Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 71, Decatur, Adams County, 23 March 1908 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. Published Every Evening, Except Sunday, by LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Subscription Rates: Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per year, by carrier |5.00 Per month, by mail 25 cents Per year, by mail 12.50 Single copies 2 cents Advertising rates mad e known on application. Sintered at the postofflce at Decatur, Indiana as second class mail matter. J, H. HELLER, Manager. The temperance plank that the coming Democratic state convention is to wrestle with is perhaps the most difficult the party has ever had to deal with. If assurances could be had that only men of wisdom and discretion were to be placed on the; platform committee, the situation would be less perplexing.—South Bend Times. !_J JUJ.M .11 Hon. Cyrus Cline captured nearly a solid delegation in Allen county and as a result will likely be the Democratic nominee of congress in the Twelfth district. Mr. Cline bails from Angola, and is a representative citizen and will make the Democrats such a candidate as will win the confidence and votes of the masses. ISSUED BY THE DEMOCRATIC STATE PRESS BUREAU. Special Dally Letter: March 23, 1908. —The Democratic hosts are gathering here in large numbers for the state convention, which will meet for its first day’s work on Wednesday. For several days the hotels have had the convention look, as the friends of some of the candidates got on the ground early. Every one admits that it is going to be a great week for Democracy. The foundations for the work of the campaign are to be laid and thousands of interested Democrats will be here to see that they are laid good and strong and to contribute to the enthusiasm of the ceremonies.

The old guard of the state Democracy—the mon who have grown gray in the service of the party and never flinched in its battles, the men who rejoiced when it was successful and shouldered their ams for further effort when it was defeated —these men will be on hand in large numbers and feeling more eager and confident than 1 for years. Elbow to elbow with them will be the younger generation, full of hope and fight and anxious for the I fray. Not in several campaigns have ' th e Democrats of Indiana felt as sure of their cause and as certain of triumph as they do now. And never have they gathered in greater numbers to help it along as. from all indications, they will assemble this week for their convention. There are elovn nominations to be made and for the places to be filled there are about thirty candidates. This means a good deal of balloting. But as practically a whole day has been set apart for the making of the ticket, the delegates can proceed with care and deliberation, and with less discomfort than would be possible in a single day convention. Os course, the chief interest centers in the governorship. In this race there are seven entries, some of them very fast steppers. To say that this event is going to attract attention is to use a very mild phrase. The preliminary work of the candidates and their friends in the field has been somewhat general and without special organization; but from now on until Thursday morning there will be a getting down to brass tacks. The Grand hotel, where all of the candidates have opened up headquarters, will be a crowded hive of humanity, good natured but purposeful. Aside from the mere making cf a ticket and platform, the convention this week will have a bearing on national politics. In presidential election years, Indiana is pretty closely watched by the Democrats of other states. “As Indiana goes, so goes the Union,” is a sort of bi-partisan slogan. Both parties have shouted it and the result has generally proved its truth. The tremendous earnestness and enthusiasm of the Indiana Democracy, a fine ticket and a ringing, aggressive declaration of principles, will spread beyond the borders of the state and strengthen the party everywhere, because they indicate that Indiana in this good year is going Democratic and expects the country to follow its lead. FOR JOINT SENATOR. Please announce tnat I will be a candidate for senator from Allen and Adams counties subject to the will of the democrats as expressed at thefr joint •onventton. 8. B. FLEMING.

A DELIGHTFUL TRIP (Continued Com page L) tickets had all been properly punched and taken up and the little newsboy sold out his chewing gum. several of the ladies were called on for short descriptions of different trips they had taken. Each lady in giving her talk ‘■interspersed it with a great many funny little anecdotes and stories which proved very amusing to the passengers. First to respond was Mrs. Niblick, who told of her trip to Texas. Next came Mrs. Bailey, who told us all about the woman who fell in the barrel. Then came Mrs. Nachtrieb, who did not approve of women galavanting all around th e world without first having seen the beauties at their very doors. She then proceeded to tell us all about the beautiful and historic village of Monmouth, the birthplace of two of our most distinguished passengers. Mrs. Dorwin then told us about her visit to Switzerland and the Alps. Miss Hattie Studabaker gave a very interesting description indeed of her trip through Italy. Mrs. Holloway followed with a "literary journey.” This was something out of the ordinary and certainly required a great deal of skill as well as a wide knowledge of books. The places visited in this literary journey were made up entirely of the title of famous books and began with "Rye and I” making a visit to the “Holy City.” Then came Mrs. Vesey, with a large party of Fort Wayne people. last year made a trip to Colorado. Mrs. Vesey told us some very interesting things about th e beauties of Colorado scenery, great gorges and dangers of horseback riding, many of the names in this party being familiar to us all made Mrs. Vesey’s funny stories concerning them very amusing. Th e conductor really, felt that it was going beyond all the rules of railroad ' etiquette to allow the emigrants to take any in this program which was gotten up for the benefit of the first class passengers only, but they threatened to leave th e train entirely

