Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 7 June 1906 — Page 4

T E DEMOCRAT ■VERY THURSDAY MORNING A ,IW G. ELUNGHAM, PUBLISHER " ■ — •1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. watered at the postoffice at Decatur, Indiana as second-class mail matter. ~SFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY The Landises are all standpatters. They are naturally opposed to revision—especially to a revision of the office-holding list. Hon. Charles K. Bagot of Anderson, is being groomed by his friends as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for congress in this district. The great interest that is being taken all over the state in the Democratic state convention at Indianapolis on June 7 means the nomination of a first-class and winning ticket. Charles B. Landis, the member from the Ninth district, declares that he is a “standpatter.” What is a standpatter? A standpatter is a Republican member of congress who favors the trusts as against the people. It is hinted that Cigarette Baker is sojourning in Kentucky. Why not trade “Gov.” Taylor for “Cig” Baker ? Thus each state would come into possession of its own.—Columbia / City Post. The big list of men who will be candidates before the Democratic state convention shows that there will be “something doing” in Indianapolis on June 7. The Democratic party is out for victory this year, and it has the people with it The Prohibitionists have held their state convention, named their ticket and served notice that they will conduct a whirlwind campaign during the last sixty days of the fight. A whirlwind raises a pretty big dust when _ . things are dry—as they usually are with the Prohibitionists. ——i—— Under the beneficent administration of the Republican party John D. Rockefeller has drawn $113,000,600 in dividends from his Standard Oil investments in the past eight years. Os course, John D. no interference with the Republican policy of protection, jle is a stand-patter from away back, and 1 then some. > - > -.J While they admit that they wijl Ipse | many members of congress at 1 the November elections the Republicans—that is some of them—seem to think they will still have a majority in the House. But they won’t. In the hands of the men who now dominate it the House has ceased to be a representative body. It is nothing but Joe Cannon. fi;. Onp of the most remarkable things now observable is the character of the tremendous tide that has set in the country over in favor of Mr. Bryan. Men cf all parties acclaim him as-“a bulwark of the republic.” A Republic~" ~?wspaper, the Chicago Post, says t . '“it is we, the people, who have c : i; cd.” In other words, the people ] , rown up to Bryan. ( o gressman Charles B. Landis in his ■ standpat’ ’ tariff speech charged •• i;:e Wilson tariff law was response - forCoxey’s army. The truth is, • • urse, that Coxey ’s army was j- w.red. together, marched to Wash- . on and disbanded whjle the McK nley law was in force. ' Mr: Landis has forgotten perhaps, that there is a class of persons who ’ rush in where £ / "' X * • ’ I M* W angels fear; to tread. .nut » fe- ./• • 1 •• h.O , JU , I '" 1 J-* , ' ■ Q The outrages and seandahs of the past ten years growing Put of the . enormous contributions made Jay the trusts, railroads, insurant companies and other corporations to the Repub- ■ liean campaign funds, leads the New York World to demand, the passage. °f a bill to forbid such contributions. K The World says: “The great corporations of the country already exercise more than enough influence in nation-

al elections. Unless they are restrained the stringent provisions of the rate bill will provide them with new reasons for using ail their power to control the presidency of the United States. They will neglect no opportunity to establish what Platt tously describes as ‘the moral obligation.’ They will pour their money into national campaign funds under -thv. direct or implied protniu that interstate commerce commissi mere friendly to their interests will be appointed. While the federal government is regulating rates the. railroads will be regulating the federal government. The last campaign produced convincing evidence of the need of such restrictions upon corporation activity in national politics.” In its comments on the decision of the government to buy certain Panama canal supplies in foreign markets, the Pittsburg Post makes these pertinent observations: “Mr. Taft has thrown the ‘ standpatters ’ into another fit He wants to buy two sea-going suction dredges for use at Panama of a Scotch firm on the Clyde