Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 185, Decatur, Adams County, 16 August 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME II

WHICH TIS. Adams County Furnishes a Story for the Papers The G. 0. P. County Chairman Airs His Troubles at the State Committee Rooms. The Indianapolis News furnishes a little political gossip from this place by saying that Democrats and Republicans of Adams county are at swords’ points over the question of whether J. Frank Hanley or John W. Kern, or both or neither, shall address the people at the county fair September 1, or at the court house on the night of that dav, or on the previous night. J. M Frisinger, republican chairman of Adams county, called at Republican state headquarters today and told of the “fun.” First a plan was laid to have Hanley make a nonpartisian patriotic address on Thursday at the fair and to have John W. Kern speak Wednesday Thursday is ordinarily the big day at a county fail and the Democratic leaders such as Lew Ellingham, edi- j tor of the county organ, kicked up a fuss right away. The whole speaking scheme as attacked on the ground that the fair association should not get into politics, and the fair association appears to have backed water. At any rate, the Democrats turned in and engaged the court house for a speech by Kern Thursday night, September 1. When Frisinger set out to arrange for a Hanley speech somewhere else than at the fair rounds, he found the court house engaged. That s the only place tit for an indoor speech, and it is understood that Frisinger went straightway to Lew Ellingham, Democratic county chairman, and told him what he thought of him for playing the trick. Frisinger then engaged the courthouse for Wednesday night. Frisinger said today he had not yet ’. 'tird from Hanley as to whether ho could speak August 31, and he said he did not believe that Kern had been consulted by the Democrats. Maybe the people of Adams county will have to be content with the sound of bellowing cattle and neighing horses fair week. IS SARCASTIC Huntington Paper Roasts the Erie Chicago Excursions. The Erie ran another one of those popular excursions to Chicago Sunday. Business was good from this point (?) more than 100 tickets being sold. Some say the number was 192. The same excursion when Walter Morrison was traveling passenger agent and the price was one dolllar, carried from 1,000 to 1,200 passengers from this point, with about 150 two-day limit passengers. The train consisted of ten coaches which were in charge of Conductor W. C. Rail. Guy Davis presided at the throttle with engine 818. Tbe train pulled out of Hun ington at 5:15 giving the passengers a good ride for their money, as they wore not landed in Chicago until after noon. Passengers in bunches of one and twos were picked up at every cross road and the train when it pulled into [ Chicago had 750 passengers aboard. ■ The coaches were not the best the I company owns and at’Crown Point a draw-bar pulled out. Trainmen I connected up with a chain, but it : wouldn’t hold and when it broke [the air was set and the train stopped. Returning the train left i Chicago about 7 o’clock and arrived at Huntington after 1 this morning —Huntington News-Dem-

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ARE READY Many Veterans to Attend the Old Soldiers Reunion Here. The members of the 89th'Indiana regiment and for the 9th Indiana battery are making arrangements for a grand reunion which will be held at Decatur August 30 and 31. This will be the nineteenth annual reunion, and it promises to be as enjoyable as any of the former reunions. The members of the regiment and battery with their wives are requested to meet at the G. A. R. hall next Monday evening to make further arrangements for the event. The command for these members to be present at the meeting has been issued by James H. Smith, president, and A. J. Teeple, secretary of Co. K., M. J. [Wertzberger, secretary of Co. G., and Theo. Kennedy, post commander. —Bluffton News. The veterans are making arrangements fora splendid meeting, and expect the occasion to be one of the best events of this kind ever held in this section of Indiana. A goodly number of ex-soldiers will be here. ANOTHER LINK In Chain of Evidence Against Mrs. Krauss Case Looks very Dark for the Hartford City Society Woman, Mrs. Rae Krauss. Hartford City, Ind., August 16. —The coils of the law seem to be tightening about Mrs. W. R. Krauss of this oitv and as one after another piece of evidence is found and placed together her conviction seems certain. Each day brings forth another line in the chain. Mrs J. A. Shewaler saw Lloyd Somerville go to the front part of the Krauss home after his return from the Logan pharmacy at dusk Monday evening before the death of Crystal Krauss. She saw him hand Rae Krauss something. She is positive it was Mrs. Rae Krauss because she overheard part of the conversation between Mrs. Krauss and the boy. She heard Mrs. Krauss say, “Here 1 am,” and she heard the boy say something about going to the wrong door. She knows Mrs. Kraus’ voice and she cannot be mistaken. It was Mrs. Krauss who stood on the front veranda and did the talking to the boy. BAND ENGAGED Decatur City Band will Furnish Music for Last Day of Fair. Yesteiday Manager Noah Loch of the Decatur City Band closed a contract with the managers of the Great Northern Indiana Fair whereby the city band will furnish the music for the fair on Friday the last day. The band is at present progressing in fine shape and under the leadership of Prof. Harvey Hart will soon excel anything of a like organization in the "state. Tne band is composed of fifteen members, each of whom have had more or less experience, and who is thoroughly acquainted with all kinds of music. The boys are playing a class of music that would be a credit to any bind in the country, everything being catchy and up to date, and something that will take. The hand is working hard to get in shape and during the fair expect to surprise a number of people who are of the opinoin that Decatur cannot support a musical organization.

