Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 313, Decatur, Adams County, 30 December 1907 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

I Volume V. Number 313

I SHORT AND SWEET Will Be the Democratic Primary in Wells County. I DATE IS FIXED Big Event Set for January 16th Allowing Only Ten Days for Campaign. The democratic primary election tn Wells county is to be the shortest In history. At a meeting of the committee Saturday it was decided to pull off the election on January 16th, giving only ten days for the canvass. Resolutions to prevent the use of money and providifig for watchers were adopted. Assessments were fixed and delegates to the state congressional judicial district conventions were named. The candidates

so far announced are: For representative, J. B. Merriman and Joseph Burns; commissioner first district, Sam Gehrett, second district, Perry Gilbert and Ed Walters; Sheriff Marion Garton. Bob Johnson. Freme Carlisle and George Brickley; for treasurer, W. J. Dustman, M. M. Justus, P. M. Brown, Levi Lucabaugh, Daniel Miller and Fred Mcßride; for coroner, Herman Thoma. Any candi. date who uses money or unfair methods of securing votes shall have his name removed from the ticket and any voter accepting money shall be disqualified'. HAS GONE TO GENEVA. Rev. L. A, ©tangle Will Preach at Geneva Tonight. Rev. L. A. Stangel, pastor of the United Brethren church of this city went to Geneva this afternoon, where he will preach a sermon at the U. B. church of that place tonight. A special series of meetings are being held at Geneva and preachers from the different surrounding towns take their turn in occupying the pulpit. The meetings are proving most successful from every point of view. WILL CLOSEEARLY Decatur Business Houses Will Resume Practice of Former Years. CLOSE AT SIX O’CLOCK Excepting on Saturday Night—Rule Goes Into Effect Wednesday. The season for early closing of business houses is again at hand and after Wednesday, January Ist, this rule will again go into effect, as for several years past. In another column ap- , pears the official notice from the dry goods firms and we are informed that a similar agreement has been practically made by the clothing, shoe, furniture and hardware merchants. The ( other stores, including the groceries j and other business houses, will close j at eight. This closing hour continues j until April Ist, and former years have proven its success. This gives , proprietors and clerks an opportunity for social enjoyment and the pleasures of home, always appreciated and each store does the usual amount of bus*iness. Os course all the stores remain open on Saturday night until business is over. Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Eichenberger and children arrived home from Indianapolis this afternoon after visiting there for a few days with relatives. The Euterpean society will meet with Mrs. Eli Meyers on Thursday evening. Pierce Nelson was a Monmouth visitor today.

WATCH MEETING MISSION HALL There will be a watch night meeting at the Mission Hall Tuesday night December 31. Rev. Bergman, pastor of the Baptist church, will preach on this evening. We invite all Christians who have no meeting to go to on this evening to come and join in with us. We wish to mak e this a spiritual meeting. Every one is welcome to this and all of our meetings. Chancey Stetson, Leader. A BIG SEAKALE Proves Popularity of the Elks Annual Charity Minstrel Show. SEATS ALL TAKEN For First Night’s Performance and Many for the Second.