and do all sorts of horrible things if their representative was not allowed to speak, so in order to keep peace Mrs. Lower was allowed to tell the' passengers all about the time she and the Young Matron’s visited Wyandotte Cave. This speech certainly "brought down the train,” especially when each one of the emigrants showed specimens brought from the cave. It was finally discovered we had a real live poetess among our passengers for Mrs. Ellingham gave a vivid description of her visit to the Jamestown exposition and gave it all in rhyme which made it very interesting as well as amusing. Mrs. Dugan then announced that all passengers would be obliged to change cars at th e next station, which would be the Dugan home, accordingly there was a great scramble for packages, umbrellas, babies and Teddy bears. The emigrants managed to arrive at the station first and formed in line on either side of the broad stairway and gave the Pullman passengers a rousing reception. After removing their wraps the ladies were all seated at small tables throughout th e different rooms. At each plate was a card on which was printed a little story entitled “A Charming Trip,” the blanks to be filled out with names of things to be found on a well-appoined dinher table. The guests filled these out at their leisure and afforded a great deal of fun when Mrs, Dugan read the story with the blanks properly filled out. The hostesses, Mrs. Tyndall and Dugan, served an elaborate luncheon after which a social good time was ,enjoyed. Miss Carnie Thomas furnished some fine music for th e occasion. A punch bowl was very daintly arranged in the dining room from which Miss Billie Dugan served a refreshing drink to the tired and dusty passengers. The out of town guests were Mrs. Harry Deam, Mrs. Herman Wicking. Mrs. Dell Locke, of Bluffton; Mrs. W. H. Vesey, of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Robert Case and Miss Mina Case, of Magley; Mrs. Chas. Porter and Miss Janette Porter, of Geneva.

COURT HOUSE NEWS (Continued from page 1.) Sarah Hendricks vs. Byron D. Hendricks, divorce, answer filed by Prosecutor H. B. Heller. ■ FOR SALE—Davis Plantation. Brun* wick, Mississippi; 2,100 acres in tract 1,700 acres In cultivation, balance fine timber, cottonwood alone worth $15,000; nine room residence, large barn, fine store, two story (new) gin, cost $7,000; eighty-five double, seventeen single tenant houses; land rents for eighty pounds lint cotton per acre; the best improved plantation in ’ Mississippi delta. For pric e and terms, apply to C. B. Paxton,Vicksburg, Miss. It-ltd—lOiw

IS DUE THIS WEEK President to Address Congress With a Rather Warm Message THE SHIP ‘ SUBSIDY Scheming to Pass this Graft at this Session of Congress Washington, March 23. —The forthcoming message from the presidentgiving his views on the amendments he regards as necessary to the Sherman anti-trust law and repeating his recommendations with regard to other legislation, will go to congress some day this week. The most important part of the message will be that dealing with the anti trust act, which Mr. Roosevelt believes should be amended at this session of congress, so as to allow railroads to make traffic agreements that will in no way be in restraint of trade. The difficulty he has encountered in urging this amendment has been from the labor leaders, who want a provision exempting labor organizations from the operation of the law. Mr. Roosevelt is included to grant these organizations some concessions, but he cannot recognize their demands that they be allowed to order boycotts, which the supreme court has decided are a violation of the Sher, man act. Washington. March 23. —It is now for the house to say whether there shall be ship subsidy legislation at this session. Now that they have got their bill through the senate, the subsidy hunters are very confident of succeeding in the house. Two legislative courses are open to the backers of the legislation. In the regular course of events the bill will go to the house, where it will be referred to the committee on postoffices and post roads, of which Representative Overstreet is chairman. The bill introduced in the house early in the session was reported favorably to the full committee by a sub-committee some weeks ago. Mr. Overstreet will call the meeting of the whole committee to consider the senate bill, and the prospect is that it will be reported to th e house.