DECATUR, INDIANA, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1«, 1991.

A BIG FIRE ■■■ II Decatur Egg Case Plant at Cardwell, Burned Loss is Covered by Insurance—Decatur People Owned the Bis Concern. The 125000 box factory owned by the Decatur Egg Case company, was totally destioyed by fire at ten o’clock Friday night. The blaze started just in front of the engine room and spread rapidly destroyng thej entiire plant within a very short time. A dispatch from Don L. Quinn to Mr. John W. Vail conveyed the news, but gave no estimate of the loss. We are informed, however, that no stock was damaged and the machinery was hurt but little. The actual loss will probably reach $15,000, fully covered by insurance. The plant was one of the best of the kind in the southwest, one machine alone having cost $5,000. The mill will be rebuilt at once, the loss of time probably being the most serious loss to the copmany. W. H. Niblick, whj is an offiear and stockholder in the company is a firm believer in the old adage that one fire is always followed by two more, ■ and this is the third one within a I few days in concerns in which he is ' interested. About ten days ago a $7,000 fire occurred at the Jackson cement factory, in which Mr. Niblick and’a number of other Adams county people own stock. A day or so later a building at Rochester, Ind., was burned and this was occupied by Niblick & Woods as a wareroom for their cement and tools used in contract work. A big steam roller standing near was damaged some. Luckily however, the insurance in each fire was ample and Mr. Niblick as well as ; other Decatur people consider themselves not the least favored in the world. MUSIC TEACHER Miss Carrie Fhomas Employed by City School Board. Last evening at a regular meeting of the school board, Miss Carrie Thomas was selecetd as musical instructor for the public schools for ! the ensuing year. Miss Thomas has just completed a course of study at Northwestern University at Evanston, 111., where she was awarded higli honors and is thoroughly versed in every phase of music. She has a beautiful voice and the same is well cultivated, and Miss Thomas will no doubt i prove thoroughly competent for this position. There is no doubt i but that the school board has I made a wise and popular selection in securing the services of Miss Thomas and we predict a sucessful season in this branch of work in our public schools during the next term. HOME AGAIN “China” Shotmaker Arrives from Plainfield School. "China” Shoemacher arrived home this morning, after a year and five months course at the Plainfield reformatory. Ho says he doesn't like the school the best and will not return, this fact depending on his future good behivor. He says Cousie Wilhelm, another Decatur hoy attending the Plainfield school will arrive home in about two weks. Both boys secure their release for good behavior. ■ ■■ =■— —■ ———

SAD DEATH Account of the Short Illness of Mrs. Martin Miller. Another unexpected death occurred Sunday morning, August 14, when Mrs. Martin V. Miller, nee Hedwig Maurer, passed away at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Maurer, southwest of town. Mr. and Mrs. Miller lived in Marion, Ind., and a few weeks ago came home on a visit. She had been sick before they left their home Marion and when they arrived here she was almost wholly exhausted. Typhoid fever finally laid hold on her from which she did not recover. Mrs. Martin Miller was born in Switzerland, July 5, 1881, and came with her parents to Berne, Ind., in 1892. She worxed for several Ifyears in the Berne Overall factory and distinguished herself as an unusually swift seamstress. List fall she was married to Martin V. Miller with whom she moved to Van Wert, Ohio, and from there to Marion, Ind. She leaves to mourn her departure her bereaved husband, and infant boy, nine weeks old, father and mother, two brothers and two sisters, and a large circle of warm friends. Her funeral will j be held this forenoon at £9 o'clock jat the Reformed, church, of which she was a member. Eight of her former 'friends with whom she worked in the overall factory will sing. A brother of Mr. Miller and ; his lady friend had come from Decatur Sunday morning to visit them and arrived at the Maurer home ' just in time to see ]Mrs. Miller die. —Berne Witness. ALL READY Adams County Institute Next Week Able Instructors Secured and an Interesting Session Anticipated. ! The Adams county institute will hold its sessions, beginning next Monday in the auditorium of the Presbyterian church in this city. The program as sent out to the tecahers some time ago will be cur ried out. and consists in the main of the best program ever rendered by an institute in this county. The instructors are among the leaders of their profession, and the teachers in the punlic schools of the county are assured of a profitable week in school work. Adams county institutes have a good name all over the state of Indiana, liecause of the fact that interest in their success is universal in the minds of all the teachers. The instructors are Miss Lelia E Patridge, of Philadelphia, Prof. L W. Fairfield,of Agnola, Miss Carrie Thomas, of this city, John W. Cravens, of Bloomington, Prof. k Lawrence Me Turman, of Indianapolis, Rev. E. A. Allen, of the Presbyteriat church in this city, and also Miss Lizzie Peterson is pianist. The first session begins at ten o’clock on Monday, and the adjournment will take place on Friday after noon. Superintendent Brandyberry has all arrangements perfected and is now’ ready for the opening. MISSION FEAST Tne Zion Lutheran church, of Fredheim, will next Sunday give their mission feast. Preaching services will be conducted at ton o’clock in the morning by Rev. Franke, and at half past two by Revs. Luecko and Clausing. They extend a cordial invitation to the public.

