Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 162, Decatur, Adams County, 8 July 1908 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VI. Number 162.

UNSEAT DELEGATES Credential Committee Will Seat Bryan Delegates in Pennsylvania Squad TO REPORT TONIGHT Convention Scene of Wild Ovation for Bryan this Afternoon Denver, Colo., July 8. —(Special io Daily Democrat) —3 p. m. —The committe sent word to the convention hall that they were not ready to report and would not be ready until eight o’clock this evening and asked ' that the convention adjourn until that time. The motion was voted down, however, as the delegates wanted to hear some Democratic speeches. Somebody brought in a Bryan banner just at that time and Immediately a big wild show started. The cheering became infectious. The Indiana delegation grabbed its standard and started a parade of the states, around the hall. Several delegations got onto 'he platform and a scene of wild disorder followed. As there was no businss before the convention everybody was given a chance to yell themselves hoarse. Denver, Colo., July 8. —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Today’s session of the Democratic national convention convened at 12:15 being called to order by the temporary chairman. Theodore Bell. The credential committee unseated the Colonel Guffey Pennsylvania delegation and placed Bryan delegates in the hall. Guffey declares he will fight on the floor of the convention hall and that he will mak 5 such a fight as was never before seen at a national Democratic convention. The temporary roll call as approved by the national committee was accepted on all other contests except Pennsylvania. It is understood that th e unseating of the Guffev delegates came as a result of direct orders from Col. Bryan, whom Guffey attacked. Lincoln, Neb., July 8. (Special to Daily Democrat) —Mr. Bryan was assured today by Otto Doederlein, president of the German American Bryan League, that the Germans in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Minnesota will vote , for him. Bryan entertained the newspaper correspondents who are staying here, at a watermelon party at his farm this afternoon. Cleveland Resolution. The following resolution was offered by I. J. Dunn, who will place W. J. Bryan In nomination: As it has pleased the Ruler of the Uhl verse io take from our midst Grover* Cleveland, who was three times the candidate of the Democratic party; be it Resolved, That we, the delegates ot the party in national convention assembled, recognize in him one of the strongest and ablest characters known to the world’s statesmanship, who possessed to an extraordinary degree the elements of leadership, and, by his able, conscientious and forceful administration of public affairs, re(Continued on Page Two)

NATIONAL GUARD GET INCREASE New Law Gives Them Half What Officers Salaries Are. The same style and color uniforms as those worn by the soldiers of the regular army are to be furnished the Indiana National guard. Oran adjutant general of Indiana, has a requisition for 2,500 of the olive-brown service uniforms. The blue and khaka uniforms at present worn by the Indiana soldiers will be retained with blue overcoats. Next year the olive-gray overcoats worn by the soldiers of the regular army will be issued to the guardsmen. The wages cf the members of the national guard have been advanced with the law passed by the recent congress, placing the officers on a salary amounting to half that of officers of the regular army. The new scale will go into effect in the near futur e and is as follows: Privates, sl2 per month; corporals, ; (pergeants, 112, second lieutenants, $35; captains, SSO. OURGREATSUCCESS We Surpass Other OnceI Alive Business Towns in this Section WE ARE ADVANCING Money Strenuosity Has No Part to Play in Decatur Affairs

