Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 237, Decatur, Adams County, 14 October 1903 — Page 1

VOLUME 1

THE GAS QUESTION * — The Posibilities For Fuel This Winter.

THE NEW PIPE LINE Improvement Costing Thousands of Dollars. If There is. ny Gas in Mother Earth the Patrons of This County Will Enjoy It. The question of whether or not the citizens of Decatur. Berne and Geneva will have gas this winter in such quantities that it may be de- j pended upon for fuel is certainly an all important one for many of our readers. With this idea in mind the Democrat a few days ago sent a representative into the gas field to a- ■ rtain the chances of improved u’a- service. Prior to our trip we ■ ‘Riess that we had hut little faith or hojie in the gas service this win ter and fully expected to wrestle with the coal and wood projxisition. Bit wo have changd our mind and while we do not guarantee such Hi' service as was enjoyed five years ago we do feel that the people 'if this county will have all the gas that Manager Bowers can give them. To do this, he, representing the Logansport &• Wabash Valley company are spending thousands of dollars to complete a system whereby gas will be furnished to the pa trens of their district long after the supply is extinct in other parts of Indi ma. A few years ago a half dozen wells would easily supply all the gas needed for this district, not ' nly for domestic use but for manu-; fa' turing concerns of large -timen- ’ ■i ms, not so now. The company hive twelve old wells, eleven new “i' > and three in process of drilling. Nuking a total of twenty six and the natural of flow of this does not fl through the pipes as in former days but is pumped through from th ■ station by the means of power ful and expensive machinery. Last winter the company had just as many wells and just as much gas ns they have now but it had to flow to the station in four inch pip’s and over a round about way of twelve miles to reach the station. Often list winter when a pressure of thirty p >unds low pressure was registered in the field, the gauge at the station failed to show a single pound. Manager Bowers is an untiring work w and he has never ceased planning for away to remedy this and if you were to visit the field now you would realize much sooner than printers ink can tell you that he has struck the proper method. A large force of workmen are busy’ tearing out old pipe, repairing leaks and laying a new eight inch pijie line direct to the field, but three and a half miles away. When this is Completed the gas will only have to travel that distance therefore through an eight inch pipe instead of twelve miles through a four inch. This should certainly make a decided improvement and men connected with the station nay that without doubt the gas service this year will l»e better than for three years past.

The Daily Democrat.

I The work was started Sunday and ' will be completed within a weekl and everything in readiness for win ter weather. Besides this improvement the meter service will make a t decided difference and Mr. Bowers t is determined to make the service < as good as possible. He says that 1 with the same pressure at the wells n this year as he had last or even less 1 he can warm Decatur and we belie ’c f he is oonscientous in the statement t Our inspection of the field and sta- i tion was for the sole purpose of giv- t ing our readers an honest opinion of > the possibilities of gas service for > this winter and this we have 'tried I to do. While it is well to be prepar- < ed for Occidents by having a supply 'of wood and coal on hand it need ! not surprise you if it is unnecessary i to use other than gas during the 1 | winter. In addition we only wish 1 to thank Mr. Bowers and his assist- I ants for the eurteous to i our representative. MRS. MARY CORBUS I Mother of Mrs. D. D. Heller is Dead. I, End Came After Illness of a Feu Days.—Was Well Known Here. i r ■ A message was received this! morning from Mrs. D.D. Heller stat ing that her mother died Tuesday at i Millersburg. Ohio. Judge Heller and daughter, Miss Bertha, left at once to attend the funeral services which will be held Thurs- ‘ day morning at ten o'clock. Grandma Corbus was eighty one years old I and had lx*en a resident of Bohnes . county for over half a century. She visited her daughter here many ( times and was quite well known Her sickness was of only a few days duration though her health has 1 lieen declining for several years. Mrs. Heller received a letter Mon- ' day stating that her mother was I quite sick with lagripjieand she and Mrs. Tyndal left Tuesday’ morning It is not known whether or not they arrived in time to see their aged 1 relative alive. But two children sur vive her, a son George Corbus of Chicagoand Mrs. Heller ofthiscity. TRACTION LINES. * 1 r t Contractor is Grading in the ‘ Yards. r s John O'Connell of st. Marys Ohio i lias the contract for the grades for ■ ( tracks in the Fort Wayne & Spring S ' field traction yards here and have a c force of men at work now. They I e will lie busy with these grades and 1 excavating for the power house and i. stables for three months. The com . p:my are rushing their work along d an<l will sure lie doing business by t this time next year. They are at |1 present negotiating for stone for t. the building foundations.

