Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 15 March 1906 — Page 1

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Joseph Smith Dead. Joseph Smith, one of the pioneers of this city, died at 3.15 yesteday at his home ‘on Mercer avenue, after an illness of two years with paralysis’- For the last two or three months he has been failing rapidlyand f° r three weeks has been unable to talk. His death had been momentarily expected tor several days past. The Warren town council has granted the Marion, Bluffton & Eastern electric railway a franchise. The franchise has been hanging fire for some time, but at lust was granted as desired by the company asking for it. Several invitations have been received from Willshire announcing that on Saturday evening. March 19 the Willshire Cornet Band will give a dance at the Hofstetter hall. The invitations are green, which is very appropriate for the occasion. Several people from this city will no doubt attend. Miss Mattie Buckmaster yesterday Lad the misfortune to lose the third finger on her right band while doing her regular routine of work at the filler factory. The Linger was amputated between the firsthand second joints It was at first thought that the finger could be saved, but the bore was too badly crushed. C. D. Kunkle yesterday shot two beautiful wild mallard ducks, a drake and a hen. The birds were beauties and were the admiration of all who saw them. Mr. Kunkle soli the birds to D. M. Hensley, who will ship them to Fort Wayne and have them stuffed, after whioh they will adorn his handsome jew elry stere. Mr. Kunkle killed the birds cn his farm nor’h of the city. Frank Miller returned this morn ing from Bluffton, where 'he had gone to accept a position with Harry Deam as bus driver. Frank stated that he locked the situaton over and concluded that there were many safer jobs than that one and that from the way business men were working for Deam's opposi tion, he concluded to resign and return home. Frank has not as yet determined what he will do. There are a number of the leading busineso men in Fort Wayne and eight business men in Berne are interested in an incorpor ation known as the Indiana Automatic Salesman Co. Thier capital is 120,000, about half of which is sold. The company’s business is to place machines in public places whioh retails all manner of articles worth from 1 to 10 cents by droping a cent in the machine. The directors of the company are J. W. Eggeman, J. Miller, F. P. Randall, A. G. Burry, August M. Schmidt of Fort Wayne, and Peter Soldner and Samuel Schindler of Berne. Mr. Schmidt is president, Mr. Eggeman secretary and treasurer and Mr. Schindler is manager. •I. N. Smitley, aged forty years, and one of the most promnent men !s Blue Creek township, diea at his homo suddenly Saturday events- after an illness of only ten minutes. W 0 were unable to learn what caused his death as the doctor has as yet made no return. Mr. Smitley’drove to B°rne Saturday afterncon to meet seme riends who arrived on the train. He started on his return trip early ta the' evening and arrived home without mishap. He put his team U P and went into the house where he complained of being very cold. Hs sat about the fire but seeming•7 could’not gel warm, and stated t the members of the family that uc would go to bed as he khew 9 could get warm there. He went to his room and got in bed &E d ten minutes afterwards was ’old in death. He was one of the ® o3 t prominent citizens of that owning a saw mill, a ® and several threshing ma tues and was a hard woraei. The otieia was held this afternoon at 1 °ck at the Mt. Hope church and taraent. was made in the Mt. ao Pe oemmetery.

