Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 4 March 1910 — Page 1

Volume VIII. Number 54.

WANT A DIVISION Revolutionist in Nicaragua Would be Staisfied With Just Half. DALLAS IS QUIET After an Exciting Night— Loss in Northwest Will Reach Millions. (United Press Service.) Managua, Nicaragua, March 4 — (Special to Daily Democrat)—The proposal, emanating from the defeat «d revolutionary army to divide Nicaragua into two republics, will meet with the most vigorous opposition by President Madriz and the entire governtment army, according to an official announcement made today. The remnant of the revolutionary army is fleeing towards Blueflelds, on the eastern coast, the stronghold of the revolutionists. President Madriz has promised amnesty to all revolutionists if they will surrender and gve up the idea of receding. (United Press Service.) Dalas, Texas, March 4—(Special to Daily Democrat) —With scores of deputies still on duty and two companies of militia ready to join them in case of further trouble, Dallas was quiet today, following the most serious outbreak in the history of Texas, when more than five thousand wildly excited people took Alllan Brooks, a negro from the court room, where he was being tried for assaulting a two-year-old white girl, took the law in their ow'n hands and lynched him. A special grand jury has been called for today and they will bring indictments against the mob leaders. (United Press Service.) Seattle, Wash., Maryh 4—(Special to Daily Democrat) —With 205 dead, twenty-two fatally injured, and many more missing, reports of disasters continue to pour into Seattle today. Floods, avalanches, mine disasters (Continue don page 4.) A BARN DESTROYED The Stable on the John Nib - lick Property Was Badly Damaged Today. LOSS ABOUT $1,500.00 Fire Was of Unknown Origin—Contents Were Total Loss. Fire of unknown origin broke out a few minutes before 10 o clock this morning in the large and well built barn at the John Niblick home, corner of Third and Jefferson streets. The fire company responded promptly but before the water could be turned on the blaze had gained such headway that it was impossible to save the building in such a manner that much value was left. It was a stubborn fire and the laddies fought it continuously for two hours. The barn had not been used for two years except one portion in which the family kept the fuel. The doors were all securely locked except the one next to the house, and no one can give any definite idea of how the blaze started. A small amount of old hay was in the barn and this added to the fury of the flames after they got started. A surrey, some harness, and a few other articles were destroyed, also the fuel and hay. The loss is probably $1,500, with insurance to almost cover the amount. Chief Hammond had his first opportunity since his appointment and handled his men well. PLOCK FUNERAL SATURDAY. Funeral services for Bernary Flock, whose death occurred Wednesday evening at Fort Wayne by being struck by a railroad engine wil be held Saturday morning at 9 o clock from the St. Paul’s Catholic church. Interment at the Catholic cemetery. Many from this city will attend.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

