Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 23 May 1907 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

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■ FATAL STROKE Mrs. William McKinley ■ Victim of Paralysis ■ER RECOVERY IS IMPOSSIBLE Mricken this Morning and Still Un■conscious—Dr. Rixey Summoned from Washington. H|Cant .m. Ohio. May 23. —Mrs. Wiljiam McKinley, widow of the late presides suffered a severe stroke of paralysis today and is unconscious. Dr. M'Hixey, the family physician for years Epast has been telegraphed for from Washington, and will come to Canton ' on a special train. However, local ■ physicians say he will be too late as 1 in their opinion the stroke is so severe that recovery is impossible. However, nothing will be left undone which of fers the least chance for her relief. I She has been in poor health for many years, but nevertheless this news of her fatal illness came as a severe EgWhoek to her thousands of friends here ■ anti' will cause grief all over the United S ates. where she is universally loved and respected and many prayers for In r recovery will be offered. <?’• Th. lucky number that drew the piano scarf that was auctioned by Miss Agnes Starost, was 13. Miss Edith Miller held the number.

COURT HOUSE NEWS Unusually Quiet Day in ■ Circuit Court SESSION DRAWING TO A CLOSE Marriage License Issued —Saturday I Will Be Gambler's Day in Wells County Court. B A marriage license has been issued to jjcott Allen, aged seventeen, a harness maker at Berne, and Miss Rosa Kneb aged eighteen, of Geneva. Th< re was absolutely nothing doing in circuit court this morning. Judg, Erwin was on hands at the usual hour, but as only two members of the bar were present, he adjourned, announcing that two failed to make a ■uorum in Adams county.

A large number of the gambling ||Kes resulting from indictments reHned by the Wells county grand jury H>e been set for Saturday and many H|as of guilty are anticipated. HK'liis morning in the circuit court was commenced the trial of the case ©■William Dunaway vs. The Indiana Line company et al. Dunaway is demanding 51,000 as damages for received while employed by the company last fall- The defen■Lts in the case are in addition to oil company, S. E. Keller, whose llg was in use when the accident ocand a man by the name of Mc'l*erson, a contractor in charge of the |abrk here.—Bluffton Banner.

■Owing to the fact that the expense assessment in Wayne township is hundred dollars beyond the Upbropria: ion made by the county the county commissioners Co|uid only allow 90 per cent of the presented by the assessors todaj another appropriation will have to Masked before the remainder can be for.—Ft. Wayne Sentinel. o Alma Daily and Fannie Fris■Ker and Mr. Dyke Frisinger went O., today and they will ' the commencement exercises at tha * P ,ace - Mr ’ Frisinger s Miss Neola Blossom, is in the ■Mss that graduates.

HAYWOOD TRIAL BEGINS AGAIN Believed Jury Will be Selected by Saturday Evening. Boise, Ida., May 23. —Jack Simpkins, missing member of the quartet of officials of the Western Federation of Miners, accused of the murder of exGovernor Sternenburg, and conceded to be the brainiest labor leader of the entire northwest, is expected to surrender at the opportune time and be a witness for the defense in the Haywood trial. It is also expected that he will be placed under arrest at that time. He alone can dispute Orchard's story as it was he who was in correspondence with Orchard and has his letters in reply. Simpkins is now in Washington state. Sheriff Hodgin completed serving the veniermen today and the trial began again this afternoon sixty more men were on hands and it is believed a jury will be selected by Saturday night, and that next week will mean the real beginning of the trial, which promises to be the most famous in the history of the West.

