Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 308, Decatur, Adams County, 7 January 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME 1

| WERE BOTH SURPRISED Mr. flnd Mrs. Jdcob (irobtx II the Victims. B . .

I SURPRISE WAS COMPLETE I One Hundred Guests I Were Present. ■ i I icth Had Reached the Age of Fifty-Five Years. Ant'Vi n one aumlmi of tli<■ n-lit I aw. friends, and neighbors of I Jirob Gruber and wife* walked in II «athem last night and temper. Tilly nook charge of the infirmary, in I sates and all. They maintained iheir security until some time nix ut twlve o'clock when they relin•pished their boasted rights and reinvested to the superintendent ad his wife their rights and priv K’os. The occasion was the fifty Ifthanniversary of both Mr and Mr? (drafter, the former having Mchtti that ago yesterday while Why Mrs tiralter is the same age •hat hen husband was yesterday.!

KITH CLEVELAND Died Suddenly Today of Heart Trouble. saw Collide on Brooklyn Elfvj'.ed Railway.—Three Men Killed. 9 to tlie* Daily Democrat. I Vaw N. Y., .1 iin , i—Three ■ hinmcn were killed here t<xlu> * l - r & collision of trains on tho Sftcklyn elevated railway. The Mim. wore terribly mangled. . ly! ' n l ? thrown to tin* crowded -u<■< t ** file names of tho nan w< r. i'•WRi 1 (iiilig, James O'Brien and "illiam H. Ferguson, tiro immodi broke out causing n panic L*’ lo m the {ktsflengers but non. of p m were hurt . Pl*cial to Daily D*moorjyt. I N. .1, Jan., i —Until •’•land, oldest child >1 ox l'n-i p 1 Orovcr (Cleveland da-d v. ry F**pectodly today. Immediate p tw * U’ing weakening of the licit> r pion during a mild attack <>i Ppbtheria, her ago was litt.cn |r«ai> I — I Baby Snellen. of Mr. ami Mr.- " ' Khi .n hurried at two ■ t<r secs i - ■ ’■ Mary* (’.ifholie . !rn 1

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!j It has for many years been the j b, ’ as,of Mr. Graber that no one could perpetrate a surprise U p on him, but last night they caught him with one suspender down, his j shoes reposing in their accustomed ! corner, and other evidence that in j five minutes more he would have i | been sleeping the sloep of the rightThey were both sarpriised j but the old hearty greeting was oxtended in their cherished and hosI pitublo manner. Their children presented them with two Is-antiful j chairs, while the tuilance of the asIsembled multitude left their compliments in the way of a very handI some oouch. These presentations were made by the eloquent Judge R. K. Erwin and from thut timo forward, hilarity reigned supreme j Several hot eon tests of pedro were indulged in and Clerk Gerber was ] badly worsted. Later an oyster supper was served anil it was some time I about twelve o'clock before the | assembled guests took timo to | draw their breath and find out ! what time it was. Both Mr and , Mrs. Graber are the salt of the earth and it is not only a pleasure, but a credit as well to know them and to bo their friends. Since coming to the infirmary they have become well known all over the oounty. and with age that friend ship bus ripened upd developed. I The scene last night was but. a slight token of the existing friend j ship.

PLAYED WHIST. Yount* Ladies Club Held Another Social Session. F The Bachelor Maids met last even ing with Miss Mary Heffner at her home on north Third street with all members present. The dub lat once divulged themselves into the mysteries of whist and they were all lost to the rest of the • world for two hours. The playing . was tierce and exciting and when the last game had been played and the games won had been counted j jup tho winners proved to tie Miss. Nettie Smith and Miss May I Join in ger while Miss Alice Hurtle and Miss Marine Tervere were eotnpdl ed to console themselves with the ' j the boobies immediately after the - awarding of the prizes the tables I were cleared and Miss Mary I | proceeded to set before her guests! ' i tt n the dainties in season, after j . I which all adjourned to meet next ! Tuesday evening at the home of--1 Miss Muyme Torveer AN INDIANA LAW. Are the Public Building Safe in Time of Fire. Ail act passed during the last legislature says that every public , building, theatre, asylum, vheo 1 house, church and other places of ■ assembly, and every building in j which persons are employed “hove j, the second story in a factory and., !ovurv building in which 1"“ I lodge above the second story shall 'ho provided with proper mean » ~-ross sufficient for nm ol H i ' sons in tjic building ami ■»*•«» * ready for ««* »t all <"»7 \”. also provided that , , jl'sdc ends ol the room and leading ~i..*s ~n the ontsidi of tin |' to lire escap' - on u . I. nina or to slainva>- on mo, building ~voimt rtiil l j" ' ‘ I 1 lmr- .

