Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1909 — Page 1

Volume VII. Number

ANNUAL INVOKF FIRST Best Showing Ever AJ. ind.TT?, F o ' Earthc i uake at the County We^L’ ' n ‘^Xf ßi S ht from Farm K <-e.. nman f Wire ® le E J ■T,r r ' to R ° me . il A GREAT DINIM^^ eorA T OSS WORK —' B'-roiv/r 6 ° f the T ' The Adams County®*'"’.h knell Also o£ In ’ firmary a Mode®Nt’"'J May Be Sent Institution '« J ,o Italy ■ra'L J’"'""f The annual invoice at the c<^Br. e Mr hP r e ° tb f n ’ Jan ’ 2—A former In ‘ firwary is over. Those who W-ss it be b * ” ent t 0 Italy the appraisers and the oth®€ of the b ” h f rge ° f tbe rellef WOrk for enjoyed the festivities incidej® goinjr to i- art! l al R<?d Cr ° SS- Ernest ? ’ of tne best country dinners (Harters of > y ' R f a,ional dlrector of ffl e Amgraced a festal board, still liHbut since -hN .’T ? r ° SS B ° Ckty ’ Wb ° for the tale. It was a great feaHe was Ba ,T? T & reßldent ° f In ‘ erything under the sun anH'nt- but t' ■ f’ baS bene tentativel >’ se ’ ”» that the pleasant taste He was lo ’ '* ° fflCla,S ° f tbe Red Cr ° i:s gers. Mrs. Clark J. Lutz and H of the com t I BlCkneU was in •Gene assisted Mrs. Graber H'felt dhtir ’t" 8 ‘ W Week ' bUt iS n °' V Gruber in serving. The ' 5 T gan ’ He had Intended Koing the best ever made by th^K——— t 0 Callfornia ’ but un ‘ tion, the total footing $8 f re is a change of P lans he than Ehrman, J. E Mann ■ U TA tfC /. recalled and sent t 0 Ital >’ t 0 Bobnke made the estimates O’* 7 lni\C/ fter tbe distribution of all of as follows: p s raised in America for the ■Cattle " pt the earthquake sufferers an l Sheep JVT‘II jrded through the Red Cross. Hogs ’ Jor Beveridge will at once transfer Chickens Co pf mount forwarded him by the InHorses ’ jLpolis people to the Red Cross Hay and fodder Writs Houseka’ 1 wIR P robabl >’ be cabled tomordrain 7 to Italy as a part of a rapidly Products on hand ~ emulating national relief fund. This Groceries ’’ BABOUT RT/ be a Btr,k,ng exam P ,e of the B', y goods cd |ed with which relief measures can Ccal "■ T~ —' /put through by the Red Cross. UnClothing . _f s there should be some unforseen Farm implement-* Give Mt ch, the amount raised by the InFurniture Ci, janapolls police will be available for “16 knouUiief in Sicily within thirty-six hours ■Fill the ff Rer R was eposßed wltb tbe tele ' The invoice is low and hB J T raph

sale taken place the grand have been much more. . Miller, 'oi the prosperous condition ■espectej an J at. the county farm J management of Supt. ber. The infirmary is W' 01 * r eturaU ir.rdel public building. 'his f ranged and better still it columns of as few institutions of ilßfortiiTi.- of M’ managed. The thrty-eigMad been abf * are well cared fo< and Mil left with f

•peace with the world. TttfM of life, t joyed the day there to flmp'lf 5 “David Werling, T. H. »r and' furn| e Bobnk", Nathan and f Henry Zwlck, C. A. DM to Durkin, Godfrey Christen,® is an elddf 8 house and William MillenMen, and W Ot ' 0 BMisekeener I U^d FRIDAY A lii-q- ■. i i B ned whJ. BQe >t. althoJ sit ’ on Year 1909 Begins <Ben for f Mr-Wi-r lumber and Also Endß a beautP ome ' JBlount wcumstaif Friday upon f to Mr Bae. f SOME FB H | NEs f TED About the Year VB of Co ! Farm B' Instf Just Begun—■ 4 , . Bweekf bnshed Holidays« )<>catf men who Bated F lal prlze BhrmF* In the The year 1909 sarts a lbe -ends on Friday but fortunßj- L.f* progre.. Mint, yhose name its entire course there i«[“'< where the stance where there is i n y way, the * of the double hoodoo. F®L 13th. This occurs in B a f ): i ' Cb be -first legal holiday is FelB 1 'l« I aH the J, Jch a gift. coins birthday, 'which M_T I Friday. Washington'slatA GREETED. Monday, February 22. also comes on MondayJaDeLr onor GerEaster Sunday falls osSi M° r ’ Is considerably earlier ® ■, . r ]*foreign ambaswlren the date wasfjß | ld JayTle Hini It probably will be J^B t >led British, Japregret to the small |h| > Ibassadors. were the Fourth of July at tfce palaee • very coldly drying the new I , ■etfulace whep ne such a case the l reet9 toda y(. rom observed. Labor dJ^H s ,Jno demonstration day in September. ■HarJnericaii ambassatember 6th. Than J®. I s wlfe S ave a re ' iMU'tilattended by sevThursday in NovemMM I ... jHKI its of the American day. Christmas, DaLL was held in the on Saturday and in Bidmark Sunday. Hallowe§K| r.fls on-Koenigsplatz, comes on Sundayß®)''Jassador Tower reda> on Thursday. SaHeJ