CROOKED JUSTICES Criminal Carelessness has Been Frequent AN INVESTIGATION IS STARTED Under Direction of Attorney-General Bingham—Has Visited ThirtySir Counties. Attorney-General Bingham is raking up the records of the J. P. courts in Indiana. His deputy, Frank Bingham has begun an examination of these courts which will extend throughout the state, and the investigation has brought to light evidence that involves deputy prosecuting attorneys in some of the counties, as well as the constables and justices of the peace. Deputy Bingham has found that much the same conditions prevail in some of the counties as have just come to light in Marion county. He has found missing records and considerable money in fees due the state. At the present Mr. Bingham is examining only those justice courts in the county seats or those that, can be reached by short drives. The examination is being made for the purpose of ascertaining the true conditions of the justice dockets of the state. A later and thorough examination of the courts about which suspicion falls will be made, according to Deputy Bingham. Thus far Mr. Bingham has been in thirty-six counties. He finds, he says, than deputy prosecutors seem to be implicated in about as many cases as are the constables. He could not give yesterday the number of cases in which evidence of crookedness has been found, but said that the indications are that a thorough investigation will have to be made in most of the counties of the state. "The evil is about the same.” said Mr. Bingham yesterday, “wherever you go, according to. the records. I have not made throuogh examinations in all the counties through which I have been, but I find that in some instances, where crookedness is shown on the part of constables or prosecutors, even the justice:, have knowledge of what is going on. The justices whose dockets do not sho- • up properly assert that they acted under the advice of the deputy prosecutor. “In many cases I have found that ithe costs have been collected and the records show them paid. But the records show no fees to the state. This I consider the taking of hush money, either by the prosecutor, the constable or the justice of the peace, as the case may be. Mr. Bingham also has been instructed by the attorney general to examine the records of the circuit court clerks treasurers and auditors, relative to the settlements with the state. In these investigations Deputy Bingham has found that the clerks in many instances have failed to turn over to the state the unclaimed witness fees, which, under the law, become part of the school fund at the end of two years. Mr. Bingham has confined his work chiefly to northern and central Indiana. He has been in Fountain county and Warren. Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Lake. Pulaski, Noble, Jasper, Newton, Huntington, Miami, Cass, White, Car(Continued on Page 4.)

Decatur, Indiana, 1 hursday, Evening, May 23, 1907.

TWO MEN KILLED In the Nitro-Glycerine Explosion Yesterday WHICH OCCURRED NEAR ALBANY Owen Brown and Ora Huston Hurled Into Eternity Without a Moment's Warning. Owen Brown, 26, and Ora Hutson, 1 3, were blown to atoms yesterday morning about 9 o'clock by the explosion of a magazine of the Independent Torpedo company, containing a large quantity of nitroglycerine, on the R. F. Brammer farm, a short distance west of Albany. How the catastrophe happened will never be learned, but it is definitely known that Brown, who has been employed as the driver of a wagon belonging to the Independent company, was at the magazine, in company with his young brother-in-law, Ora Hutson, at the time of the accident. After the explosion examination showed that a hole in the ground about thirty-five feet wide and twenty-five feet deep had been made. The only remains found were a portion of scalp and a rib. Enough horse flesh was picked up to fill an ordinary shoe box. For a considerable distance around the spot where the magazine was located trees were found uprooted. Brown and Hutson left the young wife of the former in Albany about 7 o’clock in the morning and went to the magazine for the purpose of getting a quantity of stock to take to Montpelier. It is supposed that the explosion occurred as they were loading the wagon. The force of the explosion was felt in this city, though forty miles from the scene.

WELCOMESOLDIERS Fort Wayne in the Hands of the Old Braves FIVE THOUSAND ARE THERE Marion and Kokomo Want Next Meeting—Three Candidates for Department Commander. At least three hundred people from this city and county are at Ft. Wayne today attending the G. A. R. encampment. The interurban company ran cars every hour and a half today and each carried its capacity of old soldiers, their families and friends. News from the scene so that more than 5,000 veterans have registered and the city is packed with visitors anxious to do honor to the brave old heroes of '6l, whose ranks are thinning so rapidly. It is believed that this, the twenty-eighth annual event will be the greatest of all encampments. The opening occurred last evening at the court house. Judge Samuel M. Hende gave the address of welcome and there were a number of short talks by prominent veterans. Fitting honor is being paid to the memory of Major General Henry M. Lawton, who was a native of Fort Wayne. Every visitor is presented with a metallic badge, on which is stamped a likeness of the great Indiana soldier. The political situation in the encampment is beginning to warm up and it is expected that it will be at fever heat before tomorrow night. There are three condidates for department commander —former AttorneyGeneral William A. Ketcham, of Indianapolis; former State Senator James M. Barlow, of Plainfield, and Dr. A. R. Tucker, of Noblesville. All three are on the grounds and have boomers balore. A pretty fight has developed between Marion and Kokomo. Both want the 1908 encampment and their respective boomers are button-holing every veteran w r ho looks as if he might be a delegate. In the convention of the ladies of the G. A. R. there will be 165 delegates and in the convention of the W. R. C. 167. Mrs. Ida Wagoner, of Washing(Continue don page 4.)

