Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 4 February 1905 — Page 1

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A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION Nitro Glycerine Magazine near Montpelier Lets Go

TWO MEN INJURED WExplosion Caused by ■ Jumbo Gas Burner Wrecked and Shock Fell Hkrty Miles— 2250 Quarts of Glycerine In Magazine. — .Montpelier, Ind., Feb. I- — Si» ial\—A terriffio explosion oc eftr I on the Spudding farm two miles north of hero on the Wells cfenty line nt nine o'clock nptning, when a jumbo gas burner to a nitro glycerine t ictory oWr ■! by the Empire and Ameri llycerine company. The build trip was completely demolished aß< a hole of largo dimen.': ms tßn in the ground Two nu n ,Wi njured tut not seriously. ■N< one wa j in the magazine at Uy lime of the explosion. d is w irking in a power feet away. The building orn to nieces and Bun was in jurt 1 1 bv the falling timbers John Soot; was pumping an oil well, 300 k jk*t from the magazine. He was fifteen feet and quite badly *‘oru,sed. Both men will recover. Tli magazine contained 2,250 quarts of the deadly explosive. Ths shock was felt and the report Be >r.l for forty miles in every d:notion. Windows in the itnmediale reighborhood were shattered and slight damage done to homes in Montpelier. ■"‘■The scene of the expulsion was ' oler thirty miles from Decatur, bur tit report was heard plainly bv ninny people here. I BIRTHDAY SURPRISE ■r . Dore B. Erwin the Hsppv Victim of Her Friends; ■The home of Mr anti Mrs. I). B. Erwin was the scone of a surprise p ty last evening, Mrs. Erwin beJiag the victim, it being her birth Mfib . and the occasion was duly and celebrated. The surprise Jsid been planned by Mr. Erwin, M having invited a number of the neighbors, who appeared on the scene at just the proper tL ’ and took Mrs. Erwin un liyares. A number of games were f» yed. Pit was the most fasoina ting and the whole North Ead was rfibpt awake for a number of hours bt the noise that is uid from th s hluse. Dining the evening Mrs. ■win was presented with- a boaufi fdl couch and at a late hour the Bests departed wishingJMr- JErwin Many more such happy events.

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YOU'L BE MAD If You Miss Next Week's Attraction at Optra Hoose. N<»xt week at the Bosse opera i house one of the most pretentious and interesting attractions of the season, C. Herbert K<rr's latest musical farce, “A Trip to Egvpt,” w.ll hold ferth for one night, Tues day Feb. 7. This attraction comes to us heralded as a pronounced sue cess and the press of other cities where it has appeared has been un animous itn its praise. The story is pure and wholesome and intense ly funny in the extreme. The prodnotion is elaborate in every detail and is produced with a first class company ot Comedians, singers, dancers and specialty performers who are well known throughout the amusement world. An ade quote chorus of show girls and chorus girls has been provided ard there is a 1»1 let of jiony dancers which is a distinct noveltv in itself. Among the many popular melodies which will be heard in "A Trip to Egypt’, and which will be whistled on the streets for months to come are “Rose Sweet R so." “TheGirlio with the Wink,” “T m King of th? Trusts,” “The Gly City Down bv the Seine,” “A Little bit of Jolly Does it All,” "The Tile of the Flowers,” >.nd a pretty sextette for six boys and girls. COURT NOTES a Five Suits Filed Against A. E. Rose Conner Falk Acts as Sheriff Serving Replevin P.ipirs on Albert A. Butler. The February term of the Adams circuit court convenes Monday morning and promises to be a busy o le. —o — Attorney J. W. Teeple repr’sent ing James E Mosure last evening filed five suits against Arthur E. Rose and others. The five suits aggregate 11390.35. The notes are secured by various business men. —o— The Willshire Canning company through their attorney, Shafter Pet erson, filed a suit- this morning against Sheriff Albert Butler, to replevin a Sprague cornoutter valued nt <3OO, and which said Sheriff Butler has advertised for sale as part of the Berne Canning company. <IOO damage is also asked for According to law Coroner J. 8. Falk served the pipers upon Sheriff Butler. Mrs. Dell Frauhiger, daughter of Mr and Mrs. J. P. Nussbaum, in Monroe township, died yesterday morning at 4:30 st the home of her mother in law, Mrs. Mary Fisher, near Bluffton. The cause of death wis consumption of which the deoeaed had been suffering for the pistyear and was bedfast sin e Taanksgiving.—Berne News.

