Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 166, Decatur, Adams County, 23 July 1903 — Page 1

VOLUME 1

MAN WAS INSANE Brightened People Last Evening. Kas placed in jail for safe KEEPING. Werson is Fred Murphy of Fort Wayne, Who Mas Been Here for Several Days. Fred Murphy. the man who but in this city since Men ■hv has become quite familiar on ■ >unt of his peculiar action-, was Kicked in the counts' jail last evenKng for safe keeping. In the early Kitrt of the night he had gone down ..rd street and made such a noise Kiroiind the home of Michael Wertz.that the entire family was The police were sent ■Ur and located the prowler near residence of John Niblick. He ■tvas immediately taken into eusKxidy and marched off to jail. Mur■ihy, who is well known by several in this city, formerly man Kurd at different times the Home. ■Wayne and Randal Hotel Billiard ■■ooms at Fort Wayne. Trouble Kecently came his way and as a his nervous system was shattered. On last Kdmiday Dick Townsend received ■t letter from Murphy which) that In-would ariivein ■his city on that day. It also told. ■>f a rollertop desk that hud lieen ! to this town. Mr Town ■ 'nil thought the letter sounded ■trange but did not know of the ■tctual conditions until the Fort ■Wayne man arrived. Mr Murphy ■old the desk and since his arrival ■iere has been continually on the go. ■At times he seems sane but is very I Kiervous and cannot sit still or talk [ ■about one thing for any length of i Kime. While his case is not ■tlain insanity it can be seen that[ ■the unfortunate fellow is not just ■right. He cannot be considered ■dangerous yet his prowling trips ■although harmless cannot lie ■tolerated. Mr. Murphy’s mother ■lives at Hamilton, Ohio and he ■las a wife at Fort Wayne. Marshal ■L'ordua telephoned to Goreline, ■uperintendent of police at Fort ■Vayne and asked ab< mt the prisoner. I ■The Fort Wayne official replied ■his afternoon tlrnt he could make ■no arrangements towards taking ■are of the fellow and it looks as ■hough Murphy would have to ■ay in jail until something turns ■tip Late this afternoon another ■nessage was received from Fort ■Wayne police which gave the information that no relatives of I Murphy could be found, not even his wife. Those people whom he ■ktid were his sisters were located but they denied that they were, his relatives. They said that I Murphy and his wife had once boarded at the place but had separated and left several days ago. Dr D. D. (Hark visited the jail and had quite a talk with the prisoner. The doctor says that Murphy is undoubtedly insane and that he is not a user of opium or Whiskey. A representative of jßoiiday, Hite & Company, a Fort Wayne furniture concern arrived here this afternoon and claimed ■h< desk which Murphy had sold ■ . George Tester and Moll Butler ■or twelve dollare. The representative showed a bill of sale for the Same and will return with his ■roprty while the other fellows , ■ise The officers are in a quandary gio know what to do. It is probable Hlmt they will take him to the ■County farm for several days and if Fins condition does not improve and ■he Fort Wayne authorities remain ■ndifferenthe will have to undergo i I an insanity inquest.

The Daily Democrat.