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The Euterpean society meets Thurs- i lav evening. March 15. with Mrs. E. ’ b. Adams. Ralph Waldo Emerson Hi the topic. Miss Mary Miller has charge of the program and each member is requested to come pre i pared to give a quotation from Emers n. Miss Bertha Locke fell at the ' skatirg rink at about 4 o’clock ! Monday afternoon and painfully | injured one of her hands, but she thought that the accident was of no i consequf nee at the time. The pain increased, however, until a pbysiotan had to be called last night. Ke found that the thumb was bad■ly sprained, but the injury was nothing serious —Blutffon News t The four dentists in Decatur,| Dre. J..Q. Neptune, Roy Archbold, IC. E. N ptune and Burt Mangold, met last night and organized the i Adams county Dental association. Dr. J. Q. Neptune was elected pres ident and Dr. Roy Arrohbold secretary. The purpose of the tion is to oppose advertising fake or shop dentists as they are known. , it was also decided to make the price for extracting teeth fifty cents straight, the previous rate having been twenty-five cents after the i first tooth. A black list will be j arranged containing the list of i those who have railed purpose'y to spry their bills and this will be strictly adhered to. The finishing touches are heir g ■ placed on the library building, and ;in a few weeks it will be ready t" j formally open to the public. In the meantime the churches, lodges and societies that have any money for the board will please turn same over without delay. After all [the furniture and general fixing of the property and lawn is completed the library board will have a deofiit on nearly two thousand dolli are. Now is the time to take action upon such deficit. It is time for every individual to take an inventory of themselves, the need and benefit of this public institution and to present to the board a check for a liberal part of this de fioit. The building should be dedicated free of debt. It would be a serious neglect of duty to permit those who have labored with its ‘ building to encumber it. Our patriotism, generosity and spirit cf i progress should rise up and wipa out the debt. There seems to be a general feeling favorable to a movement that will pay eff this indebtedness. It can be done and it should be done. Decatur’ library is one of the finest in the state. Let’s dig. Sunday at high noon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Weaver, on North Fifth street, occurred the wedding of their beautiful and accomplished daughter, Miss Irene, ;to George C. Steel- 1 , one of tie city’s hustling young business men. The wedding was a very quiet affair, only the immediate ralatives cf the contracting parties being present. The house was beautifully decorated, the parlor being trimmed in red and cream ribbons and potted plants, the sitting room |in red and cream and the dining I room in maroon. At promptly 12 o'clock the couple proceeded down the stairway to the strains of a weddirg march played by Mrs. Sadie Crowley, and immediately proceeded to the parlor where Rev. C. H, Wharton of Fort Wayne, united them in marriage. The bride was dressed in a flowing gown of cream silk with cream silk trimmings, while the groom was dressed in the conventional black. Miss Orpha Barnett acted as bridesmaid, while Earl Butler acted as best man. A wedding dinner | was served immediately after the ceremony was performed [and during the afternoon the happy couple departed for their own home on I Nuttman Avenue, whioh trad been j furnished and awaiting them for i several days. Miss Weaver is well known in our city and has many i friends who wish her much happi ' ness. The groom, Mr. Steele, is a well known young business man of our city, being associated with j i Cyrus Weaver in the Racket Store, anrt he, too, has a host of friends i |in this city. The Democrat extends oongratulationgs.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1906.

The following parties left today over the Erie for Stanley, North Dakota, where they expect to make their future homes. Mr. and Mrs. [ra Richards J. Warmuth and family, Bib Beery, S. S. Baker, aid Mr. and Mrs. George Gage. The above party was accompanied by J B. Nesbitt, representative of the Wm. H. Brown Lind company of North Dakota. The entiie party are alt Adams county products. Eli W. Steele, better known as Willard, who owns the famous Steele park, east of town, was married Wednesday, at Fort Wayne, to Mrs Elizabeth Reed, and the popular conundrum now is not [“How Hold is Ann? " but how did Willard find time to get married? But the fact remains, nevertheless, that he is, and that himself and bride are living in a comfortable cottage near the northwest corner of their beautiful park. Mrs. Keed has been serving as housekeeper for Mr. Steeie for some time, and is a lady of many good qualities. Her home was formerly in Alien county, and the wedding therefore occurred there. The Democrat offers congratulations and wishes the newly wedded couple a long life of love and happiness A Clorine Temple, No. 321, Rathbone Sisters, was organized in Ge neva Friday evening, in the Knights of Pythias lodge room. The state grand chief, Mrs. Alice Smith, of Marion, was present to institute the ledge, while the Port land degree staff gave the work to about forty candidates. Besides the visitors from this place there were many in attendance from Decatur and Berne. Upon the ar rival of the guests at Geneva they were taken to the lodge room and in the evening were given supper at Throp's restaurant. During the evening the following officers were selected: Past chief, Mrs Minnie Walsh; most excellent chief, Mrs. Martha McG innet; senior, Mrs. Lizzie Snyder; junior, Mrs. Alice McCrum; manager, Mrs. Jessie Toens mistress of records and correspondence, Miss Alice Wells; mistress of finance, Miss Pearl Rathburn; protector, Miss Mary McCrum; guard, Miss Pearl Ryan. Friday evening of each week was selected as the time of meeting. A banquet followed the evening's work the visitors returning home on the midnight train, all feeling hey had been royally entertained. Speaking of the death cf Miss Cleo Suttles, whose funeral was held here Friday, the Huntington Herald said: Miss Cleo 1 verna Suttles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Suttles, of 45 West Sabina street, died Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at her parents' home. Miss Suttles had been in ill health since the week before Christmas. Appendicitis deveL ped but after several slight attacks she grew much better. A week ago last Tuesday she was taken to the hospi tai and the day following submitted to an operation. The patient railed from the operation and did nicely until symptoms of a rash were evident Tuesoay and her removal from the hospital during the yet early stages of new affiic tion was considered imperiatve to the welfare of other patients and Miss Suttles was taken home Wed nesday morning. Dr. Charles L. Wright of the county board of health, made a statement to the Herald this morning as to the im mediate cause of the young lady’s death: “Death followed an at tack of uremic poisoning, due to a well developed case of scarlet fever.” In her impaired physical condition as e result of the opera tion, the patient was unable to sur vive the shook. The deceased was born in this city shortly after the family moved here from Decatur, fifteen years ago. Her age was fourteen year®, ten months and two days. Besides the parents, the little brother, Walter, is left in the family to mourn this death. She was a member of the Baptist church and was an active worker in the B. Y. P. U. society.

