Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 242, Decatur, Adams County, 20 October 1903 — Page 4

Weather Forecast. Indiana—Fair and warmer; Wednesday partly cloudy. Old papers for sale at this office. For Rent—Front office rooms over Western Union Telegraph office. I quire of John Brock. 241d3 For Sale—One 8-horse power boiler and engine an I feed pump. Inquire at the Docatur Steam Laundry. t 236d24w2 For Sale or Trade—Eighty acres of good farming land. Inquire of H. J. Bunn foreman on Monroe and Fourth streetpaving work. 24 Id 12 Lost—Pocketbook, containing check of deposit for 5100 on People’s Bank of Berne and a 510 bill. Return to this office and receive liberal reward. 2403 t Lost—Folding pocket book, contwining three one dollar bills, and dollar good for credit at Big Store, return to this office and get reward. 202tf For Sale—Office furniture consisting of two tables, shelfing, iron safe, two thread cases, two stoves, four shares t lephone stock and other articles. £. Burt Lenhart,Decatur., Ind. Brock Bldg, Second street. For Sale—At fSO per acre, 160 acres best black land in belt six miles north of Monroeville Ind. Could be cut into two farms. For particulars or appointment to show land address owner, R. H Pernot, Hawkins, Ind. We have just received the largest line of articles for Pyrography work has ever been shown in Adams county, also a fine line of Reeds, Riphia, &c. for Indiana Basketry. The ‘swellest’ things out for Christmans presents. and at' prices that will surprise you. The Harrod <fr Waggoner Shoe Co. 239d4

One fare plus from Chicago round trip rate via Chicago Great Western railway. To points in Colorado, Idaho, Montana. Canadian northwest, Old Mexico, New Mexico, Minnesota. North Dakota, Manitoba, Wyoming and Ari >zna. Ample return liimts Tickets on sale Oct. 6th and 20th, Nov. 3rd and 17th. For information apply to any Chicago Great Western Agent, or J. P. Elmer G.P . A.. Chicago, 111.

WfV Lt [SEEK Over the Counter? ® Don’t spend ail your life in a poorly paid ■ clerkship. \ our wages are low because your tL place can be promptly tilled by an untrained ra person. We train ambitious men or women, M in spare time, for positions that pay well be- H cause snecial training is required for filling M them. If you want to change your work, we IS can train you for a salaried position in your H new profession. You can keep right on at your present work until you change to the new. 9 Start TODAY to Rise! » We can help you qualify, by mail, at small BQ expense, for any of the following positions: 1$ Show-Card Writer; Ad Writer; Window Dresser; ' Bookkeeper; H Stenographer; Mechanical Engineer; Mechanical Draftsman; Elec- El trical Engineer; Electrician; Civil Engineer; Surveyor; Mining Engi- m 3 neer; Sanitary Engineer; Architect; Architectural Draftsman; Sign W Painter; Chemist; Ornamental Designer; French, German, or M Spanish, with Phonograph; Commercial Law. Eg Write TODA stating which fu'sition interests you. to 5*INTERNATIONAL | Correspondence Schools | BOX 799, SCRANTON, PA. 7 Or call on ou* Ka At Corbett’s Cigar Store.

Extended the Time. “Owing to the change being made in the gas line from the old to the new field all the consumers may expect a tight shortage of gas for at least two weeks, which time it i will take to make the change and I to connect up the new wells to the line now being laid. As soon as the new line is the shells connected we expect to give better ! service, by far than that given during the past tw’o years. The company now has meters on hands it is urgently requested that all persons who expect to use gas this winter will leave their order for a meter at once so that the company may be able to make orders in advance to the manufacturers for what meters we may need for other consumers. We are paying a bonus to the manufacturers in order to get all meters to supply our patrons at once and it is very hard to get an order, for the demand on the manufacturers is so great that their capacity is almost exhausted. All the gas companies located in the gas belt have been driven to the meter system in order to supply their customers. We being some 42 miles from the gas fieldfare driven to . force the gas such a long distance, requiring the best class of pumping machinery and from 800 to 1000 horse power steam to drive the great air pressure to supply our customers with gas that it entails an enormous expense. J. S. Bowers.

Owing to the scarcity of meters and the slowness of the manufacturers to supply our orders we have extended the time for consumers to supply themselves with meters until November Ist. After that date gas will be sold only to those people who have the meters. This matter refers to consumers in Decatur, Monroe, Berne and all others along our line. J. S. Bowers. Miss Fletcher's Dancing school every Wednesday afternoon and evening. Beginners 7:45 till 9:30; social 9:30 till 12 p. m. Afternoon class from 4:15 till 6 p. m. Price of lesson 35 cents. Social 50 cents per couple. Afternoon class 25 cents to all.

