Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 142, Decatur, Adams County, 25 June 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME II

THE REUNION Company B. Will Have a Big Day More Than Six Hundred Soldiers to be Here August llth. The members of Company B. are busy these days arranging for the reunion of the 160th regiment of Indiana Infantry to be held here August llth. They expect from 600 to 800 soldiersand will prepare to give them the best eneitainment they ever had. Three good bands of music, excellent public speeches, camp fires and other events including a big parade is a part of the program. The financial committee report good success and as this is the most important part we predict a good time. While the boys were in the service, their neighbors nearly all the time was the third Kentucky regiment and consequently they become very well acquainted. Invitations have been published in the Kentucky towns where the various companies of the old third were mustered in and word has been received that a number of them willj be here to attend the reunion. FIRST APPEARANCE Decatur City Band to Give Free Conceit Tonight. The new city band will give their first open air concert at the band stand tonight tieginning at 7:30 o’clock. The boys have been working hard since their organization a few weeks ago and their friends will no doubt be surprised at their rapid advancement. All are natural inusioans and Leader Corbin says they will make the best band Decatur ever had. At tonights concert they will be assisted by Henry Uhl, of Toledo, one of the best slide trombone players in the country. Come out and hear them, its free. DIED TODAY William Elzey, an Old Pioneer, Succumbs to Infirmaties. William'Elzey aged about seventy years, an old and respected citizen of this county died this afternoon at two thirty o’clock at the home of his son Thomas Elzey in the north part of the city after an illness of several months duration the direct cause of his death being old age. As we go to press no arrangements had as yet been made concerning the funeral. ECHO MEETING Specially Interesting Program for Epworth League. An Echo meeting will be held by the EpworthL eague at the church nt the regular hour tomorrow evening. Delegates who attended he district meeting at Garrett this week will give an account of same and the meeting promises to be a very interesting one. Miss Dessie Biory will lead the meeting and a young quartette will furnish music. Your presence is desired. Methodist Services. t'abbath School 9:15, preaching service morning, ‘‘Smitten of God,” and evening, ‘‘Christian Perseverance," by the pastor. Class meeting. Junior and Sen .or Epworth services the regular hours. Strangers and all our friends are invited to worship with U - John C. White, Pastor.

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A QUEER FACT R. J. Holthouse Has Peculiar Experience With Fish Bone R. J. Holthouse tells of a wonderful feat he performed yesterday and the story is one which will no doubt puzzle every physician in the city. At dinner Roman ate a piece of fish and during the performance swallowed a fish bone. After considerable coughing the pain left him and he thought no more about it until undressing last night when he felt a peculiar sensation in his left heel and an examination was followed by the surprising discovery of the identical fish bone he had swallowed at noon. After a few more days practice Holty will no doubt be able to swallow a sword or butcher knife as well as Heller, LaDelle or any of the boys. NEW RATES Insurance Rates Will Change Monday New Books Arrive and will go Into Effect at Once.—Will be Satisfactory. The new insurance rates for Decatur will go into effect next Monday. The tariff rate books arrived this afternoon and local inpsector J. H. Heller will deliver them to the various agents Monday morning after which time they must write under the new schedule. No great change will be noticeable still there is a small difference in the rate of nearly every business house.factory, etc Dwellings remain just the same eighty cents for three years, but barns are increased to 11.30 for three years written with the house or <2.00 where written seperate, half these amounts for one year. The rates, it is believed will be satisfetory to all as they have been made with as good basis rate as towns with paid fire departments and peope who find their rates high should understand that it is so because of some hazard connected therewith which if changed will immediately reduce the rates. HAS SIGNED Earl Peters to Catch With Mancie Ball Team. Todays Muncie Star comes out with the startling announcement that Earl Peters of Decatur formerly with the Texas League, has been signed with the Muncie Ball teams and will catch his initial game tomorrow against Anderson. Mr. Peters is a good ball player and is deserving of a good job and in all probability will make good with Muncie. But the above announcement is the first time that we have ever known that he had played in the Texas League. All this spring Earl has been manager of the Decatur Hickorys and his team has beenjgiving a good account of itself. We certainly wish Earl all manner of success and know that he will make a hit with the Muncie fans. FUNERAL SERVICES Little Ora Roop to be Burled Sunday Afternoon. The funeral services for little Ora Roop who died yesterday will be held at the Evangelical church Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, Rev. Haise officiating. The remains may lie viewed at the home tomorrow from nine a. m. to two p. m. Interment will be made at Maplewood cemetery.

DECATUR, INDIANA, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1904.