D±ATT DAILY democrat.

I Washington, January 2.—J. W. Lilly 'I treasurer of the Indiana branch of the f American Red Cross society,, will today forward to Washington, D. C„ to the national secretary of the Red Cross about S7OO, Indiana’s first contribution to the earthquake sufferers of Italy and Sicily. From Washington the money will be telegraphed to its destination.

MINSTREL BILLS And Some of the Unbelievable Facts They Announce IN LARGE TYPE A Wonderfully Clever Performance is Hinted At Have you read the big bill just posted over the city, announcing in glaring letters the fact that the Decatur Elks are to give a minstrel the grand annual exhibition of “monkey business” by the best stars of ! the universe? If you havn’t, don’t wait. Rush out right away and read one of them, and you will have some , idea of what you may expect when i you go to the opera house next Thurs--1 day and Friday evening. The bill was written by Col. Georg© Maddy, who posted bills for th e Cherry Sisters in .1888 and Will Schrock who once played little Eva in an Uncle Tom’s com- ’ pany. Some ot the words used were secured freight and are used by special permission ot his excellency, Mr. Theodore. Among the attractions • offered are the Ortalthichnites, the ! Pithecantrope, the Gymnotus Electri- ■ cus. Helianthemum and others’as hard to say and worse to gaze upon. It’s i going to be awful and the cold shudi dere will run up and down your spinal ’ column as you witness the dare-devil feats, but you need not worry as the j boys have practiced so carefully that ? they are perfect in the execution ot t each part. The songs are new and the jokes so fresh that they require a - certain amount of salt. Take some with you.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, January 2, 1909.

« TO CAPTURE THE SOUTH. Taft Bound to Break th.e Lines in the Solid South. - Washington. January 2.—The determination of President-elect Taft and h's latest conferees. Messrs. Hitchcock, Hammond and Sherrill, to conduct an active campaign for Republican supremacy in the south has at- , traded more genuine interest here • than the cabinet gossip. The plan is apparently a revival of that mapped out after the McKinley victories; of . which it is said that had McKinley lived the solid south would now be broken instead of in the process of breaking. Senator Hanna used tne same methods and the same machinery to obtain the nomination of McKiney in 1896 that Roosevelt and ■ Hitchcock employed so successfully ’ in the south last spring, but the ad- • vantage was not held. Mr. Taft is . quoted by a friend as saying, in the ■ course of the preliminary campaign, ■ that if nominated he would rather carry one southern than two northern states; hence his personal interest ; in the present plans. If the underi taking appears attractive enough to • cause Frank H. Hitchcock to decline ; a cabinet position, it will command the attention of Republicans every- ■ where. HOME FROM WEST Mr. Luther Boyer Returns From Leland Stanford University TO STUDY MEDICINE Will Go to Northwestern Several Years Then to Harvard Mr. Luther Boyers, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Boyers, arrived home this morning from Palo Alto, California, where for a year and a half he has been a student at the Leland Stanford university, one of the greatest institutions of learning in the country, and where Luther has succeeded well in his work. Within a few days he will go to Northwestern university to enter upon a course which will prepare him for the practice of medicine. He should complete' his work and receive the Bachelor of Arts degree in a year and a half and in doing so at the Northwestern gains a year in Ms medical course, which will require even then three years. This was the reason for his change at this time from Stanford to Evanston. According to present plans Luther will go to Harvard to complete his education after the four and a half years at the Northwestern university and when his educational work is complete he wili be well fitted for the practice of his great profession, and the better able to give aid to suffering humanity. He is a thorough and industrious student, and his many Decatur friends convinced of his future success. o MARRIED NEW YEARS EVE Young Couple Plight Vows —Will Live at Columbia City. Mr. Jesse A. Brown, of Whitley county and Miss Melisse Barto, of Pleasant Mills, this county, called at the parsonage of Rev. Imler, paster of the United Brethren church in this city, on New Year’s eve, and were united in the holy bonds of wedlock. Both are clever and popular young people who have many friends. They will make their future home at Columbia City, where the groom holds a lucrative position. PROTRACTED MEETINGS. The Friends protracted meeting is now in session and great interest is being taken. A special consecration service was held on New Years morning, and the whole church united in dedicating their lives to the service of the master. They are expecting the addition of several members to ' the church. The pastor, Rev. T. W. Irman, is preaching clear gospel and ! you are cordially invited to attend, i “Come, let us reason together,” rays tbe Lord, “though your sins be red i like crimson, they shall be as white as snow.” " '' J - I

