Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 259, Decatur, Adams County, 30 October 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VII. Number 259.

NEWS FROM WRECK Only Nine Were Seriously Injured at Tocsin, Two Probably Fatally LIST OF INJURED Nearly Three Hundred on Immigrant Train and Results Fortunate 'The Erie wreck at Tocsin has been cleared away and that little place is again quiet. It was a very fortunate wreck for out of the nearly three hundred passengers aboard, but nine were injured to amount to anything though thirty more were slightly scratdhjed br 1 hurt! The brock was caused by the failure of the air, the angle-cock back of the tender being closed in some mysterious manner and this made ft impossible to stop the train. The crews of both trains jumped to safety, excepting John Ziemmer, fireman on the passenger. The list of injured was as follows: John Ziemmer, fireman, Huntington; crushed in side by striking against boiler head and engine seat. Phillipe Tardo, ribs broken, lung punctured and badly burned on left hip. Serious. Avallne Vansoligo, sprained hip and badly bruised about body. Francis DuConkey, left arm cut in three places and abraised. Cbntusions on scalp. Serious. Piodoni Angelos, slight contusions on left and right legs. Martine Kolkonski, sprained hip and back. Spine possibly injured. Serious. Michael! Modika, scalp wounds and bruised over body. Isabela Monich, contusions on arm and leg. Marie Congeno, both legs slightlylacerated. The injured were taken to Chicago last evening. P. Hardo had his lungs (Continued on Page Two) THESCHOOL BOARD They Transacted Only Routine Business at Their Meeting Last Night A SCHOOL REPORT The Second Month Show’s an Increase in Attendance of the Schools The school board held a short session last evening and transacted routine business, nothing of an especial character coming before them. The teachers’ salaries and other bills were paid. The report of attendance as furnished by Supt. Rice shows the north ward 71 boys and 71 girls, south , ward 84 boys and 62 girls, central 103 . boys and 97 girls, west ward 90 boys and 77 girls, high school 60 boys and 76 girls, a total of 408 boys and . 383 girls, and a grand total of 791, a gain of twelve over last month. The per cent, of attendance was 98.6 in the north ward, 98.8 in the south ward, 97 in the west ward, 98.3 in the central and 98 in the high school. The number not absent was north ward 112, south ward 118, west ward 119, central 150, and high school 111. The ' total number of visitors during the month was 94. The schools are mov- ! ing along with every indication of harmony and success and from appearance this will easily be the best year of the public schools. The last three days of tne coming week a state meeting of the school boards and city superintendents will be held at Indianapolis, and Supt. Rice will be among the number in attendance at this importat meeting. It is likely that one or more members of the board will also attend thife state meeting, but at this time no arrange- ( ments have been made about it.

MRS. W. A. LIPKEY DEAD She Was a Sufferer from Asthma and Pneumonia. After a brave struggle for the past week, bending all her feeble energies to overcome the disease that had taken hold of her system with a grip that could not be shaken, Mrs. W. A. Lipkey, passed to her reward at 12:50 o'clock this morning in a sweet and peaceful sleep, surrounded by her entire family. Everything that human hands could do, everything that medical skill could think, of, backed up by a desire to live, could not save her to her family and friends and the end came, early In the morning hours, after fairly favorable reports to her friends late Thursday evening. Mrs. Lipkey had suffered for years with asthma, was taken sick with pneumonia two weeks ago and this, aided by a weak heart, was more than her constitution could stand. —Bluffton Banner. HE WILL NOT RUN Chairman Mack Thinks Bryan Will Not be a Candidate Again CLAIMS NEXT HOUSE