A Testimonial. Decatur, Ind., Oct. 17, 1903, 11. C. Schools, Scranton, Pa., Gentlemen: I am well pleased with my course, the lessons already taken have been a great help to me in my business. Yours truly. D. I. Wiekel. The town site department of the Great Western railway announce that an opening sale of lots will take place at Wighman. Calhoun county, la., Oct. 27th,. Special pro visions will be made to accomodate those who wish to attend auction; including one fare round trip rate from all stations on the Great Western to Fort Dodge, It. and excursion trins leaving Fort Dodge at 9.30 a. m. and Omaha, Neb., at 6.20 on date of sale. For particulars address. B. Magill, manager Townsite Department, C. G. W. Ry. Fort Dodge. la. Young Woman Caught on Crossing. Knox. In<i., Oct. 20. —Miss Emma Haberman of San Pierre, this county, stopped at the Michigan Central crossing to let a train pass, not noticing that a second train was approaching in an opposite direction. As she stepped forward she was struck and instantly killed. Barred From General Practice. Evansville, Ind., Oct. 2J. —The city board of health will pass an order preventing physicians who handle small pox cases from attending private cases. By this means it is hoped to minimize the spread of the disease. State Oratorical Contest. Indianapolis. Oct. 20.—The next oratorical contest of the Indiana col leges that are members of the Intercollegiate Oratorical association will be held in Tomlinson hall on the last Friday of February. Safe Blown by Burglars, Goshen. Ind.. Oct. 20.—The safe In i the home ex-Trustee David Conrad of Union township, nine miles south west of here, was blown open during the absence of the family, and over >IOO was taken. Caught on the Tracks. Michi tan City, Oct. 20.—Miss Haberman and Miss Enfie Will attempted to i cross the track in front of an approaching train, and Miss Haberman was •truck and killed.

SEE OUR Window - Display AT THE Corbett Cigar Store DECATUR, INDIANA. EZ> w Decatur, Indiana. J have almost completed the a«_ • Complete Architectural Course 1 1)1 with the International Corres- | pondence Schools of Scranton, fl OStl- P a " an d can s ’ ncer ely recomI mend the school to every ambix •—* Ja 1 • tious young man. I 11 liCll. OSCAR HOFFMAN. I Why not use your winter I evenings to advantage? ENROLL NOW We will allow a most liberal discount to all who enroll during this display. S International Correspondence Schools I Box 1172, Scranton, Pa. I Please send me your booklet, "1001 Stories of Success,” and explain t how I can qualify for the position before which I have marked X. I .... Meehan. Engineer .... Metallurgist I Meeh. Draftsman ....Chemist 1.... Elec. Engineer ... .Orn. Designer ....Electrician ....Navigator ... .Telephone Engineer . Bookkeeping .... Steam Engineer .... Stenographer .... Marine Engineer .... Show Card Writer ....Civil Engineer ....Ad Wrier ....Surveyor ....Teachert .... Mining Engineer .... French / ... .Sanitary Engineer ....German- with Phonograph ....Architect ....Spanish) ... .Textile Designer ... .Commercial Law ....Textile Mill Supt. Name Street and No City State i Daily Democrat, Decatur, Indiana.

! SERIOUS LOSS Galveston’s Business Quarter Gets a Severe Scorching. Several cf the Leadng Mercantile Houses Destroyed at a Loss of About $75,000. Lator Dctailc of the Fire Give Particulars of Its Rapid and Destructive Spread. —— Galveston. Ind., Oct. 20.—Later de- > tails of Sunday night's destructive; blaze show that the cause of the Are was an overheated oven in Fickle’s restaurant, which was burned. G. W. Davis' residence adjoins the restaurant on the south, and it was soon destroyed. Immediately north of the restaurant was the general store of C. F. Thomas, in which one of the largest stocks ever kept in a country store was recently put in. The building was of brick, but the flames soon destroyed it and the contents, and spread to the brick building occupied by Z. U. Loop's drug store. This building was also of brick, but it was soon a mass of flames and was utterly destroyed. It was filled with a large assortment of wall paper and a fine stock of drugs. On the west of the drug store was the D. E. Shewman & Co. shoe and clothing store. The building in which it was located v. is frame and burned like kindling. From it the flames communicated to Willard Lawson’s barber shop on the west and to S. P. Bevington's buggy and hardware store across the alley. This building was also a frame and burned as rapidly as the others. At this point the volunteer department, augmented by many citizens and the Kokomo fire department, succeeded in getting the flames confined to that building. The loss will aggregate about 1'5,000. RED MEN MEET Six Hundred Delegates of State Council at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Oct, 20. —The thirtyfifth session of the Indiana great council of Improved Order of Red Men began here this forenoon at Masonic hall. There were about 600 delegates in attendance. Their nt-sao™ k-—