BLACK NOSE CLUB Six Young Men Will Vouch That the Name is Appropriate A CLEVER PARTY A Sheet With Hole in It Furnishes Unique Amusement A party which will go down in history as the most unique and interesting ever held in Adams county is the-one given at the home of John Fruchte, of near Magley, by his daughters, Hannah and Hulda. After the guests had assembled the idea was advanced by one of the party that a guessing contest, be indulged in, and to vary somewhat from the long established method, the girls, clever girls, stretched a sheet across a door in the home leaving a hole in the center. The lights were made dim and tbe boys who were standing on one side of the sheet were to guess by touching the nose of the girls on the opposite side, who they were, the girls placing their faces at the hole in the sheet. The boys proved quite good guessers and they were anxious to try the guessing qualities of the girls. The gentlemen one by one passed the hole in the sheet and subjected their beaks to an examination. A girl stood on the opposite side with a quantity of lamp black which they gently placed on the smelling members of the men and when the light was turned on, Oh! my. The boys looked at each other in great amazement. The gentlemen were Martin Worthman Frank Annen, Rudolph and Fred Kolter and Edward Fruchte. Refreshments were served after water had been applied to remove the lamp black. It was the black nose club. This is absolutely confidential and it is hoped that it will be treated with secrecy by our readers. WILL SEND A FUND Rev. Wilken Will Take Up Collection for the Sufferers of Italy ON JANUARY 10TH Public Outside of Catholic Church May Subscribe if They Wish A collection for the relief of the suffering people of south Italy and the various islands adjacent thereto, will be taken at the St. Marys church in this city on Sunday, January 10, and it is needless to say that the citizens of this community will respond nobly to this worthy cause. Thousands and thousands of people are suffering, are hungry, are destitute, in the lands devastated by the earthquake, and they need your help. To such an appeal the people of Adams county will respond in away that will leave no doubt as to our sympathy in times of distress and our love fur mankind. The collection will be taken at both masses at six o’clock and ten o’clock. Cash subscriptions will also be received and appreciated from those outside the church, and Father Wilken asks us to state that he will receive same, at any time next week. The money may be sent to him or brought to the residence any evening next week, or piaced in'the collection basket on the day mentioned. Tbe money contributed will be sent to Bishop Alerding at Fort Wayne, who will add it to that subscribed over the diocese and forward it to Pius X who will dispose of it as he sees fit. It is but seldom that such a need for aid is manifest, and all who can should add their mite to this fund. ■

WAS AN IDEAL SALOONIST Marshall Never Indicted —Permitted No Card Playing. Bluffton, Ind., Jan. 1. —Robert B. Marshall retired from the saloon business upon the expiration of his license for the Bliss hotel bar last night, and there now remain but four saloons in Bluffton, and two of these, Alex, Boivin and Lewis Scott, will close their places next Tuesday, while the last saloons to operate in Bluffton, Calvin Ditzler’s and John Clark’s will close on February 4. The blanket remonstrances, effective for two years, was filed on the Friday preceding the November election. Mr. Marshall, who quit business last night, conducted one of the model saloons in Indiana, and could never have been put out of business individually for cause. He owned his own furniture and in a period of nine years that he was in business was never indicted. He permitted neither card-playing nor dice in his place of business. He will probably leave B'uffton and may locate in Fort W ayne.

