Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 114, Decatur, Adams County, 12 May 1908 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VI. Number 114

I FIRST CASES FILED I Demands in Three Suits Against the Aveline Owners Are $60,000 I INSURANCE SETTLED I Was Paid in Full—Complications in the Case of W. A. Pitcher Fort Wayne, Ind., May 12—Three suits have been filed against the own. ■ ers of the Aveline hotel property and /-■more coming. The plaintiffs are John P. Strohecker, of Charleston. S. ('. ■ who demands $5,000 for injuries, and James c - fostor, of West Newton ;t«Mass., and Fred C. Phillips, of New who claim $25,000. They were jO badly hurt by •> uni l>i”S and by burns ■ about the face and head. The defendants are Susan R. Shoaf. ■ owner of the building; her husband. ftßjohn Shoaff. and Frederick Stevens. John McAlevy and Mrs. John Me- ■ S Alevy, who compose the firm that the Aveline hotel for many F ■years and was also proprietor of ho■tels in Richmond and Crawfordsville. | The settlement of the insurance ■risks gives the Shoaff estate the full ■amount for the building. $41,200; sin.. ■OOO for loss of fixtures and furniture. Band $5,250 rent insurance. I A letter has been received by Chief ■of Police Apkenbruck from a woman Sgn Pittsburg, who says she is the ■widow of William A. Pitcher, who lost ■his life in the Aveline hotel fire. Pit■che,- traveled for the Ik.wser Oil Tank ■Works and was supposed to be single ■and engaged to marry Miss Ora Rus■Beli. of Duluth. Miss Russell came ■here from Duluth to attend the fu■sieral and escorted the body to the ■slace of burial in Bellevue, O. Pitchcarried a policy of $3,000 on his ■ife, payable to his sister. Mrs. E. B. ■Long, of Bellevue. It is not believed the Pittsburg woman has any leclaim to his property, but the ex■ecutor of the estate. George Pitcher. Riis brother, is investigating.

RIAD HAND CUT OFF John M. Lenhart Was the i Victim of Painful Accident Today AT SAW MILL 'Got His Left Hand Caught B in Large Circular Saw-— Was Amputated —— — ' Hjohn M. Lenhart, one of the proprietors of the Myers and Lenhart saw mill located near the Krick and tile mill, had the misfor* tune this afternoon at one o'clock of B:\having his left hand cut entirely off ■while at his regular duties of head ■twyer. Mr. Lenhart had gone tp HKe mill at noon and after starting fte machinery in operation he atBBmpted to brush the dust out of the KjMt below the large circular saw, in some manner his hand struck -Hfce saw fend was complet/ely JtevSiMed before he was aware. Immediptelv after the painful accident. Mr. [Bnhart went across the street to the home of Eli Crist, where he lay MBwn until a vehicle removed him to :®is home on Marshal street. Drs. HD. Beavers and W. E. Smith were Mistily summoned and after admintitering an anaesthetic they properly for the Injured member. It is that nothing serious will set Wand that the patient will soon refiner, although he will be incapaciBped to assume his position as head yer hereafter. ■ o Mfessrs. J. W. Brown and James Mods, of Wren. Ohio, passed through UB city enroute to Fort Wayne to J Bfft with relatives there for several

the PROGRAM AT BALTIMORE. Election of Bishops Will Occur Wednesday, May 20. Baltimore, Md., May 12—Inviting the Methodist Protestant church to consolidate with its own, urging Christians to insist on a total abstainer for the presidency, denouncing race track gambling and calling upon the people of New York to support Governor Hughes in his crusade against that evil, inviting President Roosevelt and Ambassador Bryce to be present when the fraternal delegates to the British Methodist church are received, setting Wednesday, May 20, as the date for taking up the question of the election of new bishops; discussing the questions of bishops assignments, and considering various other things the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church got through a busy session at the Lyric today. Bishop Harris of Japan and Korea made his report in which he told of the growth and needs of the Methodist Episcopal church in those countries.

