Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 231, Decatur, Adams County, 30 September 1910 — Page 1

Volume VIII. Number 231.

A NEW DIRECTORY The Marion Company of Anderson Have Their Representatives Here. HAVE STARTED WORK When Complete the New Book Will be Right Up to the Minute. Representatives of the Marion Directory Publishing company of Anderson, Ind., are here for the purpose of compiling a complete, up-to-date and satisfactory directory of Adams county, and the work, when completed will be one of the most valuable of the kind ever undertaken here. It will contain the name of every resident of the age of fifteen and over living in the towns of Decatur, Berne, Geneva, Monroe. Peterson, Bobo, Bingen, Pleasant Mills, together with their wife’s first name, occupation, residence and telephone and in addition it will give a complete list of all rural residents of the entire county, the township in which they reside or own land, their correct postofflce or rural route address and amount of land, it any, standing of record to their names. The miscellany will contain a complete list of all federal state, county, township and city officials, schools, churches, police and fire departments, all secret and benevolent societies and a comprehensive street and avenue guide, a most valuable book. An efficient crew of enumerators wil gather all data and the management requests that our citizens lend all assistance possible by readily and willingly giving the enumerators the information asked for when they call. They ask no impertinent or useless questions, but want only information necessary to make the directory complete and correct. The Marion company makes a specialty of county directory work, cover several statesand come well recommended for thorough work done elsewhere, and the Democrat has seen books published by them for counties in this and other states and can say they are well compiled and printed, and cloth bound, and this one will contain about 500 pages. The work here is in charge of Mr. Frank Laumenig ,the field manager, and if the necessary encouragement is given, the work w ill be ready for distribution in about ninety days, but sue!: a work is expensive and needs the support of all good business and professional men and citizens in gene’al, as without their co-operation it cannot be made the success it deserves. ■ SENATOR LaFOLLETTE SICK. (United Press Service.) Rochester, Minn., Sept. 30 —(Special to Daily Democrat! —Senator LaFollette is believed to be in a very critical condition today and his recovery seems doubtful. He consulted with Mayo Brothers this morning and it is probable that an operation will be performed this afternoon. The senator is suffering from a complication of gall stones and abdominal trouble exactly similar to that which caused the death of Governor Johnson a year ago. BABE DIED SUDDENLY. It was reported here that a three-months-old babe of Mr. and Mrs. Gause, living in Van Wert county, Ohio, near Wren, had been found dead in bed Thursday morning about 2 o’clock by the parents. It is said that the child had been in poor health since birth and that its death resulted from weakness. Reports were that the mother had, accidentally, in her sleep rolled over onto the babe, thus causing its death, but this has been termed false. n— ————— WILL SELECT TICKET TONIGHT. (United Pres« Service.) * Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 30 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The democratic convention in session here today will not select a ticket until this evening. At 2:15 this afternoon,.the temporary chairman, Judge Alton B. Parker, asked for nominations for permanent officers of the session, after which it was announced an adjournment will )be taken until 8 o’clock this evening.

DECATUR DAU A DEMOCRAT.