BUYS PATENT DUMP WAGON. Julius Haugk will Do His Own Hauling «This Season. Julius Haugk this morning received four new wagons by freight, which will be used by him in hauling stone from his quarry to the different macadam roads he has under supervision. The wagons are of the latest type, and instead of having the old fashioned dump, are equipped with a late patented device by which the stone may be dumped onto the road or street under construction with ease. The wagons haul the same amount as the old wagons, and have the advantage on account of the patent dump, thus insuring quicker and better delivery. The driver on account of this new device does not have to get off the wagon to do his unloading, as he merely has to touch a lever and the bottom falls out of the wagon. Mr. Haugk has recently purchased a number of good horses and expects to do most of his own hauling for the contracts he has on hand. Julius is always on the outlook for something new and is progressive in his line of business.

INVITATIONS ISSUED For Events of the Commencement Week EXERCISES PROPER ON MAY 31st Pocahontas Lodge Meets Tonight— Junior Class Reception at Dugan Home Tomorrow Evening. Invitations to the commencement exercises and Senior reception were issued today by the Seniors of the Decatur high school. The calendar for this eventful week will be as follows: Junior reception, May 24; baccalaureate sermon, Sunday evening, May 26, at the M. E. church. The class day will be May 29th, at 7:30 p. m. A most interesting program will be given by the class. It will consist of a duet, salutatory, letters from ex-teachers, violin solo, class will, a poem, farewell D. H. S. and the class song. Following this will come the commencement exercise and Senior reception. Also, during this week, special invitations have been issued for the Senior dance which will take place at the K. of C. hall on Tuesday evening. May 28th. Grand march commencing at 8:30. A number of Miss Carrie David’s friends gathered at her home last Saturday evening to surprise her. The evening was spent in games and music A two-course luncheon was served. Those present were: Misses Ella Knavel, Alta Hart, Nora Hart, Bessie Erecson, Lola Baily, Cora Darr, Ruth Darr, Cora Manly, Dora Manly, Macy Hawkins, Anala Sheets, Bessie David, Gertie Keaver and Messrs. Oro Sheets, Glenn Hinton, Rufus Ramsey, William Knavel, Frank Hinton, Gilbert Schafer, Wilson Hart, Clinton Hart. Otto Miller, Virigl Hawkins, Vern Erecson, Ray David, Lslie Myers; Mr. and Mrs. Ira David, Willis Wittenberger, Walker Hawkins. The pretty shades of the class colors of the Junior and Senior classes of the Decatur high school, along with the class uowers, will form the artistic decorations of the Junior reception which will be held at the home of Miss Francis Dugan on Friday evening, the twenty-fourth day of May. The young people of this class have prepared several unique features for the evening’s program, which w'ill no doubt cause a great deal of merriment among the guests. The members of the Pocahontas lodge are requested to be present this evening at their regular meeting. There will be three candidates taken through the degree and especially the members of the degree staff. Mrs. R. B. Allison is entertaining the Ladies Aid society of the Presbyterian church this afternoon at her home on Adams street. Mrs. W.- A. Lower will entertain the young matrons club at her home on Friday afternoon. A good time is expected. Miss Bessie Congleton will entertain the Euchre club on Friday evening. Joe Miller made a business trip to Monroe this afternoon.