The advance sale for the Elks minstrel show opened this morning • at the Holthouse drug store, and there r was a grand rush to secure the best 5 seats. The line commenced to form s at seven o'clock and at eight, when . the advance sale opened, the store was crowded and at nine practically all the seats for the opening night’s ’ performance were disposed of. H. F. Callow, who has charge of this end of the performance, desires us to state . that those holding the white tickets , and desiring to use them on the second night, should call Tuesday and exchange the same as the color will be changed and your tickets may be useless. The sale to date points to a large crowd on Thursday night and we can say without any hesitancy that the house will be packed on that evening. Remember the Elks big parade will take place Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock and as this will be an interesting feature, all , should see the same. Several special features will be added to this event and it will pay you to take it in. WITH THE GLAD HAND. Jay County Democrats Getting Ready for District Meeting. Arrangements are now being perfected for the Eighth district democratic convention to be held in this city next Thursday, January 2, 1908. to select a district chairman. Democratic workers from all over the district will be in th e city and every loyal democrat in Ja ycounty whether a delegate or not, owes it to himself and to his party to be on hand to greet the visiting brethren and to attend the first meeting of the 1908 camqaign and show the other counties of the district that Jay county is as loyal to W. J. Bryan for president in 1908 as she was in 1896- There are a number of good speakers in the district who will be present and several short talks will probably follow the work of the convention. Congressman Adair will also be home from Washington at this time, if his health permits, and will be at the convention. It is understood that a number of republican soup houses will be openede in this city the first of the new year and will be in full blast on that day. It will be a great curiosity to see soup houses during an ero of "unparalleled republican prosperity.”—Portland Sun. — DEAGON’S PLAYERS. Gave splendid satisfaction last night at the opera house. The play “The Face on the Star” proved to be a hummer, and was greeted with continuous laughter and applause by a full house The specialtiesi introdiiced between the acts were all clever and judging by the way they were received proved to be just what the audience desired. They carry special scenery and are just a Itttle stronger company all around than the average repertoire show. Tonight the play “On the Swanee River,” a southern melodrama in four acts. New specilties, Prices 10c, 20c and 30c. Special matinee Christmas afternoon. —Bluffton News. Will be here, not yet but soon. o— Misses Katherine Elgy and Auleta Stangel. of Berne, arrived in the city to be the guests of the Misses Ireta Erwin and Edith Green for a few days.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening December, 30 1907.

THE SACRED TARIFF ! There Will Be no Tariff ' Legislation by this Congress. 1 ARE STANDPATTERS • The Tariff Program Will • Soon Be Agreed to. > ———- Washington, Dec. 30—The new ways and means committee of congress will decide soon after congress reconvenes whether the sacred tariff shall be touched upon at this session. Pressure designed to persuade the committee to choose a broad gauge . course is being brought along at least four different lines. The users of white print paper and the allied printing trades want the duty removed from ground wood pulp and from print paper. Many influential persons scat--1 tered throughout the country have joined in a request that the duty be t removed from art. The administration has renewed its request that the duty on products of the Philippines be reduced. The committee will be asked to sanction legislation creating a tariff commission of expe rt s, whose duty it will be to gather data that will be helpful in revising the tariff when it is revised. If the committee of the last con-I gress was a “standpat" committee the new one is a “standpatter.” One may rest assured that the committee will not be in favor of any serious disturbance of the “tariff wall.” And yet' it is difficult to see how the committee can refuse to consider favorably at least one or two of the requests that will be made of it. The petition for the removal of duty on wood pulp and print paper, for Instance, is not brought forward as a tariff measure. President Roosevelt in his message recommended that this duty be removed on the ground that by taking such action congress will be doing something toward protecting the forests of the United States. It is not asserted that any industry will be injured by the removal of this duty; it is pointed out that the benefits to be derived by its removal are many. COURT HOUSE NEWS This Morning’s Session of Court Was Exceedingly Quiet. THE REASON WHY Grand Jury Did Not Report this Morning as Previously Arranged. Judge Merryman called court at the usual hour this morning, but there was nothing doing. This quiet session was partly due to a pre-arranged plan by request of Deputy Clerk Haefling who is busy for a day or two at his office “checking in.” The rush which has been on for several weeks will soon be resumed in the court room, as there are several important cases set for trial. When the November grand jury adjourned on November 23rd last the six members were notified that their services would likely be desired again on December 30th as some very impartant. matters were to be investigat- . ed. That date has arrived but the grand jury were notified not to report , as the matter in question had not yet developed. Just what this affair is that needs probing cannot be given publicity at this time. The grand jury may be called at any time to Investigate or the mystery may go until the April grand jury convenes. — o —■ i There will be an Elks’ minstrel re- ■ hearsal this evening at the lodge room i and It is earnestly requested that evr ery member of the company be pres- | ent

