Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 22 January 1910 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VIII. Number 19.

FIVE QUAKES FELT Believed to Have Occurred in South America—Big Four Wreck Today. THE MEAT BOYCOTT Continues to Grow in Favor All Over the Land—Already Has Affect. (United Press Service.) Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The seismograph In the office of Father Augenbaugh at Ignatius college today reported five ■distinct vibrations from earthquakes, which he thinks occurred in Anchilles, South America. (United Press Service.) Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Big Four train No. 28, the Chicago express, was wrecked at Riverside, a suburb, today. Six persons were hurt, three of them probably fatally. The wreck was caused by some part of the engine ! dropping In front of the wheels. The train was going at the rate of sixty j miles and hour and every car left the track. The injured are Conductor Stadlander, Engineer Murphy, Drakeman John Lewis, Baggage Master John Stickle, an unidentified brakeman and an unidentified passenger. (United Press Service.) Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Leaders of the meat boycott today assert that 100,000 consumers have quit eating meat since the inauguration of the plan a week ago. Trade in the shops has fallen ofT greatly, but the price remains the same. The meat boycott continues to grow among the working people. (United Press Service.) New York, Jan. 22 —(Special to the 2>aily Democrat)—Although no general boycott has been instituted in New York by an organized body, the retail meat dealers are loud in their wails today over the noticeable decrease in the sales of meat. The plans for a general meat boycott all over the country continues to meet favor. - CHICAGO MINISTER SUNDAY. A. J. Voegelim of the Great Metropolis to Speak at Evangelical Church. A. J. Voegelim, superintendent of the Evangelical Deaconess home and hospital, located in Chicago, will speak in the Evangelical church, this city Sunday morning at 10:30. He is a man of exceptional ability and has had a great deal of experience in public speaking. He will present the deaconess work of the church and will explain In detail the purpose of the cause he represents. You will miss a great treat if you fail to hear him. “THE CRY BABY.” “The Cry Baby," the biggest hit of all comedy dramas, and just the play the local theater goers have been awaiting, will be seen at the Bosse opera house Wednesday, January 26th. Mercer Brothers have given the piece an elaborate production this season, carrying a metropolitan company of players and using a car load of scenic equipment and elebtrical effects. “The Cry Baby” is the most popular play of its kind now before the public ,and its appearance here will be one of the dramatic events of the season. __ TEETER’S DITCH SOLD. The contract for the construction of the Sam Teeters’ ditch in Monroe and wabash townships was awarded today to Jacob U. Amstutz and Thomas T. Rawley for $2,400, which is $1,077 below the estimate. The ditch is four miles long. There were eleven bidders. The oyster supper given Thursday evening by the Union Chapel Aid society at the home of Albert Bailey in Root township was a success both socially and financially. A large attendance marked the social, which was one of the most pleasant ever held in that community. Attorney Schafer Peterson was unaHe to be at his of ce today on account of the grip.

