Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1908 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

> Volume VI. Number 65

TO RETAIN OFFICE C. O. France Will Assume Control of City Reins Tomorrow Evening FIRST OFFICIAL ACT Will Be the Appointment of Thomas Ehinger to Serve as City Clerk A question of absorbing interest for ■everaJ days has been the probability of C. O. France's action when he asmimes the office of mayor of Decatur and many and varied guesses have been hazzarded. Some believed he would resign and be re-appointed city clerk while others were equally sure he would not,. This afternoon we Were reliably informed that Mr. France has decided to retain the honor of the mayoralty office, which comes to him Unsought, and solely because of the fact that the law provides that in such R case-: the city clerk becomes mayor and he will not shirk the duty thus imposed'. He has his bond prepared, and when the council meets in regular session Tuesday evening will qualify and take control of the executive office of the city of Decatur, the oath I being administered by City Attorney L. C. DeVoss, as a notary public. | Mavor France's first official duty will be the selection of a city clerk to fill K- the vacancy caused by his promotion fc■and this honor is to fall to Thomas ■Ehingen pf the most popular ■young men of the city, wdio by the I way is well qualified for the place. < 5!" Ehinger will assume his duties at ■once, and the regular business will ■be disposed of. It is said that Mr. KCoffep will file a report of his official ■ acts up to date, and his business be K closed up in a regular manner as proH|ftvided by law. The people have con- | fie’ence in the ability of Mr>. France and Mr. Ehinger and believe they will ■ conduct the trusts imposed upon them ■ according to their best judgment. o With Bluffton out of both proposed ■base ball leagues, it begins to look K as if Independent bail with local talent ft will be the only thing to represent the K city on the diamond this summer. The ■ independents of last year, one of the |- best aggregations of amateurs in this K section of the state, are getting toKether these warm evenings and they K will doubtless be on the field early ft this spring.—Bluffton Banner. I DIED AT FT. WAYNE Mrs. Sophia Koldeway Succumbed to Ravages of Pneumonia ILL BUT FIVE DAYS Deceased Was Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Krueckeberg of Union Tp. t Mrs. Sophia Koldeway, late of Fort , Wayne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ; , / Henry Krttckeberg, of Union township, ( i who was married but ten months ago, , I, died at her home 2602 Smith street ■ E- last evening after suffering from pneu- , ■ tnonia for five days. The deceased , | was born and raised in Union town- , I ship and was well known by many I people in Ad|ims county. In May, | 1907, she was wedded to William KolI deway, after which they went to Fort I Wayne for their future abode. About I five days ago she was taken ill and I grew weaker day by day until death ■ relieved her from the intense pain. I A child was born during her sickness. I The deceasd was in the prime of life, I having but reached her twenty-fifth S year and was enjoying the pleasures I of a happy home, when the grim reapI er called. She had a large circle of I friends who join the bereaved ones ■ in their hour of sorrow. Surviving are I her husband, her parents, three brothB'i William, Martin and Henry Knieckeberg. three sisters, the Misses \ft Hannah, Louise and Angeline Krueckeberg. The deceased was a member (Continued on page 2.)

