Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 286, Decatur, Adams County, 26 November 1907 — Page 1

DECAT U R DAILY DEMOCRAT

Volume V. Number 286

VOTING PRECINCTS Chairman Moran Establishes the Voting Places. for the PRIMARY Friday of Next Week Will See the Finish of the Race. As established and agreed upon by the Adams county Democratic central committee, the Democratic primary election to be held Friday. December 6 1907, the following named places, have been selected as voting precincts Union township, two precincts, one at Broadbeck school house and the other in Arthur Blakey residence north of Kohn school house; Root, two, East Root at Aber school house. West Root in Monmouth; Preble, two, North Preble at Freldheim, South Preble at school house north of town of Preble; Kirkland two. North Kirkland at school house in Peterson and South Kirkland at Honduras; Washington township, one precinct, at dwelling house east side of railroad; St. Marys, two, North St. Marys in the town of Bobo, South St. Marys at Pleasant Mills; Blue Creek, two. North Blue Creek at Steele, South Blue Creek in the Prairie school house; Monroe township, three, North Monroe in town of Monroe, Berne “A" east of Grand Rapids railroad to corporation line east of Jefferson street thence south to township line vote at Cottage Hotel, Berne *‘B” west of Grand Rapids railroad to corporation line and west to Jefferson street to township line, vote at town hall; French school house; Hartford, two, North school house; Hartfrod. two. North Hartford, Linn Grove. South Hartford Brushwood school house; Wabash three, North Wabash at school house in Dlst. No. 2, Geneva “A” town cala boose, Geneva “B” in Hutton build log; Jefferson, two. West at Buck master school house. East at Boohei school house; City of Decatur, three in First Ward In Linn and Patton's shop, Second Ward North room ol court house basement, Third W ard Holthouse Livery barn. Such electlop shall be held in com pliance with the rules and regula tions of the Adams county Democratic central committee. ELECTION NOTICE. All democrats of Adams county. In diana are hereby notified that on Fri day the 6th day of December, 1907 there will be a primary election helc under the Australian Election law: of said state for the purpose of nom inating Democratic candidates to b< voted for at the November electioi of 1908. That candidates will be nom inated for the following named offices One State Representative. One Prosecuting Attorney. One County Auditor. One County Treasurer. One County Sheriff. One County Surveyor. One County Coroner. One Commissioner. Second Dist. One Commissioner. First Dist. Also one county central commltte, man for each voting precinct in th county. Such committee to serve ur til the next Democratic Primary Ele< tion. JOHN C. MORAN, Chalrmar

u - ADAIR LEAVES FOR WASHINGTON To Attend Congress Which Convenes Monday. Portland, Ind., Nov. 26.—(Special! —Hem. John A. M. Adair, congressman representing the Eighth congressiona district, left today for Washington, where he will arrange to reside during the winter term which convenes nex Monday morning. He expects to > kept very busy during the session. It is expected that on Jan. 1 a further consolidation of the Alton an the Clover Leaf roads will take place T. P. Shouts succeeding 6. M. Fe ’- as president of the former company. It is not expected that the forme head of the Panama Canal < don will assume active charge of Alton, but that he will perform the duties of that position as he now a tends to those conected with the pre id»ncy of the Clover Leif—Fran or

THE FORT WAYNE CROWD. Delegation Who Attended the Banquet Here. Many Fort Wayne members of the legal profession were in attendance at a banquet given by members of the Adams county bar at Decatur Saturday evening in honor of Judge R. K. Erwin, who is retiring from the bench of the circuit court there, and Judge James T, Merryman, his successor. Judge D. D. Heller, presided, and among those who responded to toasts were Judge Edward O’Rourke and Hon. Henry Colerick, of this city. The Fort Wayne party made the trip in a special car on the Interurban line and it included Judge Edward O'Rourke, Judge O. N. Heaton, the Hon. Henry Colerick, Judge W. J. Vesey, Judge John H. Aiken, S. R. Alden. John Morris, W. H. Shambaugh, H. G. Hogau, D. Burns Douglass. Harry Ryan, H. F. Hilgeman, City Attorney Guy Colerick, H. C. Underwood, Lee J. Ninde, H. G. Keegan, W. C. Geake, Frank R. Dulin, F. H. Kleekamp. H. L. Townsend, Carl Yaple, F. A. Emrick, H. L. Somers, F. E. Zollars, J. E. K. France, B. F. Heaton, George W. Louttit, 'Wilmer Leonard, W. L. Ballou, and R. F. Vesey.—Fort Wayne Sentinel.

