Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 289, Decatur, Adams County, 8 December 1910 — Page 1

Volume VIII. Number 289.

THIRTY INDICTED Grand Jury Turns a Heavy Grist to be Ground Out in Circuit Court. SOME ARE SERIOUS Usual Praise For Management of County Infimary and the Jail. The grand jury completed its eleven days’ session at 11 o’clock this morning and immediately filed the same with the court. The grist—thirty indictments —is the heaviest in a half-score years, and it is rumored that about half the indictments are for felonies and some of them quite serious. No arrests will probably be made for several weeks and the indictments will not be made public for a month or two. The report as filed follows: State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss. To the Hon. James T. Merryman, judge of the Adams circuit court, Adams county, Indiana. Comes now the grand jury for the No-, vember term of the Adams circuit ; court, 1910, and begs to make the following report: We have been in session eleven days and have examined 180 witnesses and have diligently inquired into all felonies and misdemeanors in and for th* said body of said county of Adams and which have come to our | knowlege and we herewith return and present in open court thirty indictments. During our session we visited the Adams county jail and found the same in good, clean and sanitary condition. There are several needed repairs and improvements that should be made at once, namely: The doors to some of CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT. .. CHIEF WOODMEN Officers Elected Last Night by Modem Woodmen to Serve For Year. WILL BE INSTALLED - / About January Fisth —List of Capable Officials Will Serve. The Modern Woodmen held their annual election of officers Wednesday evening, an excellent staff being elected to serve for the coming year. They will be installed about January sth. The list includes the following: : Past Counsel —James O. Hoagland. Counsel —C. C. Enos. Advisor —Hugh D. Hite. Banker—Eli Meyers. Clerk—Clyde Rice. Escort —Dorse Hogland. Manager—C. L. Walters. Watchman —Tom Gauze. Sentry—Dr. Burt Mangold. The Royal Neighbors, the auxiliary of the Woodmen, were to have held their election Tuesday evening of this week but this was postponed until Tuesday of next week. o ' MARK TWAIN’S METHODS OF WORK | To a question on one occasion as to his methods of work, Mark Twain replied: “I work very regularly when I work at all. I work every day and all day from after breakfast till late into the nlrht when the work is finished. -I never begin to work before, eleven in the morning and I sit at it until they pull me away from the table to dress for dinner at seven at night. They make me stop then for a while, as they think I might over-| work myself, but I don’t think there is any fear of that. The mere physical work would not hurt me or any one | else; you can sleep that off. The mental part of it is nothing but amuse-. ment; it’s not hard work.

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attractive window. One of the most attractive holidaywindows in the city Is that of the Bos- | ton Store, which is attracting the atI tention of all passers-by. It is very neatly and appropriately arranked for the approaching Christmas, and is as much of a drawing-card as anything , y° u could wish wish for. MRS. EDDY BURIED Body of Christian Science Mother Laid to Rest at Mt. Auburn Cemetery. WITH SIMPLE SERVICE San Francisco Federal Offices Uncovered Traffic in Chinese Girls. (United Press Service.) Boston, Mass., Dec. B—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The body of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science church, was laid to rest in a receiving vault at Mt. Auburn cemetery today after simple funeral services at her late home at Chestnut Hill Mansion at Newton. There the remains will lie in state until a permenent mausoleum, erected ! as a fitting monument to her, is completed on the shores of Lake Hdlzyon iin the cemetery. The services which ' took place shortly after 11 o’clock were conducted with a quiet dignity, characteristic of the life of Mrs. Eddy, and were attended by 120 persons, induing the relatives, members of the : household, officials of the Christian Science church and her personal students. Georbe B. Smith, first leader of the mother-church, conducted the services. There was none of the gloom usually attached to a funeral. San Francisco, Dec. B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Although the federal secret service men are reticent regarding the investigations of “the smuggling ring” engaged in trafficking in Chinese slave girls, it is believed ■ they have, uncovered a plot of widespread scope. o GO TO BEACH TO KEEP COOL. While Decatur friends are shivering and walking briskly to keep warm, the Decatur people who went to Los Angeles, California, a few months ago are wearing dainty fluffy ruffles, summer clothing and taking excursions to the beach to keep cool. Word from there received by friends here is that they are ail well and each day find new delights in their home there. Miss Jessie McLean, who, upon arriving there, immediately secured a position as clerk in a large mercantile establishment. has been given a position in the office department of the store, and is much pleased with her advanceI ment. For many years she served as cashier and bookkeeper for the Boston store here, and the new position is in line with that which she held here. Miss Louise Hobrock, also a clerk at I the Boston store here, has a similar ' position there. Mrs. McLean and daughter reside with their son and brother, Emmet McLean, and wife. Mrs. Robert Blackburn is also a member of the Decatur company at Los Angeles, she being at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Margaret Tester, and other relatives, _ .-A ~~ AT POINT OF DEATH. Mrs. Ellen Touhey at Winchester is Very Low. Mrs. P. J- Hyland has returned from Winchester, where she has been at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Ellen Touhey, who is lying at the point of death Mrs. Touhey, who has reached the advanced age of seventy-five years, has become so low that her death is 'expected at any time. At times she seems somewhat improved, and then she sinks back into the same critical condition, and the end is thought to be ■ very near. _ ATTORNEY LUTZ AT ATTICA. Attorney C- J- Lutz left last evening for Attica, Ind., where he will take a course of treatment at the famous Lava springs. Mr. Lutz has been feel--1 j n g rather badly for some weeks anu ' expects to take a ten days’ visit at the i springs to recuperate.