DECATI’H, INDIANA. SATUKDAV EVENING. FEBKUAKY I. 1905.

CUPIDS DAY — February Fourteenth It the Annual Occasion for Valentines. Valentine day approaches and the dealers are making their display of valentines This year shows more plainly than ever the change ; that is taking place in the character of the valentines. It has been the custom of valentine makers to man ufacture tokens expressing the extreme of sentiments. Either the most vulgar, insulting and Oontemp tilde chart arization of j>ersons, or senseless, smeary and stuffy sentimentalities were crowded on sheets of paper to suit the ones to whom they we-e intended. Now | that there is no longer the great demand for this kind of tokens the verses inscribed on the pretty pieces are merely a few words expressing a high degree of friendship Os course as long as there is a trace of barbarism in the people of anv na tion, so long there will l»e a demand for vulgar valentines, the degree of the demand being commensurate with that trait of character. An other change of the valentine business in this country is that until a few years ago all fancy valentines were imported. Now the American people have learned the art of mak ing t astv tokens of friendship and the world's markets are tilled with American valentines as well as modern products. Ti’feic something about the character of the American people that Creeps into the handicraft of the country which :,tt-acts attention in foreign lands and gives precedence to Americangood’. The s line is true of the val ! entities manufacture d in this I country and the business has be I come one of the most profitable in I the department of Amervan art. BUY LAND Erie Officials Makes a Payment Huntington Paper Says the Road Has Bought Forty Acres Adjacent Clover Leaf Shop Site Erie otlicials who have been in i Decatur the last few weeks at different intervals have filially came to a partial conclusion concerning the buying of a tract of land near that city. The road has paid the (owner of a forty acre tract adjoin- ' ing the tract where the Cl >ver L >af railroad is erecting its ne v shops s.‘>oo as an option on buying the tract for road purposes. The option has been paid and the owner is of the opinion the deal will soon he closed by which the property will ho transferred to the Erie company.— Huntington Nows Democrat. This deal has been on for several weeks, but for just what purpose the Erie wants such a tract (is not known. Certainly they have some improvement under advisement. FIRST ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kalver Celebrate in Proper Style. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kalver celebrated the first anniversary of their wedding last night by entertaining a number of their friends at a pedro party. High honors were captured by Mrs. Jonh Kern and Dr. Connell, while the boobies went to Mis’ Theresa Werthan and A. Newborn Sixteen guests were present and the event proved Mr. and Mrs. Kalver delightful entertainers. The festivities continued until the clock •ti uok the midnight hour.

