Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 158, Decatur, Adams County, 29 June 1907 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

PVolume V. Number 158

HIS DANDER UP Grant Lupton Fumed and Sweat and Swore ffWHEN BEFORE BOARD OF REVIEW ‘Trouble Ensued When the Board Had 1 1 the Nerve to Intimate that His . Assessment Should be Arranged. E .The court, house trembled Wednesday Hfaorning and there was a look of hor- | ror on the face of the tower clock and F it threw up its hands in amazement, says the Hartford City News. It was all caused by A. G. Lupton's appearance before the board of review and the assessment of his automobile. L Mr. Lupton gave in his automobile to the assessor at S4OO. When his asSJsessnient was investigated by the ihoani he was notified to appear and ; explain why the machine should not ■be assessed at a higher figure. It was HKown that the machine cost over $2,000 and was bought only last season Mr. Neal of the board explained that automobiles at Montpelier Obat had been used from three to five MMars had been assessed at from |rtoO to SSOO. As it was well known ihar the Lupton machine was one of the best ever brought to the county and was comparatively new, Mr. Neal and the other members thought the on the Lupton machine ■Should be S6OO instead of S4OO. TreasUrer Frank Lourent had said nothing and Mr. Lupton turned to him and him what he thought of his as■Bssment. Mr. Lourent replied that he thought all his assessment was all Might except the automobile and he ISoii-!.- that SBOO would be nearer the right figure than S6OO. It was I then that Lupton exploded. He heaped abuse upon Lourent saying every-li-thin- he could think of that was cald to relieve his pent-up wrath. Th. treasurer talked back, handing the angry man a few compliments. He made no attempt to keep up with ||Mr. Lupton in the use of invectives. Lhpton wanted the treasurer to come Htside and be threshed, giving Tour•nt to plainly understand that he was his physical superior. Lourent did not HEs];::'- the claim. He made no pretensions of shining in the prize ring |Hh' u Lupton started to go Laurent <i “Call again. Mr. Lupton,” and Mr. Lupton vowed that he would do so as long as Lourent was in the court house. This is the subof what happened as gathered by those who heard the disturbance and the disturbance could be heard I *ll over the second floor of the court AN AGED CITIZEN ———————— Peter * Weese Died at E Dowagiac, Michigan OLD RESIDENT OF HUNTINGTON Uved There for Seventy-Five Years— I Father of Mrs. W. H. Lindsley of this City. ■beter Weese, father of Mrs. \\ ■ H. of this place, who resided inHuntington for many years, died ls*t night at the home of his daughter. Mrs. William Hurst, in Dowagiac, Mfehigan. He lived in Huntington, li&iaiia. for about 75 years until a few ||Knths ago, when his wife died. Since her death the deceased has been living with his children and although hf was not afflicted with any particular disease, it was generally known that his life *vould not be prolonged man? months, owing to the fact that had reached his ninetieth rnilestone and his constitution was growing extremely weak. Mrs. Lindsley was at his bedside when the grim Sift; took his spirit to the great and she conveyed the news taßthis city this morning. Many relaftes beside a host of friends, share hour of bereavement. o .sßulius Haugk will commence to lay brick on the square between Second and First street and says that he will than be able to use something like twenty men. Laborers who desire work would do well to speak to Mr. Haagk tn advance.

