Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1907 — Page 1

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Volume V. Number 302

fOR SANTA CLAUS All Letters to be Delivered Says Postmaster Frisinger’s Latest Order. A NEW DEPARTURE Appeals from Little Folks to Reach the Place Intended for Them. In pa st years many communicants have been at the postoffice requesting d elivery of so-called “Santa Claus let- » to philanthropic societies and others in various parts of the country, but the requess have always been denied the department taking the stand that letters of importance would be clas-ed with the Santa Claus letters through error; that i twould be exposing to private parties confidential correspondence; that the letters might contain valuable inclosures and that such a practice would not be in keeping with the principle of the sanctity of the mails. Now, however, Postmaster-General Meyer has adopted a more liberal attitude toward the children, as indicated by his action of today in issuing an order to Postmaster Frisinger (to whom letters full of trust and pleadings are coming in numbers from the little ones) to let the people of Decatur know through the newspapers that mail addressed to Santa Claus will be delivered to any responsible parties who will undertake to* act as Santa Claus’s agents in the matter. The order follows: “Ordered that hereafter and until the close of the first day of January'. 1908. postmasters are directed to deliver all letters arriving at their respective offices addressed plainly and unmistakably to 'Santa Claus.’ without any other terms or expressions identifying the person for whom such letters are Intended, to any regularly organized charitable society in the city or town of address, to be used exclusively for philanthropic purposes. In the event that claim should be made by more than one such society for letters so addressed, such letters will be equally divided, according to number, between or among the societies making such claims. ■- o — The postoffice and Klondyke bowling teams will bowl this evening at the later alleys. Both teams are evenly matched and a warm contest will be in order. H. L. Smith, Better Known as Muskmellon Harve Wins Out. THE OTHER WINNERS In this Township—Several of the Elections Were Quite Exciting. The supervisor elections held in the various townships of Adams county Saturday afternoon, caused considerable interest and in many precincts the battles resembled a county election. In this township three supervisors were selected. In the first district Will Reppert was elected without opposition; in number two Jacob Omlor won out over two opponents, Messrs. Baker and Andrews. In number three H. L. Smith, better known as Muskmellon Harve, made a garrison finish, the result of the 126 ballots cast being Smith 86. Kintz 40. The latter was probably the most exciting election in the county, both men having rigs out to carry voters to the polls and considerable money was wagered on the result in this city. Though the office is not a very remunerative one, it is a very important one, especially where there are any mud roads. Another warm election was that of Hartford township where Courtney Runyon and James A. Pusey were the successful candidates. ;

FIRST annual fruit show. Will Be Held at Purdue During Farmer’s Course. Lafayette, Ind.. Dec. 16.-Arrange-ments have been completed for the first annual fruit show to be held at Purdue university during the week of the farmer’s short course. Jan. 13-18, 1908. This move, which promises to be of great value to the fruit growers of the state, is the result of cooperation between the state horticultural society and the horticultural department of Purdue university. Cash premiums to the amount of about S3OO are being offered by the horticultural society for exhibits of fruit, and in addition to these, several special premiums have been secured. The contest is open and free to every fruit grower in Indiana. All fruit shown must be grown by the exhibitor. For premium list and further information write to C. C. Woodbury, Experiment Station, Lafaytette, Ind. of deep Interest Are the Sermons Delivered by Dr. Foreman at Presbyterian Church. A CHRISTMAS POEM This Popular Pastor Will Read a Poem Written as Result of a Dream. Dr. Charles Preston Foreman, D.D., of Winona Lake, the minister who is delivering a series of sermons at the Presbyterian church, again pleased large audiences yesterday morning and evening. The theme for the morning's sermon was, “The Church, It’s Product,” and the able minister said many things in this discourse that will leave an everlasting impression on his hearers. In the evening the theme, “Christ, the Three Crosses," was taken up and handled in a manner that reflects much credit upon the speaker. In beginning on this subject he read the passage of scripture “And with him they crucified two thieves one on the right and the other on the left,” and proceeded to show the relationship Christ and the thieves had toward sin. “Christ,” said the reverend, “had sin on him as he was bearing the sin of the world, the thief on the right had sin in but not on him as while on the cross he made a confession to Christ; the thief on the left hand had sin both in and on him as he made no confession.” Great interest is manifest among all who hear Dr. Foreman and he is attracting large audiences by his clever talks. On next Sunday morning he will read a Christmas poem of his own composition, one hundred verses in length, and this gives promise of being very interesting. Some time ago Dr. Foreman had a dream of Christmas and after awakening he arose and wrote several verses about his dream. Since then he has added to it until he has one hundred verses of solid tho «S ht _ Without doubt the church will be filled on this occasion, with people who are eager to hear Dr. Foreman in his own poem. tr 11 —— H. S. Passon and wife, of Berne, were callers in our city this morning and have returned to their home. Miss Pearl Beerbower, of Geneva, was a visitor in our city this morning and returned to her home this after “Z Cora Teeter, of Portland who ctt , tor th. re»t to. "t»n>«l to her home this morning.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening December 16, 1907.

