Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 201, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1908 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VI. Number 201.

INSULTED WOMAN Israelite Scott. One Legged Tramp, Mixes Up at Monmouth HE WAS ARRESTED By Deputy Sheriff Green and Lodged in Jail —A Disreputable Character Israelite Scott, more commonly known as one-legged Johnny, probably the most widely known and most aggravating hobo who travels in this section of the country, tried to pull off one of his fancy stunts at Monmouth last evening, and as a consequence was arrested and placed in jail. Scott was in Decatur yesterday and had made himself quite conspicuous by his uncalled for, unbecoming actions. He boarded the evening interurban car and being an absolute stranger to even in its lowest denominations, he wag ousted from the car at Monmouth. He at once proceeded to beg for money and eatables and having been refused at two homes he cruelly insulted the ladies to whom he begged, which prompted them to enlist the services of Deputy Sheriff Green to escort the unwelcome visitor from their midst. When given a hearing before Squire Smith this morning the man was given twenty minutes to propel his anatomy out of the city, and ordered to leave the ■state. A little puff of dust along an ■eastern road is all that has been seen of him from that time to this. GETTING READY Continuous Stream of Entries at the Fair Ground Today HORSES ARRIVING Every Department Filling Up—the Races Will Be Excellent The fair grounds have taken on a busy air and the sights there are most interesting. Stands and tents are going up all over the big park, refreshment booths, a dozen shows, and all kinds of privileges which go toward making a successful fair are in evidence. The display of cattle this year will excell anything of the kind ever seen in this section and the sheep, swine and horse departments, also the poultry and every other line will be filled to the limit. Superintendent Beery, of the speed department informs us today ,tha| about sixty head of harness horses and twenty runners are here, guaranteeing the greatest lot of races ever witnessed on an Adams county track. Hogan Bros, will give a balloon ascension each day and there will be a dozen free attractions. Every one is boosting and if the weather man will please be good, another week will find all previous records broken in the lair line. o -

IS LAID TO REST. Funeral Services of Albert Shaw Held Today. At a called meeting of the Eagle lodge last night it was decided to hold the funeral of the late Albert Shaw this afternoon at two o’clock. A large number of the fraternal brothers of the deceased attended in a body and paid their last respects to their departed brother. Relatives of the deceased arrived yesterday. The services, were very impressive, pn. excellent sermon being delivered during the progress thereof. oREREAT ENDS AT NOTRE DAME South Bend, Ind., Aug. 21—The retreat of the Catholic clergy of Fort Wayne at Notre Dame university was brought to a solemn close today. Low mass was celebrated, the Rt. Rev. Bishop Alerding, of Fort Wayne, officiating.

