Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 30 July 1907 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume V. Number 183

IIS WELL KNOWN s. Anna Jaebker Died Last Evening ENTY-NINE YEARS OLD Funeral Will Occur Thursday •om the Friedheim Church at Three O’clock. ■s. Anna Jaebker, one of the oldind best known women of Preble ship died at 7:30 last evening at home of her daughter. Mrs. WilHeckman, with whom she had i her home for the past thirty 5, after an illness dating back a ier of years. Her immediate l, however, being due to an atof paralysis suffered a few days She was born in Germany sevnine years ago and when but a girl came to this country with parents, where she was reared and received her early education. She was united in marriage when she was Ijjihteen years old to Rev. Gephart Jaebker, who acted as minister of the Freidheim church for thirty-two years, his demise having occurred thirty ys*r>- ago. Mrs. Jaebker, after the (Wbise of her husband, took up her abbd>> with her daughter, Mrs. William JMCkman, where she resided until dejath claimed her. She had been ailing for the past thirty years, but seem, d to grow no worse until three days ago, when she was stricken with a flight stroke of paralysis, which forced her to take to her bed. However, Monday afternoon she seemed so much better and felt so good that she got out of bed and walked about hej' room several times- She soon became fatigued, and was forced to return r.o her bed and at seven-thirty o’clock in the evening death relieved her from all suffering. She was a member of the Freidheim church, and was a devoted Christian and her many kind acts and deeds will be sadly missed by those who came in dose contact with her. The funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at three o'clock sun time at the Friedheim church, the funeral cortege leaving the house at two o'clock, and Rev. Preuss will officiate. Interment will be made in Freidheim cemetery. She leaves four sons, two daughters, one brother and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their lossAT ROBINSON PARK Methodist Sunday School to i Picnic There THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK All Members of the Sunday School to be Given an Outing of One Day. ■ Arrangements have been completed for the Sunday school class of the Methodist church to give a picnic at the Robinson park at Ft. Wayne one week from Thursday, August Bth. The Committee in charge of the affair expects to make this a most enjoyable occasion to the little folks and their parents, and nothing will be left undone that will tend to interest the people that attend. Special interurban cars will be chartered and all members of the Sunday school will be transported to the park and return free of charge, while their parents or friends who may attend will be charged the small amount of fifty cents for the round trip Baskets heavily laden with good things to eat will, of course, be taken, and other things as well, that will add to the pleasure of those who will be for tunate enough to be present. The time the cars will leave and return has not as yet beefl definitely decided upon, but it will be arranged so as to he'convenient for all. The announcement will be made next Tuesday in regard to this. ■ — — Mrs. Pearl Averill, of Portland, Oregon, and Mrs. Carl Schomberg, of Auburn, returned to the latter place l*at -evening after spending a few hours in the city with their cousin, Hftk Earl Peters.