THE BRITISH MUSEUM. It Was Gambled Into Existence by the Lottery Route. The British museum, famed all over the world, was born of a lottery. It was in 1753 that the trustees of Sir Hans Sloane offered to the nation for £20.000 the wonderful collection of coins, manuscripts, printed books and natural history curiosities. As an additional inducement to the state to provide house room it was pointed out that the Harleian collections of manuscripts could still be secured for the nation on payment of £IO,OOO and that the collection of Sir Robert Cotton, although nominally the property of the nation, was so carelessly housed that a large part had already been destroyed by tire. The government refused to find the cash, but declared its readiness, after the true British sporting manner, to allow the public to gamble the British museum into existence. A lottery was therefore authorized of 100,000 three pound tickets, £200,000 to be distributed as prizes and the balance to go toward the purchase of the Sloane collection. The scheme proved successful, although the manager of the lottery fell into disgrace and was fined £I,OOO for taking an illegal premium. In this sordid fashion was the British museum planted and watered in the palace of the Montagus in Bloomsbury. Its first days were far from prosperous. An income of £9OO only was available from the great gamble. Two beqpests brought the total up to £2,448. leaving, after payment of the few salaries, about £IOO to make fresh purchases. But the need for the expenditure Iq this direction was rendered less necessary by the rapidity with which fresh collections of enormous value poured into Montagu House. The great tree has, in fact, grown so rapidly as well nigh to baffle the art of the gardeners to find light and air and room for the spreading branches. The reading room, which in the old building could accommodate only five readers, can now seat nearly 500. Reckoning the miles of shelving devoted to books, the museum’is easily the largest in the world. By cunning arrangements forty-one miles of shelf room have been found for the forest of books that now minister to the enlightenment of the universe. The Blbllotheque Nationale, in Paris, the largest In the world, can boast of only thirty-one. — London Chronicle. Books of Aluminium. The aluminium books for the blind now being printed in Edinburgh are of thin sheets embossed In the usual way. They are easier to read than paper books, do not soil and are practically Indestructible.

WILL Abb MILLIONS ‘ TO TEXTILE OUTPUT. Massachusetts Mill Now Turning Out Linens “Made In America.” The starting up at North Brookfield, Mass., of the first mill to make linens from American flax makes the following article from the Sunset Magazine of especial interest. This pioneer Oxford mill has a capacity of 1,700 dozen towels a week, besides “savoil,” a linen machinery waste, aud “oxolint,” for surgical purposes. The Sunset’s article, referring to the process used by the North Brookfield mill, says: “Some part of the $22,000,000 now paid by America to Europe for linens Wil] hereafter swell the profits of the American farmer. This is the inevitable result of the process perfected by a Massachusetts inventor for transforming flax into linen fiber in a less number of hours than it takes weeks to accomplish the same results by the methods followed abroad. "The invention that is to give the American farmer a chance to market his flax straw and which will introduce for the first time into American mills the making of linen fiber has been perfected by Benjamin C. Mudge, a graduate of the Massachusetts Insti-, tute of Technology. It is partly a mechanical and partly a chemical process, and the inventor has over and over again demonstrated that he can by this process make linen fiber out of flax in' half a day. “Os course cotton millers have been somewhat concerned as to the effect of this invention on their business, and experts who have Investigated this side of the question have made up their minds that if it is possible to obtain linen fiber in sufficient quantity at low cost they can make a virtue of necessity when the time comes by substituting linen for cotton in their mills so' far as this is required by popular demand. But, however this may turn out, there seems no reason to question that Americans will soon be able to afford the freest use of linen from American mills that will add hugely to the total of cotton fabric production, now valued above half a billion dollars a year.” | New Telegraph Company Incorporate! In New York. With the incorporation of the Telepost company of New York another important step has been taken in the establishment of the company’s plans for a new national telegraph system. The parent organization, incorporated under the laws of Maine, has a capital of $18,000,000. The subsidiary New York company is the operating company, formed to comply with the transportation company law of the state. It will at once apply for rights of way north of New York city, the immediate purpose being to connect this city with Albany and to reach the independent telephone lines, which will in some cases be used jointly by the telepost and the telephone companies. Simultaneous use of wires for telephony and telegraphy is made possible by means of the Delany rapid automatic system owned by the Telepost company.