FAIRBANKS AT ST. LOUIS. In Enthusiastic Mood, but Will Not Talk Politics. St. Louis, Aug. 21. —Vice President Fairbanks arrived this forenoon from Excelsior Springs. Mo., where he spoke yesterday, intending to proceed eastward immediately, but missed the train and will remain here until evening. Accompanied by H. M. Coudrey, he dined at the Planters’ Hotel and then was taken for a drive about the city. Vice President Fairbanks is enroute to his farm near Mansfield, 111., and intends to make a brief visit for inspection and recreation. He was enthusiastic in speaking of his reception at Excelsior Springs, but when the topic of politics wag broached he declined to discuss it ‘THE GAME OF LIFE’ Was the Interesting Topic Discussed by Dr. Armstrong CLOSING SESSION Os the Teachers—Dr. Van Ormer Also Gives Final Instructions One of the most interesting teachers institutes in Adams county’s history closed yesterday afternoon, the secretary’s notes on the final session being as follows: “Aims and Rewards,” Dr. Armstrong. It is the duty of every one to learn the rules of the game of life. Every one should be careful how he plays the game. The one who plays against us is just, but if we make a mistake he checkmates us. When we go into the school we should carefully teach the boys and girls the rules of the game of life. The sympathy we have for the boys and girls in the school has much to do with their success in iife. Great lives are unfolded as the result of a word of advice or sympathy spoken at the right moment. The possibilities of inspiring our boys and girls by a word of sympathy Is almost infinite. A word should be said to our youth about the relation of work and education. The purpose of education is not to release one from labor but to increase the force of work done. Work is one thing in God’s scheme of things. There is also a relation of money to life, that we teachers ought to tell our children about. To make money the object of life is one of the dangers of this genration. There is no value in piling up dollars in this life at the expense of the good we might do. Marshal Field’s millions did him no more good than if he had piled up suits of clothes equal in value to his millions. He missed the goal in life, gave his power for doing I good to a desire for dollars and cents. The reward of the teacher is the good he does through those who are the products of his Instruction. In his closing remarks to the teachers, Dr. Van Ormer said: The teacher should be placed very high upon the scale of intelligence because he has to do with the vital interests and because he is swayed by the more remote compensation. Work Is doing what we have to do. Plav is doing what we want to do. Shall we go back into the school room to take up the game of teaching school because we want to or take up the task of teaching because we must? Let us go back to the schools to play the game. It is God’s game and the reward is ours. . o ■ DR. WILCOX COMING HOME Will Preach at the M. E. Church Tomorrow. A letter from Dr. Wilcox received this morning has the following to say in regard to the boys in camp at that place: The boys are having a splendid time. The camp is more than twice as large as last year. The public initiation, given Friday night in which paraphernalia which cost $l5O was used, was a grand success. Athletic instructors from our great colleges have charge of the boys and direct them In all their sports and the camp is under military rule. I will be home Saturday and will preach both Sunday morning and evening. I

COURT HOUSE NEWS Mrs. Cora Baumgartner Asks for Divorce from William Baumgartner CUSTODY OF CHILD Guardian Appointed for Biting Children—Real Estate Tranfers D. E. Smith is attorney for Cora Baumgartner who has filed suit for divorce from William Baumgartner to whom she was married October 7, 1904. They lived together until February 26, 1906, when the husband abandoned his wife and one child. Harvey. The complaint says that shortly after their marriage the couple moved to Pennville, Ind., that the defendant refused to provide his family with clothing and food and had it not been for the plaintiff’s relatives they would have suffered greatly. Mrs. Baumgartner asks for the custody of her little son. She Ilves in Monroe township but the wnereabouts of her husband is unknown and notice is given by publication. Letters of guardianship were granted Catherine Eiting for Agnes E., Margaret C. and Josephine Eiting, heirs of Nicholas Eiting and filed her bond for $2,000. Charles S. Mathews has given Permella J. Martin a quiet title deed for part of outlot 256 Decatur for $25, and George W. Martin also gave a similar deed for part of the same lot for SI.OO. o - ■ — WAS NEARLY DROWNED. Three-Year-Old Tot Nearly Drowned in Foul Swill Barrell. Auburn, Ind., Aug. 21.—At their home yesterday noon the little child of Mr. and Mrs. John Weinhold was all but drowned in a very filthy barrel used a receptacle for the off-fallings of the table and dish water. It appears that something prompted one of the family at noon to make inquiry relative to the little tot, feeling that something must be wrong as it could not be found in the house or dooryard. A rapid search was at once begun with the result that one of the relatives who was visiting in the home at the time happened to peer into the swill barrel and saw a most ghastly sight, that of the little child’s foot peeping just over the edge of the barrel with its head completely submerged in the slimy semi-liquid below. After snatching the infant from its horrid trap Dr. Shurtz, of Waterloo, was called, and it took much patience and time upon the part of the doctor and others who kindly assisted before consciousness could be regained. o SENATOR BEVERIDGE IS PAPA Manchester-by-the-Sea, Miass, Aug. 21.—A son was born today to Senator and Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana, who are spending the summer at their magnificent summer home here. The boy weighed ten pounds and both he and his mother are reported as being in the best of condition. ■ ■ o-—■ — TO PLAY AT MAPLE GROVE Shamrocks and South Side Ball Teams to Meet. The Shamrock base ball team will play a game with the south side tomorrow at Maple Grove Park. These two teams will settle a dispute which has arisen among them as to who is champions. Each team has a number of victories to their credit, and this contest promises to be a lively affair. In all probability Buffenbarger and Ault will form the battery for the Shamrocks, while the South Side will also have an equally strong battery. A good crowd is assured and the game will be a dandy. o Grandpa Kunkle, of Monmouth, today noon took dinner with Mayor and Mrs. C. O. France. Mr. Kunkle will celebrate his eighty-second birthdayanniversary next Tuesday and although old in age he is still very spry. Are you going to attned the fair? If not why not?