TWO FUNERALS TODAY. Services For Merle Cowan and Simon Hoffman. The last earthly rites were performed this morning for the late Merle Cowan, whose death occurred Wednesday morning after a long Illness, the funeral being held in the M. E. church at Bobo. The sermon was delivered by the Rev. Roop, and interment took place in the Mt. Tabor cemetery. Funeral services were held this morning at the county infirmary for Simon Hoffman, who passed away Tuesday morning, the Rev. L. G. Hessert of the German Reformed church, this city, delivering the sermon. Interment took place in the Mt. Tabor cemetery. SUFFERINGS ENDED Mrs. Rachel Barnett Succumbs to Long Illness— Passed Away NEAR MIDNIGHT HOUR Pioneer Lady of the City Survives Husband Only Four Months. Surviving her husband by only a few days more than four months, every one of which days were full of pain and suffering, so that it seemed a wonder that the frail body survived as long as it has. Mrs. Rachet narnett, widow of the late John Barnett, passed away a little after the midnight hour at her home in the south part of the city, surrounded by her near and dear relatives, w’ho have been at her bedside constantly. Both Mr. and Mrs. Barnett had been in frail health for many months, and when his death occurred an last May 18th, it was thought that his good wife could not survive long. At various times since, her death has been looked for momentarily, the tortures of asthma being combined with the frailties of her great age. Mrs. Barnett was one of the pioneer ladies of the city as well as of the county. Her maiden name was Rachel T. Andrews, and though she was born in Harrison county, Ohio, came to this county when quite young with her parents, who died soon after moving here. She was marred April 1. 1852, to John Barnett, the marriage taking place at the home of his uncle. Green Sewell, on the farm near this city, on which Samuel Chronister now lives, the marriage being performed by the Rev. Humbert, a Methodist minister, well known to the aged residents of the county. This couple lived to see their fifty-eighth wedding anniversary last April' Ist, the husband dying on’y a month afterward. With the exception of the years spent in Illinois Mr. and Mrs. Barnett lived their entire married life in this county, and took an active part in the growth of the county. The union was an unusually happy one. and the three children born to them survive. They are: Mrs. Joshua Barnett of Swayzee, Mrs. T. R. Moore of this city and Della, at home. Mrs. Barnett was a member of the Methodist church and was . known through life as one of the kindliest ladies. The funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the home and the body will be laid to rest in the family lot in the Decatur cemetery. o DEL WILSON STILL IN JAIL. Traction Car Conductor Has Not Yet Furnished the $2,000 Bond. (United Press service.) Bluffton. Ind., Sept. 30—(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Del Wilson, indicted by the Wt-yj county grand jury for involuntary manslaughter in connection with the Kingsland wreck, is still in jail here, having up to noon today failed to furnish the $2,000 bond as fixed by the court. Wilson was the conductor on the southbound car and the man who held the orders two or three days. He claims to have had other orders by telephone. It is understood that indictments have also been returned against Corkwell, the motorman, and one or two others, but the arrests will not be made for a while.

Decatur, Indiana. Friday Evening, September 30, 1910.

MYSTERIOUS WORK More Chicken Thieving and Property Damage in Central Part of Town. CLOSELY WATCHED Effort Will be Made to Locate Guilty Party—No Clue Whatever. Some very mysterious work has been going on after night about the premises of a number of homes in the central part of the city and which is being carefully watched by the interested parties. Wednesday night something got into the chicken house of Mrs. Robert Gregory, on South Fourth street and took ten fine fowls from the flock. The next morning an investigation showed that the coop had been entered, partly torn down, and that several chickens were torn and dying in the yard. The same work was also carried on during the same night at the home of Mrs. Henry Winnes on Fifth street. Twelve chickens were taken here, and several were found dying in a torn and mutilated condition. Although no tracks were seen it is thought that some person with a dog was engaged in doing the work, it different places there was evidence of the ground being disturbed and a chicken half covered up. That some person was connected with the work is shown by the number of fowls missing. which cannot be located. The condition of the chickens proves also that a dog had evidently been in the coop. The neighbors in this vicinityare much worked up over the affair and should they locate the guilty parties it would not fare very well with them. SIGNED BY MANY Remonstrance to Big Blue Creek Improvement Has Been Placed on File. PROBABLY STOPS IT About a Thousand Property Owners Sign the Remonstrance to Ditch. Just at this time it looks as though the proposed improvement of Big Blue Creek, petition for which was filed some time ago. will not be made at least lor some time. A remonstrance has been filed in court, signed by some 1,040 people, who are opposed to the improvement. According to law, the only way to stop the improvement was for two-thirds of the property owners, subject .to assessment, to remonstrate, and Heller. Sutton & Heller, who are attorneys for the remonstrators. say there are more than enough signers. The original petition was filed about three months ago by Attorneys Lutz, Smith. Erwin, Peterson & Moran, asking for the enlarging of Blue Creek and the dredging of it into a ditch that would have made it quite a stream, the largest improvement of the kind ever asked in this county. It was signed by manyproperty owners, the title under which it was filed being George W. Gates et al., petition for drain. Recently several of those who signed the original petition have withdrawn their names and some of them have become remonstrators. Attorneys for the petitioners have not yet investigated the remonstrance and would not say what further action, if any, will be taken in the matter. a SUNDAY AT M. E. CHURCH. Superintendent of City Schools Elmer E. Rice will address the Sunday school at the Methodist church Sunday- morning at 9:30 on the “Effect of Alcohol on an Individual’s Power to Work.” Everyone should hear the address, as it represents the combined results of investigation, research and experiment by German psychologists and physicians. C. L. WALTERS, Supt.