Thinks Chances Good for Democrats to Capture House of Congress Washington, October 30. —Norman , E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic national committee, who is in Washington, encoutages (the Democracy 1 to believe that W. J. Bryan will not run for the presidency again. “White i. neither I nor any one else, so far as I know,” said Mr. Mack, “is authorized to speak for Mr. Bryan, I think ' I am warranted in saying this.” Mr. ' Mack denies that he has expressed i himself as favoring any candidate, including Governor Harmon, of Ohio, but says the governor is growing, as i is also Governor Marshall of Indiana. ! “The tariff question is not settled,” I said Mr. Mack, “the Republicans to the contrary notwithstanding. The Democratic party stands for downward revision of the tariff and for a tariff for revenue only. The fact that a few of the Democratic senators* voted for the Payne-Aldrich rates does not mean that the Democratic party is satisfied with the law. The I Republicans made a pretense of lowI ering the tariff, but it was only a I pretense, and the steel barons, the okl barons, the meat barons and all the rest of the tribe are still as firmly intrenched as ever.” Chairman Mack calmly claims the next house for his party and intimates that congress will pass an income tax hili if the house is democratic. "We never shall have a better chance to win in the house elections than next fail,” he says. He speaks highly of the leadership of Champ Clark and urges Democrats to follow it. Discussing the baeaking away of the Democratic members on the rules fight of last spring, Mr. Mack says significantly: I “It looks bad. There may be something in the accusations brought by Herbert Parsons and other Republicans in New York that a deal was made between some of the house Democrats and the Republicans to save the rules.” — o ———• GOT GOOD PRICE FOR HOGS Alfred Elzey, the well known farmer from south of town, this morning brought to town six young hogs, i which he disposed of to the Decatur Packing company at a good price, i The six porkers weighed 1,775, an average of nearly 300 and Alfred re-, ceived seven and a quarter cents per 'pound for them, his check totaling $128.68, a sure enough good amount Ito receive for that much meat. — o ■— FUNERAL TOMORROW The funeral of Mrs. Michael Everett, whose death occurred on last ( Thursday, will be held tomorrow as- . ternoon at two o’clock, from the I United Brethren church, with the | pastor, Rev. Fremond, officiating. Most of the relatives from here will attend, to show their respects to one whom j they loved so much. Interment will j be made at Pleasant Mills. ;

THEY DISAGREED I One Man Held up the Jury in the Fort Wayne Slander Law Suit OUT SIXTEEN HOURS - ■ - Stood Eleven to One for Plaintiff at the Finish— Another Trial The Fort Wayne slander case, Frank Drago vs. Beulah Harding, in which a demand of $3,000 was made because the plaintiff alleged that his proposed mother-in-law had said he suffered from a loathsome disease, went to the jury at a few minutes before six o’clock last evening. At 9:40 this morning, they were discharged by Judge Merryman after stating that there was no chance for an agreement. It develops that the first ballot stood six each way and continued so up to midnight, but at breakfast time this morning all had come over but one, and from that time on it remained a case of eleven stubborn men. The one insisted that he would never come across and there was no chance for anything but a disagrement. The arguments yesterday afternoon were most iterestmg. Mr. Leonard of Fort Wayne, made one of the most scathing speeches ever heard in the court room here in which he assailed his opponents unmercifully. Judge Erwin replied in a manner that showed that he was hurt by the remarks. The case which required five days for trial will have to be heard again unless a settlement is made in the meantime which does not seem probable at this time. It's a case of a divided family in which Judge Macy’s peace angel might again be called with good effect, but which now seems to have gone so far that the angel would have to hover overtime to secure any satisfactory results.

MATTER DEFERRED Bluffton Council Postponed Action on Gas Question , for Two Weeks ARE NOT TOGETHER Mayor Insists He is Right and the Affair May Result in a Law Suit Bluffton, Indiana, October 30. — (Special to Daily Democrat)—The twenty-five-year franchise of the Indiana Lighting company was brought up last evening at the regular session of the city council, but was, to the surprise of many, deferred until the next regular meeting in two weeks. There was no objection to the action and it seemed to have been agreed upon by those concerned. Just why Is not announced. Some claim it was ■ for the purpose of putting the matter off until after election while others say that the Indiana company are working on a proposition which will be satisfactory to the city. The matter does not seem to be setUed at I this time and just what will be done seems difficult to figure. In the mean'time the company has piped the artificial gas to the edge of the city and ' the people who live at Villa North just across the river, are enjoying the ,use of this modern and most convenient fuel, nearly every citizen there having contracted. The big kick | made by the Bluffton officials is the granting of a twenty-five-year franchise with a clause attached giving the company the right to renew same. It is still an even bet that the affair will result in a big law suit] with the City of Bluffton as the .plaintiff. o | William Frazier,of Blue Creek township, was in town today, circulating .among friends. He has his eye on j the job as county assessor and expects | to make the race at the coming prl- . mary, ,

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, October 30, 1909.