accounts for the presence of a number of political leaders who are bp K lnnlng to prepare for next years campaign. The Daughters cf Pocahontas are also m session. James E Sedgwick of Martinsville is presiding over the meeting The reports filed show there are -.8 tribes in Indiana and that the order is gaining rapidly in membership. I Evansville, Ind7 Oct. 20.-Wilbur S. Sherwell. once charged with having strangled to death three women, is now a free man. the last indictment hanging over him having been nolled in the circuit court. He was charged with strangling Fannie Butler. Georgia Railey and 1-ena Renner, and was in jail over a year before being tried on the Railey case. He was acquitted on the latter charge and also on the Butler charge. Almost a year ago he was released on bond on the charge of murdering the Renner girl. BOSSE’S OPERA HOUSE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24th. SAGER DEAN’S CO. IN J. C. Nugent's Magnificent Pastoral Comedy-Drama of Tears and Mirth An Indiana Romance r” 1 *• . : _.. An idea of the Middle-West presented on a metropolitan scale with complete and elaborate scenic equipment. Prices: Lower floor 50e; gallery 26c.

THE MARKETS

Accurate prices paid by Decatur merchants for various products. Corrected every day. GRAIN. BT X. L. CABBOL, GBAIN MERCHANT Corn, per cwt., (new) mixedl 59 Corn, per cwt, yellow 61 Oats, new_ 33 Wheat, No. 2 79 Wheat, No. 3 76 Rye 50 Barley 50 Clover Seed 5 27 A'eyke @ 5 00 Buckwheat 60 Flax Seedgp Timothy ~ {j 25 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1:15 p m. loday as follows: Wheat, October 801 Wheat. December Wheat May Corn, October 45? Corn. December Corn, Mav ‘ >ats, October Oats, December Oats. Mav HI 87* January Lard per cwt t g g 2 TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3-00 10dock by J. D. Hale. Decatur. Special wire service. I W heat, new No. 2, red, cash J 85? Ort wheat, December wheat May wheat 2a! Cash corn, No. 2, mixed, cash vet corn Com, December Maj Corn Oats. (M . di Oats, Oct. ',l Oats, December I.' May 1 latM J® Rye, cash . COAL Per Ton Anthracite t 7 nn Domestic, nut * Domestic, lump, HockingTZ 4 I Domestic lump. Indiana . 3 Pocahontas Smokeless, lump* 550 WOOL AND HIDES. —1 BT S4LTKR * SOM. wool, unwashed re..*. Sheep pelts 7 ‘J* 020 ' « Tallow, per pc-jr-j.....

The Wonder of the Age! HOLDS FIRE 36 HOURS' wilson coal heater ASK WHY? LESS ASHES! WILSON COAL HEATER ASK WHY? SAVES ONE HALF FUEL' WILSON COAL HEATER ASK 3 WHY? SAVES ITS PRICE EVERY YEAR ! WILSON WOOD HEATER ASK WHY 0 MAKES LESS SMOKE! WILSON COALHHEATER ASK WHY? BURNS COBS, CHIPS! WILSON [HEATERS KEEP FIRE. ASK'WHY? I ESS FUEL-MORE HEAT! WILSON COAL ’HEATER ASK WHY 0 NONE SO GOOD! WILSON HEATERS. WE KNOW-DO YOU? Schafer Hard- > ware Co.

STOCK. BT FRED SCBEIMAN, DEALER. Lambs 4<rr 4 50 I Hogs, per cwt f Cattle per lb 3 (g Calves, per lb4| (g 5 1 Cows 2 Q I Sheep, per lb 2(g 2i Beef Hides, per lb. 6 1 POULTRY. I BT J. W. PLACE 00., PACXEB.’. ' Chickens, young per lb Fowls, per lb._ ‘ ' Ducks, per lb.s@o> 1 i Young Ducks ' Young Turkeys, per lblOtrr 11 Old Turkeys, per lb Geese, old per lbN Geese, young, lb sgi> HAY HARKET. No. 1 timothy hay (new) , >75.0 (g 18.00 No I mixed hav (new) - I ' >b.UU g »"* No. 1 clover hay (new) OIL fIARKET. Tiona H* Pennsylvania... Uj Corningl 1 New Castle.i i North Lima i South Lima • Whitehouse I "’’ Somersetl •*’ Neodasha. (Kan.) I i Raglaud OTHER PRODUCTS : BT VARIOUS GROCERS AMD MERCHANT* II Eggs, fresh, per doz -I - 1 ' Lard.J Butter, per pound Potatoes, new ... Onions “ Cabbage per lb - Apples, per bu HARKET NOTES. Liverpool market closed steady I W heat, 1 cent lower. I Corn, | cent lower. II I Receipts at Chicago today: 1 JSf Corn ,3JI * car ’ — Estimate for tomerrow: . ■g£i 2.