Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 89, Decatur, Adams County, 25 April 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME II

AS A RAILROAD MANAGER French Quinn Resigns at the Old Adams County Bank

NEW DUTIES MAY I i i i Manager Paragould & Memphis Railroad An Extension of Sixty Miles Contemplated by the Company. After May 1 next Monday, French Quinn will no longer lie a fixture 1 at the Old Adams County Bink, ! he having been offered and accept- 1 edjthe general management of the ' Paragould & Memphis railroad, ' This railroad now embraces twenty * miles, the terminal pointi being 1 Cardwell and Manilla. Missouri, and at present is prinoip illy owned by the members of the Decatur Egg ' Case Company. One of the first 1 and most imp irtant duties of the : now manager, will be to finance an 1 extension covering sixty miles and if this is successfully accomplished, the road will be extended oast from Cardwell to Paragould, and south from Manilla to Osceola. The present investment covers som .-thing like $125,000 in captial, and according to this it will require a clever bunch of the long green to carry out the plans of the company, i Until the road is safely financed it. is probable the offices of die company will remain in this city, but after that Paragould will most like be the place of operation and that means that it is only a question of time until Mr. Quinn will change his citizenship from this city and become a fullfledged "show me. I'm from Missouri.” This is the only feature of regret we have to offer. Decatur needs m ire Quinns. Needs more of that trank honesty, tireless enterprise and business push. He is full of it, and will make his new undertaking bloom and flourish into one of the best railroads that dots the map. French Quinn has occupied some position of trust in the Did Adams County Bank for eighteen years. He is entirely self made and knows the business of the bank as well or better than any one in it. Thus it, is with everything he undertakes and his guiding hand o«n be noticed at several different Points. Among the latest in these w ere his efforts to organize the Decatur Commercial Club of which he is now president and after one year the citizens of our city are all willing to testify to his good judgemnt ind earnest efforts. Knowing that there is no such word us failure, nnd also knowing that there is nothing toe. good for French Quinn, "’e voice the sentiments of every mother s son in Decatur, by wishing him success in his now field °f venture. HAS RESIGNED Will Ritter Accepts New Position With Indianapolis Firm. "ill Reiter Saturday evening resigned his position us a clerk in the iloltbouso & Co. drug store to aca like position in a large phnr >oy department at Indiunupolis for which place he left this morning.

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Mill has had a great deal ofj-xper-ienoe in the drug business and is well qualified for any work in that line having graduated three years ago from the pharmacy department at Lafayette in Purdue College and accepted a position in a large drug store at Ft. Wayne where he worked for a year resigning and coming here to accept a position with the Holt house drug company, whom he has worked for the past year, and with whom he gave perfect satisfaction. We certainly wish Will much succes in his new venture. SERVICES HELD Funeral of Mrs Ira Steele at Pleasant Mills. Oskaloosa Steele, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Winans, was born Sept 3, 1869 and died April 22 1904 aged 34 vears 7 months and 19 days. She was a member of the M. E. church at Pleasant Mills and a most estimible lady. She leaves to mourn their loss a husband, Mr. Ira Steele to wh >m she was united in marriage on October 21, 1885; six children, a father, mother, one sister and five brothers. The funeral services were held from the Pleasant Mills M. E church on Sunday morning the Rev. .1. A. Sprague, of Monroe officiating. STILL AT IT Madison County Republicans at Wor The Durbin and Anti-Durbin Faction Have Hot Fight for State Delegates. ANDERSON IND., April 25—‘An event at the Republican state convention at Indianapolis this week which is awaited with intense interest by politicians is the contest from Anderson township, Madison county. Two set* of delegates sre demanding credentials and hence the trouble. It is claimed that friends of Governor Durbin seeing they would be outvoted in a mass convention, maneuvered around and by unfair and irregular tactqcs elected a slate which they dictated. Anti-Durbamtes and other republicans met immediately following this alleged irregular meeting and in due form selected another set of delegates. Judge McClure, a stalwart leader of the pirty in his county is one of the champions of the second delegation, ihe governor has Issued a statement disclaiming any responsibility or connection with tho rumpus. However no matter.where the blame lies, it is predicted tonight that there will certainly be a hot time at the convention over the controversy. The fact that the alleged Durbin slate was turned down and tho so-called ant’ Durbin delegation was seated by n unanimous vote at tho district convention in Muncie last Wednesday tends to make Judge McClure and his adher. nts feel hopeful of a victory in tho contest for credentials to the state convention.

DECATUR, INDIANA, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1904.