THEY HAVE ARTIFICIAL GAS Villa North la Several Steps Ahead of Bluffton. Villa North has artificial gas. What do you think of that? Bluffton is so far behind the times that the residents of Lancaster township will hardly speak to a poor fellow on the streets any more. Gas was turned on by the Indiana Lighting company in that man's town this afteroon.and while only a few of the residents have the "stlnkin' stuff” as yet, more will get it just as soon as the connections can be mude by the company. Mr. Wagner, tne superintendent of the company, is on the job, and seeing that it is done right. One resident told the Banner that the pipes had been laid through the yards to the houses so nice that you could hardly tell where Mr. Wagner and his hirelings had been. The pipes are putt down deep, the dirt is tamped down just right and then the sod relald.— Bluffton Banner. TAKEN TO PRISON Dr. Ross, the Muncie Murderer, Decides to Leave Well Enough Alone HE WEPT BITTERLY Realizes His Act—Effort Will Be Made to Get Place in Hospital Muncie, Ind., Oct. 29—Dr. Nelson IA. Ross, who was convicted in court here of the murder of Daniel Linder, a conductor on tjie Muncie and Portland traction lime, and given a life sentence in the penitentiary, was taken to Michigan City prison today, arriving there H noon. Yesterday afternoon the prisoner was taken in ! court here and Judge Engle passed sentence on him, no motion for a new trial of the case having been made. ‘‘Have you anything to say before sentence is passed?” asked the court as Ross arose to his feet. “Nothing, except that I do not believe the evidence warranted the conviction. That's all,” answered Ross in a trembling voice. “Well, doctor, that was a matter that rested wholly with the jury and not with thee ourt,” said Judge Engle. “I understand,” was Ross's very low reply, as he nodded his head. “You have been ably defended,” said Judge Engle, directing his remarks to Dr. Ross, “and all your legal rights have been looked after by your counsel, and it has been the effort of the court to give you a fair trial, but the jury found you guilty of the charge against you and fixed your punishment at Imprisonment tor and during life.” “It is the judgment of the court that you be imprisoned in the state’s prison for and during your life,” said Judge Engle, and tears poured down Dr. Ross’s face, but he did not utter a word. The sentenced man was led from the court room by Sheriff Perdieu and taken to the jail and there he again broke down and wept bitterly. He told the sheriff that he now realizes all the wrong he has done, but Ihe stated, in a pathetic manner, that he had never known anything pleasant, but that he would live the life of a different man from now on. Sheriff Perdieu has signified that he will write a letter to the warden of the prison recommending Dr. Ross’s ability as a physician, and it is possible that the prisoner will be placed in the hospital ward.

ATTENDANCE OVER NINETY-NINE West Ward School Established a Splendid Mark for Second Month. The west ward school in this city established a new record for the second month of school, the average attendance in the entire building for the month being over ninety-nime per cent. It is likely that a similar record has never been made in any school in the city at least it has never been reported and the teacher and students of this school have the right to be proud over the percentage thus gained.