CAUSED TROUBLE. Smoke Stack Fell Across the Wires. When the smoke stack of the AS illshire Milling company blew down Friday night it fell across the telegraph lines along the Clover Leaf route and broke telegraphic I communication. The operator at Decatur roused the section men at that place and started them out on a hunt for the difficulty. They ran east and west and finally about four o'clock Saturday morning ran across the fallen smoke stack. | ihey roused W. A. Dull at once, and from that time until 6 o’clock Saturday night all work at the mill was carried on by hand power and verbal expostulation. The mill work piled up on the force, and it took the whole day to get the smoke stack back into position, ready for work Monday morning. It was an expensive blow for the Willshire Milling company.—Willshire Herald. TRACTION NEWS. Morgan People to Meet in Indianapolis. W. E. Fulk , local representative of the Morgan traction lines, received a letter from headquarters notifying him to be at Indianapolis July 30, to attend a meeting of the officials. J. Morgan, president of the company will be present and it is expected that arrangements will I tie made to begin work at once on the line through here. Mr. Fulk says he is confident that actual work of taking up right of ways and other details will begin within three weeks, and then pushed along rapidly. By fall there will be no doubt in the minds of Adams county people as to the building of the Morgan line for actual labor will begin before that time so we are told. RACE IS OVER. Kingmore Got Third Place Yesterday. The big 15,000 Chamber of Com- ' merce race at Detroit was finished yesterday and third place was the best Kingmore could do on the heavy track. The horses raced in three inches of mud and this is all I that kept the Dectur horse from get-1 1 ing the money. Elastic Pointer got I first place in the race and Pan Michaels second. Tom Keene who got a first Tuesday was distanced yesterday. Kingmore made a mile on the heavy track in about 2:08, | ami his owners have just cause to ! lie proud of him. He goes in the , 11000 race tomorrow and for a big purse at (.'leveland next week. New Harvesting Device. Win. Doehring of Goshen has i just received letters of patent on a new grain shocking device, which will doubtless solve the question of harvest help. It is designed to take the place of a bundle carrier on a nelf binder, and will carry eight to ten bundles as operator may desire and automatically deposit them on the ground in shocks. The shocking device can lie used for small ceruls, rye, wheat and oats POCAHONTAS RECEPTION. A grand reoepetion will be gven by the members of the Pocahontas Lodge at the room in the StudaIwtker building. The event promises to be a very delightful one for there are a plenum of provisions and all other requisites for a good time. National Union Notice. There will be s meeting of the N. U. at my office at 7:80 p. tn. tonight. Would like to see all members pres ent. If possible attend. W. E. Fulk, President.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1903.

IS PROSPERING. Railway Owned by Decatur Men Grows. PARAGOULD & MEMPHIS RAILWAY NEWS. Line Now Extends Twenty-Five Miles, and Fifty More Will be Added Next Year. The Paragould & Memphis Railroad which is controlled by J. W. | Vail, W. H. Niblick and Don L. ! Quinn of this city is prospering and [ no doubt will in the future become one of the great railways. At the present time trains are in operation between Cardwell, Missouri, and Manila, a distance of twenty five j miles and by next year the extension between Osceola and Rector, Ark. will probably be completed. With tliis addition the road will be about eighty miles long and will have a terminal point at the Mississippi river. This a very important advantage, as it makes the Paragould & Memphis railroad a carrier and disributor of freight for a big stretch of territory. Lumber j and wood products are hauled to the interior. While the construction work was in progress for the extenison almost five hundred men were given employment. The road is not built in the usual hurry-up way but is made substantial and firstclass in every particuar. Rails that weigh sixty five pounds to the yard are being laid and the ties are [ placed in good gravel ballast which is at a premium and hard to get in Arkansas country. The extension of the road will cross the St. Francis river a navigabk stream, and a |t>o,ooo bridge is to be constructed. The equipment of the road is also first-class. Although vestibuled trains cannot be seen their passenger runs will compare with the accomodation trains that jiass through this city, as will their I time schedule. They have but two engines in commission at the present time, but will add five or six more when the extension will have been completed. The Paragould & Memphis road connects with three different roads,the St. Louis | & Gulf, Paragould Southhern, I Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern and soon will cross the Cotton Belt and the St. Louis and Southern. A ride on the road convinces one of its importance. The train rushes u long at the different stations new I and well designed depots meet the eye. The conductor and trainmen are all uniformed in the regulation railroad blue and in the cars can lie found all the conveniences that go to make a first class railway coach. The company even have their own shops which are located at Cardwell. Almost any kind of railway repairing can lie done at this place, as the shops are well equipped with up-to-date machinery The operating offices are also located at Cardwell,but the auditing of all accounts is done in this city.