Herman Cowan, aged twenty-four years, died Saturday at 4:30 o'clock at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Cowan, four I and a half miles east of this city, Rafter an illness of several years duration, death resulting from consumption. The funeral services will be held Monday afternoon, the fu neral cortege leaving the house at 1 o’clock, and will be held at the M. E. church at Rivarre, Rev. Martin of Monroeville, officiating, assisted Rev. Haist of this city, and inter ment will be made in the Mount Tabor cemetery. He leaves a father, mother, five sisters and one brother to mourn their loss. According to the Fort Wayne Sinlinel of Saturday, we note that Dick Townsend of this city, in con nection witn i . V. Ulery and H. J. Ostdiek of Fort Wayne, have gone j to Ottumwa, lowa, where they will head a gigantic enterprise which means the carrying of the interurban electric line into the state of fiwa. Their object is to connect Ottumwa witbDes Moines, the state i Capital by trolley. They will be backed by prominent Indianapolis and Chicago capitalists, and it is j understood that ample financial r courses are at hand to fully forward the vast work. The field is a good one as 'lowa has not yet enjoyed the facilities of the inter urban, there being but sixty-five ! miles of electric traction rails in j the entire state. A marriage license was issued la'e Saturday evening to Robert R. Ernsbergar and Miss Blanche M. Baker. The parties are two of the most pipular young people in Decatur, the gentleman being the ■veil known photographer, while ihe young lady is the daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. William H. Baker. The details of this marriage seem j to be secret, as interviews with sev eral relatives failed to disclose any facts concerning same. They left on an early train morning over the Clover Leaf for the east and from information gleaned this 'afternoon it is believed that the happy young couple were married at Ada, Ohio, this atfernoon by Rev. Ernsberger, a brother of the groom, who resides at that place. The Democrat offers sincerest con gratulations. The three years old son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Woodward, who reside near Magley, had a miracu lous escape from death by drowning Friday afternoon, and only the promptness of Mrs. Woodward saved the child from death. The little chap, together with his elder brother, were playing in the barn yard when a large water tank attracted their attention, this tank oeing used to furnish the supply water for the stock on the farm, and is fad by a windmill. The curiosity of the little chaps was aroused and they decided they would find out how the water got into the tank. The three year old boy induced his older brother to boost him up so that he could see and he would then tell him how the water got in the tank. The eldest boy readily consented and took hold of his brother's foot and lifted him up. However, while doing so the little chap lost his balance and fell overboard into the tank, there being at the time near ly three feet of water ic the tank The older boy became frightened and hastened to the house and informed his mother of what had happened. She hurried to the scene of the accident and there found her little son with his head lying on the bottom of the tank and his toes caught in a rim along the side of the tank, so that he could not have possibly come to the surface. She grabbed the little fellow by the feet and pulled him from the tank and then commenced the haroio effort of restoring life in the little body. She followed a line of work such as she had read about concerning the way to revive half drowned persons, and soon had the little fellow kicking, and spitting up water. He fully recovered in a short time and is as well aa ever today. The prompt action on the part of his mother without doubt, saved the life of her little son.

