Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 274, Decatur, Adams County, 12 November 1907 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume V. Number 274

IS NOT A REPEATER The President Will Make no More Third Term Declarations. WILL WORRY ENEMIES He Will Give Them no Chance to Fix up a Slate. Washington, November 12. —Silence in regard to the presidential nomination until the convention meets will be President Roosevelt’s policy. The president has opened the door of publicity far enough to allow this fact to emanate through authoritive channels from the White House. Having made this fact known the president has closed, locked and barred the door of publicity. The Information, as it came directly from the White House, Is that the president will not again repeat his utterance made on the memorable election night of 1904, when he called the newspaper fraternity of Washington to his office and dictated the statement that has now become historic. The president is absolutely fixed in his determination that he will stand upon that declaration and not renew it. He sees no occasion to do so. As he looks upon it a renewal of his assertion would furnish the greatest comfort to his political enemies, while as matters now stand his opponents in his own party are confounded and up in the air. The president s closest friends, who want to see him nominated for a third term, are the ones who have secured from him a promise that he will remain silent on the subject and let events take their course without interruption. These friends are afraid the president will again make some pledge or statement that will inhibit the Republican convention from naming him. As to the statement of three years ago they are of the opinion that they can place the president in such a position that he will have no difficulty in explaining the necessity of again seeking the suffrage of the country. DOSE OF CAMPHOR Dora Marie Magley Gave Her Baby Sister a

Dose. DOCTOR SUMMONED No 11l Effects from Experience—A Close Call for Baby. Mrs John Magley, who resides on north Fifth street had an experience yesterday afternoon that she probably will not forget for many days to come, as it nearly cost the life of her four weeks' old baby. The accident, as near as can be told, was as follows: Mrs. Magley had just laid the baby down on a bed until she stepped outside to secure some coal and during her absence Dora Mane, her four year old daughter, in some mysterious manner, got hold of the camphor bottle, and at once proceeded to give her baby sister a dose to keep her quiet. When Mrs. Magley returned, she at once stepped to the side of the bed and saw that the infant was gasping for breath and was turning black in the face. She at once smelled the camphor and in a moment realized what had taken place and immediately telephoned for the doctor, who arrived in a few moments and soon had the babe out of danger. The dose the child had been given was so strong that it took away Its breath, and nearly killed it. - physician thought that the babe won suffer no ill effects frsm the camphor. but warned the mother to keep all her bottled medicine secreted that the elder daughter could not cure the same, as the next time the result might be different.

A Milford farmer sat down to milk the cow the other night and forgot to take off his husking gloves. He re covered consciousness the next mor Ing.

BEING TRIED FOURTH TIME. Caleb Powers on Trial at Georgetown for Murder. Lexington, Ky., Nov. 12.—For the fourth time Caleb Powers was put on trial at Georgetown, Scott county, Monday, for alleged complicity in the assassination of Governor William Goebel. Goebel was shot January 30, 1900, dying February 3, 1900, of his wounds. The fatal bullet Is alleged to have come from the office of Caleb Powers, secretary of state under Republican Governor W. S. Taylor. Although Powers was at Louisville on the day the shooting took place, it ia charged that he loaued others the key to his office so that the murderer or murderers of Goebel could stand by his window. Judge Morris will preside, having been appointed special judge by Governor Beckham. HE IS A GENIUS William Conrad Has Perfected Something That Appears Good. IT MAY BE VALUABLE He Has a Patent on an Automatic Crossing Signal for Railroads. That William Conrad, a member of the Decatur high school, is a genius, of no mean ability, was demonstrated this morning when a patent he has been working upon for some time, was found to be perfect and if nothing

intervenes Mr. Conrad may tn the near future realize a fortune from his contrivance. The thing that Mr. Conrad has been -working upon for some time is an automatic crossing signal that is used in railroad circles to signify the approach of a train at country or city crossings, thus doing away with the arms that are used by some lines in blocking a throoughfare when a tarin approaches. Some lines have adopted this bell service, but it is far different from the service that Mr. Conrad has perfected, the bells now being operated from a tower, while Mr. Conrad's service is automatic. This morning after several weeks of diligent labor, he experimented with his new apparatus and found it to answer the purpose in every respect. The experiment was made on the Grand Rapids line above the target, while the south bound passenger was pulling out of this city and the bell rang while the train was a thousand feet away from the crossing, which would give any person ample time to clear the same and thus many accidents would be avoided. The apparatus consists of two dry batteries, a coil of wire and a small bell, the lines being attached to the rails, and the bell to a post with a small wire leading up to it. The batteries are then put into full play which sends the current down the track a thousand feet and when the engine strikes the point on the rails th*t are charged it completes the circuit and starts the bell to ringing. The cost of operating a safety device of this description is very small, and will no doubt be adopted by many lines if he is afforded the opportunity of demonstrating its workings. Mr. Conrad has perfected all his patent papers and they are now without doubt well on their way to Washington, D. C„ where he will be afforded complete protection. Mr. Conrad is certainly to be congratulated upon his success as it means a great future for him. WILL TRAIN AT WEST BADEN. The Chicago Cubs Getting Ready for Next Year. Indianapolis. November 12.—President Charles W. Murphy of the Chicago world-beating Cubs, has returned to that city after a brief vacation, and has made the announcement that his team will train at West Baden next spring and that it will play a series of exhibition games in Indianapolis. A stack of letters from minor league magnates begging for spring dates awaited Murphy, but he made only two definite announcements. The Cubs : will train at West Baden two weeks and will then go south. The Indianap- . oils application for spring dates was one of the first received.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, November 12, 1907.