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, August 22, 1908.

PEOPLE ’tg- > BY FANNIE M LOTHROP << / ':f . i A / / z \ / •'W-S Ki \ I jfc.. \ e.; / \ • 0 1 / \ I / N. • / Photo, by Miss Ben-Yusut, New York. AGNES G LAUT .. „ A Successful Young Canadian Novelist Or the Canadian novelists who have won reputation and recognition, fluring the past few years, nearly half of the number have been women, and In this list the splendid work of Miss Agnes C. Laut deserves high place. She was bom in Huron County, taken to Winnipeg at the age of six, and while in her junior year at the Manitoba University her health proved so delicate that she was ordered to pack up her school books and go out into the wild, free, regenerating life of the Selkirks, to see what these noble mountains of Canada could do for her There, in a life-giving atmosphere, where every breath is a natural tonic. Ehe rode and walked her way to health, defying the decrees and prophecies of her physicians. She found in an Indian reservation located in the wilds of the mountains, material for her first book, “Lords of the North.” Miss Laut was the first woman to invade the mining camps of the Canadian Rockies and to study the life there at close range. Her virile graphic newspaper letters on this subject were not signed, and editors of mining journals into whose hands they chanced to come, praised them, with enthusiasm, and wondered why other Eastern writers did not picture mining life as It really was, like the man whose articles were appearing in the “Winnipeg Free Press” and other papers. To man in the rough, as Miss T.ant found him In these camps unconlaminated by civilization, she pays high tribute when she says: "There I learned to appreciate the chivalry and courtesy of a class receiving small credit for such traits, and this, though I was entirely alone, without one instance of disrespect or annoyance.” On her travels for literary material Miss Laut has had many interesting experiences, among them an eight weeks’ cruise in a government mailboat along the coast northward from St Johns. She made many later visits to the Selkirks, where the natural freedom from the trammels of social convention appealed strongly to her Beside her later books, “Heralds of Empire,” “The Story of the Trapper” and the “Pathfinders of the West,” Miss Laut has written strong articles on politics and social questions; subjects rarely handled by women and Btill more rarely with the directness, clearness and force which seem to permeate with vitality everything she writes. Her contributions to the "New York Sun,” the New York “Evening Post,” the “Review of Reviews” and the “Century” show a virility unusual from the pen of a woman so feminine and so unspoiled by success as Miss Laut Copyright. >906. by Wm. C. Mack.

PLIGHT THEIR VOWS Earl B. Hilyard, of Blue Creek Tp. and Miss Hakes of St. Marys Wedded FRIDAY EVENING At the Home of Squire J. H. Stone—Both Are Well Known Here Squire James H. Stone officiated in a wedding ceremony last evening at five o’clock, which joins the lives of Miss Elmey Hakes of St. Marys township and Earl B. Hilyard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Hilyard, of Blue Creek township. The happy young couple appeared at the home of Mr. Stone last evening making known their matrimonial intentions and the justice hastily said the words which made them husband and wife. The bride is the daughter of a well to do St. Marys township farmer. She is beautiful and accomplished. The groom is a progressive young farmer residing in Blue Creek township,where he has taken his bride for their future abode. The couple is well and favorably known in this city and the well wishes of all go with them on their matrimonial career. o MERCHANTS DISPLAY GOODS. Have Arranged Attractive Booths at Fair Grounds. The various merchants of the city are arranging beautiful displays at the fair grounds, in fact they will be far more attractive than ever before. This is another indication that the 1908 session will be the best ever. Two car loads of horses arrived this morning from Muncie and are being put into condition for the big races. Those who have secured privileges are also arranging their stands and the fair ground has already taken on a busy air.

