Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 15 January 1908 — Page 1

DEC ATU R DAIRY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VI. Number 13

J THE FIRE FIEND Official Roll of Victims from Boyertown Fire Numbers 167. TOWN IN MOURNING * Practically Every House in Town is in Sorrow — Identification Today. | Boyertown. Pa., January 14.—When nightfall put a stop to the work of ffriscovering the ,TOm the ruins of the Rhoades opera house, where last' ; Bight's holocaust occurred, the official I •>!! of victims numbered 167. Whether any more bodies are buried beneath tfae ruins cannot be positively stated, hut it is the belief of those who had charge of he gruesome work, that all of the dead have been remove’ and that the total list of victims will not go above 170. The ratio of women and Kiris to men and boys is about 9 to 1. The work of identification will not bo begun until tomorrow as most of the bodies are still lying in confused State at four improvised morgues. K The inhabitants of the little borough in the Berks county hills are tonight Wgyeped in grief. The calamity is tergjgfible when it is realized that the popuIPpion of the place is about 2.500. It |fjias paralyzed the town and the people going about dazed' They scarcely RMBtOize what has happened and cannot dSclleve that loved ones, friends or ac- ’ 'lfgaintances were lost in the awful Ijjanic and fire. It is safe to say that every body in the place either lost one «9T more relatives or was intimately actqpxalnted with those who died in the Itta®. In (several cases whole families were wiped out. If ever a community was truly in mourning it is this little town of Boyertown tonight. It was almost daylight this morning before the flames were extinguished and rescuers were able to enter the ruins to remove the dead. The morning was bitter cold and by the time the benumbed and exhausted firemen began the task of disentailing the mass of beams and twisted iron the entire ruins were coated w”h ice and there was? danger of the walls falling. The work went slowly at first, and it was 7 o’clock before the first body was removed. HOLY GRAIL ELECT OFFICERS. Semi-Annual Session Was Held Last Evening. Last night at their regular meeting, tile Knights and Esquires of the Holy I Grail held their semi-annual election of officers, who will serve during the next six months. The meeting was a delightful one commencing with an enthusiastic business session after which the election ensued. The voting was spirited and the names of many candidates were presented, resulting as follows: Frank Mills, page; Clyde Baumgartner, King Arthur; Ben Beavers, Knight commander; Willie Conrad, vice knight commander; Don Burke, knight of purse; Tom McKean, ; Sherman Beery, knight. This oonejuded a very interesting session and it was decided last night to confer initiatory work at th e next regular meeting, which will be two weeks from feet night. The boys of this organization are manifesting much Interest in the doings of the order and their castle Is gradually increasing in membership. I A REAL VAUDEVILLE SHOW jg At the Bosse Opera House Next Frl day Night. Do you want to see real vaudeville? ts tfc? opera house Friday night. This I® the same kind of a show that you see at the Masonic Temple, Fort Wayne. A first class company, clean refined. Eight big new acts. Bring the ladies and children, they will enjey It. You can have reserved chairs for 20c. Get them reserved at the usual place. Only 20 cents. ■■■— l o NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. The Ward Fence company will re- • celve bids at their office until Tuesday, January 21st. for excavations, material and construction of the foun- | dations, floors and walls of their new factory and office buildings according to plans and specifications on file In their office, 12-4 t