A TIGHT SQUEEZE Frank Cotton is Given a New Trial at Portland. HE WILL GIVE BOND Luckily the Case Will Likely Not Be Tried Again. Frank Cotton, of Bluffton, who was convicted in the circuit court a couple or three weeks ago, on a charge of perjury, was on Monday afternoon granted a new trial by Judge LaFollette. The court held that he had erred in permitting parol evidence to be introduced, showing the empanneling of the grand jury, before which Cotton was alleged to have given the false testimony, which resulted in his indictment. This fact, the court said could only be proven by some record of the court. Cotton has been in jail here since his conviction, but as soon as a new bond can be arranged, which his attorneys said would be done this week, he will be released, pending the second calling of the case for trial. It is possible that this may never be done, as under the holding of Judge LaFollette, it is doubtful whether a good case can be established. There is no written record now in existence, showing the empanneling of the grand jury, and the court, at the trial, allowed the fact to be proven by the oral testimony of Judge E. C. Vaughn, who was on the bench of the Wells circuit court at the time and A. N. Plessinger, who was the clerk. The needed recod. under the law, cannot be supplied by the making of a nunc pro tunc entry, unless there is some writing in existence which it can be based, this is said to be lacking. —Portland Commercial-Review'.

HE SUFFERED LONG William Miller of this City Died Last Evening After Long Illness. INVALID SEVEN YEARS The Funeral Will Occur at Nine O’clock Thursday Morning. William Miller, aged twenty years, and the only son of Nick Miller, died last evening at nine o’clock at the Miller home on north Second street after an illness of seven year’s duration, death resulting from a complication of diseases. The deceased first took sick when but a mere boy, he being affected with a nervous disorder, that the doctors could afford no relief for and he gradually grew worse until other complications set in. Seven vears ago he became so afflicted with rheumatism and kidney trouble that he was unable to run and play about as other children, and which kept him closely confined to his home. Several weeks ago he took a sudden turn for the worse that forced him to his bed, from which he was never to rise again and last evening death relieved him from all further suffering. The funeral services will be held Thursday morning at nine o clock sun time at the St. Marys Catholic church, Rev Wilken officiating, and interment will be made in the St. Joseph cemetery. He leaves a father and a host of relatives to mourn their loss. The new water line extending from the Meibers addition to the automobile plant is completed, and is now ready for use. The line was placed in. for the special benefit of this company, who require much water during the course of their manufacture. It also affords them ample fire protection.

NOT BIG CROP THIS YEAR. A Different Story is Predicted for Presidential Year. The corn crop of the present year Is not as satisfactory as at first thought. Farmers generally are feeding the grain to swine, hoping that the present low prices will soon soar and they may thereby realize more handsomely than if the corn were sold outright. Some farmers have been caught by drop in hog quotations and expect com to drop likewise. The prespects for next year’s grain crop are exceptionally good. Indications point to a record-breaking yield. The fly has made its appearance In the wheat in some localities, but this generally is not feared. A banner yield of fruit is expected in 1908, as the lull this year in away rested fruit bearing trees and canes, to such an extent as to give them strength. TIME TO CHEER UP Credit Men Have a Meeting at Indianapolis Yesterday. SAY GOOD THINGS The Country is Prosperous and it is Time to Unbelt. Credit men of the country met at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis yesterday and discussed existing financial conditions. At the close of an all day session they asserted the belief that the country is “all right” and that no one need be alarmed for the future. A statement which Is to go broadcast over the United States was issued last night’, tl is to go out as the official views of the board of directors of the National Association of Credit Men. The statement follows: The National Association of Credit Men. the largest commercial organization in the United States, with a membership of 9,000, representing a vast amount of capital invested in the manufacturing and mercantile business of the country, through its directors In meeting assembled, at Indianapolis, Nov. 11, 1907, affirms its implicit faith in the commercial integrity of the nation and in the business principles on which the affairs of the mercantile community are conducted. Be it, therefore, Resolved, That from trustworthy trade and financial information, received from every section of the country, the association unhesitatingly declares general business conditions to be fundamentally sound, and believes the present financial disturbance, notwithstanding the stringency of the currency, will be of short duration. Be it further