SELLS HOME. Adam Bueteil, who several years ago moved to this city and built a fine cottage home on North Second street has disposed of the property to Joseph Johnson, and will begin at one to build another on South Third street. He expects to erect a more modern home, with all conveniences, and one that any one would be proud to possess It will be a two-story frame, and located just north of the new home recently erected by Sam Hite. The home purchased by Mr. Johnson is as nice a little home as any one would wish, and he will move into it in a short time. The reason for the sale was because of the distance of Mr. Johnson's place of business from his home. o A SERIOUS RIDDLE “What Good Can Roosevelt Do Beveridge?” Becomes Political Issue in INDIANAPOLIS TODAY The Colonel’s Ideas Are Directly Opposite to Those of Beveridge. • —— - (United Press Service.) Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 30—(Special to Daily Democrat) —“In view of the platform he o. k’d at the Saratoga republican convention, of how much assistance can Colonel Roosevelt be to Senator Albert J. Beveridge, when he comes to Indiana next month to campaign for the Hoosier senator?” Somebody asked this question in political circles today and soon the inquiry was being put and discussed so extensively as to rival the old question of “How old was Ann?” And there being nobody about who could answer the question, it has grown into an issue of no minor importance, with the result that Senator Beveridge is to be asked to solve the riddle before he starts on his cross-country campaign dash. Roosevelt o. k’d a platform that Beveridge wouldn't think of here in Indiana. As a matter of fact Beveridge in his speeches at the present moment is just the opposite to what Roosevelt wrote into the New York platrorm. namely, the endorsement of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law and the Taft administration. And in expressing his opinion of the Payne-Aldrich law, those who prepared it, those who voted for it, and those who approve it the senior senator of Indiana is not using mild language. And now Roosevelt is to come into Indiana to make speeches, almost direct from his Saratoga convention, in the interest of Beveridge. There are a great many out-and-out Indiana progressives and supporters of Beveridge here today who admit frankly that they can’t reconcile the Roosevelt who builded the Saratoga platform with the present campaign utterances of Mr. Beveridge. They are wondering if Roosevelt is coming to Indiana to publicly endorse from the same platform on which Beveridge speaks, those things he approved at Saratoga. And, if he does it, they realize he can't do as Beveridge is doing, condemn the Payne-Al-drich tariff and certain acts of the Taft administration, and that in direct opposition to what he did at Saratoga. All together, the question is about the most interesting one Indiana has had fore some time. F. V. MILLS REPRESENTATIVE. At the meeting of the Knights of Pythias Thursday evening F. V. Mills was selected to succeed J. C. Tritch, resigned, as r’resentative to the grand lodge. Both he and J. R. Parrish, the other representative, will attend the grand lodge, which will be in session next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in Indianapolis. o ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ADAIR’S CONDITION. ♦ ♦ Congressman J. A. M. Adair is ♦ ♦ improving splendidly from his ♦ ♦ sickness from typhoid fever. ♦ ♦ Thursday morning his tempera- ♦ ♦ ture was normal and his physi- ♦ ♦ clans believe that if he continues ♦ ♦ to improve he will be able to be ♦ ♦ out of bed within a week or ten ♦ ♦ days.—Portland Sun. ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

