Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 14 February 1910 — Page 1

Volume VIII. Number 38.

THE COURT NEWS Judge Merryman Resumes Hearing if Important Case at Fort Wayne. CLAIM CASE FILED Is a Little Unusual—A Marriage License Issued— Real Estate Transfers. Judge Merryman returned to Fort Wayne this morning to resume the hearing in an important case. It is likely that court cannot be resumed here before Thursday. A new claim case on the docket today is entitled Roy B. Lewis vs. Catherin Lewis, administratrix of the Catherine Lewis estate, claim $650.55. The plaintiff and defendant are husband and wife. They took care of Mrs. Chrisman, just before her death, after which Mr. Lewis filed the claim and his wife allowed it. Recently some of the heirs have objected to the claim and had the claim docketed and the amount due will be decided in court. A marriage license has been issued to John W. Brown, 22, a farmer of Kirkland township, to Pearl Heller, 24, daughter of Jacob Heller, of Kirkland. Real estate transfers: Lillie M. Baumgartner to David E. Smith, inlot 579, Decatur, $5,000; D. E. Smith et al. to Lillie M. Baumgartner, inlot 213, Decatur, $2,675; George W. Dutcher to W. O. Gandy, 90 acres, Root tp., * $7,200; W. O. Gandy to Charles A. Hoffman, 90 acres, Root tp., $9,000, 'Mrs. Philip Meihls went to Berne this afternoon, where she will make a short \ :■ it '.‘. it!: f ! ; t:v< A GREAT COMPANY Skovgaard the World’s Famous Violinist and His Company Coming. HERE NEXT MONDAY At Library Hall Under Auspices of the High School Senior Class. I’Under the auspices of the senior (class of the Decatur high school the I Skovgaard Concert company will apI pear at the library hall next Monday evening, February 21st. The enterHKlinment will prove one of the best HKker given here and the class should bo well patronized. The company inB dudes Professor Skovgaard, one of the most talented violinists of the country, a Dane, who came to the United States to accept the position ■of concert-meister with the New York Symphony, and who was a student Sender Joachim, the world's greatest Hpiolinist. He has toured the world, behis career as a violinist when ( but four years old. Others with his are Miss Harriet M. Hertz, and Miss Alice McClung, pi(anist. No musicians so highly spoken Hos have ever visited this city and our ■ people should congratulate themselves Hon the opportunity to hear them at so ■ small a cost. The program will be- ( gin at 8 o'clock and the hall should (be packed with lovers of real music. DAILY CENSUS REPORT. A nine pound baby girl came this ■ morning to gladden the home of Mr. 6; and Mrs. E, E. Snow. Everybody is ■ getting along nicely. A fine baby boy was born to Mr. I and Mrs. Elmer Ault of Line street I Saturday, and all are happy in that ■ household. —o Henry Koenemann. went to Berne I this morning, where he was attending ■ to business matters between trains.