A COUNTY TICKET Nominated by Prohibitionists at Convention Here Yesterday STATE DELEGATES Attendance Large—Many Heard Mr. Fanning’s Talk Last Night The Prohibitionists of Adams county met in mass convention yesterday afternoon at the Christian church and the meeting was the best ever held by the party in this community. The attendance was five times larger than the session two years ago, showing the Increase in interest. Rev. W. J. Myers presided and William Drew, of Geneva, served as secretary. During the afternoon Michael J. Fanning, of Philadelphia, addressed the convention. giving facts and figures on the temperance question, some of which were startling and all very interesting. While perhaps a little radical in some of his statements, he gave many true facts in proof of his position, impressed his hearers and drove home the one great issue that the manufacture and sale of intoxicants is a menace to our country. Mr. Fanning is a polished orator, well versed in statistics, earnest of purpose and a fighter for the cause be believes just and right. The selection of a county ticket resulted as follows: Representative—Rev. T. A. Cooper, Berne. Pros. Attorney—Wm. Drew. Geneva. Auditor—John Shifferly, Union Tp. Clerk—Uriah E. Cramer, Decatur. Treasurer —Jacob P. Haibegger, Monroe. Sheriff—Martin M. Shady, Kirkland Tp. Coroner —Dr. Waldo E. Smith, Decatur. Surveyor Samuel C. Cramer, Si Mary Tp. Commissioner —Henry Fuhrman, Root Tp. Commissioner—Martin Beery, Washington, Tp. County Chairman —L. T. Brokaw’, Decatur. Delegates to state convention—Wm. Drew, Louis Brokaw, Archio Shady, W. E. Cramer, Crist Raessen, T. A. Cooper, Catharine Davy, W. J. Myers, W. B. Weldy. Alternates —Joseph Shady, Martin Shady, Reuben Beery, Benjamin Emetine, Geo. Hartman, Madames W. J. Myers, D. N. Myers, Archie Shady. At 7:30 last evening Mr. Fanning addressed a crowd of several hundred which filled the circuit room and all listened attentively to his two hours’ talk, many were interested, some convinced and is a certainty that the prohibition cause in this community was advanced through Mr. Fanning’s talks. He interspersed his remarks with .enough humor to keep every one in a pleasant mood and while handed a few "hot ones’’ to the old parties, he did it in a nice manner, which offended none. It was a plain discourse and there was more enthusiasm among those who have spent years in the temperance work than was ever evidenced here.

CAST YOUR VOTE In Favor of the Subsidy at the Election Next Thursday A GOOD CAUSE Enthusiastic Meeting Was Held at Commercial Club Last Night A number of the enterprising citizens of Decatur held a meeting at the Commercial Club last night and the subsidy election to be held Thursday was the topic of discussion. Every person present was enthusiastically in favor of voting ihe small amount for the extension of the Fort Wayne and Springfield interurban. It was decided at the meeting last night that a smoker be held tomorrow night at the Commercial Club and every citizen who is interested in the cause is invited to be present. That the subsidy will carry is conceded by almost every citizen in Decatur, as the people have come to a realization of what the defeat of the project means. It is the duty of every voter at this election and not stay away from the polls thinking that the issue is of little importance. It is of great importance and when the votes of Washington township step into the booths next Thursday they should take into consideration that the interest of the people in general are at stake and when but a meager amount is asked for, which will advance the taxation almost unnoticeably, they should vote for it. We are nothing if not progressive, and why should a few paltry dollars, or even much less to the ordinary taxpayer, to be paid in installments, retard the ever progressive movements of the energetic people of the township. The farmers will be benefltted as well as the city folk and it is an assured fact that the majority of the farmers should favor the subsidy.

