertisers Should Read This With Care. When a hand bill is dropped at the door do you see three members of the family rush for it at once? Do they clamor good naturedly for the first perusal of the dodger? Does mother divide it into three parts, give one piart to father, another to Williie, still another to Susan, und keep the adv. part herself? Do they drop into easy chairs and read that handbill through from the northeast corner to the southwest angle? Do they ever and anon break forth in ' Ahs!” and "Ohs!" and read an excerpt for the benetfit of the whole listening coterie? Not on your tintype, Horatio! The first one that finds a handbill mutters an imprecation of dissatisfaction, crum hies it into a wad and throws it into oblivion' Don't they? You know they do, because you have been angry yourself at finding your mail lx>x full of "truck" and your front porch all litercd with vari-colored paper. No use of talking, no use arguing against the gospel; the man who nuts his ad in the home paper is the man who gets there.