Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 23 January 1907 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. •toftilahed Every Evening, Except Sunday by LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Subscription Rates. F»r week, by carrier 10 cents fer year, by carrier 15.00 #*«r mouth, by mall 25 cents Far year, by mail $2.50 SRidgle copies 2 cents “ Advertising rates made known on •ewlieation _ entered at the postoffice in Decatur, (catena, as second-class mail matter. H - HELLER, Manager. Perhaps no one doubts that the Indiana insurance laws can be amended with good results all around. Wherever there is a vital defect, it should be corrected. Wherever additional safeguards for the policyholders are required they should be provided. But the people of Indiana are not demanding that Indiana insurance companies, doing an honest and legitimate business, shall be destroyed, driven out of business or unnecessarilv handicapped merely that big outside companies can obtain a monopoly of policy writing. Whatever is done in the way of insurance legislation, if anything, should be with an eye single to fairness and honest dealing, to the end that no reputable home company shall be discredited and that policyholders shall get their due. President Roosevelt has proved very conclusively that, in time of peace, at least, the negro is absolutely unfit for a soldier. The murderous action of the black soldiers at Brownsville and the’ subsequent riotous conduct at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Sheridan and the cold-blooded assasination of Capt. Calvert by a non-com-missioned negro officer in the Philippines make it doubtful whether negroes should be allowed to enter the army at all. TOWNSHIP CASE IS SETTLED Trustee Henry Hite and his advisory board made settlement with the bondsmen of ex-Trustee Coffee. The basis of settlement was $340, the, amount the township had involved in expenditures on the case, and in addition the bondsmen pay all court costs. The case has been tried, a jury disagreement being the result.

LAST CHANCE==—I [SALE POSITIVELY ENDS SATURDAY, JANUARY 26.| I Never in the history of the Clothing business has such offers in Clothing and Shoes been presented to the people. Note a few of the many bargains

148 pr. Men’s solid work (M J J I shoes 82 values at - - 160 pr. Men’s solid work 70 ■ and dress shoe 82.50 valued h I u

I Mens Suits and Overcoats that must be sold to make room for our large spring stock at prices never | before heard of at this time of the year. Note a few prices in overcoats I

I Mens Overcoats Men’s Overcoats in heavy black beaver cloth, I four button, single breasted style, trimmed with black horn buttons, strong worked button holes, a3% inch collar with strong tab three outside pockets with flaps and small change pocket lined with Italian cloth, strong sleeve lining, chain hanger, worth at least 86.00. Our price (fofi QQ is only Overcoats that are the peer of any you see elsewhere at 88.50-English ulster clothing, also ker-seys,-meltons and in drabs, tans, modes, best do-

You cannot injustice to yourself and your pocket book afford to 0133 nn * i 2 P vQ93e miay bargains, I The One Price Clothiers. THEIHI® The P rice Shoers I L— COMPANY |

GRANDMA SOLDNER IS DEAD A Pioneer of the County—Eighty-Sev-en Years Old. Maria Soldner, nee Stauffer, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, January 17, 1820, and died at the home of her son, Peter Soldner, January 21, 1907, at the age of 87 years and 4 days On May 21, 1850, she was married to John Soldner. This union was blessed with five sons and three daughters, of whom one daughter with the father preceded her into the great beyond. She united with the Menonnite church and by precept and ex ample endeavored to do the Lord’s will, who blest her with a ripe old age. She leaves to mourn her de parture, five sons, two laughters, 22 grandchildren and four great grandchildren and two sisters, besides a host of friends. The funeral services will be held from the Mennonite church, of which she was a faithful member, on Thursday morning, at nine o'clock. —Berne News. o MUSIC AT THE RINK TONIGHT Season Wilf Close Soon—Enjoy it While You Can. Music at the rink tonight, and no doubt many will take advantage thereof. Only about a dozen of these occasions will be given the skaters this season and they are taking advantage of the same each evening. The weather is just right for this great and popular sport. The rink continues to be conducted strictly morally and the patrons are the very best people of Decatur. Admission as usual, ten cents, skates fifteen. ■ o LOST—Ladies’ purse, containing two dollars. Leave at this office. 19-3 t OSTEOPATHY Dr. Charles Blackman Treat all C’hroniediseases with marked success. DECATUR, THURSDAY JAN. 17 MURRAY HOUSE ruoM 1:30 p.m to 5 p m 7 pun to 9 Mi

HAS RESERVOIR BROKEN LOOSE? Erie Railroad Officials Report That it Has Destroyed Barriers. Celina reservoir, the source of the Erie’s water supply for many miles in Ohio is reported to have broken its barriers and is overspreading the surrounding country. If the report be true the Erie will be without water in Ohio. It is said that the great res’ervoir has given away at the Celina terminal and should this be true the water will spread over the country opposite the source of the canal which conducts the supply from the reservoir to the many points along the road from which it is drawn out for use on the system. The canal supplies all of the pumping stations along the road between Celina and Decatur According to the statements of Erie's official authority the large artificial lake contains 17,000 cubic feet of water which if turned loose would drown the country for miles around It occupies a space of several thousand acres reaching from Celina to St. Marys, Ohio. At one end is the Wabash river and at the other are the St. Marys and the Erie canal. Although no definite information has yet reached this city of the reported break the Erie east of Spencerville has been suffering from high water since Sunday evening though the flood which was general Friday night, did not effect that part of the system at all. Sunday evening’s rise was the first that gave the roadsinen cause for alarm. The officials in charge of the road were watching through the night for trouble but although the water arose to within one foot of the rails for several miles west of Marion, the track was not injured nor has it yet been injured by the flood. If, however, as the report states the reservoir has broken its bounds, there will be much trouble on the road. The walls containing the great body of water have been made exceedingly strong but it is seldom that such a flood as is at present devastating this part of the country, menaced it. The inundation of two years ago, although mild in comparison with that of the last few days, was too great for the reservoir to withstand and it broke loose, causing a deluge. When the Erie again built it up more substantial walls were constructed but there is a possibility that even these will not endure the great weight that has been placed upon them by the recent snow and rainfall. —Huntington News-Democrat.

