Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 219, Decatur, Adams County, 23 September 1903 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. EVERY EVENING, EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY UEW Q . EUL.INQHAIVI. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week 10<' By carrier, per year $4.00 By mall, per month 25'“ By mall, per year $2.50 Single copies. Two Cents. Advertising rates made known on application Entered In the postofflce at Decatur. Indiana, as second-class mall matter. J. H. HELLER,'' Manager. The Anderson News thinks that cold and clammy chills are trinkling down the spinal columns of every postmaster in the eighth congression-| al district, since the announcement of M. M. Dunlap, that he would aspire to congress. As usual Adams county will be a battle ground and j her eight votes will be the means of a ! fierce contest. — ‘ - - --- Whether the democratic standardbearer, next year, be Gormon, Olney, Hill or Parker, the party will find it | self in a vastly improved condition by placing the banner of democracy into the hands of any one of these distinguished gentlemen. Success is not the only thing to consider. Prestige, character and stability count for some thing in politics. Politicians of judgement and wisdom do not look to the immediate present only. The future, also, is taken into consideration. The all important point, after all, is to place a party in position to command the confidence and respect of the best elements of the electorate.—South Bend Times. Additional Locals. F. Eaton is in the city. Chas Beam of Willshire is in our I city. Mina Case of Mag ley is a visitor in our city. Mr. M. Peel went to Marion today on buisness. Jennie Metter of Bluffton is a vis-' itor in our city. Mike Scarry is a business visitor to our city today. Robert Cook of Fort Wayne is a visitor to the fair. Samuel Lutz of Williamsport is ■visiting his son C. J. Lutz. Mrs. Anna Frank of Fort Wayne i arrived in our city today. Miss Rose Detner is in our city ; visiting revatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Werling ar- ' rived from Jonesboro today. Will and Code Ernst of Bluffton are the guests of Alice Long. James McLean of Chicago is the i guest of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Smith. Mrs. Jennie Murchland of Pleasant Mills is visiting Dore B. Erwin, i Mrs. Condo of Marion is the guest of Judge R. K. Erwin and family. Miss Ethel Lovelace of Fort' Wayne is visiting friends here this week.

OUR ENTIRE LINE OF CTTTT TTO A 'T' 'T'T T" X A I IF YOU INTEND TO = sß “ bbt Ud Al IHE rAIR! — HOUSE OR BARN PAIR WORK LET US LOOKS DINGY GIVE IT FIGURE ON YOUR A NEW DRESS. Wt Wj!l g || w j| h fl flne W E WILL SAVE Buggies, Carriages, Harness, Farm Machinery and Wagons During Fair week we will sell any Bicycle in our stock at cost, to make room for winter goods WE HAVE ALL * * * THE ... | GRADES AND ALL WE g ELIj r ELIABLE =■’ SCHAFER HARDWARE CO. ='™"’

Mrs. John Mallotte'and Mrs. Asa ■ Freel from Fort Wayne I today. Mrs. Allen Everhart of Fort Wayne, is visitingjrelatives in our city this week. R.§B. has been sick for several days is able to be about again. Mrs. Dell Lock of Bluffton arrived today for a few days visit with 1 friends. Mr.'Catherine’Martz of Pleasant Mills is the guest of D. B. Erwin and Miss Cole of Garrett, Indiana, arrived today and will visit friends and I relatives here. ■ I C. W. Hocker of Brownstown, was in the city a short time today on his way to Monroe. Miss Brothers of Fairmont will arrvie today and be the guest of I Miss Edith Porter. C. W. Weaver and family of Fort Wayne, are the guests of D. M. Hensley and family. Susie Porter of Dayton, is now at | home visiting her parents, Mr. and j Mrs. Rolla Calderwood. Mrs. Harry Wright returned to i her home at Columbus today after , a weeks visit with friends. Dave Borden and family of Holdgate, Ohio, are visiting with Jonathan Andrews and family. E. L. Carrol will close his elevai tor and office tomorrow from twelve I o'clock for balance of day. Mrs. Sarnes Raymond returned to | her home at Mark Center, today after a week’s visit with relatives here. Clyde Brown arrived in the city today from Coldwater, Mich., for a few days visi* with friends and relatives. • Mrs. Henry Kramer arrived from Fort Wayne today and will visit with I Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schulte during . the week. Frank Miller an old Decatur boy but now employed in James Fulton I hardware store is in the city visiting realtives. Mrs. W. L. Stanley returned to her home at Eort Wayne today after visiting a few days here with relatives and friends. Miss Loretta Fletcher of Fort Wayne, arrived in the city today and is the guest of Mies Gordon. Mier Fletcher will give dancing lessons I here this winter. Krs Epard fell last evening and ■ broke two ribs. She is boarding at I Rolla Calderwood’s. Dr, Thomas | was colled and the woman was soon ■ Recovering. S reetcieaner Buthoff worked all last night in cleaning the -streets of i their rubbish and refuse, and the streets show for themselves how much labor he put on them. Al Mock, starter for the races at the j Great Northern Fair arrived today. Mr. Mock has had great success in ; starting race horses, aud every horseman here can depend upon getting an even break in his races. Mr Mock i is a resident of Elwood, Ind.

