Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 150, Decatur, Adams County, 23 June 1908 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VI. Number 150.

CONDITION IS SERIOUS Vice Presidential Candidate is Very 11l at Cleveland, Ohio TAKEN TO HOSPITAL His Family Summoned— Operation Likely—Condition Very Grave

Cleveland, Ohio, June 23. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Congressman James Schoolcraft Sherman, republl<an nominee for vice president, was taken to Lakeview hospital th's morning, in a very critical condition, suffering from gdll stones, an old complaint of his, but one which never before assumed such serious proportions. His family has been summoned and an operation may be performed as a last resort. At two o’clock his condition was very grave according to a bulletin from attending physicians. On his way from Cincinnati to Cleveland Saturday night to Sunday with former Governor Myron T. Herrick, Mr. Sherman suffered a bilious attack. It was thought he would recover in a ■day or two, but he took a sudden turn for the worse early this morning and he was removed from the Herrick home to the hospital. Last night he was much better, and arranged to leave Cleveland at eight o'clock this morning for his home at Uitica, but his serious condition prevented.

S. S. CONVENTION Held at Pleasant Mills Sunday Was Very Interesting VAST AUDIENCES Attended Both Sessions — Many Interesting Addresses Were Given The Adams county Sunday school association held an interesting convention at Pleasant Mills lasi Sunday afternoon and evening and vast crowds attended both sessions. During the afternoon session Rev. L. C. Hessert, of the Decatur Reformed church delivered an excellent address on the subject “Missions” and the talk was well appreciated by all who heard him. W. H Merryman, of Bluffton, district president of the organization, then gave an illustrated lecture on “A Quarterly Review” which was splendid and probably the most prominent feature of the afternoon program, which was rendered at the Pleasant Mills Baptist church. The Baptist Sunday school furnished special music. In the evening the convention 'reconvened at the M. E. church and the excellent program included addresses by Mrs C. Vogt of thlg city, Jesse Roop, of Berne, and W. H. Myers, of Decatur, all of which were exceedingly interesting and instructive. Fred Rohrer, of Berne, also lectured, selecting as his theme “The Salon Fight at Berne.” The Bobo Sunday school and Pleasant Mills M. ®. choir rendered beautiful music. The convention will be held In Monroe township next Sunday,

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OBSERVE DECORATION SERVICE At their regular meeting last night, the members of th e Decatur I. O. O. F. lodge decided upon next Sunday as the time to observe their annual Decoration Day services and a committee on arrangements was appointed to prepare for same. However, nothing definite can bedone in regard to same until after the business meeting tonight, as the members of this auxiliary and the Odd Fellows celebrate the occasion jointly. The I. O. O. F. committee and a committee from the Rebekahs will confer tonight and perfect plans. Members of the two orders, as heretofore, assemble at the hall at 2:30 p. m., after which they will march to the Maplewood cemetery, where they will decorate the graves all the deceased Odd Fellows and Rebekahs. The usual ritualistic ceremony will be observed and during the course of the afternoon a speech will be made by a prominent Decatur mdn.

DISTRICT HONOR J. S. Peterson, of Decatur, Organizer for the Lincoln League THE OTHER OFFICERS President Neal Has Announced His Appointments

The Muncie Star today contained the “photos” of nine Lincoln league leaders in the Eighth district and the bunch includes the familiar face of Deputy Postmaster John S. Peterson of this city, who has the honor of being district organizer of this league, a republican political organization. The Star says: The Lincoln league of the Eighth district is preparing for an aggressive campaign in behalf of the district, state and national tickets during the coming season of activities. The Lincoln league is especially popular with the young men ,1n thp repubnican: ranks and their work connected with the organization has been very effective In the past. Edward E. Neal, state president of the league, has named the officers for th e Eighth district as follows; Advisory, Ed V. Fitzpatrick. Dunkirk; executive, W. H Huffman, Anderson; organization, J. Riley Broyles, Muncie; finance, L. C. Davenport. Bluffton; district organizer, John S. Peterson, Decatur; managers for the various counties are N. K. Todd. Bluffton; C. H. Ayres, Portland; Jas. Brissey, Muncie; Ernest B. Lane, Arfderson.

WILLIAM B. LEEDS IS DEAD. Multi-Millionaire Died at Paris Today —Was Known Here. Paris, France, June 23.—(Special to Daily Democrat)—William B. Leeds, the multi-millionaire of Richmond. Ind., and former president of the Rock Island railroad, died here today.