CHAIRMAN JACKSON GETS SUSY i Will Push Campaign in Indiana for the Democrat*. Stokes Jackson, of Greenfield and Adam Heimberger, of New Albany, chairman and second vice-chairman, respectively, of the democratic state committee, spent part of Monday evening together in Indianapolis. Plans for perfecting the re-organization of the committee were informally discussed. It is likely that a meeting of the committee will be called within a few days, to be held the latter pan of this month or early in February. Mr. Heimberger reports that harmony prevails in his district, the Third. It has been practically agreed that Congressman W. E. Cox is to have another nomination. Followers of William T. | Zenor, who waged the fight on the Cox crowd during the last campaign are wilii ing it is said, to give the congressman another term. Their attitude permit# peace to reign throughout the district. BANK DIRECTORS Were Selected by the Stockholders of the First National Bank OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN For the Year 1908—Fred Jaebker Given Title Second Assistant Cashier The stockholders of the First National Bank met in annual session Tuesday afternoon, the most important ’part of the meeting being the .election of the of directors to serve during the year. The old board was .re-choseu, the members being P. W. Smith, W. A. Kuebler, Dyonis Schmitt, Edward C, Bleeke, M. F, Rice, Daniel Sprang, C. A. Dugan. Immediately after this session the board of directors met and proceeded to select their officers, P. W. Smith again being chosen president. W. A. Kuebler vice president, C. A. Dugan cashier, T. J. Durkin first assistant cashier, F. W. J&ebker second assistant cashier. The only change in the line of officials is that of giving Mr. Fred Jaebker the title of second assistant cashier. Fred is a worthy young man and well deserves this recognition. The First National has enjoyed a prosperous year and begins the new year with prospects of the best in their history. o —— MEMBER OF LOYAL LEGION. Capt. F. F. Boltz, of Bluffton, Was in the City Yesterday. Capt. F F. Boltz went to Decatur today to attend the funeral of A. C. Gregory, whose death occurred Sunday. Mr. Boltz will attend as a representative of the loyal legion from this district, of w'hich organization the deceased was a (member. The loyal legion is a society composed of surviving officers of the war of the rebellion and any one who served as an officer in that conflict and was honorably discharged is eligible. Membership in the society is hereditary, passing to the Bon on the death of the father. Capt. Boltz is the only member of the organization in Bluffton, although a good many are eligible to admission. —Bluffton News. REV. BERGMAN TO LEAVE HERE Baptist Minister Has Resigned— Will Go to Muncie. Rev.JS. E. Bergman, who has served as pastor of the Baptist church here for some time has resigned and will leave here next week, preaching his farewell sermon Sunday. He will go to Muncie to visit relatives for a few’ weeks and expects to take up his pastoral work in some other field. At present he is suffering from a well developed case of grip. The church here have several applicants and will select a pastor soon. Rev. Bergman is a minister of the presen« jentury, a hard and earnest worker and a good mixer. We certainly wish him success wherever he may go. — Q Mrs. Josephine Rodd, of Toledo. 0., was a charming hostess /f a small , ] informal pedro party given at the home I of her mother, Mrs. Volmer, on Madi-j son street. The company was com-1 posed of a few friends and neighbors, i

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ROUGH SLEDDING Currency Bill Has no Friends in the West. MANY COMPLAINTS Shippers Not Satisfied With New Rate Law—Shaw’s Candidacy. Washington, January 15.—A poll of the Minnesota delegation in the house shows that the Aldrich currency bill can not get a single vote from that state unless members change their mind. The delegations from the Dakotas are also unanimously opposed to the proposed legislation. Canvassers of the middle west state delegations show that the bill has only a few friends. It is not certain that the bill will receive any votes in the Indiana delegation unless it is made a caucus measure and brought in under a rule. The strength of the opposition to the bill is a great surprise to the senate and house republican lead ers who seemed to believe that such a makeshift piece of financial legislation would be accepted by the party.

Washington, January 15. —The prospect is that the railroad rate law will receive a good deal of attention in the debates us congress before this session ends. Senators and representatives have received many complaints from shippers that, so far, the benefits of the law hav e gone to the railroads rather than to the shippers. The two chief complaints of shippers are that they do not fare any better in the matter of getting cars when they want them than they did before the rate law was enacted, and that the law has brough no relief from what they regard as burdensome freight rates. In short, the law, according to the many complaints that are coming to congress from shippers, is a disappointment. Some of these complaints are so specific and so emphatic that congress it seems, can hardly refuse to examine them. Washington, January 15. —Close friends of Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary of th® treasury, expect him to announce his candidacy for the republican nomination for presidency. Mr. Shaw left for New York, after having spent twenty-four hours with the members of the lowa delegation in congress. He sought th® advice of all his friends in the delegation. lowans say that if he does not enter the race he will stand a good show of getting the delegation on the score of state pride. ANNUAMMEETING Coppock Automobile Company Held an Election Yesterday. BOARD OF DIRECTORS M. Kirsch and Fred Schafer Were Elected—Outlook is Bright. The Coppock Automobile company held, their annual meet yesterday as temoon at their new factory building. The attendance was good and every stockholder present was enthusiastic as to the future of this concern. A new board of directors was elected, including Mr. Coppock, W. H. Wiley, L. E. Brackett, Mathias Kirsch and Fred Schafer. The board will meet within a few days to elect officers. Among those present were Mr. Beck, of Portland, and |M|r. Gartland, of Marion. The company have orders for several machines and without doubt can sell more cars than they will be able to manufacture this year. A contract has been closed with the Newstadt Supply company, who will catalogue and sell the Coppock engine. Mr. Wiley, the manager went to Cincinnati , this morning to look after the com- ' pany’s business. Several prospects and sales ate under way. The season looks like a good one for the first year of this new Decatur concern.

