Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 27 July 1903 — Page 1

VOLUME 1

WORK BEGINS ON THE BIG BLOCK

Allison & Studabaker Are Rebuilding. SKETCH OF THE PLANS Will be Three Separate Rooms—Second Floor to be Used for Offices and Ware Rooms and Third for Lodge Rooms.

Actual work on replacing the Alli- m *• Studa baker block began this morning, when Linn & Patton and a force of men started to repair the north room of the block formerly occupied by the shoe department t the Big Store. While this room was badly damaged. the carpenters will soon have it back in .rood condition as ever, and within i month the building will lie ready for occupancy, and we are informed on good authority that this part of the block is already rented to a business firm who are not yet ready

A SERIOUS CHARGE J. D. Crowl Impersonates an Officer. Arresled the Woman Peddler Who Had Trouble With Lew Mills at Honduras. J. D. Crowl, a young man living east of the city in Adams county, was arraigned before Justice Walbert this morning on the charge of impersonating an officer. I and had his case continued until, next Wednesday for trial. Crowl is the young man who Thursday arrested Mrs. Ulla Holtz forbeating a board bill at tin homo of Lewis Mills, particulars of which were given in yesterday’s News. When the affidavit was filed before Adams county justice of the peace the warrant was given to the constable who tried to deputize Crowl to serve it. He had no right to do so, and Crowl had no right to cross the Wells county line to make the arrest. It cost Mrs. Holtz |8.50 to settle a board bill of thirty cents and it cost Crowl a good deal more for making an arrest without authority. —Bluffton News. OVERCOME WITH HEAT. Daniel Shuck ley a well known resident of this city who resides at the corner of Eleventhand Adams street, was overcome by the intense heat while on his way homo with a load of hogs from Honduras Saturday evening, ami tor a while' was in a serious condition. He was brouglit to town ami Dr. Boyers soon had him out of danger. Mr. Shackley was very much improved and no doubt will soon lie able to return to his work.

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for an announcement. It will certainly lie good news to our readers to know that Mr. R. B. Allison, one of the owners of the corner informed us that the block will be rebuilt at once and ready for occupancy vet this fall. Architect Hiram Elders of Marion was here again today and arrangements are being closed so far as possible, for the immediate construction of the block as beautiful and handsome as before. The outside appearance will be as near like the former building a* it is possible to make, the

A GOOD THING. Wallace Show is Pronounced a Favorite. "No matter whether a circus takes money away or not the circus given here yesterday was well worth in entertainment all the money given to it ” is the emphatic way in which Mr. Murphy, the managing editor of the Augusta, (Ga.) Chronicle, wrote of the Wallace show. Again in his review of the show, editor Murphy said in his quaint and explicit style; “Wallace’s Show may take money out of the town. If it does, the popular verdict is: “Glad that Wallace got our money if a circus hud to •come ami get it. The Wallae<*| Circus is all right It is better than when here liefore. It is by far the liest attraction in the circus line that has ever lieen in , | Augusta. It is us thorough as al circus gets to be.” The Great Wallace Show will exhibit in Decatur Saturday, August 1 HAD HEART TROUBLE. David Laman Suffers a Temporary Collapse. David Luman one of the best known citizens of Decatur suffered from a severe attack of heart trouble Saturday evening and for a whileit was feared his condition was serious. He collapsed while in front of the court house and persons who hapjiened to lie present cared for him. Dr. J. S. Boyers was called i and hud the |»itient taken home | where he soon recovered. He was I able to be on street this morning | and was apparently well us usual. CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY. At the home of Uhas. Grote, five miles east of this city, was celebrated yesterday the twenty first birthday of Martin Hauck. Only Martin’s near relatives were present but they certainly made Mr. Hauck fee] dignified at reaching his voting |M«riod. Martin ami August Wiifc) and Miss Doris Wafel of Ft Wayne, were in attendance.

DECATUR, INDIANA, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 1903.

former plans being used. However i the block will he in three separate business rooms with fire walls be tween each, and each will be occupied by separate firms. The i second [ story over the corner room will be finished for offices, while I the second floors of the two north rooms will be rented with the first | floors and used as ware rooms no doubt. The third floor will contain I two large lodge rooms. The block will be built and finished in a modern and strictly up-to-date manner, and will stand as a monument to the enterprising owners, Messrs. Allison and Studabaker. ! The only part 'of the work so far practically agreed upon is the ■brick work which will be in charge iof George Chronister. The wood work, plumbing, stone masonry and other parts of the building will be let separately. Messrs. Allison and Studabaker will look j after the work closely, assisted by the architect, Hiram Elders. The corner of S-cond ami Madison streets will soon be as beautiful as over and the public spirited citizens of 1) ‘catur will hear the news with pleasure.