LAWYER DEAD Judge Morris of Ft. Wayne Died This Morning Was Nearly Ninety Years Old and Had Practiced Law In Northern Indiana Over Half a Century. ’ Fort Wayne, Ind., Feb. -1 —Judge John Morris, aged neatly ninety years, the oldest and most widely known lawyer of Northern Indiana, died at his home at two o'clock this morning. He had been seriously ill only since Wednesday, when a seven l cold attacked him, and this added to infirmities soon brought the end. Judge Morris was born at Lisbon. Ohio, December 6, 1816. His father was Jonathan Morris, a member of an old Virginia farnilv, born in 1788, who emigrated to Columbiana county, Ohio, at a very early day John Morris, after receiving an academy education, began the study of law in the office of William D. Ewing, at New Lisbon, and was admitted to the bar in 1841. His tutor, Judge Ewing, was a member of the famous Ohio family of that name and a relative of the Ewings who afterwards became omnected by marriage with Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman. Shortly after his admission to practice ho wis ■ married to Miss Tnere’a Farr, and three years later they moved to Auburn, Ind. 1 where the young lawyer opened n 1-w office. He was not long in attaining a p sition ' of eminence, <and a few year* after ; lus arrival at Auburn he was | elected judge of the common pleas ; court, bi* district embracing a ' number of counties. In 1857 he moved to F■ rt Wayne and began the general practice of law in a wider field. In he j was npp >inted a member of the supreme court commission to assist that court in its important work and served nntil November, 18s3, when he resigned to resume the practice of law. He was at differient times a member of the loading law firms of the city, his last con 1 nection being with the firm of : Morris, Bell, Barrett & Morris, known for many years as the “Big F>nr." He retired from this firm i about seven years ago, since which i time he had not been actively in I practice. Surviving him arc the (fallowing children: Samuel L. Morris and John Morris, leading at 1 tornoys of this city ; Stephen Mor ri’. of the Old National bank; Mrs. J C- Woodworth, of Fort Collins, Ci]., and Miss Mary Morris, who made lu r home with her father. BLAMES WOMEN Mrs. Mummert Says Thty Are to Flame For Spread of Disease. “Women are largely responsible for the great spread of tuberculosis," was the statement made by Mrs Alice Mummert, of Goshen, Ind., president of the Indiana Fed oration of Women's clubs, last evening, before the annual meeting of the Woman's club of Muncie. She was speaking of the objects and work of the state federation when she made the statement. She followed with a plea that women unite to stop such evils as spitting on the streets. In part she said: 'lndiana is ranking among the first states in the deaths by tuberculosis and it spread is grea t. Women are largely responible for this. One great cause for the incease of .he disease is the promiscuous spitting in pubic places. Women despise this and should join together and stop it. Their trailing skirts drag the germs into their homes and not only spread tuberculosis but other contagious diseases. ”

BADLY BURNED Four Year Old Boy at Btrnr Last Even Ing Will Recover. Today's Berne News said: Yes terday afternoon. William, the four-year-old aon of Mr and Mrs. Gustave RtChhert, on North Sprunger street was nearly cremated a’ a re suit of playing with matches. Mrs. Rathert was at home alone with the little fellow. Mr Rathert being employed at the bakery in Shalley's restaurant and the rest with excep tion of Misa Clara, who is employed at the Borne Blank Book factory. At the time that the accident happened Mrs. Rathert vas not in th<> house, but was attracted by the ; little fellow's screams She quickly snatched the remains of tho burning dress from her little son s l»ody land in the attempt had her right hand painfully burned. Dr. E. Franz, was hurriedly summoned and dressed the wounds. The boy will recover it it b-lieved. THE LEGISLATURE Cigarete Smoking to be Made a Crime Senate Was Busy—A D zen New Bills In the House in In’errl of Farmers. Indianapolis, Feb. 3.—Sencti r Parks' bill making it unla .-ful to manufacture, give away or even own cigarette wrtipi»ers, or cigarette t< banco, was passed in the senate today by a vote <>f 35 to 7. After a discussion that lasted f< r more than an hour the senate today advanced to second reading Senator Farber's bill repealing all laws for the granting of subsidies to railroad companies. The final passage of the bill seems unlikely, in spite of the fact as many of the senators I voting aganist a minority report for the indefinite postponement of | the bill did so in order that the ' bill might be printed. A bill introduced by Senator Goodwine p ividing for the removal jof the stat? school for the deaf <nl dumb from Indianapolis to some site not more than fifteen miles distant from the soldier.' and suiliors' monument, was passed by unanimous vote. Twenty three measures were passed to engrossment. Some of the measures passed were Senator Smith's regulating marriage and divorce; Senator Roemlor's on the same subject: Senator I'lrey's providing for a woman member of the Fort Wayne school board; Senator Farber's to repeal the law providing for six per cent interest on taxes delinquent two years. Engrossed senate bill No. 74, to permit foreign life insurance com panies to invest in county ami municipal bonds, was reported favorably with the amendment that it apply to any insurance comp my excepting life insurance companies A dozen new bills turned up in the house today. A majority of the embodied legislation pertaining to the farmer. Among this number was one introduced by Represents tive Branch. It piovides that in oases where a tenant of farm lands sells or conceals, with the intent to (defraud, any of his grain or produce, on which landlord holds u hen, 1 without the written consent of the landlord, he shall be guihy of lar oeny. Tue pre’ent law does not 'hold this Mellon a fe’on.T.