OLD VETERAN BADLY BEATEN L. S. Wagoner Sends Story of a California Outrage. Lew S. Wagoner, a former resident here has sent us a copy of the Sawtelle (California) Sentinel which contained the following: Badly beaten, bruised and battered, not yet dead but suffering severely, Jacob Mulford, a veteran of the civil war, 74 years of age, is still in the hospital at the Soldiers’ Home, the victim of a policemans brutality. Policeman Foy, of the Home Guards, has been discharged from the force, and last Monday evening he was arrested by Deputy Constable A. F. Young of this place, and is now in the county jail awaiting trial. His bonds were set at SSOO. He is out on bail. W. B. Maxwell, of the 25th Wisconsin Infantry sent word to Mulford's son in Santa Ana asking him to come and Investigate. Maxwell swears that Mulford was not intoxicated; that he was sitting up after hours at his quarters; that he had removed his shoes and stockings and was on the porch resting when Policeman Foy asked him what he was doing. He replied that it was none of Foy' a business. Then Foy struck him with a loaded policeman's cane. Maxwell says that Fiy got Mulford on the floor and pounded him on the face and chest until when two policemen were summoned, and they jerked him to his feet, the blood pouring out of his nose and mouth in a steady stream, a trail of it marking his way to the guard house. Maxwell declares that Mulford is not even a drinking man, and this is confirmed by a number of his comrades at the Home. MEETING AT PLEASANT MILLS Was Well Attended —Congressman Adair Spoke. Hon John A, M. Adair, candidate for congress, spoke to a large audience at Pleasant Mills last evening. He was accompanied to that place by County Chairman Gallogly, Hon. C. J. Lutz, T. J. Durkin and others. The meeting was a very interesting one and the crowd listened attentively to Mr Adair’s speech. |

SLATED FOR FASTER COMPANY several Bali Players Known Here to Have a Chance. Carmichael, the pitcher whom Bluffton fired last season for insubordination is now being loked after by Cincinnati and the New York Nationals, and he will be given a tryout this fall by one or the other of the teams. He is now pitching at Vincennes. Orville Wolfe, the big catcher, is wanted by league teams, but he has been offered the management of the Vincennes team and he will be there next season trying to win a pennant in the Kitty league. Harry Hay has been offered a job by Toledo, but until he learns to let beer alone and quit absorbing cigarettes he will never make good. Clint Prough is back in Keokuk and seems to have recovered the use of his arm for yesterday he beat Ottumwa 8 to 2, and struck out six men. —Bluffton Banner. o ATTACKS TARIFF W. J. Bryan Delivers First Address of Campaign at Des Moines EQUALIZE THE TAXES The Commoner Made a Great Speech—Leaves for Chicago Des Moines, la., Aug. 21. —Comparing the attitude of the two dominant parties on the tariff question, W. J. Bryan, the Democratic candidate for the presidency, at the base ball park in this city tonight, before a vast audience, fired the first gun in the campaign. He attacked the Republican promises of tariff revision and asked if the Democratic party was not justified when it included in its platform the declaration that “the people cannot safely ntrust the execution of this important work with a party which is so deeply obligated to the highly protected interests as the Republican party.” “The whole aim of our party,” he said in summarizing, “is to secure justice in taxation. We believe that each Individual should contribute to the support of the government in proportion to the benefits which he receives under the protecting government. We believe that a revenue tariff, approached gradually, according to the -plan laid down in our platform, will equalize the burdens of taxation and that the addition of an income tax will make taxation still more equal. “If the Republican party is to have the support of the people who find a pecuniary profit in the legislature of the taxing power as a private asset in their business, we ought to have the support of that large majority of the people who produce the nation’s wealth in time of peace, protect the nation’s flag in time of war and ask for nothing from the government but even handed justice.” Mr. Bryan, accompanied by Mayor Frank W. Brown, of Lincoln, private Secretary Robert F. Rose, and several correspondents, arrived at 9:30 this morning, two hours later than the schedule called for. The entire party was very tired, owing to the long wait at the station in Lincoln, it being 3 o’clock before the start was made. Following breakfast at the hotel, Mr. Bryan was taken for an automobile ride through the city. This included an unexpected call on Governor Cummins in the executive chambers. The two men indulged in repartee for at least ten minutes The return by the governor was most cordial. After luncheon Mr. Bryan rested for several hours and tonight, escorted by the Young Men’s Bryan Club and many prominent Democrats, he proceeded to the base ball park, where he received an ovation before commencing his remarks. Upon the conclusion of his tariff speech he addressed an overflow crowd in the Auditorium and emphasized his views regarding the election of senators by vote of the people. During the day Mr. Bryan announced that on Wednesday next, on his way from Indianapolis to Topeka, he would stop several hours at Salem. 111., his birthplace, and deliver a speech from the porch steps. Mr. Bryan left at 10:50 for Chicago, where he will remain three days and 'hold frequent conferences with his ; ‘campaign managers.

