Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 127, Decatur, Adams County, 24 May 1907 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume V. Number 127

OFFICERS ELECTED Ketcham is Commander of the G. A. R. SKELTON IS VICE-COMMANDER State Encampment Closes at Fort Wayne—W. R. C. Officials—Kokomo Gets the 1908 Meeting. Fort Wayne, Ind., May 24. —Mrs. | Meribah Walker, of Clinton, Ind., was | -elected president of the Woman’s Re- | lief Corps and Mrs. Jennie Irvin, of P New Albany, heads the ladies of the 'G. A. R. The following officers were elected by the G. A. R.: Department commander, W. A. Ketcham, of Indianapolis; senior vice commander, B, W. Skelton, of Ft. Wayne; junior vice commander, J. F. Nosier, of Terre Haute; medical director, S. M. Hamilton. of Connersville; chaplain, M. B. Walker, of Fortville; council of administration, J. P. Alexander, of Bedford, J. C. Ryose, of Terre Haute, J. E. Liaughrey, of Monticello, W. W. Wood, of Wabash and D. C. Elder, of Greensburg. ■ Fort Wayne. Ind, May 23. —At a meeting of the delegates to the G. A. R. encampment, department of IndiK ana. at the close of the parade late S this afternoon,Kokomo was selected as the meeting place for the 1908 encampJnent. Marion was a competitor and a hot fight resulted. The vote stood 380 to 306 in favor of Kokomo. Sol I Pennington and his bunch of Kokomo Kkfeoters are the happiest veterans at ' the encampment tonight. I The contest for department comI (Continued on Page 4.)

MAY SETTLEMENT Auditor Lewton Sends in Tax Sheet TO THE AUDITOR OF STATE I Receives Notice That it is Correct Over Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars Goes to State Treasury. Auditor Lewton last evening forKjfewarded to the auditor of state his ■Bay se.tlement sheet for 1906 taxes Jami at nine o'clock this morning reKeived a message stating that same correct in every detail. The sum due the state as shown in the report 125,050.05, which amount county Lachot will take to Indianap®>lis within a few days as provided by law. Our officials have proven their ■kffioiency as they are three weeks of Mpie limit as provided by law, June ||sth. The totals as shown on the setsheet are as follows; State tax $ 9,068.28 JKtate school 8,932.44 Educational Institution 1,890.28 tax 34,225.25 tax 7,145.15 Kuition . 11-324.39 school tax 17,26- 87 HL>ad tax 3,112.69 HSownship poor 825.05 Special road 6,32-1-Internal building fund 901.92 road 30,995.-6 Hkravel road repairs 6,430."sinking fund 4,819.99 I Total tax for 190651-3,81- 94 E The report also shows that delinquent amounting to $4,544.68 were coland poll taxes amounted to M 2,333.75. The amount paid into the treasury, $25,050.05 is the laigby two thousand dollars ever paid is only half for the year as almost amount must also be paid at the settlement. ■F. M. Wheeler, of Briant, arrived the city today from Bluffton, wheie has been attending to business perto the court and he returned Bf his horn?" this afternoon. ■ Levi Nelson w-ent to Geneva this af■moon, where he will be the guest of and relatives for several da>s

DEATH DUE TO PECULIAR CAUSE j Van Buren Man Lost Too Much Blood by Picking His Teeth. Elmer Cochran, who died yesterday morning at his home in Van Buren, is said to have let such a quantity of blood from his system through picking his teeth that death resulted from his weakened condition. Physicians regard the case as unusual. Mr. Cochran had been sick for some time. He was affected with uraemic poisoning for a time and it is regarded that the letting of blood from his system by picking his teeth relieved him. He followed the habit until it got to be a mania with him and it is stated ultimately led to his death. The deceased was forty years old and is survived by a wife and four children. The funeral will occur at 10:30 o’clock tomorrow morning and burial will be in the Corey cemetery. —Marion News-Tribune. o DIVORCE AND DRINK Presbyterian Assembly Adopt Resolutions PERTAINING TOTHESE SUBJECTS Don’t Believe in Ordinary Divorces —Will Continue Temperance Work But Not Politically.