ROBBED CHURCH Thief Stole Poor Box at St. Marys Church Man Rode Up on Bicycle and Did Work Boldly, While Members Were at Picnic, One of the boldest thefts ever committed in this city occurred Thursday afternoon at four o'clock when a young man walked into St. Mary's Catholic church and prying open what is known as the poor box, took therefrom every cent of money, amounting, it is supposed, to a goodly sum. The robbery came to light yesterday when ' Father Wilken went to the box to get some money to use for a con tri bution to some poor person. He was greatly surprised to find the cash missing and immediatey began an investigation which dis closed the fact that on Thursday | afternoon a young man rode up to the church on a bicycle, dismounted and entered, remaining several minutes. He was a stranger to Mrs. H. E. Keller and Grandpa Amlor who sitting on their porch just opposite the church had seen his actions. However it is lielieved the man will be detected and brought to Justice. The “poor box” is located just inside the church intrance and is used to help the poor of tho city, a most commendable purpose. It had not been opened for several months and ne doubt the amount taken was a neat little sum. The robbery occurred on the day of the annua] picnic and consequently no one was about How low and contemptible a man must be who would enter the sacred portals of a church of God to steal and then ‘ake the funds set apart to help the poor and ; needy, can scarcely lie imagined and he should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. IS PRESIDENT Levi Mock, of Bluffton, Heads Spiritualist Association. ANDERSON, IND , June 24— i When the executive board of the ■ Indiana Association of Spiritualists adjourned at the Chesterfield camp ' last night it was officially announced that Levi’Mock of Bluffton had been declared the successor of Dr. George N. Hilligoss of Cincinnati, as president of the assocation. Mr. Mock was called from Bluffton and took charge of the the duties of the president. Ihe resignation of Dr. Hilligoss as president, while not expected at this time did not create much surprise. He ascribed ill health as his reason for resigning. The board arranged many details for the annual camp meeting which will open on Thursday, August 28. It was decided not to allow the privileges of refreshments stands to any one outside of the association, and all camp concerns hereafter will be uder direct control of the association. EUCHER PARTY Miss Rose Christen Entertains the Club Cleverly. The Friday Eucher Club held their regular meeting last evening with Miss Rose Christen. The substitutes for the absent members were Mrs. Frank Durkin Mr. Dick Christen, Mrs. Ora France. Mrs. John Heller and Miss Lida Hoffman. Miss Bess Corgleton secured the prize a dainty bonbon dish. The club will nmt again in two weeks with Miss Leone DeVoss on Sixth Street

BAND CONCERT I Geneva Boys Will be Here Again Next Sunday. The Geneva band will be here again Sunday next to take part in the decoration services of the Odd Fellows order. They have arranged to give a band concert at the band stand in the court house yard at 4:30 in the afternoon and will render a splendid program. This is one of the best Juvenile bands in the country and will provide an interesting entertainment. SERIOUS RUNAWAY Joseph Mann Quite Badly Hurt Had Rib Broken and Was Otherwise Bruised Up.- Is Better Today. Joseph Mann, ex county comj misioner was quite seriously injured Thursday evening, the result of beI ing in a runaway. Mr. Mann bad been in this city all day and late in the evening started for his home north of the city. He was driving along nicely until he got near the farm of Erastus Fritsinger, when he met a man with a bicycle, with a punctured tire, Mr. Mann pulled up and soon discovered the man’s misfortune and offered him a ride, which the man readily accepted and climbed into the buggy pulling his wheel in after him expecting to throwj it into the rear of I the buggy and in so doing the horse became frightened and started to 1 run, the man grabbled for the lines and both succeeded in pulling the horse into the ditch where the buggy upset throwing them both our. Mr. Mann however still holding onto the lines while the horse was trying to get away and in so doing pulled the buggy over Mr. Mann, breaking one of his ribs and otherwise brusied him. The horse was recaptured and Mr. Mann taken home where medical assistance was called and his injuries dressed. Dr. J. N. Grandstaff is attending him and the patient was reported much improved today. EAT MORPHINE Little Boy at Ossian Eat Tablet and Nearly Died. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sharpe of Os sian, are guests of M. E. Olds and wife, ui this city. Their two years old son accompanies them and the boy is just recovering from a nar row escape from death by morphine poisoning Employed bv Mr Sharpe in his store is a young man who rooms at tho Sharpe home. He has been taking mor- | phine tablets under a doctor's directions for the ailment and recently' left two of the tablets lying on his dressing table. A day or two ago the baby toddledjinto his room and found the tablets. In a few minutes the child came into the room where his mother was sitting and she saw the deadly drug in the' baby’s fingers. Fearing that the child would swallow the stuff, she screamed and made an effort to get the stuff away from it. She was too late and tho child swallowed one of the tablets before she ! could get to him. A physicians was hastily summoned and after considerable work succeeded in getting the drug out of tho baby's system and now has him alright but it was a very narrow escape —Bluffton Banner.

