Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1905 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT rriST THTBfi'AT M. 3LF150 IT LtW G EL- NGHAM PUBUSHEM 111 ” : E X PEE YEAE IS ADTAS E s$ tie pur: * * ai -ti-ux.4 M &EODB 4-< -Afc* EAiS Sx-ATI* "ffFXIAL ?W~OF ADAMS CQUrTY. THURSDVi SEPT IK! ACTS AND ACTIONS. “J believe. and have always be lieved that the people whose commisicn an officer bean hare the right t: knew every official act cf such ifficer and the reasons for his .' cffiial acts The people constitute ; the supr-iine tribunal—the court of la*r resert. m which public officials are tried At their bar every official most stood at rest asd submit to be judged. From their uecisi'.E there is no appeal ilt is final, safety m the edministrati'n of government is guaranteed only by publicity. Without it ther< would n.« be clean administration it there .s almost sure Jo be bon- . est administration. There is seme- ■ ting wrong! with an official act which "will not tear the searchlight of publicity and examination by the people.— "Gov. Hanly at HamToe above is most excellent in I sentiment and well and forcibly expressed. We agree’ with Gov. | ernat Hanly and commend this safe republican policy of publicity Bit in this ease we desire to appeal from filovernor* Hanly s w.rds to Governor Hanly s action. Last winter there vras a till] passed -y both house® of -be legislature requiring school trustees of towns and cities of Indiana to publish then annual reports as is required of township trustees It was nonpartisan measure. axfivccated by democrats as well as republicans It was champiooed by Warren G Sayre, if Wabash the watchdog of \ the legislature. It was in line with the pc-licy cf the republican party 1 as de-lared in national and state olatforms. This bill pa-sed both bouses with, nt any cppreiticn ?f any consequence Tms tell Gov-1 ernor Haul? vetoed and denoune fi I it as vicious and one of graft. His veto came after the legislature I adjourned when there was no I chance to pass ever his veto. Mr Hatly may be sincere and honest, i tut when it comes to ccnsisten'y : ther? if 7 ;□ his makeup —N.blesviile Ledger, Rep. • ■ Now comes David E. Sherrick who asks the public to pause for breath and to await the issues he desire- later to present in his case I It will pay him to hasten these api.cgies as delays are usually danger us. An exchange whose managers must have long been a suffeier says that the biggest trust on earth is the country newspapers trust it trusts everybody, gets cussed for trusting, mistrusted for cussing, an’, if it busts by trusts it gets cussed for busting. The Fort Wayne democrats will next Saturday nominate their candidates for city offices. by a direct primary vote. Mayor Bergoff declined a renomination and Candidate Scheerer has dropped out of the race. Odds look good cn Tom Breslehan for r-itv clerk Tis pceaient is bu?y writing his message. He ha® p.<?n‘v . t time to add a few pert paragraphs a out the wholesale detaut-h rs the e ec , toraie by the New Y ik Life Insurance companies. by the aid and consent of the republican nat osal committee. As a disbursing agent this committee stands ace high. The tig packers have just pjd a fine of toa.OOO for conspiracy in relates and is known as the txef frustrates. Such a tne is about the same as the us i»l one dollar and costs, and :n reality is a mockery of the law. The jails and p ritentiaries are the places for thieves of all -rand? | The Atlanta Constitution fays it is the >uzztng of the presidential bee in the ears of Govern ,rs Hanly, Folk and La Follette that prompts them to undertake reforms, lather than a desire to do their duty as they see it. Well, admit it. There ® .- nothing wrung in their aspiratkre and so long fcs the ’vzzingof the presidential bee stirs men in high places to do right, isn’t it a rood thing’-—Fort V ayce Jorma!Gazette.

