Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 22 January 1908 — Page 1

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COURT HOUSE NEWS —" ■■■J Guardian Asked for George Snyder, Person of Unsound Mind JAY COUNTY CASES Have Been Venued Here— Suits to Recover Money lost at Gambling F. M. Schirmeyer has been appointed a notary public and filed bond for JI.OOO as required. Mary W. Snyder filed a petition to have a guardian appointed for George Snyder, a person of unsound mind, now a patient at the Richmond asylum ,and who has property valued at 54,000, which needs immediate attention. Clerk Haefling is in receipt of a letter from Guy Colerlck, city attorney of Fort Wayne, which said that arrangements were being completed for the payment of the judgment of 55,000 obtained some time ago here, in the case of Geisler vs the city of Fort Wayne. The three cases filed several weeks ago, against George Black, Martin Baniz and Robert Hinshaw, the proprietors of the alleged gambling resorts, of Dunkirk, by the prosecuting attorney for the benefit of Mrs. Rebecca Anderron, wife of Robert An-ic-rson, of that city, to recover money alleged to have been lost by her husbamd in their! places, have been, by motion of the three defendants, sent on a change of venue from Jay circuit fourt to Adams county. The usual time to perfect the charge has been granted in each case. The suits cere set for trial here this week, but his assignment will now be vacated. —Portland Commercial-Review. Eight remonstrances were filed this ifteraoon to the report of the drainige commissioners in the Mathias Miler et al ditch. The remonsirators ire Finley Striker, Rolla Calderwood. 'arnee Kelley, Amanda Vorhees, John I. Burke. Andrew J. Porter, James O. liallony and George B. Jones. .— o . MRS. FIELD INSANE Another Member of Snyder Family to Returned to Asylum • VONDERFUL RECORD 'he Family Has Served

flore Years in Asylutfi than Any in United States Dr. H. M. Aspy, of Geneva, appeared the county clerk's office this morng and filed the necessary affidavit t the return of Lucy Fields, of artford township to the Eastern Inkle asylum at Richmond. Mrs. Fields forty-four years old and was an rotate of the Richmond asylum om July 1, 1899, to August 18, 1900 tving been sent from Wells county, dor to that time she spent some He at the Logansport asylum. She ® threatened to kill herself and lldren and at times is violent. Her Bitten name is Snyder, she being member of the family which has famed for its number of inpeople. A sister has served irty-five years in a Cleveland asy- ». It is said that the Snyder famhas the largest number of insane >m one faultily and they have spent si'e years in asylums than any famiu the United Stales. Clerk Haeog approved the application and ■s. Fields will be returned to the rlum as soon as room can be made ' her. d- A. Breckweg, of Lafayette, trav“B auditor for the Wabash Valley 3 company, was a caller in our city tay. He left on the afternoon train ' Geneva, where he will investigate Sas situation. irs - L. C. Crates, of Fort Wayne, in the city the guest of friends.

"ALTERS’ SCHOOL STARTS GOOD New Law School Promises to be a Winner. . C ; Walters, who recently organbed a la* ochool helu his initial meeting last Monday r.lght k was a _. interesting one. Mr. Walters has sev era! students to begin with and he will undoubtedly have a large class within a short time. At Monday nights meeting the work was planned for the course and a list of questions covering contracts was given to each student and these questions are to be answered orally at the next session. The method that has been adopted in teaching he law is the very best and ere the course is finished, the students will be acquainted with the latest decisions and lectures on points in law that play a prominent pan in actions of common occurrence as well as rare cases that oome into the courts. SHE IS STILL ALIVE Mrs. Hale Regains Consciousness But Hope of Recovery is Slight BULLET IN BRAIN Operation Not Advisable at This Time Says Dr. Rosenthal Geneva, ind., anuary 22. —(Special to Daily Democrat)—3 o’clock—Mrs. William B. Hale, who shot herself yesterday morning, is still alive and is slightly improved, though there is practically no chance for her recovery. The bullet lodged in the brain just back of the right eye and it is almost impossible to remove same. She regained consciousness this mornand realizes her act though she does not speak of the reason. Dr. Graham went to Fort Wayne this morning and consulted with Dr. Rosenthal consulted with Dr. Rosenthal concerning an operation, but was decided that this could not be done at this time. Mrs. Hale has a very high fever, but other-

