Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 256, Decatur, Adams County, 27 October 1909 — Page 1

Volume VII. Number 256.

COMMITTED SUICIDE Harry Tribolet of Bluffton, Committed Suicide Last Night BLUFFTON SHOCKED He Was a Well Known and a Prominent Young Man There Bluffton, Indiana, October 27. — (Special to the Daily Democrat)— This City is shocked over the suicide of Harry Tribolet, one of its best known and most prominent young men. The first intimation of the rash act came In a note found by the father on his desk this morning, and which among other things said that his throat trouble meant cancer, and that he thought lit best to end it all. The note also said that they would find him in the play house, and that he would like to be burled in lot fifty-nine, section D, of Fairview. No one in Bluffton can account for or grve any plausible reason for me taking of his life. He was a genial, whole-souled, pompanfonable young man, with acquaintances on every hand and with no one but whom he could count as his friend. It is * thought that the note was written hastily last evening, while a neighbor was waiting to walk home with him, and the whole affair is mystify(Contlnued on page 4.) o —• COMMERCIAL CLUB ■H I ! — They Will Abandon the Social Features of Their Organization —————— HANDSOME QUARTER They Will Sell Their Furniture and Move from Trout Building At the meettag of the Commercial Club last evening it was decided to abandon the sccfal sea ures of the club, and to give up tluir commodious quarters in the Trout building at the corner of Monroe and First streets. With this in view they will dispose of their handsome fumituis and will take up headquarters iu one or two upstairs rooms elsewhere, where the business features of the organization will be continusd as heretofore. The club was orgaufeed and took up their headquarters in the Trout building eight years ago and since then have bad many a pleasant social evening, and many more business meetings there. The keeping up o' such an expensive place was found rather burdensome and this change will enable them to continue the commercial features as they have done in the past. The furniture has been appraised and ’ priced and as much of it as can will be sold at private sale at the apprais- i ed value and the rest will be offered at auction' later. While the place ' will be missed as a gathering place, not alone for the members of the club, yet the course taken was per- ; haps the best under the circumstances. i •-M.

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SUES FOR >IO,OOO DAMAGES Railroad Fireman Defendant In Breach of Promlae Sult. • Huntington, Ind., Oct. 26.—Suit whs i brought yesterday afternoon tn the circuit court here by Elsie Bryant against John J. Lahey, a fireman on the Chicago and Erie raNroad, for 110,000 for breach of promise to mar- ’ ry her. The story of the complaint is that last June the courtship of the plaintiff by Lahey was so far progressed that a marriage promise was made, she being eighteen and he twenty-three. The wedding was to be an event for the month of September. It is alleged that plaintiff was seduced under such p-omise of marriage and that defendant now fails, ; neglects and refuses to marry the plaintiff. o THE PRISON LABOR It May Be Employed in the Manufacture of Agricultural Implements AFTER THE TRUST The Harvester Trust is a Bad Indian to Buck Indianapolis, Oct. 27.—James A. Reid, warden of the Michigan City prison, has begun an investigation to determine what agricultural implements can be made without patent infringement, with a vitew to employ ing prison labor upon their manufacture. He is acting upon the direction of Governor Marshall, who said yesterday that he believes two things can be accomplished by adding agricultural implements to the product of the prison. First, it will embarrass the harvester trust, so called, second, it will provide labor for the prisoners, a problem that Is always present. The state prison is already causing the harvester trust some embarrassment by the manufacture of binder twine. The price of the pris-on-made twtae is sfich that the trust is forced to name reasonable prices ta Indiana to meet the competition. In the matter of harvester machinery the same result, it is hoped, will be reached. Governor Marshall states that in a recent conversation with an attorney of the harvester combine he was informed that if a law was drawn to force the combine out of the state, retalilatory action would be taken by the combine refusing to sell harvesting machinery and other implements to Indiana farmers. He thinks the prison-made article can be used to make the combine more considerate without special legislation. The welfare of the binder twine plant is threatened by the reported deal between the binder twine branch of the combine and the federal authorities of Pucatan, where all the sisal grass Is grown from which the twine is made. Already the price upon sisal grass has been bdosted to prisons over the country engaged in the manufacture of binder twine, as a result of which it appears that the prisons will not long be troublesome to the combine in the matter of price. Some relief seems likely to come from Mexico, where it has been discovered that sical grass can be grown. In the meantime the prison-made twine prices are growing less dangerous. In the manufacture of Implements now protected by patent, Governor Marshall believes the combine will find'it hard to gain control of the raw material. Warden Reid is making investigations of the machinery question, as it has been solved in other priteons, and will report to Governor Marshall as fast as he has developments of interest. — o - ELECTION SHERIFFS NAMED Arrangements for the city election next Tuesday are being completed. The sheriffs at the various precincts have been named and are: First ward, precinct A, William Jackson and. George Garard; precinct B, John Green and Aaron Stevens; second ward, precinct A, John Kleinhenz and George DeBolt; precinct B, Enoch < Eady and John Malott; third ward,! precinct A, Louis Wise and William ( Davidson; precinct B. John B. Jones and Cherry L. Holmes.