A GREAT REVIVAL Is Stirring the Entire Population of Fort Wayne— Union Forces. ARE NOW AT WORK I Under Leadership of J. Wilbur Chapman and Chas. Alexander. Fort Wayne is experiencing one of tne greatest revivals of any city in the history of the state, the same being the union forces of all the Protestant churches of the city under the leadership of the world-renowned minister of the gospel, J. Wilbur Chapman, and his singing evangelist, Charles Alexander. Many from this city and surrounding towns swell the thousands who attend the services, not only at the Princess rink, but the twelve or more other places in the city where the services are held morning, afternoon and evening. The campaign forces are thoroughly organized and the evangelization is being undertaken in a thoroughly systematic way, workers being assigned to the various sections of the city and there is not a person in the city but will be personally influenced. Probably the greatest interest to visitors especially, centers at the Princess rink, where the services are conducted by J. Wilbur Chapman and Mr. Alexander and other helpers. The music, lead by a choir of several hundred voices, in turn lead by Mr. Alex•ander, assisted by Pianist Harkness, and with special solos by E. J. Naftzger, is one of the inspiring forces. The earnest, heart-to-heart, quiet, convincing gospel sermons of Dr. Chapman, devoid of any sensational, noisy, argumentative strife, are a great power for good: but much also depends upon the large band of personal workers. These are assigned, to seats in different sections in the audience which they occupy night after night and after the message of the' evangelist, being their personal campaign among the members of the audience. As it is at the Princess rink, so are the various services conducted at the same time at the various churches in the different parts of the city under the direction of other notable workers. , , FILES LARGF BILL The Wells County Coroner Claims $725 For Duties at Kingsland Wreck. IS SOME QUESTION Makes Each Case Separate —Coroner Claims He is Right in Matter. Another question came before the board of county commissioners today that made it necessary for them to call upon the county attorney, F. C. Dailey, for an opinion. This was the matter of a bill for $725, filed by Coroner Herman Thomas, covering items of expense which he listed as growing out of the Kingsland wreck, in which forty-one persons lost their lives. The question before the commissioners was whether they could legally allow all of the items, and in the amounts set out. While no decision was given today, the county commissioners expressed unofficially the probability that the bill will be cut considerably. There is a question as to whether the coroner should charge as a separate case each death Investigated, or put in his bill at so much per diem for time spent in the inquest, treating it as one investigation instead of separate investigations. The law says that the coroner shall be allowed $5 per day for the first day in holding an inquest and $2.50 per day for each additional day. The bill file is on the theory of each death being a separate case and $2.50 per day each additional day in each case. The commissioners appear to take the view the entire investigation in the .cases of those who died on September 21st should be considered as one case. —Bluffton News. [

Decatur, Ind. Thursday Evening, December 8,1910.