wise her condition does not show any change from yesterday. While she may live several days, perhaps weeks, her complete recovery seems impossible at this time. The deepest sorrow is felt here over the sad occurrence, o A SURE CURE FOR THE BLUES. • It is just possible that you feel tired and languid after your day's business, you eat your supper, fill the pipe, spread the evening paper out before you and smoke, read and think. You want to rest; in fact, you need it. In a short time you catch yourself nodding in your chair. You straighten up and try to read again*—no use. Same old sleepy feeling. The current, events won't interest you to the extent of keeping you awake. You throw down the paper and go through the same old routine —wind the clock, put out the cat and go to bed. For that kind of a mood try “My Wife's Family. Sure cure or money refunded'. Go to the theater, and there among the sights and sounds you will feast your senses and feel better for it Yes? At the Bosse opt-ra house, Thursday', January 23rd. GAS IS PROMISED THURSDAY. Some extra labor necessary to complete the new pipe line from the wells to Geneva has caused a. slight delay in the turning on of the gas. It is promised that everything will be ct mplete and the gas turned on some time 1 hui sday. —o —— Mrs. John Venis, of Craigville, returned to her home this morning, after making a visit with her daughter Mrs. Herman Hare.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening January, a2 1908.

A MAIDEN SPEECH Congressman Adair to Soon Make His First Address AFTER FINANCIERS Some Things of Interest Written by Louis Ludlow Washington, January 22. —The entertaining spectacle of an Indiana banker probing the speculative financiers of Wall street with a red-hot poker will be witnessed when Congressman Adair delivers his maiden speech in the house—an event that is scheduled to take place in the near future. » For a banker, who makes his bread and butter, and one might say, his dessert, out as the banking business, Mr, Adair proposes to advance ideas in his forthcoming speech that are quite unusual and that may get him into trouble with the bankers’ union. Mr. Adair will trace the history of the recent panic and will charge it up to the speculator who over-capi-talized their concerns and over-issued stock, all of the while storing up potential possibilities of financial disturbance against a day of judgment. The day of judgment has come and past and Mr. Adair will try to point out the lessons of the late panic. He will advocate a law to penalize overcapitalization and to prevent the issuance of btock beyond the actual, tangible worth of the properties represented by the stock. Then he will propose two laws that will cause the bankers’ union, if there is such an organization, to utter loud cries of anguish: 1. A law making national banks pay Interest on government deposits. 2. A law taxing national banks to create a fund to be handled by the government out of which the depositors of insolvent national banks shall be paid dollar for dollar and cent for cent. “I am aware,” said Mr. Adair, “that my program will not appeal favorably to the selfish banker, but I believe that all persons, whatever their calling, who study the quesion critically will find much merit in it. By allowing banks the use of public money without interest the government is favoring a class of men who are already rich. If the government were to exact only 2 per cent interest on deposits the revenue from this source would be enough to increase the pension of all soldiers’ widows from $8 to 512 a month. I would favor using the interest from deposits for that purpose. I think it is equally important that the national banks be taxed to insure depositors knew that under no circumstances it would be possible for them to lose they would not board money and in my judgment there would be no need of additional financial legislation.”