CALLED TO REWARD Agnes Margaret Zeser Died This Morning After a Short Illness. BELOVED BY ALL Funeral Monday Morning at St. Mary’s Church —Interment at St. Joseph’s. A sad gloom has been cast over the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Zeser. who reside on High street in the south part of the city, over the death of their eldest daughter, Agnes, who was called by death at 7:15 this morning. As was stated in this paper a few evenings ago, the child had taken sick with a headache while in school, and had to be taken home, where she has been bedfast ever since. She suffered with fever and it was thought by the attending physician that it was typhoid. and it later terminated into infantile paralysis, which caused her death. She had been helpless for several days, not being able to use her body at all. A number of other children in the city are at the present time suffering from the same disease. This coming December she would have reached her seventh birthday, and she was the pride of the home, her demise causing much grief to those who were near and dear to her. She was born at Tiffin, Ohio, being the eldest of three children, later coming to this city with her parents, ' where the family has since resided. ' The funeral will be held from the St. Mary’s church Monday morning at 9 o’clock, sun time. Interment will be made at the St. Joseph cemetery. THE HOME-COMING Geneva Brass Band is Advertising Geneva’s Great Event of Sunday. AT IDLEWINE GROVE Prominent Attorneys es Decatur, Geneva and Bluffton Are Speakers. The Geneva brass band and others are briskly advertising the Geneva Home Coming and Band Jubilee to be held at the Idlewine grove, one half mile west of Geneva, on Sunday. October 2nd. Geneva is planning to make it a great day. The program is as follows: Music, 9:00 a. m.—Berne Band. Welcome Address —Hon. Jacob Butcher. Music —Bryant Band. Welcome Address —Hon. J. C. Moran. Dinner. Music, 1:30 p. m. —Berne Band. Music —Geneva Band. Address—Hon. D. E. Smith. Music —Blue Creek Band. Address—Hon. Rollin Warner. Music —Bryant Band. Address—Hon. Levi Mock. Music —Combined Bands. Evening—7:3o. Music —Linn Grove Band. Reading—Blanche Ford. Music —Band. Address —Hon. Clark J. Lutz. o ’SQUIRE SMITH SERIOULY SICK. ’Squire J. H. Smith, who has been seriously sick several weeks, and who took a sudden turn for the worse a few days ago, is still lingering at the point of death and very little hope is entertained for his recovery. His case is a baffling one. It is thought that he is suffering from a cancerous affection. though doctors at West Baden where he had been for treatment did not diagnose his case as such. o — — Mr. and Mrs. John Everett and daughter, Ina. and Mr. Cal Peterson are expected home this evening from Barker Creek. Michigan, where they have been visiting with relatives.

FOOTBALL—THE NEW GAME. Whoever you are, you will want to read the great football article in the October 6th issue of The Youth's Compaion of Boston, Massachusetts. It is written especially for young players who wish to distinguish themselves on the home team, for It tells all about the new rules, and gives lots of practical advice on every expert play of every position on the gridiron. At the same time, the article is written in away to interest those who have sons and brothers and friends who play, and for them will make clear much mat may hitherto have been confusing. A copy of The Companion containing this important article will be se'nt free to any one who mentions the paper in which he saw this notice. WEDDED In EAST Mrs. Emma Smith Barker Announces Marriage Through Letter to THE DAILY DEMOCRAT Went East For Visit and Was Married Saturday to Pleasant Barker. Cobbs, W. Va„ Sept. 25, 1910. To Our Friends: Shall hastily pen a few lines to the Daily Democrat, so our friends can all hear from us, as we cannot write a personal letter to each. I came here to visit four weeks with friends and last Saturday Mr. Barker and 1 were married in the parlor of the JT.I- - hotel at Charleston, W. Va. Charleston is a beautiful city. It is a pretty sight to look across the river from the (’. & O. depot and see the steamers landing on the other side. A person pays 5c to cross the river bridge and men who have a team pay $5 a year for the privilege of crossing. St. Albans is the parental home of Mr. Barker and we like that place quite well. We came up Coal river last Thursday and are picking apples. The trees average about fifteen bush-' el. We are picking on a tree now that has no less than twenty-five bushels, and it is only a common size tree. We went to a couple coal mines and drank water out of a sulphur spring this morning. There are mountains on each side of us. three-quarters of a mile high. The roads are awful poor and houses in the country are like our wood houses in Indiana. Next week we leave for Nashville, Tenn., where we are going to attend Bible training school and next spring will visit our friends in Indiana. While strolling among the mountains this morning we saw how clap-boards are made; also many yoke of oxen. We are going to ship fifty bushels of anpies to St. Albans Tuesday, hauling them to the train with oxen. People ail have fire places here. Makes you think of olden times. This is a beautiful place. We get "belled" everyplace we go; seems almost that I can hear bells all the time. I am surely tired of it. This leaves us well and happy. Sincerely, EMMA SMITH BARKER. PLEASANT W. BARKER. o — REV. BROWN AT FORT WAYNE. Will Speak at Missionary Rally This Evening. The Rev. D. A. J. Brown, pastor of the Bobo M. E. church, with his wife left this morning for Fort Wayne, where the reverend will speak at a missionary rally to be held at the Simpson M. E. church this evening. His subject will be, "Every Layman a Missionary.” o CHURCH NOTICE. Kindly notice the change in the hour and place of preaching on the Bobo circuit. Rev. Brown will preach at Clark’s Chapel Sunday morning at 10:30, and at Mt. Tabor at 7:30 in the evening. Sunday school at 9:30 at each place. We ask you to come with us on this day and we will do you good. D. A. J. BROWN, Pastor.