The 119th general assembly is over. The committees report on marriage and divorce was adopted with little discussion. It is brief. “We approve the recommendation, of the interchurch conference that ministers should refuse to marry divorced persons, except the innocent party in a case where the divorce has been granted on Scriptural grounds, nor then until assured that a period of one year has elapsed from the date of the decision allowing the divorce. Presbyterians are enjoined to exercise the vigilance and discipline necessary to protect the church from scandal. The minister who performs marriages of divorced persons as forbidden by the church is subject to church discipline. The following temperance resolution was adopted: “Whereas, The Presbyterian church has always stood for the separation of the church and state, and the assembly believes that the church in its organized capacity should not, through any of its agencies, be entangled with the political organizations of the state, while urging upon its members as Christian voters to take an active interest in political affairs, bringing to the service of the state a conscientious performance of civic duties; therefore, be it

“Resolved, That the assembly declares as its policy that the permanent committee on temperance shall not interfere in political primaries advocate the election or defeat the candidates for political office enter into the organization of campaigns, frame bills for presentation to the legislatures, lobby before legislatures or otherwise entangle the church with the political activities of the state, provided that nothing herein may be construed as limiting the constitutional right, of petition as granted in our standards; “Whereas, We contend that the church as an organization must continue to do its own temperance work; "Resolved, That the general assembly of the Presbyterian church, U. S. A., most heartily commends the American Anti-Saloon league as a sane, safe and effective organization in the advancement of the great cause of temperance and pledges thereto the fullest co-operation consistent with the constitution of the church.”

PUBLISH SPLENDID STATEMENT

Old Adams County Bank in a Flourishing Condition. In today’s issue appears the statement of the Old Adams County bank, showing the condition of that rockribbed institution at the close of business on Monday, May 20th. The total resources show the marvelous sum of $1,084,633.87, almost a hundred thousand over the million mark. The deposits alone aggregate more than $900,000, showing a most flourishing condition in this popular banking house. . —— o— Mrs. Chauncey Yawm went to Bluffton this morning to be the guest of friends for several days.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, Evening, May 24, 1907.

SUFFERINGS CEASE Death Comes to a Well Known Farmer JAMES MAULLER IS DEAD Lived Just East of the State Line and Had Hundreds of Acquaintances Here. James Mauller, a well known citizen of Van Wert county, died last evening at his home in Middleberry, midway between this city and Van Wert, at eight o’clock, after an illness of a year’s duration, death resulting from stomach trouble and other complications. Mr. Mauller was sixty years of age, having been born in Crawford county, Ohio, and after reaching the age of twenty years moved to Van Wert county, where he purchased a farm and had since made his home. He was a prosperous farmer and was influential and well respected in the community in which he resided and his untimely demise has cast a gloom over the entire community. He was a member of th M. E. church at Middleberry and was an earnest and devoted worker in its behalf and the church has lost one of its most substantial members. He was of a charitable disposition, and his many kind acts and deeds in this line will be sadly missed by those who came in constant touch with him. He was a brother of David Mauller, the well known farmer of this county, who died two years ago in Union township. The funeral services will be held at the M. E. church at Middleberry, on Sunday afternoon at one o’clock, and interment will be made in the Salem cemetery. He leaves a wife, four daughters and three sons to mourn their loss. thFclUFwomen Hold First Session in Indianapolis MRS. NIBLICK IS ATTENDING State Federation Mapping Out the Year’s Work—Eighty Clubs Have Paid Their Dues.

Indianapolis, Ind.. May 23. —The first conference W the new Indiana state federation of clubs is in session at the Denison hotel. Mrs. O. P. Kinsey, of Valparaiso, the president, is the presiding officer and there is an attendance of about twenty-five officers and chairmen of committees, those present including Mrs. Kinsey; vicepresident, Miss Katherine D. Mclllvaine, of Vincennes; recording secretary, Mrs. W. 3. Major, of Shelbyville; corresponding secretary. Miss Harriet V. Conlogue, of Kendallville; treasurer, Mrs. Charles B. Woodworth, of Fort Wayne; auditor, Mrs. J. B. Piercy, of Anderson; directors, Mrs. Mary Atwood, of Evansville; Mrs. Charles B. Dryer, of Terre Haute; Mrs. Frank L. Saylor, of Elwood, Mrs. A. M. Robertson, of Indianapolis. Chairmen of standing committees— Program, Mrs. Cora C. Barnett, Indianapolis; civil service, Mrs. Walter B. Pershing, of South Bend; educational, Miss Merica Hoagland, Indianapolis; library, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Earl, of Connersville; legislative, Mrs. William H. Dye, of Indianapolis; music, Mrs. J. Richard Francis, of Indianapolis; reciprocity bureau. Mrs. Frank L. Saylor, of Elwood; pure food, Mrs. Charles Martindale* of Indianapolis, and the district vice presidents, Mrs. Anna Lemcke, of Evansville; Mrs. Grace Julian Clarke, of Indianapolis; Mrs. John Niblick, of Decatur; Mrs. Eva B. Rohbock, of Wabash, and Mrs. E. E. Mummert, of Goshen. “We are here to map out our line of work for the year and also to arrange for the first annual meeting to be held in this city the last week in October,” said Mrs. Kinsey. “We shall take the same lines of work as the general federation. This is of Women and Children in the Industries,’ and of ’Education.’ We are hearing the reports of the committees and the chairmen not present have sent their reports. They are from the forestry committee, Mrs. Kate L. Agnes, of (Continued on Page 4.)