SMALL FACTORIES DON’T PAY. Effort to Compete With Waring Company Shows Slight Progress. Indications are that already established glove factories in this part of Indiana are to have some competition, says the Huntington Herald. From various sources it has been learned that persons are starting up factories in a small way. Efforts have been made at the Waring glove factory by two or three persons recently to get hold of some dies used for cutting gloves which had been cast aside. In the basement of one store in Huntington one of these amateur shops hat been started. A man is doing the cutting with dies and mallet and the sewing is sent out to a seamstress at her home. The owner of the store pays for the gloves by the dozen. By the slow method of cutting, noi, much progress can be made. Last week a man from South Whitley was making inquiries for dies for cutting purposes. When told that the local factory can cut with one cutter j 1,100 dozen a day his eyes stood out I in wonder. This mam said he had been paying ten cents a dozen to have the work done. Asi yet there has been no falling off in the jobbing market for the goods, as shown in the sales listed by the Waring company. The amusing feature is that people would consider such slow hand methods when power cutters are in such ' generlal use in competition.

SOLD LIQUORS TO A BOY. H. T. Scherry Paid Fine for His Carelessness. H T. Scherry, the proprietor ot the west end saloon against whom a charge of selling liquor to a minor, namely Clarence Bremerkamp. was filed yesterday afternoon in Squire Smith’s court by Anslern Bremerkamp, a brother of the above named minor, appeared last evening before Squire Smith and plead guilty to the charge being assessed a fine of five dollars and costs amounting in all to fourteen dollars and thirty cents. The fine was the least that could be inflicted under the law and at that proved a very costly drink for Mr. Scherry to sell. The affidavit was vety strong and ’ was supported by six witnesses, who were present at the time the drink was sold and saw ths boy drink it Scherry paid his fine and was discharged from custody. lookTukea go Richmond Paper Says Kling Was Re-Elected President of the I. O. DECATUR NOT IN Will .Go Under National Protection—Another Meeting Feb. 3rd

Re-organization of the Indiana-Ohio base ball league was perfected at a meeting held in this city yesterday afternoon. Nine cities were represented and all were granted franchises except Hamilton, Ohio, which held out because rejection of the national base ball commission was not assured from the first. The cities granted franchises are Van Wert and Piqua in Ohio, and' Richmond, Bluffton, Muncie Anderson, Kokomo and Marion in Indiana. A committee was named to secure the protection of the national commission so that the league may have as good standing as any of the minor organizations of the country. No particular attention will be paid to the threat of the Ohio state league in reference to Richmond, that organization claiming that it had secured protection for Richmond that would compel it to enter the Ohio circuit. A. R. Kling, a sporting writer of Indianapolis, was re-elected president without opposition and a secretary will be chosen later. Each club will have one representative on the board of directors. The meeting was enthusiastic and harmonious and the promoters take a very optimistic view of the coming season, and believe the chances of securing strong teams are of the best. It was decided to open the season about May 1 and to close about the middle of September. At a meeting to be held on February 3 at Van Wert, 0., a committee on schedule will be named. The schedule will provide for six games a week for each club, Monday to be an off day on which postponed or exhibition games can be played'.—Richmnd Paladium. e PLAINTIFF SECURES A VERDICT Jury in Gardner Case Agreed this Afternoon. Portland, Ind., anuary 22. —(Special) —The jury in the case of Stonewall J. Gardner vs. Thomas A. King, returned a verdict at 2:30 this afternoon after being out twenty-six hours. The verdict was for the plaintiff in the sum asked for $408.50. This amount was demanded for work and repairs on a locomotive, the “T. A. King No. 9.” U An entire change of program will be put on again this evening at the Pictorium, the title of the films we are unable to give at this time. However, Mr. Stoneburnen guarantees a new production in every respect and the public should be royally entertained. The past shows have all given excellent satisfaction and if you are looking for a place to enjoy yourself stop at the Pictorium.