SUFFERED LONG Mrs. Sarah McDaniel, of Near Monroe, is Called to Reward DIED THIS MORNING At Her Home Seven Miles from Monroe—Consumption the Cause After suffering for more than one year from consumption in its worst stage, Mrs. Sarah McDaniel, a lifelong resident of the county, and widow of the late Perry McDaniel, who died three years ago the fifteenth day of last March, succumbed this morning to the ravages of this dread disease. The deceased was reared in this county and was known by almost every resident in th vicinity of Monroe, as well as Decatur and other surrounding towns. The death of her husband caused the aged lady untold grief and since his demise her health has gradually declined, and about one year ago she was taken ill from consumption. However, her condition was not of such a serious nature as to confine her to her bed until last Wednesday evening, with the exception of a fewweeks during the winter months when she was stricken with a severe cold. Last Wednesday evening the afflicted woman became suddenly worse and it was readily seen that the end was near. Her condition grew weaker and weaker until the sufferings were relieved by the call of the grim reaper. The deceased was sixty-eight years of age. One brother, Henry Shepherd, of St. Louis, is the only near relative surviving. The funeral services will be held Thursday morning at Spring Hill church at 10:00 o’clock and the remains will be interred at the Backesto cemetery.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening May la, 1908

LUTHERAN SYNOD TO MEET. At Fort Wayne—Will Consider Important Questions. Fort Wayne. Ind., May 12.—The great conference of the Missouri Synod of the Lutheran church, covering ten days the opening session of which will be held Wednesday, in this city, will consider fifteen questions of vital importance to the church. The presence of 700 delegates is expected, coming from every section of the United States, and also from Canada, and they will represent a constituency of many thousand members. One of the important matters is the question of forming a gigantic church corporation to control and administer the property of the Lutherans in the United States and Canada outside of the churches themselves. It is proposed that this corporation shall control the seminaries and colleges of the church, as well as other properties held by the church. An. other question is the merging of the English-speaking and the Germanspeaking conferences in one meeting, this to be one step in the effort to make all of the churches more closely affiliated with American institutions. Coupled with this is the question of the feasibility of publishing a newspaper in English, issued with the German publication at St. Louis.

BRYAN THE CHOICE Seventy-Two Per Cent of the Democrats Want Him Again A STRAW VOTE Bryan is Far Surpassing the Expectations of His Friends Chicago, May 12—The Tribune, which has been making a canvass of preferences for the Democratic nominee for president, sums it up by saying: “William Jennings Bryan is the first choice of 72 per cent of the Democratic workers invited to contribute their views. The overwhelming majority of the party in favor of Bryan |fonecasts his nomination at Denver. Applying the two-thirds rule, Bryan still has the nomination on the face of the Tribune’s returns. His nearest competitor is Governor John A. Johnson, of Minnesota, who obtained 11 per cent of the total of approximately 4.600 votes. The difference between the two leaders is so extraordinary as to indicate that Bryan is practically the unanimous choice of his party. There is a good deal of opposition to Bryan in the eastern states. It seems to be confined largely to the men who were behind Parker four years ago. These people have, to a certain extent, taken up Governor Johnson, because, in some peculiar way. they have conceived the idea he is conservative, tl is not so much that they like Johnson more but Bryan less. But so overwhelming is Bryan's lead, so far as the Tribune’s ballot is concerned, that it foreshadows his nomination beyond possibility of opposition. He is much farther in advance of the field than Taft is on the Republican side of the fence.’’ New York, May 12.—A Washington special to the Herald says: In his contest for control of the national Democratic convention, which meets at Denver, July 7, William J. Bryan continues to distance all competitors. The impartial summary of the progress of delegate-getting for the last week and its estimate of conditions in various states shows that the twice-de-feated candidate is surpassing even the expectations of his friends. Sympathy must be expressed for the eastern Democratic leaders and the gold Democrats, who have been dreaming of defeating Bryan. They desire some other candidate intensely, and they say they are still hopeful, but there is little ground for hope unless conditions change. Mr. Bryan is rapidly subjugating the "enemy’s country.” ■ ■ • Mrs. E. B. Rice and son Newell, who made a few days’ visit with M. F. Rice and wife, returned to their home at Berne on the afternoon train.

