Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 96, Decatur, Adams County, 18 April 1907 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume V. Number 96

IREREADY to sell stock forty Thousand Dollars in Stock to be I Sold

)0D INVESTMENT ick &Tyndall Company to be Reorganized PER CENT GUARANTEED ir Present Capacity and Business Wilt Pay a Guarantee on Increased Capital. , a meeting of the factory commitof the Commercial Club held last ling, the report of the committee investigated the plant and busiI of Krick, Tyndall & Co., was pted and approved. The commitwas continued in service and will ) charge of the solicitation of k. and they will meet tonight to Hnt sub-committees and plan the k of selling stock. It is proposed ell $40,000 in stock, and it is a rare brtunity for the investor, as the piittee investigating say that the lunt of business now done will pay lx per cent dividend on the in|sed capital and leave a surplus de. It is the purpose of the reinization to increase the output of plant which will also increase the. Ungs and the dividends. A six cent dividend is promised from the I t. and it is safe to say that in a' r or two ten or fifteen per cent I be paid those fortunate enough juy stock now. Committee’s Report. Decatur, Indiana. !e, the undersigned committee ap|ted by the Commercial Club, to Istiate the Krick, Tyndall & Comy plant, hereby take pleasure in (rting the following: pon a careful comparison of the le of the plant by the above con--1 with the plant itself, we find the le to be if anything low, and that profits of the concern are more 1 sufficient to pay a net 6 per cent dend on the proposed capitaliza- . and a good surplus besides. le, therefore, commend the stock his concern to the investing public safe and profitable, and one that pay good dividends from the beling. W. H. FLEDDERJOHANN. J. B. HOLTHOUSE, JNO. W. VAIL, C. A. DUGAN, E. X. EHINGER. he above recommendation means th. as every member of the comtee is a conservative business man 1 whose judgment is good. Investwanting any of this stock must re their order at once with any tnber of the above committee, ler of the banks or Krick and idall. It is the intention to close 1 stock sale in as short a time as Bible, and a week from now there I likely be no stock for sale. ’his nw plant means at least inty or thirty more employees. This vhat the Decatur boosters are lookking after. Twenty or thirty more 1 employed means that many more ises to rent and that many more ular customers for the retail stores our city. This is what will make latur grow and expand in business, s boosters will now please come tn under cover and get busy. LLIONAIRE LEEDS HELD UP stom Officers Charge Him Well for Pearl Necklace. few York, April 18.—W. B. Leeds, ormer Indianian, and a millionaire, s mulcted today to the extent of 3,000, when his agents paid the itom officials that much additional ty on a >250,000 pearl necklace, ich he bought for his bride Mrs. eds No. 2, while abroad. 44 hen eds and his bride were in Europe, sy met Mrs. Leeds No. 1 who inciutally secured $1,000,000 from Leeds. t*y met at Paris and an intense ri,ry sprang up between the •men to see who could out do the ker. During the contest the quarter Ilion dollar necklace was purchased.