CHEAPER HORSES Commission Men Say that New York Market Has Gone to Pieces. A BIG SLUMP Shippers Bought at Prices of a Month Ago are All Losing Money. Much discussion now prevails among the farmers in this community as to whether the price of horses is increasing or decreasing and why it it that they are not being visited by horsemen this year the same as last when it seemed as though every horse buyer in the state was in Adams county making purchases. According to the theory of the local horsemen the question is easily answered, the fact being that horses are not in demand and are declining in price fast. Dan W. Beery, who probably purchases more horses than any other I individual in the county, took it upon himself to write to M. Newgass and I Son. one of the largest horse commission firms in Chicago concerning this question and received the following reply which speaks for itself:

“We are sorry to report an unchanged condition in the horse marktein the past month. Things are verv dull and we do not look for any improvement until after the first of the year. Horses that have been bought at the past high prices are bound to lose money. We expect and know that horses in the country must get considerably cheaper. We have been selling in the neighborhood of one hundred horses a week, horses that have been bought at high prices, and these horses have been losing monev. However, we consider it a good idea for shippers who have these horses on hand and on feed to sei them and make room in their stables for horses that can be bought at much cheaper figures and a chan e to make money on them. Bear in mind We do not I<x)k fOr an> m provement in the horse market unti spring trade opens up. We will keep you posted as near as possible o the general condition of our market and if vou have anything to market, “ip at any time and we will get you P highest market price for them u t know we cannot make any money them if you have your horses “gbt on the market of a month or so „„„ qicned Newgass and bon. the .to. secret in a nutshell, and from all apthere will not be much -““-"vTbXXv t his. manv farmer friends might k.ow the true condition of affairs as others see it. _

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, November 26, 1907.

HIS PROCLAMATION i Mayor Coffee Issues His Annual Request that Business Shall Cease. THANKSGIVING DAY And the Day Be Used for Holy and Charitable Purpose for Which Intended. In accordance with the time honored custom of the president and the legalized act of the governor of Indiana, as well as a practice of each executive officers of the various municipalities of Indiana, I, D. D. Coffee, mayor of Decatur, do most earnestly recommend that Thursday, the 28th day of November, be set apart for Thanksgiving. That all business be suspended and the day used for the holy and charitable purpose for which it was intended. Believing that every person in this land of peace and prosperity with abundance of everything to supply the urgent needs of all, should have something to be thankful for, and as ingratitude is the greatest insult to charity and frequently hardens the hearts of those that give for worldly notives only, so the principal of selfishness and ingratitude should be far removed from those that wish to give thanks to the giver of all good for the manifold blessings He has bestowed. And as it was He that commanded us to love our neighbor as ourself, and promised that even a glass of water given in His name should have its reward, so we should perform acts of love and deeds of charity on that day, especially so that gratitude would manifest itself in us all, and prompt others to be thankful as well as ourselves. Charity does not alone consist in almsgiving. but in words of cheer and acts of sympathy during hours of affliction, assisting others to arise from discouragement to a moral standing in society, to enjoy life and liberty in the pursuit of happiness. Believing that all men are born equal and that opportunities make criminals as well as business men. Be not over sollcitious, but be reconciled to the God of justice, that all other things may be added unto us. Given under my hand and Seal this 25th day of November, 1907. D. D. COFFEE. Mayor.