PAINT IS ABSENT From the Candy Monkeys of this Year’s Make in Indiana State. PURE FOOD LAWS Have Made it Absolutely Safe for the Children to Eat Sweets. Little Johnnie had a monkey on a painted stick, He licked the paint off of it, which made him very sick. But that was before the pure food laws were passed in Indiana, which was intended to suppress painted monkeys made of candy and other forms of candy adulteration. Little Johnnie won’t have a painted monkey this year, nor any other painted candy, with lovely flowers on it with inscriptions in red paint reading, “To my best girl," “I love you,” and other such nonsense, which delights the country swain and his bashful lassie. These would-be lovers will have to find some other plan of expressing their love for each other. “Kiss-me-quicks, love hearts,” etc., will not be on the market in Indiana candy stores any more unless it be old stock and the dealer will be liable to a heavy fine if he offers it for sale. Before the candy was brought to a sweet conclusion in the various wholesale houses in the state, H. E. Barnard, state food and drug, commissioner, visited manufacturers and impressed upon them the necessity of not only leaving out adulterations, but leave off making the highly-col-ored candies. Consequently the children will eat this year the purest candy they have ever tasted. Candy men throughout the state have delighted the pure food commissioner with the help they have given him in seeing the law is lived up to. And they did this without the necessity of first cleaning their own houses for the pure food commissioner says that the purest candy in the world is manufactured in Indiana. SONS OF VETERANS TO MEET. The Sons of Veterans are requested to be present at a called meeting at 7:30 o’clock on Tuesday evening at the gran darmy hall. Impoitant business. Come, boys, come, and don’t forget, Tuesday evening By order of Sons. o C.E.RALLY TONIGHT District Secretary to Be Here and an Interesting Time is Expected. THE CLUB AFFAIRS Invitations Received for Archbold Wedding Anniversary at Fort Wayne. Invitations have been received by a number of Decatur people from Fort Wayne announcing that on the 27th of this month Mr. and Mrs. M. V. B. Archbold of that city would celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary at their home on 732 Wayne strete, Fort Wayne, Ind. The invitations are very neat and those who received them will no doubt make a great effort to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Archbold formerly resided in this city and from present appearances have not as yet forgotten their many friends in this city. The event will no doubt be celebrated in an elaborate manner. One of the leading events of the evening’s calendar is the Christian Endeavor rally given by the Young people of the C. E. society of the Presbyterian church at the church parlors at seven o’clock. The rally is being given to arouse the young boys and girls who do not attend a young people’s society anywhere else on Sunday evening. The district secretary,

THE CONTEST WAS EXCITING. Miss Herma Mann Wins Diamond Ring Contest. Professor Leon, the great, who for two weeks’ past has held forth at the Bosse opera house, giving first class vaudeville performances on each evening, beside adminlstrering massage treatments to the afflicted', has gone to Anderson, to fulfill an engagement. The diamond contest which he has conducted during his stay became very exciting at the finish Saturday night, Miss Herma Mann winning by a small margin over Miss Bernice Daily. The professor, however, made the statement that he would send a ring of the same kind to Miss Daily by Thursday of this week. Professor Leon has a good troop of fun makers, and his company made a decided hit in our town. WATCH FfOR THIS Big Elks Minstrel Show Will Prove a Bewildering Success. THE GREATEST EVER Just a Word About the Parade and Other Arrangements for the Day. That the Elks minstrel show that will be given at the Bosse opera house on January first will be the best home talent production ever given in Decatur is evidenced by the material that they have on hand and expect to use upon this occasion. They are using the best of local talent which in the way of ballad singers includes Misses Kate Mylott, Clara Terveer, Marie Beery and Florence Sprunger, and Hugh Hite, L. A. Holthouse and Jesse Sellemeyer. Besides these talented singers will be the comic songs by the six end men which includes Bart France, H. L. Conter, Fred Bell, W. P. Schrock, M. J. Mylott and C. O. France. Frank E. France will act in the capacity of interlocutor and being a person of some vast experience will handle his part of the performance in magnificent style. The opening chorus besides the end men and ballad singers will include thirty-five chorus girls whose names we have heretofore mentioned. Special scenery will be used for this production and the same is now in the hands of an artist who will have the same completed in plenty of time for the big performance. The second part will consist of numerous specialties by local artists that will be more fully mentioned later. A big street parade will be given on the afternoon of the first, which you should not miss as several new and unique features will be introduced that promises to make the same a hit. The ticket sale will commence next week and in connection with this we desire to say that the Elks are putting a restriction upon the number of seats that each and every person may have plugged and have limited the number to four. This part of the program will be carried out to the letter as heretofore, for home talent shows it has been a case of the first come the first served, and we are aware of one case where one man had forty seats plugged at one time. This will not be tolerated by the Elks as they desire to give all a chance and will endeavor to protect all their patrons. Every purchaser of seats should bear this in mind and not attempt to have over four seats plugged at a time or they will be turned down. The proceeds from this show will go to the cause of sweet charity and the public should encourage the Elks by attending the performance. A complete program will be announced at a later date. I. O. O. F. ENCAMPMENT. ‘ Messrs. R. D. Patterson, L. C. Helm, ■J. A. Smith and D. I. Weikel went to Geneva to attend the encampment of the I. O. O. F. lodge that is to be held there tonight The Geneva order has planned for a royal time and the gentlemen from here who went are anticipating the time of their life. Work in royal purple degree will be given. The degree team from Portland will be present and assist 1b the work.