GUY STOCK COMPANY SATISFIES Connersville Paper Speaks in Highest Terms of Them. The big tent of the Guy Stock company was filled to its capacity last night. Their opening bill, “A Man of the South,” was presented in a finished manner, showing that as much care is taken in putting on a production under canvas as in at opera house. Mr, Guy received a hearty ovation upon his first appearance, and the applause he won throughout the performance is ample proof of the quality of his work. In the character of Jim Bludso, Mr. Guy portrayed a southerner in a very creditable manner and his slow, easygoing manner at once won the sympathies of the audience. The Guy Stock company brings to our city this season one of the best companies they have ever put out. On account of so many people having to stand up last night the management has decided to put in some extra seats so that all can be comfortably seated. —Connersville Daily News. The above company opens a weeks’ engagement in Decatur Monday. Show grounds on Fourth and Monroe streets. THEMILLERCASE Will Not Go to Jury Before Next Tuesday INTERESTING QUESTIONS ARISE Who Owns the G. R. & I. Railroad Through Here—Case Now Being H e ard by Eleven Jurors. The case of Andrew Miller vs. the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad company, which has been on trial in the superior court at Ft. Wayne since last Monday will not go to the jury before Tuesday. The case is being fought out to the last inch by both sides and has proven quite interesting. Mr. Miller is demanding S3OO damages for fires which he claims damaged his farm just south of this city. He is represented by Peterson and Moran of this city and Hanna and Geake, of Ft. Wayne, while A. P. Beatty and Judge Zollars are defending. When the attorneys for the defense made the motion Wednesday that the judge instruct the jury to return a verdict for the defendant on the ground that they had no control over the line of railway running through this section, it caused some surprise, and many failed to understand how this could be. The G. R. & I. line through here was built about forty-five years ago by the Cincinnati, Richmond and Fort Wayne railway company. At that time the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad company owned the line from Ft. Wayne north and soon afterward leased the line from Ft. Wayne south. This condition existed until 1895, when a suit was filed against the company in the federal courts by bondholders, resulting in an order of sale, and the entire property, including the C. R. & Ft. W. lease was purchased by a Mr. Sims. In 1896 the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway company was organized and took over the company’s. The road through here is, therefor, still owned by the C. R. & Ft. W. company and the lease is held by the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway company. While the G. R. & I. Railroad company still exists as a corporation, they own nothing, and only live because their charter has not expired. The defense in this case are confident of winning a victory on this ground, but the plaintiffs argue that the fact of the misnomer makes no difference and Judge Heaton overruled the motion and the evidence is being concluded. Another unusual incident in the cose occurred yesterday afternoon. Before the noon adjournment Judge Heaton announced that as Judge Zollars, one of the attorneys in the case, was compelled to leave for Indianapolis there would be an early adjournment until Monday. The court asked however, that all the jurors be on hand promptly at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon in order that as much progress as possible could be made up to 4 o’clock. When court convened eleven jurors were in the box, but Juror Weisenberger was missing. He had evidently misunderstood Judge Heaton and believed the adjournment of court at noon had been taken until Monday. After consultation the attorneys agreed to proceed with the case before eleven jurors.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, June 29, 1907.

COURT HOUSE NEWS New Partition Case Was Filed Today MARRIAGE, HUNTERS’ LICENSES Board of Review Still Busy on Decatur Property—Well Known Ft. Wayne Law Firm Dissolves. A marriage license was issued to Herman J. Dornself, a school teacher, of Genesis. Illinois, and Clara S. Holb of Root township. Hunters licenses have been issued to E. E. Zimmerman, of Kirkland and T. Fretz, of Jefferson township. Schurger & Smith are attorneys for the plaintiff in a new case filed entitled Ida Koldway vs. William Koldeway and Mary and Christian Biederich, complaint for the partition of real estate, twenty acres in Preble township. The plaintiff asks for the value of her life estate in the property and SSOO, her statutory allowance. The board of review were busy again for several hours today looking up the appraisements on Decatur real estate, where objections have been filed and where personal examination by the board was necessary to decide the merits thereof. The law firm of Olds & Niezer will be dissolved July Ist and Judge Walter Olds will retain his offices in the present quarters. He will continue as the local attorney for the Nickel Plate railroad and also for the Lake Shore railroad. Mr. Niezer will remove his offices to the Elektron building, where he will continue as attorney for the Physicians Defense company and attend to general practice. The firm has been an eminently successful one.