BASE BALL IN DECATUR. The Intial Movement Set for March the 25th. The initial movement to organize a local base ball team will be started on the evening of the twenty-fifth day of this month, when C. E. Pennington has called a meeting. All who care to play on the team are requested to be at the Model cigar store at the above stated time when plans for the coming season will be made. The best material in the city will be selected to represent our city this summer and the boys expect to play in fast company and at that retain our reputation as winners. Th e ball park has already been engaged and it will be put into condition as soon as the weather settles. The fans should get their horns ready as there is something doing. p The democratic state convention and lepublican congressional convention are billed for next week. Big doin’s at each. THEY ARE OPPOSED Railroad Labor Organizations Want No More Reductions TAFT IS WORRIED Needs Several More Votes to Land—Two American Heroes Washington, March 16. —The allied railroad labor organizations, through their representatives, have notified the leaders in congress that they are opposed to any legislation at this session which might tend to reduce the revenues of the railroads. The decision to make this recommendation to congress was taken at a conference quiet15' held here yesterday, attended by A. P. Garriston, representing the conductors; W. S. Stone, representing the engineers; B. P. Morrisey, representing the trainmen; H. B. Perham, representing the railroad telegraphers; J. J. Hannahan, representing the firemen, and H. R. Fuller, th e legislative agent of the allied organizations before congress. , Washington. March 16. —Nearly onefifth of the delegates to the Republican convention have now been selected. The addiions cam e from Missouri, Nebraska, lowa, Kentucky. Oklahoma, Virginia and Ohio. The conventions were all held in territory most of which was conceded to Taft long ago. The returns to date give Taft 112 delegates. Os the delegates selected thus far thirty will be contested in the national convention. Four Hughes district delegates were chosen in Missouri this week., Two of these were instructed and two were uninstructed. Washington, March 16. —The two army surgeons who virtually gave their lives in establishing the mosquito theory of the spread of yellowfever arc to b e placed' on the rolls of American heroes by the present congress, if plans do not miscarry. Indorsed by President Roosevelt, Sur-geon-General Reilly and by medical cal men generally, pension bills providing $125 monthly for the widows of Jesse W. Lazear and James Carroll are now before congress, and their enactment seems assured. SIGHT SEEING IN LOUISIANA. B. H. Meyers Writes an Interesting Letter. John S. Meyer, of route five, is in receipt of a letter from his brother. B. H. Meyer, who left here two weeks ago on a trip through the south. At present he is in Louisiana, his letter. a very interesting one, being written from New Orleans. He says he enjoyed the trip immensely and while New Orleans is not a beautiful city, it is full of Inttresting sights, which he is seeing at his leisure. He describes the sewer system, the houses, the biggest sugar refinery in the world, the parks, business houses, hotels, a street cvarnival, etc.

THE TASK IS LARGE I . Anderson is Busy Getting Ready for Annual Methodist Conference ) MAY SELECT WHITE To Succeed Dr. Cissell for Best Paying Charge in Northern Indiana Anderson, Ind., March 16. —The magnitude of the task assumed by the Methodist congregations of this c’ty whqa they obtained the privilege of entertaining the North Indiana conference for a week is becoming ap parent to the members of the various committees. The executive committee is putting forth strenuous efforts to aid the sub-committees in fulfilling the duties assigned to them. The o’>tertainment committee is busily engaged in procuring accommodation for th e 800 or more visitors and delegates. The members of other denominations are coming to the assistance of the Methodist brethren, aud by the time the delegates begin to arrive places will be provided for all. While much attention is directed to preparations for the conference the selection of a new pastor for the First M. E. church to succeed Dr. C. C. Cissell is a matter of great concern to the large congregation. The local pastorate pays the largest salary of any church la the conference and is considered a most desirable charge. When approached by tho church board about the matter of securing a successor, Dr. Cissell was most enthusiastically in favor of the charge going to some minister in the conference, insisting that, such promotion was justly due the pastors and stated as a rule that transferred ministers from other conferences seldiom remained long in charge. Among the ministers in the conference recommended by Dr. Cissell were the Rev. Dan Gill, of Warsaw; the Rev. Somertville Light, of Marion; the Rev. L. A. Beeks, of Elkhart, the Rev. Matthew Swadener, of Kokomo; the Rev. J. A. Seaty, of Huntington; the Rev. W. W. Martin, of Greenfield; the Rev. John C. White, of Logans port, and others. It is conceded that no further attempt will be made to se. cure the Rev. Mr. Rowan, of Fort Wayne, since that church desires his return so eartaestly. Printed programs of the conference have been issued and copies forwarded to all the delegates to the conference. A NEW GOLD PIECE One of the Twenty Dollar Coins Which Caused a Furore Received Here _______ ' FOR LEE YAGER I Ordered Through Old Adams County Bank and Cost Thirty Dollars The Old Adams County Bank has just received oue of the new twenty ' dollar gold pieces which caused so 1 much comment last autumn when is- ' sued because of the fact that the ' words “In God we Trust” were not ! inscribed thereon. Soon after the first issue, a howl went up from all over 1 the country and shortly afterward ' when it was found that the pieces con- 1 tained mode than the regulation 1 amount of gold, the issue was stopped ' and an effort made to recall the coin ’ out. It was found, however, that • money sharks, had observed the fact that there was more than $20.00 worth of gold in each coin and had quietly 1 gathered the majority of them up. As ' a consequence a premium was placed on the coin and this one, which was 1 ordered for Lee Yager, who is making a collection, cost an even thirty dollars. The coin is’a beautiful one, indented on each side and' attracts considerable attention. On one side is a stamp of the statute of liberty and the date 1907, in Roman letters; i on the other a stamp of the eagle (a i new eagle) and the words “United 1 (Continued on page 2.) i

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening March, 16 1908.