THE CANDEE KID His Name and That’s What He is When He’s Selling Papers DOES DOUBLE STUNT Sells Daily Papers and Does a Unique Act at the Vaudeville Show Everybody has to make a living in this day and age and there are various ways of doing it. George Candee has a method all his own. Most of us have competition. George ■ hasn’t. He’s in a class by himself. He is the original newsboy and has sold papers on the streets of more different cities than any person of hie age in the United States, and he’s good. Last evening he sold fifty Daily Democrats on the streets of this city, a feat never before accomplished because practically everybody in town takes the paper. He will be on the streets again this evening and if you didn't hear him last watch for him. He may make you spend two cents that you didn't intend to but Its worth more than that to hear him yell once. Candee has another line. He is the headliner at the Grand theater this week, where he does a clever newsboy monologue and singing turn that never fails (to capture the crowd. He is a red headed youngster and a i hustler. He started his career on I the streets of Grand Rapids and later drifted east and followed the news business in New York and other metropolis of that section. Then he got on this vaudeville stunt and has been working double since. He plays three nights in each city and always catches onto a. job as an extra street agent. At Fort Wayne the first of :this week he broke all records selling an average of 200 papery each evening. He's sure the goods in his line. He will appear for the last time at the Grand this evening.

HE FLEECED THEM Wyoming Land Sold at a Bargain to Kokomo Marks PAID THEIR MONEY The Land Could Not be Located at Any Place Kokomo, Ind., Oct. 30. —Charles E. Morris, aftfcr fleecing thirty-five of Kokomo’s citizens, it is said, several of them prominent and knowing business men has left for parts unknown. Morris had a plan of selling contracts for land in Wyoming, in 160-acre tracts, along the line of the Union Pacific, which he sold at $1 an acre, and iit is said he took a cash advance in each case of $lO. He asserted that the contract would be good for passage over the Rock Island and the Union Pacific lines upon being presented to any conductor. He was doing a flourishing business when his alleged deception was accidentally discovered. He attempted to trade 800 acres of land “sight unseen,” near Rochester, to Lum Howell, a real estate man here, for seventy-three acres near Indianapolis, with a cash difference of over $6,000. Unknown to Morris, Howell investigated the supposed land and found none such

in Marshall county, and, confronting Morris, demanded his $lO back.which was promptly paid over. Morris then departed from the city. The contracts, which were typewritten, were [signed by Morris as agent of Timons , & Son of Lafayette, wnose attention I being called to the matter explained to the Kokomo police that they are ,in the insurance business and that | Morris had no authority to use their names in the land sales.

PNEUMATIC CUSHION COMPANY W. H. Wiley is in a Company With Twenty-Five Thousand Capital. Attorney W. H. Wiley went to Indianapolis yesterday for the purpose of filing articles of incorporation for the Hinsdale Pneumatic Cushion and Mattress company, of Marion, which has a capital of $25,000. The incorporators are N. C. Hinsdale, inventor of the pneumatic cushion, M. Meyer, George B. Campbell, C. C. Hiatt, F. C. Lenfesty, R. J. Spencer and W. H. Wiley The companj- will manufacture Mr. Hinsdale's pneumatic cushions and mattresses and will locate a factory in Marion. Mr. Hinsdale invented the cushion less than a year ago and since then he has improved it considerably. It has the advantage of being self inflating and it can be used as seats on motor cycles, bicycles, cabs, automobiles, railroad cars, and may be used on Pullman sleeping cars and passenger boats. —Marion News-Tribune. NOT THE ONLY ONE Monroe, Berne and Geneva All Have Elections Next Tuesday SOME LIVELY ONES Monroe and Geneva Are Having Some Lively Contests Decatur is not the only town on the map next Tuesday. Monroe also will have an election the candidates on the Demcoratic ticket being John Hendricks for trustee in the first ward, J. A. Hendricks for trustee in second ward, Lewis Lobenstine for trustee in third ward, Chas. E. Bakner for clerk and treasurer. Opposing these men comes the Republicans and their ticket is composed of Otis O. Hocker for trustee in the first ward, W. O. Newlon for trustee in the second ward, Dennis Brandyberry for trustee in the third ward, and Drussey Osterman for clerk and treasurer. The candidates are all hustling some, and there will be some excitement there on that day. The town election at. Geneva is getting up some excitement and Geneva politically is pretty close, and the result is seldom known before the vote is counted to the last ballot. Some of the candidates are more than beating the bushes and want the honor that comes with the election. At Berne everything is quiet and it is predicted that the Democrats will experience no trouble in making a clean sweep. They have selected an excellent ticket, comprised of the best business men and their election is a good business proposition.

