Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 25 July 1903 — Page 1

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LOOKS GOOD. Financial Crisis Probably Over. Price of Stocks and Money on Wall Street Makes Good Showing. Special to The Daily Democrat New York, July 25.—A statement New York banking institutions was completed today which, it is believed, will prevent any furtheri depreciation of stocks. The opinion gen-rally prevailed here th it the v. st was drawing heavily on New York money but that supposition is p-.>ven erroneous by this week - statement which reads as follows: Increase in reserve, |j,t>3->,925, in crease in loans |554.200, increase in issue >5,503,700 increase in legal* 41.:‘25,400, increase in deposit, $7.1 i 5.700, decrease in circulation ss-.i, 700, WON’T BE SERIOUS. Hugh Daugherty’s Opinion of Financial Fl rry. Hugh Dougherty of Buffton, whose high standing in financial, political and social circlesis well known, is at the Claypool hotel. Mr Dougherty does not believe that the financial flurry in New York will have serious effects in this part of the country. He thinks that the panic on Wall-st is nothing more than the natural result of the watering of stocks on a big scale He says that the time was when eatsern money centers, such as NewYork. Boston and Philadelphia, exerted a controlling influence over Indiana and middle west A never ending stream of money went East to pay interest and to meet various obligations, and this stream had to keep running in good times and bad. But the umbilical cord has been cut and now the middle West has become* strong and indejiendent financially, and it is not greatly affected by obligations, such as municipal and other bonds on the public, are now held almost entirely by the banks and patrons of banks at home. The stream of money that flowed to the east has most all stopped, and there is no longer the danger of sudden squeezes that once exisited. Nir Dougherty thinks that the Indiana financial situation is in every nsp -ct highly satisfactory.—Sentinel. THE POSTOFFICE. Furniture for New Building Will be Purchased Soon. Mr. Keyless of the Keyless Lock Company of Indianapolis was in the city today conferring with E. Fritzinger. Mr Keyless has some patent boxes and furniture which he is urging Mr. Fritzinger to buy. But they came to no agreement, as ascertained by a reporter this afternoon. Some of the offi.s* furniture now in use may lie installed in the new building. Mr. Fritzinger told us today that practically nothing hud been done as regards new furniture, and that ho is still figuring. He will place a wire net ting from the top of the box rows to the ceiling. The new building he says, will be furnished as near the first of September as possible, but nothing can Is* determined at this ante.

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OPEN SOON. Theatrical Season Will Begin August 20th. Bosse's opera house will open the season August 20th with the • handler-Sturgeon repertoire com piny. Mr and Mrs. T. N. Sturgeon ■and John Chandler arrived in the city yesterday and registered at the Murray. They will be busy a week or two arranging the stage and other details here and collecting their company. The plays they’ present are of the highest class and the troup is heralded as one of the best on the road. They will play here three nights August 20, 21 and ■ 22. Manager Bosse told a Democrat I reporter today that nearly all dates for next season were filed and that some good plays had been booked. A TIRESOME JOB Deputy Haefling Still Busy Indexing. Big Job About Half Completed and will Require a Month More. Deputy Clerk James Haefling is still about the busiest man in Adams county and his vactaion : time has been even busier than when court is in session. He has teen making a new index of all eases and other legal papers on tile in the county clerk's office, he having teen hired to do the work by the board of county commissioners. It is a tiresome , tedious job as i anyone with half an eye can see by watching him a few moments J He has to go over scraps of paper old and new, covering a period of over fifty years He places these papers. each case seperate in a file . box, tables and designates it properly on the box. Then he places every name in the new docket ar- 1 ranging them so anyone can turn to J any case almost in a moments time. He is about half through and it will require the constant time of Jim and an assistant for the next i month to complete the big job. ONE HUNDRED. That’s the Number Bluffton Will Bring Over Tomorrow. | The game tomorrow tx-tween 1 Bluffton and Decatur will lie a battle royal. The Bluffton boys I . told a Democrat reporter this r i morning that they would bring at least a hundred rooters. Bluffton lis confident of victory, and if I defeated’ say the Decatur team will lat least know they've been in a gume. We admire their nerve, but,—well just come out and see their finish; Decatur has kept in ! good trim, and will never give a victory without a struggle. Follow ing is Decatur's lineup: Catcher, ; O. France; pictcher, B. France; i first b., Marty; second b„ Linn; third b., F. (Peterson; short stop, ■ Peterson ; center f., Mercer; right i f, Touhey; left f„ Frisinger; substitute Coffee. PAINTERS TANGLED THE WIRES. . The {winters who arc decorating the cornice of bulidings on the east side of Second street tangled up the electric light wires yesterday and about eight o'clock in the evening many stores were without i lights. Electrician Mylott was called ■ and soon remedied the difficulty. • Two, hundred volt transformers needed new fuses, and farther than the burning of that part of the apiHiratua no damage wits done.

DECATUR, INDIANA, SATURDAY EVENING. JULY 25, 1903.