PURCHASES MAYER PROPERTY. Wil'ard Steele Buy ß New Home — Mayers Will Build. Another notable change in Decatur's residence properties took place in the purchase of the handsome brick residence of Henry Mayer, on North Second street by Willard Steele. As soon as the weather becomes favorable Mr. Mayer will begin the erection of a new residence on Second street on the lot between the Peoples and Patterson residences. The house will be a brick, with furnace, bath and all other modern conveniences. He will continue residence in his present home until the new one is completed, after which Mr. Steele and family will live in their newly purchased property. The sale comes as much of a surprise to the parties interested in the deal as to the public, as the house had not been listed for sale and was only on the expression of a sudden desire of Mr. Steele’s for the house as a residence that Mr. Mayer thought of selling. The home was built twenty-two years ago by Mr. Mayer, and the family has lived there continually since. The property is one of the most desirable in the city. THE COURT YEWS n-I—. George Hirschy Arrested on tn Indictment for Assault and Battery. FILED BOND FOR SIOO Petition for a Drain Filed— Quite a Bunch of Real Estate Transfers. George Hirschy was arrested on a grand jury indictment for assault and battery. He lives in the southwest part of Monroe township and was released bn filing bond for SIOO. A petition for a drain signed by William Glenending and others, was ■ filed at the county clerk's office by attorney D. E. Smith. It was set for docketing March sth. Real estate transfers: Emma Morningstar to Henry Morningstar, 120 acres, Hartford township, $1.00; Sarah C. Oplinger to trustees of Christian church at Linn Grove, tract in Hartford township, $305.37; trustees Chris- | tian church, Linn Grove, to J. A. Lindsey, 43 acres, Hartford tp., SSO; Rufus Rreps to John Romey, tract in Hartford tp., $800; John Mutur et al. to William T. Waggoner et al., pt. lot 16, Berne, $2500. o “RATS" ARE “GOING OUT." Best Selling Novelty of Recent Years —“Turbans” Taking Place. “In spite of all the ridicule heaped upon the ’rat’ which has played so prominent a part In woman’s head dress In the past two years, this article has been one of the host sol’ing ‘novelties’ in sany years,” said George Steele of the racket store, “and during that time we must have sold a half carload.” The latest Is the “turban," which is taking the place of the “rat,” though we still handle the “rats” also, as there are a great many Just coming into that style of headdress. The ‘turban will no doubt prove to be as great a novelty as the ‘rat.’ When the ’rat’ first came out we ordered but a dozen or two, for fear they wouldn’t prove ‘good,’ but In a short time we were swamped with orders, and couldn’t get them here fast enough, receiving as many as a piano box full in one consignment. So It seems it will be with the ‘turban.’ ’’ o SOLD SAM TEETERS DITCH. Surveyor Ernst sold the Sam Fetters ditch today, J. M. Amstutz being the contractor, his bid being $2,400. The estimate on the work was $3,477, so the hid was an extreme low one. The ditch will traverse a part of Wabash and Jefferson townships, is about four miles long and when completed will bfe of Inestimable value to the land affected. Work will begin on the contract just as soon as the weather will Dcrm.lL I■HI 11 fl'lf

Decatur, Indiana. Saturday Evening, January 22, 1910.

ABOUT THE SICK Ernest Schlickman Has Been in the Tols of the Grip for Two Weeks. MANY ARE SICK Marcella Kuebler Recovering —Mrs. Rynolds Remains About the Same. Eva, nine-year-old daughter of Councilman and Mrs. Isaac Chronister, is recovering from a severe attack of nervous prostration. She has been sick for the past six weeks. R. D. Patterson is suffering from the effects of a cancer at the side of his nose, which is being treated for removal. The cancer has been killed and it Is thought it will be a very short time until all traces have disappeared. Leon Radamacker has nearly recovered from his recent attack of pneumonia, and is now able to sit up, though still confined to the house. John Brock, who sustained a broken arm and fractured collar bone in a fall several weeks ago, is said to be getting along well, though he has not been at his store since the accident. Ernest Schlickman, proprietor of the Schlickman feed yards, who has been confined to his home for the past two weeks with the grip, is somewhat better. Marcella, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kuebler, has been sick for the past week with the grip, complicated with hives. She was able to be out yesterday for the first time since her illness. Mrs. D. P. Reynolds, who was operated upon at St. Joseph’s hospital, Fort Wayne, is said to be getting along very well, though suffering mucE pain at present. Today and tomorrow will be the most critical days, it is said. Andrew Roop, deliveryman for the True & Runyon store, was at work again today after a two days’ vacation on account of illness. LOSES RIGHT EYE Thomas Taggart, Who Was Shot Yesterday, While Hunting Coming North. A FIRE AT LINTON Caused Some Loss in Business Section —Ohio River Reaches High Point. (United Press Service.) Natchez, Miss., Jan. 22—(Special to Dally Democrat)—Thomas Taggart, national democratic committeeman from Indiana, who was shot by W. H. Norson, his private secretary while they were hunting yesterday in Fayette, Jefferson county, left here at 8:30 today for Jackson, Miss. He expected to leave that place for Louisville late today. He will lose the sight of the right eye, one of the bird shots having passed through the ball of the eye. He rested well last night. (United Press Service.) Elkhart, Ind., Jan. 22—(Special to Daily Democrat) — William Allen, elected city judge on the democratic ticket by seven votes last December, died last night of exhaustion, following a hemorrhage. He was born in England in 1834 and came to Elkhart forty-three years ago. (United Press Service.) Evansville, Ind., Jan. 22—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Ohio river is now thirty-eight feet high and It is believed it will begin to fall some time Sunday. The weather is bitter cold and many occupants of the houses in the bottom, surrounded by water, suffered greatly last night. The Wabash river continues to rise and in

