Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1907 — Page 1

Volume V. Number 298

IT PROVED FATAL George Hurst Dies as Result of a Shotgun Wound in Arm. AFTER AN OPERATION The Arm Was Amputated, at the Shoulder and Death Followed in Few Hours. George Hurst, aged fourteen years, the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Hurst, who reside on west Monroe and who met with an accident the day fallowin Thanksgiving, the result of an accidental discharge of a shotgun which shot away a part of his right arm, died this morning at four o’clock from the effects of the • ound and an operation. The Injury that finally resulted in his death occurred while young Hurst and two of his boy friends were out hunting for rabbit and at the time it was thought that the arm could be saved by the doctors, who had the case in hand. However, last evening it was determined by the attending physician that in order to permit the injured member to heal properly, an operation to remove the arm was necessary as the wound was badly burned and circulation was stopped. This the parents of the lad consented to and last night about ten o'clock they successfully performed the operation and removed the arm near the shoulder. The boy rallied nicely from the effects of the operation, but Immediately commenced to complain of the arm that I was taken off and kept this up for several hours when he lapsed into unconsciousness from which he never rallied, death relieving him from all earthly suffering at four o'clock. Mr. Hurst was born in this city and during all his life had made his home with his parents. He was a bright young man being a student in the Decatur public school and stood well in his classes. He was popular among his associates, being of a kind and loving disposition, and in these circles he will be sadly missed. His parents who at the time of the accident were visiting near Muncie, when notified as to what had occurred, came home at once and did all in their power to save his life. The operation, however. proved to be too much for his constitution to stand and after a brave struggle for eleven days, he succumbed to the inevitable. The funeral ser vices will be held Friday afternoon at one-thirty o’clock at the home, Rev. Stangle officiating, assisted by Rev. Wilcox, and interment will be made in the Decatur cemetery. He leaves a father, mother, several sisters and one brother to mourn their loss. The young man from the time he received the injury until his demise never really recovered from the shock his system had received. For several days before his demise he took no real nourishment only what was forced upon him. Those desiring to view he remains may do so at the home Thursday afternoon or Friday morning. MRS. FRANZ BADLY INJURED. Fell from Icy Porch and Broke Both Wrists. Mrs. Ernest Franz, living near the Fuelling church, north of the city was painfully Injured Tuesday when she fell from the porch and broke both wrists. She had started out into the yard and slipped on the icy porch. In trying to save herself, she threw out her arms, with! there as stated. She has suffered from * rheumatism in the arms and the in juries were most painful, though not believed serious. However the ladv is sixty-two years old and her recovery will probably be rather The management of the team in the lowa State league is m correspondence of this city, with a view or , him as the playing manager of th team and the chances are that a d will be completed whereby he win go to that city at the opening o «>n. Behringer led the Decatur team to victory in the L-0 thyear and showed that he ha. the stun tn him from which winning are made Deihl and Boyd, ex-Frana are m , om both under contract , fort players are botn zv-nkfort ■ with the Keokuk team-Frankfor Crescent.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

DISCHARGE ALL BOOZE FIGHTERS Erie Cleaning .House in Huntington Machine Shops. Master Mechanic W. F. Yergens is making a cleaning up shower of all the booze fighters. Last week he fired the arch leader, Birch, today he let out another gang of some ten or twelve machinists, who had been with the company for some time. Most of these were the bowery tough and trouble hunters who have been causing so much trouble of late. It is thought by Erie detectives that when Mr. Yergens gets through with his weeding out process the company will have a nice quiet force of boys in its employ who will settle down into good, law abiding citizens. One thing is positive, booze fighters will not be tolerated in the future. There is a limit to everything, even the worm will turn. —Huntington News-Demo-crat. COURT HOUSE NEWS I Kalver Case Continued— Evidence Heard in the Springer Divorce Case. THE LEMAY CASE Will Probably be Continued —J F. Lehman Files Bond as Administrator. Attorneys D. E. Smith and J. C. Smith and J. C. Moran are at Indianapolis today appearing before the board of pardons in an effort to secure the freedom of Joseph Osborn. The case of the State against Isadora Kalver and Will Hurst for main- : taining a nuisance, whicn was set for , J tpial today was postponed until next Wednesday, on account of the death ( of Will Hurst’s brother. < It was stated this morning that a j continuance will be asked in the case against Charles LeMay, charged with rape, because of the defense being un- | able to secure an important witness , from Kansas City. Peterson & Moran have entered' appearance for the defendants in the case | of Sarah Gleason vs. Edward E. Young, | et al, a $5,000 damage case. The Springer divorce case was heard last evening and this morning and the J court announced that he would render a verdict this afternoon or Thursday morning. Each asks for a decree and alleges adultery and other cruel treatment. < The case of Edward Hamil vs. Otto k Bolds, replevin suit, has been set for trial for Tuesday, December 31.