— Ft. Wayne News. A marriage license issued a week ago, but which has just found its place on the records, was to Lee Annen and Lettie Ernest, both of Decatur. o TO GO TO WEST POINT. Portland, Ind., June 28. —Congressman John A. M. Adair, of the Eighth district, has announced the appointment of Willis Crittenberger, of Anderson, to a cadetship in the United States Military academy at West Point. The young man is a son of Dale J. Crittenberger, owner of the Anderson News, and is a graduate of the 1907 class, Anderson high school. He is to enter the academy in March 1908. NEW POSTAL LAWS Go Into Effect Next Monday Morning OF BENEFIT TO ALL THE CLERKS Grades Established Giving Each Something to Work for in the Future, Also More Money. Washington, June 28.—Many important legislative acts by the last congress become effective July 1, the beginning of the governments fiscal year. The postoffice department is partcularly interested in the new legislation affecting the postal establishment which goes into effect on that day. Here are the more important things provided for: Clerks in offices of the first and second class and carriers in the city delivery service will be divided into six grades. In the first grade the salary will be $600; in the second grade, $800; third grade, $900! fourth grade, $1,000; fifth grade, $1,100; sixth grade, $1,200. On the first day of the month clerks and carriers at first class offices will be promoted successively to the fifth grade, and clerks and carriers at second class offices will be promoted successively to the fourth grade. Every promotion is to be based on efficiency and faithfulness. Any clerk will be eligible for transfer to the service of a carrier, and any carrier will be eligiMe for transfer to the service of a clerk. Every city carrier who, on June 30,

is regularly' employed at a salary of SBOO a year, will be promoted to the fourth grade, at SI,OOO a year, provided there is submitted at the postoffice department evidence of efficiency and faithfulness. Substitutes may be employed for clerks and carriers at the rate of 30 cents an hour, and a substitute becomes eligible for appointment to the first grade. Employes in the railway mail service are classified and nearly everybody in this branch of the service will receive an increase of SIOO. Rural letter carriers who cover what is known as a full route will receive S9OO a year instead of $720. The compensation paid the railroads for carrying the mails is to be readjusted. and the pay considerably reduced. Postmasters throughout the country will begin keeping a record of the weight of each class of mail. This record Is to be kept for a period of six months. In making promotions under the new legislation the department is being guided by the recommendations of postmasters so far as postoffice employes are concerned and of division superintendents in dealing with the employes in the railway mail service. WASHINGTONNEWS Mr. Crumpacker visits Secretary Taft TALKS OVER INDIANA MATTERS The Tippecanoe Battle Ground Commission and Widening of Michigan City Harbor. Washington, June 28. —Representative Crumpacker had an extended conference with Secretary Taft this afternoon, having come to Washington especially to talk with him about two Indiana matters. He is interested in the appointment of the federal commission, known as the Tipepcanoe Battleground Commission. Through the efforts of Representative Crumpacker the last congress appropriated $12,500 and the Indiana legislature made an equal appropriation with which to erect a suitable monument. The governor of Indiana and the president of the Tippecanoe Battleground Memorial Association, Job Sims, were designated by law as two members of the commission and the Secretary of War is to name the third member. Representative Crumpacker is .urging the appointment of Albert A. Jones, of Battleground, and took up the matter with Secretary Taft at the conference here. Representative Crumpacker also talked with Secretary Taft about the widening of the Michigan City harbor. Congress appropiiated $60,000 at the last session for tills work and the war department has had expert engineers examining the harbor with the view of having this work done. There is some hesitation about attempting it now, as it will require a new alignmen of the west pier and a removal of the revetment on the west side of the harbor. It may be necessary to have a special act of congress passed before this work can be done. Representative Crumpacker will visit the Jamestown exposition and New York city before returning to Indiana. First Assistant Postmaster-General Hitchcock has designated the following promotions of Indiana city letter carriers effective July 1, from SBSO to S9OO a year: Ft. Wayne, 31; Laporte, 5; Lebanon, 3; Logansport, 11; Mishawaka, 6; New Albany, 10; Shelbyvlle, 5; Terre Haute, 24; Valparaiso, 6; Wabash, 6. The postoffice department has accepted the proposal of Mrs. Fannie E. Todd, of Dunkirk, to renew the Dunkirk postoffice lease for a term of ten years from August 1, 1907, including a complete equipment, heat, light, water, safe, etc. Supervising Architect Taylor, of the treasury department, has written Senator Hemenway and Representative Chaney that he has postponed all action on the Bedford Federal building indefinitely, as per their wishes. J. W. Fuller, formerly of Westville, Laporte county, has received a temporary appointment as deputy revenue collector in the district of Louisiana.