FAMOUS CHURCH MEN COMING Best Known Presbyterians to Appear at Fort Wayne. The hundreds of Presbyterians in Fort Wayne are looking forward to March 25 with pleasant anticipation, for that is the date on which this city will b e visited by several ot the most prominent officials of the Presbyterian church, who are making a publicity campaign which starts March They will visit fifteen of the important cities between New York and Chicago. In the party to visit Fort Wayne will be the following gentlemen: William Henry Roberts, D. D., LL. D., moderator of the general assembly; Charles L. Thompson. D. D„ LL. D., secretary of the board of home missions; John Dixon, D. D., associate secretary; Joseph Ernest McAfee, associate secretary; Charles Stelze, superintendent of the department of church and labor; George Knox, D. D., of Indianapolis, and Thomas C. Moffett, special representative for Indiana work.—Fort Wayne News. THE WARREN HOME Rev. Harland, of Warren, Delivered Excellent Address Yesterday AT M. E. CHURCH Warren Man and Wife Have Contributed $50,000 for its Construction Rev. Harland, of Warren, who has been appointed by the North Indiana conference to visit the various churches in the conference for the purpose of raising sufficient sum of money to duplicate the gife of $25.000 contributed by a Warren man and his wife for the erection of a home for the aged worthy homeless, delivered an excellent address at the M. E. church yesterday morning. In his talk he clearly demonstrated the need of such a home and in an hour and twenty minute talk he went into detail in regard to what it would cost for the construction, the many good features that would characterize it and in fact he touched upon every thing of interest pertaining to the institution. It is a grand movement in Methodism and its establishment will reflect much credit upon the state of Indiana as well as the donors, who so kindly assist in raising the necessary amount. The buildings are to be modern in every respect arid it will be a most desirable home for the aged people w’ho are without a place of abode. Rev. Harland is a forceful speaker and the cause he represents will undoubtedly be a glowing success under his guidance. Beside the gift of $25,000, Mr. and Mrs. Chopson of Warren, have given $25,000 more to this worthy cause and they stapd willing to duplicate each and every dollar contributed by the North Indiana conference. - • DELIVERED INITIAL SERMONS. Rev. Spetnagle Will Soon be Comfortably Located. Rev. Spetnagle, who recently came hene from Rockford, Ohio, to assume charge of the Presbyterian pastorate, delivered his initiatory sermon Sunday morning to an audience which completely filled the auditorium. His sermon was profound, interesting and he found his way to the heauts of his listeners with ease. He addressed an equally large congregation Sunday evening and all who heard him were highly pleased. Rev. Spetnagle’s family have arrived and they expect to be comfortably housed at the parsonage before the end of the present week. The Keverend is an untiring worker and we predict that he will soon be one of the popular ministers of Decatur, where the force of church workers Includes a splendid array of pastors. ■ o —■ William Bell, son Vincent D. Bell, of Craigville, came to the city today with his mother to make a visit with his sister, Mrs. Hervey Steele. Miss Gip Dorwin has resumed her duties at the Graham and Scott insurance office after being confined to her home for several days on account of sickness.