In the matter of W. E. Swartz vs. Journal Publishing Co., M. F. Rice filed a claim for rent to date. A motion to make the complaint in the case of Daniel B. Ford vs. Smith Shoemaker et al, more specific was overruled. It is a $4,000 damage suit Attorneys interested in the Niblick estate case were notified that the final settlement arguments would be heard Saturday morning. j F. Lehman was appointed administrator of the estate of Daniel Sprunger and filed bond for $32,000 signed by C. C. Sprunger and Daniel Stuckey. dTeS, DRAPED IN FLAG. Harvey Millikan, Hero of Many Wars, is Dead at Wabash. Wabash. Ind., Dec. 10.-A.hero of many battles, Harvey Millikan 60 who died today at his home in this city knowing that death had a final hold upon him. asked as his last wish that the fiag which had floated over him during the civil war be brought out and spread over his bed as he la dving. This wish was gratified and xv, his last beneath the flag t 2 ii. «. P’—»• Clitics and in G. A. R- circles in in 0° , a very wide a® - the state and had a very quaintance. _ Sunday schols are pre- : „„ M t»r «* tertainments.

’AFTER PRESIDENT 1 3 Making Him Distribute His 1 Letter to the t Officeholders. ' - t FUN WITH THEM r - Over Visit of Populist Wat- . son with the President— Other News. Washington, December 11. —Orders were issued by the president, after the regular cabinet meeting, for theTgeneral distribution of the letter he wrote to members of his cabinet November 19, warning them that federal officeholders must not work for a third nomination for him, and must not go Jo the national convention instructed to vote for him. In complying with the order issued by the president today, each member of the cabinet will have a printed copy of the letter sent to every subordinate federal officeholder outside of Washington. Today’s order, there is every reason to believe, is the result of dissatisfaction expressed by friends of Secretary Taft to the president. The letter was written to please the Taft managers, who represented that they were not able to segregate the Roosevelt-Taft booms. Washington, December 11. —The Democratic members of congress are disposed to have fun with the Republicans over the visit of Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia, to the president. Mr. Watson was the Populist candidate for president in 1904. He is now a Roosevelt Republican. During recent months Mr. Watson has been a frequent caller on the president. Several weeks ago he wrote the president that he had discovered a sure cure for the financial distress of the country. He had also, he informed the president, discovered a civil war law still in force under which a plentiful supply of greenbacks could be issued. He was certain that by taking advantage of this law everybody could be supplied with money. Washington, December 11. —Before this session of congress is far advanced there will be ademand from (Continued on page 4.) FIGHT FOR HANLY I Anti-Saloon League Will > Stand Firmly With i < Him.

s. E. NICHOLSON TALKS They Intend that His Party Standing Be Not Im- ’

paired. Washington, Dec. 10 —S. E. Nicholson, who is here representing the National Anti-Saloon league before congress, today gave out the following statement, which is of interest throughout Indiana: "The officers of he National AntiSaloon league have observed certain newspaper paragraphs which indicate that there is a disposition to punish Governor Hanly for going to Columbus, 0.. in the recent campaign and making a speech in which he advocated the election of Judge Duncan, the Democratic candidate for mayor of that city. The National Anti-Saloon league officers have discussed the possibility of an effort to injure Governor Hanly in his standing as a party man and a public servant on account of this act and they have decided that if the issue is raised, either in the immediate or the remote future, the whole force of the Anti-Saloon league organization shall be used to back him up. It must be apparent to every one. that the Anti-Saloon league organization is ver y powerful in Indiana, and we are satisfied that, If the issue is drawn we shall be able to effectively organize not only every county but every community in the state for the defense of Governor Hanly.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening December 11. IV(>7.