INDIANA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1904

I A PAINFUL JOKE. Charles Peterson Has a Black Eye. Charles Peterson, book keeper for * J. I'- Hale, is carrying his left eye in a sling today,the result of a little joke which was purely unintentionII 110 was sitting in the office this morning reading tho paper when Barney Everhart came and spoke .to him. Charlie did not answer ut once and Barney slapped him in the tueo with his frozen glove, say. > ing, TV hat’s the matter Charlie?” * One of the fingers of tho glove hit his eye a glancing lick, which ini mediatelybega ito swell and ut presi ent is in a very Dad inflamed con- [ dition. Heat once went to Dr. i Miller who dressed his eye and * cautioned 1 .in to be very careful and. not catch oold or he might lose I his eye. LIBRARY QUESTION I ; I Committee Appointed to Arrange Plans. ) I Movement is Progressing and Kill Eventually be Successful. | The movem< nt to secure a < 'ante gi- library for Decatur is moving along, thanks to the ever pushing spirit of Rev. Allen, who usually performs that which he undertakes. He said today. “The library j will mine, though we tind it rather slow work getting started.” A committee has been appointed inleluding G. W Woodward, It. K. j Erwin, E. X EJiingor.il. A. Hart I man, C. J. Lutz. Mrs E S. MorriI son and Mrs. C. M. Kenyon. This ,! committee will meet within a few i days and upon call of the chairman. t Mr. Woodward, to arrange plans of prceeedurc and tiien the work will jbegin in earnest. Mr. Allen will i visit Kokomo and other nearby ! cities within a few days t<> ascertain ! bow they proceed in the primary step' on similar occasions and j thesi plans will lie presented to the Icommittee here, who will then | take seme decided ste])S. FUDGE PARTY. Miss Fullenkamp's Birthday Duly Celebrated. Miss Rose Fnllenkamp entertain . d the Bon Ton club at her home on . Adams street last evening, aoknow ' lodgement of her ninetenth birth day. All memlsus wer* present and a tine time whs held. The even • ing was wiled away bv playing Pit 1 and from the amount ot noise that j issued from the house one would ‘ imagine they were listening to the 1 hollowing of the hulls and bears |' H) the stoea exchange. A line lnneh ' was serves 1 to which all did ample justice, alter which ull the mom Ihts indulged in making fudge and all then repaired to their respective homes with sticky lingers after | WEEK OF PRAYER. 'Pilose services are growing in I interest and the subject for to I njonht. Missions, Homo and E- r < and on tomorrow night, s The Family—-’Plie Kehonl,’ are | drawing up-n the thought of the < worshiping puWio ‘‘ome I * pared U speak *d ■>"•'*; “ ,Kt shake bauds with y.mr friends. ,1

MR. BIPPUS DEAD i i Promoter of the Chicago & Erie Railway. \ i ,! A b Millionaire Citizen of Huntington County Who Was Well Known Here. ! • j l | Special U) They Daily Democrat Huntington, Ind., Jan.,7—George Bippus, wealthiest citizon of this county and the man who promoted I the building of the Chicago & Erie I railway, died here this morning. , His estate is valued at several milj lions, he having large hanking j and railway interests and is the | most extensive owner of oil property in Indiana with the exception of the Standard Company. Ho was •i bout seventy years old and well known all over tho state. Ho has 1 suffered with kidney trouble for I sov( ral years hut attended to business until two days ago when his malady developed into acute dia- ! betos and the end came quickly SALE TUESDAY. ! Stoneburner Music Store Auction Sale. — Arrangements Completed for the Event C. M. France, Auctioneer and E. X. Ehinger, Clerk. .— The sale of the s7>.o('o stock of musical instruments formerly! ! owned by. J. B. Stoneburner will begin next Tuesday morning and continue until the goods arc entire, l.y disposed <f. Attorney R. S. Peterson will have charge of the sale which will tic a public unction. Charles M.France will serve as auctioneer and E. X. Ehinger clerk ' I). E. Sinith is commissioner and has completed all arrangements for the disposal of the property. The! opportunity to purchase a piano,! organ, violin, in fact any kind of a musical instrument will certainly | lie a g Men one. Besides this the I sale will include furniture, eases, ; I wagon, h irses and various other] articles, A good crowd will no doubt take advantage of this chance to buy first class goods i ut the highest hid. jt - LIST NOW. i » c Do You Want to Sell Your Prop- 1 erty? 1 Erwin A- Erwin are in the mar t ket with a number of customers | ler town property and farms any t one having snob property for sale t should see them and have your A proper! \ listed during the months't of January and as a great a amount of real estate will change i hands these months, no charge for < listing | p