TO DEDICATE PYTHIAN BUILDING Several Kekionaga Knights Will Witness Ceremony. On account of the dedication of the new Indiana Pythian building at Indianapolis, the Knights of Portland have arranged to run a special train to Indianapolis and return for the rate of SI.BO. The members of Kekiongo Lodge No. 65 of this city have been invited to help make up the party and to accompany the Portland Knights on August 14. All members of Kekionga Lodge who desire to go are requested to report ar lodge next Thursday night or notify the Keeper of Records by Friday morning, so that he may report the number that expect to go from Decatut. The train will not leave Portland until after the arrival of the morning train on the G- R. & 1. o PORTLAND OREGON Judge Erwin Again Entertains Our Readers LOS ANGELES TO PORTLAND They are Now at Seattle and Spokane Washington, and Having a Delightful Trip. Portland, Ore., July 24, 1907Fried Lew —We are here and safe and sound, and very fortunate considering the condition of some of the excursionists, especially those who took the Columbia at San Francisco. We had intended taking passage on the steamer at Los Angeles for Frisco, but could get no berth. Then we concluded we would go to Frico and take a boat from there, but when we got there we found we could have our tickets validated at Oakland and make the outgoing train, due to leave for Portland in twenty minutes so we took the train. In all probability if we had stopped over at Frisco we would have had passage on the illfated ColumbiaThe steamship Elder came into port this evening with the survivors of the Columbia, among them being a Miss Cox, of Elwood. Ind., who Is stopping at this hotel, “Belvidere.” Mrs. Erwin has just, been having a talk with her and the story of the disaster is horrifying to her. Men and women and children fought each other for places on the life boats, and out of the entire list of passengers and crew ninety-seven were lost- We are congratulating ourselves that we have not yet had a ride on the ocean. Our trip through California Saturday and Sunday was without any particular incident worth mentioning, except that it is an awfully long state. We left Los Angeles at 5:00 o’clock p. m.. Friday evening and with the exception of twenty minutes at Frico we traveled continuously until Sunday morning through California- The state has an area larger than all the New England states with New York. New Jersey and Ohio added, yet has a population less than Ohio. She has unlimted stores of wealth in her mines and fields and orchards, and in addition produces more oil than Pennsylvania. All the railroads and steam ships on the Pacific slope use oil for fuel. In addition to being cheaper, it is more clean than on roads using coal. The valleys of the San Joaquin and the Sacramento are the richest wheat producing countries in the world, connected only by the tunnels through the mountainsOregon is a fine state, with boundless wealth of copper, gold, fruit and grain. These two states are traversed through their entire length by the Harriman lines of railroad —the Southern Pacific—and will probably never have any competition, for the reason that the most available routes are occupied by their System. Harrimam not only owns these lines, but also the Denver and Rio Grande from Ogden to San Francisco with a line from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles, called the San Pedro route, and a line to Omaha, Neb., and from San Diego to Dallas, Texas. In addition to this he controls a line to New OrleansHe owns nearly all the coast line vessels, and a good part of the transpacific lines. It is said that he could go from San Francisco to China or Japan via the Hawaiian islands and back by another route; traverse this country over more than half the continent (the western part) and never leave his own transports. The curse (Continued on page 2.)

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, July 30, 1907. >

A HAPPY MEETING Mother Finds Her Daughter in This City MRS. LEONARD VISITS DECATUR She Found Her Married But Even this Did not Deter the Usual Forgiveness. Mrs. Leonard and Detective Shellebarger, of Columbus, Ohio, arrived this morning in search of her daughter, who mysteriously left home about two weeks ago and had not been heard of since. However, before arriving in this city they had picked up facts sufficient to know that the young lady had been married in Ohio a short time ago to a young man by the name of Rowen and from what they learned the young couple were located in the city- They immediately looked up Marshal Green, who seemed to be able to enlighten them on the subject and escorted the couple to the Decatur Furnace factory, where Rowen was found busily at work. The dectective approached him and said he would like to talk with him for a short time, which Rowen readily consented to, and he was then informed of their marriage. He immediately escorted them to his home in the west part of the city and the meeting between mother and daughter was an affectionate one, and she was readily forgiven and all their differences were immediately patched up. Mrs. Leonard came here with the express determination of having her daughter arrested, for when she left home she took with her two hundred dollars belonging to her mother, but when she saw her daughter, she was so overjoyed that she readily forgave her and immediately made arrangements for the young couple to return home with her. It seems that in securing the license that Rowen laid himself open to a charge of perjury, as the