BASE BALL High School Team Loses at Van Wert

A Good Game.—Score Five to Three. —Rosenthals Win First Practice Game. The Decatur High School team lost their first game of the season Saturday at Van Wert by a score of 5 to 3 and as this was one of the inter scholastic school meets Van Wert was overjoyed by the result while our team came home crestfallen. Nevertheless it was a beautiful contest and the result of which could not be determined until the last man was out and which proved to be a pitchers, battle with Captain Knapp of our team leading having eighteen strike outs to his credit and allowing only six hits which however generally came after a misplay had been made, with disastrous results. Oar team however played a fine game of ball and deserve much credit if they were defeated, the playing of all the men being fine considering that this was the first time they had been under fire. Tne redeeming feature of the game was the sensational work of Bob Allison on first base who if he keeps up the good work of last Saturday is doomed to become a star in this position, as he plays the place naturally and picks up and handles the ball with ease. Some credit to is certainly due to Van Wert and we must say they have a good team if they can defeat ' our boys. A fine time is reported and everyone was treated with the utmost respect and courtesy. The Rosenthals on yesterday scored their second victory of the season by administering a coat of i white wash to thecelebrated “.Taps” ; led by Charles Peterson. The game was replete with sensational plays and the hitting was weak on both sides, in fact not a single earned run being made in the entire game and the Rosenthals only scoring I their runs by taking advantage of the misplays of the Japs which came at most critical stages of the game. The ground was very muddy and base running was clearly out of order, and those who did attempt to steal were put out of the business by the deadly aim of Pennington who oaught for the Japs, this being one of the features of the game. The work of he Rosenthals is steadily improving and by the opening of the season on May the Bth the team will be on edge. The team ’s now practically assurred with the probable exception of one or to planes which can easily be filled with the material on hand. The Rosenthals wore their now uniforms yestenday and put on a nobby appearance. The same teams will appear again next Sunday. The following was the score by innings. 133456789RHE Rosthls 0100 00 2 1 x 4 10 1 Japs 000000000 0 4 6 Do You Know That the frozen and drowned wheat fields are promising dollar whe it for tho coming season. That many people would emigrate to warmer climates if their bank accounts were as strong us their feelings on the continued cold weather. That Russia is still inventing rea sons for tho destruction of her Iwittie ships that will rob Japan of the honors. That a husband who is fourteen years of age and a wife not much older will be introduced to the divorce mill.

GETTING RICH Senator Ullery Sees Fortune in Oil Believes the Next Well in New Redkey Field Will Make Him Worth $50,000. The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette said, Senator Lew V. Ulrey, who spent Sunday at home, will be a wealthy man if the new oil field near Redkey turns out equal to expectations. Mr. Ulrey says the big well struck Saturday proves the existence of a great lake of oil in that I vicinity. The drill went through a | cave fifteen feet in depth, and| struck the greatest vein of oil found in recent years. The company is drilling a second well close by, and | if it proves as good as the first Mr. Ulrey will pocket a cool $50,000 as his share of the protfis. The Indianapolis News has this about the new well: A phenomenal pay of ■ oil has been struck in well No. 2 of I the Indiana Oil and Mining oomI puny, of Anderson, on the Shwiers lease just one mile from the other producing wells in the second pay and will open up hundreds of acres lof new territory. The oil was | found at about 400 feet in the Tren- | ton rook. The shooting of the well was witnessed by about 250 people from Redkey and oil operators from various parts of the country. I The shot was a pretty one. A I solid tream of oil was thrown to (about fifty feet above the derrick. ' Oil ran in the gutters and streams. The well is the second one on that lease. This will make desirable as oil territory hundreds of acres j which have not yet been prospectled for oil. The well demonstrates ■ that there are three chances for a pay of oil in this field. OWES HIM Dr. Metts of Ossian, Receives a Hi£h Compliment. Dr. Metts cf Ossian, tells a good story which shows how an intended compliment may some times be exactly the reverse. When he was a young man he taught school and had among his pupils two brothers whose father had a contract for carrying mail. The old man made the boys take turn about going to school and carrying mail so that neither did any good attending school only half thotime. Dr. Metts remonstrated with the father and the result was that one boy was sent regularly to school and the other kept out to curry the mail. Years later the doctor met the one who had gone to school, in Bluffton beastly intoxicated. Hanging to tho doctor’s shoulder he said, “Doo, y’r my frien’. Y’ got me to (hie) go t’ school an’ git an ed'cut ion. Doc I owe everything I am today to you.” SECURE AGENCY Schafer Hardware Company to Handle Olds Mobile. The Schafer Hardware Company h ive arranged to handle the Olds automobile this your and will soon h ive several in ichinos hero. They have been tho agents for tho Uadi, lac machine, but tho factory burned recently and it was neoosstry to secure another agency us there will he no C idilacs on tho market. Tho Olds is one of the lies) autos on the market for tho money and Schafers will no doubt place a number of them in the county this summer.