FOUND HIM INSANE r i Ernst Oscar Schienfeld, the Mysterious Dutchman Mentally Unbalanced 1 1 AN INQUEST HELD t f And Declare Him a Subject , for the Asylum—Will Take Him to Germany 1 Ernst Oscar Schienfeld. the mysteri ious dutchman who came from Ger- ' many to this country at the same time k that Julius Haugk returned from a visit in that country, and who since I las resided in Decatur, is declared insane by Drs. D. D. Clark and J. M. Miller and every person in the city ! that has noticed his antics. Since • being here he has acted strangely on several different occasions. Last week he hailed Marshal Bohnke and re- > quested |him to accompany him (Schienfeld) to the Holthouse Schulte & Company store, where a mechanical device was in action. The dutchman then told Bohnke that such a disas- . trous thing should not be allowed to exist and he shook his fist at it. This was sufficient evidence that he was mentally unbalanced and Bohnke has watched his actions since. Last Saturday he struck Charles Bittner because he imagined he was being laughed at, and his arrest followed. Squire Smith found him guilty of assault and battery and sentenced him to ’ jail and since being incarcerated he ■ has caused the sheriff and family i much annoyance by making all sorts , of noises. The dutchman became so , boisterous last evening that it was necessary to lock him in a small cell. His actions have been so curious that 1 Drs. D.D.Clark and J. M. Miller were i engaged to hold an inquest which proved' his insanity conclusively. Pa- , pers have been made out to send him to East Haven asylum, at Richmond, 1 from where a guard will take him ' to Germany at the expense of the Germany government. Schiendfcld 1 admits that during the time he was a soldier he was committed to an asylum ' for nine months. Many people here are of the opinion that the foreigner its only homesick, but from developments there is something more serious about his nature. The demented man will be taken to Richmond as soon as arrangements can be made. _ - _ _ — THREE CLAIMED Mrs. Charles Andrews and Babe Will Be Buried in One Casket HOME IS BROKEN By Sad Double Death—A Little Son of Sylvester Durbin Also Dead Omer S. Durbin, aged one month and sixteen days, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Durbin, living eight miles south of this city, in Monroe township, died Sunday morning, after a few days’ illness with pneumonia. The funeral services were held this morning at ten o'clock at the Valley Friends church and interment made at the Smith cemetery near Monroe. One of the saddest Instances reported for some time was that of the death of Mrs. Sarah Esther Andrews, wife of Charles Andrews, living one mile west of Honduras, which occur--1 red Sunday morning, a pretty faced baby girl, preceding her in death, a • few moments. Mrs. Andrews was a daughter of Samuel Crist and a granddaughter of Elias Crist of this city. She was twenty-three years old and had been married less than a year. She was popular among all who knew her and the husband is heart broken ■ at the terrible grief which has over- ■ taken him. Mrs. Andrews was Hl only ■ a few hours, death resulting from ' hemorrhages. The mother and her (Continued on page 2.) I

• SAYS WATSON IS A SURE WINNER Gowdy Gives Him a Long Lead of Three Hundred. ‘ Indianapolis, March 15.—Captain John K. Gowdy, of Rushville, who has charge of Congressman James E. Watson’s interests in th e race for the Republican nomination for governor, stated that the returns received by him gave Mr. Watson 576 out of the 1,026 delegates elected to the state . convention. He declared his information comes from reliable sources and that the progress Mr. Watson is making warrants the prediction that he will receive the nomination very early in the convention. “We are not attempting to be specific as to what Mr. Watson’s opponents may claim," said Capt. Gowdy, “but we do know to a ’ certainty that he has three hundred i votes more than his nearest cqrnpeti- , tor, and that he is winning a major- ! ity of the delegates in county after county, in spite of combinations that ' are being made against him. 0 rIN POLICE CIRCLES Son of Judge Skeleton, of Fort Wayne Lodged in County Jail I HE WAS INTOXICATED Marshal Bohnke Was Called to Bridge Last Night to Arrest Mashers Ed Skeleton, son of police judge Skeleton, ot Fort Wayne, wandered to this city on an early car yesterday morning with a good sized package of bad whiskey mt board and displayed himself too numerously on the main street, whereupon Deputy Sheriff Ed Green escorted him to the county jail for a night’s lodging. After arriving in the city he went into the Model cigar store, where he got into trouble with some boys. He became angered and went outside where he uttered oaths that were most disgraceful. His incarceration will no doubt serve as a reminder that he must obey the law while in our city at least. He was given a hearing before Squire J. H. Smith this morning and sentenced ten days in the county jail. Marshal Bohnke killed another big dog yesterday after the animal had attempted to bite many people. The dog stayed on First street and would follow people who came to its notice. Two ladies who reside east of the city were crossing the Monroe street bridge last night on their way home when two men accosted them. The ladies, however, escaped the men and returned' to the city. Marshal Bohnke was notified and he hastened to the scene, but he just arrived in time to see the men making their escape. Mr. Bohnke expects to put a stop to that kind of practice and the bridge will be closely watched hereafter. ■ ---o AFTERNOON COURT NEWS. Another Case Filed —A Sheriff’s Sale Ordered. A new case was filed this afternoon i by Peteitson & Moran, as attorneys ■ for the plalniff, entitled Charles F. Rinehart, administrator of the estate ( of William D. Rinehart vs. Noah Man- , gold, complaint for an accounting, de- I mand SI,OOO. The complaint recites ' that William I). Rinehart paid the sum . of $64 as surety on two notes held by ( William Hilgeman and' the suit is to , secure judgment covering that amount t and attorneys. • 1 1 In the matter of he German Build- i ing Loan Fund and Savings associa- < tion vs. Jennie Hutton et al, a sher- 1 iffi’s sale has been ordered on inlot 1 278 in the town of Geneva, the date i being April 10, 1908. s — ■ o — 1 Gay & Zwlck will soon booost a i handsom e new awing in front of their 1 place of business on north Second i street. Fred Tague, the shoe man 1 and Mills, the grocer, are among thons 1 who have already thus announced the t approach of spring. . (