girl was only seventeen years of age, and he swore to the fact that she was twenty, but love Is blind to these facts, and all they desired was the license, which they secured and were married- The young couple are making all preparations to leave this evening with Mrs. Leonard for Colura bus, where they will make their future home and dwell in happiness, as their troubles have ceased. OUT ON BAIL Further Developments in Famous Haywood Case BAIL REFUSED PETTIBONE Haywood to be Given a Royal Welcome in Denver on His Return There this Week. Boise, Idaho, July 29. —Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners and co-defendant with William D- Haywood, who yesterday was acquitted of the murder of Former Governor Steunenberg, was admitted to bail in the sum of $25,000 and released late this afternoon. An agreement to this end was reached today between counsel for the state and the defense, but the making of the formal application was postponed from 10 o’clock until 2. The delay was sought to allow further conferences between counsel as to what action shall be taken in the case of George A. Pettibone, the third of the defendants brought from Colorado to Idaho eighteen months ago. It is understood that the attorneys for the state will oppose bail for Pettibone in any sum- Judge Wood announced that he woul adjourn court for the term before tomorrow night and that any order agreed upon by the attornesy might be entered up to that time. Denver, Col., July 29.—Secretarytreasurer Haywood's return to Denver will be made the occasion of a great demonstration in this city by the Western Federation of Miners and labor organizations. The date of his arrival has not yet been announced, but he Is expected to arrive the last of this week Arrangements are already being made to run excursions

from Cripple Creek and other places to bring members of the federation and others to Denver to join in the celebration of Haywood's acquittal at Boise. It is announced that one feature of the celebration will be a parade of federation members, the first in this city for three years. Will A- Thompson, the Kirklin base ball player, is one of the umpires in the new Indiana-Ohio league and he is on duty at Kokomo, where Portland is playing.—Frankfort Crescent. Claiming that architectural Iron which had been consigned to it was delivered by the Clover Leaf to another company, a St. Louis firm has brought suit against the Clover Leaf, and E. C. Craig, district attorney, will go to St. Louis to attempt to effect a settlement. —Frankfort Crescent. A NEW SCHEDULE A Three Days Series Now Arranged MONDAY AN OFF DAY Locals Will be at Home on Friday, Saturday and Sunday—League Ball Dope. Dyke Frisinger returned this morning from Richmond, where he attended a meeting of the magnates of the Indiana-Ohio league for the purpose of adopting a schedule that had been prepared by President Kling and also to take up some other matters pertaining to the welfare of the association. Bluffton was represented by Frank Runyon; Richmond by Clarence Jessup; Decatur by Dyke Frisinger and the Portland, Kokomo and Van Wert teams were each represented by Mr. Runyon. The meeting was presided over by President Kling of the Indianapolis Star, who at once presented the newly arranged schedule which takes effect today and calls for a series of three games in each city during the month of August. The local team is scheduled to play there today, Wednesday and Thursday and will then return home and play the strong Portland bunch on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, while Van Wert will be playing with Richmond and Bluffton with Kokomo. The schedule calls that the respective teams shall play every day with the exception of Mondays, which will be an off day for every team in the league, and they will thus be given an opportunity to book in some foreign league team and play an exhibition game. The new schedule gives the locals the best days of the fair, which comes on August 28. 29 and 30, and which was a ten strike move by the local management, as Bluffton will be the attractionpresident Kling announced that he had appointed Gunion, of Marion and Thompson, of western Indiana, as umpires. and that he was at present trying hard to secure the third man, and his name would be announced at a later date. The success of the league seems assured, as every team is drawing nicely through the week and the Sunday towns are more than living up to the requirements. The teams are all evenly matched and the fight for the pennant promises to be an interesting one, and to pick the winner is going to be hard dope. According to the St. Louis Sporting News, the United States is now only harboring two outlaw leagues, these being the California state league and the Indiana-Ohio league, and chances for some fast material look good, especially if players of faster company become dissatisfied with their contracts and surroundings. —o — The crew of picture men. representing the Chicago Art company, who have been working in this city for the past week did a splendid business in town and the surrounding country, and they wish to thank the people in this manner for all favors shown them. While here the boys catered to the best class of peeople and were entertained several times by highly respected families of this city. These people were a far better class of people than have been in our city for some time in that line of business. The state manager, F. J- Noethen, was with the boys here and he, as well as the rest of the boys, seemed very much refined.

