Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 161, Decatur, Adams County, 7 July 1908 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VI. Number 161.

CONVENTION OPENS Theodore Bell Chosen Temporary Chairman—A Ringing Speech SESSION ADJOURNS After Adopting Resolutions for Ex-President Grover Cleveland (Special to Daily Democrat.) Denver, July 7. —The national democratic convention convened at noon today, being called to order by National Chairman Thomas Taggart, of Indiana. Secretary Woodson read the call. Archbishop James J. Keane offered prayer and the temporary officers wer e then announced. The temporary chairman, Theodore A, Bell, of California, was escorted to th e platform and delivered a remarkable and forceful speech, arousing great enthusiasm. Representative Dunn, of Nebraska, who will nominate Bryan for the presidency, then introduced a resolution on the death of ex-president Grover Cleveland. It was read and unanimously adopted. It is rumored here that the resolution was written byBryan. As a further mark: of respect to Mr. Cleveland, the convention then adjourned until tomorrow. Denver, Colo., July 7. —The Connecticut delegation by a vote of eleven to 3, voted to yield to Minnesota on the call of states, that Representative Hammond may place in nomination Governor Johnson. The New York delegation adopted 2 draft of a radical platform and recommended that the platform committee approve it and incorporate it into the national document. It includes all of Gompers labor planks. It was twelve o'clock when Chairman Taggart called the big meeting to order. —o A BOWLING ALLEY Now Being Operated by Dallas Butler at Monroeville DOES GOOD BUSINESS Will Remain There Permanently, But Will Not Move at Once Dallas Butler, formerly deputy sheriff of this county, has engaged in business at Monroeville, Indiana. About two weeks ago Mr. Butler made a business trip to Geneva, where he purchased a five pin bowling alley. He sent same to Monroeville, where he expected to install it at once. How. ever, the lot upon which he expected to erect his tent was sold in the meantime and he was caused several days’ delay. Early last week be closed a deal with the new owner of the lot and Friday of the same week he installed his place of amusement. Mr. Butler is enjoying a good patronage. and he expects to remain there indefinitely. However, he will not remove to that town but he will return here for each Sunday.

PLACED BOND AT $1,500. Nate Steffen Arrested for Attempting to Murder His Son. Nate Steffen, arrested Friday evening for attempting to murder his son Tofel with a pitchfork, was arraigned before Squire M. W. Walbert Saturday afternoon and the charge against him was read. He was not asked to enter a plea and his trial was set for 10 o’clock Tuesday morning. Not wishing the man to return to his abused and fearsome family at this time, the 'squire placed his bond at $1,500 and up until today none of the members of the Neumanese church, who invariably aid a brother in trouble, have come to hi s aid with this sum sufficient to secure his release. For the first time sinc e his arrest Steffen made a move toward furnishing defens e in his case today by calling an attorney to the jail and with him holding a long consultation. There is no doubt but that Steffen will be bound over at his hearing and he will then make an effort to secure the bond money.—Bluffton Banner.

BUY HOME CIGARS A Large Variety of Good Brands Are Manufactured in Our City S3OO PER WEEK Is Paid to Decatur Cigar Maker—Let’s Make It $750 An industry In Decatur, about which but little has been said notwithstanding the fact that it is an important factor in the business interests of Decatur, is the manufacture of cigars. The very best of five and ten cent cigars are made in our city and the excellency of same is more highly appreciated by transients than by the home people. - It is a queer circumstance, but nevertheless true. Traveling salesmen and other lovers of gcod cigars manifest surpris e when they are treated to a Sether ten cent cigar, a Stein ten center, a 252, a Standard, a Royal Ribbon, a Lone Star, an Atlantic King, an N. H. C„ or some of the other favorite brands. Among the abov e stated brands, each and every smoker of cigars in Decatur can be pleased and if the people of our enterprising city will but pause a moment before buying a foreign cigar and select one manufactured here, It would be but a short time un. til thirty additional cigarmakers would be employed as a consequence therof. This would cause the expenditure ..f $450 more each week than is paid for this employment at the present time it is a project well worthy of th P consideration of the right thinking people. who are interested in the welfare of Decatur. The cigarmakers now employed in the various shops, manufacture 35.000 cigars each week, and th e proprietors of the six shops P’y out a little more than S3OO to their employes each week. How much better- It would be for Decatur if the peopl e would buy home cigars which would increase the collective salaries of the employes to $750 per week. Charles Sether manufactures the Sether, which is as good as any ten cent cigar which is sold in our city. His 252 is a favorite brand as well as several others made by his large •force of workmen. The Stein, which sells for ten cents and ihe Standard for five cents, which are manufactured by Peter Stein, are great cigars and giv e satisfaction to the smoker. Geary Brothers manufacture the Royal Ribbon which is an excellent five cent cigar. The N. H. C. and Factory Bunch brands made by Harman Colchin are indeed elgant cigars. Frank Gast manufactures the well known and well liked brands. Atlantic King and Havana Midget, of which many are smoked. T. C. Corbett makes famous Lone Star. With these fine home cigars on the market, made and sold by home people, there is no reason why Decatur folk should not confine their purchases to these brands. It is true that som e people imagine that articles shipped in from other cities are better than made home, but a good fair trial given to the hom e cigars will be as convincing a s is the experience of people who have ceased buying from mail order houses and buy at home. Patronise home industry and advance the interests of Decatur and ’yourself.