Otto Wemhoff, one of tte best known young men in the city, is seriously sick with kidney trouble and other ailments. For several years he had been employed at the Hensley jewelry store until two months ago, when he began a course in the Fort Wayne Business college. He has been feeling badly for several weexs and two weeks ago came home and has since been under the care of a physician. Yesterday Drs. Cotsello and D. D. Clark held a consultation, when it was decided that everything possible was being done for the patient. It is believed Otto will recover, but it may require several months. Beulah Chapel, the new church, located mid way between Peterson and Preble, and recently dedicated, will give a lecture course under the auspices cf the Laides’ Aid society. The church is composed of members who will soon have it in a financially flourishing con dition if they keep up the enthu siasm with which they have start ed. Twenty-five members of the Aid society each took twenty season tickets whioh they are selling at fity cents each, making a total of |250, besides the single admission fees. The course opens March 23rd with the Hamlin quartette, who will - give a delightful entertainment. On March 30th a home talent concert will be given and on April 6th Rev. Alfred Fowler of this city, will deliver his popular lecture, “The Song of Youth.” R. O. Johnson, formerly of this city, but later of Arizona, and still later of Kendallville, Ind., where he was recently appointed deputy postmaster by his father-in-law, passed through here this morning enroute to Washington, where he will, no doubt, make an effort in his own behalf, as his father-in law and he were both removed from office yesterday. The Fort Wayne News tells the story as follows: The dispatches from Wash ington today carry the announcement that G. B. Alexander has been appointed postmaster at Ken dallville,vioe Christopher Browand, removed. This is the outcome of a peculiar situation there growing out of a recommendstion made by Mr. Gilbert a year ago. Mr. Browand was strongly endorsed by the old soldiers of Kendallville and the friends of every other candidate placed themselves in the attitude of preferring Browand unless tbeir own candidate coula win. As Bro wand was seem what of an invalid at the time, the appointment was much criticised. Kendallville was recognized as the place where the congressman would have most trouble when he came up for reelecion. It has been arranged that Mr Osborne, one cf the owners of the Kendallville Standard, the republican organ of the eastern part of the county, was to be the assist ant postmaster, but Mr. Browand, after’seouring his commission, upset the plans by bringing his son-in-law, Roswell O Johnson, from Douglas, Arizona, to be his assistant. Mr. Browand was taken sick, however, immediately and the appointment of his assistant was temporarily held up. It became neoesasry for the postmaster to go to a sanitarium in Indianapolis and an inspector was detailed to investigate and make a report on the situation. This was done, and the removal of Brownand was rec ommended. The appointment of Alexander restores the man who was postmas’er when Browand was appointed. Mr. Alexander had served four years with entire credit to himself and the appointing pow er. He will appoint Mr. Osborn as his asistant, thus clearing away the causes f r party trouble in the east end of Noble county. Mr, Johnson was formerly a school teacher in Adams county and was the republican candidate for joint senator in 1900 against S. B. Fleming, but was defeated. The Adams county politicians speak of him in the highest terms as a man and as to his competent’, but he had never lived in Kendallville prior to his appointment as deputy postmaster there. ~

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! The Decatur Merchants’ Associai ! tion was launched Monday evening i at a meeting held at the Commercial I club rooms. The assembly room was crowded, practically every buisness man in town being present and the interest showed that the men arc in earnest. H. R. Moltz acted as chairman and Lee Vance as secretary. The purposes of the organization are mhny, principally the 1 improvement of Decatur as a trade center and a market for farm products. An effort to reduce freight rates to De oatur will be made thus enabling the merchants to sell their goods at, a lower figure. Thelighest prices will be paid to farmers for their goods and the movement may re suit in a business man's elevator being erected. Fake advertising is Ito be “cut out” and in a hundred and one ways is the orgnization to benefit themselves, the city and community. Charles F. True was chosen as president for the first year, M. Burns, vice president; F. V. Mills, secretary; and Charles Voglewede, treasurer. W. H. Nachtrieb, Will P. Schrock and H. J. Y ager j were appointed as a committee to draft by laws. The asso ciation will meet at the same place next Monday evening to complete their orgnization. The members of the democratic county central committee met nt their headquarters at 10 o'oolck, and organized by the election of Prosecutor John C. Moran chairman, E. Burt Lenhart secretary, and Michael Miller treasurer. The selections were all mace without any strife whatever, and the com mittee will go into the campaign free from any tangling alliances. John C- Moran, the chairman, is one of the bright progressive democrats of Adams county, and will put forth a clean and energetic campaign for the maintainance of the majority that belongs to the democratic party. The committee did the handsome thing by Judge Richard K Erwin, by passing the following resolution: We, the democratic central committee of Adams county, in meeting assembled, this Bth day of March, 1906, would most earnestly call the attention of the delegates ti the democratic state convention to the political history of Adams county; that it has never elected a republican’’within its confines t> a county’ office; that it has never failed to give the candidates cn the national,"state and congressional tickets a safe and handsome majority ; that it has never had a candidate, nor asked for a place on the state [or congressional tickets, but has been content to give a mag nifioent majority to the democratic candidates from the ether counties of the state. When some localities throughout the state have faltered or were routed by i our enemies, Adams county maintained its proud title of “the one green spot’ in the state. Believing that we are entitled to recognition by the democrats of the state, we present for their consider ation and we hereby endorse the candidacy oFthat learned and able jurist. Richard K. Erwin, judge of the Twenty-sixth judicial circuit, for jud£ e of the supreme court for the fourth judicial district of Indiana, and in so doing we stand sponsor for his loya ty to democracy, his ability as a jurist, and his unsurpassed fitness for the place, and we hereby instruct the delegates from Adams county at the state convention to use their utmost endeavors to procure '.is nomination. This mildly expresses the sentiment cf the people of this county, irrespective of party lines. Judge Erwin is, strictly speaking, a -uan of the people; a hale fellow and honest to the core, and in his effort to secure the nomination for supreme judge of the fourth district, will have the hearty good will cf everyone. The committee meet again cn Wednesday, ilaroh 28, at Berne, at which time and place delegates to the various conventions will ba,selected.

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