NOW AT CHICAGO Republican Chairman and Secretary Open Headquarters There MEETING THIS WEEK Senator Dolliver Will Likely Be the Temporary Chairman Chicago, May 12. —The presiding officers of the Republican national convention will be chosen at the meeting of the national committee this week. Chairman Harry S. New. of Indianapolis, arrived in Chicago and today the headquarters of the committee were formally opened. Secretary Elmer Dover, of New York, arrived today, and, with Sergeant-at-arms Stone.’ took up the work of preparing for the convention. The meeting of the sub-committee in charge of the convention is scheduled for Wednesday, and it is at this meeting that the temporary officers of the convention will be named. Senator Beveridge, Leslie M. Shaw and Senator Dolliver are the candidates whose names have been most prominently mentioned. The places of the secretary and chairman of the various committees have not been determined upon. This matter will be the main feature of the meeting of the subcommittee of the national committee and will take up most of the time of the two days’ session. It is expected that the officers of the convention will be named by the end of this week. Today Mr. New and Mr. Dover opened their offices in the Coliseum and will remain there until the convention is over. So far there have been twelve contests filed with Secretary Dover, but it is expected that this week the south and west will add to this list. It has been the intention of Chairman New to call a meeting of the entire committee as soon as a majority of th.e contests have been filed with the committee. Chairman New said today that the demand for tickets to the convention is unprecedented. The requests are still coming in at the rate of one hundred a day.

COURT HOUSE NEWS Jury Returned Verdict for Defendant in Case of Davis vs. Fuelling NEW TRIAL ASKED Distribution Ordered in Receivership—Other Items of General Interest The case of Henry C. Davis vs. Fred W. Fuelling, suit on note, demand SIOO, went to the jury at eleven o'clock this morning. The evir dence was completed last evening and the morning was spent in argument. The record shows the exceptions to the court instructions, in a manner indicating the cause may be appealed by the loser. At 1:30 the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. Attorneys Erwin and Erwin for the plaintiff filed a motion for a new trial. The defendants attorneys were J. C. Sutton and D. E. Smith. Appraisers appointed to fix the damages in the condemnation proceedings brought by the Fort Wayne and Springfield interurban company against Andrew and Mary Miller, and who will meet next Tuesday to determine same, are James W. Archboid Conrad Gillig and James D. Brown. Deputy Recorder. Bess Wherry, is detained from work today on account of illness. Aside from his court duties. Clerk Haefling was busy today, being engaged in moving into his handsome new home on Fourth street. William E. Schwartz vs. Journal Publishing Co., for receiver, petition (Costlaued oa page 1.)

HIPPOPOTAMUS CAUSES PANIC. Eight Horses Hitched to “Hippo” Wagon in Runaway. Cleveland, Ohio, May 12.—Eight horses attached to a big circus w'agon with a hippopotamus in it, became frightend during a parade today and ran away. They dashed down Scranton road hill at a terrific speed. The crowd was panic stricken as the wagon, weighing tons, careened back and forth across the street, threatening to upset at any moment. The hippopotamus snorted in fright, adding to the confusion. There were many narrow escapes from death, the wheels of the gilded chariot narrowly missing several persons in its path. Finally two front horses broke loose from the wagon. The w’hiffletree snapped and the last two horses were entagled in the harness. Both fell. The great wheels rolled over them and they were crushed to death. The back wheels caught on the bodies of the horses, however, and the chariot came to a stop. The frightened beast inside jammed himself against his cage and endeavored to break loose, but the keepers finally quieted him.