HORSE SALE ON HERE TODAY. Fine Bunch of Hone, and Nice Looking Lot of Buyer* Are Here. The regular horse sale is on today and the town Is again filled with foreign buyers. The Decatur Horse Sale company today is offering for sale two hundred and fifty as fine horses as ever trotted into a sale ring. The season so far has been very backward, owing to the severe weather, and the fact that the farmers held" the horses up to such a high price that the company could not break even. It is hoped for the good of everyone that the sale today will be the best of the season. There were more buyers here today than at any time yet, and as the day is of the inspiring kind, and Mac, the auctioneer, is feeling just right, everything points to a winner. THE COURT NEWS Short Session of Court Today—Sam Bailor Wants to be Discharged. REAL ESTATE DOINGS The Beckman Case at Huntington Against Traction Company Still On. Judge Merryman held a short session of court today. He returned Thursday evening from Bluffton, where he heard the Manson Reiff “blind tiger” case. Bank of Berne vs. Mary Neaderhouser, administrator, claim, $1,166.40, reset for March 21st. Bank of Geneva vs. George W. Bolds et al., note, $2,000, dismissed and costs paid. Emanuel Woods vs. Frederick Busick, account, $150; demurrer jto complaint filed by defendant. A. P. Beatty appears for defendant. Samuel Bailer, convicted for receiving stolen property, filed a motion for his discharge. He has served his five days, but still has a fine and costs of about $37, Real estate transfers: Magdalena Yager to Lyda Ellenberger, lot 374, Berne, $1500; John H. Striker to Frederick Braun, lot 362, Berne, $1000; Susan Juillerat to Henry Michaud, pt. lot 85, Berne, $100; L. Juillerat to Tom Wulliman, pt. lot 83, Berne, $650; Levi Wulliman to Jeremiah Lubinbill, pt. lot 83, Berne, $650. The case of Beckman vs. the Fort Wayne & Springfield line will likely take at. least until Saturday night, The plaintiff did not rest the case-in-chief until Wednesday afternoon at three and the defense has quite a number of witnesses. Shortly after the accident the woman Injured sent in a claim for $250 for all her hurts and it looks nok as though the railroad company would have been very much better off to have settled at this figure, for even if they score a victory in the trial here, the case will have cost them very much more than this amount. —Huntington Herald. EVANGELIST KLEIN LAST NIGHT Rev. Klein, the evangelist of Reading, Pa., conducted his first service at the Evangelical church last night. A full house was out to hear him. He preached a forceful and eloquent sermon, which was appreciated by the large audience. He said the human soul is hungering for something supernatural. Riches and pleasures cannot supply that hunger. Only Jesus coming in the soul satisfies this deep longing of the human heart. The song “Is Jesus Yours?” will be sung each evening. This song will be the battle song for this special series of meetings. “Tickets, entitled “Is Jesus Yours?” are being printed and will be distributed over the city. “This is the season of hope and peace. Jesus is passing by.” Come and enjoy a spiritual feast of good things at the Evangelical church. ■ o — - —" 11 - MEN’S MEETING. Evangelist Klein will address the men at a special service to be held in the Evangelical church Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Special singing.

FUNERALSATURDAY Services for John Snyder, Whose Death Occurred Suddenly—Apoplexy. AT COUNTY FARM Was One of Aged and Most Respected Inmates—A Fine Old Gentleman. Funeral services for John Snyder, the venerable man, whose death as stated in Thursday evening's paper, occurred suddenly Thursday noon at the county infirmary, will be held Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock from the infirmary chapel by the Rev. L. C. Hessert, pastor of the German Reformed church of this city. The deceased was eighty-one years df age and since January 2, 1896, had been an inmate of the infirmary, being one of its most trusted and most highlyrespected members. For fourteen years he has been in charge of the feeding and caring for the cattle and stock in the barns and was one of the most capable. He was an earnest Christian, a member of the German Reformed church, and Mr. Graber and all others who knew him speak in the highest terms of him, and mourn his death as that of a dear friend. He was born in Switzerland, but spent about forty years of his life here, living for many years near Vera Cruz, then west of Berne, later moving to a farm near this city. His wife died about seventeen years ago. They had no children and the only relatives the aged man has in this country are two nephews, Fred Miller, living east of Geneva, and John iMiller, east of Vera Cruz. His death occurred very suddenly Thursday noon from apoplexy, as with the others, he was sitting at the dinner table. Miss Graber, who was waiting on the table, suddenly noticed a change come over the old gentleman and called others to his assistance. Within five minutes, however, he had passed away. o GO TO FINDLAY Car Load of Horses Sold by Decatur Horse Sale Company Sent by INTERURBAN FREIGHT Leave Here This Evening Accompanied by C. O. Meibers and Ed Beery. C. O. Meibers and Ed Beery of the interurban force will leave this evening at 5 o'clock for Findlay, Ohio, to deliver a car load of eighteen horses to Frank J. Adams of that place, the purchase being made from the Decatur Horse Sale company. The horses will go by interurban the entire way, leaving here in one or the Fort Wayne & Springfield freight cars for Fort Wayne, from which they will be transferred to the Ohio Electric interurban road, going to Lima, Ohio, and at the latter place taking the Western Ohio traction line direct to Findlay. Adams is quite a good patron of the Decatur Horse Sale company and many of the horses thus purchased from them have been sent by interurban freight, which has always safely and speedily delivered the goods. The boys are anticipating an all night trip this time. WILL LEAVE FOR THE COAST. Will Mieese, who has been working in a large hotel at Lancaster, Ohio, for a year and a half past, is here for a visit with relatives and friends. He will leave the first of next week for the Pacific coast, and will likely settle near Seattle, Washington, for the summer, and may spend next winter in southern California. He is lookand feeling fine and says he has been enjoying life.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, March 4, 1910.