ANOTHER DEATH Mrs. Lyman Hart of Root Township Is Dead WELL KNOWN AND POPULAR The End Came Last Evening—No Funeral Arrangements Have Yet Been Made. Mrs. Lyman Hart, one of the most popular and respected women of Root township, died last evening at her home at Monmouth, two and one-half miles north of this city at ten o’clock, after an illness dating back several ! months, death resulting from heart failure. Mrs. Hart was born in Adams county seventy-five years ago and it was in this county that she was reared and received her early education, and it was in this county that Ihe was united in marriage to Lyman Hart fifty-seven years ago. For several years past she had been ailing and several weeks ago made a trip to Ft. Wayne to make a short visit with her daughter, and it was while on this visit that she suffered a severe attack of heart trouble and at that time her demise was expected to occur at any time. However, she recovered and last week returned to her home at Monmouth, only to suffer a relapse and last evening death relieved her from all suffering- Mrs. Hart resided in this city for a number of years, having made her home on Eighth street, and while here she was held in high esteem by all who knew her, and her many friends will be grieved to leant of her untimely demise. She was a member of the Presbyterian church of this city, and was a devoted Christian, and earnest worker in its behalf and her influence in this respect will be sadly missed by the church. The funeral arrangements have not as yet been announced, but will be published in tomorrow’s issue, together with the place of interment. Her aged husband is grief stricken over the sudden turn of affairs and is confined to his bed and is in a terrible way physically. —o Dorris and Sanford Acker returned to their home at Geneva this afternoon after visiting over Sunday with Irwin Acker and family. o ACCIDENT FATAL Samuel A. Wilke of Monroeville Killed A GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENT Fast Pennsylvania Passenger Kills Well Known Citizen —Leaves Wife and Six Children. Samuel A. Wilke, age thirty-three, a well known farmer who lived north of Monroeville, was killed last evening by a Pennsylvania passenger train. He was in his buggy driving home, after having attended to some business, and was crossing the main street of the town when the train, west bound, struck his vehicle- The horse escaped, but the buggy was shattered, and its occupant received wounds which resulted in his death three-quarters of an hour after the accident. Mr. Wilkie drove to town in the afternoon and purchased a half interest in the Monroeville grist mill. After attending to some other business he started for home. The railroad company keeps a watchman at the crossing during the day, but none at night and Mr. Wilkie did not notice the approach of the passenger train until it was too late- The impact was terrific and when bystanders picked him up it was found he was fatally injured. He was taken to the office of Dr. Coffman, where he died in a short time. Mr. Wilkie was a prosperous farmer and was very well known in the eastern part of Allen county. Surviving him are a wife and six children, and his parents and other relatives live In Ohio-

MARSHAL GREEN AT BLUFFTON Marshal Green left this morning for Bluffton, where he will relieve Tommy Covalt of $5.00, which he owes here on a fine that was imposed upon him some time ago, or bring him back and give him several days lodging with Eli Meyers at the Riverside hotel. Covalt was arrested here for assault and battery on the person of Howard Burdg. and plead guilty to the charge before Mayor Coffee. A fine was imposed and Covalt was released upon his promise to pay the $5.00 that he was unable to produce at the time of his trial, but Tommy separated himself from his Decatur friends before settling the account he owed, therefore Green made the trip to Bluffton today to either get the change or the party. MET Important Meeting of the Fair Association A GREAT FAIR THIS YEAR Their Advertising Matter Will be Distributed and He Who Runs May Read. In response to a call issued by Secretary C. D. Kunkle, the directors of the Great Northern Indiana Fair association met at Steele’s park yesterday and transacted some business that meant much toward the success of the fair to be held in this city on August 27, 28, 29 and 30- Every director but two responded to the call, which proved a remarkable showing for this time of year, owing to the amount of work that is staring every farmer in the face, and the meeting was harmonious in every respect, and they insure us the greatest fair in the history of the association. The matter of handing out advertising matter was taken up first and it was determined and thought best that each and every director be appointed a member of this committee, and in accordance with this plan the bills and lithographs were distributed among the members and they were awarded their respective territory, which they must see is advertised. The matter of selecting ticket sellers, ticket takers, ground men and track men was taken up and disposed of and each man now knows just exactly what is expected of them, and they are expected to carry out the work