RIVER IS FROZEN. Old St. Mary's is Ice-bound —Early Coat of Mail. The old St. Mary’s river is icebound and her placid surface is rendered even more so with its two-inch coat of glassy armor. The ice king began his reign remarkably early this year and the children are anticipating days and days of skating sport as the ice will without doubt last the remainder of the month. Neighbors, too, in the farming regions, who find the intervening river and long road roundabout to the bridge, cutting off many a pleasant visit, will take advantage of the ice-span to open the social season for the winter. PARALYSIS FATAL / I Mrs. James Close, Who Suffered First Stroke Four Months Ago SUCCUMBED TODAY Passed Away at Home of Sister, Mrs. John Raudebush—Burial Saturday. Nancy A. Close, aged nearly seven-ty-three years, widow of James Close, who for the past four months has been | helpless from paralysis, and whose I life has been hanging by a thread for the past few days, this morning at 7 o’clock passed away at the home of her sister, Mrs. John Raudebush, in the north part of the city. About. 4 months ago Mrs. Close, with her sister and other relatives, went to visit with their brother, William Daugherty, at Big Rapids, Mich., and while there Mrs. Close suffered the first at- , tack of paralysis. She was rendered helpless and it was necessary to bring her home on a cot. Since that time ■ she has gradually declined. Mrs. Close was the daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. William Daugherty. She t was born in Starke county, Ohio, December 16,1837, and had she lived but a week and a day longer would have been seventy-three years of age. In childhood she came with her parents . to Allen county, Indiana, and grew to womanhood. She was married there to James Close, and later came to this county to reside, making their home I four miles west of this city. They lived in this vicinity for some twentyfive or thirty years, becoming well known, and then went to Jamesville, Wis., to live, and later to Oklahoma. Five years ago *Mr. Close died in Oklahoma ,and a year later his widow ’came here and has resided since with her sister, Mrs. Raudebush. Mrs. Close is survived by three daughters, all living at Pallisbell, Mont. They are Mrs. William Butler, Mrs. Lizzie Smith and Mrs. Tom Lee. She also leaves a grandson, Charles Hutcheson, whom she reared as her own. He lives also in Pallisbell. A daughter, Mrs. William Hutcheson, and a son, Will Close, besides an infant daughter, have gone before. George Daugherty of Oklahoma, William H. Daugherty of Big Rapids, Mich., and Mrs. John Raudebush of this city are surviving brother and sister. The funeral will be held Saturday morning at 10 o’clock from the M. E. church, the services to be conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Sherman Powell. Burial in the Decatur cemetery. Q IS READY FOR THE JURY. Closing Argument is Now Being Made in Case Against Menlo Moore. (United Press Service.) Vincennes, Ind., Dec. B—(Special to Dally Democrat)—The jury in the case of Menlo E. Moore, on trial for the murder of Charles E. Gibson will get the case tonight and it is very likely that Moore will know his fate before sunrise tomorrow. It is expected the case will go to the jury at 5 o’clock this evening. A quick verdict is expected. So certain are Moore’s relatives that he will be acquitted that they have made arrangements to send him to Battle Creek, Mich., for a rest of several weeks. Mrs. Moore will probably go to the home of her parents at Washington, Ind. Attorney Inman closed his argument for the defense this morning and George Shaw is now making his closing speech for the state.