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taken by farmers Rollin T. Bobo Stricken With Paralysis and His Mind is Affected STARTS FOR DECATUR Captured Saturday Evening in Wells County and Taken to Bluffton Bluffton, Ind., March 16.—(Special) —Sick and weak and demented from the result of a stroke of paralysis which he suffered ten days ago. Rollin T. Bobo, was captured Saturday evening ten miles northwest of here in Rock Creek township. The man gave his age as forty-two, is a son of the late Judge James R. Bobo, of Decatur, and said his mother and a brother still live there. He was the picture of abject dispair and ill health when seen here today, at Intervals perfectly rational and at others wildly insane. A week ago Sunday he suffered a stroke of paralysis which affected his left side and caused his mind to weakex. Friday he left the Marion Soldiers’ Home, where he had been an inmate for several months and went to Warren on a freight train. Ht was put off there and started to walk to Decatur. He got as far as Craigville where some one, probably for a joke, directed him in the wrong direction and he reached a point ten miles northwest of here Saturday evening. Frank Fishbaugh, a farmer, found him in his barn, his hand on his hip pocket and acting queerly. Fishbaugh telephoned the sheriff's office and Deputy Sheriff Pierce went out after the man. In the meantime Robo, appearing to scent trouble, ran away. The deputy found a posse of farmers gathered and they started vn his track, finally locating him sitting on a log in a small woods. Mr. Piece slipped up behind him and made the capture. In his hip pocket was found a pair of shoes, but no flr e arms. He was handcuffed, but when found unarmed was released. He said his name was Charles Norman and that he was a member of Co. R 160th regiment I. V. I. In his pocket was found his admission card to the soldiers’ home. He said he wanted to go to Markle and was brought here believing he was going there. He was placed in jail and word sent to the soldiers’ home, wher e he will probably be returned. His condition is pitiable. IS SICK IN JAIL James Burke Has Contracted That Dread Disease Pneumonia WHILE IMPRISONED Physicians State That Unless Removed to Hospital He Will Not Recover James Rurke, the young man who accompanied by John Griffin, applied at the jail last week for a nights’ lodging, is in a very serious condition from pneumonia, and if not taken to a hospital where he can be properly taken care of, the physicians have no hope for his recovery. After remain, ing in jail over night these young men wer e Biven a hearing before Squire Smith and sentenced to jail on the charge of vagrancy. At that time Burke had a severe cold, but it was thought to be nothing serious. It has however, grown worse each day, until he has contracted that dread disease pneumonia. His home is at Providence R. I-. and his father is living, his mother having died some time ago. Word has been sent to his father notifying him of the condition of his son and in the meantime an effort will be made to place Burke in a hospital at Fort Wayne. The sick man has the appearance of being a gentleman and it is indeed unfortunate that he must suffer such a fate Sheriff Mever and wife have cared for him as best they could although the jail (Continued on page 2.)