WANT TO ADJOURN A Get Away Spirit is on Among Congressional Leaders SWIPED ANOTHER Senator Hemenway’s Ash Pan Bill Gone the Route Washington, May 12.—The getaway spirit was in control of congress again yesterday. The leaders put their heads together and decided that adjournment must come at the end of next week if possible. Thjs decision was reached without any consultation with the president. Senators and representatives were wondering it be would rush another message when he heard of it. If the program tentatively agreed on today is carried out the president’s legislative program will be pretty generally ignored. It means that there will no anti-injunc-tinn legislation, no attempt to change the Sherman anti-trust law and no enactment of a law giving federal employes the right to sue the government for damages in case of personal injuries while on duty. Washington, May 12. —The great railroad systems of the country have sueceeded in killing Senator Hemenway’s bill requiring locomotives to be equipped with ash pans that can be emptied without the presence of the fireman underneath the engine. The senate committee on interstate commerce, of which Mr. Elkins is chair, man, gave the bill its death blow by postponing further hearings for two weeks. This means that the bill cannot pass at the present session. The men who are here to represent the organized railroad brotherhoods before congress are very much disheartened by the committee’s action. Washington, May 12. —Elihu Root is the greatest secretary of state the United States ever had, in the estimation of President Roosevelt. This tribute was paid to the head of the state department when the president laid the corner stone of the home for the bureau of Americam republics, to the construction of which Andrew Carnegie has donated $750,000. THAT MUSIC RECITAL, Academy of Music Pupils to Render Fine Program. The music recital to be given at the Bosse opera house Thursday night under the direction of the Sisters of St. Agnps of the St. Marys church, will please all who attend. The program to be rendered includes the very best musical talent in the city. Vocal, instrumental and string instrument music will be rendered, including com ic and sentimental songs and the very latest and best of instrumetanl music. Get your seats reserved at once.

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STATE CORN DAY Has Been Decided Upon A Show Will Be Held in Every County ON NOVEMBER 25TH Governor Hanly Will So Proclaim—lndiana to Exhibit at National Show The commission appointed by Governor Hanly to arrange and care for a large exhibit of Indiana corn at ths National Corn Exposition to be held in Omaha, Neb., December 10 to 19, inclusive, at its first meeting yesterday in the state house decided to hold a corn show in every county in Indiana on November 25, the winning exhibits to be sent to Omaha. Governor Hanly will be asked to issue a proclamation setting apart November 25 as “Corn Day” in Indiana. The executive committee of the commission will appoint an agent or agents to represent it in each county. The agents will make all the arrangements for the com show in their respective counties. The commission will endeavor to raise $2,000 or more to pay the freight on the Indiana exhibit and to be divided in prizes for competitors among Indiana growers only. The executive committee has been given full power to act in the matter of making arrangments for Indiana’s exhibit at Omaha, and will hold a meeting probably next week to complete its plans. Thomas A. Coleman, of Rushville, was chosen chairman of the commission yesterday and L. B. Clore. of Franklin, was chosen vice president; Prof. G. I. Christie, of the Purdue Agricultural school, was made secretary. These men. with J. M. Brafford, of Indianapolis, secretary of the Indiana Grain Dealers’ association, and Charles Downing, secretary of the state board of agriculture, constitute the executive committee. Industrial organizations, implement companies and individuals will be solicited for money for the S2OOO fund. THEHOMEFORAGED Articles of Incorporation Have Been Filed With Secretary of State FOR WARREN HOME Will Be Great Institution — Rev. C. U. Wade One of the Directors The much talked of home for worthy aged that has been occupying the attention of the officials of the North Indiana conference of the M. E. church for some time, will be a great institution. C U. Wade, presiding older of this district has made a vigorous effort in its behalf and he is among the honored ministers who will long be remembered for his efforts. Rev. Harland visited many of the churches and has put forth a very creditable movement in behalf of the movement Articles of incorporation have been filed at the office of the secretary of state for the Methodist Memorial Home for the Aged to be located at Warren. There are to be eleven directors and six are to be members of the Northern Indiana Annual Conference, of the M. E church. The ministers who will be directors for the first year are C. U. Wade, Fort M ayne: Frank G. Browne, Newcastle: John K. Cecil, Bluffton: Benton S. Hollopeter, Wabash; James A. Beatty, Huntington; and Frank P. Morris, Dunkirk. The laymen that will be directors are C. C. Cartwright, Portland: A. B. Cline, Bluffton; C. O. Shull, Montpelier: T. R. Block, Warren and Eli P. Miller. Warren. Dick Burrell, proprietor of the city newsstand has installed a peanut and popcorn machine in his popular place of business.