Resolved, That the association calls on all its members to support one another in an effort to restore the confidence of the people so unnecessarily shaken at this moment, and to urge upon every one the necessity of upholding business interests by depositing their money now, as in the past, in the banks of their respective cities and towns, to the end that it may be used for its legitimate purposes, viz., the carrying on of the vast bus.ness of the country. Be it Resolved further, That this association pledges every member to do all in his power to restore the confidence of the public at large in the solvency and prosperity of our nation. TO HAVE ANOTHER COUNT. Indianapolis, Nov. 12. —An amicable settlement of the school enumeration controversy at Terre Haute has been reached between Fassett A. Cotton, state superintendent of public instruction, and the Terre Haute school board. Because of the settlement of the question the suit filed by the school board in the Vigo county courts against Superintendent Cotton to compel him to order a third enumeration of school children in Terre Haute will be dismissed. A new count wlil be made beginning today. Martin Ault, the devil in this office, today celebrated his nineteenth birthday in a very elaborate mariner by passing around first class ten cent cigars to the remainder of the force. The boys are now wishing that the devil had a birthday every day In the week.

TOO PROUD TO BEG Thrilling Melodrama at the Bosse Opera House. WEDNESDAY NIGHT The Press Lavish in Boosting this Play Elsewhere. Detection as pictured in story books has to thousands of people seemed the most fascinating occupation that a man could engage In, and no doubt has led tc the determination on the part of many a youthful reader to firmly make up his mind that when he should reach his majority, he would choose detection as a profession. The old detective stories is kept as a favorite book in the comer in many a library. Those have been superceded by Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock Holmes,” which William Gillette dramatized and made himself a great stage personage. It has remained for that clever author Lincoln J. Carter, to evolve a detective play in “Too Proud to Beg” that for originality of theme and locale compares favorably with the novels of Doyle, Poe and Collins. Local theater goers will be eager to judge Mr. Carter’s correctness of theme and story when “Too Proud to Beg” is given at the Bosse Opera House, Wednesday, Nov. 13. It is said that Mr. Carter has introduced a love interest into his drama which is an engrossing one. Especial attention is called to the fact that every bit of scenery for the production is carried by the company intact, requiring a special baggage car for its transportation. The cast, which is a capable one artistically, is one strong numerically, numbering twenty people, including the clever Follis children, who do a neat specialty, aside from their clever reading roles. THURS. AT GENEVA The Adams County Sunday School Convention

Meets. MAKE PREPARATIONS Geneva Will Royally Entertain Visitors for the Day. The meeting of the Adams county Sunday school convention will ensue at Geneva, Wednesday and Thursday of this week with encouraging prospects of having the most successful session they have ever experienced. During the all-day session Thursday, Mr. Burnie, of Indianapolis, the state field worker, will deliver several lectures, which promise to be quite interesting. W. H. Merryman, a noted lecturer, will also deliver an address. Miss Nache, of Hamilton, who is noted for her excellent voice, ie on the program for solos, and besides these, the Mennite choir of Berne, will render selections. This meeting as planned, will be a most impotant one, and from indications, many will attend. The people of Geneva are making preparations to entertain a delegation from Decatur. -o —■ As the result of the recent deal by which the Clover Leaf secured a controlling interest in the Chicago and Alton, Toledo has lost the greater portion of the general offices of the Clover Leaf. The first move indicating the final concentration of the general offices of the road in Chicago, was announced Saturday, when it became known that George H. Ross, second vice president in charge of traffic, had decided to locate permanently in Chicago. The office furniture of Mr. Ross’ department was packed and shipped and his clerical force will fol-1 low at once. Mr. Ross’ new office will I be in room 249 Railway Exchange! building —Frankfort Crescent. I

HE MAKES THE FLASHERS. Montpelier Man Engaged in a Good Business. The following story comes from Montpelier. It will doubtless be news to everybody io that town: Montpelier boasts of a citizen who is doing and has been doing for years what scientists have for ages have attempted to do and failed, the art of producing diamonds. He is Isaac Mussleman, a man 84 years of age and his wonderful achievement is the producing of rare gems from coke or common hard coal. His experiments date back thirty years. As a proof of his system he has several dozen crystals of various sizes, shapes and colors, of a flinty hardness. In color they are pure white, amber, ruby, green and various shades of blue, all of wonderful brilliancy. Mr. Musselman has carefully guarded his secret. —Hartford City News. SURPRISED THEM Employees Walk in on Postmaster Frysinger and Wife. HAD A GOOD TIME