The inhabitants of surrounding towns are amazed over the rapil growth of Decatur even in the midst of the strenuous times which have greatly afflicted the business interests of many of the towns and cities in this vicinity. While other places are experiencing retrogression. Decatur is booming and will continue to boom as long as the hustling business men and citizens lend their efforts toward a greater Decatur .as they have done ’n months past. There are reasons for the advancement of a city as well as its deterioration and in view of this fact the success of Decatur industries and Decatur people has an attribute. It is the hustling, energetic, determined spirit which characterizes the Decatur boosters that has made our town what it is today. Think of the achievements of but the past year; consider the fact that almost every available house in town is occupied; consider the number of new houses which have been constructed with anxious people waiting to rent or purchase same, and even the pessimist must acknowledge the great advancement, We do not only boast of having the most wide awake booste-s on earth, but our railroad facilities surpass that of any town in the vicinity and in fact Decatur is a model which many towns could well pattern after. Let’s make jt better. Get the booster’s harness on and help make her better. MAKE PLANS FOR OUTING. Holy Grail Boys Go to Winona August 18th. The Knights of the Holy Grail held a business meeting last night during which a committee consisting of Harold Wilcox, Frank Mills and Tom Vail were appointed to make arrangements for their outing at Winona. About thirty of the boys will go on the outing trip and a good time is anticipated. At their meeting last night, the hoys decided to give an ice cream social on the church lawn on e week from next Tuesday night for the purpose of earning money to help defray their expenses. — FRANK HITCHCOCK IS CHAIRMAN Republican National Committee Elected Officers Today. Hot Springs, Va., July 8. (Special to Daily Democrat) —Frank Hitchcock was unanimously chosen as chairman of the Republican national committee, at their meeting held here today and George R. Sheldon, of New York,was elected treasurer of the committee.

— __ / \ Mb T - < W S: - > y‘-- 7 ■ X* BHMhHuuM . n k ,&>- - .-■s£***, w BMWBwwE W' "-'a ■I ... cj W. J. BRYAN IN CHARACTERISTIC POSES. THOSE who saw Mr. Bryan during the campaign of 1896 will see from a glance at the accompanying pictures that the Bryan of 1908 is a far different man in physical appearance. When the young Nebraskan of thlrtyslx delivered his speech accepting the Democratic nomination in Madison Square Garden, New York, he had a heavy shock of dark hair generously covering his forehead. If you should see him today and enjoy a view from the gallery when he is bareheaded, you would discover that there is a considerable area of baldness toward the back of the head as well as in front Mr. Bryan also looks considerably stouter than he was when he made the first of his two whirlwind campaigns. Both opponents and adherents agree that the Nebraskan has developed mentally in the past twelve years. His physical development from a buoyant youthfulness to a sober maturity is no less marked. As to clothes, Mr. Bryan still has a fondness for loose fitting, comfortable, democratic garb. The famous black alpaca sack coat of 1896 has yielded to more conventional cuts, but Mr, Bryan is still a Democrat sartorially as well aa poUticallv

WORK WILL BEGIN Gas Company Will Put Big Force of Men to Work Within Two Weeks TESTING ALL LINES And Repairing Same Where N ecessary—Artificial Gas Assured Thomas Wishard, of Lafayette, general superintendent of the Logansport and Wabash Valley Gas company, who has been here several days, looking after affairs, with the intention of installing an artificial gas plant, has arranged to begin work immediately on the necessary repairs of the lines. They will use the old mains, but every inch of them will be thoroughly tested. From twenty to thirty m°n will be put to work here wihin two weeks, under P. J. Hyland and the test will be hurried along. This with the installation of a plant will require about four months and it wi'l be November Ist before the fuel can b e furnished. This company holds a franchise, good for this purpose, but have asked for an amendment, placing the charge limit for artificial gas at one dollar. 'What action th e Fort Wayne company will take toward putting in a plant is not known at this time. o THEY MADE A TRADE. House and Lot in Monroe Traded on Realty Deal. Through the Brown & Summers real estate agency John Rickard parts with a house and lot in Monro e to Lee Johnson, the former getting thirty acres of Kirkland township realty belonging to the latter. The consideration was not made known. Brown & Summers have several other important deals on tap, which they expect to bring to a focus before long.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, July 8, 1908.