COURT HOUSE NEWS Sensational Suit from South Part of County Began this Morning. IT CAUSES INTEREST Change of Venue Asked in the Impeachment Suit Against Mayor Coffee. The case of the State ex rel Grace Burley vs. Frank H. Abnet, a paternity suit began before a jury this morning. Considerable time was taken up securing the jury and it was nearly noon before the statements were made. D. D. Heller & Son represent the plaintiff and C. J. Lutz and L. C. DeVoss the defendant. The parties are well known in Wabash and Jefferson townships, where they live and the case has created the usual interest which develops in such cases. The defendant is a son of the late ex-county commissioner Abnet. The plaintiff is a handsome young woman and the babe born fifteen months ago a most beautiful child. In the case of the State ex rel Ed Green vs. D. D. Coffee, impeachment, the plaintiff has asked for a change of venue from the county. State ex rel Sarah Gleason vs. Edward E. Young, $5,000 damages, rule to answer in five days. J. H. Voglewede, guardian vs. John Gluting et al, partition, demurrer overruled, answer filed by Jesse Niblick, one of defendants. Old Adams county bank vs. J. H. Yager et al, lien, joint and separate demurrers filed by defendants. A marriage license was issued Saturday evening to Ray Baker, aged twenty-three, of Fort Wayne, and Martha Fairchild, aged twenty, of Monroe township. o AGED RELATIVE IS DEAD. Ed Green Received Sad Message Today. Deputy Sheriff Ed Green received a message this morning stating that his uncle, Jacob Grim, of Bucyrus, Ohio, died last night. He was past seventy years of age and had been ill for some time with dropsy. The funeral services will be held Wednesday and Ed will probably attend. LAST BUGLE CALL Sounded this Morning for Veteran Shannon Johnson. LIVED AT WREN Was Three Score Years and Ten and Well Known in this Community. Shannon Johnson, aged seventy years and one of the oldest and best known citizens of Wren, Ohio, died this morning at six-thirty o’clock after an illness of several months’ duration, death resulting from old age and other complications. Mr. Johnson had made his home in and near Wren, Ohio, for the past forty years and was one of that towns most popular citizens. He was an old soldier, having served his alloted time in the defense of his country and came out of the war with high honors. Since the time of his discharge he has lived a retired life at Wren, Ohio. He was well known in this city, especially so among the older generation and old soldiers and has a host of friends here who will be grieved to learn of his demise. As we go to press no funeral arrangements had been made. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn their loss. S. Steele, of Chicago Junction, passed through the city today enroute to Monroe, where he will make a visit with his brother, Oliver Steele.

THE JUSTICES MERRY WAR.

