Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 97, Decatur, Adams County, 19 April 1907 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume V. Number 97

AS TO DEMOCRATS Louis LudlowWritesAbout the Democrats HEARST TO BE INDEPENDENT He May be the Candidate of the Independent League for President. Washington, April 19. —During the : last few days many of the most prom I inent Democrats of the east and south i have bid good-bye to one of their most cherished hopes, which was that | Bryan and Hearst might become ini’ volved in such a bitter fight over the Democratic nomination for president as to make it necessary to eliminate both and nominate a third man. it was the general desire that this third man might be a conservative, who would hail from the south, gathering the strength of that section by reason of his residence there and the strength of the east by his conservatism It was a pleasant thing to contemplate, but it has proved an iridescent : dream. William R. Hearst has 'ct it be known to his friends in the east that he has no intention of contesting the Democratic nomination with Bryan. On the contrary, he has read himself out of the Democratic party and he will be nominated for president of the United States by the Independence league, an organization of wnich he is the founder and financier and which probably has more extensive ramifications in Indiana than in any other state outside of New York. Hearst’s retirement from the Democratic party leaves Bryan without u competitor for the Democratic nomination, and with the general drift almost wholly Bryan’s way no one will have the hardihood to enter the lists against him. It is now perfectly plain that the “peerless leader," who led the party to defeat in 1896 and 1900, will lead it again in some undetermined direction in 1908. No longer does he shy away from the suggestion that he is the leader who must lead. His closest friends, like Senator Dubois, of Idaho, are now making no bones of his willingness to carry the party standard next year. READY FOR BUYERS Stock Subscription Committee Had Meeting A GOOD INVESTMENT Stock in the Krick & Tyndall Plant Can Now be Purchased —Get in Your Order. The committee having in charge the stock subscriptions for Krick, Tyndall & Co., held a long session last night and agreed upon many points that will be Involved in opening up stock subscriptions. Another meeting will be held this evening, and by tomorrow everything will be ready for the acceptances of stock subscriptions. This will perhaps be the best opportunity ever given the public to buy stock in a reputable company and receive therefrom good interest returns from the start. Six per cent interest with no taxes cannot be picked up every day. in fact such opportunities are few and far between. In addition to this fact, the dividends are bound to grow and with that the value of stock will likewise grow, and in a few years the stock that costs $1 will easily sell on the market for $1.25 to $1.50. Any person can well afford to borrow money and pay six per cent for the loan, as the dividends to be paid now will pay the interest on the borrowed capital. Investors should think hard for a few days and not overlok this golden opportunity of investing in a substantial companv, owned and managed by Decatur cap ital. It is both safe and sound. You can subscribe for stock at either the First National or Old Adams County banks, or of either Messrs. Krick oi Tyndall. The opportunity will not last long, so those who are thinking shou think quick.

A MERGER TALKED ABOUT Vast Properties of the Presbyterian Church to be Merged. A merger involving Presbyterian properties aggregating millions of dollars is to be brought up in the general assembly of the Presbyterian church of the United States, which will open its session May 16, in Columbus. The proposition is the consolidation of the Lane Theological seminary, the great McCormick Theological seminary in Chicago and the Wastern Theological, seminary in Pittsburg. The fact developed at Cincinati in the choice of Robert Laidlaw by the Cincinnati presbytery as one of its lay delegates to the general assembly. The three seminaries whose consolidation is urged, grauate each year the majority of the young ministers for Presbyterian pulpits, about fifty new divines being the total of their graduating o ARE AFTER HONORS Eastern Democrats Making Nominations GOVERNOR HAGERMAN RESIGNED Government Steamer Named —Senator Elkins With the President for a Third Nomination. Washington, April 19. —Eastern Democrats of influence are asserting that within a few weeks Judson Harmon, of Cincinnati, will permit an announcement that he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. More than a month ago a movement was started among Eastern and Southern Democrats looking to the bringing out of a candidate in opposition to William J. Bryan. Judge George Gray, of Delaware, was the first man considered, but he discouraged the emissaries who were sent to see him, and after it was plain that he was an impossibility, the antiBryan people turned to Mr. Harmon. On what seems to be first-class authority it is said here that Mr. Harmon w r ill permit the use of his name. While the movement to make him a candidate is backed at this time by Eastern and Southern Democrats only, the hope is expressed that the Democrats of the central west will co-op-erate.