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> SPECIAL K. OF P. MEETING Will Be Held Tu e «day Evening—All Members Urged to Attend. > There will be a special meeting of the K. of P. lodge Tuesday evening, and it is desired that all take notice of this and make special effort to attend. A special dispensation has been granted them for the conferring of two l degrees in one evening and degree work will be a part of tomorrow's program. All committees for the dedication service are also to be present to talk about and complete arrangements for the dedication. TO THE HOLY CITY » - , Mrs. Amanda Daniels Passed Into Newness of Life Sunday Morning. > FUNERAL ON TUESDAY i - Resident in Decatur Thirty- ' Four Years—Fifty-Nine 1 Years of Age. > Just as the bells were ringing Sun- [ day morning, calling the church people forth to that place where the splrit- . ual life of mortals is refreshed and renewed, the spirit of Mrs. Amanda Daniels answered the peal of the heavenly chimes and passed into that I newness of life that needs no renew- , ing ever, death coming to her at 8:10 ' o’clock Sunday morning at her home 1 on North Eighth street. Mrs. Daniels had been in ill health several years, but not until a week ago last Thurs- . day, when she became afflicted with ! congestion of the brain, was her coni dition considered most serious. She I rapidly grew worse, and for the greater part of the time was unconscious, and for several days it was known that she could not recover. Mrs. Daniels had been a resident of the city for the past thirty-four years and during that time has made friends of many through her cheery and kind nature. She was born March 16, 1850, in Wayne county, 111., the daughter of Daniel and Margaret Hart, and had 1 I she lived until March 16th, she would have been fifty-nine years of age. In 1876 she was united in marriage to , S. H. Daniel at Flora, 111., the newly married couple coming at once to this city, where she has lived continuously since. The husband, however, died eleven years after their removal here, passing away in 1887. Mrs. Daniel be- ■ came a Christian in early youth, identifying herself with the Church of Christ, her life being one of earnest consecration —the kind that grows with the passing of the years. She was one of the charter members of the local church of Christ, being one of the very few who were left from that number. Though her ill health did not permit her attendance at the house of worhship of late years, her 1 heart and spirit were ever there, and this very fact drew her into an even closer and more spiritual relation with the Master. She leaves one daughter, Miss Margaret; a step-son, Joseph ■ Daniels, of Preble, and a step-daughter, Mrs. Jennie Webster, of Fort Wayne. Mrs. Daniel is the last one of her family, a brother, the Rev. J. H. Hart, a pastor of the Christian church, and a 1 sister, Mrs. Theresa Green, having preceded her in death. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at the Church of Christ, the procession leav1 ing the house at 1 o'clock. The ser- ' vice will be conducted by the Rev. ' J. W. B. Smith of Vqvay, Indiana. The body will be laid to rest in Maplewood • cemetery. o WILL MOVE TO MICHIGAN. 1 S. C. Mills and Son Ross and Roy Hadin Will Farm Near Fremont. i S. C. Mills and son, Ross, of Kirkland township, and Roy Hadin of Montpelier will ship their household goods • from,this city Tuesday, the destination being Fremont, Michigan, near which place they have bought farms, through • the H. H. Harruff agency. Ross Mills , was for several years in the clothing business in this city.

Decatur, Indiana. Monday Evening, February 14, 1910.

NO TRACE OF NINA Naval Tug is Strangely Missing and Search of Several Days Useless. TO USE TAFT’S SPEECH Republicans to Frank it as Campaign Literature— Considered Strong. (United Press Service.) Washington, D. C., Feb. 14 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The naval and revenue service vessels, which have been scouring the coast for trace of the missing naval tug, Ninan, reported to the navy department today their failure to find any trace of it. Department officials admit that the chances of finding the lost vessel are very remote. (United Press Service.) Washington, D. C., Feb. 14 —With President Taft's speech at New York as the keynote for next fall's congresssional leaders today are preparing to take advantage of the president’s argument by making it available for franking as a part of the congressional record. Comment on the speech in republican ranks is generally favorable. The insurgents, however, qualify their approval. The opinion generally is that the speech was one of the most forceful ever delivered. There is some speculation today as to whom the democrats will select to make reply. (United Press Service.) Washington, D. C., Feb. 14 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Pinchot investigating committee today resumed its inquiry before the largest crowd that has yet been present at the hearing. Mr. Glavis, former chief of the Seattle service of the general land office, was again on the stand. e WILL REORGANIZE Mrs. Mary Sibbitt of Kansas Will Lecture Here in Interest of W. C. T. U. .. TALK TWO EVENINGS Tuesday at Presbyterian and Wednesday at Methodist —Public Invited. Mrs, Mary Sibbitt of Kansas, a prominent lecturer and worker in the cause of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, will give two lectures in the city—Tuesday evening at the Presbyterian church and Wednesday evening in the Methodist church, to which the public is given a most cordial invitation. Mrs. Sibbitt has a national reputation as a lecturer, and comes most highly recommended. There will be no admission fee. Mrs. Sibbitt comes I with the purpose of organizing in Decatur, the Christian Women’s Christian Union, which was formerly a strong order in this city, but which has been broken up with the death or other removal from the city of its members, the greater part of whom were quite aged. Berne, Tocsin, Preble and , others of the towns near here have quite recently organized these unions, and it was decided by those in charge , that Decatur should also lend her support again to the cause and revive its interest therein. —o — - - STORK STOPS AT PREBLE. The stork was quite partial to Preble the latter part of last week, leaving two fine new baby girls. One was left to gladden the home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kirchner, while the other, an eight pound baby, was given an equally cordial welcome at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Eastwood. —o NO CHORUS CLASSES TONIGHT. Professor Tucker of Marion will not conduct his usual chorus classes at the library this evening.

