Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 221, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1909 — Page 1
DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.
Volume VII. Number 221
COURTHOUSE NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jackson Each Want Divorce for Abandonment NEW DITCH PETITION Clerk Ordered to Draw Two New Jurors for September Term of Court There seems to be some dispute as to whether Andrew Jackson left his wife or his wife left him. A fewdays ago Mr. Jackson filed suit for divorce from his wife alleging abandonment. Today Mrs. Jackson filed ananswer denying this and a cross complaint alleging that her husband left her. Sne asks for the decree and the restoration of her former name, Mrs. Jane Thomas. Ella Debolt vs. Chancey Debolt for divorce, plaintiff was allowed fifteen dollars to prosecute case. The defendant was ordered to pay to the clerk that sum within twenty days. In the matter of the Fred Bracht and others ditch petition, it Aas ordered that Louis Goldner be appointed the third commissioner in place of Rinehart Leimenstall who is disqualified because of his kinship to parties interested. Attorney D. B. Erwin has filed a petition for a drain in Union township which affects a number of property owners of that section. The clerk was ordered to cause to be drawn from the jury box the names of two men to serve on the petit jury for September in place of Coffee and Schindler, who are excused on account of sickness. Mary Neaderhouser, administratrix of the estate of Fred Neaderhouser, filed a petition for an order to pay a ditch assessment lien which was granted. Real estate transfers: Charles E. (Continued oo page 4.1 A MERCHANTS DAY
Mrs. M. Burdg Trying to Interest Decatur Business Men SHOULD SUCCEED It Would Act as a Fall Opening for the Merchants of the City The merchants of Decatur are going to have a display day. providing Mrs. M. Burdg has her way. She is now circulating a petition asking for the signatures and donation to a fund which will be used for the purpose of devoting Wednesday, September 29th, as a merchants’ day. The object is to have them make fancy displays in their store windows, to ginger up and be as lively as the best of■ them. It will attract the fall buyers | to the fact that they have their fall. stocks ready for the purchaser, and I it will give the merchants a good opportunity to start right in the fall business. The idea originated with Mrs. Burdg, and it is a mighty good one, and it is to be hoped that she will succeed in the mission of having, a merchants’ display day. They will ■ have a band and many other things that attract and amuse the people, and it will be a good time for the ( People of the city and the county to get next to the best things on the market, where to buy them and be , suited just right. Most of the mer-1 chants are taking hold of the project and if the thing succeeds some mighty handsome displays are already assur- ( ed - :.-..i£THI
TO TEACH AT GENDALE Miss Lucile Locke Will Teach Music; this Term. Miss Lucile Locket, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Del Locke, of this city, has accepted a position in the college of Glendale, near Cincinnati, and will teach there this winter. Miss Locke .had contemplated entering the Presbyterian hospital at Chicago to take ,' the nurse training, but abandoned th ? I plan when the offer came from the college. Miss Locke graduated from Glendale last June. She is an accomplished musician, and will teach music there, taking an advanced course herself. She is a popular young society lady and her many friends are delighted that she has been so honored. She will leave Tuesday to begin her duties.—Blufftoh l ' Hanner. MANY KNEW HIM James Hower of Warren, Died Tuesday and Was Buried this Morning HAD RELATIVES HERE Three Half-Sisters Live in this County—Was Civil War Veteran James M. Hower, a veteran of the civil war. and for many years a resident of Warren, died Tuesday after an illness of several weeks during w-hich he suffered with pneumonia. Mr. Hower was one of the best known I and highly respected citizens of Hunti ington county and numbered his friends by the score. He had many relatives in this city and county and was quite well known here. Mr. Hower was born in Champaign county .Ohio, in 18'47. He enlisted in the I Union army at the breaking out of 1 the war when he was but eighteen years of age and served with distinction throughout the conflict. He came to Indiana at the close of the war and was married to Miss Myra Orn April 3, 1866. He is survived by his widow and one son, Orville, who is now located at South Park, Wash., three half brothers who live in Bluffton and three half sisters who reside in Decatur. He was an active member of the G. A. k., his membership having been with the Bluffton post. The funeral was held today at the Christian church in Warren and will be conducted by the Rev. J. E. Etter.