GAVE MARSHAL GREEN BATTLE Jimmie Wright Objected to Being Taken to Jail. Jimmie Wright, who, during a year or two past, has gained some police notoriety, was landed again at noon today. He was beastly intoxicated, and became a nuisance about Coffee & Reinhart’s restaurant. When ordered away he showed fight and when Marshal Green tried to escort him to the lockup he backed up and gave the officer quite a battle. John Braun was finally ordered to assist and the man was handcuffed and led away. Many who witnessed the affair marvelled at the fellow’s strength for an old man. The fact is Wright's appearance is rather receiving as to age. His hair is snow white and he looks to be seventy, when in fact he is less than forty-five. He has always worked hard, and is a strong, able bodied man, a match for a good athlete. He is the fellow who refused to pay his fine a year ago and remained in jail several months. thTfreshmen Enjoyed Last Evening at the Elzey Home A SHOWER FOR MISS SIMCOKE To Be Given Saturday Evening—Happy Event at the Beavers Home Near Peterson. The beautiful country home of Miss Mae Elzey’s was a delightful scene of gayety when a jolly crowd of the freshmen drove from the city at 8 o'clock and arrived there in time to spend last evening in a pleasant manner. At a late hour the hostess servejJ a delicious two-course luncheon. Those who enjoyed the evening were: Misses Grace Dutcher, Lucile Cusac, Anna Winans, Lulu Beachler, Lois Meyers, Perth Crays, Alma Kooken, Edna Huffman, Margaret Hughes, Hilda Tudor, Bernice Dailey, Effie Dailey, Ruby Parrish, Clara Petters, Fanny Eiting, Clara Eiting, Lydia Miller, Dessie Barkley, Messrs, Howard Wisehaupt, Ed Miller, Laurence Archbold. Frank Mills, Don Burke, Tom McKean, Bruce Patterson, Dorsie Burkhead, Henry Johnson, Laurence Elezy. Miss Catherine Simcoke will be the honored guest at a miscellaneous shower given by the Misses Mabie Erwin, Myrtle Beachler and Mary Miller at the home of the former on Saturday evening at 8 o’clock. The guests will number twenty young ladies. Another pleasant evening party of yesterday in the country was the event given by Mr. and Mrs. Beavers at their home, south of Peterson, in compliment to Miss Rose and Mr. Harry Krick, of Reading, Pa. Various games were indulged in by the young people. The guests, who were from Decatur, numbered twelve. This evening will be the regular meeting of the Ben Hur lodge. All members are requested to be present. Mrs. Artman and Miss Della Harruff returned home last evening from Indianapolis, where they had been attending the Rebekah assembly. Both reported an enjoyable time. Mrs. R. B. Allison was the hostess at the meeting of the Ladies’ Aid society of the Presbyterian church yesterday afternoon. There was no business affairs to see to, therefore the afternoon was spent in a social manner. A large number of ladies were present. o CZAR SHOWS A BRAVE SPIRIT. In His Message to Council of the Empire. St. Petersburg, May 24. —Czar Nicholas today sent the folowing message to the council of the empire in response to a message of congratulations that he had escaped assassination: “I heartily thank the council for the expression of its sentiments. I am convinced the council will be a real aid to me in all its work. As for my life, it is not precious to me, provided Russia lives in glory, peace and prosperity.” o Vodemark. the millinery man, went to Bluffton this morning after transacting business here for a day.