for $94,000 apiece cheaper than the next lowest bid of a Maryland steel plant. Mr. Roosevelt, in the course of his revolution around the tariff axis, approves the idea. This is alarming. Here is the government refusing to patronize its own fostered steel infants. (Shouts by the mob—‘Soup house 1 Soup house!’) Here is the government reducing wages to the foreign pauper scale. How easy it would be to justify all this by explaining that the foreigner pays the tax, and in this case the government throws it off and hence the cheapness. Bus no; there never was any tariff on th«e. government importations. The square proposition is to permit the government to do what a private American is prevented from doing—buying in the cheapest market. We see no way of emerging from this bargain, except that foreign tax idiocy that only the parrots remember.” WINNERS IN ALLEN COUNTY Democrats Who Won Out in the ■Primary. The Democrats of Allen county have named one of the strongest tickets which ever had a fight in that old county. The winners in the late primary are the following fcble men: State Senator —Williajn F. Ranke. f Representatives—William S. Wells Albert R. Parker, William H. Fruchtenicht. Judge Circuit Court—Edward O ’Rourke. Judge Superior Court —Samuel M. Hench. Prosecuting Attorney—Albert E. Thomas. County Clerk—Joseph N. Mason. County Auditor—George W. Lindemuth. ■ County Treasurer—William H. Scheimann. County Sheriff—Joe F. Getz. County Coroner— Dr. A. J. Kesler. ; Gpgnty .Surveyor—David F. Spindler. County .Assessor—'William Eggeman. ’ •' ' ■ Commissioners —F. William Franke Joseph Tonkel, John B. Wyss. HAVE LEFT FOE THE WEST Prof. Hartman and Family to Locate at Boulder, Colorado. Prof. .H. A. Hartman and family left Tuesday for Boulder, Colorado, where they will make their future home. Though offered several positions as superintendent of schools, Prof. Hartman has decided to retire from that profession and will engage in business at Boulder. He will open a real estate office and has already some interests there which .he expects to bring/Jkqpnti£ur 'Prof, Hartman Jjas resided , a of years and has ptoven- himself' a worthy citizen and a hustler who; will make his way in the world The good wishes of many Decatur people follow the Hartmans to their western ‘home. To Mothers in 'This Town. Children who are delicate, feverish and cross, wUI get immediate relief from Mother Gray’e Sweet PowTers for Children. They .cleanse the' stomach, act on the liver, making a sickly child strong and healthy. A certain cure for worms. Sold by all druggists, 25 cents. Sample FREE. Address, Allen S. OlmI stead, Leßoy, N. Y / , . ’ ■ 1 ~_

INSURANCE CASE IS DECIDED Supreme Court of Missouri Decides a Qustion. Jefferson City, Mo., June 3.—The state supreme court en bane handed down an opinion of importace to four hundred thousand policy holders of Missouri and several million policy holders in fraternal associations throughout the United States. The case was that of Mary Westerman vs. the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias, in which the plaintiff received judgment for $5,236 in the St. Louis Circuit court for the death of her husband, who joined the association in 1895. The decision of the supreme court reversed this finding. The suit was prosecuted on the theory that the defendant company was under the same law as regular Ife insurance companies. The association forfeited the policy for failure to make a monthly payment in August, 1901. Westerman died in January, 1902. The plaintiff contended that the monthly payment for six years prior to the forfeiture had created a reserve in behalf of the beneficiary to pay for extended insurance beyond the period oA death, and the certificate was non-forfeitable under the statute of Missouri, which was 1 copied from the non-forfeiture statute of Massachusetts and adopted by three-fourths of •the states of the United States. Judge Fox wrote the opinion which holds that the defendant is a fraternal society and not liable as a regular life insurance company. It is stated that this decision is the most important to fraternal societies that has been handed down in many years as the plan upon which fraternal societies are organized was involved. MRS. ALLEN BURIED . TODAY Well Known Lady Died After a Long Illness. Mrs. Belle Erwin Allen, aged thir-ty-nine, died Monday afternoon, at two thirty o’clock at the home of her sister, Mrs. Rose Ayers, after an illness dating back for months, death resulting from cancer of the stomach. Mrs. Allen has been ailing for years and could find no apparent remedy to relieve her. Several months ago an operation was performed, but the doctors gave no encouragement, they found she was suffering from cancer which would eventually result in her death. She was brought to Decatur and since that time her death has been daily expected. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at the home of Judge R. K. Erwin on Fourth street, Rev. J. C. White officiating and interment was made in the Decatur cemetery. She leave five brothers and two sisters to mourn their, Ipss,. namely, Judge R. K., Dore B. am) Dan N. Erwin, and Mrs. Rose Ayers, of this city, Dr. David Erwin, of Lake, City, Mich., William Erwin, Monroeville, and Mrs. Lucy Johnson, of near this city. CHAUNCEY STEELE IS IN JAIL Was ReCaptured Sunday While Visititing at Home. Chauncey Steele, who forged the name of his brother-in-law, John Lenhart, to two cheeks, which he cashed, and who, after his arrest, was released on bond and then skipped out, was captured Sunday at his parents’ home in the west pai-t of town. He is n<tw in jail and will likely remain there until the September term of court, as he will have a difficult time to secure bail now. He was taken by Marshal Green and Deputy Sheriff Butler. He tried to escape and started to fight, but the sight of Butler’s revolver made him stand quiet and be good. CAUGHT IN AN ENGINE BELT. Homer Ashcraft, aged fourteen! living five miles, north and a milb'easf of the eity, had his right shoulder disi located and was. badly bruied yesterday by being caught in a belt ofa gasoine engine^, He was starting the engine to pumping water on / .his father’s farm and was wound inti the drive wheel by being caught by the belt. Dr. Cap Blue was called to attend him and he brought him to the eity where Dr. Spaulding assisted in attending the boy’s injuries.—Bluffton News. • Ask for Alien’s Foot-Ease. A. powder for swollen, tired, hot, smarting feet Sample sent FREE. Also Free Sample of the Foot-Ease Sanitary Corn-Pad, a new invention. Address 1 I Allen S. Olmstead, Leßoy, N. Y.

— , CONTINUES UNTIL SUNDAY * a _ - The Program for the Sessions—German and English Sermons. , . / The Zion Classis-meets on Wednesday evening, June 6th, in the Reformed church on north 3rd Street. The meeting will be opened with a good German sermon by the president, Rev. John H. Bosch, of Fort Wayne, Ind. Thursday afternoon the question of modern revival, or evangelism, will be discussed. On Thursday evening, Rev. Ed Kielsmeyer, of Garrett, Ind., will preach an English sermon. Friday afternoon, a general discussion on the blessings which may be received at the Winona Bible conference, will be held and on Friday night a preparatory service for Holy Communion, German, by Rev. Philip Ruhl, of Fort Wayne. Saturday afternoon, a discussion on Holy Commuhion. Sunday mornings there will be several addresses to the Sunday school, English and German. Rev. B. Ruf, of Fort Wayne, Ind., will preach the gospel. The classes and congregation will go to the Lord’s table. Sunday evening, the young people will be addressed and a sermon be preached on missiops. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend these meetings. All are welcome. This will be One of the most important religious gatherings held in Decatur for some time. Quite a number of visitors will be here and they will be cordially treated by our citizens. ACCOUNT OF GOLDEN FUNERAL St. Marys Macadam Road Vote to be Canvassed Tomorrow—- ' Other Business. ♦ • The Commissioners met Tuesday morning, but were in session only a short time, an adjournment being taken until Thursday morning, to allow Mr. Laughlin to attend the funeral services for T. F. Golden, at Geneva. The routine of business will be resumed Thursday morning• and will continue until complete. The canvassing of the vote of the St. Marys township road election will occur at y the auditor’s office tomorrow. The board ordered that bids be received on July 'S for the construction of the L. O. Bears extension two, French Township one and two, Reynolds three, Eckrote two, Jimtown , one. Those continued were L, O. Bears one, West Washington five, East Washington five, Decatur & Monroe four, West Washington seven. Viewers were appointed on the Preble’ Township extension two, they being William Huffman and C. H. i Getting and L. L. Baumgartner as j engineer. Reviewers in the names of William j Frazer, Charles Conrad and Charles E. Bollinger were appointed on the ; road petition of E. Dailey. j CURTIS JOHNSON IS PAROLED , t Will be Released from Prison by ’ July First. ] Judge Erwin is in receipt of a letter from the warden of the Jeffersonville reformatory, notifying him that < his request for the parole of Curtis ■ Johnson, had been recognized and the ■ necessary steps are now being taken ; to release Johnson. He will probably 1 be freed by Juy Ist, if his friends • here secure him employment, this be- ] ing one of the rules of the institution. , Curtis was sent up several years* ago ] for forgery. He has been a good ; worker and a model prisoner and his letters to his old mother here indicate that he has determined to make a man of himself when given the oppor? ' tiiniiy. His mother wept for joy when : .told yesterday that her son was to be • released. • .