ute specials. 9 ” New York Sept .*--Bx'’iu Ko m irs:il paiTy '.eft :. r * '.irk thi? ~ .using in their ’.oug ; turner to J area _____ 1-1 komo, The rre_rfi m tie ease of MitbAelJDonohue ' again®: City Centre Dr Arnett was oompletad and cn appea. granted t-i -’the -npreme oiurt. This is the . ia.se which :es-s the me-r-p».-itan > police law if Indiana .shington, lad - -An attempt was made today to p-asen the entire family of J bn ’oblranison, ar i as a result the father and i two chi’. Iren are dying A., -rank froni a bucket of wej water which has been ara’.ired and shewed eriugh arsenic *: kill twenty pers.n® h -11 .'-Zill - iruggis: shit i.mse.f in a rc-im at the Acditoriuin bote, this incmite Gold went to the hotel fiurdavs ‘ ago ill. and the hiuse physician wi- called to treat him. -u-d a Mrs ■ Devlin to nurse him. Mrs Dev : .in has not been seen since tl e shooting. Kansas City Sept. 27—C»ne han- . dred and fifty oil ;unis here rpened for .usmess as usual today despite the effierts cf Gcv Hcch and the attirney general to im- ; peach Mayer Bese for allowing ' them to run. anl !•: nnpeaih the auditor cn a eharze cf accepting - br.tes from jcint keepers anl to ' icrfeit the charter :f_ the largest:’ city in Kansas for accepting bri'r® from joints Decatur 11’... Sept, il—Express Messenger Kyan if Chtrago. cn the "a ,ash train number thirteen, due ’ here at 3 .1; a. m. and Ed Green. . I c also of Chi tag:. a former express \ messenger recently emplcyec with : F. 8 Bets cf Hamm in 1 Ind . had & revo.Ter sua. m Eras g , morning a.l the way frem Bement * to Decatur, s distance of twenty miles Bith men were ser.cus.y I injured on the arriva; f the train '. here. Ryan was taken to the Wabash hesr-fa’. and Green to tne St j Marys hospital Bith wi.. die Reports cf the reuse of the enciun- * ter are oonfiierlng

Mr and Mrs Harr® ~muh en-j tertained a number of their lady i friends Tuesday eve at their home on N .rth Fourth street. The evening was spent in playing pngressive peanu‘B. Mirs <iust» Cramw captured the first prize and Mie® K ttie Smith the lecind. ” -pi of paper were then given the guests n which were cuestfonz to be answered by the name? of poet? anl authors Miss Maggie Mann . 1 Munue. getting first pnzear.fi Mis® Jessie Wiunee seecnc. Other contests were indu.ged in, and the evening eijoval y spent. During the evening a two coarse ’unrheon w»® served after which the gi'sis departed Tne out :f town guest® were Miss Maggie Mana of Mancie, aid Miss Marguerite Wi-son of lowa Tne eitv c unci’ met m continued ®essiin Tuesday eve Mayor Coffee presiding, and members Teeple Fordyce. Porter, Giffar and K.r? ii ueing present. The street and -ewer committee report*'! faver-t,-.y cn the Neptune sewer and recommended that it oe c> nstinct ed. and the report was unanimously j p ed. Tne plans call for an ri.-nt inch drain to connect with •he E.m street sewer. An ordinance was adopted providing that the city clerk ne allowed fifty cents ’for each license issued by him to parties required by law to secure them, this to be in addition to hi® salary. An appropriation ortiinanee was then adopted, th? rules oeing suspended. The same pro j vide® that there be appropriated out of the citz funds to be re a izel ty the city from taxation or other resources for IXG. for the purpose of paying current expanses of the corporation, the f ollowing amounts: F>r operating electric light plant, |l2,' ; operating water works plant. •: for street and sewer fund, i4i fi ; salary for city attorney >5 ; salaries for city officers. <2500: traveling expenses fJr city attorney, <25; supplies for city clerk. <75; supplies for city treasurer <75 -. stationery for council <10; interest on bonded indebtedness. <4- •>; for payment of miscelaneous debts. <4 pay of police and fire departments. <25 : water works bonds. <5 mayor’s supplies. <5 Counci then adjourned until the next toguiar meeting night.