REMAINS LAID TO REST. Funeral of Late Ned Dailey Was Yesterday. The funeral of the late Ned Dailey of St. Marys township was held yesterday afternoon and the remains of this most estimable man were laid to rest in the Mt. Tabor cemetery. The services were ver y impressive. Among the Decatur people who were in attendance were Jesse Dailey and mother, Charles Teeple, Mr and Mrs. Ed Moses. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lower, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lower, Mr. and Mrs. Hany Helm, Mrs. Congleton and daughter Bess, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Linn, Joseph Helm and Carl K. Moses. The deceased was well known in our city, many of his relatives living here. GOV. JOSEPH W. FOLK. One of the many leading Democrats at the Denver convention.

CAR WAS A DAISY Coppock Company Sends One of Their Modern Autos to Attica ATTRACTS ATTENTION All Along the Line—Stopped at Bluffton Last Night The auto omnibus, made by the Coppock company for the Hunter Mud Bath company, of Attica, left her e last evening in charge of Mr. Coppock, who will drive it through to its destination. It is as handsome a car as was ever turned out by any factory and will give better service. It was finished entirely jn black, fitted with electric lights.speakiug tubes and other modern equipment and attracted much attention wherever it went. The party who left here in the new rig included Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Vesey, of Fort Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. M. Kirsch W. H. Wiley, M. E. Brackett, Ned Steele and a representative of the Hunter Co. and Emmett Wiley. The first stop was at Bluffton,wher e every one who saw the handsome car expressed surprise and said many good things about it. Dick Humphries, a liveryman at that place, is considering very seriously the purchase of a similar car for his bus line. The party left Bluffton thi smorning for Marion and Kokomo and Mr. Coppock will deliver the car at Attica this evening. The maefnine sells for $3,800 and no one disputes the fact that its a daisy for the money. Mr. and Mrs. Kirsch returned from Bluffton this morning and says the auto trip was a delightful one. o Many applicants have secured blanks to try the civil servic e examination which will be held at the postofflee the eighteenth day of this month. The examination will be held in the morning of above stated day with George Everett, the local secretary in charge.

THEIR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY John Studabaker Sr., ana Wife Married Sixty-Nine Years. Sixty-nine years ago today, on Sunday evening at 5 o’clock, July 7, 1839, John Studabaker, Sr., and Miss Rebecca Angel were united in marriage at the hom e of the bride’s parents <n Darke county, Ohio. Th e event was a great one in the neighborhood in which it wag held, and a large wedding was given them, followed by an infair dinner to which all of the residents of that part of the county were invited. The following day the bride and groom left Ohio, and on horseback made the trip to Indiana, their future home, arriving in what is now our own city of Bluffton, the following Friday. The journey was a difficult one, but aside from the breaking of Mr. Studabaker’s saddl e girth when he was precipitated head first into a mud ho’?, there was no unusual feature connected with the trip.—Bluffton Banner. UNCLESAMTOHELP Will Aid Indiana in Becoming Best in Union for Dairies SENDS AN INSPECTOR May Visit Decatur in His Trip Over State With Dr. Barnard The United States government has decided to take a hand in bringing about better dairy conditions in Indiana, and H. E. Barnard, state drug and food commissioner, accompanied by Ivan C. Weld, an assistant in the bureau of animal industry ot tae United States department of agriculture, will probably visit Decatur early in August on their trip over the state. This does not mean that conditions in Indiana are in a bad way, but that the stat e bids fair to become the foremost in the Union in this line. Towards his end Mr. Barnard recently wrote to Washington asking for co-operation along this line and Mr. Weld was appointed to look after the work. Mr. Weld wrote to Mr. Barnard that th e details of the campaign in Indiana would be left entirely in the hands of Mr Barnard. “As a rule,” wrote Mr. Weld, “the most efficient service is rendered wher e local health officers are interested in the campaign and the work is co-operative between them and the state and the national inspectors. This plan also leaves the work in good shape to be taken up and carried on later in the future by local officials. Where there is no system of inspection already established it may be possible to give assistance in obtaining proper ordinances and inspection. If by correspondence or otherwis e you can get in touch with the local officials in cities wher e you propose to work and obtain their active interest and cooperation, you will pave the way for a successful campaign.’’ Mr. Weld wrot e also that he would bring with him a collection of lantern slides well adapted for evening meetings of dairymen and consumers of milk. He said also that h e would bring bromide enlargements and charts which may be used for illustrating various conditions in dairies when meetings ar e held in the day time. In some cities Mr. Weld said, he had found it advisable to hold a meeting for dairymen only in the afternoon. WILL PREACH NEXT SUNDAY Rev. Williams, of Portland, at Pleasant Valley Church. Rev. Thomas C. Williams, superintendent of Portland quarterly meeting of Friends, and pastor of Portland meeting, will preach at North Pleasant Valley Friends church next Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night Mr. Hollingsworth will fill the pulpit at Portland in Mr. Williams stead. Mr. Hollingsworth has served a greater part of the tim e for the last twelve years as pastor at North Pleasant Valley, and it is possible that Mr. Williams will expect to find | out who the people in the valley , community will want the coming year so as to look after it at the coming yearly jneeting. Everybody , is cordially invited to attend all these . | services.