THE JUSTICES MERRY WAR. Squire Stone Increases His Generous Offer. The merry war between Justices J. H. Stone and J. H. Smith continues. Each seems to be determined to outdo the other at least in his offer. Today Squire Stone authorized the statement that from now until January first he will marry any couple free, give them a marriage certificate, present the bride with a big double bouquet and a very late edition of a cook recipe book. Come on, Squire Smith, if you insist on being modem you will have to revise your offers If some brides and grooms don’t soon take advantage of these offers, we will have a terrible time convincing these squires that it pays to advertise. LOSSISREDUCED Contractor Suttles Saves Produce Company Many Thousand Dollars. NEWS IS PLEASING The Loss Estimated at sls,000 Will Not be Over $2,000 —Real Cause. With many thousand pounds of poultry at stake which meant a loss of thousands of dollars to the proprietors of the Decatur Produce company, should it perish, carpenter Suttles and workmen proved themselves equal to the occasion by bracing the, roof of the building so that the major part of what was supposed to be a total loss, could be rescued from the debris, caused by the caving in of the north wall of this concern last Saturday morning. Immediately after the accident Mr. Suttles and workmen began the work which saved for the promoters of the produce company several thousand dollars, and it is attributed to their unceasing efforts and heroic work that so much of the dressed poultry was recovered as it was unsafe to work beneath the roof which apparently, was ready to fall at any moment. All day Saturday and Sunday the carpenters worked consistently hoping to reduce the early estimated loss and their efforts were most successful as it is now estimated the entire loss will not exceed $2,000. Louis Hammond and force began this morning to repair the opening in the north wall caused by the cement blocks caving in, subsequent to the great pressure from the second story floor, and within two or three days they will have completed their part of the work. Fortunate it was that the machinery was not damaged in any way and with a cost of forty dollars the ammonia pipes will all be connected and in running condition as good as ever. The mason and carpenter work will be entierly completed within ten days and not a person will be thrown out of employment during this time. Work is going on the same as heretofore with a force of thirty-five people on their pay roll. Fifteen thousand' pounds of turkeys will arrive from a neighboring town tonight and this supply will fully replace the depreciation of the stock they had ready for the market and the holiday demands will be met with ease. This is gratifying news indeed to Decatur people as the Decatur Produce company Is classed among the foremost institutions of our city and their pay roll runs into the hundreds of dollars each month. With this, many families are sup ported and without this work they would be left in an embarrassing condition. The real cause of the accident was the fact that the heavy load of goods on the second floor caused the iron truss rods to break lose and the collapse followed. The construction of the building v’as in no wise fruity as might have been understood by some. —o —~ The Portland bowling team one of the strongest in the state will arrive in this ciy Tuesday afernoon and play a picked team from this city. The games will be played at the Klondyke alleys and the locals are confident that they can give the Jay county lads I a run for their money.

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FOR THE HOLIDAYS . - ■ Congress Will Adjourn this Week Without Anything Accomplished. i ! A MONTH WASTED i i Prospects of Legislation of . Interest to Indiana Not Particularly Bright. >■ - . Washington, Dec. 15.—Congress will s adjourn this week until after the ' Christmas holidays without having . accomplished anything in the way of legislation, which is simply the annual reminder that the country could be as well off if the date for the opening of | the law-making branch were the first Monday in January instead of the first Monday in December. The leaders, however, have had their i heads together and have mapped out in a broad and comprehensive way what congress will do when it gets down to business after the Christmas festivities are over and forgotten. The congressional leaders have a habit of deciding in advance what the legislative program shall be and the first intimation the ordinary congressman has of it is when he reads about it in the newspapers. Speaker Cannon, of course, is the leader of leaders in the house. What he says goes. When Uncle Joe, representing the house, and Senators Aidrich, Allison and Hale, representing the senate, agree as to what shall be done or what shall not be done there , is practically nothing left for he everyday congressman to do except to toe the mark. The prospects of legislation of local interest to Indiana is not bright. Congress already is showing a dispo- ' sition to choke the proposed appropriation of $750,000 to increase the size of the Indianapolis army post and it is not likely that the secretary of war’s recommendation will even be acted upon favorably by the house committee on appropriations. The Indiana delegation is a “house divided against itself” over federal court legislation. Even those who want Judge Anderson to hold a peripatetic court cannot agree upon details, part of the delegation supporting a bill introduced by Congressman Holliday and part the bill of Judge Crumpacker. Legislation of this character cannot be had, as a rule, without the united support of the state’s delegaion and in the case of the pending proposition this seems absolutely impossible. SUNDAY WEDDING A Happy Ceremony Unites Lives of Two Popular Young People. AT ST. JOHNS CHURCH . Miss Ida Wischmeyer Becomes the Bride of Mr. Harmon Koenemann. ■I - Sunday afteronon at two o’clock at , the St. Johns church north of this city occurred the wedding of Miss Ida Wischmeyer to Harmon Koeneman. Rev. Jans officiated. The specious church was packed to its capacity by the friends and’ relatives of the contracting parties who desired to witness the happy union. The bride looked beautiful indeed in a white gown of silk and carried a large bouquet of white roses, while the groom was dressed in the conventional black. Miss Wischmeyer is the daughter of Henry Wischmeyer, of Bingen, and is beautiful and accomplished in many ways. She is popular among her associates and her friends are innumerable. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Koeneman, of Freidheim, and is held in high esteem by all who know him. He is at present engaged as an employe in the shops at Fort Wayne, and is a hustling young business man. Immediately after the ceremony a sumptuous dinner was served at the bride's home and last evening , the young couple left for Fort Wayne, where they will make their future home.