RUBBER GOODS Feit Boots and Rubber Goods at Ridiculous Prices

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Reported by the Decatur Abstract & Loan Company. Money to loan on farms at the lowest rate of interest. Office rooms 3-4. Morrison's Block, Decatur. Mathias Yoos to George W. Watson, section 22, Hartford township, 23 acres, S3IOO. r Phebe R. Gravins to George M. Wa- - section 22, Hartofrd township 19 acres, $95. Anna M. Yoos to George W. Watson, E % NE % section 2 Hartford township, 19 acres, $1425. John Sabli to Daniel Kipter, S 1b NW 14 SW 14 section 16 French township, 10 acres $llOO. James M. Rice, to Abe Boch, inlot 30, Decatur, $2500. Joseph D. Winteregg to Peter Inninger SW 14 section 7, Monroe township. $3600. Noah Hoffstetter to Joseph D. Winteregg, SW 14 section 7, Monroe town--1 ship $3600. David Landis to Alexander Fisher, NE 14 NW 14 section 31, Washington township, $2700. Joseph Clem to Wm. Brown, N U NW 14 section 3 Union township, SBOOO. Mathias Kaehr to Samuel Kaehr, NE 14 section 4, French township, 62 acres, $2200. Mathias Kirsch to Robert S. Peterson, outlet No. 79, Decatur, S7OO. Linley I. Lawrence to Earl D. Hough SW 14 section 36, Wabash township, SSOOO. Nimrod McCollough to John C. Cowan N 14 SE 14 section 28 Kirkland township, $350. E. Burt Lenhart, commisisoner to Olive May Thomas, inlot No. 24, Decatur, $66. Lucinda B. Kessler to Lewis M. Andrews, NE 14 section 4 Monroe township, sllsO. Noah Merica to Lillian Merica, pt oqt lot No. 90, Decatur, $420. Charles S. Clark to Bertha C. Hart, inlot No. 165, Decatur, $3600. B. C. Hart t« Charles S. Clark, inlot No. 165 Decatur, $3600. Mary Brown to Mary C. Baxter, inlot No. 795, Decatur, $540. Mary A. Breiner to Sarah Ehle, inlot 738-169-832, Decatur, $665. Lessie M. Ray to Joseph Rich, E 14 N 14 out lot No. 3, Berne, $750. John W. Smith to Benjamin N. Baumgartner, NE 14 section 22 French township, $2860. Joseph Whitehead to David C. Schwarz, S 14 NE 14 section 10, Monroe township, $5090.

mestic kerseys, blue, black and tan, shades, Ital- 1 ran lined, plain lapped seams-all mar- (M fit) vels of goodness. Our price - - ' S4iUU I d ? m ? stic kerseys; blue, black and I rttnpS™ lUllan lined ’ others with Bel ' I dinseam serge,heavy nearsilk sleeve lining, strap- I t P o vouT’men ln ± S full backs 80 bicoming I woffmoo O„"£ e “ 4 POBitively gjjg | th”£woU°tat“hirt“ M J e,r ««s to the vitals oil So. takXAaK? h d „“ ler,h “' T s ey I backs witn belt effects clo*h °f a m ? ltons ’ «11 „ any ,15.00 JQ QJ I

I > I I ■ II * VW I 1 ■!' /'fl. ’r ‘A iii' 1 ’ 'l* t I : 1 j.-. d t .A /7 OR I * /AZZIV i WW i * 1 + P ‘M&'TVrjx F AJF- t 1 $ /) i ™ ; I i r 1 A uVnf I 11 * +++++-H' 1111 11111 H H 'lH"> 41 » 1 »1 11 1 111 ; ♦ We have an extra large stock t of Bookcases for this season of the year. 1 Which we will sell cheap you { can save money by buying now. | Come and see them we will: sell anything in our store now at a | greatly reduced price ♦ Store of Quality : YftGEFfS | FURNITURE STORE

David C. Schwarz to Robret Schwarz NW 14 section 5, Wabash township, $2766. . . — —o — — B. B. Ointment cures n cist eczema, itching piles, poison and all pimples and skin troubles. 58 cents a box. Sold at Holthouse Drug store, and Blackburn's Drug Store. 15-3 mos.

Handkerchiefs 10c values - 3c I Handkerchiefs 15c values - 7c w 75c Dress Shirts - -41 c I 50c Underwear - -33 c i

Purity Is our watchword. Selecting only the choicest herbs and roots known to pharmacists. No spirits, or harmful drugs. Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea is purity itself. 35 cents Tea or Tablets. Smith, Yager i Falk. FOR RENT —Two furnished rooms for light housekeeping. With fuel and lights. Inquire ®f Mrs. B W. Sholty, 609 Monroe St. 16-eod.2wks.