Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 223, Decatur, Adams County, 17 September 1908 — Page 1

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honor local men Ransom Allen and Fred Vaughn Chosen Officers of 160th Regiment MET AT MARION Ossian Has Been Chosen to Entertain Regiment Third Wednesday in August Ossian will have the honor of entertaining the 160th Indiana regiment at its ninth annual reunion the third Wednesday in August. It was so decided at the business meeting of the regiment assembled In Marion Tuesday at Goldwait park. This was the eighth reunion held by the regiment. The first was in Bluffton in 1900, then in turn at Marion, Wabash, Tipton, Decatur, Lafayette and Warsaw. The 1907 reunion was abandoned by Logansport because of the illness of Captain Bender. About a hundred and fifty were in Marion, of which number nineteen registered from Company E, Bluffton’s pride. Among the affairs talked over at the business meeting in the afternoon was the project of going to Chickamauga park for the annual reunion in the fall of 1910 or the spring of the same year. S. E. Hitchcock was elected president of a committee to take this in charge and report, the matter at the Ossian reunion. John Fryer of Marlon was made secretary and treasurer of the committee. In the election of officers, Harry Beatty, of Company F, Ossian, was elected colonel of the reunion. Dr. J. O. Fryer, of Company A, Marion, was named permanent secretary, to succeed C. O. SeCheserell, who hag moved to Wisconsin. Ransom Allen, of Decatur, was elected quartermaster and Rev. W. J. Vigus was made permanent chaplain. The following lieutenant colonels, or secretaries were named for each company: A, Dr. J. O. Gryer; B, Fred Vaughn, Decatur; C. Charles A. Werkhoff. Lafayette: D, Frank Henley, of 'Wabash; E. George J. Tribolet, Bluffton; F, L. L. Allen, Ossian, G, JoL.-.Rapp. Columbia City; H, Walter Brubaker, Warsaw; I, H. S Matthews, Tipton; K. J. M. Kitt, Huntington; L. W. P. Lycan, Anderson; M, W. J. Boehmer, Logansport. A campfire was held at Bcldthwait park last lasted until 10 o'clock, and the boys of Company E came home after enjoying a great time. —Bluffton Banner.

‘BEITY’ CAME HOME Well Known Ball Player of Berne is Making Good WAS A LITTLE WILD This Season, But Was Effective Otherwise —Returns Next Spring - Clarence Biersdorfer, of Berne, known by all the enthusiasts of balldom in this section of the country, was in the city today meeting old friends, and left on an early car for Fort Wayne to attend the big fair. Beginning his base ball career in Adams county, Biersdorfer displayed a remarkable ability as a pitcher and his benders and speed spelled defeat to many clubs in this vicinity. Early last spring he went to Dallas, Texas, as a new recruit on the southern city team and foe played well, winning many games by clever pitching and he looked so good that he was the following spring drafted by the management of the Washington American league club. Minneapolis, [n the need of a pitcher, offered a neat sum for his release to them and the deal was closed, Biersdorfer reporting at once for duty and with the exception of (Continued on page four.)