HORSE FOUND IN THIS COUNTY. Got Away From Hitchrack in Bluffton and Found West of H®re. While he was in the city last night attending the Knights of Pythias lodge meeting. Will Lindsay, who lives with John Pierce and wife in Lancaster township, left his horse hitched to his buggy standing in the Decker feed barn. It got its hitch strap loose in some manner and got out of the bam and employes of the barn who saw it as it was pulling through the door were unable to stop it. The hors eran north on Main street and crossed the bridge and supposedly started for home. It got off the right road, however, and search for the rest of the night failed to lead to its recovery. Early this morning Mr. Lindsay telephoned to this city to Marshal Charles Pierce that he had just received word that the horse and rig had been found about eight miles north of this city in the edge of Adams county, where a son of Peter Steffen found it in the road and took charge of it. — Bluffton News.

A DISTRICT MEET Methodist Pastors of This District to Meet During Next Week. FOR THREE DAYS Preliminary to General Conference —Rev. Powell on . Program The district conference of the Fort Wayne district of the North Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church wil] be held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week at the Simpson Methodist Episcopal church in Fort Wayne, of which the Rev. Richard Clay Jones is pastor. The sessions will be presided over by the Rev. U. U. Wade, district superintendent. The opening session of the gathering will be held Monday evening and the speakers are the Rev. C. W. Jeffras and the Rev. C. Claude Travis. The former will conduct the devotional and the latter will deliver the opening sermon. Sacrament of the Lord's supper will follow. The Tuesday morning session will be apened by the Rev. L. D. Rehl with devotionals and the Rev. Sherman Powell of this city will deliver an address on “Church Finance, According to the Scripture.” Others on the program are the Rev. C. U. Wade and the Rev. T. M. Guild. Speakers for the afternoon session are the Rev. Ross W. Stokes and the Rev. Francis J. McConnell. All committees will be appointed at this session. In the evening the Rev. McConnell will lecture. The speakers for the Wednesday morning session are the Rev. B. F. Hornaday, Rev. Somerville Light, Rev. B. S. Hollopeter, T. J. Johnson, M. A. Harlan and D. M. Wood. In the afternoon examinations of candidates for license to preach in the open conference, will be conducted by the Revs. W. W. Martin and D. V. Williams. Rev. M. S. Marble will deliver the address to the candidates. The Rev. C. U. Wade, district superintendent, will conduct an hour’s study on “The World With Christ.” During the hour short addresses will be given by th efollowing pastors; L. M. Edwards, C. H. Meyers, E. L. Jones, W. B. Freeland, C. B. Gougherty, C. King, T. M. Hill, C. M. Shoemaker, J. B. Cook and C. J. Graves. A brief consecration service will precede the adjournment. o SALEM AND CALVARY. Salem. Sunday school at 9:30; preaching, 10:30, at which time the doors of the church will be opened to receive new members. At 6:30 the Y. P. A. will meet in devotional service. On Tuesday evening at 7:30 the regular business meeting of the Y. P. A. will be held at William Worden's, east of the city. All young people invited. Calvary. Sunday school, 9:30 a. m. At 7:30 p. m. the pastor will preach. All are invited to attend these services. REV. E. R. ROOP.