COURT HOUSE NEWS Bondsmen of R. K. Allison, Executor of R. B. Allison Estate, Released. DIVORCE CASE IS ON About Forty Witnesses Attending Passwater Trial in Court Today. in probate court, R. K. Allison, exei cutor of the R. B. Allison estate, filed i a current report. He also filed a new ! bond, releasing Haefling, Moltz, Everett and Hite, former bondsmen. The bond is for $15,000. About forty witnesses were in court this morning attending the case of Rosie Passwater vs. Charles Passwater, for divorce. The case seemed to Ibe a very interesting one. The parties I live in Blue Creek township. L. C. DeVoss is attorney for plaintiff and D. B. Erwin for defendant. Laura A. Foughty vs. Charles K. Foughty, divorce, counter showing filed by defendant. Ordered that defendant pay plaintiff and children four dollars each week until further order of court and the additional sum for I clothing to be paid within five days. Real estate transfers: John J. Summers to John Townsend, trustee to John J. Summers, 280 acres, Monroe tp., $30,000; Z. O. Lewellen to . William Scherer, 50 acres, Monroe tp., $7,000; C. U. Dorwin to W. R. Dorwin, . , lot 285, Decatur. $1,100; Don L. Quinn , to Martin Miller, lot 189, Decatur, , $2,300. , YOUNG MEN’S SOCIAL , CLUB MEMBERS, ATTENTION, j i Regular meeting Friday evening. All , are requested to be present as mat- ( j ters of importance will be discussed. , •All members knowing themselves to ( be indebted to club will pay same as j soon as possible. Dues payable not ( later than the 15th of this month. ( Special meeting Sunday afternoon for ( those who cannot be present on regu- , lar meeting night. , HENRY SWARTZ, Sec’y and Treas. . o THEQUEENESTHERS Are Giving Bazaar and Supper With Program Following AT THE M. E. CHURCH This Afternoon and Evening—The Public is Cor- ' I dially Invited. i The following is the menu for the < chicken dinner to be served this even- : Ing at the Methodist church by the ' girls of the Queen Esther Circle: Chicken Gravy Mashed Potatoes Scalloped Oysters Cream Slaw Jelly Bread and Butter Tutti Fruit! Cake Coffee Twenty-five cents will be charged. The girls are also conducting a bazaar of fancy articles, handkerchiefs, etc., suitable for Christmas presents, during the afternoon and evening. The following program will be rendered after the supper: Reading—Ethel Smith. Quartet— High School Faculty. Solo —Rowena Shoaf. Piano Solo —Jean Lutz. Solo —Dolores Ballenger. Reading—Mabel Weldy. Piano Solo —Vera Hunsicker. POPULATION OVER 92,000,000. (United Press Service.) Washington, D. C., Dec. B—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Over ninetytwo million is the total population of the United States with an increase of nearly seventeen million over 1900, according to the estimate made public today, the exact total being 92,135,221. ]

SIO,OOO LIBEL SUIT FILED. (United Press Service.) Hartford City, Ind., Dec. B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The ten thousand dollar damage suit against Editor Charles Reeves and the other members of the Daily Journal force, was filed today. The criminal case was heard yesterday and Reeves was bound over to court in the sum of SI,OOO bond. HOMEFROMCANADA Decatur Young Men Return Home After an Absence of Nine Months. HAVE MADE GOOD Will Spend the Winter Here —Own Over Six Hundred Acres of Land. Carl Moses and Tony Hackman, two young men of this city, wno have been up in Watson, Canada, situated in Saskatchewan province for the past nine months, have returned to this city and will spend the winter months here. They left here the forepart of I March, going direct to Watson and where they purchased a section of land or six hundred and forty acres. They have five hundred acres broken and expect to cultivate about six hundred acres. They will plant, wheat, oats and flax, for which the climate is good for the .growing of these products. Wheat is the principal grain raised and from twenty-five to thirty bushels are realized to the acre. People are settling there from all parts of this country and every two weeks train loads of prospective buyers are being taken to that place. The property is becoming very valuable and is on the increase all the time. Mr. Hackman and Mr. Moses have purchased a twen-ty-horse power gas engine, which they use for the breaking of the ground and do their own work, assisted by a number of helpers which they have employed to care for the place. The climate there is very comfortable and one can work the entire summer with much ease, the days being very long, ' the sun shining there nearly nineteen hours at a time, one being able to work until ten o’clock at night. It is one of the most prosperous countries on the globe and these two young men are more than pleased with the step they have taken and the prospect for the future is very bright. They will remain here until about March, when they will return to put out their crops. MRS. SCHERRY OPERATED ON. Rev. and Mrs. C. T. Payne went to Fort Wayne this noon to be at the St. Joseph hospital with their daughter, Mrs. Louis Scherry of Kirkland township, who at 3:30 o’clock was operated upon by Dr. McOscar for gall stones. Mrs. Scherry had been ailing for more than a year and the operation was deemed advisable at this time. She left Monday, accompanied by her husband, and has been at the hospital since that time in preparation for the ordeal. Drs. Coverdale and Boyers held an operation upon the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Moser, for the removal of her tonsils and also adenoids The operation was a successful one. A LARGE ATTENDANCE. Characterized Funeral of Henry Lankenau This Morning. The funeral of Henry Lankenau, which was conducted this morning from the home and from the Zion's Lutheran church on West Monroe street, was one of the largest held in some time. The Rev. Wehmeyer, pastor of the local church, and Rev. H. C. Jaus, pastor of the St. John’s Lutheran church, and who had been intimately associated with Mr. Lankenf. :, the teacher, for many years, dell" ‘d the sermon, which was an excellent one. The cortege left at 11:30 o’clock, by a special interurban car for Fort Wayne, where the burial took place in Lindenwood cemetery. o Dr. H. E. Keller returned Wednesday afternoon from Monterey, where he attended the funeral of his father, John Keller, which was held last Sat- [ urday.