MANY WITNESSES TESTIFY. State Medical Board Visits Bluffton on Landfair Case. Friends of Dr. Charlefc Landfair are feeling elated since the visit of the two members of the state medical board to this city Thursday to investigate his case and they believe now that the doctor will get back bis license. There were about forty wit nesses oxamined Thursdav afternoon by the two doctors. Al! of :be examinations were on the moral side of the doctor and whether the citizet s thought that Dr. Landfair had ought to get his license back. There -v?re a few witnesses against him, hut the the majority were for him. The other physicians of this city art about evenly divided on the proposition of the doctor having his license restored, some of them thinking that he had ought to get it back and others thinking that he should not receive it. — Bluffton Banner. HOW THEY fIARRY The Queer Courtship of the Young People of the Hopi Tribe of Indians, GIRLS DO COURTING Mary Young and Often—lnteresting Story From the Jabergs in Arizona. ——vI Toreva, Ariz., Jan. 10, 1910. Friends of the Daily Democrat, Decatur, Ind.: Without doubt marriages and ceremonies are as interesting to all readers as one could suggest and in our opinion that of the Hopi Indian is unequaled anywhere. The Indian does not marry as young as do the people of India or some of j the tropical countries. The average t age of the bride is about sixteen, and t she is the only interesting personage i connected. There is no courtship whatever, j When an Indian girl reaches the age , where she desires to marry she grinds a little corn meal and bakes it in thin wafers, which they call peke. She takes this to the home of the boy whom she wishes. If the father, mother, or any of the close relation accept this they are then engaged, after which follows the head-washing, at which her parents wash the intended groom's head and his parents wash her head, and it is at this time the agreement is made as to the amount of com she must grind to buy him. She now begins grinding, which requires about three months. In the meantime the groom and his father have been making her the wedding gown, which is folded up in a suitcase made of small sticks. This gown is never worn again until her death, as she is then buried in the same gown. After the grinding the bride takes all the meal to his home and they are then ready to have the chief come in and give them the necessary advice, which makes tnem man and wife. This ceremony is performed at midnight. Then the meal is all carried back to her home and he goes to 1 her home to live. Should she at any time become dissatisfied with her lot she kicks him out and he goes back to his parents. Should he become dissatisfied he walks off and leaves her alone and both are soon married again. But the second time no meal is ground. She gets out of it then by furnishing one load of wood. There are very few Hopis who have been married but once. Many women who 1 are but twenty years of age have been married from three to five times. Another peculiarity, they never mari ry out of their own village. Chimopovy, our village, has a population of about 250, and how they keep from marrying relation is a mystery. According to American way of thinking -ftiey are related, but the Hopi's relation is only counted on the feminine side, so their relation soon drops out, and what we call cousins the Indians don’t consider. It is only father, mother, brothers and sisters. Our next letter will he about witches and the Indian's belief in same. Hoping that all our Adams county friends a successful year, we are,