PRESIDENTS REPLY He Said That Beveridge Should Have Voted for Tariff Law. IT WAS PRETTY COLD The President is Making it Hard for Senator Beveridge in This State. Indianapolis, Ind., March 4 —Lucius B. Swift, the local politician, who wrote to President Taft and received a letter in reply praising Aldrich and Cannon, refuses to say anything for publication about the contents of his letter or the one from the presiident. He says the letter was marked "personal." But it has leaked a little. Friends of Mr. Swift have an impression that Swift failed signally to get what he went after. It is said that Mr. Swift’s letter was in behalf of the candidacy of Senator Beveridge for re-election. Swift felt, it is said, that the president was making it hard for Senator Beveridge. There is little doubt that the president disclaimed any intention of making trouble for the senator in his home state, but he did not conceal the fact that he thought that Beveridge should have voted for the tariff bill. Friends who have talked to Mr. Swift and who know something of the contents of the president’s letter do not confirm the published reports from Washington that the president expressed fear of losing the next house of congress. He intimated that might be the result of differences among republicans in respect to party measures, but he used general terms and did not say there was a likelihood of such a thing this year. He did say, however, that the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill had met the promises of the party, and that it is demonstrating its own usefulness by a decrease on many of the necessaries of life, and at the same time offering more revenue than its predecessor—two things he says that justify the position of those who made it.

FOR A LOCATION For Opening of Five and Ten Cent Store—Charles Barnhart Will Decide. BETWEEN TWO CITIES Os Tipton and Attica—Left Today Accompanied by . C. E. Baughman. Charles Barnhart, accompanied by C. E. Baughman, proprieto- of the Baughman five and ten cent store, left this morning at 10 o’clock for Tipton and Attica, where they will decide betwee nthe two places for the opening of a racket store by Mr. Barnhart. Mr. Barnhart returned the first of the week from the southern part of the state, where he had been looking for a location. His choice finally rested between these two places, both of which are thriving and hustling, and only one of which has a store of this kind. He wished, however, before deciding, to have the advice of a man experienced in the business, so he took Mr. Baughman with him to help in the decision. He wishes to open the store about the middle of April and will move his family to that place to make their home. M|r. Barnhart is known to many of this county, having lived here his entire life. He recently sold his farm vest of the city, wishing to enter the mercantile business. —o- - - ■ SUFFERS FROM BRUISES. Dan Niblick, the well known dry goods merchant, has been laid up for several days at his home and is still unable to be at his place of business today. About a week ago a heavy poker fell on his leg, bruising it considerably, and as a result his leg became poisoned, making an ugly and painful sore. He is better, however, and hopes to be able to resume work within a few days.

TO BUILD A LARGE BARN. David Meshberger of Near Linn Grove Will Build Thia Spring. Dave Meshberger, residing near Linn Grove, is making preparations for the erection of a barn 120x70, one of the very largest in Adams county. The enormous building will be used to store the products of the 450 odd acres which he owns in that section of country. Mr. Meshberger does things on a big scale and his son, Rufus, has Inherited that proclivity. Young Meshberger has been hauling the matrial for his father's barn and a few days ago hauled a load of 137 bags of cement, weighing about 36 pounds apiece,, making the total weight of the load 12,191 pounds, or almost 6.1 tons. That was before the present thaw, however. —Bluffton News.