PRIESTS ORDAINED Five Young Men Complete the Study ENTER WORK IN THIS DIOCESE Imposing Ceremony Held at Ft. Wayne Followed by An Informal Reception. The ordination of five young men who have completed the prescribed | courses for the priesthood at Mt. St. Mary’s seminary, at Cincinnati, took place Wednesday morning in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the imposing ceremony of the Roman Catholic church being performed by Bishop Alerding. A large number of clergymen were present and the auditorium was well filled with members of the church and friends and relatives of the ordained The new priests are Fathers John Bleckman, of Cincinnati, a nephew of Father John Bleckman, of Michigan City; James Durham, of Middletowm, N. Y., a brother of Father John Durham, formerly of Fort Wayne and now of Union City; Henry A. Horstman, of Mishawaukee; Julian Skrypinski, of Whiting, and Edward Werling, of Tiffin, Ohio. Following the ordination ceremony there was an informal reception at the episcopal residence and friends of the young clergymen extended their congratualtions and good wishes for the future. Although there were no appointments of the new priests announced by Bishop Alerding yesterday, it is quite certain that all will be assigned to churches in the Fort Wayne diocese and tihere appointments will be announced soon. —Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette. Rev. George Angermeier of this city attended the services. tomakeTsurvey Engineers and Assistants Left this Morning THE WILLSHIRE CELINA ROUTE Will Report Before June First, When Stockholders Will Decide Upon the Route Out of Decatur. Engineer Fishbaugh and five assistans left this morning with all the necessary implements to start the survey on the proposed line for the Ft. Wayne and Springfield interurban railway company betw'een this city and Celina. The survey will be made through Pleasant Mills, Willshire, Rockford and thence to Celina. Although this route has not been determined upon by this company definitely, the survey will be made for the purpose of securing an es’jimate of what the cost of construction will be. What route the line will take leaving this city will be determined at the stockholders meeting, which will be hed in this city June first ,and at which time a vote will be taken and the route fully determined. The two routes that will come up at this meeting are both good ones and the business men and citizens will be satisfied with either of them. The community is equally divided as to the best route, whether to follow the Grand Rapids south or whether to go south west to Celina, both being good fields to work upon and both routes meaning more business for Decatur. However this matter will be left to the stockholders, and how they will cast their votes no one is able to tell. The interurban people mean business and are now able to push ei'lher route to completion in a short time and open up either of the fields determined upon. Mr. Fishbaugh and corps will return to this city sometime the later part of the week with a full and complete report and the stockholders will then be fully enlightened at the coming annual meeting as to the cost of the construction of the proposed extension. o ■" - Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Mann accompaniel by Mart Elzey and Miss Ina Worden, went to Rome City this morning to spend a few days at that resort.

DOWN TWENTY FOOT BANK. Roxy Stetler, of Willshire, made Sensational Leap on a Bicycle. Roxy Stetler, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stetler, was the victim of a bicycle accident Saturday, which might easily have terminated ratally. He was cycling on the river bridge at the east edge of town, and in an effort to niount his wheel after turning at the west end of the bridge, became entangled in the wheels, lost control of the machine, and was thrown off the stone abutment to the ground below, a distance approximating 20 feet. The force of the fall was broken somewhat by his falling into a clump of timber undergrowth, but even with this favorable lighting place, his injuries were numerous and painful. Several bad gashes on the right side of the head, several bruises on the left side of the head, and a sprained right arm and shoulder are among the visible results. Some who viewed the scene of the accident, marvel at the lad’s escape from instant death. —Willshire Herald. o— UNCLE JOE VISITING Speaker Cannon En Route to Carolina NEW POSTOFFICE METHODS May Be Established —Administration to Be Represented at the TransMississippi Congress. “Uncle Joe” Cannon, the speaker of the last two houses of congress, who, during the present month, became seventy-one years “young,” is here for a day or two attending to business at the copitol. He came from Philadelphia and New York, and will shortly leave for a visit to Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina, where he was born, and has not been since he moved to Illinois al the age of five years. He will look over the ground and try to fill up the gap that sixty-five years have made. While there, he will be the guest of Guilford College, the local educational institution, where he will make an address. After that' he will return to his home in Danville, and spend the summer there. Washington, May 22.—The postoffice department is moving toward the adoption of some new methods in the transportation of mail matter in the cities of the country. James T. McCleary, former congressman from Minnesota, who recently succeeded W. S. Shallenberger as second assistant postmaster-general, will shortly start on a tour of the larger cities for the purpose of studying methods now employed in handling the mails, and he hopes to be prepared when he returns from the trip to begin to put some of his ideas in force. The prompt collection and distribution of mail in cities has always been a subject for study in the department. With the rapid growth of cities the subject has become one of very great importance. The administration is to be well represented at the transmississippi congress, which is to meet in Denver June 18, 19 and 20. This congress was called by the governors of several far-western states for the purpose of considering the federal policy of dealing with public lands, and it has been generally understood here that it was the purpose of those who called the convention to condemn the administration’s policies. As soon as the president! learned what was going on he put himself in correspondence with the callers of the convention and asked permission to have the administration represented on the program. This request could not well be refused, and so it has been arranged that Secretary Garfield, of the interior department; Commissioner Ballinger, of the land office, and Gifford Pinchot, the federal forester, shall attend the convention, prepared to answer any criticisms that may be made of the administration's land policies. Washington, May 22.—Dr. Maurice Francis Egan, of the Catholic University of America, has not decided whether he will take the diplomatic mission to Denmark or Portugal. The choice of these places was offered to Dr. Egan by president Roosevelt prior to the presidents departure for his Virginia outing. Lisbon naiuraly looks (Continued on Page 4.)