TO CONSTRUCT NEW PIPE LINE Standard Will Build Another Through This County. Next Tuesday will begin the construction of the pipe lines from the site of the new pumping station just south of Bluffton to Lima, O. A large force of men will hurry the work through as swiftly as possible and it is the Intention to have the line finished before the station is erected and in running order. The forty-acre tract of land which the company bought for the location of the station was a week ago a dense wood. Now every tree on the land has been chopped down, the stumps burned or blasted and the timber hauled away, and the building of the station will be commenced upon the arrival of the material. In laying a pipe line the Standard employs a system that while it is extremely expensive, gives it a freedom and an independence that is enjoyed by no other company. Instead of condemning land which it wishes to cross with its lines, as the law provides it is privileged to do, it buys outright what ground is needed. Should it condemn land it would be regarded as a common carrier by law, just as any railroad company, and would be forced to convey any and all oil that it was called upon to send through its line. By buying the land its line is private property and is not a common carrier, giving it the right to refuse to transport the oil of other companies. In laying the line from Casey 111., to Preble, every foot of ground through which it passed was bought, not one condemnation being made. In some places to secure permission to cross farms exorbitant prices were charged. 0 SEPARATED TODAY Mr. and Mrs. William Fronefild in Court WITH ANOTHER DIVORCE CASE Lived Together Until this Morning— Third Attempt—Usual Charges are Made. Malinda Fronefield wants a divorce from her husband, William C. Fronefield, also SI,OOO alimony. They were married August 24th, 1896, at Van Wert, and lived together until five o'clock this morning when they decided to separate. They came to town together and each seemed particular that this affair be conducted just right. The defendant is accused of cruel and Inhuman treatment towards his wife, of having cursed and struck and beaten her. Mrs. Fronefield also charges her husband with being an habitual drunkard, that he has made no provisions for her support for more than two years, that he has borrowed SI,OOO from her which he refuses to repay, wherefore the plaintiff asks a divorce, judgment for SI,OOO and that she have her former name of Malinda Zimmerman restored to her. Dore B. Erwin appears as attorney for the plaintiff. If there is anything in the proverbial maxim that the third time is the charm, Mrs. Fronefield should win out as she has filed and dismissed two former similar cases. Both parties are well known here. —_ 0 _ Mrs. Sidney Doster and her mother Mrs. John Roberts, of Poneto, were painfully burned Monday when fumes from a patent stove polish were ignited by the heat of a stove to which the polish was being applied. Mrs. Doster, who was polishing the stove, was badly burned about the arms, face and chest, and her mother who rushed to her rescue, sustained burns about the face and hands. But for the timely appearance of the mother, Mrs. Doster would probably have been burned to death.

Decatur, Indiana, Thuasday, Evening, April 18, 1907.

CAPTAIN W. R. MYERS DEAD Prominent Democrat a Victim of Apoplexy. Anderson, Ind., April 18. —Captain W. R. Myers, former secretary of state died here this (Thursday) morning at 12:45 of apoplexy. He was stricken at his home early yesterday morning. He entered the bath room and soon aftrward was heard to fall. He was carried to his bed and rallied considerable, but at 11 o’clock suffered a second stroke from which he died this morning. Captain Myers came to this city from Ohio with his parents when he was but one year old and has resided in this county for the past seventy years. He enlisted in Company G, Forty-seventh Indiana infantry, in 1861, of which company he became captain and served with distinction throughout the war. He represented the Eighth district in the Forty-sixth national congress on the Democratic ticket. In 1882 he was elected secretary of state and again filled that office from 1892 to 1894. Mrs. J. W. Vail and son went to Lima this morning to visit for a few days with her son, Tom Vail, who is attending school at the above named place. A CLEVEiTSTORY Written by Miss Jessie Magley of this City FOR MODERN WOMAN MAGAZINE Appears in this Months Issue, Entitled “Marriage Certificates and Men.” The April number or the Modern Woman, a popular magazine published by the George Livingstone Richards company of Boston, is out. It contains a full page article entitled, “Marriage Certificates and Men" by Miss Jessie Magley of this city. The article is cleverly written and gives a reflection of the choice of marriage certificates on the nature of the purchaser, proving that as there are styles and styles in marriage certificates so are there styles and styles of men. The article is appropriately illustrated with hearts and other designs of lovers, and is an attractive feature in this months magazine. Miss Magley is a deputy in the county clerks office, and took her ideas from which her story was written from personal observations. Her effort proves her ability and we expect to learn of her continued success in the very enviable line of magazine journalism. “Marriage Certificates and Men” is good to read and will be appreciated not only by, the friends and acquaintances of Miss Jessie, but likewise by the thousands of other readers of the popular magazine in which it appears. We hope to reproduce the article soon. —oOFFICIALS UP IN THE AIR C. & E. Having Hard Time to Comply With Law. Traffic officials on the Erie, especially on the Chicago & Erie livision, are up in the air following instructions from the higher officials to comply with the recently enacted Indiana law requiring a crew of three brakeman on every train of fifty cars and over, and two brakmen on every passenger train of over three cars. The stew is due to a lack of available men in train service, and inability of the local officials to employ additional help. Brakemen are wanted and wanted badly immediately. The subordinate officials have but to execute the instructions of those higher but how to do so under present conditions is a puzzling proposition on the C. & E. The new law was effective April 10, but general enforcement was not ordered until Monday. The observance of the sixteen-hour clause is another matter that is causing no little consternation among the officials and is being given some consideration by the road men. According to the outlook hardships will result to the operating department and none the less among the road men also. Some time the operating department has been pushed to secure engines and men enough to keep the freight on the move, hardly with encouraging results. With the additional men required by the two and three braking crew order on passenger and freights, the extra supply of road men is lessened.