DECATUR, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1903.

IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE J. S. Bowers and City Failed to Agree. Complaint for Mandate Placed on Court Docket and Will be Pushed. Every hope of a settlement between .1, S. Bowers, contractor for the Elm street sewer and the city’, council seems to have vanished. ' The attorneys of Mr. Bowres filed an answer yesterday to the report of S. B. Fordyce which was acted on favorably’ by the city council at ‘ their meeting Tuesday evening but it was unsatisfactory to the commit tee. After several days effort for a settlement both sides seem to have given up hope and the complaint for a mandate was placed on the I circuit court docket this morning. The papers were tiled with the clerk Saturday afternoon, but at the last moment it was decided to withhold them from the records for a day or two to give another opportunity’ for a settlement. None has come and Mr. Bowers will urge that the mandate suit be pushed along. — MEET AT BLUFFTON. German Reformed Church to Invite President. The Ohio Synod of the Reformed church comprised of Ohio, Indiana and Michigan have closed their annual session at Dayton. They’ decided to meet at Bluffton next year. President Roosevelt is a member of the church and an urgent invitation will be sent him to be present at the meeting next October. The chances are however that by next October he will be busily engaged in political affairs and will have to paw Bluffton up. BIG LAND CASE. Wells County Law Suit be Tried Here.

On Change of Venue a Case of Importance is Transferred to Adams County. A law suit, the trial which will occupy two weeks time has been transferred from Wells county here on change of venue. It is a very complicated affair and the trial will be one of the hardest fought in oui court for some time. The Blutffon News says: By agreement of at*ornerys the Faylor Studabaker case was this morning sent to Adams county on a change of venue. The heirs of Catharine Faylor are trying to have a conveyance of 110 acres of land made by her to D. D. Studabaker, set aside on the ground that Miss Faylor, the grantor, was of un souno mind at the time she made the conveyance and did not receive sufficient consideration for the land. The case has Ix-en tried twice here, the last time a verdict being rendered for the heirs. A new trial ot right was taken and the case must again be tried. It will take about two weeks to try the ease.

WHERE IS HE? Newspaper Man Can Not Be Found. Ray Long, night editor of the In dianapois Star, and well known all over Indiana, is on the missing list. He disappeared from his home sevral days ago and the police of India- i napolis are puzzled as to his where- j abouts. Long is one of the brightest newspaper men in the state. He has been overworking himself in the last few weeks and has been suffering with insomnia. He is also addicted to the cigarette habit. A circular letter was received yesterday telling of Long’s disap]x*arunee and giving a description of him. It was believed that he went to Chicago from Indianapolis but there all truce of him was lost. DEDICATION. M. E. Board Holds Business Meeting. No Services Sunday Morning.—Will Raise SI2OO to Improve Property. The official board of the Methodist ‘church held a meeting last evening at which some business of interest ! was transacted. A resolution was adopted to dispense with the usual morning services next Sunday in order that the members of the congregation may attend the dedication services of the new and beautiful Presbyterian church. This event is one that every citizen in Decatur is proud of as it marks the opening of that modern home of worship, and ■ this action of the board is a complimentary one to the untiring efforts of Rev. Allen and his congregation. Another important action taken at j the meeting was the adoption of a resolution that a committee be appointed to raise the sum of |I2OO to be used in repairing and improving the church and parsonage projier tit's. T (, e committee is already at ' work and the improvements are assured . DOUBLE SURPRISE. Birthdays of Mr. and Mrs. Bloemkir the Cause. A pleasant surprise was the one given Sunday at the country home lof Mr. and Mrs Ernest Bloemker, the event Ix'ing in honor of their ’ sixty-eighth and sixty-flflli birthdays. A sumptuous dinner was served and heartily enjoyed by the sixty relatives and friends. A number of beautiul and useful presents were given by the children. During the afternoon a program was rendered, including scriptural songs and reading, and prayer by Rev. Schneider. It was a happy day for Father and Mother Bloemker ami their friends wish them many more just as happy. FARMERS’ INSTITUTE I Will Be Held Here in December, > I). Kunkle, chai"man of the ■ Adams county Farmer's Institute . asks us to announce that the insti , tut. l this year will lie held in the court room in this city on Wednest day and Thursady, Iteeember 2nd and 3rd. A splendid prorgam is lw , ing arranged and will lx> published within a few days

OFFICERS ARE ELECTED Great Northern Fair Association Meets.