WARE ROOM BURNS n g Disastrous Fire Destroyed ‘ $3,500 Worth of Property 11 for Egg Case Co. r ‘this afternoon s e Big Shed Along Erie Tracks ’ Totally Destroyed—Other Buildings on Fire i, • g The fire fiend licked up three or four thousand dollars' worth of property for the Decatur Egg Case com !pany this afternoon, and the fire company had a busy several hours saving adjacent buildings and securing control of the flames. The alarm was turned In at about 1:30, and before " the whistle had stopped blowing, the entire shed was ablaze from one end to the other. The fire originated at about the center of a shed along the C. & E. railroad which was used as a sort of wareroom and in which was I stored a large amount of oak lumber, hard coal, hay and straw. The building was 250 feet long and was value 1 at about SBOO. The sawed oak lum- > ber was the greatest loss, amounting to perhaps $2,000, besides which there was stored in the buildtag two cars of baled hay and a car or two of baled straw and about twenty tons of furnace hard coal, the latter belong to the Decatur Filler company. AH was a total loss but was insured 1 for about half its value. The fire J started it is presumed from a snark . from a passing Erie freight engine. The conflagration came near being a disastrous one, as a strong wind was blowing from the west and at ‘ one time while the big warehouse - was ablaze, there were three other 1 buildings nearby on fire, including a 3 shed equally .as large as the one d®- • stroyed, located just east, and two t houses east of the G. R. & I. rail- - road. While the firemen were busy . at the big fire, volunteers looked as- • ter the smaller blazes and within an 3 hour the danger was over, though the ' t attention of the fire company was - necessary for several hours. f o AN EARLY WEDDING J r > William Bogner and Miss ! Annetta Hackman Plight Vows for Life t , AT ST. MARY CHURCH • 1 Leave on Wedding Trip to Grand Rapids—Will Reside in this City » _____ This morning at five-thirty o’clock at the St Marys church Mr. William ’ Bogner and Mies Annetta Hackman i were united in the bonds of wedlock. ’ A large umber of their friends and ■ relatives were present to witness the '■ services as Fr. Wilken joined them together as husband and wife. The i bride wore a lovely cream gown and carried a white prayer book. Miss . Loretta Hackman, a twin sister of ■ the bride acted as bridesmaid, and wore a beautiful Copenhagen b’ue gown. Robert Bogner, a brother of, the groom, was best man. After the j services they went to the home of 1 ' ] the bride's parents, where a wedding , breakfast was served to the immediate relatives. Miss Hackman is the beautiful daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hackman who reside in the south part of the city and is held in high esteem by her many ’ friends. They left this morning for Grand Rapids, Mich., where they wi’l make a ten days’ visit with relatives, and will then return to the city to < make their future home, 1 o < TWO HOOSIERS WIN OUT < I Conrad Sipe, of Saratoga, Gets a ' Quarter Section in South Dakota. 1 < Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. 28.—While 1 a Nebraska man came in for first ] (honors in the applications for $lO,- 1 .000 claiims in the Cheyenne River ! ■and Standing Rock Indian reserva- i tions, thereby winning a select suar» '' ! ter section of land worth slo,oob, 1 1

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, October 27, 1909.

