Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 278, Decatur, Adams County, 3 December 1903 — Page 1

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HE FOUGHT THE OFFICERS I Samuel Aumiller Proved Very Unruly.

WAS FINED S2O DOLLARS Refused to Send Children to School. Marshal Cordua and William Blackburn Slightly Injured in Taking the Prisoner. Marshal Cordua and constable William Blackburn drove to Wabash township yesterday afternoon to arrest Samuel Aumiller on a charge of keeping his children out of school, prefered by Truant ANOTHER BOOST Indiana Oil Advances Two Cents. Is Now Quoted at $1.32 and is Expected to Go Much Higher. Indiana oil took another shift yesterday and. true to the*ekl>eetations of oil men, went up again. The' raise was two cents, making Indi j ana crude oil now highest it has ever been. Several leading oil men from different parts of he country have recently visited Adams county with the exception of the Pennsylvania is better than that from this field, and there is no reason why this oil should not bring the same price as the ('astern oils. ' While the raise in price pleased i most all oil men, some were disappointed because the raise was only two cents. It had been hoped and even J believed; that when Indiana oil again went up the increase in price would be at least three cent', and possibly more, showing that the magnates had come to recognize Indiana oil along with the eastern products. The foundation of these hopes was the last jump in the market, which was a three cent raise. SHOW TONIGHL. Beautiful Indian Opera- Big tat Sait. A fine audience will sec the pretty Indian opera tonight, and the curtain will go up on the camp <d Powhatan and his tribe, jiromptl.x at 8:10. This will prove to be a strictly first class production and the ladies of the church look for a large turnout in aid of the pil>e or gun fund. Several residents ol Decatur saw the pretty ojierajat the Winona Assembly last July and speak in the highest terms of it. There are still plenty of good seats, so don’t fail to attend the Indian opera tonight.

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i Officer Leumel Johnson. Sam has . caused the officers much trouble on the same score, this being the third I time he has been arrested for the offense. lie has two sons and for over a year has refused to send them to school saying, he is afraid their mother, who has not lived with I him for seme time, will kidnap I them. Both times when arrested he paid his fine but continued to violate the law. The officers returned with their prisoner about six o'clock last evening and he was tried before 'Squire Smith, found guilty and fined five dollars and , costs amounting to twenty dollars 1 Aumiller gave the officres who arrested him quite a battle and they were unable to handcuff him without hurting him which they did not want to do. Mr. Blackburn has an ugly black and blue mark on his righ hand, the effect of warding off a blow from the vicious man, while j Cordua has a bruised hip the result sos a fall in the scuffle. Sam finally agreed to send his ehidren to school and if he doesn't do so they will be taken from him by the court and placed in some place where they ■ can be educated. TELEPHONE LINE. New Rural Line in Blue Creek Township. Steele, Ind., Dec. 3—The farmers held a meeting at the Kimsey school house last evening and appointed the various committees for the pur- ' • pose of constructing a telephone ; line from Steele to Johnson's Sta- . tion. and probably a toll line from 1 Steelo to Decatur, which, in connection with lines already in use, will extend a distance of twenty-five miles and connects fifty farms of Blue Creek townhsip with the outer world. HELD SESSION. Medical Society Met This Morning’ A meeting of the Adams county Medical Society was held this morning at the oflioe of Dr. J. M. Miller in this city. A good attendance is reported and some business was transacted, the most important Os which perhaps was the election of officers as follows :JH. F. Costello, president; J. 8. Boyers, vice-presi-dent ; P. B. Thomas, secretary and treasurer. A meeting of the soei-1 ety will be held in about two weeks, at which time either Dr. Bulson or Dr. Porter of Fort Wayne will deliver a lecture. The association includes nearly every physician of the county. NEW CASES. Two Filed. One of Them Important. Two cases have been fill'd in circuit court, one entitled I azwell Fritz vs Samuel H. Toepie, suit on account, demand sls. The other is entitled Alexander < • laggert and twenty nine others vs the Norhwest Virignia Oil Company and eight others, to set aside fraudulent conveyance, appointment of receiver and injunction. The suit 'i. a very important;one and was pled by Attorney Budel of Chicago, and Barrett & Morris ol Fort Wayne.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1903.