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IS BOUND OVER Adam Delhi Will Answer in Circuit Court TO CHARGE OF WIFE DESERTION Had Hearing Before Squire Smith This Morning, But Offered No Defense. Adam Delhi, the wife deserter, who was captured Sunday night by Deputy Sheriff Dallas Buller and Constable Frank Smith, was given his hearing this morning in Squire Smith’s court and w’as bound over to the Adams Circuit Court, where he will be given an opportunity to tell his story some time in the near future. His bond was fixed at two hundred dollars,which he gave and was released. The case attracted considerable attention and when court opened a large crowd of interested spectators were present to hear the testimony, which was supposed would be spicy. The prosecution put Mrs. Deihl on the stand and she testified her husband had deserted her without any cause and that he had left her penniless and without a place to go, and that since the time he had deserted her that she had been compelled to work for her own livlihood and support herself. She further said that she did not chink her husband loved her and that she knew r no cause why she should thus lose his affections. She informed the court upon several other interesting features that are too spicy for publication. The defendant who was represented by John C. Moran, offered no evidence being contented to let the court bind him over to the circuit court, where he is confident the testimony he will present to the court will set. him free. He says he has some sensational evidence bearing on this case. hanleWproved Returned to His Official Duties Today OTHER LATE SPECIAL MESSAGES Prof. Russel of Richmond Speaks at Arbitration Conference —Hargis Acquitted of Murder Charge. Indianapolis, May 23. —Governor Hanly returned here today and looks an entirely different man physically. It is very evident that the trip did him great good. His first act on arriving at the state house this morning was to get into communication with Mayor Boehme at Evansville. Afterward he said: “Mayor Boehme tells me the city is quiet and that the civic forces at his command are sufficient to meet the demands, that the several boys who stoned the cars were last night heavily fined this morning. New York, N. Y., May 23.—The Scientific American makes the charge that the steel trust is responsible for so many wrecks and claims that the quality of the rails are made utterly inferior which causes trains to be wrecked by these defects. Litchfield. 111., May 23.—Wabash passenger train number fifty-one was wrecked near here this morning. Albany, N. Y„ May 23.—Governor Hughes today sent an urgent message to the senate asking the immediate passage of the New York mayorality recount bill and asking the senate to postpone adjourning until that bill passes. Lexington. Ky„ May 23.—The jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the Hargis murder trial this morning, after deliberating only an hour. Utica, N. Y„ May 23.—A cigar tossed into an elevator shaft of the Metropolitan hotel today set fire to the building costing the lives of two person. Evansville, Ind., May 23.—Peace in the car strike seems assured. Public sympathy is so strong with the strikers that the company will probably soon make overtures.