two Indiana residents are counted among those especially fortunate. They are Conrad P. Sipe of Saratoga and Albert Ott of Marshfield. Wlllitam J. Engel of Butte, Neb., gets . first choice.) M)f. Ott drew No. 6 and Mr. Sipe No. 11, in which order they will |nake their selection vs land. The land won by the Hoosiers is worth from $6,000 to $8,500. More than 1,000 envelopes contain names of homesteaders who had registered for land. The drawing took place in the auditorium and took the form of a festive affair, addresses being delivered by Judge Witten, who is in charge of the drawing, and by business men of Aberdeen. As two little girls stepped upon the stage to select the first two lucky numbers they were greeted by applause. The large hall was a dome of silence until the judge announced the winners, when more vigorous applause was gtve. Ten thousand allotments will be disposed of in two days. Each ’ person registering will, accordingly, have about one chance in eight of getting a claim. Twenty thousand names will be drawn from the heap. Fifty clerks will be kept busy for more than a month in recording and classifying the applications. CANNON IS RED HOT May Bring Congressman Parsons Before Bar of the House DIPLOMAT TRIUMPHS James F. Stutesman Being Praised by the State Department t Washington, October 27. —Some of Speaker Cannon's close friends here who have been in correspondence with him intitaate that when congress meets on the first Monday in December he intends to go after Representative Herbert Parsons, of ' New York, who has openly charged that the speaker entered into a deal with the Tammany organization in New York pity, which resulted in the adoption of the old house rules, slightly modjped, on the 15th of last Mhrch. According to the information given out here Mr. Cannon is greatly worked up over the charges made by Mr. Parsons, and is in a mood to demand an explanation. One story ilB that the speaker will rise in his place, under his right as a member, and offer a resolution providing for the appointment of a special committee to investigate the Parsons allegations. Such a resolution, it is pointed out, would provide for the calling of Mr. Parsons before the bar of the house on a charge of having slandered another member of the house. It would then be incumbent on the New York congressman to prove that the story which he has circulated is true. |Oct. «7—Jlames F. Stutesman of Peru, Ind., United States m:nlp‘er to Bolivia, has secured a diplomatic triumph for which ,he |is (receiving ‘ unstinted praise llrom (the state department. Minister Stutesman, in co-operation with the United States minister to Argentina) has 'exerted his Offices successfully in bringing about a restoration of diplomatic relations between Bolivia and Argentiha, which were broken off abruptly by the refusal of Bolivia to accept the award made by the president of Argentina in the boundary dispute between Peru and Bolivia. The preliminary diplomatic exchanges looking to a resumption of full diplomatic relations have been made already as a result of the exercise of the good offices of the American diplomist, according to advices received today. o STOLE CREPE OFF DOOR Huntington, Ind., Oct. 26. —A drunken man, a Belgian, whose home is at Lafayette, was arrested yesterday by Officer Payne, charged with stealing crepe, the emblem of mourning, from the door of the blacksmith shop of J. W. Lusk, whose chiid died Sunday. He had a bottle of whisky in his pocket. As he staggered past the door he tore the crepe off and stuck it in his pocket. Several per Sons saw him and the police was called. When arraigned, after he had sobered up, hd expressed regret at his act and sobbed bitterly. He was giVen a fine for drunkenness.