WILL GO IN SPECIAL TRAIN Many from Fort Wayne Will Attend Catholic Convention. The fifty-fourth annual national convention of the German Roman Catholic societies of the country will be held at Indianapolis from Septem-' ber 19 to 23 and at least 250 members 1 of the organization will attend from' this city. The local party will go to' the capital city in a special train leaving this city at 6 o’clock Sunday morning. In connection with the national meeting the sixteenth annual state meeting will also be held at the; same time. John Suezler, of this city, j is the president of the state organiza-. tion. It is likely that he will be re-1 tained in this office. Others who will j attend will be Bishop H. J. Alerting' 1 and Rgr. Oechterlng, besides a num-1 ber of other church officials. The t gathering is an extremely important! and it will be graced by the highest' ’ officials of the church in this country.' The program prepared is an elaborate ' one and extremely important matters , I will come up for discussion and con- ( sideration.—Fort Wayne News. — o— THE HART BOYS’ BAND. The committee in charge of the ( amusements for the Bluffton street, I fair and home coming, Sept. 21, 22, ( [ 23, 24. has contracted to bring the! celebrated Hart Boys’ Band of Hicks- ! ville, O. There are twenty-six pieces in this band, all played by boys. They 1 appear in uniforms which cost four thousand six hundred dolars and give ' daily drills in addition to their music. [This band took second prize in the great tri-state band tournament held at Toledo, in competition with mauy widely known bands bomposed of r grown-up professional musicians.
TALKINGOFCHANGE In the System of the Rural Rural Route Delivery— But It’s Unpopular AMONG THE CARRIERS Officials Discuss Plan of Letting Delivery Contracts to Low Bidders
A message from Washington to the effect that the authorities there are • I considering the proposition of changling the rural route carrier system so I that the contract of delivering the mail will be let to the lowest bidder, , has caused much controversy all over the country. The announcement was evidently put out as a “feeler." The department knows the abandonment I of the present system for the contract! system would be extremely unpopular. | Possibly the suggestion will never be seriously considered. The change could not be made without legislation by congress and it is not likely to adopt it Some 41,000 rural carriers are now employed. Those who carryfull routes of twenty-four miles each, receive the maximum salary of S9OO. Salaries are graded down, according to the length of routes, so that thousands of the carriers receive from S6OO to SBOO only. Carriers assert salaries are not adequate. Many carriers wear out two horses on a twen-ty-four mile route in a year, and they 1 point out that after they have purI chased new horses they have not much left. And yet officials discuss- ; ing the proposed contract system say that if the government should decide to ask for bids for carrying the mail there would be men at every town from which rural routes radiate ready to do the work for much less than now paid. “I have no doubt bids would be as low as $500,'• said one ofjficial, "and on the face of things it would appear the savings would be enormous,” said the official.
WANTS HER BABIES 1 Mrs. Louis Freang Will Try 1 to Get Her Children ; from the Home 1 ■ 1 GOES TO VERMILION The Children Have Been Among Those at Light and Hope Orphanage It develops with each day that there .are more children in the Light and | ; , Hope orphans home near Vermilion, ‘ I Ohio, than were at first suposed to , I be there, and an effort is being made , by numerous relatives to secure the | ’freedom of the children. Mrs. Louis 1 Freang, who has been living at Fort
I Wayne, was here last evening enroute jto the home where she will make an 'attempt to secure her two children, [ whom she will care tor herself or t place in some institution where she knows they are well cared for. She | took with her clothing for the children having been informed that the clothes ! worn by them are not fit to travel in, and in fact are not even comfortable, j Mrs. Freang will secure legal counsel if necessary to get her children, and [ it is likely that she will be back here | wnth them in a few days. It is also reported that there are other people here who are arranging to change the abode of their boys and girls, and it looks as though the home would be somewhat depleted before the cold winter days begin, when according to the testimony the children had to crawl into bed fully dressed to keep warm and even then they suffered. o INFANT SON DIED YESTERDAY Herbert, the seven weeks’ old son o p Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Lengerich, who reside three miles west of the city, died at about two o’clock Wednesday afternoon. The funeral services will be held from the St. Marys church Friday morning at nine o'clock.
Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, September 16, 1909
NEW MANAGERS AT NEWSTAND Dick Peterson and Tracy Nelson Are Now in Charge of the Stand.
Dick Peterson and Tracy Nelson, two of the best known and popular young men of this city, have taken charge of the city newstand. beginning their duties there this morning. They are going to make a success of this business as they do of everything they start after. They will do the greater part of the delivering of the papers themselves, thus assuring the deliveries to be prompt and to be neatly and correctly done. They will appreciate it if any person who does not secure good service will inform them, and they agree to see that the patron is pleased if it is possible. I They will make some improvements at the stand and will add a supply of late books, novelties, cigars and candies. They expect to have in stock ' every magazine known to the trade and will do all they can to please you. The boys should make good in this line, as they are adapted to the work.
HIS FRIENDS FEAR Governor Johnson Submitted to Serious Operation NOT ENCOURAGING The News from His Bedside is Most Discouraging to His Friends Rochester, Minn., Sept. 16. —For a deep-seated interstinal abscess Governor John A. Johnson was operated on yesterday in St. Mary’s hospital here by Dr. William J. Mayo .assisted by Dr. Charles Mayo. It was a difficult and serious operation, according to the surgeons who witnessed the work, and Governor Johnson’s condition is .regarded as serious, and the best they I will say is that they hope for an ul - timate and speedy recovery. Governor Johnson was upon the operating
I table for two hours and fifty-three minutes. As soon as he had recov- [ ered from the effects of the anesthetic his first words were for Mrs. Johnson, who came to his bedside when she ' heard that her husband was conscious. ' Later in the day Mrs. Johnson, coming from the governor’s room, said that he was resting as easily as could be expected, and that she confidently hoped for his speedy recovery. Dr. William Mayo will not make any personal statement regarding Mr. JohnI son’s condition or prospects. At 3:30 o’clock a bulletin was issued from St. | i Mary's hospital,’ signed by Dr. C. F. jMe Megin, which read as follows: I “Governor Johnson passed through
I the operation successfully. He is doI ing nicely.” A half hour later another I and more explicit bulletin was issued by one of the surgeons, but it was i unsigned, and when asked whose signiture should be attached to it, he said: “Sign it St. Mary's hospital.” The' bulletin read: “The doctors found ja small, deep-seated abscess connect'ed with the intestine, and the cause of the attack. It was a difficult, serious and prolonged operation. Governor Johnson stood it well and rallied. I The chances are for his recovery, al- ' though he will not be out of danger I for five days. 'He is suffering great : pain.’’ o PRESENTED THEIR BILL Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 16. —The city administration has received a blow, 1 none the less severe because long ex- ' pected, in the presentation by Zollars & Zollars to the city of a bill for $5,000 for services rendered in the fight over the question of rates for ; artificial gas which was w’aged before ’ the federal court at Indianapolis. The [ bill was taken under advisement. It is the largest ever presented to the city for legal services. o LANDS MACADAM ROAD JOB The county commissioners were in special session Wednesday, opening bids and letting the contract for the construction of the Elmer Gibson stone road in Wabash township. The successful bidder was W. V. Buckmaster, of six miles east of Geneva, who will do the work for $5,988. There were five other bidders. —Portland Commercial-Review.