WIU. LEAVE ON 1 O'CLOCK CAR. Old Soldiers Arranging to Enjoy Trip to Fort Wayne Wednesday. Members of the G. A. R. are expecting that fifty will go to Fort Wayne Wednesday afternoon to attend the big gathering of old soldiers of the Twelfth district and adjoining counties on the south and west. Arrangements have been made for a special rate, provided twenty go, and it is expected that at least twice that number will be at the interurban station when the time comes. They will leave on the 1 o'clock car and all old soldiers whether members of the G. A. R. or not, will go. TO FIGHT IT OUT Insurgents and Regulars in Congress to Fight Their Battle. THEY DRINK A LOT The American People are Lovers of Coffee as a Beverage. Washington, D. C. Feb. 14 —Realizing that if President Taft’s program of progressive legislation, or any considerable part of it, is put through congress it will be necessary to build o fire under the reactionaries of both branches, the house “insurgents” have decided to take the initiative in placing the situation before the country in its correct light and in drawing natinonal attention to the efforts of the Cannon-Aldrich coterie to defeat the fulfillment of the pledges of the Chicago platform and annul the promises made by Mr. Taft in his campaign for the presidency. The advisability of forcing the fight was considered at a recent meeting of the insurgents of the house and there was unanimous agreement that the insurgents could not render a greater service to the country. After the meeting it develops, the judgment of the insurgents was laid before President Taft. He was told, despite the protestations of Cannon and Alrich, there is not the slightest doubt that those reactionaries are engaged in smothering his program and that the only hope for progressive legislation lies in the insurgents of the house and the progressives of the senate. Washington, Feb. 14 —Judging from the Imports of drinkables at set forth in a statement just issued from the bureau of statistics of the department of commerce and labor, the United States drank the essence of more than a billion pounds of coffee in 1909, valued at $86,000,000. That was about a dollar’s worth of coffee for every person in the United States. Tea is not such a favorite. Only a little more than a hundred million pounds, valued at about $16,000, came in. But in spirits, wines arid liquors the nation touched its highest record for 1909 and consumed foreign products of that kind to the value of more than $26,000,000, more than twice as much as was imported in 1899. The United States is the world's largest coffee drinker, and Great Britain is the world’s greatest consumer of tea. SOME LATE MONROE NEWS. Remember the “Little Buck Shot” which will be rendered at the M. W. A. hall in the near future by the Monroe home talent company. Watch for date and program later. Dr. Parrish and John Mayer transacted business in Decatur Monday. The happiest man in Monroe last Saturday morning was Uncle Isaac Sommers, when he was seen on our streets announcing the fact that there had arrived at his home a big, bouncing baby boy. Mother and baby are reported as getting along nicely, and if nothing unforseen turns up in all probability Unkle Ike will fully recover from the shock. A deal was closed here Saturday in which Eli Hendricks purchased the large farm beldnging to C. W. Hocker. Mr. Hendricks takes possession on March Ist. J. Fred Mayer of Winchester was the guest of his parents here over Sunday.