|* SOME POLITICAL DOPE. | Judge Richard K. Erwin, of Dei catur, gave Democratic friends whom i he met at the banquet at Laporte SatS urday night to understand that he wants the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He has not announced himself and likely will not do so until he has taken a thorough survey of the field. With him in the race the Eighth district will have two candidates—--1 Carroll K. McCullough having entered about two weeks ago. From the Eighth district there comes a story that Theodore Shockney, of Union City, will be a candidate for the Republican congressional nomination. He was a seeker after the nomination ten years ago, but was defeated by George W. Cromer, of 3 , Muncie. Shockney and' Cromer never > got along well in politics and the . Cromer following throughout the district will be against him again this time if he runs, it is said.

■ ! WANT TO BE GOOD Logansport Saloon Keepers Agree to Obey Laws to the Letter. TAKE AN OBLIGATION Will Prosecute Any Person Who Violates it—Hope to Remain in Business . Liquor dealers held a meeting Sunday afternono at Logansport and perfected an organization, which was started last Sunday. According to rue constitution and by-laws which were adopted the members of the association take an obligation to live up to the letter of the laws regulating the traffic and to do all in their power to see that others obey the laws. Charges will be filed against any one breaking the liquor laws and prosecution will follow’. The organization comprises nearly all the liquor dealers in the city, and it is understood that those who have not yet affiliated thermselves with the society will do so soon. It was the sense of the meeting that with all the liquor dealers complying strictly with the provisions of the law that they would command the respect of all law-abiding citizens and business men and in the end would tend to advance the liquor interests. While a majority of the dealers there did not violate the law, there were some who did and it was with the idea of getting all the dealers to sign an agreement that the association was started. WATCHING THE CANDY MENBarnard Well Pleased With this Year's Crop—lt's Healthy.

With the approach of Christmas, when sweets are consumed by the hundreds of pounds, H. E. Barnard, state food and drug commissioner, is keeping a close watch on the candy men of the state. Mr. Barnard is unusually well pleased with the candy manufactured and sold in Indiana, and he believes that the children may eat candy without harm, provided they do not eat too much. It is the quantity, he declares, that is most likely to cause harm. The quality, he believes, is above reproach. Candy, Mr. Barnard says, is not only harmless, when it is pure, but it is wholesome and should take high rank as an article of food, supplying in the most grateful forms the necessity to the system of a certain amount of sugar. The longing for sweets is a natural and healthy appetitie and should be gratified. Mr. Barnard says, and he declares that he is not trying to “square” himself with the children when he makes this statement. He says it is a cold fact. “At this time of the year.” said Mr. Barnard, “here are always many persons who fear that their children will be poisoned by highly colored candy. This fear I have found to be unwarranted I have found no Impure candy, and some of the most highly colored candy is pure. It is the quantity of candy and not the quality that hurts children.” —<r — ” Ice ment are watching the thermometer these days and preparing for their annual ice harvest which should begin soon. |

TEACHERS WAGES Attorney General Has Been Asked for an Opinion on the Law. MUCH DISCUSSION As to the Real Meaning Causes an Appeal to the State’s Lawyer. Indianapolis, Dec. 11.—The state board of education has decided to ask for an opinion from the attorney gen- i sral on the new law which has to do <

with teachers’ wages and teachers’ ) qualifications. The law w’as discussed by members of the board, and there was a variance of opinion. Some hold that according to the new law, a teacher of more than three years’ exS perience will not be entitled to the maximum wage unless he has also a three years’ license or its equivalent, and that a teacher of one year’s experience shall not be entitled to 3 cents a day on his general average of scholarship unless he has a two I years’ license. Others believe that the scale of wages will be based on experience regardless of the license. j ' The difference of opinion in regard to the construction of the law arises out of that section of the law jrhich relates to beginning teachers. The law provides that teachers of no experience, of one years’ experience shall have had certain normal school and