«> i QUARTERLY SERVICES TONIGHT j h.' fJWfoo -or i . Presiding Elder Wade will preach at the Methodist church at 7.30 o’clock this evening,, and will conduct ’ quarterly services immediately afterward. The presence of every mem- ’ ber is desired. i The following letters remain un- ] called for at the postoffice: William ! , House, Elmer Brown, Miss Lizzie ’ i Brown and C. B. Barlow. ] ■

REV. M MURRAY TO BLUFFTON Celina Man Called to Presbyterian - Church There. At the congregation meeting held Sunday forenoon the Rev. John McMurray of Celina, Ohio, was called, to the pastorate of the Bluffton Presbyterian church and he will probably begin his pastoral duties here July 15. Six ministers had delivered trial sermons and Rev. McMurray was here for that purpose one week ago yesterday. His eloquence made such an impression that there were but 14 votes for all the others combined while Rev. McMurray received 121 votes.—Bluffton News. 9 TO WORK COTTON PLANTATION Fourth Celebration is Off—The Recent Rains Bring Out the Crops Nicely. Geneva, June s.—Mr. and Mrs. A. O. ‘Merriam are making preparations to leave Geneva the latter part of the month for Arkansas, where Mr. Merriam, witfc his brother, will work a plantation. Cottcd is the principal product of the country into which they are going and they will probably devote their labor to growing this commodity. Mr. and Mrs. Merriam have lived here just a year and during that time have endeared themselves in the hearts of their friends, all of whom will learn with* sadness of their intended departure. Some weeks ago it was thought that Geneva would have a good old-fash-ioned Fourth of July celebration, but upto date no steps have been taken towards that and it is stfpposed. that the “stuff is off.” Berne is making pfepafatiohs for a big day and several other surrounding towns. Geneva had her celebration last year and so will give the other places a “chanst to get a crowd.’’ ... Everybody is feeling good over the rains of the past few days. The farmers feel like double J. D. R’s., and the crops look like dollar signs. Wheat is coming out fine and the corn and oats, which for awhile looked goshamighty slim, are not going to be half bad. A good crop of weeds are also springing up, not. only in the country, but in town and there are mosquitos to burn. Prospects are fair for a good crop of Buffalo moths, too. Geneva, June 4.—Henry Chrisman, one of the best known men of this part of the county was buried Sunday. He died Thursday night, after a year’s battle with consumption. He was fifty-six years, ten months and three days old and had resided in Wabash township forty-three years. He leaves three daughters and five brothers to mourn. Rev. B. F. Aspy conducted the funeral services, which were held at the , Elm Grove Christian church, and interment was made at Bunker Hill cemetery. Geneva, June 6.—Several of the members of the Geneva 1 High school Alumni are working toward getting an art exhibit here next winter. It is a rather large undertaking and something that is a very uncommon thing in towns this size and even larger. The members of the Alumni who are pushing the project, though, will do everything in their power to make it go and they deserve the help and encouragement of every person in Geneva, for their courage, : progressiveness and grit. A book man was here Wednesday selling books at auction and he done ; a very nice business, too. His books, while not of the classic nor latest groups, were well worth the money i bid for them —that is, some of them were worth the money and some could have been purchased here of home : dealers at the same price or a less than what was paid for them at j auction. . . j — < One of the hardest rains that has 1 ever visited this community, came Wednesday at an early hour and for a time it seemed that the water was coming down in chunks about the size of tubs. Though no damage has 1 been heard of yet, the force of the ' rain could scarce help but do a little injury to garden stuffs and fruit. DjlAfH FROM LOCKJAW 1 C* : J !■' J ;: ‘ 3 ’•-■.l?'** ■... * ■ never follows an injury dressed with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. Its antiseptic and healing properties* prevent i blood poisoning. Chas. Oswald, merchant, of Rensselaersville, N. Y:, j writes: “It cured Seth Burch, of this < place, of the ugliest sore on his neck I ever saw.” Cures Cuts, Wounds, Bums and Sores. 25 cents at? Blaekburn’s drug store. <