SPRINGFIELD PEOPLE HERE. W. H. Fledderjohann and E. H. Voch lof the Springfield A Fort Wayne | Traction company were here today noon. They left for the country noon after their arrival, but will l>e back thia evening. Mr. Fledderjohann told a Democrat reporter that he had nothing for publication. FIN DE SIECLE PICNIC. The Fin de Siecle Club arc enjoying themselves today at a picnic party given at the Krick residence. About twenty-five girls were present for dinner and all report a jolly time.

i ENTERSCONTRACT. I Taylor will Marry if Nominated for Governor. W. S. Taylor, Ex-Attorney | General who was here a few days ago is a candidate for governor, and the following story is told of him in a dispatch sent out from Rushville: W. L. Taylor, one of the [ republican candidates for governor is a bachelor, and a bald-headed one at that. The other day he came to Rushville to look after his political fences and bumped up against Tom Mull, of Manila, and Adam Spivey, of this city. They both assured him that they would be glad to support him but for one thing. “Pledged to some one else”? asked Mr. Taylor anxiously, “No, worse than that. You must promise to get married," said Spivey, speaking for himsef and Mr. Mull. “A man who hasn't the nerve to get married would not be a safe man for gover-' nor.” “Gentlemen,” said Mr i Taylor, solemnly, “I will go into I writing, if you nominate me I will! get married.” This declaration is taken down here to mean that Mr. Taylor has matrimonial ideas in I mind. A NEW USE. Crude Oil Put to Another Advantage. The lastest use to which oil has I lieen applied is in saving the fine gold which is generally lost from stamp mills. A chemist who is versed on the subject says: “The water in the main vat is kept at a certain level by means of an automatic valve, which also furnishes ! an outlet for the coarse sand and i gravel. At the head of this tank oil flows onto the water, over a blanket, and into a second vat. from which it is automatical}’ returned to the head of the first tank, and in this way the oil is kept moving continuously and evenly over the surface of the water. The slime to be treated is run over a set of dividing bars into [ the main vat and the course matter falls to the bottom passing out through the automatic valve, while the oil, which acts as a precipitant, gathers it on the blanket, returning then to the head of the machine to be used over and over again. The; loss of oil is estimated at less than I five cents per cubic yard of placer gravel.” NEW CASE FILED. Quiet Title Suit Docketed in Circuit Court.

The first new case in a month was ! tiled at the county clerk's office by attorneys Merryman & Sutton and F. M. Schirmeyer. The case is a quite title suit brought by Martha 4- Dutcher , the defendants being David Alier, Lucinda Cline,) Susan Aber, John K. Grier, Mr. and Mrs. Mock, Mr. and Mrs. Avery, Mr. and Mrs. Rifenburg, Lucy B. Rice, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel F. Grier, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rice. Mr. and Mrs. James and Della Rice. Most of the defendants live out of the state and a notice to nonresidents was ordered published, the said defendants being ordered

to appear September 14 or the euse will be heard and determined in their absence. — Furnish Material. All the material used in constructing the heating plant at St. Marys Catholic church will come through the J. 8. Bowers hardware comjtany This firm have b<>en the agents here for the Floral City Heating Co., and will sell all the material used to the contractors. Theßowres i Co. uro also placing largo heating ’ plants in the Chas. Christen and J. 1 L. Guy residences. This shows much enterprise on the part of the local firm. j

FAREWELL PARTY Burns-Voglewede Wedding Announced. Society Event Last Evening in Honor of Miss Bums a Charming Success. Last evening Mrs. A .E. Rose and Miss Bessie Congleton charmingly entertained the Friday night club in honor of Miss Harriet Burns, whose marriage to Mr. Louis Voglewede is announced for next Tuesday July 2s. Miss Harriet is I the well known and popular daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melan [ Burns of this city, and has been a | leader in Decatur society for several [ years. She is a graduate of the local high school and was a student [at Indiana State University, being [ a member of one of the leading j sororities of that institution. I The Democrat joins congratulations with her host of friends in this city. Mr. Louis Voglewede needs no introduction to Decatur people as he has aways been prominent in business circles here. He is a ! young man of grit and integrity and is assured of success in whatever he undertakes. Their marriage next Tuesday evening will be [ a very quiet affair, and only immediate members of the families will lie present. Immediately after their marriage the couple will leave ' for St. Louis, where they will visit ! some time. They will then go on to Kansas and the west, which will i :be their future home. The affair last evening was a farewell party for Miss Burns. The guests gathered at the home of Mrs. Rose, which was appropriately decorated and where everything was prepared I for the amusement of those present. Progressive pedro was the principal amusement and in this Miss Bessie ' ' Congleton proved the best. As' hostess, however she very kindly presented first prize to Miss Burns, the guest of honor. Miss Nan Peterson was the successful com | ; petitor for booby. A wedding present, a very beautiful and ex- 5 I quisitely carved rose-bowl was , presented by the Friday night club to Miss Burns. Refreshments were [ served to the guests by the hostess. Miss Nan Peterson of Albion, Ind., I was the out of town guest. DROPPED DEAD.