ANNOUNCEMENT. The dry goods stores in Decatur will close all day on January Ist. New years day. After that date the dry goods stores will close at six o’clock p. m. each day excepting Saturday, until April Ist. NIBLICK & CO. TRUE & RUNYON, M. FULLENKAMP, KUEBLER & MOLTZ. 313-3 t thFnewpaperout Elks MinstYel News Was Published at Noon Today. MANY FEATURES List of 5,000 Readers Smile Over Many Interesting Articles. A new pap?r made its appearance at noon today, being distributed to all parts of the city and sent broadcast over the world. Its name is th e Elks Minstrel News, a seven column, four page paper printed to announce the big coming event —the minstrel show on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. It is filled with funny sayings, unique stories, grotesque pictures of the var. ious funny men and other very interesting features is the discovery of a headless body by Dan Beery and Ed | Vancil. There are also several other ' startling stories never before published and will make interesting reading. Several enterprising merchants have taken advantage of the advertising 1 space offered and the paper looks lik e a winner. We predict that its al. ready handsome subscription list of 5.000 guaranteed, will grow to as many million. Read it. MADE UP ISSUES. Erie Stone Company vs. Calvin Miller to bo Tried at Fort Wayne. Shafer Peterson went to Fort Wayne this morning to make up the issues in the cases of the Erie Sone Co., of Huntington vs. Calvin Miller of this city and his bondsmen, in a suit brought for stone upon two macadam roads in this county. Judge Heaton sustained the plaintiff’s motion and consolidated the two cases, which he set down for trial in the Allen county court February the twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and eight. A. P. Beatty and C. J. Lutz represented the defendants, while Peterson and Moran are attorneys for the plaintiff. This case is attracting considerable attention and will be watched with interest by many people of this vicinity. It will be fought bitterly by both sides and promises to be very interesting. This case w r as set to be tried in this city, but upon a motion was venued to Fort Wayne, where it is thought it will be definitely settled upon the above stated date. A RUNAWAY ON SECOND STREET Saturday Afternoon Caused Considerable Excitement. Considerable excitement was caused on Second street Saturday afternoon when the team of ponies belonging to Samuel Wyatt became frightened, running south with a small boy in the wagon. Mr. Wyatt had gone into a store to transact some business and left a small boy by the name of Hower in charge of his team. He had just gotten Inside the store when the horses became frightened and started to run. John Bright in making an effort to stop th e team was nearly run over and as a result his coat was badlj tom. The Hower boy held onto the lines, but could not control the horses in the least. John Gillig who saw the occurrence, ran into the street and landed the runaway horses and prob ably averted an accident that might have been more serious than it looked. As it was but little damage was done and Mr. Wyatt and all concerned are thankful for same. A letter from Bluffton announces the fact that in all probability fifty Elks from that city will come to Decatur Wednesday to attend the mlnsrel show. A number from Fort Wayne have signified' their intention of coming and quite a gathering of out of Decatur people will be present.

NEW DECATUR FIRM Jesse Sellemeyer and Otto Kirsch Assume Interests 1 With Their Father. ■ 1 IN LUMBER BUSINESS I. Kirsch, Sellemeyer & Son’s Will Be Firm Title After January Ist. The work of invoicing their vast stock will be completed at the Kirsch & Sellemeyer lumber yard by tomorrow night and Wednesday morning, January the first, nineteen hundred and eight, the firm under this name : will be known no more and the word . Sons will be added to it, designating that Jesse, son of A. H. Sellemeyer, and Otto, son of M. Kirsch, are partners in this institution. For several years past thqse young men have been preparing for this, an important movement in their life and both have taken a course in colleg4 beside visiting the lumber districts to obtain knowledge about the business they were about to enter. In 1902 Otto Kirsch graduated from the I. B. C. at Fort Wayne, and since that time he has taken charge of the books of this firm. He is an exemplary young man, possessed of excellent business qualifications and is held in the high esteem of all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. He will no doubt prove a good acquisition to the popular firm. Jesse Sellemeyer has taken a course in the Oberlin college and also made a special trip to Huttig. Ark., where he learned many things about the lumber business that will be useful to him in the business he will launch into the first day of next year. He commands respect from all who know him by his upright principals and genial ways. The firm of Kirsch > and Sellemeyer has been in existence , for nearly nineteen years and have , prospered beyond their fondest expectations. By their fair and courteous treatment they have merited a good patronage from the people of Adams county and elsewhere, as well. Lumber, tile and in fact building material of all kinds will b e handled by the new firm as in former years and no doubt they will enjoy a liberal patronage. Here’s success for 1908 and all the future years for Kirsch, Sellemeyer & Sons.