IN CIRCUIT COURT Demurrers Argued and Overruled in Gallmeyer Case A LEGAL BATTLE Issues Nearly Completed— Other Cases Called Up this Morning The paternity suit, State ex rel Daisy Butcher vs. Oliver Wade, was ordered left off the trial calendar. Judge Macy of Winchester, was here again and heard the arguments of attorneys on a demurrer in the case of Conrad D. Gallmeyer, trustee vs. Edward Gallmeyer et al. The demurrer was overruled and a reply filed. This case which is one for an Injunction, to quiet title and for damages will be quite a legal battle. The issues are about complete and it will probably be tried during the February term. Chares F. Rinehart vs. Charles F. Rinehart, admr., et al, partition, set for trial January sth. Warren W. McQuiston et al vs. Charles F. Felty et al, partition, cause dismissed, plaintiff to pay one-thir-teenth of costs and defendants the balance. W. G. McCarmaok, gura<dian >for Warren and Savetta McQuiston, filed a report of sale of real estate, sale confirmed, deed ordered, reported and approved and ordered delivered. Albert A. Butler was appointed administrator of the estate of his father, Jesse Butler, who died suddenly a few days ago. He filed bond in the sum of 11,500. e- ■- i — ■ FARMERS FILE A PROTEST. Object to Jay County Taking Over Hospital at Pennville. Portland, Ind., Jan. 1. —The farmers of Pike and Madison townships, two of the four townships comprising the district represented by D. A. J. Cromas as commissioner, have filed a protest against the taking over by the county of the hospital in this city. The Madison township remonstrance contains twenty names, while that from Pike township has eighteen. The basis of their objection is practically the same as that of the Pgjin township people, fl'ed some time ago, that the acquisition of the institution would be a financial buiiden, greater fhan j| s benefits to the county. The remonstrances are a trifle premature, as no formal application has ever been made for the taking over of the Portland institution. n ... BOARD OF CHARITY TO MEET Notice is hereby given that the Board of Children’s Guardians will meet on Monday evening at the Decatur library at seven o’clock to transact business of importance and each member is requested to be present.

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THE SPEAKESHIP Two of the Announced Candidates Formally Withdraw HONAN STILL LEADS Harry Strickland and John B. Faulkner Out of the Race Indianapolis, Ind., January 2. —Both Harry Strickland, of Greenfield and John B. Faulkner, of Michigan City, are out of the race for the speakership of the next house of representatives. This announcement was made last night after Mr. Strickland and Mr. Faulkner had been in conference at the Denison hotel with Thomas Honan, of Seymour, another candidate. Neither Mr. Faulkner nor Mr. Strickland denies that he would accept the speakership if it were forced on him or handed to him without effort on his part, but both say that they are not in the race. Mr. Strickland explained his attitude by declaring that he had never said he was a candidate. Mr. Strickland admitted that it had been generally understood that he was one of the avowed candidates, but he declared it was not true, just the same. He said he had made no canvass for the place. “I am not seeking the speakership,” said Mr. Faulkner. “Os course it is very nice to have one’s name mentioned in this connection. But I am not a candidate in any sense except that, like any other representative, I would be glad enough to accept the place if without effort on my part the representatives should decide that I was the man to have it.” Mr. Strickland. Mr. Garrard and Mr. Honan all denied that they had met one another in Indianapolis by appointment, but each admitted that he had come to Indianapolis to look into the speakership situation and study the lay of the land. While Mr. Faulkner had not been very active, he had been regarded as a bonafide candidate for the speakership. Mr. Strickland was in Indianapolis much after his name became connected with the speakership and w-as looked upon as one of the active candidates.

PAYS TO ADVERTISE Many Found Copies of the Daily Democrat Asked For FOR OUR FILE Three Copies of Each Were Brought in Before Five O’Clock That it pays to advertise was again proven last evening. Those who read the Daily Democrat yesterday will recall that we advertised for two old copies, dates of August 7th and Bth last, which had in some manner been taken from our files and mislaid. One dollar was offered for the papers and before five o’clock last evening and within an hour of the time the papers bad been delivered, three copies of each date had been presented to this office. The calls continued during the evening and this morning a dozen or more brought the papers in. When you consider that the dates asked for are more than four months old, and that the responses came so quickly, it certainly convinces one that the Democrat is not only read, but by are kept for awhile at least. We were thankful indeed to receive the papers and we most sincerely thank those who went to the trouble to look for them and brought them in too late to secure the pay. From the number that came in, it was very evident, however, that we couldn’t afford to . buy all at the price quoted. /