WANTS HER CHILD Mrs. Mary Rice Files a Habeas Corpus Proceeding in Circuit Court. HEARING SATURDAY Family Troubles Are Again Given Airing—Mr. and Mrs. Rice Defendants. Mary E. Rice, who claims her husband made It impossible for her to live with him and from whom she tried to secure a divorce a month ago,

but was refused the decree by Judge Erwin now wants the possession of her six-year-old daughter, Cleo W., now held by the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs J. M. Rice, and has filed a habeas corpus suit to secure same. The family has had more or less trouble for several years, and has bad a number of innings in the circuit and police court. They were granted a divorce last spring, but were re-mar-ried afterward. At that time a contract was made giving the possession of the child to James Rice and wife, the mother to have her twice each week if she so desired. Now she claims that they refuse to allow her to see her little girl and brings proceedings to obtain possession The writ was made returnable next Saturdav morning at 9 o’clock. L. C. DeVoss appears as attorney for the plaintiff. ■ .

A number of the county candidates are m the south part of the county naking a canvass of the voters. As the time for the primary draws closer | at hand, more Interest is manifest

A NEW DISH FOR CHRISTMASEgg Plant a la BoUrbon, Favor Dish of Last King of Naples. If you wish to serve a surprise dish at your Christmas feast, you can scarcely do better than to serve eggplant a la Bourbon, the recipe being a modern improvement upon a dish that was once the favorite viand of Francesco de Bourbon, last king of Naples. Pour a cupful of cream into an earthen baking-dish. Upon this put several slices of egg-plant, which must have been cut very thin. Add half a can of tomatoes and sprinkle the top with bits of American cheese about the size of an almond, and salt and pepper. When this has been done, cover with a rather thick layer of macaroni, broken into pieces about two inches in length; follow with more cheese, pepper and salt, and, finally, over the whole pour about a pint of good, rich stock. Bake in a steady, slow oven for about an hour and tweney minutes. o At noon tomorrow the colored men "who are putting in the Seventh street improvement fully expect to finish he same and will eat Thanksgiving dinner with their families. o THE INDIANA-OHIO Four Cities Were Represented at the Richmond Meeting Sunday. TALK PLANS OVER Four More Towns Wanted —Decatur Failed to Send Representative or Word. Arrangements for the Indiana-Ohio base ball league for next season are beginning to take definite form, fou* franchises haveing been awarded at a meeting held at the Westcott hotel Sunday afternoon. There were present at the meeting Clarence W. Jessup of Richmond; Manager Runyon of Bluffton; Frank Witt, of Anderson and Manager Gamble, of Van Wert. President Kling did not attend and Mr. Jessup presided over the meeting. It is the desire to have eight cities included and as there was SBO left in the league treasury, it was decided that this should be used by Jessup to pay traveling expenses so that he could make a trip to various other cities and make recommendations as to which are the best to fill up the number desired. Indications at this time are that the other four will be Hamilton, Muncie. Lima and Marion Piqua will also be considered. There has been a sentiment, shared by Manager Jessup, that the smaller cities in the league the past season should be dropped in favor of more promising ones but Van Wert and Bluffton have made such good showings that they will stick. At both places there are ample assurances of support and a promise that interest in the national game will be more pronounced than It ever was before so that the patronage and receipts will correspondingly increase. ' Witt stated that he has secured a lease on Riverside park at Anderson, two squares from the court house, and that while he would not attempt Sunday games, owing to the nearness of the park to the center of the city, he is convinced that the week-day games would be very paying for the same reason. At Marion the traction companies have a lease on a park four squares from the court house, and they want a franchise. They promise both Sunday and week day games. Marion is likely to be included. It is apparent that Hamilton, Muncie, Lima and Marion are the four cities preferred to complete the membership, but what the result of Jessup’s trip will be cannot be foretold. He will report at a meeting to be held later. He has' already started on his tour of inspection.—Richmond Paladium.

There was a slight flurry In the stock markets Monday as shown by the quotations on the local board of trade, stocks of all kinds going off a few points. The grain markets held fairly firm there being but a slight decline in prices. Hogs went off 15 cents from the prices as quoted on Saturday. Money opened at 10 per cent and later was quoted at BHc.