WERE INSTALLED New Officers Go Into Power. Ben Hur Lodge Installation Services Held Last Evening. The new officers of the Tribe of j Ben Hur were installed atj their rooms in the Studabaker last evening by the retiring Past Chief Harvey H. Harruff. The | following officers were installed: J Past Chief. Henry L iughery; chief. James Gay; Teacher, Mrs. Artman : Judge, Mrs. Laughery; Scribe, Mrs. C. T. Daily; Keeper of Tribute. Eil Brushwiller; Captain. Earl Butler; Guide, Mr. Sparr; keeper ■of Inner Gate. Miss May Spuhler ;' keeper of Outer gate. Miss Irene Weaver. At the finish of the installation services refreshments I consisting of ice cream and take | were served. These came as a surprise to the court as they were prepared by a number of the Ben Hur ladies of their own free will, i Officers of the Ben Hur lodge are ! elected every six months and the . term just closed has witnessed a big growth of the local organiza- > tion. At the present their memberi ship numbers I*6 with 156 benefi eiry members and thirty social members. The Decatur court was organized April 3, 1900 and has pros pered from the start. All benefi ciary members are insured from ♦350 to |3,OOii which are the limits ; of the order policies. The 156 meniters of this city have 1193,750 insurance which averages about |l2oq apiece. CAMP MEETING. The United Brethren Will Begin a Series of Meetings. A ten days U. B. camp-meeting will begin the 30th of this month at Smith's Grove, one mile south of Monroeville. Rev. Kessinger, who has charge of the meeting was in this city today and stated that the affair was to be one of the best events of its kind ever held in this section of the state. Revs. J A Grove of Ligonier and VV. P. Kess inger, Freeport,lllinois, I). Robbins. Huntington, and C. M. Beyer of South Whitely, will be in attend , ance. ROBBERS USED THE RIG. It has developed that the horse and buggy which policeman Fisher picked up near the Washington church had been used by the same robin rs who secured |sooin cu-h at the home saloon in Montpelier. The outfit belonged to C. H. Cheney. He was in this city and returned with his property last evening after {laying policeman Fisher a reward. The horse evidently hud not teen driven hard and it is presumed that the robbers were ex{M*rienced professionals as their calmness goes to prove. MEMORIAL SERVICE. Requiem Mass Will be Sung at the Catholic Church. Services in honor of Pope Leo will lie held at the St. Mary’s Catholic church Wednesday morn ing. On that day the pope will be buried and memorial services' will Im* held all over the world. The church here is heavily draped, and the ceremonies Wednesday will te very impressive.

HARD LUCK. Mitten Factory Had a Fire and a Broken Engine. What might have been a serious i fire occurred at the mitten factory I this morning. The floor became I heated from the engine and a i space a foot square was burned | out before it was discovered by an I employee. As it is the damage lis insignifleent and the managers ; will put in a cement floor around I the engine to avoid any damage from this source . At nine thirty this morning a break in machinery , - necessitated tin* closing of the' factory until noon. Everything is going lovely now. NOTHING DEFINITE Allison & Studabaker Block Not Leased. Several Important Deals On, But None of Them Entirely Complete. ! The basement of the Allison and Studabaker building recently detroyed by has teen cleaned out and the workmen certainly did a satisfactory job as it appears as clean as though fresh made excepting of course several piles of brick which will be used in repairing the damaged walls. It is expected i that work on remodeing the north room of the block will begin Mon! dav and this part completed as soon as possible as the lumber was I placed on the ground this afternoon. All kind of rumors artfloating about the streets as to the > probable occupancy of the new block, which will certainly be built this fall but for the benefit of the public we can state that the rooms I have not teen leased or any deflni e | arrangements made. It is quite probable that the rooms will all te rented soon and some surprising news may then te given soon, at this time the gentlemen] interest ' fled rmly but courteously inform us 1 that they are not ready for any ‘ 1 announcement of facts. A FUNNY STORY. Allen Moyer is Mixed Up On Divorce Question. As a result of too many matri monial alliances Allen Moyer, a young man who former Dy worked in the John Painter grocery, may find 1 , himself in a whole lot of trouble with the law regulating marriage and , divorce. Two years ago he was granted what he sumjQsed was a divorce from his first wife; an I Adams county girl. But the divorce was not the real simon puir-'notice of the {teudancy of the ■ action bad been served on the dependant, and therefore the divorce \is void. Notwithstanding this fact he married Miss Horner, living on i the South side, and they separated a short time ago. Then, it is said, he returned to his first wifeat Berne ■informed her that the divorce he I had secured in the court here was | not legal and tried to jiersnudi* I her to live with him again. S-u* * | refused to do so and has brought ' suit for divocre in the Adams circuit court—Bluffton News i There is nothing in this dream of , the News man. so for as wo can ■ ascertain. All examination of the ■ records show that, Moyer was I granted a divorce several years ■ I ago and it is as good as they make . j them, at least no record here shows - ■ it otherwise and no divorce suit has I teen filed recently by Mrs Moyer