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THE DEDICATION Upland NewM.E. Church Opens Tomorrow Rtv. G. Hunter Myers Is the Pastor and Rev. White was Once Located There. Upland. Ind.. Feb. 4.—Tomorrow will bra long remembered occasion among the church people of thi’ town, for it is the day set for dedicating the lieauti ul and costly new Methodist Episcojial church, o' which Rev G. Hunter Mvers. a former Decatur nran is pastor. The church is one of the handsomest in this part of the s fate, will seat SCO people and includes an auditorium, Sunday school room and gaf'ery. Dedication services will be in charge of Mr. J. W Pavel), the eminent layman, known as “the most remarkable man in Methodism.'* The sermon Sunday morning will lie pr. ached by Rev. F. G Browne, D. D , assistant editor of the We>tern Christian Advocate, Cincinnati. The afternoon audience will be addressed by various famous pastors The sermon at night will tie de livered by Rev. E L. Seman, presiding rider This church society was organised by Rev. Pasctol in 1875 in the old school building. Ti e old church was built in 1881 undrr Rev. Bert Pittenger s pastorate. I) iriiig R‘>v. John C. White's mtorate Taylor university was moved irom Fort Wayne to Upland. A 'notable revival also took place under this pastorate. Upland leicame a station nt the c'ose of Rev. J. B. Ford's pastorate, la 1883 a parsonage was bought on West Washington street. In September, ; 11'04, this was sold and projicrty, 'two lots and small cottage, at ; Grar t and Anson streets, wits pur : chased. This places the church and parsonage property together making a pleasant location for the pastor. The following have served as pastors: O. C- Ganetaon, '74; Charles Harvey, '75 and 76'; G. Adams. '77: H. Smith, '7B and '79; R. H. Smith, 'BO-84; Benevi lo Sawyer 1 'B2; A. A. Pittinger, 'B3 and 'B4; J. F. Petro, 'BS and 'B7; A. J. Lewellen, '88; George U. Ulmer. 'BB '9O; Jacob C- White. '9O ‘92: John ;C. White, '92-96; J. A. Ruley. ‘97; .1 B. Ford, '9B 1900 ; J F Radcliff. 'Ol 'O2; G H Myers. ’()!’--. Rev. Mvers is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Myers of this city, and has a host of friends here who have watched his success with pride. A GAY TIME Yotns People Enjoyed Party to Fulk Hom’. A number of young people took a ivunt ige of the good sleiging 1 tst evening and drove to the home of Mr and Mrs. Peter Fulk, who re side near Honduras and spent the evening. The party left here at six o'clock and when they arrived at the Fulk homestead were given a rousing welcome by these genial country folk. The evening wits sp?nt in playing games and telling stories and as the clock tolled off the hour of twelve Mrs. Fulk invited the entire party to the spacious dining room, whore a supper fit for a king was served, and which was enjoyed by all. After supper the guests nt once prepared for their departure andjMrs.'Fulk fine entertainers, and hoping to re ceive a similar invitation soon again. Those present were Misses Burt Deiningen, Dude Voglewedo, Anna Martin, Edna Crawford, Messrs. J. C. Johnson. VrunV K’-«b Loci’ Iljlt'u-usi F • k 1 W t »iib- IT