ARE CHECKING UP County Offices Will Change Hands on New Year’s Day. CLERK J. P- HAEFLINGj Succeeds David Gerber — Hervey Steele and John Lachot Begin Terms. David Gerber and James P. Haefling, the old and new country clerk are busy this week, checking up, preparatory to a change of proprietorship on Wednesday, January Ist. Mr. Paul Baumgartner, who served as deputy j clerk during the greater portion of Mr. Gerber’s term, is assisting. The work will require two days and bright and early on New Year’s day Mr. I 1 Haefllng will begin his duties. He has filed his bond and in all other ways complied with the law, Hervey Steele will assume his duties on January Ist. as county recorder. He has been in the office for a month acquainting himself with the duties and will conduct same for the present without the services of a deputy. Miss Mayme Cloud, who has been serving as deputy recorder will leave in a few days for a several months visit with relatives in the west.' - I County Treasurer John Lachot begins his second term on Wednesday, and has qualified for another two years of official life. Mrs. Frank Haughton, of Geneva, attended the funeral of Mrs. Winans yesterday and passed through here today enroute to her home.

DISTRICT MEETING OF I. O. O. F. Will Be Held at Delphi, Indiana, Wednesday. A district meeting of the branches of the I. O. O. F. lodge will be held at Delphi, Indiana, Wednesday evening of this week. Forty candidates will at this meeting be initiated into the encampment degrees after which an elaborate banquet will be served. L C. Helm, of this city, grand patriarch, will attend this meeting. o NEAR DEATHS DOOR Mrs. Sarah Wilder Suffers Sinking Spell and Cannot Recover. THE END IS NEAR Well Known Lady, Mother of Mrs. Fred Bohnke, Fatally 111. Mrs. Sarah Jane Wilder,of near Monmouth, mother of Mrs. Fred Bohnke, of this city, who for several weeks has been lying at the point of death, the result of a serious attack of heart trouble, was the victim of a sinking spell yesterday morning which aroused th e alarm of the attendants and friends at her bedside. The weakness of her condition prompted those at the bedside to notify the relatives to hasten to the home, if they wished to see her alive, Mrs. Bohnke of this city being among those to whom this word was conveyed. She was taken to the home of her aged mother in a carriage, where she found her in an extremely serious condition. A trained nurse from Fort Wayne is constantly at the bedside of the afflicted woman, administering to her wants and everything known to medical science is being dona to prolong her life, although t' ttending physician states it is a ho;>e--1 less case. For four consecutive hours yesterday the physician injected stimulants into her arm to relieve the intense pain and during the early part of last night the aged lady was somewhat relieved from her suffering,which however, was only for a short time as she again was the victim of a sink, ing spell and has gradually grown weaker since her rally. No hopes whatever are entertained for her recovery. and it is but a question of a short time until she will be called by the death angel. o— ■ MISS GLENN PORCH MARRIED, Columbia City Lady Known Here Weds a Kentuckian. Columbia City, Ind., Dec. 28. —Mr. David C. Caldwell, of Louisville, Ky., and Miss Glenn Porch, youngest daughter of Ret. Francis M. Porch, of this city, wer e united in marriage at 3 o’clock this afternoon, the father of the bride performing the ceremony. Among the guests from a distance were: Miss Mae Wassenberg and Mr. Carl Simon, of Van Wert; Mrs. A. J. Douglass, of Wilmot, Ind.; Mrs. Edna Huppman, of Springfield, Ohio; Mr. Dell Fitch, of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Fanny Cole and Mrs. Mary DeVilbiss, of Decatur. The bride is one of the most charming and popular young ladies of this city, endowed with many native gifts and many accomplishments, and the groom is a teacher of manual training j in the Louisville high school. He is a ' man of sterling worth and of a high order of ability. The young couple left this evening for a short wedding trip, after which they will take up their permanent residence in a home already prepared in Louisville. The bride is quite well known here having visited with Mrs. Fanny Cole on several occasions. • — INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS. At the G. A. R. Hall on Next Thursday Night. Next Thursday evening, January the second, 1908. at the G. A. R. hall, will occur the joint installation of officers of the G. A. R. and W. R. C. to serve during the ensuing year. All members of the Sam Henry post, W. R. C. and their families and the sons of veterans ar e extended a cordial invitation to be present. After the Installation an address will be delivered by Mayor D. D. Coffee and a good program will be rendered. Be sure and attend and have a good time at the beginning of the 1 new year.