ANOTHER STRICKEN Mrs. John McKean Suffers Paralytic Stroke IS VERY NEAR TO DEATH Has Been Unconscious Since Yesterday Morning—Family Summoned to Bedside. Mrs. John W. McKean, who resides on West Monroe street, suffered a stroke of paralysis Wednesday morning, her entire right side being affected. Shortly after the stroke she lapsed into unconsciousness and is very low, there being no apparent change in her condition. Her son, Dr. McKean, was called and has been constantly with her since a few hours after the stroke and has administered and cared for her. Mrs. McKean has been ailing for some time and has been bedfast most of the winter, her chief ailment being stomach and heart trouble. She was feeling as well as usual yesterday, however, until she was seized with this paralytic stroke and since that time she has been helpless and unconscious. Her family have all been summoned and are at her bedside and are doing all that loving hands can do for a mother. There is no apparent hope for her recovery as she has not the vitality to fight the dread disease, past sickness having reduced her physical powers to practically nothing. The news of her serious condition spread rapidly and the many friends oT the family proceeded to do everything in their power to assist the grief stricken family, and it is the hope of the entire community that her recovery be a speedy one. o The time has expired allowed by the commissioners for the payment of assessments for the dredging of the Salamonia river, before the bonds are ordered resold. When the time was extended, there was still about $29,000 due. Since that time, the auditor has received the sum of $5,870. The sum of $23,130 will be issued in bonds, and placed on the tax duplicate for collection. —Portland Review. WAS LICENSE DAY Five Marriage Certificates Issued A SUDDEN RUSH OF BUSINESS Parties of Various Ages, Style and Fortune Write Their Plights for Future Years. Another rush in the marriage license business was noticeable from the records at the clerks office this morning, where five couples were made happy. The licenses issued were to Dr. James Q. Neptune, aged fortyeight and Celeste M. Kintz, aged eighteen, both of Decatur; Richison W. Buckmaster, carpenter, aged thirtynine, and Florence Rachael Beavers, aged thirty-two, both of Decatur; Earl Adolphus Straub,telegraph operator, of Chicago, aged twenty-one and Sadie Sarah Limanstall, of Peter Son, aged twenty-one; Edward F. Moser, traveling saleman, of Berne, aged twentysix and Chloe E. Watson, aged twentyfive, Berne; Isaac H. Arnold, aged fifty-two, a farmer from Blackford county, Indiana and Rhoda Rockwood, aged forty-four, of Geneva. The latter couple were married this morning at the clerks office here, Squire James H. Smith officiating. The groom has been married twice before, his first wife dying in 1895, and his second in 1905. The bride has never married before. o Benjamin F. Harper, of Fort Wayne, auditor for the war department, at Washington, has undertaken to secure Information about the Hoosiers employed in Washington, including facts as to their politics, their relatives at home, etc. Some of the clerks whom he interviewed jumped at the conclusion that politics figures in Mr. Harper’s undrtaking, and he was harassed a great deal by Inquisitive persons.