assigned them in a proficient manner. The directors are all confident that the fair this year will be the banner one of this association, and every member is putting his shoulder to the wheel and pushing the good work along. The association is offering special inducements and premiums for articles that have never been thought of and they expect to see numerous new entries in every classThe association is desirous of the good will of every one, and want every farmer and citizen to boost for the Great Northern Fair and in this manner the success of the fair will be a foregone conclusion. With the business transacted yesterday the association is ready for the opening, which is not far distant. o SMALL POX ON THE SLATE. Prediction that it Will be Prevalent this Fall and Winter. Indications point to smallpox this fall and winter, according to Dr- J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health. The June figures showed many more cases of smallpox than during June, 1906, and the preliminary reports for July now coming in at the office indicate many smallpox cases this month. Two cases were reported to Dr. Hurty from Thorntown yesterday. Circulars advising vaccination were sent there and orders given to fight the disease in every way possible- “If smallpox keeps up during the fall and winter months, those who have escaped thus far will be the ones that the disease is bound to seize,” said Dr. Hurty yesterday. Continuing. the doctor urged vaccination. The doctor has received word indicating that the citizens of Washington, Daviess county, have at last realized the necessity for establishing a sewerage system in that city. Daviess county has been, for a long time, the banner typhoid fever county in the state, and the building of a sewer will reduce the typhoid cases, according to Dr- Hurty.

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RUSH THE WORK No Delay on New Factory Building IN OPERATION NOVEMBER FIRST Five Large Cars Sold in Chicago—A Bright Future for Coppock Motor Car Company. W. H. Wiley returned to Marion last night, but before going had arranged with Arichitect Oscar Hoffman for pencil drawings of the Coppock Motor Car company’s factory buildings to be completed by Friday. He will return then, make any changes necessary before work upon the specifications begin. He thinks that they will be ready to receive bids upon constructural work by one week from Monday. The building will be constructed of either brick or cement block and bids will be received on both kinds of material. All material used in construction, as well as labor, preference will be given Decatur dealers and Decatur contractors. They expect to begin operation in their new buildings and to transact the btfsiness of this company from Decatur by November first, and sooner if possible. Mr. Coppock was in Chicago last week and closed a contract with a large brewer there for five five-ton cars. The one brought to this city was of one ton capacity, so you can but slightly imagine what five times that durability and motor strength would mean. One of these cars is for December delivery, but the company will complete it in time for display at the great automobile show, which is dated for Chicago, November 30th. The factory committee are congratulating themselves over their success in locating this industry. It’s growth seems a certainty, and its marvelous growth is among the possibilities. MrWiley sees visions of great things for his company and we do not blame him, as there is no limit to the demand for a car that has the merit of the Coppock. Miss Faye Smith went to Portland this afternoon, where she will be entertained by Miss Emma Dickes for a short timeSPECIAL SESSION City Council Will Meet This Evening WILL CONTRACT FOR BOILERS All Bids Have Been Considered and Dads are Ready to Make Contract With Best Bidder. The council will meet in regular continued session this evening and will take up the matter of letting the contract for the two new boilers to be installed at the city plant. The council met a few days ago at which time eleven bids were filed by various boiler concerns, the prices ranging from $2,150 to $3,900, and at that time the members of the council did not feel as if they desired to let the contract until they had read over the specifications that had been filed with the various bids and determine which bid met with their approval and whether or not the bid corresponded with their ideas as to the kind of boilers desired and they adjourned to meet this evening. In the meantime the members of the council have met and looked over and discussed the various types if boilers and are now in a position to snow just what they want and in accordance with their ideas will let the contract this evening to the best bidder. The matter of determining what or who manufactures the best boiler is a bard problem and as the matter is of vital interest to each and every taxpayer, the council have been seriously studying over the problem, and have now come to the conclusion that they are in a fair position to make a wise selection. A number of the boiler men are already in our city and a full representation is expected to be on hand this evening when the council is called to order.