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THE SESSION ENDS A Busy Session of Commissioners’ Court Ends LOTS OF ROADS Decatur Lumber Co. Gets Coal Contract—Other News The board ordered the Adolph Schug road in Wabash township and the E. W. Dailey road in St. Marys township sold on August 3. Eight roads will be sold on the above date. John Bogner and Lewis Fruchte were appointed viewers on the L. O. Bears No. 1 in Hartford township. They will meet at the office of Hitschy & Winteregg in Bern e on July 9. J. L. Yaney, Jacob Huser and John T. Ault were appointed as re-viewers in the W. H. Laughrey petition for location of highway. The board found that the previous assessments were too high. In the matter of the John Tonnellier petition for drain, the board continued it for notice. Otto Reppert took over the contract for the Fred Blomberg road. Gottschalk & Yoder being th e original successful bidders. Henry Wafel was appointed superintendent. The board concluded its session at noon, having disposed of a busy ses sion, the most of which was dedicated to the building and betterment of the public roads of Adams county. The Decatur Lumber Company bagged the coal contract, eight cars in all. The bidding was close, but the successful bidder clearly won out. Three cars goes to the court house,

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, July 7, 1908.

one car to jail and four cars to the asylum. Jacob Musser was appointed superintendent of construction in the J. P. Nusbaum road in Monrce township and Benedict Linneger in the Washington-Kirkland road. WILL HOLD A NNUAL MEETING Old Adams County Stockholders to Meet. Official and legal notice has been given that, the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Old Adams County Bank, will be held at their banking rooms in this city at 10 o’clock a. m on Tuesday, August 4th, for the purpose of electing seven directors to serve for the ensuing year and to transact such other business as may regularly come before them. \ U ■ Ij * r I I GOV. JOHN A. JOHNSON. S l ill thinks he is a candidate for the presidential nomination.

THE GEORGE LINE Dayton to Fort Wayne Electric Road Again Revived THIRD RAIL SYSTEM Block of Stock Issued and Promoters Say It’s a Sure Go Officials of the Cincinnati, Dayton & Fort Wayne Railway company, which several years ago projected an electric road from Cincinnati to Dayton and Fort Wayne, a distance of 194 miles, have given out th e information that it will shortly begin the construction of a standard gauge line between the points mentioned. Current to operate the cars will be supplied by the third rail method. Power stations will be erected at Seven Mile and Celina, 0., and West Elk ton, 0., has been selected as the location of the repair shops. The company, in addition to operating its railway, contemplates furnishing current for lighting. The capital stock authorized is $3,000,000 and that issued is $450,000. Bonds are authorized to the amount of $2,000.000. The headquarters of the company is in Dayton and the officers of the company ar e as follows: F. George, Dayton, president and general manager; D. W. La Fetra, New York, first vice president; Chas. L. Hyde, Pierre, S. D., second vice president; Wm. D. Freeman, Dayton, secretary and treasurer; B. B. George, Dayton, purchasing agent.-—Fort Wayne News, Th e Dr. George line will be remembered by many. It w-as first proposed a number of years ago and the doctor and others interested made line as then surveyed was to run from Celina to Rockford, Willshire and thence to Decatur and from here to Fort Wayne over the old river road through Poe.

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Frankfort Ky., July 7.—The last legal step in the famous Caleb Powers case was taken when Special Judge J, S. Morris went to Georgetown to formally call for trial the case of the commonwealth against Powers, charged with the murder of William Goebel. This day was fixed at the last trial of Powers for a re-trial. Jailer Finley filed a pardon granted Powers by Governor Wilson, and the case was finally stricken from the docket. Judge Morris ordered the $5,000 witness claims cf the last trial paid and the Marlin rifle said to have been used to kill Goodsell, returned to Grant Roberts, of this city. The total cost to the state of the four trials of Powers aggregates $40,000. The only case dtill pending [concerning the murder of Goebel are those against ex-Governor W. S. Taylor and ex-Secretary of State Charles Finley, both of whom are refugees in Indiana. These cases will be called at the next term of Franklin court and Governor Wilson will he asked to issue requisitions for them. HAS HIT THE ROCKS The Indiana-Ohio League Gives Up in Wild Despair IT IS ALL OVER NOW Made a Brave Effort But Every Town Lost Good Money