OPIUM SMUGGLER CAPTURED Clever Gang Believed to Have Been Broken Up. Spokane, Wash., April 18. —United States secret service men believe they have broken up a band of the cleverest opium smugglers that ever operated along the international boundary in the Pacific Northwest, by the arrest of Thomas Smith, who was caught with several hundred dollars’ worth of contraband drug on a Great Northern train near Blaine, Wash., west of Spokane. The officers say the gang did its work so well it baffled the most skilled men on the service for months, thousands of dollars’ worth of opium being carried into this part of the country for distribution in the middle west and eastern cities. The men who worked in pairs, erected a shack of rough cedar logs on the line between British Columbia and Washington. Taking the drug from the steamers at Vancouver, B. C., they conveyed it to the shack by packing the small cans in holes bored into cord wood, and they dealt it out to the smugglers, dressed as woodsmen, who carried it across the line. One man carried the opium in specially constructed pockets on his vest, and the other watched for secret service men. o MUSICAL NUMBERS Clever Specialties in the “Uncle Rube” Show OCCURS NEXT MONDAY NIGHT Completes a Splendid Program for Christian Ladies Home Talent Production. Monday evening, April 22nd, at Bosse Opera House local talent will present “Uncle Rube” or an Idyll of Vermont, for the benefit of the ladies aid society of the Christian church. “Uncle Rube” is a musical rural comedy with a chorus and other new features not usually seen in local shows. The plot is clever and the musical numbers up to date as the following program shows: No. 1. “Hiram Greene Good Bye” ....Mr. Johnson and Milk Maids No. 2. “Don’t You Tell” .. Miss Bryson and Mr. Emerson No. 3. “Cheer Up Mary” Miss Bryson and Ensemble No. 4. “When Hiram Birdseed Comes to Town” Mr. Hite No. 5. “Pansy" Mr. Carroll and chorus No. 6. “Crocidile Use”

Pony Quartette and chorus No. 7. “I Read it in a Book".. Mr. Helm No. 8. Duet Selection ....Miss Erwin and Miss Niblick No. 9. (Special) Whistling Solo Mr. E. Hamilton Kilbourne No. 10. “Law Antonia” Pony Quartette No. 11. Finale. “Automobiling" Miss Bryson, Mr. Carroll and Auto chorus. The following young ladies make up the chorous. The Misses Marie Beery, Maria Allison. Pansy Bell, Lucile Hale, Florence Sprunger, Lillian Harris, Eda Hoffman, Hilda Tudor, Margaret Hughes, May Holthouse, Fanny Frisinger, Winifred Johnson. While the Pony Quartette is composed of Masters Van Weaver, David Erwin, Leo Sprunger and Bruce Patterson. Secure your tickets from the ladies. Price, 25c. Board opens Monday the 22nd at 8 a. m. The ladies solicit your patronage as they need the money. Remember the date. o A large number of farmers and land owners in various parts of the county have just discovered that a law was passed by the legislature of 1905 whereby gravel roads can be constructed at the expense of the entire township, providing the petition therefor, is signed by seventy-five or more property owners. Four petitions of this kind, have already been filed for the consideration of the county commissioners at their May session. Three of these are in Pike township, and the other in Jackson. It is said that there will be several others ready also by the time the board meets. —Portland Commercial-Review. o E. L. Car”oll will go to his former Ohio home in a day or two to look after business matters. He is settling his father's estate and considerable time will be necessary to attend to the many details of such a transaction.

COURT HOUSE NEWS Demurrer Argued WoodsBowers Case QUITE A LEGAL BATTLE Suit on Account Filed—Case Against Jake Hillinger Dismissed and He is Given His Liberty. Quite a legal battle occurred in court this morning when attorneys representing the parties in the case of Emanuel Woods vs. John S. Bowers and Joseph Derheimer, suit on account, demanding $5,000, argued various points towards the completion of the issues. C. J. Lutz, Merryman and Sutton, D. D. Heller & Son and Henry Colerick represented the various parties. The court took no action in the questions but decided to investigate same. Hooper & Lenhart filed a new case entitled Noah A. Loch and Edward Dirkson vs. Anna Myers, on account, demand $l5O. Malinda Fronefield vs. William Fronefield, divorce and SI,OOO alimony, suit filed by attorney Dore B. Erwin. The case of Mabel Hillinger vs. Jacob Hillinger; fraudulent marriage; was dismissed as the parties have agreed to live together. The motion was filed, but Judge Erwin will refuse to make the entry until the costs of $13.10 were paid. Later the same were settled and the cause dismissed. Emil Juillerat vs. Joseph Robbins et al, default of defendants, submitted, finding for plaintiff; title quieted; F. M. Schurmeyer appointed commissioner to make deed. The grand jury was still quite busy today, a number of witnesses being before them. They will visit the jail and county farm tomorrow and fill their report Saturday. Wilhelmina Holthouse, admr. of the Roman J. Holthouse estate filed her final report. As guardian for the children she also filed an inventory. o MORNING WEDDING Dr. Neptune Wins Young Lady as Bride EVENT OCCURRED THIS MORNING Father Wilken Unites the Happy Couple—Left at Noon on Honeymoon Trip. The parsonage of Rev. H. Theo Wilkens on Fourth street, was the scene of a pretty wedding this morning at 8:30 o’clock when Miss Celesta Kintz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Kintz, of Russell street and Dr. J. Q. Neptune were united in marriage in presence of a few relatives of the contracting parties. The bride was attractively gowned in a traveling costume of Alice blue with straps of black velvet, with a hat of the same