APRIL JURY REPORT TODAY Case Against Herrick Their First Duty

DOES BUSINESS Wemhoff Monumental Company Secures Good Contract. Geo. Wemhoff of Wemhoff's Monumental Works of Decatur Ind. was in town yesterday looking after the interests of of the firm. While here he contracted to erect for J. Franklin Grover a mounment which will be one of the most beauitful in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. The Wemhoff Company have erected all of the most beautiful monuments in the cemetery and the excellence of their work is certainly a standing advertisement of their ability. Their monuments are superior in material, finish and effect to any other marking graves in the local cemetery.—New Haven News. HAS POWER Trustee is Judge of Closing Schools Supreme Court Renders a Decision of Importance in Township Affairs. The Supreme Couit has declared i that it is for the township trustees to determine (subject to an appeal (to the county superintendent) what sohoo’s shall be maintained in his township and which of the school houses shall be closed for lack of pupils, conveyances being furnished to carry the children of the district to another school. It is said that (in the administration of school : affairs many questions of expediency arise, in which the action of a school officer is not subject to revision by the courts, provided onlv that he acts in good faith. The controversy between the trustee of Newville township, in Dekalb oounI ty, and the patrons of a school which he had discontinued was decided in favor the trustee. The trustee closed tho school because the daily attendance had fallen to eleven pupils, and some of the chil'dren were voluntarily attending a two room school a mile and a half I away. He refused to re-establish it on the petition of a majority of the voters in school district and the court says that there is no provision of law requiring a trustee to re-open a school upon petition after he has closed it. DANCING SCHOOL Miss Harrison Will Give First Lesson Tomorrow. Miss Ihi M. Harrison of Fort W’ayne will open a dancing school in this city giving the first lesson tomorro w evening. Childrens class immediately after school dismisses jut 3:30 regular class at 7:30. Following the lesson a social dance will lie g|von, continuing until twelve 1 o’clock. The events will occur at the C. Y. M. S. hall. Miss Harrison will make regular trips here Tuesday of each week. Miss Haines, i pianist, also of Fort Wayne will furnish tho music. Everybody cor dially invited.

NUMBER 89

OTHER COURT NEWS Naturalization Papers Issued to Matthias Leichti Issues Made in Several Cvil Suits. — Change of Venue in Damage Cases. The April petit jury made their first appearance in court this morning. Tho panel includes Rev. J. A. Sprague, William Briener, James A. Steele, C. E. Erwin, John Moeschberger, J. D. Winans, Chester Buhler, George Cramer, William Hilgerman, B P. Mayer, Abraham Debolt and Fred Wiland. Mr. Moeschberger was excused from service on account of sickness in his family. The first duty of the jury was the trial of Arden E. Herrick, charged with selling intoxicating liquors to minors. The eviI dence was concluded at 11:30 this morning and the arguments began at once. Prosecutor Moran appeared for the state and Schafer Peterson for the defendant. —o— Mathias Liechti, a citizen of Monroe township was granted naturalization papers in circuit court this morning and is now a full fledged citizen of the United States . He is ( a native of Switzerland and first I I declared his intentions of liecoming a citizen of this country November 3,1890. His petition was presented I by Schurger & Smith. —o — In the case of the Berne Lumber Company vs. Ruehen Clark and ' others a demurer was filed and overruled, demurer as to F. Clark sustained, rule against defendant to answer within five days. — o Russell H. Asgoodby vs. Jay C. Hamiel, demurer tiled to fourth paragrapher of answer. —o — George Aumiller vs. Mary D. Downey and others, proof of publication filed default us to A.Clark and John Cothrell, C. J. Lutz appointed guardian ad litum, rule to answer to complaint. —o— Motions were Jflled in tho eases of John and Henry C.Scheiman vs. Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad or change of venue and the cases were sent to the superior court of Allen county for trial. —o— A petition was filed in the case of Lucy J. Gregory guardian for A. C. Gregory to pay the ward his pension money. —o— Joseph D. Beery husband of Anna Buhler filed written consent for his wife to continue as guardian for her son Jesse Buhler. Mrs. Beery filed an account current. I —o— Albert Yager guardian filed *>is 1 account current for Viola Yager and ' final report for Lawrence Yager, t —o— Attorney C. J. Lutz this after--9 noon filed two new cases in circuit i court,both suits on account, against the Riverside Oil Company, due for Hull Snyder, demanding S2OO and one for Henry Hannold demanding S3OO.