Washington, April 19.—Governor Hagerman, of New Mexico, against whom charges were preferred, has tendered his resignation and the president today announced the appointment of Captain George Curry, governor of Samar Province, Philippine Islands, as governor of New Mexico, in Hagerman's place. Governor Hagerman was recently in Washington to answer the charges which related to the transfer of territorial lands to a Pennsylvania development company. While here he had a long interview with the president and secretary Garfield about the charges, which he declared were the result of political Intrigue. Washington, April 19.—Having traveled 3,000 miles for the express purpose of naming a government steamer in memory of her father, Miss Maude Leontine Morrison, of Pasadena, Cal., performed this ceremony yesterday afternoon at the launching of the Capt. T. W. Morrison at a shipyard near Wilmington, Del. Captain Morrison, whose home was in Indianapolis, was killed in the battle of San Juan. Washington, April 18. —Senator Elkins, of West Virginia, and congressman Hull, of lowa, were among the White House callers. The West Virginia senator said he assured the president that West Virginia is for him if he will take a third term. - o— A meeting of the baseball directors was held yesterday evening and it was decided that Bluffton would not enter the Saturday and Sunday Trolley league. In the event they had, Bluffton would have been forced to play every Sunday either at Indianapolis or Richmond, Ind. There are a number of much better places from a financial standpoint where Bluffton can play and not have to undergo the monotony of playing the same team all the time. It was also thought that the patrons of the game in this city were opposed to too much Saturday ball.—Bluffton Bannr.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, Evening, April 19, 1907.

DEEPEST SORROW Is Expressed for Death of Robert Tyson HE LIVED IN CALIFORNIA Nephew of Godfrey and John Christen a Victim of a Very Rare Disease. Resolutions of sorrow at the death of Robert Tyson were adopted at a meeting of the students and faculty of the State Normal school yesterday afternoon. President Black of the Normal school also spoke on the good influence the boy had always had in the school, and of the many friendships he had formed. The resolutions adopted are as follows: “We, the assembled faculty and students of the state normal school of San Diego, hereby express our profound sorrow at the loss we have today sustained through the passing away of our student, comrade and friend, Robert Tyson. “His aptitude and faithfulness as a student, his cheerful adaptability and strong, generous, manly qualities as a friend and companion, will ever remain in our memories as an inspiration and a benediction. “We extend to the bereaved family and friends our heartfelt sympathy, assuring them that we share their grief, and entertain with them the hope and belief that Robert has only entered into a more glorious life from which sorrow and death are forever banished. W. F. Bliss, Sibyl Morrison, Adelle Byron, committee.” —San Diego Exchange. Robert Tyson was about 18 years old. Mrs. Tyson formerly taught in the high school here also at the Washington school and other places, and is a sister of Godfrey and John Christen, and immediately after her marriage moved to California. She is better known as Anna C. Christen. Robert died last week from cancer of the lungs, a very rare disease.

David H. Knisely, president, and Charles W. Camp, cashier of the Garrett Banking company, of Garrett, have filed a notice, showing the increase in the capital of that company from $25,000 to $35,000. CLOSE A BIG TIMBER DEAL St. Paul Men Buy Traot in British Columbia. Spokane. Wash., April 19. —Wiliam Deary, of Potlatch, Ida., and Henry Turrish, of Duluth, Minn., have practically closed a contract to buy 500,000 acres of timber land in the Kootenay district in British Columbia, north of Spokane, owned by Francis E. Armstrong of Rossland, B C., representing a Minneapolis bank, and J. A. Carabin and Thomas B. Lewis, the consideration being $1,500,000. The lands are known as the Nelson and Fort Shepherd grants, being granted to D. C. Corbin, of Spokane, when he built the Spokane Falls & Northern road, now' owned by the Great Northern interests, a number of years ago. The tract contains cedar, white pine and hemlock and is along large streams that permit driving. It is likely that saw mills will be established along the border, also that some of the timber, estimated to contain between 8,000,000,000 and 9,000,000,000 feet of logs, will be sent to Potlatch and other points in the Spokane country. Another timber deal, involving more than $1,000,000, is in progress in the Craig mountain country, south of Spokane, where W. C. Hammer and George E. Hammer, of Philadelphia, are looking over a large tract of land, owned by settlers along the Lewiston & Southeastern railroad, now under construction. Mr. Hummer announced that a report of the stumpage will be prepared and submitted to the home officers before the deal is closed. o ■ BIG FIRE IN PHILIPPINES Manila, April 19. —The town of Iloilo on the island of Panay has been swept by fire and hundreds are believed to have lost their lives. Fully 20,000 persons were rendered homeless. The authorities lost control of the situation. o Lee Yager arrived today from his regular trip and will spend Sunday with his sister.