shade. Miss Georgie Meibers, as immediate friend, and the bride’s only attendant, wore a becoming gown of black and white, and Mr. Leo Kintz was the groomsman. The ring service was used, very simple and impressive. A wedding breakfast at the home of the bride's parents immediately followed the ceremony. The bride was a graduate in 1905 from the high school of St. Joseph,with high honors. She is a member of the St. Marys choir and is noted for her beautiful voice. She is not only accomplished in music but in many other respects. Dr. Neptune has been one of the leading dentists for the past twenty years, and both he and his fair young bride were leaders in the society circles of Decatur. They left for Chicago on the noon train and will remain until after May Ist, when they will be at home to their many friends on the corner of Third and Jefferson streets. The Democrat extends congratulations and best wishes to them. o Ed France, of Ft. Wayne, was attending to legal matters In our city I today.

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THE ANTIS STILL Council .May .Regulate .Position of Saloon Screens. Steps are being taken to interest members of the city council in a section of the state law, which provides that council may regulate the position of windows, doors and furniture of saloons. The law sets out that the council may, by ordinance, say whether screens may be kept in front of the bars or the windows screened. It also sets out that council may name what games, If any, may be played in the barrooms. The temperance element is back of the proposition and council may be asked, in the near future, to take the matter under consideration. They say it is within the power of the council to make saloon keepers give a good clear view of the interior of their places of business. It is claimed this would have a wholesome effect, as it would prevent many young men from taking their first drink. They say it would also prevent many men from standing up at the bar for any length of time. Some of the councilmen have been questioned regarding the matter, but they have not cared to discuss the proposition. —Muncie Star. A GOOD MEETING Fort Wayne Presbytery Adjourns their Sessions THEY MET AT NAPPANEE Rev. Alfred Fowler Chosen Secretary for the Coming Year—Changes Made. The Rev. Alfred Fowler has just returned from the meeting of the presbytery of Ft. Wayne held at Nappanee. The meeting was one of the best held in years. There were a large number of delegates, and the year was a very prosperous one. There was a steady advance in the finances over that of former years, and also a larger access of members in the various churches of the Presbytery. There were only two resignations of pastors at this meeting. Rev. W’alter M. Elliott, pastor at Lima, Ind., was elected moderator, and the Rev. Alfred Fowler was chosen secretary. ‘ After the meeting of the Presbytery there was an afternoon and evening spent in discussing the Sabbath school work. The old system of the International lessons are to be superceded by the new and modern method,which has been adopted by many Sabbath schools already, that of the graded school. The name to be changed from that of the Sabbath school to that of the “Bible School.” The Presbyterian Board of Publication have for some time been supplying the most elaborate literature for the new and up-to-date “Graded Bible School." It means in the future the actual and systematic study of the Bible, and regular examinations—written examinations as is arranged in the public school system. Christian people throughout all the churches are hailing this new and needed and practical departure in the training of the young people in the knowledge of the best and greatest of all books. — o MR. BURDG NOW CONSCIOUS But Cannot Talk—No Hopes for His Recovery. Uncle “Billy” Burdg, who was stricken Tuesday evening with a stroke of paralysis regained consciousness this morning, but is still in a serious condition. Although he can clearly understand everything that is said to him yet he is unable to make any reply as his power of speech seems to be affected. No hope for his recovery is entertained by his immediate family and relatives and they are all at home as the end Is expected to occur at any moment should he suffer another stroke. o SIX HUNDRED ARE DEAD Mexico City, April 18. —Estimates based on latest figures from towns in the earthquake district place the number of fatalities from the recent earthquake at over 600. Definite figures as to number of injured not known. o - E. F. Moser, of Berne, was a business caller to our city today.