11 A NEW FIRM. Yoims Men Will Open a Merchant Tailoring Establishment. I Meyers <& Christen will be tho name oftho new tailoring firm that expect to be open to tho public in a few days. They have rented the rooms over the Nickel Plato saloon and will soon lie ready to do all kind of repairing, cleaning und pressing. The young men i need no introduction to the people as they are experienced men and hustlers and the Democrat predicts a brilliant future for thorn. Every city needs a genuine pantitorium, and with this firm starting out after this kind of trade they should he overcrowded all the time. The boys uro making their furniture today and will be open for the public’s patronage in a short time The members of the firm are (’ri it Meyers and Eugene Christen. THEY PROSPER. Berne Overall Company Resume Work. 1 f Elect Officers, Increase Stock, Add New Machinery and Make Other Improvements. j The plant of the Manufacturing j Company resumed operations in i full Tuesday morning after a period !of idleness covering the time taken lin moving the apparatus and mu- ■ I ekinery into tho new quarters on 1 | Main street. The resumption of ' work followed a meeting of the | stockholders, held Monday night,' lin which tho capital stock of the j company was increased from $15,000 to $25,000. All this extra I stock was taken up at once by mem- 1 j bers of the company. An election 1 was held which resulted as follows: President, J. C. Schug; secrotary, A. A. Lehman; treasurer and general manager, J. P. : Hubeggar; direcors, J. P. Habeg ‘ gar, Phillip So adorn, Eugene Runyon. Rudolph Schug, Abraham Hooker, Fred Neaderhouscr, J. C. j Schhug. The company has 20 machines in operation. An electric cutting machine, just installed has] revolutionized the work. It is! with power furnished from the j eomimny’s own engines. When the interior of the building shall have ! been completed it will le the most convenient of any similar structure in this section <*f the country.— Berne News. IS CONTAGIOUS. Pneumonia Has Made Awful Ravages in the State. The awful ravages ot pneumonia in Indiana this winter may cause u movement among the health an tliorities to place that disease in the I list of contagious maladies. The spread of the disease in the same family, most physicians say, is enough to show that the disease is i contagious. The statistics of the i hoard of health show that in the < winter months the death rate from I pneumonia rivals that of consump 1 tion and in Ghieugo last mouth I pneumonia killed more jieoplo than | the deadly tnlierculosis. The ue i tion n| the health board of New I York in listing the disease «« eon | tagious has caused much comment I among the physicians of Indiana l who for the most part are of the ' opinion Hint pneumonia is contu- t glldls. .!

NUMBER 308

I COURT BUSINESS l j ! Wells County Land Suit Still in Progress. i Other Legal News.—Probate Case P. P. Ashbaucher is ReDocketed. In circuit court the Faylor-Studa-baker case still grinds. While it is an important suit and many are interested in same in Wells ooun y it. is of but little interest to people here and the audience consists only of witnesses from our sister county. The cast; is progressing quite rapid ly and an effort is being made to finish same by Saturday of next week, which marks the close of the November term of court. The Foltz Smith case, also from Wells county was decided Wednesday 1 evening by special Judge Heller, who found for the plaintiff, allow ing him an amount eqnal to S7OOO. In the case of B. W. Sbolty vs Henry Myers, finding for plain tiff in sum of $07.60. In probate court tho estate of Peter P. Ash handler. Jonas Neuensohwander, adnir , was redocketed for the purpose of collecting assetts belonging to said estate that came to knowledge sineoe tho settlement of said estate. The presiding judge being a claimant against estate, Hon. D. I). Heller was appointed to hear tho cause Tho administrator was ordered to give bond for $ 1000. FOUND DEAD. Man Who Lived Alone in Lillie House Near Monroeville. James Mont haven, a farm hand, ; was found lying dead lust evening in a bed at his home near Monroe ville, where he lived alone. The discovery was made by his employ or, Mr. James Fry, who at once notified Coroner Stults and Sheriff Stont. Tho coroner will go this morning to Monroeville to investigate the death. So far as could be learned lust night there were no evidences of foul play discovered in connection with the death of : Mont.huvon. On Tuesday he work j oil all day tor Mr. Fry and appeared Jto lie in the best, of health. He ' went to his home that evening, after his work was done, but yes terduy morning he failed to show upas usual. Mr. Fry waited until evening and as usul Monthaven had still not put in his appearance he went to his home, nearby, to see | what wus the trouble. Upon ur riving at the lonely home he found his employe lying dead upon his bed.—Fort WayneJournul-Guzette. NEED IT BADLY. Huntington Court House Appraised at Twentv-Five Dollars. That Huntington county Is u new court house and badly ut that is evidence from tho fact that a committee has appraised the old building ut the ludicrous sum ot twenty five dollars The Hunting ton Journal says: The three up pruisers. William Swuitn, John King and Patrick McCarty, appointed l»j (lie county commissioners to up praise the value of the old court house, made the appruistnenl yes terduy fixing the amount at sj;. The walks loading so and from the struetim were ppraiseil at a Iso.