TIME CHANGES Clover Leaf and G. R. 4 I. Summer Schedule Each Have New Time Table, Which Goes Into Effect Tomorrow, June 26th. It will be well for our readers to remember that the Clover Leaf and G. R. & I. railways both change time tomorrow and if you contemplate a trip it may be well for you to examine the time tables in today’s issue which arejcorrected up to date giving the new schedule. These changes are made by the roads to accomodate the summer trade the Clover Leaf to the Worlds Fair and the G. R. & I. to the famous resorts of northern Michigan. The Clover Leaf will run trains east at 11:37 a. m. 6:20 p. m. and 5:05 a. m. and west at 11:10 a. m. 5:05 Ja. m. 841 p.m. and a local freight which carries passengers at 12:01 p. m. The G. R. & I. will go north at 11:09 p. m. 8;00 a.tn and s:l2pm south at 2:32a. m. 1:15 p.m. 7:15a. m. and on Sunday evening only 8:16 p.m. Remember this time goes into effect tomorrow so read the time table, going to the station. EPWORTH LEAGUE District Meeting Held at Garrett Rev. Sprague Re-Elected PresidentNext Meeting to be Held at Monroeville. The annual meeting of the Fort Wavne destrict of the Epworth League, of which Rev. J. A. Sprague of Monroe is president has just closed one of the most successful sessions of its history at Garrett Indiana. A large attendance is reported. The institute continued three days. Among those taking part who are known here being Rev. J. C. White, who delivered an address “The general conference and the Epworth league; Jeff Bryson who responded to the ( address of welcome and talked. . “Literary and social work;” Rev. Earl Parker of Coesse and Rev. Wellsof Geneva a dispatch giving details of the meeting said: The Rev. James A. Sprague, the president, has attained distinction for a very successful year under his direction and in appreciation of this fact he was re-elected to the ,

office unanimously for the ensuing } year. Other officers were elected as follows: First vice president,' Miss Lillian Redding, Bluffton; second vice president, Miss Alta Hines, Fort Wayne; third vice president, Mrs. Jessie Casteel, Garrett; fourth vice preisdent, Miss Cora Fox, Fremont; secretary, Miss Cora Hood, Ossian ; Treasurer Fred Rob- I ins, Portland; junior superintendent Mrs. Clara Wells, Geneva. Resolutions were adopted appertaining to the success of the convention and to the reception accorded the great number of delegates, and after deciding to hold the next convention at Monroe Ville, Ind., the meeting adjourned.

NUMBER 142

BOYS’ DAY A Big Event for American Lads at Louis Fair The St. Louis Exposition management wisely determined to recognize American boys by setting apart a special day for them at the Exposition. The day selected is July 5, and the program and arrangements for tho day are in the hands of William C. Sprague, editor of The American Boy, of Detroit. The program inelueds athletic contests in the stadum between the boys of the public schools, in which public school teams are entered from Chicago. New York and other cities, vnd opportunities will be given for individual entries. From 2:30 to 4:30 in theaftenoon public exercises will be held at Festival Hall, the central attraction of the grounds. PRAISES US Assistant State Geologist Makes Report Gives Glowing Report of Our Advancement in Stone Roads.- Our Quarries Are the Best. L C. Ward, of Indianapolis assistant state geologist of Indiana, left this morning after a weeks work in Adams county. While here he visited every stone quarry and gravel pit in the county and inspected every gravel and stone road. His object is to prepare a report of these conditions which will appear I in the geologists annual report next January. He said he had practically completed his tour of the state and was surprised to find that Adams had more stone roads than any other county in Indiana, a condition to be proud of. fie examined the stone found in this community very closely and said the stone found in the Pleasant Mills quarry was the best in the state for general purpose with the exception of tne Bedford field. The Bowers stone is just as good for road purposes while the Linn Grove, Blue Creek and others follow closely. The Adams county gravel he said did not average so well though he spoke very highly of the pits in the north part of the county. He was enthusiastic over the stone roads and said the citizens would be more than satisfied for they are the cheapest in the long run. Mr. Ward is a very pleasant gentleman.

RATS DEVOUR BABY Celina Woman Finds Her Child Nearly Eaten Up. Hungry rats gnawing at the face and head of her five weeks old baby was the sight that greeted the

eyes of Mrs. Rufus Wagner on Monday afternoon. Mrs. Wagner had gone fishing leaving the little one asleep. She said she was only away a little while when the children came to tell her the baby was crying and could not be quieted. The mother returned from the reservior to her home near by to find her baby in its death struggle with the hungry rodents who had eaten I away the ittlle'one’s nose, eyes and forehead. It lived in awful agony for an hour and then death came to 1 the baby’s relief. Nothing more horrible has ever happened in Celina and people shuddered, with horror when the grewsome detail* of the Childs tragic death were tuado known The baby was buried on Tuesday— Cedna Standard