WATCH FOR MAGAZINE FRAUD Smooth Individual Working this Part of State. Housewives should be on the lookout for a smooth individual who is traveling around the country presuming to take subscriptions for a magazine. It matters not what magazine he is supposed to represent. He changes the name to suit the locality and the only thing he is looking for is your dollar which you have laid away in the kitchen pantry to pay the grocer man when he comes around. He offers his publication and any two others you may select. To make It good and strong he offers you confidentially, a kitchen cabinet, six lining room chairs, a dining table, and a fine davenport just for the use of your name. Most women bite at the bait before they think, and pass over the dollar. Then they wait for the goods that never come, and wonder why. In the meantime the fellow has torn up the contract you signed and scattered it to the winds, as he does every other one he gets and goes gaily on hunting other “suckers" who have a dollar laid away. You should see to it that you are not one of his victims. Common sense ought to teach any woman, however, that no man on earth could give what this fellow offers for a < lollar. As long as the h »usewife will permit herself to be Imposed upon by such men, just so long will the country be full of such (imposters. If the man, or any man comes, to your door and offers to give you more than your money's worth, notify the police, for the chances are the fellow is a fraud. o PRICE OF ICE IS REDUCED Indianapolis Trust H ive Been Brought to Ti ne. —L Indianapolis, —The ice trust announcd the price to be charged consumers this year will be twenty cents per hundred pounds, delivered. Last year it was forty cents when coupon books were purchased and fifty cents cash. The trust announces that coupon books, good for the entire year at the twenty cent rate, can be purchased. It says io raise above this price will be made and if anything it will be lowered. The Independent Ice company began today to deliver ice on the factory platform at ten cents per hundred. o NOT MUCH DOING Society Column is a Little Lame Today P. F. F. CLUB TO MEET < Rev. Wilcox to be Here Sunday—the Young Matrons to Have a Session —Other Items. Mr. and Mrs. Otis E. Shifferly were delightfully surprised Tuesday evening, April 16, at their home 4% miles east of Decatur. Those present were: Misses Minnie Johnson, Sylvia Chronister, Alma Swygart, Ruby Miller, Cora Daniels, Alma Dailey, Ethyl Meyers, Bessie Jackson, Etta Merriss, Ida Gay, Pearl Cowen, Olive Standiford; Messrs. Harry Daniels, Willie Johnson, Laudy Jackson, Denis Moser, Lawrence Johnson, Rolla Jackson, Burley Swygart, Clyde Staniford Vernon Shifferly, Merle Cowen, Curtis Moser. The evening was spent in games and social chat and at a late hour all departed reporting a good time and wishing Mr. and Mrs. Shifferly many more happy surprises. The members of the P. F. F. Club will be entertained at the home of Miss Pearl Purdy this evening. The new pastor of the M. E. church C. B. Wilcox, will fill the pulpit Sunday morning and evening. Mr. Wilocx will arrive in the city tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Fred Mills is entertaining the young matron’s club today. o F. M. Schirmeyer, manager of the Citizens Telephone Company, went to Fort Wayne this morning to attend a meeting of the independent telephone interests. A conference between the Central Union and the independents as to rates, in among the possibilities.