GENEVA NEWS Primary Election Interest Becoming Evident T?:ib fi Few CmrJtß Comoe Sew.—Acthitj n Oil Fields 5e H Hih.'festes. Steeia. Cirres'pindenx' Geneva Ini —Ju?t a bit mire interest is she wn from day to day m the primary elec-tun since the land:lates have announced •hecnelves. and by the tim? the election nay rills ar: und -here w:h be many who will take a lively part m what at first premised to be a rather tame pnmarv The severe ikZ. IAT’E’ VllSy Z-”— s a friend »ni a duecedly splendid fells '.:n’t iher kn;w really The results will be eagerly awa:ted Mrs Carrenter, wh-fsr semetime has hid charge :f the ~hamreck bote, has secured the Wegmiller pr.rerry. ;-ist back cf the r-.-i.i:- iii w;.’. open a bearding an 1 ro: uimg house. The residence is sp’.eni.i'.y i.range! :.r this and tesides h-.vmg her reg u.ar patrons she wih also have accoznodatiGns for the transients. There seems t: re no abatement in the typhoid fever - lustier, here. One thysman repute- four new rases yesterday, and the other physicians are all kept iusy. There are only a few cases m town and nene cf them are serious. It is in the surrccndißg country that the disease has its hold and some cf the oases are serious, though as yet there have teen'no nesaths Gradually and very slowly the cil fields are beginning to assume the appearance of a long time ago Greater activity, more men at verk Many weirs that have net teen pumped ::r months have been attached to the power again anc everything beginning tc 1 ..k good what makes the oil man foci that it is worth while to live. ~ :xe are still holding back waitig for thvt ne dollar oil Genera In: Sept dl—Fire com pletely destroyed the home of Amos Leichty, three miles northwest cf cere. Wednesday morning Not . nly was the horns destroyed but all the household goods, clothing, and. in fact, everything that was in the house. The members of the .am. .’.y were away and there was no .re about when the fire started, and when it was discovered it was :■>' -ate to do anything. The cause .f the confiagretiou is not known. Mr Laichty stated that all the fires in the house were turned out when the family left and the only thing be can think cf. as the cause, is that mice got at a box of matches, which was n a cu[.boird The . ofc will be felt very keenly by Mr. Leichty as be did not have a cent of insurance on his property The family has many friends, howe'er. who will see them their trouble safely.

A tramp created a litt e excitement here yesterday by exhibiting i pearl, which he claimed he found n a mussel shell picked up in the Wab -h river, just north of this place. He said he was fired off a Grand Rap ds freight when the train stopped at the tank an d that after he had rested on the banks of the Wabash he took a bath. It was whiie he wa? in the river that he picked up the mussle an i throwing it out on the bank he thought no more about it until he dressed and was about to “hit the ties’ ’ again He picked up the mussle and cracked it open and noticing an enlarged place on one side of the shell he opened teat too, anl found the pearl. It was abjut the s:z? of a very small jsea and was of a very pretty color, fie wanted to sell it for <5. but could not find a buyer. Some people believed the fellow s story—some did not. It is said "hat the people who are -interested in the electric light plant, whi h is to be built here, are thinking seriously of the Id Heaston hotel ste. just opposite the Grand Rapids raUroaA depc*, owned by A P Hardison now. a®

i very suit>ac<-e location the 'lant I* certainly would make a «3e and H the parties can semrt/k they should io --- B ’A .... • fb«n-'t is sear near the ouaine® •’ ice r-:lr:sd s: tost coal may be jeered easily, and the location has many airantages which are in -t® favir Geneva Ind- >?pt. -- o Tnnr-'av evening. October 5, the Geneva rend will ctoae their series ■ summer evening concerts On this evening they expe : to bare crowds in town isat tbev have had this season . fir there will be music galore. | Besides the Geneva band there w: e the Berne and tne L.mi Grove rends and there will be, zzz**c, tzd n*(Mr© iegsc. An oyster supper will be served in , the Masonic had for the benefit of the home band Be n hand and get a svsiem full cf music—enough to last al. winter. List evening was band concert --pr-ng but it is hard to say , whether the band r a beautiful j night bfooming cereaus. in the win-1 c: w cf the Atwood pharmacy, drew ( ;be Jirger