- high school training and shall hold . 'certain grades of licenses. A proviso . however, makes it apparent that the requirements in regard to normal j school and high school training shall not apply to those already in the service. Another section of the law provides that a teacher of three or more years of successful experience shall be entitled to wages a day equal to the amount obtained by multiplying his general averages of scholarship by 3*6 cents. The question arises as to whether this teacher of experience must also have a three years’ license in order to settle maximum wages. This is the question which the attor"ney general will be asked to decide, and which will be considered by the board when it holds its next meeting, (Continued on page 4.) CASE WAS SETTLED t Oil Company Paid $l3O for Death of Pirl Runyon. OF THIS COUNTY [ f s Boy Was Killed by Being '8 Caught in the Flywheel of Gas Engine. i

A final settlement has been reached in the case of Pirl Runyan, the young man who was killed several weeks ago in an accident on the leases of the Ramsey Oil company near Muncie. Readers will remember that the boy was caught by a flywheel of an engine and his life was crushed out. The oil company offered to make settlement of the case and there was a 'family quarrel as to who should be I ’appointed. Part of the relatives wanted Ves Runyan, a brother, appointed as administrator while the remainder wanted the court to appoint Miss t Blanche Runyan, a sister. Ves Run- j < yan was first designated as the prob- c able appointee, but charges were filed , t against him by Mayor Hamilton, at-; I tomey for Miss Blanche Runyan, and ; fi her family faction. Finally George o Kirkwood, who had been guardian for' ll the boy, was also made administrator, p The Ramsey company has made ad- tl justment with him by which $l3O was I paid by the company for the funeral and other expenses and the oil company is released from further liability, ci The boy had no one dependent on him, ci since he was an orphan, and there- S fore there were no grounds for a dam- , tl age suit.—Bluffton News. Runyan ,si was a former resident of Linn Grove ’ n and a brother of Mrs. Howard Davis ® of this city.

> MAKING RAPID PROGRESS. The C. B. & C. Grading and Laying of Steel Completed. Possibly 2,000 people visited the site of the new C. B. & C. terminals on the Bippus land Sunday and watched with interest the rapid progress made in the grading and construction work in the yards and on the buildings. The road bed for tracks from the west switch to the Erie east to the shops was completed Sunday afternoon. Three car loads of ties were distributed east from the Little river end of the grading and several additional cars of ties are expected to arrive soon. The management has arranged for a supply of steel from the Erie and began today to lay the switch from the Erie connection toward the shop site.

ASKS FOR DAMAGES Complaint by Susie Conaut, of Berne—Suit Against Louis Habbeger. FOR REPUTATION Claims Affidavit for Search Warrant Injured Her in Sum of $2,000.

Attorney DeVoss filed another case today in which Susie Conaut ,of Berne, is the plaintiff and in which she demands $2,000 damages from Louis J. Habegger. She alleges that said defendant filed an affidavit before 'Squire Liddy, of Berne, asking for a search warrant to search her house and barn, presumably for a bicycle which had been stolen from him and which he believed was in the house or barn. The search was made and no bicycle found. Now the plaintiff claims the action w r as taken to injure her good reputation for honesty and it did so. The plaintiff claims never to have had possession of said bicycle and has ordered her attorney to file a series of suits by which she expects to prove her statements and recover damages. A few days ago she filed suit against William Tucker, marshal of Berne, demanding SI,OOO for false imprisonment of her son and it is said another suit and it is said of her son another suit or two will be filed within a few days against prominent citizens. — o ANOTHER THANK YOU. Editor Democrat —Please extend my sincere thanks to the voters of Adams county for the support they gave me in the recent primary and although defeated will not permit anything to ; swerve me from the duties of a true, < staunch Democrat. Yours truly, < ORVAL HARRUFF.