Mr. Leeds was perhaps the richest man in Indiana, or one of them at least, being rated at $50,000,000. His son, editor of the Richmond Paladium was married about eighteen months ago to Miss Florence Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Smith. —o AFTER PAYMENT OF OLD CLAIM Fort Wayne Orphans’ Home Wants Their Money. Huntington, Ind., June 23. —Although it has been several days since B. Retif. the superintendent of the German Reformed orphans’ home of Fort Wayne, was in this city, it' has just leaked out what his business was. He is one of th e board of managers of the orphans’ home who are looking up some records regarding some money that was to have been paid to the institution by a Huntington society. According to the Fort Waynt men, ther e is SSOO due the orphans’ home and they are investigating the records to determine whether or not this amount can be recovered.

KERN IS TALKED OF Louis Ludlow on the Denver National Convention IN THE PUBLIC EYE Kern or Johnson May Be on the Ticket With Bryan

Indianapolis, Jun e 23. —John W. Kern’s vice presidential boom is a ive wire. There has been an impression that Mr. Kern has taken himself out of the running for the nomination for vice president; that he grows whit e with anger whenever the subject is mentioned, all of which has no foundation in fact. Mr. Kern preserved his usual quiet, dignified, gentlemanly demeanor all the time I was belaboring him with questions yesterday in regard to the use of his name at Denver. He said that although he had been widely quoted assaying he will not permit his name to go before the convention for the vice presidential nomination, he never said it. When asked for a declaration cf his attitude in regard to the vice presidency h e replied, measuring his words: “I don’t want to be a candidate for any office, and I have never thought there was any reason why I should say anything beyond that. I don’t appre-

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hend any emergency will arise whereby I shall be called upon to make a more definite statement. If such an emergency were to arise, I am not prepared to say at present how I would meet it.” With the Democratic national convention but two weeks in the future, there is more talk of two men for the vice presidential nomination than of all others combined. Those two are Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota and John W. Kern of Indiana. The John Mitchell boom, which was large for a time, has about passed away, as Mitchell, it is believed will be nominated for governor of Illinois, and that his ambition is directed along that line. A great many democrats believe the nomination of Johnson on the ticket with Bryan would be a happy solution of the question that will have to be solved at Denver. They argue that Bryan for president, Johnson for vice president and Mitchell for governor of Illinois would be a combination that would be hard to beat. Bryan would win the radicals. Johnson the conservatives and reactionaries and the citizens of Scandinavian descent, while Mitchell's influence among the laboring men would be tremendous, with an even chance that he might land the electoral vote of the great state of Illinois in the democratic column. This is the talk that is being indulged in in influential democratic quarters. It is predicted on an uncertainty, for no one yet has assurance Johnson would accept the vice presidential nomination on a ticket with Bryan. All of his utterances rather foster a belief he would not and then, whatever the influential leaders may say, there is always a possibility that Johnson vouldn’t get the vice presidential nomination if he wanted it. Johnson is accused of being the favorite of Wall street, and judging from indications the name of Wall street (CaattMtt m MM *■)

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, Tune 23, 1908.

THE G. O. P. CAMPAIGN BOOK It Will Be Ready fqr Distribution Early. Washington, June 23. —Th e republican congressional campaign book will be out unusually early this year, probably six weeks sooner than it was issued four years ago. The proofs are practically corrected up to date on such matter as can be handled before the democratic convention meets. It is always customary to reserve part of the book for comment on th e action of the democratic convention and to include the democratic platform for the information of campaign speakers. The book will follow closely the lines of th e last campaign book, except that some nw issues will be introduced and others that have ceased to be of interest will be dropped out. Considerable spac e will be devoted to the question of injunctions.

FRESH AS A DAISY Congressman Adair Spends a Few Hours in the City HIS GLAD HAND Was Busy Greeting His Hosts of Admirers Here Congressman John A. M. Adair, looking fresh as a daisy and in fine fettle, spent the forenoon handing out the glad hand to his many Decatur and Adams county admirers. It was his first visit since his return from Washington and where he made a great record as congressman from the Eighth district. As a tribute to the excellent record in congress he was given a re-nomination at one of the best and most enthusiastic congressional conventions ever held in the district. Mr Adair is just now making flying visits to the various counties. and arranging th e details of an even more aggressive campaign than the record breaker of two years ago. There will be few, if any, voters in the district who will not have an opportunty to hear and see him in the campaign this year. H e left at 12:20 for Bluffton.

BUYS THE RIGHT Charles H. Getting Agent for Brown’s Churn in Two Counties ADAMS AND ALLEN A New Invention Claimed to Revolutionize Butter Making

Charles H. Getting, a well known young farmer, has purchased the patent right for Adams and Allen county to sell the Brown Extractor, a churn manufactured by the Sterling Novelty Mfg. Co., of Springfield, Ohio. Brown, the inventor and his wife, hav e been here three or four days demonstrating the churn on the streets, and they claim it is as much an improvement over any other churn on the market as the reaper is ahead of the old scythe. In his demonstrations Brown repeatedly turned cream into butter in less than two minutes, guaranteeing at least an hour’s work saved for the farmer’s wife. He guarantees the churn to pay for itself in six months from the milk of two cows. The prices are from $6.00 to SB.OO according to the size desired. Mr Getting investigated the matter thoroughly before he purchased and believes he has somlething that every farmer in Adams and Allen county will want when they see it work. o Misses Fannie McConnell and Margaret Walters left on the 10:00 o’clock car for Monmouth, where they will spend the day at the Kunkle homestead.