MARVELOUS FEATS. I Performed by Automatons in Miniature Village at the Fair. Sherry’s working world, a mechanical world in miniature, repi resents seven or eight years of tedious toil and a remarkable amount of patience, mechanical skill and ingenuity. It consists of a platform laid out in the form of a village in which Mr. Sherry the i inventor, has placed about 50 little j figures which seem endowed with | life. The figures are automatic, ar- ; ranged with mechanical movements within their bodies, which make them do all sorts of things almost as natural as life. In this little world will be seen a man sitting beside his wife who is fanning him while he leasurely smokes his pipe. I The little fellow is only four inches high vet he places his pipe in his mouth, takes it away and blows the smoke just like a real live man would do. In one end of the village there is a little park in which there is a real lake and three boats are playing on the lake, One is a stern wheel steamer, one a schooner and the other a row boat, in which a tiny little man is seated pulling his oars in a perfectly natural manner while his sweetheart sits in the stern and talks to him. Four boys on bicycles are riding on the shore of the lake. Toward the other end of the village is a saw mill run by a steam engine all true to life. The fireman at the boiler and the men at work at the saw mill are doing their work in a life-like manner. There are many other figures, just as good, all busy doing some work, while round the village runs a real train of cars drawn by a locomotive which looks as real as if it weighed ISO tons instead of 8 pounds. This train enters the depot on the left of the village then circles around and disappears and in a short time emerges from the Hoosac tunnel on the right and along the track in front of a road inspector at a high rate of speed. Lady telegrapher runs out of the depot and flags the train and the gateman opens the gate to let the train pass through. In the background of this wonderful automatic village a new depot is in course of construction. Carpenters are at work and the strokes of their hammers can plainly be heard, a brick mason is at work on the masonry. Less than half of the little wonderful figures have been mentioned, but a complete description would take up too much space. This world is a marvel and ought to be seen by everyone. Prof. Sherry also appears in his one man orchestra. He plays at one time popular musie on the piano, the cello and first and second violin. The power is furnished by a Shetland pony on a treadmill on the outside. On Midway, Fair Grounds.

Fall Stock Now Ready For Your Inspection — -] IS PRACTICALLY \u/ Our Stock of Fall complete. Every day and Winter for the past month we Clothing for Men bave been receiving and Bovs laree ’ hip T“ of J _ NEW urvuDS that go to make up the very best and most complete line of Clothng ever shown in Decatur. Our Men’s and Boys’ Overcoats, Suits, Hats, Caps, Underwear and Shirts are the best that money, together with good judgment, can buy. / i Words are cheap, and we could goon telling 'aßl c r\ you Btuff all day ‘ We prefer ’ however ’ 0 ou kA a taste of our quality, rather than merely tell you k 'jr’av F ■ *7l*# about it. n® I. j ’ y T We honestly believe that our clothes are the vJ S; best ready Ito wear for men. young men and boys W'- / w W' that can be bought anywhere. 11/ ‘I The Great Northern Indiana Fair is on, t an d doubtless you will be in attendance. We would like to propose to you that you give us a few minutes of your time to show yo a through our i '// immense line of Clothes. We feel certain we can '/f/w II il 111 / interest you, and satisfy you that our store is the /ilm/ Hl V place for you to buy your Clothing. <<4 - Clothcraft Holthouse, Schulte & Company

Notice to Taxpayers. 1 am read}’ to receive November installment. Only a few days left to make this payment. Books will be turned over to County Auditor after Monday, Nov. 2, 1903. which is the last lawful day to receive this tax in. There will be no excuse accepted, only in case of sickness by due notice. No receipts will be taken out of receipt book unless cash or check is in sight. 216d6 J. H. Voglewede, Treas. Cider made every day at the Peter Kirsch's mill, North Third street. The famous Drama “Held By the Enemy will be the offering [at the Bosse opera house tonight.

JI.OO round trip to Marion. Ind., via Clover Leaf, Sunday, Sept. 27. One and one-third fare for the round trip to Kokomo, Ind., via Clover Leaf, Sept. 24 and 25, account reunion 89th Indiana Volunteers. DARING TRAIN ROBBERY F«ur Men Cut Out tn Express Car In Missouri. St. Joseph. Mo., Sept. 23— Four ms*ked men st 10 o'clock last night heM up westbound Burlington 4 Missouri river train No. 41, five miles north of this city. The safe in the express car was dynamited and ths car wrecked. Officials of the road say that the safe contained but little money. Other reports say that it con--1 tained from 35.000 to 3to 000 in

Everything in the safe was taken and the men escaped in the darkness with horses. Not a single shot was fired. The train was stopped by means of a red light The engine and express car were uncoupled from the balance of the train and backed half a mile farther on, where it was dynamited. The Instant the train was stopped two of the robbers climbed into the engine and with drawn weapons compelled the engineer and fireman to obey orders One of the men uncoupled the engine and express car from the bal ance of the train. The party then climbed Into the cab and the engine and cars were run up the track. The explosion followed. Ac soon as the safe was dynamited the men rushed to the wrecked car. The train was loaded with passengers for the West and the hold up created a panic. fl « reported lb st M 0 Turk, were killed with agSIUM * b ® 4 ' •' *■ •urtrntt in the E_nuiia dadiA