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SOCIAL DECATUR Many Delightful Events Make the Holiday Season Happy. NEW YEAR AFFAIRS Several Watch Parties Have Been Planned—Number of Sunday Dinners. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Peterson delightfully entertained at a twelve o’clock dinner Sunday noon Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mills and daughter, Victoria, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Reid. The election of officers for the Pythian Sisters will be held at their hall this evening. Every sister is requested to b e present By order of M. E. C. A Jeffersonville exchange says: Last Friday evening was the scene of a very pleasant event at the home of Theo. Droppelman when his daugh- ' ter, Miss Sylvia, delightfully enter--1 tained a number of friends in honor ’ of Hamien Noble, of Terre Haute, who ■ has been her guest during the holi- ’ days. Progressive comer was the 1 amusement of the evening at which ’ George Montgomery won first prize and Miss Ray Cook booby. Several beautiful piano selections were render- ’ ed during the evening. At a late hour a three course lunch was served by > the hostess. Those present were: ’ Misses Ray Cook, Mildred Bohon, Tot Kenny, Clemnetine Brooks and Messrs ’ George Montgomery, Wilbur Foster, r Clarence Zolinger, Leroy Clark and Ha. 5 mien Noble, of Terre Haute. X _______ The Ladies’ Missionary society of > the Presbyterian church will meet at 5 the home of Mrs. Theo. Kennedy on ’ Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. A • full attendance is desired. Miss Dora Gast, of Lima, Ohio, ■ was the honored guest at a small evt ening party Sunday evening given by ■ her hostess, Miss Leona Harting, i Games were the special features of ; evening. 1 The Historical club will meet with » Mrs. Marie Holloway at her home to- - night, instead of Tuesday evening. i (Continued on page 2.) o — HAD CLOSE CALL Ben Shrank and Entire Family Were Poisoned Last Evening. BY EATING SARDINES Every Member Sick During the Night—Are Out of Danger Today. Ben Schrank and his entire family are today confined to their homes and beds the result of being poisoned by eating canned sardines. Sunday evening in securing eatables for lunch, Mr. Schrank purchased several cans of sardines of which all the family partook rather heartily. About midnight Mrs. Schrank was seized with a violent attack of vomiting. The children were also very sick and in turn Mr. Schrank became ill and for several hours the entire family were in a terrible shape. Mr. Schrank was the first to recover and he at once administered some remedies that were In the house to his wife and two daughters and this morning they were feeling some better. Ben came to the shop as usual this morning, but during the day was seized with several attacks of vomiting and as a result was very weak. There is no question but that the sardines were tainted and that the entire family had a slight attack of poisoning. All are resting better as we go to press and seem to be out of danger. ■ "--O — Mrs. Dr. Sprunger, of Berne, returned to her home this afternoon after enjoying a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Fuhrman.

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