THE LATER STORY Concerning the Accident Which Caused Death of Mrs. Albert Kin del FUNERAL TOMORROW Unfortunate Lady Was a Sister of the Late Lewis C. Miller The funeral services for the late Mrs. Albert Kindel, who died yesterday morning as the result of injuries ! received Saturday evening when a ■ motorcycle collided with the buggy in which she and her husband were
riding, will be held from the Christian church at Linn Grove Friday afternoon, leaving the house at one o'clock. Mrs. Kindel was a sister of the late L. C. Miller of this city. She was the daughter of Daniel Miller and was born on the old homestead near Linn Grove. May 6, 1857. She lived her entire life time there and was married to Albert Kindle 23 years ago. There are three children survive with the husband and father: Bessie, Guy ' and Claude. Two sisters, Mrs. Cat’nI erine Lindsey and Miss Anna Miller , live near Linn Grove as do also two i brothers, David H. and Levi D. Another brother William D. reside ,- at I Muncie. Later accounts of the acci- | dent say that Mr. Boegley, who was j enroute home from Vera Cruz, apj proached Mr. and Mrs. Kindel from i the rear. Mr. Kindel gave him half the road, but as he was going very fast and the light was faint the contractor was unable to avoid the rig. 5 His machine struck the rear axle on f the inside and threw Mr. and Mrs. t Kindel up in the air and overturned , and demolished the rig. Mrs. Kind >1 fell in the road and it is thought htat g the heavy motorcycle struck her a j, blow in the abdomen, causing the injuries which resulted in her death.
SILVER WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. Duke Stoops Will Celebrate Twentyl fifth Anniversary
ON NEXT FRIDAY ri ■ Miss Nellie Blackburn Leaves for Petersburg to Attend the Event Miss Nellie Blackburn of this city' left this morning for Petersburg, Ind., where she will on Friday of this week, attend the silver wedding anniversary
I of Mr. and Mrs. Duke Stoops, of that ’ city. Twenty-five years ago on Friday, Mr. Stoops, then the foreman of the Decatur Democrat, was spited in marriage to Miss Alice Parry, of Fort Wayne, the bride’s father being a well known conductor on the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad. For a number of years they have lived at Petersburg, Indiana, where Mr. Stoops conducts the Petersburg Democrat, one of the best weekly papers in that section of the state. The silver event will be a fitting one after twenty-five happy years of married life. After a visit of a week or so at that place, Miss Blackburn will proceed to Riley, Ohio, where she will enjoy a visit with her sister, Mrs. Hattie Bockover.
HE IS RAPIDLY RECOVERING John Wolford Was in the City Today for the First Time Since His Illness. John Wolford was on the streets today for the first time since he was taken down with malarial fever. He was bedfast for nine weeks, and during that time suffered all the agonies
that goes with this disease. Through good care he is now recovering, al-, though he has lost much of his avor-j dupois, being lighter in weight by fifty I pounds than when he first took sc J He will rapidly recover from thfej time on, and if nothing prevents will, soon be the same old John again.
LADIES DROVE OUT OF WAY A Few Hours' Trip Was Prolonged to Twenty-Four—Got on Wrong Road. Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison and Mrs. D. D. Heller left here Tuesday for a drive to Mrs. Morrisons farm located some miles south of here. The weather was delightful and the ladies had many things to talk of. The miles slipped by rapidly and almost before they knew it the ladies drove into Bluffton, having in some manner taken the wrong road. They drove back to Berne, where they remained overnight, it being too late when they arrived there to proceed to the farm, so they concluded the drive the next morning, and then come on to Decatur, the drive of a few hours having been prolonged into a very pleasant journeyrequiring an entire day. However, the ladies say they enjoyed the outing immensely.