P. O. Employees and Carriers Get up a Surprise Party. r A surprise party that will without ■ doubt be long remembered by postmaster Dyke Frisinger and his wife, was that of last night, when the postoffice . employees and rural carriers with t their families gathered unexpectedly I at the Frisinger home to enjoy an t evening of pleasure with the newly . wedded couple. The affair was a complete surprise and was well executed p by the guests. The orchestra, comj posed of high school boys, were en- > gaged to furnish music for the evening and at the stated time the guests s and orchestra rushed into the house much to the surprise of Mr. Frisinger and wife. After the guests were comfortable situated Carl Moses of the firm of Meyer, Presdorf and Moses . brought a beautiful rocking chair in and it was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Frisinger. All the employees contributed for the purchase of this beauti- ’ ful present and it will be greatly appreciated by the recipients. J. S. Peterson, assistant postmaster, in a few well chosen words, expressed the sentiment of the entire postoffice force in wishing for the newly wedded couple all the success and happiness that ' the future can hold, after which a delightful social session ensued. The music rendered by the orchestra add- . ed much to the pleasure of the evening. During the session ice cream and cake was served to the merry guests, besides apples and cigars, which w’ere afforded by Dyke and

all present enjoyed themselves to the limit. J. M. Frisinger delivered an address of welcome during the evening, which made all the guests feel much at home and the evening was spent as only a good jolly crowd could make it. Those present were the following with their families: J. S. Peterson, Fred Vanghn. O. P. Mills, W. R. Dorwin, S. E. Shamp, George Flanders, George Everett, W. B. Engle, E. Archer, S. S. Magley, W. P. Biggs and Ray Chronister and Earl Butler. ——o BEGIN OPERATION THURSDAY. King Piano Plant at Bluffton Ready I

for the Start. The wood working department of the new King piano factory is to be put into operation next Thursday. This announcement was made Saturday night by Superintendent Carlisle accompanied by the proviso that no serious mishap occurred between now and that time. All of the wood working apparatus has been installed and is now ready to run. It is thought that by Thursday all connections such as shafts belts, etc., necessary to operate the machinery, will have been installed and ready to run and in that case the wood working machinery will be started to grinding out material for the first new pianos to be manufactured in Bluffton. If the machinery is put into operation it will be one of the main attractions of the Fall Festival as the people of the city will have their first opportunity of seeing the plant or at least a portion of it, in active operation.— (Bluffton News.

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A WHITE MINSTREL “Humpty” Pierce is Now a Star in the Theatrical World. WRITES TO FRIENDS He Wants to Appear Once at the Bosse Opera House. A letter was received this morning at this office from James “Humpty” Pierce, who played right field on the local base ball team this past season, in such a sensational manner, in which he desired to ascertain what the local opera house could be secured for on Christmas eve for a white minstrel show. From the tone of the letter it would seem that “Humpty” during his off season, has organized a minstrel company and is about to make a tour of this section of the country and show the natives what kind of material the capitol city turns out. There is no question but that should Pierce be able to secure the local play house on the date he desires, that the same would be packed to its utmost capacity and that the citizens of Decatur would be treated to a production worth going miles to see. Jim is an actor and whole show within himself and his appearance alone would be the cause of many turning out to hear his witty and original remarks. He claims to be leading the best white minstrel show on the road today and says that the people of Decatur will be treated to something grand should he be able to make arYangements with Manager Bosse that 'were satisfactory to his company. He expects to put on a matinee on the same afternoon for children and promises to entertain the people in a royal manner. Further arrangements will be announced later together with the cast of characters and the entire program.

A STRONG PROGRAM Township Sunday School Convention in this City. AT BAPTIST CHURCH Dr. W. H. Merryman and a Good Speaker is on the Program.

A convention of the Sunday schools of the township will convene at the Baptist church next Sunday afternoon with one of the strongest programs arranged tnat nas ever been rendered in the city. Dr. W. H. Merryman will deliver a discourse at this session and the program will be quite interesting. In the evening a session will be held at the Methodist church, where Dr. Merryman will deliver an object lesson sermon on “Moulding in Clay. ’ Mr. Merryman is a speaker of fame, and it was only through the energetic efforts of the promoters of the conveuion that his services were secured as he w-as required to cancel one of his dates to come here. During this

session the high school orchestra will furnish music and beside this, music will be forthcoming from the McKean quartette, Mrs. C. B. Wilcox, Presbyterian mixed quartette, and thp Reformed church choir. Mrs. C. Vogt who is succeeding Rev. D. B. Kessinger as president of this organization, is doing all in her power to make the convention a success in every particular, and she deserves the hearty support of all who are interested in the welfare of the Sunday schools of the county. — ■ Mrs. Ed S. Moses, of north Fifth street left this morning for Yankton, North Dakota, where she will spend a few weeks with her daughter, Gertrude. who is assistant principal in the conservatory department of the Yankton college.