CANNOT HAVE RAE Mrs. W. R. Krauss Will Not Appear Before Grand Jury. Indianapolis Oct. 30.—governor Marshall has declined to give his permission for Mrs. Rae Krauss (Mrs. W. R. Krauss) a life prisoner at the women’s prison here, to be taken to Hartford City next Monday to appear before the grand jury of Blackford | county in an inquiry into the alleged j complicity of the woman’s husband in the crime for which she was convicted, that of murdering her stepdaughter. When the subpena was received at the prison, Miss Rhodes interpreted it as being a subpena for appearance in a divorce suit brought by Krauss, and It was so reported to the governor, who at once Issued an order that the woman be taken to the trial. On learning, however, that j the subpena was for grand jury ap- ' pearance, he canceled the order. The governor’s reasons, as he gave them.

for refusing hie executive permission for the woman to be taken before the grand jury were that Mie woman’s evidence was not necessary to grand , jury action, and that he did not pio-i pose, in view of the fact thaff she had filed a cross-complaint in thel divorce suit brought by her husband, (

in which she charges complicity on the part of her husband, to run the risk of her appearance in Hartford City being in any way used to prevent her obtaining justice in the ap-. proaching divorce proceedings.

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HOME LAST NIGHT Sam Shamp Came Home from an Absence at Sanford, Michigan A LAND COMPANY The Sanford Land Company Was Organized While He Was There Sam Shamp came home last night from an absence at Sanford, Mich, where he owns realty interests. While there the Sanford Land Company was organized, those interested in the company being John Haskel and David Flanders of Sanford, Michigan, and George Flanders and Sam Shamp of this city. They are getting options on much of the salable land there and intend to list it for sale with very little if any margin. The greatest trouble in that country is that the land companies have had the people by the throat, they either holding up the purchaser and in other ways make lots of money, while at the same time they have hindered more than helped in bringing new people and settlers to that country. Land values is governed largely by the progress of those who live there, and this new company expect to make their money in getting people to locate there, become citizens and thereby make greater the value of everyi thing, and especially the price of real estate. The crops this year were good 1 and they raise about everything that ! a farmer raises here, and the climate iis not as cold as some people seem Ito think. The Sanford company now have several thousand acres, and soo.i expect to increase their options by several thousand more, and they hope ' to boom that part of Michigan within I the next year.

COURTHOUSE NEWS Demurrer Sustained in Miller’s Damage Case Against G. R. & I. Railroad AGREE ON JUDGMENT In Spencer Case—J. C. Sutton as Commissioner Sold Monroe Dwelling Albert Miller vs. Grand Rapids & Indiana Ry. Co. leave to amend withdrawn; demurrer sustained; judgment on demurrer. Fort Wayne Electric Works vs. William G. Spencer demand $125, submitted by agreement and judgment rendered by agreement for plaintiff in sum of $42.11 and costs. John W. Watkins vs. John W. Meibers, alienation of wife’s affections, ! set for trial November 4th; continued by agreement.

Tn the Fred Neaderhouser estate, a sale of real estate ordered at private sale, additional bond in the sum of $2,900 was required from Mary Neaderhouser, administratrix. Real estate William Peel to Joseph Rich, tract in Wabash [township, SSO; William Peel, 80 acres .Wabash township, $4,000; D. E. Smith , com., ’to JJathias Miller,/ 40 acres Monroe township, $2,425; Mathias Miller to John N. Kerr, 40 acres Monroe township, $2,500; Lewis M. Coon to William H. Kiser, lot. 357, Geneva, $600; E. H. Johnson to Mary E. Hanna, to John J. Schug, 80 acres Washington township, $6,164.

I Leonard Schnepp has been appointed e'xecutor of the estate of Hanna Schnepp.

J. C. Sutton as commissionr, sold a residence property, formerly owned .by Jane Andrews, to Enos Osterman, (the consideration being $517.50.