COURTHOUSE NEWS ’ The Slander Case is Still in Progress—Go to the Jury Tomorrow & J 5 1 CREATING INTEREST 1 ■ > i Marriage Licenses Issued 5 —Real Estate Transfers , —Case Set for Trial J ———-—— The case of Frank Drago vs. Beu- ! lah Harding, for $3,000 damages for 1 slander, is still in progress in the j court room. It is one of the kind that usually attracts a large crowd f of men, but strange to say there are j but few people ta attendance, due perhaps to the fact that the parties I- are unknown here. The array of 1 lawyers are fighting every step and there is much of interest, aside from th® vulgar testimony It is probable t th»t the case wi'l go tc. the jury j tomorrow afternoon. The jury which is heartag the case includes Ernst Buuck, John Steele, Eli Crist, Benjamin Winans, Jonathan Moser, Wil- [ Ham Jackson, James B. Niblick, Jonathan Ryan, Frank M. Sullivan, Amos Danner, Fred Stegmeyer and John Abnet. Warren J. Case, aged 50, a well known farmer from St. Marys township and Emma Ault, aged 47, also of St. Marys> were granted a marriage license and were married by Squire . James H. Stone at three o’clock at 1 the clerk’s office. A license was also issued to Louis G. Krug, aged 23, of Kirkland township, and Dora M. Henschen, aged 19. f A marrilage license was issued to i Harry Trout, aged 23, a road tester! . of automobiles, of Portland, Indiana, . to Fanny Gerber, aged 21, of Berne, i Indiana. Real estate transfers: Lorenzo C. Pease to Vincent S. Pease 25 acres [ Washington township, $2,700;-. Geo. (Continued on pr-ge four.) . o WEDDING TONIGHT Mr, Gus Christen of this City Will Claim Beautiful Young Lady AS HIS BRIDE Relatives from Here in Attendance—Will Reside at St. Augustine, Fla. Mr .and Mrs. John Christen and Mrs. Ed Christen of this city left this morning for Ft. Field, Ind., where they will attend the wedding of their son August, to Miss Jane Loraine of that place. The wedding willl take place this evening at eight' thirty o’clock at the home of the | bride’s parents with the pastor of the Methodist church officiating, and Rev. B. B. Uhl of Mansfield, Ohio, , brother-in-law of the groom, assisting. Immediately after the services' an elaborate dinner will be served. 1 Miss Loraine is a beautiful young lady and Gus first made her acquaintance about five years ago, while teaching school there. Since then their love ripened and they now will plight their vows. Mr. Christen is an energetic young man and owns interests in several cooperage plants at Louisvlllle, Ky., and at St. Augus- ' tine, Fla. His many friends here wish him success in hils undertakings. They will leave on a wedding trip through the south for about ten days and will then make their future home at St. Augustine, Fla. o A FIGHT AT CRAWFORDSVILLE The Drys Withdraw Their Support from Independent Candidate. Crawfordsville, Ind., Oct. 27. —A ( l side of the political situation in Crawfordsville developed when S. M. ( Coffman, independent candidate for , mayor, and John Drury, former sa-

> loon keeper, engaged In a street row. | Coffman charged Drury with operating a blind tiger, according to many witnesses of the affair, Drury denied, the allegation I and \ then . charged Coffman with being a "wet” during the local option election, and even going so far as to charge him with being the press agent for the sa'oon men. More than 200 people witnessed the affair. The Rev. Clarence Hall Wilson, pastor of the renter Presbyterian church, who drew up the platform upon which Mr. Coffman is running as independent mayoralty candidate, has advised Mr. Coffman to withdraw from the mayoralty race. The Rev. Mr. Wilson has also withdrawn his support from Coffman and turned to M. V. Wert, Republican mayoralty nominee, and is also urging his friends to support Mr. Wert. FROM PAGAN TIMES l I • i Came Hallow’een Now So I [ Generally Observed Over J the World I NIGHT FOR SPIRITS Comes this Year on Sunday —Will Be Observed on Saturday and Monday Hallow’een comes, properly speaking, and according to all traditions,' on next Sunday evening. Os course, | this being the Sabbath day, it will not be generally observed on that date, but instead the young folks who get so much enjoyment out of the day will have a double chance j to celebrate, as it will be observed on both Saturday and Monday even- ■ ing. What fe Hallow’een and where ( did it come from? This question has been asked a number of times and j each year is answered again. The | facts are that there are so many explanations that we just go on cele-; ■ brating lit any way aud without any, particular reason such as adhere to most days of the kind so generally , observed. There is perhaps no night, in the year which popular imagina-. tion has stamped wiith a more peculiar character than the 31st of October. AU Hallows eve or Hallow’een. It is a relic of pagan times. It is the eve before All Saints day which ' day takes its origin from the conver- ■ sion in the seventh century of the j Pantheon at Rome into a Christian place of worship and its dedication to the Virgin and all the martyrs, but Hallow’een so far as can be learned has (nothing to do iwith churchjly things and came rather from the days of mediaeval superstitutHon. It is a time according to the old belief when supernatural influences prevail. It is the night set apart for the walktag abroad of spirits both of the visible and invisible world. It is celebrated the world over with games, masquerades, etc. At this season and especially in England, the night is the time for apple and nut games and Is known some places as apple ducking. A young lady places a number of apples in a tub of water and her admirers are asked to get them out with their mouths. Os course those with the stems on are i easy and then comes the fun, when I the boys make dive after dive trying Ito catch an apple ta their mouth. I The boy who secures the most apples I is supposed to be the girl’s choice, although of course this is not always ' true. It’s a night when the fate of ! many a young man is decided by his sweetheart and there are many stor ■ ies that could be told of the varous mode's of deciding the true love. o NEXT ONE AT MARION • , State Confere|nce of Charities Adjourn Columbus Meeting. Columbus, Ind., October 28’. —It ( was decided today to hold the next I Indilana state, conference of charities i and correction at Marion. It was ■ ! decided to nominate Dr. S. E. Smith i j superintendent of the Eastern hospital for the insane for the presidency of the conference. An impressive ceremony at the closing of < j the conference was held this morning at the Garland Brook cemetery, least of the city, when the boys who belong to the Soldiers' and Sailors’ Orphans’ home band, at Knightstown, ' 1 met to pay their respects to the , i 'memory of Andrew H. Graham, who^ 1 'for many years was superintendent . of the Knightstown institution. |i