Equal Pay Issue Spreads, Started by the women schoolteachers of New’ York city, the equal pay for equal work slogan is now being heard throughout the state, in Philadelphia and in other cities. Communities not heretofore concerned over the fact that it would cost New York about $10,000,000 a year to raise the salaries of 13,500 women teachers to an equality with the pay of the 1,300 men employed, now realize that if the equal pay principle is conceded and the single woman put on a wage equality with the married man tax burdens will Increase to war time proportions. NEW~RECIPES. Lincoln Loaf. Beat half a cupful of butter to a cream. Gradually beat In one cupful of sugar, then one cup of currants and the beaten yolk of three eggs. Add alternately half a cup of milk and one cup and three-fourths of sifted flour, sifted again with four level teaspoonfuls of baking powder and lastly the whites of three eggs beaten light. Turn into a shallow pan, dredge the top with granulated sugar and bake about forty minutes. -■ I * Yankee Pudding. Remove all lean and rind from a piece of sweet salt pork; chop fine. Take a half cupful of chopped pork, roll in flour and sift. Add to it a cupful of molasses, two-thirds of a cupful of sweet milk, a cupful of chopped and seeded raisins, a cupful of currants, one egg, one-half teaspoonful each of cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg, a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in warm water and flour enough to make very stiff. Steam three hours and serve with hard sauce. You cannot get the best results from this or any other recipe unless you have fresh currants and raisins. Prize Recipe. The following method of malting “old fashioned Dutch currant bread” was awarded the prize in a recipe competition just closed: One pound of flour, three-quarters of a pound of currants, four ounces of candled lemon peel, two eggs half a teaspoonful of salt, butter the size of a large egg, one-third of a cup of milk and one cake of yeast. Beat the eggs with the salt until very light add the flour and very slowly the milk; make a light batter. Add currants and chopped candied lemon peel, the melted butter and the yeast. Let it rise one hour. Bake this bread in a tin buttered and lightly sprinkled with flour one hour in a moderate oven.

BIG AUCTION SALE. Os Horses, Buggies, Harness, at the old bus barn on Jefferson St., Decatur, Ind., Monday, March 30, beginning at ten o’clock a. in - the following property: 15 horses, including one extra good sorrel team, 6 years old; a good bay team team, 8 years old; another bay team of the same age, and the remainder driving horses suitable for livery purposes. Theres horses are a little thin but are in good condition to start right into work. Buggies, etc.. Four steel tire surreys, in good condition; 3 good rubber tire road wagons, also in good condition; 4 rubber tire top buggies, in good condition; 1 steel tire Moyer buggy, in good condition; 1 steel tire phaeton, in good condition; and five steel tire top buggies, in fair condition; 1 steel tire long bed spring wagon, 1 rubber tire cab. as good as new, and a three seated wagon. Harness —One heavy set brass mounted hearse harness; one heavy set brass mounted cab harness; 4 sets double carriage harness; 1 set brass mounted single trap harness; 15 sets single buggy harness. All in good condition. Also safe, robes, whips, horse blankets, and other articles too numerous to mention.

r Terms —All sums under $5.00, cash in j hand; all sums over $5.00. a credit of Ij7 months will be given by purchaser ' giving note with approved security. ’ No goods to be removed until satisfacj tory settlement is made. Four per , I cent off for cash. j EDWARD BTTLTEMEYER. i Fred Reppert, Auctioneer. r . . ■ ■ .— • THE BIG HIT WEDNESDAY,MAR. 25 Spencer’s Troubadours will hold the 1 boards at the Bosse opera house next (Wednesday, March 25. The big hit [ of the season when they will present I their new play "New York by Flashi light.” 300 nights in New York, 200 • nights in Chicago, one night in Decatur I March 25. You can’t afford to miss I this one, as it will be the best that J ever happened. The company will be I reinforced by a couple of Chicago ar- . tists, and the cast will be exceptionally • strong. You will laugh from start to i finish, no long waits something do--1 ing all the time. Better than the ■ Cherry Sisers and as good as Ben I Hur. All the scenery will be used for , this magnificent production and if you don’t like the play get your money . back after the last act. This is the best show ever put on by the Troubadours and you can’t afford to miss 1 it. Cabbage heads and horse chest- ( nuts will be barred. If you want to ; present the star with a silver dollar pass quietly up the aisle and deposit the same in the cracker barrel on the stage that will be put there for that 1 purpose. No love making will b e allowed in the audience while the play is going on. All this will be allowed only on the stage and behind the i' flies. Secure your seats early at the ■ Holthouse Drug Co. and avoid the rush I at the box office. Hard times prices will prevail. Lower floor 15c; re- ■ served gallery 10c. Follow the crowd ' Wednesday night. March 25 to the opera house. We guarantee you will i get your money's worth. 3t o CHILDREN’S HAIR. . Keep it Clean and Free from Disease by Using Parisian Sage. If you want your children to grow up with strong, sturdy and vigorous hair, teach them to use Parisian Sage the world renowned French Hair Tonic. Parisian Sage is guaranteed by Holthouse Drug Co. to cur e dandruff and stop falling hair in two weeks.