ALL RIGHT IN THEIR PLACE Are Fire, Bumble Bees and Boys Says Exchange. Fire, bumble bees and boys are all right in their place but when you get the boys to fighting the bumble bees with fire where there is good long grass that is dry like the grass is now, it makes a very dangerous combination and one that came very nearly causing quite a loss to Harl Richey, on south marion street yesterday. Several boys of the south side in a fight with some bumble bees fired the grass and when it gained such headway that they saw it was going to cause trouble, they ran away, and as all of the men of the neighborhood were gone it devolved on the ladies to put the fire out, | and it wag with the greatest effort ! that they succeeded in saving the ! buildings of Harl Richey, the mail carrier. The mayor lately issued an order against bonfires of leaves in the city, and no doubt he intended to inI elude burning of bumble bee nests. REV. McCARTYSUED Wife of Well Known Portland Minister Files Sensational Charges ASKS SEPARATION From Her Husband—Alleges Cruel Treatment, Embezzlement and Others The most sensational divorce complaint filed in the Jay circuit court for years, says the Portland Sun, is the one instituted against Rev. W. E. McCarty, known by nearly every Decatur citizen. Stating that she and the defendant were married September 13, 1907, the complainant alleges that at the time of her marriage she possessed a farm near Portland and several city residences, while the minister of the gospel, preaching on a circuit near Portland, had no means nor property except a small amount of personal property valued at SSOO. She further alleges that prior to their marriage the plaintiff and defendant entered into an ante-nupial contract as to the management of her properties, whereby he was co act as her i agent, in the management of same. During the first three months of their I wedded life, says the complainant, they lived happily and agreeably together, but for the past six months !he has wholly failed and refused to account to her for interests and rents I collected by him although during that time he has collected large sums of money, and at times when she needI ed the necessaries of life for herself I and would ask him for it he would | say to her that he had none of her money, and none of his own that he would give her and if she wanted anything to go in debt for same. During the past six months, says the complaint, the defendant has been very abusive to her, at times charging her with being guilty of falsehoods to him, and that she has made it her business to manufacture lies about him, and frequently charged her with being unchaste, and on different occasions when citizens of the county would call at her residence to transact business with her, after such persons would leave he would charge her with unchastity, etc. Continuing the plaintiff alleges without foundation that he accused her with having been crim- ' Inally intimate with her stepfather. William Baldwin, who had been dead for thirty-five years, charged her with killing her two former husbands, Hiram Cloud and E. T. Williams, charged her wtih being insane, that he pushed and struck her while she was transacting business in a bank, and many other similar charges. The Plaintiff asks SI,OOO alimony. Under their ante-nuptial contract the Rev. McCartv is to have $3,000 at the death of his wife. The filing of this sensational complaint will completely surprise the many acquaintances of the • defendant in this vicinity who were of the opinion that he and his bride o’ but a year were enjoying a blissful • matrimonial career. . — o . ' Miss Joe Mylott has Rone to Auf burn to accept a position as singer J for a moving picture show.

CHANLER NAMED Democrats Choose Him to Head the Ticket in New York State HAD NO OPPOSITION Every Faction Agrees and Harmony Reigns—The Rest of the Ticket Rochester, N. Y., September 16. — Following is the state ticket nominated by the Democratic convention today: Governor—Lewis S. Chanler, of Dutchess. Lieutenant-Governor —John A. Dix, of Washington. Secretary of State —John S. Whalen, of Monroe. Controller —Martin H. Glynn, of Albany. Attorney-General—George M. Palmer, of Schoharie. Treasurer—Julius Hauser,of Suffolk. Engineer and Surveyor—Philip P. Farley, of Kings. Charles F. Murphy and State Chairman Conners announced before the convention met today that this was the ticket agreed upon in conference. The selection of John A. Dix as the candidate for lieutenant-governor came as a surprise, as it had been regarded as settled since early last evening that Francis Burton Harrison, of New York would be the choice The leaders desired to strengthen the ticket by naming a far up-state man. The Republicans were rather confident the Democrats of New York would not be able to do it —hold a harmonious convention —but they were in error. Harmony in great gobs floated around here, today, and when the final session of the state convention opened today there was determination on the part of leaders and delegates to rush through the work of making a platform and a ticket and be ready to give Bryan a fine reception tonight. There was only one slight hitch in this program and that came when Senator McCarren expressed himself vigorously over the nomination of a candidate for state engineer. The most significant development of the night was the willingness of leader Murphy of Tammany to forget his figffit with Patrick McCarren, the Brooklyn boss, until after election. In the opinion of persons who know Murphy's —ltys his action means that he is really interested in the rational campaign this year: that Tammany will do its utmost to roll up a tremendous plurality for the Democratic ticket. national and state, in Manhattan. Murphy's attitude, everybody says, means much for the Democratic national ticket.