WELLS COUNTY MAN ARRESTED. On Affidavit Filed by an Adame County Girl. Armed with a warrant from the court of Squire J. K. Rinehart, special constable John Deam tlfls morning made a trip to th e home of Henry’ Markley, east of Bluffton, and placed under arrest Mr. Markley’s son, Jay, against whom a charge had been filed by Miss Edna Liechty, charging him with paternity. When the warrant was read to him young Markley denied that he was guilty of the charge. He was suffering from a severe cold ami his parents did not wish him to come to town and accordingly his father furnished the required bond of |SOO, which will bold until his case is called for a preliminary. Mias Liechty. the prosecuting witness, is a daughter of an Adams county farmer. She has been employed in this city as a domestic.— Bluffton News. TOHOLD'REUNION Dr. C. L. Baird Will Entertain Charter Members of Entre Nous Club AT FORT WAYNE Large Number of the Boys Will Attend the Event to Be Held Tonight This evening the charter members of th e old Entre Nous club, which at one time was reputed as Decatur's leading social organization, will go to Ft. Wayne, where the" will be royally entertained by Dr. C. L. Baird of that city. Ever since this famous club went out of existence a few years ago, it has been an established rule that onc e each year the charter members meet some place and hold a quiet little session among themselves. This year the lot of entertaining the old members fell to Dr. C. L. Baird and this evening the old members will enjoy his hospitality. The club at one time was composed of something like fifty members, still the charter members are the only ones who are included in these social events. Dr. Baird from all reports has everything arranged) for the event and to wind up the evenings enjoyment a fine banquet will be served. The charter members of this club that will enjoy the festivities are Dr. C. L. Baird and F. Hutchison, of Fort Wayne; Ralph Knoff, of Chicago; Fred Blosser. Louis Rice, Will Wines. A. D. Suttles and C. E. Peterson. Th e boys from this city will leave on the six o’clock car. o SHOW THAT MADE THEM LAUGH “Widow McCarty’’ Furnished Two Hours of Merriment. Any one but a hard shelled crusty old grumbler got his money’s worth at the Bosse opera house last night where the “Widow McCarty” held the boards. It wag" a musical comedy arranged to make you laugh every minute and it did the work. About twenty popular songs In which the four chorus girls put much life, were rendered and the two Irish comedians and the “Yankee Dude" were good. The company, though not as large as some, is a very good one. well able to entertain an audience anywhere. They played to a fair sized audience. o — . It costs not to exceed one dollar, perhaps les® to join the K. P.’s to Bluffton tomorrow. The car leaves promptly at ten o’clock. Join the throng and attend the district meeting of the Knights of PythiaSord<r. The little warm spell today made the snow disappear in arapid manner and befor e night there will not be much left. However, the weather man is predicting snow or rain so watch out for a little more sloppy weather before the week is over. The schol boys who have during the past two or thre e days been practicing the habit of throwing snow balls, while coming to and from school on Main street had best cease or some of them may get into trouble. Several of the boys at noon today indulged in a little sport of this kind and came very near breaking a large plate glass. This would prove an expensive way of playing and before any serious trouble results it is best to cut it out. Beware, boys.