MRS. ARCHBOLD DEAD Well Known Woman Dies After Lons Illness. Mrs. Ellen Archbold died at her home on south Winchester street Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Death was due to dropsy with which the deceased hud been suffering since the first of April. During the ' entire length of her illness she braved all pain with a cheerfulness of spirit which was made possible through her trust in God. Mrs. Archbold was born in Root township near Monmouth and has resided in this county ever since her birth. Seven children are all the near relatirevs that survive her. Mr. Archbold having died fifteen year s ago. The children are Mrs J. M. Miller, Mrs. Washington Gilpen, Mrs John Butler and Mr' I Homer Lower of Decatur, and Allen I Archbold of Marion, hid.. Henry Archbold of Butler. Pennsylvania and Charles Archbold of Philadelphia. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Mt I Peasant church north west ot town, the funeral party leaving this citv at one o'clock. The services will be in charge of R >v. W. E. McCarty of ( Hoagland, assisted by Rev. J. (' White of this city. Interment will lie made at the Reynolds cemetery. The remains of Mrs. Archbold may lie viewed from seven to eight this evening, and from eight to ten tomorrow moiling. CONTRACT LET. i Ritinour & Company to Construct Sheets Ditch. The Clement L. V Sheets ditch in Union township will lie constructed us fust as possible, work to lie- i gin at once. The bids for same were opened at the auditor's office this morning and’the contract let to D M. Kitinour & Company for 12200. A numlM'r of bids on single sec tions and on the entire ditch were filed, but Ritinour & Co. were ♦‘>oo below any of the others. The work will require nearly a year’s time.

TWO MORE. Wall Street Records Two Failures Today. Stock Markets Are Having to Stand the Pressure of Many Failures. Special to The Dally Democrat. Chicago, 111., .Inly 27, 4p. in.— The report comes from New York— The failures of E. S. Hoolesy & Co.. I was announced on the Stock ex- ■ change today. The firm was heavily , ; interested in Evansville & Terre Haute stock, which sold today at <4O per share and last week at <AO. Later—William Basset & Co announced failure today. DON’T BE CONFUSED. The Real Meaning of the Game Laws. A great many hunters have become confused -as to what the law requires of them in the way of licenses. To hunt squirrels it is only necessary to have a permit, costing a dollar, and the consent of the land owner. This is practically the same as the law in regard to quail hunting. The license requiring a photograph and a minute description of the person intending to hunt is aimed for those who wish to hunt ducks this fall and cannot help hut protect the Indiana j hunters. Up in the Kankakee marsb.es the ducks and other water fowls are plentiful during the fall months. Hunters come down from Chicago in droves and slaughter hundreds of the game birds. This law requiring a license with I attached photograph prevents to an extent the inroads of the Chicago hunters. They must have a license before they can hunt, but when they go to dig up it costs the neat little sum of |25.00 for the document. This is not unfair, for the foreign hunters simply overrun ♦he place. People who wish to hunt squirrels, however, ne donly to get a hunting permit and the consent of the land owner and they will be all right. This will come a* a great relief to a tew grizzled old squirrel hunters, who have never had a picture made and who would , about us soon be hung as to sit for one. The law permitting squirrels to be killed goes into effect August Ist. SPINE BROKEN. Erie Trainman Injured Here Saturday Night. D. Majors, baggageman of No. 10 on the Erie, was badly injured hen> Siturday night. Majors [ dropped a parcel and stepped from his cur to get it. Before mounting i the ear again he noticed some I weather prophets on the bumpers. Ho stopped to chase off the bums 1 and by this time the train had I started and his car was past. He attempted to mount a passing car, striking the steps, but missed his , hand hold and was thrown forcibly ' backwards. Dr. Beavers, the ■ Er ; e physician was culled and the i injured baggage man was removed i to the Shaffer saloon nearby. Here- ' mained unconscious till midnight, i but nt two o'cock Sunday morning ihe was able to move. He was taken to his home at Marion, Ohio I Sunday morning. It is not known | how seriously Mr. Majors is injured but it is probable that bis spine is fractured. No report has been received from Marion.