A QUIET WEDDING Was Celebrated at Logansport Last Sunday HAS JUST BEEN ANNOUNCED Pythian Sisters at Berne Last Evening —Mr. Earl Butler Gave Stag Party for Mr. Widner. A wedding which was a very quiet affair was th© one of Miss Letta Ernst to Mr. Lee Annen, at Logansport last Sunday aftrenoon. Rev. White, formerly of Decatur, performed the ceremony. The happy couple returned home during the evening, in order to take possession of their newly furnished home on west Monroe street They will be at home to their many friends after July Ist. The Democrat extends congratulations. A crowd of ladies numbering eighteen belonging to the Pythian sister order, drove to Berne to attend an initiaition which was held at the Berne hall. One candidate was taken through the mysteries of the order. After the close of the session an elegant supper was served the visitors, who were from Decatur and also from Geneva. The annual excursion of the Pennsylvania railroad men of the shops at Ft. Wayne was held today going to Rome City. There were forty-four cars filled with the men, and their families who left Ft. Wayne this morning and will return this evening. A stag party was given by Earl Butler last evening to a number of his friends in compliment of Artie Widner, of Clapool, Ind. Various games and music occupied the evening, during the time a two-course luncheon was served. The out of town guest beside Mr. Widner was Chas. Saulter, of Buffalo, New York. Miss Maggie Bremerkamp entertained at a miscellaneous shower for Miss Zella Stultz at her home on Monroe street last evening. An elegant three-course luncheon was served and the bride-to-be received a number of beautiful presents. o A Pittsburg horseman holds to the theory that if the present prices on hay and grain holds on until winter and the crops don't soon make a show that the horse market will make many a man lose plenty of money. He claims $2 a day won't pay the expense of a heavy team in the city at the present time, with hay retailing at $26 to S3O per ton, oats 55 to 60 cents, and corn to 60 and 70 cents. Farmers can see what the crops bring when bought by the consumer. VERY SAD MESSAGE Announces Death of Mrs. W. I. Alexander A SHOCK TO DECATUR FRIENDS Who Had Not Known of Her lllne s s— Funeral Services Held Today at Greenwood. Mrs. Schrock received a letter this morning from Rev. W. I. Alexander, a former pastor of the First Presbyterian church in this city, announcing the sad news that his wife had died on Thursday morning, after a short illness with per nicious anemia. The news caused a severe shock to the many friends of the family here who had no knowledge of her illness and many expressions of sympathy and regret were heard. Rev. and Mrs. Alexander left here about ten years ago. During their residence here Mrs. Alexander made many friends who will recall her numerous good qualities. Besides the husband, the deceased leaves thre children to mourn the loss of a loving mother. The family has resided at Elmyra, Illionis, for a number of years and the death occurred at the home in that city. The funeral services were held this morning at Greenwood, Indiana, her former home.

THE CROP OUTLOOK IS GOOD Farmers Around Crawfordsville Are Not Discouraged. The outlook for a good crop of wheat in this county is encouraging to farmers. The same may be said of the corn crop, of timothy, of garden truck and berries. There will be very little clover hay. The oats crop is worrying many farmers, especially in the east and south portion of the county. In many fields the oats looks like the blades were all dying. It is said that many farmers south of the city have given up hope of a crop of oats. A man traveling from here to Frankfort will see that many farmers have turned their cattle into the fields. Reports from various parts of the state say that the oats crop will be practically nil.—Crawfordsville Journal. o Items of news handed into this office or sent in over the telephone are valued more than those the reporters have to hustle for themselves. If you know anything in the news line that would interest other people; if you are going away or returning home, don’t let false modesty deter you from letting the public know about it through the Democrat. o COSTLY ERRORS Gave the Second Game to Bluffton BY SCORE OF SEVEN TO SIX With a Lead of Three runs in the First Inning and the Best of it All Through We Lost in Ninth. The second game of the series went to Bluffton yesterday by a score of seven to six, and from the appearances of the error column it was merely presented to our Wells county friends with our compliments and best wishes. Five errors seemed to be all that the locals could accumulate in nine innings and every one of the five were very costly as they resulted in runs that in the end meant our undoing, .'ton an uninterested standpoint and from wiia: we were able to learn fron strangers. who attended the game, the score in reality should have been six to three in favor of Decatur, but costly err~rs at critical moments presented the Wells county aggregation with the game. That it was a tough one to lose is without argument and the fans who attended from this city were sick over the result and said many unkind things. Base ball at the best is a very uncertain game, and it is this uncertainty that makes the game the grand sport it is. If a team had no errors and every play was perfect, the fans would then be discontented and would grumble the same as when errors are made. The players who make errors feel just as bad over the same as the fan who see them made and feel the loss of a game as keenly as any one and in the end should not be so unjustly criticised. The game started promptly at three o’clock with Mr. Gormley, of Marion, Ind., holding the indicator and Whalen officiating in the box. The locals at once got busy and accumulated three runs, the result of a base on balls and three hits. Bluffton came back with two in the first, they being presented to them on an error after two men were out. Both teams secured a run in the third and by timely hitting the locals scored two in the fifth, one run being the result of a home run drive made by Behringer that went over the first baseman’s head and got lost in the grass, while the other was the result of two hits and an error. There was nothing more doing for the locals the remainder of the game, while in the eighth and ninth Bluffton proceeded to get busy, they scoring two runs in the eighth after two men were out and securing one in the ninth after the same number were out. the errors in these two innings being quite numerous and costly, and with them went a game that should easily have been credited to Decatur. The hit and error column of the locals rivaled six hits being secured. While five miss plays were made, two of the latter being credited to Beringer and three to Witham. The Bluffton people were crazy over the result and last evening shot off something like twenty cents worth of fireworks and in other ways celebrated their victory as only Wells county people (Continued on page 2.)