For all time probably the IndianaOhio league has gon e up. Official instructions were issued to the various clubs by President F. A. Gamble Sat urday that Sunday would witness the finale of th>s league. Throughout its life the present year the little organization had tough sledding. Sev. eral times the project all but failed but by a manipulation of the wires the league ship would square away and again head away from th e rocks. President Gamble informed the local management that he could not see how th e league could go on after Sunday. H e says that neither Anderson nor Muncie has complied with tha league by-laws in daily remittances ti the league officials. Mr. Gamble also informed the local boys that the league was busted financially in that even all the forfeit money posted by each team had been expended in paying umpires' salaries, etc., and Huntington loses thereby its SIOO. An attempt was apparently made by a crowd of young men of Huntington to give th e fan s of this city a good class of baseball. About $80) was subscribed among local fans and on this and the game receipts, despite many misfortunes such as wet weather and games cancelled, the management managed to keep the local project’s nose out of water most of the time. With guarantees duo from Mun. cie and the old Richmond organization, thes e now stand a dead loss. Financially the Huntington base ball club can close all accounts against it for less than SIOO. Many stock subscriptions still remain unpaid, and as the stock sold is non-assessible to cover the deficiency among the delinquent subscribers, which means about fifty cents on the dollar, possibly a little more. The subscription lists will b e placed in the hands of a collector at once. —Huntington Herald o HAD A DELIGHTFUL TRIP. Decatur People Return from Silver Lake. James L. Gay, wife and son Fred, and Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Harruff, returned last evening from a delightful automobile trip to Silver Lake, three miles west of Angola. Included in the party also were H. D. Weaver, Mrs. Leas and Mrs. Cowan, of Auburn. At th e lake they were most delightfully entertained at the ideal country home of Mr and Mrs. C. L. Thomas, the most hospitable home ever thrown open to weary travelers, ♦very moment was enjoyed. The fishing was good, rhe rest the kind that recuperates, the eating—say. Mrs. Thomas is a queen in that lin e and she and her husband left nothing undon to make the week the pleasant memory it will always be.

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DELIVER THE CAR L.W. Coppock Leaves Overland for Attica to Make Delivery OF OMNIBUS CAR Three Cars Under Construction—Big Doings at Ward Fence Factory L. W. Coppock, of the Coppock Motor Car company and several other men. left today with the newly constructed omnibus car for Attica and b e expects to make the trip of 155 miles before tomorrow evening. The car is a beauty with a seating capacity of twelve and Dr. Dinsmore of the Huner Mineral Springs Hotel company will, in all probability, be greatly pleased w-lth his The car Is modern in design and durable in quality, which makes it indeed practical. The gentlemen in the car will reach Kokomo this evening. where they wil Iremain for the night, leaving there in the morning for Attica. Three other cars are under construction at the Coppock Motor Car factory, two of which g> to New York state, while the other has been purchased by a Boston man. The Coppock is certainly a great car. The Ward Fence machinery is rapidly being placed in position in their new factory and the wheels in this institution will start In operation in th, s very near future. The Marion plant was closed last Friday and the machnery is on its way to Decatur. The Webber building in which the company’s main offices will be located. Is being prepared for occupanpy ,and every prevailing condition in regard to this concern is very favorable. o - QUEEN ESTHERS TO ENTERTAIN Miss Pansy Bell Will Be Hostess on this Occasion. Program of th e Queen Esther circle to be held at the home of Pansy Bell Wednesday, July 8. 2 p. m. Devotlonals Ruth Ernst Roll Call Bible quotation Business of Circle. Deaconess Mrs. Daniel Instrumental /duet Mrs. Blanche Vail and Miss Grace Ward. Solo Mrs. Wilcox Missionary Work in California.... Mrs. Jennie Studabaker Instrumental Solo Miss Neads Collection of dues. All members and friends are requested to be present. THE DATE IS FIXED Adams County Teachers Will Meet Here August 17 th A GOOD PROGRAM Instructors Are the Best to be Had—Great Session Anticipated The date for the Adams county tachers annual institute has been fixed, convening on Monday, August 17th and continuing to Friday, August 22nd inclusive. Prof. Opliger has arranged for the best corps of instructors who ever appeared before the Adams county teachers, and this year’s session will no doubt exceed any of the past, and this is saying a great deal, for the institutes here have always been above the standard. The superintendent has worked hard to perfect a program that will please the teachers and we believe every one of them will be more than satisfied with the program when it is given to the public in two or three weeks fro mnow. Besid e the regular instructors. there will be the usual high class numbers in music and along other lines of interest. The places for holding the institute sessions has not been determined upon, but it will, of course, be held in Decatur as the annual meeting is always held at the county sea>..