THE SOCIETY NOTES A Crowd of Young Ladies Are Entertained by Miss Agnes Coffee THE HELPING HAND The Missionary Society— Many Other Happenings of Interest

The St. Vincent de Paul society, which was announced to meet with Mrs. John Starost this week has been postponed until Wednesday of next week on account of the C. B. L. of I. initiation. Mrs. L. G. Ellingham has planned a delightful event for her sister members of the T. H. E. club and their children of Winchester, which is scheduled to occur Thursday evening at Maple Grove Park. The Winchester party consisting of thirty-five people will be conveyed to th e park during the afternoon, where an elaborate supper will be served. At eight o'clock in the evening the partakers of the festivities will return to the city and repair to the Ellingham home where they will enjoy a social time until time for their train home. Mrs. Anna Yahn e will entertain the members of the Helping Hand society of the German Reformed church Wednesday afternoon at Maple Grove Park and the ladies are requested to mfeet at the interurban station in time to board the 2:30 car. Every member of the Rebekah lodge is requested to meet at their hall this evening for the purpose of completing arrangements and preparing a program for the I. O O. F. memorial services which will be held next Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The program will b e announced within a day or two, probably by tomorrow. These sacred services, always beautiful. teach us in many helpful ways and the observance of such a day is a beautiful custom. A crowd of young ladies numbering about twenty-five in all were pleasantly entertained last Sunday afternoon by Miss Agnes Coffee at her home on Winchester street in honor of Miss Edna Nestor. The afternoon was pleasantly spent in games, etc., at the end of which elegant refreshments were served. It was a scene of jollity in which those who were present will remember for some time to come.

The meeting of th e C. B. L. of I. at their ha!) last evening was a great success and a good time was had by all. After the regular business was transacted, three candidates were given the first degree by the local order, the work being thoroughly enjoyed by all present. These candidates will be given the remainder of the degrees, consisting of the second and third, on Wednesday evening at which time many distinguished visitors will be here. The local order has only been established but a little over a year or two, but in that time it has grown rapidly until it numbers now about seventy-five members. The ladles of the Woman’s Missionary society of the Presbyterian church will not have their meeting this afternoon at. Mrs. C. O. France’s home, it being a mistake made by one of the ladies in announcing It. However It will be next Tuesday, one week from today and all members will pleas e note the change and be present at that time.

The Ladles’ Aid society of the Prsbyterian church will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Joe Smith on Mercer avenue. Everybody should attend as a fine tim e is already assured. . The Ladies' Aid society of the Evangelical church will hold their regular business meeting next Thursday afternoon at the home of H. A. Fuhrman, north of the city. Those having no means of conveyance will please meet at the Winnes shoe store at 1 o’clock sharp. Samuel R. Artman the Lebanon judge who decided that a state has no more right to license saloons than gambling, Is being prominently mentioned as a probable candidate for president on the prohibition ticket.

THE LOCK JAW GERM. Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, has declared war on the lockjay germ which thrives in the dust of the streets and pounceth upon the Independence day celebrator wotteth not. In other words, Dr. Hurty will try to W’arn the people of the state of the dangers of an insane and unsafe Fourth. He is not a strong advocate of the motto “let the children have a good time.” He believes hey should have a good time, but they should not be permitted to kill themselves, he thinks, merely because their forefathers fought successfully for national independence, although this was undoubtedly a very praiseworthy feat. Dr. Hurty has just prepared a pamphlet, copies of which will be distributed to health officers over the state before July 4. The heading of the pamphlet Is “The Glorious Fourth of July and It’s Lockjaw.” It goes into detail explaining the habital and predominant characteristics of the lockjaw germ.

MONROE’S FOURTH Hon. C. J. Lutz to Deliver the Oration of the Day REST OF PROGRAM Includes Ball Games,Parade, Music and Fireworks

The enterprising business men of Monroe have concluded plans for a proper celbration of July .Fourth, and within a day or two the big bills will be spread all over this part of creation announcing the event. They never do things by halves at Monroe, as those will testify who have attended similar events there and this year is to b e no exception. The program as given out today will be* 8:30 a. m. —Ball game. 10:00 a. m. —Industrial parade. 11:00 a m. —Vaudeville show. 1:30 p. m. —Oration by Hon. C. J. Lutz, of Decatur. 2:30 p m. Ball game. 5:30 p. m. —Military drill. 8:00 p. m. —Grand display of fireworks. During the day inspiring music will be furnished by a brass band, military band and a clown band and there will be varied other amusements to please and satisfy young and old, who visit Monroe on Independence day. By the way, It's now at hand —only a week from Saturday.