A BARBER’S UNION Will be Organized Here Next Tuesday EVERY SHOP TO RECOGNIZE IT Will Increase the Prices Slightly and Will Also Increase the Pay of the Barbers. On next Tuesday evening at the Harve Sprague barber shop, on Madison street, the barbers of this city will meet and join the National Barbers' Union. This step was agreed upon last evening at a meeting held at the above named place, every barber in the city being present and taking some part in the meeting. An organizer from Fort Wayne will be present at that time and the Union will be organized and fully launched in this city. By the terms of the union the prices in many respects will be changed and thereafter, instead of shaving the customers neck free of charge, it will cost the additional sum of five cents. A face massage will also raise in price and this luxury will be quoted at thirty-five cents instead of the old price of two bits. The proprietors of the barber shops will not be allowed to join the union as it is only for the employees of the shops, still every barber will be compelled to recognize the scale of prices or they will be known and called scab shops. The unions are good things for any community, if they are conducted right, and it' thus affords some protection to the barber. The organization and scale of prices will be announced at a later date. food~and“drugs Complete Report Made by the Inspectors MAJORITY REPORTED “FAIR” Only Three Slaughter Houses Were Excellent—Many Drug Stores Found in the First Rank. There is one small grain of comfort to be found in the compilation of inspection results in the state since the new pure food and general sanitation law went into effect; none of the drug stores that have been inspected were found to be in the lowest class as far as sanitary aspects were concerned — denominated bad. H. E. Barnard, chemist of the state board of health, and state food and drug commissioner, has made a compilation of the 1,005 inspections made by the food and rug inspectors. In this number 165 were of drug stores, of which seven were classed “excellent,” ninety-one were classed “good” sixty “fair,” seven “poor,” and none “bad.” The greater number of the inspections made showed conditions that were "fair.” This includes inspections made of dairies, groceries, meat markets and slaughter houses, hotels and restaurants, bakeries and confectioneries. Above this average line of fair are the good and excellent classifications, and below it are the poor and the bad classifications. Os the twenty-nine dairies, four were excellent, eight were good, seventy fair, five poor and only two bad. Os the 357 groceries, fifteen were excellent. 120 were good, 181 were fair, thirty-one were poor and tne were bad. Only three of the 220 meat markets and slaughter houses were classed as excellent. Fifty-eight were classed good, 134 fair, fifteen poor and ten actually bad. Even the hotels did not come up as the commissioner desired, only six being in the good class, fifty-six fair, twenty-eight poor and four bad. Bakeries and confectioneries were examined to the number of ninety-five. Os this number two were excellent, thirty-eight good, forty-one fair, twelve poor and two bad.

LEAH PORTER RECEIVES INJURY j Her Left Leg Was Broken Just Below the Hip—ls Very Painful. Leah ,the little 5 year old daughter of Frank Porter, of Parker City, who is residing with her grandparents in Blue Creek township, was quite painfully injured Wednesday evening. The little girl was walking on the sidewalk at her home and slipped, falling in such a manner as to break her left limb just two and one-half inches below the hip. The injury is~very painful, and the little child has suffered much pain since the accident. It is thought, however, that she will have full use of the injured member after it has sufficiently healed. Miss Leah is the daughter of Frank Porter, a former resident of this city, whotaught school here for several years. QUITEACHANGE Has Occurred in Indiana Since 1855 AS SHOWN BY OLD BOOK • Written by a London Adventurer Who Told of the “Aboriginees of the Wabash—Rare Old Volume. That there was ever a time when dwellers in the Wabash valley were as much a source of curiosity to the rest of the world as the natives of darkest Africa are today seems improbable,but a rare volume published in 1855 in London discloses interesting comments on the “aborigines of the Wabash” as they appeared to the author, J. Richard Beste. Half a century ago Beste wrote of Hoosiers in this part of the state much as Henry M. Stanley and Paul Du Chaillu wrote later of the Dark Continent. Musty with age, half buried in dust, a copy of “The Wabash, or Adventures of an English Gentleman’s Family in the Interior of America,” was found recently. It had been a part of the collection of rare volumes offered to the state of Indiana by the late Judge Horace P. Biddle for five cents each — a collection of many thousand volumes offered at that price but which were declined and have now been scattered far and wide. “The Wabash” is now in the Logansport public library, but is treasured as a relic and is not allowed to be taken from the building. He passed through Indianapolis over the National road in a stage coach and stopped at the Prairie House in Terre Haute to study the marvelous eccentricities of the peculiar people. But the discouragements of reaching this outskirt of civilization and death in his family cut short his stay and he selected the canal route for his return via Logansport. When the Beste party, with its vans of luggage and food supplies, was ready to leave Terre Haute, it was delayed by a break in the canalthen a frequent thing—and a wait of a week ensued. Telegrams were sent to their friends, and the author says: “Let Europe and England take shame to themselves that the telegraph as yet exists not everywhere! Even in these infant and remote communities the telegraph is used almost every hour.” Beste decided that Indianapolis and Terre Haute are not decaying, but are busy, rising, thriving towns. The population of Indianapolis, he says, was 2,692 in 1840. Terre Haute, between 1840 and 1850 had grown from 2,000 to 4,051. BAD MEN ORDERED FROM TOWN Professional Desperadoes Told to Quit Boise. Boise, Ida.. May 24.—A bunch of professional bad men, with firearms swinging to their belts, who have been infesting this place since the Haywood trial began, were ordered out of town today by chief of police Francis. Both sides disclaimed having anything to do with them. They claimed to be newspaper men representing eastern publications, but proved to be bad men from Colorado, looking for trouble. o J. C. Holland, one of the proprietors of the Portland Commission Co., was a business visitor in the city today, and left for Kingsland on this morning's train.