COUNCIL MEETING Proceedings of the Regular Session Last Night AMENDED ORDINANCE Gas Company Were Granted Privilege of Amendment The council met in regular session last evening, Mayor Coffee presiding, and every councilman being present except Van Caimp, who is out of the city. The minutes of the former meeting were read and approved, after which the council proceeded in their regular routine of work. A. P. Beatty representing the three railroads in relation to the street arc lights addressed the council for a few moments asking them to explain a letter purporting to have been written by Superintendent Mylort in which he threatened to sue if the various roads did not pay their accounts. Each road is in debt to the city for the use of electricity and up to the present time halve paid nothing. Upon motion by Christen, City Attorney DeVoss was instructed to notify the companies in legal form and unless paymen was forthcoming to commence action immediately. The city upon several occasions has had considerable experience in the way of effecting settlements with these roads and from this time on like any other individual they must settle promptly or suffer the consequences. The gas company represented by Attorney D. D. Heller, appeared before the council again last evening with another ordinance asking to amend the ordinance passed by the council two weeks ago in relation to granting them a franchise for gas for ten years. The new ordinance is just like the one formerly passed with the exception as to the rate charged for the use of the gas, this being amended to read that the company has the right to charge one dollar per month for the first two thousand cubic feet of gas or any fractional part thereof furnished to any consumer as a minimum rate and the ponsumer to pay twenty-five cents per one thousand cubic feet for all gas consumed in any month over two thousand cubic feet. This amount to be paid on the first day of each succeeding month and if not paJd within that time the company shall have the right to charge a dollar and ten cents for the first two thousand cubic feet or fractional part thereof and thirty cents pt-r one thousand cubic feet for all gas used in excess of two thousand cubic feet. A further restriction is that the company shall at no time charge as a maximum rate any sum higher than thirty cents per thousand cubic feet <with like penalties for non-payments of rentals by the consumer. This ordinance as amended was adopted by the council and for the next ten years the gas company is granted the free use of the streets, alleys and public grounds. The agent representing the Kelley shaking gfrates then addressed the council for a short time in relation to installing a new set of shaking grates under each of the boilers at the plant, stating that he would place the grates in free of charge and grant the city the right to test the same for sixty days or longer and' then if they did not meet every requirement he would remove the same and put back the old grates free of charge. However, if the grates were as represented by him as being a fuel saver and a labor saver he would ask the council to install them at a cost of two hundred and ten dollars. This proposition looked fair enough and Martini moved that the matter be referred to the Water works committee with power to enter into a contract. The street and sewer committee to whom

had been referred the assessment roll on the Roop sewer, filed their report, which shows that many changes have been made in the same some assessments being reduced, some being raised and other property heretofore not assessed taken in. The report was approved by the council and the assessment roll will be certified to the treasurer for collection in a short time. The mayor, clerk and treasurer filed their reports which, upon motion, were referred to the fin-

an.ee committee for examination. The following bills were then read and allowed. Schafer Hdw Co. .....5 31.81 J. D. Wlsehaupt 12.20 J. Shellebarger 395.00 Decatur Dumber Co 60 W, E. Fulk 12.94 Bourbon Copper* Works .... 28.80 Wells Fargo C 0..... 65 C. O. France 20.00 Hill Machine Co 479.20 M. J. Mylott 16.95 Sunday Creek Coal Co 206.14 G. R. and 1 321.24 B. Middleton 4.50 Ft. Wayne Foundry 53.50 D. F. Teeple 93.02 H. Harruff 20.00 H. F. Bohnke 1.10 Christen moved that the city clerk be given the use of electricity free of charge for his office; this motion carried. No further business coming before the council they adjourned until their next regular meeting. 0 G :1 TING ALARMED Many Factional Fights in the Republican Ranks INSPECTION RULES Meat Inspection Discussed by Government—Clark on Bryan