REBEKAH OFFICERS Were Installed Last Evening —Historical Club Met With Mrs. Erwin. SLEIGHING PARTIES Linen Shower for Miss Christen—Happy Affair at Geo. Kintz Home. The Rebekah lodge held' their regular weekly meeting last evening. During the meeting the installing marshal Mrs. Anls« McKean, Installed the following officers: Noble grand, Mrs. Elize Rice; vice grand, Miss Jessie Blossom; financial secretary, Mrs. Anise McKean; recording secretary. Miss Della Harruff; treasurer, Miss Ella Artman; pianist, Miss Fanchkm Rice, The Eastern Star lodge will hold their meeting on Wednesday evening at seven o’clock. There will be Initiation and each member is urged to be present. Mrs. Dora Erwin was hostess at the meeting of the Historical club last evening at her home on north Second street. Nearly ail the members were present and showed a great interest in the subject, which was “First Leagu e Between the Jews and Romann, by Judas Maccabees. The main paper was prepared by Mrs. Gillig, and 1 sub-topics were given by five members. The subjects of the subtopics were: a Wars of Jonathan, brother of Judas Maccabees; made general of the Jewish army. b. Renewal of war by Bacchides. c Two years of peace, d Bacchides again rent against Jonathan and Simon, e League of friendship with Bacchidis. The entertainment after the meeting was in charge of Mrs. Vance.

Another sleighing party of last evening was the one given by a crowd of young people in honor of Miss Amelia Depinet’s sixteenth birthday anniversary. The party left at six o’clock aud drove to the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Hess, situated five miles south of Decatur. Various games and pedro were played during the evening. The crowd was composed of the following young people: Misses Elnore and Bernetta Forbing, Stella Smith. Anna Mpyers, Agnes Kohne. Esther Corbett, Ethel Ehinger, Margaret and Clara Gallogy, Stella Bremerkamp, Genevieve Beriing, Marie Gass, Vivian Closs. Margaret Garard. Emma Kinney, Agnes Weber, Marie Depinet, Messrs. Oscar Coldhin, (Continued on page 3.) select ateacher Miss McGregor, of Marion, Chosen by Board of Trustees. AT SPECIAL SESSION Will Have Charge of Music and Drawing Department Begins January 27th. The board of school trustees held a special session yesterday afternoon to decide upon a drawing and music teacher to succeed. Miss Alice Gray, who resigned recently. Several applications for the place were on file but the choice finally made was Miss Elsie McGregor, of Marion, who will begin her duties one week from next Monday. Miss McGregor is the daughter of Rev. McGregor, pastor of the First Baptist church at Marion. Though she has never had any experience as a teacher in public schools she is an expert musician and drawing instructor,who it is believed will easily make good at her work here. The board have been very^ careful in their selection and feel they have made no mistake. Miss McGregor is the church organist at Marion and will return to that, city ove- Sunday each week.

THEY STRUCK IT RICH. Former Bluffton Gentlemen Making Lots of Money. W. A. Kunkel, who is in Oklahoma at this time, has written home to Robert Souder, and in his letter he says that Jim McCormick and Jerry Smith wil make a million dollars in that oil field before many moons pass over this terrestial sphere. The boys have seven hundred fifty acres in fee, six hundred under lease, along with five wells that are producing a thousand barrels of oil daily. All Bluffto© people know Mr. McCormick, as he made his home in this city for a number of years, juat moving from here about four years ago. Mr. Smith worked out of Montpelier most of the time while in this territory, but is well known by all the oil men in Bluffton. Mr. McCormick’s friends will be glad to hear that he ha® again struck it rich. —Bluffton Banner. MAYOR IS ANGRY Hartford City Executive Will Close Town Up Good and Tight BARS CARD PARTIES Parlor Games for Prizes Must Cease—Remove Obstructions from Sidewalks The announcement was made Monday morning. Next Sunday the cigar stores, the candy kitchens, the picture galleries, the groceries and all other mercantile concerns must close their doors', or at least they must not sell anything from 12 o’clock Saturday night to 12 o’clock Sunday night. Drug stores will be permitted to sell only on prescriptions from physicians, No tobacco or cigars will be sold with in the city limits on Sunday, Personally. the mayor believes the meat shops should be permitted to remain open Sunday mornings, but he has not excepted them in his proclamation. The Sunday closing is to be brought about by enforcement of the state law. City ordinances will be brought to bear on sjdewalkj obstructions. These ordinances call for the removal of sidewalk displays; they require that awnings and signs must be at least seven and a half feet above the sidewalk. The Sunday closing rules go into effect next Sunday. Sidewalk obstructions must be removed at once, and Marshal Worley and Policeman Byars were around Monday forenoon serving notices on those who are violating the ordinances. The mayor makes exceptions of the livery stables, also of the bakeries and restaurants, but the latter must not. go beyond' serving their customers with the necessities of life. They must not sell cigars or tobacco. However, if public sentiment seems to demand it, even thel ivery stables, bakeries and restaurants may be further restricted.