OLDEST IN COUNTY Distinction May Probably be Claimed by Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson. WILL BE NINETY-FIVE Years of Age March 18th— Has Lived Here SeventyFive Years. Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, better known perhaps as “Grandma” Robinson, can probably claim the distinction of being the oldest person in Adams county, as in two weeks from today, March 18th, she will celebrate her ninety-fifth birthday anniversary. Mrs. Robinson has lived in this county seventy-five years, coming here from Ohio, when twenty years of age, with her husband, just after their marriage. They settled on the Robinson farm, just north of Monmouth, and on that place she has lived continuously since, moving only into another house on the same farm. At that time the country was young and she has watched the development of the wilderness of Adams county into one of the richest farming sections in the state, and many are the interesting stories that she can tell. Among the many improvements she has lived to see is that of the mode of travel. In younger days the stage was the chief public conveyance. The road running past her home, and connecting with Piqua, Ohio, and Ft. Wayne, was built of planks, known as the “old plank road” or the Piqua road. This has given way to the modern pike for which Adams county is famous, with the interurban running past her farm, connecting two cities, little more than an hour apart, instead of the day or more that was required in early days to make the round trip. Mrs. Robinson, though frail, is in fairly good health for one of her age, and still delights in receiving company and in keeping abreast of the times, with reading the papers. The birthday anniversary is celebrated in a quiet way, her relatives calling on her for a quiet visit. She is the mother of Miss Maria Robinson, Mrs. Frances McCampbell, Perry Robinson and the late Mrs. Wilson Lewion.

WILL OPEN STORE MARCH 19TH. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Baughman have returned from Bluffton, where they transacted business with the Morris company pertaining to their five and ten cent store here. John Morris and son, George, will leave Sunday morning for New York City, where they will purchase holiday goods for about thirty five and ten cent stores over the country, several of which they own, and others for whom they buy, thus being able to secure the goods much cheaper by the large orders. The Baughman store of this city is among | the number for which they buy. The Mirrisses stated that they also buy for Alpheus Beavers, of this county, who recently moved to Monticello. Mr. Beavers has his store building repapered and repainted and is nearly ready for putting in his stock. Will Morris will leave Monday morning to assist him in this and the store will probably be ready for opening about March 19th. The stock and flxtnres are said to be exceedingly fine.

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THE END IS VERY NEAR Daily Democrat’s Big Voting Contest Will End Tomorrow Night. AT THE HOUR OF TEN From Now On It is Hustle —Some Fnal Instructions to Candidates. Who is going to win the automobile? Who are going to win the diamonds? Who is going to win the suit? Who are going to win the beautiful w-atches? Who is going to win the seamless rug? Who is going to win the set of dishes? Who is going to win the umbrella? Who is going to win the hand bag? The candidates in the big voting contest are all doing good work and and scores are piling up rapidly. The above are questions which are stirring up more interest than a coming election. Just think of it. Only one more day until the greatest contest ever held in this vicinity will close. March sth will really decide. Several popular people are going to be handsomely rewarded for their efforts. Are you going to be one of them? Well, if so, you want to get real busy at once and secure votes. It is the hustler that always wins, no matter in what line of business, and you want to get used to going fast. Get the habit of high speed and see all your friends. Many of them have promised to help you the last few days. Now is the time for them to give you that promised help. Every hour is worth money to you from now on. Just remind your (Continue* on page 4.1 o THE BEST EVER Should be the Attendance at the Presbyatrian Meeting Tonight. ALL ARE WELCOMED Dr. Gordon of Van Wert Delighted the Many Who Heard Him. The Presbyterian church was again well filled with an audience that was interested during the entire discourse of Dr. James A. Gordon, and the rest of the splendid program last evening. The Van Wert minister set forth in an eloquent manner the reasons “Why a Man Should be a Christian,” and his arguments were forceful. He carried the audience with him during the entire sermon. Tonight at 7:30 there will again be services, closing the second week of a most successful and interesting series. All are urged to be present. The church has been well filled each evening and the pastor would be delighted if tonight would exceed all the records. The pastor wishes to express at this time his hearty appreciation of the courtesy and helpfulness of the Democrat during the two weeks of the special service. o . -—- BOUGHT HIS SPRING GOODS. August Brown, one of the best known merchants of Willshire, where | he is in the dry goods business, was here Thursday evening on his way home from Cincinnati, where he purchased a large consignment of spring goods for his store. Mr. Brown is a hustler, one of the life dealers of his locality and a good fellow to meet. He made this office a pleasant call i while in Decatur. o Miss Frederica Heuer is visiting with her brother, Fred Heuer, and wife.