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; A RED HOT FINISH I Democrats Begin a Series of Meetings—Talks to the Laboring Man SMOKER THURSDAY Judge Heller to Preside— Speeches by Judge Erwin, D. E. Smith and Others From this time on the candidates for the city offices on the Democratic ticket expect to be busy boys. A number of meetings have been arranged and the closing days of the campaign will leave nothtag undone by the committee under the eity chairman, James P. Haefling, who has been working overtime since his selection to that place. At noon today the first of a series of outdoor meetings was held, this one taking place at the Krick & Tyndall factory where the sixty employes were addressed by the candidates. Speeches were made by Mr. Conter, Mr. Chronister, Mr. Burns and others and the interest proved that the working men are with the candidates. Tomorrow a sitnilar meeting will be j held at the Decatur Filler factory and on Friday the voters at the Ward I (Fence factory will be the audience ■for the campaigners. Tomorrow evening, a big smoker and mass meet- ' ing will be held at the court house 'at which time every voter ta the city iis cordially invited to be present 'and hear the issues discussed. Over ; this meeting the venerable jurist and lawyer, Daniel D. Heller will pre- | side. Among the speakers for the 'occasion will be Judge Richard K. Erwin, of Fort Wayne, until recently a resident of this city and ex-judge of this district; also David E. Smith, E. Burt Lenhart, Henry B. Heller, ' Dore B. ETwin. Albert Sellemeyer ■and others. There will be music by 'the city band and cigars for every one. You will thoroughly enjoy every moment of this occasion. So be sure to be there. BRIGHT AND AIRY Is “Frivolous Bonnie” at the Opera House Saturday A MUSICAL COMEDY One of the Best of the Season and One to Drive Away the Blues Yv . The great numbers of theater patrons of the present day are constantly demanding a change of plays from those of former days, and it is the aim of all producin’- managers to cater to the tastes of these people. The American Amusement Co. (Inc.) will offer as a delightful change, the original musical farce comedy "Fri- ' volous Bonnte” in three acts, with [ the dainty comedienne Miss Myrtle i Hebard and a superior company of players. The plot which is decidedly funny is only a ground work for a cl>ntlnulsus Tound of fun, dancing and striking stage pictures. • All new and special scenery Is used and every detail is complete. The t book and music of "Frivolous Bont nle” is by the well known composer s j George Fletcher, who made "Ma’s s New Husband,” "The Fool House i ■ with 4 Hastings, a household word In - the several cities where these attractions have been seen. "Frivolous J Bonnie” is by far the best of his I efforts ih the musical farce comedy (field and is to be seen to be thoroughly appreciated. Mtislc you remember, tunes that you whistle, is the idea of the musical numbers. The management guarantees one of the brightest, funniest, cleanest, most tuneful musical shows of the season. At the Bosse opera house Saturday, October 30.