HE GOT EVEN. Man at Honduras Chases Lady Agent. She Backed Out of a Trade and Jumped a Board Bill,—Cost Her $8.50. An Adams county farmer chased a lady agent six miles yesterday to collect a board bill of thirty cents. He captured her at the Dan I Shoemaker farm east of the city, took her to a justice of the peace in Adams county and had her fined. She paid |x.so to get clear of the law. and came here today to make a little trouble for the avaricus. Mr. Mills and the justice who fined h-r. M. W. Waltert went over to the justice court today to investigate the case for her. She was selling sweepers and Mills tried to swap her a pony far some machines and territory. He told her that she could sell tne pony to a neighhbor | of his for $65 but when she tried |to do so she could not dispose of ! the brute at any price and returned ; it. She had to wait until Mills got : back home before she could trade |

back with him and in the meantime ; she was compelled to stay for dinner. Mrs. Mills wanted 'to I | charge her thirty cents for the meal ■ and this the woman refused to pay. i and left without putting up the cash When Mills came home he had a warrant issued for the woman ’ from a squire's office, had himself appointed special constable and then \ crossed the Wells county line to make the arrest.—Bluffton News A REAL PIPE. Bluffton Insurance Man's Strange Dream. Ben Williams the insurance man, relates a heart rending snake story while driving south of town two miles with Ed Markley. A gblue racer, which seemed to K- almost endless glided slowly across the | road ahead of their rig. The brave fellows stopjied and with a liberal supply of clubs dispatched the 1 j serpent. In the fence corner they : I noticed a turkey hen making con I siderable disturbance, and closer investigation showed that her \ nest had been entirely devastated Ben turned to where the racer lay | dead, and noticing an enlargement of the snake's body, ripped it open 'and found the entire nest of turkey eggs, twelve in number They ■ were restored to the hen. and she | started to work again. Great bus ness this insurance.—Bluffton Banner DOG DAYS HERE And the Small Boys Continue to Go Swimmin' Dog days be here, and the small boys arc working all sorts of schemes to get away and go swimming In dog days the water is coevred with a slimy green scum. It is a well established belief that to swim in this water is not conducive 'to good health. This belief is held by the parents, while on the other I l hand anything so it is water, looks j good to the boys. It is a safe guess ' that the young hopefuls will take ; J theirs.vim, even if they have to scrape off the slime to see the water Boys have done this from time immemorial, lived to be great j statesmen, and bold bunk burglars, and they will continue to do so to’ the end of time, more than likely. I or until some one invents a sport tietter than swimming.

NUMBER 168

CORONER’S VERDICT. John Terrill Will be Tried in September. Coronor Mcßride of Wells county has returned the following verdict: “That Melvin Wolfe came to his death from a gunshot wound which entered below the left scapula, penetrating the upper lobe of the left lung , thence into the heart, causing instant death. Said shot was fired from a double barreled shotgun by one John W. Terrill, July 12, 103. Signed this 23rd day of July, 1903. Fred McBride. coronor Wells county.” Terrill will probably be tried in September. It is thought he will not ask for a change of venue. His friends claim that public sentiment is for him, and that there would be no advantage in going into othercounties to be tried. Opinions of men who say they are taking an unbiased view of the case, is that Terril] will get about ten years. They make that prediction saying that Terrill was no doubt grossly annoyed and goaded into fury by the misconduct of his daughter, who married Wolfe, and who later was abandoned by him. but that i Terrill's conduct in shooting Wolfe j by the roadside and then murdering him as he lay helpless on tie I operating table, will show premeditated murder, which will militate against the defendant.

WHAT A CHANGE. Even Grandma Has Kept Pace With the Times. \\ hen the present generation was in its fairy tale stage, it owned grandmothers. The gentle old lady who donned trailing gowns, wore lace caps, employed her hands knitting,—what has become of her? Women live longer now than they once did, and seldom get old enough for the chimney corner. An old lady who celebrated her ninetieth birthday not long ago, watched the modish' cutting out her dress for theoccasion. “Make the sleeves of the latest cut,” she said, “I don't wan’t to be going out of fashion " The grandmother of today is modishly gowned, rides a wheel plays golf, and searches the dry goods stores for natty designs. It doubtless says much for the strength of the race but incidentally a few Philistines regret the passing of the typical grandmother. WON SECOND. Gets a Piece of Detroit Money. Beery A- Holthouse's pacer KillgI more won second money in the ■ Chamber of Commerce consolation race nt Detroit yesterday for a ♦I,OOO purse. Trilby Direct won the race in two straight heats. Kingmore beat out Ebony King, Tom Keene, Five Points, Ella Ball and other fast ones. Second money j entitles the Decatur colt to |350, and at least lets his owners out even in the Detroit meet. Ho goes at Cleveland next Tuesday. The best time yesterday was 2:OK 1 2. FARMERS’ DAY. Arranging for Big Event at World’s Fair. G D. Wilson of Poag, Illinois, is jierfecting arrangements for the “Farmers National Jubilee" to bo | held at the World’s Fair next year. . He announces that there will be a convention of farmers held in St Louis, October, 1903, made up of I delegates of this convention in regard to an appropriate program for w Farmers Day " at the Fair, which will be Sept, 15, 1 904