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COURT HOUSE NEWS New Complaint Filed in Which There Are Sixtythree Defendants. DIVORCE CASE SET But the Parties Failed to Appear Today—Real Estate Transfers. Hooper & Lenhart filed a new case, complaint to quiet title to real estate in Kirkland township, William G. Spade et al. vs. Emanuel Biggie et al. There are eleven plaintiffs and sixtythree defendants. Real estate transfers: D. C. Kiesling to Nancy Houkenberry, lot 354. Geneva, $600; Catherine Allison to Elenore Buettel, lot 4, Decatur. $700; E. H. Gilliom to Vance Mattox and Nicholas Rich, each 40 acres in Monroe tp., $4,000; A. J. Moser & Co., to Samuel Kuntz, pt. lots 81. 86 and 87. Berne. $325; S. L. Kuntz to Frank C. Foreman, pt. lots 81, 86 and 87, Berne. $750; J. N. Teeple to Peter Zeigler, pt. lot 226, Decatur, $1200; Peter Ziegler to Maggie Teeple, pt. lot 266, Decatur. $1250. Old Adams County Bank vs. Decatur Filler Co., note and receiver, motion by J. W. and Dan Vail and H. Segur to set aside and vacate the order on them to appear. The Irelan divorce case from Allen county was set for trial here today, but the parties failed to appear. o MARGARET RADEMAKER SICK. Margaret, three-year-old-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Rademaker, is suffering from what is thought to be infantile paralysis, and which affects her so that her lower limbs are entirely helpless. THEY LEFT TODAY Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Mershon Left Today For Their Michigan Home. HAVE MANY FRIENDS Residents of This City Six Months —Best Wishes Accompany Them. After being residents of this city for just six month, Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Mershon are moving their household goods to Mattewan. Mich, just thirteen miles from Kalamazoo, where they will reside. Although, while in this city, Rev. Mershon was assigned to no particular charge, he became widely known to many citizens of this place, and won friends wherever he went. He was notified recently by the presiding elder of the district located at Niles, Mich., and has been anxiously awaiting for the past several days for the necessary word to arrive, and Thursday evening his mind wos somewhat relieved when he received the word to go to his destination as soon as possible. He will have charge of a Methodist congregation and will begin at once to promote the good work to which he has been called. He has been heard in this city on several occasions and has proven himself a gifted speaker. Their many friends here regret to sever the friendshin, but no doubt will keep posted as to their whereabouts and continue a correspondence. They left this afternoon over the Grand Rapids, and the best wishes of their many friends accompanied them. MRS. MARTHA DUTCHER WORSE. Mrs. Martha Dutcher of Monmouth who has been seriously sick with cancerous affection for several months, is rapidly growing worse and it is feared can survive but a short time. Her sister. Mrs. Mina Nickey. has been summoned from Buffalo. N. Y., and her other relatives are at her bedside.