TRY TO DEFEAT HIM Fairbanks Element Are on the Back of Senator Beveridge FIXING IT UP A Legislative Delegation That Will Vote Against Him
A declared scheme to defeat Senator Albert J. Beveridge for re-election in case the next legislature should have a republican majority is on foot among the Fairbanks men and antiBeveridge men of Indiana, and evidence that was tantamount to a confession has come to light in the past few days, through a visit of Col. W. W. Huffman, of Anderson, to this section of the state. Col. Huffman is, and has been for years, the chief lieutenant of ex-Gov. Winfield T. Durbin, and held an official position under , him. He is a prince of organizers and has friends among the leading republican workers all over the state. Furthermore he is a pronounced antiBeveridge man. He is a Fairbanks man and a Durbin man, and beyond these two he acknowledges no political superiors. ,
Well, a few’ days ago Col. Huffman came to Fort Wayne, and it was announced in the papers that he was here on business. Os course politics is Col. Huffman's business, but his, mission was quiet and no one here ‘ was the wiser. But instead of going back to Anderson or Indianapolis, the colonel began a tour of the Twelfth district, and after spending a day in each county seat he quietly Slipped I over into the Thirteenth district. While in Fort Wayne Col Huffman | | was closeted with some of the leading . pro-Fairbanks, anti-Beveridge leaders I and wherever he went his confidentes were of the same faction. The out-
sider knew nothing as to what the purpose of the quiet conferences was, but there were suspicions, which have been justified by statements made by some of the people with whom Col. Huffman was in conference. The mission of Col. Huffman is nothing more nor less than to organ-
ize the state to elect republicans to the legislature who are opposed to the re-election of Senator Beveridge. The plan is fully matured, and is particularly well prepared in the republican counties, like Lagrange and Stehben, while at the same time the other counties, like Whitley and Noble, w’here there is a chance to elect republicans, have not been overlooked. But particular stress is laid upon the rock-ribbed republican counties, and there the hardest work is to be done, and there Col. Huffman has picked out men who are real leaders of their party, like Ezra Dodge, of Angola, and
men of equal standing in each county, to see that none but anti-Beveridge men get on the legislative tickets. The delegates of the story of a systematic anti-Beveridge campaign, . emanating from Indianapolis and An derson, come from the most reliable sources. Some of the strongest party ■ soiuir . are m <
Headers in the twelfth district are m control of the movement in this sec tion of the state. The plans have /been carefully drawn and the word 'has gone out that no men favorable to Beveridge are to be allow ed on the , legislative and senatorial tickets. — Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette.
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GREAT BUSINESS German Fire Insurance Company Had a Successful Year ANNUAL MEETING They Will Elect New Officers on Saturday, October 2nd
The twenty-seventh annual meeting and election of officers for the German Fire Insurance company will be held at the school house in district three, in French township, on Saturday, October 2. The meeting is called for ten o’clock, and it is quite probable that the meeting will be well attended by the many members. For the past year the business of the company has been mostly done through its secretary, Mr. John C. Augsburger, and it has too been the I banner year of the company, they I writing tw-o hundred thousand dollars in farm insurance. It is an Adams county organization, and has shown la wonderful growth since its organization twenty-seven years ago. They now cover quite a territory and do lots of business among the farmeis l over this and adjoining counties, and | the indications point to an increase in the years to come. They are well organized, have good live business men at the head of the company, and could not help but succeed. They are advertising their annual meeting for the second and hope to have a large representation of the membership, at which time reports of the year will be made.
i o POLICE LOOKING FOR RUNAWAY I I The police were notified this morning that a seventeen year old daughter of Mack Burkhead had ran away from home and it was the desire of the parents that she be returned if possible. However, there is no clue and it is likely she will not be overtaken unless of her own desire. It was not learned where she went or whether or not she was accompanied by any one.
DEATH CAME TODAY [Mrs. Louisa Johnson, of Peterson Called to Reward at Noon Today WAS WELL KNOWN Mother of Mrs. E. B. Lenhart—Suffered from Cancer of Stomach
Mrs. Louisa Johnson, wife of the late R. B. Johnson, and mother of Mrs. E. Bert Lenhart of this city, died at noon today at her home at Peterson, after a long illness with ' cancer of the stomach. The death of * this good woman has been expected • for several days, but the announce- | ment nevertheless brings with it a ' shock to the many who knew her. She had lived at Peterson for about thirty years ,and was one of the best . known ladies of that locality. She was aged about sixty-five years, and is survived by four children, Mrs. Lenhart of Decatur, Mrs. Grant Bail 'of near Peterson, William, who re-
e sides in the west and Herman who came home from the south last Saturday in time to see his mother alive; also by a brother, John T. Baker of west of town, a sister Mrs. H. H. Myers of south of town, and numerous other relatives and friends. Mr.
- Johnson died several years ago and . four children have preceded their mother in death. Two years ago Mrs Johnson united with the Beery church and the funeral will probably be held 1 from there, although the arrange-|r---ts have not been completed.