CANDY NECESSARY Is a Very Important Food, Says Dr. Woods Hutchinson, and Tells Why. IT IS VERY FILLING The More Candy a Nation Uses the Less Alcohol— Some Other Pointers. “Give the children plenty of pure sugar, taffy and butterscotch and they’ll have little need of cod liver oil,” says Dr. Woods Hutchinson in the Christmas Woman’s Home Companion. “In short, sugar is, after meat, bread and butter, easily our next most important and necessary food. You can put the matter to a test very easily. Just leave off the pie. pudding and other deserts at your lunch or mid-day dinner. You’ll be asonished to find how quickly you’ll feel ‘empty’ again, and how ‘unfinished’ the meal will seem. You can’t get any working man to accept a dinner pail without pie in it. And he’s absolutely right. The only thing that can take the place of sugar here is beer or wine. It is a significant fact that the free lunch counters run in conection with bars furnish every imaginable thing except sweets. Even the restaurants and lunch grills attached to saloons or bars often refuse to serve desserts of any sort. They know their business! The more sugar or sweets a man takes at a meal, the less alcohol he wants. Conversely, nearly every drinking man will tell you that he has lost his taste for sweets. The more candy a nation consumes the less alcohol. “The United States government buys pure candy by the ton and ships it to the Philippines to be sold at cost to the soldiers in the canteens. All men crave It in the tropics, and the more they get of it, the less ‘vino’ and whisky they want. “In fine, the prejudice against sugar 'is born of puritanism and stinginess, equal parts. Whatever children cry for must be bad for them, according to the pure doctrine of original sin; besides, it costs money. I know families in the rural districts yet where the head of the family groans over every dollar’s worth of sugar that comes into the house as a sinful and unwholesome luxury.

A FUNERAL TODAY A. B. Brown Died at the Hope Hospital Sunday. ILL SEVERAL MONTHS The Deceased Was Known by Many Decatur People. A. B. Brown, of Monroeville, broth-er-in-law of A. R. Bell of this city, who died at the Hope hospital at Fort Wayne last Sunday from kidney trouble, was buried at the Monroeville cemetery this afternoon. The deceased was ill for more than three months and at several times his life was despaired of. He recuperated several times after the victim of sinking spells, but last Friday his condition became so alarming that his relatives were notified to hasten to his bedside if they wished to see him alive. He only survived until Sunday and then died in respond to the ravages of the dread disease. The deceased was a member of Company C of the Eleventh infantry and served in war with Messrs S. B. Fordyce, Andrew Teeple, George and Isaac Debolt and George Louthan of this city. He was well and favorably known in this community and besides hfb comrades, he has numerous friends here who join the bereaved ones in this hour of sadness. A wife, son and a multitude of friends and relatives survive to mourn his departure. He was sixty-two years of age. Mr. and Mrs. A. R- Bell and Mrs. Ella Bell left for Monroeville this morning to attend the funeral which was held this afternoon.

MUST STOP FOR CROSSINGS. Steam and Electric Lines Must Obey the Rule. Indianapolis, Nov. 26. —Hereafter all locomotive engineers and interurban motormen will be required to stop their trains or cars at all railroad crossings outside of the limits of cities and towns in the state, where the crossing is not guarded by a switch man, or by a mechanical device recog nized by the laws of the state as mak Ing the crossings safe for the trains to cross them without coming to a stop. This decision was announced today by the state railroad commis sion. Commissioner William J. Wood having given his opinion on the matter A conference of railroad managers and attorneys was held some time ago anc it was unanimously determined by the counsel and the members of the com mision that stops should be made ai all unprotected crossings in the start that lay outside the cities and towns ’The question of whether criminal ac tion should be instituted against motor men or enginemen who did not obey this ruling of the commission, was decided and Commissioner Wood an nounced that the commission would apply the criminal statute wherevei the ruling was disregarded outside ol town. PLENTY OF MONEY Currency Payments are to Be Resumed Quite Soon. MEETING IN CHICAGO The Time Limit Will Probably Not Exceed Two Weeks. Chicago, Nov. 26.—Clearing house certificates will be a thing of the past two weeks hence. There will be plenty of the actual currency to meet all needs of the holiday business. This is the opinion expressed by leading bankers of New York, Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City who gathered at the Union league club in this city yesterday for conference. The meeting was called to consider the resumption of currency circulation and whether it would be necessary within the next couple of weeks to extend aid to the western cities. There were present a dozen leading financiers from the east and middle west. At the close James B. Forgan, president of the First National bank of Chicago, left for Washington, where he will acquaint the president with the sentiment of the conference. While the session was secret it was stated after the close that no definite action was decided on for the resumption of currency payments, but it was the genera) impression that money could be safely put into circulation in about two weeks, when It was believed that New York situation would be sufficiently cleared up so as not to affect the country. - PRESENT PETITION TOMORROW ’Attorney Amsden Here Today Securing More Names. Attorney W. M. Amsden, of Marion, was here today, securing a few more signatures to the petition for a pardon for Joseph Osborn, who was sent up for life from here for the murder of his father-in-law, John Busenbark. Mr. Amsden will go to Indianapolis tomorrow and present the petition to Governor Hanly, in hopes that same will be acted upon at the meeting of the board of pardons on December 4. The petition is a strong one, being signed by 3,000 of Joe’s neighbors and friends from Grant county and 500 from this county. Thet list here includes every member of the jury who convicted him. the court, attorneys, county officers, business men and many of his former neighbors and acquaintances. He was convicted December 24, 1903. o —— Figures just compiled by the State Bureau of Statistics show that fewer miles of free gravel road were constructed throughout the state during the year 1906 than there were in 1905. Inasmuch as all of the road work has not been completed for the year 1907 reports have not yet been received relative to road construction and Improvement this year. There are Indications, however, that there will be an Increase In the number of talles of free gravel road thia year.