CARDS RECEIVED Announcing the Wedding of Miss Harriet Morrison to Mr, W. R. Wallace. ON JANUARY TENTH * Occurred in Florida—Will Reside at Oaxaca, Mexico After Feb .Ist. Handsomely engraved cards were received here this morning by many of the friends of the Morrison family, announcing the marriage of Miss Harriet Julia Morrison to Mr. William Richard Wallace, the happy event having occurred at Orlando, Florida, on Monday, January 10th. The cards are issued by Mrs. Ambrose Bryson Morrison and included is an “at home” card, announcing that Mr. and Mrs. Wallace will reside at Oaxaca, Mexico, after February Ist. The engagement of the young couple was announced a few weeks ago, at which time it was said that the wedding would not occur until next June, following the graduation of Miss Morrison from college at Ossining, N. Y.. The young couple were to enjoy the holiday season at Orlando, Florida, where Mrs. Morrison is spending the winter, and it seems while there the plans were changed and the wedding occurred there. The cards were sent out from New Castle, Pennsylvania, and as Mr. Wallace’s former home was in that section, it is presumed that the couple went there on their ' honeymoon and will soon proceed to Mexico, where they will reside. Relatives here had no further information than was given in the cards and there was as much surprise as were the friends to receive the announcements. Miss Morrison is one of the most popular young ladies of this place, and ’ for some years has been attending i college. She is beautiful and attrac- ( tive. Mr. Wallace is engaged in the , mining business in Mexico and by those who nave met him is declared 1 a splendid young man. The Decatur 1 friends extend the most sincere con- * gratulations for Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ' lace. 1 MAKE POST CARDS A Privllge Given to the Jabergs in the Far West Far From CITIES AND TOWNS Delight Their Friends Here With Views of Their New Home. A picture post-card received by Mrs. Anna Yahne from Mr. and Mrs. Martin Jaberg, mailed at Toreva, Arizona, gives a delightful view of a spot there and shows that however Isolated they are from conveniences and comforts of the east, and the general things of the world, they are not shut off from the postcard privilege—that general innovation that has gone to the nethermost corners of the earth. At least they will not be so long as Mr. Jaberg’s camera remains. The postcard is a picture taken by Mr. Jaberg after they had taken a fifty-mile drive far from the “maddening crowd” and shows Mrs. Jaberg standing on a large boulder, queen of all she surveyed, with a background of rugged, rocky cliffs, with great caverns therein, not unlike the abodes of the cliff dwellers, so pictured. Nearby stands the dou-ble-seated carriage In which they made the trip, and the horses grazing at leisuro,. The picture is one typical of the mountainous regions, which they have described in their letters previously published in this paper. The card says, “You see a little of the kind of rock we saw. Rock is more plentiful here than, grass in Indiana." The card was posted January 11th, ~ ...

FUNERAL WAS HELD TODAY. { Due Respect Paid to Frank Hughson, Portland Attorney. i The funeral services of the late Frank M. Hughson, former city attorney of Portland, will be held Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. They will be very brief and will bo conducted at the Hendricks home on East Main street, where the body was taken following the arrival here from Indianapolis Tuesday afternoon. The body w r ill lie in state from 7 to 9 o'clock Friday evening, and the casket will not be opened during the funeral service. Following the service the body wi'l be placed temporarily in the vault at Green Park cemetery. At an Informal meeting of the membership of the Jay county bar, held at the court room Friday morning at 9 o’clock, James J. Moran, Wnitney E. Smith, Roscoe D. Wheat and James R. Fleming were named as pall bearers representing the bar. The former city officials, with whom Mr. Hughson was associated, have designated John F. Glasgow, Frank Smith, C. H. Ayers and Frank W. Wilt to act in the same capacity. Charles E. Schwartz, on the part of the bar, and Fred Martin, for the city officials, have been designated to have charge of the flowers.—Portland Commercial Review. AIIUSKf EXPERT Miss Collins of Chicago Visited the Varous Schools Here Yesterday. GAVE SHORT TALKS