COURT HOUSE NEWS William Fronefield Cited for Contempt THE McCONNEHEYS IN COURT Deputy Clerk Baumgartner Called to Michigan on Account of Illness of His Father. Deputy clerk Paul Baumgartner has been called to northern Michigan on account of the very serious illness of his father. Clerk-elect James P. Haefiing Is doing the work during Mr. Baumgartner’s absence. A new and up to date sheriff's desk has taken the place of the old one in the circuit court room and officer Meyer is justly proud of his new possesion. Judge Erwin has been selected as special judge to hear an important state case which begins in the Wells circuit court next Wednesday. Arguments were heard this rooming on motion for a new trial in the case of John H. Green vs. Rachael Dailey a damage case tried several weeks ago. In the case of Malinda Fronefield vs. William Fronefield, a restraining order was issued to prevent the defendant in any way molesting the plaintiff. War seems to still be waging between these parties as this morning a showing was made citing Fronefield for contempt of court, alleging that he continued to visit his former home, pounded on the doors, and demanding admittance, asserting that he intended to remain there until the final disposition of the case. John W. Coffee vs. John Braun, Jr., suit on account, demand $175; submitted. Finding for plaintiff in sum of $159. Emil Juillerat vs. Joseph Robbins et al, quiet title; deed reported and approved and commissioner discharged. Upon affidavit filed in circuit court, Williard McConnehey has been arrested on a charge of petit larceny, he being charged with his brother Andy who was arrested a few days ago,

with stealing chickens. His bond was fixed at S3OO and he went to jail. Andy was arranged, plead not guilty, and being too poor to procure counsel, the court appointed Shaffer Peterson as attorney to defend and with such compensation as the court may allow. A marriage license was Issued to Samul S. Egly. aged thirty-two, a furniture merchant at Berne and Hilda L. Smitley, aged twenty, of Jefferson township. o POISON LAW VERY STRICT Can't Buy Dope Now Without a Prescription. The new law relating to the sale of poisons is very strict. It makes it unlawful for any person to sell, barter, trade or give away any opium, morphine or cocaine to any person, except such person secure a written prescription from some local physician for same. The law also provides that the physician issuing such a prescription shall date the same and show' thereon the full and true name of the person to whom it is issued and the physician shall sign the same, giving his full name and residence. The druggist or person selling, ■ bartering, trading or giving away opium, morphine, or cocaine is required to write on the prescription the date of the filling of same and the name of the person presenting same and the prescription shall be cancelled by writing or stamping thereon the word “cancelled” and no second or other subsequent sale shall be made on the prescription. A penalty for violation of this law is provided as follows: “Any druggist violating this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in any sum not less than $lO nor more than SSO, to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months for each separate offense.”

FUNPRAL IS ON SATURDAY Captain William R. Meyers Will be Buried With High Honors. Anderson, Ind., April 19. —The funeral of Captain William R. Meyers, commander of the Indiana Loyal Legion, former secretary of state, a former congressman and former grand master of the Indiana Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, will be held at the home, 111 west Ninth street, at 2:30 p. m. Saturday. They will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Charles P. Luce of the First Presbyterian church, and the burial will be at Maplewood cemetery and will be conducted by the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, assisted by Anderson lodge. Honorary pall bearers will represent the Indiana Loyal Legion Commandery, Major May Post G. A. R., the Madison county bar, the Anderson library board, the orphans’ home board, the Tourist and Country club and the First Presbyterian church. THE FIRST SESSION American Society of International Law Meets GREAT SPEECH BY MR. ROOT Discusses at Length the Japan Treaty and the San Francisco School Board Resolution. Washington, D. C., April 19. —Many notable persons in American public life assembled here this morning to attend the first annual session of the American Society of International Law, which convened for a two days’ meet this morning. The opening address was made by the president of the society, Mr. Root, his subject being, “The real questions under the Japanese treaty and the San Francisco school board resolution.” He welcomed the members and praised the work for which they were organized, then branched into history of the American-Japan treaty of November 22, 1904. In concluding his lengthy speech, he said: It is hard for democracy to learn the responsibilities of its power; but the people now, not governments, make friendship or dislike, sympathy or discord, peace or war, between nations. In this modern day, through