Price Two Cents

NEXT THURSDAY Base Ball Season to Open in Decatur FIRST GAME IS A BENEFIT Marion Owls Here for Two Games— Admission Fifty Cents for Men, Twenty-Five for Ladies. Bills are being printed at this office announcing the first base ball attraction of the season, the same to occur next Thursday afternoon, when Captain Behringer’s men will do battle for the first time this year and the opposing nine will be the famous Marion Owls, who in years past have proven themselves most formidable opponents on the diamond. Two games will be played, the first being called at 1:30 o’clock sharp. The admission on this date will be fifty cents for gentlemen and twenty-five cents for ladies. This advanced price is made because the association has been requested to open with a benefit game by many who wish to show their appreciation of their efforts to give Decatur a first class ball club. Hereafter the prices w’ill be the same as last year. You will be given your money’s worth, however, as the Owls, a strong team are coming, strengthened, and expect to win at least one of the games. You will see the entire Decatur bunch work out as all the pitchers will be used and you should not fail to attend this big benefit game, which marks the opening of the season of 1907. Manager Behringer has a bunch together that look like “the goods,” and no doubt the park will be packed with admiring fans. Remember the date and the prices.

COURT HOUSE NEWS The Lister Divorce Case this Morning WILL BE CONCLUDED TOMORROW Defendant is Putting up a Fight— The Waters Divorce Case Set for Trial Next Monday. The case of Grace Lister vs. Thomas Tilden Lister, in which a divorce and SSOO are the demands, was called in court this morning. Six or seven witnesses were examined, but there are more to be heard from and the cause was continued until Saturday morning at nine o'clock. D. E. Smith is representing the defendant, who is opposing his wife's charges. L. C. DeVoss appears for the plaintiff. In the cause of Henrietta Waters vs. Wilson G. Waters, in which a divorce decree is asked, the proof of service of summons was filed. The defendant failing to appear the prosecuting attorney was ordered to file an answer and the case was set for trial Monday, May 27th. Judge Erwin went to Bluffton on the 10:30 train to conduct a short session of court as special judge. Others who come in to plead guilty to charges of gambling or visiting gambling houses, or who have been arrested are Ed Melick, tw-o cases; Charley Burgan, two; Sam Snyder, two; Lon Kain, two; Frank Boyd.two; John Strain, two; Arthur Frazier, two. Melick says he will fight the cases as he never played poker or visited a Bluffton gambling house, and it must have been another man by the same name the officers were after. Thera are still twenty-six indictments to be served and they will be divided among eight people. Arrests will not be made on them immediately as they are out of town temporarily, but they will be yanked in as they return.— Bluffton News. o KANSAS CITY GETS ASSEMBLY. Columbus, €>., May 24. —Kansas City gets the next Presbyterian general assembly. A (telegram from Birmingham, Alabama, stated that the assembly there had agreed to the conditions as to uniting with the next general assembly.