RURAL ROUTE QUESTION

Adams County May Get Three. WILL NOT BE ESTABLISHED BEFORE JANUARY FIRST. Requires Push and Hustle, But Are Worth Going After With a Vim. Up to date there is no definite . : news concerning the complete rural I route system that was to have been | inaugurated in Adams county by July Ist. The investigations at Washington have so changed affairs j that the complete system is practicaly off and it will no doubt re- ■ quire seeral years to accomplish | what was hoped for by this time. The only' way to get routes is by I j pushing petitions and getting good ; roads. At this time there are three petitions out and when a sufficient I number of names have been secured ;

SCORE WAS A TIE Scorekeeper Makes a Serious Mistake. Bluffton Acknowledges After Game That Score Was Twelve and Twelve. Os all the rank errors made during yesterday’s bull game that of the score keejier was the worst. Bluffton was tied in the ninth inning with a score of twelve to twelve but owing to a miss count of the scores both teams left the grounds thinking that it was tweve and ' eleven. The miscount was not j noticed until a review of the score sheet was made, and when the actual result was—told—to the Bluff ton management and the I players, they went up in the air ; i and made cross fired accusations of j "fraud, an old game, robbery" and : | the like and stated that their own I score keeper, Roily Mock, knew] what he was about." Mr. Mock was found, and when it was discovered that both the Decatur and Bluffton score sheets agreed and that it really stood twelve and twelve, there was a marked depression of Bluffton’s spirit which was soon followed by a pure acknowlegdement that they never won the game. Mr. Mock said that the mistake was unintentional and that he had not noticed it until the two . sheets were compared. It wacertainly a very vital mistake and since it has been acknowledged by both sides the game cannot be counted other than a draw. Did you see yesterday's game? It was simply immense. The balloon was in evidence at the critical points of i the game and the fight would have been utterly disgusting had not it been for the fact that the score was close enough to kei'p the three | hundred fans who attended in the | most intense excitement. Decatur i went up in the air in the sixth < inning, when twelve men battl'd and eight scored off but four hits. i It was Decatur’s five errors in this i inning that made it possible Way of Ossian pitched for Bluff ton and was touched up for a few ■ hits but had twelve strike outs to his credit. France for Decatur

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they will be sent to headquarters and then some action taken. Wo want complete service just as soon as possible and everyone who wants I mail delivered at his Jdoor should I get his name on a petition. Deputy • postmaster Sowers says he believes Adams county will be able to get three new routes by January Ist, though it has been useless to make any effort during the past three | months. An exchange says: Fourth Postmaster General Bristow has commenced trimming down IndiI ana's share of rural routes and ho has started the pruning with the Seventh and Eighth districts. Some time ago Congressman Croj merhad everything framed up just j right to give every conuty in his district c implete rural route ser- , vice but now the announcement is made through an associate press dispatch that Mr. Cromer has been informed that counties in his district will have to wait. The ap- ' propriation for rural routes is being spent faster than authorized by , congress and there is a deficit every year. Indiana has been getting more than her share and it is supposed that the number of routes all ’ over the country are being cut down and that Indiana here after will not be treated so well as in the I past.

pitched a good game but failed to get his usual basket of strike outs. However, eight is a goodly number. Bluffton's aggregation played lucky ball. They 're not fast and had not any license to get the five-sixths of their bunch of runs. What we wan t to see is another game. Let the captain of the team consider an I cut out the rotten places and meet Bluffton again. The score by innings: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R ER E H I Decatur 03 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 12 7 1210 Bluffton 001008120 12 2 8 7 I Time: All afternoon. Decatur will go to Bluffton next I Sunday on a return engagement. DeI catur is anxious for this meet and will enter the game with a few changes in I the infield. BASE BALL NOTES. The Tocsin baseball team defeated Hoagland at the latter place Saturday in a score of 13 to 9. Craigville and Kingsland crossed ' bats at the latter place Saturday and I the game went to the latter by a score i of 23 to 7. The Printers defeated the All Mechanics in a featureless game yeai terday by a score of twelve to eight. BRILLIANT AFFAIR. The Shower Party in Honor of Miss Hattie Niblick. Alniut fifty guest' assembed at the Morrison home Saturday evening, where Mrs. J. B Morrison and Mi's Hattie Studebaker were hostesses at one of the must brilliant events of the season. The affair was a friendship party in honor of Mis.' Hattie Niblick whose I engagement to Arthur 1). Suttles has liecn announced. Progressive nil letter was announced as the feature of the evening and it proved to l>o most entertaining. The guests were seated at tables on which were placed red letters, each of w hich was the initial letter of some statesman, city, river, etc., It proved most instructive, as some of the ladies say they learned the names of cities and statesmen, which a most exhaustive study had never taught them. Mrs. Jeff Bryson secured first prize in this contest and to Mrs. Charles Suttles was given the booby. Gt her social games were indulged in and at- ten thirty a three course luncheon was served. Miss Niblick was the recipient of many handsome tokens of friendship and was showered with congratulations by those present.