Telling the Students How to Get Greatest Good Out of Music Work. Miss Collins, representing the Sil-ver-Burdette company, and an expert in their music department, spent Friday in the Decatur public schools. The schools here use the music books published by this company, and Miss Collins is kept on the road, visiting the schools over the country, advising the teachers in many ways that are most helpful. During the morning she addressed the high school students, telling them how they can get great help in a simple manner by following certain rules. Later with the music teacher. Miss Schrock, she visited the various grades, where she gave short talks to the children. From a teacher's point of view Miss Collins is one of the very best in her line in the entire country and her visits are of much help to the students and the teachers. She offered numerous suggestions, wnich will be followed in the work here. She went from here to Huntington. o SHIPPING DEPARTMENTS BUSY. Railroads are Very Busy Handling Ceat Loa°s of Horses. The sales conducted by the Decatur Horse Sale company greatly Increase the business of Decatur's shipping departments. Ben Elzey, agent for the Wells Fargo Express company, reports that a car load of twentyeight fins horses were shipped by his express route to O. A. Smith of Buffalo, the same having been bought yesterday at the horse sale. The load left last night at 9:46 and will reach Buffalo at 11:40 today. The fine large express cars, he said, hold twentyeight horses, while the ordinary freight car but twenty. Another car load was shipped this morning to dealers at Findlay, Ohio, going byway of the Fort Wayne & Springfield. o - - WHEELS CUT INTO BRIDGE. The wheels of a heavy wagon Friday cut through the concrete floor of the new bridge which was built over Borum Run south of the city last fall. The contractor stated that concrete ■ works dry very slowly in the fall, and that before the concrete of this bridge : was dry the obstructions were remov--1 ed and hoavy loads pulled over it by i travelers passing that way in spite i of all that could be done to prevent . it, and that the bridge was cracked < before it was entirely dry. The waiter settling In the fissure and the subsequent freezing ail worked together for the quick destruction of the^

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THE MORE THE MERRIER There is Still Time to Get Your Name on the List For One of the Gifts. IN THE BIG CONTEST The Time is Right and It’s Up to You to Win the Brush Automobile. About the most interesting subject in Adams county just now is the Daily Democrat’s big contest. On every hand remarks are heard concerning this big event, which will soon be--1 gin to warm up in earnest. It closes March sth. On that day you can, by a little energy, just a little time spent in seeing your friends, own a Brush automobile, a beautiful diamond ring, a gold watch, or one of the various other gifts offered in this enterprise. That many are interested is manifest by the long list of entries as published in today’s issue. Bach day brings in new names, and three men employed especially for this department are kept busy explaining the contest and asking a hundred queries from candidates and their friends. The contest editors telephone number, is, as has been announced, No. 51. Call hirn if you wnat to know anything about the prizes or how to obtain them. If you

haven’t made up your mind to get into the race for the automobile, you should do so at once. There Is plenty of time still to win the grand prize, for no one has yet obtained a lead that cannot be overcome. A little work, and easy work at that, is all that is necessary. Send in your application. The more the merrier. It's a free for all in which it’s your own fault if you are classed among the “also rans.” Each person who sends in five or more subscribers to the Daily Democrat will secure a present. Is it worth the effort? If so, get busy. In each issue of the Daily Democrat for the next ten days will be found a coupon good for ten votes for yourself or your friend. Cut them out and send or bring them to this office. Os course the easiest and best way to secure votes is to secure new subscribers or renewals to the paper. They count up fast. Get your pencil out and figure it up and see if you can’t solve the problem of landing the $505 auto. Some one is going to do it. Why not you? —— O FINGER TORN. Carl Crist, son of Warren Crist, and son-in-law of Levi Dyson, with whom he lives south of Craigville, had a little finger of his left hand terribly torn and mangled about noon today by’the cog wheels of a wind pump on the Mrs. George Dyson farm south of Reiffsbtirg. He had climbed to the top of the pump to adjust some bearings when he got his hand in the cogs. A Bluffton physician dressed the finger and hopes to save it. —Bluffton News. FRANK HERRING MARRIED. Frank E. Herring, grand worthy president of the Eagles lodge, well known in this city, who was divorced recently and obliged to pay SIO,OOO alimony, was married Thursday evening at Milwaukee. His second wife was Mrs. W. Osgood Orton of South Bend, the home city of Mr. Herring. ’ The new Mrs. Herring is wealthy.— Bluffton News. o WORK PROGRESSING. The gang which Is putting up the overhead system for the Bluffton, Geneva & Celina Traction company has f gotten as far east along the line as r the John McCleery farm. The poles . are put up this far. It will not taka = the men much longer to get the poles 1 all up now that they are started in 3 good shape. The stretching of the - wire will be of short duration. —Bluffly ton Bannor. a O" 1 "~* "■*" " 1 i Miss Rose Dunathan of the high 1 school faculty is spending Sunday at . her home in Van Wert, Ohio. I Miss Georgians Lauer will arrive / this evening from Fort Wayne for a