the columns of the myriad press and messages flashing over countless wires, multitude calls to multitude across boundaries and ocean in courtesy or insult, in amity or in defiance. Foreign offices and ambassadors and ministers no longer keep or break the peace, but the conduct of each people toward every other. The people who permit themselves to treat the people of other countries with discourtesy and insult are surely sowing the wind to reap the whirlwind, for a world of sullen and revengeful hatred can never be a world of peace. Against such a feeling treaties are waste paper and diplomacy the empty routine of idle form. The great question which overshadowed all discussion of the treaty of 1894 was the question: Are the people of the United States about to break friendship with the people of Japan? That question, I believe, has been happily answered in the negative. A VALET, NOT A LAWYER Is What Harry Thaw Wants, Says Attorney Delmas. New York. April 19. —Attorney Delmas made the statement today as to why he withdrew from the Thaw case. He said he wrote Thaw's family that Harry needed a valet more than he did a lawyer, that a lawyer for Harry might be called at any time to come at once to consult with him and that he had enough of Thaw's erratic whims. He said that under no condition would he continue. The investigation by Jerome that an alleged attempt had been made to handle the jurors who were Mystic Shriners, because Thaw's father was a shriner came to a halt today when it was learned that juror Faaff who had been subpoened is out of town and won't be back for some time. o NEW YORK WON TODAY Boston, April 19—The New York Nationals won from Boston in the morning ball game today. Score four] to one.

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SUFFERINGS m Henry Hilderbrand Died Last Evening WAS A WELL KNOWN FARMER And One of the Wealthiest and Most Popular in the County—Had Been 111 Six Months. Henry Hilderbrand, one of the most prominent citizens of Kirkland township and probably one of the best known citizens of Adams county, died last night at his country home near Magley at eleven-thirty o'clock, death resulting from a complication of diseases. Mrs. Hilderbrand was sixtytwo years of age and for the past thirty-two years had made his home in Kirkland township, the majority of that time being spent on the place where his demise occurred. He took sick about six months ago with a nervous disorder and he gradually grew worse from that time until death relieved him. He was one of the most prosperous farmers in Adams county, being the owner of three hundred acres of land located just south of Magley and which is considered one of the most valuable farms in the county. He was a man of kind disposition and assisted his neighbors and friends in many ways and his many good traits will be sadly missed by those who came in touch with him. He was a member of the German Reformed church at Magley and was a devoted and earnest worker in its behalf. The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at the German Reformed church, Rev. Snyder officiating, and Interment will be made in the German Reformed cemetery. He leaves a wife and three daughters and two sons to mourn their loss. o A drag upon prosperity of every good town is found in the peddlers, traveling agents etc., which infest them. They come without the least vestige of recommendation, bearing no responsibility and departing whenever business becomes dull or attitude unfriendly. Yet in spite of all this they are patronized by some very responsible people. o A FUNNY COMEDY “Uncle Rube” is Sure to Please You BUY TICKETS AT ONCE Its a Good Cause and a Good Show— It’s Next Monday Night—The Musical Program. “Uncle Rube" or an Idyll of Vermont is the funniest and cleanest comedy ever seen in our city. It is a musical rural comedy with an immence amount of new fun and new things to make you laugh at first and then roar. Not a dull moment in all the four acts —something doing all the time. New and up to date specialties with a musical program up to the minute. Admission 25 cents. Seats reserved at the Holthouse Drug Store Monday, April 22nd, at 8 a. m. Proceeds for the benefit of the aid society of Christian church. Remember the date and visit your “Uncle Rube" at Bosse Opera House. April 22nd. Musical program follows: No. I. "Hiram Greene Good Bye” ....Mr. Johnson and Milk Maids No. 2. “Don’t You Tell” Miss Bryson and Mr. Erwin 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. “Crocidlle Use” Pony Quartette and chorus No. 7. “1 Read it in a 800 k”.... Mr. Helm No. 8. Duet Selection ....Miss Erwin and Miss Niblick No. 9. (Special) Whistling Solo Mr. E. Hamilton Kilbourne No. 10. “Saw Antonia” Pony Quartette No. 11. Finale. “Automobiling” Miss Bryson, Mr. Carroll and Auto chorus.