WENT TO JAIL James Hahn Gave Himself Up Unable to Pay Fine or Stay Doeket He came to Town and Turned Himself Over to the Officials. James Hahn, the young man from Monroe, who created such a disturbance there some time ago by breaking up a ball game and by striking a man named Andrews so hard that it nearly broke his jaw, and who was convicted a week ago before ‘Squire James H. Smith, on a charge of assault and battery and for disturbing Ihe peace, came to the city last evening and informed ‘Squire Smith that he was unable to either pay or stay the' d icket for the amount of his fine, I and accordingly would have to throw himsef on the mercy of the court, who at once .wrote out a mit- j timus and Mr. Hahn was accompanied to jail where he will lay out his fine and costs which amounted in all to thirty dollars which means thirty days |in Sheriff Butler’s care. Before going to jail, however, Hahn swore out all kinds of vengeance on the parties who caused his arrest and said that as soon as his time expired that he would make it hot for several prominent Monroe people. THELOTSALE Fullenkamp Auction will Occur Next Thursday. Thursday is the day set for the I big auction sale Os lots in the Fullenkamp addition to this city, and from present indications the lots should be easily sold. Good locations are scarce and this opportunity may be the last for you to secure a building site within a few blocks of the court house, and at auction prices. An abstract of title goes with every lot, thus insuring the fact that the title is genuine. Sixteen full lots will tie sold and the purchaser will have two years today for same. CHASED DAGO Deputy Butler after a Bad Italian Fellow Escaped Into Ohio—Charlie Woodword Filed Affidavit for Provoke. I A gang of Italians are working for the Standard Oil Co. on a pipe line which runs east of this city. They have their camp near the state line and one of the gang wears a name which sounds something like Nioloa Jmosse. He is a bad "dago,” and has thd whole gang afraid of him. Yesterday ho whip ped the boss, one John P. Levitt, who came to Decatur and had a warrant sworn out for the dngoe's' arrest. Deputy Sheriff Butler was sent after the scrapper and traced him to Willshire, Wren and back to camp, where the fellow’s companions helped him to escape into Ohio.

NUMBER 185

GOT HIS MEDAL

Photographer Shalley of Berne Selling Prize Photos. ' The Berne Witness says this morning: List Thursday evening Earl K. Shalley received his gold medal of the Indiana Association of Photographers, and it’s a beautv. It is one and one-fourth inches square, on one side has a relief . picture representing the art of photography* with the inscription: “Indiana Association of Photographers.” On the other side are engraved the words, “First prize, general class awarded to E. K. Shalley, Winona Lake, Indiana, 1904.” It came in a fine leather and velvet case and is something that Earl will prize very highly as long as he lives. He now has the picture copyrighted, for which he drew this prize, and which we produced] a week ago. He is receiving many orders for a oipy of the photo from other photograhers, and he has been selling the pictures right along for $2.00 a piece. OPERA SEASON To Opera Here August 24th “Little Outcast” First PerformanceRepertoire Company for Fair Week. Manager Bosse informed us last evening that he had just closed a contract with the Gill’s “Little Outcast” Co. to formally open the opera season in this city on Wednesday, August the 24 th. This company is well known here, having played at B isse’s opera house on cne or two former occasions and always gave perfect satisfaction to one and all, it being a play that is written to strike the fancy of every one, and all through its career last season met with merited success. ' They will only play a one night’s engagement here on which occasion the house should be crowded to greet this popular company. On the following week, commencing August 29th and running all through the week of the Great Northern Fair the Rentfrow big stock company will hold down the boards and furnish amusement for the theatre going public. This repertoire company has a wide reputation. it being one of the finest on the road, and have among their oast a number of stars. This company also carries a complete band and orchestra, thus insuring catchy and up-to-date music. Manager Bosse is making a special effort this season to book nothing but good strong shows that will take well with the theatre-going people, and Decatur this coming winter may expect to see some special attractions. A BIG PICNIC Arrangements Complete for Union Chapel Celebration.

The Union Chapel Sabbath school is making appropriate for a grand Sunday school picnic to be held in Elijah Nidlinger’s grove August 20, 1094. There have lieen thirty Sabbath schools invited to attend and a good number have already agreed to be present. The program will l»e made up by the different schools and, it is safe to predict an interesting program and an enjoyable time. Refreshments will be served on the ground. Everybody is invited to oorae and spend the day. Remember the date I—next Saturday, August 20.