ASKS JUDGMENT Samuel K. Shackley of Near Monroe Instituted Proceedings Against Durbin THIS MORNING Asks $25 Damages and Possession of House—Marshal Bohnke After Offenders A new case has been filed before Squire J. H. Stone entitled Samuel K. Shackley vs. William A. Durbin, in which the plaintiff demands judgment in the sum of $25, and the ejectment of the defendant from his house which is located on his farm near Monroe. The complaint avers that the defendant was in his employ for some time, simultaneously living in a house belonging to the plaintiff and for the reasons that the defendant neglected his work and was cruel to the plaintiff’s horses Durbin was dis--1 charged and ordered to vacate the property. This the defendant has refused to do and as a consequence Mr. Shackley instituted the ejectment and damage proceedings. The case is set for trial September 22nd at 9:00 a. m. Marshal Bohnke was at Fort Wayne (Continued on page 4.)

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening. September 17, 1908.

MADE GOOD SHOWING IN MICH. Nidlinger & Son Secure Fourteen Premiums and a Championship. John D. Nidlinger, the well known Duroc-Jersey breeder, returned from Grand Rapids. Michigan this morning, where the firm of Nidlinger & Son had entered a herd of their fine swine at the eastern Michigan fair. The competition was fierce, herds of Durocs being entered by the leading . breeders of Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, but the Adams county firm, as usual, carried away a good share of the premiums, taking fourteen first and second ribbens and one championship over all. Earl Nidlinger, the junior member of the firm, is still at Grand Rapids, it being necessary to keep the herd there until this evening. Earl will go on to the Minnesota fair and other places, and , will have the stock out several weeks I yet. Mr. Nidlinger also Informs us that Frisinger & Co., of this city, who are showing their draft horses at Grand R)apids, fire taking) a large share of the prizes. There is no use trying to compete against Adams county live stock and the best breeders of the country are beginning to find that fact outDON’T KNOW THEM Muncie Garment Company No Longer in Business in That City SAYS THE STAR Mull Also Worked at Bluffton With Same Result as Here An article recently published in this paper concerning the organization of a sewing club among the ladies of Decatur, has been commented on by papers in various other cities of this locality. The same man, Mull, also worked at Bluffton the week before he came here and secured about fifty dollars in fees with the same result as here, and the agent, Mrs. McDowell, believing the deal to be a fake has resigned. The Muncie Star in this morning’s issue uses the story and adds that an inquiry there fails •to reveal any such a concern, and that the old Muncie Garment company is now out of business, and tbelr factory is occupied by other business concerns. There does not seem to be much doubt as to the fact that the company is new, and it looks as though an investigation might end in the men who have been working it facing serious trouble for if things are as they appear to be, they have certainly been taking money under false pretenses, and the fact that they secured this money from women, many of whom can ill afford to waste even fifty cents, should make things go a little hard for them. The president, is due to arrive here next Monday, but it is scarcely probable from the turn affairs have taken that he will be here. It is said that a company of Decatur ladies may be organized to conduct a business on plans suggested by this venture, but in a strictly honest and business way. If they should do so it will prove a splendid thing after all. o BOND SALE NEXT SATURDAY Issue is for $27,060 to Build a Macadam Extension. County Treasurer John F. Lachot has given notice, which may be found in another column of this issue, that he will on next Saturday, September 19th, at the room of the board of colmm|ssioners, receive sealed bids for the purchase and sale of macadam road bonds issued for the construction of the Decatur & Monroe Extension No. 5, in Washington township, the issue being for $27,060, divided into twenty series and bearing 4% per cent interest, due and payable on the 15th of May and November each year at the Old Adams County bank. o_ — The plans have been made for a new C., B. & C. depot at Huntington. 'The work will be commenced in a short time and that city will have the honor of owning the finest waiting room on the entire road. The location will be on Front street, where the road now terminates.