Robert Rhodes Dies at Willshire, Ohio. Robert Rhodes, aged sixty six. ; and one of the best known citizens of Willshire died very suddenly yesterday. He was talking to Mr. j (.'ally in the latter's business house ut Willshire when he suddenly fell over and expired in a few minutes. Heart trouble was the supposed cause. Mr. Rhodes was engaged in the pension business and had an agency of that kind at Willshire. He was an ex-soldier and had many friends in this county.

BUGGY STOLEN. Abner Elzey of Ossian, the Loser. Abner Elzey of Ossian telephoned Sheriff Butler this morning that, at an early hour, some one driving through that town stole a valuable buggy. The rig was standing in the street and the thief simply hitched it on behind his buggy and drove on. It was a brand new, rubber tired buggy, with rod running gears and made by the Decatur Buggy Company at Warren, Ohio. A reward will he paid for apprehension of the thief.

NUMBER 166

WORD OF WARNING. Merchants Beware of the Trading Stamp Evil. The merchants of a numtier of cities in this part of the state have been called upon to tight the trading stamp evil again. At the present time the company back of the trding stamp business has agents in Marion. Anderson, Muncie and other cities in the state trying to establish the business in those cities. The smoothest men and best talkers in the company’s employ have been sent to Indiana to re-establish the trading business. They say they propose to have the merchants sign their agreement to use the green trading stamps and inaugurate the old system of giving premiums to buyers which so thoroughly disgusted the business men of those cities for several years. One of the chief purposes of the organization of the merchants’ association was to kill off the green stamp nuisance and give their customers the benefit of the money paid to the stamp people by reducning prices on goods to that amount. That was done by the merchants and people bought cheaper after the stamp business was routed out. There was a bill introduced in the legislature to eradicate the green stamp from the state, but unfortunately it failed to become a law. There are just two towns in Indiana using green stamps. They are Logansport and Richmond. HOW IT COMPARES. Information About the St. Louis Fair. It is only by comparing the Louisiana Exposition with other great international expositions j that one may gain anything like a Correct idea of the immensity of | the World’s Fair that will open its gates at St. Louis on April 30, 1904. The Columbian Exposition at I Chicago ten years ago more nearly aproaches the World's Fair at Stj Louis than any of the others of the past. Until the present undertaking assumed shape, the Chicago fair [dwarfed all comparisons. Now in turn the Louisiana Purchase Exposition outstrips what has heretofore been the world's greatest, effort. The Pan-American exposition at Buffalo, the Trans-Miss-I issippi at Omaha and the Paris Exposition are also completely outclassed when the dimensions and features of the enterprise at St. Louis are compared. The Worlds’ Fuir at St. Louis occupies twice as large an area as the most extensive of all former world’s fairs, and covers 1 almost as much ground as the liouibined ureas of Hie expositions at Chicago, Omaha, Buffalo and Paris. DISASTROUS STORM. Heavy Damage to Oil Property Near Chattanooga, Ohio. Tuesday evening’s storm did considerable damage in the oil

fields near Chattanooga, Ohio. In one strip of territory there were forty-nine derricks swept to the ground and many hundred dollars worth of damage done to rigging, pumps and power stations, f The Sun Oil Company was ]>erhups the heaviest loser as not. one of their derricks was left, standing. I The wind was awful and the heavy timbers were broken as though they ’ were but toothpicks. Shipped Large Hog. Carl Moses this morning shipped a large English Berkshire hog to Wauseon, Wisconsin. The hog weighed 700 pounds and was certainly a handsome one, us beauty goes in the pig family.