JURORS IN THEIR SHIRT SLEEVES Heard the Miller Murder Case Which Resumed Yesterday. Effects of the prevalent hot weather were noticeable this morning when the trial of Herman' Miller for the murder of Columbus Croy was resumed in the circuit court before Judge O'Rourke. The jurors, through the leniency of the court, appeared In shirt sleeves and and the crowd of interested spectators had dwindled to a mere handful. Handkerchiefs and mops, and fans themselves were much In evidence. Among the witnesses introduced in the morning Carrie Miller, Herman Miller’s snlepfdaugjiter, was on (the stand for the greater period Miss Miller was searchingly cross-exam-ined by Attorney Robinson in regard to her remembrance of facts about Incidents before and after her mother’s marriage and on the night preceding the murder. She was positive in regard to two things: that Miller was in Fort Wayne on Sunday, February 17, 1907, and that he went to bed about 10 o’clock on the night before the murder. The feature of the morning was Judge Erwin’s endeavor to bring in testimony that .44 calibre cartridges had been sold to Jack Bennett some t w o months before the murder. This was for the purpose of showing that Herman Miller’s statement that he had the only .44 calibre revolver in that section of the country, could be controverted. Judge Erwin also said that h e hoped to show Jack Bennett, to whose home the bloodhounds went after the murder and who secured the .44 calibre cartridges. was not at home on the night of the murder. The state objected to the testimony and Judge O’Rourke sustained the objection.—Fort Wayne News.

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FIRE AT WILLSHIRE Destroyed Thatcher Hotel and Two Other Frame Buildings THE LOSS IS $3,500 With Insurance for Half That Amount—Origin is Unknown

Willshire, Ohio, June 23.—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The fire fiend again played havoc here at an early hour this morning and as a consequence a block of three business houses located at the corner of Simpson and State streets i s in ruins, with a total loss estimated at $5,300. The blaze started from unknown origin, in the Thatcher hotel building, apparently jn the summer kitchen at two o’clock. The building was vacant except for the postoffice, which occupied a small portion at the front. All the valuables and furniture were carried out and saved. The blaze spread quickly and soon the adjoining rooms occupied by the Stetler grocery and the Stein & Hoblits buggy and farm machinery store were ablaze. Only a portion cf the goods were saved, leaving a net loss of SBOO for Stetler and of SI,OOO for Stein & Hoblet. By hard work the fire company assisted by citizens, saved the surrounding buildings. For a time it looked as though a large portion of the town was doomed and the telephone lines were left open to Van Wert and other place. in case an outside call for help would be deemed necessary, but the flames were controlled without that. The buildings were all frame and the loss cn the three is estimated at $3,500. The entire loss of $5,300 is covered by insurance for about half that amount

Coroner Dewey, of Goshen, has filed his verdict declaring that the shooting of “Capt.” W, W. Pattison, of Lake Wawasee, by Albert W. Erwin, of Ligonier, which occured at Millersburg on the afternoon of May 28, was justflable (homicide. It will be remembered that Pattison had kidnaped Mrs. Laura E. Sargent, of Wawasee. in an automobile, and Erwin was a member of the marshal's posse which was pursuing the man.

TO WED TOMORROW Miss Lillian Egly, of Berne, and Prof. Latchaw, of Findlay O. ( the Parties BOTH ARE POPULAR Met at Music Conservatory in Which Mr. Latchaw is Director

Mr. Guy C. Latchaw, of Findlay, 0., was here today to secure the necessary papers for an important event in his life, his wedding tomorrow to Miss Lillian Egly, of Berne. Mr. Latchaw is director of the Findlay conservatory of music, where Miss Egly took a course in voice culture and where an acquaintance culminated into love and their engagement followed. Miss Egly is one of the most charming young ladies of Adams county, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Egly, of Berne, has rare musical talent and is beloved by all who know her. The wedding ceremony will be performed at the Egly home, at high noon tomorrow, Rev. J. W. Kliewer, pasior of the Mennonite church of Berne, officiating. Only the immediate relatives of the contracting parties will be present. During the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Latchaw will leave for Fort Wayne, go to Findlay, for a week and then to Chautauqua, N. Y„ where both will study voice culture for a six week's term at the expiration of that time, about September Ist, they will return to Findlay, where Mr. Latchaw already has a comfortable cottage home arranged ft>r his bride. M e certainly join the many friends In offering best wishes.