WANT IT REPEALED Delegation of Farmers Object to the 1907 Gravel Road Amendment CALL ON GOVERNOR Who Says Special Session Will Be Too Busy to Take the Matter Up The Indianapolis News said last evening: Among the others who called at the executive office was a delegation of farmers from Montgomery, Clinton and Boone counties. They came to discuss the gravel road law with the governor, and T. J. Terhune, of Lebanon, and M. E. Foley, of Crawfordsville, acted as spokesmen. The farmers objected to a gravel road law enacted by the legislature of 1905 and amended in 1907. This .law provides that fifty freeholders may petition for the improvement of a highway. If the petition is honored by the county commissioners, a levy is made on the township for the expenses of the improvement. The law is construed to mean that all taxpayers of a township shall help bear the expense of the improvement even though they are not directly benefitted by it. “It means,” said Mr. Terhune, “that farmers who live several miles from the place where the improvement is to be made and who have improved reads near their own homes, are compelled to help pay the expenses of the new improvement just the same.” The law has been construed to mean also, it is said, that the regulation for improvement applies to improved streets in cities just the same as for highways in the country. An attempt was made to improve a street in Lebanon under this law, but the movement was blocked by the city council, which refused to grant the privilege of making the improvement. The farmers believe that those who are net directly benefitted by the improvement should not help pay for it. The governor was asked to recommend the repeal of the law in his message to the special session of the legislature. It is understood that he told the delegation that there would be a rush of ether important business at the special session, and that probably it would be well to leave the road question until the regular session. It is understood now that the road question will not come up until the regular session.

TO MEET SATURDAY Stockholders of Fort Wayne and Springfield to Select an Auditor OTHER BUSINESS Will Be Transacted—Roy Edinger, of Pittsburg, as Master Mechanic The stockholders of the Fort Wayne and Springfield railway company will hold a business meeting next Saturday for the purpose of tranacting business of great importance in regard to the extension of the line southward to Berne and the selection of a successor to T. W. Shelton, and to serve as master mechanic of the read. The resignation of Mr. Shelton las superintendent necessitates the appointment of a man in whose charge the operation of the cars will be placed and who will be responsible for the successful operation of same. I The officials for some time have been ‘negotiating with sveral men who are capable of assuming the all important capacity and as a result, Mr. Roy Edinger, of Pittsburg, Pa., a Westinghouse man, has been selected as masIter mechanic and the superintendency (Continued on page 4.)

BLUFFTON HORSE A WINNER Alacer Took Fourth in a Great Contest. Alacer, the Bluffton trotter, was in a hard race in Fort Wayne Tuesday, there being five starters and the victory going to L. Maude, a horse that has been campaigning all summer and that can go in 2:07. In the first heat Alacer was interferred with by a driver who cut in front and made Dellinger swerve to the outside to avoid a collision. In that heat Alacer took the fifth and last place in the field. In the other two heats he took fourth place, making his race up among the leaders without a single break. He received fourth money, the best time being 2:11%. The horse will be | brought home for the season, as the owners do not wish to injure him. He :has done nicely so far, being within the money all three races he has enthree weeks of training. jtered, and that with but two or GUARD MURDERED Edward Quick of Michigan City Shot by a Masked Burglar EARLY THIS MORNING One of Best Known Guards at the States Prison— Murderer Escaped Michigan, City. Indiana, Sept. 17. — (Special to Daily Democrat)—Edward Quick, one of the oldest and best known guards at the states prison, located at this place, was murdered at his home here early this morning by a masked robber. During the early hours of the morning, Mrs. Quick was awakened by sounds of some one in the house. The intruder soon entered the room In which Mr. and Mrs. Quick were sleeping and as soon as the lady realized this she awakened her husband, but the burglar heard her and pointing a revolver at Quick threatened to shoot if he moved. Quick, half asleep and not realizing what he was doing, raised himself on his elbow and looked around and the burglar, taking this for a hostile move, sent a bullet into the back of Quick’s head and the latter fell back dead. The intruder approached the bed. turned on his light and examined Quick, crying as he did so, “My God, what have I done?” He then fled. The officers have absolutely no clue but will do everything possible to bring the murderer to justice. - o Clarence Baughman has returned from a business trip to Bluffton. The adjuster of the insurance company in which the Leßrun restaurant was insured. wa a hero this morning and settled the same in a satisfactory manner. Old Cy Young has a new curve. He is an overhand pitcher, and the new one is simply a side arm variation. He can get more speed on the side arm bail than most pitchers and the new soler is said to be working well. Cy really doesn't need any new ones, but he doesn’t want folks to think he isn’t right there with all the up-to-date stuff s ae as the young fellows. Mrs. Chrsitena Evans, wife of Dr. J. B Evans, today filed suit for damages of S2OO against the United Telephone company, with Mock & Sons as her ' attorneys. She alleges that over her | protests the company in October, 1907, | placed a telephone pole immediately north of her barn in the alley back of her residence. She alleges that the pole prevents opening the barn doors and has inconvenienced her in placing coal, hay. etc., in the barn and thinks this inconvenience amounts to S2OO worth. —Bluffton News.