It grows new hair quickly in cases where the hair is “thinning out.” It is positively the most delightful, invigorating hair dressing on the market. It is not sticky or greasy and will make the coarsest hair soft, lustrous and luxuriant. Get a 50 cent bottle from Holthouse Drug Co. and watch how rapid its action. Giroux Mfg. Co., Makers, Buffalo, N. Y. FOR TRUSTEE. The undersigned desires to announce his name as a candidate for Trustee of Washington township, subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention, to be held at the court house, Saturday, March 21 1908. 59-12 t C. B. POLING’ FOR GOOD FRESH FISH, call on Leo Myers, located between Niblick and company’s store and the Crystal theater. 65-JOt Democrat Want Ads. Pay.

Bosse’s Opera House WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 SPENCER’S Troubadours Present their New Hit NEW YORK by FLASHLIGHT The Greatest Comedy Drama J The Big Hit of the Season Specialties Galore Fine Stage Settings Hard time prices 15c Gallery 10 Seats on sale at usual place izLiHORSE SALE Decatur, Indiana, March 27,1908 At our coming sale we will have largest and best consignment we have ever had. If you want a horse, we can suit you. We will have some choice brood mares and colts and a lot of general purpos e horses. If you have a horse to sell, bring him to this sale. We had a large number of eastern buyers at our last sale. We will have more at our coming sale. Commission the same whether sold at auction or private sale. Decatur Horse Sale Co

REAL ESTATE Do you want to buy a farm? We have a large list of farms for sale located tn this county at prices that will interest you. We also have some attractive propositions in Michigan timber and farm land. Quite a number of Adams county farmers have located there, and all are doing well. We have many more good propositions there for buyers of cheap lands. If you have only a small amount of money and want to own a farm of your own, come in and see us. Among the farms located In Adams county we have the following: A 49 acre tract, S room house, small barn, other outbuildings, fairly well fenced and drained, soil all black sandy loam, a good bargain. Also an 80 acre farm, 7 room house, large barn, other outbuildings well fenced and fairly well drained, partly black and partly sandy loam; this is a bargain if sold soon. A 199 acre tract in good community, excellent 8 rom house, barn and other outbuildings fair, well fenced an d fairly well drained, soil partly black m n artlr SaDdy 10am; S ° me timber ’ can be soW at a bargain if sold soon. MONEY TO LOAN—We have plenty of money to loan on improved farms at lowest rate of interest. No delay. Complete or partial payments allowed. No commission. Write us for full information. Phone 430. Office over Burns Harness Store Northern Indiana Real Estate Co. **♦*****♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦**♦♦♦♦ : A High Class Farm : * — lll ■ * • FOR sale ‘ * —— — * * ; 100 ACRES OF GOOD WALNUT LAND 100 ‘ * # * Black sandy soil, with new faun buildings J . modern In every way, well fenced, in goed • * locality of Adams county. Thi s a model * stock farm and a bargain for any one who ’ ‘ '' MtS a farm rs this kind. Enquire at this • * offke. * * * ••*♦***♦»»

COW SALE. The undersigned will offer at public sale at Shoemaker’s Feed Yard, Berne Induna, at 1 o’clock p. m . on Thurl day, March 26, 1908, 20 head fresh cows and springers. This is an extra svod bunch of COWs . ® come and look them over Terms.. Three air time win ho ’ ° r nnp months ume will be gi ven by purch Ing approved note bearin g fi interest •> „ taring b per cen j interest, 2 per cent off for cash FOR trustee. March, 21, 1908 ° n 10 be 1 v 1 maker, ' smith shop fo r all u ln . ® 08 ” bla ck- ( wagon work, saw filling, ° e ta°° <l ,

' 1. PUBLIC SALE. On the same day and at the same place, after the sale of personal property of the estate of W. D. Rinehart, deceased, there will be sold to the highest bidder, th e following: Horses Two work horses, weighing 3,200, one 5 and one 8 years old. HarnessNew set of heavy double harness, ! wagons with dump beds, log bolsters, new Chunk plow. Terms— Terms will be same as that of the Rinehart sale. E. WOODS. o—— — notice to taxpayers. Taxes must be paid by May 4. Under the depository law, it will be impossible to lay away receipts, but instead the cash must be paid. It is th« law with a severe penalty attached it is not enforced. All taxes not Paid by May 4 are delinquent and the treasurer Is compelled to collect delinquency. He must do it. Please govern yourself accordingly. J. F. LACHOT, 38 ' tf County Treasurer.