Washington, January 22.—Many oldtime Republicans are becoming alarmed over the factional fights that are breaking out in the party in many states as a result of the attempt of the federal administration to control the election of delegates to the party’s national convention. The friction is now acute in Ohio, New York, New Hampshire and West Virginia, and serious trouble is threatened in Massachusetts, Kentucky and several other states. Seasoned party men say that if this warfare is to go on the party will certainly be in danger of losing the presidency next fall. The edict of the administration is to ellm inate Foraker in Ohio, crush Governor Hughes in New York, discredit the two veteran senators in New Hampshire and do whatever is necessary to be done in other states to put and keep the administration forces in the saddle. The United States senate has been drawn into the fight unwillingly, but it is in. and proposes to do its share of fighting. Washington, January 22. —The department of agriculture has finally completed the preparation of the new rules and regulations to govern the system of meat inspection, and it is expected that they will be made public about the first of next month. A committee of twelve veterinary authorities was appointed by the government for the purpose of suggesting changes in the regulations, and it is understood that this committee took the view that the rules as drafted were too stringent and could with advantage be modified. ■Washington, January 22. —The intention of the Democratic party to nominafe William J. Bryan for president at the convention to be held in Denver in July next, was declared on the floor of the house of representatives by Representative Champ Clark, of Missouri, and evoked continued applause, mingled with cheers. Some of the Republicans joined with the Democrtattic members in the handclapping. — o WOULDN’T STAND REDUCTION. Dispatch Gives Details of “Schemer” Rinehart’s Suit. Further particulars aS to the allegations in the suit filed by Fred' Rinehart against the Crawfordsville Review are told in a dispatch from that city as follows: “The complaint represents that the plaintiff was employed as managing editor at s2l a week, the employment to continue for five years, the plaintiff to invest $3 a week in the purchase of twelve shares of stock at SIOO each. It is alleged that the con- > tract was bxoken because the complainant was unwilling to accept sl2 a week for services.”

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THE MISSING WORD Money if You Learn What Word or Words are Left Out DEMOCRAT’S CONTEST Novel Advertising Proposition Will Be Published in this Paper Soon It’s a go. The gentlemen who are making the preliminary canvass for The Democrat’s missing work contest are meeting with great success. The merchants of Decatur are just beginning to realize what a valuable advertising feature this will be and are buying the space very readily. The solicitors are endeavoring to visit every merchant in the city and if you have not been called upon, just call at once. The page will appear in The Democrat for thirty evenings and will start some time the first of next week. The plan is to run a page of smSll advertisements. There will probably be over fifty of them. These are to appear daily for thirty days and each daiy a word is omitted from two, three or four of the ads. The first person who discovers the ads contaning the missing words and so reports at this office will receive 51. There will be a one dollar bill each day for the first one to come in with the missing words and a large number will try for the dally prize. It is the intention to start the page about Monday and everybody will be on the lookout for it. The idea is a novel one and will appeal to the advertiser, since a prize cam uuiy be won after each ad has been thoroughly read. The name of the winner each day will be published the next evening. All lines of business will be represented on this page and those who do not take space will find that they are missing one of the best means of publicity that has been let loose in these parts for many a day. Watch for the page and see what you can do towards supplying the words left out. o HIS FINAL REPORT D. N. Erwin Discharged as a Trustee in the Bolds Matter BY FEDERAL COURT Mr. Bolds Filed Schedule Showing Less Than S6OO Worth of Property Daniel N. Erwin, who was appointed trustee to investigate the amount of property owned by Daniel P. Bolds, who entered bankruptcy proceedings in the United States district. court at Indianapolis, has made a report and was discharged from duty today, Mr. Erwin made a thorough investigation as to the belongings of Mr. Bolds and finds that his property does not exceed 5600 in value, hence he is declared ai bandnipi in the eyes of the law. Mn Bolds was for many years a resident of this county during which time he served as county treasurer for a term of four years. He was at one time a wealthy man, but through heavy oil investments that proved fruitless, he lost his fortune. Several years of tedious trials followed Mr. Bolds’ term of office, but he repaid his bondsmen. About a year’ ago K. K. Erwin filed suit against him to recoven S3OO attorney fees and the bankruptcy proceedings followed. Mr. Bolds now resides at Indianapolis. Miss Hattie Studabaker is moving her household goods and effects into her property on north Fourth street where she will make her future home. The house has been completely overhauled and every’ convenience has been added to make it an ideal home. W. H. Fledderjohann and A. G. Kelley, left this morning for Dayton, O , where they will attend to business pertaining to he inernrban.