Whether the Sunday closing order grows out of a sincere desire for Sunday observance or it is intended to bring the Sunday laws into disrepute is being discussed pro and con, but there is no doubt that the community will soon become tired of Sunday law enforcement. The mayor telephoned to the News office Monday forenoon that he had also decided to interdict playing cards for prizes. Playing for prizes is considered gambling and it is the Intention to make examples of the women engaging in it. The mayor does not see why special privileges to violate the law should be extended to any set male or female. —Hartford City News M. Kirsch made a business trip to Indianapolis this morning. S. A. M. Butcher returned to his home at Geneva last evening. While here he was attending to legal matters. Are you suffering from the grip? All of the physicians in the county say they are overwhelmed with cases of it. There is nothing especially wrong with any of the people, who are suffering from it, only they feel as if they had the concentrated essence of all their past illnesses combined in one grand don't —gives a continental feeling. That is about an adequate description of what a grip patient feels like, but they will all be better in the good old summer time.

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AN ASSIGNMENT Levi Burkett, of Portland, Files a Schedule in Bankruptcy IS KNOWN HERE Has Been Engaged in Buggy Business for More Than Twenty Years Levi S. Burkett, who has been engaged in the buggy business on north Meridian street in this city for more [than twenty years has felt the sting of republican prosperity and on Mon- | day filed his schedule in bankruptcy and made a deed of assignment to John P. Leonard in trust of all of his stock of buggies, harness, supplies, personal property, real estate SI,OOO in notes and his household effects. W. M. Haynes, E. H. Burns and J. V. Ashcraft are named as sureties for the trustee. The petition which was filed by Mr. Burkett together with his schedule avers that being in failing and embarrassing circumstances aud desirous of making a general assignment of all property for the benefit of bona fid e creditors the assignment was made, after suit had been tiled by the Mier Carriage and Buggy Manufacturing Co., of Ligonier, seeking to collect $1,500, on a shipment of vehicles. Mr. Burkett is perhaps one of the oldest and best known buggy dealers in eastern Indiana. He has ever been industrious and honest in his dealings and his numerous friends | throughout the county will regret to I learn of hie failure in business. — Portland Sun. COURTHOLSENEWS Jury in the Beeler Replevin Case Failed to Reach Agreement WERE DISCHARGED Out Twenty-Two Hours— Stood Ten to Two—Divorce Case Saturday The case of Nina Beeler vs. Samuel Beeler to replevin household furniture valued at $90.00 will have to be tried again. This little case has already been heard three times and the costs are now in excess of the amount in controversy. The case went to the jury at five o'clock last evening and were discharged at 2:45 this afternoon when they announced there was no chance for an agreement. The jury stood ten to two for the defendant from the first to the last ballot Eph Bollinger, one of the jurymen, was quite ill this morning, but felt much better when he left for home this afternoon. Flavin J. Shepherd, guardian for Raymond W. French, filed a petition asking for authority to mortgage the real estate to secure loan of S3OO for three years. Petition granted. Henry C. Adams, a Chicago lawyer, was in the city loking after legal affairs for a large Chicago business house. Judge Merrymn is planning to attend' to business of importance at Indianapolis next week. Demurers were fikd t 0 complaints in the cases of Samuel Frank and Joel Reynolds vs. City of Decatur. The case of Alice McConnehey vs. Williard McConnehey, a divorce suit in which the usual charges of abuse ar e made, is set for trial Saturday. Prosecutor Heller was ordered to file an answer, the defendant failing to appear, Harriet E. Haviland vs. Grant Haviland. demurer filed to second paragraph of defendants answer which was overruled by the court. Reply filed by plaintiff.