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STOVE EXPLODED In the Room Occupied by Mrs. Nettie Mentzer in Stone Building AND BLAZE STARTED Timely Work Prevented What Might Have Been a Costly Conflagration An explosion of a small gasoline stove in the rear room of the J. H. Stone building occupied by Mrs. Nettie Mentzer caused the curtains, blinds and a comforter to be ablaze and for some time the building was treatened by the roaring flames. Fortunately Mrs. Mentzer was in the room, and after failing in an effort to extinguish the flames by throwing a blanket over same, she gave an alarm which brought several men to the scene of the conflagration. The burning articles were hurled from the window to the street and the application of several buckets of water partially extinguished the flames, sufficiently at least to assure that the fire department was not needed. A large number of curious people gathered about the building, expecting at any moment to see flames break out from the roof of the building. The loss sustained is but a meager amount, the building, however being saved by timely work. READY FOR WORK School Teachers and Pupils Are Ready for Siege of Work ENJOYED GOOD REST During the Summer Vacation—Schools Convene in Two Weeks The city schools convene September 7, just two weeks hence, and the various teachers and scholars are preparing for nine months of diligent work and study. The three months' vacation this summer have been most delightful to the teachers an<s scholars. Some have enjoyed outings at famous resorts, some made extensive trips to the cities, while others have been content to remain in old Decatur in quiet repose. At any rate, all are ready for vigorous work during the months of the school term and now that teachers have been assigned to the different grades of the schools, the date for the opening of the educational institutions is anxiously awaited. It is expected that a large number of pupils be enrolled this year, in fact a noticeable Increase over last year which means much. Many of the instructors have taken courses of training in college during the summer which evidences the fact that the instruction will be ideal. It is the duty of all to lend their assisance in making the schools better than ever. o FATHER DONAGHUE DEAD. New Albany, Ind., August 21. Dr. Stephen J. Donaghue, rector of St. Michael’s Catholic church at Bradford north of here, and at one time associate rector at St. John's church, in Indianapolis, died this morning after a short illness. He was thirty-four years of age and had been a priest eleven years. Father Donaghue was reared in Jeffersonville and had been stationed at Richmond and at Terre Haute. o — —— Bills have been received in this city about the Great Miller Bros, wild west show at Fort Wayne, one week from yesterday. The G. R- and I. railroad as usual are again offering special rates along their line and no doubt [many will take advantage of same.