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THE CITY ACCEPTS I —- Mercer Avenue Was Accepted by the City Council Last Evening. EVERYTHING IS O. K. i - * Objections For the Final Assessment Will be Heard on the Sixteenth. The city council met in adjourned session Wednesday evening, Mayor Teeple presiding, and all the members being present excepting Mr. Hale, who was out of the city. Not much time was taken up, there being nothing to consider besides the accepting of the Mercer avenue improvement from J. J. Kelleher & Company, contractors. The clerk read a report of the inspector and engineer, who were to oversee the street and to see that every- , thing was in shape before the city would take the same into their hands, and which was voted on as being satisfactory from every point of view. Mr. Kelleher also gave his promise that should anything turn up in the work which he hag just completed for a period of three years he would at any time make good without additional expense to the city, whatever it may be. A resolution of acceptance was then read and was passed by the voting of “yes’’ by all present, thus giving Decatur two of the finest streets it has ever had. Friday, the 16th, has been set for the time of hearing ob- / jections to the final assessment. Mr. Kelleher then thanked the city for the excellent treatment he received while under the employ of the city, and anything he could do to show his appreciation he would readily do. He left over the Clover Leaf for his home at Frankfort last evening, but before leaving the council room he rendered a treat to all those present by passing the cigars. He has done his work in an excellent way and has kept his promise to the city in every instance, and the city is considering itself fortunate in having secured the contractor to build these two streets. —o WAS TAKEN SICK Bernard Tcrveer Was Tak- • en Sick Wedesday While on Duty. WITH SEVERE PAIN Much Time Required Before He Was Resting Easier —Better Today. Bernard Terveer, stenographer and bookkeeper at the Old Adams County bank, is lying very ill at his home, suffering with severe pains, which overtook him at an early hour Wednesday morning. He had gone to his work as usual and was out doing some collecting for the bank. He did not feel as well as he might, and was told by several parties to go to hie home. He had gone to the office of Dr. Coverdale and obtained some medicine and started home. Upon reaching the house he fell into a fainting spell three consecutive times, and quite a bit of time was necessary before he rallied. He was also taken with severe pains caused from the liver and these went to the heart, and for a while his condition was considered serious. A hypodermic injection was necessary to quiet the pain and not until the day was over did he rest easier. He passed a very restless night, but this morning was some better. It will be some time before he will be able to be up and around. REPORT NOT YET CONFIRMED. (United Press Service.) El Paso, Tex., Dec. B—(Special to Daily Democrat) —No confirmation of the report that the town of Guerrero has fallen into the hands of the Mexican rebels can be secured, but the rumor is so persistent that it is generally credited here. Diaz government still controls the telegraph lines and it is impossible to obtain any news of the reported capture of the town.