TAKES RED TAPE p t- To Secure Place in National ® Hospital for Veteran e John H. Ellston. - i- J T J CONDITION IS SERIOUS r Q n The State Institutions Reject s r Him and Give Peculiar Reasons for so Doing. The disposition of John H. Ellston, a well known citizen of St. Marys township, who was declared of un--1 sound mind some weeks ago, is causing County Clerk Haefling much work, and proves that the great state of Indiana needs further means of taking care of her unfortunate citizens. Mr. , Ellston’s cidltion is very serious, and his sons, who have been caring for him, are almost worn out, as he can- » not be left alone a moment. He was rejected by the East Haven asylum because he is an epileptic, and from the State Epileptic asylum at Newcastle because he is Insane. The county is required to care for the man, ' though so far he has been cared for f entirely by the family. Some time ago ’ the matter of caring for Mr. Ellston, - who is an ex-soldier, was taken up > through Congressman Adair, and it is j now believed he can be placed in the Veterans’ Insane asylum at Washington, D. C. This requires a large amount of red tape, however, and Mr. ’ Haefling is rushing the matter just as much as possible, it having now reached the headquarters at New York. It ; may be necessary to enter Mr. Ellston at the Soldiers’ Home at Marion ’ and then removed, but an effort is being made to send him directly to the f asylum, owing to his serious condi--1 tion. c o TWO DAYS MORE J Special Bonus Offer Closes . Wednesday Night at Ten O’clock. » $50.00 MAKES 200.000 , You Still Have Plenty of 1 Time to Get the Required Amount of Business. i i Just think of it, but two more days l and the extra vote offer ■will be off. - And it may be the only thing that you t need to make you the winner of the > automobile. And if you should come I within five or ten dollars of making ■ it and then quit because you felt as - though you couldn’t scrape up the - balance of subscriptions, and then you 1 would lose the automobile by two hun- , dred thousand votes the last night at ■ 10 p. m., you would feel as though i you had let a golden opportunity go I by. The automobile is here now and t can be seen by anyone that may wish to inspect it, and if the weather will permit this week the machine will be taken into each candidate's territory and the superior qualities of the ma--1 chine demonstrated to the public In . their respective territory. The car is ■ one that you will be proud of at all ■ times, for it has as much speed as any one would want to ride in, and at the same time there is no hill that ■ it won't climb, and it is the only car made in the United States that has ever climbed Pike’s Peak, and it will : probably be some time before there : will be another auto made that will • ever do such a grand job of hill cllmb- ! ing. The up-keep of the car is prac- • tically nothing to speak of and a child ! can learn to run it in a few minutes, I so it will be a family car and all the I family can use it to a good advan- • tage. There are also some other prizes in the list that look pretty nice and that is the two diamond rings that ■ are to be given away. They are al- ■ ways worth the money and are a ■ mighty nice thing to have at all times, i Remember that the time is getting short and will known before you know it. Don’t forget the date. The SSO ) bonus vote offer closes Wednesday . night at 10 o’clock.

• SHEEP-KILLING DOG Wrought Havoc Among the Flock of Fred Heckman. 1 A sheep-killing dog wrought havoc among a flock of fine sheep belonging to Fred Heckman of Preble township the latter part of last week, killing two and maiming four others. The » havoc was not known until the following morning, when the family went to the barn where the sheep had been housed over night, the dog having gotten in through a little bole in the barn floor. CAME HOME ALONE 5 - . Wonderful Trip of Sylvester ■ Pontius, Suffering From t , Incurable Ailment. 'OTHER GENEVA NEWS ' Rev. Waldo Conducting SeI , ries of Services—Oklahoma Visitors Arrived. > Geneva, Ind., Feb. 14 —(Special to > Daily Democrat) —Sylvester Pontius, broken in health, with a terrible wound i In his side, the result of an operation 1 on the Tuesday before, came all the way from Rochester, Minn., to this place, where he arrived Saturday. His daughter, who left here Wednesday ; night missed him, and arrived at Rochester to find that her father had started home. When Mr. Pontius left the hospital a telegram was sent to his relatives here, but it went to Geneva, New York, and did not arrive here until Friday. Mr. Pontius arrived at Fort Wayne, where he found a nephew and remained until Saturday, when two of his brothers from here went to that place and brought him home. There are no hopes of his recovery and his trip was a most wonderful one. Mrs. Jesse Ford, living one mile south of Geneva, returned Tuesday from Oklahoma, where she has been visiting her son. Mrs. Ford thinks well of Oklahoma, but likes old Adi ams county best. The Geneva Milling & Grain com- . pany were the first to ship out of Geneva over the B. G. & C. traction line, their first consignment being two car loads of hay. Other cars of hay will be shipped by this company the present week. i■ ■ . Mrs. Gertrude Ford of Kiefer, Oklai homa, is visiting with her parents, ! Mr. and Mrs. Abe Shoemaker, on ' Butcher street. This is Mrs. Ford’s ' first visit to Geneva in a number of 1 years. i _____ Rev. Waldo, pastor of the U. B. church, is holding a series of meetings which have been in progress i for several nights. Much interest is I manifest and the meetings will coni tinue indefinitely. Rev. Waldo is an I earnest and untiring worker in the > Master's cause. Ell Krause and daughter, Ruth, re1 turned Thursday from an extneded 1 visit at Keifer, Oklahoma, with a daughter and sister, Mrs. Bert Dubois. Mr. Krouse was somewhat surprised to find the weather so cold, as when he left Keifer it was spring time. A medicine man and a big show have been at the Coliseum the past week, healing the sick and disposing of a good supply of medicine at a fair profit. o— MET CHORUS AT MARION. Male Chorus From This City Went to Rehearsal. Bruce Patterson, Will Schrock, Tracy Harman Yager and Joe Fah- ■ renbach, members of the male chorus 1 organized here by Professor Tucker, • were at Marion yesterday, where at ? the Marion Conservatory of music, ? they met the choruses from Bluffton 0 and Marion, in rehearsal for a concert y which will be given jointly soon by these classes.