— ;— — ,-n - ■ A FAST STRING OF HORSES Can be Seen at Steele’s Park Any Day. Local horsemen are very much elated at present over the condition of ten race horses that are quartered at Steele’s Park, and each and every one are of the opinion that the string quartered there under the supervision and training of H. Overly, are the fastest lot of horses ever seen in Adams county. These animals principally belong to local men and are being eonditioend by Mr. Overly for. the racing season which will commence in , July. Among the horses are Diamond D., May King, Jim Wonder, True Worthy J. Wonder, Buster Brown,Fairview, Nell and J. C. Brown, all ; being animals of some note in racing circles. These horses are showing remarkable. form for so early in the season and Mr. Overly predicts a very successful season financially. May King, Diamond D and True , Worth have up to this time showp wonderful bursts rof speed and have ’ ‘ been turning the track in an amazing manner. THE RURAL CARRIERS OBJECT ' Say New Ruling is a Hard One to 4 Follow. . I Rural mail carriers are kicking en the latest order issued by the department as it not only increases their work but delays the mail distribution. The order provides that a carrier on placing mail in the box of a patron must raise the flag showing there is mail in the box. If mail is to" be taken out the carrier must open the box, take down the flag, take put the mail, put. in the.mail he. has-,brought, raise the flag and close the box. Raising one flag would not be much extra labor, but raising 120 to 150 means a half hour’s more work and the serving of the route that much later. As ninety per cent of the patrons get J ’ a daily paper and so receive mail every day the order serves no long felt want. Part of the order is all right as it requires patrons, if they have outgoing mail, to raise the flag enabling the carriers to cut out unnecessary stops. By getting permission of patrons not to bother with the flag raising law carriers can omit it. A majority of the patrons have their boxes so far removed from the house that they can not tell whether the flag is raised or not. ' OBITUARY. i — Mary Ethel Burkhead was born at Decatur, Ind., Feb. 19, 1876, and died at Fort Wayne, May 30, 1906, age 30 years, 3 months and 11 days. Eight years ago she was married to Mr. John Sampson,, to which union were given five,, children, two boys arid three girls, aged 7,5, 3, and the infant twins but a few days old. About the time of her marriage to Mr. Sampson, ’she saw fit io join herself by repentaee and faith to anotherfriend which friend was her Divine* Lord. With Him, we believe she ahK> lived in loving fellowshipa nd service through these years that have* come and gone. At her. conversion, which occurred’ n the U. B. church of this city, she’ jeeame a member of said church,, which relation was continued- until; their removal to Fort Wayne, but her closing words to husband and friends strongly indicated that- her relation with her Divine friend and Lord was unbroken to the end. Though her spirit , took its flight so soon, in the very summer of life, and at a season when all nature seemed to vie in making life delightful, yet 1 we shall trust she has lived long enough, and well enough, to make possible an eternal life among environments the best that her Divine friend and Lord could provide. She had the happy faculty of making friends, who, in a very large degree, share with the husband and children,, the parents and all relatives, in bearing the great sorrow which has , come to them. ‘ All Pathfinders are requested to * meet at lodge rooms Tuesday evening,. June sth without fail. J. H. MERICA; President. NOTICE TO BEE KEEPERS. f. I am again prepared to fuzmi* you with anything you; need j<e line, such as hives, sash, sections,, smokers, etc. (Sections- I with starter in a specialty. Thanking old customers for past ; patronage and soliciting any new ones, I’am, Yours respectfully, I I Berne, Indiana. I Four blocks south of Reformed ’ "I church. . 147-2wks._ I I I I , ’■. ~ I