JOHN D. NIDLINGER IS PRESIDENT. C. D. Kunkle is Chosen as Secretary. Other Officers and Directors. Report of an Important Business Session. The Great Northern Indiana Fair Association held an important session at the office of Sheriff Butler today. By general consent and without a vote the idea of admitting more stockholders was done away with. An assessment on the stockholders sufficient to payoff the indebtedness of |6,000 was decided upon and the association will hence--1 forth be square with the world.

GOT HER CHILD I Court Awards Mrs. Moon the Custody. Appraisers Appointed to Assess Damages to the Fonner Land. ■ Some business of importance was transacted in circuit court today, among which was the filing of ape- , tition to open up the judgment fora , divorce and custody of the child in the case of Joseph A. Moon vs H tn- . nah Moon. This is iln case which was spoken of yesterday and in . which Mrs. Moon attempted to kid .j nap her child hut was stopped by I the marshal. Judge Erwin gave the . custody of the child to Mrs. Mohn ’ with the understanding that the fu . , ther is to see the child at proper i times and places, in case the father Ixicomes so sick that death is possi- . ble the child is’to Tie returned that .j he may see her. In the oondemna- , I tion proceedings, Fort Wayne Ar Springfield railway company vs A. IJ. Smith and others. James M. Archbold, George Martin and J H. Hobrix'k were appointed appraisers and ordered to report forthwith. They will fix the amount of damag .jesto be paid for the right of way. Other business was as follows: JoI eph E. Ellsworth vs (’lover Leaf rail • 'way, dismissed and costs paid. • Niohoas Gasser vs L. M A. Luckey iet al, demurer filed by J. M Rose. . i Partnership of John Btisenbark and . Joseph Osburn, inventory filed, pc II tition to si'll personal property. A partition suit entitled Wiliam I). I Rinehart vs Jessie Mcxirc et al was filed by Heller & Son.

NUMBER 236

Their buildings are paid for and they will next year put forth every effort to make their fair even better than ever. The principal event however today was the election of officers which was spirited but friendly and resulted as follows: President. John Nidlinger: Vice president William Farlow; Secretary Calvin D. Kunkle; Treasurer, John Brown. Directors, Root township Phillip Baker. St. Marys James Dailey, Hartford Sylvester Pontius. Jeff erson George Brewster, Monroe William Waggoner, Kirk alnd E. E. Zimmerman. At large George Tricker and Rudolph Schug. The new officers are capable and will do their share towards making the fair of 1904 a hummer in every sense of the word. Another action taken by the association was the adoption of a resolution paying .1. B. Corson the sum of twenty five dollars in payment for the deer which escaped from the fair grounds. The next meeting will be held about January Ist at which time the complete report of the financial success of the fair will be made public. The retiring officers and especially President Tricker and Secretary Harris have worked I incessantly for the good of the fair , and deserve the highest praise.

Real Estate Transfers. Frutnk MeConnel to Fort Wayne & Springfield Co., pt sec 16 and 21 Root tp |IOO. Conrad Gallinciret al to Ft. Way no & Springfield Co., pt see 17 Root tp ♦l. Marriage Licenses. Bernard C. Wertzberger to Clara A. Rumsehlay. Martion V. Miller to Hattie Maurer. BANK ROBBERY. Masked Men Get S2BOO and Escape. Murderer Lynched at Hamilton, Montana.—Other Special Telegrams. Special to Daily Democrat. Peoria, 111., Oct. 11—Four masked men robbed the Farmer State bank at Berwick early this morning and escaped with ♦2*oo. Special to the Dally Democrat. Hamilton, Montana, Oct.l4—Walter Jackson, convicted of the murder of Toniy Buck, six years old boy, was taken from county jail early , today and lynched by a mob. Special to The Hally Democrat. Constantinople, Oct. ll.—Prince Ahmed Bedredihl, younger son of the Sulton of Turkey died today of pneumonia. Paris, Oct. 11—The King and queen of Italy arrived here this : afternoon at three o'clock and were greeted tit the station bv a large 1 and enthusiastic crowd.