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COUNCIL MEETING Two Companies Want Artificial Gas Franchises WANT CEMENT WALK South Mercer Avenue After Walks—Six Miles an Hour The council met in regular session last evening, Mayor Franc e persiding, and every councilman being present and answering to roll call. The minutes of the last meeting were then read and adopted after which the council got down to business and proceeded to grind out a large grist of business. Godfrey Christen, representing the Wabash Valley Gas company was granted leave to address the council and in a brief manner asked that the council permit his company to amend their former gas franchise to read dollar gas instead of fifty cents per thousand feet. He then proceeded to enlighten the council that the above named company fully expcted to put in an artificial gas plant and that they expected to commence work at o'ice and would , have th e same completed within four months so that everything would ua In readiness for winter use 1 . Mr. Wishard, who is general superintendent of this company also addressed the council, telling them what the company expected to do and stated that at the next regular meeting he would present an amended franchise to the council for their approval. Attorney Keegan, cf Fort Wayne, who is also representing a large artificial gas concern which is now operating in Auburn and Garrett, addressed the council and asked that if the council expected to grant a franchise for artificial gas that his company asked to be considered in the proposition and that they would also ask for a franchise, and would have one duly prepared and ready for presentation at the next meeting. He claimed to represent a large company and th it they would put the plant in at the earliest possible moment and be in a position to furnish gas for the coming winter. From all present appearances Decatur seems to be a very desirable location for an artificial gas plant and with two big concerns asking for a franchise it looks to be a fight to a finish for honors. The entire matter, however, was referred to the judiciary committee and it is now up to them to look over the franchises and report back as to which one seems to be the best for all concerned. John C. Moran, representing the various draymen of our city in relation to having the license now in force repealed which fore is these men to pay a yearly rental for doing business in our city. The council, however, refused to interfere in the matter and the ordinance will stand as formerly adopted. Mr. Moran then proceeded on a matter that wts about a year ago brought to the notice of the council that being in relation to granting to the county commissioners the right to macadam Adams and Mercer streets, thiiti, making the township pay their respective portion in the same manner in which he citizens of Decatur are compelled to assist iu building roads in the country. The matter was thoroughly discussed both ipro and con and upon advic e of the city attorney was referred to the street and sewer committee, who will report at the next regular meeting. A number of property owners residing on south Mercer street asked that the council compel the property owners to construct cement sidewalks along Iho east sid e of said street south of the Eri erailroad and upon motion the city attorney was ordered to prepare a resolution to be presented at the next meeting. The bond and contract of Henry Stevens who recently was awarded the John Christen sewer was read and upon motion approved and ordered spread of record. An ordinance regulating the speed of interurban cars through the city limits of Decatur was duly passed and adopted and by the terms of said ordinance the traction people will be compelled to hereafter operate their cars at a speed not to exceed six miles an hour and to at all times have their cars under control. For any violation of this ordinance a penalty is attached (Continued on Page Two)