I take this opportunity to thank all my friends who supported me by their votes in our primary elecion. and also to thank those who did not support me for their kind and courteous manner toward me. I have nothing but the kindest feeling for all and shall try to prove by my future efforts to please you one and all. JOHN MOSURE. MANY GOING TO GENEVA. I. O. O. F. Encampment to Entertain Visitors. There will be a special meeting of the Portland Encampment No. 164 I. 0. O. F. at the lodg eroom Wednesday evening to make arrangements for the trip to Geneva next Monday. The Decatur lodge and several grand officers will be the guests of the Geneva srder on that occasion. The Portand team will confer the Royal Pur>le degree, and at the conclusion of ;he work a banquet will be served. — Portland Commercial-Review. The gravel road cases appealed to tfrcuit court from commissioners’ :ourt, set for today before Judge Sturgis, cannot be taken up today for he reason that the C. & E. damage uit will not be finished before tomorow. There may be another night :ession of court tonight—Bluffton lews. |

LODGE ELECTIONS Masonic Lodge Held an Election of Officers Last Night. »THER SOCIAL NEWS fany Church Societies Will Have Meetings this Week. 4.t the meeting of the Masonic lodge t night officers who will serve for s ensuing year were elected. The mbers of this organization who have

been chosen to hold the reins of the order are as follows: D. E. Smith, W. M.; George Kinzle, senior warden; C. Dunn, junior warden; Earl B. Adams, secretary; J. Q. Neptune, treasurer and r*. L. Andrews and J. W. Tyndall trustees. The new officers will assume their duties the twenty-seventh of this month. An elegant social session was enjoyed last night at this meeting. The Young Matrons’ club will meet with Mrs. J. N. Tyndall Thursday afternoon at two o’clock. Tomorrow afternoon the adies’ Aid society of the Baptist church will be entertained at the home of Mrs. John Everett on Adams street. An elegant time is looked for and a large attendance should turn out

, The Ladies’ Aid society of the Christian church will meet with Mrs. ’ Henry Stevens Friday afternoon and ■ business of Interest will be looked . after. The Aid society of the German Reformed church enjoyed an afternoon with Mrs. Louis Fruchte today and an elegant time was had. The usual routine of business was gone through with. The Helping Hand society of the German Reformed church will hold a meeting at the home of Mrs. Fred Heuer tomorrow afternoon and from indications it will be a joyous session. The Ladies' Mite society of the M. E. church will enjoy an afternoon at the home of Mrs. L. G. Ellingham Friday. A good attendance is desired as matters of importance will be discussed. The meeting of the Medical society Friday evening should be attended by every physician in the county. Very important subjects will be taken up. A most enjoyable session was had at the home of Mrs. M. Burns last night by the Ladies' Historical club. The study centralized on Maccabees. Mrs. R. K. Erwin having the principal paper which was most interesting. Mrs. Dr. Holloway looked after the entertainment. —o— ORGANIZING COLONIZATION CLUB To Settle Christians on Lands in South America. Twenty million dollars is the stated capital of the Co-operative Christian Colonization society to be organized

in Spokane by Rev. John Hummel, D. D., pastor of Liberty Mission, for the purpose of settling 10,000 Christians from various parts of the United States and Canada on lands in South America. One of the colonies is to be established in Ecudor and another in Costa Rica. Common stock to the extent of $10,000,000 will be owned by the colonists. Dr. Hummel said of the scheme: “We have established Liberty Mission in Spokane for the purpose of teaching Christian co-opera-tion, and in this we have the support of a dozen prominent local ministers. The object will be to colonize South America with Christian co-operative communitive communities established according to correct practical business principles. It will be operated according to true Christian purposes, as are found to be most beneficial and successful, and according to the teachings of the gospel. We believe this is the surest and most practical way to solve the industrial problem of today. We are greatly encouraged in our work and expect to make it a success.” — o — —“ The early Christmas ehoppers are securing the bargains and the choice. Get in line if you want the best in I the market

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