crowd.. plAnt was & I beautiful one. with two gorgeous t.ocms. each of them measuring ®ome eight inches across. Their is.: Ate perfume permeated the en--tire store, and drring the entire evening there was a large admiring ; cr wi in front of the window. Ito was a® pretty a specimen of this : fi:tA. family a- has ever been seen here. The first club dare of the season ! was held at the Masonic ball last | evening and was attended by some twenty couples. From nine o’clock until long past midnight the dangers enjoyed themselves with the waltzes, two steps, the schottisebe and ether dances, and the aSair was a very pleasant one. "be fiocr was in splendid condition and the music was furnished by Har.py Reiff These dances will be held every two weeks during the season, from the present time until next summer. The typhoid fever situation, ar end here remains about the ®Aire and while there have been no Da ths due directly to the disease, -et the conditions are such that uey must not be lightly dealt with, me ir two new cases are reported, oct ’he disease this year seems to :_e a milder form than it has in the past, and the physicians have it unl:r admirable control. Geneva. Ind.. Sept. 23—Up to (tote there has very little, if any, interest manifested in the coming democratic primary electi u. which is to be held next Thursday. September ir The officers to be nominated are three trustee? three committeemen, a clerk and a treasurer. Tnose who w.sb to be;me candidates are to fi.e their written intentions with i Jacob Butcher, and that gentleman hasn’t over a thousand such I announcements yet. The voting ; place will be the room just east of i the M. E Hutton s shop.

On next Friday there will be a missionary convention held at the Methodist church here, and the same will prove to be a most interesting and instructive meeting. Morning, afternoon and evening sessions will be held and at each one there will be well known pastors includ.ng Revs. J A Sprague, C E. Line, F. P. Johnson, C. G. Nelson. C. B Dougherty, C. B Sweeney. J C. AA’hite and J. J. Fred take part. The different numbers on the several program.® cover the missionary work very nicely and iu such away that it will not become tiresoms or mon ten us. and the people of Gene v a will avail themselves of their ■ opportunity. As there has b?en nothing heard lately of the great fall race meet which the Geneva Park club was to give, it is the general opinion of the people that everything, in regard to the meet is off, and there j will be no fast ponies come to Geneva Had the c.ub gone ahead and arranged for two or three davs’ racing, advertised it well and car ried it cut. the organization might t.ve been several dollars to the good and the same time would have gi ren some amusement to the p?o---ple. Geneva, tod., Sept. 25—Miss Alice Addin'ton and Mr. William A Wells, two of Geneva’s popular ycung society jecple, were married Si u'day evening, at the home

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of the young couple, ‘ which had , I recently been furnisued. Toe t wedding ceremony was performed 1 by Rev. Wells, pastor of the M. I E. church. It was a quiet affair, t no one but the immediate friends; and relatives being present, and at | eleven o’clock the happy young I couple left for Sandusky, Ohio, i where they will spend their honey j moon. *’At home’’ cards were [ issued today announcing their return on October 14th. Miss Ad- I dington for six years past has been j acting in the capacity of teacher in the public schools, and all during that time give perfect satisfaction, | and her loss in that place will be < sadly missed. Mr. Wells, the groom ; 1 is one cf Geneva’s hustling young business men. being at present < engaged in the furniture business : and has a flourishing trade, and is 11 a skillful manager. The entire city ■ joins in extending congratulations. ' —_ * j Geneva, Ind. Sept 26—Had it not been for the timely assistance of Dr. Swartz, little Imogene V iest. the five year cld daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wiest, would have ,' been drowned Monday evening, she | having fallen in a cistern near Dr. | Swartz’ offiee. She. with sev. ral. companions, were playing near the cistern, and when she walked across the platform the boards, were almost rotted in two, gave way and she was precipitated into | the cistern, which contained about, seven feet of water She went to I the bottom and when she came to , the surface again she had enough • presence of mind to catch bold of : a pipe along the wall of the cistern and she held onto this until Dr. Swartz, attracted by the screams of the rest of the children, came to her asistance. It was only the work of a minute to get her out. and aside from being badly chilled frightened, she was none the worse for her uni joked for dip. , A little more interest is being . made manifest in the coming democratic primary election, which is to be held next Thursday. Several • f the citizens of this place have announced themselves’as Candida*-? for nomination to the various offices, and up to date the list of those desiring the nominations is as follows: For treasurer—Fred Lindsey, Geo. Shoemaker. For Clerk —F. B. Porter. C. O. Rayn. Councilman Ist ward—A. M. Redding. Robert Poer. Councilman 2nd ward—Sam Egley. E. S. Callahan. J. Anderson. A. J. Miller. Councilman 3rd ward—C. B. Rice. F. M. Rynearson. It is the avowed intention of the men who ran the works that every voter will be at the polls cn the election day, and so far there are not many people who “know for sure” what men s will be nominated. ———— The Shamrock hotel is to close this week and when the doors are ’ closed the people of Geneva may be assured that this is a very unusual ‘ town—a town without a hotel. It would baa rather hard proposition ' to find another town the size of this teat has no hotel, and why a good ' house would not jiay here is a question that puzzles many. There is no doubt but that a hotel giving reasonable rates and gooi acs commodations. a good table and i seme attention to guests would : pay here, and it may be that some 1 one will come in and open such a ? pl.te and make money. Until then

the people here, wnen asked where the hotel is, will be aihwed to tarn their backs to the inquirer to hide their emi>ara®®ment when they say, “we have no hotel here” ' RETURNS HERE Rev. Lake Sent to Decatur for Another Year.—Other Appointments. The St. Joseph annual conference of the United Brethren church, held at Huntington, adjourned Monday after selecting North Manchester as the meeting place for 1906. The appointments for this, the Pera districts, was as follows: J. Simons, presiding elder: Peru, C. M. Bverly; Colburn. A. O. Goodrich,; Young America. J W. Bindbaugh: Frankfort. W. F. Parker; Frankfort circuit, L. AV. Love Fulton. AV. S. Gandv ; Galveston. C- A. Sickafoose; Grass Creek. J. D. j Coverston 3 ; Lafayette. J. A. Groves; Logansport. J. T Keesey; Rich Valley, B. F. Thomas. Erie, R. G. Hammond: Macy. J. Q. Cline; Dayton, J. L. Ickes: Liketon, J. A. Farmer; Fort Wayne. G. F. Byrer; Decatur. G. E. Lake; , Monroevide. J. L. Powers; Ossian, M. V. Millikan; Tocsin. AV H. F<ti tro; Roanoke. A. F. Knepp; Pleasant, J. AV. Borket; Huntington, |C. H. Bell; Goblesville, W. A. i Thomas; North Manchester. J. L. ; Goshert; liberty Mills, J- !■ Smith; Burkett, C. J- Miner; Silver Lake. H. E Butler; Rochester, J. W. Lower; Prairie Grove, J- 8. Miller; North Judson, S. P. KoesI ter. The new bishop, G. M Matthews, captured all hearts. Strong and j stirring addresses were made hy ' secretaries of the various departments. H. H. Ford, D. D.. editor , Sunday School Literature: Rev. S. S, secretary Foreign Missionary Society; Rev. H. S. Gabel, secre- ' tary church erection. All from D-vtor. Ohio. The publishing a* d educational interests such as Oxterbine and Indiana Centra, tin versifies were most ably represent ed by their various presidents A. M. Cummins, former elder of the Fort Wayne district was assigned to Warsaw. The four districts cf the conference were reduced to two elders for same are Rev. J- Simons, Peru district; J. AV. Lake. El hart district ; Rev. J. " ■ L o * 61 ® rtoohester. A notable event of t e conference was the volun f ary re tirement of Rav. F. Thomas. c-X monly called Father Thomas, ° North Manchester, a preacher o 1 St. Joseph congregation for fi ? five years, thirty-five years a pr , siding. As a mark of appreciate the conference on Saturday n: °‘ , ing raised |4OO for him in a td. I ta I to a similar sum given him b? Preacher's Aid Society. u ., , tion to the other services tea various U. B. preacher®. . [ S. Parker preached in the house Sunday evening. * , standing room was at a G. E Luke was returned to tur for another year. I Hereafter on Sundays a - I meat markets in the city ! closed during the winter, anJ * i lesinng meat will do > chase it on Sa uiday evenin C '