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HANDSOME PROFIT I Was That Made by the Ohio State Printer, According to Testimony. OF ONE PARTNER It is Now Believed That No Americans Lost Life on General Chanzy. (United Press Service.) Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 14—(Special to Daily Democrat) —J. E. Brelsford, at one time partner to former State Printer Mark Slater, admitted before the legislative committee today that he had drawn payments of bills aggregating $16,000, while the goods supplied cost him a little over $1,350. The goods actually delivered were billed as $6,000, and no delivery was made at all of about SIO,OOO worth, for which payment was received by him. (United Press Service.) Paris, Feb. 14 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Messages received from Alfonso Gaulein, the United States consul at Marseilles, today, says that as far as can be learned there were no Americans aboard the ill-fated steamer General Chanzy, when it struck the rocks off Majorga island. That a determined effort to present the real cause of the wreck of the General Chanzy is being made public, was shown today when all the newspaper men were barred from the steamer Galados that started for the scene of the wreck in the hope of finding salvage. Many bodies have been washed ashore and are being rapidly shipped back to Marseilles. John Burkhead, who has been in the south part of the state for several w'eeks, returned to the city Saturday, where he will remain a few days. TOO MANY TRAMPS Swarms of Them Are Infesting Decatur and Have Become a Nuisance. WHAT’S THE REMEDY? Believed They Have Been Driven From Chicago During the Clean-Up. Decatur is tramp-ridden. It has been years since so many knights of the road have infested this city and they are becoming a nuisance. What is the means of relief? The question has been asked us many times during the past week and we give it to the public, that some one may hit upon the plan to rid the town of these vagrants. Some of them are of course unfortunates, and compelled to exist by begging, but the most of them are professionals, who would rather beg a breakfast than do an hour’s work. At least a half-dozen have reported to us that they fed from four to six men Sunday and it is said that more than twenty spent the night at one place. No one seems able to explain just why these travelers are so thick just now, as it is unusual for them to take to the road while the snow is still falling, but is believed that the real cause is that the city of Chicago has been cleaning up, driving the thugs and the tramps and loafers away, and they stop in a place just as long as the authorities permit them. Something should be done and at once. o — — TREATMENT FOR FACIAL TUMOR. Miss Lena Miller will go to Fort Wayne Tuesday to receive treatment ’ at the St. Joseph hospital for a tumor, • which is growing at one sid eof her i face. It may be necessary to undergo , another operation. Her sister, Mrs. t Alva Nichols, will accompany her , there. t ... . . t Mrs. Dick Burrell spent the asters noon in Fort Wayne tho guest of relatives.