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A COMING WEDDING Miss Zella Stults to Marry Glen Glancy WEDDING ON TUESDAY EVENING Both are Popular Young People, and Will Reside in this City—Friends Already Extend Congratulations. On next Tuesday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Stultz, on north Sixth street will occur the wedding of their daughter, Miss Zella to Glen Glancey, an operator on the G. R. & I. railroad. Both parties having lived here for a number of years, have a wide acquaintance in this vicinity and are held in the highest esteem by all who know them. The bride-to-be is a girl of sterling worth and moves in the best of society, and the groom is possessed of good busines qualifications beside being popular with his many friends. He is at present employed as operator on the G. R. & I. railroad, and his efficiency at this work won for him a promotion a few days ago. They will reside in this city. The Democrat joins their many friends in wishing for them all the success that the future can hold. o THE TWO-CENT FARE LAW. <j Winona Lake One of the Few to Escape Railroad Action. The two-cent fare railroad law has had a disastrous effect on a number of summer resorts, the railroads driving some of them entirely out of business by refusing to grant old excursion rates. It was for this reason that Island Park Assembly at Rome City, for many years the retreat for Methodists, will not be conducted this year. Its secretary, Rev. J. Frank Snyder, has joined the Winona Assembly forces, and it is probable will go to Winona Lake. This religious resort has from the beginning been the summering place for Presbyterians, Baptists, United Brethren and other denominations. and the Methodists will probably make it their permanent summer retreat. A stock company of Methodists is being organized by Rev. W. J. Vigus, of Wabash .which proposes to erect a hotel at Winona Lake which will cost $69,000 or $75,000, and it will be made summer headquarters of this denomination. The Northern Indiana Methodist Conference is considering the question of making Winona Lake its permanent meeting place. While the railroads have apparentlyinterfered with the operations of a number of summer resorts, for some unknown reason the old rates to Winona Lake are again in force on all roads in the territory of the Central Passenger Association. The 15-day rate from Indianapolis to Winona Lake and return this year is $3.55, while last year it was $3.90. The Winona Assembly is taking care of its own transportation affairs from manypoints in Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan by means of its trolley line from the lake to Goshen, where connection is made with other systems. The Winona people are also building a line to Peru, to connect with Central Indiana systems, but the unseasonable weather has delayed the construction on this road many weeks and it will not be opened this summer o WHEAT GOES UP AGAIN. Wheat took a sudden jump yesterday from 87 to 90 cents a bushel, on the local market. It is one of those sudden flurries that often occur, but is rather hard to account for. Returns from the southwest show that the crop is not as heavy as has been expected. The harvesting and threshing season is now on in the southwest and papers tell of lots of rain in that locality. This condition has delayed the threshing of the wheat crop and may in part account for the sudden and unexpected jump in wheat. While searching for pearls in the Wabash river yesterday Charles Scott of Wabash, discovered one of the largest jewels ever taken from this river. The pearl last evening was valued by a local dealer at $35 and said it might be worth more than that when fully tested, says the Wabash Plain Dealer. This is probably the largest gem that has been diecovered in this region but the Wabash in other places has furnished a large number of pearls and people have even gone so far as to make an industry of searching for them.