FUNERAL SERVICES Colonel Miller Buried at Winchester. Services Conducted by Rev. Norri and Elder Watts This Morning. At the M. E. church at Winchester at 10:30 o'clock this morning, occurred the last rites over the remains of Colonel M. B. Miller, who died at the homo of his daughter, Mrs. Ellingham in this city Monday evening. Rev. H. J. Norris, pastor of the church officiated, assisted by Elder I. P. Watte. The Winchester Journal spoke of the deceased as follows: Colonel Martin B. Miller died Monday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lewis G. Ellingham, in Decatur, after an illness of two years duration, r superinduced by injuries received in a fall at Washington, D. C., where he held prominent position in a Department of the Government. The deceased en listed from Ward Township in the 84th Regiment 1.V.1., and was commissioned captain. His record was one of bravery and when the regiment was discharged he was Lieutenant ; Colonel. He made this city his home, being engaged in the practice of law. until appointed by President Cleveland to a position in the I pension department. He was a highly moral citizen, and his death brings sorrow to many. His remains were accompanied to his city yesterday by a large num Iter of Decatur peop e, and taken to the home of his brother-in-law, W.W.Knecht, [corner South and East streets, where the remains will lay in state from 2 to 4 o'clock this (Wednesday) afternoon. AN INVITATION. Masons May Go to Fort Wayne. An Invitation to Visit the Sol D. Bayless Lodge Monday Evening. The Decatur lodge of Masons are invited to attend a social session at Fort Wayne Monday evening and no doubt a number of them will attend. A pleasant time is assured. The invitation was received by George E. Kinzle, master of ho local lodge this morning and roads as follows: Dear Sir and Brother: The members of Decatur lodge are cordially invited to meet with our members at their stated meet ing to be held-on Monday evening, December 7. There will be degree work, but after the close of the lodge there will Im, a half hour off for social intercourse, where we can renew old acquaintances and establish new ones. At 9 o'cicock we ex]>ect to sit down to an unpretenti ous lianquet, and wo hope that your lodge may be well represented upon this occasion. Trusting to have the pleasure of your acceptance, I remain Fraternally yours, Walter Coko, W. M., Sol. D. Bayloss Lodge No. 359, F. and A. M.

ARE INCORPORATED. Cork Leg Oil Company File the Articles. The Cork Leg Oil Company is the unusual title of a concern that filed articles of incorporation yesterday with the secretary of state, says the Indianapolis Journal. The directors are H. B. Smith, B. F. Fulton, Wm. F. Wocher, A. C. Metcalf and Ralph (Bamberger. The company has leased 800 acres of land in Adams county.. One well, a gusher has been drilled and another started The first well is pouring 200 barrels a day and the company was offered SB,OOO for it some time ago. B. F. Fulton, the contractor who is drilling the wells, has a cork leg and so has his foreman. From this source the company takes its name. The company is captalized at $20,000 and expects to put in twenty wells. LECTURE COURSE Second Attraction Next Monday. The Dunbar Bell Ringers Will Give an Entertainment Here. The second attracion of the Christian Endeavor lecture course will 'be given at the opera house next , Monday evening and will lie one of the best ever seen in the city. The Dunbar bejl ringers are unequaled and the Logansport Reporter says of them: The Dunbar bell ringers, gave a delightfully artistic entertainment at the Dowling I last night. There was standing room only and many purchased the privilege to stand up and listen to the exquisite music. The Dunbars have brought together a company of remarkable talent and every feature of the evening's entertainment was a delight. The bells are marvelous. Their sweetness echoed and re-echoed through the auditorium long after the chimes hud been touched. The performers were [ vociferously encored and gracefully responded a number of times. The quartet was one of the most artistic features of the entertainment. Every member has a sujx'rb voice and the cadence and rythm of their selections brought down the house. WENT TO MONROE. Ladies Attend a Quilting Party There. There is no doubt hut that the crowd of ladies who went to Monroe this morning to attend a quilting party at the home of Mrs. Z. (). Lewellen will have a good time. They were the center of attraction at the Grand Rapids dejKit on account of thier make ups, every one in the party was supposed to have some comic afire on and from their appearance they succeeded very admirably. They represened German, Russians, Jews, Italians,lrish and Americans and each wore a veil to disclose her identity and each gave a ficticious name and as it was impossible to penetrate the makeup we will have to give to our readers the mimes they gave us. Those who participated were Mos dames Happy Hoolligan, Hurry Hnodgrass, James Hicks. Mary Juno Updyke, Frank O’Doolan, fl. Mil ligan, Ikey Buterinskie, Jake Umpsteni and John Humerstman. They will return this evening from their pleasure trip.

ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FIRE Fort Wavne Has $125,000 Conflagration.

LUTHERAN CHURCH IN RUINS One of the City's Most Beautiful Temples. Small Insurance.—Six Dwellings Also Ruined.—Five Firemen Injured. Special to The Dally Democrat Fort Wavne, Ind., Dec. 3—This city suffered another very severe loss by fire this morning and as consequence the St. Paul German Lutheran church lies in ruins, toIS GETTING THERE Col. Fred Reppert’s Chicago Success. Conducted Big Sale of Cattle at International Stock Show. Fred Reppert, the auctioneer, re I turned from Chicago last evening where he was in attendance at the ' International Live Stock show where cattle and horses from all over the world are exhibited. Fred had the honor of being one of the | chief auctioneers there and yesterday he cried his sale, selling noth ing but Galloway cattle, which were the pick from all the kind of cattle on exhibited there. There were forty head in the bunch and Fred disjxised a lot of them a 11 at an average price of S3OO per head and the highest price animal sold at SBOO. This was considered one of the best sales yet held in the Live Stock Show and gives great credit for the easy manner in which he conducted the same, as he was pitted against some of the ' best auctioneers in the world and also aaginst some of he shrewdest buyers in the country. Fred is certainly getting a world wide reputation and Adams county ought to be proud wo have a man of his caliber. Surprise Party. A number of the friends of Mr.,, and Mrs. W. H. Gilpen surprised them at their home on Tenth street last evening at 5:30. An elaborate | supppor had been prepared by the guests and it is needless to say all ’ did justice to it. The surprise was < given in honor of the nineteenth < wedding anniversary of Mr. and i Mrs. GiljM'n and several useful pres i ents were received by them. At a late hour the guests departed wish ; ing them many more such anniversaries. . j<

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| tally destroyed. The temple was one of the most beautiful in the state, and cost nearly SIOO 000. It ’ was located on Barr street and in. the midst of a German settlement composed of modern houses. Six handsome dwellings were destroy- [■ ed, making the total loss $125,000.* Five firemen were injured, two of them quite badly. The fire broke I out about three o'clock and raged fiercely until eight this morning. Only $.3,000 insurance was carried I on the church, only enough to pay for the pipe organ. Included in the loss are three chime bells, cast in Europe a century and a half ago and considered as valuable as any in the United States. The fire originated in the church basement and was caused by the furnace be- ' coming over-heated. This city has 1 certainly had more than its share of destructive fires during the past half year. I NEW MANAGER. _ Godfrey Christen Assumes Duties for Gas Company. After ten years of faithful service, John S. Bowers has resigned his duties as manager of the Logansport & Wabash Vulley Gas Com- [ pany. This action was taken by him on account of his time being so greatly taken up with outside business affairs and investment. Mr. Godfrey Christen has been i appointed to fill the vacancy and has already assumed management. He will look after the business for Decatur. Geneva, Berne and Monroe, but will not attend to any field work. THE TERREL CASE A Jury Was Finally Impaneled. Prosecutor Burn’s Opening Statement Asks for Verdict of Murder in First Decree. The Terrel murder case is in full blast at Bluffton, a jury having lieen secured yesterday morning after two full days in panelling and the examination of nearly one hundred men. The jury ns organized is as follows: John S. Hyde, J. M. Stettlmeyer. George Noble, John Dean, J. M. Jacobs, Fred Hiser, William Howards, Floyd Redding, Horace Ellingham. Isaac Clouser, Theodore Redding. The last is 33 .yours old—the youngest of the jury. He is a brother of Floyd Redding,/but lives in a different part of the county. The oldest is Fred Hiser. The average age is Ilf ty years. und nil have daughters except John Dean and Theodore Red ding, whose children are sons. All are farmers. The prosecutor made u strong opening statement demanding a verdict of murder in first degree. A number of witnesses huve lieen examined and the ease will continue ten days.