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TAFTS’ TRIP WEST Will Make Only One Speech in Indiana and That at Town of Brook GOES TO DAKOTAS Hitchcock Says Red Fire Will Be Plentiful During Month of October Cincinnati, September 16.—Judge Taft s western speaking trip was the subject of final conference today between the presidential candidate, National Chairman Hitchcock. Senator Dixon, of Montana, in charge of the western speakers' bureau; national committeeman Charles Nagel, of Missouri, and Judge Ballinger, of Seattle, member of the advisory committee. The details of the itinerary were worked out by Senator Dixon, after receiving the general suggestions from the committee. The itinerary of Judge Taft takes in Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas, lowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and Illinois, as follows: September 23, Brook, Indiana; 24th, Milwaukee; 25th, Madison, Wis.; 26th, St. Paul and Minneapolis; 27th, (Sunday) Minneapolis; 28th, Fargo, N. D.; 29th, Mitchell, S. D.; 30th, Fort Dodge, lowa, noon, and Omaha, Neb.; October 1. trip through Nebraska westward; 2d, Denver; 3d, Topeka. Kas.; 4th (Sunday) Kansas City; sth, St. Joseph, Mo.; 6th, St. Louis; 7th, Chicago and Galesburg. 111. “There have been numerous criticisms,” said Mr. Hitchcock, “to the effect that the Republican campaign was at a standstill, and that the opposition party was carrying things by default. There may be a semblance of truth in this at ttv present moment but it has been considered the wisest pla n to make the ‘racket and red-fire' campaign during the month of October.” He thinks there will be no ground for criticism from any quarter when that time arrives. Mr. Hitchcock gave many reasons for pursuing this course. It was highly desirable that the strong Republican orators should be placed where their services were really needed. It was impossible to ascertain these places without firsthand Information regarding political conditions. This information would be obtained by that time, he said, and instead of having shots wasted previously by being fired at random, the efforts would be accurately directed.

HE IS A SMOOTH BOY 1 Frank Cotton for Fourth Time Escapes Prison Confinement HE IS A PERJURER ' And Has on Several Occa- ■ sions Committed Peniten- : tiary Offenses > Frank Cotton, charged with pass- ’ ing a fraudulent check on Cal Ditzler, ■ saloonist, of this city, pleaded guilty to the charge this morning before Judge Sturgis and received the minimum punishment, SIOO fine and costs. : This will be probably be laid out in ’ jail. His attorneys, Simmons & Dail- ’ ey. permitted him to plead guilty only when Prosecutor Emshwiller consented i to dismiss the perjury case against 1 Shim in Portland, where it is alleged ■ ,he made false statements on a wit- ■ Less stand. Mr. Emshwiler also said |he would be satisfied with the minimum punishment. The young man, *it is claimed, had been living; a 'straight life since passing the check ! and this stood in Ms fav<,r ,n ' e eyes of the prosecutor and the judge. Frank says he is going to be straigh .from now on and he should be en(Continued on p ** e Two)