Price Two Cents

ATTACK A SURPRISE Congressman Fowler Objects to Administration Plans. PRESIDENT’S LETTER Cause of His Third Term Letter—Rural Route Service. Washington, November 26.—The attack made by Representative Charles N. Fowler, of New Jersey, on President Roosevelt and secretary of the treasury Cortelyou, which was published broadcast, astounded administration officials. Mr. Fowler has been chairman of the house committee on banking and currency for several years and was slated for reappointment to the same chairmanship on the organization of the new congress. That he should have come out so strongly against the administration and its plans for the relief of the financial situation indicates that Mr. Roosevelt, if he has any definite suggestions for currency reform, must look to some other spokesman In congress. It also indicates that Mr. Fowler will oppose any plan other than his own for meeting necessities of conditions that will be discussed in the president’s annual message now being printed. Mr. Fowler has always been, very determined in supporting his own views, and his uncompromising attitude and the attitude of other financial experts in congress has heretofore prevented any possibility of agreement.

Washington, November 26.—The story of how President Roosevelt came to write the letter to cobinet officers asking hem to instruct officeholders under them to refrain from working for a third term nomination for him is not without interest. One week ago today two United States senators from western states called on the president and said in substance: “We have been trying to do something for Taft in our state, but we find it impossible to make any headway because your federal appointees, who are really in control of the situation, are determined to nominate you for a third term. They will not do anything for Taft, but are very active for you.” “That must be stopped,” said the president, and that afternoon he called in several of the federal officeholders here, including First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock, who has been active for a third-term movement. The same afternoon the letter, the text of which was made public aturday afternoon, was written by the president. Washington, November 26.—T0 meet inquiries which have been received at the postofflee department in regard to the business being done on the leading rural delivery routes throughout the country. Assistant Postmaster-General DeGraw has submitted to the postmaster-general a list of 993 routes in the several states on which 25,000 or more pieces of mail were handled during the three months ended June 30, 1907, together with the value of stamps canceled on mail collected on such routes.

HAS ISSUED A CALL. Democratic State Committee to Meet Friday. Indianapolis, Nov. 26. —Chairman William H. O’Brien, of the Democratic state committee, has issued a call for a meeting of the committee at the Grand Hotel, in this city, next Friday, at 10 o’clock, for the purpose of fixing the dates for holding the conventions in the various districts to eleet district chairmen, who will be members of the state committee, when it is reorganized, January 8. The basis of representation for each county to the district conventions will also be fixed. This call is issued in line with the announced determination of the Democrats to get into the next campaign early, in fact, before the Republicans get started. It is understood to be the purpose of the Democrats to hold early state and national conventiona. and thus place themselves on the aggressive side of the fight Instead of taking a defensive position.